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VOL. XXI.--NO. 30.
PAW PAW, MICH., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1875.
WHOLE NO. 1071.
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At w ry utrokv Uif K'lilei m u
itcci iI h to Kiw tin in way ;
'1 lie li.:e I i iiPk fall liowilitf down,
And gggttl at their toet.
Sili'li will. Hllrli wcrk ;ik til. il pert 'I' 1
MllKt Will- UlUbt ll UlUtfe liK'l't.
So cari'lchM ot tutitfu tin) tfo,
Ro trite, no teadil ,
Tin-luliniriiin truflrr on tin i
Lean- o'er tin' irate to :
Willi marvel n Uif hikiii-IhIii ii lretltli.
The lounging Kisn"- ti 'i ;
lint tin- roaMTn lulmr fur all :
'IV iiinl tin y hhoiiUl work well.
En the great hiiu that lmrns uIhim
Shall DTllUMU In thr wit-t,
Ami Um ohUin m1 poppy DOMgsjn (Mh
And they lit down to r ct.
Fach poldi-n wr-riir t'.iat ni ward ii:it-
Hliall tall Opoa tin' geld,
. ml tin Uruicr drain a MSMag k'laiw,
Rejoicing O'U tin.- yield.
j ly, Ixmny men, your rl.li t. lirlnlit.
And gtva tht popl bread !
At every oonapring stride on tuk",
On want and woe yon trend.
DlOpi !iea. ar-, mill kvi t lie Htren'tli
Von (Oihtn d RtMB Hum plain,
" hat man may riM Fffmbsd and firm.
And do cr. .it tlainc aunt'.
God Mom the htwt nit hard and browa,
Hint .'Hide the cleaving plow,
I lint ei.M ttetod the HllltllliK- seed.
And build tli" wealthy mow;
They KM the bread OUT ehihircii eat j
Tin bf their toil we live
HURSh 1 HiNi UmSO the loudeHt OBStf
That gimteful hearth ean gtvo!
v INSUBORDINATE WIFE
Mrs, (iiles stood iii tlif front yard,
hanging np her Monday's wash : the last
piece 1 i:i I found it place upon the line.
"Done ii last, said Mrs, ODes,
ipeskinir to herself. habit in which the
frequently indulged. "Now, if dinner
was out of the way, I might nave time to
(inish Leonard ' nut this afternoon ; Ive
had it ground so long, if I only had ti
sewing machine, how much I could ac
complish :" and picking up her basket,
she went into the house. The proapeot
within was not very sheering ; thr wash
tub to ok ar away and the dinner to place
upon th" table. Just as she began to
lay the table, Mr. (Hl s appeared at the
door and laid:
"Put m an extra plate ; that man will
take dinner with us."
Dinner was soon ready and aiaoon
flktpetched, for ceremony was one of the
unknown things in the QUei family.
Mr. ( iiles and t!:i stranger retired to the
sitting-room to discuss the merits of a
new reaper and mower, while Mrs. Qilea
remained and cleared away the dinner
table. Win li the hud finished and made
herself ready for the afternoon, she went
into the pitting-room, Mr, Qilea was
saying : " If you have anything new, and
better, anything that will make work
easier and do more of it, I'm your man !
I'm in favor of all machinery that will
lighten work for man. Why, bless you,
just look around my ftirui ; it's run
most'y by maohinery.
"Profitable: Certainly." replied be,
to an .interrogation from the strsngsr.
"Money in the bank," he added, never
omitting an occasion of mentioning a
small deposit he laid ill the city bank.
The stranger was gone at hist, and
Mrs. Giles Hat down with weary limb
and aching shoulder to finish a suit of
clothes sin Was making for her old; st.
son, a lad of fifteen. Slowly and wearily
the needle went in ami out ; stit"h alter
stitch was taken, but to little purpose J
it did seem as if she would never come
to the last. But if stitches progressed
slowly, her thoughts flew last enough.
The least words of her husband lingered
in her mind, and again they recurred to
her.
" YsS, men ean have their burdens
lightened, but DOOT women may drudge.
