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VOLUME VII.
NUMUER11.
OIIILLICOTIIE, LIVINGSTON CO., MISSOURI. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 1,1883.
CURRENT TOPICS.
Tiik Chinoso exclusion law has given
an impulse to Japanese emigration to
California.
Tjikkk Is a standing roward of $?,Q00
in Nebraska for llio discovery in Unit
elate of a paying vein of coal.
Tiik bi-cuntenni.il celebration of
Texas is being discussed. Waco is
-iniiiir forward as a candidate for the
locution.
Kivk millions of tho $11,000,000 de
posited in too Amoskeag Savings bank
in KahosUr, N. 11., belong to the
mill operatives.
'r is faid that a thousnnd Mormon
converts will leave Ck.ittatioogn.Tenu.,
next month for Utah. They aro from
ilill'orent parts of tho south.
It costs $15,000,000 a year, in round
figures to maintain our naval estab
lishment", thoro being about 16,000 per
sons on tho pay-rolls, of whom moro
thuii 2,000 aro ollieors, 9,000 enlisted
men and boys, and tho remainder
civilians omployod as mechanic.
:lcrks, etc.
Jonathan Davis was a bachelor of
f", ami Elizabeth Klyott a maiden of
i't. They Iml lived ill tho s-.uuo county
in Georgia nil lliusu years, but thoy
met for tho lir.st liiuo at an evening
parly last wuck. U was a case o! lir.-d
love at first sight on both sides. Jona
than proposed, and they wore married
thou and there.
Tiiichk is an orange treo on the
.-grounds of Jacob Sohram, of St. He-
Sena, Cal., on which several hundred
(ranges aro growing. One of these i.-
ivo incites in diameter, and the tree
presents tin unit-nilly line ai d iroliiie
appearance. It was raised by Mr.
Sehrnni fniKi a seedling planted by
himself some ten years ago.
Tlliii.K is a s.-l ion just out.-ide the
penitentiary walls, in Columbus, ).,
wilh a sig.i which i a ciirio.uly in
itself. Approaching the gat , the un-
'forlunaio culprit read-: "Last place
to get schooner lieiir." Cjinin.' from
the prison, llio liberated convict lias
staring him in llio face the words,
J-'irst pla !0 to get .schooner bei-r."
Tun first cotton factory in California
!is to bo erected in Alnn-da county.
'Tho company's cipital is .fiiiM.O K).
Alostof the eotton is In be transported
from Texas, but ultimately i-uut'iorn
California will, it is expected, supply
all the cotton needed. The widow ot
(Jul. .Strong, the lir.-t cotton raiser in
California, lias grown IHO bales on hir
ranch lids year
Surni t'Aimi.iN 's railroad com
liiissiou itas reduced fares to such n
point that the railroad companies can
not atlord lomake a second-class rale,
and hence the negroes, The Charleston
News says, "insist upon crowding into
first-class cars with the whites." The
News proposes "reserved .scat cars,
which llio chivalry may use by paying
nn extra dollar or two.
A BiiAmi.sni.im peasant not Ion;
ngo found a largo eagle eating the ear
cass of a dog. lie shot the bird, which
was black, with white shoulders. On
its left foot was a old ring, on which
worn out tho letters, still visible, "H.
Ks. o. k.," underneath which was llio
word "Kporjes," and on the o'her side
tho date, "10, 9, lt)27." Ejiorj-s is a
town in upper Hungary.
Ke11:I!MKYEU AMI GlKliltEKO, who
nro trundling wheelbarrows across the
continent for a purso of $2,000, started
from San Francisco on tho 7th iust.
Their tinio of starting was entered on
their books there and their books ore
to bo stamped in every postollico that
they pass. Tho two will I ravel to
gether to Cheyenne, and then each will
tako whatever route he may choose.
Thoy expect to report at tho Now York
city postolli.o about tho middle of
March next.
In Tkxahkana, tho town lying part
ly in Texas and partly in Arkansas,
tho marshal for tho Texas and tho mar
shal for tho Arkansas side were sent
out to arrest a drunken man. It ap
pears that he was lying across tho state
lino, bin head in Texas, tho feet in
Arkansas. Kach marshal argued for
jurisdiction, mid finally tho Texan won,
ou the ground that tho head was tho
unending party, ns the legs did not in
tend to get drunk, and had no part in
doing what suporindueod intoxication.
Wukn Ilia Texas legislature assem
bles in extra session to legislate upon
fouco-cutting, tho members may profit
by reading tho following from The
Houston Ago: "Capt. Itobort E.
Stafford and Capt Joioph Davis have
immense bodioi of laud Inclosed for
pasture, and neither of thorn has over
had a fenoo cut or any trouble with
smaller cattlo-owners. Thoy nevor
fenoo in any land but their own. They
do not ovon fence in all that belongs to
them. Whon they aro inoloslng pasture
grounds they always leave alUtlo land
and water on tho outside for their
neighbors' oattle tograie on."
Baton Rouoe, La., has an old
nogro who claimi to bo over 10C years
old. In early life he was a slave and
servant of Don Carlos do Grandpro, tho
Spanish governor of Wost Florida, and
aooompanied the Spanish troops, as a
body-servant of his young mnstor, to
and fro botwoon Pensaoola and Mobilo
and tho tort at Baton Rouge. lie was
in the service of Don Louts do Grand
pro, son of tho governor, and com
mandor of the Spanish forces, at tho
tlmo of the capture of Baton Rouge
fort by the filibusters under Gen.
I'bilomon Thomas, at which timo bis
young mastor was killed. The old
man's namo Is Noel Porry. Ho is very
active and hw Rood memory,
TUB SILKST HOI K.
ONI.T.
Only a word for the Matter,
Lovingly, quietly ald ;
(inly a went,
Yiit W e Master heard,
And some falutico; hearts were fid.
Only a louk ot rein uistrancr,
Sorruwllll, gentle, anil dien;
( liity a look,
Yet tbu btrotiL? mmi buhO",
Aud he went alone to weep.
Only some art of devotion,
Wl'lliigly, Joyfully done;
".Surely 'twas naught,"
(3 i the liroit'l wond thought,)
But yet eouls for Christ are won.
Only an hour with the children
rieasantly, clicci fully given;
Yet seed whs' town
In tlm'. hour alone,
Which would hrlng forth fruit frcin heaven.
"Only" hat .!cu Is looking
Constantly, tenderly, down
To earth, anil Bees
Those who str.vo to please,
And their lovs he loves to crown.
