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VOLUME XTT.
WELLINGTON, OHIO, THIJRSDAY, JULY 24, 1879.
NUMBER 44.
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J"W. HOUGHTON
OfflM, West Bid of Public Square.-
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BUSINESS CARDS.
ATTORNEYS.
J. H. DICKSON.
A "ORNEY-AT-LAW. Wellington. O
---a- vmce, in Dana Building, 24 floor.!
W. F. HERRICK,
ATTORNEY and-Counsellor at Lew.
Benedict' block. 81 floor, Wellington.
. a. Jonxaox. - ' i - - - . L. MCLEAX
JOHNSON McLEAN,
A TT0RNEY3 and Counsellors at Law
XX myna, O. Office No. i Murwj Block
NOTARY PUBLIC.
J. W. HOUGHTON",
Rv'ViAni ru-ni.ii;. umce la IJouu
J. ton'a Dreg Store, East SiJe PubUo
-. . ARTHUR W. NICHOLS,
VVTOTARY PUBLIC Loan and Collection
Xl Agent. Basin ess entrusted to bit ear
' will receive prompt attention. - - With John-,
on k McLaneNo. S Mosy s Block, Elyria.
PHYSICIANS.
DR. J. BUST,
H
OMCEOPATHIST. Residence and of.
fioe, West Side Public Sqaare.
" - DR. R. HATHAWAY,
TT0M(E0PATHIC Physician and Sor.
J 1." reon. Umce, at residence, vest siae
Kelly Street, Wellington. Ohio.
: FLOUR, EEEU. ETC.
"V H. a HAMLIN,
Taealer in Floor. Feed. Grain. Smln. Salt.
XJ . Etc. Wan-house, West Side
Kali road street, Wellington, Ohio.
BARBER SHOP.
IF YOU WANT a first-claM Share. Hair
Cot, or Shampoo, eaQ at Robinson 'a O.
K.Shaving Saloon. Liberty Street. A lull
assortment of Hair Oils, Pomades and Hair
Bestorativea. We also keep the best brand
of Raaors, and warrant them. Risers houed
or ground to order. E. T. ROBINSON.
PLANING M1LI
TT ELLINGTON PLANING MILL.
Y - Manufacturers and dealer in Sash,
Doors, Blinds, Brackets, Battings, Lumber,
Shingles, Lath, Cheese and Butter Boxes.
Scroti Sawing, Matching and Planing done
to Older. D. L. Wadswortb, Prop. - Office,
near railroad depot.
LUMBER YARD.
, H. Wads worth a son,
Tealen in Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Doors,
JLf Sash, Blinds. Mouldings, and Dressed
Lumber of. all aorta. Yard near Hamlin's
Feed Store, Wellington, Ohio.
JEWELER.
J. H. WIGHT,
DEALER IN Clocks, Watches, Jewelry,
Silverware, Gold Pens, etc. aVShbp
la Houghton's Drug Stoie.
TAILORS.
B, S. HOLLENBACH,
MERCHANT TAILOR, in Union Block,
Boom 6. 38-tf.
BANK.
' t7IRST NATIONAL BANK. Wellington,
T Ohio. Does a general banking bosi
ueas. Buys and sella N. Y. Exchange, Got.
eminent onds, etc, 8, S. Warner, Presi
: dent, R. A. Horr, Cashier. .
PHOTOGRAPHER.
W.F.SAWTETA,
PHOTOGRAPHER. Gallery in Arnold's
Block. Wellington, Ohio.
PRINTING.
?-ORINO YOUR PRINTING to the
En-
MJ terprise umce.
All kiada of Ttrintinff
done neatly and promtly. O (tics West Side
Pub lie Sqaare, over Houghton'a Drug Store.
. , - . . WELLS,.
SADDLER AND HARNRESS MAKER.
The bert workmen employed, and enly
- the best stock used. All work done under
. uy immediate supervision. North side Me
chanic street. 11-15-1 y
BOOTS AND SHOES.
W. H. ASHFOBD,
MANUFACTURER and Dealer in Boots
and Shoes and all kinds ot flrat class
custom work. All work sad materials fplly
warranted. Shop, south ride Liberty Street,
as door east of Otterbacker'a Harness Shop,
Wellington, Ohio. . - . ll--ly
INSURANCE AGENT.
. R. N. GOODWIN.,
THE IN8URANCS AGENT, will be
toandat his offioa la Hasted Bros.'
Boot and Shoe Store, whet ha will be
pleased to sea his old customers seeding
anything in his link. Standard Companies
ssmassnled and tatea reaaoaable. Losses
asjesnplty adjusted and paid at his agency.
MEAT MARKET.
E. O. FULLER,
DTaT.TCtt IN" Fresh and Salt Meats, Bo
logna and Pork Sausage. Highiw
Bwrket priaa ia cwh paid for Beeres, Sheep
Hogs, Hides, . Market, south side Lib.
erty Street, one door west of Otter becker'i
' Harness 8hop. - ' U-9-lj
LIVERY STABLE.
WM CUSHION A SON,
LIVERY AND SALE STABLE. Choic,
turnouts furnished, and charges rea
sonable. South Vw.hanie street. o
dear east -of Americaa House. Il-15-l
COAL YARD.
M. McKINNET,
DEALER IN BLOSSBURG COAL, tb
tasst article known for Blacksmith
ty dose, sad aatisfactiou guaranteed. Soatl
Mi Mechanic street. '11-15-lj
LITTL.K B ABB ABA;
Prettr Barbara, rip sad nd,
Wilk sweat null aumta, like the bass abed.
And fall of nectar and honer-dew;
8o pntt, a tbiac I dara not swear
To tbe art of tbs ribbon that tias bar balr.
Or tbe bnckl tbat binds ber sboos
8a Use ber aaeb trinket aba baa to wser.
It Jnat as If It stow.
IJk a roe la Its potato and polloa dost,
Tbat wean Irs beauty bocaasa It most,
Aad emrtethlns Uka Barbara, too.
As sbo dips bar saull tin bucket In
Tbe little fountain of worsa slaaa.
Like webs tbat tbe eptders waara aad spta
lo baas oa tbe sblaias blades of grata.
A face as brlebt sad bappr as hers,
Ia tbe neta of tbe stlkea (ooiaraera,
Look, out of tbe water's smootb ocllnea.
As If tt was bappf to bold wltbla It
Tbe soft ewrbeoa red of bar Una,
Aad sin aad mm bar just for a minute.
In th ami of the dimpUa, sasooth and aUll.
En It son aad soberly turn tbe ralil.
For Ufa to bee la tbe beoer-dew
Is aotblas rot bat tbe waj-elde sprtac,
Batweaa tbe apoar aad aader btaa,
Tbat aiakn a notion of irtij tbiac
As perfect Ij Uka aa If It anw;
Aadabelaaaobapprtaseewltbia tt
Tbe abspa of bar snail sweat self a rainnta,
Iron tbe bow la tea balr to the tie of bar aboa.
