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'Home is the Sacred Kefue of Our Life."
J)rydcn.
Tin: i:e tint botti.es.
Tlicn-s maiiv a young man of twenty
wlu) u oul.l ,rerer?iin'i-asy Kituati.Hp ainl
;... 1 ay to 'lalioiing at his trsule. -There-7,vi
there are many who will say that the
ful-lovhii advertisement would 'inpure a
l..zen applicants wherever jmhlislied:
V' M l'l A pt iitl. inan of mi-aim, v lio inti lids ma-
lifi-a trip to Km.i.i- m-t ni'.iitb. would like to i-n-Un.'Z
th- si-rvi.-rs of a smart: ymifiS niau to.o al-.n-'
and r,-n..-r l.in.s.-lf u. till in . arms tor the htigp.w.
u-ia - hills. He. Salary. I.M pet wnth. and all
.xiM-i.Vs paid. Ai.j.ly to Chaihs .Sh. n.mj., J ark in
cnuc." I -,vas a tvpe-setter in' the oflice of -the
5 iston Xnrs, a juipci which went to .the
siiCiiil' rears airo, tind when theahore ui:u
wis laid on my case to he jmt in type, I
read it over three or four times. 1 was
work in hard, and making seven dollars
per week. Seven dollars per veek vas
rinid wages in those old silver dollar times,
when first-class hoard could he had at two
and a haltVand doeskin pants and French
calf hoots were only four or fire dollars a
p.ur. I'.i.t liere wiis a ciiance to make
tuentv-i'ir-e didlars jer week, clean thing-,
and tli work was all travel and sight-ee-inir.
AVhv, a man in my situation would
Lave hceu'little short of a hlockdiead not
to "have looked at the matter just as I did.:
It was 7 o'clock; in the evening, and the
advertiscm nt would appear in the morn
iti'issrte., I read it over once more, set
uiv th .- word "w;intel,v "and then put down
mv "stick" and washed up.
"'"Whi'.fo upf imiuirt'd the foreman, as
he saw 'me washing my hands.
' '-Nothing particular he hack in half an
hour, 1 replied, .its I slipped on my over
coat and started; (town stairs.
Of rourse I had made tip my mind to
npplv for the situation. I thought 1 might
1:11 the hill, if he was not too exacting, and
if lie relusod mo 1 would be no worse 'oil'
than'hefore.
Park avenue was ;i long way out from
the heart of the city, and 1 went ly stage.
' 1 did not -know Mr. Sherman, even hy
reputation, hut the driver knew where-he
lived, ami that ias enough. It was a
.March niifht, witlJ consid'-ralde snow, ami
my entlnisiasm ha! cooled olfconsiderahly
l.Jfore the omnihus dropped me down in
front of a large ii'e 1 trick mansion, stand
ing hack n few rods from the avenue. Jn
idling up the path 1 noticed that the lawn
was ornamented with statuary, and could
see at a glauc.; that the gentleman, was
.. po-ssessed of wealth and good taste.
There was no light helow that I could
discover, hut a couple of pulls at the hell
brought' a woman, past the middle age, to
the door, lamp in hand. To my iptery as to
" whether Mr. Sherman was in, she made r.o
direct reply, hut asked if my business was
important." It was, 1 said; hut she replied
that I had better-come again in the morn
ing; Mr. Sherman was in, but was not well.
1 was- turning a way,, when a gentliman
came down the hail stairs, and said:
"Did the gentleman wish to sec me,
. dane?" ' - .
"I didr sir,r! I replied, and he immediate
ly inrited mt! into. the parlor. The l.-.mp
was turned up, we took seats, and then 1
stated my errand:
"If von can pass the test, vou shall hare
the; place !". he exclaimed, 'slapping Iris
hands together, and breaking rue off as I
was giving- him references.
"Ask me any iucstion you wish," 1 re
. pbed.
"l?ut it is a test of a different .charac
ter," he continued. "Cnniei torn v room."
As we passed through the hall on our
. way tip stairs, the woman, standing in, the
library doot, laid herhaf.id upon my ai m, and
whispered something which I did not catch.
I thought it a great piece of impertinence
on h'er part, and wondered if she was not
half-drunk or a bit dazed. The room which
we 'entered was about twenty feet square-,
without carpet, chairs, pictures, or any fur
niture, except a table and a vow of shelves,
'there was a smell similar to that encoun-
- tered at the nhotoffranhers, and I saw a
dozen erlass iars and a number of bottles oir
ne slielrcs. On the table was a galvanic
lottery, liavinc two handles for one to
take lmia of, like some of the machines
seen on the street corners ot largp cities.
