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Haver mora to wsir. aiane. In the dawning of the morning, . When, the mtshaa.ilisil away. Wlxrn th silvery mt-ta have -reUsd us From the tear of oat own. Oft we dvn their lor has MM as, And we tread cur path alone; We should aee then near and tnuy. We should trust tucm day by daft JScither love nor blame nnauJv. If the ndrtasre cleared awaa, We shall know u we are known, Serer mere to walk aksne. In the dawnioE of the morning. When the mixta bare ckarad away. When the masts have risen above an, Aa oar Father knows His own. Face to face with those who love aa. We shall know as we are known, . lawe, beyond the Orient meadows, Fteate the gcklen fringe of day: Beart to heart we hide the shadows. Tin the mists have do ired sway. We shall know.as we are known, Kever more to walk alone. When the day of light Is dawninz. And the mists base cleared sway.

Re Broke D? the School. "Thai is the new sehoolhouse, is it?" inqnirud Miss Alice) Ray, the . "new teacher," aa the farmer's plodding little team poaeed by a little white home standing endwise to the road, inclosed ia a rather dilapidated fence. "Yes, that's where youH hold forth," remarked Uncle Zeke Woodbura, "bat Fm afeered you wont hold oat long, far we're got the toughest set of boys in the State." and Uncle Zeke gave a kind of cackling little langh as he thought of the timid, demure little damsel at his side controlling the boys of Bear Creek School. "Butdontthe directors expel them when they are beyond the control of the teacher?" asked Alice, her heart beginning to sink at the prospect before her. "Expel em! no, we never expel nobody; if a teacher can't boss the school we just let it boss him; it ain't our fight, an the schcol here generally bosses the teacher,' and thars been some pretty good ' men licked In that sehoolhouse by the boys. - "I did not know the sohool was so tmrnly," said poor Alice, wishing heartily that she had hired out as a washerwoman instead .of trying so teach the savages of Bear Creak. "Oh, well, mebbe it wont be so bad tlia winter: thsra Jim Turner, he's mm of the tougest of "em; hell be 21 in a month, and youll get rid of him; but (bar's the Bradley boys, they're mighty nigh as bad." Poor Alice listened with a sinking heart. The cold, hard duties before hex were dreary enough at best; but to go alone and unknown into a strange neighborhood to teach her first school, and to be met at the outset by such dark prophecies, made her feel homeless indeed. She was naturallv a timid, shrinking little thing, and if she had possessed anywhere on the whale broad earth a roof to shelter her she would have turned, back from Bear Creek sohool even then. But she had no home. Her mother had died when she was but 14, and she had kept house for her father two years, when he died, leaving her alone. Before he died he advised her to expend the little sum he would be able to leave her in fitting herself for a teacher, and Alice had fulfilled bis directions so literally that when she had completed her course of study at the 'normal school she had hardly tlOleft, and when she paid TJnele Zeke for hauling her and her little trunk from the nearest railroad town to the district where she was to teach, she had but $5 left. On Monday morning as she started .for the sohoolhouse she felt as if the was going to the scaffold. Her course of pedagogics in the normal institute had included no such problem as this school promised to be, and if it were ' sot for very shame she would hare given her single $5 bill to any ona to take her back to the railroad and pay her fare to L., the town where she had attended school. When she arrived at the schoolhouse about twenty or thirty pupils were grouped around talking, but a spell of silence fell upon them as she walked np and sainted them with a "good morning" which was more like the chirp of a frightened bird than anything else. As she unlocked the door and entered what she had already begun to regard as a chamber of torture, two or three slowly followed her into the room, and, depositing their books upon the whittled desks, took seats, and fixed their eyes upon her with a stare that did not help to strengthen her nerves. All the rules and regulations of her "Theory and Practice of Opening Schools Upon the Pint Day" seemed to -vanish and leave her head whirling in dirry helplessness. She tried to think of some cheerful remark, but her brain refused to form the thought and bar tongue dove to the roof of her mouth. She could see in the faces of bar pupils, most of whom were now in 'the ScAooi-room, thai they were aware of her fright and enjoyed it thoroughly. By a strong effort she partially recoveredherself and bravely resisted tbe temptation to lean her head on the desk and have a good cry. She felt that she must do something or faint, so she rang the bell, though it lacked fifteen annates to 9. She began taking down the names and ages of her pttp-ls, and by the time this was completed she began to feel more at ease. She then began examining the pupils in the different branches in order to assign them to -their proper classes. She had finished the examination nil the branches except the advanced reading caaaa, which was principally composed of grown girls and young men, among whom was tbe terrible Jim Turner, of whom she had been warned. Several of the members of the class had read, and it was now the turn of Moses Bradley, a huge, heavy-set fel- - low, with small, malicious eyes and a general air of ruffianism. When he was called upon to read he did not rise from his seat, but begau to read in a, thick, indistinct voire from a book bidden in his lap, "Mr. Bradley, will yu please stand np when yon redd?" asked Alice. "I can read just as well scttiii' down," replied the fellow with a dogged air. "But it is one of the rules in a reading class to stand up to read," said Alice, her beart quaking with fear m j

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"I reckon yon will have to Make a sew rale for me then," impudently answered Hose, glancing sideways at his companions with a grin of triumph. "If you do not obey me I shall be obliged to punish yon," said Alice, bravely, though she could scarcely stand up, "I guess all the punishment you could do wouldnt break any of my bones," replied the ruffian, leering at her impudently! "But I can break your bones for you in half a minute, and I'll do it if you don't stand up and read as the teacher asked you to," said a voice at the other end of the class, and Alice looked in the direction and saw Jim Turner step from the elans and f ce the astonished Hose. Mose's insolent manner abated in an instant, his face .turned pale, and he muttered something about not being "bossed by other boys," but he stood up ss he was commanded. Alice oould have kissed her young champion for very gratitude, but she mustered all the dignity she could command, and said: "Mr. Turner, I cannot allow you to interfere in the management of my sohool; take your seat" The youth obeyed without a word, but kept his eye on Mose, as if watching for any delinquency. After this little episode the exercises proceeded without interruption tfll noon. Alice had no appetite for dinner. She leaned her throbbing head upon the desk and wonder ad wearily kow long she could endure this. She was aroused by one of the little girls running up to her, exclaiming: "Teacher, teacher, the big boys are fighting 1" She followed the child, exclaiming: "Oh, why did I ever come into such a den of wild beasts?" At

