Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1878, Page 7

TH CilICAGO ‘'ERIBUNL: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1878, CURRENT GOSSIP. THE NOY WNO FELL FLAT. ", Dodas i Xt Uy Derrick Which ha was a amall boy, Aud hie woat put to alelgh, With a fendish-fike joy, All sho came In his way: On the street which fuchined and was ley, He cossted the whalo of the duy. Tie had hroken fen arme, Al of Tewn qnite a score, And. alaze with these charme, He kapt axking for more: Anil the heads he had cracked were past connting— The stdewalks were covered with gore. Fut s terrible fate {tvertonk this amall bay. Which, with tears, 1 relate-— Though the tears arf n(g' 72 And | hape he went straight np to Meaven, Ot tlse—where nosled can annuy. For he niecred his sled straight Onn fat man, who dropped With a ton or ko welght Un this boy, who just popped With & bang, #9 he flattened completely ‘Nesth that mountaln of flesh which wae stopped. With a derrick they ratsed That fAL man on his feet, While the people there gared Ata tuing on the atrect: ¢ Jncket, a cap. and (wo mitteng— Allfiat a» the pancake you esk. Now, you Ol1-City Loy, Learn a lesson from ane Wi thanght avolranpols Was o subject for fon: Dut, if yan muxt eleigh, slay each other, Ana may thete be lefi of yov—aone - ——— A USEFUL POSSUM,. Luitte Rock (Ark.) Wataite. Old Ned Ziukton fs a negro grocerof this city. Heslole three bales of cotton from his former waster at tha clorg of the War, disposed of toem advantageonsly, moved to Littls Rock, s gan business, Assoclated witl Ned, in the capacity of clerk, was an old negro numed Touy, Tony had been a faithiul slave orevious to the war, aud when the Rebelllon came ‘on, and he found himeelf without & master, he oceupied the positton of preacher for u small congregation, and remained In that eapacity 111 his honesty atteacted the ntlentton of 012 Ned, whooffered hlm n clerkship, which Tony thankfully sccepts wl, and beeame nmon of inerchandise, instead of an agent of Paradiae, Bustness prospered, Tony recoived 83 per weck, the farger part, or, vou might say, tho putk of which, ho Inld ‘neide with an (dea to future Investinent and sillucnce, Yea, business pros ered. Insomuch that old Ned wna enabled to have an addition, o low shed-room, bulit to Iis storehionse, Oue day abuut two wecks ago, Tony, return. {ni¢ from dinner, found old Ned sittivg by the fire brooding heavily, “ERaward, why do I find you plunged in this unimpenctratle glovn *Tony," Ned answered, slowly lifting his Nead, “I'm no literury man like you are, though I propuse to be a gentleman, and am person of some fearning. 1'm not a conimon negro, and 1 well koow you are not. We are no Jonger below the common q,mlu ol white folks, Lut aro clfinbiug toward that summit—but I'm no lterary mat, ‘This s what L' getting at: 1 sec by the newspapers that git the cimployes of banks and nints ore searched every time they leave thefr places of busiucas, not because the men are dishionest, but for the purpose of keep- fue up systent, #1 know that you aore strietly honest, but you'll have to be seurched every ilme you leave ihese premises. 1 don’t believe®that you aro dishonest, Tony, understand, but you'll have to nndergo the examination. ‘Those” who prosper must be systematic.” ‘fony stood gazing at the fire, The fact is, he tod béen taking lttle bits of maney trom the store, KO and B centa at u thoe, whicn were so foagnificant In comparisou with his salary thut he saw no wrong in the transaction, Looking up gufckly, he remarked: * Ed- ward, after due reffection I have consented to undergo the lufliction. For the Interest 1 hiave fn your store, and the hiope of one day seclug vou elevted magistrate, and for. the consideration i)mt 1 may onc duy take brother White's place, pures, The transaction did not interfere with time, but ollowed it to pass on as usnal. . Betore.leave ug the store, even for u moment, Tony was ecarched, and at night the scarch was masde ad- ditlonnlly rizid, at which thneTony was stripped of s clotnes and examined, The mivute and hour bands of watclies and clocks kept ou golne round as evidence that time was passing, Old Tony cume regnlarly to his work, bringlng with him’ his pet. 'possum. Notwithstundinz the careful daily search, Okl Ned misacd bis money, fn large sums, €2 aod §3 ot a thne, He suspect- «d Tony, yet fe didn’t ree how the old sumn mapnged G, *The searching grew more rieid, and was carried to such an coxtent that Tony was compelied to stand on his heud every time before leaying the hause. Yesterday the atlule came to a head. After "ouy had been searched preparatory to leaviug for home, he called his 'possum, but the snjmal didu'’t come, but sat on the floor, He called her ogain, but the animal only made o struggle. Aavancing and pleking heér uo, he was about to leave, when old Ned asied: “Look here; wlm. s that about the 'possum that rattles soi"" A ST suppose it's her teoth.” - “Hold ou there. Wait. 1 tell you.” 01d Ned took hiold of the aulimal, furned her over, and halt & hattul of nickels piled out-on the fioor. Old Tony had staffed lier * pocket full, by which means ho had dally rovbed uls employer, and, though Tony protests that the 'pogsutn must have put the money there here selly. yet old Ned had him arrested, 'I'his story lias no moral,—neither hud the characters. HOW NE CURED A' BMOKY CHIM- Datrais Free Pr TYesterday asu citizen of Woodward avenue was helping a tinsmith to elevato o smoke-jack to the roof of au addition on tho windy slde of the bouse, preparatory to holsting it atop of & smoky chimpey, an old man with a rageed bun- dle under his arm camo along, balted, and soon Lecame decply Interested, 0 »1 '-'Il'mfi. chiney smokes, don't IL1" he finally juquired, ?'hr'l thie worst one in town," replied the cltl- .A'xul yu‘;n ““’ull!l tostop the nulmucfi, ehi™ 5 es, 1 do. wand you think that smoke-Jack will do It w1 hope s0."" ) #ayell, now, T kin stop that*smoking fu ten minits, and I won’t hart the chimbly sor put up uny smoke-Jacks,” coutinued the old mau, ushe 1aid down hie bundle, s sou'll do it 14 give you 85, rejulned the citizen, who disliked the Idea of distiguriog bla chitmney with the c'lllfllfl fack, “ Kini [ huve the kitchen for fivo minutest” asked the wan, © Yeu" « The coolt wos instnieted to vacato and the old man took possessivn. Kemoviug the tup of the slove g poured in enough water to put out uvery spark of the Hre. Then golug out he calied 1o thu cltizen ou the rool * Has sic stopped smoking # Well, { don't scesny smoke at all,” was tho replvs * what bisve you doue!”? Vhlie hic was comlng dow tho ladder the old muw made off, eatiug a ple he had tuken from the oven. ‘Lho last half of It he had to bolt aown while ou the run, but at no tlme {n the race dld the citizen, tinsinith, or servaot-irl gec within tweuty rods of hiwm, | .. EAST AND WEBT, Burddita, Just before we reached Portamouth, s man entered loto conversation with us, He saids $+You are from the West," I murmured sumetbing about the vast illimit- sble, ete., and the man asid: ' Yours Is a now country; ‘a new country; o ne-w country." Yus, I told him, 1t was new, but it was the only one we had, a0l accordingly we wure it Suudays and week days allke, worked uod weut 1o parties 1n 11, und it would svou lovk a thou- sand years old, ** We,” thie man sald, “come dowa froi the venerable wisis of autiquity. Itls a glorfous thought.” Yes, [ sald, but it wasp't pleasant. 