text: Sennheiser HD 800 Stereo headphones Zoom Front Angled sound waves Ring radiator driver Photos Videos Item #: 143HD800 Review Summary 10 people say Out of Stock Expected: 11/6/2014 Contact us Reserve yours risk-free Call Email Email me when available Free Crutchfield lifetime tech support Free Shipping Your price $1,499.99 Add to cart + Add to wishlist Buy this item and earn up to 1500 Rewards points See more offers and ways to save Special Financing Available x By buying this product you'll earn up to 1500 Rewards points. When you sign up for a Crutchfield account, you'll be enrolled in Crutchfield Rewards. You'll earn one point for every dollar you spend on gear from us. You can turn your points into Rewards Cards that you can use toward future purchases. You can sign up for an account now, or after you complete your purchase (you'll get credit for the points either way). Sign up for a Crutchfield account Overview Details Staff Reviews Customer Reviews Q&A Articles & Videos Accessories Our take on the Sennheiser HD 800 by Dave Bar Hear your music like never before When you slip on Sennheiser's HD 800s, you'll hear intensely realistic, natural sound — so real, in fact, that it's as if you're hearing your music straight from the source. That's because the HD 800s use Sennheiser's new driver technology, along with premium materials and exceptional build quality, to reproduce sound as faithfully and accurately as possible. You'll hear deep bass, rich midrange, sparkling highs, and more detail in your music than ever before. Innovative design for high-definition sound The HD 800s feature a specially designed ring radiator driver to re-create the clearest sound possible, while eliminating distorting resonances. They'll reveal the subtle details in your favorite recordings, from the sound of a mallet hitting the membrane of a bass drum to the quick breath of a singer before a solo. The open backs of the earcups prevent unwanted vibrations from the coverings from tainting the sound. An exploded view of the specially designed drivers. Audiophiles take note: the drivers are uniquely positioned to send sound waves to your ears at a 45° angle. Since sound rarely ever takes a straight path to reach our ears, the slight angle helps create a spatial effect for a more natural listening experience. So, unlike ordinary headphones that box the music inside your head, the HD 800s present every instrument as if you're sitting in the audience at a live concert. The drivers are uniquely positioned to send sound sound waves to your ears at a 45° angle. Quality materials, impeccable craftsmanship Each pair of HD 800s is assembled by hand at Sennheiser's headquarters in Germany using only the finest materials. The drivers are encased in stainless steel, and the plush earpads are made of high-quality microfiber fabric. The headband uses layers of metal and plastic for added durability, and to help damp vibration. The cable's high-quality, oxygen-free copper center conductor is specially tuned and shielded to faithfully deliver the audio signal from your equipment to the headphones. From the review Sennheiser HD 800 headphones: in a class of their own "What I actually experienced was the most detailed and spacious sound I had ever heard from my music. I heard a wider soundstage than normal, but it was still a continuous sound from left to right. I found [the] level of detail in the sound exciting, as it's precisely what I would have heard in a live performance. It gave the recording real presence." — Ralph, Graves, Blog Editor and A/V Writer See more info on this item Highlights:open, around-the-ear earcupsassembled by hand at Sennheiser's headquarters in Germanyhigh-definition 56mm ring radiator drivers with 40mm coil and 42mm magnetsdrivers direct sound waves to the ear at a 45° angle for a more natural listening experienceearcups padded with soft, durable Alcantara®metal headband with layers of plastic to dampen vibrationsopen-backed earcups for reduced vibration9-foot shielded cable with four-wire, silver-plated oxygen-free copper (OFC) center conductorTeflon insulated, gold-plated 1/4" stereo plugfrequency response: 14-44,100 Hz (-3 dB)total harmonic distortion: less than .02% at 1Khz/1Vrmsimpedance: 300 ohmsweight: 9.2 oz. (without cable)warranty: 2 yearsOur 60-day money-back guarantee Hands-on research from the Crutchfield Labs (what are the Labs?) Features and specs chart | What's in the box? | In-depth notes Features and Specs General Fit Style Around-the-Ear Earcup Type Open Noise-canceling No Bluetooth No Frequency Response 14-44k Hz Sensitivity 102 dB Impedance 300 Ohms Weight 9.2 ounces Cord Length 108" Airline Adapter Included --- iPod Control No Volume Control No Built-in Microphone No Parts Warranty 2 Years Labor Warranty 2 Years Product Research What's in the box? Download owner's manual Over-the-ear headphones with attached 9' cable terminated by a male 1/4" connector Our Product Research Team At Crutchfield, you'll get detailed, accurate information that's hard to find elsewhere. That's because we have our own in-house Product Research team — they open the box, verify contents, check the owner's manual, and record dimensions, features and specs. We stay on top of new products and technologies to help people make informed choices. Features Overview: The Sennheiser HD 800 audiophile headphones incorporate Sennheiser's most advanced driver technology. These open, circum-aural dynamic stereo headphones provide a realistic and natural sound field with minimal resonance. Dynamic Transducer Design: The Sennheiser HD 800 features a new innovative dynamic transducer design. The transducer is encased by a precision material made of stainless steel. Hand-Crafted Ear-Pads: The ear pads are handcrafted from a high-quality microfiber fabric. This material is extremely comfortable to wear and easy to maintain. Metal Headband: The metal headband with inner damping element was developed from the aerospace industry. Special High Precision Cable and Connector: The Sennheiser HD 800 features a specially tuned symmetrical, impedance matching cable with low capacitance The headphones also utilize specially-designed, four-wire, high-performance connections with Teflon insulation. Product reviews from the Crutchfield Labs (what are the Labs?) Review: Sennheiser HD 800 headphones Review: Sennheiser HD 800 headphones by Ralph Graves When I received a pair of Sennheiser HD 800 headphones to try out, I knew right from the outset this would be a different kind of listening experience. How many other headphones come packaged... Review this product Submit a review and then enter to win a $500 rewards card Sennheiser HD 800 Reviews Average Customer Review: 10 people say: Review this product: Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences about this product. Please be sure to focus your comments on the product itself. Read our Review Guidelines for more information. Review title * Email Your email won't be visible. Please use the email address that is associated with your order. 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Submit the URL of your YouTube™ video review or product demonstration. e.g., "http://www.youtube.com/v/o79TWHh598U" 500 characters left Pros 500 characters left Cons * Agree to Terms By checking this box you agree your review becomes the property of Crutchfield, that you are over 18 years of age, that you own or have owned this product, and that you are located within the United States or its territories. Please see our Review Guidelines for more information. We reserve the right (but are not obligated to) review all submissions and edit or remove any review in any manner which we deem necessary. Your review should be posted within seven days. Filter by rating: 5 Star: (0) 4 Star: (0) 3 Star: (0) 2 Star: (0) 1 Star: (0) 5 out of 5 hd 800 Written By rory lee, rory lee on Monday, August 25, 2014 I have had dozens of headphones love em . I had the 700s and talked myself into believing they were as good as the 800s. Then I found the hd800 on sale and went for it....OMG no comparison I am amazed at these cans . They sound incredible at low volumes They rock out when you crank them up . If you just listened to 1 of your fav songs a day for 4 years they would totally be worth it Pros: They sound incredible Cons: expensive 1 out of 1 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No "Coolness Factor" Build Quality Comfort Noise Reduction Sound Quality 4 out of 5 muy extridente Written By aer, Guaynabo, PR on Sunday, August 17, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) necesita un buen headphone amp para sacarle sus cualidades. To get the best sound from these headphones, you´ll need a good headphone amplifier. Crutchfield response on Monday, August 18, 2014 Translation provided by Crutchfield's Spanish Sales & Support team. Visit our new Spanish-language site at www.crutchfieldenespanol.com. Was this review helpful? Yes | No 4 out of 5 Some very serious soundages from this crown of a headphone Written By gr, NYC on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I'm new to this niche market. I spoke to 3 advisers in the past month since my purchase. Each was impartial, objective, patient, knowledgeable and ultimately correct . I ended up purchasing the AK100 and the SennHD650, SennHD800 & Grado GS100i- I chose to keep just the 800's. Superior in sound, although the Grados I felt were much more comfortable (& gorgeous) , they only lacked somewhat in tone when compared to the Senn 800's. The sound on the 800's is full, robust, and hits your ear from all angles. It seems to have stimulated new nerve paths in my ear to my brain that had never been used before. It is as if you're sitting in an intimate amphitheatre with sounds hitting your ears from a 180 degree dome surrounding your ear. A truly enjoyable experience. Songs that I have been listening to for many years came to life in a new sense. I was able to discern so many instruments simultaneously that I previously hadn't heard or noticed before. At times, I feel like the producer in the studio listening to a group laying down the tracks. Pros: My enjoyment for listening to music has just become exponentially more enjoyable. Unmatched in customer service and folks who offer excellent