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VOLUME 3rx-KTx,
Petal.
_
.Just from the skies, '
• In th_lifish of midnight dreary,
Glaspeifiwith peace the aching oyes,
Bore their-little sufferer weary
Home, to rest in
.11ea'ren's sweet morrow
- While far round ouVootsteps spread
Depths of wild, nurr4ering sorrow;
.•. Baby's dead
Still around the brow'sd fair •
More than earthly heintylingeri ;
Gently smooth the fall'ng
Fold the tiny nimAng fingers ;
Twine the curls so proudly tended; '
\ In a halo round the head ;
Prlde and hoPe alike are ended, • •
Baby's dead.:
Lenell‘to the hopeless tomb
Itarllng`ehtld: bow shall we yield. thee ?
Fromits drear,eorrodlng gloom
I.Oye would s freely dle - to shield thee.:
Can we bear that lust should gather
Round our darltug g r oldeu head? •
Spare the bitter cup,.o ather,
. B.acrs de 1
Dead l and light Is quenehedln team,
liopeszthat blossomed but to wither,
Sonny dreams of after years
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mig
Lost In death's cold stream forever—.
Sun and moon and 'stars are smitten "2:,
With despair's dirk night Werspread';.
Round the universe Is written,
. Baby's dead! .
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Ilyl7-73.
Darling, from pour slumbers deep,.
. Mother calls-will you not waken? It
In that lone, mysterious -sleep,
140 you dreani.of hearts for, , akta: ? •
SIN a liere Joey neer droop and languh.l.l,
Are you watching overhead?
Oh, th 3 passion of the anguish,
, Baby's dead • •
Peace, MUM., may hash the strife:,
Where no mists of parting sever,
We may greet the crowned with life,
Clasp thee In Cur love forever.
Itut to-night, bereft and lonely,
Yearn we for our treasure fled,
' While weird echoes.answer only, -
Baby's dead
1313103:13
[l, b.1"78
M. Quad In Detroit Free riess
The boys used to ,say that you
couldn't understand a man until you
had tented withliim at the front, and,
there was cOnside-rable weight to the
saying. A comrade might be known
as - a jolly, good-hearted • fellow at
'mule, but his whole nature would
change in a week when you had him.
where the teal manhood and worth
of a man came to the surface, or
where a miserably mean spirit took
the place of it and disgusted you
with him. A comrade-who shared
his last cracker, performed his full
share of camp and Feld work, stood
by you in sickness and divided cloth
ing with you in health—such a man
.was more to you than all the broth
ers at line, and if he lived .to come
out' of the war has not been forgot
ten., The army is the 'place where a
man can be meaner than dirt and ug
lier than. a wolf and yet retain his
place in the ranks, or' he. can be a
‘t•liite man all through and receive no
reward except the gratitude of his
tentmate. • '
Ntivr, I npver saw a meaner private
soldier or a more sulky and morose
tent-mate than luck gave me in the
winter of Ititt4-65. lie came down
to us in the fall a recruit; having en
listed for the big liounty, and at that
time the old vets Who had faced shot
and shell for several years bad an
edgewise Noting against these "frkSh
fish," who had pocketed five or six
hundred dollars and came down to
spend the Winter in a warm hut.
some of the i recruits realized this,
and by their-good nature and pleas
ant ways soon banished the feeling
o far as they were concerned. Oth
er were nettled and indignant, and
were, not inclined that the' old vets
snoult get relieved of one single
camp du ,v because of the arrival of
new men.
Fate or lu sent me "Jim Shanks"
for a tent-matt, lie was : ;Jim some
one elsc, but the nickname was very
appropriate. lie 'was dogged and
sullen from the firA and we hadn't
known each other twnhours oefore
worbad a quarrel. N'tet day we
fought again, and after th. t we did
not exchange a word for tlir e weeks.
Wien I saw how mean he v6s . and
found that kind words, kind wlttes
and a friendly i,nterest would not
touch him - , I let him alone as far as I
could, and contented myself with
knowing that every member of Com- ,
pang "E" hated him as much as I
did. •
a illy 27,'76
J: N. CALIFF
One night a band of twenty-five
men moved out of our camp ! for 'a
scot C across the Loaded Valley, then .
held by Mosby, and luck placed Jim
Shanks alongside of mc. He was
selected by accident, it being the in
tention to take a better man,'but he
was there just the same, silent, sullen
and ready to elbOw or bayonet any
one accidentally brushed hire - .
That night as we filed along the mud-
dy high Way, speaking only in whis
pers, I saw Jim in front of me and 1
whispered to myself : -
"Jim Shanks, if.. you don't get
killed down here you'll be hung. for
murder before you are out of the ar
my a year."
Just in the gray.of the morning,
and when within a mile of Union
Town, Jim Shanks and myseltwere
sent forward, to reconnoitre: I would
sooner hate gone alone And ten times
sooner have 'had the company of any
one else, but luck decided it. We
said 'iota-word. I watched Jim aid
saw that he was cool as an
Old sol
dier. He knew as well asi. did th t
we were a - dtancing on Mosby's head
quarters, but - he stepped out boldly
and with no change in his demeanor.
TOWANDA, PA
When we had nearly reached the
church ;standing on the hill above
the town and facing the road leading
away to Leesburg, I halted, knowing
that a picket post must be near. I
had not eichangid a word with Jim
for days, but- now I whispered to'
him that we must proceed with cau
tion.
Feb 7.7, '79
"If you are tired sit dolvn in the
mud," he :growled-, striding along,
and alter a minute I followed him,
both of us walking on the side of the
highway. I knew we would ',soon
strike the picket, but - it was either
follow Jim or turn back.. Suddenly
and. without a word, five or six„men
rose up in our path. I had hardly
discerned them when one seiz4my
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14, 1878
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"BABY'S DEAD."
Jtlisrcllaneons.
"JIM SHANKS."
