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cial paper of the County.
A.. P. Miller,
Editor and Pioprictor.
NEWSOFTHE WEEK.
fCfcirNii Ornln a
Tho Mark Lane fit press in reviewing
the British corn trade the past week gays:
'Ehr Abundant rainfall and lower temperature
last week ha^e occasioned apprehension ie
garduig tlic ieieul«, c&pccialh on lica\j lands
and-a speedily tuturii of dry and waiin dujs is
i^o^ed't* -alley an\ictv Tiie general agri
cultural proopci Is would be •-eiiousU jeopard
iaed by a continuant of the present cold.dauip
wcatlicr. Trade i'\ce»si\t»lj dull hoth in
the eountiy and Murk Lane, iiltliouulr sup
plies of home grow wheat (ome forward
spairingly.tfud farmers ha'\c Miowu more de
sire to realize in spite of the dcclin'ng prices.
Offerings of Engli-.li wheat at Mark Lane,
although scanty have been in fail condition
but there was a decline ofonc shilling to two
shilling per quai tcr on Monday, ami bujeis,
showed little die position to a\all of conces
sions and a similar duct ion was necessary to
ellectsales of foreign, of which the imports
into, London lia\ been more liberal, o\\ ing to
the reopening of the harbor of Oroiissadt aud
the arri\al'Of some recent heavy shipments
fioin the Atlantic ports of the United States
A large proportion of the eck's supply con
sisted of red wheat. Of the total import of
alout.")»,00Oquaiteis, nearlj 40,000 were'eon
tributcd by America- and Northern Russia.
The supply is outstripping the demand, and
in no fresh political compilations have
arisen business is \eiy restricted and sales
arc only practicable in retail. Should present
backwaid weather continue a rally may
spccdil ike place, as the imports, although
large, are not socxce3si\e but an unfavorable
state of the home crop will exercise its full
influence upon prices. Vi rivals at ports all
during the week hate been fair, and trade
ruled steady for Amciicun wheat. Russian
was not much wanted and declined one shill
ing to iwo shillings per quarter.
(ivemt Oalvo
The tornado which passed over Madison,
Wis on the 23d., proves to have been more
widespread and destructive than was thought
at fust. The storm came from the direction
of the southwest. In the vicinity of Primrose
twenty-five miles southwest of Madison, from
theie tluough Mount Vernon to Paoli, the
stoi seems to have done wide spread damage.
l''roin 9r to 30 barns and farm houses weie
Mow down, some of tli^m utterly destiojed
and the debris cr rried oil before the mighty
uuilancho of wind, some of it falling at 12 or
16 miles nwa,one shuttci of ,i house falling
in Luke ndot.a near Madison. Some 12 or
15 pel-ons aie known to be killed and large
numbers seriousH injured Graphic jcttei
lible. descriptions are ghen of the terrible
eflect of the toniodo '1 tains and wagons are
repwi ted taken from the mads and curled in
the air and dashed to the giouud. AtDr (!eo
Fox's, near Oregon, his valuable horses in a
pastinc weic taken up a hundred feet in the
air cairied fifty rods and dashed to the cai th
killing them instantH. The storm came from
the direction of Mineral Point where it
wiuught much terrible damage, raised from
the ground, sc\ en or eight miles southwest of
Madison and agaiu striking tne earth
near Fort Atkinson northeast ol here. Near
I'nmiose and Paoli the t-toim seemed from
halt a mile to a mile in width and swept
eveiylhinif befoieit,mowing down tiees.fences
barnp, houses and shiubbciy as if it a
scythe
Mchool-lloy MhootlnK.
In St. Paul, Minnesota, the 2 tth iust
during ice ess at the Neill school, a number of
tin-smaller boya wen. standing with
a
group
of the elder om-., all engaged in discussing
the important school-boy event of the lortli
coming examination, when a pistol shot was
suddenly heard, and a boy as unexpectedly
darted fiom among the crowd, who ran to a
tree and dropped. The boy pro\ed to be
Alexander McDonikl, aged 12 jcars, residing
at No. I Marshall a\cuue, and he was found to
be shot in the left side«f the neck, somewhat
to the rear. The shot, the blood, and the
prostrate boy fairly paraly/.pd the school
children. D.uid Day, Gns Nicholls, and an
other boy, whose name was not learned, soon
however, recoveied their presence of mind.
Day Kin, saddled his pony, and galloped down
to Dr. Hand's office, at the instance of Nicholls,
for medical assistance, while the third boy
went for his father's cairiage, in which the
wounded jouth was conveyed home. The pis
tol was in the hands of George Luckert, age
11 ears. It appeal the boy was carrying the
pistol in his right hand pants potkit, when
feeling it dropping out, he placed his hand up
on iL to put it back, and it exploded with the
result already stated.
•',, Flood* in Ueadwood.
The heavy snow storm in the vicinity
of Dead wood, D. T., lately, followed by warm
weather and ra'n, caused Deadwood and
Whitewood creeks to overflow then banks
and flood a great poition of the town A two
story building on Lee street, occupied by the
Mankato furniture Manutacturing company,
hjr«j# carried with great rapidity down stream
tVo liimclied arils where i', struck a bridge
and went to pieces. A man who had been un
able to get out befoie leaped fiom the house
on the btidgejust before the collision. Several
smallui houses wire also canicd away by the
Hood. Edw aid Pieble was struck by a falling
roof and knocked into the stream, but was
finally rescued. N fatalities have occurred.
Much of the road between Deadwood, Lead
City ind Central City is washed away aud
much damage to nlacer-claims has resulted.
The entire damage thus far is about §5,O0C
piincipallv to miners. Water still using.
IVrrlbln Dlnmnti'l'.
Th (ilcasuie steamer, Empress of
T-Jla, with a paitv- of about 18 persons on
ooard, became unmanageable and capsized
over dam on Grand river, at Gait, Ontario
on the 2AI inst. All pa.-senger3 weie plunged
into the river below. As vet only one body
has been recoveied, that or Ilarij JaflYay, of
Gait, reporter of a newspaper. Among the
missing are Edw aid Wren, Thos. Elliot, Fred
Kane, John Fru/cr, James Montgomery, one
of the proprietors of the boat, Andrew Jack
ion and David Scott. Excitement in the
"{own is intense. Little reliable information
ean be obtained. Diligent search i3 being
innde at and below tho scene of this diastcr.
Tho Propo«il Klei tlon Law
The main feature of the bill reported
fin the Senate by Mr.Eduumds oh ihesubjectof
'"tho electoral vote for President and VicePres
^TlcuOa a provision that no electoral vote from
any Slate from which but one return has been
^received shall be rejected, except by any nf
v^flrmatlvc vote of both houses of Congress, and
«s that in case where more than one return is
received from any Statc,the votes only shallbe
i' counted of those electors whose title of electors
the two houses acting separately shall con.
cervently decide is supported by the decision
''. cf the lawful tribunal of such State, provided
O for by its legislature.
Cyclone in wlacosMla.
