Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 23 September 1881 — Page 1

VOLUME XXV.

DEAD.

A Xation in Jfouruiug for the Losi of Its Chief M ng i titrate. The Long Struggle Fnded in Death on Monday Night. —— — 1 1 — The Dread Summons Answered With Ills Hand Upon His Heart. ———————♦ Imagining Himself at Mentor With His Mother and Coved Ones. Death Supposed to be Occar stoned by a Clot of Blood Forming in the Heart, His Cast Words, “I Am Suffering Greatly and I Fear the End is Near.” Heroic Conduct of Mrs. Garfield During the Trying Ordeal. General Arthur Notified and Takes tile Outli of Office At Midnight. A Post Mortem Examination of the Remains to be Held To-Day. The Arrangements for the Funeral Not Yet Complete. The News Creates Intense Excitement Ail Over the Country. THE ENO. THE PRESIDENT DEAD. Long Branch, September 19.—The president is dead. 10:40 p. m.—The president died at 10:35 p. m. From what can be ascertained his death was from sheer exhaustion. Mr. Warren Young, assistant to private Secretary Brown, brought the news from the cottage at sixteen minutes before eleven. The first indication ‘that anything serious had occurred was the appearance of a messen\er at the Elberon hotel, who obtained a carriage and drove rapidly off Jt was supposed that he had gone to summon the members of the cabinet, w'bo left here about half-past 9 to-night. , „ „ , , ‘ Attorney-General McVeagh has notified the vic'e president of the president’s demise. ... . . 11:15 p. m.—The cabinet has just arrived and gone in a body to Francklyn cottage. They are all here except Blaine and Lincoln. Attorney General McVeagh has telegraphed them of the president’s death. Great excitement prevails here, and particulars cannot be obtained. The guard around the cottage has been doubled and no one is allowed to approach it. The government has taken possession of the only telegraph wire which is connected at Elberon. It will be almost impossible to get further details to-night, as we are shut off from all communication with the cottage. At 10 to-night the following was sent to Minister Lowell by Attorney General McVeagh: ‘•The president had another chill of considerable severity this morning, which, following so soon after the ehill of last evening, left him veryweak. Indeed, his pulse became more frequent and feeble than at any time since lie recovered from the immediate shock of the wound, and his general condition was more alarming during the day. His system has reacted to some extent, and he passed the afternoon and evening comfortably. At this hour he is resting quietly, and no disturbance is expected during the night. There has been, however, no. decrease of &ii xicty • 11 -.20 p. m.—Attorney General McVeagh has just come to the Elberon hotel from Francklyn college, and made the following statement: ‘J sent my dispatch to Mr. Lowell at 1< p. m. Shortly before that Dr. Bliss had seen the president and found his pulse at 106 beats per minute, and all conditions weie then promising a quiet night. The doctor asked the president if he was feeling uncomfortable in any way. Ihe president answered, "Not at all ” and shortly afterwards fell asleep, and Dr. Bliss returned to iiis room across the hall from that occupied by the president. Colonels Swaim and Rockwell remained with the president. About fifteen minutes of 10 the president awakened and remarked to Colonel Swaim that he was suffering great pain, and placed Ids hand over his heart. Dr. Bliss was summoned, and when he entered the room he found the president substantially without any pulse, and the action of the heart was almost undistinguishable. He said at once that the president was dying and directed Mrs. Garfield to be called, also the doctors. The president remained in a dying condition nntil 10:35 when he was pronounced dead. He died of some trouble of the heart, supposed to Jbe neuralgia, but that, of course, is uncertain. I notified General Arthur, and sent dispatches to Secretaries Blaine and Lincoln, who are en route from Boston to New York. The cabinet now, at 11:30 p. m„ are in consultation. n ~, ' t 12:25, a. m.—Attorney General MacVfegh has sent the following to Vice President Arthur: “ft becomes our painful duty to inform you of the death of President Garfield, and to advise you to take the oath office as president of the I tilted States without delay. If it concurs with your judgment, we will be very glad if youjwill come here on the earliest train to-morrow morning. [Signed,] Wm. Windom. Sec’y of the Treasury. W.H. Hunt, Sec’y of the Navy. Thomas L. James, Postmaster General. Wayne MacVeagh, * Attorney General. S. J. Kiskwood, Sec’y of the Interior.