A STORY OF THE WAR.
g.,
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carbine and another tripped me down
while a third growled out :
"If you make any fuss you'll get a
bullet mighty..quick.'? . • •
I didn't prdpose.o \ make any fats,
but Jim Shauks slid. l'*e two men
who grabbed tit 'him were i brushed
off. like :flies, and whirling \ his eat
bine around his head he clet7.d a
path for himself, and was lbst iirthe
darkness. •More than.a dozen' shots
were fired after him and "being t - inter
cepted on hiiretreat crown tire road
he made for the chfireA on the hill.
Before he reached it ihere Were a
t
score of enemies about' him; and the
reoortis of. the Carbines ounded more
like a brisk 'skirmish t mu a . conflict
with a single . soldier, a d a raw re
cruit nt that. I think lie . . meant to
get into the_clifirch,.though he could
• not have told whether it was .a church
or other building in. the thirkness.
Failing to get - in he found a retreat
under the front steps,..and in the
darkness-the Confederates believe&
fiat he had escaped altogether 4 Tbe34
owever threw a line of videtteS
across roads, and fields, and its would
not havobeen possible for Jim Shank,s:
to regain the road by which We ligi
come..• .
\‘: had -the rest • Of the command
-inbred up- on hearing the row there
might have been a . show to release
both Of us, but they did not come.
By the time the soldiers had given
up the search for Jim our comrades
were on the back track fur the Poto-
.
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mac. .
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I was rerainetit the pieketp t
because Mosby's \lieutenant -as
there and lice:it* la hoped to tribe
Or frighten me into furr \ ushirt infor
mation
mation of value. I was itt refore in
a -fiosition to see the if ult \ of Jim
Shank's work, .single- - anded \ and
alone. When, he bro away he\dis
-1
abled one man by a blow. from-his
carbine. In his Wit he killed one
and wounded tw yothers. Wounded
and dead were brought to the picket
post andl- saw them. Mosby's men
were, teriibly incensed and , but for
the fear of an attack by our force,
whose strength they did not, know, 1
believe they would have hung me up
in their first rage. _
It was the guerrilla chieftain's last
dash,into the beautiful valley. lie
was gathering forage and hurrying it
back to Lee's lines, and many farm
ers were rubbed of their last horse
and their_last ear of corn. In three
days`more they would have been out
of the valley entirely.
At the first signs of daylight, and
when the old church on the hill was
hardly- visible through the gray of
morning, came a bullet which bored
a soldier through and dropped him
dead in his tracks. It was from the
carbine of Jim Shanks. Hiding nn
der the steps he had only waited for
daylight to open the fight anew—not
waiting to be hunted out and cap
titled. All was excitement in an in
stant.. As soon as Jim's location
was betrayed the guerrillas scattered
and formed a, skirmish line. The
fire of this line was concentrated on
the steps and Was as rapid as if op
posed to a line of battle. The firing
had just begun when one of the skir
mishers fell away from a stump-with
a bullet in his head. In three min
utes another was shot through the
chest. Jim Shanks had fdrty rounds
of amunition and he fired slowly-and
with precision. I could see splinters
ay from the steps every time a hall
struck and 1 knew that many of the
bullets were driving right through
the boards. For along twenty min
utes .Jim held that skirmish line of
thirty-five men at bay, killing three
and wounding two,* I cpunt'ng his
shots, and he fired, just twenty-one
timCs.
A reinforcement of about.twenty
tnounttd men finally came up and
hitched •their h o rses under corer Of
the hill, tlle metittaking the skirmish
line. just as the firing began anew
Jim Shanks suddenly left his cover
and ran for the horses down the road.
Every skirmisher ,rose up and there,
must have been at least one hundred
bullets fired. at the running man in
the next 'Minute:. I saw them plow'
up the earth all around him and one
of them - sent his cap sailing in the
air. As he hot in line with the horses
the fire slackened, while the men saw
his plan and rushed forward. Jim
was, in no kurry. Resting his ear
bine over a saddle he wounded an
)ther of his pursuersi and it seemed
a ull minute before he mounted and
ror • otf towards Leesburg. ' There
was .A rush for the horses and 811:113,
they galloped after the recruit tiring
as they r e., \
luck that Ara rre that hadstood
by 3:m 'Shanks in \bis fight might
have aided liim\to escape had he se
leeted a better, borSe. After a gal
lop of half an hour a found his pur
suers gaittikg, and . --itrying to 'get"
into the Ileitis his ho e fell, rolled:
i .ill
over the poet. fellow, ank the pursu
ers found him dead when ey ro;le
up. Ilis clothing was fairly riddled
ik,
with - bullets, and yet his, &A had
bot• been scratched. The chitrch
steps were as full of holes as a ab -
ander mid about the same distance
apart, and yet Jim was not wounded.
Meats spirited, obstinate, and dogged'
as a tent-mate, he had. the courage of
a lion and the -gallantry - of a kifight,
and the first and last grave ever dug
for a Union soldier by Mosby's-men
was hollowed out for a recruit who .
had never been at the front.
CASTOR OIL DtsoursEn.—A domes
tic in an up-town New-York family,
one morning before breakfast, took
the following prescription to a drug
gist in the neighborhood : "Please
give the bearer a double dose of ea..s.
tor oil with taste disgusted." Hand
ing it to the eleik, she- sat down to
await the preparation, but was agree
ably surprised to be soon -asked if
she would like a glass of soda water.
Having drank it, she resumed. her
seat and waited for fifteen minutes.
She then remarked she was "afraid
the folks would. be ready. for break
fast " if she did not go soon. " Well,"
said the clerk, " what are you mating
for ?" . " Why, for that prescriptioni"
she said. "Why, I gave it to you in
hat glass of soda water some time
ago." ".Olt; law !".was the teply, "it
was tot for me ; .'twas for a man,
down at the housed"—Proridence
Journal:
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TOWANDA, BRADFOt) COUNTY, PL I , TiEURSDAY
A. D9litiaTlO. co . IiEDX:
Here id. a little comedy which wo
acted out in the southern snbu;'bs'a
few days ago': -
Scene I.—Pa (who together= with
ma is going to spend the day at
Aunt Sallies in the country )--"Now.
be a good boy, Frankie, and take
care of things like 'a little man."
.Frankie. " - Es-sir."
