The true northerner. [volume], October 08, 1875, Image 6

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MY OLI MAN AMI Ml .
BT MABl K. KLALY.
O nn : w. ha Urd tngAthcr aonie afty year or
oil :
W 1 1 1 .!, - i what d.-ath and not-row mm aod
ml a. It ou to be poor.
W haxe wr' at niht ami uioruin' to pay fur our
TtDtj farm,
To t Mi fr ir children ami to '-. p Vni all
1 rotti harm.
OH mao. rlc joa n member th day wlnn fir Ml
li.' '
It - l i. m. ; uu, my WiU.au. hut tbi day aeema
w !, - - u, wbo. dull
nm I'muKto.
m '-'in n 'wip mi' aoorwav ne i Mirtlur n-ini
a n Ml l, Wdiuun llaiuion, th - h a
Ait
01
I 'i eff, r d your arm I took it, and alk'l
. . Hm lam-,
.i. Ji'-v.T. that lane j'lwar a i-ouituin
)-athw ro,
Ami I Mai T. i 1 hadn't mUmM it" beauty lonp
l-ior .
n i bm Mi iffha niauy i.-Ltlihcii
hiidrwn vourn
41. 1 I. .ID' f
Walk la HM HaM old pattrMf when HM MM aW I
a.! ti hlne.
ia . b mh in Up it lati
... tmkm' ".ui. ap wtta
ttujiliu' 1- 11a
M lH n I think ..' that novate'. William, my "Id heart
...
Il-
l-iii v.h ' Har. Uwiiyli lon and tnihiane. ha.- MMS i
eteueil hy your love.
.. : : v w, ,t x . logeUMf to the bHt r land
mMW1
J ui I kmm ti .t tin liruiliicl li an would ! hill '
ad iUrt for in"
II ,i ; i , un omlln'l wai'k with im; 1-.'I' tin
SHav Ma.
ft w ' . ha 1 mime bU r ind our d antrt i u I
j. . 1 : ' i :
- .. n.t 1 iVM piur jp' 1 MWl hop) audi
rnd. .
Wai iiUo-d by a ahoy atniUK' t ntir.-ii tnmi
b.t- ami h'vi'ii- -
Hut I IM wi' forjriTi hf-r now, --1 I luan. as wp- hi'i '
hfONva !
i; i. ' :...i . tiia dear on" l-;t us honor ami lov
yet.
knil ' to- dm Iw bm roaM tKoma ika old (wrt j
A i. w. (iii.-t nt our bovouiH and Idiachm',
r.:i- nin' hair,
w I ti. Um jMirrh to-tulit, oU luitu. each m our
-i liuir.
And try In forMt Um ptorrotrs ttaM dufcMMd oCbw
1 ( :', i.kin' unitj our bttMlM IMfl tM good Uoo'n,
un'ralul waya ;
I M Aat- li dM tv fjin' : ' ;m . know it
won't ba lotur
! M with a'h oth' r. William, t th" IxautlfuJ
Uow.' 'f Mag,
all t arn will 1h. drti pl for v r, and ii.I will u
tnad plain.
I in Mtrt jnmtB not gn and lea .i- mo alone your own
a 'an' :
Yur b kMad rrrj oftMt wtea old fbttstovtio
Tip' i '-iki ii nway toKfth -r. to th' nound of oat
Uu. old man ! Um dwW -fltllll ti C- 'o within th'
I : w.i; not In- lit hi ro a many (kon"
(to 1' - !: iili'l Iw
boi rftiL vttk w var fr t or
A i.
r.t.; together, WilliMB, whm Dm
ma pf
Mli. 1V ION'S H0U8KK1'R,
U.SI I I' A LiMinokei-'K-r N n lnt mi
ekiari? paraon. ooaipataut, end of Umj
liigliaat raapaowtaltty no1 si t w Call bstwaan
th bo -r ot .1 and 4. Thtmda; . Aj.nl & at No.
l.i-luk'un aNfiiu.
K tte Frsnklin read this in th paper
r lay on the counter in the little
anile waitingte bave an ounce
oi : ii l.ii done up and a roll of bak
er'fl broad.
- . repeated the Dumber of the banes
0 bcrself as she received the change
from the grocer.
Ohi prepared t'l" tea :tft I she fa
1 tin; little bare attic, and ate her
cant man meehanicslly. She forgot
liot uMMtianed her sppetite Mill wss in
bei r:sy thought.
tr: Jiger in a strange place, sneces
aha had tried to find a situation
;- teacher, copyist, in a store, sewing.
1 u i faded 111 thenrat three, and WSJ
tei ring on the hist.
bfa would upply for the place, but she
won i ne d referenoes. (July one person
ihe a m the whole great city of suf-
b . . tiuence Mrs. Davenport, the
rid . bAUghty, Step-sister who had 11
tn her gentle mother wktle she
li .1.1 hated Kate heraelf.
J' rhapi Kate thought the would per
u. to refer to her, because giad to
ii c b t daafand to menial smploy
m i .
