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^ ?..... ?,? ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ '^'"^ ''^ " ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t ; ."?" < ^ ^ ^ -f \ ^ VOL. IV. NO. 14. PORT ROYAL, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1874. ? ? i ' I Sunshine. One little head, I Two loving blue eyes, w Shining so brightly, And blue as the skies. One little mouth To hold something to eat; Two rosy lips To give kisses so sweet. Two little ears To hoar all the news; Two little feet To wear the new shoes. Ten littlo fingers, Ten little toes, What they'll be good for Nobody knows. One little body To get in the way ; Two little legs That travel all day. Two little arms To bug papa tight, Then kis* him and wish him A loving good night. ? From the Ogitennburg (N. V.) Advance. NELLIE. BY LULIE CROCKER. Ouc cold day in December, very near Christmas, as I was walking along one of tho business streets of New York, rather fast, as I was in a hurry to get out of the cold, I heard a voice just behind me crying, " Morning paper, sir? Herald, sir ? Please buy one!" I turned arouud, and what was my surprise on beholding a little girl, in tattered dress and shawl, holding a paper tip to me. She could not have been over eight years old. I asked her how much the paper was ? " Four cents, sir," she answered iu a sweet voice. "flow is it you sure out on so cold a day, little one ?" " Oh I have to, sir, or we would not have bread!" ? "Why don't papa get the bread ?" I asked. " Papa is dead," she said, tears filling her eyes; "lie died in the war; before he died we were so happy," she added, half to herself. " Where do you live ?" " I live at No. 5 N street," was her answer. " Well, dear, here is some money ; I do not wish your paper. Did you say you had a mother?" " Yes, sir; but she's sick, / think, as she is all the time coughing; she says its only a cold. I don't see why it don't get well, then ; my colds always do," she said. "Well, dear, I am in a hurry, and can't stop now, but will try and come to your house soon, to see you and your mamma." " Oh, sir! if you only would, thank you so much," the child cried. I started on, and went to my business. I was very busy all day, and by night hadj almost forgotten the circumstance. It came to my mind again ' when I was at home. It had grown cohler since morning, ana i ciia not like to go out again, but kuowing it to be my duty I went. Before goinp I stepped to the kitchen, and told the story to Sarah, my faithful old servant, (for I was a bachelor, and lived alone, with but one servant!. She was all interest, and gave mc a basket of nice bread, meat, etc., and oven said in rather a doubtful tone she would go with mc if I would liko to liavo her ; but I said, "No," for I knew how hard it was for her to go out in the cold, for she was not very young. I reached the house where the little girl lived after a while. It was a dreadful place ; the lower part being a liquor 6hop, and above it there lived two families; the owner of the place lived back of it. As I passed in, the barkeeper shouted: " What'll you have to drink, sir?" "Nothing," I answered; "I wish to see the people who live in this honse." " Which ones ?" he asked roughly, for lie did not like my not taking anything to drink. "A little girl and her mother," I be- | lieve. " Oh, Mrs. Detomple, T suppose lie | means," said a boy standing smoking ! at the end of the room. "Well, if that's who you mean, she lives on tho top floor," and lie led mo to n rickety pair of stairs. When I reached the top floor (which I did with a good deal of trouble) I 1 of flm nnlv iliwir X nnnlfl coo p n.v v. ...v, j , , , and some one said: " Come in." I opened the iloor, but could see I nothing, because of the darkness. " Who is it ?" said a voice I recog- ; nized as the one 1 had heard in the | morning. " J, Mr. Clinton." Tlien, as she failed to remember any ' Mr. Clinton, I said: "The gentleman who promised to [ come here to see you." "Oli, I am *o glad; take the chair, and I will light the candle." I waited until she had lit it before complying with her request to take a chair, as it would be rather inconvenient to find one in the dark ; after 1 was seated, and my little protege was | seated on a stool at my feet, looking up in my face with as much confidence as j it she had known me always, I glanced around the room. Jt was scrupulously clean; the bare lloor was scrubbed ' I clean and shining; the only window, n?ni.? were in. were nolished as I bright as hands could polish thorn. The on'y furniture was a rough pine table covered with a few broken but clean ilishcs, the chair I sat on, and the stool the little girl occupied, and an old worn bed. As I glanced at the bed, I was surprised to sec some one was lying asleep on it. I had thought myself alone with the little one, but finding I 1 was not, I asked the child if that was her mother ? " Yes sir ; poor mamma had to leave her work and go to bed, she was so sick." I At that moment a