Ma. "And don't go near the Cis.
tern nor meddle with the clock nor
chase the chickens." •. . - •, .
Frankie. "No'm." -
Pa. "'And, don't go about the sta. -
ble, and itineMber you are not to
touch the horse. if I' hear of 'you
ever going in the stable. I'll malt
you .see smoke. \ Understand, sir ' '
Frankie. "Es-sir-." . .
Pa: '' And maybe\l'll get, owe,
pair ar,skates to.morrevr.. •ou are
not to go about the lior4e; coy, F "
Frankie. " No, sir."
Pa (patting . his he ). "That's
right ; you are pa's I' lie man." -
Ma. ' ",And ma' ;" (kisses him
good-bye.)`'. ~
. Scene 11.-L( Two hours later)..—
Frankie
,goesA'o the stable, bridles
1
the horse, • Ides into the street,
knocks do nan old woman's apple
stand, co t ides with • a funk Wagon,
1,, ,
- an).l is fially ti i topped and taken home
with 0-ether:damage than . a broken'
brit) e - rein.
.-:::.- -<,:.
/ Scence lll.—Frankie sitting -- on
,the'wood-pile chewing hOtir after
hour the broken ends of the bridle
rein. -
Scene . (on'.her return).
" And you haven't been near the cis
tern, nor meddled with the clock nor
chased the chickens.?-."
Frankie. No're." .
Pa. "And you haven't been about
the horse!" •
Frankie. " No, sTr.".
Pa. " That's a :lihe felleparl Here
are some chi!stnuts . Aunt Sallie sent
you. .
Se , ene V.—(At the stable)—Pa.
". Franklin !"
Frankie. " Es-sir."
I'a: " Came 'ere, sir!" (lowering):
" What tioethis.• mean ? Look at
this bridle! Didn't I tell you not to
go near the stable \ sir ?" • -
Frankie. " but—but
,L-ain't
had' the bridle itall; \ I ain't; . an' it
looks' l ike—like the calf 'huts been a
chewin' of it again—it does."
Va. "It does took- that way; that
everlasting calf! I'll sell hirn-Ao-mor
row. It's the second new bridle he's
ruined,'"
Scene VI.—A calf led to the
butcher's; a father buying a pair of
skates out of the prbceeds; a happy
boy .Gn the ice.
HOW THE ALPS WERE FORKED.
Professor Judd of the Royal School
of Mines, London, gave recently an
interesting explanatian of the for
mation of the Swiss Alps.' The re
sults of geological observations, he
said, show that four stage - 8 - can be
recognized in the history of these
Alps. First, the existence of a line
of weakness in the earth's crust near
ly coincident with the • line of the
preSent mountains. • This is evi 7
pence(' by the :fact that along this
line of weakness there were volcanic
tfutbursts, tbe results of which can
still .be traced. -- Secondly, there fol
lowed along this line of weakness a:
At.pi e ssion, and in this litige - "trough"
of miles in extent there were accu
mulated s,uids, limestones ami . clays
-by various forms of water agencies;
and by animals living in the waters.
hirdly, there followed the eons:on
-Wit:ion of these 'loose and soft mate
: There is evidence that the ac
cumulation was of from six to seven
miles in thickness, and the mere
weight of the superincumbent mate
rial on the loweratrata would have a
shaie in effecting consolidation. But
this was not all. Under this vast
covering heat had led to erystallizat
Lion from . fusion. There was, too,
the crushing in from the sides of the
.trough. This was illustrated: by a
model of the late Sir 11. De La Roche,
where the lateral preure was em
!duet' on laYers of different colored
cloth, showing how crumpling result
ed, with uplifting of parts of the nc•-
•cumulated mass . Fourthly, there
had • been the sculpturing of all this
into its present form, which was the
work of rains and frost's. Some -of
the existing peaks, even three thous
and feet high, were composed entire
-IY'of the disintegrated_ material re
sulting from the action of the water,
either as ice in glaciers. or as rain
and streams. The amount of mate{
rial removed in this way was so stu
pendous-that it was -almost stagger
in;g to grasp the facts. The . .sculp-
Luring of the contours is still going
on. This fourth stage was of quite
recent date ' •speaking - geologically ;
hut the whole history involved a
lapse of time which at the beginning
of this century philosophers would
• not -have been prepared to
_grant,
even if this since acquired knowl
edge of facts, had been presented to
them.
-.7
LODGF.B . OF FRI E MASONS.—The
following statistics of the number of
lodges of Free Masons which exi4d.
at the\end of last year will be_ I:%*d
with iOtirest ; In Germany there
were 342- odges ; in Switzerland, .3;
Hungary, ; 4
Roumania, 11; Sciiiia,
1 ; England a d Wales, 1,187; Scot
land, 334 ; Irel Tl, 289; Gibraltar, 5;
Malta, 4 ;
• Holl , ind and Luxembourg,
46 ; . Belgium, 15; Denmark, 7; - Swe
denand -Norway, 18 ; • France, 28q i
spain; about 309 ; Portugal, .12; Ita
lv, 110 ; Greece, 11; Turkey, 26 ;
Egypt, 28; Tunis, 2; Algeria, 11;
Morocco; 2 ; the West Coast - of Afri
ca, 11; African Islands, 25 ; the Cape,
61; Arabia (Men), 1 ; India, 118.;
Indian Islands, 16; China, 13; Ja
pan, 5; Australian Islands, 4; Aus
tralia; 229; New Zealand, 81 ;.ljnited
States, 9,894; _Canada, 535; Cuba,
30 ; Ilayti, 32 . ; West Indian ;Islands,
65; Mexico, 13 ; Brazil, 256; other
.•
- States in. South America, 179—a to
tal of about 15,000 lodges.. The nurd
her of Free Masons is• about 6,00.0,-
000. ' . : ' •
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A coTimrou:lnir complains - that "the
Indians will raver get; ahead as long as
they' are swindleithy agents." Perhaps
not ; but they 'don't care for' the head as
long as they get the scalp.—Norrisiogn
Herald.'
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,!i :. I , pIARDLEOS OP DENVNOIATION Pit Wat ANY QU TLC 3
CAPlrmammt]ma.
