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VOLUME XI.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1875.
NUMBER 5.
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UITDEETAKEE,
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IVcodcn Coffins, Etc..
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of
FANCY GROCERIES,
CofTees. Teas, Sugar, Sirup, Boots,
Shoes, Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc,
Also, a large ftork of
Dry Goods, Boots ar.d Shoes,
Crockery, Queensware,
Ec, Etc., Eic. .
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"EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY."
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WILLIAM STADELMANN
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CLOTHING
Gents' Furnishing Goods
FOR prRIXG AXD SUMMER.
FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED,
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The Highest Prices paid for. Wheat and Corn.
Particular attention even to custom work.
HENRY BCECK,
I Invite everybody in n ant of anything In my
line lo call at my store.
South Side Main, bet. 5th & tith Sts.,
And convince themelve of the fact. I have as a
specialty 'n my Retail Departments a stock of
Fine fluihir for Men ana Ujys, to which we in
vile thoe lio want good.
I !fo keep on hand a large and well-eelected
:.ck ut
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Etc.
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in the city.
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be purchased elsewhere.
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On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth.
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Feed, Sale and Livery
STATlLiE,
Mala Street, Plattsmouth, Neb.
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Carriages, Buggies, Wagons,
AND
A No. I Hearse.
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First National Bank
Or Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
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E. G. Dovet
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Cashier.
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room, corner Main and Sixth streets, aud are pre
pared t transact a general
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FltOTI WASHINGTON.
A "Wasuixgton dispatch of the 19th says
the Secretary of the Treasury had finally de
cided that the examination of banks for un
stamped checks must be made by the regular
Bank Examiners.
Gex. Ross, who attacked with a hammer
and nearly killed a comrade In Washington
recently, has been declared insane, and com
mitted to an asylum.
Attt.-Gex. Williams on the 22d ten
dered and the President accepted his
resignation, to take effect on the 15th
of May. The President has emphatical
ly denied the truth of the statement that he
had requested the resignation of Secretary
Delano. It was thought in Washington on
the 22d that the latter would soon resign, as
he had intended doing so for some time, but
had held on at the request of the President.
A dangerous counterfeit five-dollar note
on the First National Bank of Paxton, 111.,
has been discovered in Washington.
Further investigation into the mail-contract
frauds has led to the discovery of
other fraudulent bids. About six clerks had
been discharged up to the 23d for complicity
la these frauds, and it was understood that
a dozen more were implicated.
THE EAST.
The centennial celebrations at Concord and
Lexington of the first shots fired in the War
of American Independence took place on
the 19th. The day was ushered in with
the firing of cannon, and then fol
lowed civic and military processions,
in which President Grant, Vice-President
Wilson, several Cabinet officers,
the Governor and other distinguished men
participated. French's 6tatue of "themin
ute-man" was unveiled, and orations appro
priate to the occasion were delivered.
Samuel R. Wells, the well-known phre
nologist and publisher of the Thr etiological
Journal, died recently of typhoid fever. He
was fifty-five years of age.
The United States Centennial Board of Fi
nance cautions the public against counterfeit
medals in commemoration of the Centennial
Anniversary of the Declaration of Indepen
dence. They have had prepared at the Unit
ed States mint, under special act of Congress,
a series of medals with appropriate devices,
emblems and inscriptions, and which are the
only medals oflicialiy Issued relating to the
great events of 1876, the larger ones having
stamped upon them, "Act of Congress, June,
1874," and the others, " By authority of the
Congress of the United States." These official
medals are of four kinds small gilt at one
dollar; large bronze at two dollars; coin sil
ver at three dollars; large gilt at five dollars;
or all inclosed in one case at eleven dollars.
They are now being sold by the Centennial
Board of Finance and its agents, and the
profits arising therefrom are strictly applied
in aid of the preparation for the celebration
of the anniversary which the medals com
memorate. The election for Sachem of the Xew York
Tammany Society has resulted in the tri
umph of John Kelley by a vote of 357 to 5
for Comptroller Andrew n. Green.
Mr. Bjeccher's cross-examination was con
eluded on the 21st. His explanations did not
materially differ from those made by him in
his direct testimony. After a brief redirect
examination Mr. Beechcr left the stand, and
the defense called Samuel White Partridge,
formerly cashier for the house of Woodruff
A Robinson, who identified a check for
$7,000 drawn by Mr. Bowen in June, 1873,
and deposited with that firm. He was
shown a slip of paper, which he identified as
one accompanying the check, and which
reads as follows: "Spoils of new friends
for the enrichment of the old." Objection
was made to the admission of the slip, and
Mr. Evarts said he would prove that it was
in Mr. Tilton's handwriting. The Judge de
cided it might be read In evidence.
Cn arles A.Dana, who was arrested upon an
attachment issued by the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia, for libel, has been
discharged by Judge Blatchford, of the
United States District Court in New York
city.
John nARPERjsenior member of the firm of
narper Bros., publisher, died in New York
on the 22d, in the seventy-ninth year of his
age.
