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NEWS OF "HE WELK
New Yoik, ou the 14h,
ported very eritical on the 14th.
alment i= acute meningitis,
} B. Munpix, ex-assignee of
- Jduhn
of Archbishop Purcell, was
the csiale
aneated in Cine nnati on the 13th ona
the estate, He was committed in de-
fault of $110,000 bail,
an examination into Mannix’ manage
esate revealed the fact that a large
sum had been lost in purchase of stock
which afterward depreciated in price,
~—Disastrous floods are
throughout New England, in conse-
quence of the heavy rains, The total
rainfall at Boston was neatly six inches
in two days, and the Old Stony Brook
was swelled beyond its bounds, inun-
from three to nine feet, Six hundred
houses we ¢ damaged to an
and other property to an extent
about $135.000 more,
may mount into the millions,
of over $100,000,
— Great excitement is reported amo
the people on and about the
range of the Kansas and New Mex co
Mexico and southwestern Colorado,
because of the killing and wounding o
Mexicau sheep herders by cowboys emn-
plo: ed by the cattle company. Govel
rewards ranging from $100 to $500 for
the capture of the perpetrators of the
putrages, The Governor has replied to
8 communication from E. Carlisle,
President of the company, that “the
conclusively that they were
boys for murder their acquittal was
brought about by the terrorizing of the
court and witnesses by their armed
companions. The managers of the
company, Lwo brothers named Carlisle,
are said to be unnaturalized Engiish-
men, and it is believed they will appeal
to the British Minister,
-~Archiishop Corrigan, New
York, has received a private despatch
from Rome snvouncing the transfer of
Bishop Becker, of Wilmington, Decla-
ware, to the vacant see of Savannah,
Georgia.
~—In the Senate of New Jersey, on
the 15th a special committee ree
was appointed to investigate the alleged
ale of oleomargarine and other unita-
tions of butter in the city of Newark
The U. 8, Court of Claims on
16th decided that a naval officer on duty
on board a training vessel, which
remains in port, is entitled to sea pay.
In 1882 the Secretary of the Navy
decided that such officers were entitled
lo shore pay.
~—J. B, Mannix, ex-assignee of Arch-
bishop Purcell's estate, was on the 15th
released by Judge Johnston, in Cinecin-
nati, on a writ of habeas corpus, the
ball in his case being reduced to
000 and bondsmen abtained,
~The total loss by the flood in Bos-
ton is pow estimated at $1.000,000
Other losses in Masachusetis are es.
timated as follows: At Newton Upper
Falls, $20,000 ; Malden, $50,000 ; Taun-
fon, £250,000; Braintree, £50,000. In
Rhode lsland, losses are reported of
$26 000 at Geneva, $80,000 at Belle.
fonte, and $70,000 at Woonsocket,
i —In the Virginia House of Del
of
ti
3
-
J -
missioners’ bill, providing for
comnussiouers instead of one, as the
law now stands, and making railroads
amenable to Circuit Courts on com-
plaint of discriminations, was defeated
by a vote of 45 to 43.
~—Speaker Carlisle will appoint Mr.
Findlay, of Maryland, on the Commit.
tee of Banking and Currency to fill the
vacancy created by the resignation
of Mr Curtin.
~James T. Dubois, U. 8, Consul at
Leipsic, has resigned, to engage in pri-
vate business in this country.
~The President on the 16th nomma-
ted William J. Poulson to be Post-
master at Flemington, New Jersey.
~ Henry Watterson continued to imt-
prove on the 16th,
~The funeral of Horatio Seymour
took place on the 16th, in Utica, New
York. Services were held in Oud
Trinity Church, and the interment
took place in Forest Hill Cemetery,
Bishop Huntington officiated at the
services, assisted by Rev, C. H, Gard-
ner and other clergymen, The pall-
bearers were Colonel Frederick A.
