New York Clipper (Mar 1877)

412 THE! 3S3 £ST7^ O Maboh 24, 1877. THE POET-SCOUT ON POLITICS. Ti m ! ■ mm Tn nv mm* outbs. W«I1.I <enni*iB<i£h on poUUck*- TflT IM tbmt Alai mT foTt«. . omFSinUlavlib Ibinci wheitia TlwrailDtabU of ilMn: 1 QDoMnU BM l^e aqjoynenl In aaOn jer btUet-beiet, Cr naklBB yenalf & tnlllcluilMb T» luian poUUol oxtm. jMt look >t Ihs tbing ■ Blntt— Wm osooib to mftka » mko Bwmxo; Tor Ui« D<rrtl hlnuelf U lo It. *haI«nil>*lnt|Otmaebtbai«. ' iZt ibam tbua polUIeUBi, 4« non ma they c«t yer TOtea, Cbw'U p<<a wma uw to IM 7*> Aod cat T«r Tcrr taroatx. .lad Jot baTon elecUoB ■ _ Tbarni cone with a >BDln' &<•. .Asd pramlaa a lot of nekan . . ▲ lob lo aome GomnraeatpIaM. Tkay'U Oil thamaeWca fan ot vbukay. And ann that iboy «aa>l ba bait, MnA don't j^to a **CMo|lnaslal'* Bov many tlmaa tbey KpcaL.. "Wbatyv want la men at bonaaty- To aean tbem ont by the roow, Vor HeaTvtt w<itild c»t corrvptad ' WUb nub a lot ol itmleaia. And I don't co mnch oo "nidena. If or 1 wonldnt aw«n> by Haveaea. War. althar war ye work It. Oar coanU7 a ko1d2 to biases Tb« White Hooae now la i Tea. that*a abea iv ttramlei; But. Uy anhle a I loklng, Tbeie'a bett«r ifmber wmnteo. Some boncat W<«tem nncbiaan - MUbt keep the crolt mm alnkln'; -OreanH ye and In minor Another man Uke IJnedn t Poor Abo I bowl remember When he took me by 1 bo band WlMB wniandad down al City Point, And Grant wma In command. ^Waa Ibe day thai I«e« anmndered. And ebeem ware freely siren; And only £ra dara afler that Abe'a Boal wmt np to heaven. And IC aa some folk* tan oa. The anceA can lonk down, Iwondarll that calm, biljiht face Can look wlthoot a Inwn f. Ah. Tea; ba looka In pity ;* Hla rcanU the asf da ibara Thai yonr preaen t polltJclana Can nerer meet him there. . . Catt. Jack. 1S77. BOSTON TOM; THE STOBY OF A CONVICT. CHAPTER DC—CO NfiMim* .' An WW inanM while aue opoied the lint paioel. liwHvnpped in Uone-paper, u coatly tblnga ■hoold be,'and on It-waa n oard. "For Mettle.** Opeaad.ltpr(nredto eontaln • Wlntai-jacket of tha TOTfliUBtAlld beat. The naztwmi marked fFOr dialotla." That contained •brand-new dreaa, nrm' ■nd Mrtt; and ao with all the leat: For the glrla, dliMiii. and for *ach of the boys—the parcaU.belog IabaIad*<ForOaquid.e>ia of his fstti(r,'*uidw on— • bank-note, white and crlap. HSTor waa anoh a Cbilatmas-insaent. . •"Bot nothing at all for Bath ?" cried Xettie- "O Botbt itteaehuiet" ' ••Bad Toa not bettei nad yonr letter, PioteaioT ?'* aaked Helen. "Ah, to be ame. The letter I the letter I - Now, it ia atiange that I ehoald hare fbrgottian the letter. Oaapaid, ray ion, take tb« yloUn. Bo. Comoyhara to alitor, ohlldiai.'* ■ijimiimA of iiniliiiii It alond. and. at one*, he benn ^ aolamnly taUnfc Bath'a hand and lalalng It toUi Ufa with the oonrtoy ot the "annian leglme." "Uataa. ehUdien. This ia all the latter: ' •"Wot Hum that lOTa Bath, and JiavebMaUnd tohar.' **TbatIaBU,chIldnD, thatla all-'* ThePrafbaeor blew hla noaet "Always a - blcaslog to na, from the day whan Ood'a providence brought her to onx kMia—always the snnBhlns of onr hoasa," *'Ho,nol'* orled Bath. "Ton hSTe been my, pa-, Xante, my temlly—all to rae." ' ' ' "lAia trami hex «amlngs,"thBPrafeaSoT went on— "fcoui her poor aanilnga .that oar Chdatmaa ttn WM to lunra irame, beeaosa,-! oonfees to'yen, Kade- naiaeno Bwood, Unt art.Is no^-renmneratlve in tMa^qaartar. Bnt pardon, mademoiselle, yon ware gofalK ont when theaa grand-things azrlTed. Ton Sam<dalaTad yonraaU on one laeonnLT: •■nr, t hATe to go ont for an henr. Come, then, good-night. Kettle: good-night, ehlldnn all... I am ame yon daaerre sll the gooa-tortonb that fin bolUI Both nn soar bar. : '■ ' ' /' aHSIen, tan'me what do yon think It means T Is itJilhait I>syoiithlnk.ttlsJehnf . •Ky dear, perhaps It la Jofaif.. So yon iemambar fiia xrmmlao bi ^tzrohT*'. -^^^ ■•Do I remember 7 AJi,Hef«n,.eanI fonetI" ". Helen hnrrted awayi.^nt as .she opened'the door ■ha heard the Proreaaoratarlkri Up a cheerfol nola. "Kow, ebndien sn. "The ieyttU daneaof the Hap. py Bound the Konnmantof Plenty. ' lUlamolaelle Anto&iaSewin eommenea.' ' ^Wi M e ' oh;where—^la Bnpaitrr And when Kadame Ifamlra . letnrnad. bringing with her the hnmble leg of mntton, ahefonnd tha ablUnn as^Usg an» of the Profeaaor'e highest e ui iaa pUim a—a paBtaral'plede:-4«nnd aoeh a dlqplay af aplendld things aa eren Iieadenhall Uarkat conld aotanisaaa. _ ■ ; ■ ; ■ : \ CHiJTE K i; ; , .' . BBf HiiB Bi> 'nAfijiiai'','' Oat In tha cold Deoember.eTfnInR, BsIeD and Stin' wtffcsd tlmnigh the etreete, crowded with the lata' tayam in tha ChrMma marketoi Th*b»ittaiiwsa ■nest, thlnUng oror his baffled hopes of jnstlca.- It waa a btttsr pUl lor blra to swallow. AHerallthese yean, in wbioh eTsry ^aybrooRbt before him in Btmnger eolon the blaokneia of tbetreachery whiob lost the I*noy Derrlok, and desteoyed ao ia'any Utcs; and attar *"**'>g his enemy, the last and wofst of tha whole mntlcons oraw, to laarD|flist that Ohrls- lieiusa might haye .to Inclode oren that I Tfllaln; and then that a more pettDt hand af Jnatlse than aTsn-Btnish Uw wiv taUnc talm ■way tram his gisip. An tMs wss'loe ratiifh lor the nod old men.. Helen,dlTtnefllils'.thotights,.and fidad to lead them bask to.olb«r matteta. . •OTon win be rejoiced, Ben. to sea Mr.Wazneford'r good nana restored, wHl yon notT"' - "Aya, aye, Wn Helen.' Kbtthat It makes any olf- farenca to Mm, nor tojronrftor to ma ndtber, Inso- ta aa my rtspact ia eonoened. Boston Tom.ls at thabettomofthatTlllslny too-'* ^ ••Ha waa, Ban; and. If he la on his destl-bed, we araatfiaigln him thaA.as well as the mater «ilmo.'* Ben^inads no snswer...Thsy hoA InlO'WUta- ahspel.JUgh street, all ablaza.wlth gsalight,aad vnamfly arrlysd at .tha bouse. 3Iiadooriwas«9en: out thara waa no.one In <the frqnt-room; whert Ba- partbadbeenwont'oflata to'r°n<rtaIn rbysfeilng Jaokaodhla.trienilS'wllltan' ex ' uMpn ot h^ art. Ho ana In.the paasage, i)e.enft'cin 'thfl stilrs tll'wss da&andaUent.. Xhay .waited. .Whati to ^So-naztt Aadwheratbgo.! PraacBaythay heard aTOteanp- ■tela,andftootataiia. BaUatemd. ' ' '' •^liaf a Hester Bnpart,'* 'he' saU. ."Ibllow olosa to aa,'ina8 Helen.** '-" Tha looti waa Ut Iiy a rfngls gis-let; Oaiiiii ^b.- Hke OBS of thoae which decorated the bn'tebers stall onlalde. It was sn .q)d->ahloaed walneoeted room: bnt tha p^t waa thlakwl<h<^ dirt, and tbe eelUBg. whloh had onee, perhapa.been .whUawaahed. waa 'blaeksned with smoke and trlmU with age. It waa fomlahsd with a low, rickety wooden' bed. and with ■ eoopla of ehalzs—nothing'else, not eyen a'wuh- ■iand or a table. And on uie bed, propped np by Ifllewa. aat Boaton Tom.. .Hawas dyinai^'uiaeheAs -wasa white and snsken; the old wansd- at - the aide -of hla Up abowad red and ghaatly trains*' iUer desfta^y valar of hte dieek; his hdr Isjr 0Ter,tl)^. low, reced. UMjarahead; roudl hla shonlden was thrown an •Id pea-jacket: and lar-.hls .trambUBg Chgm he IMldatnmblertaalf-'fnn'or mm. He lookad rbopd, ■Bd saw his visltan wltlr a einlena smlla.. < "Baaarall.lsltf'* he gasped; "old BaaVrotMba 'bo*a'n. Thonght yon waa dead. mata. .Tho«gI>t yon waa eaat away In the esptaln'a g^-'-yn'and the Tooos lady and OeorBaWaznafbrd. Olad yoa'ranot; lhai makas three leas—eT«sy lltfls cooste,' Thie« laa; bally tor JOB, Bosnn Tom.'* ' Ha lalaad the tambler io "bft lips, and wonld hays latltaa In hte weaknesa'^Qtfor 8npert.bIaaole oompaalon. who held It for him while hs drank, -with • look half of apology and half of seeognlHon-at' Helen and Ben. "It'a an we can do tin lUm now,** ha eiplalaaii. '•I>oaahakoowitt". whispand Helen;'' "Ocas he know hUoondltinn?*' Tte man, who had eloaed hla eyaa for a BHaent; opened Qiam. and bestowed a wink npon her which ■ATsd the tronble of snaaob. How to' address this manT How to tonch 'with the allghteat spark ot hnman tSeling a heart ao canons and ao seared T Ban (ma anad ha^ tlia tronble et oonsiaeiaUon. Ha itenpad to tha foot of the'bed, and gazed stead. JMly in the Ace of his enemy. .- •^t last I bnye fonnd yon.*' he said. ••Aya, mate; yon'Te ttmqd ma. and nope tpo soon, •ne* fU aaTa~'my nackyet." He spoke with an afldrt, bnt theip^waa tha d^tannlnatloB ofkocflDg It Bp to the end In Els face. ••Where's tliat rape yon spoke' abont, bo'a'n V he want on. "Chaatad yon^- attar, alL Boaton Tom's b oOkad. - Iiook-ye faere, mate, an of them fcnowa la dead end gone, ^very man Jaek 'of them. Some pf 'am dtownad; some of *em cat up for lood wbea v« took ^ tha boite; some of 'em food for sharks. Tonnntar, idTe me hold of that bottle." He took a pnU at the mm and waot on after a Ht of cooghiog whieh might baya killed an oatrlch. "Ugh, It's this eongh thn preyente me thun talking; prop me np a bit mere. boy. Bo.Ben, you're done this time.'* "Say yira're sorry, maite." said Ban, In whose mind, 'toachedby the sl^t of thatorlom wreteh, Helen's toashing snddanly sprang np fall blown into chail- ■ty. "Say yon're Sony.