Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 14, 1873, Page 10

10 CHOLERA. What It Is: ¢ Epidemic Chole. ra-Morbus.” The Disease, in All Its Forms, Car- bonio-Acid Poisoning, Possibility that the Misiszippi River Iay Beoomo the*Nidus of Oholera. Cholern a Disenso for Which Man is Chiefly Responsible, From the Medfcal Investigator, I. What is cholera-morbus? 1lnrtshorne gives its eymptoms as follows: * Nausen and vomiting ©of groenisli or yollowish fluid, with rojoction of 8l food and drink; ofton, bul not always, pain in tho stomach and bowols; dlarrhes, with brownish or yollowish stools; dobility and cold- mess; liltlo or uo fovor. Boginning with such symptoms, it tho attacl, not relieved, becomes aggravated, cramps in tho limbs suporvono, the Yomiting and purging bocome more twatery: prostration and colinoss deopou into collapse, which may bo fatal.” Wherein does cholora dif- fer? * The difforonco {s soon,” he eays, *in tho bilious vomiting aud purging of cholora~ wmorbuy, and tho ricc-teater dischargesof chols ern; tho greater nausea in the formor; much more tendency to collapse, with bluoness, dyspnoa, aud suppression of urine, in cholora,” Ussentially they only diffor in rapidity and sovor- ity. his was tho view taken by the physician of the Dutch East India Compaty, who, i 1020, doseribed cholern ns * EPIDEMIC ONOLKRA MORBUA." And wo neo 1o necessity for any othor synonym. Wo could then uso tho term endenio cholorae morbus with good offect. Lot us analyzo cholern-morbus o littlo: ** Warm wenther scoms to prediaposo to it, while the direct cauges ofton aro indigoatiblo -articlos of food, a5 unrip fruit, oto., oxcess of ordinary food, sudden chinogo of temporature, checking porupiration.” How do thess four causos act ?* Tho first, by relaxing the mucous membrano &nd oxelting tho liver,” gives us, withont doubt, londed intestines with gastrio and intornal fuicos and bilo ; then it needs only formonting Cruit, or reaction from checked porspiration, to precipitato peristaltio action in both directions, i. e., purgiug and vomiting, Lot us go decpor, What is tho character of tho cjocts? Sour. Look at it effervesce, In it carbonio acid gas 7 What is tho full significanco of a checked por- spiration ? Chocked ingonsiblo vapor is loaded with carbonio acid. Then is not the essontial asture of cholora-morbus poisoning of tho 8ys- tom by acid, : CATDONTC CHTEFLY? ‘Tho bile i alkaline, foebly 8o when excessivo, and thig acid neutralizos it nd Liborates {wo ir- rita.ing biliary noids that alone would produce & diarrhes, brown, yellow or watory mucus (rico- water), according £ its persiatence and sovority. That is cholera-morbus, and it is ovident that it may he more or lews mevero according o the mmnount of polsoning of tho systom by tho acid. IL There aro cortain localities and years whoro and when the tondency to this form of diseaso is very marked, 1t is guuemlly in tho oarly sume mer, when thero has bean much spring-rain nod the summor gets in warm, Tho vegotation is hutried to maturity and immaturity by the su- pornbundance of carbonic-acid gas in thio atmos- hove. Tho effect upon tho system is very do- ilitating, and it only nceds o little irrogularity of eating, or drinking impure wator, or a suddon cool change, to vmcipilum 8 sovero attack of cholora-morbus. “'Ihis may bo 80 genoral at that place as to bo called endewmic cholora-morbus, or OHOLERINE. Herono now eloment i¢ added, only the acid ‘poisoning of the body is hastened IK tho marked vonosityof theblood from the difficulty of ex- haling ity suporabundanco of carbon. Undor sach circumatances tho attacks aro moro severo, for, added to tho irritated condition of the in- tostines by the foroign ncid, we have s vonous stasis in tho brain, giving us_ pressure upon tho quadrigominal bodics, winch Brown-Soquard found would incrense poristaltic aotion of tho bowels. Under such a condition we will be apt to have cramps, Cramp is the signal for tEn Meditorranean _sponge-divers to oome to tho surface and exhalo tho superabundance of car- bonie neid in their blood, It is evident, thon, that, if the vonous stasis {s great in tho ‘brain, sovora vomiting and diarrheas, even to rico-water dischargen, oramaps, and_aspliyxia, may bo pros- ent, If this iy tho condition of brain, reaction will be apt to give stupor (Opium) and perbaps Bomo retehing. In theeo opidemic cases the sys- tom is donbly poisoned by earbonic acid. II1. This Jocul atmospherio condition may be- como genoral, snd rain and sun altornate with an overcabt ely. Thon mon walk about in an at- mosphoro louded with carbonio gas, saturated with hot yapor, in o negativo eloctric condition, and tho slightest violstion of eating, drinking, or worlxinfi, preeipitaten o most sovere and vio- lont aitack of so-called cholera. When this con- dition of atmoxphere is porsistont for some tino, ospocially over citios or crowds of pilgrims (uligre sn swmountof carbonio scid largoly pro- ominatos), then TIE DISEASE DECOMES EPIDEMIO. What are the cloments Lere? (1) A vapory atmosphere, doficient in oxygen, and ozons, rontuining ‘much peroxide of Lydrogon, (2) & nogative electrical condition, the clouds proveiting the positivo clect olty of tho air from flowing to tho nogative oarth; (8) a superabundance of carbonic-acld gos in the air; and (1) systomallo polsoning by these elo- ments combined, Tho oxhalation of carbonio acid i8 o great from the human body that sufliciont may be genorated undor tho above atmorplieric conditions, on & crowded boat H ect tho susceptible. Thus y poison is generated by crowds of pilgrims poriodically visiting the holy pleces of Arabin," and why in 1738 “ 1t did not oxtond beyend the places of bnthlnF, and censed " 8f on the dispersion of tho multitude,” after 20,000 out of 2,100,000 had died in eight days. This ia why Dr. ‘Lhudicum found * no chiomical evidence of any special cholera-poison in tho blood,” and why Linnen intorcourwo bos & sharo in tho pro- pagation of the disenvo, and why it may bo car- riod porsonally, by clothing, by ourronts of air, ote, In tho light of this oxplanation how clear iy tho following: “In 1853 the Board of Hoalth of London concluded that the meteorological chauges which renosw the purity of the air are defective whore cholora provails, and ominentl 60 in low, wet situntions which show a higl barometric pressuro, abaonce of ozono aud of electricity, in_which localitios tho opidomia was most marked, ‘Thoy also concluded that tho poison ncted a8 a ferment, and theroforo takes ofiect only under congonial eiroumstances. That organic impurily ia the material out of which tho fermont boars or bogots the poiion, Honco tho enacoptibility of a given locality for & chol- ora opidamic i8 somewhat fu proportion to tho ahove woil-relntions and atmospherio conditions. Mhint it is duo to a specifio poison which origi- nutes among _the vapors of uncultivated deltus of the largoe rivors of Contral India; that thesa sre THE ‘ BREEDING GROUNDS' of tho diseato all ngrue,” This othor fact should ho adiod, that cholera provails in Indin on the rottiug in of the monavons, immodintoly aftor tho heavy summor-ruing, 'L'ho alr is oxcoodingly dobllitating, Leing londed with porozido of Ly drogen, oto. Iu this form of the disoase the brain-contros aro first irritated, and thow parnlyzed. In sovere spidemics the irtitation ey boentively or chiofly corobral, and thon paralyss wote in eatly, Thou as iu poisoping by ** fire-damp," aspliyxia is tho most promivent symptom. Taking tho discaso in all its forma, cholerne morbus, cholerine, cholora, sporadic, endomie, opidemio, Amoricat, Africant, or Auinlid, in ull of ity modes of pru’puan‘,lull and travol, and in all of its manifostations, persoual, local, or etmos- pherie, aud symptoms, from tho proliminary diarrhen