Every year Giles has a. hied something
new to ins farming Implements, while J
have to plod along wito hardly sufficu nt
utensils to cork decent dinner : an old stove
without a boiler or whole griddle, and a
cracked door. No wonder I can't bake
a loaf of bread decently. Then here I
have to sit nnd stitch for g week on this
suit, when tWO hours on a machine
would oomplets it."
It is needless to record all of Mrs.
(riles' thoughts' and words as she sat
stitching the hours away. A dim
OOSSOiousneSS of her wrongs, and
a faint determination hereafter to
assert her rights, was entering her
mind. She had so long given up her
opinions, Set aside her Deeds and fes
tered the gelnahnsSS of her husband,
that it was hard so break through the
meshes of habit which his stem will
had woven around her. The afternoon
sfore away, and Mrs. Giles laid aside the
untinished garment to prepare the even
ing meal.
The next morning at breakfast she rt
marked to her husband that an agent foe
a sewing in: chine had called the day
previous, and wished her to try one )
his machines.
" 1 told him," she said, "he might
leave one when he came next W'-ek."
Mr. Giles laid down his knife and fork
and wit with utter amazement depicted
on hi; countenance. "A sewing ma
chine !" he gasped when he had recov
ered himself. " He needn't leSVS any
of his new fangled humbugs here; 1
have no use for them."
" Hut I have"
"You!" interrupted la ; "don't see
what use yon have for a machine. You
could never learn to use it ; or if you did,
what have you to sew ' ( )nly my clothes
and the boys'. Women, now-:i-days are
getting mighty independent, wanting
machines to do their work ; too lazy to do
it themselves. Suppose they want to
gnd about aud gossip about their neigh
bors."
" Why, Philip-"
"VI Oman I work is nothing, "con tinned
Mr. Giles, DOt heeding the interruption.
" Mv mother had not as many OOftveO
it nceS for doing her work us you have,
v. t she always laid her meals regular and
well cooked, and that is more than I can
say fog yOSL N", I donl want any gf gj
' iug machine about m house. (Sod made
as good a sewing machine aus I want w hen
he made woman."
Willi this ultimatum he left the table,
and taking his hat, mounted his horse
and rode away to look at the new reaper
which he contemplated buying.
One by one the members of the family
finished their breakfast and passed Ou
leaving Mrs. Giles alone. She sat with
1 her head resting upon her hand : her
thoughts wandered back to the days
when, in the freshness of her youth, she
gave her heart's deepest and bestaffeo
tions to l'hilip (Iiles. Blinded by her
great love for him she saw not the ex
treme selfishness nor coarseness of his
nature. She implicitly believed all his
promises, and heeded not the warning
of her friends.
It SSSmed a long time since then, so
many shadows hint darkened their path
way ; dark r yet seemed to grow life's
rugged journey. She saw her tix sons
growing up around her, amidst rough
and evil Influences, without the ability
to counteract them. Mrs. (Iiles re
mained a long time bowed over that
breakfast table, praying with a sense of
' helplessness and a teehng ot need, such
as she had never before experienced. A
loud rap at the door startled her. On
opening it she found Mr. Harris had
oalled to pay off a note which had long
been due ; a note Mr. ( tiles had often '
; declared he should never be able to col
I led "The poor wretch," he insisted, ,
" will neer be able to save enough to
! pay his lumest debts, while his wife
spends all his earnings on such foolish
toingB as washing machines. "
' Ins. Giles informed Mr. Rerria of her
husband's absence, "out said she would .
attend to the business. When all was
Satisfactorily settled and Mr. Harris had j
gone, Mrs. (iiles sat for some time look
ing at the roll of money in her hand.
At length a new thought came in her
mind. Carefully placing the bills En her
pocket, she went into the kitchen and 1
1 hurriedly finished the morning's work,
and then dreslinff herself, she walked
down to the station, which was but a j
quarter ot a mile distant. She was just 1
in time for the morning train for the city, j
ten miles awav.
it was nearly l o'clock in the after-1
noon when she returned home. Mr.
