®lu Centre flewocrat.
Terms SI.AO per Annum, in Advance.
S. T. SHUGERT and R. H. FORSTER. Editor*.
Thursday Morning, January 13, 1881.
From lh Now York Uhsenor.
INTERNATIONAL LESSONS.
11l SBV. 1. P. too■*!■, . t>.
JANUARY 10.
J.cseon 3 :
The Prophecy of Zacharitis.
1.1-I* 1 : #7—7!.
OoLDr.s "Tin- t>njr|>ri(iK from on lilrli lilli
vtailed ua."—Luke 1 : 7'.'.
Central Truth In f'hrist shall all na
tions he blessed.
The visit of the Virgin to Elizabeth
continued three months, and she then
returned to Nazareth. In the meantime
the promised son was horn to /.-tcharius
and Elizabeth and was welcomed by
their friends with great joy. His father,
at the linio when the supernatural reve
lation had been made that a son was
to be born to him, asked for a sign that
so unexpected an occurrence should be
in reality fulfilled according to the
angelic promise, and as if to punish
him for this implied unbelief, and at
the same time to give the sign, lie was
struck with dumbness, and continued
thus for nine months, when, on the
occasion ot the circumcision of the
chi'd. his mouth was opened, and he
gave to the infant the name John.
This name took the people by surprise,
as it was a new name in the family, and
they appealed to his father, who, una
ble yet to speak, made signs that a
board or table'., covered with wax ami
used for writing, should he given to
him, on which he inscribed the words,
"7/w name m John." Immediately the
power of speech w restored to hitn,
and the first use which he made of his
vocal ability was to break out in praises
to God.
The expression. 41 Xacharias was filled
with the Holy Ghost," in verse t>7, I
simply means that he was endowed with
the spirit of prophecy and uttered what
he did by divine suggestion. The di
vine alllatus. as in the ease of Elizabeth
and Mary, seems to have taken a poetic
form, and Ztcharias shows himself al-o
a sacred poet of no common order.
This hymn, which cornpo-c* our !••*.
son, is called the " Renedictu*," from
its first word. It is a song of praise,
and is divided into five stanzas, each of
three lines. It contains two part- the
first in verses 68-7.1, and tho second,
verses 76-79. It is a song of deliver
ance and salvation in behalf of the
Jewish people, which describes God's
interposition in their behalf again-t
their enemies, and may he tak>-n us
signifying both temporal and spiritual
prosperity. It contains a plain recog
nition of the redeeming work ol the
Messiah, who is spoken of (v. 69 j as " a
horn of salvation," and allude* to the
covenant mercies protni-ed to Abraham
which were such a precious heritage of
the Jewish people.
The second p irt of the I'.enedictus
refers especially to John as "the pro
phet of the Highest," nnd foretells his
distinguished career and its glorious
results through the preaching of the
Gospel. It is a very eloquent descrip
tion of the benignant elicet# of the
proclamation of salvation, illustrating
it by the figure of a brilliant luminary
dawning on a world of darkness, usher
ing in a new and brighter day. in the
sweet light of which the wandering and
Iwnighted nations are to be guided into
the way of peace. Letter dayt. bright
er hopes, fairer joys, are to come to this
poor world through "the tender mercy
of God " and through the shiningot the
Son of Righteousness, whose coming
John was to announce, and for whom
his preaching was to prepare the way.
No finer figure could he employed to
describe the Gospel, It is " the day
spring from on high." "It brings life
and immortality to light." It illumin
ates the dark places ot sin and the sad
homes of sorrow, dispels the gloom of
ignorance, ami lights up the dark grave
with immortal splendor*.
I'BACTU VI. SI'OUKSTIOX*.
1. Nine months of enforced silence
seem to have taught Zicharia# all the
better to speak the praises of tio-'.
This is only one of many illustrations
of the blessings of sanctified sorrow. It
was a great atfliction to this good man
to sutler so long a deprivation of speech.
