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Nosquitt, Mam., Aog. 5.—Gen Sheridan's
death occurred at 10:20 this evening. Pro
vions to the sudden appearance of heart fail
Wi at about 0:80, there had been no pre*
monitions today
of an unfavora
ble change in his
condition. The
weather has been
warmer than
.usual and the Cr^kslon and
sneral was at of two, in each
times a little rest- is raised from
hnt wmiul
/less, but seemed
generally bright
and cheerful to*
-w-»- day. His voice
SHERlDAw
was strong. He
took a fall supply of nourishment and
slept occasionally as usual, and the
doctors and his family were in hope
W ipirite. At 7 o'clock Mrs. Sheridan
ana the doctors went to the hotel for supper
and soon after their return the usual prep
®*£™0ns for the night were made. At about
9:30 Col. Sheridan said "good night"
to his brother and went to the hotel.
There had been through the day no
•ten whatever of any unfavorable
change in his condition. At 0:30 symptoms
heart failure suddsnly appeared and Drs.
O Reuly and Mathews, who were with him at
U1A lltlfniuliii^alif #i nv\ltAil A/1
the time. imm^iateTy appliedthe""remedies jfor
which were bo successful in all previous simi- f?® "l?de
—v" Buvvcnniui IU OU piCfiUUD Billll*
lar attacks, but this time they were without
effect, and despite all that could be done the
general sank into a condition of complete
unconsciousness, and at 10:20 breathed his
Iast._ Mrs. Sheridan, the Sisters Maban and
Justinian, and the faithftil body servant
and the faithftil bodv servant
Klein were also at his bedside throughout riilli^.i!!
THE GENERAL'S SICKNESS
The illness which has just resulted in Gen.
Sheridan's death commenced last May, im
mediately after his return from a tour of
inspection out ^Vest. He complained of feel
ing unwell and worn out, but came down to
the office each day for about a week. He
was then forced to remain in-doors and on
Tuesday, May 22, he had a severe attack
of heart failure, which greatly alarmed his
family and physicians.
On Friday, of the week end May 26, he had
several attacks of heart failure and these in
creased in violence with each succeeding at
tack. Several times during his illness it
seemed as^if life had become extinct, but by
the adoption of radical measures the action
of the heart was stimulated and he was
brought around again. His heart
one time ceased 4o beat for a full
serand, but the extraordinary watch
fulness and care of the attending
physicians, brought him back to conscious
ness again. New complications set in and
nope was well nigh abandoned several times,
only tobe •... ..
.j1 renewed by the great vitality and
determination shown by the stricken &>ldier.
The history of these relapses and recoveries
Is familiar to the readers of the daily press.
With the approach of warm weather it was
decided by the physcians after several con
sultations that the patient must be removed,
as he would be utterly unable in his weakened
itate to withstand a period of pro
longed heat. Accordingly, on Satur
day, Jnne 30, he was, after several delays,
placed on theUnited States steamer Swartara
and taken to Nonquitt, Mass., which place he
cached after several stops, caused by recur
*pces of the heart trouble. The general had
_i&de his will and all preparations for death
and was ready to face it. though resolutely
determined that life Bhould not oe given up
without a severe struggle on his part-. He
leaves a wife, the daughter of Gen. Rucker,
and four small children—three girls and one
boy.
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HIS LIFE.
his dying hours. ncultur© at half a milliard of francs, and
.nwT fays if the bad weather continues a month
the news at WASHINGTON. longer the crisis will extend to enormous di
Wash., Aug. 5. Owing to the lateness of the mensions.
Jour at which tlienews
of Gen. Sheridan's death Pmf wi.),. n... ,» n- a t«
was received, it was decided by Col. Lamont Highland Park, HI,,
not to communicate it to the president till !?25« letters patent, dated July 31,
morning. One of the servants at Secretary
Endicott's was notified of the death, but de
clined to awaken the secretary to communi
cate the news to him.
Gen. Sheridan was born in Somerset-, Ohio,
March 6,1831. His parents were poor and
for along time lived in a one-story frame
building on South street in that town. John
Sheridan, Phi)|s father, triod to make some
money as a railroad contractor, but invaria
bly met with ill luck. In 1856, after Phil
had saved some money from his army pay,
he bought eighteen acres of land near Somer
set and gave his parents the money to build
a home. John Sheridan died therein 1875.
but Mrs. Sheridan died at the age of eighty
seven. Throughout all 1ub career Gen. Sheri
dan paid his mother a yearly visit, except, of
course, when prevented by his military duties.
At the age of twelve Phil had to go to
work. He found employment In a hardware
store in the village kept by John Talbot,
with whom he remained four months. He
then obtained a place as a clerk for Pink &
Dittoe in the dry goods business, remaining
with them until 1847. He seemed pretty
well satisfied with mercantile pursuits until
he read one day of a vacancy at West Point,
which half the fathers of the district were
JJfgiog Gen. Rit«hie, the congressman, to
fill with their boys. Phil sat right down
and wrote Gen. Ritchie a straightforward
application, without anybody's endorsement
°r# even advice. The appointment was
quickly made ond widely announced.