Giles was still absent: Leonard, the
eldi t son, stood in the yard with the
team.
" neigno, mother, gala tie, "l was
just going to took for you. I thought
it was too bad for yon always to have to
walk,"
" Well, my son," she replied, "you
would not have found me. I have been
to the city."
"The star Gee whitssker !" and
I onard gave a prolonged whistle.
" Yes," said MlM. (dies, getting itttO
the wagon. "And DOW 1 wish you SO
to go the station with me and bring my
purchases.
Leonard mounted beside her, saying :
" And SO the old man did shell out for
once in his life gjnd give you n little
money, did he :"
Mi s, Giles n proved Leonard for speak
ing thus of his father, but In- continued:
"Well, I can't help it, I think it a,
mean shame. He never gives yon a cent
to Spend, but sends you to the store at
the corner with the same old Sfder :
'Please let the bearer have what she!
needs.' 1 would make it convenient so
need a great many things if I were von." I
It was late when Mr. Giles returned.
He hastily dismounted, and gave his I
horse to one of the boys. Entering the
house he oalled for his supper in no gen
tle tones. Fortunately, supper was put
ready. Having satilicd his rav nous
appetite, he rose from the table, sav
Dgi
" Come, boys, it's time tiatt you WWTS '
I in bed. I'll w ant von by daybreak in I
the morning ;" ami, setting the example,
Mr. (ides went to bed, and was soon
asleep.
About 11 o'clock, MfB. (Iiles, having
finished her work, and made prepara
tions for breakfast, retired to lest. BS
ittg much fatigued by the day's excite
ment she soon slept heavily.
After the first nap Mr. Gilts was rest
lass and uneasy. lie tossed and turned
from side to side, hut no more sleep for
him : so he concluded to get up. Hav
ing dressed himself, he took the mtudle
and proceeded to the kitchen. The
slender, tallow dip threw a lurid light
sroundthe apartment. Things seemed
to have changed since morning, liais
ing the light above his head, he gMl d
long and earnestly around the kitchen.
There stood a new stove, with its black
and polished face, smiling upon him ; a
POW of bright and shining tinware was
neatly arranged on the shelf behind it.
Turning H Wllld. his eye fell upon a
washing machine with a wringer at
tached. Taking hold of the crank, and
giving a turn or two, he said,
"A sewing machine, by thunder!
lint how in the name of common sense
thev sew upon it is more than I ean
telh"
Placing tic candle on a table, he came
in contact with it Detent churn.
"What! another blasted ooposrn 1
PoUv, Polly " he screamed, Selling the
candle, and hurrying back into the
sleeping room.
In his haste his foot caught in the
framework of a sewing-machine, and he
fell full length in the middle of the
floor, while the candle found a resting
place on the Opposite side of the room.
Mrs. (iiles, suddenly aroused from a
sound Sjet n, Started Bp in a bew ildered
way. aayinsjj
' Wbnt is it, Philip? What'H the
matter.''
Mi-h. (iiles sprang from the bed, Mid
assumed an air of dignity.
! "Matter enough, growled be, pick
ing up, and rescuing the candle from its
proximity to the bed clothes. "Who
has been filling up the house with all
that trumpery and who do you think is
' going to pay lor d If you think 1 am,
you're mistaken."
" Philip (tiles," said she, " I have al
ways faithfully endeavored to do my
duty as a wife and mother. I have pa
tiently borne my privations, thinking
them necessary to husband our means,
, while you have used money, without
stint, to purchase machinery to lighten
your work. Now I have resolved upon
a change, Whal modern improvements
; there are to facilitate woman's work I
intend to have. Nay, do not interrupt
I me," she continued, as Mr. Giles made
an etl'ort to speak. "These things are
paid for with the money deaf old grand
father left me by his will. Yon loaned I
it to Mr. Harris, doing me neither flu
honor nor justice to have the note drawn j
in my name. Yesterday he paid it. I !
went to tint city, and made these pur- :
chases ; they cost less than the mower
yOU have just bought. The rest of the
money 1 placed in the savings bank."
"In your name, 1 suppose? said Mr. 1
(ides.
