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I KHAN A. OHIO. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBEKs. i71
VOIJ-MK X. NO. 33.
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UNION
In The Millennium.
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,'tirillNU -lull! l;ud tli- hhe iilenilor i.l
msrti.
lu tiie Millt-uium I
Nothing bll bli?lit tlir brinlit h..w.ni
of Juue.
In the Miikniuui:
The pule, hpirklin); litiea for. n-r abaii -bin-.
Tbe golden srap drip with a d.-lirate in.-.
The nst rows liuineoii Hip ln-li. trni'ins tIb-.
In thi- MiMeninni
II.
The winy Iiinln shall lilt in mi evergreen bowir.
In the Milleninui
And twitter and trill Ifcmn-.'h n rvcnlnaliiw honr.
In the Milieaiura
Ad new leaf in the frreen forete xr.
He home from He bmii:li-fr no dark, wintry day.
Nor black, thnndn-n storm .hall rie wild In
our wjit,
In the Villcninm
III.
Never a ueart shall be hr.k.n m eartli.
In the Millcninm
Ne'er a mlwrf fellow oar niirrti.
In the Millenium
Never hall tosginp he ib .i'r vain.
Never be pestilence, pimine. or clinn.
Never be porertv, farewrlU. or pain.
In the Millenium!
IV.
Never a coffin or cold winlinealteet.
In the Milleninm
Nor blue myr-les creejiiiur at heailtni;o and fe-t.
In the Mikn:um
No Mdt atrickca pool bending down by the dead.
To kins the ptle corp?(wlicncethe yiirit lia fled.
While the lorn tKtom Mcwla anil the .hot-teara
aterhid.
In the Milluniiim
V.
Tbe lire of friend-hip shall faithYnllr burn.
In the Miileninm
Heart nnto heart phnll unchangiti'rlr turn.
Id the Millenium
Sin ahall clink far out of sound and nf sight.
The wrong that Is r.iturou alwaya be right.
Nor faggot and steel be the symbol of mlKbt,
In the Millenium I
VI.
The dreama be fulfilled of the poets and togee.
In the Miileninm
And all the grand yearning? of infinite aee.
Iu the Millenium
The march of humanity, strong and sublime.
Shall ring with the footfall nfaiigrla in rhyme.
When the white Christ rhnll trlnnipli in rvery
clime,
In the Millenium
PENDERLEITH.
CHAPTER II.—Continued.
A SLIGHTED LOVE.
(4 UfeeJ not nsjr how lie replied, fier-;
Qf ard no doubt, in the same Cushion
a you would have replied to Alma.
"Well, very noon all in our wiclety j
knew of the eniratrenipnt; nnd, both with j
nrrow and nervotiMipss, 1 reflected how
(fertrude would receive the news. I hail
not seen her t-itu-e I left St.-iiiliope, and
her fmuily came to town lttte in the sen-!
won.
"The first time we tuet was at a ball
given by Lady Tiverton, I was sealed
by Lyle when she entered the room.
Never had I seen her look more lovely, j
Her flowing dress of ruuze silk, festoon- j
ed with filmy liiee, pathered together j
with knots, of nansies, disnlayed to ad-!
vantage her tsill, exquisite titrure, and j
Iaz7.liti(r throat and bast. Her dark j
hair was arranged in the Grecian style,
with bands of jieurls, while her com
plexion was so singularly white, save for
the brilliant bloom on the cheeks, that
one who did not know Gertrude might
have declared it artificial.
"Oh, how ever could you have select
ed me, Lyle, when vou might, have had
Gertrude for a wife?" I ejaculated, with
in vol u n t ary ad m i ra t i on
"Handsome is that does," he rejolu
d, calmlv.
"Rut is she i;t sujierbV" I said.
1'So is n tigress only beware the
claws!" he amwere, looking Intently
at her.
"What do you mean?"
"That Gertrude Ray, despite her calm
appearance despite those sweet smiles
with which she greets her friends is at
this moment possessed by a fiend whose
mark is on Jier cheek, and in her sparkl
ing eyes. She is consumed with fury.
She is a beautiful powder magazine,
which it requires but a word to spring."
Before I could inquire his meaning, I
had, with another partner, to join a
quadrille then forming.
That Gertrude was aware of Lyle and
my engagement, I knew by her strict
avoidance of us; but, otherwise, she
showed no other sign till near the con
clusion of the evening.
