~In Chicago on the 11th counsel for Judge Smith, the Republican candidate for Mayor at the last municipal election, served on Mayor Harrison a formal no- tice that on the 15th they will ask the County Court for an order directing a recount of the ballots cast for Mayor in order to determine who is entitled to the oflice. ~The latest reports from the Chey- enne Agency in the Indian territory indicate that these Indians are de- termined to resist the order depriving them of their firearms. The Secretary of War on the 11th ordered three addi- tional regiments of cavalry and one of infantry to Fort Keno. This will make the force in the Indian Territory about 4000 men. General Sheridan was to leave Chicago on the 12th for the In- dian Territory. He is reported to have said that in his opinion the Araphahoe tribe was peaceably inclined ; tbat the Cheyennes alone were likely to rise, and that the occasion of the whole dis. turbance was the encroachments of col- onists and cattlemen on Indian posses. sions, Colonal Sheridan, who accom: panies the General, stated positively that no order had been issued to disarm he Cheyennes. —Inspector Armstrong telegraphed on the 13th to Secretary Lamar that all differences between the drovers and ranchmen have been settled, and that cattle from Texas are now moving northward through the Indian Territory without obstruction. -— Carpenter Brothers, of New York, employ 500 Poles, Hungarians and Ital fans al & large quarry near Meriden, Conn. The quarrymen have been gett. ing $1.10 per day,and on the 13th struck for $1.50. Twenty of the Italians, who began to work, were driven off by 250 strikers, armed with clubs and stones, The foremen, with revolvers, kept the Strikers at bay until help came from Meriden. —Secretary Whitney and a party of guests, including President Cleveland, spent the 13th in bass fishing, at Wood- mount, near Harper's Ferry, —The wife of Secretary Bayard was reported better on the 13th. —The saw mill of Ralph Casselman, at Casselman’s Station, Ontario, was burned on the 13th. Loss $27,000: nearly covered by insurance. The Forest Flour Mills, at Ottowa, Kansas, were burned on the same day. Loss $35,000 ; insurance $16,000, A fire at the corner of Canal and Bourbon streets, New Orleans, on the 13th, caused damage to the extent of about $25,000, ~The President on the 14th appointed William C. Bird to be U. S. Marshal for Northern Florida; Wm. H. White U. 8. Attorney for Washington Terri- tory; Adelard Guerner Collector of Cus- toms for Minnesota; Henry W. Rich- ardson Collector of Customs at Beau- fort, South Carolina, and B, Hugen Ward Collector of Customs at George- town, South Carolina, —A telegram from Washington says that Mr. Lee, the recently appointed Secretary of the United States Legation at Vienna, is expected to arrive at his new post of duty next week. On his arrival United States Minister Francis will take final leave. Mr. Kelley is still at Paris, —Secratary Bayard was at the State Department on the 14th attending to some official business requiring his at tention. Mrs, DBayard’s condition is improved. ~James G. Wintersmith, Doorkeeper of the U. S. House of Representatives, died on the 14th in Louisville, aged 36 ears. His brother and deputy, John intersmith, is dangerously ill in that Jeity. »~The San Francisco Call says the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in- tends to withdraw its steamers from the lines between San Francisco and Aus tralia on November 1st. The company’s contract with the Australian colonies expires on that date and the Colonial Government declares that it will not renew the contract, by which the steam. ship company is paid a subsidy, unless the Unite states agree to pay a portion ~The director of the Mint in Wash ington has received twenty gold and thirty-five silver army marksmanship medals, which were struck at the Phil- adelphia Mint at the request of General Benet, Chief of Ordnance, U. 8S. A, They have been forwarded to the Ord. nance Bureau, and will be distributed to the soldiers entitled to them in due season. -A heavy storm of rain visited the country around Huntingdon, Penna. on the 10th, It lasted the greater portion of the night. In some localities the growing corn was ‘literally cut into shreds,” A telegram from Long Branch says: “Dr. Edward Lawrence and A. R. Lee, both of Philadelphia, were attacked A of stage drivers at the West