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COMM ERCIAL.
CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE.

RICHMOND, July 20, 1851
OFFERINGS REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
WHEAT White. 1910 bushels. Red, 27,e22
bushels.
CORN White, ,3l6 bushels.
SALES REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
WHEAT White, $40 bushels very good at 81 10 !;
2S bushels good at SLIP; BAG bushels good AZ
sl.l3;. "a bushels common al sl;0s; "a bushels
fair at 81 .10 200 bushels fair LIZ; 20 bushels
very good at sl.15 So bushels very good at a.
bushels good AT Sl.l5-tolal, l,75O bushels. ned
100 bushel. very good Lancaster AZ SLIP; w
bushels good Lancaster at sl.l2; 90 bushels 20 "a
/ Lancaster at SLIP; 400 bushels very good Lam
caster at Slli so bushels fair damp Lancaster
at tl.O5: 1870 bushels fair damp Lancaster at
95c.; 90 bushels good Lancaster az :l:l2 iO2
bushels very good Lancaster at sl.l4 $50 bushels
prime Lancaster Oh private terms; 81 ru heis
Lancaster at f1.l4: 800 bushels good Lancaster
at sl.l5: $50 bu.hels very good Lancaster at
sl.l5 4So bushels GOOD Lancaster at sl ad 400
prime Lancaster at sl.15; so bushels good Ian.
easter at Sll3: 32 bushels very good % FnIiz at
prime Fultz at $40; 20 bushels common sultz AZ
ii o. Sc bushels fair Fuitz *l.07; 80 bushels
very goot Fnltzz at sl;0s; 40 bushels sS 90
40 bushels good Fultz at 800; 20s bush.
eli. very .ood Furz at sos; 100 bushels good
Fultz at sI.O6; "a bushels lair Furz at $l.03 ;
s SH e s"ag,S 'f FnI at sos lie bushels com
mon Fultz at 90c.; ~ bushels good fpltz at
Sl.u7 80 bushels fair tutZ OF fl.UOi ooc uushcls
common Fullz at sl.04; lip bushels common
FuIir at SI.03; so bushels prime tuz at : %
200 bushels fair Futz at sl.05: SO bushels good
FunZ at Sl.0S; 81 bushels common Damp fnul
nv zoe: "a bushels common damp Futz A. 96c.
"a bushels very good FullZ at &1.O7; as bushels
good Furz at f1.05 so bushels common FuIlz al
bushels very good Fultz +l.O7; $50 bushels Faltl
al fl.O3: 800 bushels good Ful;z AZ VI %; 5Os
bushels very good Fultz at sl0s; l26 bushels gooe
FulrY at OF; 100 bushels good Fultz al .05 &c
bushels fair Fnly at Sl.03; l6 bushels common
Fuliz at 81; 200 bushels choice Fuiiz at sl;l0
$40 bushels prime Fulz at Sl.l0; 100 busbel:
SlO5; 27e bushels good Fuilz at fl.0o; III
bushels far mixed at 81. 0S 80 bushels fair mixed
az $l.07: $50 bushels prime mixed on priyanos
terms: $50 bushels good mixed at tl.Oe; SOU
bushels very good mixed on priyate terms 1
bushels good IN lxed At 81 05; 200 bushels good
MIXED at 81 lO-tota 1886 bushels
f;nRN-Vhfte, 10 bushels at 55c.
OATs-50 bushels cd at 42c.
RYR.-96 bushels very good on private terms.
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DEATH OF HON. PRESTON BRECKIN-
RIDGE-sARATOGA RACEs-A ID o G T r
KILLED ON TIE HIGHWAY IN MISSISSIPPI
BY A PAID AssAssIN-YELLow.FEVER ON
AN ENGLISH VESSEL AT AOBfLE-THE
GREENBACK CAMPAIGN IN ALABAMA-AR-
RIVAL OF THE AMERICAN COMMISSION
ERs IN CHINA; DIsTRUsT AS TO THEIR
PURPosEs-FiNE CROPS REPORTED IN
IRELAND-Loss OF LIFE BY THE EARTH
QUAKE AT MAEILLA-sTEAMBOA DIsAs-
TER IN SWITZERLAND; SIXTEEN PER-
SONS DROwNED-ANOTHER STEAMER
LOST IN THE BRITISH CHANNEL-TUR-
KEYS OBJECTIONS TO THE DECISION OF
THE RECENT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TAN AFFAIRS; HOW TIE APPOINTMENT
OF THE NEW AMER IS RECEIvED-CAR-
pINAL NINA NOT GOING TO RESIGN.
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by Telegraph.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, july &C. EOon.- stocks strong
Money on call, 2@2H per seht. STATE oohus u''''
Er.nimg.@sioney, 2@2I per cent. Excnasnsne:
Asa Government quiet and firm; new o's, lO5S
AZ per cents, III; per cents, 1904. STATES
dull -
WALL STREET YESTERDAY
NEW YORK. July 26.-The Posts financial ar
ticIe saws: The Stock Exchange was opened ior
business at IL O'Clock. and although the ailehu.
apce was not large. there appeared 10 Oe eiea'
many orders principally from out OF town 10
buy stocks. investment securities are SfOhS a.
advancing pric,s. New Haven and harliorI sola
"a broken o At 100 Seg G oo T rSn soc x
of All The railroads I'm the Northwestern STATES
are strengthened ny favorable reports oil me me
spring wheat harvest now forward mere. ~, Inc
rise In stocks To-day has been led by wa
bash. which is up TO 42s ana 7lh; Denver ana h,o
tirande which Is up 10 IN; Iron Mountain 10 %
Kansas and Texas TO 39ls Lake shore 10 iOo anu anu
Northern Pacific to 81 and 64b. The othtr ac1Ve
stocks. all OF which have been strong, nave Desn
Erie, Northwest. II. Paul and Pacific Man. In !ht
msce laneous list quicksilver preferred mas IlteH
~ per cent, while the common sl2cs nS
TO - per cent The money market continues TX
tremely easy az 2M2k per cent. on car, ZMf pt'
cent. on time, and 3ls6g44 per cent, on prime mer
camille paper. .,,
United States = per cents. l09s@lO9a: unit'
states a. per cents. lllM11l4; District Of 90
Ohio and Mississippi, 35s:, Erie; 43A Mehigai
central q3,,; Hannibal aud 81. Joseph, 80; Lax
shore. 1O7h; Northwest 95%: Northwest p ,on,
ST. PAU, s51; st. Pau preferred =: Wabash
-. Louis md Pacific. AZ: Wabash, II; LOUIS am
Pacific preferred, II; Kan as and Teas oSs
Western Union Telegraph, lO7N; {. C. aud l. T.
az; Pacific Mail, AN.
BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE. July 20 Virginia 6's deferred
81: c0pscls, 56B: second series, II; past-0u
coupons. $50: new lO.4O' Az. North CAROLYN
6's. old, zs. Virginia l0-40 coupons, 93. bid TO
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steamer Sunk by Collision I'm the
British Channel.
THE TURF.
Saratoga Races.

