MAI-J , • Mln< Thee Tri#.
Wwv. I believed the* tnif.
And I w Mwt in Uin* believing
Bill now I mourn that A'r I knew
A inr) so fur And eodeeeivuuj.
Few have ever loved"ke me t
<X I bv loved thee too Hncoieit!
And few hove e'et deceived like thee
Alee ' deceived me too eeverely.
Fere thee well!
Fere thee weU yet think awhile
On one wboee benom KMIM to doubt thee
Uho uow wouid iwUier true! that mule.
Ami die with thee than live without thee.
Fare thee well! I'll think on thee,
Thon leav'et me many a hitter token .
Toe eee, districting woman, aoe.
M > peace i frona my heart k broken
Fare thee well!
Ttfiuai Moore.
The Children's Hour.
TV lieu twiltjjht shadow* aoftlr lower,
School book* and toy* ate |<ut awev ,
Then issue* the children'* flavonte boiu.
The liapisewt time of all the dav.
They gather then around my ohait
To heat the stone* vtuhlren love
And hat en, with that (deaeure rate
Wa older head* have grown above.
To legend* of the dav* at okl
Of goMm prwak*. of fairy mirth.
Kre know lodge, growing at em aud owl.
Had tarnished them away (torn earth
Hut though no more on heath ot htii
l"hev hold their *;sirt* when u.vial*
In the aw eel heart of childhood at ill
The fairy fi.uk their kingdom keep.
V MBIIT OF ALAKh.
My sistei Julia wa* aiwaya very cour
agxs'ua. lu our youth the country waa
wilder than now; but it uiigiit truly be
*aid of her tliat lic wa* uot brought up
ui the WIH*U to tw* acared by an owl.
She woidd traverse tlie moot luifmim-ut
patii*. wondering at my timidity. There
wa* nothing nunauiline, however, in
Julia'* ap|<earaiH*> ; *he waa simply a
sweet, joywUH eliihl, with an ala*nce of
fear iu her charwcter, ami a consequent
i Wnww of |envption in all tw*e of
*uppoe-tl or real danger.
Vk hen 1 wa* aixtecu. and Julia eight
-eu, niy father hirxsl a laborer muntsl
Haua Ss-hmidt, a Hes-jan, wlio liad beeu
in the British service, and who. at tlie
close of the war, luul dcoerted from llis
regiment. He wa* a powerful man.
with a heavy, imbrutcd ■■ountenaiuv :
ami twdh J alia and myself w ere struck
at th* very first with an intuitive dread
of huu. Tlie feeling iu Julia hardly
took tlie cliamcter of tear, biu was one
ratlier of I-talking; yet, if The could
liax-e fe-arxvi auythiug. I thiuk it would
have la-en that man, fur she had an in
tuitive pervvptiou that he was demon
like, even beyond what his look* dc
■uoustrattvL Due evening she read of a
horrible murder that thrilled our blood ;
auiL upon turning her eves from the
pai-er, they eucoantered thuue of Hans
Sclnuidt. There wa* something torrilde
m hia glamv*; and, from tliat moment,
she re-*fixed that the villain should be
turm-d away. A* her wishes and opin
mux were always of much weight with
tuy father, the latter gave the H***iau
his discharge.
Soon after tliis, Julia and I were left
alone iu the lmuse, isith our father
and mother l-ing abeeut UIKJU a
visit until the following day, and we
happeniug to he without a female *er
ixnt at the moment t for we only kept
unci. So Julia and 1 had L**-u remark
ably I >ii*x. vino mrly niomiug. making
rariotis horiaehokl arnuigeinents with
which wx- intenihsl t"surprise and please
the old people upon their return, anil,
tw-ing unusually wry, proceivltHl to
our chamber at an early lioai of the
evening. We h:-l jautly di-w-dw-1 our
selves when Julia turned hastily to tha
window.
"I declw," sue naitl. "the ereuiug
is so plea-suit iiuit it it a put ta remain
indoors. I ilou't feel a hit sleepy; let'a
go down upon the lawn."
We descended tiie stairs. How little
[ imagined what was in Julia's heart!
Harry Irving came Hp just a* we reached
the Lawn. He waa only casually pawuug
flie lions.-. Jnlia engage.! him in con
versation, ami lie cam.- and juiued as.
My ,-u.ster was more than usually lively
and engaging.
" WB*rc m Tow, I>D>l Edgar, and
Will.' ahe asked, alluding to hi*
broth-r*.
" Oh," replied Harry, '• She* are over
at uiieir a. They Will lie o .ruing back
aooii."
Hi* ancle'* farm wan * mile off. and
his owa house wa* about half Unit dis
tance. Th tliive young men noon ap
|*-iuvd upon the rood; and, to my sur
prise, Julia arose at their approach, aud
proceeded to meet them. Then she re
turned to Harry awl me. and called ns
aside from the dour.
" Now, Man. you need not lie ner-
T'iiu > " aaio. "Keep quiet, mid do
w* spqglt al-ove y.air breath. There a
a inn ug*hf our lad - there, there!"
and aile elaptierl her hand rtver IUT
month—"* mail under <>nr bed. and the
r<mng Irving* an- going np to m-cure
him !'
They all {minded tliwawlvc* with
heavy sticks; aud then, guided by Julia,
a fended the stair*.
As to myself, I could not follow them,
but remained trembling and moaning
upon the do#r-Kte]is. Never did 1 ex
fierienee a greater svuse of relief than
when the assaulting party ihwri lldail.
looking partly aeluiued and partly
amused, having found nothing to justify
their sudden armament. .!uliit via in
an agony of mortification, and wept
pitooodr; for, although but lialf con
vinced that lrer apprehension lx.nl lieen
groundless, the idea that she, who had
uever till now f.-ared anything, liad
placed herself in a light ao ludicrous hi
the eye* of those vonng meu, WHH in
supportable. The man, she aaid. mu*t
have taken the alarm and fled out of the
Imck door, for ahe could not have U-en
ao deceived. Our young friend*, more
in pity for her mortification than from
any liolief in the reality of the night in
truder. offered to remain in the vicinity
till morning; but he would not listen to
the proportion, and they thus took their
departure.
I was very sorry to see them go, aud
watched their form* till they were out of
sight, fer the affair of tlx* evening had
almost frightened me into hysteric*.
Julia, however, at once rushed to the
chamber, and flinging herself on thel**4,
cuutinu<d bitterly weeping. She lt*d
exhibited herself in a character which
she despise.l; and her man under the
bed would IK* the talk of the neighbor
hood. I followed her, but neither of ua
could comjxjse ourselves sufficiently to
sleep.
Tne clock on the mantel piece struck
eleven; and then "tick, tick, tick," it
went on for the next dreary hour. Julia
at length ceased weeping, and lay in
thought,only an occasional nigh betraying
her wakefulness. Again tlic eloek struck,
" ting, ting, ting;" but it had not reached
the final stroke, when Julia, leaping
lightly front the lied, filing hemelf npon
an immense cheat at the further end of
the room.
"Oh, Mary.'" she cried, " quiok :
quick ! He is here ! he is here ! I can
not hold the lid—lie will get out!
Quick! quick !"
There was indeed some living thing
inside the chest; for, in spite of Julia's
weight, the lid was lifted, and then, as
* the instinct of self-preservation over
came m.v terror, I sprang to her assist
ance. Whom or what had we caught ?
Imagine yourself holding down the lid
of a showman's box, with a boa-con
strictor writhing beneath ; or keeping a
cage-top in its place by your weight
alone, with a hyena struggling to tear
liis way out and devour you. Rut we
were not long in suspense. Horrid
execrations, half-German, half-English,
chilled our very hearts, and we knew.
that there, in the midnight, only the lid
of an old chest was l>ct ween ourselves ;
and Hans Schmidt!
At times it started up, and once or
twice hia fingers were caught in the
opening. Then, finding oar combined
weight too much for his strength, it
would become evident that he was en
deavoring to force out an end of the
chest, Ait he could not work to ad
vantage, Cramped within such limits,
P PhD. K1 111 1 /, Kditor ami lVoprietor.
vol.. Mil.
his giant power of tuu*clo was not
wholly available , he could neither kick
nor strike with full forue ; aiul hence his
chief hot*, txv-ted upon his ability tv> lift
ua up lid and all. liven tbeu, in the ab
eoiuto U>rr\r tlmt might have been anp
p,**st to |HHWWIMM her, • queer feeling of
exultation sprang up in Julia's heart.
"1 was right, Mary," ulie cried.
•• They wou't think lire a fool uow, will
thee; 1 ahan't lw ashamed to *<s- Harry
Irving!"
Poor Julia' wider the circumstance*,
tlie idea was really ludicrous ; but nature
w ill ereryw here aaanrt herself, and Julia
listed a coward. Thump! thump !
thump I Lid. and side, and eud alter
nately felt the ctwiuped, but powerful
blow*. Then oatue lire lift the steady,
straining, desperate lift; and Julia
clieertsi nie when the covet shook and
rose surd trembled.
"He cau l get out, Mary ' We are
safe ; only keep your full weight on the
bd ; and don't W nervous either ; it in
almost mo ruing !"
She knew it wan not one o'clock.
But one o'clock isme. How I wished
it was fiv! And two o'clock muir, and
llirvs> ; and we ho(wsl that our prisoner
h,l yielded to a fate which must now
appear to him inevitable. A small
aperture at oue end of the chest, where
there wan a fiiaAure in the wood, *up
plied him with air ; and hence we could
not ho}i**tllMt he would Iws-ome weak
through suffovvitio'u. He was evidently
resting from the very necessity of tlie
rose, for his exertions had been pixsligi
own. There was a faint streak of morn
ing in the sky ; and there, upon the
cheat, we ant tuid watched for the gleam
to brotwieu.
