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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1874.
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ehce, declared me mad, and I was placed in
confinement. You see that I can act with
impunity."
And he opened the box. I broke out in
a cold sweat. Was it all real! Could the
man be in earnest? "Bat," said I, "surely
"Smokinsr car. sir V asked the iolite vou can et dead bodies to dissect without
porter, as he bore my rugs and minor pack- having recourse to a crime. And again, if
ages along the platform. I said yes, and generations of anatomists have failed, in
he made me comfortable, and received his twenty thousand investigations, to discover
dime. Then the guard came to look after tne use of the spleen if you yourself have
7500 my weu-Deine, nut cm nomine more inan iiitucu ouuuiu. juu
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mnocfint pratitnde. which was nerhans all t-uppose mat mis one attempt snonld be
he desired. "I have no doubt, that I did
him injustice in attributing his efforts to in
duce a fat old gentleman who was snuffy,
and a middle-aged gentleman enveloped in
wraps, the lower part of whose face was
covered up like a female lurk, s, an evident
oooo
150 00
more successful than the others?"
"Because, my dear sif," said the man
with a smile of one wkojias caught a bright
idea, "all former investigations, including
my own, have been made on dead subjects,
while 1 propose to examine your vital or-
9 00 window-shutter to enter my car in order gans with a powerful magnifying glass,
tTthe to spite me. while they are exercising their normal
News Budget.
SUMMARY OF NEWS
For tlie Week ending: Feb. 17, 1874.
l)utv to his employers alone made him
endeavor to fill up; but the anxiety to get
as much room as possible for my money
was strong within me, and stirred uncharit
able suspicions.
- You may lead a horse to the water or an
anti-nicotinian old gentleman to a smoking-
car, but von can't make
him get in; and
KKIX.
when each in turn put his head into my
Vp to Feb. 13th, 323 Coim-rvative and 2&4 compartment, he jibbed, for some late oc-
H-ralrt ami Home linlei s have been elected to capants 0f it had been cigar, not pipe-smok-
new Parliament; '2A Conservatives have been 1 . 0 7 q r
cte.l in Inland alone; i a Scotland the Liberals ers find it was rather Strong, bo I was
I 1 ..me Kul. rs are 20 ahead of the (jonserva- apparently left alone alone with all the
comic weeklies, and a modern poem.
The doors w ere banged
to, the engine
. 1 I 'I'L ... .......... i a I ..sit . .r.
es in ireiana. mere ocuoua cicnwu
t im tlie 12th near the town of Stourbridge,
on estersbire; the police were unable to quell
. .i:. .,i..K..rw.. wl "i1t.wl iirmn the militarv. who
.. il tiie rioters; a number of persons were not stop again till we got to Peterborough
uml: tlie Conservatives elected 15, and the so that I was safe to be undisturbed so
i., ,U II. The bark Cartlross ioundereit and
whistled, the train began to move. It would
tnv ot the personir on board, were loet. Lord
....".... v 1 1 ..m'lhi.n mill Mr, Prous. Conservatives.
ve beeivel&ted from Middlesex by-overwhelm- of members permitted
far. There were several seats, and I could
occunv as manv of them as limited number
I almost wished
' majorities; the countv was last represented by myself an Octopus, to take fulLadvantage
Jonservative and a Liberal. Sebneider Presi- f sitnation Calming down, I hllng
ut of the French Corps Lerislatif under the last t ' i ' e it"
H 1, bad a stroke of apoolexy.-Tbe P my hat, put on a gaud v piece of needle-
rk Pulcinella, fr.nn New York for Jiristol, with
:arg of H.OOU bnsliela of vvlieat, weDt ashore at
istle Townseiid, Ireland, and sunk; twelve of
crew were drowned. A Lisbon dispatch' says
How fever is umibated at Jiio and cholera
injr in Bueiios Ayrc. The (iemian barque
fi-uu lew has been wrecked and 11 uf the crew
rislietl.
)MKSTIC.
The whiskey war continues with severe fury;
Shelby, Ohio." one hundred ladies were gvWaly
sulted on-the sti-eet by a saloon keeper with a
,fcor- An election held in Lucas county, Ohio,
i the 12th, for a successor to Chief Justice Waite
the constitutional convention, resulted in the
oice o-f (Jen. James Steedmaii. Independent
i niociat, over Wrliarher, regular Republican.