voice called feebly: Nellie, Nellie I" " Yes, mamma," said Nellie, as she ' nri went to the bed. "Oh, mamma! the Fi kind gentleman has come." pi I rose and went to the bedside. | w] " How kind of you to come, sir," , or Mrs. Detemple said. I er " Not at all; I'm only doing myduty. ve You are sick, are you not, ma'am ?" ! th " I fear I am," she said. " You can never get well hero ; you | as must be removed." i wi " I never expect to get well here or to anywhere else, until I go to heaven," J pa said she, very low, so Nellie might not er I hear. pc " Oh yes, I guess you will," I said, ca " I've brought yon a few things to eat. wi Nellie, you mny take them from the of basket." th "How good of you," was all the in* on valid could say, and she sank back ex- th hnusted. f'/o We soon hail a fire in the little stove, cr< and I made some good strong tea, then an gave her something to eat, and told sh Nellie to help herself, which she did wl without a second invitation. I then sli went for a physician. As I passed j ca through tho bar-room, the men and de women regarded me with much interest, th and some of them took off their hats I ne and bowed respectfully. As I reached | the door I found a whole rabble of j fr< quarreling children. I bestowed upon , an them a few pennies, at their promising ! nn me to stop if I did, for I knew noise j ch must annoy the sick woman. After I'd pa given tliese to them they stood gazing 1 en after me for a moment; then, as if to show me they intended to do as they mi promised, they began quarreling with w< I renewed vigor, to fiud out who the pen- 1 ve nies belonged to. I had no time to in- j on [ terfere, as I had to go a long way, and pr it was lale. It was difficult to find a th doctor, but, after walking until I was , of tired, I found one, who, after a deal ot wl [ grumbling, agreed to accompany me. lei He said, as soon as lie arrived, she had ! go the consumption, and could live but a j le< few days at the most. He left a pre- lif scription, and said she had better be i bn removed : then presenting his fee, lie ( cr< went away. , hi I did all I could that night; then re- : da turned home, and told Sarah how I had 11 succeeded. We talked about them for a good while. I, with a man's heedless- to ness, wanted to bring them at once to no my house ; but Sarah said " No," but pa to tind first if they were worthy, then so move them to a good clean room in some respectable tenement house. So yo I decided to do that. Next day I went to her, and told her what I hnu decided to ?< j do. Sim referred me to different gen- mi tlcmen and ladies, who I knew to be 1 it good, responsible persons, and I found hi) her to be worthy, and a Christian. She j on had once been comfortable, not rich ; j kii her husband was a man respected by J frj all; they had been married eight years I , when he died, this occurring just two _0 Jears previous. They had hired a neat ittle house when they were married, his salary being sufficient t ) pay the rent and comfortably support them, but ^ to lay by nothing. Ho was assisted by jie his wife, she doing plain sewing for the ladies she referred me to. After her ^ husband died, by giving up the house ?e and hiring two rooms, she got along j()] very well until she found it necessary 1 to take shop-work, when, having to i ? ???? ?1. lw.w.A in oil traoiKo.Q elm I . CUrrjT WU1A IIUUIC 1U fiii nvuvuviO) took a heavy cold. This she neglected jj( until she was unable to work steadily. ! and little Nellie was sent out to sell ; ^ newspapers to add to their little store. ; ne They were compelled to chaugo their | ^ abode to poorer and poorer places, until they got to the miserable hovel they j were now in, and Mrs. D.'s health be- W | came so much worse that tliQeare of the j j family nearly all came upon little Nel-1 lie. I was much affected by learning ; this history, and went to work immc- | aj. diately to iiuda house with a good room jn in for them. I soon found one (or j pj r.itlier two, a room and a bedroom), and i ^ had them carefully moved, and then supplied them with everything to make , . ( the few remaining days of her life j jc happy. Sarah visited her, carrying some nice fai jelly. Sho came home full of her praises: " Why, she was the r/rafrfulcst person; she just cried and cried, sho I was so grateful. Sho said she thought , ? you the brxt man ; dear mo, but she ^ talks nice; she's educated. And that j little Nellie is just ns'sweet as a lily ; *''' her mamma feels dreadful about a-leavin 1 her. I declare when she said that little j "l creature had sold papers all tho cold j winter, I felt like crying. Now could J*1 we take her and keep her when her I '1C mother dies? I'd take care of her ; now couldn't we !" she said, coaxingly. I ! ft 1 had been so busy caring for them, I had *? never thought of what was to be done i with Nellie after her mother's death, ' '1? and now there arose a difficulty : IIow j could / take her ; I, who had been used rr to quiet all my life, now at jut age tak- ^ ' iug a child ! .But