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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK. Condensed from Telegrams of Accompanying Dates.
Wednkrdat, Deo. 18.-The , appoint
ment of Mirsriull JcWeft a Postmaster Gen.
erai hM necn connrmoa by the
Ring KaTalaua fat format jr
'7nll.a)t Grant top th ( Mh
(jjcfarl midnight loaJthl JQ Jth 4
eral has been conflrmod by the Semite....
ra formally presetted to
.A lUth'
fire' ftrblte
out In Flvmploii street, Boston, which
,Wal BtautMIUedj antJl,.everl large ware.
boue6 and ,the lr pontonti , were )mrned.
About four rfclook on the morning of the
15th threo other alarms were sounded la the
Immediate neighborhood, In Wareham street,
where Marks frvV th-Mrev(ou7llro hd
PiUttfi InpCf'o.flVvdj by tho flrtmfrt. 'Owing
t vf6 thV!n,iiit)'uV(1ble'natiiro of the building in
whleh t ti It) IiimI lire started the flumps pread
In alf Hirectlpn'innd lu ,'k short time
WarUltmi street J Wad '" alfhost V entirely
devastated, everything being swept awsy that
lay In the path of the fire between the point
of starting and the wharf,! except a large
piano factory. The loss from both fires is
variously estimated from 000,000 to $750,000.
""Irrrrlng the pTOgrcstr Tf -The eotifliYgratlotnii
Boston the neighboring city of Charlestown
suffered a loss of $150,000 from lire
Two men, named Mosher and Douglass,
were shot on the 13th at Bny Ridge, on Long
Island, while committing a burglary. Mosher
was Instantly killed. Before he died pouglnss
made a statement that Mosher was concerned
in the abduction of little Charlie Ross. The
"( two. burglars, have since boon identified,
!' t and there teems no doubt that they knew of
1 the whereabouts of the stolen child. '
t f .. . .At l)es Moines, Iowa, early on the morning
' of the 15th, Charles Howard, sentenced to im
prisonment for life for the killing of John
Johnson, was taken from Jull by a party of
disguised men and banged to a street lump
post. ' ---
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Thursday. Decs. -17. The German
Commission for the Centennial Exhibition at
,. . Philadelphia has already been appointed.
.', t)r Jacobl is made President.. .. A terrible
" 1 storm has been rnglng In the Bay of Biscay
" for eight days, and still continues. The loss
of vessel property and human life is very great
....The Pacific Mall Steamship' Company's
I , affairs are being investigated in Washington
- by the- House Ways and Means Committee
".""J.;. '.The President and Cabinet Ministers rc
, "turfied the visit of King Knluknua on the 10th
" . . .Mayor Cobb, of Boston, was reelected on
the loth by 18,000 majority.. ..A report from
Indian Agent Rrlgliam, dated Nov. 25, from
the Cheyenne River Agency, states that he
was In pursuit of white men going to the
Black Hills.
rFti4Y, Deo. 18. A London dispatch
of the' 18th says Bismarck, weary of the op
P petition Whntl -encountered in the Relchs.
tag, had tendered his resignation ns Chan
ciiilor of the, Empire, which the Emperor
ftfusefl to receive. He nfterward conferred
with the "leaders of the Ultramontane party
"''fegardiiig the future conduct of affairs in the
f i Reichstag'; and an understanding was se--1
cured.; . .UKiit.-Com. Cusbing died at Wash
" ' ' Ington on the 17th, In the Insane asylum, of
Which be h id been an inmato about two
weeks .... Wm. M. Tweed was before the
New York Oyer and Terminer Court on a writ
'. of hubeai corpm on the 17th and his
; . case - was r finally adjourned to the 22d
and lie : was remanded to prison....
" ' ' A Philadelphia dispatch says a gentlo
" 'man attending the spiritual seance of
,', ,Mr. TTolinesttnd his wife, at which the noted
, . spirit Katie King was wont to appear, had
-. traced the supposed Katie to a boarding
- J House, and, after long-continued effort, peri
suaded her to confess the deception she had
' been practicing and to produce the gauzy
dresses . she ..wore at the ' manifeshi-
, tactions. The , ,productioii . of i a letter
' With ' large quantities of iewelrv. etc..
! fhutbad been presented to Katie at seauees
,, ,. Induced Robert Dale Owen and Dr. Childs,
, - . two loading Bpirltunlists of that city, to pub-
- . lish and repudiate the swindle.... The Hon.
i - John B. Rice, bf Chicago, member of Con
"" gress from tlie' First Illinois District, died
at ' Norfolk, Va.,. on the 17th.... The
, Hiesisslppi Legislature met at Jackson
, o the 17th. r In his message 6ov. Ames
j claims that the recent Vlcksburg troubles
were brought about by violent white men for
' political purposes, and says: "At this mo
4 ,' tncut . the State ' and county authorities are
successfully resisted, and the free action of
officials is impossible." He closes by request
ing the Legislature to take steps to arrest the
. i insurrection in Warren County and prevent
, similar occurrences.
..Saturday, Dec. 19. According to the
'- latest acconnts from the famine in Asia
Minor many persons were dying, and thou--.
sands more would die unless help reached
, ' them..",. .A Washington dispatch says that
s according to returns received from Mississippi
" ',-byAtty.- Gen. Williams afluirs in that State
were in a deplorable condition. It
IS' "stated tnat at the" city election
l't In Columbus, on the 8th of December, much
intimidation was used, and many assaults
"v.- were made.. ..A New Orleans dispatch says
. the Returning Board has decided upon re.
'" turns from twenty-three parishes, besides tho
' First and Second Congressional Districts, and
will promulgate them. These give in the
House: Radicals 33, .Conservatives 37....
The students of tho Central Boys' nigh
' ' School, In New Orleans, appeared at the Lower
'" Girls' High School on the 17th, to compel the
removal therefrom of a number of colored
pupils. A committee of five eutered the
'school and stated, the purpose of their
' 'visit," threatening to uso force if nec
essary. All the colored girls present
promptly and quietly left the building,
Cttud . tUe boys returned to their own
school.. It was believed the School Board
would establish an Additional High School
for colored children, thus obviating further
H (trouble . . The Minnesota State Grange
met at Mankato on the 17th, about
400 members .of the Order being
.jpreicnL. The address of Grand-Master
Parsons .shows that 143 Granges have
been organized In the 8tate during the year,
making a total of over 500. The election of
officers for the ensuing year resulted in the
.... selection of Seth Adams, of Wright County,
..or Grand Master; Ebcnezer Ayres, Grand
, Lecturer; T.T. Smith, of 8t. Paul, Secretary;
L. Hoyt, of St. Paul, Treasurer.
t Monday, Dec. 21. Count von Arniin
' ;' has been sentenced to three months' lmprls
!'( 'onraent. Both the Government and Von
,'. Arniin have appealed the 'case to a higher
-. .court. ...It is reported that Bismarck has re-
i celved from the police information of a fresli
' plot; against hi.) life .... The Lon
don Morning Standunl has a dispntch
, from Spain reporting the total du.
feat and matlnit of the Republican Gen.
" Loptr. Domonqucz, in Catalonia, by the Cur
r lists under Trlstuny, with heavy loss In killed
'" and ' wounded. .According to WsBhlngton
(idisjtih(i8 .of the lUth Irwin's , testimony
in regard to the ..disposition of the
; $160,000 of Pacific Mall money , is to the
"'effect that he spent "It; In WashlHuton
ta secure an additional eubbldy, but ho re
a fuses to state to whom be paid It. It. is de
,nlttred that Irwin will Ihj sent to Jail and kept
.j . there until he will testify as to who were the
' recipients' of tho" mouey,.'.,Tho' new mill..