Conkling, of New York; Walter 8,
Church, of Albany; George F. Com.
stock, of Syracuse; Senator Francis
William J. Bacon, of
Utica. Busi was suspended in
Utica during the funeral, and previous
to the tiles the body was viewed
by aoa of the deceased states.
man's fellow citizens of all creeds and
conditions. = After the funeral a me-
: eet was held in the Opera
House, at which the Mayor Jresided
and Governor Hill made an address,
~The fund fer Mrs. Hancock was
on the 16th increased to $25,565, George
| Bmall, of Baltimore, sent a contribu-
| tion of $250, The Grant Monument
fund in New York has reached $115,-
lus cabinet, on the 16th oousidered
-Charles E, Sutton, Republican, was
elected Mavor of Wilkesbarre, on the
16th, by 350 majority.
nine candidates for Mayor in the tield,
the principal rival of Sutton being Gen-
eral William H. McCartney, recently
defeated as the Republican candidate
for District Attorney,
! ~—Through trsins now run between
| Boston and Providence on schedule
{ Lime, but it is uncertain when they will
{run to New York. The floods, how-
ever, are subsiding throughout the
| greater portion of New England. It
is estimated that 5000 persons hav
| been temporarily thrown out of empl
went by the freshet in Lowell, The
is great distress among the people
the tlooded district mn
i auch sickness is expected,
~The President on the 17th
| nated James B, Groome to be Collector
of Customs and I.
| be Naval Officer at Baltimore; Frank
L. Phelps Svrveyor at Lacrosse, Wis-
of Legation at Constantinople,
{ —-The Senate on the 17th confirmed
{ Greorge M. Stearns to be U, S.
| ney for Massachusetts,
Bridge
Messrs,
{ 17th paseed the Arthur Killy
bill by a vote of 11 to 5, Ayes
Moon
Fish,
and Pancoast. Nays—Messrs,
Youngblood. The local Option bill
| was tavorably reported in the House,
| —By an accident on the Ohio Central
i Railroad, near Point Pleasant, West
Virginia, on the 16th, two passengers,
named Searles and Hamphreys, were
Killed, and several others were slightly
injured. The passenger car
stream aud the passengers
drenched,
—Rear Admiral E
i the 18th, and Rear Admiral
on the 3d proximo., Their retirement
| will promote Commodores William T.
{ Truxton and William K. Mayo to be
| Rear Admirals, and Captain John
Irwin to be Commodore,
fell nto a
Weoie
iglish retired on
EORTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
SENATE
In the U. 8. Senate on the 15th }
wis passed granting the franking privi
tlege to Mrs, Julia DD. Grant.
| Mitchell gave notice that on Tuesday
vext he would call up the bill for the
abrogation of the Treaty permitting the
migration of Chinese. ‘The education
bill was discussed, pending which
>enale went into exe
when the doors
journed,
In the U,
Education bill was discussed by Messrs,
Jackson, Maxey, Pugh, Blair,
and Hawley, and then went over,
of Mr. Frye, Monday next,
yelock, was appointed for the ¢
of the
from the Coma ou Foreign
tions expressing the sense of the
~enate to be that no further “Fishery
Commissions’ should be appointed or
provided for,
tor Gorman, of
filed Mr. Mahone's on
calling ou the Attorney General fo
nformation as to district in
Virginia was agreed to,
in the U.
Morrell introduced
ucation in the
Wi the
3
le
the
and
ad-
utive session,
were jeopened,
NS. Senate, on the 16th the
Coke
On
at
ited bv
motion
}
eration
him
i
Aud) ie
ys:
reso ution rn p
Wii
1 he creden
Maryland,
ais of dens -
were read
and resoiut
"
allorney 5
Adjourned,
7th Mr.
aid of ed-
Hoar in-
Senate on the 1
abliim
States, Mr,
-
for the erection of a monument
Washington to General Grant, A all
was passed providing for the punish-
by fine or imprisonment, or both,
of trespassers on Indian lands. The bill
| for the allotment of lands in severalty
the Indians was considered. The
Blair Educational bil was discussed,
After an executive session Senate
adjourned,
men
to
the
iIOUSE
in the House on the 16th a number
| of bills were introduced under the call
| of States, among them Mr. Morrison’s
{| Henley, of California, to abrogate the
| treaties permitting Chinese !mmigra-
| tion ; by Mr. Bland for the free coin-
| age of silver ; by Mr. Clardy, to estab-
| granting a pension of $5000 a year to
| the widow of General Hancock ; by Mr,
| Breckenridge, for the issue of coin cer-
| tideates, and by Mr. Miller for the issue
of small bills for circulation, A reso-
lution, offered by Mr. Hanbeck, of
| Kansas, for the appointment of a
special committee of eleven to investi.
| gate the charges made in connection
| with the telephone litigation was re-
ferred, together with an amendment by
Mr. Pulitzer, extending the scope of
the investigation to the Committees on
Rules. the Fitz-John Porter bill was
discussed, pending which the House
adiourned.