iiv. Yoolson issued a proclamation at St. Louis,
h. 14th, offering . reward often thousand dol
rs a piece., dead' or alive, for the men who robK'd
e iiassenirer express ami mail train on the Iron
..iintuiu K. Ii., at fiad s Hill'. Jan. 31st.; in ad
to this it is Hndei-sKHxl the (ioveinor of
: liimsas has offered --.M and the Post Otlice
epartinent tXX). inakiiifx an aggregate of
7 ;H).At a meeting of prominent citizens of
oton. on tlie lath, it was proposed to make the
om i.f - ZtMhufv at Oanibridffe a memorial
onuitHMit of Pn)f."Agassiz. At Mihvatikie, the
piscopal convention alj4urned after uiidiiight,
.iling to elect a Bishop; the election will take
lace in June next, at the annual meeting of the
lioeese; the contest is between High, Low and
itualism. Tlie steamship Gulf Stream, from Bal
more tor Havana and New Orleans, arrived at
ev st. Feb. lath, and reports that during her
.-"ige a tire broke out in the hold and burned
vo lavs. and despite the exertions of the captain
ii.l crew much f her valuable cargo was destroy-i-
the v.-ssid is but little injured, as the cargo
as con fined to the hold. The Committee of New
.rk AMermen have m:wle another inefi'ectual
'arch tor the remains of Nathaniel Fivnch, Ma
mie Urand Master, who was buried hi the Pot-,
rslield. T. H. Bnn kwav. pmprietor of the New
ork Hotel, is dead. In the Albany Assembly a
o.tion to withdraw State appropriations from all
i-adetnies unler the control of religious ordenom
latioiiul societies, which make religious profesuii
lest of admission, has been defeateil. Council
-.. 1 .. ..,-..vuio-ns of Imhitrv. was orcanized in
Wednesdav. 11th: this is the
..i i:..'t ..ni.f il i,f th4. order oriranized in tl
work won in a bazaar raffle, lit my pipe,
cut my papers, aud began to enjoy myself.
I sat in the left-hand corner, with rav
back to the engine, absorbed in a big law
suit. It is great fun to read a cross-examination,
and watch how a clever lawyer
will make an honest man prejnre himself.
"It reads almost like a crime,'' I remarked
aloud, "but then it is an honorable, lawful,
and beneficial crime. Soldiers kill people's
bodies, lawyers kill people's reputations
all for the good of society in the long run."
While I was uttering the word "run,"
my ankles were grasped suddenly and firm
ly; then; -before I could recover from the
shock, they were jerked backward under
the sent with such force that I was thrown
forward sprawling. I tried to rise, -but my.
right wrist Was seized, and the arm twisted
till I was helpless, and presently I found
myself on the floor of the car, face down
ward, a sharp knee being scientifically press
ed into the small of mv back, both arms
fixed behind me. Mv elbows were tied to
gether, and then the knee was removed,
and my ankles were secured. During the
latter operation I kicked and struggled.
'Hum P said a deliberate voice, ''that
will be awkward. Let's sec, ah, these will
do!"
These were my sticks and umbrella, which
,r .-Tf nnwlcd th arjrjlv as snlints to
the backs of my legs, using the straps which
had kept them in a bundle to fix them at
the ankle and iriiove the knee. When he
had done, I was as helpless as a trussed
turkey. 1
Then I was turned over carefully and
tenderly, and for the first time saw my
assai'ant
functions.
"What P I gasped, "You will never
have the barbarity" and here my voice
choked.
"O yes, I hfVve conquered that prejudice
against inflicting suffering which is natural
to the mind enfeebled by civilization. For
many years I secretly practiced vivisection
upon animals; t once had a cat, an animal
very ttnacious of lif , under my scalpel for
a week. But we have no time to waste in
conversation. You will not be put to any
needless suffering; these instruments are not
my own, blunted for want of use; I took
the precaution of borrowing the case of the
gentleman under whose care I have been
placed, before making my escape."
While speaking thus, he took the hid
eous little glittering instruments, and ex
amined them one by one. They were of
various appalling shapes; and I gazed up
on them with the horrible fascination of a
bird under the power of a snake. Of one
only could I tell the use a thin trenchant
blade, which cut you almost to look at it.
He knelt across me, .arranged his imple
ments on a seat at his right, laid a note
book, pencil, and his wuttch on that to his
left, and took off my neckcloth and collar,
murmuring : "The clothes are very much
in my way; I wish that you were properly
prepared for the operation."
It flashed across me in mv despair that
I had heard of madmen being foiled by ap
parent acquiescence in their murderous in
tentions. "After .all," I forced myself to say,
"what is one life to the benefit of the hu-
rt rt 111
man race Mnce mine is oemanaeu, oy
silence let me aid. you. Remove these bands,
ami allow me to takeoff my coat and waist
coat." Tie smiled, and shook his head.
"Life is sweet; I will not trust yon," he
said, unfastening my waistcoat, and turn
ing back the lapels as far as he could.
Then taking a pair of scissors, he proceed
ed to cut my shirt front away, so that pres
ently my chest was bared to his experim
ents. Whether I closed my eyes, or was
seized w ith vertigo, I do not know, but for
a moment or two I lost sight of even-thing,
and had visions: a sort of grotesque night
mare it was, the figures in which I recall
but very" indistinctly, hut I remember
that the most prominent of them was a pig,
or rather a pork hanging up outside of a
butcher's shop, the appearance of which
bore a mysterious resemblance to myself.
These delirious fantasies were dispelled by
a sharp pang the anatomist had made the
first slight incisicn.; I saw his calm facie
leaning over me; the cruel blade with whic
he was about to make another and a deepj
CURIOSITIES OF AUTHORS. j
Rousseau composed the finest pages of his
writings in walking the forest of Mont
morency, y'
V oltaire had in his room sometimes five
desks, at which he pursued different tasks.
1 he regime of the great romancer, Bal
c. in his hours of "composition, is well
known. . After a frusral dinner at six or
seven o'clock, ho went to bed and was cal
led at midnight, when he took a cap of
black coffee, or green tea rather, and extre
mely strong, and worked till noon.