Jdgm. rceenlly constructed at Haydensville,
,iasn,, toi take Hie plana of the reservoir
m, which broke and devastated that valley
u)st sprlngj gave way on the morning of
itVeJlOth, ; the rushing water sweeping
i'vr7tu'nf hefore lt . It is thought no lives
, .were los(. ...At its recent session the, Mln
,nesata State Grange resolved that the pres
ent -State law for the regulation of rail
""road's Is estpepslvti and useless to the people
,u I and 'vexatious to" the' rouds,'and Us re.
1 jP hj demanded ; . and, lu t the . ame of
TSO.fWO ' yo-rs, , the ' Granger dumund the
" passag'e of'' a, tyw that shall . guajautee
erjftfp' traispC-.rtVon; foj the productions
of thewiu, especially wheat..,.,At New Or.
leans-oil the" 18th the boys of the High School
Tere(rled their visit to the LowerGlrls High
'"ftctotipid forced the colored girls to leave,
""tlji;: Won luced some excitement In the
r liltWjurhoooV' but no violence. The School
,f,l (iiip'M(l a resolution dismissing all the
public school ynlll -after the holidays or un.
further 'hpUce.' ,'
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK. Condensed from Telegrams of Accompanying Dates. FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
TtiKHOAY. .Dec.
1B.K-Senate.-A bllM
as latroduoed and reforreitjlirtUln the time lnJ
wmcn applications ror Doiimy isua unan on re
ceived, and disponing nf suspended cacs after a
certain onto ...A Joint resolution was submitted
and ffliTfor an amRndment to the C'onstltn
Hon providing that the President and Vlce-l'resl-dit
fhntl be clectM by a direct vote of ths pno
plv.an(leoh bold his office fur-six years; that
Hie" President shall bo Ineligible for re-election
provide for the relief nf persons sutfcrlng from
A favornnlfl repofr was marm mrTTKr-mu 10
the ravages of srassbopiiersr
ltmue. Bilfs jv$r,fofrducicP-Tor a
narrow irnune road from Lake Krlu t tb4 Mis
souri lllver; regnlatlnc tho prosccntron mHlbel
In the District of Cofiiinbla; to authorise the
Heeretarv of tho Interior to settle and
pay curtain accounts- btwm'"the t'mt
ed ' fUtes and .-.various .UMtes arising
from the appropriation of certain public
lands In such States for permanent Indian reserva
tions, etc Tliofollowing select committees were
announced by tho Speaker: To visit Vlcksburar
Conner, Hiirlbnt, Wlllloms (Wls. Bpeersnil
O'llrli'ii. (lu LoiiIsIadh aud tho Honthorn Htstes
t. F. Hoar, Whoeler (N. Y.), Fry. Foster
(Ohio), Phelps (N. J.), Robinson (IU.and roiter.
Wednesday, Deo. 10. Senate. Bills
were Introduced extendlug the provisions of an
act for tho settlement of certain accounts between
Mississippi and tho Vnltcd States, approved in
I80T, tt States admitted sine that time : to aid In
the construction of . a narrow-irsuiro rail
road from tide-water to Chicago and St. Louis
... A communication was roelvi-d from W. L. .Me
Mlllau. cluiming to be the Senator from Louisi
ana, and asking a speedy recognition of his
claim Mr. Pease was appointed a member ot
the Committee on L'liilmx, virt lloreman.., .Ex
ecutive session and adjournment.
Home . A supplementary Civil-Rights
bill was reported from tho Judiciary Committee
. . .The Legislative Appropriation hill was consid
ered in Committee of the Whole, and an amend
ment striking out the Item for the purchase of
official pontage-stumps for the Treasury Depart
ment defeated ayes 71, noes 71, ...Adjourned.
Thciibday, Dec. 17. SenaU. Bills
were passedappropriating t),ono Tor tho' dis
tribution or seeds; to enable tho Supreme Court
of tho District of Columbia to proceed with Its
Jurv business The hill to provide a govern
ment for the District of Columbia wits discussed
until adjournment.
llnuM. Bills were introduced to es
tablish the Judicial district of Oklohama', niak
lng provision for tho paymont of the sinking
fund. i.. The Legislative Appropriation bill was
considered in Committee of tlie Whole, and
amendments increasing the clerical forco of the
Biireuu of Education and striking out the appro
priation altogether defeated... ..Adjourned.
Fiuday, Dec. 18. Senate. No public
busiuess wa.i transacted. ...After being presented
o Klug Kulakana, the Senators proceeded in a
bodv to the House of Representatives and partici
pated In the puhlie rureption of that dignitary
... Adjourned until the 31st.
IJuute. King Kalakuua "was presented
to the Speaker, who made a brief welcoming ad
dress, to which that illpnttary made appropriate
reply The Senate hill for the relief of the
firui-shoppor sun'erurs was passed. ...The Legls
ntive Appropriation bill was alto passed The
death of Hon. John B. Kice, one of the Illinois
members, was announced, and a committee of
Ave was appointed to accompany his remains to
Chicago Adjourned until the Slst.
THE MARKETS.
DECEMBER 19, 1874.
NEW YORK.
' Comm. Middling upland, 14'il lMc. " "
I. it a Stock. Beel Cattle $10.IKiuiJ:).iJ0. Hogs-
Dressed, 8S.50a.BJ ; Live, $7.00(!S,7.25. Sheep
Live, jri.tioa6.50.
Bbbaustvfps. Klonr Good to choice, $5.00
5.60; white wheat extra, (J.tiOo.OO. WheatNo.
2 Chicago, $1-0831-01'; No. S Northwestcm,
$1.0U1.10; No. 'A Jlilwaukeo spriug, $1.19
1.1:1. Ryo OH S."iC. -, Barley $1 .451 .50. Corn
Mixed Western, (WO Wic Oats MUed West
ern, 676flc. , i
PwivisioNS. Pork New Moss. $20.fii",ia
80.75. Lard 15IR?ic. Cheese 13H133ic. "
Wool. Common lo extra, 4.55c. -
CHICAGO.
Live Stock. Beeves -Choice, $5.!iO3G.O0;
good, $tiA.0i1; medium, J3.7!Vd4.S; butch
ers' stock, $2.7ri4"d; stock cattle, $J.S03
8.S0. Hogs Live. $6.907.00. Sheep Good
to choice, $4.7.V5.i. ' " ' ' '
Pbovisions. Butter Choice, 3137e. Kggs
Fresh, Sl'ii-iC. Cbeese New York faelory,"
14H15c; Western, 1414Vic. .Pork New
Mess, $18.90lv.t.ti. Lard $ll.aO13.S5.
BnBADSTtiyFs. Flonr White winter extra,
$4.25ti.50; spring extra, $4.0034.li0. Wheat
8pring, No. Z, SSSWsC Corn-. No. S, mi
77c. Oats No. 2, S2"a52c. Barley No,
a, $l.lfl1.3t). Rye No. 2, Wi&c.
Wool. Tnb-washed, 45-a57c. ; fleece, washed
1047c; fleece, unwashed, 2735c.
Ll'MBKH. First Clear, $52.0055.0n; Second
Clear, ' $46.00M.00; Common Boards, $11.00
12.00; Fencing, $13.0O13.00; "A" Shingles,
Lath, 25.
CINCINNATI.
Bbkadstofth. Flonr $5.00(5.50. Wheat Red,
$1.103,1.14. Corn New, 707ac. Rye $1.100.1. 12
Oats 58a2o. Barley No. 3, $1.871.27H.