opinions in earnest. Quick shipping, easy to return items. Just a well run outfit it seems from all corners Cons: Slightly heavier than the Grados, & Senn does not offer a short cable if you want to take these poratble, you must go to a custom shop for that. 2 out of 2 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No "Coolness Factor" Build Quality Comfort Noise Reduction Sound Quality 5 out of 5 Smooth and Neutral Written By amham, New Jersey (what exit?) on Saturday, May 03, 2014 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) State of the art headphones with a smooth and neutral sound character. If you are a "basehead" these phones are not for you. However, if you desire a natural and uncolored presentation with a holographic sound stage this is THE headphone. A bit too much plastic for me but otherwise well built and sturdy. Very comfortable for long listening sessions. Highly recommended. Pros: Neutral sound character with W-I-D-E soundstage Cons: Somewhat laid-back bass character but natural in character. Was this review helpful? Yes | No "Coolness Factor" Build Quality Comfort Noise Reduction Sound Quality 5 out of 5 Best Cans I've Ever Owned Written By ejr1953, Mount Airy, MD on Monday, January 06, 2014 After doing a major audio electronics upgrade, auditioned a number of "over the ear" headphones and picked up the HD800s. Besides having superb detail, great bass (better than any other headphone I've auditioned), excellent stereo imagery, crisp highs and great "attack", these cans are easy to drive and just don't "run out of gas", even at high volumes. I was somewhat concerned about spending that much for headphones, but after listening to the lower-priced models, decided they were well worth the extra money. I'm really happy with my HD800s. I suspect you would be too! Pros: Superb sound quality, easy to drive, very comfortable. Cons: Costly. 5 out of 5 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No "Coolness Factor" Build Quality Comfort Noise Reduction Sound Quality 5 out of 5 Best Sound I've Heard in Headphones Written By Paul L., Poughkeepsie, N.Y. on Saturday, February 02, 2013 I auditioned these cans compared to the highly reviewed NAD headphones. Both sounded great however the Sennheiser was in another league. I use these at night when my wife is asleep and never feel cheated in sound quality over my PSB speakers. After listening to a number of high end cans these are clearly the best. I wrestled with the price for some time. I mean this much for headphones!!! But honestly the sound quality is really important to me and these puppies deliver in spades. I listen to vinyl, DVD Audio, SCAD and other high resolution audio and these were essential. They are also amazing for movies and TV. I look forward to late night listening/viewing with these headphones where before I had to keep the volume down now I crank it up and sacfifice nothing in fidelity. They are also the most comfotable headphones I have worn. Be advised they are not noise cancelling nor are they personal headphones so those people in the room with you will hear them at a very low volume. Pros: Outstanding Sound, Cons: None 11 out of 11 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No "Coolness Factor" Build Quality Comfort Noise Reduction Sound Quality 4 out of 5 HD800 vs HD600 w/ modified cable Written By Dave W., Excelsior, MN on Saturday, June 02, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Comparing stock HD800 vs an HD600 w/ Stefan AudioArt E-Series cable. While HD800 is obviously very, very good in sound quality, so far I'm not finding the extra >$1k worth it. My Little Dot MK VIII SE has a little problem driving, volume must almost be max'ed. The HD800 is perhaps a bit clinical ... I've had no goosebump moments as yet. The HD600 w/ modified cable is indeed a worthy competitor. With my gear, the extra price is perhaps not justified. Pros: Soundwise, very accurate SQ across the spectrum. Comfort-wise, I find them comfortable, even for extended sessions. Cons: Bass is a little less than my modified HD600's, but better defined. Top end is maybe ever so slightly hot, but could just be source. 8 out of 12 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No "Coolness Factor" Build Quality Comfort Noise Reduction Sound Quality 3 out of 5 Elephant's cans Written By Jetvart, New York on Sunday, February 26, 2012 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Like other reviewers here, I have no means to compare them with other headphones in their price range and like others, I also found them to sound better then Sennheiser HD 650. Unfortunately, not everything is better. The cans are huge and heavy, they feel more like helmet, then headphones. They are not secure on my head, if I bend over they slide little before my ears would stop them from falling down. I have to keep my head upright and the headband on top of my head. Definitely not the cans for head-bangers. The adjustment is so loose, I need to readjust them every time I put them on. And the cable kink. For those who wear glasses: If you try to take the HD 800 down by one hand, you glasses will go too:) I'll give the sound 5 stars and comfort of use 2. And there is the price. I have no idea, if the price was influenced by the many makers of replacement cable for HD 650 and obvious willingness of consumers to pay more. If was a manufacturer and I see people pay for cable to my headphones the same price, as they paid for the headphones including the original cable, I would probably see my product as under priced and for the next one, rise the price considerably. Pros: sound Cons: price, unsecure, cable kink, size and weight 4 out of 19 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 4 out of 5 Sennheiser HD 800 Written By Howard, Ijamsville, Md on Thursday, November 03, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I thought they had a very even balance with the bass reproduced at believable levels and the highs, such as hi-hat cymbals, etc. almost believable, but not quite. Staging is about the same as the 600 series. These won't replace a really great speaker for reproduction. While I think they sound better than any $1400 speakers I've heard, I think from a materials stand, they should be less. For anyone wondering whether they are appreciably better than the HD-650, the answer is yes. Whether they are worth approx $900 more is up to the individual. Also, as mentioned by Edward in Bridgewater, they are not private. You wouldn't want to use them on an airplane or anywhere that you wouldn't want to disturb those around you. Pros: Sound Comfort Cons: Very minor point, but they could have come with a mini adapter. They can barely be driven to proper levels with an iPod or similar device, but it still would have been nice. Sennheiser does supply one with their 600 series. 4 out of 8 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 4 out of 5 Great sound, but not very private. Written By Edward, Bridgewater, NJ on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I purchased these the day they were available from Crutchfield to replace my aging headset. If you are looking for a wonderfully light, full sounding, comfortable, price is no option headset look no further. The bass knows no limits and the trebles are clear and defined. I powered mine off of a Denon PAC pre-amplifier and was impressed that the headphones needed no tonal correction whatsoever. The one drawback that mattered to me most was the level of residual sound that the headset puts off. My wife complained that even at 2 rooms away she could still hear my headphones and was keeping her awake, oh-oh. Playing them through my stereo while watching TV provoked some stern looks as the headphone noise was competing with the television speaker, bummer. So, after living with them and enjoying the quality, I had come to the realization these are not a good choice if privacy is wanted. Anyone in the same room will hear the headphones so if that is an issue I recommend passing on these. 48 out of 57 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No Add accessories for the Sennheiser HD 800 Add Accessories Add a Warranty Get better sound from your headphones with a dedicated headphone amp. See all categories & accessories Get better sound from your headphones with a dedicated headphone amp. Headphone Amplifiers Keep your headphones right where you want them without taking up shelf space. Miscellaneous Audio Accessories Improve the sound from your digital audio sources. 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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (July 14, 2013) — A repeat victory by Game On Dude in the $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup, a fourth local training title for John Sadler, the first tie – between Rafael Bejarano and Edwin Maldonado – atop the jockey standings in 67 years, a record-tying performance by trainer Mike Puype, milestones for Bejarano and fellow jockey Victor Espinoza and trainer Mike Mitchell, plus a trio of female firsts on the final Friday night card in track history were among the highlights of the Spring/Summer meet at Betfair Hollywood Park.
The 49-day season – the last S/S meet at the fabled track which opened in June, 1938 – concluded Sunday.
Field size increased. The average was 7.59 horses per race, compared to an average field size of 7.48 horses per race during the 2012 S/S meet.
The rest of the statistical figures are being compiled and will be released in the near future.
Interest remained high in the Pick Six on the nine selected Saturdays during the season where the pool was guaranteed at $150,000.
Spurred by the lure of a 2013 Toyota Prius – courtesy of Toyota of Orange – being awarded to a single ticket holder – provided the ticket was purchased at Betfair Hollywood Park or through Television Games Network (TVG) – the average Pick Six pool for those days was $265,401.
This was an increase of nearly $22,000 over the 2012 Autumn meet when the $150,000 guaranteed Pick Six – and Prius bonus – was first offered. The average pool size for the half-dozen Saturdays last Autumn was $243,771.
Introduced at the beginning of the 2011 Spring/Summer meet, the Players' Pick 5 – with a reduced takeout of 14% – remained popular.
