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VOL. III. NO. 24.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6 1886.
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Upon an indictment for selling or of
fering for salo of oleomargarine un
marked, the Supreme Court of Oregon
lately held that it was not necessary to
prove any overt act of offering it for sale
in an unidentified condition, but that
the mere possession of it and placing it
in a store with other articles held for
sale was sufficient to warrant a -jury in
finding that the same was offered for
sale.
The following table, which the Roch
ester (N. Y.) Post-EupreH has prepared
with great care from many sources, shows
tho number of times the veto power has
been used by the twenty-two men who
have filled the Presidential chair:
Washington 2
Adams 0
Jefferson 0
Madison il
Monroe 1
Adams 0
Jackson 11
Van Bureh 0
Harrison 0
Tyler 9
Polk 8
Taylor 0
Fillmore 0
Pierce 10
Buchanan 4
Lincoln 1
Johnson SI
Oraut 25
Haves 12
Uarfield 0
Arthur 4
Cleveland (so far).lll
The English organization known as
"Undo Toby's Dicky-bird Society" boasts
of members in France, Germany, Italy,
Sweden, Gibraltar, Constantinople, Hong
Kong," South America, many parts of
Canada and the United States. Within
less thr.n a decade since its initiation the
organization has just reached in its ranks
tho grand total of 100,000 mcmbers.Each
member has signed this pledge: "I
hereby promise to bo kind to all living
things; to protect them to tho utmost of
my power; to feed tho birds in winter
time, acd never take or destroy their
nests.
A writer for the Boston Herald says
that the construction of tho American
railways has practically quadrupled the
efficiency of tho army on the Mexican
frontier, and tho ability to put the troops
into tho frontier States where trouble
generally begins gives the Federal Gov
ernment a sense of security which was
never felt before. The Mexican soldier,
though largely recruited from the crim
inal class by that system of compulsory
service based on nrmy enlistment being
made tho alternative of vegetating in
prison, is a good fighter. lie has recently
done somo effective work in the Yaqui
war in Sonora, and, as a trailer of savage
Indians, may be relied on to fight hard
and march far, and all this on very light
rations.
All sorts of queer trades flourish in
New York, and ono of the queerest is
the purchase and salo of current coins.
A printed list of quotations, tent out
daily by a reputable lirm, gives the mar
ket value of all sorts of specie. A Vic
toria sovcrign is quoted at $1.80, but an
old sovereign may be had for $4.75.
United States halves, quarters and dimes
are from to per cent, under par, and
trade dollars are worth only 71 cents.
Mexican dollars are divided into firsts
and seconds, and are rated at 73 and 72
cents. There is a shave of 19 cents upon
Central American and South American
dollars. A New York club man to whom
one of tho circulars was sent, and who
proposod to savo money by buying some
depreciated currency in which to pay hh
debts, was rebuked by his associates.
"I would savo $20 on every $100," hi
protested. "You will save the whole
309 by not paying," was the prompt re
joiudor. Somo correspondents have made in
quiries about tho water towers used by
the New York Fire Department, and the
Utter show that there is much c.iriositj
in distant places concerning those con
trivances which enable the firemen to
extinguish flames in lofty buildings in
this city without danger. A water towet
is a large iron tube, supported on a truck
by a turn-table. The big end of the tube
is fastened to the table by means of a
hinge and cog wheels, which are moved
by a crank. By turning the crank two
men can elevate the tube from a hori
zontal to a vertical position. The tube
is in sections, and these sections ure un
screwed and packed on the truck except
when the tower is brought iuto play at
a fire. When the tower is raised iu front
of a burning building tho hose from two
or three tire engines can be connected
with the lower eud of the tube and the
water pumped by all the engines goes
nri through the tube and out of a big
nozzel at tbo top. A wire cable enables
the firemen to raise or depress the end of
tho nozzel, while tho motion of the turn
table works the nozzel in another direc-
liAn
The tower is used to tnrow large
streams of water directly into the upper
Mle " . , . .... v ' j
stories of high building, when flames in
the lower stories prevent the tiremen
from entering, or when the front walls
are too unsafe to permit the firemen to '
reach the upper windows by means of
ladders. The New York Fire Depart
ment has three water towers at present,
!but only two of them are kept in active
Service
COMPENSATION,
The sun when setting in the west,
Its daily course has run;
The rising moon has ouly then
Its journey vast begun.