PnovisioNS. Pork $18.7519.iO. Lard
l14c.
ST. LOUIS.
LrvK Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, $4.25
5.75. Hogs Live, $6.SO7.0O.
BttKADsTtrrFs. Flour XX Fall, $4.75a4.0.
Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $1.081.0814. Corn-No.
2, New,686!4c. Oats No.2,68fl0c. Rye No.
1, fl!-i97c. Barley-No. 2, J1.25ai.S0.
Provisions. Pork Mess, $18 .67HQI9.00. Lard
- - -
MILWAUKEE.
BniADsTurrs. Flour Spring XX. $5.855 50,
Wheat Spring No. 1, 92iS.9-i4s; No. , 87K
87Xc Corn No. 2, 6814(&.69;. Oats No. 2,. 503
BOHc Rye No. 1, 86'4(S7c. Barley No. 2,
DETROIT.
BHEAOBTDrrs. Wheat Extra, $1.151.154.
Corn 73K"4c. Oats WiftWAc ,
TOLEDO.
BREADSTorrs Wheat Amber Mich., $1.08Vi
LOU; No. 2 Red, $1.07!41.06. Corn
High Mixed, New, 70M71c. Oats No. U, 66
5Hc..
CLEVELAND.
Bbeadstoffs Whjat No. 1 Red, $1.1014
1.11H; No. 2 Red, $l.05'41.Oo. Corn-New,
7i72'4c. Oats 57'458o.
BUFFALO.
Live Stock. Beeves $4.5ti5.87V4. Hogs
Live, $a.62'47.15. SheeD $I.5IK&5.50.
EAST LIBERTY.
Lrv Stock. Beeves Best. $6.257.0; me
dium, $5.00C&5.50. Hogs Yorkers, $(1.60
8.80; Philadelphia, $7.407.50." 8hce Best,
$5.505 75; medium, $5.0TK&,5.50.
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One Hundred Florins for a Hair.
A young and poorly-clad girl entered
a barber's shop in Vienna and told the
jii'oprietor that lie must " buy her bead."
The friscur examiuod her long, glossy,
chestnut locks, ami begun to bargain.
He could give eight guiden and no more.
Hair was plentiful this year, the price
hud fallen and there was less demand,
und other puruseg of the kind. .The lit
tle maiden's eyes ilUcd with tears, and
she hesitated a moment while threading
her fingers through her chestnut locks.
She iinnlly threw herself into a chair.
II In r...:a uka' rrA.iu.n 41 ., 1, t. I.
quickly." The barber, satisfied with his
uurgain, was about to ciiupn H witfi bis
shears when a genUeman who sat half
shaved, looking on, told him to stop,
" My child," he said, "why do you want
to sell your beautiful hair?' ''Jrty moth
cr has been nearly Ave mouths ill; I
can't work enough to support us; every-'
thing has been sold or Dawned, and
there Is not a penny in the house" (und
Kein Krewter tm .'iusi.' "jno. no. mv
child," said the stranger; "if that is the
case I will buy your hair, and wfll give
you ft hundred guiden or. it." Dogave
the poor girl the note, the sight of which
naa ancu net tears, ana iook up xne dut
ber's shears. Taking the locks in his
hand he took tho longest hair.xut it oil
alone, and put it qtfef ully' In his pocket
book, thus paying one hundred florins
for a single hair. He took Ui poor-girl's
address in case he should want to buy
Brother at the same rate. This chari
table man is only designated as Uie chief
of a great industrial enterprise within
tne city. rrettoih iMiya
Mirs Miggs' beau told her " he loved
to court the muse," and because be could
not tU hW plainly who " sb was," he
ran t swing on her gate any more.
Yonkers Gazette.
Yonkers Gazette. GOOD NIGHT.
) Oft, till the toiler's light
Is spent, once moro
All tbo day's deeds we do r r r v
With Joy or pain; I 1 X" )
All the day's mirth and rue M m
Comes back again.
While the dim taper s light
Wrsnes more and more,
' And we have said (Jood-nlght,
And shut the deor.
Now tho Year says (lood-ulght.
And shuts the door;
Fades tno flru, wanes tho light.
Wanes more and more. f.
IlsrUJ howlio-midnight bells, ,,, t ,
Tollsd Mimrhfrtjly, i '? ' J . d " 3
Mesrr one Mietrlmit farewells, ' "
Old Year, to thee
Once ther with great delight
Hailed thee before
Now thnu must say Good-nighty rrT
- Jlnd shut the duor. , . , ." -i
tr f t , t. , "
1A IOaee.iWA nil all say Uood-nlght .: 1.
And shut our door.
While, as the taper's light
Wanes more and moro, r I
Just ere asleep wo fall V
(To dream of day)
C We shall rulraveLell - v. w A -,
The Years long way, ' ; A f
Z While the dim taper's light ! ? l ' i
W anes more and more, -"' J ' i
When, with our last Uood-night,
we've snut tne uoor.
,! v i 1 1
But, when we've? said (lood-ulght,
. Ana shut our uoor. .
"f Oft dream we wast delight' ' '
Morn hath In siore;
- And, wnedtbtroid Tear! done, "
We, ere we sleep,
, Trust that the Hew Year's sun
. Better doth keep
Than aught of true delight . ;
We knew betbre. I i ;"
Ulad, with our lust (iood-nlght.
i We'll shut our door I f ;
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A STORY OF AGGRAVATION.
In Multitudinous Chapters.
CHAPTER I.
THE AMERICAN VELVET-PLANT.
"My dear," Serous, "you
must get me at once an Americao. velvet-plant.'
I have beea reading its ' de
scription. It is charming."
V My dear,"- said Mr. Scroggs, ." tlicre
are several growing out there on the hilL
Which shall I transplant for .you?" -
"What do yoa uniean?"j said ,'Mrs".
Scroggs. "
"The 'American velvtt-plant' is the
mullein," suid Mr. Scroggs.- ' '
"Pshaw!" Baid Mrs. Scroggs.
CHAPTER II.
MULLEINS AND ROSES.
What has this conversation (which act
ually occurred) to tlJ (With, tha atory?
Wait a little.
This Is a story of aggravation, ftnd not
a iiirisiuius story, ior, id mui, tucy nuu
no Christmas at all, and it was impos
sible that they should have had, and they
ought to have known better. It is writ
ten to be read after Christmas; when the
bills come in, and, the .. indigestions,
and the doctors,- and you -and your
wife have come toaa understanding
about the current expenses," ua the
Christmas brightness aud the Christmas
snow have given way to a raw, diphthe
ritic fog ana no end of slush, iceuu it
then,' ft ( I 5 ' ; ' ' s ' ! ! '
' Arid now they ought to have known
better, as I said before, for they were
mullein people and there is nothing in a
mullein that can produce a rose. As re
gards, manners,;, morals ,und ideas they
might he Ameiicanvelvet-plants vUey
were, liat, as regards slenlily ol re
sources rnd the figure they cut in the
world and the estimation in which ,hey
were held, they were mullein people,
grow;c5 on a very bleak hillside, too.
