The Demacratic. Watchman. BE6I,EFONTE, PA Friasy Morning, Oat. IS, 1871 THINGS ABOUT TOWN & COUNTY ---Over sixty negroes voted on rucedity last —About thirty bands are now at work on the Pennadalley railroad. --Patton township had eleven ne• gro votes at the late election. They were all black of course. --The Bald Eagle Valley railroad is potting up a splendid bridge on this side of Curtin's. --The corn crop ieeaidtobe much huger in this county then it bee been for years. --A number of Odd Fellow left this place, this, Friday morning, la a special train to attend the dedication of the Lodge in Clearfield. --For some reason or other, we do not know what, the Secretary of the Agricultural Society has failed to fur. Huth a list of the premium!) allotted at the late fair. We shall very likely publish them next week. —The ad ver horn contested for at the Catholic Fair, was won by the Logan Fire Cam pany, by a majority of 393 votes, The Logan boys no doubt feel proud of their victory. ----A few bruised heads, bonged eyes, and a kind of general ndemoratt ration' . was observable about this place on Wednesday morning last. Itad whisky and election excitement did it. dtrectort can be ftirnhdied with the names of a number of windier , not yet engage or the winter term, by writing le the County Superintendent. Be'Wont°. —The editor of the Republican who has been harping for the past Fix months about "defaulting collectors," was refused a vote on Tuesday last, be cause he had not paid his own taxes Is it any wonder the tax collectors of the conniy are hack when the leading Radical politicians refuse to pay the pittance of county and state tax levied upon them 7 ---A meeting for the relief of the Chicago sufferers, was held in the Court House last night, at which over SINKI, was raised. Committees were appointed n ,itch ward to solicit sub summons, 01111 the prospects are that Bellefonte will nerd to the suffering citizens of ruined Chicago, two thou. Rand ,1011 arr. hr Post Master at Buffalo Run w tax been charging postage on the Wtri urns forwarded to that office, will remember that he has been guilty of a violation of the portal law, lie ham no authority to charge poytage on a county paper circulated wlthin the county in which it in published. German evenin • school in Millbeim will commence alifltit the middle of November And continue one term of three months, the school will be undereupervieton of two Leachers and will therefore be divided into two clameo, the first consisting of those who read, and second, those who study grammar and penmanship, In order to give all an opportunity who desire to become members of the school. A meeting will be held in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening, November let, at which time asd place all are cordially invited to attend, and at the end of the term a public exhitii.. lion will be given the same as last year. THIC ( . 111( AMP FIRS —lt gives us pleasure to publish just at this tune, the following notices received by Mews Kin,loe & Bro , from Henry W. Brown, general agent of the Niagara and Re public Fir° In-urance companies of New York Such action is certainly, in the highest degree commendable:— The Republic Firs twit/ranee Cempaby of Pew York notifies it• ellstpflterti that Its Mosel at Chicago Sr.. in rapid proms sttifittitisftl, •MI will be met without unfit ent TNI entliffter teuderwe with arelentinimit ed eartelit ond n tro• surplus , Stitt l•slisit pelt of rats /1,6., ,0111111 e with the risk as •.11•1111 'MLA k NRU agents at Bellefonte, Ps. The Ninwera Fire Inwiranne Companr or New irk nut Men it. etiotornorm that it. 1n... on St Chiengo are in rapid prneern or nettle• men!, and willing mot without einharrot.mment The entonnny eontinue. built:ie.. with end,. pritntshed nuptial and n (neg. inept.., end forme• poltele. St rates ,zernmennnente with th e , r i s k wnumud K I Nt41,01 4 : h 11R04,Agentm, at nenetoute, Pa W ANT rI Throe or four soh, 01 toarlwrs to teach in Boggs township Ct.:Arnold county Apply (0 THOMAB RALSTON, Clear fluid firulgo. 17 1193,1 MARRIED COLE—Eldirglt—On the Mb Insinnt, nt the rephieeee "(1110 brble's lather, V key. .1 Medeger, Mr ineeb !I COlO, and Iss Nary Affee - Kloper, both of Coleville, (Ms county. Business Notices N.inmrne.