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Left Behind, I \
We started in the morning?a morning full of i c
glee,
All in the early morning, a goodly company, ] ?
And some were full of merriment, and all were (
kind and dear;
Bat the others have pursued their way, and |
left me Bitting here. j
My feet were not so fleet as theirs, my conrage i
soon was gone, I ]
And so I lagged and fell behind, although they j i
cried, "Cdmo on !"
They cheered me and they pitied me, but one 1
by one went by,
Fcr the stronger must outstrip the weak : thero j ^
is no rcraeky. I
Some never looked bfehind, but smiled, and
swiftly, hand in hand, ' ,
Departed with astrange Sweet joy I oould not J
understand; 1
I kuow not by what silver streams their roses !
bud aud blow,
But I am glad?oh ! very glad?they should bo 1
happy so.
And some they went companionless, yet not
aione, it seemed, <
For there werd Sounds of rustling wings, and *
songs?or else we dreamed;
And a glow from lights invisible to us lit up
the place,
And tinged as if with glory each dear and part
iug face.
80 happy, happy, did they look, as one by one
they went,
That we, who missed them sorely, were fain to
be content;
And 1, who sit tho last of all, left far behind,
alone,
Can not be sorry for their sakeo, but only for
uii own..- >
My eyts seek out the different paths by which
they went away, '
And oft I wish to follow, but oftener wish to
stay ; . r } >;.' . ,"\ ?
For fair as may the new things be, the farther
things they know,
This is a pleasant rosting - place, a pleasant
place also.
i ^ r s" ? * I*There
are flowers for the gathering which grow
my path anear,
The skies are fair, and every where the sun is
warm and clear ;
I may havfe missed the wine of life, the strong
wine and the new,
But I have my wells of water, my sips of honeydew.
So when I turn my thoughts from thoBe who
shared my dawn of day,
My fresh and joyous morning prime, and now
are passed away,
I can see just how sweet all is, how good, and
be resigned
To sit thus in the afternoon, alone and left
behind. . .
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uvtrt int wmts.
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, First, I must tell you who I am, and
how I oame to be in the Baysville Bank
in the "wee sma' hours" one dreary
December night, some three years ago.
My name was then Olive Hudson, and
I was seventeen years old that same
December night, and so small that Mrs.
Knight's Dolly, who was not twelve
years old, was half a head taller than
myself.
We were rich folks once, but father
died and left us very poor. Mother
Btruggled along in a weary hand-to-hand j
fight with poverty till I was sixteen, j
and then died. She had rented two |
rooms of Mrs. Knight, widow, also, with
J. t 3 I I
imu owtiwai i> DUUO, OH ogcu xabucx, ouu
two daughters.' After mother died I
was adopted by the Knights, and, al- '
though I waaearniug a support as music
teaoher in the Baysville Academy, I j'
was like one of the family when I was ;
in my good landlady's home.'
They were all in good positions, but |.
by no means an aristocratic family, j
John, the eldest son, was in New York j1
n a wholesale sugar house ; Tom was
the night watchman of the Baysville
Bank building, and grandpa?we all
call him grandpa?was telegraph operator
of the town, while Mary was a 1
milliner arirl Tlnllir of ffa a I
sending and receiving messages.
BayBvillo Bank bail ding was a large ;
granite structure, containing the post- j i
office aad the bank on- the first floor,
the telegraph office and a number of :
private law offices on the second floor, i:
and other private offices on the third j
floor.' In the basement were post-office '
rooms for sorting the mail, and also the j!
large bank vault.
I knew the building well, for I was
fond of telegraphing, and spent half my
"leisure tune perched up beside grandpa,
while he slept peacefully or read the
newspapers.
And that was the beginning of my ;
' amusement at Dryden, the next station.
The operator at Dryden was a wit, and
' flashea nonsense at our office when busi- i
ness was dull. It fell flat when grandpa j
was in the office, but if I were there I j
sent back jest for jest, and sometimes an
hour slipped by like a minute as we
talked over the wires of every topic un/1.?r
fcko ann TT<? / alio.'! "himnolf T.-irm "
and I, for nonsense, signed myself;
"Elephant," laughing as I did so at the i1
reflection of my tiny fingers in the office !1
* mirror. J
Beyond Dryden, and only five miles
from Baysville, was C , a large com- !
mercial town, the nearest railway station, |1
and where an office was always open for i
the accommodation of travellers. ]
As I have said, Tom Knight was the
night watchman of Baysville Bank 11
building, and a lonely time he had of it. j'
The last mail came by stage at four o' j j
clock in the afternoon, and the post- '
office*",was' vacated at six. The bank 1
closed at three, and by six o'clock every !
office was deserted for the night.
At seven Tom was on duty,and grand- 1
pa, wno was restless at, nignt, was in i
the habit of taking down some coffee 1
and luncheon, as the "building was only
a stone's throw from the house.
On the December night I have already
mentioned, it had stormed heavily all
day, and I had taken a new class at the
Academy, coming home later in the day
than usual, and excited over my increase
in salary.
Everybody else had gone to bed, and
I was lingering over the kitchen fire
with Mrs. Knight, dreading the plunge
into my oold room, where I had allowed
the fire to go out.
The clock str u ck twelve, on tf rs
Knight, lifting her face from over the
fire, said:
"Do call grandpa, Olive; he's asleep
on the sofa in the sitting-room. I'll
have Tom's basket ready by the time
grandpa has his hat and coat on. I hate
to call him, for he was complaining of
rheumatism all day, and the ground is
very wet, although the storm is over."
44 Let him sleep," I said; 44I'll run
over with the basket. It is but a
step." ~ '
44 Bat it is so dark; are you not
afraid ?"
44 Not a bit; I'll slip on my waterproof
and rubbers, and draw the hood of my
cloak over my head."
44 Well, if you will, though I am
afraid Tom will scold at my letting you
g?-" .... k ~ f ~
44 111 put down the basket and run,
and he will never know who left it"
44 Go into the rear basement door; he
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leaves tutuu^nu iw (jmuuw,
" I know."
I grasped: the handle of the basket, !
aud hurried across the space between f
the building and the house, and stole
softly in at the basement door, in pur- t
suanoe of my plan to drop the basket t
and run. ' 1
In my rubber shoes my steps were c
noiseless, and I had scarcely passed the j
threshhold when I stood rooted to the f
floor in terrible um^zement. 1
Somebody was talking. ?
I crept forwiird aud listened. There t
was a msu in tUe vault, and & light a
phone nnder the door. I
While'x. listened, some one said: r
"There in a confounded draft here; ]
did yon shut the door, Smith T' t
" Yes, but the wind might have blown t
it open." o
I had just time to dart under the stair- a
case and crouch down, when thadoor of t
the vault opei-od and a man came out. r
He crossed the entry, drew two p
heavy, noi^y bolts, fastened the door by ii
which I had entered, and returned ii
without eldaing the vault door. d
I oould look in by the dim light and ?
see two moc working at the Mfe locks k
?_?
yj the stream of light thrown from a
lark lantern.
There-was the outline of a man bound
ind gagged upon the floor, but I could
mlj conjecture that it was Tom, for I
jould not see distinctly.
Tiiera I was nicely caged, for it would
je impossible for me to draw those
leavy bolts without attracting notice,
ind the bank being robbed, that
vas evident. How could I prevent
t? I could not get out; I could
iot reach Tom. Suddenly I reremembered
the telegraph office on the
second floor. If I could summon help
from C. it was only five miles, and
:here was a long job for the burglars
before they could open the safe.
I could creep around the staircase!
[f one of those busy men turned his
bead I was lost. I crept softly on all
fours, slowly, watchfully, and gained
the stairs. Up I darted, blessing my
India rubber shoes, till I gained the
[loor of the telegraph office. All was
dark there and I dared not strike a
match.
I listened, and then leaving the dooi
open, groped my way to the well-known
desk and gave the signal for 0. .
T rould hear mv heart throb as I waited
for the answer." It oame! Still working
in the dark, and sent this message:
"Burglars in the Baysville Bant
vault! Watchman gagged and bound-1
Can you send help ?"
Agaiu the agony of suspense in list'
enin^, but at last the sound reached me;
"Will send help immediately."
I crept to the head of the staircase,
afraid the clear ring of the instrumenl
had been heard in the vault, but no on?
came xip stairs. The -windows of the
telegraph office faccd the street, so ]
returned, bolted myself in safely and
sat down to watoh. ' The
town clock gave one resonanl
stroke, breaking the deep silence, am
no signs .of life -ware visible ia-ihe-lonj
stretch <">f road leading to C . I was
numb with cold, wishing heartily that ]
had not left Tom's basket under th(
staircase, thinking regretfully of mj
own cozy bed, when I heard afar off th<
sound of horses feet.