"I was standing alone in a conserva
tory leading out of a small dressing-room
whenjclose to my ear were hissed out
the words, 'Hypocrite! Viper! You have
played your part well, but it shall be to
your luin and his!"
"I turned in dismay, than recoiled as
I encountered Gertrude Ray's face bent
close to mine How fearfully changed!
Beautiful, splendid it still was; but the
beauty, the splendor was that of a Me
dusa. Never would I have believed a
human face could have borne such an
(expression. Her widely opened eyes ap
peared actually to emit fire; her distend
ed nostrils were dilated, panting like
the tigress to which Lyle had compared
her; while her lipsan ashen white, were
o contracted as to disclose the strong,
clenched, glittering teeth beneath. Her
expression held me spell-bound, and she
proceeded, catching my wrist so fierce
ly as to hurt me.
"Marry marry him, hypocrite, and
I'll ruin you both!"
"Recovering myself u little, I repli
ed, 'Gertrude Ray, I am no hypocrite.
It was only when 1 knew Lyle Pender
leith had never loved you, nor never
would, that I consented to be his. As to
ruining him or me, you must show me
how it is in your power, before I believe
Jt."
She luughetj a low, sior( laugh.
"How?" she repeated. 'Why, is he
not a paujier mi his brother's bounlyV
existing chiefly n the income heallows
him? And when you marry him. if you
do, you-should I choose to let that in
come continue, which I shall tiot-woiild
be a pauper uHn me!"
"Vou?" I exclaimed.
"I," she answered I, too, nm engag
ed.' And she brought her Iwntitiful,
awful face closer to mine. 'I have ac
cepted Kir Graham
"Never!" I cried.
"And at that moment, I recoirni.t-d
to the full extent the fearful vindietivr
ness of Gertrude's nature.
"Yes!" she added, triumphantly.
"It may te," I rejoined, more calmly.
'Yet Sir Graham Penderleith Is scarcely
Irkelytocast off an only brother fin a
wife's jea?on whim.'
'Is he not?' she responded, with a soff,
unpleasant laugh. Then plucking, or
ratherTtearing, a delicate tendril from
an exotic paradte growing near, she
twined it rapidly round her white fing
ers. 'Do you see that?' she continued.
'Well, as eajilv run I wind Sir Graham
round my finger. He has scarcely a will
of his own now. When I have married
him, he will have none.'
'I believe it; yet, nevertheless, an
swered, 'So he it. f congratulate Sir
Graham on his future happiness. As to
Lyle, he is n barrister; and, after what
has passed, I know he will agree with
me it would lie preferable to starve on
what he makes by his profession, than
accept a shilling from hi brother's
hands until, should Kir Graham die
without male heirs, Penderleith, by
rights, became his.'
'It never shall!' she replied, passionate-
iy.
'I slightly raised my shoulders, and,
anxious to put an end to the disagree
able scene, prepared to quit the conser
vatory, when, stopping me, she asked,
earnestly. You intend to tell Lyle of
this?'
'Most assuredly I do.'
'Then I will show you something else
to tell him.'
'Before I could prevent her how she
did it, I cannot tell, only that I was
smaller of statue than she she had
swung me back on a seat, torn aside
my cloak, and, forcing her hand down
my bodice, rending the lace, possessed
herself of a .lccket attached round my
neck by a small gold chain, which her
violence snapped.
'Yes,' she said, calmly regarding It,
indifferent to my indignation. 'It is as!
I thought his likeness.'
'Then, casting It on the marble floor,
she crushed it beneath the heel of her
satin boot; adding, 'Tell Lyle Pender
leith that how I serve his likeness, so
would I serve him. if I had the power!'
'This was an outrage I could not bear,
and, starting to my feet, I stove to res
cue the locket.
As easily as if I had been a child, she
raised me by the shoulders shook me
till the whole place seemed to whirl
round then, hissing in my ear, 'Oh, if
I only dared murder you!' flung me from
her, and quitted the conservatory.
'Staggering, I fell, insensible from ter
ror, on a seat, for I felt I had to do with
a mad woman-yes, as surely as I believe
her ladyship mad now.
Well we were loth married; Lyle, on
hearing what I had to tell, renouncing
afl aid from Kir Graham, and living on
what his profession brought, my dowry,
and a trifling income left him by his
mother. Soon after, however, relations
of mine dying, left us, most unexpect
edly, a considerable fortune, when your
father, between whom nnd Sir Graham
ever existed a warm friendship settled
here.