** ••WKaf a the nse of that f asks tha Impanltaht nnxdasar. "That won't bilna back fha"I,aoy Dar- ilek. . Of eonrse I'm sony.. Who wouldn't be sorry with nothing bnt the ganowa'or'the'blaok box? yt** Then be tamed to Bnpect. . "Baew boy, "Ha baa oonOaaed, Indeed," add Helen. "Dojon think I wonld bring you an ontrath, now of an timea In tha world r' Heahookhte heed. •Thera'a one thing more to be said, Boston Tom," Ben atrack In. " *fle a small matter, this old forg. tnff business, snd. If Ulsa Elwood wante yonr name at the ttoot of a bit of paper, you may aa well pot It there. Hnrdcr'a dltTerent. and, by Qeorgel if you don't do what aha asks, I'U atep out and fetch a po- lloeman. U yon can't be banged, you ahallaltlna oeU withont the mm." "OIt* me enotber drop, boy." "I,et be, let be I" aald Ben, Interposing and anatoh* Ing.tbe bottle ttom Bapeit. "Hot another drop ahaU yon haye nntll you're made that there oonlea- alon." The dying man stratehad out hla hands with a gsatnre of despair. "Not the mm 1" ha orled, "not the mm I Take Anything away, baMcaye ma that. Ton, boy, you're ateonger than him; fight him for It: tsar It ont ol his hands; mske him glTe it up to yoa. Up, boy, and ight him 1'* ' ' Bnt to hla aarprias the boy Joined Ms anemlea. ;ToB sbaU baye yonr ram," he said, "when yon have signed the paper." Then ne lost his oonxage, and began to moan and whine exactly like his brother Samuel. "I'U sign anything,'* hs aald, "If yoa wlU giro me the bottle." Helen wrote rapidly. She had an the facte, and wanted nothing bnt a simple d o r l a rat lo n . In a few mlnntca ahe was ready. "Listen, now. Tdl me if that la all yon have to say: " 'I, tbenndenlRned, believing myself tobe dying, solemnly declare that the forgery lor whloh George Wameford, olerk to the boose of Battarlck & Bald- win, was convloted, and aenteoced to twenty years* penal serrltnde, was committed by my brother, Samuel Pri ogle, a clerk In the same firm. I also de- clare that the whole of the forsariei, of whloh that was the last, were by toe same Samuel Prlngle. They were committed at my own IttstlgaUon. and for my own profit. 1 bad toe spending ol the money, and Samnel Frlngle, my brother, never tonched a penny of it. George 'Wamsford knew nothing abont it from toe beginning to the end.'" "That'a abont all," aald Thomas Prlngle. "I've nothing more to say; it's quite time; give me toe bottle." "Not yet," said Ben. "JUetlme—so! Now sign ss well aa you csn.** Helen gnlded the flngen whne the signature ot Boeton Tom slowly drew Itself across the bottom of the page; thenthepen fell ftombls band, and Boaton Tom'a head loll book npon toe pUJow- For a while toey toought him dead, bnt he waa not; he openeil his eyes and motioned for the mm, which Bnpert held to btemoato. ''Leave me to tbe boy," he sighed wearily. 'Wbile they thna looked on at this miserable end Ing of a Bbamefnl life, there was a noise below, and Btepa were beard npon toe etalro. The dooropened, and Daniel Mizen appeared; behind him two po- licemen. ••There he la, gentleman," aald the ex-ehip'a boy eagerly—"there he tel Tbat'a Boston Tom, tbe ringleader ot toe mniderera- And, oh I here's Ur. Oroll, gentlemen." He tomed to tbe policemen. "Bear witoesi for me I'm the first to give informs' tlon. I'm Qaeen'a evidence, I'm the one thatcame forward flnt." "Thomas Prlngle, ellsa Boaton Tom," aald one of toe policemen, "I've got a wurant for you. It'a mntlny and mntder on the high seas; and, remem- ber, what you say now may be naed against you to evidence." Boston Tom raised his dytog head, and looked abont him, trying to recollect, "It'B all a dream,** he eald. - "What*s gone before in toa dream. Tou'reBo'a'n Croll; yonsre old Ben. I know yon. Theie'a Dsn Mlien.' We're aU honest men here, play fair and sqaaret drink aqoare and tair, pay np and play again. Pass tos mm, my boy." And with these worda Boston Tom laid hla bead back npon tos pUlows, and cloaed hte eyea. They waited for five minutes. He did not open hte eyes. One of tbo'consteblea took hte hand and felt bis pnUe. The hand was oold, and toe pnlee had atopped. He had gone before anotoer Judge. CHAPIBB XL Ing Ihte. John Wybrow, who waa a praotleal man, than aald there had been enough of tears. "Aye, aye, John, What next V This tims it waa old Ben who Btepped to the fk«nt and touched his gray old forelock. "Beg pardon, sir; tosre's one that onght to be remambered. 'Who fonnd ont Boaten TOm and sat by him night and day, ao that he couldn't eaoape If he wlabsd, and stack to him 7 Stand for'ard. Master Bnpert. Tbat'a toe lad, air. He wante to go to ass; give blm a passage oat and back in one of yonr own ahipa." Ur. Baldvto shook hands irlto Bnpert, now ol a roey bne. "Ton ahsU have whatever yon like to ask for, young gentleman, Ulcangiveir." Once more a round of applanse from toe tamUy. By a dutaroua movement of toe rlgnt leg Bnpert gracalnUr stepped over their heads and depMltad hlmaelt in toe backgrotrnd. " And nothing lor you, Ur. Orour' •■Nothing for me, sir," said toe old Ballot. "I belong to Miss Helen.** "Anything else, John?" aaked Ur. Baldwto, stlU unsstlsfied. "Ton onght to give deskslu yonr office to as many ot Mr. I^emlie's sons aa like to accept toem, and, my dear imde, the partoerabip which yoa promised to me, and which I threw over with so much bravado to toe church ** "It te yonrs, my boy, to begin from the now year." "No; give It to George Wame- ford, as some reparation for hte eight years of unmerited anffer- Ing." "That win not be Itlr," aald George. Bnt the aadlence clapped toelr hands again. "Both ot yon, boto of yon," said Ur, Baldwin. "The firm can take In boto. And what more, John 7" "Why. sir," said John, "I ftod that Madame Lemire would be de- lighted if we wonld all eteyand 'X'hto lo.dy' 'wlio._lxaj» coino^^** JC^tll-clrosnodrsconif* to tue sapper here; and I really * 7ea*reatmmp; yon looked aftarmawhaa aU the lot boUad; yon're tha onaMbaa atnek tometoese Asn iBd Barar let me want for notblog. So I'U gtreyon aUI'va gotlett, and that'a awerdot ad- ^"1. If yon oote sea, don't you go mnttoeerlng. keiegijoar handa from alanghteang eqitato and aal^^anyan'U UvetobeaoreaU toyonrtun* fly." ■ , . , •'A i a juu eearyfanethlBgelaa.Ihoipaayrfngtey* BalAiikaS.' ••Lota," ho rmUed. "lots, Buokate, toll. Bnt MnQnmaa'Knnglstegone, formanra year, and Boaton Xgai'ata<fhteplam." ,.■ -IM tbo eaae of O e urg e Wameford now, tha man who wmrft* wltoma to the boat •' ••Aye.ay^ I remember well; that was A.bad Job, that waa." •aknowsU sboatlt,'*sa|d Hslsn;-'<yairbratoar Bunnel told me." ■OMdhe.nowr' Boston Tom aaked .toe qneaUon wUhaaalrofkaenlntanat.: "Did he, reaOyt Idld used to teU blm toat. If lio ever spilt oa that job, Td tike him'bnt aoihe darirnhht—say Hampateadhaato w^r—and brain him; so-I'Wonld have done,too, threa yeara age. Soppoas Ifa no nse thlnklog ol ilatBdv: ean'tbedone;" 'An abont It," cootlnned Helen. ••Samuel forgsd the eheA at yonr Instlgatlen." "So he did, so he did; that'a a I wanted toe aimey bad, vary bad I wanted tbe money at that tima. 'Wameford got it hot, and I laogbed." ••Samuel baa written a confession of tos whole; Helen want on; "bnt I want yonr eonft ••niait, my lady, yon wont get it; ao yon may go aw^ ■flr*". and leave me baTo tlU the time's np. Mote mm, my lad." He Ivbaek aftathto eObrt and elsaad Mi eye*, axfaaasted. Ha r ^r ed, hte eyea asgato attar a tew Btoulaa. and nttaied, wlto great <ai)oyraanl: 'Oteh a waaaal aateep I If Sam haa miiiftirt. ttafa an yoa want; tf ba hant, yoa dont osteh The next day was a day ot myatery. Miss Zlwood bad a long talk to tha momtog wlto Madame Lemire and Antoinette, toe reaalt of which waa a great cry- ing of aU three, followed by mighty preparations, toe like of which bad never before been 'wltoeaaed to Tendo street. It wea holiday wlto toe Kofoaaor; but be, too, consdoos of ImpencUng change, roamed reatleaaly from one of toe two rooma to ue otosr. Bnto stole out after brs^IAst, accompanied by Ohsrlotte, and took retage to toe church, where ahe had her organ to attend to tlU dlnner-tiine. When ahe returned, ahe, too, fbit toat it was a very enrfbna and toyatanona day. Old Ban, who, like the rest, was raatlaaa and dtetiubed, opened .tha door and poked hte head to Jiut to say to a bosrse whisper: "It'a aU right at lasti miss. Heart np.pntty, and toan disappeared. Nettle, too, came m*U>i8 .IIP from, the kitchen once to every qaartar 61 an hbnr^ juat on pnrpose to kisa and hug her, and toan, after, a plronette or two ot wonderfnl dextaiity, nabed downatalm sgato :and diaappsared. And toen toe Proleasor came out and eat with her^toe ktod Professor, her devoted Msnd. He, too, -was aUent and reatleaa; ha eonid not Sit stlU, be fidgeted on hte ebair, lie stood: on hte toes, hs danced on hte elaslte feet from one and ol toe room to Ue otoer, and toen before finaUy dancing out-r-wblch bsdld. aflar. half an-hour ot thte parfOrnianoe-^e took Bntb'a faa^ in hte ttands and Slaaed ber on'toe- tOrehead. Andwhen he was SoneMtoto felt that he bad dropped a tear upon her row. For everybody now, except tbe ehUdren and heraal^.knew the whole atory. Tbey knew now what it aUmeant, toe-, nyateiy-of aU'tUa rctmlng and gotegi thay'knew nbwithe reason why tbte mya- terteaa:Ooaple. thte ao-eaUed farother and', atetar, had aonsht ont toesa obsctate lodgtogstfa toamnknown ■region ot America aqnati. Haten. bUiBe gilns'oat on her errand of victory that momtog^had told Madame Lemire toe whole story..