Bloomington Progress, Volume 15, Number 23, Bloomington, Monroe County, 21 September 1881 — Page 1
Ham an Frit vent tiro Dcvteben who lived aWt byifrle. " 1 Beewtr (torn the worH, its it ana) its pride; . With tlKii pretasll rat be the spam "" weio spent, .. An! the imitof their labor vac peace rat content. Kens purduMd a acre of a nebthhor sue day Ami lacking a part of the " a-oW." as they ear. Ma ie-a ell upon Frua to aoucil a tat, To nia hiat to pay inr his acfctiUlul nan. Frits ktniny consented the mwoey to lend, . As 1 gave the resfcaVred avoatit to hie frl-md ; K-ioarkli his own simple language to suets
The note was drawn np in the primitive wart
A HMi irura rini uri' f mum w-wj. TSI en tb. queMion arow, the sote being wade, " Vieh t a bolda dpi (apex antil&t was paid?" Yoa kep ." said Frtta, "and dea yoo will know Ton f.w me dot man?. 8y Kami "Dot lehae; Dm nukw ane lememher I hat dot to bay, Unit I prings you dr note, nod 4er aaaoeraom
twj.A month bad expired when Tlam asattrant. PnM had: the amount, and fnnn iel.t Hi wasfrred, Si.ts Frits. "New K settles " Hne repiiea. "Taw; Haw jou dates dot paper aecmdiaf to law T " I gxrps dot, now, aln'-. It;" saylrlta, "den you I va Rmemben yoa taid do to me Bevs Bars, ' Dot is ; ii ma just sa blala Dot J knjw Tot to do Ti n 1 iwrruw- again."
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KIFTI!V. AW Alfa rifting way fron, each other, SlYjttrj- drifting cr-nrt Kotbing V'tween b it the world's eo!d
avjoiaig aujgav -nil j-iwai. -
Ony two three ittvtotnjs Hofeand more, da- by day ; Only one eonl from anoiher ml SteadBjr drifting away. Only a nun'a heart striding; Bitterlj hard wttvit doom; Only a hand, tender and b'and, Hiinirg away ta Ut4 g"oom.' 'Kotliing of doubt or wrong-. Nothing that ettto'r eas rare; Kotbine; to shame, iK-tbiag to blame, Kothing to do bun mdnre. The -a-orM cannot atand attU -
t Xfttrfng here that in worth a )ne loreleee, nuivuif. aratiaja;! - prifttng away from each ether, Sttatl&y dniftins apart; ISO w rr ns to each tha t the world can reach. Settling kntbitt a. brart. "
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THE I'ET OF THE DRILLERS;
lUUn BKUOC BID, BU , UU, J W Dqu'
vere all noatraasr to-ay and sort
-amidemng about aimless like. Thelxws fidvea't Xit itext vo wcirk and the drili-
JDg toe Is ara standing ldw in the derrick. My wire, dear heart, is Br crazy ,vith gnef and ds take on awfaL Yon sea, . : tor, Ba'syiadeBd."" "Yes, the littl girt She wasn't oar child, bat we loved l.er jnt the samcr. She Wasn't a baby, though, yoa might - think so bom the name. She w seras ar eiglit years old, but the name 'Baby ' eame to us with liar whan bar mother died." The old driHer brushed away a tear with the sleeve of hia bine flannel shirt mi turned a sorrowing face toward- a clump of pine trees away out in the" McKistn Connij oil fields, at the front of the line, of deTelopatenl A rongh hsmloik board hous peered through the trees 'and cast a long shadow down, the broad aisle made by t he sombre lanes, and around and over thehnpainted .door tines and flowers -were hanging n irof osion, the one redeeming feature of the homely honsa audits lonely snrroandings. I had asked the old man for the imvSege of taking sapper with him at the honse, and bad, at; his request, dismoanted and tielniy horsa to a young gsine preparatory te resnmine; a long ride Jwck to Bradford. "I don't know what kind of a supper the old lady will hite; not very good, perhaps, hot yoa are welcome to what ther 3 is. Eyerythinp seems turned trpsido down to-day; !: at oome along, air. I see she is waving her sonbonnet at me." With bMnfaHiinr start Stti i&t mui IatI
j the waj over the thrissJ-old cif his Torest home. His wife greeted me quietly and
toot-dressers- seated about the room" acknowladged the stnnger's visit with, careless nods and then resumed their -ootaversaiion as thongh nothing had happened. The meal was a solemn one and timing it I learned the history of Babg aiidjrfcyja-ey loved her aatheir
A VKtr bcloxea woman had moved to - Bradford ibrom the lower ofloonntry with her little girl, and had assayed the . . strqggle fcr eiiatene with soett employ
ment as her hands, , wvstod by poverty and ntakness, could iind to tto. It was a bitter straggle, a fi;;ht betweeii'lire and - death. Ldfe, was-sweet to her, not to .'Iwraelf asane; rajtlowber ittie girl, who, -if 'death;, afaoutd niercirally beat thjy
i I cam 4fm
; mothrr-'s "bncAaiv spirit, would b cast' twpoa the wwof 'steangera, to drift
rajea Tteone Kirowv 'nre. Xne woman was priind'and wonlil notjaak aVstsgice,', for she.' had opej -been wwdtby-and a ; leier;in.Rlined,icattn'woeja V hwibar waadid, or aomemoise ; ieast Jk was deud to hen and Baby? What matters it either wayr But the end came oue day, and poor little Baby wokoona morning to kiss lips whioh i answered no back ngai Bnd tb nestlo '.in -ariBjit that- wonldr lie neWr more " tgfijhgg torth - proesstiot. and gnultuce for tnebiebaby feet. TIhj little nri weut out and sat en the door atep aad caied as if her heart would brRak.'and presently the old driller came along, and, touched by the little waif a sorrow, took her in ton strong arms and . asked the cause erf her trouble. "Mamma is in there," sobbed the little one, "and she won't Bpeak, and her face is.' oh! so eokV? The tired hands were folded psaeofnlly acrtMa the staled heart, and idl that was eartldy of the poor, pitmnt, struggling J motiier was: lowered teuady away from .i . t-jL. -t .i ev.
tmr niKne in asm uian: uivwu - , . a 1 - .. x ; - -at
ever, naoy lonna wntta; uwuub iu vuo old drilaer atvi his wife, who, thongh loving children, hnd neyer been blessed with any themselves. The little one was a joy and a beam f (.unshine to the old people, white to ths drillers and r.mgbly-olad fci lowers o 1 she waa a willful, capricious pet ruling over, the great-hearted men trith seeptered power. Kverf one loved her and gladly s:tbnvfted t-r hr kvin?r nla. And now that sne wa neat, ana lyuig. so cold, and still, and silent in the home aha had brightened and made joyous,' ihe loving hearts to whom she had been all in all were strieken in helpless misery. rjaddened by the pathetic story X stood by the bed of death and looked down
into a free from which - had faded tears.
