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i VOL. XXVII- NO 60. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1876. WHOLE NO. 257. HT SLAIN. BT THB LATE OOLOKEI RtAUT. This tvret child which hath climbed upon my This nmber-hal red, four summered little WUherunconsclous beauty troubleth me, With ber low prattle maketh me afraid. Ah, darling! when you cling and netleio You hurt me, though you do not see me cry, Nor hear the weariness with which I sign. For the dear babe I killed bo long ago. ..ki. ihn imirh of vnur carefHJ T m not worthy of yoar Innocent faith; am not worthy of yoar Innocent t'm Did put my own child beartednewi to death, Beiilde whose grave I pace forpvermore, Uke desolation on a shipwrecked shore. ... urn. ohiiri within me now. To sing back to tne inruMica, iu r i siue, lunuiaitu rhen June wind kiss me. when an apple uttered the carpet, dry. that as usual composed his braakfast a rare thing for him to do even in his most amia ble moods. . It was evident that the expected visit from his city relatives was regarded by him as no small honor, and he bustled in and oat of the great roomy kitchen, warning his wife "not ter to be sparin' o' the plums In her puddln for once;" joking his daughter abcdt ber curl papers, and even condescend ing to notice tne vase of late blooming but tercups and ferns on the parlor mantel enough to aak where they came from so late in th. unvm. To be iare he did growl a lit tle at the wreaths of ground pine and bttter- dellctcies, and from tbat to the sweet, girl ish face looking down upon him with a be wildered stare. "Come, eat as fast as you can; I know you must be hungry," urged the erirl, cheerily. "I'm afraid." she went on, with a glance at the pretty blue merino dress and dainty ruffles "that you'll have to milk Clover for me to-night; the company won't leave before 8 or 9 o'clock." 1 ' Bhe bad meant a diversion, but lor nee no answering smile lighted up the sad little facs, and he made no motion to touch the food displayed so temptingly before him. I aha.n't liva iodz 11)13 way. u w CLUSTER'S SOLILOQUY. tie at tne wreamsoi cruuuu wim - - . - - , , . - . .,, , w sweet berries that Cordie, with Jote's help, last, with a touching calmness that brought Mti"ti tears to the girl's sympathetic eye i. gut 1.1 Sl and the two family portrait on each know I'm growin' weaker an' weaker every Norm. K. . r . . uli i .v.- (r.n,., .r.H Hav here." and he drew up the the knowledge and the bookish When XUK u Laughs into blossoms, or buttercup Plays with the murine, or a violet lances in the glad dew. Alas alas! The meaning ol the daisies in the graaa I have forgotten: anl If my cbks are wet. It la not with the blltbeness of the child. But with the bitter sorrow of sad years. O moaning life, with life IrrecoucUed; O. baeMnl looklug thought. O rain, O tear. ror as mere w u j - Of rhythmic wonderi springing from ground. Woe worth the Which makes men mummies, weighs out every grain Of that which was miraculous before. And sneers the heait down with the scoffing brain Woe worm the peering, analytic daya Thatdrv the K-nder J uloe-lu 'he breast And put the thunders of the Lord to tet, 86 that no marvel uiu t be, and no praise. Nor any God except Necessity. What can ye give my poor, larved Ufa In lieu Of thM dead cherub which I alew for ye? Take bk your doubtful wisdom, and renew My early foolish freshness of the .dunce. Whose simple Instincts guessed the heavens at once. . BREAD UPON THE WATERS. BY MRS. H. O. ROWE. or it hid the frames and would when It was . . a nnf a A dn't order them taxen uown right off, which was a great piece of forbear ance on bis part, Jote thought, as, under b s young mistress' direction, he picked np every stray leaf and twig, brightened the wood fire in the old fashioned fireplace into a ruddy blaze, and rehung the big conch shell that served as a hanging basket for long trailing vines ot the graceful "gill-run-over-the-eround" that, with its fresh green leaves and pretty blue blossoms, made quite a show in one of the white curtained windows of the nest narlor. Th vcrv aimoBDoere. so uiueicui from .i. of Kit rutraa shirt and DOinlel to an arm scarcely larger than that of a three year old child. "I shall go to my mother soon." There was something almost of triumph in the unchildlike prophecy, and his listener's rosy cheek paled, and she set her lips to wiihiandden determination some what at variance with the coaxing gentle ness of her words: ' "Eat your dinner to please me, joiy ; uu as she left the room the boy obedient ly betook himself to the unwonted feast As he ate the deathly faintness passed away, and something like satisfaction lighted up his wan face as. for the nrst time in mauy iuug that that usually pervaded the dull old farm day.f De arose (rom meal fully satisliad and Golden Hour. He was such a wee, wee little fellow that there was really a good deal of reason In Farmer Bladen's remark to the selectmen when they proposed "binding" the boy to hlVhv the little r&skll ain't fit for nothin' on earth but ter drWe the chickens out o the strawberry beds!" But -seem' he came of a strong race, an might be trusted to grow In tjme," the snug, calculating farmer concluded