The average handle on the 50-cent minimum wager, which is offered daily on the first five races, was $290,774 during the 2013 S/S season.
Owned by a partnership that includes Joe Torre's Diamond Pride LLC, Lanni Family Trust, Mercedes Stable LLC and Bernie Schiappa and trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, Game On Dude became only the third horse – joining California-breds and three-time winners Native Diver and Lava Man – to win the Gold Cup more than once.
The one-length victory under 127 pounds – the most by a Gold Cup winner since Perrault carried that impost in 1982 – earned the 6-year-old Awesome Again gelding Horse of the Meet honors in the annual media poll.
Bejarano and Espinoza reached the 3,000 victory plateau during the meet. Bejarano hit the magic number May 11 aboard the Baffert-trained Ondine while Espinoza's 3,000th win came atop Flashy Delight May 31.
Obviously's gate-to-wire victory in the Grade I, $300,000 Shoemaker Mile June 29 was the 900th at Hollywood Park for Mitchell. The only trainer with more local victories is Bobby Frankel. The Hall of Famer, who died in 2009, won 952 races.
The Shoemaker Mile was the first of three Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In'' races during the S/S meet.
An Irish-bred gelding, Obviously received a fees-paid berth in the Breeders' Cup Mile by virtue of his Shoemaker success.
Later that day, Centralinteligence earned the same reward for the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile with his 8-1 upset in the Grade I, $250,000 Triple Bend Handicap.
Book Review won the last of the "Win and You're In'' events, taking the Grade II, $200,000 A Gleam Handicap July 13. The 4-year-old Giant's Causeway filly was rewarded with fees-paid entry into the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint.
The 30th Breeders' Cup will be held Nov. 1-2 at Santa Anita.
Sadler, who won twice the final day of the meet, earned his latest training title at Betfair Hollywood Park with 29 victories, five more than Puype. Sadler also led the S/S meet in 2008 and Autumn meets in 2007 and 2009.
Puype, who had three winners closing day, tied a record established by Allen Drumheller, Sr. (July 4-5, 1955) by winning six consecutive races in a span of three days (June 20-22).
Mitchell and Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer tied for most stakes winners among trainers. Each finished with five. Baffert led in earnings with $1,745,981.
Kristine Leahy, a sports anchor/reporter for KBCS/KCAL Television, became the first female to serve as a track announcer at Betfair Hollywood Park when she called a pair of races July 5.
The first of those races was won by 10-pound apprentice jockey Cecily Evans, the first victory of her professional career. Evans guided Wrinkle Room to a neck win over favored Rossi Reserve.
Some 30 minutes later, Karen Headley, a longtime assistant to her father Bruce Headley, earned her first victory as a trainer when Keep Movin' won a $20,000 maiden claimer.
Kosta Hronis' Hronis Racing LLC was the leading owner in terms of victories with 11 and earnings with $479,190.
Bejarano, the defending S/S champion, and Maldonado, who won the 2012 Autumn title, finished in a dead lock with 51 victories, one more than Joe Talamo.
It was the first tie at the top of the jockey standings at a Spring/Summer meet since Ralph Neves and Jack Westrope both won 56 races in 1946.
Talamo led with 10 stakes victories while Bejarano was tops in earnings with $3,014,873.
Racing will return to Betfair Hollywood Park later this year for the final Autumn meet. The season is scheduled to begin Thursday, Nov. 7 and continue through Sunday, Dec. 22.
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I which Worsen r.ar—Keeping a jl;er livelihood |w in ordinary apers oit Baths •.:■.;, etc., etc. v, ar.d ordinary bdJeal Journals. fctaii- Editorials atute. vrith the loralle a feature leautifuUv lilu*- ] in this depart- It things. lis us Sl.Tfo, Iry 1st, and sent free, 4ii. Address - m, Mass. fs to ci»w. Price r-^Xhv Druggists lir»!»i.i»TAMEP.I- fC'>..35eWash- Bostoa. Mass. I on Catarrh free. per payiE-r em- Ij* to aa*intelligent X kJ unique, J pcptilarandfast- |m sse sales sure, laf-d hi every fam- Xothing HKe it. |*nrs make money \U'i,lar The Peo- linms. OnlySI-OG Tm'hs for 10 cents. EK <fe CO., ' |i.,orCK?ag&«IlI. 1SUK.SJEKX. wen - Known enter on It* J a. Tear in Ad- |and Fremltim extra. UTos. "by | Boston, Mass. , TWAIX'S BOOK, .Vow 12£e»dy fbrBe- Now is the time J territory for fait lUmiy to H. X. |ET, 2» South jit, Chicago, 111. |iwd everywhere ni!f esv hotels and. larasrs j largest Its "h» best. Coan- 1HE WELLS TEA I>.Bos456C>. . and Expenses ^E.4;.IE3 i - - J-HEE. 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DomestiCa • Sxow fell all day on the lTtb. at Little Sock, Arlr.,*an event said to be -without parallel in thati region. DiPHtHERiiprevails to an alarming degree 3n various sections of the Union. Whole families have been attacked at Petersburg, "Va., and Eacine, Wis. In the latter city four children -were buried from one house. According to statements made in the daily newspapers manufacturing butter out of lard by means of chemical manipulation has recently become a regular business in Chicago and other Western cities. Two tvomek- and three children in Cleveland -were recently fatally asphyxiated by the gas from a base-burning stove. At a conference of magnates representing all the Pacific Roads and every Mexican grant conceding a railroad, held in Neiy York on the evening of the ISfch, and presided over by General Grant, it "was unanimously resolved to fuse in one scheme all the interests represented, and a sub-committee was appointed, with General Grant as chairman, to perfect a plan at once. There is a fuel famine in San Francisco, and in some portions of Iowa school houses have been closedior the lack of something to burn.. Three more of the inmates of the Minne- •sota Insane Asylum died on the 18th from the effects of exposure and inhalation of smoke the night the building burned. The known deaths f rom that catastrophe num- • bered twenty-nine up to the morning of the 39tb, and eighfcof the inmates were still missing, and there was little doubt they perished jn, the flames. Governor Pillsbury had offered to advance, out of his private funds the money required to rebui Id the Asylum. The report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture for ^November gives the total amount of'the wlfeat product of the State for 1SS0 as 53,532,794 bushels, an average yield of 18 3-10 bushels per acre. The yield for 1S79 was 41,- 053,120, -averaging 17 7-10 bushels per acre. • The exports of breadstuff s from the United States for the ten months preceding the 1st inst. amounted in value to $331*333,038.- For the corresponding period last*year the aggregate value was §20S, 005,344, the increase for 1S80 being §23,333,694. The attendance at the Patrons of Husbandry Convention at Washington on the ISth; was the largest in the history of that organization. Thirty States were represented. The officers' reports show that the association is gaining in numbers and otherwise. Jons Shufeldt, of North Adams, Mass., was tried about two years ago for the murder of hfs wife. The evidence against him was not sufficient to convict. The Sheriff at North Adams has recently made the discovery that. Shufeldt's wife, for whose murder he had been tried, was alive and well. The new census of St. Louis was completed on $he evening of the 18th and shows a. population of 350,915, a gain of 17,333 over the iir§6 enumeration. A North Gauoltxa young lady recently committed suicide because her father was defeated in his race for the Legislature at the late election. The St. Louis Smelting Works were burned a few days ago. Loss about $10.1,000. The' Chicago Grain and Provision Exchange, a '-bucket shop" of more than ordinary pretensions, has sustained a loss of about §100,000 on pork and stocks during the last ninety days,, and failed on the 19th. The census of Philadelphia is officially reported at 846,989, divided as follows: Males, 405,899; females, 441,0S1; white, 815,182; colored, 31,798. The colored include 80 Chi- . nese, three Japanese and 25 Indians. Bedford anx> Queexax, colored, were executed at Washington on the 19th. for the murder of George P. Birth in January last. It is said that these are the first persons ever executed in the District. The town of Jamison in Plumas County, Ca1., was destroyed by fire on the 19th. A dispatch Was received at the Department of State in Washington on the 18th announcing that a treaty on the subject; of immigration had been concluded between, the United States Commissioners and the Government of China. In the absence of Secretary Evarts from the Capital the State De- • partment declined to make public the text of the treaty. It was understood, however, that the Secretary regarded the provis ons as highly satisfactory, and as covering the whole subject of Chinese immigration into this country- There .was a|; frost in Louisiana on the niejht of the I9th, which inflicted but slight damage to the sugar crop in the river par- wishes, but injured the cane in St. Laundry. A New Orleans telegram says the sugar crop of the State, partially estimated, will be 237,- 000 hogsheads, an increase of 71,000 hogsheads over 1879. The molasses yield will exceed that of 1879 by 810,000 gallons. Wabh, who was sentenced to oehanged at . Indianapolis on the 26th, was granted a respite by Governor Williams until the 24th of .February. His execution was postponed that lie might be used as a witness against his accomplice, Mrs. Brown, the wife of his victim. Fodr men were killed and four others wounded by the explosion of a mill-boiler at Stevenson, Ala., on the 19th. I.Nare'cent footrace at Brockton, Mass., Kearns, of Natick, and Hoppeng, of Boston, each running half the distance,- got over twenty miles in 1 hour 53 minutes 26 seconds, defeating the