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VOLUME VII.
CII1LLKOTIIK, MVIXCSSTOX COUNTY, MISSOUM. THURSDAY. APRIL 21, issl.
NUMBER 36.
CURRENT TOl'ICS.
The postal cards cost us 51 cents a
thousand.
The Indians have cost us 870,ooo,.
000 in the last ton years.
A GENtiNK vampire was recently
captured in Log Angeles Cal.
Hkax-eatinu tournaments are the
latest craze in New York sporting cir
cles. The Yakima Indians at Simeoe
agency, Nevada, arc busy putting in
crops.
A knitting company at Conors, N.
Y., makes from 1,500 ' to 2,000 ladies'
je seys daily.
About lifteen thousand birds will be
required for the sportsmen's conven
tion nt Bufl'ulu in June.
A one hundred-pound octopus was
captured in Victoria, British Colum
bia, harbor the other day.
Soitii 1'AKoi.iNA rico-planler.s are
hard at work again plantingtheir crop.
.So far the season has been line.
Toasted chackehs covered with
Chinese ginger are what the young la
dies eat at fashionable luncheon par
ties. Aitoi'T twenty-live hundred crates
of English peas have been shipped
north from Lake City, Fla., the past
week. -
A NEW okyskh has been discovered
in the basin east of the Yellowstone,
and ten miles south of the pctrilicd
forest.
TlIK governor general of British
Columbia iN to open the forthcoming
agricultural exhibition at Victoria,
ltritish Columbia.
Tilt Methodist have grown from
l.j.tRHI in 17HI to :l,'J!i:l,H2i) at the pres
ent time. 'J'lieireeiitennialeelebration
will occur next fall.
A head ficikj was found in a church
organ in (ieorgia. It is supposed that
the creature was frightened to death
by a choir rehearsal.
A Mexican peacock Has been caught
near, and is now on exhibition at, Wei
mar, Tex. It is a very rare bird, one
which has never before been seen in
that country.
The lirst recorded death from
snake-bite for the season is that of
Tom Johnson, colored, who was re
cently bitten near Longvicvv, Texas,
and died the next dav.
A class of persons who dwell in
Buenos Ayres, Argentine Kepuhlic,
amuse themselves at night by throw
ing water, scented with an unpleasant
odor, upon the passing pedestrians.
Half the southern papers are ex
pressing pleasure at how much the
late convention of cotton-spinners in
Augusta accomplished, while the other
half are much surprised at their hav
ing done so little.
Dr. Ciiaicles I'. Mean, of Chelsea,
Mass., wants a pension because lie
weighs 11:1 pounds, his supcrlluous
avoirdupois being the result of an at
tack of malaiial fever which be hid
during his services in the late war.
Texas is out of debt, but its cities
and towns instead of profiting by the
good example are issuing bonds a; fast
as possible. Some of them arc calling
a halt and protesting against piling a
$5,000,000 debt on 81,000,000 town.
While recently excavating for a
sewer in Seattle, Washington territory,
the workmen found an old three-pound
cannon-ball under a stump two feet be
low tho surfaco of the ground. The
ball is evidently a relic of one of the
early Indian wars.
Theiie are about 250 girls aud boys
in tho San Francisco School of Cigar
makers. They are divided into live
classes and receive a lecture concern
ing tho business onco a week from
some nicnihci of ihe board of directors.
The girls aro taught by lady teachers.
A man named Jones, at Thornton,
Tex., under tho impression that he
was going to die, made confession of
ono burglary and an attempt at an
other, implicating young Freeman.
His illness was not fatal, and Jones
and his accomplice were lodged in
jail.
A number of men aro digging up
Six-milo canyon, near Virginia, Nov.,
In search of buried treasure, supposed
to havo boon planted thcro by the out
law Davis, who was killed while at
tempting to rob Wells, Fargo & Co.'s
express, near Battle mountain, a fow
years ago.
The autumn meeting of tho Ameri
can Association for tho Advancement
of Sciouco will open In Philadelphia on
tho 4th of September. Ihe rcprescn-
tatives of tho British association who
are to bo present aro to havo a recep
tion in Montreal on tho evening beforo
tho opening of tho Philadelphia moot
ing, and aro expected to attend tho ro
option in Philadelphia on tho evening
of tho 6th. Tho Koyal society of Can
ada is also invited to attend.
About a month ago a cow belonging
to Mr. Honry Matthews, who livos on
the Chattahoochee river, near Strick
land Ferry, Ga., was bit by a dog Rnd
subsequently went mad and had to be
killed. Within a short time throe of
Mr. Matthew's children were taken
sick, and ono died after lying totally
unconscious for three weeks. Tho
other two are very low and it is hard
ly probablo that thoy will live. It is
generally believed in the neighborhood
that the sickness of those children was
caused by drinking the milk from the
cow while she was affected with hydro
phobia. At the time she was bit and
bofore tho family suspooted that any
thing was the mattor, tho cow was
nilked and tho children was allowed
to drink It.
BEAUTIFUL THIMIS.
Ilcnutlful fiioos arc those that wenr
It matu re lilt 1.- if dark or fair
Whole-wiiiled honesty printed there.
Hcnutiflll eves are thoi that show,
Like t'rvstal panes where heart-tiros glow,
beautiful thoughts that hum below. '
beautiful lips are those whose word
Leap from the heart like nontrs of birds,
Yet whose utterance prudence trlnli.
Beautiful linnds arc those that do
Work tlint Is earnest, and hrave, anil true.
Moment by moment the long day throu-;h.
Heautlful feet are those that go
tin kindly ministries lit anil fro
Down lowliest ways, If (iud wills it so.
Heautlful shoulders are those that hear
Ceaseless bunions of homely cure
With patient grace and dally prayer.
beautiful lives aro those that bless
Silent rivers of happiness,
Whose hidden fountains few mav trues.
-l.UMVt .Mug ..je.
HOW SHE WAS WON.
Elise Danforth was a plain young
f;irl, but very sweet withal, for perfect
icalth had given her line teeth, a clear
complexion and a rosy tint in her
checks that a ipieon might have envied.