to take the fatherless and motherless lad into his family with the uuderauuding that he was to eed and clothe Mm until uis twenty-first birtlv day. in consideration of the work that could be got out of him as he grew older and AndYhat is how poor little Jots became the thrall and bond slave of the hardest, most avaricious man in the town, who, as the vears passed, and the tlender boy. over L.ua7Ua ,,,rirfd. failed todevciop the WUIMUBUM uu.... - strength and energy upon which he had count d, came to hate him as such men al ways bale a "bad bargain," and it is to be feared, even to hope, down in the depths of his hard, selfish bt-art, that the privations and toils that he htaped so pittilessly upon him might before long rid him or him en- U The family or the farmer consisted of his wife, a cowed, dispirited woman, and an adopted daughter, a bright, warm-hearted, energt-tic girl, over whom the farmer found it hard to tvraunize, as in most cases her powers of paaaise determination were more than match for hU stormy vindictiveness; and many were the times, as poor Jote grate fully leuierobered when she had stood bravely between him aud the farmer's cruel ty mauy a time when, in the darkness and alienee of the night, she had crept to his bedside with an extra coverlid, or plate of food when, as not unfrequently happantd he bad betnseut supperleea to bed, tograttiy some Ireak of his tyrrantcal master. house, was Inspiriting to the mentally as well aa physically starved iaa. ine savory otr.m frr.m the roaatlne turkey, whenever the oven door was opened, was enough in itself to make him forget present hunger in joyous anticipation of the coming feast, while the approving smile in Cordie's kindly eyes made him feel that for once he was some thing more than an unsightly blot upon the home landscape. L . , Wondering and awe struck, be watched the carriage with Its span of handsome bays that brought the expected guests, and his pinched little face was pyckered Into a ecore of astonished wrinkles as he saw his roaster, bis hard face sortened Into smiles of wel come, extend his hand in clumsy courtesy to the gajly dressed ladies ss they alighted, while he addressed some facetious remark to the voune man In the driver's seat that made him laugh, although bis eyes were fixed upon the blooming face and trim figure in thai nrVtriVAV. abont which his mother and sisters were clustering like a bevy of bees about the heart of a sweet wild rose. It was all like a dream to Jote as he slyly watched them from the kitchen window a dream In which individualities seemed sud denly to have become lost in something en tirely foreign from themselves. The farmer's unwonted affability was not a whit more inexplicable, in his eyes, than the sudden shyness of the usually unembarrssed girl who waited so primly m the doorway for her young gentle man visitor's approach, never taking a step to meet him, and preeenting the tips of her rosey fingers to his eager grasp, with a coyness that simple Jote concluded must mean dis'ike, and set bim to wondering what could be amiss in such a pleasant look ing younr, gentleman. f ..Fca Riscden. too. seemed all at once to have dropped her homely, subdued demeanor with her old calico dress and apron, and to have come out in her new gray alpaca, like a lively, silver winged moth, fluttering hospitably about her guests, eager to singe her unwontoned plumes in the light of their superior gentility. The dinner was served at last, Jote makiog himself useful as a waiter, although his mis tres3. in ber overweening zeal for the com fort of her guests and the safety of her china, could by no means sit quietly in her chair, jam ping up to reach tuis or that, and pass ing it with her own hands, accompanied by such a voluble shower of compliments that her assistant, unused to such hospitality, act ually held his breath In tears lor ner saony. Now Is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by tnis sun of l ork ; Yet there's a hue and a cry lor weather strips, And coal remains in the neighborhood of W; Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths, . , Fxceoting mine, which 1 bound with a towel Dipped in ice water; and yet I am not happy. Grim-vlsaged war had amooth'd ills wrlnkl'd frontispiece, and now, instead Of mountlnr barbed steed that snuff The battle from afar, and whose gallant Hldera wlh It was from a little furtner, via innnimhlT in a ladv'a chamber To the lascivious pleaslugs of a bull-flddle. that am not ahaned for sportive tricks, made to court a forty-dollar looking glass; at am rudely tUrnp'd and want love a Not having a five cent nickel to my back; I. tht am curtall'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of features by dissembling nature, being hump-back'd, knock-kneed, pigeon toed Pprlng-halt, ring-boned and spavlred.so that Even dogs bark at me as I halt by, Why, I, In this weak, piping lime of peace, Have uo delight to pass away the time Unless I spy my shadow In the sun And descant on mine own deformity. And, therefore, since I can net prove a lover I am determined to prove a villain Then, hear me. ye Immortal gods. Straightway do I announce myeir As a candidate for the teeggat ore 1 WIT AND HUMOR. omfnrthl