To know tbat tbe raarreUooa shadows raaaa
Tbe simple Inner beat? tbat shows
Bat now In tho color o a rose,
Aad aow like tbe water'e amootb eeUpae,
Ubaarta that hold bar plotareetUI.
Ae we aw and eoberty tara tbamUl.
WUI Wallace Hamar, la Uarpar'S Hsaasiaa fa
Aetust. '
OUR FASSOOER
It was a lovely Antnmn afternoon.
toward the close ot September, when we
weighed anchor and sailed out of the
river Mersey, bound for Melbourne. We
had a euou ship Janet's Prido loaded
with miscellaneous articles. On board
were fourteen nasscneers. and. take them
all in all a pleasanter lot I never steered
across the stormy sea.- -
There were Uiree oia genucmcn wno
were coinir ont to share their fortunes.
come what might, and which, poor old
souls, they secniea to tninK iasuionea in
tbe brightest colors, long uciore uio z.ne
lish Channel was out of sicht.
Then there was a solitary old gentle
man, who. iudrinir from the tone of his
conversation, was BceKing tue new wuriu
for the ostensible purpose or nnumg lauit
with it.
There were two young married couples,
all full of hope and activity, bent upon
making a new home far away from their
native land.
There were also a very jolly elderly
brother and sister, neither of whom had
ever entered into the bonds of matrimony,
bat instead had Bluet to eacli ouier
through life.
There were three old Australian settlers
who had been over to have a peep at the
old country, and who were now returning
tn tlm land which to them, throuirh lone
communion, had become the dearest of all
others, home, sweet nome
Lastly, thoueh not least, there was a
solitary passenger, who soon became the
pet or all on oaaru. lie was a man oi
about 28 years of ace. possessing a very
clear complexion, a very handsome, long,
flowing beant ana a very siucy. mous
tache, j
liia name was Reginald Moore. 11 is
given reason lor taking tins sea voyage
wss the delicate state of his health. There
was not the least doubt that the poor fel
low's chest ' was -affected, for his -voice,
though charmingly sweet, was one of the
weakest 1 ever remeinDcr nearing;ana it
had a certain hallowness in-its sound that
in my mind is invariably associated with
tbat terrible disease commonly termed
consumption. He always wore a thick
muffler round jus neck to protect nis
throat and chest.
In all my experience and it has been a
pretty wide -one I never knew any one
to win so many friends, and such undi
vided esteem, in so short a time, as Reg
inald Moore. There was not, I believe, a
sailor on board who did not entertain the
warmest possible liking for him.
As for the passenircTS. they never seemed
so happy as when likening to his amusing
anecdotes, of which he seemed to possess
an inexhaustible store. And this delicate
young English paragon of passengers had
made this conquest over all our hearts be
fore we had been three weeks at sea.
He was too, such a clever fellow with
his hands. He could cut and shape you
anything ont of a piece of .wood, from an
oyster to an elephant, and, at making
models of ships, he never met his equal.
He was. besides, sucn a kina ana consia-
erate fellow towards fellow-passengers.
When the three elderly gentlemen, wno
imagined their fortunes made, were afflic
ud with, aea-sicknesa. be was the first to
come forward and help them about while
they slowly recovered. lie would insist
upon their taking his arm, weak as he
was himself, and he would lead them
about on deck with a firmness that spoke
volumes in favor of his "sea legs."
I do not remember any voyage ever
najuinir so oukklv as the one when the
pleasant psssenger was on board. I could;
with infinite pleasure, make a long pause
at this junction in the thread of aty story,
to dwell upon the pleasant memories I still
retain of Reginald Moore.
We were within a week's saw oi aiei
bourne. Reginald Moore had all but com-
Elcted a model of the Janet's Pride, which
e proposed presenting tome the night
before we landed.
Now he worked at this model prtnci-
Eolly on deck, and, strangely enough, he
ad chosen for a work-table the top of one
of the empty water-casks that stood on
deck, abaft and under the shel ter of the
bulwarks. .. .
While he worked through Uie day yon
were sure to see him surrounded by some
of the passengers or sailors. The amount
of industry displayed was truly wonder
ful, for he was tnvanaDiy at wore, m iuc
: lwtfam anw nf the other
passengers dreamed of turning out of their
snug berths.
Aa I have already said, we were but six
day's sail from Melbourne. For the first
. J 1 - r 1.1m tli. ilr,na
time in our cxpericutw u "
ant passenger appeared at the dlnner.toble
with a solemn, downcast expression of the
face, and a silent tongue. Before dinner
was over I asked him what troubled his
mind and caused this unhappy cnange in
his wonted cheerful manner.
At tint hi triM to evade my queries py
replying it "was nothing in particular;"
but I pressed him persistently until I won
from him an explanation. " ' i '
"Peruana, after alL" lie said, "it is only
fair that I should explain matters. The
fact of the matter is, my watch has been
stolen."
"Stolen !" we exclaimed in a breatn.
"Undoabtedlv. he answered, "but I
pray you, Captain" hero he turned to me
"I pray yu say not one word about it.
The only thing that renders the loss of
consequence to me is the fact that it once
belonged to my poor mouicr. un uiai ac
count alone I would not have lost it for
any amount of money. However, it can
not be helped, and, therefore, it is nseless
to cry over spilt milk, as the old adage
has it. My only request in the matter is,
my dear Captain, that you will leave the
matter entirely in my hands, and I think
it ia very probable that I may recover it
This request I am sore you will oblige me
7"Oertaiufy, my dear sir," I replied;
hnt " - - - '
"Exactly." he interrupted, with one of
his pleasant smiles, "yon would like to
take the matter in hand, and investigate
it to the utmost of your power; l know
that, my dear Crptain, fall well ; but I can
trust you to keep your promise, and leave
the case entirely in my hands."
How could 1 deny mm nis requen r
You will readily Imagine what conster
nation this event gave rise to among the
other passengers. The three old gentle
man instantly preceded to explain that
they possessed Jewelry to the value of at
least 3UU, wnicn mcy usually kept iockeu
UD in a brown' -leather writing-case; but
unfortunately at the present time the lock
was out of order. .
Reginald Moore suggested a safer de
posit for their valuables.
The young married couples announced
the fact of their own ing at least 250 worth
of jewelry: and they, too, consulted Sir.
Moore as to the safest plan for secreting
it.
The kind-hearted brother and sister had,
it appeared, more valuables in the way oi
ewelry than anyone on board, since 1,
500 had never purchased what they pos
sessed.
The whole of tbat evening was occupied
in speculating as to the probable perpe
trator of the theft, and in condoling with
Reginald Moore on his great loss.
Every one turned in that night in an
uneasy state of mind, and it was with as-
tnnixhment mat ttiev round inemseives.
ln the morning, still in full possession of
all their worldly goods, lhis improved
condition of affairs seemed to reassure our
passengers, who at once began to look
cheerful and at ease.
