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, 1870-05-08
Jumping into Matrimony.

Marriage h, 3s,+nnquestionsbly, as decided a
tutninE-poin IN human destiny IS can be- Il
il, however, . turning point which, least OF all,
should be left to mere blind chance. Yet mere
blind chance often rules heresult Everybody
now recollects how Lord Byron staked on 5
toss up whether he should make his offer to
Miss Millbanke or not. Mr.. Grant ASSERTS that
there is an Epglish Duke novliving who wrote
the following letter, when Marquis to friend
with whom be had agreed to inspect some car
Eiages in Long Acre:
SIT will not be necessary 10 meet me, to.
riage- From remark made by the Duke
(his father} to-day, ! fancy I am going to be
married"
Not only had the Marquis left his father to
choose bride for him, and to make the
other necessary matrimonial arrangements,
but when tho intitnation was made
to him by tho Duke that the future
view tho whole affair as II it had been one
which did not concern him in the least We
have similar auecoote Of the late Duke Of
Sutherland. "Op tho morning OF the day Of
his marriage, friend OF his found him leaning
carelesHly over tho railing at the edge OF the
water in st. James' Park, and throwing crumbs
OF bread to tho ducks. Hls friend, surprised to
in two hours OF the appointed timefor bis mar
riage to one of the first women in England
one in whose veins the blood Of the towards
howed-e1c1aimed, w hat, you here today! L
thought you we're going to be married this
morning. Yes was his answer, given with
the most perfect 1aonchalance, and throwing a
few mora crumbs to the ducks. without moving
yea, believe am ahould hope that sen-
sib1e men do not often leave the chofce Of q
wife to be determined in this indete1minate
vaY,'-Iond01 Society.
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We quota from Prof. Frank Buckland's
Animal World the following account of
two Of his household pess:
have two monkeys, OF whom am ex-
ceedingly fond Their names ara tHaS' md
Tiny Ths Hag's original name was Fanny, !
but she has 80 much Of the character OF !
a.sagTeeabte old woman about her that I can
her the bag. Tiny is avery little monkey
indeed, not much bigger thnn Iarps cat- NJ
islend Bartlett brought her to ms from ia
Geological Gardens "a dead monkey; ehs
Has As good aa dsad, - perfect skeleton, and
WIN cut little hair on her. 6he arrived tied
NJ u IN old esnvas bsg- put her into the
Hsgs cage. The old 1ady as once !.took to
her, and instantly began the office Of nurse;
she cuddled up poor Tiny in her nrtus, made
faces, and showed her teeth at anybody who
attempted to touch her. Tiny hzd pott.wino
1egus, quinine vine, teef-tes, egg aad nai1k-in
fact, anything ahe could eat and the Bag al
ways allowed her to have first pull At what
ever was put iuto the cage In time. Tiny
atood up, thsn began to run, her hsir al came
again, and she is now one OF the most wicked,
Intelligent, pretty Little beasts that eyer COM
whole life Is devoted to ssea1ing; for the pure
l ove Of the thing.
"Ihe moment come down 10 breakfast 1
let ont the monkeys. keep boz Of sa:rliues
specially for the Hag, who immediately helps
herself, and eits on the table grunting with
p1eaauto AZ ena HeRs heF oily 6nEers. The mo-
nent Tiny is let loose, she steals Whatever is
On the table, and it is greAt fun to aea her
snatch Oh tho red herring from the pl1te and
tqn OF with It to tho top of sha book
shelves~ While I am getting down my
herring, Tiny goes To the hreatfast-tahle
as1iu, and, il ahe can, steals tho egg this aho
tucks under her nm and bolts away, running
On her bind legs This young lady has OF 1ate
been father shy Of egga, as abe once stole one
that was 4uits bot, md burned herseK. She
cried ont, md tha HAa lets OK eating sara1nae,
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n rn =,
The account w1u be found in the
work Of Professor Finney, Of Ober1iu, on Ma
sonry, taken, he saya, from pamphlet en-
Morgan, as taken down by DR.. John l. Emery,
Of Racine County, Wisconsin, in the summer
Of 1848-" It Is substantially the aAne IN its
statements with that OF Mr. clearinghouse.
They differ az to the number OF persons who
drew lots for the performance Of the fatal
Tragedy NJ uafsnngnooass as Earn t4ers Ters
says it vas resolved in eonpael Of eight TINT
be must die; Three Of their number we're to
be selected by ballot to execute the deed, and
be vas one WHO dreW balot with the letter D
On it. Two others drew similar ones. They
proceeded to the 1ott Ut midnight to put Nor
gan t9 aeatn ne otaefa Mh9 drew blanks re-
turned immaalatesy 70 Mer homes. Valance
Was to announce 70 Morgan bis tate, and his