Rut we find hitn as soon as the restraint
on hi* tongue wAs taken off u-ing his
lowers of speech in a beautiful song to
God's praise. It takes God sometimes
n long time to get hi* people's hearts t>i
tune, and the chords are sometimes
strained to the highest pitch ol tension
before their training is complete, but
the melodies that come at last are sweet
and heavenly. " Whom the lord loveth
he chasteneth and hearts that have
been crushed, like the sandal wood,
give out their choicest perfume to the
faithful yet loving hand of our Heaven
ly Esther.
2. It i# possible for Christians now to
We "filled with the Holy Ghost" (v. 67).
The inspiration of the ancient pro
phet# and A ponies may not indeed be
expected in our day. yet believers sre
still the 44 temple# of the Holy Ghost,"
and in projmrtion a* be dwells in us
will our live# !>• beautiful and holy and '
heavenly.
3. God's service implies no degrade I
tion.
The "Benedictus" of Xacharias mokes
it a matter of thanksgiving to God that
bis people are enabled to "serve him
without fear." There is a service which
honors those who perform it no less than
Him to whom it is performed. Such is
the service of God. which i* perfect
freedom. Christ's yoke is easy and his
burden is iight. If patriots think it an
honor to servo their country, let us not
consider it an) degradation to " serve
the Lord."
4. John's life was a short one, but he
lived much, which i* better than living
Innq.
lie had one work to do—to proclaim j
the coming Christ, — and he did it. A life
spent in preaching Christ is a well |>ent
life. John's preaching led him to a
bloody grave, as it has led many a mar
tyr since his day, but hi* life was well
spent end fitly closed. It was, front
beginning to end, a i Mtnttt/pr Chriet.
• r >. "The Light of the world is Jesus."
No figure mo well describe! the con
dition of tho uncliriatianized world mm
" darkness." Physical, mental, aociiil
and moral gloom still overspread* a
portion of tho world. Ilut where
t'hrist is known there is light. No
luminary has spread a wider illumina
tion than " the .Star of Bethlehem,"
ti. Music is the natural languuge of
devotion.
It is quite noticahlo how tho chief
actors in the scenes which ate now
placed before us seem to he inspired to
utter thpir devout feelings in sacred
song. Elizabeth, Mary, Zacharias, tho
angels, Simeon and Anna, all appear to
ho inspired to adorn this grand occasion
with the beauties of music and tho
glories of song.
And it is appropriate indeed that tho
great event of tho Incarnation, the
source of hope and joy to a lost world,
should thus be ushered in. The" Mao-*
Mm at" and the " Benehicti s " are in
their right place. It has well heen said
that " all tho choirs nnd lyres and ring
I ing cymbals of the Creation, between
| the two horizons, and above, ought to
ho discoursing hymns, and pouring
down their joy, even as tho stars do
light."
So let it ho even to the end. The
beginning ol tho world's history was
with the singing of the morning star#.
Let its close tie with doxologies to* hri.it.
The South and New England,
The census of New Kngland shows
! that section of the country to have |
! progressed slower during the past two
decades than the South. The cotton
States were overwhelmed by the con- j
test of arms, had their property values !
almost annihilated, and their whole j
j social structure uprooted. Oil the!
; other hand, New Kngland was bctxiit
|ed by the war. The cuortnous taxa- i
i tioti rendered necessary by the debt,
and the dominance of the ultra pro
tectionists in C'ongre-s so shaped do
tard!' as to benefit the manufacturing
interests of the Northeast.
Yet we find that the South has '
I shown an increase in population since J
1 NiO far in excess of that of New j
Kngland. During the last ten years
the cotton States have progressed near
ly as fast as the ratio of the entire j
■ country. Kvcm in those States where
lawlessness and violence were most
frequently charged, the increase in j
population has heen equal to that in
the prosperous States of the West.
The Southern States that have had no
accession from immigration hnv- kept
pace with the Middle States and out
stepped the most prosperous New Kng
land commonwealths.
Vermont bus added only per- i
-ons to her population since 1 >*7o, nn
increase of only one-half of one per
cent. Maine is actually losing popu
lation. while the enumeration thus tar
in New Hampshire points to nu in
crease of 1< than five js-r rent, in the
past decade.
