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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-28
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A Pathetic Scene.

Sir Richard Steele says: The first
sense of sorrow l ever knew was upon
the death Of my father, at which time |
was not quite five years Of age but was
rather amazed at what all the house
meant, than possessed with real un-
derstanding why nobody was willing to
play with me. / remember | went into
the room where the body lay, and my
mother sat weeping alone by il. / had
my battledoor in my hand, ana fell to
beating the coffin aud calling papa for,
l know not why, had some slight idea
that he was locked up there.
My mother caught me in her arms,
and, transported beyond all patience of
the silent grief she was before in, she
almost smothered me in her embrace,
and told me in food of tears, "papa
could not hear me, and would play with
me no more, for they We, going to put
him under the ground, whence he could
never come to see us again." She was
Il very beautiful woman, OF a noble
spirit, and there was dignity in her
grief amid all the wildness of her trans
port, which, methought, struck me with
an instinct of sorrow, which, before
was sensible of what it was to grieve,
seized my very soul, and has made pity
the weakness of my heart ever since.
The mind in infancy is, methinks, like
the body in embryo; and receives i'm
pressions so forcible that they are as
hard to be removed by reason, as any
mark, with which child is born, is to be
taken away by any future application.
Hence it is, that good nature in me is
no merit but, having been SO fire.
quently overwhelmed with her tears be-
fore | knew the cause of her atliiction,
or could draw defenses from my own
judgment, | imbibed commiseration,
remorse, and an unmanly gentleness of
mind, which has since ensnared me in
to ten thousand calamities; and from
whence I can reap no advantage, except
it be that, in such humor as / am now
in, can the better indulge myself in
the softness of humanity, and enjoy
that sweet anxiety which arises from
the memory of past Affections.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-28

eyes; l find I have net fortitude
enough to bear other peoples misfor-
tunes"
"You may easily bear mine. I havo
been very happy since l knew that my
waiting would be short.
You have had but a dull, lonely
life, Eleanor. cannot wonder at your
indifference to it.
A sudden rosy brightness transfgur-
ed Eleanor's face, and for the moment
she was more lovely than can tell.
You are wrong, believe me-" she
said. 81 have had my share of happi-
ness no woman could have more. II
was like some great tropical bloom,
long in coming and soon gone, but it
was unutterably perfect.
looked Mt her with wide eyes, and
the drawbridge of her reserve fell in-
stantly. She lay still for long time
and c.uld hear the thud of her heart
beats.
When / was leaving her, she showed
me n key on chain that she always
wore about her neck.
Some time you will use this to I'M
lock my desk" she said, "and find
there what l cannot say to you now"
Not many days after, she went out of
life as calmly as she had passed through
it.
In her desk was large packet of let
lers, bound with strip of paper. On
this strip was written the precious
secret which she could not part with
while she lived. Bury me with these
letters on my heart, and write over my
head only this, Eleanor Eustace, be-
loved wife of Haviland Norton.
She had said on my wedding day
that she thought she might like me very
well, and have reason to believe she
did SO, never any less and never any
more, while l grew to regard her with a
passionate admiration.
For long time after her death, life,
alone with my widower, was avery tame
affair indeed.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-28
Freezing to Death.

That to be frozen to death must be a
frightful torture many would consider
certain from their own experience of
the effects of cold. But here we fall
into the usual error of supposing that
the suffering will increase with the
energy of the agent, which could only
be the case if the sensibility remained
the same. Intense cold brings on
speedy sleep, which fascinates the SEN
ses and fairly beguiles men out of their
lives. The most curious example of
the seductive power of cold is to be
found in the adventures of the botani-
cal party, who, in Cooks first voyage,
were caught in snow storrs on Terra
del Fuego. DR.. Solander, by birth n
Swede, and well acquainted with the
destructive deceits of rigorous climate,
admonished the company, in defiance of
lassitude, to keep moving on. "Who-
ever sits down." said he, Twill sleep,
and whoever sleeps will perish The
doctor spake as sage. but felt as a
man. In spite of the circumstances of
those he instructed and alarmed, he
was the first to lie down and die. The
same warning was repeated a thousand
times in the retreat from Moscow. ALI
son, the historian, to try the expert
ment, sat down in his garden at night,
when the thermometer had fallen four
degrees below zero, and so quickly did
the drowsiness come stealing on, that
he wondered how a soul of Napoleon's
unhappy band had been able to resist
the treacherous influence.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-28
The Bankruptcy Law.

