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VOL. L. BRATTLEBORO, VT., FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1883. NO. 11. The Vermont Phoenix "Vefi:etilie AND C AND VERMONT REOOED & FARMER, United Man 1, 1830) rUDLlBUEl) &VKRY FlllDAY BY ItAisfrvr V Thump. on', lltttcbi 3lulu at., MlATTlXBOItO, VT. Tkkus. Two Dollars per year iu advance; $3.C01f not paid withiniuree montns. Hate, op AuvRnrisiso furnished on application! lilrtha. Tlnallia ntiil Mapi-lm?,.. tmbltshed urati : Obit uary Notices, Cards or Thauks, etc., 750 per Inch of l'J Hues or less. , KnUred alike Uratttetioro Putt Office as leeontl-clatl trtflll wwller. O. L. 1'ncMCU. D.ll. Stkbmah. ltUSlXUSS CA11VS. gni;u.n..x v jks.m:, Ueneral Insurance and Heal Kstale Agentt, Representing Companies whose Assets are over )'U0,00,0O0. TENEMENTS TO LET. Agents for BAncoCK Ftnz Exintacisurns. Office In Starr & Estey'. New Bank Block, cor.Malq and Elliot streets, BHATTI.BBOHO, VT. K. AI.l.K.V.Y CO., . 1JEALE118IN LUM11EU 01' ALL KINDS, U22 Flat street, Brattlcboro, Vt. JA.UKK JO I.A.MS, .Tt.ll., " 1'UlSlUlAIi AND BUltOEON, OlUce In Crosby block, over Vermont National Bank Office liourn 8 to 0 A.M., 1 to 3 P.M. Residence 19 Main st .BnAHttBono, Vt -WWW II 'T'l'il V Ilnuln It. M.t-ttll. Bllll V 'Brown Mono and bcotcli Oranlte Monuments Tnmors. TTlfiBrS or Olfl SorOS and Headstones. Brattlcboro, Vt. ' Are caused by an impure state of the blond. Cleanse tbe Mood thoroughly with Vrgetlne, and these com plaints win disappear. Catarrh. IV r tills coranlaiut llio onlv substantial benefit can be obtained through the blood. Vt getlue la the great uioou puriuer. SCROFULA, Scrofulous Humor. Vecetine will eradicate from thosvatem c.erir taint of HcrofuU anil Scrofulous Humor. It litis permanent' ly cured thousand In Boston and vicinity nlio bad been long and painful autTereri. Cancor, Cancerous Humor. The ni.mcllom effect of Vecetliie in case of Cancer and Cancerous Humor challenge the must profound attention of luo medical faculty, many uf whom are pn scribing Vcgetine to their patients. Cankor. Vecetine lias never failed tn eura tho most inflexU bio case of Canker, Mercurial Diseases. The Wcetine meets with wonderful success In the cure of tuts class of diseases. Salt Itkouin. Tetter. Rait Itheum. Keald Head. Lc. will certainly yield to the great alterative effects of Vegetiue. Erysipolas. Vecetlne lias neer failed to cure the most Inveter ate cafes of Erysipelas. Pimples and Humors on the .traco. llcason should teaeh na that a blotchy, rough or pimpled silti depends entirely upon an Internal oauie, and no outward application can eer cure the defect. Vegctine fs the great blond purifler. n A TV If 3 11.. JLLe AT10HNEY AKD COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Office, savings Uank Building. .vilmimqioh, t. T TIIAJIV titcjjui:m,jti. i., 11 HUUOEON AND UOMtEUl'ATlIlbT. Utllce and rcBidince, No, 3 Green btrtct. Special at tendon given toenronte diseases. HI), HOLTOaY, M. PHYSICIAN AND BUKQEON, URATTtELOnO. VT. utllce and rtstdeuce corner Main aud Walnut Hts At home from 1 to 2 and from 6 to 7 o clock r. M. Constipation. ii INUm A MT011A1II. ATTOUNEYS AND UUUNrtELLUKS AT LAW, Aud solicitors oi ratentt, 171 J. CAllI"i:.TlI,Marketltlock.EUlot8t, Slim Dealer In Toys, Taney Ooods, Hooks, Stationery, Nowspapers, Magazines & Periodicals. Subscriptions received lor mo principal ueuspapersanu magazines, aud forwarded by mall or otherwise. ITT I.. REniH, House and Men Painter, Or- W nameutalaudrreacoPaiutingjOralnlng.Kal Fominlng, Paper Hanging, eic. Its Green Street, lirattleboro, Vt . FIRE INSURANCE AGENT, Putney, Vt. VeHf tine does not act as a cathartic to debilitate the boueU, but cleanses all the organs, enabling lacli to periorm me inuciions uevoiving upon meni. Piles. Vi'adino hs mtorcd thousands to health who have uecn long ana paiuiui suiierers. Dyspepsia. JUST OPENED AT - - HAWLEY'S, If Vecetlne I taken rooularly, according to direr lions, t-trt lin and spi-cily cure will fallow its use. Paintnoss at the Stomach. Vfiifline Is nut a stimulating bitters which creates a firtitlous appi tit'', but a pintle tunic, which usif(a nature to r-Mce me Piomacu lo a ueauuy acuou. Fomalo Weakness. Wectine actt directly upon therauses if these coni' plaints. It iiiUoratcaaud Ktreugthensttiewholesys tem, acts upon the secretive organs and alUs luiia matiou. General Dobility. In tht rnmnUiut tho eood effects of the Vecrtine are rt-alired immediately after commencing to take It : asdcMllty denotes the deflciency of tho Hood, and vecaiue aciB uireciiy upun me ouou. Vegetine IS Till: BEST SPRING- MEDICINE. Spring styles in Prints, Ginghams Cliiiinlmiys, Sattcons, Sattcen Uin- i.roidcred Drosses, Jersey Cloths, vegetino s Soid by all Druggists. Nonpareil Worsted Dress Goods Velveteens, Mack (ioods and Mo reens. In White Goods Department- Victoria Lawns, Nainsooks, Hair Cord Checks and Stripes, Dotted Swiss, Barred Swiss, Tarietans, Persian Lawns, Laco Striped and Barred Piques, Butchers' Linen Frocking, Tabic Damasks, Napkins, Laco Tidies, Pillow Shams, Lam brequins and Laco Bed Sets, Arc. Have just finished stock-taking, and find some goods in eiery do- nartment which I shall close out nl sninn lirico to make room for Spring stock. My sales for the year ending Fob. 28, 1SS3, have been 22 per cent. larger than thoy were the previous year, and that year they wcro 20 per cent, larger than the year be fore. An increase in sales of 50. per cent, in two years shows henlthy growth; and this year I want to increase them as much more. Tho more goods I can sell tho closer I can atl'ord to handlo them. By utilizing my basement for the sale of heavy goods I have nearly doubled my room without increasing my expenses; I am in tho market often, and beliovo in turning goods over quick. I shall endeavor to mnke it an object for dry goods buyers, iu this, and from tho surrounding towns, to look through my stock oftcner this year tlinn ever before. DSTONE !M TM?EE HAYE THEH-TTO And think tho Klclnoyo or Liver aro at Fault. HYPERTROPHY, or enlnrGcrnont ofthe Vcntrlclee. i- - "'t PCRICAKDITIS, or Inflammation of tho henrtcaftc. ' ' j "-.'. WAT EH In thD heart caoa. fA umpanift SOFTENING of tho Heart, (wry tnnwt PALPITATION, i.t.r.' r..juatrar.f,dv. ANGINA PECTORIS, or Hourntsla of tho Heart. r.rJI4,' i , t ,.ur' ....a.dMnn.'to. tV- STAnruva Tirz' Iieart trouWes 1 n U.e apijro pate an luf, 'tor oil.' t) c 'isum'tiun In fitality Dr. CiratfV lienrt Kecnilutoe !" fll-, ItIco (1. jr ht'U.,-, fix bottles for $. It i-cpn. J. S.nJ ttanipfuria.tn ntphrtJcLuu'trtatli onthpiHiva.3tfs. i -r mi jy if it n an l "ii"1. 1' -r Until., u It 'iiltoMi Y, E. Ixoat ta. S de Ab- nt in Ameri a, Omonnl, N. IT. trcold byallLoadlncOruseists.u J 8 Till SUuY WASTING t Iutal dsn ar cohering vital starmna ueciaro in grateiu if-rnia inetr apprecia tion of the merits as a tonic of Ibistitter's Stomach Hit If rf. Not only di fs tt impart strength to the wesk, but it aluo corrt-cta an irregular, and -ate of tho st unacb, makes the bowels act at prop er lctertals.Kiusease to tLose who suffer from rheumatic aod kidney troubles, and conquers as w II as presents fever and ague. lor sale by Drug gists and Dealers gen e rally. A NEW5?.COVERY. tyriir se r..l baio furnished tho Dalrrnirn of A tUialcohirrr: .tt ! with great 1 1 hlgho-t aud l ... Dairy pair (iTBut by T-" searLhwolavoio v now otierthHi.t h cr. rxt'cllent art!' s i it( i-iturioui that it met 1 . ,. htre rfoeirlrjr the at buh Intxrnatlonai i ard i-"l'r.tl(lo chemical re- -a lu n'vcrnl ixilnu, and i the ltt In the worti. It Will Not Color the Duttcrmllk. It I, 1 Corner Store, Brooks House Block. J.H. MtlUiU'lCLD. BOSUtD t CI.llTOItD, l'rmia.ut. Attorncs. Vermont Loan & Trust Company, ailAXlt 1'UIIHH, 1UKOTA, KtaoTinous or Ited Kivor Valloy Farm loans, Bearing 8 to 9 r" tent, interrat, set. For full particulars. Hu rcfercucPsEast an J West, adJresa S 11. M. 8UC1IMAN, Becrelary. FISTULA & PILES Clirril nltbuill of ICnlfw. wif.r.f axi nv.kli rtLf. D.. Harvard. 