In the House on the 16th, Mr, James
from the Committee on Coinage, re-
ported adversely Mr. Bland’s bill for
the free coinage of silver, It was placed
on the calendar, Mr, Bland obtaining
leave to file a minority report. He
said the House would be asked to con-
sider the bill at the earliest opportu-
nity. Mr. Clardy, from the Commit-
tee on Commerce, reported a bill au-
thorizing the construction of a bridge
across Staten Island Sound, and estab-
lishing It asa post road, Mr. Riggs,
from He Tot-Omtios Tonite, re
ported a compelling all vessels o
the United States to carry the mails to
and from foreign ports, when offered
them by officers of the United States,
Mr. Laird, from the Committee on
Military, reported the hill authorizing
the President to raise two regiments of
volunteer cavalry in New Mexico and
Arizona, for the s on of Indian
hostilities, Mr. Taylor, from the Post
office Committee, reported adversely
the bill granting pensions to Postal Ser-
vice employes who have been in the
seryice for twenty years. The Fitz
John Porter bill was discussed in Com-
rome fhe Ber Ty
su i
Cuteheon, of Michigan, opposed it,
The discussion was continued in an
veening session,
In the House on the Ew a bill was
settlers within railway limits
aovered additional
without
by the
any
the lands
entry patented
Pacific
tion, The Atlantic and
Cirant
in Committee of the Whole,
was supported by Mesars,
Nebraska; Oates, of
Laird, of
Alabama,
of lilinots, Pending debate the com
1itlee rose
{ determined by his opinion of us.
|
i
} py
| unmade ones a good deal oftener,
{ That laughter costs too much
| 18 purchased by the sacrifice of decency,
|
| life is attainment to a resemblance
| the Divine.
Make but few explanafons; the char-
acter that cannot defend itself is
| worth viodicating.
Virtue mnaketh men on the earth
| mous, in their graves glorious and
heaven immortal,
Crosses grow anchors; bear as
i should’st thy cross, and that cross
comes an anchor oo,
One truly Christian life will do more
to prove the divine origin of Christiani-
«y than many
Time with all its celerity moves slow
ly on to him whose
is to watch Its tight
Dise
believe
ft it
whoie enjoyment
the
iv Lh
When a man eaks
* 2s rw
may count pretliys
5t other virtua
at |
Talents are best matured in
i% best {
f the worid,
solitude,
1 stormy
character formed in the
billows of
No jest can be quiteso bitter as that
one winch runs laugl
edge of an ugly trath,
The weaith of a man
of things
he
that he loves;
i8 loved aad blessed
not be considered
evil, when we long for it in the
of our misfortunes or our joys.
We know what to do with our
i but we do not know what to do
our sorrows or with our hardships,
Death should an
CXCeas
joys,
with
Love mankind with all your
ind youn will feel no difficulty in
| patience, forbearance and forgiveness,
It is Colton who says that “men wi
wrangle {or reiigion—-write for it,
for it, die for it; anything but—live for
it.”
