A NATION'S CHARTER
STORY OFTIIK DF.f'f-AnATIOS OF
INDKPKXDKNCE.
A Olortous noeument That Itn Iteen
fieglccted-Ils Words Satrl to
Have Karlert Almost Be-j-onrt
Recognition.
THE original Declaration of In
dependence, of which Ban
croft, the historian, said that
(, it hint "receive,! n renown
more extended than that of any other
State paper 111 existonee," hiw faded
away beyond the Iijii1ility of res
toration. The names of the signer
to this great charter of American lib
erties are no longer legible. After
118 years of careless guardianship, in
various custody rttinug tho greater
portion of which period it was
thoughtlessly exposed to the destroy
ing iullunnces of light, air and heed
less handling now when the irrepar
able havoo is done aud the precious
FAC SIMILES OF THE
archive has become bardiy more than
blank and wrinkled sheet of paper,
olioitude for its preservation has be
gan to be felt, and at last it is cared
for as it should have been cared for
years ago.
It was my privilege some time since
a privilege then aooorded to few,
and now, under the strictest prohibi
tion aooorded to none to see and
touch this preoious document, says a
writer in the Detroit Free Press. It
is kept looked np in a steol safe in the
library of the Department of State.
It is spread out flat iu a mahogany
portfolio, made to slide iu and out of
the safo, and over it is a sheet of
thiok paper and a plate of glass. It is
now never exposed to the light, and is
as little exposed to the air as is possi
ble without placing it iu vessel from
which the atmosphere has been ex
hausted. The doonmcnt is a tingle sheet of
parchment, thirty-six inchei long and
und thirty-two iuuhes wide, and boars
HO Rornllu nl flnnorntiitna bniK no n.
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seen upou many of tho oopios that are
sc common. Tho body of the writing
having been evenly and clearly written
when the instrument was engrossed, is
Bt ill, even, though badly faded, and
can hardl be made out, bat the sig
natures, which were written perhaps
with a different ink and another pen,
are faded and beyond recognition,
many of them being wholly gone, and
others partly so. The heavy stroke of
the pen ia the J of John Hunoook's
bold autograph is still visible, but
that is the only line that is distinot.
The history of the origin of this
great State paper is well known to
most Americans, bat is always inter
esting. The story of the varied and
disastrous fortunes of the dooument
itself during the past 118 years is lass
known, and is here told.
On the 26th of June, 1776, com
mittee, of which Thomas Jerfferson
was Chairman, was appointed by the
Continental Congress, then sitting at
Philadelphia, to draft declaration
etting forth the reasons why the thir
teen colonies should beoome indepen
dent of England. Jefferson was re
quested by the other members of the
committee to prepare the draft, and
this draft when presented was at onoe
approved by a majority of the commit
tee, a few verbal alterations only be
ing suggested. Oa July 2d a copy of
this draft was laid before Congress,
and. of tat a hot debate of three days, a
sr" ry ri-&Jcr. rs'Kr
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few sentences were stricken ont and
the Declaration was then adopted. It
was at once entered upon the journal
of Congress ; but the engrossod copy,
on parchment, was not prepared and
signed until August 2.
During the first twenty-four years
of its existence the Declaration was pre
served among the archives of the Gov
ernment at Philadelphia, and during
all or part of that time it was un
doubtedly rolled up, as it shows by the
cracks in the parchment that it must
have been rolled for a long period,
ami it is known that subsequent to
that time it was hung up exposed to
piibiio gaze.
When, in tho year 1301, tha Na
tional Government was transferred to
Washington, the Declaration was car
ried there and deposited in the De
partment of State, where it remained
for forty-one years. In the year 1841
a substantial building having been
erected for the use of the United
States Patent Office, which had form
erly been in the State Department,
and the State Department being ia a
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brick building, and not fire-proof,
Daniel Webster, Secretary of State,
addressed a letter to Henry L. Ells
worth, the Comtnisioner of Patents,
and requested him to receive the Deo
deration and other valuable docu
ments into his custody for safe keep
ing. This request was complied with,
and for the next thirty.flve years the
Patent Office retaineJ charge of the
precious paper, but it was while there
it suffered its greatest injury. It was
hung nil, exnosed to
hind the glass in one end of a case of
Patent Ofll 00 mO.lelfl. At HAffftin liiiira
oi the day tho sun shone direotly upon
ii, uu, oi necessity, it gradually
faded. It is amazingr almost 1
the power of belief that of the dozen
Commissioners of Patents who had the
custody of this
those thirty-five years, not one of them
saw tint it was bein? ruined, and not
one of thorn had the forethought to
t ike it out of tho sunlight and put it
away in durknoss. In England such
treatmont of an important State paper
is unhoard of. Muorm f:iirf
doath warraut of Qiioen Mary aud
other archives in the British Museum
four or five times a old as our Declara
tion of Indopendouoe, are still kept iu
a oondition of perfect preservation.