Englishman, Wurburton, who ran the entire distance. Dow, 682. Total plurality, 53,238; The vote of Massachusetts, as officially declared, is: For Garfield, 165,198; Hancock, 111,960; Weaver, 4,548; vote, 2S2,388. Garfield's majority over all, 48,008. General Garfield celebrated the 49th anniversary of his birth at the house of his uncle, Thomas Garfield, at Warrensvllle, .Ohio, on the 19th. It was also the 79th anniversary of the birth of the uncle. The only participants in the affair were members of the family, of whom about thirty were present. Sigxor Blitz, the famous ventriloquist and sleight-of-hand performer, was killed a few days ago by the accidental discharge -of his gun while duck-hunting near Little Ferry, N. J". Rev. J. Hxatt Smith, member of Congress- elect, Rev. Justin D. Fulton, Rev. Theodore Cuyler and other prominent gentlemen of Brooklyn, N, Y-, have signed a petition praying President Hayes to restore colored Cadet Whittaker to his former position and place, on the ground that no act of wrong-doing has been proven against him. The official vote of Oregon gives Garfield 763 majority. . At the municipal election in" Chatanooga, Tenn., on the lSJh, Hart (Republican) was elected Mayor by 117 majority. Of the five Aldermen elected three are Democrats and two Republicans. The aggregate vote of Wisconsin for President this year was 267,162. Garfield received 144,399; Hancock, 114,653; Weaver, 7,9S2; Phelps (Anti-Masonic), 91; Dow, 3?. Garfield's plurality, 29,746; majority over all, 21,- 636. The total vote of the State in 1S76 was 257,312. The total vote in Virginia at the late election was 212,606. Hancock received 128,5S6 and Garfield 84,020. Hancock's majority, 44,- 566. Foreign. SanDomingo has invited all American Governments to contribute toward a monument to be erected over the remains of Christopher Columbus, found there three years or so ago. The Pope has appointed Cardinal Jacobin i Pontificial Secretary of State. The schooner Abraham Lincoln recently foundered off the coast of Liberia, thirty persons finding graves in the sea. t A Dublin telegram of the 17th says there was no cessation of agrarian outrages in that country. On that day the owner of an extensive estate in County Cork was reported to have been shot. A Teheran dispatch received on the 18th says that a great battle took place at Ourmiah on the 13th, the loss being" heavy on both sides. The Kurds were repulsed, but burned the village and massacred two hundred citizens. The natives in Northern Cashmere, India, have rebelled. A Galway landlord was recently tarred and feathered by a band of infuriated peasants. A London telegram of the 18th says Par- nell, the Irish Land agitator, had announced aliberaLreduetion of rents to his tenants. A British regiment at Halifax has been- ordered to sail for Ireland. A heavy snow-storm prevailed throughout Scotland on the 18th. It is stated that the Irish Land League has converted its funds into foreign securities and deposited them in a Continental bank to forestall seizure. Eighteen families were evicted from their holdings during a recent snow-storm at Durham, England. The statement is made that since the deposition of Ismail Pasha and the departure of General Gordon the Egyptian slave trade has flourished with all its old-t:me vigor. Count Karoli, of Vienna, who killed Count Zichy in a duel, has been sentenced to three .months' imprisonment. An explosion of fire damp at Mons, Belgium, on the 19th killed twelve Then and injured fifteen others. Twenty-three lives were lost by the re- • cent foundering of the British steamer Mildred off the coast of Ireland. *s fc Personal and Political. Governor Davis, of Maine, has issued a proclamation declaring that 57,015 votes were castin favor o", and 35,402 against, the amendment to the State Constitution, making only a plurality of votes necessary to elects a Governor, and that the amendment has become a part of the Constitution. The New York Grand Jury on the 17th - found ari indictment against Kenward Philp for libel against General Garfield. The official vote of New York* City for President is: Hancock, 123,015; Garfield,, 8J,686;_ Weaver, 610; Dow, 26. Total, 205,- 337. Hancock's plurality, 41,329; majority, 40,693. Total vote of the city in 1876,171,091. Salvini, tSiegreat actor, reached New York on'the 18th. The Alabama Democratic Legislative caucus on the 18th nominated James L. Pagn for United States Senator to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Senator Houston. The official returns in Kansa? give Garfield 118,368 votes; Hancock, 58,684; Weaver, 1$,945. Garfield's plurality, 59,684; majority over all, 40,739. For the Prohibition ameiirt- ,: went there were 89,072 votes cast, and 82,525 votes against; showing a majority for the ' amendment of 6,547. The Grand Jury at San Francisco on the 19th indfeted Mayor KalJoeh for securing the appointment of a. clerk and demanding and receiving a. part of hie salary. LATER ISTEWS. An employe of a sausage factory at Wee- hawken, N. J., was recently caught by the hair in the belt of a fly-wheel, and whirled about until decapitated. William R. Grace, Mayor-elect - of New York City, took the oath of office on .the 20th. Washington telegrams of the 21st state that it had been ascertained that the :new treaty with China is a modification of that made by Minister Burlingame, and its scope is mainty to restrict further immigration to this country—an object said to be equally desired by both Governments. It was believed at Washington that the new treaty will satisfy all but the most extreme *of the anti- Chinese element on the Pacific coast. Secretary Ramsey estimates the expenditures of the War Department for the next fiscal year at $43,627,055. The Eads jetties in the Mississippi are pronounced a success. The expenditures of the Department for the past fiscal were $39,924,773. The Secretary concurs in General Sherman's recommendation that the number of enlisted troops of the line be increased to 25,000 men. During the week ended November 20 there were distributed 422,987 standard silver dollars. The number distributed during the corresponding week in 1879 was 346,491. Immigrants to the number of 61,312 arrived in this country during the month of October. Field Marshal General Sir Charles Yorke, a veteran of the Peninsula and Waterloo, died suddenly in London on the. night of the 21st. He was ninety years old. One of the missing lunatics at St. Peter was found on the 20th in a pile of straw in a P'g"6^'. nearly dead from cold. The official vote of Mississippi for President is as follows: Hancock, 75,842; Garfield, 34,844; Weaver, 5.783; scattering, 670. Total-vote 117,139. Hancock's plurality, 40,- 998; majority over all, 34,545. Governor James D. Williams, of Indiana, died about noon on the 20th, at his home in Indianapolis. He was nearly severity-three years of age. He was elected to Congress in 1874 and Governor of Indiana In 1876. Sir Alexander Cockburn,- Chief-Justice of the Queen's Bench, died in London on the night of the 20th, of disease of the heart. "He was seventy-eight years old. Five persons were arrested near Loughrea, Ireland, on the 20th, for aiding in the reinstatement of an evicted family.' Land meetings were held at many points in the country on the 21st, the- parish priests in many instances taking an active part. A. B. Meacham, the Ute Commissioner, has been arrested by the authorities of Colorado as accessory to the murder of Jackson, the freighter. During the past year 00 boarding and 150 day schools have, according to the report of the-Indian Bureau, been maintained among the varions tribes, exclusive of the-five classed as civilized in the Indian Territory. The number of Indians in the entire country is set down at 255,933, over 70,000 of whom J are colonized in the Indian Territory. General Sherman's Annual Keport. Washington, November 15. The annual report of General Sherman to the Secretary of War is given to the public to-day. After calling attention to varions subordinate reports, the General says: "I agree withGeneralSheridanthatthearniy is too small in enlisted men to fulfill the heavy duties now imposed on it, and is overworked. I, therefore, renew my recommendation of- last year that Congress be asked to give 35,000 enlisted men specifically to the troops of the line of the army, and to make a separate provision for detachments 'of advance men,' 'engineer battalion,' 'hospital stewards,' 'commissary sergeants,' 'West Point detachments,' 'detailed clerks,' etc., in the same manner as has already been< done for the Signal Corps. In this connection I will venture to call your attention to the fact that the Revised Statutes, edition of 1878, Sec. 1,115, defining the organization of the army, limits the strength to 'not more than 30,0DJ enlisted men,' but subsequent appropriation bills by provisos have limited the expenditures to 35,- 000 enlisted men. Still the legal strength is 30,000 enlisted men, aud that number is the least possible at which we can maintain the present organization of forty regiments in anything like good order, discipline and economy, and I infer this end can be reached by simply omitting the provisos in the next appropriation bill. " The prosperous times and easy financial condition of the Treasury way now enable Congress to provide suitable Armaments for the forts which guard the chief harbors of the country." Speaking of the Northern Pacific, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads, General Sherman says: •' These, railroads have completely revolutionized our country in the past few years, and impose on the military an entire change of policy. Hitherto we have been compelled to maintain small posts along wagon and stage routes of travel. These are no longer needed, because no longer used, aud the settlements which grow up speedily along the new railroads afford the security necessary, and the regular stations built for storage at convenient distances afford the necessary