But their intercourse was rareindeed,
they seldom met. Gertrude had spoken
the truth married, the Baronet ceased
to have a will of his own.
Once, only, did he make a strong
effort to assert it-that was, in refusing
to destroy the entail which Lady Pen
derleith desired should be done, though
her first child was a boy. She however,
knew the sickly child could not live.
The contest was long, but Sir Graham
had to yield. Poor fellow! I can im
agine the life he led till he did 1 The
estate ceased to be entailed, the baby
died, and by will, the whole of Pender
leith was settled on Alma, after her
mother's death.
'Now you have the entire story, my
dear Gerard, and see why her ladyship
rejects your suit, and threatens to squan
der every penny, should you persist in
becoming her son-in-law..
'Which, if Alma, will consent, I cer
tainly shall,' answered the young man.
'Yours is a strange recital of a strange
woman.'
'Of a mad woman, you might say;
whom,' laughed Mrs. Lyle, 'you are go
;ing to drive into insanity itself,'
'Yes; what care I for Lady Pender
leith or her money? I east both to the
winds, I have enough for both of us.'
'Assuredly. And, as I have promis
ed, I will not thwart you. I could, cer
tainly, considering circumstances, have
wished your sclecliou ofa wife had been
different. But such matters are beyond
control. So, Gerard, win her, wed her;
then bring the poor child borne to me,
who will love her for your sake, if not
her ow n.'
She rested her hand fondly upon his
shoulder. Rising, he kissed her in
thanks. Then the servant, bringing in
the candles for the night had crept
quickly on tjie footprints of. twilight
put a stop' to" the conversation; where
upon Gerard took his hat from a aide-

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'Where are you going?' aked Mrs.
Lyle. when they were again a!one.
'To Pmderleith.of course,' he answer-
ed.
'To see Alma
'Ye: most certainly not her ladyship.' I
he laughed. 'I told her ye-lerday of
intended vt -it. and she promised, j
if possible, to meet me in the Fir Wood j
cveninsr, and hear I he result; as
she is likely to do so from her lady-
mother, who, since she has learned our
affection, keeps her almost a prisoner
to the house, never by any chance per-
mitting her to go beyond (lie -park's
boundary alone. The latter, however, I
manage to scale, when, if I do not find
Alma at the rendezvous, like a thief,
regardless of gamekeepers, I steal to the
house, and whistle softly beneath her
window, ftom which generally a letter
drops down to me.suspended byastrine,
which I attach my epistle in return.'
'Gracious 1' smiled Mrs. Lyle: 'what
bars or rules are strong enough to keep
out Signor fitpid
'None. He is far too invincible a
warrior. Men's strategy may fail them
in war, in commerce, iu administration,
but it never will in love. Au rcroir!
To-night I must win Alma's consent to
be mine to fly with me at once, if pos-
siHe. If we delay, her ladyship may
put obstacles in our paUt that it might
be difficult to overcome.'
'You say truly; what you do must be
done at once, or not at all.'
'Pray for my success, then, he rejoin
ed, as, with a bright, hopeful laugh, he
quitted the room.
A quiet smile on her face, Mrs Lyle Pen
derleith remained awhile silently gnz
ingat the fire; then s'-esaid, half aloi;d,
'I hope Alma will have oourne enough
to yield to his iiersuasions. It will cause
a great commotion and turmoil, truly;
but what matter There is something I
ratherlike in declaring war against such
a vain, resentful wom-m as her lady-
ship, especially when we arr'sure of vie-
tory. Alma uiuxt consent to make an
elopement of it. So my ladv can harm
us no more than by Keeping her money, j
to which she is welcome.'
But. Mis. Lyle was slightly In the
wrong. Lady Penderleith certainly
could not harm her, nor Gerard; but
Alma, a quiet, gentle Kirl, was her lady
ship's own daughter, besides being gome
what in her ladyship's power. When
her ladyship had declared a thing should
not lie, her ladyship was one who would
stop at nothing to prevent it. And she
had de!larrrfrr-Atrow t-K.iM tv -rrcd
her cousin Gerard.
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CHAPTER III.
IN THE FIR-WOOD.