Reginald Moore's pleasant face wore its
wonted smile, and.as heretofore, he enliven
ed and charmed us with his vivacity and
anecdote. All- through he worked on the
model of the Janet's Pride, still using the
top of the empty water-cask -for a work
table. , " : .
That night we returned to rest with
minds far more at ease than the previous
one. Alas! what a sense or anger and
distress came with the morning 1 Every
passenger on board possessing jewelry
had been robbed during the nigut.
The three old gentlemen, the young
married couple and tne kind nearted
brother and sister, found themsclvrs min
us every article or jewelry the had pos
sessed. Even the grumbling old gentle
man hod lost his gold snuff-box.
There was no keeping matters quiet this
time. The tbier must be traced and
brought to justice. What was the wisest
method cf procedure t What would Mr.-
Moore suggest?
"I would suggest," though most reluct
antly," said Mr. Moore, "that every sailor
and every sailor's luggage be carefully
searched."
To this proposition we unanimously
agreed,
"This" he continncd, "must be most hu
miliating to the feelings of .-your crew,
Captain, and, therefore, in common fair
ness to them as our fellowmen, let me also
suggest that every passenger and every
passengers' luggage be also thoroughly
searched."
A little hesitation on the part of one
or two of the passengers was demonstrat
ed before acceding to this last proposal,
but our pleasant passenger soon contrived
to bring those who at first demurred to his
side of thinking. -Of
course," he said "there is not a pas
senger on board who is not abo
picion, yet, injustice to the feelings of the
crew, it is in my humble opinion, the
best we can do."
This delicacy of fueling and this
thoughtfulness on the port of Reginald
Moore rendered him, if possible, more ad
mirable and praiseworthy in our eyes
than ever. ...
Many of the crew objected strongly to
this mode of proccedure, but all were com
pelled to submit. The old boatswain was
furious with indignation, and vowed if it
cost him his life he would trace the thief j
who had caused him to be searched like a
common pickpocket. Even tbe pleasant
passenger foiled lo soothe his sense of in-
JuEy-.. . ...
: well, a thorough search was maaa uy
mvself. in company with tbe kindhearted
old gentleman and his sister. Every one's
traps were ransacked from top to bottom
uritnont success. 1 j- -
Farther search was useless. What
was to be done ?
That night, all having been made snug
and the passengers having turned in," none
of them, as you may imagine, in very bril
liant spirits, I went on deck, it being what
we call at sea "the captain's watch."
I turned in about 4 o'clock a. m the
second officer then Doming on duty. My
cabin was amidships and on- deck, -. and
from a window therein I could command
a view of the after-deck of the ship- ,
Somehow or other, I could not rest one
atom; so, dressing myself, I determined
upon sitting up aad smoking. I drew
aside the blind of the window 1 have men
tioned and looked out :i
It was just the gray light of early morn
ing, and there was a stitnsh breeze blow
ing. To my surprise 1 beheld Reginald
Moore on deck.
I was about to open my cabin door and
invite him to loin me in my restlessness,
when the peculiar nature of bis proceed-1
ings riveted my attention, lie looked
around on all sides, aa il afraid of attract
ing observation. . '
Then, suddenly, as if assured the coast
was clear, be made rapidly toward the
empty water cask, on which he was ac
customed to manufacture his model of the
Janet's Pride. Once more glancing cau
tiously about him, he then applied his
hands to the top of the cask, and with a
rapid movement lifted half of the top bodi
ly off. ;
My astonishment and my excitement
Vere intense. Another hasty glance round,
and he plunged his hand down into the
cask, thun quickly withdrew it, holding in
his grasp a small bag which he rapidly
concealed in the breast of his coat.
Again he took a hasty survey, and was
about making another dive into this
strange receptacle for hidden goods, when
he suddenly withdrew, having, with aston
ishing rapidity, replaced the top of the
cask. In another moment the cause of his
alarm was made apparent, as a couple of
sailors passed him on their way to relieve
the man at the wheel.
When all was again quiet for an instant
he seemed determined tu at once return to
the cask and no doubt withdraw something
mora that the interruption had prevented
him withdrawing in the first instance. But
suddenly changing bis mind, be went
down the stairs that led from the deck to
the saloon and sleeping cabins.
Scarcely had he disappeared when an
other figure, stealthy crossing the deck.
met my anxious OJaervotiou, it was tne
boatswain.
I saw him glance toward the stairs down
which Reginald Moore bad taken, his de
parture. Ha then made direct for the
water-cask. It was now obvious to me
that the old boatswain had been watching
the pleasant passenger. - '
Just as he reached the water-cask a
heavy green sea struck the ship to wind
ward, necessitating the boatswain to hold
on by the ropes sa as to keep his footing.
and precisely at tne same moment iteginaiu
Moore appeared at the top of the cabin
stairs.' I shall neyer forget the scene.
The Instant the ship bad steadied her
self the boatswain commenced bis exam
ination of the water-cask.. For a moment
only, Moore stood looking at him with as
evil an expression- on his lace as I ever
beheld. ' '
With one bound he was upon the boit,
swain before he could turn to protect him
self. L waited no longer, but flung open
the door of my cabin in an instant, and
in another I was to tne rescue, mnu ui a
few momenta we bad our pleasant pas
senger in irons. .-.. . .
ao, you see, ne was tne uu mui ti,
hiding his knavery under the pleasantest
exterior I ever knew a man to possess,
The manner in which be had manufac
tured the top of that water-cask was tbe
most finished and ingenious piece of car
peutry I have ever beheld. . t
In the interior of the side of the- cask,
he had driven several nails, about two
feet from tbe top, on which be bad sus
pended, in wash-leather bags, the jew
elry he hail stolen.
You may easily imagine the surprise
evinced by our passengers on discovering
that the tuict was tne man tor wnom cacu
and every one entertained such regard
and even affection.
At the expiration of three days from the
date of the pleasant passenger's detection
we landed in Melbourne, where duty
compelled me to hand bim over to the
police : but t.8 no one eared to remain in
that town for the purpose of prosecuting
bim, he was summarily dealt witn. ine
presiding magistrate sentenced him to
six months' imprisonment with hard
labor.
Cremation of Sir XL Coomsra Swauny.