(the rear of the schoolhouse stood Jim

Turner engaged in a nand-to-nana combat with Mose Bradley and his two brothers, both of whom were grown. As Alice stepped aronnd the corner Jim sent Mose reeling to the earth, end

then turned like a lion upon Jus two remaining assailants. They rushed at

bun from two sides, but Jim was as active ss a panther, and Bill Bradley fell as if shot, from a left-handed blow, and his- brother Tom followed him in an instant. By this time Mose had secured a ball bat and rushed upon Jim, .but the latter evaded the blow, and, wrenching the bat from his hand, knocked Mose headlong with a blow of his fist. As the discomfited trio arose Jim laughed Ughtly and asked them "how they liked it as far as they had got," picked the bat he had taken from Mose, and called out, "Come on, boys, let's have a game of ball." The combat ended so quickly that Alice had no chance to interfere, but she felt that it would not do to let this open violation of school rules pass unpunished, so she rang the belL When the pupils were assembled she colled the culprits up to the desk, and asked what the fight was about and who began it. The Bradleys stood sullen and silent, but Jim answered, "I would

rather not tell what it was about, but I began it by knocking Mose Bradley down." Alice knew the fight was the result of Jim's espousal of her cause in

the reading class, and her voice faltered ss she said: "Then I shall have to punish you; hold out your hand." Jim obeyed her instantly. She took m the ruler with a trembhnsr hand and

began the punishment. Jim's face never changed a muscle. The look

upon it was one-of quiet obedience in which there was no trace of either bravado .or sullenneas. As Alice inflicted the blows upon the hand so quietly held out to her, the thought rushed upon her mind that she was smiting the only hand that had been raised to lefriend her in that lawless region. Her face grew pale, the blows fell falteringly, the tears began to run down her cheeks, the ruler fell from her band, she sank into her seat, buried her face in her Sands, and burst into a storm ef sobs. Them Jim's countenance changed. His lip quivered, he dashed his hand across his eyes to clear them of unnatural dimness, and the great lump in his throat seemed to choke him. A chuckle from Mose Bradley recalled his self-possession, however, and he took a step or. two toward the latter with eyes that fairly blazed with hot indignation. Mose rapidly retreated a step or two, and his ehuckle died an untimely death, and for a full minute silence reigned over the school-room. At last Alice raised her head and in a broken voice dismissed the pupils to the playground. Ab the children passed out she heard some say, "So yon got a whipping after all, Jim," and Jim's reply, "Yes, and I got enough to pass some of it around if anybody is anxious about it." At 1 o'clock Alice rang the bell with a feeling of utter despair; but no school ever moved more smoothly than did her school that afternoon. Quiet obedience, study, good lessons, and respectful at

tention were universal. But Alice had determined to quit the school; she felt as if she would rather be the poorest washerwoman than to be badgered, bullied, and tortured for months at a

time by a set of brutal ruffians, whose parents employed her for the sole purpose of enduring this martyrdom. . Ko when A bice looked the sohoolhouse door that evening it was with a mingled ieeling of relief and humiliation that she started to offer her resienation to

the diiectors. As she left the scboolhocse she saw Jim Turner a few yards ahead of her, walking rapidly toward

home. She called his name, and be

stopped and respectfully waited until

she bad overtaken mm. "Mr. Turner," she said, "I am going

away in the morning, and I wish to

thank you for your brave defense of me

in tne scnooi to-day, and to osk your forgiveness for the punishment I so unjustly inflicted on you," and in her earnestness Alice held out her little,

trembling hand, and Jim instantly grasped it. "I have nothing to forgive," said he; "you could not do otherwise, and neither could I; but you are surely not intending to quit the school?" "Yes," answered Alice. "I would

rather die than pass through three

months of such scenes as I have to

day."

"But you will have no more trouble:

there is no one in the school that would give you trouble, except the Bradley boys, and ss long as I am there X will answer for their good behavior."

At last Jim's eloquence prevailed,

and Alice finally consented to teach a week longer, and at the end of that time she decided to stay, for never did a school more along more smoothly. At her reauest Jim was' allowed to ro-

moin during the term, and as soon as 'it closed he went to college.

Alice taught the Bear Ctoeek school

snecess rally for three years) but in the end Unole Zeke's prediction was verified, for Jim Turner came book and broke up the 'school, lie married the teacher.