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11:15 a. m.—The following official bulletin has just been issued: "Elberon, N.J, September 19.— The president died at 10:30 p. m. After the bulletin was issued at 5:80 this afternoon, the president continued in much the same candition as in the afternoon, the pulse vary ing from 102 to 106, with rather increased force and volume. After taking nourishment he fell into a quiet sleep. About thirty-five minutes before his death, and while asleep, his pulse rose to 120 and was somewhat more feeble. At 10 minutes after 10 he awoke complaining of severe pain over the region of the heart, and almost immediately became unconscious and ceased to breathe at 10:85. (Signed) D. W. Bliss. Frank H. Hamilton. D. Hayes Agnew. Shortly after the afternoon bulletin was issued Dr. Agnew said in substance to a reporter that the examination showed there was no material change, and the situation was one of extreme gravity. Colonels Rockwell and Swaim still exhibited their usual cheerfulness and hopes that the patient would rally. Colonel Rockwell says he pinned his fai.h to the unusually stroug constitution es the president throughout, and is unwilling to give the case up as hopeless. In reply- to a question regarding the president's mind the colonel said that when the hallucinations occur they do not continue any length of time, and when the president is spoken to during such periods he invariably comes to himself and answers intelligently. About five p. in. Dr. Boynton went out for a ride. Previous to starting he said, “the president has rested comfortably during the afternoon, and ff there is any charge I think it is for the better.” Dr. Hamilton arrived about 4:30. Attorney General McVeagh expressed the opinion that there was no reasonable ground for expecting the president would recover; that no new strength had been gained, and unless he should rally rapidly he cannot last long, especially if the rigors continue, of which the doctors are apprehensive. General McVeagh said there is no doubt the president is much weaker now than he has ever been; that all his reaction has been of but temporary duration. He said the president fully realized his condition, and has since he was first wounded. He also says the president’s mimf has been perfectly clear throughout the day, and that the president had taken Ins usual liquid nourishment. Dr. Agnew considered there wss little ground for a feeling of uneasiness, and that the case was a decidedly critical one. During the afternoon the president asked for a mirror, and upon placing 11 in trout of his face he remarked, "Well, I do not understand how it is that I am sick while I look so well.” Dr. Boynton said to-night every effort had been made throughout the entire day to prevent a recurrence of tlie rigors, and at this time (9:30 p m.) he saw no indications of another chill. He still maintains the lower portion of the president’s right lung is co' ered With small globules about the size of a pinhead. If these could bs concentrated into one abscess the lung might be drained, but in its present condition little can be done to relieve it. At 10 o’clock Dr. Hamilton felt somewhat encouraged with the present outlook. He would say nothing further. Dr. Bliss told his hopeful story. The doctor talked at length, but his remarks were to the effect that there! was no material change and no imme-l diate apprehensions of danger. Every-! thing seemed indicative of a quiet! night. ? At 10:30,. while Doctor Boyn-| ton was conversing at the El-! heron, a messenger suddenly! appeared and spoke to the doctor in an undertone, and he (the doctor) immediately left the table at which he was sitting and started on a run for Francklyn cottage. This movement was the signal to the representatives of the press congregated at the hotel that something unusual had occurred. But a few moments elapsed when Mr. Warren Young, one of the executive clerks, came to the Elberon hotel and announced the president was dead. The cabinet at one a. m. are still in session at Francklyn cottage. 1 a. m.—Previous to his death the only words spoken by the president was that he had a severe pain in his bead. It is Supposed by the symptoms that death was occasioned by a clot of blood forming in the heart Dr. Bliss was the first one notified of the president’s expression of pain, and upon entering the room he at onee said the end was near. The members of the family were immediately summoned to the bedside all arrived, and perfect quiet prevailed. Mrs. Garfield bore the trying ordeal with great fortitude, and exhibited unprecedented courage. She gave way to no paroxysms of grief, and after death become evident she quietly withdrew to her own room. There she sat —a heart-stricken widow, full of grief, but with too much courage to exhibit it to those about her. She was laboring under a terrible strain, and despite her efforts, tears flowed from her’eyes ami her lips become drawn by her noble attempt to bear the btfMen with which she had been afflicted. Miss Mollie was greatly affected, and bursts of tears flowed from the child's eyes notwithstanding her noble efforts to follow the example of her mother. The death scene was one never to be forgotten. Perfect quiet prevailed, and there was not a murmur heard while the president was sinking. After death hnd been pronounced, the body was properly arranged by Dr. S. O. Boynton. A telegram was immediately sent t* the president’s mother in Ohio, and t his sons, Harry and James, who are now at Williams college, as also Vice President Arthur ami other prominent publio men. Mr. Morris, the undertaker at the village, will be in charge of the remaains. Eugene Brvlor, coroner of Monmouth county, will hold an inquest over the body of the late president. He has as yet made no arrangements for the inquest, and as far as ran be ascertained he has not l>een notified of the president’s death. The president’s words, when he felt the death pang attack him were, "I am suffering great pain and I fear the end is near.” THE DEATH PANG. The president’s remarks to Colonel Swaim, who was with him when be wakened from his sleep were, “Oh, Swaim, what a pain,” placing his hand on his heart, “fan’t y° u do something for me, oh, Swaim.” At this time Mrs. Garfield had been out of the room for aliout fifteen minutes, and had retired for the night. Previous to going to his own room, Dr. Eljss says he conferred with Mrs, lit*- 1 ■ ffeld on the general condition < f the president, and that she expressed tin opinion that her husband was not weary, and that he had awakened

