Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1875, Page 3

MY CHRISTMAS STOR 1 do not think there is any need of my ex panics how it happened, that I, who wien tu had expectations of quite @ fair forcay> Suesd have found myself, whea womiah»d Game, obliged to earn my daily bread. Bates t_ ‘uone Of the large sewing-machias em). Tiums (no Matter whic one) of a leating Aux rican city, I held the position of @ teacker for sever My dut’es were very monotonous, bat F used to ex Tract & considerable amiount of interest aud amusement, while engaged in giving iustruc- tun, from learning the histories—and they ty varied—ot my scholars. It the pro- sl cup of tea unlocks the female tongue, I «i that s lewon on the machine, sad ia 4 inte the mysteries of retting @ needie, or fading = boboin, and regulating & tension, Te even mote condacive to communication. [ t a to appear egotistical, but 1 mast ute a power waict I seemed 10 poe dsiuiog the confidence of my pu rough my habit of taxing au of 4, terest in the a; an “ower true us critic would her pam than te- aio thet i wae very fomt fale; perbaps some m ail my propensity by no b mate curivoity though time has brought its 4 1 no longer bavat the od [oft tind mysef recauing wong the many romances and I figured as aa interesied and yw pothetic hstener, and vccasionsily an un- sur) ceted actor } i be p. es nt recollvetion always comes back to me ot the Christmas time; and therefere when the senso around agein, with its werrt- mens and Cicer, its mistictve and holly, its writ- written tragedies aud comedies of tke recounting it to otuers. © as usiructress orougut me alinost tact with my own sex Som-times i male pupil—one of a milaly mechanic:! urn €F sired; ach ne, + as to de able to esist soma but the instruction rom, a4 a4 rale; Ther -ex Loring the fall of a special year I bec wever, that a curtain Mr. Harry man whom I knew to be ant t of oue of my employers, at department and he wae ve wierest that } | bee, and thereto | though there were other teachers, - ered that he d moet frequ - snd seemed more interested in my eeurversatlon than that of my companions 1 War yousg at the time, aed no duubt had the urual fes.re of my sex to please. I felt isttered, , at his respectful attention, ant wor scwar pains to make my observations on ti Know about sewing macuines” as in teiligent as my limited powers permitted. He soon became a frequent visiwr. and sometimes Whee buciness was dull would Hager and con verec on other subjects beetdes the techaicali- ties of the trade. I found that he was weil eta ated, bad traveled covsiderably in his owa @ountry, and Knew, as they say, “‘men and ing.” Hie intimate friendship with one prevented any remarke as to the fre y of bis vietts, and be made the addition for possible intrusion, that he was ver his letsure, and sometimes though necting himself with the bastnes. {fm Acmit that | wae quite toterested in him, ant feit pleased when sometimes he would bring bovk about which we bed oon xed views, or ask my opi e article that was engrose i bad never given a thoagut public attention Ww his reiations tn ife—whether be was marriat aie; he bad simpi been to me a picasant epirode amwng my daily labors; and the flash of his biac eyes aud his frank smile, when saluting we, I at tirst considered as merely among otuer wus] incidents of my daity life. it was during s somewhat extended conver sation, one day, some weeks after our first ac quaintance, that the thought flashed across my mind thathe bad seen trouble and was an happy in connection with bis aiections. Lin Opinions of the female sex, I discovered upon probing him a little, were uot very enthusiastic ‘Gr rose colored. Sometimes, when speaking of warriage and its relations, I thougat his re- marks rather cynical sud bitter; and once or twice he criticised come of my young and fash- fonsble pupils very severely, seeming to hi very pour opinion of them ae to their usefu as probable wives and mothers. I naturally slways defended my sex, and once when i inughingly expreseed my belief that if I evar should sce the woman destined to be his wits, it would no doubt be one of those same pre'ty, Useless, fashionable creatures agains« whom Ld Failed so bitteriy—a look of pain p across bie face, that set me to thinking that I had touched a +ore spot in his experience. We became very good friewds eventually deed, I am afraid that should I coufese to th truth, we imdulged in a littie harmlese ant Plearant firtation. I koow that I was aiwa pleased to see him; and f am sure that be of lingered beside mein @ manner savoring tle ef devotion. Still this was only on the sur fwce; and I grew more and more certain froin a melancholy that often possessed Lim, that there was some secret connected With Lis domestic life of an unhappy character. At last, from an accidental remark of on+ of my employers, I discovered the **rkele E closet.” He was a married man, bat « frem his wife. I think that I feit's little patuet st the information; and [ certainly could heip the coldness of my manner when ne: met lim. He saw the change,and asked bis eyes for an explanation, thongh not wi tongue. Had he tsken the latter Very possible that I might have told him, su1 then—this story would never have been written As it was, few boars thoroughly calmed me showed me something of the tmprader which I had been gutity, in makin tance with a man about whom I know ing; and roused the woman pride and a dim suspicion of re Be me, in Pe. ‘Ibe revenge was much nearer than I could Possivly buve Creamed; aud unlike most re venges, no sorrow is evtailed by the recoil=c- tion. But of that anon. Following the dis- covery, the firet thing I did was to enlarge it by ascertaining part re—-how, ia @ matter of us @onsequence tm connection with this story. What | additionally discovered, however, 1s of juence. 2 married @ petted, wayward, beautiful ithe only child of wealthy parents, who ad by injudicious management fostered every weeknese of her character. He had formed her acquaintance, and married her after a short courtship, while on a visit to her native town, and aiter a few months removed to the vity where he now made his residence. He hi: dronght ber home to the house of bis mot! who, with his sister, was of the trae New E. land type. They were thorough-going, prac- tical women, notable housekeeper: Puritanical in their beliefs, and holding Kittle sympathy with youth and inexperi ‘The young wile was impulsive, unused to di Cipline of any kind, careless, ignorant of any Babits of ind tionat te ry (roublesom heal Women with whom she took up her residence. Unfortunately for the wife, also, her hua- Dand bad been taught to look up to his mother send sister as Lhe & Ianc tb of women, and had fondly F control all those little weaknesses of bad soon become aware after mar- ee would be cured by their example and ad But these sanguine hopes were doomed 3 ment. growing dociic and yielding, she became more ful and intractable, rebelled wita a high egainet any rule, and looked upon her stand mere