" TsS, in my name," continued BIrs
(iiles, "that 1 may have the use of it,
when I wish. This farm we purchased
with a nasi of that legacy, and hereafter
1 intend to see that my rights are re
spected, and my legal claims rightly ad
justed." And so she did.
An Old use Man.
She was a stylish young lady about 1H
years old, and to accommodate a friend
she took the baby out for an airing. She
was wheeling it up and down the walk
when an oldish man, very ileal', came
along aud inquired for a certain person
supposed to live on that street. She
nearly yelled her head off trying to an
swer him, and he looked around, caught
sight of the baby and said :
Nice child, that. I euppose you feel
proud of him f"
" ft isn't mine," she veiled at him. ,
" Hoy. eh I Weu, he looks just lik
you.
" It isn't mine !" she veUed ggail
but
he nodded his head and eo.'t.nued :
"Twins, eh! Where's the other
one ?"
She started oil with the cab, but he
followed and asked :
" Did it die of colic r"
Despairing of making him understand
by word id' mouth she pointed to the
baby, at herself, and then shook her
head.
" Yes yes, I gee 'tother twin in the
house. Their father is fond of tlu-m, of
course !'
She turned tic cab and hurried the
other way, but he followed and asked :
" Do they kick around much nights f"
" T tell yea 'taint mine," she shouted,
very red in the face.
"1 think you are wrong there !" he
answered. "Children brought up on
the bottle are apt to pine and die."
She started on a run for the gate, but
before she had opened it he came up and
asked :
"Have to spank 'em once in a while,
I suppose ?"
She made about twenty gestures in
half a minute, and he helped the cab
through the gate and said :
"Our children were all twins, and I'll
send my wife down to give you some ad
vice. You see "
Hut she picked up a Hower-pot and
flung it at him. He jumped back, and
as she entered UlS hOUSS he called out :
" Hope insanity won't break out on
the twins!" Ih fruit Fru Wag,
III the Irclreii Police Court.
"Who's this.'" asked the Court, as a
man of forty stood before the bar
dirty, ragged and outlandish in look and
dresi.
"Martin Henry Jackson," was the an
swer. "Well, you are the meanest looking
old vagrant I ever saw. You look as if
you had slept with tin' hogs.
M How can I help it ?" asked the fel
low. " Hang it, man, if I had but out1
finget and one toe left I'd put in a bet
ter appearance than jrou door blow my
head oft"
" 1 hain't anv work and no money."
" There you are, fat and healthy as
the had cook on a steamboat, and yet,
you loaf around the streets, chew apple ;
cores, sleep in sleds and put up with I
anything rath- l than do a stroke of work, j
I wish I could send you up for a thou-
gnd vears."
"What have I doner" asked the old
vag.
"Nothing, nothing at all. That's!
what ails you. If you should get in ihe
way of a Bogardus kicker you'd be tool
lazy to move. Oh ! it makes me mad to
gee anybody moping around like gd
sore heeled dog when he might be some
body. I'll chalk yos for six months,
and if you don't leave Detroit as soon as
vour time is out I'll buyainule and turn
him loose on you."
i be Os v tr ftsr Blec1 n I rsllfsriia J
The Hon. William brwin. the Demo
eratic (iovernor-elect of California, is a
native of Butler county, Ohio. He went
hi California in 1S.VJ, and in 1861 and I
1862 was elected to the Assesebty! In
LS09 lie was elected t the Senate, and
n eect d in IHT.'l, being President of the
Senate pro tern, tinder Gov, Booth. Be
Wiis elected to the BenatB RgaSS, and be
came aeting Lieut'Miant-OoVernor. He
is now filling that office. From L8M ftp
t March hist he had beenadorning the
I litorial chair of Ihe Vn BS IMiOH,
Tin: silver yield of Nevada will exceed
$2:,(MK),(M)0 tiiis year.
An Asthmatic Pi ixuicr.
He was a fat man, almost its wide its
the corridor door, and as he came out
one of the newsboy's whispered :
" What a sinker he'd make for a fish
line!"
