Vermont Phoenix from Brattleboro, Vermont • Page 1

Mi BRATTLEBORO, VT. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 3875. NO. 36. VOL.

XLH. The Vermont Phoenix. T- 'ills' t't 'ly NTEII.HAX, Ofllco No. 0 Qinnlto How, Main Strcot, lir.ir-TtKBOilo, VT. Sinn snoscTiurrs, by mall, $3 33 per ftuimu in hdv.nret id clubs, 2-00.

When not paid St 60o Additional, pr ear, will be charged. tnade known on application. 11 Deains and Marriage. Insetted gratis; Obitu-i Jiii-Icca or Rtaolittlcne, and Cards of Thanki, 100 per ll ad of ten L. FlItKCU.

D. D. B1XOUAH. ItUSIlflUSS GAUDS. lurs'.

I. It. J33NN33, (Icnrral Insurance mil Ktal Kstate Agent, ComuaijlcH vbose Ae.s are over TE NE HE S.T TO 11 in Thompson Itengcr'a Block, nejt door to Phccnlx Uffloc, BRATTLEBORO, VI. jgAXXI.EIIOIltt Brattleboro, Vt. STRICTLY TV.lXriltt.l.XCIt.

located near Iho depot. lias keen thoroughly refuted, and Is now in excellent order. Is heated l. steam, and well furnished. Pried per day.

Convenient avrangcmi nts. tft II. A. KILBURN, Manager. JAN.

IV. dllCGU, 3t.lt.. rhyiiclau nnd Sitrgron. Successor to B. C.

Newton, dealer in Drugs, Dyes, and Fancy Goods. OlHco in the rear of the Drug Store, Main opp. Illgh, DratUctioro, VI. Irt ii. w.n'ujrpoirr.

Mliorneu aud Vonnietlor ai Xasr, UUATTLEBOKO, VT. Wholesale Commission Dealers in FLOUR, Brattleboro, Vt. EJ. ClllI'Ml'E It, MarketBlock.Elliot St. Dealer In FancyUoods.Bools, Stationery, Nupapc, MagazlnesandPoriodtcals.

Subscriptions received for the principal riewspapcr.and Magazines, and forwarded by mall or otherwise. IIA-ItXESS X. Jobber lu ILUUU, oil. Bt n.KiiLiLua. JlBA-TTIiEBOBO, VT.

POI1T EltltY, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Brattleboro. Vt. O.N DWENr-OBT. J. O.EDDT.

EW. HTODDAHD, ATTORNEY, COUNSELLOR AT LAW, and Solicitor or Patemts, A.TA.IiIS OKAY, I. FhgiiciaH autl Hnrgepn, ELLIOT SI BEET, BniTTLXBOBO, VT. A D. PUTXAJr, DontlHt, Caoam Block, Batti.ibom.,vt.

ILOX 1IAVIIMOX, attorney and counsellor at law, Fatettctillx, Vt. MHTJCI3, m. M-II 'S I Ci.l.Y SVIZOEO.X, OOScewlthDr. Holton.cornor Main and Walnut 1J-S2T. Brattleboro, Vt.

CUDWOUTH UAVK.M'OHT, General Insurance igsnts, ar nU for the Fabmebb' Mutual Fire Insurance Co. oi tndham County, and for Chester, Sprlngncld. Lndlow, sndover and Weston In Windsor Co. Office In Union B. Brattleboro, Vt.

li O. J. PRATT Hid recthed bli osuil LARGE AND VARIED STOCK OF Foreign Domestic DRY GOODS AND CARPETS, For the Spring Trade, Constslii.g of a gTeat v.rtety of BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, ilEAL IBISII POrLlNS, ALPACAS, MOIIAIIIB, BULLLIAVTINES and CASIIMEBE3 superior mako and Unlst, at popular price; together with All Ihc New Fabrics in French nnd Englisli Dress Goods, SHAWLS, V. EHPItOOF CLOTHS, FUNNELS, TABLE LINENS, COUNTERPANES, TOWELS. CRASHES, II r.

HIED AND BIIOWN SnEETINd and siiibtino, prints, QINOnAMS, PEBCALES, 4c. Also an irumunao stock of WHITE GOODS, EDCT.NOS AND INSERTINOS, WORSTED AND SILK FBINOES, UCiPUOE AND YAK LACKS, HOSIERY, ULOVE8, CORSETS, HOOP SKIKT8, ZEF1IYH WOBSTEDS, TUUEAD. STORE ARTICLES AND SMALL WAKES, Lowest Prices Also an elegant stock cf English and American Brussels, Tapestry, 3-Ply, and Low-Priced Carpets, WHITE AND CHECKED MATTINGS, COCOA MATTINGS, OILCLOTUB, CRUMD CLOTHS, DOOR HATS, uuas, CARPET LINING, all if uich will bo sold at lowest city prices. JUarly urtil frequent cull, No roull to shew g-ooil. Respectfully, 0, J.

PRATT, No. 1 Granite Blook. Drallleboro, April IS, 1879. WOTIOH 1 --J. a.u persons are cautioned and lorbuiaen to pay any LIU contracted for good, at my to my former employe, Mr.

L. II. ltocd, as I shall hold all audi person! ru.lMinMll.li. tt ma noranfiallv. CHARLES 8.

PROUTY, DratUdioro, yt, July 23, SDH Of 1875. llrnttlcljoro Church Directory. r.iUT D.fi:T. Vmc Rt.f t. E.

Cummlr.gi'. U. BoMilAy m.t p.m. Bun tlij BOiool 11:60 m. Miilonry Concert im'.

BnutiDT ert-nlufc tn t-ich montb, 8nnuy Rcbotii Ooiioul iim suuitftv ceolDg In each month, PxajvY itttttUin mi the other Sut.d; CTenlngi. Men 'lay eiiloc, jotiajt j-ryr meeting, miluj. jir.j?y meeting, CzKtnt CoNORtOATiosAU Bl.J Iter. 14. Mlfjh 111, rftstor.

BiiDrttyieTvlcti 10:30 ft. 7:30 p. m.t bit (itlfcj Bclir 1 13 di. MlSklc-utry tod 8. B.

Concetti (lce the il4cft of tbe CTening itrrlce on the lt and 2J Bauinys of t(s muiitb. refpccUvtly. YoupR pcuplu'h nuetioR M-iidy nvculhg hi 1-4 to 8, 1'rtycr FiidAj evening 1-4 to 8. Thursday p. UiXif prac? mctltrLj, 3 ocl-Ck.

