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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1874.
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THE POOR HATTS SABBATH DAY.
BT GERALD MASSET.
The merry birds are singing,
And from the fragrant sod
The spirits of a thousand flowers
Oo sweetly tip to Uod ;
While his holy temple
We meet to praise and pray,
With cheer.ul voice and grateful lay,
This suinrierBabbath day !
TVe thank t aee, Lord, for one" day
To look beaven In the face!
The poor ave only Sunday ;
The weiter la the grace.
Tl then Lhey make the muslo
That sings their wee tt away ;
O, there's a sweetness Infinite
In the Poor Man -a Ha boat h day.
Tis a a burst of sunshine,
A tender fall of rain.
That seta the barest life a-bloom.
Makes old hearts young again.
The dry and dusty roadside
With smiling flowers is gay;
Tin open heaven one day In seven
The Poor Man s Sabbath day !
TU here the weary pilgrim
l)oth reach his Hont of !" I
That blessed homeeallt-d " tfc-autiful,
And that soft chamber, " IV ace."
The Kiver of life runs through his ilream.
And the leaves of heaven are at play !
He sees the Golden City gleam,
This shining f abbath day !
Take heart, ye faint and fearful ;
Your cross with courage bear;
Ho many a face now tearful
Shall shine in glory there:
Where all the sorrow Is banished,
The tears are wiped away ;
And all eternity shall be
An endless .Sabbath day !
Ah ! there are empty places
Mince last we mingled here;
There will be missing faces
When we meet another year !
Knt heart to heart before we part,
Kow all toRether pray,
That we may meet In heaven to upend
The eternal fHabbath day !
NEWS MISCELLANY.
GENERAL NOTES.
The city of London expended $6?,147 In
entertaining the Shah of Persia. That would
go a Ions; way in a poor family.
The Interior asks if it was ever known of
a congregation who went heavily in debt for
a new church who did not soon thereafter
snub and shiD their pastor. A church debt.
it aaya, makes a people cros9,Jill-natured and
critical, and the pastor is usually tne target
at which they discharge their arrows of dis
content.
George Hyde, of Bridgeport, rested his
gun, at full cock, against his breast, while
hunting, last week, and then held a squirrel
out for his dog to jump at. The doctors say
that, although one nb is cut in two and the
luo-ulir vein mazed, if the builet can be ex
tracted from the jaw bone, Mr. Hyde may be
around in a fcjw ninths.
A correspondent of the New York Tribune
just arrived at Havana writes back: In pay
ing for permission to land, I was boldly de
frauded out of 2 50 in change. I reminded
tho official of it, who acknowledged the
windle, but did not offer to make restitu
tion. This seemed to me to rise way beyond
mere crime into the high atmosphere of sub
tle humor, and I miled. I looked at mm in
amazement, but he smiled on. In short, he
cmiled and smiled, and was a viilain still,
and I have seen the last of my -.
A correspondent of the Graphic In Wash
inirton writes: The President of the United
State, who has at present no other known
property in Washington than a house now
oceuDied bv Judge McArthur, announces his
intention of fixing his permanent residence
in that city, and will buy and build there,
lie will be the first President since John
Adams to take that interest in the Capital as
a superior place of pleasurable abode. It
was General Grant's in teat ion to settle in St
Louis on his retirement, but he has felt the
contagion of the social changes of Washing
ton.
The progressive party in the Indian Ter
Itory are inaugurating a new movement,
It is to have Congress organize all that part
of the Indian Territory which lies east of the
SSth meridian, west longitude, into a Terri
tory, make the civilized Indians citizens of
the United States, and let that part west of
this line remain for a reservation for the
wild PWianv where the experiment of civil
izinsr could be applied to the raw material
Tho country east of the fGth meridian 13
about as large as Indiana, and would soon
have the requisite population to become a
State of the Union.
Marshal Bazaine's wife is only twenty
eight yean of age, and is a heroine. She
was only a poor girl, without any fortune
whatever, when Marshal Bazaine married
Iter, but the Emperor Maximilian gave her
a small property lor her dot, which was
afterward confiscated by Juarez. Mme. Ba
zaine is a beautiful young woman, an excel
lent mother, a loving wife, and a devoted
iriend, and she has pride encugh to carry
her through these trying crcu instances,
When told that the Marshal m.'srht escape bv
military degradation, she cried. "Jamais I the
Marshal would never consent to that. If
vou propose it even I shall soon be
widow." And making her preparations for
a last interview, Mrs. Bazaine wrote to say
that she would enter the conveat at once.
The way in which Ilosford, the last de
faulting cashier in New York, obtained the
f 11.000 tor which he has takin to himself
wings is explained by the New York Sun
"While Mr. King, the proprietor of the bank
was in the Exchange, Hosfori sent him
blank check for signature, savins that the
money was needed at once to idjust a bal
ance on COO shares of newly purchased stock,
Mr. King signed the cheek, tnd Ilosford
filled it out for 110,900. In case king should
see the check book before Hosfird's escape
was assured, the amount writtenin the mar
pin wu $10. Ilosford took the tbeck to the
Union National Bank, had it ortifled. and
then went to the office of White Morris A
Co. and offered the check for 11000) in gold,
lie was well known as K rz'sashier, and
the gold was given him withott question.
Mr. King had funds in the Unioi Bank suf
ficient to meet the check, so t tat he is the
ole loser.