feeling comfortable and experiencing little or no pain. "It was about ten minutes past 10 o’clock,” said Dr. Bliss,, “that the president awakened! and complained of a severe pain in his heart.” The doctor referred to the fact that the former attending surgeons on the case had been called here to attend the autopsy, and that Dr. Curtis, of Washington, had been selected to do the cutting. Dr. Bliss said the formation of a blood clot in the vicinity of the heart was the sequel of the original trouble. 4:15 a. in.—The members of the cabinet had some refreshments at the Elberon hotel about midnight, and afterwards went to their respective residences. At this hour everything is quiet and a feeling of extreme sadness prevails throughout the village. AN AUTOPSY TO BE HELD. ’ Long Branch, September 20.—The body will be embalmed and an autopsy will take place to-inorrow afternoon. Dr. Curtis, of Washington, has been asked to come here in company with the attending surgeons who recently withdrew from the case, viz: J. K. Barnes, J. J. Woodward and Robert Reyburn, to be piesent when the autopsy is made. THE VICE PRESIDENT NOTIFIED. New York, September 19.—The] Sun says: There was no unusual stir I about the house. The servant at thel door informed a reporter that General Arthur had received nothing later than the evening bulletin. “The president is dead,” said the reporter. At this moment General Arthur appeared in tlje hall. “The president, is dead,” the reporter repeated to him. “Oh, no; it cannot be true, it can.wt be. I have heard nothing.” “The dispatch has just been received at the Sun office,” said the reporter. “I hope—my God! Ido hope—it is a mistake.” General Arthur’s voice broke at these last words, and his eyes filled with tears. He then retired to a back room, where Mrs. Elihu Root and Daniel G. Rollins were awaiting him. “They say the president is dead,” said General Arthur. “A special has been received at the Sun office.” A deep silence ensued. A moment afterward a telegram was received. Gen. Arthur broke it open slowly. After reading it lie buried his head in his bands and remained in this position for a long time. Meanwhile the dispatch was handed slowly around. It was the message from the cabinet informing the vi.ee president of the death of the president. By 12 o’clock the sound of cabs rattling up in front of the house filled the streets, A few moments after receiving the news of the president’s death. General Arthur’s son hastened up the steps. He remained a few moments in the room with his father, but the latter was still too much affected by the news to speak. It was half-past twelve o’clock when General Arthur received the formal notification of the president’s death, signed by the cabinet. He had not then decided what [steps to take. He was again com pletely unnerved and again buried hi face in his hands. takes the oath. New York, September 26— 3:15 a. m.—ln accordance with the dispatch received from the cabinet in regard to taking the oath of office, messengers were sent to the different judges of the supreme court. The first to put in an appearance was Judge John R j Brady, who was closely followed by Justice Donahue. The party, consisting of the vice president and the judges named, besides Assis taut Attorney Rollins, Elihu Root and the eldest son of the new president, assembled in the front par lor, No. 123 Lexington avenue, General Arthur's residence, where the oath of office was administered, and he became president of the United Slates. The president has not signified his intention as to when he would visit the capital, and declined to be interviewed as to his :uture course. The following telegram was received by Attorney General McVeagh : New York, Sept 19. To Wayne McVeagh, Attorney General, Long Branch: I have your telegram and the intelligence fills me with profound sorrow. Express to Mrs. Garfield my deepest sympathies. (Signed) Chester A. Arthur, the last hours. A Telegram extra says: By the president's bedside, holding his poor emaciated hand in her own, and watching with anguish unutterable the fast vanishing sands of life, sat his faithful, devoted wife during the closing hours of the presidents career. Around him were other ryeeping friends and physicians lamenting their powerlessness in the presence ot the dark angel of death. Toward th< last the mind of the sufferer wandered He was once more back in Mdhtor amid those scenes where the happiest hours of his life were spent. He sat in the dear old homestead again with the loved ones around him. His aged mother, so proud of her big boy, his faithful wire and beloved children. It was a blissful dream that robbed death of its terrors and rendered the dying man for the moment unconscious of the cruel residing of his once vigorous frame that was constantly going on, The roar of the restless >eeati mingled with the sobs of loved ones as the lamp of lif

flickered and went out forever. Near ly every one around the president clung to hope to tlie last, and refused to credit the approach of deatli until the shadowy doorjopened and the destroyer’s presence could be no longei unfelt. Flags hung at half-mast from every house on Ocean avenue and tin gayety of this favorite watering place is followed by tlie deepest gloom. The struggle is over, aud death is victor. » THE ASSASSIN HEARS IT. Washington 1 September 20.—The news of the president's death did not reach the jail in which Guiteau is confined until about midnight. At that hour everything was tranquil. Guiteau was resting in his cell and there was no excitement in the neighborhood of tlie jail, nor was any trouble apprehended. General Sherman said in conversation to-night, that lie did not expect any attempt would be made to mob the prisoner, and expressed a hope and belief that the good sense of the people of the District would prevail, and that they would allow the law to take its course without any disturbance prejudicial to good order. IN THE DIFFERENT CITIES. New York, September 19, 11:15 p. m.—The bells of this city and neighboring cities are being tolled. Cincinnati, September 19.—The news of the death of the president, reached here at 10:40 p. m., and almost immediately the fire bells began tolling ’he mournful news. Albany, September 19. —On the announcement of the deatli of the president the bells of this city were tolled. Great sorrow is expressed by the people, numbers of whom were on the streets until a late hour. Arrangements are being made to drape the

