Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1875, Page 6

a Oe The Landlord of Nevada Galeh w= Deen THE BEEC OODS A Goons. —— eae What prions tne Faniione Says sigunes Be Kxpeosure | ___ HOLIDAY GOODS. HOLIDAY Cvaptemen. | Sires nies About Beecher’s Early Books—In- | Dark Circle Tricks by = Boston Man. | y hile he was musing, three men, whose ap- Facts About Harriet and | POR NEW YEARS. THOMAS RUSSELE, oad by the ihe, December 19th. } laurel tie at Prom teresting Catherine. hers, AND pearance denoted that toes were g: came down the street and entered the hoase CJ | trying it for several days, Dut haint succeeded | | | wae vew York Le! tom Ne HOW IT 18 DONE. ———— 1913 PENNSYLVANIA AVERU signal for the = They ench carried S, large sack of gold coin, Hesston Treeentiy inte. the Fitch Pub- sine ination Deliy Telegraph of December } Bicguey ge gpetionly. j (Golden Bagle Over a Door.) who, from e one 1 era Ca! to ily to come in and 5 7 in tbe course of an articie suggest y JABIBS FO! | join them in asocial nrink While standing at | lishing house, in Clinton Place, I encvuntered ub gested by. the | "ag Jobn P. Jewett, the former well-known pab- lisher of your city, who is still doing a little Dasinees in this. The Proctor-Mouliton trial was the theme of talk, and naturally Mr. Jew- Olt was asked what he thought of the case and the Beech generally. He was not at all complimentary to the latter, and on the former had an opinion not favorable to Henry Ward. Buti do not propose to narrate that, but tell you tome interesting remiulscences he re- Arctic expedition, has the foliowing: “Bat | what is a whaling ship like?” will be the qaee- | tion which those who are interested in watoh- | ing the progress of the expedition will ask. To Answer this, it would be well, perhaps, to de- be the ship which Sir Leopold Meditntock is eaid to have eelected, the Bloodhound, aud also the new ship Arctic, now being constr by Alexander Stepheus & Sons, of Dundee, and just offered to the government for the Poiar ex- | the bar they told bum how they had won sev- | eral thousand dollars from some fash miners who had recently sold & mine. Then Dolly, ia the mildést mauner possible, suggested that being loaded with double eagles, they could Hiqaiiate the debis they owed him, and by do- mms * relieve bim financial embarrassments Which were encompassing him. The delicate manuer in which Dolly had pre- ferred his reqaest was not appreciated by his Invites an inepection of stock Before you purenage WINES, BRANDIES, WH’ SKies, RUMS, GLNS, CORDIALS. HAVANA SFG@aRrs, POCKET FLASKS, SEGAR CASES, CORKSCREWS AND rerngar VISITING LISTS, 7 Boone | ‘To begtn the year, made torordsr st pulser pric: 0 ord: ~ S¥n ocR Stock SOLOMONS & Lac ds of prey. posed oc men wh> in spiritualism, and he, feeling assured In his own | mind that they were the victims of fraud, went | te work to investigate and expose what bad been to them the strongest evidence of spirit | Presence, After three visite to the seances of | | Aen N2W YRAR. Dirs. Hardy, in this city, he became convinced that he was master of the whole subject, at least eo far as the dark circle manifestations were on POCKET MATCH SAFES. hibition. Messrs. Ste, bare bailt tearly : & counted. , concerned, and could ‘@ succeseful seance —— they caita not thisk of Fedaciog their “beak® | site, eecber's frst popularity east, to Mr. | Sthis own'wiihout the Seip ot epirtn, Accord: | the SRAUDE resecla Bat are now in ose, and W. Galt, B Co pice ETE wiile they had auch ® good game for the mi- | Jewett says, grew oat of @ book of the preache | ingly he arranged for the siting at his own | tious teu years ago, @ first-class vessel. In M. + Galt, Bro. & sd of att brands on hand and et New Yor Poem ners would certainly give them another rattle | &'® he (Je home, and ittook piace lastevening- Thesame | jength she i 16) feet from stem to stern; her | om assortment of rior PLATED ete | during the evening. Globe who made a visit tO | breadth is about 20 feet, and the extreme depth | "© '**8* ——— Goviet, The snubbing received by Dolly acted in a fave an account of what he | of her bold 18 feet. Her builder's tonvage is | TEA SETS, Mom, 4 sipgniar manner on him. His brow cleared BP; ered ete to him, was among the per- | g¢s\, the tonnage under the main deck 32), EPERGNES, wry Dez Versenay, Thad. they not maght safety | herubged bis hands gloetuily ar he turned on | fAllDE, BDyel A company of seventeen persons, all special- | WBNS that in the forecastie is 28. Her gros: ToREESS, | ae akan ion oe ler were meu who bad | bis heel and walked away, whistling a merry | laud, and the partnersnip was disolved. A¥ | ty invited to wee an expose of the dark-circle | Mattes of tect, che mill anes kal tele nih ane | WAITERS, Lo, pon the industrious aol | tune. During the remainder of the day Dolly | be Waemearly ready to leave one Deacon Cut- | manifestations, gathered at this house. When | matter of fact, she willearry S00 tens with ease. CASTORS | CiAmpaones, rewd tricks and | was in the beat of spirits; he laughedsiyly, as be | le Of Indianapolis, brought a little a they bad all come together, they were taken to | feet ianoee, ie 2 feet bie ond en eet ’ prronuas, | pit This element | Suuntered around the premises, winking know, | “8éFmons to Young Men,” which he wisted | grcom in which chairs were arr in. tho | Fy eaupe bat ts point ot atrematn tee eeeaae on . PITONERS, | eeurTzen, VIONY and BITTER WATERS, Cailed ty 4 single obj-ct— | ingly at bis employes, and eaying, “ watt unui | Jewets to read. The latter did so, and liked it ius cebtes being Graum came aepethar meee Pretty