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Year: 1874

In the pretty cemetery at Sag Harbor,
Long Island, there is marble monu-
ment bearing touching record. 1t is
in the form of broken ships mast, with
an unstranded hawser twisted around
the foot, and engraved upon it are the
names of six captains of whale ships
belonging to the town, all of them under
forty years of age, who died within ten
years of each other, in actual encounter
with the monster of the deep. An old
wheleman who had escaped death several
times used to declare that he only lived
ION borrowed time. monument OF
Gods infinite mercy" We may also
mention here the case Of Captain
James Hunting as an example OF
whalemens endurance. His boat
was upset and rolled over him
by large sperm whale. When he rose
to the surface he was entangled in the
line and struggled hard to free himself,
but before be could succeed he was
ierked out of sight Of his Mortified ship
mates. A blight of lire yet attached to
the whale was around his ankle Draw.
ing himself nearer the retreating ami
mai, ne UreW buedJu hulio anu huu-
aged to cut the cord When he again
came to the surface boat rescued him
and conveyed him to the ship. His
ankle was broken, and in the presence
of his men he set it himself and then
resumed his usual duties.


Captain Davis mentioned sperm
whale which first wrecked two boats and
aiterward charged at the ship, tearing
away the cut.water and the copper
sheathing around the bow. Several
harpoons, lances and bomb-lances were
fred into him without effect During
the night he remained on the surface in
the vicinity OF the wrecked boats, and
was frequently heard fighting the frag-
ments On the following day thirty-one
bomb lances more, each containing half
a pound of gunpowder, were exploded
in him before he yielded. The monster
produced lis barrels of oil, half of it
head matter. Fin back whales are even
more dangerous than sperm. They are
occasionally 100 feet long and extremely
swift and powerful in their motions.
But their blubber is thin and the whale
bone scant, and they are considered less
valuable than others of the species.
Year: 1874

You meet remarkably modest
and timid appearing lady to-day and
you notice that her hat has q meek
and shrinking indention in the crown.
1t looks as if it wanted to shun the
wicked world and hang itself up in a
nunnery. Tomorrow you meet the
same lady, and what change! She
appears as daring as Joan Of Arc and
as Independent as the president of a
woman congress. And her whole
appearance is thus altered by pin.
ming up the front Of that hat. Next
days she appears like brigand. The
brim is flattened out and her eyes
CLEAN firiously from underneath as
if watching an opportunity to order
you to stand and deliver. You see
her again, and the rim is turned up
behind, while it is very flat in front,
giving her an appearance of female
Solon Shingle trying to find Gus
toner for that "bar'l of apple sass"
Again, and it is pitched on the ex-
treme back of the head, reminding
you Of Toodles in his cups, when he
is assuring the "sailor man" that when
his father heard of the sailor mans
death, "he went broken-hearted to his
grave and died Mere.n With all
these advantages it is no wonder that
the reigning hat is popular. 1t is
comfortable to the head-so they say
and it is an ornament or a disguise
as required. 1t is demure, jaunty,
meek, saucy, bold, sly, obstinate,
conciliating, tender-whatever you
please = everything by turns and
nothing long. 1t is tho hat of the
period, cunning and deceitful, but
above all things desperately wicked.
Year: 1874

1t only remains, here, to speak of
the Victoria regia, or South Amerl-
can water-lilly, which has been well
termed the wonder and glory of the
floral creation. The leaves of the
plant measure from five to six and a
half feet in diameter, the leaf stocks
being from eight to twelve feet in
length. The development Of leaf,
on first rising to the surface OF the
water, presents most curious spec
tacle. Rolled into body of brown
ish color, and covered with thorny
spines, it might readily be taken for
some large species OF sea-urchln.
The water side of the leaves, as well
as the long stems by which the flow
ers and leaves seem anchored i'll the
water, are thickly covered with thorns
about three-quarters Of an inch long.
The colors Of the lily are white and
pink, the outer rows OF It's petals be-
ing white and the inner Il rich pink.
The entire flower is from nine inches
to a foot in diameter; it is of short
duration, only on two successive eve
nings, but there is a constant display
of flowers throughout the season.
The petals always open early i'll the
evening, and partially close about
midnighr-during-the daytime, there
fore, the flower is seldom seen in its
fullest splendor, unless when remov-
ed from the parent stem. But, If the
development of the leaves present
such a singular appearance, the sue
cessivc movements or changes in the
flower are not less extraordinary, and
are far more beautiful. The crimson
bud which, for several days, is seen
rising, at last reaches the surface of
the water, decked in virgin white,
and throws off its external invest
ment in the evening, soon after which
the flower petals suddenly unfold,
the expanded blossoms, like mann
moth magnolia, floating upon the
surface of the water, shedding a pow
erful and peculiar fragrance, which
has been compared to the mingled
odors of the pineapple and of the
melon. On the morning Of the sec
ond day, change Of petals, white
on the outside and red within, is dis
played, and, after various processes
and changes, the immaculate bloom
of white is transformed to gay and
brilliant pink and rose colors. On
the third day, the flower is nearly
closed, all the petals seem suffused
with purpIish pink, and the color
ing matter, which was originally only
seen in the centre, has apparently
penetrated the delicate tissues OF the
entire flower.
Year: 1874