" Your name is Rufus Jackson, is it.'
asked the Court.
" Yes certainly of course my nanss'l
Rufus Jackson," wheezed the fat man in
reply.
" And you hail from Milwaukee
" Why, yes certainly. Lived Ihori
t w n ty-e ight y 'a PS."
" And you were drunk last night f
"No, sir no, sir I denv the charge
in totinn. Never was more astonished in
my life, sir. P rhaps you have taken me
for some one else."
"Perhaps 1 have, Mr. .Jackson, but if
you wen n't drunk how oame you to be
lying Hat on the walk, hat in the gutter,
satchel in th" street, and ; our feel spread
all over '. And when an oflosff raised
you up, Mr. Jackson, you plainly and
distinctly exclaimed : ' Zonr g'way an'
lemme 'lone I'll knock 'er head qnTI'
Would a sober man make such a re
mark r
"May itplease the ( 'ourt," wheezed the
fat man, " 1 am a victim of asthma. I
was born of honest parents, and my life
has been one long epoch of respecta
bility. I am fat. I'd give the world to
be lean, but I can't Irj. I can't run.
Other men can skip ami gambol ,
while I must creep. 1 can't sing. 1 can t
whistle, I am tin enthusiastic politician,
but I can't holler for the candidates on
my ticket. If I try to my voice merely
makes a sound like wind robbing through
a corrugated Stovepipe elbow. This !
asthma is killing DM by inches. The
doctor says that I may live to see straw
berries come ag iin. but beyond that I !
dais not hope. Last night ns I came '
into your beautiful city I wasseized with
a t.iintitess and tell down, and if the
Officers had Hot found me I should likely
have been robbed ami murdered. I am
indeed greatly obliged, and I can't oloee
my remarks without comnlimentinff th
efficient police force of your handaouM
and orderly city."
" Fat man from .Milwaukee," said the
Court as the prisoner paused, " once I
was like a child. I looked at things as a
ohud. I believe
ment, ami my h
piston. Men t -
W llieh deceive I
tears I felt si I
1 every story and state
ut was free from sus
k advantage of me ;
ni" with their crocodile
for the men wdio cut
their hair clos and bet their money on
dog tights. 1 have changed, Mr. Jack
son. The la i b has become a cougar.
Thai was a d speech of yours, but I
can't part Cimpanv until you hand the
clerk a t"U h ilar bill."
The pris i rr smiled sadly, paid the
money in I was not long getting out of
doors. J) (roil Fr ' SS.
v tlnssl Worth Having Around
The Bridgeport (Ot.) ftnvner says
that city possesses a wonderful material
izing medium. 'Ihe story is a follows:
"It was only a few weeks ago that the
person to whom we refer became con
scious of his peculiar powers, but since
his discovery he has continued to exer
cise them and they have rapidly devel
oped. Thus far fhe seances have been
held in the presence of a small party of
his acquaintances, in a darkened room,
which, with the exception of a small
table, is utterly destitute of furniture.
No believer in spiritualism had vet at
I tended these sittings, so that it cannot
be said that any of his amliem 8 were un
; duly prepared to give credence to the
genuineness oi the man Uesuiti on, uiul
yet all of the wpoctatois with w hom we
have conversed are convinced that there
j was no collusion or trickery in the effects
Droduoed. One of the remarkable feats
performed by the spirits is the bringing
UpoU'the table ji Supply of fresh tropical
flowers. Ine flowers exhale a beautiful
fragrance, are fresh with dew, and of
varieties which cannot be produced in
this vicinity. The memb'-rs ot the circle
the other evening were idso regaled with
splendid cigars dropped upon the table
by spirit visitors, and the medium him
self was refreshed I day or two ago with
a plate of ice fTOSIU furnished by the
same mysterious agency. The medium
can also materialize the spirits so that
they become visib'.c to those in the room.
The spirits also play on nrarioa instru
ments lunl write messages on the wall
and table, which to the ordinary obs : v
SIS are mere hieroglyphics, but to the
spiritual riskw of the medium are really
intelligible."