Nellie seemed a quiet little thiug, and had taken quite a ve fancy to her. Then Sarah plead so hard a and earnestly, I at last agreed to take qr her, with many misgivings as to what I gn was to do with her. Sar ih was delight- wi ed, and would go that very night to tell 1 Si Mrs. D. of it; she said she could not lit sleep if she did not. Mrs. Detemple N was too much pleased to express her ar gratitude; so, as Sarah said, "She m burst right out crying." After she had relieved her feelings by tears, she b< thanked lue very warmly, saying she pi could die happy, as she knew Nellie lie would have a home. hi Christmas dawned bright and cold. Every one was happy : no one more so ' J" than little Nellie : for 1 had told her to "l hang up her stocking on the door out- to side of her room, us Santa Clans might make her a visit. She at lirst said " it was of no use, for Santa Clans uever ti< came to see her no>" ; h.e used to come, bv n cirri, 1 lint, HOW. " T told llCT til LMll . ? ?? . -O-/ to try wnce mf?re ; ntul she promised to ar do so. The night before I wont ont, In and took Sarah with lue, to buy a Christ- wl mas present for Nellie and her mamma, w: It was new business for mo, and I was in rather awkward at lirst; but, with , sh Sarah's Loin, I managed to get them as each something that would please them, sh For the mother I bought a handsomely tl< bound Bible, and a basket of choice te fruit (white grapes and Californiapears); I for Nellie a new bright delaine dress, nl: and a little turban hat, a large wax doll, tr dressed in a pretty plaid silk walking- lo dress, with hat, gloves, <?e., a complete th i little lady,?enough todelight any one;! re id ft large corrmcopift, filled 191111 rench candies. Sarah took them, and it Nellie's in her stocking, that is liat would go in, laid the remainder i u chair beside it, and took the moth's in and gave them to her. She was ry much pleased, and thanked me, rough Sarah, again and again. On the morning at' breakfast Sarah, she poured my coffee, said, "I do sh that little Nellie could come here dinner ; she would be so much commy for you ; she's a pretty good read; but I 'spose she can't leave that or sick mother." " Why, Sarah,you n take them both a nico dinner ; that 11 do as well." So, after a profusion thanks, she left the room to prepare e dinner. She took it to them about e o'clock, all ready to eat, left it with em, and soon returned. "Oh, sir, do u feel happy ? I do ; that dear little eature sat there a-hugging that doll, rl n-ltifisin it. when I went in : and e jumped right up, and cried, 4 See lat Sany CIob has brought mc/' then e showed me the hat and dress and ndy. Why she was awful happy ; ar, dear, it did me good to see her ! ea they was so delighted at the dinr ! dear me, sirs !" The next afternoon, after returning im my office, I made a visit to Nellie d Mrs. Detemple. I found the 5ther with a bright flush on her eeks, and was startled with the aprent evidences of the approaching d. I inquired as to how she felt. 44 Rather worse, sir. I fear I ate too uch of those pears and grapes you >re so kiud as to send me. The timo is rv near, sir, when I shall be at rest; ily a few more days. I read in that ecious bible you sent me, 4 Thus saith e Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One Israel : I am the Lord thy God, lich teacheth thee to profit, which ideth thee by the way thou shouldst .' Oh, how true, sir ! the Lord hath 1 me through trials and joys all my e, not for any goodness of my own, it through his great love for his poor eatures. Now I am going to trust m to lead me over the 4 River of Jorn,' and safe in the Father's bosom, im going very, very soon." Nellie, who had been a silent listener what her mother had been saying, J w burst into tears, and threw herself I ssionately into her mother's arms, bbing: 44 Don't say so, mamma. I can't let u go ; please don't!" 41 Nellie," her mother said, gently, it is best for rao to go; think how ich better it is for me to go now than was a ween ago. Now you have a ad earthly friend besides a heavenly o.; then you had only God. See how ad he was to give you another end." 14 Yes, mamma, but who will kiss me nd-nieht. and helr> me sav mv prayers, len you are gone ?" sobbed Nellie. "Sarah and I will bo very kind to >u, Nellie," said I. After somewhat comforting her, and r mother got more calm, I left. Noiing the brightness of her eye, I ought there might be some hopes t. I could not bear to give her up, r the child's snke, so I went for my rn family physician, and he readily companied me, but said he was afraid >m my description there was no hope. 3 souuded her lungs, felt her pulse, lestioncd her as to the length of time e had been ill, first cause of her illss, etc. Leaving something to quiet r nerves, and bidding her be as calm possible, and take the medicine regu:ly, he left. I did the same. We ilked down stairs silently, and when the street, I asked : " How is she, Doctor ?" " Her end's very near?a few hours most," he answered, solemnly, sliakg