The moon was just lifting her K'!veHuer
disc, accompanied hy a retinue of stars,
abovp the New Forest, ousting slanting,
shimmering bars through the hough
(if!
the fir-wood, rendering their sombre
foliage more sombre still by contrast,
as pacing beneath them went Sir Ger
ard Penderleith, his arm encircling the
waist of his pretty companion, his brown
eyes bent, with all the devotion of a
fond lover, in earnest expectancy and
entreaty, upon her face, across which
hung the shadow of trouble of doubt.
Alma Penderleith for of course it
could be no other was some three years
younger than her cousin. Her form was
graceful in the extreme, but most deli
cately fragile in appearance-an appear
ance yet further added to hy (he light
robe of neutral tint that she wore.
She resembled one of those splendid
exotic parasites of tropical America,
which fade and die under the shadow of
a storm-cloud, or if deprived of some
stronger tree to cling to for support. The
resemblance went beyond her figure.
Her fair, gentle, Saxon face, her pensive
dark-blue eyes, even the soft, glossy
braids of her hair, told the same tale.
"Alma," whispered Gerard, in a low
tone, ifsslighttremor betraying theanx
iety with which he spoke, 'I have told
you all, dearest. Owing to au unfortu
nate quarrel, years ago, between your
mother and mine, which the former has
never forgiven, Lady Penderleith has
not only rejected my suit, but declares,
if against her command you should wed
me, she will so squander nnd dispose of
her wealth, bat at ber death you shall
be penniless. I know it is right to tell
you this, as her ladyship may not do so;
and and I am aware how strongly the
fact ought to bias j-our decision.'.
'Gerard,' exclaimed Alma, with a
shudder, 'she fiat told mc; and, oh! you
cannot imagine how great was her an
ger, how stern and cruel she looked
when she forbade me ever to see you
again!'
'Yet, my own darling, you are here!'
cried the young Baronet, rapturously.
'Happy augury! Still,' and his man
ner charged, 'perhaps it is only to tell
me we are to part for ever?'
'Part!' ejaculated Alma, raising her eyes
in terro, and clinging closer to tb.e arm
supporting her. XJh, Gerard! what
should I do wheu separated from the
only one I am sure who truly loves
me?'
She averted her face to conceal its
agitation, but her voice was full of
tears. In an instant, the Baronet had
clasped her to his heart, enfolding her
in those strong arms that ever imparted
courage and assured protection to the
trembling girl. Fondly he pressed his!
hps to the pearly tears upon her cheek,
and rejoined passionately
JLove you, Alma? yes, with my
whole soul! We will not we must not
part! With you alone, darling, it rests!
'Assuredly; but h:i she acted like
lone?' responded the young man, tlerrc
your h- 'Think of the present injustice to
yoti-of her ruining your happiness mere
this 'i' for her own selfish revenge Does
n,,t her Ix-itavior warrant your casting
moon, creeping up the sky, fell in a sil
i v,"r er upon them,
'Alma,' continued the Hironet, rais
to ''.er white face from his breast to
z? entreatingly into the d.trk blue
.ve, 'in pity to yourself, '.i me if you,
(.Indeed, love me-eonsenl! Despite what
?lie asserts, Lady Pendei h ith's anger
Only consent to fly vti:h nie to be
brave, to be strong and a week hence
shall see us man and wife, when none
dare longer harm nor terrify you.'
'Hut 3er;tr iler inv- mrlw.rO
Whatever she.doeSj yet she is that!'
off that aliegiance which otherwise I
wn It would be your duty to observe?
Oil, A!ni:i, my love! Will you aid her
in the work?'
Atrua wh eile::t, lr'!n''!jtig with
alarm and uncertainty. They now were
standing in the small footpath stealing
and wiiidiiigaiiVTiig the ferns, and the
must be transient. Remember, you are
her only child!'
Alma shook her head sad'y.
'That might be a reason with some
parents, Gerard
it would, I fear, little
You do not know her
influence mine
as I do. Since she has discovered our
love, her manner has been more harsh
and strange towards me. Frequently,
too, I have found her eyes fixed on mine
with an expression that 1ms turned my
heart sick with an indi-itorihable fear;
and I stand before her, trembling and
confused, as if detected In some crime.
Was she but aware that I thus secretly
met you, irever should I survive her an
ger. Never would I venture to the
house again; I would fly anywhere rath-
I1'1- Her eys hold me powerless by their
raze.