In 1875 Congress -oko up to the
outrage tut was beiug perpetrated
and appointed a commission consist
ing of the Secretary of the Interior,
the Secretary of the Smithsonian In
stitution Professor Joseph Henry
and Aiuswortu It. Spofford, the
Librarian of Congress, "to have resort
to such means as will most effectually
restore the writing of the original
manuscript of the Declaration of In
dependence, with toe signatures ap
pended thereto." Experts were con
sulted by this commission, and finally,
the matter was referred to the
National Aoademy of Soiences. It
naving beoome known that the great
Declaration was fading away, the pub
lio became interested in the effort
made for its restoration, and the pub
lic press urged the importance of
prompt aotion, but years went by
aud nothing was done. The National
Academy of Soienoei reported to the
oommission that portions of the
restoration was impossible. Mean
while, in 1870 George W. Childs, or
Philadelphia, and Frank M. Etting,
ia oharge of the historical department
of the Centennial Exposition, re
q,esttd the Government to Mad the
S10LVArCRE3 TO THE DECLARATION OF lXDfiPfiSDfilfci W.
document to the Exposition to be
placed on exhibition. The Secretary
of the Interior, Hon. Zaohartah
Chandler, wrote a letter to President
Grant, setting forth the reasons why
this request ought not to be complied
with, but this request was granted,
and, on its hundredth birthday, the
great charter,' faded and scarcely
legible, returned to the place of its
birth, and there was exposed to the
gaze of the American people, its piti
ful condition a standing rebuke to the
Nationat Government.
In 1877, nt the clnso of the exposi
tion, the Common Ocnucil of Phila
delphia petitioned Congress for au
thority to retain the Declaration and
to place it in Independence Hall. This
request was refused, and the docu
ment was brought back to Washington,
but upon request of Hamilton Fish,
then Secretary of State the Secretary
of tho Interior consenting it was
again returned to the State Depart
ment, where it has since remained.
While the Declaration was in the
Patent Office an excellent photolitho-
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graphio copy, reduoed to about half
its size, was made by the Qovcrnmont
photolithographer. Later, a full sized
copperplate eugraviug was prepared,
and the copies printed from this plate
aro perfect fao-similcs of the original,
It is believed that in making this en
graving the original was seriously
datllaiHil liv A fdmmtnnl Amiifntinn
restoro the fainter linos : but it mav be
said that if this engraving had not
hp?n Ina.lA liaci v.-in1,l tinf Ka an a v.. 1
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copy of this most important dooument
iu vAimuuuu. a iramou copy oi mis
encrravinar mav Iia snnn in th 1iKf,irw
of the State Department, aud, what is
ersii more interesting in a irame oe-
nAAth if., ia ullnvn Tlinma, .Tai,..An
original draft of the declaration, in
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um una uiinuwniting nna wita allot
his erasures and interlineations lust o i
it left his hand.
The singing of the Declaration of
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singer were subjects of King George,
and their act was treason. If the King
oould have caught them he would have
hung them every one, and this they
knew; but according to the traJitions
that have come down to us, this knowl
edge did not deter certain of them
from relieviag the solemnity of the oc
casion with the natural flow of their
wit aud humor. The remarks attri
buted to them are not enintlv aiiHiuh.
III il'IIRH.lltlinH 1V1IB A lliMAnill (IA? 'I),n
ticated by history, but they are too
good not to be Oelioved. It is said
that when Johu Hancook affixed his bold
autograph he remarked: "The Eng
lishmen will have oo difficulty in read
ing that;" that when Frauklia signed
he said : "Now we must all hang to
gethor or we will ban; separately ;"
and that Charles Carroll.of Oarrollton,
when asked why be wrote his plaoe of
residenoe, replied that there was an
other Charles Carroll uud he didn't
want them to hang the wroug man.
The most enthusiastio advooate of
the great measure, aud the one who
led the debate in its support was John
Adams, of Massachusetts, and when the
Declaration was adopted he wrote to
his wife :"This will be the most memor
able epoob in the history of Amerioa ;
celebrated bv descundinis TanA,aiinn.
as the great anniversary festival, com-
uiBuiormeu as me uay of denveranoe
by solemn aot of devotion to God Al
mighty, solemnized with pomps,
shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bon
fires, and illuraiuations from one end
of the contineut to the other, from
this time forward, forever."