Upon his graduation he was assigned to
the infantry branch of the service, serving
twovears in Texas, and from 1855 to 1861
Oregon. At the commencement of the
•civil war he was appointed quartermaster of
the Army of Southwest Missouri, his rank
^rng™aptairTay?^862"°the governor
mvel'J^- 3J'i882-he
,UJULUI11U.LOF
?"ved
th®
army from rout by his stubborn resistance of
the enemy's onslaughts. For this he made Prl®
major general. In the march to Chattanooga and it ma
najor general.
under Bosecrans he
active, and when any
to demand it exposed himself
an abandon and recklessness that won
the admiration of his soldiers and mined for
him the soubriquet of'-'Fighting Phil." In
the battle Chtekamauga, though swept off
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the feld by the breaking of the lines, he re
covered himself and returned with his com
mand and some other troops to the support
of Gen. Thomas. In subsequent actions
about Chattanooga he distinguished himself
and was regarded as among the most ac-
and was regarded as among the most ac-
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IX COMMAND TUB CiTiLBT.
In April, 1«M, he was called by Gen. Grant
to the Army of the Potomac and put in ing his muscle, He had been told
command of the cavalry. During the months v™* j. ...
of May, June and July, beaidm protecting
ion, where he succeeded in completely routing this Would necessitate the purchase
Gen. Early, for which he was made a of several pairs of clubs, which he
S^l^",!£3!'iTira5i!S coold ill afford, he hit upon tl» fol
against Early over, and in full possession of lowing scheme. He was the owner
-r »ww?s- the Valley of Virginia, he destroyed the mills of two pups which, though small in
VS:- ^aiHmppliM,frcmi thUbfcrtUe^e^on.OI,^e
Wj: then made a detonr around Richmond, join- iTee that tenacity of grip for which
S ing Gen. Grant at City Point, whence he the bulldog IS SO justly celebrated.
started, March 25,1865, to strike the final He easily taught each of these to
blow for the overthrow of Lee's army He hia tnoth in on/I
The Bed Lake Bewrrstios.
l^?fore c?nsre9»
y&r- reasonable time, who shall personally go
upon said lands and make a com
plete and thorough examination for
the purpose of ascertaining on what tracts
thus is standing or growing pias timber.
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There is a prospect that the Red Lake In- strength increased, and now he may
pJan reservation will soon be opened. The be seen in easy posture performing
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"wiswuy wi vhv lUtvIJVr, UpUII IIVUW U|
the completion of such surveys, shall appoint
a sufficient number of competent examiners,
in order that the work may be done within a
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cash value of each forty-acre lot, accordinr
to his best judgment and information but
such valuation shall not be less than
W per 1,000 feet apd thereupon such
lists of lands so approved shall be trans
mitted to the secretary of the interior for
action. Such cession and relinquishment
shall be deemed sufficient as to each of said
reservations except as to the Red Lake res
ervation if made and assented to by two
thirds of the male adults of the band or
tribe of Indians occupying such reservations,
and as to the Red Lake reservation relin
quishment shall be deemed sufficient if as
sented to by two-thirds of the male adults of
all the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota.
The advertising is to be done at 8t. Paul,
DuHith, in one paper instead
place. The price of the land
1 to 11.25.
Th* execution of a young man named
Millman at Charlottetown, P. E. I., early
this spring for the murder of his sweatheart
and his plea of innocence while on the scaf
fold, incited several of his friends who be
heved him not guilty, to take the matter up.
The result of their labor has been laid before
the minister of justice at Ottawa, and from
what can be gathered they have not onlv, in
the opinion of the government, established
the fact that an innocent man was hanged,
but have placed the crime on the man who
committed it, and who swore away Mill
mans life to save himself from the gallows.
It is expected that the murderer will be
captured within a few days. The question
arises, if his guiit is established, could two
men be hanged for the one crime.
"Mitchell and Kilrain, two "bier flow-
er?J
are
of Michigan appointed him colonel of talk, and want to nght. I mean it
the second Michigan cavalry, and too! will fight one or both of them,
musioned as brig'adier-^ner^of 'vof- 22?^^ wish, for f15 000 to
nnteers, and was soon in command of a divi- *25,000 a side, and we 11 fight to a
sion of the Army of the Ohio. At the battle finish. I don't care what rules are
-L8t?ne
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thft Frencl1
t.h^,08Bt°
1888, for a combination of instruments
called the telaugraph, consisting of a trans
mitter and a receiver, aud designed for trans
mitting messages by wire between different
points. The sender sends in his own hand
writing, thus doing away with skilled oper
ators. The invention is based on the discov
ery of anew principle in controlling the elec
tric current, which is produced by a pulsa
tory current, all previous attempts to trans
mit handwriting having been based on the
use of a variable current.
Three more bodies were discovered in th»
ruins of the Bowery tenement building des
troyed by fire in New York. Sarah Blum, an
other victim, died. This brings the list of
dead up to twenty. It is believed that all
the bodies have been recovered. Three more
bodies have been identified}, they are Jennie
Marks, Sarah Blum and Jacob Feniberg.
Abraham Stern, the owner of the building,
will bury the dead at his own expense.
Mrs. V. Dennison and Mrs. Moses, who
live in Walcott, about five miles south of
Faribault, Minn., met with a severe accident.
They were on there way home from the city
with five children. When they got opposite
what is known as theMuj. Likes house their
team became unmanageable and ran away,
leaving the road. They struck a barbed
wire fence and Mrs. Moses and Mrs. Dennison
and two little girls were thrown out against
the fence. Mn, Moses had her left arm broken
below the elbow, and the bone protruded
through the flesh. Mrs Dennison escaped
with slight bruises, but the daughter was
badly cut about the bands and arms. The
wagon was demolished and the horses badly
lacerated.