1 was In Boston four days, aud it cait winded and ratned three of them. §u was misty euough, but it spuiled the prospect. My sucestors,” Lie sald, came over fn the Maydower. But yours—1*" Aud be fookad ut me with a rising jntlection, 5 1 tried to slay him with a lgok of sflent scorn, lie missed fre, “Your ancestors, I take It,” sald the wan, *did got cawy over lu the Maytlower] And then Dturned wpos hlin, 4 8ir," I re- marked, *this Maytdower, I take 18, was wsail. Qg elinf” ¢ ‘*She was,' he sald, valuly endesvoriog to stile bis emotion, *she wus a'sailing ship.” 4 Theo ™ 1 waid, baugbiily, ** wost assoredly s1v oncestors did uot come over fu the May- fower. It Las uever becu tho mufortuneof tuy Tambly 10 by compelied W take pusiage ou any sbip Of the merchant mmarive. My anvestors e overlun Cutard steawer, 8rst cubiu, BO steernge passengars carried, only ten dava from Liverpool, and the minute they landnl in New York ' they went strafeht up ‘to Mre Astor's :l"":" and took [ront rooms on the parior oo, . 1thought I had critshed that man, tmt mn( 1 "; bhiessed It he Gidn't look as though he pitled —— WOMEN CLERKS AT WASHINGUTON. Yewn York Times. The firat female clerks {n the Natlonal Trens- ury were appolnted in 13063 by Becretary Chase, who vlaced them in the office of the Comptrolier of the Currency at $0) a vear, They cut and trimrmed the Unfted States notes Issued in sheets, and did their work very well, As s00n as they lad beon appointed there wero many other applicants, and thelr number steadily fncressed, many of them securing nlaces through the peculiar enerzy and persce verance which will refuse to take no for an answer, There arn now more than 1,500 women in the Departments at Washington, the majorie 'P{ employed in the Hureau ot Engraving and ri Th futivg und fu the Uovernment printine oflice, 'hey excel 28 counters, Lheir slender, seusitive ngera turning tutes witl areat rupid- ity aud exsctuess, They detect counterfelts, 1§ e naid, quicker than men, though 1hey du not succeed 8o well In accounts, ns the averaie feni. nine mind has Httle ustural love of Haures, Clunters nnil coyists receive MK o veary otier women 81,200 to $1,400, several of them 81,600, and one fn the Internal Revenue §1,300, Moust of the clerks are well educated aod refined, and many have seen more prospure vus days. A number wro swidows and daughters of artny and naval ofticers who lost their lives In the Civll War. Very lew of the young woinen or widows marty or resign, and conse- quently the humdreds who are constantly secke fog places ln Warlington have very slender prospeet of sticeess. ‘The most untiring, ob- stionte place-seekers at the Federal Capital are wolaen, AN ORTIIOGRAPIIICAL DITTY, Nurdette, There was & young wontan aof Worcesler— Sbe petted an old Shanghal 1orcester; .Wheu asked what indorcester 'I'o fondly the rorcester, She binshed, for the question cunforcester. ot with scorn and with shht he aborcester, With cold disregard lie refurcester; e Jaughed ut her charin v And he fled from lier ar . And roamed about Jnstae e urcester, \J o e - y e 5 QuiIPrs, The now crite Is called cryptomanta A hotel bill muy well be called inndebtedness) A snow plow s 0o vluw wheu there is no snow. The .dumand of the hour fs a burglar-proot | grave. Motto for o candy pull—iWhat are yer giviv® ua—tafly?! A clear case of body-snatching—A doz steals Ing sausage. Y aw inonarch of all 1, sir, welgh,* remarks tue Gowanila Enterprise, *Pat not your trust in kings.” Three aces and a jack wlil skiu them every thme. The tramp question—* Sav, kin ver give o foller su'thlu® ter eas"—Koston Traiviler. v Corn bread,” sald the Irish wulter, “we Taven’t got; an® fsw't it corn bafe ye manct The experiment bas been tried often enough to prova that a button-hook is not u night-key. wsand ¥ eolor I8 the latest color lu Paris for traveling dresses. It 18 said 10 Juok ns sweel us sugur, ‘[he thirst for continual novelty makes peonle throw awsy good ulimauaces at the end of every year and buy new ones, . ‘I'he Chinesu ltken a drunkard's nose to o 1ight-house, warning us of the little water that passcth underneath, The Esquimnux ain't much on euchre, but when you comu to tackle "em on old sledge, It's o draw game every time. ‘The Wheellug Leader s\rnoom’ fencing the Ollo River to keep the milkmen away, aud thus Lave high-water all the yoar round. A very fat man sent an order to the office for two seuts fu the coach for himsell, Tue clerk rln‘mu:cu lilin one scat outside and the other In- slde. Just s soon us n voung fellow over ln Europa sottles dowy and thiuks ho is a figst-class King, somo knave vonies along uud tries to play tho deuce witl him, hably about the best way to put a atop to this grave-robbery vusiness would Le, in every case where a gravo s rifled, to il the vacaney promptly with o medical student.—Burdette, ™ “A soft answer turnoth away wrath' but o _touch anser turncth uway the carviue-fork, slides nll over the dish, and covers tie hend of the fanily with gravy and contuston—/’uck, “T don't do this business for vrofit,” sald o barber, when aslied hiow hie could atford Lo shuve a maun_for bcents. “Lmercly carry It on be- vause Flove to see the dylng struggles of o mnon while ho fs being talked to death.” Lostan Commerieal llating Diuries lor 1879 are nearly ripe. The relgning priuts—The latest fashion (n callco. Tho wethier record—Report of the Brighton market, Tha weathier {s 50 stimmery that farmers are sewing winter ry Ballet dnncers gafn only a bare cxistence In return for thelr lavor. ‘I'lic best seuts ut the theatru of war are gener- slly on the front tler. Hiemnrek 18 sakl'to be an excellent cook, He generally couka the wooaw of his opponcuts. ‘The corner n erafn fs not u success; peopls huve heard this wheat buy and buy too often, Mr. Stewurt's body has been missing for so Joig_that we aro afralu it Ia tike an old book— hot worth re-covering. ‘The vice of mumbling 18 sald to be Increasiie in Pniladeiphia, Whut can you expect of a ity that Is lald vut like a checker board All sorts of old materiale aro used in the munufacture of pocket books, \We have never heard of catskiu belug used, but should think it might answer tor the purs pure, Liszt Is in Bome, Collseum when vou're over.— Hustun J'vat, Huus says, ** 1"l do Vatlean to sec him.