ass companion with whom to evjoy the amusements of fashiona’e society than as a helpmate and friend with whom to pase through the trials and cares of life. Still e had a kind heart and warm affections; aud had more love and sympathy been exhibited in eonnection with etfort to change her habits, and less cold, severe exactions shown on the tof her hus}and’s relatives, the event might ve been better for all. At last the asual re- sult fellowed. Quarrels became of frequant Cccurrence, estrangement grew up between husband and wife; and it was only @ year after their marriage that the young wi after & passionate outbreak and most anbap)y scene with ber busband, left his home and re- Serned to that of her parents. Here she was not only received with @oled and sympathized Jery— Fecon, as embo tying a me more at ease with my- t more scquaintance mgbt have tol- owed ts uncertain, or Tevenge woald have besn ry and unexpected circumstances. | OY BOW It was the month of December thatone very Cold and blostering morning a lady was ushered snto the instruction room by one of the sales. vem. She was a yo: 4d remareabiy pretty yowan, a8 [ discovered at first glance. aud Aremed very bee: the prevailing mote. Th. she was sfraid that my reassurance thet felve to eighty inage, Detween us; and than, feet pertectly warmed, ¢ moved, tbe lesson began. a Upon the raising of her veil, asshe seated her- self, I discovered that her beantifai brown eyes showed traces of tears; and several times as the lesson progressed an unconscioasly drawn jong sigh or sub proved very plainly that she had iately passed through ome strong emotion, and that rature is kindly restoring the equilibriam. In the course of the lesson, that day, she told me that she was married and the mother of a iittle bey somewhat over CT rol old. She hinted le in connection with her rela- Sone, and of late news that had caused past night to be spent very unhappily. She seemed low-rpinited, and deeply aabamed of her ig- whu would wish t become familisr with | vaite free from frequent visitors of | | ing to Eerope, ied that when bis new treasure came ander | Tustead of hie wife | poor people who would be glad to do such labor instead. She hoped i would mot langh at some of her no doubt tiffing and silly ques- tions, as she had never even made a garment of any kind in her life—not even @ iittle one for her baby! I laughed good-nataredly: I could Bot help it; and told her that she took too severe & view of her deficiencies—that there were plenty of other iadties just like her; but she ssid smiling 8 little mournfully in return, tnat if [ knew jw bitterly she had lately began to under:tand what an uneducated weman in use- fa! matters the was, and how inconvenie had found the positition, I would not wonder Ler di §:F6 Lo Co better. T 4s euccseded by others, for Several days tollowing, during which 1 learned that she had been married between two and three years; she had always before her marrisge 4% yay and loxurious existence, perhaps bo- Cause sLe bad never known any other, ber parents being fashionable butterflies; that sie Dad passed through @ great rorrow, been very mck when ber babe was bora, and now was jast De ginning to app-eciate some of the real.tics of life. She contessed that it was when resovering from 4 s.ck Ded, aud agen the uew and siran.e tae berrh of the bab-, tha” sue bad awakened tothe trath, and listeuod | to the promptings, always betore ignored, ot her more practical nature. That it was taroagl the wavice of @ kind friend who had been w her throagh her sickness that «b @sewibg machine, the friend bei that it Woald be a good beginning in her efforts to do omething useful. Ail this wy new pupil did not tell me tn a> Many words, bat it was the substance of what I gathered by degrees. [ was very much inter ested (as usual), aut one day, as ane was iesr- ing, casusily remarked that her husband was, no doabt, pleased at her progress in masteriog the mystery. Then [ heard what I bad almost betore suspected, as with tears diling her eyes she said -he bad no husband in one sense; taat she bad separated from him; that it was her own fauit—an act done by herself in hot anger and rage, but vow bitterly repented. She in- Gicated that there were others w blame, but did hot excuse herself, but sald she had spent the night previous to the day on which she had taxen her first lesson, in great grief from learn ing that be was evon to sail for Eacopa, and ths thought that they would then be utterly and forever separated had nearly driven her to dis- traction. J felt very sorry—neéver more for any human being, her Tepentance was so sincere and her sorrow so ho; ss. A dim suspicion hal boea creeping through my mind daring this last re- lation, that I had heard a story something akin to this before; andas sue was about leaving [ Teminded her that aithoagh we were well Acquainted asteacher aod pupil, I had never yet heard her name. Apologizing for her re- miseness she handed me a card as she left the room. [ will not say that [ was very much sar- prised, for had halt gassed the cotncidence by intuition,—when I read on ths card I held ia my band, “Mrs. Gracie Lee.” Yesjit was Harry Lee's wife who had my pupil! A great many strange feelings w at work within my breast during the next ten minutes. I had not seen Mr. Lee for some time; he had avoided the instraction-room—a course of conduct for which I had been thauk- I bad heard nothing of his tatention of go- dfelt sure it must be a new yeuddeuly thought of. And why? Had my actions anything to do with it? I fvit | forely distressed before [ had done thinking out the whole matter, and I might have been even more to bad I not possessed a reseurea always so dear to woman and chiidren—thatof doiog something. Now the rest of this is going to be very brief. On my bed that night, the desire to “do some- thing,” born of the necesslty, took practical shape, and I saw my way to my revenge on | Harry Lee. Dickens’ Christmas Stories were hen in the heightof their popularity; I hai Deep fa-cinated by them, and to their influence aud that of the spproaching botiday season par- haps my plans were chiefly due. I hope my imaginary blushes may be spared, when I say that to accomplish it f took occasion to throw myeelf into Mr. Lee’s way (of course b Tent accident,) and thst within a week I had won him back to the instruction room aod the renewal of our friendly chats, tough at such hours (late in the afternuon) there was no | chance of pis meeting his wife. ThatI never labored harder with any pupil than that willing but nervous lady, to enable her rapidly ta pe come not only proficient at the machine, bat to seom so. Then that I bad progressed by mak an sppeintment with Mrs. Lee, on some excu asto my conrenicuce, at four o'clock iu tae afternoon ‘tmas (Christmas Eve «t nniversary,) and mean- eter for benevolene by telling my companion in teaching that they had better go home early and thus enjoy the gay ights and sounds presented by the streets 02 Lat fertiveseaton. And then that I