Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 30 September 1881 — Page 1

VOLUME XXV.

In its daily and weekly editions of last Tuesday the Chicago Znier-Ocean used twenty-two tons of white paper. The Providence Journal says: “What riles a country postmistress is to have a postal card come written in French. ____________ • General Garfield died on the anniversary of the battle of Chickamauga, in which he bore so distinguished a part.

The wife of President Arthur, who died a few years ago, and the wife of Secretary Hunt, of the Navy, were warm girl friends. All the presents and articles sent to Long Branch far the president's use were shipped to Mentor. There were several car loads. Senator Ben Full has lost about half of his tongue. The loss was occasioned by a cancer and a surgieal operation for its removal. The governor of Minnesota has called an extra session of the legislature of that state for October 11th, to make preparations to pay the repudiated bonds. Secretary Blaine and President Arthur have always been cordial friends and the secretary of state was the first of the cabinet to visit the new president at his home. Mrs. John E. McElroy, of Albany, New’ York, President Arthur’s favorite sister, and who has the care of his little motherless daughter, will be the new’ mistress of the white house.

The ordinary baggage of the crow n prince of Germany, when he travels, weighs eight tons. He is the man we have been looking for to come to America and tame our baggage smashers. A dollar fund for the benefit of Mrs. Garfield has been started by some of the good people of St. Louis. It is supposed the contribution to the fund will be very large. The subscriptions are being received at the Globe-Democrat office. Gambetta, the eminent French statesman, must be regarded as a great oracle. On his speech making tours in the provinces he is always accompanied by a troop of from forty to sixty’ reporters and a squad of special telegraph operators. Generals Meade, Hooker and Burnside, three out of the five commanders of the army of the Potomac are dead, while McClellan and Grant are the two surviving generals. The great genera s of the army during the rebellion are fast disappearing.

WORDS OF TDK DEAD. There has been no brighter legacy left the American people than the words and speeches of the dead chief magistrate. How they come home to us now and should be cherished and borne in the heart of every American citizen: “Fellow-Citizens: — Clouds and darkness are round about him! His pavilion is dark waters and thick clouds of the skies! Justice and judgment are the establishment of His throne! Mercy and truth shall go before His face! Fellow-citizens! God reigns, and the government at Washington still lives.”— Speech at yew York at the time of the assassination of Prisident Lincoln. “We hold reunions, not for the dead, for there is nothing in all the eart 11 that you and I ean do for the dead. They are past our help and past our praise. M e ean add to them no glory—we can give to them no immortality. They do not need us, but forever and forevermore we need them.” “This day will be sadly memorable so long as this nation shall endure, which God grant may be till tlie last syllable of recorded time, when tlie volume of human history shall be sealed up and delivered to the Omnipotent J udge.”— Speech on the first anniversary of the death of President Lincoln.

•‘lndividuals may wear for a time the glory of our institutions, but they carry it not to the grave with them. Like raindrops from heaven, they may pass through the circle of the ginning bow and add to its lustre, but when they have sunk in the earth Again tiie proud arch still spans the aky and shines gloriously on.” “Oh! there are times in the history of men and nations when they stand so near the vail that separates mortals and immortals, time from eternity, and men from their God that . they can almost hear the beating and | the pulsations of the infinite. Ihrongh such a time has this Nation »asse<i When two hundred and fifty thousand brave spirits passed from the field of honor through that thin vail to the presence of God, and when last its parting folds admitted that martyred president to the company of the dead heroes of the republic the Nation stood so near the vail that the whispers of God were heard bv the children of men."— Speech on the a»na»»ination of Pregldent Lincoin. • , . “I look forward with joy and hope to the day when our brave people, one in heart, one in their aspirations for freedom and peace, shall see that the darkness ti.rough which we have traveled was but a part of that stern but beneficent discipline by which the (Great Dispenser of events has been ■Reading us on to a higher and nobler national life.” . In these nobie words is the highest ♦vne of statesmanship and the pure citizen and they will for all time to come be the text words of ail the hon orable men of the republic.

