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purest gold. Ho touched a spring re
vealing a portrait of his own sunny face j
hidden in the heart of the ornament. "Yon see I did not want yon to forget how I looked, Susie. Will you wear
bis for my sake?" r "Tnrlned I will. Georire. I shall
treasure it as a memento of the happy life I have left behind mo." "And a token of the life in the future, which will be still happier. Is it not to, Susie?" A glorious rush of color was his an-
j swev, which deepened as he clasped
ihn nlmm around her neck and kissed
sain her trembling lips.
Guv's footsteps were now heard as
cending the stairs, and Susie had only time to drv her eyes when he entered
tharortm. "Ha. ha! If you haven't
both been crying. What a precious
pair of spoons! Come. Susie and
George, down to the parlor. Lets have
One more song before we part."
The brother and sister did find a
change in the tenor of their lives, but
it was a change for the better, Susie
growing strong and robust in her bean-
tv. and Guy, forgetting his growing
rusticity, delved away at farm work, as
if he had been to the manor born.
Occasionally they heard from the old
friends, mostly through George May
wlui jtnftnrmflArl rernlarlv with
Guy Gnthrie was a town-breed youth 'vt , never had returned, even
WHO JOUUU, UpUU II J aj o uxhs.m that his position vas not quite what it
SLIP OF THE PEN.
BY SABA B, BOSK.
used to be when he had an overworked father to foot his bills and keep up appearances for himself and motherless
sister.
What the careless boy would have
dose, had it not been for his father's
maiden sister, Aunt Saphronia, no-one
for a day, to the old scenes.
Two years rolled rapidly into the
past and then Aunt Saphroma left
them for a better home.
The two found themselves joint
owners of as lovely a home almost as
they could desire.
Guthrie Cottage was known for miles
around for its grand old trees, its ver-
No renlr from nale-faced Snsio. and
Minnie rattled away upon some newlydiscovered beauty among Iho flowers. After a time Minnie and Guy began to quarrel politely whenever they were together. Snsio leolied on in f stoniahmen, end sometimes sholiatl to use her best endeavors to prevent an open rupture. Although Minnie doted on the country, she did not like the bumpkins wiiich inhabited it at all, she said. Guy, who had forgotten his own olden tirades about the country, was
almost angry. "Think of a roan spending his whole life behind a yoke of oxen," sbo said. But I don't drive oxen," retorted Guy, making a personal matter of it. "I drive the best of thoroughbreds." ' They are not like Mr. Nicholson's," sighed Minnie. "Mr. Nicholson is a simpleton," said Guy, sotto voce.
"Mr. Nicholson has alovely turnout, returned Minnie, severely. "And Oh! he is just splendid, always ready to take one where she wishes to go." "But I am ready to take you whereever you wish to go," said Guy, looking at her reproachfully. "Oh! I suppose so, but then I don't care to go anywhere," carelessly. And then Guy would hitch up the despised span and drive off to the village and spend the whole day. "Sue." Minnie would say after a time,
"when do you suppose Guy will come
back?"
Tm sure I do not know." Do you suppose he went off because
he was vexed at me?"
"I can't say. If you think you are
to blame for his absence, why do you
knows, but she immediately sent for the , . lft. ciimbfnn- vines, and glori- tease him so?"
brother and sister, cautioning themtol . t "Oh! I don't know," Minnie would
bring all their belongings, for going to , gnsie were freW happy reply, and then she would be so silent
in their home, although sometimes they wnen vruy aiu return, uuu u wuuiu. "
did look back to the pleasant days of angry with her for that. their childhood. "Y"1 the strangest pair," said
One dav Susie received a letter from Susie one evening, wnen sue nau triea
a friend of the olden time. It read :
town was a luxury which she or her
dependents did not often indulge in.
"If it were anywhere but in the
eonntrv." skrhed Guv ruefully, "I
shouldn't feel so about it" "The green and blessed country,1
mused Susie, "X shall like it above all
things."
" Yes, because you are a girl, and
never have to do anything anyway.
Now I'll have to plow and drag and
transfer myself mto a regular rustic.
in vain for an hour to make them talk.
"I do believe you are in love with each
other."
That must have hastened matters, for
the next morning they were both miss
ing.
After her work was done Susie sat
Susie took the letter to her brother down upon the piazza to await their re-
Mv Dearest Srsre: I have just be?n
listening to some jrlorious reports of your
rural borne, fina anotner inoim ox yuuvw "u myself have determined to inflict our company upon you for a lime. Who that other is I wl 1 leave for a surprise for you upon our
arrival. Expect us Saturdry.
MIXME UTTIJS.
just for the sake of my bread and but- wnere j,e was resting beneath a great turn.
ter one of the boors of creation a
glorious prospect, certainly."
"Beggars can not be choosers," returned Susie. "And 1 shall have to work, too; Aunt fc'opha wrote that she expected me to take care of the poul
try."
"Quite a rcostercratw appearance
you will make, won't you?" laughed
Guy ruefully.
"I shall not listen to your fowl talk,"
said Susie ciuicklv, endeavoring to
rouse Guy from his gloomy feelings.
"Gobble, gobble, gobble," sang Guy
oak in the twilight.
You remember
Guy?"
'Yes, I, remember her,'
She was engaged upon some intricate
Minnie Little, fancy work, and while busily counting
her pattern she heard a step near her.
She looked up to find lieorge May-
he replied.
Geortre writes me that she is a beauty wi s brown eyes uxea steaauy upon
- i
and a riAlta. I shouldn't wonder if she ner.
had supplanted you, Susie,"'
"Xonsense," ejaculated buaie, im
patiently. "Why can't yon-speak sen
sibly?"
You think it impossible for another
to rival your charms? What an exhibition of vanity, Sue!"
Will you never cease your joking?
"Ba a s." caxne a merry voice from I Pnfes d carriage to go
the doorway, and then George May-
aard came into the room, saying:
"Practicing up for the stage, Guy?
I thought I'd run in for a particular
parting call before you left us."
The young man addressed himself to
his friend Gny, but his eyes were fixed npen Susie, and he drew his chair up
to her side.
"Very grateful, I am sure," re
turned Guy mischievously. "But, as my attractions always grow small and beautifully less when compared with
those of my sister, and as I cannot con
sent to play the wallflower, I will de
camp to see you later."
Quite a youthful couple were the two Guy Guthrie so considerately left
to themselves for a last chat before
their long separation.
Susie was a delicate little blossom of
16 years, reared in all the idleness and luxury of a daughter of wealth; the change to the sunshine and activity of the country promised to be a godsend to her, while George Haynard was. the picture of health. He was but 18 years
, of age, but possessed every instinct of a
refined and generous man.
after Minnie Saturday.
"Impossible, the ponies will be in
"Why, Guy, you wouldn't leave her
to get here from the station herself,
would you?"
'Why not?" 'What a tease you are. I repeat it.
want the ponies."
"And I repeat it, you cannot have
them."
"Why, Guy, I don't believe there is a
single reason why I should not have
them."
"But there is."
