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VOLUME V.
WICHITA, SEDGWICK COUNTY, "KANSAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1877.
NUMBER 40.
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PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS.
rVO HOLLARS PER YEAR, !' AUVANCi:.
i3VS57IK3 IATE3 SATE EI5TH CH ATPUCAXKB.
-MAILS.
astern Mall fvla Wichita A Southwestern R.
i I Mall and Express No. 2 departs 4.1.5 a. M.,
Mull A Express No. 1 arrives daily at 11:33 p. u.
Augusta and Douglas departs daily at 1 p. u.
Arrives dailv at 12 m.
Arkansas City. Caldwell, Winfleld 'Wellington
Xlnncscah, Littleton, Oxford, Iielleplain, Chicns
pla, buiunt-r City and London Arrncs daily at 7
r. m. Departs daily atT a. m.
Clear Water, Ohio Center and Rolling Green
Arrhes Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4 o'clock
r. u. Departs Tuesdays and Fridays at9 o'clock
A.M
On and after date the postodec will lie open for
lie delivery of letters and the sale of stamps from
7 A. M.loCr. N. OSlcc ojicn on Sunday mornln;
irom 0 to 10 A. M.
Malls going east and south close prompt at 9
r. m. M M. JluituocK, 1". M.
CHURCHES.
first Presbyterian Chnrch J. r. Haksex, pas
tor. Services in Raptist Church every Sabbath at
U o'clock a. u. and i r. x.
M. B. Church J T. llanna, pastor. Services
every Saubath at 10; o'clock A. i. andTr. it.
1'rayr lnectiug on Thursday evening.
it. Aloysius' Catholic Church Reverend. I. C.
sciiuiiz, pastor. Services on the 2nd and 4th
Snndays of every month; hizh mass at 10 a. m.,
fc9p;rsnt7; r. M. ,
Baptist Church, W l Tile, pastor, services 10i
c'clock a.m., each Sabbath. Church comer of
First and Market street
M thodist German Rev P. W. Matthael, pas
tor. ier Ices at tlieltchool house at halt past 10.
COUXTY OFFICERS.
Judge Thirteenth Judicial District V. P.
Cami-eell.
State Senator John hell.
Representative W Uliam Baldwin.
Board ol County Commissioners J. M. Steilk,
O. G. Jacobs, J. A. Nelson.
County Treasurer L. N. Woodcock.
County Clerk Jons Tcckeb.
Sheriff 11. W. BcNjnso.,
Clerk District Court G. . Reeves.
i'rouate Judge Wm. C. Little.
Superintendent Public Instruction, M. II.
Bruce.
Register or Deeds Milo II. Kelloo.
County Attorney V. E. Stanley.
County Surveyors II. L. Jackson".
cur orncEits.
Mayor J. G. IIoi-e.
City Attorney '. Baldwix.
Police Judge J. M. Atwood.
City Treasurer E. G Weight.
Marshal Mike Meagiieu.
City Clerk Eueb. Schatt.eb.
Surveyor
Justices of tho Tcace D. A. Mitchell, E. M.
UlS3KU.
Constables C. U. Joxer and D. X. "Willi aur.
Council First Ward A. W. Olivek and M.
ZlMMEKLY.
Second Ward-C. M. GAnnij-os and Jons I ouey.
Third Ward CiiAULt.3 fcciiATTSEU and Jay
KmrissKY. . . ,,.
lfourta Ward J. C. 1'KAKEn and C. A. A alkee.
Board or Education Ptrst Ward W. D.Suiiu
and G. P. Haucis. Second Ward J. W. Wi.v
SAKDandH. L.Jacksos. Third Ward I). P.
ALEXANOkn and A. A. Hyde. Fourth Ward
A. II. PABUHiDK and W . E. Stanley.
Treasurer bchool DUard Rev. J. P. IIahsex.
LODGES.
WICHITA ENCAMPMENT No. 29. 1.O.O.F.
meets ou the Ud aud 4th Saturdays orcach
month. W . J. HOUaON, C. P.
W. A. RICHEY, Scribe.
XO. O. F. WlchiU Lodge, So. J3, meets ev
. ery Thursday night, at 7 o'clock, at their
ball, over the Firot National bauk. All brothers
in good standing are invited to attend.
WA. RICHEY, N. G.
W. P. STEM, R. S.
AF. & A. M. Meets on the first and third
. Mondays ol each month.
T. it. Tkickey W. SI.
WICHITA CHAPTER, R. A. M. Meets on
the tecond aud luurlli Fridays in each
month. Geo. F. Hauuis, H. P.
JIilo B. Klllobo, Scc'y.
SAUItATU SCHOOLS.
The M. E. Sabbath school, VT. E. Stanley, su
perlctendcnt, meets at the church at lii o'clock
p. m.
The Presbyterian Sabbath school, Lee Nixon,
Superintendent, meets at the Raptist Church, at
9 o'clock p. m.
The Uuptist sabbath school, A.!. Armcnt, su
perintendent, meets at the Baptist church every
bun lay xllernoon at 2 1; o'clock.
Gtnc-xn M. E. Sunday School meats atScbool
llou-e, ut 3 o'clock. A. Fuhrman, Superin
tendent. U. S. L.A'1) OFEICE.
DOl'GLAS AVE., COMMERCIAL BLOCK.
11. L. Taylou, Register; J. C. Redfield.
deceiver. Olllcc hours irom U to 12 A. it. anil
Irom 1 to 3 r. M.
COUNTY SUHVEYOR.
II. L. JACICSON.
CIOUNTV SURVEYOR. Leave your orders at
J the county clerk's office, or call at the Wtet
ichita postouice. 4C-ly
ATTORNEYS.
E. B. JEWETT,
WICHITA, KANSAS.
SLUSS, STANLEY & HATTON,
A TTORNEYS, Wichita, Kansas.
A- -tf
A1IOS 1IAUIIIS. KOS. IIAIUUS.
HARIUSJkH-U:RIS,
A TTORNEYS AT Law. Wichita, Kansas.
f Office In the Luihlingoccupled by the V. S.
Land Office. Loans Negotiated on improved
lands in Sedgwick and Sumner Counties, at ten
per cent, interest with privilege o! paying & at
any time. Commission reasonable. Abstracts
furnished and papers executed without charge.
Si
lt. 8. ADA31S. Geo. H. EXGLIS1I. II. O. ItCGGLES.
ADAMS, ENGLISH A RUCGLES,
ATTORNEYS -VND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
Wichita, Kansas, mil practice In all the
courts of the 13th Judicial Distnct.Supreme Court
of the Male, and the United States District and
Circuit Court of Kansas. 14-tf
J. M. BALDERSTON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Wichita, Sedgwick
county, Kansas. Office in Centcmal Block,
over Aley'sShoc store. ap20-ly
J. F. LAUCK,
A TTORNEY-AT-LAW. first doer south of U.
f S. Land Office, In Commercial ISIock,
Wichita, Kansas, special attention given to all
kiudsof business connected with the U.S. Land
Office. 15-tr
VT. R. KIRKPATRICK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kansas. 43-tr
l'HYSICIANS.
