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PAINESVILLE, LAKE CO., OHIO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1874.
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THE NEWS.
flCltSOKAi.
The firm of Jonee, SonDeborn fc Co., of
"New York, leading petroleum exporting
honse, lias snependod, with liabilities at about
9S0O.00O.
Heski C. Bowks has instituted legal pro
ceedings in a libel suit against the Brooklyn
Eagle, in which damages are laid at $100,000.
The complaint is based upon an interview
published in the Eagle purporting to have
taken place between Bo wen aud an Eagle re
porter, whiah Bowen claims to be false in
every particular, and upon three editorial ar
ticles immediately following the publication
of the same.
The Democratic State Convention of Penn
sylvania nominated W. B. Boss for Supreme
Judge, and adopted a platform of principles,
the important features of which are, the de
manding of restrictions upon national banks,
denouncing attempts to procure decisions
from the Supremo Court adverse to the new
Constitution, and opposing mixed schools, be
lieving that co-education of the whites and
tlacks would be detrimental to both races.
: ; ,is . . . .
i .MuniiAo mt iu circulation or ine resicrnaxinn
of Secretary Bristow. and the appointment of
Hon. Hugh McCulloch, of Indiana, to suc
ceed him.
Fbof. riEBRE Blot, the celebrated culinary
artist, died at New York recently.
Hxnkt C. Bowes has brought a second
libel suit against the Brooklyn Eagle. Dam
ages to the extent of $100,000 are claimed in
each case.
At the recent Spiritualists' camp-meeUng
at Terre Haute, Ind., Mrs. Suydam, of Chi
cago, gave a seance, In which, claiming to be
under control of the spirits, coal and alcohol,
both bnrning,"were poured over her face and
hands without injury.
Bev. Henby Waiid Beeches preached at
the Twin Mountain House, N. H., on the 30th
nit., to a congregation of" over 1,000 persons.
The sermon was prononnced one of his most
successful efforts.
' Theophile Fapis, acting Mayor of St.
Louis, wai held in $3,000 bail to answer to
the charge of assault preferred by Mark H.
Smith, proprietor of the Turk Hotel, at Madi
son, Wis., last week.
Jodoe Bazil, Habkison, of Prairie-Bonde,
the first white roan that settled at School
craft, Mich., tho first Judge of Kalamazoo
county, and the original character of Coop
er's "Bee Hunter," died Sunday, Aug. 30,
ed 104 years and 6 months.
A labor meeting of old miners and others
interested in the development of the mineral
' resources of the Black Hills was held at Des
Moines, recently. Two hundred and fifty
names were enrolled under Capt. Russell, who
intends to leave there about tho 10th of Sep
tember for the Hills. It is understood that
this organization will move in conjunction
with several others forming in different places
on the frontier.
The thirteenth annual convention of the
Fenian Brotherhood was held in New York
last week.
Fbost has already appeared near Ottawa,
Ont
The reports of rich gold discoveries in the
Black HUIb country seem to be pretty gener
ally accepted as true. Gen. Forsyth, in a let
tor from Harney's Peak, says the very roots
of the grass in that vicinity would pan five
cents to the pan. Gen. Sheridan has issued
an order forbidding parties from goiDginto
the reservation, and of course any occupation
of the territory will be technically illegal ; but
it ... t.i. ,.t.. .i i . i - . ....
.uumwiy uiuiuincx win ne aaaiimAn .nrf
that we shall soon here of the results of prac
tical mining there.
.Gov. Osbokne, of Kansas, has called an
extra session of the Legislature for the 15th
of September, to devise means for the relief
of the settlers whose crops have been de
stroyed by the grasshoppers.
The cost of the government of New York
city for the year ending Aug. 1 was, in round
numbers, $50,000,000. The debt, in the same
time, was considerably increased.
Custek's Black Hills expedition returned to
Fort Lincoln on the 29th of August, having
in fifty-nine days marched about 900 miles,
and a part of tho command 200 miles further.
Twenty-six days were spent In the exploration
of the Black Hills, the command traveling in
its valleys about 300 miles. Gold was found
at various points, aud in Custer's Peak, seven
miles south of Harney's Peak, in almoBt un
limited quantities. It was found in the grass'
roots to tne extent of 5 cents per panful, in
creasing in amount till, at the depth of eight
feet, 20 cents to the pan was the yield, with
every facility for mining at hand. The bed
rock was not reached, and yet shot gold was
found, and the miners estimate that a single
man could take, out $26 to $100 per day.
Stabtxiks news of Indian depredations has
been received from the West. A. B. Webster
telegraphs from .Dodge City - thai Capt.
Thresher's surveying party arrived there last
week. Six of his men were attacked by In
dians on the evening of Aug. 23, while in
camp on Crooked creek, and the entire party
killed. It is believed the Cheyennes and
Kiowas. committed the murders. Much
anxiety is felt for the safety of other survey
ing parties south of Dodge City.
The Secretary of the Treasury has, it is
aid, determined to abandon the monthly
sales of gold if the currency receipts of the
Government are sufficient to meet its ex
penses. CRIMJC A.U CHUURAU.
A vah giving the name of Gustav Meyer
has been arrested in New York, having been
recognized, by one Lewis Moses as Theophile
George Kerstein, who is alleged to have rob
bed tho Kulm Credit Bank, of Western Prus
sia, last December, of $180,000 in bonds and
money. Kerstein was Director in the bank.
It is said he committed many forgeries besides
the embezzlement, and that one man in Kulm
lost $75,000 by him, and several banking
houses in Berlin were victimized to the amount
of $30,000.
Tse U. S. Marshal and Gov. Leslie, of
Kentucky, have held a consultation, and the
militia and the United States troops will act
together in arresting the contending parties
The State troops have thus far been pnrsuing
both parties of offenders. -At Lancaster,
Garrard county, the scene of last week's
troubles, all is quiet, but the State troops
remain to insure order. Forty-five rioters
have been arrested.
At Pickettsville, Gibson county, Tenn., last
week, some negroes threatened a riot on ac
count of some supposed wrong done to them,
and manifested a desire to kill certain whites,
and sack the town. On the 26th sixteen of
the ringleaders were arrested ; but were taken
from the prison by aboit 100 masked men,
who tied them together and marched off on
the Huntington road half a mile from town.
Six of the number were cut laase and ordered
to escape, and. as soon as that ommand was
given, a full volley was fired upon them, kill
ing four and wounding the other two one
mortally. The remainder were carried a.p the
liver two miles and killed. -
At New Orleans, recently, in one day, two
suicides and three homicides occurred, and.
in addition, three persons were dangerously
wounded with razors and pistols in affrays.
It is reported that the strike in Belfast, Ire
land, has ended, and that all the operatives,
40,000 in number, have resumed work in the
factories at reduced rates.
A Fbencbmas named August Gardner,
while walking on the track of the Jefferson
ville, Madison and Indianapolis railroad, near
Henryville, on the night of the 29th nit., was
attacked by three men, who took his pocket-
book and five dollars, and then tied him on
the track over a small culvert, where he was
ran over by a passenger train. He was alive
whou found, but died soon after. No clew to
the perpetrators of the crime.
The citizens of Memphis have held an in
dignation meeting to protest against the re
cent murder of sixteen negroes by a band of
masked men. Jeff. Davis, Gen. Forrest and
others addreescd the meeting, and denounced
the inhuman outrage.