,T-' A cyclone struck tho large frsme house
oof Mrs. B. F. Brown, in the town of Fitcbburg,
fifout miles from Madison, Wis., on the 23d
Inst, demolishing the house and carrying the
2 *dcbris of it and a straw-stack Into the air. By
a miracle almost, the family were absent from
,the house when the storm struck it and no
-~one was injufned. It is reported that the
storm has done considerable damage at
Oregon, ten miles south of Madison. Several
houses were torn down, and a number of the
inmates injured and two killed.
Th a N
It is believed that the secret winch
Williamson, the escaped convict from Sing
Sing, recently convicted offorger)- hVLondon,
offered to impart for the sum of #75,000, was
the Hooding of European ports with.$50 coun
terfeit United States national "bank currency
a large amount of which is finding its way to,
this country through emigrants. Another]
counterfeit has been detected by Samuel CarJ
penter, general eastern agent of the Pcnnsylj
vania railroad, and a %fti treasury note wasj
otlered to Mt. Hyer, geueral ticket agent, who1
not liking the appearance of thV bill, showed
it to Mr. Carpenter, who pronounced it a
counterfeit. It was sent to a bank and there!
also pronounced a dangerous counterfeit.
A a lllla*I« Horror.
An atrocious murder was committel at
Arlington Illinois, on the 20th inst. Sam Car
ney, a young man who had been refused per
mission to visit Miss Cullenbine, a'yoijng lady
of his acquaintance, went to her room, cut her1
throat with a razor, shot her with a revolver
and being met by Mr. and Mrs. Cullenbine
on his way down stairs, shot the father in the
hip, cut Mrs. Cullenbine severely with a
butcher knife, and rushing out into the yard
drew A razor across hU own throat several
times, and expired almost instantly. The
parents are severely but not fatally hurt. The
daughter lived but a few minutes.
a a a a a
The Senate has confirmed the follow
ing nominations: John A. Smyth, North Car
olina, as minister resident and consul general
to Liberia Timothy C. Smith, vice consul at
Galatz F. W Oakley. United States Marshal
western district of Wisconsin Roger S. Green
of Washington territory, associate judge of
the supreme court of Washington territory
Wm. B. Chandler, of Illinois, suveyor general
of Idaho. As receiver of public money, Ed
ward M. Burn, Bismarck, D. T.
Brlilth Crolaora OettlBjr K#*dy tor
•Ian Frtv«»»ero,
It is reported by the captain of the
steamship Canima, from Bermuda, that the
English ironclad Serious, a swift cruiser, left
that port with sealed orders, supposed for the
coast of Maine, to look after the movements
of Russian vessels in that quarter. The Brit
ish tleet at Bermuda, consisting of several
quick sailing gunboats, also received orders
to sail at once for Halifax.
Alleged UroaeuorTr«Bt.
John G. Tappan has brought suit
against Auihersi college in fi*,000 for breach
of conditions, whereby it holds the bequest of
his father, John Tappan, who left $20,000 to
found a professorship of the pastoral case.
It is alleged that the college neglected to ap
point a professor within the stipulated time.
COXtiltESSlONAL
S E N E, May 21.--Th bill to forbid
the farther retirement of United States legal
tender notes, was favorably reported from the
finance committee. The bill to place Gen.
Shields on the retired list of the army came
up. The amendment placing Gen. Grant's
name on the same list was adopted, 30 to 28,
and then the bill as amended was rejected 30
to 34. The senate also concurred in the house
amendments to the timber cultivation bill,
and appointed a new-committee of conference
on the West Point bill. Mr. Matthews called
up the Texas Pacific bill which was discussed.
HOUSK, May 21.—The house went into
committee of the whole on the army bill,
which was discussed at length throughout
the day and evening session.
S E N A E, May 22.—An extended dis
cussion was had on the resolution author
izing the select committee appointed to in
vestigate the reports, books and accounts of
the treasury department to continue its in
vestigation and sit during the recess. Sen
ator .mar then made a speech in favor of
the Texas Pacific railroad. Senator Paddock
called up tho Senate bill for relief of settlers
on public lands UDder the pie-emption law,
and in explanation thereof said it was* to give
settlers who had been on public lands two or
three years under pre-emption laws the bene
fit of that time upon changing their claim so
as to be under the homestead bill. Passed.
Senator Allison, froir the eonferencc com
mittee on tire Indian appropriation bill, sub
mitted a report, which was agreed to and the
bill passed.
HOUSE, May 22.- The House passed
the Senate bill for the relief of settlers on pub
lic lands whose crops were injured by grass
hoppers. A resc lution was passed extending
the powers of the select committee appointed
under the provisions of the Potter resolutions
to investigate electoral frauds in any State
where there was probable cause to'believe
such frauds were practiced. The resolution
was adopted without division. Articles of im
peachment were presented against O. B. Brad
ford, late Vice Consul General at Shanghai,
China, and a resolution passed that he be im
peached at the bar of the Senate. An extend
ed discussion was then had on the army ap
propriation bill.
S E N A E, Ma 23.—The legislative ju
dicial and executive appropriation bill was
placed on the calendar. The bill to provide for
service of process in cases of interpleader in
courts of the United States was passed. A
bill was passed authorizing the 'erection of
head stones over the graves of Union soldiers
interred in priv ate cemeteries. The- Mlf-for
the government of the District of*Columbia
occupied the attention of the Senate dnring
the rest of tlic day's session.
O S E, May. 23.—The army appropri
ation bill was taken up in committee of the
whole, and the strength of the standing army
fixed at 25,000 men, the present number. The
appropriation for the pay of the army was in
creased to 9,090,000. After making several
ottier important amendments the committee
rose and the House adjourned.
S E N A E May 24.—The select commit
tee to take into cosideration the law respect
ing the aseertaining and declare tlon of result
of elections of President and Vice President
ot the United States, submitted a bill to
amend sundry provisions of the United States
statutes relating to counting the votes and
decision of questions thereon. The commit
tee on education and labor reported adversely
on the House joint resolution to provide for
the enforcement of the eight hour law, arid
also adveiselyon the Senate bill to regulate
labor. The Senate bill to provide for an ad
ditional circuit judge in the second judicial
district was passed. A bill to establish an ed
ucational fund was reported and placed on the
calendar. The bill for the government of the
District of Columbia was up for discussion
and amendment.
O S E, May 24.—A bill was reported
declaring the rights priviliges and lands
irran ted to the New Orleans, Batou Rouge &
Vicksburg railroad forfeited and granting tne
same to the New Orleans Pacific railroad
company. A bill was passed providing that
Slarch
ensioners deprived of their pensions from
1805. to June 1800, by reason of being
in the civil service shall be paid their pensions
for that time. A bill was passed increasing
the pensions of soldiers or sailors who nave
lost bottilegs, both arms, or* the sight ol -both
eyes to $72 per month. A bill passedi giving
$37.50 per month to'evcrv pensioner W -has
a leg amputated at the hip-joint.' The fee" for
attorjey in a pension case was limited at $10.