Epibcopai. Mai tar. W. li, Collin, Rector. BanlayBPTTlo: MoruluR I'rayrr and fermcn 10:30 a.m.; evening praypfiid teruion 7:30 p.

Bun dayHcbol) llvly dyi, 1030 a. m. Holy Commyuirn Ht Nundiv lu the mt-nth, and on ail great Cetlrala. TMchiMrrn of this parlih aro cat utilised on tlio lit Sunday eury month at 3 p.m. MsTnoDitT In lower to hull Hot.

N. F. rerrv rA.tr IVcbiDg Sunday at 10:30 H. to H'liuol 13 praier niottiuR In Iuj 8. C-inctrt 4lh Bunday if eTtry ni'j)tli.

t'M. Dieting Tacvday evening prayer mtctlug itiuy ocnl'jg Bo4lrf free. ItOMAN CA ISO LIC Wnliiut Ht. IIuT. Henry Lane, pMfltur.

Sunday rklccHHlKd mans 10:30 a. m.j Vcptrt atid l.ei.rult.tlii 7:3" p. m. Uaitai-i am. Mitlti IieT.

W. L. Jenkins, Pie tor. SmtItb in th- ToYn Hall, Munday a.m., at 10:30. Beat free.

Fin it UNiViiRtULm Citil Itcv. M. II. llarrli, Tanlor. rIdi- ice tooi ut St.

Sunday acrmon 10.C0a.ro. Moudiy and Friday orcnioga at 7:30. JtHA TTL lull Oil gttBftUBg 2D(vcctova? Name, llusincss and Location of the leaning Jlusiiiets Houses in Uratltclwo. Zlcux xdii oct ron bafkbckck. Imitlprurut.

C. F.THOMPSON Willlston's StoneBlock. WOOD MARSHALL, Eaehange Block, MalnStrect. D. A.

CLARK, Tyler's Block. Jlouli.eller. itntl CHENEY CLAPP, Crosby Block. J. BTEES, Fisher's Block, Main St.

F. C. EDWARDS, 1 door north America Home. Hoot, uml Mliof. A.

F.BOYNTON.MarshalliiEsterbrook'ablock.M.st. T. A. STEVENS, Flak's block, Main street, up stairs. Clnthlrr.

F. 8. BUACKETT I It SUranit. Row. PRATT, WRiUUT Granite How.MalnStreet.

ROOf McEEAND, corner Main and liigh its. II. E. TAYLOR, 3 Union C. L.

BROWN, Marshall Esterbrook'a block Maln-at. J. RETTINO 4 SON, neat Brooks House. 0. J.

PRATT, 1 Oranlte Block. Arts, C. BROWN, Marshall Estcrbrook's block, Maln-sl. J. RETTINO SON, neat Brooks ilo.se.

Coal. F. E. BARROWS, offlce with P. Barrows.

Coffin, and Cu.lirta. C. L. BROWN, Marshall Estcrbrook's Bl'k, Main St. Contractor, and ALONZO CHURCH, Elliot Street.

Crockery and Ware. M. T. VAN DOOBN, 7 Crosby Block. Dining Itosni, E.

L. COOPER Brook. Heme. Hours, Nash anil llllnda. C.

F. THOMPSON Wllllston'. Stone Block. B. A.CLARK, Tyler'.

Block. Jkrugrirl.t.. 1. N. THORN 1 Crosoy Block.

II. C. WILLARD 1 Brooks House. NEWTON ii ROSE, Main oprposite High St. Dry P.

BARROWS, Main Street, opposite Brooks House. O. I. Pit ITT, I Oranlte Block. IVrtlliaera C.

F. THOMPSON WlUlston's Stone Block. C. D. NOYES, Thompson Ranger's Dlock.

Flour and Ciruln. ESTEY, FROST Bridge St. Jb'urnltur. C. L.BROWN, Marshall J.

HETTINO BON, neat Brooks House. Oroc.rl.s. A. C. DAVENPORT, 3 Crosby Block.

J. W. FROST CO. 8 Crosby Block. FRANK U.

HOWE, MarsbaUJt C. D. NOYES, Thompson Ailtsnger's Block. C. L.

PIPER, corner Csnal and south Main ats. J. O. TAYLOR, 3 Brook. House.

C. F. THOMPSON Willlston's StoneBlock. 11. lot.

and Ammunition, C. D. NOYES, Thompson Ranger's Block. Hardware, Iron and Steel. B.

A. CLAItK. Trier'. Block. C.

F. THOMPSON Willlston's Slone Block. 31 UEUSTIS It BURNAP, Main Street. Cap. and U.

E. TAYLOR, 3 Union Block. Ice Cream E. L. COOPER, 0 Brooks House.

Insurance CUDWORTn It DAVENPORT, Union Block. BENJ.lt. JKSMESt 'inompson a lungers uiocs. MOODY HOWE, Barings Bank Block. JTewellera.

THOMPSON It RANOER, 1 Orrnlt. Row. Iilrery and Feeding- F. U. FARR, Blrge Street.

I. W. SMITH, rear Crosby Block. Machinist. II.

CRANE, Canal Street. Marble DDTTON A EATHAN, Bridge ner R. R. Depot. Meat W.

F. RICnARDSON. Market block, U. 1IADLEY, Main Street. Millinery and Taney MRS.

U. M. FARN8W0RTH, 1 Crosby Block, li floor. MISSES MARSH BALLARD. orerSleen's Store.

O. J. PRATT, 1 Oranlt. Block. Paint, and C.

F. THOMPSON Wllllston'. Stone Block. B. A.

CLARK, Tyler'. Block. Paper Hunglng-. and Window J. BTEEN, Fisher'.

Block, Main Street. M. T. VAN DOORN, 7 Croaby Block. Photographer.

D. A. HENRY. Culler'. Block.

Main Street. C. L. HOWE, Union Block. Picture Frumlngr.

A. F. WILDER, Harmony Block. gecd.man anil Florl.t. C.

E. ALLEN, Canal St (Cut Flowers to HteuclU uml Steel Mtuuijis. E. M. DOU0LA8, No.

0 Harmony Block. (lore, and Tin Ware. WOOD It MARSHALL, Exchange Block, Main Street. Tennilnfr. CHARLES T.

WHEELER, CeutreTlUe. P. O. Box. BM Undertaken.