Bush fires are devastating Canada in every
direction and the loss will be terrible. What
is known as Stewarton bush, adjoining Ot
tawa, is now on fire, and hundreds of citizens
have gone out to prevent the flames from
crossing the city limits. Eureka, a small
village containing some fifty houses and
stores and a large steam saw mill has been
swept out of existence.
At a meeting of the Winona Bar associa
tion complimentary resolutions were adopted
and presented to Gen. C. H. Berry, on the
eve of his departure to assume his supreme
court justiceship in Idulio. Gen. Berry was
deeply affected and briefly expressed his ap
preciation. Gov. Yale, Maj. O. B. Gould and
Judge William Mitchell made brief addresses.
Gen. Berry has left for Idaho.
Bad and Bloody John.
Boston (Mass.) Cor. New York Herald:
Ringmaster John L. Sullivan,
claimant to the championship oi the
world, arrived in town a few days ago,
in company with his elephants and
other trained curiosities. After vis
iting his father and taking dinner he
went down town. At first he was ret
icent, but a few bottles of ale thawed
out his English reserve and liberated
his tongue. About 10 o'clock in the
evening he was the same old John L.
who used to make tilings merry for
the boys.
"Just tell the New York people that
I have not given up the prize ring,"
said he to the Herald correspondent.
oil
coming over August 1. I am
adopted. I had as lief fight London
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ofQueensbui-ty.
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hattanooga ana in makes no odds whether I us
was exceedingly two-ounce gloves or bare knuckles. 1
necessity ..seemed tell you John L. Sullivan isnot dead.
He weighs 219 pounds, and is clean
famand
rit human nature all through,
sick of fighting by newspaper
and want to
draw a little blood."
Convenient Dnmbbells.
Au«u8ta h°*
complished and successful soldiers of the larly to the Young Hen's Christian
who went
Association gymnasium last winter
beCame mUch
the 66811
interested in develop-
wa7
the flanks of the army and reconnoitering Indian clubs, beginning with a light
the enemy's position, he was in eighteen dis-
to do thls was
to swing
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tinct actions. The 4th of August he was put pair and gradually increasing the
MdTsoon'afteroftheMMdfew»5ght68
he
fought the battle of Din widdie Court^ House 5 7 tne end Of a short
March 81, Five Forks April 1, and compelled Stick, and then, taking on© of the
the surrender of Lee April 9.1865. sticks in each hand, he waved them
about his head in some of the simple
e"
stronger. As
nt a
movements. As the dogs grew his
provides. all the graceful gyrations of an ex-
As soon as the cession and relinquishment _i i. ...
of said Indian title be obtained and approved, ®^pert club swinger with too wooden
it shall be the duty of the commissioner ol handles to the ends of which a couple
'^ndIT0®ceJ^?caUBe the lands to of fifteen-pound bulldogs hung by
be ceded to the United States to be surveyed, their teeth with a (fonth-iilra crrfn _1
The secretary of the interior, upon notice of Jnel^*eeT'n
WIln
aeatn lllte grip.—
"How doth the little busy bee?"
Well if yon meddle with him much
will be apt to find out how ho
you
doth.
*An Berle 0'KeUIy toWeckaea.
Let any one who doubts t\ie working of
rotection go into the mining and manu
facturing dlstrKts of Pennsylvania and
21.1® whom protection protects.
Let him go and ask the unfortunate work
men who went on a strike last Saturday to
the number of a hundred thousand. Presi
dent Cleveland is a right, bold, able man, and
his party was wise and courageous. We are
of the working people. We want the tariff
revised just as he suggested and the Demo
cratic platform demands.—Boston Pilot.
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Democratic Waralag.
But while the present is bright with prom
ise. its fulfillment in thefntnreis not to be at
tained by idleness or over-confidence. It has
arrayed against it a powerful, disciplined,
wealthy, courageous and desperate foe. The
Republican party clearly realizes, and has al
ready declared, that it is fighting this year
for its very existence—that disintegration
will follow defeat. It is this knowledge which
has healed their old quarrels, reunited their
several factions and once more welded their
whole force into a compact, disciplined, well
equipped, well-officered army, which is pre-
Seatento
Agricultural
a
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lar attjiplcn. hut. this tinu tiiov »». c?usea by the recent rains. He savs that
regarding the loss-
es caused by the recent rains. He says that
the hay has been destroyed and that the
peasants have been compelled to kill their
animals, being unable to feed them. He also
says that corn cannot ripen, that potatoes
al?i r.ot?'"8.and
that the vintage this year
ared fight to the very death, and can be
only by superior force and superior
generalship.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
An Abssrd Bedaetloa.
Gen. Harrison will not help himself in the es
timation of intelligent voters by the puerili
ties to which he descends in most ol his short
speeches to the delegations. Puerile indeed
is his argument that because, "American la
borers are not seeking abetter country than
their own," while immigrants from* other
lands are flocking to our shores, therefore
the war tariff is a blessing.
There is not a bright scliool-boy in Indiana
who does not know that emigration lias
turned to America for the past forty years
because here there are freedom, cheap land,
a great demand for labor and a ohumv to
"get on in the world"—because, as Chief-Jus
tice Fuller eloquently summed it up, "Thf
Republic is Opportunity."
A Weel Grower's Back-Down.
At Wellsburg recently, during an argument
between Colonel Beall, one of the largest wool
groweM in Brooks county, and Thomas
tverett, who buys pretty much all the wool
in that district, the colonel made the asser
tion that if the tariff wat taken of wool the
price would be reduced as much as 20 per
cent. Mr. Fverett was so confident that the
colonel was wrong that he promptly offered
to take the colonel's wool for one orfiveyears.
just as it pleased the colonel, and pay htm
30 cents for it, but the offer was promptly
refused. The price of wool now is 25 cents.