Professor White, a champion
swimmer recently consented to drown
himself in order that his theory Of
resuscitation might be.tested for the
benefit of the London Humane So
ciety, who were present to witness
the experiment. After laying down
certain rules for holding drowning
person in the water he plunged into
the river-the Serpentine, probably,
in Hyde Park-and remained long
enough under water to partially drown
him. His son then dove after him,
and brought him to the surface in an
apparently lifeless condition, adher-
ing strictly to the principles laid
down by the parent. The breathless
body was then turned over to one of
the Humane Society officers, and put
through the course Of treatment
The society had the
satisfaction of seeing Dir. White re-
vive, and in a short time return to
the water, without apparent unpleas-
ant consequences, thus proving his
theory by illustration, at the risk of
death.
Year: 1874




Civilization depends on morality.
Everything good in man leans on
what is higher. This rule holds in
small as in great; thus all our strength
and success in the work Of our hands
depend on our borrowing the aid OF
the elements. You have seen the
carpenter on the ladder, with broad
axe, chipping upward chips from a
beam. How awkwark! AT what
disadvantage he works! But see him
on the ground dressing his timber
under him. Now, not his feeble
muscles, but the force Of gravity
brings down the axe; the planet itself
splits the stick. The farmer had
much ill-temper, laziness, and shirk-
ing to endure from his hand-sawyer,
until, one day, he bethought him to
put his saw-mill on the edge of a
waterfall; and the river never tires of
turning his wheel; the river is good.
natured and never hints an objection.
We had letters to send. Couriers
could not go fast enough, nor far
enough; broke their wagons; founder
ed their horses; had bad roads in the
spring, snow-drifts in winter, heats in
summer; could not get the horses off
walk. But we found out that the
air and earth were full of electricity,
always going our way-just the way
we wanted to send. Would he take
a message? Just as lief as not; had
nothing else to do; would carry it in
no time. Only one doubt occurred,
one staggering Objectionable had no
carpet bag, no visible pockets, no
hands, not SO much as mouth to
carry letter. But after much thought
and manv experiments we managed
to meet the conditions and to fold up
the letter in such an invisible, COM
pact form as he could carry in those
invisible pockets of his, never
wrought by needle or thread-and it
went like charm. Now that is the
wisdom of man-in every instance
of his labor to hitch his wagon to Il
star, and see his chores done by the
gods themselves. This is the way
we are strong, by borrowing the
might Of the elements. The forces
Of steam, gravity, galvanism, light,
magnets, wind, fire, serve us day by
day and cost nothing.
Year: 1874

A Liverpool paper Of the Goth ult.
mentions that on the Sunday morning
previous a desperate encounter took
place between housebreaker and a
girl fourteen years of age, named
Alice Slack at a village near that city.
John Wallwork and family went to
church in the afternoon, leaving the
girl and q baby in the house. The
girl was going into the yard for a
rug, when the man, who was lying
under the window, sprang into the
house, seized her by the throat, and
sworc he would murder her if she
did not tell him where the money
was. She refused, and he pushed
her down the cellar steps and threw
a chair after her. She got up and
found he was going up stairs. She
screamed and went up after him, and
pulled him down by his jacket. He
turned and knocked her down, and
pulled her across the kitchen floor by
the hair of her head. He then got 4
heavy walking stick from the lobby,
with which he struck her twice on
the head, and several times over the
back. He then got her against the
lobby wall and kicked her severely.
She screamed and struggled hard,
and at last he pitched her into the
parlor, shut the door, and left the
house, having obtained nothing. On
the previous Friday the same man
came to the house with a large bull
dog, and said that Mrs. Wallwork,
who had just gone out, had sent him
tv get his tea at the house. The girl
then shut the door III his face.
Year: 1874