-Thereiore Nettle snd. her .motoerbsdaiidodcr^, aaacrlto at totervals dnr- tog toe whole day, Insomoeh that' toi grand cuU- nary operatlona 'were aa mnab'wept'over aa If .they had beentotended fOrtoe cold m'eata of a faheral banquet. They told Charlotte, and Charlotte, altar telUng Oaapard and Bnpert, oept npstaltn and' sat on a tootetool, wlto Boto's band to hers, thinking whst a wonderfbl stoty it wss; snd then, becanae we aU'want to have a Utile otoiir own totareat to everytUng, realised how daU toe daya wonld be •withont Bnto to cheer them np. "TeU me what It means, Oharlotto," said Bnto, •What te' toe matter with everybody 7 ' la it on ao- connt ot toe mysterioas Chttelnus present}" Charlotte shook her head. "Bettorthan toat,"ahe said.' ••That meana only feaatlng. Far better than that; aomethtog very, very good, Bnth—somethteg that 'wUl make tis aUhappy, becanae It wlU make you happy, . Think of toe very beat toat coa;d. happen to yon, the very best yoa 'know—not a alUy wish, not aomethtog, yon know, .tor to-day or to-marrow, bnt for always—and toen be quite pnre yoa wUl have it; and more—yes, more." The afternoon dragged on, and toe early eventog brtragbt bllndman'a hoUday. Then toe ebUdren came floekteg^to, to alt roniSd the fire and talk, as waa tbelr nmal enstom, wlto Buth Wameford to tell tham stories. Bnt ahe told tham 'nono that eventog, becanae- she was anxlons snd disturbed. Presently, ofie by one, tbe net eama-ln.' The Pio- fessor.'wltoout his vloUn, lislancing blmseif on Up- tae; Nettle and madame dreaied aa for some un- unUlJeareinony. and with looks of neat mystery,' Tha. boya oama: in, too. Bnpert anifaBspsrd-toe former wlto folded arms and a ccrlato mdodramatle floom, tbe latter buiatlng'wlto toe importance of . avtog a real and wonderfnl'aecret .to laU. The el- deif tried to talk.'but it 'waa no nse. Oonvarsatlon da^ed. and a damper waa thrown on any mora ef- forte by the andden breaUng-ont toto aoba and tean of Madame Lemire. When Nettle and Ohnlotto fol- lowed.juid aU three fen to kteaina Bnto and crytos S711^ ^i" nm* time, toe Profeaaer. foUowed by hla two eldeat eons, retired to the dsss-room. whanoe pressntly tesned toe well-known stnlas ot toe.vlolto, accompanied by sounds todicsUng that, wlto hte two sons, toa Proteaaor waa aeeklng censo- teUonlnart. Aa for toe chUdren.aU this orylng, wlto' tos house foU of toe most enjoyable imd bitb^o ludnamsd-ot good thtogs, seemed a bind Of flytog iB toe lace et Provldenee: so that when, at six e'eled(?a carriage drove to the door. It waa a great reltet. The Proteaaor retnraedandUt toa gaa, and toe otoera formed a group tovolnnterfly. Helen waa toa Orat who entered, and ahe waa fol' towed by Mr. Baldwto and John Wvbrow. John Wybrdw? Waa It poadble 7 Then thte great thing "My own dear, dear, dear Both," ssld John qnlto natiually, holdtog her to hte atrong arme. "Don't "T. ™y,darllng. It te aU rlgbt at teat, and here te Ur. Baldwto to ten .you ao." . ' ■fWe have done a grsat wrong, my dear," he ssld aolemnly—"a very great wrong, and God forgive us tor onr bard hearte, and for our readiness tS think •™-.^I am here to aak yonr pardon—vary hiunbly .to ask yonr pardon. Take bar, John, and make her nappy. He spoke ss one deeply moved. "And where, Visa Elwood, where " ■ - He looked roand tbe room. 'jNpt here—come upatairs, Bnth dear.'with me Hi> B^dwin,andalIoIyoo. Tea, all ot yon. Gome: kind Mend^ aU.. Bath, there te 'one mote (urprlse for'yon, and toan we ahaU have tlntehed " Shaipokewlto qnlvarlBg Ups, and led toe way Upatalra. Her brotoer, staadtog Impatiently before toe fire, sprang to meet ber. "Tea. George," ssld Helen. "It tedone. Ruth, dear, thte te not my tamthor, bnt my betrotoed. It te year own brother—yonr own brotoer George. Do yon not remember him now? Tes, Bnth, your brother restored to yon, todeed, and hte Innocence estebltebed before all tbe world.*' l^en said Mr. Bsldwln, who lesned upon John Wybrow whUe he spoke, and spoks very slowly- . "George Wameford," he aald, "I have beea thtok- ug111 Ue.carrlage whu I shonld say to yon, and coidd .think ot .nothing; no, nothtog that would express'my sorrow and my Joy,** George Wamatbrd ehoek handa wlto him 'wltootA a word. He could fii^d. no. worda; hte ateter waa Ringing to hte neok; weeping toe tears of joy and toankf nln ea a, ana hte own baait -was ovanfaXned. "I have elnned greatly," aald Mr. Baldwin; "I waa too Tsady.to believe evfl. I ahonld have known au along toat yoor fitoar'a son conid not—oonld never have dona that Jthtog." / ■ ..*a»y no 'more, ate;" aald George; *aet tbe past •Imp; tell me. only that you are qnlte and tr^ aatulled.** "I cannot let. the paat be forgotten, George. A neat tojoiy baa been eommltted, and a great repan- Bon must fcdlow; toe repioaehea that I have knied at you to mytboeghte tetoe laat eight yeara have come btok uiftin my owli head; nothtog oaa aver maka me fbtget. Ton, kind Maoda." aald..toa dd- man; taming to the ProlEaaor and hte famUy, who '*?iejstoersd,-'oot wltoont an instteetlve fMIng Ae' toarttstte gmnplng, to tos doorway, ••whoKifreVa- tertstoed'Buto Wsrnetbrd as one of youaalves.'sod bkTelknbwii bar story aU along, how ahaU we thank yoa? To-moirowte Chrlstmas-day, bat en tbe day ,iaUowlng I abaU proclaim George Wameford's to- neoenca to aU toe people of thefirm,snd, to toete presence, humbly ask this injured man for pardon." "No,alr,no. Uyklndoldmaster,toeretenothlna to forgive." "John, my boy"—Mr. Baldwin turned to hte nephew—"laU me whst I onght to do." ' "Flnt aak OeoEge to let me maiiy Bnto." laid John, holding out hte hand. ^"Gnnted^ at once,'* aald,George—"that te, if Bato They ahook handa, and toe andlenee—toe Lemlres —clapped toete hands and ahonted. '*Wbat next ahaU I do. John 7*' aaked Mr. Baldwto wl^g hte eye-glaaaes'Wlto hte bandksichlaf. ••The next thing yon must do te to give away Haien Elwood on bar weddtog.day, whl^ranattie ffltoe and Buto'a aa weU; and yon must boy hsr toe yary handaomeat present you can think of: no onr. mndgaonry gift wUl do." Ste "^'^tif elsppad toelr fc**^* Mr. John J. Daly, now ot M4 Elghto avenue, waa then my pub. llaher, and was at lU Grand atreet. I took toe aong to Mr. Daly. Ha was proud to get a song ttom Foater. He tried It over, and It waa reaUy beantlfol. He ofiered a aum which, toongh tin think toat, if tbe Professor would allow anoh a tiling, we mlgbt jave a little dance downstalra before anpper." Agsto the andlenee clapped toelr handa, and there was a move to toe dsss-room. The Prolesaor took hte vlolto at ceremony, "Simple quadrille of fonr," be announced. "Mr. Wameford and Ulaa Elwood at the head, Mr. Wy- brow and Utes Wsraeford for vis a-vis." Bestmcktbe fioor with bis foot, and began to ptey. It waa a lame sort of qnadriUe at first, be- oause two ot toe performers had tearfnl eyes, and wonld ratoer have sat to a comer. Bnt John Wy- brow knew what he 'was about, and what waa beat for everybody. Then they had a waltz, and Bnpert danced wlto Bnto; while John took Helen. Then began the dancing of high art. aftaz.tUa re- spect to social ussse. "Dinae de Fole I' cried the Professor. "Paa asnl, MademoiseUe Lemire; paa de deux, MademoIaeUe Lemire and Monsieur Bnpert Lemire.** At eight Hadame Lemire announced that anpper was ready, and toey sU filed to. Nedless to tell ot toe splendors ot this weddln^-feaat, only, as toey entered toe room, an unexpected sight greeted toelr eyes. Bupert, holdtog a award to hfahsnds, wss standtog on toe table, and, as thsy crowded to, ex^ ontod a grand dance among the dtehes, ss dlfllonlt ss orlglnsl aa any todun dance among eggs. _ t»o stio Iiaet croaiod. anaouK Uio '• ajrst-mitclitors •> 'wiio and _ . ^ . And each was toe love of the Lemire fkmUy for'art toat tola spectacle save toem moredeUght and pride, even, than toe pheasante and oold turkey, wlto obampagna, which foUowed, , Mr, Baldwto, after aopper, aaked U he mlg^t pith pose a toaat. "Not the healto and happlnesa of George and Bnth Wameford," be said; "tost te deep to an our hearte. I propoae toat we drink the health ol Pro- fessor Lemire, wbo te a good and kind man, that r^o wlab bim aU tbe anoceaa ne wtehee for hlm^df.' and ihore; and that we thank him and his wife, and bis ehUdren. one and all, for their teithfol love and care of Bnto. Let as promtes never to forget the great debt we owe blm—a debt eo heavy toat np. aervlce coold pay it oft; a debt, my dear friends, which we wonld not pay oB It we. oonld. Tor. to thte honse Bnto waa raoalved wlto love, and bronght up to Ood-feartog ways of trato and reUgion; for you. George Wameford, and for us." • • • • ' » » • . Hy story is told. Ton wUl see now, reader, wbo has. told it. The 'writer te my wife—my Helen. Twenty years have pasaed etooe that day, and we are old married people. Some of tooae who played tbelr psrt In toe drama have departed from na: Old Ben te gone, and Mr. Baldwto; toe Profeetor. who caaght a oold from gotog Into toe rato to hla pnmpa, is gona too; hte wile waa not long to foUowtog him. The young Lemlres, however, have done well. Ru- pert went ont .for bis voyaj^, but, once to Mel- bonne, stopped toere, and te tbere stIU. HeteiODg atoce married, bnt he aenda BiUh a present every yesr. His sister NetUe went on toe eisge as a dan. setise. and after two or toiee years danced herself into toe atTecHoDS of a young teUow, who only, wanted a 'wife to make him the ataadlait and bat of men. She took care of aU toe younger biaaohaa except Charlotte, who Uvea wlto Bnto Wybrow, and is a seooad motoer to the ehUdren. And safer me, I am toe head of the firm of Batterlek A Baldwto, toa'otber partnSr being John'Wybrow. Our ohiel clerk Is Oaspard Lemire. I got toe Qaeen'a pHdon, which waa neeeesary, Mr. Baldwin said, for my com- plete restoration to toe world: and I bad tbe tem- porary annoyance ol aeelag my atoiy told in toe p»- IisiB, and mangled In tbe teUlng, too. I can never oe too grateful for the recovery of my good name; tmt the thing for .whloh 1 am moat conatantly and nnceasingly giatefnl la for tbe i^t ot a perfect wife—toe moat dlvtoe gift that waa ever vouchaafed to man. SLIGHTLY MIXED. wanvxa rex vbb irvw toss ouma. BT BUBEN ODNN. Silas Hopkins Is, ss he alwaya haa been ttom boy- hood np, an itinerant vender et each gooda as hs conld put up at a trifling expense and sdl at a larva profit. He has siso esnvsssed for books and papeia. Hte first financial toveatment waa in a patant atarch, which, he claimed, had many advantagea over toe ordtoary article. Next be tried a new cement for mending broken ciookery, etb.; and ao on to pol. lohing.powdeia, 'kUife.sbsrpehers,' sewtog-machtoe ncedlea. Uver-piUa, com and wart medldne, a bed- bag exterminator, and otoer artldee too nnmentis to mentton. Hte Isst venture wsa to. toe atova. blacktog biutoeas. It made no dlOarenoe what artldehe andartook to sen, he »lwaya had hte UtUe -Ungo" all by heart: and, no matter how many tlmee he told it, it waa al- 'wayatoe aame. 