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ff 5 4y (ffm ilP ff1 Published by J. H. & G. G; Myrover, Corner Anderson and Old Streets, Fayetteville, N. C. i r i -0. W WWW VOL 1 North Carolina Gazette. . J. II. & G. G. MYROVER, TERMS OF S UBSCIUPTIOX: One yi ar (in advance) Six IUi DtllM, " Throe .f2 50 . 1 25 . 75 CLUB RATES: 1 0 conies (sent to one address) with an extra copy $ 22 50 4U 00 75 00 00 00 150 00 and ii premiunPof a flue oliroino, value $25 100 copies (.sent to one address) with an extra copy and a premium of a tine cliromo, value flO BA TES OF AD T'ER TISIXG : On square (9 linos solid nonpareil) one insertion $ 1 00 .. .. .. . .. two i 50 " " " ' " one month 2 50 " " V three ' 5 00 " Kix " 9 oo " " - " ." twelve " 15 00 - Longer ailvcrfisemouts charged in proportion to the alniVB rates. Special Xotiei's 23 jer cent, more than rnular advert ispiiii'nts. Keadin Xotices i0 cents per lino for each and every insertion. News Budget. STJMMAUY OF NE"V7S For the Week ending March 10, 1874. KoHKIfiX. The steamship Herder, from Hamburg for New York, encountered a hurricane, sprung a ' 'leak, lost loafs, and put back. to Queenstowii. Steamship Xtdninud. from Antwerp for PhilauVl p!iiii. which j:Im put-back to Queeiiwtown, in ad- '! dition to having her cargo bhii'ted. also lost or' boat.-. Dr. I'orbcs Winston, a well knownuicdi ciil writer, ix tUwl. De Chambord is atrVieima in . pevfw4.her.lth. .Several telegrams. hiive been re - reived at Havana by private-pai ties, reporting that Ex President Ces'pedes" had been killed by mum members of the Sau Iiuep.tin battalion; it ih further said that bin body was brought to Santia go de Cuba, where it was recognized, after which it was burned in thut. city. A special dispatch tit the .London Timet from Haynniie contain the fol lowing intelligence obtained from JnvliMs: Don Carlos has announced that it is not his intention to impose contributions upon the population- of Milium, when the place is taken. On hit entrance into the city he will proceed to the Cathedral, .and he ci'owned King of .Spain. He will swear to sup port the liberties of the people, and will constitute a irovt-i-nment with Uenera! Klio as President. and an appeal will be made to foreign powers to recognize the belligerency of the Carlist. He will declare the Spaniards exempt from allegiance to other government than his own; he will draw iivf millions as the first inetallmetit of the loan previously coiitmctp-l. A correspondent of , the Daily Xew. at .St. Puteivburg, writes Under date f fiYi ult., that serious rioting has occurred in atteru Poland, in consequence of the closing of rlmtvlies by order :f the government. At one pk.ee the disorder vi bo great that the niilitarv was called ut, and ih -d on the rioters, killing ami wounding TO pernon. "'he aggressive nioveinent . of the 'at li.- ts h;i? s; rvi-d to a route a feeling in the ;eo;;1e to aid the people by all the means in their . power, to criifdi the i.-jsui-: cctioy. Contributions of money ni,d elothing are pouring in, and all the tli-;:tres iji "viadrid have given performance in aid f tbe caue. Telegi-ams have been receive' 1 Jioia the provincial authorities, offering moral and material support. The latest advices from Bilbao . report no change in the situaiion. The Carlist keep up their bombardment, a.M about iiCtj shells are thrown into the city daily. 1om;-:sti j A l.ill forbidding Sunday railroad trains has tailed in the New Jersey Senate. A squarerigged vessel lias been wrecked on liarnegat shoals, and two boats, filled with men, passed station 14, eight miles uoi til of I'amegat. The Krenoh Academy has postponed the contemplated reception to Em ile Olivier, because he persists in retaining in his in.f ugural address a" eulogy of the Euieror Louis '.. Napo!c;i. The temperance Womei of Worcester, Mass. . ha ve abandoned Dio Lewis" :plan of attack and will seek to operrate thro'lgh the owners of building, by pledging them not to let to liquor dealers. The house of a colored man named Sears, nine miles from Indianapolis, was burned Wednes day. Two children, 3 and 4 years of age, who were locked inside, were bWned to death. The parents were alment at tins time. Fie broke out on the moi inng of the 4th in the Eastern railroad freight sheds in East 15o;;ton, and the iocs will reach SPJO.OUO, of which the Eastern Kailroad Con: puny loss's .tj(1,00O, upon which they had insu rance. A train of twenty- loaded freight cart; waf burned. The loss may exceed the above amount, as it is very, difficult to estimate the value of the freight destroyed. A large -building, composed of brick and wood, was thoroughly gutted. Hie fire was caused by the breaking of a carboy of vit riol. At Philadelphia, the old frigate I'omtltutk-n was taken into the sectional dock, on' the 4th, and then transferred to the ways- in the dry dock. She is to be rebuilt. ' REVIEW Or THE MA2KETS For ths Week ending March 10, 1874. LlVF.nrook,. March 4. Cotton dull and un changed, with sales of 12,000 bales; speculation and export, 2,000 bales. Orleans,- not below Low Middling, shipped March and April, td. March 5. Sales on a ..basis of Middling Up lands, nothing below