his head. Then suddenly, "Friend inton, there's n place to show your arity. Adopt that little one as your rn. She has a lovely, interesting je, and you can well afford it. I would it if I could." I told him I had thought of it; in it had almost decided to do so. " How would Sarah feel about it ?" " She, poor soul, was the first to sugst it. She never tires of doing good, m know." We were at the house then, and he ide me good-morning and left me. hen I told Sarah she was very much stressed, and wanted to go directly to o tho invalid, but I told her she had tter not, as she had seen enough for ? wonlr ebifn fAf nnn (InV Tlio next morning very early we heard ring at the door, and Sarah liastencd it. There stood Nellie, with a mesge that her mother was worse, and sired to see her. She went with L'llie as quickly as possible, while I mained, bidding them send for mo if tvas needed. Sarah foun l Mrs. Detemple 011 the rge of death. She welcomed her with sweet smile, and talked of death as lietly as if it had 110 terrors. She ive Nellie her parting blessing, and ith it the bible 1 had given her. To irah she gave her marriage ring (a >avy chased gold one) to keep for ellie. Then bidding them good-bye, nl leaving a blessing and farewell fwr e, she sank in unconsciousness. Sarah and Nellie knelt sobbing at the nlside. In a few moments she whis>red, " I'm going ; good-bye ; there > is?my husband, and God!" The iart stopped throbbing, for the angel death had come, and Nellie was otherless. After procuring suitable dp to take care of the remains, Sarah ok Nellie by the hand and brought 'r home. ?.M1 ???? en/1 nvnttnrn. n c win pups uui iiiio >t>, and simply say the day after we tried Nellie's mother, then came o worst pang of all?the entire scpation. Not. even the cold remains of r whom Nellie loved was left. For a aile she was not to be comforted. She mdered arouud the house softly, cryg and moaning. We were afraid the ,ock would be too much for her ; but, children's sorrows do not last long, e soon became very happy as my lit5 daughter, for I took her, and eduead her, and was never sorry for it. She is now sixteen?a beautiful, amide girl; no nonsense about her, but ne and lovely in nature as well as oks. There, I hear her voice now in e ball" Why, papa, are you not ady ? You were to go with me to see ?v v The First Steamboat. Traveling on the iiucikod River In 1808 a 1 The first steamboat on the Hudson River passed the city of Hudson on the 17th of August, 1807. In the Iludxon Bcc, a newspaper in that city, the following advertisement was published in ^0I June, 1808: tai ly steamboat. ^ For the Information of the Public. ^ The Steamboat will leave New York 1' for Albany every Saturday afternoon clrt exactly at 6 o'clock, and will pass ba West Point, about 4 o'clock Sunday 8ic morning. ' ap Newbnrgh, 7 o'clock,Sunday morning. Poughkeepsie, 11 o'clock Sunday an morning. se< Esopus, 2 o'clock in the afternoon. us Red Hook, 4 o'clock in the afternoon, bii Catskill, 7 o'clock in the evening. six Hndsqji. 0 o'clock in the evening. to She will leave Albany for New York tin every Wednesday morning, exactly at 8 be o'clock, and pass we Hudson, about 3 in the afternoon. uo Esodus. 8 in the evening. tio that little girl and her blind father, ' you know." " O, so I was ; but I am writing; just I wait a little minute until I close." I must go with her, I suppose. An( other charity ; she is ever doing something charitable. Bless her heart, she j is as good as she can well be. I must close now. If anything kap; pens to change the course of our family ! affairs (for she is almost a young lady), you will hear from me again. - -wThe War Appropriations. The Secretary of the U. S. Navy sent the following letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, which has been referred to the Committee on Appropriations: "Under the circumstances of the present emergency I am compelled to ask that a special appropriation be made to cover the expenses of- putting the iron-clad and cruise navy of the United States in a condition for immediate and active service. I have taken ' measures to put every available iron and wooden ship of our navy in a court "tion for immediate duty. I havo ordered all the ships of the various squadrons within reach to rendezvous at Key j West. I am enlisting men to supply I and fill up the crews of all our vessels. ! I have accumulated materials, pro- : | visions, and supplies for their mainte1 nance and support, and ordnance and i J .11 ti.. : ammunition una un iu? wciijjuiis ui ' naval warfare for their use. " The circumstances which have coni strained the Department to this unusual activity and consequent expenditure are known to yon and the country. The fact that they occurred during the recess of Congress made it necessary that I should tayself assume the responsibility of prompt action, relying upon i the wisdom and justice of the people and their representatives for support. "I have not as yet exceeded the np- ' propriations for the current