The army appropriation bill was amended in
several particulars.
SENATE, May 25.—A resolution'was
passed declaring that the provisions 'ofc the
existing treaty between China and the United
States, allowing unrestricted emigration to
this country from China, migTiit'eisfly be
modified so as to subserve to,the best interests
of both governments, and inyitlnjsr the atten
tlon of the president to the subject.* "The
House joint resolution granting the use of
tents to the soldiers reunion tobe held at^Des
Moines. Iowa, was passed." A bill was passed
to provide for the publication ofnoticesofcon
test under the homestead pre-emption-andtne
culture acts. After another long-discussion
of the bill for the government of the ^District
of Columbia the senate adjourned.
HOUSE, May 25.—A bill-was introduced
providing for the application of the" proceeds
of the sale of public lands to the education oi
the people. The committee on post offices
were directed to investigate the practicality
of preventing frauds in the postal service. The
army appropriation bill was disscusscd at
considerable-length. The pay of officers is
ft*ed as follows: Geteral $13,000 Lieutenant
General $11,000 Major General $7,500
Brigadier General $5,500 Colonel #3,500 Lieu
tenant Colonel $3,000 Major $2,500 Captain
(mounted) $2,000 Captain (not mounted)
$1,800 First Lieutenant (mounted) $1,000
First Lieutenant (not monntcd) $1,500 Second
Lieutenant (mounted) $1,500 Second Lieuten
ant (not mounted) $1,400: ehumplain $1,500
Storekeeper, except at Springfield, Mass,
$1,800.
HOUSE. May 27 —Bills were introduce^
by Mr. Willis, to regulate the sale of United
States bonds, and by Mr. W»od to establish a
permanent sinking fund. The house voted to
adjourn over Decoration day. Mr,, South
ard reported liis electoral bill. The house
then went into committee of the whole on the
army bill, and amendments transferring the
Indian bureau to the wai dedartnient and for
bidding the use of the army as a pose in en
forcing the law, except when directly author
ized by congress wcre-adopted. The bill was
then reported to the house. The first amend,
ment in committee, that increasing the
strength io 25,000 men was rejected, 116 to
130. A motion to reconsider was then made
and laid on the table.
SENATE, May 27.—Mr. Blaine offered
a resolution requesting the president to fur
nish copies of additional correspondence rela
tiv« to the appointment of M. Delfosse as
member of the Halifax tribunal. Adopted.
The District of Columbia bill was then con
sidered, and several amendments adopted.
The bill was then passed. Mr. Ferry moved
to take up the bill to forbid further contrac
tion of legal-teuder notes. After some discus
sion, agreed to—'J8 to 36. The senate then
adjourned.
Miscellaneous Items.'
Happy is he who makes another man
trust God more than he did before. He has
great and influential work in creation.
"Why," said a lover to his mistress,
"arejou like that hings?" 'Can't even
guess." "Because you are something to a
door." (adore).
Questiou for a debating society.—"If a
man has a tiger by the tail, which would
be the best tor his personal safely—to
hold on or to let go?'
Phonographs and aerophones are all
right in their way, but this world is so
given to talking that speaking machines
are needed less than anything else.—TV.
0. Picayune.
Death-bed repentance is like those sail
ors who throw their valuables overboard
in a storm. They wouldn't do it if they
could help it, and are sorry that they
must.—2F. Y. Herald.
Here arc two pithy sayfngs from the
Orient: Disgrace is an ill omened bird
no cage can hold." And again: "Mod
esty is a sweet bong-bird no open cage
door can tempt to flight." &
A Minnesota girl has been serving on
railroad as a breakman in male attire.
She gave a civil answer to the questions
cf a passenger when her sex was at one
susptc*ed.—Cincinnati Breakfast Table.
"M dear, you're as good as gold," re
marked Spilkins, as his little daughter
rnshed down stairs to greet him the other
afternoon. "And what's more replied
the youthful Matilda, "I'm rapidly com
ing down to pa."
A woman, returning from church re
cently, declared that when she saw the
shawls on those Smiths, and then thought
of the things her own poor gi/ls had to
wear, if it wasn't for the consolation of
religion, she didn't know what siie should
do."—JV. Y. Graphic.
When a St. Louis girl is tery much in
earnest about anything she says she will
"bet her boots" on it. The auditors walk
round her feet, and when they have re
turned and rested say that it she has not
wagered her all on the result, she has
betted a great share of herself.
Octave Fenilet says: Providence has
so ordained it that only two women have
a true interest in the happiness of a man
—his own mother, and the mother of his
children. Besides those two legitimate
kinds of love, there is nothing between
the two creautres except vain excitement,
painful and idle delusion."
A brutal mother threw her five years'
old boy from a bridge into the river at
Milwaukee the other day, and leaned on
the railings to watch the death struggles,
exclaiming: "If your father won't sup
port you, drown!' The child's clothing
buoyed him up until the horrified by
standers could rescue him.
I should like to live to draw two
breaths after I am acquitted, and then
I would die satisfied," said John Smart
of Burnet county, Texas, who had lain in
jail nearly a year on a charge of mnrder,
and was brought into court on his couch,
sick. At eleven o'clock the verdict not
guilty was brought in, and at twelve
the old man died.
Scene at an Irish bank: Lord Squan
derer—"Overdrawn, Mr. O'flagau? Why,
I cast np the passbook myself, and show
ed over a thousand in my favor." Mr,
O'Hagan—"Ah, me lord, it's a trifling
mistake ye've made ye've cast the year
of our Lord into the noun's. Troth, it's
rolling in riches we'd be if we could only
discount Annie Dominy."
Mr. Labouchere declares that he re
cently went to church, and that being
there be was edified by an eccentric ex
hibition ot pronouhciation. The well
known text. He that bath ears to hear,
let him hear," was so effectually dis
guised by a ritualistic priest" as to
sound something like, "He that bath
yaws to yaw, let him yaw."
At the foot ol our street stood an Itial
ian with a hand-organ. Ten or twelve
boys gathered around him, more filled
with mirthfulness than courtesy. One,
less noble than the rest, said to bis fel
lows. See 1 I'll hit his hat
And sure enough he did. Catching
up a snowball, he threw it so violently
that the poor man's hat was knocked in
the gutter. A by stander expected to see
some manifestations of anger. The
musician stepped forward and picked up
his hat. He then turned to the rude boy,
bowed gracelully, and said, "And now
I'll play you a tune to make you merry."
Which do you think was the gentle
man oi Christians—Pretihyterian.
Milwaukee Produce Mtffket.
GRAIN—Wheat, opened weak and yxc lower.
and closed firm No. 1 hard. 11.07U No. ),
1.06* No 3, 1.0ttt Mar 1MX Jane. 1.03K
No. 3, 90c, Cora a shade flnaer, No.
new 37®38o. Oatoeaaler No. 34£,
Bye easier No. 1, BflVic. Barley arm No. Mo
cash
a .MW«.