Good Ordinary, shipped March and April, 7Jd. Sales on a bass of Mid dling Uplands, nothing 1k1ow Good Ordinary, de liverable May and June," 7 ll-16d. March 6. Cotton to arrive firmer. Sales of Uplands nothinir below good onlinary, shipped March and April,, 7d. Sales of Orleans nothing below-low middling, shipped March and April, SjJ. Nf.w- Yokk, March .4. Gold 111S&112. Gov ernment bonds. are active and lower. Cotton quiet and firm at 1HS Ifii cts. Flour quet common to fair extra Southern (i 60'a7 55; good to choice 8? hO'tf 11. Wheat, quiet, but steady Coin is a shade easier new Western mixed TGSl cU. ; Pork tinner new mess $15 80. ' Beef unchanged. ' Spirits turpentine closed steady at -48 ets.' Koein , steadv. Xey York, March 5. Gold lllflll. Gov ernment bonds are active and better. Cotton qui et, but firmer, at lGi16 cents. Flour dull, and favors buyers coruuiou to fair extra Southern t. 5.V 7 rrfl- tr.uxA t eboiee- ft7 75'all. Wheat 1 h -2 iLts iwttr Potti liill new Western mixed 7HSti0 cente. Pork firmer new mess $16. Beef unchanged. Spirits turpentine closed steady at cents. .Kosin steaay at 5 March G. Gold active and weak, at IUi 11 If. GovfinmentA doll and lower. Cotton at lGi'S 1& ,T. J. 11,U , A It 1 1 g.A " i- " " -limited supply, witrfTair export inquiries, at 1 cents itetter. Corn 1 cent oetter, ana rauier mure doinr. at 7tfiS82 cts. for new western; mixed SI cents: hiifh mixed and yellow western Sl'SS cents. Spirits turpentine heavv at 47 cts. Rosin heavy at $2 40. Wilmixgtox, March 4. Spirits turpentine, Kop'in $1.90 for strained; market steady- Crude . turpentine $3 for Yellow Dip and $2 for Hard; t m OA l . A a uiai Ket eteaay. i ar 55s x; marKet steaay. cot ton 13 cents. " . f . '' March 5. .Spirits turpentine 43 cents per gal lon for Southern packages; market has declined 1 " cent. Kosin, strained quiet and steady at $1, 90; no sales reported. Crude turpentine,' yellow dip lias declined 10 ceuits; 2 for hard and $2 90 for yellow dip; market closing quiet at the latter fig ures. Tar 2 30 per bbl.; market quiet and tea-dr- Cotton 13 cents. , , March 6. Spirits turpentine 43 cents. 1 I i r : r . ' Home Circle. WEIGHED AND FOUND WAXTLXG. "I wish I Lad five hundred dollars," Gra ham Marsh said, as he looked up from the paper he had been reading. : f ."What would you do with it?" asked Al ice Moore, smiling down into his face. She had laid aside her work, and had come to his side. "I would "buy a partnership in some re liable firm, where a young and active part ner is wanted," he replied. "Would five hundred dollars do it?" "Not five hundred "dollars in itself, but with what I could put with it I could easi ly get a chance to invest it as I proposed. But five hundred dollars is what is needed, and without it. there is no need of talking." "And 4f you had it if you could buy in-, to some firm, what then?" "What then? Why, we could be marri ed, and have a home of our own, that's all." A soft light came into her eyes. "Perhaps, -if we work a little harder, you and 1, we can get it inside of a year," she said, resolutely. "1 don't want you to help get it he ans wered; "yon wchk hard enough now, with that everlasting scribbling of yours. I want to get a home where I can take you, and let you give up this drudgery of writing for a living wholly." JHsn't such very hard work. I should dike to get a home. You ought to be will ing to let me; I am the ono to enjoy it most." "I know, it but you work hard enough now," lie answered,- a smile" curving the lines about hia mouth, as she let her band fall caressingly on his hair. It was pleas ant to feel her touch upon his head, and to know that she cared m much for him. "I shouldn't mind a little extra work," she said, thoughtfully, "because I should all the time be looking forward to what the reward would be. You work hard; its only fair that I should help yon if I can." "Yes, I know I work hard; that is a fact, Alice. I should not labor so, it it were not for you." "Well, then, since you work so diligent ly for me, you ought to let me assist you a little. I will be only an extra poem or story a week. In that way I can obtain something to aid vou in vour plan per haps." : . "Well, I don't mi nil your trying, but I don't fancy the idea of your working any harder than you do at present." fcjhe looked down into the handsome face of the man ehe had promised to many. It as not a strong lace. 1 here were lines of weakness alout the mouth, and of in decision in the features which a physiog nomist would not have liked to see. But to Alice Moore, who had so few friends, he was more than you can imag ine, unless you are in circumstances similar to those which surrounded her. lo her mania re with him, she looked forward longingly, trustingly. Then she would have a home of her own. Then when love sat down beside their own hearth-stone, they would smile at the world, and have strong hearts to battle with it. Alice wrote the extra story every week. It was a task, sometimes, to muster up id eas, when ideas seemed nearly exhausted, but the -impulse that prompted her to per form this extra labor kept her steadily to her determination; and the publisher who had consented to take the papers she pro posed to furnish him each week, found them promptly ou hind. Any one wito knows anything about "writing for a living," knows that it is a 'hard living" that any one gets that way, in nine cases out of ten. Alice lound it kept her busy to write enough to keep her self in clothes . and pay her board bills, and afford the occasional recreations which she knew she must have, if she kept to her work. Bat every time she thought of the home she was going to ha ve, and the love that would be hers in it, her fingers flew over the paper,"" and it seemed to her that the stories she wrote then were her best ones.