O. L. BROWN, Marshall Block Main st C. L. BROWN, Msrshall Eslerbrook's block, Main St.

RETTINO SON, High next Brooks" House. Dental Operations orAitKiXDarrBroBMiDiHTniBittauiiKin CLARK'S DENTAL Block, O.cr Vtrmtnt tfattmsl Ban ECHOS Bonoath tho Stars Stripes. "THE LION OF THE TIMES!" The IcmeJy rr a TlfblJleurg.llmrliel. A nOilEY'lfiUHu asv line, For Men or Women, at fa jme or on the road. Uaefnl, Honorable, Permanent.

Particnlara aent free by mall to any applicant, and "THE MIRROR," forty-pag. paper containing much Intereatlng and valuable matter. Send at once. Name lu what paper you this i notice. Address MARTIN 40 Hinsdale, New Uampahlte.

Hnvo Your Suinmor Clothing Cleansed and Repaired, AT the BRATTLEBORO DYEING AND CLEANS-INQ HOUSE. CoatB. BhawlJ, and Bacoues, cleansed and dyed without ripping. Dress Goods, etc, dyed nd "'g-u 0DOMAN, Bo. Mala opposite uratllebord House.

Brattleboro, May 1, 18H. i-3 TIM INTO V. R. -RRAOKETT'S Clolhlnv and Tisllorlis; Etaullhmet At youtre going bj, nd er. yonr order for nice attlng pattern cut from mettnre.

If Pasturage. I CAN furnish good Pasturage Mr tletlr a tU. WILCOX. Weit Brattleboro, Mor. 1, l7.

f11 Literary Department, Tired of lVultlnsr, Tired of waiting for the summons To thst other shore Weary, watching for the faces I hare lored of yore. Sighing, longing for the grcetlog Of those absent friends Who hare passed into the sunlight Of the day that never ends. There, Indeed, my truest home 1st Here I'm but trsntlent guest There is life, peace, joy, fruition; Here Is sorrow, pain, unrest. Life is bsrd, and troubles many; Strife and bitterness abound; Till the air seems filled with discord, And clouds and darkness close around. Thirsting for th.

drops bright falling From tho holy founts above; Listening ever for the calling Of tho voices I still love. Only In my dreams I hear them Then, their facet I can ace; Through the starlight, through the moonlight, Whllel aletp they come to me; Come the loved ones, the departed Come the blcit and happy throng; Then I wako once more light-hearted, And greet the morning with song. But whilo earth-bound I wait, Ob let me patient be Undaunted still by fate, I'd humbly trust in Thee. Oh, grant me strength, dear Lord, My burdens here to meet, So I at last msy worthy prove To lay them at Thy feet. Teutpura Mutantur.

BT JAUU nCSSEM. LOWELL. The world turns mild; democracy, they say, Rounds tho sharp knobs of chsracter away And no great harm, unices at grave expense Of what needs edge of proof, the moral sense; For msn or race Is on tbe downward path Whose fibre grows too soft for honest wrath, And there's subtle Influence thst springs From words to modify ouriensc of things. A plain diatlnctlon Is obMured of late Men, if they will, may pardon but tbe State Forget, its function if not fixed as Fate. So thought our sires; hundred yeara ago, If men were knaves, why, people called them so, And crime could see the prlaon-portal bend Ita brow severe at no long vista's end In those days for plain things plain words would serve Men bad not learned to admire the graceful swerve Wherewith the Esthetic Nature's genial mood Makes public duty slope to private good; No muddled eonscience raised the saving doubt; A soldier proved unworthy was drummed out, An officer cashiered, a civil servant, (No matter though hie piety were fervent,) Dlsgracef ally dltmleaed, and thronah the land Each bore for llf.

a stigma from the brand, Whose far.heard hiss made others more averse To take th. fscile step from bsd to worse. The Ten Commandments had a meaning then, Felt In their bone, by least considerate men, Because behind them Public Coasclence stood And without wincing made their mandate, good. But cow that "Statesmanship" lsjustawsy To dodge the primal curse and make it pay Since Office mean, a kind of patent drill To force an entranc. to the Nation', till, And peculation something rather lea.

Risky than It yon spelled It with an i Now that to ateal by law Is grown an art, Whom rognea the eirts, their milder sons call smsrt. And "slightly Irregular dilute, the ahame Of what had one. a somewhat blunter name With generous curve we draw the moral line Our awindlers are permitted to resign Tbelr guilt 1. wrapped In deferential nimti, And twenty sympsthlxe for one that blame. Add national disgrace to private crime, Confront mankind with brazen front sublime, Steal but enough, the world Is nnserere, Tweed is statesman, Flik a financier; Invent a mine and be tbe Lord knows what, Secure, at any rate, with what you've got.

The public aervant who has atolen or lied. If called on msy resign with honest pride: As unjust favor put him In, why doubt Disfavor aa unjust baa turned him out? Even If Indicted, what la that but fudge To him who counted In the elective Judge Whitewashed, he quit, the politician's strife At case In mind, with pockets filled for life; Uls lady glare, with gema whose vnlgsr blaze The poor msn through his Lightened taxea Hlmielf content if one huge Kohinoor Bulge from shirt-front ampler than bifore, But sot too candid, lest it haply tend To rouse suspicion of the People's Friend A public meeting, treated at hla cost, Resolves him tack more virtue than he lost With character reglll, he counts his gains; What's gone was air, the solid Bod remains For what is good except what friend and fo. Seem both nnanlmona In thinking so, The etocka and bonda which In our age of loans Replace the atupld pagan', stocks and stone. With choker whits, wherein no cynic eye Dares see idealized hempen tie. At parish mectlugs be conducts In prsyer, And pays for missions to be sent elsewhere; On 'Chang, respected, to his friends endeared, Add bnt a SundayHtchool cUua, be', revered, And his too csrly tomb will not be dumb To point moral for our youth to come.

ITbe Nation. Eternity. Day. come and go in Joy or woe, Daya go and come In endless sum. Only tbe eternal day Shall come but never go; Only the tternal tide Shall never ebb but flow.

long eternity, My soul goea forth to thee 1 Doner. JLIfe, Our life Is but Winter's day Some only breakfast, and away I Others to dinner stsy, and are full fed; The oldeat man but and goes to bedl Large 1. bis debt wbo lingers through th. day Who goea the soonest hae tbe least to pay 1 Quarlea. Children's Fears.