Th Ltme-KIln Club. "I would fespeokfully announce," said Brother Gardner, as the triangol sounded its closing notes, "dat do Kt. Hon. Backboard Scruggs am in do aunty-room an' desiahs to deliber his celebrated lecktur' on de subjiok of cons, chillblains, an' siohl Shall he be admitted an' purmitted?" Judge Cadaver moved that the lecturer bo invited to speak his piece, and the motion unanimously prevailed. The committee were requested ' to escort him in, and as he passed up tho hall, bowing to the right and left, he seemed to be a man about 45 years old,' bald-headed, a mouth largo enough to take in a school-reader, with a prominent nose, and a limp to his left leg. After being introduced he reached over and drank the pint of cold tea which Waydown Be bee hod brought down for his individual use, and began : Fmm Natives My objeok in nrrovin heah at dis pertiekler time am to discuss a matter dat olusly consnrns de hull oull'd race of dis kentry. Do co'n seems to be carniverous, omnivorous, an mighty familiar on short notice. It lies down wid de rich, gits up wid do poo', an stands right by you widout strikin' fur higher wages. What causes co'ns ? In olden times de co'n was supposed to be a speshul mark of good luck. De feller who oould show six or seven of 'em on one heel was made guVnor ober a province, on' allowed to keep half a dozen dogs. De little bunch was said to contain a pearl seventeen carrots fine, an' people went roun cryin' an' lomentin, bekose dey hod no co'ns. "In dose modern days we know dat co'ns am caused by a temporary buspenahun of de cirouloshun of de blood, mixed wid mo' or less rcacksbun an' abrashun. So fur as we know, de pears) found on de inside can't bo used fur fish bait, an' am darfo' a dead loss to de kentry. When you hear any one gwine around cryin', you kin bet a spotted calf agin a peck of dirt dat dey ain't weepin' fur co'ns. "De chilblain differs slightly from de co'n," continued tho orator, after dropping a troche into his mouth. "It doan' bunch up an' come to a head in ona pertiekler spot. While de co'n am satisfied to eotch on to a too an' hang dar' for a month or two, de chilblain comes purriu' round de heel, good naturcd as an ole oat Itkinncr tickles ye fur a day or two, an' yon step higher an' feel like taken your fodder out of de poohonse. But while you am wishin' you oould buy 400 barrels of flour fur 400 wiSders an' orphans dat chilblain begins to hunt around fur mo' ground. Arter he kivers de heel he creeps for'd to de instep, skulks to de toes, an' fust you know you am huntin' fur a bate-jack an' a currycomb. He has come to stay all winter on' late into spring. You can't coax, hire or scare him swap. Iu olden days de chilblain was supposed to arise from too much brains m de head. De man who hod 'em wot considered a sort of double-onder statesman, an' people looked up to his heels as well as his head. In deso times we know dat de chilblain am caused by a sort of spontaneous emblematical oorruscashun of de epidermis at a critical period. All dat brains has to do in de cose am to invent a cure fur de complaint. "1 had intended to disgreaa a few tranalashuns on de subjeck of. bunions, bow-legs, sittin' down on a dog an' pickin' up a hot cent in front of a softon, but I see dat de time allowed by your rules am almost dispired. Let me add, in conclusion, dat I am purvlded wid a box of knives, gimlets, draw-shaves, pick-axes, acids, pincers, an' razors, togeder wid 0 full supply of salves, plasters, wax an' so forth, an' arter de dose cf de mootiu' I shall be pleased . to experiment on all members free of expense. I will now remark: Cum soiia curanier pluribsin Cicero tremens eimilibua Gineral Jackson, and thank you for your heedless attentions to my unfeeling remarks. Detroit Free fVes. The Cost of Dinners, It has been estimated by an American authority that a party of two persons can dine "moderately" at Delmonico 'b for $5, that is to say, 'for 1 sterling, the entertainment inoluding a bottle of claret, very drinkable, although the choapest in the list of wines. At a first-rate Parisian restaurant a dinner for two which cost 25 francs, inoluding a bottle of medium Bordeaux, would be a far from "modest'' repast. Indeed, it would be a very plenteous repast, and Parisian restaurants are always expensive, owing, first, to the extravagant rents of houses on the fashionable boulevards; next to the enhancement, through the "octroi" duties, of the price of provisions; and, thirdly, in consequence of the rapacity of the proprietors. There is no "octroi" in New York; the market prices foi; fish, meat, game, vegetables, and poultry would be considered wonderfully cheap by a London housekeeper; but house rent is as extravagantly high, and the rapacity of the fashionable New York restaurant-keeper is as insatiable aa that of his congener on the Boulevard des Capucines. At the same time, it must be conceded ''hat there are plenty of places in Manhattan where a dinner or luncheon of a varied and substantial and even of a semielegant kind can be obtained at a .comparatively moderate tariff, Fivo dollars a day is the maximum charge for full board at a first-class New York hotel, one, at least, that is conducted on the "America system ;" and a guest, for hiB $5, is entitled, in addition to his sleeping accommodations, to four, and in some coses to five, meals a day, the bill of fare of each of which is as long as Leporello's schedule of the gallantries of Don Giovanni. To be sure, at these colossal tables d'hote, considerably more attention is paid to quantity than to quality. But the visitor may eat and drink as much as he likes; he can be nearly always eating aiid drinking if his taste lies in the diroation of gormandizing; he is not exported to drink fermented liquors "for the good of the house;" there is no charge for service. Thus, for a total abstainer with a teetotal appetite- which is . ordinarily a voracious one the United States must be a kind of terrestrial paradise. Tho Elysium is said to be hannted by tho demon of indigestion, but there is an abundance of drug stores where pepsin and liver pills oan be purchased. London Telegraph.

The mountains of Gellivara, in the most northern part of Sweden, consist of pure magnetic iron, in immense layers of several hundred feet in tbiakneertrpan the surface ote gsound.

'HTE-0AK GEORUK lAWi Reminiscence or it Sew York Speculator 'Who Lonsjcd for the Presidency. Do you remember when tho Herald christened George Law "Livo-oak" George, nominated him for the Presidency, and then convinced him that he was popular ? Hundrods of needy persons traded on his vanitjr and credulity inthose years. Law was worth $10,000,000 when he died. When he was thirteen ho footea it into this town without a cent in his pocket. Ho worked as a stevedore on the docks ho was destinod to own. In six months he had saved $100. In a year ho bad $1,000. He started ferrios and built Hindi bridge. 1 remember tho old man