I ...is omnnsjtent for the situation,
foi daring her motlier's long illness ma
bei father! ibaence she hiul entire
charge of their large family and Hpleudid
house.
"But an "elderly woman."" Now
K.' w:us not an elderly woman, being
JOj but she remembered, with a
soi : 'pleasure, that in private theatrh
;" a happier days slie had imitat. .1
bin . and assumed the character of
wornnn with groat nHMK She
L bow to stain the skin to give an old
. c ;.nd she had in the bottom of
:i I ,.,e false gray hair and a muslin
. ' ru in one of these occcajtonai she
I I need to look ho very old -only to
pi - a m dure and matronly apienr
lllli'' .
M. Edward Dayton waited at home
aft-: bil ilinner to se' the respondents
jdvertteements. He wan a hand-Moue-
man, not yet :(), with a gray, frank,
go tl-natnrad countenance.
Be leaned back in nonchalant way,
hi - feel n another chair.
" Thi re ought to be a Mrs. Dayton t
OA age theM housekeeping matters.
Wi U re's time nough."
tpplioantS were seen and dis
.I u, Mr. Dayton's gentlemanly
v.o .
fd wa ushered in. Mr. Dayton
cnHtiuettvely laid aside his cigar, and
pi i i chair for his visitor.
'i . iadylikenesM and propriety of hat
j. leased him at once. " Fallen
forti see." ha commented to bimaelfi
snswwtsd his ipi-stions readily,
but in S'v words.
A s-ent Moeaan i good thing." tih
'i d 1 ard r' iiark.
" I t) ii-k yon will uit me. Mr-. -,
wh . any J understand your iianief"
Pi n.khn."
"Mr . Franklin, you will bf rupiired
to go jiit iaf town, about seven BJuee, to
m country houae. Oak Grove - bj the
town : Embury, on the ( trend Central
i l The salary I propose to pay
is h per annum. Do my terms suit
von ?"
Mb) snawatad quietly, that they did.
" rhen it is ail se ttled. y thu way 1
aupposs you have reference, though
mere matter wf form. "
I name of Davenport was Riven.
" I nv.-nport aVbatt Daiport f I
kiiov. them. All right. If convsniant
will ploaae go to-morrow, Mrs.
Fnldtiin-Ot the next day. I nhall not
till the middle of next week, and
pi)b .oly bring a friend or two with m.
II th" '-li.ii iU-m
in the center and
wtnjr-j prepared, if
von please. The
h i'iv V."rar there now
will not leave ,
until Saturday. She will aliow you
round."
" Is Mrs. is your wife th-re, or to go
He laughed.
" Mrs. Kit ward Oavton. .No sin- imhh
' tli.-r.-, md I do not know o4 bet going "t
raweent." Adding mot seriously: "I
' have Dot th.' sjinillll Mr. Franklin, of
! having a wife," IN hght riNafOI
i " pleasure."
vivid color cam' into the brown
' nhitti f the houookeopfv, and h r mnn-
s,,,w.'d M.h nt embarrassment.
, . . t I. ',. ,. I
"I thought I .believe
iind BiOMMbX
, ye jjj uot utio it. Hia inin.l had
Iraady turned t.. otnai tntngti tu
rotu-."
" It'i, all s. ttl.'.l, I btUaro. My Ihi
Hiiy," Iiisi vi-m fulling 00 tlic rusty Mack
,li pt, " yOQ Bfcaj likf mi adviiiu'i-, a an
. ult net' . t' tin- hi main It is quite on
tommy, 1 beUere, ti d so."
Tin booatkaapar hand flwil act the
: fifty d.'llurs that he gnv lwr, and th-
words sh' would hara aaid wan left nn
uttrn'd. Sh inovd to tin dixir.
nptllail it frr h. r couibously.
" ( l.Kid inoming, madam."
"(iood niorning," she replifil.
ul oannat starve. EaWat (-'
1 (Mil
kaepnpBay diisguimV h1ki nmrmurt'd.
ir. Dnyton, lanoinpanii d by friend
arriTf 1 at bis. country house tin- middle
of the eiMuiug w'ek. Kvi-rythiui; with
in and without the hooat was in parfect
order. If th- now hous.krM-r had
mad' a ftw niiatakaa at SnA they wate
(0m rectified. Kvery room that the
had touched showed I magical change.
Her predecessor had been one Of the
kind who iH-heved in the sunlight never
entering a room for fear of fadiug the
carpet-.
Mr. Dayton felt the change without
knowing the reason of it. He looked
round him with a satisfied air.
It MM not possible to find fault with
the variety and ipiality of the food
placed before them, nor the manner of
Ui being served; and the table appoint-
I menai pti parzeot; and Davtoo oon
gratulated himself uj)on having such I
jewel of a housewife.
Th. wirks paaaad and I holiday came.
j Mr. Dayton had gone to town th. day
previous to remain the ret of the wee.