DR. McKINNEY.
BOTANIC PHYSICIAN & ORSlETJflCIAN.
Especial attention given to Chronic Diseases
oi Doth male and female. Also Chronic Rheum
atism and scrorula. Charges reasonable. Office
on Douglas avenue. Residence corner Mead a e.
undSecond street, Wichita, Kas. 2j-tf
DRS. LONGSDORF & STIPP,
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OMffiOPATIIISTS. Office on Main street,
over J. II. Black's 6torc, Wichita, Kas.
T H. SHANNON,
)HYSICIAN AND SURGEON--41 Main street,
near First, Wichita, Kansas. 5-15-17
DR. C. C. FURLEY,
PHYSICIAN AND oURGEON. Office, Doug
las acnue, entrance cast of M.tinstreet, up
stairs (OTcr Allen & Tucker's Store ) 12-tf
DR. E. B. ALLEN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Offlce Centen
nial Block, Wichita, Kansas. 3-
DR. HENDRICKSON,
(U. S. Examining Surgeon)
)HY.ICIAN AND SURGEON, Office No. 24,
Main Street. 4-2-ly
1JENTIOTS.
J. C. DEAN,
D
ENTIST Office Douglas Avtnue, opposite
Steele & Levy's Lan i Office.
6-tf.
DR. W. L. DOYLE.
DENTIST Office over Mathew'sjewclry store.
Centennial Block, Wichita. 41-lf
VETElUNAJtY.
C. G. THOMPSON,
VETERLNARY SURGEONS. Will treat all
horcs intruited In their care in the most
scientillc mnncr. office In star. Livery and sale
stable, cornt-r Market and Douglas Avenue,
Wichita, Kansas. iq-
REAL ESTATE.
G. W REEVES,
(Clerk or the District Court)
I EAL ESTATE, INSURANCE and Collecting
and taxes paid. All business entrusted to my
aire will receive prompt attention. 41-tf
JNO. EDWIN MARTIN,
"QROKKR and dealer in Real Estate, Notary
j Public and Conveyancer, Agent State Line
Steamship Co., Abstracts Furnished, Taxes paid
Loans Negotiated. Office at the Red Oval Sign,
wo. ,70 Main St., Lock Box 301. Wichita, Sedg
Nick county Kansas. 2(-Cm
i rtsci iui, jvansua. voiiecuons maue
C. M. GARRISON,
Manufacturer and Dealer In
Harness and Saddlery,
Xo. 87 MAIN ST., WICHITA, KAN.
Established In 1S70.
Defies competition in 1675.
"Large Stock, Quick Sales, Small
Trot IU," Is 3Iy Motto.
Good goods, and priceo low;
Cash In hand, or no go! t-l-tf)
Hedge I Hedge! Hedge I Hedge I
Six Hcxdhsd Thousand
PIEST-CLASS HEDGE PLANTS!
Rnsed on his farm on Chlsholm creek for sale by
-tstf HENRY" SCITWEITER.
CT-TIT STABLES.
CON NELL & BASLEY, Prop's,
Market Street, South of Douglas Avenue.
Single and Double Teams furnished on short
notice and on icaionahie terms.
Corral aaH Cook Room
For the accommodation of frctchtors. Special
attention given to trausient custom . Satisfaction
guaranteed. 41-ly CONNELL & BASLEY.
Thi Enemy of Ditecte! The foe of Pain to Man
and Dealt!
-I. the Grand Old-
MUSTANG LINIMENT,
Wildi has stood the test of forty cars. There
is no sore it will not heal, no lameness It will not
heal, no ache, no pain, that affiirts the human
body, or the body of a horse, or other domestic
animal, that does not yield to its magio touch. A
bottle costing 25c., Sue. or tl 00, has often saved
the life of a human being, and restored to life and
usefulness many a valuable horse. 1-ly
O. IK. ABBOT,
Architect, Contractor and Builder.
Scroll work, stair railings, and fancy work of
all kinds done to order and on short notice.
Architectual Designs ftne latest works) on ex
hibition. I employ none but firit-cla s mechanics
and refer to the work already done in this and
other cities as an earnest of our capacity.
Shop, Lawrence Ave., Wichita, Kan.
tj Reliable estimates made on contracts or
loses by fire 25-t
Wagon and Blacksmith Shop
O. BBv-AJDZjEIT.
To my customers I wish to say that I have open
ed a new shon on the corner of Douglas Avenue
and Market Street, south side, where I propose
to do all kinds of blacksmi thing and wagon mak
ing on short notice and first cass style. 17-tf
WILLIAM A. DAILY.
Agent for A.,T. & S. F. Railroad Lands,
MOVST HOPE, SEDGWICK C0.,KANSAS.
These lands arc among the choicest owned by
this company, and parties desiring homes should
see them belore purchasing. Long credit at low
rate; of interest. No trouble to show lands. Let
ters or Inquiry promptly answered. 1-
"lyTOTSJ h !"V n wcl1 improved Farms
q on five years time, or less,
-r c-n a -to- r tl0I)ercent.,n,crest Com-JLjCJ-A-JCvT
I mission lower than else
where. J. B. WATKINS & CO.
Wichita, Kansas.
Office with Register or Deeds. 26-tf
BRICK! BRICK!
SRICK In any quantity for sale at my yards, on
the Little Arkansas River, north of Wichita,
kinds of brick work done on the shortest no
Ice. ri2-tfl .1. W. PHILLIPS.
WICHITA HOUSE,
CORNER DOUGLAS AND LAWRENCE AVE.,
WICHITA, lECA-IETS.
Livery and Feed Stables In connection with the
house.
C. G. THOMPSON. ,,
2-tf G. H. IHLLARD, X " "
THOMAS & GARRETT,
Houso Sign and Ornamental Painters.
WICHITA,
KANSAS.
Orders left with Murphy A Rcilly will receive
prompt attention. Shop over ilnrphy A Rcilly 'a
Store, Douglas Avenue. 5-tf.
REESE & SAWYER
Carpenters, Designers and Builders
Ao. 15 Main Street, near corner Douglat j4vv
All work executed in themostdurable and mod
ern style, and warranted to give satisfaction.
Plans and specifications furnished. Joobing of
all kinds done to order. my31-ly
MILLINERY AND DRESS MAKING!
MISS L. MARKKA Af.
On Main St, South of Douglas Avenue.
A large and well selected stock of Goods
always to be round.
Q-Auss Jennie Soult has charge or the dress
making department, and will guaranty satisfac
tion in all cases. 6-tf
WICBZET.
