Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-10-20

Rr.nar. &c Cas-. ii Ni.taken Iden,ify.
IA -. ys;.1 80 i was QI.c DAY ~s:"iIng
rom ia" window q: my hotel. in he Cliy 81
Brooklyn. toppOsite New York the operation
of s yatIHg liberty pofr% ia thr square
b.nea,li. A crown had assembled on The occa-
sion, and remarked the dangerous po> Ition OF
certain individual III case any accident should
occur The thought sefple! 20 be prophetic,
for ;hc next TloIUsnt same ropes par;"o, ana
section OF the shaft fell heavily 20 the ground
One Of II. tTstanGsrs, al elderly man of the
humber clasr, received q biow upon the head,
which produced instant death. The body was
removed 10 he doUrSteps beneath my WINDOW,
and the unfortunate man was al once fHcoG,
niZpd by several of his nelChbors who CHANGED
10 be present. The coroner was In the i'm
mediate vicinity, and was soon brought 10 ilr
spot, when, the ease icing one of accidental
death, the fCTIualty OF an inquest was shortly
con cluded., ard the body delivered TO the
friends OF The deceased, who removed il to his
late residence. i attended the mo urst, which
was held III an adjacent room, and heard dis
tinctly the testimony which identified thu:
corpse, no less than five or six witnesses de-
claring that they were immediate neghbors oi
the deceased, whom they unhrsitaiingly recog-
nIZed
The affair produced no other impress sion than
those natural on witnessing such an occurrence,
and would have passed eventually INTO ohiV-
ion, had not, the next morning, neaTa me Sc
quei, and subsequently satisfied myself by per-
sonal investigation. OF the accuracy OF the de-
tails They were bri,fy ~ follows: The corpse
wIisgconvpyed to the house of the deceased. and
who embEaccd IL III an agony OF distress, kiss
ing the face that was scarcely cold, and indulg-
ing in all those eNtravagant demonstrations SO
common IN women OF her class. She was finally
induced 70 retire to her STANDARDIZATION
and drawing room comhined-the body was
deposited in adjoining chamber, and the by
ISLANDERS gradually dispersed. This was about
4 o'clock iii the afternoon. Two or three hours
later, while several persons were arranging the
corpse, the mourning wife was seated by her
fircSide, painfully contemplating the interrupt
ted preparations she had been making for the
evening meal. when the outer door opened, As il
was wont 10 do At that hour, familiar footsteps
advanced, and 10! her husband stood before her,
hale and hearty as w hen he had left her IN the
morning 10 proceed 10 his daily occupation.
Her CONSERVATION and that OF his friends may
be- better imagined than described; and her sub
sequent joy, when hen senses were fairly re-
stored. was almost : frantic as had been her
former agony.
The explanation is very simple. The de-
ceased eventually proved 10 be an entire stTln
ger. from town some forty miles distant, who
CHANGED to be in the city on a visit. The yer
sonal resemblance between the two men was
very strong. and their garments also similar.
in the horror of the moment, the recognition of
the neimhbors was not surprising, while the
wife had already been appraised by messenger
of the fatal event. and was prepared 10 receive
her husbands corpse. Half blind from weep
ing, she did not stop TO scrUtinlZe closely the
familiar features, but. the first burst of grief
over, turned away TO indulge her agony, leay-
ing TO others the task OF dlsrobng the corpse.
Perhaps Il subsequent examination of the cloth
ing might have IL d 10 a discovery OF the error,
but the probability is that, II, by any accident,
her hus band had that day met his death else
where, and never returned again to his
home she would have followed the corpse CT
the stranger 10 its grave, upon which she would
thencefOrth have deposited the im,aortsileS due
only 10 the memory of the real partner Of her
life.
MORTAR FOR BCILDING.-In common prac-
tice, the cohesion of mortar is greatly impaired
by using too large proportion Of sand: il
should never exceed two parts, by measure, TO
one of lime paste. cask of lime weighing
go lbs, made into eight cubic feet of lime paste,
should be mixed with 10 bushels Of damp sand.
The notion used TO be generally entertained
that the longer lime was siaked before 1t was
used, the better would be the mortar made OF
il. This, however, is not the case with our
common fat lime and sand mortars. The sand
should be mixed with the slack lime as soon as
the latter becomes cold, and no more water
should be employed than will reduce the lime
to a thick paste. In preparing mortar, the uR-
slaked lime should be placed on boards and
sheltered from the sun and rains; it should be
open above and surrounded with some sand.
The water necessary to slake lime should be-
poured upon il with any suitable vessel, and
care should be taken TO stir the lime so Us 10
bring the water into contact with every por.
ton, when il may be left until all the vapor
has sssed of. The sand may now be incor-
porated with the lime by means Of a hoe or
shovel and, if necessary, little water may BE-
added to produce a homogeneous, consistent
paste, when ii is ready for use. Sand from the
sea-shore should never be employed for making
mortar without being first washed with fresh
water, because the salt left in such sand is Ii.
able TO absorb moisture and prevent the mortar
becoming hard. In putting up walls Of brick
or stone, care should be taken that the bricks
or. stones be moistened before they come in
contact with the mortar. Every brick and
stone should be laid in a good bed Of mortar,
and should receive a blow to fix it firmly. The
bricks should not be laid merely as il the
Ia
the mortar into all the pores and crevices The
superintendent of q building should give his
personal attention to the vertical joints in the
walls as the masons frequently neglect to fill
them up with mortar.-Scient!fc American.
SCotton is still king At least it still rules
supreme in Memphis. Scarcely day passes
that hundreds of our "country cousins" do not
come in with the article, which they are mighty
willing TO part with al prices ranging from IS
TO 80 Cts Some OF them tell us that the Con.
federate guerrillas forbid their bringing more
than bale At a time. They emily wink at it, as
special favor to the needy planters who are
wanting in the necessary family supplies. On
our blum almost any day there will be found
whole regiment Of country wagons and carts,
all having one or more bales, and some of il
brought from 50 to 100 miles TO get to our
market. The guerrillas, after all, are sensible
Though their Master JEFF says the cotton must
be burned TO prevent the wicked Yankees from
getting II, yet still when the farmers are starry
ing, and can't furnish even Il descent meal for
a hungry partisan as they delight to call
themselves, they will have mercy and let the
cotton come, in order that hunger may be salts
fled! Our people buy very readily all the
cotton which comes TO market, and at prices
which pay the planter well for bringing 1t 10
market Let them, then, bring il along
- sin gular historical panic among factory
girls Is rcI orted III Manchester paper. Up
wards Of 800 girls were employed in sewing in
the large sehool-room under DR. Munro's
Chapel, and one or two of them We're subject
TO fits. One afternoon recently, everything was
proceeding in the usual manner, when suddenly
one of the girls WAS prosrrated by 4 fit. There
was considerable alarm created in the school
by this circumstance, and almost ms tantIy AN.
other girl was attacked by what the superin-
tendent believes was hyStrria. and then another
and another, until quite panic pre- vailed, al
together nineteen girls becoming affected in less
than IN hour.