Louisiana lias now n many inhabi
tants as Maine and New iiump-hire
< •unbilled, while Texas has more than
Maine and New Hampshire, Vermont
and Uhodc Island together.
11l the line of property values the
assessment rolis of real and personal
property in New Kngland aggregated
17,1 HtO.fM 10 in ]*7<i. while in I**o
thev were $2,407,000,01)0, decrease
of !• jK-r cent. <>n the other hand, the
Southern State* assess,•<! their projier
ty ten years ago, at 82,4JJ.'J.0 4 H),fHN) I j
against * 1 ,*t;2,ooo,oiMi in l*#n. The
shrinkage in values by the war was,
therefore, more than nil the wealth of
New Kngland at the present time.
A M underfill t lock.
th*- n \ ttS' *! t nriat f r January \
Mr. Felix M'i< r, of Detriot, Mich.,
after nearly ten years of patient lal>,r, 1
lin* produced a clock which, not ex
cepting that of Strnshurg. is the most j
wonderful clock of the world. It is
1* feet high, 18 fat wide, A fi t
and weighs t.'HMI pounds. The frame- 1
work i- ul black walnut and elegantly
carved. Washington -it* beneath the '
marble dome with a colored servant
on either side guarding the door*.
< >ii the four corners of the fare of the
clock are four figures, emblematic of
the different stages of human life: two I
are females, one holding an infant, the
other with a child; the third is a man
of middle age, while the fourth is a 1
figure of nn old gray bearded man. 1
All of these figures have bells, each
with a tone in keeping with the age
represented. The infant strikes its <
sweet-toned hell at the first qunrter j
hour; the larger bell of the youth j
rings out at the end of the half hour, !
followed hy Ah< strong remnant tone
of the bell ->i middle age at the third
quarter, DM! the hour closing with
t lie mournful bell of the aged man. 11
Denth, represented by a carved skele- j
ton just nltovo the clock face, then !
strikes the hour, at the same time a
carved cupid pops out ou either side,
with wings, to indicate that lime flies.
This is followed by sweet music, when
Washington, rising from his chair,
presents the Declaration of Indc|ien* :
deuce, and a door on the right is open
ed by the servant, ami each of the ex- j
Presidents, donned in the costume of
his time (including President Hayes),
files before the "Father of his Coun
try," face him, and raise their hands,
walk across the platform and pass out
of sight, at a door which is afterward
closed by the second servant. Wash
ington takes his seat, and all is quiet
again save the heavy tick of the won
derful time-keeper. Though such a
clock shows a great deal of ingenuity,
it is of little practical value.
♦ |
Tiirek things to govern—temper,
tongue nnd conduct.
MMK. TII I KltS.
TIIE IIOMK 1.11 I. ANII CHARACTER OF THE
DEVOTED WIFE OF THE LATE PREsI
DENT OF THE FSENCII HE
PUBLIC.
I'urla ('orrfffpoiMlonrp f tli l'll Mull Un/rth.
Mine. Thiers was a year older than
Queen Victoria and wan married six
years and a half before her Majesty
became the wife of I'rinco Albert of
Saxe-('oburg-t Sotliu. She left school
to become the wife of M. Thiers, and
a* a bride was placed under the rare
of professors of modern and ancient
languages, of history and of literature
If she had had the ambition to shine
us nn authoress she would have been a
I brilliant writer. Hi r style was lively,
j very original, and yet poli-lied and
■! well-bred. Hut there never perhaps
yet lived n woman who with so many
opportunities to dazzle and to play a
; splendid part in the great world eared
! less for the applause of human beings,
j She was extremely beautiful in youth.