Suddclily, there wan a tremendous
struggle beneath us, as if the rurban hud
concentrated all his energies in a timd
effort. At my end of the cheat there wa*
a crash, aud immediately the (iernnwi's
feet protruded through the ajiertiuv tliat
they had forced in the l'smrvl. So horri
ble now appeux<l our punitiou, that I ut
tered a scream, such as 1 <U> not think i
ever st any other tiuie liave had power to
imitate. 1 did not know that I was
about to scream, so terrible was the
fright of which this wan the involuntary
ont burst.
To get off the lid, in order to defeat
the movement tlirottgh the cheat end,
would have instantly leen our destruc
tion; therefore, still bearing our weight
on the cover, we caught at the projecting
feet. In doing this, however, we par
tially lost our balauoe: and a Midden
bracing up >f the miuwular sluq*- la-low
ao far forced open the lid. that the head,
arms and abottldera of Hans Schmidt
ware thrust forth, and, with a fearful
clutch, he seised .Julia by the throat.
Horrified by the spectacle, I threw my
self forward, I waring down with all my
might upoi his lewd, as 1 lay partisHv
upon the ch.-st.
Jn*t then, a heavy crash was Uetud at
the floor below, the foot-traiujei spring
ing towards us as if some is ison we>,
lawn tig up tlu- a'drx-H*. with the full
conviction that this was an hour of need.
The dim daybreak hardly revealed his
identity, as he rushed into onrrvsm; but
P had a fniut pen-eptiou that voung
Harry Irving had come to n. m our
peril.
■Sometime during the morning 1 lolitul
myself in l*sl, with Julia au,l severs! of
the neighboring women statu ling about
me. Julia ciiiaped me ui Iter anna, and
cried, she was so njotcol tbnt the I rigid
had not Lilies 1 ine.
"We are sale. Mary." she said.
'• Harry Irving was uear the house all
night. He returned, after aeciniug to go
home. It was not right, he said to him
self, for us to remain here ali uighi, n
pecudiy as onr father wa- known b> havi
money in tb-- house, Ho he kept out ot
our sight, but remained Dear. The least
scream he would liave heard, HS he ut
la-st heard yours; but I am glad you <bd
n>t scream lirfore, for now we Lave liul
an experience, and know what we can
do. It was tedious; but I don't wish to
be thought afraid at my ahadow, and I'm
glad we had to hold the chest down a
good while."
Han* Schmidt had evidently decided
upou the cheat M a safer hiding phav
than that in which Julia first discovered
him. I"poii the very morning on which
Harry Irving -J tin no I and secured the
rulhau in onr room, the offieor* of jus
tice wiv* Hcorchiag for fit, old 11,-vunn
scoundrel, as a *up]*wied nmrdet.-r, and
he was soon convicted and hung
Julia benuna the wife of Ha ITT it
viiig, ami a must excellent wife she w:i*.
Magnanimous and nnrevimgeful, sin- was
perhajM the only one who felt no grati
fioutioii at the fate of old Hans Schmidt,
but ratlr-r a pity far the ignorance which
lnul stee(*rd him in crime.
m
latW)fl>' Fees.
The lawver* who are fighting in the
Beecher-Tilfoti case, a ivirn-apodeut auvs,
are not only working for pay, but for
fame. It is admitted that whoever
triumph* here wall ut once achieve coouto
politan distinction. The queotioii has
iie-u raistsl in tliis connection whet Iter
there can lx- unv limitation to the fee* ,
deunuahsl by onr |*,pu!ur lawyer* ? Field
and Slc-amnui have reiideresl a bill of
ffJll.Udd agaiust the <-state of the late
Jam,si Fisk. Hhcanuan is now IWs-her'a
lawy-T. Ijiwycrw* fees baw runt-lied a
*tat - which, whew <s>mmre<l with the
fast, a,s-in wlmoat fubulou*. lu IR4">
(Jgdeii floffmnu cimrg,si New York city
£l,floo for attending in ,m important
ease. It was con*idensl extortionate,
but now ten times that amount would 1*
small. lU-ach demaiid* slo,l*oo for au
important case, and has enongh to k,sqi
him busy all the time, tioveruor Tilden
was attorney in one cast- in which hi*
fee* ww, as is carefully calculated, SIOO,-
000. The fees in the t'nrinh will iwse
are isdimabsi ut an e,|tial sum. Half as
much was paid a uot>-d lawyer tor ser
vice* in settliug th<- BOOM will ease.
There are a nnuibcr ot estates uow in
settlement whose attoineys will di'aw
SOO,OOO from their clients for servicea.
Tins golden glory of the legal profes
siou. which excels that of all others, is
the reason why lawyers strike for uotu-e.
A inune when obtained insures immeuse
wealth. Tihleii, next to Charles O'Cun
or, lias enjoyed a long as well as a
lucrative practice, and lu-u<v lie will lie
the riche-.it governor New York Htate
has I Lad aints- the tlavs of Fslwin I).
Morgan, wli* was vrortfi s3,(*Ki,()od.
Senatortal Amenities.
In the U. 8. Senate, Mr. Gordon arose
to a personal explanation, and saiil tlnd
during the delaite of the ilny previous, in
reply tw some imrsli words addresseil to
liim by Senator Edmunds, he allowed
himself to !*• betrayed into using the
word " irresponaibibty " in apeaking of
the actions of that Senator. By th*t
word he hail dona an injustice to Mr.
Edmunds. The responsibility of that
Senator a* a statesman, as a jurist, and
as a member of society, was, in his (Gor
don's) opinion, of tlie highest order and
most honorable character. Having done
an injustice to hitn, he wisiied now in
the presence of the Senate to express to
him his sincere regrets. Forbidden, as
Senator* were, to erase anything *f a
personal nature, be now made the only
reparation left to him.
Mr. Edmunds said he desired tu ei
pros* hia obligations to the Senator from
Georgia for the -Yiaudsome manner in
which he had spoken. He did not in
tend to addreua any harsh language to
ward the Senator, and, if the gr ntl< wnun
so understood hira, he was very sorry
for it.
THE CENTRE REPORTER.
t bailor* of the (Vriod.
Ailliurwl Roua writtw to the Loudon
t 7Voir* as fellow*: "lu au article in the
1 irtkj r*|*vtiug the lowi of the lot
llata, you quote Mr. limy, who woet
, ti illy Usui tluit ' the queoliou of loss of
hfo at a,a was not a question of unoa
woilhuiivw of slupa *> uilieh a* IIIIM*
j woitluiicav, of acauiru,' and tluit *if it
( WW* ivwllv WiiUt<-*l to preveut toss of Ufe
at *,* they wotiUl liave to with the
wauien.' You reply, 1 Now on thia
' (KUllt it wem* eiuuietitlv worth) of ob
t servatiou that the lane of the Ist I'lata
. had nothing whatever to do with thia
, source of wrwtliMwii.' 1 etuphativMlly
I deny it. Tlie le I'lalii was Rat by igiior
aniv of Neauianship. If, when tlie ship
| w* making Ltd weather agmust a head
j ei to the weMtwiuvl of Ushnlit, Is-fole
she waa wutcilogged, the i-wptaiu IwJ
, put his lu-iui up and run under bead
( sails tuivl steam, she might have run into
1 treat, where there i* gvssl anchorage,
or, if he preferreil the English iss*st, to
J Falmouth. There apjs-ar* to me to lie
I no more exenae fr l.auug thia ship tlian
r there was for loaiug the captaiii, or oue
hundred othei Vive-el* wlueh have lieeu
l*t ill the laat three year* owtug to the
, !gnormn*- of *t-am i-uptoiii*.
" I"hc lact is, a rvgular soanniu ha* re
j sources under every difficulty; but if a
steaiu sailor cannot ride la sue ou s I-oiler
. lie is a Uat man. He will never brake a
, ship speak under canvas.
" NYhen 1 was miilaliipuum tif her
majesty's shin IWi-chante. in 1 >*cemlier,
. ISI'J. 1 took a tmhavnlo of eighty ton*,
l ileeplv laden witli rice ami plunk*, from
off Anootia to Malts, tiff the coast of
( Maufreiloiiia I was caught in ail easterly
j gab-; heavy *.as wa*luxl away part of the
I luilwarks, all the plauk* off her deck,
( uiy iwsk of water, and ray ouly binnacle
, and isinipu-4*. t>ur 1 latches were well
Littew-i| down, the -w-a breaking over Us.
I got bar twfore tlie wind with a storm
torestaynail, and having ouly forty mile*
[ to run on a Ice shore, where we would
, have Is-eii knocked iut* ti*>thpicks, 1
, tow etl a heavy grapnel, witli iwveuty
, fathom* of lutwm-r to di-aileti lu-r way
and prolong our lives. Getting near tlie
lilgluaml the gale broke, aud 1 grutasl
j my way to Multa in three dava. 1 iiud
four svuin'u, one of whoiu fell ov>-rl**trd
and was drowned, and four prus-uer* of
■ war. If I had la-eu bp-light up by *t>m
, 1 should have hem final for dog-fishes
in 181' J. Three years ago 1 ns-onimeiul
t isl the admiralty tw attach sailing ten
der* to every flag-ship, brig, or corvette,
without -twain lower, that young turn
might lie taught to lie seamen, not
I sailorv They prefer an •-tabli*hiuent at
GPH-nwich, where they may l*e taught
gunnery aiul mathematic*. but neither of
Uu-wt- i*-iciK-,-s will teoeh them to -sue
their *)ii}m in a gale of wind on a Its
shop-, or will make tliero tit tw coiuinsnd
a -willing ship."
The Unicornis of the \te*t.
