Carlisle Weekly Herald from Carlisle, Pennsylvania • 1

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i- V'''" i VlVUHl M--ilf. MiOliM'J I i. ii t(. but tif-. fi III IT IT if rr II 13 QEM8 FROM lomsfELLOW.

or yt (j Man-like it ia to fall into sin. It i. I aud all. "I'm tired I shall go to bed fi '-f 1 '( "Queer old covo, that," said the waiter to himself, as be shuffled out. "Looks like he might havo a sl'roKe "of naralvsis'anv time." We have heard of this test being applied 'to several but A Htarkley was the man who applied -it -in the suleotibn of a wife.

The Starkr leys and Belknaps had beeu through several jfenerations. lu the present geueratiou there was, iu tlie' Starklcy family one son, and iu' the family of Belknaps there ivere daughters and it had been arranged between the pareiits.tliat the heir. of the Btarkleys should take him a wife 'li'H 1 A Pulltth.d eTry Thursday moi olnjf uy Herald Printing Publishing' Co; O0t in Hall, of the Curt Bolt. 00 per annum, in- advance. HATKB OP ADVEBT'BJKG I 3 1 1 4 BCll 4 i 'la oo "22 00 2 on 00 4 90 7 On I Wjitiin.

the pant few days the state'-, pients of the individual' mpmbers of the' flrm'pf day 'Cboke Co.1, as tb the traits-feptf'ittade' of their'' pHvate iproperty to their family1' or relatives' since the their.flrniiiu J871 hve been filed; bankruptcy, clerk's, statement of. Jay Cooke, placing he of the dloverijmeht during and sincb 'the 'is" 'intensely interesting, but npace prevents its publication iu fullv: Mr.iCooks safyb iil vi nVtuii i.Uu. We becarne one of thSiagents of the, ptate pf Pennsylvania for the negotiation pf their three million loan. We had the satisfaction of saving the Stale lit 'least a million dblldrsih that negotiation)1 1 'f I ri waSBlf-8, Tt' i irtllU' IKOCBLBS OI; Ai OONaREBSMAlfe'S VAKiliX. r'iraAT iDIIAsiDHtB ESCAPE JtJJCtOPS By speakiug of returning Congressmen, rather a good story has been of a new member who arrived with his family, consisting of wife, five ehildren, and The economical member of Congress packed his family in one hack at 9 p.

and drove, to, been ear for many nights and days, and were to consequence exceedingly fatigued. I Arrivihir at' Willard's they' paid the 6rdered' 'their trunks off, and trudged, iwearily half into that he had, no fepling of shaml iflis friepd Fisk had shown what lawyers were made ofj and lie liimself 'won Id' buy lawyers tand jHe knew tjiat the one thin that in needy and greedy world oan not fail money. to h's first trial, and the, jury' disagreed naturally, for ho had bought some, qf The evidence is, pi course moral only, but it is conplusWe. j'us -Uce, facetiously so called, wanted another bout', he would come up There was no trick or quibble that, lawyers could devise for which fiad, not made piunifiecut preparation, cvpn to asserting that the judge who obstinately refused td name a price disqualified from, sitting at the Money jiad. never befoifl it certainly Tvoul'd not at this last 'VW.

mi a few nights, just while Mr. Fortescue is hore and the landlord must be instructed to ive Geraldtne'a ancient lover your 'What for?" cpaostioned the girls in chorus. you'll see," answered Daisy, nodding her head. The partitions are thtrj fM often heard inniefd. Oftj aldin tal ngi aScli other viutle.

they dressed." "But," cried Geraldine, in amazement, "yon don't expect me to talk to Mr. Fortescue through the" i "Not exaotlyj" Said with the air of a superior fairy, but I expect you to talk for his benefit." "But, Daisy, dear Do, pray, keep quiet, every one of Daisy until post you'in your various1 roles." "i A Fifteen minutes later, Geraldine Grey was stopped in "the wide, cool corridor which led to her apartment by a young gentleman in velveteen shooting costume, i Hold on, Whither so fast Not until you have given niea kiss I "Oh, Albert, 1 can't he's coming?" Me Whom do you mean Is there 20 00 OO 32 60 ar 00 87 60 42 60 50 00 76 00 14 00! 18 00 18 001 20 flu va en 26 00 HO on to oo 75 Ool 100 00 12 Uu 0OtItuHl IdllBIt. f. For ueutorii uftd Aduflniuti-atflrs' KulituJS, 84 00 Yor Aiidltors1 Nutlcm, a 00 for ArtHinnecH' udO piniflnr VotJcfH, 00i (for yearly Onrd. not wcceml'DK nix Hiiea.

7 00 Vor vefxlH Hole's" ouo- tracted for by the ytftir. For Biin9n and Special NotlcM, 10 Cor.t por llu. Double M)luiu ftdvrtlsementa xtra. 1 Notices ol Mrrloi and Ueathn published free. i VOWS' JNSB9.D USlv.

'jtiAiiuiri mM.ler. i'J. i From Songs of the Sun-tnds. published by Rutieru i Boston Mass.J Is it worth while that we joslle a brother, Hearing his load on' the ruad' tij life? I it worth while thai jeer at each other In blackness of heart? that we. war tu the knife Cod pity us all in our pitiful yod pity us all as we jostle each oilier; partlph 'us.

all foi the triumphs Ve ieel When a fellow uoes lpad'oi) the heather, l'ienced to the heart iwords are keener Ihantecl, A And mightier far'for Moe or for Veal. Were it not well, in this brief little journey On over the isthmus, down into the tide, We give him a fish instead ofa serpent, 'Kre folding the hands to he and ahide Forever and aye in dust at his sitie? l.ook at the roses saluting each other; "Look at the herds all at peace on the plain, and man only makes waron his hrothert And lghs in his heart at his peril and i Shamed hv the beasts that down on thlain. yr Is' it wortjf while Ihatjfi'e battle to humble "I- Some 'ibor feliofa soltlier down inti the God.pityts all Te ere soqwill uuule AI of together like lwavei a gust, Humlifift indeetrava into tjit dust. 4 SHB FALSm? I 'AMY "ijiug; tp nuintli at Ce-aar -Gku ParteSoiio.T" Tllen Mr. Fortoscue, according -liia own statement, wao 5Jue-aud-Mity; Miss GaraJdine Grey wabarely riieteen and Jpy.