And thus, when one bowed down
ith
years, '
Pinks gladly t j his rest,
Another soul appears on earth
A heaven sent bequest.
-Mrs. ilumma, in Good Housekeeping.
GAY FEATHER.
It was nightfall of a November day.
The dull red disk of the setting sun was
slowly sinking behind the peak of a dis
tant "divide." It dropped from the
sharp point, and instantly a flood of mel
low light poured along tl.e sky, bringing
out in bold relief the long, jagged out
line of the range, tinting the white
capped pe iks with soft rose color, and,
by vivid contrast, making still blacker
the wide expanse of -the plains with their
herbage burnt by recent fires. To the
left was a small creek whose winding
course was marked by a fringe of scrubby
willows, and whose waters Bowing down
from the rocky heart of the mountain,
were chilled by the eternal snows.
Suddenly, far to the eastward, there
appeared amid the purple and brown
shadows, a strange, lurid glow, and be
hind it, a writhing, serpentine length
like the trailing body i f a huge dragon
with a single gleaming eye. It swept
along, tho light grew larger, there was a
prolonged whistle whose shrill echoes
were repeated from the distant rocky re
cesses, and then the express with its long
lino of cars steamed into the little station
at Amcrilla and stopped short with many
a snoi t nnd sizzle.
As usual, a crowd had assembled to
greet -its arrival. A score of miners
"from up the gulch," several officers
from the garrison, two or three Mexicans
with clanking spurs and gay-striped
blankets, together with sundry women
and children a;l laughing and chatting.
To the left of tho station, a party of In
dians formed a picturesque group. All
w re mounted on shaggy ponies. Among
them was young girl with a smooth,
well shaped face, bright tyes and lithe
form, f he was dressed more gayly than
tho two elderly squaws who were her
companions. A. bright blanket was
thrown over her slender shoulders, and
beneath it was a dress of red and blue
striped calico. Her feet were incased in
neat moccasins, trimmed with colored
porcupine quills; a string of beads was
around her neck, nnd in her long black
hair were braided vari-hued feathers.
Her face woro neither the heavy stolidity
nor tho half-repressed lerocity of her race
its expression was gentle, almost mel
ancholy. There was a pathetic droop to
tho sensitive lips, and a mild, pleading
look in her 1, dark eyes.
As tho train stopped, she leaned for
ward 0' her poify, nn eager, expectant
look overspreading her face. Among
tho first to alight from the cars was a tall,
handsome man, wearing an officer's uni
form; nnd clotelv following him came
the tiim. dainty figure of a pretty young
lady, who, amid tho motley crowd,
seemed like some delicate blossom
dropped down in a tangle of weeds.
The women at the station stared at
her with unaffected admiration, not un
miuglcd with a little envy.
'Height But she's a rare one!" ex
claimed Jenny, tho Scotch sergeant's
wife "She's as dainty as a bit of
heather!''
"llumphl A ftuek-up baggage, I'll
warrant ; though, for the matter o' that,
her gownd isn't silk even!" said Mrs.
Grosse, the wife of tho "agent," who,
rich in her husband's spoils, gloried in
the possession of the only satin dress at
Amcrilla.
"Wecl, she's a bonny bride, anyhow,"
persisted Jenny, "nn' I don't wonder
that the Lieutenant feels proud of her."
"And I wonder what Gay Feather '11
Bay," said .Mrs. Grosse, with a disagree
able laugh and a knowing look at the In
dian giil we have mentioned.