-1 ho attention of (*mums in Teo' rerprotrully called to the fart that Mr, 11 , ,:inat, Gogitenhelmer are paying the boat for clover Peed. They pay cash on de liv,ty, • 16 40 46 The Bellefonte Market. CORRECTS') DT SAM AR & MUSSER 'rho following are the quotations tip to 6 o' 010,6 Thursday evening, when out paper went I 0 preKil. White Wheat, per bushel..... iced Wheat, per bushel now I.t e, per bush ..... ears, per bushe l 'ern, shelled, per bushel, nits, per Barley, per bushel... ....... Itnekwheat, per bushel...—. Cioversoed, per bunh01,....... Potatoes, per bushel Eggs, per dozen..... ..... .......,. Lard, per liaeon—lThouldere , Side, . • (Buns Tallow, per ..... Nutter, per pound-- ..... Rags, per Oround Plaster, per ten.—... MONEY MARKET, Dellevee & Hro., 40 South Third Street furni nit he following up to the 20111 I ; Now U, S. fib or 'PI U 5.11'14, of .. . • • • .. !,.,7„ 11:11?; 114 . 11:1 1 4, (in 114 1 ; 10-10. . . 111 4 .0111', 11 S :141 You C, percent (4i 110,, (;‘,1,1 ..... 114 N 6 . 4 114'", Silver, 109 00 Mi 1..., In iun t'beific It It Ixl M Iton,l lin fib 9P = ti,dou Paeifie Land Orant Bnuda, .14.1 OUR TERMS THE "i)EmocßATic V ATM!. MAN" iMptalliNtlOd every ' , ridgy morn ing, in the env of Itellefonte, Pa •iy P I iltAl N111,1•Ch , at S 2 per 11111111 M (if rlrth, , r 1 ion"), E.! .11, When not paid In 1.11 , 11114., nuJ 10 if not pad before llie expiration of flay year, and no paper will be iliariitint,nl uuti all arrearage In paid, except at the option of the publisher. Papers will not be sent out of Centre County .1161 1 / 1 paid fir to aiirnnrt All Ik,lt. rtiKeittottl, for a loam torn, than thin renlhm, 'dl vent.. per lute for the Ilret Ineertioil4, and ti • ent, a lion for each adds tional I to.ertton Hperia' oleos one-lint! more Editorial notteex 215 rents per Iln A liberld olinewint la mode to pia tieing by the quarter, half year, or I=== One Inv). (or I line“ Oslo Ilypc) rwo inenen ....... ......... Throe Inrhrn ‘ilarter collumn (or 4(.. Incites) Half I,ll . ktitm (or .1 ittehen) elne roltamil (or 111 Inene") Jntl Printing of every itind Anne el nevi, and •livpith , h The WATCHMAN hewn reniteAw it! a Power Prevv and N. and everything ii the printing line (111 ruled in the marl artivtle Manner an , lows rate. Terniv--eAVIII All lettery vtkoold he aeldrevaed la P. (1/2A 111FIKK, January 1, Iflng Bellefonte, OEN JAvnta tl t LAsinvi —The leader of the Denweraey in Alabama the hon-lwarted Clanton way murdered in Knoxville, Tenn,, by Col Nelaon, a native Tenne4sean, but II tory during the war and a Federal Colonel The General had been attending the Federal Court at Knoxvill and on u. adjournment stroled out with hi+ friend Mr T0111111)61111 Fort, who it, tr,pd tieed hun to Col Nelson. Clanton alter the interchange of a few pleasent greetings, n•markrd that be • ha bail now got through lii law business and ready to wie the town • N.•lpun paid "lean tako you to when there iy koinething very 111,41 If 3Ou art not nlraid " Cianton said pleasantly 1)t) 1110 ag if 1 was afrani " N 01014,11 rlqo 00l "I do not 1(11V W whether cou tiro or riot " ( i,•n ('1 tnton d Inm not nf rani or nn', 11.11 or Ants 011111: N 4,1,1 again rv,.41....1- "I do not know whether you are or not," in n an.n•r wlllOl Clanton SOPMI4.I to Clunk nil/ !Ong, and he retorted . "if you think I sin, try me, name your friend time and place " Nelson, very oteil...llv rend "Thi+ time and place kl• your stand " NOti theninto' / bar rel, , d gun null bell Ind some barrels killing Goo C a l mos t, t o_ Otantly The Mobile Remsfer,a‘s "The news that came yesterday of the death of (:en Clanton thrilled with painful surprise and sorrow the hearts of very many of this community, by whom he was well known and loved. The details that followed, of his base and brutal assassination created intense indignation against his murder It is herd to speak in adequate terms of the death of such a man, with the startling announcement so fresh upon us Ile Wee it man endowed with P of the noblest qualities that are ever bestowed by !leaven upon humankind Truthful, kind-hearted, liberal, gener ous, brave, upright, honorable—he was all these in no stinted or partial measure The virtue• of his rich, large-hearted nature were virtues