BOUSB,
using
it
murmuring or complaining at
life and grieving over our hand experi-
ence,
No matter how purely and grandly
we live to-day, there is no denying that
we may live more purely, more grandly
to-morrow,
therefore esteem truth above all other
POSSESSIONS,
always succeeds in having its own way,
The more you attempt to contract it the
larger it gets,
If a man 18 honest he does not ned
to tell of it. Sterling virtue can afford
to keep still, bot sly dishonesty has a
very busy tongue,
A celebrated philosopher used to say:
*“The favors of fortune are like a steep
rock—only eagles and creepiug things
mount to the summit,”
| truth they seem to hold than a sparrow
| grasps the message through the electric
| wire on which it perches,
| Men will cheerfully give up their prop-
erty, to save the life of the body, and
yet, for the sake of property they will
| sacrifice the life of their souls,
! Fuller very beau: fully sald that *‘he
who spends all his life in pleasure is
like one who wears nothing but fringes,
and eats nothing but sauces”
Every man is born for heaven, and
he 18 received in heaven who receives
heaven in himself while in the world,
and he 1s excluded who does not,
Leave your grievances, as Napoleon
did his letters, unopened for three weeks
and it is astonishing how few of them
by that time will require answering,
One hour with Christ 13 worth an
eternity of all earth's joys, and commus-
nion with him is the best, the surest
and the most ecstatic foretaste of the
bliss of heaven,
He who betrays another’s secret be-
cause he has quarreled with him, was
never worthy of the sacred name of a
friend; a breach of Kindness will not
justify a breach of trust,
Let us take care how we speak of
those who have fallen on life's field,
Help them up, and not heap scorn up-
on them. We did not see the conflict.
We did not know the scars,
If you were as willing to be as pleas.
ant and as anxious to please In your
own house as you are in the company of
your neighbors, you would have the
happiest home In the world,
Daty is the little blue sky over every
heart and soul —over every life—large
enough for a star to look between the
clouds, and for the skylark Happiness
to rise heavenward through and sing in,
‘When a generons man is compelled to
give a refusal, he generally gives it with
a worse grace than the ungenerous;
first, because it is against his nature;
and, secondly, because it 1s out of hws
practice,
We little know how much in the way
of indirect influence we exercise in be
ing lights of the world. We do not need
to obtrude our t foreibly upon men,
Light 1s always when it excercises
a silent influence,
The wise man makes equity and jus.
tice the basis of all lus conduct; the
right forms the rule of his behavior;
deference and mark his exteri-
or, sincerity and fidelity serve him for
accomplishments,
OE SSP HANA He 20
At the Gate,
Ah, love, 1 see your boudoir light
Already shiolog lke a star;
I Lad #0 much to tell to-night;
I wish our walk were twice as far!
The eyes that watch in skies above
Beero kindly smilin
g on us, love,
| The latchet of the little gate
Lifts half-reluctantly, as though
It knew what secret longings wait
Deep in my heart some sign to show
That bids them tearlessly to rise
And seek an answer in your eyes.
| And while unconsciously we stand
Together here, 4 moment's space,
i The gentle pressure of your hand,
The shy expression on vour face,
Cowes lke Love's messenger in quest
Of what so long ago you guessed,
| Beneath those leafy vines the dew
Has lately kissed, a silver gleam
| Of moonlight falling over you
Makes you the image of a dream
That comes “orever in my sleep
As if a memory to keep.
| A vision fair who never : peaks;
But in the smile I always see
| Steal softly o'er the rounded cheeks
There seetns a Inessage sent to me
Be vou its kind interpreter,
And whisper to me, love, of her.
I am blind,
awake,
j For you, it is, when
| Of whom I dream; and now
i Beloved, tell me I may find
It true when slumber’s fetters break,
With but her smile take leave of me,
And I aball
SL EI CE
MY COMMODORE.
know {ts mystery!
| feeling d
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acidedly of ris; for the
out 84
ulky parcel in my hand was the MS,
reat things; and here It was back again
wit}
h a polite note from the editor sug-
gesting so many alterations that I had
home,
It was a blustering March day.
wind was impudent to the last degree
and played such rude capers with my
draperies that 1 could hardly get along.
! As it whisked
| my feel slipped a bit of 1ce, 1
on
to regain my equilibrium, and was con
scious of a sustaining arm abou
{ shoulders, while a hearty voice said in
INy ear:
“Steady, my lass!’
I looked up with some asperity, feel
| ing wy dignity ruffled by this free and
easy address, and saw a big man with a
! handsome beard sweeping
chest, and growing nearly to nis eyes,
which were dark, and clear, and shin-
ing with a rare good hiamor,
He was dressed in a suit of dark blue
¥
w
*
| tons,
He wore no overcoat, and looked as
| if he never needed one. There was a
breezy, hearty look about him that sug-
| gested the sea,
| My father had been a maflor, 1
| softened a little, bowed, thanked him,
and hurried on.
