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Year: 1873

anchor off the coast there. Then she said
her prayers, and prayed that Rudol ph
p'lght be always true and good, and her
father better and then she betook herself
to bed, and went to sleep, and dreamed of
Rudolph. All good girls said their pray
ers, and went to bed early, and dreamed
OF Rudolph, in those good old times.


AL the evening the wind had been blow.
ing harder and harder from the west.
When Rudolph reached bort, on his re-
turn from Merwede castle, it blew such
gale that he could hardly get on board
one anchor after another had been put out
until they were all out More and more
violently ragged the hurricane, until the
sea ran madly with the black waves and
the white foam, which the noble ship
roasted triumphantly, but which beat
like thunder upon the trembling shore.
under clear, cloudIess sky, and beneath
| the full moon.


| 81 DDENLY THERE WAS FEARFUL CRY FROM
THE WATCH,


"The dyke has given way ~ Rudolph
sprang to the deck The shore line was
gone. The sea in wide smooth stream.
was sweeping in upon the low lands.
| The boat in which Rudolph had come on
board swung in the tide at the ships
stern. Selling few sailors cloaks which
| lay near him, he tossed them into boat
lowered himself by q rope, and before a
question could be asked him, had cast her
loose and was sculling toward the very
center of the flood pouring from tho sea
into the land


..- UNITED AMID DEsOLATIOE.


Margaret Van Merwede slept calmly in
her quiet chamber. Once she awoke to
hear the roaring of the tempest and to
! feel the old castle tremble beneath the
shock But she crossed herself and went
to sleep again. Then she dreamed that
she was looking out upon moonlit waters,
and that from them rose up the face Of her
father, pale, stern, yet kindly, and that he
said to her: stake Rudolph for thy hus-
band; he has won thee,0 and then she
heard the voice of Rudolph himself cry
ing as if IN agony, Margaret, Mar
garet % She started from her sleep in
fright, and by the light of the taker burn
ing before the shrine of the Holy Virgin,
saw Rudolph's pale face at the easement.
Rudolph, Rudol ph," she exclaimed, "is
this the love that you bear me, to come at
night to my window? BY the soul of my
dear, dead mother, inplore you to de.
part" He answered not Was it Ru
dolph or his ghost ? His lips seemed to
struggle for utterance. Finally the words
come, Margaret, the sea has burst It's
bounds. ely to the balcony above" Even
as he spoke the waters came pouring in
A moment afterwards he received her in
his arms from the balcony above. Vaiuly
they listened. There was no sound of
life; naught but the howling of the wind
and the dashing of the waves against their
frail bark, The next evening he reached
the ship with the sole survivor of the Ca
tastrophe


In the Dude Kerk at Amsterdam, Ru.
dolph and Margaret Van Arteveldt rest
in the same tomb, upon which their sculp-
tured efHgies in marble lie side by side
And once a year the Count Van Arteveldt
rows IN his boat to the castle balcony,
mounts the stone staircase to the summit
of the tower, and waves bis flag in token
of continued lordship over the Lone Gas.
tie of the sea.
Year: 1873

The Nashua On, Fl. relates that not
long since Newfoundland dog be-
longing to family was left for a few
minutes in a room with an open CRATE,
in which was child just old enough
to creep. The child crept toward the
fire, and the dog, who apparently saw
and understood the danger, at once
laid down between the child and the
fire, and renamed there until the moth
er came to the rescue. The hair was
burned from the dogs side, and his
body was blistered, and yet, noble dog
that he was, he did not bulge.
Year: 1873

In France the roasting of coffee is
quite science, the roaster being re-
quired to study the properties of the
different kinds of berry, since each
sort must be roasted for a certain
period Of time. The operation is con-
Quoted IN a hollow iron sphere, by the
rotation of which all the berries are
equally exposed to heat. During the
roasting the ball is closed and the gases
confined, but at the close Of the opera
ton the valve is opened and the gases
allowed to escape. The roasted berries
are then quickly transferred to care
fully closed vessels.
Year: 1873

A POLITICAL orator, speaking of Ger
tain gentleman whom he admired, salo
was always on the field of battle, wher
the bulless were the thickest Wher
was that ?n In the ammunition wagon
Year: 1873

with Margaret, for young lovers interview


ed each other in those days, occasionally.
As the sun went down Margaret looked
toward the south, and could just make out
the banners where her father and his
friends were encamped for the night


Then she looked to the west, where the
towers of bort stood out in clear, black
relief against the golden sky, and she
| thought of her lover, whose ship lay at
Year: 1873

montsIs CRATE and Say that Newhamp-
shire Dare not come Like men in the
Day time But like thea and steele a
man or two way: your Honor cannot
Be insensible of owr situation. | would
Not wish to Dictate But pray that Sum
thing may Be done that Shall Be for the
Releaff of the Good Subjects in this part
of the State and for the Good of the
State: / thought it my Duty to inform
your Honr. as it is not Likely that any
other Person will Be informed that will
Right to your Honr BY the Post: l am
Sir your


Honrs most obedient


Humbl Servt.