The latter caught both glance and re
mark. A faint, red glow overspread her
dusky cheeks. She drew herself tip
proudly, uttered a brief word of com
mand to her pony and clashed away
through the crowd, the mud from her
horse s heels plentifully bespattering Mrs.
Grosse's gowu.
' 111. L .1 . - 1 1 M. il J Jl .
urui xuese icusKins. muuereci me
agent's wife.
But Gay Feather heeded not this be
nign remark She kept steadily on her
way toward where the rose-tinged sky
bent down and touched the gloom of the
earth. Her lithe form, grac 'Hilly erect,
I stood out in fine relief against the fa-t-
fading light.
The young bride turned to look at her.
"Isn't that one of your Indian belles;"
she asked, ".su't she pretty, Ellis f I
wonder if I could ever learn to ride like
that! Do look at her:"
"Hush!'' said Lieutenant Armand.
"Don't stop here."
His voice sounded strangely harsh,
and, half frightened at its tone, the
pretty bride looked uo iuta his face. It
was white and stern, but relaxed a little
at her appealing glance.
"I didu't mean to be severe, Amy,"
he said, pressing th'? small hand resting
on his arm. "But I w ant to get into our
cabin as ouickly as possible. There's a
rough set here, and I can't bear to have
you stared at."
Young Mrs. Armand soon realized that
she was indeed among a "rough set
True, she found novelties, but there was
1 little poetry. Instead, the plum prose of
,mma M J d ded b ' j a' thing
she had ever seen. Amcrilla was not a
pleasant place for a refined woman. But
Lieutenant Armand had not thought
much about that when he took his bride
from her Eastern home. It was not in
his selfish nature to be very cous'derate
of others. Though not bad at heart, his
early training had been void of those in
fluences which tend to mold character
aright, nnd his after-life had been wild
nnd irregular. But he had determined
to reform now, for he loved this fair
maiden with no fleeting passion, but a
strong abiding afTcction.'
There were times, though, when he
was sent on duty to tho fort or to various
trading-stations that she could not help
feeling lonely nnd homeless. Upon a
certain day, during oncof these instances,
as she sat in her cabin, i-triving to
interest herself in a book, she heard tho
voice of Mrs, Grosse, who lived next to
her, raised in shrill anger.
"You go 'long, you impudent bag
gage? We don't want none o' your kind
heret What if your young one is sick
an' like to die it'll be good riddance to
bad rubbish! Go home to some of your
Big Medicine Men an' let them chatter
their gibberish over him! You shau't
get noth'n' here, so go 'long! Leave, I
say, or I'll set the dog on ye !"
Amy Armand opened the door nnd
looked out. A few rods away, crouching
amid tho knotted buffalo-grass, was the
Indinn girl she had noticed on the night
of her arrival Gay Feather. She had a
little papoose with her not strapyed on'
her back as was the custom but carried
tenderly in her arnvs. Its small face was
wasted and pain-drawn. Poor Gay
Feather's own fae was haggard with
anxiety.
She sprang to her feet as Amy ap
proached her, and, uttering a brief ex
clamation in her native tongue, was
about to move swiftly away. But the
young wife laid her white, restraining
hand on the dusky shoulder.
"Don't be afraid of me," she 6aid,
gently. "Tell me what you want, and,
perhaps, I can help you."
Mrs. Grose regarded the two from her
doorstep. She gave a shrill, unpleasant
laugh. "To think o' you a-tulkin' to
her!" she muttered, with a significance
that was quite lost on Amy. And with
that she went in, banging the door after
her.
"Is the baby sick?" continued Amy.
Gay Feather sacmed to hesitate before
answering. Yet somehow, Amy's sym
pathetic face and voice exerted a magic
influence.
"Yes, papoose very sick him die!"
she said, at last, with a pathetic brev
ity.