The Decatur Democrat.

at REST. Over 850,000 People Assemble to Do Honor to the Illustrious Dead. The Procession the Grandest Ever Witnessed on the Continent. An Eloquent Address by Rev. Dr. Errett, of Cincinnati. Grandmother Garfield Bore tbe Services ExesedWell-

AT REST. BURIAL OF THE PRESIDENT. Cleveland, September 26, 9:30 a. in.—The morning opened cloudy, but by 8 o’clock the heavens w’ere cloudless and the day now bids fair to be a perfect one throughout. The streets are thronged witli surging (crowds of human beings, and diifereiit military organizations are arriving momentarily. The scene at presemt’.is one of confusion and bustle. The, arrangements for keeping the route oftha procession clear are said toibe as near perfection as possible. Thousands upon thousands of people-are gathered around the public square awaiting the commencement of the ceremonies. The city is much overcrowded, all hotels being overrun with; guests, and notwithstanding the hospitalities extended by private families, many persons find great difficulty in obtaining meals. The military and civic organizations are now forming about the ipublic square, preparatory to starting. Arrangement have been madetalong Euclid avenue to supply the ’liirsty multitude in the procession as they pass. Firemen have been stationed at different fire plugs and will drawwater therefrom constantly fondistribution along the line of march. Manycitizens along Euclid avenue have also made arrangements to distribute lemonade to those in the procession. The scenes throughout the entire city during the morning, notwithstanding the unavoidable bustle and confusion, was at times very impressive. The military organizations farmed in line on the cross streets with muffled drums and heavily draped .colors; Knights Templar mardhed from one street to another with wncovered heads, presenting a very affecting picture. ' Every one show s an appreciation of the solemnity of tlie occasion, and while there are some few who are inclined to be boisterous, the masses are orderly ami I well behaved, and expressiomwof deep sympathy with the breaved»family may be heard on all sides. Euclid avenue, through which the procession will pass, presents a very affecting and decidedly solemn picture. The elegant mansions all along the*avenue, which are certainly as fine as any in thecountry, are heavily draped with appropriate designs of mourning. The streets have been nicely cleaned and sprinkled throughout this morning, in order to obviate any annoyance from dust. The interior of Monumental park has also been dampened by a mechanical engine, placed there for the purpose of meeting any emergency which might arise from fire. All places of business are closed, and the city’ may properly be said to be in full mourning in memory of Ohio’s illustrious patriot, soldier and President. In order to meet the demands of strangers, temporary lunch counters and every other conceivable mode of supplying food have been erected in every available space throughout the city, even to the occupancy of unfinished buildings, where tables are formed with bricks and properly spread with clean linen. The citizens are using every endeavor to accommodate the crowds. From early morning until long after the sernices were commenced the streets were lined with persons pushing forw’ard, anxious to reach Monumental park and witness the last ceremonies over the remains of their beloved friend. The scene about the square is one long to be remembered. Every one appears impressed with the supreme solemnity of the occasion. It would seem, in fact, as if Cleveland is the center of the world to-day. Every Individual that contributes to compose the largest crowd that was probably ever assembled in the state of Ohio seems to feel this, From the great public square in the central part of the city to the hills ana solemn dales of Lake View cemetery—a distance of six miles, where all that remains of the dead president will be deposited. There is one continnons wall of people on either side the funeral train will pass. Nearly the whole day long that magnificently broad and grand avenue, which the great American traveler, Bayard Taylor, pronounced the finest in the world, the abodes of luxury and wealth on either side ap pear heasAiy draped in mouuring, as though each had just lost a dear beloved relative.

A 'agre platform has been erected adjoining the pavilion at the south side, on which are placed 150 seats for the press in front; next GO seats for the family and near friends, then 750 chairs for distinguished guests, who will be seated in the following order: Guard of honor, justice of the supreme court, governors of states, United States senators, members of the house of representatives, officers of the army and navy, society of the army of the Cumberland, associates of the president, members of Garfield’s regiment, the 42nd Ohio, mayor of Ohio and municipal delegations, marine band of Washington, Cleveland vocal society. The'funeral services were most imposing. During the whole time the surrounding thousands stood with uncovered heads and in solemn silence. Rev. .Ross C. Haughton, pastor of the First M. E. Church, offered prayer. At this point the vocal society sang as follows; ** To Thee, oh Lord, I yield my spirit, Whobreakeet in love this mortal chain. My life I but from thee inherit. And death becomes my chiefest gain. In Thee I live. 1 die content, for Thou art ever nigh.* DR. ERRETT’S ADDRESS. Rev. Isaac Errett, of Cincinnati, then delivered an eloquent address, taking for his text the_ following: ‘ And tbearchers shot at King Josiah, and the King said to his servants, have me away, for I ani , wounded. His servants therefore took him out oi that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and they brought him to Jerusalem and he died and was buried

in one of the sepulchres of ills fathers, and all India and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah, and Jeremiah luni' nted for Josiah, and all the singing men an i the singing women spoke of Josiah intlieir lamentations to this day and made them an ordinance in Israel, and behold they are written in the lamentations. How the nstof th j acts of Josiah and his goodnes- a cording to that which was written in the law of the land and his deeds first and last. Behold they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; for behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judea the stay of the staff, the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of water. The mighty man, the man of war and the prophet, and the president of the ancient, the captain of fifty and the honorable man, and tlie counsellor, and the cunning artificer and the eloquent orator. The voice said, “cry,” and he said, "what shall I cry.” All llesh is grass, and all the godliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass wilteth, the flower fadeth, because the spirit of the land bloweth upon it. (Surely the people is grass, the grass wilteth, th" flower fadeth, but the w ord of our God shall stand forever.