Jwyxoi*
2, 99c hew
PROVISIONS—Dull and nominal mess pork,
$7 75. Lard, prime steam, 6,67^.
Chicago Produce Market.
GRAIN—Wheat unsettled, active, weak, but lower,
No. 3 Chicago 1.06 bid cash and May sales at l.OOJk
®1.02 June closed 1.01J*@l.ul% June 88%@
MX Jalv No. 3 Chicago MHQMH* Com unset
tled and generally lower and active, high mixed and
No. mixed HtHeeaah 38fcc bidXaj J8H@38k
June sales 3T&@38?jc Jane: 384c bid July re
jected 3S*4@37. Oats active but lower 24%c cash
24'/, bid June M% bid July 34»c August. Rye
duUandlowar, atS»Hc. Barley easier at 47Wc.
PROVISIONS—Pork opened weak and' lower, but
closed Arm outside prices [email protected] cash 7.6S
Jane sales 7.6a«@7.88H June tM&f.V^ July
t.Vt%Q»j00 August. Lard, good demand bat
lower rates $«.474 cash «.47H®« 60 June 6.S3U
©6.56 July 6.57tt@e.«0Augu»t. Bulk meats quiet
andunehangecY]
VOLUME VI. WOftTHINGTpN, NOBLES COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, MAY 3M 87&.'
Verdict,of the Coroner's Jury upon the
'Minneapolis Explosion.
State of Minnesota, Count}' nf Hennepin.—e».
An inquisition taken at Minneapolis, in the
county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota*
began on the 9th day of May, 1878, and con
tinued from day to dav, by regular adjourn
ment, till this 22d day of May, 1878, before P.
Nelson, coroner of said county of Hennepin.
Upon view of the bodies of certain perrans
then lying dead, and the probable death of
other persons whose bodies have not been re
covered, or, if recovered, not recognized all of
whose names, with the established facts as to
their death, are herein below set forth by the
oath of the Juioi-H/whose'-names ore hereunto
subscribed, who being sworn to inquire on be
half of the State of Minnesota, when, how, and
by what means the said persons came to their
death, upon their oaths do say:
First—That on the second clay of May, 1878,
it ,i* belic\ed that Ernest H. Grimdman,
William Leslie, August Smith, Ole J". Shei,
Patrick Jndd. Walter Savage, Charles Henning,
Frederick Merrill, Edward Merrill, Clark Wilber,
Henry Hicks, Charles Kimball, Cyrus KHUWC
and George A. Burbank, at about seven o'clock
in the evening of that day were engaged
at work in the .flouring mill at said
Minneapolis, known as Washburn mill A,"
aad,we.r.e all killed by the fire and explosion
which took place in said mill at said'time: that
at the same time John Boyer was killed in the
Diamond mill, Peter Hogbergim the Humboldt
mill, and Peter Rossemus in the Zenith mill,
by the fire or explosions in the said several mills,
the same being located adjacent, U, the
said Washburn big .mill also that Jacob V.
Rhodes was at the same time and near the same
place killed either by the flames or the falling
walls from said mills that up to the present
time the bodieH or fragments of the bodies of
Judd, Grundman, Leslie, Shei, Kimball, Ew
ing, Hogberg, Boyer and Rossenius, and no
more have been recovered so far as to be iden
tified.
Second—In the light of the very full and
minute evidence submitted to the jurv, includ
ing the testimony of eye witnesses to the dis
aster, testimony, also, as to the structure, his
tory and management of all the mills destroyed,
and evidence, moreover, furnished by the" ap
pearance of the ruins after the fire, visited by
the jurors in person, aided, too, by the opinion
of very competent experts who were first
put into possession of all discoverable facts
bearing upon the case, the jurors unanimously
believe: That the fire had its origin in some
one of the twenty run of stone situated on the
easterly side of the Washburn "A" mill, by
sparks of fire generated between the stones,
caused, either by the stones running empty or
by some foreign substance like iron:
that after smouldering for several
minutes about the stoneo, the file burnt into
a blaze which ignited the flour dust in the con
veyors and dust room, causing both to explode,
this explosion jarring the dust of the whole
mill into the air, which ignited,
and then followed the first ex
plosion of tho Washburn "A" mill
that the flames from this explosion, and bj the
wind, were in a flash carried into the open win
dows and dust spouts of the Diamond mill
which stood cornering only twenty-five feet dis
tant, and then set fire first to the flour dust
which already filled the air from the
shock of the Washburn mill explosion.
Then followed the explosion of the Diamond
mill. Immediately after from the same cause
and bv the same method, the explosion of the
Diamond set fire and exploded the Humboldt
which stood broadside twenty-five feet dis
tant. The three mills upon the river side of
the canal, though set on fire and burned by the
flames from the Washburn mill seem to have
themselves escaped explosion on account
of the fifty feet of open space between them
and the Washburn null, aided by a strong wind,
and no doubt further, the two larger mills not
being run for several days, and being especiallj
clean.
Third—That at the time of the fire and ex
plosion at the Washburn mill theio is no
evidence showing that the mill was being run
in an unusual manner in any respect—
no greater speed than usual, no greater propor
tion of middlings being ground than usual, and
no more dust in the mill than usual, and the
same men in charge and at their respective
posts SB nsual, so that it is not possibls to fix
upon an one blame for special neglect oi care
lessness on that occasion. Whether such a
degree of watchfulness is possible, or should
be required on the part of millers, so that the
running stones should never emit sparks of
fire, the jurors do not attempt to decide. It is
plain, however, thot the open purifiers in gen
eral use in the Washburn mill, as well as the
Diamond and Humboldt mills caused a need
less amount of flour dust to settle throughout
the mills, stored ready for an explosion when
the necessary shock should send it floating in
the air. We therefore advise the disuse of
the open purifiers.
Fourth —In conclusion, earnest attention of
all persons interested in flonr milling is im ited
to the observations and suggestions of Pro
fessors L. W. Peck and S. F. Peckham, of the
State University of Minnesota, made in their
testimony, as experts, in theii investiga
tion as to the principles and better
methods involved in the safe construction and
management of mills.
Signed,] J. C. WHITNEY, Foreman,
S. C. GALE,
OTIS A. PRAY,
F. L. BALCH.
M. L. HIGOI.NS,
O. J. EVANS.
PETRD8 NELSON, Coroner.
IMPEACHMENT.
St. Paul, Wednesday N a 22. A noon
to-day the State Senate,sitting as a high court
of impeachment for the trial of Judge Sher
man Page, of tha Tenth jUdici.il district, was
called to order by Lieut. Gov. Wakefield.
Nearly all the members responded to the roll
call. Of the managers on the part of the House
there were present Speaker Oilman, and
Messrs. Campbell, Mtad and West. The coun
sel for Judge Page, Messrs. Davis, Lovely, and
Losey, were also present. Mr. Davis presented
a protest against Senator Clough, of Mower
county, being allowed to sit in the court on the
ground that he had formed and expreessed an
opinion that he was one of the grand jury
mentioned in the articles of impeachment
because he was elected under pledges to vote
for conviction becanse of personal bias
because he was one of the prosecutors and
one of the witnesses. The couit then ad
journed for the day.