THAT dog Of yourn flew at me this
morning, and bit me on the leg, and Inow
notify you that l intend to shoot it. the
first time that l see it," ''The dog is not
mad Mad l know he's not mad
What's he got to be mad about? It's me
that's mad"
Year: 1874

A popular clergyman says it is interest
ing to see how many people go to the cir.
Gus, "just to please the children, and very
curious to notice that sometimes it takes
several able-bodied men and motherly wo.
men to look after one little boy or girl, on
such occasions,
Year: 1874

NEW EPIDKMfo.-Indications Of q new epi-
demic, technically known as tonsilitis, have
been Of frequent occurrence within the last
few days IN various quarters Of the CITY. Al
Bellevue hospital yesterday there were six new
patients affected with the disease admitted 10
he waroe, and many medical men are Of the
opinion that 1t n spreading very rapldly.-N.
Year: 1874

PLAN TO CIRCUMvEET BANK BCRGL ARS.
BiDghamt0n IN. W banker has invented a
plan for foiling the bank robbing desperadoes
who make 1t their business to compel the
cashier at the dead of night TO open the vault
leading TO the treasury or die. His plan is 10
place each one of the three, four or more locks
which st cure the treasure in the charge of a
different person, so that the vault caanot be
opened without the assistance Of all these par
ties
Year: 1874

TWO PICTURES.
Somebody's heart is gay,


And somebody's heart is sad;
For the lights shine out across the way,
And door with Grape is clad
Sadness and gladness alike


Are dwelling side by side
Perhaps the death of an early one,
And the crowning of n bride.
Bright eyes are filed with mirth,
Pale faces bend in prayer,
And hearts beside the household hearth,
Q crushed by stout despair;
All, sorrow, and hope, and joy.
Are parted by thinnest walls;
But on the hearts Of the thoughtless ones,
No shadow of sorrow falls.
No thoughts of the funeral train
Come TO the festive throng
No hope that the past will come again,
To the anguished hearts belong;
The futures a sunny sea,


To the lovers Of joy and mirth-
But the past alone, TO those who weep
For the sundered tics of earth.
Somebody's heart is gay,


And somebody's heart is sad;
For the lights are bright across the way,
Ard door with Grape is clad
Sadness and gladncss alike
Confront us on every side;
A wealth of smiles and flood OF tears
With hope and sorrow allied
Year: 1874

Last summer well,known and
wealthy manufacturer of New England
visited the White MouI tains. He became
infatuated with one Of the waiter girls.
lie was seventy and the maiden wa $
seventeen, He agreed to give her an
education and adopt her. though he had
several daughters # his own. She joy-
fully accepted the proposition, flung her
white apron behind the door and started
On her new life. Of course the ccnnec
tion could not be very satisfactory to tha
family. The girl had vein shrewdness
about her, and insisted that forual pa
per Of adoption should be drawn up.
This was done, aud the girl was sent to a
well-known educational institution to re-
ceive little polish. A correspondence
vas kept up between the parties. But
to outsiders the matter was not satisfac.
tory. and the Principal refused to receive
the young lady into the school after the
vacation was over. Soon after the gen>
tleman became crazy and was removed
to lunatis asylum removed, as the girl
said. to get him bejo her reach. The
remittanc1s failed, and of course there
was trouble in the new school into which
the girl had entered. Ga the passinl
away Of insanity. the infa.uation Of the
old man seemed to 60 with it. lie tried
70 break up the correspondence, without
success, and the family cxerted all their
influence to recover the fatal bond of
adoption but the girl held on to il. She
had, besides, a bushel Of letters breahing
the most ardent affection. A pecuniary
negotiation was set on foot which at first
the maiden repudased. She professed to
be devotelly attached to the old man.
and did not want money. But it was
discovered that the document, as legal
claim, was not worth the paper it was
written on. Then the young lady came
to terms, aud the sum Of $500 healed
her broken heart and wrung from her an
obligation that she would trouble the old
man no moro. She does not propose TO
go in search Of her apron.-Thc Ne,c
York Correspondence Of Boston Jour
nal.
Year: 1874

