Brookings County sentinel., March 30, 1882, Image 1

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BROOKINGS CO. SEim
PUBLISHED THURSDAYS
BREED & WRIGHT.
Office in Hadley Block.
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TH Living TICK.
8o much has been said about the flow
of popnlatiou from the mousrchiee of
Enrope to the broad acrea of the Amer
ioau. republic, that further mention of
the ever-increasing current seems like
supererogation; yet the prospect for the
coming season ore so wide in scope that
the subject foroea itself into prominence.
A Berlin correspondent says a late ad
vertisement of the Lloyd Company
stated thnt in the four months then in
the future, from March 1 to June 30, it
would send out from Bremen to New
and Bnltiroore not lees than 67-steamers
—namely, 18 in March, 17 in April, and
16 each in May uud Juue—that is, more
than one large ship every two days. The
correspondent adds: Suppose that each
of them takes ont only 600 steerage
passengers on the average—in my opin
ion, the number will amount to at least
750 bend per vessel—there will be more
than 40,000 passengers from one Ger
man port within four months. And
what is still more interesting is the fact
that the passage money for the greater
part of the emigrants has been sent over
by friends and relatives from the United
States to Germany, or that a ticket has
been bought by them, which has been
sent over here. A similar lively 1, busi
ness is done in Hamburg; and apart from
the smaller towns of Havre, Antwerp,
Rotterdam and Liverpool (the latter as
far as German emigration is concerned),
the German emigration for 1882 may bo
set down at 250,000 alone. Our protec
tionists are quite alarmed. Who will
work for us, who will eat our breadstuffs,
they cry, if small farmers, servants and
mechanich go to America? To help
themselves, they insist upon strong emi
gration laws; bul it will l>e of no use.
They may hurt Bremen and Hamburg
for a short time, but they will further
the shipping interests of Rotterdam,
Antwerp, Havre and Liverpool. This
mighty migration cannot be stopped by
precautionary measures of the police,
the factors creatiug it beiug too power
ful.
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With a view to relieve the congres
sional calendar of the long list of private
claims which act ns a serious obstruction
to the transaction of business of public
importance, Senator Edmunds has framed
and presented a bill which provides that
any citizen of the United States who
makes a claim against the government
which has become complete within the
four years preceding the passage of the
bill, or which shall have become com
plete subsequent to that period, may ap
ply to the department of justice for leave
to sue the United States for the enforce
ment of such claim, all claims growing
out of the relicilion being specifically
excluded from the action of this bill.
The bead of the department of justice
shall examine the petition and shall
grant the same, unless be shall be of
opinion that the claim is frivolous or
has already been passed upon by the two
houses of congress or by tbo court of
claims, or by tome court of justice. If
leave to sue be grnted, the petitioner
may bring a suit, giving reasonable se
curity in case he shall fail in lus suit.
The district attorney will appear for the
United States and defend the suit, and
special counsel may be employed to as
sist him. If judgment is rendered
against the United States the amount
shall be paid nut ol the treasury. The
English Parliament is so overrun with
bills of this description that its public
business is seriously neglected, and there
is little doubt that some system of dis
posing of such claims outside of parlia
ment will lie eveutually adopted. Under
the present arrangement the injustice is
two-fold: wrongs of private persons
which ought to lie redressed are ne
glected so long that when the remedy
comes it is too late, and private bills oc
cupy the calendar of legislative bodies to
the exclusion and jiostjiouement of pub
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It is unfortunate for America that the
weakness of morala existing the world
over in varyiug proportions, should crop
out among her citizens in a special
branch of mercantile trade whereon the
eyes of the whole world are particularly
directed. Fraud of all kind should be
considered a base crime and speedily
punished, but when the act jeopardises
the integrity of a nation's trade, the per
petrators should lie ferreted out and
made to suffer a double punishment.
The lately reported frauds in the Amer
ican cotton trade have caused quite a
stir iu trade oircles in Great Britain, and
the American consul at Manchester haa
investigated the matter to his sorrow,
judging from the following from the
Loudon Daily News: •' The reportfrom
the American consul at Manchester that
the charges of fraud in the packing of
American cotton are true is frank and
fair enougii. Mr. ttbaw has, in the fig
urative language of the far west, ‘ac
knowledged the corn.' Lancashire haa
long complained that the weight of cot
ton is increased by putting sand
and water into the bales. Hun-
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dreds of tous of sand are paid
for at ih« price of cotton every year.
No moderation appears to have been
experienced iu this species of fraud for
the sand seems to have been thrown in
by shovelfuls. This it very dishonor
able, and demands caution uu the part of
the buyer; but we may remind the spin
nan of Oldham that it ia one of the old
est nod moat vulgar kinds of frauds of
which the commercial world is cognizant.
To increase the weight of a valuable arti
cle by concealing withiu it some article
of greater weight aud less value is one at
the moat ancient kind of rascality. The
'augmentation of mercury,’ aa it waa
culled, was a feriiUe fraud of the last
century, aud the augmentation of ailk by
the addition of dye ia so familiar iu nor
own day al to bare nlinoti ceased to be a
fraud at all. Everybody knows that a
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yard of ailk can lie dyed to uuy required
weight, aa a yard of oottou cloth can be
'finished’ to uuy extent desired. It ia
also fairly known lust u retd ,4f cotton
' warranted ' to contain so many yards
doss not always contain that measure.
These instant*.* rmu&bk that .of
A MEASURE OF RELIEF.
FBAOD 111 TBADE.
BROOKINGS COUNTY SENTINEL
VOLUME I.
‘ jewelers’s gold,’ the proportions
whereof are said to be a golden guinea to
a oopper ooal-acnttle, and albeit diacredit
ab’e are of the nature of the mild tricks
of the diplomatist who ' lied always but
deceived nobody.’ The ‘ sanding ’ of
ootton like the ‘ sanding ’ of sngar is of
the earliest form of swindling, to be
sought (or in the primary strata of raa
oaldom. The ‘ noble savage ’ is clever
enough to introduce stones and other
weighty substances into lumps of gutta
percha god india rubber. But this pre
historic method of robbery is hardly
worthy of a * smart' country, and might
have been disbelieved had it not been
for the manly and straightforward avowal
of the American oonsul at Manchester.’’
USB DRTHKIHO
Hoctal economists who hsva drawn
various inferences from the beer-drink
ing habits of civilised races, says the
New York Times, and moderate temper
anoe reformers who have urged an in
crease of beer consumption as a sort of
antidote or substitute for stronger and
more dangerous beverages, will find
much to interest them in the brewery
statistics which an industrious person of
Vienna has recently oompleted. His re
turns cover the whole of Europe, save
the southeast and southwest, and our
own country besides. Tc Great Britain
he accords the honor of pojrcssing more
breweries than any other oonntry, she
having 26,114 of them, while Germany
ranking next, has 28,940; the United
States, 8,293; France, 3,100; Belgium,
2,508; Austria-Huugary, 2,297; Holland,
560, and Russia, 460. Similar compar
ative results are shown in the figures of
production, Great Britain leading here,
with 49,000,000 hectolitres; Germany
coming next, with 37,000,000, and then
following the United States, with
14,000,000; Austria-Hungary, with
11,000,000; Belgium, with 8,000,000;
France, with 7,000,000; and Russia, with
3,000,000. That Russia should jiroduce
nearly half as muoh beer as France, and
yet have less than one-seventh
the number of breweries, shows
bow large her establishments must be:
we learn, in fact, that they arc the largest
in the world. Denmark ranks next to
her iu this respect, and then follow Aus
tria Hungary, the United States, France,
Great Britain and Germany; in other
words, statistics of production per brew
ery in the order of countries are about
the reverse of those for total production.