"Oh, maybe not! He has a fever, I
sec. Y'ou want medicine for him"
Gay Feather's face brigtened. "Yes,"
she said. "But agent's squaw say No!
She drove poor Indian away! Me be
lieve Great Father at Washington not
know what devil agent's wife is!" and
there was an angry flash from the dark
eyes.
Amy Armand was the eldest of a largo
family. She w as used to children and
children's diseases. He practiced eyes
saw at once what the baby needed, and,
alter asking a few questions, she ran into
thi) cabin, and going to her medicine
chest, drew from it the required drugs.
These, together with a few sim, lc direc
tions, she gave to Gay Feather, and with
a softened, grateful look, the Indian girl
departed.
Winter with its drifting snows and icy
blizzards swept over the plains, burying
the little station at Amcrilla in tempor
ary oblivion. But even tho dreariest
season comes to an end, and presently
Amy Armand awoke to a consciousness
that, after all, nature had garments of
beauty with which to clothe this barren
dcsolution. AVith the coming of the
spring sunshine, the scrubby grass
melted into a thick carpet, dotted here
and there with the gorgeous blue, sear
let and yellow of Western blossoms.
The pale green of tho willows stood out
against the darker color of the hills, and
the creek, warm now and limpid, swept
on amid flowery banks.
But in the midst of this freshness and
beauty was a horror greater than that of
storms and isolation a horror that daily
increased. Humors came that the In
dians on th) neighboring reservation,
rebellious after the long winter of de
privation and conscious that they had
been shamclully cheated by the dishonest
agent, were now, like hungry wolves,
getting ready to spring forth upon their
oppressors. As yet they were sil 'lit
but it was that sullen, ominous silenco
which precedes a storm. Bnt here and
there council-fires lighted up tho evening
I shadows, and uow and then an Indian
dashed by, and a glimpse at his face re
revealed it dabbled iu ochre and ver
milion. But this did not seem to trouble the
agent. Job Grosse was a fit companion
lor his coarse spouse, lie was an igno
rant, rough fellow, wholly unprincipled
in his dealings with tho Indians. To
him they were as so many dogs, to be
kicked and cursed. Le laughed con
tempt uousiy wneu some of Ins more
timid companions hinted of war-paint
and "pow-wows," and begged that he
would have the feeble garrison rein
forced.
Tho fact was, the station at Amcrilla
Intel never been so poorly guarded as
now. Lieutenant Armand, together with
u dozen men, had gone ten miles west
ward to u trading-station. It was not
without misgivings that he left Amy
behind. Well - trained soldier that he
was, he sniffed danger from afar.
"Good-bv. sweetheart, he said, at
Iiarting. "Take good rare of yourself,
swear somehow I dread to leave vou 1
lint cheer up! When I come back, I
will see if I can't get stationed at s-me
larger post; it will bo far safer aud more
plea' ant tor yon."
A night or two after his departure,
Amy was awakened from a sound sleep.
She sat up in bed ga'.ing about her with
a bewildered air. For a minute every
thing wai quiet. The soft moonlight of
a May evening streamed iu at the one
small window, and away in the distance
sounded the rippling waters of the creek.
But suddenly demou aeal yells broke the
sereue sileuce. Then came pistol (.hots
aud wild commotion. Trembling iu
every limb, Amy sprang from her bed
aud hurriedly dressed herself. Flinging
a shawl around her, sec opened the door
ane cautiously peered out.
It was as she had feared. Tho Indians
were attacking the station. Already the
nir rang with tho shrieks of the dying.
Sick with horrcr. Amy turned to flee,
she scarcely knew whither, when sud
denly from out the shadow of a tall Cot
tonwood tree near by, there sprang a
lithe figure it was Gay Feather.
"Come, paleface lady, come with me
quick !" sho panted, seizing Amy by
the arm.
For an instant the young wife hesita
ted. Was this treachery? she asked her
self. One glance at tho Iedian girl's sin
cere though anxious face reassured her.