18121 slitl HOB- KHTM I1KAU (M. l).,lUrvrJ, 1870), 41 Nuinnivr Nlrfwt. 1S.I.IOII. Plvt) special aueu. iu luu l,..lm.nlot linn 1.1. l,Ell..t.VIIAM. iwkani: or xii i: i:t tcti, without deteutlou from business. Abundiiit references Bit en. 1'imlihleli sent on appllcalion. T Offlre Hours 11 to s o'clock r. . (eicept Bunuays). 1t a week, f IS a dsy at noma eaillj made. Costly J outnt free. Address True U Co., Augusta, Me ! Will Not Turn rinnrld. It Is tho Strongest. Dr.fihtoat and Chempott Color Made. rp-And,lillt prepaid In oil. h so compound ed that it I. iurioi.il.lo for it to U-conio rancid, i ETTBEWAflE B'1 Initiation, and of all other oil color. I r t'ly n" lulil. to liwoinc rancidand PlKiilt'.o l-u'i-'i. I tTTlr tou canii'.t tn t tl c ' inn.rovtHl" wrlto us Mo tnowvrl.crot.ndli, . I. u It without euro exiicniio. h: Lt t:ll !1 tr.'. . ' n.. r.Hrusion, .1. ENOUGH TO KNOW. o.tkt to in: cintFi, Nil K OAIt CI OTlII FOIITIIE tlVH. TEUY OF Till: METIIOII. It was only after he had abased and neglected that organ that Thomas Cirhlo discovered that he possess' ed what he cbaracterind as "that Infernal apparatus called a stomach' Moat people are unaware that they have a liver until it becomes disordered. On this top ic Mrs. George I'lsher, who resides at 39 Clark street, New Uaeo, Conn., siys; 'I was a terrible sufferer from liver di tease for 12 vears. My family puisiciau saui it was chronic in flammation. He did what he could to relieve me, as did also other physicians; but they failed. It may hav3 beeu tnrougu no jaui. 01 tueirs; sun tuey ailea, It is nulr honest ou tnv part to say that I had no e ciil liklBiz for advertUed medicines: but. as a last re sort, w neu Dr. iteuneay s i avorue iteraeuy was cauru to my notice, 1 invested a dolUr and tried It, How it effected a euro I don't understand; but 1 know It did and that's unnuoh tn know. I have since recommend ed it to menus in tuis city, wno wia oniy repeal my story." The man who abates the sum of human pain Cer tainly adds to the. errand total of human hannlncss: and tbat Dr. Kennedy does this Is proved by the grateful letters ne receives some coucueu in terms aiiuum iuu laudatory for cold type. Dr. Kennedy, beiug an cdu cated pujsician and a trained surgeon, has a ha, is oi solid professional character unon which to rest hli claims touching the merits of his medicine, which needs, nowever, no endorsement to tuose wno nav uaeu u, Favorite Itemedy, prepared by Dr. David Kennedy of Koudout, IS, Y,t la for salo by all druggists at 11 bottle. 0-13 HEALTH CORSE la increasing In popularity every day, as ladles find the moat coiufurtutilv IifrfYcMltlliic corset cv er worn. Merchants ssy gftes the best satisfaction of anycorsettheyevrrsold. I'ot sal. br all leadlnil dealers. Warrauted sstlsfactoryorthe money refunded, l'rlce by matl,l.SO. l'Oy, IIAUMON i Oo New Haven, Ct. 8-20 l;Cto (ton perdayathome. Sample worth f5 free liiw v-v Auaresst s Siinsok & Co.,'l'ortlanil, M BI10KT ACCOUNT OF THE BEYERAt, TIIKOtllES ntXlAPUlNO THE BOUltCE OP THE BUn'b HEAT. Uurlug tho Inst twenty years tbo subject of tho cotiRtltutlou of the nun hm nttractett vary RrciU attention, not only umong nclentlfio men, but nmoiig intelligent readers of books Itud newspapers. Wo think it therefore of intorcbt to give our reatlcrs n popular account of tho different theories upon the sun's heat, and especially a new one bearing tho namo of Dr. Biemeus, whoso reputation is ho will known from his discoveries in metallurgy and electricity, aud who filled tho chair of tho llrilish Association for the Advancement of Science at its meeting at Southampton. .Most ot our eaucrs uouuucss know tno chief figures which denote tho dimensions of tho sun, especially bineo the transit of Venus eight years ago led 'to a correction of the din tanco of tho sua from the earth, according to tho figure that had 'for many years been ac cepted. Hut perhaps not bo many persnnB have realized the enormous figures that rep resent the heat of thu holar orb, us contrasted with (tie ugures Unit wo are familiar with on tho subject of terrestrial heat, Tho volume of tho sun is about one million three hundred thousand times that uf tho earth, and its distanoo from u, in round num bers, about 03,(100,000 miles. Aud kinco we all of us every day see tho wonderful effects of the hint aud light which even this little world of ours receives, wo ran form a faint idea of the enormous amount of heat contin ually given out by tho sun, and the prodigious waste mat mutt be going on. AUtl If wo' would form any real estimate of this heat and waste, wo must remember that all the light ond boat which is received by the earth and other planets is a very small proportion of tno amount that is being continually poured forth. It might bo shown, with a moderato knowledge of geometry, that tho amount so shod Into space, where there are no planets to receive it, is L,S."i0,()0n,(Hl() times as great as that which is received by all tho planets forming our solar system. We naturally ask : What is the condition of a body which is capablo of throwing out for thousands and perhaps millions of years so vast an amount of light and hint ? For it has been computed that tho temperature of the Kitrlflce of Ihe pun would bo expressed by lH.OIXT Fahrenheit, or between I'D and M times tho lenipcrnturo of hoil.ug Wdtir. This is about five, times thu highest t. lupirature that man is able toprodttco by nrtiGcial means. Also the light given off from the hauio surface is computed as being 5300 tinns more intense than that of the molten tuetnl in a llcssemtr converter, though that is of an almost blind ing briliiatiey. Or, if w. ruuipare it ilh oiy. hydrogen fltui.-, tin- sun sheiN n light equal to 14C times the intensity of Ihe lime light. So inteuso is the litat of the situ that no known substance could remain iu u solid form when subjected to such a temperature; henco it has been concluded that the entire orb, vast as it is, is an aggregation of gases altogether void of any traco of solid or liquid subsUnce, and moreover that tho outside visible surface of the sun flows like the surface of the seB, or rather like vaporous masses of cloud end misty air. Hut we must not suppose that this vaporous material is of little weight through out the whole substanco of the sun; for, :u consequence of the sun's vast Bize, the pres sure in the inward portions must be so great through the intlueuco of attraction that the internal mass is believed to be denser than water. And. as tho late Prof. Clerk Maiwell and others have shown that thu viscosity or tenacity of a gas increases fast with the rise of Its temperature, it is possible that the va porous matter of tho buu's interior would re sist motion like a mass of pitch or putty. When thinking about this enormous amount of heat, philosophers have naturally inquired whether It is being dissipated gradually, or whether tt Is by some means sustained un diminished; and if so sustained, by what means. There hrtve until recently been but two theories on the matter ; but in a late num ber of tho Nineteenth Century Dr. Siemens has introduced a third in an article entitled "A New Theory of the Sun" that is, as regards tho sustentation of its light and heat. We will mention the old theories in their natural order: First, all our everyday eiperience teachoi us that when combustion is taking place tho substances which are giving out light and heat are parting with their matter and causing it to assume different forms, as gas and n residuum of ashes. We see this in tho burning of a piece of wood or coal, or even a piece of paper. We do not