well. Tall and brood ho was, hardy and muscular; had coarse features like Vanderbilt, and - dressed shabbily. When ho walked ho rushed, and when ho ate he nto like a savage, or like one of the hairy Saxons of old. Capt Clark, now in tho service of Bnf us T. Bush, oil merchant, told me yestordov about his partnership with Law, "During the Mexican war," he said, "the United States Government contracted for 300,000 flint-lock muskets, but just before they were delivered, the war suddenly came to an end, and the Government refused to receive them. The contractor put them up at auction and sued the Government. Georgo Law bought them at the absurdly low price of 50 cents apiece and had thorn changed into Minie rifles, with caps. I made a bargain with him for 25,000 at $4 apiece and started with them for Lopez, who was then fighting down in Uruguay, and I contracted to soil them to him at $7 apiece. The only difference between us was whether they should bo delivered or paid for first. I had heard of his tricks, and refused to run the vessel ashore till I hod my pay. Ho fell into a terrible rage, wanted to fight, and I left. "I took the guns to Brazil and tried to sell them to the Emperor. At a private audience I made some good shots with them, but Dom Pedro laughed and said he was a peaceable man. "I took them to Europe during the Turco-Bussian war, but when I was just going up through the Dardanelles into the Block Sea, ready to sell to either belligerent, I didn't care which, hanged if I didn't get news that the Molakoff was taken and that war was over too! Those old muskets were wonderful peacemakers. As soon as they put in an appearance men ceased to fight. "Then Law took all the muskets to Cuba to sell them to Lopez, and while he was trying to get them into port Lopez was caught and had his hoad cut off, and that -was tho last of him. At lost Law started with those muskets for California around the Horn. Ho stopped at Valparaiso for water and a revolution broke out that very morningin time at last i Tho Chilian Government immediately put down the insurgents and seized George Law's muskets as having a criminal intent. Ascertaining the mistake afterward, they apologized and offered to return them, but Law refused to receive them and brought suit for their value and got it, and more, too, probably. I have sometimes lain awake nights and wondered how Chili could have maintained her independence, muoh more how sho could whip Peru and Bolivia, while her army is inflicted with those large bore muskets-rifles, with a muzzle you could put your thumb in and a breech that would knock over a mule. I fancy they must cunningly have exchanged those weapons with the nations around them before the fight began." New York letter. Novel Use of Greenbacks. "What becomes of all the greenbacks and bank-notes after they have served tbeir few years of usefulness?" is a frequent query. A bank-note has its life just the same as all other things useful. What an interesting story the travels of a greenback, from tho moment it leavos tho press until it returns

to the macerating machine, would make!

The average life of a bank-note is about

three years, perhaps a little longer. After serving its purpose as currency, k is metamorphosed into rabbits, birds, and other figures. The process of the destruction of the notes is au interesting one, . The readers will often sfe in the daily papers a paragraph something like this: "National bonk notes received for redemption to-day, $500,000." Tbe next day these notes ore carried to tho Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and placed in a machine containing immense knives, which chop the notes into fragments. Th s operation is conducted under the supervision of three officers of tho Treasury Department, especially detailed for this business. No one is allowed to be present at this daily maceration of the notes except the officials and the men who run tbe machine. They are compelled to remain in the room until each separate note is destroyed. They must account in detail afterward to the redemption bureau of each note; and, should one become lost or mislaid, and afterward find its way iato oiroulation, the result would be the immediate discharge of the three gentlemen who daily have iu their oustodv from $500,000 to $2,000,000 or $3,000,000 of notes and bonds. Tho shreds are reduced to pulp, and then, by a patented process, this mass is molded into figures of birds and animals nd sold as mementos to visitors. Oftentimes it will happen that one little object will be comppuod of what onco was $100,000.000 worth of money. Hartford Globe. A Lesson In Good Breeding. The following story has its moral: An elderly gentleman started across a broad street. Three young ladies, all abreast, started at the samo moment from the other side. The sprinkler had made pools of mud on either side of the crossing. The old gentleman stepped clear to the edge, but the young woman in front of him literally bore down on him with no idea that ho -would not plunge his fresh-polished garter into the slop on the right of the dry crossing. Tho old man looked at tbe mud, he looked at the young lady, and then he waited until she was within easy rooch of him, when he gently but firmly taking her hands in his, held her, and said, in a low tone: "My dear young lady, I cannot stop into the mud, 1 would give you tho way if it was necessary any gentleman would. But it is not necessary, because you and your companions could walk single file and not force anybody off. Always remember that while it is the duty of a gentleman to be polite and chivalrous to ladies, it is a woman's duty to bo considerate, and not make his deference a self-sacrifice." At first tho girl was amazed, dumbfounded. Then sho tried to twist herself loose, but the gentleman wm firm as a rook, and held her

perfectly still until he bad finished his neat and neodful little address. At its close tho lady rushed off through tho thin mud crying with mortification, elbowing herself through the small orowd who had been detained on tho crossing-stones at their sides. J'erpsichore. Sheridan's Famous Bide. Sheridan, however, had so devastated the valley that it could furnish him no supptios. and ho was fifty miles from a bnse. Ho therefore continued his retrograde movement as far as Cedar Creek. Prom this point, on the 15th of October, he was summoned by tho Government to Washington for consultation, and during his absence Early determined onco more- to attack the national army. The plan was well conceived,. The enemy advanced in tho night; and before dawn surprised and attacked tho national forces, still in oa tup. Tho army was driven back, portions of it in groat disorder, nix or seven miles. Eighteen guns wero captured, and nearly a thousand prisoners, a largo part of the infantry not preserving even a company organization. Sheridan had left Washington on tho 18th, and slept at Winchester, twenty miles from his command. Artillery firing was reported early on.tho lUtb. but it was supposed to proceed from a reponnoissance, and at 9 o'clock Sheridan rode out of Winchester, all unconscious of the danger to his army. Soon, however, the sound of heavy battlo was unmistakable, and half a mile from the town the fugitives came in sight with

appalling rapidity. He at once ordered.