"Bc; pardon for briucrin von into such
. -T abeerless place " said the man, locking
: tuc ooor ami pocketing; the key, Vtmt 1
could not demonstrate mv tdeas elsevyhere
1 made reply that I was perfectly 'satis
fled, and he tmt his mt to one of the nan
els of the dour and listened, to learn if the
woman nautol owed ns tm stairs.
. '011 know," he whispered, placing
- in uunus on niy shoulders, "that - the old
woman uown stairs intends to poison me?7
"Impossible ! sh,e W01Jia not dare," I re
jjbed.
North
"O ! 3'ou don't know her as .well as I
do," he continued, arching Lis eye-brows.
"It's a mere question of time, or will Ire,
if you can't aid me. .She can't. poison my
food, nor my tea, w ine, nor coffee, but she
has another" .way." "
"How what ?" I added, for the first
time noticing 'something strange in his
looks.
"Yoirsee, I don't live as other folks do,"
he whispered, "I a.m composed of cast-iron,
and have to be very careful what I eat
and drink. I drink a great deal of spring
water, because that prevents me from rust
ing; if mv inside should cret rustv that
would be the last of me !"
lie was insane ! I could detect it in
every look, now that his words had be
trayed the secret, and a chill crept up my
back at the discovery. I felt for a mo
ment as if inv legs were going out from
under me, but the man smiled and appear
ed so pleasant and gentle that my nerve
soon came hack.
. "She will poison one of my bottles of
spring water," he continued, reaching down
three, bottles from the shelf and placing
them on the table. They we:e all nearly
full of clear water, and all looked so ex,
actly alike that one could not be told from
the, other:
"What poison do you suppose she would
use V he asked. ." -
"Arsenic or strychnine, probably," I
answered, feeling rather nervous.
"Perfectly correct; I think you will pass
the test," he said. "Xow, here are the
two poisons, and I shall put one in this
bottle and one in that !"
lie reached down two ounce packages,
one labeled "strychnine," and the other "ar
senic." The name of the druggist was
pasted oif each-paper, with a death's head
and cross bones, lie carefully emptied
the contents into the different bottles,
shook them up, and then asked me to go
to the other end of the room. I heard
him handling the bottles, but was not pre
pared for what followed, lie came over
to me after a few minutes, bringing the
lamp and placing it on the tloor.
"Xow, the real test .is for you to pick
out the bottle which has not been poisoned!"'
he whispered, rubbing his hands together.
I went forward to the table, examined
each bottle, but there was nothing by
wliich ray judgment could be. guided. He
had brushed them clean, and would not
id low me to fake the light so that I could
look for sediment.
"I cannot tell," I said, going back" to
lmo.
"You are a liar!".he hissed, drawing a
revolver from his bosom and ; cocking it.
'1 knew yoti4 the moment I saw vou; vou
are old .Jones sou, and you came here on
purpose to poison me!"
I tried to soothe hitn and to reason with
him, and he finally - grtpv calm. I to'1.1
him that I wasa detective, come to arrest the
old woman, and requested him to unlock
the door so that I could seize her. lie
seemed about to comply when he changed
his mind and whispered: ;
"Help me to detect the poison, and then
we w ill "go down and chop, the old woman
to pieces!"
"1 cannot pick, out the bottle!"
"Yqn must."
lie drew the revolver again, and I saw
that he would shoot me if I did not com
ply. Thinking that 'he.. might be. satisfied
if I selected one of the three, I made a
choice and handed it to him.
"There is no poison in this?" he asked.
"No this is only pure water," I replied.
"I shall not believe you until you drink!"
he said, after a sharp look at the bottle.
"Let me see vou taste!"
He had me. there. One good swallow
from one of the poisonous bottle's would
have been death. I put the bottle back,
took another, put that back, and finallv
gave up in despair.
"I knew-you!" he hissed "you want
ed to poison me, but I have trapped -vou !
Now you drink from one of the bottles!"
I began trying to get his mind on some
thing else, but it. was a failure. He went
to the door and listened, and then I saw
him look at the galvanic battery and tlten.
at me. -
"Take hold of those handles!" he or
dered, flourishing the revolver,
T knew ho would rack me severely, and
so, after taking the handles, while he was
making ready, I 'wrenched them oil'. He
lid not discover it, being on the other side
of the table, and, when he found fTiat he
could riot shock me, his eyes gleamed
wit n new malice.
" You are a devil ! " he hissed, coming
around the table. "You must choose a
bottle or I will kill you!"
I put him off in one way and another
for about fifteen minutes, and then he
forced me up to the table, presenting
the muzzle of the revolver against my
back I shiver as, I think of it now, for
there w as every chance , that his careless
ness would discharge the weapon.