equal. Her power toresist tae pressare | CARE BASKETS, | PAGUINW ese oct LONDON stor. i the worcmen, fl-ec > morro’ i gand ey é s the chairs ing drawn close ther, making ice, t Y 7 “—" or = patric eens “<u: uncerent waoraeae™ came, and found printer and bookeeiler, had published these | , ing about ten or twelve feet in diameter. of the ice, an: to bore her yy through the floe ANGUSTURA and BORSA’S BITTERD made tiem Giscourees of his pastor, printing su edition of | phe amateur “medium” took chair in the | immense: she has prodigious thickness of FORKS, SPOONS, &e. three meu engaged in digging three suspicious- BUTTER DISHES, | | | gawbi-rs congregated, and where they b pecte! to realiz~ great largesses trom the tors, were in s measure empty. was a game progressing, but t num- | Ber or the gambiers eat bebind their tables lazily playing with piles of silver and gold aod waiting for some te rs lucked. Gehind oue of these tables sat Dolly milton with a cload apo his brow; ever and | @non dark, sinister flashes of maliguity would piay over his festures, illaminating them a+ | the lightning does the heavens when fille? with | Diack clots. Something, evidently, had gona | wrovg with him, and he was ritting brooding | over It, or trying to contrive some pian by wuich | Be could ea: or satisfy his cons-ience: | Now the conscience of Dolly Hamilton was an | 2,000, of which he stili had 1,24 left in sheets. h ‘ng | S0lid wood *torward,” and the front part of the SF Goods 4e'tvered promptly. deo rt lovking trenches deneata the shade of s large proposed that Jewett take the book to 5os- prow be ede oid ee Bo | vessel ts again protected by cross pieces of iron Aro, Jusiper-threo which grew upon @ grassy beach ‘i heats, aud Inne it thers, y £ | bark wood, whiie over ail is @ skin of iron tive- | ro NDSOME } Buta little way from the front door of the hotel. | Sur RUrcuanng Whe sheers, ad se ae: tons were placed upon Bie ee ake ee east: | eighths of an inch thick covering che barkood BODGERS' ENGLISH TABLE OUTLESY FOR HANDSOME, ti ork. , ie | He appeared to be barsting with fan. which Be Becoher, ‘Be Jewett worked up! the beak, | gid.net move from bis place, and he pattad its Twelte feet Troe ee Sea eae Cor About | ortne necst quality. All at very low prices, dom-tf | omens 4 f lon eas +. Beecher. ‘ © » | hands togetber with a dietinctly audiole -onnd poy-ved . a JSEFUL a mingied with | Sve pop tinlay dan ee or ee wo hia | Lt became n great success, and Mr. Beecher no’ | git'the time to show that they were occupied in | {ow evore where the “dead wood.” ends, = 6: ngof the east aud | congregated on the porch were watching the | OBIY received eu Srignt returns, Da: | producing the mavitestations. The bands of | punt or tive inch oak planks, are strengtasned | tho great cities on | proceedings, and speculating on what the | [Ms ta\Ked Of viene eet nia aeiven iseg | Ee Perecn- in the circle were clasped tether | by huge diagonal beume of oaks fostarne | Choice Wines. ORNAMENTAL, nd in the midst of | trenches were to be used for. “Ali agroed thet | 8nd fveliy settledover Plymouth Church, But | tm the usual way ‘The light was then turned | 17, 0ug6 Degona! beams of oak, a foot aquare in SHREBLY— jal spirits who bad | they looked like graves, bat then no person had | DOW comes the sequel, which, as dr. Sew out, aud, aiter the momentary panse usaal \ | Aid the prow of the good ehip together amt ‘AD The san sinking | died or been killed for several days, so they | DAFFates it, justities bis such cases, the raps were heard whicn ac- | make it; qual to combating with almost ames ATTRACTIVE, orn hills was look- | eouid not be intended forsach a parpose. Th> | WANT OF TRUST IN THR PLYMOUTH Pras nounced the presence of the powers of darknes . | thing. ‘The reason for eo mach strength at this upon the busy scene, for | crowd bad been swelled by the addition of the | | 48 Mr. Beecher became more pupuiar | The patting ot hands continued withoat in'er | Darticular pomt should be stated. here, Wen ent plunly saw that thelr oc- | gamblers to whom allusion has aiready bsen | book was seen by others, besides Mr. Jowe't, to | mismon, and presently a fan wae seized from | [2 1450, the expedition of the Pioneer, intrepid, bas SHOWY, Was gone,or going with lightning made, when one of them called out be goo property. Deacon Burgess, of Fis- | one of the party, and fanned the faces of tie | Resolu'e and Assistance sailed to seatoh for Sis Fapidity, and w the alert todo one more | + Hello, Dolly, what the deuce are you doing | mouth, a well-known bookeciler of John street, | sitters all around the circle. Hands were | john Franblin, an experiment wae tried for job b-fora the grand smash-ap. Consequently | rhere??"” C im this city, coveted the publication. Mo per- | shaken and patted, knees | were slapped, | tne gret time which uaretnes bees tour ty for oL NEAT, iecnas go twenty yards {rom chs | “Dolly looked up, smiled pleasantly, and said: | Suaded his pastor that Mr. Jewett coald be in- | and faces touched by invisible beings. A | {re Most enccctor eee cot etn eae OL! @ere, wbicn were doing duty a . Fis | «Good morning, gentlemen; good’ morning | Guced togive up tue plates on payment of their | watch was taken from one person | tutniwe mare or less thus choreing tee aaa BU, facturing Docu duly imprewod on the minds | It's right pleasant.” Then, ehanginghis voice, | cost. Mr. Beecher was foolish enough to so | and given to another on the opposite | relfateum owen and cutting 5 Say theongh i. z DURABLE, aff all vevguctable vieleass, the. he sang the verse from théold fuacral hyma, | write Mr. Jewett. Ihe