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The Ohio Democrat. tinEIlM k WlllTK, l'lilillalmr. LOGAN. : OHIO. SOME MOONS. I. Jnt twtwocn tlio. (lurk and daylight, Wtian tlio Blnuiiy tltnu.ls ciiiiid, .Ami tho itnaols fmnn tlio stnr Inning In ihu windows of tliolr linintii llnlilcH nit unil wntch tlio nmr moon llnckhut (rally down tlio Hky, J.liio ii iirotty Koldan mlilt howl, or n er.nllu Hwlnulmt hluht Tlien with (lltiiiiletl iirins uplifted Ana with slilnlns uiitforuyns, They will rcnoh far out to urimp It I'iiII It ImUlly from thn hUIus. Jliiotin will wniio mid Indies xrow olilor, Ako anil Borrow como too noon, 31iii frvsh hopo, mill I link, roturnuig, Shlno with ovary uuby moou. H. In tlio mclnnctioly tllinncm ui mo nnir mooira aiinsuy ukiii, Fopta wnlk ahronil nntl ponder, Llsl'nlng to tho voloo ot nluht. Do they ilronm of futiiro j?Iory? Of a nnmo to Inst for tiyc? Do thoy pi tin n woiulioua poem To bawrlttou out aomo ilny? Jfo ono known, but Into nml wonry roots wnnilor thro' tlin plirht "While tho ill in nn (I drciiry hnlf moon Hliods on thorn a puto anil IiRht. I'oots boiibh mny illo untutored, Kurth mny novur hour their atrntn. Hut nbovp, whoro tlioimbts aru tionaurcd Tlioy ahull find tholr books again. I!f. Whon tho uroftt round moon Is bonralng With it tonilor ROldun Unlit, Xovers aroklmt iliiop cool alinilowa Walk toirothor thro' tho night, -Just tho old, old Htory over, I'or a thuUBiuul tlmoa or more. And iir swoot tn-ilny to-morrow Aa It over wni" oi ynro. Out (if shadow Into moonlight, Dreaming' of tlio Ilia hotoro you, Wimilor qn yo Imppy lovora, Mny thn arcnt niotmlotn; ahlno o'er you; lluppy Carole? iliiyn of childhood Unnnot atiiy; Golden vision of tlio poet 1'nss llWllV. T.oro will rule tho world for over And n day. - Interior. SAVED THE CAPTAIN. .An Old Lady's Good Poor Family. Aot to a It certainly was very provoking, na .John Bathust said, "for nn honest man . to chop wood for wcuks in tho cold, and f- to glvo his own nnd his hired man's and bis team's time to haul it tip to tho bouse, just to have it stolon by some sneak of a follow, who was probably too lazy to work." He talked about it several ovoningsnt thu post-olllco, whero ho went for bis papers, taking care to lot it bo under stood that bo'd show tho thief no mercy jf ho caught. him. When tho neighbors dispersed on ono of those evenings, nnd took their several ways homo from tho post-olllco, ono or two passed by a little -cottago, at the gato ot which stood a tall, boMicrly-looking man. They nodded to him, as is tuo custom in tlio country, although they wcro not ac- qituintud. Somo timo before, he had como to tho neighborhood and taken up his rcsi denco in the- cottage, which, with n fow .njres of land, had been loft by an old uncle of his. At that timo thoy had learned that bo was an Englishman, who bad formerly been a Captain in tho .army. His wife nml a llttlo daughter bad come with him, but noilhor tho farmers nor tholr families hail overbad any save tho most iormal.intorcourso with them. 'Squiro Saunders and two -or thrco of tho loading men had shown f .n disposition to bo iriondly with him, but although he had received their ad vances with civility, this was of such a cold nature that bo was left sovcroly 'alone by tho independent little com munity, which had no wish to bo "looked down upon by any man, ovon if ho had been a Captain In tho English army." John Bathust, especially, who had ..gono into tho war a corporal and had come out a Captain, folt himself ag grieved at tho haughty bearing of tlio Englishman, who had onco actually ad dressod him as "my good man," soon .aftor his arrival at tho cottage. What Captain Gerald lived upon was a mystery which puzzled tho neighbor hood. Ho scemoil to havo no connec tion with tho outside world, with tho ox coption of ono correspondent, from tvhom camo monthly lottors with such rogulavlty that it had long sincu boon decided by loungers at tho post-olllco that tho correspondent was a lawyer, and that tlio letter contained a remittance. But for tho last two months no letter bad como. Evidently tho Captain had not oxpectod any, for ho had not gono, to the post-olllco, and, lniiecu, save ior 6coing him with his wifo and llttlo girl out for a daily walk, his neighbors would have forgotten him. XY During tlio nutting season tho now- comers always carried woll-lilled baskets homo from the woods, tho nuts pooping from under tho red and yellow leaves with which tho baskets wore fancifully heaped. An irregular kind of thrift seemed to prevail at the cottage, for tho apples In tlio littlo orchard had every ono been picked with tho olaborato caro which betokens both inoxporionco and plenty of timo. Tho noighbors, who in passing had not'eed tho harvesting, had beon greatly amused thorcat. Tho potatoes, planted in tho oarly spring by tho old unelo, now month's dead, wcro lifted tonderly from tho earth and transported to thu collar with tho concern of tho miser for h's gold. Thu corn was husked and stored away with tho samo solicitude, and tho fow vegetables which tho well tilled, garden provided rccoived tho samo tondbr caro. John Bathust's mother, who had beon In Bloomington for a two days' vis't to hor daughtor, came homo jut at night fall about a fortnight aftor tho lirst ex citement of tho wool-stealing. "And you didn't moot ,101111 at tho Cornors?" hor daughtor-in-law had asked after greeting bur. "No; and I thought It very, strange 'f that .Johnnie would not bo ready to moot his mother, nftor sho had been uway for thrco days anil two nights. I folt bo certain that he'd bo at tho Cor ners, that I mndo Montezuma go twlco into tho post-olllco to mako sure that he wasn't thoro." And tho old lady sat before tho lire, still warmly wrapped in bur hoavy cloak nnd hor serviceable, though unfashiona ble, furs, looking us if a trlllo doubtful whether sho had bettor remove them at nil. aftor this slight upon tho Import unco of hor homo-coming. Bho had al ways been acoustomod to being fronted with tho utmost doforenco by uor ohll dron, especially by "Johnnie," whom sho most loved, but from whom sho do mantled unlimited homago, "1 don't boo how John conld hnvo mlssod you, mother, unloss ho was over at Jacob Purson's, Thoy'vo found out who 'bns boon stealing tho wood, and John and iv lot of thorn havo sot a. trap and aro going to wait for him to,night. It must Tjo that thoy'ro still talking It oyer, anil that's tho way John oamo to miss you," Mrs, Bathust explalntd, with soothing manner. 