M. Michelet works in .the morning, and
uses coffee, also. As soon as he rises, at
six o'clock, he swallows it. That carries
him, he says, till noonj Carries him! No
it elevates, stimulates him. In his last
volume, this writer attributes to coffee a
part of the new spirit light, winged, revo
lutionary -of our grand eighteenth century;
and to the fumes of tobacco the torpor of
the French soul in these latter times.
Pitt ncer ato butat his own table, which
was frugal; only when he had some impor
tant affair to discuss, he took a little port
wine with a spoonful of Peruvian bark.
Addison speaks of an advocate who
w ould never plead a case without having in
his hand the end of a thread, drawn tightly
around one of his thumbs all the time his
speech lasted.
Dr. Chapman relates that a celebrated
advocate of London always applied a blist
er to his arm whenever he had an impor
tant case to plead.
Girodet never loved to wrork during the
day. At night, when inspiration came to
him, he arose, lirhted candles, and, half
muffled up, painted his great diluvial cabas
Michael Angelo did nearly the same
thinsr, but with a single candle; and for
statuary the effect is very different.
The historian, Mezeray, would work only
with a candle, even at mid-dav and at mid
summer. He never failed to wait on his
visitors, even to the street, - w ith a candle
in his hand.
Grety, to. animate himself when compos
ing, breakfasted aud took conee, and then
applied himself day and night to his piano,
even until he spit blood frightfully. The
work done, he lay down and tried to stop
the hemorrhage.
It is said that Schiller, 'before compos
ing, put his feet in ice water.
Guido Reni painted with much pomp
he dressed himself magnificently, and had
his pupils attend him in silence, ranged a-
ronnd him.
The musician, Sarti, composed only in
darkness
Paisiello had to bnry himself up in his
beu-clothes to become inspired.
Napoleon loved to write his orders ot the
"WEARING BRIDAL WREATHS. I Conversation. Good, kind, true, holy
W eddmg garlands or wreaths are ot re- tnonrllt of but thev are like seeds of flow-
ers or faithful trees falling by the wayside,
borne by some bird afar, haply thereafter
to fringe with beanty some barren moun
tain side, or to make glad some lone wilderness.
mote antiquity; they were used among the
Romans. Vaughan (1606) states, that
"when the marriage day was come, tuo
bride was bound to have a chaplet oi now-
ers or herbes upon her head." Garlanda
at weddings were used also by the dews.
Wreaths of this kind were used among the
Anglo Saxons. At the termination of the
marriage ceremony in the church, the bride
and bridegroom were both crowned with
wreaths of flowers, which were kept in the
church for that purpose. Chaplets
Correspondence.
I ' FOB THE GAZETTK.
Reminiscences of a Sojoara of Many Tears in
of ths$ Various Kingdoms and Empires of Europe,
flowers used in the Eastern Church on tlus
occasion are said to have been blessed.
6.
At a later period sprigs of myrtle and ears
of com were sometimes used. Chaucer, in
his "Clerk of Oxenforde's Prologue," in
troduces Grisyld, as "a verray faithful
mayde," dressed out for her wedding; the
wreath or "coroun"; is mentioned:
Ilir heeres han they kempt, that lay untressed
Ful rudely, and with hire fyngres smale
A coroun on hir heed they haul-dressed,
Av,d set hir ful of nowches gret and smale.
In Henry VIII.'s reim the bride wore
.7 pa
a wreath ol corn-ears; sometimes oi no were.
No.
Messrs. Editors : Let no one think
that, because England has failed to pro
vide for her students of the fine arts as
other countries have, she is deficient in
other inshtnttons for the beneht ot man
kind. Far-.from it: her charitable insti
tutions are very numerous. For instance:
There are inXondon 92 medical charities;
12 societies for the preservation of life,
health and public morals; 17 for the re
claiming, of the abandoned; 13 for the re-
foot or on horse back, of kings, of writers,
statesmen and soldiers. Well, there ar.e
some which frighten one to look at: a
George with quue projecting and a three
cornered hat in his hand, bent in eternal
courtesy to every one coming to and fro at
Charing Cross; some Wellington, with tho
eqestrian attitude of a young tailor, wearing
a kind of policeman's cap, placed on tho
roofs of arches and in the middle of cross
ings, thel animals with highly curved s
necks, looking as if they would hurl them
selves and their riders into the street. In
short it is a city of monstrosities, and the
amateurs of the fine arts are not able to de
cide whether they should wonder most at i
the want of good taste or the patience of
the people who night and day pass such
wretched performances, and allow them to
remain.
VOYAGEUR.
I FOR TIIK GAZETTE.
FUNERALS IN THE OLDEN TIME.
Messrs. Editors: As some of your
correspondents seem disposed to write- a
bout old times in Fayetteville, I havo- sc-f
lected Funerals as my theme. It may
seem a grave subject; but the recollection
of funeral obsequies, as observed fifty
tes!"