V San Frwuciwco C>rre*)*lUtb-lit oi th"
V w \orh tells the following
nisrvelous tale, which tho**- who wi*ii
can la-lieve:
Net many tui-utha ago Mr. lUde
slieimer, an engineer who p-ceiv.-d lu*
tsluivdiou nt thcfuinos-Miuiug Aivulemv
of Freilw-ig, SnXony, which. l-iug con
neetcil with the cak-biat-wl tuinea. hs*
long la*-n kiM-wn as Uu- l*--t school of
mine* in Eonipe. infortneil hi* frieml*
tliat thi-p- WMH untold wealth w.-.ilth
such ns the worhl luid never ib~<*uuetl of
—t" 1*- found in the argentiferous re
gion* of ClalifurttM *mi Neva,!*. Shit
witlist-übliug Mr. lb-i lis.]t-iuier'* Wi-H
--aatablisie d reputation in l!:imj*-an.l hi*
('umi! wk eX|**rieuce, the un-ii P-fu-w-d
l> i b-li.-re lum. And I Lev UP- UWW the
sortiswt men you ui*-t with Vt tliat
tine- ('-m.-oiidated Virginia -t 1 at *7i.
faliformu at and f )ih:r at fCiS. The
figrip-i now an-, for f'ou*>>ltihif-- <l Vir
giuia, .Caio; for t'alifoniia, so|i); stul
(>pliir, with the Mexican dividend,
' it is simply fully to *ay tiiat tin*
unheapl of {KIVXIHV is caused bv laiw-lea*
apeoihtiim. The man who pirha up the
ii|wrato who urg up *nl down t'ali
foruia. Sun • une, and Montgomery atp-eta
oil the lookout for •iiaiue* to buy the
lIUUI. I MT, who picks lip these melt for
madmen ar fo.Js will let them drop
again in h hurry. The wealth i* actually
here uinh-r th-soil wlu-re it lu* lain for
agt-H, but whence it ,-a.i 1*- dug up bv
W.wteni pluck and ut -i ju ise.
All thai tlie gorgeous itUMgillHti<U) of
fjricntitl writers lias cotijnrud up of
wealth untold, all tiiat Aln-ldin'* lump i*
fabh-d to liave brought him nt the haml*
of the JiuiiH, aeeiu* trilling wlieu coin
pare-1 with what th* most skillful eo
girn—ling iu-ia deiuoustratetl to la* buried
in Nevada and Califuruia. What (hi*
eunrnKMia ms—ot slv-r inuat la- niuy la
seen fpiui the fact that. I is*-ui!*-r 1, the
value of tlie California mine through
which run* the boundary line of the two
Htatea, has incnsuasl at the average rate
of *2.H5y,701> |*-r day, und that of the
Consolidated Virginia UIIIM- ut the-rate
of sl,"rto.oio per day I The milling
anual* of th* Pacific i*a-L or of the
world, contain no such rissird n-. this.
■•Mexico and Peru, even iu th* dpwms of
the Sjamiali pibta-r*. luul no aueli TVOI i -
IIPIIIH atHueuce as this. t'hs great •*>
naiir.a extend* thmnghoui the entire
(alitor ma claim fitlU feet into the
< Iphir, ami indefinitely to the northward.
Senator Jones is -aid t-> receive about
.*1 .iMNijani froui his mining interest. Mr.
Ileideaheimer rstimab-a the value of the
gp-it lailiMllAa at 91 .r>4MJ,rifJo.niMl. There
i* one pillar iu the CiMiaolidaUsi Virginia
which contain* tf7o.(XNl.(tnfi worth of Iml
lion. Tile thopiugh development o|
th-*e uitnes would make tlie conutrv
itninensurably the rich-*t in the world,
ami Home of the atiM-kliiihlvr* wealthy !•-
▼olid the dreniu* of th<- leithm-hthl*.
Ilie Storj fa Life.
One of tlie representative uien ol St.
Louis wa* Thomas Pratt, who wa* preai
dent of a gas ismipanv, a inemla-i and
supporter of a Baptist ehiuvh, ami al
way* foremost in public movements. H
had li v*l in that city thirty yearn, ami
had a wife uml children who were leader*
in Nocictv. Aland a mouth ago In- was
kilhsl by an explosion in tin- gu* works
which he maungi-d, ami the general re
gret found expp-**iuii in the usiinl way.
Hi* fortune reaclu-d half a million dollar*.
Mild the squabble for it liu* revealed as
tounding tilings. The 111 111 led riti7.cn was
a bigamist. In 1821 be married in Eng
land. and by hi* tir*t wila had several
children. Alter ten year* of apparently
happy wedded life he ilc*rit<*l in* family
ana nunc to New York, where iu 1880 he
married again. His crime wa- ex|*i*Hl
threw year* afterward, uml again lie ran
away, this time going to St. Loui*. where
he acquired character and fortune. He
scut money to his family in England,aud
took hia other family to live with him.
■Several year* ago he r*iiife*ard his his
tory to soma of the officer* of his church,
ami they, deeming that the evil of a re
ligion* ncandal should lie averted any
how, advised him hi keep hi* secret close.
Cli* exposure now come* through tha
effort* of the first wife and children to
get all the etate, which they can prob
ably do, a* the second marriage was void
iu law.
LB* VINO. — A mau, plaining porter,
said it WAS *o excellent u beverage that, t
though taken in greut qiiAutitie*, it al
way* made him int. " I have *eea the
time," naid another, " when it made you :
lean." "When? I should l>e glad to
know," inquired the eulogist. "Why,
no longer ag* than last night against a
waR."
CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO.. I'A.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 187
Hit*band and Bife,
After Mix I'll toll had been sitting a
little whiUt tu the court r<->tn when tu
Ih-eokoi Tiltou case wa* btung tried, a
comwiiMiudcut *ii VM, site turned lmr even
upon lier hnalauiil, of w horn ah<- lual the
advantage, a* alio wa* ten feet liehiud
him and tviuld wuich every movement of
hi* face a* he isit Milciill) (lehittil Morri*,
hi* long g!wyi*h brown ltair falling ou
hi* -boulder* and hia profile a little
stronger by time and thought. Tin-
Voting Tlitun of IM7O ia gtxiwiug hoar iu
the Tiltou of 1874.
The wifa watclu-d this uiau narrowly,
without any higher feeling than strung
curiosity. It ha* IMS-II long since *ha
sj*ike to him. For seven montha tlu-y
liave not, proUtbly, hsikisl at each other.
Iu the court room he saw her for the first
time. Alter awhile looking suddenly to
the left, Tilton olmervett his wife ju*l
ilnqi her eyea from hi* face. He looked
stsidily until ahe confronted hint again.
From thia time forward there were fr*
queut glainx— U lwn-n the pail *u hi*
l*crt -wiisibility and inquiry, ou her*
merely exaggerate,l curiosity.
Mr*. I'll ton wa* iu a very |*-i fe.-t slate
of equaiumit), hhe wore a purple,
velvet liat witli a black how and bnuck
of feather*, has Mil llucouitnuul) large eat
for *o small a woiinui, wn-l lean, sharp,
itdiaimoiiioiis feutuiv*. ,-oiu|*iaing a very
small head. Her folehead wa* of the
medium size, ahuiwt a *traiglit line ; ahe
luid a straight, thin, hlmslh-Ns nose, and
cheeks ratlier liollow, but the mouth,
lip aud chiu were grumcr and fulle
lltun the lean woman who looked out
alone, and th" color* of the fienli and evea
w.-re WBIUI aud rtliUly. The li|> were
iiuite red and inviting; the crsenes of
the chin rather iuereas,*! it* jsiwer; the
eye* and exprx-nsion wete those of an
emotional, unrestrniuable, over cieduloii*
young iuarri>-d miss, who |**r**wl greet
(tower to foM-imde men, )mrti>nuarly
mature and eldeiiv men, who are readily
moved bv ehdilioli CMpietry.
Mr*, filton wore a m-w suit ot gissl,
rich black, the die** a walking silk skirt,
the Uiantle or sacque of black velvet, the
collar a wlate iutile, and the liat of vel
vet, with a feather extending from front
to rear. She i* n very little woman.
Earring* of gold open work witli jing
ling pendant* dropjs-d from the Urge
ear* afore-aid. She kept her kid glove*
and liat ou during tlie whole day's pro
cm-ding*, fon-imon ami nftermsiu. With
a lace iiMiidkeivlin-f in her hand, *lle fre
qiieidly iis>sl it at Iter noe, inhaling the
perfume. Her father. Judge Morse,
was an old, resueetabl# js-raun, witli full
gray hai'r and is-sird, and silver *|**-ta
cit—, and he Niiil nothing, but gave lii*
AI 111 M* -lie ell tel.-, I tlie r-s.m ami
ret ired.
Ihf Affairs of Balur.
Gov. Dingley, of Maine, in hi* uc*-
-rige place* the red ipt* of the H|*|e dui
uig 1874 at $1,853,904; disbuns-mciits,
tH thi* 8714,42fi wa* mi ac
count of wurdebt.atidNK'T, 177f0r schisd*.
Tim ordinary exjs-nscs w,-rv K'i'jo.ft'l, or
a little I*-** than I mills ott the dollar oi
State valuation. 1. l>t alter d,-lu.ting
-inking fuuda, Bo,."*lLo7fi, a redu,-t,>u
of $K21.575 in 1874. In ten year* nrorly
$7,(M10,(Xa4 have Iveeti pniii of tin- b-lit,
nrorly slt,iaiil,iillO ts-iug for the redue
fiun of principal, aud A4,O<G.iK for in
terest. Should th<- pixsw-ut value of tax
utiou be continued the Iwlmuv ot this
debt will 1*- extinguish,*! in tßks
The giiverwir favor* equalization of
taXMti-si on nulmnds. Imuks and ,s-rg
rntiou*. so that all exjs-nditure* may be
m>-t without **--ssiug a doll*i ou the
town* and cite--. H- arg.-s lh* eufor,*-
lueut of the collect 101 lof t-XXaa {mm de
linqucul rwilruaih-. reutaiuiug uu
(su,i ,St of 11)4,040 a'*Ms>*',l last yenr:
favotw (he increase ot tie- license fee* t f
insurxuic,- iMm|uiiiics doing business iu
tlw State. If throe aiiggestioii* aie en
forced, a State tax of 4, nulls--u the dot
lor nistend ut four would Is- sufficient to
meet all state expenditure*.