Tbe objects that excile tuo fears of children aro often as carious and unaccountable as tbclr secret Intensity. Miss Martlueau told mo onoo, that a spcclat object of horror to lior, wueu she was a clilld, wero the colors of tbo prism, a thins In Itself so bcautllul, Hint It Is dlfllcult to conceive bow any Imagination could bo painfully impressed by It; but bcr terror of Uieso magical colors was such that sbo used to rush past tbe room, even when tbo door wits closed, where sbo bad seen them reflected from tbo chandelier, by tbo sunlight, on tho wall, A bright, clever boy of nine, by no means particularly nervous or timid, told mo once that the wholo story of Aladdin was frightful lohlm; but lm was never able to ox-plain why it made this Impression upon blm, A very curious lustanco of strong nervous apprehension, not, uoworer, In any way connected with supernatural terror, occurred to a young girl about eight years old, tbo daughter of a friend of mine. The mother, tho gentlest and most reasonably Indulgent of parents, sent her upstairs for bcr watch, cautioning her not to let it fall tbe child, by bcr own account, stood at tho top of the stairs with the watch in her baud, till the conviction that she corlalnly should let It fall took such dreadful and complete possession of ber that she dashed It down, and then came In a paroxysm of tbe most distressing nervous ex-cltemont to toll her mother what sbo bad done. Mrs. Kknble, in Septcmler Allan' tie.

CCoTtnunlcated. The Ktory Jtr. Ferrl. Told. It was a cold, bleak night In Dccombor, with snow whirling and blinding tho un-comfortnblo podcstrlans whlchovcr way they turned.

As peoplo hurried pait on their way to lalo dinner or early tea, tho lights Bblnlng out from Jack Mallory's charming rooms, all aglow with tbelr warm crimson draperies, mado tbctn forget for a moment tho wind and snow outside; and tboy hastened their footsteps to reach their own doors. Thcso pleasant rooms, which attracted tho attention of all passers-by, wero Just thcu filled with merry party of young men who werowlilllngaway that last Interminable hour beforo dinner by telling stories, most of which wero naturally of a romantic turn. Among Jack Mallory's guests, only ono sat iiulct and reserved, whilo listening lotbctalk around blm but lohlm, a man whoso f.ico was framed with silver hair, Iho host often turned, showing that his good opinion aud approbation wero of giCitt value. Tom Ilradley, after rolatlng ono of thoso "good things" Tom Is so noted for, which only lack a slight llavor of probability to render them perfect, suddenly turned to tho only silent member of tho group, saying: "Como Mr. Ferris; wo should llko to hoar from you.

You look llko a man who has had romantic adventures." A droll turn in Tom's volco as bo said this, at tho same time touching his next neighbor with bis foot, showed that he, at least, considered that last icmark as ono of those cbolco bits of sarcasm on which ho prided himself. Thoso nearest Mr. Ferris noticed a sly Iwlnklo In bis cyo as ho said, addressing himself to bis host: "Jack, do you remember your father's telling of a tilp ne unco took together to the YosemltoT It was years ago when wo wero your age, and beforo that valley had bccouio so famous. A few travelers did visit it occasionally, but wo camped thcro for several weeks, de-tcrmlucd to explore its beauties fully. "Ono day as I was returning from a solitary ride, tired out with a whole day's scramble, and thinking pleasantly on camp and supper, I chanced to gl.tneo nn tbo ground at my lect, aud saw something which caucctl mo to alight anil examlno it moro closely.

I could hardly believe my eyes I So far from any human habitation or camp, and yet so recently left there I Such feelings as animated Iloblnson Cru-soo when ho saw tho footstcjiln tho sand, wero aroused In my breast; for thcro beforo mo lay tho print of a small French boot! "My astonishment gavo way to dismay, however, as I reflected that soino ono of a party of excursionists, who had visited tho placo tho day before, had probably strayed away from her friends and wandered all night In ber search for them. I hastily mounted and drovo thospurslnto my mule, as tho thought of this distressed damsel camo upon me. Of course she was young and charming; my vivid fancy had already painted her In its most glowlug colors. "All visions of my companions and tbelr preparations for our evening meal gavo way beforo this picture. I determined to rescue her from what would bo certain death If she ere lento wander about holp-lcss and alono much longer.

Every particle of chivalry moon. I traced tbe dainty loolprinls. for some distance, until they were lost In a bed of moss. I had been obliged to leavo my mule somo tlmo before, and was abjut to abandon what seemed a useless search, for perfect still-nest reigned about me, when a Mutter as of somo fenrtnlno garment half way up a sleep gorge, caught my eye. "This only was uoeded lo spur moon; I climbed faster aud faster up tbe rugged bank.

I seemed to gain but slowly on tho unfotlunalo object of my search, and tho calls aud halloas with which I mado myself hoarse, met witli no rcspone. Hut could I leavo this fair creaturo lo uro destruction I fancied bcr agonized cries and still pushed on. Always that flutter, and a gllmpso of something red before tne, on which I could sco I was slowly gaining. At last sbo stood upon the top of tbo ridgo aud I could sco her form outlined against tbe sky; bnt only for a moment, for, with wbat seemed to bo a Ust despairing gesture, sbo throw up one whilo arm, cast off ber scarlet wrap, which had bceu my beacon, and, with ber luxuriant black tresses tossod back, melted out of my sight. "I shrieked out; for Iho brink of somo prcciiiico must have been beforo her; had she missed bcr fooling and fallen? or had she Ihiown herself down, and so escaped tbe terrors ol another night In such a wilderness? "I thought I beard a faint scream in answer to my call, and with a few frantic bounds I stood wbcro she had bceu but a moment before.

I gave ono look downward. My heart stood still for a moment I That ono look diced; I turned and fled." Mr. Ferris paused and looked about him then looked at tbe clock as though bo bad finished. "Go on, wbat then camo from each listener. told be, "I don't usually tell tbo test of the story, but I don't mind saying to you that my beautiful maiden was an old Indian squaw, who, having been lotbo nearest settlement and treated herself to an unlimited supply of bad Indulged ber natural tasto for llnery by stealing pair of French boots; and sbo was now sitting in the midst of her admiring family, Just over tho brow of tbo ridge up which I had so valiantly followod her." "Sold," said Tom Ilradley, "Gentlemen, dinner," vslth Opluns.