'Iltimphl nntl who might tlio thlof be, pray?" hor mother naked Interest ed, nut not quite itppoosoti, "Who would you suppose, motlior?" 1 llfl11. T . .i il.lut f .. .... lu " "Boally, I can not think of any ono In tho neighborhood oltiior eo poor Or bo i menu us to steal. Who Is It?' "Cantnln Gerald, tho Enrriishman ! who ' "Yes, my doar, I reckon I know who Captain Gorald Is. And do you say thoy propose to entrap him?" A full roeital of tho plan was then glvon. It did not meet tho approval of ,John' mothor, nnd shu said, frankly: "1 don't like that at all. 1 think Johnn 0 might tuku a mora manly course. I don't llkti traps." Then, aftor a pausu during which sho had looked medltatlngly Into tho glow ing hickory lire, sho s'aid: "Emily, If you havo any thing to do, don't wait any loniror w'lth mu. Whon I am ready " to lay aside my wrappings, I can do so in nnrnuin trri," "Very well, mothor; I've had a flro mado thoro for you. so I'll go and finish my pies boforo ton." Onco ulono, the olilor Mrs. Bathust thought awhile, then nodded with. great determination and said to herself: "Yes, I will do it." Sho aroso and left tho room, but, in stead of going to hor own, sho passed out of the house, nnd turned lu the di rection of Captain Gora'd's. Sho walked briskly and independently across tho snow Holds, an old lady who folt her resolution to bo right, and who was coing to put her foot down firmly upon traps of all kinds. Al though hor heart was filled with kind ness nnd generosity, her manner was severe when ihu English Captain oponod the door in responso to hor knock. "Good-ovonlng, Captain Gorald." "Good-evening," responded the Cap tain, ns ho stood peering out into the darkness, quite ignorant ns to who his visitor was, and mystified as to what sho could porsibly want at such unsea sonable hour. "Will you como in, madam ?" "No I think I'll not go in. I can say all I havo to say right Uore, and need not troublo your wifo with my orrand. I only camo to tell you that If you aro in no'cd of wood, and aro too poor to buy it, I'll give you all you chooso to cut oil that wood-lot over yondrr. And I want to tell you that you hud better not como to my son's wood-pilo to-night, for ho nnd a lot of tho noighbors aro watching for you, anil you'll certainly bo caught. I don t approve of traps, bo I came to warn you." "What do you menn?" cried tho Captain, angrily. "What do you moan by coming hero and insulting mo?" " "I mean only to do a friondly act Don't como out to-night." How daro yon say 1 stole your son's wood? and what do thoso thoso cads mean by talking about setting a trap for mo?" Capta'n Gerald had only drawn tho door partially to whon ho stopped out upon tho porch to speak to Mrs. Bathust, and his angry voico was heard by his wife, as sho moved quiotlv about preparing tho moagrosuppcr. Sliocamc to the door, and asked, uneasily, "What is the matter, Henry?" "Nothing nothing, my dear; go in at onco; you will got cold." But Mrs. Gerald was not so easily dis- Foscd of. "You must not stand here, Icnry with your baro head. If this person has any thing to say to you, let her como into tho house. Come!" and sho held tho door wide open. "Havo you any thing moro to say, mndain?" Captain Gerald asked. "If you have, you may as well outer." And ho stood asido for'his visitor to pass. Although from tho nrmy, ho was a man who submitted at once to any cal amity rather than light against it. That had always been his unsoldiorly weak ness; but this ono time, in his weak ness lay his strength. Tho three went in. "What is it, Henry?" "This worn lady I bollovo sho Is Mrs. Bathust baa como to offer mo a chance to cut wood upon somo of her land as shu seems to think wo aro in need of fuel. Sho is vory kind." His wifo's face brightoncd up. "You aro indeed vory kind, Mrs. Bathust. My husband has been torribly worried to know how wo should keep warm this wintor. Wo had no idea tho cold would bo so intense, or wo would havo been better provided for boforo tho wintor sot in. It is our iirst year in tho country. My husband and I often fool sidlv alono and friondlcss, but your kind thoughtfulncs? makes mo feel that after all that wo aro not entirely with oit friends." "Will you sit down?" drawing a chair buforo tho lire, which tried to throw out tho much-needed warmth, but its scanty supply of material, failed most sadly. "llonry," sho continued, "how could yo-i havo boon angry at an offer so kiiilly mado?" 