"What is it?"
"George!" she exclaimed. "Susie!" ho cried, and caught her to
his heart.
For a long, delicious moment she
remained there, and then she drew away.
"Yonr wife!" she attempted to say
severely.
"ies, if you will have me," replied
George.
"But but, are you not married?" "Why no. What mode you imagine
that?"
For answer Susie put Minnie's letter,
which was in her pocket, into his
hand.
I see," he replied. "I'll ask her
what she meant by writing such nonsense as that. But I think she meant me, for I proposed coming down here
with her."
An hour passed by during which
George told Susie of a piece of unos-
pected good fortune which had be
fallen him. He wished to be married
"Because I want them to go after immediately and take her to the homo
MntniarnvHalF." I Minnie had told her of. bnsie naa
"I murht have known it." said Susie, scarcely consented wuen uuy ana lmu-
laughing. "Don't you want to do the nie were seen approaohing tiiem, tno housework, and let me farm it while arm of the former thrown about the
Susie is here?" slender waist of the latter. All the
"Yes," replied Guy, with comical I mischief had come baok to Guy s blue
frankness. "That is exactly what I eyes. He took on uis nat to tne coupie
would like"
"I thought so, but it wouldn't do you
any good; Minnie would never notice
an old farmer like your sell"
With this parting shot, Susie left her
His true heart had been proved by provoking brother to himself.
But before Saturday there came an
other note which read as follows:
My Sear Susie: I have been disip pointed
a day or .two In visiiimr you. The friend
which intended to accompany me was Mrs.
George Maynard, but a sudden summons to
New York has prevented our visiting you to-
srotner. l shall tie with you on 'xucsaay.
"So you are really going into the Mi sura.
country, Susie?" said he, when the Susie Gnthrie read this note through clatter of Guys departure was no longer I the second time before she could com-
his conduct toward Gay and his sister.
When their reverses bad become
known, he had faithfully followed them from their beautiful home to the cheap boarding house which they noweeeu-
heard.
"Yes," she replied ; "and we can never
be too grateful to Aunt Saphroaia for
offering us a home lit this juncture.1
"I like the country myself, or rather think I would like it. I never passed a
week outside of the city limits. Per
haps r onie day, however, if you find a
prebend its meaning.
Mrs. George Maynard. Then
George was really married, and his
wife had thought of visiting her.
Thrice blessed Providence which had
kept her away.
And she had fancied herself engaged to George Maynard. All too plainly
on the piazza, and said, solemnly :
"I want bnt Little here below. When tbe laugh had subsided George
turned to Minnie.
'Look here, Minnie Little, what did
you mean by writing to Sussie about
Mrs. George Maynard."
'Guy has been telling me something
about it," she replied. "I did not know
that I had done so. Let me see the letter."
George handed it to her. She read
it and laughed.
'It does look so, doesn't it? But, my
dear friends, that "s" is nothing more than a slip of the pen.
pleasant Lome there, I shall make you I she remembered George's words:
a visit and thus taste the pleasures of I "Promise me not to make any matri-
rural life mvself." monial engagements for five years.'
"Yes," said Susie, flushing a little, And the rest had been her own imagin-
"Guy will probably write you and Vou ation.
will know how we are Retting along; ', Thank heaven, the news had come to
The worse fear I have is for him. I am afraid he will not be contented there." "I shall certainly not lose sight of you, Suie. I think you knew that before I told you, and 1 want you to promise me before we part that you will not make any matrimonial .engagements for five years. It seems a little eternity, doaen't it Susie?" The young girl made no reply, but the tears in her blue eyes, raised so trustfully to his, told George Maynard how deeply her feelings were stirred.
"Won't you promise me Susie? And
you may be assured, if we are both Uv-
ing. darling, at the end of that time, I
shall find you, no matter where you
may be."
"I promise," said Susie, in a low tone.
George drew the brown head to his
shoulder ' and kissed the sweet face
fondly.
"That's a darling. See Snsie what I
have brought you.'
He drew from bis pbeket as he spoke
a neek chain of elegant workmanship,
and suftpended from it was a locket of
her as it had, for now Minnie Little should never know, for doubtless
George's wife was a mutual friend of
theirs, and if Minnie knew, George's
wife might suspect her secret also.
She unclasped her chain from about
her neck and was about to cast it from
her.
"X cannot ! Oh, I cannot 1" she cried, and hid the long-cherished souvenir
upon her heart. Guy was thunderstruck.
"1 never imagined such a thin;," said
he; "I haven't heard from him very
lately; but. Sue, one thing, dou t ques
tion Minnie at all about him, or she
may suspect something."
The black ponies were at the depot the next Tuesday evening, and came
home again bearing a vision of loveli
ness in tbe person oi M.jmio Little.
She was delighted with the country, going into ecstacies over Guthrie Cot
tage.
"I never saw but one pVce as handsome as this, and that is fWrge May-
nerd's in the suburbs, see it, Sue." .
TUK HORSE IN SCHlfTVHB. I remember having seen somewhere
a picture of Adam in the garden oi Eden riding a barebacked mustang, a lion gambling4y his side. But in holy
writ the horse appears in only one aspect ail the war horse. "He sait.h among the trumpets, Ha! ha! and ho smoll-sth the battle afar off, the thunder
of tiie captains and the shouting." In
Genesis the name does not occur at all.
Nor, as a matter of fact, could it do so, seeing that the first "horse" (the first
that science knows of) was a five-toed,
sharp-nosed creature, much too small
for a man of even our degenerate statnretoride upon, and otherwise also unsuitable for a steed, and it is, there
fore very probable that "the first man"
never was on horseback.
Yet the use of the animal dates back
to prodigious antiquity. The Assyrian sculptures show us highbred and care
fully caparisoned chargers, 3,000 years
and more ago. Nor is it at all
likely that they were the first to train them, for the horse is a native of Central Asia, and the early Aryan is hardly likely to have wasted such a useful beast. At any rate that perfec
tion to which the extremely ancient Assyrian monuments show us that the
breeding had attained some 1,800 years
before Christ must certainly have taken a long time in development.
Gentleman's Magazine.
Im the game of life few players reaoh
the home base, while many knock out
lieu ought to before gaining the first base.- Whi
MlU Tirirr
1888 WE'LL BE THLllK AAA IX
The ItepubUoan Parly Will on '"' with a Victorious Canilhluto in tlu 2f.i Campaign. At the fourth anniversary dinner of the Young licpublican Club iu I'ljiladelphia, Charles Emery Smith, editor of tho Philadelphia IVess, was called up, and responded as follows to the sentimont, " 1888 You'll find us there again" : I congratulate this olnb of intelligent, earnest, aggressive young llopnbIicans irnon its honorable history. I
congratulate yon upou your brilliant
part m the niemoraiue oainpa-gn oi
last year. And I congratulate vou mm,
undismavod bv the narrow def. at which
disappointed your hopes in that gr?at
struggle, you are sun warming suuiuder to shoulder with unbroken ranks
and already looking forward witli undaunted snirit to the creater conflict,
and I trust to the assured victory, of
1888.