that could not An weighed and measure& or cold calcula tion, about them. They bubled up and overflowed out of the very fullness of his soul. —Southern Horne WHAT is A GINTLCIIIAL—In the ronrse of an address to the Leed's Young Men's Christian Association, delivered by the Bishop of Manche), ter, hie lordship said : "Some people think a gentleman !Deane a man of independent fortune— s man who fares sumptuously every day ; a dikti who need not work For his bread. None of these things make a gentleman—not one of them—nor all of them together. I have known men when I was brought elpeer in contact with workingmen, than, from my changed l oeition, I am brought now ; I have known men of the roughest ex tenor, who had been accostomed all their lives In look after horses and fol low the plough, as though gentlemen in heart as any noblemen that ever wore ducal cornet. I ineAn I have known Ihent as twinelfish,l have known then) as truthful, I have known them as sympathizing and all these qualities go to make what I understand by the term "0. gentleman." It is a noble privilege which has been sadly proeti. toted, and what I want to tell you in that the humblest man in the Leeds who has the lowest work to clo y yet, if his heart be tender, and, pure, and true, can he, in the most emphatic settee of the word "a gentleman." • [For the Waveelite Elmira Latter. fL11111.&, Niw You n, Sept. 25th, 11371 Dear tralehttian , It hi astonishing to me how a Journal so inimitable and eons probe n. sire in giving the general news oif the day, should so long' overlook such a place ns 1:1- mire and the beautiful eon ntry in its vicinity- Permit into, then, to give a •yneptlenl report of a recent exeursion through that section. Elmira he a thrilling little city of about thirty thousand lehattliniits, loented on Muth shies of the raging Cheinittig. It is noted for its industry. Those whit are yelled "Ilusl eft Alen" In Bellefonte would here he eon motored Loafers, and he literally trampled 1111- 11. r (001 by the really ettiertlll4‘lll4 pepula Lion of this city. It 11118 about 1510 11..1 , 11 *MIMI, lof taimandrela and religious folk inci dent to tutu places; with elitirvhno and leek 1114 I , IIIIIvIPIIL to ftevootlllllmhittl t hem. thronged with extensive wholesale and re tail mercantile establishments, elegant dwell ing houses with lienutiful groundi.—end va rious it other bonding. too dangeroos to liter tlon. it to bonati fully supplied troll railioret ecemoinitdation• , 11414 relining in all three - SI 3, . I .to MEI 113 1 ,66 110. 4 1,81,4 that% at all time+, and Revered street ears,— beside+ • Carr and t'orr the black...llth Elmira is not unkown to itoVolotloltitrY lame, It WWI ono of the hulling plattett of Gen S111)11 , 1111 11111`11 be marched 60111 his !m.o. through Ito North, and to said then to bake ......i t it not, n by tho huliin 1)),11)r) of IC,)- au Ler i,/(1, I ern told. mean+ newt On it pale) 1)14 literally awartiling With pretty g,iri+ and 1t,,, wor.d (retire dm))) the plat , 111111 ra are ul dung°, of grow log cro.• eyed in 'lying 11, look on boll, abloa of the abet.) at °nee Wee.) their)! But the erown• log virtue Wltleh en 'tali) for tilt+ paragon of oltie+ I+• that and a wadi - art in tin y •,4 alto Hitt wliphe county of liefelllig and in 14 , 11110 entire Slide II really dot.+ ones coo) good after so long goping and v. 11,101.14 ul the Meek, filthy mato. of Keptlldlean eorrapleoll Venn eylvattia ,to emerge Hilo 11114 refrerliing ro gin,. o d breath the pore ear of undefiled rehire Itennterney Itet enough of Eltnit• and , oilier •04•1)., dent Mil our attontion, ))» the I'Alt u)-Inn' I pin ol nn elt.•11,1oil party at liorße- ) )1 , 6 a) ),,.. head from a hence WI, acid by rail to the notable wen of Walk Ni,i at the head of the Seneca lake, where We spent 001110 111111. In 111.