No sister Anne, in Bluebeard's tower,
was ever more watchful than I was then.
Would the burglars take the alarm ?
The building made a corner of two
streets, and I saw eight mounted mer
aasn up me roaa, eeparare, aim wzjiu
four dismounted in front, four went t<
the rear.
The burglars were unprepared for thif
flank movement, for while the police ii
front were thundering at the main en
trance, the robbers rushed to the reai
basement door right into the arms of th<
police stationed there.
I could hear the hubbub, pistol shoti
fired the scuffle of feet, cries, oathB,
and general confusion ; and I slippec
down stairs and out of the now deeertei
main entrance and ran home.
Everybody was in bed, and I went t<
my room and had a good crying spell
and comforted my half frbzen body ii
double blankets, where 1 soon fel
asleep.
All this was on Friday night, and 1
had no teaching to do until Monday, s(
slept late, but ooming down, I found al
the family prepared to make a heroine
of me.
"I never knew until mother told m?
this morning," said Tom, that it wasn'l
^lauupa ovuw "iv
C By Jove, Olive, you're spunky,
if you are little.
'I gave up when four of them pounced
on me from one of the upper rooms.
They must have got in during the daj
and hid there."
I tried to make the Knights' promise
Qot to tell my adventure, but could not.
Before night all Baysville knew hov
Olive Hudson caught the burglars. ]
was in the office with grandpa, wher
over the wires came this message:
"What does Olive Hudson look like'
Everybody in Dryden is talking of hei
great exploit.'*
I flashed back:
'What do you suppose such a womar
would look like? She is nearly six fee]
tall, broad-shouldered, and loud-voiced'
a perfect Elephant."
"Was it really yourself, Elephant."
"Dear Lien, it was."
"Do you know, I want to see you. ]
am going to New York to-day, but I'l
be back next spring."
If he came to Baysville he did not set
me. I ran away in a fit of shyness.
tn q vnnrifii^nl fhrnry hftnnan.
ed. My mother's brother, -who had beer
seventeen years?nearly all my lifetime
?in Cuba, came out to New York, fount
me out, and took me into a life of ease
and luxury, making me pet in his splen
did house. He was a bachelor, ove:
fifty years of age, handsome and wel
informed, and with large wealth.
He introduced me to old friends o
his, and my circle of acquaintance
widened every day. I was entirely hap
py, for we loved each other well.
One day Uncle George brought home
to dinner a stranger, who he introduced
as:
"Theson o! my old friend, Olive,
Mr. Roberts."
I made myself agreeable, as in dutj
bound, to Mr. Roberts, a man of thirty
or thereabouts, with a face that was
downright ugly, but pleasant from tht
expression of frank good humor and intelligence
upon it. We talked of everything,
and I was surprised at the congeniality
of taste we soon discovered. In
in animated discussion of heroines, Mr.
D i ?i% * ? in f A I I mnla i
Ltuucxin, luxuui^ iv uuv/iu ucui^o, oaiu,
"You were kindly inquiring this
Horning about my fortune since father
lied, but I did not tell you one little
episode. Before I was fortunate enough
io obtain my present lucrative situation,
[ was for a time telegraph operator in a
small place called Dryden, and then I
ieard of a real heroine, of whom the
ivorld will probably never hear."
I knew what was coming, but kept
ny face perfectly composed to listen.
P7hen the story was finished, giving
Uncle George a sly pinch to keep him
juiet, I said:
" What kind of a looking person was
he wonderful heroine ?"
" I never saw her, for although Bays
rille was the next village to Dryden, I
lever went there. But she was described
omeaa tall, strong and masculine."
"In short, my dear X^on," I said gravey,
" she was a perfeot Elephant."
Such a stare as greeted me I am cerain
never came upon Leo Robert's face
>efore or since that hour. His eyes
iilated till I thought they would pop
>ut of his dear, ugly face, and his mouth
>pened in utter amazement. Finally
le remembered his manners, and
jasped:
"Pardonme, I?was it really you?"
"Uncle George," I said, "will you
De kind enough to introduce me propery
to Mr. Roberts ? I believe he thinks
pour niece must bear your name."
With a flourish, Uncle George arose
lud gravely introduced:
11 Mr. Leo Robertn, Miss Olive HudIon;
Miss Hudson, Mr. Roberts."
After that .we could not certainly be
Grangers, and Mr. Roberts came often
o dine with Uncle (Jeorge.
And on* day there was a wedding,
vhere the bride was very small, buried
n laoe and orange blossoms, and the
jridegroom was ugly and good natured;
jut it was a true love match, a fit endng
for the flirtation oemmenced at Drylen
and Baysville, "Over the Wires."
*. ; . ,....
"* A Dangerous Barge.
An exceedingly interesting barge went
ip the Red River of the North & short
ime since, and the settlers along the
>anks think that if such navigation is to
:ontinue they will move, in order to
jrevent moving more rapidly than comort
and: safety requires. The barge
lad on board 12,000 pounds of nitroJycerixie,
-1,000 pounds of dynamite,
nd 14,500 pounds of Volney powder,
tlong with a large and valuable lot of
>atteries, wire, water-proof fuse, and
ubber .tubing for blasting purposes,
life peopto, as this boat passed along, berayed
no vulgar curiosity about the mater,
and did not interfere with the boat,
or offer any suggestions as to its mangement.
They merely retreated to the
ackwoods in a dignified manner, and
espectfully waited until it passed. Hap?ily
the barge struok on no rocks dur
ag its voyage, and so Manitoba is still
a its old position. The happiest resients
along the Bed Biver at that time
rere those who didn't know it was
>aa?a?fret jttvm.
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TIMELY TOPICS.
It appears by a recent report that
88,000 children are employed in faotories
in Germany.
The English amatenr athletes are
much heavier than those of the last generation,
a difference -which iB supposed
to be caused by the inoreased consumption
of meat. * *
The building of the Bartholdi statue
for New York harbor is going on steadily
ill Paris. Nearly all the money required
is in the treasurer's hands,and the figure
will be completed long before 1881.
A boy in the Ohio house of refuge,
out short at dinner by the guard's command,
"Attention," hastily tossed a
chunk of beef into his mouth, and tried
to swallow it; but it was too big to go
down, and lie choked to death.
I
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Two tramps slept one night last winI
ter in a-' lime' kiln near Baltimore, and
were stupefied by the fumes. One died,
and the other Was burned bo badly that
' he lost an arm. The kiln was, however,
. so comfortable a lodging place that the
survivor tried it again, on a recent night,
and was found dead in the morning.
| A Naples paper has the following par'
agraph: "Nicolo Corridi, of Corfu, furnishes
ih twenty-fou* hours a complete
' comedy; in forty-eight hours, a tragedy or
the libretto of an opera; in seventy-two
hours, an entire poem, in stanzas of six
: . verses, with the- exclusion of any parII
-tieular letter or" letters of the alpha!
bet-" - .
[ When distant objects appear to be un1
usually near rain may be looked for,
because when the air has nearly reached
i saturation there is a cessation of those
1 vapor movements by which the air is
f rendered in some degree obscure. Sir
' Isaac Newton observed that the stars
^ seemed nearer and better adapted for
) .observation in the clear intervals of
r 'rain, or between showers, than at any
5 other time.
' "Last year," says the Iron, "the output
of coal in Great Britain-and Ireland
was 132,000,000 tons. A cubic mile is
equal to 147,198,000,000 cubic feet, and
allowing 29i cubic feet of coal in the
solid to weigh a ton, we have 5,000,U00,000
tons of coal in a cubic mile, and this
is a greater weight than has yet been
raised in the British Islands. According
to the modt trustworthy statistics,
" the end of 1878 will just complete the
' first cubic mile of coal, exclusive -of
3 waste in mining.
? Afr lSanuin Vxiq oar-in/i ?nt ft nnrioa ftf
successful experiments to test the question
whether carnivorous plants really
benefit by the insects they capture and
kill. About two hundred. plants of
Drosera rotundifolia were cultivated in
plates during most of last summer. Onehalf
of them were regularly fed with
roast meat, and the other were left to
care for themselves. At the end of the
season it was found that the plants
which had been supplied with meat
weighed 21.5 pier cent, more than the
others, and that their flower-stems,
seeds- and capsules were 2} times
heavier, and the seeds weighed f times
more than the unfed ones. This seems
conclusive that the plants do assimilate
the insects that they capture, and that
this variety of vegetables can be regularly
fattened for the market.
Fashion Notes.
Guipure sacques will be worn with
ui 1. *n.~
uiaca.
\ Chenille bourette grenadine is some[
thing new anil stylish.
i Children's dresses are being made
longer by an inch or two.
The Iceland floss is mnoh nsed for
crocheting shawls and sacques.
Reticules are'now carried on the arms
of young ladies, as in the olden times.
t For seoond mourning gloves are
stitched across the back with lilac or
' gray.