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3erdsr and louder when they found thas M thes
werr not 1ccciyed with their usuA greeting.
\ doia Of powder End ball At tast one "
thcu. bo1dcr and huEg1ier than the Iess
naB ieap 10 get up TO- the WINDOW, ogs
lust as Lis fo1ernw touched the WlndoE-sni
wh;ch et1rcE tho wolf on the head and
stampeded tho whole Telping .pacE Ihis
was Too uucb. and must hare tainted
dssd saway. fcr mg husband said that when
thcy found me vas as still End cold aa the
eorpss IN the house. What thought bad oeon
HURLED from the window was only piece o. :
cracker-box used as target, and put ont OF
tbe vay On the broad adobe window sill where
The paw Of tie coyote had touched II and
rullea it down over him. Toula not go into
The house, aud as Alr. johnson thought it best
to give information Of what had happened AZ
StaEwicks raneh, We all came down here 70
getLer, and have been here ever since. NY
husband is waiting Tor Glance to 60 back TO
Te1as. wish we could get back, Tor don
wapt to be buried ont haEe in the sand among
the coyotes and rattlesnakes, Nke poor Mr..
Hendrcks.n
The ambulance had becn waiting at the door
for mequite while +; 30 ] thanked the wom,
IN for Il falling ma all about it," and tried
to say something cheering to her; When I
tuned to leave the room sho clutched at my
dress.
aStcp," ehc said, nervonsly don't leave
nehero in the roo1n nlone can't bear 70
3 II alone !"
81 Q followed NO slowly into tho bas-room,
and when the man there went to the ambulance
to speak to the Captain, she crept out after
him, and stood i'll the SUN til he returned,
1.-THE poor woman," echoed the station-
keeper; :" those two Greasers have killed her
jrst as dead as il they had beaten her brains
ont on the spot"
The shalea of night were al1eady falling
around Moh7wk Station when we reached 1t:
It was quite pretentiouB house. built OF
adobe, Al boasting of but one story, Or
ccnrso but it is not every one in Arizona VINO
can build house Of four rooms-if the doors
do consist Of old blankets, and tho floor and
ceiling, like tho wa1ls, OF mud
"A discharged soldier kept tic station now
13Ige yellow dog Eia sole companion Iha man
slept On tho same bed that had borne Hen
dricks' corpse, and the cudgel, with tho mur-
dered mans blood dried On it, was lying at the
foot Of it.
"And where Is his grnre?" akcd, Us VIC
stood in front OF the house.
The mans eye travelled elowly over the
desolate landscape before uB. There were
sand, verde, and cactus on one side Of us, and
aand rerde and cactus On the other.
Swell. really now. couldn't tell: You see
wasn't here when they put him in the ground:
md haven't thought Of hls grave since
come. Fact is, I've got to keep my eyes open
for live Greasers and Paehe Indaans, and don't
get much time to hunt up dead folks graves y
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then At,orney General The istter hid called
n infrnfnce friend Il art1, seeing the weaTy
Icok on he Presidents face, he et once eessn
to aroloeize for intenngtipg BIN. ~ IN
very eo11y," said Mr: Speed" Sety soHy. NJ NJ
President. to disturb yor:t sfar1 3, F. HaaST ~
Ward Eeecher. One Sunday, as be WIS gong
to q preacl,, be saw SONG boys Pla5lng marbles
n fha street, He stopped and looSed At
thcu hard. Boys he said, Presently
sDove. I'm ecared !; yes, scared Ihsn, shy
in t-1 donT Jo9 run?' ansSaea M eae as eo5s; T.
Ii yea s1s zg1sy SRssa Kestse xat I III ead
day be- recalled this incident Of his ea1iy 4e,
wlish had occurred thirty years before. h1s
fr;ena had forgotten tho clrcumHtanees, until
fhev were revived in his recoliecf1on ~ Mf-
Lincoln. He spoke Of one dark, a1tefnoon, ~
horscback, horse had finally lost themselves IN tho
DEPTHS Of . Kentucky forest, They "eta on
~ honse, When nearly. exhausted with cold,
wst. ard fatigue, they meta colored boy, aiso
On horseback ). and, eatching at me cope
suggested Of seeming guide, ;a NJ sassssa psan
lin, u Are you a friend to suffering hu-
1nauity?"- The boy gaped with amaze 15e
rcent. and stammared out: "My names One-
1iah, an I longs to mnsstet." mr. Lincoln re-
lated this, Ind mnny other occurrences IN tuo
satre coEneCtlon, without nes1tat1nH 1of "
1ueut not even to recall the name o1 lae KY
he had 60 bewldetea.
Ho said onco TINT tho best story he ever
read in the papers Of himEen was this: IWo
Quake1cssea wero travelling on the rsilfosa'
and were heard discussing the Probable tet-
uination Of tho war. - think1 said - ne
fret, " that Jefferson viii succeed .S MnS
Tocs thee think eo?" asked the other. Be-
tause @ Jefferson Is . praying man" And so
il Abraham praying man objected tho SOC
onl. tsYes; but the Lord will think Abraham
is joking" the first replied. conclusiyet5.
, 1870-05-08