aaa team ana smnnryrpiearon, wearing a Baile tit it in pleasant dreamland, abont to waken, to ctU c-f birds and Mprfh of flo tstjtii And the soft KHsmer wind, 'laden wish the purfome of the Btshiiig ..pipes,, came io through open damn and wsnde-.T-, and kissed thn dead child's cbepkn and blew the sairv brown nan i.txnre the smooth white brow m carelesT freedom. With a mute grasp of thd old driller' hand I rode away down the, aitJe of sombre pines and. over a loufe,' lonely highway to Bradford, pon-3eri-tf over tite tendrnfR and kindnoss of a frizzted, gnty-haired follower of the ever-shiftjug stnoes of ofl. ' . a Late at night, in conqany with a friend, Isat !iiil wt't ner room of oa of Bradtorers larga nefeM. I'nj door opened slowly and a diareputable looking vagrant sidled in to the room, holding by the neck a dirty violin. Proopinx himself Bgainst the wall, and at toe same time eyeing the sleeping hotel dark he made preparations to play. "Ix us get ont of this. I don't want to I tortured with an infliction on the sacred name of music," said my friend, as he moved toward the door. "It's some wandering 4 bum ' playing for the drink.'' Mechanically drawing him to his seat I.waitad for the music, mentally defying
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the fiend to do his worst The bow touched the strings softly and drew forth a buraji of melody such as one rarely hears outside the great music halls of the world. Oh, such a flood of music, mellow and soft and beautiful ; so fall of oatnos and sorrow. One intent wed be
lieve that the poor jtatterdemalion, thA
wreoK 01 bettor-aayv, was pouring forth .hit very soul in the momory of what might have beenr 'When the last strain of thp melody had floated ont into the night we beckoned him to a seat and drew from him his story. He was. bora and reared a gentleman anyone could .tell that from the manner iu which he took- hie seat and listened to our questions. ' ' Why dont I play in concert halls ?" he mtorrogatively answered. "Why can't I make a name in the world as well ?
"Because, curse it, drink has me in his
itfiwer. with the grasp of a thousand HendK 1 wasn't always like this. It was ages ago, it seems to me, but only a few years in reality, that I had a wife, a child, a home and a fortune. The fortune was left me by a dying mother, and I determined'to move niy family to the oil country skid go into business, in hopes of increaring "myajready comfortable store." sUk" all men who live in thA" oil country A tried toy nana at speculating. on the market. If yoa know what it is to Idse a fortune at one. fell swoop then yon know how I felt Great God. what agony I Then I took to drink aiid be
came a worthless wretch. It was.nn aw-
taa. Those who are no the hitchest
ii ways i ail xne lowest, nnd it seemed oa tnough 1 never should and anywhere this side the great lake of Are. 'in one of my saner moments I took my violin and drifted out into the world. dtr.
mined not to drag down my wife and lit-'
ua gra.. t?tnee neyitood jl nad been a performergpn the Violin and when I arrived at manhood I was an aocomplfched musician. I have been wapderins' ever tktee, without borne and fnenos, Merriful heavens, where will it end !"; And in a voice tremulous with emotion (rem thoughts of the happy past be leaned back with his violin. and; sang witty: Only a poor old wanderer, No nlnce tocall lor home; - KeoM to pity me. m one tocbeer tro, As friendless and sadly I ream. - The melody of the. piece was fall of touching pathos and as he ceased singinft he shook with suonreased sobs. "I have come back to the oil country to take one look at my family before drifting into oblivion." he said, slowly;
't bntl find my we is is dead and
mf J:tue gin in the- family ox a dnuer out at the front Clod pity the little one and guide her footsteps, for I can not What a father I am ! But she shall not see me. I will just look in at the window and see her and then go away. I an powerless to do anything for her, for I san not do anything for myself. : I am going up to see her in the morning. I love her just as dearly now as I ever did, the beautiful little blossom. Oh, what a world, what a world ! Stranger, don't speculate in ofl. And if you. loose, be manly enough to keep from the accursed staff that has killed my wife, ruined me aad will make my child's pathway tlrough life a way of thorns and briars. Dbn't do it; donlt Bnt good night 1 tire you with my ravings. Tee, I wilt g up to the old driller's house in the nprnig and take a Juot look at my little girl." &.last look! Tea, the very last, for brawn-haired Baby waa his only child. I loultln't tell him the bitter truth. It wis erneL nerhans. to let him ttn on in
hpe, hut I couldn't tell him his only
geamoi nope in life was all ready to be lad. away under the pine trees and the wild flowers in the lonely forest. To bke a last look ? Hwiven help tho unfortunate wretch. Bradford (Pa.) Corretondenee Philadelphia Timet.
A T0BN1D0 OF FLAME.
; ' Arctic Animals. Amongnnimttlw.Ahe Polar bear, pure; bite in winter, is found on the ser. const
d in slightly-wooded regions, bnt the
ereiety is i not iaoucdant. .The smau vhito rabbit, same an' seen in the Middle States; except in color, frequents wooded egions along river courses and is abtm (ant Beindeer wese formerly abundant n the sea cwostandtravled rrt immense
serds. but since the introduction of fire
arms 'these animals have been destroyed1 m some localities and driven from others.
imd now they are found oniv in restricted
localities. A few years ago they existed
m vast numbers on nuneyaK ltcano, ana
(the Indians' were in the habit of
tlaTnghtering them with senheless iiugrovidence. They were once so plenty
Jipdjtai1ie( tbiee'that they could be shot
sx nsntpersirom the nutsoi tne natives. v)ne traveler says that lie saw over 4,000 hvn skins hanging np to dry in a single riBage. Poison is sometimes nsed in -Aking game an execrable prEctice.