He KUggrot* th.it tbe divorce LsW* Is
reformed ; tli- adoption of an enabling
af rvs-ognizuig the eligibility of w,>m<-n
to office; and a revision of the Stair con
atitiition.
He ileplor,*, the fa. t th*t the trustees
of savings iiistitaUoH* have thought it
luss-wiairy or advisable to invest out of
the State eleven am) a half million do!
Lvr*. or more than one-third of the de
posits of the people of Maiue, capital
which is m-edeu at home for tie- develop
ment of the ahiimlant resource* of the
State.
The Debt r IVnnsilvaiii*.
During the |*Mt year the State debt of
IVtiuavlvanui. the goveiuwr wivs in hi*
uioHsitgv>, wa* roducrsl by lßfi.
TTie receipt* were $7,197,119; the e\
penditurvs, Nf , .,)i1> , 2,5(>8, leaving * Iwhniee
ui the trcuriury of $1,(194,551. Tin- t,t*l
debt i $24,3*"iH,fi35, from which should
la* de,luet<sl .-49. < Nil. IKMi of Ixiud* iu the
Hinkiug fund. Tlie revenue* of the Stale
h*ve decreased SLKH),IHM. roused by the
re|H-*l of the tax on the gvsis* r-c-ipts of
lailnsvd*, tbe u-t earning* of isirpora
kioii*. and oft rot tie nud furming imple
lueut*. The governor e.ill* litteUtiotl to
the want of xkilhsl l*t*>r. nn.l say* tlmt,
although glO.lNNMakl ate annually ex
pemhsl for edilixitlou, none of the eltil
dreti who complete their term* in tho
public school* Iwve any sjs-eiiil fitmsa,
for trade, nnd few neconie nrtisaii*. He
rissiiinueml* the establishment of NCIMSIIS
where boya ni I*- instriieted ill tni.les,
ami npprovist of isiiupulmiry education.
Bj Aeeidr-ut.
At Holly Springa, Mi**., F*l. Kofi, of
Tate county, tnude un ariungetnent to
have an ,-gg nog. and one of his tenant*,
(ieorgc Hunt, colored, knd promised to
isuue up IM-fix- day and wake hiui nn
and help him to make it. At .9 o'clock
Kofi wa* awake, and courtuddU h<- would
have HOIUC fuu out of limit; ao he got
up, took hi* shot gen, utnl went down to
Ins cabin, and, cooking l*itli Uirrel* of
hi* gun, tirod Vaith. as lie *up(ioMc.l. He
then open,si Hunt'* ih*>r and pmiciusl *t
liini with hia guu, one Imrrel of the *ame
Ic ing discharged, hslging thu load in
Huut'a side, ftxmi the efiisds of which he
•lirtil tlie next day. Hunt wa* tverferijy
cimacions to the la*t, aud trotifhsl tlmt
he and F*>fl were atid lunl always been OH
the verv !*•*! uf jurau; that lie waa sat
infied tile Nhimting wua mvidcutaJ.
Baterlug House Plant*.
A* many house plant* suffer frotu too
much, a* from too little water. It i* a
very common tiling to nee 1 lie noil kept
thoroughly soaked from week to week.
Thi* will uiiMwi-t* for callus, und a few
other in—h plants, but for other* nature
only tnakea the ground wet ocrowiouallv,
anf often it btvianM very dry la for,- nun
cornea again. No invariable rule* can lie
given for watering. When a plant ia at
n-at it needs leas than when growing,
and even when growing, it ia lietter to
let the soil get somewhat dry now and
then before watering. If the soil is full
of wnter no air can enter, and the roots
need air us well a* water.
To BKU. —It in said that a "young
gentleman" about eight voara old recent
iv aeiit liia card to call on u " young
lady" a few yearn younger, and i-nvivid j
tla-following answer : " < 'ompiirueuts
of Miaa —to Mr. —— and regrets that
previous engagements prevent her ac
cepts* ce. She took some jelly to-dav
without asking for it, for which she n
to VM whipped at seven and sent to be at
eight."
Bar shljo and Their Arwur.
Soul eat have beeu the change* if
l<s.*Usl iu ahipa of war by the introduc
tion of at-aui aud uou, an English paper
saya, that tha Uavy Uinvbe aaid to liave
been in a stale of traii*itiou during the
prvsa-nt generation, and will atill I*- au,
for many of the iat<-at inventions are yet
u|kiu trial. Siin-e tha <*>mmeiM*-me|it of
the present century, at least three dif
fervul class,-* of ahl|M liave auivvedevl
ea.J i other. At the I settle of Trafalgar,
Ul IdtlTi, the Victory, Nelauu'* ttag*hip,
wa* considered a uuslel of a line of bat
tle *bip. Sin- curried IUI gnus, from
twelve to twenty four |*uuideis. t'om
|-aring her with the lluke of Welling
tou, which now fiont* heanlc her in
I'ortsuiouth lutilsjr, aiul cvarra-s tlie
admiral * flag, we find a great advwuce
iu aliip building. Tbo Uuke of Wel
lington eiuTies I'll guuo, and i* A.TOO
toll* burthen. She i* fitted with en
gine* of 780 lmrae |K>wer, and i* alto
gellier the finest *pe<-imen existing ut *
wissh-u tine of 1 tattle ship. But when
we look at our present fieet of ironaluiU,
at the Warrior, or the Sultan, or the
Hercule*. or tin- tthiek I'riUtV, the
change effucted aiuoe the old daya of
w\**leu three deekera, la truly lllartel
OU*. These *llipM 1 Coliqih telv Ul
ivwaxl ui armor, varying from sit to
fourteen Uu'hes in thiekueMH ; for it
Mviu* tliat tiw wooner have we got
armor for a'ahip which i* conceived t" I*-
iuipreguable, than Mtraightway a gun i*
invented which will pierce it. They are
armed with large eighteen toll giuis. a*
well a with smaller oue* tat the Whit
worth principle; the**- last are made of
ateei, which liy a pe.-uliar proivaa ia
compressed while in a fiui.l alat*-, aiul
th* gnu i* thu* rendered extiaoidiiiarily
tough. Hut iu the NMVV, aa in other
institution*, in th<-*e day* of rapid
progress, ilu- new very quickly becomes
the old ; au,l alrrady *Unv the ismstrue
tiou of th-Mc fine sliip*, we find m our
water* a strange and unfamiliar object,
the new cu)*>Li or turret ship, atu-h as
the Devastation, in which tin guua are
mounted on turret*. The Devastation
carrii-* four gun* of the immense aixe of
thirty five ton, mounted ou two turret*.
Whether ill-*—* iiiisigiiUy *hii*, without
etther maata or nggiug, will ever be
available for aew going, or whether they
will Isi reto-rved as tkaitrug lmtO-ru-a fur
the ih-feuiH- of our ixaiata, is a jnobh-iu
•till lUlds*ide,l.
Tlie moilirtcuti.m* and uiquxn etut-uU
in marine artillery xtiossdel <-ach other
with surprising rapidity. There i* at
present iu prvs-ees of Oou-tructioll * new
irom-lad, the Infiexihle, which ia to lie
couiplc!. .! iu the year 1877. Tin* ••
unsi-gi'-r is to Is- orui—l with gxius of tlie
iucrtslible size of wight)-oue ton*. They
will Is.- twenty-seven fe-t in length, aiul
are rnvrt-vl to )s-m-trate twenty iuelus,
of HO) id armor (ilate at a distance of
more limit a qnattcr of a mile? Th-ii,
again, there i* the t,wjss|o. that tlestnic
tivu Hiiiunhnue nunm, agaiuat which tto
uian-of w*r, armor plate,! or otherwise,
is *nfc. Trul) foimtdabh, wiii 1- naval
warfare in tin- tutu re '
fliiilera -ud lMaeur.
lb,- leuidou Tutu suvs : ' Haidlv
ia tberv asMimms- tb*t cbolerw, alter nine
vror* uninterrupted prrvah-mv. has
is-n-,-,1 ou tlie rvutineut of F.uroiw-, when
* fresli alarm come* from the Lost.
(Tiolcta ia report,-,! to la- ravaging tlie
I hitch (siMMsouon* in the Indian Arvhi
|M-lago. l'i<un lle-*e |*miv-*nioU* every
year a is-iunderabU- number of pilgrim*
travel to if eee*. Tile Gttomau govern
inent. Iri-bev iug that tlie la-giiiuiug of
the oulbteak of cholerw iu Men iu IDV'i
and snloosjueiit great weetwwrxl diffusion
of the ilimam- wa* a cuv-aspieuce of it*
introduction into the Hnljiu by pilgruu*
from the HtiMiia wttleineiit*, and froring
a similar ,Linger iu the apiirvwching
pilgrimage, ha* heesune serioualy alarmed
i->r the safety of tin sarrcl city and of
the pilgrim* who will *li,tly rsH.gregate
lliwre If iuta acsrtvliugiy CMuuiue-KUM-,1
tlie vuv |>ro*i<l,-iit of ihr gem ral lawixl
of b,-with for tie- dupir,, Dr. Aril Bev,
to priMi-rd from (',>utatiiiuapl,- to M,-
and uuk,- all iHxvuiry pi,swnilionary
ammge-nicid*. Tlie coming pit|frimag,-
ia et|M>*ed also t-ntauger fioiu piagite ns
well * fiotn ehohsr*. EUgnc, a few
mouths ago, after upwrard of fifty vrora'
alaa-iii-c, it i h,-liwv,*L reaplieansl 111 the
As*yr disti I-t, Yemen, iu a IIH-MIIIV eight
day*' joiiniev tram Mtwxw. lire Otto
mail sunitai) mithoritn-s iu the Ilrsipix
ap|>eur to )iav<- satisliej tliem*,-lwsv aa to
lln- nature of the ,tiM-u*e ; bt, in view
of the iitipiiwching pilgrimage. l>r.
riwrle* >lilling,-ti, of
ha* Ls-ii sent by the general Issitd of
liealtb wi tin* empire to the uifeeted 1,1-
calitv t,> loiikc further tiiqtiirira. Tttc
outbnsik is striUsl to have lieeu verv cir
ciuiiscnls-d. and, MiH*itxiillg to III# lat'sd
news. it bo* aoine to an end.