THURSDAY, Ma 23.—The court of im
peachment was called to order at 10 o'eloek
and after a little preliminary business of no
special interest Mr. Davis proceeded to argue
against the admission of 8enator Clough. He
was answered by Mr. Campell on bcnalf of
the managers, and alter a short seei et session
the court decided that it would not receive
the protect. The counsel forjudge Page then
raised the question of jurisdiction, on the
ground that the articles of impeachment in
the House had been adopted by a etva voce
vote, and that there was no evidence that they
were properly before the Senate. After argu
ment, this point was overruled, am. the court
adjourned.
FRIDAT, Maj 24.—The court being
opened, "manager Capmbell proceeded to open
the case tor the prosecution. He spoke of
the law in cases of impeachment, and then
took up the specifications in the article*
against Judge Page, reading each one, with
the answer,and commenting on them iteriiUiin.
The per diem of witnesses,was fixed In secret
session nt 91 50 per day'and mileage font
cents. The court unanimously resolved,
"that while this body recognizes the right of
the newspapers to publish all of the proceed
ings in full, it disclaims the propriety and
right of the press to comment upon its pro
ceedings and upon the parties to the contro
versy as being prejudicial to- the course of
Justice."
SATURDAY, May 25.—The court adopt
ed a resolution ordering that only witnesses
who are examined for the prosecution or de
fense, whose testimony is material to the
issues shall be paid fees and expenses. Ex
Governor Davis made a motion to quash the
tenth article of impeachment, and proceeded
to argue that this charge was indefinite, im
proper, and its.lnsroduction in violation of all
legal rules and contrary to precedent. Man
ager Mead replied to Mr. Davis arguing that
the Senate had power tp: authorize the man
agers to amend the charges. Ho claimed that
the counsel for the defeusa misconstrued the
character of the article. He-argued thai if
all other charges fall the tenth article alone
will sustain the charges. The senate went in
to secret session to consult upon the matter,
but without coming to a conclusion. Upon
opening the doors the President announced
that they would take the matter under advise
ment until Monday, and shortly after adjourn
ed till Mondayatrf|50o|cleck.
Ignatius Donnelly's coachman took a little
too much red-eye on Saturday, and allowed
his hones to ran away. He did not find
them till the next morning, when one of the
horses was badly injured and the carriage a
wreck.
Loss or (be Enrydicc.
Oh, sweet church bells! the esrth isfalr,
And death and winter we beguile.
When life and spring together share
The glories of th's sunnv isle.
Along jlhe landslip lovers walk,
.And, hand in hand, smile out their sighs:
Asswcelly silent,oft they talk
The language of the loving eves.
Rlnt out, sweet bells! See ships go past
"With swelling sail and foaming bow
vay peunons stieam from tapering mast,
And lee-rails to the waves dip low.
Aiid, loveliest of them all, oh, see.
Racing and plunging through tbeifoam,
Towed by the swcathcaits' hands at home,
•The Queen's brave 6hip, the Eurydice!
Ring slowly, oh, bells.! The earth is white
All ghostly white with sudden snow
Datk in the air as If with night.
And bitterly the wild winds blow.
A cruel equal has blown away
Ihe lovers' vows, the lovers' sighs,
Uone in the glory of the day
They cannot see each others eyes.
•*.*
The' bTeesed su*n shines* out again,
We seaward turn. Ah! whereIs she* ."i I
Ploughing so gaily, through the- main,,
The Queen's brave phip, the Eurydice!
'Twas a passing knell, and we know it not
'Twas the cloud of Death, and we never
knew.
And the sunlit waves dance o'er the spot
Where lately heme In hope she flew,
Bin^ on, oh bells! this solemn day!
Shine white, oh snow! beneath our feet!
Thiee hundred souls have passed away.
And heaven hath sent its winding sheet.
Vanity Fair.
A Cork Concert.
The concert in question was given in
Constitution Hall—a building somewhere
between Bond and Tenth streets. Mr.
O'Gallaher. we will call him, with his
daughter, the "Infant Sappho," were the
performers. A very small audience had
come aimlessly into the half-lit hall,
seeming to remain solely because going
out would involve some exertion. The
ticket-taker slumbered profoundly. Why
not, when nothing but inertia was re-1
quired of him? One spasm of galvanic
action had aroused him: a five dollar bill
was presented, and the miserable taker
found when all loo late, and three good
and true dollars had been given in ex
change, that tLe was abase counterfeit.
The programme announced that Mr.
O'Gallaher, pianist and professor of music,
would have the honor of appearing for
the first time before an American audience
and would perform the extraordinary feat
of executing a piece on the piano-forte
and flute at the same time. His daughter
whose wonderful triumphs of genius
before the nobility and gentry of Great
Britain and Ireland had won tor her the,
title of the "Infant Sappho,'' would have
the honor to appeaj in some of her favorite
songs.
A large screen stood before the piano,
there was a slight movement at the rear
of the stage, and a figure scuffled across
it and disappeared behind the screen. The
audience roused up ani made a si
multaneous movement to the front seats.
Something* was about to be done, certain
ly. Not fust vet, however the "some
thing" did not appear to "go." Presently
a hoarse whisper was heard, "Fetch a
candle here! A candle, I tell ye!" A
moment's pause. "Oh.— it all! Phwy
don't ye fetch a candle?"
The audience tittered but the candle
was fetched, and the occult mechanism
adjusted—some amazing contrivance oi
false hands which enabled Mr. O'Gallaher
to bang an act ompaniment to tlfe dismal
toot toot which he evoked from the
wheezy flute. It roused the dull little
handful of listeners, and they were entire
ly responsive when the Infant Sappho
confronted them as erst she had stood
before the nobility and gentry of her
native land.
"Bedad, 'tis a foine infant of its age,
that!" said a rude person in the hall.
Perhaps his admiration was pardonable.
The iniant namesake of her of the impas
sioned lyie was an overgrown girl of four
teen, with hair in corkscrew ringlets, her
dress of flimsy white stuff not falling
much below the stout knees, which were
draped amply, however, in pantalets long
enough to meet the sandaled Blippers «n
her well-grounded—supports, they might
be called.
Poor Infant Sappho! I tear it was not
her first experience in such a reception as
she had that evening, for she did not
seem to mind the laughter or the "chaff,"
at all, but sang her funny and her doleful
ditties in away to arouse feelings orecise
ly the reverse of those their authors had
intended.
Mr. O'Gallahcr's entertainment was not
repeated in New York. He disappeared
from public view as so many of his kind
had done- mechanical hands and all.
Matilda Despard, in Harper's Magazine
for June.
A Garden.'