GIVE HONOR TO THE BR AYR'
MEN FROM THE WEST.
Interesting Figures as to Their Part at
Gettysburg-, I
As the battle of Oetty.burg, wss fought
and won by the arm y of the Potomac, mad
j up mainly of Eastorn troops, the Important
part taken In that momentous contest by J
Western troops Is not generally known nor
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always duly acknowledged. Latter u and
I Western troops ulikii did tliKlr duty, and no
! one whosuw the charging column of the
Brent armies that confronted each other on j
mm msiorie neiu me Army 01 wie t oiomnc
nri'l tne Army or .Nortlwru irtMnln were
men from every Hliile etof the Mississippi,
with the exception of Kentucky. 'Ihe state
west of the Mississippi that had troops in the
Confederate army were Arknnsas, l.oiilsntia
and Texas, and Inr-ofl Minnesota one rei.
menl the Riillnnt 1st In the l ulun Hrmy.
The largest uumher of casualties of any
raiment at (lettystmrn occurred In the 21th
Mich, It was a comparatively full regiment,
entering tho Hunt with as ollleers and 4'W
men, It lest !'l killed nnd mortally wound
cl; fi'.t were killed oiitrlht, 217 wounded.
47 nil-slni;: total Hill. There were elht
officers killed nnd II wounded: four color
learers killed snd three wounded -one ol
them helm; Col. Morrow, who was captured.
The 2Hth N. C. hu4 11 color-hearers shot In
this ha.tle, and tho colors captured In the
chnrire on the third day's buttle.
Of the Wlseoiislu regiments at Oettyshurif,
the 2d, commanded by Col, I.uelus Fair-
child, sustained the heaviest loss, 21:1. ien.
Falrchlld lost his arm Iu the lluht near tha
Seminary, July 1. This regiment, as well a;
the 24th Mich., bolnnurd to the celebrated
Iron llrlKiide. l'he 2d Wis. eiih.ys the dls-
tlnction of havlug lost the most men In pro-
e.orllon lolls numbers oi nnv regiment In
thj Vnloo nrinj? i..:'.hg Its 6a;lre term ol
iXMJWvA V.erS?"ffi.,J,e,!?l
ui mu i i in s.uii9, tust ii in iik?) unit)'?, in
being killed. In considering these numbers
Sr ,l!s,!agrof ,h!Tw
The L-reatest regimental loss In auv battle.
In proportion lo lis numbers engaged, oc
curred In the ranks of the 1st Mlun., at et
tysbur, wli-b 252 olllcers nnd men broke the
Confederate column that wns advnucliut up
ou an exposed portion of our Hue ta the
afternoon of July 2. When It was over only
47 men clustered around their colors nad 203
lay dead or wounded on the field. Its Col
onel, William Colvlllo, fell pierced by two
mlnle-lmlls, one In the foot end one in the
shoulder, both of which, together with a
buck-shot extracted from the calf of hit lug
nfter lint Hull Hun, lie showed me last fall nt
lulutb. lie still carries one Iu his breast,
received Iu one of the battles of the l'eulu
sula ls;2.
In this charge one company lost 11 killed
nnd 17 wounded out ol J.'i engaged. The
percentage of loss In this charge exceeded
thnt of the Light llrigade at 11 ilaklava the
charge of t'je Mix Huudred which was :ii).7
percent. 'Hint of Ihe 1st Mlnu, nt (lettys
biirg on both days wns about 83 per cent.
The regiment nsslsted In repelling Pickett's
charge on July 3, capturing the flag of the
3sth Irgliila, which can be seen Iu the Cap
itol building nt Ht. Paul, nnd with it the
tatteri d buttle Hags of the gallaut 1st. Capt.
Messick. who commanded tho regiment, In
repelling tha charge was killed. The two ,
other Western regiments which iisslitcl in
re;;?'llns ti: is) charge were tho H'.b Ohio,
whi'di Captured three rebel colors, aud tin
7th Ml-b.
Tliu heaviest loss sustained by any single
brigade In the battle of tlettysburg was sus
tained by the old Iron llrigade, composed en
tirely ol Western regiments, the 2d, 0th and
Tib Wit., 2 "ith Mich, aud l'.'tu lud. Their
loss was 1,1 VI, nearly all In the first day's
light, This brigade sustained the heaviest
loss In killed nud wounded of nny in the
I'nion army. They were the hardy sous vl
the Northwest.