But more important than these facts are
the returns of production per head of
local consumers. Here, the various
countries, if uot restored to their first re
lations, are very nearly so. Belgium,
instead of Great Britain, heads this list
with 151 litres for each individual in
habitant. But Great Britain is next,
producing 140 litres; Germany next, with
83; then come Denmark, with 76; Hol
land, with 52; the United States with 30;
Austria-Hangary, with 20; France, with
20, and Russia, with 4. No < sport or
import returns are furnished, else it
would be interesting to see hew they
modify the inferences concerning home
consumption which one might though
hash draw from these figures. Ger
many’s 83 litres, agaiDst the 140 for
Great Britain cud the 151 for Belgium,
are anomalous without such returns to
explain them.
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORE.
4'Loen—fipnug Extras f 6 0e tk V 60
WnuT-do. 1 Red 4 I <1
Con*—No. 2
Oats- -No. 1 „...
P.TK—Bate ik *0
hoax—kites (*l7 fliH
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CHICAGO.
fnoex—riondtoChoice Spring I 5 50 14 411
Common “ ...... 4t* (A 610
WnxAT—No. 2,- Cask >4 1 S*J*
No. 2. Holler April <* 1 SS
Conn—No. 2 14 SC
Oats—No. 2 <4 <2
lUmner—No. 2_ (4 1 00
Uvx-No. 2._ # fU
Pous—Me**, Cash #l7 to
I-A»l>—C*eb
B*rnTm—Good to Choioe Creamery JW g 4fl
flood lo Choice Dairy 36 <4 »
Kooa 14 (* Ift
CacrsK—Prim* 1a u 4 13*
MILWAUKEE.
Flora—flood to Cbatoe Hprlng......* IN <4 5 SO
Common Extrse 4 'll (4 4 75
Wrui—Spring, No. X Kegnlsr... <4 1 SI
Hi ring. No. A, *• .... 04 114
Hiring No. a, Heller Mer. i 4 1 !7N
Spring, No. X Seller Apr. 4 1 as
Cosh—No. t 4 **X
Oats—No. 1 —. 4 43
Haslet—No. a. <4 (IX
Rts-No. 1... —— <* 8»X
Poes—Mess. <417 m
I-aso (410 «o
CATTLE—Oood to Choice Steers.— l uo <4 S SO
Boos Good to Photos...— (SO <4*7*
Sheet—Common Is abates too ''*oo
Btjtteb—flood to Ohoiss SO 40
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Wheat—Ho. 11
Com—Mo. L..
Oat*—Mo. t—...
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Oo*i—Mo. 1 M 71
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Gerrymander.
Apportionment and rearrangement of
congressional districts bring into fre
queat use tbe term gerrymander. Tbia
ia a designation invented seventy years
ago. In 1811, for the first time in many
years, the republican-democrats of Mas
sachusetts elected a governor and both
branches of tbe general court, and to pre
serve their power they rearranged the
senatorial districts and made them of ir
regular shape so as to give them a major
ity in as many as possible. The scheme
met with great opposition, and Elbridge
Gerry, then governor, came in for a
share of the wholesale denunciation of its
promoters. One diatriot was made of a
line of towns on the westerly and nor
therly sides of Esses County, forming
something like an irregular let
ter F. The Boston Centiuel was the
leading federalist paper, and Butaell, its
editor, to show what wss being done,
took a map of the county, oolored the
towns not included in the peculiar dis
trict and hung it up in hia office. One
day Gilbert Stuart saw it and and say
ing that it looked like some monstrous an
imal, took a pencil and with a few
strokes indicated upon it head, wings and
daws, so that the new diatriot looked
like some kind of a strange dragon.
“ There," hi said, that will do for a sal
amander." ** Salamander I" exclaimed
Bussell, “ call it a Gerry-maoder 1” The
election m the apcmg ef IMS revealed
the sffaieaey of the scheme, bat it (we
aled aucb an uproar that gerrymander
ing was not allowed to stand.
'‘OocnmTTtheTenT now ap
plied to dinar given who have eoofeo
ticoacy aa so attar conraa.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
71m sonata confirmed the nomination of
Runnel Blatcbford, of Maw York, as associate
Justice of the United States supreme court.
Keeker Severe.
Each of the fifty-eight (niter pirates captured
by the governor of Virginia was given one year
In the penitentiary, and the fleet of seven ves -
■els was confiscated.
A life-boat rescuing a ship-wrecked crew In a
gale off Havre, France, rapaised on the 35th
mat., and the two crews—nineteen persons—
drowned.
Cadet Whlilakrr.
On the ground that technical evidence shook!
not have been introduced in tlie Whittaker
ooart-martial, the cabinet has disappro *ed of
the sentence of dismissal from the service, and
President Arthur has couarqneuUy order, d the
release of the cadet from custody.
Tike need Suffer#™.
The report raoerved at the war department
estimate that there are 80,000 destitute soffer
ers in the flooded regions between Cairo, 111.,
and the Oalf of Mexico. It« believed that an
appropriation of 1 1,000,000 by congress will be
anlred before these people can again become
'-enpjiorting.
A fishing schooner which arrived at Halifax
on the 31st, report* having *©*u two fishing
vessels go down with all hands daring a gale
on the 18th.
Blown lo Autos*.
On the 23d lust, as the steam ferrv-boat
Henry C. Pratt was lying at a pier at Philadel
phia, Pa., her boiler exploded, demolishing the
boat, killing five men and causing great de
stmetion of property in the vicinity of the
wharf. The remains of the crew were Mown
across bnlldmgs and into the water m arly a
block away. Thu body of Capt. Oeo. Scully was
hurled against a wall nearly a block from the
scene, a shapeless mass. The anchor lodged in
telegraph wires and the boiler landed on top of
and sank two tng boats. Burning coals which
were scattered promiscuously fired tbo hand
some depot of the Philadelphia A Atlantic
Railway and the lug Elia, both of which were
entirely oonsumed.
According to the report* of the jail warden
at Washington, the assassin is rapidly breaking
down under the strain of bis gloomy prospects.
Ho>* losing appetite aud flesh, and in the event of
a deeikion of the court en banc adversely to t new
tnal it is predict) d that he will die of fear and
inanition before the day of execution arrives.
In one of his paroxysms of fear he recently ex
c.aimed: “Why don't tbev hang Hcovillc and
let me go ? lam a high-toned gentleman aud
he is only a real estate lawyer. The country
cau spare him better than it can spare me 1"
Hoonlle says be can get no conuscl to attend
to Ouiteau’s case. The assassin is sore he will
be released by tbc coart on banc, in which case
he proposes to leave for Europe, and, after
“doing’’ the continent, return to the United
States to lecture, heoville think* it would be
better for the cranks of the future that Ouitcau
should be banged.