shelter f or stores, and for the men when operating in the neighborhood. We should now absolutely abandon many of the smaller posts hitherto necessary, and concentrate at strategic points, generally near the National frontier or where railroads interect, so as to send out de* taehments promptly to districts where needed. * «. * * * * * "In my judgment the time has now come for the military authorities to select a suitable strategic point for permanent occupation and improvement, whence detachments can be sent out for special service. As long as we pos36ss and must care for these small posts it is impossible to abandon them to waste, and we ate forced to hold them, butif Congress will designate to the President, the Secretary of War and a Board of Officers the right to sell these posts and appropriate the proceeds of sale to strategic points, I am certain it will result in great economy and enable us to maintain large garrisons With increased discipline and better service. For similar reasons and because the conimerce'of the world is carried on in ships of 3,000 tons and over, and because of the heavy draft of war vessels, most of our sea-coast defenses are superfluous. We now have 50,000,000 people, and the idea of any hostile force landing on our coast is preposterous; yet our great commercial ports should be made so safe that even an apprehension of danger would not be felt. Portland, Boston, Newport, New York, Philadelphia, Hampton Koads, Port Royal, Key West, Pen- sacola, New Orleans, San Diego, San Francisco and Port Townsend should all be properly fortified and garrisoned. All minor forts should be sold or abandoned. An annual appropriation of §1,000,000 would in ten years put these forts in good order, and another million a year would properly arm them, and the Secretary of War and President should have discretion in the disbursement of this money, Artillery officers should also be associated with engineers in constructing, altering and repairing sea-coast defenses, because the men who have to fight these batteries should have something to do in their construction." Referring to the reports of General Schofield and Colonel Getty relative to West Point and the artillery school at Fortress Monroe, General Sherman says: " In my judgment both these institutions are in a3 good order as possible, and both are an honor to the country. Education must always be the surest basis of National security and honor. The education and manly training imparted to young men at West Point have repaid the United States a thousand times their cost, and have more than verified the predictions of General Washington. " From time to time periodical complaints have arisen to its prejudice, such as occurred last year in regard to the colored cadet, Whittakerl -A thorough, patient, close investigation in the midst of a tumult of abuse resulted in the perfect vindication of the authorities of that Academy. Every cadet at West Point is an appointee of a member of Congress, each member having a cadet of his own nomination there, with only ten appointed by the President at of cadets is . there- counterpart of our Representatives. The same laws, the same regulations, the same instruction books, clothing and food are common to all, and a more democratic body never existed on earth than is the corps of cadets. Prejudice is alleged against colored cadets. Prejudice of race is the most difficult to contend against of any in this world.- There is no more such prejudice at West Point than in the country at large, aud the practice of equality at West Point is in advance of the rest of the country. The authorities at the Academy have no voice in the selection of candidates, and must receive, train and educate such as are there, regardless of nationality, color, or previous condition. To discriminate in favor Of a colored boy by reason of his color is as much a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution as to discriminate, against him, perfect impartiality being the rule, and that, Ibelieve, the authorities at West Point have endeavored to follow. In this connection 1 desire to state that in my judgment the requirement that all enlisted men of tho Ninth and Tenth Cavalry and of the Twenty- fourth and Twenty-fifth Infantry shall be colored men, while the officers are white, is not consistent with the amendment of the Constitution referred to. All men should be enlisted who are qualified, and assigned to regiments regardless of color or previous condition. Such has been the law and usage in the n avy for years, and the army would soon grow accustomed to it. No body of men on earth has more reverence for the Oonstitutjonjind laws than the army, and I pledge my own and the good faith of all in the service to enforce faithfully every part of the Constitution of the United States, and every law made in pursuance thereof. General Scholield is abundantly able to enf orctf the laws and regulations of the academy." The report concludes as follows: " In conclusion, I beg to state ttiat the en-' tiro army is, in my opinion, as patriotic, as patient, as willing to encounter danger and bard service, as at any former period of our history, Tho rapid extension of railroads and mails has much Improved the general condition and oontentment of tho officers and men, and they simply suffer the usual fate of peace in slow promotion and the apprehension of changes which never come. The country is so large that regimental transfers and changes are costly, and the coiisoquenc6 has been many regiments have remained longer in remote quarters than seemed fair: but I have endeavored to make the regimental ohanges as fast as possible, consistent with the annual appropriations," large. The corps fore a youthful National House of THANKSGIVING. What time the latest flower hath bloomed, The latest bird has southward flown; When silence weaves o'er garnered sheaves Sweet idyls in our northern zone; When scattered children rest beside The hearth, and hold the mother's hand- Then rolls Thanksgiving's ample tide Of fervent praise across the land. And though the autumn stillness broods Where spring was glad with song and stir, Though summer's grace leave little trace On fields that smiled at sight of her, Still glows the sunset's altar fire, With crimson flame and heart of gold, And faith uplifts,- with strong desire And deep content, the hymns of old. We bless our God f or-wondrous wealth, Through all the bright benignant year; For shower and rain, for ripened grain; For gift and guerdon, far and near. We bless the ceaseless Providence That watched us through the peaceful days, That led us home or brought us thence, And kept us in our various ways. And it the hand so much that gave Hath something taken from our store, If caught from sight, to Heaven's pure light, Some precious ones are here no more, We still adore the Friend above, Who, while earth's road grows stee'p and dim Yet comforts us, in tender love, And holds our darlings close to him. • Thanks then, O God! from sea to sea Let every wind the anthem bear! And hearts be rife, through toil and strife, With joyful praise and grateful prayer. Our father's God, their children sing The grace they sought through storm and sun; Our harvest tribute here we bring, And end it with, " Thy will be done!" —Margaret E. Sangstei; inS. S. Times. WILL'S WILL AND HIS TWO THANKS- GIYINGS. "He's got the dreadfulest will, Parson Roberts ! I'm e'en-a'most afeard of him ef he says he will do anything, for he'll do it, whether or no; and here I be, a widder, and next to nof h- in' left In the way of means;" and then the poor little woman burst into tears. Mr. Roberts was a young man, and an honest man, so he did not say anything; his repertory of spiritual consolations was as yet small, and strictly conventional. There was nothing in it fitted to this particular distress of a willful son, which really seemed a greater trouble to Mrs. White than the death of Joel, who had just expired in the lean-to bedroom. Joel had not been a help or a comfort to her for the last ten years. He had at last died "of the tremens," as "she phrased it, and left her with only the little brown house that had three rooms and a loft in it and a half acre of garden ground. It was a bleak November day, the air sour and dark, the trees leafless, the earth sodden with chill rains and a dreadful silence and peace settling down on this small shelter by the road-side that had for a week past resounded with shrieks and groans, Mr. Roberts had been sent for at the last moment, with that vague idea of ghostly help at the very extremity that we all feel, whether we believe in it or not; but he had come too late for even an attempt at healing the sin-sick spirit;'it had fled far away, and now he stood gazing- out of the window at the dreary landscape, listening to the wind that cried in the spout and the widow's moans in the kitchen, with about as much idea how to exhort the one as the other; but he did the best thing after all; he knelt down at the next chair and praj-ed fervently for a comfort and belp beyond man's power to give, and Mrs. White's soul grew calm with the very lifting of her thoughts into a purer atmosphere. Two days after, the funeral was held. A scant assemblage of neighbors came in to listen to the reading of Scripture and singing, which was purposely made as inappropriate as possible, for to utter that which was really the right thing, as far as honesty- went, would have been a gratuitous insult to the living and useless to the dead; but Mr. Roberts grew fairly eloquent in the fervor of his prayer for the mother and her son and Will White bent his handsome curly head lower still to hide the real emotion that glittered in his eyes and flushed his face as Mr. Roberts asked of the Lord that he might be a help and stay to the old age and weakness of his remaining parent. The widow rather resented the terms in which he alluded to her age, for she was " only forty-seven," as she said to