Over a thousand persons, representing
every class of the inhabitants ot joiombo,
assembled in the unconsecrated portion of
the liorclla Uciactcry on Monday, to wit
ness the cremation of the remains of the
Hon. Sir M. Ooomara Swamy, the Tamil
representative in the Legislative
Council, who, as we announced in our
last issue, died on Sunday morning, at his
residence at Colpctty. This was the first
time, we believe, that a cremation has
taken place in the cemetery, which prob
ably accounted for the presence of many
persons who were merely attracted bv
curiosity; and as it may seem somewhat
strange that the ceremony which we are
about to describe should take place with
in a few hundred yards of the consecrated
portion of the cemetery -we-may explain
that the government agest gave the neces
sary pennUnioo on Jhe; principle . that a
cemetery was for common use, and that
the portion ot it not consecrated could not
be denied to any applicants, whatevet
their religious faith and whatever their
luncrai rites migut tie. ine .necessary
site was, therefore, furnished for the fun
eral pyre of the deceased Knight; and was
Indicated ' by " somewhat novel con-
struction. Four plantain trees heavily
laden with fruit were placed
in such a position that they formed the
corners ot a kind of altar composed ot
gfinxlal wood. The skies of the altar were
crccrieTt witb white cloth, and the cover
ings were corn ied of the came material.
native fruits being profusely used to give
it an attractive appearance. Near at hand
was a large supply of sandal wood, to be
it ea alter tne body nad been deposited on
the pyre, and the presence of two tins of
keroseno. of sever- chatties containing
ghee and other inflammable material, in
dicated that every precaution had been
taken to reduce the body to ashes as
quickly as possible.
'1 ne cortege was announced to leave the
residence ot the deceased at seven o'clock
precisely, but owing to the roundabout
way the procession took, it was consider,
ably past eight before it arrived on. the
ground. The body, which was in a coflln
covered by a crimson pall with gold fringe,
was conveyed to the cemetery on a hearse
surmounted by a pa(jQdahftped construe
tion oi wuue linen, reiievea wiui uiack,
and studded with a large number of. min-
ature flags, also of white linen. ' As the
I hearse was slowly drawn by its two horses
coalics placed long strips of cloth in
iront ot it, so that all the way lrom
Colpctty to Borella the horses' feel rarely
touched tbe surface of the road. Behind
the hearse was a siring of nearly a hun
dred carriages, among the occupants of
which were Captain Nevll Uayne, A. L.
C representing II. F. the governor. Chief-
Justice Phear, Mr. Justice! Stewart and
many other prominent citizens, together
with an Influential representation of other
classes of the community.
- wnen the pyre was reached tne ncarsc
was drawn round it three times, and the
coflln was then borne from the hearse to
the pyre by Chief-Justice Phear, Mr. Jus
tice Scwart, pie Hon. Mr. Vane and the
Uon, j. .yon angenberg. Iftcn began
what was anything but ah editring sight.
or one calculated to add to the -solemnity
of death. A number of natives, men and
wotrten.'Jk'gan to pile over the coflln huge
logs of sandalwood, and seemed to re
gard the labor as one of a most ordinary
character, for they chatted and shouted
and pushed to and fro just as if they were
unloading a -boat in the harbor. -Log upon
log was piLud apart tha caflia, until at last
it was altogether concealed from view.
and then .two tins of kerosene were poured
over' the pile, -white' caU phor-and other
ingredients (haf. baye a pleasant pdor
when, burnt were, liberally employed, to
gether with the ghee in the chatties al-
1 . I a
rcuuy menuuoeu.' -t i
At lost when the patience of the Euro
peans, exposed many of them for nearly
two hours, to the. : heat, of the sub, was
nearly exhausted, the Coolies who had so
assiduouslyi piled oa - the scandlcwood
were told to desist from their work. By
tliis time the pile over the coflln had reach
ed the canopy, some of the timber consis
ting of wood that had apparently at one
lima limned, the . pillars of a dwelling,
bouse, and that took two men to carry.
Tben'Mr. Tamblah, who took an active
part in directing the operations, requested
tbe crowd to retire foe a lew yards. This
request was willlnirlr acceded to, and two
natives who were attired as Coolies, but
who, we were told, were "Priests," blew a
melancholy wail for a few - moments on
conch-shells. As - they, did . so, the pyre
was fired by means of. a torch, and in a
second or two was a mass of flames, the
heat from which was unendurable. Most
of the Europeans present having seen this
much of thfl ceremony, s.t pnoe departed,
LTUI 1 I.I gU UUUIUCIB Ul IIUIITI. j mg IU
formed, remained until the pyre was noth
ing but a heap of ashes. Theso ashes, we
believe, will be carefully collected, and.
after souie pereinony, scattered either in
the sea or in the rivcr,-?Oeyloi Time.
Why Eve Did Not Keep m Hired Girl.
A lady writer in one ot our exchanges
furnishes some of the reasons why
Eve did not keep a hired girl. She says:
There has been a great deal said about
the faults of women, and why they need
so much waiting on. borne one, (a man
of course), bas 140 presumption to ask
"Why, when Eve was manufactured of a
spare rib, a servant was not made at the
same time to wait upon her, V She didnt
need my. A bright writer has said that
Adan) never Came whining to Eve with a
ragged stocking to be darned, buttons to
be sewed on, gloves to oe- mended, rtgut
away quick now!" because be never
read th newspapers until the sun - went
down behind the palm trees, and he,
stretching himself, yawned out: "Isn't
supper ready my dear." Ifat he. JJe
made the nre and nupg me kettio oyer it
himself, we'll venture, and pulled the rad
ishes, peeled the potatoes, and did every
thing elso ho ought to do. He milked
the cow, fed tbe chickens, and looked af
ter the pigs himself, and never brought
half a dozen friends to dinner when Eve
didn't have any fresh pomegranates. lie
never stayed out until 11 o'clock at night,
and then scolded because Eve was sitting
up and crying inside the gates, lie never
loafed around the corner groceries while
Eve was rocking little Cain's cradle at
home. lie did not coll Eve up from the
cellar to get his slippers and put them in
in the corner where he left them. Not be.
When he pulled them off he put them un
der the fig tree beside his Sunday boots.
In short he did npt tujnk her especially
created for the purpose of waiting n him,
and be wasn't under the impression that
it disgraced a man to lighten a wife's
cares a little. That's the reason Eve did
not need a hired girl, and with it was the
reason that her fair descendants did.
The play was at its height in the card,
room of a well known club, and from a
distant corner was heard. "We are two to
two 1" By Jove, we are two to two too I" re
sponded a player ut an adjoining table.
No wonder tbat a German there present
likened our language to a French born.
July.
THE HUMAN EYE.
Brown Eyea aad ttreen, aad Eyes of
Heavenly Blue.
" Human eyes, and particularly the eves
of tine women and great men, are always
Interesting things; and so we or.ote here
what Prof. Seelcy.in his "Life and Times of
ptcin," takes from .one of Arndt's works
respecting the eyes of two great men. "Be
it hero said once for all," observes' Arndt,
"in answer to those who always come out
with the finest white skin and the blxcst
silver-clear eyes as the genuine mark of
nouicness anu genius in a man, that the
two greatest Germans of the nineteenth
century Goethe and Stein observed the
world from brown eyes ; though there was
this difference, that the Goethean eye,
broad and open, looked rather down for
the most part with such radiance upon all
around, and upon people, while Stein's
eye, smaller and keener, rather gleamed
tnan snone, and at times very fiercely
flashed. Usually it expressed friendliness
and honesty, but when he was in serious or
positive angry mood it was capable of
Hashing in a formidable manner. The
most misciiievious eyes in women are-
brown, according to experts. They are all
powerful, are the eves of women, whatever
tueir coior ume, or uiack, or brown, or
hazel, or chestnut, or grey or green. Becky
suarp nau green eyes, and tney did im
mense execution. Velvety violet eves arc
singularly beautiful, but His said they do
not wear well. ' and wash badly. Eyes
snouid wasn wen, considering now much
they have to do with tears. Yellow eyes
are not more common than yellow
d iamonds, and they rank among diamonds.