This is a time for mourning that has no parallel in tlie history of the world. Death is constantly occurring and every day and every hour and almost every moment some life expires and somewhere there are broken hearts aud desolate homes; but there never was a mourning in all the worldjlike unto this mourning. lam not speaking extravagantly when I say this, for I am (old it is the result of calculations carefully made from such data as are in my possession that certainly not less than 300,000,000 of tlie human race share in the sadness and in the lamentations and sorrow and mourning that belong to this occasion here to-day. It is a chill shadow of a fearful calamity that has extended itself entirely home in all this land and into every heart and that has projected itself over the vast seas and oceans into distant lands and awakened the sincerest and profoundest sympathy with us in the hearts of the good people of the nations and among all people. I think when we come to a proper estimate of his character, and seeK after the secret of this world wide sympathy and affection, we shall find it rather in the richness and integrity of his moral nature, and in that sincerely, in that transparent honesty, in that truthfulness, that lay the basis for everything of greatness to which we do honor to-day. There was another tiling. He passed all the conditions of a virtuous life, between the lo; cabin in Cuyahoga and the white house, and jn that wonderful rich and varied experience still moving up from higher tohigher, he lias touched every heart in all this land at some point or other, and he became tlie representatives of all hearts and lives in this land, and not only the teacher but the entepreter of all virtues, for he knew’ their wants and he knew their condition, and he established legitimately ties of brotherhood with every man with whom lie came in contact. There is yet one other thing that I aught to mention here. There was such an admirable harmony of all his powers; there was such a beautiful adjustment of the physical, intellectual aud moral in his being; there was such an equitable distribution of physical intellectual and moral forces that his nature looked out every way to get at sympathy with everything, and found about equal delight in all pursuits and all studies. Speaking of the lesson taught by his death, the speaker said: I want to say, therefore, first of all, that there comes a voice from the dead to this entire nation. The great lesson can be expressed in a few words, James A. Garfield went through his whole public* life without surrendering for a single moment his Christian integrity, his moral integrity, or his love for the spiritual. We learn from the life of our dear departed president that not only is it not ineompatibie with success, but it is the surest means of success to consecrate a life to that which is true and right and will rise above all questions of mere policy, wedding the soul to truth and righteousness, the God of truth and righteousness, holy wedlock never to be dissolved. I feel just at this point that we need this lesson. Tins great, wondrous laud of ours, this mighty nation in its marvelous upward career, with its ever incerasing power opening its arm to receive from all lands the people of all languages, all religions and all conditions, and hopeing in the warm embrace of political brotherhood to blend them with us, to melt them into a common mass, so that when melted and run over again it becomes like the Corinthean brass and in one type of manhood, thus incorporating all the various nations of the earth in one grand brotherhood, presenting before the world’s nations a spectacle of freedom and strength, prosperity and power beyond anything the world has ever known. But let me say that the permanency of the work and its continual enlargement must depend on our maintaining virtue as well as intelligence. After referring to the lesson to all homes to-night by the life of James A. Garfield, and speaking of the bitterness and the reward of the bereavement suffered by his mother, wife and children, he closed by saying: “I have discharged now the solemn covenant trust reposed in me. Many years of a friendship that has never known a cloud, a confidence that has never trembled, and a love that has never changed, fare thee well, |my friend, and brother,. ‘ thou has fought a good fight, thou bast finished thy course thou has kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for thee a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the ri hteous judge, will give to thee in that day, and not unto thee only, but to all of them also who love his offering.’ ” Dr. Errett was listened to with close and earnest attention. He spoke for forty minutes, and when he ceased a pall for a moment hung over the vast audience. Rev. Jabez Hall then read Garfield’s favorite hymn, “Ho, Reaper of Life’s Harvest,” which was beautifully sung by tlie vocal society. At 11:40 Dr. Charles 8. Pomeroy delivered the final prayer and benediction. There were a few moments of com motion and of preparation. The Washington marine band played “Nearer my God to Thee.” The funeral procession moved from Monumental park at. five minutes before 12 o’clock. The time occupied in moving the casket from the pavilion to the funeral car was ten minutes. A corps of United States marines , from the United States steamer Michigan formed in parallel lines from the east entrance to the park, thiough wliieh the casket was borne on the shoulders of the United States