The illustrations of THE ALDINE have
won a worldwide reputation, and in the art
centers of Europe it is an admitted fact that
its wood-cuts are examples of the highest per-
fection ever attained. The common prejudice
in favor of steel plates is rapidly yielding to a
moro educated and discriminating taste which
recognizes the advantages of superior artistic
quality with greater facility of production
The wood-cuts of THE ALDINE possess all
the deicacy and elaborate finish of the most
costly steel-plate, while they afford a better
rendering of the artists original.


The popular feature of copiously illus
trated Christmas number of TIL ALDINE L
will be continued
Year: 1874

THE wedding cake at recent St. Pc
tersburg international union was seven
feet high, and the Ingredients were so
proportional that, after the shrinkage in
cident to baking, its weight exactly equal
ed the avoirdupois of the bride and groom
combined
Year: 1874

ENOr those who prefer Ma
i chine feeding the work away from
the operator, we now have one OF
that description, quiet, ,easy-rtlnning
and having all the other peculiar ex.
celleTscies of THE other style.
Year: 1874

A body of water, said to cover an


area Of two acres or more, has just been


discovered on the top of one of the


mountains in glastonbury. Some of


the oldest inhabitants say that many


years ago it was known to be there and


was called the "Lost Pond," and that


one day Stephen Pratt, then of Benning-


ton, VT, and two other gentlemen, were


roaming about in the then seemingly


interminable forests, trapping. Hap


pening to have hooks and lines in their


pockets they determined to see if there


wasn't some trout in the small brook


which they came across. After getting
everything in readiness they threw


their hooks into the little brook, and to
their amazement, as they afterward ex-
pressed it themselves, it was filled with
trout! They fished along up the stream
a few rods, and, to their utter astonish-
ment, came to the pond above mention
ed. There they said the trout took hold
too fast for sport! They caught more
than they could bring home through
the woods, and were consequently OBJ
liged to leave some, but with a deter
mination that they would visit the pond
the next day. After long march they
finally reached the road to town, where
they had left their team, but greatly
fatigued. They travelled all the next
day, but could not find the pond, and It
has not been discovered until now.
Year: 1874

Whenever you see small boy COM
ing out of q house with one hand on
his eyes and the other over the base
ment of his pants, you can come to the
conclusion that he and the old man had
slight misunderstanding.


How to become practically acquain-
ted with the "Rule of Three'-live with
your wife, mother and mother-in-law =.


The reason that men are taken to the
station-house when they are found in
the street full of liquor, is to give their
friends chaifee to bail them out.


The fellow was pulled baldheaded by
his wife who said, "Dry goods are woT-
shipped more in this world than the
Lord"


A judge recently interrupted very
flowcry young orator with: "Hold on,
hold on, my dear sir! You are already
out of the jurisdiction of this court"


Feeding race horses on ssft rubber so
that they may stretch out their necks at
the finish and win the race is the latest
freak of the wooden nutmeg men.


"Why are women like churchesY"
Firstly, because there is no living with
out one; secondly, because there is many
spire to them; thirdly, because they are
objects of alteration; and lastly because
they have a loud clapper in their upper
story.


The Kansas State Grange recently
requested the legislature to pass pro-
hibitory liquor law.


Forney's friend Gray is UNDER
stood to be writing an elegy on the
graveyard of his political aspira-
tions.
Year: 1874