She was always cheerful and happy,
loo, save at times when her jealous
feelings led her to believe that Law
rence Conily preferred some hand
somer girl to her. She was not fond
of society, and hated balls, but I here
was a ball to bo given al the house of
Mrs. Campbell she hail promised her
mamma to attend, because her brother
was at home from college and wanted
to go. Now, Lawrence was going
also, and had asked her permission to
be her escort on the occasion. It was
terrible she had to disappoint hint, hut
he had said: "IMilcowill soon be oil'
with some of the other girls and then
I can gallant you all the sumo." Then1
was comfort in that, anyhow.
Lawrence Coinly was very fond of
Elise. He was looking for a wife, anil
thought she would jusl suit hint, Willi
her bright looks and old fashioned
ways -for she really was old fashioned,
helping her mother about her domes
lie all'airs, rising in Ihe morning to sec
that the breakfast was served in time
and that Ihe lilllc ones were properly
dressed before coming down stairs.
Lawrence had a handsome bouse and
a snug little fortune lo live on, and
Elise in his opinion was exactly the
little woman ho wanted to preside
over his establishment, lie called lo
see her every oilier day, and the quiel
tallies they hail pleased them both
better than society visits and ball
room flirtations.
Elise went to Mrs. Campbell's ball.
As Lawrence bail predicted, Dulce
soon deserted her for Kale Willowly,
an old llame of bis, and being left till
alone, Elise busied herself looking
about for Lawrence and wondering
where he eolilil be. The amusements
of the evening had opened with a
waltz, and as Elise cast her eyes over
the dancers in search of her lover,
what should they encounter but Law
rence among the waltzers with Helen
Williams, the very handsomest girl in
the rooms, encircled by his arm, her
face upturned to his; Elise even
thought she could detect love glances
passing between thcni.
As soon as the waltz was over Lau
rence wtis by Elise'.s side. "You were
so long coining." he said, "and I was
so impatient that 1 engaged in the
wullz to pass the time away."
What was it that madu 'Elise exam
ine the expression of Ids countenance
mora critically than usual? She was
sure she saw a look of annoyance upon
it. Was it any wonder! How could
such a plain little tiling as she compare
will, the beautiful girl he bail been
dancing with?
"But now that the fair recluse is
really here," Lawrence continued in
a tone that Louise thought bordered
a sneer, "will she favor toe with her
hand for the Lancers?"
All through the Lancers Elise fancied
he was thinking: "How self-sacrificing
I am to dance with this girl, when
I might have my choice among the
belles of the room." Glances from
lovely eyes that she intercepted on
their' way to him seemed to reflect the
same thought; and, although she
could but acknowledge that he was
making himself agreeable to her, there
was a condescension about his manner
that almost enraged her.
At the close of tho dance they
walked through the rooms and found
themselves at last sitting in an oriel
window in the library, where Law
rence hoped to enjoy a few moments
alone Willi Elise, instead of which she
insisted that ho should leave her and
seek another partner. In vain he told
her that it was his greatest happiness
to be in her company, that no other
girl had any charm for him, for jeal
ousy had so clouded her judgment that
she was sure he was impatient for
some ono to come and take her away,
that he might bo free. She imagined
thcro waB a cutting sarcasm in every
word he uttered, and at last her feel
ings grew so ungovernable that tears
came into her eyes. Lawrence saw
her distress.
"What nils my little girl to-night?"
he said, attempting to tako her hand.
"How have I displeased you, dear
Elise?"
"Displeased mo?" she answered.
"How could you do that? Ho; I want
you to leave mo and lind a handsome
partner!"
At this moment James F'itzliugh, a
man Eliso despised for his unrelincd
manners, approached them, and on
prctenso of having something to say
to him sho took bis arm and left Law
re noo alone.
F'itzhugh was astonished to lind him
self gallanting Elise through the
roams; ho was not of her set and had
engagements to fulfill. FMiso was not
thinking of him. In her distress sho
scarcely know whose arm sho was
lcanintr on.
Half an honr had elapsed, and again
Elise went to tho library. Lawreuco
was still sitttng thcro, looking out
through tho hnlf-opcn window into the
darkness, with deep gloom upon his
brow. Tho girl would gladly havo
knelt by his sido and asked him for a
kiss of forgiveness.
"Would you not liko to sit downP"
Mr. Fitzhugli said to hor in his dosiro
to got froo.
"Oh, no!" she nnsworedj "I am not
fatigued." .
Then she rattlod on in the wildest
straiu until she saw Lawrence's eyes
sovoroly fixed upon her. When she
relaxed hor hold on Fitzhugh's arm,
as Judge, Blackwell addrossod her,
the relcasod gallant slipped quietly
away to tho refreshment room to re
cover from his bewilderment. The
Judge led Eliso to a seat, and while he
was talking to hor of interesting law
suits she was looking at Lawrence,
who had at last quietly loft the win
dow and was again dancing with Miss
Williams.
When the dance was over be walked
through the rooms with Ihe lady on
his arm. II suddenly occurred to
Elise that she had heard tlt.it Miss
Williams was rather disposed to like
Lawrence. There was something very
marked in the way she talked ami
listened to him, ami then she was so
very handsome! Oh, why did Law
rence prize beauty so imieli?
When they hail disappeared, Elise,
this time leaning on the Judge's arm.
promenaded through the rooms. In
tho library oriel window Lawrence
was sitting' with Miss Williams beside
him. The twain were in clo c conver
sation. Elise grew very angry.
The Judge left her at' an early hour
to go home. She had not seen hor
brother the wholeevcning. Lawrence
also has disappeared, and Elise felt
sure he was still Mining with pretty
Miss Williams. At length Elise en
countered Mortimer Wilinol, an old
friend of her father, forty-live, rich
and line looking. At one time be had
been supposed to have a partiality for
her. That evening he spoke of the
weariness of the life he was leading,
and Elise answered mechanically.
Neither Lawrence nor his partner had
reappeared in the ball room. Once
more Elise asked to be taken to the
library, as the air in the ball l in
was too oppressive. There, in the
same corner, were Lawrence and Miss
Williams. Elise saw the former draw
Ihe curtain to hide tliem as she passed.
It was like a quick and sharp knife
thrust through her heart.