A Shrevei'obt telegram states that tho
Coushitta prisoners, who were on the way to
Texas from Louisiana, were mot at the Texan
border, on the bank of the Bod river, near
Shreveport, by a party of Texans numbering
about forty, who took tho prisoners from the
hands of the guard and killed them. The
Texans swore they did not want such people
hunting homes iu their State.
An Atlanta (Ga.) dispatch says : " The Lee
county (Ala.) fight has been very much exag
gerated. No person was killed, and only one
church was burned. All is now quiet there.
It is believed no one was much hurt."
A train on the Alabama and Chattanooga
railroad was stopped and boarded near York
Station, Ala., last week, by a band of armod
men, who shot down the colored mail agent
without provocation.
POLITICAL..
The Illinois Democratic Convention, in sos
sion at Springfield on the 26th nit-, nominated
Charles Carroll for State Treasurer, and S. M.
Etter for Superintendent of Schools. A plat
form was adopted declaring in favor of the
" restoration of gold and silver as the basis of
currency, the resumption of specie payments
as soon as possible without disaster to the
business interests of , tho country, by Bteadily
opposing inflation, and by the paymout of the
national indebtedness in the money of the
civilized world ; opposing any tariff
except for revenue laws ; denounc
ing all sumptuary laws, and declar
ing it to be the right and duty of tho State to
protect its citizens from extortion aud unjust
discrimination.
The Republicans of Michigan have put in
nomination the following ticket : Governor,
John J. Bagley ; Lieutenant-Governor, Henry
H. Holt ; Secretary of State, E. G. D. Hol
den ; Treasurer, "William B. McCreary ; Auditor-General,
Ralph Ely ; Attorney-General,
Andrew J. Smith ; Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Daniel B. Briggs. The platform
favors a return to specie payment at the
earliest day practicable ; expresses the belief
that " banking, under a well guarded national
system, should be free, the volume and local
ity of issues being regulated by the business
law of demand ;" and denounces repudiation
in every form or degree.
The Republicans of Kansas have renomina
ted Gov. Osborne for re-election. The plat
form of principles expresses the opinion that
the public debt should not be reduced spas
modically, but gradually and surely ; favors
such legislation as will make national banking
free to all; denounces the salary grab; de
clares that all railroad corporations are the
creatures of the State ; denounces drunken
ness as " one of the greatest curses of modern
society," and favors such legislation as will be
most effectual in destroying the evil ; declares
against a third Presidential term ; affirms that
the public lands are for the use ef actual set
tlers, and condemns any further grants of the
public domain to railroad or other corpora
tions. The Democratic Convention of Ohio assem
bled at Columbus on the 20th ult. and nom
inated the following ticket : For Secretary of
State, Win. Bell, of Licking ; for School Com
missioner, C. S. Smart, of Pickaway ; for
Judge of the Supreme Court, W. J. Gilmore,
of Preble; for Clerk of the Supreme Court,
Arnold Green, of Cuyahoga; for member of
the Board of Publio Works, Martin Schiller, of
Boss. The platform declares "in favor of such
an increase of the circulating medium as
the business interests of the country may
from time to time require, and that sound
policy and justice require that no less than
one-half of the customs duties should be pay
able in greenbacks ;" favors the abolition of
" the franchise of the national banks to issue
a paper currency as soon as the same can
safely and prudently be done, and that the
notes so overdrawn by the banks be sub
stituted by the Government with a legal-tender
currency ;" declares that the 5-20 bonds
ought to be payably in legal-tender notes ; op
poses " all combinations that tend to increase
the cost of transportation beyond a fair re
muneration to the carrier ;" opposes the Civil
Rights bill and the third term principle ; and
closes by "arraigning the Republican party for
its extravagance and profligacy," etc., etc.
The total . majority against the new Ohio
Constitution is 147,281. The " license " propo
sition is also defeated by 7,286.
The Democrats of Missouri, in their con
vention at Jefferson City, nominated the fol
lowing ticket : Governor, Charles H. Harlin;
Lieutenant-Governor, Norman J. Coleman;
Secretary of State, M. K. McGrath ; Auditor,
Thomas Halladay; Treasurer, Joseph W.
Mercer ; Register of Lands, Oscar Kochlitsky.
The platform declares that the 5-20 bonds
ought to be paid in greenbacks, and favors a
repeal of the National Banking law and tho
substitution of greenbacks to the extent' of
the national Dank currency. It also de
clares that " the legal-tender notes of the
United States, in addition to being receivable
in payment of all debts and demands
of every kind due to the United States and to
individuals, should also be made receivable
for duties on imports." Iu regard to the rail
road question, it demands " such legislation
upon the subject, both State and national, as.
will effectually secure the industrial -and pro
ducing interests of the country against all
forms of corporate monopoly and taxation." '
The Republican State. Convention of New
Jersey mot in convention at Trenton on the
27th ult., and unanimously nominated George
A. Halsoy for Governor. The platform ap
proves the past record of the Republican
party, eulogizes President Grant and his ad
ministration, and favors a speedy resumption
of specie payments.
A new Republican organ is about to be
started iu New York. The stock, amounting
to $500,000, has already been subscribed. C.
C. Norvell, lato of the Times, will be the
leading editor. -
Kentucky official election returns are re
ceived from all counties except Union and
Wayno, giving the vote for Jones, for Clerk of
the Court of Appeals, 114,348; Cochran, 53,
COi; Jones' majority, 60,844. '
The Spanish Federalists who took refuge in
Portugal after the defeat of their scheme for
a Federal Republic are to be banished from
the domain of King Ferdinand.
The Carlists have made another attack on
Fuycerda, and again met with repulse. The
defense was most courageous. Even the
women assisted in repairing the breaks in the
ramparts during the fight.
At St. Petersburg, on .the 28th nit., the
Grand Duke Vladimir was married to the
Duchess of Mecklenburg.
Spain is about to add 100,000 men to her
armies by conscription. ' -
A Brussels dispatch says that the Interna
tional Conference, at a full sitting, rejected
four introductory general principles proposed
by Russia, and all the proposals concerning
reprisals.
The French authorities have disarmed a
Carlist battalion for entering French ter
ritory. The sale of the London Hour has been pro
hibited in England.
Quabanttns regulations have been put in
force at Quoenstown, vfliich cause great
hindrance to commerce.
Cubans in New York have information of
important successes of the insurgents in
Cuba. A force of Spaniards numbering 2,000
were ambuscaded, and these were either cut
to pieces or found safety in flight ; a Spanish
Captain of regulars had deserted to the Cu
bans, taking with him two companies of volun
teers ; besides which the Cuban army captured
a quantity of arms in Santa Espiritu. and in
creased its numbers by enlisting 500 well
armed men.
Mount Etna was in a state of eruption
last week, with stream? of lava pouring from
three craters.
Sevebaii Italian regiments have been sent
to Sicily, because of au increase of brigandage
and general lawlessness. Court martials have
been established for the promt punishmont of
offenders.
The British government is pressing itsclaims
upon Spain for idemnity for the murdor of its
citizens who were on board the Yirgiuius.
Report of the Plymouth Investigating
Commit tec.
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, was densely
packed on the evening of August 28, when tho
Investigating Committee reported. Probably
over 3,000 people wore present, aud many had
to leave for lack of accommodations. The
following is au abstract of tho Committee's
report :
They find in detail an acquital of Mr.
Beechor on the charge of adultery with Mrs.