SARATOGA.N. Y, July 26.-The weather Is
close, with light southerly wind. The track
was in tirst-class condition. The first race,
half mile, Lolita G. won; Charlotte second,
and Compensation third. Time, 50{.
The second race-1t miles for all ages
luke Blackburn excluded)-was won by
Bye-and-Bye; Gold Bug second, Brown
Colt third. Time, 2:40s.
The third race-one mile for all ages
was won by Charlie Gorbam; Minos second
Utalita third. Time, 1:454.
The fourth race-steeple chase for al
ages over the fractional course No. l, about
"a mies-was won by Waller; Pomeroy
second, Captain Franklin third.
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SHOT By SORT OF TlcKET-OF-LEAvE-
MAN-[Pearisburg Virgintan. Giles coun.
ty].-Joc Wells and Joe Bailey, by agree.
ment, met 10 the turnpike near Mr.. Z. w.
Cbsrlton's house on last Friday evening
about dark, and engaged In a fight to settle
some difficulty between them. Wells
knocked Bailey down with his list. Bailey
raised 10 his knees and fred revolver at
him. The shot took effect In The cali OF
wells's leg, making a serious wound.
Both parties are coiored, and Bailey con-
Wet employed on the New River railroad,
who, as " trusty," runs errands and does
odd Jobs for Camp No. 2.
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sADCALAMIrY.-[ True Issue. Last Tues
day a little twelve-years' old son OF Mr.
James II. johnson, living near GAINESVILLE,
in this county GILES, was riding on top OF
load OF rye, when the wagon upset.
throwing the little on four-pronged FORK.
which was run through his heart, killing
him instantly. The parents and relatives
have our sympathies In their sore afflction.
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CRY ENGINEER.-[Norfolk Landmark. j.
The Board OF Examiners for the position Qi
city engineer met Saturday morning at III
O'Clock, but adjourned without transacting
any business--Mr. N. Cooke, the emily APP
plicant for The position, having withdrawn
bis application ana declining 10 proceeo
further with bis examination on account Oh
sickness.
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The company organized to make for:
time nv raising ngora goats has failed, and
the goats were recently ,'old at Christians
burg for $40 per head.
An eruption OF Mount vesuvius began
on Sunday. An earthquake was IeIt aDout
the same time.
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quoted Ia speeches on occasions like that OF
last week, but that Major Lee quoted Latin
on that occasion with fine effect. The Duke
OF Wellington advised young member OF
the House OF Commons thus: "Sav what
you have to say. quote no Latin, and sit
| down." ALrRA.
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A MOTHERS JOY.
Census Returns.
Norfolk Ledger.1

