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SPIRIT OF MOCRACY. Jamilg $,eto$pper---$eb0tei) to folhifs, Joreip anb fotMstix Sfetos, litatan, te rts anb Sciences, $hcatim, gricdtan, P&rkcts, Mscments &e VOLUME XXXIX. WOODSFIELD, MONROE COUNTY, OHIO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1882. NUMBER 26. THE DE THE SPIKIT OF DEMOCRACY. Published every Tuesday. faBNRY R WEST, BO IT 8 B AND PROPRIETOR. OTOPTICK Weit Side of Maim 8treet, two lorn N rtfc of the Public Square. TERMS: 8n py , one year. TT - 'h, feae jr, three months, tii-.i. -.. : II 60 75 SO 5 ojhibwrlptitin can be commenced at any Advertising Kates: tae equate. (1 lines.) one week, 1 00 ..u.n.Ar iautrtinn for five weeks. 50 t)n iqaare, twe month H. One square, three months tone equare, six months, tone sanace, one year. 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Will practice ia Monroe and adoining conn ties. 0es sooth ef Pnblie Square, formerly eesapied by Hollister & Okey. mehl4,'82, Vf IlXI tM H. CUOKE, Attwiey tt Law & Notary Public, WB09S FIELD, OHIO. sloe ever Kettorer Jr. Heeffler's store, S. W--eerner ef Pnblie Square. Her. ll. 79-1t. Gt. W. HAMILTON, AUtnt at Law & Nataiy Public. (Ofllee ever Pepe A Castle's Drag Store.) Woodsfield, Ohio. Will praetiee ia Monro and ether counties. anl7,'2. 4 W. OtUSTim OM.WTBt HOLLISTER & HOLLISTER, Atttmeys at Law, WOODSFIELD, OHIO. WH1 practice in If earee and aajoining oonn- ieov, -1 1 1. James Watson, ATTORNEY AT LAW, .a- JUSTER COMMISSIONER, VkOODSFIELD, OHIO, janSl.'M ATTORNEY AT LAW -AND- 3T0TARY PUBLIC, NEW M ATA MORAS, OHIO. fag-Office in Mays' building. spr3,'80m6 PRtMRCVTINQ ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, -AKD- R1L ESTATE AGENT, (fiee np stairs in the Court louse1.) XI, ft MARTINSVILLE, WEST TA. JsmllVTST. 4. f. sraieos nnwas Fro. AU meg. SPBIQG8 fc DRIGGS, Attorney and Counsellors at Law And Claim Agents, WOODSFIELD, OHIO. (Ff ion Up stairs in Court House. nrS,74. .W. . M41-L0ET Notary Public Hl'XTER eft MALLORY A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Vnes Southwest corner Pnblio Sqnare WOODSFIELD, OHIO. Will praetiee In Monroe and adjoining counties. apr28.'74Y. NOTARY PUBLIC. Till nndersigned, having been appointed Notary Public, wonld inform his f Heads, and the pnblie generally, that he is prepared to AU Pensioners' Blanks, admin. Is'.jr Oaths, take Depositions, acknowledge Deeds, Mortgages, and other instruments o' Writing. JOHN JBFFHBa. ntl8,'7T "leallsvllta. Monroe Cf nMo iTewMl H n ery MRS. IsT. Or. CLARK Keeps oenstantly on hand HILLINIRT GOODS & FANCY GOODS, wklek are offered at prices to suit the times All work entrusted to my tare will be nrsmptly done. Please call and examine, weeds and barn price. MRS.H. J. ClASK. sptl4,'M. Woodsfield, Ohio. PHYSICIAN8. nn. b. OEjrif ie. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, BEALLSV1LLE, OHIO. Office in the Armstrong property. apr30,78T. nr. J . WAY, Phvsioian and Sureeon, LM COVE, Wathington Tp, Monroe (Jounty, Unxo. All ealli promptly attended to. during the day or night. feb33.'69. IK. . 1.. STEWARD, Physician and Surgeon, MILTONSBURG, OHIO. All ealls promptly attended during the day or night. Office one door south of Stout's Hotel. aprl3,'80Tl. DR. JAMES A. McCOY, (FORMFRLT OF COBOBK AND SC'COY.) SEELING Hakes regular fists to WOODSFIELD, Antiooh, GraysTille, Lebanon, Stafford, Calais, and Lewisville. See local notices and posters for each trip. AU work (ally guaranteed, first class In erery particular. jyll.'82. I. P. FARttCHAR. 91. O. (Formerly of Zanesvllle, Ohio,) Physician and Surgeon, Office and residenee in the Walton property, WOODSFIELD, OHIO. Baring located at the above place, offers hit Professional services, where he hopes by elose attention to business n merit public confidence and patronage Chronis Diseases "M receive speeisl attnntinn mav4.76v -OF- r tt m t Tools, Doors, r'ash. Glass, Mails, Plows, Iron' Pumps, &o., Farming Implements, Shoemaker's Tools, Builders' Hardware, full 1 stock of GENERAL HARDWARE. Agent for the HOWE SCALE. C. S. K AS LAW, WOODS FIELD, O. oet4,'81r. Ohio Farmers Fire Insurance torn. LEBOT, OHIO. Insures nothing but Farm property. Rates lower than those of any other Company doing nsiness In this county. Assets, $900,000. AU LogRen promptly paid. JOHN JEFFER8, BeallsTiile, Ohio, novl3,78. Agent for Monroe County. Harness and Saddle Shop. HKERCHNHR informs the cltisens of , Wpedsneld and vicinity that he has opened a SADDLE AND HARNESS SHOP In Schneider's bail ding, and will manufacture harness, saddled, bridles, and all other arti stes in his basiness that the trade demsnds. Repairixg done on short notioe and at fair rates. Pieces of harness, whips and straps kept on hand. Call and examine goods and obtain prices. Goods warranted to be ex actly as represented, and