Henry M. Cleveland testified in the
Beccher suit on the 22d to the effect that
Mr. Beecher called on him at the Christian
Union office between eleven and twelve
o'clock on the 2d of June, 1S7U, and remained
about forty minutes. He was cross-examined
and stated that he went to see Mr. Car
penter in May, 1S74, at the request of Mr.
Beecher, to bring him (Carpenter) to Mr.
Moulton's, Mr. Beecher saying that he
wished to have Mr. Carpenter confer with
Mr. Bowen in regard to some reports having
reference to Mr. Beecher. Witness told Mr.
Carpenter if the stories were repeated the
tripartite agreement would be published.
Witness also testified that the Church Inves
tigating Committee was appointed at the
suggestion of Mr. Beecher in consultation with
witness and Messrs. Shearman and Tracy.
Dr. James L. Little testified that he saw Mr'
Tilton in the Communistic procession in
New York, in a carriage with Miss Claflin,
Mrs. Woodhull being on foot In front of the
procession. He did not know the women to
be Miss Claflin and Mrs. Woodhull except
that they were pointed out to him as such.
The cross-examination of Mr. Cleveland
was concluded on the 23d, and Mr. Moulton
was called to the stand for further cross-examination.
He denied that he had ever said
to Mr. Partridge (as the latter testified in his
evidence) that Mr. Tilton had written the life
of Mrs. Woodhull to put himself at the head of
the Spiritualists of the country, as there were
more Spiritualists than Congregationalists;
he had, however, told Mr. Partridge that the
Spiritualists of the country outnumbered
the Congrcgationalists. Mr. Partridge was
recalled and reaffirmed his former statement
on this point, saying in his cross-examination
that the conversation occurred
shortly after the publication of the pam
phlet. Gold closed in New York on the 23d at
115K- The following were the closing
quotations for produce: No. 2 Chicago
Spring Wheat, 11.20; No. 2 Milwaukee, $1.21
1.23; No. 2 Northwestern, $1.22gl.24;
Barley, $1.45(711.50; Oats, Western H ixed, 73,
75c; Corn, Western Mixed, 93'J4c; Pork,
New Mess, $22.10; Dressed Hogs,10(alO.Yc;
Lard, 15516c. Flour, good to Thoice,
$5.S05.50; White Winter Extra, $5.60(?2.40
The cattle market was strong and active,
ranging from lltfc to 14c for common
to extra. Sheep, clipped, brought 526Xc,
and unshorn 78ic. There were no live
hogs offered.
At East Liberty, Pa., on the 23d, cattle
brought : Best, $6.75a7.25; good, $fl.00g
B.50; common, $5.75S5.90. Hogs sold
Yorkers, $7.707.90; Philadelphias, $S.90
9.00. Sheep brought $4.50(27.50 according
to quaUty.
THE WEST.
Orders haTe been issued for the release
of the miners captured by th$ military at
Harney's Peak upon their promise being
given that they will not again enter th.
Black Hills country until permission to do
o is granted by the Government.
The Supreme Court of the State of Kan
sas has decided the act authorizing coun
ties and municipalities to issue bonds for
the purchase of seed grain for destitute set
tlers to be unconstitutional.
Advices from Kansas City, Mo., state that
four soldiers were corraled by Cheyenne In
dians twenty miles south of Fort Wallace,
Kan., on the 15th, and a bloody fight ensued
in which ten Indians were killed. The sol
diers finally escaped in the darkness. A
general war is pronounced imminent.
Gov. Beveridge, of Illinois, has signed
the so-called " Anti-Scalpers' " bill, and it
goes into effect July 1. The law provides
that all persons dealing in tickets shall have
a certificate signed by the officers of all rail
roads whose tickets they sell, and that if any
person shall sell tickets without such au
thority he shall be fined not exceeding $500,
and imprisoned not exceeding one year,
either or both. It also requires railroad
companies to redeem jrro rata any unused
portion of any ticket, and punishes by fine
and imprisonment failure to do so.
Second-Advextists to the number of one
hundred or more, under the lead of Elder
Thurman, of Boston, who claimed to be a
prophet and had predicted the second com
ing of Christ on the night of thelSHh, assem
bled in Chicago on the evening of that
day to await the fulfillment of the
prophecy. It is said many of them
had disposed of all their worldly
possessions by giving them away, so confi
dent were they of the near approach of the
reign of Christ on earth. Their prophets
now claim that an error in their calculations
had anticipated the event by a period of
forty-nine years.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean of April 22 pub
lishes reports from different sections of the
country, indicating that the wheat crop in
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri and Ten
nessee will be less than an average, while in
Southern Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota
the yield promised to be large. The
cotton and tobacco plants in Tennes
see, South Carolina, and Virginia had
been injured by frost, and in those States, as
well as Ohio, Indiana and Missouri, the fruit
crop will be essentially a failure. Tho great
fruit regions of Southern Illinois and West
ern Michigan have also suffered, and the
yield of peaches, pears, apples and berries
will be email. Oats and clover have been
damaged in some localities.