The housekeeper had fdvell J TI ll l" N -i -U
to the MTVMUts to go also. She felt a
welcome relief to have the day to her
self. She looked th" doom carefully
I aft. r the last servant. She would have
I no dinner, Onlyiunch. Bhehadalmoai
1 fcrgott-n her real eharaoter in that which
ithe assumed; but to-day she could be
herself without fear of intrusion or dis-
' coven.
She laid aside bar oap and sraj
dreaaaP, washed the stain from her skin.
, and arranged her luxurious hair in In
coming curls, and donned a pretty,
fresh muslin, which fitted well the slight,
j graceful figure. This done, she entered
, the parlor and stood before the mirror,
M attractive a fiirure M one would often
nee.
''Truly, I have forgotten my own
looks! ant Kate Franklin, after all,"
she said.
Ucrnoved from her long restraint, her
spirits rebounded. She felt gay, light
beartedi and like committing any fool
ishness. i "MK-p Franklin," she said in the
mincing, alTected tooee of an exquisite,
: "it would be biexfaraaaibde p'- asure to
hear the music of that long silt-Li voice.
I "It WOOld be great pity to deprive
you of it then," she answered in her
natural voice, "and myself also," she
added; and going to the piano she
opened it, and then she sang song aftei
song, in sweet, ch-ar, cultivated voice.
She chose at first the brilliant and tri
umphant, then th1 sad and plaintive
succeeded. There were tears in her eyes
when the rose. Mut to-day her n.oods
were eaprieioiiH.
"Mrs. Franklin, who is playing on
the piano " she asked, in excellent imi
tation of .Mr. Dayton's vaifl
"It is only tf sir, dust-ng the k-y ...
They need dusting so often, 'v she re
plied in Mrs. Franklin's meagre tones;
and she dusted them vigorously with her
Docket handkerchief.
" Ah, me," she said. " Now what other
foelieh thing slutll 1 do to prove to my
self that I am not an elderly housekeep
er, but a young girl, who, by virtue of
bar age. should be gay, by rigid of birth,
I wealthy and of consideration,
, ami visitiug, SS Mr. Dayum's may visit -
and is visited. He If Doble. good, and
haudsome," she said with a sigh. "She
w ill
be usppy. Hom gracefully she
danced here at the nartv the otht r evi
iiing, when the old bonaakeepet was p. r-
mined to look on. She looks good and
amiabl , too. Mr. Dayton darrffftd with
her three times, 1 wonder i have for
gotten how to dance ?" and humming an
air, she floated gracefully about the
room.
She stopped breathless, her cheeks
brilliant from the exercise, her splendiu
hair disarrange .1.
"I believe 1 feel like stiff, old Mrs.
Franklin, with whom dancing doesn't
agree."
"One more song by that heavenly
voice, Miss Franklin, and I shall go
away dreaming I have heard uugtTn
sing," in the ludicrously alVected voice
she had before Imitated
"Ah," she laughed, yet half sndlv,
"the compliments poor old housekeeper
Franklin receives, I hop. won't Quite
spoil her, and turn her silly old head."
She sat down again at the piano, and
Pang "Home Sweet Home,-' and then
played one of Beethoven gmaoVit,
most solemn pieces.
She cos" and closed the piano.
"The carnival is ended. Kate Frank
iiii tlisspncais from the mm as, and Mad
em Franklin liters. '
Neither Mr, Dayton nor thit eervants
would have inspected from the plieid
and digniti' d deportment of the SoMSC
I ' i per when they returned at evening,
of what strange freaks she bad been
guilt. The housekeejier, as usual,
when Mr. Dayton wan alone, sat at the
table. It hail commenced Uj rain io
lently, and the weather IumI grown sud
denly did.
Mr. Dayton, a ho had done nfjcssion
ally, Invited her to the libnu-y, win re a
cheerful fire burned in the grate. He
read the left TH and Hpcrs which hi I
brought with him from town while she
knitted.
V hour Of moM pssnrrd in silence; in-
I-. 1. I lie lion keeper He Idol it spoke ex
ecpt when nskoil a rpiestion. At length
.Mr. IrntoTi looked up to her and win I
abruptly
" Your s must ix a lonely life, madam.
If it is not painful subject, may I aHk
how loiitf Hinee you lost your husbaiiplr'
Two hands miapended their employ
ment, two eyes looked up to him with
an alarmed expression. In his s-rious,
Myinpathtie counteiianee tliere waa
nothing to frighten or embarrass, but
the red grew deejer on her brown cheek.
" It is a paiuful Hubjeet," she aaid at
last, faltering. "If you will please ex
cuae me."
One morning lie was speaking of the
groat loss to ebildren in being deptivnd
of their parents.
"I never knew a mother," he aaitl.
"She died bafots my inrkieKt rnooUee
tion. 1 believe that, man as I am, if I
had a mother, I should g:. to her with
all my griefs, aa a little child would. I
have sometimes thought of asking you
to a t aa mother in the qntet ev.-ninafs,
when I have longed to confide In tome
one. My mother would have lx en a! ut
your age, I think.'
Again there was a vivid color in the
cheek of the housekeeper, such as is
rarely seen in the aged, but it was ac
companied by a quiver in the niouth,
and ended in a cough, but both mouth
and cheek were quickly covered with a
liaudkerchief, aud quite I violent lit of
coughing succeeded.