"Choose! choose!" he fairlv veiled, and
nnallv 1 picked up one of the bottles.
-"Xow drink!" lie hissed, holding the
weapon not a foot from mv face.
I could see by the gleam of his eves
and compressed lips that lie was deter
mined, and I uncorked the bottle. There
was one chance in three if I drank death
was certain if I refused. Holding the bot
tie in my right band, I suddenly resolved
to strike him with it. I cannot tell how I
did it, but I know that the bottle came
down on his temple that his revolver
was discharged and lie fell on the floor.
I hunted around the room a dozen times
to find the door, although the lamp was
burning, And then I crouched down in a
corner and w-as near crazy when a couple
of men, whom the woman had sent for,
came and burst the door in.
The truth was that Sherman had been
gradually becoming - insane for some
months; - lie Lad no idea of going- to
Europe, and probably wrote the advertise
ment in order to -get some one on whom to
pra-ctice his wild trick. He was sadly in
jured by the blow, but recovered after a
few months, and I heard, several years af
terward, that the doctors had cured him of
his malady.
The bottles were examined a day or
two after the event, and the doctors funnd
that I had taken the one with arsenic in it.
Romance of a Geritax Medical
School. A few years ago an American
ladv, while studying medicine abroad,
having been refused admittance to a course
of medical lectures, in one of the most
noted universities in German-, determined
to put on male costume and pass off for a
young man. '' One day an American Con
sul was summoned to a hotel to see a lady
from the tin i ted States. As thtre was no
reception-room in the hotel, he was shown
up to the room indicated in the note he
had received, bv the servant. He looked
in vain for the lady, but saw, sitting on a
trunk, What he supposed to bo a young
man. Bathe was soon undeceived: the
"boy" said he was simply in disguise, and
set forth at length the leasons tor such
extraordinary conduct, . She said she was
resolved to attend that course of lectures,
and had called in the Consul, to give her
real name and place of residence in the
United States, so that, in case of trouble,
she could appeal to him for protection.
The position of the Consul was a trying
one, but he finally consented to take the
lady's statement, and; promised to keep
the secret inviolate unless she should be
discovered. This did not happen. The
disguise answered its purpose; the lady
remained at the institution a year, passed
through the course with honor, and is now,
doubtless, applying the knowledge gained
in her practice somewhere in the United
States! We suppress all names of per
sons and places for obvious reasons, but
give the facts in illustration of the indomit
able .perseverance of women ambitious of a
professional career in pursuit of knowledge
under'difliculties. Cincinnati Commercial.
A Romantic Ai-tair. No novelist
ever imagined a marriage concluded under
more eccentric circumstances than that of
Comte de D -with Miss de V -. The
future Comtesse, who is one of the best
sportswomen of France, happened in the be
ginning of the summer season to lie present
with her futherat the races of D- . II er
attention was here attracted by a small
pon which she found to- be remarkably
beautiful, and which she asked her father
to purchase. Mr. de V is immensely
rich, and he adores his daughter. Conse
quently he at once called with her on the
ov nor of the pony, the Comte de 1) ,
who received them in the most graceful
manner, but firmly refused to sell his horse.
However, as de V was trying to change
his resolution he added, looking at the
beautiful Amazon, "I have sworn that my
horse shall" ffcloiig to none but my wife."
Need 1 add that Miss de V soon found
out that the Comte was endowed with
other qualities t han of a remarkable sports
man, and that their -marriage is to be cele
brated very soon? -American Register.
A Patusian Sc.vNiiAL. A grand scan
dal in high life has just terminated in a
fashion that comes under the elastic cover
of "mysterious dispensation," etc. . The"
pretty Baroness R ,. -whom reporters
never fail to mention in .'their list of ele
gantes, was coquettish and flirtish. (she may
be yet,) and had two adorers, whose visits
she managed so well that each was-ignorant
of the other's attentions, and the hns-
and Monsieur le Baron ignorant of
both. But finally the two men discovered
that thev were rivals, and a challenge
for a duel ensued. Among the seconds for
one party was a national deputy. The
arms were chosen, the ground the exact
spot where Raul de Cassagnac fought his
ast duel readied, when, lo! who should
come riding np and spring from his carriag-,
waving his arms and showing signs of the
intensest indignation, Jmt the lady's hus
band, before he could utter a word he
ell dead on the ground from a stroke of
apoplexy. It is needless to add that no
duel took place. The Baron's body was car
ried back to Paris to the hoiise of the "co-
piettish" wife. Paris letter to the daily
Graphic.