- "I am laying, up quite a little sum to ward that five hundrded dollars," she said to Graham Marsh, one evening, when he dropped in to chat aii hour or two, as he did quite often. "1 think I know where I can invest it," he said. "I heard cf an opening yesterday. Lent told me about it." The year went on slowly, it seemed to Alice Moore, b he o-rew .more and more4 weary of the life in Mrs. St. John's board--ing-house. It was bo different from what her ideal home-life was, so lacking, utterly, in the thousand nameless things that made life what life ought to be. ; By and by, as the year was drawing to a close, Graham Marsh's visits became less frequent. He pleaded press of business when the chided him for not coming often er. But there was something in his man ner troubled Alice. A something what, she could not tell seemed to stretch itself between them. He was often thoughtful arid preoccupied. , He seemed ill at ease in her company. He spoke little of the future, and not at all of the home alxmt which thev had talked so much. By and by rumor of the cause of this change in her lover came to her. . Ho had met a fairer face than her own, and the gos sips said that he went oftener to see this new fancy of his than he did to see the wo man who wore his betrothal ring. At first Alice could not believe it. She would not. ' But by and by she found put something that made her believe that there was some truth in the story,' in spite of her determination not to believe it.- When Graham Marsh came to her the first 'time after, her discoveryy-sh'e.put the question to him fairly and squarely. Did he care for some one jelse more than he did for herj v "' ! . . He could not evade a direct answer, and she found out the x man she had loved so well was recreant to his promise. "Ah, trraham! 7 she said, With no re proach in her face and tone, "why couldn't yon have told me this franklv and honestr . . , ly betorei Did you suppose I would keep you against your wishes!" I have not asked my freedom back," he said, fretfully. "I do not now."J , "Do you imagine I would wear your ring another day, .knowing what I do?" she ask ed. "You wrong me. I give it back to you now, and hope yon may be happy," she added, earnesth . He took, his ring, ashamed of himself thoroughly. There was something noble and lofty in Alice that commanded his ad miration and respect. She had given him no reproaches for his conduct, onlygood wishes lor his iuture happiness. He married the womanWho had won him away from Alice.A.niong his wed ding gifts was a letter, and opening it, he drew out three hundred dollars, and a scikn of paperpirwhich was written "Accept this from a friend. You need a home. Let this cro toward buying you one, and may it be a home to vou indeed." There was no name, but he knew well enough who it came from. If he had been a strong, proud man he would not have accepted it. But he was a weak man in many things, and he accepted this money, telling himself that some time lie wouid repay it. He needed it so much, he argu ed in his selfishness. Alice is better oif, I think, without Gra ham Marsh than she would have been Avith him. He was never worthy of her. She is infinitely above him in nobility of mind and soul. She would have chafed over his narrow selfishness, and his w aver ing, vacillating purposes. Some time the happiness may come to her which she de serves; the happiness of home, and a heart worthy of her love. I trust it will. EbgAk A. Poe I remember seeing on a single occasion. He announced a lecture to be delivered at the Society Li brary building ou Broadway, under the title of the "Universe." It was a stormy night, and there were not more than sixty persons present in the lecture-room. I have seen 10 portrait of Poe that does jus tice to his pale, delicate, intellectual face and magnificent eyes. His lecture was a raphsody of the most intense brilliancy. He appeared inspired, and his inspiration atTected the scant audience almost pain fully. He wore his coat tisrlitly buttoned across his slender chest; his eyes seemed to glow like those of his own raven, and ho kept its entmneed for two hours and a half. 31. H. Field. Old Stvle-axd Nkw Stvlk. When, a calendar of Julius Ctt-sar was reform ed under Pope. Gregory XIII, in 172-5, by a j brief it was ordered that October 5th siiould be called October loth. The adop tion of the Gregorian calendar in England took place September, 1752, when the 3d 0 the month was called the 11th; To change Old Style to New add 11 days. George Washington was born Feb. 11, 