%1111g 11110p1 generally My companion was a mlninture—K It Carson—otherwise known no' hilly" Carr He le rightly 4,1,..1 'KU: for lie hoots, 1,/,3•60i1y tied every (Mug- I think Ile eneorteil me about the 1113.4., htl.iWtog Inc the supposed Matilde of ell- Indian 111l1•re,—relsting, 1/1,111 of Ibu dunk) and nom, suit stir nig my mind with leg, 'Mary love After meal twig in this truly delightful place lo our hearts content, We insole an 1111.11,i0n nn the Livery Stables and 1,1,14.2114.11 ones. the hills en mills for the sytiga lake. We traveled fir nbmit twenty [Hiles through one of the moat beautiful and weaithy homing .1 14trieta in the mate, taking in our routs 4urdun , Keynoldssille and the charming little ill age of vrt,mamdmroc. iis mnoer ut Inilailitatitti firmly behove is soon to become renowned an a Rail road station On the hnlel and Seneca Fail, road now being built in that section Here we halt• 4,1 Mug enough to stretch Our limbs and re. litviitnil the inner man Before starting, 'hit had to take to a fresh nupply of lire oysters—which lin devours with audity —hut after seeing bloc empty his dish a dozen time. or testi. I perautteitil hint not tn eat the Athena, and we pr, seeded /mother buff haul • drive brought us to Fugliantitick Falls , on tile ' , anti of the Cayuga 'sae These falls are in frill View of the latft”, end, Wk slippose, present o nee... al °nee fit 4nd, noinnunif and ioetur, , though the darkness any sfl for wl Ye/1,4i. nod the ruinnir tvoratile that WI, f tiled to appreciate it folly '1 he Water Is bore per , I[oollo.l 'et a lierfiendleillar ledge nl rocks from n height of 215 feet Where Is Nieltitm' Kelm answers, about fifty feet be boil We lintened to the low, dreary boon of tl,e 1/1111111,4 wafer Ulllll We ileCalne 110 nielan• e holy train wit could .land It no longer, and then l , ook up our line or mar. h for Luei ler y.lk, alter° we stayed titer night slat Jun my 110W4•11, and parto,k of his imapinilily and lreah pe.telieri Now Jim, although his house and the falls near by beat rather a heiliah 11111110, In no Imp Ile Is a fine fellow, and dl rested on to one of the moat fascinating scenes vie us, r beheld As we Weleleii slur way along the narrow detile of rooks leading to tile Fah., WI• felt that the place was rightly nnnled , .611.1 When we rewired the toy of the I. Ig., and peered 011 Into the dark ithyan below ~- w a tch Mg Ow 1111010 reining 11 . 001 Mlkitt api,,tiared to he Indeed a - 1•01.1011110210 pill." Kit" remark ed 'llllll (111.1 . 0 11111•11. be Where old Lucifer rousted, awl that he Was Just boiling Ills tea kettle ter brtakfaat ' Lucifer Fails Mod. octet a ledge of rock. about 25,11 feet high, ins seri , . of sparkling cascades. pre senting a notch liner spectacle than tips Un broken cataract of Lughannock From the myth below on a clear morning. ray Lo neap a most [WM/111 . 11i ruin how overhanging the falls mom. wirer year, a.. I°l I 1 1$ SIL 10 16 15 20 NA th neat Mt .• h. .4. 1 s j .. 1w ex, a at th Rut enough—l fear I am getting more windy than Interesting. We re-turned to Jim. ele•oured a few Inure of his peaches, declared that his plat, wan destined. to heroine a great resort for excursionists, and told hLn many other strange things—all of which he belle, ed until we affirmed lien that we wore Colonel Freement, the Rocky Mountain explorer with his Inimitable guide, Kit ('arson, when ha 1.4- ertiott incredulous, We then quoted Scrip. Lure to Min, thusly 'Oh ye n ;1111. faith! When shall we leave this wicked and preverse generation lie rept ed, "If my premises are what you call "wicked generation." the •r you Warn the better, I want no whi led!, wouhTlee Republican Presidents and Ne gro emancipators about mel" We grew wrathy and wanted to light him. hut suddenly remembered that a man to Newfield wished •ry partieulur4 to see its, We to•eordittgly Start 'd—pas/ m.l through Lho elai4lo title.. of 10,r,..,Odysrey and theg'setent, and return ed home. Though the weather was rather un favorable, yet the trip wart a pleasant and en joyable one Sport aeeempanted us clear around, itlittllie frisky cur—like the spirit of mirth that he wee, witted pervading the very atmostphore that we breathed. The "Wanderers" John also attended us, but, hear• leg that he was a had character, and partlom• larly bard on modest and unisaperieneed young men, I shunned him. Yours , *ttit Iteepect, bt tames. _ _ Philadilphia Inquirer, a Re publican paper, says: .Thero as no reit hon to fear that a largo per, cent. of tax imposed upon the manufacture and sale of cigars will fail lii reaching the United titates Treasury." 