The lines In the JJoosac tunnel, says the
Hartford Courant, were measundon San
day, and the Variations in the lima of work
ing were ascertained. In both casas the
error was greater than the meatng east of
the shaft last year, but the differences were
.nevertheless so slight as to be ibsolutely
insignificant. The error in alignuent was
. but nine-sixteenths of an inch; ii level it
c was one inch and a half. Last yeai the error
i of : align ment was seven -six tee mhs of an
! loch and in grad one inch and quarter.
In the history of engineering" then his been
. justly proud. Lin4 IhH might bo run with
absolute accuracy in uie openf air are only
run with difficulty tn a moist, routh, sm kV.
. x 1 1 1 - - i ,vi -. . l
: i i i . u ,.t j - '
point uau iw uo tiurieu iuu u uj a
mountain, and then vertically for tiore t:au
. a thousand feet, one rmy well wouter at the
'VinguW skill and patience with vhich the
fixate enzineer com- has performed its dutv.
' Tlwi D.Kfnn Herald. mm thin litl!tiklrh
'of Mr. Daly's new Fifth Avenue TTater. in
'New .york, which was opened wturdrty
"night: Tue prevalent colors upon lie walls
fu-s French gray, light greon, and lea-eLeli
pink. The hangings are of crimson silk.
Mirrors upon the walls are framed in walnut
and crimson satin. There are twelve pros
cenium boxes. There are two galleries.
The house will seat about 1,500 persons, and
will contain about 2,000. The lighting la
from above. The drop curtain ot crimson
rep and silk, and parts in the center, so tnat
its folds drop graoefoily over each stage pic
ture. Tha miscellaneous decorations are of
black and cold. There are six cosy boxes at
the baok of the parquette. The openuig ex
ercises bee an with masic, after which Miss
Fannv Morant came before the curtain ana
spoke the first half of an original address, in
verse, wntten ior me occasion ny vi. vuver
Wendell Holmes. At a oertain point the
curtain parted, disclosing the entire com
pany ranged upon the stage, and Mr. Daly
came forward and bowed in acknowledg
ment of the vociferous call and the hearty
public plaudits. The other half of Dr.
Holmes address was then spoken with ex
cellent spirit and discretion by Mr. Frank
Hardenburgs ine assemoiea company re
reived emphatic recognition and welcome.
There were twenty-eight persons upon the
stage, conspicuous among whom may be
nauied Charles Fisher and William Davidge.
The play was Albery's "Fortune." whicn
the critics damn with one accord.
A Washington letter to the Graphic, gives
a pen picture of Caleb Gushing: He is a
bachelor, with the blackest eyes, the rud
diest cheeks, and you can no more guess his
than you could that of a golden winter
apple. He is a millionaite, so that it can not
reasonably be sunposea mat ne wants any
more "stwks." In Indian language, it can
be said that he has "run the gauntlet" be
tween a row of women, the length of which
describes the circumference of the whole
earth. He has kneeled on the yellow sands
of the Bosnhorous to the languishing henna-
stained Oriental; his beard has brushed the
frezen limit of Siierian fashion ana beauty;
hand in hand with our sisters of the Rhine
he has trampled the musty sweets of the
vinevard: Paris and London have been ex
hausted; Washington was a squeezea orange
long ago. Alas, when not engaged In inter
national affairs. Mr. Cushinz is brooding be
cause there are no more worlds to conquer.
Spiritual Vision. Man has
faculties by
which he perceives God. duty
and immor
tality. But these faculties must
be exer-
cisod, or they lose their power.
If one
should live in a dark room, and cease to use
his eyes for a long time, at last he would lose
the power of discriminating objects. To dis
tinguish omects oy tue signs is an art. 10
the infant all things seem painted on the
retina, and the moon seems as near as his
mother's f.4eo. He learns to distinguish sizes
aud distances by practice. If one eye was
not used at all, it might at least shrink up
and disapiear, like tho eyes of the sightless
näh in the sona darkness or tne .Ma in motu
Cave. So, if a man does no; use hn spiritual
powers at all, ho gradually loses tho power
of distinguishing between matter ana spirit.
time and eternity, nature and God. James
Freeman Clarke.
Necessity ok Prayer.
We must have
both a personal God without us, the object
of awful veneration a personal God within
us, the object of childish love. Awe and
love combined are perfect adoration, and in
that adoration the soul is satisfied, earth is
glorified, heaven is in our hearts, and all our
human love raised into something more In
tense and pure when it breathes this awe ot
the eternal. Prayer is the expression of this
adoring leve, as necessary to man as this ad
oring love is necessary; and till awe ceases
to exalt the soul, and love to be its food, the
soul of man must pray. Men may call
frayer an absurdity, deny its work, banish
ts influence, but nature and God will be too
strong for them. These men will glide
into the absurdity they laughed at when
their heart is passionate with sorrow; and as
to banishing its influence they must banish
veneration and love irom the heart, and then
tear away the heart itself, ere they can ban
ish prayer. Its force is here, within us,
here in" the depth of our want. Stopford
Brooke.
Old Letters. Never burn kindly written
letters; it so pleasant to read them over
when the ink is brown, the paper yellow
with age, and the hands that traced the
friendly words aro folded over the hearts
that prompted them, under the green Bod.
