Better it war* to nit still by the no*.
Loving somebody and satisfied
Better it were to prow lial-e* on the knee,
T anchor von torn for all your day*
Than wander and wander in all Iheee way*.
1 and forgotten atnl low denied.
Better it were for the world. 1 nay
1 tetter, indeed. for a man'* own gonl
That lie should *it down where he bom.
lie it land of oattd* or of oil ami corn.
Valley of poppies or bleak nort bland.
White *ca bonier tw great hlaek weoil.
th bleak white winter or bland sweet May,
Or city of awoke or plain of the ami
Than wander the world a* 1 have done,
Breaking the heart into bit* of day.
And leaving it scattered on every tiaud.
MUtifui tx'v ' eo liU ttviitghl ;
l.ittle |yik> face, 'twin nm> so bright ;
W>n mother. with tearful eve.
r*:ietitjv hoj<ing he will mn ,he.
Oh. i* no grief * .Jeep ml clear,
None spring* from ihe heart Uke * niolhei e
Mar.
Why wilt th<-U leave the bright grevn earth *
Whw the sunshine an.l i\ee are banting
forth.
When Jot tin! plenty are on the wuig.
A war to welcome the twautiful eprmg,
And eloiitle of light from the orretal shore
Are glstutg in at window an.i <l.x>r 7
Why wilt thou g-v m* own iroeel ctukl ?
1 the worhl too crttel, too mn-daAM ?
I aiwt thou not IMllUre thy s|oieee eoul
Where wares of the Jee|>eet irolor roll ?
Nor dare to launch thy htUe l>oat.
weet Ivy, on the watan- uttlvuud efl.wit
Ahl hare watched thee with aealouw .ere.
Ami wafted thy name on tiie rong of prayer ;
Have listened thy Mm with earnest Joy,
Ami iwirmsl thy form, my angel hoy.
ilea roll wills it, 1 rise this Uet oN-v*.
With llie faith and the trust of a mother's love.
MARY MILTON.
In all tho confusion of the inn at lioni]
lon, George Pick eon oouhl not help
noticing that wberewr ho went one pair
of oyo.v foUoweii hitn, a* if to goiu his
attention. Ho, howetit, said t. him
self, " You have a tongue, my Frouoh
friend, and can sjn ak if tou chrome,
and thou thought nothing more alrout
tho matter, but paal on tho cxtniordi
uarv scene before him.
The people were voting on tlio floor,
on hearthstones, on tho Lxh and on tlio
billiard tablo. They wore eating india
iTimuiatolv everything thoy oonld cot
hold of. and drinking everything which
was liquid. Some wore still axleeji
where tney liad fallen down tho night
bofete, and there was a ghastly hilarity
alront tho whole thine which disgusted
George, and made hia two companions
sogerly acquiesce in immeiliate depar
tnro.
•• Lot us get on. and get it over," he
romarked, " anything is lietter than
tlnvv* aerated boosing wretches."
Tlion the Frenchman who had watch
e-.l George came uj>, and taking him
aside, said, in perfectly good English :
" Sir. I am goiug to ask you for a groat
favor. Will you allow mo to accompany
VOUf"
" Really, sir," said George, " our ox
peditioK is none of tlio moot jm-osaat or
safe."
'• Exactly, bat you have two jtassoe,
while 1 have actually no }xj>ers at
all."
"I cannot recommend yonr going for
ward, sir."
•• No. I would not rooommond it my
self. I only ask it as a favor. My sixtr
is at school in towu, while yours, Mr.
Picksoii, is safe in London. Come, air.
go hail for roe, ami lot mo g> > with you.
If London was sockt\l, 1 would do the
sain- by you."
" You seem to know mo, sir," said
George, Xaxy-K,uch surprise. 1. •• If you
know much at >ut mo, you must le
aware that I trusted a stranger once too
often in my life, and am not prejiared to
trust another."
" Don't say that," wiid the French
man. " I know that you are ouly here
as a newsjiaper corrwqs>ndcnt. ltecaiiae
yon trust.xl a Frenchman wlo wax false
to you, I will not be so. I pray v#u
m.wt earnestly to let me go to the fnuit
with yen, and get new* of my sister.
Surely you cannot r-fuse."
" But, my dear sir, yon nuiy be a spy
for anvthing I know, " said George.
" M ell, I am," was the startling reply,
" but not here, or in thia matter. Had
I 'o-en acting ax a py I xliauld have liad
|*qMrs ;ait is I have none. lam only
a J.-sail, and we are getting nmc-h the
worst of it. I will swear to you that my
only object in going to the front is ta see
aft -r the safety of my sisU-r. Come,
your jskss from Bernstoriff is signed for
yourself arol oue friend. Make me that
friend. lam jmlv a Jesuit."
" Yon seem to know a great deal alront
me," aaid George.
" I do," was the answer. "My onsin,
Anne Herix-rt, was at one time your
fri -nd. Y'on were together at sclool at
I)i-ppe. Y'on knew him wh-n he g<H
older, and Toil trusted him. He deceived
you—for a time—and you liad to jwy
some money for him."
"One hundred mi l eighty pounds,"
wi 1 fieorgc. ruefully.
"Y'ea. I thought it was two hun
dred. I oon get that all tmck for y>>n.
He will be able to pay m, andhe will
pay. He is a very honest fellow."
"I*he a Jesuit ?" a-k ,, d George.
"A Jesuit I what are yon thinking
of f No, he is like myself, a Free Ma
pan."
"Baft yon said von were a Jesuit,"
acid George.
" I don't think I aaid that," said the
Frenchman.
"Y'on certainly .liiL" said George.
" I am so worried that 1 don't know
wiuit I say," said the young Frenchman.
" What on earth oonld liave uidiioxl me
t > say that f"
" i don't know," said George. "Do
yn know that I do not even know yonr
name f"
" Delaval. Y'on mother was a De
la vol, you know."
" Tl'iat is certainly tnie. I>> you claim
f"
the world*. I know nothing
of yon save lids ; tliat you went security
for your fellow student, Ainie Herbert,
who is my cousin. In consequence of
his failing, von have come here as a cor- '
r> spondent to a daily paper, imrroxliately
upon liaving leen called to the liar.
Herbert can pay now, and for your kind
iios* to-day I will make him. In our
s-xriety we have power which you do not
dream of."
"The Jesuit* are powerful," Raid
George.
" I have told yon once before that I
was not a Jesuit," said DelavaL
" And once that you were," aaid
George, laughing. "Well, we need not
talk any more. You are something, and
you do not choose to tell what. I shall
find out soma day or other."
'' Yus, I suppose so. Meanwhile, I
have a great friendship for you, and I
should like it to he reciprocated. We
night both of ns do one another some
good."
George Dickson had a good look at
the mai, andk sharp young lawyer a he
w.ia, could not make him out at all. He
was very liandsome, shaved like a French
i uin, with no hair on his face except the
moustache; and yet he did not look an
entire Frenchman. He said tliat he was
a spy, a Jesuit and a Free Mason, all in
the same breath. What was he I He ap
peared to George Dickson something l>e
tween a Greek and a Jew when he ex
it mined liim more nearly.
"Y'on are a vorv agreeable companion,"
said George Dickson, "but to tell yo
t ie truth, I am iu no humor to talk busi
ness. What has happened is so ghastly
and horribie that I can think of nothing
except the awful misfortunes."
Th#y had crossed the frontier for some
time now. The road through the forest
continued to lie very L autifnl, and tiro
v •-other was heavenly. But iD a turn of
the road, at a place where the two offi
i in liad paused, there was the first signs
i i war, eight dead horses, a lumbering '
van standing across the road, on which i
s-me German wag luui chalked "A
is 'rlin."
Then they all walked together. The I
WSTMSsw '
Roaming.
The First Sorrow.
KRKI). Iv I Mtlitttrniul 1 Voprictor.
VOL. VII.
Mai atill wound tip tlio hillside. ftlove a
flashing trout stream, i*vti far Is-low
thaw in the valley, through trembling
leavoa. Then Uiore iiune a turn to the
right, ami thev jva.nt.sl through, the aoh
tary street of tat Chapelle.
(teorge Ihokaon *t.ssl tuiiongst the
ileal, and looked aroutni bun. The place
must have lawn beautiful at vine time,
ami later traveler* have t.vhl n* tlutt it i*
lUM. more Iveautithsl by nature, Uiough
h> our even tt will remain a horrible
chortiel houae uutil death. 'Hie l?th vvf
the French hue lay in mm*, motiouh-H*
except where thev were Ivemg dragged to
the tietk'lM by German soldier*.
" Why dvvee lxl allow such thing* ;"
he NAi.l aloud.
"There |voke a civilian," mud the
Bengal officer. " I b*t yon ten rupee*
that yvvn ae aotne mature ennoble,! bj
tin* horrible hu*in<<MM Ivefore the day *s
over. What do you feel yourself ?"
I feol a terrible, inonuoeivable pity.
I f,* I a* if 1 could lay down my own life
to mend Una."