Beginning of the Strikes ix Eng
land. A woman was at the bottom of the
agricultuial strike in England, says Kate
r leld, and tins was the way of it: Mrs. in
cent, w ife to the editor of the Leamington
Chronicle (who, bv the wav, lived man v
vears in Massachusetts, and got to be quite
a Yankee), was running that paper in her
liusbaiul s absence, one day in February,
lb 2, wtien a lann laborer walked into the
office and said:-" We're going to have a good
meeting to-night, and we hope the Chronicle
will sena a reporter . and make England
i , - -
hear ns.7 "I don t see ihe necessitv," ex
claimed the assistant editor a man. "I
do," replied Mrs. Vincent. "There is no
body to send," argued the -assistant editor,
"borne one must be found " answered
Mrs. Vincent. Some one was found, and
the report did make England hear, and
the revolution followed; Hodge for the
first time called for his rights, and took a
long step towards getting them. Kate,
who grew a Tedder republican than ever in
her English-sojourn, thinks there are seri
ous grounds lor tearing that the "English
revolution of 189o may rival in atrociTy as
well as in beneficence that of the French a
hundred years later."
A sympathetic newsboy in Lexington
Ky., seeing a convicted murderer on hh
way to prison for life, gave him a newspa
per, saying : "I'm sorry foryer, boss that's
the best 1 can do." It wa.s the first kind
ness shown to the prisoner, and he t quite
broke down with emotion, while the w it
nesses of the scene rewarded the boy- with
enrrencv.
From Scribner's Monthly.
LEGEND OP THE IR0X MASK.
During
the seventeen years' confine
ment of this strange prisoner at Sainte
Marguerite, St. Mars, w-bo bronght him to
the fortress, was replaced by a Monsieur
De Bonpart as Governor. The daughter
of the latter, just einerging from childhood
to womanhood, grew -up with this mystery
around her. She had seen' the graceful
figure of the iasked prisoner promenading
at night upon the terrace and at worship
in the chapel, where he was forbidden to
speak or uncover his lace, the soldiers in
attendance having their pieces always
pointed toward him if he should attempt
to do either. She discovered that her fath
er always treated him with the greatest
respect, serving him bareheaded and stand-'
ing. His table-service was of massive sil
ver, his dress of richest velvet : he wore
the finest linen and the most costly lace.
She had heard her father accidentally
speak of him as a "Prince." No wonder
that his sad fate occupied her thoughts by
day and his noble figure haunted her
dreams by night. She, too, was very
young and beautiful, and their eyes occa
sionally met in chapel. , He sang beauti
fully and was a very skilful performer on
the guitar. It is said she climbed -the
rocks under the castle terrace, and sang
sweet songs to the poor captive. Thus a
romantic love sprang np between them, and
as it gained strength the young girl dared
to purloin the keys from her father, and
so obtained access to he prisoner." AYhen
the Governor discovered his child's treach
erv he was struck with the greatest dis-
mav. His oath was binding upon him to
mt inn Mediately to death any one who
iad spoken to the prisoner. But she con
esscd her love for him, pleading piteously
for her voting life. The captive, also, to
whom the Governor, was much attached,
joined his prayers to hers, and implored
that thev might, be made man and wife,
and then the secret would be safe. The
Governor was not stern enough to immo-
ate his child, and perhaps a gleam of am
otion, mav have flashed across "his mind,
as, in the event of the death of Louis XIV.,
the prisoner would be acknowledged,aml his
laughter sit on the throne of J: ranee. How-
ever, tlieir nuptials were performed by the
ii iest of the castle in the dead of the night,
and all were sworn to secrecy. From this
union two children were born. A whisper
of this reaching the Minister, the Marquis
of Luvois, the prisoner was immediately
removed to the Bastile for safe keeping;
and the mother, the priest, and the Gov
ernor disappeared. The children were
sent to Corsica to be bronght up in. ob
scurity under the name of their-grandfath-
cr, Bonpart, ' which was corrupted into
1
iounaparte. And thus.
savs the
legend,
I Ti vi den ce a ven ged
the wrongs of the
twin' brother of Loins XIV ., and restored
the oldest branch of the Bourbon line
to the throne of France.
A SPLEXDJD MARRIAGE.