ccowne! be whole hy making another appointment @itn Mr. Harry Lee, for the same place, half ao hour ater, baving in view the necessity of bringing Sppa- him ‘uncxpectedty upen his wite at the very Mement when she wouid be sewiag away at the op of berabllity Unce upon a time I kept an extraordinary bug thar {had captared, uuder a glass tumler, or daysto see the change by which he woa! Become something elee. It effected the chaage one night when [could not see nd b was left very little wieer than berore. ‘And I know not much more abont the masting botwoen Harry Lee and his wife, over the sewing-ias chiné, that evening before Christmas; as (oo0- found it!) 1 felt myself obliget to leave them alone together just at the interesting moment, and they bad made it all up before [ thought lt Proper to return! However I bad my revenge. Mr, Lea (I wish to be understood and belicved on this pol:') never flirted any more with me—howerer mildly—‘never no more.” He went to Europe, but a little later, and took his wife, leaving nis little son with bis notable New England mother, who Was sure to take goodeare of bim, though rue might not permit him to romp too hilari- ionsyl. They were kind enough to believe that | Lhad been of service to them; and I was the re- jent of certain rings, one of which Harry Lee gave me with what I thought was rather s con- | scious ook, and tue other of which Grace Lee FATE we with no shamefaceduess and a hearty iss. Isaw them together, and at home again, ina pretty, new home, over which, taught by some mistakes in the past, the wife was sole mistress, Spparently very happy, the next Christm; and I think that Mre. Lee, under some sort of idea that she owed her huspand’s recovery to her sewing machine, looked upon that useful article as a speciesof good fairy, and her seat at it a#& place of refuge, and Ss was tobe found sewing when things went at all crooked in the Louschold. My after-acquaintance with them, at all events, showed that the indolent, useless | self-willed wife had become the busy, nsefai and gentie one; and that the husband, who bal | begun by misunderstanding hor, had coms fal'y back to his senses, and grown wach wiser as to the quality of the woman with whom he had b And something of this, if not as the result of 4 in tue bad, little flirtation aw's Victor relates this story: Mayne, 4 stylish lady of Phili Belle Pt Minn., some brought her a tprett ‘The two made a flutter in They have charmin, and mo: They Annie hi men on the country side. Atlength George P. Giles captured and bore her away to matri- mony, butnotfrom her mother. In fact Giles did not care to disturb the close relations that had existed between the daughter and mother. She was likely to be very good to the young couple, and make quite an exceptional mother- in-law. She fitted up a home for the young couple, at @ cost of 85 000, and added 120 acres of land, and there was no visible reason why they should not ali live in clover. But tne mother-tn-law vegan to assert herself at times and upon occasions as the governing head of that family, and it happened that Giles had his They quarrelled upon all subjects— and even the weather—and t very stormy about Giles’ house. Giles began to go Gnd litth insbiny spots, ra von he e 8u) im) andone jn he returned Mrs. Mayne an uf and bis wife he dt They were seon ae She ears ago. laughter, Annie. elle Plaine society city ways, and refinement caine social leaders, and her pick and choiceof all the young eard from in Philad Giles set up some claims to mother-in-law contested them. United | States marshal replevined the household which the had her daughter thal, and the United States D. rt gave everything, bag and }, to the tri- umypbant mother-in-law. = a cs Pong tt Leta nally ecplain em 5 the modus Operands of table aia table raising?” was taen ed. “Lt did,” was the Will be effect RINK Hints for Diners-Ont and Party- One of the latest contributions to the litera- ture of the alcohol inclades dinner parties, evening entertainments with supper, etc., lays down forthe guidance of ‘those who saspect they are taking habi'ually a larger allowance of sicohol than is compatible wich health,” the rte J rules: “Al lic stimulants should never be taken in the morning before lunch. If one be obliged to do so habituaily it is certain that alcohol Is oS getting a on the individual which ‘Will not easily throw off. If, im exceptional c & person be callec uponto undergo ui Baal ae in the morning, and feels the neces- sity for @ stimulant, a glues of beer may be tak- en Noone in good health should ever take Wine or spirits in the morning. “It any one fears tint he is taking too much @ cobo!, the easiest way to limit the quantity is to drink the same allowance of the same wins everyday. This, Db own sherry. and suould be taken as follows Ether two glases after lanch, and two after dinner, or one and a balf after lunen, the same after cinner, and one with biscuit in the afterncon. Daring lunch and dinner, water must b- drank, and wine taken only at the end ot the m “No healthy man should ever than tou siae-es or wine daily as bis usual al lowar ce, and should reduce this to three if pos ‘Those who ara accu-tomed to wine shoul) ¢ less than this every day. “Those who wish to bec »me teetotalers shon! | leave off ac hol very gradually, and the period daring which this reformation is brought abou seould extend over not less than two years. ‘No healthy man should ever touch spirits, whether raw or diluted except under especially exceptional circumstances, as, for instance, after great exposure to wet or cold. Liquors at cinner are also to be avoided. “Roughly speaking, one tamblerfal of beer contains sbout the same amont of alcohoi ss one wineglaseful of wine or half @ glassful of brandy. “*Ladies who are in good health shonid take One glass of sherry or claret at lunch; one and a half ordinarily at dinner; one giass of cham- pagne and one of claret at dinner parties; and two giaseee of champagne with seltzer water at alls. ‘Ladies in delicate health, who are going to ride in the park, if they have breakfasted early avd do not lunch until iste, may take a glass of dry sherry and a bisenit fore starting for their ride. “Men, at dinner, may take a glass of sherry with their soup, if they have not had one in she afternoon, no hock; a giass and a half of cham- pagne, and one of sherry or claret after dinner. if they will keep to this they may dine ont as often as they like, and it will not hurt them. “At public dinners the same rule should be observed; but as there are occasions on whieh it is aimost impossible to avoid drinking much, it is then recommended that they should either have a tamblertalofwater by their side, and drink @ mouthfal of it after every sip of wine, or that they sheuld drink champagne and seltzer-water; half and half all through dine r. “At bails, the safest drink az refreshment is claret-cup. Bad claret is the least offensive bad wine. A biscuit should be taken with it It is astonishing what recuperative powers there are in a