"Then luuid me over teu nqs-es,"
said Uie Bengal officer. " For your na
tnre liaa l>eeii euiiobUsl. War 1* utterly
evil, but thai brine* goovl out of it *ome
how. Imok at tliat uiau ; Uiero ia a
woman ou Uie field, Uv-kiug at the d.wd
men'a face. "
" And them i* that Frenchman, Dela
rul, wiUi her," said Ueorge. "That
murtt lie hia iu*ter. He anl *he wa* in
Uie tewu ; but he luta told me more In*
IU vine wwk tlian 1 could Iwlieve IU a
twelvemonUi."
" lieally," EIUVL Uie Bengal officer.
" And yet he doe* not look like a liar. "
" No liar ever d.*w, my dear soldier,''
said tieirge. "If you were a lawyer you
would know that."
"1 found my sister at Foude de tii
vonne," *aid IVlaval, apj>roaching
(.teorge. " She is hioking for mime one
whvvee death might lie important to you,
Aime Herlwrt."
" But you aaid he could jaiy me," said
tlewrge, aotoniahed.
" Mv dear sir, 1 required your assist
anoe iu getting on. and 1 forgot wliat 1
told you. If any jmrt of it was true, I
must have been a great fouL My object
was to deceive you. IVi me the cotupli
ment to say tliat 1 imeeeedod, vir I shall
lie extremelv angry with TOO."
(.teorge felt extremely incline,! to kick
the man, but it was not a place for any
demonstration of Uie kind. He said.
" I never knew before a Frenchman
to tell auch falsehoods as you have done,
air."
" But, my dear sir, I am not a French
man." saiil Delaval.
" Y'our sinter, who is approaching ua,
can punuhly sjwak the truth, sir."
" But she i* not my sister," *id
IVlaval.
She came towards them and raised her
veil. In one instant the great {manage in
(teorge Dickson's life wss over. Amidst
the horrible ruin and desolation he saw
the only woman he ever cared f->r ; the
woman he had so seldom seen in hia
life, but mi many tli< u-otid times iu hi*
drama.
Mia* Milton, of Milrteld lane. No
other jierson in the worhl. He had met
her twiiv at juirtie* in Highgate, and
about there, and had fallen in love with
her. He had also dared t-> walk with
wiUi her in Milth-ld Line, big she had
been cold, almost rude t-> him. He lial
tried to forget In r. but it had been tt*e
leas. For the last time, a* he believed,
he lud met her in Miltield lame, and
laid hia love before her.
She t>ld hini the t'lain truth. All her
people were Fri ncli x. --pt her father,
whose name she Lir -. Shi- was fiancee
to Aiiro- Ib'rb'rt, a. 1 x.uhl not lixt--n t
him. H- then cummitt-d an awful at
of folly ; he m.ab- the ao|uaiutan<x- of
that young Frenchman, *• that he
might sx* h-r sometim<-H, even wh-n an
otl-r' arm was roiuid her waist. 11-
folLwtxl Aime H-rL'rt alront, a-id at
lost went security for him ; ail bt which
HerL-rt negle<-txl to pay, and which for
a time in>arly ruined George.
He would ro-t be rich before his
father's death. His fatlror was |>eiiurioaa
and mean, ktx-ping him j#['r. and telling
liim tlint he muxt moke his own way in
life. That does not do man any harm if
he can Is- got to believe it ; and if
George's father liad xt"p|Md there all
would have L-en well. But the old man
thought tliat it would L- a tine thing far
Gorge to marry w-U. He propoeed a
match to hi.-n with a ri*h young lady,
older than himself. She was verv good,
and he in a state of infuriated dissp
p'intuielit. George told h-r the he
that he lovtvl her ; he knew it to be a
h", but he told it. She believed him,
arol was greatly gratified. In the ni<-an
time, her father decided tluit they must
wait for three years, and that ho must
make his wray in the world.
So he went to th- bur, and *o natural '
ly h went to literatim- ; so he naturally
came to th- field of Sedan, tliat Aeehla
ma of so many hojx-s ; arol so on that
field he met his old, his only love, only
to find that the eluiin of honor dragged
him awav from hei forever.
Wouhl he not have changed plaecs
with the ih-ail when sin- told him tlu
tnith; when she loeked into his eyes
with hers, arol said softly, " Tliix is a
Strang- place to nux-t you, arol this is a
a strange place for von to find rue in. I
was in town the whole of the horrible
day. The German soldiers were verv
kind to us, bnt the town was so horrible
tliat I came ont, and crept into a house
at Fonne de Givonne. I hnve come
acma* the field where tiro 17th >tr ta
I.iaii' pcriAsd, because 1 want-d to ma
il I could nxxigniz.! the Lsly of one of
my cousins."
" Y'otir news is gool," said (xrg-.
" Y'ou lookixl os'llv for the body of your
lover."
" I do not understand you," she said.
" Y'ou are as rude to me as I used to lie
to you; but in this ruin we must forget
all. Mr nerve is gorol, Lx-atise after tin
breach tietween myself arol Aime Her
bert, who so grosnly deceive*! you, I
have entered a nursing sisterhood, and
liave become tusxl to ilsntli in all forms.
I have taken my first vows, and I shall
take the veil in'tlm-e months. Mv father
sent Mr. Dwlaval after me ; InitT think
among these kindly Germans I could
liave done without his assistance."
" Mr. Delaval said he was your
brother.
" Mr. Deleval mv brother !" sai<l she.
"Mr. Delaval is a l'ole. I L-lieve known
to most jiolioe-cfiirts in Eurojie. He is a
splendid spy, and my father employed
him, bnt could get him no papers; he is
too well known. Are you married yet!"
" No, not yet."
" It is delicious to meet yon here, after
all. Look round at these juror innocent
young men, lying so (jui-t; in the prvi
enoe of death one wx-ms to lie always
with God. We loved one another om-e ;
now your heart has gone to another
human being, and niiuo is given to
Heaven.
They stood looking at one another.
Their interview liad been short, but they
had found out something iu it ; they
had found that they cared for one an
other, titill the man liad cast away his
on the altar of avarice, and the woinan,
a* women will, hail dedicated hers to
religion.
A loud noise of talking disturlied
them. They retired into themselves.
The Bengal officer came uj and said :
" One of those alrominatioim of jx-rsus
frion shells is lying here uuexploded.
Come uj), Dickson, and look at it."
Kho took his arm and went with liim.
Ou g ntle pressure told liim the truth.
She loved him stiff.
Delaval had the shell in his hand. As
THM CENTRE REPORTER.
llioy iidMimvd ho was ihi-our*nig alrout
it, ami holding it aloft. " I'tio porous
siiill fuse in this one has gone wrong,"
ho said. " Ss', 1 will throw it down
ant-tig us. tuid you shall see that it will
uot exjdrole."
Before any owe could stoji the mail
moll, lie had ilolto it. Htore was a great
blue llama, ami a sound totally different
from tlio rojHirt of a million. A slialt-r
ing, broken noise, thou otuoke, and an
im-tniit's ailetx*-. Ih'laval was j>r\wtr*te,
horribly ttijunh alrout tin- head, ami
George Picksou lirol his 1< ft aim torn
awav, ami wrna crying out for wat >r
There was a burviug part* utstr, ttcranx
tho rural, eomjrooed mainly of tin- citizens
of tho town, who seemed to prefer thia
dreadful occupation to watching tb ruins
of their own Lottie*. They coimo and
helpiil till' two woltmio,! utou; but a
lsilidoli ilivtor wlio was there stu.l that
there was no help for either of them.
Thoy mrrn'd them in to Givmuio, ami
laid them in a t<aru, in the straw, side
by aide. The English doctor attended
t.> George, and he trn-d to oieop ; but
the man on tli' left of him wras resUesa,
ami, iu trying to soothe him, ho found it
was IVlaval, groaning heavily.
•• Why, are you hurt, tsi ?" stud
thsirge. " 1 tun very worry for that.
iVltat a fool you were to plav with tliut
shell."
•• I did it wn purjwm'," stud I tela vol
11 1 saw that alio oared h>r you still. I
wished to destroy you. Are yon bially
hurt f"
" I am miserable cripple for life,"
said George. " But God ku.'Ws 1 fui
give you. Why did vou do it t"
" 1 tell you that 1 saw she carisl for
you. 1 love her, ami alio hates ino. 1
wante.l to kill Volt ami her Usi. Is she
.Usui I"
" So, she was not injurotl," said
George.
•• I wiali alio was. Hut now tliat you
are utterly ruined it d>s-M not so much
matter. Ouo comfort is that she will
never look at you now."
lielnval dted tliat uight, but George
was delirious, ami dnl m>t know it. Ilia
head was coufuwxl for a long tune, and
he came to himself very slowly. The
first [k.ttsui he knew was his father; he
fancied he must Is- in Loudon, lecaus
hia 'father never went out of Iudon on
any pretence whatever, ami his father,
as ho thought, would never take the
trouble to come ten miles to see him;
though he might sjwnd a hundred isutmls
iu sending him a doctor, ami scsild him
violent!v for the ei|wmsc afterwnr>l.
When he saw his father at his Issbude
lie concluded tliat he must be in London.
But only at first these walls were rod
Loroloti walls, so bright and so clean
lunl thos' leaves tapping at the window
were vine lsiv. s, which certainly grow in
I/otnlon, but ill a most dingv state. The
first .information tliat hia father g-.iv- hitn
was tliat he was still at Givonue, and
tliat l*urt whs Iswiiifisl.