JOSEPH BURT
Westmoreland January 1st 1882
at II o'clock at night


Honor. President Ware Esqr
NIB


You will Excuse the wrighting Being
Called out of Bed in Coald Night.
Year: 1873

Walpole Janry. I'd. 1882.
Sir


| have often troubled you with Mar
ative of our Distresses and difficulties in
this part of thr State Notwithstanding
presume you and the rest of the Honble.
Contee. of Safety will exercise your won
ted Indulgence while | give an account
of some new difficulties, arising upon the
Officers attempting to conway one Small.
King Of Chesterfield to Exeter Which
Resons you will have an account of be-
fore this reaches you-Upon the return
of the Mob, after proper refreshments,at at
Said Kings They sought for all those
persons, who were any way concerned in
assisting the Aforesaid Officers, some of
which they got in their hands and have
abused in a shameful and barbarous
manner by Striking, kicking, and all the
indignities which such Hellish pack
can be guilty of, Obliging them to prom
ise and engage never to appear against
the new State again, and this is not all
they swear they will Exterpate all the
adherents to New Hampshire, threaten
ing to kill, Burn and destroy the per-
sons and Properties of all who Oppose
them, that the friends to this State, can
not continue in said Chesterfield with
their Families, but are obliged to seek
an Asylum in other towns among
Hampshire People; | have two respec-
table Inhabitants of said Chesterfield
now Sheltering themselves under my
roof; who | have the Greatest reason to
think would be Treated by them in
barbarous manner we're they in their
Power, as they have Stove the Doors
and Broke up houses in search of them.
l am credibly informed that there is in
Said Chesterfield about one hundred per-
SONS who Support Said King, who Damn
New Hampshire and all their authority
to He'll, and say they New Hampshire)
can do nothing only in mean under
handed way; in short, they defy all the
authority and force of the State, and are
Determined to Support and maintain.
Their Usurped authority, maugre all at
tempts that have or shall be made to
curb and restrain their Usurpations, The
Wrath of man and the Raging of the
Sea are in Scripture put together, and it
is he alone who can rule the latter and.
restrain the former-I hope and trust.
the Author of Wisdem will direct the
Honble Committee ofsuch measures as
will ultimately tend to the peace, and
happiness of this part of the State and
more Especially those adherents to New
Hampshire, who are in a sense Suffering
for Righteousness shake. lam with all
Esteem and Respect


Your most Obedient Humble


Serv.
Year: 1873

Honored Sir


This moment Two men from Chester
field who made their eskape from the
Mob,w VINO after they had Rescued Samll
King from the officers Returned to Ches-
terheld and Appreheneded Lieut. Rob
erson and two others who they seemed
Determined to Treet according to the
Custom of Vermont that is By whipping
them whether they Realey will venter
upon that Bisness is very uncertain to
me: But they have actually Driven
many of the good Subjects Of the State
from their Homes in this Coald Night :
Mr. Bingham Some is one of the men
that have come to my house for Shelter
who l have this account from who expect
ed to have found his father here with a
Mother man who made their Escape they
have Not Ben hiere and am Sum con-
serned for them the Triumps of the YER
Year: 1873

q practical chemist put a lighted
match into tin can that had contained
nitro glycerine to see if any explosive
matter adhered to its sides Up to the
present time no inquest has been held,
as nothing can be found for the coroner
to sit upon.
Year: 1873

Major Boyd sold his running horse, Red
Jacket, to member of the Boundary Com
mission. The purchaser wrote tor the pedi-
green OF the animal Maj or Boyd's answer
was characteristic: ala was sired by his father
and id by the man who last owned him
Year: 1873