MABBLE WORKS,
All kinds or Monuments, Tombstones, Mantle,
Table Tops, etc. DAWSON A ADAMS,
Shop on Douglas Avenue, near the bridge,
Wichita, Kansas. 23-tr
Vick'e Floral Guide
a beautirul Quarterly Journal, finely Illustrated,
and containing an elegant colored Flower Plate
with the first number. Pries only 25 cents for the
year. TliefirstNo. rorI877JnstissucdInGerman
and English. .
!'ict' Flower and Vegetable Garden, In paper 50
cents: with elegant cloth covers 1.00.
lw Catalogue 300 Illustrations, only 2 cents.
S7-2m Address, J axis Vicr, Rochester, N. T.
OF DISTANCES
FROM THE
RICHEY HOUSE,
TO TUX
Different Towns and Post Offices in
Sedgwick, Sumner, Cowley
and Butler Counties.
SIDCWICK COUNTT.
To Milet
'JCTLItt COCSTT,
To Milet.
Afton.sofw 18
Illendon 18
Augusta, e...
.2
lienton, ne
Browntown.e. .
Itryant, sof e...
Cave Springs, se..
Cornhill.e
Douglass, 8 ol c..
Eldorado, ne
Freedom, s ore..
Holden,ue ,..,
Indianola, c . ...
Little Walnut, e..
Lorena, s ore....
Medona. sore....
Pendlc, ne
Pontiac, ne
Quito, ne ,
...1G
...a.
...3
...28
..21
...25
...30
...23
...23
...14
...23
..14
.. 17
...13
...37
Clarion, ne !
Clearwater, w o! s.,.18
Delano, w I
Eldridge, n Is
ElPaso, eors l'l
Fayette, nw 20
Garden Plain, w . 17
Grand River, s of w. 20
Greenwich, nore.. 15
Marshall, w 20
Iowatillc,sc 10
Jamesburg, n or w 10
Mlnncha, c 8
Mount Hope, n w.. 28
Morton, s of w '.'.(
Ohio Centre, s.. .. 10
Park City, nw 10
Richey Ranch, w... 21
Valley Centre, n 11
Waco, s 13
ECMXER COU.NTT.
Alton, s 50
Argyle, s 21
ItcllePlaine.s 22
Caldwell 55
Chicaskla, w ot B...AS
Gulpb, eors 45
Hessville, s 4C
r-ittleton, c of s 21
London, s IS
Lingfcltcr Ranch, s. 30
Rose Hill, se...
-IS
ftjeamore Sp'gs, ne..5u
'I ow anda. ne.
.20
Walnut, ne
Whitenatcr, ne..
...24
...30
COWLEY COCXTY,
AikaiisasCity, ee..
Ilaltimore, se
Cabin Valley, se...
Ccdarvale, se
Dexter, se
Grouse Creek, se..
Lazettc.sc
Utile Dutch, se. .
Maple City, se
New Salem, se
Ninncscab, e of s .
Otto, se
Polo, sc
Redbud, se
58
..40
..63
..70
..05
..CO
..53
..3s
..Ob
. 13
30
.
..35
..28
..33
..cs
..53
. 38
..45
Milan, s
Oxroril, f ofs . .
RoIIiiigGrt'cn.s....
Rome, s
SaltCitv, e ofs....
South Haven, s....
Sumner City, s....
Wellington (C.H.) s
leagcr'sGrotc, s.
ItocL, se
SiIerDalc, se
Tisdale, se
Vernon, 6e
Winfleld, se
t3 Our House Is located near the Depot.avoid
ing the transferor baggage and bus rare.
All baggage transfered free.
Good stables with the House. Tree corral for
o.ir patrons.
Farmers' trade a specialty.
The tables are furnished with the best the mar
ket affords, the beds excellent, and the proprie
tors always found trying to please at the low rate
or 51.50 per day.
BIchoy Bros. Proprietors.
Wichita, Kansas, Nocmbir30, 1S70. 33-tf
JACOB HEIL,
Manufacturer or
c i a- :r, s,
And Dealer in
CHEWING
AND SMOKING
TOBACCOS.
SKUFF,
PIPES,
SMOKERS
ARTICLES,
Etc., Etc., Etc.
24 Main Street, Wichita, Kansas.
20-tr
A. TVEIG-AND & CO.
The largest and best established brewery south
orTopcka.
We are prepared to supply the city and country
trade with the best Aleand Beer on short notice.
Bottled Beer and Ale lor family use.
BEER DEPOT, DOUGLAS AVE.,
Between llain and Water Streets,
WICHITA, 2C-A.3ST.
H. A. WHEELER,
a- :r o o :e tti
GREEN FRONT
Coughs Avenue, - Wichita, Kansas.
Pre-cmln'ntly Farmers Supply Store. Buys
all kinds or Produce, paying thererorthe Highest
Market Price. Goods sold at bottom figures.
JErerytUlny Guaranteed. 11
x. r. JACKSOX.
JOUH WISTOH
THE BONNER LIVERY STABLE,
JACKSON & WESTON.
N. P. Jackson, who rormerly kept a reed stable
in West Wichita, and John Weston, or the Ex
change stable in Wichita, have formed partner
ship and are now transac ing a livery and reed
business in the Bonner Stable, rormerly occupied
by Baaley & March. They w ish their patrons to
call and sec them where they can be well ace m
modated with anything in their line, at allow
rates as any place in town.
Immediately opposite the stable is the old and
well-known Daily House, now occupied by D.
S. M linger rormerly or the Empire, n here w ill be
lonnd good boarding and lodging at crw Ion
rales. .1.'-
ID. B. EMMBBT,
(Formerly ltccelver o! Public Moneys,)
Xj-A-ITD ATTOBKBY
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
eauoscuLBLcci,
VlCSIti., IAHSAS.
Especial attention given to practice in the local
Land Office and Interior Department. Also to
collection or claims, conveyancing and payment
or taxes for non-rckidcnts. 15-tf
WANTED.
JOBS OF CAKPEXTEH AND JOINER WORK
In the city or Wichita and surrounding country.
Farmers' jobs a specialty. All work done with
neatness and dlsnatch. I marantic n An all
work at 20 per cent, below present prices, for
"u. x resiue in uie lourtn oiock soutn or Doug
I&B 1TntlA nn Main ,ka&, aaat .1.1. I.... !......
in the block. Day work furnished at lowest
rates. PR-iy E. B.L&TrBEXGE'.
TABLE
- "Brick" Pomcroy has just married
his third wife, a proof-reader ou his
third paper. His second wife is a the
atrical star, aud his first has just taken
her second husband.
A Topeka girl, in unslinging her
Christmas slockiug.'.fouiid in it a piano
tol, a side saddle, one peck of hair
pins and a calf-bound copy of Shelby's
expedition and it was not a striped
stocking either.