Gerard Penderleith, in such a case,
mentally wished that her ladyship did
know it; and that Alma's flight, 'any
where' wou'd bp to his aims. But lie
answered, 'If, then, such is the miser
able, unnatural existence you are forc
ed to lead, darlingvhy n-issively sue-
Icutrih to il? Why not consent to lie
mine-to accept the home I will give
you, which, if not so large and rich as
Penderleith, yet will bring you happi
ness, love, and the affection of a mother-kinder
than the one you quit-one,
Alma, who loves you already?'
'Ah! the life you describe would t
happiness, iudeed-such as I have often.
ofteu rv'd. olviitt .eagerly, afiVrJ lint,
were 1 to ""y .ves-were I to yield to
what
my heart urges, dear' (and she
nestled closer to his side, sliiveringi-'to
mown,-, er ladyship would rend the
secret in my face. I could not prevent
Then what would become of me'
'Avoid such an occurrence, my own
ihirlillLr.' be e l
uciin,
in- uii.-i ii rjw flow ing wnn anectlou,
with hope, 'by flying to-night!'
'To-nighl?' she ejaculated, in amaze.
es, dearest! Wliv iroi? To-night,
Koseden shall shelter you. A mother's
kiss shall welcome you there; and tomorrow-to-morrow,'
he whispered, shall
ee us man and wife!
Alma returned hisglance with a blush
or pleasure; tnen added, in accents of
alarm, 'Hark! What was that, Gerard?'
'What, love? I heard nor saw noth
ing. I fancied something moved among
the trees. The rising breeze, perhaps,
or a slumbering bird,' remarked the
Baronet. 'Ru! I will Jqok. Re compos
ed; it is nothing,'
Gerard Penderleith, making a round
of inspection, came back, repeating the
words, .'!f, is nothing.'
'I am so glad!' murmured poor Alma,
still rather white. 'I dreaded some one
might be listening. And, oh! if these
stolen interviews should be discovered!'
The young Baronet reassured her;
and, to give her courage, placed. hj3 arm
once more proteotlngly about her waist.
For ten minutes longer they continu
ed strolling among the firs; then sepa
rated, fearful of detection by prolonging
the interview. Besides, their parting,
this time, they intended to be but brief,
as Gerard's last words showed.
'To-night, Alma, at twelve, you will
meet me here. A carriage shall be in
readiness at the west gate of fhe p!an7
tation. You consent to fly with me,
dearest?'
'Yes, Gerard; have I not promised?'
'You will not permit your terrors to
overcome your love?',
'No; I have given you my word, dear.
Do not doubt me I will come.'
Once again he embraced her. A sec
ond, they stood, hand clasped In hand;
then, with a smile, she passed swiftly
away up the path.
The Baronet watched till the last flut
ter of her light dress among the tree
trunks had disappeared, then himself
quitted the wood. Once tiirr-'.g, he
looked back at Penderleith. The moon
now fpll on the p,the.r side, makiug the
outline of the vast ancient building liard,
sharp and gloomy in the extreme, Dark
and lowering, It cast a deep shadow,
like a foreboding of evil, over the pla-v.
Not a light glimmered in the windy,.-.
'It Is a dull home for one so fair, so
young, as Alma,' he meditated. 'Nev
er mind! To-morrow, another will be
hers. How cheerful and bright, ii com
parison. My sweet AUaai'
To-ruonow How little does the writ
er of this how little does the kind read
erknow what will happen to-morrow
How little did Gerard and Alma!
Indeed, to the latter, the evening was
to be eventful enough.
Once, as she quickly hurried on, the
a
same sensation seized her as in the fir
wood lliat some one was near, conceal
ed among the trees.
Tremblingly she stopped to listen. All
was still, and gaining courage from the
sileiice, she continued her wny.
The fir-M'wd opened upon a broad ex
pnne of pleasure-irromnls, In front of
tbe house, but continuing at the sides,
met again at the hack. Alma, avoid
ing the open spaces, kept within the
shadow till she reached a small side
door, that led hya narrow flight of stairs
to the ruinous disused portion of the
dwelling, by which, on perceived, she
was ever able to gain her own apart
ments 'Safe!' she murmured, with a sigh of
exquisite relief, as she ttirn-d the key.
'Better, as Gerard says, fly at once,
then to lead such life of deceit and
terror as mine lias been of lute. How
is this?' she added, growing pale, as for
an instant the door resisted. 'Has any
one boiled it oirthe inside?"