latter was astonished, | side of the circle. One man’s cravat was taken | fu'therold have of eating nencale o Ww a Here arviels of very strange composition. It was not exactly as elastic a @ pie: of India raboce » a a block « t ia wh id have troubled impression on nis. He he With what he regarted aso spirit. furnishet tas first corp: in the villages which ae) sprang of the railroad, an a. melsn? > asious, satfered from his row. and that the great Co. hail y ions of the | The game t took in, and we t fresh ficids and pastures ue a low going to an"t go back to the estates, ‘cos the war has filled every place with roughs, anda gentieman wou'dn't have half a chance. The m: for a while, bat they pe arm to git. @be game thar haint near as sare as mg. Them old miners are too cate t> ed, and all a fellar mekes he must earn | s too risk ge drivers don’t pay now, ‘cos th meh certainty of being cotchet. { onder ef I was forced to take tohon- | nd that’s what's @ botheria’ my con- | —that is.” The tore remarks of Dolly were not at- @reseed to any of his companions, but were com- with himeelf, ed on in an autidie | the writer of this vera- me is, ‘What onest ways?” I hatnt got Be edercation that allow me to take to co of law n i¢, though I'm blest "t know a good deal more’n many as is 5 nit doctors; ef I'm going to be bonrst Ili be 20 clean through and not on the surface only. Storekeep! mingef [knew any for @ fire-cent piece; but bev al fe kee it's nor jest the cheese.” Again the brow of the soliloquizer contrac and the clouds floated over bis face; the tw ing of the muscles aronnd his eyes gave evi- dence cf the fect that he waa busily thinking. The clink of the gold and silver as it passed Dack and forth at the gaming tables, the | esth«, the Liasphemous ntteranc: wands for liquors which were const were unneeded by the dr. silent. trying to é eae bis consetonce. ‘By gosh! I have it,” Bis eyes trom the floor, da bright ray swe: over his face, lighting it up with @ really ple: antemile. “I'l keep a tavern. I just b I kin keep a hotel, and dog me ef 1 don More kerd+ for me. No more road Views. Noshenanigan. But a=jasre d tavern-keeping with an bh. * tassel fi @pectability. That's the ticket Pil ran after having artived his piles of do Iver, and his ro story “The great conundrum with kin I doef I take to 3 about the picayunes, cal at oF re- of greenback«, Bnd sowed them aw He thew the cards upon the ftoor, presented his silver faro-bor anil tvory ebeck: is acqaatatances; tien, walking to the ba ted for drinks for the Rouse. When the gases were fl bi “Boys, Dolly Hamilton drinks to your health, Gnd desires to say that he forsakes the broths: ood atter to-night. He will retire from active life, ant seek some nice pisces where he «:il Beep a hotel. Ef any of you ans come my way ure the lateh-string will aiways be k to Dolly's health not oaly imes, aud continasd doing s pf the nigut. Then, wheu ite way dow: owing bow desolate a: wae, they retired to the: Off the effects of their caroas That very day Dolly started for the White ingly tents to Bicep Pine mining region. He thougnt there migi be an open him in some of the towns that would be called into extstence by the wants of the miners. After hie arrival in Waite Pt and he bad spent sever im Hamilton ano othe Rear being wreck-d. ebances to make something in the min eouid barcly keep from te however, started o: @id not want to back esty wtair chance. in looking aroun} Thus res Bie time, until news was brought tn etore had vered the richest are= im the Bald Mountain district. Ail Was immediately organized ty proc Bew istrict, fr the parpose of b: @nd carrying on the business that ally follow the working of the m Milling up of the country. Dolty joined this a thus became one of the pioneers of oepects looked so favorable, on the ar- Five! of the immigrants, that they af once com- menced the ereciion of houses. At first they brew up tents, and then followed with mors b ailt himself a put inte it @ big stove, and in forty- from the time of arrival was pre- rush eutertainment for *‘m: aod He then set to work and built fine adobe hotel, suitable for the wants of the coun. nd fitted 1t ap with ail the comvenicnces to and in public caravansaries. w hotel, when completed, was opened with a grand flourish of trumpets) Dolly wor B pardonable pride in bis new oocapstion, and goun gained for the * Square-Meal House” an euviadiec notoriety. From one end of Nevada te athe otber could be heard praises of Doily Ham- diton and hie hotel. The Matters, lavisuly be- stowed. was a balm to the feelings of the land- ‘bo constantly rubbed bis Leuds toget and chuckied as he theagnt how well he was Z. Several months bad passed away and been Bambered with the thinge that were, when Dolly diee wered that his vec‘ure had uot been Spayingone. He bad. it ts trac, mate money, bat, at the same time, he was greatly out of por: Qui mber of his oldest and most eonetant boarders had never peul him a eo Bor made a rign as if they inteded to. The Smounton hi books showed that Be had mwe money, while the amount he had paid ou: of hie ‘ket convinced him that be had lost. As iy Sat on the porch in front of kis house, th:nking over this matter, the clouds came and | went from his countenance as of old, aud these | bo knew him best felt that he was in no en- vieble humor. Repeated duns had failed to | sroure bis de brors to a sense of their duty, and Bis creditere were pressing. | om | them ain't doiwg the fair thing. | thelr gift. He was accordingly elected m: ending: Yé living men, come view the ground Where yo muet shortly lie. The gamblers laughed heartily at this