The Michigan Cavalry llrigade, composed
of the 1st, 5'.h, lith and 7th leglments, under
the command of the gallant Custer, sustained
the li-'i'.vk- t lost at Octtyshurg of nnv env
A rv l,rL'ii,le In Iriut linlt Its The f',,l.inal nt
the Ph Mich., of this brigade, at (Jettyburg
JoralKanliS'UDd contest, oc
curred at (tcitysburg, and In them our
Western, jroops had their full share, iu tud
iirsi nay s ngui tuo 2d .Mis?., took rcfu,o in
(T,9 raiircRl-;ut near tl6 C!ii.mberbur
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baukmtBT, their colors waving tlellnntly
the 6th Wis., charged across the Held, nnd
afler a llerco contest captured tboeutlre reg.
nient.
In the bloody light in theWho.il field on July
2. a desperate hnud-to-baml contest occurred,
In wbluh the 4th Mich.. Iluured nromliieuili.
A Confederate ollleer seized the Hag of tha
aim suiBiiui uy loi, jeuoros, who In
tura was bayoneted by a eoldler ami fell
clinging to the colors. The soldier who ran
uun inrouira went dowu liy a bullet from
Muj, Mull's 'revolver. The Ohio "Dutch
men" ol the Eleventh Corps becune engaged
In a onnd-to-hnnd coutest with Ihe Louisiana
"Tigers," when they got among our guns on
East Cemetery Hill ou the oveuing of July 2.
The Michigan llrigade, In the cavalry bat
tle east of fiettysburg Id the alternoou of
July H, had a hand-to-hand encounter with
the Confederate tioopers under (ion. W'nilo
Hampton. It Is described as follows by
Capt Miller, of the 3d l'a. Cav.
'The 1st Mich., wu drawn up In closo
vw.ui.tu m 0ituurous, oruerea to cuarge,
Custer, wno was uenr, placed himself at the
head, and oil they dashed. As tha eolumns
approached each other, the pace of each it
creased, when suddenly n crush like the fail
ing of timber betokened the crisis. Ho sud
ded nnd violent was tho collision that many
of the horses were turned end over end uud
crushed tholr riders beneath them. The
crashing of sabers, tho llring of pistols, the
demands for surrender and cries of combat
aula, tilled the air,"
The West and aspoclally tho Northwest,
certainly has reusou to be proud of tho valor
of her soldiers on the memorable Held of
Gettysburg, where tho tide of rebel invasion
readied its height. J, J. Lutz, Fairfax.
Minn
STREET FIGHT.
An Editorial Criticism Leads to Murder
Oklahoma.
W, It. Tattersou, register of the United
States laud office at Huuiti Euld, Okla., aud
City Marshal Williams, are dead, whilo J. U
Isenberg, editor of the Tba Daily Wave, Is
badly wounded, the result of u street tight.
Iseuuerg will recover. The cause of the
tragedy it a criticism of I'aitersou written by
Isenberg, ia bis paper. W lieu Patterson read
It be started oh a seurcb for Editor Ijeuberg.
The men met ou the main street at 7 o'clock
lu the evening. A prelude of augry words
was immediately fuliowed by blows, Pat
terson finally tlaaheu a revolver aud begau
shooting. Several shots were Hred before
Iscuburg could seek cover, oue ball taking
effect ia I be outer edge of tho left eye uud
producing a paiuful wouud. Iu the midst ol
the fracas Maranal Williuius appeared upon
the scene, wheu Patterson turned his guu up
ou him. Hit llrut shot cautht Williams iu
tho right breast, panning clear through the
lung, lieloro Wuliuma dropped he whipped
out hit revolver and tired at bit would-be
murderer. Hit bullet bit Patterson lu th
forehead killing hi in Instuutly. Willlami
died within uu hour. 1'mter.on leaves a
Widow aud ibrej little girls. Williams leaves
a widow aud ou child.
innimu prouiiueui ouizens 01 Denver
have bean Indicted for renting bouses for im- I
moral purpose '
THR M il'.
A woman who hns:iavor used n (UbIi
mop has no idea bow easy it makes
dish-washing, and how it oaves the
hands. ith a mop you uny havo tho
, di"h ,vntcr -. H dishes
are greasy I uso oodtt or bornx, and
soap of a good quality, to rinke a
trot1( n.i ritm j pi,,,,, ,,. U!ltpr
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flu' mop costs but .'. c;i:its, r.-id frees
'
"," w"ric ,,f olit-tiiii ) horrors.