herself and felt Quite competent for all future emergencies if Will would behave himself; but of course this little chagrin could not express itselt and Mr. Roberts was not aware of it; so the pra3'er didherno special good in its utterance, but it wOke up Will to a sense of manliness and re- sponsibiltty that answered the petition while yet it was spoken. " I'll do it," he thought. And when betook his place behind the coffin, with his mother on his arm, there was a, look of resolution and Courage on his boyish face that struck the few who saw him, though they did not understand it/' In the village, not a mile away, fires were bright, pantries overflowing, families gather- ing'in the old homes, children laughing, tables spread with every homely dainty accordant with the season; but the widow White and Will sat down to a dinner of boiled pork and potatoes and a pot of sage tea. "Mother!" said Will. Mrs. White jumped. She had just seen her- ,»self dying in the p»or-house and Will lost at ^sea: no wonder she started. "Why, Will, how you scart me!" she chirped: but Will did not apologize. " Mother, we won't ever have such a mean Thanksgiving again, now-I tell ye. When I'm ten years older we'll have as good a dinner as Squire Hall, and we'll have it in a good house too." " O, William White, how youdo talk! Why, we're mor'n likely to be in the town-house afore that time comes." "Now, mother, you shut up! I tell you we'll have a good house and a good dinner this day ten years, as sure as I'm alive." rt But mabbe you'll die, Will." " No, I Sha'n't. I know I sha'n't. I ain't goin' to make no calculations about that. I've sot my mind on that dinner, and we'll have it." " O, Will, you're awful presumptuous. You ain't nothin' but a mortal boy and you're leav4- in' the Lord out of your calculations entire, seems to me." " Spelliu'-book says the Lord"*helps them that helps themselves, and it looks sensible, and I'm a-goin' to try it on." " Well, I hope you'll fetch it, dear," sighed the widow, hopelessly. "I will," was the confident answer; and though the widow's soul recoiled from the audacity of the boy's speech, jrct its courage thrilled her. She turned away from the storm, lit the tallow candle and put another stick into the stove—small symptoms of the cheer that was kindled within her; but then the cheer was small and frail, it might not last. The first fruits of Will's resolve were shown the next morning with commendable promptness ; he shouldered his spade and went into the village to clear paths. It was not a very lucrative piece of work; he got a hot cup of coffee at one place, half a pie at another, a dime here aud a ' few cents there, till they counted up to twenty-five and when he came home at night to a supper of cold pork, rye bread and "baked potatoes, he was hungry enough in Spite of the pie and coffee, to enjoy his meal heartily. This was only the beginning. His quick wit and ingenuity devised plenty of small industries that would pay; in the long winter evenings he carved fairy sets of furniture with his pocket-knife out of red cedar and sold them in a Dartford toy-shop; he snared partridges and sent them to the hotels; he- caught rabbits in traps and many a good woman in Crampton was glad to buy these for a pie or stew, and sell her chickens at a profit, instead of eating them. Then when he had made a little money* he invested it in a basket, a bundle of papers and half a bushel of popping corn and sold various small wares besides corn mnd papers On the Dartford trains, driving quite a heavy trade, wheu the time came, in, Christmas greens, for the winter Was mild, and severe frosts held off till January, and Will knew well where the ground-pine trailed its verdant wreaths along the hill-side, and the coral pine laid soft lingers on the dead gfass. Toward spring he hunted the spicy berries of the winter-green and sold them in rough baskets of bircn bark; and bunches of the fleet arbutus blossoms brought him a quick return in silver for their fragrant bloom. He not only helped support his-mother, who helped herself meantime in doing whatever came to her hand about Crampton—washing, ii oning, sewing, or even sick nursing—but he had laid up* ten dollars in the Dartford Dime Savings Bank by the first of June and then he obtained steady work. He was handy and helpful on the train always; more than onte he had "spelled" a brakeman who wanted to go home over a train and with quick perception he had learned their duties. Now a conductor had been promoted to a longer line and better pay, a brakeman took his place and the vacancy at the brakes was offered to Will. Steady wages and steady work; this was more than he had hoped for so soon and he knew well it was worth far more to him than 'his precarious earnings in the cars, so he jumped at the offer. He was almost sixteen now, large for his age, well built., active and handsome; even his rough dress and dusty face and hands could not disguise the rich curls, the sparkling e3'e, the merry laugh aud regular features that made the widow White so proud of her boy. Everybody that worked with him liked him and he made himself agreeable whenever he came in contact with any of the passengers. Civility, cheerful aud helpful, invariably smooths the way of this world and Will was always ready to help, an old lady down the steps, to carry a bab}- for some tired mother, to take a schoolgirl's books while she gathered up her skirts daintily to enter the car, or to give some stout old gentleman a lift with his strong young arm. But wheu Annie Hall began to go to Dartford Seminary and went in and out daily on Will's train, he began to think he liked to help her better than anybody else, and between the stations cast many a furtive glance through the end window at her, though ordinarily her position only afforded a view of her heavy braids of soft light hair, the slender throat below and the jaunty hat on top of them. Will began to look for her with a beating hr art to find things very disagreeable all day if she failed to come and to hate Saturday as the worst day in the week. In short, he fell heartily in love before he knew it, and whereashis ambition hcjd hitherto b en to be rich now he wanted also to be distinguished. Butcould he, a brakeman on this little local road, ever be or do anj-thing that should put him on a level with _Squire Hall's daughter? Luckily for him he had been born an American, and what is the use of a republic if everybody can not be as good as anybody else? But though he forgot i*, there were other Crampton people besides Judge Hall's daughter who came and went-on the Dartford train, and among them a maiden cousin of the Judge's wife, old Miss Cynthia Swett. Her youth had never been disturbed with love affairs. Proud, poor and homely besides, nobody had ever approached her with any pretension of affection or passion and she had not'a spark of sympathy for such weaknesses; but she had very sharp eyes^to perceive them and an equally sharp tongue to interfere. Business—for she was the Crampton milliner —took her in and out to Dartford frequently and very soon she observed poor Will's devotion to Miss Annie, marked the shy greetings, the gracious response, the berries, flowers and apples, that she knew Annie never gathered for herself, and with the perseverance of a spider she waited for more positive evidence. Nor was Miss Cynthia the only observer. Lovers are like ostriches, which hide their heads in a bush and think nobody sees them. Will's love was already a matter of jest to his comrades on the train; the conductor smiled grimly when he saw hint Avait anxiously till the last moment at Crampton Station for the slight figure that lit up his face like a burst of sunshine when it appeared, and more than one. frequent passenger exchanged mild jokes about the brakeman's love-making. One day Miss Cynthia chanced to overhear a few remarks of this nature, which made her mistress of-the situation. The very next morning she posted over to Judge Hall's and walked into the sitting-room brimful of portentous news. Now the Judge's office opened from this . family room, and on a chilly day like this—one of those June days that belie 'the season:— his door was always left open to get the benefit of the wood fire blazing in that sitting room fire-place; for nothing less than a coal stove warmed the office in winter, which, was taken down in summer of course; but the Judge was terribly rheumatic and loved the dry air of the fire on a damp day, even if it were in August. This Miss Cynthia knew very well, so she did not follow up her cousin to the dairy or the kitchen* or the garden as was her wont, butwaitcd patiently for her to appear. It was not long before Mrs. Hall came in, and Cynthia proceeded to unfold her budget. She sat very near the open door into the office and the gentle, anxious mother, as soon as she perceived the communication concerned her Annie, rose to shut it. " Leave that door open!" growled the Judge who sat suspiciously near. And trembling Mrs. Hall whispered to Cynthia: " Speak a little lower Cynthy." "Speak a little louder!" thundered the 'Squire. " What are you saying about Annie!" And nothing daunted, the resolute spinster proceeded to lay before these parents the shocking fact, extenuated and set down in full malice, that their precmus daughter was flirting openly and wickedly with a brakeman on the Dartford train and that their love passages were the scorn and ridicule of all the passeugers, far and near. The "Judge was furious and Mrs. Hall drowned in tears. "Now, ef I was you "suggested the spinster. " Which you ain't," severely snapped the Judge, but to no purpose; she merely resumed the thread of her words like an echo: "Ef I was you I wouldn't say nothing to Annie; she's awful romantic and sentimental, and all that and it'll only set her ou'tright off. She's jest the one to keep it up ef she knows you don't favor it none.. Efl was you " "You wouldn't be a fool!" growled the