"Where are we going?" she asked, as
they sped ulong in the darkness.
".Me not tell now no time talk I
Hurry !"
Down among the willows by the creek
was found the shaggy pony, tied, as Gay
Feather had evidently left him.
"Him little, but sttong," sho said. He
carry us both."
They mounted tho animal, nnd guided
by tho Indian gir s careful hand, sho
stepped on briskly. Behind them tho
sky was all ablaze with the burning sta
tion. Before them the dark expanso of
the plains stretched away till it met tho
silver-tipped gray 6f the horizon.
"lou are very kind, (Jay feather,"
said Amy, patting the dusky arm thrown
aiound her. "How came you to think
of savingme?"
".Me know Indians kill urn at station.
Me no care for agent nor agents's squaw;
nnd oil tho rest bad, too. But you you
give medicine for little papoose. He get
well laugh, crow, kick he's littlo foots.
Me not want you killed, so me come
Hist ! what is that!"
Suddenly, like a dark wind-cloud, a
band of warriors dashed by them, in mad
pursuit of a fugitive soldier. The sav
ages were too intent on overtaking their
victim to perceive the horse and its
riders, all of which were in tho shadows
of tho willows. Instinctively, Gay
Feather leaned forward to screen Amy
from random shots, and as she did so a
stray bullet pierced her own side.
Without a groan, she slipped from the
saddle and sank upon the grass. The
pony, as if conscious that some accident
hud taken place, stood still. Amy
alighted und knelt beside the Indian
girl.
"Gay Feather, my poor fnendl Are
you much hurt?" she whispered.
Gay Feather looked up and smiled. .
"Me hurt bad think. But never
mind, pretty paleface 1 You take pony
and go on. Follow creek. Keep in
shadow be careful let no Indians get
you. Hurry!"
"No! no I I cau't leave you so! Do
you hear, good girl?"
But the faithful Indian woman mado
no response; she had sunk into a state
of unconsciousness.
Amy sat beside her and drearily waited.
As long as she lives she will never forget
that night! The distant yells died away;
the lurid gleams from the burning station
faded out of the sky; all was silent, savo
tho moan of the night-wind nnd tho
murmur of the waters, sharply broken
now and then by tho yelp of a prowling
coyote. After hours of agouizing sus
pense, a faint light began to tingo tho
eastern sky. Fleecy clouds of rose and
cold floated towards the zenith; tho
dingy brown of the plains took on a soft
amethyst, deepened here and there by
purple shadows; the white cones of far
away peaks seemed bathed in floating,
misty glory Thank God! The morn
ing had come! With the rising of the
sun was seen in the distance a party of
horsemen, and it was with feelings of in
tense relief that Amy recognized the
familiar dark-blui uniforms of army
officers; and that relief was changed into
great joy when she beheld, riding at the
head of tho band, h r own husband,
Lieutenant Armand. Mounting the pony
and waving her shawl to attract atten
tion, she dashed forward to meet him.
"Amy! you here? Thank God! We
heard that an attack was to bo made,
and I have been riding hard ever since
midnight. But how come you here, and
saved.
It was dear, kind Gay Feather, who
saved me," said Amy.
"Gay Feather!" stammered her hus
band, his face turning red and then
deathly pale.
In as few words as pos ible, Amy ro
tated the circumstances, at the same time
leading him to the place where lay the
Indian girl. She was till breathing, but
it was with much difficulty. As they
drew near, she opened her eyes and
smiled.
".Mo 6ave your pulefaced squaw, Lieu
tenant Armand," she aid, in her low,
musical voice. "She good squaw; you
must be kind to her all your life!" Here
she paused, and beckoned him to draw
nearer. Beaching up two slender,
brown arms, she drew his head clown to
her face, and whispered: "Don't cry
brave never cry only squaw do that!
Me forgive "
The sentence was never finished, for
the dark eyes closed, and poor Gay
Feather was gone 1 Mary F. Jlrush.