. Yon ask mo to sneak ol l"ON It u
not too early to think of that momentous battle which will decide whether
the nccident of last year shall become, the deliberate judgment of the American people or whether the party which conducted the republic with unparal leled success through the storms and the triumphs of a quarter of a century shall bo restored to the place of power from which, by the merest chance at the last hour, "it was wrongfully driven. It may bo too early to think of men, but it is not too early to think of tho principles and tho measures and the ruling spirit which shall be our guiding star. We were not beaten last year upon the honest and reflecting judgment of the American people. 'We were beaten by the hazard of a capricebeaten by the little exasperating pebbles in the shoe beaten by the power of unblushing fraud in the South which had been measured, and by the casualties of unmitigated folly in Now York which could not be measured or foreseen or counteracted. Never was a grander
army more brilliantly marsinuea uy more intrepid and chivalrous leade rs. The consummate chief whose electric
name, and presence, and eloquence were the inspiration of the campaign; the heroic soldier and Senator who bore his part so bravely and manfully, and to whom in his present gallant struggle in Illinois all eyes turn with sympathy
and hopfi for these chosen leaders who
bore our flag with unfailing ability ana iuderment. we have lio reproaches.
With the best of causes, and the worthiest of candidates, we were beateu not
for any fault, but because froo ami lion est suffrage was strangled in tho South
and becanse free folly was not strangled
ui Jiew lork.
Bnt the decks are clear for IS 8. Wo
must summon the country to the high duty of securing free elections against fraud and force wherever they may be tried, and we must plant our party upon advanced ground, above the reach of momentary surges. The battle of 1888 must be won by the iidelity and wisdom of 1885 and 1886. Our adversaries have had no share of power for thirty years without proving their incapacity and forfeiting public confidence. They nro now in full power save in the Senate, and they will blun
der now as tliey blundered m the past.
liut the party wliicli simply counts on
the mistakes of its opponent itself
makes the greatest mistake of all. Ihe
party which would be successful must
be strong m its own strength, ana not merely in tho weakness or the errors of its enemy. Tho Bepublican organization has had a matchless career of more than a quarter of a century, and it can point to a nobler work and to more lustrous achievements than any other political organization in history. But, much as it has accomplished, its mission is far from ended, and it must go forward to new duties and new triumphs. The Republican party lias been great in administration; it must now hIiow itself no less great in opposition. The Democracy has ignominiously failed in the one position as it will signally fail in the other. It has had no intelligent aud honest policy of its own ; it has made no candid and rational criticism of the policy of its adversaries; it has simply waged a blind, reckless, unreasoning, uudiscriniinatmg warfare on every principle and every measure which tho Republican party has ad ocated. This is not intelligent opposiion; it is merely empty or vicious negation. The Republican party must live up to a higher standard. Even in opposition it should remember that it
Lmust have a distinetoud positive policy
oi us own. vnere tne uemocruuc party wantonly obstructed, the I'opnblican party must fairly debate. Where
the Democratic party attempted simply
to tear down, tho Republican party must faithfully seek to build up. If it takes issue with the policy of the Democratic" administration, as it does, it
must have a dear, broad, and just pol
icy of its own. Where the Democratic
party oners no reuei ana proposes no remedies for the languishing business and industry of the country, the Republican party pledges the security, and should develop the
measures which will quicken tnem with now life. While it encourages capital, it should guarantee the full protection of . labor. While it preserves the home market, it should by a liberal and enlightened continental policy cultivate fields of enterprise beyond our own borders. And if it arraigns the Democratic administration as falling short of its promises and abasing the public service to partisan ends, it must take care that it shall bo thrice armed with u sincere popular faith m its own honest acceptance and earnest support of reform principles. With such a chart as this the noble Republican craft, which has weathered the storms of so many years, will successfully sail over the advene seas and triumphantly enter the harbor of restored Republican administration in 1888. This is not the hour nor is this the place to consider who shall be our captain.' That choice will be Liade in due time by the unmistakable voice of the Republican m isscs. But whoever he may be whether some distjiguished son of tPonnsylvania; or tho able Senator frifci Ohio, who towers anions tho foremost chiefs of the Republican party; ot the accomplished statesman who hai just boen 'looted Senator from New York with a united party behind him ; or the gallan Hawley of Connecticut; or tho pr.nce of leaders, who led as so inspiringly in 1884; or some one of the other mas. terly men in the Republican councils whoever may bo c losen as our captain, we may confidently hope that -with
these principles emblazoned on our Sag we shall in 18??. win a triumph
which will stand wnc ug tue most giorions vi'torii'.- ip il.ii lr-Tu . 'il ,.)!! , niii;t(.r party.
GRANT'S LIFE.
Sxtr&cts from the General's Per
son?.! MemoirsThe Interview with Lincoln.
His Peculiar Feelings Just Before the First Battle Humorousily Described.
How Chattanooga Was Saved The Wilderness Campaign -Various Other Ar.eodotes.
Tbe crowninir work of Gen. Ornnt's life his pe, oual memoirs written ly ulmeir-ii now practically eoinplrie, anl In the liawls uf the publishers. There Will bo two vol imcfl, of "o pages each. The ftrst will oonlaii the family
genealogy ami a history cf tho Ot nc-ral a lioy-hoo-1 and youth. It will have for iromi'i'k-c' au envntvinc .f Lieut. V. S. (ir.mt it the au-o of .SHSTThe second volume deal mainly with the event a of ihc war of the rebellion. Th-text will he f reply lllustraltf"! bv pl.ii a anrl mans ihowiuif the maneuvers ft the aimies on the various fields of battle. Th.' olnnie treats of thebatlleof Challauooaa, Hooker' light above tbe clouds on Lookout Mountain, and all the
subsequent oiwratlons up to the groat battle oi the Wilderness. The capture of Atlanta,
Sherman march to the xea, and moperations In Georgia, Korth and Kotith Carolina, s well as Htieilian'e raid dovn Hie Shenandoah Valley ami his victory at 1'ive forks, are described. The Appomattox campaign, cul
minating with tho final scene oi lm8 sur
render at McLean's house, is graphically told.
Too ppie-tree legenu and the sory ut i.ee s sword are authentically settled, 'i'hi lirst vol-
who contains little of interest. Tl e story of
Urant a early life as told by himself is conventioual and iul'e devoid of esclt:.nu incident. But in the seco :id volume, where th memoirs deal with the thrilling events of the war, tbe simple, lucid style in which the work ia written is pleasing, and the interest never rings. h'l om advance sheets of the work the following extracts are takvu: Writing of 1K01, Men. Qrant says: "Uoiiig home for a day or two soon after a conversation with Gen. Tope, I wrote from tlalena the following letter to tho Adjutant General of tho army: . "(Ui.esa, ill . Jiav 24i isoi. "Col. L. Thomas, Adjutant General U. H. A., Washington. l. C. :
" Sin Having served for fifteen years in the regular army, including four years at West Point, and feetinsr il the duty t f every one who
has been educated at the Government exiiense
to otter his services lor the support ot that Government! 1 1'iive tiif honor vcrr respectfully to tender uiy services until the cktse oi tin war in such ctoacitv as mar l.e offered. I would
say, in view of my present age nud length of
service, l leel myself competent 1 i ommaini a n Kiment if the President in hit judgment
should see lit to ml runt one tonic, fciufle the
Bret call of tilt) President I have been serving oil the staff of the Governor of this State, rendering such a.d as 1 could In tbe o -"aui: ation of
our state militia, and am still ei gaaed i:i that capacity, a letter addressed to mo at spring field, lit, will reach me. I am, verv reipeetfullv. vourolie li ntrervant. I'. K GtUXT."