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■public buildings, and flags are at half- ■ mast. 1 Cincinnati, September 20.—The ■meaning of the tolling of bells was quickly understood, and people all over the city were awakened. Manysought the streets and others by telephone what could be found out of the particulars. The flags which have been on buildings in honor of the late re-union were placed at half-mast. | and the work of draping in black has been begun everywhere. A feeling of profound gloom is manifested. The bells will be tolled all night. Cleveland, September 20.—News of the death of President Garfield wareceived at half-past 10. Though not unexpected, it spread like wildfire and created the profoundest sensation of sorrow. Here in his native county his loss is universally regarded as almost a personal affliction. Crowds flocked to the newspaper and telegraph offices to learn the particulars, and the manifestations of grief was pronounced, many weeping as if they bad lost a brother. Bells were tolled as if spontaneously. Dispatches from all parts of northern Ohio state that church and fire bells are tolling and great excitement prevails everywhere. The deepest sympathy is ex- ■ pressed for the stricken mother and ■ family. The trustees of Lake View I cemetery, the beautiful city of the lead just outside of the city limits of Cleveland, overlooking lake Erie, have authorized their president, Hon. J. H. Wood, to telegraph the widow offering her any lot in the cemetery she may choose for the final resting place of the president’s remains. In the same cemetery repose the bodies of the president's uncle, Thomas, killed by a train a fortnight before the assassination, and a cousin who died a few years ago. A meeting ■>f promi' eut citizens was held late to-night at the mayor’s office to take ippropriate action. Buildings are being draped in the deepest mourning, the bells will be tolled all night, and to-morrow guns will be fired ■very hour from daylight. St. Louis, September 20.—Mayor Ewing will issue a proclamation* in he rhorning announcing the death of President Garfield, and directing that d igs on ail the public buildings be displayed at half-mast from sunrise to sunset until and including the day of the funeral, and recommending that all citizens drape I heir buildings in mourning for thirty days, and directing that all public) buildings be so draped; also directing! that on the day of the funeral all the] departments of the city governments be closed, and requesting that there] be a general suspension of business] throughout the city. Little Rock, Ark., September 20.] —News of the president’s death, al-S though not unlooked for, was received} with feelings of the most profound] sorrow and regret. Immediately on] receipt of the news church and fire! bells were tolled and knots of! sorrowful citizens were gath-j cn d at the hotels and newspaper] office to discuss the sad event. A] meeting of the city council will be] held at an early hour to-morrow to | take action and express the sympathy j of the people of this city in the great! bereavement to the nation. •] Chicago, September 20.—The fire] department tolled all the bells in the I ■ity last night notifying the people of | the death of President Garfield, and] Ii he solemn tolling of the bells ealledi thousands upon thousands of people j out upon the streets. The] masses made all haste by| publie and private conveyances and] on foot to reach some point where re-j liable and detailed information could] be obtained. In a few minutes the] streets where the bulletins were ex-| hibited were full of people, struggling! to get a glimpse of the fatal! words which for a full half hour were the only news received, “The president is dead.” Although the blow had been looked for almost daily for over three weeks, the shock seems none the less severe.

The Mysterious Lady. One of the most remarkable features in English hotel life at this season of the year is the solitary lady, whose movements seem covered witn a sort of mystery, who is without fear and doubtless without reproach, of whom no one, unless it be her occasional visitors, can certainly say who she is or whence she comes. Does scandal, on the part of any of the inmates of the caravanserai, ever dare to whisper a word against her? Where, her champions might well ask, is the slightest sign of any justification of calumny? What can be more faultless than her whole environment? She is alone, it is true, and unprotected, save by 7 her maid ; but she has brought down her coachman, carriage and a pair of horses from London; she never drives out during the conventionally' prohibited hours, she seldom frequents the fashionable promenades, aud if she ever inhales the fresh air on the hotel terrace after dinner, it is invariably in tlie company of her own vestal Abigail- She receives a gresft number of letters, but for the most part in a feminine handwriting; she writes a good many herself, but as she posts them with her own hand, (hey afford no clue to her correspondents. Visitors she occasionly has, but they are either two or members of her family, who never give their names, or tlie brother of iier husband, or the hus.

band of he- sister. She has a pleasing manner, and what is called prepossessing appearance. Her brotherin law sometimes dines with her tete-a-tete; but he retires early, and she shortly afterwards vanishes to a virginal eoueli. Evil be to him who evil tbiuks. There Is not here even tlie semblauee of evil. Somehow or other, there is suspicion, yet why on earth should there be? Her whole life is propriety itself. She goes to church once every Sunday, and occasionally during the week. Upon each of these occasions she is accompanied by all the insignia of piety. She is quietly but handsomely dressed, and her maid, who walks by her side, carries—so that all who run maysee—a small prayer book, blazoned with a big cross. She is simply a virtuous, church-going lady, Tlnjt is what the facts proclaim her; and yet, in spite of the sac ts, there are sure to be a good many persons to whom she is known by sight, and who persist in enquiring’ not always in charitable tones, “Who is she?" —London World. John Shepard’s Death. John Sheppard, au infidel of Orion, Neb., built a platform alongside a Methodist comp-meeting ground and made daily speeches against the <1! ctriues preached by the Methodist ministers. He was a great annoyanc» to the Christians, and they tried hard to convert him, but in vain. One day an impulsive clergyman prayed that if Sheppard could be silenced in no other way he might be removed by death. That evening the infidel died very suddenly, and it would be difficult to convince the people thereabout that he was not killed in direct answer toprayr