'I hopo Mrs. Bathust will pardon mo if 1. havo been rude," tho Captain has tened to say, with a booechingglancont his caller, which sho undorstoodnnd an swered with a nod; then rotiring into thu background, ho loft the conversation to Ids wifo nnd ,thoir now acquaintance. Between tho two thoro saomed at onco established a bond of friendship. To tlio youngor woman it had boon a day of unusual lonolinoss and dis couragement, ami tho older had como just, at tho moment when a siinplo act of kindness was vory much to hor. Sho ro cognized, too, through tho unconven tional covoring, such a sterling charac ter that all reserve on bur part soon vanished, and sho gavo way to an im pulse to rest upon tho self-roliaut na ture which seemed strong onough to support tho troubles of others as well as lior own. Anil boforo sho realized it, she was unburdening hor heart of many of tho porpluxit'os which had weighed it down, and basking In the warm sym pathy which flowed over hor. "Toll mo whatever you wish to; I nin an old woman, and I can, perhaps, ad- viso anil noip you; anyiiow 1 can sym pathize with you." Mrs. Gorald turned toward tho spoak or, wiped hor oyes, and said, with a smilo which showed how bright and sunny her faco could bo, "Yes, I bogin to feel that wo havo mndo n mlstako, and have lived too much within our selves. But wo woro strangers, and folt that wo hud no claim upon any of you, and and" "Oh, I know how you felt!" Inter rupted hor visitor; "never mind trying to toll. Of course wo aro not English, nnd aro not like tho people you liuvo oeqn used to, still wo feol oursolvos but novor mind about that. Toll mo your troublo, my doar," with an aft'oo ttouato caress ovor tho hand sho had taken. It had boon a dollcuto, strnlght llttlo hand, but It was hardonlufr with tho drudgory which it now willingly per formed, and it appealed to tho other woman very strongly, and strongly, as hands often do, in tholr revelation of character, 'Wolli whon my husband dooldod to louvo tho army, and como to America to llyo, I had somo monoy Invoked yory well, us wo thought, which brought uu enough to llvo upon very eeonomtcullyj but nbout throo months ago, tlio houso which hmt it failed, itml wo nrc now without n pound in tho world, except ns rt lftnl lttU ..lata tllll,. I.oidn linvit lift H wo look upon our little homo horo as a small fortune. Most forlunntoly for ita IWMHlll lUtlllllOl Jilt SDb lUt I1I1IISIUIJ s no our wlntcr'H supply was provided by our rood old relative who left us this nhico, r.i ., ... .. ...... wo biiiiii got tnrougn 1110 win ter without suffering though wo do miss our mutlon and b.inf and In tho spring my husband will bo able to plant ni'itln, and provide for another year. 1-ro.ii our poultry wo havo an occasion al moal and plenty of eggs, and really wo iUould ha very happy and eonifortn blo it It wcro not for tho cold. Wa have only such llfrht fragments of wood tw wo enn pick up about the place, and tin fortiinivtoly for us, our iiuolu must havo beon a very orderly man." "And you havo been cold? ft is n shame, Willi plenty going to waste all around yout" exclaimed the old lndy. "Ohl wo did not mind for oursolvo'. but when our llttlo Edna complained, It went to Otir-hoarts." "Well, there'll bo 110 further ncod of that. You aro wolcomo to all tho worn! your huibaiidwlll cut off of my land. I llvo with my son, but I still control my own proporty; not but what ho would gladly take caro of his old mother if she hadn't a cent in tho world, still it is a vory foolish thing to give up ono's rights. I always do as I please in nvorr thing. But," roturning to hor hostess' story, "rumcinber, my denr, you havo at least ono lrioiid in this country, wno will do any thing in hor powor for you. 1 must go now. but to-morrow 1 am coining to sco you again. Good-night." "Good-night. But, Mrs. Bathust, you aro not going alone. Henry, you will see our friend home, will you not?" "Certainly, my dear," answered Cap tain Gorald. who had been a silent listener to tho conversation. Ho folt that ho dil not stand a 1 high in tho esti mation of his caller as did his wife, and ho felt, too, that ouco alono with her, lie would havo to give an account of himsolf, which might bo rather em barrassing. Still ho could not shirk tho duty of offering his escort to ono who hail put herself to so much troublo to servo him. Ho was not wrong in his conclusion's, for they had liardly'lef t tho houso before his companion boiran with: "Ilikoyour wife very much, Captain Gorald. You ought to" bo a very good man with such a good woman. I'm glad she didn't suspoct tho real object of my visit." "1 can novor thank you enough ior saving her that blow, f'oor thingl sho has had enough to bear. She told yon I throw up my commission and left tlio army, but sho did not tell you that it was because I was such a cowardly fool that I could not keep from ilrinkingand and gambling whonover I got with a certain set of fellows, until I fistoned to her, and cut loose from them entirely. That was tho reason. And oven now, in spite of tho good stop and resolu tions, I sometimes feci thnt I nm a fail ure bore, and that thoro is nothing for 1110 but gambling or suicido. Tncro, you see you Inspiro us both to confide inyqu." Mrs. Bathust was touched and flat tered by this second confidence. During tho ovoning, ono neighbor af tor anotlicr dropped in at John Ba thust's, and sat taking around the tiro in rather fragmentary stylo. Evidently their interest did not lie within-doors. They would break off in tho midst of a sentence to listen, or glanco out of the window, and finally ihoy all filed out into tho cloar moonlight, and scattered about in tho plno grove, which made such black shadows on tho snow. Motlior Bathust looked from her win dow os they disappeared, and smilingly resumed her knitting. About oloven o'clock sho hoard thorn re-enter tho house, and bho descended to tho sitting room. "Why mother, not in bed yet?" said her son. "No; I wanted to sco you after your evening's work," sho replied, with a twniKlc m nor origin, uincic oy&s. "Well, there win no work'dono, un less you call it work to stand around