'When he had hlablaoUog ready for market, be took aday'a time to get iSs story down to dote; then he stsrted forto wlto bright hopea of soddoi wsalto loomtog np betoie-hUn. But hare I mut digreaa a Uttle to tall .abont one fault which Bllaa bad—to teot. a fault poasasssd by a great many people af toe present sae, vte„ a love of akohol, duuted to variona ways. TbU love ot toe "critter^* pnt BUss to many embarraaalng psaitlons, one of whleb I ahaB try to abow up. On thte partlctilar momtag "SUa'' had ovsrehatged himself wlto hte favorite bevsiage; and, aa he monnted tbe atepa' ot hte first stopping-place, bte movemente were .anythtog but ateady. But, attar ringing toe beU. he managed to get hlmaelf toto a nearly nprlghl position, and toa lady who answered tbe beU waa greeted wlto a barangne aomethtog sfter tbte pattern: . "Uomlng, ma'm {kScl. I am totrodneteg a prepa- ratten of [kic\ plumbago. An Invaluuble arUkw]. de for pnttteg a brUllant and laatlng [kic] poUah oa ato'vaa." Here ba wandered off to hte patant alareh. "It la wanantadto be saparior to the best nia Troy lanndry-aterch tor leavtoga dear white and floasy appeaianoa on Unan or [Mel cotton fabriea. 'or mending broken obtoaware, glass or crockery thlsrAicI vementls uneqnded. ItJs known to the pabllo {me} ss emmerlns—to eoour tin, eoppec b: or ztoo wlihont toe use of [hie} water. ' A few drops of toe Uqaid sppUed to a oom or [AiclwartwlU ro' move grease spote, staina or mlldsw from silks, saUns, or vdvete, give lone to the stomach, and nnt toeUver to good, bealtoy act(kic]lon. It tea vary Jhie} comprehensive work; ma'm—aU toe princlpu evente of ancient .and [Aie] modem htetory con- densed, apd placed before yon insnch a mannsrtoat any piie} cbUd cani luderstand them; and ite opfr- atlon is f simple. Ton bold tha knife to'your right t*>c>hand. 'and toeaharpn'er In toe left, draw tbe knife ttom NKc] heel to point acroas toe ated Wc} cntteia, andyou bavea keen, razor-Uke edge. Then look at toe extra [Aic] toducementa we offer.' Besides thte large. slxte«n-paae paper, we give as a pramldm to every aubscriberfor one year tocsetwo besutifal [hit} obromos, representing Bummer snd Wteter, at toe nominal anm of [hie] three doUara per year.** ' Here toe honee-deg, wbo bad been a sUent Uiten. er.to the Incomprehensible Jnmble, sppeared to totok it about dms'to let hte preasnce be known; eohefaatenedhlmaalftotoehaU«>Iea afmte*a pan- taloons. This had the effect ot brtogtog Bllaa to hte s'jises, snd wlto a bowl of agony be bounced off tbe atoop and want-tearing down toe street, wlto a fla< of tmcs finttaring out ficom beneath hte ooat-teUs. The dog waa left on toe porch.'.'wxeatllna wltoa good-atead pleoa of woolen cloth. GARRICK'S DRAMA TIC TASTE- Guriok, todependently of hte special art, waa a clever, cnltivated man; bnt toe fever ol areetlessself. tove wss to his blood, and he aacrifi'ced hla antooia on an Aides. He klUed tbe Uvtog and mntUslsd toe dead. In,"HamIet** he oat down whatevar aoeaea he tocnght toeffeotlve for hte glory, and took toto hte own part favt>rite paaaages bdonstog to toa other ebaractera. In toe nme jpirit he de<nded "Blchard m*' to • aertea"o( ataga-damon/aad ean- edtoXateandOolemaatbglvahlma Uvelyendtog for " Kin g T< ia r ." The grand daya ot toe drama an ^ten talked of wlto reverence, when ■ Johnaon. Bnrke and Ooldsmlto were the treqaenten of the toeatre, and Oarrick' waa toe tragedian; - bnt toey were aetnaUy the grand daya of thA 'ptej. ''.•a. ..opposed to. tooae et toe poet.' If. Oar- HoVe . testo te to be Judged by toe tragedies Brensht npon toe stsge dnrina-bte tima, 11 mat' be pfsaonncea lowTtodeed. 'Before tbte period thsrelbad .beea at leaat a great deal ot Utorarr merit engaged to dramatte prodnoUons. which prevented them ftom being totaUy worthleaat- Smtoent antoora, dtoonah toey did 'not prove toemaelvesto|)e eminent drsm'aUsts,.yet acaftorad through thste playa aome aparka at tdant: It wonld. be impossible to read Addteon'a "Oato'.'wltooot toe oonvlotloo th^t. Ite. writer waa no common man— atognltrly sooompUshed even In tedium—or to peraae Bowe's "Jane Shore" 'without regretttog that ite author- had nob- anlBclenrsanalbmty «~i imagtoailve power to prodnce aa good a drams aa he coald asCsgs-plsy; bnt there te nothtog to hope or feiz from Gsrrlek's pet writers.—TsiTle Bv, Tex Fnn AisB op Gmuar. Qerrasny sends an nnally toto toe for-market ahout UO.OOO fox-aktoa of which 3^000 oome from Bavaria and ai.OOO from Pmaala. Ofotoerabtoaheraverageannntlprodaoe te lao 000 ptoe martens, M.eoo stone martens, aao 000 pde-oate, 8.000 otters, 8,000 badgats, and fiOO.OOO hare. aktas; whloh laat an nsadbytba felt-bat mskam. I THE LAST YEARS OFSTEPHEN C.FOSTER wsmxir voB vbb sxw vorx ourrss, BY JOHN MAHON. Tbe sketoh antiUed "The Minstrel Melodist" in Thx Cuppib of March 3, thongh extremely well written, contains a few Inacooradee. which, wlto tbe permladon of the editor, I propose to correct in tote artlde. And also to add some remlnlicences of toe Isst two or three yean of the Hie of Stepben Col- Uns Foster which osme under my own penonal ob- servation. The flrat time I heard any of tbe melodies of thte tmly gifted msn wss to the Antnmn ot tbe year ies2 to Patraa (the Motes), Greece. I had retired from toe 69to Begiment ot Britteb Infantry to 1660,. to Malta, and, after aome atmgglea to civU life, I Waa ofBrted a position aa clerk to a ahlp-cbandlor In Fatras, at a sdsry which to New Tork wonld eoarcdy keep me In aboe-teatoer, but^ which to Patraa or Mdto waa considered princely. The captain and owner of one ot the EngUah aohoonara which were eonslgnsd to' my employer was a wedthy man, and ksd hte wUp and famUy, 'wlto a lady's maid, on board. One eventog toe oaptato and bte family were tovited to tea by my employer—wbo waa also an Zngltebman—and dnttog toe eventog tbe captato's wlte,''|rho waa an exoellant plantet, eatutatosd lu wlto aome good miulo. Baddenly, tumtog to hte two aons, wbo were sbont the ages of ten and twdve, he aald: I "Come, sing one of those beantlfol mdodlea which game onttoLondon before we aaUed." i Tbe boya' obeyed, and, .accompanied by todr mother, atmok up "O Buaaianata, Don't Yon Cry tor He," and on being encored by toe company tbey sang *'UndeNed.** Borne months after,.when'tha cor- snt-seoson was over, I retomed to Udta.' and one day atroUed up the Plaaaa Beale to see toe guard- ttooptog, which alwaya took place to Aront of toe Oovamor'a palace, and whidi te dmUar to that yoa dall "beating off" In toe ."United Btetas. .The qalok march by toe band on that ooeaaloa waa "O Soaan- nah'l" and I 'wrote the air down afterwards t^m memory, and kept It by me. raaUy baUevlng it to be an Englteh song, for dl' 'poor Foater's melo- dies were lepabllabed to England wltoout even hte name on the tltte-page. I arrived to Amer- ica in 1SS3, and dntins the voyage bom Malta, an board toe bark 'WUdflre of Boston, bssrd tbe aiaUon slug many of Foater's songs, eapeddly "Way Dcwn npon toe Bwanee Blver," a aong which impressed itsdl npon my memory ever alter flrom hearing it sung to ISM by toe tete Jamee Ltogard, at Pnrdy's Natlond Theatre, to Chatham etreet, in toe character of Uncte Tom, when Mlas Cordelia Howsrd wss LItUe Evs, ber motoer Tepsy, and her tetber St. Olalr,* I to IKl, I think it was, I waa atandlng In Wlndast*s riMtonrant, to Park row, one day, wlto one or two other joumaltete, when my attention was attracted by a abort man, each ss te described lo Tns Currxn article, wbo wss very neatly dressed to a blue swal- low-tailed coat, binb alikhst, and-eo-forth (tha and-ao- forto I forget). Tnte gentleman walked, up to the bar, took hte drink, and waa tumtng away, when Ur. B. F. Birry, thebarkeeyer, whtepered to me: I "That laStepbenOjFOeter,toegreatsong-writer I" and totrodiued myasjf.aad I mart aay that I fonnd him meet eocid and oonversattend. He eujeyed my entonalaam very mnoh, waa pleaaed when I to- trodnced him to peopl^eif note; buiagteed with ma on a slgnd, t>y which I^ndersfood when he did not wteh to be known. Thb slgnd was a careleaa clap- ptos of. toe handa three times, snd when I hawrd tost I dmply Introdaced him ss Mr.Foster- I took him to my reddence and totroduced him to my tamUy, and nearly aU bte latest songs were com- S»sed upon my piano. At toat time he bparded at . totok) No. S3 Greene atreet, wlto bte wife and Utltedanghter Marianiwbo waa about dght years dd. The bosrdtog.hotse waa kept by a Ur. and Ura. Stewart. From that time nnttl about a month before hte deato Foater and I vera dmoat tosepsrable. In iseshewssattheweddtog of myoldeat daagbter,' and playeif and aang saverd of nte own pieces on toat oecadon, at wtalu aeverd theatricd Ilghte were present, todudtog Otorge O. Boniface, Mrs. Boni- tkce, snd her sister. <tos Isto Eats Newton), and otoera whoae nameall now iprget, except, toat toa late John Nunan'waaonc, and Mr. Joaeph P.Beach of The San anotoer. He told me a great ded of hte early oareer, and tare I regret toat I mast tear away toe veU of romBce; and abow toe nakad reaUty. Qe artlde aaya: "The Old yolks St Vome" branght blm InorerSUMOO tern Mith, Pond A Co It baa been aald that B-P. Cbriily paid him Ubenlly to ajow that mteitrel'a name to appear on tbe latter'a bllU a tbe aatbor of aome of the aooii written by Foater. bare no proof at band that . I nameevirai apf-*—' ' and amblnona way ti wbl to appear la eonaeetuo with the aon Cbrlsty'B name erir a> appeiCred eicepi In tbe eqnlrooal " ■ "ileh anj ■ ■ , .. .. Ih the aons amfrl." <WeU, I wlllfnmlih sood ana aaOlcleni proot cop. earning oaeaonn at leaaL) " any alnser*a name la liable beUcaltednpOB to aaOlclenl proot coa- „ E. 1*. Cbrlaty'a name waa, howaTcr.on tbe tlta-pajte ol one edition of the maalool Old Folks at Home;''and lor this atveitliement, whether or not It waa eevomed aa to imply anthorablp. It la ad- mitted by the meadi or Poalar that Cbrlity paid taOII." WeU, 'toe trienda of Foater * *'admltted" more than ever did Fdter himself. Long before I knew Foster I saw a mna to Flzto & Pond's (then on FtankUn aqaare) called "Tbe Old Eolka at Home, worda and miuto ky E. P. Ohriaty" (It might be, per- hapa. •■ Writtenanl composed by E. P.