I was only a common-place scribbler,
and made a modest living for my
| mother and myself,
| Mother was an invalid, and our lives
| were 80 quiet and monotonous that
trifling incidents amused us,
Accordingly, after discussing the
fate of my unlocky MS, I told her of
my little encounter, and we named the
stranger the “Commodore,” laughed
over him a little, and dropped him from
our minds,
horse.car at the same time with an old
| Irish woman who carried a heavy
| basket of eggs.
| My Commodore sat in one corner,
iand rising at once, seated the oid
creature as carefully as though she had
been a duchess; giving me such a bright
smile of recognition that I returned it
in spite of myself,
“*Age before beauty, little lass '”
he said in his big voice,
Before I could put on my dignity the
car was off the track, bumping over the
pavement in a most intolerable fashion.
I clutched at a strap, but felt that
same steady touch upon my shoulders,
while the Commodore said:
“You'll need your sea-legs for these
breakers:"
Was there ever such a ridiculous
man ¥
I colored furiously, and then nearly
strangled in the wild effort to smother
a laugh. But he smiled at me so in-
nocently, and seemed so unconscious of
giving offense, and so thoroughly at
peace with the whole world, that it was
utterly impossible to snub him,
I left the car at Pearl street, not ex-
Coming from church one Sunday
evening, in the first of April, I found
IE cm we
so if you'll steer the ship, little woman,
home,"
What could I do?
The wind was dasking the rain about
in little, vicious sheets, and my com-
an equally fast hold of my hand.
**This is pleasant,’ he observed in a
moment’s lull of the storm, as he
beamed at me over his stalwart
shonlder. “I’ve often thought I should
like a little woman of my own to sail
| with me through fair and stormy
weather
threatened to turn his umbrella wrong
way I shall have to furl my royals,”
clination to laugh at hum; but after I
coldly as possible:
“1 think, Mr, —.%
“Try Dexter,” he suggested cheer-
fully, “John Dexter."
with increasing haigeur.
uot trouble you to escort me home,’
I endeavored
{ but he retained it with gentle force.
“Why, it's no trouble to me, my
| don’t you see that I like it?"
f
gir!
girl;
| “Well, I don't!” I exclaimed desper
alely,
You have taken a most unwarrantable
liberty.
dress me as you have, or to claim any
| you slipping «
my ippen
1f 1 had not known by your
| speech and your dress,”
prevented mm the ice
{ that day.
here 1 flashed
the brass but
| & scornful glance at ti
tons,
“that you were a sailor, 1 should have
| requested the protection of an officer.
{ But my father was a sailor, and I re-
{ member him as outspoken and frank,
’
| though always a gentleman,
1 ergphasized the last word, and
i —— a
i
| swamping the
were lowered,
When { reached
bunts as 1ast as they
i © fae ¥ of
| roy little pupils clinging wildly about
wit ¥
wilh one
Commodore assist.
and
| my neck, | saw my
ting frightened
into the boats,
He looked the personification of ¢0l-
ness, and my own courage rose at the
sight of
me were
others sprung into the sea only to be
swallowed up by the hungry waves,
| “Try to be brave, my darling,” }
| said to little Nellie, as I gave her int
her tather’s arms
His wife wus beside him with thei
other little girl, who cried out;
“Save Miss Annie, papal!”
Mr. Burton looked back at me.
{ ‘1 will come back for you, if possibh
| Miss Lynde,” he said,
women children
him, although many around
rhirieking wildly, and mauy
|
|
i
t Imade no auswer, for the swaying
| crowd swept them away from me, ant
| the tum was Loo great for my voles
i to he heard,
For
1:
uit
alittle le 1
hin Dexter
a life
wii stood alone, and
was beside me,
preserver around me
| With deft fingers,
Wihere’s no room in the boats for us
$4
| my girl,
he said quietly, “but
ta sallor's daugt and «J
er,
A B4A'L wal
“What
| 1 could see my commodore flush darkly
| red above his magnificent beard.
i But he still retained my hand within
{ his arm as he kept steadily on.
| **You can stow that, little woman,”
he said gravely.
or rude to you, it was, as you say, be-
cause I didn't know any better Bu:
{ alone, I am bound to see you into port
now, and in the future if 1 should meet
vou I'll try to carry less sail.”