MOURXIXG.-
mouming have
usages
regarding
ne nccu or lor mourning is black; in lurkey. viol- :tnn:m.nAf fl1( F.no-lish neonle though was called for. and ln&tnec
light to see the iutme. et: ;n China, white: in Egypt, yellow; in nnn Clirm SP(. that bv mixing un minus one of his lers. This
- i- a n " j I . ' . i - o .1 : "
MLHuuu m,n i.uiu vruuuuu Ethiopia , brown, in Arabia tue men wear fU .h, In one of the narks 1 and served un' for dinner. 13
he is in constant motion Irom the no mourning. The women stain their hands ,,.,. j ,-, ..,,1 -th u. vcrv o-onteel w-.is a nolite man. and o-iven
first
trowsers, and neckcloth.
m tue
Vest. The New lorK .Senate nas agreeu io w hiskers were just turning gnzziv, hiscl
esnlution pad by the Assembly to remind he imDer.lin vere cleanhWL His fc
i L t "if"
head was high, his eyes prominent ana nx-
in.intmeiit ot Loiuiuissioiiers
xiiiliition.
to" the
ore-
BEVIEW OF THE MARKETS
or the Week ending Feb. 17, 1874.
UK
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Liverpool. Feb. 11. Cotton uplands 7 to
h1; orlean )?i to 8Jd; sales of 13,000 bales, includ
ing -2.000 bales for speculation and export. Cotton
..'arrive 1-16 .learer: Sales of .upland, nothing
sbiniHKl in February and
n-,l. fc ' " ' " " ' I ' "
if-.K-l. il-sah-sr of Orleans, notbinc;
.....v.., v..., - . . , i- . oil
rdinarv, shipped ill January ana r eoniary, c-u.
Feb 12. Cotton quieter. Uplands 7Jd.; Orr
eans ed to C1? d. Sales of 12,XK1. bales, including
I 000 to speculators. Uplands; not below good or
lifiarr shipped Fehrnary and March 7Jd. Uplantls
u.t Mow low middlings, shipped February and
Mareh 7 15-16.1.
Feb 13 Cotton to arrive 1-1 fxl. cheaper-sales
Idling uplands, not below cmhi orainnr , iu
anary and February, 7 l-ioo. lanis anu
fabrics at Manchester eaay; ;
New York. Feb. 11. Gold 1121 to ll2J. Gov
ennnent securities stronir and considerable doing.
Cotton weak at 16 to' 16f cents. Southern o.ir
stea.lv with a moderate demand at to & o
lor common to fair extra and $7 90 to $11 for rood
t Wheat dull and 1 to 2 cents lower.
Com dull and 1 to 2 cents lower; sales at 82 to 83 mmutes before, a position which
eents for western yellow, f orK Heavy new mer , - . . &Q(l cnegt as
$16. Beef unchanged. .Spirits turpentine heavy , uUn ftt his fee
at 49i cents. Rosin steady at w.
Feb. 12. Cotton weak. Uplands 1G cents; Or
leans 16f cent. Futures opened as follows I ebru
rv 15i to 15 3-lfi; March 15 7-16; April lb 1-16;
M'av lt'4 to 16 9-16. Flour quiet and unchanged.
Wheat dull and drooping. Corn quiet and heavy.
Pork heavy mess $U. Spirits turpentine heavy
at 41H cent. Rosin firm -2 60 to $2 65 for strain
ed. Freights steady. Gold. 1121- Government
bonds strong and active. - t --
Feb. 13. Gold firm and advanced to lKf to
lioi r ,t Vw.a an Ktronc ana active.
it 1; ,ll er cut; uis nngers, aireauy crimson un m
, . , v i x i it, 4. ,. i luoou; yim x &ii uifir icii iiiiiiiiuiiii . Jiy
dresseu in inacK coat aim aifi-iyo.t.i, gi. ; . . v - . , , i-
tt. (Mil lalUl iiiiiiintiiiLtn n uimn. n juio aiiucv
ii is nan ami i . i1
bJe .bin nanu, ana sioou erect, xuen, wulcihu
..4'4 I.. .. , , i i .i.e.
his opportunity ne piacea ms ngut loot on
the lower Dart of my breast bone, so that
bv pressure he could suffocate me.
"Listen-, my friend," he said; "I will en
deavor not to injure any vital organ, but if
you wriggle about, I shall not be able to
avoid doing so. Another thing, u you
ed in their expression, his nose aquiline, his
mouth a slit, lie was of middle height,
spare but wiry; indeed, his muscles must
have been unexceptionally elastic and fe
line for you would never have thought,
to look at" him, that he could stow himself
awav under the seat of a railway car so
",uary a completely.
below good I J , , -., , , - i
ne ixiiiiiNijjwi". "'
right hand, and his right elbow on his left
hand, and said thoughtfully : "Just so.
All for the good of society ;n the long run;
an admirable sentimert, my dear sir; let it
te a consolation to you if I should cause
1!41 "
you anv mue aiiuoa.m.v.
He was interrupted by three sharp whis
tles from the engine, so shrill aud piercing
as to drown his voice.
"Impede me by these absurd convulsive
movements, and I shall be compelled to
sever those muscles which
He never completed his sentence. There
was a mijrhtv shock, a crash as if all the
world had rushed together. I
under the seat, where I lav uniniured. am
- 7 ----- - y , i -.,
din -i'F
Elysees rolling in his fingers little pellets
of paper. Inspiration came to him thus.
He returned to his house, and the fortunate
repertoire possessed one song the more.
Buffon wrote in lace ruffles. Alexander
Dumas, in his shirt sleeves.