Gen. Grant, describing his flrst balt:e in the
oivu war, sajs
"As soon m 'he oneme saw us the docauip-
eil as fast as their horses would earn- thi m. I kept my men in the ranks and forbade their entering auv of the deserted hom es or laklog anything from them. We halted at niaht on the road and uroeeeded theuex-t nioriiiiiif.it anearlv
hour. Harris had bci-u em aim"d iu a creek
bottom for the sake of Ivinu near water, 'lhe
hl:ls on eith.-r ideof the erei'k eteud to a con
sidorable height, iiwsibiv more than l"" bet.
As we apprcicbed the brow nf ;he hill, irwui
Wliicli it Was exnected we could see Ilarri;
camp and possibly lind hl men le.i Iv torn ed to meet us. mv heart kent L'tttiiitf higher ami
hiclur, until it ; felt to me as tuonud: it u:niu
my throat. I would haw given i nitai'i then
to have been back in Illinois, but I had riot th
Lmoral courage to hplt and conid'.ir what t . do.
l Kepi rigni on. -.v iih we reacue i a point ityi
which ithe i Miry Mow was iu ln.ilvicwiu.nl-
ad. The niaco where Harr s had I von eiu ampe.
k few days before wa still there, uid tile marks
of a recent em anuimeut were plainly vis ble,
but the troops wire gon-i. My bean renmeU its place. It occur! ' d to nie at on c I hid Hat ! is Bad been as much afraid of me a 1 had liven ot him. This was a view of the iu itioii 1 had never taken before, but it was one I never forgot afterward. I'tom that event r,.. the clo-e ot the war 1 never experienced trepidation on coa-
tronttngan enemy. "At the battle (f Belmont, 1 nriug th. the enemy we had seen crossieg the live
below might be coming upon us unawares.
1 rode out in the field to onr fn.n: -still emlfe
lv alone to observe whether the en -my was
pa-sing. The field was grown up with corn so
tali and thick as to cut oft the vi nv ot even a person oh horseback, except dir 'ctly along the rows. Kven In that direction, owing to the
overhanging blades ot corn, the i lew was not
extensive. 1 had not gone mere than a few
hundred yards when 1 saw a ijo 'y Ot troops
marehlnc: past me not lorty yards away, i len'eil nf, them for a moment, and then turnei:
mv horse toward the river, and stalled l ack.
first in a walk, and when I thought myself con
cealcd from the view oi the encro r a ; fast as my
liorse conld carry me. when at the river ban! 1 still had to ride a low hundred yard;
In ilin noint where the nearest tianspor
lav. The corn-held In front of our trans'
norta terminated at the edge of a dense
fnreAt.. Ite'nre I cot ba il; tho enemy had en
t ied this forest and hidopeneil a l.ri-k lire upon Uie boats. Or.r men, with the exception of details that had gone to the front alter the
nimii.tl were now either aboard h tnnSLmrt
or verv near them. Those who were not on
board soon got iher .-, ami lhe, In ats pushed oil
lwasthoouly man oi mo uaii imu army ucreliels and our trau-ii its. Tuc l ap
tain of a boat that had just i ush tl out, but hid
not star ed, recognised me, anu unnrenuieeit
el .ecr not to start tno engine lie 'lien uao ntank t mi iit for me. Slv horse seemed to tali
hi the situation. There was n 1 1 a h down lhe
bank, and i virv one :.c.)uaittteu wita tne mis i.Kim, i L-nmrs that its banks in a natural Stat
io not varv at any great angle from
the perpendicular. Sly horse pit hi fo: feet over the bank without hesitation
urging, aud with his hind feet wol under 1-iin slid down tit bank sud trotto
aboard the host, twilve or hften feet away, over a single gang plank. I dismounted aud went a ome to the upper deck. "The description ot lhe battle of fihiloh given by Col. William Preston Johnston is very graphic aud well told. The reader will imagine that he can see at each blow svruck a demoralized and broken mob of Federal soldiers, each blow sending the enemy more demoralized than ever toward the Tenn -ssee Uivc'.'. which was a little inoie than two miles away at the beginning oi the onset. If the reader docs not stop to imiuiro why. with such Confederate en cess
for mo -0 than twelve hour of hard lighting, the national troops were not all Mile t, captured, or driven into the riv. r, he w ill i ega d the pen pictuie as perfect. But I witnessed the light from the national side from s o'clock in the morning until night cloje.l the cmH.st, audi gee but little in the inscription that I ram recognize. The Confederate tit-ops fought well, and desenc commendation en nign for their bravery and endurance on the (th ol April without detraction irom their antagonists or claiming anything more than Heir duo. Iu an article on the buttle of Shiluh w hich I mole for the ('. ' in-ii.e I state ! that Gen. A. Mel). McCook, who eoninviudo l a division of Buell's armv, expressed some u iwilliugnoss to pursue the enemy on Monday, Miril 1 lieeaese of the condition ol the tr ops Gen. Bade.w also, in his history, nukes the same statement on mv authority. In justice to Gen McCook aud Ills command, I must y that they left a point twenti -two inl'es cas! ol havanuah on the morning ol the mh. I rom the heavy rains of a few days previous, and the passageof trains and artillery, the roads were necessarily deep In mud, which made march lie slow. The division had not only man hod through thi.i mud the day bcfi.r, but it. had been in the rain all uUht w.tliont ret. It was engaged in tho battle ol lie second ''ay, and did as good service ns its position allowed. In fact, an oppor' unity occurred for It to perform a conspicuous act. ol gallantry, which elicited tho highest ccmnieiida iou Irom division ciimmaudei s in the Army of the Ten-nes-ee. Geu. Sherman, In both his memoirs and report, makes mention of t lis fact. Geu. McCook himself belonged '0 s iamilv which furnished many volunteers to Hie army. 1 refer to these eiroumsi ances with uiiimtene- because 1 did Gen. McCook lnjustio iu my article in the ' uUirti, though not to : he extent one would suppose from the public press. I am not willing to do any one an injusM t, and if conviueidthiit 1 hevo lonn one X um willing to make the f nllrst coiiie.-sioi!. "Tho campalun of ieksburg was figgested ai:d developo 1 by clrcuin-iauecs. The election-! of lCi bad toi c against the pioscention of the w-.u'. V'olunteen e,ilitf,miifs hail li -nr'.v ceise I and the drait
had b.i'n resurtid to. Ihisiva. rcsi:e'l 'tula defe.it or backward niovcmoiu v.otihl b ive made i 8e-ei:mhei impossible A ;or. i.r.l niov-ment to dcciivo victory was ne.o sary An- ribn.ly, I resol' oil lo get bel iw M-k-lwg, unite w.t'i iianks against Port Hmlfoii, m. ':e New Orleamf a base, ainl. with that base an I :anl Gulf k a star iiupoiiit, move on cnib:..od f. r -es : giiii"! Vlo'isburg. t'pon reaching (i:;.n l t.ult. alter running Its balte ioand ttvhiiuita battle, 1 received Uttirirom 1 'i s in ormmg urn th t he could net lie a 1'i-rl Hu.l.-eu i ud r t -n nays, snd tin u with "ulv I f cu thorn- u l m n. The time was woith mere dsn the re euteicme .ts. I thtreiore eteiuiured top sli Into the :uirior of the '-a ray' ecuur.y Wi:h . lar.:e rivtr
behind us. re!'i an ve ani r- :rev i,v me e;i..-ui-. ; rand uiovim nt ver- . s nfil ex j Jar loon at rap'.nrrd tSe 'li- cl -r w nm I mnodei hid air ve1 JH wl:n. ! : it' jf-ii:o:t) ineiits v er' dailv esneuwi , lap.d m.Hmeat t is made. 1 'ue gains.-.!, e. V:clsbj:.v I nft. nier iu five b t-;-i aad bi-.l - de(4. !! .itv was fioa sf nUv n ..; f -1.