say the substance is lost. If we could gather up all the products of the combustion, we would find that they had not lost n particle of their weight, although their form is materially changed. This, then, we conclude, is the case with the sun. As stated above, the enor mous light and heat continually thrown into space proves that tho sun is converting much of its substauce into other forms, and, unless tho wasto be supplied from somo external source, the material of which the orb is com posed cannot fail to be gradually diminishing, though iu the caso of a body of such largo dimensions it must be a long time before there any perceptible diminution of either volume or heat. Hut the loss of heat is by some be- ieved to be cotnpeustted by the diminution of volume. Frof. New combe, of Yale college, United States, concludes that with the dituin ution ot the mass tho heat augments, and ttist by this compensation a shrinking of tho mass might goon for ri.WIOjIKX) years, when it would be eight times as dense as it is now ; aud he also concludes that the present conditions of radiation of heat and light cannot nave t;one ou for more than 10,000,000 years, aud prob ably c.nnot support Hfeou the earth as now for another 10,000,000. This, theory, then, does not piofess to provide for an indefinite continuance of the sun's present powers; and we may add, by the way, that oven if wo were led to contemplate tho ultimate extinction of light and heat in the bud, it is no moro than seems to havo happened in the moon, which appears to be a dark and inert mass, the iota tion ot which has been perhaps stopped by some such tidal action as we know is at work upon our planet and very slowly but 6teadily retarding our diurnal motion. That the moon does not rotate is manifest from the fact that it always presents tho eamo face to tho earth. lho first theory, then, does not profess to show that tho sun s waste is repaired from without. The second theory is that the waste is re paired, both iu volume and heat, by the eon' tinual impact or striking of meteorites upon Us surface, I his theory Is due to Dr. Mayer of Heilbronn. and was published iu 18.8. It was enthusiastically received by a:r William Thomson of Glasgow, one of the greatest pby- cists of the day, and who is especially xuown for his successful researches in electricity. It is well known that if a rapidly-moviug body is 6topped suddenly, heat immediately results. We may eee this exemplified when a bullet Is fired against a stone wall ; the lead becomes heated. This theory supposes that the sun is being perpetually hammered like a ponder ous anvil by falling meteors, and that its heat energy is maiotatned as a lump of iron is kept hot by tho vigorous blows of a blacKsmltn. arlous calculations have also been made as to the amount of heat generated by the im pact of a email planet or other mass, tbo weight of which can be computed. Ilutsuro ly, if there were falling continually ou the sun such a mass ot meteors as would repair the regular waste, the earth would receive a good deal more of such matter than it does iu the periodical meteoric display in November and other occasions; and the orbit of Mercu ry, which is the nearest kuown of the sun's satellites, would exhibit some traces of this powerful luuuence. wo cau, tueroiore, at tach but little importance to this socond theo ry. Wo come now to tho new theory of Dr.Sie. mens, who starts with tho assumption that all the space between the planets, and oven be tween the fixed stars, is filled with something far more substantial than imponderable ether. Many of our readers know that the phenome na of light have for many years been explain ed by what is termed the undulatory theory, which presupposes tho presence of a very subtle fluid termed ether, pervading all space, the vibrations of which produce all the nhe- nomena of light, including the variety of col ors in the rainbow or as seen in a prism. But Dr. Hiemcns s new theory demands the pres. ence of n far moro substantial medium, We cannot here givo all tho considerations that have led him to his conclusions, but may briefly state that he believes the materials tbrown oil from the sun uy us energetio no tion are. bv the presence of this gaseous nie dium. "dissociated" or resolved into elemen tary substances, and when so resolved burst into flame under the influence of heat, and are turned back into the compounded state, as hydrogen is converted into vrater upon earth by the evolution of flame, lie assumes the mattor bo converted to be acted upon by the sun's attraction and redrawn Into tho mass of tho nun by its enormous gravitating powor. Dr. Hieuions Is careful to guard his theory from being looked upon as one involving "per petual motion,' but it certainly presents an appearance of Buch n priuciplo at tho first thought. Wo can but briefly discuss the great difficul ties attending tho recoptlon of this theory. In tho first placo it is needful to provo that thii gas, upon tho existenco of which tho entiro theory rests, has any existenco at all. There are two main objections to its presence i If this vapor bn deuno enough to arrest the heat rays of tho sun and convert them by "disso ciation" into materials upon which the sun's attractive power can havo tho ordinary influ ence of gravitation, then the flame, having tho uaturo of n. resisting medium, must pro duce a retardation of tho planetary motions a result wuicn, if it existed, would long since have been delected ; aud if it be not suffi ciently dense to produce this resistance, it is difficult to believe it can havo sufficient co herence to arrest aud deal with the beat em anations of tho sun. Again, wo observo in our own atmosphere that the smallest traco of watery vapor is sufficient to Intercept the heat of the buii, and, by the formation of cloud, to shut the Run's rays from the earth: surely, therefore, if all space is pervaded by a gas containing the least amount of vapor, the sun's rays in passing through it for nearly 1)3,000,000 miles would be so intercepted that none of tho effect of the sun's heat which we now enjoy could be felt upon tho earth's sur face? On tho whole, then, we find it easier to ac cept tho doctrine of the gradual dissipation of the solar heat through tho immensity of space, aud tho progressive exhaustion of the sun as a central power of light and heat, than to adopt this new theory, notwithstanding it is promulgated by so eminent n scientist as Dr. Siemens. From Chambers' Journal. and was elected to the National Congress In 1871!, 184, 1R75, 1878, 1880, resigning last summer to accept tho offlco of governor. Ills action ond influence) hovo been very con sorvatlvo and conciliatory, often deuounclug tho course of tho Democrats aud voting against them In tho House. He was on ex. cellont torms with President Grant, Hayes and Garfield. Mr. Btophons wa ono of the most remark able examples over known of the triumph of mental powers In spito of a physical consti tution so frail that it was a wonder how he could live. All his life ho was an invalid. Small and slight In stature, his body feeble and emaciated, a constant sufferer, he has nevertheless, by his rare intellectual endow ments and indomitablo resolution accom plished an amount of work and endurod tolls and chances of fortuno that would, If fore Been, have discouraged any man, however robust and ambitious. Whllo his opinions and actions have appoared to us and must ap pear to the future historian for tbo most part wrong and harmful to his country, there is no reason lo supuoso they were not honestly held, and It is certain that they were main tained with a candor, a courage and a devo tion that chnllonged the respect even of enemies. Miscellany, lllliitltifr lift-, for Willi llonry. Some forty years ago or more tho following amusing incident