The door was open now, bat he did not avail himself of it until Cordie'a voice from the garden below sounded In his ear, and he crept down the rough stairway, and out into the pale November twilight, where stood his young mistress, her handsome cousin by her side, and her slender fingers toying with the velvety petals of a late blooming pansy that bad sheltered itself under the hedge from the sharp autumn frosts. i "Here he is," and she drew the little fel low almost tenderly to her side. The young man laughed good naturcdly. "Why, he isn't bigger than a pint of cider, he said, with the tip of his forefinger under the boy's chin. "What In the world could I do with such a little chap? He might dust, but I don't believe he could even sweep out the office." . , ,, 'He will more than pay his way," was the .tA Tnw ' for he is willing trusty, and stronger by fsr than he looks, although he is too slender to bear the hardships of a farm er's life. Indeed, Lester," and she laid a softly persuasive hand upon his arm, you must take him; I've set my heart upon it, and you surely won't disppoint me. i Was the emphasis Intentional or notT At any rate it decided the question of little Jote's fate, nor could the discouraging re marks of Farmer Blagden shake the young doctor's determination to oblige his pretty cousin in the choice of an office boy. It was no small triumph to the warm hearted girl, as the months went by, to retail the encouraging reports from her protege, who, the young doctor enthusiastically de clared, was the handiest, most faithful little fellow that ever lived, "picking up knowl edge " as be expressed it, "as naturally as pigeons pick up peas," to which her father n..,aiiv vouchsafed the surly comment: "He never showed no soiartnesi at any theng that I set 'im to; an' no wonder, with a lot o' silly wimmin folks ter molly coddle 'im all the time. I'll bet he don't git much cossetm' from Lester Dakin." A conclusion that never failed to bf Ing a knowing smile to Cordie's pretty face, for none knew so well as she for whose sake the friendless boy wss being carea. A grand shell race The oyster. A home stretch Over a mother's knee Puck. Members of the bar Gymnasts. Elmlra Advertiser. Is the fellow who tends an oyster saloon an oyster supe? It 6eems rather odd to see two men plsying seven-np for a dinner that is to be eight-up. William M. EvartV mouth will hold four yards of the English language without crowding. When you wake up at night and hear the baty crying, look out for danger for there s a rock ahead. a ratd candidate on being asked bow h tu rMnnnJed bitterly. "Like Lazarus- licked by thav dogs." Boston Advertiser, It is when a woman tries to whistle that the great glory of her mouth is seen without being heard very much. Andrews' iiazsar. A Kentucky editor says that in one week he wasaddiessed as "Governor," "General, "Colonel," "Major," "Paraon," and "Old Hoss." Thanksgiving proclamations are pouring fourth in great abundance, and the turkey feels disconsolate, in spite of the republican victories. Boston may have, as she claims, the pret tiest girls; but it is an established fact that they have to go away from bonw to get good husbands. "Will you settle that old account of yours this morning?" said a wioonist. "No, sir; you are mistaken in the iaan ; I am not one VI IOC U1U OCkWCia. "Are you going to sell that horse?" he Inquired of the auctioneer. "That's the horsetensible object of this sale," was the reply. Keokuk Constitution."" A correspondent sends us some verses and asKs "ii ten cents a uw wuuiu vuvmauvu. done eo of a long time." Concealment of treasure trove Is, it appears, punishable by fine or imprisonment; bat it has been laid down that "the taking of goods whereof no one had a property at the time can not be felony; and, therefore, he who takes any treasure trove before it has been seized by the persons who have a right there to is not guilty of felony." But the better opinion Bee ins to be that, although the sov ereign or lord has uo definite property in treasure trove till he bas seized, yet the true owner, though unknown, who has lost the money may still have a property in it And it is, of course, clear that unless the appro priate has reasonable grounds for supposing that the owner can not be found, his taking the treasure may amount to larceny. Where this is not so. obvious difficulties arise as to proof of felonious taking, bat an ancient indge appears to have felt do hesitation in laying down the rule that larceny may be committed by stealing goods the owner of which is unknown, because, as he sagely re marked, the felonv would otherwise eo un punished. The Forty-Sixth Con area. Washington Post. The following estimate of party strength in the next house of representatives is based upon the latest returns. All the doubtful districts have been reliably heard from, with the exception of two the Third and Eighth in Wisconsin: these districts, however, we give to the radicals in our calculation. We put Mr. Lowe, of Alabams, in the democrat ic column, for the reason that he has an nounced, through his home organ, at Hunts Ville, that he is a democrat at all times, and will act with his party in the house. The