Mr. Wiltnot drew Elise eway to a
sofa in a de crted pari of the room,
and, after a few moments silence,
said: "This is, perhaps, neither the
lime nor the place, Miss Elise, lo toll
you I love you and have long wanted
lo make von my wife. Do you think
you could love me well enough to
marry ine?"
Without an instant's hesitation Elis-.-answered;
"Yes."
"My dear girl." said Mr. Wiltnnt.
'1 am not young, and have very liltlc
romance in my character. I cannot
take your answer so quickly given. 1
tlo not wish you to hazard your happi-
ness without ample consideration: tuk
pie o
k of
:i month to think of tnv proposal and
Ihen give me a reply
Elise looked quickly up: it was the
lirst time she realized what he bad
been saying, and now lie had left Iter.
Was sho then engaged lo Ibis man?
Elise was sitting alone, utterly con
founded, when she was slurtlvil by
seeing Miss Williams approach her,
saying; "Elise, dear. I have some
thing to tell you!"
Elise thought she had come lo in
form her that Lawrence had ollered
himself to her and triumph over her
agony for this girl knew of their for
mer attachment to each oliierso she
put on her liveliest and kindest man
ner, and said:
"Well, dear Helen, have von en
joyed the ball?"
"Very much, indeed. Has Mr. Wil
mot been amusing?"
The startling avowal Mr. Wiltnot
had made again passed out of the girl's
mind. At the mention of his name
she blushed scarlet.
"Why," said Helen, laughing, "one
would ihink he had been making love
to you! Elise, dear, don't look so
cross. I have a message from a be
loved friend. Will von conic with iuo
and receive it?"
"Yes," answered Elise, calmly.
Once again Elise was conducted to
the oriel window. The curtain was
drawn. Helen parted it a little way.
and moved as if to enter. Elise fol
lowed, sho stepped aside, closed the
curtain, and withdrew. A pair of
manly arms received Elise in a warm
embrace. "Dear love," said Law
rence, "by thinking me guilty of pre
ferring another, you have made us'
both miserable. Believe me, no one
ever held a place in my heart but you!
You have already told me I am Ileal'
to you. Let us have no more mis
understandings. Make me the hap
piest man on earth by marrying me."
Elise uttered mil 'a word, but her
manner told Lawrence plainly enough
that he was accepted. The next day
in the midst of her happiness Elise
suddenly remembered the reply she
had made to Mr. Wilmot's. proposal.
She was wringing her hands and cry
ing out what a miserable girl she was
when a note was handed hor which
read as follows:
"Mr. Wilinot presents bis compli
ments to Miss Elise Danforth. Hav
ing unavoidably heard a part of the
conversation in the oriel window of
Mrs. Campbell's, he begs to withdraw
the inquiry he made last ulght. He
hopes to bo allowed to tender his best
wishes for Miss Elsie's happiness." -Itone
Allison, in Philmlnlfhia fall.
The TniriP Dollar and Its History.
Of the trade dollar authorized by
the act of February 11, 187U, and made
a legal tender to the same extent as
other silver coins, there was coined up
to July, 1K7U, !?16,(i31,000, of which
tl'-'.ililMOi? had been exported for
"trade" purposes in China and Japan,
leaving i?:),3Gl,S.li' in circulation in the
United States. When lirst coined the
l'JO grains of silver in the trade dollar
were worth 102.5 cents in gold and
118.6 ccnls in currency, the gold value
of a dollarnoto at that time being but
8(vl cents. By l7li, when congress
took away from this coin tho legal
tender quality which it was said the
trainers of the act of 173 never in
tended to give it tho value, of silver
bullion had so declined that the trade
dollar was worth but 81.8 cents. The
auantityof silver in tho standard silver
ollar being but 412 grains, its value
was proportionately less. After the
trado dollar ceascil to bo a legal-lender
20,8-10,!ll0 more wcro coined. When,
in 1878, its coiuago was stopped, the
total amount issued was $:i5,05!l,3t!0.
Of this amount it is estimated that
from $7,000,000 to ?8,000,000 remain
in tho United States. Up to July 1,
1883, tho trado dollar would bring in
Now York 119 cents, but a concerted
movement being then made against
horn, their valuo fell to 86 cents, and
thoy passed out of circulation. Their
popularity had not been enhanced by
the fact that they had been bought at
a discount by manufacturers and mine
owners in Pennsylvania and olsowhero
to pay out at their face valuo to their
employes, so mat the agreement ot the
New York produce dealers to deelino
aftor a certnin date to tako the trade
dollar was welcomed all over tho coun
try as a slrrnal to nut an end to an
odious practice. Tho bill which has
just passed tho bouse authorizing the
exchange br the treasury of standard
dollars for trade dollars, dollar for dol
lar, will have, of course, if it becomes
a law, the effect of raising the value of
the trade dollar to par. As bullion it
was worth duringthe past yoar from
86 to 871 cents. The final passage of
tne mil is considered uountiui. Main
mort Sun.
Dr. Sanford'i Liver Invtgorotor Cithsrli.
Tonic. Will cure wbeo other medicines t-fiX
Eliianiicl (ieihel.
In Emanuel Geilicl, whose death, last
Monday, was briefly reported by cable.
Germany lost one of her brightest and
most beloved poets. He was born in
Lubeck, the old frceeily. Oct. IS, 1SI5,
the son of Johaiin (ieihel, who, for
fifty -two years, was the pastor of the
Reformed church in Lubeck. From
his father (Ieihel undoubtedly inherited
lhat stronginixture of national patriot
ism and love for monatvliical institu
tions, amounting almost lo worship,
which characterized all his poetical
effusion mi j! estranged him during the
trying revolutionary timcsfrom former
friends like Froi'ligratli, Herwcgh,
Kinkcl, ami others whose patriotism
was coupled with a longing for n
united Cormaiiy as a republic. Before
Geilicl was :'o years old his poems at
tracted attention and helped him to an
appointment as teacher in I lie family
of a nobleman in Alliens. During his
two years' sojourn in (irceeo (ieihel
published, toe'ether with E. Ciirttis,
studies on (it k antiquities, which
have remained a standard work. In
IMii he reliirucil lo (lerinany and pub
lished his tirst collection of iioenis.
which have had ninety editions since i
that time. Their principal charac-1
leristic isiheir melodious quality and'
the depth of youthful feeling they pur- j
tray, lie then published some trans-;
bilious of Spanish poetry and a collec
tion of political ms. whiel ntaiu :
many a prophetic vision since then ful
lilleii. 'I he king of Prussia, Frirderieh
Wilholni IV.. the art-loving brother of
Emperor Wilhclui. rewarded him by a
life ponsi, in of :oo thalers annually, a
gift which (ieihel never forgot.' In
115 lie made his lirst attempt at epic!
poetry. "Kicnig Sigurd's KruiuKnhi'l" :
being the tnosi important product of
that time, and a work that compares
favorably with similar works of Ten-!
nyson's.