A new census in Paris, it is said,will
show that the city has a population of
1.900,000. This was the population in
1870, or just previous to the Franco
German war, and the city lias regained
lost ground, and nothing more.
Daniel Deronda, in four volumeB,
costs the British reader from eight to
ten dollars. The American reader can
buy it in two volumes for three dollar?
or in paper covers for a dollar and a
half. If it were an American work,
with a copyright upon it, it would not
bo more than four dollars.
A dispatch from Constantinople
ays the Marquis of Salisbury will de
mand from the Sultan his acceptance
of the proposals agreed upon by the
Powers. Should the Sultan refuse
Lord Salisbury is instructed to leave
Constantinople and order the British
fleet to quit Turkish waters.
Several persons have been convicted
in Cincinnati for illegal voting, and
sentenced to the penitentiary by the
United States Court. These arc almost
enough to overcome tho majority by
which Banning was elected ovce Mat
thews. It is a pitv the men who in
duced them to commit crime cannot
be found.
A correspondent writes of Vander-
bilt: "The old railroad king, with the
iron constitution and the iron will, is
gradually wasting away. His legs
have dwindled away to the size of an
arm. His removal is only a matter oi
time. His reticence is gone, and he
talks incessantly. He has changed iu-
ernally as much as he has outwardly."
Ron. M. C. Butlcr.who has been cho
sen Senator by "Wade Hampton's Leg
islature, for his distinguished services
to the Tildcn party as tho author of
the Hamburg massacre, is represented
as an able lawyer, ready debater, aud
finished gentleman, handsome and chi
valiic. and nosscsscd of an unusual de
gree of sound judgment and practical
foresight, aud quick ou the trigger.
During the eulogy on Senator Cap
crton, of West Virgiuia, tho fact was
brought out that but three Senators
remaiued who held their scats during
Lincoln's administration ; and but
eleven who participated in tho im
peachment trial of Andrew Johnson.
Tho three Senators are Anthony of
Rhodo Island, Sherman of Ohio, and
Hunt of Mississippi.
The Davton (Ohio) Democrat, a
strong Democratic paper, says, in a
late issue, of Gov. Hayes : "And it is
not out of courtesy, but simply out of
a regard for truth, that wc here say,
that wc know of no Republican states
man in the land whom wc think so
worthv to be President if ho was
elected as Gov. Hayes, and no man in
any party, upon whoso personal integ
rity and patriotic intentions the peo
ple would rely with more profound
confidence."
To Vies President Ferry.
Count brother, count with cairc,
Count for the Presidential chairc,
Count tho ballots lair and square,
Count out no true electaire,
Count in the presence of the Secretaire,
Let him foot them up with care,
There's euough, but none to spare,
Let the Demmys whoop and tear,
Let them fume and snort aud swear,
Stand your ground, we've got 'cm fair,
They can't play the bulldozaire,
We'll have Hayes and Bill Wheelairc.
DcB. in Inter-Ocean.
Gov. Hayes received one hundred
and forty thousand more votes in the
State of 2few York alone than were
polled in the entire Union in 1824, when
Adams, Jackson, Clay aud Crawford
were candidates for President. And
yet ho did not carry the State. At
least the Tildcn electors were counted
in in consequence of the fifty thousand
fraudulent votes of New York City.
Tlius a minority of one State in 187G is
greater than the entire vote of the
Union was in 1824.
The grand jury of the Court of Ses
sions, Brooklyn, have taken tho initia
tive in demanding that proper precau
tious be made for the protection of
theaters against fire. The precautions
proposed, viz: a partition plated with
sheet iron between the auditorium and
tho stage, a drop curtain impregnated
with chcmicals,roofs and scenery made
fire-proof, exits separated and extend
ed, the use of steam heal, hydrants on
every floor and gallery, tho presence of
a competent fireman, and full direc
tions printed in every programme all
commend themselves to common sense
and the best interests of the public.
Speaking of the chances of a foreign
war, the Liverpool Albion asks the fol
lowing very pertinent question : "Arc
foreign nations, aud America in par
ticular, precluded from furnishing
ships of war to the belligerents after
the fashion of the Alabama ? Suppose
wc were at war with Russia to-morrow,
and had blockaded all her ports,
weuld it be possible for an American
citizen tofit out a ship of war in the
harbor of New York, hoist the Kus
siau flajr, aud capture the first Cunard
steamer sho met at a distance of four
miles from American waters ? Would
the Washington Government help us to
catch the vessel, would they imprison
the builder, would they, on her return
to A" American port, seize aud confis
cate her, aud, finally, would they pay
to British merchants the damages she
had caused ?" England has not f orgot
tcn.nor is she likely to forget, her own
delinquencies in such matters, and now
when there appears to be some proba
bility of her getting into a serious
scrape she very naturally apprehends
au attempt upon the part of some en
terprising Yankee skipper to make a
little money out of the transaction.
The Atlanta Constitution again
warns northern Democrats to go slow.
It says : "It should be understood that
the South is for the Union. The bloody
timbril wheel of war has ground it in
to us with many a scar and with many
a pain. Whatever may have been our
ante bellum notions of the rights of a
State as taught by some of the wisest
northern that ever lived wc have
learned through dear experience that
secession is not the most comfortable
experience in which a commonwealth
can engage."
The convent of the Sisters of Provi
dence, at Elizabeth, near Joliet, prov
ince of Quebec, burned to the ground
ou tho 26th of December. Eight pupils
are missing. At forty-five minutes
past eight the Sister Superior of the
convent made her usual visit through
the convent and noticed nothing un
usual. All the community were in
bed, when at twenty minutes past
nine the whole convent was in flames.
All that co n (1 bo done for all persons
inside was to hurry them out, and
nuns as well as children had only time
to savo themselves without their
clothes. It is belicyed that the fire
originated between tho fluc3. Thcic
were forty-eight boarders in the con
vent. Thirteen persons pcrishcM in
the flames.
Mr. Seelye has submitted to Ihe In
dian Committee a plan for the reor
ganization of the Indian Bureau. It
contemplates taking the management
of Indian affairs entirely away Irom
the executive department of tho gov
ernment and placing it m the hands of
a trust commission, organized similar
to those which have control of the
great educational and beueuolent insti
tutions of tho country. His plan, in
substance, contemplates the appoint
ment of a certain number of gentle
men of high character and eminent
position, with whom might be associa
ted one or two executive officers of the
government, who shall be ex officio
members of the board. He would
have these gentlemen serve without
pecuniary compensation, and would
give to them entire control of all af
fairs relating to Indian management,
under the general supervision of Con
gress. Mr. Seelye would intrust to
this board the expenditure of all mon
eys appropriated for the subsistence,
civilization and education of the Indi
ans, and through it would pay to all
Indian tribes the annuities wliicr? may
bo due to them under existing treaties.
