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THE COUNTY PAPER.
lljr DOI1VNH WAt.l.KK.
OREGON,
MO
WEEKLY REVIEW.
lomcMllc.
Allro July lltli, at Jollct, 111.,
con
sumed 35 buildings, hot, over f-liVXW.
Dean Bros, largo mill at South Ches
ter, Pa., turned July lltli. Ism, $30,000.
Tho mining of tin 1ms becomo an in
dustry of considerable Importance l the .Aus
tralian colonics.
Several largo manufacturing laiHd
Jngs In Cincinnati burned July Till, 'cnudng n
loss estimated at $300,000.
IThc electric railway Is being used In
Germany to convey cml from the 'holy of tlic
mines tn the mouth of tlic pit.
Four hundred head of eattk perished
liy the burning of tlic largo feedlne hams of J.
I'lnncnlch, at Buflaki, N. Y., July bth.
A largo gang saw mill -with 2,000,000
lect of lumber aud tlphtccn hotics burned at
Potsdam, N. V., July 13th. Txws, lft1,000.
Tlio Irish census gives the "gem of tho
aoa" a population of B,15fl,$49, a decrease of
only a quarter of a million In eleven yean.
A $7,',(M tiro oectnrcd in St. Louis
on the evening of July 33th, by which the build
ing of the Excelsior Manufacturing Co. was
destroyed.
Geo. Stevenson, fireman, nnd John
Morlarty, a boy 12 years of age, were killed, July
10th, by the dlk-hlng of au engine six miles
south of East St. Louli.
Tho wheat crop of Illinois is estimated
at 28,000,000 InislieM, agalust 12,000,000 last
year. Th Ohio crop Is put at 40,000,000,
ngalnst 62,000,000 last year.
Judge Clifford, of tho United States
Supreme Court, 1ms undergone the amputation
of a foot for gangrene. The chances for his re
covery are exceedlngrymall.
A few eases of Ycllowfevcrhavo been
quarantined on board n llrltlh bark at Pcusa
cola, Florida. At Memphis the quarantine reg
ulations arc being rigidly enforced.
J. U. Wood's plaining mill, Allison
fc Adlson's fertilizing warehouse, nnd 300,000
feet of buttnmund burned at Petersburg, Va
on the titpi of June "th. Loss, $300,000.
It is bVW' that the Pittsburgh & Fort
Wayne rath Kd company have made contracts
to curry grain In elevator to New York for 12
cents per 100 pounds. This only applies to ele
vator grain.
Tho daughter of an English Major
General named Fjcru, fell Into the sea at Ilycrs,
Trance, July 8th, and the mother and two other
daughters attempted to rescue her, and all four
"were drowned.
During U thunder sto.ui, at Decatur,
Alabama, on the evening of July 7th, the light
ning struck a bam wlicro a number of people
sought refuge. Four were killed and eight se
riously Injured.
Tho largest elevator In tho world is
about completed. It Is located In Brooklyn, N.
Y., cost 12,000,000, and will hold 2,500,000
bushels of wheat. From seven to ten ocean
steamers can be loaded from It at one time.
Tho Secretary of tho State Hoard of
Agriculture reports the condition and prospects
of crops In Onlo, July 1, as follows : Wheat, 77
percent.; rye, SO; oats, 03; corn, 70; timothy,
ft); potatoes SO. The wheat crop Is estimated
at 40,000,000 bushels, against 52,000,000 last
year.
A tunnel on tho Cincinnati North
cm railroad near Cincinnati fell In on the night
of July 13th on a party of 30 workmen. At
latest accounts It was not known In what con
dition they were, but efforts wcro being mado
to extricate them.
Stock men on tho Tonguo river and
vicinity are making complaints that tho Crow
Indians are off their reservation stealing cattle
and burning oil the country. They have already
killed and crippled a good many cattle. There
are about 450 Indians uow encamped on Tongue
river.
Advices from Santa I)oniin-o, of tho
80th ult., say that the greatest commotion pre
vailed tlurc liccaufc of a threatened Invasion.
Advices from Venezuela of the SUth ult. say that
It Is positively asserted that a revolution has
broken out in the Interior. President Gazman
JJIanco has nearly 10,000 men under anus. Tho
President was reported quite 111.
A terrible disaster occurred on tho
fit. Paul, Minnesota ifc Omaha railway, at Hud
son, Wis., July 10th. A wild freight train of
43 cars and two engines broke in two, and 14
cars ran unchecked down a steep grade, and
could not be overtaken, having acquired a ve
locity of CO miles per hour. It crossed a bridge
ana urucK anotuer freight train at tho depot
killing the engineer, Geo. Trlder, and making a
terribly destructive collision. Loss, $50,000.
mi. iti -
j. no uio commissioners navo re
turned to their cantonment on the Uncompa-
gre, Col., after a month's trip. They travelled
over sou miles on horseback, with a pack train,
They examined lands in western Colorado and
astern Utah. They endured many privations,
traveling for whole days without water. They
hare selected a location and tho Indians will be
removed to it as soon as the requisite arrange
ments can be made,
The San Franctsco Chronicle gives a
list of 29 Comstock mines, not one of which has
paid a dividend In the past six months, and, ex
cepting five, assessments were levied. These
stocks were speculated in considerably, but not
with much success. About $2,311,000 new
money has been paid la by the stockholders, who
liave not received a dollar in return, yet It Is
probable they will put in a great deal more,
with the hope of being reimbursed at some fu
ture time.
A conferenco was held at tho Interior
Department in Washington, July 13th, with a
view of arriving at some conclusion as to Little
Chief and his band of Northern Cheyennes,
Secretarly Klrkwood, General Sherman aud Lit
tle Chief being present. It was decided that a
delegation of Missouri river Indians, Including
Spotted tall, Red Cloud, Standing Bear and oth
ers should be Invited to Washington early In
September to discuss the various vexed ques
tions with the authorities there. The Cheyennes
are much dissatisfied with their present location
In the Indian country, and want to go north to
the Missouri river country. They would prefer
to locate at Fort Keogh, but there Is no Indian
reservation there.
Crime.
Thomas Haqier, n cow-boy, was
liangcd at Tucfon, Arizona, July 8th, for tho
murder of John Tilllday In September last. Ho
made no confession, but left a letter to "Curly
Dill," a well known desperado, admonishing
him to take warning from him, and not be too
bandy with his pistol, and to "stand a heap
Jrom a man before you kill him."
Wm. Mitchell, a Chicago polico ofll-
eer, who found a waif a few days ago, created n
coiHdcrablo of a sensation by christening It In
court Charles J. Gultcau. The Indignation be
came so marked that the Infant will be relieved
of tlic Incumbus of so d lscrolltnbtc a name.