—St Albans Now dou't make this a Campagna Jokes,—Lost, I they do, Ceasar chuuce aud go Forum, Wao seo that a man in Connectleut was killed the other day while * teving,to board a freluht- traln,” | Thiro s reason io all these things, No doubt when the man took thy frefeht-traln to board, hegave iU sateratus Lisculit, rve coflee, and strong . butter for Lreakfast, snd tough wutton three thnes a week for dinuer, il in m”ulnd :;wpsl:\ the fraght-trafn rose up uud ed him, Tho munwho bet that be could makes of saw [u tive minutes bada dozen persons st round to see bl do it with oniy o plec il chalk, He commonced by chalklug o rin thu wall, tulnly,— et 'Now, wald the (thustrator, meking a square, % du you scu thel squaret’ * Yea, yes, all vight; we see {t." % Waell, gentlemen, this ' Is the aquare sou see, and that (powstiug to the, chalk riug) 13 the clrcle—you saw," & i cen—e .73 Home-h stry. San fmnnmv News - Letrer, This column s rarcty devoted to advertistiy businesses, or puiting individusls, but it scems uncy oI only due to the partivs concerued to an thot tour recently-dlachurged prisoners Ean Quentln, two ‘of whom usre orothe: biave bitherto been considered hard coses, Just opened u sture on the City Frout, sud are trying to earuan honest Mveliliood. The na of the frm {3 *Sykes, Biffen, sloge & Co., snd they have comnenced the munufacture of bruse-knuckles, sand-club: ules on quite u Jurge scate, ous that bas loug wveeded Is eveloping o this ity and, when more gencrally Known, will doubtless obtain for {thelc the patruimee of our best burglars aud gualificd gurotters. ‘Thiy thing of Zending to New York for u relable bit and brace {3 altogether plased out, and we carnestly comuend the wbove local fudustry to the atteution ot our hume desperaducs, who ary betug pardoued out in_ sutficlent numbers 1o make them quite an cfoctive portion of thig :-ommuu:;y duriug the long, dark wiuter even- uge. ——— Jouqulu Miller, New York Corvespnndence Indlunapalis Jousnal, i baye beara a iittic story of Joaguin Miiler which shows something ot hls character, Mav- fug returued frow u short lecture tour iu Mzs- sacnusctts last week with 3300 over, he sent §70 to s old futher and §30 t0 big mother 10 Ore- womn, In -qlvllmm letters, on condition that the reciplent should fnvest ln 8 Curlstions prescut und give I8 to the other. He eveu deslguated woal the present {u vach case Was 10 be,—a0ie rare indulgence which the old couple jo the counatry would nut think of enjoywg othere Wwise: aud tho preseutation Is to be forumal, at u certain given houe and stated room ou Christ- was morniog. Joaguiu fancles the tableau,— the old couple mysterlousty coufroutine and Aud thus res wutually surprisivg cach otber, minds me of what Miller once told me about his lecturlng, *'f never get m second cnll to a towrn," he ruld, with 2 smile Lell way between frankness and fun, “but | haven't got around yet, and new towns envugh are belng started to cep ine moving," A LEGEND OF SAMMTSTADT, Nret Naree in See York Sun, Tt waa the sacred hourof noun'at Sammtstaat, Everybody was at dinver, and thy serions Ke'le ner of “Der Wilde Mann® glanced fn mild re. proach at Mr. James Clineh, who, disrezarding that [act and Lhe Inviting table d’hote, stepped Into the street. For Mr, Clinch had eotena late breakfast at Kempen, was dyspepticant Amer- 1 morcover preaccupled with business. r was consequently indignant on entering the garden-ike ccurt end clofster-like connting- house of Vou Bechorat, Bons & Cousins, to find the Complolr descried even by the port ery and wus furious at the mafd-servant who offered the sacred shibbolath, ©Mitiagsessen," ox a rea- sanoble explanation of the solitude, **A couns teys'? sald Mr. Clinch to ‘himieelf, **that stops butetuess at widday tu go to diuuer, and em- vloys women servants to answer the calls of Lusiness tnen, §s played ont." lle stepped from the silent bulldivg into the equally sileut Krouprinzen strasse. Mot a soul tu Le scen auswhere. Rows on rows of two- storied, cray-stuceoed bulidings that night he awellings or mhght be ofllees, ali showing some traves of femining taste and supervision in 8 flower or u curtso that helled the legewded Welomptoir’t or *Directlon ™ over their portals, Mr. Citnehr thought of Boston and old Stute street, of New York and Wall street, aud be- canie culdly contemptuous, Stlll, there was nothing to do but to walk down the formal rows of chestiuts thae lned the hroad uvenuc, and then walk back agaln, At the corner of the lirst cross street hoe way struck with the fact that two men who were stundivg in front of a Jdwelling-iouse an. peared to be us [Inconsistent aml g8 oul ol proportlon to the ailent houses as the actors on the staze were to the paiuted canvas thoroushfares before which they soliloquized. Mr. Clineh umtally had no functea—bad no eye for quaintuess; heshies, this wae not s queiut or romante diserice— unly a1 entrepot Sur silks aud velvets, amd Mr., Cltieh was heve, tot 08 o tourist, but as o pu chuser, The guide-bouks lind fznored Samn stadt, and hewas teo goud on Américan to waate time fn hunting up uneatalomued enrfosd- ties. Besidex, hie had bewir here once before— an entire day ! One o'clock 1 8t o full hour and a hulf be- foro bis triend would returs, Waae shotld Le du i The elub whure e bud ouce been enter- tatied wan descrted even Dy its waiterss the eurden,\ith its ostentotious out of-duors tables, Toakied bleak ud bare, Mr. Clineh was nut fus- thdious, but even he was qulck tu detect the afe front put wpon nature by this continenig! thee atrical’ gandentug, and twened hastily away. Horn mear u lake lnrger than the German Ocean, he resonted o pool of water twenty-five feet |y dlam- eter under thus alturing title and u equenter ol the Adirongacks, he eoald searen contain Nimsclf over o bit of rorkwork Lwelve feat Lilen, WA conntry,” aold Mro Ciinel, that—"" but here he remembered that be had aeen, ina rk of his natlve ety un imitation of the l)rm‘lu-nh-ll o Aeale of three fochies o the foot; and he cheeked Bt speeeh, e tursed Into the principal allee of the town, There was o long woite building at one end the Bahnbof} ut the other end he remeinber adye-house. Ile lud, o year o, met it hose pitatle, proprivtor, Ile ‘would call upon Lim now. Rut the same solftude confronted him as ha passed the porter’s ludge heatde the guteway, The counting-house, badl villo, Lull futory, must Lave convaked its bumanity in some out- of-the-way refeetury, fur the holis and pussages wery tenantless. For the first time he bezan o be impressed with o certuln forehn Tulnlnens i the surrotindings: he found htmself also re- calling sometliug he had read wlhien o boy about on enchunted pulace, whose nhabitants awuie on the arriva) of a tong predestined peinee, To assure himact! of the atsotute iidiculotaness of this tancy, he took fram nis pocket the business enrd of {64 provrictor, o smple of e, aud re- catled his own persohnilty o o letier of credit, [Taving dismisscd this idea from bis mind ho Jounged ‘on amuin through 3 rustic lane that mieht have led toa farm hotse, et waa still absurdly enouizh o part of tho fudory groumds, Crossluir o diteh by a cousewny, 1o prescatly came toroather diteh aud another cuuseway, and then for hitselt Idly contemplativng o mas. sive, ivy-clad, venveable brick wall, As a mers wall it inlirht hot bave sttracted hisattentlon, but It seemed 1o enter and bury taeh at rleht angles i the slde-wall of o quite modern-loakinge dwelling. Aterantistying bimscifof thisfact, he pussed on befure the dwelling, but was minnzed tu sce the wall reappenr on the uther side, actly the satne,—old, ivy-zrown, sturdy, uncon- promstsing, aud ridleulous. Could it actually bo a part of the house! 