occurred in Dummurston. None of tho parties aro now living. It ap pears that Asa Knight, Esq , n merchant in this place many years, and Ithamar Chamber lain, a farmer, went together on ono occasion to find wild honey. They had succeeded in lining or following some bees as far as Black Mouataiu, when one JoclTuttlo came up with them and said ho hael recently found a swarm of bees iu that vicinity, but had not disturbed them becauso their hiving placo was difficult to reach ou account of the bee-tree standing high up iu tho locality called tho "shoe of the mountain." Ho uiado tho proposition that if Knight and Chamberlain would help him bo curo tbo honey, ho would bo willing to share equally with them. They agreed to do bo, and forthwith started for the bee tree. After much hard climbing they found tho place where tho bees were at work, and, sure enough, they were busy flying in and out at the top of a tall dead tree, which had been broken off many feet from tho ground. Tho opening at the top was much hidden by the leaves and branches of trees standing near, but the bees appeared to bo very numerous. As it was ev ident that cutting down the dead tree would bo a hard job, the work was postponed until the following Sunday, and they returned home to nwait tho eventful day, in the meantime keepingthe matter a profound secret. Mr. Knight, beiug a prominent man in the affairs of the town, hesitated about tho propriety of his performing unnecessary work ou tho Sab bath day ; but, wautiug very much to get his share of tho coveted honey, he procured a substitute for himself iu the person of Henry Cressey, who was quitu an ud.pt at handling bees. At the appointed time, Tuttle, Cressey aud Chauibcrlaiu met, having provided them selves with pails, buckets and dippers for se curing the honey. To make doubly sure, Tuttle shouldered a largo tub extra; and thus equipped the company started for tho moun tain, three miles distant. It was hard climb lug tho mountain, encumbered with so many kitchen utensils ; but they persevered, and, having at length reached the spot, began cut ting down thu dead tree. It was three feet in diameter, very dry, and hard to cut. Each took his turn with the axe as tho other became tired. The tree, standing straight up as a plumb line, had to be cut nearly off the stump before it fell. Finally it camo with a crash to the ground. Cressey, being a most fear less man, was at thu top of the treo instantly with pail and dipper, that no honey Lo lost. His friends, Loiug a little more discreet than him.elf, awaited his lLOvemcnts. He did not uuuouuco the appearance of honey, but was seen to suddenly drop his utensils and begin a despt-rato fight with tho enemy. His hands alteruatt-d rapidly in snatching the stinging adversaries from bis hair, ears and cheeks. Iu the midst of the conflict, Cressey suddenly com pre ht tided Ihe- situation, and he yelled out lustily: Nothing but a d d yellow wasps nest!" Presto, change! Tho enemy were victorious, and the Sunday adventurers re. In ati d with hasty steps and saddened coun teuauet-s. The enterprise was a failure, and it was decided not to mention it. It was, however, too gooil a secret to keep long, and somebody divulged it. Tho result was that Knight and Chamberlain were out of pocket several dollars for drinks to quench the thirst of their mirth-loving friends. d. z.. m. Durunierstou, March i), 1833. Iteufli t.f Alrxumler II, Mttthn. Govurnor Aloxaud?r H. Stephens of Geor gia died at midnight, March 3d, after a brief Illness, resulting from a severe cold contract ed whilo attending tbo sesqui. centennial at Savannah Feb. 1'.'. Ho was born in Talia ferro county, Georgia, Feb. 11, 1812. He was graduated at Franklin college in 183" and came to tho bar in 1831. In 1813 be was elected a Kepreseutativo to Congress, to which positlou he was regularly elected until llKMAitKAiitE METnons. rrhe"eartbquako" which was felt at Norwich, Conn., and othor Connecticut and Uhode Island points ou Tuesday evening of last week is believed by ninny to have been occasioned by a large and brilliant meteor which fell and exploded on the watf-r off the llhodo Island coast that evening A Newport resident heard a noiso like that of n stoamer'a paddlo wheels, but on looking saw no steamer. Instead ho Baw a faint flash of light and what appeared to be a largo ball of fire falling from the heav ens toward tho water, it seemed to strike the water and bound upon its surface and ex plode with a fearful sound, at tho same time It illuminated the whole vislblo heavens, tho ocean, and the land as far as tho eyo could extend. He said objects could bo as distinct ly seen as at noonday. The point, he thinks, was far beyond Block Island, which is 25 miles out to sea. Last Monday morning a meteor iu the shspo of a great ball of fire shot across tho heavens at Petersburg, Va., so brilliantly Illuminating the entiro city that a newspaper might have been read with ease. Many who witnessed the phenomenon were frightened, but say the spectacle was grand. An explosion was heard soon after tho mete or was seen, ond distinct tremors of the earth wcro felt. At various points in Alabama about the middle of February residents were startled by a tremendous noise, some think ing tbat n steam boiler had burst and others that some heavy object had crashed uuon their houses. Investigation showed that the noise was occasioned by the falling aud ex plosion of a meteor. Woman Scitbaoe in Wtomiso. Having received many inquiries as to the results of woman suffrage in Wyoming, the editor of the Laramie Sentinel answers them all at once in a recent editorial. At tho outset ho states a fact not generally known namely, that the law conferring political rights on women, which was passed In 18G9 and has been iu op eration over since, was "a mere freak of tho legislators, who thought it would immortalize them and advertise tho territory." They builded better than Ihey know, for among the results of tho measure tho nentiucl mentions these : A smaller percentage of women than men stay away from the polls ; they are less persistent office-seekers than men, but when elected have lu every caso filled their offlco satisfactorily; they have entire liberty of ac t i : -.-...:.: A uuu irequeutij u siio uies iuu.wbihvu iu her husband, and wives have even worked and voted for one ticket when their husbands were candidates on the other. Tho Sentinel has never heard of a case of domestic infelici ty growing out of a difference in political views between husband and wife. The polls on election day used to bo a revised edition of Donnybrook fair ; now they are as orderly as churches. Women exercise their political rights without a sign of demoralization, and their votes and influence Lave doubled the power of the better clement. Leich Hunt, superintendent of schools in Des Moines, has adopted a plan of giving practical instruction in earning and saving money. In the first place he encouraged all tho children to open bank accounts, and to learn how to do business at a bank. Boys with rich fathers, boys with poor fathers, and boys without fathers or mothers were incited to earn money in honest and manly ways. They black boots, deliver papers, shovel snow from sidewalks, and carry in coal. Not a few are learning trades during odd hours, and many have tools which they work with at home. Those who are doing mechanical work that requires considerable skill meet and com pare thu articles they havo made. There Is a friendly rivalry to sau who will have the larg est bauk account and furnish the best speci mens of haudiwurk. The work out of school is said to have h good effect ou the work douo in school. The hoys are getting a reputation for thrift, skill, aud economy as well us scholarship A townsman of Judge Thomau, the Ohio member of tho civil