Below we publish the census returns OF
the counties and cities in this district, as far
az completed. The returns OF seven couA-
ties have not been received. We also give
the population OF each county in 1870, as
shown by tue census returns OF that year:
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Letters received from Colonel Mosby state
that all the crooked consuls Ia China and
japan, including young Lincoln, son OF the
late President, have been removed, and that
finally he bss received q letter from the State
Department approving OF bis course.
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The seven counties from which returns
have not yet been received will swell the
aggregate of this census district to little
upwards OF 100000 population. The dis
trict embraces twenty-seyen counties and
three cities.
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HANOVER.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE APPOINTED-PER-
S0NAL.

JUSTICE UF The FtANE AfTUINI I'D I Nv
S0NAL.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.]
HANOVER COURTHOUSE. VA.,}
July "a, 1880.
Wednesday was the regular monthly term
of our County Court. There was very little
business. The Court appointed II. v.
Graves, Esq, justice OF the peace, to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death OF Thomas
A. Spicer, Esq. Eustace Moncure, Esq, OF
Caroline countv. and Captains George ID.
and John S. Wise, Of your city, were pre-
scot. / suppose looking after their congress
sionaI interests. SLAsHER.
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Obituary.

DEATH or HON. PRESTON BRECKENRIDGE.
CHICAGO, July ga Springfield (lli.)
special says that Hon. Preston Breckln..
ridge, OF Cottonville, died yesterday; aged
seventy three. lie was q cousin OF the late
John e. Breckinridge.
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The vault 10 which Kant Is laid at ko-
nigsberg was lately opened and his wooden
coffin was found to be decayed and broken.
It Is to be replaced by metal one.
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PORT OF RICHMOND. JULY 26, 1850.

PORT OF RICHMOND. JULY 26, 1850.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Old Dominion, Walker, New Yors,
merchandise and passengers, u. W. Ahen x Co,
agents. ~
steamer Ariel, Clifford, Norfolk, United states
mail, mercha ndise and passengers, l.. Is. Iatam,
agent. - s,.>.rx
steamship Old Dominion, Walker, New YORK.
merchandise and passengers, &. W. Allen & Co.,
agents. -
Steamer Manhattan, Kelly, New York, mer-
ehandise and passengers, G. W. Allen Co., agents.
ENTERED.
Norwegian bark Carolina, Brunn master from
Norfolk, In ballast 10 load grain Tor Europc.
American brig Fannie Il. Tucker. Tucker MASTER
from New York, TO finish loading Hour for. SANTOS
Brazil.
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The Greenback Presidential Candi.
date at Mobile.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A Mississippi Doctor Assassinated BY