to the asphyxin of collapso, the con- cluslon seoms to us inovitahle that IT I8 CARBONIO-ACID POISONING, IV, Doex this throw any light ou tho discans of 18787 Whether wo credit tho fact that, sinca tho sun-spots and fires of '78, wo are sot back to the composition of the atmoxpliera of 80U years ego, this fact i palpablo to all: 1. o,, thore i more dobility than usual. Tho late rainy spring Incroased the amount of watery u[:nr (poroxide of hydrogen) in tha alr, and also tho amount of carbonio-acid gas, With the flrut burst of heat, yegotation sprang into activity, and tho fruits into premature and {mperfoct ripeness. In the Baul}n, thaio emeos cilminated about tho time ol L9 gummo-iichotst sod with tho frat THE CHICAGO DAIL SUNDAY, SEPTEIIBMR 1 frulea, d tho firat storm-t up tho' Rlvor Minalsslpyi, tharo “camo np on_ o boat loaded with such surréundings and londod with dendly catburotted hydrogon,® tho usual cascs of chiolora~-morbus, whicl - sumod tho more fatal typo of cholera, Tho trond of tho storm-track (vide Signal-Borvico weathor rnpnrtsg waa towards tho east ; nud to the East, along tho lines of travel (enrbonio-acid gonorac tors), wout the cholera (so0_eallod), aud ragod in thoro towns where ita main clomont (carbonio aoid) wan moat abundant, ns_ carboniferous Nashvillo, foul Mt. Vernon, ete.; but it found no foothold fn tho absorbing’ sauds of Louiavillo, Ceiro, ofc. From Momphin, Juno 18, wo read : firat doy within tico weoks no rain foll, and mau: bollave that a fow days of cloar weathor will bring n rolense from sll dangor of cholora,” and it was go. 'Tho cloud of peroxido of hylfmgon was wafted nway, tho carbonie-sold gas dissom- inatod, and it was no longor an ondomio disonas. Theindliseroot in onting and drinking, howover, woro still oxposed to be polsoned by oarbonio acid, eanily generated within thoir own bodies, The nogroes auffored most on this account, and also bocauso nnmnl'llf thoy gonorate more carbonio acid than their filthiest white brothren, In the light of thoso facts, HOW VERY UNBOIENTIFIO 3 aro tho usnal disinfoctants, from carbolio aold to obloride of limo, ‘Tho Lest dininfootant for this disenso 18, without douby, the ozone-genorator (sulphurio acid, 8 parts, and pormanganate of potasalum, 2 parts), Tho proventivo powor of copper (a heavy ozono-carrior) led Lo tho discovery of tho ab- sonco of ozone and of the superabundance of poroxide of hydrogen in cholera localition, whils thoe action of varbonio neid, and the rocont ox- porimonts of Brown-Sequard on the brain- gontres, complato our idea of the action of tho disonso, That is what wo Lave loarned from o siudy of this_subject, and tho reports of tho gléx'%um (rathor ‘endomio cholera-morbus) of {’1"1:0 writer, Dr. T. 0. Duncan, sdds:] As this disoass sooms to bo gradually worklnfi northward, it might bo woll to recall ?i‘ that nves that camo follows the wator-coursen chiofly; (2) thatit prevails most severoly at those poluts whore tho Bowerago contaminatos the air and water; (8) and it nttacks thoso indiscreot in enting. The firat pecullarity, it sooms to us, is only oxplain= ablo on tho ground that autozone (peroxide of Lydrogon, vapor of water, n nogative electrio couzmmnj fayors its propagation and spread, no doubt by facilitating the decomposition of or- gavio mattor, which givos rise to a largo smount of carbonio acid gaa, " If this is absorbed by tho soll, s in nudyim“ma, or by vegetation, the pooplo escapo, “unloss the whole alr lacks ozone very markodly. Buch moisture and hoat aro neceesary to produce such & condition. That the fiuunrnl atmosphero s not thus loaded, is ovi- lout by the diseaso following tho wator-sourses. Thearid region to tho wost of tho Ganges favors just such a local atmospheric condition ovor that stream where cholora provaite, It ia on(]I ocoasionally that this loaded air of moisture and carbonio acid is so denso as to follow the perspiring, carbon-oxhaling Mohammadan-pil- rim crowd. I'rom the fact of cholora becoming ocalized in Contral Europo, it is fearcd the Daoubo ia getting info tho samo condition. It is & serious” quostion whethor our own Missis- sippi Rivor may not also become TIE NIDUB OF CHOLERA, hon tho timber is moro complotely stripped from this valloy, and especislly to tho west, tha offoct may bo quito ns serious aa it s in Contral Asin, If'the iucroasaof vogetation gives & more equablo distribution of tho precipitation of mois- ture, and consequently of the oloctric ozonio and carbonic canditions of tho stmosphere, what might be thoe condition in tho Mississippt Valloy if this was rovorsed, is a queation worthy of sorious scientific inquiry. This is a subjoot worthy tho attontion of Goverument, Looked at from all points of view, cholera ng';:lms a digoaso for which mau is chiefly respon- sil *Carburetted hydrogen, the fatsl foul damp of the miner, would caslly b’ goneratod in an atmosphero loaded with peroxids of iydrogon, and carbonic-acid belng transformed by hieat. Thin gas, although it 6 deadly, Is very combutiblo, and ita presenco may Tiavo had somothing 1o do with the extonsive contls- grations that have occurred this year. WAITING. T am seated by a window, In oy sludy's shaded gloom, Viowing loueand silent incadows, Liglted by the waning moon. All alono, X sit snd ponder, Ina peasive, thoughttnl mood, Btruggling bravely with my sorrows, With tho thoughits that will intrude Whon wilh sadneas ono I burdened, When witli carcs ho 14 oppressed, When ho scoks for consolation, When ho sirives to bo ot roat, Through my latticed window, shaded Deop with sombre, grating boughs, Cooling zophyrs, aweetly laden, Wait the knoll of dyiug hours, From the moon-t, cross-topped stoople, Jutting proudly toward the aky,— Bhindowy guardian o'r the city, Of the loved ones gone on high, Onco T used to eit and listen, With a loved ouo by my side, 0 tho cchoing sounds that told na That somo fleeting hour bad died ; ‘That tho wited, yawning porials Of tho dreary, dreaded tomb Had roceived oime Weary morial, Falod thus to wither sdon, Novw, alast my loved one's faded, Faded like the woodland-flower Brought from out {ho thickels, shaded ‘Thia in Naturo's coolest bower ; And her scat {8 now vacated ‘Where ehe sat in by-gone days, ‘Watcling tho flitting shadows Of tho over-vordant baya, Her vacant noat standa just as when Sho Joft it for the tomb, And bado mo walt, expeciant, ¥or thotime so koon to come,— That time to reunite ua In etronger tea of love,— In realma of blies cternal, Where heavenly beings move, For that timo I look expectant, As, in my study’s gloom, Iax'thinking, low and sllont, Of my darling In tho tomb, X long again to meat her, To claap her to my breaat, Just aa I fondly pressed her When sho sunk to bilssful rost, Crreado, Sept, 6, 1873, s st S A Peoculiar Dog. Not s hundred milos from this city, says a Kingston paper, lived & family who owned s dog. Tho dog's name was ** Colonel.” He was, how-~ ever, loss military than thoological in his tastes. In respect of th latter subjoot he made exton- sivo reecarchon, Whon a neighboring church- bell rang tho peoplo to the houso of prayer Colo- nol would how! iu unison with ic. On one or two aceasions ho visitod tho sacred edifico itself, and, after listening to tho sormon for awhile, he emitted o short yelp of disapprobation, dropped bls oxprossive tall, and wonf homo in a fit of deep dojoction., Wo should Linvo montioned that Colonel was of tho Now= foundlaud breed, and his immenso size, com- bined with Liu glosey blackuess, imparted great solomnity to his appearance and mannor. ~Ona day the tmuil{ were absont, nud * Colonel ” wag unintontionally locked in tho houso. Ho racog- nizod his opportunity, and, walking into ihe parlor, he removed tho big Bible from tho table and began a studious perusal of that holy vol- ume. Fearing lest ho should'rond the eame part more than onco, bo carefully tore out the leaves as bio passed ovor thom, and arranged thom in o hesp on the floor, Whon the unsuspecting fomily roturned thoy walked iuto the pavior, and “thoro saw “the caning commontator engagod in his labor of lovo. 1fo bad dippod Into Iixoduy, but nothing more. The O1d oy~ tasmoeut waso’t to his taste, But he hud been fascitatod with tho Epistlo of 8t Panl, The lottor to the Romans * Qolonel” had awallowed entire, thereby surpassing most othor thoolo gions, who nover could get it down, ‘o Gospol by 8t. John bie liad also dovoured. Mo liked its loving fluvor., 'The Revolution wus too tough for lum, e had disposed of two chapters, but hnd stuck on the beust with soven hoads und the horus, When his admiring propriotor lod him outof doors & placo of soripeuro hung to Lis oyo toeth, on which was printed the admonition, “Bowaro of dogs.’ Bucha 50:‘30 of Gospel could huve but ono result on dog: ¢ Colouol” 1s dead now, Avema, ——— A Mysterions Epistie. i Erom the Saratugian, On Friday cvoning lust o young Iady of this villago received a lutter out’ of tlio Post-Oflice, Hastlly opetung it, sho attempted to read its con- tenty, Lul it wus o puzzte, ns she found it nn imposkibility to decipher tany of the worde aud gontencer; nud those lhnt eho did scomed to camsoy g Intolligoice or to liave the lightost particlo of souse iu them. Blio askod & youug cuutloman [riond to nysist her in rending i, 1o lpoked at the wynlerions wiskivo and. smiled, Iler cutlosity was aroused, and slio snatobed the lotter from his hands and attempted to read ft and smilo, but It was of no uso. Bho baudad'it back to him, 1le gazod at it and smiled a litla broader, but said nothing. Now sbe was voxed, and thonght It was roal nican in him to laugh and not tell her what about. After langhing till he Em" red in the face aud his sides shool and aohied, he Landed it back to her emying: ‘*Why, that's your owa letier returnod from LEn Dead Lotter Ollico."” “ For tho [ BEAU HICKMAN. Passages in the Life of a Dead.- Beat. Anecdotes of the American Gen» tleman-Beggar. From Qur Otn Correspondent, Ossanta, Nob,, Sopt, 8, 1873, Porhaps I am ona of the vory fow poople in the United Btatos who will regrot to hear of tho donth of poorold “ Bosu Hiokman.” I nover visited Washington but I mado it my business {0 look him up, and generally found tho Beau poor, neady, scody, and glad to see mo. 'To most poo- plo lia was & boro § but to me he novor rendered himsolf obnoxious, and I contess to tha very bad tasto of always finding in Hickman o ¥ BOURCE OF UNENDING AMUSEMENT. His anecdotes of dead statosmen, and the pecu- Uaritios of nome of the living onos, wore so ox- tremely interosting, and fow mon could talk bot~ tor than Denu after dinner, in an onasy-chalr, and with a good clgarto puff. Then Waobstor, Olay, Bonton, Cathoun, Iayne, and scoros of othors eamo from their graves in all thoeir glory, sud Boau would sit for hours and toll atorics of tho Washington-lifo of thoso groat men. I belisve, as o rulo, ho was very truthful, and mado it & point nover to spoak ill of tho fouse was moant, and that he could pay when ho ‘wont away, - Boau was mollified, and _prosented tho oloric with a fifty cent cigdr. Doforo tha noxt wook wasout, on TFrulay, Ilickman asked Gon. Willism Bailoy, of Louislans, whom he know vory woll, and_ who was ntnppkng' at the house, tolonn bhn €500 FOR ONE JIOUR. Tho Genoral did so, and Boau, gotiing a $600- note, walkod fnto the oflico of tho Bt. Nicholas aud offered to pay his bill, Of course the clork could not readily chango so largo a note, and Hickman, remnrfilng no wos golug to stay, and tho bill could bo paid any timo, passed up-atairs, and, landing Datloy tflo note, thanked him .cordially for tho loan of the mouoy. No bill was gent Lim tho noxt Baturday, mor the noxt, Ilo wna mow in tho fourth wook of his board at tho St Nioholas, aud, as hia arrears wero bacoming Iarge, tho clerk felt it hia duty to call tho attention of the F!nrfllmr to tho mattor, 1o spoke of Boau as tho !* Hon, Mr. Hiolman ;" but the propristor, on examin- lnF tho rogiater, recognfzed the name *R. L, Mickman," as that of the famous Washington ‘tdead-beat." Ho oursed the. clork for his stu- pidity ; but cursing would not u:Hlutn thaledgor, and, souding for Bean, o mado him tho follow- ing proposition : *Hickman, if you will go over tho streot and DEAT THE METROPOLITAN out of a month's board, you can coino back l.mro‘ ond we will dond-head you for another month,” Boau ncceptod the offor, and, when his month sran out, lio took his baggage, hired s fiue cat- xingo nt tho oxponso of tho St. Nicholas, and driving round tho squsro, pulled up in front and rogiatercd at tho Metropolitan, taking a room on tho socond floor, with parlor and bath attached. Every few days ho stoppad over to the Bt, Nich- olus to toll tho propriotor he was gettin nicely at the Metropolitan, snd would smoko & clgar at tho exponso of tha Bt. Nicholas, dead. In their time, both Olay and Wobstor ad- mitted Hiockman into their society, and made & sort of companion of him. Thon ho was not the poor, old, decropld, ill-looking man wo havo scen lum of lato years; but a toll, straight, woll- droased, bandsome, dashing fellow, with money in his pookot, and a bank-acconnt to draw upon, 0 worriod through a month without pay, and then thero was n row at tho Motropofitan, Knowing tho hostility betweon tho hotols, Bean mildly suggested to the Metropolitan man that, 1£ 1t would bo any gratificstion to im, Lo would Bo over and DEAT THE AT, NIOKOLAS out of a month's board. Loland jumped at the Ho had £40,000 left him, but loat it botting at lorso-races, Bo polite was he, and courteous in his manners, that, for a long timo nfter he loat his money, the turf-men received him and per- mitted him to DET WITROUT “ PUTTING UR." When he *Iost,” ho promised to pay; and, whon he ““ won,” ho collected the stako with as 1ittls dolay as possible. Ho was of an old Vir- ginin family, well xaisod, and a gontloman both by eduoation and in mannors, . His rolatives cut him a8 n doad-beat on thelr bounty, and perhaps 00 brother was ever 8o unwelcome as he when he visited “tho family,” a8 ho called hia brother, e wan gonorally suppliod with somo ready cash, and shoved back to Washington ns soon as pos- sible. Indeed, with money in his pockot, ho novar lingered long,—for, when in funds *to run with,” Beau thonght the National Oapital was the proper place for a gontloman to live. Ono day, only » few years ago, I found him at the Nationsi Hotol, graatly doprossed in spirits, and asked him what was the mattor. *Bir,” he replied, palitoly, “I have had nothing for four days. "I am unable to raise s singlo copper, and am even now BUFFEMNG WITIL QUNGER.". Enowing what n bont he was, and thinking he was trying to cronte sympathy and got a dollar, I said, tartly: ** Boay, I sm rehamod of you, and you ought $0 b ashamod of yoursolf. You know I always glvo whon I havo A mind £0, and I have paid you my mnutmi dues one month in advance slready; 80 you ought not to mako such an sppeal at this timo Dy protending you are out of funds and oven hunery.” ““Alnal " "ho sald, *itisonly too truo, and T know not where to go or what todo ; * and tho man's oyo and oarneat manner convinced wme ho wa telling tho truth. * Visit your relati ¢ That won't do,” ho replied. * I don't want to go down to Virginia ; and, boridas, it is not long since they gavo $160 to como back to Wash- ington and otay.” N * Thon they must kesp you away ; and, if you aro in tho strait you say you are, why not writo to thom tho facts, aud say you will como down and visit them if’ they don't send you money to atny hore.” ; . gn do it,"” cried Boau, his eye brightening, “an n," I suggosted. ‘YOU