6'Miiin.
HOW FRED WON lUS BltLDE,
BY OI.OA A. COI.KUAN.
Timo, moro than ono hundred years
ago; place, llio homo of air. Hahlwin,
mm of the earliest settlers of Central
New York.
It was a long, low house, tho base
ment of which was built of rough
stones, while tho upper portion con
sisted of framework, ending in a rather
wide, yet also very sleep gnhlo roof.
In the reai of the house was tho gradu
ally inclined hill with lis scattered
trees, Hie outpost of the dense woods
that crowned its .summit, Below the
hoit-o, however, were meadows through
wiiicb the Mohawk River Howe I in sil
very, serpent-like curves, while over
this whole charming landscape picture
was a iky as bluo as that of blessed
Italy.
Walking leisurely along tho path
which led from the meadows to the
house, was Margaret, Mr. Baldwin's
only child, who, with her open counte
nance, her .sparkling blue eyes and gold
en hair, was a most beautiful girl,
whose equal could not be fonnd In the
whole valley; as bright as the morning,
wiili a hiippy heart like the merry birds
that warbled ill the trees, she tripped
along with a pail of foaming milk in
each hand, singing one of her favorite
songs.
".Margaret," called a genllo voice,
and the robust Hguro of Sirs. Baldwin
appeared in the doorway; "Margaret,
your father wishes to speak with you."
The song died away on Margaret's
lips, and a shadow crossed the sunny
face of the girl. With a sigh she hand
ed tho milk nails to her mother, ami
entered the house.
in his private room, seated before llio
lire it was a cool October morning
was Mr. Baldwin, a well-nourished
figure, lie removed his pipe, bowed
ihililierontly to the morning greeting
i.f his daughter, mid then said in an
abrupt manlier: "Sit down. Why did
you act so riulo toward John Martin
yosleiihiy while shelling corn?'1
A deeper red sull'used Margaret's
checks as she answered: "1 was not
rude. Who lias accused ino of il?"
"Martin himself. He came here late
last night and angrily complained that
you had refu-ed lo dance with him."
"1 could not do it, because I had al
ready promised another- cousin Fred."
Mr. H ildwiii frowned.
"A girl," said lie, "must dance with
her bridegroom-elect, if bo rcipie.ls
her to ilo so."
Margaret answered haughtily, "Who
suys that John Martin is my bride-rtlln-e!ecf:,"
"I say so," replied Mr. Baldwin in
an angry tone.
"H it I can not lovo him, father!"
pleaded the girl, trying to restrain her
tears.
"And why nol? Is ho not a hand
some young man, and ho will also be
come rich, for bis father owns tho
largest and best tract of land in tho
valley. Only lot me tell you that
throe score girls would accept him
with great joy."
"Lot thorn have him," answered tho
girl snappishly, "I don't want him."
"And I know why,1' continued hor
falhor in an irritating manner. ' It is
only beeauso you aro in lovo with your
cousin Fred. Fare ham the foul!
Foolish girl! What is ho more than a
dreamer, who kills time by making
rhymes day and night, or sits over
pots and kotths like a woman; who
continually broods over chemistry,
science and such useless things; who
infects the houso with tho smell of his
gasses and sputtering niix'tires! Ii
were belter that betake care of hiiuself,
othonviso tliu pooplo will regard him
as ono who meililles with sorcery ami
the like, and will treat him ns the peo
ulo do with sorcerers in tho oastern
colonies. And what does he expect to
aecomplisli ny an tlnsr djcs ne lliinK
of finding the stone of tho wiso men
with which everything can be turned
into goldP l'laguo tako tho lazy, good
for nothing fellow."
"Tho prophet has no nuthority in
his nativu laud!" answered M irgaret
quietly. "Fred, ranks high among
men of genius. Kven lionjamin Frank
lin, whom yon yoursolf acknowledge to
ho n wiso and patriotic man, writes to
Frud. as an equal, and consults his
views and opinions!"
"Bali! Franklin accomplishes smoo
thing more besides his chemical experi
ments. He is ever ready to stand up
ami ueiemi ins c jiintry wnen it is m
danger."
"And Fred., too. But as you well
know, ho has yet hardly recovered
from tho tever. Mr. Stanton, the
doctor, says it is not advisable for him
to return to his regiment for two weeks
at least, if ho does not caro to export,
enee a relapse."
"Yes, 1 know thai!" answered Mr.
Baldwin, half aloud. "But," con
tinned bo in passion, "if this wero not
the Doctor's order, I would dispatch
tho philosophor, togothor with his on
tiro efleots, his aoids, gases and wbo
knows what else, through the door, al
though bo be my oousln s son. And I
tell you, Margaret, you will yet bo
Martin's wife. My word Is law in my
house!" emphasized the old man, and
puffed several strong draughts from
his pipe into the room; whereupon be
arose ana left ine room witn Heavy, re.
verberatinar steps.
Marearut stood there, dejected and
almost despairing. It was as her father
had said his word was law in the
house. Still, although she had always
been an obedient child, hor heart was
now In wild rebellion against the tnr
riblo conclusion. John Martini How
she despised the young, conceited offi
cer with his awkwarcf bearing. "Oh,
I hate him!" sho eried out, in passion
ate agitation.
"WhomP not me, I hope, dear Mar-
naretl" spoke up a ploasant voice.
while a shadow fell on tho floor of the
room, upon-which the sunbeams woro
dancing morrily.
Margaret looked up, oolorod deeply
an4wHh ) charming smile uppn tier
lips. A tall, manly form stood before
her, and a pair of dark eyes full of ten
derness of expression met her own.
rrcil., is it youp Ami out uiivauv,
so onrly. in tho morning! That is not
wiso in you, especially after last evou
ing's excitement."
"O, l nm stronger than vou believo,
and therefore I shall join my regiment
again to-morrow. Hut tell me, whence
comes the little cloud that has settled
ou your pretty face this beautiful morn
ing." In a fow hasty words sho related to
him the conversation sho had with her
father. Fred's brow darkened,
"Ho belioves mo to bo nn idler, a
droamcr, Is that it? And considers
this young officer who lias noVer smelt
gunpowder, and only promenade
around with clattering sword on re
view days, to bo worthier than myself
to be his son-in-law? Well, all right;
we shall see. For my pnit, now. Here,
tako these fish, which I caught this
morninir, Margaret, mid then fetch me
your father's gun. Aro they loaded?"