three independents elected In Georgia, hav ing originally entered the field on the ground that they were better democrats than the regular nominees of the party are also naturally classed with the majority. Dr. De La Martyr's democrscy can not be reason ably questioned af ;er his positive utterances, reported in the l ost oi ruesaay. sir. ijiau, of Maine, was nominated and elected as a democrat, and it is folly to suppose that he will be otherwise when he gets in congress. The undoub'ed election of Colonel Kltchin in the 8econd North Carolina district places toe democratic delegation from that state fir a 11 y at six, the radicals having one Martin and the greenbackers one IiusselL There may be some little doubt about the democracy of Mr. O'Rsilley, in the Sacoad New York dis trict, but as he bas always been a member of the party heretofore, we think it just to class him as such. In the Eleventh Pennsyl vania district the radicals made a bungling attempt Tuesday to count out Colonel Klotz, the democratic ccngressman elect, on a flim sy and altogether ridiculous pretext, which, however, did not succeed to any gTeat extent. The attempt of the Florida radicals to re elect Mrw Bisbee, by means of notorious frauds in Alachua county, met with a pre itcely similar success. There are, so far, five vacancies to be filled four in California and one in New York. The California election will take place in September, 1879; the one in New York in the coarse of a few months. Thus, to recapitulate, we find the political status of the next house to be: Democrats, 152; radicals, 123; greenbackers, 8; vacancies, 5, in detail as follows: TIIE DAT. A Hei STATES. Fifteen years have slipped away since the I o, ten cents a line would not be too much Gay vua uuie juw "vus w ior a ciuwcs mo ui DBUiwv ..-v. congenial old farm bouse, ana saa ana vaneu are the chaDges tnai me years uyo uiv. to Its Inmates. , . . . Farmer Blagden is an old man now, bowed and erar. west and tremulous in mind as in body, lnaea, n is sm wv nuw - Tne visitors, too, like the well bred people death' ftnd tQ8 sad home cohilng of his wid that they were, entered into the cheery spirit "CorJUly The old man would Vay, when of the day, showlog that they both appreci r an cbllc on of these little kindnesses atei and enjoyed the homely ; heart, ' hMpi- f, ;.. knowledge, "vou're a fool ter throw away lavors on a miser ble Papr that hain't got sense enough to know wheth er he's hungry or not. When I do a favor I calkerlate ter do it ter somebody that kin pay me back in my own coin. I don t be lieve in tiio! away soft words or extr vittles on teck cattle as that Jote. The girl raised her nauasouio uei, looked the farmer , squarely in the face, while a smile of ill-concealed scorn played about her lips as she asked, bluotiy: "Then you don't believe whatEiderTwom lowe told us in his sermon last Sunday, that Inviting the old and the poor, the halt and th hiind to our feasts was as much a duty to-day as it was eighteen hundred ytars gThe farmer laughed, not a pleasant laugh byanyoatans. . . ... Of course I don't!" be growled emphatic ally "II 1 did I ahould have ter invite old Aunt Nabby over there in the poor house, and Jake Blagden's widder witn her raft o young una toTtankeglvin' to-morrer, Instead o cousin 8imanthy aa 'er gins, ter say nothin o' Leater Dakin. How would ye like bThe girl colored benesth his coarsely quiz zical look and tone, but she said, ediiy: "If I could have my way I d Invite all our rich and poor relations together for once in the year. It wouldn't bun any of them .v-ii in th to r house verselt it vl4 ,i W.v .m - M ... - you don't look out!" sneered the exasperated man. "Gittio' up a dinner for all creation! vn inniit think I'm made o' money, an that turkeys are as plenty in inese paxi STbB(t?odeout of the room, relieving his feelings upon the threshhold by a kick at poor Jote, who was sitting upon the door step cutting up pumpkins for the cows. Taken by surprise, the boy gave a frightened cry. lost his balance and fell backward oil the step, striking hia head against tone and stunning him for a moment, thus fright ening his cruel master Into a deeper rage. "The clumsy little dog," he growled, as Cordie, who had . been siartled by his cry, raised the bruised head in her arms, while her tears fell fast upon the little white, plu- 41 ... " "There," as the boy feebly opened his eyes, "I knew he wss only shammm'. I un derstand ail yer tricks, yer youDg cur, an I can tell you one thing, an' I mean it, too j you don't git one mouthful o' Tbankaeivin dinner toinorrer, jest ter pay for this ca per" The boy was too weak and sick to compre hend even if he heard his words, and after the kind hearted Cordie and her mother bad supported bim up stairs into the little bare, comfortless chamber over the woodshed, where he was forced to sleep In all weathers, and tucktd bim as comfortably as they -could under the rasged coverlid, he turned bis white face to tha watl and feebly prayed for death. There was no home, no belter' or r. him nnoii the brojid face ol this great, rich, beautiful earth. " Ood would only Uke him to Himself, let him lay bis aching head once more upon bis mothers bosom, it