The following amendment to the
present bankruptcy law of the United
States, introduced by Senator Wright,
of Iowa, is probably all that will be ac-
complished this winter, and even this
may not pass: On all proceedings in
bankruptcy commenced subsequently to
the first day of January, 1878, no dis
charge shall be granted to Il debtor
whose assets shall not be equal to 80
per cent of the claims proved against
his estate upon which he shall be liable
as the principal debtor, unless the as
sent in writing of majority in numb II
and value of his creditors to whom he
shall have become liable as principal
debtor, and who shall have proved their
claims, be filed in the case at or before
the time of hearing the application for
discharge, provided that the provisions
of this act shall not apply to those debts
from which the bankrupt seeks & dis
charge which were contracted prior to
the 1st of January, 1873.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-28
An Hour from Labor.

Take an hour from labor and give il
to something else. But don't carry
those precious sixty minutes and slam
them down upon drinking bar, getting
nothing in return for Gods gift than
poison and death and murder. Don't
take them to the gambling hclls and ex-
change them for chances to win few
dollars from other men who have left
their families, their wives and children,
to gamble away their small earnings.
You but help to build up the fortune of
the unprincipled man who owns the
hell " and deals the game Of moral
and pecuniary destruction. If you
have an hour to spare from labor, give
it to reading and the enjoyment of
home. Cheer your wife i'll her duties,
select pleasant stories and read them to
your children. Try the habit of domes-
ticity. The best lounging place is your
own house, and the best club to join is
your own family. Stick to that idea,
and work up the spare hour by improv-
ing it to the intellectual advantage of
yourself and household. If YOU prop
erly bestow your leisure from toll you
will in the end find that toll itself viii
not be so great burden. BY study
you will discover wherein lies the mys-
terry of your toll, and means will be
opened to you by which the business
you are engaged in will assume almost
an intellectual amusement. An hour a
day amounts at the end of the year
to 800 hours. In that space how
many valuable books may be read,
how much pleasure enjoyed in your
own home, and how blessed you will be
in the gratitude of your wife and the
and cultivated love OF your
children.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-28
4 Man without Muscles,

4 faro. dealer in this city about four
years ago was compelled to relinquish
his profession by a paralysis Of his right
fore finger. The nerve cell Tn the
spinal column which supplied the joint
had died from overwork, and the mus
cles of the finger graduallypassed away
through disuse-atrophied, the doctors
call it. The dead cell in the spinal
marroX in some way, by contact or SYM
path destroyed its neighhor, which
controlled the same finger on the left
hand. The atrophy extended over both
hands, up the arms, to the chest,
shoulders, and neck. At the present
time there is not muscle in those
portions of the mans body. The arms
hang useless and absolutely Aeshless-
mere skin and bone. The intercostal
muscles are gone, and the man can make
no respiratory movements requiring
their action the neck is msophagus,
trachea, and spinal column clad in 'kin,
and that is all, the processes of tt 9 lat
ter standing out as plainly as in n skele-
ton. The head, unsupported, hangs down.
on the chest, as if it were merely tied
on. BY n movement of the lions the
man can throw his head over so that it
will fall resting on his shoulders and
back, but otherwise than thus, mechan-
ically, he cannot control its motion.
What parts the disease will next attack
is a question with the physicians at
Bellevue, where the case was shown
yesterday, but the result is hardly
doubtful. Breathing is done now Who'll
ly by the diaphragm, and must cease if
that be attacked. N. Y. Piper.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-28

THE PRELMfISARY QUESTION. - The
professor of natural philosophy in q
certain college gave the class problem
to think over during the night and an
swer the next day The question was
this: eff A hole were bored through
the centre of the earth from side to side,
and ball were dropped into it, what
motions would the ball pass through,
and how would it come to state OF
rest ?" The next morning fellow was
called up on this philosophical problem.
"What answer do you give this ques-
ton? ?" asked the professor. "Well,
really" said he, 81 have not thought
of the main question, but of prelimi-
nary one. How are you going to get
that hole through q
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-28

It is remarkable how vigilant these
expressmen are i'll hunting up persons
to whom packages are addressed. Here
is a case in point in Hartford, Conn,
where a gentleman has ascertained from
list of unclaimed" goods ADVERTISED
TOR sale at auction, that the company
has a package Intended for him, which
was received last May. And the COM
any's office is next door to his own
place of business. But what can he do
about il {?
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-28
Cold Weather,

