PERFECTLY HEARTLESS

" Pretty? Yes, rather pretty, butperfectly heartle ss !'' said Mrs. Holmesto Dr. Stanley, a young physician , withwhom alio was conversing, at a largeand brilliant entertainment.

" Heartl ess ! with that sensitivemouth , and Uio»« «ves, so deep and IviLof expression ?" said tho physioiau ,musingl y.

"I don 't admir e her stylo of beaut yat all. Shu looks like 3. was doll , andher hourtlossuess is proverbial. Sinceher uncle left her so wealthy she, has hadsuitors by tho score, and flirts with everyone."

She was conversing gayly with n kr.otof gentlemen; :iuU Dr. Stanley saunt jredover tn tho group.

" Miss Mn rston ," saiu one gentieman ," what has become of Harold Graham ,tho artist ?"

The tiny lunula swept over tho keys ofthe u-raud piano, in tho measur e of awaltz ; and another of the group, sup-posing Miss MVir.iton did not bear thequestion , said : "Out ni elbows, andcan 't appear. "

" Ho was vwotobodl y poor ," said athird.

" Perhaps ho has committed suicide.It is thre e weeks since ho disap peared ,"said another.

"Oh , I hope not!" Baid MissMars ton ," we want his tanor for oar next musicalsoiree. It would be too provoking forhim to commit suicide.!"

The nest morning Miss Marston satin her own room , writing a letter. Ijetus peep ova: h«r shoulde r at one sen-tence :

" All holl ow, all hcortlass , Miriam !You blame uio for flirtin g; you are nothere to sec how they follow me merelyfor my money; not one tr ue heart amongthem all. There was one—Harold "—

A knock ut tho door interrupted bor." Oomu in !" oiul a needlewoman en-

tered , with n 1ms mi, of work ." Good-raoruii.g, " said Eva, pleas-

antl y, '< How 1b Terence this morn-ing?"

"Ob ! raise, it's beautiful he is to-day.I ra Bn.-ry yon hail to wait so long for tboneedlework ."

" Never mind that. How could youwork with tbo yoor follow so ill!"

" Well, aunt ), it's many a ono expectsthoi • work , wick of well; and isn't Jimmysitting up plajlng with tho toys you senthim , and Put , that 1 kept home fromflobooi to niind bu n?"

" How much, 3Invy?" said Eva, tak-ing out her purse, %

" Ob! miss, you don 't owe Maty Gen-nil a farthin g. There 's tbe doctor yonlo/t tbo money to pay—and the woodyou sent—and tbo potatoes and milk—and tho money you gave mo last week;indeed , miss, it' n in yonr debt I am fortbo rest of your life. "

"W hat I gave Terence has nothing todo with my Mil ," said Eva , rapidlycount ing ont some moiuiy.

"Ali as Eva ," naid tbo poor needle-woman—mid tbon stopped.

"W ell, Mary?"" Ind eed, miss, you do bo much good

with your money, 'I' m nahani od to tollyon "—

"Toll mo what !" •"W ell, inlm, It' s about tb o young

gentlem an that rented my room. Youkn ow whore tbo widow died last autumn .Ho oarao a woolt back , mias, and bo neveroamo down Btniro for throe days } bo thismornin g I wout up, and bo's sick with nfover , ont of bis bond entirely, miss. IIyon would oomo now. "

" Wait , Mary ; I'll go with yon. "" He's droiulfnl poor , I think , miss;

for it 's pvoolom Httlo furni ture —noth-. g but a bod i.n d n table and a chair ,

iwul no trunk , Imt a bit of oarpot -bag, "Throwin g off bur rlob silk wrapper,

Eva put on a (lark dross and cloak , andadded a close silk bonnet with a thickvoU.

" Come Mary I" and tho two left tbehouse together.