were pnsraffech1 i How4id it happed? Hoif do all these tilings happen Colonel Grey was poor and prctuj. his lovely daughter waSjioW' erloss, save for Jho golden treaBure tier hati- and eyes and Carson Foyteaqbd as liotu That' was all. I SO(to Oodar Glen too," saidf Mr. Fortescue. Clat it is very incotisider.

ate of Geraldine to stay so longiwbea he knows I prefer the city in So Mr. Fortescue packed manteau, bought ahis ticket and set out for the lovely retreat by the lake, where Miss Grey was recruiting her roses for the winter's campaign. Miss Grey was sitting on the vet and with a half.a dozen othBr dimpled whitei-nnisiiued damsels delicious' picture, framed in by sunset and autumn leavers and waving yinstendrils, when the letters oaroe, i Uciwllprovoklng suid jUeialdine Oiwy llo's 4 WTio's couiinir, dear said Daisy i "Mr. Fortescue," sald Geraldine. The gentleman I am engaged to." repeated Daisy, opening her geulian-blue eyes very Ger-, aldiae Grey, you don't mean to.tell us you really are engaged, all this fl "'j.

Qerajdlne, oloriDglike a bit of sea coral7 antt dfoopibg her lovely golden eye but I' had almost forgotten And Albert Garland Geraldine began to ft i "I'don't care; don't care I. ovo Garland, and; I can't bear old FortesoutM" And I never, never will marry 'himnot if I end ray daya If 6f 'OiaMaftFii 6on j' iiujy I wasn't tfraidorpapa l'- A And then told her pitiful little tale of how she had been coerced into too engagement, because -CamonJ Fortescue was rich, and Colonel (Jrery waB deeply in debt. 1 I -f And ha has tabt papa ten thousand dollars already Geraldine and and what shall. I do? I JoVe Albert, but I dren6t break' the engage-uieut with Mo. Fortesoue, lest poor dear papa should get into trouble about it." Thebthor girlfV1 gathered around her tender, loviug expressions, of yeitret and sympathy.

1 J)iisy Murisun loaned s-'her url-fringed forehead' oh her hamls, atdjjpntraotedUerpretty'ohestaut-brown brows 1 I And' be is coming hora. yori say Bv the late train! He'll be here at I wok. 1 I 5') 3 00 4 00 6 00 9 00 if rfif 4 00 5 (10 6 00 11 00 4 2 60 4 TS 75 6 76 12 60 5 8 00 510. 0 fiO 7 SO 14 00 8 SO 8 901-T SO 90 16 60 mm. 4 00 7 60 6" 9 60 17 50 (jo? a AO aojso aj 7 60 lo oo i a 6i 1 1 a oops oo 1 year.

10 09 IS 00a0 0Q2.0uM 00 tt.Wperrthie' (W be'tfianlfestlyit'i the1 IntertHt bf estatoof Jay: CAbkei i'Cb. and of their creditors thattjii ai i rangqnf Jn.tft ei'eof if ad pa supcess thus warrants the belief that "proper exertion "ii can be The rebeiver'-theti asks 'aothority ts carrylthis A I "I would (nrthor-1 aJdj that, the. bank5 irppta bajye of.be" etocjt of First Na'tionaJ Bankrann which t)ioy would be liable foi that a'monht 'if reo.uired in Tjb'pa thb1 debts of thb FirWt Naftbnal1 -utuifw-MtjiA TboasWeibn of' exalusive of -the debt of Jay Cooke Co, fall ishrirtpf paying 'the debt8, ofi the bauk $350,000. By ihp.prcposed arrangement fhia $350, 00pf will pin facmp Donas, aua lausxneiiaDinties Pri'the stock. wifl be'ftVfiidedt'- Edwin M.

Lewis, Receiver! i AOjrmod anduboribed.tOjbefote me; J. MAsos; Register'iii BankruptPy." To this is appendbd the' letter of Henry Cooke 1 referred to, anH also the following lieootnmendatiqns of the register :7 i I have considered the annexed- application pf the receiver, who has stated in addition thereto, that he is thoroughly satisfied that by1 no' possibility1 will the interests of the 'creditors of 'the' estate than th6- First National Bank.) be Fist National lliinkf receive any preference iu the, dtstf ibujUon o.ttiestato by tho ap'augcineut I would recommend, subject to these conditions, he' 'responsibility Of compliance. J. Mason; i. I iil -m: i i 'X ribniiEsrOBDiiK bf.

the Tr Timet alluding to tho faruons Griunell bank-, ruptoy icase! before 'kludge Blatchfond, whifh been tkialy adjusted to the satisfactou of all concerned, says, byway of illustrating the expenses of litigation, in important casesi' this case brought 'tis well-paid lawyers iiito court, whose fees were probably less than and thel cost of the jenlirb suit probably $50,000. amouut iuypived was $12,000,000 the largest sum over brought before pur bankruptcy courts." The correspondenf tiheli'rnakesthb follow ing best lawyers value their time at from $-10 to If, howeveri the case be one where is; at jstake, tlen, instead of a mere $30, you will be expected to advance a retaining fee of or perhaps $1000. ihis prevents any' diie from sccuriiig 'the "services of the lawyer thus If a lawyar, even after receiving such afbe, should win the case, he will expeeffrptn $15,000 additional. Our great lawyers demand pay commensurate with their reputation, and hence some, of them pari boast a practice worth $50,000 perl year. O'Conor'provious to' his1 retiri-meht( made annuallyj it ia said, i nearly four times.

that! gu.rn.il hp (was paid $200,000 for his services, in: Juruel case. lip is, now worttj more a'A 'of 'which "he' has made byhis owri genius and iudostry." IT is 'almost 'incredible the sum that 4s yearly fl owliig into'oul' colleges as ea-dbw'ments. Not in England nor in any couutry ia the world is phis sort of benefaction making strides so gigantic as in the United States. The gifts of the Cor. nol'si the Wellsesj'the Aii-j Tuffts.of Hupkins (who died recently, leaving $4,000,500 for a hospir tal and university), and scores of others are 'princely, iu amount.