YAzoo CITY, Miss, July 26.-Dr. N. F..
Williams, OF Merchandising, was assassi-
mated saturday evening while riding home.
His horse came home riderless, and search
being made, the Doctors body was found.
A negro was arrested on suspicion, and he
has since confessed. He says he was paid
to kill the Doctor.
steamer Sunk by Collision I'm the
British Channel.
LONDON, July 2G.-The steamer Hazle-
dean, from BilbOa. Spain. for Newcastle,
has been sunk by collision in the British
channel. Five OF her crew were drowned.
PIcasure.Steamer Capsized-Sixtecn
Lives Lost.
BRRNE, SWITZERLAND, July 26.-A plea
sure.sieamer was capszed in squat on
Lake Brienz last night and sixteen persons
drowned.
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RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.
July 2s.-The following are the quotations:
DARK TOBACCO FOR EXPORT.
- L,fgs.-Common to good, s4506Ss6.
IegC-Common, t6.50@s7 medium, $3.50 ;
good, $40 sll; fue, sl2@sl4; extra foe, $500
$40. .oa.,. ,4,..,, sea
$3.50 good, $3.50; fine, Sl0@slO.75.
DARK CCO-MANuFACTURlNG.
Ina Ffiiers-C onmOn. s3.50@s4; medium,
al 5X9S5: good, s5.50Mt6.
LeG( FfUers-CommoD t0ds5 5Oi mediuIn,
S6as6 so: good, 80 IS; hnc. s9@tl0.
VrGDperS.-CommOn, S750Gse.50: medium
ss.5Oa$9: good. s9.50@tl0; hne, tlo@sll
extra sun-cured. Sl2@l5.
BRIGHT TOBACCO MANUFACTURING.
Smokers.-Comm0n, SS@Sl0; medium, sl0@
sl2: good, $l2@$l6; fne, fl6gS20.
Fitlers.-('omm0n, s6@fs: medium SfMso
good, slQAsl2; Bne, nominal. 49,
| WrdpDers.-C Common, l0&fl 5 medium, 81 oa
500: good. t20dt30; nne, S40&s5O; iancy' 10,
@$75. .,oo..,z
Wrappers. HSbo0dRy.-Common, slZ@slo
medium, el5@@20; good, s229s2o me, soVi
$40; extra, $f5@S60.
WESTERN TOBACCO.
The demand fer this class Of goods Is confined
principally TO good old heavy-bodied Tugs and Ken
lucky River leaf We quote: .,oa
Old Jugs, f4@i5 Kentucky River Tugs, slO4
tl2; Kentucky River Leaf, tl3dslS.
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Yellow.Fever at the Mobile Quaran-
tine.

MOBILE. July 26-The English bark X.
w. Wood has arrived at quarantine, thirty
six miles below Mobile, from Havana, with
yelow.fever on board. The second mate,
w. A. Patterson, Is very III, and everybody
on board has been down except 'hree men.
Two men have died. the last one yesterday
morning, and the bodies were buried at sea.
The captain and tive sailors are now conva-
lesctnO
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RICHMOND MARKETS.
MONDAY, July 20, 1880 .

MONDAY, July 70, 1851 =
Csuniry produce.
Bssspax: zoe. n D. -
Buttsr: Prime to choice yellow, 1920. lair
10 rood. l46l5c.
corn Neal: e2c. v bushel for country; zoe. for
city mills
Cherries: l0c.
present.
eegysth,ys Prime nve-soose 45@47c.: romr"r
2bas 5c. turkey iai 1oc. y D.; turkey wing ioc.
I'D. s.,s.,
Nav: Virginia tioo,hy, s6e.@si; Clover eo@
85c. ooo.
sotatoss: irisl-Peach blow. Sbushsl' old, Too
Gel. M m s1.... s,e. or IONS.
Lard: Country. 7HGe6c.
I've: 75@65c. n bushel-
Svmac: Prime. I0e.
Bslsd Sfra,0: 35@4Oc.
Tallec: bd6.c. v %. an. ,..,,
Wool: Washed. 40; pnwaseed, soc. BURY
wool win bring from 20 SC. y ID less tnAa above
rates.
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FINANCIAL.
RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.