rates reasonable. nov30,'80m3. FURNITURE. PULL STOCK -OF - FURNITURE AT BEALIAVILLK, OHIO. As cheap as can be bought at Wheeling, Bell- aire, or anywhere else. All kinds of Bureaus, Bedsteads, Bed Lounges, Tables, Cbalrs, Safes, Looking Olasses, Win. dow Cornices, Chromos, Brackets, Racks, so. All kinds of IRIXG done, and Pictobbs neatly Fbaxbd doy8,'81t. IMMENSE STOCK OF FURNITURE! AT HELBLING & STOEHR'S, K-IA.ilSr STREET, WOODSFIELD, OHIO. Extra inducements to onstomers in the way of GOOD FOR LOW and as cheap as the cheapest Wardrobes, Chairs, Tables, Bu reaus, jseusieaus, Looking Glasses, Hat Racks, Picture Frames, And everything else in the Furniture Line. Pictures Framed to Order, IN BUST OK STYLB. XT 2ramRTF AKXSTG- Promptly and carefully attended te. All kinds oT Undertaking floods always ou hand, consisting of Coffins, Caskets, Shrouds and Burial Robes of all sises. dee27,'8l. ABIDE WITH ME. BY .ii' i.i A MKKF.nrrn. Abide with me; the sunset's golden finger Has drawn a veil between the world and me Upon the mountain top his rays still linger, But in the valley I deep darkness see And whelming shadows hover over me. Abide with me; the way is drear and lonely, And frightful phantoms start from every side Which battle for my soul, that soul which only Knows Thee on earth, in Heaven, O Crnci ail For that dear reason keep Thou near my side. Abide with me; the avengers, pain and an- gnish, Clutch at my life and will not let me go; And pride and lore of ease have made these languish, These flowers, love and faith, which bloomed so When first I knew Thy smile, long, long ago. Abide with me; earth's blandishments beset me; They rise Uke clouds between my soul and Thine, Hiding Thee, so th-it soon I must forget Thee, Unless a beam from loving eyes divine Shall through them oast its radiance to mine. Abide with me; dear Lord let me net perish! Chase from heart and way these phantoms dire; Thine ' alter coals" on my heart's alter Tsher ish. So that each sin consumed in love's pure fire' May clog no more my soul's deep, strong de sire. And when at last through earth's dark vale as cending I reach the heavenly hills, and at Thy feet Look, Lord, upon Thee; doubts and fears all blending In one long gaze of joy so deep, so sweet, Then satisfied, I need no more repeat Abide with mel A BRAVE IRISH B07. A TALE OP KENTUCKY. In the month of May, 1864, a hoy of fifteen, with a small handle under his arm, migttt nave oeen seen walking wea rily over a rough Kentucky roan. His hair was brown, bis oyea were gray, and there was a good-humored expression on his broad Celtic face, for our hero was an Irish boy, who had gone out into the world to seek his fortune Where will I sleep to night?' thought Pat Roach, for that was his namr. ' Last night I slept on the ground, and it's stiff I was this morning. At this moment his eyes fell upon a large and imposing mansion, on a little eminence to the right. "Maybe they II let me sleep in the barn ?" he thought. "Anyhow, I'll give them the chance." He turned into the front gate and walked up to the front door and knock ed, for there was no bell. The door was opened by a colored woman Well, child, what do you wantT sha ask d not unkindly. Can you let me sleep in the barn ?"' asked Pat. What does the boy want, Chloe?" asked a young lady who had just entered the broad hall. He wants to sleep in the barn, Miss Jennie." The young lady came forward and looked pleasantly at the boy. "What is your name ?" she asked. "Pat Roach, Miss." "Where are you going ?" "To seek my fortune, Miss." "Haven't you a home ?" "Yes, Miss; but tbete more of us than father can keep, and I'm the oldest So I'm going out for myself." "Where did you sleep last night?" "On the ground." "That was a pity. You didn't enjoj it, did you?" Not much, answered Pat shrugging bis shoulders. . "But it wss cheaper.' "I suppose you haven't much money ?' said the young lady smiling. "Not a cent, Miss." "Have you had any supper ?" "Yes, Miss, I've "had a cracker." "You must still be hungry ?" "Try me and see," said Pat drolly. "I will," said the young lady smiling Chloe, take this boy into the kitcbed and give him a good supper." "And may I sleep in the barn after ward, Miss ?" "No, but you may sleep in the bouse Chloe, let him occupy the little back room on the second floor." "Thank you, Miss," said Pat grateful ly. "It will be a fine thing to sleep in a real bed again. Chloe was well disposed to second the benevolent intentions of her young mis Irpss. She gave Pat the best meal he had eaten for months, and drew out the boy's story which he was quite ready to tell. In return she told the hov that the estate was owned by Mrs. Stanton and her daughter, who were left wealthy by the late Mr. Stanton who bad died du ring the last year ; beside herself there was a man-servant, but he nas lying sick with a fever , "You'd better hire me while he's sick,' suggested Pat. "You can't do a man's work, chile." "Try me and see. I can ate a man's supper, anyhow." 