in tho cold and snow lor a couplo or hours," said ho rather sheepishly. "Then you didn't catcli your thiol? Well. John, I caught your thief." "Why, what do you menu, mothor?" asked h'er son, rising from thu hearth. "I went ovor to Captain Gerald's, and told him that if ho needed wood ho could cut all he wanted to on my wood lot by tho swamp, but that ho'd better not como to your wood-pilo to-night, for yon wcro wailing for him. while you cat your apples and nuts, boys, I'm going to toll you about my visit to the C'npta'n." Mrs. Bathust told her story so olo quontly, that Iho company was a very quiet ono when shu had iinished. After a pause hor son said: "Well, it's a pretty hard case. Of courso, I can't unilorstand why a man should bo too proud to come and ask a neighbor for the privilege of cutting his wintor's wood it's donu ovory day or why ho didn't hunt up work." "Ono thing," as ho picked tho last fragment of hickory nut from its shell "wo mustn't lot liim got discouraged and go back to his old habits, or worse. I'vo plenty of light work I can givo him, nnd 1 suppose tlio rest of you havo, too. But aftor this I expect ho'll bo pretty sonsitivo; so I guoss wo'd bottor let mother manago thu business for us. You know, mother, you must make hliu feol that wo aro his friends. Anyhow wo must see him along." Then ho sat thinking, and aftor look ing around at his companions, said with a smilo: "And since niothor's wood isn't seasoned, suppose, boys, wo con tribute a fow dry logs from my pilo to night?" And onco moro Mothor Bathust watohod thorn from tho whitlow. This time thoy passod out from tho pino grovo shadows, each with a gonoroua log on his shoulder, and stole silently ovor tho snow toward Captain Gorald's houso. "It is bottor to prevent limn punish crlmo," siio said. "A friendly warning Is a good thing." Tho ohl lady's face showed quiet tri umph as sho wunt up to her room, for sho had saved tho Captain. Annie JJowells FrcchuUc, in Youths' Cowiai ion. Tho vory roeontmost ngony Is for a lady to havo her photograph taken, full length panel, and tlien after having olaboratoly diwsod tho picture in silks anil laces to send It to her host young man. Tho true slgnllloanco of this la not to bo mlsiindorstood by tho avonigo aonto young man. It moans, "That's about tho stylo I shall oxpoct to dross." Whereupon ho goes and gots Introduced to a moro economical girl. Hartford Post, Anothor undcslrablo omigrant Is tho olm-leaf bcotlo, who oamo to this country somo half-dozen years ago. His reul namu 1b Gnluruca xanthoma lojun, and ho Is first cousin to tho po tato bug, His tiotlvo working llfo lasts only about two weeks, but uiifortiinato ly thoro aro four gonoratlous of tho post cuoh ficasoa LAKES OF K4LLARNET. fUftuilr of tho Country Burroanillng tlio Fnr-fnmrd Wtcr When Lord rnlmorston spont a brief holiday In Iroland his host apologized for the rain (which rained ovory day) as n shower) and twenty years after, In .vrltlng to Lord Carlisle, Lord I'almer ston added! "P. S. Isthatphowor over yet?" Tho shower continues still, with twenty years added to tho original score, nnd to sco fair Erin aright It must ho visited In mackintosh. Thus equipped, tho gonllo duws of Heaven mny bo dolled, as thoy fall from a mild gray sky, laced horo anil thoro Wrth a sunbeam, lmmrdlnlely on reachlii" Kilhirnoy tho traveler becomes absorbed In tho great hotel (.ystein, which Is tho samo In Paris, Geneva, Munich, nnd probably in ovory comer of tlio habit able globe. A man Is shot dead ton miles off in Trnleo, but the tablo d'hote Is conducted on tho samo Fafoprinclplo3 as If it were In London. Thoshnggy cor-ner-boy.s lounge in tho streets of Killar noy as in Dublin; but thuspruco waiters of tho great hotels do their work In the last fashion of Italy or Hamburg; and thu hotel, situated In tho fairest position to catch tho lirst morning rave upon tlio unrullled luster of tho hike, is as vast a pilo of dollars as onergy and capital can mako it. Tlio lako itself differs from tho great continental waters In many qualities. Tones of pure cobalt tuko tlio place of the striking yellow and strong high lights of foreign lands. Thoro is no sparklo in tho sunshine; tho slow, calm movement of tho light travels over the vast and plumy moun tains as If tho side of a luntorn woro opened and shut, now disclosing a gen tle slopo of fervid green or pnrpln heather, now tho thick rounded growth of trees, of a brilliant emerald; or as tho light falls on tho hill tops, discovering tho hoigths of purplo slato nnd gray stone, which wall in a foreground of ex quisitely humid myrtle-green, every changing hue softly given back in tho waters of Killorney. Tho tint of gray, dear to Sir Edwin Laiulsccr, sprends over the sky, opening on palo transpar ent azuro; indicative of serene heights aboVo. The hilly distances retreat coyly into tlio background, unlike for eign mountains, which nro cut out in bright lines on tho eyesight. Fnntastiu shapes traced In purple on tho horizon mark Mngillicuddy's (the second i is silent) liceks, nnd boyoud them tho imagination passos over sovon miles easily and quloitly to tho Atlantic, which joins" tho Kilhirnoy waters. It is sa:d that, once in sovon years, in the dew of a May morning, tho great O'Donoghue rises from his' lair under tho dopths, nnd, drawn by mllk-whito coursers, drives ovor theso shining gulfs to a cave, whoro old men bscomo young again if thoy duly ngnt upon tne spot. Onco upon a time, too, all tho lako was 11 green valley watered by a fairy well. Tlio well was clod by a largo gray stono, and tho condition by which it wns hold deerood that no ono maid, wifo or widow should loavo tho spring unsealed at sun set. A