January, 1873, departed with "cold
every body felt it to be, like
every other "cold snap, the most Sc
we're of the season. Thermometers in
all sections ran down to a very low fig
ure, as the following records of Janu-
arv 70 will show.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-28

The U. S. Senate Committee on
Privileges and Elections reported that
Alexander Caldwell was not duly and
legally elected to a seat in the Senate of
the United States by the Legislature of
the State of Kansas. The Committee,
however, excused Mr.. Caldwell on the
ground that he was q novice in politics
and in the hands of men who encouraged
him in the belief that Senatorial elec-
tions in Kansas were carried by the use
of money
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-28
HORACE GREELEY's PRoPERrY.-Th

HORACE GREELEY's PROPERTY
appraisers of Horace Greeley's estate
are at their labors. 1t is safe to esti-
mate that his personal property will foot
up about S120,00O There are abont
Sl00, 900 of bad debts and worthless Sc
curities. The appraisers say that Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Jr., owes the estate
$50. 900 borrowed money. Commodore
Vanderbilt sent his check for 5000
to each of Mr.. Greeley's daughters, Ida
and Gabrielle, adding that if they need
ed money at any time they might call
on him.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-28

In New York the thermometer mark
ed one degree below zero at five o'clock
in the morning, and the average tenn
perature was nine and one-e!ghth de-
grees.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-28
The Burned Library.

The RurupO IlDr0ry.
,.,
but n'.'' 'P"''
To tho back Of bookcase cropt;
II had work to do
In the momeuts few
While the absent readers slept.
Inio'e"
II stole. lust Az midnight died,
with its cloudy smoke,
Like traitors cloak,
Half torn by his haste aside.
,,,,.,
go ,'''',..1-
II loaped to tho joist and beam;
Faster and faster,
Through lath and plaster,
II flashed with ito evil gleam.
n.',',.'.'ha,a,,a,.a, -
By the rush of its entrance famed,
1t upheld It's light,
over pages white,
And -mutched them with crimson hand.
Observation-Disclosures
&C., .,1,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-28

A post mortem examination revealed
thirty-two large nails in the stomach of
an Iowa horse that died of the epizootic.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-28
The Erie Railroad Dividend.

The Erie Railroad Directors have
ordered a dividend to be paid of 3 per
cent. on the preferred stock, and Il on
the common. The Auditor made the
following report of the years business
ending December 81, 1872.
Gross earnings gs..................@l .G9f 096
| Working expenses. es................. 13.629 956
| Interest on funded and floating debt 1874, ,u43
Rental of leased lines and guarantee
of bonds. ........................ 1928, ,712
Total to be deducted from gross earn
ings .......... G.667,711
Net result for the year ..:........ 2026,3S5
Less dividend paid on preferred
stock in July. Observation-Disclosures. 293, 1872
Surplus of earnings on hand Of. 1277, ,593
The amount included in working ex-
penses, which was paid for new wori-
and iron, was 81, 100000. No allowance
was made in any form for the securities
and property refunded by JAY Gould.
The Directors, i'll consideration Of
the above statement, passed a resolution
declaring a dividend of 81 per cent. on
preferred stock, and of | per cent. on
common stock also, that the stock
books be closed for transfer from the
1st to the 18th of March.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-10-28
New ngEexsmen.

Since the Congressional elections last
year FIVE deaths OF Congressmen elect
have occurred, namely: James Brooks,
OF New York; Vim. Whiting. OF Mas.
sschusetts; Wilder D. Foster, oi
Michigan; Ar V. Wright, OF @ or
gi., and Joseph @. Wilsoo. Of Oregon
Two vscsnc es have already been 6lled
by the election OF Alexander II Sic
vers IN ace Of General Wright, aud
james W Nrsmirh in place OF Mr..
Wilsor. For Mr. Brooks seat the
Democrats have nominated Mr.. Samu-
i s Cox end as the district 10 usually
D-mocrstc, and Mr. Cox has more
than bis party ste b. be may De ser
iovn a. hr. Brooks succes-Or. To
I'll the ,est IN the Massachusetts dis
trict Mayor Pierce, Of Boston. has been
dominated by the Republicans. and
will doubtless he elected. No pomins-
TO Tor the Michigan vacancy, We be-
lieVs, have yet been made.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-10-28
EiEMPEiIS.
The yellow Fever.