And always haunted by the desire ana
intention to grow roses! The ordinary
mullein accepts the situation. Dut these
human Mulleins! they would .behave
like roses. They were always outwitting
Step-mother Fa', However she snubbed
aud twitched arkl set' them in corners
they , were re'.dy for herr' Take , away
carpets and trey stained their floors wal
nut-brown. , Deny tncin bureaus , ana
they transformed a pacUing:box, a dollar
looking-glass, two cigar-boxes and some
old chintz .into a diessing-table. ' Bend
them awav nunarv from the creasy table
of their lodging-house and they smuggle
slices of bread, buy tkrec, cents', worth of
butter, make toust over their wretched
little fire and turn the whole into a revel,
which they talk of with glee. There is
a cantankerous good-nature, an abomi
nable cheerfulness, ubont tuam. , B'hey
will not accept the situation and consider
themselves, disinuerued ,mey,iBve
every new$ painting and engraving by
heart. They visit the art sales. They
know just where they would place
the i inlaid- cabinet and -rugs - of
fthiraz and" the prints of Hogurth.
They will not see that they have no ringer
in such pies. They are continually
trying to put by money for artistic treas
ures, wnen tne enaa or tnetr income win
not meet. 1 Such stupidttyl Ait said an
attar of roses woman, of similar mulleins,
They live in a world of their own."
They will not see themselves aa other
see menu nutting or art, ana siampea
indelibly with Poverty, lier merit ! - Con
demned for life to flat beer, und dream
ing of Amontillado, in Venetian glass!
They could not be made to see why it
was so impossible to grow at least one
little rose from their stalk, juBt one!
CHAPTER III.
THEIR CHRISTMAS FEVER.
that you them, you
will not be. surprised to hear that these
people, who were in want, had resolved
to keep Christmas.
And you will add, almost or yourseit,
that these are precisely the sort of peo
ple who are sure to take the Christmas
fever, and to have it hard, and to whom
its Wreaths and tapers and carols are full
of meaning and delicious charm and
you would be quite right.. . ' ' tt
CHAPTER IV.
PARASITES AND NUISANCES.
Hitherto 1 have introduced these peo
pleas "They." That was from cowardice.
Sejdom has writer more objectionable
personages in hand. The Mulleins were
three: mother, uaugnter, ana son. 1
have read recently that women without
money were very nearly in tne position
of "parasites;" also, that "a woman's
business is to amuse and serve man, and
make his Hie agreeable, and when not
so engaged she is a nuisance." The
mother and daughter in question were
without money, and there was no " man"
as an excuse for their existence; and not
even tho entireness of love, in which
they Tivefi wttnThe 'Boy and" her "with
liietn, can auogetfier; atone. jri assure
vou feel it? nut th;$; what would you
have? ' This -is tu4 a Christmas story,
but a story of aggravation. ' J t X
CHAPTER V.
THE CHRISTMAS-ROSE.
To begin : It had happened, a. month
or two before that they fouu4 them
selves in possession of 'a surplus two
dollar note. That Is, bf a two-dollar
note which need not be paid over at once
to landlord 'or shpemttker. This note
was' dopes! wd ibyt aoclumation in the
" tjixpeniy- taavihgs'l A as a beginning
toward grqwiufl tho Christmas-rose.
Uengeforth the.iamily leaned much on
it, and U often came up jnojiverimtioa
as "that two dollars, you knOw.' - ' -
Then tne threes Mulleins had each a
little plan for growing a Chrlstmas-rcse.
Master Mutkin i(ivQnUidr what , Jie
called thev'dpdge," as tisf Tliere. are
certain tranaaationa iavlMuincaa so rhuih
a matter of course that you are startled
to reflect on the-irutnber of persona 'who
earn a living in these very departments.
, Who tbinlra bow notes, bills and messages
get alfiatf Yet they certainly ttOruti
ti tldtinjd np(lut le V'Ubit, tifi Jht Dave
asAUrcu you! If yoiilhave an eye fir
rosy boys, I dare say you have seen him ;
and W vu have observed him, arms up,
mtndsUinched, running on a sort of dog
trot, so as always to keep pace with
the.car or stage. in which you woro.rid
pjtl , why tuctf y6u ha,vo...fieeii - the
" aodgq.'s Cjliert, aro lines on which a
boy of determination may keep neck-and-neck
with the horses. On such lines
Mullein pocketed the fare and ran the
route. Thar-e re lines that defy the best
breeMied1' iunners." Un theBo, as a boy
f h6no MuHein rode. He reported
himself to the house among the earliest
of tho runners, and nevertheless aver
aged thirty cents a day by the " dodge."
There are six days in the week, CxilO
11.80. It lacks six weeks of Christmas
tide: Oxl.80110.80.
Hut
iThe world is under the reign of laws,
and tho Mullein household was under a
Utw-f noeeseily.-that, , du-'what they
would, was sure to levy a tax of, say,
thirty cents on every fifty cent amassed
by the " dodge," for matches, soap,
paper, car-fare somvthing of tbo sort.
After the ".eleventh of eighth" collision
between the " law" and the " dodire," it
certainly occurred to Mamma Mullein
that things looked discouraging; and she
sighed. But the young inventor went
sturdily on, with a pluck and an undi
minished faith in the -virtues of the
" dodge," quite delightful to see. " f
.The little woman! Such a. vefy little
Woman! She was preparing to go into
trade in-orange-peel and old newspa
pent when she could And no buyer.
People do buy such things somewhere,
you know.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VI. A MARKET-WOMAN--SAUL AND DAVID--
SIMPLE SUMS.
I And now you ; are"1 waiting to hear
Mamma Mullein's business that is, if
you want to hear anything about it. I
trust it shall not shock you. She was a
market-woman; not that she brought
eggs and' butter' and fruit to market.
Had she done that she might have boen
a rose-woman instead of a mullein
woman, and tnis story could never have
been written. But there are so many
sorts, pf markets ras' a market j where
your nice I're'sh ideas wilf bring a fair
price.. jOfttbis orderi of market-woman
wag Maui ma Mullein. Sue Was liable to
Ideas, There ptfo:. some people who re
gard such a person with suspicion, but,
tuoughloirous to please all readers, I
UTusl give my personages as I find them.
Ideas are often good for checks, but they
more frequently stamp the man or
woman subject to them ' as dangerous.
The world is like Saul. It accepts tho
thought, whether in writing, marble,
pottery,; painting, politics, warfare,
preaching, Inventions, no matter what,
as the Hebrew King did Goliath's head.
But it,- never forgiyes tlie Havid. It
" eyes" him from that time out look out
for Javelins! I bee pardon, I have
shunted the story oft Uiq track ; bat only
times made money and sometimes fail
ures.' .Two and two make four. You sec, of
course, that Mamma Mullein, who W.-.V
already in the habit of conveying idep?
to market, wasspecially temrow-ff a
brisk holiday business, and wrote night
and day to- secure not two but a dozen
strings to her bow : Thus: For the Pop-'
u'arVrowquiU a "Working Idyl." For
the JixceUior a " Carol." For the Chignon
three appropriate articles. For the
Workttanil " A Little Preach About Ba
bies." For the IfiUfaton a " Review."
For the Kaleidoscope the prose version
of "The Cow Jumped Over the Moon."
Then she figured it out, thus: '
Three appropriate articles at $15 each . . .
wo nv , iy i . . . . i ; .-. . 4 .i. , .;,..
Carol.. '..i.'.
$ 45 00
Mt 00
," 'IS 00
. 'A) 00
.' IS 10
. 30 00
Preach About Babies
Review r. r. t'. f .(..'.. i . . i. . J.i . i .i. I .
Cow that J umped Over the Moon. ..:.'.!.
$159 00
. M 00
IS 00
. 00
Due to Skigg ..
" " liuiggs
" " Hnggs
'BianJjCT..X C::... y-TiaTw
to be exDcnded for winter Hclothintr and
for the Christmas-rose ten dollars might
be spared for that; and there was " that
two dollars, you know."