A spcclnl from Mcnomonio, Wis., of
July llth., says that two desperadoes shot and
killed nudcr-Shcrlff M. Coleman, of Dunn
county, and Charles Coleman, Sheriff of Hc-
pobikoaii county, In that State The murdcrcs
are the Williams brothers, horse tliclvcs from
Illinois. They escaped after sliootlng the ofllc
ws, and arc armed with Wlnclicstcr Rifles. A
bcavy reward Is otTcrcd for their capture.
At n negro barbacuc, Mineral Springs
Ark., a few days ago, a quarrel began, and the
the trial of the participants win set for July 7th.
The court was early surrounded by 209 or more
negroes, mostly armed with pins. Tlic olllccrs
arrested one for drunkenness and ttie negroes
evinced a dctcroitntlon to take him away. In
stantly forty or fifty white apiearcd armed on
the street, aud protected tlic oflUcr.
."VeWM from Aliroiul.
ENGLAND.
A London dispatch of July 8th, says
King Kalakua'calledntttic United States Le
gation that day and Inquired nftrr the condition
of President Garllckl. Tlic report that King
Kalakua wos dead, tlierefore, appears to be an
error. The appointment of L. L. West as Brit
ish Minister to Washington Is gatctted. The
House of Commons went Into commltte on the
Land 11111, and claims 30, 21, 25, SI and 24 were
passed.
July 9th tho British troops wcro re
viewed by the Quwn, and a lmndred thousand
spectators were present at Windsor. Twenty
five thousand volunteers partlcljiated. All the
royal family attended. Tlie Russian General
Skobcloft was Invited to Iw prcscut, but was
unable.
Tho expected land bill will reach tho
House of Lords by the end of July, provided
the emigration provlsslons arc abandoned. Par
liament will probably sit till the end of August.
GEltMANY.
A Berlin corresjwndcnt says German
scholars, though rrgrctthig the sjieeily Ameri
canization of the Germans on their arrival In
America, do not favor the establishment of a
German University.
KCSSIA.
Dispatches from Tunis, July 8th, say
It is reported that tlic French destroyed all the
forts, the great morgue aud part of the Mussel
men's at Sfax. Tlic insurgents are still resist
ing. FltANCK.
A Paris correspondent writes that ex
cellent accounts of all crops have been received
from the provinces. Tlic farmers of tho central
provinces, the great wheat growing region,
count on a good average crop, and as far as
opinions can yet be formed, this year's vintage
will be one of the best for fifteen years. Ad
vices from Spain are contradictory, but favora
ble reports predominate
Tho International Monetary Confer
ence, at Paris, adjounxd on July 10th, after
adopting a resolution proposed by tho French
and American delegate, expressing a desire
that negotiations lie openud between the Gov
ernment which participated In the conference,
and that the conference be summoned to meet
again April 12th, 1882, to settle the details of
the monetary convention, which it Is hoped will
be concluded by that time. 'It is noteworthy,
however, so long as England and Germany per
sist In opposing the rcmonetizatlon of silver,
tho movement looking to blmctaltsm, or the
double standard, will be Ineffectual.
AFGHANISTAN.
Ayoob Khan is preparing an attack on
Caudahar Cabul, and has a large force. Tho
Ameer Is preparing an attack on Mucan, Ara
bia. Arrabla, and the whole Ottoman country is
disturbed by inter-tribal wars. Fifteen wcro
killed in a recent light.
Tin: oitir.NT.
Two battalions of Turkish troops havo
been routed by insurgents near Mecca, Two
hundred and fifty Turks were killed.
Iltl'.LANU.
A movement having been started
among tho Irish bodies In Ireland and tho Irish
organizations in Great Britain to memorialize
tho government for the release of Rev. Father
Sheeny, recently in Ireland under tho coercion
act, he has written his friends requesting them
to discontinue any petitions to the crown. Ho
states that he asks no favors nor wishes to ac
cept any not given t his fellow subjects.
The Manure Mines of Vermont.
Dr. T. II. Iloskins has explained
more fully, in tho Maino Fanner, tho
origin of tho manure mines of Vermont
to which reference was recently mado.
It appears that all tho urino of tho
animals was allowed to soak through
tho floor into tho ground undornoatU
and, tho liquid boiug rich in both nitro
gen nnd potash, tho conditions woro to
somo extent favorablo for tho forma
tion of nitrates from a paitof tho ni
trogen, while another portion romnins
in tho form of salts of nmmonia. With
snch wasteful management of this most
valuable part of tho manuro It is
no wonder that rich mines wero found
nftor an accumulation of twontv years.
Tn, .J5rouni1. bouB covered by tho
building, and protocted from the rain,
no other water than tho urlno itself
could leach through It elso tho rich
ness would not have remained thorn
Nitratos are quietly carried off by per
co'ating water, tho drainage waters of
well manured ilelds nre much richer in
nltratos than those of poor and unman
urcd soils. Tho presonco of considera
ble nhosnhorla acid was also nnlnil nml
Dr. Iloskins is inclined to doubt the
statement of tho books that this sub-,
stance is not to bo found in
tho urino of cattlo. It was not,
howovor. puro urino that passed
through the floor to tho ground, but
urlno which had been in contact with
the solid excrements, from which it
could not but extract more or less phos
phate Moreover, it is true, as the doc
tor believes, although ho has found no
other reason for his faith than the re
sults of his own investigations, that in
tho caso of well-fed animals, whoso ra
tion contains much grain or oil-cako,
somo phosphate isoxoretcdln thourino;
and tho urino of animals fed no milk is
rich in phosphates. There is nothing
unreasonable, theroforo, in tho occur
renco of these manure mines; but wo do
not think that any good Vermont
iiirmor win regard it as pru
ueni management to store up for
years a part of his plant food in tho
ground In this manner; and tho discov
ery of theso accumulations of fertility
a toffotber too X V A J?8!0"!
thero. of tho importance of the use of
It costs little troublo to save tho solid
part of tho oxeromonts, and still less to
lose tho liquid part. But It is only tho two
together that make a complete manuro
and n farm may bo running rapidly to
oxhaustlon if supplied with one without
tho othor.
Honored unit III;nk-1.
When a board of eminent physicians and
chemists announced the discovery that by com
bining some well kliow valuable remedies, the
most wonderful medicine was produced, which
would cure such a wide range of diseases that
most all other remedies could be dlspeused with,
many were skeptical; but proof of Us merits by
actual trial has dispelled all doubt, aud to-day
the discoverers of that great medicine, Hop Hit
lers, are honored and blessed by all -as benefac
tor. DtmocraL
THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
Prcxlricnt tZnrUrltl In Improving
Itiiphtly.
sr.N'ATon KinKwnon to oovr.nxon oeati.
Exmvtivb Mansion, Washisotov, D. C,
July", 8:30 r. v. To (lot: Jofrn Jr. Gear, Jkt
Mwm, Ivww The favorable condition of tlio
Prrrldcnt continues. Pulse 101: temperature
102; rcsplratKvn, SI. S. J. KinKwoou.
TOE KVE!fINO nCM.ETI.NS.