in the open throughout the interior tonntry reindeer are still found in small asnda. T' Moose are still found along the rivers h the Yukon territory and in wooded jlnoee Their skins are used for clothng; .they are thiok, stiff and heavy be--bre feeing tanned, bnt are rendered soft mA pliable under the manipulation of he Imiian tanners, who use the animal's (rain in the operation. The Polar bear is found on the northen coast of Alaska. This huge Miimal fkmerly ranged as far south as the Aouth of the Yukon ; and tradition has it that one wes once seen on St Paul's Band in latitnde67 deg. north, supposed tchave been carried there on . a floating in tield. In the Coast mountains range ennamon, black and grizzly bears ; bnt nam of these varieties are oenntnen 'ace. 3acfc from the coast bears are more nnnarous, especially tne black on the Dppr Yukon, were many skills are annially taken. I gathered a good deal of iitereeting gomip about the manner of capturing the tiear. . The natives give the nd bear, and especially the grizzly,' a wie berth. One white hunter reportd seeing a band of fifteen black beatson Peace river, in the Hudson bay county, feeding on berries on a hillside, and ax in one place on the Yukon, the prese)t spring. The grizzly is nottrcquenty found, for the sufficient reason, 1 supjose, that he in rarely "lost" The barrel ground bear, a smaller animal, dull yillowish brown in color, inhabits a wide, treeless region extending from the westett part of British America to Alaska! Alaska Cor. San Jtrancwoo GHronrfQ. The Cat as a Weapon of Defense. A wvnan of New York has demonstrateqthat cats are good for something besidecatching rat and mice. She was alone jt the boose with no companion bnt a inge cat She heard a burglar attemptbg to effect an entrance into the base&snt window. In her alarm she seized ier petted " Tom," and, poiiing him ftrefully from the second-story window, dropped him squarely upon the inroder's neck, where, with a terrific hWl, he fastened claws and teeth! Then tame another yell, and thief and cat diappeared with lightning rapidity arouiuthe corner, the oat on top, -
Pswtlcnlaursi'o( tiM Terrible michigan. sTonflafrrations Appnlltna; Dnunoi tlon Lfe ttd Property. DETaorr, Mica Tha roane of UiO'tetriblo tornado of flamo in
the lowdr Michigan peninsula may be readily placed in the mind of the casual roader by the aid.of the followiag explanation : I'bo aouthorn penioeula of Mlchan has tbo form,- on the map, of a loft-hand mitton, laid on its palm. The space between tho thumb and lingers is represented by tiaginaw bay. Huron oounty forma the end ol the thumb, ,nd beneath it, on tne map, lis Tuesola and Sanuao ooautics, side by eideySaonao to the eastward. Bad Ax is in tbe center of. Huron oounty, and is the county seat, and Oaro is in the center of Tuscola count?, and is the oounty st,at. Each of the three counties has about tweaty-four townshins six miles square.' The loss of life and properly is immense. A dispatch from Lexington sayh that dead bodies are being bronght in from all direction.. It is estimated that 500 people am homeless and in immediate want of assistance. The farmers in newer townships lose livestock, hoosea,barns, crops, everything. A farmer who just came in from Austin township saved his family of eight children in-a field of buckwheat, but he says the whole country in that part is totally destroyed and many lives have been lost "The loss of live elook is-eire ply immense. The older settled townships esoaned' with bnt httls loss, bnt in most of the newer townships rothing remains bat a fire-swept, blackened wilderness, A dispatch from Marietta. Sanflao county.
cava a tcrriblo state of affairs exists at that point The entiio section of too country lyuig to the north and east of that place has bean .on Are, and the number of families rendered" homoleas will reach the hundreds. Upto thie time seventeen persons are known to have met their death by fire. The horse of Ira Humphrey, the mail carrier between this place and Duties Corners, came home badly burned, with a card attached to the saddle written by Hnmphrry. stating his peril from fire. A relief party found him on the road dead. He was entirely denuded of his clcthus, either having been burned on hia person, or torn oil by hiuiselr in bis desperation. Iu the township" of Argyll?, Huron oounty, the following wore burned d&id : Paul Wetzel, wife and five children; Oeorgo -Eroteh, wife and three children ; Mrs, Morris Wei oh and two children; James Oilson, ami two women, recently from Canada, names unknown. The Itev. Z. Crenel!, Jr., pastor of the First Baptist Church, of this city, arrived from Sand Beach at noon to-day by the N urro w- Gauge and Grand Trunk, passing through most of the burned region in Sanilao comity. He gave reporter a grapnio and fearfnt description of the calamity as he saw it, and beard of it from eye-witnesses. On his way to Port Huron by the Narrow-Giincre railroad it was noticed tnat.
in some places, the railroad track had proved an effectual barrier to the names, which did not find fuel in the gravel of the road-bed. In other places, however, it burned, the ties and twisted and destroyed the rails, whichhod to be replaced. In other places it bad leaped clear over the road, and takon a now start on the other side. For tbe most pan, it got across in some way, ai d the spots of unbar nt country were small, few, and far between. From the car-windows, nil the way, it presented to the view tbo aspect of a burned desert of ashes and smoldering embers, without a sign of animal or vegetable life, a country abandoned by God and man, nnd to which. -it was impossible to imagine any one returning. The telegraph poles had all burned, and the wires had becu reset upon any- stick that could be found, and, for long distances, wcro morely hud along tbe ties beside the rails. One of the most singular and appalling phenomena accompanying the CHlanntv was the
awesome darkness wLich preceded it and remained until all wits over. Tho experience of Hand Beach will illnstratv that of tho who'e lake shore. At sunrice HoisUy the air was at clear as usual. At 1 p. m. tbe people began to observe a singular copper-colored appearance of tho whole firmament. A little later this deepened to a red, and by 2 o'clock it was no dark tbat people wi ro compered to take lanterns to find their way out or doora. Mr. Jeiiks, a weU-linown citizen, naid that ho passed ibis hand back and ."or;U to 'we his face and ponld not see. Tho fearful darkness continued all the aftoinoont with an occasioni! rift, through whirh (he rays of tbe tu.i darted furtively with unnatural brightuexs, to bo succeeded immediately by still more blinding blackness. . Many thought tho end of tho world was at hand, and were filled with terror. Tlio borrow of the imagination were soon iiKon.-iiii.-d by the approach of tbe flamoi, tbe klories of tho'uutvoiual desolation to the' went of flicm, the dread that they were fated to a frightful death, and then by tup arrival of the charred, blackened and shapeless niuidns of the poor victims. This' awful condition contiunod all along tbe shore until Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock, when the wind, wh-ch had boon blowing steadily from the vest, turned snddonly from the north, carrying tho cool, moist air of the lake to the fevered heads and -amoknd-sh-begrimrd faces of the people. It wa sweet as tho breath of God, and was accepted as thankfully. The scenes of horror in the wood! wore too frightful for any pen to portray. Tho dead were found everywhere, very rarely rccogiiizable, and In most cases undist'inguiBhable as heman beings. Many were mere mis ses of burnt flenh, whioh fell apart when touched, and in very few could sex or age be disnngnisoea. From one body the herd fell when it was lifttl up; from another, that of a young woman, the leg separated and hung suspouded by tbe tendons. In somo places families were found reduced to an undintinguiBhablo heap of roasted and blackened blocks of flesh, where they fell together, overwhelmed by the rushing flames. Tho manifold horrors of the calamity were multiplied by fearful tornadoon, which cut off retreat in every dircotion. The awful heat of the atmosphere raised tho smoke u lrhle from the ground, and it hnng above