£hruty**), bat, as I resd.lt. It oeitalnly "ImpIIe d'*ttot only "anthor- ablp," but "eoppbsership*'^ dio Uf I may uae tha tam),to rar.nuopbtetloated mtod. One night, wUIe dttug to my apartmente, toen at SU Henry *reet, my wife sakco Stephen If he knew "The OldFdks at Home." ."By ■," to.replied, "Ianonld think I ought, for I got n.MO. (not tU,000t, mtod) for It from Ffrth. Fond kOo. ' not a tltoe of what Foster got hte better daya, 'waa sUU eondd- ered very bandaome; and thte "atone which the bnildera (Pond k Co.) rejected" became very popater. Babseqaently toe tete Thomss D. SnlUvan composed brUUant vartetiona for thte aong, and it te a favorite to thte day. Hte next waa one of hte flneat, and wss named "Onr Wlllte Dear la Dying;" next "UtUe BaUe Blair;" and toen foUowed "When toe Bowl Goea Bonnd," "A Thou- sand UUea Irom Home," and ma- ny otoera, some of which have been but recenUy publiahed by Daly, and which were not pnb- Itehed during hte lifetime. "There te No Bach Girl aa Mtoe," and otoers were sIso among hte teteat prodnoUona. 1 have seen blm stop to toe street, take a pencU out of bte pocket, mark a ateve on hte left thnmb-naU, and write three or tour Btarttog notes. "'What are yon dotog 7" I would ssy. "'?niy, John," he wonld reply, "toere te so mnch mnalo rnnntog tbrongh my biato tost I will miss It unless I put a note or two down to jog my memory." Tes, snd some of bla mostjbeau- tifal songs were composed from such reminders. But toe money thus ploked up did not last forever, and I wae StlU withont steady employment. One day, when we were down again (for to tbe meantime I did my best for him, hte wUe and chUd havina been eent home), he sent me to bte bosrdtog-house to brtog a package ot letters ttom bistmnk. One of these wss from Dltson & Co. of Boston, to whom he had written some yeara bdore offering to write for toem, al- toongh he was then in tbe ser- vice ot Pond & Co, and ot l-oo & Walker. A porllon of that letter ran thna, aa nearly aa I can re- member ; "We would gladly ac- cept your offer, Jor you an (As teit tmg-vriier of thii »T any oihtr coufllry; bnt It te contrary to professiond etlqnetto to do so wbsn yon are excluelvdy oncsged by snother firm." Anotoer letter showed nim to be In Pond & Co.'e debt to a comparatively large amonat. Anotoer was an auto- graph letter from Alice Cary, and anotoer mm tVaahlogton Irving, all ot which he gave me to read, for he bad no secrete from me. todeed, at one time he mentioned some dellcatematleraatWindnst's.ae I toonght too pnMloIy,and both mysdf and Thomas D- BuUlvan rebuked blm toerefor. Bnt tbe letter he wanted was one from George Wsshlngton toProfeesor McDoweU (Mrs. Foater'e grmndlather or grandnnde, f forget which). In relation to Mr. Oastte. who wss imder tost gsntleman*s toitlon. This letter, and thoaa from Alice Cary and Wasbtogton Irvtog, he reqneated me to seU; I took toem fiiat to Ur. Greenwood, Bamnm'a manager, but be made me no offer, and I wdked into Wtodiut*a. WhUe toere I got Into eonvenatlon with an Eplacopd clergy- man, labo invited me to drink aomethlng; and while slttteg to one ot toe boxes I showed him the letters. He was most enthnslssUa. snd at onee offered me tlO for Washlngton*a letter and $3 for Wasbtogton Irvlng's, bnt wonld not teke AUee Osry's. I took the money snd bronght It to Foster, who wsa mnch fileased. Some time stter bte desto bte brotoer-to- aw wrote to me claiming the letter ss hte property, snd I deeply regret tost I conld not remember even the nsms (a German one) ot toe clergymen. All I know now te that Foater told me he sent toe money to bis wife. It may be so, althongb I do not think ahe needed it, for I learned ahe waa doing weU some- whsre to Fenusylvante as a tdegnph-opeiator. One evening, after I got into bnalnesa sgdn, I wss sent to report a temperance reception to toe Bow- ery, wlilch wea held under toe anapiees of Mr- Daniel Walford of tlite dty. I took Foater with me. and he gave me toe aland agreed on; so I simply In- trodocsd him aa Ur. Foster. One peonllsrity ot his waa that, wbUe he oonld remember toe mnalo of aU hte eongs, he could never remember toe 'words. Dnrtog toe evening ringing was to order. Now, Foster had not a pnmo-tenore voice. Hte voice waa not oertainly fltat-claas, bnt hla stogtog waa fair; ao I asked him to sing toe only song whoss words he oonld recollect—"HardTimea ComeAgdnNo Moie." He commenced. . '7ety Uttle notice was taken of toe first few bars, but as he proceeded he threw such patoos into hte voice, eapedaUy when he came to the words: "There'a a poor lltUe maiden who weepe her Ufa away," that toere waan't a dry eye in toe room. Every voice waa hnshed. AU crowded nund him; and, as be osme to toe chorns: "■TIa lbesonx..'llstbeal|bortbe weaiy. Bard llmea I hard timea come again no more: Uany daya yon haTe lingered around mv cabin-door— Oh, bard timaa eome asaln no more." toere arose, snob a burst ofmdodyftem toeunto- tored.tmasIcaUy, I mean) mate and famda 'volcea ^eaent aa I never heard before or stoce. It plessed "^ohn," sdd -he to me. "I rdease yua from your promlae; yon may totrodnce me to my tme ohsrao- ter.*' I totrodncad him to Mr. WaUord and one or two ladies, and.by his peonisdouUr,Walford totro- daoed him to aU la these words: X.adlea and ceallemen, you hare heard that beaatlfnl •ons to-night ions with a depth ol feeling lo which we have been noaeenatoraed; hot yon will ccaae towonSer wby It IO moved ua all when I (ell you that be who iang It Iv tbe author and compoiernot only ot that, bnt ot some of the aneitaonsaeyar written, ol wblob "The Old Folks al Home," "Willie, We Bare Mlased Yon." and oiben vfll nerer ceaae to stir tha bearers' hearts. Permit me to Inirodnce tbe celebrated American poet and mnalcd com- poser Stephen C. Foater. One moment of sUeaoe, amoonttog dmost to as- tonishment, eneaed, and toen such a deafening cheer arose, boto ttom men snd women, ss my pen caimot deecribe. Handkerahlete waved, and obeer after cheer foUowed, whUe toe numbera who mahed to grasp blm by toe hand aeemed to embamas him condderably. It was, to faot, a perfect ovation; and, altoongb toe peopte were aU temperate, I beUeve that aomethlng etronger than lemonade was impro- vised somewhere for Foster and myself dnrtog toe recess. I should have ateted that tbe lettara atmve d- luded to ttom AUoe Cary and Washington Irvtog were mere anawets to an offer, apparently made to each ot them, to send them Wssbtogton's tetter. Ir- ving "s letter ran somewhat like tbte: Mr Dub Sir : I recelred yonrs ot the , and aball he very happy Indeed lo rveelve the original leilcr of Qeo. Waahlnglon, which yen ao kindly olTer to aend me. Toors truly. WisancroM lansa That of Miss Gary wss aimllar to atyle. If he bad any otoer letter ttom Irvtog, be never showed or even epoke of it to me. Aa regards bte bdns connected with Preddent Bnobanan, I can conftem toat from Ilia own Upa, for he otton boasted of therelstlonshlp to me. Some people have etaled to me toat Foetorcodd not WTlto mnsio—that he merely whUtled hla alia, snd got otoera to write toem down. Nothtog could befartoerfrom toe tmto. He not only wrote, bnt arranged bte mnsio, and dso wrote his words. / bima, for I have seen blm do so. Parhspa the last mnsio he ever wrote waa toe piano accompanlmente -to a piece of mine cdled •'Onr DarUng Kate," which waa 'Written (worda and mnste)tor ths late Mlsa Kate Newton. The drenrnttanoea under which he re- qoeeted me to tet blm arrange toe aocompanlment wen very patofal todeed. He waa suffertog from sheer went st toe time; snd, dtoongh I offered him money for what he wanted (a bed at toe New Eng- land Hold, where he waa aelzed with toe iUneaa whleb'proved unexpectedly fatel), he relused it tinleas i wonld let blm amnga the song, whloh I gladly did. UadamDemorestTthecdebratedaiodfttt, pdd me a handsome snm for it, and published It to her niagnrine for Mareh, UtS. Some, too, have aeonsed Foster of plsgtarlim. Ths late Bam Sharpleyonce told me that bla'wife waa an exoeUent madden, and bad an dd book of Sootoh aongs, whloh they used to dress up to rach j a manner aa to make toem appear origlnd. It Mn. ••'Whw •* aaldi; "TtowMOId ttiat'bef WaSnatS • Foster waa a mnddan, I never knew It. More, from ,JHiJ?r?L7P5?