Exkccttvk Mansion, 7:30 I, m. There ha
riccn no change of consequence In tire Presl-
ucnv runuiunn since tlic last unouiciai mule
tin. Ir. Bliss reports his symptoms at this hour
(7:30 f. M.) as full of encouragement.
F.XTtTTivK Mansion. 8 r. m Tlie favorable
condition of the President continues, rulsc,
,n . ... . rt . - I .. m
ii-iiiii-ruiurc, iVmi rcsinmiiun,
I). W. Musi,
J. K. lUnNES,
J. J. WoonwAnn,
Unnrtrr nmrmntv.
Unless an unfavorable rbnnn ncrn. tin fur.
ther bulletins will bo Issued until to-morrow
morning.
am, WEi.t, ATjMinNtorrr.
WAsniNOTfiN. Jnlr 7. mlilnll-lit n,Uiln
Unofficial There Is nn material rlinnm In th
condition of the President since the date of last
omciai nuiiciin. nc is resting quietly.
WHAT OCITEAE'T CniME WIM. HE.
Should the President recover, the case will
oniy no assaun wnn intent to Kill. Tin
trcmc penally Is eight years.
THE NEW voiik rilAMnrn or rnuurnr.
New oiik, July 7. Tlic ChamJicrof Com
mercc to-dav adopted resolutions on Gutteau's
crime and the heroism of the President, declar
ing that personal and political interests have
sunk Into insignificance compared with this
appaiiing caiamiiv. incy congratulate the
counlrvthat the Chief Mnrlsfmtp. b- hU nun
display of the highest qualMc of manhood, has
done so much to sustain the hopes of the peo-
!-- i m'.v euro's uHMinpe inai ino event will
unuc an panics anu tactions.
A rt'sn ron uns. (IAIipifi.iv
Cyrus W. Field announced that a numlier of
genucmcn nan iictcrmineil tn raise! 2.V),000,
which Is to lie nut Into United States hon.W on
deposited with the United States Trust Com
pany, the Income tlierefrom to be paid to Mrs.
Garfleld during her life, and at her death to tie
equally divided omongher children. In apprecl-
mum in me nunic cimrncicr 01 inc i resident.
Mr. Field then presented a subscription list
which was headed by bis own name for tt.000
ami iieiow were ine names oi irc.TCl, .Morgan A
Co.. and Jay Gould for a like amount. Mesrs.
C. P. Huntington, 8. 11. Chlttendon and D.
lllls James ns once stepped forward nml enrli
suhscrllicd a similar amount. The following
iui im-ir illume urmii ior M.isu earn: .lames
m. uoigate, u r. Trcnor, Percy It. Pvnc, .Tesup,
Paton A Co.. C. T.nnler, Field, I.lndlcv & Co.
J. Scllglan, W. H. Fogg and John T. Terry.
Subscriptions mav be sent to the nfHei nf rVr,
W. Field, 145 llro'adway, or to tho Chamber of
commerce.
THAT QUAriTEn MILLION TOESEST.
r 1 . f . 1 . . r. V .
i uKi-.nasicr itcncrai .lames nasrece veil n
telegram from Geo. Wilson, secretarv New
York Chamlier of Commerce, requestlng'hlm to
say to Mrs. Garfield that the mrmlicrs of the
Ncwlork Chamber of Commerce burn itiIv.
scrllicd f 2S0.000 to be presented to her both as
n token of their sincere esteem and svmpathy
and as a means of relieving the mind of the
President entirely from anxlctv with regard to
the future of his family. To the telegram Post
Master General James has sent tlm fnllmvlmf
replv! "
''ExnctmvE Mansion. Washington. I). C,
July 7.7b Cvrs ll'ifooii, Afcj., timrtarii
ChaiiJurof Commave, Ana Jot City. Your
dispatch has lieen delivered to Mrs. Garfield.
On receipt of It she remarked that there was so
mucninat was louciung ana beautiful In the
svmpathy of the whole country sho did not
dare to trust herself to think of It.
(Signed) Tnos. L. James."
'Postmaster General."
INew York, .Tulv 8. T)r. Hamilton Is mnrti
encouraged over the Washington News. He
says there is no gangrene in the pus discharged
to-day. It Is a healthy and vcrv good sign In
deed. I have every reason to believe the Presi
dent has all the chances of recoven 1 1 his fa
vor. The symptoms Indicate that nature will
take care of the ball.
NO CONrEPEHATES.
.lUWItl rnrplnn iIIkLIah
who Investigated the assassination to seo If
Gultcau had any confederates, said to-dav:
"Our Investigations arc nlmut over. We looked
over tho whole field. There Is really nothing
that has not been published in tho case except
iiiv, iiumu Di iiiu uiuoriuii.nn geniiemnn WHO
through mistaken bencvolcnro lent Gultcau
money, tellcvlng It was tn help him pay his
lioard. This would probablv Ikj of no Impor
tance to nny one except that gentleman himself,
and to make it public would be doing a great
wronr Ppnnln nr.. tn nnt in .llc.-..m ..!.
man says or does."
"Do you think from your examination of
Gultcau that
HE IS INSANr.l"
"He Is nn erratic man, n man who would tic
fanntlcal about any subject he might daddlc In.
He would go to extremes. I do not think that
anything lie said to me Indicated Irrationality.
He Is as sano as any man. That ho Is insane or
a monomaniac rather excites one's pity. Ho
excites antagonism and one's disposition Is to
arguo with him. When one advances nn argu
ment that bailies him. he seems to realize that
bis position Is untenable and Impatiently says:
"I don't want to arguo with you, vou can't con
vince me. I can't change your views. There
Is really
NO MTSTElir AIIOLT THE CASE,"
said Major Hrooks. "As I stated, tho newspa
pers have printed everything about It. They
have got everything, In somo way. As for
Gulteau's past career, tho newspaper reporters
seemed to have found out all aliout that."
THE rilUSIIlENT'S STItENOTII flAININO.
New YonK, July 8. The ComnvrclaTt Wash
ington special snvs: The President continues
In a very favorable condition. IInlini.Yliiiir..i
more strength than at any tlmo since the sboot-
iiig; nnu irctyumiy is mucli encouraged. Mrs.
Garfield was greatly refreshed by her ride this
morning, and a more confident "feeling prevails
at tho White House this afternoon than has
been observed since Saturday. The doctors
say they arc much encouraged by tho progress
of suppuration, and that tho fever Is not by any
means what they anticipated.
NEMIASKA OltEETINOS.
Lincoln, Neb., July 8. To Hon. James G.
Blaine, Washington: The people of Nebraska,
without reganl to party affiliation, have tieen
alterant ntr between hone anil fear n in i, flni
outcome of the assault upon the President. We
are alt Joyful over the good news. He Is rapid
ly improving, and are filled with admiration at
the fortitude displayed by Mrs. Garfield during
Signed Alhincs Vancb.