Judge. " I haven't been married twenty-five years for nothing, Cynthy Swett. I know women-folks by this time." " Well, I shouldn't wonder ef you did, Judge; but it does beat all things to think of her takin' up with old Joel White's boy." "I dono but what he's a decent-behaved boy," gently chirped the weeping mother, anxious to excuse Annie. "He was real good to Sam, you know, husband; he set up with him more frequent than anybody." "Well, Well, that isn't to the purpose, wife. -I paid his mother more'n wasreally reasonable because of that; we're quits as"fur as that goes. I won't have him foolin' round Annie, anyway; but I Iraoiv how to manage it. I don't say but what I'm obleeged to you, Cynthy. I'm glad to know of it, but lein take care of it myself now." And' with a majestic wave of the hand the Judge dismissed the subject and the two "women-folks" retired to discuss it after their own fashion in Mrs. Hall's bedroom. The Judge, it must be owued, went about the matter very caunily. He said nothing, but used his influence among the officials—for he was a director and heavy stockholder on the Eastern Railroad, of which the Crampton and Dartford lin« was a branch—.and in a week or ■two Will was promoted to the.conductorship of a freight train, which never even passed the morning express, or was passed by it- He was pleased and pained both. His wages were increased but he could not see Annie; and though he was conscious that thus he made one step toward her he was actually thrust away from her sweet presence. Only^ Sundays could he be at home, and the very first Sunday sTie was not in church. She and her mother had gone to Dartford shopping, Mrs. White said, and staid over to hear, a wonderful preacher. But the second Sunday he found his usually placid mother boiling with indignation. For all his boasted knowledge of women the 'Squire had not reckoned On Miss Cynthia's tongue, or the power of gossip in a little country village. Filled with alivejy view of her own penetration and importance, the spinster had revealed her discovery and her counseling with Judge Hall to at least three dear friends, under vows pf secrecy; but each of "them found out that the other two knew as much as she, and indignant at Cynthia's want of reticence, concluded not to keep such a general secret any longer, and of course a *fnend felt it to be a duty that Mrs. White should know why Will had been removed to the freight train and Annie sent to the boarding-school, for such Cynthia had been sure would be the next move. And from hand to hand the suggestion had grown into certaintj', the school selected and the date of Annie's departure fixed—all of which would have been as much news to'the Hall family as it was to the widow White. But grief and indigaatios overpowered the poor Woman afresh as she poured out the story to Will. " How could you think dn't, William? Why, 'Squire Hail wouldn't source let an angel out o' heaven have his girl. Now did j-ou expect he'd so much as let you look at her?" Will's face darkened with resolve and a certain righteous anger. " Judge Hall is nothing but a man, anywa}T, mother. I sha'n't ask him whom I shall marry—not muehl This is a free country, if it's anything. And now my mind's made up; I will many Annie Hall before I die, whether or no." ■' O, Will! Will! now don't you be so masterful. O dear! I had ought to have broke your will whilst you was a-boy, and you'd ha' been spared lots." Dear me!" " I shouldn't be worth a cent, mother, if I hadn't a will of my own; and as long as I don't set myself to do anything worse than make a good home for you and marry Annie I don't think you had ought to complain. I haven'tforgot about that Thanksgiving-day." And Will laughed out in such a cheery, brave way, his mother almost smiled, but-she shook her head withal, for her common sense stood in the way of her sympathies. But Will was not to be daunted. He slept precious little that night; his brain was busy with plans for the future. He recognized it as the first necessity that Annie should not be allowed to forget him. For the present he must keep his situation. Next winter a series of evening schools for adults was to begin in Dartford, and his train brought him there for the night. He must attend" these and work hard to lay the foundation of an education, for the fruit of the tree of knowledge is the hereditary longing of man, and the end of his repose, even unto this dajr. These two things he Was set upon; and ascertaining that Annie was still at home he rose long before dawn on Monday morning, walked over to SquamPond, and coming back by early daylight, hung on the side door of'Squire Hall's mansion a basket of dripping water-lily buds and leaves, fragrant and pure as the ideal he carried in his heart, and directed on a rude label of bark to Annie. This was the beginning of his siege. Scarcely' a week passed but some token of a watchful affection reached the girl, if it was only an exquisite flower from a hot-house, or a bunch of speck- less and translucent grapes, for even these small gifts bore heavily on Will's small means though he grudged nothing to attain his object. In the mean time Will Improved his opportunities at Dartford; he studied with unflagging zeal, and his naturally quick mind, stimulated by the ardor of passion and the force of that will his mother so lamented, seemed to defy obstacles and literally devour the way. Ina yearfromthetimehe'was made conductor on the freight train he gave up his situation, and went into a physician's office, where what work he did was taken as an equivalent for his board, and he was allowed time .to recite! in certain classes at the Dartford High Schbol- the lessons he learned while he mountedguard in Dr. Hyde's office. But however strong a will may be, or however eager a lover's wishes, time does not speed the faster or delay the longer for, wish or will; peace is for the heart that can steady its own beats to the great pendulum, not for that which throbs fast with fever or lags heavi- lj" with pain. The slow years went on, and at last Will had studied and slaved enough to get into the DartfordMedical College as-a student* paying his way partly by certain services in and about the buildii?,;,-. He loved the profession he had chosen, and bent,all his soul to acquiring it. The professors regarded him. with favor, for he evidently was in earnest. If they had known how he longed' sometimes to join the other students in their frolics and wild exploits, those grave faces wouldhave darkened. Will was a boy at heart still, and ready for fun as the wildest of his companions', but his strong resolution held him with iron bands to the work he had set his life on. Success meant Annie for his wife, and a home for his mother; it was not to be periled for an impulse of the moment or a passing gratification. So he studied on, and-bj^S&rt of applying his native common-sense to" the theories of the books and lectures through which he plodded, he learned far more than the rest of his class, and in .three years was Installed once more in Dr. Hyde's office, as his assistant. Five times Thanksgiving had come and gone since the sad day he hadmade that promise to his mother and he seemed little nearer its fulfillment; but he did not despair and suddenly the sky brightened for him. "An elder brother of Dr. Hyde had long ago gone to California and acquiring a forture had settled in one of the southern towns and made for himself a beautiful and luxurious home- The doctor had alwajrs wanted to visit bim, but never found the time; and about six months after Will came to help him, a letter from one of his nieces arrived, saying that" her father had been seized with paratysis, and though he had rallied from the first shock, life seemed so insecure to him he must see his brother as soon as possible. So Dr. Hyde, who was a childless widower, made liis few arrangements rapldby, put his practice into Will's hands and obeyed the summons. This was indeed as roke of fortune. Dr. White had made already a favorable impression in Dartford and when on one or two occasions of grave importance the celebrated Dr. Packard, of New York, was Called to counsel with him, he expressed himself with great urbanity and strong approbation of Dr. White's treatment of the cases, adding that he himself could have done no more. This, indeed, was a feather.in Will's cap, and did him more good, than a year's experience with the rather distrustful clients among those left to his care. He took courage and whatever time his practice left him he devoted still to study, for which Dr. Hyde's fine library offered him every facilit}-. In the meantime Annie Hall had grown up into a beautiful young woman and plenty of lovers "came down the glen;" but to each and all she turned a deaf ear. If she was romantic, her heart was faithful; and though she would not own even to herself where its constancy belonged, she still felt very positively that no other man moved or interested her, and though Judge Hall sometimes wondered what made his little girl so very fastidious, he did not want to lose her and she'had her-own way in peace. Through all these years the slight and "nameless tokens of remembrance had never ceased; no festival of the year was unmarked by them and never a Thanksgiving passed without Will White's appearance in the village church, beside his mother, and one deep bow and eloquent look always awaited Annie at the church door. The Judge never went to church on Thauksgiving day and Cynthia invariably spent it inDart- ford, so Annie had her bit of romance in peace. But it was not always to be so. The Judge was seized with a severe attack of pneumonia the winter after Dr. Hyde left Dartford and as the Crampton doctor was helpless with a broken leg, Dr. Hyde was sent for and his substitute, Dr. White, came instead. Judge Hall was too ill to recognize him and Mi's. Hall too glad to have a doctor at all, to thiuk of past misfortunes, and Annie received him with a blush