year, but | these measures, with the cost of pre| paring, transporting, and concentrating l everything necessary to carry them out, have already almost exhausted the ! money of the working bureaus of the ' 1 departments, and this must be supplied at once if the work is to go on. The cost of putting our iron-cladsin service, a work already undertaken, and, ih some instances, far advanced, will also f require a largi appropriation. The I amount required to reimburse tho bu- ' i reaus so as to carry them through this I year, and also to put nil our available I monitors in order, will not be less than $4,000,000. If our force is to be increased, or if tho powerful double-tur- J retcd monitors Miantonomah, Monad- 1 nock, and Puritan are to bo put in ' condition for usefulness,at least $1,000,000 more will be required." A Tidal Wave, It is well known that tho velocity with which a wave moves over the 6ur( face of the ocean is, in general, dependent upon tho depth of the water at tho place over which it is passing at the ' I moment. This principle enabled Pro- ' 1 feasor Bache, in 1854, and more recently Professor Hilgard, of the United States Coast Survey, to determine with 1 approximate accuracy the average depth 1 ; of tho Pacific Ocean in certain regions. ! The earthquake which destroyed tho town of Simoda, in Japan, in 1854, was accompanied l>y an immense sea-wave, which, sweeping over that region, was recorded on the self-registering tidegauges at San Frauoisco and San Diego, i This wave occupied about nine hours t in crossing the Pacific Ocean from west to east; and Professor Bache deduced the mean depth of tho water as some- t where between twelve and fifteen thou-1 sand feet. The great earthquake of Anea, Peru, ! which occurred on tho ldth of August, 1 I860, has bee.i recently employed by Mr. Hilgard to make a similar series of calculations. This great sea-wave occupied eleven hours in passing from Arica to San Diego, aud twenty-three hours from Arica to Sydney, Australia. Records were also made at ten other 1 points, among which was Kodialc, i Alaska. Twelve determinations of the average depth of the Pacific Ocean are thus deduced by Mr. Hilgard, which vary between six thousand and eighteen thousand feet, according to the gco- i graphical positions of tho stations at : which the wave was observed. Mr. j Hilgard states that the superior depth of the Pacific Ocean in its eastern equa- | A ?- 1 tlmvn n'??u 1 lori.u pan, m mi u uaiu wvuvtn. ^. good ground for believing, is made, manifest, and that the depth in the' northern part also seems to be less than elsewhere. It lias been proposed to make use of the tide-gauge along the , shores of the Mediterranean as a re-. eorder of earthquakes, and as a means of further perfecting our knowledge as , to the depth of that sea. Obtaining Judges. A writer in the Ohio Fanner says: "The way to obtain good judges at j fairs is to find out the names of the i best raeu for the purpose in all the sur- j rounding country, and notify them of i their selection, say a month before the time, inclosing a complimentary admission ticket, with a request that they will at once return it if they decline to ! serve, and premising payment sufficient for a day's board at n hotel and a little contingencies, if they perform the duty required. This has been adopted at the New York f rs for some years past, ami to some of ti e best judges of horses and cattle they also pay traveling ex-! penses. Tn thv. way they find no j serious difficult} in obtaining good men j for arwarding committees." In Vienna, recently, Professor Hyatt delivered a lecture on mercury, when he j exhibited the leg-bone of a man whose 1 death had undoubtedly been hastened ' by that substance. On striking the 1 table heavily, out fell thousands of lit-! ! tie glittering globules of mercury,which 1 I rolled about upon the black surface be-1 ! fore him, oellecting here and there into ' j drops. j Poughkeepsie, 12 at night. on Newburgh, 4 Thursday morning. he West Point, 7 Thursday morning. Mi As the time at which the boat u.ay coi arrive at the different places above j mentioned may vary an hour or more or or* less, according to the advantage or dis- ?t? advantage of wind and tide, those who di? wish to come on board will see the ne- sit cessity of being on the spot an hour be- ch fore the time. Persons wishing to come wi on board from any other landing than wL those here specified, cun calculate the in time the boat will pass, and be ready on Mi her arrival. Innkeepers or boatmen m< who bring passengers on board or take ke them ashore from any pert of the river hii will be allowed one shilling for each sti person. tic PRICES OF PASSAGE?FROM NEW YORK ro Wont Point $2 50 ^ N< wl)iirph 3 00 Sit I'otighkeepsie 3 50 Eoopun 4 00 | Red llook 4 SO lal HudHOu 5 00 de AIIkiiiv 7 00 FROM ALBANY ao. ro Hudson f i on HU1 Red Hook 3 (hi Oil Esopim 3 "id thi 1'oUKhkrepnic 4 00 , . Xewlmrgh and West Point -I SO till Now York .