1o turned back wad re- passed the front of the dwetitne. The eatrance- door was hospitably ooen. ‘There was o hall and a stalrease, but—by ull that was prevoster- oust—they were bullt orer and dround the cen- tral brick intrusion, The wall octually ron through the house! A country,” safd Mr, Clinch to hmsell, * where they bulld tholr houses over ruivs to accommodate them, or wave the Lrouble of removal, 15— but o very pleasant volee, nddressine liim, hers estopped his usual hasty conclislon, ** Quten Morgen,” Mr. Cliuch Jooked hasttly up. Leanlng over the parapet of wlias uppeared to be u wanden on the roof of tha house wax . young eirl, red- checked, bright-eyed, blonde-halred, The volee was solt und pleasing, Tt wus part of the frpression he was recelving that it wos . taluly unitke n mujunl? of his fulr countrywo- men, Iu oo vogue, Hogleal wav he, in sgome Iushion, copnecttd It with the Ivy-clad wall be- Sare Wi, HIs hat was in s hatd we he an- awered, Guten Moprzen," Was the Herr seekiug anvehing! Thu Nerr was only awaiting a lonz-time-com- [ne friend, snd had strayed hore tospeak with the before-kuown proprietor, Soi But the befote-known proprictor wus seeping well at present, ufter dinber, would ehie Hepr wait for bl un the terraee ! Fae Herr would, but Toohed arouml i valn tor the means 1o do it, He waa thinking of a sealing lodder, when the youny woman re. sppeared at the open door, und tade him cuter, Following his youthfnl hoatess, Mr. Clineh mounted the stalreaae, but, vassiug the mys- terloiis wall, could not forbear un ullusion to'lt. @1t fn old—=very old," replled his compunlon; *+4t wus here when [ came,” WThat wes not very loy ago, ™ aald Mr, Cliuch, gullantly. “§u. But my grandfather found It here, too, Aud buils over it 1" . \\"l_'y not! It is very, very hard, snd s thiel Mr. Clineh here explaiued, with masculine su- perfority, the existence of such mudern oreyis an Bleneglyeering and dynuiuite, persussivein their cllurts upon tanehonored “obatrnctlung aug fncunibratices, *t Hut thery was not then what you coll nitro- glyeerine. » But ainee then i The young el gazed ot him with svrprise, UMy ereat-wrandfather wid not take ft avay wllell.lllfi".bu"l- the howse, Why should wet ™ i ‘Tuey bad pusscd through'a ball and dlving- roow, and suddecly stepped out of u window upon u geaveled terruce, Frow this a few stone stepi deseended to auother terruce, on wiilon trecs und shrubs were glowing, snd yut, booking over the parapety Mr. Clluch voutd see the rosd soine twenty fect below, It was neurly on o level with, und part of, the secoud story ol ihe house, 1fad an carthiquake Jifted the adgsecnut wround, ur had the hause burrowed fnto 4 lit e, Clinch turned - 10" his companion, who was standinr cluse Lesido B, Dreatiug quite audi- by, and leaving au gupieision on blé scnaus us of u gentlo und frazraut heifer; b How was all thifs gonet ™ ‘The malden sbrugged hershoulders, 1t was always so. 1 cannut sav.” * . Mr. Clluch . reasce eps. to had ‘“"" foreotten his impatience. Possioly it wus tho gentle, equable calm ot the girl, who, but far ber ready colur, did not seems to be suirred at sovthing; perhaps it Was the peaceiul reposo of this mausoleut of the dead-and Joreutien wall that subdyed bim: bug be was quite will- lugg to take the old-fashioned chaie on the ter- sace which she offered bun, uud folow b maovements with jatercsted eyes us from u uiys- terlous vloses 1 tno wall, she drew oub certam klasaes aud bottles, Sir, Clinch had tho wesk- uess of amajority of bissux fu belleviog that he wusa guud Julzu of wine ood wouien. ‘The latter, usshown if the speclmen before Ui, be would havw joveiced a3 o fair sample of the widdiecluss (ietman womau, bealihy, comfort- loviug, home-abldiog, the very genjus of dow telty,~with the [uture wholesoms matron fos vast’ in all ber virgtu outlioes, from thy curves o! ber broud bips to the lues of ber back wud shouiders, OF the wine o was to Judge later. That required au even wmore deliberate aud un- Impasaoued ttellect. Sus placed two bottles before hyn oo the table. Uuy, the traditioual lung-uecked, slaber- colosed Khanplasche§ the otber s odd, guaitt, discolored, amphoral-pasterned glass jug. The first shoe onenad. M Thin'? she oxplained, polnting to the other, “ s omly to ook 8t Mr. Cliuch first pald lis respects to the opened bottle,—a betterquality of Rudesheimer, With his Intelicet thus clardiied, he glanced at the cther, It ia from iny great-grandfather. 1L s old A the wall," cxamined the bottle attentively. itk ; formed of sumeot.solete, slinust wlans, fts twhied neck was apparently hermeticail; sealed by the rntme nxnlcr!nl. The malden mwilled as ahe seld, ** 1t cinnot be opened now without bresking thedottle, It ls nol ood bick to break gluss, My great-grand- fatner and my fatler woull not,! My, Clinch ugain examined it. The neck was fluttened towand the imouth, Lut, on doser in- spestion, he becane satisfied that it was closed by somne equally hard cement, but not by glass, ** 4t 7 can upen 1t without breaking thebottle, have T xour permfsetont ' An interested, hall mlschlevous glascs came in the malden’s eve, 8he colured as che replied, ';l' Ahall not ebjcet: but for waat will you do *To taste It +* Yuu ore not afrald? " arked the maiden. licre was just enough evilent admiration of Mr. Clineh's auducity in the girl's manner to apur bim un to ohy risk. Ha replied by taking from bis pocket o snall steel instiument. Holding the ueck of the flask firmly fn one hand, passcd his thumb and the steel twive or thelee around it, near its mouth, A fafnt rn»!-lng. seratehite sound was all the wondering malden ticard, Then, with a suddden, dextel wwist of bis thumb and fluger, 1o her utter tonishment e 1ald the top of the neck—neatly cut oif—in hier hand, ““There'sa better aud more modern buttle than you nad hefore,™ he sald, pointing to the 1-!rurjy4l|vl«lcd neek, “and any cork will fitit now.,’ But the prirl only regarded him with a elight degree of unxlety. **And you still wishto taste the wine{" “With your permission,' He lovknl up in her eyes. There was pers mizsloni there was something more that was flattering to his vanity, He took a wine-gla atid aluwly and §n silenca filled it from the fas) The wine fell fato it clearly, transparently, heavily, hut atill and cold as death, There was 10 aparkle. no c¢heap ebnllitfon, nu evancseent bubblel Yet 1t was so clear that but for sts faint anber tinting the winss secmed cmpty. _There was no aroma, no ethiereal diffusion froin it& cquable surface, Perhaps it way funcy, per- hopa it was from mervoud excltement, hut o slight thill geemed to radinte from the stiil gablet awd bring down the temperature of the Mr. Cllneh and Wls companion both But only for & momnent. Mr. Clinch rafsed the gloss 1o his s, As he dld o, he remems hered reeing diatinetly, us in pleture teforo bin, the sunlit termee, the pretuvudel in the fores gronnd, an stmused and interested spectator of s saertteiious acty the outlylng iyv-crowned wall, the yrass-covered diteh, the tall factory chimueys ristnr abuve the chestouts, und thy distunt poplurs that marked the Rbme, The wine wae dellelous, Perliaps a trifle— only u triffe—beady, Me, Cifnch was consdous of a cortain exattation. Fhere was, too, a half stnile upon the zir's lip, and o rogaish twinkle 0 her eye us s looked at hlm. Archness was certalnly becoming to her. Do you find the wine cood ' she nsked. * Enir enough, | warrant,” suid Mr. Clineh, gravety, *but methinks 'tis nothing vumplrml with tie nectur thut grows upon those rosy lips. Nuy, by 8t. Ursuln, Iswear I8, Searcely hat the unfortunate man uttered thi; aolemnly” ridlelons aveech than he was oo vinced of fts absundity, He would have given wurlds to recall st. Ile koew ko must be intox. fented, That the genthnent and languagre wers utterly unlike hln, und fusulting to the girl, he wad 1l know exac y wware: that he did not even y what [t meant, lia was alao lispe- fessly consclus of. Yet feellng all this, leel- fugz, ton, the