Hone led to Dsalk.
A terrible railroad disaster occurs*] on the
21st inst at Soap Stone Cut, Sweet Briar Crack,
a point forty miles wc*t of Bismarck, D. T. t ou
the Northern Pacific Railroad, by which eight
persons met their deaths ill a bumble manner,
and a number of others were bidlv injured.
A construction train consiHting of several flat
cars, two cabooses used as *lee<pera, aud dining,
kitchen and store cars, with a snow plough m
advance, went through a pile bridge to tin bed
of tbe creek thirty feet below. The fatalities
occurred among the nccupouts of sleeper No. 1,
which completely ovcrtorucxl aud was con
sumed by fire by reason of the bedding ignit
ing. Out of tweuty-fotir mrunant* of this
sleeper al' exiaiad but eight. whose bodies weie
charred almost beyond recognition. Tbe names
of tbe unfortunates are Ole Johnson, Thomas
Wilsou, William Watson, J. M Connies, Thom
as Qiadv, Oeo. Moser, James O'Brien and Wm.
Mr.Vudrcw*. Tbe ili-aster was caused by a flat
ear leaving the rails where a truck which be
came broken swejit the ties from the Midge and
left the iron unsupported. The dead were
wrapped in blankets aud taken lo Mandan. A
eoronor’s jnry found the disaster to have hr cu
purely accidental and rendered a verdict ac
cordingly.
John T. Randall, a shoe manufacture! of
Aubuin, Me., banged himself in lus office.
James A. Andrews, a prominent oust dealer
of Sandusky, 0., ended his life, on the 24th, by
taking chloral. He was 32 years of age, aud
leaves a wife and children. A letter to hi*
brother, at Fluimngstrarg, Ky., gave minute in
structions as to the disposition of his property,
lie earned a policy for 919,000 ou his life.
Phillip Van Rensselaer, tlie youngest mem
ber of the old Knickerbocker family of that
name, was found dead at tbu Brunswick Hotel,
New York citv, on tbc 22d. witha bullet through
his brain. He was wealthy and had everything
that conld mage life pleasant. He was a great
traveler and had just returned from an extend
ed horseback tr.|> through the western wild*.
Orion E. Coleman, for eighteen years a haver
iu tbeßprague Mauufartuiing Company, shot
and killed himself at Providence, B. L, on the
21st. Discouragement at the omiditiou of the
Hprague estate is assigned as the cause of the
rash deed.
A grown non of Kcv. A. H. Thomas, of Mem
phis, m found dead on the porch of a gro
cery store, with a pistol ia hi* right hand.
Two wealthy citizens of Ht. Loom—Henry K.
Kramer and Wm. Rocha way—oommitted sui
cide on the Jlltb mat.
AFnasled licsS,
A frightful murder waa committed at Ded
ham, an outlying suburb of Boston, Haas., on
the evening of the 15th. A mill operative
named John Hullivan, 85 year* of age, went
home in a more or less intoxicated condition,
and began a quarrel with lue wife, Bridget, wbe
wee fifteen years hie eenor. The quarrel grew
rapidly bitter, and in a few minutes Sullivan
drew a razor, and with one movement severed her
jugular vein and carotid artery, his mad inten
tion evidently being to completely behead his
victim. Wonderful to relate, however, the
poor woman, with extraordinary vitality, al
though thus mortally wounded, rushed out of
the room, down stairs, and into the village
street, screaming for help. Hullivan followed,
and a most extraordinary race ensued. The
bleeding woman ran to a neighbor's door, and
was about forcing it open when the murderer
caught up with her, and. seizing her by the
hair, trgan earring her head with the razor,
which lie had carried iu his hand all the while.
Bbe broke away and ran, and the horrible pur
suit continued, some say five mumtes. At
leugth the woman, her life-blood drained to its
dregs, staggered on to her own door-step, snd
there fell dead. When Sullivan was assured
bis wife was dead, and before being secured bv
tbe uohee, he made an attempt to Sake Us own
life by cutting a gash in his throat with a razor,
severing the windpipe. Tbe wound was quick
ly attended to, ana will nut prove fatal.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the world-fa
mous poet, died at his resideuoe at Cambridge,
Hass., on the 34th mat., aged 75 years. He
wa* born at Portland, Me., February 87, 1807.
Rear Admiral Gustavos H. Scott, U. & N-,
(retired) died at New York ou the IKkL
Rear Admiral Janies H. Sports, U. S. N.,
commanding the South Atlantic squadron, died
at Stanley, Falkland Islands, on tbe Mh inst.,
aud was bwted there.
Rev. Dr. Orville Dewey, an intimate friend
and 00-laborer of Chanuing, died at Sheffield,
Maas.
The death is annonnoed of Captain Otis
Wtutoomb, of Swanasy, N. IL, tbe old fanner
after whom Den Thompson modeled bis char
acter of Joah Whitcomb. Nine of bis eighteen
oluldreß mv tiring.
Henry O. Rodgers, United State# minister to
Sardinia under President Van Bui an, and oue
of tbe three surviving members of the Penn
sylvania oonstitntioual convention of IM7, died
at Lancaster, Pa., on the night of tbe Itth
mat, an inmate of the alms boose.
Judge Harrington, a prominent attorney of
Indianapolis, IniL, dropped dead at his office
in that city on tbs 80th. He was defendant in
a sail far Wfl,ooo damages brought by bis
airorcea wire.
John Sylvester, of Waverly, Mass . the first
to manufactureJocomoUrs cranks in lbs United
States, died on the llth last.
HallWAf Vreckit
Near Kauxvili*. Team, ou the 85th task, a
fr-ight train ou tka Bast ftonaama, Virginia
and Georgia Walhuad ran into a standing pas
senger train, demuhsbiug a coach. Wm.
Booker,a porter, was redded to death by a
broken steam pipe on the freight augioa; John
GarihMUm, s ussping-osrcoaauetor wasgeeort-
T*c MgM Bela, oaths Norths** Virile
BROOKINGS, DAKOTA, THURSDAY MARCH 30, 1882.
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Hormary.
Railroad collided at Spirit Wood no tbe 26th.
telescoping two box can containing a settler
and his stock. The man’s name was Henry C.
Mott, of Norwich, Ont. Be was instantly
killed. A coroner’s jnry decided that tbe ac
cident was caused by the carelessness of Fred.
Thornes, engineer of one of tbe trains.
A Rock Island construction train was wrecked
at Oboneil Bluff*, la., on tbe Mth. A bralm
man was seriously and three others slightly
hart.
At a point on the Fort Wayne road, lost oat
side the limits of Chicago, a cattle train loaded
with swine was run into by a Oraod Trank pas
senger train, telescoping several ears and kill
ing and maiming a great many swine. After
the wreck bad been cleared away and the train*
put In motion, a Fort Wayne passenger train
suddenly appeared on the scene and dashed
into the remnant of the cattle train, completing
Its rnio. Engineer Hubbard was dangerously
injured. The lose, not including the animals,
is estimated at 950,000.
Tbe now biidge on the narrow-gauge road
near Lathrop, lowa, gave way on tbe 20th. carry
ing down an engine and two care.