I THE CHILDHEN’S DEPARTMENT. Off for Boy land. Ho i AU aboard! A traveler Sfeti sail for babyiaad I Before my there conus a blurj But still I kiss my hand, And try to smile as off he goes, « My honny, winsome boy! Tes, bon voyage! God only knows V How much I wish thee joy. V Oh! tell me, have you heard of himT L He wore a sailor's hat All silver-corded round the brim, And—stranger e'en that that— A wondrous suit of navy blue. With pocket deep and wide; Oh I tell me, sailor, tell me true, How fares he ou the tide ? We’ve now no baby tn the house: ’Twas but this very morn He doffed his dainty, ’broidered blouse* With skirts of snowy lawn , And shook a mass of silken curls x From off his sunny brow; They fretted him-“so like a girl's,” Mamma can have them now. He owned a brand new pocket-book, But that he could not find; A knife and string was ail he took, W hat did he leave behind ? A heap of blocks, with letters gay. And here and there a toy; I cannot pick them up to-day, My heart Is with my boy. Ho! Ship ahoy! At boyhood’s town Cast anchor strong and deep, What! Tears upon this little gown, Left for mamma to keep? Weep not, but smile; for through the air A merry message rl oge—“Just sell it to the rag man therei I've done with baby things!” Pet Binis. Pretty Polly la always a favorite The grey bird is the most docile and intelligent, and the best talker, at well as the largest—measuring from ten to twelve inches in length. The bill Is black, strong and much hooked. and the orbit and the space between them is covered with a bald and white skin. The entire body is of a combined pearl-gray find slate color, and the feathers of the head, neck and under part of the body and edged with a greyish white. The toes are grey, tlngeil with red, and the tail is of a deep, light scarlet. The grey parrol is healthy and long lived, sixty or seventy years being the average. The Green Parrot, from the regions of the Amazon, South America, is nearly as large as the grey bird; ths ■ prevailing color of its plumage is brilgliant green, but the back and undei ■ parts are tinted yellow. The fore part Hos the head Is »f a blue tint, and the ■ throat feathers are edged with a bluHish green. This parrot talks well. A Egreen parrot [of an inferior kind ■ conies from West Indies. The pinion I 'oathers are red and blue, and the ■ head yellowish red. 3 Parrakeets are smaller birds, and ■ the prominent pecqliaity is the ■ length of the tail, gererally exceeding ■ that of the body. The yellow-bellied ■ Parrakeet, from Tasmania, is hardy Baud well adapted fora caged life. The ■ Rose-bill Parrakeet, from Australia ■ and Tasmania, is one of the most ■ beautiful birds of the Parrot family ■ including the fine tail, it measures ■ about thirteen inches. The head, sides ■of the face, back of the neck, and Bl>reast, are of glowing scarlet, and a ■ scarlet band passes over the shoulders; ■ the upper part of the throat is of a ■ pure white; the feathers of the hack ■ are black-green. In the wings lilac ■ color is mixed with black. The low■er part of the breast is yellow, chang- ■ ing into light green on the abdomen, ■ The Ground, Ringed (the latter with ■ a very long tail) and Grass Parra- ■ keets, are also very pretty birds. Lit- ■ tie Love Hirds, so named from the as- ■ fectionatc manner in which a pair sit 3 together, are pretty little creatures scarcely- six Inches long. Cockatoos come from the Eastern Archipelago and Australia. They are large and powerful birds, and the crest, composed of a number of feathers which lie along the neck, except when the bird Is angry, and then they are erected, and opened and closed quickly, like a fan. The great White and Silver crested Cockatoos are the best known in England. Moss of these birds can be taught to utter simple words and phrases. The magnificent Macaws, with tlieir splendid blue and yellow plumage, are well known. Bread and milk is the staple food ol all birds of the Parrot kind. Lay a slice of stale bread in a pan, and soak it in warm water for a quarter of ai hour, and then pour enough scalding mdk on it to moisten it, without milking it pappy. Cleanliness of the •age, anti plenty of dry gravel are es sential to the health of the bird.

It is said that Rufus Choate, the great lawyer, was once in New Hamp shire making a plea, when a boy, the son of a farmer, resolved to leave the plow and become a lawyer. He went to Boston, called on Mr. Choate, and said: “I hear you plead in our to • n, and 1 have a desire to become a great lawyer like you. Will you teach me how?” “As well as I can,” said the great lawyer. Taking down a copy of Blackstone, he said. “Read this untill I come back, and T wHI see how you get on. The poor boy began. An hour passed. His back ached, his head ached, his legs'ached. Every moment became a torture. He wanted air. Another hour phased, and Mr. Choate came and asked: “How do you get on?” “Get on! Why, do you have to read such stuff as this ?” Yes.” “How much of it?” “All there is on these shelves, and more,” How much do you get?” “My board and clothes.” “Then,” said the boy, “I will go back to the plowing. The work is not near as hard, and pays better.” Queer Bread Materials. Earth bread is made from a white earth in Upper Lusatia, formerly a part of Germany, but now under the rule of Prussia, and the poor of tha: region use this bread in time of scarcity. The earth is dug from a hill where saltpeter was once manufacture led. When laid in the sun till heated it cracks, and globules like meal exude from it. It is supposed that the saltpeter or soda in this earth gives it lightness. Something similar to it is found in Catalonia, and is also used for bread. It is affirmed that in cases of extreme need, many have lived on this bread for weeks without experiencing any injury. Soft stones were ground aud made into bread in the late famine in India, to prolong, it possible, the lives of that stricken jeople. Fish bread is still used in Iceland, Lapland, Crim-Tartary, and other places far North. The fish is first dried, then beaten to a fine powder; and sometimes the inner bark of some of the trees of that region is mixed withit, and then wet and made into bread and cakes. Moss bread is manufactured in Iceland from the reindeer moss, which, toward the month of September, become soft