mani- festation of wit on the part of the landlord,who shortly atterward jomed them on the porch’ bat refused to give any particulars concerning the | Boles he had just finished. ‘The breakiaet bell was rang soon afterward, when the boarders pushed into the dintng-hal!. While they were busily engaged in satistying their hunger, Dolly eutered the room, made bis way to the lead of the table, laid a pair of sii- Yer-mounted revolvers in frent of him, then clearing his throat with an“‘ahem,” said: “Gentiemen:— When I decided upon ballding this tavern, I had ay idea that I Knew how to tel, and dog me ef I ain't jesadern that 1 kin do ityet, not- nding that many of you have been giv ing me 8 pretty rough deal. 1 furnish jess os good & meal as the country produces; my rooms are kept in good order; and no man kiu say that be hae ever gone away from my house hurgry. Todo this I have bad to draw upon my own re- sources, because many of you have failed to pay . Now, I can’t keep a hotel if I'm hectored this way.’ 1 have always tried to be on the *quare in this town, and want to contioue in tue sjuare business, but some of you uns are doing What you can te turn me aside. I don’t suppose you aie over!y anxious for me to give youa lec ture, avd as i'm not a public speaker, I'M cat my remarks short. Allow me then to say that 4 man as eats turce meals aday and don’t pay far i He ala’t worth shucks co @ tavern-keeper, aad the sooner ho pasees in his checks the better it is fur the | bosrding house commanity. I don’t want you far to understand me to say that ['m » misionary, or been esiled to preach the gospil, but I do wish you to bear in mind that T have a mission to perform, and have had a call to doit. [ have Dilis to pay, aud muet Bave money. Quite a pumber 0: you uns owe me money, have money, aud must pay me, or out goes your lamps. 1 have had three Bice, comfortable graves dug owt under the old tree this morning. You'll ail agree with me that the place isn't too lonesome, and any reasonabie feliow oagh< to be sstistled to sleep forever thar; and [im going to fill them holes with those of my debtors who kin but won’t pay. I'll have the dicing- room dvor locked, and want you all to step up to the Captain's office and settle befors you go out. Lam a-waiting fur you.” The speaker ceased, his Gugers played with | Oneor the revolvers, waile his eyes took in the astonished countenances beture him. Tuere | Wat an almost paivfui silence for a mowent; when one of the gamblers spoke up: “Dolly, you've been taking snap judgment onto us, apd baint acted exactly on the sjaace with us. We ali know you are a bully goo! gambler, and could win enough money w pay ail toe roncing; expenses of this house if you Was a mind bat no, you've thrown offon yer old profession, and are a trying to get along in a eneakin’ sort of away. Now, of all things in this world I abomiuate a eneak the most. You've tried to catch us in the door, but yu will have to learn that old birds alut caught b: ebatl, 1 want you to understand that I ain go- ing to board here just as long as you set a table @ud ting @ bell, ana I'll pay you when I sae fir. not before.” B ce, ant one by o o the clerk, paid the am: who from his position at tha vin couid Obyetve every mov. and permit a0 one uiess he shows a card! Phe misu who bad been stationed at the door turned the tm tue lock, placed bimeelf be- fore it and awaited further orders. Open that deor,’) exclaimed the dead ‘man in # miauts !” plicd thst be could not do #9 un- gambler, Then, by holy St. Padi, your blood be upon your own head,” shouted the gambler, fairly livid with rage, as be drew his revolver and leveled it at the head of the offender. Before La had Ume to pull the trigger, Dolly Hamiiton’s pistol exploded, a ball pierced the garbler's rain, and le fell to ike tloor ® corpse, wuile Dolly, with the evoless of a veteran soldier, sao: his glances around the room and said. there any more going to try to get oat in th. manner ng of the gambler created no excite- The k ment whatever, for itwas only auother added to the already long list of simiiar episodes of Jife in Nevala Gulch. The isndi after having prepared the corner-stone for lis new graveyard, sent out « boy with a bell to cail in the citizens of the town to attend the fuveral, and in due time goodly crowd collected to pay the last tribute of Fespect to the departed. tne remains, encased in & neat burial-case. were carried to the grave and depagited therein without any more cere mony than would have been observed in bury- ing the bedy of adog. The crowd proceeded to the hotei afier the funeral, where several drinks were incuiged in, and, while so engaged, a gan- eral conversation concerning the cusracter of the deceased enaued. During the conversation one of the talkers remarked that it did not ap- pear to him that the funeral bad been conducted im regular style, “Why? What was wrong about it?”” “Well, you see, ’m not fanerai sharp, and dou't know much about such things; bat i e that something ought to have baen saul by some one afore we cum away and left Jett forever.” ct,” said Dolly. “Now, when [ i of it, 1 ls customary to aay somo. lbing; Dut then J was so confounded basy taat I entirely forgot about it. But it's better late than never; so if you'll go back we will endeay- or to remedy the oversight.” ‘The proposition was balled with approbation, and again the crowd assem) around tho grave, when Dolly, im his homely w preached afuneralsermon. I shall not attempt to gre my readers a report of this sermon, leet 1 be accused of attempting to bring ridicule upon religion, but justice to history compels me to