At Hweet Briar, abont 40 mile* west of Bis
marck, I). T.. on the 21st inst., a construction
train went through a bridge, killing one man
aod ininring several.
A freight train ran off the track near Har
rington, Pa., on the night of tbe 19tb last.,
killing Wm. FlUey, engineer, and Wm. KoSaer,
fireman.
Uiaer Mishayt.
John Handers, Wm. Oglestoo, Isaac Bailey
and Ons. Countee (all colored) were drowned
by the swamping of a boat at the big falls in
in the Yougheney River, near layton Htation,
Pa., ou the 26th.
Simon Lauferty, a traveler for H. Cohn A
Bro., of Rochester, N. Y.. was killed by tbe
cars at a depot in Fort Wayne, lud., on tlie
24th. His body was frightfully mangled, it
being decapitated.
Two strangers, new arrivals, were found
frozen to death on the railroad track between
Orafton and Ht. Thomas, Dak., on the 22d.
They emdmtlv perished in the blixzxrd which
jircvailed the day previous.
The remains of Oeo. Gening were found in
the ruins of Holmes’ cracker bakery at Cincin
nati. The deceased slept In the building.
A fragment or rock weighing abont a ton fell
from tlie roof of a coal mine at Ht. Joseph,
Mo., ou the 24th, SDd killed John Kidd aud
George Cooksey. The bodies were horribly
crushed.
Frank Hayee, agent fer an improved gas
stove, was sspbyxiated in his room st the In
tei national Hotel, Qr Mon, on the night of the
90th inst. He had evidently been experiment
ing and fell asleep, when tbe tnbe from tbe ga*
pipe to his apparatus became disconnected and
the room filled with gas.
At a sale of the Montgomery White Hnlphnr
Hprings iu Virginia, tlie porch of the hotel fell,
killing one man and injnrwg twelve.
Geo. Davidson, a farm IT residing near Hay
brooke. 111., suffered a lose of about 95.000 by
tbe saff xietioo of a drove of forty fat hogs. A
wiud storm toppled a haystack over on them.
Wm. Gaylord a one-armed ex-soldicr, was
run over by the cars near Rockford, IIL, on the
night of the 20th inst, and killed. His re
mains were hornbly mutilated.
A prominent stock-raiser of Ypeitsnti, Mich.,
named John It Campbell, was killed by a run
away team on the 19th inst.
Pat Desmond went on a spree at Cincinnati,
0., on tbo 20th and carried an o|ien jack-knife
in b's pocket. He tumbled and fell in such a
manner that the weapon entered bis body, in-
Dieting % ftUl wound.
On the 19th inst., Peter Bouchman attempted
to cross Macoupin Creek, 111., in a skiff with his
wife and daughter. An oarlock broke capsizing
their boat. Bouchman managed to reach the
shore, hut the others were drowned.
Wwrk ol Ike Flumes.
About noon on the 26th the railroad liridge at
Richmond, Vo., on tbe llichmoud and Peters
burg Railroad, caught fire during tbc jireva
lonrc of a heavy gale aud was totally consumed.
When tbe flames reached the Richmond cud of
tbe bridge they communicated with a large to
bacco factoiy and a general conflagration en
sued. 'Die fire spread with frigbtfnl rapidity
and before it was subdued swept sway three
large tobacco factories, six stemmeries, twenty
tenement bouses, mainly occupied by uegiues.
SOU feet of railroad trestle w irk. ten new
freight cars belonging to the Richmond A
Tredgor Iron Works. Smith’s grist mill, tbe
Kaohne works sod a large quantity of coal aud
lumber. Loss ovei ball a million dollars. One
life was lost.
A fire in Ht. Louis on the 25th, gutted tbe
furniture factory of IheiMbl Brothers A Miller,
in Walnut Street, which was lusured for 856,-
000.
The Chateaugay dejiot and round-house at
Ilattaburg, N. Y., burned on tbe 25th. A lad
named Lowell pensbud iu the flame*.
The residence of cx-Oovernor Proctor, of
Vermont, at Hutberland Falla, with its literary
and art treasure*, was swept away by lire on
tlio 25th.
Htrong A Cobb's wholesale drug boase, Cleve
land, 0., was damaged to tbe extent of 460,000
by fire ou the 26tb.
The business portion of Clifton Hill, Ran
dolph County, Mo., was swept uway by fire on
the uight of tlie 23<L Loss BSO.OOO.
The Protestant Ejiiacopal Church of Incar
nation, iu New York City, was damaged to the
extent ot 950,000 on the 24th.
An entire square in the heart of McArthur,
0.. was consumed on the 24th.
A large block at Cleveland, 0., occupied bv
W. P. Houthworth’i wholesale and retail
grocery, Krause A Co., carpet dealers, H. M.
Brown, dry goods and Chandler A Rudd,
grocers, was completely destroyed by fire ou the
24th. Total loss over 9400,000. Insured.
The Proctor House, Keanarge Mountain, N.
H.. burned on the 23d. Lo** 975,000.
Holmes' cracsur bakery, Cincinnati, 0., van
ished in smoke on the 23d. Loss about
930,000.
IThi large floor mill at Leavenworth, Kansas,
nwued and ofa-raled by Warren A Cole, was
totally destroyed by fire on the 23d. Loss
too.ouo.
By the destruction of an elevator, Haw lev,
Mum., on the night of the 81st inst.. 1MI,0(IU
bushels of wheat were consumed. Loss on
budding and contents abodt 1200,000.
The Mildleiiort, N. Y., opera house and an
adjoining dwelling, furnished food for flames
on the 33d. Isms 140,000.
Tbe steamer Leseie 8., with a cargo of ootton
was burned on Black Cypress Bayou, Ma., on
on thn 33d. Insursnoc 415,000.
Weil, Dreyfus A Co.’s furnishing goods estab
lishment at Boston, Mass., was dsmaged to the
extent of 487,000 by fire on the 88d.
An entire block of buildings were consumed
by fire at Hipun, Wis., ou the 88d. Loss
4100.000.
The Curtis Manufacturing Co.'s works at
Albion, N. Y., were deetroved by fire on the
31st. Loss *IOO,OOO.
Tbe wareroom and finishing department of
the New England Furniture Company, at Grand
Rapids, Mich., were burned out on the 31st.
Lass on budding and stock 435,000.
Twenty-five bouses were swept away by fire
at Northampton, Eng., on the 31st. One hun
dred persons were rendered homeless.
A fire at Einod, Hangary, resulted in tbs de
struction of 850 houses and the loss of nine
lives.
The distillery of Tan A McGibbon. at Lex
ington, Ky., was burned by the explosion of a
lamp in the office. The loss is $30,000.
Tragical Talas.
At Hillsboro, Tex., ou tbe night of the 34th
hist., Mrs. Julius Hwteney was murdered by her
husband, being shot through tbe breast and
her brains beateu out. The cause wss jealousy.
The murderer was jailed.
A desperate fight occurred iu Blount Couutv,
thirty miles from Knoxville, Teou , on the 35Ui.
Robert Flaunigan and his soo-tn-lsw, Joseph
Nichols, had an altercation about a thing of
very little couseqnence. which resulted in a
hand-to-hand light, which was only ended when
Flaunigan * trues Nichols over the head with a
thirty-pound piece of wood, killing him in
stantly.