'You're right there, honey," said Chloe showing her teeth. A littlo after eight o'clock Pat being fatigued with his long tramp went to bed and was soon fast asleep. Mrs. Stanton and her daughter sat in a room on the second floor, one working and the other reading aloud, when the daughter approaching the window descried to her alarm a company of men, ten in num ber, approaching the house. A this time it was not uncommon for sma'l roving bands, passing themselves off as Confederate soldiers, but really only robbers intent upon plunder, to scour the country, forcing their entrance into lonely houses and carrying oil what ever of value they found. Now it happened that Mr-. Stanton, who had recently received a large pay ment, had no less than two thousand dollars in Northern greenbacks in the house, nnd these she feared would be discovered in ransacking the house and carried off This money was uppermost in her mind and that of her daughter "What shall we do with the money, Jennie ?' she asked in a tone of distress. "Where can we hide it?" "I know of no safe place. The bouse will be thoroughly searched." "But I can't alord to lose It," said Mrs Stanton in dismay. "Give It to me, mother. I have thought of a way of saving it. There may be some risk about it but it may do?" From a bureau drawer the mother took a roll of large bills and with trem bling bands handed it to her daughter. 'What are you going to do with it, Jennie ?" "I will tell you afterward ; now there is no time " The young lady summoned Chloe, hrit fly explained her purpose and pro ceeded to the room occupied by Pat Roach. Pate awoke on being shaken and star ed in surprise at his visitors. "What's wanted ?" he asked. "Are yon an honest boy? Can I trust you ?" asked the young lady abruptly. I never stole a cent in my life," said Pat proudly. "I will tru-t you, then," said Jennie briefly. "There are some robbers ap proaching the house who will carry off all they can find ; now we have two thou sand dollars in tlfe house." "Two thousand dollars!" ejaculated Pat in amazement. "Yes; the only plaee they won't think of searching is in your pocket Dress as quickly as possible and put this money in vour pocket " Yes, Miss; what will I do then?" "These men will probably stay all night ; early in the morning before sun rise vou must leave the bouse and stay away till ten or eleven o'clock. Chloe will give you some food to take with you ; do you understand ?" "Yes, Miss." "By ten probably these men will be gone and you can bring the money back." "Yes, Miss ; I'll bring it back faith fully." Loud knocks were heard at the door, and the two hurried away ; opening the front door they confronted the troop of marauders. "What do yon want at this late hour ?' asked Jennie. "Supper and shelter for the night," answered the leader. "Who are vou, sir?" "Captain Jones, of the Confederate. army." "Why are you away from the main ar my, sir ?" "That's my business," answered the so-called Capt. Jones impudently. "If you insist upon entering, you must; but we object to turning our bouse into a camp." "Can't help it, Miss It's one of the necessities of war. File in men.'' Cbloe was obliged to produce from the pantry all the cooked food in the house and the men did justice to it. Jen nie Stanton remained up feeling in no humor to go to berl. When the repast was over Captain Jones said : "Miss Stanton, I learn that yon have a large sum of money in the house; we must have it." " Wht, would you plunder us ?' asked the young lady indignantly. "We don't take it for ourselves; it is for. the cause," said the leader hypocrit cally. "You may as well bring it at once and save the trouble of a search You can't deny that the money was paid you last Monday." "I don't deny it." said the yonng lady intrepidly ; "'but it has already passed out of our possession." "I don't believe it," said the captain looking very much disappointed. "Then yon may search the house," said Jennie outwardly bold, but inward ly trembling lest the money should be discovered. NI will," said Captain Jones. "Of course where such a large amount is con cerned we cannot trust the word of any one. "Very well, sir, proceed; Chloe go with these gentlemen." ' She slipped away to inform her moth er of what she had done and to put her on her guard. In the course of the search they came to Pat's room. "Who sleeps here?" asked the leader. "A poor Irish boy who asked for a lodging." "Let me see bira." The door was thrown open and Pat stared at his new visitor. "What's your name, boy?" asked Jones. "Pat Roach." "Do you live here ?" "No, sir; the ladies let me sleep here to-night, and they gave me a good