state that the speaker acquitted himseif in a satisfactory manner, praising the good traits in the character of the deceased, touching lightly upon or altogether omitting to the meation The funeral being over, Doll proceeded to administer upen the estate of the leceased. He took charge of his effects, = " sought ont the reiatives ‘over to them whatremained, and floally wiped his hands of the transaction. The handsome manner in which Dolly had conducted bimself after the Rilliug, and satisfaction he had rendered to all charge 2 him mad. favorite with the excitable and chival- of Nevada Gulch, and they insisted owing oD bim the highest offics in ithout opponition, at the election inthe follow: mg spring. fisvor ‘Hamilton, baving demonstrated that be could coilect @ bill, found ne trouble there- after in keeping & hotel. Bat the two extra graves had to be filled up, ‘there were no occupants for them. Roprmaizs with violence are becoming more and more common to the cityor New York, and it is quite certain that comparatively fe them get reported to the police. a@case the other . in which clergyman was knocked down in Madison avenue and robbed, from s visit to the Windsor mes, S7 Two French savants have presented tothe French Academy of Sciences the result of their experiments upon @ flame prodaced mixture of solphur of upen and 0 wrote Mr. Beecher, at the same time ab- solutely declining to consider such a proposi- tion, reminding bim also that his taking the publication was a direct cause of the change in bis (Mr. B.'s) own circumstances. The response to this reply was & crue! letter from the | preacher, saying that Mr. Jewett bad uo con- tract with bim; that it was with a former par- ishioner, and he ie Beecher) repudiated it, | and directed Mr. cation at once. ‘The publisher's reply can be easily nnder- stocd by business men. He to'd Mr. B. that he had never received so cool a proposition before; that he was sure Mr. Burgess had not suggested it, for he knew law enough to be eure of its folly. Ae to the contract not being with Mr. Beecher, Mr. Jewett reminded him that he hei¢ six receipts for quarterly payments of copy- right, signed, not by the parishioner, but by ihe pastor and author. It isneedioss to say that Mr. Jewett never heard from Mr. Beecher again, jewett to surrender the publi- andthat he continued the publication of the | book until the business changes which induced him to retire, when it was sold to Mr. Brooks, who afterwardssold it to J. B. Ford & Co., by whom the said work is now published. Mr. Jewett’s tales amounted to 26,00), and the vol- ume is still indemand. ‘The conversation naturally drifced or was stowed away in the direction of UNCLE TOM’S CANIN. Mr. Jewett says be was induced to propose the publication In book form of this work by his wif 'e interest in it, as it appeared ia whe onal Era. Her importunity was constant, and at last, whensome affecting scensin which Eva figured was printed by Dr. Bailey, Mra. Jewett secured her husband's promise to oifer to Protessor and Mra. Stowe the publication. | At the time be had not read a line of the story. Next morning ke wrote to Bowdoin College, in which Mr. Stowe was then a profesor; areply came, saying that Mr. and Mrs. Stowe wonid be in Boston within a month, and would there see Mr. Jewett. They came, and were much astonithed to find Mr. Jewett quite confident he could make agnceess of the volume. He had in the meantime read the story, and became as enthusiastic as his wife. Ho was of course copter in his manifestations. It was quite entertaining to hear him tell of the amusing simpiicity of husband and wife. Prof. Stowe was very con- scientions, andafter agreeing to let Jewett pub- lish it, eaid he did not belteve it right. Ho was sure Mr. Jewett would lose money. None would want to read an anti-slavery novel, ex- cept thore who had already read it in the Era Of course the publisher said it was his risk. ‘Then the question came up, whether the copy- right should be soid in full or retained, Air. Jewett strongly advising the latter course. So the contract was closed, Prof. Stowe re- marking with a dubious smile, ‘I shall be well pleased if Harriet gs goed black cilk dress out of it.” It was the DAY OF MODEST BRGOINNINGS. Now comes on the stage that momber of the Beecher family whom no ope | have heard seoma honoring—Miss Catherine Beech As Mr. Jewett expressed it, ahe sesmed to ard herrelf as mother and guardian to » Stowe. She insisted that a royaity of per ted that there ehouid ! with her own book on Domestic Economy lished by the Harpers. She tusisted so stren- Sously that Prof. @ at last submitted the question to Mr. Jewett. The publisher object- ed, and very justly, saying that such a contract was always source of annoyance, but finally proposed to draw two contracts--one for ® roy- alty and the other for half tne profits—to be submitted by Mr. Stowe to wny three frien is of his acquainted with the book trade, and he, M. Jewett, would abide by their verdict. Ths Pro- fessor consented, and carried the contract to Mr. Dean, connected with the Sanday-school Union, Mr. Gregory, then collector of Boston, hie brother-io-isw, and Mr. Marvin, of the publisbing firm of Perkins & Marvin. All of hoot at once advised — a — hat lone, suggesting very pertinently, as he hai vot, that Mr. nak ue etows had no money wherewith to meet half of the expenses or losses if such there were. This last iten Was @ reason Mr. Stowe fully appreciated, so the orginal plan was adhered to- One of the most amusing episodes, as now told, though it must have been very annoying to Mr. Jewett, was Mise Beecher’s subseqnent