that was exquisite and a smile radiant enough to illuminate any man's soul. Will went about his task with skill and energy. The Judge was very ill indeed, and for several days hung between life and death; but at last the balance turned toward this World and, weak as a.baby, the. pompous old man crept back into life bj' the slowest progress; but it meant living and that, was enough. Mrs. Hall blessed the doctor over and over and cried herself into joyful hysterics. Annie went to him with both hands out and- a face speaking far more than her words. "I don't know how to thank you, Dr. White," she said, softly. "Shall I'tell you?" significantly inquired the doctor. Annie did not answer, but I am Inclined to think he took* her silence for consent, siuce half an hour afterward Miss Cjmthia, who had arrived in the nick of time to soothe and scold away Mrs. Hall's hysterics, burst into the library, when that congenial task was over, to' find Annie, and found her, indeed, with her head on Dr. White's shoulder and his arm about her waist. "For mercy's sakes!" she screamed and fled, slamming the door behind her. Annie laughed and Will whistled; they were both aware of an enemy, but did not care'to acknowledge it. The Judge recovered well enough now without further need of a doctor, but as soon as he was about again, Miss Cynthia felt it her duty to tell him of her new discovery. He had almost forgotten Will White in the last few years but now he was furious, to think this " fellow" should, not only have been his physician, talcing advantage of his uncooeeidUB condition- to establish himself there, but that he should actually have had the impudence to make love to Annie, and she the audacity to accept it— this was more than flesh and blood could bear I He-stormed at his wife, and raged at Annie. Mrs. Hall cried, of course; but Annie stood still, calm, though very pale, and looked straight in his face. This was too much; he could not bear it. "Doyou hear me, miss?" he roared. "I forbid you to speakto thatfellow againl Marry him, indeed! indeed you won't." "I shall," said Annie, tranquilly. The Judge turned purple. If a pin on his table had peeked up in his face, and gone off like a pistol, he would not have been more astounded; never before had his will been de- fled by anybody. '' Wh-wh-what do you mean, you little huss3T?" he stammered, fairly choked with fury. ; " Just what I said, father. I have promised Will White to marry him, and I mean to keep my promise." The Judge swore a loud and mighty oath; It was not his habit, and Annie was both shocked and startled. He saw it in her start of surprise and look of dismay, and went on: " Don't you dare to look at him again, much less to -*-"■ His head began to swim, and his sight grew dark; he fell to the floor insensible. -When he awoke the scene was changed; he lay on his own bed, weak as a man could be, unable to lift hand or foot, even to fully open the lids from under which he peered doubtful- I3' about him. Annie and Dr. White stood by a little table, the doctor dropping some medicine, and Annie looking on. Presently she spoke, in a guarded voice; but the Judge heard her. "Will he live?" she said. The doctor looked up at her tenderly. "Yes, dear, he will get over this attack, at least, and he may live for 3Tears; but he will have to be careful; apoplexy is not a matter to trifle with." " But I am so glad he is better!" earnestly answered the girl. " And so am 1, Annie. I want him to hike me, you know." The Judge could not believe his ears; for years he had hated this youn g fellow—whenever he happened to think of him, that is; within a few weeks past he was conscious that his most fervent wish had been to get him out of the way in some manner—neither death nor exile wouldhave been objectionable-andyettheman wanted him to live and had been doing hisbest to save him from death. The Judge shut his eyes and feebly meditated the matter, but* he said nothing. "Night brings counsel," says the proverb, and so may sickness, for it has the night's silence and leisure for thought. When the Judge got better and crept about with a staff, he found he had learned a lesson from the death so closely faced. He did not say an3'thing to Annie but it was significant that he keptsilence. - A year went on nowln quiet. Will was not yet ready tp take Annie awa3' from her home, but letters went constantly back and forth, between them. The Judge grew more and more gentle and gracious from weekto week. Annie loved him as never before, and Mrs. Hall gazed at him with a mild and tearful awe that found broken expression to Miss Cynthia: " He's a-rlpenin' for heaven, Cynthy, he is. He's a changed man. Why, he's jest like a cosset lamb about the house; he don't take me to do as he used to—not once in a week." "Well, I told ye he'd got a warnin'. Folks that is so masterful as he was has to get a good knock 'most always before they die. I dono but what the Judge was a Christian before now; he was a professor, I know, but he didn't seem to he no great fist at it; didn't make a business on't, so to speak. But now he's seen his latter end clus to, as you may say and it's quite affeetln' to Mm, I shouldn't wonder but what he's exper'enced religion over agin." " Dear me.'! j do hope he ain't a-goin' to die jestas he gits real pleasant to live with," quavered Afrs. Hall. "Law sakes, Sophrony! why don't you take it t'other eehd fust? Folks ain't noway fit lor next world ef they ain't fit for this—leastwa3Ts not for the heavenly part on't. I should think now, you'd have ree'lected his immortal soul fust thing." Mrs. Hall sighed, self-convicted. Poor little woman, her first natural thought had been of the years she had been in bondage through fear and the sad recall of what might have been had the Judge been kinder and more reasonable. She could not excuse herself to her own simple humble soul; so she let C3rnthla bristle up withher superior spiritual consciousness and" said no more. When Dr. Hyde had been away almost two 3rears, he wrote home to say that his brother, after lingering beyond any precedent had at last died, his wif eliaving preceded him to the. grave but a*few weeks, and both had extracted from, the doctor a promise that he "would stay with his four young neices and manage their large property for them till their marriages should take place. He wrote to offer Will his house and practice on terms that were reason-. able enough, and only demanded partial payments year by year. There was no doubt in Dr. White's mind that he ought to accept this offer; and when another year of patient economy and steady workhad passed by he was able to send even a larger sum to Dr. Hyde thanhe had promised and to keep half of the house, which hitherto he had leased to two families, andinstall his mother as housekeeper- It wanted "now a year of : the ten he had promised himself to achieve a home. He had succeeded beyond his hopes. But before Thauksgiving day came he was called again to Crampton. Judge Hall was stricken once more with apoplex3'". This time he rallied more slowly than before, and Will spent his Thanksgiving away from his mother for the first time in years, watching the faint spark of life flicker, tremble gather strength and at last burn up in the old man's bosom. The Judge returned to this world's affairs more humble and grateful than ever. He knew his time was short; and a month after, sitting by his bedroom fire, the wreck of his old pompous, dogmatic, ruddy self, he called Annie, ina broken whisper." She dropped her work and came. " Annie,"" he said, feebly, "you've been a good, patient girl; but I don't suppose you've given up that fellow!" " No, father." " Well, you haven't fretted and pestered me a bit; and I'm free to say I think better of him than I did. If 3tou will have him, why I don't sa3r but what I'm willing now." Annie bent over and kissed him tenderty. She could not say an3Tthing. " But, Annie," the Judge went on, "don't never set up your, will against his as you have against mine.. If 3*ou do, I tell ye 3'ou'll come to grief; his is the biggest; he's rightly named." "Perhaps I sha'n't want to," laughed Annie shyly. " Don't lot on that; you're a woman and they all want their way, from Eve down." muttered the old man with gentle sarcasm. *■' Then I'll make his way my Way, -dadd3', and we shall both be suited." '' Hm!'' said the Judge, contemp tuously. ^ But he did not live to see it. The will that orders us all, even our willfulness and our resolves, sent the third aud last summons before spring ripened into summer, and the Judge was gathered to his fathers. When the tenth Thanksgiving after that solitary feast ih the kitchen came about Will White, his *mother, his wife and his wife's mother were seated around the table in Judge Hall's dining-room, for the house belonged now to Annie, and Will had taken the Crampton doctor's place, as the Judge's mone,y was enough to set them far above want, and Annie loved her old home too Well to leave it, besides which Dr. Grey had six children and an ailing wife, and was good enough to exchange Crampton for Dartford. The dinner waa abundant and elegant, but, with a touch of unconscious poetiy, the widow White had placed before Will a covered dish; he lifted the lid and saw before him a piece of boiled salt pork and a few potatoes. Will's e3res dimmed as he looked from the dish to his mother. ■ - (' Itold you so, mother!" he said, with a thrill in his voice. "O, my dear! mv dear! 'twa'n't all your will, Will; don't lot on It; the Lord helped you, my son, or you wouldn't have been here to-day." " The Lord helps those that help themselves, mother," said Will, reverently; and then he bent his head and-gave 'fervent thanks to Him who had worked it in him both to will and to do, and given them allsuch great causeto keep this second Thanksglving.^-^M^w'fi Maga zine. —»You can tell dog wood by its b^rk. j ^*W^Mii1iVrTiiT^i)^rri^a^^iitri' 'M^rVV
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