..,o,- ,,or ,.u v;orent6, and oneued har mouth
shook nes inch nv Eiue ~ to * Yeu da1s hurt ny
Tn7T Il I Keep too Rhxzp : tookoos n1soo
Ma 1y4v, ekr wfu m, tiks rs6ett ac1oss 70 2
t.h1c t nd @ @nnset Whist she can. Sig gene17A5
Tres The srSar 6Et, ss she can toeI 1T sss s:,..
iii. or sEs VII lust put her band On " nt nuA ~
jrg and pull It oTEE: II sne sIG- IN LcE than,
With her bird-less, just Ike ho1se' aoe AnosAf
tkem over as she paasa5~ ,t,.r.
TINY and he bag sometimes SO ont asaai,
ing together. They Climb mp Hy coaI ea4
search all tee fockats. : gEne17y H7. cI.1 80
great many ceda1 Penclsi the laonke1s ~.
ere.t treat is to pick and PICK .. tae door q =
glass cupboard I'll it IL opene then 70 ees N
and drink the hair oil. which ttsy kooW y
there Any new thing tlat arrives shey n9ss
examine, and When : hzmper comes - ! tes
the MONKEYS unpask az It sypeas1.{ r. y .tsk %
1T tine, peep undar tha paper run %. G.
ing il thef own language, Look out, sInzas
something alive in the b8sket!'
"1he performance gene1aay ends by tneE
nFsestng the baaket, and, 4 thsy tnII ~
hare, they both set to work and <4ook deas
IL the hsses fur~ once received snake N
basket, and Let the mooksJs unpac1 u:
theY haEa mortal hotror Of Z Hnake- Haeu
they found out the contents of the banSs1
shey were OF IN doubls-q11ck tune cf3.n6
i AulUGfs l0lGFE8- 0lO Al NNo = A~%~E
before they would CONC down nun beha1
tte casts o. sa1rnon on the top OF tho BOOK
shelves.
t.Thcre Is no truutlc to catch the monkeya,
have only to open the door OF she cage IN
any, sCage, cages 60 into SonE cage; qalch5
ruarch J. and they go in Instantly, Ike the coca
casts they rea1Iy are The parrot hss cauSns
M ttese words, and, when the monkeJs a1e
ruuninc about, often criea out Cage, cage!
60 into your cage + but the little wFetches DO
not care for old Poll Thsy sometimes attack
her. Tiny STEMS her seed, and. Whila sha y
peckiur ut the Little thing, tha Bag viii pull
Eex tail from behind Luckily the noukeyn
arc af,ail Of stuffed Australian anInal that
hau9s in my room When have any spee1-
mems or bottles that do not want the mon.
keys to touch. simply set down tbs hosle.
to act as sentry, as Know tho monkeys Will
not come near it
ssTiny is very attentive to the Hag, aud CRIES
bitterly IL ahe is taken from her. She takes
great liberties with he1-cImbang up by mea1a
Of her tai when it hangs down in a Convenient,
rope-liks manner. She also takes MUCK Of tbs
products Of her thieving TO the Hag.a cage
when she is shnt up, anapokes pape1s thrCngh
the bars Of the cage. These ths old th1n8
tears up iato ahreds to pass away time
a. Although my monkeys do couaidefabls
/. mischief, set let them do it. I am amply Es-
warded by their funny and A1ect1onats waJa-
/. II INV Of my readers have monkeys, and want
TO get them tazoe, they should giya than tha
! run of the ruoua, and let thsrn out At meal
[ times to cut and pick what thes Ike. Summer
md winter they should waa1 green baize jack
I af1r
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g Shoe HJ.T
\ FRENCH VERSION.