WILL GIVE ME MONEY to keep me alive untilIcan get answers from my frionds.” was fairly caught, snd handod Bosu a dollnr, tolling b fo call on o evory moruing for vo days for a liko sum. On the sixth day he came, appacontly with groat griof, and askod for another dollar, saying ho suroly would get an - anawer that day. On’ thoe mext and the noxt he did the same; and when, on tho tenth, I refused him flatly, he ok Off, and, in a Jittlo whilo, came _back joy- fully, exhibiting a lottor which stated $50 wag iaclosed him, snd, on exsmining the date, I found it soveral days old, and that ho hsd had the letter and money in his pousession FOR AT LEAST FOUR DATS, during which time ho had borrowod of‘me, Once, when ho was down on tho bed-rack of poverty, and really starving, I gave bim a dol- far, and, scoing mo_shout to buy o cigar, he stoppod up and said : “* Allow mo, sir, to sorvo you,” and, taking up two 26-cont oigars, he {m}unntcd mo one, aud took tho other,—zctually paying half of the dol- lar T had jnst given him for the cigara. “ Beau,” I waid, gou aro extravagant. I can't afford to smoke 25-cent cigars.” * One musat live LIKE A GENTLEMAN," ho coolly roplisd. Nearly overybody has heard the story crodited to him of how, wishing to go from Philadelphis to Harrisburg, he got on the train, stuck his head out of the window, and kept it there until ths Conductor camo along and tapped him on tho shoulder, when, sud anlfi drawing it in, bo knocked off his hat, which foll outside, and thon became _violently indignant at the Conductor, and #aid : *48ir, how dare yon bo so rude to passengers, and atartle thom a8 you just bave me ?" The Conductor protesied he had not been rude —only tapped him to call his attention, “ But you atruck mo, and have knocked off my fino hat outof the window, and my_ticket was in tho band; and what am X now to do?" The Conductor said he would EMI him to Har- risburg ; but Bean would not bo pacified, and flunlly, to quiot him, the Conductor bought him anew 24 hat. 8o Bean got 8 A NEW UAT AND A FREE RIDE,— l.\{ln ' fine Liat #nd tickot in the band " being all s sham, Ou another occasion, Bosu being on s train without a ticket, ho took a seat in_the cars, and aftor the train had boen in motion some time, stopped into tha noxt car and catled out loudly, # Tickots I" when overy one, thinking bim the Conductor, hold out their tickets, Loan only took up one, however, solecting that of a poor, honest old German farmer, and, passing into tha next car, took n seat, stioking his tioket in tho band of his hint. Ina fow minutes, there was tho usual call again of “‘Piokeis!” and the roal Conductor mado his appearance. When he came ta tho old Gorman farmer, ho attempted to oxplaing bLut tha Conductor cut him whort, saying, * Show your ticket, poy your moucy, or get off thotrain.” A good muug pununq{qfl who hnd witnoased the trapeaction between Hickman and the farmer, and wouderod at tho timo why their tickets had not boen called for, now oama o tho roliof of the German, and remonstrated, protesting that tho man had paid, aud the Condutor, who bad just pounod through, had already takon up his tickat. ‘Fhe Conductor, lhinkmi’ for a mumnni, said, “T'l1 bot Bean ITickman is on this train;" and, sura cnough, on enteriug the noxt car, thoro sat Deau, an largo na lifo, looking quite iunocont, ond his ticket exposed in full view, ** Whore did you got this tlckot?” asked tho Eou;luutm‘, pulling (it out of Hickmau's hat- sud. ‘41T WAS GIVEN 3R l;jy a gentloman in tho next car,” frankly ropled ooy, ** Yon ought to bo ashamed te rob a poor old Gorman farmor in that wa; “ Politest nud clavorost poople in the world on your road,"” said Bean with Ll inimitable smile and littlo bow. # Why,—would you Lelieve mo, sir 7—I only neodod ono, but overy mau in the unrz whon they know twho 1 was, tendored me his tickot ; and tho Indies—God bless thom 1 —at lonst & dozen offered mo thelrs.” "Yhe Gonductor passed him, * Onco Beau wont over to Now York and put np at tho 8t, Nicholas. Xuowing tho rules of tho house, he went oarly on Mouday morning, and, 24 was oustomary, on Saturday recolved hls bill, Watohing untll 110 one was in” the oftico but an rather lnnu:onblookinfl olerk, Dean wont up with the bill ju his hand, and, in a toworing rago, domanded to kuow it it was the oustom of the houo to INAULT IT8 QUESTE bylrmnnmlng thoy would not {;ny when thoy loft, and sending oills lke that,—throwing his on tho dosk, Thoe olerk oxplained, sud, mistaking oxu for tho famous Pennsylvania Congressman i Johu Hiokman, spologlzed, azsured him no of- offor, and Beau, by & little arrangemont, int the promise of a socond month’s board nt the Metro- politan on condition that Lo would beat the othor follow, Calling a carringo, he drove round tho square l(i;ah:, and put up ot tho 8t. Nicholus ; and, wrhan the month was up once mors, passed over mlo :trgut and stopped ot tho Motropolitan for rty dnys. Wi unyI was mustered out of the voluntoer sorvico in Arkansas, ot tho oloso of tha War, I had on my staft sovoral officors. who had never boen in Washington, and, sa theso gentlomon wished to soe the National Capital, I invited them to go on with me. Wo had hardly arrived and put up at tho National Hotol, when Boau Hickman paid us a visit, and I introducod Lim to the siaff, Tor a wonder, Besu was in funds, wud ho TREATED US MAUNIFIOENTLY. He invitod all bands repoatedly to drink, and 8ot out tho clgars of tho boat snd most costly brands, Noxt day I saw Boau in tho corner of .the hiall of tho hotel in close conversation with Col. Bowen, & big-hoartod and genuine Michi- ander, and, in a few moments, ho wont down foto hie brocohos-pocket, and, hauling out his wallot, handod somothing to Beau, Ina dny or two I found Beau had borrowed from noarly all my officers, and, feoling that I was in » measure renponsibld, I took the old beat to task, and romoustratod with him for his conduct, Ho was vory humblo, but eaid, * What can ono do? One, you know, must live like & gontleman, and to do'it requires money.” Whon thie oflicors found out the real character of the man, thoy had a hearty laugh at each othor, aud ' freoly forgave Deau, for thoy Lad just beon mustered out and paid off, and had come to Washington to spend their thros months’ oxtra pay, aud did not regret the little of it Beau had got, Hickman was fond of plcking up new ac- quaintaucos ; and ono ovening, at Washington, while in the Motropolitan Hotel, hio asked Gon. Burbridge, who was talking to mo, to point ous to him somo */ LIBERAL" EENTUOKTANS. Burbridge pointed to Col, Bcott, n graye and fioroe-lookiog man, and said, *1fo_ will holp you, Boau; e is a good follow.” Hickman soon managed to engage the Colonel, in his adroit way, in a casual conversation, and, of courso, ondéd by asking him for s dolfar, Bcott, as was oxDuntcg, rebuffed Boan sharply, and ncolded bim for begging in such o mauner, Bean got away spoedily, und, coming back to Burbridge sald) “Hols o gontloman ; ho has insutted mo.” “ Who has ?" inquired Burbridge. “That man with tho big black board,” ropliod Boan, pointing to Col. Scott, “"My Godl" cried Burbridgo, *“you are a dond man, Hickman ; that is not the moan I sont youto; thatis Col. Scott, TIE DUELIST AND DESPERADO, Ho will kill you if you have given him the slightos: offenso,” Beau was evidontly a coward, for ho turned white as a shoet, and got out of tho botel in & hwry. _Col. Boott roomed with me, snd, notwithstanding his grant plratical beard and flerce looks, was one of tho gontlest and most amiablo of men. I told him of tho triock Burbridgo had played on Beau, and Scott, entering into the zest of tho joko, said Lo would scaro Boau out of the hotel, to the infinito ro- liof of the %wutu and Inndlord. Noxt day Bur- bridge met Bonu on the stroot, and said