Hww to Treat Tramaa
For
years i nave rjeen almost oaiiy
besieged by able bodied mon asking for
food, and not being able to discriminate
between worthy pstSOUSftftd professional
beggars, have inariab!y given to all, OB
the principle that it is better to feed
some who are unwoithv than that the
Innooenl ami honest should go hungry.
Within a few months I became almost
convinced that information was com
municated from one tramp to another
where to call for their meals, ami 1 de
termined to try another method, which
has worked admirably so far. I set every
OBS to work now who calls for food,
and when he has worked as long a- I
think is net, he gets his meal. No DBS
has yet retused to work, but from pres
ent indications 1 need not Hatter myself
much on tie- amount of work T shall get
lone this way. They very seldom give
me a call. I have work planned in ad
vai for all SSJSftSftS, and they have
probably heard of th new method,
Cor. Bjftei York Trihit.ir.
boa bsds and furniture, sitistiesUy
worked, and by a new system of paint
ing, imitating perfectly rosewood, are to
be "lie of the chief contributions of Italy
at Ihe Centennial Pa r.
PKOliKKSS IN AFRICA.
mi i ii an-. I.. ,., he Way WliMt theiui
Ke is UWtagj Touunl ClvMoiag Africa.
The London Daily New publishes an
interesting account from Egypt of th'
pro-; re i of ll-e Khedive's olHeers in ex
ploring and opening up the interior of
Africa to civilization, from which we ex
tract the following :
Col. Long, the young American officer,
who mftde nlmsolf famous by his daring
aud successful expedition to M'tesa, and
who has since made other equally SUC-
sful explorations, has returned to
Cairo, bringing back five natives of dif
ferent tribes, together w ith ninny curious
war weapons and implements, showing
the dittereiit degrees ot civilization at
tained
ne gives a most graphic ac-
i i i . -, r ,
couni oi ins a'leuiiii 1, anil inav Pe ex
peoted soon in Europe to make prepara
tions for other explorations which are to
be entrusted to him, to penetrate farther
into the heart of Africa under the Khe
dive's auspices. Seven steamers now ply
between Khartoun and Ragafl, above
which the rapids render the Nile uiniavi-
gable. The distanoe between Khartoun
and Gordon's headquarters is over 1,000
miles.
He lias established lilies of posts so as
to keep his communications open, and
bss made peace with t he tribes with whom
Baker was at war, adroitly availing him
self of Abon Saood (linkers bete noir) in
the first place, and then dismissing him,
thus checking the slave trade most ef
fectually by turning its instruments t.
other uses. Gordon hits proved a great
success, and his occupation of the coun
try has cost the government nothing, as
he has made it selfHrustaining by the
produce he has sent toGsiro. Col. Pur
dv (an American officer in the Khedive's
lervioe) h is reached the capital of Dar
fur, and reports that there is plenty of
water in the Nil. between that point
ami the point of bis departure, so that
the obstacles which baffled linker BSSI
DO longer to exist.
CoL Colston (also an American OSBOSl'j
is pushing on probably into the intsrior
by another routi ; while Mitchell, the
geologist of the Gordon expedition, who
1 1 not from Kennar, between the Nile
and the Red Sea, has discovered two
gold mines, form rlv worked in ancient
times, the shaft still open. He reporti
that with modern appliances one of these
shafts OOUld be profitably worked. In
fact, the energetic Khedive, seconded by
equally energetic officers, is pushing ex
plorations oi .ill kinds into this terra in
cognita with a success e pud to his el
forts. Germany (s working along the
western coast of Africa; F ranee is or
ganizing an expedition from Senegal ;
Stanley la pushing on from the eastern
coast, and the dream of the heroic Liv ¬
ingstone gesmS at last in process of
speedy fulfillment.
Four European Powers haw success
fully established themselves on the west
em coast of Africa Dutch, Portuguese,
French and English. For '2M. years the
Dutch Hag floated over the Fort of Ehni
na, on which Maurice of Nassau placed
it in 17d7, alter which it was abandoned.