girl, duo at tlio trystlng-placc, forgot to close tho well; and as the sun set tho water rose, and welled forth so abundantly that not only tho maiden and her "lover, but nil tho township, were dostroyed and melted nwny under tho fairy tempest. But, at evening, once, every seven years or so, pinnaclo and b.ittlcmcnt rise from tlio waves; for ono brief minuto tho lover clasps his sweetheart to his breast, tlio hum of tho spinning-wheel and tho lowing of cattle riso from tho drowned settlement, till in another instant all is swept away and the radiant waters closo again ovor tholr secret. Thoso and scores of other legends peoplo tho lakes and their sur rounding hills, side by sido witli tourists in cheeked suits and waterproofs, and with tho nerd of touts on horseback or on foot, soiling polhoen, morning dew, goats' milk, coarso knitted socks, inlaid guwgaws, or trafficking in combustions of cannon and the rackot of penny whistlos, in ordor to rouso an echo. There is a moral in tho fact that a coarse instrument struck within tho ombrasuro of tlio hills ropeats itsolf in a do.on sweet echoes of fairy music; such is tho power of the lako and mountain. It is to such mueio that thu fair outlines of Howtli nnd of Dublin bay fade upon tho sky, and tho travolsr addresses himsolf to his berth nnd his reduction. London News. m RICHFIELD SPRINGS. Sulphurous AVutor Which Jtnlion tlio 1111ml Sro unit tlio Dumb Swmr. Every watering-place has a character of its own, anil those who havo givon Jittlo thought to this aro surprised at tlio endless variety in tlio Aiuorican resorts. )But what is oyon moro surprising is tho intluonco tiiat thoso places havo upon 'tho peoplo that frequent thorn, who np ipoar to changO thoir characters with 'their surroundings. Ono woman in her season plays many parts, dashing in ono place, resorved in anotlicr, now gay and netivo, now listless anil sentimental, not ,at all tho samo woman at Newport that 'sho is in. tlio Adirondack camps, one thing at Bar Harbor and qulto another jat Saratoga or at Hlchliold. Different 'tastes, tobo sure, aro suited at different resorts, but fashion sends a steady pro cession of tho samo peoplo on tho round of all. Tho charm of Richfield Springs is in the character of tho landscape It is a limcstono region of gentle slopes nnd lino lines: anil although it is elovated, ,tho gcnoral character is refined rather than bold, tho lortuo vanoys in pictising irregularity falling away from rounded wooded hills in a manner to produce tho impression of pcaco and roposu. Tho lay of tho land is such that an elevation of a fuw hundred feet gives a most oxtensivo prospect, a view of meadows and upland pastures, of lakes nnd ponds, of forests hanging in dark musses on tho llmostoiui summits, of Holds of wheat and hops, and of distant mountain ranges. Jt is scenery unit ono grows to lovo, nnd that responds to ono's ovory mood in variety nnd beauty. In a whole summer the pedestrian will not oxhaust tho inspiring views, and tho drives tlirousrh tlio rrrnolous land. ovor hills, round the lakes, by woods and farms, Increase in inlorot as ono knows thorn better. Tho habitues of tho place, year after yoar, aro at a loss for words to convoy tholr peaceful satisfac tion. In this smiling country lies tho pretty vilhigo of Ulehllold, tho rural churnator of which 1b not ontlroly lost by reason of tho hotels, cottages and boarding houses which lino tho broad prinoipul etreot. Tho centre of thu town Is tho old Spring houso and grounds. Whon our travolors ulightod hi the ovoning at this mansion, thoy wuro reminded of nn English Inn, though it Is not at all Ilka an Inn In England except In Us atmos phero of comfort. Thu building has rntbor a colonial ohornotor. with Its long corridors ami pillared piazzas; I built ttt ailUovotit times, and without any particular plans oxcoiit to remain old-fashioned, It Is now a big rambling I whlto.mass of buildings in tho midst of maple-trees, with so many stairs and passages on different levels, and so many nooks and corners, that tho stranger Is always Ecttlng lost in It turning up In tho luxurious smoking room when ho wants to dine, and open ing a door that lets him out into tlio park whon ho Is trying to go to bod But thoro are fow hotels in the country whoro the guests nro so well taken caro of. Of courso Iho minon d'etre of botng burn Is tho sultihur snrlncr. There Is no 1 doubt of its ollleuoy. I suppose It Is as tinnleaMtnt as any in tho country. Everybody smells It, nnd a groat many drink it. The artist said that after using it a week tlio blind walk, tlio lamo sco nnd tho dumb swear. It renuws youth, and nlthoiigh the analvzor does not say thtU It Is a "love philter," the statistics hunt by tho colored autocrat who ladles out the llulil show that there nro mado as many engagements tit Illehtlold as at any otlior summer fair In tho country. Charlcn Dudley Warner, in Harper' t Magazine. CAJOLED BY A WOMAN. Hoir n I)nni;iM-oti Criminal Almost lu mped ArrfMt hy u Bocrrl Hnrvlco Agent. In tho summer of 1801 complaints woro mado to our bureau that somo ono was "shoving" bogus shlnplastors In tho neighborhood of Green Bay. A good many hundred dollars worth of the curroncy was lot looso nil at once, and I was detailed to proceed to Wis consin and work u p tlio case. It wns settled boforo I started that the 'stuff" had boon printed from plates mado by an engraver known to us ns "Slick Sam." His right name was, I bcliovo, GcorgoDissto'n, and hcwasthcnlnStato prison on a long sentence. It was pretty certain thnt tho plntos had f tlien into tho hands of somo of his p:il?, and woro being mado use of in a lively man ner. It was probablo that the printing was