There was an intense t -ndeniess in his
father's manner, which he liad never
noticed Iwfore. He mode a guess at
the nswsci of this when his mind fully
returned to him. He knew tliat h- lunl
lost his left arm. "And my father," he
argro-d. tinuka tliat 1 have forgotten it
in mv d—linum, and hesitates t<> tell tile
of it."
The next time that the immovable old
f.ioe came n-ur lux, he threw the remain
ing ann round the old man's neck, and
said, "If I had two arms, father, I
would put th-'in l>th round your nerk.
Forgive yonr jnror cnjqile for any sorrow
he hsx i-aiis.xl you."
" My own Ly, yon liave caused nie
no sorrow. I am going t> caiixe you
*mi'-. Arc you xtrssig enough ti L-ar
it
" Is ElixaL-tli dead t"
" Y'our faithful nuna-! G-mI forbi.l
tint xit -ha thing should lim|>|m-d. Sin
is cloro- bv. But the match L-twxx-n you
and Aila is br-'S' :i of. She has L-liavixl
more heart!—** tliau I couhl have con
ceivtxl. Sh> In * n'fuwxl, do you under
stand, to marry yon aft-r your accident.
It ix all ir-r, my pM>r L>y."
"Thank Giml !' xanl (itxirg-.
" Ar- y*ut gin*l, then I" said lux father.
" I don't know yet. Did V"U suy that
ElizaL-th wax hen-S-tnl h-r to me.
And, <h-ar father, go awav."
When the father carat-Irnck, a Lxmti
ful wman hml throwm off" h-r wimple,
ami liml disclosed the msgnificent ra
dionce of her hair, which one month
afterwards wouhl have Lx-n cut away.
She said, " I nm going t" marry your
crijij'lixl son. air. I will be a giMMI
ilaught-r to you. Try to lie n grosl
fath-rto me."
So they took liondaarol w<nt Jowu the
stn-am of life together, nml never
s-|>nrHtxl iu thought, mind, srdeexL
A Iteterniined Suicide.
A young girl nnunxl Diirant recently
kilhxl herself at Bristol, England, by
jumj'iiig over the suj>en>i"!i bridge
there. The strongest part ef the story
is the way iu which the girl jiimj>-d over.
She went ujmiii the hriilge, ami the t<ill
tik'r, noticing her loitering about, or
ili-rtxi her off to the other side, 'llron
she went down the hill to tlio ferry,
crosxixl it, eliuiLxl the zigzag on the
(Siutnii sil—just L-m-atli the briilg'-
and agnin prenented heraelf at the Clin
ton [-nd of the briilge. Sh' smih-il to
the toll-taker, tendered a jM-niiy, snd
iiaxx. il on ; but the gate-keeper snspr-chxl
Ler and gave chase, "llie girl hml about
one linmlred yar<l.x' start of her pursuer,
ami ran, as the man anys, " like a d-r "
pivxt the j'ii-r ami along the briilgi- itself.
When she had gone alMint a quarter of
the way she lookixl back nml again
smiled, but did not stop. The man
tnnied round for a moment, and while he
did so the girl mounted the trellis work
of the bridge, rlnmL'red down the rail
at the other sale, and hung from the
footpath only by her hands, her Lsly
swinging in the air. The gnte kix-jM-r
was two or three yards distant when she
tlid so, snd he rushed forward ami at
tempted to seize her. " Dimtlj I
touched her haiiils," said the mnn in his
evidence, " she hsikeil in my face and
smiled, and th-n she dropjied." This is
the t'-llth suicide which Las taken |>liux
from the bridge, and the jury suggested
that some methiHl of preventing isMijde
from rlimbing the railing should Ih>
luioj'ted.
How It Ha|qx-nist.
It is repirtisl in Loudon that the
nimor aLnit the G u '" , ' n ' M alarming ill
ness had its origin in the following
circumstance; In a certain London
ni-wsjiaper office there is a biography
of the sovereign, which was writt-n ten
y-ars ago, tuid Wr- editor, with the
provident forethought of his class,
deemed it desirable tliat it should L>
revised nml brought down to date. It
was given out to one of the staff and
duly " revised and corrected." The
editor thought it would be well to see
the article in type, and he consequently
gave it ont to lie set up. A eomjxisitor
hajqiened to see the notice when it was
in type, read the solemn and affecting
announcement with which it o|>ened nml
immediately circulated the melancholy
intelligence. As soon as the story was
fully set a-going it traveled in nil di
rections and underwent all sorts of
modifications. In one of its forms it
reached a " London oorreapondaut,"
aud thiii obtained a wide circulation
all over the country.
A resident of Sewell's Point, Vn., who
has lieen the hnsband of seven wives, and
is the father of twenty-seven children,
has obtained a license to marry again.
CKXTRK HALL. UKNTRK CO., LA., THURSDAY, .JANUARY 7, 1873.
TIIL } II KMII lit; I Kill 111 IS.
% i MMMililrr I < IlUt ua Trll Mow Tl*r
V tif ciliAHiiN f \ irkluiK,
Mihh , u MaU'inriit
forth tin- origin •( the taH- dlßictllUea
there. George W Puveinirt, u uogro,
was rltvled ehancerv clerk, arol was
sole custodian of the <s>uuiy seal and
tin' piddle roxrda. It Isuug ilisisivcrtsl
tluit large aiuoiinta of forged warntlita
were iu circulation, |tveU|>ort wa re
peattwlly callisl ujsm t> moke a rejsirt
to the Usird of suis-rvisorw, n |n<r
sist<-utly fallisl to do so; he refumsl n
oouuuitt<-e of tavpayirs pel mission to
examine tlm retx<rds, arol it may Is
iulihsl here that after his tlight it wan
dowovutod that lie ImO no Is-ud what
ever i'ii hhstil. At the Gatols-r t'rni
of the circuit court IK>ra-v, PaveiijH>rt
and I'urdo/u w< re indicteil by the grand
jurv. ivmissHsl of ton blocks nrol seven
whit's. Paring the inquiry into the
offense the Iss'ks of the comity treon
uror and other valuable records Lai
ing >'V nl-uce of the guilt of the parties
were stolen. The sheriff is also tax col
ltvt<>r and rts|uirel to give L>nd in
H<> guv • a worthless L>rol,
iuil when ita wortlilesaneaa wan known
Several of his sureties withdrew, thus
making the instrument lUngu!. The
sujierviaors' attorney i republican I do
dorevl tin- bond illegal; but the Lwrrtl
rvfussi t orth r a row one. It was
generally tiuih r>tssl tluit th<- Lstrd
acted under tin- llllhlvtuv of the sheriff
and indicted officials who were lute real
ed in keeping him ia offhs-. In
vettlL-r the sheriff published a curd ivtll
mg on the taxpayers to |>ay up, arol
saving In- would hold tin- iuicnfl*s
effic until ousted by the supreme
court.
This was the milditioQ of affairs Taxes
amounting to tiv<- ler cent, of valu<-
were due; the sh'-ntT, t" whom tin- tax.w
were tiayable, was insolvent and Iroml
lean; the Liar.l of sii|M-rviwrs, though
ilU|N'rtlllid t" d" ao, lia.l failed to liik<-
the tm-ivsnres required by law for the
protection "f the |>eople; valuable public
reoarvln ami jmvim-i*, invvMory an evidence
ta iX'llVii-t t ardi'ia, IhlVenport alnl
Ihirweyun the iudictun-iit found against
th.-ui, lro.l L-n stolen from the court
house, of which the sheriff in by law the
keejs-r. Sheriff t'nwl'V was kuown to is
on uitimat* |M-ra>>a.<l ami isihticnl friend
of those crtinmais, and Lvnden Iw-mg
cliarg'xl with the important dnty of sum
tuouiug th<- juries by whom they should
L' tried, was the rust.kluhi of r.xxirda,
furnishing evidence of their guilt, ami
liad failed to protec-t the Same frotll
larc-uy ami o)m'llotion; and, t>> all np
jiearoncssc, then.- officials aeeiro-d LtmUxi
togeth. r for mutual pn>t.-cti<>n, and. iu
strength <>f titimL-rs ami mutual rotuite
lUUiee, were defvillg the laws of th-
Slate and prostituting th. ir • ffiiv-s to
lln-ir jTlvatc mL. Iu this condition of
affairs th.- tni|>wv.-ra had a meetilig, and,
an already known, denuuidetl the r. -ignn
tioii >f the officials. Crosby resigmxl
and tli- others th-d. ('nstby then went
to Jackson to consult Governor Ames,
and Allien lssit.xl a pr<M-laiuati>-i coin
mamhiig the taxpayer* to disperse.
('onLmpoiwn- insly with Ann- prorluma
tion si-nrl, sigroxl •• l*etr Cnmhy," wa.
cirvtilal sl among the colurnsl p.—pie,
ilanouiicnig the whit.se as nttlians ;uil
Kirlmrtatis, and calling on lus friend* to
conic to tin- rod of the shellff and Mile
port him.
