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A Defence.
Oil I tliey tell mc, .Mr. Printer,
There's a rumor now afloat, That the .'OURS \l's yearling poet
Certain verses never wrote ; So a cou.scicncious publp-;
On my "Poems ' darkly frown, .Vnd a hundred brainless voices
Loudly bellow, -lack him down.''
Ves, tliey say tlie pearly gliimucr
That illumes the classic mind, .Vevcr did the dark recesses
Of my stupid n.iture lind ; (-'otisequently, "Ax Impustor,'"
Tliey have branded me lull soon, Aid presented nie a ticket,
To oblivion's land of gloom.
Now, let Calumny's fonl leader
Come from out his loathsome cave. .\nd ill trutir.s benignant waters
His inhuman spirit lave; In the columns of the Jocrxal
Wt will fijlit the battle through. And perhaps his education
Can my untaught pen subdue.
Olil the light of eJucalioii
Is most potent I admit, And I would its golden flashes
O'er my darkened mind did flit; .\nd I know the real scholar,
Who possesses common sense, Would not dare to stain his manhood
By c^CDOuncing my defence.
But the person I'm describing
Is the self-important fool: lie who thinks all useful knowledge
Is obtained at Normal School; Oh I my paper-collar'd stripling.
With your lasting gaiters shod. Don't compare your education
With the priceless gift of tJod.
Wheu I wrote those !iumble poems
No pretentions did I make, Oa the wings of p.ireuziei fancy
My depanure far to take ; I but wrote the modest elTort
or a mind unskilled in arl; "I'was dictated by the impulse
or a warm and guileless heart.
SIic ^li)vu-'i^.dlipv.
Doctor Vathek;
-or>.- AMY  MOORE'S ROMANCE.
BY  CAPT.   CUAliLES   IIOWAltll.
CHAPi'ER I.
THE ACCIDE.NT.
It Was a sunny cliy in tlie niiilst of the •flowery nioiitli,''and merry picnic people if Swansduwn were enjoying tlieuiselvef in a ci.ol fP'ove, in sij;litof Oak Hill, -\my Moore's pietuicsf[ue home.
Amy bad driven the .spirited littlo bays to the picnic jirontid.i (juitc early in the i'..reiioiiii, to .show her golden-haired little brother the sij;hts, and.-pend several hours iinnnn; her own friends tVoui the town.
She was the .tccepted belle ofthe coun¬ try five miles around Swansdown, and ev¬ erybody Courted xhi tinilcs she had to be¬ stow—smiles such as had never fallen to the lot of beantcous woman. -•-
The day pjssed pleasantly to Amy. She encountorod hand.-omeand dashing Doctor Vathek, who, she knew, would some day i.sk for the pretiie,-t hand in all the dis¬ trict—hers.
I cannot say .that the artle.ss {jirl loved the uoctnr, who Wiis fully five years her senior.
He \v:i8 the onlv suitor she hid ever had.
Intelligent, refined, (he master of his honorable profession, and, to all outward manilestation.s, a true gentleman, there was much about the doctor to ciptivate the I'airer sex.
Amy thought she could love hiiu, but, to tell the truth, reader, she had never tried.
If it were in aceord.jnce wilh the pa¬ rents' wisiies that she sho'ald becomo Mrs. Vathek, she would willingly relincjuish him her hand, and try to love him for his .sake.
The goldeu god of day was yet far from the wc.ctcrn horizon, wIkmi a professional eall took Otho Vathek from Amy's side, md a few minutes later, to oblige her boy¬ ish brother, the pretty heiress of O.ik Hill entered the phxton. and sot out for home.
Not far fi'om the grove jushed a turbu¬ lent stream, whose steep banks were cov- i'red with May grasses and flowers to the very cd;;c.
Tho precipices were lined with little sroups of picnicer.s, whom Amy c luld dis linguish with the superb glass which she b;iil accepted at tho hands of Doctor Vathek.
''Amy, do stop the horses, and let me iret that pretty flower for mamma," beg¬ ged Harry, depositing his already large bunch of flowers in his sister's lap.
"Harry, you have gathered flowers enough alread ," said Amy. ''You were quite anxious to go home a few moments since, and now you will never get there, if you st'ip to pluck every gaudy flower yon. see."
"Rut just this once," pleaded the boy, bestowing a look upon his sister which she 0 luld uot resist. "Amy, I'm the only little brother you have, and I'll love you more than ever, if you leave luc pluck the flower."
A tear glittered biyond Amy's smile, ;iud she gently drew rein.
Harry sprang from ihe phaotoii, and ran. with a childish shout, to tho group of drndcliiins. He tpickly broke several from their stems, and was returning when a pistol shot smote the mild spring air.
Down tiie elifl'some person was amusing Iiiiiisalf wi;h target shooting.
Tho unexpected report startled the bays, and. suddenly wheeling, for Amy's hand.s rested lighily upon the lines, they dashed towards the cliff.
The phaiton barely missed little Hurry!
With pallid fice, but still self possessed, -\my tried to reovcr the lines, but they were jerked over the dasher before she could touch them, and she settled back into the vehicle, waiting, witli a terrible calmae.ss. for the droadiul fate seemingly in store for her.