Tilton at the times and places specified in Til
ton's accusation; that Mr. Beechor never
committed an unchaste or improper act with
Mrs. Tilton ; that ho has committed errors of
judgment that he will now admit, and which
he must regrjt most of all : aud that there is
nothing iu tho evidence that should impair
.tho confidence of Plymouth Church in the
Christian character and integrity of Henry
Ward Beecher. The errors of judgment to
which the committee refer are : That Mr.
Beecher did not take counsel with some of his
Christian brethren instead of a man of
whom he knew so little, aud who has
proved so unworthy as Moulton ; and that he
should have been so unguarded in his rela
tions with the Tilton family that Mrs. Tilton
had an opportunity to fall in love with him.
The report is quite lengthy, and concludes
as follows :
First We find from tho evidence that the
Rev. Henry Ward Boecher did not commit
adultery with Mrs. Elizabeth It. Tilton, either
at the time, times, or at the place or places
set forth in the third and fourth subdivisions
of Mr. Tilton's statement, nor at any other
time or place whatever.
Eecotul We find from the evidence that Mr.
Beecher has never committed any unchaste
or improper act with Mrs. Tilton, nor made
any unchaste or improper remark, proffer, or
solicitation to her of any kind or description
whatever.
Third If this were a question of errors of
judgment on the part of Mr. Beocher, it
would be easy to criticise, especially in the
light of recent events. In such criticism,
even to the extent of regrets and censure, we
are sure no man would join more sincerely
than Mr. Beecher himself.
Fourth We find nothing whatever in the
evidence that should impair the perfect con
fidence of Plymouth Church or the world in
the Christian character and integrity of
Henry Ward Beecher. Aud now let the peace
of God, that passeth all understanding, rest
and abide with Plymouth Church and its be
loved and eminent pastor, so much and so
long afflicted.
(Signed) Henry W. Saoe,
Augustus Stobks,
Henby M. Cleveland,
Hobace B. Claklin,
John Winslow,
S. V. White,
Committee of Investigation.
Brooklyn, Aug. 27, 1874.
Tho roport of the Committee of Investiga
tion, with the statement of conclusions, upon
being read to the church, was adopted amid
snouts of acclamation.
The following resolutions were also unani
mously adopted :
liesolved. That the evidence laid before the
Examining Committee not only does not af
ford any foundation for putting the pastor of
this church, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
upon trial, but, on the contrary, establishes,
to the perfect satisfaction of this church, his
entire innocence and absolute personal purity
with respect to all the charges now or hereaf
ter made against bim by Theodore Tilton.
Sesolaed, That our confidence and love for
Our pastor, far from being diminished, are
heightened and deepened by the unmerited
sufferings which ho has so long borne, and
that we welcome him with a sympathy more
tender and a trust more unbounded than we
ever felt before to his public labors among us.
to our church, our families, our homes, and
our hearts.
During the reading of the report frequent
interruptions were caused by applause, which
followed the reading of certain passages sus
taining Mr. Beecher, and outbursts of laugh
ter were drawn by any allusions to the mutual
friend, Moulton, and his participation in the
matter. The concluding portion of tbe report
and summing up of the committee were re
ceived with the waving of handkerchiefs.
hats, and whatever else came handy, and the
applause which greeted its ending was almoBt
deafening.
In response to a call, Mr. R. W. Raymond
made a short speech. Referring to Mr. Moul
ton's part in the affair, he said: "Mr.
Francis D. Moulton has tried to poison tho
minds of men against Mr. Beecher." This
brought Mr. Moulton to his feet, who glared
at the spoaker. and exclaimed twice in a loud
voice : " You're a liar, sir ; you're a liar, sir.'
Much confusion ensued, men and women
standing up, the latter mounting on seats and
joining in the cry with a hearty good will of
'Put him out;" "Shame, sir." etc.. etc..
mingled with loud and prolonged hissing, in
the midst of which Mr. Halliday came for
ward, and making himself heard above the
din, partially restored order, saving : " Gen
tlemen, let him sit still and hear the truth ;"
but Moulton still remained on his feet, saying :
" I dare you to put me out." Acoupleof po
lice officers pnt in an appearance behind Mr.
iiouiton, ana be resumed his feat.
Order being partially restored. Mr. Ravmond
continued : " Well, now I want to say some
thing to you about blackmailing." Cries of
"Yes, go for the blackmailer." He claimed
that Mr. Tilton did not know where the money
came from, but it was evident that Mr. Moulton
paid him the money out of his pocket. Was it
upon his insinuations, garbled language and
otters ? Was it npon this, he wanted to know,
they were to wait and doubt ? With regard to
the pistol, it was not pretended by Mr. Beech
er, or advanced by Mr. Moulton, that under
the influence of the pistol he was hurried or
intimidated into any action. The story of the
pistol was just this : It went to show the
character of a man who went to call npon a
minister with his pistol. He concluded his
address by stating that, come what might, they
would all stand by the man who had stood up
hi uuuijr lor tllttut.
The Chairman then put the Question on re
ceiving the report of the committee, and
adopting the resolutions offered. On motion,
it was passed by a standing; vote, with the
waving oi nats ana handkarcbiofs when the
" ayes " were called for, but when the " noes"
were called, Frank Moulton only rose, and
was greeted with a perfect storm of hisses,
and another uproar succeeded, but was calmed
in a slight degree when Mr. Gilbert rose and
offered resolutions tendering thanks to mem
bers of the committee for the faithful and
impartial manner in which they had performed
their duties, and also to tbe counsel of the
committee for their valuable services. This
was also adopted.
A motion was made to adinnm hnf. TH
Halliday announced that the proceedings
w Hciiuiunw wilii me signing ox me aox
olocy. At the close of the meeting, Moulton started
out with two or three friends. A crowd im
mdiately surrounded him, uttering intense
hisses, calling him names, and shouting "Put
him out!" "Trample on him!" and like ex
pressions, and when he was nassincr tlironirli
the ini.er door several of the crowd attempted
to strike him. A squad of policemen inter
fered aud shielded him from the insame mob,
giving him an opportunity to get to the out-
Blue uoor. no Btarcea along tne alley-way,
which leads from the rear door, where the
mob again attempted to get at him and do
mm viuieuce.
Pistols were flourished and men tried to lay
hands on him Policemen braced thnmsnlvos
waved tlieir clubs, and threatened that if the
people did not cease their outrageous proceed
ings they must charge. On reaching the out
er gate, a crowd met them from the front.
and another critical moment was at hand. A
new force of police also appeared, and proba
bly saved Mr. Moulton's life, and this alone
saved it. He was carried to his carriage by
the officers. Cries of " Lay him out !" " Kill
him !" " Shoot him !" resounded on every
hand. The crowd surrounded the carriage,
men blocked the wheels with the r arms and
attempted to etop the vehicle, but the police
Buuceeuea in Dealing mem on, ana no was
driven nome m saiety.
The most profitable of poultry, we
believe, to be the light Brahmas ; they
are good layers, mature early, are
heavy bodies when mature, have good
flavored flesh, are good sitters and
mothers, are hardy, very docile and
not inclined to wander, can be kept in
side of a fence iive feet high or less, are
hands me, and are salable either living
or aeaa.
A Spirit's Tisit.