The outlines of her face were pure,
delicate and regular in their propor
tions. Her shoulders to the end oi Iter
life were finely shaped, and her feet
| and hands were eeh orated for the per
i feetioti of their form. In the ante
| room of the ground-Hour suit of rooms
in the I'luce St. George there i- a hu-t
j by Maroehetti which represent* Mine.
| Thiers as she was when she first at
-1 tended tin* halls of'Quccii Marie Ame
lia. < >ld Orleanists who then knew
; her assure me that it was not a too
| fluttering likeness. Mine. Kmih* de
< iirurdin, when employed bv the < mi
/<>t Cabinet to write in the
which that Minister had siilwidized to
write agnin-t M. Thiers, paid In r trib
| tile of admiration .o the rosebud lovo
; line-* of his young wife. In her
j "Courtier de Paris" she speaks of the
elli.ct it created at a funcy hall given
jby the Duehe-.-e de tiallitera and
jut another fete at the house of Huron
j i*s* James Huthsehild. Mine. Thiers
I at the former wore a white satin dom
ino covered over with Hruwel* lace.
Mine. Kmilc de (iirurdin, who was in
(•lined to rhrrrhrr hi firhtr brlr, spoke
; -onie years later of M. 1 hier* beeotu
uig Minister for Foreign Affair- to
I enable his wife to make sure that
! when she invited the Ambassador* to
her soiree* thev would conic. It so
happened that Mine. Thiers was more
trie from worhlline-s of the kind Mine,
de (iirurdin ascribed to her than it
.-lie were iL-piring t*> perfect herself in
-aint lines- by humility and the re
nouncement of earthly grandeur. She
would not have gone to nearly so mueli
trouble to receive graciously the high
e-t im-inlier ol the turps Diplomatique
a- the most iii-iguifieanl friend of M.
Thiers.
Mine. Thiers had the intellect of a
I'ari-ienne of the faubourgs. A fan- j
ta-lie |>edigree is given in this morn
ing - papers ot the Matlierotis, In r
mother's family, who are repriscntcd
a- having come direct from Auvcrgne
and on very small saving* started a
retail silk mercer's shop in the Fau
bourg Mnntmartre. The truth i- they
had Is en in hu-ines- tln-re timeout ot
mind, were very rieh, but sati-fied to
go oil as their forefathers had done.
Mine. Thiers, however, ha*l not tin* in
telleetual complexion of a hourrjeoi-r
<W I'art*. In hi r |s*r-picacity, direi-t
--ness, hluntne--, warmth ol heart and
heroi-ni -for -lie was as brave as a
lioness—she was rather unc fnninr tin
prujile. (ilorv she loved, display she
hated; and while completely indiffer
ent to what gos-iping people said of
In r plain clothing, her hatred of waste,
her administrative rapacity, which
was erroneously confounded with par
simony, her heart dilated with glad
in-s when *hc felt thn eye* of the
world were fixed wi:h nd no ration ujmn
M. Thiers. Mine. Thicr- when she
was quite young translated the works
of I'lltty. -""-lie said she liked Terence
better than Hnhiche. It was she who
translated for M. Thiers the article* in
Huglish and (erman iiewspa|s-rs on
his s|ieeehe*. his works fir his a< lion* —
when they were eulogistic. It thev
were the contrary she put them in the
fire and pretended they were lost.
The rare ot administrating her house
hold—which was always an important j
one—left her no time utter her moth
er's death for the study of literature.
There were altogether six men ser
vant*. three female attendants and n
cook, and there were few house* in
I'aris in which the virtue of hospitali
ty was kept brighter by exercise. A
whole tribe of bachelor friends who
had grown old round M. Thiers were
in the habit of dropping in todejeuner i
and to dinner, ltartheleniv, Ht. 11 il
airc, Mignet, < hangarnier, Cousin ami
Merimee were guest* en jtcrmanenee.
Thiers constantly asked visitors who
called on- him between B in the morn
ing and 8 to return and chat with him
at one or the other repast. His table
without being luxurious was an ex
cellent one, and the set-out was hand
some. Alter dejeuner, if the weather
was fine, he took his visitors into the
garden, up and down which he briskly
walked. M me. Thiers stood at a door
window. The moment the tempera
ture lowered she stepped out with a
loose and well-wadded coat, which she
insisted on throwing round his should
ers. Her manner with him at such
time* was that of a careful and idoliz
ing nurse, and his wo* that of a petit
hint child. She always addressed him
as "M. Thiers," and he in reply called
her "Mine. Thiers." 11 in tastes, whims
and convenience were studied by her.