tender and damp, with a taste like wheat bran. This moss contains a large quantity of starch, aud the Icelanders gather it in the latter part of the Summer season, thoroughly dry it, then grind it into meal; and bread, gruels,and pottages are made with it. The want of better grain frequentIp compels the poor Icelander to bake a kind of a bread from the seeds of the sand-reed, which, on their shores, are merely eaten by the birds of passage. o . • HOLSE AND HOME. Tomatoes should be used, either for preserving or for canning, before the cool weather of autumn has made them acid, as everyone perhaps already knows, Green Grape Preserves,—Cut the fruit enough to pick the seeds out; allow an equal measure of fruit and sugary make a syrup, boil the fruit in it until clear, and seal up in air-tight jars. Ants. —If there Is a window where they come in, make a chalk mark au inch broad around it aud the ants will not crawl over it. A rag wet witli camphor laid across the place where ibey come in, will keep ' them away. Chicken-and-ham rolls.—Take half the crumb from the hearts of French or light home-made rolls; butter th. cavity and fill with a mixture of minced chicken and ham. Stop the hole in the side with a wad of erumb or bread crust. These ate very nice. Chicken Sandwiches.—Cut the flesh from the bones of cold roast fowls, and dispose in close neat strips between buttered slices of bread, oi halves of biscuit. Sprinkle with pepper and salt, If you like, you may chop tlie fowl line., and spread almost half-an-inch thiek on the bu tered bread. Soap for Removing Grease spots.— Dissolve a half pint of washing soda, put in two pounds of good hard soap, cut in slices, and boil until a mass is formed. Then add a hab ounce eaeli of alcohol, camphor, ether and liquid amouia, and mould into cakes. A plain plum pudding—One cup of suet, ene cup of raisins, one cup of currants, one cup of milk, one cup ol molasses, tbrdb cups of flour, a little salt and spice to tlie taste. Add ent teaspoonful of soda dissolved in the milk aud boil three hours. Buttered apples.—Peel, slice and core a pound of apples, put into a fry-ing-pan about two ounces of butter, add tlie apple ami cover witli two ounces of pounded sugar; put them into the oven until done. A very nice dish for children. When done they may be- dished up on a nice crisp piece of toast with sugar over.

To scour tin.—The fine, coal ashes which are found in the pipe in the spring, and which sift under tlie pan are excellent to scour with. Takes piece of old flannel, dip lightly into soft soap and then in the ashes and rub; it will brighten up your tinware surprisingly; rub well with a clean flannel after polishing witli the soap and ashes. Do not put clothes into the blueingwater until they have been well shaken; if tossed in while folded as they come from the wringer tliey 7 are almost certain to be streaked wdtb blueing, and, although after repeated washings these streaks will come out every' one knows how aggravating it is to use napkins or ba- dkerehiefs that show traces of careless washing. Sauce for pudding.—Beat two ounces of butter with sufficient sugar to mukea thick cream and pour into it two tablespoonfuls of boiling water. Flavor with half a teaspoonful of vanilla extract or a tablespoonful of brandy. Make it several hours before dinner and put it in a cool place to harden. It should be smooth and firm like Neapolitan cream and without the greasiness of the ordinary butter and sugar sauce. Danish pudding.—One cupful tapioca, three pints of water, half a teaspoonful of salt, half a teacupful of sugar, one tumblerful of any- kind of bright jelly; wash the tapioca and soak iu the water over night; in the morning put in a double boiler and cook one hour; stir frequently, add the salt, sugar, and jelly, and mix thoroughly; turn into a mould that has been dipped into cold water and set away to harden; serve with cream and sugar.

Take four common sized potatoes, pare and cut in very thin slices, boil in three pints of water until very tender, then add one teacupful sweet cream, pepper and salt to taste; lastly add a sufficient quantity of dry light bread crumbs broken in small bits, or use crackers. Serve immediately. Add the salt when the potatoes are put ou to cook. Another way is to grate the potatoes, use sweet milk, and butter size of an egg. Stir the potatoes while cooking to prevent scorching; proceed same as before.

Minced veal. —Cut t!.e veal into very small pieces; but do not chop it; take a little white gravy, a little cream or milk, a bit of butter rolled in flour, and some gritted lemon peel; let these boil till of the consistence of fine thick cream, shake tiour over the veal and sprinkle it with a little salt and white pepper; put it into a sauce pan with the other ingredients, and [make it quite hot. Be careful it does Inot boil after the veal has been put in, or it will be hard. Before being taken up squeeze in some lemon juice, and serve it on a dish over bits et toast. Nice tomato preserves can be made in the following manner. Select smooth ripe tomatoes, scald and re move the skins and the hard part near the stem. Cut a gash in each lobe, and with the thumb remove the seeds. Rinse well in cold water, which will remove any stray seeds and the slime. To every pound of fruit thus prepared, allow half a pound of sugar, cook until clear, and just before taking from the fire add lemons cut in thin slices, in the proportion of about one lemon to every pound of fruit. Keep in air tight jars the same as other fruit, They organised a debating society instead wood last week. The fact that the president was a dead shot and sat with two revolvers in hand kept the society in comparative quiet while the questions, “Ought a Hush royal t* beat four aces?” and “Is it wicked to lynch Mexicans on Sunday ?” were debated. But when they tackled the question, “Ought you to fire when a man reaches for his hip pocket, or are you bound to wait till you see whether it’s a revolver ot whisky bottle he’s drawing?” the president couldn’t control them, and five funerals was the result.—[Boston Post. The eminent physician and medical |writt:r, Archibald "Billing, is dead.