"Modesty, rare, delicate and lasting"
is the name and the claim of a new per[
fume.
1 Princesse dresses are shirred in the
front, and trimmed with passemen5
teries.
Basques are made with long tabs at
" the back. Some are tastefully, trimmed
1 with lace, j ti; a, ; 1 .. i
i r Old-fauaioned French calico is aeain
1 - ' J- -V - !. i.L ! ? .
5 | popular, Tine iavonte pattern Derng me
palm ,leaf./; , i -. i / ' < '
r Menu cards with colored bows of
1 ritiboh .tied inlthe corner are among the
novelUes.. . * , 9.,
f Short dresses are so much favored
3 that train dresses are made only for
- house wear. - The
favorite flowers for the hand5
painted hats are bluelts, forget-me-nots
1 and poppies. u
7 Home made trimmings are much used
> for ladies' lingerie. It is more durable
than the Hamburg.
[ Ndw combs for the back hair are no
longer high and towering, but show
merely a single row of jet, silver or pearl
beada, that fit closely around the front
of the coil or the puffs that are now
worn far forward on the hair.
French ladies deeorate black parasols
with loops and ends of double-faced rib.
bon set around Lhe edges in eight or ten
J different oolors, and floating bows and
. ends on top and on the handle. Lace is
, not put on as a raffle, but "applique
as a bordering, and embroidery on net
and gauze is also used.
A Boy's History Composition.
Henry YI. died one day with great
success. Ho left three ohildren who did
i not care to go with him. Their names
were Marv, Elizabeth and Edward. The
last was the 'Ed of the family. He was
a boy. His sisters were not. Their
father also left a.WilL His will was
stronger than all his children. By will
Earl Hertford was to boss the State
while Edward was young. He was only
ten years young. Hertford loved the
glass so well he became a tumbler, and
was called the Duke of Summerset. He
wantea tne lung to tane tne yneen (01
Scotland), but the trick was lost because
the Scotch refused to assist. The Duke
was called the Protector because he protected
his own family and put everybody
else away in the Tower. The border
men of England and Scotland were those
who boarded on the frontier and bored
each other almost to death; so they had
a fight about Edward marrying their
queen. The English attacked them by
water, which they couldn't stand. History
say that the Scotch loss was ten
thousand and the English two hundred, i
History lies, probably. The govern- ;
ment told the people what to believe, i
If they did as they were told, they must i
pay taxes for their belief. If they i
didn't do so, they were roasted. Things j
were red hot. Somebody told .stories (
about the Protector and so he was taken
to the Tower and had his bead chopped \
off. It was not much of a head, -but he
hated to part with it. Then there was a i
rising "of the common people, but they i
did not know what for. Most of them
got raiBed on to trees with ropes around j
their necks. Some very fut men were
burned, thus making; light of their com- 1
plaint#,^ Nowl gueas ifris time for the 1
little king to die. He was only sixteen
when he gave up the crown and the .
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gUUDb. iiUglrtiiU 1? LIUU yeb UULLtJ, BU ?
cannot finish the history yet. i
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Deatf-Let.er Office Facts. j
There are 4,000,000 dead letters re- <
ceived annually at the dead letter office. <
Three hundred thousand without J
&tarrffc& v"\'fT7 V ' ; \ ?
Fifty .thousand partially addressed. I
Six thousand, ho address. t
One and a-half million of money <
orders and drafts of money value. I
Forty-five thousand packages contain- j
ing property. t
Forty thousand dollars in money, <
nine-tenths of which is returned,?the i
balance remaining in the treasury, subject
to application for four years. '
Fifteen thousand photographs. t
Onfc-quarter of a million European c
letters are returned unopened.
One-tenth of all letters received eon- i
tain property. i
Ten thousand applications for letters 1
reported lost; the great proportion t
found and delivered. t
TALLEST PUR IN TB*S WORLD.
Captain and Mr?. Batea?How They LIt?<
ianrt Other ilnterestlnc Particular*.
In the St. Paul (Minn.) Press is found
an interview with the two largest people
in the world, which, for the pecul?
larity of the details and the vividness
with which they are given, is quite interesting
:
Captain Martin Van JBuren Bates was
born in Whitesburg, Letcher county,
Ky., November 9, 1846. He ia sever
feet eleven and one-half inches in
height and weighs 478 pounds. Hit
father was about six feet tall and hiE
mother was a.lady of ordinary stature.
He was the youngest of twelve children,
seven boys and five girls, and the tallest
of his family, except himself, was t
brother who waB killed at Yicksburf
daring the war, and who was six feel
and two inches in height. No cases ol
extraordinary size have ever been knowi
m any of hiB ancestors, and his extraor
dinary development roust be viewe<
simply as a freak of nature, as it canno
be accounted for on any scientifii
grounds.
Nature, as usual, did not propose t<
do things by halves, and in 1849 Misi
Anna H. Swan was born in Oolcheste:
county, Nova Sootia, and, as the seque
shows, she was intended as companioi
for the big boy. Her parents weri
rather small-sized people, her fathe:
being but five feet and four inches ii
height and weighing 145 pounds, wliiL
the mother was five feet and two inchei
and weighed 110 pounds when in robus
health. She had three brothers ant
five sisters, all of ordinary size, and n<
other case of remarkable growth ha
ever been known among her progeni
tors. Mrs. Bates was as tall as he:
mother when six years, of age, but sb
continued to shoot upward until to-da^
she is exactly the same height as he
husband, seven feet and eleven and one
half inches, her weight being 41c
pounds.
Both the lady and gentleman are per
fectly proportioned, every member cor
responding and aiding to produce a sym
metrical but colossal figure. When th
reporter called Mrs. Bates, who is an ei
ceedingly fine-looking lady, was dresse<
in a handsome blue silk, cut in the mos
fashionable style, with bands of delicat
white lace at the throat and wrists. Sh
wore a quantity of very elegant jewelr
and her hair was dressed high, thu
molrinor Vior arirvonr fftl 1 AT thftn llflr fitatp
ly lord.
Captain Bates is a perfect Apollo i
figure and quite a Chesterfield in man
ners. He has a frank, pleasant face
giving clear indication of the massiv
heart within him. His garments ar
all of the latest style and fit perfectly
He affects only a neatly waxed mu?
tache, his broad cheeks giving evidenc
of a close intimacy with a keen razor.
Captain and Mrs. Bates are people c
more than ordinary intelligence, an
show that they have improved, the op
portunities they have had for acquirin
information of people and places durin
their extended travels.
r >V Do you think you. have- -stoppe
growing, captain ?" asked the reportei
Captain?Well, I hope I have. I hav
reached the height of my ambition an
have got things pretty well fixed to er
jov life as I am now.
^Reporter?Were you brought up t
any business ?
uaptam?i am a tnorougn grangei
I was brought up on a farm and now
own one myself at Seville, Medina conn
ty, Ohio. I have 161 acres in fine shap
and take great pride in it.
j -Reporter?You have a giant's caatl
on it ?- '
,r; Captain?Yes, we have a pretty gooi
.house; the lower story is twelve an
one-half feet in height and the uppe
one twelve feet; our doorways are eigh
and one-half feet high, while ordinaril;
they are seldom over six and one-half.
Reporter?Of course your furnitur
compares with the building ?
Captain?In every room we have chair
for my. wife and myself, but of cours
we have ordinary furniture for our friend
and servants. Our own furniture wa
made expressly for us by Herndon, o
Cleveland. The bedstead is eight fee
and four inches long and five feet si
inches in width. The chairs, bureau
waslistands, and in fact everything, cor
responds. /We experienced a good dea
of inconvenience when traveling on ac
count of the diminutive size of the ordi
nary furniture. I took a fancy to
spring bed, and had one made at Hart
ford. It is a big thing.
Reporter?Where you have been sine
you left the farm ?
Captain?I served in the Fifth Ken
tuoky infantry during the war. Confed
erate, you know; but I was in one of th
bravest brigades thtf world ever saw
Since then I have been amusing mysel
mostly by traveling about looking a
little men and women.
Reporter?The ready-made good
afywAa nrn r\f Knf. lifflft noo f/i TT/"m /ton
tain.
Captain?Not a bit. There is not i
single garment or article I use but wha
has to be made especially for me. M;
boots are about No. 17, and are mad'
for me by a man in Sevillo. My hat
are nearly a nine, my collars twenty-fiv
inches, and I guess if my gloves wen
gauged they would run up to at leas
fourteen. I have the most trouble wit!
my clothes -my trousers, in fact. Yoi
see the doth is made narrow, and whili
it is all right for men of ordinary size, 1
pair ujl puiiu* xur mo vullduxllgb au irn
mense quantity unless the nap runs botl
ways. My wife says it takes just abou
three times as much cloth for my clothei
as for men ?f the usual size.