TOE PIITSICIINS' EVE NINO KErORT.
Executive Mansion. 7:30 v v ThTr.i
dent's condition continues favorable during the
day. Febrile reaction does not differ materially
fntm ( V a , rf -ul.nl.H I?..,.- ..A. .
; ... ; j'u.j, luc, j.u, icimicra'
ture 101-9; respiration, 24.
D, W. Bliss,
J. K. Baiines,
J. J. WoonwAnn,
Hon'T RRrnifuv.
Exbcctive Mansion. Julv 0. 4 r. m Tim
President has been more comfortable to-dav
. . . . i i .. . ,ti. .. .. -
lutu nujr uuiu Duties wuuuuuu. jus Cllliaren
were permitted to see him this morning, and
the attending physicians report at 4 p. m. that
lie Is improving satisfactorily. None of the
systems of artificial refrigeration thus far tried
have entirely met tho sanguine anticipations of
their luventers and supporters, but as the
weather continues reasonab.lv cool the Preslileni
has not suffered much from heat since Thurs
day. Experiments are still being made with re
frigerating aparatus In anticipation of tho re
turn oi uoi wcaiuer, wuicn is prcaictca iy uen,
Hazcn.
SECIIETAItT KIHKWOOD TO GOV. GEAR.
Executive Mansion, Wasiiinoton, July 0.
To Gov. John H. Clear. Des Moines. Iowm
Bulletin, 7:30 p. m. The President's condition
has coutlnued favorable durlntr the day. Tim
febrile reaction of this afternoon docs not differ
materially from that of yesterday. Pulse,
100 i temperature, 101 0-10: respiration, 24. The
conditions are so favorable that no further
bulletins will be issued until to-morrow morn
ing.
S. J, KinKwoon
the una. oaiifibld out.
New Yoiik, Jily 9. Tlie "World" proposes
to raise a subscription, of the sum of 15 and
upwards, tor me purposes ana unuer ine con
ditions set forth in the subscription list. The
paper was drawn up by Mr, Field, and will be
among the members of tho Chamber of Com
merce Thursday, It the amount thus sub
scribed shall even
D0UIII.E THAT OUIOINALLT CONTEMPLATED
by tlie Chamber of Commence, there will bo no
subscriber to grudge his share o t it, whether it
proves to do a provision ior we wmow anu or
phans of tho President of tlie United States or.
as now most happily It seems much moro prob
able, a thank offering for his recovery from this
murderous assault. Many letters have been re
ceived asking whether it would lie permitted to
peopio living ouisiue oi new iotk io suuscrwo
to this fund; tills circumstance caused consid
erable Interest among the active workers in the
movement, anu ll was suggceteu wai mo tuna
iw cuangeu io
A NATIONAL ONE,
and though directed from this city, that all sec
tions be Invited to co-.ipcrate, duo credit being
given In each case. Field has concurred In tills
suggestion, but thinks that In such case nt least
fw,uuu can no raised. Field, I.clter A Co.,
Chicago, telcgrtiphcd that the question of sub
scription to tbe fund will lie considered as soon
as the senior partner of the Ann returned to
his home. Mr. Field Is enthusiastic In the work
and seems to be anxious to do nearly all tho
worK W personal solicitations. He docs
SWT EXPECT THE S1.K1HTEST DIFHCIII.TT
in Tttslng the fund to at least a quarter nf n
million dollars. I.nng Branch has already sub
scribed 20,000. The total amount of subecrlp-
tuni acKiiowicugcu lo-mgui is tM.lvu.
Subscriptions to the fund for Mrs. Garfield
still continue to pour In. W. W. Corcoran,
Wasler George Iscney nnd Gcorgo W. Chllds
contribute 5.000.
Executive Mansion, July 11, 2:30 p. m.
The condition of the President has not malcrl-
oily changed since the dale or tlie last official
bulletin. He complains a little of weariness
and muscular soreness and has once or twice
manifested a slight apprehension that his recov
ery might leave him In some way maimed or
disabled so as to Incnjiacltatc him for
active physical exercise. Ho said recent
ly to one of Ids attendants, "I wish
T m,1.1 rrnt .... ..... t .....,.!
sec whether I have anv back lione left or
not. Hut whatever dotilt tl.eio may Ikj In
the mind of the President ns to the existence of
ins physical back Wine, tlierc is none In the
mum oi ins iricmis as to ins mural back Imiiic.
nfiTEAt; a Mr.Mnr.it or Plymouth ciinucu.
aew ionic, juiv li. iiiiormation was rc-
ccivctl yesterday showing that Charles A. (lull
ffl), llin U-..IIM1I.A n..nB.t.t r.f II. n T M-...
was once n member of Plymouth church, and
uxn lurincr inquiry it was ascertained from
a member of Hev. S. 11. Hollownv's family
that he also Mongol to one of the " Plymouth
Bible classes, but his connection with thechurch
ceased aliout twelve vears ap,c, and lasted two
years. Mr. Alvln Hill, who taught the class of
hiucu uuiicau was n meniuer, ven asKcil
nlKint It. said that he rcmcmtiereil tbrnersnn
well enough, having hail personal experience
w ith him which clearly Indicated tlic Inslnccrlt
of his character. This Is explained lrv saying
iiiuiiuc crj nrsi iimc He ever saw ituncau ino
inner saiu inai ne was oui oi employ
mem, ami was trying to una some
thing to do, and on the strength of that
pica norrowing seven dollars from him. After
that, said Mr. Hill, I found that he was not
looking for work, and when he came to me
again soon after and wanted to borrow more
money, i nativ rclusol to let him have any.
That was the klml nfecrentrlcllr hi illtnlnt-Jl
The custom was for members of the class to
hang their photographs on the wall, all In one
irainc, anu iiiereTi remained, until lie com.
mltted the horrible Assault mi 11m TVnal.lont
W hen I heard that he was tlie person who did
that, I took his picture down at once."
Washington, July 13, 2 r. m. Dr. Bliss ot
iins nour reports mat the resident's condition
has been steadily lnitrovlnfviv-rlni.i. mnrtiln,
He Is lietter In every way tills afternoon than at
me currcsponuing nour ycsteniay, anu Ho has
not a symptom which need cause uneasiness.
The prisoner Gultcau grows sullen and un
easy In his cell. He thinks-If he could read the
papers, smoke cigars and walk aliout the rotunda
of the Jail he would lie happy. These favors
are refused him and he pines noticeably. He
oes not carc.to talk ns much ns at first, but
now and then talks with the District Attorney,
or whoever of the assistants may call on him.
He has said n great many things to these men
not made public. Up in July 13th the Mrs.
Garfield fund had reached $!3;000.