to him, “Look out, Bean, Col. Bcott ia after you." IT WAS VERY FUNNY to observe Boau, night after night, como to the door of the hotel, and pock in to soe if Hcott was about. Ho would advance stop by step, and ro- connoitre every chair and corner for the cnemy, and, if be cmught but 8o much a6 & glimpss of tho black beard in the distanco, away ho would g0, and we would 8ee no more of him that night about the Motropolitan. Ono of Beau's favorito tricks wan to got intro- ducod to the new Sonators and membors of Con- gress, and GUALGE FOR THE INTRODUCTION, It usod to be $10 for a Bonator and $5 for & Congrossman ; but, of late yoara, Boau reduced the prico of introductions to §5 for a Benator and $2.50 for a Congroeman., Somo of them robuffed him sharply, but nosrly all paid. The Southorn men wero Boan's bost patrons, and, up to tho boginning of the Robellion, ho throvo aud prungnrnd on their gonerouity, He said to me, one duy aftor tho War: *I was loyal, ‘but my bost frionds were Robol: Tho carpote sackers aro a moan sot, and wou't pay their dues, Thoy aro, 1 assuro you, sir, altogether con- temptible, and A NEGULAR BET OF DEAD-DEATS,” This Lo snid gravely, as though he wors tha most honorsble gentleman in tho world, and loast of all n doad-beat himself, ot lutoflycua Beau had had a hard time to get along, and I sm told sometimes nearly starved. Ho hnd a rogular set of friends avor tho country, whom ho called s * cONTRIUTORS." They numbared over a hundred, and hocharged thom the small sum of 26 conts per month, ~If thoy failed to sond on thoir dues, when thoy amounted to $1 Bean would have a lottor writ- ton, and remind thom gently they were in ar- rears. I think it was on this stipond of charity }:io‘ reliod mainly sinco tho War for & kcanty ving. Heo was tho ONLY REAL OENTLEMAN-BEGGAR T aver saw in Amorica, and as auch was poouliar, Hin manners wero courtly, his language ohasto, nnd at timoa bonutiful, Ile never lost his tome~ por, and his urbanity, oven to those who insuit- ed aud rebuffed him, wos so marked as ofton to mako them ashamed and rogrot their roughnesa to the poor old man. He must hnve received in youth an oxcellont oducation, and was woll read, His voico wag smooth aud goft, aud words al- ways camno at his command to oxpress his idens clearly, and often elogantly, In person, ho was tall, spare, aud inclined to bo raw-boned, 1lis face was neithor handsomo nor ugly, and it al- waya wore a pleasaut amilo and had a most in- tolligent exprossion, Poor old Beau! we shiall misg him when wa go to Washington, 0N AnouT. FOUNTAINS OF JoY. Thero are fountains of Joy {n the heart over springing, Whero love is tho guido that leads lifo on its way ; Thon why should you chide mie, or bid me cease Albg- ing? Or why should you linger, or wish for delay ¥ Let those who havo lived i1l thoir hearts hava grown sour ‘Withdraw from the pleasuro that frisndship testows H Dut, for us, lot we lingur In Love's sucred Lower, And recelve from this Nfo all bo biessiug it owes, J, F, Crank, e = T A Baby in 0 Cabbago<Barrel. From the Alezandria Vua Guzetts, A gontloman who was in the Goorgetown mar- kot this morning, roports that o lnfir purchased n barrol of largo-sizod cabbages from, as she supposod, a warket-wownan, but that upon examiuing its contonts, after it had reachod her bomo, she found s live boy baby in it, well dreused, with & milk-bottle in’its mouth, and so gmtoulud by the mannor in which tho cabbagos ud beon Rrranged a8 to prevontits suffocation, The puurohasor hastonodl bagk £o tho markot, but the supposititious market-woman had stalen away. ROCKY-MOUNTAIN SKETCHES, Bruiser Sam and the Grizzly Bear. BY GEN. JAMES 8, DRIEDIN, ‘Wo wero campalgning ca tho Crow, and the camp had beon pitclied in a protty little valloy, through whioh ran a pura atrosm of bright, cold water. Tho suppor Lad beon enten, tho camp- firon lightod, pipos filled, and all wero roady for tlo ovoning-yarn. Among the frontiorsmen who necompanied tho oxpodition waa Mr. Beldon, the calobrated Whitq Ohlef of the Plains, and notod huntor, trappor, and guldo, I oalled upon- him for & story, and, after thinking over his wild bordor-lifo for somo time, as if to seloot the chiofcost bits from Lis vast oxperionce, he ro- latod thoe following : “Iwas one of the first mon In 1858 to arrive at Piko's Peak. I camo up from the Missonxi, with a friond of my father, and wo toppod ot Donvor, or rather, Ishould sy, whore Donver now is, for tho city was then composed of s fow prog-shops and shantios, In ono of tho mining-camps I bocamo acquainted with a queer follow they called DRUIBER BAM, Ho was o powerful man, and somotimes drank a great deal, but was always good-tempored and kind-hearted. Tho miners wore a rough set in thoso days, and dellghtod in tho most brutal of sports. Prizo-fighting was ono of thelr pas- times, and at this Bruiser 8am oxcclled,~noman in all the camps bolog able to stand up long be- fore him. Kis foste of strongth were prodig- ious. Often would he taken barrel of liquor by tho ohimos, and, knocking out tho bung, lift it up and drink from the hole, as oasily as if it woro & small keg, Thon ho would stand on a box 12 inchos high, and lift 180 pounds with hia teoth. Ho could pick up a 8-bushel bag of flour with his mouth, and carry it » rod. Ono day, a saloon- Loopor offended Sam, and, to havo revenge, ho went out into the street, and, shouldering a large work-horae, carried it into tho saloon, leav+ ing tho enraged bar-kooper to got it out and down tho stepsas best he could. At anothor time ho carried a rock 1nto a storo, and dropped it through the floor., “ Bam's skin 'aa a8 whito and smooth asn L3 but oll over his arme, shoulders, and road chost, wore bunches of knotty musclon as largo as ono’s fiat. Ie was a woll-built and FINE-LOOKING MAX, his waist boing romarkably small, his hips brond, tho lega woll sot, and foot small, Onco his face was handsomo, but whisky had bloared tho °§"‘ and thenoso was pimpled and red; still, Sam wan b good-looking man, and, when drossed up in & now buck-skin sult with ‘yollow fringe, and his long brown hair combed out in curls about his neclt, ho was tho pioture of an athletio fron- tiorsman, “ Tlowever, 8am waa fast DEGENERATING INTO A LOAFER ; he had left off work aud_gono to living by his strength, just =8 thousanda of men live by thoir wits in tho grent cities. Any one would pay for Bam's liquor to seo kim lift a8 barrel by tho ends and drink from tho bung-hole ; and occasionally, Dby way of varioty, he would shoulder & horss or a‘mule for a glass of rum. o “Dienipation mldmsidly on ! Tho Man of Steel,” a8 lio was callod ; and, when I saw him in the epring, after s wintor's carousing, Lo had TUE DELIRIUM TREMENS, and it took five mon to hold him, His frame was wasted away, Lhe knots of sinows wore one, his chest drawn in, and thoskin of his fiody eoft and flabby, VIt was about this time an old Englishman named Jones arrived at the minos, and, hearin of Bam, exprossod a desire to ses him. Ol Jonos was & woll-known prizo-fighter, but, of lato yoars, had given up the ring himself and turued trainor. Bam's fame oxoitod the envy of old Jones, nod ko no sooner saw him than ho of- fored to fight 8am. 