1'7:2, O. S., but adding the 11 days, we celebrate tlm. 22nd in honor of his birth. If the revolution of the earth around the sun occupied exactly 365 days the calen dar would never need correction. As that is about 11 minutes longer than the real pe riod, we add a day every four years to Feb ruary, omitting it in 1700, 1800, and 1900. ANECDOTE OF a Spider. A fine old English gentleman, (Mr Moggridge,). with abundant leisme for studies in natural history, has written a very entertaining book on insects, in one chapter of which, as a critic asserts, he "elevates the! character of the spider." It is pleasant, at any rate, to-know that he has found out enough about the creature's feelings to elevate science in the direction of mercy. The story is briefly as follows: Moggridge had been in the habit of immersing for preser vation his different specimens of spiders and ants in bottles of alcohol. He saw that thev straggled for a few minutes; but he thought that the sensation was soon extinguished- and they were soon free from suffering.' On one occasion he wished to preserve a largo female spider and twenty four of her 3-oiing ones that he had captured. Ho put the mother into a bottle of alcohol, and saw that after a few monents she fol ded her legs about her body and , was , at rest. He "then put into the bottle : the young ones, who of course manifested acate pain. What was his surprise to see the mother arouse herself from ..her lethargy, dart around to and gather her young ones to her bosom, fold her arms around them, and again relapse into insensibility, until at length death came to her relief, and the limbs, no longer controlled by this matern al instinct, relaxed their grasp and became debd. The effects of the exhibition upon him is a lesson to our common humanity. He has applied chloroform .before immer sion. Judging from the above, the spider is certainly superior to the human animal, in the fact that alcohol does not destroy her natural affection. :, Diamonds "Glittering" in "' Washestg- tox. Mrs. Belknap appeared in a .charm- ino- peach-blow silk, with pear i and dia mond ornaments; Madame Borges in deli cate Nile green silk, with diamonds. But the ffpms which made those worn by our republican ladies "pale their ineffectual fires" were worn by Mme. de Clermont-Ton-nerre, the new French Secretary's wife consisting of necklace composed of long, dazzling pendants, bracelets richly set. sprays of leaves for the hair, and diamond ear-rings, terminating in solitaire pearls of unusual size. Her dress was of pink silk over which was worn costly lace drapery." Mrs. Charles Moulton wore a white silk petticoat and black yelvett rain. Her di amonds also "were noticeably brilliant. In fact, diamonds' flashed from nearly ev ery lady's toilet. Courier Journal. THURSDAY, MARCH 12, ,THE DEAD ALIVE. : A great number of persons who knew the celebrated Dr. B.- -, a professor of the College of Surgeons, have often heard him relate the following anecdote: . One day that he had procured the bodies Of two criminals who had been hung, for the purpose of anatomy, not being able to find the key of the dissecting-room at the moment "the two subjects were brought, he ordered them to be deposited in an apart ment contiguous to his bed-room. During the evening Dr, B. w rote and read as usual previous to retiring to rest. ThcTclocJt had just struck one, and all the family slept soundly, when all at once a dull sound proctededfrom tiro room con taining the dead bodies. Thinking that the cat had perhaps been shut up there" by mistake, he went to see what could be the cause of the unexpected noise. What was his astonishment, or rather, his horror, on discovering that the sack which contained tbe bodies was torn asunder, and on going nearer he found that one of the bodies was missing. , The doors and windows had been fast ened with the greatest care, and it appear ed impossible that the lody could have been stolen. The good Dr. felt rather ner vous on remarking this, 'and it was not without an uneasy sensation that ho began to look about him, when, to his horror and amazement, he perceived the missing body sitting upright in a corner, Poor Dr. B.. at this unewiected annari- tion, became transfixed wjth terror, which was increased by observing the dead and sunken eyes of the corpse fixed on him; whichever way he turned those dreadful eves followed him. The worthy doctor, more dead than . a- live, iioAV began to beat a quick retreat; without' losing sight of the object of his terror,; he retreated step by step, one hand holdirig the candle, the other extended in ie at length gained; but there is no escape. The spec tre has risen and followed him, whose liv id features, added to the lateness of the hour, and the stillness of night, seem to cc 11 spire to deprive the doctor of the little courage he has left; his strength fails, the candle falls from his hand, and the terri ble scene is now in complete darkness. The good doctor has gained his apart ment and thrown himself upon his bed; but the fearful spectre has followed him it has caught him, and seizes hold of his feet with both hands. At this climax of terror the doctor loudly exclaimed, "Whoever you ts uivt.mci ' - ,t tins -the spectre let go his hold, and moaned feebly these words: "Pity, good hangman! have a little pity on me!" , The doctor now discovered the mvsteiv, and regained little by little his composure explained to the criminal, who had so narrow ly escaped death who he was, and prepared to call up some of his family.'