sup per beside." "Where are you traveling?" "I'm seeking my fortune " "Are these your clothes?" "Yes, sir." To Chloe's great alarm Capt. Jones took up Pat's poor garments and thrust his hands into the pockets But she need not have been alarmed ; Pat had ta ken out the bills and put them under the sheet upon which be was lying Only a cent was found. "You are not very rich," said Jones. Pat laughed. "If I was what would I be seeking my fortune for '" be answered. "There's nothing here," said Jones unsuspiciously. The search was continued and a few articles of small value were discovered, but the great prize was not to to found. Copt. Jones concluded that Miss Stanton was right after all and contented himself with what he had found. About four o'clock in the morning Pat was called by Chloe who gave him some piovisions in a paper and let him out. "You'll come back ?" "Never fear," said Pat. About nine o'clock Jona and his par ty, after an ample breakfast, leit the house; still Mrs Stanton felt nervous and anxious about the money. "Jennie," she said, "that boy will never come back." I ib nk he will, mother." It was a crazy idea trusting a poor Irish boy, whom we had never seen be fore last night, with so much money." It was the only thing we could do, mother ; if we lose it, it will be no worse than having Captain Jones take it." "Two thousand dollars will be a great temptation to a boy like that." "Mother, I like the boy's face, and I will stake a great deal on his honesty." "When you have lived as long as I have, Jennie, you won't be so ready to trust a stranger. Why, the boy is only a tramp." "Even a tramp may be honest " Mrs Stanton sighed. "Depend upon it," she said, "we shall never see the money again." Two hours passed ; it was after eleven and still nothing was to be seen of Pat The young lady herself grew nervous ; efter all perhaps her mother was right, Hut at halt-past eleven there was a knock at the door ; it was opened and there stood Pat. "Have you got the money ?" asked Cbloe breathlessly. "Every dollar of it," said Pat prompt- "What made you stay so long?" Pat explained that he had met Capt Jones and his men, who made him black all their boots and thus detained him an hour; for this service they gave him a five-dollar Confederate note, which was far from being an extravagant remune ration for bis labor, depreciated as it WB8. "He didn't think I had such a pile of money in my pocket," chuckled Pat. "I could have paid him better for blacking my boots." "Did you come here directly after you left him ?" "No, Mis ; I didn't dare for fear he would suspect something. I came as soon as I could. Here's the money, and I'll bid you good by." Jennie said a few words to her mother and then turned to Pat. "How would you like to live with us?' she asked. "Tin-top," answered Pat. "Then you shall do so. You shall not be wholly a servant, but we will see that you are educated and prepared for a good position hereafter. You have shown yourself worthy of confidence, and will find us not ungrateful." So Pat found a home and friends. He had sought bis fortune and found it. He is aow a prosperous and thriving man, and has been able to provide for bis pa rents, and help along bis younger broth ers and sisters. Had be abused the con fidence reposed in him and carried off the two thousand dollars, it is hardly likely that his future would have been as brigiit. Incident of the War. Charlottesville Chronicle. A gentleman of our acquaintance re lated to us recently an incident of the war that was new to us, and is worthy of record. The faim of a gentleman named McLean constituted a part of the field upon which the first battle of Manassas was fnusjht on the memorable 2lt of Julv, 1861 Believing that the section of Virginia in which he resided would be the theater of future conflicts, he con cluded to seek a. more peaceful location, where he would not be disturbed by the tramp of aimies and the havoc of hat ties, and, after mature con'deration and careful search, decided to locate n Ap poroatox County. He sold his farm, purchased a residence at Appomattox Court House, and removed his family and household effect to that point, sup posing him'elf to be secure from the in vasion of the contending hosts Fonr years thereafter the remains of Gen. Lee's army made their last stand at Ap pomattox Court House, and strange to say, the articles of surrender were drawn up and signed in McLan's house. He had seen the beginning and the end of the great conflict. Precious Sentence. A native of Japan, wbn took his life in his hands that he might come to a country where God's love was recogni zed as true, was asked to rea 1 in a school in Boston a sentence In his native lan guage. He consented, and promising that he would utter what was lo him the most interesting sentence that could