During the year 1872 the sura, of $1, 493 000 was given or pledged to American colleges by various 'individuals. The largest benefi ciaries were Yale College, to the extent Of Harvard, Cornell University $185,000 i Wells poliege for In the Eastern and Middle States $1,707,800 were devoted tb the construction of new. college build ings, and 1 $863, 000 for the same purpose in the Western ana Bontnern states. Twenty-seven colleges during the same time added new, depnrtineuls, showing that the-advanpe in intellectual equipment keeps pace, w.h architectural ae commoaations. twenty-seven new departments' embrace law," medicine, journalism1, nlH'f eorblogy, 'telegraphy, chemistry, and- Twenty-six oolleges have added thirty-two pew 11 1, i 4VT Chiselhurst the ex-Empress Eoj-.

gonie lives in eomplote retirement. Tbio' imperial honsehold now consista oi only six' persons the Empress herself, Mllp. L'Arminai her Majesty' companipn, the, Duo de. Bassano, Count Clary, Dr. Con-neau, aud Dr.

t'orvisart. The Prince Imperial, tipwever, arrives at Camden Place every Saturday from oolwich, with his tutor, M.I Filon, and remains with the Empress until The Prince -is to, 1, making most Satisfactory progress with his studies at fhe Royal Military, Academy. The Empress seldom goes abroad, but takes walking exercise with in the park. -The ponies she was adcustomed: to Hriva before tho Emperor's rdeath sltico th lit 'his' retirtJiiibnt' 'does that' rest 'and qnjet 'Whichi hei expected1, H6i 19 beeot i'rqm ifiuaj ters by invitations to speak these iiiyitations ir of such pressing that lie hikls it impossible to neelinc when, with any juxtice to himself or regnrd for his private itifl'aii'Si ha, can ncmetit. itiooks as if.

in gottiur of Obu-'. -i fl. Tir gress auu into private 11 ie, iiir.Loimj accomplisliecr that Celebrated feat of but of the ffyifte pan into "the iil-ei'i The psople: won't let him be vini f' Ttti Gbee- Greeley thsilluniiiiated album containing the proceeding? pf the Cpmnion Councjl on the occasion of the death of the late place oh Wednesday, at tne present residence 01 tue ansses uree. ln'Obttage "New Totk. 'f May-, 'or Havemeyer made- the presentation aud Mr.j I Whitelaw.

res Bonded on behalf of the Misses: Greeley. It is a befitting testimonial in honor of departed worth, and will undoubtedly be' retained in the family as hetrloqm, never to be Willingly parted With a ibpi i-it iii.hi-ji tt i'i Jtiliiof 'ij VJ: and of raising by that1 means thei clodit' of the General Government; also, as, both theiStat snd i Government time.w.prc a very lpw; P.hf.;, success gave us a very nroniinont posi tion, all tho payments 'of the State through lis; i "The operation Bt(r'actet the1 tentloh ot tht Secretary of the Treasury of the tflitefl States, wo wore p-pointed sdle agents, in Philadelphia, nnr der the law, for negotiation of the first 7-0. issue. negotiated for the, government several smaller ainonnts, without commlssioh'oi agency, in common with other citiEcns. i We wero boi successful' In these o'f-forts that theigovprnmeut placed in onr hands, finally, hej great 5-30; loan, amounting fq oyer 300,000,000 which we negotiated in a' very' hribf period, pther loans wore also negotiated by us from timd to time, the lurgesti of which was ithatof the SSO.Cto'o.OOO,.

and loverly pf the' new funded 6 per hiati, together with tlie in tho recent syndicate, which has negotiated -bout 'f During thiB long period the collateral 'business through. the prestige we had gained by our governmental counections, had brought us in an immense and profitable business. I think it right, to state that the mere 'commissions and emttuiiient8 received- fi'oin the government 'froni time to time have tbiufcji fully, returned, same various fprffls p)f taxitfion uport the said DfoJitp or, npon those greater profits wiich, accrued from our general business so; that we feel We' csin justly say" that btiif conduction with the government, except' from the, collateral 'benefits! ha6 been of viry Vttle advantage ipecpniarily. aftor the commencement of the war, wo established a branch in; Washiugtou, and in January, 1881, we established a branch1 in' New Y'orlc. 1871, -we took an interest iu a house in London! The present firm was formed on January 1, 1S71, j-with an1 entirely new adjustment pf partners and interests, Our profits up to January 1,, lSOS, which had been divided among the partners'; had been" In one yenr: recollect my dividend was nearly 1 believe during no.

year were they less than $239,000, on the, average, dujng that At.that time I considered myself worth over two million dollars beyond all 'possible contingencies, aud owed nothing but smal) current (house-; keeping bills which worp always paid on During the period I have spoken oi there was no fixed capital in the firm be yond the undivided profit and loss ac count, but when the firm needed funds beyond that at any time, for any special purpose, the individual members of the Attn were ready to furnish their portions of cash or securities fof Buoh purpose, and the: firm ab 11. times had-assetts more than suliioient to, coyer, its tieav Its Liabilities were merely such as necessarily accrued in the course banking i van sin I) i I 'The following report and recommendation of Edwin M. Lewisi the receiver, wore yesterday fiind in the baukniptoy: clerk's oiiicp of the U'lited States-Dis trict Court, i After a fonual: introduo-' tion the receiver goes on to say Among the assets of the "Shove estJitb are tho bonds of the Northctn' Pacifio Railroad C'bmpany amounting to 809,000. There is no market value fpr any such amount of these bonds. I havp been informed that sales' in email buan- tities liave been effected at about thirty- five cents on the dollar.