The marriage of Maria, daughter of De
Louza Cabral, the great diamond merchant j
buth America, to George Arthur j
Throckmorton, late of Ken tuck v. but now
ngaged in railroading in Rio Janeiro,
throws the magnificence of the Xewlands-
Sharon nuptials into total eclipse. The
atuer oi tne brine is ttie richest man m
the world, his fortune being' estimated at
seven billions. JUr. 1 lirockmorton him
self is no beggar, for die counts his dollars
bv the millions and will some day be rich
er than his father-in-law. The wedding
took place at CabraFs residence, near Rio
Janeiro, and the number of guests execed-
eq ten thousand, the invitations being en
closed in boxes of sandalwood, costing $10,-
000 each. I he rooms were decorated with"
camel ias set w ith diamonds; one hundred
music boxes, set with precious stones,
played the wedding march, and a pave
ment from the railroad .depot to the man
sion, of more than a quarter of a mile, was
pread with camel's hair shawls. The
bride's dress is literally indescribable.. It
cost millions of dollars. The bride's gifts
number 1,840 among them a dinner set of
2801 dishes, given by the mother, each piece
bearing the Cabral Throckmorton mono
gram in diamond, the wdiole costing .$4,-
000,000; One-thousand yards of point Jace;
36o dresses; a title deed for a magnificent
town and country house inevery capital in
the world; a steamship, with a full com
plement of sailors under contract for ten
years service; one dozen milk white Ara
bian steeds; a necklace of thirty of the
largest and finest diamonds in the world,
with a fantastic face cut u-pon each stone
the necklace costing $16,950,000.75.
There were other wonderful presents -in
profusion. . ; 4
A Braye Dandy. A great dandy was
the first Earl of Holland, well-known in
historv. He was in favor at the court of
James I, and Charles L; but when the
civil war broke out, he at first sided with
the rarlianicnt against the lvmg. In an
unlnckv hour he went over to the rovalist
side, took up arms against the common
wealth, was defeated, made prisoner, put to
trial, and dulv sentenced to lose his head.
He appeared upon the scaffold in white satin
vest and cap, trimmed with silver lace
His costly garments wrere the lawful per
auisUes'of the- executioner, to whom the
Earl said as Le approached the block
"Here, my Jnend, let my body- ana my
clothes alone; there is ten pounds for thee;
that is better than my clothes alone, 1 am
sure. And wlien you take up my head,
do not take off my cap." Then layini
his neck upon the block he added: ''Stay
until r give the sign." Aftr a brief pray
er he stretched out his hand, ; saying
"Xow!" The' word had hardly left hi
lips when the axe fell, and the head was
severed from Ins body at a single stroke
DOW A BREAK-DOWN fiE-UMTED TWO OLD
BUT LOVING HEARTS fj.
There was a somewThat venerable but
happy couple in the city recently oa- their
wedding trip, though the casual t4erver
would hardly, have suspected V thelIat'ter
fact. They left on the Lansing tin at
three o'clock for their Lome in Washtenaw
county. The incidents which led the
union of the couple so Mate in liimwere
- . . vTiS'-'-.': -v.
somewhat extraordinary. It seenjftliat
the old gentleman, Deacon Joseph Iace,
who is now upward of seventy yfips of
age, took it into his head last fall teo cSn
a short visit to the home of his childhood
in New Hampshire, to renew acquaintance
with the friends of his youth, if pert-)iance
any one of them should be 'living;; Tie
had been for some years a widower? and
his children having arrived at manj and
woman's estate, and gone out .from $iuider
his roof to seek their fortunes in theorld,
it is not unlikely that the loiielH).es4Vf Lis
surroundings had something to do wts4i the
suggestion that he should break nipV the
monotony of his humdruip . country . life
with a little pleasure trip.' -A's .fjijrtnne
would have it, before he had quits rjiched
the place of his destination a slighacci
dent happened to the traiu by wilfchjt
was delayed an hour or so. "The 'I'gp.'con
got out of the car and looked abou; arid
the Lilly and rocks, which had beeattrau
gers to his eyes for so many years,1 Inmost
renewed his youth. As the train w 'lia
ble to. be detained for some time, h?wan
dered to a house near bj 5 Judge 'p-the
old man's surprise to find that .the ly: of
the house was one whom lie new .i nearly
life. Indeed, when both were " 33onng,
they had felj a regard for each other'-diueV
ing quite materially froni the regard hich
they felt for other people. But the $ates,
anil the fates often do this cruel worttsep
arated them,! and they had long's hiej lost
trace, and almost" recollection; of eaci"oth
er. However, recognition was mutrri; it
is pretty certain that Deacon JPJac- was
glad to see the lady and that the lad- was
glad to see jthe deacon. Both barf lost
their consorts. What more .natnral han
that they should talk ov'er old. times? -And
speaking of these things, the 11'nes
and incidents of early life arose vividly
before them, and what. more natural! than
that there should spring from this revival
the old love, kindled anew, and flat,. ir,
should burn into a bright flame ? -Such
was the case. All this did not transput
at the single visit, but the old man Linger
ed in the neighborhood, and it soon bvcaiiie
apparent that the lady. was the stioifg' at
traction which drew him thither. Teire
sult was that before the deacon rel&rned
to his Michigan home they plightetheir
troth anew, and the old man tamegtback
happv as a lark', and thank jng Province
or tne rauroau accident, wuicu gavev:im
a new lease of; life and life's ioys. ; tester
l, lew mourns ne went puck 10 eiaiif his-
! .1 1 , 1 1 . 1 - - 1 -
ride, and on Saturday the venc-iabUw-cou-
ple passed through the City, on theirx way
ionic. Michigan Pane i . "
A PRINCELY SWINDLER.