shame of appearing before hier 28 a mun who had lost hissenses through a sinele elass of wine, nevertheless he rose awkwurdly, selzed her hand, und througli sheer force drew her toward him oud ldssed her, With an ex- clymation that was hall o iaugh and belf u ery, she led from him, leaving him rtaggering alone on the tereace. Fur amoment Mr, Ctinch supported hinsel? agalnat the window, leaning his throbbing head o the cold plasa, Nlume, mortiflcation, a hys- terieal- half consclousness of his ridiculousness, utid yet u strange, undetined fright through all, by tiirns possessed himd) Was he ever before wallty of such perfeet jdioey ! FHad he ever bes 1ory sueenmbed i thix war? Was it possible that bey Mr Jumnes Clineby'the coulest head at w stipper party, e the Auferfean who had drunk Frenebmun and Fogishiman under the table, couldg be transformed fnto'a sentimental, hizh- tlown tdiot by a single winss of winef He was canselons, too, ot osking himsel! these very questions fu n stiited sort of rhetorice, and of o risjug brotality of anger that he could with dittieulty repress. Suddenly everything swam betore B, and he scemed to tose all conselous- HEBs. But only for o _moment, ‘The next instant, with n stpowg effort of Wis will, e scemed 1o recall himsell, Ms situation, his curroundings, und, above ull, hix apaointment, He hurriedly deacended the terrace steps, and, befors he well Luew how, found himsell wealn on the roud, Onee there, hia faculites returnea o full vigor, he was bimsell. Ile strodo briskly forward toword the ditch he had crossed onty a few mo- ments before, bit was suddenty stopped. It was Mled with water! e looked up and down; it wan clearly the'same aiteh, but a flc wing streuns, thirty feet wide, now separated him from the other bank. The_apnearsnee of this uulooked-for obstacle made Mr. Clinch doubt the compiete return of lits reason. o uccordingly stepped to the i 1o bath hls bead fu tlio stream and wash away the Inst vestiges of Wis potstions, But us he upproached tho plackl depths and knels down, he agaln started back, and this tine with 1] etton of his own tundness, For ro- fleeted fr ite mirror-llke surtace was n figure he vould wearcely eall his own, although here aml there oy trace ot his former sell otill lingered, - i close-crapped halr, trimmied a la mode, Tt given way to fong curling locie that deopped upon bis shoulders. ilis wet mustache wis telehittully prolonged, and curled ap ot the end stitliv; s Plecadiily collur hud chabged shave and texrure, and reached o mgss of laceto o ruhn. midway of bl breast, 111y l»ux.x-—-n-lx{ had he vot noticed bis buots befurel “These wi- umphis of la Parisian huotinaker were changed o bideous hern cases thut reuchied balf way ub bis thigh, In place of bis formal high il ity there Tay yoon tue ground beside hilm the awiul thing he had just taken oll, @ mass of thickened felt, flap, feathers, and Luckle, that vedzhed at leust a stone, Asingleternible fden now took poasession of* bhn, He had been dove, tuken [, fold, fricht- fully, Hesaw it all, In s stote of futoxication bet lind ot hils way, had been dragged nto some Vlle slen, stripped of W clothics und valiables, and turned adrilt upon the quict town fn thia shumeful masquerade. How should he Keep hi% pppolitisent ! Nuw should hy sece that thy pollee were duly fnforined of this sutrage upon u stranger umd un American? ow establlsh hix ddentley? Had they spared his paverst Ho teft Teverlshly in b brewst—ah! his wateh! Yuw, a wateh, Imu\‘f. Jeweled, enamelled: aud, by all thor was ridleulous, five oilers! He vun s bunds (oo bis capaclous teunk bose, What was this? DBrooches. chalus, dlamousd crugevs, bnger-rings, onv lurge Epftscupal one, earriigs, und a handful of vattenud guld uud sitver colus, Ills pavers, his memorandums, hils passport, uil proofs of his identity, wero goue! In their place was the unitstakublo vt gatheeum of somo gecumplished Knleht of the roud. Nol only was bls personallty, but Lis charactergong torever! 1t was a pace of My, Chuch's singular expe- Fiencs that thid Iast struke of shi-fortune aceroed 10 revive fu him sonicthiog of the bruisl inetluce he felt @ wmament before, He turaed anzrily about, with the inteatlon of caltlng sotno one, the first perron Lo mef, 10 account, But the huuse that be had just quitted was gonel The wull! An! there [ waa—u0 longey burposeiess, inteusive, und wv-clud, but part of the buttress of auother wussive wall that rose fnto battle- wents above i Mr Chinen turied ugain, hupeleasly, toward Samtitatadt j thete was the Inugo ot anlu(- ot the LLhi; thiere wers ths chds, 1t by tho waiie meridian sun; but the charactenstie chimneys of Sammtatadt were gone! Mr, Ulinch was hopeleasly Juat ! The sound of a buip, bresking the stillness, d bis sensed. dle now, for the lrst Lime, ved that u bittle distance below hin, part- in hiddeu lu the Lrees, Was & queer, tower- ahapud atracture, with chafos aud pulloys, that 1 aoine strange way reculled his boyish reading. A drawbildge atd purtcaltis! And Ju the bat- tlewent u tpure fu a masquerading dreas, a3 absurd as lus own, flourksbing u bauser and traispet, und trying Lo atiract bis atiention. ** Was worlen Skt I want to sce the proprietor,” sald Mr. Ctiuch, chokiyg buck his rage. ‘There wus o peuse, und the uure turned op- pareutly to covsilt with some oug Lehlud the buttlewments, Alter o mowent he reapueared, aud 1 a perfunciory wouotuue, with an occs- sotal brestlivg-spell on the trumpet, began *You do give warrautes as a good knleht nu’ true, 48 well us by the boucs of the blessed 8t Urauls, that you bear ho Hll-will, seeret sumity, wicked misprise, or consuiracy wzslust the body of our noble Lord aud Master, vou Kolulscoe! Aud you bring with vou o ambush, stege, or surprise of retaives, neither secret warrant nor lettres decackut, nur carry on your kotubtly per- s pulsonied dugrer, wagle riog, witch-powders, oor ctetanted Ltilein ol ibal you Lade s tered foto no unhallowed alliance with the Prince of Darknese, gromes, pixies, dragons, Cudines, Loreleie, nor the ket ** Come down vut af that, you d——d old fool,” roated Mr. Clinch, now perler‘fl‘y hestie :-h'u',;ell with rage. * Come down aud Jet me n: In an Inatant confused cries of recognition and joy, uot unmixed with some consternation, rose (rom the hattlemen Ach Giott 1" ¥ Mut- ter Gottend™ St 38 nel” *:1t 1n Jann, der Wan- derer ™ b It fa himaclt!? eane b hls puz- zled car. The chafne rawtied, the ponderous drawhridze cracked and dropped, and ucross it B medicy of moitled fimnres rushed pell mell, Bug foremost winong thum, the very maldey he liad Teft not tew minutes before flew futo in srms, anid, with & _cry of Joylul greeting, sank npon his breast. Mr. Clineh Tooked down unon the fair head and Jone brald, 1t certainly was the same malden, his cruel enchantress, but where did «he get those abeurd warinents? ** Willkominen," said a stout figure, odvene- ing with rame autharity and scizing his disene guged hand: * where hias thou been #o fong! Alr. Clineh, by o mesns placated, coldly dropped the extended hamd. It was nof the praprictor he had known. But there won a sinzular resembinnce in bis face to some one of Mr. Clinel's own kin,—bnt who wax it, he could not remesmber, 4 May 1 take the hverty of ask- ing vour namnet” he ssked, cnldl?u ‘The figure grinned, * ¥urely [ But, if thon standest un punctdio, it 18 for nic to sk ihine, most noble Jerr,"” wald lie, winking upon his retainers, Woom have 1 the honor of enter- taloingl " My tame fs Clinch—James Clincli, of Chi- cago, Diinote.” A shout uf Isughter fullowed. In the nidst of his rage and wmortiflcation, Mr. Clingh fan- cied he =aw a rhade of paln and annoyance flit acrosd the face of the malden, He was puz. rled, but pressed her hatd, In spito of hislate exncrience, reassuringly. She made a gesture of nllenu: to bim, and “then slipj.ed away In the crowd. “*hames Klinache vonSche-kureo," mimicked the tizure, to the unapeakable delizht of his re. falners, *‘No! That {s the latest French style. Holy 8t. Ursula! Holy 8t Ursula! Hark “ve, nephew, J am uot atraveled man, Since the Crusades we simple Rhinc gentlemen have rtaved at home, But Teall inyself Kolnische of Kol your aervice,” ery likely fuu are right,” eajd Mr. Clinch, disrequrding the yrevious caution of his ot; ** but whoever ye ger, entitled to protection. ' rohbed.’ It Mr. Clinch had uttered au exquisite juke instead of a very uugry statement, it could not have been inore hilarivusly received. He paused, grew confuscd, and then went on, hesitatingly : *t In place of my papers and credentials | 1ln only these,’” and he produced the jewelry frotm s pocket, Another ahout of Juuehter and clapping of lands fullowed hils sccond speceh, and 1he Baron, with aewink at hits retainers, prolonged ihe renersl mirth by saylng: ** By the mass, nephew, there is littio doubt but there bus been robbery somewhere,! * It wos done,” coutinued Mr. Clinch, hurry. Ingz to make pn end of his explanation, “while [ :\lu!, hx’l'd\‘vnenlly. overcome by Iquor—drmgged tor. ll‘hu inuchter hicre was 80 uproarious that the Baron, slbelt with tears of laughiter in his ong ¢ie, matle u peremnptory geature of silence, . The gesture wos peculiue to the Baron, eflicacivus and stnple, It conslsted merely In knocking down_ the wearest Jaugher. Huviog thus re. stored tranqulllity, he strodo forward aod tuok A, Clineh by the hand, * By 5t, Adolph, 1 did doubt thee & motent uro, nephews but this last frank cunfessivn of thine rhaws 1 did thee wrong, Witkuinmen zu flawsa! Junn, drunig ur suber, Wiltkommens 2n Uracowen ! More and more mystitied, snd now convineed of the folly of suy lurther explanation, Mr, Cilneh ok the extended haod of bl alfeied uncle anud vermitted Kimself to be ded o the castle, They possed futo o lunge vunqueting Ially adorned with urmor and implemenis ot the chase, Mr. Ctinen could not belp noticing that althonzds uil the uppormtiments were liberal und peturesgue, the ventllution: wos bad, und the rtoke of the huge vidmiey made thoalrmurky, ‘Fhe oukien tabies, magsive In curving and rich In cotor, were unmistahubly ureasy, sud Mr. Clineh slipped 0a a2 pleee of incat one of thy dozen lat-wild dogs who were wccupying the rootn was tearing on the toor. “The dogr, yelj- lugg, ran Fetween the Jees of a retainer, precipl- tating hitn u}mll the Baron, ond fnatantly, with the *ugoul foot* of tate, « bim oy the dog Into a voraer. S wAud whenee came you last?” arked the Huron, disregardtng this Mtle coutretemps, and thrawing hinyel? Leavily on oo caken settee, while be pushed 8 queery uncomfortable-looking stool, with legs like o glurmu-e-l\rlu conuceting double X, toward uls companlon, My, Cliueh, who had quite given himselt up 1o fute, wuswered mechunically, * Pans, Tie Baron winked hfs eve with unalterable clderly wickedness, *Acti, Gott, 1t §s nothing 10 what It was when T was vour age, Ab, there wus Maunon, Sewr Munot we used to call her, [ suppose she's getting old now, llow goes on the foud between the students aud the ciizens— Enl DId you go to the bl o la Clte Mr. Cliuch stobped the llow of these Justives Shallow-like reminiscences by an ubieasy ex- clumation, - He was thivking of the malden who had disappeared o suddenly, The Barun unsinturpreted bis nervousheas” Wiag, ot within there, Mux, Wolfrang, lazy rascalsf Briug some wine.” Ab'the baleful word Mr, Clinch started to hls feet. “*Not fur me! Briog me uone of your Lod yx"ml-nuul destroymue potsun! 1've endugh of it . |’l’l|u Baron stsred; the threc servitors stared also. i are, Jam a 1 have been 1 beg vour pardon,' safd Mr. Clineh, reeall- fugg hituvels slowly, *but 1 fear that Rhtbe wine dues not agree wih me,” The Baron grinned. Pervelving, however, that the threg servitors luhmml alse, he kicked two of them fnto obscurdty und felled the third to tho tloor with his fist. “llark ve, nephew,’” o sald, turning to 1he astomshed Clinch, *eive over thls nonsense. By thu mitre of Blshop Hatto, thou art us bie aTool os ne!’ “Hatto " repcated Clluch mechanfeally, syhat! ho of the Mouse Tower 2" “+ Aye, of the Mause Tower," sneered the Bur- on. - Oy, T xce you know the story.” »Why am [llKe nimg" asked Mr. Clinch in mnazement, ‘‘hig Baron geinued. **Jle punished the Rhe- nish Wiy us thou doat, without judgment. v had— x 4+ 'Clio Jim-futus,” sald Mr, Clinch, mwechanical= ly siain. The Baron stared, 41 know not what thou seanest by * Jim-fuing,’ but ho had, like thee, the wildest funtasies nod imugimngs, Suw sunkes, touils, tuts,—in his buots, But principally rats. Suld they vursued kim, Came In his sovin, bis bedy ach Gott1? wObn," suld Mr. Clinch, with & sudden retain 10 his former doll and his uative Inguiring hablts, s Then that is the fact about Bishup Hatto of the story (7 4 Hla cuemies wade it the subject of » vile stanaer ugoiust un old friend of wing," said the Huron, “und those cursed poets who belfeve everything, and then jpersuado others o do so,— sy the Devil fly wway with them,—kopt it up,’’ 1lere wery fucts quite to Mr. Clinchi's skeptic- al mind. i3 foreos himself aud his surround- wee, »Aud that stary of the Drachenfulsl” he wokod, tnaluuatingty, 4 The drugou, you knuw. Was A, too—"" " ‘o Barau grinued, * A hoar tranaformed by thae drunken braine of the Haners ol the Blubes- sebirge. Ach Gutt, Ottefried bad mauy s nearty laugn over 1% and it did blin, us thou knowest, pood servie with the nervous mothes of the slily muiden. **And the seven slsters of the Behonberg i usked Mr. Clluch, persuaalveiv, HBchonburied *Seveu wsters? What of thew £ domanded the Baron, aburply, “\Why, you Kknuw-the—tne wublens who were a0 coy to thelr suitors, aud—dou’t you re- wmember—jupod futu the Juloe 0 wvod them.” ‘oCoyl. Jumped {nto the Rhiue to avoid sultors " " goared the Baron, puryle with rage, * [larkee, neptiew, 1 like not thus hind of Jest- g, ‘Thau kuw L warricd otis ol the Schon- burg &lrls, us did thiy futher. How cov they wera Is peithier hore uor thers, but wayhup we might toll anotier story. ‘Thy futher—us weuk & tel- Jow ua thou art when o peitivoat s voucerned could not, us s reutieman, do otuee thaw e di —unl this §a bis rewwrd! Ach Gott, *Coy,? Audao b warrant this 1 the way ke stury ks aelivesed to Puris Mr. Clinch would answered thu this was the way he read {6 1 s guldo-book, bu ciceked Llweell ut the hupeleasncas of the explavation. Hesides ho waa vil the eve ol Blstoric ifurma- Hu—he Was, 28 ft were, futerviewing thy Past, —aud whether bo would ever e able or bot Lo protit Ly the oppurtuutty, he could uot besr to Josg ft, " **Aud how about the Lorclelf—Ls abie, tus, a Hetlont™? bie usked, hbly, "1t was sabl,’? abserved Lhe Baron, sandoue- ally, *that when thou disuppeared with thy goopekeoper's dauztier ot Waldech—heaven