Je Bals, je suIs. te suls,
CONNIE TetUlio du n1attr,,
de suIg, te suls, tc suis,
CONNIE I'etpile du t1atlu.
La musique est en- Fair,
C'eEt que ma mere ma dit,
Les abKes elles Iettt la melaase
Sur IA ttte de &C ue-g1te.
Va! mouche! ne m tncommotle,
Va! Mouches ne m iucommpde.
Vnl monche! ne m ipcummode.
Cur ie suls IN de Compagnie G.
%AzE VERSION.
51nl FiAetur ut angell caatent
Pennlsqrc celeribus item violent,
Ac eos senNo, bis teT1ue sentio,
EGenfntcew hoe Olim 1lIisse scto}
Theriacen dtiInhlsse nnper
Nlgri hufus IL capue de5uper.
Abt- musca, ne inQuietes me,
Sum enim miles dE mauipIo 6.
1teM1uc Sentlo, meutts per vim.
Ut phosphorus ipSe eEumet sim.
aed tsmen eSlst1mat EthIops hlc-
Apfcetur scuhl do1miens SIC
Dt adeSset muscA punctuT1 nu1um-
Slbt tegendum caput tam charmr-
ABB. ml5ca. ne inguletes NE,
SUN entm miles dc manlplo G.
, 1870-05-08

eocln' feathers, hnd peseoels' xhzoAts- French
hats Of black tuIls Ars almost covered With
black ostrich tpe- Tho most elegant - we'll
as se1yiceable boune:e are OF blaek lace OF
tnlle. The most appropriate trimming Tor
them is q large capeul green rose ana "a .
with an orange or black ostrich tip
, 1870-05-08

An EngflshInan IN d BonIoGne hotel, IN
sisting upon ane poisnrtk after his soup. vsa
doored Then tbs dis1nayed domestic TUNED sk
hsy, Would you mind speaking Enslish. air
for ! only came from Nsneheatar On Nonday.
md dpust know yonz Gngos.
, 1870-05-08

One evening, during the last winter Of hia
Life, Hban extremely bust, and weary as well,
after the many duties Of the day, ha VAS
called to the zeeeptou-room TO SEQ Nj. Speed,
, 1870-05-08

british Medical journal, 1855; D. t4
The black Hreatts Produced by placing the
1ane Of a spirit Lamp underneath the track OF q
sunbeam may noN be cleary, slough ianpertectlJ,
SEE n a every asnwnT Foom ia LenG e,n The lsgh
ought, as far as possible, to be excluded. a can-
die name also shows the effect, but very lmper-
fectly.
, 1870-05-08

Methodist clergyman, with wisdom enough IN
head to rceepk the situation and fight It out On
that Hno Il il takes all eunmef, and corrs-tinsa
;rNfn3a1
, 1870-05-08
NEW YORK.
Funerals and Chrfstenfngs.