. "Do you wish to destroy me?" exclaim ed the criminal; "If I am discovered, my adventure will become public, and I shall be brought to the scaffold a second time, save me from In the name of humanity death!" The good doctor did not well know what means to employ to save the poor creature, lie could not keep him in his house, and to turn him out would be to ex pose him to certain death. The only way, then, was to get him into the country; so, having made him dress himself in some old clothes which the kind hearted doctor se lected from his wardrobe, he left town ear ly, accompanied by his charge, whom he represented as an assistant in a difficult case upon w hich he had been called. When they had g"ot into the open coun try, the wretched man threw himself at the feet. of his benefactor and liberator, to whom he swore eternal gratitude; and the generous doctor, having relieved his wants by a small sum of money,- the grateful creature left him v ith many blessings and prayers for his happiness. About twelve years after this occurrence, Dr. B. had occasion to visit Amsterdam. Having gone one day to the bank, he was accosted by a well-dressed man one who had been pointed out to him as one of the most opulent men of the city. i - ,The merchant asked him politely if he was not Dr. B. of London, and on his ans swering in the affirmative,- pressed him to dine at his house, which invitation the wrr thy doctor accepted. On arriving at the merchant's house he was shown into an el egant apartment, where a most charming woman and two lovely children welcomed him in the most friqndly manner; which re ception surprised him more, coming from persons he had never before met. After dinner the merchant, having taken him into his counting-house, seized his hand, and pressing it with friendly warmth said: "Do you not recollect me?" , : "No," said the doctor. , . "Well then, I remember you well, and your features will never be obliterated from my memory fo"r to you I owe . my life. "Do you not remember the poor crim inal On leaving you 1 came to Holland Writing a good hand, and being also a good accountant, I soon obtained a situa tion as clerk in a , merchant's' office. My zeal and good conduct soon gamed for me the confidence of my employer and the af fection of his daughter. When ho retired from business I succeeded him, and became his son-in-law; but wiihout you,, without your care, without your assistance, I should not have lived to enjoy so much happiness! Generous man! consider henceforth my house, my fortune and - myself wholly yours The kind doctor was affected even to tears; and both these happy beings partic ipated in the most delightful expression of their feelings, wnicn were presently snared by the merchant's interesting family, who soon came to join tuem. 1874. : : ' " ' "' - 1XO 31 Sickness. Sickness takes us aside, and sets us alone with God. We are taken in to his private chamber, and there he. con verses "with us face to face. The world is afar off, our relish for it is gone, and we are alone with God. Many are the words of grace and truth which he then speaks to us. All our former props are struck a- way, and now we must lean on God. The things of earth are felt to be vanity; man's sympathy deserts us: weare cast wholly upon God, that we may learn that His praise and His sympathy are enough. "If it were not for pain," says some one, "I should spend less time with God. If 1 had not been kept awake by pain, I should have lost one of the sweetest experiences I ever had in my life. The disorder of my body is the veiy help I want from God; if it does its work before it lays me in the dust, it will raise me up in Heaven." Jewels. It is said that Agnes Sorel, the favorite of Charles VI. of France was the first noble-womanthat ever wore a dia mond necklace, the art of cutting and pol ishing diamonds being almost unknown until her time. It is said that that this necklace, or carcanet, as it was called, was so heavy and uncomfortable that Agnes Sorel wore it only on state occasions. She however, popularized the style, and dia monds 6oon became all the rage, and com manded fabulous prices. As there can be nothing permanent in the world of fash ion, brilliants were in time superseded by artistically wrought gold and jewelry. Catharine de Medicis and Diana de Poiti ers brought pearls into vogue, and diam onds were quite discarded until Mary Stu art s marriage with 1 rancis I. of 1 ranee, when she brought some remarkable gems from England; but after that unfortunate queen's return to Scotland, subsequent to her young husband s death, pearls regain ed their supremacy. On the occasion of Marie de Medicis' coronation, all the ladi. ies of the court wore elegant head-dresses of pearls. Under the reign of Louis XIV., precious stones were brought 111 large quantities from