knows wherel—thou wast ewatlowed uplu a whiripool with some creslure, Ach Gottl § Le- lieve it But s truce to this Luldordash, Aud thul wanbtest to kuow of the ‘ecoy’ disterw of Benuoberg! Huek ye. Juuu, that cousin of il i3 a Scboubery, Call you bier *eoy 't Did 1 uot see thy greetingt Ebl By St Adolpb! koow- fue thivo as shy does to be fobber and thief, call you her grecting "eoy ' 0" Furious 3 Mr, Clluch grew under these epl- thety, bo felt that bis cxplauation bardly relley- «d the walden from decat or blwsell frou weakuess, But vut of Lis very perplexity and u-.n'rll 3 Lrighte idea wes boru. He turned e Lavou. ""Then you have no faith In the Rhine je- eendsi” The Baron repllied only with a contemptuous hruy of his shoulders. **Bat what If I told you s new onei" © Youl? " Yes, out'of my own exparience.! The Baron was curlons. It was early in the afternoon, jost after dinner. ke might be worse bored, “I've only one condition,” sdded Mr. Clinch. '; ‘{"I};&xuung girk, I mean my cousin, must hear [l “Oh. 1 sen. The old trick ! Well, call the §ade: but mark ye, 8ir Nephew, no enchanted inaldens and knighta, Knepto thyself, be as thou art, the wandering vagahond and knignt of the rund, What, ho, there, Max Wolfgang 1 eall the Lady Wilheimina," It waa the first time Mr, Ciinch had hesrd his fair fricnd’s name. Jt was not the tirst time ho had secn her, as the very decided wink the pentle creature gaye him “testificd, But with hands lichtly cJusoed, and downcast eyes, she modestly xtood before him. Mr. Clinch began, — Without - heeding the Baron's scornful eves, ha graphically described his msrent to au invitation from a Lorelie, and Bis descent into & whirlpool of the Rhine, rome ten years betore. 1 am free to conless,’ added Mr.” Clinch, with an appealing glance to Wil- heimina, 'that 1 was not attracted by the praces of the lady, but only by my desire to visit un- known regions. 1 was purting with s desire to travel to sec——'" “Parls," Inferrupted the Baron, sarcastically, “ America," continued Mr, Clinch. “What I “Ameriea.! “Yes; s gnome-like sounding name—this Meriker. G on, nephew; tell me of Meriker.” With the characteristic luency of his nation, Mr. Clinch described his landing on those en- chanted ahiores via the Rulne whiripooPaud Hell (iate, Eaet River, New York. He described the railways, tromways, telegraphs, hutels, phono- graph, audl telephione. An oceaslonal oath broke from the Barun, but he lstened attentively, and in & few wmnoments Mr. Clinch, racconlenr, had the ratisfaction of seciug the vast hall slowly fllling with open-eyed and open-mouthed retati- crs, haneing upon s words, Mr. Clinch went onto describe his astonishment at meeting on those very shores some of his own blood and Kin. *t4n fact,” sald Mr. Clloch, ¥ here were A race calling themeelvey * Clineh,’ but all claim- g 1o huye descended from Kolnlschie,” *tHut how 1" aucered the Barou. “‘Throueh Jamnes Kolnische and Wilhelm{oa, lis wife,” returned Mr. Clinch, boldly, +'They emigrated from Koln and Crefeld to Philadei- phia, where theé; 2 quarter named 3. Cliuch felt Wmscit ahaky ss to b m_vr hut wisely reinewbered that it was a chro- nulogy ol the future to his hearers, and they could” not detect an anachronisin, With his eyes Axed upon thore of the gentle Wilhelmina, Mr. Cltuch rrow proceeded tu describe his return to his fotherland; hut his vstonishmeot ut finding the very fute of the country changed, and 4 city standing on those flelds e had playeld in as a boy, and how e had wandered hupeleas- Iy oty until fe badd ut 1wt eat wearlly down in a Bumble cottage built upon the rutus of a lurdly castle. vHu_utterly travel-worn and weak had I Se- come,™ sald Mr, Clineh, with admirably sinu- fated puthos, *that u stngle glass of wine of- fered me by the simote cottsge malden affected me ke a prolunued ch'? A long-drawn snore: was ol that Tollos thisaffecting cllmiax. The Baron wus The retainers were also asleep. Ouly one palr of eyes remulued (open, arch, luninous, blue,—Wilnelmina’s! -+ There In o subterrauean passage delow us to Linn, Let us oyl she whispered. Bt why?! “Ther ulways dolt in the lugemh.“.ube an- swered todestly, S But your futher?" “1le sicepr. Do vou not bear him 1" Certaluly sumebody was' snorine, But oddly enough, It seemed” to be Whhelmina, Mr, Cliuch geatly rugirested this to her, “Fooliah fellow—1t (s gourse's.” Mr. Ciineh, struck with the Idea, stonped to conslder. Nhe was right, 1t certalnly was hime self, With a struggle he awoke. The sun was shin- fnz. The matden wus lookmg at blm. Hut the eantlet—the custle was gone! *You have stept well” sald the maiden, archly. * Evervhodv does after dinner ut Bammtstadt, Fatlicr has just awakencd and s womlng,” My, Citnch stared at the window, at the ter- race, ut the sky, ot thu distant climiness of Bammtstadt, at the more distuut Rhiue, at the tubie befure biln, and Hiall the vipty elass. The matden swlled. “Tell me,” eatd Mr. Clinelr, looking in her eves, s there w secret underground, between this place and the Castle af Linn?" Au underground passaget™ Aye, whenee the daughier of the house fled # stranger kutht,” **They say there 18,' wald the walden, with a wentle ninsh. » % Cuns you show It to mel " hvbhf"hulmlcd. “Papa is comfug. I'l ask i It Is presumed that she did. At lcast the Here Consttl st Spmumntstadt Inforws me of o Jiwrrlage certitleate (ssued to oue Cliueh, of Chitearo, and RKolnische, of Sammtstadt, and thero Is wo atmusine story extant {u the Veretn st Bunintatadt of an Amertcan connoimseur of Lhine wines, who mistook a finsk of Coznaeand rockcandy, *eraftily qualitied ” to dose lower srade wines up to the Ameriean stundurd, for e rarest Rudesticimer. Buer Hakre, —— THE KIND OF STAY LAW REQUIRED, To the 2ditor of Thz Wvibune, Rockrowp, 1, Dec, 22—I rend In your {ssue of the 20th an appeal to the Legislature of thin 8tate fora Stoy lawon the collection of debts. Moy we pot mcain nguire the resson for this preat stagnation nnd utterly unsettled condition In regard 1o the moneved value of property { - Is it not the lavk ot metalife reserves —eofiver and poldt Wenre about to make the tmportant step from Fiat to tho true fegal- tender of the world, of which we have ouly about one-fifth of the amount held by other natlons of the same commercial importance, Gold [s about to coutrol valuesi the amount 1 too timited; urdinary property has no charws for lt. Tu theabsnce of the Governwent man- date creating legul-tender out of paper, thy whole eireatating mediom of the country must depend tinally on the amwount of wetallic motiey or specle beld back of §t, and where s this amouut of fiom‘—-ul least 8300, G0, ~and an inereasing wiuount necesary to meet the natirally mereased hitsiness of th arrvat country to come frumt Can it be spare ither countries! Are thewtnes producing selthier, but we must have 1t or its enutvalent, sud thut equivalent les knocking ue oar doars, Uur Western mountains are running over with It] they ure sbsolute wealth in thein- suives, Buall we retuse to utilizo our own wenlthd We might us well logislate agalnst our own {rou mikvs us our oW silver mines, or auy other of the great wdustries of the country, Wu must not Jose slaht of the fact that it Is the tecedsiry whotitt of anetullle money--either wolik or silver or both—suflicient to measure the value of all ather commod| it 1 the one thing that