They are more numerous among men than
among women, and novelists give them to
peculiar descriptions of their villiana the
lazy, dreamy sort of villiana, who, how
ever, can nre up on occasion, and become
the veriest devils of destruction. They
are often given to the snake, but we have
seen eyes in snakes that were anything but
yellow, and snaky eyes in human heads
that were ot the deepest block. ' White
eyes are dead eyes, so far as expression
goes, and Tcroind the observer of fish at
the market; but In moments or passion
they become quite as expressive as eyes
ever should be. Commonly, they convey
the expression of blindness, as well as of
moral feebleness.
Touching the color of the eves it should
be born in mind that the same word has
different meanings at different periods.
One of the heaviest and therefore . the
most accurate, of the bhakespearian com-
mentators lor it is the rule with many
that no brilliant man can be accurate, and
no accurate man brilliant assures us that
"what we now call blue eyes were in
Shakespeare's time called gray, and were
considered as . eminently beautiful."
Heavenly blue we assume to be meant.
the real azure or true blue, upon which
the celestials are supposed to have the
strongest claim in return. Cooper, in one
of his novels, when describing two young
momen, observes, "One peculiar charm
was common to both ; and it is a Charm.
though the strongest instance I ever saw of
it in my me was in Italy, that may be
said to belong almost exclusively to the
Anglo-Saxon race; I mean that expression
of the countenance which so eminently be
tokens feminine purity and. femjnijie ten
derness united the look which artists
love to impart to the faces of acgels.
Each of th ij girls hod much of this; and I
suppose it C as principally owing to their
heavenly blue eyes. I doubt if any wo
man with black or hazle eyes, notwith
standing all the brilliancy of their beauty,
ever possessed this charm Ha the higher
degree." The lower animals often have
most expressive eyes tnat are intensely
beautiful, being of a beauty that endures.
perhaps, because they do not suffer frum
the moral wear and tear WiUe passions
and the appetites ; and yet those animals
suffer much front the persecutions and
cruelties of man. Fear and fierceness be
long to such eyes in perfection : fear be
cause the lives of the feebler animals are
passed In almost constant terror, and
fierceness because tlio bolder animals are
ever on guard against attack, or are search
ing for food. . What can be more pathetic
than the appealing look of a timid spaniel
that is ill-used, or that is looking for its
lost lord ? What fiercer than the eyes of a
fighting animal at bay? i v
The theory is becoming common that,
in itself, thp eye is nothing, and that what
we call its expression comes entirely from
its surroundings, its setting,- as w0 may
say. We wet inclined tQ lngb ftt this
When first wo heard of it ; but having read
the arguments made in its support, it
strikes us as being a shrewd view of the
eye, and Its position and purpose. What
is meant by the surroundings ot the eye
is best explained by a passage in Haw
thorne's Italian "Note-Books." In which
he mentions a conversation he bad with
Powers, the sculptor. "S.peaVjng qf hu
man eves, be observed that they did not
depend for their expression upon color.
nor upon any fight f the epnl beaming
through them, nqr any glow of thp eye:
ball, nor upon anything but tbe form and
action or uio surrouuuing muaeiea. xte
Illustrates it by saying that if the eye of a
wolf or ot whatever fiercer animal, could
be placed in another setting, it would be
found capable of the utmost gentleness of
expression. " I ou yourself,' said he, 'have
a very bright and sharp look sometimes
but it is not In the eye itself.' His owt
eyes, fts 4 pouw nave awqrn,wer flowing
all the tme he spoke ; and. remembering
how many times i nave seemed to see eyes
glow and blaze and flash and sparkle and
melt and soften, and how all .poetry is illu
minated with tne igut Ri ladies' eyes, and
hqw many r.oqplo hitVP been smitten by
the lightning or an eye, whether lu love or
anger, it was ditncull to allow that all this
subtlest and keenest fire Is Illusive, not
even phosphorescent, and that any other
jelly in the same socket would serve as
well as the brightest eye. .nevertheless,
he must be right; of course he must and I
am rather ashamed ever to have thought
otherwise. Where should, the light cqiue
from I lias a lnan a flauie inside of- his
bcadt lioesji'is spirit mdnifiest itself in
the semblance of flame t Tbe moment we
think of it the absurdity becomes evident.
am not quite sure, noweyer, that tne
outer surface pf t,bp eyp m&y not reflect
mow light tn some siatea ot iceiing than
others; the state of health certainly has an
influence ot this kind." Hawthorne some
where says of Webster, "If bis eyes had
not been in such deep caves, nre would
not have looked as bright." Boston
Tr&vPlefi . . .
- - The Now AnntMla,tar."
Bright and early yesterday morning be.
fore one tenth of tue citiaens . of Detroit
had shaken of the effects of the glorious
Fourth, Prof. James 1C- P- Burlingame
made his appearance on several - streets In
Detroit almost at tbe same moment. Vou
would have known him to be a professor.
even if you bad seen him tangled up with
the wheels of a butcher cart. The tall
plug hat, carrying the stains of years
that linen duster girted at the waist bis
long hair hanging down to keep his
shoulders warm was a dead give away on
his title.
The professor came here to dispose of
individual rights to use his "Fly Annihi
lator," and be didn't let thoughts of the
neat presidential election act him down
on a bench. His piccolo voice inquired
of a woman at the front door of a bouse on
Con gress street cast :
"Madame, have you ten seconds to spare
this morning?" ' I-
: "No, sir I" was her prompt reply.
"Very well, then you will miss seeing
my Fly Aanihilator,"be remarked as he
walked off. "Thousands have missed it to
their everlasting sorrow thousands have
accepted it and been made bappy ftor life."
"It's some kind of pizen!" she called
after him down tbe street.-- - . ' -j
"Warranted freo from all drugs and
chemicals dangerous to the human ex
tern, and recommended to people troubled
with sleeplessness," he called eut as he
briskly retraced his steps.
"I've got screens in every window, and
yet the flies get in," she continued as be
opened his satchel on the steps.
"Of course they do of course. 'A fly
is like a human being. Bar hi at out and
he is seized wilk : a desire to get it at any
.price. Tell him that he can't and be will
or break his neck. Fling away your
screens ana uepeno entirely on my annihi-
ior, warraoiea to kill on sight, and can
be worked by a child of four years. This
is the application."