On th- Xante tiny Governor Arro*. the
Adjutant <liirrl arol aft' orrivixl in
A'ickabtirg, and nLmt the satin- tnro
-11 ill, the captain of a negro eoiaponj of
militia, RMx-ivixi ortl< rx t-> hol>l liuuM-If
in reaihrovw for onh r*. which orders
W'jiv s*'nt dirvxT to Hall arol not through
his sujM-nor ofti'X-r. tn Huiulav the
taxjiayirx, (xint'-mplating no violent
m-nsunei tln-maelv-e nrol ignonvtit of any
(xmtempLt-d |v Crvwby and c>>iif<->l
prt-oenh-u t ' C'luvinx jlor Hill tll
publican i a bill of injunction against
(Vooby, a,-ting oheriff, until he xhottld
give a Lirol. The ('lminrollor prv|*xred
an ord-r on Snrolny mght granting tin
injunction, which would liav— Lx n ro-rvtxl
on Monday morning. Whit- the consul
latiou was L ing held ailli ( liHtnx-llor
Hill, A. J. I "acker, Governor Airo-s' Al
jutoiit (h'ticral, and Crosby ivtinc in t"
get In r, and Crosby was infomi-d it was
nimored the ro-griM-s of the county wouhl
utn-mpt to iuvade tiro city upon th- f-l
lowing morning. H- disclaimed any
knowhxlg'V on the silbjx-t, but said h
ha>l the jM.vr.-r te ilixjm th-rtl, though
he saw no objection t* their txiuiiiig if
they il"mL I'|"1I tills he was earn
estly L-sought by Chaiiro-ller Hill and
the citizens present t<> s-ud out orl-rs to
tliem that night t<> return to their homes,
as if such attempt was mad- much hl'ssl
would L- rlkmL Crosby promis-xl to do
so. NovMrtheb-sK, < rlv on Monday
iro>mitig ro-grro-s marclu-tl on the city
from several ron<ls. The citusenx, partly
warnt-d the night L-fort-, anroxl nrol went
to the defense of the city. They I-ann
ul eontro-t with several Lsle-i f armed
iiegrix-H uitmL-mig fnun "ADO t" -IRDeacli,
ou tlirtM- diff-o-nt r<ud*, snd d<-f<-at<xl
arol rejmlisal eaeli Lmlv. It is estimat<sl
tliat from fifty to I<*l iiegrt-s w-re kilhxl
arol wounded, olid idsmt thirty more
cptiirixl, all of wlioiii, exrx-pting four of
the Laden, Live Imen relca.xxl and |n*r
nuthsl to go home.
The Mormon, liee.
John D. Is-e, the Mormon who is ac
cusml of L-ing the leader in the Moun
tain Meadow massacre, was Iront iu Ban
doljdi county. 111., sixty two years ago.
At twenty-four years of nge lie joimxl
tie- Mormons, ami Leight some jiroji
ertv at Nanvoo. He w>nt with liis
brethren to Missouri, and in IH4B left
with the first pnrty that settled in Utoll.
He has hml over n dozen wives, liesides
thrx' or four " m-ah-d " women whom
he siljqsirt*. He says lie has taki-n no
wives since the law against it was j>rt>-
I'osed ill 18ff2. lie is the father of sixty
two children, of whom fifty four are
living. Two years ago he was cut off
from the church, unjustly, he snys. He
asserts hia innocence of the accusations
against him, and is willing to submit his
cam- to n jury of non Mormons. He lias
lost almost all of his jiroperty. Twenty
four children th-js-nd on him, the eldest
L-iug sixteen.
Engrafting.
I lie Titusville Hrrnht says ; ' .fames
Beach, who met with an accident on the
cars alront four months ago, by which a
large piece of the skin of Ills leg was
torn, lins been the subject of the inter
esting process called engrafting of the
skin. In this instance the jihysician.
Dr. Variiui, took live skin from the
mother and brother of the patient nml
engrafted it on to the bare part of the
wound every week, and thus by degrees
the entire denuded surface tieoainc cov
ens! with a healthy cuticle, and u jsr
fisit cure lias Ls-ii the result."
No Mohh Paint. —A young lady in
Paris, Kentucky, remarked to a coin
juuiion in a conversation Hie other day
that she would never jiaint her cheek's
again before attending a funeral. " Why
not?" asked her friend. "Because," r
pliedthe young lady, " I was jaunted uj>
when I attended a funeral last summer,
and never wanted to cry so bad in nir
life, and was getting my handkerchief
ready, when, glancing around at , I
saw that, coarse, yellow skin of hers
through the tear tracks, and it looked
horrible. I never had such hard work
to hold my tears in since I wax born.
I'm done jminting for fiuierals."
HI I'll 111 Lit I A IN MASSU 111 MKTTI4.
Trrrlblr I(>S|. at ike IIUmH- In a Swntl
Toa friallalll) l lis Alluek*.
The Village of Conway, Mann , has
Iswii Htlhctcd for nouie tnro- pant with
inuligiiuiit diphthona, arol the diM-aae
oncuiN to L- ttendilv incrcaatug. A
<S>rien|M>mleilt of tllf
/icon suys. " INulal'ljr fully two thirds
of the canes are now proving fatal, and
parents iue LxSlUling greatly alarmed for
tile naf'-ty of their children The lisal
phyHlt'lUllS seem to Iw CUtrralv unable to
su.'.snnfullv grapple Willi tfie dinraae,
ami the outlook Is L-coiuilig every >lav
more threabuiiig and discouraging.
The dis>-aae iua>h- ita fimi up|s-aramv on
the -ilst of th-toL-r, in tin- fuiuilv of Gil
luon IV Harwell, whoae little dallght<-r, a
remarkably bright ami amiable chthl of
ten, illixt aft<-r a short sickness. The
next dentil was on October 29, w 111'11
William llciiiant's wife ami two children
died within a n|>ocn of twenty four hour*,
the mother and one clllld L-llrg buried
at the same litiur, while the other child
ilied as the furo-ral srtvia* were ur pro
grv-on. The ih-atli of Mr*. Bemelit, ami
the utt<-mhitg results, were |Mx-u)iarly
sad. She wan greatly dlstreiwd ut the
sufferings of her Utile otiea, ami, in trv
ing to remove, with her linger, the sulr
stam-e wUeh si-eiroxl lo olwlruct .tin
tliront of one of them, her hand was in
oculated with tin |samnions matter, hr
arm msui Lx*aiu mortilie<|, arid death
reaulbsl ill it few h -urn. A slt-r af Mrs.
Kemeut, living in a iieighL>ntig town,
arrived mmii aft<-r to hml h r onsistaine
t-> the faintly, ami, ur washing m'Un
clothing w.iru by one of tile di-od cluhl
ren, L'th of her lromls ulm> Ls-airo- af
(•vti-il, and <h ath resulted aft<-r a aliorl
■• iii of iuteiis< suff'-rtiig. Tin- third
victim from iros-uhdion wan a Mrs.
I'oiimroy, of l.a-tlismptoii, a sister of
Mr IW-mellt, who intended to remain lit
the family Several weeks, but wan at
tacked in a similar maimer to the otireiw,
after wosluug some iufix-t-<l cl. 'tiling
As a*sm on tin- diss*' appoortxl aire
hastened hoiue, Inqung tliat a change- of
air would rent-'ie In r lnwlth, but sh>-
gnulnally failed, and du-4 in a few week*.
Following tll<- deaths 1U Mr. Itelnellt ■
family wer<- tints- children f Gtsirge
Truetwlell, whom- tlealhs <s>-nrrvxl th-t>
L-r lid, Novemlicr 22, and Ikwuilw 3.
Mr. TnisaMl also sufYenxt a never*- at
tack of the dim-ase, which MUgtllorly
dl'ivnl Itself ill Ugly (Vink'-rollfi sores Oil
las luunls, fo-e, ami other |H>rtious of
las Lsly, on well as iu his thrtmt, and
Ills wih-, who Is-rume greatly rislnrvsl bv
long watching f* 1 "! distress, is now suf
fermg from the Jis.ua,>. One of the
siwlil'tl deulhs was tliat of the It. I J A
1 VKof st, of the Methodist church,
NoveinL-r 2H, who bun.si two bright
children, one of them m-vm ami the
other thre. years old, NoremL-r 17 ami
22. A little child "f L. I'. A lues ill.-ii
Xovenilirr 'iff. ami tin- mother ami her
sit.-r are troth sn-k with tin- dnwmm-.
\rciul<ald Sinclair hmt tlins> children
lceetiiL-r 1, t, ami ti mtpvtiniv, and
two children of I toiler! St. iwe dlol, as
did als>> Mrs. Henry I Hit. Altlioilgii
tit- imnwluti' dsath of tin- latter wan
iwilssl by chlUl bntli, it was L-llrvisi t>>
1m- attributable to oitxMty in regard to
her children, nrol p ihajm a alight touch
of th- prevailing tits,-one. The utimL-r
of deaths from iliphth.-rta to ilaU-, in
eluding two at childbirth, u mro-teon,
which, in a town of only I,,'sxl j nla
tion, is surely a terrible fatality for but
little more tluui a month. The dlNcam
gero-rally prove* fatAl in from three to
tlve clays after its first ap|oarroiec, al
though ironie live hot a alert time ofU r
L ing attack'xl. In o-te or two i-us the
•vxnk.-r, which first generally ap|Mni m
th.- tliroat. Iron eaten entirely through
the aid of tin- nx-k and made Its ap
iM-arau.x- c>n the surfao-. The* mala>ly
Las thus far lovn cmfiroxl t.i thror
schMl districts of Burksriile, Lumpkin
Hollow, and the ('enter, where the
schools have L-u rkanL
The Price of Par*.