The jury in the libel suit of Miss Early, of
Rockford, 111., against Mr. Storey, of the
Chicago Times, has rendered a verdict of
$25,000 damages. This suit was brought be
cause of the publication of an article in the
Timet alleging scandalous conduct on ths
part of the plaintiff, a young lady of irre
proachable character. The publication of
the article was admitted on the trial, and
no attempt was made to Justify it, the de
fense being that there was no malice in it,
and that a subsequent retraction was made.
The libelous article was based upon private
letters received by Mr. Storey, purporting to
come from Rockford parties, and was pub
lished as a special correspondence of that
paper. The defense moved for anew trial.
A Topeka (Kan.) special of the 22d says
seventy-five of the Indians who escaped from
the Cheyenne Agency had returned, and
more would follow. They were nearly starved
to death.
A Kansas Citt (Mo.) telegram of the 23d
says the grnsshoppers were eating up every
thing in the localities in that vicinity visited
by them in the latter part of last season.
They are also reported to be making their
appearance in large numbers in many parts
of Minnesota and Kansas.
Official returns from all the counties in
Michigan except Schoolcraft, Houghton and
Chippewa give Marston (Rep.) for Judge of
the Supreme Court a majority of 5,423.
A call has been issued by the Michigan
Prohibition Central Committee for a con
vention to meet at Lansing on the 11th of
May.
In Chicago, on the 23J, spring wheat, No.
2, was weaker, closing at $1.01(al.02
cash. Cash corn closed at 73,1c for new No.
2 and 70c for rejected. Cash oats sold at
6161Jic; June options were sold at 62c
Rye brought $1.00(31.07. Barley, No. 2,
$1.211.23. Cash mess pork closed at
t21.S522.00. Lard, $15.40015.50. Choice
to extra graded steers brought $0.50 to $6.80;
prime to choice native stock, $5.506.40;
Tcxans, $2.505.75; scalawags, $2.75(33.75.
nogs brought $6.50(g7.75 for still-fattened
and $8.20'J.0O for corn-fattened.
THE SOUTH.
The recent severe cold weather extended
into the South, and much damage to crops
is reported from many sections. Orithe
night of the 18th ice formed nearly half an
inch thick at Wilmington, N. C, and heavy
frosts had occurred at Montgomery, Ala.,
and elsewhere, injuring corn, cotton- and
vegetables. Snow at Richmond, Va., on the
morning of the 10th.
A Galveston dispatch of the 19th reports
another raid into Texas by Mexican freeboot
ers, who were engnged in burning and plun
dering near Corpus Christ!.
The nwjority report of the Louisiana
House Committee on Elections, deciding
four Conservatives entitled to seats occupied
by four Republicans, was adopted on the
20th by a vote of 6ixty to thirty-two.
iMPEAcnMENT resolutions against State
Auditor Clinton for high crimes and misde
meanors in office were passed by the Louisi
ana House on the 21st by a vote of 73 to 21.
A New Orleans dispatch of that date says the
Republicans claimed that the action of the
Democrats in unseating four Republicans and
seating four Democrats in their places was a
gross breach of the plighted faith of the
Democratic party, and Messrs. Wheeler and
Frye, of the Congressional Committee, had
expressed the opinion that the four unseated
members were, to retain their seats under the
Wheeler compromise.
The Louisiana Senate on the 22d voted
22 to 10 to take up the Clinton impeach
ment resolution, and after passing the same
to a second reading resolved itself into a
court of impeachment for the trial of the
Auditor on the charges preferred against him
by the House. The House passed a joint
resolution to extend the extra session to
May 5.
The steamer John Kyle, while lying at hei
dock at New Orleans on the 23d, caught fire
and was turned adrift. She floated toward two
other steamers, the Exporter and Bodman,
which were also cut adrift to avoid the burning
vesse4, but they came together, and were all
consumed. Many persons had collected on
the decks of the Exporter and Bodmin to
witness the conflagration, and of them from
twenty to one hundred perished.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
A serious riot occurred in Glasgow, Scot
land, on the 18th at the opening of some
pleasure-grounds iu the suburbs. A stand
on which 1,500 people were seated, gave way
and precipitated the entire mass to the
ground. Thirty persons were seriously in
jured, and the visitors, indignant at the
carelessness of the proprietors, destroyed
everything on the grounds and burned the
barricades arouud them.
A late Montevideo (Uruguay) letter an
nounces the discovery of a conspiracy for the
assassination of tlie President and his Minis
ters, and the arrest of many of the mort influ
ential members of the Conservative party,
fifteen of whom had been banished.
A St.Pztbrsburo correspondent, in a letter
published In the London JJaily Ktwt on t he
morning of the 21st, says a plot had been
discovered in Khiva for the massacre of all
the Russians In the Khanate. The Kmirof
Afghanistan had been accused of complicity
in the conspiracy.
The Presidentof the French Geographical
Society has handed Minister Washburne the
gold medal presented by the society to the
family of the late Capt Hall, in commemo
oration of his exploits as an Arctic explorer.
Ten men are on trial in the City of Mexico
charged with burying three men alive, leav
ing only their heads above ground, and then
dispatching them with hatchets and knives
after prolonged torture.
A motion by Dr. Kcnealy In the British
nouse of Commons, on the 23d, for the
appointment of a royal commission to In
vestigate the circumstances attending the
Tichborne trial elicited an exciting debate,
and was then rejected by a vote of 433 noes
to one aye.