His plan also contemplates the ap
pointment by the board of one or moro
executive secretaries who should carry
iuto execution the policy adopted by
the board. It provides that the com
mission shall be self-perpetuating;
that is, the commission itself fillirg
vacancies as they occur.
The President Sends i Message to the Senate
on the Question.
The President sent to the Senate,
December 26th, a message enclosing
the report aud journal of tho proceed
ings of the commission appointed in
accordance with the provisions of tho
Indian appropriation bill of last year,
to treat with the Sioux Indians for the
relinquishment of their right to tho
Black Hills, etc. He calls the attention
of the President of the Senate to the
articles of agreement between the
commissioners, as among oilier advan
tages to be gained by them, is a clear
right of the citizens to go into the
country of which they have taken pos
session, and from which they cannot
be excluded.
He also sent to the Senate the corre
spondence between the United States
and Great Britain, on tho subject of
the extradition treaty, which has been
restored to vitality by the act of Great
Britain in receding from its former po
sition, and the consequent surrender
of Brent, tho Louisville forger, to the
United States. The Government is
now prepared to consider the question
of an amended treaty, so as to increase
the class of oflenses upon which extra
dition may bo claimed. The corres
pondence is regarded by tho Senate at
present as confidential, and hence there
is no access to it for publication.
"Who's Talkin' About Wah?"
Old Si was standing in a crowd at
the depot, when one of the darkies
present remarked :
"Ef dat wah do come, hcah's one
nigger dat ain't gwino to sasshav in
hit!"
"Wah? Who's talkin' 'bout ennv
wah?" asked Old Si.
"Head, hit 'round, hyar among the
dark it's ginrally."
"Who's gwino tor fight in dat wah?"
"De white folks and de 'publican
party, dat's my ondcrstandin' 1"
"Shucks I Docs any ob yer s'nose
dat de white folks down hyar is g wine
to anodder wah ?"
"Dey's mighty rampantus 'bout dis
'lecshun, don't yer forget dat !"
"Ncbber mind ! Did yer ever see a
stumpy-tail fox go an' back himself
agin a steel trap de secend timd, sav?"
"No, I nebber did."
"Den yer ain't gwinc to sec desc
people go to no wah 1"
"Ye be'tr not say dat ter none ob
deso white fokes."
"Yas, I will do dat too, 'kase why I
shouldn't?"
'Dey'll go fer yer cf yer talk dat ter
dcm."
"Show,nigger I yer don't know what
yer sayin'. When I speaks dat ter
way, now tek kcer. Hit ain't no in
sult to the white sttthcrn people's
bravery, but hit's a moughty big rcc
ommendashtiu ob dcr judgment."
"You are right, old man," said n
white man near by, and Si had the
erowd at a disadvantage. Atlanta
(G.) Herald.
It is well enough for Americans,
even the very joung ones, to know
whose bustsare to bo found on post
age stamps. Tho bust on the one-cent
stam represents Franklin; the two
cent stamp, Jackson; three, Washing
ton; five, Taylor; six, Lincoln; seven,
Stanton; ten, Jeflersou; twelve. Clay;
fifteen, Webster; twenty-four, Scott;
thirty, Hamilton; ninety", Perry. The
seven, twelve and twenty-four cent
stamps arc not now issued, but many
of them are in circulation.
A three-year-old happened to have a
want to bo attended to just as his
mother was busy with the baby. "Go
away; I won't be bothered with you
now." "What do you have so many
children for, if you can't bother with
them?" he unexpectedly inquired.
A couple of hoodlums attended a re
vival meeting at Peoria, Oregon, aud
upon a call of the pastor rose and
walked to the altar, where they in
dulged in a rough aud tumble fight
for the possession of a cushion to
kncol upon.
A LETTER FROM THE SKY.
The tun is set, and Mill as time
The great sky broods benign and calm;
Neglected like some ancient rhyme,
Island and wonder hat I am!
Athwart the portals ofthe west
Onp fiery cloud slopci still and stem,
While wakimr from dcliciourest,
A trembling star begins to burn.
The glory of the western throne
By von red arm is guarded now;
O voting heart! toilinj here alone, thou ?
vt uai to ma world s great strength art
Hut lo ! I see the star-urn pour
Its soothing light beyond the skies,
While pate as sand-ribs on the shore
The shrunken cloud iu darkness lies.
Young heart, tic strong I lor thec the star
In tiea'i en's torenc and tender deep;
The world's dread arm thy course may bar
It wabtes with ctcry watch ye keep.
. JV. Fowrri.
From the Kansas Capital.
THE AVERAGE KANSAN.
At a recent social assembly in To
peka, among crystal presents was a
broken goblet contributed by "The
Average Kansan."
On the symbolic goblet was an in
scriptiona verse of poetry, which
halted ou one of its lines, and limped
on the other three. The idea of the
inscription was that the citizen of
Kansas, though like tho shattered
crystal cup he may he badly broken by
successive misfortunes, yet has not
lost heart, and is loyal to the spirit of
the legend ou our coat of arms To
great achievements through severe
trials.
The Average Kansan is a man of re
sources. He is not easily discouraged.
If one venture fails, he tries another.
If the wheat is eaten off, he puts in
rye. If preaching does not pay, he
turns to penciling, or pontics, n peo
ple will not buy his prescriptions, or
become his clients, he edits a newspa
per, or sells patents, or lectures on
phrcnolojry.
When misfortunes strike the Aver
age Kilnsan, they find him, not sullen
and stubborn, but cheerful, clastic and
flexible. The historic Bourbon dynas
ty had abilities and ideas, but it was
proverbial that they would not learn
and they perished. The Average
Kansan has talents aud opinions, but
he is willing to learn and he docs not
perish. He even makes great discov
eries. For instance, he is finding out
that it is the cattle and horses that
roam over the country, and not the
growing crops. He declares that he
never saw an itinerant corn field. He
challenges tho world to produce a
brcechy potato patch. He offers a
standing reward to anybody who will
show hi ji an unruly wheat field or a
vineyard on the rampage though he
is willing to admit, for the sake of the
argument, that watermelons do some
times travel of dark nights. Ho pro
poses to invest no more money in
IcnceS to restrain the quiet crops and
orchards but carefully to watch the
vagrant herds.
The Average Kansan does not wear
long hair, and is not iu the habit of
bawling himself hoarse about reforms
but he is sufficiently progressive to
be opposed to railroad trains that run
so slow that they have to put the cow
catchers behind, to prevent cattle
from throwing the cars off the track;
and he promptly buys all the new and
improved'Tools and machinery that he
can get, on credit.
He is not easily influenced. Himself
independent and free of thought and
speech, he constantly bears in mind
the oriental proverb The speaker is
one and tho hearer is another. In
Kansas you may say what you choose,
without let or hindrance with the as
surance that your words will do as lit
tle harm, or good, as in any part of
the world.