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artillerymen under command of Lieutenant Weaver, of the*2d United States artillery, to the funeral car, followed by the mourners, w’ho took seats in the carriages. GRANDMOTHER OARFIELD bore the services remarkably well, as dill also the widow of the president. The only incident which occurred at the pavilion was the request of grandma Garfield for a drink of water. Many persons construed this as an indication that the old lady was faint. Such was not the case, however. No one excepting the family, members of the several committees and the distinguished guests were admitted within the gates of tlie park. THE MILITARY presented a magnificent scene. The column was headed by that veteran volunteer organization, the Boston fusiliers, who have traveled from Massachusetts in order to pay tlie last tribute to their deceased comrade by participating in the obsequies. They were followed by companies B and F of tlie Seventy-fourth national guard of New York; the Buffalo city cadets, whose appearance was greatly admired, and the Buffalo city guards. Next came the famous United States barrack baud of Columbus, followed by the governor’s guard,a magnificent and finely proportioned body of men. The Toledo cadets made a very handsome showing, and received prominent recognition from the spectators for their precision in marching. Much favorable comment was manifested upon the Detroit infantry battallion, and the Washington infantry, of Pittsburg, was equally as well received. The Gattling gun battery and the Cleveland light artillery followed in platoon front, and their appearance delighted tlie spectators from the country. The order of procession was practically the same as indicated in last night’s report, except that the Columbia commandery of Knights Templar, of Washington, marched w’ith the guard of honor and pall bearers in the division having chaige of the funeral car. The six miles of Euclid avenue through which the funeral procession packed were draped and appropriately decorated.

On the lawns in front of a large number of the residences tasteful designs have been erected. Broken shafts surrounded with wreaths of white roses festooned with smilax, massive crosses, shields, anchors, harps and crowns were seen on every hand, elaborately decorated with evergreens and flowers suitable for the mourning designs. On Prospect street second in beauty to Euclid avenue, and on the other streets leading to the cemetery there was the same universal expression of mourning by the residents. Every available place for witnessing the funeral line on Euclid avenue was utilized. Private lawns were occupied by raised platforms, and the roofs of every portico held as many chairs as could be crowded upon it. The Ashtabula battery, which was stationed along the line of inarch, divided into two sections three miles apart, fired minute guns as the funeral procession passed. The first gun was placed near the starting point, and fired when the start was made. A succession of heavy showers so delayed the funeral procession that the line had to be broken before it reached the cemetry and forming in flies on either side of the avenue for nearly three miles the military and civic societies made way for the funeral car. The state milita were stationed at the entrance to the cemetery, and on either side of the driveways leading to the vault where, at Mrs. Garfield’s request, It was decided to place the remains. The steps to the vault were carpeted with flowers, and on cither side of the entrance were an anchor of tuberoses and a cross, while smilax and evergreens were festooned above. A heavy black canopy was stretched over the steps from which the exercises were to be conducted.

AT THE CEMETERY. At 3:30 p. m. the procession entered tlie gateway, which was arched over with black with appropriate inscriptions. In the keystone were the words: “Come to Rest.” Op one side were the words: “Lay Him to Rest Whom We Have Learned to Love,” and on tlie oilier: "Lay Him to Rest Whom We Have Learned to Trust." A massive cross of evergreens swung from the centre of the arch. The United States marine band entered first. Then came the first city troop, of Cleveland, which was the-escort of the president to his inauguration. Behind it came the funeral car with its escort of twelve United States artillerymen, followed by a battalion of knights templars and the Cleveland grays. The mourners’ carriages and those containing the guard of honor, composed all ot the procession that entered the grounds. The cavalry halted at the vault and drew up In line facing with sabres “presented.” The car drew up in front with the mourners’ carriages and tho eof the cabinet behind. The band played “Nearer My God to Thee,” as the military escort lifted the coffin from the ear and carried it into the vault, the local committee of reception, Secretary Blaine, Marshal Henry and one or two personal friends standing at either side of the entrance. None of the president’s family except the two boys left their carriages during the exercises, which occupied less than one half hour.

Dr. J. H. Robinson, as president of the day, opened the exercises by introducing Rev. J. H. Jones chaplain of the 42nd regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, which General Garfield commanded. The chaplain spoke of the grand surrounding s at the grove and of the journey from Washington and its wonderful incidents. He said: “I saw the workmen come out of the rolling mills with dust and smoke all over their faces, their heads uncovered, with tears falling down their brawny cheeks, and with bated breath asked, “what is the meaning of all this?” because it casts down a workingman. He was a workingman himself, for he was a worker. From his birth almost he has fought his way through life at every step. The workingmen he took by the hand, and there was sympathy and brotherhood between them. I saw the small cottages as well as the splendid mansions with drapings on the shutters, and it may have been the only veil which the poor woman had, and with tears in her eyes she saw us pass. I asked, “Why, what interest has this poor woman in this man?” She had read that he was born in a cabin, and that when he got old enough to work in the back woods he helped to support his widowed mother. Then I saw the processions and the colleges pour out, the local profession and these civic societies and military, ail concentrated here, and he has touched them in his passage through life. At the close of his address the Latin . > — • ■ •*- -