Above all, never burn love letters. To read
them in after years is like a resurrection to
one'a youth. The elderly spinster finds in
the impassioned offer she" foolishly rejectod,
twenty years ago, a fountain ot rejuvenes
cence. Glancing over it, she realizes that
she was once a belle and a beauty, and be
holds her former self in a mirror much more
congenial to her taste than the one that con-,
fronts her in her dressing room. The
'widow ir.deed" derives a sweet and solemn
Consolation from the letters of tho beloved
one who has journeyed before her to the far
off land from which there comes no message,
and where she hopes, one day. to join him.
No photographs can so vividly recall to the
memory of the mother the tenderness and
devotion of the children who have left at the
call of Heaven, as the epistolary outpour
ings ofthat love. The letter of a true son or
daughter to a true mother is something bet
ter than an imago of the features; it is a re
flex of the writer's soul. Keep all loving
letters. Burn only the harsh ones, and in
burning them forgive and iorget them.
Pumxa in the Knife. For years past,
says the Washington City Star, it has been
the custom in the different bureaus of the
Interior Department for the head of each
bureau on Christmas, to present to each em
ploye either a knife or gold pen or both,
these presents being purchased with money
from the Contingent Fund. Quite a sensa
tion was created among the quill drivers of
the Patent Office this morning by the ap
pearance of the following circular, signed M.
I). Leggctt, Commissioner of Patents, on the
bulletin board: "When I came to the
Patent Ottlco I found that it had long
been a custom to present at the close
of each year a gold pen and pocket knife,
purchased with public funds, to each em
ploye of this oflice. I have searched in vain
for any legal authority to warrant the Com
missioner in making such use of any por
tion of the public funds entrusted to his
care. I am fully aware that many in office
are poorly paid for their services, and I
should rej; rd it as a great prlviiefc to be
able to compensite them properly; but not
one such person, I presume, would desire
me to make an illegal use of money
placed uador my control to thus re
ward him. It" was not my inten
tion that such presents should bo
made lat year, but the articles had been pur
chased before my attention was called to the
matter. The practice of making such pres
ents will, from this date, be discontinued
during my administration of tho office.
When in the discharge of official duties, it
becomes necessary for an employe to have a
knife or gold pen, on proper application, an-
provd by the Commissioner, the same inn;"'
be furnished." There
is considerable teeiT
ing among the clerks in consequence ol
; fcu-s ii'-nTujiiiiiiiou oi me Vsommis.-ioner, j
'and iii.inv at tho rlerk avno that he 1
Is liltogetb-r too- conscijntl.' on 'tiii
P"hit. Ata mef tlngof thsbo .rTrr;"i":s
tills ntornim;, clld hy tiio r ;' tft :
Interior, Gbtieral Lesctt r - T ; f i
bo allowed to tn ni i t n'U !ir--'M r.
clerks as usual ur1r-'tb r.oMM m,
Chris mas and N'?r Vw-rt'H-ftf 'A -,-arV
tho business of hi oillre wooTrt' w
nTrt' wiffk rrfU-
t jrislly by any in erruptiön. A
running on half tijv it is mer fare,
no wort is accouHHisnea.
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CHRISTMAS TIMES.
Tis Winter' reign, and winds are sizbing
O'er the city and the plain.
And the unownakes thick are flying, ,
Born upon the storm amain ;
And ihe poor are lowly creeping.
In their cheerless dwellings sleeping.
And thlr eye re red with weeping,
Had with want and cold and ralu.
Tis Winter's reijrn, and bells are ringing.
Pealing forth llie Christmas chimes.
And blithe, buoyant hearts are singing
Of the nierrj'i festive times.
In the hall the lights are gleaming.
Aud bright even with glad lies beaming.
And each breast of joy is dreaming.
As they chant their Christmas rhymes.
Tis Winter's reign, and the soul's peering
into brighter realms afar;
Where its pilgrimage is noarin?,
Far Iteyond each sun and star,
Where are lasting Joys forever.
And whtre kimlreds never never.
And whf reborrows never enter,
In those blissful rt-glons lar.
THE CHRISTIAN STATESMAN, CUMBACH.
HINTS OK FLTURB WIRK PULLING HOW
OLIVER IS TO FIX TIIINtt. FOR PRATT S SUC
CESSOR. A Cincinnati correspondent of the New
York Sun writes: In Indiana, both parties
are pipe-laying in a quiet way. Neither has
the upper hand in State affairs; but the Re
publicans have so gerrymandered the State
thate it is next to impossible for the Demo
crats to get the Legislature next year. The
State might go Democratic by 20,000, yet the
Legislature be Itspublican. A year hence a
new United states Ssnator is to be elected,
to succeed Pratt. Morton and his party will
press Will Cumback for the place. He is
now a colhsrtor of internal revenue. Wil
liam was the nominee of the caucus in 1369,
but iell inglonously in the Legislature. He
had played it tine on the Sunday schools and
the M. K. Church, and the teetotalers, and
with Morton to back him, he was sure of
plain sailing into the Senate. A little
letter turned ' up just then, and
all his hopes were nipped in the bud.