Some of our readers, says the Roch
ester Democrat and Chronicle, may re
member a statement by Dr. Ditson, of
Albany, copied into these columns some
time since, to the effect that Charles
Wise aud wife, an aged couple living in
Schenectady, driving home from Glen
vilie early one evening, twelve years ago,
were struck by an engine on the Central
road and killed, and that a lady living
in Schenectady was told of the occur
rence about three-quarters of an hour
before it occurred ! The editor of the
Schenectady Union has investigated the
statement, and he believes it true in nil
its details. " The lady alluded to," he
says, "is now a resident of this city,
one of the most intelligent and respect
able ladies in ' the place, whose word
would be just as good as her bond.
She is known by most of our citizens,
and no one would think of questioning
her word on any subject when she spoke
knowingly." The Union repeats the
story, au follows :
" At ten minutes past five, just forty
minutes before the accident happened,
and while the train that killed Mr. and
Mrs. W. must have been twenty miles
from said crossing, the lady in this city,
already alluded to, heard her door-bell
ring, which she answered. She found
at the door an aged lady, or what ap
peared to her as such whose dress indi
cated that she belonged to a prev:ou
generation, and whom she did not know.
She informed the stranger that she did
not know her, tho stranger making a
similar observation with regard to her.
The strange woman then told her to send
down to the 6 o'clock train, as the dead
bodies of her friends aud neighbors,
Mr. and Mrs. Wise, were upon it.
The old lady then left. The lady of the
house told her husband, who was in the
back yard at the time, who heard the
bell ring, what had happened, but he
did not believe it, and made the matter
the subject of ridicule. But being
urged a second or third time, he went
to the depot. 'The train not having ar
rived he returned home, still more a
disbeliever than ever. Concluding,
however, to satisfy himself that the
whole thing was a mere fancy, ho went
again to the depot, this time to find
tho train in considerable late, but, true
enough, bearing the dead bodies of Mr.
and Mrs. Wise, who were killed as above
stated. As was previously stated, there
is no telegraphic communication with
the scene ef the accident, and if there
had been how could it have given no
tice here of an accident forty minutes
before it happened ? As was stated, the
lady who received this information was
not a Spiritualist. She subsequently
described the appearance of the person
who rang the bell to a sister of Mrs.
Wise, who declared it to be a true de
scription of her mother, who had been
dead many years. We have repeated
part that was stated in the article in the
New York paper, in order to give the
facts just as we learned them, and also
to show that said report was essentially
true."
The editor speculates considerably as
to the mystery, and although he is not
a Spiritualist, he intimates his profound
belief first in tne story, and next in the
supposition that the mysterious visitor
of the Schenectady lady was an embod
ied spirit. Now, then, will some
scientist, or perhaps "some one well
versed m human nature and the preva
lent desire to believe in the marvelous,
take up this case and investigate it?
How to Reach the Black Hills Con y
The region known as the Black Hills
is situated in' Western Dakota, with
their western slope stretching into Wy
oming Territory, their southern ex
tremity extending within fifty miles
of the northwest corner of Nebraska,
and their northern limits touching on
Montana Territory. While within the
Black Hills proper there is a vast extent
of very rich grazing and agricultural
lands, abundance of timber and of
water, to approach them from anywhere
in the Eastern States the traveler must
pass throngh a strip of country varying
in width and generally destitute of water
and vegetation. Taking Harney's Peak,
near which the richest gold discoveries
were made by Custer's miners, as our
objective point, and measuring the dis
tance as shown by the Government
maps, we are enabled to furnish the fol
lowing table of distances from impor
tant irontier points:
Mile.
From Bisniarck to Harney's Peak 251
from nortn 1'ialte, jncD., to Harney's 1'eaK 31
From Fort Pierrp, Dak., to Uarriev's Peak I(i3
From Cheyenne, Wyo., to Harney's Peak 201 I
From Fort Uandall, Dak., to Harney's Peak 158
From Brule City, Dak., to Harney's Peak 192
Of the si starting places above
named, the route via JBrule City, is the
best, and is really the only feasible on
Say, for example, a Chicago man desires
to go to the Black Hills. He must travel
by some one of the three railroad routes,
witn distances respectively as ioiiows :
" Mite. Fan.
Chicago to Bismarck, Dak 1,CKW Ho. 85
Chicago to Cheyoune, Wyo ,1,100 48. 0
CLieao to Yanktuu, Dak 660 19.65
Sioux City Journal.
Absinthe.
A Paris correspondent says : " The
other day I saw a sad sight on the
Champs Elysees, and which, with all
my experiences of Parisian life, I never
saw in this city before. It was a party
of three persons, two men and a woman,
all well nay, even handsomely
dressed, and all three in a reeling,
beastly state of intoxication. The men
went staggering along, disputing and
gesticulating after the manner of drunk
en men generally, now and 'then stop
ping to hail the passing unoccupied
carriages, not one of which would con
sent to stop for them, while the woman
reeled along in company, sometimes
clutching wildly at the arm of one of
her companions, and at other times
stopping to address them in words of
tipsy remonstrance. She was handsome
ly dressed in a costume of black silk
and cashmere, trimmed with jet, while
her companions wore high hats, broad
cloth suits, and kid gloves. Finally the
party made up their minds to cross the
street, a difficult feat for anybody to at
temp to execute in the full possession of
their senses, so dense is the throng of
passing carriages, and so rapidly are
they driven, but the drunken trio got
across somehow, and disappeared
among the crowd of promenaders. Such
is a specimen of the changes wrought
by the lapse of a few years in the man
ners and customs of this people. Be
fore the introduction of absinthe, who
ever saw a drunken person in the streets
of Paris ? Now who is it that does not
see them? Not drunkenness in rags
alone, but drunkenness with goodly ap
parel and mien of ought-to-be respecta
bility. Oregon enjoys some extraordinary
natural advantages. The' yield of wheat
this year has been excellent, the wool
clip has been good and commands good
prices, while the salmon yield alone
amounts to nearly $2,000,000. This
latter industry is growing rapidly.
There are already thirteen canning and
curing establishments iu -operation at
Portland, and two more in course of
erection. There is but little danger, if
proper precautions are used, of exhaust
ing the supply of these delicate fish,
for one full-grown female lays 6,000.000
eggs every year, and, if but a small
proportion of the family reach maturity,
the supply will exceed any demand
likely to be made in many years.
Blessed with an inexhaustible supply
of salmon, and the absence of Joaquin
Miller granted, what else ean Oregon
ask for ?
All Sorts.
Without a rich heart wealth is an
ugly beggar.
The tigers of India annually consume
1,420 persons.
First law of gravity Never laugh at
your own jokes.
A music te ichor should be a man of
sound judgment.
Anna Dickinson is at work on her
own biography.
In Philadelphia last year the police
made 30,400 arrests.
The modern golden rule Do unto
others as they would do you.
A California newspaper chronicles
the fact that a defaulting County Treas
urer from that State has " turned up "
in one of the Fiji islands, where he hns
a plantation and a flock of native
wives.
" This is the season," says a cynic,
" in which women put their heads out
of the parlor windows and tell their
neighbors how many Hies they cleared
out of the dining-room before dinner,
and how- many they swept off the floor
before breakfast."
The Grecncastle (Ind.) Iianncr says
that a young lady in Marion county
took care of twenty stands of bees last
year, which produced about 1,500
pounds of honey. At the same time
the bees increased one-half, making the
entire profit about 800.
An elderly maiden in Lockport, N.
ST., purchased one of tho Egyptian
mummies at the Niagara Falls Museum
the other day for a parlor ornament. She
said it would seem better to have a man
around, even if he was advanced in bfe
and withered.