J. M. Kerros, United States Consular
Agent at Brest, is dead.
The police authorities of Poscn have noti
fied all Ursuline Sisters in that district who
are not natives of Germany that they must
leave tho country within two months.
The Acapnlco Massacre.
Washinotox, April IS.
The Navy Department has received a
communication from Capt. Queen, com
manding the United States steamer Sara
nac, dated Acapulco, March 27, he having
been ordered thither to inquire into the
circumstances attending the death by vio
lence of an American citizen. Capt.
Queen reports that about the 13th of
March Procopio C. Diaz and other resi
dents of Acapulco, all natives and citizens
of Mexico, organized a congregaiion for
religious worship according to the Protest
ant creed. The meetings were held on
Sundays and other ria3's in the house of
Diaz, and were strictly of a private char
acter. Diaz and some members of his
flock were occasionally stoned by
the populace and otherwise annoyed, but
sustained no serious damage to their
persons. In December last the Ilev. II.
II. Hutchinson, head of the Presbyterian
Mission in Mexico, was solicited by the
congregation to become their pastor and
to organize the congregation in a more
formal manner. Converts were added to
the church, and in all the society num
bered sixty-eight persons, mostly natives
of the countiy. Preaching took place and
prayer-meetings were held at Diaz' resi
dence. They looked for a suitable build
ing for church purposes and Bonn rented
one which had served as a Roman Catho
lic Church, was subsequently used by
French invaders, and was then occupied
as a mercantile warehouse.
The chapel was formally opened in Jan
uary last, Mr. Hutchinson oiliciating as
pastor. On the 25th of that month, after
the services, the congregation retired with
out any fears of injury from their enemies.
Mr. Hutchinson did not at that time at
tend the chapel, the services being con
ducted by Mr. Diaz. There were present
thirty or forty members. A few minutes
after 8 o'clock in Use evening, as the con
gregation were singing the last hymn, a
disturbance was occasioned by a party of
Mexicans armed with maclutct and mus
kets. From the testimony adduced on
the examination into the disturbances
only six or eight of these armed men
entered the building, the others
remaining outside for the purpose, it is
said, of finishing the ProtoUnts who
should attempt to escape. The struggle
in the chapel did not continue more than
eight minutes. Shots were tired, but the
principal damage was done by the
machetes. The Protestants, after the as
sassins retired, barricaded their chapel as
a means of protection from the force out
side. The military commander and his
aids soon reached the spot and were direct
ly followed by forty soldiers from the
garrison. The District Judge nnd his
Secretary also appeared upon the scene
and ordered those inside to open the doors
of the chapel. This the Protestants re
fused to do until they were assured the
party so ordering were their friendu.
It was then ascertained, according to
official inquiry, that three men aud one
woman had been killed and eleven men
w ounded. Among the number killed was
a "colored man named Henry M orris, a
barber and a native of Boston. His body
was fearfully mangled, the head being al
most severed from the body. lie had fre
quently been warned by his friends not to
go to the meetings, as there were reasons for
believing that by 6o doing he would
place his life in danger. A woman was
killed by a bullet passing through her
head, and a man was found in a dying
condition. This man was one of the at
tacking party, and was shot by Diaz, who
was badly wounded, having received eight
wounds.
Mr. Hutchinson, on the evening of the
attack, on being advised to remove to
other quarters, went to the California Ho
tel. A Mexican guard was sent there to
protect him should an attempt be made on
his life. By advice of the United States
Consul he went on Iniard of a vessel and
sailed for San Francisco.
Interesting Import and Export Statistics.
Washington. April 15.
The report for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1874, has just been published. It
shows that during that year the value of
eoods and merchandise imported into the
United States from foreign countries, and
upon which duty was paid, amounted to
$415,748,693. The amount of duty paid
to the United States on that valuation was
$100,388,905, or al)out 30 per cent, of the
entire valuation of the goods imported
During the same period the value of goods
and merchandise imported, and upon
which, being on " the free list," no direct
duty was imposed, amounted to $1H0,117,
0G1. These values are, however, sub
ject to what is known as ''discriminat
ing duty," and yielded to the
United States in the shape of revenue
$133,380. Discriminating duty is a
duty of 10 per cent, charged upon goods
imported from countries other than those
in w hich the goods were grown or manu
factured, and goods imported in vessels
owned in countries which discriminate
against American vessels. The total value
of goods imported for the year w as f
801,248. The total value of our exports
for the year, reduced to a gold value, w as
f 052,913,443 showing a balance in favor
of the United States of $57,052,197. Of
specie and bullion we imported $.8,4."4,
90(3 and exported $G,f30.405, the balance
against us being $38,175,499. Compared
w-ith the j-ear 1873 the value of our
exports for 1874 show an increase of $43,
fXi,491 and our imports a decrease of
$S8.767,9H-.
The following table will show the total
value and duty of foreign merchandise en
tered into consumption in the United
States from 1807 to 1874 inclusive:
Ytnr. Vain: Duty.