would be all that he couid a,k. But when he awoke in the mornlcg, the pain In his bead nearly gone, and came down to breakfast, so like his usual self, krdie secretly hoped that her ( father amid the excitements and hospitalities of the day would forget his unreasonable threat oi the day belore. ..penally as he made no - reference to ii, even helping the bJ'..Bmr" nd time, unasked, to the mush and mil taiitiM of which thev were the recipient. Poor little Jote! He was less than nothing to these bright faced, gay hearted people, and yet his shy, wan face grew brighter and his desolate heart warmer beneath the sunny magnetism of their presence. It was some thing to see people well dressed, well fed, and so well pleased with themselves and each other, even If he could have neither part nor lot in their happiness. And the dinner! How appetizing the still smoking slices of tnrkey looked upon the plates as he carried them into the kitchen, and what delicious pieces of pie, scarcely tasted by the already satiated guests, yet remained when they were replaced by the rich, plummy pudding over whose baking be had watched with sucn intense lnieresw ui iuuuo i was a feast for him from the remains of the feast, and a pleased smile brightened hla worn little face as, in passing from the din ing room, Cordie managed, aa she thought, unseen, to drop a plump raitin Into his mouth, with a significant nod at the still plentifully covered table, never dreaming that the playful kindness was noticed by a pair of jealous, resentful eyes that, as soon as the guests were fairly beyond earshot, fixed themselves with a cruel leer of gratified malice upon little Jote's expectant face, while thelrowner remarked harshly: "You remember, I e'pose, what I told you 'hnnt that Dosaum playln' met o Bewildered and frightened, the boy his head: be couid not speak. nh wn I'll lest ioz ver memory then. I said yer shouldn't have a moutniut or any Thanksgivin' dinner, ter pay ye for that trick. You make out what I mean now, I reckon!" Th roor little fellow burst Into a passion of tears silent tears, for he well knew that It was useless to remonstrate. "Yer can walk yerself off to yer kennel now; an' here," thrusting a piece of bread into his hand, "is all the dioner you'll git, an' that's more'n yer deserve." An hour later Cordie stole away from her guests into the kitchen, longing to see with her own eyes the unwonted sight of little Jote well and sufficiently fed. He was not there, and. guided by some hidden instinct. owed daughter, he has never been the sime man tht he was before. The old arrogance and harshness have weakened into a childish irritability pitiful to see; while to the little grandchild alone, who laughs and frolics at his knee, does he ever vouchsafe a smile or tender word. . . Not griefs alone, but business cares and perplexities hav contributed to brotk down he once strong, stern man. He has been oblieedto mortgage his farm, and. on the day of which we write he bad come in rrom A little boy was shown the picture of the martyrs thrown Into the Hons. He Btartled hid friends by shouting: "Ma! oh, ma! Just look at that poor little lion way behind there he ron't get any." Orphan paragraph. A painter's apprentice fell off a scaffold with a pot of pauitin each hand. He was taken up insensible, but as soon as be was restored to consciousness, he murmured: i went down with flying colors, anyhow." "Yes, Ike," said Mrs. Partington, reflect rvely, as her son wy reading aloud the 7iriv lUt of aeaths. "I have knowed a good many folks to die of suggestion of the brain; New York--. but it ain't so common as it used to be." North Carolina A bad young man of Meridian street told his erandmother, whose memory is a nine Alabama Arkansas CaiilornU.. Colorado.... Connecticut.. Delaware...-. Florida. Georgia... Illinois... Indiana Iowa.... Kansas..... Kentucky Louisiana.... Mala e Maryland ......... . Maatiachusetts.... Michigan- Minnesota Mississippi Missouri...., Nebraska....-. Ne vad New Hampshire. New Jersey... 4oihCon Si .81 4 2 1 3 1 1 9 8 4 10 s . . . . i . 1 I .ill.rvA anJ ftlttincr I H 0- ' . .. i . a visit to tne neiga ounun iw6-, i lame, that the ena oi winter was aumra ueio. own by the fire, he spread ms uuu.iu8 neclected to state which end, and tne troo 1 old soul now relates, as ner moat re- markahie experience, a winter imvuuni or snow. - "Johnny" said a sporting Third ward father, "Johnny, what have you got in your fist?" "Two pears," sa'd Johnny. "Good hand.' sa;d tne aosent minaeu parent, "take the pot" Tden he blushed, and pointing to a brass kettle, he added, "to your mother." "Show me a people," ssys Fronde, "whose trade is dishonest, and I will show you a people whose religion is a sham." All right, Mr. Froude, ssys the Hawkeye, come out here next spring and take a look at the peo ple who sell a quart of strawberries in a pint and a nan dox. The other day an old lady presented her Alf at the booking office of the central sta- w. -. ...h the warmth, while he re ;th the calmness of utter despair: "I've been to see 'Bqulre Barket.and U ain't no use to struggle any longer. J I can t raise that five hundred no easier n( I could five thousand. Everything bas got ter go the very house that I was born in an the farm that I've worked ever since I was big enough to handle a hoe. I tell you it s mighty tough." ! . . Everything, father?" Cordie's voice is sweet and pleasant as ever, although the pretty color has long since faded from her cheeks, and there are broad bands of silver in ber dark hair marks of silver rather than age. "Yes, everything. I hain't got k single dollar that I can call my own the Mortgage covers every thing." He hung bis head to conceal me irara tu vura r.reemnz aowa ms 'iiit Ohio Ortpon Pennsylvania Khode Island-. Tennessee... South Carol na Texas . Vermont- Virginia -.. West Virginia.... Wisconsin 46th Congr'a 4 ltt 7 8 10 ..... 