A V Bay In Ugfct.
An ingeOHina system of lighting is
suggcstisl by the M .itffc .tMeWoflii,
ss niuong the iirolsibilitiro of tin- future,
liiven, aay, * large hotel !• le- furnislusl
with artificial light, the plan snggealed
i*. instead ot luvving a network of go*
pi|*•* leading to dlfien-llt rxsiuis and to
different burnaiw in i-*e|i loom, ac-wrd
iug to lb'- present method, to lIMTe the
light for the whole building generated in
one phus*. oay in tlie ni.uu ventilating
shaft for tin- utilizing of the surplu*
lient. Tlie diatrihntii>n of. the light
wouhi 1*- ,-ffcctcd by means of rcfls-t,ins
eseli throwing into it* appropriate tuls
a bundle of rys made |*u*llel by a
Irll*—sufficient lv iutelim- to fi,M*l the
room to wh i<-ii t hey were directed with a
pure white radiance, which could lie
tut lied ou or off, or graduated Ivy siuiply
pressing a knob or turning * key. In
six,-, the light tulves mssl 1*- no greater
than ordinary gas tujie*. and even much
smaller, *in#e all fhc light required for
the Urgent fXMilll might I*< tlXlllHtnitled to
the reflector as an extremely olendei
IMXUD. Tin- teriniual lenae* would chwe
the tulie agaiiiHt smoke and dust, which
would dim the refb-etor* at the angles;
nnd by k,s-piug tin- iuciostsl air pure and
dry, the almnrptioii of light wail Id be in
appreciable.
.1 B ife'v Ih-votloN.
Westly Ice dewerted a faithful wife
two years ngo iu l*,xington, Kv., slid
went to Louisville to live. lu Iti*
wicked rorot-r In- wa* stricken down and
did in the inont abject |*>verty. The
devoted wife wu* notifiisl, and inline
distely came to the city in m-arvh of her
erring hmdainil. who had *, cruelly
deertsl her, Hhe was iHiuducted to a
low hoivnt of vice, anil there saw the iu
inatea preparing him for a rude burial
A few women, who had lieeu bis com
{miiiuns in crime, were Htatuling almut
the drod laxly, hut cstuld contribute
to have him decently buried.
crime, gave him a Christian burial, and
stood weening Reside the grave until
the last sod w MM placed upon it.
Hr. SAW.- -The following curious v
currence in vouched for by contributor
to the Polish paper, the Mar/id : "At
Iroslnw, u few days aga, a blind liul was
walking with hi* father, when two IN>V*
bapi Moed to be throwing atone* in tiio
mad. One of the missiles atriick the lad*
deprived of eight, tout caused hint in
UmM |>aiu. Moddcnlv he exclaimed,
' Father, 1 can see," ami to the OMionish
ment of the bystanders, it was discovered
that hi* cyoaight had returned." The
coiTeapondent does not atate whether the
atone struck the eye of the Wlind lad or
not.
THF KATIF kl>b MYMTEIY.
Kail* H l*a " TrUa Maw IBR TV LA* MM
llvar Mrr le< nHUiu
' Katie King," who created ao groat
a --i,*tion in I'hihuh-lphia, Lata given a
city i*per a loug account of lu r* lf mnl
the manlier iu which ahe aucceednd in
deeeivibgliar aildimee. In her state
tuent ahe saya she waa boru Ml the lat
ilay o( January, Idol, iu Mamachtiaett*.
Sa far aa the public- are i-uUoTUcJ hi-r
name ia Kuln- King, and thia only she
propone* to Use. 1 nkr all oUlera, she
saya she Iws of coiuwr a real liame, but
the public have no intereot iu kuowmg
what it i*. Katie K<M< ou to aay tliat
losing her money and lieiug )M*>r, ahe
aos-pteil a |iro|MMiU<>u from tlie HnLuiea
to take pin t iu their apiritual nuuiifeota
tuNia, and that untler thia anwugt-meut
ahe ap|*-*r-l. She received two Jullara
a acaui-c, and if Un- part " took," three
WtIHM W'ele to bt given a ll*V. She
add* ;
1 made up my mind to play the |>eil
for a short time, hoping that something
Iw-tter woahl turn np in my iuteix-Ht; in
the mean time I would tie earning my
etiieiiNiw altd ihillig no oue any luUTii.
All the nc-i-iiaarv prepniatiou* were
made for my drltuf, which was to take
place oil the evening of the 12lh of MaV.
A Vols* luei l -u pre | wred of tlan, while
French uiualiu, teaching to the floor,
with long fiowiug sleeve* aud fastened
around the waist with a licit, which,
when (ml on, gave me a very gruorful
uppcnnuicr. A white veil was then
thrown looNei) aver my heml. 1 ua-i
taken great tauna, by th free use of
invguoliM loilm, to give wv fa,e, arms
and hands a white, eorpoe like apprar
aocr. Altogether, I looked very much
likea spirit. Tlie manner iu which I
entered and left tlie ewbinet will lie Lrtr
after ileoerilied. I entered it the firot
tune, alter tlie dark aeau-e waa over,
from tlie lash Mr. Hulute* waa ill the
1-wbiurt. Alter oue or two false face*
had been exhibited, I gently drew aside
tbe curtain hunting over one of tlu
apertuto*. allowing tbe audn-iu-e my
face, and iu a very whiaper, scaris-lv an
dilde, aaid. "tloisl evening, friemta,"
then drew lwrk lay head and drew d-eru
tlie l uriani. The aeusaltoii ui the au
ilieltce was great.
Katie goi-s on to relate many acenes
and im-tilcula of the aeancea, aud the
effort* put forth to deceive those who
liMiketl #u. She n|]>e*i* to liave done
thin witlHuit much tiotible, nnd at tier
first and imlovrquciit npiM-aratxa-K the
ru, dmina ami the audience* a|peair*t tu
la- well plenaed, arid left cougratulatiiig
each other " that the uiateriahxatiiin of
spint- waa a fact bgyuod iloubt."
Kalu- goes Ml to mm) : Tiling* had uow
assumed a lovely -hill*-. Katie collkt
toik to the aiklirlice, allow theui to eauie
ttp, one at a time, to the i-wliillet. Mild
take a momentary look at her through
tile iqiertmv. Hhe was careful, howvwr,
to keep iHit o( rvsw-tl, Itnlews it WM* to a
ne-iubei ot the miter cirole. Hhe had
allow,si Dr. Child to teel Inn pulse; *!
had accepted of a gold nug a* a present
fioiu uu,- of the latin-* of tin- tuner
circle, ami aliwwot Mr. Owen to put it
on Wi finger. >L Owen told the aw
diems- tliat "her luuid wax liefliitifully
formed, like that ola mortal woman ;
He-ail) ft the name t-iiq-rwline a* hi*
own, -nil slightly moist," all which wo*
literally true, for it wwe wry wwr uiwewlh
el. I'.** "dear Father Oweti," lioW
wickrsl and srnftil it waa to ihsv-ive auch
-a gianl, Liml haartrsl. pur. miude,! man.
lie was as luuoreiit a* a child ner,-r
doubted tor A moment lln- truth of any
thing tliat Katie t>iid him. He caUevl
me his ",I,wr daughter Katie;" will me
a v>-rv loving lett-r. accompanying a lock
of Iwit ; lie also gave me a hair cliam.
which 1 thir.k tie said some lady friend
had given him many v.wra liefor,-.
1 was afraid witue oue would grab me.
One gentleman wh<-u he came up aekrd
me to kis huu. I answered huu. moot
emphaiinilly, " I aluui't:" piet.-uding to
Is* very touch often. fid. ,lrop|*-d the cvu
tain, gl.id to liave an rxm-e to retire fr
the night. Th- next evening when I
ap|s-anr,l I a*aniu<sl a very ntovtrnful ex
pronsi.ai, ami after rolling Mr. Owen up
to the n(M-rtiirv. nnul to liitu, with A tn-iu
Idiug voire, tliat I " would tsd ixiuti' out
of the CM billet unless 1 ms-ivetl tlie
|ir<iw tlmt J would Uot lie askrst ngaiu
to allow p.s>ple to ftt>r>rvMich the a|si
ture, uiilc-ot I voluntarilyr.spu-*t-sl tln-m
to do so," adding, " tbey forget tliat I
am a s|iriL" Father Owen |th*l Id,sis
him), with au iiupreawra, fatherly tone
of voice refilicl tliat "my wishea should
Iw o-mplssl witli," d eoutw.- 1 did uot
wish too much familiarity. I bad often
been r*|ne*t*l by perwawM in Its- amli
cms- to give them piecew of uv dress.