Jules Sandcau smokes while writing,
though it is true his cigar is generally
extinct.
Girardin works only at night;
lamp
Insj
unless
opera to the church or from the church to
A.
the opera.
We know certain men of letters who can
not write anything' with a pen others who
can write nothing with a pencil. If they
attempt to resist this folly their inspiration
suddenly ceases.
Milton composed his "Taiadise Lost" in
a larjze arm chair, with vhis head thrown
back.
When Fox had eaten heartily he would
retire to his study, envelop his head in a
napkin, soaked in vinegar and water, and
work sometimes ten hours m succession
Mathurin, the author of "Bertram" and
"Melmoth," withdrew from the world in or
der to compose. hen the inspiration
seized him, he placed a wafer. between his
eyebrows, and his domestics, warned by
this signal, would keep their distance.
lief of street destitution; 14 for the relief
Nichols, in his "Churchwardens' Account of -specific distress; 25 Jewish miscellane
of St. Maro-aret's Westminister " gives the ous charities; 19 for the benefit of the in- years ago, and as they then appeared to
following. entry, under date lo40 : "1'aul dustnous; 12 benevolent pension societies,, my childish imagination, haunts, mc Btlll.
to Alice Lewis, a goldsmith's wife, of Lon- 15 clergy aid societies; 32 other profession- There was no public heaTse in those
don for aserclett to marry maydens in, tlie at and trade oenevoiem swicncs, ar-y- ,uays. xue custom was to remove tue seat
twenty-sixth day of September, o3 10s." lums for the reception of the aged; 9 for from a gig, place the coffin upon the
Field, in his "Amends for Ladies," 1G39, the benefit of the blind, deaf jand dumb; wheels, and thus convey the corpse, un-
mentions garlands being placed "upon the 13 for the benefit of orphans; 15 for other covered by any pall, to its final resting-
heada of the maid and widow that are to children; 14 foreign mission societies, and place. Carritiges were . little used in
be married.'' Dallawav writes of the Greek others with which I will not trouble the processions, except by the chief-mournera.
Church, that .'marriage is by theni oi tins reader. nn au tuis gic.n euuyi u- mc suictcbi uiuei ami ueeorum prevuiieu.
church) called the matrimonial coronation, inanity and everything else on a gigantic There was no conftiBion; )ao hurrying a
from the crowns of garlands with which the scale "there is one thing that a stranger bout. All joined in the procession, and
parties are decorated, and which they sol- I will notice: there is not that sprightly in- all contributed, m a greater or less de
emnly dissolve on the eighth day following." I telligence that one always meets with in gree, to add to the solemnity of tho occa-
. - ! I"!", . 11 I. . il. . . ... I
America and x ranee, remaps me ciium; eion. i - -
A Boston lecturer, tho other night re- is that the mass of the peoplo are not a The ladies, attired in white,- and Wftlk-
peated a storv which an old ladv once told reading people. I can say I never saw at ing two abreast, followed immediately af-
him. This lady at one time kept the most any. time a newspaper exposed for sale at ter the family. The gentlemen, well
select boarding-house in Cambridge, near anvj stand or bv any boy, as in Paris and dressed, came next, while the servants of
the college. One day a seedy-looking man, the United -State. News stands are much the family usually brought up the roar.
with unkempt hair and bearil, came to her more numerous in Paris than in any of the There were generally six pall-bearers, who
door and asked for board. "Sir," said she, cities. But America stands well: New walked on either side of the bier, with
"understand that I receive none but gentle- York with her 1,000,000 and London with white linen scarfs and long white bands
men into my house."' "Very well," "he re 4,000,000 inhabitants, show a wide dif- bound around their hats and hanging far
plied, "I will o-o eisewhere." "And who ference in f the progress made, in public down behind. The officiating clergyman
do vou think that shabby fellow was?" the iournalism, New York having some 15 or and the attending physician were there al-
venerable la.U- SI.i.l to the sneaker: "He IS dailies, while London has 10 or 12, of Uo. I hey usually rode together m a
was no less than Professor John Quincv w hich the London Morning Post, tlie Ti5 immediately preceding the hearse. T
Adams, now President of the United Sta- and the London Herald have tne largest wore scans ana oanas m ukc manner as
circulations. It is easy to oe seen, uicie- me paii-oearcrs.
fore, that the mass of the English popula- It would doubtless look odd to many, at
tion are not as great readers as they arc in the present day, to sec physicians attend
the United States. In the family with ing the funerals of their recent patients,
which I' stopped in London the Times was It would be regarded as a species of refi
received every day. I noticed, however, ned cruelty, akin somewhat! to that inflict
that it was always received the day after ed upon the Rev. Dr. Longbow. Tho
publication, and, on inquiring as to the Doctor (so the story goes) was a mission
cause, was informed by the lady of the ary among the heathen. On one occasion
house that on the publication day it was the cannibal king, in whose dominions he
read bv two of her friends, and on the day was, proposed to give a feast to a few of
m her own lanulv, I his chief nobuitv." His butler, however,
and on the day after that she sent it into informed him that tho larder was empty,
the country to" a relative each 'one paying There were no prisoners on hand; not even ,
one-fourth of the subscription price. 1 a fat baby could be procured. Here was
was also told that it was quite a common a dilemma: but the king, fruitful in expe-
tliing for a daily journal to pass from hand clients, resolved not to "give it up 6o." Th&
to baud in that way. I have given the learned Divine was a stout, hearty man,
ai.nro ttfitcmcnt. simnlv to -show that I and it was proposed to call unon him for
one. In modem Europe the ordinary clo-I correct in mv statement relative to the a contribution to the feast. The' Doctor
found himself
was prepared
ut the king
to hospitality
, .. , . i ., rf i I ' . - i yj .