Following b an a i c -.m i u. it 'i j e ,y
I visited Gen. Meade, commanding (he Army of the Potomac, at his headiniarters at Brandy Station, near the Ilupidau. I lud known Gen. Meade slishtlv in the Mexican war, but had not Inet him since until ibis visli. I was a stranger to must of the Arm of the Potomac I might sav t nil, except ti e ollleeisof therc'Sii'a'itrm
who iiau serveii in uie .Mexican war. i oereuau been some changes ordered in the m ttanuRitlod of that army before my promotion. One wf 8 the consolidation of live corps into three, thus lirow lug some officers of rank out of important Commands. Meade evident I v nought I might want to make s ill ode more chsinso not vet ordered, lie said to me that I tnighl want ail n:licer who hid served with mo at the West, mentioning s-hprniah esjieciaily, to take his place, if fo, fie begged me not to hesitate about making the ohange," No reminiscence if war h story wi'l bo retd with greater interest thari Gen Giant's apcouat of ids first m 'eiiiip: with Mr. Lincoln, and Mr. Lincoln's charge vo him: "Although hailing from Tlliaois myself, the State of the Pros dent, I had never met Mr. Lincoln until called to the cauifal t receive my eommis ion as I.Vntenant General. I knew him, however, very Well and favorably from the accounts given by iiftieerfi under me at the Wn't who ha I known hbn all their lives. 1 hlid lo lead lhe remarkable course of debafr s betwe n Lincoln and Uougl is a lew t ears before. wh?n
tie v wore rival candidates tor the I n.ted S-tat s Senate. I was then a lfe defit of Missouri, and by no means a Lincoln mall' In
t contest, hut 1 recognized n;s gnat
ability. Iu ray lirs1 Interview with Mr. Lincoln
none lie statin that, he uit'i never piotesseaio e a military man or to know how eamiai,:ns
honld lie conducted, and never wanted to m-
rtere with tnem, mt that procrastmalion on
bo part ot the coniman im-s aipi ut- press .ire
AFTER THE REDSKINS. Force elf CanadlaiH Enewinter Hear, and Hate a Hot K-fr.ttfeineiii.
nig
to rtiih Jf .,irc Sent Agiiiaid IKiiH.
INDIANA MATTERS.
Ttfe State Baiwedtee from the Ohio fo the JUskee l Search of Sews.
the people at lhe North and of Congreis.
n. like tno poor, lie iiau always itn mm,
oomiiu. nr us U. uicuot uiueiti: AIoi-
'!. -l -i'-i it i t . i ... ! .1.
had forced him into issuing his well-known
series ot 'executive orders.' Ho did not krow
but they were a i wrong, and did not doubt but some ot them were. All he wanted, or ever had
wanted, was !.!iat some oiw would lake the re
sponsibility and act, and call on him for all lhe assistance ieeded."
Of the Wilderness campaign the (ieneral
says:
iperiitiug as we were in au enemy s country.
uid supplied always from a distant base, large
leluchmeiits had at all times to be sent from
lie front, lot only to guard the bas.Mir sup
plies and the roads leading to it, but all :he roads leading to our ranks pnd rear. We were
also operat ins In a country nuknowu to us, t ml
w.inout competent gmucs or maps snow-iug me
oads accurately, i-.sumariug i.ee s sixeugu. iu
the same manuer as outs, tho enemy had:iot
ess than eighty tliousanu men at tne man.
His re-en'orcenients di.ring the campaign were
about equal lo ours d ducting our discharged
men and tlioee sen': im-E, i.eo was on cue uefcnsivc and In country in which cvery stroam, every road, every obstacle to the movements (If troops, and every natural
defense was familiar to him ind
his army. The citizens were all lrieliiny to mm
and his cause, an 1 could and did fm-ulsh mm
w itli accurate reports of our every movement.
Hear guards were not mccssary for him, a id, having always a railroad at his back, large
wagon trams wen not letpureii. ah circumstances considered, we did not have any advantage of uumtici s. Ou the morning of the
th we scut out pickets ami siciriiitsiiers along
our entire tront to discover tne posiuou oi me
Heme. Home went as lar as a mile ana a nan
before iimling him But I.ee showed no disposition lo coree ottt. There was no battle duilfie
the day and bui little nnng, except in wanisn
front about midday, warron u'an oirecieu
to make a rccounois auce m torce. i mn
trow some shairp firing, but thtre was
uo a'timpt on the part of tie; rebels to
uiiveineni naca. ims eiiucn im- iiisur ur Wilderness. More severe lighting has not hesn wltne soil on th's continent than that of the
5th and iith of Mae, isoi. Our victory consisted in having successfully crossed a formidable
lieam almost in the tacc ot tue enemy, auu in
getting the army together afterward as a t nit. We gained an advunts.ge on f e morning o! tbe
ith which, if it had been followed up. must
haie proien very dec.sive. In the evening rjn
memv gainea an aovauiaire, oui u bjjcc...... leimlsc l. As we stoo I at the close, th; two armies were relatively In aiiout the same cindiUjh to meet tvU otter as when the river had
Uvided Hum, bnt tbe nict or safely eressing vas a victory. Our looses ia the battle ot the
Wilderness were ,-.'i.l kdled. s,7S3 wounded, and
"i missing -prol. ably uoariv ail me latter
taptnred bv the enemy.
Gen. Grant thus ilescuiR-s Ger.. i.;-e s mrien-
der: . ....