France has long held Senegal, and En
gland Sierra Leone and the adjacent
dependencies, and Portugal sines 14ln
has been an African land holder, till
holding Lower Guinea. Hut, with jus-
tic
this region has ever been considered !
the unhenlthiest on the globe ; while tin
Nile basin, with cultivation and civiliza
tion, te capable of becoming a garden,
seeevding to the more rsoeni accouut of
ts explorers.
The "HcrahlV LigfctniBg Train.
To memorize the last run of the light
ning exntvss train of the year 1875, the
managers of the Herutd invited repre
BSl t.ttiv. from the papers in New xork
city and vicinity to enjoy the trip on
Sunday last to IhiHalo. The Comnwr
oial give, sin account f the trip, from
which WO quote :
"At ByrSSBSS the train was ten min
utes late, but here was attached to it the
famous locomotive No. llu. with the
celebrated engineer " Jem" Wood, and
after br akfast the train was whittling
along again. It was from RochoStOT to
Buffalo that the " lightning'1 feature was
really exhibited. Palmyra, oH miles,
Was run In 68 minutes, a gain of 8 min
utes. Between Batavia and Buffalo d
miles were run at the extraordinary rate
of 7." miles an hour, wlr.le the whole run,
d. miles, was made in ;( minutes, and
the trail si rived in Buffalo 10 minutes
ahead of time. The stretch to Niagara
Falls over a level road w as done at the
ordinary rate of speed, reaching there
on time. To pci sons sitting in the car
during the fast traveling a most unac
countable feeling was experienced. To
walk through the cur was impossible.
Telegraph posts were passsd at gn aver
age of one in two seconds, while trees
and hedges in many instances appeared
to be an interminable mass of bramble
I I brush. Many persons in the au s
wee. slsrmed, although the high rate of
peed seemed to be generally admired.
All along the route at even house Wei
people gazing Rt the swiftly passing
train, With wonder and amazement OS
Dieted OU their countenances, and in OUC
instance people rushed Ironi a little
i omitry church, which bordered on the
roadside, stood for an nistunt, ami as the
train whirled SfOUftd a curve the aston
ished worshipers were seen re-entering
the church.
A 1'omlcrntis 1, coinntlve.
An engine has been isosnsb placed
on the Pennsylvania railroad which
weighs s ven tons heavier than the pou
deroUS kfodoo, whose drawing capacity
is almost twice thai of an ordinary loc
mottvf ... The Modoc Is capable of tak
Ing i ightv loaded can from Barrisbufs
to ( fotumbia, while other engfax i are put
to SSVl rt -t when they pull fifty car
mi that portion of the road. This loco
, motive, wh' n fully initiated, is .'xpHcted
i to get awa with iM) cars. The onlyar
gUJftSStt that ean be used against large
engines is that they are h ud 00 trwks,
I but BS the Pennsylvania BaibjOSd OsSS
psny has adopted fttftftl rmls able to
withstand a greater presume than iron
rails the wear will not OS material,
i The introduction of these mammoth en
' gines is considered g v. i v economical
measure bv the railroad comp;in . rou
World.
Incredible Inhumanity.
From Philadelphia comOS I story of
brutal treatment to an old man nearly
seveutv-five years of age. by his son, a
second-hand clothes dealer in one of the
huns of the city. The old man had
1 .ii,i anon tv
ii iin ll mi- -u rMiei;i:eiieii ill
getting hold Of, and soon the father dis
appeared. The police gut w ind of the
smur and mads a search about the
premises for the missing man. The sou
was asked what he had in his cellar, and
he immediately replied that he was keep
ing his dogs there, but denied, that his
aged father was Imprisoned in the
wretched hole. This denial, however,
did not satisfy the oAoerS, and they con
ch: led to explore the cellar for them
selves. The door was unlocked and the
i two OanSSfS went down into the Cimme
rian darkness. They had provided thesa
selves with a candle, fortunately, and
struck a light. The whit. -haired old
man was discovered lying upon a rotten
straw mattress in one som r of the black
hole, in a terrible plight. The atmos
p!n re of the damp abod" wa. staggering
and poisonous, there being no vt iitiiatioo
in any nook or corner.