Mr. Dayton, however, did not seem to
notice, though be had given her QMS
ciir'ous glance, instantly withdrawn, and
he continued:
" For instance, respecting matrimony,
whose advice is of so much value as a
mother's : Who so quick to see through
character and make a ginnl MtectaOU!
Had you a son, whom about here would
you select for a daughter-in-law , Mrs
Franklin ?"
" I am not acquainted with iuiv of the
young Indies, Mr. Dayton," she an
tasted.
"Tim-, but vou have eeen them all,
and are, I should judge, a good discern
at of character from observation. Whom
would you select from those you have
seen r" he persisted.
She reddened and paled.
" I have beard the Misses (irandison
highly spoken of. Their apjiearance
would seem to prove the truth. I doubt
not that you agree with me." she replied
quietly.
It was now his turn to color, which he
did slightly.
" I do agree with you," he ens wen i1
emphatically.
It was hate in September. Mr. Dayton
and the housekeeper were both in the
parlor. He had been unusually gra'e
all day. It seemed to the boUSSkeeper
thai bit manner lmd ehanged toward her.
" 1 have few questions to ask, if you
will permit me, Mrs. Franklin
She felt instinctive alarm at his tOttC,
"Certainly," with an effort.
There was an ominous pans".
" I have been told," he said, "that
Miii Kate Franklin, t young lady, by
di-guising herself, palmed herself off
upon me for several months as an elder
ly lady. Is tie-re any truth in the story .'"
looking searchingly at her.
Sin- started t be feet, then trembling
sank back inf.. a chair.
"Yes, it is true,'" aha murmured, fal
U rii.'gly.
"I confess I fail to see for what object.
My heart you could hardly expect to gain
in that aha meter."
"Your heart," she repeated, scornful
ly, " I had no njoh laudable ambition: I
had aevt r seen or heard of you till I saw
your advertisement. Would you like to
know for what purpose I took upon me
a disguise so repugnant.' You shall.
To lave myself from starvation. I had
eaten but one meal a day for a week
whan 1 applied to you, and was suffering
with hunger then. My money was all
gone, except few JMUillies, with which
to buy a roll of bread for the next day's
meal, ami I had no plOSpoetl of more,
for I had been refused further sewing.
Mut w hy should vou find fault f" her
pride rising. "What matter if I were
BfiMi or Mrs. Franklin, old or young, it
I fulfilled the duties 1 undertook .' Bave
I not taken good car. of your hous
Have f it made you comfortable? If 1
h ive not. deduct from this quarter's :al
My, which you paid this morning, what
Vtt you like."
" I have no fault to find, except for
placing yours If and me in an awkward
position should this become known."
Wav. s of color mounted to the poor
houeekeaper's temples. "I thoughts -I
BM mt, that no one should know, least of
all, you beside, I thought when I en
gaged to come, that you were married.
Oh, what shall I Jo? and she bursi into
a p 'ssion of tearsa
Mr. Dayton's manner changed.
Kate : Kate I l I i l nt t mean to dis
tress you. Nobody knows but me no
body shall know. ' And he soothed her
tenderly. " Kate, look up. 1 love you
with my whole heart. I want you to le
my little bousekeepi r mywift always.
Kate, what do yon Miy t" taking her in
his arms and laving his chM'k against
hi rs, " My own Kate, i it not :"
Bbi murmured something between hat
sobs tliat she must go away this minute.
''Hctatenss, darnng ! Haven't you
been here for months .' What difference
can day kSMJOt Bilk' I You MS sale
witii me, Katie, h, beetsKsj I know
you are Miss Franklin, will you give me
the Ine xpreeaible pleasure of hearing
from that long-silent voice Oh. Katie,
you bewitched in" that day I T am if raid
you w ill baa itch me tlways. Mut, Katie,
let's take off these trappings," untying
her cap and removing her gray hair, and
with this action down fell the wealth of
bn wn ttaan
"Oh, Mr. Dayton, you were not -surely
you Mt re not home that day ''
looking up, covered with confusion.
"Yen, Mi. Dayton waa in the libra
ry," with an invent on his name which
Kate ui d( rstood.
"Oh, Edward! end you tested me
with all those foolish qimatloiil a hill you
knew f
"Yea, my Kate why not '."
" Mut you looked so innocent
lie laughed.
" I shall soon, 1 hoje have aomebody,
if not mother, t confide in; and, Kate,
it ia my duty and pleasure to give you a
husband, ho in future you can answer
without so much pain w hen he is inquired
after."
"Yon are too generous."
" I can afford to be generous, " lie said,
earnestly, " when I have had lh- pre
cious gift of your love. Kate, blest for
. i be the day that T first engaged my
houaekeepei
41 INDIAN FLOOD.
A Pnrty of Pilgrim OWCSWlMMSMMl by m
Mountain Torrent Over Two Hiindrod
f i lo-iii Ibrowiift.