the trains halted and parked, and stretched a brigade of his troops at Winchester across the country to stop tho stragglers. Then, with an escort of twenty men, ho pushed to tho front. Tbe effect of his presence was electrical. Ho rode hot haste, swinging his hat, and shouting as ho passed, "Face tho other way, boys! face the other way ! " And hundreds of tho men turned at once and followed him with cheers. After reaching the army he gave some hurried directions, and returned to collect the fugitives. Ho was in major general's uniform, mounted on a magnificent horse, man and beast covered with dust and foam ; and, as he roso in his stirrups, waving his hat and his sword by turns, he cried again and again: "If I had been here, this nevor would have happened. We are going back. Face the other way, boys ! face the other way!" The scattered soldiers recognized their general, and took up the cry: "Face the other way!" It passed along from one to another, rising and falling like a wave of tho sea, and tho men returned iu crowds, falling into ranks as they came. They followed him to the front, and many who had fled, panting and panic-stricken, in the morning, under Sheridan's lead had covered themselves with the glory of heroes long before night. Such a re-eoforoement may ona man be to an army. A few dispositions, and the battle began afrash. But now all was changed. The enemy advanced, it is true, but were at once repelled, and the national line, in its turn, became the assailant. Sheridan led a brigade in person, and the enemy everywhere gave way. Their officers found it impossible to rally thera; a terror of tho national cavalry had seized them. The captured guns were all retaken, and twenty-four pieces of artillery besides. Sixteen hundred prisoners were brought in, and Early reported 1,800 killed and wounded. Two thousand made their way to the mountains, and for miles tho line of retreat was strewn with the debris of a beaten army. Early himself escaped under cover of darkness 'to Newmarket. Sheridan was made a major general in the regular army, as ho was informed, in Lincoln's own words, "for the personal gallantry, military skill, and just confidence in the courage and gallantry of your troops, displayed by you on the 19th day of Octobor, at Cedar Kun, whereby, under tho blessing of Providence, your routed army was reorganized, a groat national disaster averted, and a brilliant victory achieved for the third time in pitched battle within thirty days. It was just eleven weeks since Sheridan bad assumed command iu the Valley. In that time he hod taken 13,000 prisoners, forty-nine battlo flags, and sixty guns, besides recapturing eight een cannon at Cedar Creek. He must, besides, have killed and wounded at least 0,000 men, so that he destroyed for the enemy 22,000 soldiers. "Turning what bid fair to be a disaster into glorious victory stamps Sheridan," said Grant, "what I have always thought him one of the ablest of generals."

H Knew the Falling of the Caterers. Mr. Scott was an eccentric Englishman who lived many years ago. He traveled about the country on business until about eighty years of age, and was one of the most celebrated characters in the kingdom for punctuality, and by his methodical conduct, joined to uniform ddigence, he gradually amassed a large fortune. For a great number of years, tho proprietors of every hotel he frequented knew the very day and the very hour he would arrive. A short time before he died, a gentleman on a journey in Cornwall stopped at a small hotel to dine. The waiter presented him with a bill of fare, which he did not approve of, but observing a fine duck roa8ting"I'll have that," said the traveler. "You cannot, sir," said the landlord, "it is for Mr. Soott, of Exeter." "I know Mr. Soott very well," rejoined tho gentleman, "and he is not in your house." "True, sir," said the landlord, "but six months ago, when he was here last, he ordered a duck to be ready for him this day precisely at 2 o'clock;" and to the astonishment of the traveler, he saw tho old gentle man jogging into the

yard about live minutes before the ap-

pointeaume. xne Mije. With Coats Wrong Side Out. - At tho battle of Manassas tho uniform of tho First Louisiana Kogiment

of Confederate Infantry was blue. Another Confederate regiment, mistaking

tnom lor tno enemy, nred upon them. An order was immediately given for tho Louisianiaus to shuck their coats and

put them on inside out, and the comical spoctacle of bOO men with their coats all turned wrong put an end, for the time being, to the pomp of war. This

was the nrst "great reverse that befell

tho Louisiana troops iu tho war. Xott-

ViVille Uourter-Journai. A grief, a disappointment, a success

is a new lens to the oye, changing the entire aspect of nature.

The highway to porfeot methods is

paved with mistakes.

aOUTHEHN-TAFFf.

(From the Chicago Ttibun&l The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph extends the following glittering invitation to Kortherh Bepubliean speakers to go down South and discuss the issues of the day : Speaking for the poople of the South, wo extend in advance a warm welcome to any tnan of brain and ability who will come , among- Us to discuss In public the great business aiid political issues of the uay. Tbo people have muoh to ISarti Of the tariff, tbo prlociplca of our Government, ttnd the progress of the Ropubl.o. And while thoy havo much to learn, tbey have also much to teach that will disarm oalumny and speed the restoration of tbo Union. Let Messrs. "Conk-ling-, Edmunds, Blaine. Hoar, Iryo, Hale, Hawley, Sherman, Harrison, I ogan, and a scoro ot others," coma with their wives and daughters and tarry for a season in tho Southern Emp:re State. Baaially, tho pooole wiU Indulie tliem in a season ofold-feehloned Southern hospitality; politica.ly, with such men as ex-liov. , amcs M Smith, the lion. 3. C. C. Black, Gon. H. it. Jackson, tho Hon. Uiuord Anderson, the Hon. 'i homos Hardeman, the Hon. H. G. Turner, tbo Hon.' N. J. Hammond, and Gen. rhil Cook, thoy will oppose thorn in open discussion upon the stump. As greatnoss dwindles as you approach It, so, perhaps, may prejudice vanish in personal Intercourse. It will take something more than such taffy as the above to induce Northern Republicans to go South for political purposes. There is evidence on the other side, delivered under oath, which places that section in an entirely different attitude. We learn from some of the witnesses before the Senate Committee in the Copiah investigation how Republicans are regarded and treated down there. One of them testified as follows: if you should send your big-g-ost man, Gen. Grant, down into our country toorganiic tbe negroes he would be killed at once. Ail our trouble last fall was among- the County Supervisors. We were determined to oloct our men and get rid of the Independents. We would bave taken human lifo if it had boon necessary in ordor to get rid of tbem. Yes, wo would do it if they had a majority of the votes. In some places I deny the right of franchise to the majority and believe In a qualification to limit the suffrage. Wo limit it anyway. I believe it is a moral obligation to got rid of the Independents, oven If they are in a majority, and that opinion is shared by tho good white poople. That was the oauso of our trouble last fall. Frank M. Sessions testified as to the meeting held to warn ,the Matthews family to keep out of politics: After the resolutions were adopted Mr. Bally made a speech, saying that he had gone Into Beat 3 to stump the county, but found he could do more electioneering In tbe saddle than on tho stump, and he had fou&d tho most convincing argument to be s pistol, which he drew from his pocket. The speaker eaid his friend Wheeler was the best eleotioneerorhe had erer seen. Wheeler's arguments always convince. Witness had not taken muoh Interest in politics, on either side. Had been in the Confedcrv-." any