In a low, close room, on i. pallet bed,lay Mary Oennis ' lodger. The face ,against tho coarse tick ing l'i i'-iw, wo.isuch as one fancies for that of his ir vvori te poet. Tho hair was d.trk , -,toi ingover a broad , white forehead; and thedeep-set eyes wc -o ha-jel, large and full,and the features delicauv. Usually theface was pale , but now it was crimsonwith ftf ver. The eyes, too, fierce andwild. But , even v,ith al' ibis, that wasbeautiful with an almost unearthlybeauty. It.to that ?oor , low room, Eva ,with her somber dress and radiantbeauty, came like a pitying angel. Shegave one glance at ''.he invalid' s face;and then crossed tin. \. <om to his side.

•«E :a I" said the s.ck man; " Eva I""He knows me." sho murmured ,

drawing back. Uu tho young manmoaned her name ag-.in, and then brokeforth into wild delir.ous ravings.

" Mary, " said Eva , " send your boy tomo. I will find pen: ;il and paper. "

Mary .left the room , and Eva turnedto the table to tine ', paper and pencil.She wrote t-ro hast / notes. One was toher housekeeper fo? pillow J and sheets.The other *as to Dr. Stanley, who didnot conjectur e who war j the frien d thatsent him so inuch practice among poorpatients , ai d saw that the young physi-cian was well paid.

Having dispatched tho notes, Evatried to make the desolate room moreHomelike. Lifting from the table awuit tcoat , somethin g dropped from thopockot to the floor. She picked it up.It was a small miniature case, open; uudpainted on tho ivory was Eva Mar stou'sface.

A smile, gentle and pitying, came onher lip.

"H o 'lid love me, then—r eally lovemo— aud would not seek ine with theherd of fortune- '.:::iters who followedmo —and that is the reason I have miss-ed him for so long."

The next day, when Dr. Stanley call-ed to sue bis patien t, Mary, with a par-donable pride , nnnered iiim into tboroom that had been vacant before. Asoft carpet was on the door , and a firein tbe grate . Soft muslin curtains ,snowy white, draped the window. Thobed ooula Bcare ely be recognized , withits pare white pillows, counter pan e andsheets. A little table stood beside tbebod, with tho medicines tho doctor badordered , and a decanter of coolingdrink. :,

" Tbe lady I told you of, tbM:Bentyou to Tevr /," said Mary. " Wo ar-ranged tbo room yesterday, and mygood man ui .d I moved bim in to-day, soshe'll find bim here when she comes.It 's asleep he'd been for better than threeh->urs , sir. "

Two hours later Harol d was stillnsleep, but then be opened his eyes.The cold, cheerless room was chan ged ,as if by enchantment ; and (Haroldthought bo was dre aming]) au angel facebent over hioi, with pitying eyes, anda smile tender as a mother 's over berchild.

" Eva!" ho whispered. " Ob , that Icould die in such a dream , and neverawake to tbe bitter , hopeless lovo ! Letma die now I"

Was it a dream , that swcot low voiceanswering bin ?

" Harold , you will not die ! you willlive—live for me 1 Your genius shall berecognized , your pictures sought. Nomore stru ggling for life, but only forfame 1" And tbe tears fell as sho spoke.

Dr. Stanle y, standing in tho doorwa y,recognize d tbe ballroom belle , and theobject of bis friend' s long hilonfc, hope-less lovo.

Softly bo glided down tho ntr> ;s, forbo know that a better medicine than bocould prosc ribe was within tho patient' sgrasp .

And tbe world said ; L" Just think ofEva Marston , rich and snob a belle,marrying Harold Grnha ro . tbo artist ,wno wn& as poor as a church mouse |"