INDIANA. Tramps abound in Dubois county. Apples sell at a dollar a bushel at Jasper. A moonshine distilery was captured near Terre Haute. The Boonville, Inquirer quotes watermelons at one cent each. W. P. Leonard is engaged on au exhaustive history of Posey Co. The Catholics of Connersville propose buildiug a new cathedral At a band contest held at Anderson, the Jonesboro band was awarded the first prize. Prof. Gebest, of Madison, is organizing a brass band, the musicians ali to be ladies. The system of “graveyard insurance" is being successfully worked in Cass County. A f rmer near Logansport found a rattlesnake in his bed, the other night and killed it. Homer Cappie, a young man about twenty years old,'was killed near Winamac, by a falling tree. William Bagiy, son of David Bagly, of Shelby' county, committed suicide by hanging. No cause is known for the act. General Grant was a guest at the banquet of the 127th regiment Illinois infantry, given at the Palmer house. Mr. Frank Garrison of Bristol, lias bought the Butler Record, of which he will assume control iu November. Success. James Brown, the Crawford countyvineyard raau, got over two thousand gallonsof winefrom his crop of grapes this season. At Greensburg, some parties tested the efficacy of dynamite for clearing land of stumps. The test was reported satisfactory.

Branches of tlie Anti-Prohibitionist league have so far been organized at Lafayette, Evansville, Terre Hunt, Crown Point and New Albany. The Secretary of state lias, in sending out the new laws, shipped 28,384 pounds of freight, of which 3,771 pounds were sent by express. William Moor, a young school teacher, was kicked to deatli at Independence, Warren county, last week, by a horse he had purchased. Tlie personal difficulties of the Ev ansville Tribune will culminate in an auction sale three weeks lienee by consent of the parties interested. The Portland Sun has changed hands; W. W. Timmons retiring,and Bayard S. Gray, sou of ex-Governoi Gray, assuming the proprietorship. A farmer near Mechanics, Henry Bounty, has lost several cows through the disease known as “milk sickness,” and several more are sick witli the same disease. Tlie first railroad built in Ind., was tlie Jeffersonville, Madisou A- Indianapolis. Work was begun on this road in 1845, and many of tlie ties then put down are yet in use and in a fair state of preservation. In some sections of tlie state tlie astures are so completely dried up that live stock are being fed from tlie barns, and a shortage in winter fodder seems inevitable. A soldiers re-union will be held at Lafayette, on Sept 21, 22 and 23. A large number of veterans are expected to lie present, and quite a number of prominent army officers will participate. G. V. Pontius, a well known business man of Noblesville, died very -uddenly at his mother’s house, while reading the morning paper. Rheumatism of the heart is tlie supposed cause. The two-year-eld child of George Morris, living seven miles northwest of Warsaw, while playing in a room where its mot!.er was washing, was scalded so badly that its recovery is doubtful. There is a suspicion that Tip. Dollins, who died some months ago, near Vincennes, was poisoned. He was found in a stupefied condition, with a bottle of whisky beside him, and soon after died. Tlie railroads now pay fifty cents eaeli for the best cross-ties, made from sound oak and with not less than eight inches surface Such ties were bought three years ago for thirty-two to thirty-five ceuta.

< tovernor Porter says that his father was wounded in tlie battle of the-Mis-sissinewa, fought on the grounds opposite Conners’s mill, 1812. He was so badly wounded tiiat lie had to be carried off of the fie’d on a stretcher. Henry Long left Rushville, one day last week, very suddenly, for the Pacific coast. He sent a note to his wife saying that he had lived in hades as long as any mortal man could stand it, and proposed to begin life anew all alone. Elder Jacob Wright, of Salem, for fifty years a preacher of the Christian church, and noted for his doctrinal discussions, died last Tuesday, aged 72 years. He was widely known throughout Southern Indiana as a preacher of more than ordinary ability. David Williams was killed at the Gibson county air-grounds, the otliei day, while training a horse. It shied ■ind threw him from tlie sulky, but his foot caught in the wheel, and he was dragged a considerable distance. His head dashed against a tree, scattering his brains iu all directions. A free Fight for a Bride. Althoogh far advanced iu civilization, Arkansas has still her adventures and romances. Just three miles southeast of Charleston lives Maynard Gilleam, the father of a buxom 22-year-old lass. Like other maidens, Mary—for that was her name—had a beau. His name was Charley—Charley Stover, a ramantic name—and the twain wished to become one. Mary’s mother, however, objected, and, upon hearing such doleful news, tlie ;hx>i girl was all “broke up." Her lover would not be daunted, and by dint of cunning h« arrangwi a plot for her es cape, to which she gladly consented. He secured his accomplices, and, after getting near the house, all approached quietly and cautiously to allay suspicion. Mary was on the qui vive. The signa! was given, she left and steathily moved toward them and, as she was being securely seated behind on the princely steed of her knight, the wicked left eye of the old lady spied something not altogether healthy. Running out and heaping anathemas upon the heads of the young men, she excitedly made a grab at ber daughter, who powerfully