'Tho miners were aston~ ithod, and tried to dineunde Joues from his pur- pose; but nothing would do but he must have & bout with S8am, So the day was set. Sam was sick on tho morning of the fight, and looked badly onough; but bots ran two to ono on * The Man of Bteel,’ agninst the Englishman. Timo wus called, aud tho Englishman bounded into tho ring, whilo Sam camo up slowly, and looked Ianguid and feoble; but, st tho very firat pass, e hit John Bnil DETWEEN THE EYES, and no amount of npouging and bathing could induce him to stand upon his logs again that da{. Tt wan feared Sain bad broken tho Eng- lishmon's skull, but ho got about in » day or two, aud soon afterwards both Le and Sem disappear- ed from tho saloons The bar-keopors wero as- tonished. Bam did not come around any moro for his grog, and o ous could imagine whore ho bhiad gono, or what he was at. Foul play was be- inning to Lo suspected, whon it leaked out that Sam WAS I TRAINING, and that the Englishman was his trainer. Aftor old Jonea got that awful lick from 8am's brawny fist, hie gave him no peaco until be agreed to gie into training and eccompany the Englishman to England, thore to fight the giants of tho prizo- ting, Jonos bad not much monoy, but, at his inatigation, a man named Dunbam came ovor from London with planty of cas, and, as soon 28 Dunham arrived, old Jones quit, and the new EnFllshmlll bocamo Sam'a rogular trainor. **I saw Sam ouco while bo was i training, and he looked well ; tho knots wero ou his arms again, and the great chest firm and round. Ha bad boon at his dumb-bolls, sand-bags, and gum- balls about six weeks, whon, one morning, he ot mad about somothing, knooked both Dun- ham and old Jones down, and made his escapa from his koopers into tho stroot. Stopping at tho seloons and taking soveral drinks, he did not forget it was his hour for training, and amused himself by . KNOCKING DOWN overy stout-looking fellow ko mot. _Finally, aftor the Bherift and half the town had becn whippod, Sawm was captured and put into jail ; but hers a now dillculty prosented itsolf, for the juil was not a strong one, aud Sam swore he would inetantly tear it down if thoy did not lat bim out. Ou promising that he would go straight to his lodgiugs, tho door was opened, and Bam_kopt his word, for Lo went direotly home and retired to bed, This outbreak was 80 unlike Bam's natural disposition that every one was ata loss to account for it; and, soon afterwards, another ebullition of passion oc- curring, ‘Tho Man of Stool's’ trainors abandon- ed him I disgust, and took themsolves off East, ench carrying with thom, as & parting gift from Ham, & pair of black eycs and a swollen nose. *Bam, now left to himeolf, FELL TO DRINKING AGAIN, went sbout the ealoons an of old, lifting barrels, itching _stones, aud shoulderiug horses for iquor. It was Aoon observed ho was growin, weulk; ho lifted the barrols with dificuity, an referrod to_drink from a glasy instead of a B ieholo: e grow thih in leah, ois missles diuappearad, and he beoamo tho shadow of his formor solf, ‘At this time a number of shouldor-hitters and desporadoes arrived at the mines, and gave Bam some trouble; but he flnally cone quored them &ll, and, s the last fellow got lioked, bo oxolaimed : *Well, if you can lick mo, YOU OAN'T LIOK A ORIZZLY BEARI ' Bam aworo ho could lick a grizzly-bear, and that, single-handed and alone, ho would flfihb ono. "hora was & grizzly n tho camp, that hiad been caught by tho mincra when a cnb, and raisad by thom, The boar wea now nearly full-grown, and, llthuu;ih great, powerful brute, was quite tamo and harmless, It waa not long before womo wrotchos had arrangod & fliht botweon this bonst and Bruisor Sam, and the day was got. Tho bear was to bo chalued to a tres by tho nook, and Sam was to Qight him for one bour with bia nakod fists, Bam again went fnto training, with Jim Poyton for Lia trainer, and, long beforo the day of the fight, Peyton raported thal bis pupil was in splendld condition, and “would a8 soon fight u‘{;n a flshing.” “The day canie, and with it o great crowd, Tho boets were threo to one on Sam, aud many really bolieved ho would whip the boar, TOOR BRUIN,— » groat, shoggy-conted follow,—was tied to & lnfi: by = chain 12 foot lnnF, and was as good- tomperca as ho could bo, standing on his hind logs, aud scawpering sbout with delight at the sight of so many poople. Porhaps thers was as little of the roal bonat in Bruln as thero was in many of the two-loggod animals who came to soo himn fight. The keopors of the bear began tonaiug nufi oking him with sharp poles aud irons, aud, although be took It quita coolly at first, ho aftor a whilo growled Bureul{‘-u_d tuggod at his chaln, Bam now appeared with his keeper, Poyton, and was racolved with loud chuers by the human snimala who wished to see a man and a boast fght. * Btopping into the ring, Bam propared for battle, stripping off all Lis olothing, except his boots, pauts, aud drawors. His broad ohoss contrasted strangely with the shaggy cost of the boust, &8 the two combatants stood glaring at each othor. THE INTELLIGENT ANIMAL seomed to undorstsud the situation in 8 moment, and, raising on bis logs, walked toward Bam, who triod to hit him betwoon tho eyes, hoping to bresk his !ku\ld; but, failing in this, he nlnc ad to one sido, and, glv(nu (luflmlr & poworful blow on tho ear, knockod him complstoly down. Ghoor aftor cheor groated 8am ag ke stepped from tha ring, and tho men who had bot on tho hoar roally began to foar thay would loso thelr money. Fivo minutos were allowad betwaon rounds, and the baitors poked the boast vigoroualy all tho tima, B0 that, whon Bam came up sgain, ho wasin a towering rage. , ¢! Tho moment Sam orossed the rlnF, thae bear recognizod him, and bounded the full length of the chain, Bo groat wau tho rage of the boast tlat the people drow back i horror, and even Bam grow pals. Again the boar leaped forward, and, taking his obain in his paws, attomptod to broxk {t. ~ For a time it.roslstod sll his offorts, but at length ANATPED TN TWAIX, and the affrighted people flad ~terror-stricken from the plain. The bear dashed upon Bom, who bravely atood his ground, and sctually stc- coodod in felling tho bast to tho onrth; but, in doing #0, loat his balance, and, bofore ho could oncapo, the bear caught him - with one olaw, snd, hittiog him on tho face with tho othor, brozo the poor follow's jaw. Still 8am fought on, with his jaw hanging down upon kis bresat, and blood spirting from a dozon wounds, It was a terriblo conflict; but, of courte, tho bear won, koocking 8am down final~ 1y, and tearing opon his chost with ita sharn claws. By this time, tho people had got guna and roturned {o the fleld, whoro thoy fired volloy after volley into poor Bruin, until he lsy quito still and doad. A8 DEAD, TOO, BAY W and they took up bis body and tho carcass of the bear, aud buriod them flnth. And thus ended Drolaer Sm and his rizzly-boar gl wlich was porhaps -the o rzo bear-fight ever Tought in tho worla s > ¥ B WHY ? Some Querics by o Woman. To the Editor of Lhe Chicago Tribune s 8m: I want your oar,—your literary oar. I want to ply you with questions until you will fairly quako with the smothered irritation that, in your gallontry, you dare not show a woman. I want to gorge myself with information on this partioular subjoct, until, in my selfishness, I can askno more. You may shrink; you may writho, and twist, and wriggle; but I won't lot you off. I will torturo your masouline soul 4ill, in sheer madnoss, you raise thankful eyes toward Hoaven, glad that I ropresont my sex, and thus you ars sparod long-drawn-out troopiugs of individuals bont upon tho samo flendish errand of inquiry, Now I'm going to bogin, What I want to know fathis: Why is it that nn unattended woman attracts so much attention from the other sox ? Why is it that, when ono of this same other sox entors a railrond car, omuibus, horse-car, or any othor publie conveyanco, lio at once casta about him for proy, sad invarisbly pounces upon tho womsn who carrics hor own satohel, pays hor own fare, goos hor own way, and minds hor own basiuess ? Why 18 it that ho doliberately places himsolf whore ho can Iook at hor, and, whother talking with another or holding procious com- munion with his own sweot self, keops ber in bis sight until slie somehow focls that she is under the eye of a pelf-constituted dotective? Why