The Average Kansau has traveled
extensively has failed in business
once or twice served in the army
and iu some cases he is now living
with his secoud wife. Consequently
he is not a man to be easily excited or
scared by anything. No one who
knows him will select him as the vic
tim of a game of bluff.
He is not sentimental, and abhors
gush. In no writing book in his school
house do you find the copy "God
tempers the wind to the shorn lamb."
Ho is too intelligent to believe that
such stuff is in the bible, aud he de
tects its resemblance to its author, the
superfine sentimentalist, Lawrence
Sterne. He knows that no special dis
pensation has been granted to those
engaged in sheep raising; being aware,
indeed, that in sheep growing regions
thero often prevail in the late spring
storms of cold rain and slcct which aro
called by the people "Iamb-killers;"
because so fatal to the tender lambs.
He firmly believes in au over-ruling
Providence, therefore he builds cor
als and sheds for his stock, feeds
them liberally, and prays for dry
weather.
Too sincere to smile very much, ex
cept in a bibulous and figurative sense
he laughs heartily, if not often but
he seldom weeps! He is too old for
tears, which arc expressions of the
young in years or experience. The
lccruit trembles with enthusiasm as
lie signs the muster roll and he weeps
as he kisses his wife or sweetheart,
aud goes out to contend for his coun
try. After he has faced batteries aud
led forlorn hopes-after he has marched
"into the jaws of death, into the
mouth of hell" his sensibilities arc
not less strong, but they lie deeper,
and his eyes arc dry as a stone. The
coolness of the veteran is not that of
indifference, but that of experience; it'
is the steadiness of a character too
gnuuiuc to bo demonstrative. The
Average Kansan is a veteran.
He makes no sign, but he is gener
ous and warm hearted. Two years
ago when our frontier was resting un
der a calamity that came in a day, and
literally on tho wing3 of the wind,
thoso who knew the facts said : "No
feature in tho history of these sad
times is more marked than the dispo
sition on the part of the people to di
vide their supplies among one another,
to the last bushel aud the last pound."
This record, like Mcrcutio's wound,
"Is not so deep as a well, nor so wide
as a church door, but 'tis enough,
'twill serve."
The Average Kansan is courageous,
yet prudent, lie is not at all repre
sented by that well known bull, bold
but rash, that attacked the locomotive.
He is of opinioi. that the ancient illus
trative bull ought to be allowed to re
sign, like a superannuated judge, aud
to retire on full pay.
He has faiths and convictions re
ligious, carnal aud mixed; he docs not
care much for arguing about them, but
he is ready to fight for them andf if
nccu be, to give further test of his de
votions. Adjutant General Fry re
ports that Kansas had mora men iu
the army, and suffered greater mortal
ity, iu proportion to population, than
any other State iu the Union.
The Average Kansau has never been
accused of lack of cheek. His enemies
aver that wheu he went to Philadel
phia last summer, and gaily disported
his fair proportions on thu Exposition
grounds, he was wearing garments
that, two years before, had been "dis
tributed" from "relief" boxes. No
doubt this is a slander. Certainly,
while attending the Exposition, lie
showed no disposition to stand back,
and allow Emperors, and hotel clerks,
aud other aristocrats, to monopolize
the show, lie thought lie hail cooii
reason to be proud uf his State; aud
he was sure that his State had good
reason to be proud of him.
He is not lazy. No man will "work
harder to break sod, or to rut in a crop
or to get an office. After lie has se
cured an office, he shows admirable
industry aud conspicuous ability in
holding on to it. Ho has set aside the
old Jeffcrsoniau test as obsolete, and
has adopted as his political catechism
"How much does it pay?" "Hon
caul get it?" "How long" can I kee
it?" These questions being satisfac
torily answered he leaves other mat
ters to the venal and mercenary. Ar
an official, he draws his salary with
regularity and dispatch. He pays lit
tle regard to names or former reputa
lions. If you entertain him with a
account of what a distinguished per
son you were "back cast," expecting
thereby to excite his wonder and ad
miration, you only provoke his ridi
cule. You do not arouse even a feel
ing strong enough to be called con
tempt. He cares nothing for title.
They are abundant in Kansas.cspccial
ly military titlps, for two reasons: a
very large per cent, ofthe men havi
been in the army, here or elsewhere
and titles arc considered so worthless
that they are thrown to anybody who
will take them.
If you try to control him by citing
precedents and authorities, ho replies
that the quarries of Kansas furnish as
good building stone as Plymouth rock
and that gentlemen who have been
decently aud safely laid iu ihcirgraves
ought to be content to stay thcre,with
oui trespassing on the rights and priv
ileges oi tho.c who are still under the
necessity of paying taxes, and getting
up of cold mornings, and performing
other disagrcctiblc duties required of
living people.
The Average Kansan has confidence
iu the resources and prospects of his
State, aud he intends to. share her for
tunes. Is it said that some people
leave Kansas? Of course thev do.
Some people would leave heaven" itself
tor the pleasure of moving. Those
who go out from us are mainly of two
classes. One class is made upof those
who have not secured the positions
which thev proposed to take. Thev
had high opinions of their own impor
tance. When they started from "way
tlowu cast," they expected to be met
at the State line with bauds of music
and banners to be received with open
arms by a happy and grateful people
and to be at once placed in legislative
halls, and on judicial benches, installed
over churches, and treated iu all re
spects iu accordance with their own
estimate of their extraordinary ability.
In fact, the popular outburston then
arrival was limited to the single ex
pression" 'Bus, sir?" They received
no attentions, outside of the real estate
offices. They were civily treated al
lowed to choose their own location
and pursuit ami to engage with oth
ers in the race for fortune and position.
They soon discovered that their pre
tensions were cooly disregarded that
they had no advantages over others
and' that whatever prizes might bo
gained must be won by hard work,
aud in the face of active and able com
petition. By degree?, but surely,they
subsided. On the death of some ot
their wives' connections iu thcdistanl
cast, they went back and told mourn
ful stories about the barbarism of
Kausas The retinue that accompanied
them to the depot, as they were leav
ing, was composed exclusively of
tradesmen solicitous respecting cer
tain unsettled bills and no one else
knew that they had gone.
The other class of refugees consists
of those who lind the stIe of living,
the prade of society, and the general
condition of things, entirely above
their old standard. They do'not like
a State that has so many school houses
disfiguring the virgin landscape aud
in which they have to drive over a
bridge every few miles, instead of be
ing allowed to exercise the inalienable
right of a freeman, which is to ford a
stream, or at most io ferry it in a
scow. Not long ago, wc met a repre
sentative of this class, headed cast
ward. Ho had an old wagon, drawn
by a horse and a mule, with an ox iu
the lead and on the wagon was paint
ed "LeVc KAnsAS or BusT." Two
dogs were in the wagon and two un
der it. Trudging behind were seven
children, ranging three years old to
nine, aud a woman wearing a sunbou
nct and a pull-back. Wc recognized
the man as soon as we saw him; we
had often met him in southern Illinois
and Missouri, where he formrrly lived.