being done in Chicago, and that an "agent" iiad struck Green Bay to un load. Upon reaching tho place mentioned I found that almost ovory branch of trade hail sufforod, and pretty soon I was able to show that most of tho bogus money hod been passed upon them during tho week. Thon they began to hunt up sales and romombor buyers, nnd it wns settled that tlio "shover" was nn old grivj livei ray-haired man named Nowoll, who ved on a farm a few miles awav. Ho had purchased dry goods, notions, hard ware, drugs and almost every thing else, paying in shlnplastors which ap peared almost now. It was plain to me, aftor getting thus far, that ho had bought his bogus money outright of somo agent, or had sent to parties in some city for it Had It been othonviso ho would havo sought to turn it into good money. I swore out a warrant for him, took tho cars to within four miles of his houso and accomplished tho rest of tho way on foot. Ho lived in the woods, in a log houso, and had but a few acres oloarcd. Evidences of poverty nnd shlftlcssncss could bo found on every hand. I was quite certain that I saw liim about tho door of tho houso whllo I was yet somo wiys off, but when I reached it the door was shut and no ono was In sight. How ever, after i nan done somo lively rap ping a muscular woman about thirty years ohl opened tho door and inquired my ousmoss. i repiieu tnat i was nn ngont from Chicago and desired to soo liur husband. Sho invited mo in. be lieving, as I meant her to bcliovo, that I hnd como as tho agent of the counter feiters. Sho stated that her husband wns off hunting, but would bo homo soon. After wo had talked lor half an hour tho woman's demeanor suddenly changed. What aroused her suspicion's 1 can't say, but I saw that sho looked on mo with distrust. Thinking that the plain way was tho best way, 1 told her who I was and my errand. "So you aro a detective, como to at rest my husband!" she called in n loud voico. I sought to calm hor, and had instant success. Sho settled down in her chair and said sho had been expecting it ttt wcoks, and that her husband must mako tho best of tho situation. Sho sli'id tears and scorned much nffectod, and r.i timo passed and I wanted to go out and hunt nn Nowoll, sho excused his con tinued absonco and kept mo seated oft. tlio plea that no must soon show up. I had been thoro two hours when wo heard a voico shouting for help. Whilo I ran out doors sho rushed into tho other room. I passed half way around thu houso to Hnd the old man hanging head downward, hands on tho ground and foot in a small window four or five foot up. After I had released him and taken him into custody I found that ho had run into tho room whon ho saw mo approaching tho house. When the wifo raised her voico it was to warn him who I was and what brought mu there. Ho climbed out of tho window to escape, but in his descent his trowsors caught on n nail and held him fast. The wifo was detaining mo in order to givo liim a good start, bin it turned out that elm xir.ic mtl. IM.nlmirrllirv littf clliVmHlirra lie stood it until ho couldbciir it no more, and thon called out. Tho enso against Win was so strong that ho mado no tlo fcnso, and rocoived n sonteueo of six years. Detroit Free I'tess. Buying Stock in tho Fall. Thoro is a timo when tho farmers may avail themselves of opportunities in pur chasing that should not bo allowed to pass by. As tho fall is tho beginning oi winter, it is a timo whon thoro is a sur plus, and many breeders aru desirous oi selling. If thoy can not sell, and aro compelled to carry tholr stock over tho wintor, thoy will add such cost to tho price and an addit'onal sum as woll, for, having gotten ovor tlio difficulty, thoy will not then bo ns anxious to still. Every day largo cattle sales tiro advor tlsod to tako nlaeo. and the prions ob tained aru ofton vory low compared with tho quality of tho stock, which places the animals within thu reach of all. Hence, fall is the tlmu to buy, nnd furniors should not allow tho opportuni ty to pass without so doing. Farm, Field and Stockman. A lady who has truvolod oxtonslvoly through thu South says that colored servants nro among tho bost In tho world, only ono must undoi-stand thoir peculiarities. Thoy aro pro-omlnontly unambitious. When Matilda luu surved oxcollontly in tho wlntur sho may sud denly refuse to contliiuuin hor situation upon tho approaoh of warm weather, "How do you get along?" Is asked hnr, when sho sooms happy with no visible means of support, "Oh, fust wtoj folks gibs mo lots of things" and -nothing will Induce her to rusiinm feiu'vlca until oqqI vonthor"wtoH ll;raUU BOOTH'S CAPTURE. Mentnnunt Dohertjr Tell How I To Ittlft Ilown Prnnldpnt Lincoln' Aonnmln. Edward P. Dohcrty, who captured John Wilkes Booth In Virginia on tho morning of April 20, 18CS, wns at tho Fifth Avointo Hotel recently. Ho Is now.n United States Indian trader, stn-. tloncd on tho Choyonno rlvor, Dakota Territory. Ho Is llttlo nbovo tho aver age holght, has broad shoulders, dark hair, streaked with gray, and a faco in dicative of grent determination. In conversation ho speaks In a low, meas ured but dcuisivo tone. Hu gavo tho following graphic description of tho capture and death of Booth to a re porter : Booth wns hiding in a plno forest not for from Bowllnir Grcon, on tho ltanpa- hannoek river. I wns a Lieutenant then, and hnd command of twenty-six mon, vigorously prosecuting the search. On April 25 I passed Booth's hiding placo and know nothing of It I cap tured a young man who had been with Booth. Ho told mo Booth would cros tho Rappahannock that night with Hur rold and sleep on tho premises of a Mr. Garrett. I was some uistmica from Mr. Garrett's, but resolved