A New Y'ork fashion j.mrnni gi\<-x the
•<t\h'-> of fur* worn tliix mxi,'-- >n arol tb-
Jiricrs, as follow* ;
Ihxil mink m-tx, of muff nrol ha or
odlar, at K"jo, and £tn
Ih-nl inmk m-te, v-rv *Lrk and tbie,
333, stn and 943.
Flin-st ixe-t- rn mink xets in tb- mork-t.
.<VI, > ami 870.
lU-al Shetland seal ssojuea, L-st w-rk
inaiishi|>, litHxl with the IJiiiul satin,
Lwutifnllv embroidered, at 3"<'. S'v'. fJ."',
$lOT> arol Bir>.
Ih-al Shetland seal sackx, tin- lialid
some*t tliat money can purclioee or t;o*ta
suggest, 31.N0.
B-al mxd m-t*of iniiff ami Lw. $22,
s2.') and $27.50.
B-sl Sln-tJoml seal sets, elegantly
trinimxl, at slo. Sto and SV.
French sel <>t.. with same trimming
m the n-a! im-hI, $7.50, $lO ami $13.50.
Ih-al lvnx a>'G, L-st quality, $2.2, $27
ami $lO. '
French lynx ets, wnrrantml xiuol t
the rtxil. tU 97. $S .V>, $lO ami 813..VV
lhxtl Alaska xnble set*, choice ipiolltv,
$13.30, sls. $17.50 ami SJO.
Black uisrt-u s>ts, $8,50, 810 ami
$12.30.
Ih-al ermine svtx of inuff Lvi and
collar, at $25, sklaml $35.
Imitation ermine sets, same trimming
an the real, at sff.so ami $7.50.
Imitation mink sets, ut $5,50, s)t.so
and $8.50.
lh-iil SiLninn squirrel set* of muff and
Lvi or collar, at s>.so, $S and
B-al black nstnu-han sacques, L>t
tunke, ut $lB, $25 ami s'tO.
Children'a fur set*, many new ami
elegant designs, from $1.25 to sls jx-r
set.
Children's white coney sncques, $3.50,
$4.50, $5, $7.50, s.l. \V!ut<' ixmey <vijx,
with head and wings, ssoc. New style
white coney lnxsls, luimlsoinelv trinninxl,
at sl, 81. 25 and LsQl
Caps in the newest sfyh-s at reasotuihlc
rat'-s.
A Haunted Man.
In the theaters. hotels, niul other pub
111* place* of I m isb ill a man ix often xeen
whom odd demeanor ix the *ubjeot of
much comment. He wearx Rood cloth**,
liaa mi intelligent appearance, and Uic
KjMxyli of an (allientod man ; but bin
eyex have the uiuniataknblc s'leam of in
xanitv. He ix ulwnvx in a hurry, iuul al
way* inquiring for < 'harloa < lamer. Tliix
man ix rrank A. Hinitli, and hix mania
wax xtrangoly developed, Alxmt five
yoarx afju he wax in Kanxax. In the l>ar
rixim of n tavern in which he waxxtavitig
for a few dav he got into a i|iiarrel with
a *IHI li ving iruiitiermnaa, and wax tinall v
struck by hix aggressive opjwment. Ite
lieving that hix life wax in danger, he
drew a revolver, at which the acared
desperado ran out of the rixun. .Smith
followed and fired ; but the bullet prob
ably did no damage, ax the man wax not
necn that night, nor xfterward in that
neighlxirhood. It ix xuppoxed that he
dared not return to the tavern at once.
The excitement of tin* encounter aeri
ouxly affected Smith, who wax not in
gixxl health, and hix morbid fancy made
him think that lie had killed hix nxxail
ant. He returned to hit* home in Itoaton,
firmly imprexaed that lie wax a murderer.
Hix friends have xmight for the missing
man in vain, only learning that hix name
wax t'liarlcx Garner, and that lie wax a
dixHoliito vagabond. Smith rcfuxiH t*
be convinced tfiat hix deluxion ix not
fnct, yet ix alwavx looking for (lamer,
whom he says lie ix certain he must have
" aliot entirely out of existence;" In all
other respects he ia sane.
The Smoky Hill Massarre.
The two little girl*, named Adelaide
and Julia (ieriliain, who were enptured
by U Indian* hud Hcplntnber, and
rescued on the nth of November by a
***iiitmg party from (loueral Mil.-*' .-x
ueditiou, |HUM<d through Tojs-ka for
ismveuworUi, 111 ciiarge of .Surgrsr
I'o well. Iu out lie-tiling ufsin the <*q>
tare OIK) row-tie of IIK-M- children, the
Ijoaveiiworth truly nay*,
that in the whole history of frontier war
fare, with it* cliapter* of Indian devil
try and Navsge brutality, there t im met
tier story Uiau that which clusU-rs around
Uieae orphan*. llrn fly tclil it is thus:
last Sejitemlwr a family of immigrant*
named f iernuun, from the Blue Bulge
regiou of (ii-orgia, were on a journey
across the |>latu* b> Colorado. 1 bey en
camihs 1 one night on Uie Kutokv Mill,
not far from Kheriibtu stall--n, aiuli while
at rest were eurjirioed and attacked bv a
I>and of CheVeinie Indians. t)f the nine
mem lien of the family live Were instantly
butchered and four curried into caj
tivity. The father, mother and infant, a
grown sou, and an invalid <iaughter w<-r
cruelly murdered in cold blood, and thu*
escajMsl Uie terror* of captive brutality,
infinitely worse than the horrors of death
Itoelf. l'he remaining memlier* of the
family all girls were planed on |s>uie,
and forced to endure the ltardohipa of a
rapnl flight to Use Texas frontier. Two
of the girl*, Adelaide and Julia, aged re
speetively five and *-ight year*. were re
captured aome .lay* ago. The other
itera, Lucy and Ada, tin- f< -rmer nine
teen ami Uie lalt<*r sixteen jmrv of age,
art- still held as prisoner*, and siip|HSHtl
to I** with (hay Logic'* Isutd of t'hey
ennea.
The misery of the young ladle* still in
caj'tmty can l*-tu-r lie imagined than
tlescnlied. The story of suffering Lime
by Uie two chlldreti rem-Wed frotu the
savage laid was told in Uw-ir own hall
naked ISHIIIW, emacist,*! fa,*-* ami Woe
lw-golie eounti-uaiicea. The elder, a fnul
girl, but old enough to know mental
anguish, and iviuiprehi-nd the terrible
tragedy which lunl lefallen li*r and her
own, was a mere walking skelt> n, worn
to the sluulow of deaUl, w hell her rescuer*
aj>l**o**l. The younger, naturally the
stronger of tin- two, and ]>ri<aji* uncon
scious of other physical suffering. Is we
tip much 1 letter than her sister did; but
oh<- too I sire marks of haritahipn, and tin
heroism of IM-T itiiiocwmt suffering aj>
| 1 to every sentiment of symtitiUiy
in Uie warm hearts of the gallant soldier*
who rewrtied her. I'lie officers and sol
diem at Caiup Sujtjily and in tin* field
contributed s.> generously to the relief of
the children tliat, after clothing them
conifartably, there was left in the aur
goon * hand* $1 Mo for Un-ir u*e. Tln
childretl will laecouie the wards of the
Protestant Oqiluui Asylum at IJkaven
worth.
A liear Hwater's PataJ MUlakr.
(Icorge Miller, who lives at Uie mouUi
of Iteaver t'reek, CL, was aliot by 1..
Turiey, who mistk him for a Imar.
The jwrty w.-re <-amj*>l on the w>-st fork
of Iteaver. having gonetherv births pur
I* ssv of driving 'Hit of the mountains cat
tie I* longing t<i Miller ami others.
ShoiUy l*-f<irv< daylight, they were
arottneil by the sltarji and savage Ixirking
•if Un-ir d'g* a ohort di*iau<*- from camp,
as if in conflict with a wild animal. A*
they apjinsiclievl the scene of ivilltlict
Ihev dtscovi-reil tlist Uie tlogN wi-re liav
nig a Isxit with a lv-ar. Turh-y tlteu
*Uvrt*l l*ck to camji for his gun, while
Miller ami M rgap priswede* 1 on tnwarvl
the ooinlt.-ints. The fight wa* taking
plac- ill the lssl of Uie creek. Miller,
thinking fr-an Uie wound* that the tiear
WM getting UK- Ivtter of the dog*, dn-w
hi* knife and impetuously rwsln-d for
war-1 to the nSHistAiice of the latter. At
tin* js>int the cTvs-k flow* through a nar
row canyon, ami a tree had falh-u from
•me side of Um canyon to Uie other, *o
that its trunk lay across the ci*s-k and a
little alsive its lsxL It liad Iss-ti rain
nig ail night, ami tin* creek wa* con
M-h rablv swollen and math- a deafening
Uoiae as it mlled ami broke over ita rocky
lw*|.. The Is-ar and dog* were waging
their nucertaiu cattl at just that jstint
in the crvs-k where it JSWV~hI under the
log alsive ih-scrilssL Miller " <S*UHSI"
tbt* Uig until h<- got iiumtsliately over
the coiulsitaut*, ami then poising him
*elf proossli-,1 bi tl*U a thrust at brniii
with hi* knife whenever oojx-rtunity
offered. In the meanUiue 'I urley luwl
git hi* gun. and, en swing Uie stream on
another l<ig higher up. name down to
within fifbs-n >r twenty f**t of where
the fight waxe.l h-tw<>en the dog* and the
l*-r, but on the IIIIIHIHIU aide from
where he had left Miller and Morgan.