TLe Pall Matt Gazette .says : 'Ain-
Her of a really high' order of ability has
ately bronght a brilliant career ta aclofce
at Moscow iii the person of an exrjf.'tnce,
Demetrius . Tschawtschawadzel whV has
contributions at a doziiTxif
the chief towns in Europe, London eing
especially mentioned, with continued sac
cess. The prince never changed Li v'ery
unpronouncable name or his . story , after
the fasldon of tliose more vulgar imp jtiiorS
who contradict themselves by the -'frequen
cy and multiplicity of their invention He
was always a itussian prince, nau aays
been robbed just before leaving Vfpnna
bv a voung man he Lad unfortunate li i ta
ken into his service as secretary, wal-
ways expecting large remittances frojn -St.
Petersburg, and. was meanwhile the
closest relations of intirrfacy with theplus
sian ambassador .r It followed thafb-l Mas
for tlie present unable to pay tLe bil , he
ran up at the notei wuicu ne nau mrjioicu
with his choice, and was lurther in- Witrit OJ
a new secretary, to whom hecoujd piKjniise
a fine future career and a large salary in
immediate prospect. So plausible w as-
tliis adventure, that at Berlin, he not 5nly
left one of the phief hotels without pi-
cion before Lis remittances arrived, jtQm
ising to send payment of Lis account,. Lich
included a number ot petty, tradesjien s
bills, from London, but earned Mi44n1
him to that metropolis Lis" landlord'sS(Tn,
whose little Durse of nearly cf 50 hiSi-new
master boi rowed freely from, leavhijlns
victim just enough to go back .toijferlin
with, when he was presently.arderefjllhere
to await the prince on his way. to: Ris;ia:
On the yonng man's departure the p'ince,
who Lad been introduced to some Ilqfeians
of means, borrowed 300 Irom one.,; a
cordi ng to tLe " statements ' madeJii1 1 tLe
Moscow court, and with this .booty'went
off to Paris. Here, again, Le WrnjSved
from Russians on tLe Btrehgth :ol Mpal
leged intimacy with their ambassador : at
Berlin, but disappeared on learning;. that
inquiries were being made about Lim, owing
to a warning sent from tbat
. iiav-
incr tried all the European, eourts out of
Lis own country lie appears, to hae'soognt
refnge at Moscow, but here liis .career
ended. lie wasarresieu uu buiw, uh
was recently lfldentined with, oue.v
a non-commissioned officer, who, deserted
some months Lefore. For this" deaf tiqn
the. soi-disant prince -now "ies. awituig
trial, but his swindling is only ;rnnio5Ved
incidental I v. f fi
Do More For Mother. "Is tdierc
any vacant place in this bank tbat I can'
fill?" was the inquiry of a boy, as with'
glowipg cheek Le stood before the mana
ger. .
"ThWe is noneV' was the reply. "Were
you told you could obtain a situation
here? Who recommended yon?"
"No one recommended me," calmly re
plied the boy; "I only thought I would
see." ' -
There was a straightforwardness in the
manner, an honest determination in the
countenance of the lad, which pleased the
man of business, and induced him to con
tinue tlio conversation. He said:
"You must have friends who could aid
3Tou in obtaining a situation; have you
told them?"
The quick flash of the deep blue eyes
was lost in the overtaking wave of sad
ness, as he said, half musingly:
"My mother said it would be Useless to
hy without friends;" then, recollecting
himself, he apologized for the interruption
and was abont to witbdraw, wLen the gen
tlemen detained Lira by asking why he
did not remain at school for a year or two,
and then enter the business world.
"I have no time," was the reply; "I
study at home, and keep np with the oth
er boys."
"Then you have a place already? Why
do yon leave it?"
"I have not left it."
"But vou wish to leave it; what is tLe
matter?"
For an instant tLe cLild hesitated; then
he replied with half reluctant frankness:
"I must do more for mother!"