tjiearth in an impenetrable mass, shutting out all light, and leaving tl.'j poor creatures below helpless and blind, until the fire canght them and closed their agony in death. Now and then flames sliot np in tremendous masses, which would be seized by a tornado and ojrried bodily a ..qu'irter of a mile away, and then pushed down again to start the flames in a new quarter. In this way helpless fugitives flting for life were' penned iq sj seas of flame, and roasted like rats in a cage. One fanner, a few miles from Sand Beach, who wis plowing with oxen, on noticing the approaching darkness, and thinking he had plenty ol time, waited to turn bis cattle and horses loow. He then hurried to tbo honse, and, finding bit wife gone to a neighbor, took two children himself, and gave three others in charge of his oldeft daughter. Before they got many rods front the house the names bad got before them. Ho hurried off in another direction with hi two youngest, but the girl pushed on over tbe burning grass with the other three. He escapees. The bodies of the other fonr were afterward found in a heap, charred bevond recognition. John Balloitino, of Verona Mills, says that fifty-three lives were known to be lost in the neighborhood of Band Beach, The fire sud denly reached Verona Mills on Monday, and the town was soon wiped out. The wind was so strong that Ballentine and wife were pisked np and blown fifteen cr twenty yards. A woman and her husband were found lying against a treat dead, tbe woman being partly delivered of a child. Tho devastation caused by tbe fires of 1871 is nothing in comparison to the fires of the paat few days. In the vicinity of It chmondville Western, Forester and Mnrcer townships reliable information leads one to say that upward of 800 persons perished in tho flame . There Whs no escape tor them. The woods and ground were so dry that no warning of danger was given. Faster than a race-horao came the fire. It would embrace a house or a barn with its contents and away to the next. Persona who have been through the torrilJo ordeal tay that In ten minutes from tbo timo tho tire struck there would be no voatige of a bouse left; A correspondent says : "I have just returned from a trip through tho burned district, and a description of the sights would make tbo reader's blood turn cold. In many instances men, women and children were found lying on tbeir faces iu the rwd, whore they had fallen when overtaken by the fire. Children were lying on logs, where they had clambered for safety. There was no finding each other when once separated. Many took refuge in wells and root-houses, thinking to escape, nut in almost ever)' instance were suffocated. Details of the disaster in Huron are as bad as here. I bttove tbat when the returns are in 1,000 persons trill be found to have perished in tho flamtn. Forestertownshlp will turn out Thursday to bury the Nad cattle, sheep and horses,
the stench from which it unbearable. The Rev. W, T. Allington found sixteen dead bodies near Oeokervillo. Only five buildings were left between that place and Hinden, JohnFlytewager's family, seven children and wife, wore all burned together in Paris township, with fifteen others. The Day family were burned, Morris Clifford, wife and child. A man and woman are lyin.r dead in the road between Donner'B milf acd Tyre. Fifteen families were burned in Moore and argyle. Five hundred families' are reported at Minden as having been burned out. A woman and seven head of cattle were burned at Smith's mill, half a mile from Tyre. Wherever a houf o is left people flock to it like sheep to tho fold, in some places bb manv as nix families being m a log shanty. They must have relief from the blow or great suffering wsll be the result. I saw many families to-day who had not one meal since Monday, and who do not know when thoy will get one. Their tea ma are all gone, and their cows and other stock burned. Desolation stares them in the face, Taey talk about their misfortune, and many of them say, bad as it is, it might be a groat deal none. They are glad to get away with their hveu Many of the men are Canadians, who havo been over but a short time and have just begun to get things in comfortable shape.' Many need medicine and medical attendance.'' The following appeal has been issued by the committee of citizens of Port Huron, headed by Senator Conger, Mayor Carl eton and others: To the People of the thutsd States: A most appalling disaster has fallen upon a large portion of tins c ranties of Huron and Bauilac, with some adjacent territory, a section of country recently covered with forest, and now occupied by ntarly 60,000 people, largely recently settled, and either "poor or in very moderate eirc'imstanoei. In the whole or tins section there has been but Utile rain during the oast two months, nnd everything was dry, when5 on Monday, Hopt 6, a hiurioano swept over,-ir, earrviug with it a sheet of Heme that hardly anything could withstand. We have advices 'Of "200 persons burned to death, manv of them by tho roadside or in the fields while seeking 'places 'of safety, and it is probable that twieo thin number have perished. Wo have ruporte from twenty or more township, iu which scarcely a house, barn or Kupphes of any kind .are left, and thousands of people are destitute and helpless. All of theso peoplo require immediate anjistauoe, and motjt of them must depend on charity for months to come. We are doing all in" our powor to succor them, but the necessities of the case are so greet that conIribulions front charitable peoplo throughout tho country will be required to keep them throughout the winter. We, therefore, appeal to you to send money, olothing. bedding, proviiions, or any other supplies that will help maintain the sufferers, and enaaie them to provide shelter for themselves, and begiu work again on their farms. Contributions may be sent to the Mayor, E. C. Carleton, Chairman of the Belief Committee ajipointed by tho citizen of Port Huron, who have sent agents through the burned district to ascertain the wants of the sufferers and distribute supplies. . ..
Dsraorr, Sept 10. The foreiit fires in tbe lower peniosulaof this State have been quite gononJly quenched by rain after ravaging thirty-six townships, and tho extent of tho awful calamity is beginning to reveal iteolf. Th'j devastation- is even more widespread tha:i bad been feared by the most despondent. It seems, from present report,, that about thirty-one 'townships in Tuscola, Sanilac and Htuon counties have been swept over by the flames. In this district are aliont "fourteen village utterly destroyed, and the snnouuding country Hhorn so close by the tiro as to leave the ground cleared like a ncry-town field. No estimate of losses or deaths can be made with any degree of accuracy, but news from trustworthy sources leads to the belief tbat the estimate on 200 lives lost is very low, and that 800 is nearer the reality. The awful details are beginning to come to hand. They are of a character to make strong mon shudder. Communication with tho burnt district has been again opened and assistance is being rapidly furnished. Many persons are still missing in tho burned districts, and tho exact lof s cannot be known for some days. Among reports of burials are tbe following : Paris township .".7i 39 Auctlii 18 Miudcn 3 Bingham..., 9 Delaware. , g Argyle I It is said that twenty-seven dead have been found in the country between Bad Ax and Port Hope. A dispatch from Lndmgton estimates that tbe probable loss of life is from 800 to 400 in Sanilao county alone, Tho towns of Waieitnwn, Flynn, Elmer, Moore, Argyle, Evergreen. Greenleaf and Eaton havo sufftred fearful loss in lives, ard the dost motion of property in thete townships is immense. Everything is gone, and the people are congregated at these plaxs. In -name localities whole families have perished in tho flames, and on the east. and north border of the oounty their condition is oitiful iu the extreme. The facts are more horritle than heretofore reported, and many have MiRtended business to attend to tho unfortunates. On the other side of Cass river, the condition U deplorable, nnd the sufferers are without homes, rood or clothing. Immediate relief is contributed lihcrally, but the outlook for the future is dark indeed.