From the best information IJhave. been able to get the debts of the firm will arapun td about of which about 2,500,000 are secured by collatecaja or will be sot- thsd by plajras wlfich pan be sot off, thus reducing indebtedness $9 ye, fi1'0" vided far.boitj.tte fnip' of OQo. v'a I vitjMii t' believe that it Would be to the in. yirestdf Jay Cooke Co. to settle any of the dobts for which creditors arn will ing to acce pt bonds of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company ati 85- cents on the dollar- Jay Cook Go.

owe the First National Bauk of Washington about 'The First National 3ahlc of Washington owes to Various banks' in', different parts of the oonhtry about $850,000, Bums vai7iugr'ftpm $a00 each.M" I The firm bf Jay Cooke si in the month of Qotbbor, made a pibpositibu to ine 'creditor' banks' above" nientibned jfbr the purchase of their claims against the First National Batik at the i-Ate of fifty cents ih bash and flftycents in the bonds of.tne Northern Pacitifc Railroad C(4n-panyj at eighty-five cents "on' 1 the dolaii. With fhe understptidiitg 'btt the, 'a'itl of Jaf Cooke that the Wash dividend from the bank would fuiriish the'. flfty cents oasti, and hpy fcouid the, i'irst. National bWashihgftoiij an amount of N.orthern.PaciBc whch; at eighty-fi ve cents oir the duliar, woJulaV be lequal. to jthe other fifty' 'cents', (ind that, 'he would receive, these bonds iif.tbe settlement of that of jthe debt of Jay fjooke Co.

at the same rate. Inorder tojndnce the banks, abbut l'iend-Ijke it is to dwell therein, Christ-like it is for sin lo crieve, 1'! f.od-like it is all sin lo leave, A A millstone and the human heart are driven If thtjj have nbthing else to grind they must themselves be ground. Intelligence' airtl courtesy M- rflwA hxt combined Oft in a wooden houin a golden room is 1 found, 1.1 1 twL'jj "T'" RETRyjUTlON, Though Qod gria'filfljs they grind exceeding small Th, gh i pa i 1 5 nd a.i i JJ with exacineas gilndti fce all. 1 weea was me most striking illustration of a very oommon faith belief in the Almighty He is the victim of a most touching fidelity to the great principle which every good American will surely be the last to flout. His creed was very simple it W418 that money would buy" everything and he reposed upon his beliof with "the sweet security of the Mussulman who Bees by faith a heaveB Certainly bias confi dence! was.

not IlS tiad proved his creed. He had seen money work miracles. He had sebrj Himself, a man of no cleverness and of no advan tages," rising swiftly by rheaiis bf it from iusi)niflcu'nt poverty to the controt'of a great party. It had made him master of one of the great' cities of the world" "It had secured him Governors, Legislatures, councils and legal and executive authorities of every kind. He invested in land and judges.

He bought dogs and lawyers He silenced the press with a golden muzzle, and money made his will law. 11 1,1 A 1 1.1 -Here was a ina who wanted, nothing that, money could nof was it strange that ho had uubpunded faith in it? lorm 01 virtue was tp pun mere iifiycyatiqu, a more or, ingenious; anol tanaciqus 'l strike'for money. If a man sj(oke, patriotism, "self-rer, the public welfare, public opinion, truth, jiistjico, right, 'Tweed smiled 'at the fine phrases at. which the auctioneer, Anxious to. sel himself, ciied, Going 1 going, Argument, reason, decency.

they wore meaningless to him- If an How The woild was a market. Life was a bargain. He felt himself with pride to be the largest operator in his as Yanderbilt "in his, or Stewart iu his. i I lu Albany, he had the Quest quarters at the Delavan, and when he came into the great dining-room at dinner-time, aud 1 joked at all the thronged with members of the Legislature and tho lobby, he had a paternal expression, as of a patriarch" pleased 'to see his retainers happy. Id was magnificent rendering of Fagin acd.his pupils.

You cou'd imagine him trotting ud and dowu iu the character of ad unsuspicious old, geutlerasn with Jiia haudkerchief hanging' biir' of Bis that his schoiai might show their'skilllrii iprig-ginga He knew of that, cheerful companylwas the Artful Dodger and which Charley Bates! And he never doubted that he could buy every man in the room if he were willing to pay the So at the Capitol, where sits the Legislature of a noble commonwealth of fohr, millions of souls? he moved about with an air of fat good, nature, like the chief shepherd of the flock. If he stood at the door of the Assembly looking' in, to 'fancy him saying to himself, j)aysf these men ftwo three hundred dollars for foiir months' service: I will give them better He did not doubt that it wan a fair What is the State is only four mill ions of people, he thought, who are all trying to be rich struggling, cheating. by hook or bycrbok, evtiry man for him self, and the devil take the hindmost, to be rich." These men would bo fools not to take my money. And he smiled his fat smile, and paid. liberally for" all that whs in market.

There were some papers, whose price he could not ascertain, which persisted in speaking ill pf, him and his pais. If the fools did not know their own interest enough to he content with a good price say1, of corporation advertising they must be silenced. The conceit of virtue must not be pnshe'd toe far. So one day his Legislature passed a bill virtually giviug his judges power to imprison editors, at their pleasure. But virtue that is, in the Tweed theory of life, obT stinacy is holding out (or a higher, price mnstered such a really respectable protest that the public coercion failed, aud private mothods were tried.

Tweed had, reputation could be bought Well aspowef. 'Veter Cooper builds an institute the eiluoa ion of. tub poor, does he? iou' mean, aid tcS his own said a to nisjowa glory TU-e ipays i iqerta.in pumber of tUohsauds of dollars 'for llib reputation of philanthropy. '''And" Mr. Stewart buflds a woi'kirig-'w6'mau' palaceit Ah I And Astor- founds a 'library.

1 1u-deed I rAiid they aire benevolent gontle-med Hud their Nob at all. merely invest money in certain kind of famei That pleases their taste, as. utt horsf andj yachts pictures please the taste of other peopler.) I will-show foaipa, Jtis done, says the faitKfaleliS'imHn Dollar5. And he give fifty thousand dollare td the 'poor juBt as winter is beginning. Let the 'cayileis saywhat they will," exclaimed a myriad voice, thai; shows ir good heart," Tweed, as it were, tips a wick.

I told you how done, he sooibs to say, what is there that money will not UtjrjrClfiig ti suotia! On did not try to evade justice? Justice In his view aC commodity' like legislative honor, like newspaper independence, like the reputation of benevolence. The reform movement was td Kim! a uklden and confusing flurry in which strikers, to whose terms he would not had somehow gained a momeutayad vantage. He had perhaps made a mistake, ia nut buying them at their pwn price, Huccoas had probably put him off histguard. Bie was sure'' that if "ad inrUstaaentl wece found, that would be the. tal of UC ami Mr.

Jortasctjo cnt for CoLne! Grey, theliext morning. Colonel, "si. id he, striving to speak inati off-hand way, I'm not so young as I was, and I that is I am beginning to see the folly of a man ol myage( aspiptig' t6 the of a ipyhgl vfife-. In fact', 1-i-t have written tttyour ohm: ing daughter, asking to be released from niy tq riJ ejaculated Colonel pull, ing savagely at his long waxed mustache, hurriedly Tcsnmed MrFprt-; esouei I shall of course regard any little business arrangement between us as "Oh 1" said the gallant colonel "in that case I can -offofrf no. ppp5sitjopq yor SKiiouscOHVictions, uiy wonder at your fickleness." i And so Mr.