It may be pertinent to state that Mr. Ever
ett is a staunch Democrat and will support
Cleveland for all he is worth, whilethecolonel
is a high protectfbu Republican.—Steuben
villa
Gazette.
Opposed to Harrison.
The Central Labor Union held a meeting
recently, and a series of resolutions condemn
ing Harrison for his votes on the Chinese bill,
hjs attitude toward the strikers in 1887 and
his action on the eight-hour question, cam*
up and were discussed by the meeting. In
the course of his speech John FarMlam, of the
Cigarmakent' Union, said the cigarmakers ol'
the city were about equally divided polif'
ally, but only seven of all in the city woj
vote for Harrison. A number ofspee*
were made and the* resolutions were adoun,
as the sentiment of the Central Labor Uinoh,
with but three dissenting votfS. The.resolu
tions have been adopted by-pearly all the
labor unions of the city that have held meet
ings since Harrison was nominated.—Indian
apolis Telegram.
The BepsMlesa Attack oa the Farsien.
But little attention has heretofore been
called to one legitimate consequence of the
Republican doctrine concerning taxation.
The tariff plauk of the Chicago platform
says:
We favor the entire repeal of internal taxes
rather than the surrender of any part of our
protective system.
The tax upon oleomargarine is a very
prominent feature in our internal revenue to
the Government, but also in giving to Amer
ican farmers true protection for a very im
portant branch of their great industry.
The Republican proposition involves a re
peal of the oleomargarine tax as well as ali
other Federal internal taxes. The Republican
party has declared that this protective in
ternal tax must go before any monopoly tar
iff tax is touched. It has announced its de
termination to sacrifice the farming interests
of the country to the demands of a few man
ufacturers to whom great bounties are al
ready given.
The Republicans would take from the
great dairy interest a protection which it
earnestly demanded, because it was
greatly needed. They want no protection
tor the makers of dairy products. They are
willing to turn the dairy farmers over de
fenseless to the tender mercies of a fraudulent
competition, working through sophistication
and false brands and selling the yield of the
rendering vat under the name of dairy butter.
Let the farmers of the United States look in
to this proposition of the Republican party
that would permit, not only free whisky, but
free fraudulent butter, rather than abate one
jot of the bounty it gives to its pet monopo
lies.—N. Y. Star.
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Sid Its Fall Dstj.
When the war broke out, there were in
the Cleveland family three able-bodied young
men. It was atypical American family.
The father bad died untimely, leaving chil
dren not yet in their teens. The children
had never dissolved the family union. The
house was portionless. All the bread had to
be earned befoie it was eaten. The helpless,
the non-combatants in the battle of life,
bereaved of husband and father, had to be
cared for and sheltered So the Cleveland
boys found no time to be idle, and in their
several ways had wrought from childhood to
manhood to replenish in common the house
hold exchequer. We have all seen BimUar
struggles. We may see them every day for
the looking.
The sacrifice, the unselfishness, the self-de
nial they enlist are the qualities of character
which build states and perfect institutions.
So this family went unhelped. Its father
was an educated man, and these boys edu
cated themselves and their sisters. They
were independent. And just as they were in
manhood, no store gathered, no income
provided, not owning the roof that sheltered
their mother's head, the curtain went up on
what the Tribune calls "the sublimest trage
dy of the century." They could not all go to
the defense of the flag, for that took from
the family and its defenseless members all
hope of support. So this American family,
withthreesonsabletobeararms, decided that
the country had a claim upon it, by allot-1
ment sent two to fight for the Union, while
the third stayed back to Iceep fire on the
hearth and food on the table. The struggle
went on and on. The country -needed more
men, and the boy who stayed by lot to care
for his mother and sisters took his earnings
and hired a substitute to represent him,
while be abided by his duty at home. So
much did that humble American family do
for the Union, in perfect agreement and at
one in patriotic purpose. To accuse any of
its members of lack of sympathy for the cause
for which it gave so much is to impeach the
American churacter and indict our common
humanity. Alta California.
The tariff has had about as much to
do with immigration as stump speeches
have to do with the changes of the moon.
In 1857, under a 20 per cent, tariff, and
before any organized efforts were made to
stimulate emigration, the number of immi
grants arriving in the United States was
246,945. In 1877, under a 47 per cent,
tariff, the number of immigrants was only
141,857. And from 1876 to 1880, under the
same high tariff, the average was onlv 150.
000 a year.
There area good many citizens who would
think it a sufficient reason for a reduction of
duties if the high tariff is really responsible
for the present excessive immigration. But
the truth is that as neither the Pilgrim Fath
ers nor the Cavaliers came to this country for
the blessed privilege of being taxed to make
other people prosperous, so the immigration
has continued, and wages have always been
higher here than in the overcrowded Old
World, alike under high tariffs and low tariffs.
And this would be the case if there were no
tariff.
Gen. Harrison ought to show more respect
for the intelligence of the people whose vote*
he seeks.—N. X. World.
Soon after thp war onr bureau was
notified that. counterfeit $
1 and $2
bills were being extehslvely circulated
in the region about Reading, Pa. I was
detailed, together with a companion
named William Madden, to proceed
to Bcranton and work up the case.