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Insisted. In the scuffle Mary wu» ivested o: every stitch of her clothes. leaving her even without a tig :ar to cover her nude form. One or barley’s frieuds, Mark Brocker, had Lie presence of mind tc throw a thing skirt over her, and in his effort > hurry her off, the mother assailed >m and tore from his back a brandew coat. In the meantime Stover id the girl’s brother had a “set-to ” i which the former got a severe cut i tile lace with a rock. The stronger irty eventually became victors and >re oft Hie prize. On their way to reenwood they stopped at the house the girl’s cousin, where she soon ade up an impromtu trosseau, iortly alter which she became Mrs. over in the presence of a few interested friends. The next day the parents came to town and reported the case. The trial was set for 10 o’clock. Ihe witnesses put in no appearance and for want of evidence the parties were dismissed and peacefully started ror home, and are now awaiting the forgiveness of the old folks to eowplete their happiness,

The Tombs of the Czars. We visited the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, it is inside the fortification, and is a sort of dynastic church and royal mausoleum. There are the tombs of the dead Czars of this Empire. ft is a won de rial sight. All these tombs are decorated with offerings, medals and trophies, which I may hereafter describe more fully. But first.l was attracted to that of Alexander JI., the late Czar. His white marble tablet, which is above the body in the crypt below, was hidden under roses and other floral offerings from all parts of all the Russias. These tenders of sympathy turned my thoughts toward home and toward moralizing. The horrid manner of ins taking off, like the deep damnation of the attempt on our President, has called for more devotion to the object of this frenzied zeal agrinst the laws of mankind. We ask of ourselves and of the most zealous opponents of absolutism, cui bonof Does it not add more devotees to the ranks of the imperialist rulers of Russia? Such devotionas these offerings show, and such as we saw to-day at the chapel where the deed was done, are the logical outcome of this diabolism. Martyrs are next to demi-gods or gods. Who dare criticise their acts? W he dare, even in America, to call in question, with that determined spirit of discussion demanded at all times, the acts of the Garfield Administration, howsoever flagrant, after he has been elevated by the bullet of the fiend ?

It is not without interest that we follow our guide through this church, so glittering in precious stones and rare pictures—mementos of the dead ('zars and their families. They have played great parts in Asia and Europe, and made their mark in the last few centuries. But I could not help but echo the verse, that—■■l would ratbnr be »om» poor player ou scant hire. Than King among toe old who play nw more.” And so rejoicing in my modest Democratic Republicanism, and with malace toward none and charity toward all, I left these precincts with many lessons at heart. The Incas. Perhaps some of the most remarkable of ancient dwelling-places are the ruined liomes of ths Incas, still scattered about on that great continent which, by a strange misuse of terms, we call the Naw World. In these vestiges of palaces and large cities, on tire worn stones of grand and massive monuments, lies the undeeiphered history of that motley empire, in which fragments of surrounding races conquered by the Incas were mixed up in a high degree; for, before the waves of Spanish invasion surged over Peru, there were.no pages of history to turn back for a faithful picture of the national life; no possibility of tracing the successive steps which led the Incas from their early seat of civilzation to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Tradition says that tlie first homes of the Incas are to be found on the shores of the saered lake’ Titicaca; and among the ruins there are many objects of interest in gold and sliver and pottery have been discovered. Some of the few rare specimens of pottery present fair representations ot the people of those far off times, which show that they were dentinal in feature with their descendents of the present day. But at the period when this race of kings are first met with in history, their empire extended for two thousand five hundred miles, and included the present States of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and part of Chili. It was traversed by the two great mountain ranges of the Cordilleras. A great ortion of this vast kingdom was practically uninhabitable. On the plateau of the Despoblado, which lies far above the limits of eternal snow, between the mountain ranges there is no trace of human habitation, excepting small huts of refuge built by the Incas on the main road between the northern and southern parts of their dominions. And in the desolate regions around the lake L’mayo, the only distinguishing features are the innumerable chulpax or burying towers, which stand singly or in groups udon the desert plain. Round or square, these tombs are solid structures, with one cavity at the basa, entered by a narrow hole in the side. Some are in ruins; a few as perfect as when fi-st completed; many, doubtless, as completely vanished as the ashes they were meant to cover.—Chambers’ Journal. An Elephant in a Pet. The Ceylon elephant “Albert” is the largest in Barnum’s herd of twenty and is one of the most ill-na-tured brutes on the road. While in a passion recently he seized a good sized-stone and hurledit at Mr. Frank Hyatt, the assistant manager, severely bruising that gentleman’s leg. Mr. Hyatt, smarting with pain, picked up the stone and with it struck “Alliert” a stunning blow between the eyes, producing a noticeable elevation of the hide. The animal attempted to carry on the warfare, but his human opponent was out of reach a moment later. Mr. Hyatt passed tlie herd of elephants several times during the evening and was greeted by ‘ Albert” with a savage swinging of his trunk, which was taken as a threat that hostilities would be resumed if an opportunity wasoffered. At Auburn, N. Y., the elephants were taken down to the river for a bath at the conclusion of their evening performance in the ring. XV lien the keeper prepared to return with his animals he found . “Albert" in the middle of the neep stream, determined to continue the bathing at pleasure. Persuasion was first tried then abuse, but the brute realized he had an advantage and “held the fort” with indifference. Some time after midnight he concluded it was almoet bed time and coolly walked ashore. No further trouble was experienced that night.—{Cleveland Herald.