The kind heart of Useless S. Grant was
moved, either by William's discomfiture or
that little letter, and hence he was soon ap
pointed to a $12,000 revenue office, which he
continues to run. As h Is a civil service
employe, and is to be administration candi
date for United Slates Senator soon, a plain
unvarnished explanation of his defeat in 1869
may be entertaining. As I said, he was the
nominee of the Republican caucus in Indi
anapolis in l.vl'J. About a dozan Repub
licans refusel to go into the caucus, some of
them, including Judge Jim Hughes (lately
deceasel) and Col. John A. Stine of Lafay
ette, bcinz amang tho ablest debaters of the
Senate. There was a square bolt, and the
bolters rf lued to support the caucus nom
inee. It soon lHj;;in to be noised about that
the truly holy William had written to Gov.
Baker a year previously
A L1TTI.K LETTER.
Much urioi!y was aroused. It had long
been known that a coldness existed between
Baker and Cumb.tc-k, but people only con
ijP4'1" red the causa. During the Senatorial
content
a resolution was introduced and
passed c.- 'linc upon Governor Biker to lay
oefore tl i L jjislmure the correspondence
referred to. Turnback had been elected on
the ticket with Btker, Biker Governor ani
Cumback Lieutenant Governor and ex-ofllcio
President of the Spnate. Hughes, a good
parliamentarian, aided by a dozen sharp and
experienced bolters, and of course by all the
collective wisdom of Hoosier Democracy,
made it very hot for the caucus and the
caucus nominee. Finally the little cor
resjondence came forth, in answer to the
resolution calling for it. It read as follows:
(jRKkxsburg, Ind., Jan. 6, 1868.
J Ootrrnor Bixkert
1'kak Friend: If I had not a thousand things
to demand my attention this week I would
come up and see you. I will therefore venture
to make this nugestlon: 1 think Hendricks
will be chosen by the ItemocraU, and he will
Certainly. If he iutendi to Inspire success among
his triend, resigu his position. The person ap
lointeJ by you will, ether thing being equal,
;and the best chance of being chosen by our
ljegixlaiarA. If you will assure me of the ap
pointment. I will withdraw from the contest tor
a ay position on the State ticket, and take the
position of elector at our State Convention. If
ihis propoMitiou dw pot meet with your appro
bulou nleiwse return till- letter to me. Let me
have your reply at au early day. I do most ear
nestly hope lor the unity of the Republican
party. I atn, a ever, your friend.
Will Cumback.
AN ANORY OOTERKOn'S REPLY.
Indianatolis, Jan. 8, 186.
Jb tht Hon. Wi'l Cumback, (Jret'n.'burg, Ind.:
. Sir: Your communication of the tub was re
ceived, but abs-uce from the city prevented an
immediate reply. Ihe proposition is corruDt
and Indecent, and I feel humiliated that any hu
man ixmiir "Mould i uea -ure me by ko low a stan
dard of common morality to make lt. 1 have
Wie honor to be, etc. Conrad Uakxk.
A little explanation will make it clear
what "proposition is corrupt and indecent."
Hendricks was then in the United (States
Senate from Indiana. He was to be nomi
natod for Governor by the Indiana Democ
racy in tue campaign oi livv. miter was a
candidate for renomination for Governor be
fore the Republican State Convention to
meet February 22 that year. Cumback was
also a candidate before that Convention for
nomination. Hence the proposition of Cum
back to Baker (who was then serving as
Governor; was interpreted to mean simply
this: If Governor Biker will placate me
with the appointment to the United States
Senatorship, to be mad3 vacant by the resig
nation of Hendricks, 1 will withdraw from
the cbinpaix" lor t lie Gubernatorial nomina-j
won, auu leave a cieat aam ior natcer." il
was a ciever attempt at political bribery,
ana linker saw that ne had cumback 8 scalp
in his ting' rs. He sliced it loose from the
ambitious gentleman's skull with the grace
of a Modoc. . of course the friends of Corn
back were in a rage at what they called
Baker's meauue-ss m exposing private cor
respondence from a friend." Bat Baker
was implacable, aud the feline quadruped
was at lanr-v
Tne Indiana legislature tnen spread upon
its lecords tlu following bit of political mor
alizing, viz.:
Jtrx'dved, 1'Lat, in the opinion of the Sen
ate, the letter ol the Hon. Will Cumback,
the present Kkuteuant Governor of the
State, d.ued J unary ti, lStkS, and addressed
to Governor Uaktr, embraces a corrupt and
indir-ct utUMuoi. to ta noer with the integri
ty an I dev.-ov t'.iu independence of the ap-
pom in,; seit 'L of the Governor.
U..li. ;i. Further, that the action of the
Go r-.ur, in repe'lhit; the dishonorable pro
positi. r.i cMiiai.'i .d in "aid letter of WillCum
bt'jk, C iu M3i: i i ii.e!f to all good citizens as
a ju-t iiuVn itf th'j conduct which should
ever cinrcvt rM th appointing power In
our sys in of government.
Cumback's nomination by the caucus
proved a d.-lu-ion and a snare. After days
of vain eir.irt, t i sick and mortified cham-
EioLs ghuüy actpied any excuse to abandon
im. and ihi boilers and tho regulars finally
coiiiOrom;e J n D. D Pratt, who ww cho
sen t'ti-iior. Cumback, helped by Morton
and irtlwix, is "setting things up" to pot
Prutl's hr.a:, a.d lie expocts to joiu the host
of (JUr v ian si .".omen in Washington a jear
- - . , .-i.- ... i h
V. . ., uate i a fit arociato ot the
.