* 7 00 tei All other passengers are to pay at the eit rate of 81 for every twenty miles, arid a pr half dollar for every meal they may cat. tin Children, from 1 to 5 years of age, to ' pay one-third price, and sleep with the cei persons under whose cnro they are. sti Young persons, from 5 to 15 years of on age, to pay half price, provided they de sleep two in a berth, and whole price for po each one who requests to occupy a whole be berth. on Servants who pay two-thirds price are it: entitled to a berth ; they pay half-price de if they do not have berth. tio Every person paying full price is al- bn lowed 60 pounds of baggage ; if less tin than whole price, 40 pounds. They are er to pay at the rate of 3 cents a pound for soi surplus baggage. Storekeepers who sci wish to carry light and valuable mer- co1 chandize can be aceomodatsd on paying tin 3 cents a pound. usi Passengers will breakfast before they 1 come aboard. Dinner will be served tei up exactly at 1 o'clock ; tea, with meats, ye, which is also supper, at 8 in the evening, be and breaksast at 9 in the morning. No in( one has a claim on the steward for si(j victuals at auy other time. tin TL The Captain of the Loch Earn. aci The Captain of tlie Loch Earn makes ^ the following statement of the circnm- am stances attending the collision with the wa steamer Ville dn Havre: After first sighting the steamer, and t|1( seeing that she was coming dangerous- ma ly near, the Captain of the Loch Earn of rang the ship's bell, aud ported his helm. The helm of the steamer was ^ put to the seaboard, but the steamer ',r came right across the Loch Earu's bow. 110 The people in the first boat from the C(.!1 French steamer did not say she was 8'J sinking, but the Captain of the Loch *?' Earn, observing that the steamer was ftI.1 settling down, sent out his boats. Neither the first French boat nor the , second one, which arrived shortly afterward, bringing the first and second [01 Captains of the Ville du Havre, at- ^f"1 tempted to return, but, in spite of the " expostulations of all the crew, who were left on board the Loch Earn, and *jn the threats of her mates to tire upon (':l them, remained alongside the Loch Earn. The clothing of the French officers who reached the dccK of the Loch Earn ' was dry, showing no signs of their hav- 0V< ing been in the water. pu Fiually some Englishmen seized and of manned one of the French boats, and th went to the rescue of those struggling in in the sea. Only one of the French sh boat's crew assisted in the rescue. j th The Captain of the Loch Earn con-1 ric siders that the great loss of life resulted | ho from the fact that his vessel drifted of such a long distance from the steamer sc after the collision, bcfoie it was possi- fo blc to shorten sail, from the tardiness 011 of tiio steamer m snowing Higuuis ui | ?i distress, and from the misconduct of lai her crew. tr< Objected. An organist, for many rears engaged fa in ono of the noted churches of New ; ro York city, tells this: A Rtrangc man ' m was acting as sexton. An old gentle- j wj man who was deaf took his seat in a 1 se pew, and produced from his pocket uk i ?f ear-trumpet of curious shape, and to ! 1" the dismay of the temporary sexton *' raised it toward his face. The sexton s* sprang to his side, and said something w: in a low voice, whereupon the gentloman endeavored to raise the trumpet to 1 ca his ear, and was prevented by the sex- 1 ke ton seizing his hand. With increasing w< voice and excitement, he said: "You *h musn't, Sir. You mustn't blow that Wl horn in here. If you do, I shall be obliged to put you out!" And the good old man, poeketiug his bugle, th heard nothing of service or sermon. te wl Two young ladies at Stafford, Ct., uc lately went to a doctor to have spiders "< removed from their ears. th V. ' . | - S - - "v. " * ^ / * Triple Murder in Boston. Ilmbaml Kill* III* Wife, III* DaiiRh- \ ter and Himself. j It only remains for your correspon- g nt to furnish the details of the murr of the Kimball family, says a Bos- a a letter, as near as they can be ob- a ned. That the details are sufficienthorrible not one of your readers will ny. The family consisted of George c Kimball, his wife and his step- 1 lighter, the daughter of Mrs. Kim11 by a former husband. They re- 0 led and kept boarders in a modest- ? pearing house on the corner of Park n d Common streets, Charlestown. It v jmed lhat Mr. Kimball arose at his nal hour in the morning, and, as was C i custom, proceeded up stairs about a : o'clock to arouse the boarders. Up t this time no noise had been heard in t e house, and persons who must have t en passing while the terrible deeds re bcinjr committed neither heard c r saw anything to attract their atten- fl n. At the time he called the boarders n e of them remarked that he thought E would lay a while longer, to which q r. Kimball replied, "You had better r _ 1 ? ' me aown iiuw. A. few minutes later two of the boardi went down together, and as they 2 pped to the door of the parlor they icovcred Mr. Kimball standing in the n ting room beyond, off of