Another and even more reprehensible form of the opium evil among tbo lower classes Is (o be found In Iho practice of administering soothing mixtures to young children for tbo purpose of keeping them quiet. In one instance, a mother, because her child was unwell, has been known lo placo a piece of crude opium in Its mouth to suck, tbo death of tbo child being naturally tbe consequence and though cases of such gross and culpable Ignorance as this are no doubt rare, it is certain that the adtnlnlsttation of soothing sirups and cordials Is too commonly resorted to, lu largo manufacturing towu, where mothers are often employed in factories during the day, tbelr infants aro frequently placed fur the lltuo in the care of nurses; and these women soldom feel any compunction In administering an oplato to a child who Is troublesome. It cannot bo too widely known how greatly such a practice tends not only to tbe direct increase of Infant mortality, but also to tbe permanent Injury of tbo constitution, by inducing convulsions and other similar nervous diseases. Popular Science Monthly. Academy of Design A young ladles' boarding school.

The Squirrel'. Ntrntncrem. Theio was troublo In tho woods a great chattering and commotion. Squirrel camo round a slump, with both cheeks full of corn, to sco what was tbe mailer. "It Is all very well lo have company," said lllllo Urown-blrd, "very well; but when It comes to having folks go lo sleep, and keep birds nway from their ncsls, so that all Ilia eggs get cold, I for ono don't llko 111" Kvorybody was surprised, for everybody thought lllllo Ilrown-blrd amiable, and not easily put out.

"Indeed, I wouldu't stand It I It's a stinging shame 1" buzzed Humble-bee. "(iuccr doings I should sayl" chirped Cricket. "What, may I ask, Ibis crcaluro?" ttlllcd tbo Treo-toad. "Why," said Kobln, wbo had been out In tho world, and knew, "it Is a very small child Said Iluminlng-blrd: "It looks llko a sweet-pea blossom and Us hair is llko Iho silk of mata!" "And Its mouth is llko a berry. I will go aud kiss it!" said wicked Musqulto lo himself.

dear I what an ado you all mako sighed red I.ady-bug and tho lllllo flowers nodded significantly, and alt Iho forest leaves looked as if Ihcy wero laughing. Yet tbo littlo b.iby lay in tho shadow of tho bushes, with closed lids, and dreamed as happy and unconcerned ns If all tbo woods wero Us own. Squirrel was sorry. Ho said: "Lllllo Brown-bird, don't fret and flutter so. It's easy enough to manage.

You leavo It all to me. Jknow the tricks of theso folks 'specially hoyst" and ho put up his two Binall hands and looked arouud upon his neighbors in an assured manner most comforting to behold. "Kovcr you fear, little llrown-blrd! will go and bring somo one hero wbo will carry away this creaturo that disturbs youl' Tho Squirrel flashed out of sight, and ran swiftly along over brush and bushes, and logs and ferns, until it reached tbo highway, when it sued along tho fence, only pausing now and then to lako an observation. In two minutes wbo should cotuo along but three school-children Hoy and Hob, aud their sister Lou. "Look I look I look cried Hob.

"Where? what?" shouted Hoy. "A squlrtell a squirrel I a squirrel!" they all shouted together; and away went Hob, anil after blm Hoy, and following both ran 15 over the brush and over tho bushes, and over Ibu logs and ferns. "Catch blm! catch him!" they cried; and tbo echoes mocked, "Catch him I catch him I catch him 1" Aud they chased HtttcSqulrrcl until they camo to a dead halt by a rail fence, and there on tho ground lay a llllle dreaming baby! "Oh! bo! hoi" laughed Hoy. "Whew-w 1" whistled Rob. tbo dear lllllo thing cried Lou, nlth uplifted hands.

Now tho cbildrcu set themselves lo wondering what It all meant. "I'orhaps," said Lou, "tbo squirrel was a fairy, aud turned Into littlo baby when wo 'most ctugutil! let's take It home and keep it, and may bo It will turn into a little lady us big as your linger, with eyes ust like plu-heads and a silver dress and a spider-web vail and sbo will live with us always, and always and forever "I'shaw said Hiy. "Don't you know gy isles do It sometiiiits steal babies? 1'ut 'em lua covered cart and carry 'cm off, and le.io 'em by the wayside?" "Yes, and I've road to, bow an eaglo onco picked up a baby in IN beak and and carried it off to Us nest on a crag "I'orhaps It ran away," said Rob; "a baby did uiicc, years and years ago, grandma said. The mother went out a-vlsillng and left all the children lo keep house and sho said to Rlar (sbo was oldest), 'Hiar, you take care of tho An' when tbo mother was gone, Ihey bad fun Jlell you They clltn' on tbo housetop to soo Iho chlmbly-swallows, and they blowcd bubbles, and played 'pom-pom-pull-away' until Iho sun went down. Then Ihey all went lo sco Joseph set the lieu down in Ihc fence corner where sho stole her net.

Thou, do you know, Itiar thought of what her mother said, and sho never onco thought before. wasn't sho senrt? And sho began lo count tbe children, an' found the baby was gouo Then tbo mother came home, and sho hunted, and Itiar hunted, and everybody hunted; and, after awhile, do you know, tbo father found that baby 'way out in tbo woods by a holler log, an' tho skcet-crs bad bit it as big as two babies 'way out wbero tbo wolvos and bears was! Jimmy! wasn't tboy all glad! And Rlar, sho had lo go to bed without her supper. I tell you, sho was glad, for sho couldn't 'a eat anything, anyway, 'causa there was was a big lump In ber throat." boys, I know!" said Lou; and she clasped ber hands, and ber eyes grew big and round with wonder, "It Is a or-phing "I guess it ain't an orphan 1" said a pos-lllvo volco behind them. I'll let you know that's my baby, an' a dear one she is too, aint you, littlo Finkle-wlnkie?" And an excited little woman caught the child up in her arms. Then she began to see that there wero only thrco rather frightened children, wbo meant no barm and she grow very p'eaa-ant and half apologized.

"You see, I put on the kettle to boll for tea, and I said lo myself, 'I'll go out and pick dish of berries for So I brought Pinkie-winkle, and left ber here a-sleeplng. Do you see wbat a nice dish of berries I have?" Nay, furthermore, tbg llllle woman, out of the goodness of her heart, said: "Now yon shall all come dowu to my Utile red house, and tako tea with me and my man. An' you can carry l'lnkle-wlnkio; aud don't look so sorry, little girl. You can see the ducks and pigeons and posies, and have cream on your berries. Come on and away she went, with the train of children behind her.