Pevot on the 14th, because they refused to pay five dollars for a ride of one block. Both men were severely beaten, and Dr, Lawrence was robbed of a gold watch and chain and several hundred dollars, Three of the men were in the rooms of the Turf of Virginia met on the 15th in Rich About 650 delegates and alter. nates, of whom 200 were colored, were Senator Mahone called to order, and would be ina —A riot took place in Cleveland, Ohio on the 15th, growing out of an attempt by the strikers to stop work ip the Plate mill, the men in which were not affect- ed by the reduction, resisted hy the police, and after a sharp fight in which stones and clubs were used by the rioters, the latter maces freely. Six patrolmen were were speedily off their friends. rested. carriea by At night all was qulet, large hail-storms visited the country Two houses were blown down, a wash. out occurred on the Cleveland and IMittsburg Raiiroad, a clay factory was damaged by lightning, and were killed by the hail. —The Niagara Falls reservation was formally opened on the 15th, In accord Cathedral plaza was gayly decorated with bunting, and in front of the ca- nal company’s office a triumphal arch was erected, covered with evergreens and plants —The Secretary of the Navy, 1t is said, will appoint a committee to deter- mine how far Mr. Roach isto blame for cruisers, Chicago, Boston and Atlanta, which should have been completed un- der the contract five months ago, West Virginia, on the 16th, T. L. rey, of New Orleans, was elected Pres- mation. elected Vice President, — The General Grant, unanimously nominated for Governor, H. C. Wood was nominated for Lieu. Altorney General. H. Dobbins, at Ayres, resigned. The President alse appointed Francis H. Underwood, of the U. 8, Consulate at Canton. ~The Post building In Washington, occupied by that paper, the National Sunday Gazette, the United Electric Light Company and other par- ties, was destroyed by fire on the 16th, The total loss is about $150,000, The use of the Evening Star office was giv- en to the Post and Republican, and these papers appear as usual this morn- ing. ~The President, it is stated, will leave Washington about August 1st for a visit to the Adirondacks, where he will remain about a month or six tion. personal friends, —— Greenland Vegetables, tb ————— In Greenland some attempts Dagish station of Godthaab (latitude radishes, lettuces and parsley are almost the only plants that can be cultivated with any success. The turnip, indeed, requires a favorable summer to produce anything like tolerable specimens, The cabbage are scarcely worthy of the name; but at two island stations up the fjord, about thirty miles north of Godthaab the climate is strikingly different. Here, Dr. Rink informs us, turnips always come to perfection; carrots pros. per well, and attain a fair size; and cabbages, though unable to develop leaves, which the provident Danes stow away for winter use, Attempts have been made to cultivate potatoes, but the tubers never attain a size larger than marbles, and are only | grown and eaten as curiosities. Under | the most favorable circumstances green | peas only produce shells, in which the | peas are barely recognizable, This is! within the Arctic Circle, or at least on | its immediate borders. In South Green- land—the site of the old Norsemen’s settlements—horticulture Is practiced under more favorable circumstances. | At some of the posts, in about the same latitude as Christiana, good carrots have been produced, and in a foreing- frame strawberries have grown well and yielded fruit for several years, but they afterward died, owing probably to the | severity of the climate, At Julianshaab turnips often attain a weight of more than half a pound, and are fit for the table in the middle of July, Radishes are fit to be eaten in the middle of June, Rhubarb grows pretty vigorously, and can be raised from seeds. Green cabbage attains a good size, but never the normal taste and pungency of the vegetable, At Jakobshavn, in 69 deg. 13m., our good friend Dr. Pfaff u to raise a few radishes, and the locality being sheltered, the tiny patch of earth on the rocks, which in that remote place passed for a en, produced ‘‘crops” almost as uxuriant as Gothaab In the south. ~aken pillars have been decided to NOT AS YESTERDAY. The sky is blue, and green the leaves, The air 1s fresh with new mown hay; All nature seems