and leet with indigo, which they suuer to io0ng man who said to
remain for eight days, during which time nn i. ieen in London
they abstain from milk, on the ground that q sr)Cak the English language "as grace over the meal.
its color ill becomes their gloom. In the weiias we do?" I said, "Yes. And what But funerals tcere an institution in those
1- eejee islands, alter the death oi a cmei, a j0 you ta0 me for f "Why a French- days. Even tho horse; used for drawing
general fast until evening is observed for - ; ho rpni;01i After I corrected his the hearse seemod to possess, to mv youth
wrono- impression he still looked doubt- ful fancy, a sort of idiosyncracy. I well
in"lvat me, and asked what was the pre- remember a horse (the property of a gen
vailing language spoken jn tho United tleman whose soubriqitet was "Lord Ba-!
States! . I would have thought ho was eon,") that had, as I thought, all the re
quizzing me, if it had not been that I quisites for a funeral horse. He was a sor-4
found the sanie lack of intelligence gener- rel, of small statue, had a white face and
ally existing among the people. three white legs, being flea-bitten withal.
i like others, was much surprised to As I had seen thi3 horse used on more
see old wooden houses on the Strand ani than one occasion, I thonght that a white
n'ther o-reat thoroughfares. The city is ah face and at least three white feet were es-
wavs covered with smoke so that all the sential requisites for a funeral horse,
hoiwe all the orotesone statues and mon- There are manv vet living in Fay
' '? . . ., .1 ii... 1 1 Ml : l . A. 4l. 1S40
taey nai oeen vine wuo rememuer uw-u-iu
-The
varied much at' dilFerent
times and in different countries. Among
the Jews, the duration of mourning for the
dead was generally seven days, but some
times protracted to thirty. It consisted ' in
day upon. the blank side oKthe letters ad- tearing the clothes, smiting the breast, go
dressed to him. inrr lirnvfiiAt -irepnino- cuttine off the hair.
Mi- A mnii o the Greeks, the period of
mourning was thirty days, except in spar- ft that gho liad.jt
ta. where it was limited to ten. ivruong
the Eomans, the color of mourning was
black or dark blue, for loth sexes, under
the republic; but under the empire the men
wore black, the women, white. Men also
wore this mourning a few days, women a
vear, wnen tne relative was a very near
4 l ah civ i n-(1 1 TT4 inirifoil tbo 1? ht irAntlnmnn
ik, j i .to nun. .v i" i iivt v.. j"1 .......
12 days, to the feast,- and constrained him to sav
I
ten or twenty days, the women burn their
bodies, and fifty or one hundred hugcrs are
amputated to hang arove the dead man s
tomb. Tho Sandwich Islanders paint the
lower part of their faces, and knock out
their fore teeth.
TlIE M VSTERIES OF THE SHAWLTKADE.
-A Paris letter says : Before leaving this
subject I must relate a curious discovery
made on this occasion. 31. tjriiyetaut topfc
me to see one of his first artists, who works
at home. In the front room of a modest
uinents look
as though
ette-
1822 the
I lav
supinely and helpless at his feet.
"Do "vou know anything of anatomy!'
he asked. I was as completely in his pow
er as a witness in the cross-examining conn-
1 should
then ah easy matter, but not so to extricate
mvself, the next thing I set about. The
whole top of the car, from where the stuff
ed cushion part ends, was carried . sheer
away; and amidst the debris, which encum
bered mv movements, lay the mangled and
apartment was the intelligent artist wors- rt,e,,lar nnmosP. The h.fcU- venr the fataLveox. I remember it
Jeremy Bentham jotted his ideas on little ing at his lathe, and in the back room was - . 1 pna:nt a hons w wpii flmi doubtless the recollection of so
squares of paper, which he piled upon each his wife working upon an Indian shawl. A in Lonaon thc custpm is to take steel sera- many funerals left an impression upon my
was shot otncri ana uus P"e PP ucueu nnc c;uuuieie, w unu ,vuw na., w p.- hongcg all Q . md mind M,lltary timer-
j together, was the hrst torm ot his manu- haps, 1,000 m rsew lorx, was cut into K ' tliera o look very well. The Uls were neither few nor far between that
strings or rigurcs, and on glancing at u i oa , T .n1nn fflrn TrafaWr ut Cha- vear. Memory cames me back to the first
OlllitUti? .w. 0 - j fjr- . - .
riii" Cress, Grosvenor, Portman, Caven- one I ever witnessed. It was probably
dish Bedford, Trevistock, Enston; Lin that of Col. Stevens. Three or fcr mili
coln's Inn, Inn Fields, and Eaton. There tary companies were out, and escorted tho -are
some others of not ranch consequence, corpse to the grave, with measured step,
Of the monuments there is York Column, and to the solemn strains of "Roslin Ca&
which is on Waterloo Place, a Doric pil- tie." It was, to me at the time, an im
lar of granite, 124 feet high, -surmounted pressivo funeral; and even now it passes
by a bronze statue of thc Dukoof York; before me in my dreams. ? -on
Fish Hill is a fluted Dorfccolumn 202 . In all seriousuess, however, Messrs. Ed
feet hih erected in 1677, in coramcmora- jtors, funerals, as conducted at the present
tion of the great lire oi lionuon. . luei-aav m rayeucvim, "vy.