Every man, however limited his means
should contrive to have and cultivate a
garden. There are three strong reasons
for it:
1. "Working in a garden is highly con
ductive to health. The exercise is gen
tle it is united with amusement, and by
it both the body and the spirits are invig
orated. There i? something in the odor
of the earth that strengthens the whole
system. Let the sedentary man take up
the pruning knife and spend* an hour of
the dewy morning amongst his. vines, or
the spade, hoe or rake and prepare or
work over his asparagus, lettuce or rad
ish beds, and he will thus give tone and
vigor to his body and mind for the severe
studies of his 'desk. The teacher will
teach all the better the minister will
preach all the better for the mind exer
cise which the garden gives. For this
natural employment of the bones and
muscles of the system an hour or two's
practice in the gymnasium is but a mis
erable substitute, since the health-im
parting exhalations from the ground, as
well as the interest and variety are want
ing.
2. The garden is a teacher. There
nature is at work, producing her most
beautiful forms and transformations. No
man can witness attentively the germi
nation of the seed, the Uprising of the
blade, the unfolding of the flower, the
maturing of the fruit, without at the
same time becoming wiser, nobler, and
better. The vegetable, the mineral
kingdoms here meet and work together.
To the curious every step in this working
offers somethipg fresh for meditation.
Why, for instance, the plumula ascend?
Why does it incline toward tne sun? Why
does it assume this or that tint? Wby
does the sap arise in it? Why does this
plant take to this kind of nutriment, an
other to that? Why is a thorn given to
this vegetable, an acrid juice to this and
honey to that? Why does the dandelion
shoot forth in the apiing and the aster in
the autumn? Why is this leaf orbicular,
this heart-shaped, this needle-shaped?
Why is this plant medicinal, this poison
ous? WhyiB this flower fragrant, this
scentless? And a thousand other curious
questions constantly arise to awaken
thought.
i. -i (i mi//
if ii
LM.1I' I
3. The garden is a source of.protit:
have known a man who realised as much
Irom what he sold fronrhib garden of one
half acre, as' his hard'Working brother did
fiom what he sold from'his farm ot more
than' one hundred acres. It is said that
man consumes about sixteen hundred
pounds per annum. Row much'of ttns:
could'and should come from the garden
"I can buy my vegetables," says' one
standing by, and who calls in the doctor
frequently, "cheaper,' fb»a I can raise
them." Not so, indeed, answer, if you
take into accoupt the health and instrucT
tion imparted by, the garden* Then it is
so delightful to see your own lettuce,
radishes, tomatoes, melones, peas, beans
aiid-sweetcorn growing. It is so pleasant
to go ont and pick with your own hands
your owa currants, grapes, pears and
peaches.' And what if "you happen to
raise' a few such things to* give away to
your poor neighbor? Does it not all coirie'
in for profit? A garden then promotes
your health, imparts instruction and
greatly helps to sustaih your, table.' If/
helps other 'people also. 8qtne things
you can afford tp do. without,' but I,.see
not how, you can live a really happy [life,
without a garden. Do youi^-fyor. Qer.
Telegraph.
Old $1 in .Frmnce—Be Bam Trouble With
Jfreneh 3tonry.
I Atlanta Constitution. I
"I'segwine ter git bankruptid ef I stay
heah much longer!" said Old Si, after one of
his morning excursions.
"What makes yon think so?*
"Kase I'se bin heah two weeks now, an'
kant tell how much ten cents is indis French
money, no way dat I kinfixit!"
"What is the difficulty?"
"Dat'shit—ef'dey'd only prjnt dere 'rith'',
meticks in Nunited States talk so dat I could
git er grip on hit, I monght sorteer keep
books wid dese folks, but dey don't."
"Oh, yon will learn by and by!n
"Jete tout de time dat I'se bustid I'll kno'
al'bout hit^-dat is, I'll kuo' how ter count
what I hain't got, an dev'll kno' how ter keepr
what Pse gib 'em! Dat's jess de nine hole
dat I'se tryin to keep outen."
"Weil, what is it "that bothers you about
the money?"
"W'y, I goes oat Wid disruUber piece dat
looks like «r quarter to git ^chancer, de man
in de store gibs me er hundred centimes, ez
he says. Den I tinks he's done cheeted his
sef, but dat ain't my fault. I goes in next
do' an' buys soraetbin' dat's mark'd twenty
five sous, which I kno'B fum New Orleens
means cents, an' fore de Lord, de man takes
dat hundred centimes dat I calls er dollar
an' makes me gib him five cents' mo' :ter
boot! Dat's what I call highway and low
flung robbery!"
"But ,that silver. piece was only twenty
cents! and one hundred centimes make oce
franc, or twenty cents, you see?"
"I heah yer, but I'se studyin' now!"
"What about?"
"Dey say dat er heap ob dent Nunited
States bonds is belt ober dis way, don't
dey?"
"So they are."
"Well, all I'se got ter say is dis, dat I ain't
no repudiashuner ef I wnz fer de silber bill,
but when I gets home again I'se fer payin'
de furrin bond-holders er hundred centimes
on de doller. I'se bound ter get eben sum
how!"
Then he counted his money again and went
out after a pair of "galluses."
.^s*.
How Edison Amuses Himself.
Edison, the phonograph man, is wretch
ed unless he invents half a dozen things
every day. He does it just for amusement
when regular business isn't pressing. The
other day he went out for a little stroll
and he thought out a plan for walking on
one leg, so as to rest the other before he
had gone a square.
He hailed a milk wagon and told the
driver of a little invention that had pop
ped througb his head just that moment
for deliver'ng milk without getting out
of his wagon or even stopping his horses.
A simple force pump, with hose attached,
.worked by the foot, would do the business.
Milk men who dislike to halt lor any
thing in their mad career because it pre
vents them running over as many children
as they might other wise do, would ap
preciate this improvement. Edison isn't
sure but that sausage and pigs' feet could
be delivered in the same way.
He stepped into a hotel office, and ob
serving the humiliations which guests en
countered in seeking to obtain informa
tion from the high-toned clerk, he sat
down in the reading-room, and in five
minutes had invented a hotel clerk to
work by machinery, warranted to stand
behind the counter any length of time de
sired, and answer all questions with,
Sromptness, correctness and suavity—
iamond pin on and hair parted in the
middle if desired.
He went through the barber shop of the
hotel and as he did he sighed to think that
with all his genius and creative imagina
tion, he could never hope to equal the
knight of the razor as a talking machine..
Thia^saddened him so that he went home
and invented no more that day.—Cincin
nati Saturday Night.
Vanity.