Reporter?Oaptain, does your strengtl
correspond with your size ?
Captain?I think it would if I devel
oped it. I have raised 1,412 pounds
square lift, which looks small beside th<
2,800 pounds lift of Winship, but yot
know he did that in harness. I have al
ways feared r training myself, and henc<
have never made any great efforts. Ii
my present course of life of course I de
veiop no muscle.
Reporter?Did you ever hear of anj
person so large as yourself ?
Captain?No, sir. I am satisfied thai
I am the biggest man in the world, anc
probably as large as ever was born. J
have devoted much time to studying the
subject, and I am satisfied that there
never existed a raco of giants, as it
claimed. There iB actually nothing tc
corroborate the theory. They claim
that men of gigantic stature are vouched
for by the Bible. I claim that we know
nsthing of their base of measurement,
and that the standajd has inorcased since
those times, bo tbat a cubit might have
been a very small measure of length.
Reporter?Mrs. Bates, I presume that
your large family enjoys good health ?
Mrs. Bates?Excellent; -we are never
aick, except perhaps, \nfch slight colds,
like the due 1 how have. Your spring
seems cold to m'ti, but I understand that
this is exceptional weather, and I am determined
to visit Minnesota some time
in the summer and see all the beauties
of the great country.
Reporter?I presume that you are the
tallest lady in the world.
Mrs. Bates?While we were abroad
hVifi most eminent nhvsicians and s?ien
tists assured me that there was never
Defore a lady within eighteen inches of
iny height. '
Reporter?Excuse my inquieitivenes6,
bnt how many yards of silk are there in
Lhe dress you wear ?
Mrs. Bates?Well, this is rather scant
?there are only sixty-five yards in it.
My full evening reception dresses require
eighty yards of material.
The reporter did not become too ininquisitive,
but he saw the tiny tip of a
Iross boot peepin, from under her skirt,
md mentally decided it was about a
narrow " twelve."
Of their wedding and presentation to
the queen, the gentleman and lady gave
i very interesting account The wediing
took place on June 17 at St. Margin's
Church, Trafalgar square, London,
is a bridal tour they visited the Star
ind Garter Hotel, a few milts from the
jity, and passed two days in that fashonablo
and expensive retreat.
"Itis a fine place," said the captain.
'Our bill was over ?17 and was as long
is my arm, every incidental being put
lown. I have it framed at home."
On returning to London they found
in order from the queeu awaiting them,
-equiring them to present themselves at
Buckingham Palace at one o'clock on
he 21st. They had previously appeared
>efore the Prinoe of Wales and the i
members of the Masonio Lodge, of g
which he is a member, and it is probable
that he had arouBed his mother's
curiosity by his description of them. ,
At the appointed " time they were to]
graciously reoeived, there being present 0h
the Princesses Louise and Beatrice and pa
Princes Arthur and Leopold, besidea
lords and ladies. The queen was somewhat
reserved, but asked them how they dg
liked the country and government com-' re
pared to those of America. She made oi?
them both bridal gifts, the captain re- fo:
ceiving a massive gold striking watch, m'
the case weighing nine ounces and the ffi.
entire watch over a pound, while, with '
the immense neck chain, the whole ft
, weight is over three pounds. The se
t bride was presented with a splendid ^
i diamond cluster ring, containing seven ^
5 large white jewels. pt
t Reporter?How did you enjoy the fv
[ interview, captain ? * tb
i CaDtain?I was thinkiner all of the
time liow I was to get out, as I had been q
1 told that I must back out bowing.' But wj
b we were much relieved when the queen
J arose and passed out of a side door with rc
a gracious nod. We were invited twice pi
) afterward, when the queen evidently cc
3 desired to exhibit us to some of her re- ^
r lations, and she was then .very cordial.
1 The reporter suggested that every- it
i thing would have to move on a grander
a scale in the world if there was to be a q
r race of giants such as they. pi
i "Yes," responded the captain, "if! si
8 But?"
3 P
J1 Horse Stealing in the West., w
The Kansas Oity (Mo.) Times says a'
During the past ten or twelve years
horse stealing upon the Western border e]
* or along the State line of Iowa, Ne- ?
braska, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas
has been a lucrative business. Thou- ri
sands of fine horses have been stolen 0
and run out of reach, and comparatively ?
j few of the thieves have been arrested. m
Within the last eight months the num- $
ber of horses reported stolen at police
~ headquarters, in Kansas Oity, was 368. le
] The thefts reported were divided among tl
' the four border States in the Mississip- ?
pi Valley as follows: Horses reported
j stolen in Kansas, 157; in Missouri, 140}
. in Iowa, fifty; in Nebraska, twenty-one; jt
? i-i-i n/>ft mi. t i
lotai, ooo. xnie numoer umy muiuuet) i<
6 thoBe advertised by their owners, and j"
whose cards reached the Kansas City ?
^ polioe station. It is presumable that ^
this estimate does not cover more than $
one-half of the number stolen during the ol
last eight months in the Missouri Valley 11
Q and the adjacent country, jr is not un"
reasonable to estimate the losses of the ?
'* owners at $80,000 in the four States p
6 bordering on the Missouri river. The a
8 favorite mode of running out horses is n
* thus described: Two of the gang enter
l" a settlement where there are good horses,
e and hire themselves out as farm hands. &
, By this means they learn the habits of ?
, the owners, and the location of the coveted
horses. Within a few days after w
K they leave a place or a neighborhood a ^
^ raid is made upon the stable, and the 8
? eov&ted horse disappears. The thieves e
, run their stock over lines seldom travel- fl
, ed, and as the gang is very large the ?
' same men seldom go more than one or a
? two stages before changing horses, and n
return to the neighborhood of the theft B
l" and take notes and Bpread false reports ?
to mislead pursuit. One instance is re- ?
0 lated of a horse stolen in Fremont g
countv. Iowa, passing through nineteen p
Z hands, all of them members of the gang,
before it was sold in Sherman, Texas. (
l" In some places in Western Missouri, *
e Arkansas and Iowa, and in Eastern c
Kansas, there are farms kept open for "
6 the especial benefit of the gang. These v
. are generally in quiet, remote districts, ii
1 far from the main road, where horses n
can be fed, doctored, and disguised for
* a safe sale. Notwithstanding the zeal &
with which Western farmers endeavor 1
y to suppress them, the number of horse
thieves is constantly on the increase. 1(
e Of the 157 horses stolen in Kansas, *
more than 100 were stolen by boys under a
B twenty-three years of age. Of the 140 *
6 horses stolen within the last eight o
0 months in Western Missouri, more than c
? two-thirds of the number were stolen by ?
f young men. But older men do the conifc
cealing and trading. The records of the 7
x past year show that more than half of
l? the horse thieves caught in this region j
" were men of mature age. A liberal esti- b
mate of the number of stolen horses re P
turned in this region is one out of two. 11
!_ 5
a 1
r An Elegant Trousseau. '
Miss Terry, who was married recently d
6 in New York, to Baron Blanc, the Ital- ?
ian minister to the United States, was j
abundantly supplied with clothes, as
l* will be seen by the following list of f
6 linen: j
' There were four dozen sets of lingerie, g
* covered with lace and embroidery. The
' wedding set is of fine batiste, trimmed ^
withValenciennes lace and puffs of batiste v
9 picked out, with bows of pale pink and ?
~ blue ribbon. Inoluded in the set are a
four skirts and a morning wrapper, fin- b
* ished with bows of white gros-grain c
ribbon. There are also six seta of fou- ?
y lard silk; in delicate shades of pink and j
0 blue, trimmed with Torchon and Valen- t<
8 ciennes lace. One morning wrapper is" P
0 of cream-oolored matelasae, with a doep 0
3 yoke in front and a Watteau plait be- *
* hind. A. jabot of Valenciennes lace and w
1 loops of cream-colored ribbon ornament
1 it. The entire length of the front is n
3 closed with silver balls. Another ia of
1 pearl-gray cashmere, cut princesse
" style and with a trail of narrow knife fl
J plaitings of self-colored silk. The trail b
4 is finished with pearl-gray fringe. Two
a -At 1 if- j a'
- ucnera are 01 maeim ullu r tuuiumitiB ia\x> c{
combined. There are two dozen lace 0:
1 handkerchiefs, one richly embroidered, ai
There are six dozen plainer handker"
chiefs, four dozen pairs of silk stock- P
? ings, and a full set of household linen, ?
5 including four dozen table-cloths, each
1 with two dozen dinner napkins and six ii
" dozen fringed tea napkins to match; a]
3 seven dozen embroidered face towels, ^
1 any number of sheets, pillow-cases, ?
" shams, etc., six dozen aprons and caps f,
for cooks, six dozen aprons for waiters, ?