Persia and India, and were more generally worn than before. Even- the waists and "sleeves of dresses were trimmed- if that word may be properly used with turquoise and ruby passement erie, aigrettes of diamonds, not to speak of the enormous and dazziingly brilliant stomachers then m vogue. Diamonds were displayed in almost incredible profusion, as buttons and studs and pins; on the lids of snuff-boxes and jewel-cases; on the han dles 01 whips, parasols, and swords ana the heads of canes; and, above all, on 'the lace-collars of the courtiers. Daxcks at the South ix Othki: Days. A gentleman writing of St. Augustine, 1 londa, 111 1817, gives the following, ac count of the dances once in favor there, which is certainly a matter of curiosity: "The old inhabitants still speak in terms of fond regret of the place when embower ed in its orange groves, wild the pleasant ness of its old customs and usages. Dan cing formed ono of their most common a musemeuts, as it does now. The posey dance, now become obsolete, was then of almost daily occurrence, and was introdu ced in the following manner: The females erect in their house a neat little tirbor, dressed with pots and garlands of flowers, and lit up brightly with candles. This is understood by the gentlemen as an invita tion to drop in, and admire the beauty of their decorations. In the meantime, the lady who has prepared it selects a partner from among her visitors, and in token of her preference honors him with a bouquet of flowers. Tho gentleman who receives the bouquet becomes then, for the nonce, king of the ball, and leads out the fair do nor as queen of the dance; the others take partners, and the ball is thus inaugurated, and may continue several successive even ings. Should the lady's choice fall upon an unwilling swain, which seldom happen ed, he could be excused by assuming the expenses of the entertainment. These asr semblics were always informal, and fre quented by all classes, all meeting on a level; but were conducted with the utmost politeness and decorum, for which the Span ish character is so distinguished." A Pen Poktrait of Disraeli. This great conservative leader, in whoso hands have been reposed all the material interests of the Church and aristocracy, is anything but the type of an Englishman. lie, is a tall and rather broad-shouldered man thought otherwise not of stout build with a slight stoop, of very sphinx-like ; looks ; a sallow complexion and a dreamy expres sion : a long and shaven upper lip, closely shaven whiskers, and an imperial. His walk is more like that of a dancing master than of a genuine John Bull, his toes evi dently doing much more work than his heels. A hearty, joyous laugh from him would seem to be impossible: but there is frequen tly a very sardonic, smile upon the face of this master 01 irony. ' Whatever may be his relio-ious views and they appear by some of his novels to be a singular mixture of Christianity and Judaism he is the first of the. Hebrew race who has attained . . - . .- - - - . . . the position of Premier of England, and hfi is eonallv vrou 1 of the favored -people from whom he traces a distinguished line-ao-o. Although in his sixty-ninth year, Disraeli shows no signs of "senility, and could wear out many a much younger man in hours of oratorical effort, or in watching the interests of tho party he presides over, -- w even from the foremost opposition bench of the House. ot, Commons- - Some of the Boston critics have arrived at the conclusion that Sothern is not such a funny actor after all." "Dundreary" has evidently neglected to; establish a "free ltmeh route" during his present engagement. Tis so much easier to talk right than it is to do right. t : 1 '"' 1 : ' . i i .i ii Masks. If we could only read the hearts of each other, we would be kinder to each other. If we knew the woes and bitterness find physical annoyance pf our neighbors, we would make allowances for them- which tre do not now. We go hiding our heart pangs and our heartaches as carefully as we can, and yet we wonder that others do ijot discover them by intuition. Wect.ver our best feelings from the light; we do not so conceal our resentments and dislikes of which we are prone to be proud. Often two people 'sit close together with, "I love you" in either heart, and neither can know it. Each thinks, "I could be fond, but what is the use of wasting fondness on one who does not care for it?" ando they part and cro their wavs alone. Life is- a mas querade at which few unmask even to their very dearest. And though there is much need of masking, it would be well if we dared to show plainly our real faces from birth to death, for then a few, at least, would truly, love each .other.'