She had a fresh complexion when seen
from home. At the Place St. George
she looked bilious, and she knew why,
but did not mind. M.Thiers happen
ed once to say tliut green reposed fati
gued eves. She therefore luid the
curtains dyed that tint and the wains
cotings covered over with green satin,
than which nothing is more trying to
a lady's complexion. A number of
the fair hahiluces of her salon, to Im*
in tune with the universal greenery
there, made a point of dressing in
white whenever they went to pass the
j evening with her.
As M. Thiers kmc at ■"> Mine.Thiers
was also on foot at that hour to look
I after him, and was too busy with
; household cares.to tul.e a siesta. In
I the evening sleep often overcame her
| between dinner and bedtime. The ef
i feet of her somnolence was often ludi
crous. She would begin a conversa
tion with, say M. Amine—also ouc of
| the tribe of old bachelor friends- drop
I alcep in her arm chair, and ten mill
j utrs later start up, and without exact
j ly knowing where she was, resume it
| with somebody else. I have heard her
thus talk on the same subject, ami a*
if to the same person, to Dmis Her
beite, I'rinco Orlolf, I'rineo llolicu
lohe, ami the Due de Hro/flic. Mine.
J Thiers, the night the Hlouse-blanche
mob attacked her house in I*7o. faced
it and really cowed it. Iler courage
| also rose with danger. She had great
pluck, although I believe in her life
she never quarrelled with relative, or
friend. (hi the occasion of M. Thiers'
! funeral she defied M. Fourlou and
1 won the admiration of republican
j France by the high tone which she
i t*)"k in communicating with the Gov
ernment. Hhe was the sovereign of
I'ari* the day on which she preceded
M. Thiers' eorpe in a gala carriage
inutticd up iu erupc t<> I'ere Hachaise,
and her popularity had not abated on
the day of the tir-t anniversary mass.
The line taken by Mine. Thiers and i
the publication by her of M. Thiers' '
Inst political manifesto in a great incus- ;
lire in-ured the defeat of the Klvsoe |
party. She could not resign herself i
,to the subsequent forget fulness into j
which hi* "great memory" had fallen.
Iu Helfort. because he saved it from
the Prussians, *he tewk to the very last \
a deep interest. The poor of Helfort
were the object of her particular so- i
licitude, ami a quarter of an hour be
fore she drew lor !at breath she ls-g- j
gc<|—the Mayor of that town having
cuih-d—that be should In* brought to i
her bed-ide. It wa- her wish to send
a me-sage to Helfort. Hut her weak- ,
iu--- wa> too great to sjs-ak when he
i amp. She took his hand in one of j
hers and with the other pointed to a
bu*t of M. Thiers. Doubtb-* she
wanted to express a patriotic senti
ment and to connect him with it- It
i- said that she ha- bequeathed her
house for life to her -i-ter, and on her
death to the city of Pari- to be con
verted into a Thiers musi urn
Manufacturer* Mtmihl (to South.
('ol. Met 'lure sums up in hi* paper,
the Philadelphia Timr*, the result of i
hi* recent trip through the Smth. and
among other things lie say-:
" The manufacturers ot the North
must soon go Suiih with their cotton
-pindle* ami looms, and those who go
earliest will reap the richest harvest.
It i* a violation of all the laws of;
trade to transport the cotton a thou- !