V.
are now there; but ill
to elect him?
i-HJ lelt that lnlLIs
i will bo dulled
or aiir i vv e
Arever. We do
jf.t shines still, and
f-at round world
rflSLer hear ihe peine forte
Ttjt duiif tHO u? ttjusolini'-apatby that euc-!
. I . . . . IUV4 .11' ( I -H
f -V
4 y
ceeds it. But time has no mercy on our de
lusions. Grass grows over all our graves
whether they be the mounds in the conse
crated ground of God's acre or tho graves
whereof no one knows, in which we have
buried hopes that were fair once, and dreams
that were dreamed only, and joys that flut
tered, like sun-suffused butterflies through
some single summer. Mrs. L. C. Moulton.
CLARK COUNTY LUNATICS.
A FAMILY OF FANATICS A SICK WOMAN CON
CEALKD TILL THE NEIGHBORS INTERFERE
CANDIDATES FOR THE INSANK ASYLUM.
Mention has been made repeatedly of a lit
tle community of Mormons, or idiots, in the
south part of Clark county, whose perform
ances rival the howling dervishes. James
Scott is a minister of the Latter-day Saints,
and with his family, consisting of wife, two
daughters and a son, appears to be little bet
ter tkan a raving maniac. Since September
last he has confined his wife in a dark room,
and refused everybody, including her bro
thers, admittance to the house. A rumor
finally got started that the womanVas dead,
which determined the brothers and neigh
bors to make an investigation. The visit is
described by the Ledger-Standard : Some
thirty-six men joined the expedition. When
the party arrived at the place of destination
they espied quite a commotion in the back
yard. The father, in company with a son
and a daughter, walked rapidly to meet the
party, and with a faltering effort at military
display, commanded the van to halt, but the
van merely said "good morning, sir," and
passed on. He then ran frantically toward
the house, yelling wildly to the men, "For
God's sake to stop aud reason a moment."
The spokesman, turning to him, said: "Mr.
Scott, this foolery has been carried far
enough, and we have come here to ascertain
the facts in the case. We are not going to
commit any depredation, or harm any one
In the least ; but we are going into that house
to see that woman, if she it there, and if she
is not there, we are going to know where
she is; and, now, sir, if yeu have
any valid reasons for practising such
an utrage on this community; we will
hear them." Scott then delivered himself in
substance as follows: "Men and brethren:
my soul is filled with the love of God to
ward you all; and the word of God Is now
burning in mv heart. Hear me, O, men of
the world, hearken unto my voice, and hear
ye the living God, the word of the God of
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob. I have a command
from the great God of Gods, to keep my
wile shut up in that room tor a certain tune.
and allow no human being to see her, except
myself, my son, and those two unmarried
daughters. The great God, in whose pres
ence I now stand, in fear and trembling.
tells me that if I faithfully keep this com
mand, my wife shall be restored to new life
and perfect health, and that she shall not
taste death. It is constantly revealed to me
by the living gou that whenever this com
mand is broken my wife will instantly drop
dead, and her soul will instantly sink into
perdition : and whoever dares to break that
i command will fall dead immediately on cross
ing the thresuoia or that door, and their
souls will sink instantly into everlastin
woe. Hear my voice, now, I pray you, ana
heed the warning of tho living God; lor in
the self-same moment that ye enter in
through that door, the flaming sword
that hanzs above it will fall unon vou and
cut you down as cumberers of the earth ; and
this day shall ve ail become as dung upon
the ground. Thus sayeth the living God."
At the close of this prenosteroui haran?ne.
the son, who had stood like a statue, gazing
vacantly at the distant west, without moving
a muscle of the body, responded, "Amen and
amen, and amen." The father then turned
to the daughter, saying: "Daughter, you
speak,"
THE TROPHETESS.
The girl slowly raised both bands above
her head, turned her eyes toward the hea
vens, and tor a moment gazed vacantly into
the immensity of space, while the father
called the attention of the crowd tellinz
them "to listen now to the word of the living
God." The prophetess began to quake and
tremble from head to foot, at the same time
uttering unintelligible verbiage in the wild
est and most incoherent manner: her voice
gradually growing into a series of frightful
and deafening screams, and her gesticula
tions growing wilder and moie veheinen
until they terminated in convulsions
ceasing from complete exhaustion. Here
the spokesman remarked that that
was enough of such insane absurdity, and
asKea sscott to open me aoor. Scott re
plied that he "was in the hands of the liv
mg uoa, naving neitner power no resist or
assist them." Whereupon the self-consti
tuted investigating committee made their
way into that mysterious room, and beheld
there, in front of the old fashioned fire place
the object of their search, sitting upon a
chair looking stolid and stiff as a marble
bust, perfectly motionless, and her counte
nance entirely void of expression. Her
brothers approached her one at a time, s
lutingher kindly; but she remained perfect
ly quiet, until the fourth brother attempted
to take ner nana, wnen sne withdrew it
with a sudden motion. As the party passed
into tne nouse, tne lather, tne son, and
prophetess all tell upon their knees in the
chip yard, the three abreast, facing the west
The oia man ana tne girl prayed
fervently to their God to pour out
his wratü now; to send thunderbolts from
heaven and destroy from the face ot the
earth these Gentiles; the son constantly re-
peating his usual chorus, "amen, and amen
and amen." uuring tnis prayer a second
daughter distinguished herself by running
DacK ana ior in across tne yara, moaning pit-
eously, her hands quivering and flying rap
idly aoout in every direction, ner head bob
bing up and down striking the chin against
the breast with such violence as to make the
beholder Involuntarily look to see her head
fly off her shoulders. The father and son
were dressed in blue jeans coats ot a peculiar
pattern, Duttonea up in front, with a single
row or old fashioned brass buttons, present
Ing quite an eccentric appearance,
The mother's face is overcast with
a deathlike pauor, tnat makes one
shudder while looking at her. The girls
have an unhealthv anoearanoo. and their
complexion reminds one of the clay eaters of
the Carolinas, 'ihe most striking about the
females is the insane expression of their
eyes. There were two physicians present,
and they unhesitatingly pronounced the
mother and the two males seriously de
mented, the girls almost hopelessly insane;
and gave it as their candid opinion that it
the mother is cot provided with light air and
exercise she will soon die. When Mrs.