-5t'irJ?f.r.??.7. my ehort aeoadntansawlto bar. I da not heUev. P^ Ohriaty.toe wthu and comoosar?' •'Oh, no, Jeto," repUedhe, langblng.. "Ohrtety paid me filteea doUan (not iMO) for aUowtog hie name to appeal astbs autoor and oompoaer. ' I did ao on eondltlon that after a csrtato Umei hte name shonld be nperseded by ray own. One hundred tbonsand copies of the first eilltinn were soon sold, for whloh I reodved a roydty of two cente per coBT, and received tl.lOO In tbe aame way for '.Willie, We Have Missed Ton.' Bnbaeqaently I sold ont my rojaltles, and have now a contract to ttuuteh Pond wlto t)rdve aonKB ayear, fo^w^teh X. retdve tfOppwannna>.'P~~~ » ouion Ol a portion dl to. ab^.I rfc-* ^'S^S^^'" ^ annnB.-payabla montUy^at and I'havVils HAb dori'to famish ds flongB'' nnm .t.o Lee Jb my iiioomo ns^ In oonflrmttleu member having a oonvarsatlon ftito Ur^Pond dterwards, ilfwhloh that genUeman Bid to tea: "Why; I paid him iwo ihoutand doUhrj'fo'r ^Tbe Old Folks at Some.' " One of toe pieces isamposed far Lee & Wdker was a dost called "The Uoomlnj Heart," which he tanght my yonngast dsnghter (toen abont ten years old) to atog wlto blm. T^' girl, who was' ■fterwarda the wife of an actor named W. J. Gross of Lanniaha'a .company,-new to tos Blsok HUte, died on March 11, IBTS, to Mexico. An ohittury notice' ot her, 'Written by one ot tbe oompsny, appeared abont May of that year in Tbs Curpan,' She was known protaalonally aa Annie Uahon. Thk OunsB apesks of ChrlaUne. tUlsson dnglng •Hia Old Fdka a* Home" at Stdaway HaU. At one ol ber conctrte to toe same haU, M. Tleutempa played "WUIle, We Have Mlaaed You" (anotoer ot hte pteoae), wlih splendid vartetiona on tne violin. ' He onee wld me tbe Uitory of "Comrades, FlU Ho Glass for Ue.*' It waa very toteroattog, but Irer. 2ret I bsT* bigottan It, Later to Ufe, poor -feUow, e, perlispK had too many flUed for blm.'' But "ira ■torteit nui bemM." 'Oia bUlov ot f.'JeniiLle*a .Coming OTar.tha Oreea' he aIao.tcId ma. . It -waa aDmewhat.Iiuny. It ap- peaza that ha admired a yoang girl named Janiue (platonte. or eourae), and promised to write a song ~>r bar. Be did ao, and began it tooa: Little Jennie's aeventasn; FalTerlDim waanevsraasn, I,lfe and araee are Id Aar m en. whydoIloTO hereof MtUM,Fostsr didnotIIke.siicba pototed aUu aten to tba yuoag lady Vage, so be.toanged tha flat Una to ' - • ■ 'Jeasle'a eomfng o ei'the grees." I heard Mra. W. J. Florence alngthte song bsantl- toUy one ndght at WaUaek's Old Theatre, on Braad- way. I now have to eome to a tarn in theltlde of poor Foater's Ufa, Il>dtevel have already ateted toat he.wTOto and etmiposed most of hte Istest songs'to myrooms. to Bsniy street- One ot toese. and a moat beautlfnl one—"Our Bright, Bright Bofflmer- daya are Otme"-lie took to Fend, who relbaed It for aome reason or otoer, and It male him leel vary defpondentt for about tote time Lee fe Walker had ceased employlnR him to eonaeonsnee of hard Umas. I waa than "under ths weatoar' myself, and I re- member one eventog, when we were both pretty "bard up**—todeed, neitoer of na had a cent, and I had a family beddsa—auddenly ha aat down to tbe piano. "John," add be, "I haven't time to write a new aong, but I think I can write 'Our Bztght, Blight Bummer.dBya are Gone' Irom memory." Be aat down, and wrote toe worda and ranate fkom 21'SS'l'^^'Ji*. ""^nd yiddef Oermsny te only memory to about aa boor and a half. 800.000to^OOO.OOBto Flaaoe. 13teaklaa of 4tXtJ0U I "lUe tb ' domsatle oats eompMa tka Ust. tbte nnnd to paly," old ha. "and take I what lie"*IU glT* yon." ray abort acqnatotanoe wlto her, I do not IwUeve she knew a note of miule. At aU eveata, I Jmom hte lator aonga were not compoaad from any Itook, but were oertdnly peaned down in my poor apartmente, and aome to my vary preaance. StiU there waa a great aimllarity between aome ot hte plecea and aome EngUsh and Scotch -songs, as for Instance "WlUle, We Have Mlaaed Too," and "Jock of Haale- desn (Scotoh); '.'Undo Ned" snd "The Tired Sol- dler" (English), tots latter "Adagio;" "Gentle An- nie" and 'fAnnle Lanrie,** and otoers. Stan "The OU FOlkii s< Home," It wss charged to hte tkce at one time, was extremely like an old sacred piece of Haydn. Bnt he sssnred ma tost be never heard toe pieces to qneaUon. On tbe contrsry, hs ddmsd If **John Brown" wsa his "Ellen . and that tbe Idea of Boot'a "Old Folks Are Gone" waa taken from hte "Old Folks at Home.** In bte early oareer be never (so be told me) wrote mneic to. any other .person's words, or vice versa; and, botora menda aa we were, he wonld not pot m^b to worda ot mine. On one occasion only did he devlato ttom tbia nie, and that waa to compoatog ~modo for toe aong'"Partoenla to Ingomar," eom- mendog l; Deal with me kindly, cheer my ynuBs heart to hie tetter days, however, he depuM eondd^ enbly from this mie, on the pttoolple of Ifcca- tiUu nm habtt legem; and toere are many pleoes ex- tent written byaoraa poeta of toa day whloh bear toe legead In January, 18M, I waa compdledl^ to consequence ot severe lUness,. to psrt wlto Foater and enter toe pay-ward of BeUeme aospltd. On toe lOto of that monto I lost my wife,, toe motoer of my obUdren. On-tos ISto-myfrtend died to toe same boepltd snd I knew not that ha waa even to toere. toe fint totlmaUon I bad o( Ui death bdnk a staoit aoeoant of bte fnnenl to the papers. I oertdnly was sorry, tori Uked , bim mnob. Bat I knew not that he waa tofve..aad I aaw him not. Wdl, "peaoe to bte nmnas I We < eonld hav« better spsred a better' Cne ot toe most beautUo] songs which Foster •ver wrote was •'Ihidar toe WiUow She's Bleaplag." Ite; htetory, aa often told me by himself, tesa fol- lows: Hla Uttledaagbter, Marian, bad ber motber'a aatmmhatr and fUr complexion, and be dearly loved toeohlld. One day ahe was mtesed from tbe domes- tlo clrclo for eetverd'boara, and oonaldermble darm was manlftwtad by the parente. . Search waa made in every direction, and at length toe fatoer fonnd bar, deeping .trader a wlUow-lree at aome dlataace from toelr reddence. He etood a few momente, as ir apeUbonnd. watohlnR *'toe beaatlfnl vlalcni " aa he caUed it. and aidaimeds - Vender iba willows ■he's lal'l with care I" and . twfon awaking bar skatobed toe first notes o tbe melody on hie tonrab-naU, ss was hte wont' Aye, snd often he eang thstradody to my rooms, being pir41ealarly patheUo to toe first Une of tbe cboras: "Fair, fair, and gdden kalr." Onee my wife aald to blm: ' "WeU, I think, Mr. Foater, It waa a strange Ihtoa for yon tpwrito thatsongulf It ware a lament for a dead child. "Ah I" add be, "1 then for the first time resUzed toe eiteaordinary beauty of my Uttle darUng, and toonght what a horror it would Into me it I had found her dead toatead of asleep. Bnt In toe line S?" • 'SS" ™' dartingUea dieaming' 1 abow my 5r"filJS» poetical, and may be an. dentood ellher of daSto orofelaep.orofbolh." pae nljbt hesndlwent toNewsrk anddropped toto a vailely show, whloh waa aadar the maaan. < Dent of a New Toik gsallamaD named UbOarthy, who had maidy got tbe thtogap far hte ownamuM- raeat. Bhortly alter we arrived a young tody ratered and mag "Fhlry BeUe." FOatar wis aot«- aUy wUd wlto ddlght. ••Why, John," add ha to mo, "tteio; she te dng- togone of my songs—no slgnd tonight, J^. sUndtog to OUT sgreemsnt'Wlto regard to uttoaae. tlon. "Ton must totrodnce ma." .... . I happened to know toe manager, and did totro- dnce him tiehtod the aoenoa, whara, I need not aay, bte recepUon waa moat entonslsstte. Msny of Foster's songs wlU nsver be known. Ho wss oonstanUy getttog np somelhtog new. soine at which never got beyond hte "thnmb-aaU.'' But, reaUy, adiher toe autoor of "CUpper Beriea No. Yn" nor myself hss given toe tllles of a titoe ot toem. I write almply from memory, Imt I have written nothtog tor toe troto of which I cannot per- sonslly vouch. •We have ne record thsl thsae fbnr "v«r aroeaw^d toj feiber at the Chatham Theatre, te "Unsle TOm's CMbin," a 1U«. O.C.Howard withdrew ssSLCUIresrIy In Ibe Autamn of 184S. as slao did the late Oreene O. Oennon as Dnde Tom. The anlbor probably aaw Bows (J. B.), and not Howard, ptejteg BL Clair to LlDgard's Tom.—ED, ''"we*fai«e that Cbrlaty'a name bad ao sppaarsd, bol wonld not iiate It as a fkit. because we had no proof ol It: and we have ooaetnd prool of It yet.—En. Otirra*. ftho Annual CydopKdIa." Vol^IV, aaya: ''Firth, Pond ACo.paldblmorerSIS.liODan 'Old Folks at llnmo' alone—tba molt proBlable piece of miiale erer publiahed In this country. B. P. Ohriaty paid Foeier •»* for prirllege of having hli name printed on one edition ol this song." Thla was publlihed In ISCA It baa been re- printed many ilmea aince. It WlU potalblr be reprinted In the year SOW. Tbe alteuilon ol Cbarlea A. Dana ot Thr Sun, aa wall'aa ot Anplelon A Co., la raapectf uUy called to the above matter.—Bo. OiirrsB. THE FOLACCA QUERBIERA. A. Xteoolleotlozt of Olo Bull. The Polacea Guerriera was fint conceived St Na- 8l6S, done at midnight, gazing on Ut. 'Yesnvins, aming throngh the darfcneas. Ole BaU went to Bome soon stter, and carried toe vague ooncsptlon in bis mind, intending to arranse It toere, and bring it ont at his flnt concert. At Bome hs shared toe apartment of a tdented young artlat, wbo became warmly atteebed to blm. The tetlmate relation be- tween mndc and pdnUnit waa a favorite toeme with this yoting man, and to toe mnriclan toe eeunds ot an orchestra hsd dwsys snggested oolois. 'When he slept tete to tbe raomtog, ths arttet would often rouse talm by saytoa: "Come, Ole, get op snd ptey to rae 1 I can't pdnt unless yon play to rae.'* Betog urged and nrged, be would at last shske off bte drowstoess. and, bdf-dressed, begin to pisy. Tbe vloUa wonld soon abaorb bim, tUl sn exclama- Uon from toe patoter broke in upon bte reverie. "Ah, dear Ole, give me that oneemore. Itissncb a brilliant red I" or-Play that agato, dear Ole. Itte snob a heavenly bine.