Wasiiinoton, July 13. The President has
been sleeping quietly the most of the evening,
and Ills fever has considerably dccreacd since
the date of tho last official bulletin. His symp
toms nt this hour arc all favorable. When he
was last awake he asked Dr. Hev bum what the
news was. The Doctor replied that tho Gov
ernors of several States had hi view to Issue,
when he, tho President, should be out of danger,
n proclamation appointing a general day of
thanksgiving to God for the answered prayers
of the Nation. The President seemed touched
and gratified. In a conversation with the Pres
ident, Coloucl Rockwell made the remark that
the heart of the Nation was in his room. Tlie
words seemed to make an Impression upon him,
and to-night, while Col. Hoekwell was sitting
by his bed side, he murmured unconsciously in
his sleep: "The heart of the Nation will not
let the old soldier die!"
WASTKD ClllAIt Til's.
Great Charities Supported Abroad br What
AnirrloK rarele.nl- 1'llnga A war.
Now York Sun.
Ill the rnnniifnetnro of cignrs there is
littlo or no waste of material, Tlio stems
and ribs of the tobacco leaves that nro
rejected by the cigarmtikur nro sold to
farmers as mnniii-u. Tliu odd scraps or
cuttings go toTIlo cfgaretto manufac
turer or are sent to Kiiropolobesmokcd
in pipes. Even tliu dust Hint is swept
from tliu lloor of tliu workroom where
cigars nro miulo Iuh its price, and is
used ns an inseci;dcstioyerinliot houses
nnd gardens. Tobaeeo Is too valuable
to bu wasted by I lie manufacturer. It
is aftei' the cigar gets to tho consumer
that tlio waste begins. It is probably
safe to say that on an average one tliird
of nil the tobacco mado into cigars is
Hung away in the sliapo of half con
sinned stumps, and the smokers of the
best cigars throw away the biggest
stumps. This waste is especially com
mon in this country, where cigar hold
e rs are less used than in Europe. Along
Hroadway or tlio Howery may bu seen
every morning scores of bootblacks and
Italian ragpickers gathering from
tlio gutters a harvest of
cigar stumps for their prlvato
use. though of Into years this enterprise
has- fallen almost entirely into tho
hands of tliu Italians, owing to tho as
cendency of tho cheap enrnrctto nnd
tho growing self-esteem of tho Now
York gnmin. Tho fact familiar to ev
ery smoker, thnt a cigar -onco lighted
and laid nwny, if only a fow whill's of
smoke have been drawn through it, en
tirely loses its flavor, intoiferes with
tho value of the stump. Hut tho Italian
rng pinker is not over fastidious, and
in I li black clay pipe nil tobacco tastes
all. o- In Paris, tho gathering of cigar
stumps has grown to bo a recognized
industry. In tho Place Marabcrt there
is it market for this commodity. Whole
sale dealers purchase tho stumps that
are gathered in lariro lots of bovs and
beggars, nnd turn them into a poor
quality oi
ty of smoking tobacco that is pur
3d by the poorer classes or ex-
chased
norted
Tho tip of "head" of tho cigai, which
by the American smoker is bitten off
and tossed away, is in somo parts of
Europe carefully preserved aud mado
tho basis of vast, organized charity,
Tho history of its use, which only dates
back somo fifteen or twenty year,s, is a
fair illustration of tho results thnt may
bo accomplished by economy in small
things. Some German philosopher of
a pructicnl turn, calculated thnt mucn
valuable tobacco was wastetl by cigar
smokers by tho rejection of tho tip and if
a general collection of tho tips could bo
made and tho material could bo put to
use a handsomo revonuo would bo tho
result. Tho conceit was laughed nt
but was put to tho test half seriously by
n number of smokers. For wnut of an
organized effort tho first results
wcro not encouraging, but tlio thing
was talked of, anu croatcd attention.
Smokers' clubs wero organized in ail
parts of Germany so-called "spltzol
voriono" (tip societies) nnd n regular
system of collections was dovised. Tho
members of tlio clubs mado it their
business to collect cigar-tips among
their friends, nnd boxes wero put into
tobacco stores and snloons for the samo
purposo. Every month a member of
tho club mado his collections. As
charity was understood to bo tho object
oi ino collections, sums oi monoy wero
found in tho nubile boxes amontr tho
tintl. At thn nmt nfthn vnnrthn tnhnonn
was sold to snuff manufacturers, or for
aiiiuKiiig iouucco, vr mi me money mo
clubs bought clothes and Christmas
presents for orphan children or tho in
mates of other charitable institutions,
Tho systom. nsit bocamo general, grow
to extraordinary proportions. Hundreds
of children are today clothed and fed
In Gormnny through this simple menus,
desnlto tho fnct that Gormanv Is rnthor
aplpo smoking than n cigar smoking
country, in iiernn mono more nro
moro than twenty collection ofliccs,
and the annual contribution of tho
"spltzol veriono" forms a considerable
item in tho support of tho Stato orphnn
nsylum, tho pntroncss of which is tho
Empress. In linden an effort is being
mado so build an orphan asylum by
means of contributions, of which clgnr
tip collections nro nn Important Item,
Tlio traveler will obscrvo lit tobacco
stores throughout tho country, nnd in
fnct, throughout Europe, cigar cuttors
that bonr tho Inscription, "ior chnrlty
savo tho Up." In Gormnnyor Austrian
UVIIIVli 111 jl l VOUII II IJU IV UIIV1 IU1'
cnascu cigars, will on
ten cut olT tho Up
ofeacuono, pnrtlynsn compliment to
mo customer, nntt pnrtiy
ns a help to
his collection.
The plnn has bcon adopted with suc
cess in England, wlicro the proceeds of
tho collections nro given to hospitals.
In Denmark tho collection of clgar-tlps
furnishes material support for a chnrlt
nblo hospital in Copenlingen, nnd pays
for tho education nnd support of a num
ber of poor girls up to tho tlmo of their
confirmation, when thoy nro nblo to
tnko caro of themselves. In Franco Uio
systom does not appear to havo token
root ns yet. Tho Parisian tobacconist
sells his clgar-tlps to florists, who fit
nilgatu their green-houses with them to
1:111 insects.
In this country, whom moro cigars
nro smoKcu iiinn in nil r.uropo togetn
or. tho tip Is contemptuously rejected.
ui into years clcar cutters havo como
into tiso In tobacco stores, but without
tho "saving" clauso that accompanies
them to Europe. A few beggnrs collect
uio tips nt ccrtntn stores and snioko
them, but most dealers throw them In
tho nsh barrel. In tlio German distrcts
nn occasional collector Is met with, nnd
in n prominent German club nil effort
was mado not long since to introduce
tho system, but tho departure for
Europe of the promoter of tho schcnio
put an end to tho effort. Tobacco deal
ers in this citv aronorallv declnro them
selves ready to support nnd shnro in tho
movement, should nn nttomnt bo mado
to reus public interest in it for charity's
snKo.
He Wanted Particulars.
Yesterday nfternoon a pomuous look
ing colored man, wearing a veteran's
naugo over nts ncttrt, encountered in
front of tho City Hall a brother of color
wearing n small Hag on his cont, and
trvinir to look ns if ho had starved in
Andorsonvillo for a year nnd n half.