After this calculation Mamma Mullein
wrote with more spirit -than . ever; .and
the inventor of tjie Codge fafiif tut in a
new character, as "The Filial Fib." He
discovered that all well-reguluted boys
spent their evenings in unceaaiiy((;rt'wt8
to attain a good writing-hand, f . ? )
Also; that his only hope vti achieving
that desirable result was in copying each
evening till bedtime numerous pages of
bis mother's manuscript. t
'- Whereupon he acquired his title of the
Filial Fib, und, let us hope, the good
writing-hand.
CHAPTER VII.
"THAT TWO DOLLARS"--HOPE LONG DEFERRED.
The little woman went into trade. She
sold the old newspapers for six cents.
The orange-peel speculation resulted in
failure. Nobody would buy.
Meantime "that two dollars, you
know," was drawn from tho bank per
force, to pay the washerwoman a poor
old woman, who needed tho money,' on
Which Mamma Mullein -felt a sinking of
tho heart, and was obliged to do that
sum about the "Idyls," etc., twice over
before she could quite recover her usual
cheerfulness. t ""' t
Also the "dodge," though in splendid
workingordcr, was so continually tripped
up and circumvented by the " law," that
its young inventor might almost as well
have spared the car-horses the shame of
their defeat. " The Christmas-rose will
be a very small growth," they told each
other. i ' i
One two three four weeks! jSueh
weeks! The hours in them had feet of
lead and, were lame besides. Larkt'Bt of
all came to be that hour known as the
postman's. No such heart-shaking hour
in the year, as, if you are a mullein per
son, or like those who joined David in
the cave of Adullam, and you are ut the
crest of the wave and a letter will tide
you over or dash you down into its gulfs,
you very well know. The " Hour"
tiuite overshadowed the Mullein family,
When it began, every body grew nervous;
while it endured, everybody started at
each tinkle of the bell and watched sly-
ly-out or window." vYnerr ir'tifiea bh!
the miserable blank: worse even than the
torture of suspense 1 and wheif (be mem
bet freau outside who had been absent
lUfiaawliUttv-rcturned, there was another
trial. The vague expectation, the quick
glance ai J ho lublo and into the . faces pf
the stayera-ut-liQUie, the pathetic oitejiipt
at indilleretice on the part,q avervbody j
and tiie determination " if everybody to
show no anxiety, and to s' fivbe! ah!
let it pass 1 It is easier 4,6 write than to
witness. ",,v"i '
'
CHAPTER VIII.
RETURNS, BILLS AND BALANCES.
,A letteri atJUfB(bout the "Working
Idyl.". ''Aji, ..excellent idea," the letter
said i 7 but was there no.a. 4040b -of
nitro-glycarlha Lih it, -MM; f aduritwd,
inight, blow up aooiety or some sub
scriber's idea of society, which would be
quite the suing. J.hjng . us far as news
papers ure.cunceruadr" and so, with
thank, was jroiurnbd.
Mamma Aluiiein tore her hair, or
rather-whatever Id the mental economy
corresponds lto balr the , real -arcle is
too expensive), in pijyute, rauicl yoyand
the', rfitne down smiling and' got, a letter
abouir.tho " Carol." A. letter!, A blow la
the face. ' ' ' "' " 1
:' "Thero was1 something theologltial In
the 'Carol,'" the letter said, and truly.
Mamma Mullein was a devout woman,
and it had slipped her pen without in
tending it. " There was always dnnger,"
said tho letter " in handling the theolog
ical 'porcuplno, even with gloves; end
the paper declined to take tbo risk. And
so with thanks," etc. ', .. . . :'
," Christmas comes but once i year,"
and to make all these slips and stumbles
then! A Protestant pilgrimage barefoot
to the Stock Exchange or some other
tomplo of Mammon and a solemn vow
never again " to call a spade a spade"
would have relieved Mamma Mullein's
overwrought feelings as sho subtracted
forty dollars from her calculations. Then
the tide turned in a letter sweeter than
any love-nbte, Inclosing a check for the
" Preach About Babies," twenty dollars.
Another letter and another check for the
" Review," fifteen dollars.
Fifth Week. Appropriate articles for
the Chignon not returned they had been
specially ordered, but gone into bank
ruptcy. The paper had fallen into finan
cial collapse. Broken reeds that pierced
her side. Mamma Mullein had scarcely
the heart left to subtract forty-five dol
lars more from their calculations. It was
all over now. She kept a bright face for
the younger Mulleins; but, though there
might be still some scanty shreds and
patches of Christmas, there could be no
Christmas-rose for them.
Sixth Week. The day before Christmas.
Returned, the prose version of "The
Cow Jumped Over tlie Moon," with
thanks. " The editor would have used
it, but he had accepted an article before
receiving it, on precisely tho some sub
ject, which would appear in the present
number." Singular, and yet more sin
gular that the article on the same sub
ject proved to be written by the editor
in person. But Mamma Mullein had for
her consolation the adage that great
minds think alike.
: By the same post arrived Sklggs' bill
for twenty-five dollars, Quiggs' bill for
eighteen dollars, Haggs bill for twenty
dollars; total, sixty-three dollars. And
the Mullein receipts had been thirty-five
dollars! Mamma Mullein finds a diffi
culty in summing up. Something is the
matter with her eyes. And the winter
clothing and the Christmas-rose! The
"dodge" had accumulated two dollars
in epite of the " law." The little woman
bad brought six cents ont of trade, t The
young inventor and the little wopian pro
posed to invest tho two dollars and six
cents after supper by means of a com
mittee of twofllvhieh mamma was not in
vited to 'joinfor reasons common to
Christmas.
CHAPTER IX.
NEMESIS.--THE FATE OF THE "DODGE."
Enter the - washerwoman. Nobody
had expected her. If she had bee'
Nemesis herself the family could nc.
have surveyed her with more dismay.
With ; what was she to be paid? Tlie
young Inventor looked at the disturbed
face of his mother, and gave a great
gulp. , .. . ... :
,"How much Is it, mamma? There is
the 'dodge,' you know!" and Mamma
Mullein felt the two dollars thrust into
her hand. Yes, there it was, and there
was the washerwoman. The Mulleins
looked at each other incredulously.
Their last hold on their one loved holi
day wus-slipping "from them, and they
hardly knew how to believe it. after all
the toil, and the patience, and the self
sacrifice and the planning! If the wash
erwoman bad but known it, shewas being
paid in dramas, in a concentration of
much that Was precious. But it looked
to her a poor-enough note, unaccom
panied by an extra fifty cents or so in
honor 0! Christmas. She thinks they
have forgotten it! forgotten it, poor
souls! and stands her ground. Mamma
quakes before her, and answers her
teebly. Still she stands'. V in sue never
go? An awful silence. Convicted
felons might wear the open and cheer
ful expre.-sion of tne Mulleins. 1 110
Nemesis of the washtub . tosses her bead,
flounces, makes a remark, to the door
knob apparently, about the poor returns
of stinginesss to stingy people in the
long-run but she goes! Mamma Mullein
is free to cover ber face with tier bands
and the young inventor to press a soft
check against hers and call her his dear,
good, lovely mamma.
CHAPTER X.
THE LITTLE WOMAN AS A BUYER.
' Tlie little woman, who has slipped out
quietly, comes in and sits down by the
window,' although it is cold. She has
been trying to buy a Christmas-wreath
with her six cents, Dut there are none to
be found at a cheaper rate than a shil
ling apiece. Lou ike E. Furnitt, in Ap-
pletoa't Journal. . .. .
Immigration Statistics.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.