Since the unfortunate accident to
Mr.. Coville while on the roof counting
the shinglss, he has been obliged 10
keep pretty close to the house. LAST
Wednesday he was out in the yard for
the first time, and on Friday Mrs.
Coville got him on an easy chair, which
proved a great comfort to him. It is
one OF those chairs that can be moved
by the occupant to form almost any
position by means of ratchets. Mr..
Coville was very much pleased with this
new contrivance, aud the fret afternoon
did nothing but sit in it and work it 10
all ways. He said such chair as that
did more good in this world than q
hundred sermons. He had it in his
room, the front bed room up stairs, and
there sit and look out the window, and
enjoy himself as much as a man can
whose legs have been ventilated with
shot Monday afternoon he got in the
chair and Mrs. Coville was out in the
back yard hanging up clothes, and the
son was across the street drawing q lath
along q picket fence. Sitting down he
grasped the side OF the chair with both
hands to settle it back, when the whole
thing gave way, and Mr.. Coville came
violently to the floor.


For an instant the unfortunate gen
tlemsn was benumbed by the sudden
ness OF the shock. but the next be was
Year: 1873

An INoAUr1oUsI IrRAVELER-The afternoon train
north, yesterday brought with it passenger who
was very timid Sitting quietly in his seat his at
by the slackening of the pace of the train
as it nea,ed the canal crossing, but he
did not perceive the trestle bridge un /;
til he was fairly upon it. This alarmed him.
His fears got the betterGo his judgment, and
seizing his satchel be made for the car door,
rushing out upon the platform and jumping out
upon the bridge. II is the gretest wonder he
did not fall through. But he didn't, he manag
to follow the train to this side. The cars were
stopped to wait for him and he again boarded
the train, but minus his satchel, which he had
dropped throagh the bridge. 1t is said that he
in bed to-day, while his only shirt is being wash
al
Year: 1873

REMOVE IT.-We invite the al tention Of our City Fathers to the nuisance Gin a huge pile of rocks) lying in the street, nearly in front of our office, which ought to be removed. It is a dangerous obstruction.
Year: 1873

ToNsoRIAL -..As rejuvenation is the order of the day, We woald advise all our ancient friends to call on MT. Baker, next door to the SENTINEL office, and let him put them through a course of sprouts. After you pass from be- meath his artistic touch, so perfect will be the transfgurAtinn that one might pass his creditors with perfect security. MT. Baker is We TOnsorial operator and Capil- lary abridger in this section of the country. See ad.
Year: 1873

We would cali tue special attention
of farmers again to the Importance of
protecting their young trees against
the winter ravages of mice The work
required to do this is but trifiing and
pays largely. There are numerous
ways for accomplishing the desired
end, but the most effectual and con
Venient we have ever used was to bank
with earth the trunks up tew inches
frcm the surface of the ground. A
wagon load of dirt viii bank a large
number of trees, and if rich soil a
double benefit may be derived by
spreading the same over the roots OF
trees in spring.


An exchange strongly urges plan
which we do not think as good as the
above, yet We give it for what it is
worth. 1t says to bandage up the
stems OF the old tree with any cotton
or woolen cloths, if of old muslin
with two or three wrappings, letting
the bandage go into the ground an
inch or two, aud six or eight inches
above ground, and tie up.


This should certainly be renewed
every autumn, if necessary, until the
trees are large enough not 90 be in,
jured. Those who are in earnest for
a remedy will try this and save their
trees; but it will be too much trouble
for others to devote couple of hours
to this labor annually, and they viii
rather run the risk with the mice.
Year: 1873

A correspondent in the ERgIiSl
Mechanic gives the following remedy
for curing rheumatic gout, of which
he had long been a sufferer. He in
sulated his bedstead from the floor, b.
placing underneath each post broken
off bottom of a glass bottle. He says
the effect was magical, that he had not
been free from rheumatic gout fol
fifteen years, and that he began 10 i'm
prove Immediately after the applica'
ton OF the insulators. We are re.
minded, by this paragraph from our
English contemporary, of patent
obtained through this office for a
physician some twelve or more years
ago, which created considerable in'er


est at the time. The patent consisted
in placing glass cups under the bed
posts in similar. manner 20 the above.
The plt'entee claimed to have effected
some remarkable cures by the use 0.
his glass insulator, but we have mol
heard from him for some time. We
cannot vouch for any merit in the idea


but 1t Is one easily tried and as nc
harm can arise from the experiment
we hope some one will test it and give