"1 do not think so. lint why do you
want them, Fred., surely not to injure
father or young Martin?" nskod the
young girl in a frightened and appre
hensive tone.
Fred laughed. "Oh, no! But this
morning 1 saw traces of an Indian
moccasin down below in tho marsh of
tho river, and although we have vet re
ceived no warning, it is wiso to tic ore.
pared, ion Know that licncral Scliuy.
ler has repeatedly summoned us settlers
on the MoliawK to bo conitintly watch
ful, as we might at any moment be at
lacked by our enemies who swarniover
from Canada. 1 met your futncr as 1
was coming up the path and told him
what I had sccn. "lie--" Fred stopped
siiddcdh ; and an expression of mingled
angeriind slyness llitted across his face
'Ami, ami what ilnl ho sa)f a-ke.l
Margaret eagerly.
"Oh," laughingly answered Fred,
"ho said I shouid go homo and hide
myself, if I were afraid; that John Mar
tiu would come here to-day, and that
this courageous Lieutenant would know
how to protect his brido and her
family."
As dinner-tiino was approaching,
Mrs. lialdwin prepared an unusually
Eood meal ill accordance with her bus-
h-Ainl s orders, and Margarci -obi ying
likewise the comiiiHiids of llin house
hold law-giver had relucted her best
attire, ludced, she looked very pretty
in her short, plain skirt with bine over
drew, the neat, Inee-edged neckerchief
and coiie!tish little cap in her golden
hair. On her lace, however, there w.is
an expression which did not at all con
form with her attire; her eyes w ere red
from crying, and her behavior ironical
and repulsive.
"Martin keeps us waiting very lung
- I wonder whai can d( lain him," said
Mr. Baldwin, breaking the silence. He
looked expectantly out id I he window
and vexaliou-dy resumed his real al
the table. "Uiiilouhltdly an unexpect
ed servico has detained him. Tliere
forii, let us tako dinner 1 have he
me real hungry. Where is F red?"
lie inquired with a frown.
1 Id is in Ins room; lie carried up a
piece (d br.-ad and some niiik a short
tinio ago, saving licit was all he w lilt
ed," replied Mrs. Baldwin.
"All ri'ht, we can g"l aiong without
him." was tho angry retort o( her hui
band. ' Colli ', be .-ealed!"
But scarcely were they seated ih.ni
Intnl. heavy fout-teps wcr.i l.ianl.
Siiiue one ran h.irriei'.ly ahmg the path
aim Imrst c.p.ui U:e kileiien iloor. H
was Joan Marlin, his face pale with
flight, ids eyes staring wildly, ami his
clotijes di-arrangeil and covered wita
m ml.
"The Indian-!" heci'icdbrcathles.-.!y,
"tlie Indian-! They are lit my heel.-!
Great ! id! thev viil murder me!"
'Bolt tho do uf called out .Mr. Bald
win, and rose as quickly as his corpu
lence would allow.
Margaret Hew to obey his command.
But, oil! it was too late. A terrible
nouo betrayed that the enemy had al
ready broken into the house.
"Quick! dear John, called Mr.
Baldwin. "Here, take this gun, and I
will take tho other one. We shall sell
our lives as dearly as possible!"
But, overcome with fear mid fright,
the cowardly Liciilouaiit rejeoted the
proffered weapon, and said trembling
ly: ..
"Jo-no gooit, air. mntwin; it will
lo no cood! There aro moro than
three score! We must hideourselves."
'For shame! You will not even do-
fenil your bride?" angrily inquired Mr,
lialdwin oi tho coward.
But without answering this uuestion
the young officer ran into an adjacent
room, where he secreted himself be
hind a great heap of tow and llax.
"The coward!" spoko up Mr. Bald
win, white with rage. "Hnwmistakon
I have been! Margaret, go and
call-"
But just at this moment the door was
carefully opened, and tho copper-colored
faces of the Iudiansappeured, and
then they rushed in. Mr. Baldwin took
aim with his rillu and shot at tho lirst
ono that crossed the threshold. Un
fortunately, however, the shot missed
the intended victim nnd lodged in tho
framework of the door.
With a loud war-whoop the Indians
raised their weapons to return llio tiro.
Right hero something happened, how
over, which prevented them from doing
se. Suddenly the door of an adjoining
room was torn open and two terrible
apparitions presented themselves in
tho doorway. The lirst one was a tall,
ghost-like form, in a white sheet. It
had ono hand raised warningly. The
other ono was a human skeleton, the
hollow oyo cavities of which seemod lo
stare before them in surprise, and
whoso open jaws displayed rows of
sharp teeth. Then suddenly green,
rod and blue sulphurous gnssns filled
tho room, and a voice so hollow and
warning, as if it eamo directly from
tho grave, spoko out in Indian accent:
"Begono, begone, begono, you dogs!
The great spirit commands it!."
With a wild aud frightened ory the
Indians took to their heels; and they
did not conse running even after tbey
had t&fely escaped from this terrible
house, but ran belter-skelter, one over
tho other to the river, as if the devil
and bis whole army were pursuing
thorn.
Tho shoot was then removed, the
skololon fell against tho wall, and with
a hearty laugh F'rod. stood boforo Mr.
Baldwin ami his family.
"Woll, havo not my rases andchom
icals been of somo use tills timo, good
UBcloP" oriod Fred., joyfully. "But
hasten and bolt the door, Margaret, for
inn aovns might oasuy recover from
their fright and roturn. But no, nol"
he called out, after looking out of the
window, "they are already at tho rlv
or's edgo and hasten to get Into their
oanocsl Hal ha! the seonndrols were
splendidly frightened oil' this time! But
whore Is our brave friend, Lieutenant
Martin?"
As if called, the person orawlcd from
out. oi his Dtding-piaco; bis ilue uuh
form was covered with dust and chaff,
aud his face showed nn expression ol
tho greatest dejection.
"Are )oun magician, rred. ram
ham? How did you manage to drive
tlieni away? Great God in heaven!
what is that?" orii d the courageous
lieutenant, and drew back from tho
grinning skeleton.
"Do not bo frighlenod, Mr. Martin,
'hat is only Mr. Bones, whom your
d iclor was so kiud as to !ud mo, be
cause I needed him in my study of the
construction ' the hnmau body."
"But the tiro and smoke?" modestly
inquired Mrs. Baldwin.