Well Punctured.
For the last twelve years Otto II. Bow
man, who died at the Bridgeport Hospi
tal Sunday has been kept alive by hypo
dermic inject oi.f ' )f morphia. For the
nineteen month- mo had been at the hos
pital it is estimated that his skin had
beeu punctured ",000 times in order to
perform the op -ration, and five ounces
of sulphate of morphia was the quan
tity used. In addition to th'n he was
given daily two ounces of whisky until
recently, when he was allowed a bottle
I of bier daily. liefo e entering the
Bridgeport Hospital he was iu Bellevue,
I where, he was under the same treatment.
! Il is estimated that iu the last twelve
' years his skin has b en puiictured 7,000
: t'lucs, and there w..s scarcely a spot on
his whole body where tho marks of tht
hypodermic needle could not be seen.
.lhi;t't,rU 'limn.
RUNNING A BANANA FARM.
nOW THE FRUIT 18 RAISED OBf
COSTA RICA PLANTATIONS.
Preparing; ttio I,arul fop tho Seed
No Plow or Harrow Ncodeil
Harvest ini; the Crop.
Fifteen years ago tho Stato of Costa
Hiea was covered, savo some shallow
belts along tho coast, by deuso prim
eval forests. Very little was known of
the interior except what was told now
and then by some hardy adventui er. The
natives on the eastern coast cultivated
little else than plantains and cocoa, and
exported dyewoods. The government
saw tho necessity of opening up the in
terior, and connecting by rail the eastern
and western sides of the State. A con
tract was made with Mr. .Minor C. Keith,
of Brooklyn, N. Y., to build a railroad
from I'ort Limon, on tho east, to San
Jose, th ! capital of tho State. It was a
giant undertaking. Tho immenso for
est had to bo cut down, nnd great diffi
culty was experienced in procuring
laborers who could withstand the trying
climato of tho lowlands.
Fifteen years ngo tho rond was com
menced and seventy miles are now in
operation. Tho trains run from Port
Limon to Cartago, over a splendid road
bed, crossing thirty iron bridges, all
made in the L'nittd States. Fifty miles
yet remain to complete the lino to San
Jose, aud there w ill then bo an outlet for
tho products of the highlands to tho
eastern const. It is estimated that
!)00,0i)0 sacks of colfeo are annually
laised on tho western side, and that
traffic will be diverted to the Atlantic
from the Pacific Ocean.
Tho cultivation of bananas began about
six years ago on the lowlands, and now
all the land along the lino of railroad,
one mile wide, is taken up by banana
farms, a majority of which are owned by
citizens of the United States. Each farm
is ono mile square, the land having been
purchased for $10 a manzana about ono
ncjo and a half of our land measurement.
There aro now about 150 square miles
under profitable cultivation.
It is only necessary, to cultivate the
banana in Costa Hiea, to cut down tho
forest, and then the land is ready to re
ceive the seed. The plow and tho har
row aro unknown. Tho trees are allowed
to lie where they fall. What is called
the banana sucker, a bulb resembling an
onion, is planted about eighteen inches
deep and from fifteen to eighteen feet
apart in among the fallen trees.
At the expiration of nine months tho
banana plant has reached a height of fif
teen feet, und bears one bunch of fruit.
Ffteen or twenty of these plants or trees
in various stages of development are seeri.
at once sprouting from tho same "sucl
cr," bearing fruit successively the year
round for from seven to ten years from
the first planting. Along the river
banks, where the soil is renewed, they
bear twenty years from tho first plant
ing. When the banatias are ready to cut a
farnii r who cultivates a mile square of
hind will take about forty men, live of
whom aro regular cutters, and tho others
convey the bunches out to tho cars in
mule aud ox carts as fast as they nre cut.
In a day und a half the crop is harvested.
Tne laborers are all Jamaica negroes and
natives, who receivo $1.25 per day for
their work.