After Ihey had got safely away, such a cbatlerlug aud commotion as thcro was in tbo woods Ilrown-blrd, swinging upon a twig, said "Squirrel, I consider you both polllo and kind; I wish thore were moro llko you In tho world "Don't montlou III" said Squirrel, qulto embarrxssed, and ho ran away, Llllle Ilrown-blrd flew fluttering to her nest, and bugs and bees nnd idle birds set to gossiping. The llllle flowers nodded tbclr dainty heads, aud all Iho forest leaves wero so amused they shook their sides with laughing, while the suullght'gleamed benignly down, and said, "My children, I am glad you are all again Jtappy, Emma JJurt, St. Nicholas for Sept. linn. Chrl.tlnn Ander.en THE DANISH STORY-TELLER.

Hans Christian Andersen, ono of tho lino of men of gonlus, and founder of a school of lltcraturo Tor children, Is known by his writings Ihroughoul Christendom, and by his picsenco not only In Denmark, his na-tlvo country, but In tho lllerary, arltsllc, and court circles of France, Germany, England, and Italy, wbcro bis naivete and unaffected simplicity of affection have mado him known and honored. Ho was born in Odcnse, Denmark, on tbo second of April, 1S03, In the ono room which his father and mother occupied, which served nllko for houso and shoemaker's shop: bo loft the town when ho was fourteen to seek bis fortune, and In 1S07 bo was received In Odcnse as Iba guest of (ho citizens; Jtbo bouses wero all Illuminated, a banquet was given in bis honor, and he was presented with tbo freedom or tbo cliy. In the sixty-two years that 1 lo between those dates, and In tho eight years since then, is tho story of a life, full of varied ligbts and shades. His father was a young man of poetic mind, always hungering after a richer life than that spent lu making shoes; Ids mother, a simple, superstitious, and affcctlonalo woman. In their ono room began his life, and bis earliest recollections furnished blm with scenes which afterwards be wove into his stories.

"Our littlo room," ho says, "which was almost tilled with Iho shoemaker's bench, tho bed, and my crib, was tho abode of aiy childhood; tbe walls, however, were covered with pictures, and ovor tho work-bench was a cupboard containing books and songj tho Utile kitchen was full of shining plates and metal pans, and by means of a ladder, It was posslblo to go out on tbe roof, where, In Ibo gutters between our houso and Ibo neighbors', there stood a great chest filled with soil, my motbor's solo garden, wbero sbo grow her, vegetables. In my story of Ibo 1 Snow Queen that garden still blooms." Ho grew into a tall, ungainly lad, as sby as a glil, and yet so simplo-bcarlcd that bo was ready to ccnfldo to Ibo utmost In any one wbo smiled on blm. At a charity school he learned Just a little, but that lllllo so carelessly that long afterwards ho sufler-cd for tho lack of such common knowledge, even as how lo spell. It was now, too, that ho began to associalo moro with others, and, llko his tojgo through the catechism, preparatory lo Confirmation. Ho tells a lllllo story hero of himself, which shows wbcro "Tho Red Shoes" camo from.

An old fomale tailor altered my deceased father's great coat Into a confirmation suit for me never bclore had I worn so good a coat. I had, also, for the first tlmo iu my life, a palrof boots. My delight was cxlremely great; my only fear was that overybody would not see them, and, therefore, I drew them up over my trousers, and thus marched through the church. Tbo boots creaked, and that inwardly pleased me; for thus tho congregation would bear that they wero new. My wbolo devotion was disturbed I was aware of It, and it caused mo a horrible pang of conscience that my thoughts should bo as much with my new boots as with God.

I prayed Him earnestly from my heart to forgive me, and then again I thought about my new boots." When ho set out for Copenhagen, he bad a littlo sum of money and his continuation suit, and unbounded confidence In every one. He had an Innccent way of going right up lo peoplo and asking for what he wanted. Tbo theatre was to him Iho muBt placo In tho world, and bo was ready lo do anything that would bo In placo there dance, sing, or act. So ho went to tbe manager, and asked for an engagement. Tbo manager looked at blm, and said, No, you aro too thin for tbo tbealre." "Ob," replied Andersen, "only engage me, with ono hundred rix dollars banco salary, and I shall soon get fall" But the manager gravely bado him go away, that only peoplo of education could do anything at the Ibealro.

Tbo poor boy lived, one scarcely knows how, but he could not help attracting people's attention, ho was so Ingenuous, and at last a wise and good nun, Councillor Collin took him as bis own son, aud began to cducato him. As Andersen now loaruod how- to uso his mind, all tho odd fancies and make-belief which had kept him busy with mock theatres and puppets and dolls began to And expression lu writing, and beforo ho bad finished his schooling he was writing stories and dramas and Just before he passed his last examination, when ho was twenty-four years old, bo brought oul a collection of poems, and one ol his plays was acted at tbe theatre. Denmark is a little country, but an old nation Inhabits It; and hence it is, in fact, that society there Is something like a great family. Every ono knows every ono, aud personal affairs get talked about, and a new author or artist or actor Is at onco taken In hand people not only talk about him, but talk to him, and criticlso him, and tell him what ho ought to do, and wbat be ought not lo do. Society there is a villago tea-table of educated people.

Andersen, who bad come up from poverty, and was, bo-sides, young man Ignorant of worldly wisdom, was badgered a good deal, and In tbo early days of his authorship had to slrugglo hard to maintain a position. But by degress ho commanded attention peoplo began to see that he bad gifts of an unusual character, and Just tho thing for which be was at first blamed his naivete and childishness aro now what the world recognizes as his good qualities in literature. From that tlmo lo Ibis be ha been writing stories novels for older people such as The Improvlsalore," which a picture of Italy, and "Tbe Two Baronesses," "O.T.," and "Only a Fiddler," whero the scenes are Danish. He is Danish lo tho core. Tbo old legonds of bis ancient country, tbo wild sandheaps of Jutland, the beech Irees, the bright, quarreliome city life, Ibo fresh, frank hospitality, all get Into his stories.