'There is reason to fear" that the same rule applies to all the taxes imposed upon the industry of the country. The good old days when Federal office-holders retired poor are out of fashion i since the Radical party canto into power. How Did Grant Get Rich ? Not long ago, say eight or ten years, the party ol the mune of Grant, who is now taking it easy at Long 'french, wits so poor that he could not raise itionei , enough to furntsh him , with liquor, without hauling wood into the St. Louis market This witgq' . no particular discredit to him, Ifni. it shows where he started Front I In the army ho made no great bum of motley, but-when he was elected President ho began to thrive, until notv; two short years as office holder, he is worth millions of dollars. lie kits houses in Waskington, Long Braneh, Philadelphia, New York, Ga lena, St. Louis, nod the Lord only news how many other places. Ile hits a limn at. St. Louis worth $200,000, 111111 011 that farm he has stock worth $BOO,OOO. His horse flesh rivals in value that of Bon ner himself, Ills b...nds and stocks are believed to figure up in the vicinity of a million of dollars Tito presents of personal property he has received would nil a skating rink. Not only has Grant become decidedly forehanded, but all his retail V(l3, that 1110/0 10.011 11b10 to prove thetn'selves such, as far removed as fourth and fifth cousins of his wife's mother's stepmother, hove been placed 10i111010 , where they could live with out work and [mike 1110110 y if they knew how to speculate and t ike (quinces N,, person believes that Grant has made his money honestly and thousand of Re publicans, even believe that ho has come by his gains in a dishonorable manner. Ni, wonder there Is n great widespread movemei t 011 foot aiming Itadrals wli. , are honest, comparative Iv, to place, in nomination tut nest President soli!. man against whom the DericieratsCtiannot bring such Serious Ch 111404 of 14.110111.1011. Iforace Greeley seems to he settled upon as thus Mall who Is to 10/1 , 1 1110 Republicans against Grant, arid illtimatel:i against whoever the Democrat, may nominate for Priam I dent Greeley is honest. there is no reasonable doubt, but he is too easily led by ambitious and disreputable par tisans In the Fri...l,l.mnd chair be would Natal he was doing what wits for the beet in every instance, but his ad visers would wind hen around their lingers as a piece of tape Grant is Si headstrong he will take no advice at all, and Greeley would err. in the oppo site direction, taking evorything for granted that was 11,111 hire by men in whom he placed confidence. Taking all these things into consider. ration it is perhaps best for the country to elect a Democrat.—La cross Demo era t. Attempted Outrage upon a Young La dy by a Negro. A most daring outrage upon n young lady by is colored man, was attempted at Yonkers, New York, on Tuesday evening last in a populated part of the village, and came near winding up with a free administration of Lynch law to the offender in this case. Freon the ev idence adduced, it appeared that an Miss Sarah U Carpenter, a native of Massa chusetts, at present employed as a teach er in Free School No 2, village of Yon kers, was passing the corner or Nepper ban avenue ■rd Davison's lane she was attacked by a colored man about twen ty-live years old, ea:ling himself Chins L Tinis, who struck her on the head with it club over three feet long and an inch thick, whdich cut through her hour and scalp, inflicting a seven, wound, which bled profusely. Thus injured and stunned by the blow, Miss Carpen ter was dragged across the street and into the yard attached to Radcliff 's slaughter-house, the negro keeping one hand over her mouth to prevent her from giving any niacin Thu fiend then attempted to throw her down, but in Line struggle as the young lady made a desperate resistance, ho lee his head slip from her mouth, when she cried out for assistarco, which was fortunate ly close at band. Mr Jacob Reed heard her screams, and instantly repair ed to the spot. On his approach the ne gro fled, but was hotly pursued and cap tured; and with the assistance et a po lice officer, atm hal ale. responded to the cries of Miss Carpenter, the, offen der was taken to the station-house and locked up for the nigi,t Yesterday morning the prisoner was taken before Justice