2 Total. 156 v 2 i "i 1 1 2 8 11 6 7 9 2 10 1 5 1 5 9 1 8 S 1 4 12 1 1 2 8 S 17 8 1 12 11 II 1 17 2 2 9 5 b . I 6 31 1 8 3 6 3 "Is; "l52 1 1 8 4 24; ll 2 were ufi"s " . i . . . ... .j - u your n Kn. M. .rhter laid her hand tenderly up- tlon. Newcastle, ana lnqnireu u rrVT-i hfl a she whisrered: . train started for New York. Clerk ai shook ..Da.;RiTe up yet, father. I a young i:45." Old Lady-"Vey. titer's a porter n .tmnVind I will stand between you tell'd me lustnoo lt.waaucnt !- a little, rr . r: t n 1 onirter to two. Noo, which cn ye ter t a to I RUU WdUl wa - T . m I " ... t to,. ,n th vpnint? the farmer sat dozing over the stove, when a knock upon the door and a step In the entry startled both himself and Cordie, and a neighbor bustled Jn, shat- , ito-ht snow from her skirt as she "6 - I alrl? f This gives a clear democratic majority of sixteen overall. - The full house consists of 293 members, a msjority ot which is 147. in v.. A.Ant nt an extra session California will not be represented in the house, and 145 votes will organize it. It will thus be teen that the democrats have, in either event, a msjority sufficient for all purposes- The greenbacks are classified separately In the table above, ounney win, uiwuio, ually act with either one of the two old par ties. Judging by the previous panj -----lions, and remarks made by tbem since their election, they.will divide as follows: Messrs. Yocum, of Pennsylvania; Kuasel, of North Carolina; Barlow, of Vermont, and Forsythe, ruinsiia witn inA raaicais. ouu Murch, of Maine (certain); Ford, of Missouri; Gillette and Weaver, of Iowa, with the dem ocrats. With these revisions and additions, the totals would stand democrats, 156; radi- s-: MAnfv vi r rom dog an hour and a hall to anve a sanay pig . - indications the California delegation a distance of two blocks down to the ferry f"DUxt Sole will stand as inthepres- rable Pbeaomfntn Darloe American Kevolntlon. ISU Nicholas for November.l Of all the wonderful stories that my great grandmother used to tell my mother when she was a little girl, the most wonderful was about the dark day in New Iceland, Fri day, May 19, 17S0. This was during our revolution, you will ' remember, and the same year in which the traitor, Benedict Arnold, attempted to betray his country to its enemies. For several days before the-JXb, the air was full - of vapors, as we often see it when fires are raging in the woods near us, and the sun and moon appeared red and their usual clear light did not reach us, especially when rising and setting. The whads blew chiefly from the southwest and northeast, and the weather was cool and clear. The morning of the 19th was cloudy and la many places slight showers fell, sometimes accompanied by thunder and lightning; but as the sun arose it did not increase the light, and the darkness deepened and deepened until the children standing before the tall clocks could not see to tell the time, and older people peering over the almanac were not able to distinguish the letters. The birds sang their evening songs and Dew to their nests in the woods, the poultry hurried to their roosts, while the cattle in the fields uttered strange cries and leaped the stone fences to gain their stalls, and the Bheep ail huddled together bleating piteously. Color, which you know depends upon the light of the sun, filled many with astonish ment by ita unusual appearance, for the clouds were in some places of a light red, yellow and brown; the leaves on the trees and the grass in the meadows were of the deepest green, verging on indigo; the bright est silver teemed tarnished, and everything tbat is white in the sunlight bore a deep yel low hue. The shadows, which before noon fail to the westward and afternoon to the eastward, were observed during the darkness to fallen every direction. The rain, also, was unlike any other rain, and it set all the people to wondering as they dipped it from tubs and barrels, for a scum formed on It resembling burnt leaves, emitting a sooty smell, and this same sub stance was seen on streams and rivers, es pecially the Merrlmac, where It lay four or five inches thick for many miles along its shore. Another peculiarity was the vapor; in many localities it descended to the earth from high in the atmosphere; but at one point a gentleman saw the vapors at 9 o'clock rising from the springs and low lands; one column he particularly noticed ascending far above the highest hills, then it spread into a large white cloud and railed off to the westward; a tecond