The struggle of Selib'swig-llol-teiu ;
for liberation front Danish rule enlist-J
ed his sympathies at lliis time to a
large degree, and bis songs and son
nets nn that subject were quite in
strumental in bringing about tin-war
of lM'.i. A second collect ion of pooius.
the , minus i, toiler, appeared during
this period. i (Ieihel was ap
pointed profc-.or of literature in the
Munich university, and he henceforth i
devoted himself largely to literary
studies, paying some attention to the
drama as well. His tragedies "Brun
hild" and Siqilionishe." also poorly
adapl'al to the stage, arc of great i
literary value. Year after year he
added to the number of bis small
poems, ami also opened up lo (iormau
readers the treasures of old Spanish
and French poetry and general litera
ture. The politieal events in (lerinanv ,
from Isihio s;o were favorite suli-!
jeels for I ieihel. but in their treat
ment he showed so much admiration
for the house of Holicnzollern anil its
rule that to some extent ho lost caste
among his more republican brethren.
ami canto lo be looked upon as a sort 1
of pin hi lnnr ilii to the court of Iter-.
Jilt. The evening of his life (ieihel
spent in Lubeck, in whose quaint old
streets, full of historical reminiscences, j
the tall, erect figure of Ihe silvery-j
haired poet was sure to be pointed out !
to every visitor, when be look his walk 1
al noontime, generally followed by I
tt ps of scliool-cliildren, for whom lie I
had a great affection.
'flic Dynamite Gnu. I
There lias been tested recently on
our sou-coast a new kind of gun. which j
it is hoped will he useful in protecting
our harbors. It contains a dynamite
cartridge which is expelled from the
gun by air-pressure. Dynamite would ,
do very great destruction if jt should
bo shot out of an ordinary caution;
but as it explodes by anything in shape
of a shock, il would naturally do more
damage to the caution which expelled
it than to the object against which it
was directed. A gnu, however, has
been invented to send a dy nauiile car
tridge against a fort, or an appioacli
ing iron-clad. Tho machine is upon
exhibition in t!ie Dcluuintcr Iron Works
New York. It looks like a forty-
foot brass pipe, mutinied on a steel
girder. This is the barrel and car
riage of the four-inch dynamite pneu
matic gun. It weighs a ton, and is
capable of sustaining a pressure of
1,000 pounds to the square inch. The
dvhuntitc c irtridge is encased ill soft
metal, within a shell of brass, and fit
ted with a wooden tab. H is expelled
by compressed air. and when the pro
jectile. Hying at speed, strikes head-on
against a resisting surface, a hard
metal pin embedded in the soft metal
is forced into the fulminate al the head
of the cartridge and discharges the
dynamite. Should Ibis cartridge hit
the deck of an iron-clad vessel il would
tear it all lo pieces. It is claimed that
this cartridge can be thrown three
miles with n precision never obtained
by gunpowder. Our government has
been experimenting at Eort Hamilton,
X. Y., and has done sonic wonderful
execution. Should we have a foreign
war, these guns would be our depend
ence against foreign fleets, as we have
no defences or any navy. It is said
these dynamite guns may be used as
liold-pieces, which would make war so
destructive that it could not ho car
ried on. Dcmorcst's Monthl; for ,V;.
The Caricaturists.
The story that Nast litis a life eon-
tract for .10,000 a year with the Har
per's is authentic. He is rich, com
fortable, and happy. He has a beauti
ful home; his house is described al
length in the March I.ippiiuoU's Mmjn
zinc, and bis home life is delightful.
His position is perfectly assured. He
has accomplished n greater work than
any other caricaturist who ever lived.
His reputation is tixed high. It can
make no dill'ereueo to him if circum
stances have made his relations to his
paper nnonialotts. If he chose, he
could break his contract tind use his
pencil elsewhere. If ho chooses to
draw a princely salary for doing little
or nothing it is no one s nllatr but his
own.
What a carcor Nast has had com-
fiarcd withothcrcaricaturists! Thomas
iillrny, after getting all England by
tne cars, uicu ot tictirium tremens.
Hogarth's death was undoubtedly
brought about by his controversy with
Charles Churchill, tho poet, nud he-
causo ho could not convince people
that ho was greater as a historical
painter than as a caricaturist. Goorgo
Cruikshank'8 life was nlso embittered
by a similar notion. Ho thought his
etchings were mero trifles, but that his
oil paintings were great. So they
wero, in size, but the famous etcher
had little idea of color or compost
tion, Kobcrt Seymour committed sut
cide. Ho was tho man to whose great
vogue Dickons was at first indebted
for the success of "Pickwick" the
novel! t having been employed to
wriio up to ine artist s etcmnes
Seymour had a controversv with Gil
bel t Abbott a' Becket, the author of
the comic history of England, which
John Leech illustrated, anil he also had
a dispute with Dickon's over "Pick
wick," and being nervous and -onsi-live,
la' went out and killed himself.
Kicliard Doyle looked forward to a
great career on I'mici. but tile position
that journal took toward Pope Pin
Nono made him withdraw and lose the
opportunity for wide fume and popu
larity which he had sought. John
Leech lived and died poor-as Cruik
shank did. Matt Morgan's itutinioiy
picture of the prince of Wales as Ham
let, following the ghost of the roue
George IV., and t lie even more oll'en
sivc "Brown Study," with the bare
legged gilly leaning on the throne,
drove him from fame and fortune in
England to n precarious and Bohemian
existence in America, though be is now
settled down anil doing well as the
head of a pottery in Cincinnati, and as
a designer of liihographic work. Iti
France. "Chain died an unhappy death
two years ago. Poor (iavurui, the
trues' artist, except Leech, among the
caricaturists, was in prison for debt
more than once. His latter dav s were
embittered bv the death of b:s milv
son, Jean, whom he adored: and lo
cap all the house in which he hoped to
die was taken front him and "lluus
inaniiizcd" from the face of the earth.