Fortescue ransomed himself out of the hands of the enemy. 1 Geraldine's eyos sparkled when she received Mr. Carson Fortescue's letter. She went at once to her father, i "she cried, 'impetuously, he has treated me shamefully." 1 "My dear, my dear, don't judge, too hastily," said the Colonol, looking little 'SA rniu has, (Of conrte, (t right to change nis' mrhd aurf Mrt Fortescue haa.buhaved honorably about pecuniary matters. .) rp 1 Bnti papa," Routed Geraldine, "it's a dreadful thing hut to be married at all, after this 'I don't see how we aro to help it," said tiie C.olouel, stroking her hand, unless, Qarlaud just it," said Miss Greyj looking ilowu demurely.

Mr. Girland has proposed to mo. Can I marry him "Marry- whom "you please," barked out the Colonel. Geraldine did not see Mr' Fortescue again'f titil uPcratuliited tier her new engagement! apd fjueg utiii'zed "I didn't kuow they could get up these false things to look so natural," lies: jsaitf to 'iiimselfX -foair how I pity him wheh'he liuds it out." Jl ub appai-vrjtl i 'A Djat Gaf land uever did it to all 'appearances, he was well satistjeA with his HARD AOKOCND IK TI1K EAST ItlVKB fr triip: cni.MUfAriON ov-nirfSKMBs jor misi'obt'unes. The Arapiles Wednesday- inoruing steamed slowly out of port.

A pilot hired by the controlled her with As Bhe bounded the extremity of the yard a gale struck her starboard bow, which, with the strong jjrvi her on he ruian8 (' a luplt-en pier which caved in aud was sub-meiged twelve 5'ears ago. "6u the atobe foundaU6rJ.piis''hedragled aud ground, cliui'uing the water about her with her propeller until she settled hard and Jlioi bowncly)Bj walet, go and the. danger of further drifting removed. On the 'bridge lie discerned M. do Montenegro, her noble commander, and on- her deck a throng of excited seamen.

The toanv whittle attracted a passing tug. Eleven others were Boon drawn to her side. Eight of them tugged at her bow, and the remaining four" rushed. was without avail, aud the ornament of the Spanish navy seemed doomed to go to pieees on the of a dicgy coal pier. At o'clock, however, the tide arose and the wind lulled.

The trigs redoubled their iaSbrtSiruajping' (litae after length drew the Arapiles into the middle of the river, aud she started for Ellis Island, where she is to receive her powder. The oott of Wednesday's ao-cident to the Arapiles was nearly $1,000 which added to the amount disbursed iu the navy yard makes the sum of her expenditures in this port nearly 90,000. 1 Yard pilot' JJacou said that an obstruction corresponding to that on which the ironclad grounded exists on' the New York side of the river between piers 52 and S3, but the Arapiles is the flrst craft to which eithet of "theni las beeu a hiuderaiico. IV. X.

Sun. A MlII4C)N OltSKllVATOltT. To the many instances of private munificence during the past few years, there promises now to.be added another, as it haB been announced by Professor Davidson to 'the California Academy of Sciences that Mr. James Lick; of San Fran-Cisco, has promised the means to build a telescope of the largost S17.9 in the world probably not less than thirty-five or thirty-six inch aperture. "With this in.

strument will be combined every kind of apparatus commensurate therewith, and of- the most perfect description. Mr. Lick proposes to endow his observatory with one million dollars. It is said that there are snmmits of the Sierra Nevadas of California that are accessible by railroad through the whole winter, and that offer unsurpassed for tlie establishment of up astronomical observatory. Near Lake Tahoe there are suit able peaks, whose elevations exceed, 000 feet, Professor Davidson, in communicating to the California -Aoadehiy the results of his examinations of these1 regions) states "that the- proportion of clear days and nights is unusually large amounting to 270 inayear, and the clearness and optical steadiness of the atmosphere is remarkable.

There is an almost perfect immunity from the mountain Hanks being covered with verdure in umuier, and snow iu winter. He estimates the saving in time and labor to the astronomer months to one or two days. The mildness of the weathor pu the; piountgiips of the Pacifio coast is generally attributed to 'the great) amount, lo muistuietbat is condensed iu passing over, thorn, aim in this respect they offer a remarkable contrast to the White Mountains of' New England. EDiTon's Scikttific Rtcoito in Harper' for Fei t-aafg. t-During the past three years, it is saidthat only four out of the one' hundred and forty female clerks in the' Pat-ent-offintt have ft Is not to be inferred from this faotj that only four have' been married.

Marriage in that department does not mean resignation. from among the. daughters of the friendly house the one he would have for a John was a dutiful and liis hedrt was and as the maidens were, all lair to look upon, he accepted the situation, and deter- John spent several evenings in tht' ooihpany of the' young ladies, and it i as difficult to decide which was the ihost charming, though his fancy. rested most upon the youngest not that "she was the handsomest, but sbo appeared this most '-i" V'lon i i i i One day John wa invited to dinner, and in advance, of. the family; he made his way intojhe hall and threw a broom 'upon the floor; directly across the' passage to the 'dining room.

By and by summons sounded for the meal, and John" watched for the The ejdest daughter step-ped over broom, loftjly. The fecond vent around The fonftli gave it au extra kick.1 The fifth, the 1 youngest stooped and- picked the broom up ancj lit the far corner, of the hall and' set It cart-fully out of the way. 'And John gelected the meek-eyed; fair-naired maiden, who had just stood the and he. never occasion to regret the choice She, pro ved to be a wife who looked well to the ways of her household," and her Heart hadijio lack of faitli and love. jvii i' The EABTaqUAXR Tkbbob of Of the memorable incidents connected with the Foundry, the earthquake of 17501s still recorded.