But it is bis little storlos that have won him renown. Tboy were something so new aud so pleasing that Ihey bocamo at onco general favorites with youngand old, aud In the theatres, Instead of poetry, tbo actors would recite "Tho Constant Tin Soldier," "Tbe Top and Ball," or "Tbo Swineherd." Tnorwald-son, Ibo famous sculptor, was a Dane, and was delighted with Andersen's stories. In his company bo wrote "Ole Shut Eyo;" and often," says Anderson, In tbe twilight, when the family clrclo sat In tbo open garden parlor, Tborwaldscn would come softly beblud me, and clapping me on the shoulder would ask, 11 Shall wo little ones hear any tales to-night When ho began writing his stories, he sought only to tell over again old legends of Denmark, which ho had heard as a child: but as bis Interest Increased ho Invented bis stories, and soon every Christmas brought a new volume from him, I think ono reason why ho wrote thcso stories, which he did not publish till after bo was known as Ibe author of "Tho Improvlsalore," was that ho was heartily tired of the perpetual criticism which tho peoplo were making of him, and wished to do something for thoso wbo could enjoy reading without forevor explaining what they liked and what (hey did not llko. For tbo first tme ho found himself In a wholly congenial circle; bis quaintest fancies pleased and wero not Jeered at. ADdersen never married, and lived a rambling tort of life, sometimes In Copenhagen, but qutlo as often travelling In Spain, Switzerland, Germany, France, Holland, England, Italy.

He was a great favorlto at various courts, aud has had many honors from crowned beads, but bis true distinction consists In tho fact that every homo was open to blm, and tho poor as well as tho rich knew his kindly nature. Ho himself, In "Tbo Slory of my Life," relalos a bright lllllo scene. He was away from home, at Hamburg, we believe, and In company with Olio Speckler, Iho clever artist who has Illustrated his stories, was selling out for the opera-house. On our way," bo says, wo camo lo an clcgaut house. Wo must lirst go In here, dear said be; 'a wealthy family lives here, friends of mine, and friends of your stories; Ibo children will bo But tho said I.

4 Only for two minutes, returned be and drew mo Into the house, mentioned my name, and tbe clrclo of children collected around me. And now tell us a said he; 'only I told one, and then hastened away to the theatre. Tbct was an extraordinary said I. An excellent ono; ono entirely out of tbe common way said bo ex-uKlngly. 'Only think: tho children aro full of Andersen and his stories; be suddenly makes bis appearance amongst tbcm, tolls one of them himself, and then is gono! vanished That Is of ItselMiko a fairy tale to tbo children, that will remain vividly In tbclr I myself was amused by it." These travels of Anderseu's have borne fruit In many ways.

Tbey kept tho poet's mind fresh and inquisitive, aud furnished him with an Inexhaustible fund of material; so that not only bos he written sketches and whole volumes of travel, but has used tho material as foundation and suggestion for his novels, dramas, and stories. Iu the collected scries of his writings thero aro volumes on Spain and Portugal Tbe Poet's Bazaar," which Is a narrative of travel chiefly in Italy, Greece, and the Orient "Pictures of Travel In Sweden, tho Harlz Mountains, and Switzerland. Aud what a host of eminent men of letters ho has seen and known! Ilis autobiography, which ended in tho original edition In 1S55, was continued for tbo American edition to 16C7, and the translation made and published first in America under tho title Tbe Slory of my Life," is crowded with gossip and bright reminiscences of litterateurs, artists, musicians, and statesmen In Scandinavia, Tborwaldseu, Ocb-lenschlager, Ilcrlz, Ingemaun, Fredrlka Bremer, Jenny Llnd, BJornson, Orsled, and a host of others In Germany, Mendelssohn, Goelbe's family, Beltlna, Heine, Tieck in France, Hugo, Lamar-tine, Rachel, Balzac, De Vigny In England, Dickens, Jeffrey, the- Howltts, Bon-sen, Lady Blessington, tbo ral mors tons. Llko a child, reacblngout his hand lo every kind-hearted person ho meets, this singularly gifted and affeclionato nature bas mado his name ono which kindles the enthusiasm of young and old. For Ibo past two or throe years Andersen bas sutlcred from III health, which has so preyed upon his mind as to affect bis disposition in Iho matter of writing, and only now and then has he taken hit peu in his baud; even letter-writing lias been a burden, and bis letters bavo been very despondent lu tono.

It bas been his forlune lu Ibis time to receive fresh evidence of tbe good-will and affection borne toward him by two continents at home, steps bavo been taken to erect a monument to his memory, a most unusual testimony in Denmark, where, we think, no writer has hitherto been so honored In his llfe-llme. In America a mistaken report that ho was iu need at onco called out spontaneous sympathy and contributions or money, which he accepted out of consideration for 'the affection that prompted them, though bo regretted Ibo misunderstanding which bad conveyed so false an Impression. While be has never been rich, It was impossible that he should over bo poor, so warmly was be held in Ibo affection of a wldo clrclo of friends. Later still a more acceptable present of books was mado by bis American ftiends. He died August 4, 1S75, lu Copenhagen, in his 71st year.

Xe.tlnr Tonrhened Glass Is subject lo sudden, sharp blows, cllhor from articles falling down on other substances or from extraneous bodies falling upon or being brought in contact with Iheui. ilonee it Is clear that to obtain a Iruo estimate of the new process, glass must be subjected to tests which fairly represent tho conditions of tbo Occidents to which It is ordinarily exposed. This estimate bas been arrived at repeatedly by placing piecos of plate-glass In a frame and allowing weights lo fall on them from given heights. One experiment from a number and which was made publicly will Illustrate this test: A piece of ordinary glass, six Inches long by five Inches wide, and one-fourth of an Inch lhic, was placed In a small frame which supported tbo glass around its edges, and kept lis under-side about half an Inch from tbo floor. A four-ounce weight was dropped on It from a height of one foot, and Ibo glass was broken.

A piece of toughened glass of corresponding dimensions was then placed In tbe frame and tbo same weight dropped upon it several times from a height of ten feet, but without fracturing tbe glass. An elgbt-ounco weight was then substituted, and repeatedly dropped upon the glass from the same height as before, and with the same result, no Impress. Ion whatever being made upon It. Tbe eight-ounce weight was then thrown violently upon It several times, but without damaging it. Its destruction, however, was finally accomplished by means of a hammer.