Men who have grown old clearing land, and were mjoying the fruils of their labor in comfortable aomon, have lost everything and been mado paupers. The. te rritory burned over is peopled by at least !iO,(iOO iuhabitanta, one-half of whom have settled here within ton years. The conditions whioh tnido the firo so destructive were Uieset Fully twa-thirels of the timber over tho entire bnrned tract was destroyed by tho great tire of 1871, and was piled np in miles of windfalls, or, if standing, was mere kitidliug-wood. The settler preferred burned lands as being easily ewarea, and hundred of newnaue were surrounded by great tracts of fallon timber. The roads were lined on either stUo by it, and many who tterisbed were caught i these roads and hemmed In by Ilibyrint-ka of this burning kemlock, black ash and pine. There had been no rains over thiii region eince spring to wet down any depth. Even swamps which were utuilly colored with one or two feet of water had become dry as tinder. For weeks there had been no 1 avy winds. The prevailing winds had bceu from l.alte Huron, with which fires did aot run. On tbe day of the great fire there was not a 'quarr mile in all the burned region i bat did not hoM mom or lest fire. Monday itipmbig opened with a cloudless sky, the moreury gradually rising to 100 and over. The wind was south, nnuing to southwest, and by toon increasing to a ll'ty-milo galo. At noon in many places lumps had to be lit, and a sickening tJinuo ol fear and impending calamity ovorspnwd the whole populat on. About & "o'clock the wind assnracd the violence of a tornado. The ila.mes were of a ghastly bluub hue, giving no light, but licking np timber, houses, barns, stacks, animal and people with a resistless l'nry, and thus at places wcro no liro was known to tie for miles around in the morning. On Tuesday the extent of the horror began to be known dead men, women and children at what had been their doorsteps, at their gates in the fields, and on the highways, some untouched by fire, others charred and blackened. One poor woman, in the agony of childbirth, was balf-bumed. The living, with burned feet, onrs or hands, and many women and children entirely naked were separated from the rest, of the family, blind, hopcleaa and despairing. In Sanilac oounty, Cato, with a population f 100, suffered a clean sweep of every building. WillUni Cole wan burned. Iu Tyro, which had a population of fifty, one dwelling alone is left Diickervihe, with a population of 151), lobt two millii, nix stores and dwcllir.ga, At Anderson, with a population of 100, a clean sweep of all ton buildings was mudc. At Cumber, whioh had a population or fifty, ouly ono dwelling is left A clean sweep was made of Bichmoadvill, with a population of 100, and seven lives were lost The follow in i is a summary of the losses by townships : Washington, 39 homes ; Watortovra, 10 home, IS lives ; Elmer, 30 homes ; Moore, 40 (iocvm, H lives ; Argyle, 10 homes, 13 lives i Austin, 60 homes, 9 lives; Marion, 23 homes, 20 lives; Delaware, 10 homos, 7 liven ; Mindon, SO homos ; Bnd,;ohamton. 10 homos. Lamotto, Evergreen aud Green have suffered undoubtedly iu lives and property in the same proport on, hut no particulars are at hand. Flyim, 30 homes; ripeaker, 25 homes ; alaplo Valley, 0 homos ; Saniliic, 10 homes. Lexington, 20 homes ; Elk, 25 homes. In Huron couDty,-in tho villago of Bid Ax. the population of whioh was about 300, tbe court-house and one store only were saved. In Verona, with a popuiatiou of 100, a church and hotel were saved. A clean sweep was mado of
Huron'Cilv, population 200. The same fate befell Umlily, population 150 ; and Parisville, population 100. At Port Hope, thrco mills, a salt bice and lumber, and six dwellings wero burned. The townships of Bingham, Paris, Blcomfield and Rubicon are nearly a clean awe sr. Thero are eighty-five dead in these townships, and many misaing with no hopes, lv'ports honrly increase the number, and even' township has suffered nearly as much, B" B. Noble, banker, of Lexington, who has a good knowledge ot the country bnrned, estimates the loss of property in Huron and Saniliic counties at $3,000,000. The insurance anong the farmers was mostly in a mutual company, whose members are the principal suffetera, and, of course, unable to pay assessments." '" lieliof h is commenced to flow Iu from various quarters, i.nd subscriptions are being taken up in all tbe commercial cities. In answer to a reqtest for tents, the Secretary of war urates the construction of temporary buildings, and Gov. Jerome has telegraphed him to order one thousand army blankets. Secretary Windoni baa instructed the Collector of Cn turns at Pert Huron to pass free of duty all contributions from Canada. The resident ol tho bnrned district were ruainlv insured in tho Farmers' Mutual Company, of Huron, Sanilac and Tuscola counties, and probably not over 30 per sent wilt be realised. Detboit, Sept 12. A committee from Port Huron, Mich., visited Uindeu and Sand Beach and ascertained the probable amount of wheat required by the sufferers to do their winter seeding, and a FufBcienoy will be promptly furnished. In the vicinity of Bad Ax gangs of men hive been assigned to the dmy of burying cuttle which petuhecl in the fiamts. It Appears that 200 persona were gathered in the Court House at Bad Ax. whion was only saved from dest ructiou by a long line of men pasting water fron the pump in pails. The slimmer Saginaw has readied Sand Beach with 500 bnsheis of oats for the starving stock nt "Vernon and Bad Ax. The latest reports trom Haniiao oounty give the known loe of Ufeas 200; Huron county, 128. but a largo part of Huron county has not yet been penetrated by the relief forces, and it is feared many more lives have been lost Supplies are now sent by rail to Mmtlen, and by boat to all regular ports on Lako Huron. The Detroit at d Port Huron Mmniittoes have aireuU on horse rack exploring the I unit districts, and Teptrting localities where aid is most needed. In spite of I he great quantities of proriaioni and other help sent from all parts of tho State, aud tens of thousands of, dollars suh-s-ribed, the sufferers in some parts of the burnt district are reported starving and in dir extremity. The Habit of Jfjcknamfnr. Among the scholars at Christ Ohnrch School was the1 son of a poor clergy man, 'vho rejoiced in the name of Simon Tennings. He was of Ruph a dismal nnd gloomy a natnre that he had been nick? Darned by his compauions Pontius Pilate. One moiTiutg he went up to J)r. Bowycr and said, in his usual whispering mauaer, "Piease, Dr. Bowyer, the boys all call me Pontins Pilate." If tbtsre was one thing old Bowyer hated more titan a false quantity of Greek and Latin, it was tha habit of nicknaming. Itohiug down aoioug the scholars, from his pedesital of rtate, with cane in hand, he cried, "Listen, boys : The next time I hear any of you say Pontius Pilato, I'll cane yon as long as this cane will lost Yon arc to say Simon Jennings, and not Pontius Pilate." The next day when the same class was reciting the Cataclnsni, a boy of a remarkably dull aud literary turn of mind had to repeat tho creed. He had got as far as ' suffered under," iiud ws about peippiug-out the next word, when Bowycr'sjirohiuition unluckily flashed upon his obtnse mind. After moment's hesitation, he blundered ont, "gvffered under Stmon Jennings; wag criiiil " Tbe rest ol: tha word was never uttered, for Bowyer had nlready rushed upon him, and when he had discharged his cane storm upon him, ho cried: "What do you mean, you booby by such blasphemy?" Tho Bunpleminded youth said : "I only did as you told me.5' "Did as I told yon," roared old Bowyer, now wound up to something above the boiling point. "Wbut do yon mean t" " You said we were always to call Pontius Pilate Simon Jennings j didn't he, Sam ?" appealed the unfortunate culprit to Coleridge, who was next to him. The great poet, that was to be, said naught; but old Bowyer, who saw what a fool he had to diial with, cried, somewhat nn advisedly, perhaps: " Boy, you are it fool 1 where are your brains V Poor I. Bowyer was for a second time floored, for the boy said, with an earnestness whioh proved its truth, but to the intense horror of the learned potentate, " In my stomach, sir." Coleridge, in his quiet style, used to add, when relariuc the story : "That is not the only
instance I have known of 'matter triumphing over mind, stomach over brain, stupid boy over Bowyer." How Hen Become Insane. A large number of lunatics -in our asylums are tho victims of their own misconduct Almost any person can make himself a lunatic if ho pursues the di
rect method. There are hundreds and y
perhaps thousands in this city driving themselves to madness. Gambling, speculation and hard drinking will undermine tho strongest intellects, A young man of my acquaintance has lately been sent to Bloomuigdale Asylum who was, a few years ago, se promising as to obtain on important appointment. He nljused his position, wasted a large salary, became suddenly a gambler and a cuke as well as a defaulter. The same ida is advanced by Hogarth, who finishes tho " Hake's Progress" by the scene in the mud-house. During the last five years large numbers have been carried to the u jlum, the victims of speculation. The love of pleusuro and the haste to get rich have done ft fearful work. After tho intellect bag been over-driven it must sink and perhaps remain in hopeless profltration. It may le added that the increase ol ineinity since the opening of the present 'year is of unparalleled degree. More than f00 cases have been reported during this brief interval, and hence it is not surprising that the asjlums are more, than full. The attention of the publio has b-sen called to this subject by the pi-e&H, and additional room must bo provided. We must either abate that luriuus intemperance which is driving so many to madness, or we must double our usylums all through the State, Troy Timet. Fancy Names for Common Dishes.