We soon found that the money was
beingfioated by a gangof six or seven,
most of whom the majority were as
tough cases as Abe Buzzard, of mod
ern fame. We struck two leads at
the same time, and while mine led
to Harrisburg, his led into the mount*
ainous country around Pottsville,
which at the time contained some of
the most lawless miners who ever
handled a pick.
At Harrisburg I unearthed an old
bird known as "Greenback Charley,'
and landed him temporarily behind
the bars. In three or four days I was
satisfied that he was the only one of
the lot in that neighborhood, and I
set out to find Madden from whom I
had not yet heard a word. I met him
in Reading, and he also had as prison
er, a man known as "Sly Jim," but
whose real name was Isaac Watson.
He had been brought from Pottsville,
and he was the head and front of the
"shovers." No sooner had Madden
located Jim,. who was the ostensible
owner of a saloon in town, than the
fellow slipped out and made his wav up
to the mountains, and took quarters
in a cabin occupied by an aged woman,
a widow. Madden hung to the scent
until he relocated his game, and at
about ^o'clock in theaf ternoon hedrew
near the house. Forty rods
away hewas
met by an old woman,who stated that
Jim was in the house and willing to
surrender. Madden shouldjiave stop
ped to reflect that some sort of trap
was being laid for him. If Jim was
willing to surrender, why hadn't he
come out and shown himselt? What
need of a eo-between between him and
the officer?
The detective thought of nothing
but securing his man at once, and he
pushed on without even /drawing his
revolver. Tha outer door was partly
open, and as he entered the house it
was shut behind him and he was cov
ered by a revolver in the liands of .tjie
counterfeiter. Sly Jim "had sefved1!
five years for a previous. offense. He
reasoned that .the officer had him dead
to rightft£n.the new case, and that he
would probably be "settled" for ten
jof.liftMQ.'years. This prospect feted
desperate, Juao he hacCrde
TOTijiaed on a desperate thing.
down over there!" hecomnfand
3aii!*and the helpless officer obeyed.
'"Now, then," continued Jim, "what
do you want of me?"
"To arrest you for uttering
counter
feit money."
"Got any proofs?"
"Plenty."
"Well, that settles it. I'd rather die
than go back to prison, but you shall
die with me, I could kill you and skip,
but I'd be run down and hung. Well
go together!"
On a table in the room was a fifty
pound keg of powder, and leading in
to it was a four minute fuse. Jim
walked across the table, covered the
officer anew and lighted the end of the
fuse with the remark:
"In four minutes we'll be in h—11!
If you make a move from that chair
I'll have to send you on ahead a little
sooner!"
"I think I'll wait and go with you!"
coolly replied Madden, "and if you've
no objections I'll take out my watch
and call time."
"That will be a good idea," said
Jim, and out came the watch and the
detective called out:
"Ten seconds! Fifteen! Twenty!
Thirty!" and so on.
"Nobody will never know what hap
pened to us," remarked Jim as the
first minute was nearly gone.
"But they'll mix up the sci
scraps and
me alone
at's the only thing I
probably bur^a portion of me alone
with you,
care about,
"Well, I always was fond of good
company," retorted Jim.
When two minutes had passed the
detective began to softly whistle to
to himself.
"It will come mighty sudden when
it comes," observed Jim as he crossed
his leg*.
"Yes, we won't know what hurt us."
"What's the time now?"
"Oh, we've got over a minute yet."
"Don't you wish you hadn't come."
"No, sir! I was bound to have you
or die with you."
"That's the sort! It's some honor
to die with such a man as you. The
fuse is getting pretty short."
"We've got fifteen seconds more."
Madden leaned back in his chair,
and Jim held his revolver full on his
breast. He hadn't been playing a
bluff game, and the detective nad
made up his mind that there wae no
escape from death. From the corner
of bis eye he watched the fire creep
nearer and nearer, but he did not
move a finger. The spark finally
touched the staves of the keg, and
Madden felt that the last minute of
life had come. He dropped his eyes
to his watch and saw the seconds fiy
past—two—four—five—ten, and he
felt that there had been some miscar
riage. When fifteen seconds had pass
ed Jim growled out:
"The durn thing has gone back on
me!"
He rose up, as if to go over and ex
amine it, and the instance the muzzle
of his revolver was depressed Madden
sprang from him and struck hima blow
between the eyes which felled him like
an ox. The revolver was discharged,
but the bullet entered the floor. In
another minute Jiin was handcuffed
and dragged out. Ha wilted a3 soon
as the irons were on him, and no
trouble was experienced in getting him
to Reading. lie was silent and sulky
with Madden, but to me he said:
"Say, old man,you'vegot a partner
to be proud of! He's cot more nerve
than any other man that lives!"
"Excepting you," I replied, and he
stroked his long whiskers and seemed
pleased with the compliment.—Detroit
Free Press.
Alexander Crummell, rector of St.
Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church,
Washington, D. C., is one of the most
learned colored men in the country.
When he desired to study for holy or
ders he applied at Kenyon College,
Gambier, Ohio, but was refused ad
mission. He made applications else
where, which were equally unsuccess
ful!. He finally went to Oxford, Eng.,
and there took a full course. He is
an eloquent preacher, and his congre
Ration embraces a large number ot
prominent colored citizens.
HewTOrkNewe.
-Ifatrietee aieofteothamftl^ofao
cident. It seems etrange, but the
most prudent persons wiil aoiatlm^a
conceive an irresistible attachment at
the suggestion of a word or a look.
When once under the spell of the verb
•'To love," they go through all the
forms and finish declension of the verb
before the altar. The few may give
the subject the consideration it de
serves, but the many, there is reason
to fear, are guided by impulse.