Even in lierniany caricaturists have
had a hard lot, the most noted in-danee
being tiie father of "Mav ami Mau
rice." ( In the whole, the lot of cariea
lurists has been no more joyous than
lhat of the famous clown who was
tobl lo go and see hitn-clf as a cure for
bis melancholy. -I'hihitL Ij-liin V, . .
Slnittgc Attil tides in Heath.
Prof. C. E. Brown-Seiiiaril writes)
that at the battle of Williamsburg a !
I'niled Stales zouave was shot directly j
through the forehead, as he was climb-!
ing over a low fence, and his body!
was found in Ihe last attitude in life:!
one leg half over the fence, the body
crouching backward. One hand, par-;
tiallv clenched am! raised lo the level
of the forehead, presented the palm
forward as if to H ard oil' an approach
ing evil. A hrakcinun of a freight car
on tin' Nashville and Cballanoe-a rail
road was instantaneously killed
shot between Ihe eves, tired bv a
bv a '
.ruor-1
rilla. The murdered man was .screw
ing down the brakes al the moment of
the shot. After death Ihe body re
mained fixed, Ihe anus rigidly extend
ed on the wheel of the bnikc. The
pipe which he had been sniokitt'; re
mained clasped betvv his teeth.
The conservation of the last attitude
can tako place in other circumstances
than sudden death from wounds to the
brain, tho heart or the lungs, although
an injury to a vital organ is the most
frequent causes of that phenomenon.
A detail of United Stales soldiers, for
aging near Goldshoro. N. I'., came
suddenly upon a parlv of soul hern
cavalry dismounted. 'Ihe latter ini
niediaicly sprang to their . saddles and.
after a volley had I n tired at them.
I hey all but one rode away . That one
was loft standing with one foot in the
stirrup: one hand, the left, grasping
tiie bridle-rein and mane of his horse,
ho right band clenching Ihe barrel of
his carbine near the muzzle, the bull
of the carbine resting on the ground.
The man's head was iiirned over his
right shoulder, apparently watching
t lie approach of the attacking party.
He was called upon lo surrender, with
out response, and upon a near ap
proach ami examination ho was fouml
lobe rigid in death, in t ho singular al
titude above described. Groat dilli
cultv was experienced in forcing the
mane of the horse from his l"fl baud
and the carbine from his right. On
the battlefield of Beaumont, near Se
dan, in l7o, the dead body of a sol
dier was found half silting, half lying
on the ground, delicately holding a tin
goblet between his thumb and fore
finger, ami direoting it towards an ab
sent mouth. While in that position
the poor man had hern killed by a can
non ball which had carried awav the
whole of his head and face except the
lower jaw. The body and arms had
been suddenly seized at tho time of
death with il stiffness which produced
the persistuncc of Ihe state in which
thev were when the head was out oil'.
Twenty-four hours had elapsed since
the battle.
President Arthur's Stable.
There are three largo box stalls on
one side, and six stalls on the other.
The president's riding horse is the oc
cupant of one ot the box stalls, tic is
a sorrel gelding 7 years old. and about
sixteen bands high. There is nothing
remarkable about this animal. He is
simply a good-looking, easy-riding
horse, his principal gaits being pace
and canlcr. The president frequently
takes a ride on summer evenings, lie
is a fair rider and fond of the exercise,
lie has fcuc carriage horses, two in the
bo. "stalls and two in the stalls on the
othersiilc. Tliev aro all bays, about
sixteen hands liigh. They are very
stylish, and tire groomed to perfection.
and either pair hitched to any one of
the handsoino carriages, with Albert
on the box, make a very striking turn
out. Occasionally they are driven
four-in-hand.
Two other stalls are occupied by Al
an Arthur's buggy team, one a ilaiu
ldetonian gelding, .and tho other a
Black Hawk marc. They arc driven
a great deal, cither single or double,
by their owner when he is at home,
but while he is at college they receive
only the necessary exercise. Alan Ar
thur is a very darintr rider. He not
only knows how to rule well, hut has
plenty of nervo, and it takes a good
horse to get the better of him.
In one of the remaining stalls stands
the littlo Indian pony which tho pres
ident brought buck from Ins trip to tho
Yellowstone country last year. He
lias not yet made, his debut, but lie is
receiving a course of training at the
hands of Albert on tho Whito Lot
drive. When by patience and careful
training ho becomes perfectly docile
ho will be driven by tho president's
rtnnzntcr iMcllioto a dog-cart. He is a
cute littlo thing, with roached mane
and banged tail. His color is what is
termed iu tho west as "painted," or
"calico," and what the children call
"circus," irregularly marked with
white and brown in about equal pro
poritons. Ho was presented to the
president last summer by Sltarpnoso,
an Arrapahoo cheif.
Tho presidential party held a big
pow-wow with the Indians last sum
mer near Fort Washakie, on the Sho
shone aercnoT, and presents were ex
changed. Although the agency is
held by the Shoshone Indians, thee is
a band of Arrapahoos on it, and Sharp.
nose is their oheif. Ho gave the pony
to tne president as a gut tor ms daugn
ter. The pony was takon along with
a company of soldiers as far as Chey
enne, and trom there shipped to Wash
ington where he arrived early last fall,
Washington Star.
xt
What G real Britain Pays to Keep l'p
Her Royal Establishment,
UtlC'itinlaiiil Unjust Taxation An ArUtocratle1
t'arllanii'itt -Uurutii'iiii Monarchies Cuin
tmrril.
Figures aro supposed geneallv to
make rather dry reading, ays a Lon
don correspondent. But all depends
upon the subject. I never heard of a
woman who was not glad to hear Ihe
price of her neighbor's bonnet, and I
do not think (here are many citizens
of our glorious republic who'vv'll object
lo being told how much it costs to run a
iirst-class monarchy. My statistics
will have at least one merit. They are
eolleotcil from the best sources, and
your readers may tcly implicitly upon
their correctness. We will begin with
Ihe queen and tier lamitv, lirst intitua -
ting lhat one pound (.(.') in English
money is equal to about S5; so that
when there is a curiosity to know bow
much is represented in our curreiiev.
the amount given have only to be
multiplied by that figure, 'and Ihe
transformation is effected at once. For
instance i'.'iiio will he Sc5U0: iii.H',
.,'II.OOO; f 1,111 10, 1 11 III, si.",, 111)0. 0011.