Sad Loss of Life.The late catastro phe at tbe Christmas

school festival at Helliken , near Basle,in Switzerland , was one of the most fear-ful of the kind ever recorded. In battleit is estimated that four soldiers arewounded to each killed ; but in this vil-lage tra gedy the propotion was Sitdlv theother way, seventy-two persons beingkilled on the spot , while forty were laidup with harts and fractures , some of thelatter so severe as still to threaten death.It seems that about three hundred ofthe villagers and their friends had as-sembled to see the distribution oi giftsand share the supper provided at theschoolhonse. This was a large two-storied buildin jr , and all the prepara-tions had been made in the second floor ,which was the chief schoolroom , andwas approached by a stair at one end oftho build .;:?, with a landing from it ateavh story. Stairs and landing, from,tor - to bottom , •'" ore crowded , and theS.-.UO" ! master wi*h difficulty made hisway ' ip to open t 'uc door. Au Uc turnedhhe key, a cru- .li and a c<y wi. -. heard.The b< aiiis supporting tho upper land-ing gave way and fall , carry ing uoth itand the stairs down with all their occu-pants , and crushing those on tho firstfloor , vheio the rest of tho woodworkgave way under the shock , and preci-pitated the whole company, mixed withpieces of timber , into one mass jammedtogether at the bottom , and choking thedoov. Attem pts wore first made iuvain to haul ont the superincumbentbeams by ropes from above , and at last ,ladders being thought of, the few whowero able climbed up, and escaped bythe windows , after which the slow pro-cess of breaking in and clearing out thecorpses and wounded occupied theirfriendo oeveial weary hours , some of thebodies ;>eiug so crashed as to be hardl yrecognizable. If the victims, onlytwenty-three belonged to the childrenwho wi re the objects of tho most un-fortunate Christ mas gathering.

Next to an overdue steamer an overduenoto causes most anxiet y.

Onohallatta , chief of tho Cherokc os, isan ordained Baptist peacher.

Office holders do not object to a h-indsome tam-out ; that is, if it is not a turnont of office.

Gen. Joseph R. Hawley has beenelected Pre sident of the Conne cticu tState rifle association.

Orange onltnro in Georg ia has boontried with , success , ai-d the fruit is saidto rival that of F.oridH ;

Teacher— " 'VJ hat is tho definition offlirtation? " Int i.'ligont young pupil—" It is att ention \rithont intention. "

A Chicago ju s .ion wouldn 't believe <»woman who asci ibe.l her Htagg erin e; totho effect of a vei r tight pull-back skirt.

A bill his beeL int roduced into th»Legislature of Mississi ppi to make edu-cation compulsory throug hout the Stale.

From Ohio comes the news that ther ewill bo no decreaso in the raisin g ofhogs thisye'.r. Of this favorite Western fruit there wero 5,500,000 pluckedlast year.

" Your ilren s." said a husband to hi.sfashionab '.o wi fe, " will never pleasethe men "I -.'on 't dress to pleasemen," was the rep ly, " but to wor ryother women. "

The reign of false hair is over , ami itis said tint Pafi pians are already ar-rang ing their .;wn locks, either inplaits or twisted curls around tho head ,or in artist ic onrls at tho buck of thoneck.

The London Court Circular says thata fnncra i card recentl y sent ont tofriends on the occasion of u death of miindividual .near Oxfcid, bore the follo w-ing inscripti on : " The Lord hath need ofhim. "

The Idah o auth orities have decided toprosecut e polygamous Mormon s in theTerrito ry, some o'-' whom have four ovfive wives each, and eighteen indict-ments have alre ady been found in onecounty.

Tho Detroit Free Pri -m says: Thoweek ly she-sts devoted to tho Centenn ialshow aro either dying off or elso th erehas been carelessn essinsomo ni;st-ofIie e.Only tbirtoei ' dilftrent ones rea ched thisoffice lost V:ek.

A photograp her :«iy that at eight eena girl will «it twelve times for a photo -gra ph , and tlu-i be. dissatisfied. Atforty, the ni> m<! person will sit one.) andtake tho platan ), oven if the artist pointsout three o: four lofoctP.

The " Old Gnitrd " of Now York cityexpect fr. charter a steamer and go toCharlest on, y. C, to escort th. membersof ihr. NVn.Huiugt 'j n Light Infa nty toPhiladelp hia on the occasion of thegatb sriu g «>f tbo Centenn ial legion.