service commission, says of him persoually : "The judgo is liked here. There is no disguising this. II- Is liked by everybody. He has a way that takes. He always had. He can hold his own iu any crowd. In tho drav,iog.room ho is as prim aud graceful as President Arthur. tie is a nan leiiow wen met wueu out witu the boys ; no one cau tell a story better than he : a ready conversationalist, he is perfectly at home in whatever oomnany he may bo thrown. lie is but years old, and is emi nently a self-made man. His education was limited, but be has made excellent use of what he knows. Thn Motlo In ii IVspIdlnir Itlnir. A lover cave the wedding ring Into the goldsmith's band. "Urav. me," he said, "a tender thought Within this golden band." The goldsmith graved, With careful art, 'Till uVatiusjwr(." The wedding bells rang gladly out, The husband ssld, "O wife, Together we will slisre the grief, lho hspplness of life, 1 give to ttiee My hand, my heart, Till death us part." Twas . that lifted now his hand (O love, tbst this should be I) Then on it placed the golden band, And whispered, tenderly 1 "Till death us Join, 1.0, thou artmtne Audi am thine! "And when death Jolna we nevermore Shall know an aching heart; The bridal of that better love Death has no power to part That troth will be For thee and me Eternity." Ho np the hill and down the hill, Through fifty changing years. They sbsred esch other's hsppiness, They dried each other's tears. Alas! alas! That Uesth's cold dart bacn love can part! lint one sad day she stood alone lleshle his nsrrow bed ; She drew the ring from off bcr hand, And to the goldsmith said 1 "Ob, man, who graved With careful art 'Till death Depart,' "Now grave four other words for me 1 Tt tiralk tn iom.'" He look The precious golden band once more, With solemn, wistful look, And wrought with care, For love, not coin, "Till death unjoin." order's Weekly. iioirsmt." It is related of a Boston man that seeing a lady take out ti cents with which to pay her horse-car rare la mat city, ue prouereu uer a five-cent ticket, with tho remark that "ho might as well havo the profit as the railroad company." An illustrated temperauco lecture is adver tised in a New Hampshire town. We sup pose the orator will got full of "tanglefoot," and demonstrate how hard it is to walk straight under the load. Motion Jltrald. A gentleman asked an American the other Mr. Stephens was an ardent Whig breaking up of that party. lit was one of the authors' ot the resolutions of annexation intended to secure tho election of Mr, Cal houn to the presidency. These resolutions distinctly recognized the Missouri comprom ise. In 1817 Mr. Stephens introduced the resolutions upon tho Mexican war which be came a part of the Whig platform, which l.n nnu,. .1... 'I'hir.v.flrtl. HnTinn., M Rf.Ut when he declined a reelection. In politic, day what he thought of the English climate. lent Whig until the llolaugned, ana said : -Hny, you uavem got a climate ; you ve onty goi samples. tnjlui paper. Standing before a clergyman who was about to marry him, a rustlo was asked: "Wilt thou have this woman," etc The man stared in surprise, and said : "Ay, surely! Whoy, I kummed a-puppus r A reason i Earnest spinster "Since you was one of the first steps toward committing I sympathize so much with tho Blue ltihhon l.of tn tha onnlltArn nnli.v an fatal in I .!. n.. Jnl., 1taa aVacl.a m 9" Frivolous ditto "So I would, only the ribbon is really such a very dreadful blue I" London l'unch, Washincton despatches Bay that ."among Senator Tabor's wedding outfit are 12 night. shirts which cost 250 each. They wero ex. hibitcd to a party of gentlemen friends." In teresting, very. "YeB." said the Vermont clergyman, "I consider it all rieht for a minister of the cos. net to trade horses, but as a matter of policy he should trade with someone outside bis own congregation. Bolton Pott, Tho president of Tufts college was recent ly made a happy father, and the following morning, at prayer in tue cuapei, ne intro duced the rather ambiguous sentonce: "And we thank thee, 0 Lord, for the succor thou bast given," which spread a general stuns over the faces of tue class. uateriuu ua telU. A Parisian lady called on her milliner the other day regarding tho character ot a ser vant. The respectable appearance of tue latter was beyond questioning. "But is sho honest?" asked the lady, "1 am not so cor. ta n about that." replied the milliner. have sent her to you with my bill a dozen times and sho has never given mo tne mon ev." A countryman iook a seal ai a uutei tauiu opposite a centleman who was Indulging in a bottle of wine. Supposing the wine to be common property, our unsophisticated coun try friend helped himself to it with the gen. tleman'a glass. "That's cool!" exclaimed theownerof the wine indignantly, -les, replied the other, "I should think there was ice in it." Dumpsey went hunting the other day and took Johnny with him. They saw a rabbit, and Dumpsey drow up and ehot. The cap exploded aud tberu was a long spluttor, and finally, Just as Dumpsey took the gun down the gun went off. When they got home the folks asked Johnnv what luck they had hod. "Oh," said Johnny, "papa Baw a rabbit, but his gun stammered bo he couldn't hit it." llurlington i"V I'reu, We never knew where ho came from j but one frosty morning when we went out to the diggings thero ho sat, dejected and forlorn, beside Doc Furbet's rocker. "What have I doner" exclaimed Doc, striking a tragic attitude. There was a shout of laughter, for certain. iy no ono bad over seen an uglier dog. Snub- nosed, crop-eared, one eyo whlto and the other yellow, his flcshless skeleton covered with a coarse yellow coat tuero ho sat, statue-like, without taking the least notice of us, neither raising his eyes nor wagging his tail. Indeed, the poor bruto had no tail to wag. And In addition to his long list of misfor tunes, he seemed to havo beeu badly wound ed iu some recent conflict, for his wounds were still bleeding. "l.end me your revolver." said Charley Hines to Fritz Muller. No," said Dutch Fritz, "don't waste pow. der. I lays him out mit dis rock." Davy Blake caught up a shove', and would soon have ended the dog's career, if Hank Howley had not interfered, to the surpriso of all. In all the three mouths we had picked and shovelled and rocked and panned together in the Sky High claim, no one had ever discov ered any softness in Hank Howley. We had come together, a party of five. from different parts of the world, and formed a partnership to work out a rich mountain claim in tho Sierras. We had been strangers to each other when we consolidated our claims into a partner ship, for purposes of economy in labor and living. But we soon became acquainted, and wo wcro speedily in possession ot all the early "history desirable with regard to each other, except that of Hank Howley ; he nev er talked about himself, and seemed to re sent any curiosity concerning his personal af. fairs, tie was rough, reserved, ana some what surly ; but he was always ready to take upon himself the hardest and most unpleas ant tasks. His giant framo aud iron muscles seemed made lor bard work and endurance, The laugh went round as Hank went up to the ugly brule, pattod bis bead, and examin ed his wounds in what seemed to be a pro fessional manner. The dog preserved the utmost indifference while bis caso was being discussed, never ap pearing conscious of a human presence. But when Hank's examination was ended he licked his band in a gentle, melancholy way, and then followed him to the cabin. The cruel wounds were dressed, and the poor waif was sumptuously regaled with some ba con rind and three generous flapjacks left from the morning meal. Old Butte, the camp dog. greeted the new comer with a vindictive growl; but Hank bade him "get out '." so fiercely that Butte retreated from the cabin, and the stranger took his place by the camp nre. Tho more the miners and Butte abused the new dog, the more Hank petted him. He let him sleep at his feet in his bunk, and fed him from his own tin plate. One Saturday night the air was moro piercing than usual, and Hank llowley indulged in considerable grutn bling at himself for leaving his coat at the head dam, a mile distant, where we had all beeu workiug. He was sitting ou a bench wrupped iu his blanket, and smoking a home made manzanita pipe, when Fritz exclaimed: "llauk. vere s de dog I "Ho hasn't been in for supper," suggested Doc. "Base, ungrateful pup!" said Charley. "You've seen tho last of your coyote, Hank. I told you so, added Davy. 