-ami mile.* to an inhospitable climate, I
where water pnweri- unreliable a third j
of the year, ami when* it ucii-.-arilv
c -t.- iiior> to -u-taiu lab r than where I
the cotton is grown. Our struggling
cotton lactone- in Pennsylvania would
le earning from ten to thirty | r cent. •
on the great water-power* ol the ?*a
vniinah or the Alabama, where laimr ;
is cheap, where the climate is the most I
genial to in' found on the continent, j
ami where the cotton lint can lie fur- I
ni-lied fresh from the gin. lii-tcau of
incurring the expense of (lacking, of j
transportation and re-separating the
lint, at much cost to the fibre, the cot- ;
toll should, nml soon will, he spun di- |
rectlv from tho gin, by cheaper Inbor, !
ami turned into better fabric* than '
can lie furnished with all the skill of
the North. Those who *av that capi-j
tal is not safe in the .South cither ;
know not what they say or mean to Iw
untruthful. In every Southern State i
there is n supreme de-ire to have the j (
factory everywhere that the raw ma- ■
terial is furnishes!, and South Carolina f
exempts every factory from all taxa- i
lion for tcu years. In both the Cam- ;
linas, Georgia, Texan, Arkansas, Mis- ,
si*sippi and Tennessee, there are
lar emigration liuriau*, not only in- i
viting but urging while settlers, and \
even .Mississippi has several of the
largest and most successful factories in
the South. The cotton crop of this j
year will lie worth three hundred mil- |
lions of dollars, and when simply spun |
into vara, it will l worth nearly {
three hundred million* more. Where |
in all the world is there so wide and <
so tempting a field for legitimate en
terprise and large profits? I believe i
that half the whole cotton product will |
he spun in the South before another <
ten years, and the succeeding decade (
will furuish Southern factories for the ,
entire crop. The factory and the ,
school will go hand iu hand in the |
South, and the factory princes from |
the North will next lie bulldozing the ,
black man in the South to vote against |
tho present oppressive tariff upon cot- |
ton machinery." I
Yot; may write it down as an in- i
disputable fact, that when a man talks \
a great deal about his religion he is I
■imply exaggerating his capital in or- t
der to catch trade. t
A KINU OP THE PLAINS.
1 TIIE SUDDEN lIEATH OF A FAMOUS FKO.N
TIEH STOCK OKOWER— Ills RF.MARK
, AIII.K IIISTORV,
Hint John Kittson woul<l die with
ln boots on was confidently predicted
by everybody who knew the (treat Oil
orado cuttle king. |J„t old cuttle buy
-1 or* in the Fust who knew him in his
curly duys eouhl hardly credit the
dispatch that came yesterday, un
flouncing that the heron.* frontier-man
I hud actually come to his end by being
i thrown from that luxurious vehicle of
i ! civilization, u carriage. There were
' , bigger stock growers on the plains than
Kittson. Colonel Kichard King, on
his ranchc on the Santa Gertrude*
river, Texas, kept do,(KM) cattle. Mif.
. lin Kennedy built u board fence thir
-1 j ty-ouc miles long across the neck of u
; peninsula piojccting into the Gulf of
: Mexico, und hud JO.'KKf head ol cattle
I and thousands of horses and sheep in
tin* IMu,OOO acre enclosure. Kittson
1 ! in his palmiest days never hud over
JO/HM) head of cattle, but he was bet
ter known to all cuttle men than any
of the rest.
John Kittson was born in the woods
of I enncs-ee fifiy years ago, and hi*
curly years were s|m-iil in felling tim
ber, pulling stumps, and breaking
' | ground for crops of corn and wheat.
I Wore lie was twenty-five he begun to
grow discontented with his outlook.
I and he sought for some e-enpe from a
! long life of struggle against poverty.
| The Mexican war hud ojsm-d up
I'exas and the adjacent country for
settlement, and Kittson made up his
• mind to go thither to seek to better
his fortunes. Ke sold his Tonne-see
farm, bought sixty cows and nine
| brood mares, and struck out into the
wilderness beyond the Jtrazos river,
i Ke employed men as fearless a- hirn
-1 self to help him, ami established his
j ranchc in a country filled with hostile
' Indians and predatory bands of Mexi
| ean outlaws. For the next fifteen
I years his life was u continual warfare,
uud bis reputation for bold and daring
deeds became known far ami wide.
Ke was a man of commanding pre*.
I cure, a splendid horseman, and a dead
J shot. No Comanche who got within
| range of the long, muzzle-loading ritle
thaCHiltson took with him from T< n
j nc-ss-c ever returned tn hi-ramp fire.