There his regular diet was blue mass,
with quinine for dessert. His uni
form beverage was cornjuicc, with a
little water, and no sugar. When ho
came into town to trade, his list of ar
ticles that he wanted was as follows;
2 pounds Rio coffee, 4 pounds Dogleg
tobacco, one-half gallon plantation
molasses, 6 pounds lead, and powder
m proportion.
He always wanted thce things ou
time (which with him wss practically
ctcrnity,) and if credit was refused he
would turn his pockets inside out to
raise inouey to pay for the tobacco and
the powder and lead and he would
let the rest of ihe list go. He was of
opinion that the earth is fiat, that
wheat turns to cheat, and that for a
man to wash himself more than once
a year is putting ou style. Whenever
he had to sign his name to a document
as, for example, a boud to keep the
peace iu order to avoid tho liability
to the forgery of his valuable signa
ture, he would get another man to
write his name for him, aud ho would
affix a hieroglyphic.
That man has left Kausas. And he
has acted wisely. Even if he could
have worried along with the school
houses and the bridges.he never could
have felt at home in a State which has
no sweeps at its wells which enacts
and executes game laws, and builds
its chimneys inside ofthe houses.
The Average Kansan likes preachers
and is friendly to churches but as a
general rule he prefers not to live so
near the sanctuary that tho bell shall
disturb him on Sunday as he reads his
lribunc, or World, or Scientific Amer
ican. By principle and tradition he is a
champion of civil liberty and free in
stitutions also an advocate of home
stead and exemption laws. He believes
in the coining man, aud thinks that he
is the identical individual. He believes
iu the future; and intends to live to
see it. He has a talent for surviving.
You may overwhelm him with floodjj,
but he docs not drown. You may
burn him out, but " e'en in his ashes
live their wonted tires." In a word,
it may be said of him as of the old
Napoleon, with a difference, He
mav surrender but he never dies.
Uncertain Business Prospects.
"Wot arc yer going ter do next sum
mer, Jim ?" said one newsboy to an
other ou the street this morning.
The gentleman addressed a person
age about three feet high, with a cham
pion smutty face, and coat and ttows
ers several time too large for him
assumed a solid air and replied with
suavity :
"That depends on the ptirceeds ttv
my pcrfeshun, Cully. Ef thi3 'lcciion
biz hangs on a while longer, and then
the Yurrupean war busts out, so's
papcrs'll sell big all winter an' make
the scads tumble in as I anticipate,
I'm going to retire on a competency
and have a huutiii' dorg. Them's the
prospects, Cully." St. Louis Repub
lican.
The brightness of the lamps in the
light houses of our coasts frequently
produces great destruction among tlie
birds. As thev llv along the beach iu
the gloom of evening, or seek the shel
ter of tho land when the ocean breeze
blow too strong for their comfort or
pleasure, they arc dazzled by tho bril
liancy ofthe lights iu the towers, aud
frequently fly blindly against the gl:is
of tho building, crushing and break
ing their bones, and often killing them
instantly. It is stated that more than
six hundred dead birds were swept
oil' oue morning from the lop of the
tower of alight houso by one of the
keepers.
CROOK'S CAMPAIGN.
Thg Superiority cf the Sioox Warricra ta
Cavalry Soldiers.
Durin" the camnai"n from May 29th
to this datc.out losscs.embracing those
ii the engagements ou Tonguo river.
Rosebud, Slim Buttcs, have been but
twelve killed, thirty-t wo wounded most
it whom have since returned to rtuty,
ne death by accident, and one by dis
ease. Of the difficulties with which wc had
to contend, it maybe well to tcniark
that when the Sioux Indian was armed
with a bow and arrow he was nunc
formidable, fighting, a he does most
'if the time, ou hor-ebatk, than when
he got the old-fahloi.ed muzzle-loading
ritle. IJut when he came into po3
cssion of the breech-loader and me
taliu cartridge, which allows him to
load and lire from his horse willi per
fect ease, ho became at once ten thous
and times more formidable.
With ihe improved arms I have seen
our friendly Indians, riding at full
speed, shoot and kill a wolf, also on'the
run, white il is a rare thing that our
troops can hit au Indian ou horseback,
though the soldier may be on his feet
at the time. The Sioux is a cavalry
soldier from ihe time he has intelli
gence enough to ride a horse or tire a
gun. If he wishes to dismount, his
hardy pony, educated by long u-age,
will graze around, near where he ha-,
been left. ready when his master wants
to mount cither to move forward or to
escape. Even with their lodges and
families they can move at the rate 'of
fifty miles a day. They are perfectly
familiar with tho country, have their
spies and hunting parties" out all the
time, at distances of from twenty to
fifty miles each way from their villages,
know the number" and movements of
all the troops that may be oncratini:
against them, just about what they can
do, and hence can choose their own
times and places of conflict, or avoid it
altogether.
At a right ou the Rocbiid,.fuuc 17th
the number of our troop3 was less
than 1,000, and within eight days after
that the same Indians weTtlicroYoucl.t,
met and defeated a column of troons
of nearly the same size as ours, killing
and wounding over .100, including the
gallant commander, Gen. Custer, him
self. I invite attention to the fact that in
this engagement my troops beat these
Indians ou a field of their own choos
ing, and drove them in utter rout from
it. as far as the proper care of my
wounded and prudence would justify".
Subsequent events proved beyond dis
pute what might have been the fate of
the command, had tho pursuit been
continued bevond what judgment dic
tated. The occupation by the settlers of the
Black Hills country, had nothing to do
with the hostilities which have been iu
progress. In fact, by the continuous
violations by these Indians of the
treaty referred to, the settlers were
furnished with at least a reasonable
excuse for such occupation, in that a
treaty so persistently violated by the
Indians themselves, should not be" quo
ted as a valid instrument for the pre
venting of such occupation. Since the
occupation of the Hills there has not
been any greater number of depreda
tions committed by the Indians than
previous to such occupation; iu truth,
the people who have gone to the Hills
have not suffered any more, aud prob
ably not as much, from Indians as they
would had they remained at their
homc3 aions tho border.
The Sioux nation numbers many
thousand of warriors, and they have
been encouraged in their insolcnt.ovcr
bearing conduct, by the fact that those
who participated iu the wholesale mas
sacre of the innocent people in Minne
sota during the brief pcriod.'thnt pre
ceded their removal to their present
location, never received adequate pun
ishmcut therefor. Following hard up
on, and as the apparent result of, the
massacre of over eighty officers and
men of the army at Fort Phil. Kearney
the Government abandoned three of
its military posts and made a treaty of
unparalleled liberality with the perpe
trators of these crimes, against whom
any other nation would have prosecut
ed a vigorous war.