There is no more common foible in the
world than vanity, nar one which renders
its possession more ridiculous, unless it is
kept well under the control of good sense
and, as a lule, the vain person is too vain
to be conscious that she needs any re
straint whatever and if one should dare
suggest such a necessity, true to hei in
stincts, she would believe that the hint
proceeded from envy and all unchaiit
ableness." It is a little curious some
times to examine into the causes of the
weakness, which are often quite inade
quate to the effect: this one is vain of
having made himself," as the saying
goes, when the result is hardly worth the
effort that one plumes herself upon het
conquests, when she has utterly failed to
conquer herself upon the family tree,
though it be nothing but a sapling upon
her talent, though it be wrapped in a
napkin upon her refinement, which will
not allow her to call a spade a apade, but
eaters no protest against the reputation
ot slander upon her courtesy, which is
more precept than examnie on her sin
certy, which is mere preaching than prac
tice. We do not deny that a' little vanity
like a homoeopathic dose of poison.ia very
excellent in its place—enough to keep
one in Belt-respect, to insure self-posses
sion, love of fine society,- amiability, an
agreeable presence, an unblemished toi
lette but it is 'more oC those -thinga of
which a little goes a great way it often
outlives the quality Which engenders it:
beauty vanishes but the empty .pride it
awoke remains, conveying an impression
as unseemly as flowers- upon a death's
head the voice' loses its' charm, the hand
its conning, the brain its vigor, but nutri
ment has been stored for the vanity to
feed upon all the same, -n fact it will
thrive upon the meagereat diet, wax lat
and lusty upon husks, and a compliment
baa been known to support it a lifetime
It is hard to say why we condone the
fauts in the young, and reprobate in the
old and middle-aged why it' seems so
much more natural and leas offensive in
one than the other why we listen with
interest to the sentimentalities, of youth,
and amuse ourselves with the tender re
mioisoencesof age—unlets it is that the
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one, ought to.know better, has had ,time'
to learn the value of such folly, should be
busy with higher thoughts and inspired
!eelifgs
nobler tims than the satisfaction of
merely personal and selfish un
less,we' suppose it the exclusive property
of youth, together with its blcom, its
coquetries, its fallals and ignorances.
Yet it is perhaps, the weakness which we
part with last, for who of tis but would
cry with the poet:
," Oh when in death my heart shall break
And rest from all its woes,
Put then some rouge upon my cheek,
.And pencil o'er my brows
„-, For I would in my Jast repose,
As when his vow6 he paid,
Retain upon my ehcek the rose,
Upon my brow the shade."
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Harpet** Bazar
""A Surviving Heroine of 18J2. ,•
There is an interesting storv connected
with Cedar Point, Scituate Harbor, Mass.
The heroine is Miss Rebecca Bates, EOW
4 ofight, genial old lady of eighty four,
whVse' memory 'continues* remarkably*
cleai. fThe story, taken from her own""i
Jipsj can be depeutlkd upon as thorough'
ly, ratable. Her father was Oaptaiu
Simeon Bates' he was light-keeper at
the time, and wai the first who lit the
lighf, in April 1811. In the spring of
the .following year English cruisers were
numerous in Massachusetts Bay, and on
one occasion the launches of an English
frigate were sent in to Scituate Harbor.
They set fire to veseels at the wharves,
and towed out two, at the same time
threatening to destroy the town if any
resistance was offered. After this event
a home guard'-was formed, and detach
ments were stationed on Cedar and Ciow
points, and in fn.nt of the village, with
a brass, niece. When there was no sail
in sight,"the guards were allowed to go
off to their farms.
Nothing to occasion alarm occurred
again -until the following September.
Rebecca, at that time eighteen years of
age, and her sister Abigail, fouiteen
years old, and still hviDg. were sitting
toward evening sewing with their moth"
er. Captain Bates and the rest of his
large family and the guards were all
away. Mrs. Bates told Rebecca it was
time to put on the kettle. As Rebecca
went into the kitchen she for the first
time perceived an English ship ot war
close at hand and lowering her boats. I
knew the ship at a glance," she said. "It
was the La Hogue. O, Lord!' says I to
my sister, 'the old La Hogue is off here
again! What shall we do? here are their
barges coming again, and they'll burn
up our vessels just as they did afore.'
You see, there were two vessels at the
wharf, loaded with flour, and wc
couldn't afford to lose that in those times,
when the embargo made it so hard to
live we had to bile pumpkins all day to
get sweetening for sugar. There were
the muskets ot the guards. I was a good
mind to take those out beyond the light
house and fire them at the barges I
might have killed one or two, but it
would have done no good, for they would
have turned round and fired the village.
I'll tell you what we'll do,' said I to my
sister 'look heie.' says I, 'you take the
drum, I'll take the life.' I was fond of
military music, and could play four
tunes on the file. 'Yankee Doodle' was
my master piece. I learned on the fife
which the soldiers had at the light-house,
They had a drum there, too so I said to
her, 'You take the drum, and I'll take
the fife.' 'What good will that do?' says
she 'Scare them,' says I. 'All you've
got to do is to call the roll, I'll scream
the fife, and we must keep out of si *ht
it they see us, they'll laugh us to scorn.'
I showed her how to handle the sticks,
and we ran down behind the cedar wood.
So we put in, as the boys say, and pretty
soon I looked, and I could see the men
in the barges resting ou their oars and
listening. When I looked again I saw a
flag flying from the mast-head of the
ship. My sister began to make a speech,
and I said, 'don't make a noise you
make me laugh, and I can't pucker my
mouth.' When I looked again I saw
they had seen the flag, and they turned
about so quick a man fell over board,
and they piciced him up by the back ot
his neck and hauled him in. When they
went off, I played 'Yankee Doodle.'"
Is not this heroine, who saved two ships
laden with flour, and peihaps other valu
ables, from destruction, entitled to a
pension? She has five brotheis and sis
ters still living, the eldest eighty-five,
and the youngest seventy-one. Her
grandfather was one hundred years and
one monht old at the time of his death.
—S. 0. W. Benjamin, in Harper Mag
azine for June.
A Dangerous Item.
5
We do not remember in what journal
we first saw the following extract ab an
original item but, since it has recently
been copied without comment by several
contemporaries, attention should be
directed to it. The article states that:
"A poison of any conceivable descrip
tion and degree of potency, which has
been intentionally or accidentally swal
lowed may be rendered almost instantly
harmless by sinply swallowing two gills
of sweet oil. An individual with a very
strong constitution should take nearly
twice this quantity. This oil will most
positively neutralize every form of veget
able, animal or mineral poison with
which physicians aud chemists are ac
quainted.
The idea that sweet oil will neutralize
such poisons as prusuc acid, niootioe,
strychnine, eurare and a host of ethers
less speedy in their action, is almost toq
absurd to demand refutation. In some
cases, when taken into tho stomach in
large quantities, it may serve to envolve
acrid and poisonous substances and miti
gate their action, until the arrival ot a
physician with specifics shall relieve the
patient from danger but it is not to be
used in all cases, for its administration,
for instance, immediately after the swal
lowing of a corrosive mineral acid, such
as oil of vitriol, would be followed by
most fearful results.
As the great mnltitude of poisons
known to tlic physician and chemist are
classified according to their varied mode
of action on the animal economy, it is
evident that the method of treatment in
cases of poisoning most likely vary. There
can be no one specific lor all.