'Ho was a cur of low degree," resumed Charley. "A high. toned dog like Butte would never go back on his friends in that manner, i-u, Butte t "Don't you worry yourself about that dog, growled Uank. "flu am I your dog, 1 11 bet four bits be s all right." No one took the bet. Presently Andy Ance offered to 6ell Hank a flue fox-hound. "I've no use for him." Hank replied. "I vo got the best dog in the Sierras, and maybe you 11 find It out if you live long enough.' wo did. All day Sunday no pug-nosed dog appear ed, and all day a running fire of jest aud comment was kept up about tbe vagrant, The neighboring miners, us they dropped in to chat aud smoke by our fire, never failed to say, "Why, Hank, Where's your dog?" until at last Hank's temper, never of the best, fairly cave out. Uu Monday morning, when we went uacK to wotk at the dam, there was the aog laitn fullv watchtnt! Hank s coat. All through those bitter nights he had watched by It, without food or shelter, not even lying down upon it for warmth. He was shaking as with ati ague fit ; but tbe look he gave Hunk seemed to say, "I can not do much for you, my friend, but I have kept that party to the southern policy so fatal to it. In 1850 he supported the so-called com promises ot which the fugitive slave bill was one measure, un ms retirement from uon cress, in 18511. he delivered a speech at Au uuita, Ga., in which be reviewed the political movements during the nearly quarter of a century he was in tbe House, and declared tbat tbe South had gained the victory in ev. cry agitation, "iheroisuotnow, he said, spot of public territory of the United States over which tbe national flag floats where slavery Is excluded by law ot uongress, and the highest tribunal of the land has decided that L'ougress has no power to pass such law nor to grant Buch power to a territorial legislature." lu the presidential election ot 18U0 be sup. ported Douglas. Upon the election ot Mr, Liuoolu he openly opposed secession in t speech iu reply to Toombs before the Goorgia legislature in November, I sou. ineepeecu was quoted at the time to show the Union Beutlment in tna south, it was, nowever, rather an argument agaiust the policy of Be cession ; the right he never denied. Mr, Stephens was elected to tbe state convention called to consider tne question ot seceding, and both spoke and voted against tbe ordm anco, but when It was adopted ho went with tbe majority into tno movement, un tho 'Jin of February, 1801, he was made provisional vice president of the Confederacy. Soon after he was sent as a commissioner to tho Virginia legislature,, then wavering between the union and the uonicueracy, lor tne pur pose of urging that stato to join the new re public. Durina tbe rebellion he was never con spicuous. It is known that he differed es sentially with tho Davis leaders. He attempt. ed once or twice to bring hostilities to an end and for that purposo was ono of the commis slouors who came through tho federal lines at Petersburg, Feb. 3, 18113, aud mot President Lincoln and Secretary Seward. After Lee's surrender Mr. Stephens returned to his homo In ueorgta, but was arrested way u, wan. and sent to Fort Warren, where he was kept until uctober following, when lie was reieas ed on parole. He was pardoned by Congress a, if ho had found some choice game. Butto could not withstand this, so bo camo out of his window to join in tho fun, and artful Itouser nuletiv slipped into his placo. Day after day llouscr continued to play this trick on poor Butte, and always with tho samo success. But this same littlo window was a aouroe of sorrow to Camp Square Comfort, as we called our quarters. Ono day wo all went out hunt ing, and lorgot to sunt tue winnow, wnen we returned we found that the coyotes had carried off alt our bacon, This was a seri ous loss. We could borrow a little, of course, but it was uncessary for soma one to go to the nearest trading post for a fresh supply. Hank Howley voluntcorod to perform tho mission, and as he was tho strongest of tho party and more used to travelling on snow-shoes, be Beemed best fitted for tbo service, it was about forty miles to the trading post, but Hank was suro bo could make tho trip In three days, or four at farthest. "You hod better tie up itouser tin 1 am well on the way," ho said. Then he started. Itouser was croatly delected. Ho whined and howled and cried all day, the tears run ning down bis faco and dropping on the noor. At night wo untied him, out ms spir Its did not seem to improve. On the third night Hank had not returned, but Itouser was gone. We did not feel anxious on Hank's ac count, for ho had suggested that he might prolong his stay In case he found himself too fatigued to start back immediately. About daylight on tbe fourth day itouser, or what thero was left of him, came back to camp. His condition was even worse than when ho first came to us. One leg seemed broken, and several ugly wounds gave evi dence of some fierce encounter. To his nock was fastened a scrap of paper, on which was traced with blood, in scarcely legible characters: "Broke my leg. Cal. lion, Be quick." We lost no time In going to tho rescue. A party of twenty men, on long shoes and with good rifles, started out. A light fall of snow rendered it easy to follow poor llouser's track. An hour's run brought us to the object of our search. Hank was lying under a thick pine tree, on tho snow. At first we thought we were too late. His form was cold and almost rigid. One bone of the left leg was broken, i-ortunately brandy bad not been forgotten, and Doo Furber, who was a real physician, succeeded in restoring him, with tho help of many rough but wilting hands. We did not worry him with questions: he could not talk. But all around tbo spot were marks of a ferocious battle, and tracks of a large California bear. A broken snow-shoe, tho pieces bristling with hair, indicated the nature of the battle. Thero was a deep wound on Hank's hand, and his coat was bad ly torn. Watt Morgan picked up his bloody pocket-knife in tbe snow. I found his re. volver, with all the chambers empty. Following the track of the ferocious ani mal, his dead body was found about half a mile from the spot. It was tbe largest spec imen of tbe puma that I ever Baw, measur ing fully nine feet from tip to tip. We se cured his skin, and slowly returned to camp. It was two days before llanK could brieny recount his adventures. It appeared that he had started out early on tbe morning of the third day to return, lie bad bought a hun dred pounds of bacon, and was lucky enough to have it brought out ntteen runes ny a pack train. Then he packed it on his back ten miles further, until bo reached the snow whero he left his hand sled. He had come on faster than he expected until nearly sun set, when he heard the familiar cry of a Cali fornia lion. Upon tbat he started forward as fast as ho could go, and looking back for tbe lion, he made a false step; his snow-shoe hit a stump, throwing him with great vio lence, and breaking his leg. fortunately tbe night was warm, bo he had no fear of freez