A Cuban lady at Saratoga, famous for
her wealth and very elaborate toilets,
wears a necklace of American $20 gold
pieces, valued at $500. Whenever she
wears this peculiar ornament the fel
lows " nudge " one another and whisper,
' She has money."
Nature says : " M. de Lesseps'
scheme for making an inland sea in
Algeria seems to have excited great
alarm in some of the French journals.
It is feared that the resulting evapora
tion will have a bad effect on the climate
of France, one journal going so far as
to suggest a return of the glacial
epoch !"
" What are you halloaing about,
Billy ?" said a mother at the stair-foot
one evening, after her two boys had
been put to bed. " Please, mother,"
said Bill, "Jim wants half the bed."
" Well," said she, " let him have it,
and you take the other half." " Yes,
mother," says Bill, "but he will have
his half out of the middle, and make
me sleep on both sides of him. "
The price of bituminous coal, from
which is produced the ordinary gas
with which streets and houses are
lighted, is lower in the United States
thau in England, but the gas is twice
or even thrice dearer. In London,
which has to get coal by sea and by
railroad from remnte collieries, gas has
lately been reduced to$l per 1,000 cubic
feet, and even this is grumbled at as
being too high.
Mrs. Burnham, of the St. Louis Ite
jrublican, says : " Theodore gives the
world the impression that Mrs. Tilton
is a beauty, but Elizabeth is 40, has had
seven children, was never handsome, is
shapeless, with a dull, ordinary face set
between two rows of cork-screw curls,
that give a school-marmy air to her.
Sne's just tho woman, if I were a man,
that I should go to for a goo I pattern
for a flannel undershirt."
It is rumored that the fall season
will see women apparently clad in coats
of mail, a fine network covering corsage
and underskirt, heavy with closely
wrought steel beads ; and when, in ad
dition to this, the fronts of hats are or
namented in a similar manner, helmet
wise, the effect can be imagined. The
coming new boot will have the Marseilles
bottom or extension edge to the sole,
with two rows of stitching, kid topped
and morocco foxed. An entirely new
fashion in shape and design of boots
will come out this fall, called "La
Belle Kellogg ;" also a very handsome
new style of skating-shoe.
Woman's Courage.
Williamsport was yesterday morning
in a fever of excitement when it was an
nounced that James Null had the night
before been shot and killed by the wife
of Mr. Joeeph Ardinger, at their resi
dence a few miles north of the town.
The circumstances as near as we can
gather them are as follow: "Mrs.
Ardinger, at about 9 o'clock on Tues
day night, accompanied . by several of
her children, went to the Bpring near
the house for water, her husband being
absent. On her way returning she was
met or followed by Null, who, armed
with a knife used insulting language
ana demanded admittance to the house.
Mrs. Ardinsor succeeded in getting in
the house, shut the door in his face and
locked it. Null then went to the rear
door, and whilst attempting to f'ree, or
after he had forced it, Mrs. A., having
in the meantime armed herself with a
revolver, fired two shots. Null left
suddenly and it was not known till the
following morning that the shots had
taken effect. He was then found lying
about 50 yards from the house, dead,
traces of blood following his path from
the door of tho house. When found he
still retained the knife m his hand. Null
was a disorderly and dangerous charac
ter, and his sudden taking off is a mat
ter of congratulation in the neighbor
hood. liagcrstown (Md.) J'rcss.
Foot Women.
Thero is probably nothing, says the
Nation, not even the sack of a stormed
city, which brings out the devilish and
animal parts of some men's nature as
the unchecked control of another human
being's person and feelings does. Th ere
are thousands of poor women m this
city, without friends or hope in this
world, who have to listen every night
to the ravings and bear the blows and
tortures of tyrannical beasts, compared
to whom Walworth was harmless, aud
decent, and merciful ; and yet the
world Knows nothing of their sorrows,
unless when, now and then, some un
lucky blow terminates their misery and
their life together, and thousands of
others pass their lives in higher stages
of the same helL What is the remedy
for this state of things, except the gen
eral elevation of human nature, it would
be hard to say. Legal remedies few
people will care to discuss who seriously
consider the condition of a woman whose
youth and health have been passed in
bearing children, and who has to face
life without heart or hope, or training
for any ca'ling bv which money may
be made, and whoso nearest friend has
turned into one of those fiendish ene
mies by whom no male human being is
ever pursued in civilized society.
The United States District Court at
Louisville has rendered a decision that
is of interest to express companies an4
those that use them. A Louisville
bank gave to the Adams Express Com
pany $10,000 to be taken to Louisiana.
By the falling of a bridge on the Louis
ville and Nashville Bailroad, the car
was burned and the money with it.
The bank sued the express company,
but the court decides that the company
is not responsible for accidents on the
railroad, and there! ore the bank lonen
the money. .
Fight Between a Bull-Dog and a Horse.
The San Francisco Chronicle of the
1st inst. has the following : " Yester
day afternoon about 6 o'clock a fine bay
horse, attached to a light wagon, was
being driven along Kearney street by
two men. When near Sutter street a
small English bull-dog, weighing 18 or
20 pounds, made a spring from the side
walk and tried to catch the horse by tho
nose. Missing him, the dog fell under
the horse's feet, and in an instant caught
him by the right fore-leg, just above
the knee, where he held on with the
grip of death. The horse reared and
plunged and stamped. The men in the
wagon, having all they could do to con
trol the animal in that crowded thor
oughfare, dared not attempt to get out
to light the dog off. Finally, with a
violent stamp and a sudden dropping to
his knees, the horse shook the vicious
brute off his leg, but in an instant he
was caught again in the chest. Fasten
ing his teeth in the tough, thick hide,
the dog hung on like a leech. The poor
horse, unable to shake him off, bolted
across a low pile of lumber at the cor
ner of Sutter and Kearney streets, wherO
he was caught by a dozen men out of
the large crowd which had assembled.
Some one at this point raised the cry
that the dog was mad. That was enough
to keep the crowd back and insure fair
play. Not a soul would go near, and
tbe horse was several minutes left to
fight it out alone. Again and again did
he shake off the tenacious little animal,
kicking and striKmg at him with all his
fierce strength, but in vain. He would
not desist. Once in a while a hoof
would hit the dog and send him reeling
in the dust, but quicker than lightning
he would gather himself up, and again
liiHten Ins vise-lifce fangs m the horse s
flesh. ' Get a club here !' shouted some
one in the crowd. ' Unfasten the
horse's check-rein, and he'll soon fix
him with his teeth,' shouted another
man. ' Keep away from him ; don t
touch him ; don't you see he's mad ?'
was again yelled out, and the crowd
stood back. Once the dog sprang, and,
clasping the horse's left foreleg, just as
a young bear would climb, a pole, fast
ened his teeth in and held - on. The
horse snorted with pain, and plunged
wildly about ; he reared, kicked, fell on
las knees, and stamped, but still ttioie
sharp, white teeth were buried in his
flesh, and the cold, sharp eye gleamed
with tenacity and vicious hate. Finally,
some one got a long club and beat the
dog vigorously over the head. He would
not let go. Then another man got a
club and came to the horse's relief.
A fierce whack fell on tho dog's nose,
and then the teeth loosened, and the
fierce little brute fell under the horse's
heels. Again he made a spring, but
this time something struck him full in
the face. It was an iron-bound hoop,
and it came with the force of a trip
hammer. Beaten senseless, with the
wind knocked completely out of him
and a leg broken, the dog went rolling
into a pile of rubbish, where his owner
picked him up and carried him away in
his arms.