A letter from Maul tun, India, say a :
M Intelligence has U-en ritvived at tais
station of a frightful catastrophe which
' U fell a party of pflgrimi b the Maha
! lingam shrine, on the Tin u-velly fron
tier, on the evening of Sunday last. If
MS are to believe the iWJMJtUl of returned
pilgrims, more than 200 persons were
dfOWnsd under circuniHtancea of the
! moat hmrtrending isMiiantef Thirty
t)in' of the Madura pilgrims have bees
, either carried away by the mountain lor
rent r are miaaing; and it is frightful
to think how many more, from Tinne-
, wily or other parts, may have ahaied the
same fate. Theahrine in question atands
on the aummit of one of the Saduragiri
hilla (liUrally four hills) which form a
portion of the Saptoor estete, though in
ehlded m the Tmnevelly district. The
dJtectton from Madura Is ssnth louth
aost. and Um distance pearly SO miles.
What particular man ifeskl tion of Bits
bsis sasaas was buJH te assnaataaotaat i
cannot at prefwut tell, nor ia it known
where the first devotee from whom the
prsaant one trawH an unbroken aueces
Sistl established UaMMatf ; but, however
tliat might have been, honssads of peo
ple from all parts of the country flock
thi'.her in thin part ol the year to get
cured of fancied or real evils, and, if
possible, hi lay by a store of blessings
fW themselves and tin ir children. From
the baae of the hill a long circuitous
path leada up to the shrine, for a dis
tance of ten miles or so, along fearful
ahasanji and deep, meandering mountain
torrents, and through meshes of cane
brake or other underwood. The pil
grims arrived at the shrine used to pass
a night or so in the jungle without any
thing like a roof over their heads. The
dry la-il of the mountain torrent that
skirts the ahrine used to be their quar
ters ; and there they eookedandate their
nnials, sung and danced, and otherwise
mads theinselvcH comfortable. On the
evening of Sunday last there was the
same sjHvtaele aa used to be in former
years thousands of men, women and
children were talking, or eating, or
dancing in the sandy bed : hundreds of
been and fowls, brought up to be sacri
ficed, stood in mournful groups, each
wading ita turn ; some pilgrims, more
religious tlian the rest, were rolling in
front of the shrine or performing other
Squally curious evolutions -in fact,
everything went on without i liitch. At
p. m. there waa a tremendous shoevr
of ruin ; then minutes later, the hitherto
. dry bed was full, and the water rushed
down headloug, earrj ing those who could
not force their way through the crowd,
and the general confusion was rendered
still more dreadful by the link 111 MS
Many (had bodies, intercepted by roots
and hushes, were picked up in the bed;
g poil many were seen floating 09 to
ward the Waptrap tank; some MSN
found janum- l between stones, and only
a very few of the ill-starred lot sun . .1
themselves by witching hold of
friendly bought
MI'in.in-k'- Cans,
Col. M. Richards Muckle, busineet
manager of the Philadelphia Public
Ledffi r, sent to Prince Mis narek t f-w
months ago a handsomely mounted cane,
made from the original timbers taken
from Independence Hall during the re
OSni necessary r-pail's to that time-honored
structure. The cane bore pimple
plate telling it.s little story. The gift
was gent to Merlin through the German
! Consul at this port, when.'c tt was taken
by the German Ambassador to th United
State, Baron Von Bchloeser, to Prince
Mismarck at Yarin. The German Chan
cellor has written, with his own hand, a
letter to Col. Muckle, dated, most ap
proprietory, on the Fourth of July. The
letter ia written in a tone that one would
scarcely expect to tea in the stern Qei
man Prince. It is as follows, literally
translated :
Yinis. Jnlv t, IsT.j.
Oat, M. Bf-Sarrti MaekM, PaUMSatMate :
Dftta Sni: You have had the kindness to
MSN MS u MMSMCt in my oltlcu days a MSM
cut from the tituhei of UM belfry Iroru the
aeathaiaf wtiii-!i einttr nl ytara kko bdsi
ttu old bell tirst raiiKr m honor of QiS grsad
coaunonwonltli wlume tkif bulls to-day give
full aud wtdcome aound la all tin- wat'.-rt of UM
globe.
1 beg you will accept ruy heartfi-lt thanki fur
this hirttori'-al rMaSUUMMBSS fOiich I ahall
honor and earefuliy prseOTMJ and hand down
to my cluldrcti with other relics of reuiarhabli)
years. Tina day w one ahtob never fails to
wail to my mind the hsapy hours win 'i I
sjient on many I Fourth of July with SSMfMSS
friemls titxt, with John Lothrop Motlev in
flfMtUlSJI, in lK.1-2; again, with Mitchell ('.
Kiiik' and Am syOsma,
Would that you. my dear Colouel. and I
might always !o aa healthy and contented a
wc four rsussj fellows wore forty-three TerM
ago, at (roetUugcn. celebrating the Fourth of
July. V. BanuaoK.
Hon Bargaal s. Preatiai ti Drunk.
Once, when in joint discussion Gov.