. . , ,
In this paper the death Pen , ltk tis
a means of- terror -to Ad s& other&
froth Minewill be briefly Ofisidered.
This is the only, reason eservifigbf
-serious consideration that can
urged in tayor of ea tal puniihm - ent.
The foundation fit this reason is'. the:
belief that the ve of life and the
fear of death are the strongest feel
'figs . inhere . in the human mind,',
and whit everyone high andi. low, '
rich Or oor equally-shares. - Thiel
propo tion, if true, would'beia pow-,
erfu argument in favor of capital .
p ishrnent. If critically examined,i
oWever, it is, found to be not true.
The lovnotlife -is one among many,
feelings inheient in the human mind;
sometimes strong, sometimes weak.
It may be questioned if there is a
Single individual of the human fami
ly in whom under certain_circtimstan;
ees the fear of death might not be,
come secondary to other considera
tions. "There bkno passion in the
mind of man so weak butlit masters
the fear of death," said Lrd Bacon.
Men risk their- health, Happiness,
lives,
.in the pursuit of wealth or
fame. Thousands deliberately take
their own' lives eVery Tear.. lti is ins
pessible to . glafice over a daily paper, •
without seeing accounts of suicides;
which Showit the fear "of death to he
very weak in a great portion of man
kind. To go further: as czar breaks
out. • The - government calla for vol- .
Unteers. A million of men step for
ward tolace death on the battlefield;
enlisting to shoot and be shot at;
Some for money, some for love of
country, some for the excitement,
some for fame - --every consideration
more powerful than death. Since
death is the: common lot of all, and
threatened in: - a general way, it de
ters men but filightly from their pur
poses; why should it deter the har
dened, desperate, and deer we d man
from -his own special de sires? I
would- - not be understoodkaS imply
ing &that the threat of death never
deters men from the commission of
unlaWful acts: In different degrees
it affects different persons. and in
different degrees it affects the same
persons in different eirettrfistances.
For illustration take a young man
with strong passions and correspond.
ing weak moral sentiments and small
cautiousness. Such a person would
seek most of all the gratification Of
his passions, with little hesitation as
to means. If besides the qualities
he possesses great combinations, he
would - esteem it meritorious - to dare
Alarieer in the execution of his pur
, s,
pf;ses ; • nay, lie would consider it
cowardly and mean to let the menace •
of dal„h deter him. ; If, on the other
hand, te possesses a large amount of
\
eautiousn ss and small courage, even
if predispo ed to crime, the threat
\
of pnnishm t might deter , him.
Also the same - Jerson would in dif
ferent circurasta ces be fleterred in
different degrees \ 'b the death men
ace. Sober, his. Soul, might shrink
from the thought of Crime; drunk,
the threat of death wonkd be abso
lutely impotent to restrain his pas
sions. - .
. Under circumstances - of pr voca . ;:
tion or temptation no human put 'sli,'
ments may be of any effect to de r
a person,
and threatened, they must
inevitably. fail ;to produce the effects
intended.. Take any of our great
dailies and read of the murders that
are followed by:suicide * rand no small
percentage of capital crimes are fol.'
lowed by. the suicide, or attempted
suicide, of 'the murderers. In such'
cases it must be palpably evident to
even the dullest, that the threat of
death could hive - .had no restraining
effect whatever. Life itself, threat
ened as a punishment, would have
.had greater terror to, deter. That
the great majority of criminals are
deterred from crime to a very slight
degree, if at all, by the threat of
death as a _punishment, is ' evident.
from the. fact that nine-tenths of the
atrocious crimes are-committed under
the influence of intoxicating-liquors,
when the faculties are so crazed or
stnpified as -to be unable to distin
guish bet Ween right and wrong. A
wise father would not hold a crazed
idiot son morally accountable for his
acts, neither Would he hope the pun
ishment threatened his children for
disobedience to his commands could
have any restraining effect whatever
on-this son. A man intoxicated by
strong drink is, for the time being,
as irresponsible for his, actions as an
idiot. Yet the law blindly acts on a
different liellef, by licensing the sale
and. use of a poisonous beverage,,
More deadly-in its effects than any
Asiatic p:ague, more degrading,than
all other vices put together; a bev
erage,
too,- which all history shows
mankind will certainly use, it' within
, their reach ; and which, when used,
will as certainly be used to excess,
and Which - must inevitably lead to
crime and misery. DO, not these
facts show that there is a class in
, whom the moral faculties and will.
are so weak that-they are unable to
resist the -temptations to 'evil,-though
threatened by the most severe pun
ishments that the law can inflict ; a
class predisposed by nature and edu
cation to crime itself, or to habits
that must inevitably lead to Crime.
The upholders .of capital punish
ment answer if there is a clas&so
depraved ' and desperate that the
threat of eapital_punishnient can not
deter them from 'crime, yet the in
fliction of this punishment on them
will deter others not quite so desper
ate, who otherwise would not have
.been deterred, and it: this way it
protects society. 'This argument for
capital punishment is contrary to all
principles of right and justice- To
declare death as a penalty to offen&ss,'
which the argument itself admits cer
tain persons by . reason of their in
herent or .acquired defects of char,
aeter, *ill almost inevitably commit,
whether the punishments be attached
ot-not, is-flagrant folly. To proceed
farther and deliberately execute such,
persona - to terrify, not others like
them, for in. similar circumstances/
they would necessarily do _the same
act, but persons entirely:different in
nature and constitution, is flagrant
. injustice. It is nnjust, because un
necessary.. It is unnecessary in this
base - as a means to deter; because
lighter punishments Would - have ac
complished it just ~ i i effectually.
MARCH, 27, 1879.
.
The •vem perso.s who aro disposed
\
to commit crime b t are deterred by
the fear of death, b the same timid
ity of nature would deterred hp
the fed of lighter puni.l
meats; and
the infliction of the dea penalty
can onlybe justified when, 11 other
punishments have failed. .
Finally, It is not the severit , but
certainty of punishmeht that ps•
vents. crime. Slight punishments, if.
sure to follow will prevent 1 great
crimes. The maintenance of a vi,gi
lent police and detective force is the
best possible protection to the prop
erty and the lives of the , people in a
.city, where - crime more than any
where else abounds.