MEMHuls. October 81 The weather
is very cool with every encouragement
or an early abatement OF the yellow
ever. all the morning journals speak
very encouragingly this morning, and
business is somewhat livelier to-day
Two less dsa'hs were reported yester-
day than the day before. while only two
,r three new cases are reported to-day.
The to'al number OF deaths tor the past
tweutvofour hours is sixteen, OF which
thirteen were from yellow fever against
twer;y-four yesterday.
The following circular was iseued this
morning from the Office OF the Grand
Chancellor Of the Knights OF Pythlas
for the State ot Tennessee
To our brethren Of the order, who
have so nobly responded to our appeal
ror aid, we return our sincere thanks
snd can state that we have sufficient
funds to relieve the suffering brethren.
7. S JUKEs,
Grand Chancellor.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-10-28
So. Nicholas Tor November.

The first number OF st Nicholas
has just been issued. P,ctorislly, it 10
ane OF the most beautiful magazines in
the country, beirg enriched by designs
from the pencils OF Miss HSllock. Sol
Eytinge, Miss Ledyard, Sheppard.
Bolles. Beard and others.
The reading matter is vsried and
bright. There are thirty-three articles,
some for the very little ones, some for
tue Oldest OF young people, and some
'or every age between. We find in its
broad, we'll printed pages. poems by
William Cullen Bryant, Celia Thsxter,
Licy Larcom, and others. There lie q
pirsl human fairy sketch by R-becca
Harding Davis. Donald G. Mitchell
contributes q characteristic article, en-
titled "Who Wrote the Arabian
Nights p and the first chapters OF &
serial story by Frank R. Stockton are
srven. A salu,arory by the conductor,
Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge. is sure
to reach the heart OF every
child resder-and the hearts Of their
'sthers and mothers as we'll. Among
the stories we fnd cbanringly told &C.
count OF a iarry's visit 10 bee hive, by
annie Moore; an exceedingly funny
little story by Margaret Eyuuge, and
lively tales by Paul Fort and j. s.
Stacy. Lucreia P. Hnle tells the
adventures o. doll, Noah Brooks has
a capital article Tor boys, called BY the
Ses," aud Olive Thorne talks about a
certain "0id Fashioned Hat
There are also interesting descrip-
tons OF zehrss, passenger pigeons, the
curious inhabitants OF the FsralIone
Islands. and the Plute Indisns, besides
b.ight little "Jrugles" and a whole page
in large type ror little children with big
eyes. We must not forget 10 mention
as an admirable feature q short story
in German for TIE benefit OF youngsters
who are learning that language. a
similar French story is announced for
the rext number. Tnen "Jack-ln.the
Pulpit" curious fellow who ia full OF
little bits OF wit and wisdom, holds forth
most entertainely; and there are Capl-
tai notices OF Juvenile books, intended
or thoae who will read the books, and
a puzzle department that will c'rainly
sharpen the wits OF the youngsters.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-10-28
bTAIE HENS.
GIeaniHgs from West Virginia
Papers.