us the result of his experience.
Year: 1873

Don't live single hour of You


life without doing exactly waat ought
to be dcne in it. and going straight
through 1t from beginning to end
Work, play, study, whatever it is
take hold at orce ard tinish it VI
squarely and cleanly (; aud then the
next thing, without letting any mo-
ments drop out between. It is won
derful TO see how many hours those
prompt people contrIve to make Of a
day; it is as if they picked up the
moments that the idlers lost. And i
ever you fad yourself where you
have SO many things pressing uqor
you that you hardly know how tc
begin, let me tell you a secret: TaAC
hold of the very first one that comes
to hand, and you viii find the rest al
fall into file and follow after ike q
company of well drilled soldiers; and
though work may be hard to meet
when it charges in a squad, it is eas ly
vanquished il you can bring it into
line. You may have often seen the
aneedote OF the man who was asked
how he accomplished So much in his
life. "Ay father taught me-" was the
reply, "@hen l hal anything to do


to go and do it!' There is IN,
secret-the magic word "nown
Year: 1873

How TO CLIP A Fowls WING.-It
is very simple thing to cut a chick
ems wing to prevent flying. Do not
cut the quhl or the shaft of the feath
er at all only tnm the feathers part
ly off with pair of SCISSORS, except
about one inch at the end. 1t shows
but little when the wing is closed
and does not dishgure the fowl, but
lets the wind through, so as to prevent
flying.
Year: 1873

THE COAL COMPANIES CAsE-THE WEST INDIAN


TRADE IMPROyING-COAL MINING IN NOVA


SCOTIA.


The proposed combination of the great coal
companies, made known, yesterday, in The TRIBUNE
was a subject Of general discussion in the NewYork
Coal Trade 1t was considered by traders that the
power of the combined railroad and coal corporations s
so great that the proposed measure will be carried out
despite the spirited opposition has elected 1t is said
on the part OF the large companies that selfncrest
compes them tosiscontinue the competition which ex
sted last year. when they cutting each others
hroats and lost about 25 cents per tun on the 2O0Oo
tuns produced. making total loss of $OOo00O. IRE
spectye Of the reasonable profit they might expect on
their capital II is also urged that the average price
proposed-s rs per tun-is not oppressive that 1t is
the interest of the independent coery to agree
10 the terms OF the Reading and other companies and
that manufacturers and generally expect an
advance on last years prices


Very large quantities OF coal purchased last year
by manufacturers, IN anticipation OF an advance IN
prices this year.


The coal trade with the West Indies and south Amer
ca which began last year. owing TO the scarcity and
dearness OF English COAL promises to expand and be
permanent. The consumers in these parts regarded
American coal with dfavor, but since they were in
duced try IT, and foundt satisfactory they will hence
forth steady purchasers Besides the OF trade
has now been detected toward the United States and
is more likely than otherwise to lead TO heavy and va
ried transactions in general merchandise as well as
coal The coal business Of Nova Scotia is improving
Mr. Cyrus W. Field and other leading capitalists have
invested in mines of that province aud likely TO
receive remunerative returns. The lowering OF the
duty 50 rs cents. last year. did not affect the
cost OF American COAL although Free Traders asserted
that its price enhanced by tile duty.


sapards Coal Trade Circular says that the retail coal
dealers OF Philadelphia opposed TO the proposed
combination the Reading Company will interfere
with them by going into the retail trade and also that
oollery who have refused TO join the Reading


pool" considered that the mixing Of coal which would
result from the proposed scheme, would deprecate the
fair value OF their coal.
Year: 1873

swEEpINd.-Itls rather hard that one
should be slave 10 the will OF domes'
TO ,ic vat the best of us are often 80. We
srS ireoucnlly expelled from our very
sancium by ihe autoCrRtC female with
her broom, who at stated and much too
CrCoueDt intervals is moved by u desire TO
raise dust. What does sweeping amount
10 more than thisg We wish TO record our
earnest protest against it in the crude torm
# lhe primal curse one Of the chieI
evils incident to the exodus from paradise
We have been whole morning trying
10 enter our apartments, which like Swiv'
eller's are extensive only in Imagination
We might as soon effect an entrance into
Cibralter. We are CoOlly informed that
we can sit in the parlOr. Just think Of
the COndesCension.