The roaring of the wiit'-m as they broke
and dnahasl over the ns-k*. and the shrill
barking of the d<ig* as thev auapjied at
the Isvar. jin-veiitcl Miller from hearing
him. He, on the other hand, jawring
down in th" dark from flm jssution ill
the side of Uie canyon, ilismlnvl Mil
ler's form but mistook it for that of
bruin, it never once occurring to him
that any man could Is- o rash as to run
in without firearm* to take j*rt in a
hi'lrr lwtw,<eii a jsu-k of divgsainlu l*-)U.
Firing. OS he *ujvp<i>*ed, at the lw-ar, his
Isvll t,sik effVs-t in Miller'a left hiji itn
nxsliat'-ly over the hip joint, and. lodg
ilig ill the leg jn*t alsive the klu-e. Im
mediately <ni nsviving the cluu-ge Miller
cried out tliat lie wa* shot, and it was
found that he wi* fatally injured.
Thej Steal Eterj thine.
There can Is- little profit or pleasure
in raising crops when such a stb> of
affairs exists as i* n-lated iu the follow
ing extract from a jirivnte letter from
Mi**i*si]ipi : Hay and night thievea
HIKIUIHI. A* t,i *ini and lmg* : we make
ivirn, and when we jiroceixl to gather it
find one third of Uie shuck hollow. The
thiev,* go over the field and " slip
shuck " every third row. I know an en
ergetie man who watched hia field
through the night, and the thieves stole
his corn in the davtime.
We have aoine few hogs left, but they
will Kin go. With all our care, as aoon
as Uie jiig* get old enough they go one
by one. The same way wiUi our fine
fhs-k of sheep, which are gone, save
two. When I hearvl of the last ali,**ji
stealing, I said : " Well, I atn like the
lar.y Scotchwoman who was glal when
her Cow was killol%.id exclaimed : * (hsl
!*• wi' mw-thing, for there's line trouble
wi' it nae cow, na,' care." Ni-ar by
every one has quit raising turkeys for
the "thieves. I had twenty-thn*' two
year* ago, but they kept giing in the
daytime, for they were a I way* l<s-k)*l uji
at night. They have also stolen my
large flock of g*ae, and 1 have but few
left. Our jmt*l,w>H arc nil "grabbled"
over, and the l*-*t taken. We can keejt
few chickcna all stolen. Wi- will aoon
have no mast for our table, but mesa
pork, and it is doubtful if we will lie
able to buy that.
Think of It.
A certain Troy man, rather illiterate,
but pivuliar in his way, lay alssl, quite
aiek, reoantly, luid a visitor at his lied
aide, iu converaation wiUi the aiek man'a
wife, alluded to the transit f Venus,
and the wonderful mathematical i-tU
•-iilatioiia Hint aatrououiera work out.
The aiek man, after listening intently,
called lii-i wife to hia bedside ami said :
"See, here, .Mary, van understand what
he says I Now ji* think af it-—a man
who ran do all tliat, can do Uiem won
derful caloerlationa and all that figgerin'
—jia think of it, that a smart man like
that can lie jawed by a waman."
TVrm: 542.00S 4 2.00 a Year,in Advance.
A Had Htorj of a strong las's Life, A lardemr'* Wife.
I hiring the oil cxcit**ui*-ut, my the
"n*i-K J\tUiulit*m, J. J, Hurrvll of
Mart villi-, fuiugn county, u iiutti who
bad traveled tlw country <*iMu.li-r*bly,
and who waa a |M-rnoii of n-fiin-d lawtt-n
au<l a fiui tlcgiee of cultivation, m vested
lit iVniiaylvaitia oil land* and moil*- a
fortune nm* muting to |SH,UIIU or there
wlMiuta. Hi* put tn* wt of th> money into
building*. in I'ithoie, a growing
town an*l MH-VMI by oil spis-ttbiiuirii to
la- the OJIUIUK *|u*t*u of thai **<toti.
Ho*m afterward tin- great tin- at I'ltholr
swept away hi# entire JMMMOIMIOII tlie re,
u|H in wlii'-h he Ino I not a rent of iiuui
ruiu*-. lb-fore |w luul fairly rmivwol
fr*tn the chock of fat*- which inipuveriah
•-I hi til, lie iw>-ivi*i| a telegram from
Marti ill** Minting tliat hia only children,
two laiya, w-ie drowwsl. He went
la one and found that one of hia hoya had
l iroketi through a pond whit*- nkaliug
the other heron wily altoiujited to save
hut brother and l*th periab-d. Mr.
Iturrrll hurled hia btiya, and, ohatUved
in fortune and mind, went lawk lo fit
hole to gather up the remnant* of hia
buKiiuwf. Boon tln-roafu-r lie wan noti
tied if hia Wife'h death; alie had fallen a
prey to grief growing from the death of
her children. He buri<-d liia wife lawn ti
tle- Iniya, mid, Mripi*ed f family ami
fortune, niitrtixi in t*< buffet the evil thin
which aeeltietl to he wetting IU ao sternly
inuint him. In early life Ilurrell Inti)
learned hia trade of *li*M-Mialung, and be
started a aliop at Mart villi-. One day
tiiia fall In* concluded to go down to Fair
Haven and pick up a few ordera for win
ter If--in among hia old friemla, who,
knowing lac miafortuiie, lie lielieved
wuuhl help him at l.wat to earn hia
brrenL He iut*eUl luuidaotnejy, and
when nbllllliK for home found that the
ticket ngent waa not in the office, and
th< -refute |u*l the conductor $1 <>ti tin*
tram. 11* leht-wd llint th-re waa aotne,
change due lam, and ha*l aome word*
with the conductor about that matter,
but did U* it receive tin- chat Up- which he
claimetL At Hterluig J miction lie got
off to *p*<*k to a lady whom he saw upon
the platform, and continued talking to
h*-r until tin- tram wan under headway.
He then mught tin- platform rail and
swung himself oil. An he wan at* Hit to
'pen the door of tiie coach, be alleged,
the conductor met low, thrust hi* del
lar bill in Ida face no rudely and with
am-h force tliat he fell, hia arm atrttck
arrow, the track, and wa< cut off between
tlie w-rint Mi.l oil tow. He wran n*w lie
orived not only of bartune aud family,
but tin- hand tliat liad .wrtnxl hia own
scant living. H< authorised (Itnrrltill i
Nutting, ••{ thin city, to commence action
against the Soiitiieru (Vutral railroad
company for .hunngea, ami caim- to On
w-go to atop. He *-ngage<l a little fruit
Miami irnu the Fitxliugh liouac, aud took
a r*nin in that hob I.
< bi<- m* truing thin week lie warn found
nt lipid in lieii ; phrmciarin were called
and found tliat he luul taken morphine
in fatal ipuuititiea. N'.-it dav he
dual. It wan wud that lie waa a Mason,
but exoiumati-iu faileil to ahow lliat to be
true, ami he wan buried with other
■uicidea and p<aii|w-r* iu ]'otter'* field.
It i a plain bit of true hiatory, told
witii the (Lulv iu wn|*a]*< rV r•} *rt<*nal
ti-raeiicnn and Uuiituow, but wliat |wg<-
of history n-v*-al a timr- dramatic nti.ry '
Frcparinr for (ollegc.
Th<- (W/o/r <\iurat>f linn an article on
fitting ImTi ami girl* for re.llego. It
aav* that at ptVfiaraiury nrlun>l every
thing not alwoluteiy lievwwrt to college
in omitted, and whatever cannot lie
omitl-xl in crammed into tiie Imv ami ar
nuig*-d with *] aerial reference to a coming
examination, while tin- student ta not
uiatle to dtgoni and awa uulate it to hia
mental U-ing. To "get in" and "get
through " college in the groat end of the
■Undent's lalsirw. The (\norvttit all*'
While a K]irria] preparatttm ta mi-canary
U enter college, a general preparation in
equally lifii-asary. if tie- student ln ex-
I si-ted to " dig*-at aud aaainiilate " tiie
,u*>wlHlge he gam*. For Uiia general
pr*-t*aratioii the iwrent and not tlie ti-ach
er should lie lield re*|onlble. *iq*l-4ally
where the parent line lumat-lf enjoyed
gta*l <*lll(-utiotial ml vantage*. How ia
thin to la* Jituc! Ily familiar ami fre
quent cuuveraatiou with children on top
ica auggextixl iii every *lav life, by t*wh
lug tiuni tiie priuciphw if phyaiobigy,
*-luiuu-try, natrononir, geology, iu fact
of all the acu-lKx-a, uniug the techuical
nonii-ncUtiire wli-n n*x*eanary, ao that
tlu* young miud nluvll la-com*- familiar
with it* early life, la-forv text Ixw.k* are
taken up at all. ity dinx-ting the child'*
reading and l*-*hng it, ntep by atep, to
a knowledge *if the great wnti-n* aud tlu
great facta of the |*nt an*l prvaont. Tb*-
atory *f Huner'a " lluwl, ' of Milton'*
" l'anulim- lawt," •( Sc*U' " Marmion "
and " lowly of the lnkc." chihlren of
*-Tcn rwra old and uowranl can be nuwle
to tak- the ni<*t lively interest in ; tiie
name i* true <*f nearly all the play* of
ShakKpcare. IliHtoniwl Ntoriea may
U< relab-d without limit, ami thu* a ta*te
for geiu-ral information f ode rod iu the
child.