Band, and committed to answer for the crime. A General Postal Congress. r'" Prince Bismarck is now using hie efforts to assemble a general postal Con,gress to perfect a system of iiiiiver• sal postage. All countries joining the postal league are to use one and the saute kind of stamps alike in appear , anus and value. Present rates are to he reduced and the entire plan made to work harmoniously and efficiently in small countries as well as large. It is expected that most of the European States, and several Asiatic arid South American governments will at once join the postal federation. Provisions will be made enabling nations riot join• ing at the inception of the league to unite with it at any future time. —Tim duty of coffet has been re duced two cents per pound the past ear, et the price remit ns the tame. t y i rig ton Republican ascribes thk to the fact that the crop has been a failure this year in nearly all the great coffee-growing districts. Is it not rath er to be ascribed to the large amount of the native bean now used In manufac turing what is called the extract of cof fee? Or perhaps It may be owing to rise in the prhe of cidecory, barley, beans, or some other cheap adulterating agent, to the flavor of which coffee drinkers In this country have become so accustomed that they prefer theeint rious to the pure Mocha or Java. —The town of ()mealy, out in Colorado, is the purest town in Ameri. ca. The men don't drink, smoke or swear; the women don't scold, tb• babies don't cry, and the mules don't kick. But a sudden grief has 'fallen on the place. The citizens are horror stricken to discover that the boys have learned to steal watermelons,. Thee think of changing the name of the to re n.— (Thieve nit. "Marooning" in Florida In the spring and summer many peo ple go marooning in. Florida. it moans Co go out into the woods and camp whit the whole !dimly, to fish and hunt Lind amuse yourself* generally under tire tents or hots—to lead a wild wood life and eujpy a little of savageness with all the appliimees of civilisation. The whole family and the neighbors will gather and generally go to some is land on the coast, taking guns and fish ing tackle, boat, du.is, servants, cook ing utensas, end some food, lest the hunters might be unsuccessful, and camp out kir some weeks. An island is generally selected, be cause It is more a fishing than a hunt ing party, and then an island is less likely to be disturbed by snakes and wild cattle. Thu wild cattle of Florida mire really wild animals; they will et- Lack a man on root, and break into camp and gimirouble like other wild animals. Aniilatid cart be searched at once to son if there are any bears or other wild cattle on it ; snakes can be destroyed and everything prepared for the Welliee and cllildren, so that they may he left in safety during the atrwrice of the huliters. Tents are put up or shelters made of the palmetto. This palm will make a stout thatch, the long sterna are fastened with bear grass strings to polls and Shelter made that will endure for many fele4ofl. , If :malt, are feared, hammocks ore swung be tween the trees, a fire lighted and kept burning day and night, and cooking and housekeepirig go on. If It is an old camping or marooning ground, a garden end unifier() of orang es will have been mare fly established; and not only oranges, but grapes, ha newts, potatoes, arrow-root and other vegetables, will be already found grow ing. At any rate the cabbage palm and the manive will furrii,h vegetables, the hunters provide meat and ash , the .applies from home Mimi cone.- and bread. A wild ui killed will furnish beef ; salt can be made by boiling sae water, and a jolly time generally call he lied if the party are doposed for it Thin hunters bring in their game, the fishers thin result of the nen, rod and spear; coffee arid bread are alrgrolv rued. fruit is gathered and a good sup per is enjoyed, then to sloop in the bale mocks and io-morrow for more sport. Such an open air life will bring color to the cheek of disease and chase away low spirits and dt spepsia Such a life can be enjoyed marooning in Florida. Painful Episode of Chicago Life FROM GUTTICit, TO GRAY[ The Chicago correspondent of the Ituche•ter Democrat says - Chicago had recently been