In thn SUM of tfew York there aro ex-pended annuall y moio than $100,000, ' '00by consumers of liquor , or two-third s of allwages paid to laborer s in agrieultu reand niit irt ifaeture, wd twice a» much astbo reoAipta of all i'io railroads ni thoStiitc.

Tho proprietor of a hot jl at Dunkirkfell dead tho ^thnr morning ju st aftercharging a traveler S3 f >r two meals anillodgino;. If the Cente nnial botol keep-ers don 't profit by this warning, th e un -dertakin g business is going io bo goodin Phil adelphia next year.

It wan mentioned ona day to Presi-dent Lincoln that two youn g ladies ofbis acqua intance had quarreled andloaded o«ob other with abu se. " Havethey called oaoh other ugly?" asked tlinPr esident. "No , sir. " « • Very good ;then I will undertak e to reconcilei bom."

Franota I., being dodlrou s to raise oneof tbo most learned men of tho time totbo highmrt dignities of tho church ,asked bim if lie was of noble descent."Your majesty, " answered tbo abbot ," there wor« Ibruo broth er* in Noun 'sark, but I cannot tel l positi vely fromwhich I urn. descended. " Ho obtain edtho post.

In th o Milan cemetery a pavi lion Iiii hIwion pnt up for tbo cremation of bmli i .H ,which , bein g placed on an altnr , are sub-jected to tlw notion of two hundred gasburners giving a heat of 1,000 degr ees.Thus a body Is consume:! to ohIh jh inono hour , On January 15 Cheval ierAlbert Kollor was burnt , tho pr epara-tions, having boon made by direction "fhis will.

A ro trl uvor dog in Chior ,!j.j latelykilled a fivvorito cat. Hav ing committ edthis un provo ked murder , tho dog de-liberatel y took tho oat in his mouth,lurried it some distan ce, dn gf .« deephole behind nomo bimbos , and . after do-poolt iug th o cat therein , car fully ro-placed tho earth , and hod ho not beenobserved there would havo boon no ovi-donee of tho crime,

Items of interes t.

IMghbor John baa hootc* and lands ;Bat tbe osrt b and nky are mine ;

He keeps bU doeda in an iron box ;I havo a right dirine.

Tbe wind that matter o hi» orchard bloomsOr fllla bin naib on tbo sea

Coined over the orchard and oyer the woodWith a tfwocto r breath for me.

I can He down on the (ern; hillu .Watch ed by the oilont star u ;

John is afraid because of the goldUnder his bolts and bars.

Though the tuibhinea oat, be «U» thtm downAnd reckonB it day by day ;

Bat green leaves beckon , wild winds blo-v,And I am up ami away.

I dip my cup in the cr ,ra '*l spring,Joh n drinkit tbe red , rod wine ;

He eits at a ff'st from day to day.And the frugal Croat is mine.

Bit, oh ! the glory of earth and skyTo my free, osuiting soul !

The world in wido and the world is fair .And I hold in fee-t imple the whole.

John and I.

Rophio Oauthior , whoso mnrriod uiiniawis Bnyou , and who was condemned todeath for killing seven of bor childr enby sticking pins and needles into theirheart s, was executed at Pourg, Franco ,iu the proHonco of four thousan d per-sons, Tho unfortunate woman roruruncdvery calm to tho last. She had ratUnrexpected a commutation of her sentence ,and never seemed fully to comprehendtho horrible nature of bur crimes , Onher way to tbo scaffold tbo demonstra-tions of the crowd wore very hostile ,many women shaking UiM r Mint tbocriminal and exclaimin g: <' You wretch Ij on are about to die, and yon will bowell received in tho next world ; allyour children aro waiting lor you. "Sophie Gnuth lor wont through bor or-deal almost without any support , andapp eared qu'.ro resigned to tho fate sboso well deborvod.