Rapidly the stcods, blind with fright, noared the cliffs, n hundred feet below which roared the muddy stream over its rocky bod.
Groups of merry people stifled their laughter at her peril, aud many buiied their ficcs in their banns, that they might not witness her impending doom.
To attempt to ariftt the speed of the in¬ furiated animals seeiued death as horrible as a leap from the cliff, but there was one who pos.scsscd the nerve requisite for the attempt.
He was a young man, who hnd quitted the bxisy city for a few days' real pleasure and quietude in the country, aud was com¬
paratively a stranger to the neighborhood. AVhen he saw Amy's peril, he ran to¬ wards the pha;ton, and intercepted the horses scarce thirty yards from the preci¬ pice.
He fearlessly threw himself before them. He grasped the bits, and tugged at them with all his strength. He was knocked beneath the iron hoofs, and murderously trampled, but the horses were brought to bay long enough to permit Amy to .spring from the ph.'Bton. and seize the lines. Then they were speedily subdued.
Her daring preserver, rendered uncon¬ scious by Ilis manifold injuries, was borne to Oak ilill, and a messenger despatched for a surgeon.
-\iny paced the eastern veranda of the mansion, tha^ .she might not hear the heart rending groans the sufferer sent heavenwaid, and watching, oh, how anx¬ iously !  for Doctor Vathrk's face.
.•\t last ho came up the lawn, and cxe- euteil a ceremonious bow when he stepped upon the veranda. lie would have said something foreign to his visit, had not Amy pointed to the door beyond which her deliverer lay between life and death.
••lie needs your immediite attention, doctor,' she said, with emphasis, and. as he p.assed her, she added, wilh clasped hands, "He saved my life, at the risk of his own, and for the love of Heaven, Otho, save his I"
He said nothing, but passed on, leaving -\niy upou the porch waiting  his report.
When Otho Vathek bent over the wounded.ma'i, he was struck with the handsome fice, whieh, tiirough some un. seen Providence, had escaped unmarred.
He felt that .\my Moore would love that face to the entire exclusion of his, and he resolved that such things should not be.
The stranger's wounds were dangerous, but amputation was not nece.ssary.
'She will love him!" muniiured the | doctor, whilst making his examination. •Ifi were a woman, I v.ould worship—I wouid die for such a face And he saved her life, too. He shall not wed her. I will maim him for life, and then, if sho wants to wed a mm with bolh legs in tho grave, she may do it. Amputation is not necessary, but curse him, it shall be per¬ formed.
Thus he informed the .young man.
"Doctor Vathek." he said, "amputation is not essential to the preservation of my life. I am a surgeon myself, and can easily see that I need no such operation. I will not submit to it—there ' I place myself under your medicine, bnt not your knives "
Rallied. Otho A'athek walked from the room, promising to return soon with the proper medicines.
.V dark cloud sat enthroned upon his face, and'hc walked p st Amy without speaking.
A terrible determination ruled his heart.
Oscar Goldsmith—his Dew arrival— shonld die!
When he called the fillowing morning, he found a physician from a neighboring town in attendance upon his patient, and Amy gently informed him that his further services could be dispensed with.
He bec'.me furious, and demanded of the young giil the cause of his abrupt dis¬ missal.
"Miss Jloore ;" he said, hoar.se with smolhered passion, "I have been the family physician for years. Why, therefore, I demand, am I dismissed, and a straugcr called in my stead'/ I consider the aclion an insult, not oLly to myself, but to the profession.
•'Doctor Vathek, by myself was your dismissal brought .about," returned .\my. calmly. ".Vnd does not this kerchief tell you why ?" and she drew the poisoned handkerchief from her bosom, and held it before his vision.
He shrank from the sight aghast.
'I siw you poison the wine," she con¬ tinued. "I never tasted the liquor; and, Doctor Otho Vathek. villain and poisoner, you are wanted in the prisoner's dock. Ungrateful man ! you have attempted tbe life of one who saved mine—aye, thelife of ni}' betrothed ; for yesterd.jy I promised to become his bride, as soon as health and strength return to him again. Had he never crossed my path, or had your dia bolicalplot succeeded. I would have become yours ; but Heaven has interposed. Otho Vathek—"
Amy suddenly paused, for Doctor Vathek w=3 gone.
He threw a scowl at hor frcm his gig, and rode away at a terrible speed.
That night Swansdown was minus a physician.
Oscar Goldsmith recovered under the new doctor's hands, and when tho leaves of autumn were falling from the ho.iry trees, he wedded the brave littlo creature whose fate he had saved, and who, in re¬ turn, had preserved his.
Doctor Vathek never returned to Swans¬ down, but should ho happen there, he will find his office occupied by Doctor Os¬ car Goldsmith, and often Oak Hill's phaj ton is driven up to his door, and two little children, sweet images of Amy, our he¬ roine, spring from the vehicle to greet '•papa."
CHAPTER II. Till; DRAUGHT OP roiso.v.
The reaction of nature brought to Os¬ car Goldsmith the weakness ofa babe.
