The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-09-09
4 xIQRI or REAL LIFE.


little, girl, whom people may have OBJ
served selling yiolets around the New York
Hotel, offered bunch, the other day. Ia a
gentleman and lady, who were STAYING nj
that establishment, rs they were returning
from walk
Please, buy INV violets, sir said tie
little one, holding up purple bunch that
still seemed to have the dew upon Il.
Please buy my v'olct>-only one .ixpencc
a bunch y
"No-go away child, /" said the lady, ra,L-
er har.hly; +" don't want them
My dear remarked the gentleman,
mildly, .yon have spoken rather harshiy a.
the poor little girl sec, her eyes are filled
with texrs.n
The lady looked around. The little vio-
let girl, whose eyes were ~ dark ~ the flow-
ers she sold, was weeping silently. In an
instant, Mrs. Y---'s warm Southern nature
gushcsi out, and turning back, she took the
poor child by the hand, and enicavorcd TO
assaage her grief
How very, very like our poor Alfred
this child is,' said Mrs. y. looking
attentively in the face Of the pr violet
girl.
Alfred was their only sna, who had come
70 New York some live or six years ago
where he had died Of dissipation.
Mr.. ", attracted by his wii.'s excla-
nation, examined the little girl atten.
lively.
There Is a strong lkenesr,n he replied
They questioned her. She had little to
tell. Her mother and father were both
dead. What was her name She WAS no,
certain, but her father'- name was y.
IL was enough. Tho old gentleman and
lady took the child between them. anl
straightway drove to the house II her grand
mother, with whom she lived. There they
discovered that their only son had absolute.
ly been married, somewhat before his death,
10 pretty sewing girl, who did not long sur
vive him, and who died leaving behind this
one child
Mr.. and Mrs. y were rich and child
les This little creature, ragged and un.
educated WAS more welcome to them than
fortune. She was instantly washed and
dressed, and teachers had CIR her. Her
fortune changed and the season changed.
Il had been winter with her long time,
and II Was now Navy T. Paxy.
IvoaY AASrFarruREs.-These ART sever
q sorts of ivory, differing from each other Ia
composition, durability, external appear
anos, and value. Tbs principal sources
from which ivory u derived are the Western
coast q Africa and llindoostan. Camaroo
ivory y considersd the best on account a
IL color and Transparency. In some Of the
bsst tasks the transparency can BE- discover
ed even on the outside. The manufacturers
have . process BY which they make poor
ivory Transparent, but IL lasts only for a
short time. A third kind vi ivory is called
the Egyptian, which IL considerably lower
= pstes thaa tho Indian, but IN working
49, = nnch waste. BY IN analysis, the
| Aessan ivory shows proposition of animal
g eafeay 1aeesr q % 70 100; the Indian
.S % i0O; ed ths Egyptian, 10 70 LOO
Ths va!as a ivory cosssnnsd in SbelEield,
whsss u = 0neh nssd II mahine haudles q
cutlsey, b sbcnt $4,000 and neeriy 50]
psssou afe s0ploysd h woskiae & -. +.
49, - ths weight a Ito toes eo1runeJ
b TT p1aoe, thsre mnse - ahput l6 M
tuakA vhcee svssage wsight = 3 po1n1,
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