perse- cution ‘of bim, continued over @ long period, into which she at once succeeded in drawing Dr. Eoward and other members of ‘he Beecber tamily. While the book was going through the press, Mrs. Stowe rewrote whole chapters, greatly improving portions, Mr. Jew- ett was writing notices, etc., sending them out broadcast. So innocent was Prof. Stowe a3 weil as his wife of all worldly or business knowlatge, that on one cccasiun, as Mr. Jewett tells, tas professor being in Boston, began to tell him of the notices he «aw in so many different papers, and declared that Harriet and himeecif were ac- tually building air-castles over his possible sac: cess. Mr. Stowe, with an almost shame-faced modesty, coufersed they dared to hope that thoy might really get enough out of it to buy a lictia cottage and ® quarter of an acre of ground at- tached thereto, to which he had taken a fancy, in Brunswick, Matne. it took some encour- aging te induce the professor to teil what his building would cost in fulfillment. But he said 1, nd went his delight- ed at Mr. Jewett’s cheering assurance that Le would have that amount. and more too. THE FINANCIAL ¥PISODR was Mr. Jewett’s account of his first payment to the Stowes. It consisted in a check for $10,000. The author—then famous—bat not real- izing the money value of her fame—with her husband, the simpie-minded Professor, stood looking with @ dazed surprise and perplexity at the little bit of paper, by which they were in. formed that the Tremont bank would pay to Harriett Beecher Stowe, or order, the sum of ten thousand dollars. At last with a queer and almost pathetic simplicity, the Professor asked the publisher what he should do with {:? Doubdtiese that gentleman would now be sar- wrised at bis own simplicity. It was questiona. bie, then, whether he had even seen a check before, and certainly he hat as little knowledga as most women have, of the mode of banking operations. Mr. Jewett, fearing they might be easily swindled or robbed, went with them to the bank, having first advised them to open an account, to keep but little money about with them, and drawacheck when they wanted any. ‘Tectod, tele Hctie Tady. wa aoe unat formed into the Tenowned suthoress, and Beecher,” a8 Mr. Jewett expresses it, became hat date the uppermost trait. ‘He paid BIRTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS forthe copyright. I su the difficulties be- tween them are not unknown to the pubiic. Mr. Jewett says that Mrs. Stowe, uomindfal of bis own claims upon her—not legal, of course, but honorable and equitable—demsanded dou wie copyright, ete., for her other works. This ates, resulted in Ticknor & Freids publishing “Dred.” ‘Uncle To: still -e'lsat certain rate. The other most success fal work from ber pen is the ““Minister’s Woo ing.” Im Doth these works Mrs. Sto: writing not because it was demanded, but be cause she bad something to tell aud mast do it. 87 For! -etght mg, Byrom Christian Asso- iations own buildings to the value of two mil- There are nine hundred and f¢ Associations in oft and given to another, and atterwards placed on the head of the owner. A music box, which had been piaced in the hands of one person and the key im that of another, was taken away given to another in another part of the circlo. ‘The key was taken and the box wound ap, and then it could be heard tinkling through the air all around the circle. A spark of light circled about in the air above the head of the perform- er, and ail the other demonstrations usual in these circles were produced with all the effect of the genuine spiritual seance. Finally, there Was a cessation for a moment; Taps were heard, indlonting that the performance was over for the time being; a light was struck, and our amateur “‘medium” was discovered In precisely the position he occupied when the gas was turned ont, quietly clapping bis hands, and tbe perton who held bis feet testified that he hal hot moved. After a little rest he took a new position, with a different person holding his | feet, and substantially the same performance was repeated, All the persons present, several of whem bad been believers in ceclared that the mavifestatio: way as perfect and satistactory had experienced. STILL MORE WONDERFUL THINGS. The young man then tried an experiment, with perfect success, which he said he had seen Mrs. Hardy try three times, but without suc- cess, because, as she claimed, the conditions were not right for a perfect working of the spirits. He was tied to his chair with a cord, h the lower and upper part of his body, and had bis wrists then tied together with a hand- kerchief in such a way that one would euppo-e thet he would be umable to do anything. His feet were secured, as usual, a gioss of water piaced on the floorsome feet from bis chair, and the lights turned out. Instantly the clapping began, avd similar demonstratious to thoss already described were kept up for afew min- utes, and Uren @ light struck, when the per- former was revealed in the same position as before, with the cords ana handkerchief secure- ly tied, and the g!aas of water on his head. Yet another feat, more remarkable than this, fo!