- Though' 'the penalties 'be light
crimes will become unfrequent. Such
as are committed will be mainly in
circumstances where .no considers
tiOns of fear whatever could have
prevented it, and where
.all punish-
Meats Considered as a means of ter
ror to deter, must have failed. The
reason' is because of the. greater cer
tainty of, detection. The believers
in the,old • code sometimes- say than
fad that murderers often try to
get their sentence. commuted to .im
prisonment for life, is a proof that
the fear of deathis'more terrifying
"than iinprisonment. This may be
true,but it . only proves the' argu
ment that it is terrible because cels
- not because severe..Crimirrals
try to get light punishments cornmu-'
ted .. , when they are impending and
certain.
,ILdoes not
,proVe that the
,death penalty • deters from crime ;
rather that it .does not, since the
criminal has committed his crime
and received sentence. Neither, - if
the murderer could have been de
terred by. the death penalty does it
prove that no otlitir lighter penalty
would have deterred him. . Moreover
the excessive severity ofl a punish
meat prevents its certainty. by hill=
Bering its execution. " - When the . .
punishment - surpasses all meaSure."
says li i lackstone, "the public will
out of humanity prefer' impunity to
it." 'Carrying the idea of the death_
penalty. as a means of terror to de-,
ter from crime further,'we can see no
reason why torture should not. be
supplemented. Certainly, if' death
alone will . deter, torture. would give
'additional terror. Then bring out
.the old thumb-screwi f erumbling with
the m 0 1 .4 of ages ; set, up the stake,
And whipping-post, and rack again.
Why not, too, set them up in the
public squares, wlieret all. would-be offenders may see and profit by the
sight. Every reason urged in . sup
port of capital punishment, carried
to its legitimate consequences, would
support public torture. It is.answer
ed that torture is needless cruelty:
We say that capital punishment is a
needless cruelty. If needless, it must
be a cruelty. The needless taking of
a - him:in life, in the mildest manlier,
is an atrocibus cruelty..
That it is needless as a means to
deter from crime, is demonstrated by
the fact that it must and does fail
generally to deter those from crime
who can not be deterred by. lighter
punishments. It is worse.than need- .
less :IA means of Preventingerime ;
absbfutely tends to multiply crime.
There never was an execution, public
or private, that did not call into, ac
tion all the worst passions of human.;
'ty.. It is a fact that can not escape
th notice _of any reading person,.
'the executions are invariably accoin
pan iet by scene of drunkenness, dis•
order, a d often bloodshed ; that it is
always necessary to strengthen the
police in offler tcYreStrain the unusu
al violence o ' the passiOns that the
execution is i tended to awe and
subdue. Statistic show that in i those
countries which h Velnflicted the
death penalty most eqhently -crime
has always most &Kim led, and that .
wherever it has been mot sparingly
inflicted or abolished .crim has de. 7 .
creased.' This is invariably he case.
It is sometimes said that it iS ot fair
to draw a parul'el with barbaroils ma
tions' 'in the matter of crimes aid
punishments. Why not? nll+
merits were intended equally then tea.
noW to act on the criminal class only.
That the criminal class was larger
then, and. Capita! punishnient more
freely administered, only *demon
stratea'sits failure more clearly.' In
England, 300 years ago, there were
nearly 200 offences punishable
with death; now 'practically only
one. The population then 4,000,00 ii,
now 20,000,000. In this 20,000,000
there arc as many person's disposed'
to crime as then in• the 4,000,000
very likely more. Yet now, with
only one death penalty - there are .
fewer sanguinary crimes' , committed,
and life ,and property protected than
then with nearly 200 death penalties.
The reports of Sir James MaCkintooll
for the - first seven years after the ab
olition of capital punishment; in-Bom
bay, as register, show nearly one
third less , capital convictions than
during the -last seven. .years pre- -
vious, although the poPulation was ,
steadily increasing. Here 'was an.
experiment in 'a 'barbarian . country
with the most flattering results.
Wherever the experiment . has been
tried, either here or in, Europei it has
proved a success: During the. last
30 years previous to. the 'aiolition
capital punisb.MentMichigan,,,
there were 30 convictions forMurderi:
during the next 39 years:there were
only 21,,although the averagePepu
lation of the - State bad . increased
one-third. In Other States / Where it,
has beet triedi the result /has been
equally as good. / E. S..
The latest experiments with guns
of the largest size Fe quite interest
ing. The highest/velocity imparted
to the shot is 1,626 feet per second.
This is equal to, a mile in a very lit
tle more than' three seconds (3.2 sec
onds.) The pressure on the interior
of the gun was 131 tons. 1n previ
ous experiments, however, where a
less velocity was obtained, the Ares:
sure✓was 21 tong The increased lye-
locity is attributed to the greater
size of the grains of powder used,
and is laid down as an . axiom that
the larger the gun the larger must be
the rains or powder.
Tun last lays of the' setting sun• woe°
shining on the glided frame of a mirror
before which a young fop had been stand
ing for hours trying to arrange a refrac
tory-tie, when he exclaimed, "Alta, at
last its eventide r'
•
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MN
EM
APTEBTAtt.
WILL 'IIVALit CZ kf
!then Twilight gathers in ber sheiries, '
And wheeling erailonnallizti the Marin
The plownien, turning homeirard, leaven
Ths plow told-furrow. loathe broom,
Aid through themolsocholy.oieii ,
The orange drops Its milk-whit‘tilooro.
Tho old delights that go and come ; -
•' Through sorrow, tn. the falling dew, -
Like Waves that wore a wreath of foam
Theldarker that the water& grew;
Flow rand log solitary home
At evening, when the stirs are few. '
: . sad and sweet as bridal tears
Fi\broken homes, to-see withdraw :
_The eh td we lore, have gone the years
..W e ell bed the frosty hills, and saw „ '
--ascend no 11 thelrozeu meres
\ 1,, ,
- - The MI:11111J breaking through the thaw. . -
,Like
Like one who in tie driving snow,
When all the not den peahens dim," :
tilears far.oll voices, f nt and low,
Across the woodland c Wig him;' .