A Case Of Scandal and PeFsecu-
ton,
, 1870-05-08

What comes rhcrc from the hI11.r
Then came tender inquiries for the lcatherJ
papa, mamma, and sister, with such other in
itiatory rites deemed necessary, and the end
Of it was that the Cousin Sam had q dozen
ducls On his hands, and fought them out next
Lin, that il be joined either Of the best known
corps OF the Laudsmanasclaft he must6eht,
and, genuine Westerner that he is, he deter
mined to do it better and oftener than any
bodr else Consequences Heidelberg au-
thouhes ere rather hard on him 4. a.
, 1870-05-08

WAyb VI 1IOW the nouHe, Dut 6tlu near enough
where tho dead man lay. We'll, first watch
cd David til ont OF sight, and thanll watched
the window, and thcn watched aud peerod
and looked Oh every side of me, till nv ewes
grew blind from the glazing sun and the shin.
ing sand.
"A1 ut once heard some voices; aud ]
alaoes went into fit when heard footsteps
GIuncntng nearer and nearer in the sand.
1hey we're the Mexicans, sure enough, coming
up from the hyor, and passing within few
steps Of my hiding place. Both carried Leary
endgels, which they had bronght With them
from whera they haa been cnttine wood in fhe
morning. When they got near the house
they stopped talking, md saw them sneak
up to it, and then vanish around The
A few minutes ]ate1 SAN them ss CONC .rt out
Of tho baI-room, and, oh, beayensl ]
saw they were trying to follow nv husbands
foot printa, that led directly 10 the verde
bush behind which was hiding; but the
wind had been blowing, and it seemed hard
1os them to follow the trail. Still they cana
nearer, and tho tenoE end snBpense, and the
aickening fear that came ever me when saw
them brandiBhing their Clubs and bringing
them down occasionally on a clu1up Of yerde
hushea, well nigh took what little sense and
breath had left, aud I verify balieve should
have screamed out IN very horror, and 30
SAtAhAk <A1e4A A+t4uk4UuS CluQA GIL 1GAQ
ut once TO make an end OF my misery, il / had
lad strength enough left to raise my voice
But could neither move Eor ntter sound 7
could only strain my eyes to look. After =
while they got tired OF searching and went
back to the house, where they stood at the
window moment to lock in on the dasd man,
ts though to see il he isd stirred then they
went IN At the baI-zoom and came ont directly
loaded with pluuder
tone OF the men tarried both Mr. Hem
dricks' and my husbands rifle, and the other
had huckled on ME Hendricks reTolret.
They Ind thrown ,side their ponchos, and
one had On my husbands best coat, while The
other wore Mr. Heldricks' soldier oEercoat~
Even the hat on lie dead mans head they had
taken, and, also, a waB afterwards found, the
black silk handkerchief he had on lis neck
when they killed him. Again they took their
way ever toward the mountains, and then
everything around me Vas deadly sti1 Oh,
how wished fdr living breathing. thing to
speak to then! should not be the poor, hslf-
dementcd creature that an to-day, il only q
dog could have looked up at me With kind,
atfectionate gaze. But the hall open eyes Of
the man seemed staring at me- from the win
dow, and Eaps watching It, half thinning that
the dreadful, maDgled face would thrust itself
out.
-HBy and by the coyotes, seeming tho deaa
body in the house, csme steAthily from all
sides, surrounding the houss and bowling
, 1870-05-08