ode from Horace was sung by the united German singing societies. Mr. Robison then announced, the late president’s favorite hymn, “Ho, Reaper of Life’s Harvest,” which the German vocal society’s of Cleveland sang with market effect. The exercises closed with the benediction by President Hinsdale, of Hiram college. Mr. Hinsdale said: “Oh, God, the sole experience of this day teaches us the truth of what Tluwi has told us in thy word, “The grave is the last of this world and the end of life.” “Earth to earth, dust to dust, and ashes to ashes. But we love the doctrine of immortality of tlie soul and in the power of the endless life, therefore, oh, God, our Father, we look to that now for thy greatest blissing. We pray that the feilow--ship aud the salvation of the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior, and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the comforter may be with all who have been iu to-day’s great assembly, Amen. Re-entering their carriages,j the mourners drove hurriedly back to the city to avoid another shower which w T as threatened. The military and Masonic escort left the cemetery in the same order in which they entered it, and kept in line until the catafalque was reached where they were dismissed.

General Smith, the adjutant general of the state, will furnish a guatd as long as the body remains in the vault. The sexton thinks it will be but a few days until the final interment takes place. Mrs. Garfield, while at the cemetery yesterday morning, said she did not think there was sufficient time to prepare the grave for interment, and the casket was therefore placed in a vault at the cemetery. At the cemetery at 6 o’clock this morning there were 5,000 people in the grounds. At 10 o’clock the 14th Ohio national guards, 500 in number, arriv d and cleared the grounds of all strangers, and no one was allowed to enter until the funeral party arrived. At the vault there was company D of the 14th Ohio National Guard cutting cedars and a number of ladies engaged in the trimming of the dais aud draping the vault with deep Mack crape. The dais used to lay the coffin on in the vault is covered with velvet, trimmed with black broad cloth ami deep black fringe. At the head of the vault in the back ground, right over the head of the coffin, hangs a large floral wreath sent by the ladies of Dubuque, lowa, to Mrs. Garfield. The pathway from the carriageway where tlie cortege stopped into the vault was covered with cedar laid down and neatly sewed together. On top of this was scattered white flowers, immortelles, tuberoses, etc. Right in front of the gate, at the entrance to the vault, was spread large pieces of carpet covered with tuberoses and other white flowers. This is covered over with a eauopy of deep black broadcloth. Just outside the vault, at the gate, there was a cross of elegant -white flowers placed with the motto, “Dead but not forgotten.” Il was from the Bolivian delegation.

After the procession had departed towards the cemetery this afternoon, an order was given the guards to admit all who desired into the pavillion. A line was formed similar to the endless one of Sunday, and thousands passed through the building, casting a lingering glance at the deserted bier. The scene was one of the most impressive of the entire day, and demonstrated to a great degree the universal feeling of love and sympathy for the eminent departed. Despite the rainfall, which occurred between 3 and 4 o’clock, the people filed in unprotected. Not less than 30,000 souls paid this unusual tribute to the memory of the dead president. Ex-Secretary Evarts was among the distinguished guests at the catafalque, accompanied by ex-President and Mrs. Hayes. The first section of the funeral train on the return trip to Washington started from Euclid avenue station at 6:53 p. m., with all the members of the cabinet excepting Secretary Blaine on board. During the hours set for the obsequies, memorial services were held in every locality in the city. Soon after 4 o’clock a young man named Lous Schleiper, a representative of the knights templar commandery, of Canton, Ohio, accidentally fell from a high stone wall at the Union depot, and w’as almost instantly killed. He was about to take the train for home in company with his party. At Mrs. Garfield's suggestion, the casket contains the late president will be enclosed in an iron cage and a cement wall will be built around this of sufficient strength to resist all attempts to remove the body, and ot dimensions enough to form the foundation for the proposed monment. The mayor of the city lias detached a police force to lie on duty continually until the final interment. It is estimated that 250,000 people were on the streets to-day, and that from 100,000 to 150,000 of these were strangers. Some of the adjacent towns were almost depopulated. A number of veterans and other representatives of the military organizations in the city called on Generals Sherman and Hancock tonight, and a general handshaking occurred. No reception took place in Monumental Park as was originally proposed. The congressional train returns to Washington to-aight, leaving here at 12 o’clock.