Scott was first taken ill, she claimed to have
a manifestation that she would never die,
but would be translated as Elija of old; and
after sifting the matter, it is pretty clearly
ascertained that Scott intended to keep tis
wife concealed until she died, then conceal
the body, and give out to the world that she
was translated.
Integrity is a virtue which costs much. In
the period of passion it takes self-denial to
keen down the appetites of tho flesh; in the
time of ambition, with us far more danger
ous, it requires fery much earnestness of
character to keep covetousness within Us
proper hound .not to be swerved by love of
the praiso of men or oilicial power over
them. But what a magnificent recompense
does it bring to any and every man! Any
pleasure which costs conscience a single
pang is rl-UIy a pain, and not a pleasure.
All gain which robs you of your integrity
h a rnln which profits not: it i a loss.
Honor is infaDiy if won by tho saleofyour
soul. But what womanly and manly do-j
lights docs this costly virtue brinjj Into your
consciousness, here and hereafter. Theodore
Parker. i
THE UNEMPLOYED.
CHICAGO'S COMMUNE.
WHAT IS DEMANDED THE SITUATION IN THE
, CITY.
Reviewing the demand of the working
men in Chicago, the Times sums it up thus:
Threatening indications now force the inqui
ry upon us: Are we to be soon required to
face a like alternative? Is Chicago fallen
into the hands of La Commune? The in
cendiary utterances of certain Irresponsible
wretches that assume (it is hoped falsely) to
be the leaders of some large crowds of un
employed persons, appear to Indicate that
such is the case. These wretches a speci
men appears in the person of one F. A. Hoff
manntalk as if they were already masters
of Chicago, and had, in virtue of such mas
tery, a right to break open the vaults of
treasuries and banks and the doors of ware
houses, and distribute among themselves
whatever "accumulated wealth" they mav
find. The language of the person Hoffmann,
tne language or a person called McAulino.
and of several other communistic blather
skites, is the language of the enemies of so
ciety whom the government of Paris exe
cuted on the plain of Satory. After some
violent abuse of the Relief and Aid Society,
the creature Hoffmann said to the Mayor:
."We demand of them that they turn over
this trust. Let them come prepared now that
they are notified. We shall now demand that
the money, every cent of It, shall oe turned over,
whereas heretofore we would have been satisfied
with a portion of it. Let them come prepared
for the Issue. They have given na an opportu
nity to expose this close corporation which has
neen iranauientiy iormea with the money of
the people. I myself will rip the intestines out
of that infamous Boaol, and show that it is a
i ran a ana a curse. These eentlemen will come
with an opinion from Judge Drummond, that
the money can not be taken, from them. Bnt I,
while I am no prophet, can tell them this, that
the people will no longer tolerate this outra
geous conduct. Woe will come unto them and
theirs who have allowed woe to come upon oth
ers and theirs. It will come on Friday night, if
they do not come prepared to yield to the Just
demands of the people."
These incendiary and threatening words
were addressed to the chief executive of the
city government, and therefore are under
stood to be addressed to the city itself.
That the mavor listened to such lamruaee
without administering to the disorderly
speaker a proper rebuke, is a matter for
surprise. The mayor should know, just
now, that the city government is not a
charity agency, nor an eleemosynary
organ or ant kind whatever. It has no
power to assess taxes to tarnish employ
ment to anybody, nor to raise money to dis
tribute m the way of alms. It was not cre
ated for a public almoner, aud has not by the
law of its existence any power or authority
whatever to set up as an administrator of
charity funds. It exists for an entirely dif
ferent purpose, it exists to quell ana pun
ish lawlessness, to put down riots, to seize
and punish law-breakers .and disturbers of
the public peace ana order. Ilofore and
pending the November election, the leading
spirits of the popular conglomeration that
elected MayorColvln proclaimed very loudly
that they and their followers constituted the
"real party of law and order." Ii the pre'
tense was true, then they can not sympa
thize with the sentiments and declared pur
poses of these lawless and orderless ring
leaders of La Commune. If the pretense
was anything more than a display of dema
gogical hypocrisy, then the new administra
tion in the tender affection it manifests to
ward such creatures as Hoffmann and Mc
Auliffe, takes a bad way to demonstrate the
fact. It has not escaped public observation
that for a "law and order" administration
the new city administration is in great dan
ger of a pitiable
BREAKDOWN AT T0.K START.