A skipper ot a coasting vessel called
at the village inn and asked the land
lady, a young widow: "Do you know
where I can get a mate? 1 have lost
my mate."
"I am sorry for you, Mr. ,"she
said, smiling. "I want a mate, too,
and pannot get one. As we are in the
same position, I'll tell you what I'll
do. If you'jl be mine 111 be yours."
He closed with the bargain, and the
widow keeping her word, he is now
supplied with two mates.
A young man at a church bazaar
was button-holed by a laly she
would not let him go until he bought
something. He looked at her stall,
which contained iancy work of vari
ous kinds. "Why," he said, "I see
nothing here that would be of the
least use to me, a bachelor, except
yourself. The rest would be dear to
me at any price."
"I will be cheap enough," she said
coaxingly."
"If you could be dear enough, per
haps—"
"O, con e! you are just the person I
want," taking him by the arm.
She sold him one article after an
other, keeping up an agreeable con
versation the wnile, and before all
was done he had purchase everything
on the Btall. Then, at settling up,
there was something said about dis
count. "I cannot return any money,"
she said, blushing, "but if you think
me dear enough there's mamma she
may give you my hand." The bar
gain was accordingly concluded.
An eminent doctor, who had saved
the life of a lady, a personal friend,
was asked his charge. He said he gen
erally allowed his patient friends to
remunerate him as they thought be
fitting. S
"But1don't ybu often get disap
pointed on those terms?" she in
quired.
"Iinajr say, never." ..
m£b
you are so easily pleased, here,"
aijd'she plajrfully gave him her empty
hand, wnile in the other was conceal
ed a check for a handsome sum.
"How easily I could have taken you
in!" she added, producing the check.
"But you have only succeeded in
drawing me out," he said, declining to
relinquish her hand. "Don't insult
me with a check I am most generous*
ly rewarded."
Perhaps she understood the doctor's
difficulty and wished to help him out
of it at any rate the giving of her
hand led him to offer his heart.
This was how a gentleman got his
wife when, in a tobacconist shop, he
asked the girl behind the counter, who
happened to have red hair, if she
would oblige him with a match.
"With pleasure, if you will have a red
headed one," she promptly replied,
with such a suggestive, demure smile
that eventually the red-headed match
was handed over.
A lady with a fine figure having tak
en a iancjr to a valuable ring which
she saw ticketed in a shop window,
went inside to examine it. "It is ex
ceeding lovely I wish it were mine."
she Baid, on satisfying herself. "What
smaller figure could tempt you?"
"No other figure than the figure be
fore me," he said, giving her an ad
miring look at the same time. "It is
exceedingly lovely. I wish—I could
tempt you with the ring."
"I think I'll take it," she said, lay
ing down the money amidst blushes.
Of course he accepted the money but,
getting her address, he made sucli
good use of the hint that next ring
which she got was given by him in
church.
A lady in a railway train kept look
ing out of the window, with her head
forward, until she remembered that
the gentle man opposite might possibly
object.
"Do I cut off the view?" she asked.
"Merely of all I do not wish to see!"
he replied, gallantly.
The ice having been thus broken,
they entered into conversation, found
they were to get out at the same sta
tion, and knew each other's friends.
The rest was plain sailing into what
somebody calls "the matrimonial
heaven."
"Are you married yet, Kitty?" said
a sailor on meeting an old acquaint
ance after returning from a long
voyage.
"No that somebody has never
come."
"Ah, then, I have brought him after
a deal of bother," he said, throwing
bis arms around her and the matter
was there and then settled.
This was ingenious enough, like the
case ofthe theatrical manager who
was brought to the point when he call
ed to inform his leading actress that
he had secured a play at last which
was sure to have a long run.
"What part have you served for
me?" she asked.
"You are to be a charming sweet
heart, as you are."
"Is there a wife in the piece?"
"There is."
"Th'sn I have done charming sweet
hearts till I am tired. I must be wife
in the long run." And she was.
A Good Year for Canal Boatmen.
From the Rochester Union.
The canal men are getting ready for
a great boom. The 3,900 boats in
commission on state waters will be
increased to 4,000 by the addition to
100 new ones built in Rochester,
Whitehall, Oswego, Tonawanda, Buf
falo and other ports. The season will
open shortly and about 14,000
men and boys are ready for a busy
summer's business. The interstate
commerce law is relied upon to help
them, but business took a big upward
jump last year and will continue to
climb this. Anew feature in canaling
is the rapidly accumulating number
of steamers. The steamer has been
improved to such an extent as to
greatly imperil the mule. When the
locks are enlarged, as they will be un
der a half-million-dollar appropria
tion voted not long ago, a steamer
pushing one boat and pulling two, or
transporting in all nearly 40,000
bushels of grain, can be accommo
dated, and this little flotilla can run
right through from Buffalo to New
York without outside aid, avoiding
the cumbrous tow* and doing the
work very cheaply.
A well-to-do termer In one pf the
best counties ef Middle Tennessee
owned"lafcjjp number otalwretfrand
among them a negro about hit own
age. The latter was one of the "old
family negroes" brought from Vimnia.
His name was Sam, and he was a faith
ful, docile creature, agreat favorite of
his master, and rather a privileged
character on the plantation.
He was very industrious, and ex
emplary in his behavior excepting dur
ing that period dating from the time
when roasting ears
began to ripen, and
the first appearance of frost. At this
period Sam was always seized with an
uncontrollable desire to "run away."