Around him was a pack of savage
dogs, while the dirt floor was strewn
with bones and half-eaten plucks in an
I advanced stags of decomposition, and
emitting a horrifying sten h. The un
natural son had not a word of apology
to utter m extenuation of the cruel usage
of his father, but the latter complained
bitterly. The sou was order- I to take
his parent out of the dog pit, which he
did. Not satisfied With the persecution
j he had already inflicted, the sou took
the old man across the street loan empty
house which he had rent) d, and locked
him Up in it. There was no bftd in it
for him to sleep upon, no cuair upon
w hich to sit, no light to dispel the night-
i ly gloom, and no companionship but the
hug" rats which thrive in great commu-
I nitiee among the shambles and dsns of
the street. In this miserable rookery
the old man existed for three days and
pights, his sou taking him water and
' cold scraps of victuals ono a day with
which to ward oil starvation. Finally,
a i M 't her son, who had heard of the liend
! ish treatment which the old man was
receiving, came ami took him ewsy SO
1 U home in West Philadelphia.
Wholesale Disfranchisement.
In a case which recently came before,
it the Supreme Court of Illinois has ren
dereu a decision which disfranchises
probably '2",H0 persons w ho have here-
tofore exercised the right of suH'rage,
and whose right to do so i.- vioUS to the
adoption of the new Constitution in 1H70
was unquestioned. The suffrage article
of the Constitution of 1870 provides
that " everv person bavin
every person having resided in
this State one year, in the county ninety
days, and in the election district thirty
days next preceding any election therein,
wh WCU (in etoOtOT in this State on the
first day of April, A. D. 1848, or ob
tained a certificate of Dsturalisation be
fore any court of record in this State
prior to the first day ol January, A. D.
lSTtl. or xho shall DC a male citizen of
the United States above the age of
twenty-me years, ihall be enti
tled lo Vote nt such election."
According to the Ckmstitution of 1H4H,
which was Ihe organic las i f the State
until it was superseded by the instru
ment adopted in 1M7, the right of ul-
frs S was conferred up every white
male inhabitant of tht a re of twenty-OOS
who wsa ft resident of the State at the
time of t he adoption of the Constitution.
Hy this provision, all foreigners who
Wete inhabitants of th State and who
were willing to accept citizenship, were
naturalized. The Supreme Court, bow
ter, holds thai the sis of thsss sstn
ralized citizens, bom before i,s4h, not
having been electors in 1848, Mid not
being citizens by birth or naturalization,
are not now lawful electors. Whatever
may be said of the reasoning by which
the Supreme Court has arrived at thin
remarkable conclusion, it Is i tauily far
from being in accordance with the plain
intent of the provisions in the Coustitu
tion of 1870, aud it works tic rankest
kind of injustice.
Adventure with a Blfjtl Hear.
II. Wilourn, of the St PJ) . 00 WcdnSS
day night, about 10 o'clock, while with
his afawsp in tin- hills heard his dog bark
ing savagely at some object, but was not
alarmed. Suddenly the dg came howl
Ing to him. with a grizzly bear immedi
ately behind. H. had BS lire-arms, and
no time t think what was best Ut do,
ami lx'fore he ouuld even t un arouud
., attacked and thrown, he minks,
abottt t"II or fifteen feet. He feil iqxm
a sharp rock and was severely cut. Al
t' : falling the bear cnnie up '.. him aud
scratched him badly about the abdomen
mid shoulders, but did not bite Iiim.
Wilburs remained perfectly quiet, aa if
dead, and the bsftt hi aving th dpg liork
ing at the cubs which she had left be
hind, ran oft' swiftly. He then bobhawi
boms, about one mile distant. He han
six or eight SeVSBS cuts on his body, and
a dozen or more scratches and wvere
bruises. Be will probahh reCOWSf, IBS)
will be cenflned to his bed for st veral
weeks. Wilburs says that if the dog;
had not attacked the cubs he would liRva
bftSft BJSVoured. IV n'nrii iCal. i Synal.