"1 found Gen. Lee had been D. ongni into mu
line and conducted to a house b 'longing to a Mr. M.-Ltan, and was there with one of his staff officers wailing mv arrival The head of his
column was oceups ine anui. a ioii.omui uiiu wasau apple orchard, across the little valley from t'"e Com'. Hons.-. Sheridan's forces ivero
drawl! 111. Ill llil:- ol ijailie on f-neurcM-o-i tun
bill, on the soilttl Side or me s uae iiuivv. jjvfure stating what took place l.'-Uvei u lii'lL IMi ami mi self. I will give all llieie is of the uurrative of Gen. Ij." ana th- famous apfh' treeWars produce nunv stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed. The war of the rei ciiion was fruitful in the same wav. Th stcrc ol the apple tree Is oue of thoso liciions. with a Slight inundation of fact "As f have said, thero was au apple orchard on tho side of the bill occupied by the Confederate forc -s. UoUniag diagonally up the hill w.13 a w agon road, which at oue point ran very near one of the trees, so that the wheels on that sale had cut off the roots uf the tree, which made a little embankment. Geu. 1-al cock reported to Uie that when he met Gen. Lee he was sittiug upon the embauVmeni, with his feet on the road, and leaning avaimt I he tree. It was then that Lee was conducted into the house, where I nrst met him I bad known Gen. I.ee in the old armv, and had served with him in the Mexican war," but. did not so; pose, owing to the ililferen.es in. Our og-ss and rank, that hi would probablv remember me, while 1 would remember n"" nniro distinctly becaue he was the ciief engineer on lhe staff t,f General rkott in the Mexican war. When I left camp that morning I had not cxpecied the result so soon that was then taking pine-, mid, consequently, was in rough earn, aud without a sword, as I usually was when on hoiscbae't on the field, wearing a soldiers blouse for a coat, with shouhkr-strais of my rank to indicate who 1 was to the army. V hen I went iiitotbc hcnsel found Gen. Lee. We greeted each other, aud alter shaking hands t ak our seats. What bis feelings were I do not Know Beine a man of much dignity, and with au impen. trablo face, it was iuipoNSiblt to say whether he felt inwardly glad the end had finally come, r whether ho felt sadly ovir the result and was too manly to show it. Whatever his feelings, thev were entirely eonce-ated from observation; but mv ow n reelings, which had been iirite ipiiarent on tie rec-ipt of Ms lett r, were sad and ...i, i i rule lik.. nr.vth:mr rather than re-
joie ngal th do n uf all of a foe that Irad fought so long and galh.ntiv, and had suffered so much for a caus which I believed to lie oue of the worst for which a people ever fought, and Mr which there was no-, t-ie least i retract I do not question, however, the sincerity of toe great mass of those who wove opposed to us. Gun. Leo was dressed in f nil unifo.m, entirely new, and wearing a sword of considerable valna: ' i,t. i.. .1... .... e.l il,.! !.,1 Keen nrosented
by thePtit-- of irginia. At all events, it was
an entirely aiiiir.-ut sworn nm f that would ordinarily be worn in the Held. In mv rough traveling sub., which wvs th' umfoiin of a private with the stra.es oi a eucra', I must haip con-;rasteil vt y stranaely wuh a man so hindsouiel:' dressed, six feet high, and of faultless form. Hut th was uo a mailer I bat 1 thought of until aitei ward. Gen. Lee and 1 soon fell uito eoiiveri:tion about . id army times. He remarked that he rcmciiii.er.-d me very well in the old armv, ami I tol l him, m a matter of course, I remembered him i e.-f.ctlv. but owinu to Uie dineieiico in yours there being about sixteen years difference in our ages and our mnt.1 thought it very likely 1 had not attracted his attention sufficiently to b? remembered after -li h a long iieriod. Our conversation grew so pleasant that I almost forget the object of our meeting. Gen. Lee at that lime was accompanied bv on.- oi 1 1 staff officers, a ( ol Mar hall. I had all ol mv s'aff with m -, a good portion or whom were in the room during the interview. 'i his is Gi n rant 's account of how hattanooga was saved : "On receipt ol Mr. Paua s dispatch Mr. Stanton s nt f- r me Finding that I was out he became nervous : n.i excited, imputing of every i. ni.t. . inelndinc vnests of lhe house.
wh then In y knew where I was, and lidding then, lind im-ai. 1 send me to him at once. About 11, . clock 1 iv! timed to the hotel, and on my wav when near lhe hon.-e, eiorv person I met was a messenaer from the Secretary, apparently i-a.-t:liing of his impatience to see me. 1 has .ened to the looni ot tiic Secretary, and found him I fcclng the lloor rapidly iiuab'out the gai-h Mr. Jelteisoii Dav s was wearingsubse .iieully w i en he k i-f"(ea dressing gown, but without the shawl and sun1 onnet. lie sl owe l the dispatch, Bayii.g that the retreat must ba irovented. 1 immediately wrote an order usuming command of thoMilllai v l'ivision ol the Misi.i:-: i pi and tclesraphed i' tiiflcn. l.oseirans. lihen telegraphed lilm the order fiom Washington as.dgniiig to Thomas the command of the Armv of thu Cumberland, mi I to Thomas that te must hold Chattanooga a- all (wards." Here is i funnv stttiy about Gen Bragg, winch Geu. Grant tells it hia characteristically simiile way : -1 hav beaid a story iu the old an.ry very cbniacteristie ol Ilraiig. On one oi caslon, when
vtiiiioued at a !-ost of several companies, comma, del bv a Hold officer, he "-us himself comma mliii'.' one ol the eompanles, an I at the sa iio liui". acting Pi st t.iuiii ternias er au'l Commissary. He was a First l ieutenant at the time, but his Captain was detached to other dutv. As couiinwidei of the coin; any, he made a re .u'.s.Uon up n tho '..'uartermaster hints' P lor some bins he naa'e.l As (yoarterm.islf r h- deellned to fill the requisition, and inuors-d on the Pack ot it his reason f .o doing As cocii auv commander he rsp in-led ' 'h's. urging that hie requisition i ailed for uotbini but wh it h was entitled to. end hit it wai the ) ty o: the t.'uait ltoM-tei e till it l he 1 .'usr-ei'master i,till pernsted tba' he w is ii.hf : n C it-1 .icdlti'-r ot aftairs Brigg .e:-irtdth n 1 - I-m H'er to the 1-imn.aud n.' r.'x Hi., latter, whn he siw the i.atnrc -it th ma'tM jeferied. exclaimed. Mv ort. .Mr Mi.-;, you ha"- uiitele.1 vith eiet' ollicer in !;e inn-', aa'l n -uu ire ouiirrcltfle iv.'fi rsi.-!;.' t. tCuirec-' m a c entirely dtlf-.int , . ' '. Wl"" " " j',. ' " ; -J y ' bi - il-- j . a-1 o jicuj- last J-'! iu n
WiiinlpeR liiiMtcbe8 ftivs paitlealara ot n !!-' cem nt lielweon the IiulinU Vhift
Big H affld-l (t;t. f?toela's nionnted fOrca of Canadian si: ("apt. Stele and his forco, pet only in nuinlier, wetfe scontin-i south ot Fort Pitt. a U was reported that Big Benr unit tikou the lr .il for f-omnliqg IaakO. JtiiWleton Iris !iv. n Capt. Steelo insrn-tion-i to watch c!oily find cnt off thf rtl-