biscuit. “‘Atsupper, under all circamstances cham- pagne should be diluted with seltzer-water. if the champagne be questionable, claret-cap should be taken, or beer, if it can be got. “Brandy and soda water should be avoided as Tank poion. Diluting the brandy doves destroy the pernicions offects, and the soda Water, by its bulk, acts most injariously by sep. rating the from the walls ofthe stomach, ¢ preventing the gastric Juice from haying {ree — to it and assisting in the process of diges- ion. “If these rules have been neglected, and a fevere bilions headache be the result, nothing rhort of an emetic, which may consist of a tatic- spoonful of mustard in a tumbler of hot water, “If @ person suapect that be has taken bad wine, and fears the result, itis a good plan to take about thirty grains of carbonate of soda on the same night, before going to bed. “The best kind of supper to Haye at home isa biscuit and & glass of water.” In connection with the caution given above against soda water, it may be mentioned that the beverage known by that name in England is usually really made of soda, whereas what | + erroneously cailed ‘soda water” here is simply water highly charged with carbonic acid gas, and formaan innocent drink. With this excrp tion Dr, Sntherland’s rales are qaite as appli ee to this latitude as to Evglaud.—New Fo orld, An Eccentric Star. The most singular fact connected with the proper motions of the stars is that one or two stars are fiying through space with such enor mous rapidity that the combined attraction of sil the stars visible with the telescope c: never stop them. Tuis seems to be espe the care with asmailstar, invisible to the nake 4 ese, desigcaied in ustronomical literature 1 ““Groombrio ge, 1430,” from the name of th tronomer who firet recorded its position Tate of motion of the star is about seven second per year—the greatest known. it was hence concluded that it must be very pear us, and a number astrocomers have sought to determine ite parallax, but have found itonly to beatentn orasecoud. Its apparent motionin a year be ing seventy limes its parallax, it moves at seventy times the distance from the earth to the fun in @ year, or eighteen millions of mile every day, ani more thantwo handred mile every second. From what we kuow of the dis tribution, masses, and number of the stars, t feems probable that the attraction of nll the bodies in the universe can never stop this head- long epeed, nor bring thie star into an orbit, and that consequently it will pass throagh our uni- verse, and ‘eave it entirely in tts passaze through infinite space. If we had accurate ob- fervations of the star’s position three or four thousand years ago, we could speak with more certainty of its destiny. We may expect that our posterity of a few thousand years hence will, by the aid of the observations and tables we shall transmit to them, be able tocome to a 1eii- nite conclusion respecting the age and the structure of the universe.— Prof. Simon Newcomb, in Harper's Magazine. Taste iu Color, In rooms to be lived in, simply white for eolor of walls and paint, as wellas any extreme dark trea! it, should be avoided. The is of uld beof such backgreunds as will the complexions and dresses of the larger number of people. Delicate white inten- sifice, by contrast any unpleasantness or want of perfection; extreme dark would make people look white and ghastly. Neutral colors will found the best—generally some grey or co: color that will contrast with the warmth of com- plexiona. On nosccount let an absointely pure color be used for general surfaces. Nature pro- Vides no such color in pigments. Her yellows are greenish or reddish, and so on. Nor doessho ure it to any extent in inanimate nature; so much so that you will find that, if you have much difficulty in describing acolor, you may be certain 18 is good—the more difficulty the more beauty. Nature trusts mainly to gradi tions of tone, using vivid colors in small qaanti- ties only, as in the touches on bright tlowora and butterflies. The teaching of Natare will ba found seconded in the pictures of the greatest artiste, and, in following such teachings, it is reersary to consider the object to which (in Gs mestic work, say) the rooms are to be devo- ted. A drawing-room, it is agreed, should be Nght, feetive, and gay; dining-reom, at once more sober, and with more depth and warmth, as befits its u-es. You must alao consider the light and shade, openings and positions of them, for these may or may not effect for you contrasts of tone, and may even touch the question of the = of your whole scheme of docoration. juilder. A VsRY Bad Boit.—“You sometimes put things in the paper, dont you?” inquired « sad looking man, who came into the office the other day. We assured him that occasionally something was permitted to appear. wv 1, [have bad @ bile that beat all na- tu the and I thonght you would like to put iu in er.?” ‘We tried to tell him that our paper was wholly unaccustomed to afiitctions of that kind, but he began to warm up with the subject, and went oft on s gallop. “Yes sur, that was the beatenest bile in crea- “You see it come right on my back, and I never bad a back before, and one covered my — back, and weighed better’n fourteen a vow did you get st itto weigh it?” we yen- “Thon he jast got right up, ploked up his 2 bo G sa mail be Count eee ay to made fun of,” and thi pound bile” withdre Axm™Mats AS WRATHBR PROGNOSTICATORS A French naturalist has recently ot. for poblic converience, ® numberof his observa- tions upon animals, showing that many mem- ders of the brute creation may be used as living os. traction or expansion ‘hen swallows swe=p near the plainti rain isat ; to side, and wi —. abated o spring itis a ign of rain, but the reverse is the care when two srent birds leave it in com; Rainis near [New York Letter to the Bufalo Express) | Every United States stamp io use is mace here in New York. The contract was heid | by ‘be American Bank Note Uo: ‘aiy 1, 1861, until the same day in ‘was for three ‘erms of four years Continental Bank Note Com; at that time 6 amount re- to do it for one-' teelé, the agent and saperintendent ap- pointed by the company. The facts given in Tegard to the making of the stamps were ob- | tinea by your corresjoxdent from Mr. Heury Bowen, Bir. Boyd's assistant. Two passsoger elevators run to the top of the building, and, Upen leaving them, the oniy entrance to the postage stamp rooms is by means of a coor | which i- copstantly kept locked and guarded by janitor, who Siwsys sits inside to an-wer the bell which is just outside. On the righ hand ride are the office and printing room, a away to the left, at the front ef the buildiog, are the other rooms used in making the stamps. In printing steel piates are used, on whi-h 200 stempe are engraved. Two men are kept hard at work covering them with the colored inxs and passing them toa man and a girl, who are equaily busy at printing them with large roll- ing band presses. Three of these little squads are employed all the