ing. He had a few crackers in his pocket, and, with the bacon, he was well provided against hunger, and he did not feel entirely hopeless. Then tho cry of the California lion sound ed nearer. No doubt he sdented the bacon. Hank drew his revolver, and crawled to a large tree. He partly succeeded in burying the bacon in tno snow, ine teariui cry Bounded still nearer. The sun had set and it was nearly dark. Intently watching, he at length discerned the animal, his eyes gleam ing through the branches of a tree. He de cided not to fire until his only chance re- quired it, lest the wounded beast should at tack him. He shouted, waved his broken snow. shoe, threw snow-balls ; but the crea ture stilt skirmished around mm, evidently taking in the situation. He drew nearer and nearer, crouching as if for a spring. When he was within a couple ot rods Hank fired his first shot, hoping to hit him in the eye. But the bullet Beemed to glance from the skull. The maddened brute was about to leap upon him when a champion appeared Kouser sprang upon him from behind. Then becau a teariui connict. itouser, who was 6mall and more active, could avoid the onset of his heavier foe for some time. uutil he grew weary. Hank fired several shots, but failed to hit a vital spot. Once the battle surged bo near him that he beat tbe lion off with his broken snow-shoe, and suc ceeded in inflicting a sharp wound in his throat. This was probably a mortal wound. for tho animal retreated, closely pursued by Itouser, and Hank could hear tbo conflict raging for an hour longer. Then Itouser re turned in a pitiable plight, but joyful and triumphant. liank tbougut the time couia not nave been far from midnicht. iiut he probably raintea from pain and exhaustion, for the next he know it was morning, ana ue was nearly dead with cold. Ho mauaged to Etir a little, and from the bleeding wound on bis hand. here tbe fierce brute had scratched mm, he obtained the blood to trace the warning we had received. He had written it with match, and fastened it to Rouser'8 neck, With tbe same match he had been able to light a little fire, which he fed tor some time v tth bark and cones from the pine-tree. He ate a cracker, and then probably fell asleep, Thanks to skilful 6urcery and good nursing, he cams out all right, and was able to do his nart when we resumed work In the spring. Ana itouser, wno suareu uia uonvaicsycui couch, with one of his legs 6piinterea ana bandaged, like his master oh, he was the hero ot the camp t If a dog a head could be turned with compliments and uiltery, nous or would have been a spoiled dog. But his nature was too noble aud unselfish to be moved hv anv sentiment ot vanity. Throuah the lone weeks in which our two helpless patients lay in their rude bunks wo learned a lesson iromiueir urave uuu uuouw- nlainmn- oatienoe. Hank's hardness and reserve seemed to melt awtty in a generous gratitude for the at tention and care we bestowed upon him, And it was a good thing for us that we had 6ome ennobling occupation to expana ana ei ovate our hearts. As for Itouser, be got bravely over his in at tho proper hour we started for the train. As wo wore driving along Pennsylvania ave nuo, a horseman drove past us on a galop, and back again around our carriage, looking Into it. Mrs. Grant said : "There is tho man who Bat near us at lunch to-day, with some other men, and tried to overbear our con versation. He was bo rude that to left the dining-room. Hero he is now riding after us." I thought It was only curiosity, but learned afterward that tbe horseman was Booth. It seems that I was to have been at tacked, and Mrs. Grant's sudden resolve to leave changed the plan. A few days after I received an anonymous letter from a man saying that he had been detailed to kill mo, that he rode on my train as far as Havre de race, aud as my car was locked, be failed get in. Ho thanked Clod that be bad fail. ed. I remember that tho conductor locked our car, but how true the letter was I cannot say. I learned of the assassination as I was ng through Philadelphia. I turned around, took a special train and camo on to Washington. It was tbe gloomiest day of ray life. T! Darstlng; of the Tlon.oon. Life In India would be ImpoBsiblo without Its monsoons, and the periodic approach of one of these great rain storms Is always hailed there with delight. Tho southwest onsoon sets in generally toward the end of April, tbe steady wind sweeping up from tho Indian ucean and carrying with It dense vol. mes of vapor, which slowly collect In dark asses of cloud as they approach tbo conti- nent. From Adam s Peak in the Isle of Spices, right along the Eastern and Western Ghauts and the Nilgiris, every bill-top Is gradually shrouded in mist, instead of stand ing out clear aud distinct against tho sky. Darker and denser become tbe cloud masseB ; the horizon assumes a heavy lead appear ance, sometimes kindling into a lurid glare answering to the sense of oppression, both mental and physical, which accompanies it. Tho atmosphere becomes "close" and oppres sive alike to man and beast; but tbo beat is borne with patience, for relief is at hand. Flashes of lightning play from cloud to cloud, aud heavy thunder reverberates through the heavens ; tho wind suddenly Bprings.up into a tempest, and along the shore the white waves are tossed in foam against the rocks or over the burning sand. Then a few great drops of ram fall, like balls of lead from tho ap. parently leaden sky ; the forked lightning is changed to sheets of licht, and suddenly the flood-gates of heaven are opened, and not rain, but sheets of water are poured forth, refreshing tho parched earth, carrying fertili ty over tbe surface of tbe country, filling tbe wells and natural reservoirs with a fresh store, and replenishing the dwindling rivers and streams. The whole earth seems suddenly recalled to life Vegetation may almost be seen to grow, and from the baked mud of the river-banks emerge countless nshea which for weeks or months before have lain there in torpor. you coat safe, 'ijidn't i ten von so t - sata nan? prouaiv, Public sentiment instantly turned In the juries : and I am Bure there was not a man in uog a tavor, as vvu gatuorea arouuu, mm, suu t Hound valley mat aiu not tuiiin uitu us wu. showered upou mm sucn terms as "uoou dog!" "Nice pup!" "Poor fellow! Why. he's a rouser of a dog, after all I" said Doo, giving him the biscuit he bad uroucut for his own luncheon. lie was christened "itouser on tue spot, and from that tluiu be was the prime favorite of the camp. Even Butte's selfish heart warmed toward him, and many a merry tus sle they had together. That same day it began to snow, usnoweu aud It 6Uowed. wo gatneroa up rockers, shovels, and pans. Tbe snow covered the bowlders ; then it buried tne cnaparrai ana manzanita bushes; then all the miner's cab. ina; and still it came down. It nearly filled the valley full. There were eight or teu miners' cabins iu the viciuity, their locality being indicated by one or two boles in the Bnow, aud marked by stakes bearing Inscriptions like these : "Twenty feet to Billy Brooke's Cabin." "Cabin of tue ilerry Miners, turee yarus oe low." "Doo Furber. Hank Howley, & Co., tweuty.five feet." Grand Hotel : Beans and Bacon at all hours : two rods." We kent the fire roaring, road the old pa pers over and over, went out and shot game now and then, bad games of roueh-and-tum. ble and snowballing, told stories, and smoked our pipes under tbe snow as cneeriuuy as tue o-re&sv Esnuimaux. A hole iu the snow let In tbe light to a bole In our oabiu, and at this window Butte or Itouser invariably took bis station at meal timn . It was not larce enough for both at once. Our table was under this window, and refuse bits ot bread and bacon were tossed to the lucky dog in the window. Butte, being of a lazv