** Tborwaldsen, who 'was toen to Bome, loved Ole BnU 'With moat devoted affection, and deUghtod in bis genias. These irisnds, of coune, felt a deep in- terest to his sucoess. From dsy lo dsy they wonld ssk whether be bed done snythlng towsrds oom- pletlng the Polacea. His snswer dwsys wss: "No:bntI<Ad< dolt." As the time for tbe concert drew nlgb, toey re- monatrated agatoet snob dsogerons delay. "How can yon be so osrdess of yonr fame, Ole I" sdd Tborwaldsen. "Do try to hsve thte new piece done to sesson; if not for yonr own sake,atleast for mtoe; for. Independent of my sffectlon for you, you know I cldm yon ss a oonntiyinaa, and my pride ol country te at stske."* The concert wss adverlisad, and toe Polacea waa in toe prooramraa: atiU It had no extetenoe except to toe mnddan'a aoiil. "Bate you Written that mudol'* sdd Thorwddsea •'Are yon crazy 7'* toqnlred the patoter. Bnt be would torow bis srms srouud toem, and laugh and Jeat, as If hla mndcd reputation con- cerned everybody more than It did himself. Tbe day before tbe concert his friends were to despdr when toey saw him prepare to go ont aftor breakfast. "Havs yon written any of that mndo 7" add toey entreattogly. "No, ray dear friends, bat I hsve It aU here,** plied be, pteytolly wuching bis forehead. Tbey nrged that toe concert waa to 1>e toe next day, and that toe piece ranst t>e rdiesrsed. "I 'wiU do it thte eventog." sdd be. "You are an impmdent man," toey replied. "The pnbUo ot Bome wUI not bear auch treat- ment. You will mske a eomplete tdlnre." He langhed. and coaxed toam caiesdagly act to be tronbled on hla aoooont. The evening was fbr spent when he retnmed. The arttet to andoua tones ssked: "Dear Ote, have yon done anythtog abont that miulo?" "No: I have not had time." "Well, do est abont it tbte moment." "Oh. I cannot; I am ao tired that I mast go di- rectly to bed.** to vdn toe arilst remonstrated snd entreated. A eplrit of mischief bad taken possession of tbe way- ward mlnstrsL He plunged into bed, and soon pr^; tended to be sound asleep. Tbe young man njsd' the bsblt of tdktog to himself: snd ss he listened to toe bsss-sdo of toe oount«rfbit sleeper, be mut- tered; "How eon he go to deep wlto nothtog dons abont toat mnsio? It te more tban I can comprehend. I wteb I could fed aa eaay about it aa he doea." He retired to reat early, and aa soon aa be 'waa tairly asleep Ole sprang out of bed, Ughted a can- dle, and Bt^iped sofUy into anotbar room, where he began to write down bis mndo wlto presUaalmo speed. Tbe outltoe had long been in his mtod, sad new toonghte tor toe fUUog-np csme 'with a ruab'of inaplratlon. He wrote sa that as tbe pen could fly. At four o'clock toe seora for aU tbe orcbeatnl parte wss written ont. For bte vioUn i>srt he trasted to his own wonderful memory. Hsvlne arranged dl, he crept qaletly back toto hte bed. The artist, who wss sn early riser, soon began to stir. Ole breatoed sonoroiuly. aa if he were in a deep aleep. "SUUsdesp r* murranred bte friend. "As quietly as if toe ranalo were aU ready for toe orebeatra. ' wish we were safdy tlireagh thla avanlng." It waa not long before his anxtety took a more a^ U ve forra. He began to abake the eleeper, ssytng: "Ole. do wake up, and try to do aomethtog about that mtido." Bat be only obtdned the drowsy anawer: "Oh. I cannot, I am so very despy " 'Yexed and dteconnged, tbe patoter went to bte easd and add no raore. At breskfsst Ole waa toU of ftra and froUo; but Thorwddaea and toe arttet wereaomewhat impatient wlto what they deemed eneh toonahUess trifltogwith pnbUo expaetetien. "Ton wIU come to ray eoacert to-night, wlU yon not 7" sdd ths misehie'vous mnddan. In dismd tones toey replied: "No, Ole: we love you too weU to wltoess your disgrace. Take It aa Ugblly ss yon plesse. bnt yon raay be sssnred toe pubUo of Bome will not bear such trestment." "Oh, do come," pleaded toe musician coaxtogly, "Just a UttI^ liUIe within toe door; and toen, whu I am disgraesd. you csn easUy sUp away." Tb«r would not premise, however, sndhehnrried off to keep bte appotolment with tbe orebestrs. Ha hsd sn exceUent Iwnd ot ranalcisns. who conld ptey the most dliDenIt made with toe sUabtest prepsra- tlon. The nbsstsd went off to his completo sstis- tsotion. and be ntaraed to bte frienda ss gsy ss a lark. Hte apparent reekleaneaa made toam atlU more Bad. The dreaded eventog oame. The honse waa crowd, ed. Ole waa fnU of that joyful eonfldenee which Renins Is so apt to feel to efltadonstost have lost bunt freably from Ite overflowlrgfoantato. The or- chestra deUghted to toe comi>odtlon, snd nteyed It with tbdr-bearte. The briUlsnoy of toe toeme, and toe nncommoa Iteanty of ths cantabne. took toa au- dlenoe by anrprise. The novdty and marvdona dlfflcully ot the flnde, in wblch the violto done por- forma four dlsttoot parte, snd keeps up a contlna- ons shske torongh fifteen ban, completdy dectri- fled them. There waa a perfeet tempestof appteose. In toe midst of hla triumph, toe oompeoer. looking «« qnletand demure as passible, glanced lowarda the door. There stood Tborswaldaen snd toe srttet. Tbe latter bad a trtok of movtog to1>aeeo' from one dde of hte monto to the other whan ha waa exdted and plessed. It ms nowflytog f*om chlmk to cheek, slmoat aa rapidly as tbe vtolto-bow through toe conttonous shske of fifteen ban. The moment he left the alage hte frlenda mahed Into hte axma, exdolmtog: "Whan on earto did you do It 7 Only teU aa that Oh, it waa too beantlfol." '•Don't be so gay, ray dear friends." repUed be with mock gravity: "yon know toe public of Bome won't bear anoh trIlUng. 'Why did yon eome to wit- ness my disgrace 7" The next dsy aU Boms 'waa rlngtog wlto Dnteas of tbe Norwegian vioUnlat. ~" » •Norway and Deomark an teoladad under the aame Qoremment. MR. MERRY AND HIS BADGER The foUowing anecdote is rd'sted of toe fsraons Scottish turfman Mr. JSmes Uerry. whose deato we recently recorded. Hte favorite pastime to hte early days waa the pitting of a dog agdnst a badger. Be 'and hte obnm In sport, wbo became bte psrtoer in bustoess, proonred a celebrated badger that bad never been drawn by any dog. Some Edtobnrgb aportsmen, however,- aeht' a challange, and backed their dog agatoat too badger far wh at In thoae daya waassteemsdatnavyamonnt,'theanmot£100. The ownere of tbe badger aooepted tbe bet,'and toe flebt was to come off at LlnUthgow, haUway'between Glasgow and Edtobnrgh, on a certato day. lV>tha horror of onr sportemsn and bte obnm, the badger 'H??'.*'"'' ^'"^ °" dayjnst before toe day on which toe afldr waa to oorae off. To one of them toe £100 was a dead loss; bnt to toe otoer. who knew that toere waa hope even when toe dgna' ot Ufa wen gone, toere waa aomettitog yet to be doncL aa we know weU enonah toere alwaya fa to them who have a heart for any fate. So he took toe dead badger, placed him In toe weU-known box, pro- ceeded to tos trysUng-sIaca, prepared. U poeatole. to save if only a portion of tha money now tortklted On arriving at LlnUthgow toe men ot toe detanot badger had toelr hearte reUeved by leamtoa toat the dog-men had oome, but had not brought todr dog wito toem; toe warrior, however, would not tdl to appear toa next day.- Tbte was aeaonntad am opportune moment by toa companion of onr raarrr- heartod herotoprepMea eomptomlse. The merry one bade hte Iilend keep hte own conasel or vralt to hmr what the dog-patty mlgbt aay. Tbey dtoed tegetoer. the aU-aniantog and ndting toflu^nw of toe mneb-deslred Olyndeteb brand premottog a«)d- fellowBhlp and Rood-wfll. The dog-partybegaato bint at drawing the bet. ratoer toan" faylSg t!?d!.w the badger A Udi under toe table fk^hla friHd intimated toe anxtety be ftlttodoaeat oneeNrilh any terms that ratebt be offsred. That klok was aponded to by uother atUl raore vtgorona. PlnaUy ttie^aoken of tba dog offered XIO to caned toe bit. Kicking wsa again renewed; bnt oup hero nmdned firm. Ilka Horatlas, wbo kspt toe bridari^ w^ steadfast din In raiid. It wu at tenS iK^TSft toe dog.party shonld forfdt£Tt. ne^kiotes Mttfii" """"tenton" laeoUon was *>>lnW«'«r*'« got tos bettor o' ye thte Hme. Jsmle;^oardawg'a got the mange." * onr'tadgeJYd'Sdl'''""* *>»♦'""»««* the otoer; The moral of all tote la erident t<^ toe meanest ca- pacity. Neverny die. There are llmeo and occadou ''hen a d ead badger may be bette r tban a UvEsJrd^ We preaent our raaden wlto a portrdt of loi> Cora Adrlana, a pretty aad araoeftil ^acm wh?ai^' peMedtothtodtyto''ThelllSa<S?fSriLB«^ etd of the revivate of toat apeetade to NIb™a oS?r den. She enbseqnenUy appamd In-^ISiia^ Il'-'ISSIl^i 1?Z?. tte'5?Sit WM?, Gii*^ MUDOER'S EYES. WBRra roB ran xxw max ourraa. A dnteler vonce wbo long did r Taa rednrnlng back te hia own olt home. Hla ahoea vaa doady. hla abkln vas prown. Now, who knowd him der llrsd ven he abdrnekder Dernoddmanvashla friend sodear— itownt Day had dnnk logedder mnch aehoonen of beer; Bud der bodelmaa dldn'd knew him again. Be vas ao abaased mlt der rind and rain. Bo aray he vent mil a nod and a sbmlte Und aleedle alih for boud half a mile. By a Tindow blab bU abweedheart aat; Be ibmlled a abmole und remoord hla hat; Bud hla shwaedbeart dldn'd knew him again . Be vaa ao ahanged mlt der vted nad rain. Und aa he vanoend fnrder yet, BU poody soot ahaek mlt ate tean vaa vet. HU boar oil madder vas nlklog, do. In der werr abdned ho vas baadng dieuto. "BanaBwr** beaays; hud ahe fried mlt Joy AaabivWMrvdoodload: "MteoPrilxl mteepeyin Der viod und der rain km done vat dey vlU, Oil raoddar'a eyas vlU tool dsm shdllL OOtTT GooiK • Dot's Fraub. THE TELEPHONE. On Tneaday eventog, UarobS. mueled aonada were anccesstolly tranamltted by Pnf. EUsha Grey's telephone from Obicago to Detroit—a dtetanoe ol SM mUea—toe longeat elnnlt yet tried. Ur. M. O. EeUogg, who waa Ibe lecturer of toe oooadon, gsve toa foUowtog explanation of tde^onea, and the prindpleaon which toey work: The word "t«lo- phone," primarily, meana to make mndcd aoonds at a dtetance. In Ite secondary mesntog it te sppUed to toe appantoa whloh aends mnslod sounds tde- srsphlcdly by mesas of deotridty, deotrohmag- nettem, and certato aoouaUo appllancea. 