be spoken to man, repeated the familiar verse, "G'rt so loved the world that he gave his only begotten eon, that whoso eviT helieveth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." I need not say that in the Ne? Testament there are to be found scores ot summaries of the Gospel like this, which do most posi tively declare that ibis is the import and intent of the life and death of Christ; not a pari of it, but the whole of it; not a fragment; to be supplemented by ether fragments, but the rounded and comple ted whole, embracing in a sentence all that Christianity emphasizes and de clares Pretulmt Porter. CVSome antiquarian hae dug up these figures as the pay received by the First Congress : "The Continental Congress met on thp 16th r May. 1775; the numbpr of mem bers was sixty-tour. At this time a member appeared from St. John's Par. ish, Georgia, and afterward the cdony ef Georgia sent an entire delegation. Each colony paid its own delegation New Hampshire allowed to each all ex penses, a servant, two horses and a guinea a day ; Massachusetts, expenses and 83 a dav ; Rhode Island and Mary land, 40 shillings a day and expenses; Virginia, a half Johannes per day ; North Carolina, 50 per annum : South Carolina 300 per annum ; Georgia 100 per month while in session. On the Pay Boll. New York Tribune. Many people will be surprised to learn that the Postoffice Department has on its pay-roll about 1,000 cats which are reg ularly in its employ throughout the coun try, and are paid for their services with food and shelter. These estimable crea tures make themselves very useln' bv keeping rats and ' mice out of the mail matter. Their number and the cost of their maintenance are strictly accounted for, and when any one of them declares a dividend that fact is duly reported and provision is made for the new comers An old Spanisti proverb says that "a kiss without a mustache is like bread without olives." A little Southern boy when asked if his father had a good mule replied mourn fully, "One end of him is good. Somehow people who say they enjoy a thunder shower always want somebody to be present to enjoy it with them. Weakness is the egotism of goodness. When one hope departs the other hopes gather more closely together to hide the gap it hai left. A judge has recentlv declared that a man's residence is where he gets his washing done. This is rough on the average bachelor. When the teacher asked, "What peo ple live the longest?" a little fellow at the foot of the class promptly spoke up: "Barnum'8 giants." Arabi Bey's temper is truly awful. Egypt has seen no such display of Sin seemly passion since Mr. Potiphar tore off Joseph's eoat tail. The Rev Mr. Lyan, of Bridgeport, preached Sunday night on the National sin. There was a universal exchange of umbrellas the next morning. An ambitious nun whom you can serve will often aid you to rise, but nut higher than his knee, otherwise you might be standing in bis light. "And what shall I say more?" asked the clergyman after an hour's holding forth. And it was noticed that every mouth in the congregation instinctively formed itself into the word "Amen." A nice judge, when asked why he bad allowed a totally unnecessary female witness to take the stand and testify, said : "I knew that it was not necessary, but I S'tw that she had a new bonnet and was striving to show it. An old Scotchman attributes the dis appearance of ghosts from the Scottish moors to the custom of tea-drinking at social meetings. It requires Scotch whisky on top of old ale to enahle a man to see a ghost really worth talking about. They shipped a lot of mosquito net ting to Africa. But the natives didn't take toil. After a desperate tffort they -declared that it was impossible to chase all the mosquitoes in the country under the net they had put up, so they abandoned the attempt. A man at Des Moines kissed his hired girl by mistake and had to pay 8800 to settle it. When be discovered what he'd done be should have sworn he did it on purpose and she'd have been tickled to death and worked lo keep his w:fe from finding it out. Don't place your elbow upon the table while eating, it is exceedingly impolite. Don't take out more on your plate than you can eat. It is not only extravagant, hut a mark of neglected education, no matter what silly fashion may say, or finchaired ignoramuses practice! A Chicago preacher says all newspa pers i xcept religious ones hqull be sup pressed. Once upon a time a fly on an elephant's ear, resolved that the elephant should be suppressed, but just as the fly was wondering how to go about it, the elephant involuntarily wrinkled up his skin. Miss Fox, of New Orleans, is exceed ingly satirical. Mr. Low failed to rr.ar rv her as he agreed, and she now sues him for breech of promise, chiming damages in the sum of 81 Mr Low must