time, although ten pre: ean be putinte use in case of vecessity. Aft: the +mail sheets ot paper upon which the # amjs are engraved have dried sufficiently t sre sent into another room and gummed. gum used for this purpose is a peculiar co:po Sitien, made of the powder cf dried potat es And other vegetables mixed with water, which is better than any other kind, tor instance, g arabic, which cracks the paper badly. paper is also of @ peculiar tex/ure, somewhst similar to that for bank notes. After having been again dried, thie time on little rack-, which tapned are by steam power tor about an hour, they are put betweeu sheets of pasteboar and = preseed = in hydraulic presses, capable of app'ying a weight of 200 tone. The next thing ‘* to cat the suecis im half; each sheet, of course, when cut, con- tains a hundred stamps. This ts done by & girl with @ large pair of shears, cutiing by hand be- ing preferred to that of machinery, which method would destroy too many stamps. They e then passed to two other sqaads, who, in as many operations, perforate the sheets between thestamps. Next they are pressed once more, snd then packed and labeled, and stowed away in another room, preparatory to being put in mail bags tor dispatching to fulfillorders. If a single any is torn, or in aby way mutilated, the whole shoet of 100 is burned. About 509,000 are burned every week from this cause. Forthe past twenty years not a single sheet has teon lost, such care is taken in counting them, Dur- ing the process of manufacturing the sheets are counted eleven times. ‘There are 36,000 offices throughout the country, and they use in the course of ene year 700,(00-0C0 postage stamps. A week or two since 64,000 fished and 57,000,000 unfinished stamps were put into the safes. The New York ost office alone uses 120 060,000 @ year, somewhat over one-sixth of the whole number used, or equal to the amount required wy 6.009 other offices. Four times @ year the different pos: offices send an order for the number of stamps they expect to have occasion to use during tie coming three months Of course, if they run out during that time, they are privileged to fend for more. The office here in New York is supplied differently. Twice # month an order issent for about 500,000 of various denomina tions, Three-cent stamps are, of course, in much greater demand than those of any other value. In answer to the orders the stamps are made, and sent to the offices, and there counted immediately in the presence of a witness. An accompanying Diank receipt is tiled up and rent to the fhird Assistant Postmaster, at Washington, who has charge of this branch of the Poet Office Department. He Traps Trout” TEE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GIRL WHO WENT TO WORK POR A DIVORCH. [From the Colorado Democrat } She was fair, robust, and as fresh as a ‘‘morn- ing-glory.” She rushed in upon hum while he Was deeply immersed in the problematic righta of landlord vs. tenant. He is a very prominent political lawyer; she isa beaut.tul young of nature from the Platte canon. She blushed, he bowed, #! Tight, and subsided into @ couvenient seat; be clored his calf covered volume of [liinoia re- ports, and arose with one hand under nis coat- tail sashaed to the “‘Are you Mr. 4 , the lawyer?” “bat is my name, Madam. Whatcan I do for yeu?”’ “Well, sir, Iam the wife of old manN up the Piatte. 1 married the old man two week? ago lust Friday, aud 1 don’t like it. L waut « divo How mueh is it The excited young lady here pulled out ano! tobseco pouch, around which a piece of skin string was coiled, aud proceeded to The youug ‘limb of the law,” whose eves hail been wandering ina wonlering way over th strange spparivon, stammeringly coplied: “Why, really, my dear Misses—beg pardon, but I forget your name!” “1 aint Misses no longer. Iam Miss Beil Aon P of Littleton, and I wanta divorce and am willing to pay for it.” sand. wil “Be patient, my dear Misa P- advise with you.” “T aon’t want any advice. I want a divore> against old man N. . He ain't the sort o man I thought he was. He ain’t rich, and is stingier then & Texas cow, an’ he wont leave mo be. So I lett bim and went over to Bar creek tu Artbor Beneki’s mother. Arthar used to liks me betore I marrieiold Jacob N———, and now 1 want @ divorce.” The lawyer reasoned with the excited young lady, and assured her that be would be only too happy to file her application fur divorce were there grounds for the application. The an, young daughter of the mountains listened Patiently to the counsel of the young lawy with the fury of @ young lioness. At last she burst forth: n’t get no divorce unless more cause, can’t ? Then I'll just tell you, Mister lawyer, 1'il f°, itanyhow. Arthur told me how to get it. can send bim to the Canon City, Penitentiary and get @ divorce on it. He traps trout, he does, and 1 can prove it on him, for I got him to make the trap and helped him to do it, and [can prove it. iow,” eaid this brilliant youn, mountain amazon, ‘‘can’t I have a divorce aud Jet the old man go to Canon City.” The young lawyer thought she could, and at once wrote & letter to the “old man” advising bim to let the young gir! go. Cora Stanley. AX OLD LOVE STORY SBT WITH NRW NAMES. THR FUNERAL OF AN ACTRESS. She turned her face to the wail and simply said, ‘I want to die,” and as she spoke tho-o words her life came to an end. Yesterday she was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. Her career from the moment when as T'heresé Theraad be captivated young Paris, until her death on Fri- day in thiscity, under the name of Cora Stan- ley, is public paride On one occasion alone did ebe nearly betray her incognito. One of her friends heard her sing “Je l’aime! Je Vaime! O Bretagne.” He said, “Why, Toe- rese, you must te & Breton.” Her eyes filled with tears, and she hastily left the salon. When he sought her that she was crying bitterly, and she said, ‘Dear friend, never speak to me in that way © arog you make me 50 ot She was compelled to lave Paris, and decided to make her home on this continent. Betore ber departure she gave to her friends and companions in Par: nd farewell ban- quet, at which she bade ym farewell. She left France with 800,000 francs, $160,000. The next heard of her was at Havana, where slice lived in magnificent style. In Havana @ young and handsome actor pamed Gomez fell deeply in love with her. She loved him with as much sincerity. One night, after the formance in the Tacon theatre, where = was playing, Gomez Saged with Theresa to her reside: ‘uined, and she loved ‘he infatuated upg man went to his hotel and blew out his He left a note to Theresa, saying that he found life unendurable without that he would not death. She recovered to find herself almost a Baring ber illness her maid jewelry and fied to the mountai: Servant. She then sold came to this city, and Cora Stanley. jon seized upon her, The most eminent supenane in the city could not avert her death. For three aa she lingered on. Two years ago she found er wealth gone, and was compelled to take a room in an obecure French hotel. She died in decent poverty.