is it that ho takes a seat by her side, and coolly examines hor wardrobe, as though he woro a oustom-house officer on the alert for femalo smugglors? Why in it that he gallantly merzos the opportunity to resign his comfortablo cat 1o two womon aud a poodle-dog? Has ho overwhelming desire to sce hia follow-beings comfortablo? Is it because ho so dislikes to soparato thoso traveling compnnions, over whom his lip curled as thoy entored? Did ho feol such an insasno desiro to confor a favor npon thom that ho must now eny, -with promeditated hesi- tation, “I regrot the nocessity of inconvenionc- ing you, Madamo ; but X must ask to skare your soat.! Does he rogrot the nocessity that now gives him an apparently-legitimata chance to ask thin woman who sho is, whero sho is going, and why shedon't take somebody with hor? Can he calmly raiso his hand toward tho blue vault abovo him, and truthfully say that he has not_anxiously longed for such a contine goncy 7 Hasuo't ho rovolved a thousand plans for making his attack upon hor rosorve, and isn't ho about to put tho most diabolical one into oxeoution ? Hasn't Lo imaginod the effect of womo original remarks, niready familiar to Lim through froquent repitition, but of nocessity now aud striking to hor? Isn't thore a suapio- jous air of patronnge about him as ho settles down to his task ; and docsn't thoro seem to bo hlrkillf somewheroe the susplvion that o dooms himaelf vastly superior to her? Docan't Lo think her » little prudish if she don't moot him Dalf-way in his attompts toward acquaintanco, and a hittlo fast if sho does ? Ien't ho elightly inclined to take advantage of the fact that tho{ may never meot again 7 Is Lin position vastlymore easy if ho throws bis arm over the baok of her aont, inatoad of allow- ing it to rest pansively aud properly in his lap ? Doosn't Lo think it of any consoquence whon, through shoor gravitation alone, the arm fally lowor and lower, until it finally scttlea about the waist of his compauion? Doesn't ho seo the squirming procoss through which tho young Indy passen? Is the man aa blind asa bat? Does ‘it Bll?fl'lfll him when she says, coldly, looking bim full in the aye, * Bo Lind enough to romoye your arm, sir?” Doesn't he usually comply with as much suavity as though she had asked him to paza the buttor ? Tan't bis momory, on an average, rather poor, thathe should so soon forget the request, compelling its repoti- tion in tones coldor aud more intense, while hot lightning shoots from tho s opposife him ? 008 Lo thirk her a ohild who needs to be told whon to go tosloep? Iaitn foar that sho may not know how to makes pillow of tho numerous shawls and wraps sho carrios that leads him to assort, with a glance which ought to thrill the stoniest heart, that the profoundost leasuro of 'Lis life would be to support hor Eond upon his shoulder? Ought ho to fecl and aod dejected when sho frigidly informs him that sho profers to rest hor hoad upon her own shoulder? Has life no further charms for bim if she objects to his holding her hand? Isit incumbont upon him, as she endeavors to in- creaso the mpaco between them, to forco upon her & conversation which shall rovont her reading sn article for which Ber oyon are hungry? ~ Bhould ho feol at all hurt if sho daclines to assist bim in shaking all the fruit from her gonealogical tree? Need any sano woman feel aunoyed if his growing inter- est loads-him to nsk, without a startling array of reliminary remarks, how loug it has been sinca Bor aavont into this fast-Qegting world? T it not a mark of tonder nolicitude that ho should touck upon matters of family-history, and mod- ostly roquost hor to givo a clear and comprohon- sive account of herself, from the firat momont of intelligouce up to the present timo ¢ When he asks her if ehe livos at either termi-~ nus of her joma{, and is answerod no,—boing, at tho eame timo, Informed in reply to his ques- tions, that sho has not oven frionds ot cithor point,—does it add to his happiness to look at her half-nuspiclously, half-Inquiringly ? 1t sho doesn't chouse right hore to_divulga ail hor jutonts and purposes, isn't it quite tinio for him to grow familiar and say, “My dear?" ‘Would there be ashade of impropricty in his suggosting that, inasmuch aa ho is about to leave the train at tho next station, it would bo advisa- ble for hor to do the samo, and spoud the day in sight-neeing uunder his esoort? Bocauso sho chances to may "we,” ought ho to plungo into tho depths of deapair, and cast upon hor melan~ choly oyes, until ho loarns whothor tho othor partof the ‘‘10e” is s husband? If it doosu’t moan » husband, oughtn't ehe, as a respousible ‘woman, with her good name balancod, as fl\\‘on:] on & halr, to tell bim who it doos mean? Woul any but atoo fastidious lldz have the slightost abjection to telling him if she wero ougaged? f she ien’t marriod, sud naver has been, can ho, in his thirst for know]ndre, wisoly refrain from anking, Why not? Should whe frankly toll him here that she nover had a chance to marry, ian' It bis duty, as o man and brothor, to mellow hia tonos a ltile, look at hor with worlds of oarning in his eyos, and murmur, “*1_oannot Eel.luvn it"? Blaco they bave yct somo distance to go, would it ot bo to Lis advantage to find out what partioular pattern of a husband would best sult her; “rf: when she Iays the plan bofore Lim, fs it vanity that loads him to goo himaolf in tho ploture that i drawn? Doesn't ho regard it os a direot porsonal injury it sho doosn't givo him hor nemo, that ho muy add it to his list of conquests ? Wouldu't It ba hetter for both partion if sho would writo for him an uutob(o;;nphy, that ho may have it for aferouce m}?‘x:hl;n, can you toll mo whether the above opisodes are among tho Inscrutablo dispenantions of Divino Providenco? And do you think the time will ever como when s woman traveling alono will bo et alone ? LIANNAR JANK. —_— The Brighton Aquarium, Mr, Henry Lo writos in Zand and Water that one of the funniest little *ousses” ever turned out of nuturo's workshop, In the nhlEn of nganl, made his baw to tho publio at tho Drighton (England) Aquarium a few days ago, lle was brought into Ysrmouth by some fishormen, snd Dr. Norma, of that town, kludly purcbased him of the bo jou, on account of the vompany, and sont him to Brighton, The droll 1ittlo cha; has a knack of nfiung upright in the wntux sehich ia Just doop onough ta allow of his show. 1ug above the surface, whon he Is in this posi- tion, his hoad and shoulders and as much of 'his neck 8s s lady displays fu a ball-room whon sha {8 not tod decolletce, With Lin aftor-Mlippora tuckod under him, liko a lol- ater's tail, and a;l)roml out in front, he balaticos himself on his bind-quartors, aud looks inquisi~ tivoly at overybody, and liatona_attontively to overything within sight and hearing. \Whon ho 1w satlsfod with tho condition of ihings in gon- oral, and focls it unnocossary to b on the alort, o Lialf closos his boantiful soft oyos, and cithej contontodly pats and strokes his little ry atomach with bis right flipper, or flaps both e thom across his bronat in a moat ludiorous mau- nor—oxactly as a cabman warma the tips of hin fingora on” . wintry day by swinging Irs arma vigorously across hiu-chest and strilking his hands against his body on eithor side. At pros- ont hie in vory woll-beliaved, takes food from the hond, and, “on the wholo, behaves as o decent Foung aeal should do, THE SARATOGA POSTMASTER. ‘What Mo Snys About Grant, “John Paul” (n the New York Tribune, Gon. Urant mado us a brief visit of & day last weok. And, ‘yosterdsy, tho Postmaster of the village, who has beon promising u drive, called for mo with his pony phacton. To this drivo T hind long looked forward in_eagor anticipation of profit as woll anpleasuro, for Postmastor