IS I OUglll (O le. xuere io iw uiuc gioiuY,
cfti omi.bf llir Tnrwt hnrrildft din I biripis.
. He took a shagreen spectacle case Irom ' . n - cl rnr hon Napoleon, too, liad Lis peculiar mode of could not help crying, "Ah! how in the
his pocket, wiped the glasses carefully with h& t0? "fam meditktion and work. When he was not world did this fine shawl get so badly darn,
a silk handkerchief, and adjusted them on an Vt; j the bands which secured iu council, says Boumenne, he staid in his aged? Was it eaten by the ratsH M. Gu-
hisnose. Then he produced an oblong mws ;n Inv le and the ierk study, talking to himself, and sung, or like yetaut laughed, and she siid: "Oh, ouyriere
box, which he unlocked, and placed on one m . L1U" v "fthom- that when a child, cut the arms of his chair; then sad- Monsieur, it is not damaged at all; I am
of tLseats. After ich L sat down loSuS,Y found denly housing up, would give the plan of a rearranging it." Probably my lady read-
nnicklv in the place I hjid occupied a lew . ; ,., ... ' , monument to be erected, or dictate -those ers will be asmuch sunino I as 1 was to find
V. .,..1, I HIV UilUUS UCV. " i...""- 1
UlUU 11 L-
immense movements which have
ed or frightened the world.
that these costly shawls are . purposely cut
in pieces and then sewn together again.
The. nhilosonhv oi it is this: rome vears
the fjtshion is lor wmte ngures, running in
sel's, and prudence dictate tnat iwu. decapitated body of the madman, who, in
K viiinllv readv to answer the most frivol- uP11 J , .
V-v vv. - J .
i . 4.; J- A rt;r. i-v-o it-i i r
polite- i
ous and impertinent questions with
ness. I said that 1 did not.
"Ah V said he, "well, perhaps you have
heard of the spleen 7 Exactly. i ow, sci
tending to assail my life, had, by keeping
me down at the bottom of the car, saved it.
Pluck. The hopelessness of any one s
accomplishing anything without pluck is scrolls as in cashmeres, and sometimes for
illustrated bv an old .Last India fable- A black. Ilenco shawls with white ground
mouse that dwrelt near the abode of a J figures are cut when black sell best, and
great magician was Kepi in sucu coiisiani i tlie blacK cuttings sewn iu. omiuciiuii-b,
distress by its fear ol a cat, that the mag-1 vyhen a lot of shawls have been . lor many
ician, taking pity on it, turned it into a cat I years km hand, the
A M vumoth Bowl of Puxch. A re
markable bowl of punch was made across
the water in 1844. It was made in a foun-
wueat i ijm fn Tctoritir -nnll tain, in a crardeii. m the middle ol lour
dull &nd 1. to 2 cents lower, with few ouye , i q a I olVa vered overhead with orange and ffir fmm foar nf a linntomTi and th I i-. i,n0 ;f oa it ramfl frnm tlis Twlian
m moderate export demand at ?1 7U ior ran wuu '"" . , , , onA in norr k Wn, a fa- : m : F t ii t, vvia .f
wwrr, O.im Ww. Pork hearr new mes nf the blood, and conter an mesumauie u- icmv v-v . - - -- ma-ntiau i u5ul
Cptton nominal at 10J to 16f cents. Southern flour ence Qas never as yet been able to fand out
dull and 5 to 10 cents lower common to fiur extra . , .i . orrari aud the man who be-
X 7X S7 7.V cronH to choice S7 to Sll. neat - - - . ,
e- -
itself. Immediately it began to sufler i
from its fear of a dog, so fthe magician
turned it into a dog. Then it began to
suffer from fear of a tiger, and the magici
an turned it into a tiger. Then it began ;
Trafalgar oouare.
176 feet high, and surmounted by a colossal about them;! too lime reremou, xueiu
bronze statue of Nelson; on the summit of are no regular processions, save a etring of
the Grand Arch at the top of Constitution half empty vehicles: those persons who go
th DhVa of of.-mt ennfi no themselves to tho sidewalks.
. . - , n , I ml, 19 n i.tfni ' - . . -
s disposition of the tigures Lrrr.n n,v;n frnt rtf TtToi I art a oyitn ImiTv alone, at masse. flDnar-
. , .' -i T .1 I t'lUUiTWU, ftuu 4.-,.i. ,4J. I !" ' - , - o ...'
are changed in order to sun iu Fniuiuig chanre j3 another to the same. There is 1 ently endeavoring to ie nm at tne grave.
tast. Now, the work was done so well , p , , , . thj.t rt RtAtnfift ftf vntr. Tha does not look well, and the practice
land will not begin to compare with those j should be condemned.