A lUoody Record.
Among the ]jw>rn concerning our for
eign relation* trnnainitte*! to (Vuigrea*
wutli tlie Pieanlent'* im-aang*- waa the bil
lowing extract from a lctt*>r wrrtU-n in
Juuc )ju*t t> Sccrrkurv Fi*li by tlie Hon.
Cnb-b Cuwliing. our Muuatrr *1 Madrid :
According to tiie latoat official eati
mntea here, the ■umber of trooji* o**nt
frwtn the I'.-ninaula to Ctili* from tli>
y*w |Hlil down to the preaent *lay is
S2,. r **, >f which nunda-r .'ki.4l2 liave
sm-cuiulwxl in the field or from diaraar.
leaving only n nominal forc of aay
4I>,IMKI many of whom mu*t lie invalhk
- for the present acrviiv of the govern
ment. In addition to tliia. it deaervea to
lie noted tliat a huge number of mitskwta.
purrhaMHl by the last Captain (teneral
f*r u**- in Culm, have lieen with*lrawn
and ord*'r*xl home for u*- iu the IVnin
aula. It is not atiqiriiing that under
tlica*. circumatanoeN great discimrage
meiit slionhl prevail in official circle*
here, to any nothing of the uncertainty,
more or l*aa, reejecting the purjsiac*
and actiona of js.litieal |*artiea through
out the country, with the great queatiou
rising alxive all other* whelk** or not at
aome unexpected moment the troopa may
not ftronounor ; for it i* no exaggeration
to nay that the |w>litiml frtutM>a f Sjinin
at all tim<<* ditriiig the preaent gem-ra
tion, ami never more *<> than at the pres
ent time, are liuuiilv dependent on the
will >f tie- army. It will alao yield to
the trmenry at l*-iwt 500,000,000 of real*
(81.1,000,(kill) on nmouiit* jwid for ex
emption.
Robbing (irate*.
The Chicago Time* states that a few
days ago n fanner named (hsslrich, re
turning late from a grange mis-ting, met
near a cemetery a wagon containing
tlirs> meiulM-n*, one of theae a girl, of a
family named McNontee, ami a fourth
tigurv- drc—ed in black, who failed to re
spond to the salute of (hiodrirh. The
fourth figure proved RulMequantly to l>e
the Is sly of a young man who luul l>eeu
bnried the previoua hy, and hail IHH-H
ri-snrr*s-t*sl for the ls-m-fit of a junior
memlier of the McNomea family who waa
a atiident at Ann Arlsir College. Two
other bodi-H recently buried were miaaeil
aud afterward found in the repository at
Ann Arlsir College. MeNamee waa
arrested and liegged for a double file of
officers to protect him from violence.
It i* aaid there is scarcely an unrobbed
grave in the cemetery
No/dik
The laiwville JuumaJ publialtaa an
interview witli a woman who w*a the
wife of Hiram Hinith, the murderer, who
ended hia life upon the gallowa at Water
town, raoetifly It i* Hiiefly inter-wting
aa illustrating the manuer in which peo
ple of tin- lower atrata at wictety live.
Kite mud: I fi ret lieoame acquainted with
hint in IWVI, wlien I wax only twelve
year* old; be then worked for £l*u H.
lllakenuiii, at Hpernrville, in thia town;
nft-r I U-twipe acquainted with hiin,
one Thursday ha gave me an apple,
which 1 am now aatiafled IM drugget
for the purjxme of gaining my affee
tioua; on tlie Hun-lay following he gave
me aouie gum, and 1 waa afterward eun
viiicd that that waa fixed iu tlie aauw
way, aa he prevail**! on me to run away
to one uf the ueighlKira and marry him;
thia waa May 11, )HM; I m very large
for a girl twelve yoani old; and I dia
covered eoou after marriage that he waa
a tied man, and I had confidence in him;
lie would get very inad, and at one time
stood over my bed with an axe and
threatened to apiit my bead open. We
lived t igeUirr a year, when he went to
Copenhagen ami worked for Lewia
Htorkwdl. He afterward aent for aw*,
and £ went there and worked for Htorh
walL I stayed but a few dav*, when,
from hia cruel treatment, I left him and
flame home. I have neeu him but a few
time* sum- that. While I lived with
him he never I-ought any clothe* or gave
me a cent of money. He waa a Saxy,
ahifUexK, good-for nothing fellow, aud
didn't know anything only to tie mean.
He compelled me to go out in the
W<KKl* with him and cliop wood, and 1
alwaya rhot>|*d uion wood than he did.
He never im-l any divorce from m- or
1 from him. I married my preaent hna
lauid Decemtier 25, 1 H7<•' 1 met the
iimrih-rer, Hi nun Hrnith, in Lowville,
, one time in the atrwt, before I waa
married thia tune. I was walking with
another fellow, when lie stopped me
ami aaid Uiat if I did not quit going
with other feliowa be would allot it me.
1 told him to go hi* way and I would
go mine. He told me to nswmler
what lie aauL I Utink be ought to be
hung, and I would have enjoyed it to
have pulled the rope that hung lnm.
The reader, after j*rtuung the foregoing,
will be fully convinced that if there ex
iael ui Hiram .Smith a *]rk of hu
mamty or a kindly impulse, hia wife is
not a woman who waa calculated to de
velop those germs into anything very
ennobling.
TV I'rtini.; haaia Coal Trade.
We ran now give a tolerably fair eeti
mate of tlie dcrteaae in the mt)>ply of an
thracite cad this year compared with last
year, which will be in tlie rieigbtxirhood
of HSO,<XIO to 900,0(10 toil*. Hie decrease
iu tlie supply of bituminous cad from
this region embraced in our table is HI,
101 tons ; bnt the ilermwte in the aumilv
of bituminous cad in 1K74, throughout
the conntrv, will be mwrly if it is not
quite 1,006,(100 tons. This trade haa
■ulib-red more severely in the West than
in the Kant
Then- figures will vary I Hit little (nun
the official returns at the end of the year,
■a at a couple of point* thev cannot he
olAaincl until the chase of the year. Out
reports embrace the coal aent to market
outside tin- csd regions. The quantity
carried in the cad regions haa to be es
timated from reliable data, wbicli entlha
ua to arrive at a very fair estimate.
When the ivnn was taken in 1870 we
can pared out estimate with tlie cusus
returns, and it varied but little as to the
ousninpUon of cad iu tlie cad regions,
ami alao in Uie consumption of liitomin
oiia cad throughout the whole, the ac
tual return* of which cannot la- collect-*!
excejit through tin* C-IISUK.
Tlm- supply from the different regions
compared with last year, ia aa follow* r
isra. i;. De.
tuSUilt.i: Illl.su 1.430.51* R.HJ
- ixwua *.sa.eta :..II.JS >.*
- WvnmliX t.tl.St C.MI.MI ■M.S7t
- ShsmoktM r.si.sss i,IU *,tu
- Ljrlca V.iWj„ sa.7l IIT.taT S.VS*
m<iucii>..- <. l MUiM i.ssi.ui; xi.ioi
A large jiortion of tlie cad aent byway
at the Lehigh waa from the Wyoming
and ,Schuylkill regnHiK. Tlie only
avenues by wlihdi the aiithra- iU- trade
wa* iucrea*ed in 1874 over 1873 was by
way of the Lehigh Valley railroad north,
bv way of the I*>high Canal, and byway
o! the IVrnnayivania C-ad Comjwmy.
Tliere was s decrease by all other sivuines.
lStftn-illr Miner's Journal
Iisa>trr on the Ukn>.
A W(4ND JMJWR give* a list of disas
ter* ou Ui> lakes during tin* year
1874, although there are still a uumber
of rwk mrtndks and there mar le fur
ther disaster*. Acoord tog to thin *Uto
ment, there hsve Iwn 1.251 >f
all kinds, major and minor, against 1,818
last year. Tb* estimated tlamage to
property foots np $8,081,700, against
98,970.000 in 1878, a falling off of *944,
800. Tit is, in view of the fact that (In*
tonnage afloat in 1874 was greater than
in 1878. might ai>|xwr surprising were it
out for tin- fact tlint the ]w*t scanon was
one of Ui dullest pwr experienced in
the history of lakr navigation. ami that
in consequence a large amount of ton
nape was laid up during the two moat
disastrous months, October Mid No vein -
lw. last year the looses in
footed up nearlv twice the auioiuitof any
other month of the season, via.: 1,407,-
000. Tilt* roar November make* the
largest allowing, via.: $068,000. An
entuneratiou of the loaa of life during
the Year aliow* the immber to have been
24.8. spunst £2l in 1878, and 219 in 1872.