cloud formed in the same way from the same springs, but did not rise as hlzh as the first, and a third formed fifteen minutes afterward. At a quarter of 10 the uppermost cloud was of a reddish hue. the second was green, iudigo and blue, and the third was almost white. So unwholesome was this vapor that small birds were suffocated in It, and mauy of tbem were so frightened and stupefied that they flew into the houses, adding to the fears of ignorant people, who considered it a bad sign for a bird to enter a dwelling. The commencement of the darkness was between tea and eleven in the forenoon (when the men were busy in the fields and offices and workshops, the women spinning, weaving and preparing dinner, and the chil dren at school or helping their fathers or mothers at home), and it continued until the middle of the following night; bat the de gree of darkness varied; in some places the disc ol the sun was seen when the darkness was the most dense. - Lights were Been burning in all the houses, and the people passing out of doors carried torches and lanterns, which were curiously reflected on the overhanging clouds. Thousands of people were sure that the end of the world had come, many dropped their work and fell on their knees to pray, otntra confessed to their follows the wroDgs they had done, and endeavored to make restitution. The meeting houses were crowded, and neighborhood prayer meetings were-formed, and the ministers and old church members prayed long prayers, mentioning the nations and individuals of Bible times who bad been destroyed on account of their sins, sad beg ging that as God spared the great city of Nineveh when it repented, so he would for give them, cheer them again by the light of the sun and give victory to tbeir armies. It is said that the Connecticut legislature being in session, the members became terri firt when thev could not see each other's faces, and a motion was made to- adjourn, when Mr. Davenport arose and said: "Mr. Speaker, it is either the day of judg ment or it is not If it is not, there is no need of adjourning. If. it is I desire to be found doing my duty, I move that candies be brought and that we proceed to busi- l believe?" It took three men, two boyi and a brindle "Here's a letter for you, Mis' DaTtin, that gri S.7hU iy Mom jot over to the post office, aa' I 5 tw wfndow's by Xk&tlViSd. and the pig, one of the men my Cordis took the letter from her hand, and examined it curiously. "It's postmarked Chicago," she said in a puzz'ed tone. "I don't know a siul there that I can think of." t I km. Km nnfniried it a check for bne thou sand dollars fell from it: and glancing at the she crept silently up the rough stairway that I written page she read aloud in her-astonish- led to the miseraoie nine cuawue meDt: shed, through the Illy fitting door ot wnicn she peeped cautiously in. There, upon an old chest tbat served bim for chair and ta ble, sat the object of her eearcb, his face hid den in his hauds, a pitcher of water and the piece of bread lying untouched beside him, while now and theu the sobs that shook his feeble little body found vent in the piteous moan, "There ain't no Thanssgtvln's for me in this world!" In an Instant the remem brance of her father's threat no less than the door locked on the outside, gave m quick witted girl an unmistakable clew to tne mystery oi tne cnua a orru, uu -paosed over ber face of socb mingled hame, di.gusr, and pity, that it was well for the farmer future peice of mind that he was not there to tee it. . AseoUly as she hid come, she slipped away, and a little arterwarJ tha weeping boy's attention was attracted by te turning of the key in the lock, then the door swung back upon lis ciumsy nmge, u pitying face, with suspicions, wet eyes, looked In upon bim. iit "Jo'y, here's your supper. You couldnt have ihioght tbat father meant you should eo without dinneraod supper both." The boy glanced at the . tray loaded with u.Vf.n nm Fhttmi It la only of late that t h&m lAarned of voui bereavement and of the atraigbtenei clrcumitAuces In which your husband's death leit you, and I gladly hasten to offer you any assistance that you may net-d. AH the money in the world could never pay the debt of gratitude that I owe you. but per haps the aum that I enclose may not prove unacceptable to you Jost now. I have an ex cellent practice aud am well able to spare it, andttwlli attord me tne reatet pleasure if you will accept It. Grattfully yours, Jotk. "Your 'bread on the waters' bas come K.oV tn von with Interest." remarked the sympathizing neighbor, wiping off a tear with the corner of her checked apron. w- mmtimrAmv afternoon. hen the wean- . J 1 . .... J Kl. In some drive was enaea iubu-jj w- sprsinea nis auaie, throwing stones at was tired to death Ol . t and tne other two were drunr, ana me p'g was two miles back I rom we river, gum west, and sarcastically asking people it met if they could tell u wnere me jourju6iu ferry crossed the Mississippi. Hawkeye. The following epitaph is authentic, being taken from the diary of a well known stone cutter of a neighboring city: flf-aae, a' ranger, pause, and hold thy breath. Here lies my dear wife volly ; Slie was cut down by cruel denth. Who