Growing girls often acquire n distaste
putting their dclicato handi in dish
water. The Home t V.iceti.
MOISTCRR TAX 1 TBR 0TS.
Iu our own experience iu baking,
says a writer in tho Albany Cultivator,
we runt that n small pan of wnter
placed in the oven, nnd tilled ns often
as it becomes dry, is a great help. It
prevents the bread or cake from burn
ing, even with n full oven mil very
hot firQ, saves Hourly one half tho la
bor iu watching nnd turning the
loaves, and prevents n thick, hard
crust. It is usually illicit with water
.
110111 ,I1U teakettle, but if the oven
s.;er,i too hot, throw out tho hot wa-
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ter, fill with col l, and put b.ick. Iho
,, we ,B j4 t . I,,,.,... I.,,.,,
' " un lllt-U,-s lolMi 0118
i inch wid-s, nu t oui deep. It is muto
I by 'fobling he tin nt tho ends, nnd
' pounding Ik'htlv until tho folds are
c!oM-fbt th, ,. U water tight. A
pan made with solder will not do, fot
with tho best of caro it will some-
times become dry, nnl th ) soider melt
ntrd run out. This pun blips iu bo.
side tho pans of bread, next to tho
tiro box, and takes vtry little room.
Always have a holder to handle it with,
ntul handle carefully when pinning in
water nfter it has become dry, or a
bad scald will result.
C'ANNI.NJ rif.'lT.
Pineapples and strawberries nnd nil
kinds of fruits nnd berries should
never be cooked before canning, I can
nearly two hundred cans every sum
mer by tho following recipe, and
never lost ti can. Bed raspberries
are delicious, and tusto tu though just'
. picked.
For nil fruit, except currants and
cherries, an I nil fruit th it is extra
t ut, take mi:! third of a pound ol
granulated Miliar for every pound ol
fruit. For currant 4 mi l extra tint,
use ono pivi'i t sUifur to one-liali
P'.Wl of fruit. B.foi"; you com
m.aco 1) can llil n common wash
luiler two-thirds fii'.l of water ntul
let it conio to n mimrt boil, nnd
when you commence to can reino-.v
1 fi'vui tlio stove. After weighing
I nl!'1 Pnr' H vour cold cans f.vo-
; thirds fu.I wiih fmif, then m.ika vulll
I '.- u ,, , '
".""r """"'"S mieo or iour tea cup
of water to each pint cau. Never le
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I B.vrup bo:l over thr.'o or four min
utes, I hen fiil vo ir cam that have
the fruit in with avrnp; llil them ;,o i
they cm run over, sj.il at onci find
put the cam in tlu-boiler of hot water,
Alter tho cam uto nil iu, cover the
boiler, let tho water b conio cold bo
foro removing tho cutis, which will bo
about twenty-four bonis. Alter tak
ing them out of tho wntor put them
iu a cool plnco nt once; bo sure tho
hot .water covers tho hiuh. Tho fruit
will l o cooked nil thnis necessary to
keep it well. For pineapples nh'rod
them, after peeling with u ailvor fork,
on uu earthen platter, and can ns
above. To c:iu pears this way they
should be cut into eight pieces. Never
allow the water to boil nfter tho cans
of fruit aro in. New i'ork Bjcorder.
nniii'E i.
Fried Puw Potatoes. Slice thin six
raw pot itoos. Fry in hot butter or
bird twenty minutes, stirring occasion
ally to prevent burning.
Scalloped Potatoes. Plnco iu ndish
a layer of raw sliced potatoes, sift on
n little salt and add crumbs of butter.
Continue this process until tho di,h is
full. Cover with milk and bake
nearly an hour iu a moderate oven.
Graham Gems Without Eggs. Ono
tablespoonful sugar, ouo tablespoon
fill butter, piuch of suit, one cup of
sweet milk. Thicken with graham
flour into which has been aifted one
teaspoouful of bakiug powder. Buko
iu a quick oven and serve hot.
Strawberry Pie Lino deep pie
dishes with good, plain paste, iill them
nearly full of atrawberries, sprinkle
over two largo tublospooufulsof sugar'
and dredgo this lightly with flour.
Cover with the upper crust rolled out
as thin as possible, turn the edges
neutly with a aharp kuifoj make a dmit
in the oeuter, press tho edges tightly
together so that the juices of the fruit
may not run out while bakinir. , M, .......