1M7 $100 .! u7 $ifis.r;.Tro
lSn :8.7.i'.0'.'8 -J.VT8
1SH! 41 l.-r. K-i "A 17t;..V.7.:st
1S70 fW.ST.-i.HrtS li'l.ri S.OiT
171 5ifl7V51S ;6.K7 i
1S7-2 STi'ltl 21-61'.t.l05
is-1 B-i nu.rx i ..?.(
1874 K-5.N55.7M 100,afcsSS5
WAITING.
Tla time yon drew the curtain, child, and
latched the open door;
Put out the useless candle there is daylight
on the moor;
And If he comes back in the day, be it early,
be it late.
He'll find Hie track across the heath that
leads him to our gate.
Til lay me down upon the bed, but I shall
wake to hear
The faintest footfall on the grass, or ever it
draw near;
Tis many a year; yet I 6hould know his step
as well to-day.
As when I checked my sobs to hear its echo
die away.
'Tls many a year; I sometimes wish, the
while I watch at night.
And feel my heart prow colder with the com
ing of the light
I wish my hope could die away as dies the
lamp of morn;
I wl6h I could sit down and weep, and know
myself forlorn.
I wish I could shut my heart as you bar out
the snn.
And sit in darkness, yet In peace, until my
life were done;
rm weary listening all the night for what I
never hear;
Pm weary counting how the days make up
another year.
And If he comes, It is so long, so long I've
waited now,
OhI will he know me with these lines deep
traced upon my brow?
He'll look to 6ee a knot of curls, like one
that he has kept,
And worn, I know, upon his heart, tho while
ho walked or slept.
He'll look to clasp a little hand that once
was firm and white:
(Feel how it shakes, child, just to think if he
should come to-night;)
From scanty hair, and lined face, and figure
6hrunk aud bent,
How could ho guess the beating heart, whose
love is all unspentl
It would be worst of all to 6ce him try to
hide the pain,
To hear the old fond words, and see the dear
old looks again;
To hold his warm brown hand, close pressed,
and know at heart the while
That when he turned his face aside the lips
forgot their smile.
I'm fain to give up hope, and rest from weary
day and night
In the gray gloaming that may end, who
knows, in sudden light;
There are 6ome joys most near, they say,
when every hope seems past.
And, if I cease to watch and wait, my love
may come at last.
BROUGHT
TO LlfillT-ST0UY.
A TRUE
That strikes are usually disa.Jrous to
the working classes has been lullr exem
plified at "Fall River, Mass. The em
ployes have lost $90,000 in wages and
$10",000 have been contributed to their
support by trades-unions. The suspen
sion of work is said not to have proved to
the advantage of tho mill-owners, and
there would .ive been strike if h little
practical coinon-ense fmJ prevailed.
BY GEORGE LOWEIL ACSTTS.
It was the season of the carnival at
Florence and public rejoicing had reached
ita climax. Balls, operas and concerts
were innumerable, and the deepest solem
nity enshrouded thein, as had long been
the custom. The freest license was per
mitted to everyone; all quarrels ceased,
and a kind, fraternal fecliug centered in
every breast.
Within the parlor of one of the large
hotels of the beautiful city sat a young
man of apparently not more than twenty
five years of age. His form was half con
cealed in the folds of an easy-chair. No
other personage was visible, save a servant
who 6at in one corner of tho room and
who had very nearly fallen asleep over a
newspaper which he held carelessly in his
hand.
It was late in the afternoon and the last
rays of the declining sun stealing in
through the window shed a dreamy luster
over the scene. A he young man mmeit
dozed and dreamed and looked somewhat
depressed in spirits. His bold and roughly-hewn
features and light, curly hair told
plainly that he was not of Southern oricrin,
but had wandered hither, pilgrim-like,
from some home lying far beyond the
Alps.
And what was the story of this stranger?
His early life had been nurtured in pover
ty and hardships. But people had said
that he waa a genius, and had prophesied
for him a place among the immortals.
He was passionately fond of music, and
this love was second only to the ability
and power with which he sported w ith
rich harmonies. He had studied old and
new masters, had practiced until patience
had developed success and understanding,
and was now worthy to be hailed as an ar
tist. He felt that he had won his title to
euch, and, inflated, perhaps, by the con
sciousness of superiority, he was prone
to build many air-castles upon the un
stable sands of the future. Too often al
ready he had found that hopes were vain
and that dreams were as unreal as the
fairv phantoms of Morgana.
He had learned, too, that success gen
erally hangs upon the greatness of the in
dividual; that a crowd is always attracted
by a celebrated name, and that external
appearances determine ita judgment, and
that a light breeze is more fatal to popular
fancy than the grandest furor.