Ik ing ileairou* to jdease everybody ♦*•
far as I ivintd, 3 proeunsl and carnevl in
my pocket a piers- of Bishop lawn aud a
piece of Honiton lace, from which I
afterward cut nmall pieces, wlicn fnr
ntidied with a pair of nciroorw, and ww*
thereby enabled lo supply all vrnnta of
tlie kiwi.
A I idimdou* *t,uy wa* circulated in
connection with this which gained cr*-d
--i-ikv, it is w4l to ixinw-l. It was said
that when I ctit piec-s from my dreaa
and veil, making a bole s>uieUine- six
iuela-s long, iw a few aecoud* the o|ien
iug would diwaiifx-ar aJ tha drew* and
veil lasvmie wliole again. Of course
this wx>* ituugin*H,Mi.
Difference in Midower*.
When Mr. Illauk loot hia wife, any* the
< hriftia.i ttf H'o, / - , he lay down on the
Hi sir. aud for seveu hnur* without inter
mission, except for imwl*. he la-at the
carrn-t vehemently with hi* Issit liivh.
ami cried. " Wlnt *lndl I do f" Wheu
hia ehleriy servant mitdl) said. "Hhe - *
in n 1 letter place," he beet tlie ground
still more violently, *iul roared more
piteoualy tlmii ever. Still nothing
seemed to isuiie of it. aud *-ho nien-ly
sent his wild question liaek again upon
hia swelling heart, lu a sympathetic
tone tiia fiutliful atlemlnut warned him
that he would wear hiuaa-lf out, when-id
he lws-ain,- ilKsiimolaltle, and frantically
exclaimed, "What disil f ,ki.'" The
eldorly woman advised hiiu to look out
of tin-window awhile. He lonkrsl out,
and in six mouths be was a newly mar
ri*l man. Hts neighlior, wlio had *ti
tauie.l a similar lo**. never gronned, and
never married again.
The First Child.
A isMiespondenl of the San Francisco
HuUrtitt descriliea Ihe first piece of gold
found, which mimxl widi u revolution in
the history of tlie Pacific ciaat, and
which is a* follow*: It* value islaUwccii
ami B',. It look* like (|Hirdou tlie
coiiqmrisou) A piecft of sprttoe-giuu ju*t
out of the month of a aclnail-gul, except
the <*> lor. It i* rather fiat, full of inden
tation*, jus! a* the teeth make iu M pirsv
of nice gum. Tliere are one <u- two
rough poilita on the edga. which, with a
little stretch of the imagination, give the
app-aiaiu-e of a man'a liood with u hel
met on ; then turn it another way, and.
aa Mr*. TYimmcr *aid, "it hsvkeil like
some kind of II varmint or other." It can
be t<a*ily identified ly any tme who lut*
ever *eell it Is-buv.
THK Seora on NVHUK Goons.— Wet
the H|a>t* of irou rust ou innaliu or white
goods thoroughly with letnou in ice, then
lav ill the hoi snll to diy. Kepetil the
same if the color ia not removed by one
application. When dry. rinse in clear,
cold water. Lemon juice cannot- he nsed
on colored goods, as it will take out
printed colors as well as stains. ft will
remove all kinds of stain* from white
good*. * ,
Term*: SH'2.OO a Y*ar,in Adva
' 1 1 '' I
Sad Mar; f an Inientor.
Tin, store uf tbe inventor, Muzurt,
routined iu * lunatic aayluui iu Michigan,
ia ii ami uti*. He a intMt ingenious
man, nuil aland timt 1/ short <4 nmif)
•II Iu- lutd to do wa* to hiilr away for a
few day* and invent aoiuetliiuf which
be woald m-11 for fI.OOU. He wa* im
prudent, and u# want always poor.
11 ie crowning invention of hia life waa a
waU'b, • *u-iu-wimbit, to require wiud
ing oulr at interval* of urnml day It
wna ptwrfeotcd, and be undertook to
negotiate for it* introduction in the mar
Int. Ho aoou fotuni cdnKaclea to aatia
(••laiy an augi-iuetita, and, oftei re
and liaraaaing l udoavor* to obiaiu
a bat ai-uimj to bun a naaoiialib- art tie
mi-lit, br closed in-gotiatioua, witb little
01 no profit to biutaalf, and after an ex
pHMnv tlwt liad worn on btou to Mich
an rlleut (iiat th.an wbo were inoat tuti
mate witb bun aaw tlirii Dm- brat aigua
of coining insanity. Not very long aiW
lb* loaa of Ida money liv tin- failure of
the Lankiiig-luMiae of ktiller A Wet inter
aggravated theae ayuiptotua almost, if
not quite, to tbe point of actual mania.
After thee negotiation* bail ended,
however, lie aeenied to feel better, and
went energetically to work upon tbe
third watch. Hie design waa completed,
and waa a curiosity m watch making.
. Upon tbe dud were abowu tbe year,
month, day uf tbe mouth, and day of the
week, the quarter second* were marked,
and the aiinple •|*-uing and abutting of
the watch four or five time* a day tob-am
the time kept it wwuml. if opeued and
all lit ofterier Mo injury Waa done, for the
machinery was ao arranged tluit wlteu
the watch waa fully wound the sjning
wa* relieved from Die further atrwin of
surplus winding.
This wa* jiat uteil, ami accomplished
all that wa* churned for it, and eiperta
are ami to litle beeu delighted wiUl it.
Mozart went bum. , and in tbe interval
of leisure undertook to improve upon
the appearance of a part of hi* invention
by NulMtitiitiug a gilded ami eugtmved
cap for tbe one already in place in Lia
model. In doing tbi* lie had *uiu# piixe
of the mechanism. lie Irieal to rrpbiv
it, and could not do *0 ivadilv, Hia eye
bad loat it* elearuewi, and hi* tmulde*
hiul shattered hi* nerve*. However,
with tbe womlerful iiatieuce mini jieraia
tencr that luu already characterized him,
lie went on trying, breaking hia iwttru
meut* .o*u.<loyally, making new one*,
forgetting hi* plan, and working .lay and
night trying to recall it and eiiwruueul
ing vainly. Hi* wife begged huu to let
aoinelaaly elm- try it, I shoving that
under hi* duvet MU tin work could still
be ilune bv akille.l I wild-, but 1m- refused
.rnd went ihi |cr*i<<entfv. He Mavnl
be should fimah hi* Uwk "uon, aaid ao,
and peiweverwd. Lnter atdl be declared
11 cut be netded uidy a day more, and ilay
after ilar lie would iv-peal thi*. Then lie
wa* mie that tliere were oidy • few
b ur* between him and aura*-**, ami ao
be UlM.red <, hi* deluanui la-coining
at longer ami stronger, till hi* ln.-n.bi aaw
Dtere wa* no poMaiblc course but to re
move biui t<> the asylum at Kulama*i.
which wm done. Within two daywbetore
hi* removal In- wa* talking extravagantly,
but enbemilly enough, of hia brilliant
prospect* ami tlw w*dlk and sucrea*
I bat awaited bun, and detailed to friend*
minutely the t'-i tua of an agnwiueut tliat
he claimed to have just Made with |er
ua in New York, though be had never
gone t that nit after hi* vant in tbe
early aumiuer. Hia uuud bail clearly
mac-bed that stage at which it regarded
the xiaiou* upon which it bad dwelt aa
fact* finally aiwotupliahed.
Tlmi ca*e i* a ciriou-oue in the record
of iuwanity. Tlie h|ie tluit in given by
hi* phvMcwti* ia very alight, for the
mental disease that bad seized upon bun
wa* o strongly defined a* to bar at lewd
the possibility of iimui-duitr restoration.
Ihtrtng Ida reiictauce at the asylum. bow -'
ever, be ha* been comparatively quiet,
•rnd. ef coiirwe, lie 1* relieve,i from the
straiu of the nelf iiamawvl and almoxt in
.-wwMMit laUn wbicu preceded hia re
moval.
A Heat jr Theft.
The CoSulcw* of Dudley '• jrael oaae
wa* stolen at the (treat Wenteru railway
-tntiot) in Londou, tinder ctrrmn*tance*
which leave It!tie doubt that the thief
•aa a practiord Itaml, aud had bud hia
rbui* witb great lugenuity. Lord and
jnly Dudley arrived at the railway *ta
Don iu hia lordabip'a brougham. aud
were immediately fallmnd by a fottr
whi*-lt*i rati convwyuig two of Die emu
tewa'a waiting wuiiveii, each iu chmgwofa
poiiib roua jewel U.x and other article*.
The woman having plaoetl upon tlw
pavement the Un under her oare, while
turning round to awcid Iter omisuiion.
pUrvd one It*it upon the >ew4 cww.
Her attention wa*. however, ibverted by
the oDu-r maid, and *he removed her
foot from the b>>\. H-r comjauiiou liar
ing alight,si, ahe M,*>itsl to recover the
hot, when *lie found It had lieen re
moved. An lUHtaut Meamh waa made by
the earl'a *ervnut* and by the l-aiiwray
official* iu atteudaucv, but no tiiluig"
istubl Iw gnimsl of it. Among the arti
cle* 1-et are a (marl and diamond brace
let. prewi-uted by tlw inhabitant* of Dud
ley cm tbe MUixiiw of the marrnige of
the carl and aouuti—. Sow rather
*troug reuuirka are lw-ing made iu hw
don about Lonl DudleyV a,lverti*einent
of a reward for hi* wife'* jewel*. A
thounand |*:itniia, and no qnentioiw
asked. IB the reward, but •* the jewel*
•re valued at fifty thousand pouiala it iw
not expectod they will Iw returned.
tn ImportaMt luirntioM.