to smile, but ah— "Tis not as yesterday! { The birds sing sweet their silvery notes, The roses bud and bloom so gay, But pansies 1ift soft eyos and sigh-—- "Tis not as yesterday! The trees, the shrubs, all growing things Are Urightendd by the sun's warm ray, Old earth is fair and joyous, yet "Tis not as yesterday! The viver, quiet now and calm, Flows gently, smoothly on its way; Beems there npught abroad hut rest, still "Tis not as yesterday! Oh, Yesterdays of life, so dear, Of you forever will we say, To-day may lovely be, but no— "Tis not as yesterday! Bweet Yesterdays of long ago, We love to turn back in our way And meet you with fond greeting true Ob, rare, bright Yesterday. ATRL LITTLE NA'NS FORTUNE. “Come 1,” called Miss Mornn in her pleasant voice, threshold. of curl-papers fringed her forebead, lit- tle dabs of powder were left on her cheeks, her calico Mother Hubbard was faded, and there was a long rent In the | skirt, | and laid a large white envelope down on the table. “It's fur you," “1 heard quickly tellin’ she said, | turning away, you Then Little Nan. Miss Morrin laid down Emerson and took up the attractive white envelope. It contained a birthday card, a very pretty card. On one side were a land- scape and a solitary bird on the branch the door closed upon the following verses: There's gloom without, but there within, Rollicking shout and rattling They kiss, good luck! with a rare goo« Esch lucky Jack has a darling JL It's a trite hard, (as I think you'll see.) On a jonely, soarr'd old bird like me, “A lonely, scarr’d old bird like me?" repeated Miss Mornin to herself. ‘‘Yes, I am getting to be an old bird, 85 to-day and James is 38, We are both | Twenty-five is rather late in life to | enter upon a long engagement. James! He ry a millionaire. Dear | and preach to those poor, uneducated | rich church with a salary large enough to support us all. Of course it is his first duty to care for his mother and sis- fer. wish I had a few hundred dollars to buy | & claim or grub-stake some poor pros. pector. ] pick and go up on the mountains and dig; but being a woman all I can do is to wait. I wonder what made that | chila give me this card. to her until this morning. They say | went on reading Emerson. Hotel old Billy was smoking his pipe. | knees, corduroy pants, and g flannel | shirt, His broad-brimmed felt hat was | tipped over his eyes. He had tilted his | armo-chair against the wall and thrust | his hands into his pockets. i “It's her birthday, and I give her a | card,” Little Nan was saying. ‘‘She | said good mornin’ when I met her on | the stairs. Hain't she sweet? Bet your life! It was a stunnin’ card, ere i \ i { i sayin’ po’try. It said somethin’ ‘bout bein’ a =earr’d old bird.” “By ginger!” exclaimed old Billy, “you've went and done it this time.” | Then be chuckled. “Didn’t you know | schoolma’m? Why didn’t you pick out | nice piece ‘bout young love and for- | get-me-don’ts, and all that kind o’ thing,” “It was a mighty pretiy card and dirt | cheap,” answered Little solately. “‘She wouldnt think I was pokin’ fun at her, would she?” looking | up anxiously. i “Reckon not,” said old Billy, *-you | wouldn't find it out if she did. She's | an up and down lady. This ‘ere camp's | » for her, ere hain’t another | Ought to send fur her sister, or cousin, | or somethin’, Don’t see what brung | her way out here to keep school.” i Little Nan gazed in the fire with her | “She hain’t like us,’ she said slowly, | “She bain’t a bit like us,” i The school children were troublesome the next day. Miss Morrin tried coax- ing, then scolding, and finally was strongly tempted to resort to corporal unishment. But she was slight and rail, and there were some large boys in the school. On her way home at noon she decided she was still far from being fit for a minister's wife. There were letters from Maine on her table, Old Mrs. Jones had died at last—she was 03 ~and there had been a church sociable, Sister Mary had saved enough egg. money to buy herself a black cashmere dress. She thought of having it made with a kilted skirt and a polonaise, It was a long time since Mary had bought a new dress, Miss Morrin remembered, Just then & woman clad in velvet and sealskin passed the Grand. Six months before, this same robust female had been glad to wash flannel shirts for the miners. Her “old man bad just struck 3 sleh. Aud down in Mane Sister ary was