Mr. Baily in his speech said that if :: 1 m

orate wno naa gone on to tno in

of one day's labor, will entitle him to admiration and gratitude of the people of Illinois, but he may find himself mistaken. The poople of Illinois regard suoh pension bills as rebel raids upon the Public Treasury, namely, to reward, men for services rendered in trying to break down and destroy the National Government. Chicago Tribunal miOX LEAGUE.

INDIANA STATE HEWS.

Meeting of the National Counetl, at Wash- - ington. The National Council of the National Union League recently held its annual session in Washington, Gen. James S. Negley, of Pittsburgh, presiding. The session was devoted principally to perfecting tho organization of the league for effective work in the coming Presidential campaign and consideration oi the anti-Bourbon movement in' the Southern States, its necessities-, and the means employed to assist the Independents in that section. The following were elected officers for the ensuing year: President James S. Negley. Vice Presidents William. E. Chandler, oi New Hampshire; Gen. V. H. Grosvenor, Of Ohio; Col. J. E. Bryant, of Georgia; J. E. 0'Hara,of North Carolina; Col. 'ihomas It. Hich, of Maryland; C. F. Scott, of .West Virginia; C. A. Boutolle, of Maine; L. C. Houk, of Tennessee; 8. A. MacAlllster, of Delaware; B. K. Bruce, of Mississippi. Corresponding Secretary Thos. O. Baker, of Hew Vork. Assistant Corresponding Secretary J. W. Bartlctt, of Massachusetts. Recording Secretary S. V. Gwynner, cf Pennsylvania. Treasurer A. M. Clapp, of Washington, D. C. Chaplain Capt, J. J. Cooper, of Pennsylvanfa. Marahal Geo. SlmpEOn. Sergoant-at-Arms S. T. Domar, of Pennsylvania. The Committee on Bourbonism and Misrule at the South submitted a report describing the condition of affairs politically in the Southern States, and suggesting plans for adoption by the league to aid in securing freedom of the ballot to all oitizens. Representatives Pettibone and Houk, of Tennessee, addressed the council in support of the recommendation made by the committee that aid be extended to the opponents of Bourbonism in the Southern States. They presented statistics of the anti-Bourbon vote in Tennessee, showing it had increased from less than 60,000 in the Hayes Presidential election to 89,000 in the Garfield election and to 105,000 in the Ust G s'borv.aV.rial election. They

j t,.tid Hint nn .dditional 10,000 votes

would retk-em tbo State from Bourbon-

in-

received kindly. But if tbey would tw. what iMn and t3.4t those votes could be hall be done7 A voice in tho crcwi vr-.'A. t- ,nght out if assistance were given to "Kill "em off.". "No," said Baily, "I tmot 1 " ;.,wla.nM. which oneradvise that, but I belie le you wiU mi. ti. ? t V? without advice." The speech w.-.s grwte J lat Mate against the free exerwith applause. .isfo p:Htie.n' rights. The following extracts from the teti- Ad.lie.-se. n the same subject were

mony are also to the point: made bv Hvrvosentative Boutolle, of

; Mait.o; t ii.i . diaries H. Grosvenor, of

J. W. Dunbar saw a crowd of armed men it

Gough's store, where Bas Wbeelet iauc a speech saying, that they Intended to force tbo negrooi to vo;e the Democratic ticket. J. T. Dameron, a merchant, saw Has Wheeler ia a street-car in Jackson the nth or ltth of February. Bas Wheeler was talking in a low tone. He said, "Yes, old Hoar is coming down here on an investigating oommittoe. If I get a crack at him I will kill him, too. I killed Print Matthews, or rather it was tho Demooratio party that did It. If It had not been for politic I would not have dona it, but it was polit.es thatdld it." J. B. Alien is a native of Tennessee, and was in tbo Confederate army. Had teon a Democrat, but for four yean past was an Independent. Witness was told that he was to be killed for his politics, and the man who threatened his life was a deserter from the Confederate army while witness was fighting in it. J. M. Mathews (white) was sworn. Lives fifteen miles from Hazleburst, in Copiah County, is a farmer, is a brother of Print Matthews, voted at Centennial election-day, but left at 11 o'clock and went toHazlehurst. Witness was notified by the negroes that ho would be killol if he went ou. Saw numbers of armed men, but nobody interfered with biin, and he wont into Hazlehurst to bis brother's bouse. About dark a crowd of armed men cams along the road by the b'ousoaud were very noisy and profane. Wben witness loft tho polls at Centennial there had been cast elghty-hve colored and eight whito votes for the Independent ticket, but in the final result there wore only twentyfour votes for the Independents and all the rest for the Democrats. - All the negroes that have lived with and worked for witness have been driven off by the system of terrorism practiced. Witness cannot get negroes to work tor him through their fear of being disturbed. Witness is a cotton-planter, owning 1,400 acros,and most of it under cultivation. Witness does not believe there is any preludfco against hint exeopt.for his Bepubilcan politics. We might add columns more of sworn testimony like the above, showing how Republicans are esteemed in the South, and how much freedom is allowed them in voting and expressing their opinions. Until the Macon Telegraph can explain away such testimony, or prove that it is false, and that Republicans can speak and act with as much freedom in the South as they can in the North, its invitation will have to be declined with regrets. It would lie an immense advantage to the South if it oould be accepted, and it would develop mutual kindly feelings, but we shall hove to wait a little longer, or until a man has the liberty to speak and vote as he pleases before acting. At Last. The House has passed the Mexican pension bill, which it is estimated will