Tna report of tbo Chief of the Bureau of
Statistics hasthe following table, containing
a a'ainparativa. statement of Immigration by
countries ethiiologieully grouped for the four
nseul years from July 1, 170, to Jiincso, l7:
Ytar ended June
Counttie tthnatogi-'
catty yrmpia. :
1H71.I lttri.1 187H. I 1874.
England. Scotluri".
and v ales
HV4.VSI B3.0H4I 8fl.4Ra
81.999
68,707
Ireland
ar,ioi
ttB.TSei 77.S44
Teptonlc I Germany,
Austria, and Metn
erlnmls 88,431
147,800 159,847 !
97,623
1978
11,894
S.7S5
13,776
33,960
8candluuriHi : ; Swe
de ni jsorwur sue
Di urain k .,
tat In : Belt-Mum.
H,133 18,570
35,481
, Switzerland, Italy,!
. rotlBL'al a.J .
Sclavonic; Kussia,
and Poland
China
HritiBh North Amer
ican Provlnoes. . .-.
Spiininh and PortiK
uuesu Colonies :
98,861
1.20S
7,116
S.641
4.898
7,7B8i
40,1711
47,08
87,871
Culm, Mexico, Por
- to Hico aud 8011th
: ' America... - t ... ..
All other couutrles.
LtlHi 1.500
1,41 1 I 4.440
l,7fi0l
5,0071
1.838
6,111
Total Immigrant.. U JMj404.tW4MI.8na ata.VW
18.042 of this number were - reuorted as Irora
'Great liritaiu, not speeitlod."
A man paid his first visit to Baltimore
4 iluys ago, and. Invited a lady aa
quuintuuee to visit a theater with him.
The lady accepted the invKution, and the
young inatr, following the crowd, walked
up to the ticket-ohice, laid down a fifty
cent note for his ticket, and turning it
his companion said to her, " The price is
fifty cents." The lady happened to have
her porte-monnaie with her, and, appre'
dating the situation, drew from it a fifty
cent note, -and her gallant companion
passed it ba with his money, and, obtain
intr two tickets, handed one of them to
her,.' which she" quietly accepted, and.
passed in alter ner oeau.
The Lockport Journal aays : "A gen'
tletnan from Genesee County told us the
other day now he managed to sell liald
win apples for tlO per barrel. Here is
the secret:' ".Take a slip pf paper and cut
children's names; then place the papers
around the applea when they begin to
color, and in a week pr . two Mamie,
Jamie, Johnnie-or Busle appears on the
apple in large red letters. J nese picked
and barreled, by themselves bring fancy
prices for the New York Christmas mar
ket" . : - -J.
,ViKNmi 'smilet are" mnntliog ''the fnot
bf toal-dealera,' and they seem quite
happy as tbey remark, ; Chilly eir."
N. Y. Mail.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
, TrrosB who stand and Walt! are merely
servants. " ' "'' ; "
A maw with too many law-suits gener
ally has, few suits of clothes. (
'. Wnicir you have ho m6ney everything
except yourself is dear.
' The best tea for a fractured limb
Bonesct. Norristown Herald. ,
Tub friends of the unfortunate, live a
long way oil'. Yonkeri Un telle. 1 '
A man's treasures in this world are so
few and small that bo can carry thein in
his heart. t
lr original idea were current coin
those now rich would generally be out
of money.
What is the difference between a
spendthrift and a pillow? One is hard
up and the other is soft-down.
A nort weighing only four pounds, if
he sets himself about it, can howl loud
enough to wake up fourteen families.
Wisdom Is the best use of knowledge.
Tt is the highest attribute of man, as
love Is of woman. To gain wisdom and
love, humanity toils through life.
AwotiT the eleventh century the Chi
ncso invented paper money, yi the thir
teenth century this paper currency, made
from the bark of the mulberry tree, was
the legal tender of the Empire.
Nothing recalls to the mind of the
married man the joys of his single life
so vividly as to find that the baby has
been eating crackers in the bed. Iiome
Sentinel. . . . 1 .
Qrohoia papers mention the marriage
of Miss Susie Thrcewits. In giving up
such a name it is hoped the young lady
secured a husband who has his five senses
about him.
A pkhson who has been led to sell
goods by means of false pretenses cannot
recover them from one who has pur
chased them in good faith from the fraud
ulent vendor.
An infantry soldier in the Russian army
carries 68 pounds ; the English soldier 62,
and the French 62; the Prussian 61, the
Swiss 00, the American 53, the Italian 68,
and the Austrian 47.
As a white garment appears worse
when a little soiled than does a colored
one, so does a small fault in a good man
attract more attention than a great of
fense in a bad man.
According to a writer in the Atlantic,
" it is not impossible that there may be
still standing in California trees which
were in existence when Adam and Eve
walked in Paradise."
When a house is rendered untenanta
ble in consequence of improvements
made on the adjoining lot, the owner of
such cannot recover damages, because
he had knowledge of the approaching
danger in time to protect himself from it.
On retiring from business a wise old
man said to bis son and successor:
" Now, my boy, remember that common
sense is the best thing you can bring
to hear on every affair of life except love
making." An exchange seems sadly grieved over
the sorrows of a man who is compelled
to listen while ladies talk of galloons
and cuirass basques. Is it any worse
than watching two men trying on each
other's hats?
Admtnistbatohb are liable to account
for interest on funds in their hands, al
though no profit should have been made
upon them, unless the exigencies of the
estate rendered It prudent that they
should hold the funds uninvested.
" Grt'R us," says the New Ilampthire
Workwoman's Advocate, " the man with
brown hands, smut on his nose and sweat
on his forehead." All right sent him
last night; also a woman with a long
chin and a wart on her nose to keep hiin
happy. Detroit Free Pre.
A roprjiAR clergyman says it is inter
esting to observe how many people go
to tlie circus " just to please the chil
dren," and very curious to notice that
sometimes it takes several able-bodied
men and motherly women to look after
one little boy or girl on such an occasion.
The Trial of Jesse Pomeroy, the Boy
Butcher.
BOSTON, Dec. 14.
Probably there never was before
known a juvenile criminal possessed of
such murderous and fiendish proclivities -as
the one whose trial for one of his mur
ders has just been finished in the Su
preme Court in this Citjsf V '
The story of bis murders, including
that of little Kate Curran, and his va
rious atrocities, has already been told.
In the trial tor the murder of the Millan
boy, Just concluded, it appeared from
tlie evidence that on the 22d day of last
April the body of the victim, a boy scarce
ly four years old, was found in a piece of
marsh which lies north of 'the Old Col
ony Railroad and Dorchester avenue,
near the- Crescent avenue station. The
body was still warm, and bore tho marks
of some fifteen 'stabs. The throat was
cut and the hands of the child were
badly lacerated. The body was found
by a twelve-year-old boy named Powers,
who was out digging clams with a deaf
and dumb crotner. upon tne discovery
of . the body by the . little boy
Powers, - ho saw ; two men up
the marsh, and ran and told
them of what he had discovered. The
men were there for practice with a gun,
but Immediately took steps to notify tho
police and care for the body. It proved
to bo that of the lad Horace 21. Millan,
who bad resided but a few months at his
home on Porchester avenue. The last
the boy's mother had seen of her child
was at ten o'clock on that day, when she
gave him a penny to go to the baker's to
get a cake. At half-past eleven he was
seen by other boys accompanied by the
Pomeroy boy. subsequent to this, about
twelve o'clock, they were seen by other
parties together, going toward McKay's
wharf, and thence by a ' bridge to the
marsh., -At the creek they were met by
another boy who was coming away from
where some men were digging clams.