'When noteea are repeated to regular order, at a certdn rate per second, toe result te a mndcd sound ot somsvdueor other. For tostanco, when a sound la repeated at tbe rato of 300 times per second toe result te a certato mnsicd note or aonnd, to Whlon a nams may be given. 'Whenever any otoer per- son prtMlnoea aonnd at tbe same rato per second he reprodneea tbte mudcd sound. Sounds r^ peated at toe rato of 000 timea per aeeond nrodaee anotoer mndcd aonnd. Sonnoa repeated at toe rate of TOO times per second prodnce stiU anotoer mndcal sound, snd so on. If a system on be devised so that a peraon to Oblawo can produce aonnds to Detroit at toe rato of 300, SOO. TOO, I.TOO. or any otoer number of ribntlons at plsasore, toe toeory of toe tdepbone, which' I have defined to mean tbe production of mnalod aonnds st a distance, hss iMen aecorapUshsd. Thte Ur. Grey baa done. How be has seeomplisbed tbte I shsU sttempt to ex- plato. Wo aU know toat, when a current of eleetrio- itypssses in many convolutions snimd a place ot aoft iron, toe iron becomee a magnet, or te endowed with magnetlo power. When toe current of deo- tridty la totermpted, toe power U loat. On tola ac- tion of natnrd forcea te based the nand application of deotridty to telegraphy and otoer usetnl aria. It was noMeed by Oharlea Grafton Page, a country- man of ours, wbo has great reputation sa an declrioiaD, aa long ago aa 1S31, toat at toe toetant when tbe iron of toe uectro-magnet waa magnetized toere waa a tond or aoimd, and an- otoer toad or aonnd at toe tostsnt when toe Iron was demsgnetlzed. All who are totoreated can find this menrioned in "TyndsU's Notes on Elsetri clty." repnbllshsd to thte conntry. It was aflarwuds no- ticed, by very oaretal measnnment, that toe bar of Iron la dongated when magnetized, and returns to Ite origtod length when demagnetized. Thte te due to moleoular aetlon, and te toe caiue of tbe tond or sound noticed by Page. Itte wdl known toat a man to Obicago can magnetize snd demsjgnetiae a piece of Iron InDetrdt by means of toe deotrio ourrent snd tdegraph-wtree. He csn toiu make toe molecnlsr tond or sound of which I havo spoken. IT he can magnetize and demagnetize toe iron and make tbe toad or aonnd at a given nto per aeeond, he ean nprodnoe to Detroit a given mudcd sound. By means of Mr. Grey's tzansmitter sppantus, whloh I ahaU hereaftor show yon and ezplato, he haa been able to' accompUah tote to great parfectlen. I Ml! now axplato toe rccdvtog appa- ntoa, 1^ whloh mndo played at a distance is made audible bare. It oonsteto of a large sonndtog-boz, on wlildi Is mounted sn dectro-msgnst of soltebte oeiutraotlon. The Im'x enlargea toe noise of toe toad or aonnd which takaa plaqe to mndcd rato to the Iron. Tbere .te stIU another prindple to- volved, of which Mr. Gray mahea uae. Imentloned toe dongation of toe Inn at toa time of magneUgA- Uott. Ur. Orey eongtmcte hli apparatus so that toe Iron gtrlksa toe box at each elongation. We have thna toe molecular tond and toe eoond of the flow combined, and toe sotmdtog-boz to enlarge and make audlbte toe otoerwtee mtonto aonnd. The transmitter, which U now In Chicago, and from which wm be ttanamltted tbe mndo you win hear te-nlght, oondate of a key-l>oard ot two oo- tevaa and a tnntog-bar, an deotro-raagnet and deottlo' ebealt Wlto the key ."C" te tbe bar toned to "O," wlto "D** the bar toned to "D,** eto- 'When toe keiy. "O" Is depressed, toe dectrto cur- rent ot toe locd battery at Chicago ante upon ite oerrespondtog eleetro-msgaet, which seUtoe bar "O** toto vibration, corresponding with ite fnnda- raents^ Tbte vibration conUnnes as long aa Ue key te depressed only. Eaohforirard nialionoftoa bar, by'meana of contaet-potote aultably arranged, pntetothe tdegnphllne from Cliicago to Detrcdi aa decbrlc-battery power. Each return of tbe bar takes th^ battery off. The vlbntten of the bar "0" tone teansmite lo the Une a number of electric Im- pulsee cui'ieepeudtogtalte'tondapientd. Tbaseact npon toe dectro-magnet to Detiolt to a number of timea corrcapondlng to toe fnndamsntd of the tontog-bar at Chicago, prodnctog muslcd sound to the rasnnfr'expldned. The key of '-D" acted upon 'Wfll pAidnce tos aoimd "D" to Detroit, and toe key "¥" the sonnd "P." If toe keys "D" and "F" are boto dspressed st toe same timo, boto sate of deotrio Impnlses extetto the wire at toe aame time, and both are made audtole by too reedver here. Owing to oompUcatloiu of deotrio cirouits, whteh It te net necessary to axplato, the apparatu foe transmitting tones te so constmeled that but one tone teput to wire at a time. In Mr. Grey'a ayatom of mnltlple traagmisdon ol .aonndalbr tela, gnpblo pnrpoaes aa many aa eight and sixteen tones havecoexteted toa wire at toe aame time, and aU have been received to perieot order at the reodvtog end. Professor BeU of Boston hss been worktog to toe ssme Add to some extent.. T ittrrly be has bean paytog attention to toe transaiilsaton.of vocd sounds telegnpblcaUy, and hte reaulte have been extan. d vdynoHcodln toe papen. Uany of the .prtaei. pies wUohUr. BeU employaaia ths aame as thaae which Mr. prey uses. \lr. Grey's toonghto wen early turned to toe dlreeUoa wbldi Ur. Ben haa re. cently taken. He did not foUow toe aubjeet H thoronghly aa he did the anbjeot of multiple trans- miedon, because be did not see toe altlmsto good which wsa to oune ttom it. If Mr. BeU devdops thtebrandiolthambleettopraetlod reaulte. lara ISfIV*E:,°"' 7"i.P« to give him cre&lt ttar What Monga to him. I mention Hr. Bdlbeeaase many have confounded toe labon of toa two, and U te well to boar tha difference to mtod. WHAT THE CLIFPEBS DID. Short Passages by Some of the Famou SalUng-TesBels of 20 Tears Ago. The appendsd communication to regard to fast teipatoAnstiallasppesxadtoa recent iaane ot TU Bot'on JounuMX. Several ol toeae passssea am qnlek- er than that reoorded In The Cl£per AlmSJraai we would like to know U the glTeTosi be properly sutoentleated: D 'JJ'i'JiSS' Toih 'or Kdboane Sept. as IMS, and te recorded sa havtoglJadrS pssssge In T3 dsya. " ^ «''^SSf!S^!^•fS^'^v!^•**<"» Hew Tork Deo. »1, IMS, srrivtog st Udbonme Manh 1. UBS. mah- ingthepaaaagel-TOdaya. . iooo.maa- ..i^^^.HW'i;^"'"'* *^ Tork May JO, USt arriTlog at Udbonme Aug. a. psmsa T* da-n "Whlrjwtod. Gdt, irom NeiTSaSk. Kansas. USS. arrived June 11. passsge TS daya. lol?"'^"*"*"'?'* MUogbamTSora New Tork Dee. t. J2Sl'.S*-'2S5'"^*• Haada/to 5"T«n» "Idlttag oa shore to a calm, Feb. isTMBh "Btogleadar. Uattoews, from Boston de*. H) IM*.atllelboumeJan,B.iws^diS^bat m Ai waa detatoed nmriv a ^ vk-Zi^^-_V !^ ^ O^fe^S d^y.*?^'''^"' ^"«-"' 1873.hrrlvlng ii^iS^ 4!,*" T*"^* make toe Meteys paasage about 83 days, toough on a previona vovua sbXm out flromNewYorklnei dSys, both vS^SStahS pssssges; but Isgaln remaik "h?y hS, tea?«! peatedly beatem'. I em tofarrasd the BL B wSJiiT raodd^ by Commodom«SS?iJro,S:Jd'^^5S J?t^f i5S?- '2?^?f" »«de tSm toS d4«-bS" to too abaence of lb« Commodore froii tow? i ouS SEi^.V" bSt ItSiktoS Mandarto'a passsge otTadayatennaxcauSdr '^S mys. and. I beg to remtod •AnalraUa'.that toer an dl from New..Tork,which te^lMut^e^^JS adl fartoer from A«teSff th» ^StoSu lluST toe?Si'« ^»*5tBQ<5^y>teSi«St^ toe P«Mafe of the Formoaa and Malay, toongh repeatedly,-bMtea.' taken, to ike poat- wai dedloated, toe old to^ harina^taS diSS" ed by Are May's of that )|^BhS b3 SS^^SS' V'if"?J* the prto<^th£Si to tote eS^S" todBdlBftooMof aaaAaadaco.flaL ahlv^Z^SlU joiy' credlteMe; •have bean ocM?"are T?^ en»tonta of toa Mtn^J^*<? bhonld bo, ao ranch better under- Sftol.^2L?,*S*'T5l?7J" •»<> tt«thep^« toii'51!SS rSSS*^^ Myeoud, If nofSSeS toSSgbVtt.™.n'»»rdi"p5"^5at»^ Btogtesder Uor Wakefield CaTifStiS^LiSL MelSi"S?'^*ST?'S»''" BoTto^SSdSMS; SiJ^S^JT?*^' •"■"5?* Trinidad la wSToSfh » days from I«ndon (what Bnglteh cUpner haa besten tbtet): „d,Jmd dtSbirSSSd to US. toSI?. noJe the Hylag Dntota»S?s SailSe toeace. she wonld have made tha iiiiLj*--i „a -ajp Nabob'ot lioatonrwuui^^?Sister rtioTtl*?™*t5S*? 8» daya-JoibtKsstoe ?ss'5?»y:S?^??* ^3.5ifarHol| ^?^^-i^.:iSr,s;*t"wi.?i?2 dS; •ss'QS2iis-'^i.?rtf• »^iitoatou^ff S'lnif ^S^Jf B""«Jte'. te a toU ahlp. yet shs 512?" JS.*^ ^'•' *he same te tme of toe tut- hS^^ ™t*ll'* !•"?»«••• it our navtgaton wlU tomS??' ^•wtdite breaiM are to be AxoiRZB FaxROK Dma.-7^ JToytnua Oe ZmcnB* f^^ljfi. " atnngo toeldent which oe. curadtnlla locality reoently. A gentleman dressed s *<> • "eadiSrSteuish: ment of the place and asked for a hot bato. Before undreoatng, he sent ths wdter for a number of ar- nelea, of which hs gave a Itet. written on a plsee of papar. Amongst olhertblngs hs ordered a bottle ot Ji™ some whiskey, nd-pepper, esnote. tup- SC' ;S,""iJ<'" onions. Aftor pouring tos Uqnor toe bath he ont toe Togsteblsa Into smsn r-~~M. sprinkled the pepper ovar them, and toen turned on toe tap ot twiltog water. When tlie bato waa fined ha undreoed, and, etytog ont: "Good-bye: Z am gotog tooookrayaelf to tM American f^ahlon." and fooad thaman alnwat boflad to doalh. An to. Tcatlcatlgo pioTad that ha had amddaalF mad.