The annual allowance lo her majes
ty's privy purse is I'lio.ono. jer
household cpcnscs are t':lo:i,7i;u. The
yearly expeimiture upon palaces ami
other loyal rcsidei s is X'.'ili.o.'il.
From the revenue of the Duchy of
Lancaster she gets t'l.'i.ooo. The royal
yacht and naval charges amount to
L 10.775. The maintenance of roval
escort ami tmhlarv chat'L'os is X'lii. 7x:l.
TIIE COST OF .MONARCH
j ( Ithef items swell I lie annual total of , maintaining the nation's military pres-
l pay nls on account of the sovereign ( tige. leaving for other purpose's only
j to f,'i;i!i,;l7:i. 'I'he pay incuts to Iheills K.lil. in the pound. The war c-
'i n's children are as follows: Tim ponses of the country last year were
! princess royal (crown princess of tier-; .Cll. U'o.75l. For Ihe information of
j many I get- f sjiooa year. After her ' I hose who may desire to know bow
j marriage a special grant of JJIii.ihio England compares with oilier Euro
! was made. The prince of Wales get- pean nations along the lines indicated
! from the country nuiiuullv a! t , in lliis letter. I have nreiiarcil the fol
L'U'o.ooo. 'I'he duke of Edinbiirg, the
lllke of Colimnicht. and llle duke of
All
(Ihe latter .-inee dead ) gel ;
t'2i'..ooo each. Helena (nri ssChris
ttan ) and Louise (marchioness of
I.orne) receive a yearly allowance of
i'li.oooeach. Oih'ereoiincclions of the
reigning family who are in receipt of
handsome stipends from the funds of
(.real Britain areduke and duchess of
Cambridge. Princess Augusta (ditch
of Mccklcnburti-Strelii.i, the priun
of 'feck. Princrss l-'reilerieu (baroness i
Paweioanimingen ) her majesty's coils, i
and two nephews. Prince Lcrningeir
and Count Cloicbeu. 'I'he grand total I In this table, tin' i':)li.oou paid to the
of twelve mouths' payment in eon nee- president of France, against i'S'.is,:o2
lion with the roy al family is tst;,;i73. i swallowed up annually bv tho roval
In addition lo this lie ,iieen has gran- , family of England, makes a very favor
ted pensionsiltiring the forty-live y ears 1 able showing for a republican form of
of her reign which, up to the present j government. But the modest 111,0011
linic, liavo taken out of the treasury of : paid lo the American president puts
tiie nation l!71-iiti. 'I'he queen, it the contrast in a still stronger light,
should be remembered, is exempt although England, il should be noted,
from income tax. She al one time, j is a model of economy in this matter
through Sir Bobert Peel, then prime . compared Willi (icrtnaiiy, Russia, and
minister, cxpre I to parliament her 1 Turkey. Little Sweden, with its pop
voluntary determination to stand on a j illation of 4,500 lion, and its total an
level wilit her subjects in ibis mailer. I uual revenue of a little over i'l.ooo.
and Ihe announcement was received i 000, allowing its royal family to gob
witb loud ami prolonged cheering, j bio a yearly 1 sunt of nearly i'i,250.oii.
That was for'y-two years ago. when i staggers credulity, and is, perhaps,
she was young ami impulsive, and tho most glaring instance of national
the promise if kept at all was honored idiocy the world to-day is permitted to
I'oi-only a short time. I behold! Switzerland' with its presi-
Xo inconsiderable amount of Ihe , 'dentin! stipend of only i'lioil (.:(, 5oo)
country 's revenue finds its way into ! shows up beautifully iu this list,
the pockets of the aristocracy . Twou-1 1 will close with a few general slaty-eight
dukes and their relatives have ' tisties. Last year Ibere were 7tll'.21ii
held l.obl ollices in the last thirty-two registered papers in England anil
years, ami for services (?) rendered 1
have depleted lie
ex
oiler to
lilt
tune of r.'.i.l,i;.ii:iii.
tliirtv-throe marquise
file families
of
have held 1,252
drawing in al!
arls have in Ihe
otVlees iu that time,
0.:io5.!'."iii. while '.'00
tine period gobbled up personally or
through their relatives 5,!M13 ollices,
and pocketed tho snug sum of f lH,.
1X1.202. making 11 total of .t'iit!.217.2l2.
with the families of viscounts and bar
till to bo hoard from. Of lliis
sum the Atholes have received '117.-1
ill. I lie Beauforts 5 i),iiim, the Bed
ford 55l.2ilii. the Marlboroiighs
i;fi:i.25o, the (iraftons 1.115.K5ti. and
the Hiehuionds l.i',oo.5oi). All Ibis in
Ihirly-two years. Tho first duke of
Grafton was an illegitimate son of
Charles II.. as was also the lirst duke
f Uiohtuond. Their relations to th"
Merrie Monarch" brought these fam
ilies not only title lull vast hereditary
pensions, which are included in the
above amounts lo give the exact
figures, and to tint the mailer plainly
tho people of England have bad to pay
Ihe (iraftons 710,000 anil the Kich
t muds i'l,2ii2,oiiil. in thirty-two years
only, because their original ancestor
enjoyed the distinguished privilege of
being the mistress ot an English king
who has been in his grave two hun
dred years! And this sum is but a
fraction of the total amount they have
received, 'i'he pensions, moreover,
arc to go on till the crack of doom.