.. HoiiE Conduct. Much of the counsel given by familiar moralists toward making home happy has the defect of a pre-suppo- sition that it must be some particular mem ber of the household to whose aggressions or neglects the discomforts of the family are chiefly due. : Thus the self-sufficiency of several individuals is encouraged to vaunt itself over the presumed imperfections of one personage, and a reconciliation of all is rendered more difficult than before. To advise a wife to be lovingly forbearing with her care-abstracted husband, or a husband to be antictiouately patient with his pleasure-loving wife, is to intimate that fault in tho matter "has been all on one side, and nourish in the compassionately advised one a sense of self-righteousnesa particula- rily adverse to the harmonizing end pro posed. - All the- members of an ordinary family have some part in the formation of the character of each, for good or evil; and where the happiness of a home is disturbed by what is commonly attributed to the perversity or intractability ot one of its oc cupants,5 a just consideration of all past, as well as present, circumstances in the case will generally show that the offender can cite some warrants for his offence in the insagacity or neglect or petty provocations of those with whom he lives. If he has been, wicked,, they have been at lea3t un wise. While some natures in the family, as in the world, are more prone than others to folly or irritability; while some are more gentle and ductile and unselfish than oth ers, it is humanly impossible for any one of them to take a distinctively unfortunate course without some, perhapsj involuntary or only, maladroit instigation from tho oth ers. Father, mother, - sister,! brother, are all in some measure responsible for each other's defects, and he general manners of a home must be first studied when the unhappiness. caused by an individual is to be radically rectified. " . Last winter a. party of eighteen Nor wegian whalers perished at Cape Thors den, Spitzbergen. The Captain,. Fritiz Mack, kept a 'journal down . to the time when he himself was attacked It contains the following entries: "January 19, 1S73. At 5 30 a. m. God called to himself Ton nes G. Peterson, who has been down with the scurvy since the 5th. Samo day, at 12. 30 p. in., died of the same disorder, Heu drick Hertnas, Avho was first attacked De cember 19. February 2. Tho scurvy is now at its height. Three men only remain un attacked. February 20. See for the first time the sun of 1873. February 21, To da the Lord called to himself our com rade Christein Larsen Kjoto, who died after eighty -two days of sickness." On the 25th Capt. Mack writes: "I am the only one that hanot been visited by the scourge. God help us!" And . on the 28th; "Another one of our comrades died to-day. April G. Martin Hansen, succumbed at 6. a. m." The journal closes with these words: "Who will be left to write my name?" Cultvate a Taste for Reading. Young men with excellent purpose some times make. a great mistake, in thinking they ought to give up every moment of their titntf to business, and, to neglect ever y thing else. This is a sad error. Every young man entering life ought to give some portion of his time regularly- I 'don't care if it is only, half an hour a' day to tlie development of hia mind, to the gain ing of uselul information, to the cultivation of some ' innocent and ennobling taste. Why, a man who has no soul except for his business is a "poor stick," a mere ma chine. A taste for reading is worth more than a hundred thousand dollars to him who has if nay, worth more than any sum I could name. A rich man, without that or some similar taste does not know how to enjoy his money. . His only resource is to keep on making money, unless he prefers to spend it; and a mind that is not well de veloped does not know how to spend it wisely:" -A man worth his two 'millions u sed to tell mejio would gladly give it all if he could only have the education .which his lazy and stupid boy refused to acquire. If you will pardon the advice, I would say: Make it a rule- never to be -broken to devote at least half an hour a day to the reading of some useful book," not stories elderly either. Stories '" are 'good . in their places:5 but every man needs a knowledge of history, the elements of science , and other useful subjects; and, 11 lie lias oniy half an hour to give to reading, he will be very foolish to give it all to novels. Be hungry and thirsty after knowledge of all kinds; and be snie you will be none the worse, but all tho better as business men Ohio critics are so busily engaged in do ing away with bad whisky that they write criticisms in a spirited manner. They are of lato sadly given to rum-mating. Correspondence. ! FOR THB OAZKTTK. Reminiscences of a Sojourn of Many Tears inf the Various Kingdoms and' Empires of Europe . ;..