offsets every otber thing: it s the unlt of wussure, We ‘must buy money with what wo bave to sell, and when mouey Is scarv, It takes wore 0F those Lthings to buy 1t. A few years ago w sowing-muaching would buy $90; now It tahes two machines to buy #W. The nachlue then was u monoooly sud money wa free; now iU s just the reverav, Legisiation madethe sewing machines monupoly through the Patent lawe, ond loekslation has wule money a manopoly through the gold putent faw, by saving one-hull of the monuy of ho world shiall not be wied us anoney, ‘Tho poor mans money the workl over has bren erippled i fts ievithuaute uses, Thut precisus metat, whict b the only thing produced frous the minee of the whols world that s practicablo o L vsed as g singie woit of vaie, s beeo at- tucked by the power of gold und been sub- jected to it, Is gold 80 plenty thut it is sul- liclent o {tsetf fur the nsedof the world us woney _Tho statlstics show directly the oo- posite, They show that the whols combined nnes of thu world do uot kuw broduce as much guld a8 {v used fn the acts, i thu wauufacture uf jewelry, aud the like by ut least 10 per cent, and thut the wholu production has sailen ol mware thau one balf since 1533, while tho re- QuIEcmCs tor its Use in that time have been uearly doubled, und during tho lust twenty-tive yeard thu whole production of siiver has fu- creased nearly 5 mtillons r, but its cutatanpiton I the srts has also mereascd, so thut the stock of money I the ola and sliver ol the world has beou increased but very Hitle, 16 wuiy, 0 the last ten years, but creatly dinin- falied 1 3he tust live years by Lhe disuse ot sllver #a money, aud the naturel requiretscuts s all o thine o bhe hcroase, In thoe year 1851 the production of goli from the mines of the world was searly 8200,00.000; Lhe production of silver ouly about $iL.00,000, ‘Vwenty years later the production of gold wis less st $40,000,000, while allver lucreased to over $0,000,0007 heucs the absuluto neceselty of e two tctuld sd & wessure of volue, so thal Wwhen 0ou it Lucosnes scarcer thie olber it way be niore pleuty amd be used to a langer ex- teut. Thereforg the dewand fur the scarcer wictal lesssued o thut eateut; both metals ure sort of balance-wheels to all traw tinauelat evs- tews, The voe reguletes the wotivn of the othier, sud bholds it tu cieck 1w ILa power over otlier property, so that all otber srticles of counnerce may be able Lo buv 8 wore eveu amount of that article cotled wouey. The bis- Loy ol the woild siuws Lat the couctis of great prosperity have been durlng suen Limes that the minee of the world tave vichled an abundauce of il and sfiver for the uses of the peopie 08 woney for a clrenlating medinm, of shich_the twenty-five years Immediately preceding 57 (s an etldence that has no piralict In histors, from the fact that the mines of the workd produced v greater amount of $he preclous nctals doring that periond, and the nations were in a condition to utliize it. Now what shall wo say of this pcople struze gline with an over-burden uf debt aud depre- clated proverty, made doubly 40 by our own ine fanity in refusing to nse means under our fect, hidden bieneath our own sofl, and & mitiion will- ing handa ready to produce and utilize It We prospered nnder Fint moncy born nnder the necessitles of war, It can no longer aerve us. We are struggling after the one kind of money that 1s out of the reach of the great bulk of tha property of the wortd, that monev that has s undne proapective demand, that has had given to it sunerficial value, created vartly by the amount necessary to teke the place of our Fiat system, In addition to sn existiog scarcity and a growlng short supply. ‘Thers teema to be a sort of an tdeal value pl 1 on gold by the attempt to make it the sola factor in monctary systenie, Resl estate sometimes has an ideal valne, Corn, ot wheat, or any other commadity. may have an fdes! value under 8 @reat prospective demand, 0 that It will buy money at Its viwa bidding, The lawa of trade are Inevitable, and every commudity used by mankind fs sunject to It. Gold and Afiver are no exception, Can any arti- cle ured by the people be made to do doalis duty wittivut Increasine iLs value ns compared with other thingat If pot. then gold cannot. Instead of stav laws, Jct us havothe siiver dol- Jarin its old mightiul position as & regulator, and the property of the country will koou be shle to buy money snd soun ease 1p this yreat unnatural depression. 1L H. Patsgn, Doer In Central New England, Hartfora Courant. Deer in central New England, except in Bos- ton Common anda few private parks, are 2o rare now that thelr appearance is u matter of some fotercst. 'The Greenticld, Mass., fazete, throuh 1ts correspondents, revorts a wild decr A see {n the woods pear South Vernon, Vi. where a crowd of hunters started atter t; and again it was seen herding with catile in the Town of Monroe, Mass, ; and stlil sgain in the Towa of Clarlemont, Mass,, where it swal across Decrfleld River and went west. Every- where, 28 soon us it npucars, there is a rusn tor guna tokill it, thourh Massachinsetts pots a tine of a hundred dollars upug deer-killing. The law is Hkely to beas much reapevted 98 ours swhiteh forbids killing eagles, the ouly result of ftbelnyr that every mun or hoy who Kils ohe fxrmh to get his name ln the vaper aud bea here. KATIAIROS SAVE|TO LEARN HOW TODO YOUR{ IT READ AND HEED HAIRl WHAT FoLLOWS. SAVES YOUR MAIR.~Tho laws of Tealth aud Longevity emand i, the cusioms of scisl lifa requiro it The toatter s of yreat importacce i every way, ' BEAUTIFY YOUR YIAIR.—Tt s the sur- paming crosen of glory, oul for the Joes of 12 thera ia w0 compenuation, CULTIVATE YOUR MAIR.—For by bo othiar nuana cau it be saved and beautified. KATHRIRDH, Discotered thisty-five years a0 Ly I'sufs Lyou, of Tale, i1 tho ozt perfoct pieparation in theverld for preservang and Leuttifgi Tesllca belng tho best hals dressing ever produced, Lyon'a Hathatren whl positively prevent grayness, and will re- store new hatr 1o bald beade, if the 1ty and folliotes ara 1ot destroyed, Tt actually [erfora thess sevining mirrcles, (f which the fullowing Is A PAIR SPECIMEN, 1 had been entirely baid for mavoral yemr, cut- stitational, I suppore. T wred o fow Luttles of Tathalron, aad, 10 Tay great surprise, I have a thick gromth uf youny Ll COL, JUUN L. DORRANCE, U. 8. &, Ta every important respect the Kathairon s aleos Yutely facomparable. 1t is unequaled 1, To Cura Daldness, 2. To Reators Cray Yinir. 3, o Ttwovo Daadrud, 4, 'To Dreas and Ticautify the Rafr, i BEATC IN MIND,~—The Kathairon s ne atlcky pasto cf sulphur axd sugar-of-lead, to paint nad doub tho hafr and paralyso the Lrain. It fs o pure apd limpid vegetatto lotlon, {ntended tores starutho ha!r Ly naturs] crowth and relnvigoratics. Tuis aplendidly perfummed, 8ad 1a oot delightful toliet drossing Xnown. 379 Jady's of peatlemants tullet outtit fe compicto withous Lycu's Enthalru. BULD LVECRYWIOLRE, AMUSEN GRAND HOLIDAY BiLL! Engegettient of the Queen uf the Amerlcan Stagd, L AR b PR et P e MISS FANNY DAVENPORT UK Who, Wil appear on MOND ShAY e WEDNESDAY Nants. and AND CHRISTMAS MA in, Auguathh Dalv'e” wundorfully sic cenetul Biny of torday, *IIQUK," with eutirely nuw S0 MPPTUPFIatY BLeneTy Thursday and Friday Nights aad Faturday Matines, DIVORCE. 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