"Stop, sah stopl' commanded tho
fiiat. ''Am you ti veteran, sah?"
"i succis i nrr was tlio ropiy.
"You war in do army, oh J'
"Yes, sah I"
"War you a cook or a wngln driver?"
"No. snh! 1 war in do ranks!" was thn
Indignant reply. "I wnr right tlar nt
A eiersDiirg.
"Wnitiu' on;do.hospitplf"
"No, snhl" 1
"In do commissionary department?"
'No. sah I I war in do light."
"Behind n log?"
"No. snhl"
"Did ycr hoy a gun?"
"Yes, snhl"
"War It loaded?"
"Yes. sail!"
"An" you tired it off?'
T did. sah; of course I did."
"Was It li'intcd at do sky?"
"No. sah. it war p'lntod at do nn.
cmy?"
"Do butt-cand fo'most?"
"No, snhl"
"And it wont off?"
"Yes, sah!"
"An' do lnemy drnppcd ?"
"I can't say as to dat, sah I"
"What I VOU down dnr Hlinnltn' 'wnv
Undo Sam's powder an' lead, widout
hlttln' nnvbodv ? Takn nflf ilnt.flnn- mi,i
AY hat blzness tins you to como out
mongdis crowd anr purtond dat you
do Union, when you war eatin' fo dol
lars worf o' grub por week nn' shootln'
wld yer eyes shot ? Go 'way, sah I It
war somo slch chicken nq vnn rlnt nl,ni
pfl my heil in dat samo battle, jest as I
bed surrounded a hull rebel leg'ment.
Stan back, sali! doan talk to a genuine
uiu ivuiui.ui, sun r ieiroH t ree rrcss.
FusIiIou'h Freuks.
hell tlio Fn-llllll nation rinl,n,l it a
height of folly and wickedness, just be
fore tho Hovolntlon broke out and
Hooded tho land with mlsm-v nml iirm,i.
shed, all who desired to bo connected
witn tlio aristocracy carried about with
them nt least one pantln. Theso were
small wooden dolls which, by pullin- a
string, suddenly jlrked out' urms nnd
legs, exaealy liko tluiso which may bo
seen ndorr.lng u,u hats of "swells" on a
Dorbyday. Tho rago for them was
Immense Nobles, gontlemoii, and
oven grave oeelesiastlcs wore
to- bo seen enrrying thorn
about and playing with them. Asomo
what similar rago for comlits existed in
tho reign of Honrv III. of Franco. When
tho body of Duo do Guiso was found
after tho battlo of lllols ho had
Ills comllt.hnv tn Ma Imml r, ir.on i...
1 ........ All AIJVU IIIU
ad es carriod hand-mirrors attached to
their chntcliiins, and, liko Narcissus,
wore perpetually admiring their own
charms. This excited the deepest In
dignation of Joan des Caures, a stern
old moralist of. tho time, nnd ho em-
lumuuiiiiy monncua tnem with tho ox
tremest penalties of tho othor world.
Who would havo of believed that so late
as 17.51 tho dress of ailniiilvslmiilii i,
consisted of n blnck velvet coat, a green
mm BiiYur wusiu coat. VOlloiv vnl.nt.
breeches, and blue stocking i a
cal writer of nbout tho samo period
gives a biting sketch of one of his con
temporaries: "A cont of light green,
with sleoves too small for tho arms, and
wiiiiajiis mo uig ior mo sieoves; a pair of
Manchester line stuff. breeches, without
any money in tho poekotsj cloudod silk
stockings, but no legs; a duo of hair
behind larger than tlie head that carries
It; a hat of tho slzo of a slxpenso on a
block not worth n farthing.'r No doubt
the flame gentleman could paint a plc
turo of tho dress of our own tinio which
would appoar as redieulous to tho gen
tleman with tho green coat as his own
does to us.
An Impertinent Mimic.
Young ladles who oxooct attentions
from young men should not keop a too
well educated parrot. A family In Nash
villo has a parrot noted for Its wonder
ful poworsof Imitating tho human voico.
Tho family has also a daughter whoso
especial duty is tho caro of tho parrot.
Tlio young lady has a frlond, a young
man, who called at the hotiso ouo eve
ning, and pulled at tho door-boll. Tho
parrot, sitting in an upstairs window,!
neurit mo jingle oi tno uen ana cnllu
out:
"Go to tlio windowl" Tho vounirman'
was startled.
Ho looked at all tho windows below
and found them closod. Ho pulled th
uoor Knou again.
"ixoxt cioorr" snouted tno parrot, 1
a voice not uuliko tho vouuir ladv's.
Tho young man looked up and dow
tho streotin a nuzzled tort of wnv as If
had suddenly dawned upon his mlm
thnt ho had mado a mistake in tho house
Concluding that ho had not, ho again
rang tho bell.
"Go to tho housol" cried Poll from
his percli in tlio upper window.
"What houso?
exclaimed tho young
man angrily.
ino worKiiousoi" soroamoa tho par
rot. Tho young man concluded to
leave for his boarding houso.
'S
Said Mrs. Smith, who had como to
spend tho day, to littlo Edith?" "Aro
rou ginu to seo mo again, JSdltlii'" isa
th "Yes, m'm, and mamma's clad.
tool" Mrs. Smith "Is sho?" Edith
Yes, m'm; sho said sho hoped you'd
come to-dny, and have it over with."
Mamma blushes scarlet, but Mrs Smith
simply smiles.
Till! I.ASD OP Hl,KUt
"Whcro lies the land of w lilch thy soul would
know I"
Dcyond tho wearied world, tho songlcss dell,
The purple grape, and golden asphodel, .
Beyond tho zone whcro streams baptismal flow.
"Wlicro lies the land to which thy soul would
got"
There whcro the unvcxed senses darkly dwell
Where never haunting, hurrying footfall fell
U here toll Is not, nor bulldcd hope laid low.
Hcstl Kcstl to thy hushed realm, one by one,
Old Knrth's tired ages steal away and weep,
Forgotten or unknown, long duty done.
Ah, Godl when Death In seeming peace shall
sleep
Life's loud turmoil, and Time his race hath run
Shall heart of man at length find rest ami
sleep.
HOW SIMON 1'EVERITT GOT
MAKKIKD AT LAST.
Master Westloy, clerk and sexton In
the small village of Woodham, wns ono
winter's morning sitting by his cheery
iircsiiio wniciung nitcrnntciy tno ram,
fiercely bcatintr ngninst tho latticed
window-panes, nnd tliu brisk movements
of his active littlo daughter, as sho mov
ed to and fro, busy nbout her household
work. Presently sho camo In, bringing
n hat, greatcoat, nnd iimbrclln, observ
ing, "1 ou will bo wanting theso soon,
fail ter. It Is nearly cloven o'clock."