— New Fork Times, 27th, ittheear, and i slip in, 1 use it tn my fam h, bo dhepny mp relief. Tie handkerchief to keep it in place, if the child will allow it. [ Se ae throat, colds. slices fall halfan warm water, sprivkle eewon | tred of J. Lioyd Haigh | cali from Jennie, who was introduced by a. Life. er0 RY OF COUSTSHIP AND FLATTERY AND JRALOUSY AND CHARGES OF BIGAMY AND FLINGING CROCKERY ACROSS THE TABLE AND Lawsvirs. Jennie Hughes, the well known sii at the varie y theatres in this city, is bitter in her ha- » to whom sb: she whom she has prosecated on a chargeof bigamy. He is aniron merchant in Jebn street, and bas for many years lived with & wife and children in Brooklyn. While Jennie Hughes was singing in the Metropolitan theatre last rexson, ‘Bnigh & aught allthe boxes on the night of her benefit, and distributed a hundred ti kets. He aloo Dought lots of bouquets to throw B) On the stage ‘o her. That night be wasintro- duced to her by Max Maretzek, the opera man- ager, and the acquaintance soon ended in mar- riage. Haigh bought s house up town, farnished it elegantly. and gave it to her, and ‘thereapon she retired from nothing of all this, and was farther duped is married, and as a relative. Jennie about Maretz: k was next to happen, and the variety s ger wasdriven out of her samp- tuous home by Mr. Haigh, who sued her te re- cover the property. She last tal!, ptaying in the Glo ete was advertised extensively iss Jennie Hughes. noyed Hi 5 liation he had posters ing, “Mre Papa Maretzek, former Jen nie Hughes,” andJennie bad bim and the bill rested for libel. Then at her insta: trested on charge of bigamy, and be re- at she was guilty of the same offense. be theatre mating Preity, dresses gorgeously, was Tecalied three times, Teci the varied treat eptol swiethearts and wives—how the sugar The audience hkened the story of the song to the tinger’s experience, and laughed and ap- lauded uproariously. 'The beautifal singer laughed too, end stopped singing to say, “Yea, that’s about the actual experience. ‘Before marringe he buys the boxes at your benefit, throws flowers and Jeweiry at you, and sends his carriage to take you to the theatre and away again. ©, he’s just ton attentive for anythin. and 80 Jealous—O, my! After every perform ance he wants to Know how many letters you've for, and what's in them. and how many fellows looked askew at you in the audience.” The cantatrice was somewhat flushed by th time, and seemed rather angry than facetion Itwas whispered that Haigh was in the aud ence, and every boty tried to pick him When the laughter and applause bad ceased again, she added, “I've told you bow it is be- fore marrisge—too sweet for anything. Bat afterward it is entirely different. He doo«n't throw jewelry and flowers at you—be throws crockery, and cbairs, and tables. O, these are truths, ladies, and there is somebody here that nows it az well ax I do.” ‘The song was then concinded, and the angry singer retired under the uproarious applause of the gallery boy and the laughter of the rest of the aud.ence. Su A Princely Swin The Pall Mail Gazette says: really bighorder of ability bas lately brought a brilliant career to aclose at Moscow in the person of an ex-prince, Demetrioas Trchawt- schawadze, who has been levying co: tions at adozen of the chief towns in Europe, London being especially mentioned, with con? unved success. The Prince never changed his very unpronounceable name or bis story, afur the fashion of thore more yalgar imposiors who contradict themselves by the frequency and multiplicity of their inven: He wasalways a Russian Prinoe, had always been robbed jast beture leaving Vienna by a young man he had untortunstely taken into his service aS secre= tary, was alwaye expecting large remittances from St. Petersburg. and was meanwhile in th closest relations of intimacy with the Russ Ambassador. It followed that he was foc th present unable to pay the bill he had ran up at the hotel which he had honored with his choice, and was further tn want of @ new secretary, to whom he could promise a fine future career a large salary 1n immediate prospect. So pla: ble was this adventurer that at Berlin he not only left one of the chict hotels without eux picion before bis remittances arrived, promising to send payment of bie acceunt, which inc!udec & number of petty tradesmen’s bills from Lou don, but carried off with him to that metropo'tx bia land ord’s son, whose littie puree, of nearly filty pounds, hie new master borrowed fr from, leaving his victim just enough to go back to Berlin with, when he “was presently ordered there to await the prince on his way fo Russia, On the young man's departare the Princes, who bad been introduced to some R Sor means borrowed £300 from one, according to the stat ments mude in the Moscow court, and with thi bovty went off to Paris. Here, again, he rowed from Russians en the strength of his a Jeged intymacy with their ambassador at Ber bot ditappeared on learning that inqairies wer: being made about him owing to a warning sent from the eapital. Having tried siiof the Eu Topean courts ont of his own country to have aought retuge in Moscow, by career ended. He was arrested on € and presently identified with one L commiss): ned officer, who d hetore. For this wesertion the soi vr. A swindler o! new les awa: triat only mentioned inc the Misfortune of Looking Like « Moerried Man t bawed Simmer, wh to Reating no aching the depot ladies? at there with alot of b 1, when she , she threw her arms neck, nestied her head upon his bre: Dorst into tears. Simmer was amaze: p indig nant, confounded, and, ere he could tind utter ance for his feelings, she exciaimed: “O, Henry, dear’ H. last. nry! we are united at Are you well? Aunt Martha sti javen’t you longed to see your owa And she looked into Slimmer’s face, and Smiled through her teare. “Madam,” said be solemnly, “if I am the person alluded to as Henry, permit me to say that you have madoa mistake. My name is Lemue}, i bave no aunt Martha, and I don’t Own a solitary Louisa. Oblige me by letting go iy cont; it excites remark.” ice die bared ber bomket deeper into bh waistcoat, and begau to cry harder tuan snd said: “Oh, Henry, how can yon treat me s can you pretend that you are not my “Madam,” screamed Slimmer, “if you don't cease slopping my shirt bosom, and remove your umbrella from my corn, { shall he obliged tu call the police. Let me go, [ esy.” “The children are here,” she porsisted “They recognize their dear father; dun’t you, ebildren? “Yes, yee,” they exclaimed, “it’s pa; it’s our own dear pa.” And then they dragged Slimmer by his trou- serslegs, aud hung to his tail. “Woman,” he shrieked, “this is getting se- rious. Unhand me, | say. And he tried to disengage himself from ber embrace, while ail the brakesmen and the bag gage-masters and newabors stood around and 7) bis conduct was infamous. In the midst of this Straggle a stranger en tered with acarpet bag. He looked exact like Slimmer—and when he saw bis wife Slimmer’s arms, he becams excited and floored Slimmer with that carpet bag, and sat on him, ard smote his nose, and caromed on his hat, and xeked him what he meant. Slimmer was removed on 4 stretcher, and the enemy went off with his wife and family in a cab. He calied the next day to apoiogize. His wife had made the mistake, because of Slimmer’s likeness to bim. And now Slimmer wishes he may soon be kicked in the face by a male, so that he will resemble no other human being world. @ in th Tex Last Mississirri Dust.