"vVore only a few of my 'ga'cs and
chemicals," as my uncle loved to call
them. The facts of tho case, however,
arc these: I was just trying a few ex
periments witli tho same when the
noiso began. And tho thought entered
my mind that I should take recourse
lo Ibis art:"
"Well deno, my boy, you bnvo nol
only saved our lives, but hnve proved
yourself lo bo a wiso and brave man,"
said Mr. Baldwin, nnd concluded by
sajiug: "I am proud of you in the
samo degrco I see niysoll" ho cast a
meaning, contemptible glance nt John
Marlin, who was cleaning his uniform
with the assintalice of Mrs. Baldwin
deceived In another. And now be
seated, dear Fred!" continued Mr.
Baldwin, after a short pause, "be seat
ed at tho table, and, indeed, beside
Margaret. I will separate you no
more."
Infant Urines anil lroml.
reek Sim
Within tho past six months (he press
has been called upon tochronbh -core
of marriages of girls in their Icons to
men in their second childhood and in
oneca-othe bride was sixty-live and
Ihegro.iiu nineteen. 'J'hu ages of the
parties in a maj irity ot the nb-iird
unions recorded have averaged seven
teen years. Probably (ho most inter
esting case of these latter marriages
was tlmt of a Washington youth. His
father was an employe in the navy yard
of that city. The boy became fully
convinced that "it Was nol good fur
man to be alonr" and d'spairingof
having a rib laken from his side while
asleep and Waking to fin I a fair-haired,
bluo eved partner near by he proceeded
after the latter day method and pro
cured a marriage license, married his
girl, and took her to his father's house,
i'hclallvr part is in accord lo the cus
tom of the country. But he hardly x-
peeled so warm a r-.veptiuu as he re
ceived. Entering the house he intro
duced his wifcio herf itheraud mother-in-law.
They were, of course, tir
priM'd and the oid geidleiii-iit went out
io meditate, lie concluded Ilia' he
didn't want lo support Iwo families.
He was a very practical man. lie
found ag'.od hull and returning asked
the bride lo retire w hile he held a con
sultation with the groom. S in had no
more than lefl the house when a sound
of deviltry was heard behind her. S'ie
had a slrcmg desire lo see her ma aud
struck a regular J. I. C. gait for home.
In about two minutes the newly n a lo,
infanliie husl and was seen to emerge
from the back door in adreadful hurry,
followed by his father and mother.
I'i'ii father I'll I about two feet of the
lalh in his hand and seemed very
'inxi'ins In wear it up on the basement
sect ion of the groi mi's pantaloons The
ino'hi r equal to tho ocea-ioii and real
i::ing her position as a helpmeet to her
husband, was playing an iicc.mipani
nii nt in greet style with a clap-hoard.
This was kep up for two blocks wln n
tlie gro nn seeini d lo suddenly get a
fre-h iinpul.-c and so n di-taiieed his
father and mother who returned to
lli' ir hiimo feeling that they he.d done
their duty and done it w.-ll. The groom
.vent lo 1 1 i s bride's parents, w here he
was received as one returned from tho
grave. While all things are not as the
newly wedded had hoped for, nnd not
up to tho average dim" novel on such
subjects, yet it is hoped they will not bo
in the divorce courts inside of the next
year asking for a separation. If the
example of this H ashuiglon f ither and
mother is followed by fathers and
mothers generally, wu would soon have
less puppy lovo iionsenso in tho conn-
The iinro or the Kyaa,
Cnrlrr'H "tioml nml Unit KyilKln."
The man who would prcscrvo the
full integrity of his functions to a rino
old ago must avoid excesses of every
description, and must endeavor to em
ploy the higher faculties of his mind
somewhat moro energetically than is
now always customary. A tuno comes
to every one when the physical powers
begin to decay, nnd then, unless the
brain has been kept active and 10-
cipient by oxercise, lliero is nothing
Iclt to live, and the man perishes, w u
say that bodied of gout, or over-eating,
or oi noun disease, or ot Kidney dis
ease, or of tho failure of the particular
organ which was the first to exhibit
symptoms of tho approaching end. In
reality ho has died of stupidity, artifi
cially produced by neglect of the
talents with which ho was endowed.
That which is true of tho organism ns
a whoto is trim also of its purls; and
tho oyos, among othors, archest treated
by an amount of systematic use which
preserves the tone of their muscles and
tho regularity of their blood supply.
Tho aeuteness of sight, moreover, is in
a grcat degrco dependent upon the
mental attention habitually paid to
visual impressions; nnd I have often
observed this aeuteness to bo below
tho natural average in agricultural
laborers who, if able in.some sense to
read, wero not in tho habit of reading,
and who were not accustomed to look
carefully nt any small objects. I have
even had reason to think Hint tho wives
of such mon were indebted lo their
household needle-work for the main
tenance of a higher standard of vision
than that of their husbands; and I have
no doubt that idleness of tho eyes, if I
may use such an expression, is in every
way hurtful to them, aud that proper
and varied employment is ominently
conducive to their preservation in
beauty and efficiency.
Maryland t tba Front.
The Hon. Oden Bowie, Ex-Governor
of Maryland, President of the Balti
more City Passenger Railway Co., also
President of the Maryland Jockey Club
says: "Both in my family and in my
rivato stables, as well as those of the
ity Passenger Railway Co. I have for
several yoars usod St. Jacobs Oil most
satisfactorily." . Suoh a statemont
ought to oonvlnce ovory render of this
paper.
Nathan Maddox, colored, went to the house
of Austin Thorpe, on Troublcsomo creek,
Breathitt county, h, and on tntrrlnff woi
ordered out by th owner. He obeyed, but
on getting outatdo he turned and tired at
Thorpe, the hall taking effect In his bowels,
killing him Instantly.
Wai.tkruoko, 8. C. Col. A. L. Campbell,
1 Urown Iroji l)lteri with Rood rcsu W
rol.Vd.l.MOLS MAlUtlAUKS.
low Tlier Are Mnile-The Keconu or
lloulile Uiiurtnhlii.
SnltLskc l.elt'-r lu CliU'H.o Nrwa.
The superintendent of tho groat co
operative store has told mo how he
contracted a polygamous marriage and
I will try to repeat his story as nearly
as I can just as he gave it to mo. H is
after dinner in llio old Townsend
House and in the vcrv same room oc
cupied by Ailimus Ward many years
ago. The superintendent sits in an
arm-chair and talks, while I lean for
ward Interested moro than I can tell.
Our cigars aro unlit.