He took from his satchel an eight ounce
boUle-fllled with a dork liquid and pro-
mcu mui a auitui ucusii, anu noiuiDg it
up continued: .
"One 23 cent bottle does for twenty doors.
ana t. give you directions now to make all
yon want. No poison here nothing in
mis bottle to trot the children np to the
cemetery."
Why, you don't put it on the flics, do
you t" she asked. - -
"Not altogether, madam. Any child
can use it, as I said before., Just watch
me a moment".
He swung the front door oncn. and with
the brush applied the mixture to the back
edge, giving it a thin coat from top to
uottom.
Now. then." he said, as he swung the
door back, "Flics like sweet. The mixture
is sweet. The fly alights on the door, and
yon 8 wing it shut and he is jammed
against the casing and crushed in an
instant ' Every door is capable of killing
1,000 flies per dav. If von have twelve
doors your aggregate of dead flies will be
exactly 13,000. When you have crushed
about 2,000 on a door take an old knife
ana scrape tiiem oft and - begin over
again." . ,
"Do vou suppose !" began the in.
dignont woman, but he interrupted ber
nun ;
"Dbnt suppose anything about it, ex
cept that it will mash hies and never
miss. All you have to do is to open every
door, apply the mixture, and then shut
them in succession. If you have twelve
doors and twelve children, you can leave
it all to the children. And only twenty-
nvc cents per uotuc."
"Do vou think I want all my doors
daubed up with flies and molasses f" she
shouted, as 'she made a cuff at the
bottle.
"Just as you prefer, madam." he onictlv
replied. "Some do and some don't. Some
do and soxe don't. Some won't have it
at any price, and others even set np extra
doors in the back yard in order to use lots
oi it. I'll warrant this liquid, to draw
'em. if you'll only open and shut the
doors." ...
"I won't buy it I won't have it !" she
shouted, as she jammed the broom against
tne aoor.
Vtry well, madam very well. If you
prefer a fly on vaur nose to one on the
door I can raise no objections.. Remem
ber, however, that this is is my farewell
tour pievious to appearing before the
crowned heads of Europe, and you will
not have another chance to secure the
anmhilator. All you have to do is to
take your sewing on vou lap and open and
shut the door at regular intervals."
'irmy husband was here he'd he'd "
"Ue'ct buy the right for this county and
make $30,000 in two months, but as he is
not here we'll bid you good dav and nasa
on. Sorry, madam," but some folks prefer
to kin their niea wit a a pitchtork,-and the
man with pitcblorka will call here in
fifteen minutes. Detroit Free Press.
A Woman with Two Hoakaadn,
For several days sensational accounts of
the marriages, qi the three parties named
below have been going tbe rounds of the
press. We have been at some pains to se
cure the facts in the case, and they are as
follows: Nellie Delaven, a daughter of
John ueiaven, ot uanton village, came to
Ogdensburg about the close or the war,
and entered one of the milliner shops as an
apprentice. She was good-looking and of
prepossessing manner. Shortly after her
arrival she made the acquaintance ot
Frank W. Richards, a young man then re
siding here. He was a Protestant and she
a Catholic. Thev were married here
without the consent or knowledge of her
parents, and moved at once to uanton.
Her parents could certainly., have
made no. opposition to the mar.
riage before it occurred, and they now say
that it fM flevor unsatisfactory to them.
fox tnree years the parties lived pieasanuy
together at Canton. ' Richards then de
termined to better his situation, and went
West alone. He secured a place as brake-
man on a Wisconsin railroad, and intend
ed, as soon as he could, to send for his
wife. Before that time came, however,
an accident occurred by whli-h he was
seriously inlured. Dispatches were sent
to bis wife to come to his dying bedside,
and the papers placed nis name among
those fatally injured. As was tq be ex
pected, -Mrs. 'wiaraa qeiroa ia go to aim,
hut Deing in straitened circumstances, and
believing that she could do him no good,
did not Hearing no further from her
husband, she gave him up as dead. After
working at the milincry business in Can
ton for some three years, she went to Os
wego and opened a millinery store in that
city. There some six or seven veftrs ago
she was married to, Jphn Tuio, with whom
She has lived' since. Their life has been a
happy one, and one child, less than a year
old, has been born to them.
To return to Kichards. ' lie was under
the doctor's care at Fond d Iac several
months, and. tjnaly entirely recovered,
lie had heard nothing, ol his wife, and
concluded that she did not want to hear
from him. ills life alter that was one of
a roving kind, in this business one month
and in that another. He erected telegraph
poles in Mexico, and worked on the rail
roads in Texas. At the breaking out of
the yellow fever he was running between
Galveston and San Aotdnia. He was then
promoted to tfte con,ductorsnip on atreignt
tram, which lie ran' into New Orleans to
provision the city. About six week ago
he got a leave at absence anq went to uan-
ton. lie has a sister, Mra. Lena Smith, re.
aiding theve. Qu. his arrival at Canton his
ir . ' nn.-i . . : a ' i .... ir
WMw, Ja mo, wua uuuum uy jura.
Smith that be was there. She at once
went to Canton and had an interview
with him. The story that she - was
on her way to see a sister in the East seems
to be a myth. . Richards was at Canton
for several days teaching the boya bow to
play billiards and visiting old acquaint
ances. He was known by some aa "Texas
Jack," though why he should bear tbat
name tt would perhaps be hard ,ta . ten.
On the 15th Inst, he left Canton, saying
tbat be was going to Massachusetts. It is
also understood at Canton that he left New
York on the 16th far Topcka, Kan. His
wife left Canton the 9th of this month, and
ber friends at Canton understood that she
was to return to ber husband No. 2 at
Oswego, and would continue to live with
him. The Oswego papers and a dispatch
to the Sun both indicate that she bad a
tearful separation from husband No. 2 at
Oswego, and that she has gone west with
Mr. Richards. Be this as it may, the
reader may pay his money and take his
choice, leaving Iter with whichever hus
band he has the most sympathy - with,
Ogdensburg Journal.
A Georgia Flab Story
Mr. Z. Bass, of Irwin county- caught re
cently a catfish, a squirrel and an alliga
tor aU upon tbe same .hook at the same
Ltime. The fish probably caught the sqtr.
rel while swimming across the lake, and
afterward caught and 'swallowed - an alii,
gator about a foot in .length, and : thon
found and swallowed tbe bait upon a set
book, When a catfish starts out on ' a for
aging expedition he will take in anything
from a wheelbarrow to a aaddle blanket
Hawkinsvlllc, (Ga.) Despatch.
HOW WE TALK.