turn, could wait more patiently, so he usually took his station at the window as soon as the savory fumes of frying bacon as cended to tho upusr air, Itouser would come to the bole aud bark savagely, but he could not fr ohton Butte away. At last Itouser re sorted to artifice. One dinner-time he rushed into a little clump of pines barking furiously, thy of being carved in marble as any of tbe world s great neroes. uarpcr iuuwj i pie. Solitude). Laugh, and the world laughs w UU you ; Weep, and you weep alone. For the ssd old earth muat borrow Ita mirth, But baa trouhleenougb of Its own. Slug, and the bills will ansvter ; Blgh, it is lost on the air. Tbe echoes bound to a joyful sound, Hut ahrluk from volclug care, Rejoice, and men will aeek you ; Grieve, and tbey turn and go. They want full measure of all your pleasure, but they do not need your woe. Be glad, and your friends are many; lie sad, and you loae them all, There are none to decline your nectared wine, but alone you must drink life's gall. Fesst, and your halls are crowded ; Fast, and the world goes by. Succeed and give, and It helps you live, 3ut no man can help you die. There Is room In tbe hails of pleasure For a Urge and lotdly train, nut no. bv one vi must all file on Through the narrow aisles of pain. i'ila A!r, Xtt aEXEItAI, of Tue Dabeebt Dav or Grant's Life. The darkest day ot my life was the day I heard of Lincoln a assassination, i aid not kuuw ui It meant. Here was the rebellion put down In the field, and starting up again In the gut ters ; we had fought it as war, now wo had to fight it as assassination. Lincoln was killed on tbe evening ot tue itiu or April, x was busy Bending out orders to stop recruit ing, the purchase of supplies, and to muster out tbe army. Lincoln had promised to go to the theater, and wanted me to go with him. While I was with tho president a note came from Mrs. Grant saying that she must leave Washington that night. She wanted to go to Burlington to Bee her children. Borne incident of a trifling nature had made her ro solvo to leave that evening. I was glad to li&vK It so an I did not want to co to the the ater. So I made my excusea to Lincoln, and A colossal statue of bronze, nine feet high, will be erected in one of the public squares of Boston in honor of William Lloyd Garrison. A French inventor has discovered a way of solidifying petroleum, by which it can be used like a candle for Illuminating or heating purposes, without danger of explosion. Baron Nordenskiold will start this spring on n n"w Arctio expedition up the eastern coast of Greenland, a direction in which few attempts have hitherto been made. In Florida the strong fibre of the leaves of a species ot cactus is turned into rope, ita uice into a pleasant beverage, and its trunk. after the removal of the pith, into pails. A Norwich. Conn., woman, aged 92, re fused to take brandy prescribed by ber phy sician. She said she didn't want to contract any bad habits, that might fasten upon her for life. Negroes are leaving the lowlands of Southern Mississippi and Louisiana in droves, saying that they are done cropping in that country and are going anywhere, they don't now or care where, so it Is away from tne overflow. The exportation of dried apples most them "evaporated" from this country was over 3,500,000 pounds last year. It is tated that a large part of this went to 'swell" the population of the already over. crowded Celestial Empire. A Philadelphia girl thoughtlessly told a friend that tbe names of the donors would not be displayed with the presents at her wedding. Uf course tho news got aoroaa, and when the wedding came off not even the presents were displayed. They consisted of 732 plated sugar spoons and 1380 salt cellars. One of the substantial farmers of Spar- ta, Ga , when ho was married, twelve years ago, had to borrow money to pay for his mar. riago license, and not having a decent Bult of clothes, the young woman whom he was to marry tore the wool from sheepskins, spun, wove and made him a suit of clothes. -The British government has now con. trolled the telegraph wires for over ten years. 3tie increase in the number ot messages sent s remarkable. Iu 1870-71 the total number of despatcheswas only 0,850,187; in 1881.82 it hail risen to ol.Jtj.oui. Alter aeaucuug about (1,000,000 press and government mes. sages, it appears that the average number of private despatches last year was about three for each four persons m the united King dom. -An ambitious scheme in hotel manage. ment is being shaped by Warren Leland of the famous family of tavern-keepers. Backed by a syndioate of Now lorkers, be has paia $100,000 for the Hot Springs property in Virginia, and proposes to build handsome hotels and cottages, turn the 1500 acres into a park, and, in fine, to run a formidable ri valry to tbe popular Hot Springs of Arkan sas, the curative power of whose waters is ealdto be no whit better. The famous Walled Like in the state of Iowa, 150 miles west of Dubuque, has re cently attracted much attention. It is in the midst ot prairie land and is two or three feet above tbe earth's surface. It is inclosed by a wall of stones in some places ten feet high, fifteen feet wide at the bottom and five feet wide at the top. The stones vary in weight from three tons to 100 pounds. There are no stones on the surface of the ground with in ten miles of the lake. A few years ago the ice on the lake broke tbe wall in several places, and farmers were obliged to repair it to prevent inundation. A Michigan man ia said to have disposed of a family of six or seven daughters in the following way : iney were au ot iurriat;ou ble age, if not more, but none of them got married, although the young men of the place were made welcome at tbe house. The old gentleman finally changed his tactics. He locked the girls up in upper rooms, nailedup the front gate, and announced that the first young man who came around would be re. ceived by a shotgun. This had tbe right ef. feet, for the girls were one by one stolen away and married. BillCassellof Metamora, 111., has ahorse named Paddy, 10 years of age, which can draw water. The horse has for the past 12 years worn out, on an average, one pump, handle yearly by seizing it in his teeth and moving it downward, then elevating It with bis upper lip until enough water is pumped, then helping himself. And not only did he do this regularly, but, during the very diy season of two years ago, he would wait for a oow whioh was in tbe same lot with him to come to the trough, when be would then go to work and pump for her too. The horse is still halo and hearty, and is in use every day Iu the year. If tho chanere proposed in the municipal government of London ia carried out, the largest city in tho world will be placed under a form of control which resembles in many respects that of our American cities. At the present timo ijonaon is a geograuimni op pression rather than a political entity. The city of London covers not much over a square mile of land and contains only a few hundred thousand inhabitants, while the metropolitan district of London stretches for miles in all directions from the Mansion sion House, and embraces a population of more than 4,000,000. Tbe lord mayor and aldermen of London have no distinct juris diction beyond the old walls of the city. The Metropolitan Hoard of Works and the 38 ves tries and district boards manage in one way or another tho affairs of the out 1 tlons. The various and separate lions are now to be merged into a government, and it is the hope of t firopose this reform that, In consei t, the jarring of local Interests wi oeptlbly abated, and that systematl ment will make itself felt in all par great capital. 1 pi ring see L organiza- ( common ft . hose who ,. : , tuence of fi 11 be per- iT n govern. ' t tsof tho M HE. 0