the scone of a double suicide of a character pecu liarly painful and shocking Its details have been exaluded from our local pa pers. Dr prominent, wealthy and trusted physi cians of Chicago He was also an Al derman and a member of the Board of Education—a limn of much power end considerable culture, but, like some other doctors, he had fallen a victim to the cup His practice did not percepti bly diminish on that account, for there is a prevalent superstitt , n that great success in medicine can be achieved by those who ate occasionally intoxicated Thu doctor's father was a man of nimi ler temperament and sino.lar habit, -n man situ ot much prominence Ile had held several pieces of treat 'Aires weeks ago father and son went deliber ately forth together "on a spree." They wallowed together in bee.tliness. They deserted their flumes for the occasion, and lodged among the unclean. At the end of a week the father's endurance was exhausted, and be was taken home with the delirium tremens. Ile linger ed two days, suffering all the torments of pereition, and died a horrible death, his eon being dragged in from the streets lung enqpgb to take a drunken look at the coithe. Last week the son's better constitution gave way, and he, too, was taken home, crazed with whis ky. lie lingered longer raving through the terrible nights, and crying for niers liquor, and finally died in the midst of imaginary reptiles, and his body was laid beside the fresh mound of his fa tber. This double suicide by two re putable end prominent men has created a profound sensation in all circle' where the facts are known —Time and space have long ago been practically annihilated by modern mechanical ingenuity, aided by scientif ic research, and there Is, therefi,re, the less reason for wonder at the announce. meet outdo by • physician of Fiorida that epidemics can be overcome by pure ly mechanical Means. This Ingenious doctor takes it for granted, first, that yellow fever and cholera ern thin direct results of the presence of animalcules in the atmosphere; second, that these poi scrms little creatures can be killed by concussion. fie therefore, propiseo. to cleanse the infected atmosphere of the pestilential stuff' by the explosion of gunpowder Ile thinks one hundred pounds of powder discharged from can non* at stated Intervals would banish the . yellow fever from Charleston or any other tnt , cted locality This gen. tleman Is willing to hear all the ex pen.e. of a test experiment, and ac he can d.i no harm, and may effe c t solo , i good, he shoold bin afforded an opportu nity of annihilating cholera and yellow fever germs by concussion. —France bide lair to have as much trouble with Algeria an Spain has of late had with Cuba. The in• etirrection which broke out in the French colony in Africa immediately after the downfall of Louie Napoleon, has not only been euppreseed. but is spreading. It certainly struck deep roots among the disaffected natives. The insurgents are now on the bor. dere of Timis, and appear to have the sympathy of all the Africane among whom they raise the banner of revolt. The excitement among the Algerians is on the increase, and, it France hopes to regain her former prestige in Africa, her rulers may as well make up their minds to reconquer the insurrectionary province, for nothing abort of this will subdue the warlike tribes, weary unto denth oftlie yoke of their aelhoonsti ted and always haled, though for long time feared Eiiropeati 'mutters. The Petigo9iamPaitend Their Intent. • ; 11111 Their superstition makes them re. gard all divinitien all phenomenal club I lien, prineipatly such as are horn with a larger number pf tipgers or toes than is natural to them. 