"Ion have asked," bo says, "nbou'
tho lonrt.ihip for a second marriage,
and whether the suitor works ovor his
old love letters, Improves on his old
incihods, and whether, being a mar
ried man himself, ho proceeds more
boldly, or in tho light of a new affec
lion liliishus, stammers and hosilates
as in his callow days. Well, I am go
ing lo tell you my ownexperience."
He is nn Englishman, and I pass the
claret jug, which he lifts and then bo
gins: "You sec, I was a Mormon In Eng
land before I camo here. In fact, I
was born a Mormon. In lmjn, when
quile a hid, I came to Salt Lake ('ity
and got a position in tho stores. Brig
ham Young took a fancy to mo and
advanced mo very rapidly, and in a
few years ho was cashier, at a salary
of iiuit a month. About that time I
met my first wife, herself tho child of
a polygamous marriage and a stanch
believer in polygamy. After a short
courtship, in which there was romance
onougli to make it interesting, wo were
man led. You call readily understand
that lit the time I was more interested
in making myself a position than in
anything else. I don't mind saying
that I was, if ii'itopposedio polygamy,
at least not an advocate of it, nnd' I
never deemed it a possibility that I
Would marry a second wife. We had
two children and my wife did do every
thing to aid me and lo make our home
happy. She was successful, too, and 1
have never forgotten it either.
"One evening wo wero at a party,
and 1 saw there the preltie.-t and most
n'traetivc girl 1 ever saw in my life. I
was dead struck upon her before I
knew ii. nnd I went around trying to
get an introduction to her. 1 didn't
succeed, but finally I came lo my wife
and it'ket! who that girl was. She says:
Thai's Belle Wells, daughter of Gen
eral Wells, the Mayor of Si.ilt Lake.'
'Well,' says I, 'I want an introduction
lo her,' My wife says: 'Sue's my oldest
and best friend. 1 will secure you the
iiili'odiielion.' She did, and Miss Wells
made sueli an impression on me as no
woman ha I cv. r donv before.
Bui il di'ln'l .-lop. We did't see each
other for some days, but I was really
vi ry much distn smhI, and sho was,
loo. for n few days afterward.-. Mrs.
Wells herself, one of live wives, and
Belle's mother, came to tho store to see
me. 'Wnat's iho matter with you and
Belle?' s;ns --he. I told In r nothing
that 1 knew of. 'Well, she's sick and
wants in see you.' -All right,' says 1.
I veil! go and .-co In r.' 1 went up to
the house and found Hello in bed, vi ry
I a'e and sicl. looking. Now, you could
icive eut bels of a thousand to one
rigid heie in Salt Lake that Belle Wi lis
would never marry in polygamy. She
was oppo-ed to it."
'What did Mm say lo Belle?" I
::-!.. .1.
Well, I forget exactly. I said: 'You
eut ! !' ine. 'No. I didn't send for
i on,' she ivnlieil. Well, you wanted
me I i i-oi'.ie.' -e-id I. 'Yes, 1 did. very
much,' siic replied, nnd in less than
leu minutes w" had ai ringed to be
in. Tried. "
"How did you a-k the q icstion?"
"I really don't remember, but I said
if she wauled to iry it, why, I was wil
ling. So 1 went down stiiTt"
"Did you go into Iho eostneies of
newly ciij aged lovers kis each other
shjlv and then fi rrcntlv, and that good
sort of thing?
Now, yon nevermind. I went down
stairs and I met General Wells and
said lo him, 'General, if you are willing
I'm going I" marry Belle.' 'All right,'
says he; 'you can have her ornny other
daughter' I've got, or as many of
I Ik-iii ns you want.' 'I only want one
of them, says I. 'You had bcttcrthiiik
it over about Belle,' says he. 'This is
only nn infatuation between you and
will din out, and you don't want to
make any mistake at this stage.' I
told him, 'No, it wasn't any infatuation;
it meant business from tho start.' He
sas, 'Go ahead. Bcllo is Highly and
perhaps fickle, but she is a lovely girl
at heart, and perhaps it will turn out
well.' I went back lo Belle and told
lu-r. She a-ked mo to tell my wife.
1 said 1 would, and sho said sho would
call on her the next day. Aftor supper
at home that day 1 says to my wi'e,
abruptly. 'Do yen runiouihnr that Miss
Wells you introduced mo to?' Sho said
sho did. 'Well,' says I, 'I'm going to
marry her.' "
' "Well," I asked in breathless intorost,
"Wiiat did sho say?'"
"She said that she had expected that
I would marry ngain, and whilo sho
would not attempt to deny that the
news was a blow to her, sho was clad
that it was to be a woman sho liked as
well as she did Hello Wells. Then she
said she would call ou her. I told her
B.llo was coming to-morrow. Tho
next afternoon B die camo whilo I was
nt tho store, and tho lw women had a
Icng and satisfactory talk."
"Do you know what passod between
them?"
"No, nny further than that they woro
both satisfied with it."
"Did yon sec Bello often after
ward: ? '
"Yes, nearly ovory day. I took her
and my wife lo the theater together, to
church nnd to ovory placo, nnd 1 called
on hor at frequont intervals, but we
kept postponing the wedding all tho
time It was in the fall wo wero en
gaged, but it wasn't until April that wo
wero married, I was figuring for
some business ndvanoomeut, and was
building somo houses. When every
thing came off as I hoped, we were
married. I furnished two houses ad
joining each other just alike, and we
occupied them."
"Did vour first wlfo go to the wed
ding?" '
'"Certainly."
"And to thorecepllonP"
"Yes. She saw the house was in
ordor for Bi llo's coming."
"Are the two women good friend"
"Like sisters."
"Which do you love the best?"
"Both alike. Whon my busioess en
deavors bore fruit I gave mv first wife
a houso before I gave Belle one. I gave
them both alike. I've fixed them so
they'll havo 2&,000 apiece if 1 should
die."
"How many children have you got?"
"Six by each wife."
"Love them all alike?"
"That's easy to do."
"I'm happy in nijr family, Come
around am dine to-pight; you ill see
oil my children and my first wife
Belle's in the oast now."
I went. I never saw twolvo more
splendid children. Handsome, intelli
gent, nnd, even to the baby, better be
haved than any 1 ever saw before. Six
of thorn addressed the lady of thu house
as auni, six of them called her mamma;
tho husband called her darling. I can
not add to tho interest of this story
further than lo refer to Territorial
Governor Hubbard, of Utah, for its ae
curacy, The governor has told it just
as it was, and whilo ho did not repi at
it to me, he told mo bow I might possi
bly hear it in tho first person. 1 have
written it down as nearly in the narra
tor's words as I can remember.