" The poor horse was completely un
strung. The sweat poured off him in
streams, and he shook and trembled so
that he could scarcely stand. His owner
got some rum and bathed the animal a
legs which were budly cnt and lacerated,
and after a few moments he got suffi
ciently quiet to be driven home. The
horse is a valuable one, but, unless
there is danger of hydrophobia, his mr
juries are not likely to prove serious.
lhe novel spectacle lasted fully ten min
utes, and was witnessed by as many as
500 people. The dog is owned by a
man in the employ of the gas company.
Me is a regular English bull, and is said
to be one of the best fighters on this
coast. He is terribly vicious, and is
usually kept closely muzzled, bub on
this occasion he did not have his muzzle
The Dancers of Ear-Bings.
An inquest held at Liverpool the
other day on the body of a little girl
about eight years, the daughter of a
sailor, conveys a lesson with regard to
ear-rings, which is, at all events, worth
the attention of woman. The unfortu
nate child, whose death formed the
subject of inquiry, about three weeks
ago underwent the operation of having
her ears pierced with a stocking-needle.
After the ears were pierced, two ear
rings belonging to her mother were put
in -them. A few clays later a blister
came behind one ear ; then the jaws be
gan to swell ; worse symptoms ensued,
and on Saturday last the child ' died.
The medical evidence was to the effect
that death had resulted from exhaus
tion consequent upon the intense in
flammation caused by the piercing of
the ears, and the jury rendered a ver
dict accordingly. Of course, if women
choose to have their ears pierced, it
would be impertinence on the part of
man to remonstrate against the self-inflicted
torture; but there can be no
harm in suggesting that children might
be allowed to reach years of discretion
before they are called upon to follow
the example of their elders and betters
in this respect. - It is, however, only
fair on woman to admit that she did not
invent the practice of ear-piercing. Ac
cording to the Mohammedans, Abraham
began it. In one of Sarah's jealous
fits respecting Hagar, she said that she
would not rest until she had dipped her
hands in Hagar's blood. In order to
quiet Sarah and enable her to redeem
her promise without further upsetting
her household, Abraham pierced Hagar's
ears and drew rings through them.
From ; that time ear-rings became the
fashion.
New Surgical Inventions.
Two valuable surgical devices have
lately been introduced into European
hospital practice. One of these is the
aspirater, which has been extensively
employed by Dr. Diculafoy of Paris,
and by means of which fluids can be ex
tracted from formations, at some dis
tance from the surface, with, safety and
certainty. Another novelty in this line
of mechanism is the introduction of a
bloodless method of amputation and
other operations on the limbs, by means
of a compressing bandage, by which the
limb is blanched yrith a circular elastic
cord, which compresses both tho arte
ries and the veins of the limb. This
plan, proposed by Prof. Esmarch, has
been adopted by many hospital sur
geons. It is considered, however, a
point yet to be determined, whether
there are any drawbacks to this system,
and especially whether, in certain cases,
embolism is likely to result from dis
placement of clot, which may have al
ready formed in the veins of a damaged
limb. Boston Traveller.
Simple Cure for Boils.
Dr. Simon, a physician of Lorraine,
gives us a new cure for boils, namely,
by treating them with camphorated al
cohol. As soon as the culmination
point of a boil makes its appearance he
puts a little of the liquid in a saucer,
and, dipping the ends of his little fin
gers in it, rubs the inflamed surface,
especially the central part, repeating
the operation eight or ten times for
about half a minute. He then allows
the surface to dry, placing over it a
slight coating of camphorated olive oil.
He says that four such applications will,
in almost all cases, cause boils to dry
up and disappear ; the operation to be
performed morning, noon and evening.
The announcement of so simple a cure
for such a painful malady will bear
repetition. . ..
FARM ASD HOUSEHOLD.
If every farmer and farmer's son
would plant one tree each every year
and every farmer's wife and daughter
cultivate half a dozen flowers each, how
much brighter the country would be.
In Connecticut a worn-out field was
fifty years ago planted in timber. The
field has yielded ten cords per year and
fencing for the farm for twenty years
past, and last year, when cleared, pro
duced fifty cords per acre.
There is good authority for saying
that beets will do well if transplanted
when the roots aro of a size ranging
from half an inch to an inch in diameter.
It is not safe to transplant if the roots
are smaller. Rochester Democrat.
A Massachusetts cultivator says, in
Secretary Flint's report, that he has
noticed in his garden that " that por
tion which is hoed or cultivated with
the dew upon the ground produces bet
ter crops than when hoed in the heat of
the day."
According: to a French veterinary
surgeon, if the inside of the ears and
other exposed parts of horses are painted
with a few drops of the empyreumatic
oil of juniper, flies will not annoy them,
the odor being unendurable to these
tormentors.
" Are you going to make a flower
bed here ?" asked a young lady of her
father's gardener. "Yes, miss; ,them's
the orders." " Why it'll spoil our cro
quet ground !" " Can't help it miss ;
your papa says he is bound to have this
plot laid out for horticulture, not hus
bandry." For stumbling horses, shoe the foot
as flat as possible, not having calks on
the shoe except in slippery going, and
then as low and short as possible and
yet prevent the horse from slipping.
The opposite foot should be shod like
the lame one. Never let the smith pare
the frog of the foot, whether sound or
otherwise.
AccoBDiNa to Endemann, meat cut in
slices and placed in a room the air bf
which is heated to 140 degrees, and only
allowed to enter and escape through,
cotton filters, becomes so dry in three
hours that it can be ground, and, since
the albumen and fibrin are not coagu
lated, it loses none of its nutritive
properties.
An observing farmer much prefers a
short-legged, broad-boned, full-bodied
cow that will keep iu good condition on
good pasture to a large, loose-built cow
that gives more milk in the season, but
will not yield so much taking the sea
son altogether. He finds that the lar
gest milker is by no means the most
profitable cow to own.
In a case of looseness of tbe bowels
in horses we would give half an ounce of
prepared chalk and half an ounce of
ground ginger in the feed once a day.
As indigestion is probably the cause,
the feed should be carefully selected,
and what grain is given should be
ground. An ounce of salt should also
be given in the feed daily.
To cube sleeplessness let the full
meal come in the middle of the day.
Two hours after it has been taken walk
three or four miles, or ride twice that
number. Eat a light, easily digested
supper, and pass the succeeding hours
till bedtime in a way agreeable, but not
exciting. Avoid causes of worry, and
sleep in a fresh bed and a well-ventilated
apartment.
A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman, after having experimented
to his heart's content with several kinds
of grease, tobacco water, kerosene,
ashes, unguentum, etc., for killing lice
on cattle, has arrived at the conclusion
that sulphur sprinkled on the animals,
and well rubbed into the hair, and a
tablespoon f ul given in meal daily for a
week, is the simplest, safest, and surest
remedy he has ever tried.
A correspondent of the New York
Tribune says : . Hungarian grass or
millet may be sown for a fodder crop as
late as the first of July. It should bo
cut before tho frost cuts it, and be cured
as hay, or cradled or raked up and put
in bundles, like oats. These will prob
ably be the best fodder crop to raise for
horses. No grain is necessary when
horses are ' not worked, if they have
plenty of this feed, which is nutritious,
if cut early. .. .. .