In thi* respect the record, very unfortu
nately, i* against 1874.
A Smart lrl.
In a Burlington dry good* house i*
employed a young man of diminutive
stature and aomewlmt feminine appear
ano', although a tip top salesman and
oWA. One day, not long siuce, a little
girl was sent to the store to make some
purchases, and it fell to the lot of this
young man to attend her. She was n
mere bunch of femiuiuitv, not able to
talk plain. She asked if lie had any
" totten flannel." He replied that he
had, and asked how much she wanted.
" I don't know," was the replv. " Well,
what do you want it for said the
clerk. •• Wan"t to make imp" a shirt."
" Well, how big is your papa ; is he as |
big as me?" "'Big as vou," aaid the
little maiden, * I des* he ta; he wouliln't
be Riueh of a J*pa if he wasn't."
Ai.l Anon rr.—"What's tlie use of
takiug so much pains alxuit the transit
of Venus f" "It tells us the distance of
the ami." What's the use of knowiug
the distance of the sun i "It enables
ns to tell its sire, the distance of the
fix-d stars and the velocity of light"
What's the use of knowing the velocity :
light ( " Light, heat, magnetism, gravi
tation, thought and life ana all said to be
intimately related, and the knowledge of
the properties of light may be the guid
ing string which sliall lead *s into the
profoniKhwt depths of science."
Too BAP.— Very stem parent indeed—
"Come here, sir ! What iu this com
plaint the achwolmaater lias made against
you <" Much injured ysutli—" It'B just
nothing at all. You see, Jimmy Hughes
lient a pin, and T only jnst left it on the
teacher's chair for him to look at, and he
came in without his specs and sat right
down on the pin, and now he waste to
blame me for it!"
Item af Ifftrrrat.
On* pill in the month make* the whols
wnrkl MMa bitter
Half the discomforts of iifo w* the ra
mi! <f getting timi of ounwlvc*.
Pnper ha* astualiy Iwwn mh
from frog spittle ; the gr<*n scum of
pond*.
Troy, N. Y. f tuia been trying n*ihl ha
street lamps and pronounce them fail
ure*.
One of the wedjiog present* of a
voting married couple of Imlians recent
ly ma ITII buabel* of coal.
A Virginia paper lute twdtafld that laws
are changed aa soon aa the |ouple t*-
lomr familiar with tlietn.
Maine rheea* factori"* made over half
a million pound* this year, and expect
to make over 800,1100 pounds next year.
A y<iitiff jockey in OMHfstnia, who luia
pidden horaee in nevend ratwa during tit
raat two yearn, ha* been discovered te be
a girl.
' Hekreta," ay* ioah Billing, "i a
lanl investment -if you |>aaa it, jn loae
the principal, and if yon Veep it yn kw
internet."
The report that a auccarfu) paoltry
d ier aet up a carriage, araan from hi*
statement that be had made hut coop pay,
thin aeaaon.
The city authoritea W Havana will in
fnttue pay a reward uf fBO to tlie llrat
tire engine arriving at a fire after the
alarm ia given.
At the prramt time the conntiim sub
ject to the Emperor of Baama are eqnal
ir extent to une-aixth at all the "dry
land " of the World.
He iwuml tliat when once a woman
begin* to be ashamed of what aba ought
not to be a*hami of, nhe will not be
aaliamed of'wliat alie onght
An Ohio editor orgaa hi* lady anb
■wribar* to write to bim often, aa he flnda
the new style of elongated envelope quite
convenient for weather atrij*.
Notice how many fellow* have got new
I lata Una fall. Know the manor t Well,
m I egge<l for " that old feh hat you
know; it would make over ao nice."
A tiraaa band in Virginia City has
ben requested to practice in a mine
600 feat under ground. It can play
then- in the minor key and disturb no
one.
TV excitement in a New England
lowa by the r**|KTt that i vein of ooppot
had IMWB (imnrncd, nlmidid when it
*m Mrailiuwd ttni the "me of oop
psr " an old wrother-cook.
Tolhlu j*jn announce that there is
plenty of work in that city, but care
fully conceal tin- fact that said work is
sitting on a bench in front of a coal
■tore and wishing it vera spring. •
An honest farmer, being asked why be
did iio subscribe fur a wnpswr, ex
plained. " Beauts* my father, when he
died, left me a good many newspapers,
and 1 liava nut read them through yet"
A charitable Cincinnati man keepa a
pair of dogs chained at his front doer, so
that poor jwople who atop to " get a
Ist*" out be accommodated without
taking the trouble to go into the bona*.
"If yon will jnst take notice," says the
Detroit Free Frnm, " yon wili find that
a bald headed man never raises hi* hat
to a lady." It wookl seam, then, man's
politeness, like Hamsun's strength, lies in
bis hair.
Mrs. PiUgeralil, of Han Antonio, Tex
as. has taken a oantnut to grade nineteen
miles at railroad. This is not her first
venture, however, aa she has aoramn
bttod wealth by previous undertakinga of
the name kind.
" What the dew is s garter, anywayf"
inquire* the editor of ths Indianapolis
SntHtteL A garter, vising man ! Tlu*
ignorance is dejdunible. Why, a garter
is a ribbon or shoestring that ladies tie up
their hair with.
A Pulton county (Indiana) man, while
rs*irawing his district as a candidate for
the Dngndatuiv, also U.uglit up hogs,
and be not only secured Ins ekrthm by
a majority of two. but chared $6,000 in
his hug iHistnees.
The rumors of the matrimonial en
gagement of Mr. Jame* lack* Ben
ue to a daughter of Admiral I). I).
Porter, ao lung current in society, aw
now contradicted upon what seems good
authority—the Admiral. •
If rou must know why Aaron Greene
left (W <>n a rail the other night it may
he explained tliai he taught school and
was in the habit of making the boys sit
down in S |>sii of cold water.
A {topulsr clergyman says it is inter
esting to otmsrae how many people go
to the cirrus " jnst to ptoses* the child
ren." and very curious to notice that
sometimes it takes several aide-bodied
men and motberiv women to look after
one little hoy or girl on such an occasion.
Diphtheria has been very prevalent in
Australia, and one of th* moat success
ful n iiKilie* ia said to have been a few
drupa of sulphuric acid in a tumblerful
of water. The result of this mixture ia
said to be a coagulation of the dipth
tlierie tneuibrsno ami its ready removal
by coughing.
An Acapnia) aarsspamtont of the Han
Francisco HelUtiu says : " Marshal Ba
xanie lias asked the government whether
lie couhl settle in Mexico, to which be
received an ■iftr uataT.- answer. Though
his wife ia a Mexican, he would certainly
find no friends in this country, whew he
lielisrtM so shamefully."
A matmu dwelling on the Vuuiks of ths
Tee, England, under cross examination
aa a witness at the Lhirltam Asaiaes,
turned up her nose at the insinuation
slut her daughter was inclined to wed a
widower. "Very likely, indeed," said
she, with s toss of her bead, "that my
daughter should many a second-hand
man !""
The next Untied Htates C'ongnws will
develop many new names. THIS is no
Washburne in the list, but there are
seven of the name of Williams—-one each
from Alalums. Delaware, ludiana, New
York and Wisconsin, and two from
Michigan. There are several BOUMOM,
but only two Smith*. Among the new
and singular names tliat appear axe New,
Wike, Tarbox ami Sinnikson.
A few ilays since s seedy person ap
plied to a wealthv citixeu for help, and
received the small sum of five cents.
The giver remarked as he handed him
the pittance: " Take it, you are wel
come; our ears are always open to the
distressed." "That may be," replied
the recipient, " but never before in my
life hare I seen ao small an opening for
such large ears."
Among the Brahmins in Southern
India, when the hnstsuul take* a wife, he
bind* aronnd her neck the liadge of own
ership, a* you bind your hadge of own
ership about the neck of your Hpitxber
gen dog. She cook* her husband's foot!,
stands behind and serves him, siul whetr
he lia* fiuislied his meal she eat* what lie
lias left, if he leaves anything, and if
not, she gets along the Ixwt way slie
can.
Mrs. Lavermore says that Maesaohn
sett* women liave in some respects got
more tlian their rights. The last Vgi*-
lature of that State pasts <1 a law under
which a wife may go into business on
her own account, and, no matter how
ranch money she may make, or how poor
her husband may lie, can force him to
support her. Mrs. Livermore regards
tins as unjust to husbands and as un
asked for by wives.
The social function of Albert Wagner,
of Berne, Albany county, N. Y., iB to act
as arbitrator in neariy all of the disputes
that arise in that town. Sometime* quite
important matters, such as disputed laud
questions, or disagreements is families,
are submitted to him. His decision is
usually Anal, and his informal court is
free, because he charges no fees. He ia
an old man, and for more than twenty
years lias arbitrated for his neighbors ac
coptably.
An Akron physician tells of a little
Akron boy who came to him and said,
" Doctor, 1 want some epicae." " What
do yon want it fort" "Never mind,
just give it to me." " Who sent you
here ? " Nabody seut me, come my
self." "I can't let yon have it unlewi
you tell me wliat you are gsing to do
with it" " Well, doctor, our hired girl
has swallowed a silver quarter, and slie
said that if I would give her something
that v inM bring it up, I might liave it."
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