Peyton, our landlord, loves to disguise j
the dishes of lnswenu wiin ioreign names in foreign languages, and the consequence is that when one calls for macaroni a la Milauaiseho is apt to get beans, and whon he breathes into the listenin g ear of an African Caliban that he wants epigrammes of lamb la Xivemaiso ho like as not receives cold mackerel. Directly opposite to me at. dinner snt n mountaineer and his wife, both clad in homespun, and eating for all that their money wa worth. Ho, read carefully ovt r the bill of fare, and cboso, after spoilingitcarefullyout, "Stewed beef taBvurgeiiiso" and "Terrino a la Strasbourg;" awhile, and tho dihcs aune. After stirring it up, examining it carefully and then smelliug it, lie t xti aimed, ia audible and disgusted tones, to his spouse: "Why, d it all, Nancy, it's nuthih but haK jtrtt M-&"WaAbgton Capital
Tilden and Hendricks. The Democrats have two perennial candidates for President They are Tilden and Hendricks. They were once persuaded to pool their issues and run on tho same ticket, but since then each man has been for himself, against the other and against everybody else. At this very day, thren years removed from the next Presidential campaign, and at a time when the people, both Democrats and Republicans, are chiefly concerneel about the life of an actual President who has won tbo respect and confidence of aH parties, these two politicians are said to be engaged in working up remote chances lor a Democratic nomination in J881, whiesu, if obtained by either one of them, will place tho successful one as far from the coveted office as the one who shall foil to get the nomination. There has never been a more striking exhibition i '' impotent greed for office than that which Tilden and Hendricks are no'w making. Tho hand of Hie wily old politiciAn of Wew York State is clearly visible in tho preparations for the local campaign this coming fell. John Kelly is on deck, of course, but such opposition only serves to whet tho old man s ambition to tuko the wheel and run affairs to suikhimself. There ms.y be a pretty fight, but Tildenknows he will be no worse off than he is now if he goes down, while he argues that victory over Kelly, supplemented by a victory over the common enemy the Republicans will gain for him some such political glory as that which led to his nomination in 1878. Indeed, it is hinted that Tilden 1b actually willing to run for Governor, in propria persona, in order to monopolize all the triumph of a possible success. It may be, too, that he counts uxn some assistance from tho disaffected Conkling faction, either indirectly, if tbe machine shall' gain control of tho Republican Convention, or directly in case the machine shall be put down in that convention. In .the meantime Mr. Hendricks is said to hive gone to Saratoga in order to fight Mr. Tilden on his own ground. He points to the snccessive defeats of Seymour, McClellan, Greeley, Tilden and Hancock as clinching arguments against the nomination of a New York candidate in 1834. He is raid to have "been in close communicat ion with John Kelly, and to havo mado a strong alliance with Tammnny. He does not hesitate to criticBO and antagonize Tilden, openly. In a recenfr interview with a reporter ho is credited with the following statement : " Did Got. Tiloen ever converse with you on some joint course of action after you wore both deprived of your offices by the inauguration of Hayes and WliewlM?" , , . , "Ho did not; and there I think he was at fault. Perhaps his mind was too much occupied with a great variety of suggestions from men nearer tou him. But I waited, expecting he would confer with me, bub he never did so. I think Gov. Tilden, on that day when Chandler sent his defiant message that Tilden and Hendricks had not been elected, ought to have expressed himself distinctly that he regarded himself as elected, and meant to maintain the authority of tho majority. Had I been the candidate at the head of the ticket I should have done just that, and there -would have been no contention either, because the orderly portion of the Republican party believed we were elected, and would not have resisted our taking the offices, with Congress in our favor." To those who' are familiar with Mr. Hendricks' vacillating and trimming methods it must be very amusing to read of that gentleman's condemning Tilden s course after the election of 1876, and telling of. the bold things that he would have done if he had been in Ttlden'b place. At the same time it has been, and still in, the Democratic inclination to blame Tilden for his conduct then, and Hendricks may make some capital out of i-. Both men are likely to, create a good deal of popnlar disgust, however, by their machinations at this time, andeachmaypossiblyproveofsoine service to the country by helping to kill off each other. Chicago Tribune.
jestio, and so able to cement hearts among women and bonis among men. I hope we shall meet often and early, and should ever war again commence let us be fonnd in the front rank bstding against Garfield and all the crew." Ap plause; IXTERESTrXG BECOBD.