No; another pressure, it yielded, and
she entered. Beyond at the foot of the
stairs, was a small, square passage, its
obscurity lighted only by a distrcnoriit
ed window, draped by Ivy. Carefully
reclosing the door, Alma was preparing
to descend the stairs, when the blood in
every vein was chilled wlih horror by
feeling a hand placed heavily on her
arm.
She turned, then recoiled, with
shriek, as her eyes rested on the face of
her mother, Lady Penderleith. But
what a face what an expression! For
cibly would it have recalled to hersister-in-law
those terrible fmiturpn seen in
the conservatory. It overwhelemed
Alma with terror, and she sank almost
fainting on tiie stairs.
'Rise up!' said Lady Penderleith, in a
harsh, monotonous tone, never releas
ing her hold; 'rise up, anil come with
me.'
There was nothing in the words them
selves, but there was that in tire mode
of their utterance which made Alma
ejaculate, 'Mother, in mercy, wlat yojjld
you do?'
Mother," was the fierce repetition.
'I no longer recognize the title! You
have cast off the allegiance of the child;
henceforth I abandon that of tbe par
ent! Miserable, ungrateful girl know
that I overheard everything which pass
ed to-night between you and him, whom
I will crush and torture by ojie njeanSj
if I cannot in another, t'oine, I say!--
There is much to be done to-night."
With a wondrous strength, Lady Pen
derleith raised the shrinking, frighten
ed Alma to her feet, and dragged her up
the stairs. On reaching the disused
suite of appartmcuts, her ladyship pro-
petjoeo "ip ner companion nad nev
er seen before.
The rusty key groaned and shrieked,
as she turned it in the lock; but finally
yielding, she entered with' Alma, and
locked it on the inside.
The young girl looked around her in
amaze. Tiie room was of small dimen
sions. The hangings were faded aud
moth-eaten; the carpet was thick with
dust; a damp, mouldy smell pervaded
the atmosphere; while the moon, fall
ing obliquely through the single win
dow, produced strange sh.aijL.ws among
the lumbered up furniture.
Seized with a forelmdlng of danger,
Alma's limbs gave way, and, sinking
on her knees in fear and trembling, she
awaited what was t:i fijlow.
7b be continued next week.)

Our Chimney Corner.
ISS Lillie Peckham, an estimable
lady of extraordinary culture
passed to the brighter sphere? fif
eternity at Milwaukee last week. She
was well known in this city and deeply
mourned. Toledo Dcm.
I love, tq l)ear the rumbling of the
steam power press, better than the rat
tle anil roar of artillery. It is silently
attacking and vanquishing the Maia
koffs of vice and the Redans of evil;
and its parallels and approaches cannot
be resisted, I like the click of the tyjie
in the composing stick of the composi
tor, better than the click of the musket
in the hand of the soldier. Tt lears a
leadeu messenger of deadlier power, of
suolimer forpe, and of surer aim,
which will hit its mark though it is a
thousand years ahead! Chapman,
Cul, L.ewls W. Washington, the head
of a branch of the family to which the
first President belonged, died on Oct. 1,
after a brief illness of congestive fever,
at his residence near Harper's Frry,
West Virginia. He w'U i remembered
as the most pimspleuous of the gentle
men who were seized and held as host
ages by John Brown in his famous ra,id
on Harper's Ferry, in rvtiF
rje iossssv, a valuable, collection of
relics (if Vashington, among other the
elegant sword sent hy Frederick the
Great with t,h,e his.iiiptjotii 'From tbe
qldest ieurl in the world to the great
est. Jirafiaiitir.
t Wallack's Theater on Thursday
evening, Jisi Lydia Thompson, asusq-
ai, sang:
May (inuit reluni the i
Of prt wn; .lu,t he. Bi,
If ever I ee.-ise to luve.
The storm of plaudits was prefaced bv
few feeble hisses. When tbe applause
subsided, the hissing was resmv,ii.d,, only
to lie again drowjscd by hand clapping,
Sevea times was the feeble hissing re
peated and each time it was overwhelm
ed with applause. The hissing number
ed not more than ten b. a.m.Heiic.e ftf
it
sixteen hundred. Majority for Dr. Gree
'ey fifteen hundred aud ninety. A'. Y.
Sun.