She had hardly said this, when a loud
knocking wns heard nt tho outer door,
loi lowed by the nbrupt cntrnnco of
little, middle-aged man, in a stnto of
great excitement, his faco red, his hair
rumpled, Ills boots splashed with mud,
anu ins coat dripping witu wot.
"Why, Simon, what on enrth's tho
matter?" snld tho clerk. "You don't
look much liko a bridegroom."
"Bridegroom t No I" tho littlo man cx
claimed with bitter emphasis. "Master
Wcstley, you'll havo to toll tho parson
i can't get married to-day."
"Why, how is that?" asked tho clerk,
"1 can't get Man up," quoth tho in
dignnnt nnd disappointed lover. "I've
been rnttlln1 nt her door, and throwin
stones nt tho winder, and shoutin' till
I'm hoarso ns a rock; nnd I'm nearly
wet inrougu wun tno drippings irom
liuscns (tho eaves of tho house); but I
can't get she up. Sho only jest put her
ncndotnoi the winder lorn minute, to
tell mo 'twer no good for mo to stand
knoekctting (making n great noise)
there; for she'd never take tho troublo
to put on her best things, and go out in
inatpowcriir rain jest to marry mo."
"Why. Sim! this is rather a bad bo
ginning for peopio nbout to marry, isn't
it? I'm afraiil tho gray maro will bo
the best horso in vour team won't
she?" said tho kindly old clerk, with a
merry twlnklo in his knowing brown
eyes. "However. I'd better cro nnd tell
Mr. Howard, or ho will bo putting his
surplice on for nothlmr. Shall I sav
that perhaps tho wedding may como off
10-morrow, it tno weather is liner, nnd
Mary will get up in time?"
"If sho don't." vowed Sim. clarinir
vengefully, "sho shall never hev another
chance. I'm fairly sick of her tricks.
Wo'vo been keeping company tills twen
ty years and more, and uow sho don't
know her own mind a bit better than a
mawthcr (young girl) in her teens.
But I won't stand it no longer. Sho
ain't going to treat mo liko a dog, or a
mat for her to wipe her feet on. There's
Widow Biggs would hev mo nny day,
and glad; and a nico comfortable wo
man sho is, too! Tho wedding ring
shan't lie long in my pocket for want of
a wearer. Ami there. Master Westluv ."
said poor Sim, nlmoit in tears over his
frustrated pious nnd disappointed-hopes,
"I'd got in n barrel of beer and a spare
rib of pork, anil wo wnr agoing Mo hov
parsties and frnwns (pancakes,) and a
mort of good things beside, to make a
reg iar spreo ot it; nnd now it's nil
knocked in tho head, and ovorvbmlv
knows I'm made a fool of into thn br.
gain."
"Uieerup, bim!" said Master W est-
ley.
"It is aggravating, I'll own; but
Isn't a bad sort, 111011211 she has
Alary
rather a cruggy (crusty) temper. She
has been very true to you; and It would
uo a pity ior two such faithful lovers as
you have been, to part over a littlo tiff
nt last. I beliovo Mary is jealous of tho
littlo widow. You know thnt peopio
did say onco that you wero rather sweet
on her."
"It was a big story," burst out Sim.
"Sho tried to hook me; but I never gave
no encouragement."
"Didn't you walk with her from
church last Sunday? I heard that you
did, and carried littlo Joey nil tho way
homo; and kissed him when you put
htm down at his mother's door."
"Well, ho asked 1110 to givohim a kiss,
so I couldn't do no otherwise. Tlioro
worno harm in that sewerly."
"Certainly not. Only, you seo, ns
Mary lives just opposite, nnd saw it all,
sho very likely thought you'd bo better
ongagod kissing her, Instead of hang
ing round tho widow's door. Depend
upon it slio's jealous; nnd sho's got a
highful spirit of her own, nnd is noting
liko tills to mnko you think sho docsnH
caro whether sho has you or not. If
sho thought there was real danger of
losing you, she'd como round in a min
ute as tractable as you like."
"But how can I raSke her think so?"
MWcll, you won't bo doing nny work
to-Uny, and it's dull timing (idling)
nlinilt ilntmr nnl1.t., 'l'.,l. T....1 1 .f.
k- ..,.. mm ui nan
ryoursolf up smart, and go and havo a
unm wiiu iurs. uriggs. raico somo
oranges nnd sweets for Jooy. Don't
look at Mary's houso; and mind and
nftko a grand show of potting and kiss
ing tho boy In front of tho window.
tore sho can seo it nil. She'll be moro
alous than over. But if sho doesn't
unrry vou to-morrow. I'll eat mv
'head."
"Ah, Master Westloy, you're a dcon
ono, you ure!" said Simoti, regarding
ins astuto adviser with admiration.
"But it don't faro to bo exackcrly jon
nlck (straightforward) to dow so; and I
nifR foud of smarmln' bablos over with
kisses. Still, if you think it'll bring
Mary up to tho scratch, I'll o'on try it.
If it don't, marry Sukoy I will, without
any shillyshallying."
master Westloy then started for tho
rectory; and Sim paid his visit to tho
wMow. Ho remained in hor snug littlo
houso some tlmo; and must havo acted
his part uncommonly woll, for ho had
hardly reached homo again, when ho
was visited by his old sweothcart. That
eccentric spinster, ignoring her own
wayward conduct that day, attacked
Sim with a storm of roproaches, accus
ing him of ilcklonoss and falseness in
forsaking her for "that sly, carneying,
littlo wldder; and nftor keeping com
pany with mo for so many years!" sho
plaintively added.
"No," said Sim, stoutly; "twor no
fault o' mine. I was ready to do my
part this morning. It was you as run
word. But I'll oat humblo-plo no lon
gor. If you don't want to hov mo, I
know ono as does. I'll marry you to
morrow, if you liko. If you don't I'll
novor ax you again!"
Mary was rt tall, hlack-oycd, comoly
looklng spinster of forty, or moro, re
ported to hnvo a hot temper nndi n.
shrewish tonguo; Hut for once sho kept,
both In check. It wns evident that Si
mon meant to bo trifled with no longer.
Moreover, sho could not help secretly
admitting that ho was right, nnd admir
ing his spirit and manly determination.
It would novor do to let so good a fellow
nnd so faithful a lovor fall a prey to a.
designing widow not to mention tho.
humiliation she would havo to cndtirol
Next morning tho rain clouds hail
cloarcd off, nnd a bright sun poured Its',
rays through tho old church windows
upon Mr. nnd Mrs. Simon Povcrltt as
they walked from tho altnr-ralls Into tlio-i
vestry, to enter their names in tho parish
register. Sim, with a brond grin on
his face, laboriously executed a big black.