The young artist, I say, felt this much,
and more. He realized how uncertain
were the paths which he trod, and recalled
times that when bethought he had placed
his foot on a firm foundation had proven
to be only a quagmire which trembled and
gave way beneath his step. But this feel
ing in no way disheartened him. If he
would see his name enrobed in honor, he
knew that he must need travel the rough
ways which others had gone over before
him. Like the latter, he imagined life to
be a vast continent diversified in its sur
face, in which there were mountains to be
climbed over, rivers and valleys to be
crossed, and smooth plains, luxurious and
in splendor clad, to be skirted and over
stepped. From his home in the North he had
drifted to Paris, where, intoxicated by the
gorgeousness of scenes, the activity and
excitement of every-day life, glowing
fashions and gilded magnificence, he was
tempted to forget his heart and surrender
himself to dissipation. He passed through
the streets alone, unmolested and unknown,
lie had come at a time when the Oriental
scourge was waylaying its victims, and
when almost every household in the proud
metropolis, from the noblest to the hum
blest, was forced to hang the gloomy token
of bereavement upon the dour-post when
the Angel of Death had no respect fr per
sons, and condemned those whom he had
slain to the dark depths of one common
grave.
Amid such utter confusion what could a
poor young artist hope to accomplish?
Enterprise was dead, and there was small
sympathy for the fine arts. Moreover,
Paris was already thronged with stars. Iu
one circle Aiiber swayed caprice by his
fantastic movements. In another Bellini,
toned to grief, was the revered idol ; and
then, too, the hyper-romantic Meyerbeer
was about to unloose his mischievous
" Diavolo." Singers of all grades and na
tionalities demanded a hearing, from the
bewitehins Malibran down to the young
est aile of the Conservatory.
The hero of our story was, nevertheless,
resolved on makinghimself known. When
the hour for his concert had arrived the
talon was filled to overflowing. The
strange and unique name of the artist,
Eosted as it was in every part of the city,
ad awakened curiosity. In him the audi-ence,-who
were rather spectators than list
eners, hoped to behold a man clothed in
the furs of the North, and possessed of a
voice as loud and terrible as the thunder.
It was before such an assembly that he
was to appear, to contest the honor already
won by Paganini and De Bcriot.
Alas! for the concert and the artist. The
former was pleasing enough, they said,
but the latter could scarcely be called more
than a second-rate fiddler!
Whither, now, if Pari3 failed to applaud
him, should he direct his footsteps? To
"Italy, where ia hli twa imagination,
sunny fields opened ont to him like an erU"
chanted world. Herein again he was mis
taken. No theater would permit him en
trance, no impresario was willing to (jrant
him a hearing. His heart sank wuhin
him. lie thought of Germany, and won
dered whether its people were more hos
pitable and obliging. He wondered, too,
whether the fair goddess that had whis
pered into his ear long years before had
really and only deceived him. Indeed,
was he a born musician ? He thought not;
and with this sad conclu.-ion weighing
down upon his life and bedazzling his
brain in a burning fever he sank back into
the easy-chair w here the reader haa first
discovered him.
He was so nearly hidden that his pres
ence was not perceived by two personages
who had just entered the room, a lady aud
a gentleman, tho latter the proprietor of
the hotel.
Hers was a figure which both poets and
painters loved to meditate upon. She was
slender and tall, and her features were
singularly beautiful and regularly marked ;
her cheeks were round and full and sweet
ly diffused with a tint of delicate paleness.
Her mouth was wrought into the fairest
curve and her lips bore the hue of the
brightest carnations. Her grace was re
markable; her loveliness was complete.
Her whole soul was attuned to an heroic
power that ill became the delicacy of her
living form.
She shook her- dark curls somewhat
spitefully, and spoke in the purest Tuscan
dialect when she said :
"I do not know what I am to do about
the atlair. The concert, as you know, has
been announced, the tickets arc all sold,
nnd every seat is engaged. My husband
was to appear, and it was to him that I
looked for the success of the enterprise."
" Your ladyship's husband, then, is un
able to come down? I hope his illness
will not prove serious," replied the host,
fairlv exhausting his store of civilities.
" lie is not seriously ill," continued the
first speaker, 44 but the physician says that
he must keep in his room full three days
yet. I am in despair. I can sing, at best,
only three songs; mv husband was to fill
up the remainder of"the programme."
44 Ahem! oh! then you wish to procure a
new violinist one w ho can supply his
place? Well, signora, there are enough
of them in Florence. You know Paganini
stayed here once, and Viotti, too; and, as
my grandfather used to relate, Tartini also
has been a guest of this house. I w ill find
you a violinist ; there is one who is even
how stopping here."
44 Stopping here? What, in this hotel?
You astonish me, signor! Is there any
body who can take my husband's placef"
' les. I have heard him play, ana tne
strains that came from his instrument re
minded me of another world."
44 His name! It seems incredible."
44 The name is not high-sounding, I con
fess. It's a mixture of English and Ger
man, reads oddly, and is 6till worse to
pronounce. It is well, bless me! I have
forgotten. However, I'll bring him in."
4' You do me a great service, signor,
and I thank you."
The burly "host was on the point of leav
ing the room when his eyes fell upon the
young man, who had sat listening unheed
ed to the conversation. He advanced
toward him aud bowed low.
44 Pardon me, my Northern gentleman,"
said he, 44 but the most famous Malibran
tells me that her distinguished husband
cannot appear at the concert to-night. She
is in search of a substitute, and perhaps,
signor, you can act the part and confer a
favor on my lady."
44 Forgive me, signor," interposed the
fair lady herself, 41 that my friend should
thus iudiscreotly address you. But you
understand."