trenl o? the Jndians south if ihoy attempted to go thai way, while- he- nnd Strange with thoir forces ivouli waloh the north. Steele's
f rco suddenly enme upon Big Bears Indians nt Two I,n'ies, fifty miles south of Fort Tilt Tin? tndiniis were fSMfeingcarnp when Steele discovered them. Their force seemed to number between 250 and 300. So Biidilenly had the scouts come upon the redskins, an 1 so near were they to the lattoir before seei n ;; iliem, thatthore was no chance of retreat, so Steele at once ordered a chargi. Hi'i niou were well mounted and armed, and as tliey galloped forward they wore ni?t I y a shower of bullets; which checked tUc-in. fUH they rode on, however, seemingly dett?riiiint3d not to 1 driven back, bnt when another volley was fired at thorn, and when Steele peroeived that the Indians oulnnwberod his forces he ordered tho men to fall bock. It was we!l he did bo, for at that moment the Indians were joined bv re -enforcements who poured out 'of lhe bluffs in the rear. Thoy were well armed, and when they saw the scouts riding off fired a heavy volley. Rte.ela was. however, determined not to
be beaten easily, so he hastily laid plans for another attack' upon the Indians. His force was quickly divided. One-half started north to make a detour so as to close in on the Indians. The other half went a shoit ilistanco east, and at a given signal the two forces closed in upon the Indians from the: rear, taking them completely
by surprise. So quickly was the movement planned, and so quickly was it executed, that before the redskins were aware of it lhe scouts were within fifty yards of their rear and pouring their bullets into the camp, doing considerable havoc. The Indians ware so much alarmed that they
mn nnll-mell down the ravine and across a
creek font feet deep. Many of them left
their firearms behind, ana most ot hm calnp outfit was also abandoned. Tha fndiailfl took rofupo in a bush on the
other side of the creek, from which they kept np n desultory fire upon the scouts, who for some time ' debated the feasibility
of followtjjg them over the creek. As the Indians did not appear to have oiiw mlcnnerH with them, and a-i there was
little hops- of accomplishing anything by nnrmiit aid attack. llanL Steele decided to
retreat. Before going away he thought it
well to itiquire arter tue couuiuuu : ...f. i,a net. i an i nl.irnvpver named
;ilBUUCia, nj ' " - I McKee to the bank of the creek with a flag
of truce. As McKee stepped forwird, several bullets whisiMtl past him, bul he went on, and when he reaehed the bank firing ceased. He then culled out in Indian: "Is Big Boar there?" The answer came from Big Bear himself: "yes." ". ... McKee said: "If you will deliver onr people, Wfi will cease firing on yon." Big Bear iu aloud voice replied: "we intend to ?lear vim out yet; so beware. " Another Indict which wbitzed dangerously near McKoe's head after the last announcement apprised him that, further parley would be useless, so hu beat a nasty retreat: Capt. Steele's loss was as follows: Sergt. Uaj. Fury, shot in the breast, fatal. , . .. William West, scout, shot through the leg. J. Fisk, shot iu the arm. The Indian loss was considerable, several bodies bo ng found this side of the ravine, Middleton has anuonnced that be will pursue Big Bear until he catches Mb. Portrait of Om. Mldd toB.
Tbe Outlook tar Clpl The Indian Farmer says: There I mlt longer a doubt that the wheat crop wlllfaB far below an average one-, and" 'while all may not agrae fu our views, Tt eipi4ence Justifies them, thai, It Is well tit wis ae not to have a fuilcropof wheat tbii easaiu. Ttteve may come personal arid Eectionai hardships, bat for the farmlnK Interests and the, coantry generally It ts well ordered thattfce wheat crop of this season to to be short of;a vwatre one. I t is well known that t berets a lara ehrp'os of old wheat in this ijoiiatry, and , whateiCr may Drove to be true rep3tirisr t production in India and, other oouatries, a full neon here rtdiMwt to the nretlT full bins,
wouhl utt Tly brcsSr down tbo price a, and there is such a thing as Uie productive and tmataeM intores's starving: snd pvitsbing with fnll stores an I plenty. Further.' withlnr the. past six yeas the farmers of the Wfest lave real
ized more money ant or a wnear. crop w wwqr mil.ious of busBels below an average one 'ban out of a lull crop. We have before noted tbia
specifically for Indiana, giving ib date in detail. Thus Tar everything points t a large corn crop, which is much more needed by tha country than that of wheat. The demand for our surplus corn abroad as well es at home is
rapidly increasing, mere : uv k-" billty that we shall haiw; con-petitors In this line of production than in wheat. They have not appeared yet; and are not iikoly to appear. Furthermore, the snrplna corn can be converter Into meat at noiOBi
and the demand and pi-us or lots promiseai
iair In tho future at It has neen m me pass. We can see no reasons for d iscourageBient to the productive or business industry. If there
are any, they hare grown out oropecuuuuuit, extravagant living, and gambling in grain, stock, etc. The estimates are as folkiira far
Indiana: wnear Aite uy acuww the condition of 84 per cent, of the averase. It will be noticed that the June reports put It at 61 per cent. Corn Area, 104 per cent of
an average, t'ats ine area io huoiiik also a fair one; the plants are In good condition, though in some sections reported backward and late. Our May report snowed near
ly a full average acreage, and tne conamon to June I Is 95. Meadows Timothy 86, clove i 86 per tent, of average condition. Fruit The prospect is now for the best apple crop
tor several vears. nuia is uu etsp""j - f of small iruits the strawberry, raapl -rry. jragor, etc. Apples, per cent, of eopx -tion based on a full crop, 88. Rye and Barley Rye S3, barley 7; Illinois, rye 70, barley n. Live Stock Tbe condition of live et tH reported fair; horses 86, cattle SB, hers !U. sheep W.
We present herewith a iKn-tmit of (Un. Francis Mid lletou, the commander-in-chief of the fotoes operating against the Indians and half-breeds in the British Northwost Territory. SILVER AO1TATI0N.
A Proposition Prooiulgnted by Ptwntaient Public Slen as a Basis or legislation. Pfew York siieeisl. Following is the exact form as it is njw being considered by prominent public men of the silver proposition, which is intended
to form the basis of legislation in the nxt
Congress Fiist- -Issue certificates ou the deiiosit of fiilvar In 'Hon nt its market ririee at tho time
of deri int. expressea m itoiinrs, wuiuu
shall st .il as the declared value of the enrtificntcs while in the hinds of the public.