The Mayor knows, and the creature Hoff
mann, who professes to be a lawyer, also
should know, that the Relief and Aid Socie
ty cas no more lawful right to turn over to
tne city any charity funds that may be in
its treasury than tee city has to turn over
to the Relief and Aid Society any remainder
of the sewerage or other funds that may be
in its treasury. The corporation called the
Relief and Aid Society exists, as the corpora
tion called the City of Chicago does, in Tir
tue of a law ot the State of Illinois. Each
was created by the State for a specific pur
pose pertaining to the exercise of its own
sovereignty, and the purpose of neither com
prehends in any way the purpose of the
other. One exists as an administrator of
charity- only; the other exists only toad
minister tne functions or tne city govern
ment, to maintain law and order in the
community. The scalawag Hoffmann is
right when be says that the Relief and Aid
Society will not willingly surrender its
treasury to a committee of communists or of
city aldermen, -it can not do so, except
to violate the law. The function of the
Mayor is to maintain law and preserve order
and not to demand or suffer any violation
of them. If the city government, at the
head of which is the mayor, can not fulfil
Its appointed functions, then it becomes the
imperative duty of the Government of Illi
nois to intervene, and with all the civil and
military power of the State of Illinois to nut
down communism in Chicago, and if need be
to deal with such creaturesas Hoffmann and
MCAuune as their lawless compeers were
dealt with on the plain of Satory. How near
we are to a realization of this violent neces
sity can only be a matter of conjecture. But
the incendiary declarations by the ringlead
ers of La Commune, apd the seeming hesi
tancy in the local administration in a matter
where its only lawful function and duty are
as plain as the light of day, warn us that it
is always the part of wisdom to anticipate
the worst that can happen. It Is not to be
supposed that the Governor of Illinois wil
not take note of the disorderly threatenings
by these lawless ringleaders of the La Com
mune. nor that he will not stand prepared
to meet with the cannon and musketry of
the State this threatening spirit of La Com
mune at the first sympton ol failure on the
part of the city to put down violence by
superior violence. If the new city adminis
tration, which came in with professions of
law and order on its tongue, snail not make
good its professions by executing govern
ment of law against the lawless spirit of
communistic scounareiism, which finds Its
instruments in such wretches as F. A. Hoff
mann and his confreres, then the superior
authority of Illinois must and will intervene
to execute law and crush out disorder by the
military power or the state, it the scoun
drels of La Commune choose not to obey the
laws and respect the local authority, or if
the local authority snail fall in the fulfill
ment of its appointed function, they may as
well know the inevitable alternative. If
Chicago is intbehandsof La Com mune, then
La Commune and not Chicago must perish.
Whether it die peaceably or violently rests
in its own choice.
THE DEMANDS OF THE COMMUNISTS.
Says the Chicago Tribune:
The following are understood to be tha
demands of some of the leaders of the work-
ingmenen, and a rough draft of a manifesto
to be issued by them:
The Relier and Aid Society must either
turn over the relief fund to the city and
county authorities, or the Managing Board
of the Relief and Aid Society must consist of
one-third Americans and two-thirds Irish,
Germans and Scandinavians.
The public schools, bridges and. the con
duit in Fullerton avenue to be undertaken
by the Board of Public Works or by con
tractors immediately. Who would dare to
enjoin the city for doing its own work?
jLegal help for thoe who are In danger of
losing their homesteads by land-sharks and
greedy land-grabbers; the mayor to desig
nate a lawyer to devote an hour or two a
day for the purpose ot legal advice, etc, to
the owners of lots who owe installments
they can not at presently. Legal expense
to be paid out of contingent fund. It would
asi a montn or two, and might cost or
more.
Committees Should be annninttvi ts fi-it
the different shops and manufactories now
idle, for the purpose of arranging the pen-
"K "io same at a raie oi wages satio'ac
tory to the besses and the workingmen.
ine movement is Catherine strength, and
may reach the Irish masses, that were not
even touched before the call of the raas
meeting. The leaders are enthusiasts, while
tne mass of the followers are not paui-ers;
in fact, they have never felt actual starva
tion, or even poverty, but they are afraid of
osing wnat they have eot. and of nein,!.
livered to the tender mercies of a relief an.i
aid society whose managers are strangers in
feeling and understanding to them. Tber
desre a reorganization of th whole relief
banners of the city and countv. ad the ful
fil linen t of the promises of the last freneral
elertion that public improvements should !e
pusnea au over tho city. The , can not w
made to realize that the city author!; ies could
bw stopped or prevented by anv body from
commencing and finishing public works
without advertising for bids from con!r;ic
tors and letting them to the lowest respot:i-
uio L'j-uuers.
SMOTHERED.
8 EVEN MEN BURIED UNDER A PXLE OF OHA IN
A HORRIBLE DEATH.
The Ottawa, Canada, Citizen tells of the
terrible death that befell seven laborers
there: Mr. Murray, a lumber dealer, had
hired seven men to go to his mills on Blue ,
River, a tributary of Lake Huron, and work
his timber lands. He heard nothing ii oai
them, and the report of a traveler, who had
just came from the river, increased Mr. Mur
ray s I ears, ana ne ueiermmea at om-e to
Eroceed up the stream and ascertain w hat
ad become of the boat's crew. He found
the batteau as described at the landing, and
then proceeded to the shanty? or dewt,
where the provisions were to have leeii
stored. He arrived there at nightfall, but
no sound greeted him. All was still a the
grave, lie lined me taten oi tne aoor, ana
as he entered a horrible stench of putrid
flesh greeted his nostrils. He 6truck a light
and at once proceeded to investigate the .