I hear the loved of long lig\
,
- Singing among the seraph .
•
_ An:. as the soft, dissembling lliti ' •
Falls, shadowing into dusky red, -
I think bow beautiful the night '
With gathering stars,is overspread,. . -
Like seeds of many. an old delight '
•... Through sheaves of sorrow harvesied. - •
--ilasper's Nagaztae.
GOED UNDER, THE SEA
'_ The presence of a French .gentle
paw at Milford, Delaware, and his
wanderings over the Polk farrn,.re
call the legends concerning the treas
ure under the water in •'that vicinity:
This-stranger isnot the - first French
man who has sought the sixteen .
kegs of - gold—more than a million
Spanish dollars—burieLtion the - Polk
farm by the -.officers of a French pri
vateer in 1780. The vessel was chased
by a British man-of-wad, put into the
bay, -and just had time to send a boat;
ashore with her treasure before she
was captured. The diary of - Ezra
Polk, who owned the farm in. 18.7•0,
relates at length the circumstaqes
of the burial of the treasure, and at
different times Frenchmen have been
-.there to hunt it; but, owing doubt
less to the washing-of the shore, the
bearings they had no longer applied
to the rich tomb of gold. Underthe,
water near Cape Henlopen, however,
are still greater' deposits of treasure..
Nearly a , century ago'. the De Brock,
a large*nglish man-of-war; cornmah
ded by 'James Drew, was capsized
and sunk while entering' the bay.
BeSides.a fabulous'imount ,of.treas.
tire between her own decks, the De
Brock had in charge - two -Spanish
galleons loaded with specie, and
these galleons went down with the
Man-of-war. -In addition to this;
there was once a Spanish. prize-ship,
'loaded with gold and silver, which.
tried to pass the cape in a storm, but
was lost off, Sinepuxent beach, near
Ocean City—several miles further
'down. Treasure enough was washed
ashqre from this- prize-ship to, make
rich the wreckers who dwelt along'
the,Shore. •
THE wpT.T.RD LAKE.
The greatest wopder in the State
Of . lowa, and- perhaps any other
State, is what is called the Walled
Lake, in Wright . county, twelve
miles non' of the Dubuque and Pa
cific Railway, and one hundred and
fifty_ miles west Of Dubuque city.
Thislake is 'froth two to three feet
higher than the earth - surface. In
some places the wall is ten feet nigh,.
fifteen feet wide at the bottomiand
five feet wide on top. Another, fact
is the size-of the. stones used, in con
structioni the whole of them varying
in weight from three tons down to
one htindyed 'pounds. There is' an
abundance of stones in Wright coun- -
ty, but stirrounding the lake to the
extent of five or ten miles there• are
none .No one. can forth' an idea as
to, the means employed to bring them
to the spot, or who constructed it.
Around the, entire lake is a belt - of
Woodland half's. mile in length, com
posed of oak. With this exception,
the country is a roiling prairie. The
trees must have been planted there
at the time of the building of. the
all. In the spring of the year 185 G
give was a (Treat starlit: The ice on
the lake broke r 'the wall- in several
place and the farmers in the_ vicini
ty wer ''obliged to 'repair the . daml
ages to wevent inundation. : The
lake occui 'es a ground surface - of
twenty-eight tundled acres, and the
depth of 'mate 's as great as twenty,'
five feet„ Tlie ater, is clear.
,RIIA
cohkand the soil andy and-:loanty.
It is singular 'that o - one has 'been
able to %ascertain wre the:waterrom nor where •
comes from goes, yet it.
\ .1.1„
is always . clear and' fresh.
INDIAN I.luNtou.—T , e . A
Indian, although very taciturn\an.
reserved, presents,;according -to- . e
Clucago Times—many. notable fea
tik „
tures of character. - Perhaps no wild
man possesses so keen an apprecia
tion of humor, and so thoroughly en
joys.a joke,. as the American savage.
During the long evenings of the year
the Indians delight to gather in groups
about/the .camp-fire : and indulge
in story-telling, their adventures in
hunting and constituting the burden
&the recital. Probably the popular
idea of Indian eloquence, arising
from the recorded speeches of Red:
Jacket, Corn-Stalk, ,Tecumseh and
cithers, is somewhat exaggerated,.but
now and then Indians are found
among existing tribes who actually
possess great natural power tot ora
tory. - .
Spotted Tail, the celebrated Sioux,
is an eminent -illustration of this.
When in council he becomes engaged
in disCussioni with a joke he closes,
his argument, turns the laugh on his
opponent, under cover of which he'
withdraws from the contest and the
room. An officer of the regular, armY,
who has • been intimately connected
with :the Southern Sioux for some
years. -Old me that on one occasion
in council the conversation assumed
a humorous turn. During the ses.,
sion he told the Indians that no'hon
est men were now•to be found—that
a perfectly honest person had_ grow
ing from the palm of his land.a tuft
of hair. The halals looked rather
increduloo3, but "OU Spot " graiely
insured them that such was the case
-1-that from his own palm a tuft of
hair once sprung, but he had worn it
all off by shaking hands witle white'
people.
$1.60 per Annum In Advance.
111
TIE roily or NThirtrE.
, ••.-
Fropt the litastford Theer. • •:, ,
A very good and .pious-looking
young Man applied for-a positiori in
a - Well-knpwit store last Week. After
he had introduced himself and made
known his wants, the proprietor in
formed him that he would like - to
have a clerk if he could get one that
. -
would suit him. ' -1- ,
" I suppose you go to church, eh'?"
he commenced.
•
"Yes, sir." -: ~
- "Do ,you drink ?" continued the
Merchant, eyeing him sharply. _
"Never !" . - -
" Do you use tobacco in any fortn ?"
Here the young man pushed the
quid into the roof of his mouth and
replied with a smile that 'lva; . child
like and bland : "I never use the
weed, and never did. I cansider. it .
'the lowest and most_ shocking - habit
that a man can be addicted ; to."