McNutt deplored his habits, which were
rendering his learning and sloquenoe
nseleas, be retorted on Am Governor
with Hani effect, He Aral described In
classic style the utilities aud inspirations
of w ine and whisky. Before making the
ml homiw in usn the Governor, he pic
tured the glug-glug-glug of the jug, as
the politician tilts it and pours from its
reluctant mouth the corn juice ho loved
of his soul. There is no music dear, i to
his ear, unless it 1m the same glug-glug
glng as it disappears down his capsicum
throat. Then turning to his opponent,
his face nil shining with fun, lie said :
" Now, fellow citi.eiis, during this ardent
campaign, which has been ho fatiguing,
T have only been drunk once. Over in
Simpson county I was compelled to sleep
in the same bed with this ilisUnguisheu
nominee, this dehght of his arty, this
wonderful expoie nt of the principles
practices of tht Mmashed Democracy,
and in the niorning I found myself drunk
OU corn Whisky, I had laid tOO close to
this soaked mass of Democra.-v, and I
was drunk from absorption I V. A'.
( ox, iii flsvysr! for Otiobt r.
A Determined Suicide.
Says tin- Leavenworth Qommttrlnl S
" Our readers will remember the mention
made in these columns about aix months
ago concerning a OOOvioJ by the name of
l h , J, Waters ,d the penib nliary ti
ing to ahutlle off this mortal aafl by ruii
niug a wire through his head. Bl did
not sooontaUsh his obje.-i, however, an-
til Lust Saturday, when he took an . i
doMj of morphine, from the eneota of
which he died about o'clock Saturday
evening. Dr. Carpenter mode an ex
amination of his head on Sunday to ee
what effect the wire that he liad run bil I
his head lunl BMQfl the bnun. T ins
miptiai he found two aMCSS of wire SUI
beddad in his skull that luul prnbsbli
haaa there at least six montlia. One
I .i. e.-was about two IncfcSS long, while
the other lacki-,1 but httle uf the aanie
length. Alsmtanuich from where he
had made the incision with the wire a
pn ee of glass was also found iatbaddad
in the nkull, aud lunl been tli tre so long
that the wound luul completely heahsl
over.
The Wsrd Will Case.
'Itie Ward will caae, now on trial in
Detroit, is certain to become nie of the
historic causes of American jnriapru
denes. While the trial asoaaada, it is
iatetaatlug to note aaaM af ita maMSsoi
features, the diaciiasiou of which can
not prejudice the claim of stakes party
hi the suit. Th- amount involved is
nearly 16,000.000, and the bulk of it wh
left to the wife and cliihlrt-n of the MM
ond marriage, the cliildren of the first
mamage receiving an allowance of S'JH
a month during life. Thou children
bring action to liave the will act anide.
('apt. Ward w.ts the lending manu-
tsoturst and ospitslist of Ifiahigan, and
the field of hia operationa included
the whole Northwest. He owned mill
ions of real estate in seven Btstes, and
held large investmeiihs in Arizona,
Utah, and Ontario. He was especially
Interested in the development of the
mineral wealth of the North, and
owned the (treat metsJanururi firing
concerns of Wyandotte -imb-e, l, owned
the entire town and was a proprietor of
the North OhtosgO Melhne Mill, of tin
Milwaukee Iron Company, ot aBVSiaJ
nlver, eoppsr, toad ana Mteel coopeniee ;
while he was engaged, at the same time,
in marine interests, in lumber, docks,
plank-roads, railroads, and real estate.
Of tin latter, be held $63,000 in Chicago;
$182,800 in IJktn.it ; .870,953.60 in
Michigan lands: $370,053.60 in Ohio;
$64,838.35 in Wisconsin ; $B7,387.6f in
laiaaouri, and rome $20,000 In I-.vra. He
owned the Detroit DaUy lxif jointly
with Senator Chandler, and sold his in
terest to him before the rupture which
made them political eneanes. In the
handling of his vat concerns he x
: hibited wonderful MMjaoity. and Ui
ft tasaa instincts wets unususlly keen.
It is not generally known how slender
sobsnce itopped Usui. War.l frotaaa-
' oding to a conspicuous plaSS in na
tioiud oht.ie. When the House im
pi ached President Johnson, in ls Men
Wade was President of the Senate, aaid
if that body convicted Mr. Johnson, Mr.
Wade became President of the Uuib d
States. So pertain did conviction ap
pesr that Mr. Wada telectod hi.s Cabinet,
and Ospt, E. 1. Ward was oth red by
him the portfolio of the Treasury. Cnpt.
Ward, it was understood, accepted the
position, and proceeded to adjust his
personal afi'iirs in Michigmi with a view
to hmpermsnant transfer to Washington.
Thirty-six votes, it will le feuMuabetad,
were neees,saiy to convict Mr. Johnson,
sad thirty-five were known to le secured.
The doubtful man was Bsnatot Hons, of
Kansas, and at the final moment he voted
, with th.- six other Btpublioani Mr.
, Johnson was acquitted, Mr. Wade w.i-
not inaugurated President f the United
States, and Capt. Ward failed to become
Beoretsry of the Traaaury.