The Two-cent Stamp.
recki Sun.
The new two-cent stamp has a pie
luro of George Washington which is
not as beautiful as tho one on the old
green three-cent stamp that wo had all
learned to love and revere so. The old
pictiiro represented George's massivo
forehead perfectly natural, and the
ean'l-tell-a-lie expression is familiar to
all. But tho now stump, the color of a
hrindle cow, makes Washington look
like a narrow-headed crank, with Indi
gestion, Tho firm mouth is lucking,
nnd the picture looks ns though he not
only could tell n lie, but gloried in his
shame. He looks as though, instead of
being the father of his country, he had
just been convicted of being llio father
of twins that wero no relation to him
on the mother's side, and bo had been
sentenced to support them by taking
in stairs to scrub. No young man can
look upon Ibis two-cent hrindle stamp
and look up to Hnd admire George
Washington. There is nothing nbout
the fnco to inspire confidence, nnd if
wo did not know that tho govirnment
could not put a picture of the sainted
Jesse James on a stamp, there would
bo a feeling that Missouri's favorite
son had been made immortal by having
the nmcilnge licked oil tho back side
of his head, where Ford's bullet struck,
by forty million people several times a
day. it is possible Gjorge Washing
lii may be played out ns the front side
of a stamp, in the minds of our rulers,
w hobeli, yo that the picture of a man
who could not tell alio is n constant
menace to the grcat men ol the pres
ent day who can toll lies as easy ns
rolling oil' a log, and that they arc
making his picture a worse looking
one unvU year, hoping tho people will
demand a change, but the time will
never come when any other American
that ever wore hair can take the place
of George nv a postage stamp. Some
of tho latter day statesmen may be
prettier than George, and I hey mny
have more money, ami they may dress
belter, but knowing their weaknesses
as Hie people do they can never put
slumps containing pictures of recent
.-dalesmen on their tongues with that
feeling of safety and veneration wilh
which Ihcy swallow the mucilage from
George. There I as always been a feel
ing that a letter started for its destina
tion, with a green George Washington
stamp on the upper right hand corner
would get there, without much tooling
at way stations, but since the new
hrindle two-cent stamp has been on
duly, there I ns grown tip a feeling that
a letter is liable lo miscarry, anil there
is not that confidence in the postal
branch of the government that there
should be. In ninny cases people con
tinue to iim! the old green stamp, re
gardless oi I he exlra cent's worth, ill
order to show their respect for llic
Din it who loved his country so well
I hal he would not steal it blind. As
lung as this I rindlo two-cent carricaturc
of Washington is allowed to disfigure
the letters that pass through llio mails
no person need send a dunning letter
lo this office expecting that any atten
tion will be paid to it. We are as will
ing as anybody to pay debts, but patri
otic lovo of G. Washington niai.os it
secni wrong to trille with his feelings
try gazing unmoved upon that hiindlc
-tamp. If he hail nny friends left they
would compel llio government to de
sist from injuring his reputation by
that cow colored stamp.
UhnrmliiK Women aud Men In Karneat.
Novnilicr Atlantic.
When it was, all over, my friend
said: "So that is a woman in earnest.
Ilo you suppose it is her earnestness
Hint makes her so unprepossessing?"
This is my plcrplcxity reduced to its
Inst iqiialioii: Was it her earnest
ness? My friend held that it was. "If you
havo observed," said she, "womon
with aims aro always liko that. Thoy
nro too superior to condescend to
mako themselves ngieeable. Besides,
they haven't lime. Then they never
can sco but one side of n question tho
sido they are on. They aro always
dragging their own opinions to tho
front, and always running full tilt
against every ono else's. That is
where they differ most from womon
who haven't purposes and who havo
soen a good deal of tho world. It is
the business of a woman of tho world
to bo agreeable. Sho Bpares no pains
to mnko horself just as good looking
as possible, and just as charming.
And sho is always tolerant. She mny
think you n fool for your beliefs, but
sho doesn't toll you so brutally, or
try to crush you with nn nvalancho
of argument. She trios to look nt the
matter from your point of view; in
short, sho feigns a sympathy, if she
havo it not. Your women with a pur
noso think it wrong to feign anything.
Thoy wont pretonit to bo sympathetic
any'more than they will powder thoir
fncos, or let their dressmaker improvo
their figures. Thai's why they aro so
boring; ihey aro to narrow lo bo sym
pathetic and too conscientious to be
polite II is earnestness that does il;
earnestness is naturally narrowing. It
is earnestness, too, tkat sets their
nerves in a quiver and makes thorn so
restless. They can never sit still; thoy
nro always twitching, don't you know?
That's earnestness. It has a kind ot
electrical effect Women in earnest
have no reposo of manner. But a
woman of tho world feigns that, just
as she feigns sympathy, because tt
makes her ploasant to other people.
Oh, there's no doubt of It; women
with a purpose are vastly better than
other women, but tbey are not near
so nice! '
My own txporience corroborates
my friend's opinions. Women with a
purpose, women in earnest, have a
noticeable look of charm. And I re
gret to say that tho nobility of tbe
purpose does not In the least affect the
quantity ofobarm. Very likely their
buisy lives nnd tho hard fight they
havo had towage with social prejudices
and moral anachronisms may have
something to do with it.
But after making all deductions, I
wonder if my friend's theory does not
hit somowhere near the mark !
Dio Lewis aaya Americas women need lun
shineaml not paint am powder to bporore
1'olar Paelorallona,
Dcmiri'il'fl Monthly for Novintter.
Tho polar problem slill defies man
kind. So far every attempt to reach
iI.a ..nn.af i-,ui,l of ilt f'nrlll liaS TC-
sulted in an iguominous failure As
suutien uosnes ior wo poio mnu vv,
unsuccessful and somolimes disastrous,
a few years since the leading maritime
nations entered into a joint arrange
ment to miiko a simultaneous advance
....... ,I.a ..!. rrmwini from ni'ltlV dif
ferent directions. Tho plan was lo es-
taDlisli colonics 111 low laiuuiioo at uu
feront points, and then advance norlh-
cation and taking advantage of favor-
aide seasons io near mo uesircu gum.
ft,. ITnll..,! Ulutoa viaa tliA Mral lo send
out its expeditions, which were estab
lished at l.auy r rnnniin nay nun i uim
Barrow. Kussia ehoso for her station.