The Dlaleeta ofthe Various) Sections
mi im liaiea.
r . ...
li a man go to "congress," as we say,
auu ii u win soon nnu mat ne is amid
variety oi dialects. The uobse of repre-
Bvuiaiives assemoies its members irom
every portion of the Union, and. although
many of the members are sufficiently edu-
caieu, anu traveled to nave sued many ot
their peculiarities of speech, there will
atill be found abundant 'oDnortnnitv to
emu uur aiaicctB. .many win oetray
their "native." as Kentuckiana term it. at
the first opening of their lin . It - mnv
uuijr oe a cry oi uraer." ur it may be
only an address to the chaw. "Mr. Speak
er," or it may only be an allusion to "the
mumi,uu iiuui uw iwi. ur ine gen
tleman fjtm Virginia" it is enough. In
a causual looking in on the snate.
have heard as characteristics New Eng
landisms -as are to be found hi "Sam
olick," and as choice specimens of Ten
nessee eloquence as are to be round re
ported In the pages of "Davy Crockett"
Some years azo it was said that Mr.
Chambers, of Pennsylvania, was so vexed
at mo pronunciation given tils name tiv
the clerk of the house that at length he
rel used to answer it The clerk - wu
Virginian and persisted in calling "Jeema
vuawmoersi deems (jnawmbers 1" -
A more Important varietv of nur anmvli
is that which is of Scotch Irish oriiHn.
The dialect of Pennsvrvania is mafnlT
Scotch-Irish. This is the mora remarks.
ble when we remember that the settlers of
Pennsylvania were largely of the cIasa nf
.angusn Quakers, and that subsequently
tho Germans have come in almost over
whelming force. . From Eastern Pennsyl
vania the Scotch-Irish spread abroad, go
ing np the Cumberland Valley into Vir
ginia, and crossing the Alleghentes both
iu r-ennsyivania ana Virginia. Their dia
lect fa broadly defined, both against the
people of New York on the north and the
people of old Virginia on the south aad
west No one at all acquainted with the
Scotch-Irish dialect would be at a loss to
identify tbe mam peculiarities of speech
exhibited in all the region indicated. Penn
ey Ivan i an says "strenth" and "lenth" for
strength and length. lie says "cannle"
and "hannle" and "bunnle" for candle
and handle aud bundle. He says "I want
out", and "I want down" for "I want to
get out" and "I want to get down." He
says ne win wait on you when he says
he will wait "for yoa." If a person has
had a -slight sickness, and has speedily
gotten over it. the Pennsylvaniaa will say
that "he took sick," but it was only a
"brash " and he soon got "onite better"
The Pennsylvania!! often uses "nor" for
man alter a comparative adjective. ' One
thing is "more nor another," or "better
nor anotner." ao "tin" is often substituted
for to" in tbe Pennsylvania dialect The
horse comes till the stable, or a boy till
the sohoolhouse. The word "into" is
much used for "in" in Pennsylvania. A
horse will be said to have a while soot
into its forehead, or a field to have a fine
spring of water into it The.Pennsyl.
vanians use the word "whenever" to sig
nify as soon as. Thus it will be said
"whenever the carriage came, the lady
got in." In Pennsylvania they "lift a col
lection" and "take up a church." ' and
ride to town "in a machine." with a ''horse
beast" drawing the machine. Moreover.
if the horse is a lively animal, what some
call "skittish" be will be called in Penn
sylvania "a wild beast! Now, all these
peculiarities are evidently of Scotch-Irish
origin, and by means of them, and others
like them, we can trace in our country
the movement, of the influence of this
element of population. . . . . In
all tbe South conversation is more cul
tivated among educated people than at
the North. It is a noteworthy fact
that conversation considered aa
accomplishment, scarcely exists at
ait in our Northern States.
Scarcely one educated person in a hundred
is as skillful and practical a talker in gen
eral society. This is all the more remark
able when we remember that the whole
nation is given to publio 'talking. Let
almost any man who In a parlor is wholly
quiet, or who speaks only in an awkward
or embarrased way, once mount a stump,
ana ne win narrangue a crowd by the
hour. Bui at the South almost every edu.
cated person of either sex will converse in
mixed company with freedom, tact and
intelligence. Conversation is cultivated.
There is an ambition to excel in it From
this, no doubt, in part, it has come to pass
that pronunciation at the South is more
old-fashioned than at the North. Conver
sation at the South has given tbe law to
pronunciation, while at the North we have
followed books and have changed the pro
nunciation to suit tbe spelling. Thus at
the South it ia common, if not universal,
to hear clerk pronounced dark, and James
Jeemes, and keer for care, and skeer for
scare, rigiment and siminary for regiment
and seminary. And not only do old-fash-ioncd
pronunciations prevail at the South,
but also old-fashioned phrases and expres
sions. A young man attaining bis majority be-
comes "one-and-twenty" instead of twenty-
one, insteaa oi a in ing witn a iriena, or
taking tea.they "eat a meal's victuals" with
him. .
Perhaps a sufficient number of illustrat
tions has been given to the connection of
our modes of speech, yet it would hardly
answer to dismiss the subject without some
reference to Westernismof life and speech.
Such words as "olearlngs" and "diggins"
and "openings" point out sufficiently the
character of the Western country.
mere is mat, nowever, in western fan.
guage which is yet more ' significant of
peculiarity in Western life.- Western peo
ple are much in the habit of using words
in odd and unexpected ways, and of in.
stltuting grotesque comparisons, and of in
dulging in picturesqu expressions. They
indulge in a sort ol wild freedom of speech
which seems very truly to harmonize with
the freedom of life belonging to a new
country. For example, they prefer to call
whisky "corn Inloe," because therein is the
conception of the "make" of the article.
And when they go further and call it
"chain lightning," they very vividly set
forth the style f its working. : They say
of a man whose pretensions have been ex
posed or who has egrcgiously failed in
carrying out bis plans, that has ""flatted
out" Then a man of staunch character is
not only "there," but further, and especial
ly, he is ao sate that "he . will do to lie
to,"
A Western man when traveling, when
he happens to see - a church, and desires
to know who is its pastor, will ask the
question, "who runs me concern f" It ta
common everywhere to hear - tne word
badly" used for "much" or - greatly."
Thus a man caught in a shower will, say
be wants an umbrella very "badly." Hut
see the emphasis which the Western man
obtains by a little twisting of the expres.
sion. He says, "I want an - umbrella the
worstkind." ,f -. - r ; .
Yet if at the same time we study the
dialects of other countries, we shall find
the people of this whole land are one in
language, in a. higher and more , perfect
sense then is true of any other natlon-rone
also in race, history, literature, religion,
geography and that nowhere tinder the
sun are seen so many .unities among! a
people, of such high and controlling .sort;
aa exist in reierence to American people
Colonel Augustus Stonca pioneer of. the
Northwest died at Marietta Saturday
evening, at the age of 09 years.' Colonel
Stone was born in SufJand, Massachusetts,
ana came to Marietta when' a child, with
General PUtman. He was Colonel of tbe
first regiment of militia in Ohio; was
made a Free Mason at the age of 21,' has
oeen a constant member or the American
Union- Lodge No. 4, of Marietta for 78
years, and was therefore believed to be the
oldest affiliated Mason and the oldest
Past Master In the United States, '
, . . , OHIO NEWS. . :
Hon. Charles Foster was in Washington
last Saturday. . .