Since that time the reservations, in
stead of being the abodes of loyal In
dians holding the term? of their agree
ment sacred, have been nothing but
nests of disloyalty to their treaties
and the Government, and scourges to
the pcopto whose misfortune it has
been to be within the reach of the en
durance of their ponies. And iu this
connection, I regret to say, they have
been materially aided by "such agents
who have disgraced thebureau estab
lished for the propagation of peace
and good will, man to man.
What is the loyal condition of mind
of a lot of savages, who will not allow
the folds of the fhg of the country to
float over the very sugar, coffee and
beef they arc kind enough to accept at
the hands of the nation to which they
have, thus far, dictated their own
terms ?
Such has been the condition of things
at the Red Cloud Agency. The agents
have informed us that the hoisting ot
a flag over the agency, or a persistence
in the determination to find by actual
count tho number of warriors out on
the war path, would rc3iilt in their
niassacreing all the people there.
Wheu, therefore, the prccnt campaign
was inaugurated against the ho-itile
bands, it was impossible to find out
what force we should probably meet.
It has transpired that they could and
did re-enforce the hostiles" by thous
ands of warriors.
If, therefore, by the placing of these
agencies under the control of the mili
tary, and insisting upon the points not
heretofore required, any portion of
those ostensibly peaceable Indians no
out, I submit it will be better thaifa
doubtful loyalty, as we shall know
something about what wc have to en
counter. From Gen. Crook's Official
Report.
How a Merchant was Done For.
A very ingenious swindle was lately
perpctratcil on a prominent dry good'"
house by a finely dressed lady who ap
peared in the shawl department, and,
after a careful examination, selected a
camel's hair shawl costing about $100,
for which she tendered iu payment a
$1,000 bill, which was carefully scru
tinized by the cashier, who, doubting
his own power of discrimination, dis
patched a messenger to the bank to
ascertain the rcnuineuc53 of the bill.
In a short time the messenger returned
aud announced in an audible tone
that the cashier of the bank said that
tiie bill was good. The ladv upon
hearing this waxed exceedingly wroth
and demanded to know "whether he
thought that she would attempt to
pass a counterfeit bill." Of course
apologies aud explanations were of no
avail; she refused to purchase the
shawl, demanded her monev. and de
parted from the store the verv embod
iment of righteous indignation. A
coupleof hours afterward she returned
considerably mollified, and confessed
that she was pleased with the shawl,
and that her inability to line one that
she liked as well was the only reason
she returned, and she concluded to
take it. The obliging salesman de
lightedly wrapped up the shawl, while
tho courteous cahicr, disdaining to
entertain a suspicion airainst such a
lady, proceeded to countTout the .$900
change, with which and her shawl the
lady departed. The feelings of that
storekeeper can be better imagined
than described wheu lie awoke to a
realizing sense of the fuel i hat his lady
customer had, after all his precaution,
, succeeded in passing upon hint a cotin
.erfcit '51,000 bill. Boston Globe.
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with its circulation. I bus encouraged
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jourt alism.
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it government, and to secure us al
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A Great Ball of Fira Falls With a Hi33inj
Noiajirt ths Ssa.
The large number of meteors lately
observed iu the sky has attracted con
siderable attention, especially among
scientific men, who are of the opinion
that the earth is passing through a
belt ot tcrolites. There i3 some di
versity of opinion regarding the na
ture and origin of these stones, of
which it is calculated at least 5,000 fall
upon the earth's surface yearly. The
theory most widely accepted is that
they are bodies of "our planetary sys
tem that have come near enough to bo
acted upon by the earth's gravitation,
and thus drawn out of their orbits.
A great many :erolitc3 have been
found, and nearly every scientific in
stitution in the world is possessed of
oue or more. The largest of which
there is any authentic record wa3
found by a Sweedish Arctic expedi
tion in 1870, on the west coast of
Greenland. It weighs twenty-fivo
tons, and is now at tho Royal Acade
my at Stockholm.
An rerolitc of probably much greater
size was seen la3t Friday nurjit by u
reporter, who was belated on tho
Ocean House road. At about 12:15 he
noticed a peculiar light on the sand
aud sea around him, and upon looking
upward discovered what appeared to
be an immense ball of tire descendim:
toward the earth. Its course wa3 so
rapid that before he had recovered
from hi3 astonishment the mass felt
into the sea, apparently about half i
mile from shore. A loud hissing noi
followed by a sharp explosion, accom
panied the fall, aud so frightened th
horse he was driving that his whol i
attention for the next five minutes
was directed toward the unruly ani
mal, but he noticed that the tail of th.
meteor, as it is called, or moro proper
ly, the combustion occasioned by tho
immense velocity witli which tlr
stone traveled through our atmos
phere, remained visible for about two
minutes. From the brilliancy ami
area of the fire surrounding the fulling
stone, and the splash occasioned by its
sudden immersion, it is certain tl.u
the rcaohte must have been of ;minen-n
size, although ot course no c-iiimaio
could bo made with any accuracy dur
ing the few seconds the rerolitc win
visible. San Francisco Chronicle.
How H) Gsntly Broke the Kew3.
"Yes, I remember that anecdote,"
the Sunday school superintendent said
with the old pathos iu his voice, and
the old sad look iu his eyes. "It wu
about a simple creature Iliggins, time
used to haul rock for old Mallbx.
When the lamented Judge Bagley
tripped and fell down the courthouse
stnirs and broke his neck, it was a
great question how to break the news
to poor Mrs. Bagley. But finally tho
body was put into Iliggins' wagoti.aml
he was instructed to take it to Mrs.
Bagley, but to be very guarded and
discreet in his language, and not break
the news to her ut once, but to doit
gradually and gently. When Iliggins
ijot there with his sad freight, ho
shouted till Mrs. Baglev came to the
door. Then he said :
"Doc3 the Widder Uau'lcv, live
here?" "
"The Widow Ragley? ne,, sir."
"1'U bet she does, but have it your
own way. Well, docs Judge Bigley
live here?
"Yes, Judge Raslcy lives here."
"I'll bet he don't. But never mind
it ain't for mc to contradict. Is tho
Judge iu ?"
"No, not at present?"
"I just expected as much. Because
you kuow take hold o' sulhin', mum,
for I am going to make a communica
tion, aud may bejt 'II jar you sonic
There's been an accident, tuuoiJvo
trot tho old jiiihre curled 9ii plea tshcrV
iu the waguu,atil;wlMKjfy8ajMhiat
you'll ackno w ledge' j-oOrsel'f that h in
quest is aooul -tiio-ottlrjfcfaythK
could be a comfort to him!"
A locomotive eiigineer,who had ti3t
been dis :hargcd for some cause, gavo
vcnt,to his spite, eminently character
istic O" American h.imor. Hu said it
was a3out time ho left the company.,
anyhow, for the sake of his life, for
"therj was left of the tl d old track
but two streaks of ruafaud the r.ght
of way."
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