Another custom a time-nonorea one
when
that I could not distinguish the spams, but
it seems to me that if I were to tray a shawl
worth a thousand dollars, I should greatly i
covered
ta-
with
tVBWU CfelAU. I ' , - - p .
. - I . 1 11 il V 1 lA.n--K v if
i rr fhA romainnpr or tne I me. me wuuic icu" ui m
rptresnmeiiis. iu iut luumnm .
wonas jraw. F"'. r - v .l.l. r
"You will not get much glorv by that,' toiiowing mgreuieuu,. a ui
Lsaid, forcing myself to seem to take this brandy, twenty-fave thousand lemons, twen
outragus practical joke in good , part, ty gallons of lime jmcc thn-teen tunned
4 ?. -.IiJn.vnrmavnot weip-ht of white sugar, thirty-one pounds
- - II IHIViaLClUl E1.11W1441V1J J J 1 - O - - . . -.
O . . 11 - - I t iJ nn4mAvo 1 Tf.- hnntlKVl tflSlCtAfl
i ill irraLtxi uuiuKti, wuvv
gain. As vou have only
-. - " - Ml.
'lie a mouse a-
the heart ot a
loom. I was told that hundreds of these
i
re-arranged
shawls are annually sold to ;
He may be clothed with the powers,
- . I , , ... , i . 1 I 1 1 M 1 II .
placed m the position ot brave men, but he te, and the work will be elegantly done wLndon i3noted for its monstrous bronzes,
41 f; ioi Rof ..n. hno-Hl. Spirits tur
" V" -- --o M re
jentine heavy at 49 cents. Rosin heary at
Wilmingtox, Feb. 11; Spirits turpentione 40
cenu; market quiet and steady. Rosin at ?2 lo
for etrained.'" Crude turpentine Market Btea.ty;
8-2 20 for hard and $3 20 for yellow dip. Tar 2
30 hbl.; market stead y. Cotton at 14. cents;
mFeb. li'lspiriJTurpentlne 46 cents; market profit by your discoveries, but it will in
active and firm. Rosm $2 10. Crude turpentine i faUitly nang you.
$2 20 for hard, and S3 20 for yeUow dip. Tar $3 iCKnt he bluntly replied. "I am
30 p bbl. Cotton No transactions reported; mid- , rmsiaerable
dlmg and strict middling wanted-none on market; I had to stand my trial for an built on purpose a little boat, wherein was TOur obscurity again. You have only the
low grades heary; market firm. , practice, but l im io siu iuj I r fountain, and i.i f nA U ;a nlesa ti mako Fire
?,.A-t .!..onf.itn M mypuis-luoJl"J . I , .v. ,v c.: iVwnnA mnmieU J t miuia character is his own, and hia honor
v uhc WUILlllUJV v 4u- uu fl lal Z .r- v hinri An tnfriCT 1 Till II 1 1-- I TUIKHI I liaL IIItlAC! CMA. . t.'W v I I I
for hard: market Tir 30; market .tejJ stona tn Z: - Srank from Ae fountain. T . i '" ' Time is but the herald of eternity. i is in his own keeping.
Votton 14 cenU, W e quote tne market nrm. i er 19 ever rvwij wvus;ii v.v . -
nnn nill see all OVCT ElirODC TUcV 3X6
K4ii-'ltArlind for their- height, thev I obtained in the olden time. Tlten.
are sometimes too small and sometimes too the coffin was brought out from the house
laro-e. Their attitude is bad, and their or the church, all tho males standing out-
mouse, it is impossible to help you by giv- American ladies at veryrlarge pnc?s, and o mn 1 v seea anvthino- -ith is not the case now. I have ofteri found
- ii. v. i r i.t : l n . ,1 I . - , i i xi ti.t .nm u 44m'v v ... . - n .. i
ing you tuc uuuy ua uuuici auuuai. iiuu i jj thOSC WUO uave lutiu uiiu iiiiiv iucj wiin- i
i Vi ruinr r.reatnrfi acain became a TflOlllrsf1-. I Zn Tinoc thoxr xirill nnderstand the reason. I
LAAV - T I lift lJll.t.V0 V I
- . -m 1 t "I 1 1 1 1 1X I 0 V
It is the same witn a mouse iiearreu man. i Thev Ixavc onlr to seim ine soawis w some i - v; -
rs, and 1 nicommodense, liike the person ofVhom I J h
i 1
eve of prejudice, I will let an Italian my sell on sucn occasions, sianumg aiono
. JMmmM U. .1 -!. '1 -LI IllllllUfll. 1 1 1.111 .L. .x. v.. . w . . ' - v . - - - . .
he thinks, although he is rather was involuntary I had been so taught in
Says the Piermont, of Turin:
boyhood.
I have heard it said of an old physician
or
. I City HI kilt; ni hi, : .; 1 'i 3 1 11 ' V
TZ , .m 0nt, anA mate make it the most wretched and deso- j booked six thousand dollars as the
"f Ly.f " S aSlV Vlace. At every crossing and of his practice- collected the r,m
statues are placed statues
square.
of
bronze, of iron, and of marble, statues on
result
money.
X.
Fayetteville, K. C, IWy 1S74.