Mr. Peels, engineer of the Tombstone Mill
and Mining Company, was assassinated in his
uffioe, at Charleston, Arisons, an the night of
the 35th, by two masked man.
“Corley BiU,” a notorious western character,
waa killed In a light between cow-boys and
vigilantes, near Tombstone, Arisons, ou the
45th.
Bod. Mills killed Bley Caldron at Mount
Sterling, Ky., on tbe Hi. The two had a dif
ficulty some days previous whan Mills ordered
Caldron never to appear on his farm again.
Caldron disobeyed the order and waa killed.
Vigilantes at Rawlins, W. T.. lynched Janie
Lacy and Bob Roddeck, who had burglarise
several houses and planned to rob a hank. A
“pal ” gave them away.
Two bona thieves were overtaken by d time ns
neat Boles pootoflVs*. Franklin County, Mo.,
on the night of the lftth. Oue waa killed and
tbs other mortally wounded.
A4BC Helena,Cal, oaths XSdtnsC. William
Gaos killed J. C. Weinberger and than shot
himself. Cause of the trnuhls unknown.
Two Scotchmen, lately arrived from the old
country, became involved hi a dispute user
TteteSW bust, lowa, when mm of them. Ohas.
Carnahan, shot Vied. Millar, Ms partner, aud
than put two bultete M Ma own beets.
Fort Reno, and killed one of them, turned
Hteveas, who was too sick to leave. The mur
derer then secured the horses and other effects
and fled toward Kansas. Tbe party were from
Wichita, Kansas.
James Kennedy, an ex-policeman, was shot
dead by Charles Ray, at Louisville, Ky., od the
the 21st. The men were relative* and It i*
thought family affairs were at the bottom of
tbe trouble.
The citizens of Dallas, Oregon, seized Tucson
Langdou and a man named Harrison for killing
A. It. Croaks and 8. J. Jerey. At tbe hotel
where the murderer* were under guard a jwrty
of masked men appeared and shot Langdou,
following up the work by hanging Harrison to
the trestle-work of the bridge.
A rent-collector of Clunmellon, Ireland, was
mortally abot while driving to church with hi*
family on tbe 19th, and a police sntxmspector
was fatally wounded iu a disturbance in County
Htilweil, who was in Mine way connect
ed with tbe assassination of Morgan Earp near
Tombstone, Arizona, recently, was riddled with
bullets by a band of vigilantes on the 21st inst.
On the night of the 19th in*L, at Wheeling,
W. Vo., a youth named Milligan, while iutoxi
oated, shot aod killed Frank Davis, aged 18.
A shocking and mysterious murder was com
mitted at Cherryfield, Me., on the 19th inst.
As Mr*. Hattie Sprague was leaving a church.
Outer Ctmniugham stepiied up to her and
<lr-w a knife across her throat She died in
stantly. Jealousy was the cause.
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
It os dat, March 90.—The tariff commission
bill wo* considered and lleck and Morrill ad
dressed tbe senate. Pendleton presented a
memorial of tbe National Tobacco Association,
proieiting against the passage of any “free
leaf tobacco bill:” also a jietition of the same
association for the abolition of exjxort stamps,
and fur snndry changes of the law in regard to
the exportation of tobacco by rail and the fees
paid insjsirtors of export tobacco. Referred.
After a short executive session tbe senate
adjourned.
Tnisnav, March 21.—Hale presented a pro
test agonist the admission of Dakota as a state
until her record is purged of repudiation with
which it is charged in the matter of Yankton
County bonds issued in aid of a railroad iu that
county upon which interest payments ceased.
... .Tbe bill to render more efficient tbe life
saving service was jiassed Bills |>a**>d:
House bill to establish a rail-ray bridge across
the Mississippi between Minnesota and Wis
cousin; bouse bill abolishing Fort Abercrombie
military reservation (embracing lands long
since abandoned) Pendleton iutrodneed a
joint resolution for an amendment to tbe con
stitution miking postmasters, marshals, dis
trict attorneys, United Slates clerks of courts
inferior to the supreme court, aud all sncli
other civil officer* of the United States exer
asing executive or ministerial power within the
several states or territories elective officers. ..
Adjourned.
Wzd.vzsdav, March 22.—'The diplomatic tj>-
propriatiou bill was passed. No other business
of importance was transacted.
Tntrusnai, March 23. —Several senate bills in
relation to the Venezuela award were indefinite
ly postponed A bill was introduced for the
formation and admission into the union of tbe
state of Washington Tbc Indiau appropria
tion bill was tin 11 rejsxted with sundry amend
ment*. after which the senate went into execu
tive session and when tbe doors were reojicno-l
ad join ned.
FaniAT, March 21. -Sawyer presented reso
lutions of the Wisconsin legislature asking con
gress to tske control of the Sturgeon Bay ship
canal and open the same to free commerce....
The life saving service bill was then passed . .
Williams introduced a bill to incorporate the
Cherokee C ontra! Rsilruad aud Telegraph Com
jnuy Tbu bill authorizes the construction of
a road and telegraph line from Fort Smith,
Ark., to Fort Gilaou, Cherokee Nation, and
thence to a point near where the Verdigris
River crones u>e fine between Kansas and the
Indian Tciritory. Referred The bill creat
ing two new laud districts in Nebraska |>assed.
... .Aft<r in executive session tbe senate ad
journed.
IfOWMI.
Mejmar, March 20.—1 n replv to an inquiry
by the house in regard to the use of troops si
Omul,a during tbe strike tbe President in a
message stated that authority to employ troop*
was givea ou apnlication of the governor in
order to protect the stati against domestic vio
lence in compliance to the constitution Bills
introduced: Appropriating 4800,000 for tbe
relief of Mis-is-ippl Valiev sufferers: to prevent
the contraction of tbu volume of tbe currency;
tc reduce thr internal revenue; appropriating
950,000 for a monument ovrr tbo grave of
Thomas Jefferson; appropriating 910,000 for a
memorial shaft at Washington's headquarter*
at Newburg, N. Y.; to declare forfeited ail land*
granted railroad companies iu 1856 and not
earned by them; a lesolution of tbe general
assembly 'if Maryland, urging an appropriation
to erect in Mount Olivet Cemetery, of Frederick
City, Md., a suitable monument to the memory
of Francis Scott Key, author of “ The Star
Spangled Bantu 1”: providing that when
Canada shall abolish the duties imposed upon
coal imported frrm the United States, iron ore
mined in Canada shall he admitted into the
United Stabs free of duty.
Trzsiiav, March 21.—The Chinese bill was
considered lor a time Leedom (0.1, from the
committee on territories, subi.utbd a minority
re|s>rt signed hv)lsedom, Mills and Richardson
(S. C.), ujion the bill for tbe admission of Da
kota as a state beiDg in opposition thereto.
Referred to the committee of the whole.. . Ad
journed.
WziuiZHDaT, March 22. -Tbc Chinese bill was
again discussed. Kasson offered on amend
ment limiting the time of suspension to ten
year*.