When Kittson opened fire ■ u them
from a breech-loader, ono of the first
i repeating ritb- ever seen on the fron
tii r, and gave them a dozen -hots a
minute, his enemies were more than
j ever convinced that they were dealing
with a sU|h rhuman being. He carved
nut a grazing place in this hostile
country, and maintained it agaiust
great odd iti repeated attacks. As i
civilization approached he moved
further on to the frontier, and grazed
hi* mttle up the IV-cos Valley into
New Mexico. Hi- fortune- in this
time had many change-. The hands
of cattle thieves ami Indian- would
sometime* attack and kill his cow
: twiys and drive away the herd-, hut
ilittsou would rally a mounted force,
run down, and shoot or hang the
thieve* and gather up his cattle again.
At other time* Indians would success
fully drive away his cattle, and, again,
severe winters, disease, or had market
| would nearly ruin him. Hut at the
lend of eighteen years from the time
j lie started out Kittson had -I'l.OdO
head of cattle, 00.000 acre* of land,
ami a long hank account. For the
1 past dozcu year* he experienced more
imd than good fortune. Ten year* ago
he quit the l'eeo* country, in New-
Mexico, and bought 20.00" acres of
land fifty mile* east of Denver, (01.
Hi* purchase lay along the only
streams in that section of country, and
the 200,000 acre* of adjoining land,
belonging to the government, was
valuelcs- except a- a grazing ground
I for Hitt*on's cattle. He stocked the
rairt he with 10,000 to 12,000 head of
cattle ami 400 to 000 ponies, and em- ;
ployed about -TOO men. All this
property, his house, and all its lie
longings amounting in value to 9500,- j
! 000 or more, was vest**! in bis wife,
i The assigning of the property was
made necessary by the series of costly
litigation* in wluch he had become iu
' volved over cattle of disputed owner
ship that he had bought,
■ Mr. Kittson was in the prime of
manhood at the time of his death.
He was six feet one inch tall, straight,
lithe, and sinewy. He was a blond in
complexion, and wore bis light-colored
hair long. He had a finely cut face.,
the striking feature of which was the
firm, square-set jaws, which stamped
him a* a man of resolution. His eyes
were a clear, steely blue, ordinarily
pleasant in expression, but flashing
fire when he was aroused. Mr. Kitt
son was usually a genial, companion
able man, but when excited by liquor,
as he not infrequently was in hi* later
years, he was a dangerous man to cross.
"He always carrier? a pair of heavy
pistols, and they were used in a twinli- i
ling when his passion was up. His
cow-boys liked him, but feared him,
and his long battles with the Mexicans
on the Texas frontier made the herd
er* of that race give him a wide berth.
His lifetime on the frontier had made
him a sort of law unto himself, and i
courts and juries were to him slow
means of administering justice. He
believer! in dealing with offenders on
the spot, without any waste of time. i
As a host on his big ranchc Uittson i
was a royal entertainer, and no one 1
who has been his gurat will ever forget
his generous, almost lavish hospital!- i
ty. Other particulars of his death, t
tlian that he was thrown from a ear-)
riage by n runaway home on Christmas
Hay, have not been received.
lirlmoi, of lowa.
IIOW lIIK (II.|J OOVKRNOK AiTr.li AH I'OBTZa
yon a in,t omce-iSEKKH.
From tl !'iw. hi.i,. |t. rl .i. r
I lie? billowing *tory of ex-Governor
, Grimes if vouched fur by one who
knew biro well : The l/-gi* - tt'tire bad
ju*t eon veiled at the capital of lowa.
Governor Grimes bail arrived the
night before and taken room* at a cer
tain hotel—at leant *o a young n*pir
unt for ofliee from a distant jiortion
, of the State ascertained a* b<- drove
i j op ami alighted from hi* carriage at
. the step* of that public house. The
1 hostler threw off his trunk, and the
landlord conducted biro to his r'*<rii,
L leaving t|,,. trunk in the bar-room.