selling eggs up every nickel in order to 8 hotriint a plain cashmere dress, “Please ma'am,” in ted Little Nan, having knocked at Miss Morrin's door. “Will you come and look st old Billy? He's talkin’ to him. self and his face is red as the deuce.” “The what?’ gail Miss Morrin, some- what shocked, “I said his face was red,” repeated across the hall to « small room plainly furnished. Old Bill lay quietly on the bed, a patchwork quilt over him, and his head on a dirty pillow. He looked | up as they entered, i “Good mornin,” he said with an ef- { fort, “*It’s so dark I can’t see you.” { “I'll raise the blind,” said Miss Mor- rin, | “He thmks he's playin’ poker,” ex- plained Little Nan in a whisper. ‘He ! don’t know what he’s sayin’. Would | you mind sittin’ with him while 1 git | the doctor?’ { As she left the room old Billy put his { hand on Miss Morrin’s arm. For i moment he was quite himself, “Please git me a pencil and a bit of | paper,” he said eagerly. *'Quick!” | Silently Miss Morrin rose and crossed the hall to ber room. When she re- {turned she handed a sheet of tinted | note-paper and a long Faber pencil to the sick man. | With an effort old Billy raised his | head and Miss Morrin piled up the dirty {pillows behind him, He wrote a few | lines feebly; then the pencil dropped from his hand, He thrust the bit of paper under the pile of pillows and drew | the patchwork quilt well around his shoulders, Still he shivered slightly. “I'm so cold and tired,” he mur- | mured, Then a sweel peace seemed to steal over his face, | he fell gently asleep, But he woke again in this world, never caine basket of bright flowers on her arm. “Will you pleases help me to fix the | lowers?’’ she asked, while came to her eyes, wreath for old Billy,’ $ back to her wire in her search, came fine after some visitor with a roll of hand. There were red roses, and pink and scarlet geraniums, and a few sprigs of green, “Old Billy said Little Nan. them to me often.’ liked bright “He ¥ asked Miss Morrin hesitatingly. i swered Nan i and dance.’ “Dodo ladies attend?’ “No, ma'am, only men,” Miss Morrin shuddered. proudly. fore them?’ she said severely, “Not much, ma'am; I git awful tired | sometunes,”’ living some other way? | better to scrub floors all day long.” “But they wouldn't virtuously. ‘But 1 send my money home, preity near every dollar,” said Little Nen. “There's six of them besides me, My mother’s dead. Father don’t git but half-wages now, I've earned a heap { the last two $ears, since 1've bin dan- icin’. I'm the oldest one. I'm 18 { There are ¢ dead between me and | Willie, I 12. Jennie, she’s 10 and the baby’s 4 Jennie has an easier time than I had takin’ care of em. They're out of the way now." The wreath was finished before Miss | Morrin spoke again, | suddenly. | “A man my father knew, He bad a | theater. I've a standin’ engagement lat the Central. Old Billy was awful good to me, I never saw Lim before I | come here, but he kinder took to me. He was poor, too, lie bad a claim up the mountain, but 1 guess he never struck it. anyhow. beautiful Hain’t that a | sobbing, and entering her room, tried to | comfort her, Presently Nan sat up. “I must dresa’ she said, wearily, { took a brush and began to smooth its Then Nan put on her shawl and hood. “I'll git ’em to let me sing ‘Under the Dalses ’® she said, suddenlys. “Old Billy asways liked it. He used to clap Maybe he'll bear it to-night.” “Maybe he will,” answered Miss Morrin with tears in her eyes, “I'm sure he will” * . » * * Spring came. The snow that had lain for months on the mountains began to melt slowly and prospector talked of grubstakes. Old Billy's claims had not been disturbed since he died. No oné supposed them of any value. It children. One day the chambermaid of the Grand found a sheet of tinted paper be- hind the bed in the room that nad once been old Billy's. Shé was a lazy, care- less girl, and the paper had undis- turbed for more than three months, As she could not read writing she carried it fo Little Nan. But Little Nan herself could not read writing readily. She glanced at the few lines on the paper and epelled out the pame William Struthers at the bottom of the page. “Maybe its somethin’ "bout his claims, I'll take it to Mr. Nickleson. He can ped banded him the little sheet of pink-tint. ed paper. It took the smart iawyer from Bos ton but a moment to discover that he held old Bully’s last