Execution of a Woman ,

Charlie Rj sa literature is still goingthe ro unds of tho press , and tho late ex-ploit of j \»un.y Blauchard , at 8t. Al-bans , has r<-ut>tv od tho interest in thosad tra gedy of iha abduction. A cor-respondent has been writin g to theBooMii G1nbcx describing tho annoy-ance.0 tho family have been subjecte d toiii the motloi' of corre spondence , andsays :

Letters arrive by the dozen , some ofsympathy, some makin g inquiries , andsome himp ly ridiculous. A letter ar-rived written in German , from an ap-parentl y intelli gent man , stating that ilMr. Boss would tak e a yonng ben thatbad nev«r laid an egg, and out it in fourpieces v. 1th a knife that was new; lay thefour pinces of chicken upon a newlyplaned board at midnight; wal k thn otimes around thn board repeating thowords inclosed th ree times , he. wouldhave Charlie returned to him tho nextday. As Mr. Boss is the most courte-ous of men , those letters nre all answer-ed. , Letters of sympath y from Beg.imul , Germany, and in fact from all overtho world , have boon recoivod. Soonafter tbo disappearance of Charlie , uletter would bo received from , say Wis-consin— "Com m on at once, Mr , Boss,wo havo found Charlie . There is nomistak e." Mr . Boss woul btart by thenwl train. Upon bis arri val, bo wouldfind a boy with rod hair , blue eyes, orperhaps bo would "have an unmistakablyCeltic cast of counte nance, Tbo writ ersaw photographs of over twenty differ-ent different b.iys who bad boon lookedup in tills manner .

And yet tbo lonely father and motheraro ctii l hoping against bopo , having asort of feeling that their Charlie is stillalive, and will some day bo return ed tothorn. How every mothe r in tho landwill clasp her little darli ng to her br er at ,and wish their prayers maybe answered,

The Lost Boy.

Mi itUH,, when Jtt. do Lessen firstv'>;tod tho isthmus of Sues in companyAtTh the than Viceroy Mahomet Said ,tho future canal mar ker leapt his Arab—ono of tbo khodivo 's steeds—over astone wall. This foat—for it was a featfor a Frenchma n on an Arab —greatlyimpressed tho sheiks , generals and minis-ters of tho viceroy 's suite. When a fewhours afterward they wore called on byth eir master to listen to Do LossnpB'plans about tho canal, they being, inIds own v, .mis, «« fa r more fit to judge ofa font vi horsemanship than of a groatundcttakin g, wore of tho opinion . thattheir master 's friend , whom Ih oy hadjunt «•»»»• J atap a wall so smartly, couldnot but fctvo good advlo. ; and so ihoyunanimou sly gave their adhesion to thobold rider 's project.

It is estimat ed that about 818,000worth of dri ed fish are monthly aontfr om San Francisco to China by theChinese,

no lng a Mood Rider DM It.

The Vicissitudes of a Life.A Washington corres pondent says :

Among the spectators at tho capital wasa slight , poorly dres sed young man , withlong, yellow hair , combed out into agreat cloud. He is an object of inter estin ¦Washington , and more than tliat , anobject of infinite pity. His form is thinand quaint ; bis step nervo us and elas-tic ,- his manner abstrac ted ; his handstwitch coii imlsively when they shonldbe at rest , and his face, in repose , is likethe picture of Adam in the " PassionPlay at Oboramme i-£f!in." His days arespent in tbe galleries oi the House whenCon gress is in -,eti3ion ; and du rin g re-cess at the Congressional librar y and inthe various newspaper offices. Fre-quently be is neen hurriedly pacin g theBtreefc with an abstracted air ; and I sawbiin the other diy makin g q^<ier hier-oglyphics ou the letter boxes that - han gfrom the lamp posts. I followed turnfrom the capitol to tho treasur y, and onevery letter box he wrote differ ent , char-acters , crossin g the street whenever hesaw a box on the other side. O.-i thelid of ono were the characters like these :

5—62 k j t . 60.This man has had a stran ge, sad his-

tory. Fifte en years ago ho was a mem-ber of Con gress from one of iho WesternStates , the first Bep-.esentativetbo Statesent to Congress. Ho had risen to thatposition from, the printer 's case, havin gbeen a compositor and an editor , andwas one of the founders of tha Typo-graphical Union. He was a member ofuie first Ter ritorial Legislature in hisState , assisted in framing the State con-stitution , and was elected to a positionon the supreme bench , which he declinedin orfler to accept u. nomination to Con-gress. He was a man of rare oratori calpowers , but an idealist.