For a paste for wall paper take a gal
lon of water, and bring to a boil in a
kettle, one quart of flour stirred up in
cold water, and strain through a sieve,
so- as to have no lumps m it : stir well
into the boiling water, then add one
teacupful of West India molasses. Let
it boil up once, and remove from the
fare, stirring it up occasionally till cool.
This makes a very adhesive paste, and
moisture in the room will not dampen
the paper through.
In making sof tsoap, first put in the
hopper about one bushel of ashes and
pound them down ; then sprinkle on a
little lime, and put on more ashes and
lime and pound down ; and so until the
hopper is full. Then pour boiling water
on until the strong lye is all run off,
and then pour on cold water to get some
weak lye. Then put two gallons of
grease in a ten-gallon kettle and let it
fry brown. Then put in a pint of strong
lyei at each time, until you get two
gallons in keep boiling all the time.
Then add one gallon, and the next time
two gallons, and when the kettle is two-
thirds full, nil up with weak lye ; and
when the kettle is full your soap is done.
Oiii is the simplest and safest remedy
against lice on cattle." When mixed
with sulphur, its effectiveness is in
creased. Any of the following mixtures
may be used : 1. Three parts of fresh
lard ground up smoothly with one part
snlphnr. 2. Three parts of lard with
one of kerosene oiL 3. Twenty parts
of lard with one of carbolic acid in crys
tals, or one of creosote. Linseed oil
may be used in any of the above instead
of the lard. The effect of the grease
or oil is to close the minute spiracles,
or breathing pores, in which insects are
situated upon the sides of the body, and
the sulphur or carbolic acid entering
into these pores is absorbed and acts as
a poison. These mixtures, therefore,
have a double effect.
A fine polish for boots may be made
as follows : Mix together two pints of
the best vinegar and one pint of soft
water ; stir into it a quarter of a pound
of glue, broken up ; half a pound of
logwood chips, two ounces ' of green
copperas, and one ounce of the best
isinglass. Pat the mixture over the
fire and let it boil for about ten min
utes. After straining it buttle and cork
it. When cold it is fit for use. Apply
with a clean sponge or soft brush. Or
take of ivory black one ounce, sulphuric
acid two ounces, one pint of molasses,
two ounces of sweet oil, two ounces and
a half of vinegar, quarter of an ounce
of copperas dissolved in two ounces and
a half of hot water, and half an ounce
of gum arabic. Mix in the order men
tioned and grind all together in a drug
gist's mortar.
Bryan Tyson, of Washington City,
gives the following method for making
pills to destroy moles : Make a stiff
dough of corn meal, mixing with it a
small quantity of arsenic. Make a
hole with a finger in the runways, drop
in a lump of dough about the size of a
marble, and then cover over with a
lump of earth to exclude the light.
After the first rain, go ever the field
again, and deposit in all freshly-made
roads. I once concluded to plant a
.t""t r i J 3 - - " -
potatoes ; but as it was much infested
by moles, my success depended on first
exterminating them. A few doses of
arsenic given in the way described
brought about the desired result, and it
was a very rare circumstance to see the
track of a mole in this piece of ground
during the entire summer. .
Russian Railways.
It appears from a statement in Rus
sian papers that the Russian railway sys
tem covered, at New Year, last, a total
length of 15,842 versts, of which 5,262
versts were state-owned lines ; 651
versts are in Finland. The figures re
fer only to lines already fully com
pleted and worked ; 1,740 versts more
are in progress of construction, and
2,343 versts are projected. Of the fifty
railway companies existing in the em
pire, only ten have constructed their
lines altogether without Government
assistance ; the remaining forty are
guaranteed twenty to the full amount
of their capital, the other twenty only
to a partial extent. The entire sum
annually guaranteed by the state in the
shape of' interest and repayment of
capital amounts to 51,177,627 roubles.
In 1873, 14,592,172 roubles, being 78.52
per cent, of the sum total, were actual
ly paid out of the exchequer. The
charters granted to railway companies
are for the most part terminable after
between seventy-five and eighty-five
years. Some small companies have
charters only for thirty-seven years.
A story is told, and it may be averred,
says the Rock, that it is "founded on
the fact," that in a certain cathedral
city there once dwelt two ministers of
the gospel one, we will call him John
Brown, and member of the Cathedral
body ; and another of the same name, a
poor independent minister. The simi
larity of address led to some unfortunate
contretemps; letters and parcels in
tended for one J. B. went to the other
J. B. On one occasion the Cathedral
J. B. "became angry on opening a par
cel not intended for him and he con
sequently addressed the following note
to Mr. J. Urown :
" Sir If you had not assumed a title
to which you had no right, this mis
take could not have occurred. Your
obedient servant, etc."
The nonconformist bided his time in
silence. Not long after this, however,
he too opened a parcel intended for his
High Church brother. It contained a
considerable supply of manuscript ser
mons. Upon this the dissenting broth
er addressed the following courteous
retort to the minor canon :
" Bev. Sir If you had not under
taken an office for which you are wholly
unfit, this accident could not have oc
curred. Yours obedient servant, J. B."
riiotog aphy at the Bottom of the Sea.
Dr. Neumayer recently exhibited
before the Berlin Geographical Society
a photographic apparatus designed for
the determination of the temperature
and, of the currents at great depths in
the ocean. The invention is composed
of a copper box, hermetically sealed
and furnished with an exterior append
age made like a rudder. In the inter
ior is a mercury thermometer and a
compass, each inclosed in a glass re
ceptacle in which are admitted traces of
nitrogen gas.' A small electric battery
completes tho apparatus. When the
latter is allowed to descend attached to
a sounding line, the action of the cur
rent on its rudder causes it to assume
a parallel direction, thus indicating the
set of the flow by the relative position
of compass, needle and rudder. The
thermometer of course shows the sur
rounding temperature. In order to fix
these indications, a piece of photo
graphic paper is suitably disposed near
the glass cases- containing the instru
ments. Then at the proper time a cur
rent of electricity is established through
the gas in the receptacles, causing an
intense violent light, capable of acting
chemically upon the paper for a sufficient
length of time to allow of the pho
tography thereon of the shadows of the.
compass needle and of the mercury col
umn. Within three minutes, it is said.
the operation is complete, when the
apparatus is hoisted and the paper re
moved. A Terrible Tragedy at Sea.
The Journal Officicl of Paris has re
ceived an account of a terrible occur
rence at sea, the particulars of which
are as follows :
On the 8th of June the Italian vessel
Napoleon Camarero sailed from Macao
with a crew of 40 men, 663 coolies for
Callao, and 8,000 packets of fireworks.
After a lapse of two days, the inter
preter discovered a plot among the emi
grants to seize on the ship. The Cap
tain immediately ordered one-half of
them to be confined in the hold, but the
next day those who remained on deck
armed themselves with knives, belaying
pins, pieces of wood, in short, anything
they could lay their hands on, and at
tacked the crew, who defended them
selves with muskets and revolvers. The
coolies then massed themselves cn the
forecastle and set fire to the vessel, hop
ing that the crew would set to work at
the pumps to extinguish the flames.
During that time they had also freed
their comrades, and murdered the few
sailors they could get hold of. The
Captain, seeing what they were doing,
ordered the boat to be lowered, and
left the ship with the remainder of his
men. Some sailors who remained on
board with the doctor, the magazine
man and interpreter, were unable to
prevent the flames from reaching the
fireworks, and the ship blew up, scatter
ing the fragments of the mutineers in
every direction, under the very eyes of
the escaped crew.