"Do you frequent . the. policy
shops;"
" No sir; never!"
" Do you go •to the National The+
tre,dog fights,or boxing exhibitions?"
" Never was at any in my life,"
.• as the 'emphatic reply.
' Can you tell the ace of diamonds
fro ii4he king of clubs ?" :
" I \know nothing whatever of
cards!" s - .
~_
"Do yo ever bet ?" ''''
'"No, sir; don't!"
" Suppose,' the merchant, "a
Man should offe to bet $l,OOO to $lO
that a- three-legge goat, couldontrun
a greyhound, woul •ott take,tom ?"
"\o, sir!" 1 '
" Then you won't do for this es
tablishment.; we don't n't ; you—
\
we never hire fools!"`` \ 1 '' 4
That youth won't be. so go('
time.
SEVERE ON .THE BACHELORS.
The.new watchword in California
is that "the bachelor musf.gol" It
urged that no single= man should
be perinitted ,to vote unless he has
filed, with -the clerk of the -district
court a sworn - declaration of ~his in- .
tention to marry at the first convert._
ient opportunity;. and, -if he is. not
married at the holding of the next
general election, his name Should be ,
stricken from the rollsond heshould .
be perpetually 'disfranchised.
,No
bachelor should be allowed to hold
office, or to go on - the bonds of an
office holder. Any - of this obnoxious
fraternity who have been duly warn
ed to conjugate by a committee of
the most venerable unmarried ladies
in the ward in which they I) . .ve,'and
who shall,fa l il to do So. ninety_
days next succeeding, shall pay into
the county treasury
.one thousand .
dollars each, which shall form a fund,
for defraying the expenses of cook
stoves and cradles r. deserving
young couples who lvgve lately been
wedded in the vicinity. And bache
lors who shall refuse the hea'rt and
hand of any - meritorious lady tinder
forty-five, who shall - halke tendered
the same in good, faith-, shall; be
ostracized from soCiety r _aAd other,
wise punished as the . lady
direct.
FOUND AT 1.,A5r.,-:.Some years two,'
as a Mississippi River steamboat
came to a . river, landing, a tall, mt.
gainly,,gawkiSh looking fellow lean
ing against a woodpile attracted the
attention of 'the .passengers, one ofi
whom, a talkative:and conspiciousi
person, remarked to his friend that
he was going to have some fun out
of. that fellow, SO he jumped ashore
when the boat. landed and with a
great.show of fierceness 'approached
the fello*. Drawing a savage. look
,ing bowie knife he said: "So, old
fellow, I've found•you at last. You're
the man, that stole a dog of mine and
I've sworn to get square. with - , you.
I've been loOking for you a year.
- The gawky lazily/opened his eyes
in wondering amazement at first as
if he didn't under Stand it. -Then catch
ing sight Of the' laughino• ° passengers
looking on frOm the deck he took in
the' situation. Ry the time " Smarty"
had finished telling him how long he
hit.d beeiflo9king for Win he had taken
out his'pucket a fist like a sledge ham=
mer,on the end of the 'aria .of a wind
mill.- He swung it,onee and knock
e,if the man who had been looking for
him plump in the river. 'Then resum
ing his place 'against the ~Wo.odpile be
raised his eyes to the .leek and with
avery lazy drawl inquired
"is there, anybody else on this
boat looking for me ?"
• A. QUESTION . O.E . DA:nauEs.—Some
lawyers 'take very. practical views' of
cases in which -they are retained l In
a certain town. in Misiouri Squire
was defending a charge of
malpractice.' A. - colored man was su
ing for damages ; • his wife hav,ing
ied shortly - after an operation for
th removal of cancer. When it came
Squ' a G—'s tutu to croas-ek
arain the plaintiff, he asked : " Mr.
how Oki was your wife when
she died...".
" About orty,iive, Sir."
" Been - in eble health along time,
had she not, . r." 'Wilson, and cost
you a great deal for .medicine and
help ?.
"Yes, sir."
" . .1.70u have married again, have
you not ?" • 1 - .
."'Yes, sir."
"How : old is - your ,present wife ?"
"About thirty-five, sir."
" Is: she stout and • healthy, Mr.
Wilson ?" •.
"Yes, sir," ••
I'
" Then, Mr. Wilson, will you please
state to this jury.how you. are, dam
aged in this case VI • -•.- '
Ntr.,Wilson had •evidently never
taken this view of the: matter, and
could make - no answer.. The good
and true men thought be bad made
rather a good thing-1T his .11ereave,
ment, and brought in
. a verdict for
the defendant-Harper's Magazine.
0. W. Ilormrs says 'the true girl has
to be sought for." Exactly, and the good
for-nothing young scamp who sponges his
way through the world too often does the
seeking, and gets the girl. who ought .to
be married to -the young mans of sense
who has no- time or inclination to hunt
her up.—Turner's I , l2llcßeporter. . -
N " rEs, I'm a- good dancer," said the
barber, as he sheared oft the blonde locks
of a customer. "See me clip the light
fafilastic tow."—Ohicago Tribune.
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A next
BOY WANTED,
Item the Detroit free Tress. " — ft
A few mornings since a lady,ilv
lug on Clifford street answered( the
bell to find a bulky boy, with an in•
nocent face and peach.colored 'ears
standing on the steps. He explained
that he - wanted to see her husband,
a`ti she answered that her husband
hid left for. his dike.
" I'm the boy who sweeps out all
the dikes where he is," said thiloy
as he backed down the steps, " - and
this morning I founds letter in the ,
big scrap-sack." .
"Well,, you can leave it," she re
plied, • -
" I-LI guess I hadn't 'better," he
half whispered, as he showed the
small pink envelope.
" Boy-that it—boy,. let me see
that letter!" she said as she adVane
xd and extended her hands - -
".Oh, .'twoulOn't be 'away right,
ma'am, 'cause I
.-kiow he'd gin me' ,
fifty cents:'.
" See here, boy," she • said, as. 'she'
felt for the dollar bill left her to buy
coffee and tea, "you take this, give
me the letter and don't say a word
to Mr. about finding it.'