Nova Zombla and tho mouth of the
Lena; England, Fort Bae; Austria. Jan
Mayen Land; Germany, Cumberland
Sound; Hollaud, Dickson Haven; Nor
way, Bossekop; Finland, Sodankyln;
Sweden, Spitsbergen; Italy and the
Argentino Republic were to co-operate
with indepindont explorations. News
now comes that the Dutch expedition
has failed, the Varna having foundered
on July 4th last near Iho island of
Waigalz. The oilier Dutch vessi 1 was
ice-bound. Tho Austrian expedition
reports good progress; so docs the F.ng
lisli party at Fort Hae. The Swedish
station sends favorable news. At the
Finnish outpost some very interesting
discoveries havo been mndo respecting
aurora borualis. Lieutenant Kay's
Amoricaa party at Fort Barrow will
soon bo heard from, but tho relief for
Lieutenant Greeley's party nt Lady
Franklin Bay failed last year, and ha
succocded no belter this year, for the
Proteus was cruslud by the ice, and its
crew hnd to travel a thousand mill s in
hunts before hi ing relieved. The
Yantic, tiio companion vessel, was
driven back by the terrible ice barrier.
It does not ' follow that Lieutenant
Greeley's parly will perish, for their
supplies ought lo last until next sum
mer, ll.amo was abundant al last ac
counts. It isamighly struggle lo solve
the mystery of the pole, but man will
never" bo satisfied until ho knows all
about every square inch of llio planet
IS inhabits.
"I'lly tlie I'-ior lIlllHl."
I'nll Mini 'ijzctit'.
One of the latest reforms which have
taken place in Japan is the degradation
of the "poor blind" from their high es
lato of a privileged class. Unlil q iitc
lalcly two of the most lucrative profes
Hoiis in Japan were confined to the
blind. Ojcoflheso i" the ocupation
of nh iiiiina. or street crier, v. lio walks
up and down in ail the roads nnd pub
lie planes criing the day's prion of a
shampoo. S'lampooit g. it may be re
nuTiced. is not merely an oeci.-ioiial
luxury in Japan, but is resorted to as n
cure for all kindsof ailmenls. Another
favorite specific w ith tlie Jaranc.-e is u
sort, of laiiooing, ami mis cnipioymcni
al.-o il was ciiriousli enough unlawful
for any but a blind man to carry. Be
sides the very tangible advantage.
which these exclusive privileges giv..
them, the worshipful cunpaiiy of the
blind were until quilo lately possessed
of innnv honorary tulcsniul distinctions.
The lowest rani; in their l.ienirchv was
Ihat of the shih'in. who was allowed to
carry two swords nnd to wear ads-
! tine'ive I'r -ss at all cereinn'ites: ihen
' ennie the ,') ", or blind man addieti il
1 to street iiiu-ic, a t pe which i i lei uii
, known ill thu chihU'v. but which we
jlnirdiv hold in so much honor ns did
the Japanese, who lit once ptomoti il
1 any bi-ln, if he showed a knowledge of
harinony, lo the i:nk of t-l n-jn, or
notable person. The n - lit of all this
was that tho pin r blind were often
sonic of the richest men in .1 ipan. nml
the im'f.s were the great money. lend
er-. Amit In r thing which a ided to
their resources was Hie right of de
manding a present whenever Iheie was
a birth or a mur. iage in a family in
their district; perhaps it was thought
fair that they should havo these "un
wedding presents," ns lliay themselves
wero not allowed lo marry until they
reached ono ot tho h;glu r grades of the
hierarchy. All theso restrictions nnd
privileges have now been removed, and
tho familiar cry of "lMy the poor
Wind!" is beginning lo bo heard for the
first time in Japan.
The 1'rnllta of farming-
Twcnt v per cent is a small return for
money well invested in a farm nnd
stock; -f'-'OO for 1,000, or -',000 for
$10,000 is n very common income from
a well conducted farm, and there aro
abundant opportunities for doing bet
tor than that. Many n farmer has
gono wost anil has bought land there
which has paid him 100 per cent for
soveral years, llop-growors, fruit
growers, poultrymen, bee-keepers, and
oven uairymon sometimes rnano iwi
per cent profit, and rarely less than
twouty-fivo or thirty per cent. Let a
farmer sell his tarm lor ifiii.uiiu anil
nut it In n twenty per cent mine, and
got 8:2,000 a year income. He rents a
house, buys ins provisions and hisiuel,
hires a horse or carriago when lie wants
to go out, and nt tho end of tho year
ho will find his ineomeqiiito Insufficient
to keop him in tho comfort he onjoyed
on his farm, while nil the time the mine
is being worked out, nnd somo day ho
is told "llio bottom nas leu out oi u,
and ho finds all his money has fallen
out with tho bottom of his mine. No
certain, sure and permanent invest
ment oxecpt a farm can bo expected to
pay moro than five per cent nowadays
and all abovo that has a proportionate
clemont of ri.-k in it. B it what risk is
there about a farm that is free from
debt? The bottom nover falls out of
that, and one mny securely enjoy il as
long as he lives, and leave it lo bis
childron, knowing that a thousand
years hence tho soil will still bo return
ing its gonorons dividends.
He Went too far.
ArkantawTrivelar
The editor of the Wolfville Hawk
had just writton: "Tho following
from tbe Hat County Blade hits the
nail annaralv nn Ihn hftad." whon a
gentleman entored and remarked:
"nan you ten me mo exiem oi.uie
recent rain?"
"It's general, I think," the editor
replied.
"Ah!" said the gentleman, "I had
often beard of titles in Arkansaw, but
really didn't think you went so far."
The editor looked at the visitor long
and roarohingly. "What do you
moan?" ho at length asked.
"Why, calling the rain general, you
know.1'
It is said that an old spittoon lying
in the alloy has human hair plastered
on it.
The heirs of Sampson H. Morgan, who died
itnrinff the lata war. have brouirht suit to re
cover 800,000 acres bordering Red river, la
Texas, stretching through thirteen eonntlci.
The county seat of Jones couaty II Involved.
The tracti have been extenilvely Improved,
i . ... ' 1
FACT AND FANCY.
A donkey has moro brayin'a than
sense.
Breaches of promise thoso your
tailor didn't bring homo.
A kind husband and a numerous
father is the epitaph now popular in
Utah. , ,, ,
Havens havo been successfully used
instead of carrier pigeons at t'obleuta
on thu Hbine.
Tho juvenile patrons of a candy man
in Chicago nro helping along tho
tombstone trade.