stopped her human folly. Her toneue was longer than her life. But ahe'a at rest, you see; Death granted to my darling wire What she'd not grant to me. ki. nrt wan chilled when in the air. When cold would strike her brow; But it has been my constant prayer That she's "not chldy now' ent two democrats and two radicals. The v.v .iiatrint. in which the vacancy is. is quite likely to return a democrat the next time. 8nould subsequent events jus tify these latter predictions, the democratic msjority will be increased without the greenbackers to 17-with them to 25. In any and all events, the democrats will have a safe working najorlty in the house, varying between the extreme numbers stated, which can neither be figured, argued or stolen away. , Decline ef BeIIH In London. London Timee-l Mr. Samuel Morley. M. r.. Psiar at a ness." - , , All the shivering, frightened people began now to look forward to evening, bping that ss the moon rose full at 9 o'clock, her light would penetrate the gloom; but all the chil dren who coaxed to sit up and see her, grew very sleepy, their strained eyes were not re warded by her beautiful beams, for at 8 In the evening the darkness was total; one could not distinguish between, the earth and the heavens, and it was impossible to see a hand before one's face. Then all the weary children were sent to bed after the most honest prayers that they had ever prayed, and the older people sat up to watch for the light that never before bad appeared so glorious. And never dawned a fairer saorning than the 20th of May, for the sun that opened the flowe-s and mirrored itself in the dew drops, brought the color again to- the children's faces, and filled every heart with confidence. The birds sang joyously; the cattle return ed to their pastu-es; the- places of business were opened, and every one went about his work more gentle toward man and more grateful toward God. . After the oaraness saa iaaoru, occi sons traveled about togaihc all possible in to na at ion concerning this memorable day, andDv. Tenny wrote- an account of what he learned while on a journey from the east to Pennsylvania. He eays tbe deepest darkness, was in Essex county, Massacbuteit, the lower part of New Hampshire, and the east ens portion of Maine (where my great-grand-mvKSp iivd In Rhrxio Island and Coa- ncticntit was not eo great; in New Jersey grTaV meting -In-the Philharmonic Hall last ourTevedTbut the dark- night, when about 3,000 people attended, I otunoomMo.nd in the lower parts of Pennsylvania nouung unusuai was Carious Law or TreaMnro Trove. London Solicitors' JovrnaL) Treasure trove, as Coke ssys, "where any gold or silver, In coin, plate or bullion, hath been ancient time hidden, wheresoever it be found, whereof no person can prove auy property, doth belong to the king or to some . i . i v. b Inn1. -r. t a, nmtn m rv- tion:" and it is the duty of the coroner to inquire who are the finders of treasure trove, ana wnere it is, ana vuiu Oberlln hss trouble with its students, and bas privately expelled three freshmea. a astrthnmnr inrl td TOUDZ Women frOHl the conservatory, because one of the ; girls wa troubled with aa uneasy conscience and told how they flirted with the fellows, going out with them at night and stayin with a rair of tbem in a class room till .5 in the I trove, ana wnere ins, uu j morning ' Toe? ell acknowleoged their be suspected of having found and concealed morning. . uey. v rim t,,.,nr. which, aalth an old statute of 4 that7 bod?, which expeUthrm .11".. ElwZl, "may be Well percdved where one BtanUrT ; 1 Cometh riotously haunting taverns and hath Including meet of the leaders oi tne jw imou. Mr. Money npoke in behalf of the Church Aid Society. lie believed the great feature of the present day was the growing indis position to attend public worship, 'af . I ... .... t - T nnnd M A ntrl pre eminently me m - tn. fM nna of the most heathenish parts of her majesty's dominions. It was considered that If 5 per cent, cf the people were anxlomto attend the churches and chapels next Sunday morning, there would be required 1,000,000 more sittings than were . ' t II. lsnh AATt. provided. Tne most appauus w with that fact was that, of the sit tings provided, not more than one-half were occupied. Shelbyvlllo Volunteer The Franklin Fire Insurance Company ot Indianapolis bas paid the 8helby County Joint Stick Agricultural Association the sups ot $200 for losses by fire this fall, leaving a, net loss oi w mi aociation. v .' nKaaWAfi It extended as far north as the Am&rlcan settlement, and westward to Albany, but its exact limit could not bs ascertained. In Boston tke darkness continued four teen or fifteen hours, varying la duration at 0lA"rw?sinivj6ible taattribute-the dark n?si V an eclipse, the wise peop formed rr, ihA-mfa Teawetinz it: being con vinced tbat it was due to Immense fires In tha woods, wicds blowing opposite direc tion, acd to the condition of the vspors; but Herschel says: "The dark day in north trn America was" one cf those wonderful Tjfteoomeoaol nature which will always be read ot with interest, bat which phllosophj is at a loss to explain.' Ode to af,500 sealskin clk: "Thou art ti near, and yet so furBarlington, Hawkeys v