After tho bananas are loaded on tho
train, they are taken to Port Limon,
placed on a vessel and brought to New
York. From this city they aro shipped
to Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and as
far south as Jacksonville, Flu. New
York Utiir.
A Nose-rulllHg Affair.
Mr. Adams's private secretary was his
son, John Adams, who soon made him
self very obnoxious to tho friends of
General Jackson. One evening Mr. ltus
sell .larvis, who thou edited tho Wash
ington Tdeyroplt, a newspaper which
alvocated Jackson's election, attended
a "drawing room' at the White House,
escorting his w ife and a party of visiting
relatives from Boston. Mr. Jurvis in
troduced those who were with him to
Mrs. Adams, who received them court
eously, and they then passed on into tho
Last itooin. Soon afterwards they found
themselves standing opposite to Mr. John
Adams, who wiis conversing with the
Kev. Mr. Stetson. "Who is that lady?"
asked Mr. Stetson. "That," replied .Mr.
John Adams, in a tone so loud that tho
party heard it, "is the w ife of one Uus
sell Jarvis, and if he know how con
temptibly ho is viewed iu this house
they would not be here." Tho Boston
ians at once paid their respects to Mrs.
Adams and withdrew, Mr. Jarvis having
fiist ascertained from -Mr. Stetson that it
was Mr. Johu Adams who had insulted
them. A few days afterward Mr. Jarvis
sent n note to Mr. John Adams demand
ing an explanation, by a friend of his,
Mr. McLean. .Mr. Adams told .Mr. .Mc
Lean that he had no apology to make to
Mr. Jarvis, and that ho wished no cor
respondence with him.
A week latter Mr. John Adams went
to the Capitol to deliver incs-ages from
the President to each House of Congress.
Having delivered that addressed to t he
Speaker of the House of Kcprcscntativcs
he w us going through tho rotunda toward
the Senate Chamber when he was over
taken by Mr. Jarvis, who pulled his nose
and slapped his face. . A hcuflle eiwied,
but they were quickly parted by Mr.
Dorsey, a Bepre-entntivo fro n Maryland.
President Adams notified Congress in
a speciul message of the occurrence and
the House uppoin'.ed a selec t committee
of inveftigation. Witnesses were exam
ined und ciaborat' reports were drawn
up, but neither the majority nor the
miuoiity recommended that any punish
ment be inflic ted upon Mr. Jarvis. lieu.
I'ultij J'lHire.
It cosu $i4,ooo yxaMoJight tht
White Housv.
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1 . 1
THE Y NKVER COME BACK AGAIN.
Oh, the days, the dnys in the dear old past,
With their kisses, their blisses and paint
My boart droops sad 'uenth tho overcast,
For they never romo back again.
Oh, my cup was brimmed with pleasure'
delight.
And my sky was sunny and clear,
But the morrow's blank as I look to-night
Through the glim'riug veil of a tear.
Come back, come liack, dear days agone,
AVithyour kisses, your Misses and pain;
For my heart droops sad as I wait o'erloug
For the days that ne'er come again.
Swept olT on the ebbing tide afar,
My barque that was light and gay;
And I waited long at the harbor bar
For its sails to return this way.
A h, novermore'll come back to mo
The kisses and blisses of yore;
For I see 'yond the osts of eternity
The rain and the shadows pour.
The sweet, sweet past, with its fond delight,
Is lost in the darkness drear,
And tho morrow's blank as I gao to-night
Through the glim'rlng veil of a tear.
Tho world's as bright as of j esWr-e'en,
And hearts are light and gay, ' ,
Dut my soul's a drear as I guza on the scene,
And dream of a long gone day
The pressure of liis and clasp of hands,
Like phantoms adrift in the raiu,
Like spirits afar in the shadow lands
But the days they ne'er-come again. ' ,
II. S. Kelfor, in AVio York Clipper.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
There is nothing that makes a man so
warm as talking continually about tho
heat.