Hlateryaf An ExtraorcUaMuryOAsefn Surgery. Jinny of our readers, says tlio Chicago Trib-
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tjirisby's Spt'ech. Tliere was a Confederate reunion at Dallas, Texas, not long ago. The principal address was delivered hy the Bev. Gen. L, M. Iiewis, and it was a ranting, roaring affair, alike destitute of patriotism or scholarship.. The speech of the occasion, Bays the St Joseph Herald, was that, of one Gristly, which they printed without comment. : Cupt. W. H. Grisby, a soldier and a Miseourian, ar, the Chairman said, opened his remarks by saying that he was with Quail trell during the war, and was with Bill Andorson when he was shot off bis horse. Much applause. He was not tliere to ask President Garfield to speak. Applause. He indoracel Gov. Hoberts when he would not, affiliato with the Governor of Ohio in calling upon the pe-nple of Texas to say that they sympathized with him in his misfortune. Applause. He (the speaker) did not sympathize with Garfield in his misfortune. Applause. He paid his respects of appreciation to the people of Texas, iwil then said : "In reference to sympathising with people that I care nothing about, I am not tUutkmdofa man." Hero one suggested to tho speaker to tone down and tern per his ron.arks, 1 "They ask ma not to bo bitter, not to mingle confusion with my talk, but I am not dying on the wings nf policy. How can 1 say otherwise of tor being with Bill Anderson when he fell, with Tucker, Hill, and all those boys, loving them ? How can I sympathize with Gen. Garfield? Cheers, Bully,' 'Don't; it? Gentlemen, ever smce'l could lisp the word constitution, ever since I knew anything about conis tit u .ioual law, ever since I knew of the Confederate Government and of Staterights, I have always been a secessionist. Cries of 'Bully!' and 'Stick to it, my boy!' I am ready for war at a moment. Applause. They tell mo to temper down, but how can I, how can I ? how can I temper the Uuth ? Cries of 'No, sir 1' If you will teach me by some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above, to tomjier tho truth, it might possibly be done, Voices: 'Cutitshorfc'l And now they tell me to cut it short. Gentlemen, I urn not afraid of the ladies. They fought and stood by us whon no others would. They aro ready at the first souiid of war, if fired to-day. Thero is no ono on earth so glad to meet you as L My heart upheaves with such power nnd force that I am not able to express myself. I know not how to express myself, I feel my soul growing with the grandeur of my theme tt theme so ma-
IXCIDENTB. July 2 9.-20 a. m. Presidont shot in Battimora and Potomac depot, Washington, D. 0. July 7. Hopeful of recovery. July S3. Relapse, rigor and el alls. July 24. O Deration discovere of dub sack.
July 26. Incision enlarged and removal ot
punters ot ixrne, etc July 80. Experimenting with elwtrio-fhdac-tion balance for euscoverirar location of the bullet. Aug. 3 Extremely hopeful. Aug, 7. Bad febrile symptoms. Aug. 8. Second operation. Discharge of pus through'Iower ineision in back. Aug. 9. Tho President wrote his name. Aug. Id. He signed an .extradition paper. Aug. 11. He wrote a letter to- his mother. Aug. 14. Nausea, . vctniting and physical prostration.
Aug. 18- Infiammatkin of the right parotid
gland. Aug. 19. Dminage-tti.be inserted nine inches deeper in wound ia baelu Aug. 21. Vomited twice during the afternoon. Ang. 22. Surgeons first aoknowledgo the existence of scptiaemih for ten days.: Aug. 24. Suppuration of tho parotid gland; incision and discharge of pas ; consul juion of doctors to winch Sr. Agnew was hurriedly called. T . Aug. 25. Another consultation, at which tt was decided that the President ould.not bo removed. ' ' Aug. SO. The President's mind wandered during tho night. The parotid glimd discharged through the ear. Aug. 27, Pulse more frequent and patient feebler. Discharge of pus from the parotid gland through the ear. Aug. 28. Tha President ate some milk toast Another mention was made a bove the swollen gland, followed by discharge of healthy-look-log pita. Tbe wound rather lean indolent. Ang. 29. Another incision near the parotid gland, followed by a fair discharge of healthvloo dug pus in the evening. The parotid swelling perceptibly diminishing. Aug, 80. Another incision op the lower sido of trie face ; glandular sweliiiig diminishing more freelv. Ang. 31. Discovery of an openipg from the gland into the mouth. Swelling diminishing ; increased relish for food. Sept 2. The I'rofldent appears butter than for some days. He has takon more nourishment ; little change in the wound ; rwiUets during the night. Sept. 3. Parotid swelling ctuitinr.es to discharge and diuueish in size. Ata a air breakfast of iuiik-toat and f ;me reel bird. In the evening he vomited. Thesuticingiletcmuned to remove tho Prasident front Washington, to escape the malarial fever, wliich threatened dea tit. Long Branch decidod on aii ntot convenient for the surgaons. gopt. 4. Tun frajdent vemited alut 1 o'clock a. m., but slept; well inoa', ol the night. During the day no return of Ue irritability of tbe stowaoh, Improtemont of '.he parotid gland, aud contour of the face restored. More fatigue after dres,4ng of the wocik'L Sept. 6. Tho houest day mduhj.ht of a very hot eumnior. Be it. 6. Sueeeaifnl removal of the President over the PDnusylvauia rauroad toliong h ranch.
PITH AH1) l'OIST, Iryou bad Uio ,(trialf woahl Jamaica rum punch ? ' ' In Texas when a man wishes to cut aa acquaintance his pronedurS is liimple. He uses a bowiiJ-knifei - Aiivkjb to married men : Put a safetyvalve upon your self-esteehrif yon ao not want to get " blown up." A St. Loms editor found a nickel in the street and wrote a luilf-cQlitmn editorial on Our Incressi) of Wealth. " j "PBraoMtn, have yen ever fbejn convicfed?" "No, your Honor.; I havH always employed first-class lawyers." Jones, getting up from his dinner, in a quiet way remarked to Ins-landlady that he had found everything on the table cold excesnt the iio-sVreatn.
Thx giraffe is a very tin.-itl anunaL His neck is so long tSwt -BerSlis liiJtrt comes into his month it takes him half a day to get it back where it 'otlongs. It is learned that sharks -.ire vear' fond of cats as food. Now- lot somebody invent a method of teaching shark 1 to climb over woodshed roofs and lackyard fences. "BBrLMANT and impTilsive yoplo,:' said a lecturer on physiognomy'; " havj black eyes, or, if tby don't ltave 'em, they're apt to get tnein, if Uioyjre too liMnnlarltta -t
ajLU aj uaoa Sfl. Soira one wrote to Horace Greeley mqniring if guano was good to. put iu potatoes. He Boid it. might do for t ioso whose tastes, had become vitiated with tobacco air4arn,J)utle.pia4gri.Ty and butter. . . A uttes pair orsafca that .., - Jtetala lliu aiuei; ol ;Ujvq",li,, if). And just a tinge rf n gaoqeae; 1 turn, them vasael.:: over :-.; '- Asa mart el how the j lri I Us) Tttt ulieht aha rj'nniiead tobt tree) Coald jam a number ; 4sven nat, , . Q Into a paliry mimU x two.' - " Plaze, mum, Wild ye obKge poor bye wid a light ? Suro, you've only got to give on-glance of ver purh- eye at me pipe, and it'll shine likei'UM sht trs." He got th; light amha good Uaner beside. Moral: Always speaJ( Hie truth in presence of the1 fair .sex." Teacher of spellin g rfasrf '' .First boy may spell foot-culiatitjrvb'''diiuii-tioa," .rat hQ$t-s,f-9-'i a tub to wash the .feet .Ifeactitx " Second boy maV -ipetl knee-rn.' Second boy " K-ntPp-aeirlKiu to wash the knees in." JSef(Ulii't go np head. .. - .-
I'acki iff a Tiunk. Most oplo dislike to :p.'k a trunk, an I to do it well is something of an art. If should never badone in a hurry. You should first get everything together which is to be packed, and then go quietly and systematically to "cork, Very largo trunks aro an abomination over which expressmen gronnsnd swear, not altogether without reason. Still, small ones are inconvenient, oxxtept for short journeys, nnel multiply expanse, as the expressago is for each pieoe, be it Saratoga trunk or a small viiilto, without regard to size. But, whatever the siee of the Iruuk, it should be tillei, or (it least parked full enough to provent the contents from tossing about. If you are compelled to takd a trunk wliich is too largo ftir what you need ti pack in it, Ull it with crumpled pnper. rather than leave it half empty. Owiii; to tho rough usagtii which buggage alwiys receives, unless the trunk is closely packed, the contents will be literally churned up and down, and tho clothes wliijh yon have carefully folded will be tumbled to a degree, even if nothing worse comas to theiu. For a long Journey it is Weill to cord trunks. Rope is better than strap, becuuao it goes both wt.js. Nothing heaty, like boots, eto., should ever be put in the top ol' a trunk, tiiaoo tho more heavily it is weighted the more likely the hinges are to break. Dcesses should lie carefully folded, with the flounces laid smooth and drawing-strings les out, the waist folded but onx, the wrong sido out, with the sleeves laid over the back and the fronts over nil. Then, if absolutely necessary, thtt basque may be folded again down the midolo seam of the book, but never aoxesa.