So visionary, so chimerical were hisschemes and theories , so unsafe hisjudgment , that bis career in C^ngroas,whUo brill iant from several bursts of elo-quence , was a failure when judged froma practical common sense standpoint.He was defeated when a candidate forra-eleetion , and defeat killed bun. Forfciio benefit of his health his friends ob-tain ed a consulate abroad for him, buthis disappointment and the continuedministry to a diseased imagination un-seated bis reason , and he has graduallygrown from sontimentalism to lunacy.

Etav ral years ago be loft his wife andeliildreu , imagining them to bn tho mill-stone that bung about his neck , and hassince made his home w'th relatives.Throu gh the influence of Charles Sum-ner and Henry Wilson , bis ife obtain eda pobiuuii in ono of tbe departments ,wbick she now holds. Two year s agoho became suspicious of tho motives ofan ox-Sonator who bad befriended bei ,anil shot bim in tho street , but tbowound was only a slight ono, and al-though indicted bo has never been triedfor the cr 'tne. His history, so sad , yotno htrango and romantic , is known onlytea few, b it his face is familiar to everyono in Washington .

Ono of tho exquisite wonders of thosou if ctllod tbe opolet , and is nbont aslargo as the German aster , looking in-deed very rauob like one. Imagine avery largo double aster , with ever somaty long petals of a light greon , glossyas Boiln , and tvich ono tipped with rosocnlor. These lovely petals do not liequietly in their placed, like those of thoaster iu your garden , but wave about inthfl water , wbilo the opolet generallyclings to n rook. How innocently andlovely it looks on its rooky bed I Whowould encase that itoould eat anythinggrosser than J ew or sunlight ? Buttho*.o boanUful , waving arms , as younull tliora , have another use bosidos look-lug pretty. They havo to provide foodfor ,t large , open mouth , which is hid-den doop down amongst thorn—so wellhidil on that one can scarc ely And it.Well tl" tboy perform their dnty, for theinstant a foolish little fish touobai ono oftho roHy tips, ho is struck with poison ,as fatal to him as lightning. Ho imme-diately becomes numb, and in a momentstops struggling, and then tbo otherhoantlful arms wrap themselves aroundhim , rnul he is drawn into tho huge ,greedy mouth , and is soon no moraThan tbo lovoly arms unclose and waveagain in tbo wate r, looking as innocentand harml ess as though they hnd novortouched a flsb.

A reoent visitor to tho Dtamiu swampdoHoribe fl it , In Fnr rM and Stream, ashavin g lost nono of tho characteristicswhich gave it its namo , Boars aro notho plenty there an when tho region wasrar ely penetrated by man , yot they stillafford sport for hunt ers, Lake Drum-inond, onoo bollovod by tho ignorant tobo bottomless , is really not iu any placemore than fifteen feet doop, Its water ,impregnated with tho juices of juniperand gum loaves, is of tbo color of wino,and is drank as a remedy by c^nsnmp .tivon ,

X >Miilvtva* 8e» Flower.

Tho Tiostou Jf erald publishes inter-views with a cotton mills agent and aniron uualor on tho eendition and pros-pects of their busines s. In introducingtbe interviews * it sayu; It is singularwliat a variety of opinion prevails amongbusiness men. It would seem at firstthought almost inoxplio: nle, but a littlefamiliarity with tbe general subjectshows that after all there is not so muchdiver ntty, and that while those opinions

all tbo result , more or loss, of indi-vidual experienc e, thoy form as a wholea sort of mosaic which when skillfullyarranged , brings out froua a dark back-ground a bright and encoiuuging pic-ture. Tho cotton mills ag"nt said:

Fear and pan ic have bad no reason-able existence for a year past ut least inBonton , As to general busin ess, it isnot near so bad as people imagine it tobo, In our trade there has boon a goodveer's transactions accompl ished , con-sidering all things. To be suro wo havohad to sell oloso, and our profits havenot boon larg e ; but you will notice therehas been scarc ely a failure in the cottongoods tratlo in the city during tho pastyear. Otb or trades have not boon quit eso fortunate , it is true; but und er tbopooalinr condition of things thoy havonot suffered moro than might havo boonexpected. Tho depression in busine ssdid not oomo in consequence of generalpoverty or lack of means and uupplioH ,but from a superabundance and over-supply of everything, including money.Wo failed fro m overdoing everything.West of Buffalo tho vevival in busiunssis apparent everywh ere. The hard timesaro practically ended there. The hostbuflln onn over done by Western agents inour lino v.-s dono in Chicag o during thopast season. Things aro hopeful in thatsection nud at tbo Sonth, and a revivalol trade has actua lly oomo to them. Itwill conao to us also whflu wo ooaso tooverproduce and do a legitimate busi-ness, Above all, it will come to vw whenwo lmv> confidence in ours elves and inone another.

A promin ent doalor in metals said hoalso wan of tho opinion that ovoi -pro -duction was ono of tho causes of thopanio. Manufactur ers no *v aro oar ifnlto koop tholr atook low, and if potvdbloonly mnnnfooturo to ordor.

" Will you havo mo, Sarah ?" mdd ayovrog n\an to w modoftt girl. • 'N o,J ohn ," said sho; " but yon may Iotamo, if you will,"

UusIiiphs ill Boston.

Another Dj numite Plot .Apropos of the tbeory advanced to

show tho partici pation of tho dynamitemonster , Thomas , in tuu mysterious dis-appearance of the steamer City of Bos-ton , of which not the Ie ist cl«w has everbeen found , we give herewith , says auexchange , a narrative furnished to usfrom a reliable source. Tt will be recol-lected that the ill-fated ship left NowYork in March , 1870. Two months pre-viously a man corres ponding to tho de-scription given of Thomas sought andobtained a private interview wit ' . fcienorAlfsro , agent at that time of the Cubanrepublic , in the course of v hich he un-folded a most diabolical scheme to in-jure tbo Spanish navy by means ofdynamite lodged in a thick tubular glassreceptacle , and carefully covered with acoat of a coal preparati on. This , it wasproposed , should be placed in the inter-ior of lamps of coal, bored for tho pur-pose, and the hole imperceptibly sealedwith the coal preparation. These couldbe introduced clandestinely into Havana ,.wii with great precaution scattered inwith the <v>al supply of the navy, and inwhatever fuxu;.e« the lumps chanced tofall , the ship would bo inevitabl y de-stroyed , with all on board. Tho pro-popal was referred to Senor MoralesLenau s, the general diplomatic agent ,who rejecte d it at orue as a scheme-which would result in the wholesaleslaughter of innocent )>ersons not onlySpaniards , but of other nation alities, asthe coal is kept in a large yard oppositetho city, from which all steamers touch-in.; there take a supply—English ,French and German , as well as Spanish.The torpedo models were exhibited inpieces of coal picked at random from apile of the fuel. The interi or of thecavity was polished sm^tl with emery.o reduce the risk of explosion by chaf-ing while introducing the charge. Theshell after it was filled and closed with aplug; of brass was dropped into a boil-iug mixture of coal t' lr, pulverized coaland resin or beeswax, and then instant-ly transferred to a bucket of ice water.The result vt as a coatin g about three-quarters of an inch thick , und tho deadlycontrivance , after the gloss wore off, hadtho exact appearance of coal in weight ,smell and color. A diagram of tho pre -jectilo was exhibited by tho stranger ,and n note descriptive of it accompaniedtho design, When his proposition wasrejected ho loft , and was never seen orheard of again by the Cuban gentleman.