An inventive geuiu* at Minneapolis,
Minnetwiu, lum jHitcntcsl an ajrparahi*.
ahieJi he call* a cai -ahoe, for prereut
ing ear* from leaving the track in col
lision* or by ninuiug tqam a broken or
dislodges! mil. It wa* given a trial a
short time since, in which it did all and
mora than wa* claimed hw it A rail
waa taken trout one aide of Die track, and
a car, with the shoe attudievt, backed
down at the rate of nliout twenty mile*
an hour. .ln*t before reaching tin
break, tlw engine wa* detached aud the
car fiew acroe* Die break, the frcwit truck
striking the track all right, and the rear
truck missing it by a few incite*. Die
alloc gripping the track and stopping the
car without damage ahont nix reals from
the break. On Hie aecond trial the car
struck the track all light, and went on a
luilf mile a* if nothing had happened.
In thi* age of railroad* such au appliance
a* tliat, if placed iq*m all car*, would
lie the menu* of nnvitig tliou*and* of
live* ana unity.
listaken Identity.
The *torv ia told by a Iw-aJ paper of a
mail in ObtMgow ivapcwting hi* wife. It
i*s-m* that thi* fleetiwnate hnslvaMd
carried home from the Great Hollox
police station a drunken woman whom.
he NupiMKMsl to be his wife. On arriving
at his house he deposited his burden
tenderly indoor*, and to bia lmrror
she aimost iinmisliately died. Hi*
grief, however, waa not without ciuso
latioii, for 011 exnmiuatiou it was ilia
covered tliat the deceased wonnui waa
a total stranger. The daliglit of Un- man
at Uti* dlacovery wa* at ill further height
died by Ins wile U-iitg fouud ut the ivit
tml | hdice station, where site had lieen
locked up on a charge at druukenncH*.
Thus the evening ended happily, and
the atory ia n lewson to other husband*
not to jiustily jump ut the conclusion
that every drunken woman fhey meet
must be their wife, 1
NO
A MKIMiLF. FOB LIHU
44.rutarr. ml Twa ltWrrrM Oesises to
ibr da. ml dUrat Ksrtttaa Wsrrtl.r 1
aaSrrl ms mm 4 Dmrngmm.
TB<- narrative of LIT* IUITMIIIUM "T *
i*ft of two of the craw, Heury I-naftftnt
aud Jiiliti Hooper, uf tit*- *(<-amef la
I lata, ahuli foundered Ut th* Mat of
Biscsv. in tiumt tirtwaMtif. When Iha •
vessel wuik tin-* managed la |M 141 hoard
til* rait, which M ina<i* of outuusrt
menu filled with air, ami jmuad b* a
rauviia band, forming a sent. K-wtod on ,
tltia baud tli** war* in a aurt of trough,
and the water i-am* up to their waists,
tilair tw sties l*-low tlw waiat getting •
gradually benumbed. Their ooly hop*
uf maraping a kngoriug kwtb lay iu their
la-iUK observed by some passing whip. I
(hi Monday than* was a .drang brnrx*
aud a nartvaea. H*.-ral ahipa passed
at a di*taur*; these ttey cuold plain I. v
aw, hut by nooeof them cxuld tteyhop* '
to I*- seen. Tuesday wss csi® tuirutg
tW greater part of the day, ami thor
bop** at mfr-ir acre rained by wriiw a
three mastered seboraier within half a;
iu lie f tiu-iu. They abuutad with all
their might, aad thought they uiort b* 1
iieard, but the schooner railed am. Xu*a
day e let 1 tug the breeae freshened. ill*
men were exhausted, tod lit the exwMiet
lietwaeu wearied nature and bops* at
lite, they wiuk into a stole batwira .
sleeping and Waking. Ou Wednesday
morning the Ode who aas in ins waking
moment ssw through the dutfim tfa*
loom of a * easel, and immediately rorawnl
hi* ••onijaati'.r The raws**! lapuily *p
priau-heii, and oauie withui a hundred
yanU uf liu-m- With ail the strength
Uiat was left t them the) uttered their
cry for assistance, and after a few seconds
interval, a bright light told that their
cry had lieen heard. For two hours the
light burned Issfore their area, but just
before th'k it disappeared, aud wtoeu
day broke no ahip was to he seen. Hop*
fast going away to despair, when
about two hours after daylight the must
ing vessel IKW down towardstfcein This
was tii* hntrli schooner Beukierami.
The unti, wheu he hetud tiw cry uf
distress, k*d imni* diately l.rougttt ins
ahip to, and lay-to till tb morning. iu
the meantime the shipwrecket! men on
the air raft had drifted to leeward. When
the Hsa-ter uf the HeaktemiMi found at
day lirenk that nothing could Iw seen, he
conjectured inm the fori* and drive
ti.ni of tin wind the point to rahkh suy
Hosting wrack or boat would have drift
ed. an.) bore .town in that direction. But
the sen was runuing so high that tbe
master of the schuoocr dared neither to
lower a .boat not bring bis rased along
side the raft. He therefor* beckoned to
th* two men to unit the rait and swim to
the scbo.mer. Thoroughly exhausted by
their three day*' exposure they mis
II usted thrii JSIW.JS of swimnaug even
this short distance; but it was their only
ho|ie. I ..oiloijt lUiTNicl in getting
alongside. Mcnntime tb* wcboonei it nil
raft had again arpataftrft, and theacboun
r made another tack to give Hooper a
dune. He wa* still mow extenrted
than teuton t ; but, thinking it waa ao
worse to le drowned brtaran the raft
and the sliip than !■* left to periah on
the raft. h made the deapende .-Sort,
and struck mil fur lis- schooner. When
be gut alongside hia hands WMM too be
nuiued even ta elun-li the rap* whnh
was hehl out to him, aud hu took it be
tween bis teeth. The little schooner ww
low in tle water, and some of Uia craw
leaning over and watchng their opuur
tanity mugiit him by tbe bauds ana so
pulled him <n buanL They were on
aide to stand and almost .lead frran •
is mure ami weaktaea* from wu! uf fuod.
for it was then doar npon noon uu Wed
nesday. and they ha.l eat nothing shir*
tlx- jwv-w.n* Hatiinlay ereuiag.
Pre*ideal Uaeia\ Only Duel.
A Chicago jiaper liaa discover. .I that
Kx-Prvwideut Liiusdn uf the filited
Stab*, wan our ciigag*.! iu a duel that
did not O HUI off. Lincoln wrote an arti
cle relative U the State ltauk of IHiuuta,
aud iu tbe article aerardv haudie.l Oen.
ShieUHi. the State Auditor. Shiel.ls took
offense, atul dranaudrd a general ratrae*
tiou, which I snug refuted, a cladhmg*
moilied. Uurulu deelared lumsell
iv-a.lv to nay that iu the article lie uu ..ut
no jM iwouaf offeuse to ShiehK ami if thin
were n.d sstisfa.dory he wxmhl fight
muter the b J lowing arraugemeut :
1. Weapouw—Chivalry brundawonht of
Die largest aiae, precisely iu all
resjictn, and aueb a* are uow used hy
the cavalry couiiraay at Jacksonville.
2. IVution—A prank ten feet knf and
from niue to twdvw iucbea broad, to he
tbmlv fixed on edgw uu the grouml aa the
hue betsraea us, which neither is to pass
lii* fmit over uu forfeit, of hia life, >eit,
a line drawn on the ground An eithei
side of wM plank aud parallel with it,
each at Hie distance of the length of the '
sword aul tlirea feet ad.lfti.uial ftxrai the
plank, ami the ivtresting uf hie uwu ae
oonl ovr such line hy either party during
the fight shall le deemed a surrender 01
the contest.
This proved mtisfactury. the jrarthw
were nrauttcfted. and shook hamia. Ho
eudcl Iducdu'a first, lad and only duel. ;
But the afUtr Jul not end with Lincoln's
witlidrawid froui it. The blood of all
the parties who had lieeu connected with
it www up, and nearly half a dooen chal
lenge* grew out of it, uearh aa many aa
have oocurrad iu the whole history of the
Hut.: befare ur siuce.
Early l e of (*ol.
At a tveut uieetiug of the HUtoiical
Society of Pennsylvania, Mr. William J
Bnck rwul a paper on " The Early I>ra
coverv of Coal in Peunayivnuia," which
contaiue.l tuaay mteretoiug historioal
taet-v Tin- first iiieutiou of ixial was iu
a letter front Mr. Sunnn l Tighltuau,
ilabsl August 14, 1 Tfifi, which apewks of
fimling *an abundance of smalt coal In
iu Hie Wyoming valley, which may some
time Wof great value." Olwdiah and
Itoniel (tons, blscksmiths, first put it
iuto use l>y using it in their forges about
177(1 From the Peua luauuscrajibs from
wliicli t hem- facts were drawn, it appears
that Pittsburgh was laid out aa early aa
1709, aud that flu. existence uf oual iu
the adjacent hills was kuowu at that
time; also the foot that petroleum, wliich
lias so lately been ntilirasl, wa known to
exist in Venango county several years
Imfore there was any knowledge of coal. 1
There has lieeu much tliacuaMion as to
who was the discovwer of the Schuylkill
.sail IMHIS, the date of their diacogerv liv
ing generally set down aa about
hut this .liscnasioii seems to liave lieen
unimjauiaiit, as a map dated 1770 lo
cated coal lieds in siihiiylkili county.
The first sncceasful sttsiupt to burn ,
nutlinicitc coal in grate* appeals to luivc
Ix-cu mode bv Mr. (b>oive Fell, an an- 1
ceetor of J. uillinghiun Fell, at Wilkes
bsrrc, in lfiftfi. Tlic commencement of
the coal trade ia set down as 1820, in !
. which year Sfis tons were went to Phila
delphia. .
lottery Tickets.
The Louisville ( bmni'n ia* aaya; The
gumblei s frenzy has lieen aoattered
broadcast through Keutucky by the
Library lottery scheme, It in a passion
tliut opi euda like a c<inihigrot Lai and
wastes like u pratileu.H.