Notwithstanding all the Southern
people have suffered; tho vast desola
tions of war; Hie gaunt shadows of
threatened starvation; the curse of ne
gro an. I military rule, they have not be
come degraded, nor lost their genero-js
and characteristic sympathies for the
suffering. Amid all the complicated
sorrow and distress which the desola
tions of war, the oppressions of au un
scrupulous tyrant, and the dialsilical
hate of Puritanical fanaticism conbined,
has heaped upon them, when the great
calamity visited ('ble iiro, they lioemllxi
rxtrndrd tlu lr y month; and aid to the
ntffrrcr! Such an exhibition of noble I
genensity and magnanimity, under thej
circumstances, has scarcely a parallel In i
history, and presents a spectacle worthy i
of the highest strains of epic souk!
None but a noble, generous, high-heart-j
ed and pure sou led people would re-j
spond, from amidst their own woe and
want, and divide their mtintj mibtavre
to txiccoT their enrinie! Btdlrr Omnfy
In the profouudest sense Alice Cary
never loved but once. The man whom
(she loved is still alive; yet gossip, with
Its keenest scent, has never found or
named him. Ith all her fullness of
affection, hers was an eclectic an 1 soli
tary soul. He who by the very p.itent
of his being was more to her than any
other mortal could be iRlgtit Jsiss from
her life, but nf otiiar oould ever take
his place. A proud and prosperous fam
ily brought ail their pride and power to
bear on a son to. prevent his marrying a
girl uneducated, rustic, and poor. -I
waited for one who never came back.
she said. Yet I i elieved hf wp,uld come
till I rend in a paper, his marriage to au
oth,er. Wj you think what lift would
be, loving one, waiting for one who
would neivr come"
Hi? (lid. ootne at lat. I saw him. His
wire had died. Alice was dvlnar. The
gray-haired
gray-haired
man sat down beside the
nan ueaiE
prosperously with him, as It is wont
with men. Suffering and death had
t ikeu all from her save the luster of her
wondrous eyes. From her wan and
wasted face they shone upon him full
of teiideniBS4 and. yoqth, Tlius they
met with life behind them they who
parted plighted lovers when life was
young. He was the man whom she for
gave for her blighted and weary life,
with h smile of parting ag divine as evor
lit the face of woman.-N. Y. Indepen
dent. A member of the &jcict-e Internation
ale, whose head quarters are In Paris,
has made public a statement. In wlliph
he ieolu.rHji that pliloago was burned by
members of the Society to which he be
longs. He says that they had been wait
ing for Just such a concatenation of cir
cumstances as those that preceded the
fire. The old barn on DeKoven street
promised the greatest measure of suc
cess, and there the fire was started, pot
by the explosion of a kero-'fctie lamp, b'ut
by the haii(a of one of the members.
Before the arrival of the firemen to the
conflagration, a half dozen mines had
been touched off In different portions of
the city, and their efforts tQ subdue the
flames were as futile us would be those
of a child to stem the cataract of Niag
ara. When the flames had reached the
river, operations were commenced in
the South Division. A mine was sprung
at the Gas-works, and another ftt Yin
Buren street bridge, a. ar,erward' on
Wells Btro-i an(1 Kllrwel, Ha), The
writ r himelf says that he had been
delegated to explode the powder maga.
zine on South Water street, and was
Q)ly prevented from doing it by tho
arrival of the powder brigade, just then
seizing the explosive material to at
tempt to stop the further progress of tbe
flames southward. He savs that it was
intended to destroy but few buildings in j
the North Division, aud these the busi-
ness neau-quarrers and reside n -es of
the affluent. But the Water works Were
in operation; and. these thgy desired to
destroy; 3Q the match was applied. In
the fl!g'nt of the workmen, the man who
applied the match was overthrown, and
miserably perished. Two of the origi
nal founders of the Order in Chicago
were burned in the terrible Are they had
instigated, and seven of those who were
delegated to assist it in its progrwu. The
writer says also that other elties in this
country ar Included in the list of those
doomed to destruction by Are.
This startling story is given without
signature, for obvious rwwons, whether
l trueor false. Que thing is evident,
aud. mat is the fire was started by some
one, and materially aided In Its progress
by other, (several well-authenticated
Onups have been related where men, were
seen to have started fires in portions of
the city till then unharmed. On. ijij.

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Truth Stranger Than Fietian.
The Spirits wand a room for their own
The Spirits wand a room for their own accommodation.
HE. strange voices and meaningless
j eccentricities of the chamber had
continued but a short time barely
long enough to impart pmiiidenee to the
constant htoh., participants and the
i;pv,- house had but recently been finish
ed, when the aboriginal rrcri oj Mr.