Mothers Don’t Know — How many children are punished for being uncouth, wiltul and indifferent to instructions or rewards, simplj because they are out of health. An intelligent lady said of a child ot this kind: “Mothers should know that if they would give the little ones moderate doses of Hop Bitters for two or three weeks tlie children would be all a parent could desire.” Mrs. Emily Ward Burnett, widow of the late Gen. Ward B. Burnett and daughter of the late Aaron Ward, of Sing Sing, died at Stockholm, Sweden, last Sunday. She was one of four daughters who, during their father’s career as democratic Congressman from the Westchester district, were belles at Washington. One of them married John R. Thompson, then United States Senator from New Jersey, and after his death exGov. Thomas Swann, of Baltimore; another married Speaker Samuel J. Randall, and a third married exAssemblyman George Brandreth, of Sing Sing. At a dance recently given by Lady Julia Wombwell, the prince and princess of Wales remained till three in the morning. The princess received from Sir George Wombwell a magnificent bouquet of exotics, in the centre of which, half hidden with the flowers, was a mechanical bird, which warbled several charming airs. The closing of mills in Lancashire, which use American cotton, is now very general.

RATHER FKOLICSOME. Goes against the tide—A decree of divorce. A man feels boulder when he has the rocks in his pocket. Could not electricity be used to advantage in shocking grain. Pink Shius is the name of a Harding county, Ky., girl. Hose next? What an umpire for a boat race Time oar the Tar Tar would have been. “Another pus cavity,” as Jones remarked when he looked at his consumptive wallet. The extremely healthy man’s little joke—“l have m ver had an enema in the world.” It is to be presumed that the man who played the cornet was educated at au institoot. Three retired plumbers in Philadelphia formed a* club last week aud nought a basket of’peaches. “Announce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” as tlie captain said when he warned his passengers.

A young lady lebukingly asks us: “Which is worse, to lace tight or to get tight?” We give it up —we never laced. The fellows who sell milk in Chicago “chalk it down,” and the miserable people who buy it down with the chalk. “Any port in a storm,” said Biffers, when lie partook of some poor wine in a second class saloon, where he had taken refuge from the elements. It is said that three or four coats of varnish will keep watermelons an undetinite period, but watermelon planters continue to rely on the shotgun. There are only 3,090 professional burglars in this country. The night work is very trying to the health, and their terms of service are very short—in jail. A stpjke of lightning poked a hole through a Mormon chur ih in Utah and never jarred a gentile saloon 30 feet distant. The saints don’t understand it. “I see that Pharaoh’s body has been found. Pharaoh was a good fellow, but I always told him he was liable to get left in crossing that creek.” —[8. B. Anthony. Several notable happy marriages have been made on two hours’ courtship, but it is a pretty safe rule to know the girl for at least three days and a picnic. A St. Louis man won’t give up his seat in a horse car to a lady, but he’s perfectly willing to hoist out tlie man next to him to make room for the lady, if she’s good looking.

The railroad conductor who called on the squire’s daughter without the father’s consent, remarked that the old man furnished terminal facilities as well as a free pass through the garden. Ex-President Enoch Pond, of the Bangor Theological seminary, is 95 years old, and says he has not had a headache in 66 years. It is not often that young men quit drinking at the age of 29. Maud Wales takes to music so much that her royal parents have been forced to restrain her enthusiasm. The girl who plays the piano next door in Louisville seems to have uo parents. An exchange speaks of a new fashion in gate for girls, but a stroll along some of our streets in the soft summer twilight will convince any one that the old old gate has a tenacious grip on public favor. “Somebody’s coming when the dewdrops fall,” she was softly humming, when the old man remarked, “An'you bet your sweet life, Maria, that he’ll think a thunder storm’s let loose when he gets here.” Harrison, the “boy preacher,” charges SIOO a week for his services. At this rate, when Hariisongets to be a man he w ill have to take Kimball, the debt raiser, along with him in order to collect his salary. Bob Ingersoll is letting his hair grow long, and many people think he is going to come out as leading support to Buffalo Bill in border drama. He will probably be known as “Heil Smashing Bob, the Devil Killer.”

Hot wether—roast mutton. Thorough bread —Vienna rolls. A card of maiehe—a wedding invitation. Tlie crown prints—the mark ofa tight hat. Rochelle is suggested as the proper place for the next boat raee. Julia, at the piano. “Well, Harry, whatshalll play for you?” Harry who has been wrestling with (Jhic igo grain. “Well, Julia, I’m feeling a trifle impecunious this evening, suppose you play me a little million air.' “I am waiting, my darling, for thee,” he warble*.; amt vet when the old man threw up a chan bi r window and assured him that “he'u be down in a minute,” he lost his grip on the melody and went out of the waiting business. Young lady, who can't hear herself play because of the racket made by the lawn mower: "John, how lonv | shall you be, as I want to practice?” Gallant young gardener: “Oh, goo yeouw on, Miss Amy—gooyeouw on! I shan’t mind yar noise.” The New York Herald says that “It is not a good practice for a young girl to marry a man before she becomes well acquainted with him. There may be a great deal about the fello e it is best to know beforehand.” Mr. Bennett is evidently getting acquainted with himself.