And strnieht she held before the monsrch's vlew,
In citler hand, O radiant wreath OF floEess;
The one, bedeckcd with every charming hue,
Was newly cul1ed from natnre's choicest bowers;
The other, no less fair In every part,
Was the rare product OF dlyincst art,
, 1870-05-08

tho l1edk ede sistant out1ne Of nigh and
rocky coast- There was a roaring sound
of winds and waters all about them but
through it came the deep boom OF sn alarm
bell
"Tlat's a ship in distress,u said Auke,
"Hsns, take glaas and Try you can make
her"
His mate, grsy-haited. but active and fear
1esH seminar, bad scarcely raised the glass
when he shouted, " Captain, she's fishing
smack ashore on Diycrs' Shoals, and her crew
arc c1n. ! o her rigging
"Boys, we'll save them," said Auke; the
case mny be our OWL"
"Ax, Captain, replied INNS, but should We
Vrow' viii drop anchorl"
We ahall Miss the market, tool" cried
Earl. Don't be fool, Auke"
"Ihis ship is called after my good mother"
aald the young slipper, putting about tic
helm Before left home she told me
Boys. weU sare those poor fellows!"
Well done, Captain !" cried the czew with
cheers, and while Karl went bAlow to grumhle
at Auke's III luck, the "Frisian VrpW" bore
down on the foundesing vessel, and Auke
stralen with four sailors, Ne1e galla1tly row
TEs little bark was fast in the aanda. a heavy
surf broke over her. The crew,-the rnaster,
three seamen, andt#o boys, allSwedes, ,-cluug
to the spars and rigging Of the helpless craft
They we're al rescued, wet, cold and neatly
famished, and taken On board the "Ftiaiau
Vrow," thankful for their preservation,
but unable to speak = word Of Dutch.
The skipper ghve them dry clothes
and hfeaEfast and hastened to Iook
after bis ship, which was already in trouble.
The wind had veered due west, and tbare Was
no getting the right course. The sailors tack
ed md reefod and hauled up, but the vrow
vas utterly unmanageable against the gale,
Snd there was nothing but to run before it. y
SIZES" g1pmbled Karl, ~ knew how it
would bo. Tie market will be lost and We
shall Ill be shipwrecked."
But nobody was in The humor to mind his
gloomy DEMONSTRATIONS beside, be was not
thc only one upon whom fear fell when the
Teseel went speeding 1t . rate she had never
sailed before, straight up the Finnish Gull.
Geographical knowledge was none Of the
sleaIest 1t that day Ka!l had studied the
voyages Of the Dutch traders. nevel WAS to
him The end Of The world. Beyond these,
cheese and gin would be Of NO 1ecount No
wonder, then, that the worthy man took raf-
nge below, to mediate over the fact that Auke
st1a1en Was his father's son, and would neyer
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-09-27
WEDNESDAYS NEWS.

Skirmisbcs continue to be reported as oc-
curing around Paris, in one of which the
PruSsians were defeated and driven off. In
another it is said they were moved down
by the French artillery"
The people Of Strasbourg have taken a vote
upon the question Of surrcndering, and by a
large majority determined to defend the place
to the last General Ulr.ch is reported to
have been badly wounded.
Paris seems to be now completely isolated
TclegraPhic communication with Tours has
ceased mail service in all directions stopped
and tic railroads cut and destroyed. Letters
arc carried to and fiom Paris t'y messengers
only.
4 telegram from Orleans tells Of a serious
engagement which had taken place near Vi
suux. between tive nty.fivc thousand French
and fifteen thousand Prussians. The latter
attacked, and were, it is reported, moved
down by the French artillery and forced to
fall back, after suffering heavy loss.
The Gar has written cOngratulatory let
ter to the Queen Of PRUSSIA, in which he ex-
tolls the wonderful ability aud solderly quail.
ties of the Prussians A despatch from Ber
lin totally denies all the reports about Rus
sia's arming, and its being opposed to the
dismcmbermcnt of France, characterizing
them ms sensational 1t adds however, that
the feeling towards France there is very fa~
vorablo