Thokapay, March 23. —The Chiaeae bill was
aa'aw debated. Kasoon's amendment reducing
the period of suspension to ten years was re
jected—yeas 100, nays 131. Uutterworth’s
amendment 1 muting the term of suspension to
13 years was lost without the call of yeas and
liars A large number of amendments were
then voted upon, hut all lost without division
being called. The bill was then passed—yeas
167, nays 65.... Adjourned.
Fkwat, M>rch 23.—The house spent the day
on the private calendar, and adjourned till
Monday.
Tricky Device* in Gambling.
[Prom tbe Hi. Loui* Republican.]
One of the newest tools is the poker
ring, on ingenious little contrivance for
marking the cards while playing, in a
systematic manner, so that in a half an
hour one can tell each card as well by the
back ss by the face. Although it ia not
generally kuown, it is in nsc by a few of
the oldest and best professional players
in the country. It is no secret that in
gaming houses marked-back plaving
cards are used. The pattern on the Duck
seems innocent enough until it is held
at a certain angle under the light, aud
then the difference between cards may
be seen. Tbs greenhorn cannot tell the
pack from fair cards iu common use, bat
the professional can tell precisely tbe
cards that his opponeut holds. There
are loaded dice, which are made the ex
aot imitation of ordinary dice. Theu
there is the spy, a reflector about the
sise of a half dollar, which, it is said, can
be used with perfect safety on the table
or on the kuce.
As for “ strippers," another device in
cards, a gambler says: “ The benefit of
these oards cannot be estimated ouly in
one way, aud that ia the amount of mon
ey your opponent has got, for yon are
oertain to get it, whether it ia $lO or $lO,-
000; the heavier the stakes the sooner
you break him and he never knows what
hurt him. • The bog ’ is a devioe for
withdrawing from the pack a number of
cards from which the player can make
up a hand to suit.”
Hew Many Legs Haa a Sheep?
(Frum l-ondoo Sudrtj.J
The Earl of Bradford waa brought be
fore Lord Loughborough, and a conver
sation followed, in which the chancellor
was completely pnasled. At l»st he ask
ed, “How many legs has a sheep I”
“ Does your lordship mean,” asked Lord
Bradford, “a lire sheep or a dead
aheep ?” la it not the same thing?”
said the ehanoellor. “ Mo, my lord.”
said Lord Bradford; “then ia much dif
ference. The tin cheap may here four
lags; a dead aheep has only two. The
two ion legs an shoulders, but then an
hot twolegsu^mutbju/^s^^
Tbm oldest paper in Virginia ia the
AWxaudm OtMwrfa, aafgbhahed in IWfl.
APACHE MATT, THE SCOUT.
A Fames* Frsstlsrvpass's Hs«»«a 4br Waylay
War Uyea the Isdtaa*.
Matthew Joliuaon reached Denver City
from Fort Hualapai, and will leave for
hie old home in New York state, there
to spend hia remaining days. Sewtral
years ago he was living with hia wife and
several children near Hualapai. One
early morning, while the father was ab
sent at the military post, the bend of
Mojave Indiana, of which Deiahay was
chief, attacked the ranch, outraged the
mother and tortured her and the three
children to death. When Johnson re
turned biz cabin was in flzmea and tbe
blood of his dying family yet warm.
Almost crazed, he went back to the fort
without even waiting to inter the remains
of hiz wife and children and Briefly told
the awfnl tragedy. Within fifteen min
utes a detachment of Company K of tbe
fifth cavalry were mounted, under the
command of Col. Mason, and on the
trail of the roppenkinned devils, John
son going along.
Ou the morning of the third day the
cavalry entered the Black Hills, at the
beadwnterw of tbe Verdi River, the home
of the wild Apache Mojavee. That
evening the camp was made near the
Verdi aud a scouting party further fol
lowed the trail, which appeared to be
only a few bonra old. In a small clump
of cotton-wooda and near a marshy por
tion of the river the smoke of the Indians
was discovered. It was too late to at
tack the Indiana, as the darkness would
afford them an escape. The had ap
parently located with tbe intention of
remaining a few days and hunting, so
the assault was deferred UDlil the morn
ing, tlie cavalry coming up, however,
and putting out sentinels. On one of
the posts Bohnson stood keepirig vigil
through tbe night. In the morning the
cavalry swooped down npun them. Har
pnsrd in their stronghold, and with their
arms scattered carelessly about, the In
dians conld do nothii g lietter than fly;
and fly they did toward the river, ttt
soldiers picking them off one by one in
tlie chase. Deiahay was more running
iud sclf-possecsed than his followers,
making up the river through the thick
cottonwood The six Indians were killed
before one of them had reached the
stream, but Delshay, tbe seventh, had
such a start thnt tbe cuvalry almost gave
up all hope of overtaking him. They
spread out, however, and made a ski.-
misb through the cottonwood forest.
When they brought np in a little glade
up the stream a ronple of miles, they
were astonished to find Johnson leaning
over the dead liody of an Indian chief,
backing and cutting it with a huge
bowie-knife in insane frenzy. The
laxly lay upon the river bonk as it it had
been pulled out after the infliction of
tbc death-wonnd. The head was nearly
severed by a stroke of the knife, and
Johnaou bad scalped it. It was many
minutes before bis fury had spent itself,
the soldiers never interfering with the
horrible satisfaction which the widowed
husband and childless father wii* taking
for bis wrongs. Filially, nhcu be had
grown calm enough to explain, lie told
how he had seen the Indian making np
tbe river, aud, resolved that none should
escape, he followed aa beat he might.
When lie got through tlie timber lie
fouud the trail, aud although it wus done
with much difficulty, he •luccceded in
tracing it to the river honk. There it
lieciunc lost, and, knowing the Indiau
conld not have crossed the stream with
out having been seen on tbe opposite
side, which was open and denuded of
trees and underbrush, he concluded that
the Indiau was secreted in the bank.
While walking down the bank a head
was protruded from a pcxil near the shore.
It was Dalshay taking air. Stealthily
Johuson approached, aud before tbe In
dian could realize that the avenger waa
nigh, he was grasped by tbe hair and his
throat was slit from ear to ear.
When the fort wits leached. Johnson
►requested to be employed in tbe scouting
servioe, mid was engaged. He became
tbe bloodiest and most relentless of the
border scouts, aud figured prominently
iu all the campaigns against the Apaches
up to the recent <»ne, which Own. Carr
led, eauna" the title of “Apoohe Matt.”
It is generally supposed that the smug
gling business is carried on to quite an
extent all along our Canadian frontier,
but we ere inclined to the opinion that
this is a mistake, for tbe reason that
there is uu longer the inducement to in
dulge in the risk, for good wares and
merchandise can now be had at home al
most as cheap, and in many instances
cheaper than on tbe other ride. As a
natural consequence the “ occupation ”
of a Urge Hst of customs officials would
be gone were it not for tbe fact that once
in a great while some wonderful discov
ery is made—a seizure—a sale—and a
long account nicely written np in some
paper and some government detective
becomes a hero in no time, bat when it
turns oat Anally that it waa "a put up
job," people begin to settle down to the
idea that if these occasional discoveries
were not made there would be no excuse
for such an unnecessary number of gov
ernment officials. Bnt we were about
to relate an incident which occurred
three or four winters ago, not a thousand
miles from this city.