Keeler itiforme, !,ini that wonderful
thlnirs w,sr a.hfuyi to. W devrhiil, ftnd
t,liat all 'be. world woiihl I, qntoklj co.
vriH inxpirttwlixni imti- ti,iM:rpU,
ww he ftut hm b-.,,,,,,, ww lo plBy
or
of
an important part. Mr. Keeler listened
aud wondered. Mrs. Keeler listened
and believed. The woman Mary An
drews, the medium, listened and kept
silent. Then came the voice of the
male savage ghost again, and gave sun
dry directions for the preparation of a
room in the house in which spiritual
visitations should in future lie received.
The room designated was the nnrln front
apartment on the second floor, ofx-iilng
into the tower, of which the annexed Is
a r! ingrain
A
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Spirit' Room.
I-
Hall.
Bedroom.
Reiiroom.
A. Exterior windows.
B. Head of stairs from below,
C. Door enclosing staircase to the ob
seryatory above,
D. Small closet under stairs.
E. Doorways.
F. Piano.
O. Board part;t,on vneUtltiag the
tower portJnn f t:,e roonl) an(J tomlag
the SAnctum sanctorum, or spirits' cabi
net. H. Positions of chairs for witnesses
of angelio visions and auditors of the
spiritual declaimers.
Description of the room.
The room is about fifteen feet square
elusive of the alcove or bay window
"'i mwi hv me towpr nm v,oa nii.
window oh the north side, opposite the
door leading into the hall. This Is the
only door In the room, with the excep
tion nf the little hall-door, about thirty
inches high, enclosing the small closet
under the observatory stairs and which,
is the only closet in the roomt The
tower projection is abont J feet deep
from the front of Ue main building,
and pertopsSfeet wide, It hM thfef
windows, with -their casings, filling
within a few inches the entire sides.
The floor and ceiling of the main

room are continued without break into,
this extension. The height of the. Cell
ing from the floor is ten feet. fhe cell
ing and walls, are hard, finished and
kalsomlDed. The woodwork h all paint
ed white except that of the board par
tition, farming thespirits' cabinet, which.
eovered on the oursJ(le with
wall puper. F
The alterations in this apartment di
rected by the aboriginal spirit, consisted
merely in closing the windows and con
structing the spirits' cabinet. Tl
Winds of all the windows are shut, and
the slats are carefully closed. In addi
tion to this precaution for the e, usion
of ljght, tbe windows are boMTde, Up
the Inside, and over heavy drapery
hung, s8 tlia W ray of ,.sIit'p
peaTate through those channels. Tim
door Is secured with listing to make It
tight, and as an additional precaution a
piece of carpeting is kept In readinew
be laid against the bottom when the
door Is closed so that when the room
shut the darkness of the tomb per
vades it.
The cabinet.
so that ingress to. the cabinet from
formed, as indiccl above, by a
rough board partition stretch,...-
l,le interior Opening of the the tower
indicated by the letter G in the dial
rm. mis partition-whether pu..
posely for the greater mystiflcon of
skeptics or accidentally is, i5imaterial
is placed a few inches h'eyond the angles
formed by the .Wtion of the tower
with the rsain building, so that, as will
once be seen, access to the enclosed
apartment can only be had through the
main room or by the windows, unless,
Indeed, trap doors through the floor or
oelliug should furnish a means of en
trance. The floor of the main room is
covered with rag carpeting, so common
tbe country, and the same covering
extends over the floor of the cabinet.
fact, the partition rests upon thetu
tre of one breadth. A careful examina
tion shows that this earpe to securely
tacked to the floor o, the remaining
three sides of the cabinet and so no.
break or cut In tt can lie discovered it
must 1 admitted that no trap can ex
ist there. Moreover, the same forma
tion of rooms exists on the floor ls.ftw.
and the celling of the room uiiderneath
chiner tiMannlj k.-. v
a--- mi ii unwoRen sur-
"t direction connot be possible The
b,,ard mTtuua P,,MiinT. ....e
l(iM o.lh( spirits in tn,t 7 or 8 feet
high, leaving H elear spac of fwo feet
more between tbe top of the cabinet
and the evillng nf the room, which Is
open to the mom. The cabinet is furb
ished with a Pover of plain hoard
larlo those that form the purlttam in
front. Paper is pas km I nvtt the joints
this rough woodwork tesel e the
light.
(7o Ite Continued.)
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