consume seventy-five millions of taxes,-

and more thou two-thirds of the names to be added to the pension list will be those of men who fought to destroy the Union. Of the 70,000 men who wont to the war in Mexico 50,000 were from the South, and of that 50,000 every ona who was alive and well fought in the rebel army against the Federal Government. It is tho only way at present that tens of thousands of tho ex-Confederates could get into the Publio Treasury through the medium of a pension, and this accounts for tbe fact that there were but four Democratio votes cast against tho bill. As Mr. Browne, of Indiana, said : "Tho bill was brought in because the rebel soldiery could be put on no other pension roll." It allows thoeo rebels to draw pensions, and under its provisions Jefferson Davis can draw his pension also. Tho oxConfcderates in the South who were not in the Mexican' war wero in the Iudion wars in Florida and other parts of tho South, and they will next bo added to the rolls, as it is tho intention of tho House to take up these wars separately and provide for thoir survivors. Mr. Townshoud may pompously announce that he is obeying tho instructions of the po pie of his State "in rewarding the old veterans," who not only aro not old "veterans," because it few weeks' service does not make a "veteran," but also because a large number of them never saw any actual service at all. Ho may fancy that his udvocacy of tho pension bills, which, when all in, will take at least fifty millions out of tho Publio Treasury for those who fought to destroy the Ui-'on, every dqllar of it oousuiuing the results

Ohio; Lieutenant Governor Lewis, of Virginia; ex-Senator Brace, Prof. Greener, ex-Representative Lynch, of Mississippi, and others, after which the report of the committee was adopted. A special committee to be known as a Committee on Bourbonism" was then appointed as follows: Gen. Charles HVGroBVOnor, Chairman; J. E. Bryant, of Georgia; C. A. Boutelle, of Maine; Horatio Bisbee, Jr., of Florida; L. 0. Houk, of Tennessee; John R. Lynch, of Mississippi; A. M. Clapp, of Washington; Nathan Goff, of West Virginia; and J. E. O'Hara, of North Carolina. It is intended that this committee shall establish headquarters in Washington during the campaign and act in conjunction with the National and Congressional Committees, directing its efforts principally to aiding the independent movement in the South, and it shall, after the nomination of the Presidential ticket, in its discretion, issue an address to the people of the United States on the condition of the South. An Executive Committee and a Committee on Finance were also appointed, and it was agreed that the next session of the Council should be held in Chicago the Monday preceding the meeting of the Bepubliean National Convention. AN UNREPENTANT REBEL, .

Jeff Davis, Before the Mississippi tVeglslatore, Valnglorloualy Flaunts Bis Sedition If Neeesaary, He Would Do It All Over Again Bloody Yazoo Fays Bin Special Honors. IJackson (Miss.) Cor. Chicago Inter OeeattJ The two branches of the Leg stature met in joint convention a few days ago to hear an address delivered by Jeff Davis on the life of S. S. Prentiss, the famous Mississippi orator. Davis reached Jackson at 1 a. m., and was escorted to bis room at the Edwards Hotel. Promptly at 1 p. m. be was escorted by the committee to the hall of the Honso of Representatives, accompanied by Gov. Lowry, Judge Campbell, of the Supreme Bench, and other State officials. The hall was crowded w.th ladies, gentlemen, and oitizens of the city. Davis -was very much affected by the honors paid him, and in replying to Lieut. Gov. Shand's address of welcome he spoke inandibly, as it caused him great embarrassment. He said he hod been deprived of everything but being a Mississippian, and that a race, newly enfranchised, had more privileges than he enjoyed. He said he had been reproached for not asking pardon; but pardon, he continued, comes after repentance, and with emphasis "I have never repented. Applause. Were the same to be done' again I wonld do as I hove done." Vociferous applause. He continued by eulogising the South on having regained her autonomy in the sisterhood of States, and concluded by saying the South, disenthralled, would now take hold of tho helm and steer tho ship of state into port. Continued applause. 1 Yazoo County superseded the other counties in the control of the management of the entire affair. Representative Nvrrel, of Yazoo, introduced a resolution that the Senate be informed by a committee that the House is now ready to receive them, and Representative Wadlingtou, of Yazoo, made a motion for a committeo to be appointed to inform the Committee on Reception that tho Senate and Houso were ready to receive their distinguished visitor.

How much longer is the Democratio party to be permitted to fling the bloody corpses of whito and colored Republicans in the face of the nation? Tho testimony beforo the Senate Investigating Committee, at Washington and New Orleans, is horrifying as anything mode publio during the blood, ieat days of the Demooratio ku-klux, Indianapolis Journal,

ixvwxa Aubakt has a case of

one of small-por. It ia claimed by those of InaUaapolls wbe engase in roller skating, that shear wavoaea gala time while they are akattngHok. J, B. Wihstastost, a pTOininejrt teen and politician of Indiana, died ia New Albany, of pneumonia. Taw millinery store Of Mrs. A. B. Wise, worth, at Anderson, was destroyed wynra. Involving a loss ot IS, BOO. Insured for $1,500. Ms. 8. K. lima a boot BadBheeaaarehant of Rising Bun, made an aaflahavant The liabilities are little mote than fetes, aaat tbe assets about $2, M0. Draiso a revival in a New Haven ekarek, Trenton Warren, a joung amu, beonaae Basane, and, standing np in tbe cauree aa shouting, "She Lord tw praised! " are foew bullets through the palm of bis WthanS, He will be seat to an asylum. A raxvATa letter from President taaart, eft Purdue University, announces that tke iM culty with h s syea, although very tunstt seme, win In time be removed. He thinks if toe trouble does not extend any farther, taat he will be able to stand it aa H la. JudMwasi MVtStmUnd. Tan southern part of Hoatiagtoa Caewty ht excited. Jack Patterson fM his fawmauat divided the proceeds with his wife, the three ohfldren being part of the proceeds, and announced his intention of going Weak. AV widow earned Van Arsdal sold her fare, aae, choosing' one from her Ave ehMrse, has gone West, too.