E remises. The storehouse was a square
lock house, scooped shanty fashion, but
without the bunks that are generally found
in a regular lumber shanty. The remains
of the fire were visible in the camp-
boose, and the only thing unusual in tho
appearance of the plac9 was the horrible
stench and the oats which he had sect up
with the men, thrown in a disordered heap.
some of it loose and the rest ia bags, on out?
side of the floor. From this heap the f.-ul
Btnell proceeded. He placed the light on one
side and commenced to rem vo the oats. The
odor grew almost unljearable, and he had
only lifted two or three bags of grain wh.-n a
. . j . i . i i
human nana raei nis caze, aim bciii i-jsji
curdling through his veins. Horror-sftkken,
ho continued to remove tbo gram,
and discovered one of the most ter
rible sights that it has ever been
the lot of man to witnvss. Tho seven men
had arrived at the depot safely with their
lead, and it is supposed they worked with a
will until they got their charge safely storea.
UThepork was packed in one corner, the ;lou:
in anotner, anu ine uais, iu uags, was piei
from the lloor to the scoops in a high, nar
row pile. The men then, tired and hungry
partook of a hearty supper, after which they
spread their blankets ou the floor and then,
with their heads on the pile of oats, and their
feet to the fire, they toll into a heavy sleep a
sleep from which they never rose. During
the night one of the bottom bags of oats
burst from the pressure above. The grain
began to run out, until one s"de of the pile
was undermined, and when the tired work
ers were enjoying their soundest and most
refreshing sleep, the pile of srain fell over on
top of them. God alone knows how wn
death overtook thenu Six of the men dii
not appear to have been able to move. They
were found lying on their backs in a row,
with their heads covered. The weight of
the grain must have been so crushing
that they could not move hand or foot,
and they died of suffocation. The seventh
man must have had a fearful struggle for
life. Lying near the end of the pile, he was
not caught with such weight as his com
rades. He must have lived for some time
after being trapped, and being a man
powerful frame he died hard, as was evi
denced by the fact that he had worked his
way upward until his hand was near the sur
face, but his own struggles only hastened
his death. The bags became torn and
the grain, filtering down, filled his mouth,
eyes and nostrils, and effectually choked
him. These were in effect the facts in the
case as related to Mr. Rowan, and a mor
ghastly and horrible incident we have never
heard of. Four of the men were Ironi the
township of Ashfield, in Huron; the others
were Frenchmen. They had only gone to
work In the woods for the winter. Mr. Wil
liams, who was in Ooderich when he heard
of the accident, imuiediataly left for the
mill.
THAT STAND PIPE.
IT IS TESTED AXD PROVEN 8ATISFACTORT. AND
THE nOX. SCHUYLER COLFAX MARKS A
SPEECH. x
The Chieago Inter-Ocean gives an account
of the test of the Stand Pipe at South Bend
on Christmas day. After the test the crowd
assembled in front of the court house, when
Schuyler Colfax was called for and responded
in a ten minute speech. The assembly then
adjourned to the Studebaker Wagon Workf,
where very amusing ceremony took place
under the following circumstances: Mr.
Ijeighton Pine, is, and has been, a stand
pipe man, and Mr. J. Molar Studebaker has
gravely doubted the efficiency of the system.
Between these two a wager had been ar
ranged of a cow on the .part of Mr. Stude
baker, and a lunch on the part of Mr. Pine.
The former was to participate in the prac
tical test by standing in the belfry of the
building, ninety-five feet from the ground,
while the water was being thrown therein
from the stand pipe hydrant across the
street. If he got wet be was to lose the cow,
and vice versa. The Hon. Schuyler Colfax,
Chief Engineer E. Nicar, of the Fire De
partment, and J. C. Knoblock, Esq., were
appointed judges.and the four, with Mr. Pine,
ascended to the belfry. At the signal from
the Chief Engineer, a stream of water was
brought to bear upon the five, and Mr. Stu
debaker got a good wetting and boat a hasty
retreat. The judges, of course, decided in
favor of Mr. Pine, and the cow was produc
ed, tho head and tail gorgeously caparisoned
In red, white, and blue nbixm. in his re
marks upon receiving her, Mr. Pine said his
only regret was that she ecu Id not hold as
much milk as the stand-pipe water, but if
she only could he would "set 'em up for the
boys right lively." Th cow was escorted
to the residence of Mr. Pine by the South
Bsnd Cornet Band and a procession in carri
ages. On the way some villain pulled off
her chignon (false tail). The offender was
caught, but broke away from the officer and
made his escape thorugh a dark alley. In
the afternoon the Studebakers presented Mr.
Colfax with the Colfax buggy exhibited At
the Chicaeo Exposition, and which cot ftXK)
to manufacture. In reply to the presenta
tion, Mr. Coif ix sooke of the Studebakers'
progress from a start with capital.
The depression in tue lumber industry of
the United States it very marked. Firms In
Minneapolis which last year sent out 2,000
men will send only 900 this season. There
was cut last season about 300,000,000 feet.
The amount of the present season will not
exceed 135,000,000. .