feel so mean over this estimate of his value as to regret not having mar ried the girl. Pat was sauntering along the street, when be came upon a workmen cutting down a decayed telegraph pole. Sur veying the operation with a look of min gled surprise and regret, he muttered, Begorra, it's too bad; if it kapes on this wav, there'll be no forrist trees lift in the countbry." Senator Hill, of Georgia, says that he regrrts his inability to speak in public and his approaching death mainly be cause of his great desire to give utter ance to his views on the relations be tween the white and black races in the South. He says that he has always been in favor of "giving the negro equal and exct justice, nothing more and nothirg less. Mr. Bancroft, the historian, has been fortr-eight years writing the "History of the United States, and yet it is only brought ('own to the election of the first President, so careful and painstaking is bis work. Like Gibbon, he is said to freqoentlj rewrite whole sections which do not exactly suit him. Though now eighty-two years of age, the venerable historian is still at work, and hopes to hrinsr bis history down to the time of the Mexican war. Where He Saw Her. .Tnt before a Western bound train left the Union depot yesterday morning, a masher with his little grip-sack slid around to a woman standing near the ticket office and remarked : "Excuse me, hut can I be of anv as siatance in purchasing vour ticket?" "N. sir !" was the short reply. "Beg pardon, but I shall be glad to see that your trnnk is properly checked," he continued. "It has been checked, sir." "Y"s ahem you go West, I pre- "I do." G)ing as far as Chicago?" "Yes, sir." "Ah yes to Chicago I also take the train for Chicago Beg your par don, but didn't I meet you in Buffalo last fall?" "Ah, then it was in Syracuse?" "No, sir." "No? I wonder where I have seen vou before?" "You saw me. enter the depot about five minutes ago with my husbind, I presume!" "Your husband!" "Yes sir, and if you'll onlv stay around here three minutes longer you II make the fifth fellow of your kind that he has turned over to the coroner this month! Some mashers would have made run for it, but this one didn't. He went off on the gallop, and as he wanted to go light be left his'grip-sack and a ton of brass behind him. Detroit Free Preu. On the Plains. Going up Broadway last week wilh a fiiend 'rom the West, we met a half breed Indian coming down the street near the Postoffice, and I was surprised to hear my friend exclaim : "Why, halloo, Jim, what are you do ing in New York ?" Leaving the two' talking together at a warm window in the Postoffice, I took a stage and rode home. He was a poor, common-looking fellow, that balf-breed, with thin, worn clothing ony distin guishable from the ordinary tramp by his tall, lithe form, long, black bair, dark lace and piercing black eyes, and I won dered why my high-toned friend had stopped to renew acquaintance with that link of two races. Three days later I met my friend and remarked : Well, Will, that Indian didn't get yonr scalp?" "No. Let me tell you something about him," "All tight." "I met him first at Abidene, Ess. ; he was our guide in a surveying party Saved mv life one night " "How?" "Fiom a rattlesnakp; the deadly rep tiles are the constant menace of survey ing parties; in measuring off land yon suddenly hear under yonr very feet in the thick grass the blood curdling warn ing, and you must immediately jump or he bitten; bat at night thev will rc'u'l ly crawl under your blanket and lie up close to you to get warm. That is your terrible and unctnscion danger; move band or foot and they bury their deadly fangs in you The only way to keep them out of a tent is to surround it with a horse-hair lariat,. laid in an unhroken circle on the ground, they will not crawl over it, the hair scratches them, or per haps they mistake it (or their mortal en emy, the black snake. But to the story : One night, in the bright moonlight streaming into the tent, Jim saw a rattle snake crawling over my neck, and just as I moved, he caught it bv the tail, quick as lightning, and flung it through the tent door. Poor fellow, he was hun gry the other night, and I took him over and ordered a first-clasa supper for u both, and he told me a little incident that went right down to the bottom of my heart. He is only a poor balf-breed outcast, but he's true as steel, and when they come to make up jewels at the last day for the great crown, 1 think there'll be something shining in his heart that may give poor Jim a chance. This is what he told me : He had been away West to see his old Indian mother who lives with her tribe and was returning across tbe plains on his pnoy when, one dav, about half way between Denver and Fort Wallace, he saw a wagon in the distance whose owner appeared