-'.. XoTi. Messrs. ! Editors: In concluding the remarks of Le Comte on the interior of an Englishman's house, I will try and be as brief as possible. Of the general appear ance of the furniture ho says: "They have chairs which can only be lifted with both hands. But the most curious part of the furniture is a hug ebony affair opposite the windows. Think of two towers united -by a platform or terrace: each tower has two stories; the first tower is divided into two parts, (let us say two rooms) under the platform, which is, in various ways, or namented with a massive sculptured balco ny, is a secret passage1 thaty s but for its Babylonian proportions, might be called a drawer. From the flat and polished ter race there inust be fine views. I never asked the use of this wooden edifice. It might be either a fortress or an organ, but I as human affairs stand I cannot see what use it can serve, except, perhaps, as a bar ricade. Do1 you wish by chance to roast au ox ? Come to my room in London; ev erything is colossal here; the grte is so large that it is impossible to make a little fire in it in J une. It wants no little effort to lift the shovel or tongs. Above this co lossal grate is a glass; but placed so high, that I can but just catch a glimpse o my eyebrows in it. Two immense bell roDes. with cockades as large as the top of a hat. complete this force of formidable furniture. The beds, which ' should be capacious, are as narrow as the berth on a steamboat; the matrcss, as I have said, about as elastic as a sea biscuit." Here he and I differ for they have very large and very fine beds, and their matresses are rery superior. Pour Monsieur Le Comte il etais bicn. ' V ;The police of London have a great tal-. ent for keeping beggars out of the street, and keeping them huddled up out of the sight ot strangers Sflch, a talent as the :i police of no other city have. They are so closely watched that evtn while they-'-1 sweep the flag crossings 01 the-'streets for pedestrians, the police hang around them, ; for fear that they may beg a stranger for a mite. One ! day, while I was passing " ' through one! of the by streets, I saw a very ' destitute looking little girl, about seven s -years old. She passed me in haste, cry-I ing. I overtook her, and without- asking any questions, gave her some money. Just '? as I did so I felt some one take me sud iu deuly by. the arm. I turned around, and . saw it was a policeman, who asked me what I was doing; and said that they .-were? not "i allowed to beg. I told him that she had not asked anything of me, and so did; oth--ers who had seen what occurred. He then ' caught the child . and dragged her away. 1 She made an attempt to say somethings - but he would not allow her, calling her a; little liar. ,A few days after this, while -: . l; passing through the great- thoroughfare, ,-ijt I saw a man whom I took to be a Hindoo, (at that; time there were a great many Hindoos! in tho city.) He was sit ting on the curb-stone, with back towardar the pavement, and on his back was placed a card, on which Mras written in large let- ; ; ters, "A Fugitive from Slavery in the U- ' nited States of America." Near by was a ' policeman, who would not allow any one to1 say anything to him; and as he was not white and not a child, it was no offense for ' him to deceive the public. I readily saw "', the object in not allowing any one t 1 ' speak to or bother him, for the deceptfon f "' would uavo been soon detected. By hia "1 side lay his hat, full of coppers and silver, and I noticed that every one who read the : card was sure to give something, -as the V English are so full of philanthropy. Let-''"f us see something of the poor of London . ! who are in ten thousand times worse con- -dition than any slaves ever were in the -; United States., I will commence by quo- ' ting from their own reports, that one may know the misery, the wretched condition j of their poorJ I will quote from ",ono of v those blessed, humane pastoral aid socie. ties in London, the report of which I ..find ! " in Hogg's Instructor; "There is a. street in the parish 'of St. Giles where therefore" thirty houses in which live 1,300 people.' ; It is no! uncommon thing .'to': find , from' twenty to thirty people sleeping in ' , one room together. , It was , neces- !; sary to visit a man residing in this quarter, '"'"' where he was found very ill of malignant . typhus fever lying in bed beside the dead " body of liis wife (who had died during the ' night.) On hundred and eleven persons ' are living in this house,' and tho ' other 1 houses in the court are alL as thickly in-".3 habited. ' '.. ' The crowded state of " many of our localities inhabited by the ?i! ! lower classes and the horrible pollntionB;:!''J among which they foster are revolting to ,! every hnraan feeling.' "There is a room,' ' says same report, "If feet long and 7j feet wide, occupied by a man aged 45; hit f wife, 43; and 10 children'7 'girls and 3 ! boys, whose' ages range from 13 to 24 years." These are short extracts from an;HT official report of one of the London work ' boxses"The air was found to contain a1" large percentage of carbonic acid gas, the I; I result of which was nausea, fever and, of course, death. The nurses, doctors arid re lieving officers all suffered. There were no bedsteads, and the poor wretches lay on the bare floor sometimes huddled together ! f,v in a compact, naked mass, communicating ?8 vermin and disease. As for mothers ' ana 1 infants there seems to have been but lit ? tie pity for them." Again I quote from -the same source :' "In these wards we find two per cent, of carbonic acid gas, as dead ly fatal to life as strychnine or prussic acid. The children lay huddled together, fester- J iug with cutaneous disorders; and the men; ' particularly that helpless class who , can- - !: not take care of themselves, were no -betc ter off" Voyagecr. '
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