which his E amber opened, in his night dress and v th a terrible gash in his throat, from ? nch the blood was streaming, while a his right hand he held an open razor, r. Kimball, on seeing his boarders, ? itioned for them with the razor to 1 ep back, and, not caring to disarm 8 m, they ran speedily out into the * eet to summon the police. In a short * ao Officers Green, Webb and Pearson J re found, and the five quickly re- ^ rued to the house. On eutering the ' ting room a horrible sight met their * ze. Upon the floor, in a pool of blood, 8 r the unfortunate man. Ho was not ad, for as Officer Pearson stepped up A him he attempted to get up, at the e me time exclaiming, " Damn yon get l t of here, or I will cut yon too !" He l en fell back, weak from the loss of I sod. Officers Pearson and Webb at- ji mpted to stanch the flow of blood, but t her one of the three cuts would have o oved fatal, and in five minutes after d l? officers arrived ho was dead. f On entering the sitting room the offirs noticed that Mrs. Kimball was 11 in bed, apparently asleep, but, upinvestigation, she was found to be ad. Thei^ were no marks about her j, rson to show in what manner she had en murdere'd, except a slight discol- n ition about the throat. Prom this 8 is supposed that she was strangled to C ath. The body lay in a natural posi- e n, with the hands crossed upon the . i-ast, and the orderly appearance of 11 ? bedclothes showed that the murder- a sprang upon her while she was in a a and sleep, and that she died with j| irccly a struggle. A handkerchief rereu with bloodstains was found by 7 2 bedside, which had evidently been 11 ed to gag her and prevent her outcry. P Search was then made for the duugh- 8 , a young woman 01 aoom seventeen ars, and on opening the door to her e droorn, a very small apartment open v j out of the parlor, another horrible c [ht wet the officers' gaze, which caused v 3 stoutest heart among them to quail. 8 ie body of the girl was found lying a ross the bed with her throat cut from * r to ear, tho head being nearly sev:d from the body. From the appear- c ce of the bed it is thought that she 0 s awakened before the deed was ac- i * mplished uud struggled to save her j * e, but without avail. This completed n 3 horrible picture, no attempt being [ * ale by the murderer to take tho life , * any ol the boarders. The officers, after learning of tho ex- ' 8 it of tho tragedy, sent for Coroner * adford, and upon his arrival two J8 tes found by the police upon the !c itrc table were handed to him, which j a re a clew to tho whole nffiiir. The 11 lowing is a copy of the most import- c t note, which was written upon a E ice of letter paper and unstained by >od: " This troubel was all don by Itiudy telling her somethings that was not ' , ie, aud my wife scolding every time j it I was near her, and to-night when ; t went to bed She begun again, and eily my temper got the Jiest of me. fi vid N'ows all about the troubel. 11 . s out thnio A short time ago and told 11 m. rindn is nt the bottom of all this. I c Geo. U. Kimball." a The girl was to bo married in the I ening. The most merciful verdict of I ? blie opinion is that the perpetrator ; this horrid crime wai insane; yet 'r ere is evidence that there was method 1 v his madness. It is not meet that we 1 ouhl speak evil of the dead, and only t is can be said, there are strange sto- 11 s current among the boarders in the < use in relation to the family relations Mr. and Mrs. Kimball. He was pos- 1 ssed of a bad temper, and she was tin- t rtunately in the possession of a jenl- t is nature. The "green-eyed monster, ' 1 tich doth mock the meat it feeds on," / id at the bottom of all the family 11 snides, and although no cause scorns I have existed for its creation, still it I ixed stronger and stronger until the 1 tal result already chronicled was, ] aclied. 1 Mrs. Kimball was an unreasonable wo- ' nil sometimes. Although she was a 1 idow when sin- took Mr. Kimball fora ! f eond husband, she took no advantage 11 her previous experience in married j i 'e, and was intolerant. It is said that j e blast of jealousy was fanned by the j i ep-dnughter, Miranda Wells, biie al- I iys cherished an ill-feeling towards r. Kimball, and busied heroeif in J - - ; - - "?'.?a Hio nfhnr rrjiug stories iruu uuo n> . (epiug alive the lire that, if left alone, jnld have quenched itself. It was i us that what was once a pleasant home ] is turned into a hell upon earth. An Ohio youth who desired to wed e object of his affections, had an inrview with her paternal ancestor, in liich ho stated that although he had ) wealth to 6peak of, vet he was shock full of day's work." He got girl v Facts and Fancies. A gentleman lately refused to celeirato bis silver wedding on the ground hat he was " not yet reduced to beg;ary." A Wabash editor returns thanks for . centipodi r /jeived by mail from Tex.s, and says it is the first cent of any :ind he bad seen in a month. ^ A couple of Americans were lately xpelled from a theatre in Berlin because