Perhaps tbe most crucial test to which toughened glass could be put would be to let It fall on Iron. This has been done, aud In publlo too. A lulu glass plato was dropped from a height of four feet on to an iron grating, from which It rebounded about one foot, sustaining no Injury whatever. Popular Science Monthly for September, Motto for a doctor! Patlenls is a virtue. Speaking of Iho Israelites, wero tbey not to Ibe manna born? When a man tells tho naked truth, he must give tbe bare facia.

On tbe track of tbe milky way follow lag cows homo to tbo barnyard. Letl'slabe Comfort. Comfort Is an oxprcsslvo word, and ono the real meaning of which, applied to each ono of us personally Is not fully realized. As a peoplo we seem to try how we may mako ourselves uncomfortable and all because wo do not apprcctato wbat constitutes that real enjoyment, which Is In fact moro Iban enjoyment personal comfort. Wo aro too much afraid If we mako ourselves comfortablo that wo shall overstep tbo bounds of politeness or create tbo unfavorable criticism of those higher, it msy be, in tbe social scale than we are, of whose opinions wo stand In mortal fear.

Away with such falso notions of personal Independence, such mock adbcicnco to tbo tyranny of fashion. When wo learn tbat wo bavo a right (o wear tight shoes or go barefooted, to stand on our heads, (the men, of course,) to smoke, to strain ourselves up In corsets, or wear nono at all, Just as we please, If wo aro comfortablo In so doing, and do not Interfcro with tho happiness or enjoyment of our neighbors so much the belter will It bo for us and so much will wo bavo advanced towards a truer and moro scnslblo manner or life. Especially at this season should wo all bo firm advocates of personal comfort; wo are glad to notice increasing ovldonces of somo breaking of tbo chains or fasblonablo folly, and the developcment of somo personal comfort, and some Independence of character, among tbe rosidents of our elites and largo towns, ir we waut lo lounge on Ibe sola of an after dinner hour; If we want to tumble the mattress In our slecplng-room In tho afternoon If we want to wear loose easy dresses Innocent of oversklrls and lrllls nnd unnecessary appendages; If wo want to sit under tbe trees on our lawns and smoko, or read, or sow, or play croquet) or if we want to do anylulng or place our selves In any position wbero we shall on-ioy personal comfort In tbo name or all lhat is sensible and lawful let us do it. What if tbe bed Is tumbled, and the rooms cluttered up, and Mrs. Smallrlte does seo us In a calleo dress, so long as we are comfortable? Is It anybody's business but our own that wo play croquet, or lounge on tbe veranda, in sight of passers-by, or smoke, or read wholesome novels, so long as wo pay our bills, observo tho moral law and tbe golden rule, and don't talk about our neighbors? Then let as, this sultry oppressive weather, take comfort In any way or at any place we please, where we do not mako a breach or good manners, or trespass upon tho rights or others.

As much as possible, let us ltvo out or doors tbo veranda, tho garden, the summer-house are preferable many times in tbe day, to tbe parlor or library and let usmakeour-selves comfortable by taking advantage of tho pleasures tbey offer lo us. This grand summer weather, always too brief In this northern clime, let us mako tbe most or our means for personal enjoyment, and rejoice In breaking away from a slavish adherence to fashion nnd ways which do nothing but render us personally uncomfortable. The Crime of On tbo 29th of November, 1827, an old man by tbe name of Donald died In West Port, one or the purlieus or Edinburgh. He lodged with an Irishman named William Hare, and died owing him four pounds. Ills creditor saw but one way of reimbursing himself, and that was by disposing of tbe old man's body to tbe doctors.

Hare found a willing accomplice In William Burke, another Irishman, and also ono or his lodgers. The body was removed from tho coffin, and a bag or tanner's bark substituted for It. Tbe lid was screwed down and tbe little funeral went off as usual. Tbe same evening, Hare and Burko stealthily repaired to the university, and, meeting a student in Iho yard, asked for Ibe rooms of Dr. Monroe, tbe Professor of Anatomy.

The student happened to be a pupil of Knox's, and, upon discovering their errand, he advised them to try Knox's place In Surgeons' Square. There Ihey sold tbo body for 7 a large sum for tbcm, and very easily obtained. Tbey bad not courage to go into tbe regular business of body-stealing; and so Hare, tbo vilest or tbo two, snggosted a fresh slroko or business, which waa to Inveigle tbe old and Infirm Into his quarters and "do for them." Hare started In search of a victim nnd, prowling through tbe slums, met an old woman half drunk, and asked her to his bouse. He gavo ber whiskey until she became comatose, and then with Burke's assistance strangled her. The body brought 10.

Tbo appetite or tbe vampires was now sharply whetted, and they entered systematically upon Ibe work or murder. Vagrants, street-walkers, and Imbeciles, were allured on various pretexts to tbe bouse of Hare, made dead drunk, and suffocated. Emboldened by their successes, tboy began to pursue their thugglsh practices even lu daylight. A woman named Docb-erty was stifled, and ber body left half-exposed under somo straw was seen by two lndgern, who notified tho police. Thirteen victims bad been secured In eleven months, and all taken to tbe same place and sold.

The prisoners tried December 2i, 1823, when Hare, tbe blackest or tbe villains, was let off by turning "state's evidence," and Burke was convicted, hanged, and dissected. Tbe effect produced upon tbe public by this horriblo disclosuro is Indescribable. A new and unheard-of crime, that of "Burking," was added to tbe list of atrocities or which human (lends are capable. Astonishment aud terror spread through the community. Households gathered their members wllhln-doors beforo dusk workmen walked home from tbelr night's toll in groups, as If in fear of being waylaid, Tbo facts wero appalling enough; but a thousand exaggerations and Inventions filled the air, and Intensified the universal excitement, Popular Science Monthly or September.

Election Roosters. The custom of heading favorable election returns with triumphantly crowing roosters was Introduced during the "hard cider" campaign of 1850, and Is said to haveorlglnated with the Indianapolis Sentinel, of which paper John W. Chapman was then editor. It was before Ibe days of the telegraph, and election returns were very slow about getting la. It so happened that In tome particular county in Indiana the democrats mado a gain over previous elections.

An enthusiastic democrat wrolo tbe news to a friend In Indianapolis, and asked him to inform tbo editor of tbe Sentinel, adding these tlg-nflcant words, "Tell Chapman to crow." Catching the inspiration or his second hand correspondent, Chapman did "crow" In tbo Sentinel, and as tbe business of "crowing" Is usually done by Iba chanticleer, be brought out one of theso flnolarge birds at tbo bead of bis column. i.