- lowed. Anordirary padlock, which closed with # epring, was locked, and the key given into the keeping of a young lady. A cord was passed through the clasp, and tied together with one bard Frot after another until more than a toot of bard knots were produced. This was thrown upon the floor. Then a euchre pack of cards was taken, including all the suits from the ten to the aee, and enongh thrown out to reduce the number (o seventeen, the number of persons iu the circle. After dae tnstructious had beea given the circuit was formed in the usual way, with the medium in the enstomary positio: clapping bis hands. The lights were again turned ont. The cards were taken from the box and shotied by one person and passed to his left-hand neighbor, who ehufiied them again, and fo on around the circle. The person who began the shufiling then teok the top card and passed the Pe. along, each person taking of the top card in like manner, thus using up the entire deck. Then the first person interrogated the mediam ss to the card which the said person held. “Is ita heart Isit a diamond?” “1s itaspade?” “Isitaclub?? At the mention of some of the suit, distinct raps were heard, i dicating that that was the one. ‘Is it the ten? sit the jack?” ‘Is it the queen?” etc., wa then asked, and when the right denomination was named the raps were repeated. So it went on areund the entire circle, each person, moa: time, having the card in his or her pocket, a being warned to remember what it was, ac ing to the information of the raps. This pro being completed, the light was struck. T “wedivm” was bound up and tied to his chair with the cor! that had been fastened so securely upon tle lock, his hands were tied together wit) a ba dkerchief, and be ws securely blindfoldet with another handkerchicf. and the lock was elrsped into the button-hola of a gentleman's coat. Moreover, every perso, without excep- tion, foand that he held the cord designated in the dark by the rays. THE EXPOSE. Now, of course, everyboly was anxious to know how it was done. It was as mystifying as anything accomplished in the durk by profes. tional mediums. The young man volunteered to give (he firet manifestations with gas burn- ing. Thec'rcte was formed in the approved way, the raps were made with his knuckles on the chair without perceptibly interrapting the clap- Ping, to indicate that the conditions were right. in ab instant he slipped off his coat, and bis Srms were bare to the shoulder. While he kept clapping with one band, rometimes on the upper part of his arm, sometimes on his face, he stretched out his other band, seized a fan, ‘and fanned the face all around. With one hand and then the other he clapped knees, shook hands, patted faces, did lpia dwar done before in the dark, without any intercession of the clapping, any moving of the feet, or audible movement of the body. The whole thing was as simple a4 “rolling off a ee The coat was put on, ones arm at a time, while the other kept up the pai ting sound on the performer’s cheek, and th Taps were given telling that the show was over. A woman with loore sleeves, farnished with « bit of elastic, would not have to take off or put on any garments. The other and more puzzling tricks were not explained, bot ever; ly De- lieved the assurance which they received, that they were tricks, and notuing more. The young qan claims to have learned the art from his visits to Mrs. Hardy’s circle, and to have ob- tained indubitable evidence that it wae per- formed as he bas shown. What the evidence was he stated, and it certainly seemed to ba beyond question. DEUNKENSESS, Ex periments on Intoxication. ‘The Journal des Connaissances Medicales pub- lites an article, by Dr. Cornil, on certain ex- perimente made by Dr. Maguan to investigate the efiect of alcoholism on the animal ecuno- my. The firet series comprises the administra- tion of brandy to dogs. The animal at first evincessome excitement, which gradually tn- creases, aud ends tu stupetaction and a coma- tose sleep, accompanied by a fallin the tem- perature of the body, insensibility and paraly- fis of the hind legs. This etate is transitory; but if the experiment be indefinitely repeated, & peculiar nervous sensitiveness may be re- marked at the end of a fortnight. The sabjoct mn starts at the spiritualism, were every y that they of & regular delirium within the GC aed of a month, with fits of trembling. If the brandy eu; ls th ensues, accompanied by i Gifference and stupefaction. There is a great difference between the action of mere brandy and the liquor known as absinthe, which is an wormwood; and: Dr: Magnan’s experiments go ‘wormwood; at . Magnan nts go far to refute the opinion of those who consider this favorite beverage to be inert except in so far as itisalcobolic. Given in 9 weak dose to a dog, s shivering 1s observed to take place, with murcular twitches and jerkein the neck, and Tapid but limited motions of the head, shoukicrs and back. ministered in heavy doses, con- vulsive fits are the uence, but differing aterially from mi ny or delirium tre- mens, Hallucint 8p} atthe very firet experiments, instead of g pearly the lastst=ge, indy. Ia man Dr. Magnan divides intoxication by alco- hol into three stages—mania, delirium tremens and stupor. We need not here describe these different states, which such @ course would have been considered perfect madness, bat with good engines and a screw-propeiler, things may be attempted which, with sails alone would be simply impossible, and this was one of them. After this the experiment was made again and again, and with success, and thea in baild- ing verseis care was taken to fortify them spe- cially for this perilous work. It was thought that not only should the stem of the vessel be thus strengthened, however, but that it should be #o shaped that when it cams to stubborn ice it would rise on to the top of the tlos, and then with its whole weight crash the frozen surface to pieces. In this way the Bloodhound, and in- deed the whole fleet of whalers are buiit, and a terrible power thus possess. A narrow crack is seen ina field of ice, stretching