1t has never been settled to the satis-
faction Of the public who the man in
the Iron Mask, was, but generations to
come will know all about Dick Palmer,
Of Detroit, who got inside of some-
thing worse than mask recently. His
mother sent him after a brass kettle
which one of her neighbors had bor-
rowed, and on his way home the boy
turned the kettle upside down and put
it on his head. Another boy gave it a
blow and it shut down over Dicks face
as closely as clam in his shell, one of
the Gears" digging into the boys head
behind, and the other pressing on his
nose. The victim shouted and jumped
and clawed at the kettlen, but he could
not bulge it. A man came along and
lifted at it, but Dicks nose began to
come out by the roots and the man had
to stop. A crowd ran out from the cor
ner grocery, Dicks mother was sent
for, and the boy danced up and down
cried. "Oh, golly!" without ceasing.
One boy said they would have to take
cold chisel and drill Dick out of the ket-
tie, and another said they'd have to
melt the kettle of, while everybody
raped on it to see how solidly it was
on. Then they tried to lift it off, but
Dick roared "murderr' until they
stopped. Some said grease his head,
and some said grease the kettle, while
the boys mother sat down on the curb
stone and sobbed out: "Ohl Richard,
why did you do this?"


The crowd tsok it coolly; it wasn't
their funeral, and boy with brass
kettle on his head isn't seen every day.
Tears fell from the kettle, and hollow
voice kept repeating: "I'll never do it
again." Finally they laid Richard on
the walk, and while one man sat on his
legs and another on his stomach, a
third compressed the kettle between his
hands and the boy crawled out, his nose
all scratched and twisted out of shape,
hole in his head, and bump on his
forehead. His mother wildly embraced
him, all the boys cried ship lap and
little Richard was led home to loaf
around on the lounge and have toast
and fried eggs for a week.
Year: 1874

ExPolice Commissioner Thomas j. Barr was Of the
opinion it would be better draw such Char
ter as would likely to meet with the approval Of the
best men of both parties. Such Charter II submitted
TO the people ratified by large majority, would
likely to be disturbed by either party for several
years after its adoption For years past
party obtained power proceeded TO tinker
tile Charter in their own interest the result that
satisfied and the best interests Of the city
were mperied.


Other Democrats holding important positions, who
did not wish TO be named favored the views Messrs
Temann aud Kelly All agreed that 1t would be better
TO proceed slowly and not to make sweeping changes.
Year: 1874

The following description of couple
on their wedding day, in 1770, is anus.
ing and interesting


To begin with the lady. Her locks
were strained upwards over an immense
cushion that sat like an incubus on her
head, and plastered over with pomatum,
and then sprinkled with a shower of
white powder. The height of this tower
was somewhat over a foot One single
white rose bud lay on its top like an
eagle on haystack. Over her neck
and bosom was folded lace handker-
chief, fastened in front with a bosom pin
rather larger than a copper cent, con-
tanning her grandfather's miniature set
in virgin gold. Her airy form was
braced up in a satin dress, the sleeves as
tight as the natural skin arm, with a
waist formed by bodice, worn outside,
whence the skirt flowed off, and was dis
tended at the top by an ample hoop.
Shoes of white kid, with peaked toes,
and heels of two or three inches eIeva.
ton, enclosed her feet and glittered with
spangles, as her little pedal members
peeped curiously out. Now for the
swain. His hair was sleeked back and
plentifully befoured, while his queue
projected like handle to a skillet. His
coat was sky-blue silk lined with yell
low his long vest of satin, embroidered
with gold lace; his breeches of the same
material, and tied at the knees with pink
ribbons. White silk stockings and
pumps, with laoes and ties of the same
hue, completed the babiliments of his
neither limbs. Lace ruffles clustered
around the wrist, and portentous frill
worked in correspondence, and bearing
the miniature Of his beloved, finished
his truly genteel appearance.
Year: 1874

To PRESERVE FLowERs.-Flowers at
this season, when a tolerable boquet
costs from one to five dollars, are rather
expensive luxuries and it is we'll worth
while to know all the devices of florists
to keep them fresh as long as possible.
Here is one, said to be practiced by the
Belgian florists, by which boquet can
be kept in fair condition for week or
ten days change the water every other
day; cut off, with sharp scissors, quar-
ter of an inch of the stems, and put a
pinch of salt and grain of saltpetre
into the water. If very much faded, the
stems may be put into hot water for a
minute or two, or into high wines, eau
de cologne, or ammonia.
Year: 1874

To KEEP PLANTS FROM FREEZING
A sure method to keep house plants
from freezing, except in the very coldest
weather, is TO let pail full of water SET
on the stand for the plants through the
night. The heat given out by the water
as it lowers in temperature ls sufficient
to protect the plants. In the same man
ner vegetables and fruit can be kept
from freezing 10 the cellar.