The Pomeroy boy spoke to tho last lad
and asked what the men were shooting
on the marsh, and bo was recognized by
the latter. The Pomeroy -boy was seen
to lift the Millan lad over the creek, and
their tracks, largo and small, were after
ward traced, side lit side, to the spot
where the body walPfound. - All these,
together with other strong circumstances
pointing tp his guilt, wore brought out
at the trial.
The line of defense adopted at the trial
was insanity, and the points which were
proven were well stated by the counsel
in his opeplng argument. Me said that
when first be took charge of the case he
had some doubts as to whether the pris
oner was the cuilty party ; but as time
wore on it had come to his mind that
such was the. fact. Though he had
allowed .the Government to proceed with
their case and put in such testimony as
had uearlnir unon tne case, ne naa aa
inltted many thing without Jiolding the
Government to a strict or oof. This boy
was just now past his fifteenth year, and
at the time of the crime was but fourteen
rears and five months old. IlatL it been
five months earlier it would have been a
question in law as to bis responsibility,
for between the years or aeven and lour
tnnn It. la a rilanutRii nnhit whether a per
son can be responsible for crime. The
circumstances of the case were re
markable, as' had been the boy'a life
and cburactcr, alnoe birth,-' Before
he was three, years old ne was
very iickJyjMiuJ wn i aot expected t
live for a long time. At five years old he
exhibited remarkable characteristics; he
' was discovered oil One occasion inflicting
Cruelties on a cat, and there were many
Instances where ho showed peculiar traits
of character. It bad"1een the endeavor
of his mother to bring him up properly,
and, aside from the peculiarities exhib
ited, he was a good boy. In August,
1871, he was very sick with pneumonia,
since which time he has acted strangely,
and seemed to delight in human suffer
ing. The boy cannot control his feel
ings, and lie thinks himself that no child
would be safe wlion in his hands.' The
counsel claimed that Pomoroy was in
sane, and that the act committed by him
was that of an irresponsible person.
During the progress of the trial, which
commenced last Monday, there has been
the most intense public. Interest mani
fested. The evidence was all In yester
day, and to-day has been reserved for the
arguments for and against the prisoner,
the charge of the Court and tlie verdict
of the jury. '
The case was given to the jury at about
half-past five this afternoon, and after
deliberating until nearly eleven o'clock
this evening they came in with a verdict
of guilty of murder in the first degree,
with a recommendation to mercy. The
young prisoner manifested no feeling
whatever when the dread decision was
pronounced, but bis mother wept vio
lently. Although the public is satisfied
with the verdict there is nevertheless a
popular disappointment, as it was gener
ally believed that tho defense of insanity
would be maintained by the jury. There
has been great excitement all the even
ing pending the deliberations of the Jury,
and all the public resorts In the vicinity
of the Court-House have been filled wltli
crowds anxiously " waiting for the verdict."
Lynching of a Des Moines Murderer.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 15.
Monday afternoon, in the District
Court of Des Moines, Charles Howard
was sentenced for life in the State Peni
tentiary for the murder of John John
son, in this city, in June last. This morn
ing at three o'clock some 600 Vigilantes,
with their faces blackened, surrounded
the Jail, overpowered and bound the
jailer hand and foot, and took his keys,
and then overpowered in the same
manner the Deputy Sheriff and
the special guard of five men who had
been detailed by the Court to guard the
prisoner. Unlocking the doors, they
found their way to Howard's cell, where
he was in bed with his wife, the latter
being now under Indictment as acces
sory to the murder. The woman, see
ing them coming, threw herself over
the" breast and her arms about
the neck of her husband; but she
was soon thrown off and a rope
placed about Howard's neck, when lie
was immediately jerked out of bed, six or
eight Vigilantes leading him with the
rope. At the door some twenty more
took hold of the rope and he was
dragged, with no clothing on but an
undershirt, through the hall, down the
steps and out through the Court-House
yard, the jail being in the basement
of the Court-House, and hung to a lamp
post at one of the gates. The whole
thing did not occupy fifteen minutes.
They stayed near the body about five
minutes," when they separated. The
night was very dark and they were soon
out of sight; when the policeman
reached the body life was extinct.
It is supposed that the lynching Was
done by three anti-horse-thief societies
in the county, aided by unknown parties
in this city, but nothing definite has been
decided yet.
The excitement which has led to this
foul result has been growing for some
time, several mysterious murders having
been committed here recently seven in
the space of four years.
The trial of Howard was protracted
and exciting, and the jury, being -out for
nearly four days, finally compromised on
a verdict of murder in the second degree.
It was feared Howard would be lynched
last Friday night, the jury not then hav
ing agreed ana it being, generally
thought they would agree to disagree.
But precautions were taken to prevent
it then and on Saturday morning the
verdict was returned. On Monday after
noon he was sentenced, and Judge Max
well imposed upon him the extreme rigor
of the law imprisonment for life.- Every-
body bere in the city seemed satisfied,
and the lynching fell-non the city to its
surprise and horror. But Howard's
behavior during . the reading of the
sentence, laughing in the face of the
Judge and receiving his doom with
firmness, and his attempt to smuggle a
revolver into the court-room for the pur
pose, avowed afterward, of shooting the
Judges as he was delivering - the sen
tence; his boast that he would escape
from the Penitentiary before six
months and return here to- kill all
who had appeared against him in the
trial, and the appeal of his case to the
Supreme Court, reached the ears of the
Vigilantes last night ana tne result was
as stated above. 1. .
The whole proceeding is most bitterly
felt by the citizens here, and. the perpe
trators are denounced in most unmeas
ured terms. A large meeting of citizens
passed a resolution to this efiect this af
ternoon. .
Answers to Correspondents.
Pancake To yure long letter ov three
pages and two postcripts, in which yu
ask me if horse-trotting and horse-racing
haz improved the breed of horses. I an
swer out loud, I don't think it haz.
No man kan prove to me that the horse
kan plow more land, draw more, stun to
one load, or travel faster on less feed,
than he could sixty-five years ago. ,
' If he kan't prove this he kan't prove
that horse-racing haz been ov enny ad
vantage to borate or to men.
Speed that yu kan't use, only to gamble
with, iz the same kind ov improvement
that marked kards and loaded dice are
over the old plan.
I like sports ov most kinds, but I insist
upon calling them bi their right names.
V&i naoat. 1 sena yu Di to-aay s post
the following sayings for yure album. I
hope they will meet yure views and
make yu feel better:
' " Az long uz a man can escape death
he allwus fears it.
" When it is fair weather don t fail to
take an umbrellcr With yu. When it
rains do just as yu plcaze about it.
(N. U. An old Shaker told me this
long ago.)
" Wine quite often makes a man a
crate bore, and when it does he is the
most nauseating dose we are obliged to
take. . 1 ' ,
"The 'ded sure things' Is' what hat
allwusB beat the world. '
"I never knu a man who allwuss lived
bl takine the chances but when he cum
to dio bad to be buried at sumboddy
else's expense.
" Whisky makes a grate tnenny wlze
men to-day and phools to-morrow.
" Knowing men understand that whisky
ain't judgement. 1
"MnHt. everv liorldv thinks that thev
are ov grate consequence in this world,
but the fakt iz that when the mostov
them cum to die they slip out ot life as
noiseless az a rat into biz hole, an nobod
dy knows and noboddy karea whare they
bavwentto.
"Awkwardness lz allv, as an evidence
to me ov sum kind ov merit.
"Genius sec in a Daratrraff what the
man ov tallent wants a page and a naff
to tell in."
Than iz one thing lucky about Iti
those people who git snubbed the most
are the ones who kan stand it the best.
Joth Billing, in N. Y, Weekly.