The article of kerosene owing to, the
greet difference in price between this and
the other side of tne St. Lawrence, held
out the greatest temptation to amqg
glera aud many a load had been sucofba
fully alid into Canada without beingpub
jected to duty. Ou one occasion
a government officer dieoovered, one
pretty dark night, a doable sleigh well
loaded with keroeene winding its way
across Wolf Island. He immediately
pursued with bis horse and cutter, and
the race became exciting aa th* officer
gained upon tbe smuggler, who seemed
to realize that unless something wss
done quickly his expedition would be a
failure. Both smuggler aud officer were
lashing their horses to their utmost
■peed, and only a short pace waa
between them, when all of.* oudden the
rear barrel slipped off th# loed aa if by
magic, and no sooner struck the snow
than the home of the officer tum
bled over it and in less than no time
hone, cutter and officer were badly mixed
□pin aheap. As soon, howerar, aa the
shock waa over the officer recovered hie
feet and senses, got together hie wreck
and retraced his atepa as beat he oould,
and probably no one would have bean
had not tbe story cone back from tbs
other aide about the greet race for twelve
barrels of kerosene. *
Cuts Little Yeflow Mrda.
Mr. Daniel C. Beard, writing ia Urn
Scientific Americas, mys that our sum
mer yellow-bride, though you tiding Ut
ile creatures, am aot readily duped or
impoeed upon by the cow briuk-Mrd
widohdepurite Ha eggs iiiilisrriiatautoh
among the seats of aeaaller bands, so that
ito young era hatohedand maradwtlh
out any earn tram Urn mat fueeffi.
“ The instinct at tba yellow bads am
suffirientlv near ma
tact the oifleren os
little, fragile, pnttiJ
A Smuggler’s Ruse.
Oswsfo Times.)
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NUMBER 1.
1 ■' 1 .i_
colored eggs, and the groat dark-colored
oneo the vagabond cow blank-bird baa
surreptitiously smuggled into the nosy
neat The domestic little couple cling
to the spot a?looted lor their house, and
will not leave it, neither will they hatch
the obnoxious eggs which they are ap
parently unable to throw out, bat the
difficulty ia soon surmounted, and so an
the gratoitoua eggs, lor the indefatiga
ble workers proceed at ones to cover up
the oow black-bird’s eggs, constructing
a new neat on top of the'old one, build
ing a second-story, as it were, to their
dwelling.”
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
WKI FUDOTNG.
Quarter of a pound of flour, quarter
of a pound of butter, quarter at a pound
of sugar, two eggs, rind at a lemon; beat
for twenty minutes; half All teacups and
bake for twenty min ate#.
Take the heart of sweetbread, which
baa the finest flavor; boil it; then split
open, season with salt and pepper, rub
thickly with batter, and spnnkle with
floor. Broil over a quick Are, turning
it constantly. Cook in this way about
ten minutes, if yon am earefnl to torn
it constantly, and serve with cream
sauce.
CKLJCBY VmOAB.
This nice flavoring for soaps and
gravies ia made by cooking one ounce of
celery seed in half a pint of good white
wine or cider vinegar. Lemon extract,
which is quite an item at expense in a
large family, can be easily made. When
lemons are used for cooking purposes,
chip off the omeide yellow nnd and put
it into a 1 Kittle; pour over this some
pure alcohol, and you will have a deli
cate, nice lemon extract. Id removing
the rind from oranges, if the peeling
process is commenced at the stem end of
the fruit all the thick white nnd will ad
here to the yellow part instead of the
orange.
Take a half-pound of beef marrow
and chop it quite fine; half pound of
bread crnmlis; half pound of floor; quar
ter of a ixiund of sweet almonds, and ten
bitter almonds; blanch and pound the
almouda, adding a toaspoouful of cold
rose water to prevent them from oiling,
freali eggs, as many as will weigh a half
pound; one cup of sweet, rich cream;
whisk the eggs until quite light, and
then add the cream, and then whisk well
nntil well mixed; next, slowly add the
above ingredients. When thoroughly
blended, pour into a buttered steamer;
cover very close, and boil four hours.
Serve hot.— Prairie Fanner.
PAJBT OINOEUBBEAD.
One cupful of butter, two of sugar,
one of milk, four of flour, three-fourths
of u teaspuonful of soda, one tablespoon
ful of ginger. Beat the butter to a
cream. Add the sugar gradually, and
when very light, the ginger, the milk, in
which the soda has iieeu dissolved, and
finally the flour. Turn baking pans up
side down, aud wipe the liottoum very
clean. Butter them aud spread the cake
mixture very thin on ibeui. Bake in a
moderate oven until browu. While atil)
hot, cut into rquarca with a cake-knife,
and slip from the pan. Keep in a tin
box. 1 his is delicious. With the quanti
ties given a large dish of gingerbread
can tie mads. It murt lie spread on the
bottom of the pan as tuin as a wafer,
and cat the moment it cornea from the
orem
C3CK3 PIC.
For two pies take five eggs, three
quarters of a cupful of butter, one cup
ful of powdered white sugar, and such
flavoring as you prefer. Heat the yolks
aud sugar together until they are a' per
fect froth. Beat tbe butter until it is a
creamy froth also. Now quickly add
them together, flavoring with a little ex
tract of vucilln. Bake it in a crust; it
will rise very light. As soon as done
have ready the whites of the eggs beaten
to a stiff froth, sweetened with a little
sugar, and flavored with a few drops of
the extract. Spread this over the tops
of the pies, which return to the oven to
receive a delicate coloring. While hot,
cut the pies and distribute them on the
plates, otherwise if they are allowed to
cool without cutting them they will fall.
This ia strange but true.
The Cowardice of Suicide.
Suicide in the German army has of late
yaara£been increasing at an alarming ex
tent and a large percentage of the cases
are attributed to disappointment in love.
Some one, in noting thia fact and the
difficulfy the authorities have in finding
a means to reaistthe progress of tbe evil,
says the emperor might profit by a study
of a leaf from the order-book of Napo
leon. Under tbe consulate this tame
tendency had revenled itself, and Napo
leon pubUahed the following order (dated
1801) to the forces under his command:
“ The gronadier Genian has killed him
self o* account of a love affair. In other
respects he was a good soldier. Thia ia
the second occurrence of thia sort that
haa taken place in the last month. Tbe
Amt consul desires to notify to the guard
ia tbe order of the day—first, that a sol
flier must learn to subjugate the passions
of grief and melancholy; secondly, that
.just as much courage is required to en
dure soul sufferings with fortitude aa to
stood unmoved in the ranks under the
Are of a battery. To give way unreaiat
ingtyto sorrow—to destroy one’s self to
teeape distress of mind is equivalent to
running away from a battle-field before
one has basaMaton.
Kentucky Superstition*.