" I don't believe it's pinch of a let
ter," he remarked. • -
tiever
mind—hand it' over- 7 .
here's your money !"
" Mebbe there hain't a word of
writing in it, ma'am."
"Here—give me the letter—now
go !"
, She took it and entered the house
and the boy with the peaclif-colorei
ears flew down thepstreet like a can
nibal going to dinner.
In about forty seconds the woman
cane Out, looked up and down the
street, and the expression around
her mouth was'not happy and peace
ful. The boy had seemed to doubt
that there was any writing inside the
envelope, hut she was not quite pie,
pared to tear it open anS,find a prin
ted document commencing,_" Where
as, default having been made in the
conditions of a certain mortgage,"
etc. She wants in'hold another in
terview:!with - the lad.= If this meets
his eye he will please call be
tween ~t,he hours of eight and ten
'o'clock A. M., when when she feels,
the strongest.
, .
. .
~,,,_
A LETT?.I3,IO).uRPHY.—A little', ~ .
freckle-faced ten-year-old 'school-boy„,
stopped' at the post office-columbia, . '
the othe,r day and, yelled out : .1' '
"Anything for any, of the. r
Ma.,. - ,
phys ?" - - - J --
. \ "'No, there is not". - ..• ' ' - _
" Anythino. for Jane Murphy?"
• t.
\, Nothing." .:
" "Anything for Torn Murphy-?" ". ,
'.
""No, sir, not a bit. g -
• "'lny thing for • Terry ' Murphy?" - -
":',To\.„.rior for P i at Murphy, .nor
Dennis Murphy,. nor Pete
• MurPhy,
.n&r Paul Murphy; , nor Bridget Mul... -
,phy, nor for any. Murphy, dead, liv- '\ '
ing, unborn, natiye or foreign, civil- •
.izecl or
_.uncivilied, . savage or. bar- .
..barons, male or..'lemale, black or '
white, franchised . r' disfranchised,
naturalized or otherwise. . No, sir,
there is,positiyely n'otliiv k for any of '
..
the Murphys; • either Cdividually, ..F
jointly or severally; noVad forever, .','''.7
one and inseparable." • -1. ; ,
Thd boy looked 'at .the post a i ster
in astoni4hment And said: -%
"Please to look' if there is • a y-
thing for .my teabher, Clarence Mu
Ph.Y." . . ' • ~.,. N
Nu MBES. InEVEN THE BIBLE.—In
seven da,ys-a,dove Was sent:
Every •severi day.Othe land rested.
Jacob served 'seven -years : for
Ra'ehel.
Jacob
.tn`ourned seven days for
Joseph.
On the. seventh day Gad ended di
work; .
Abrahark pleaded' seven -tithes for
Sodom.
.
The golden cOldlestieli had seven
branches. • , .
Naamam washed seven • times:, in:
the river Jordan., i ' '• 1
. Jacob was pUrSued a seen days'
journey by Labsil.'., . i ,
• .
Every seventh ;year the laW. was.
read to the people.:' • •
.;
On the seventh day Noah's ark
touched- the ground. • .
• Solomon was. seven. years building'
the temple, - and fasted seven days at e '
• .
its dedication. - • • • - k
• On the seventh-day of the seventh
month, the children of Israel faStefi
seven days in their tents. ' -
;Job's friends sat with. him seven .
days and seven nights, and
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seven bulloCks and seven rams 'as a
atonement. ••''' •
FACT AND PALM .
A PATER that is iways lull of g.
points-4 paper of needles. •
1 W HEN a man's head ii turned, of 'courseitihust be a block-head.—New Teri; Nora.
" DRY tr," said the,sun to an early dew.
Said the egg-shells to' the coffee, '• that
settles it." • -
ox has a neat foot.—Boston Tiala
cript. -Nor'% the neat foot "There
by hangs a' tail."—.9taniford Adrocate..
•
FORT]-FOtili days from , now that-icn
cumber joke will be started - on its fire- -
well tour of the- world.—Xeic York Er;
press. - ; •
TUE Danbury Nrirs mart. has written
six books, and thousands of his readers,
are dead,' but he is alii.e.--Cartltage
publican..
.Trin happiest moment of a barber's life'
is 'when he is boring out your eye with
his forefinger fortified behind a wet towel.
Claude De Haven, . .
" TnuF. worth, like the rose. will - blush
at • its own sweetness." Food ! Could
never understand before wily our facb
was so red.-I'o York Post.
AN Italian his made a clock of bread.
Some unprincipled paragrapher may call
this the knead of the hour, but if he does,
let's not notice him.—Chicago Tribune..'
IF an actor i§-desirous of appearing in
"several pieces " in emeeevening, let him
smoke a cigar in nitro•glycerince facto
ry. He will bring the house down, too.
THE ice nien are going around saying
the ice is so thick they cannot cut it with
out being, put to great expense, conse
quently ice will be dear next summer.—
New York Post.' .
Mns.- Pstrnicarosr, in illustration of we)
proverb,. " A soft answer turneth away
wrath," say.that "It is better to speak.
paregorically of a person. than 'to be all
the tiros, flinging epitaphs at him :" -
A 3n.rr.i) lover tearing the girl laugh
after the event in which his heart was
splintered into a thousand fragments,
called, the cachinatiou the jingling of a
slay-belle.- - Fon du Lae Reporter.
. A SCIENTIFIC club—The bomerang.—
Boston Commercial Bulletin. But as the
boomerang isn't a club at all, such a joke
as this is apt to turn and come back-at
yOu.—Ncio Yoik Mail. So it appears by
the next mail.--Boston• Commercial Bulle
tin.
WuEs we read an exchange that- "all
communications to this paper should bo
written in a full clear baud," we silently
smile as the probable chirography of the
editor4f that sheet rises up In the imagi
nition_m the chaotic form of a Chinese
puzzle . struck by lightning. -- Boston.
Transcript.
THE country doien't need postal say
ings banks sa much as it wasn't a kind of
an attachment to the-general delivery.
window that will explain why a man gets
billiard chalk on his coat and the smell of
'crackers on his breath when "he just steps
down • to the post:oflice-Stillwater
Lumberman.
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