Help For Tlie Suffering. Charitable people cannot fail to recognize the loud call made upon them by the appalling calamity of fire which has visited and laid waste a vast expanse of territory in the State of Michigan. Words fail to describe the horrors of the situation. But some faint idea of tlie extent of the flames may be gained when it is considered that at least five hundred persons have perished in a farming and small village community. Only about one hundred persons were burned to death in Chicago at the time of tlie great fire in 1871! Tlie solid and substantial structures in Chicago resisted the flames long enough to permit of tlie escape to places of safety of most of the inhabitants. But the light buildings of the farmer and the villager in Michigan do not afford even the shadow of protection. The flames rush on with the sw-iftness of tlie wind, their hot breath consuming houses, forests, crops, and people, leaving nothing but Minding smoke, dust, and ashes. The whole land is enveloped in darkness. Clauds of smoke herald the approaching flames, escape is rendered almost impossible, and the track of the storm

of fire is made ghastly by the blackened, charred faces of the dead. 'Hie scenes enacted iu the stricken territory are more awful, more despairinspiring, than those of London ,! luring the reign o f the plague. There lut leu-l day succeeded lii;-'»t, wi-eu the sunlight dispelled something of the gloom of disease ar.d death. But in the course of the flames in Michigan there is no daylight. The heavens, are covered witli a pall of blackness at midday. In this Egyptian darkness tlie wretched inhabitants grope about in terror know ng that the red glare of the devouring flames will soon be upon them. These flames can only beeompared to the insensate fury of a blood-thirsty mob, whose power to destroy, while it remains unchecked is only equaled by tne intensity of its murderous passion. But the wrath of tlie flames is »wiore terrible than that of the mob, for its power is limited, while the power i.f the flames seems to be infinit. Flames and smoke, dust and ashes, and the blackened remains of burned men, women, and children—this is the picture presented to view in the neighboring State of Michigan —a pictureotpitiful, awful desolation. It appeals to every charitable heart. The contemplation of so much misery should moisten every eye aud open every hand. The sufferers from the Michigan fires are scattered over a vast expanse of territory. The relief must needs be prompt as well as large in order that the distribution may be speedily made.

'Hie.Vile Boatmen. It is an unfortunate fact that the common people seem to get demoralized in proportion as they come in contact with foreigners. Thus the servants in large towns, and the Nile boatmen, are among the most dishonest classes in tlie population. An instance of the moral code prevalent among the latter came under my notice one day, lying wind-bound moored to a sandy islet in the river. A large dahabeeya, laden with grain, came and m. ored alongside, and I observed the crew busy apparently throwing the grain in the air to clean it. Upon my inquiring why they chose the time ana place for the operation, I was informed that the boat was consigned to some foreign house in Cairo, but that the rels was making a little speculation out of the cargo on his own account, and having sold some of it in a neighboring town was now engaged making up the deficient weight with fine sand. When the whole was thoroughly mixed he would dampen it a little, so as to in crease the bulk and weight of his car go to the requisite extent. This proceeding was carried on openly under the eyes of our crew, who considered it a perfectly natural one. Merchants who are conversant with frauds of this kind, constantly practiced by the crews of Nile boats, usually send a trustworthy person as watchman. The great amount of European travel on the river of late yeais, the lavish expenditure of backsheesh, and the oppoitunities which exist for swindling the unsophisticated traveler, have made the Nile boatmen a greedy, r pacious, and unless they are kept well in hand, an insolent class of the eommunltv. Nevertheless, taken as a whole, the people are peaceable aud easily managed, content with little and grateful lor kind treatment but lacking in enterprise or energy —a delect which, however, may rather be due to a long course of bad government than to the inherent absence of those qualities.—Blackwood’s Magazene. An Alleged (IvLl Discovery. Battle Creek, Mich., Sept. 7.—Great excitement was occasion'd here today by the announcement tiiat A. S. Miles, a well-digger, had discovered gold in a vacant lot oil Cherry street. Mr. Miles stated tha while drilling through a sand-rock strata full thirty feet below the surface the drills struck this metal, which, although the vein was only an inch or two in thickness, took tlie men three days to drill through, so hard was the ore, and several drills had been broken in the operation. A specimen of tlie ore was tai: n to a chemist, who applied nitric acid, when it was immediately corroded, showing that at least it was not pure gold. It was melted, and looked to all appearances like the best quality of gold, and it stood all but tlie acid test. It was not copper, nor brass, and what it is puzzles the best jewelers in the city to determine. By some it is pronounced a new metal, and as it exists in considerable quantities there is talk of mining it, if it ian be utilized. Meanwhile the man who owns the lot is holding on to it in the hope that he has struck a bonanza which will make his fortune’ Specimens have been sent away to eminent metallurgists far examination, and until beard from that well will remain just as it is, and, should the ow ners hopes become realized, he will never dig deeper for water.