Cincinnati had ' three sun-stroke ' cases
Saturday, one proving fatal. - "
Emmitt S. Burnett's house" " Guemsev
county, was burned caught from a defec-
SvEavadical conference of thn r.nHiomn
Church of North America was held at
Columbus, last Week. : - "
Among the cadet vacancies for OMn
that will occur in 1880 are those ot the
ninth and tenth districts.
The editor of the rrwlin1 Rn.H.tr
Voice has been arrested in Detroit to an.
swer suit for criminal libel. "
Harvev Evans, of Wash in frtrtn was rVmnrt
in his bed last at the mint nf rwth u a
windap to a drunken spree. - r . -t
The Cincinnati for Hamilton conntv)
republican convention, on the 28th- will
be composed ot 8D6 delegates.
A cheese factorv and warenntiop n-amprl
by a Mr. Phelps, of North Eaton, waa
burned.- Loss about 1 1.000.
A farmer named Joel EvansTof Monroe
county committed suicide by hanging.
f inancial embarrasment caused it
The Cincinnati Gazette savs the exno.
sition, to be held in that city this fall, will
eclipse any ever before held in any western
city. 4 - .-
A large new' barn owned bv Sheridan
Cox, near Mt Gilead was struck bv light.
ning and, with, the shed also, burned to
uie ground. , -
A barn owned by. William Bostwick.
near Chillicothe, was struck by lightning
Sunday morning and burned. Loss 1.800:
covered by insurance. - ."--
A dwelling house in Summit conntv waa
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground. Loss f 1,000; fully insured in the
Ohio Farmer's. ' '
The colored' girl who .was supposed
murdered and her remains burned in the
rlmtlifrrnn rtora mm IVIoMnll. -la .1 :
covered alive and well in Washington.
A policeman in New. Philadelphia, in
attempting to draw his revolver and fire
on a supposed fleeing burglars, shot him.
self in the arm, inflicting an ugiy wound.
RanieT Rouserrthe Well-known temper
ance lecturer was drowned in the Miami
river, ltouser had broken his pledge, and
was drowned while uhder the influenee of
liquor.
A VOUn'g man named Warrpn Hnftman
living at Eaton, nearly made a suicide of
it Saturday, with a single-barrel pistol and
a pen-knife, but it is thought he may re
cover. He was "tired of living."
Two men from Wilmington, while look.
ing aroand the depot albedo w Springs
were fired on. by two men in charge, who
supposed they were burglars. A danger-
wouna was lnniciea in tne hand or one the
men. : . -i .
The general' opinion is that in the Dr.
Gates murder trial at Irontown, the State
has established the fact of death by poison,
but the matter of connecting the accused;
Dr. Gates, with administering the poison,
is nut yet toucnea. . - .
lispatcn from Logan. savs: There.
mains of Mrs. Ella WT Bower, of Bristol..
Ind., were interred here to-day. They
were accompanied to this place by the
bereaved husband. C. C Bower. M. T
and C F. Mosier, of the Bristol Banner.
The Ashland Press, the official demo
cratic paper of the county, was sold Satur
day to W. 'A. Alberson and CL W. Pitts
man. Its former proprietor, B. F. Nelson,
goes to Akron to take editorial charge of
the new daily and weekly democratic pa
per to be started there. - -
During the severe storm Fridav cren.
big, the barn of Jacob Spence, near New
Winchester. Crawford. eoontv. waa set on
fire by lightning and entirely destroyed
with its contents of grain and' farming
implements, and a valuable horse. Loss
over $1,000; insurance $400. ,
It is now said that no coadintor for
Archbishop Purcell will be' appointed be
fore fall, as the list of candidates adopted
by the Synod (Bishops McQuade, Fitz
gerald and Chatard) has not yet been
forwarded to Rome, bat is being sent
from Archbishop to Archbishop for their
approval.
Mr. A. E. Bush," a well-known traveling
salesman through Ohio, Indiana and Ken
tucky, -for the notion house of Joel J.
Bailey & Co, Market street, Philadelphia,
committed suicide at his residence in
Greenville, Sunday afternoon, between the
hours of 1 and 2:30, - by - hanging. The
causs of the commission of the deed is an
inexplicable mystery, as he was in no fi
nancial trouble, of happy disposition, and
the father of a large aad pleasant family.
Warren Huffman, a single man. about
thirty-five years of age, went into the
wood-house of . his uncle, Morgan Huff
man, who resides in the south-east part of
Eaton, and made a desperate -attempt at
suicide. He fired a charge of shot from
single-barrelad pistol into his stomach,
little below and to the left of his breast
bone. ' ne also made an attempt to cat
his throat with a dull pocket-knife, inflict
ing tagged flesn wounds upon each side
ot his neck. He is suffering great pain,
and will likely soon die. He has long
been afflicted with enlargement of the
brain, has been sick and despondent for a
inonui or two, and was doubtless insane..
Dayton authorities' are turning their
attention to the drinking water ot ' that
city, seeming to have concluded that
enough of their citizens still drink water
tQj make it of consequence to get the ar
ticle a little purer than they have ha1 it
A communication from' the Board of
Health to - the ' Council "shows a most
shockiog condition ot affairs. The acque
duct with which the city is supplied with
water in case me reservoir becomes low
is filled' with putrid animal matter and
filthy substances. Its banks have become
a dumping ground tor the city refuse and
adjacent slaughter bouses 'are drained in
the stream," says a special from that city.
consequently steps were taken for reform
in this direction.
BalaUaa; Mama -:
It is often said that it does not pay for
farmers to raise this or that breed ofborses,
but this is true only in a limited sense.
The best specimens of any strain or style
oi norses sen rapiaiy,- at gooa prices, ' and
tbe poor ones of all breeds are drugs upon
tne market- it isnodouut true mat .a
much greater measure ot success may be
expected with some breeds than others, the
choice depending largely upon the circum
stances pi me iarmer, nis location, etc.
and that, as a general rule, ordinary farmers
cannot compete with wealthy professional
preeaera in producing nones ror racing
purposes, either. runners or trotters; but
even in these classes ' much will depend
apon 4he location and the sort of' brood
mares the farmer may have apon nis iarm.
It be' is situated in a region famous for
producing turf horses, one that is frequent
ed by buyers of such horses, where he can
have access to first class- stallions, and
his brood mares are of. strains of blood
noted for producing; winners, be will cer
tainly find it most profitable to breed for
hones of thn class. Where these condi
tions do not exist, he will usually find the .
sorest profit in breeding heavy draft or
stylish carriage horaca. ; ;.. . , -.
The steam tramway from Rome to
Trivoli waa recently opened with, quite
popular demonstration, ' -