—The details Of the recent fatal duei in Mississippi between A. H. Tardy and Dr. Benjamin D. Lay bring the beauties of tho code into bold relief. The two gentlemen were residents 0| Mobile, Tardy being an insurance agent, and Lay the actuary of the Gravgere’ life and health insurance com- oo ‘The trouble between them arose from a jeter to a northern insurance journal, makin some comments upon the company with whic Dr. Lay was connected. D Ln 8 met Tardy and him if he was the or of & com- munication. Tardy sald be was, whereupon Dr. Lay slapped him in the face. A few words assed between them, and then Tardy sent to br Lay a written demanding satisf.o- tion tor the aye and referring w Col. Wil- How band?" lames as authori: to make any neceseary ar- Tapgements. The meseage was answered, ute in — demanded, and refer: wo it as authorized on the of Dr. ora The result was th: Lay to —- matters. was the chotce of ; the meeting to bs out of the state; th ce ten paces, and the time Weil. netday noon. Mr. Tardy and his friends left on Tucsday night, and repaired to Grand Bay, and Dr. Lay and bis friends left on Wednesi: morning for too pistol fell from convalsi vel; turned te Mobile im: to tests, he exclaimed: My God, don’t ask mo ‘thing about it.” Dr. Lay gave himseif up sheriff and was placed in jail. *7In & pamphiet by Dr. Carter Blake, it i+ tthe lakes in the northeast of teeland mountains besa er primrose colored are eu of pure sulpbar. P thousand persons gathered fem bug’ at Oarera, aid their on ment was spo! reprieve from . That ta of mi: ‘who had ikea tem to. witnces ‘tuo Saseation, i | A Ride for Life with Nime Savages ta A correspondent of the York Heralt, writing trom Fort Sill, Indian territory, in Do. cember, says: The thr! adventures of Lien tenant Weimore tn bis Dearing di-patehes for the Herald Miles is the and th —— LTROOLS Bane. | vm.Oa. ABNUAL SCIENTIFIC LECTURE COURSE, ale NEw axy ALwarts Goon, - PROF. BENRY MORTOR, esto Camp Supply. Washita to carry dispateh. Keaching the Canad: river, be conclu to leave the train and e*. » alihsevapntig ees oF cort with which be bad been tra, and TROBROLOGY. = Tey, a only by hisser- ad van! is Wasavery us undertaking, as - ?, | the narrative wil, show. Scarcely ca a e Ftage. His other wife kaew | v8 Haigh | A’ quarrel between Haigh and | | ona band of three redskins, who, on seeing nt back to the stage | | £0 compietely pt a lover is turned to the vinegar of a hasband. | | had Wetmore and Hamilton, bisservant, left the train before bi bs kins. B pia ey FAW signs of the rede at = " both felt Offpluck, end anxious te “COLOR, Cestinat snd 0, unmindful of the oud they were in, defiantly galloped on toward “FLOURESCENCE.* north. Toward night, on the 17 , tl Teached 4 stream where t determi With Briltient Litoetrations om the Bereen and camp, but on rounding a point eame sudd: otherwive by e crice of Blectrie Lights Dine coats, scattered fi before a winter wind the brush 1! leave Here was a! _—— Bazardons pesition ferthe two men, for they ‘anaes well knew that the Ipéiars they had met | “er party in ‘Anda Were but straggi rs of @ still la the immed neighborbucd LADIES’ GOODS. —___LADIES’ GOODS._ } TUE LADIES a | Ketracing their 3 # to thelr horses only to ride into the midet party of aken by f the soldier boys that they merely turned on their horses and gave one steady, proloaged ance art stare at the daring intraders. Bat Wetmore secored the set. iors of an ecient CAP snd bis companion did pot take the introdac- | MAREE trom Poiledeipi's, | am now propared to tion so coclly. Quickly wheeling their horses, | Davies: ent PANOT MOUBSIN APS they started down the m the pe and 0 fleety ard frozen prairie with the speed of the wind. They were in for ituow. One look hind them revenied the savages in fall pura’ but they had a good start. The wind was blow- FIOHUS, COL’ err OB TIRB wy Ladies’ own Lace made Ss. M. J. HUNT, } ing a gale from the northwest, and the piercing | _@« O41 and 693 D street. needles of sleet drove straight into toeir taces ED BUCKS: with blinding fury, but they could neither stop x bor change their Gourse. Un went the rugitives Fox Larias, and ov came the bioodthirsty pursuers. [It was at M. WILLIAN'S. @ veritable race for life—none of yoar dime novel fictions, but a living, breathing, palp:- — | tating, exciting fact. Nine hell-hoands of the RAID ts porchewd at MADA froniier after two biae- coats and their scalps. yy = “tgs 9 potty cg ¥3 | This was the exact situation, and Wetmore and py Ap I a bis companion kuew it. also knew that 10 ner, ae 4 their horses could not hold out long agai Tbcente to @RW cach. T very the terrible storm, and be Ww devise experience in Europe and the 1 = ways and meaus to sell their lives as ~— ante. <8 —} etien Se ee as «possible. They thought of . Brerything that t* vs for ~ din the’ buffalo wal- | dressing, including * fue smortment of water « rage Batural Ouris,on hauc, Hair beving feded from the remembrance of the ter- | S50"Can be brougnt to ite metnral ohedoe 4, fate of Chapman and his com- | fine and large stock of WHITE and Panions caused them to aig in the spare co Je deeper and seek a more favorable loca- | S577 pBING) At last it was evident that they couid go | PRAbE FRINGES | A ae no further, and something must be done. The ar trail they were making on the oo gape sot tm = M. WILLTAN'S, told them there was no escape by .s0un- | 7 LEB 7. BP. CORSET. TH | slinging thelr carbines they dropped behinds | J 'Bu,CRLEBMATED?. Bf. CORSET tall thicket and prepared to “page in thelr | _ectit-Sa 1AN'S. checks” ss dearly as possible. By me Alu BRUSHES. darkness bad set in, and the storm of sleet and | [VO#™ & — | SDOw was raging with onabatedfury. Long and apxiously thore two benambed and benighted men knelt on the frozen crast and waited for | 59 »ghll the appearance of the savage foes, but they came not. Either the redskins had been pelted ont of their purpose by the terrific storm, or else they had come to the conclusion that the market price of two scalps would not justify The ORO! more than ove or two a heats on a ~~} stiff and silppery prairie. At all events they | othe ave up the chase. Lieutenant Wetmore and Hamilton staid bobind the thicket all nigut, p narrowly escaping freezing to desth, and ox- =~ cting every moment that the whoops of the ( y recur rer moans nae we pooens ote | BBE miss x. a. wccommck, @ tomahawk put them out of their and end their terrible suspense. ——— dawned 9065 P yivania gvemue (up stairs.) the savages had disappeared, bul ~ Fimen were iu another pickle. ‘They | ELEGANT BONNETS AND ROUND BATS, “t in the a = ‘ectuslly | FRENCH FLOWERS, FEATHERS, BIRDS, o mpletely as ng ey were in mid-ocean. The storm howled as VELVBTS AND GILES, fercely as it did during the night. | _Wrich will be sold et very low rates. _nov?