He sald no more but
{ carefully fr the driving storm until
we reached my home,
| “Good-nmught,”” 1 said, feeling rather
hand,
brown palm.
“Good-might, little woman, and good
luck to you,” he said, with grave kind-
liness; “‘and remember always that a
sailor loves and respects a good woman
above every earthly thing, even if he
can't talk like a story book,”
Then he went swinging away through
| the wind and the rain while I ran in to
tell mother of my evening's adventure,
feeling sure that I should never see him
again, and feeling also a little sorry.
very next morning, and was about to
give him a gracious bow of recognition,
when lo! he passed me with head erect,
eyes front, and a general air of rigydity
oppressive to look upon.
Tears of mortification sprung to my
eyes; but I winked them away and
rated myself soundly for beiug so
foolish——a rude, uncultivated sailor,
what was he to me, anyway?”
My dear mother died in the foliow-
ing summer, and left me lonely indeed.
A year after her death, feeling the
need of rest from writing, I engaged
myself as nursery governess to two
little girls who were to go abroad with
their parents,
My expenses were to be paid, and 1
would receive a fair salary; and the
change of scene and occupation pro-
mised to be delightful to me,
My young charges were quite sea-sick
for a few days, which kept me a
prisoner in the cabin; therefore we
were in mid-ocean when I made the
discovery that my Commodore was
among the “'Columbia’s" passengers,
He looked as big and brown as ever
A strange feeling which I was power-
less to control, swept over me at the
sight of him.
He was standing a little way from
.
ole,
aware of the intense gaze which I had
we Blood
prog
ithe raging
Canmod ors
with hb
ting a La
Walled
Was a gpl
steady , GArg
Ag
beard sweeping chest
y
Qid
nol seem
| ridiculous to me then; the iff manner,
the big hands and the
[8 Were forgotten in the
| the queer speech,
i
{ brass b
conviction that my Con
nie
all
modore was #
hero.
3 Aled, as
fron
went.
were in the
mly a short
time, though I thoroughly ex
' he
b
iissing ACK
great,
the doomed and over we
4
It seemed that wy
water | irs, bul 4 £
wi
{ hausted or
reached the
Fer twenty-four
bia's’’ survivors
rocky atom of
It was worth
Dexter, minus «
couraging weary,
dandling crying
frightened children.
“Who is that man?’ asked one for
lorn mother. ‘‘He is an angel!”
This appellation for my Commodore
smused me exceedingly; but I kept
growing preuder and prouder of hin
all the time,
We were rescued at last by a home
| ward bound vessel,
| One evening, when we were nearing
New York, I took occasion to thand
him for his bravery, and to apologiz
for my foolish estimate of him long be
fore,
He listened to me uneasily for s
while, but at last broke oat abruptly:
“Stow all that, little woman; it
sounds as if you were saying good-by,
I wish" Here he sighed pro
foundly and tugged at his beard with
one brawny band. *‘I wish we might
always sail together. If you remember,
1 said something like that to you once
before, but you didn’t seem to take to
the notion.”
“1 did not know you then,”’ I ex-
plained, laughing a little, and turning
aside my flushing face,
With his two great hands upon my
shoulders, he turned me to the right
about, looking at me with big, honest
eyes,
*“See here, my girl,” he said gravely,
“1 don’t know anything about the fine
ways of the world, but I have loved
you tender and true since the first day
I lad eyes on you. I don’t follow the
sea now; 1 have a snug little bit of
money laid up, se that I can give my
wife a comfortable howe. Will you
have me?”
Would I not? Was I not the hap-
plest woman in the universe when he
kissed me?
I am his wife now, but I do not
allow him to wear blue flannel and
brass buttons,
——— A —
Learmng 1¢ pieasuraoie, but d is
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Two mic ists, Dr. Nussbaum
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