far away, bat leading to open water, as indicated by the hue of the sky and the glass of the experienced watch in the crow’s nest aloft. Steam is got ap to full power, a body of men detached to look after the screw, and to ratse it by means of » lifting gear the moment it to be in dan- ger, Or replace it by another screw—ror spare screws are carried—if it be broken. It is good gun metal, though, this screw, aud will staud a tremendous wrench or blow before it yields. Other hands have been deputed to look to the boats and to be readg to launch them on to the ice in case the vessel gets a “nip” and is cut in balves, while others watch the effect of the sharp-cutting prow. The vessel is going t» charge the ice as a battalion of infantry with bayonet lowered may rush at a stubbora and hitherto invincible foe; it is going to assert tue superiority of art over nature, and Illustrate the vast advantages which mechanical contri. vances have given toman. With a terrible rash forward, the vessel strikes the floe at the weak- est part. The ice wonld perchance resist were the impact that of two exactly perpeudicuisr bodies. But the sliding st-m rushes upwir’, and in &@ moment the bow of the ship Is above theice. A second more, avd down it comes with ail its weight upon the floe. The congealed Foe can stand no ecch load as this, and, crack~ ng in every direction, it gives way to the turce Drought to bear upon it. Onward the steaner es, the screw being still carefully watched see! it should be ent led in ihe ice, til to hi jest aDy broken il another charge has made aud another victory won over stubborn fl In this way the forces of nature are combated, and. tl ingenuity of msn achieves’ success. Atlast the ice field 1s cut through, open water is reached, the vessel being none the were for the efforts’ it has made, or the shocks it has re- ceived. So much for the stem of the ship, bat the sides must also be protected; for in Arctic voy ing there 1s often experienced a daoge: which to other mariners, in other eas, is all unknown. It would seem as though nature, ex aeperated at the temerity of mau in breaking through the bounds she has set to him, avenges herseit by making strap of his very ingeuuity. chip bas thrust herself forward into od all is hopefal, when sudden! y an extraordinary pressure is noticed. Tho flo is closing upon the ship, Or perchance th: teamer isin open water: ice is on eituer side, eis calmly moving forward when a bree springs ua, the floes begin to move, and, to the horror of ‘these on board, converge upon bh. Now is the moment of her imminent peril. Sh. may perckance find @ bay into which s rnn, Or asvlid plece of ice into which she ma escape by mieansof cutting with sawsand biast ing with ganpowder—a little harbor of refag called a bock—and thus leave the projecting ice to withstand the shock which ter sides coaid no: bear. But it may be that she cannot thus+ race the hug of the ice, and that she ts nipped” » fore ehe can do aught to save herself. Gra ally, yet surely, the pressure increase-, the starting timbers teli by thetr creaking thatth= pressure is more than they can well withstan’ ‘The crisis has come, and if is to be seen whether or not ebe can pass through it. There are only three ways by which she may escape. Tb> preseure mais cease, as it often has ceased in the memery of living sailors, at the very moment when destruction is impending, aad men’s hearts quake for fear. Or perchance the ice, with that curious vacillation which it sometimes exbibits, may suddenly slip below the vessel, and, hoisting her up ont of danger, carry he: y in the drift to lower latitudes and open water. Or the sides of the vessel may be stron ough to bear the hug with which tue ice i about to greet them. To this end the sides o the ship ate immensély strong. (Of course the: mid be no chance for any ¥eesel, however strong, Were the ice to close rapidly upon it with what is known a8 “‘sea-way,” urging 1° fy ward over any great span of water; but t occurrences are comparatively rare; more fre quently the rhip gets a “nip” when in a lane which is so narrow already that the closing io hus no chance of obtaining momentum, ani ‘thus escapes. bei hk ORS, Dr. Giraltes has ¥ blisked, in the last nam- berof the Journal de Therapeutique, an ac count of the means by which he avoided sea sickness during two passagesto Engtand sou hack. He was at Boulogne last June en row for London, when the weather was so roug) that many intended passengers hesitated to erosé the Channel. Dr. Giraldes was informe by a colleague at Boulogne that American phseetons ‘used the syrup of chioral as a pre. Yentive of sea-sickness with successful resaits. He theretore obtained some syrup of chlorai, put himself in a quiet corner, and took syrup directly the vessel was in motivn, #uen, although his fellow passengers enperieny «l the usval unpleasant consequences he arived at Folkestone without having suffered che leat meonvenience. The eame results were ob- tained on the return voyage, bat he increase the amountof the chloral. He had again occa- sion to cross the Channel at the end of Sep- tember by the night boat trom Calas to Do and thivking, with reason, that the ses would be rougher at that sea son than usual, he bad @ dranght mate up composed of chloral, 3 grammes (45 graius), Giatilled water, 50 grammes; gouseberry syray 0 grammer; and French essence of pepper- mint, 2 dro) He took halt of the draft as the vessel left the harbor, and arrived at Dover without having suffered in the least from sea- — ei hie ——— ee in Leg nese oP condition misery. 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