Brave words! Talisman of success any
where, everywhere! Thev sank into the
heart of the listener, recalling the radiant
past. Grasping the hand of the astonish
ed child, he said, with a quivering voice;
"My gooft boy, wdiat is your name?
You shall fill the first vacancy that occurs
in the bank. If, meantime, 'ou need a
friend, come to me. But now give me
your confidence. Why do you wish to do
more for your mother? Have you no fa-
ther?"
Tears filled the boy's eyes as he replied:
"My father is dead, my brothers and sis-
it "i 1 t - r
ters are aeau, and my mother and 1 are
eft alone to help each other. But she is
noj, strong; and I wish to take care of her.
It will please her, sir, that vcu have been
so kindj' and
1 am much obliged to von
-r 1 1 i
So saving, the boy left, little
dreaming
that his own nobleness of character had
been as a bright glance of sunshine into
that busy world he had so tremblingly en
tered. A boy animated bv the desire to
lelp his mother will always find friends.
Alfonso XII. The Priuce who has
just been declared King of Spain is in his
eighteenth year. His mother, the cx-
Queen Isabella LI., was compelled to
quit Spain on the success of the revolution
of 186S, and took up her residence at the
chateau of Pau, placed at her disposal by
the French Emperor. 1 rom there she is-
ued a protest (Sept. 30, 1S68,) against
the new order of things in Spain, the Pro
visional Government having declared her
forfeiture of the throne. On the 25th of
June, 1870, se renounced all Ler claims to
the Spanish crown in favor of her son, Al
fonso. The roval exiles have resided al
ternately at Paris and Geneva since. In
the election in the Cortes for a King, the
Prince of Asturias received eight votes, ten1
other of his adherents casting their votes'
in blank. From Geneva, the ex-Queen
issued a protest against the election of
Amadeus to the throne. Don Alfonso
meanwhile was receiving the usual educa
tion of a Bourbon Prince, under the super
vision of priests and Spanish courtiers who
still adhered to the fortunes of the exiles,
until last October, when, by permission of
the British Government, Le was admitted
to the Military School at Sanhnrst, Eng
land, where Le remained until lie received
the invitation to visit the Spanish army of
the North, and acted upon it. On the 22d
ult., an address of congratulation was sent
to Lim by Spanish Grandees, to which he
replied, assuring them that the monarchy
alohe could terminate the disorders and
uncertainty which prevail in Spain, and
that a maiority of the people of Spain
were agreed, and had declared, that he
and he only is "the rightful representative
of Ihe Spanish monarchy."
Correspondence.
FOR THE GAZKTTK.
Reminiscences of a Sojourn of Many Years in
the Principal Empires and Kingdoms of Europe.
' ' . SO. XLVIIf.
Messrs. Editors: 1 had been aown
man-v stafts of gold mines and coal pits,
but I had never heard ot . or seen such a
uniouc contrivance for descending into a
mine as the one in use in the 6alt mines of
Austria. There w ere two very long poles
about 18 inches apart, and placed'securely
both at the bottom and top. . These poles
were about four inches in diameter, but 1
do not kndw how long. If I may be al
lowed, I will just here break into jny nar
rative and explain why 1 cannot give the
exact length of the poles, the number of
ri-allons of water let into the mines, the
fength of the outlet to the mines, and the
number of pounds of salt made each da,
These memoranda I had in a memorandum
book, and this book, with a Rook of auto
graphs of great authors and other distin
guished persons I met in Europe, all sou
venirs, and many other things I cherished
highly, besides several boxes of my sketch
es while in Europe. 1 put up m a verv
large trunk, aud had the trunk lwxed in
Italy to ship to America. We nan the ac
ouaintance of a German who had lived in
the. United States, but he and Lis wife
were at that time residing in Florence; he
insisted on taking charge of and shipping
the package. To make a long story short,.
Le stole it; and, as T Lave before made the.,
remark that I had lost certain memoranda,
it was in tLis way that I lost them; but
fortunately I retained many. The reason
why I wished to ship this large trunk to -the
United States was that baggage costs
more in traveling than one's own passage.
Well, a man with a lantern said he would
get on the polei?,aiidtwistone leg around each
pole. (These two poles extended about
four feet above the ground.) He got on
them, twisted his legs around them, and
leaning back slid down far enough for mo
to get astride of his neck, ' whifli brought
my feet and legs on Lis chest; then he slid
down again far enough for my friend to get
astride of my neck. The poles were pol
ished until they w-erc like ivory. He said
that he would go down rapidly and that '
we must not take hold of the poles or lean
forward, for if we did we would be thrown
forward through the next shaft, an accident
which had occurred before to persons w ho
were killed. When he felt certain that he:
could depend 011 us he was at the bottom in
a moment; then Kaiser and the Swiss
went down; thev did as we had done, and
descended i without anv trouble. Wo
walked forward some six feet, when there
was another shaft of the same diameter.