Amy Moore watched untiringly at his conch through the long hours of the nights, aud often felt that she loved that pale and emaciated face. He had gained a place in her heart whieh man had never filled before—which none other than he would ever fill.
One night, as Amy occupied her post of duty. Doctor Vathek called with a bottle of wine, which he s;iid would greatly .strengthen his pitient.
Amy had discovered tho doctor's jeal¬ ousy, and watched him, as the Indian watchss a traitor, for many days.
She kuew that some d.ark plot was deep buried in his Leart, and bided her time to defeat it.
When the revengeful physician placed tho wine upon the table, sho felt that the fearful hour had come.
"-Vniy," he said, handing her a goblet filled to the brim with the ruby fluid, to allay all suspicion, '•while Mr. Goldsmith sleeps, let us drink to his speedy restora¬ tion to health "
S!io took the goblet with a smile, and drank, with a zest that made him frown, the health he proposed.
'Now," said he, ''do you. Amy, bring a cloth, and we will moisten the lips of the young man with wine.    It will be for his
gnod.'"
With.iut replying, tho girl rose, and glided f/oui the chamber.
She went no farther than across the thresbhold, and applied her eyes to the key¬ hole.
Doctor Vathek stepped to the table, and drew a tiny phial from an inner pocket.
lie bent over the goblet, which he had refilled with wine prior to Aiiiy's depart¬ ure, and permitted three drops of the con¬ tents ofthe phial to mingle with the ruddy liquor.
A moment later Amy rejoined him.
'Nothing better than my kerchief is at my immediate disposal at this hour," she said, extending her handkerchief, whieh he acoi-'pted.
He quickly saturated a portion of the fabric with the poison, and moved toward the sleeper.
"Otho," said An.y. seizins the goblet, "I am going to take a sip of Oscar's wiiio. He'll never know it; hiok ?"
An icy c^'ill flitted to Doctor Valhek's heart, and burrowed therein.
He turned, as though pierced by an Ascestiaa arrow, and with a cry of, ''Don't, for God's sake, Amy!' rushed towards the girl.
lie reached for the goblet, but the rim had touched Amy's lips, and she dashed it to the floor.
'•How strangely it tasted, Otho," she said, staggering towards her arm chair. 'It stings my heart! Can this be death— death ?''
Thoroughly frightened, Otho Vathek drojiped the handkerchief, and sprang to the girl's side.
'•Rouse father," she said in whispers; "but tell him not ot my condition."
The prisoner rushed from the room.
The door had scarcely closed upon his form, when Amy sprang from the chair, and hid the handkerchief iu her bi S'lm.
"Saved !" she murmured, glancing at Oscar Goldsu.itll, who sluuibered uncon¬ scious of the tragic scene enacted at his side. " 'Tis well, Otho Valhek, that I suspected you. To-morrow, sir, you shall obtain a permanent leave of absence. Rut hark I they eome."
She threw herself upon the chair agaiti, and .admir.ably counterfeited a deathly ill¬ ness. She'li'cely took the restoratives the bated hands adniinistere 1, and slowly re¬ covered !
Bafiled the second timo, Doctor Valhek took his leave, planning another attempt upon bis rival's life. He believed that Amy suspected nothing; bat yet he oiuld not quite satisfactorily account for the ab¬ sence of the poisoned handkerchief wheu he re-catered the sick chamber.
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[From tlw "All-Day City Item."]
The Siamese Twins.
The   Autopsy   Cr.mjt/eted   at   La.tt—Dr.
Pancoast and Profes.or Allsn Explain
Things—Full Report  on  the Important
Suhject.
We are at last able to Itiy the result of the autopsy of tho Siamese Twins before our readers.
The following ofiicial report of the spe¬ cial meeting of the CoUc.ire of Physicians ff Philadelphia, held on Wednesday even¬ ing, appears in the Philadelphia Medical Times of to day.
A special meeting of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was held at the hall Wednesday evening, February 13, for the purpose of hearing the report of the Commission on the Siamese Twins, Dr. W. S. W. Ruschenbcrger, United States Navy, in the chair.
The bodies of the Siamese Twins being up'.;n the table, the meeting proceeded to hear the report of Drs. Pancoastand Allen. On behalf of tbe commission,
DR. PANCOAST STATED
th t, the dissection nnt having been en¬ tirely completed their report would be a verbal one, to be followed at some later date by a memoir upon the subject. . Pr. William H. I'aneoast said : Mr. Chairman, tiiid Fellows of the Col¬ lege. Having been requested, as a n em¬ ber ofthe Commission, to open the discus¬ sion this evening, I will siy briefly, in reference to this monster, ofa symmetrical duplex developin.'nt, j linjd as uiaiiy of the Fellows now know, at the ensiform appen¬ dix, and also hero at the omphalos or nav¬ el, that at tho investigation which wc tuadc oti the first occasion at MoJUt .\iry I made the openimr incision ofthe body on the line for the ligation of the priuiitivc iliac, on the right side; Dr. Allen made the incision on the left. The object was to roach the great ve-sels,— THE AOUTA AND TWO PRIMITIVE ILIAS, and to force tho injecting material which we uae for embalming (chloride of zine) up the aorta and down tho iliacs until it ran from the incisions made in the fingers end toes. It flowed freely thi'ough the blood-vessels of Eng. owing to the ossified condition of his arteries ; the injeotion in Chang was, however, not so successful, owing to decomposition in the tissues and blood-vessels. It was neces.sary to repeat tho injecting process several times in order top reserve the bidy. The arteries of Cliiing, were found to be very much de¬ composed—quite rotten, in fact.