Good Shot.
Last week Mr. David Swing, of ' Cas
cade, concluded that he wonld demolish
a few hundred ducks and geese who had
contracted the habit of squatting In his
corn field. He had no gun, so he stepped
over to Mr. Smith's, his neighbor Just
opposite, and borrowed one.' Mr; 8vwng
was a believer In the time-honored taax
im, " nut in plenty of powder and drive
the pellets hard it you would kill,'; and
so he took that gun and proceeded to
load it. He first measured out. a handful
of powder and poured it in each barrel,
then added another handful for'" ffod
measure. Somo of the powder piUed
out and he inverted his flask and
held It over the muzr.le for a tnlnate or
two. Then he rammed down anewspa
per into each barrel and followed up
those with an awful charge of shot. 'Two
more newspnpera went down lve,svlty
and then tho charge was complete. Thus
prepared Mr. Swing started out. but the
ducks and geese had evidently Teceived
a premonition of -what was in store for
them;' hone were to be fouJ, and: very
sadly and very much disgusted r Mr.
Swing returned the gun to its owner.aIn
half an hour after the latter saw a tre
mendous flock of ducks pitch down In a
fiond hardly fifty yards distant from the
ence back of his Darn. Ho crawled ip
very cautiously to the fence, restsd :Jiis
gun upon the lower rail, took dead aim
and pulled the trigger. What followed
immediately after Mr. Smith does ot
distinctly remember. He has a dirrt rec
ollection that he crawled up to "sboot
some ducks; that he was In the act of
pulling something when an explosion
took place that shook the country for
miles, and rattled the bells in the church
steeples. When Mr. Smith came to lie
found himself in the front Toom, stir
rounded by an anxious circle of friends
while the doctor wae feeling his pulse.
The fence was blown away entirely,
likewise one side of Mr. Smith's ( face,
while the gun has not been found. One
hundred and five ducks were killed out
right, and shot enough was deposited in
the edjoininflelds to start a lead mine.
Smith's ears are still ringing with the re
port, but he swears that Swing's ears will
ring still louder as Boon as he is able to
use his crutches. Swing believes 'that
there is trouble brewing and is ready to
sell out his arm und Join the grasshop
per sufferers of Nebraska. Dubuque Her-atd.
"Catching a Bob."
Yesterday afternoon when Mrs.
Blaine, of Fifth street', asked the doctor
if her boy Samuel would live, the doctor
looked very serious and replied:
" He may, and if be does he will know
more than ever before."
Samuel is aged thirteen, and since the
snow came he has been engaged in
"catching a bob," as the boys call it
when they jump on a farmer's eleigh.
He was over on Fourth street yesterday
when a farmer's team came along with
a hay-rack, and Samuel took a seat on
the "binder." He rode a short distance
and then let go and stepped into the coils
of a rope dragging behind, and before
he knew what was up he was dragging
ulong through the slush. He gave an
awful yell as he realized his situation,
but the farmer lost his hearing years
ago, and sat on his seat as stiff as a Car
diff giant, while the horses ambled along
at an even pace. 1 ' ! "
"Whoop! Hay! Say, you! Oh! mur
der!" yelled Samuel, as the slush ran ap
his pantaloons and his back was raked
on the knobby street, but , the farmer
was thinking of home, sweet home, and
he didn't reply. "You,, there! Whoop!
Hi! Ho! G rash us and' blazes!" roared
Samuel, as he slid on his back and side
and felt his coat going over his head.
The farmer drove up Fourth to La
brosse, and then went west, and there
wasn't a hub or pond of water that Sam
uel Blaine didn't find. Sometimes he
was on his back, and then be would glide
for a while t'other side up, and be Kept
up a yelling which made people run to
the windows. Some boys observed hfs
situation, but they thought It was a new
kind of way to " catch a bob," and .thtiy
j elled : " Bully for Samuel Blaine!".
" Say ! I'm being drawed to death stop
yer bosses!" shtuted Sam; but tlie
farmer was thinking of n grave -on hc
hill-side, and he never turned his head.
A man stopped on the walk and yelled :
"Say! you've got a boy there!" but
the farmer nodded his head and kept on.
Finally, as he turned into Eighth street
and headed for Michigan avenue, he
looked around. Seeing Samuel coming
up behind, rolling over , and overbt.be
thought the boy was trying to catch on,
and he put the " bud" to his horses'and
went three blocks further and drew! tip
at a grocery. -co
When they discovered the boy's situa
tion they said it would take forty pounds
of glue trf mend him up, and one man
advised killing him at once so as to save
Mrs. Blaine a doctor bill, but wiser coun
sel prevailed and they carried him home.
His mother couldn't recognize .liim at
first; she said ther Wouldn't " pass tfiat
mud and slush bedraggled ' fornf oft Oh
her as her beloved Samuel j - hat when
finally convinced that it was he she dug
the snow out of hia ears and wailed..-?
"Oh! Samuel, why did you try to
catch a bob?" Detroit Fret Prest. '
A California Girl.
The Atlantic papers sometimes tell us
of a farmer's daughter who raked hay
with a horse, or drove, a mowing-ma
chine; but I think that California an
boast of as noble a girl aa any. of them.
A French girl, eighteen years of age, has
hauled cord-wood, two trips a day, five
miles, averaging a cord and three-quarters
to a load, over a .rocky- nd moun
tainous Toad, with four heavy horses,
nearly every day of tne past summer.
She is usually the first one on thC'road
in the morning, and frequently -the last
one at n ight. She sits high up on her spring
scat, with her whip and tour lines in ner
hands and her foot on the brake, manag
ing her team Ovith as much ease as any
man. ller voice ana appearance are en
tirely feminine, and she is of medium
size. She is always accompanied by bur
father, who lifts the heavy sticks, but can
neither drive a team nor speak much
English. Her welUfitting, dark calico
dress, ber calfskin Iaced-boots, her black,
broad-brimmed, palm-leaf hat, and her
long buckskin gloves all seem to be well
selected and fitted to her business. . Her
brown hair bangs in two neat braids over
her shoulders. She is usually more or
less dusty, but it can be Been that it is
only the dust of that day. Wlio&. sho
passes through tho streets Bhe turns her
eyes neither to the right nor the left, and
seldom speaks to anyone unless she is
spoken to or has business with them.
Sutter Creek Cor. Sacramento Union.
Sit Set, Lay and Lie.
1 .
The two words "Bit" and "set" are
too often mistaken for each other. When
a grammar-class is asked, for the first
time, if it is right to Bay " hens set," the
"court sets, one-half of them, perhaps,
will vote one way and the other half the
other. The court means the Judge or
Judges; the Judge sits, court sits, the
jury sits, hens sit, birds sit. "Setting
henV is wrong; hens are not " setters" or
pointers.- Bet requires an objective case;
we set a chair, but we sit in it. There
is a similar difficulty in the use of " lie"
and " lay." In families whose hens " set"
everything "lays," and all "lay abed."
The quoted words are wrong. Lay means
to place, and requires an objective, as
" the hen lays eggs." " Now I lay nie."
We should say the book lie on the table ;
he lie abed ; lies low ; everybody lies, if
you please, but .nobody lays unless be
baa aomettiihg to lay. : .'. : j ..
There Is a young lady In town who la
" engaged" to a young man who baa
more hair and eomely looks than money.
She says after they are married she
wants to live in a house that has no win
dows. She has heard that when pov
erty cornea in at the door love flietut
of the window. Better have a house with
no doors. Norriatoum Herald. '"
It's easy enough to be contented with
your lot if the price of land is rising and
yo' bought it cheap. .