MONDAY, July 70. IbbU.
SALES To-Dky.-50 shares OF RIc mond and
Dsnville Railroad stock solo At Tx; 20 shares OF
Richmond and Danvile Railroad stock sold at Tx
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Lost BOY Found.
AFFECTING SCENE BETWEEN MOTHER AN
HER RECOVERED CHILD.

AFFECTING SCENE BETWEEN MOTHER AMI
her RECOVERED CHILD.
SCRANTON, PA, July 25.-While Frederick
Goetz, OF this city, was gathering berries at
Green Run, near the dismal swamp that
skirts the Moosic Mountains south OF Scran-
ton, this morning at dawn, be was startled
bv the appearance OF a strange looking OBJ
iect that seemed half human, half beast, and
which turned out TO be boy named Willie
Heiser, who wandered away from his
father while picking huckleberries four
DAYS ago in the woods and had not been
seen since, although hundreds OF persons
had secured the neghborhood in search ol
him. Heisler's mother was almost crazy
over his loss, and the people, through pity
for her sad condition, turned out en- mdSSt
this morning to find ner child.
MOTHERS JOY.
They were about to start for the noun
tains when GoetZ came running up tho
street holding the lost boy by the band. The
chld's clothing was in shreds and bis fiesl
was torn by the thorns. He had eaten no
thing but berries, and his face was as black az
coal. On seeing him his mother clasped the
lad to her breast, knelt in the street and co
vered him with tears and kisses. The boy
said he thought he would never see hel
again. He only slept one night while in thu
woods, which are full OF rattlesnakes an(
other poisonous reptiles. His return ha
caused great rejoicing in the neighborhoot
of his home.
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flour,

flour.
zine. s3.5O@s4: extrs, 1913 Superhne, t4e
S45O; common family, s6Gs6.5O.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC-JULx ~, 1880.
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THE DROUGHT-IL ILLNESS OF ATTORNEY FOR
THE COMMONwEALTH-A HORSE ACCIDENT
ALLY KILLED.
correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.J
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Pope and His Secretary OF State.

LONDON, July Pa dispatch to the
Times from Rome says: "The Popoto Ro'
mdnO has reason to believe that Cardina
Nina, the Pontifcal Secretary OF the State
enjoys the full confidence OF the Pope, anC
does not intend to resign. There has beer
no disagreement between bis Holiness anC
Cardinal Nina in regard 70 Belgium
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SUNDAY sERvICEs-A SERMON PROM BISHOP
PESICK-THE TOBACCO MARKET AND PROS
PBCTs-LATIN QUOTATIONS..
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Roasted to Deatl by the san.

DIR. Schweinfurth, in n lecture which
he recently delivered to the Berlin Geo.
graphical society on the subject OF his
latest explorations in Central Africa,
gave his hearers q thrilling account OF
the mode in which capital punishment
is inflicted upon criminals by the AL
Ouadiis, q small tributary ofi-slloot of
the great and powerful Djour people.
The malcfactor condemned to die is
bound to II post firmly driven into the
ground in some open place where no
trees afford n shade, ard is there slowly
roasted to dcath-not by any artificial
means involving Il waste of fuel. but by
the natural heat of the suns rays rs they
reach our earth in its equatorial regions.
TO pvatract his sufferngs and to avert
his too speedy end by s,nstroke, the in
g~enious Al.Quadiis cover their crring
&C mpatrint's head will. fresh green
leaves. which ctle:tually shield his brain
from PhGbus' darts. No such protcc-
ton is, however, accorded to his body,
whicl, gradually dries up, Shrinks 10
gcther and ultimately becomes carbon
lied. One chance of salvation is open
to the roasting man, while rs yet he is
not completely "done to death" If a
cloud pass between the sun and his place
of torment hr is at once cast loose from
his post and becomes the object OF popu-
lar reverence. rs q mighty magician In
whose behalf the supernatural powers
have deigned directly to intervene; But
clouds seldom interfere with the admin
istra,ion of justice on the days chosen
for public executions by the Al-Qundji
authorities; nj least, That appears to bt
DR.. Schweinfurth's experience of Afri.
can weather rs lar rs it bears upon the
judicial roasting of m%alefactors.
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A Struggle With q Bull.