In Dunglison's Medical Dictionary we find the scientific name given for the Siam¬ ese Twins, in the classification of teratology to be '-Xiphopages," and by referring to the admirable article on '¦Diploterati logy," nf Dr. G. J. Fisher (published in the Tiansictions ofthe i\Iedii':il Society ofthe St.ite of New York for the year 18CC,) ii will be fouud that the twins belon;;' to the class of Anticatadidytiia. In his elas-siGea- lion of double monsters he make* three orders: Order first—Teratacatadidyma ; derived from teras, tcrafos, a "monster," xata. "dcwii." and didumoa, "a twin."— Definition—Duplicity, with more or less separation ofthe eercbro-spinal axis.
FROM   ABOVE  DOWNWARD.
Order second—Tcrataaiiadidyma, deriv¬ ed from ana, "up" or "above" and didu- mus,a "twin." Definition—duplicity, with more or 1o.-b separation, of the cerebro-spinal axis, from below upward, or from the cau¬ dal toward the cephalic extremity cf the neutral axis. Order third—Terata-an a-3- atadidyma, derived fiMm ana, "ab.^ve," xata, "down." and didunios, a ''twin."— Definition—duplicity, with more or less separation, of both tbe cophalio and the caudal txtreniity ofthe ccrebro spinal axis, existing contcmpiranoously. In this orJtr the monster now before us might be called nn Ompheloptigus Xiphodidymus.
Thus we have the soieutifia nomancla ture of this monster. Of course, the con¬ sideration of greatest interest to the pro¬ fession, and one of the main reisons why the e ¦mmi.-^sinn intidc such exertions to obtain this pi st mortem, was th^it the American professio'-i might not be charged with having neglected an effoit to obtain an autopsy, which would .solve the niyste ry of tbeir union. Tho feature of greatest interest is cannecled with thia band—about four inches lung, and eight inches in cir¬ cumference. In additiiiii to this, there arc other points nf im|iorlaQcc iu teratolo¬ gy, in regard to the fulfillment of
TUE LAyy OP nOMOLOGOfS U.NION,
in relation   to the juncture of  the recti-
miisclcs, and ihc f.iscie of the obli(|uns and transversails at their point of meeting in the centre of the band. ]ii regard to tho position of the hearts, we think Iheir apices present toward each; but we have not opened the thorax. The livers we have found to approximate to each other and to push through tho respective peri- tun'!al openings into the band. We ex¬ tended our incisions to the margin of the bind in front.    I5y placing my hand in
THE PERITONEAL C.WITY of Eng, and my colleague placing his hand in the perit meal cavity of Chang, we pmsh- ed beibre us proces-ses of peritoneum, whieh ran oti to the median line of the band; and we eould feel our fingers in the lower portion of the band, behind the mc dian liuL". wilh a distinct layer of pcrtto- iieum between thoMi, dcuioiistrating at once the prolongation of the peritoucnm into the band, and the complete .separa¬ tion of ouc peritoneal cavity from the oth¬ er at this median line. Above that we felt some
TRACES OF VASCULAR CO.N.NECTtO.N
apparently running from one liver to the other. Rat this we will e.'iamina into when we have a better opportuniiy of care¬ fully dis.secting and examining what vas- eular structures may exist. Wc also no¬ ticed that in turning off the flaps consist¬ ing ofthe anterior walls of tho abdomen, the hypogastric arteries, as illustrated by the diagram on the black-board, ran up¬ wards in each body into the band. We lost them in this way, as we think, to¬ wards the common umbilicus in tlie inte¬ rior inferior surface of the middle of tho band.
It is probable that the two hypogastric arteries on each side passed this umbilicus Whether or not there were two umbilical veins, we have not yet been able to decide, nor to answer the question whether the umbilical cord was double or sin :le and composed of the four hypogastric arteries and two umbilical veins, or whether the placenta was single, double, or twin.
We also recognized that the ensiform ap¬ pendix, OS shown iu the diagram of each side, was prolonged aud united in the mid¬ dle line. On our later examination we find that there is couiplete continuity of structure of the cartilages, but
NO TRUE JOINT .\T TIIE MIDDLE LIN*E, although it is possible there may be some small synovial sacs further np. The mot!ou is mainly due, as I here demon¬ strate to you by moving theso bodies one upon Ihe other, to thoelasticity of the con¬ nected ensiform appendices and the inter¬ vening fiber-cartilages.