It recurred as regularly as a fit of "hay
fever," was as incurable, and, like that
disorder, could only be treated by
change of air and locality. Sam de
clared that he "jess couldn't help his
sef," and it became a settled and un
derstood arrangement that he should
go, and that the neighborhood should
condone his raids on corn-fields and
potato-patches. After many such es
capades, his old master asked him on
one occasion, when the matter was
under discussion:
"Sam, do you really enjoy running
away?"
"Deed, Marse John," said Sam, "I
does. Hit's de moas' fun in de wurl'.
Coon-huntin' aint nowharstohit."
"Well, then," said Marse John, "just
let me know the next time you take a
notion to start, and I'll go with you,
and try it awhile myself."
Sure enough,in due season,Sam came
up, saying,—"Old Marse, de t'ime's
mighty ni^h when I'bleegedto liteout.
Ef you gwine wid me, you better begtt
tin reddy, for when de times comes I
got to go quick."
Old Marse kept a bright lookout, and
when Sam started he was on hand.
They had a delightful time. They
fished occasionally, caught possums,
picked blackberries for recreation,and
haunted the greenest and shadiest
nooks of the forest, all of which Sam
knew well. "Old Marse" had never en
joyed a summer so much. In fact he
was so much pleased that regularly
afterward he accompanied Sam when
he went into annual retreat. At length
Sam died. The old Master grieved for
him sincerely. He wa,s sad also over
the reflection that his summer pas
time would in future be denied him.
But, to the amazement of all his
friends, and not less his own, when
roasting-ear time came again, the fit of
restlessness seized him as strong as
ever,.and be ran away by himself*
Young Men And Single Life.
Brooklyn Magazine.
It is undoubtedly true that a Blngle
life is not without its advantages for
some. There are hundreds of young
men, as there are a like number of
young women, to whom a married life
would be unsuitable and unwise. It
is an inexcusable sin for any young
man of hereditary ill-health or deform
ity to assume marriage, and to such a
one Bingle life has advantages, even
though it holds out few pleasures.
But that young ^man who is pos
sessed of every bodily and mental
equipment, and marries not, fails in
one of the most-palpable duties of life.
He deprives himself of life's most re
fined an exalted pleasures, of some of
its strongest incentives to virtue and
activity, and sets an example un
worthy of imitation. Nothing has,
or should have, a greater refining or
moralizing influence to a young man
than marriage. If he remains unmar
ried, he lays himself open to alluring
vices that have no place in his eye or
mind when his attentions or affections
are centered upon adevoted wife. Mar
riage changes the current of a man's
feelings, and gives him a center for his
thoughts, his affections and his acts.
It renders him more virtuous, more
wise, and is an incentive to put forth
his best exertions to attain position
in commercial and social circles. It
is conceded that marriage will increase
the cares of a young man which he
would not encounter if he remained
single, but it must be granted, on the
other hand, that it heightens the
pleasures of lite. If marriage, in some
instances within our knowledge, has
seemed to be but a hinderance to
certain success, thecountlessinstances
must not be forgotten where it has
proved to be the incentive which has
called forth the best part of man's na
ture, roused him from sq{fish apathy
and inspired in him those generous
Eave
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f* A
ft Is
rinciples and high resolves which
helped to develop him into a
character known, loved, and honored
by all within the sphere of its influ
ence. Matrimony, it is true, is charge
able with numberless solicitudes and
responsibilities, and this all young
men should fully understand before
entering upon it, but it is also full of
joy and happiness that is unknown
to the bachelor.
A Lucky Prospector.
A Carson, Nevada, correspondent
writes to The Sacramento Bee as fol
lows: Last winter and spring there,
resided in Carson a prospector named
T. J. Bradley. When he came here he
had seme money, and he spent it
lavishly. He owned a mine near
Hawthorne, Esmeralda county, and
when his money was gone he went out
to do his annual assessment work.
He gave to Messrs. Knapp & Laws
and Jonn Forbes, of Hawthorne, 500
feet of the 1,500 feet which constitut
ed the mine, for a "grub stake." In a
short time he uncovered a very rich
ledge. H. M. Yerington, superintend
ent of the Virginia and Truckee and
Carson and Colorado, visited the mine
and gave him $10,000for 500 feet,and
the next day Archie Farington, the
principal owner of the rich and pro
ductive mines of Garfield, gave nim
$25,000 for the remaining 500 feet.
Several experts have visited the prop
erty, and they all pronounce it the
richest gold discovery ever made in
Navada.
An old resident of Esmeralda county
tells me that in a little more than six
years Bradley has sold mines in that
county for various sums aggregating
$95,000. He is really one of the
luckiest prospectors in the world. All
that he has to do, apparently, when
he gets broke is to go out into his hills
and strike a mine that brings him
from §2,000 to $35,000. According
to his information, he differs some
what from the general run of prospect
ors, in that he possesses a little bit ol
frugality. It is said that whenever he
sells a mine he sends the bulk of his
money to his mother in Ireland, hold
ing out a thousand or so for a big
time with the boys. He paints every
thing in his sight red until his puree
is empty, and then runs in debt for as
much more as he pleases. When he
thinks it is time to brace up he
ehouldere his prospecting tools and
etarts out in the mountains, and
nothing more It heard of him until he
has a valuable mine.
Iwig'fy Mart's
r.