STEPHENS Rogers, q farmer on Coos
river, had a terrible encounter with an
enraged jersey bull one day last week.
He was driving the animal, which be-
coming obstinate and refusing to pro.
coed, his owner struck him with a small
stick. The blow enraged the huge beast,
and turning he attacked Rogers with the
tierceness of q tiger. The taureau had a
ring in his nose and wires running from
it to the horns. By Selling hold OF these
the man prevented the bull from lmpal,
ing him on his horns. The brute rolled
his victim in the mud, and endeavored
in every possible manner, by twisting
his head, to pierce his PROSTATE victim
through the body. Once he succeeded
in getting him so rs to reach him with
the point of one horn, and made n terri
! Bile tunge. but fortunately a small book
in Rogers pocket acted rs Il shield and
saved him from instant death. The
volume was pierced completely through
and his clothing torn into shreds. Ever
and anon the furious beast would lit the
almost ~lifeless form and dash it violently
to the ground, hruising him painfully.
The combat was continued until Roger;
rolled into an intervening ditch, when
the bull stood guard over him for hall
an hour. believing furiously. he de-
parted finally and Rogers managed to
reach home ir a pitiful plight, more
dead than alive. His condition caused
his family great anxiety, the shock hay
ing affected his nervous system. H. il
reported slowly recovering.-Porttan
(Greoon) TELEGRAM.
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Affection for Musical instruments.

1t is curious how attached people be-
come to their pianofortes, or IN tact to
any musical instrument they have long
had in possession. The thing very soon
becomes more than n mere inSentlent
piece of matter; il is q companion, a
friend. and the longer it is had the
stronger becomes the attachment. This
feeling may arise from the fact that the
instrument vas the gift OF a very dear
friend, q father, or mother. or favorlte
brother, or sister; or it may arise from
the associations that have grown up
and clustered like flowers around it; for
when time has separated our loved
ones from us by distance or death, the
pianoforte, or the violin. or the flute,
around which they were wont to gather
at evening. is the link between the past
and the present, the talisman that con-
lures up forgotten scenes. recalls the ab-
sent friend. and even, let it be said, with
reverence, raise the dead. But be the
cause of the feeling what it may, the
feeling itself is indisputable.
We once knew a family that IVES sud-
denly reduced from a~f1uence to want.
One by one their household effects
had to be sacrificed to keep away the
remorseless demon. hunger. Among
the household gods was a pianoiorte,
the gift Of the father to his elder
daughter, a fair and gentle creature.
The girl parted with her silk dresses
and Jewels without a murmur, and held
on to the pianforte to the last. She was
nm exceptionally good performer. and
MANY a punc OF wounded pride at the
neglect of summer friends was soothed
away, no doubt, by the music she could
extract from the instrument. But al
last the fatal day arrived; she could
keep the pianoforte no longer; it was a
question of bread or no bread. The poor
girl mourned over the loss OF her piano.
forte rs she woulC have mourned over
the loss of a bosom friend. Her mlrth-
fulness went with it, though she never
complained, yet for p long time after a
sudden pallor of the cheek whenever the
subject was referred 10. betrayed how
much of q wound had been made at her
heart.
Quite rs strong attachments are known:
to be entertained by professional mu-
sicians for their instruments. An Incl
dent relatrd to the writer by q member
of n travelling opera company exempll-
fies this fact. One of the v%iolinists at
tached TO the troupe, while running n
day with the narrator to catch a train,
dropped the case containing his violin.
Observing that he trembled violently
rs he picked the % u, his companion
asked what was the matter. "Oh"h he
exclaimed. with genuine anxiety, Pm
afraid it's broken" 1t was a long time
afterward before he summoned courage
to open the case and examine the violin.
and his delight ut finding it uninjured
was almost 1udicrous. The same man
some weeks later. while visiting Wat
kins' Glen, N. Y. slipped and fell on
the edge Of IL precipice. Although ne
made a very narrow escape from q
frichtful death. his composure was nol
in the least disturbed.