X, as "his mark," informed tho rector
that ho was "a sawyer by trndo," and.
that his "owd gal had been of ngo this,
twenty years !'nf ter which he turned
to his friend tlio clerk, with n knowing;
wink, nnd said in nn uudcr-tonc:
"Wo did It well, between 119, didn't,
we? Mary was up at six this moriilmj,.
nnd hod to wait for vicl 1'vo got tfioi
wlilp-lmnd to begin with; and I promise,
you I won't glvo up tho rlns ngln."
Then ho added in n louder tone, as thoy
wcro nbout to lcavo: "Now, Mnster
Westloy, you must come and help us cat
tho wedding dinner. Tho pork nml
npplo sass will be none tho worso for:
waiting iv day; and my Missus niul:
mo'ull mnko you as welcome ns ilowcrs.
in May. Tliero won't bo happier folks,
in Woodham. And, Master Westloy,.
you shall hov somo of the finest logs in.
my tlmbcr-ynrd, to keep up your fires
this winter. I'm not the man to forgot,
ngood turn ornn old friend."
The Elephant.
Tho course of training elephanrdbo
not always run smooth, nnd when tho;
animal is renlly refractory tho koepors
havo "a heavy hand" with their- charge;
The most usuul method of persuasion
employed when coaxing nndi foodlng;
hnvo fulled Is, wo beliovo, to "job them,
with n pitchfork till blood U fmniv
drawn," nt least this wns the explana
tion given by a trainer of reuuto of his
own practice In his gontlo art, and It
accords with Strabo's assertion, that to.
prevent them shnklncr thnmsnlvna In nf.
der to throw off thoso who attempt to
mount them. thoytho nncient Indinns
mako cuts nil round thelrncck nnd thon
put thonrrs of leather into th n lliniqlnnq
so that tho pain obliges thorn to submit
to their fetters nnd to remain quiet."
Under this or slmlllar treatment nn.
eloDlinnt can bo made to nxhlblt. thn.
greatest docility in tho nrenn, nnd will
shown touching devotion to his keeper
which cannot fall to render tho circus
nt which ho Is employed as moral an
exhibition ns Arlcmns Ward's own cel
ebrated "Slllllx." Wo havo snnn nn i.l
ephnnt trainer put his head in tho mouth
of ono of his protege durinir a perfor
mance when tho lirnln riliMllnnlnlw
kept Its mouth closed, nnd was only in
duced to chango Its mind by a violent
kick upon tho trunk from ti pair oC
heavy boots. No doubt this "littlo
eccentricity" was followed by summary
nnd severe nunishmont! hut. wn mnt
confess that so intelligent a croatttro as-
an uiupiiani, uio insertion 01 a Human
head into its mouth must b.ivn snnmnd
such nn Idiotic procoodlng that a littlo
hesitation as to what to do with it is
quite allowable. In Baroda, undor tho
lato Galkwar's rulo, a huge olonhant
wns kept nstho mibllo executionnr. nml'
used to dispatch poor wretches, at tho
word of command, by crushing their
skulls with his enormous foot. Perhaps,
this elephant may havo imagined
that sumo such duty was expected ot
lm, and wns morolv turn nir tho mat
ter over In his own mind. Wbnn nn,
elephant is callous, even to the gentio
persuasion of tlio pitchfork, nnd goes)
"mini" l.o Io ... I. ...... I ,. 1
iraved and rampant thoro is only 0110
ind of inlluenco which can be advan
;nrcouslv exercised, and that Is tn "in
fluiioo Ids bond off," or, at least, to
atlont tho haudlost nvnllahln fm
oiithanasin. Tho poor old historical
elophant of tho Royal Kxchango.mnd
ilencd by toothache, liad to bo troatod
by a tiring party of soldiers; and an
other submitted to about nqunrt of pru
sic acid, entailing a fatal consequences
to a butcher, who hud been called in to
assist in its subsequent dissection.
AS a rulo. tllOV nro VOI-V nntlnnk
under pain, and casllv rocnn-nlzn thn,
fact that any proposed oporntlon Is "for
their good." '1 hero aro two elephants
nt this momont in tho Zoological Gar
dens who havo submitted to surfical
treatmont, tlio ono for an accident who
tore off portion of its trunk, tho other
for an nbeess in itsfaeo. l'ho ancionts
nlso know how to treat sick or woundotl
elophants, and i-Elllan gives nn olnbor
rate description of tho therapoutlcs em
ployed, dwelling at tho samo time upon
the grntltudo wTiioh tho eroaturo evin
ced when cured. On tlio wholo. wo
need not wondor thnt C. finnnhn thn.
Hindu God of wisdom is ! ronresontod.
with an olonhnnt's head tn svmlmll
tho possession of extraordinary sagaci
ty. The Saturday Review.
m
The Tnck-ltnmmer Agent.
Ho Was a nale-f aei'd vnnnn- nmn fmm.
Cairo, and ho had boon trying to intro
duce a patent tack-hammer to tho citi
zens nf Detroit. His luck wiu nnnr
Somo folks saw the dog run him out tlio-
yaru nnu gnnscu over it. utliots re
plied that I hov always drovo thntr tnnlr a
with tho nx. Another class wouldn't,
buy becnuso there was no corkscrew la
the otherend of it. A wldowdrnvn him nnf .
of her yard because sho thought ho said
uui-uuiuinor, anu nor taxes were already
too high. Had Cajsar had the same luck
ho would also havo drunk. Ho lay liko
a turtle taklnir his rest,, wb nn nn nlTlnn.
found him and pulled him from tho pud
dlo and hold him a weary milo to tho
station.
"You have a patent tack-hammor,
.... ,U ju" uonvw uia uuuur ns 1110 out
cor took his seat.
"1 havo, and I shall bo ploasod to
show you how it oporates."
Novor mind that just now. Can this
tack-hammor of yours walk out of De
troit before nightt"
"Yes. sir."
"And tnko you along?"
"Yes sir."
"Nery well, I'll glvo it a chanco. If
you havo any money you'd better go
and liiro half n dozon boot-blacks and
brush-boys to got tho mud off your
boots and spots off your back."
hammon" T'1 sW ymy tack
"No. sir. Show me youfVheols."
"Aunt Mary, what makes you wear
such a freckled vil?" asked Luoy
looking at her auntie's veil of dotted,
lace.
A dead body was discovered Satur
JaT afternoou, July 2nd., at tbe Union Pacific
depot In Council Bluffs,' tn a box ccmposlng
fert of a car of freight transferred from tho
Wabash road. Tho corpse was that of a young
man aged, evidently, 20 or 23 years, and accom
panying It was a marble slab with tho Inscrip
tion 1 "Fred Duck, died In New York City, Juno
15, 1870, aged 23years. It was being forward
ed to Oakland, Cal., from New York but the
Union Paclflo folks refused to receive It.
".tlothcr Iiun ltocovci-cd."
wrote an Illinois gtrl to her Eastern relative
"She took bitters for a long toe but wUhout
any good. 80 when she heard of the virtues St
Kldney-Wort she got a box and it has complete
iy .cured her liver complalut.-iftafiA mdffint