On the 8th of Feb? rtmry all London rocked to and fro with a strong convulsion, and the people rushed into; the to avoid being buried in the tottering bpuscs. month later, wlien Charles Wesley was holding the five-o'clock inorhing service at; the Foundry chapel, a far more violent shook passed beneath the The earthr moved eastward, and thru westward followed by a loud noise like had just given out the text, when the Foundry was shaken violently as if the roof would fall. women and ehildren pried eut, but the preacher changing his text, read alonrt, Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be moved," and soon filled, his' audience with his own unshaken eonrageV" The general terrer rose almost to madness when an, -insano prophet declared that on the 4 th of April another; earthfiuake would level London and Westminster, to the dust. A wild excitement raged through the city as the fatal day approached. Thousands flbd to the country.

Womcn and children van through the streets on the night before the 4lh of, April, weeping and lamenting, London looked like city sacked aud ruined. Every open space was filled through the anxious night with multitudes of the rich and poor awating 'the- expected 'shock. The churches were Crowded with unaccustomed Whitetield stood up in Hyde, Park at midnight, under au inclement sky, and spoke with his sonorous voice to au uncounted multitude aud Charles Wesley, snnounded by immense throngs at the foundry, preached a "'written" sermon and chanted' some inspiring hymiis." The next day passed away quiet. The: people came back to their houses, and London has never since felt so universal a terror as that of the year of the earthquakes. Ecokhk awkKsce, in Barper't Wagaetm fvT February.

---f -f The new resting place for the remain of the Emperor, Napoleon is very nearly completed. The magnificent granite sarcophagus, the gift "of Queen Victoria, has already been placed in th mortuary chapel' tic Tha design is Gothic, and the oavviag is very elaborate and sarcophagus will stand on a tessellated pavement, in the centre of the new building, and will be approached from the interior the church by two steps through a double divided by columns of jasper. This approach being always: open, the sarcophagus can always be seen from the church. Thelittle chapel has it carved altar and canopy, and at the opposite end is a' private doorway for the taefctirely finished, the ceffin of Napoleon will be quietly removed across the ehnreh and placed in the mausoleum.1'"' 1 Tun will of an eccentrio eitiieti.of Cornish, New Hampshire, who made a bequest of $1000 to the town, the interest to! be. expended in, flags, to be unfurled in Various part of the town during the pleasant weather, has been contested by his expenditure.

Judge Foster, of Concord, held considering it to be a very proper bequest-one calculated to keep alive the spirit, of unlou and patriotism so the flag will oontinuo tb wave. jJ" A 1 DattU M. Hau was in every respect ai-' objectionable person. They hung him a few days ago in Belmontj Nevada. When on, the scaffold David M- asked for three cheers, a cigar, a minister, and a late New York paper.

These requests, excepting the first, were deemed laudable, and were gratified after which 'so far as his breathing was concerned, there was i a solution of continuity. I am His That. seat is engaged," said pretty young maid. ,1 entered the car day. To whom? ''A'young gentleman, she pbtitlngly wBete'is' hia baggaeej I pray Het rosy lip opened llko rose-buds, in spring, herj faoe in deep blushes was dyod, as, muttering crosBly Yon hateful old thing Why I am his baggage," she The Rev.

Newman Hall returned to England a few days since; caking with him $ii90f for the Lincaln Memorial tower of his church, in London. Be spoke seventy time during his tout" through the country, and was, on the whole, as successful as any foreign, clergyman conld expect to be during a fine rwe of ''it ill, (. and were Linto supper, room, after which, elevated by the ebfi'ee and the elevator, they 1 were earried beyond'the jurisdiction f. the Board or Public Works to room's nnder the "When the good lady entered her bedroom she encountered the and both exclaimed Where's Bobby J' Vhy'' said the nurse, "I thought' ir 1 "I' Nanoyv" screamed, the! Mrs. M.

CI, "didn'tyou fetch him i No, mum I had the three carpet sacks, the cloaks, baby's clothes, and I thought you had him." Now Bobby was the baby, and the frigntfnl diBOOv'ety' was'" made that the baby had been left in the hack There was a frantic rush fur the, elevator and tl)p stairs. it The insane tried to burst open tho dpor so as to precipitate himself down the well! He then pulled away at the bell until he broke it then 1 shouting Fire 1" rushed down after his wife aud four children, who by this time were iu the clerk's office trying to make the corpulent, and amiable Mr. Bagley understand the horrible situation Some one suggested the telegraph, and all the police stations were advised of this loss of Congressional infancy. But the worst part' of it was that the' crazy representative! conld not remember the number of the backhand tire hacki are not remarkable, for their ready return of lost parcels. Iu Hie meantime the unhappy husband made a short exctlfBlon into the ueinh borWo'bd'.

"lib h'nVried through' the backs hack Btahds aud bad 'rill the retired convicts, who drive-those vehicles volunteer to' go and search for. the lust for.t wp and a half hours. Each one was ready to make affidavit that he knew the Tiackk one driver, who tb havfe been hung long ago, swore that he'heara the child cry os tho hack drove' by. tJie hack sta'ud the husband hurried to Newspaper Row and stirred ,110 the, Bohemians to the highest piich of excitement by his tale of woe. 1 i 1 1 1 The corpulent Ranisdell sat down and wept," Adams blew his nose, while Boyn- tbn pliilosOphieally remarlted that the.

loss c4 ababy wiisfloinebody's gain, and iProstbn added, idint it a loss easily aud so the.uiglit wore What became, that, with the precious little burden, is the most interesting part of the" narrative. It seems that our bid friend Zach Chandler, the Michifrander who goes mooning about at all sorts of late hours, found himself on Four-and-a-half street insnch a state of absent mindness that he couldn't tell where he was or where he ought to be, Jn' these emergencies lie instinctively calls a hack. All the hackmen in town know i the great Michigander. 'and entirely 1 regardless of what he orders or says, they invariably drive him ihome, stopping at all the sample rooms and bars on the way. On this occasion he halted ii' liaclc, aiid getting ih said as ho did so 1 1 Takeme'omedamnyou 'i1! i Sitting down Upon the back seat he was startled by a wild cry that almost sobered him.