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tue "ame day us baked or the under I
crust will be Wy. - 1
(t AtST ASU ttniois.
The Atlantic takes , itn namo from
Motiut Atlas.
Tho Japanese religion demands that
a man must worship on tho soil every
day.
Silk is so cheap in Madagascar that
the poorest people wear clothing made
of it.
One of tho eccentricities of the
Chinese appetite is to eat live
shrimps.
Tho water of the Meditoranenn con
tains greater proportions of salt than
Unit iu tho ocean.
No part of tho Atlantic Ocean be
tween Europe and Newfoundland ex
ceeds 2,401) fathoms.
When tho Gulf Stream passes out
of the Gulf of Mexico its tempera"
turo is about 70 degrees.
A liniich of eleven rattlers was
killed recently within two blocks of
the Columbus, Ohio, postofliee.
Only about one man iu every tweti-tv-llvi)
who seeks to enlist in the
United States Army is accepted.
Bicycles are fn common on Broad
way Now York City, nowadays that
tiobody puys nny attention to them.
Cupets wero introduced into Eng
land during tho reign of Mary, in
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elK""lint
lo'i'X They were theu considered
e.
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A woaltliy hngllsh womnn has mar-
'jed colored inn,, who, previous to
,ul!' """ "
cloZ iu variety halls.
I The British Museum possesses n
collection of old Greek advertisements
printed ou leaden plates which show
that tho practice is very nucieiit.
The remedial effects of laughter are
really wonderful. Cases have- been
known where n hearty laugh has ban
ished disciiM) o'id preserved life by a
sud I ju effort of nature. ,
At Oubbio, iu Italy, a spiritualistic
medium recently promised to put n
mother iu comiuuiiicition with her
dead son. When she saw flames aud
and sulphurous smoke coming out of
the cabinet she was convinced that he
was lost, went staring mad, nnd will
not recover. Tho medium is to bo
prostcut-'d.
The Miost of a tree.
While on a visit to London I was
asked by a Mr. 8, to call upon him nt
his homo in. n town sumo miles from
tin city. Ho lived, in it dotnehedj
,1,111 WHO u mi (j yiu ueil III lUC UltCK
of it. We Lai j'tst got there when ho
asked me to have a look nt his gnir Jen
so I went out along with bin wife nnd
himself. But no sooner h:id I
s'epped onto tho plot of gra3s imme
diately nnj lining tho homo than, right
ou tho upper edge yf tho thin plot I
thought i saw n lnro ntul Le.ititiinl
fruit troo Covjred with white blossoms
nnd on wnlkiug uo.uii1 to it I found
the tree dissolve,! au-,i end n.tti:,ll
. ' - v
lio tree tins there, I wns so astonished
ot tllis l'U!om "l'cetnclo thnt I spoke
"uolit It to Sfr. . m-l immediately
I 1,0,11 Ild U'H vi'B xu''iiuie.i
"That is extrrtji.-diiiiiiy," as there
actually stood there,' on the
very spot, n Jnrijo fruit tree,- which
was cut down and taken away a month
ago, as it never bore fruit, but Was at
springtime a mass of blossom; but
its branches overhung the grans plot
so thnt it was thought best to move
it." I had never seen this plaoe be
fore, or knew anything of tho tree, or
tho circumstance connected with its
removal. I thought this inoideut pe
culiar, nnd wondered how tiie ghost of
a tree could lie sensed ns an existent
thing on tho atmosphere. Sineo then
I have learned that tho spiritual om
boiliment of tho tree hud us much
right to exist us our owu spiritual
body. Soveiul incidents of tho samo
kind have taken plucu since thut time,
and I cjiicii'.di! that nothing exists mu
ter ally but lias a spiritual counttr
puit. New Age.
A Provoking Fellow.
Clara What's tho matter, dear?
Dora It's too much to bear. Mr.
Faintheart hasn't proposed yet.
Clara But you told me you
wouldn't marry him.
Dora Of course I wouldn't. But,
after nil tbtr time I've wasted on him,
I think he might at least give me a
chance to refuse him. New York
Weekly.
Aud Mas Speedily Shorn.
"You used to do a little trading on
'Change, didn't you, Higgs?"
"Yea."
"Were you a bull or a bear?"
"Neither, Blobbs. I was a lamb." '
Chieugo Tribuue,
Foreign papers say that the fastest
speaker in the world among publio
uieu is Signor Grimaldi, the Italian
Deputy. He can speak 20 1 w ords e,
in i mil o with ease.