Through the half open door we catch
plimpses o, q llCndiSh shape surrounded
6y slining clouds and furiOusIy brandish-
inc a broom and IL dust cloth. 1t will take
A week for US 10 find anything, and by
that time the unnecessary disturbance oi
innocent dust and most exemplary spiders
will begin again. One OF our delights in
thinking Of a future life, is the fond hope
that in that existence there will be no
sweeping. Yet what some feminine an
peIs will do without their brooms, we
cannot imagine, We think it must have
been some crusly old Puritan bachelor
long beyond any hopes, who originated
the idea of the witches and their broom
sticks he did not appreciate that even
sweeping may be made pleasant.


There arc those who can so lightly
touch each precious paper, so delicatelY
handle each vase and statue, that like
Dominic Sampson, after his raiment was
changed, we become conscious OF pleas
ioV transformation, but arc blisstully ig.
uorant Of It's process. With such sweep
ers we are not protestant; we even sit en-
tranced to watch the busy fingers until
the near approach Of towel to our head,
suggests immediate departure. We retire
with confused impression OF sun'lighted
dust o magic broom, and arch face that
says Us plain as words, ut Is my lit
lie kingdom for the time, and ! shall rule
IT," We know what the kind sweeper
means when she looks like that, and re-
treat at once, assured that she will bring
order out Of chaos and make Celibacy in
tOlerable forever.-PrOu. Journal.
Year: 1873

CAIRO, January 1O.-YesterdNy morn.
ing a small boat dritted past Columbus
KY, containing two dead men, one In q
sitting position with his head dropping,
and the other lying down. The boat was
surrounded by a field Of heavy Ice, SO
they could not be reached from the shore
It Is supposed that they vera attempting
10 cross the river, hut were caught in the
ice. and froZe TO death.
Year: 1873

Mr. Bret Hartc has hsd his day as a liter.
ary lion, and is finding out what It is to be
hunted down like wolf. On both coasts
Of the continent he Is simultaneously the
subject of attacks which, though true could
emanatc only from malignant assailants.
Boston conccives that he has slighted her,
and the Boston Eeening Gazette tells very
bad story on him. II says that he did"
one Of her tailors out of q nne suit of clothes,
and that the clothier aforesaid never. got
his money till MI. Bret Harte returned to
that city to dine with Mr.. James s.. Clark,
when the tailor md the sheriff met the
guest at the depot. and accompanied him to
the house Of his host, who was thus obliged
to settle the bill or forego the company Of
his friend at dinner. And now comes the
San Francisco Chronicle, with . long arti>
Gle over the signature of W. A. Kendall, in
which the personal character of Mr.. Hartc
Is drawn in colors that belong to no human
beng but regular dead beat" He is
accusd of borrowing money systematically
in smallsums from his San Francisco friends
and failing to return them at q time when
his income was not less than 5000. More.
over it Is charged that while editing the
Ovsrlaud Monthly, he often drew money
from the publisher to pay for contributions,
and then swindled the contributors and the
publisher by appropriating the same to his
own use. No proofs Of these statements are
offered, and It is hoped that they admit of
none. Otherwise the advent Of the next
literary celebrity from the Pacific coast will
set the public on this side of the Rocky
Mountains to asking whether the new geni.
us has ran away from his family or his
tailor; whether he is . downright horse
thief or only 'vic'imizes his friends in the
way of small loans. 49,.
Year: 1873

Application was made to the Comp troller of the Currency of the United States for an opinion as to the legality of the action of the national banks in substituting certified checks in payment for their current indebtedness to de- positors. The Comptroller promptly replied that the action of the national banks in entering into such an arrange ment was illegal, and in direct violation of the National Banking act. Several parties, in consequence of this opinion, reported to the Comptroller that the National, Metropolitan and Second Na- tional banks of Washington had refused to cash checks of depositors, whereupon the Comptroller said that he was ready to entertain an application to put both banks in the hands of receiver. The Comptroller positively declares that every bank that has substituted certified checks in payment of actual indebted ness at its counter has incurred the pen- atty affixed by the National Banking act, and that he is not clothed with dis cretionary power if such banks are re- ported to him. The banks of New York and other cities during the panic in- stead of paying out currency gave cer- tifed checks.
Year: 1873

Life is not all maze of shadows. It IS very comforting fcr fellow who is sitting in the Park, and wondering where his supper and bed are to come from, to know that recently 9244, GOO of bullion was shipped to New York from London.
Year: 1873

Such, my suffering friends are the letters receiy ed daily, and do you doubt for moment the efaica cy of thls valuable medicine. Be in time, take to your home bottle of ALIENS LUNG BALsAM You will find in it glorious prize, and never failing friend in time of need.