This ill sound )ike ex- ilia a It came very near being a case of spoiled child, for old Zach had hinged two hundred pounds of rjenatoria! beef and whiskey on the lost child of the lower House. He started up with such violence that his head struck the top pf the hack, nearly bouncing the drivor off his seat, more, however, with astonishment than jolt, ZacH resolved himself Into an ih 1 vestigation committee and, sitting down on the front seat; felt around He gathered up the; Ichihl, and for a minute sat turniug the situation qvpr in his gigantic intellect, than, slicking his head out of the window, he shouted with that voice which has made tho British lion tremble go'omequiok I'vejgot a 1 1 v.M Ah the iufant continued its screaming, the driver bad no doubt as to. the truth of this startling, revelation, aud so tore along the street nc a frightful rat.4-. Pulling hp at the' pa atial mansion, the great MichigarSder tumbled ont and rushed in with the child in his it to the Mis. Chandler, he said Mostroriiary fair Rot down baby on hack.

Going -to dopt him." The good old lady did not receive the newJFproet Sitme enthusiasm, bat sentjor a policeman, not; to ari-ept the senator, but to remove the encum brancer 1 Through this means thei poor little waif wns restiircsl-to its'fi-auticjpa- We are happy to say that both Chan. 'tiler and baby are as well as could be ex- n-i rr-A I4tbr froui, an Americuu' merchajit, in w'Siefi 'tlie writer speaks in-these familiar terms 'of His Majesty tlie King of the Sandwich Islands ago we hud, a ball at thfe palace. of itfe, Lunalilo is' our frieiid Av lien lie 'was still hieivly Crdvri'' r't-Ji'be I loanctf liiii $2 only for he uaid. 1 met him year after I remind-bd him of the loan, but he. told me tb wait till lib tlioiild have1 becoifaelviiigi, bf Which the prospectti wer thh Vei-y sliglit.

But now.ilie-iia iOlr n.4 I hii -11 hate silgntly aiadehim a present jof the t. "Cheap frie'ntfship, cpijsijJtiri "ing he iB Btepheng Demooratip party, fact is, Alex! iB ijliglitly tedious, and when he grows eloquent, as in "his '-pet'orauon the other day be is not iinnrtisive. i But jt the apd I ponsternatipn pttnis wee, JI? had! but one artiblp, his thati-was now destroyed, He had.stake everything upon, the Almighty Dollar, iBnd had, lost.T-jfrfi-tor' Eaeyt Qhair, in ffarperfr Jfa.fj Ul OVl'f IU Frhni ArtBUr's Home'Sfagltziiiivif 1-iMMA I listened while1 he talked In low, serious, tender was speaking of the homo in Heaven toward whioh his heart imtt f''1 There Will be no more ''night there, nor chilling' he said'; "ho more sorTbwv rio more toll, tab more piin' Qod is the light of 'thatf: world, and He Swill wipe away all tears- froiM 'our cyes.I How bftsn do I firtd myself erHntt' with the Oh; that 1 bad wings like a dove, for then' -would fly' away and I' 'grosv-weary' with waiting every has no attractions to offer niy sou). Its atmos phere oppresses me its ways are rough' to my feetf 1ta touch nhlllB meJ' I pray contiunally, '() Lord, hide me tinder the shadow of Thy i wings, until the storms of life aire over she! tor jiie! frOm tho burning heats cover me from the winter's iM And then he saug in a swept, luipres- Jerusalem, in happy hqipcj III, l.w 1 lm, Wlrert'will myl sorrows liSve-jU. ttii Ut'nn Howr, heavenly-minded I- heard spoken from one to in a hushed whisper.

p. 'wrlM is ripe for. the was answered ..) r-, (.. A world hangs loosely, upon him as a.worurout ready, tp be cast aside when the Master. aunuDiona him away, God has endowed him with, double portion of His 1, walked thoughtfully away wbeu the little company Is it indeed I questioned with myaelf, 'Pipe for ttut A dpubla porOou'of God's, Spirit resfe-' ipg upon him JWhat fs it to be heav-euly'ruiuded a for the kingdom of a liUiepf past' Ue, hud not been, an worker in tlae an idler and a lie was something of an enthusiast, aud had the reputation of being gifted in prayer." He talked much on the subject of religion, and spent a great deal of time in iirepa'ring himself, for This preparation iu pious the reading of religious' books, fasting and, prayer.

In business', he had not because, he lacked prudence and industry. Thero was, to hisperceptiou, a spirit of worldly-mindeduess in these, opposed to religion It' was, a letting of himselfdowiji into carnal things, that were death. to the And so he was. very poor, and coulfl sing, and did with foei'tug, No foot of land do 1'posscss, i- yjor cbttage'in the '-wilderness-i' i'lJ'OI i-i A poor, wayfariag man.n-.i'.; Ipdge, awhilo, iatents l( Or lndly wander loap.liro Till 1 my Canaan gain." And rather took merit, to himself for tits poverty regarding it almost as one of the Christian graces. ,1 need hardly say, that the wife of this mau was a toiler beyond her strength, and that his children had not received the natural and( mora) advantages that their father might have; procured, for them, if Jad been ay in he world, instead of an enthusiasticdreamer-f bo burdens of others were made heavier, because he had failed, to bear his own allotment and evil had, crept in at the dpor ho was appointed to guard1, be- pause be bad slept at his post.

And yet he was' called heaveuly-mnided," and ripe for the kingdom. i ,,1 rr a i As I mused, reason and feeling both 1 oould, see, nothing of the spirit of Heaven in this but only the delusion of an unprofitable servant, p.fo be heavenly-minded, is to be in the love' of good deeds and every man who, from a religious principle, acts justly and faithfully In all his relations in is a doot of good deeds. He only 'can become heavenly niiuded only' 'can worship God'ifl spirit 'and in truth. 1 Praying and singing are Of no avail, without) acting. iTbey iifti'tjib thoughts heavenward but only as our fietf move' are' wei borne thitherward.