7 and six dozen each of kitchen table- A
CJOtns ana coweiB, ana cup anu mate
f towels. Slippers of satin, embroidered a<
f with the baron's coronet and the baron- h|
ess's monogram in gold, accompany each tl
5 toilette. There is also a covet let of ai
1 cream-colored satin, heavily embroider- E
! ed in wood colors and gold, with the 8|
' baroness's monogram, embroidered in
large letters in the centre, and above it ?
; the baronial ooronet in oolors to represent
rubies, emeralds and paarls. There ^
is a pillow cover to match, and both are yj
1 lined with cream colored satin and fin- w.
1 ished with heavy fringe in colors to
match the embroidery. On every piece d?
1 is embroidered the same monogram and ci
ooronet. - Tl
DAmAwlrnklA UAI OHAH
Mvmui^uiuic ucii'fivmiiwvui
Two novel kinds of incendiarism lately th
appeared in Rome. Two or three weeks h<
ago the Royal Carbineers at Porta del ch
Popolo were attraoted by an unusnal ^
light which appeared on the road ontside 1]f
the walls leading from the Porta del Ti
Popolo in the direction of the ancient th
Porta Pinciana. On drawing toward
the scene of the illnmination they heard
cries of " Vittoria ! Evviva !" and found ^
that both the light aud the cries pro- Bj,
ceeded from a man who was enveloped w
in flames. Before they could extinguish
the flames the man was reduced to oar- wi
bon before their eyes. He had soaked la>
his garments in petroleum and set tire to glc
himself. A box of matches and an afj
empty petroleum flask lay near him, m<
and his hat, which had mourning crape Ha
round it, was hung on the adjoining
hedge. His features were horribly dis- ^
figured. The gentleman who thus com. ftr|
mitted sei[-cremation ffas a vice-secre, bo
tnry in the office of the minister of war- mi
He was a good intelligent public servant- ]
and was noted for his steadiness and
diligence He was nninarried, and
somewhat taciturn and gloomy at times, r0j
but gave no indications of insanity. wo
The other instance of incendiarism tio
was the burning of the marriage notices ?n
which hung up in frames under the
portico of the palace of the conservators,
at the capitol. The motive for this burn- of
ing was set down as jealousy. The mc
burning had no effect in delaying the
marriages, many of which have been Fn
celebrated between members of the aris- bo<
tooracy. iD(
? . i
There are United States posti^ ^
stamps of the denomination of $36 and Ge
$83. ur<
V .
UMMARY OF NEWS.
Eastern and Middle States.
rhe Greenback party of Maine met at Lewiaa
and organized by electing Solon Chase
&irman. Joseph Smith was nominated the
rty's candidato for governor. The platform
opted favors the abolition of all bank issues.
96 and unlimited gold and allver coinage, fall
sal-tender paper money receivable for all
bjj, legislation togecqre.e&ch man the Just
ward of hiB own labor, reduotion of offltl
salaries, abolishment of imprisonmenent
r debts; denounces the "red flag of Gomonism
" and the contraction policy.
The N&tion&l Greenback party of New York
fet in convention at Auburn and effected a
irmanent organization, headed by 0. J.
acker, of Chenango connty, as president. A
ries of resolutions was adopted declaring
e .greenback dollar muBtbea, full legal tender
r all debts, favoring the calling in of all
nited States bonds and their payment,
incipal and interest, by greenbacks, opposing
Tther iosrne of bonds,demanding the repeal of
ie resumption act and the national banking
it. lavonng the establishment of national and
;ato labor bureaus, and declaring that the
reenback party does not recognize or affiliate
ith any secret or questionable organization.
On the first day that the new elevated railiad
in New York was thrown open to the
lblic, thousands availed themselves of the
invenience of rapid transit and the cars were
owded to their utmost capacity. Thcs begins
ie new era of railroad traveling in New York.
The New Hampshire legislature has begun
s annual session.
A fire in the largo soap and candle factory of
olgato it Co., Jersey City, N. J., destroyed
roperty to the amount of about $300,000 ; inired.
By the capsizing of a yacht off Duxbury
oint, near 'Plymouth, Mass., Henry 8. Holmes,
is young son, Arthur, and David Brown, Jr.,
ere drowned. Four others clung to the boat
nd were rescued. *
The steam engine in the sawmill of H. Peney,
Holland, Vermont, exploded, driving the
agineer through the side of the building and
piously scalding a boy and man.
The Treat A Lang mill at Bath, Me., was deToyed
by fire, causing a loss of $125,000 ; al
Id Town, Me., the Veazie mills were burned
own and a logs of $75,000 incurred, and al
ifibon, N. H., Bean <k Atwood'a steam mill
iccumbed to the flames, the loss being
10,000. - : . v.
William A. and A. W. Andrews, brothers,
>ft Boston for Havre, France, in the Nautilus
ie smallest vessel that ever attompted tc
088 tho ocean. The craft is nineteen feel
?o incheBloog; f .<*? j f
aelphia, aont a letter"to a local mitriaferr stat
ig that ho was oat of work, could not obtaii
>od for his family and was about to commi
aioide. Opon breaking into the house Mrs
feistlack and her two ohildren, aged elevei
od nine years, were found dead suffocated b?
tiloroform. A note from the mother, found ii
w - house, indicated that she had killed th<
hildren and then herself. The father coulc
btbfc found. ' ' ' i!
While a social party was in progress at th<
onse of Mrs. Kelly, at Newkirk and Merr
treets, Philadelphia, the first floor gave way an<
recipitated thirty or forty ohildren to th<
allar. 'A few of the ohildren were hurt, ba
one dangerously. .. , (
Weitarn and South61 n States.
i-i m A-?^ ik.i it*;
JL/itfp&umea lruui vicjjuu iuuiuow um? w<
lection in that State had resulted in a Demo
ratio legislature. Whi taker (Democrat) ii
iected to Congress.
The Indiana republicans held their conven
ion at Indianapolis and nominated a ticke
eaded by Isaac 8. Moore for secretary a
tate. The platform denounces' the Demo
ratio party, and says there can be no appea
rom the decimon of the Electoral commieaioi
icept by revolution; opposes further flnancia
gitation but favors currency of gold, silve:
nd greenbacks, and declares that the pape:
lonay should oe ^received for customs dues
teferring to President Hayes, the platforn
ays : ' 'We recognize in his personal integrity
s well aB in the general course of his adminis
ration, the guarantee that he will conduct thi
overnment ho a? to preserve the honor am
remote the happiness of the whole country.
The Michigan Greenbackers convened a
irand Rapids and nominated a ticket, witl
lenry S. Smith for governor at the head
lie platform adopted is in conformity with th<
mnciples of the party.
A monument to Andrew Johnson was un
eiled at Greenville, Tenn., in presence of i
irge assemblage and with appropriate cere
lonies.
William Dixon was hanged at Yicksburg
lisH., for the murder of a peddler name*
lachman.
The business center of Mount Sterling, Ky.
ias been destroyed by the flames. Estimate!
dbs, 150,000.
At Bayon Sara, La., five colored men wen
rrested on the charge of attempting to assas
inate Dr. Wil'iam B. Archer. As they wen
r> thA war to thft conrt honse thev were inter
eptod by a large [party of armed men, whi
verpowered the guard, took away the fivi
risoners and hanged them.
The Illinois Prohibitionists have held a con
ention and nominated a State ticket.
The hostile attitude of the Bannock tribe o
ndians iu Idaho has resulted in the mnrde
iy them of several whites. A feeling of alani
>revails among the settlers, many of whon
iave fled to protected points for safety. At i
loeting in Boise Ci'y the governor of th<
.'erritory was denounced for having furnishei
rms and ammunition to the Indiana. Thi
ause of the trouble seems to be widesprea<
issatisfaction among the Indians because o
lleged encroachments upon their reservations
lovernor Brayman has been removed by th<
'resident.
General John 0. Fromont has been nominate<
or governor of Arizona Territory, in place o
ohn P. Hoyt, who haa been I ranaferred to thi
overnorship of Idaho Territory.
Portions o{ Georgia, South Carolina an<
rirginia were visited by a terrible tornadi
rhich did great damage to houses, crops am
ther property. In the vicinity of Atlanta
ta., two boys were killed at a Sunday schoo
nd other* were more or less seriously injure<
y the buildings blowing down. In Columbii
ounty, Ga., the hailstones weighed from oni
} three pounds, killing oattle and hogs am
rAnlrina thrrtnch the flhfnele roofs of houaeB
'he town of Currytown, S. 0M was almos
Dtaily annihilated by the storm, a number o
ersOns losing their lives, whila cars wen
vertnrned, honBes blown down and crop
nd cattle destroyed. Tho aection of countr
arronnding Petersburg, Va., also sufferei
Bverely. "
Thomas WinanB, the great Baltimon loco
iotive builder, is dead at the age of fifty-nine
From Washington*
The secretary of the treasury has issued th<
fty-nirth call for the redemption of 5-21
onds of 1865?consols of 1865. The call i
jr $5,000,000, of which $2,500,000 are coupoi
ad $2,500,000 registered bonds. The prin
pal and interest will be paid at the treasur
a and after the 5th day of September next
ad the interest will cease on that day.