I" W i*hiiig hi* trunk, the young man de
. j munded to have it brought up, und
i seeing a loan passing through the lower
i ball whom l<c took to be the |>orter, he
gave his command* in an iriiperioua
and lofty tone. Ibe order was obeyed,
the man charging a piarter of a dol
' ' :ir r M 'rvicw. A marked quar
ter that was good for only twenty
cent* was slipped slyly into hi* band
. and wa put into bis pocket by the
. man, with a smile.
"And now, sirrah!" cried the new
, arrival, you aiviTiair f Irimc*?"
' O yes, sir,"
l "Well, take my card to him and tell
him I wish an interview- with him at
i ; bis earliest convenience."
A peculiar look flashed from tie
, man's blue even and with a smile,ex
■ lending bis band, he said :
"I am (iovernor (irimes, at vour
1 service, sir."
"V ou—l —that is, my dear sir, 1
beg—a— a thousand pardons !"
"None needed at all, sir," replied
(iovernor Grimes. "1 was rather fa
vorably impressed with your letter
ami had thought you well suited for
the office specified. Hut, sir, anv man
who would swindle a workman out of
a paltry five cents would defraud the
i public treasury bad be an opportunity.
< >ood evening, sir."
A ( hararterlstfr Anecdote About "Old
T had."
Pierce M. H. Young, now a repre
sent all v e in < "ongrcss trom Mississippi,
u < oufdierate (ieiieral ami a graduate
of West Point, tells tbi- story of Old
; I bad. Mevcii* : \ oung came to Wash
i ingtou *< on after the war seeking to
■have his disabilities removed. lie
accepted the result* of the war in good
faith. He vint to '1 had. Stevens,
who was chairman of the Election
Committee, ami Tbad. began to plav
with him, a* he sometimes did with
tbo- whom he intended to make his
vfrti n*. He said :
"You are a graduate of West Point,
I believe?"
"Yes, sir."
"Educated at the expense of the
I niled States, I (relieve, which you
swore faithfully to defend !"
"Ye*, sir."
"You went into service for the in
fi rnal rebellion ?"
"Y-s. sir."
ou were brigade commander of
the raid into Pennsylvania, which de
stroyed the property of so many of
my constituents ?"
"Yes, sir."
"It was a squad of men under your
direct charge, ami under your personal
command, that burned my rolling mill
| down ?"
"Yes, sir."
Young thought he was gone, but
seeing that the old veteran bad conic
into the possession of the last fact,
which Young did not dream he knew,
; it wa* ifu|K*sihle to deny the truth of
hi* questions. Tliad. roared out.
"Well, I like your d—d impudence.
1 w ill *ee t| ta t your disabilities are re
moved. Good morning." And the
next day the bill passed the House.
A Story of Lincoln.
; From the Uealin£ Neurit
The Rev. James Phrigley, who is
well known here, was appointed by
President Lincoln a hospital chaplain
during the war. Pending his confirm
ation by the United States Senate, a
self constituted committee of the
Young Men's Christian Association
called on the President to protest
against the appointment. After Mr.
Shrigley's name had been mentioued
the President said :
"Oh. yes, I have sent it to the Stn
ate. His testimonials are highly sat
isfactory, and the appointment will no
doubt lc confirmed at an early day."
The young nun replied: "But sir,
we have come not to ask for the ap
pointment, but to solicit you to with
draw the nomination on the ground
that Mr. Shrigley is not evangelical in
his sentiments.
"Ah!" said the President, "that
alters the case. On w hat point of the
doctrine is the gentleman unsound?"
"lie does not believe in endless
punishment," was the reply.
"Yes." added another member of
the committee, "he believes that even
the rebels themselves will finally be
saved, and it will never do to have a
man with such views hospital chap
lain."
The President hesitated to reply for
a moment, and then responded 'with
an emphasis they will long remember:
"If that be so, gentlemen, and there
be any way under heaven whereby the
rebel* can be saved, then, fcr God's
sake, let the man be appointed f'
He was appointed.