In regard to tbe vascular fonnection of the band, we have not yet been able to make so thorough and careful examination as wc wi.shed ; but still, iu throwing color¬ ed plaster into the portal circulation of Chang, it bas been found to flow through the vessel of the upper part of the band into the portal vessel of Ens. So that the surgical anatomy of the hand consists in tbo skin and fascia which cover it, the , two sep.arate peritoneal pouches which moct in the middle,
TIIE LARGE PEnirONEAX, POUCH,
the vascular connection, to whatever ex¬ tent they may exist between tho two p"r- tal tirculationa, ond tho remains of the hypogastric arteries in the lower portionof the band. Ihas the main difficulty in any operation for section of tho band would seem to be ic regard to the perito¬ neal processes and the portal cireulation. The anastomosis which tu ly exist betwc«!n the internal mammary artjries and the iu- tereostals in the ititcgument in the upper portion ofthe band, of Cjurse would pre sent nn difficulty.
I will not ventur-c upon any further remarks as to the surgery of tho case, while there are so many distinguished gen¬ tlemen present more competent than my- s<'lf to givo an opinion. At the same time, operations on the peritoneum may not be considered so hazardous in this day, when ovariotomy, gastrotomy, and even Ctcsarian section are so often performed. The peritoneum pouches themselves would
.NOT PRESENT SO GRE.\T A DIFFICOLTY
as might be anticipated, under pressure and acupuncture, by which the sensitive¬ ness of the structure might be so altered as to permit ofa section. I was informed at Mount Airv that in Paris a surgecn had made the exporiujent of applying pressure upon tho band, and it was report¬ ed the twins had fainted in consequence I eould not ascertain, however, whether this was from fright, design, or actual pttin.
As Dr. Hollingsworlh is present, itmay he proper for me to mention a fact whieh that gentleman can corroborate, that Eng was the stronger physically and Chang was the stronger ment.ally. The samedif ferenee w.as observed iu their characters. Chang was more irritable than Eng, es- peciall.v since an attack of paralysis wilh which he had been afflicted—this being in the side next to Kng. The latter had not only to bear with the irritability of his associate, but also to support onehalf his weight. Among othor peculiaritieg. Chang would sometimes break useful articles, or throw them in tho fire.
I.N   CONCM'SION,
let me say that when I turned upthe skin and supeifieial lasci.i of the H incision on the posterior part ot the band, Iwasstruck with tho develiipmcnt and tha strength of the abdominal aponeuro.'^es. The fibers arched, interliced, and developed into a strong fibrous band about a quarter of an inch wide, running around the median line, although there was no actual joint in the cartilage.
Prof. Harrison Alien then iu.ide a few remarks, agreeing in the the main with Dr. Pancoast.
[Tho bodies were then inspected by the audience, and afterward tnrned to as to expose the p sterior part of the band Furiher remarks apply to this posterior aspect.)
Dr. Pancoast—While the bodies are be¬ ing lurned,! will laks the opportunity of replying to one or two questions whieh htive been asked me. First in regard to the common sensibility of these individ¬ uals.
.¦\ccording to the sl.itements wo reoeiv edat Mount .\iry, tbere was a line of cotn- nmn sensibility corresponding to the me¬ dium line of the band. Dr. llollinsnorth says that if a piu w^is stuck into the bund at the medium line, both of the twins would feel it distinctly; but that, even at a slight dictanre lo either side, the point of tlio pin produced an effect only on the twin of th.il side.
Auuibor qui'stinn his been asked me as to whether either of them w::s ever put separately under the influence of an antes- thetie. I answer it by saying that so I'.ir as we know it never was attempted, but that when, upnn the final occasion. Chang was anesthetized by death, Eng was for a time unaffected.
The story as told at  Mount Airy was
tliat Eng waked up and asked his son, '•How is your uncle Chang?' The boy .said, "Uncle Chang is cold. Uncle Chang is dead." Then
GREAT   EXCITE.MENT   TOOK   PL.-iCE.
Eng commenced crying out immediately, saying to his wife, whom they called in, ".My last hour is come," and tinally sank away. lie was in perfect liealth when they went to bed.
They liad been sitting up iu a large double chair mads for tbeir accommoda¬ tion. Eng was smoking his pipe uutil ho became sleepy, and finally said to Chang "We must retire." Chiing said that he could n.,t lie down comfortably. I under¬ stand th:it when they went froui Chang's house to Eng's house, where they died, it was against the direetim of Dr. Hollings- worth ; but, with their usual stubbornness, they persisted in riding the distance in an open buggy.
To return to tlie uarartive of the night of their death, afcer Chang had refused to lie down, they walked about the house for some time, and even wont out to the poreh and v,ashed their hands and drank some water. It was about one o'clock w^heuthey Went to bed.    Theu
CHANG DIED, sometime between that and morniug ; his death not pi-oducing any imuiediatj im¬ pression on Eng. It was only when the latter woke np aod inquired abont the condition of his brother, that he was at all aftectcd.
As to the question, "What caused Eng's death ?" I am not able to tell. The post mortem which has been made does not show the condition of the lungs. Prob¬ ably the valves of his heart were in a dis¬ organized condition, and probably also the shock upon that weakend organ caused death.