For pensions and gratuities connected
with tho different departments of the
governments more excusable and
reputable than the above, but still ex
ceedingly burdensome to the treasury
the country is now paying about
13,533,000 11 year. The' salaries of
cabinet ministers are as follows: Lord
chancellor, 10.000; lirst lord of the
treasury (premier), chancellor of the
exchequer, secretaries of home, for
cign, colonial, war, and Indian depart
ments, 5,000 each: first lord of the
admiralty, '1,500; live others 2,000
each
The total income of the government
Inst year was .s'.i,2.so,3.si, the expcndi
turo falling below lhat sum to the
amount of 276,755. Most of this
money comas from the earnings of the
trading and industrial classes. The
anomalies of the English system of
taxation aro very glaring. T'ho lands
of the rich pay but 1,000,000 a year
in land tax, while the pipe and pot of
the laborer yield, in customs and ex
cise duties," about 30,000,00(1. Tho
estates bequeathed by the rich nt death
pay, no probate and little succession
duty, but the savings of tho frugal in
tho lower and middlo classes aro taxed
in these various directions to the tunc
of six and a half millions n yoar.
These shameful inequalities aro tho re
sult of that wretched system of parli
mentary representation whioh has
kept both branches of the national
legislature under tho control of
a pampered aristocracy an evil
which still continue; for to suppose
for a moment that tho houso of com
mons, which is called ""Tho Peoplo's
Chamber," is nt all worthy of that
name would be ne of the wildest con
clusions an ignorant person could pos
sibly roach. I have before me a table
in which this branch of the legislature
is disseoted. The summaries are as
follows, many members, of course.
being classed in two or throe of the
different categories: Connected by
birth or marriage with the aristooracy,
272; army and navy, S3; landed inter
ests sons and heirs of peers, or great
landholders, 277; law interests. 122;
Jirjuor Interests, 18; moneyed interests,
as bankers and brokers, L'5; official in
terests, I huso w ho hold or have held
positions under the government, ll.'l:
railway interests, 11;); trading, com
mercial, ami manufacturing interests,
155; labor, 2. Thus, of the ti;t!l incut'
hers of the house of commons, only
about one-lift li call be said to be truly
representative of the industrial portion
of the community, the oilier fotir-lifth.
made up largely of persons connected
with the peerage, iieing personally in
tcrestcd in maintaining the abuses and
inequalities which exist. II is obvious, per cent.
therefore, that before any radical re- Hampton, Va., boasts the oldest
form can lie expected a "totally differ-1 church in the country St. John's,
cut order of men must be intrusted which was built in Biilt.
with the law-making power. Inuc-I The cattle industry in this country
complishing the last-named transform- i represents over -!;(. Mr'.KM.i head of dil
ution much is looked for from the pond-! te, worth s1,5HI,pisi,iiii.
ing franchise measure, which proposes ! A j,,,,,,.',, ,.,.. , jlllk.,Iinifv
to admit two million of ihe working
1 classes of the cotintrv
to the parlia-
j inentary vote. Another
lucasiirc fa
irablc to the same result is Ihe cor
rupt practices bill, passed last session,
whose provisions will greatly reduce
the cost of parliamentary election-.
Tin' aggregate income of Groat
Britain during the present century
amounts to i.V.;i I l,L':i'i.70, and the ex
penditures have exceeded that amount
by the stun of lli!l.l:'o,5!i:i. Three-fifths
of the money received came from eus
tomsand exciseduties, and, on the other
baud, foiir-liflhs of the disbursements
went cither for war proper or for war
debts ami preparations for war. That
is, lo every pound of income, the trade
and co nnierec of the country contrib
uted lis. Id., while of every pound of
! cxpondilurc. His. Iltd. was uiiolicd
lowing table, based upon the estimates
of ihe several nations for the year Issl :
iv. I t
".'WUI .s..:;i.M,
rivoi '. i;..:s
a.'.'oi in. i i.'ii
C.'H'l 1. IK. HI
me-i
Moi'iVi
'.'.riiiMi
4II.IO
Ul-.IOI
4. 1 ti. ::ss
l.lao.ri
1:. in.'
lua.iM.) i.lmi'U
Wales - l:io,:isii in the intiriuaries. hor
od unions ami workhouses and the
others in regular receipt of outdoor
relief. Of flic total number 105.357
are reported as ahlo-hodicd. These
paupers are kept from starvation by a
household rate, the total proceeds of
which amounted last year to S,250,
000. 'flic convictions for crime in Ihe
United Kingdom for 1MS2 were 15,is.
distributed as follows: England and
Wales. ll.ii'.HI; Scotland. 1.1MI: Ire
land. 2,255. In the year lSIO. wilh a
much smaller population, the total
convictions were 15,177. From that
time until the present a gradual dimi
nution lias been indicated. 1 lie total
number of persons taken before the
magistrates for drunkenness in Issl
was 281,854 -England and Wales. 17-1.-
(81; Scotland, 28,800; Ireland, 78.573.
Ihe working population of the cotin
trv is divided as follows, each division
tnbraeiiig a fair proportion of females:
Professional, 481,1157; domestic, 1,-
117,782; agricultural, 2.010,454; com
mercial. (il3.710; industrial, ,1,184.201.
In 1881 there were 1,006 persons killed
mil 4.571 injured by railway accidents
in England. The same yoar 072 Brit
ish ships were wrecked, resulting in
the loss of 3,187 lives, which reminds
me that if I should seek to compress
inv more figures within the limits of
this letter my reputation as a corres
pondent might be wrecked.
Locks of Presidential lltiir.
Very few of the people who stream
through tho National museum know,
1 fancy, that small locks of hair taken
from tho heads of the presidents, from
Washington lo Pierce, are carefully
preserved in a glass-covered box in
one of the exhibition cases. They nre
interesting as the only relies of the
bodies of our chief magistrates. Wash
ington's hair in this collection is nearly
pure white, lino and glossy. That of
John Adams is also whito, but coarser.
Jelferson's hair is rather coarse, and
in color a mixture of white and sandy
brown. Y'ou seo that in his youth It
must havo been remarkable for its
bright color. Madison's hair is coarse,
a mixture of white and brown, Mon
roo's is fine, smooth, and of its origin
al dark auburn In color. The hair of
John Quincy Adams is of the oddest
color; it is coarse, and colored liko a
yellow-gray cat's cyo. Gen. Jackson's
hair is a coarse white. Van Huron's
is white, lino, and smooth. Cicn. Har
rison's is fine and white, with a slight
admixture of black. John Tyler's
hair is mixed whito nnd brown. Folk's
is almost a puro whito. Taylor's is
whito, strcakod with brown. Millard
Fillmore's on the other hand, Is brown,
with a few whito Streaks, Franklin
Pierce's is a dark brown, fine and soft.