will and testament in his hand, then he went and left me them holes in the ground. Bet your life they hain’t worth a cent, He never sold no ore { from "em. | A week later when Little Nan called | again at Mr. Nickleson’s office the law- | yer made her his very best bow, “Take a chalr,” he said nervously, Then he cleared his throat. *‘My dear | Miss Malony,” he began. *‘I have some | ~1 may say,—-." He darted into the | adjoining room and returned with a | glass of water, “Drink this and then I have some. thing to tell you, “Fire away,” { haint thursty.” | **Can you bear good news?" asked the | lawyer solemnly, | “Never had none,” sald Little Nan. | “I have discovered,” went on the | lawyer, ‘‘that old Billy's claims are { quite valuable; in fact he must have | made a big strike some time ago, but { for some reason of his own he took out | very little ore, Still he uncovered a fine | body of mineral, I have just a good | offer for it.» | “How much?” asked Nan shortly. | “Three hundred thousand dollars in | cash,’? replied the lawyer slowly, {| “That’s a hesp 0’ money,” said Nan i coolly. | for it?” “Well, you’ll be getting a fair sum,” | answered the lawyer dryly, “It would | take you several years to earn as much, I think you had better accept the of- fer.” answered Nan, | 17'° said Nan shrewdly. *‘Sees here. Give me $300,000 and 1°11 sell. You'll make oui of it, some way, bet your life, | But mend, I want it all in money, 1 won't have any checks, They mighnt i be good, “In money!” gasped the $300,000 would make?” “No.” sald Nan,” but I reckon 1 { could lug it off some way. But won't i take no checks until I find out whether they're good or pot. There's nobody cheats me and old Billy!” “Come to-niorrow,”’ said the lawyer, { “and 1’Il have the papers ready to sign, The next day at noon Miss Morrin 3s paper when there came a knock that had grown familiar, Little Nan walk- { ed in quietly, and seating herself rocked | restlessly back and forth. {| “‘1s your father rich?” she denly. “No, answered Miss Morrin. a poor farmer, That's { here teaching school.” “Like to teach?” “Lget very tired sometimes," Miss" Morrin, “The chi | troublesome,’ “You know a lot about | you?" said Nan, “Three | sand dollars is a pretty | RY? “Well, yes,” smiled Miss Morrin, “We would call a man with as much ae | that very rich out in Maine.» “Taint much for here,” sald Nan a | little contemptuously, “You don'tcall $25,000 much, do you?” | “It would be nice to have,” sald Miss orrin, Then she sighed. How hap. | py that modest sum would make her | and James! {| “Do you git much for teachin?’ ask. {ed Little Nan, abruptly, | "No, bnt I manage to get along and {send some money home, just as you {do { Nan rocked back and forth, “I'm goin’ home to-night.” she said, | suddenly. *‘I reckon I'll take the 12 o'clock train. I shan’t never forget you,”” she added softly. *‘I took a shine | to you the day you spoke to me on the { stairs. There haint many ladies in this ‘ere camp, and none of ‘em speaks to me. Old Billy liked you, too.” She rose and crossed the room, then paused. 1” and for the last asked sud- “He's i'm out why sighed l ee * dren are so lopara 3 igRers, dont indred thou- 3 i xi pile, » 2 saint mel time closed upon Little Nan. the door i bearin the stampof the First National | Bank was handed Miss Morrin. She | hastiy tore it open, and there fell out a | check for $25,000, But although she followed up every {clew she could never discover the | whereabouts of the sender. | in Maine A New Drink. der at a leading fellow asked me for an absinthe frappe, The ordinary drink costs twenty-five cents, but I cl vl him a hali-dollar, ed. All kinds of names are fired at me, simply mix up something from two to three bottles if I'm in doubt, charge a stiff price, and ten chances to one the man who calls for the drink doesn’t know any more about what he’s drink. ing than I do.” Natural Ink. A natural ink is found at the bottom of a copper mine at the foot of the Ken nesaw mountain in Cobb county, Ga, Itisa pogulier liquid of a deep color, and when a few of nut-gall are added it tural jet las ohoe FOOD FOR THOUGHT. ——— x This world belongs to the Hope is a dream of those awake, Friendship is woven benefit, If there is anything better than (to be loved, it is lo energetic, who are by inter woven fast ving, Strong language utterly falls to hol ster a weak argument, No man is more