Senator Matthews has made a personal ex
lanation in the Senate regarding the corres
ondence between himself and Anderson, thi
rat witness in the presidential eleotion invea
gation. Mr. Matthews denies that he wai
i any way connected with the perpetration of
lleged frauds in the presidential election ii
ouisiana, or tnat ne maae any pronuseH ?
nderson in coDBideratioa of committing
auds, or that having knowledge of suet
auds committed by Anderson he need hii
matorial influence to procure a position foi
nderson. He demanded a committee of in
sstigation, and the demand was unanimously
jcorded him by the Senate.
Tho spcretary of war and General Shermai
ive had a consultation with reference to t
ireatened Indian war in Oregon and Dakota,
id have agreed that the outlook is serious,
stimates of the hostile Bannocks place theii
rength at three hundred warriore, and have
loson a strong place in the Lava Beds.
The President has approved the act entitled
An act to repeal the bankrupt law."
The Senate and House conference commit
ea having come to an agreement upon the
ashington monument bill, the monument
ill now be pushed rapidly to completion.
The consul at Canton .reports to the State
apartment that a terrible tornado in that
ty, on April 11, destroyed 10,000 lives and a
ist amount of property.
Foreign News.
At the first discharge of Nobiling's gun the
noperor of Germany received seven shots in
e right forearm and wrist, and five in the
>ad and face, but the principal portion of the
targe was stopped by the helmet, which ie
mpletely riddled. By the second discharge
i received about twenty shots in the left
>per arm and shoulder, and six in the neck.
ie folds of his thick military cloak deadened
o effects of this charge.
It is stated that the number of arrests in
'ussift, for disloyal utterances is increasing
ily, and that the Berlin criminal court has
ceived several letters threatening the assaslationofall
sovereigns if NobUm?, Emperor
illiam's assailant, is harshly treated.
Another terrible colliery explosion, attended
th large loss of life, has occurred in Engid,
at Haydock in Lancashire. The explo>n
shook the earth for miles around. The
st explorer descended the shaft five minutes
ter the explosion, and others followed. Ten
m were rescued alive, and were sent to the
rfaco, when one diel almost immediately,
d the othora suffered mucti from after-damp,
ght other men took refuge in a working of
a mine. Two hundred and thirty-two men
3 dead. The exolorers state that tney rouna
diob decapitated, reduced to shapeless
ihmh, and Home of tbem blown to pieces.
Prince Bismarck, acting in the name of Prus.,
has proposed the dissolution of the Koiehig
(German parliament). He claims that
a government needs further p^wern to take
jressive measures,and the pre&ent legislature
uld not grant them. Considerable commo
n exists throughout Germany, and numers
arrests are reported. A number of manu:turers
have threatened to discharge workin
who attend Socialistic meetings.
Franco and Italy have accepted the invitation
fan United States to an international
tnetary congress.
.''or using language considered disloyal to the
iperor William, seven persons in Berlin have
m sentenced to terms of rimprisonment vary5
from^eighteen months to five years.
Advices from Constantinople represent that
i Bulgarians throughout Jftoumelia are perorating
horrible atrocities on the Mussulmans,
neral Todleben baa ordered vigorous meas?s
of repression against the outlaws. Three
-- r.
Bulgarian* taken red-handed, wei? summarily
executed at Dedeagntch.
A violent shock df earthquake wu felt a*'
Lisbon, Spain, e v.
The early cessation of the Kaffir war in South
Africa is expected, the: chief of- one of the-'
principal insurrectionary trices having sent
word to the commander of the British force*1
that he is tired of fighting and vants to negotiate
for term* of peace. . -<
John A MacOahan, the celebrated war correspondent
for American and English newspapers,
died of fever at Constantinople the
otnerday. ' ? lim .<
B -jI:
OOMGSEWlONAi HCDUUKV. . ~ 1/
- 1 i,. i. i-. 1J? i??f
Senate..
Mr. CJhristianoy, of Michigan, submitted an
amendment to the pQst route, bill, restoring
the franking privilege to the President and
Vice-President of the United States, senators,
representatives and delegates in Congress,
secretary of the Senate ana olerk of the .House,
of Representatives, for all public businepp, and
it was rejected by.a vote of yeas 20, nays 20.
The amendment, after further discussion, was
amended fo as to allow all those named to send
throagh the maiis.(but not to receive) written
and printed communications not exceeding
two and one half ounces in weight. Agreed
to. The bill was then passed by 24 to 15. Ad
ournod. '
The death of Major McDonald, chief clerk
of the Senate was announced, and a resolution
was passed to pay the funeral expenses of
"'""" Hoi ?nd a. fnrhhfir ntim ecraal to three'
montha' pay, to be given to his heirs.;..The
bill giving any couutry the privilege of landing
, ocean cables on our shores on condition that
a similar privilege is granted to the United
States was passed....The army appropriation
bill was taken up, and Mr. Blaine explained
the changes made by the 8enate committee on
' appropriations, restoring the force to .25,000
men, striking out the reorganization clauses,
and otherwise' modifying the metaure.' The.
> amendment increasing the force was agreed to
by 39 to 19, and various other amendments
- reported by the committee. Adjourned.
' The committee on elections reported adverseI
ly on the bill authorizing the present legislature
of New Hampshire to choose a United
States senator.. .'.The committee on army ap;
propriations submitted a substitute for the
1 twenty-eighth Beotion providing for a joint
commission of three senators and four repreI
sentatives to report on the expediency of trana;
ferring the Indian bureau to the war department,
whioh was agreed to after a long discus.
sion. Adjoun^ed. ?- .
' Mr. Spencer, of Alabama, submitted a reao>
lotion calling for the appointment of a eom
mittee to investigate alleged frauds in the
Sresidential election of 1876, in the States of
outh Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Oregon'.
Alabama, Mississippi, or other States, ana all
the circumstances connected with the preei1
dential election. Laid over Messrs. Ed1
munds, of Vermont; Allison, of Iowa, Ingalls,
' of Eansas ; Hoar, of Massachusetts; Davis,
J of Illinois ; Whyte, of Maryland, and JoneB, of
' Florida, were appointed a commit,teo, nnaer
| the resolution offered by Ben&tor Matthews, to
( inquire as to the alleged connection himself or
any Senator had with sny real or pretended
frauds or other wrongs committed in the con5
dnct and returns of the election in Louisiana in
1 1876,' promises made to one James E. Anderson,
1 etc The army appropriation bill was report9
ed and passed with amendments, which sent it
1 back tb the House The fisheries award bill
was amended and passed..The conference
report on the military academy bill was made
9 and agreed to. Adjourned, t
The Spencer resolution for an investigation
3 of all alleged frauds in the election of 1876 was
referred to the election committee... .The
Democratio members of the Matthews investi"
gation committee asked to be excused from
: serving and thp. Senate consented to excuse
' them, , but upon motion of Mr. Allison, of
: Iowa, the vote to excuse them was reconsid1
ere<L Adjourned.
i. ,, . ? House.
r Under the call of the States the following
r bills were introduced and referred: By Mr.
Bland, of Missouri?Authorizing the issue of
j $50,000,000 in United States treasury notes to
be applied for the improvement of the Missis1
sippi river from 8t Louis to the Gulf of Mexia
co. By Mr. Culberson, of Texas?To restrain
j the oocretary of the treasury from payiog the
* out-standing 5 20 bonds, except in legal tender
treasury notes. By Mr. Wright, of Pennsylvania?Authorizing
the iflsuo of $400,000,000
1 United States-notes-to be known as national
* money.,..A bill was reported to let the print0
ing and engravihg of the national currency,
United States notes andjbonda, after publio
- advertisement, to such parties whose proposals
* shall bo moat advantageous to the government
- Adjourned,
By & vote of 134 to 121, the House struck out
? the enacting clause of the tariff bill, moved to
i reconsider, and then laid that motion on the
table. This practically disposes of the bill
The Mexican award bill was passed with an
: amendment authorizing the President to examine
any award against Mexico, or any alleged
frauds affecting awards, on application of the
e Mexican Government... .The bill to amend the
- internal revenue laws was taken up. An
9 amendment fixing the tax on tob&ooo at 20
- cents a pound and on cigars at $5 a thousand
was offered, 'and an amendment to this, making
the tobaoco tax 16 cents a pound, was
adopted. Adjourned.
Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, made an explanation
and defended himself from attacks
which he said had been made upon him in
regard to his actions as a member of the ways
and means committee by Mr. Wood of New
York. After Mr. Wood had replied the general
deficiency bill was reported... .Mr. Schleicher,
from the committee on foreign affairs, reported
a bill authorizing the President to pay to Japan
$780,000 from the Japanese indemnity fund.
Adjourned. > ?"\;r .J*" "
Reports were made in the South Carolina
contested ease of Tillman against Smalls, the
majority report declaring the seat vacant and
the minority declaring Mr. Smalls (Republican)
entitled to the seat The general deficiency
bill, after the adoption of several amendments,
was passed The conference report
on the District of Columbia government bill
was agreed to. Adjourned. /
A bill appropriating $210,000 for a new barge
office in New York was passed ,Mr. Butler,
of Massachusetts, reported a bill to enforce,
under penalty of fine and imprisonment, section
1,754 of the revised statutes, whioh provides
that soldiers and sailors honorably discharged
by reason of disability resulting from
wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty
shall be preferred for appointments to civil
office, provided they posBesa the necessary capacity.
The bill was passed after some discussion.
Adjourned.
The House Presidential Election Icveatlration.
The third day of the iuvestigation was devoted
to the continuation of Anderson's crossexamination.
The first thing done, however,
" was the adoption of a resolution presented by
air. isatier, 01 tne commutes, caiimg upwu uio
President to famish tho committee with the
9 correspondence Anderson alleges had passed
3 between Senator Matthews and the President
3 in regard to obtaining a position for Anderson.
! Agreed to unanimously. Anderson was shown
. what purported to be* an agreement between
himself and Weber, proposing to mutually
protest against counting the vote of East and
' West Feliciana, in spite of the fact recited in
the agreement that the vote was fair. This
document witness had previously testified he
had given to Senator Matthews, and now, on
examining it cloeelv, he stated that it was not
the copy which he nid mailed to Mr. Matthews,
though the writing was an excellent counterfeit.
The Matthews copy of the Nash agreement
was also shown to witness and he said he thought
it was the document which he had given to Mr.
Matthews, but that since the other had been
altered he would not like to say positively.
After examining Mr. French, sergeant-at-arms
of the Senate, in referenoe to the electoral re"
turns of the State of Louisiana, whioh the oom'
mittee seemed to find some difficulty in tracing
or getting hold of, the oommittee went into
i executive "session and then adjourned. .
1 Upon reassembling the next day Mr. Oox, of
i tbe committee, stated that he had reoeived
> from Senator Matthews the correspondence
' between that gentleman and Anderson, and
> they were put in evidence. This correspondence
was made up of letters written by An|
derson to Mr. Matthews in regard to the former's
application for an official position. After
the letters hid been read Mr. Butler offered a
( resolution inviting Senator Matthews to appear
. before the committee and testify concerning
the correspondence that had passed between
himself and Anderson. Adopted. Aaron 3.
| Levisoe, one of the presidential electors in
' Louisiana, was next examined, and gave the
' history of an alleged attempt to bribe bim to
cast bis vote for Mr. Tilden in 1876. Witness
testified that he had been approached by the
, agent of some gambling speculators with an
offer of $40,000; that in order to draw the
i parties out, but without ever intending to ao,
cept a bribe, he led them to believe he would
i accept tho proposition if the amount was in,
creased ; that naving learned the principal in
the attempt to bribe him was one Joseph Hermandez,
and having gone as far as he intended,
he dropped the whole matter. After a
long cross-examination the attention of witness
was next directed to the Louisiana presidential
electoral returns which were laid before the
Electoral commission and have since been in
the custody of the secretary of the Senate, and
he testified that in several instances whore his
name appeared upon the papers it was not
written by him, or with his consent or knowledge.
One return which was shown to the
witness he identified as having been signed by
him the day or the day after the vote was taken
in the Eleoforal College?about the 7th of De-/
cember. The returns on which the signature'
was not genuine bore the New Orleans post
mark of Dec. 29,1876. Adjourned.
After a long secret session spent in examining
the papers received from Lousiana relative
to the electoral vote of that Btate, the
committee Jreceived a communication from the
President accompanied by sach correspondence
| as had passed between him and Hon. Stanley
Matthew* ami oioera in regard 10 hu appoint-,
mcnt for James E. Anderson. These letters
were forwarded by the President in compliance
with the request of the committee, and are
from Hon. Stanley Matthews, W. T. Kellogg
aud other*. Some of the letters request the
appointment of Anderson, while others protest
against such appointment, After they had
been read the committee adjonrned.
- - A. B. Levisee was recalled and stated that he
had not the remotest idea who signed his name
to the Louisiana election certificate to which,
witness had testified, some one had forged his
name. Witness was positive there were no
blank votes cast, and he had no doubt that the
eight ballots of Louisiana wore cast for Hayes
and Wheeler. 8enator Ferry, who, as president
of the Senate, received the electoral
returns after the presidential election was
examined in regard to the manner in which
the returns from the different States had
reaohed him. He testified that when he
received the first return from Louisiana he
refused to aooept it beoauae it appeared to be
-r.*r> -i" >J? rS 7%v;vw? : <-* * 4f 3c
II.. . I I . I
-inform*!.; At the-?lo?e,'of .Senator Ferry's .
examination a letter m read from Senafop i.
Stanley Matthews, In WMdi<- ha>dAlin?d to
appear before the committee and* ieettfy, u, J
bad been requested, oopoeraing the. corral <
pondenoe with Sttperrisor Andersonand 4
The Senator atated as the re%spo -for feia re^
fa?al to appear before the oommittee,, 4haW?.
had brought the matter before the Sspatq, and 1
.that a committee of inquiry'had been appointed
in that body, before .which be would .appear
and testify,' Thereupon. |Ir. ,Butler, of.the r
committee, offered a regolhtion'directing that
a ftufaprnna be isstaed/'to 'summon Senator
Matthews' before the committee. The reeoln- ,
tiori wag discussed, Mr. Butler saying itwaa
an important ihfctte* affecting the Hghtt: of .the ,
House to compel a witness to testifjoefore its ,
representatives. The resolution was adopted
unanimously,-and <the committee then adjourned.
nsin?ru * y.i-tzr. .xitA
i'[" How a Madman BeeewnidL
| A watchmaker'of J&ns, in-*
fatuated for a long time with the chimera'
of the perpetual motion, became violently
inflane.frota the overwhelming terror,
which the storms of the revolution excited.
' The derangement or his reason
was mafrk&f witha singular .trait" He;
was perpt$dM that he had- lost his head
, on the scaffold,, and that ij; .was put in a
heap with thoqe of many other victims;'
but that the judge*, by a rather too,
late retraction of their cruel decreb,' had.
Ordered the'Keiito to be resumed, and;
to be rejoined
He. however, conceived thai,!
cnrions kind of a mistake, h^.j had the"
head of one ot his companions platfed on.
his shoulders. He was admitted into
? ? - * -
the iiicetro, wnere lie was "oontrauaiiy
complaining of Ilia misfof-tune,. and
lamenting the iJfyefeeth and wholesome
breath ho had exciiauged for thoee of
very different qualities,...}J? 4 , little
time the hopes of discovering the perpetual
motion refrained, and he fm'
rather enoouftgdd than restrained in his
endeavors to effect his object. When
b a conceived that'lie had accomplished
it, and was in an ecstasy 0! joy, the sadden
oonfusionof . a failure removed his
inclination even to resume the subjcot.
He Wasdfill,"lio^evterjposseased
the idea that his head was not his own,
bat from this notion he was diverted by
a repartee made>T to him when he hap
pened to be defending the possibility of'
the miracle of St. Denis, who, it is said,
was in the habitlo^. walking with! his.
head between his hands,, and-in that
position continually kissing it
"What a fool you are to believe such
a story," it was replied, with-?<Burst of
laughter. " How could St: Denis kiss
his head? ^as it with his hqelp?"
' This unanwerabje and unexpected
retort struck and. confound ttya, mad?i
man so much that it preventedjiimfrom
saying anything further on the subject*
He again took himself 4o busiiess, and
entirely regained his'int&llect I
\ 1 ?i?mrnm? i I $t
The Social Weaver* r
The social weaving-bird 6l the Orange
river region of southern Africa is too Remarkable
a member ,6f th is family to be
passed unnoticed, though its extraordinary
structure has often been described
by African travelers. It not only builds
in companies, as do most of the family,
but always associates in polonies of many
individuals, who constrnct their nests
under a common roof of their own building.
When one of these structures is
first begun in the selected place, the
community immediately proceed to construct
together the general cohering
which is to shelter them alL This thatch
is made of a coarse strong fiber of "Bnshman'fl
trpftjwj Thin baincr comDleted.
each pair begin to form their own separate
nest, of the same material as the
roof. The nests ore placed close together,
side by side against the under
surface of the general covering,: and
when all are completed, the lower surface
exhibits an even horizontal: ceiling,
perforated with small 'circular openings.