Dr. Allen—In my opinion, Chang died of a cerebral clot. From inquiry at his home, I was led to believe that the lung- symptoms were not duo to pneumonia; in¬ deed, were notscve.-e enough to have been so caused, 'nie suddennes-s of the death, the general athnioma of tho arteries, and the fact that there had been previously an at¬ tack of cerebral paralysis, all indicated that the death was of cerebral origin.
Eng probably died of Iright, as tho dis¬ tended bladder seemed to point to a pro¬ found emotinnil disturbance of the ner¬ vous system, the mind rem.aining clear un- til stupor came on—a stupii whieh was probably syncopal. Oue thing to be set¬ tled in the making of our examination Wius to get the bodies iu the best possible position, so that we could judge ofthe true nature of the band.
Prof. Harrison Allen' concluded his re¬ marks as follows :
'•As far as the origin of the twin mon¬ sters is concerned, I am certainly of those who are not ofthe opiniou that two indi¬ viduals could get into such an intimate connection by growing together. Certain¬ ly the c.jiineetion is an original one. I believe that the general opiniou is now that one Graafian vessicle may have two ova, or one ovum have two nuclei; and these finally may, like the two vitelli of an egg, be closed together, surrounded by tho sjmj! material, forming a single com¬ plete ovum ; and thus it may be that the two aro included in the same ovum. I think that this will explain also why the sex ii always the same—why they aro al¬ ways both male of both female. 'I'hey are male in twenty or twenty-five per cent, of the cases."
What will be done with the bodies of the Siamese Twins is not yet known. Cer¬ tainly easts of them ought to be added to the principal Museums of the country.
A Waiting Wife.
A widow of seventy years died in Ports¬ mouth, Mass., the other day, the truth of whosa life was stranger than many a fio- tion. At the age nf eighteen she married the choice of her heart, a young se,« cap. tain, and after a brief and happy honey¬ moon he left her for a foreign voyage — Rut his ship was never heard from, and doubtless foundered at sea wifh all nn board. The young husband, as he was dressed for sea, on the morning he left home, playfully threw a pair of stockings backward over his head, to test some sail¬ or's charm or other, and they chancing to laud on the top of a canopy bedstead, he remarked, "Sarah, let them stiiy there till I come back." And many and many a long year they have laid there, but, alas! he never returned. Rut neither love, nor hope, nor expectations ever died out in her faithful heart during all the many years of her lonely pilgrimage. To the last, whenever a door opened, or a step was heard approaching, she turned to see if it might net be he whom she mourned and sought. Rut he never came again to her ; let us hope and trust that she has gone to him. Ry her desire she was buried in her wedding dress, with white gloves and wed¬ ding ring.
Fancy and Reality.
In tha morning cf life wc paint with the bru-li of f.incy onr beautiful idea of the future lying out before us—a picture of cloudless skies aud brilliant sunshine, of flowcrstrcwn paths and tropic blooms—a picturo where joy and love, and friendship and fame stand holdins out their bea'itiful offering, as the central figureof the whole. But how different the pictures painted each day of life by tho brush of pitiless reality. Not one picture, but mauy, for the scenes are ever shifting. Tho skies arc clouded, and the sunshine faded. The flowers are withered, and hide the thorns no longer. Sorrow steps in where joy had stood ; hatred takes the place of love; friendship, that we had painted with a beautiful face, takes on the hideous look of treiehery. At the eventide of life we g.izo at the pictures in the gallery of mem¬ ory, and comparing the ones that fancy painted with those stamped upon our hearts by the stem realities cf life we wonder whero fancy got its beautiful false coloring.
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A DRY goods merehant of Hartford was a.sked how he spent his evenings His reply was, "At night I store iiiy mind and durin.ij the day I mind my store." Ho Was alive at last accjunts.
A FASIllfiNABLE young l.idy dropped one of her f ilse eyebrows in a ehureh pew and badly fri-htcncd a young niin who sat next her who thought it w,is his mou.s- tache.
An attorney observed to bis brother in court that he thought whiskers were nn- prolcssional. '•You are right," replied his friend ; a lawyer cannot be too barefaced."
It is singuler that there should be no way of patting a stop to the '•girl of the period.
Tit-Bits Taken on the Fly.
Ex-President Raez, of San Domingo, has gone to Washington.
History d>ies not show a parallel to the efforts now making in the West to suppress dram drinking.
A fire in Bryon, Texas, a few days ago, resulted in the deslructionof property val¬ ued at §130,000 ; insurance 800,000.
Two Germtm laborers in Slatter's stone quarry, Piqua, Ohio, were instantly killed o!i Tuesday, by a bank caving in upon them.
The Pension Ofiiee is the only one, so far, in which the stime number of .clerks isallowed as before the new estimates were made.
If Congress was a little more practical and much less experimental in ilsbusiness. the result would be mure satisfactory to the people.
Oysters weighing three pounds and measuring ten inches iu length are among the curiosities fouud at Point Pinallis, near Tampa, Florida.
In Kansas hotels, if you call for a plate of Indian cakes, the waiter puts hi.» hand to the side of his mouth, and sings out : '•Modocs for one."