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With, wondirou i care.
,61Mc;a'tbaa;rro,i- - ' ' ' rtertb ini'late -'Kl : , Wlttt anarj-ala v, . j " '-" fttegrao6.itppel.!?' ,,J Alldhang law 4.4?," .-: Nor -long ago, iu.arreneh. vviiioial theater, 4b barifono maJe a feaort'ul jsroalc. Eissos slid langlrter In tile aui:nce. Then the artist canlw ' tri-aVsly -ferward and saluied the andieuoese 'Mistniyitrs, discover tliat I . have, is aucitl. false note : 'I with' draw it 'from . oircuUtion.'' A BBtoHX little girl waq sent to get some eprgs, and" on' fcer' Kray back stumbled and .-fell;' ' m&kin'cf ead' havoo with the ooBtamtsatf-hc r basJcet. " 'Won't yoa. joatoh . it. wheu mik ggt- hame, though!" exclaimed her, . eoujpfpiioa. 'No: indeed, I won't,". Ahij etisweared; rve got-a gandnlt!leT.'l ''.( TBra'East Indian;' Police of tSkihxblia on the eve of matrunoiiy. j Hst ia te lead seven happy maidens to tan altar -idl at once. The troubled, life of an Iivsi i Indian' Prince has ita cbtojiensatiottt.' Just think of it 1 Eight souls with but it single .thought, eight htatrta tlmt' beat aa one! Boston Transctipt. ... . "Mt gracious, cliild," said;,) old Isxly to a boy who off rod to carry her saohel for 5 cents, wliei'p 65d you get thtwe lumds frt)"'" -The lad jgazad
tuougnttuuy .ior a m anentiat nss pair of flippers, that lookf-d like innciies of young onions, and then answsfed proudly: ' ' I belong to the Tontine Ba&i-Ball Club." --- -' i: f 'To laugh if Inhould tall and break -my neck," jestingly nHnarked- James Moloney, of Tappta, X Yv,'rh5l6 in the act of desoendiugroia a fall ..pear tree. The next moment- he 'lay: upoi the ground with his neck broken.- Bitt he didn't laugh. What infei-nal liar tome meiiare. , .,' m Is order to cure h husband of elrinking, a colored woman in SontJi Citwlina put concentrated lye in his vliiafcy bottle. Thet last woren lienttereil were to the tSfeot that it woul Ibeiaixlief to him to drop into Hades tei cool, offjwacid the last words the widow spoke tojthfi , outside world as sho' dtxl; -cd inf 6 jail mre : T iiATieh Rmxrl Bteh vreak stomsMflf as da
niggalis are gettttt a tadays ;. teji 'can't stand uullin!" .,s! r-. ; ; ' Booth's ifody. , The Washington c -respondent it the Buffalo Commercial writeji ''It; was only after some pari at iiieiuiry that I oonid ascertain the'fi eta, wliich' 'firo interesthig and, ns far as Iikntrtv, ar yet unpublished. Booth, the lrnjdei'qr ot Abraham Lincoln, diid as .will be. rememlered, iu a barn 5 a MArylamd, irom a wound receivod fbun the tnusttet of . . .. m, . .
uossou tjoroeti. -Ane txsiy was orvuguc to Washington, and, tfter havtog sbeen identified bv tho court martial lfore whioh his fellow oo'mg (irator nere tried,
ti ns diaaeereri ny tne snrgeco-geiMirai or t-li-f. .amiv Tim -hrftin nnt 'liAart 'and
sotnepartaof tlift-boiy were: proted iu alcohol and are now on ttxhibilion in tho hieilicnl museuu of tie stugeongeneral's office. The building in which tho assa-fiiuatiou oct urred wes lord's theater. The govcrei uent oonfjeeahjd it. but afterward Ford was) pvd its fnll value, and has since lieen used ta the headquurters of the n edical corps fif the army. The brain a: k! heart of Beoth nre in' jars, standing in aMae tiHut is situated very near the actual sce ne of the assassination. After the sui -goons, haddone with Bootb' : body'it was 'tnaried in a grave in tho arsenal grounds. -Only half a dozen persons knew, i,la eptaot spot, which was in marked.-. Inrj86T IC-iwin 'Booth, tlio actor, sent Mr. Wearer, tho spxtoh rf ChriaS Jatt'roU, Hnltiiuoro, to Wnshii gtou, Svitlu the, requo"t that the rema ns of hia brother might be takon up : nd removed. to the family burial plaoa. After some delay, the request was granted by Preeident Johuson, who was tiually, appealti; to, and Mr. Weaver totik tl:a Wly tej tha cemetery in BaHiiaor , and buried it. beside the older B.xitli and others nf the family. Tho removal was condueted with great seerocy imd ,wi oonoealed from Ser-retary Stahtca, who had refused to give hut couBeatl "'
Truth In Pleasure. ' Men have boon saiit to be iiinocre ia their pleasures, but this is only Vbtk Vho tastes and habitat of men are more easily discernible in pleasurs than in bu-sinasa. The want of truth isns greatalindrajace to the one as to Ce other. Indeed.
there is so mnoh insincerity tmd form
cdity in the pUonu ruble depai'tmen' of human life, especially in social pleasure, that instead of a bloom there i t a slime upon it, winch deitdesis and corrupts the thing. One of the n ot coiftvitd sights to sunerior boiiu s nust bo to see two
human creatures wit1 1 elaloi(e spoeoh.
nnd gesture mnkiug each other ejxqtnsitely uncomfortable from civility; the
one pressing what lie in moftanxions that the other should not- accept, and (he other acceptiug a dy from the fear of giving offense hyretusiil. Tt.ere is an elemeht ot charit in all this, loo, and it
will be the business c f a just ar a refinett nature to be sincere and cocatiderato at the same time. Thin wil be 'tttet dww by enlarging our syn panhy so rhat more things and people nre pleasant tons, titan by increasing tt civil and conventional part of our nature, v vh(i,t we are able to d mo7 so nv'nj' a.4s1cr akiil mid eiidurtvuoa,