The young artist stepped forward and
saluted Malibran in the most courteous
manner. Then in broken Italian he said:
44 Indeed, signora, if you are laboring
under embarrassment I should be only too
happy to assist you."
Malibran returned a look that showed
full plainly her w illingness to accept any
offer that he might make.
44 Did I not tell you, signora," cajoled
the facetious host, "'that I would find a sub
stitute? And here he is."
44 1 thank you, signor, for your kind
ness. Have I the honor to salute an artist
from Brittania; and may I be so inquisi
tive as to seek your name V"
44 1 am a Norwegian, Signora Malibran,"
replied the artist, with downcast eyes, 4'anl
my name Ole Bull."
Malibran made an effort to pronounce
the name, but failed.
41 You have heard of our people," he
continued, "mly as sea kings. But you
see I have chosen a different occupation,
and carry the bow instead of the sword. I
do not shun the contest, and, although I am
to take the place of the violin-virtuoso of
France, I should feel happy, even in my
failure, to know that I had attempted to
be of the best service to you. I will en
gage to play the pieces advertised in the
programme, and their difficulties will
prove incentives to try and do my best."
44 1 have unlounded confidence in you,"
replied Malibran, "anil to refuse your
liberal oiler would be us ungracious as it
would be indiscreet on my part to accept
it without first consulting my husband."
44 Ah, then, we will have a trial of skill.
You play the piano, of ourse? I will
bring in my violin, and jour husband
shall say whether 1 am worthy to supply
his place."
"Agreed; and let us do so at once, for
there is no time that must be lost."
Malibran took the arm of her ncwlv-
made f riend, and with step as light as air
conducted him up the wide staircase into
the most richly-adorncd room of the hotel.
In that silent chamber, clothed almost
in the darkness of night, De Beriot lay
outstretched on a low couch. A bandage
was tied around his head, and, as the
couple stepped into the room, he bowed in
credulously, as if doubting the charcterof
the stranger. In few words Malibran di
vulged the name of the latter, and his pro
posal. The virtuoso smiled faintly, as
with distorted features he endeavored to
speak the name of the artist.
At length Malibran sat down to the
piano, the Norwegian tonk up his violin
and bow, while De Beriot, still doubting,
resumed his former posture, und well-nigh,
buried his head in the pilimv.
44 What shall we try first, my noble
Northern champion V" asked she, turning
over the pages of open music. " We cer
tainly have enough to choose from."
44 Anything, anything, signora suit
your t;iLe," was the reply.
"Well, let us try my good old favorite,
and his sonata in A minor. You know it,
I suppose?"
The artist nodded assent, and the music
le:ran. The sick man had almost deter
mined not to listen. But at the opening
strains he raised his head from the pil
low, and glanced furtively at the musi
cian. Sweeter and sweeter grew the har
mony; each and every movement was
rendered in the most exact time. Now,
the tones rose to the loudest swell, and
then, gradually diminishing, fell dying
from the strings in sweetest cadence. At
the end of the" first part De Beriot arose
from his couch. At the close of the sec
ond he advanced toward the players, and
with a feeling of mingled awe and rever
ence, and a heart too full for utterance, he
threw his arms around the neck of his
brother artist.
44 Your mastership is proved!" he at last
murmured faintly. 44 You not only fill
my place worthily, but I must confess it
you put me in the shade. I have heard
a performance like that only from one man.
Play whatever you like at the concert to
night." 44 Thanks, signor," returned Ole Bull;
44 1 will confine myself to the pieces ad
vertised in the bill ; for thereby I hope to
prove myself more worthy of the cordial
praise w men you have bestowed."
De BeTiot lay down again, and the mu-
tlc continued as sweet ana pcricct as be
fore. First, the theme charmed like the
nightingale' warbling, and the variation
followed like fireworks, sparkling and
brilliant, and vanishing in tho broad fcky
of ethereal harmony.
44 1 ought to be jealous!" exclaimed De
Beriot. 44 But God bless you I my friend.
There is only one that can. aurpass yon.
and that is the great l'aganini nimstli.
You are his duplicate; and did you say
that tho Parisians failed to notice j ou?
Good heavens! are the people mad?"
41 Tho good people of Florence will
show better favor," interposed the beauti
ful Malibran. " What w ill be their sur
prise when they discover two virtuotiw'iWu
In their city?"
" The people of Florence," responded
the youngest of the company, 44 like all tho
rest, will receive me coldly when they find
a stranger instead of a favorite. What
can a dumb instrument do beside such a
voice? But I have made a promiso and
keep it I will.1
The trio separated, each with the kind
liest wishes and good will. De Bcriot'
went back to his couch, the fair Malibran
to her dressing-room and Ole Bull to room
No. 10, in the attic.
That evening the people of Florence
waited in eager suspense for a grand con
cert to begin. The curtain rose and, amid
the loudest and most enthusiastic ap
plause, the queen-singer made her entree
upon the stage. She was conducted
thither by a stranger, at sight of whom
every member of the audience became
hushed. Some, indeed, began to scowl
and to lament the absence of their idol;
but even they changed their features when
the duet was sounded. It was the Mali
bran who introduced the stranger, and tho
latter proved himself an artist.