Seasons and the Death-Rate.
Two eminent Scotch scientific authori
ties, Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Buchan, have
been investigating the relation of the
death-rate in London to the different
seasons of the year. They have gone
through with the task of averaging the
weekly mortality of the city for thirty
years, and of deducing the mortality
rate for thirty-one diseases, so as to
eliminate the effect of the season of the
year upon each malady. Taking all
diseases at all ages, there; is a large ex
cess above the average in the .mortality
from the middle of November to the
middle of April, when the rate falls to
the lowest figures by the end of May,
but in the middle of July suddenly
mounts up to alarming proportions, and
so continues to the second week of Au
gust. ! The summer excess of mortality
is ascribable to the decimating infan
tile diseases during the period of maxi
mum heat. Thus the British death-
rate, it appears very clearly from these
statistical showings, has an inverse
ratio to the temperature, rising when
the temperature falls, and falling when
tne temperaturo rises. Isoston Journal.
He Wiped 'Em. This is what a man
gets for being too literal in New York.
He was drunk and were exceedingly
filthy boots. Having paused before a
carpet store in the Bowery, ' about the
entrance of which, on the sidewalk, was
a tempting array of plain and fancy
door-mats, he read the entreaty on one
oi tnem, "Jf lease wipe your feet," and
then proceded to comply with the re
quest. An indignant proprietor pushed
mm into the muddv street i a policeman
rtlacpd him on his feet, then clubbed
him down again in the most approved
Kl'LKS FOR CONDUCT.
Put orj the airs of an eight-keyed flute,
If you're only a penny whistle ;
Pass where you can for a gardeu rose,
If you're only a wayside thistle.
Blow, whenever you blow your born,
So people can understand - -
That you may be sharp, but you wont be flat,
In society's great brass baud.
Pass tbe plate or the hat in church
With the usual Sabbath air.
But move with a mild religions squeik,
That people may know you're there. .
If you carry a nose six inches long
(nd a beak can scarce be longer),
Believe it a sign of conception strong.
And the longer it is the stronger.
But if in the order of nasal til res
Your organ is brief in measure,
Then, brevity being tbe soul ef wit,
Consider your pug a treasure.
Love your neighbor, but mark the force .
Of the gospel rule of grace ;
The more you admire yourself, my friend.
The higher your neighbor's place.
Chink your dime in the Deaoons pan,
As if you were throwing gold.
And give with an eye to the business hope
Of reaping a hundred fold.
Whether your reading Is little or great.
Quote right or never quote;
PoliBh your uppers though down in the heel .
And never indorse a note.
Always advance best hand, best foot
(Best hand, bast foot your own), -
And thus you mav feast on the fat of the land.
While others enjoy the bone.
Hnmoi.
Tub best band to accompany a lady
vocalist A husband.
Sat what you will, the whole world
is governed by cheek. -- '
"What kind of sweetmeats were in tho
ark ? Preserved pairs ? , ; ' : ;
Ii a man is a worm, is a Government
official a red-tape worm 7n.Lt .
It does not follow that a loaf of bread
is inhabited because there is a little In
dian in it. . -i ,,. .
- Awkwabd ! "O, Edith,' won't you
kiss Dr. McCluskiel" "I'm so shy,
mamma 1 You kiss him first 1"
An Iowa editor recently announced
that a certain patron of his was "thiev
ing as usual." It was written thriving.
The cheek of a Chicago man now
visiting Danbury is said to be so
hard that he is shaved with a file. JCx
change. . . ... ...
A Delaware man thrashed his wife
almost to death because their baby
didn't get a prize at a baby show, and
then he offered to trade the baby for
a pig.
The Danbury News man states that
the panic has so far abated as to permit
an Essex street man to return to ten
cent cigars, and he hopes in another
month, if the brightness continues to
increase, to get his boy's boots 1in.1i
soled. The guardians of the peace of Colum
bus, O., are so zealous in the discharge
of their duties that they take no note of
personal mishaps, for it is seriously
stated that one police officer there hod
his trousers stolen from him recently,
while he was on duty.
"The melancholy days are come"
when defunct porkers with "the ends of
their nose and the tips of their toes
turned up to the roots of the daisies "
(where they will never more root hog,
nor die) are carried through our streets,
cob in month, to be tucked away with
buckwheat cakes.
The be is nothing like dressing your
local items in rhetorical finery, even if ,
you have to come to plain English at the
endi See an example : An Oswego
paper describes a fire by saying that
" the red flames danced in the heavens
and flung their fiery arms about like a
a black funeral pall, until Sam Jones
got upon the roof and dashed them out
with a pail of water.
A coMjEgb professor encouraged his
geology class to collect specimens, and
one day they deposited a piece of brick
streaked and. stained, with, their collec
tions, thinking to impose on the doctor.
Taking up the specimens the professor
remarked, " This is a piece of baryta
from the Cheshire mines." Holding up
another, " This is a piece of feldspar
from the Portland auarries," and this,
coming to the brick, " is a piece of im
pudence from some memoer oi . uw
class." , ' .
This is how it happened down in
Southwest Missouri :
He found a rope, and picked it up,
And with it walked away.
It happened that to t'other end
A horse was hitched, they say,
They found a tree, and tied the rope
Unto a swinging limb.
It happened that the other end
Was somehow hitched to bim. -
How Children are "Raised."
What outrht. what can a mother do.
when a good, pleasant, careless hus
band constantly thwarts all her efforts
to teach or stovern the children, and yet
cannot be made to see or feel what he
is doing?
Let us illustrate ana sKetcu irom
memory, not imagination :
mamma, piease give me a pieuo vi
pie?"
" No, darling, one piece is enougn.
Half a piece, please, mamma ?"
"No, Freddie, no more."
" A very little piece, mamma, dear ?"
"No, Freddie, no."
" Do give the child a little piece ; I'll
risk it's hurting him."
And the mother gave it.
" Mamma, may I go out and play ?"
' "It's very chilly, and you baveacold.
I don't think it is best,' .
" Bundle me up warm, mamma, and
I won't take cold."
" I fear you will ; you must play in
doors to-day."
"Just a little while, please, mam
ma?" . . -w-r -r IV. 4. t .
to-day."
" Do let the child go out. What a
girl you are making of him. Women
never were fitted to bring up boys.
Dress him up warm, and let him run ;
it will do him good."
And Freddie went out.
May I have my blocks in the par
lor, mamma ?"
No, Willie ; make your block-house
in the dining-room. Miss L. is an in
valid and I want the parlor very quiet."
" I'll be very quiet."
" You will intend to be, but you can
not help making some noise, and as
Miss L. very rarely goes anywhere, I
feel she will be very tired at best ; so be
a very good little boy and play in the
dining-rooia this afternoon."
." I won't make a bit of noise, nor
tire ner one specK.
"You must play in the dining-room,
Willie, and not say any more about it."
" Nonsense 1 it will do her good to
see a happy little face ; it will give her
something besides her own pains and
aches to think of. Let him bring his
blocks in the parlor."
And he brought them in.
" What a torment that boy has got
to be I It's teaze, teaze, , teaze from
morning till night. It's enough to wear
the patience out of Job 1 If you don't
whip him I will. " "
And he whipped him. "
Query Who ought to be whipped ?
" Mother at Home."
A Scotch minister, when asked
whether' he was dying, answered :
" Really, friend, I care not whether I
am nr not frtr if T dia T arxsJL bA-jast