to have gone into camp. Riding toward it, be was su'prised to see no horses in sight; and going still nearer, he saw a woman sitting on the ground crying as if her heart would break. At her breast she held a poor, hungry-looking tittle hahy, which was seeking nourishment from a source which was evidently fast failing fo: the want of food It was a pitiful scene; the woman's husband'lay dead in the wagon and the horses had broken loose and gone in search of food, while not a spark of fire was left and not a bite of food. The woman or rather gir' she might be called, she was so young, told a sad tale of Buffering and destitu tion. She had married against the wishes and demands of hex father, who lived on a comfortable farm near Concordia, Kas., and after a year of deprivation and toil with her husband on a farm he bad rent ed a few miles from her father, thev bad decided to go further West, and had started in their wagon with all they pos sessed in the world, including a little baby one or two months old For a few weeks they enjoyed the trip; the weath er was pleasant, game plentiful and grass abundant for the horses. Then they got into a sterile region and became lost on the wild prairie, where day after day they had driven round in a circle; then her husband was taken sick and sudden ly died t days before Jim found them, and in dispair she bad given up all hope and sat down to await for death to tBke her and her pitiful babe "Jim had plenty of jerked meat with him' and some coffee and other little ar ticles of food, and he actually turned round to hide his tears, be said, when he saw that poor, half-starved creature eat. He wasn't the man to leave that woman out there, so he stood by her and her baby, put them on his pony, abandoned the wagon after burying tbe dead, and at her request started with them for ber old home, walking and leading the pony.and occasionally killing some game on tbe way with his trusty Spencer rifle. The weather was gradually growing colder, until at sundown ol Tuesday they reach ed the locality of her old home a few fhkes of snow began to fall. It was there that the woman made a fatal mis take. Instead of having Jim go with ber to her father's bouse, she bad biro leave her within half a mile of the farm, thinking she could better effect a recon ciliation with her father if she returned home alone. So pxrting with Jim under his promise to come to her father's house the next morning, she trudged along the old familiar road alone and Jim rode out of sight toward tbe Village, when he saw her reacn tier lamer s noor. roor girl, be didn't see her father spurn her from tbe door; he didn t see net turn ber weary foot steps out into the coming snow-storm and wander heart-broken and desolate and aimlessly down the road into the darkness; be didn't bear the cry of the little, miserable, freezing I - - .... I babv at her brea9t; he didn t hear her wail of anguish ; he didn t see the white , . i . , - snow wesvmg us mantie oi eiernai si lence over her and the little dead baby by the roadside; but there be found them tbe next morning with the snow heaped over them, a frozen smile on her face and pressing the head of her homeless babe to her homeless breast. Did I say homeless ? Oh, no, tbey had gone home to that Father who had heard their plead ing voices, and their cold banns knocked at the gates of pearl." Detroit Free Pren. A lie will gallop through every street in the city, before Tralh has saddled his horse. A handsome woman pleaees the eye, but a good woman pleases the heart The one is a jewel, and the ilher is a treasure. Eternal Dish-Washing1. The quiet fidelity with which she will dish-wash her life awav for "him," is A marvel of endurance and grace, Just here is the servitude of woman heaviest no sooner is her work done than it re quires to be done again Man works up jobs, ends them, and takes his pay. This pay can be translated into something else: desirable. A man works all day, and drawB pay for that day's work. This pay allures him. as oats a horse home ward bound. Thus men work by terms and jobs; and although work is endless as to quantity, yet when cut up thus into terms and jobs, we men go heartily on our journey and count our milestones.