K ich yoar marks a further deelino in
tho number of wearers of peasant cos
tumes in Europe.
A Boston singer who has warbled
for fourioen years recommends raw
oysters for coughs.
B. M. Winters, of Freemont, Ohio,
was re-elected county treasun r, but
died hefi re the polls wire closed.
Two young men in Forsyth county,
Georgia, took out licenses to marry the
same girl, and sho refused them both.
A rat her under-sized, plainly dressed,
smooth-faced man with a conspicuous
nose, is a correspondent's idea of Von
Moltkc.
In a tornado in Mississippi, a tnrtlo
weighing sixiy pounds was blown out
of Fearl river, and landed ill a distant
cotton field.
Italian counts now travelling in this
country should beware of Capo Ct d.
iSo Italians are to be employed on tho
ship-canal there.
When a ca-tlo burns in Scotland tho
si ibbatii'. ians charge it lo divine ven
geance ou the notilo lords who swear
am) li.-di on Sundays.
"FearG id and take your own part
is inscribed on North Dakota's coat of
arms. This entitles c very citizen ton
church pew and a navy six.
The bliie-riblioiiitcs in Kngland MM
four million strong and iho average
annual consumption ol alcoholic drinks
per head of population has fallen from
1 to less than JL'-I.
The mayor ot Dallas, Tex., has pro
claimed Hint ns "everybody is drunk
and gelling drunker" ho will close nil
I he siilooiis and onabio Iho towu to
reach a state of sobriety.
A rumor is iilbuit that cx-l)eieg.ilo
Cannon is to be made head of the .Mor
mon church. Mr. Cannon is a six-ply
husband, but never brought any ol Mrs.
Cannons to Washington.
Tin, sitormw lllll.-l He. OnO of tlll'lll
under a full head of steam collided with
a Philadelphia merchant the other day
as he was briskly rounding a corner ol
an old wn'l in Louisville. Tho bird's
bill entered the corner of his eye lintl
destroved his sight.
Heretics on the J. Ity system are in
formid In- Hie Now Orleans press that
,i... i..!..ui '..., lotion ubii-li ever
j visited that port passed the jetties with
en-e. II as llic oi r m-i io ii, ii'iui
ton -I nt:l ions. :;is feet long. Thu
jl-lgyplian Monarch, o.'JIli tons, alto
ran through.
Water is scarce in New Orleans and
in consequence i-ver iflimj HO wi rtli of
properly has been burned in less than
a month. An exchange says Hie gul-
j 111 s SIlli'll Hi Item fi; , "io. "" . -
ill',, i-il il,,- leviirv i.f a bath: washer
women have struck; the water cart
has a monopoly at hi-h prices of dr.nk
I ing water aod burglaries ol water nro
j eoinuidied al night by men armed ith
buckets.
Gentlemen in search of piclurc-.q-io
wiics should go lo Lorela. ill I'aly.
; The women arc dark and lovely. They
wear a jaunty cost nine, consisting of
sixteen petticoats on week i':r, s and
eighteen on Sundays and holidays.
These petticoats are all tnrehid and
some arc very richly trimmed willilace
and embroidery. A colored skirt is
then looped up over these balloon
skirts', and a siay-bodico confines ti.o
waist to its wnalicst dimensions, over
a spotless white chemisette.
Two rich lords of Poland agreed lo
isolate two chickens, two ducks and
two gi eso from the poultry yard nnd
let tlieni multiply for fifteen years.
Only 10 percent, of tho slock was to
t tf.,1.1 T,n n.issnssor of tho larger
flock at the end of that time was t i gi t
the Hock of the other and 10,000 rubles
in cash, lo bo distributed among
nl.orlf nltln institution?. l.'tion SCtllinff
tho bet recently the loser had l.Wt
hens, f.:IO ducks and 271) geese, a tolnl
of 2 b'.Hi birds. Tho w inner had l.bf t
hens, tnij ducks snd Ullo gocse, a total
of 2.K-H birds.
ct,,r.l,nilt, lmja befit u-ritino to Tho
Sit .Initios 'sriiizotto.condoiuniiiirtheuso
of the definite nrticlo "Hie," and call
ing fot its abolition. Another corre
spondent amusingly auswers him by
writing a defense of tho hated article,
without using it. "Curious thing is,"
ho says, "that rolormi r wuo coiiiu pro
pose this 'suppression' was so blind as
i . nnca mooi cmnmna. semicolons.
periods, etc., not nonrly so venerable
or useful ns wo are. Beginning could
havo been tried wuu mom. muim.
out of sympathy with poor things, nnd
way puoiie wriiera riiock lui-m .o...
nt present, suggestion lo loi thrill oft
nnnlil mO milk O OUT hlootl bllll." TI 0
nbsenco of tho article in the letter is iis
host defence
In tho carriage-makers' convention
! XT Ilnn. ('..nt. mftnr ihnpiin:-
IU Htw oanui wu.,
mitteo on apprenticeship hnd reported
in lavor oi restoring too uu rj-n.-iti
indenturing apprentices until they
,,,,. i, r,.ir nmlorilv Mr. John W. Brit-
Ion, of New York, faid: "One of the
serious wants of this country nnu or
is imnd bovs. Our boys are
deteriorating, as nro our men. Ti e
greatest ilillicully that we experience
in New York is that, of getting boys
who havo brains ami aro willing to
lenrn a trndo thoroughly. Thoexainplo
of men who have mado millions in a
fow years is held up before our boys in
a1.....1 nml Ika hva hononin inHalllfld
with the notion that they must mako
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tncir minions auu ue auiu iv iuuuu u, op
roads oollcges before they die. S j thoy
osohew trades and become poor pro
fessionals."
A while-hatred old lady knocked at
the door of the Cleveland, O.. infirmary,
the other night, and asked for a past
that would take hor to ber son's borne,
in Delaware. She said ber name was
Elizabeth Pieroe. and that she was 77
years of ago. She rooently walked
from Holtor, Mo., to trie, ra., a oia
tance of nearly eleven hundred miles.
Tl u,lr hoi niirlit WH-kS to make thS
Journey, and, when asked why sho
chose to waiK, sne soui eno u
no other way of going until she reached
Erie, where a porson took her to the
infirmary and obtained for her a pass
to Cleveland. She had with ber a
basket, in whioh she carried among
other things a bible. She says sho
gained strength and comfort on tho
journey by reading the bible. Snpt.
Mellon, of the Infirmary, sunpIUu her
with money and got a pass for her to
Delaware. . , t.
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