The excitement knew no bounds, and
everyone freely acknowledged the pres.
ence of a star of the first magnitude.
Thenceforth the odd name of the Nor
wegian artist lingered on every tongue.
From Florence hia glory spread over the
whole of Europe ana at length crossed the
waters to America. He was courted, rev
erenced, and greeted as the "rival of
l'aganini."
The beautiful Malibran, who, coming
like a spirit from beyond this world, had
interposed his dark life and elevated it at
once to the zenith of its effulgence, de
parted in her early bloom and loveliness
to an eternal spring in the hereafter. De
Bcriot has also passed away, leaving to
the world a name wreathed in laurel and
treasured offspring of his genius.
Of the distinguished three who met to
gether under difficulties Hnd parted in
mutual love and honor, only one remains
to-day among the living. And for him
"who knows how soon the bell may toll?"
Hearth and Home.
1 Romantic Will Case.
"With a little dressing up, a will case
w hich recently came before the Surrogate
or Probate Judge of New York city might
be made the basis of an exriting romance.
In 1872 Miss Susan A. Lawrence, a rich
young lady of New York, secretly mar
ried John A. Baker, a lawyer by profes
sion, and a native of North Carolina.
Baker had been previously married to a
Miss Hargin, of Chicago, whom he aban
doned, and from w hom he afterward pro
cured a divorce on a trumped-up charge
against her. He was a plausible fellow,
and, assisted by Eliza Brown, a female
relative, succeeded in inducing Miss Lnw
rencc to marry him clandestinely. Her
family disliked Baker, deeming him un
worthy of her, and the integrity of
her character was euch that no one
who knew her could believe that
she would have consented to
the step unless under deceptive represen
tations. There was evidence that these
had been brought to bear upon her through
the woman Brown, who convinced her
that Baker's first divorce was perfectly
legitimate. The unfortunate young Wly
fell into the trap, and went South with
Baker early in 1873 without letting the
fact of the marriage le known. She died
without children in 1874 at Charleston, 3.
C. She made a will in which she left her
husband an annuity of $l,ft00 for life.
The small amount of this bequest appeared
to show quite plainly that she had not
much confidence in him, but her relatives
would not suffer him to keep even the
$1,500. They alleged that undue influence
had been used to secure it, and the Surro
gate ruled in their favor. He suid :
44 In the present case we have evidence
which shows conclusively to my mind
that the legatee, John A. Baker, had suf
ficient influence to induce a refined aud
sensitive woman, to whom a violation of
the conventional proprieties of life was
evidently repugnant, to consent to a mar
riage in opposition to the w ishes of her
family, who believed him unworthy of
her, and to a marriage in secret always
an act done with regret, and seldom by a
woman of the character and social position
of the decedent except impelled by a pas
sion which would consent to any saeritice
for the object of her love. And his in
fluence was sufficient, after the marriage
had been kept secret for months from her
family, to whom he was fondly attached,
to consent to clandestinely leave the pro
tection of the household with the man who
had inspired and fostered the passion, to
go to a distant State and accept his doubt
ful protection instead. An influence suf
ficient to accomplish these results is equal
to procuring the exceution of a testa
mentary instrument from the decedent
which HOuk give the chief actor a life in
terest in a portion of her estate, and this I
hold o have been affirmatively proven in
this case; and certainly the one most in
terested in sustaining the instrument has
failed to convince me, ss under the law he
should do, in view of his relations with
the decedent and of all the facts and cir
cumstances which have been developed in
the proofs, that no sinister means were
used by him to secure the bequests in hia
favor
This decision is no doubt In accordance
with the law and the facts in the case, and
it is certainly in the direction of poetic
instinct. The novelist would, however,
provide some deserving heir or heiress
whose inheritance of the fortune would
bring about a happy marriage, thus afford
ing a pleasant relief to the dark picture of
thwarted villainy. Cincinnati Gazelle.
A Yictimized Young ?Ian.
An amusing story is told of a young
American gentleman who, while sojourn
ing in Paris, invited two demoiselles to
accompany him to the theater. He se
cured three scats and drove to the house
of his fair friends, half hoping that one
was indisposed, so thnt his felicity mirht
be unbounded. The two were awaiting
him, and their mother as well, who kindly
invited herself to chaperon the party, and
intimated that her daughters could under
no circumstances go without her. There
was no help for it. The four crowded
into the carriage. No fourth seat
could be obuined adjacent to the three
already secured, or even on the same
tier, and during three long acts the
three ladies sat in a Ixjx, while our young
American gazed at them with feelings un
utterable from his beat in the paiquette.
The drama over only cabs w ith rooms for
two could be obtained to convey the party
home. Here, then, was a dilemma
which young lady should he select as his
cab companion ? They were lth charm
ing and the matter was difficult to decide.
The old lady settled it, however, to her
satisfaction, if to the annoyance of our
now miserable countryman. 44 Hortense
and Sophie, you go in this cab. Monsieur
and I w ill follow you in the next." The
young gentleman now thinks that French,
bociafcustomi are barbarous.