'According to their belief, it is a pressage of great hapot, flees for their As Ho 111061 e th at ate altogether deformed --such cases are very rare—or whose constitution does not appear to fit them for the kind of life they would have to lead, they make away with them, either by break, ing their limbs or smothering them; they then carry them to a distance and abandon them, without burial, to th e wild dogs and births of prey. If the innocent little creature is considered worthy to live, it becomes from that instrtul th e object of the whole love of its parents, who, if necessary, will sub. mit themselves to the greatest print. tions to satisfy its least wants or exac tions. They place their newborn on a small ladder, which ',pervert it instead of it cradle. The upper portion of tie lit tle body rests on the cross pieces or rounds ranged close together, and coy. (well with sheepskin, while the loser part is enclosed in a sort of hollow formed by to bercross pieces below the uprights. The crvild is held in tine po. sition by soft cords wound above th e skins which serve it instead of Three Years t f •I(overy among the Pal. agollians, ' Alphabet. A grain or prudence is world) a pound of craft. 140netera nre C011914/I to liars. Conleasiun of faults make half amends'. Denying a float doublet+ Envy sliootetli at others and wounds herself. Fooholi fear chnifiles danger,. Ond reach ca um good things by our EIE He ham hard work to do who has nothing to do. It comp' Inure to avenge wrongs than to hear them. Judge ❑ut that ye lie not judged. Knavery is the worst trade. Learning makes n mail tit company for himself. Modesty Is a guard to virtue. Nut to hear consequencea is the way to silence it. One hour today is wurth two to m o r ro w Proud luoks make loul play on km MEI Quiet conscience gives sweet sleep. Religion in the weapon with which to overcome sin. Small faults indulged in will lead to large ones. The boughs that bear moat bend lowest, Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter. Wise men make more opportunities than they find. You never lone by doing a good turn. Zeal without knowledge is tire with out light. -The Chronicle says: A clerk in the Treasury Department who had abandoned hie wile and children, and neglected to provide for them, upon the hicis of the came being repreeentel to the proper authorities hoot week, wax promptly and the wife appointed to a clerkship in the saws Bureau. A girl called to apply for a place in &mum. The lady of the bowie asked fur her reference, "I have lived five years at my last place," said the girl ; "if you want to know any more about me ask Father Hawley." The lady was favorably impressed with a girl who had lived five years without chang ing her place; but she concluded to call on Fattier Hawley, "Do you know a girl named So-and-So 1" "Yes.' ' lived five years at her last placer "Yes " Ail correct so far ; but as the lady turned to go Father Hawley in quired, "Do you know where her last place was 7" "No; elle did riot men tion that." "It was in the State Prison." --The Telegraph brings word from Japan via San Francteeo, to the effect that the Mikado has abolished arietoc rimy and religion at a blow. The Dvinioe, or native Princes, who have ruled three hundred years, are sudden ly reduced to the ranks of conoowierg. 'the Mikado is the only aristocrat in Japan, under the law, and the religion of the Japanese ie in hie keeping At thie distance it is not pomade to say whether (hie new movement is pro gression or reaction. The [Minims have been regarded as hostile to for• eignere, while the fact that the Mikado has etitabliabed au embassy in this country is in so much proof that our relations with Japan will not *ear by the eetabliiihment of autocracy. —Hrs. E. C. Stanton and Mule Susan It. Anthony have done the cause they champion no good by their West ern trip. Tfre voters 01 Nebraska hare decided, 11l the Most emphatic manner, not to adopt woman suffrage. The proposed amendment to their Consti tution, conferring the ballot without distinction of sex, was rejected by II larger majority than any_ other of the con tom plated reforms. Wyoming Ter ritory bids fair to stand alone in the distinction or possessing lady voters. The new and progressive States seem ae hopelessly conservative ohm the woman's rights question as are the political conventions and Legislatures of the older Commonwealths of the East. Mrs. Stanton or Miss A nthony, or both, ought now to explain their followers why female suffrage sia.i so decidedly opposed by the voters of Ne braska. "Jack, where have you been 7" "Pre bin to the city, air." "You have seen the elephant, then, I ',appose." "lett, air, I was to the theatre, and eavr the tragadee, and the skenery was moot magnanituoue."
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