Tan State Beard ot Agricultures i

that it is inexpedient to attempt ai

show this year, owing to the

business, losses to portions of the State frsan the floods, and the abeorblng interest la poaV tics, and It was postponed until KSC It was further decided to offer no premiaa far Hat

stock at the fair. The apeed-rlaf were Increased to $,00.

A bad accident occurred to Arthur 1

nas, aged about IS years, son et Bev. B. 3. Begenuaa, Moravian minister at Hope. While the boy was playing with a dynamite cartridge, by picking the eunipoeitlon frost the closed end with a horseshoe nail, tbe friotiott generated an explosion et the oopper-pUtlaif which lacerated his right hand, tearing tho middle finger from the hand, also se-rortog one thumb and outtmg the hand fa terrible manner. Tbu utile vftugeof Ogden, two auleasast Ot Kingstown, some weeks ago was considerably excited over the attempt of Iteak Hodeon to bang himself with a alraa thrown over a beam in a hay mow. Stnee )fca tSnse he has been watobed coosety for fear he would again attempt to take his life. cently he left the bouse, and had goes but a short distance when be took hi psa knife aad out bis throat, severing the jugular vataaa that be bled to death ia a few houra.

Mas. Siui Surra, was barn ml

County, near Museslmaa's hUU. on the ISth day of March, 1S07. Bar maiden nam was Sarah Albm, and ane was married to Hoary BmrthlalSSS. She is the mother of ton children, the youngest of waoaa tPr. J. Lsaslth. of New Middletown, Harrison County, with whom the venerable lady now raside. She at hale and hearty, and hu resided all her kUe within two mile of the place of her bush Mrs. Smith is thought to be the oMoat name born resident of the State. Anoso the curiosities ex-Mayor Grabb, of Indianapolis, has brought with hiss frees Mexico is one of the steel gaff which the Mexicans Ae in cock-Ogata. It Is In the shape of a sickle, and is about four inches kmc, and charp as a raaor, and with a point like a neodle. This ferocious weapon, which is large and sharp enough, so km a man with, is buckled securely oa to the chicken's Isar, and it is needless to say that it doe not take iongtotear a ehleavn all to piece with R. It often happens that a chiohen la torn opaa with this barbarous weapon at Aa nrwtliek.

Cock-flgbting is a favorite apoit and

wrth the Mexicans. There is no lawi

ft, and. among those indulging la the eruai and barbaroua- sport, poltaomon are always prominent. A cass ot remarkable loaaarlly bas feat come to light in Payette Oocaty. Abont a month ago Mrs. Hannah MoFeeley died at tho County Poor Asylum, where she had been almost from time immemorial. Aa old family Bible was found iu her room, cental ning a record ot the birth and aMurhtajf of all her brothers and sister, and father and mother. It shows that aha was bora IMS, thus making her 124 years oat. She has a sister Nelly, now residing somewhere la Ohio, who has frequently visited her of late, aadwhoanasra, -as shown by the record, hi .Ml yearn ' The last time she visited her she lonhet- very aged, though she vat quite active. Iraaa, " the record there seems to be ra-ejaaattaas ' about the authenticity of her age aaabov) stated. Che deceased's maklen nasae was Hannah Alien. PATtarrs have hem Issued to TwSf -. venters as follows: BUas a Atkins, IniWna spoils, machine for dipping saws; Was. T. Bennett, Newport, ditching aiaohlnei John K. Basel!, Tiptoe, fastening device for eeorsi Irvin M. Brown, Covington, fence; WattageH. Dodge, Miahawaka, band saw assMhtMi Moses F. and T. A. Foley, Wavemnd, jreakt drUl; H. H. Fulton (assignor to -anTtrrttt Machine and Bolt Works), wheel or rtflayt John W. Fulton, Boaaohe, aatOBtntk) (rasa measure, register and seeker; Wilbur V. Heath, Fort Wayne, two-wheeled i ihlnlii Nicholas A, Hull, Peru, desk; Sveaa BL .

JaaJdns, Richmond, watoa cats tarlngr: Jesses

B. Rosa, Union City, fence post; Jehu BL Sohaffer, Blue River, meohantaal owerz

James Sharkey, Honey Creek, tr-e)eer sashi

John o. Malta, Husnviuo, table for tile asllbi Harrison Dw Spangle, assignor to Karris At Bro., Busbviuo, sending machine: Tnhe Werkert, Indianapolis, rotary coataifter; Henry C. Williamson, Michigan CKy, furnace; Isaac P. Woodard, Rich mend, eeenbteed fodder-cutter, corn-shelter, and feed mill. CtscntirAn paper: A few days ago a wellknown young business man of BrookviUo, Ind., came to this city to buy foods. He -was formerly a deck In a well-known house, but by hard work and economy had saved enough money to establish a business of hkiowaw (hi Monday night last the young neatness left bis home with fl.soo m cash. This was all tho money the young man had ta vthe world, and represented the savings Of a Bfe time. It was hie intention to buy a stint of goods for hi store In BrookvlBe, but be was mot by a friend, and, after a few drinks, was

invited into a we.l-known

Boco street. Tbe young

play, and toon eonsentod to r:ak a few deflate ou the inratuatlng game. At Bret he won, but soou the wind blew the other way, and dollar by dollar ft drifted away. After playing all night, the early dawn found. the young man. with only 918 left. Dtsncarteued with the loss of his money, the young man began dr.nking, and for the past throe days has been wandering the streets In a state of despondency. His friends were advised of hat condition, and came to the city hut night Cd :

took htm home. The loss will prove '

trous U kom and. wUl rujn bis I

..am