We are in the world for work and duty and We' 1 CaniiDt be rightcons, unless wo ftct right' toward onr-JtellOw-tneu. Belief in God, and an acknowledgment of His holy i precepts, ai only' its the inception of spiritual life true vitality and Christian manhood are- the results Of right living. It Is the good and, faithful erv-, ant who alone euters into the joy of his Lord only Ihe: who 'performs good acts to the 'Children of men is accepted.ir It is easier to' i pray than to work easier to believe a certain formula, than, to practise; self-denial easier to penult the feelitrsrs- to lapse sweetly, away under the influent of tranquilising music, qr.oom;pel8elf-loye to gjv up! its darling ip degree that, we overcome the man of sin, who is ever promoting to a disregard pf others, that saaj got, larger; worldly and ituweajied natural do we receive true spii-i tua.1, life, Dd advance ia the way of, regeneration, I To rest, nspe, of jon any, other groundiif, most fatal delusion, ii' tdill i --rm V' TUB State Grance have closed Is contract Sat the purchase of the harves tejr patent, intending to start a manufac lavs eif Mo lej atj of io ti i ui.t UJ'J'l only one mascuyne iudividrjal.iucea-J tioni'- -r j-4-rr rf rCJi i' piim org, Carson Fortescue," "Is that all?" said Mr.Garlaud, composedly. "Don't fret, Geraldine I'll pitch him into the lake, with the greatest pleasure in life, if only you say so Geraldine hhook her head. "It wouldn't do a bit of good, Albert! I am engaged to him And I never ought to have allowedmyself to to care for you Break the engagement "Bifpf! f-rnotAlbtffif' Hellitf lent papa V- Hang the ten thousand dollars," said Mr.

Garland, impatiently. "Is this whole world made up of dollars aud cents Is love to be sold by the piut, peck or bushel? Let's elope, this very uight, dear little "Queen of Hearts Still Geraldine shook her head. "Then you don't love me as I love you," he said, reproacntutiy Oh, I do, Albert, I do. Only not, offend him, for papa's sake. Walt until to morrow." 9 Wbv until to-morrow 1 dare h' tier may ch'Stfge KX I 'jls that likely?" Garland somewliat bitterly demanded.

I A But we'll wait and see. Don't be unreasonable, Albert, dear, when I am so wretched Hush 1 there is the whistle of the train now," and away she ran, before Albert Garlaud could put in another word, i I if AW ul. -lift The yellow gold of t.ho sunset had faded out of the Sky, lihd the frosty chill of an October eveuing filled the air, as Mr. Carson Fortescue, bundled in vari ous strata of wooicn wrappings, entered his room. VVUeVU'Sn Wad r4teJe.t' hoUrs ridiBn'tfia'tloriid one-horse railroad 1 Waiter, tell 'eiu to light a fire here at once, and to send up some hot water and a deviled chicken and a tumbler of brandy and water, hot, d'ye hear? And-teU 'em to look sharp about it "Yes, sir." The waiter bowed and disappeared.

Mr. Fortescue sat. down andpapked 'fthol-e's te boa dance horo.tor 11 ight, I may as well freshen up for it a little," said he to himself. "But Geialdine must bo made to uuderstaud, wbeu once we are married, that this sort of thing isn't to go on every evening in the week 1 I wonder where I put that Corn I wonder if my dressing-case But his reverie was checked by the sudden sound of voices in the adjoining room. ile.ltsBned a minuteor tw6.

Geraldine, by Jove lie 'muttered, sotio wee. Geraldine aud a lot of other girls Getting ready for the dance, I suppose. How plaiu I can hear what they say Miss Grey's voice rose high and shrill above the others. "Give me my hair, girls the lone switch, you know, and the two curls There, that's right "J'1 i Mr. Fortesoue sat motionless, the bot tle of Corn Ointment' in his hand.

i False hair false hair'! 'he' mutter ed, ominously, under his breathjj. She has been deceiving me all this while. I hate false things! Hush sh sh What is she saying now ami I 'fOo fJamanded Miss Grey. Have. i got; too much pf thjj pearj jtowijer ver rny jeft eyebrow Do, some reach, hie the pot of rouge that's Iborl'Bet'rtgiitMl''- i Corn Ointment) ito th: floors! I Mr.

Fortescn'e's eyes were growiDg rouud with horror. i Kouge he gasiied to himself. Pearl No painted Jezebel for me! is, it possible Uiat I have been, thus'fa'r a 1:11 "Here are your teeth, Geraldine, giggled Minnie Apthorpe. "I declare I don't see how you keep 'em in your mouth What.KioIcZ your old beau say, if he could see you now "Hush!" cried Geraldine, sharply, Walls have ears and I wii.h you'd 1 came tw waiters ode bearing the tray of deviled chicken, brandy and water, etc. the othor carrying in his arms half a dozen sticks of wood, to kindle a fire andrioimpriipr thevfcpevijrsatiou in jhe adjoining room was audible.

Bnt Mr. Carson Fortoscue had heard quite enough already. "False hair, ever-gleaming pearls, the roses and lilies of Nature's own manufacture, iu which he had so fondly belioved What next he despairingly aked himself. Orejifcy.fdedeiWtli me shamofulfyj ho indignantly told himself. But I won't marry the girl l- I'll find some excuse to cut loose from the bargaiip-tiough, I suppose," he ad-, itSSfjVteply, "1 lose ten thousand dollars ont and out." -1 sir," asked the waiter, bis' preparations at last completed, master told me to ax you will you take a tioke.

JNo, i believe oVsauliiVlr. ort- jeacut miy (Bhnddof I facinghuj aeiitlusionni' idol, tue idea 01 teeth, hair, nine o'olock and I had promised Albert waltz upon? my tablet Geialdiner -V -4)T Minnie Al- thorpe. "Why couldn't he have1 been 1 sensible enough to stop away until after the hop?" Geraldine threw both her arms aronndfalBe toetb, a false otiDBlexioD i.ilac'e uaisj jnonson necE.i Daisy, ne coaxed; "you splendid for getting girls out of scrapes. ftrg', gWtndmptbcW, sort of way sheiwas Just eighteen, mon'tus' older than pntr- 1J out of this ifyouou't like to break thU obhoxious engageaient ppp.in pumbety to assent to this arraijge-1 The: interesting eeremony of pre-ment, agents, were employed 'by Say seating to the family of the late Horace TOiirself. vtiu' fhiiHt.

ntn.1riii irt- (4W 4t 'J, Vfipt ha see about that," saM Daisy, jpb. to act dlreoiion of Henry Cooke, for the'pui-rloBe. of visiting the banks and procuring their consent to the arrangement. About 4ou was spent iu tnis way. aooihiipui banks have signed agreements accepting the and about fifty uraore have signified their Willingness to accept if the toiild be assured of the- hWnt beintf carried into effect.

as sent of the remaining' banks' cannot be Obtained without being' visited by agents competent to ejrpfai the trttnsaotionl 1 im.imn imiii 1 bn I L'u i.J nl Jl 1 next to GeraldiDs's i i-l, Minnie wondering responded, dij" must come and sleep with, si-ecl A yd.