An enthusiastic meeting two girls
who haven't seen each othor for an hour.
Burlington Free Fre$.
Fourhunters!(who have just fired simul
taneously at a rabbit nml failed to kit
it) ''Well, I wonder who missed that
time." Flirgende BbtetUr.
Keely, the motor man, used to be head
waiter in a hotel. That is where ho got
tho wonderful patience with which ho
waits for his motor to mote. A'eie Jluten
Aeie.t.
Tho claims of tho Anarchists that their
aim was to elevate their fellow-men is all
right. What we object to is tho stuff
they wnnted to elevate them with.
Lowell Citizen.
"What is wanted in this country,"
said tho bride, as site examined tho wed
ding presents, "is not civil service ro
form, but silver service reform. This
set is plated." Button Courier.
Tidbit tells the story of a conductor
on a slow railroad who tald one passen
ger that he luid been on tho road lor nine
years. "Then," said tho passenger,
"this must bo your second trip."
"A barrel wouldn't bo sufficient to
carry you over Niagury," said the con
ductor to a man who was trying tosprawl
himself over four scats in a crowded pas
senger car. "You would nceel a hogs
head." Texis Silingn.
If you have an enemy do not buy hia
b y a drum. Your enemy would proba
bly kick through tho sheepskin within
twenty-four hours Buy his next door
neighbor's boy a drum. It will work
just as well and bo can't get at it.
Somen Me Journal.
AN ENGAliKMKNT HKOKEN.
The niniden took her chewing gum
And placed it nit a chair.
For slio had heard her lover come
W ith swift feet up the stair.
Upon the chewing gum he sat
The joyous hours How oast
But when he rose to take liis hat
lie found himsslf stuck fast.
"Oh! worse disaster never was,"
Kite cried as out she ran:
"1 ne'er can marry yon bacaus?
You are a fast youujr mnu."
Hunt on Courier.
A Comical Duel.
The Boulanger fight in Paris recently
is not, alter all, more comical than tho
duel between tho Duke of Wellington
and Lord W inchelsea in 1S2!. In the
course of a debate on Catholic emancipa
tion Lord W'inchclsea described the
Duke, then Prime .Mi' inter, as having
coiiio forward in a novel character as the
defender of morality and religion. A
challenge followed, which tho Duke, of
all men, might have ab taiuod from giv
ing, ami the Duke, lis he afterward told
the story, determined not to kill his an
tagonist, lest ho should bo detained in
prison pending his trial, but to hit him
in the legs, i.ord Winchelsca's seconds
placed him so near a ditch that tho Duke
with dillioulty restrained himself from
calling out : "If you put him there he'll
fall in." Tho Duke failed to hit Lord
Winchelsca's legs, and mis-cd him alto
gether. Thereupon Lord Winehclsea
lired into tho air and read a written apol
ogy. The Duke went down to Windsor,
and tho following remark were inter
changed between the King of England
and the l irst Minister of the Crown:
The Duke "I have to inform your
Majesty that I fought a dud this morn
ing." The King "I am devilish glad
to hear it.Artlur." Such was the dig
nified and appropriate lai.guago of the
"fust gentlemen in Euiope." Chicwjo
II, raid.
A Club on Wheel'.
The newest club I've heard of is on
wheels the "Parlor C ar Club," running
between Irvington and New York. Ini
tiation (', :i00; chili house, the junior
car Duchess; great mogul, house com
mittee, committee on iidinissim, etc.,
Mr. .Jay Could. It's not such a bud
idea, though, for men like ioiild, Cyrus
Field, Tiffany and other paupers .who
hae to come to town every d iv to hiie
this car, mid uvcludu the hud. Kuch
member ma ; introduce one friend for
one trip. Thcsaddost part of the organ
ization is that one railroad accident
ruightwipe out the entire membership,
Club house and till. SiU) 'fifi-Stui;