A formidable array of counsel is en
gaged Oil both sitles. The trial has al-
ready induced many startling incidents,
and will undoubtedly furnish jurists
1 with precedeatl as well as journalism
wdh sensations. One extremely inter
est ing chapter is already begun the
legal standing of Spiritualism, ('apt.
Ward was a believer of it creed and a
patron of its prentices, and the plaintiffs
propose to show that the will was made
in accordance with the ilictab-s of me
diums and tricksters, ami, therefore,
i void. In other words, the court will
have to decide whether Spiritualism is a
religious belief or a lunacy. CMOUQO
Journal,
A Violent ManN Violent Death.
N.-d O'Mahlwin died yesterday at 11
a. m. He suffered intensely on the pre
vious night, complaining particularly of
the lower wound in his aUiomen. At
times ho was delirious, toasuig on his
la'd and crying, "Oh, my God I my
God! when will this end !" His friends,
Mr. and Mrs. Caasidy, were with him
constantly, endeavoring to OOOtfott him.
, He asked repeatedly for ice water and
beef tea. He vomited every few min
utes, groaning. He asked Mi a. Csssidy
"for God's sake, send for the dochr,v
; to give him some morphine and let him
' die in peace. He s; id ).' was " tired of
his life ." thai he had bean Ms poor,
unfortunate man," and desired Mrs. 00s
sidy to pray for him for the sake of his
father and mother. "1 bave no friends,"
said he, "to oats forme. My life has
not been light, but 1 hope God will for
give me end heaven l mv resting
place." He inquired whether rlnnell
had be.-n arrested, and Upon being told
that he lunl not, he exclaimed, " Oh. the
d d scoundrel ! I never did hiiu any
harm," and immediately aiterward cried,
"Oh, (tod, forgive nie tor cursing him."
At another time he wished to know why
he was not allowed to t-ike revenge 00
Finnell, meaning the taking of the pis
tol from him after he had taken it from
Finnell. Hit band was out between the :
thumb and forefinger in the struggle to
Ml the pisto from him. After the two
snotl he took the pistol from Finnell,
and would have shot him if the crowd
bad not interfered. He realised that he
Waa dyittg, and said that those at hia bed
1 side knew it too, but WOTS trying to
keep it from him. O'Mahlwin lost three
quarts of bhssl in the night, lie spoke
leelingly of his erring LtlS and want of
preparation for death. In his agony he
tried to pull the straps from his wounds,
and once endeavored to get up, but MSS
held in bed by his attendants. O'Mald-
win was conscious to the List. He re
peated his request to be buried in BoS
ton beside his brother. Mrs. Caasidy got
I a blessed candle to put in his hand when
; he was dying b light his soul into
heaven, but ill the excitement she forgot
to light it. He expired at exactly five
minutes before 11 o'clock. Mich.iel
1 mffy, an ntldlrtakl r, took charge of the
body sad peeked it In loo. He measured
I I laid win s body, and found X I ha 7
ktohssj long, and hia arm was I fsst I
inches long. A' York Trikum .
A Mijccssota woman destroyed 48
buahela of grasshopper, f 'f which ah.1
r i ved $aa
THK MBASrTKK OS STiMO.
"Oh Hooru, t-11 ni tbr nam '.
What iuaaiir Alia
Thy nyaaurv up ? The word aa-o tp a
M p-taking for a lor U) ra
A amall - ' mr, pind May, laUDt-
riM faohltt KIM -li Ml ' hill''.
WtM D it ahouM "k
To alay, lh auiil. it a MM tm!
So pitr- Magw " - iiaViut r
The wiU of tfri 1 arorn '
-- KUrnal ail-n - hrwinl
My najnr on lh'
I touch. My mMuri Iota doth U
pii.ly, I'r-alou i an aeipro
With utt r aooru SM UMB i
To lore, and whiw - la- Landa
,lupi lust iM fait'j l. I l
itter hrvt "f a li-. ThiaajBorrt
Ia MMMraS than .tili. ant will ma fh- p
In ilAatii itoeU, hut li . n-rnai notrti
Wit and Humor.
A pasaaaaUSrvi laody A slow man.
Sw'kktnkss ami light A lirtre. match.
A StrtT"! should be tried by its piers.
fcr hat Is -en found that in nearly every
, civilized country the teat tliat boais the
most fruit for market is the axle t:. e.
A s HOOLIioY says that win D his tea- :,
er llllllniishfifi to "show him wliat is
w hat," he only finds ont whioh is switch.
A man may lie said b have been
! drinking like tih when he finds th li
he has taken enough to make his head
! swim.
j "Why did you name your dog Mck :"'
" UejuiiHo he was always nummg away
from home, and we ooaadn't help calling
him back."
It is said that bald-headed people do
not die of eonsnmptiarf. The analytical
' mind, seizing upon this fact and reastm
ing logically, nan arrive at a conclusion
: as t why it is we t-o seldom see a red
headed widow.