Land so lark below that it looked black:
iere were two more greased and polished
poles of the same length; we slid down as
lefore, and then advanced six ieet to an
other shaft, when we went down below in
a moment of time; we then advanced a
igain and went down a fourth. By this
time itAvas as dark: as Egypt; but still wo
advanced and went down the fifth and last.
was rather sorry that that was the last of '
it, for it w as becoming exciting to me. At
he top of the first shaft I upbraided the
man for having a shaft so different from
anv other sha-ft in the world, and asked
dm why he did not have oue great shaft
U'ith a windlass rope and basket..' He
made no reply whatever until we reached
the bottom, when he said: "Xow vou see
10 wT .much "better this arrangement is than
a great, long rope, let down a great shaft
to such a! vast depth 'by a windlass; it
would take: all day to draw vou down atd
et you up, and here we are in a few min
utes. Although I felt convinced that I
was ' wrong that did not relieve me of the
anxiet7 of how we were to get out; for I
new tfiat it w ould be 'a matter of impos
sibility U climb those greased poles. I
felt anxious to ask, and just as I was ab
out to do-so, he took my attention by pick
ing up some small lamps from the floor,
(for such it was,) and handing oifie, togeth
er with some matches, to each one of us.
He then strictlv enjoined us all to keep ,
";with him, for if we should wand.er off wo
would most assuredly be lost- But in case
we might get separated we might strike a
match andlight our lamp. He went in
ront, we followed, and the other man. or
guide followed us. with Lis lantern. Ho
commenced, to take us through the various
passages: there must be hundreds of, them
(of great length; they branch out in every.
idirection. often running into each other;
the height ;of the most of them .is about,
seven feet, but that of a few is us great as
ten feet, while' their width from five to
ten feet; thev were all thns.cnt out in or
der to get the ore, or what may be called the .
crude salt, and are hewn in the form of an
arch. Thjj whole mountain seems to be a
solid massUif salt. 1 found no part of this
great passage "supported by pillars, as it is
solid enough to support itself. As I saw
the crude article in the mine it is bright by
the lamplight, and after I got out I found
most beautiful, small images of white salt,
Laving little baskets on their hea.ds or their
rms Riled with this crude salt, the colors
of which were dark'green, light green, or
ange, red, deep blue, light blue and brown.
tie sides and the ceiling, as it were, of
the mine are very rough and sharp. I
eould not distinguish anv sand or clav.
In digging,! old passages have been open
ed, for this same mine was" worked by the
Romans long ago. Since thev worked it
all the passages have filled up, and in dig-
ging them out long wooden pipes, which
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must have been six inches in diameter, a-
Lont an inch thick and quite smooth inside
and out, svere found, besides any number
of long picks and various kinds of vessels,
out of which the miners must have crten
and drunk but they, like the wooden
pipes, had been pressed together by the
closing up of the passages until they were
as flat as thev could be. Here we were
shown a sniall room which was circular
and in the center of which was a table,
and chairs placed around the room. There
were two pedestals, on one of which was
a bust of the.Emperor Francis Joseph and
on the other a bust of the Empress. The
guide told us that they both, a year pre
vious, descented and took dinner on that
table. I think I understood, that she was
the only female that had ever been be
low. ; She certainly had great courage.
There are thirty lakes or poola of various
sizes; and again I am at a loss to give their
circumference. One lake is much larger
than the others being, perhaps, ix hun
dred feet in circumference.
These lakes, yon understand, are in the
heart of the mountain -the largest one in
the centre and the others some distance off,
surrounding it. The ore is dug out and
conveyed, in wheelbarrows, to these twenty-nine
lakes, after w hich water is let in
through tLe, side of the mountain by pipes;
land is thetf-t conveyed through one large
aqueduct (there being, besides, brancU
aqueducts to each lake). These lakes are
filled with water, and, when tLe ore ia
Dnelted, the salt water is conveyed tly pugh
aqueducts from each Jake to ttxo. greas
lake, which, as I have said, i& situated in
the centre, i The roof of thia great circn-
lar space is at least sixJyrlWt high, and
concave; on! this lake are. two boats, and
around the lake-is a vwV?!? about five fn.'
wide, and as smooth
??f.ig
This lake is very du.
10 tne
.margin, or was
wUfa wo s.-:w .f.
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