miserable that has no adversity. He who is perfectly riches can never he inst. all Ne ished by Half the lives we hoard in « are i= because we hoard them. An effort made for the 1 others 1ifts us above ourselves it is the enemy whom we do no pect who is the most dangerous r hearts of App iness $ Wiig Anger causes us often to condemn in une what we approve in another, our exist- suicide. Labor is the divine law of ance; repose is desertion and One half of the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream. The qualities we possess never make 18 80 ridiculous as those we pretend to have. Happiness is always the ina castle which sinks In ruir foot on it. We cannot selves how easily we may with in the worid. censible when we set 100 800n convince onr- be dispensed Difficplties are always mountains till we meet them and mole-hil when we Lave passed them, When a man sufficient, nim as Yortune detects coward] nan will not be con is her prime favorite. Conceit regards the world insuficient. is to nature Deauly: it is not only needle + 9 ow 3 Famiharity confounds wastinetion, interest AWA a and Laks the power of judging Every to-morrow has two handles We can take hold of it by handle of anxiety or the handle of faith 14% the man who complains that he tia no time, cheer up and be glad, His time will come one of these If you would have vour al- ways effectual, place themn on things which are in your power to attain. GAYS. Cesires Men are guided Jess by Onscience than by glory, aud yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by nscience, with Weur neart it is better to wear a poor vest & royal heart behind it than 4 royal vest with a begpar’s 8:06, a in- Men are frequently like tes—the real strepth and goodness are not properly cawn out until they have been in hot water. The her husband when he comes nouse will not drive hin t gel Though avarice will preserve a man from becoming necessitcusly poor, it generally makes him too tumorous te te weallhy, A restieness in mer minds te te something they are not. and have something they have not, is the root of wmorality, L"Estrange says:—'*S¢ stand begging atl 1magh £m kind wife who Las a smile for into the saloon to ane, ng as we ary eyiis let glaiting al a shadow.” The prejudice of men and ihe fall ure to understand each other are the principal causes of their bitterness and il-tem per. Small souls are inclined 10 exagge rate; they fancy that they ihemselves grow in importance with ihe hings they magnify. Many of our cares are Lu! a morbid We let our blessings get muddy, and then call them curses, We areall of usin the position of the French magquis who ded fared ‘God will think twice before he condemnsa man of my quality. A smooth sea never made a skilful perity and success qualify for useful. pess and happiness, False happiness renders men stern and mumicated. True happiness renders All false practice and affectations than any want or defeat of knowledge can be, Honorable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that which is measured by number of years, But wisdom is the gray hair mito wen and an unspotted life is old age The divine idea of human perfection was realized, in different degrees, in all the great men who were the heads and wodels of humanity, Allare’ in differ ent degrees, voices of the Most High, When you have learned how lo live well, vou will know how to die well Be not sorry if men do not know you, but be sorry if you are guarant of men. Not to correct our faults is to commit DEW ones, . The truly great and good, in afiction bear a countenance more princely than they are wont; for it is the temper of the highest hearts, like the palm tree, to strive most upward when it» most barthened, You find yourself refreshed Ly the presence of people. Why not make an earnest effort to confer that pleasure onothers? Yon will find bait the battle is gained if you vever oiow youself to say anvihing that is gioo.ay, Avavice is generally the last pass on of these lives of which the frst pert has been squandered in pleasure, and the second devoted te ambition, He that «inks under the fatigue of gutting wealth, lulls his age with the milder business of saving 1. Nature seems to exist for the ex. cellent. The world is upheld Ly the vemelty of good wen; they make the earth wholesome, Life wm swe gud tolerable in our belief yu wh wy,
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