"Vor are from the x)tintry, are y. i
not, sir.'" asked a city clerk of a (Quaker,
' who had just arrived. "Yes." " Well,
hen' is an essay on the rearing of calves. "
"That," sjiid Aminidab, as he turned to
i go, "thee had best present to thy
mother."
1 A MiU Ai i;i;i: chap Lis. 1 Ills girl
I shoot f OltV timet right straight alo:iK,
and when be stopped the tears come into
her eyes, and she said, in a sad tOM of
voice' "Ahl John, I feoi' you have
I eesacd to love me. "No, 1 haven't,"
' R pMad John, "bnt I must breath '."
"Sin," asked an attorney of witness
who was testifying in a caee of assault
mi l balk ay, " have you ever been in this
court before r" "Yes, air," replied the
witness, " I bars been here often."
"Ah, been hers often, have your" soil
the attorney, in a trinmplmnt tone.
' ' Now tell the Court what for." M Well, '
replied the witness, slowly. "I have
' been here at least a dozen timea to ae
you to try and collect that tailor's bill
y. p'.i owe."
On year ago, says the Vickabuig
J ahi, they I'lasjwd hands over a gat-
. in th" dusk vd" evening, and she said she
wonld be Ml little angel until life was
, no more. Yceterday noon he went home
and found his Sunday suit in strips OBj
the BOOT, his silk hat kicked in, and his
line Is ots cut down, and she yelled out
from the ts-d-nsim: "Is that yon, you
old allipator .' Well. 1 don't think you'll
trot off again without splitting any
wimhI !"
Titr. LaWm is thk FmriiT.'- r- r.
I Blt in an editur'u ted lat uiwht,
Wbon n adlloc MMaeod t ba n-.h,
Anl I th'-i'iijht. a I tumMM ISe MRor! p-'l.
Hom tMtty adttan Ui '.
If UM lawyt r ulrjit in the t ilitor's ei
Wbaa n law-yiT . haacad to ha narh.
Anl thn'iKtit a ahovp- h' ha nairely aaid.
Hew .ily pfliU'r'a Ht.
li-- iiui-t UMfl aUnnt. an he lay on that bad
.ti1 Sapt to hi h'-art'i" 1 ir.'.
W'liit'i r M may nav of th' eihtor'i lil.
' I w.m ihr lawyer hiniui-lf wa the lier.
. -.V M 0 Uini ;-(.'-' a.
FREK PUKSSINOS.
A iitiiAT ileal ha N'Mi said alut Van
derbilt'i hard-henrtedaeea, but no man
can write of him that he ever gave the
slightest encouragem.-nt to a human b
ing who parted his hair in the middle.
A Prrrxnt'itun woman trained idl wnin
BMWloaaj for a tub race, and died the
other day just twelve hours before the
match was to come off. In the midst of
tub races an 1 all other kind of roCBt we
are in death.
Ir the deluged Texsns should require
any help from the public have your dol
lar bill wherC you can get hold of it. and
remember that in I case of this kind one
dollar in cash is letter than six hundred
dollars1 worth of the heartiest kind of
sympathy.
President (.rant's Stock Sale.
The blooded stock of Prsiflloul Grant
p was recently dknoasdof at auction, on
his farm, MB mils from St. Louis. The
stock went at excedirigly low prices.
Young Hambleton, seven yeaiU old, H
telHon, was knocked down for $900. A
tine d-.uble team sold for Siisa --aid to
have been bid in for th" President. The
trotting marl- Bessie Knox, for which
the President psid $1,000, brought $300;
am. tie r trotting mare, the Belle of St.
Joe, .v.i'hid inforlien. Grant $1,(MH.
The mars Vwanburg, riddaa by Gen.
Grant at Vicksburg, was knocked d0WS
for $86, About a doaaa brood mares,
mostly thoroughbreds, sold from M5 to
!?8." each. The thoroughbred mare Flora,
sold for $186 A Frolic well bred year
Hag brought i.O'i. A aumbar of mules,
work lenses, a quantity of harness, crop,
agricultural implements, in fact, all ne
working machinery of the farm, which
will be rented hen after, were sold. Gen.
On t hat decided to make mob dauBoel
t ion of the property ratheY than run it
on his own account. The aggregate
proceeds of DM sale are very small, con
ridering tk-e real value of the projwrtv
sold. The mare T.adv Morgan, one of
the team the President paid $1,000 for
brought only $$$,$$, The stalh ai ( ilay
more, formerly known as Peacemaker,
wax knocked down for '2,5(K), under
sbMid to have been bid in f r Gen
Grant.
While the family of Dr. H. C. Clism
plain, of Otis, Masa. , were at tea the
other veiling, a hawk broke through a
pane of window glass in a ihor in pur
nt of a chicken. Mrs. Champ!. on ae
cured him after a fight, in winch she got
a few scratches, ami now haa him eiged.
lb- pMMSJUaSt three feet from Up to tip
of his wings.
"What do yon think is the Nt size
for a man '" drawl .1 a . top who wa-
t. ilkmg to his physician. "Ihereise,"
sternly replied the' doctor.