GleaniHEs from West Virginia
Papers.
THB hands discharged from the var
ious departments OF The b ~ y RAlI-
road at this point are all being put TO
work again by the Company.-Grafto"
S ntineL.
The Maryland Bible Society propo'
sea 10 supply all the passenger lral OF
the B. & o r. R. with bb es Each
passenger car will have two, and the
baggage cars aud caboose cars on
freight trains, will each have one bible.
The Company is having neat iron cas- s
or boxes made, which are TO be placed
iu each car IN which the bibles are to
be carried. These cases will be in
scribed with the words Read and Re-
,urn."-Graflon Sentinel.
DEATH ON THE RATL.-An lrishman
named William OConner, employed as
track hand on the B. & o. r. R was
struck by the last freight west, yester-
day morning between Cherry Run and
Sleepy Creek, and instantly killed
His RENAME were brought to this place
for intermeut. He was comparatively
a stranger to his fellow workmepn, and
nothing was found among his effects
to indicate where his relatives, II be
had any living, reside.-AarhnS5urg
Independent.
SHIPMENTS OF BEEF CArTLE.-An un-
usually large number Of beef cattle. in
cludlpg some very fiue ones, are almost
daily arriving and being shipped from
New Creek for Baltimore and other
eastern cities. The humane law ps'sed
last winter prohibiting drovers from
keeping their cattle confined 10 the csrs
over twenty-srx hours at time, hss
had the effect to cause more arrivals
here than formerly. as New Creek
seems TO be the point Of reshipment o.
cattle coming from Fairmont and ad-
joining towns -NeO Creek Tribune.
A MEETING OF prominent railroad and
postotfice officials was held here lasl
week 10 make some arrangements to
secure 40 early mail from the Wesi
via Wheeling The meeting adjourned
without coming to any definite couclu-
sicn, TO meet at mberlsnd the next
dsy. There it was arranged that ter
the % o. November 9 train would be
put upon the road between here and
Wheeling with msil car and route
agents, to connect with the ST. Lou.
Express east due here at 1920 An
We are glad this arrangement has been
effected as we will now receive the
western dsilies in the moruing.-Grdf-
ton Sentinel
ANOTHER SERIOUS ACCIDENT Frank
NJ. Bebout, con OF Mr. w. y Bebout,
OF this district, accidentally shot him
self through the hand, on Wednesday
morning last, while handling loaded
revolver. He had been using the re-
volver, and afterwards csrried it into
the house and attemp pied to place il On
the msntel, when q load was by some
means discharged, the ball entering oe
palm near the wrist. and coming ou; a.
the back oftbe hand. between the fret
two fingers. The hand vas pretty tsi!v
burned with the powder, ard that iG
connection with the wound has caused
him much sufIsring.-Fasmn. Wat
Trgixica.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-10-28

stand, if his character was bad. Was IL
in the power OF the prosecution to
prove it3 he then proceeded
TO coneider the question before the jury.
stating he would give them under four
separate heads First, did the pr soner
iLh ct a mortal wound with the pistol
and of which James Fisk died. Sec
ond, il he did was the act murder or
could it be manslaughter in one lesser
degree. In considering this he would
leave out the question whether Fisk
had pistol or not, and consider only
the other evidence. Third. It the prisoner
killed Fisk, was the killing justihable
homicide; and fourth, il he killed Fisk
and the killing was not justifable, was
the prisoner sane or insane within the
meaning OF the law. He then pro-
ceeded to anslize at great length the
medical testimony, and argued that
Fisk died from the effects oil morphia
administered. He contended that be
could not have died from a shock for
he fully recovered from that and made
bis will and gave other evidence Of be-
ing perfectly clear headed. The
counsel referred to the scene
a, Fisks death bed, and asked why
Tweed was not present to testify to
Fisk's character, which had been ss-
sailed on the trial.
Al one o'clock the Court took 8
recess, Tremsiue having only got
through his first point.
After the recess he took up the
secobd heading. and read largely from
books on murder and manslaughter.
The counsel argued that Stokes had no
motive 10 kill. but Fisk, who was
Jealous, had every reason for wanting
Stokes on: Of the way.
The Court then sdiourn'h
Disbursmeut 81: :'r--.
A Washington specisi 10 ne Ercniny
Post save: Secretary Ricbardsoc to-
day said be was much AFRAID Ga. be
agitation which has occurred in Go:ds-
quence OF the announcement 0! tfr
Intention OF the Treasury Departme.'
to place currency on a silver basis,
bad defeated the object he hsd
in view, and would prolong the timt
or resumption. TIE demand Tor coir
is much greater than was anticipated,
All the silver in the Treasury would be
absorbed in a few days. if the policy Of
exchanging it for CT rrency were now
carried out In consequence OF the
large orders already sent TO the Treasury.
Tor coin, Secretary Richardson has
deemed It necessary 10 change the
policy OF resuming previously announc-
ed He will not excbar 81 silver Tor
currency az first intended, but Tor the
present will adhere to the plan Of pay
ing Oft bills sgsiDst the Government
partly in silver
Trial or Frank l.. TnintOr.
The trial O Frank L Taintor, de-
fsulting cash 'er OF the Atlantic National
Bank, commenced in the U. S Court
to-day Chsr!es A. Meags, Z. 5.
Bank Examiner, was a witness TOR the
prosecution He testified TO finding
deficit OF 100000 in Taiotor's &C.
counts, and to advising his arrest The
case will probably occupy several days.