Jud- son is an old residont, familiar with overy farm- houso in tho violnily,—knows just where every hen-roost is, and_wlion tho hous aro laying,—is ncquainted with all tho traditionn of tho villago, a8 woll ns tho agricultural statintics of tho subs urbs, and has funds of anoodote aud romiulacen- cos_stored up in the tronsuro-houso of Lin ca pacious brain, Bo you can woll imagino what rich matorial for history I hopad to gfiann from him on the roadaide, “A fino day for a drivo,” I romarked, as the gray maro, Kitty, laid back her ear and startod. “Yeu," ho ropliod, adding with n sigh, ““bue regrol that Gen. Grant is not hero to enjoy it.” \Wo drove on in silenco for xomo minutey, Dy tho way," ho_snid, whooling round on ma suddeuly, *‘did you know that Gen. Grant passod througl fero last wook 7 I mildly intimated thatIdidn't know much olae, eithor at tho tima of tho Gonoreal's tranuit orslnco, ‘‘An excallent thing for the villago—a perfeot goduond for tho town,” ho wont on b moditativo mennor ; “tho influenco of such a man cannot bo ovorrated. His pasping throngh Loro wilt do us a world of good ; it mny not ba folt now, porhaps, but posterity will bo benotit- ed ;" and thon bo ronchod forward in contempla- tion of tho far future, and tiokled tho gray mara Kitty'a ears with the whip. Bhe Ernmpbly O~ sponded by ldokln;; the dash-board into leathor shoe-stringa. ‘‘It's a playful way ahe has,” ox- lained tho Postmsstor. *1 wish that Gon. rant wora hero to enjoy it “ What ia the goneral oharactor of the country roundabout ?" I auked, by way of getting at tlia storos of atatistics. Rathor saudy,” ho roplied ; “but for richnees 1t ia not to bo compared to the character of Gon. Grant. Thoro is & man it will do to study ; you can't gotat him all to once ; he's like Saratoga County ; you'vo ot to dig down doop aud cut crazs Jots and pull up stumps to see what ha'a really mode of ;" aud 1apnod fnto abatraction, ** Axo thore suy notablo families in tho neigh- borbood ?” T asked, “Nono by tho name of Grant” ho sald; ‘* there ought to Lo for the orodit of the country, but thero ain't. My ohildron are all girls ; bi if Providongo granth me & boy next timo, I'l call lum Grant.” We drove on. Dy and by we camo out on a high bluff overlooking tho lake. ‘The scone wai a lovely one. Far, far in the distanco strotchod tho blue waters, fringed by grass-grown bauks, or deopor bordorod with® trees tricked out in summor groen. Bcarco s ripplo disturbed the mirror-like surface of the lake, aud lilios, thoir bosome of gold bared to the afternoon sun, Iny asloop noar tho sliore. It would havoscomod prof- anation to lauach a boat with creaking oar-locks and noisy oars on such watera; only a_birch bark cauoo, the paddie dipped by a tawny Indisn maidon, could bo in unison with the acena and surroundings ; gilonce in alr, water, and ovory~ where, was tho suggostion of tho picture, “What & besutitul viow 1" T eried, turning in nyl admiration to the Postmaster. “Bort of.” ho sald: *but when you turn to view tho oharacter of Gen. Grant it is nowhero in comparison—nowhere.” And he whippod up tho gray mare Litty, and drove by both Moon's snd Myers', 40 nbsorbed in smd; that ho never thought of asking mo if wo hLadn't bottor “QE’ and get ont and bave something to et and drinic, 8o it wont on till near 10 o'clock at night. About this time I suggosted that insomuch as T camo away without my dioner, perhaps wo had better go home tosupper, and on leoking at Lis watch tho Postmanter thought #o too. Aud, after a little argumont, tho gray maro Kitty was brought to be of tho_same mind, and wo tacked ship and honded off in another direction, ** A remarkablo animal, that Kitty,” snid tho Postmaster. “If anything happoned to me slo'd find hor way home in the ddrk—remnrkable auimal, T wish Graut was hero to enjoy bor.” After driving an hour or two a bright light bo- the Postmastor sgain came visible sbove the treo tops. ‘‘What is that ?” I asked. *“Tho Town-Hall clock,” he replied. *It's gok an iiluminated faco, and js always tho first thing ou seo when you coms into tho villago at night. ;t shows up head and shouldersabove everything elso—just like the character of Gon, Graut.” Wo drovo on for anothor hour, and I got very gungry, but the town-clock didu't scom to gok auy naarer. "Aro you suro we'raon the right road?" I asked. *“Sure I'm on_the right road? " anawered tho Postmaster. ‘“I'vo lived here, man and boy, for seventoon yoars, There ain't a cow-path I ain't acquainted with, Thero isn't a Louse L don’t know who lives thore. Laat fall I stumped the county for Gen, Grant, and it I didu't kuow the road Kitty would take us home a8 asz;m a8 n string. We nufiht to bo near Chaso's place b tho pretont time,’ “Huro enough,” he added, s minuto after, *'here it is, and thero's Chase himsolf sitting on the front stoop. ~Wo'll drive up and spenk to him,” And heroined the 5"’ mare Kitty out ot tho road a little, and pulled up by the gato mith “ Hilloa, Oliaso.” © I aint Ohase,” said the man addrossed, dog- gedly. “0h, no, of course you ain’t, Iknow that; but this is Chasc's place." “ No, this ain't Chaso's place.” ity “Bure enough, I #oo now; it's Morrick's. Chase's i junt boyond.” **No, it ain't Merrick's, and Chaso'’s ain’t jnst Dbeyond nuthor, 1 0f course not. How could X be o mistaken ¢ It's Xnickorbocker's." “ No, it ain’t Knickerbockor's.” :' il‘ludgu Backatt's ? " 4 No.* * Whoso in thunder is it, then ? " “Why, it's mino, darn yo." . My friend," I lntarposed nooflnn_u]y.' you toll us how far off tho town-clock is? 4 What town-clock ? " ho growlud, “That ono—Suratogs,” and I pointed at the light above tho {rec-tops. “Tat' tho moon, you darnod fool, and ou're on tho main sfroot in Ballston;” and Eo wont into tho houso, slamming tho dgor behind him a8 if he wanted to take it off its Lingos.” *I'm sorry ho's gone, for T was just going to ask him if ho'd over slndiod_tho charaoter of Gou, Grant,” remarked the Poutmastor. * Get up, Kitty," and ho touched hor with tho whip, TE\lu time, bosides cloarivg up what was Joft of the dashboard, shie took a splintor as bigasn picco of cordwood out of the othor ond of the ‘phacton, Wo got homo some time the noxt morning, and, IP over I undertake to study tho charactor of Glon. Grant, or drive with tho Postmnster again, lot mo know iu advanco. Nor is my cone fidonce in the ability of an intelligont horso to tind his way homa whon his mastor ia at fauls quite so utrong ns it was. Cortainly, tho gray maro Kitty {o uot to Lo rellod ou for drawing the uico_dletinctious, but ko is considorablo on dashiboards if you stir hor oars with & whip, and thus brenk ap the monotony of driving through a lovel country like 8aratoga. 8o I can well un- derstand Postmastor Judson's refussl to purd with her for any prlua that ho has yet bean of~ fored. DBut Idon't soo what he soes in Grant {hal's 8o stunning, ,'oen . A Sonth Americnn Mothnselahe The vory oldost of living mortalslias nt lash Dboon brought to light by tho Anglo-Brazilian Times in tho porson of Joso Martins Coutinho, ‘born ut Baquavams, May 20, 1694, ud the fathor of forty-two children,” from whom have do~ scendod In tho four sudcossive genorutions 193, 80, 23, and 20 othors, making 294 individuuls, of 'whom ho fa tho aucestor, A slight_stilfuus in his logs s tho only physical murk which Lis 170 yoars of lifo ks pluced upon Mr, Coutinbo, and lis wontal powers ara slill suok as to anabl him to digeat the ‘* nows fromn Bpain,” whioch he ongerly ronds ench dn{ without fhe aid of glassos. 1o likos to toll the story of his fights againat the Dutcl at Pernambuoo, & century and 8 Lilf sgo, and to talk about the ral{;nu of "Don Joln V.. Don Joso, and Donna Marla I~ Unle the troublos soou coaso hie expects to cross the ocoan again aud glve hia servicos to the Cawe linta.