The iVirtallaM I'uioii adds; la thess?
hnrd times " lwtt.-i-i* " tionriah better
tliau iu prosjieroils day*. Desjieration
driven men to risk sit they have in these
enterprises, in the hope of bettering
their condition. Lottery gambling in
all its shapes ought to ne prohibited as
t rigidly as counterfeiting.
I tew* #f Internal.
Th* annaT f • etuhl is wonderful.
He knows wi h* humd in hi* ntoAinff
Twenty-fonr gravhounds ol eh-u*v
hi ml wore recejitlr a|U b> ikaffl* 1 " 1 toT
upwaed of tIMUXk 1 -fi S( ;|;
It is aaad tlmt LwUloms* i*s more than
a hundred siionbosftig vuhsm- " rea*ly
to romiucwc* operallotia.
. Iw aud Michigau are the two West
em Mates whleti W hot 1og peopl* for
murder, except by mt*
The crow ta wit aa bad a bird, alter all.
It never shown tbe white fcalkcr. and
never cmphdna without raws.
A convict in the fllinoia Skate, Prior®
drove on awl iuto his head witli a ham
mer. but M'M Kl lie ■■ expected
la /
• An Indianapolia woman lto* sued for
divorce beraus* her kraidraud mode her
cat for he* anppar a large kwf of **ur
bread she hail set b*4*r luru,
A fsvortte article of food with the
ChbiH* is tbe dried which
isilleoted in ainmdauee aosong the. <*>.
iskinda aud have of the tool ctmAjoi Urn
Huoluo sens and bf Palawmi.
, A sensible Baltimore girl worth W>,
(KM wants to marty. but she rayu sb
win not marry any one who baa not
learned J trade to fall back 00, Yonug
man. wbere ara roar overall*
One reason why female telegraph
operators are not mora numerous is, be
■ ww. if cue of them xri4od to go to a
un he'd get up and go, even if th*
President'* meseige was coming over
the wires, 9
In New Zealand th* Mb* I wwka the
uwu, aud not the inau the mfioe. ra -
, neas a recooi advertisement in iW
usiicr mlliiig tor a man to ffl a public.
JX-, the of which ts* ,W0 gold
p*r kuoau. 4 •
There iJone poor wretch Who nwy hw
tsniefited bv taa acrwaatoed AIIOIMS.. -
1 and that 10 Prime Perkins, who mm
late!* iwairanlnt at Paris. As his wife
is now Urn poffrin of a king there may b
help t s him.
Mr. li l\ Luraiit has laeml ffl..-
, 000 o budding, near JCafick, Maes., a
college exelwlvely far tbe female ore.
Keerr offtrar and teacher m the bmW
lug. the p*Mid*ut and proftmora
<hwas sed, is to ha a woman.
1 We rauwt, wriiaa a aotemjiorary.
• uwproM taa utruugh upon all ©orre
niM'udrtii*. when in ixalf whether tie*
postage of a letter is a pramy or two
5 penra the fore* of the old i-cvverb.
• Txro beads at* batter thaa out.
: The lriffe<A of Teln Tain, the port of
Peking, Cliina, whose isilary was 91.600
per srnmin. tea j'ert irtxrad. after four
wan' 11 is iftjo/quw fortune vt 9700,000.
He disjdnywd thrift aud imlnatr* egmd
to tbe *v. *g American office holder.
A farmer living near Cteteda, lowa,
liorauur so euiagcl si hia little daughter,
the other dav, heemwe obe cmdd not ra
eite her alpimbct corraetty, tlmt he wsxed
a stick of mows wood od boat be* with
it, iuftieCiug injuries <d which she died
shortly sf Vers aula.
It is aaitl that sixty thJhrauf natkms
uow bum American ketnaime. tier*
umuv, in 1873. eoiMtmted 62,116,774
gallons, at a cod of ft11.699.1-M: Bel
gnitn. St.filMso gattoos, MMng 96,137.
oh; Tlngtenl. M,Mktlßk worth, and
Irehoal als.nt 9J.A6J,76S worth.
- tiive sat," say* the Sao Hoinpshif
. t\'wLittgrnan't Adtacoit, "the maa
aitli two Iwown hsnda, snou on hi* nos .
and sweet on hi* f<n bred." Ail right ;
sent Mb lert night; also a xaamsn with
fa hmg chin and a Wart on hrr wise to
keep hirn liappf. —iMtroU Five Frrm.
Tbe Hioux City, lowa, JkgwW was
obliged Us. riamr an exulanatory ami
. asMikmrUc card the aiim <W , owing to a
bmapar of the forrtnau in th* com
jMrifng roota,, by which an aeeaunt of the
uwvmgv of VwoUgtdy wapertslde citi
• seas at Dm Muiaee wee puhtiahe.! under
the bead at " CritM. "
.hccucditig ta "Brenthouse's li
--cot!,** (ieu. B. F. Butler was bora ow
"1 lieanrf Z, ISO: was destined for tlis
stndv of theology, and alkmdral tlis
seminary 6k "Watrrrillc, Me., for that
pumas* J bat after awhile ditmclnded to
ste| dram sad .art from fbal profeeskut
' atitecotta a lawyse
Oehr a esmmai's hair I Who lias not _
aorae tim* w kit ilk poked such a
g*)d*B thread riven his brat coat collar,
and felt his heart beating .puAer far it (
Or pre.! .11*111 ft tram had ftW*y in soma
1 hank, and ra frit tbe inffwence of ten
dm- menuwim f Only a woman's hair !
Ami vol we do mil like it in binrnil.
A symjssHietu- newntsoy m Lexington.
Hy., easing a <>amoved utuiuetcr on his
myr u prieou lor life, pre him a new*
paper, saving: "Tm sorry for yrr.
boaa—fhai's the bast I kin do." It was
the first kindness shown to the prisoner,
and he ipute brake down with eraotao*.
while the aituewtnauf the scene rewardral
the hoy with convney.
Miss Eleanor Bhnikbarn, a scbuolmie
trass living near SJiefßeKl. Enghuid, has
obtained from a jory a verdict for £•<
against Mr. MiunetL a fanwar, lor hreadi
eft promiseofnmmag*. Hated courted
her far tan years, and at length, when
some pecuniary uiisfortuue had ovw
taken her. Iwoke off the engagement, and
wrote to her tower heth.aaght she would
•ut make a fswmw'e xrife.
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A Neteriaws Westera Itasprrade.
The career of one of the most desper
ate ruffWns whoever infcwft.'d any conn
UT tea just been raft abort aft NL-bra.sk .
City, where "The Tenib)e McWaUwa
ha- been sentenced to the penitentiat >
for twenfy-mte years *1 Mfd labor.
Though bat about thirtr year* of age, he.
ia kin ram for Ida hktotfebirwtv riekelncM
fnnu Nehcaaka to Oregon, and probably
has not committed tew tteu a liandred
murdera within the la< fifteen years. He
is talt, handsome, and finely formed, and
bad wit the devil been bora in hirv,
might hove turned Inn Kraw of advent un
in a diractaon that would tevg made him
a h-to of the kilt Carson sort mther than
that of Hare and Murrill. He was gradu
ate.! from ft Iwd wdioo) that off the Mi*
aonri buidiwhackers, though bis mother
is said to have Imrn a eafttvafte.! Ken
tuckiun. When but twelve year* old lie
delighted to do bis little part among the
"border ruffians," aud to curve and
shoot at the abolitionist* When his
friend* raided over iuto KhnaowL At the
breaking oat trf the retielliou the little
raacal and some pdn Isnrned the Platte
bridge and pmcipftatod a .Howftilwl ami
St. Joe railroad, tram with all te paastn
ger* into nu awful chasm, the pica being
that he thought there were Federal sol
diers on besuff. He fought wider tftw
uofxKMis Jim tssddiM Olid Ueneral
Prim for rix muuHis, ami Hieu returned
to Bv Creek, to find Uiat his tether >uid
mother had been killed in the war. He
sire for rCvdhgh then probably excused
to hiiuasdt aU furitto dreda pf lawless
nee*, aud, together witli soma other ruf
fian*, he resolved to xiwr un mankind.
He killed Cbptafli Cheesemftji and be
tween thirty and forty of hi* men, and
afterwonia, with tiie notorious Qiuutrell
band, wieked and burned Lawrence.
When tin- war eudtxl lie opened 11 saloou
in Platte Citv and soon umrdomi a man
and e*ca|>cd\o St. Joe, shooting an ofti
eer in hi* (tight, in Hi is ffglit Iris friend
Kletcli Taylor wan killed, and M< Wators
married Husie Latia, who had.|*eu en
gaged to Tavlur. Hw tiuu . weut to
Wyoming aud *hot ffi. Widfoi atamt a
■ year afterwards he and Johji Crook were
rawght mnl confined m an irt#kwge for
another rnurdar, but Imth icscaped.
After viuu'Uft adventures lie found iiim
self among the Black Foot Indians and
killed one of them. Next he is heard of
at Mparts, in Oregon, whefte, 2 in cold
blood, he liwrdered a mau luportl Weed,
shouting him ia th terk within needL
gun. Tncre weiv uow uuugr for
In* capture, arid X short tiiue s&ie Hbei
iff Farter, of Melrreskn f 'itr, vPlio owed
to 10 a grudge, piuiouvd add rl:*pp*-d hiui
uito prison. Tim trial iwulvxiu, ami
ended iu ids coiiiieriou mt aputeiiee.
Throiiglt all tlieae atUreutiuvs
lie had beeto Mhijanw| by Bis wife,
who almost adored him. mn'parting
from her aud his little bora—whA it is to
be hoped will not follow in hia father'*
footsteps—was affecting, Odd drew tears
even 'vm the eyas of the slierift.
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