to surround tho houso. It scorned Incredible that I should havo missed Booth. My com pany scoured that wholo country nnd kept posted on tho move ments of all stragglers. Booth was In tho habit of crossing tho river on horsobnek and then seeking shelter dur ing tlio day in the forest of pines. At four o'clock on the morning of April 20 1 silently surrounded tho premises of Mr. Garrett. Bootli was concealed in fin otit-houso a barn or tobacco house. tVhett wo found him thoro wo called tip- an him to surronder; ho refused. Hnr rold, who" was his companion, enmo to tho door of tho barn and surrendered to mo. Bootli, who was in a reclining po rtion on account of his broken loc. ra'sod his carbine to shoot either Har- hrold or myself. Corbott, ono of my sol- Ilicrs, quickly drew a bead and tired up n Booth. Tho ball entered two inches below tho vory spot where President Lincoln was shot. I handed Hnrrold pver to a soldier and sprang to Booth, ulaspinir turn around the uouv. lhe liarn wis on firo, and I carried him out. BIu looked with unutterable scorn at Hnrrold, and waving his right hand a little, said just one word "Useless." I gavo him brandy and attempted in avcry way to rovivo him sufficiently to spuitk, but tho word "useless" was tho only ono ho uttered nftcr Corbott fired. In two minuti'.s ho became irrational, and in two hours expired. Every tiling possible was uono for liim. Wo had no surgeon present, and sarriod him to Tort Koynl. Hu was not mutilated. When ho died I sewed bis body up in my blanket and it was car riod to Washington. At Washington 5 lis body was identified by thrco or four lersons without a doubt. Ho had a scar or rising on this back of his nock. 'Iho landlndy at whose housu ho boarded (recognized him. Hisremains wcro first 'interred, privately, in tho penitentiary at Washington. Tho bottom ot a cell was removed and the body placed un derneath. Some time afterward it was was romoved to Baltimore and lies in Oakland Cemetery in that city. For eighteen months I was not allowed to say a word about tho shooting, oxcept to tho proper authorities. Thu result was that many erroneous accounts were givon of tho capture. Booth hnd a diary or passbook upon him at tho timo ho wns shot. Thnt book will como into my possession as soon as 1 call for it at Washington. All thoso wild-cat stories about thcro being doubt whether tho man killed was Booth or not, amountto nothing in view of tho fact that the au thorities at Washington were duly con vinced and paid tho reward of !?7;"),000. Tho detective who assisted us in placing tho locality received half tlio nbovo sum. I received 87,r)00, nnd the rest of tho reward was distributed among my twenty-six men. X. 11 Mail and Ex press. WEARY WATCHERS. How tho I'ooplo of ClmrlcAton Spent tlio NIkIiIh 1'ollowliig tho Kucent Kurth imiko. Lyiug awake under tho broad canopy of Heaven, watching through the enil loss hours of night, whilo helpless Tom pn and children aro sloeping around, .what horrors present thcmsolves to the imagination. Tlio reverberating earth quake, whoso mysterious and resistless force you feel passing beneath you liko a mighty wave of tho ocean, is felt a thousand times in imagination to once in reality. To It aro added tho horrors of yawning chasm nnd cngulllng wave, ;wlth tho wild efforts to oscapo for your self and loved ones, whom you sco hold jing for dear life to tree or twig, or lleu dng to some strong building that tho wit 'tors can not overcome. Tlio sky seems of a pinkish tingo and tho stars bo dimmod by a nebulous ha.o. Tlio air is hot and stilling. What mean tho-o por tents? Shall tho city bo buried beneath showers of gravol liko those that havo already fallen? Will a part of tho main land bo brokon off and slip into tho sea? Wearied by wild imaginings such as 'theso, oxhaustcd nature is about to sur render to conquering sleep, when sud denly you nro conscious of an approach ing shock, the buildings of tlio city quiver liko tho leaves of tho forest, thu great wavo of mysterious forco passes under you with moro or less jar accord ing to tho sovority of tho shock, and re cedes in tho distance, leaving you iigalu a prey to tho horrors of imagination.' If tho shock is of tho second or third rnto of forco as compared with tho great shock, women and chihlroii jumped from their extemporized beds on tho greonsward and gathered around with pnlo faces and trembling limbs, whilo tholr beseeching looks stir your deepest sympathies words of soothing and ou courngement aro all you havo to givo. You aro as helpless as thoy, but thoir trusting vou makes your words of value. Whllo you soothe nnd cheer them as bust you may. you nro in nrnrd ly cursing tho coward mon, who havo a'lso jumped from thoir places f re pose, nnd uro hurriedly putting on thoir coats and shoes, ns it thoy would llco they know not whether. In flvo Or ton minutos their excitement is ovor, iirst ono and then another returns to his or her couch, nnd finally silonco settles on thu feeno, savo when tho shout of somo negro oxhortor on tho next sqtinro is rai.ieil to an unusual piteu and oroaus thu stillness of tint night. So wears on thu weary night till tho dawn buglns to lllumiimto thu east, and thu ohourful crow of tho cook Is lieerd,' reochood from roost to roost, blawry appears tho welooino sun, and then tho camp is brokon, pooplo thank God that tliolr lives tiro Mill spared, and wund tholr way to tholr rospuetlvu homos, to tako up tho thread of daily wires and troubles, but ready at it mimunt's iiotlco to Ilea to tho opon ground, Vharlcslcn Scwa and C'cxn'er, PITH AND POINT. A thrifty housewife thlnkf that man ought to Ikj "usof ul. Thoy might as woll bo smoking limns ns