The nva itoe value of silver for the previcus
monlh might be taken u-i the market value
.it the time ol deposit. fcecont''. Such certificates to be legal ten
der for a' 1 purposes exeetat in transactions
between private parlies. Third They shaU be redeemable in lawful money, or.'nt Hie oiilion nf the Govern
ment, ii silver bullion at its market price at the tiue of rnlomiition. When received
into tho Treasni-v for dues lo the (tovem-
mont. in- redeenied in lawful money, tbev
shall bt; held an-1 paid out again as other ou rencv: but when rodoeiacd in sttvor
bullion to be canceled and destroyed.
Fourth. The coinage of silvor to ne sns pended uutil leouii'ed asnin to meet an actual denaud for silver dollars. Ou !lo coinage of any bullion the certificates represeutinit the bullivu bhall bo canceled s ad destroy el. Fifth Fractional tiilver, cr at least tno half-dollar pieces, to be made full weight and full legal-fonder, mid the redemption of nub!-Minrv silver to be dtrcontimieo. ftisth Withdraw the one and two dollar legil-tender notes without reducing the total volume of grennbocks. also the a edoHar bmk-nore, and issue one, two, nd livo dollar ooin-uores. based one the sil-.-er dollarb now coined, dollar for dollar. l t-'-ex i , - . -0 --. -in the tNtlet ;..!.! or fra,-.a:jal
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The University Endowment Fantl. The Auditor of Slate has discovered that there is no authority for using the permanent endowment fund'of the State University, and In consequence, the Institution will probably lose the beretlt of the Interest Tbe HAtule creating the fund provide that the money thall be used to pay off tbe Sale's interest-bearing indebtedness, and for tbs use of the fund in this way the State shall pay 5 percent. Interest to the University. The State has no interest-bearing Imtebtedmss now, and there la no provision for putting the fund to any other use, unless It should tic loaned in tho same manner that the college fund Is. The Auditor says, howevw, that ho
"is not going to turn bis office inu, a mortgage loan agency . The 'fund now emoimte to about S60.OOO, and as the tax wh'ch gees
Into it Is continuous, tne sum wui ue uicron-' -t from year to year. The money will he .inavailable, however, and tbe 8tnte Unireioity will get no benefit from it. Tha State Treasurer, however, can probably get a snug little profit out of the handling- Of it- .Special action of the Legislature will probably be pt.'Ceasary in order to bring this fun I into use, as designed. State Board of Health. At the last meeting of the Hea'ta Board the members of the Board were de'aited to Inspect the various portions of the State in a sanitary way. particularly the put-He buildings and insttlutkms, and the reports show that some of them are in a wretched condition. Dr. Fritsche, who Inspected the southern prison, at Jefferson vllle, reports that its tanltary condition wis extremely bad and detrimental to the heaitfa of the inmates. The 9-werago H both insufficient and defective, the ventilation is not at alt good, and there is, besides, a notable lack Of hospital faplUtic.' He also reported that the apartments for the Incurable Insane Inmates In the asylum? of the counties of Floyd, Clark, Scott, and Hamion were shamefully neglected, botiijln tbe matter of ventilation aud sewerage, fir. Boots gave a report of his inspection of tne Soldiers' Orphans' Home at Knightttowu, showing that the ventilation was poor, the privy vaults in a bad nx, ana no proper ra.'ilities for caring for the sick. The Secretary was instructed to notify the proper authorities to remedy these evils ImmediatelyPlums for the Ptambers. The contracts for tic phi eblhg, streembeating, and pumplngspparstusof the new insane hospital buildings were awarded by the commissioners as follows: To S. 1 Pope Oo.,of Ohioago,for plumbing, sanitary Bxtures, and waters supply at the northern asylum. 112,634; eastern, H,W. and southern, .-.. total, tS0,41. To Babcoz ft Wilcox, et Chicago, for water tube boilers, oach plant 1 ,- K; total, lB,07.81. To Kelley ft Wtei Oom- : pany. of PittsbifVgb, for steanrbeat.appK-
millfr-uulliKIiu vuoj u w, v. - era, $9,88.4S; total. $23,75.89. To S I. Foj ft Co., of Chicago, for steatn-hoarlng apparatus at the southern asylum, fMHfcJ nwamg tne total cost of the steam-heating $Sz,3-,. -T '
S. I. Pope t-, of Chicago, avjww'T glnesatthe northern asytun, m , to ,K. Williams, ot St Louis, for the eastern and southern asylums, tl,0l esj. aWeg the total $8,881.58. The aggregate cost of th,
whole is 10l,tss..
The Pleee of PsrbBe PrtnUr. WMhinaton special: A great deal f inteo
est is being manifested iu the appolnlmentof o. new PuUUo Printer, although it Is not sup
posed that Mr. Bounds m to oe awturoeu .l
an early date. It is ucderstooa mat. ws-m-
ternaUonal Typographical union, now maesilon in New York, has been given to under, stand that the President will appoint an Indi anamanif an agreement can be reached b the politicUns of that State. The Union will refu'e, according to rumor, to indorse juty o'the Indiana candidates now promlnetttly hi the Held, on the ground that no agreeajens could be reached in their fasror by the TwHnnii men. The optoiiserpressodthatttoe HOii.
John scaicv, or iuummi, wm prvwv f"' -the indorsemnt of the convention, and h a promising candidate.
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Scattering Xub of News. The Crawfordavillo City Council PWd it resolution at their last meeting ttatw saloon-keepers pay their license fee et fW, past due, at onoe, and hereafter before a Hcense is isaued. . Mrs. Bdward Bapftcf Ifayetlvebirtli to triplets a few ,A girl; a Itemociratlegato X wt?tS?, Grover and Thomss. and the girl Sttaabeth, after the PreslOent' Slater. Pater Conor, of SMnbjirg, sat down on croe-Uo atid went to sleep. The vsawinper teals T struok him, throwing hbn down an omhMkuSfbreingone arm. three ribs, and seriously injuring him internally, possibly fatally. The destruction to orope in the nelgbbo -hood of Franklin, espaolally oom andvrhea-, Sh. recent storm, is very great. Qnanti-
;L 0f timber and miles of leaning were blown down, and many tajlldtogs were totally wricked. At Peru, John Armitaga, wife and two children, while letutnlng from aeeiawtefft t-e buggy nr set, the horse f alllug on Mrs, Armitage. bruising her badly. As Mr. Arcnita:. . was trj-lng to extrloataher the horse Ml on him, breaking his Ug and oruahittg bis iri bidly. John TuU. lifing near the line of Scott St 1 Clark Counties, was tsken to task for Utnaajte ot bis wife. Three men with, toe swhns m
their hands ana mssgs m WWfJf1!1!
,na tora jiw.fsnKin-
, is imuw in the i
had come to atterfte fcbja. o mm ousiyfcr mercy. TheysoMktsa If haweattf
get down on hitkaeee and pronuse to treat ! ; wife well hereaftertby wwiWjmawWsji js im-. Be was down a els iSSfts-nent-iai! yro'pi?e to mii starlit I im . .-.id advi.'e a4 lel. The Muncie naior-work will be to op
tion c-y tne miuaieoi uiy.