- Not so with onr niatts. "She mends our socks, and we put our irrepressible toe upon the darned spot, and she darns' it sgain. "She" washes for tbe family and the family makes haste to send hack the same garment to be washed again.' "She" puts the room in order, and wfl get it ready to be "rid up" again. The" same socks, the same washing, the same room every time. She has no success ive jobs, no terms, no pav-day, no ta'l? stick ot life She washes the same dish 'hree hundred and sixtv-flve -yes, threfl tims three hundred and sixty-five times every year. No wonder she breaks it and is glad of it! What a relief to say, "I've done with that diah !" Not only have we washed dishes, hut also we cooked and served ani helped eat a meal ( -villi 'bated appetite because of cooking) and now we are astounded at the number of thoughts, and steps, and ac's, and processes JnVolved in a very plain supper. Only two of us, jolly cronies, caring nothing for style, and needing only a very plain supper. And we had it, and with it came wisdom. Gentlemen, ali ! We go into a room and see a table ready set. It seems to us one thing it is, in fact from fifty td two hundred separated things, talcen down one by one for as to use, and for her" to wash and pat back whence they came. There is 8 p!ate of biscuit. To that plate of simplicity we with our own hands and feet brought together a new quick fire for baking, viz ! kindling wood, raking out stove, and hod for coal ; fljnr from the bin. shortening from the gravy drip down cellar, salt from one box, su gar from another, soda from the Jar, acid (muriatic) from a bottle, a spoon, a pitcher of water, a dripping pan, and a ,in pan for mixing up these ingredients; and after all, happening to forget the things for ten minutes, we burned the biscuit hair through, in a way which We men reckon quite unpardonable in a cook. Meanwhile, that one plate of bis cuit added to the eternal dish-wash two spoons, two pans, one plate and a little cup. Just a little piece of steak con tributed eight pieces to the dish-wash. A few strawberries sent in six pieces to be got ready to soil again. Four eggs impress themselves on six separate arti cles Gentlemen, we began at ten minutes of si, and a quarter of eight we fousd ourselves triumphant everything clear ed away except tbe dish-cloth. You see we washed up the bread pan, dish-pan and sink, scslding them all (and our fin gers too,) and dried them off with tbe dish cloth. Now, where on earth can we go to wash ont that dish-rag? Not in the clean pan ! Not over the clean, dry sink! We stood aghast for five minutes, and then wadded up the rag, round like a hall, and tucked it into tbe far corner of the sink, and shut down the cover our sink has a cover. But that rag, though hidden, was heavy on our conscience. "She" never would have done so. We have seen clean dish cloths but how they washed them passes our skill. And so, as we said, "she" is away, leaving as to thought and good resolu tions. We shall be a wiser and a better man for at least two days after her .re turn. And whenever we stop to think, shall rank a successful house-keeper and home maker, as a worker second to none on a scale of achievement and deserv ing Her services are like the air, the rain and the sunshine, indispensable, yet too often enioved without thanksgiving. Rev. T. K. Beecher Keeping Coot. The Banner of Light gives the follow ing directions for keeping cool, which it credits lo a gen'leman who had spent several years In South America, remain ing there as late as July. He says : I slept comfortably and kept cool by adopMng the plan which I learned and found practiced in the torrid climate of South America. Ju9t before retiring take a cool bath, not violent, bat cool ing, after whioh retire without drying the body. Tbe result is astonishing it is much like that produced by sprinkling water on the floor in the evening. Tbe water absorbs tbe beat, and as it evap orates throws the heat off with it, leav ing the body dry and cool. If the bath is not convenient, sprinkle the bed with water. If both can be done it is better. In South America the beds are all sprin kled just before retiring, otherwise it would be about impossible to obtain any sleep. The receipt is one that is infalli ble, as I know from long experience, and there is no danger in it Disease in the School-Room. It is a sorrowuil fact, and shameful to the management, that our public schools are frequently the chief agencies for the spread of epidemic and contagions dis ease, and thus is planted the seeds of disease while cultivating the intellectual faculties. In many country districts, the school-room is used every Sibbathfor rv,,).lti mnnnkit, m n A --- . l'nu nuiaiiij, auu uu revival occasions every evening during the week. Imme diately after such services the doors and windows are closed and tbe confined had air shut in to poison the children and their teachers the next morning. Hence the number of pale facas and tbe frequehev of headaches In school chil dren. Even in the best regulated schools the great fault, ia spite of all protests and warnings, is the crowding ot pupils in rooms wbere ventilation is a mockery. Dr J. C Rketes, Pres. of the W. Va. Med Soc. Too True. Exchange, A fool in high station Is like a rran in a balloon everybody appears little to him, and he appears little to everybody. The mother's heart is the child's 'school room. Beecher.