Washington Cor. Philadelphia Htcord.
My pretty neighbor was discouraged
and full of trouble last week. "So
much work to do, and baby so fretful
with cold and teething," and it was
only after she looked at her trials in a
diflerent light that she could see any
straight way out of them. Without
consciously reasoning it out, the
thought Hashed into her mind that
"baby is my work; baby must be oared
for and be made comfortable, and then
if there is time for other things I will
do them." It was a species of hero
ism which was developer in my neigh
bor. To let her bouse "go," as she
expressed it, to givo far less attention
to the table and iw needs, and to cul
tivate a calm mind in a somewhat dis
orderly house waa an accomplishment
or a viviucy ui uuuu over mauvr,
.NOTES OK THE DAY.
Fig brandy, il is reported, will be a
future product of Ventura county, Cal.
Il is stated that there are six hun
dred lunatics at present in the Texas
jails.
A San Antonio paper has ti column
for the ladies headed "Pwwder and
Bangs."
Goat uii'ii are very successful about
i I'vuldc, Tex., most of them raising 100
bicycle riders for injuries received has
been organized in Loudon.
There are now 72,miii growing tree
in Washington, laid at regularintcrvals
along 125 miles of line streets.
Horner, the Cincinnati convict, is
shoveling saml in the penitentiary,
preparatory to learning the molding
trade.
'I'he Massachusetts supreme court
has decided that fhctuxution of moneys
invested in real estate inortgaires 'is
illegal.
Springfield. Mass.. has a local gym
nast wlio packs himself into a box
measuring 22 inches long by 17 wide
aud 15 high.
In nineteen private galleries of New
York arc pictures worth j'o'.ooo.uoO.
underbill s form the most costly sin
gle collection.
i A signboard, marked "Six miles to
i Montgomery, Ala.." was found in the
mountains after the tornado, 250 miles
front Montgomery.
The Kentucky bouse of representa
tives has passed a bill prohibiting bi
cyclists from using the public roads of
most of Ihe counties in that state.
Seven hundred pictures form Ihe
spring exhibition of the New York
Academy of Design. Over eighteen
hundred were sent to the committee.
George Dunawav. of Randolph coun
ty. Georgia, had ii fretful child. He
attempted to whip it recently, where
upon his wife drew a pistol and kitted
Into.
That aneiont steamship, the Beaver,
the lir, I steam vessel to outer the Pa
eilio, is advertised for sale at Victoria,
B. ('., to satisfy a judgment in a law
suit. 1 Emaiieipation Proclamation Coggs
wcll is the naiiu' of the a-sistant post
master at Wesley villo. O. He was
born on the day the proelumatiou was
issued.
A 4-year-old boy at Felicity, ()., is
tiie sensation in that town, as he can
or is alleged to be able to read books
and papers at sight, though he was
never instructed.
Only a thousand fishing boats will
bo run 011 the Lower Columbia river,
Oregon, this season - a falling off of
live hundred boats from last season in
the salmon fisheries.
1 Enormous quantities of fish have
I n taken in nets in Jefferson county,
New York. Game constables made a
raid la-l week and captured and burned
a number of the nets.
A fluid extract of tobacco, with
halo-oil soap, is recommended by the
slate inspector of fruit pests in Califor
nia as a sure way of exterminating the
destructive red spider.
Il is said that a number of the ne
groes who recently went to Arkansas
ltoni Anderson county. South Caro
liaa, arc dissatisfied, and arc trying to
gel money logcl back homo.
The herring catch for the winter is
reckoned at eighteen million lish.
Portland, Me., shipped fifty cargoes
to Boston, and Gloucester, Mass., and
East port shipped sixteen thousand bar
rels. Athens. Tex., has lifty-live voting
men and only eight young ladies.
Some of the eastern cities should form
a woman's emigration society and
send out a supply of superfluous voting
latlies.
A crank who represented himself to
be the slay er of President Lincoln, and
who said be was then on his way to see
President Arthur to recover !?1,000,000
due him, was recently arrested at the
white house.
An infuriated bull at Laredo, Tex.,
recently made an attack upon the un
finished wall of a brick building which
was eighteen feet high and thirty feet
long. He succeeded in knocking the
whole of it to the ground.
The latest use devised for paper is
the making of carpets. A Connecticut
man is reported to have taken out
patents for processes by which beauti
ful and substantial carpets can bo
made of paper at very low prices.
'I'he mail pouch for Promised Land,
Long island, was lost overboard two
years ago, as the mail boat was con
veying il from Spriugs, nnd was found
upon the shore the other day. A hole
was worn in it and tho mail had wash
ed out.
An Alliens, Ga., lawyer who was
lately employed in a case to defend a
narrow-gauge railroad in order to se
cure his fee took the road ns a retain
er, while the company agreed to issue
bonds to pay the amount when the
case ended.
Mr. Ewinglshcll, of Lexington, Ky
has something more than a patriotic
interest in most of our holidays. In
the first place ho was born on Wash
ington's birthdnv and his wife on Val
entine's day; while, of his four children,
ono was born on tho F'ourth of July
and nnothcr on Christmas.
The squatters are onco more doing
business on tho ocean beach and near
tho terminus of tho Park and Ocean .
railroad, San Francisco. Tho refresh
ment booths nre small, compact and
clean, and tho owners have a respecta
ble appearance.
Mahlon Linton, of West Pike Run,
Washington county, Pa., constructed a
pond on his premises about a year ago
and placed three carp in it. A day or
two sinco he drained the pond
and found between six hundred and
seven hundred fish in it.
The latest reports from the seal
fisheries in the neighborhood of Cane
Ftattery, Washington territory, indi
cate that the vessels engaged have met
with very gratifying success. Up to
the cloto of March the fishing schoon
ers had captured 693 seals.
A North Carolina man, whose house ,
was demolished by a tornado the other
night, afterward found bis watch
hanging on a small limb of a tree that
had blown down in the yard, the chain
wrapped several times around the
limb. It was ticking away as if noth-
ing had happened. An other man,
who always Icopt agun at tho head of
his bed, was found shot through the
body and the gun lying near him empty.

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