It is to be hoped that no one will be
simple enough to try this antidote: for if
he does, the absurd person who penned
the quoted statement may have a human
life to answer for.- Scientific American
There was a cry of "Watch! watch!
murder!" from the corner of Linn and
Richmond streets on Thursday morning
at one o'clock. Three policemen' and a
physician ran at high speed to the scene
of distress, and found a man standing in
the middle of/ the street. Upon being
asked what was the matter, he said that a
man had been trying to rob him. "Well,"
said one of the policemen, "did he rob
you?" "No," said the man "I didn't have
anything."
can procure foil information conDNrinr
0 W of Iu4r^5an^TMinne-_,
sola,' by: subscribing! 4brf-*he ^Worthing'
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Grandma's Invitation/
Come, children,' Come!'? fcries old! tfrtauK»
mother Nature., ... ...
.,1ue/wueptl
he
cobwpt)s
Caused my best handmaid, the' wiad, to
move swiftly,
Clearing out rubbish, so long 'slowed'
away,
Airing the chambers and sh'aklng the curtains
Scenting the air with the-odor of May
Shook up my moss-beds-iill softer than everi
WXit the coming of tired little feet
•Don in the grove where flowerf^re.'
Fashioned for you a del igntful retreat
"Loosened the brooklets''from fetters"tmrf
/bound thein—.-,..
cA
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imu^
~v: f'i'i ifuu..7. Unn
all out of the skv-
Polished the sun till it shines like Wmirro« .ft.li
Muosmy white Bno»--blaukeM |dli(©ut7to0f'
Dusted the trees, until, spec or, blemish
Rests on their delicate garments of 'creed*
Washed up the floor and put down nvy new
carpet—
Loveliest carpet that ever was seen.
.„f^ j.ut^v
Chains of the Frost XJngs, Jlmf »ris6ned
.themdown ."$
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Haste they my message td rJeaVto tnfe tow*^1*
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Oqiae, then, my children, away with,,your
school-bpolvs
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Leave now the town witir its'turmoil! tm&iA
heat.
Frolic with glee'in my winc'sprcadiug htead"-7*3
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Weaned, at,night your repose shall' bo-,,
sweet."
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The Lesson of two Lives.
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3Ir. Oiton began "life a poor boy:" rfii^
enjoyed but little schooling, and^the"^
friends he had, were) at .the start qf ,buy
little influence. He worked hard and.,!*
faithfully, irom all accounts, at whatever
he put his hands to. He was always
straightforward, always energetic, faituT
fill, tiustworthy. self-reliant. He wascon^L*
nected at onetime with a concern that
did not turn out very well, but it was ac
knowledged ou all sides that the failure
was due to no fault of Mr. Orton. The
failure did not make any difference in
the public regaid in which Mr. Oiton,^
was held. He resumed work again, and ',»
apparently new friends, in addition to -i
his old ones, gathered abont him. He was *i
always a hard worker, and was a giowing
man Mhen the war broke out.' He' was
given an official position in' New York,
,and the tact, decision aut ability he dis-.m
played called to him the attention of tha
tli
Government, and he was appointed Com
mifeioner of Internal Revenue. This
place he occupied only a short time, leavfiH
ing it to go into the telegraph 'business
Jl
When he left it he received a letter from
the Secretary of the Treasury compli
menting him on the efficiency with, which
he had discharged the duties. He was
about forty years old when he begin his ,*
new work, and though he thought it was
rather late in life to begin to learn anew
business, he probably never regretted the
change. He finally became the head of a
vast orgauization, whose interests he a*-'
tended to with the most scrupulous fidel
ity and the most unremitting energy.
During all this time not a whisper .wasl
ever raised against his integrity. He went
to his grave with a reputation, so far as.
we know, absolutely unspotted.
Wearing the white tlower of a blameless life,
aud it is to be remembeied that
it was this confidence in hi absolute
honesty, his unswerving integrity as
mujh as his fine abilities, that won the
esteem of men. Coutrolling vast sums ot
money, he never used them for his own
benefit. He might have made, by
methods which in these days aie well
understood, a large fortune. He died
woithless than many a man who has not
done one-tenth part of his hard work or
displayed a hundrcth part of his ability.
But he leaves an honored name, and his
memory ill be long enshrined in the
hearts of many to whom he was a true
and faithful friend.
Mr. W. T. Hathaway staated out in life
with more advantages than fell Io Mr.
Orton. He was not the son of rich par
ents, but he had influential connections.
He wont to Fall River, and speedily be
came known as the smartest young busi
ness man of the place. Fortune strewed
his way with flowers. She smoothed the
p:ith for him. She gave him a helping
hand whenever lie needed it. He became
interested in some of the great manufac
turing concerns of the town, and at last
he undertook to raise the capital to start
a mill of his own. He found notthe least
difficulty. Everybody liked the young
fellow, the|capitalist3 looke 1 on him with
favor, and the laboring wen with conti
dence. He established his mill, and
shortly afterward was sent to Ensrland as
the chosen representative of the Fall'*
River interests.
What young man evee stalled put.iu.
life with brighter prospects? But het wasMi
not pure gold. He didn't have the hqn
esty Mr. Orton had. Lacking that hc'Teu'
and all the ability and smartness he' had''*
could not save him. Whetlier his story
is taken, or that of his cousin, S. A,
Chace, matters little. In the one case he.,
was a weak tool. In the other he was a
crafty bstrayer. In cither the result' is*
the same,the ruin ot kindred, friends and
acquaintances, the loss of reputation,
honor, family, home and freedom. It is
a sad ending to .what might have been .a ,'
brilliant lite, and to what, according to
all human seeing, would have been a bril
liant "life, if the young man had only
possessed honesty in addition to ability.
The contrast between these two lives
need not be dwelt upon. It only has to
be stated to be realized. Hathaway
could have had money enough for all ni9
needs if he had but kept his integrity.
His dishonesty was the very poorest in
vestment he could have made. Perhaps
there are some who will heed the lesson
ot these two lives. It is a very old one,
but it cannot be too often repeated in
these days of trial and temptation.
Preserve the privacies of your house,
marriage state, heatt, from father, moth
er, sister, brother, aunt, and all theworld'
You two, with God's help, build -your'
own quiet world, every third or fouTtlu.
one you draw into it with you will form a
party and stand between you two. Tfhat
should never be. Promise this to cach'J
other. Renew the vcw at each tempta
tion you will find 'your ^ridcouri*'1 in '-iiSfl
Your souls will grow, as it were, together,'
and at last they will become as one. Ah,
if many a young pair had on their wed-,
ding day known this secret, how many
marriages were happier than—alas!—
they arc!—Scrop Book.
Strawberry Shord-Cakc. One quart of
flour a pice of butter the size of an egg
one teaspoonfnl of soda and two of
cream-of tartar sweet milk to' mix. Sift
the cream-of-tartar with the flour rub
the butter thoroughly through the flour
and dissolve the soda in the milk: mix
soft and bake in a flat tin when done,
split open, butter and spread thickly
with crushed berries, cream and sugar or
berries and sugar only spread fruit over
the top or cream and sugur.