-V general hetaeomb of mayors is taking place in France. They are changed for merely political considerations, and for electoral purpjscs.
There is a degree of fine fitness in the name ''Warmouth," given to a pet alliga- tar, just reeeived at Stamford, Connecticut, from New Orleans.
Rhode l.sland, in spite of its small size, does a good divorce business. Seventeen applications were recently made in on6 court in a single day.
If the anti-rum crusaders invade New York tlie ladies are seriously advised to make their first visits 11 the clubs; That would create a sensation.
liubinsteiii, the famous pianist, has just adopted a poor Boston girl, paid her ex¬ penses to Europe, and undertaken to se¬ cure her mu ical education.
Members of the Catholic Union of New York are preparing fir a pilgrimage to Rome and elsewhere. It is proposed to leave not later than the middle of May.
In Germany great complaints are being made as to the constant emigration, which dizains the country of its valuable hands, and leaves behind socialists and .agitators.
Now we know all about it! The Siamese Twins were Xiphopages of the class of Terata-anacaladidyma, and may be called, for short, Omphelophagus Xiphodidymus.
The present staffof the British Museum embraces about four hundred persons. This patronage, heretofore under the charge of trustees, is to be transferred to the govern¬ ment.
A Georgia girl aided a noble charity at Macon by allowing 300 men to kiss her at twenty five cents a head. When she got home and washed off the eoamol she felt better.
The Raaking House of Harshnian & Harsbman, at Dayton, Ohio, suspended nn Tuesday. Their average monthly deposits were about one hundred and fifty thousand dollar.-.
Hot alum water is a recent suggestion as an iu.«ectieide. It will destroy red and blaek ants, cockroaches, spiders, chintz bugs, and all crawling pests which invest our hc.uses.
The managers of the Grand'J'runk Rail¬ way of Canada have increased the p-iy of their brakomcn twenty-five por cent, the increase to take effect tram the fii-st ofthe present month.
An Indiana man, with a turn for statis¬ tics, calculates Ihat his faithful deg, ten years of a.ste, has cost him S234.25 for hash and §2.') for license. The dog is now for sale.    Priee, ten cents.
Red Wing, Minnesota, says it wants an agricultural implement manufactory, cabi¬ net and furniture manufactory, marble works, glass w.wks, soap factory, cheese factory, and carriage works.
The expenditures of the government for some time past have been so heavy that the Secretary of tho Treasury has antici¬ pated the quarterly funds of tho Patent Office, and from other sources.
A nnmber of racing caps and much jew¬ elry stored in the Pautechnicon, London, which was burned last Friday, has been recovered from the ruins. One insurauee company is said to be crippled.
Wm. E. Sturtevant has been arrested for the murder, at Halifax, Mass., of his uncle and Miss Buckley, and committed to jail. His overciat, whieh he said was lost, was fiund in the dwelling of the mur¬ dered family.
An English writer thinks the Ameri¬ can eariy potatoes will come to an end ere long, for as each new variety is claimed to ripen abont ten days earlier than any other, the time between planting and dig¬ ging will stxin be used up.
A distinguished New Y^ork actor pro¬ tests against actrcssess putting so much paint on their faces and arms, because whenever in the progress of the play ho has to go through a love scene, or rescue a forlorn damsel, his dress is nearly ru¬ ined.
A farmer sent to an Orphan Asylum for a boy that was smart, active, brave, tract¬ able, prompt, industrious, clean, 4>ious, in¬ telligent, good looking, reserved and mod¬ est. The Superintendent wrote back that unfortunately they had only human boys in that institution.
The barque Kate Williams, of Boston, which recently arrived at that p irt, was attacked by a large whale during her voy¬ age across the Atlantic. The whale struck the vessel on her quarter, damaging her mizzeo channels, and proba':ly raising a good sized lump on its own back.
The Archbi.shop ol Canterbury has con¬ ferred th ! degree of Doctor of Divinity on the Rev. John Shaw Burdon, who is short¬ ly to be oonseeraied to be a bishop for North China; and on the Kev. Edward Sargent, on the ground nf fis eminent ser¬ vice in the mission field in India, and of bis contributions to the literature ol that country.
Seabrnok, N. H , has 396 names on its p dl list, and 79 difi'erent names. The town is chiefly composed of a very few families. The Batons eome first, number¬ ing 54; Dows, 31 ; Choses and Browns, each 22 ; Waltons, 18 ; Smiths l.i ; Lockes, 14; Felches 13; B.iyds, 11; Southers, Knowlescs and Rowes. 11 each ; and Beck- mans, 10. These 1-1 families have 272 out of 396 votes.
@k ^t>ltu' §iw1gji
Vot I Like, Und Ton't Like.
BY   CH.\KLES   F.   ADAMS.
I ton't dink mooch cf dose fine sbaps
Vot lofe aboudt der sehtreet, Und nefer pays der landlady
For vot dey haf to eat; Who gifes der tailor notings,
Und make.i der laundress vait, Und haf deir trinks off lager bier
All 'put upon derschlate."