With each breeding season, fresh nests
are formed upon the lower surface of
those of the preceding year. In this
manner, year alter year they add to the
mass, until at last its excessive weight
causes the destruction of the whole, and
a new site has, to be chosen. The roof
is usually firmly incerwoven with the
branches of a large tree, and often the
principal limbs are included within its
substance. ?Scribner.
Tim Tolonhftiu* at WnmA..
I . , : > M r-T-T-?r.
A lady relative of the now famous
Edison, the inventor of the phonograph,
was very much annoyed by the afctententions
of two female gossips, of the
kind who travel in couples, for the purpose
of retailing slander and discussing
other people's affairs. Expecting a visit
from these pests on a certain day, she
borrowed a phonograph from h?r. E.,
one with the clockwork attachment, and
hid the Bame under the lounge in the
parlor, ready wound up. After her visitors
had cailed^and in the midst of an
attack upon some neighbor's reputation,
the hostess started the ootaoealed witness
with a sly kick, and then left the
room on some pretense or other. In
about ten minutes she returned, and
introducing the subject of the phonograph,
she produced the one referred
to, and reversed its movement. To the
Unutterable horror ot the scandal-mongers?who
had torn their entertainer to
nieces in her absence?they heard their
sneers and criticisms, regarding her
drees, furniture, character, etc.,< produced
verbatim. 1 With shame-faced
looks, and completely dumb-founded,
the two harpies sneaked out of the
house, and have not baen seen there
since. Suoh at any rate is the story.
i ? */ f i: dl ?y r: > ?t * r ,??
Mothers! Mother* ! Mother*!!! Dm*I
fail to procure Mrs. Winalow'a 800thing Syrup
for all diseases incident to the period of toothing
in children. It relieves the child from pain,
cures wind colic, regulates the bowels, and, by
giving relief and health to the child, gives rest to
the mother. It is an old and wall-tried remedy.
Thousands of dollars might' be annually
saved to farmers if they would give freely of
Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders to their
horses, cattle,, sheep, hogs, and fowl. They
prevent disease and promote the growth. We
said Sheridan's. Those put up in large packs
are utterly worthies*.
The Markets, .
? 1 smwxosx.
Beef Cattle. Native OS ? C9\
Texas and Cherokee.. t9 #
I Milch flow* SO 00_ ?M 00
Hoga : U7B . U3*<9 no*
DrcMtd't.mtniiM... 04?f? C63^
flhMPif*??ti MtiMi 06?? C5J4
Lamba 06 X0 07
Ootton?Middling 10)4? V\
Flour?Weatern?Good tc Oholoe.. .. 4 63 0 7 00
State?Good to Ohoioe ' 8 45 0. 8 78
BnokwhMtpor 1 24 9 1 50
Wheat?Bed Weatern.. 1M 0 111
No. 3 Milwaukee 1 13 0 1 13
Bye?State............ , .60 ^ 63
"Barley-^Btate...... . ..V...:... 68 0 Si
Barley Malt ... 83.,? 66
Buckwheat,.... 80 '0 P9-Oata?Mixed
"K 38 0 SI
Oorn?Mixed Western............... 4] 0 16
Hay, per owt.......... 66 0 79
8traw?per cwt.................... 35 0 45
Hops; 76'b?01 002 7T? Pfi ? 10
Port?Meaa.. ...,*V?....r ?35 <g 960
r*rd?City Steam.#..?*..i;v.kW.... 07M& 01
Plah?Mackerel, Nc. 1, n#w.,..,....;.M 00. 01100
" Nc.3,new..,. 1000. 0120C
' Dry Ood, perowt ,6BO 0 6 00
Herring, Scaled,per box..... 18 0 31
Petroleum?Orude.. OSW0O9# Beflned, 11#
Wool?California Floece 30 ?< 27
Texas " 16 0 19
. Australian " 38 0 44 '
State XX 83 0 10
3utter?Htate jo ig iu
Western?Ohoioe 3fl 0- 60
W??tern?Good to Prime... 18 0 ! 82
vfm tern?Firiina ?... 07,23
oaaese? O ,t Factoc . 10 0 14 m
.e Skimmed............. OS 0 07J<
Waters...... WS 0 13
^5fri?at te and Pennsylvania...... 13H? 11
1 BtiVTXLO. ' ? Horn
4 33 0 4 CO
V7h66t: No. 1 Milwaukee..... 1J8 0 1 fO
Cora: Mixed 41 0 44
Oata S3 0 83
Bye 98 0 98
Barley 83 0 63
I Barley Malt..... 80 0 82
van.ADir.paii.
I Beef Oattla: Extra 08*0 08%
Pheop 08 0 07*
Hcffa: Dreaaed (*X0 00J^
Flour: Pennsylvania Extra i'lS 0 4 SO
Wheat: KeJ Weitern 1 09 0 1 19
Eye 0 10 Corn:
Yellow.. <6 0 47m
'Mixdd...*. 147*
Oats: Mixed.... 84 0 Bi%
na mniiu 11
rotroioum ; tmu?
Wool?Colorado 81 ? 83
Texaa.,., ...* ...... 20 ? M
OaltXcrnlx......... ill 0 !4
BOSTON.
Beef Cattle 06 8 08*
Hhfop. 06*@ 07*
06 ? 06*
Flour?WUooniln and Minnesota.. 4 26 9 8 60
Oorn?Mixed 68 ? 67*
Oat*? " 84 3 8C
Wool?Ohio and Penusylranla XX. 40 0 43
California nil....... is % as
BH1GBTOH. KiBS,
Beef Oattlti. 06*3 <#*
8 heap Sh 06 0 00*
Lam be 07 9 10
HORB 07\? 08
wat*t?to?H mams.
rieef Cattle: ?oor to dholca.,,,,,.. 6 80 9 7 60
Bbeop. ..in?m 6 00 8 60
i L*mbd?,........ihim.. TOO 3 7 60
:1 : jS*0}?r,'.?.Z-%4:
hmwehold word ?i Doaby'f -??Mt Powdar.
smsatomtifflB'Ms
Uuuu iMiul ftiitli i?|ml?Myy4>rttfy<nlly to
jfr-PiffiifvEf trrn'r git at f?u??K
Old DrvWhpw??aM* benefactor. BereotyflTB
jo&ra ngp he Inieated what is ppw called
JomlionV 'Aflotfyfj# 'Gi^&iV the Wonderful
fcteoiegyofttloliinwcaftc?diabtewaof the
heid, throat" UMPIodta 61 trniy astonishing.
NOTamiiy ehbtfM b? Without it ' . <
>'^rn ->tr ? >
rr! tKCu iIml ?>'?r';
7 1 - Twi Prrnmrs T&iulooo OduriUIT.
The GreatMt.DI>eMMBxW ?*?#* ? J*.
roWsa* oelabmtsd Venetuh Tfojigftl-jtOlftf luftw
the jmblio, and warrant*^: ?Mf?J>tanfa?i(I>T??iJt?7*
Oolio, ud Spaama, taken tetepjalJj;?cd0ro5jy,Ohroni?
Rh mini at,lira, Sore Throaty QuU., Ikni??s, Old Bona,
and Paina is the limbe, TUaic, C'cieat* ztaraaOy
afeSTSt aPk^S
BcUlc?, at W?^nar,^%ajfRu^,fcpWc>r to any
other, or IfttTiT, lof'ftw oar? of Ooffli, OttUihraitm.
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Place N?w YMk'W ]irs-.T?i> < <>: ft* . ?? .
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practical, p*l*t*b!e. Hmt? Ha&UU Ooreti. PriM,
only 10 cent*. SdlJ Or N?wirte*lert. S?nt post-paid
TUN*ISG OFFER?50 eenU peers robwripttoa
yjUUm B. lAfiwsk; also tt?XtemM-rtMave fnw.
FlowerS^eds Ftee.
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$10 f $25 ?!ki *r.;" Novelties
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Some rtmrr ? m. ?>uraw . ?
tlNIIHRU MILLION FEET of lumber eawed.
GREAT RUSH for Choice WHEAT LANDS.
MUSE UBUnOI I* Cnp1871
NothiaR like it *rerknown. Twenty rill Three
Hundred Mllei of Railroad, aoderery
train crowded. Lend office* beieaed witfl throogi of
anpliCABts. Wlieonein, low*, and Kus4i alio coming.
Wi invite the world into ?k? UMPIRE 8TATE
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Million acr*sof labd awaiting lettlemeot. i nnn
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Sec'y of State Board of Irnmlaraifon,
St. Paul. Mlnrir-otfl.
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