A writer iu the Louisville Courier -
Journal gives some of the current super
stition* of Kentucky negroes. If a
portion passes through a funeral proces
sion he will die before the oldest one in
it If a dog lies on its back and howls it
presages an early death in the family. If
thwlongest snake killed in a day’s search
be suspended from the tree nearest to a
parched field it will bring rain. If it be
necessary to turn hack after starting on
aa wrsad, the consequent bad hick may
be averted by making a cross in tbe
path with tbe 101 l forefinger. A stutterer
may be cored by essaying up behind
him unawares and knocking him down
wi||) a rasr beef tongue just taken from
tbe beast by an unmarried butcher under
21. A bloody knife, a bo*tle of alcohol,
and a bag of live lizards are aa effective
outfit for bewitohiag an enemy; but the
intended victim is often warned of the
dmigar by aa owl’s aeoweeh close to his
cabm. The recipient of a poisonous
snake's bite drinks a pint of whfeky, and
then, if sober enough, kills the first
blank chicken withwhite tail feathers he
oaa find, pinks the fnathora out aud
barns
Tan estate of Ko Kuu Has, thi lste
Chinese profaosor at Harvard College, ia
vulaed at $2,000. His widow, who was
■ppnf atofl administratrix, atoned her
aaras “Ko; before marriagn. las.” Tb*
ehOdreo are named Ko Pefafn, Ko Jooog
Jo, Ko Wan-Lon, Ko WaWiug, Ko
Waa-Ku, Ko Bria-fln. Tbe rights al
administration wars transferred to Mr.
Hetasc D. Chapin by Mrs. Ko jnst be
fote her departure for China.
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As if sash »mms sad aaxlss, whisk aoaaamd go,
Hsd him ofTmth or Lifs In their poor sh.w.
To sway or iofas, sad skill to stain or wound.
Boast Innirlilsssd,high itssUn.d insal
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■ash Bind M own amtar, and tt dnsws
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SPICE AND ALLSPICE.
BdAona at courtesy—those wont in
burlesque.
Scotch potatoes should always be
eaten ia their kilt*.—-V. Y. Commercial
Advertiser.
In the census office ia a return in which
a Boston man is described as a manu
facturer at pigs’ feet.
Phu-adbupula has an artist named
Sword. When eight years of age be was
only a little bowie. —Hartford Times.
Dots (to waiter); -‘This chop is
very dry.” Walter (to diuei): “Per
haps then, you bad better order some
thing to drink with it.”
Matos Ohaci, of New York, admits
that he baa been naturalised twice. It ia
suspected that it didn’t “take” the first
time. —Lowell Gamier.
Thh overflow ia injurious to gardeneaa.
Their gardens spring a leak liefore they
can market their leeks in the spring.—
Neu> Orleans Picayune.
The morning is the best time of day
to pick buckwheat cakes. A strung,
healthy man can pick fifteen from a dish
at a single sitting, so we’ve been told.
torn who lb* world ia a tumult keej>
Wick open month whene’er jou Bleep,
In iu«wcj some atonement make.
And keep It ahat when joa’re awake.
—Xtw F ork Hour.
An up-country man bought a Roman
candle and lighted it to go to bed by.
He say a you can bet your sweet life heTl
lick the man that loaded it, if he can find
him out.
“Can’t,” says Emerson, “is useful to
provoke common sense.” It is also use
ful, with au apostrophe, when a doubt
ful friend aaka you to lend him five dol
lars Hawkeye.
Bcllivan offers to fight any man in
America for SIO,OOO. Let some one
leave him that amount by will and he
will have a chance to fight the lawyers
for it.— Picayune.
Thb French general in Tunis has sent
home a tapir, but the animal persists in
being homesick. He isn’t the tapir to
shine in Paris. He is the light of other *
Deys.— Vor Populu
It ia that good old lady, Mrs. Part
ington, who says very wisely that there
is not much difference between a poet
aud a pullet, except in the spelling, for
both spehd most of their time in chant
ing their lays.
In consequence of the overflow m the
Mississippi Valley Talmage will post
pone bis proposed lecturing tour through
that aectiou. How wonderfully does
Providence temper the wind to the shorn
iamb!— Texas Siftings.
Ins gale on Saturday a bill board fell
uu a Bridgeport man and held him until
released. It is commou enough for a
board bill to fasten a man that way, but
this is the first instance on the part of a
bill board.— Danbury Hews.
“ Never leave what you undertake un
dertake until you can reach your arm
around it and clinch your bnu<is ou the
other side,” says a recently published
book for young men. Moct excellent
advice; but what if she screams?
A medical, advertiser puts forward
what be calls “ the medicine of the fu
ture.” It seems as if there were medicine
enough for the present life, to it is hoped
the “medicine of the future ” will be a
“cooling draught”— Lovell Courier.
“Do yon think 1 am a fool?" a vio
lent man once asked of the Rev. Dr.
Rethune. •’ Really,” replied the d.ictor,
“ I would not vtuAnre the assertion, but
now that you ask my opinion, I must
say that l am not prepared to deny it!”
Quiz says Philadelphia’s new women's
club, the “ Rayacinth,” “ will devote it
self to minding its own busmens.” It is
expected that Barnum will make a heavy
bid for it next season, to add to their
other curiosities. —Horrisloicn Herald.
In Ottumwa, lowa, a pig committeu
deliberate suicide by laying its neck
across one rail as a tram of cars ap
proached. It was probably mad because
it had been bom with four lega aud
therefore could not ride in a palace car.
—Philadelphia He*c*.
An egg broken in Roxbury the other
day was found to be yokeless. If Rox
btiry bens can't affvrd to furnish yolks
with their eggs at the present elevated
price of fruit, it may reasonably lie pre
sumed that when the price gets down to
sixteen cents a dosen they will lay noth
ing bnt the shell. —Horrutoum Herald.
“When 1 grow np I’ll be a man,
won’t I?” asked a little boy of his
mother. “ Yes, my son; but if yon want
to be a r.ian yon must bo industrious at
school and learn how to behave your
self." “ Why, mamma, do the lazy boys
turn out to be women?” “Many of
them do my child.”
Thz other evening a friend met Ally
Bloper wendidg his uncertain way home
ward, and after Assisting him to nse from
the gutter, where be bad gracefnlly de
posited himeelf, he said: “ What's the
matter, Ally ? What arc yon tumbling
about ao for?” “111 tell Ton, oldah
man,” replied Ally, “bntdontsh repeat
U. I've lb been drinking from a tumbler,
and I spoah I have caught it."
An unfortunate man complained in the
New York Sun of haring had bad dreams.
The remedies thus far recommended to
him are: To put a bunch of old rusty
keys under his pillow; to lie an his aide;
not to lie at all, out to go to bed with a
clear eooscieooe; closet himself an boar
with his conscience; make no remon
strance; Baton attentively, and do aa
commanded, and be will sleep tbe sleep
at pesos. He begins to think that he
would rather have the bed dmuna.
“Dad, wen you ever a fish?” Tbe
individual thus addressed lowered his
chin end gaaed over his spectacles at the
boy in speechless astonishment. “ Oh,
don’t get mad at nse, dad, for asking
yon," eon tinned his inquisitive off
spring. “ Mrs. Cooly came in after you
had gone, yesterday, and asked ma woat
aba would do if yon wane dead, sod ma
laughed and said that she guessed there
was just as good sabs jo m the aea aa
you are.”— Jfroudflpw BapU.
Tn widow Flapjack, who keeps a
fashionable boarding- bouse ou Austin
Avenue, ia iu the habit of giving her
1 boarders Mad oysters for diauar «so
Sunday, but lew Bundy, uetoad of
usually get I <ajy find
iag."—lVmm Sift*** '■
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