I ton't dink mooch off vimmin, toi,
Who tink it i.-h deir ¦'schpeer ' To keep out vine abbearances,
I'nd live in -lirundy'.s" fear; Wh'i dross demselves mit vine array,
'fo flirt upon der scbtreet, Und leaf deir moders at der tub.
To earn der bread dey eat.
I ton't like men dat feel so pij;
Ven dey haf plenty gelt. Who nefer knew an hour of vant.
Nor hunger efer felt; Who dinks more oft'deir horse und dog
As off a man dat's poor, Und lets der schtarving und der sick
Go hungry vrom der door.
I ton't dink mooch off dem dat holdt
So tight ubon a tollar, Dat if'twas only schust alife,
'Twould make it shcream und holler. Vy ton't dey keep it on der move,
Not hide avay und lock it ? Dey gannot dake it ven dey die :
Der shroud ton't haf a pocket.
I like to see a hand dat's brown,
Und not avraid off vork ; Dat gives to dose vot air in need,
Und nefer tries to schirk; A man dat meets you mit a schmile,
Und dakes you py der hand, Schust liko dey do vere I vas born,
In mine own vatcrland.
Vere bier saloons ton't keep a sehlatc.
Vere tailors g t deir pat, Und vashervimmin get der schtamps
For vork dey dake avay ; Vere fraulcins schtiek righdt to der vork
So schtcady as a glock ; Und not go schtrutting droo der schtreeta
Schust like a durkey-eoek ; Vere blcnty uud brosperity
Schmile ubon efery band : Dat ish de Deutscher'e paradise,
Dat ist das Vatcrland.
—Oliver Optic's Magazine.
A little darkey was recently found set¬ ting on the steps ofa fashionable house in New Y'ork, crying pitifully.
'•What's de matter wid you," asked a colored woman.
"Matter nuff—double trouble nil ober de house—fadder am drunk—mudder hab gone home wid cloze—sis broke do lookin' lass wid de broom-stick-—de baby got her eyes full of kyan-pepper, and little Ned Anthony put de mustard on de hair for goose-grease. I put salt in my tea for white sugar, and it makes me sea sick.— Do dog licked Ned's face, and got his mouth full of mustard, and lies under de bed a howlin. De kitten got her head in de milk.pot, and I cut her head off to .sabe de pitcher, and then I hab to break de pitcher to get the head out. and deway I'll get licked when mudder comes home for setting de bed afire, will be a sin."
'Head Us"—A clerk in a rural town had a pot cilf which he was training up in in the ways of the ox. The calf walked around very peaceably under one end of the yoke while Mr. Clerk held up the oth¬ er end, but iu an unfortunate moment the man conceived the idea of putting his own neek in the yoke, to let the calf see how it would seem to work with a partner. This frightened mister calf, and elevating his tail and his voice he struck a 'dead run" for the village, and Mr. Clerk went along- to keep up, and crying out at the top of his voice: "Here we como, dang our fool souls; head us, somebody I" ''
Peter Van Dyke, an old chap who died in New Hampshire the other day. worth 8140,000 in cash, requested in his will that no one "should sniffle and shed croo-^" odile tears at his funeral, but cover him over, and then harry home to fight over his money."
A long suffering couuty superintendent, driven to desperation, fired at an importu¬ nate book agent yesterday, but no seriouH injury was doue, the ball strikingthe book agent fairly' on the cheek, chipped off a piece of metal and passed on.
A school inspector in Alsace, a short time ago, asked a well-known urchin if he knew the Saviour's name. The boy answered correctly. "How did he die ?" "They killed him." "Who?" "The Prussians."
'•There is one good thing abont babies," s.ays a late traveler ; "they never change." We have girls of tho period, men of tho world, but the baby is the same self-posess- ed, fearless, laughing, voracious little heathen in all ag«s and in till countries.
Commercial Morality.—''I say, John, Stokes has reeeived twelve months for stealing a horse." 'Served him right," said John; "Why did he not like an hon¬ est man bny it and forget to pay for it."
St. Louis had him this time. Name, Hotcbin ; occupation, physician; age, one hnndred and forty; cause of death, small¬ pox. Oldest Freemason; no spectacles ; constant voter from his youth upward.
Bricks can't understand why so many gentUmen on the street oars are interested in the architectural beauties ofthe build¬ ings along the street when the cars aro full and a nnmber of ladies are standing.
A gentleman asked, "What is woman ?" whcu a Iiappy married man replied, "She is an essay on grace, in one volume, ele¬ gantly bound. Although it may be a«ar, every man should have a oopy of it."
A little girl went into a drug store the other day, aud said to the proprietor, in a half whisper, "Jfa little girl hain't got no money, how much chewing gum do you give hor for nothing ?"
Benevolent Louisville people scatter nuts in the park for the squirrels, and diiiboHcal small boys follow around aud fill their pockeis before the squirrels know anything about it.
A lawyer, on leaving his office, told his clerk to say, if any one called, that he was engaged in a ca.se. As he had simply gone to his dinner, it must have beeu a "casus belli "
It occurred to a Danbury scholar, whilo writing a composition, to make the re¬ markable statement that "an ox does not taste as good as an oyster, but it can run faster."
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