they chewed up programmes and 'shied" them at the heads of actors. A young lady says that a gentleman night never to feel discouraged when he "momentous question" is negatived ?y the object of his choice, "for in life, s in grammar, we always decline before re conjugate." Mrs. Deacon Smith, of Collinsville, Jonn., is slowly starving to death from n inflammation of the throat, produced >y a fish-boue which lodged there some ime ago, and which prevents her aking any nonrishment. There are 120 men residing in G ounties in California who own 3,140,GO acres of land* A part of this large rea consists of Mexican ranohes ; but Quch the greatest part has been ac[uired by scrip, land warrants and cash mrchases at almost nominal prices. Eleven hundred persons own 15,000,000 cres of land in the State of California. ?hat is an average of nearly 13,000 cres for each person. This area is learly three-quarters as much as the rhole laud under cultivation in the ;reat State of Ohio. In Ohio the averge size of the farms is 111 acres. A country postmaster, in making a equisition on the department at Washngton for three thousand postal cards, pologizes for the unusually large numicr ordered by saying: "You may hink that this amount ef postal cards hat I send for are great (onr office beng small), but I will explain it to you. Vo want them to advertiso ior a man hat was our town treasurer and obconded." At a meeting of tho Oneida Baptist issoriation a visiting clergyman, old nough to be gray, but with raven ocks and a beard, offered several resontions touching questions of reform. )r. Patton, of Utica, said he saw no ol> ? ection to -the adoption of the rcsolnions, but he wished the one on the use I tobacco might be followed by one [eprecating the use of hair dye. The ormer stood speechless. The Tricks of Magic. Professor Hartz, the magician, has *tely been giving a series of perforlance, some of which arc as surprising s they are entertaining and amusing. . )ne of them is as follows; A common mpty packing box, with a lid hung by ron hinges, is placed upon the stage, nd a committee from the audienoe sked to examine it. They report that t is a firmly made packing box. After thorough examination, outside and aside, they take a rope and tie it up, as sing twice around the ends and ides, passing it through the staples or the two padlocks, and then tie tho nds firmly, and seal thorn with sealing % rax. They then envelop the box in a anvas, which covers all six sides, rlien unother ropo is added, tied and ealed. Surely the box is safe from ny attempt to get into or out of it ritkout removing the ropes! Professor Hartz's assistant then omes forward with a canvas sock, nen at one end. This is examined by fie committee and by the audience, t is then placed over tho head of the ssistnnt, and tied below his feet and ho knots sealed. .He is then laid on he box, and tho box surrounded by a crecn. In two and a half minutes the ack is thrown over the screen, tho mots and seals untouched. The crecn is instantly removed, and the ommittee, after examining tho seals nd finding them unbroken, commeuco mtying tho ropes and removiug the anvas. Tho box is opened and the nan found inside! Red River Hart. The "following description shows the lifaculties to bo overcome in removing he famous Red River Raft: Logs, roots and snogs of every decryption had been crowded and jammed nto a tangled mass, becoming more !ompact each year as the pressure from ibove increased, Annual freshets had >roitght down mud and deposited it in ind over this mass until, in places, tho aft itself had become entirely covered vith earth, small islands, or "towmads," thus being formed. Upon lieso tow-heads were growing trees, isually willows, three feet nnd more in ircn inference. In addition to tho removals of logs ?y sawing and cutting, blasting powder >vas used, but it did not prove of any ise. Dynamite was then tried, but failed, refusing to explode even with an Mectrical exploder. At last nitro-glycirino was brought into use, nnd it never roiinii to fin its work thoroughly. All !hnt remains to be clone now it? the blowing ont of some tow-heads and improving certain points in the channel, nrhich will bo accomplished in a few tveeks. Tho obstruction of centuries cvill then have been removed by the drill and perseverance of Lieutenant Woodruff. Tho saddest part of the record of this great work is that Lieutenant Woodruff has not lived to finish it, having died of yellow fever at Slireveport, October 1. Man's Life. Some modern philosopher ha6 given in these eleven lines the summary of life : 7 years iu childhood's sport and play.... 7 7 years in school from aay to day 14 7 years at trade or college life...., 21 ^ 7 years to find a place and wife 28 p 7 years to pleasure's follies given 85 n 7 years to miriness hardly driven 42 7 years for some wild-goose chase....... 49 7 years for wbalth and bootless race 50 7 years for hoarding for yonr heir 03 M 7years in weakness spent and care 70 Then die, and go yon should know where.