cigars. Wo aro thinking sorlously of es tablishing a poet's corner. It will bo connected by a Irnp-door with tho base ment. liurtinqton Free I'reis. Wealth Is nn enemy to Folt-roll-nncc. As soon as a man Is ablo to own it canoo ho wants some ono to piwldlo It for him. AT. O. Picayune. An exchango says that loo two Inch es thick will support a innn. In mid summer It supports tho ico man and hist cntlro family. Chicago Ledger. Patient What do think of a wnrm ov climate for mo, doctor? Doctor Great Scott! man, Isn't thnt just what am trying to savo you from? 1. J1 Sun. "Now York dopHntls largely upon. Boston for amusement," observes tho Boston llecord. Woll, who don't? It Is enough to mako any ono laugh. A'ciw Ilavcn Kcws. Slinking and his young wifo had just completed their first qtuirrol. "I wish I was dead," sho sobbed. "I wish I was, too," ho blubbered. "Then I don't wish I was," and tho war con tinued. N. 1". Telegram. A Now Jersey girl has cloned with an Indian. Tho manner In which our Government permits tho Indians to bo imposed upon by tlio white raco ia shameful. Korrixtown Herald. A woman sold hor wash-tub to n party of rlllo men for a target. They paid her Sl.oO for it, and after they had gone homo she went nut Into tho Held and brought it hack as good as it over was. Chicago Advance. Clergyman (overtaking two mem bers of his congregation on thoir way to church) Won't you and your friend got In and drive with mo to church. Miss Blanche? Miss Blaucho (innocent ly) O, no, I thank you, wo only go for tlio walk. Life. -It is stated that largo quantities of eggs are shipped from Germany to tho Land of the Frco. H'ni, that "explains it Wo had eggs nt our boarding-houso last week anil wo thought wo could de tect traces of german nation in thorn. Durdcllc. Visitor (to dime museum freak) What Is your specialty, my friend? l'reak I'm tho man who really knows more than ho thinks ho does. Want a photograph? Quarter of a dollar, sir. Visitor Yes; give mo half a dozen. I'd wear ono out in a week lookin' at it. Indianapolis Journal. "My dear," said a Chicago wifo to her husband after tho' had rcturnod from Iho wedding tour and settled down to housekeeping, "in looking ovor this box of books I found your father's old family Bible, and hero'is an entry under tho head of 'Births' which says: 'Albert W., born May .'!. 1810.' Didn't you toll mo you wcro thirty-sovon years old?" "Ah," replied Albert pleasantly, "that's a copy of tho old version. It's full of mistakes. In my ollioo down town I have a family Bililo of tho now revision. I'll bring it homo this evening." C'At caao 'Tribune. HIS SON WILLIAM. A Ilucollc Youth Who Don't Know Vnoneh to Chow Pcncli-Stoncs. Bright and early Monday morning a farmer-looking man entered a Detroit establishment where stoatn-radiators aro kept on sale, and after squinting around a fow minutes and asking for "tho boss," bo queried: "Was my son William in hero a day or two ago?" "Ho might havo been," was tho re ply." "Tall feller a littlostoop-houldorcd, nnd a sort of chain-lightning look about him?" "I think ho was." "I know ho was. Ho came in town to look for a coal-stove, and somo ono asked him why ho didn't buy a radiator. Ilo camii hoinii all upsot about 'em, and nothing would do but I must como in anil sco 'em. This is a radiator, is it?" It is." "Heat goes around in all them pipw, I tako it?" "Yes', sir, tho circulation is perfect," "William said ho could git ono all painted up and a marblo slab on top for 'leven dollars." "Yes, I'll sell you ono for that. Don't you want but one?" "Oh, I guess ono'll heat tho sitting- room all right." "You aro not going to put in a boiler nnd pipes for just ono radiator, aro you?" "What bilor and pipes?" "Tho boss" had a confidential chat with liim for about throo minutes, at tho end of which tlio farmer romarkod: "I thought it odd that William couldn't ro'mumbor whoro you put thu coal in, or whether it was fixed to bum wood, too. Say, mister!" "Yes sir." "I said hunlhin' about William hav ing ti chain-liglitning look. I want to tako it back. Ho don't know 'null' to chaw peach-stones, and I'll make him cut corn till night to pay fur this!" Detroit Free Press. Their Blessed Honeymoon. Tho colored female cook of a family living at tho South End came up-stttirs tho other afternoon, and, twisting up tho corutirs of her apron with consider able emburrassuiont, said to Iter mis tress: "You see, missus, I thought it mought bo bes' to bo tellin' you dat I tlat 1 donu got married las' week!" "Ah, indeed! and what is your namo now, Hannah?" "Mis' Williams, ma'am. Yon boo, my husban', hu am a cook, too. Ho. am what doy calls a shoft in a hotel." "A chef, eh? That's vory nice. And do you expect to leave us direct ly?" "Not d'rcckly, muni. I'll stay will yo for do present. You soo, my hits ban', bo's done gono to Now York un Wushiii'ton on his houoymonn, nit' it'll ho nigh onto six weeks bofo' he- comes back!" Jloston Jlccord. - Adding tho Extra Tea Major Johnstonu is very particular about tho spoiling of his uuiuo. Hois a vory proud man on general; principles. Nothing uxasporates him moro than to ho mixed up typographically or other wise with tho common herd ot John sous without a T. Ho was. about luav iug a liotul in Dallas. Ho had uskod for his bill, and when It was httudoil hlinby tho clerk ho scowled llovcoly. "Is thoro any mlstako In tho bill?" asked tho clerk. "Thoro !b, sir; you luva spollod my namo without mux." "Ah, 1 so.!," ropltcd tho olork, "you should bo charged with an oxtrn tua. Fifty cents moro If you please." Texax Hillings. n- .. A trnn iilliiil the Thins Torravnna I? ows nowhere olso In tho world but Sun Diego County, Cul CMccuit 'Tinum, f