-tr y nothing in the heavens above ear (eat could the jointsot te compass be de- | LADIES WQULD DO WELL TO CALL amp tevinined. | Weary, frozen, hungry and dis. | CLOAKS end DRESSES. cots Sm courag: dy wanderers began s thei mirkeutous ercape of the night before was PSS FEPet, Scie ssaise masa To only a putting oft of tha inevitable, Finally, ccd ns WILLIAN'S. secing that they were completely 4 they Siruck tor the nearest exream and followed | [7S SANOEST ARE FINGGT ABSORT ittoibe mouth. It emptied into a larger one, be teungiat and there men kept on until, after mpumerapie WILLiaAl } ping planed Sa in — og teed — trail fifty miles south of Cam jupply. y ona TTA miles from the post they met the cavalry out in | [R USENESS SUITS, search of them, and were to quartera, having been nearly three days without food, j and with their clothing frozen tight te their ry | bodies. It was a most thrilling and exciting ad- Venture, teld as it was by the bronzed lieuten- 15 BUSINKSS SUITS f - ant, stil clad 1 bis rough woolen shirt, cavairy 12 BUSINESS SUITS % veneennee boots and pants, the stripes of which proclaimed A. STRAUS, toe wear and tear of the race througb the un- 1012 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, certiusn, Itonly wanted the charmof a cam- | geci7-4r Between 0th end Lith streets. Falgn to finish the word pieture of one of the | oe Hap etre Most Exciting Saves ures 5 a Cc DISTRICT UF COLUMBIA. sign. Lieut. Wetmore says bis han on were badiy frontbitten, but otherwise Be le in AsuIncTOs, D. C., December O08, 006, Eoud beat aud, spirits. Hamilton, bie com: = PORTANT TO TAXPAYERS 1) nm iventare, t vet .arriv saving by: Fit es lore router, owing to bls exhausted eon- | Gupiresion eftureesale toreaend ader TRIBE 5 January isi penalty of three per cent, will eee mens be added to your'tax bill : in Ab ctrouecie impresiin obtaiue with some tht Forty Hours Awaiting Death, will reduce the present ievy, or mane A PUILAUSLERIAN'S COOL PREPARATIONS FOR somes changes ty thr shde of Ye collect ay * TLR Resim varosap 2¥ 4 | Bot probable, as aboat AD OF & &BO oF | mage by Congress, has Kere. Drops peywent rrssed, five-looking soung man | {nduce@ept t; Oongress te fx upon tered as Charles 5. Koberts of | Pux, Tam @* ERAZILI y Het Ok @ trent room im tue | Ko aM Oee ee ee roe ‘ etired forthe night. On M The GLASSES for One Dollar. Ve ert the house nd did wot The $ lv Gold Frame BS for eb, aller tolling ibe clerk rh MOMBTEE fer #1 be lett’ pudicturbed, he went 2 THER FY Foreday morning be did nt] geps-ty te breakfast, and when tbe chamber- <1 at bis door, he said ~All right,” | (RO. W. BACER'S aud she went away. He kept iis room all day. f Yesterday morning he failed to appear at break TEN PIN SALOON, fast, and the proprietorof the Bouse seut the 0, 8 ‘OSTAW clerk to see what was the matter. The clerk _ ea ae. krocked at the doer of the room and the occu- Near che whee. haut repeated bis anewer that he was ‘all | Open Goring the Day aud Evening. right,” nnd added “Don em? Cale te ee the afternoon a porter, August Clapp, pounded | J! YUCK ciatms |leudly on the panels of the door and Mr. ee Roterts, teebly and buskily, made bis sccus- tomed reply of “all rignt.” The waiter told ory baving extem be power of the Board him that he most open the door or he should | ot Audtt to award cletms for eee are ee A mee (otger seed him to | pawaG 6, MATERIA ond SEWER TAXES bring a glass of w. “y room J that be would then iet him in. When Mr. Glapp | 1 sied within THIBTY DAYS from date, wo would returned sulk sha Renee oe Gove wen welaoies direct tbe aitention of ail property -boldere imter- | and he found Roberts lying in |. AS jat- je their cieims at cace | ter raised the giass to his lips be lifted bis chia DIOK#O: j PaTTBRSON and the walter saw a deep gash across bis id Losurance throat. - Aects-im Mr. Roberts, pale and weak from lors of blood, ~ yas taken down to the office and his wound was | (PSRICINE TINE KRSPRS TOMBL! examined. It was about three inches in length, —invalwable « s—Lnear= and penetrated to the windpipe, barely missing | {58 resularity tn axing medicines. Tt» ues is arged | the lite arteries. He had also opened several “4 ‘ Pi | veins in his arms and had bied profusely, the bed clothing being soaked with blood. ' Dr. Allen pronounced the wounds not fatal, and ths | Insects. young man was taken to Bellevue hospital. Braves, § 0 wien matted Mr. Roberts said last evening that he was a ie tw Benapine ook clerk in s mercantile house in Philadelphia, and as that he came to New York ‘or the express pur- pose of taking bis life: that hie true name was | | N THESUPEEM® OORT OF THE DISTBIOT Charles Clark, and that he registered a fictitious | I OF COLUMBIA Bame in the botel to save his friends amneces. | Special Term. “Proivig sary pain. Last March be as of pa- ‘ B- | rulgele, end bas elnce been haramed by a con- neg eh stant dread of another. A few days ago heex- perienced al! the premonitory symptoms of a | trict of Ool second attack, and he determined to put an end ] & Miles. All por- to bie lite. He was perfectly sane, he said, when interest. eyes Ute $0 sppear is — he went tohis room on Monday night, and be ah Ouldk bt nteowe -§- & af . | took the precaution to tell the clerk not to dis- | Stl} olclock @. m.»to show cause wh 7 turb him, co that he would have timeto bleed to | MaMiery On the vatete of tie said deosased should eath before he ;was discovered. He was not | order be lished once a week. for Peo! woaks, ia éecided whether he would commit the act on | the By Star previous to the sald day. | Monday night or the next day. About midnight | _éecll wt" _A. WEBSTBR, Bestaer of Wills, | be forme: ie if arose from 5 apd found his razor in the darkness. Hocutas | [48 GREAT BEMEDIES for 0, deeply as the knife would go, aud went back to 5 Pane his couch to await death. — He lay without food or drink until Wedneseay, when he was obliged to admit the waiter. He says that if he recovers this time be shall never make attempt at ruicide. Mr. Ciark isonly 24 years old, is decidediy hendsome, and shows for more than ordinary taiente. He smiled pleasantly as he described bis situation ashe ‘sited death in his room, and said gone 4 that‘-the damned razor was so Guill that be couldn’t make it work,” adding that he {hoped the newspapers would toma! reports, as be wished to read them. Mr, Clark lived with his parents at 2 South street, Philadelphia. He has a brother in New York, in the firm of Fisk, Clark & Flagg, at@ve | Broadway.—w. ¥. Sun, Slet. Criminal Statistics. Some of the most curious and remarkable crim inal statistics ever obtained have just been a jiven to the public by Dr. Harris, of New York. © fiis‘cttention was called some time since to