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Without «teriu_
eculationa a* to
weon -and ratuitten~that
say, as to the matfnen of men
the ways of women—«tee
ptmcMad
lustration of the metlMdi pursited
spectively by the sons of Adam and
Eve a daughters will be sufficient
prove to all unprejudiced readers that)
not only, as the immortal Sanf Pati
observed, some things can be donisl
well as others, but that the same thiks
can be done in different ways anduSpP
result be «t tatisiactory if reached fetf
one way at by another. |:||L
So much for preface now for the m&r
lustration.
Not lone ago Fogg bought a new car
pet, and thinking to save the expento
of laying it, he told Mrs. Fogg he would
do the work himself.
Fogg and the carpet arrived homo
earlym the
afternoon. Fogg got out of
his good clothes andintotne old suit
that had been feeding the moths
through the winter. He armed him*
self with tacks and hammer, with
yardstick, two-foot rule, a carpenter's
square, a ten-foot pole, and a taps
measure. First he unrolled the car
pet, spread it out to cover the floor,
walked over it two or three timet.
pulled it here and twitched it there,
puckered his mouth, corrugated his
forehead, and was half a dozen times
on the point of asking Mrs. Fogg's
advice, and would have done it, only
he knew it would please her too welL
"Of course," he suddenly exclaimed,
as one who recognizes the force of a
new inspiration. Then he took his
measuring impediments, one after the
other, and then all together, and pro*
ceeded to get the exact dimensions ol
the room, with all its angles, recesses,
projections and catti-corners. Next
he sat down and drew an elaborate
diagram of the premises.
"Now," said lie, jumping up briskly,
"lean go to work in business-like
way."
Taking his diagram, he proceeded to
the scene of action. He measured
here and yard-stacked there and ten
poled in every direction. He labored
long and well he ripped the carpet,
unraveled the edges, pounded his nails
quite as liberally as the tacks, and ut
tered language quite shocking, and
when he got through—we have Mrs.
Fogg's woid for it —"that carpet was
all askew." It was, as the same au
thority expressed it, "a tight to be*
hold."
Fogg himself rematked that he never
taw such a carpet in all his life. There
wasn't any shape to it. He was all
right of course it was all the carpet's
fault in cases of this kind.
Mrs. F. said nothing futher than
"Well, I wouldn't bother about it any
more to-night, Daniel. You are au
tired out and had better go to bed."
Next morning Mrs. Fogg, without
stopping to change her apparel, went
to work to tee what the could do.
She began at the beginning by uqdee
ing all that her lord and master baa
done. Then the took a ttring, meat*
ured the room, and down itt length,
toliloquising meanwhile about "to
much and half a finger," "three times
and two fingers," "once and a little
bit over," with various other equally)
unintelligible remarks.
Then she got down on her knees,
and with hammer and tacks she had
that carpet down quicker than s:at,
and as smooth as her own placid
brow, and she got up from her work
with spirit unruffled and clothing un*
soiled.
When Fogg came home and saw the
room all put to rights, with the car
pet fitting as though it were painted
on the floor, he felt proud of his wife
yes, actually proud of her. Of course
ne didn't say anything further than
to remark that it was easy enough to
put down a carpet by daylight
body
could do that.
"Out of Work."
Boston Globe.'
There is more pathos and unadul*
terated misery in these three words
than could be expressed in all the vol*
umes of Plato. Wherever you hear
them you are sure to find trouble not
far behind. The young man who
married in haste without any secure
means of support curses himself for a
fool when he sees the result of his ac*
tion in the pale face ot a worried wife
and a sickly child. Premature and
careless marriages multiply asiapidly
as divorce cases, and it seems impossi
ble to do anything to check them.
"Out of work" means out of fuel,
food, light, shelter, and everything
which tends to make life desirable.
With men discouragement and mis
fortune often lead to suicide among
women, the heart sickness, the per
sistent struggle and the vain daily
search for employment become
settled
melancholy or degradation.
A keen observer tells us that "men
more frequently weep than women
when they are seeking employment,
the men breaking down utterly, while
the women take a refusal with white
lips and pass on." "I have been out
of work six months," said a man to m-f-
friend who called to see his suffering.-W
child, "and she is all broke up, look*
ing after the children who are sick, be*J'
cause we cannot get suitable nourish
ing food. I would rather die than
beg, but I have asked for work until I 'v.
am discouraged." v'
He is one of many. "I do not care
what the work is, if it is only work,
and means honest bread," said a
woman whose fortune through no fault
of hers had been swapt awav. 'lie
gentle woman out of work is the sad- "2
dest sicht of all. She has seen oetter
days, has dispensed charity, has her
self clothed the needy and feid the
hungry, and now, when her eyes are
growing dim and the elasticity of
youth is leaving her, she must seek
for work.
Blessed are they who furnish it, for
here in our well-ordered city, with its
beautiful homes and princely ware
houses, the cry of such is continually
heard. The men who treat this cry
with coldness or rudeness are not the
men whose gold will bring them bless
ings. A kind refusal costs nothings
and a word of sympathy weighs less
than gold, but travels faster. There
was a touch of true nobility in the re*'
ply of a Boston merchant thus ap*
pealed to when he taid: "No, my
friend, I have no place for you, every -•\«s
position it filled, out you will be be^'^l
ter able to ask for work somewbfM
else if you will go with ms and get m' ?J
good dinner."
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,w
any­
But Mrs. Fogg doesn't care. She
knows that Fogg thinks she is worth
her weight in gold, but that he thinks
that women, like children, are not to
be praised for fear of spoiling them.
But when anybody tells you that a
woman is illogical and unmethodical,
mention this little story about put
ting down a carpet.
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