A Clever Crow. I have had my r Australian piping crow for about two years. At first he was quite uneducated, and rather a disreputable looking party, but, with good food and exercise, his musical talent soon developed itself. He began with the first part of “The Bells,” “Cease Firing.” “Charley is my Darling,” “Nix my dollie,” and he is diligently at work at “God bless the Prince,” and has the first part fairly well off. He fetches and carries like a dog, and seems never tired of running after a ball of crumpled paper, and bringing it back and putting it into one’s hand and waiting for another throw. He will tumble about on the floor, and play more like a monkey than a bird. He will get into a slipper with a string tied to it, and allow himself V> be coached round and round the room, holding on all the time to the string. Some time ago we were troubled with miae, but “Peter” soon brought them to a sense of their situation. He ferreted them out, chased them, killed them, and, having duly washed them in his water tin, hung them up to dry, picked them, and swallowed them. It requires great perservance training these birds. They will eat almost anything. Some days ago our bird swallowed a piece of glass, and for two days and nights was very ill, moaning pitifully; but he at last brought it up in the usual way hawks and owls do. He is now quite recovered, and is full song.—(The London Field.)

Cal. Dan. Murphy, who went to California in 1844 is now’ probably the largest private land owner on this continent. He has 4’000,000 acres of laud in one body in Mexico, 60,0t10 in Nevada and 53,000 in California. His Mexican grant he bought four years ago for $2(0,000, or five cents an acre. It is 60 miles long, and covers a beautiful country of hill and valley, pine < timber and meadow- land.

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SOME EXPENSIVE OINNI ns. Kern in iscenees of flie Late Lorenzs ’ lleltnonico, tile Famous New Fork Caterer. The ill, e.l ex pel mi ve <1 mu I'tbe <•:.!< ■ rer ever served was ti.r one order. b by i tie irilliaut English nd vein mer, Sii Morton Petro. Tins banquet cu.-t $20,000 for tiie Imre dinner, the guests numbering only one hundred most'y prominent business men. The dit-ng-ro.mi was dec..ran u with oicliiiG, rare ferns, and .in mist costly of greenhl Us. pr dm t>. The mem: v. ns emi-roiii v<* in Oriental colors on white satin. A good deal of the wine cost twenty-live dollars a bottle, and the best musicians in the country were engaged at any price they chose to ask. Miss Clara Louise Kellogg received SI,OOO forsinging two ballads and a superb bracelet of diamonds and rubies. Another dinner of note was given by Robert L. Cutting. It was known afterward as the “Grand swan” dinner, because in the center of the enormous table was a miniature lake, bordered by pond lilies and reeds, and in it swam swans and other birds. The bouquets at the table cost S2O a piece, and the menus of the finest handpainting on satin cost sls each. Among the confectionery were balloons of silk painted to represent “Raphael’s Hours,” and stuffed with sweetmeats that cost $25 each, and the ereams were served in souvenir baskets of French gilt and mother-of-pearl. “For $5,000,” said Mr. Delmonico “I could give 50 people a very good dinner; but many if my best customers feel satisfied to order withoutstipulation. For instance, when Mr. Tweed's daughter was to be married he called here about two months before the day and said: “Now Lorenzo, I want a tip-top supper for my daughter’s wedding. I’m not going to give any orders, and I don’t want to know what itwlll cost, but I’ll pay the bill next day. Give your best for 500 people. He did as he said, and handed me a check for $80,000.” The habitues of Delmonico’s for the last 40 years include such noted names as Dr. Kane, General Scott, the elder Bennett, who was fond of good living; A.T. Stewart, who gave plenty of expensive dinners, but never partook of them himself. A bowl of chicken broth or a plain chop being served especially for him. John Jacob Astor, generous in viands, but close in wines; Abraham Lincoln used to cross his long legs under the Fourteenth street table often. Grant, and Johnson, and Tilden were old frequenters.

Bayard Taylor, Bryant Emerson. Longfellow, Whittier, and Hawthorne have sought fresh inspiration for song and story in the goblets and dishes marked with a I). Beecher, Talmage, Alger, and Dr. Tyng have often added their little mites to the well known till, while the great native and foreign actors known to us have been feasted again and again in Delmonico’s parlors. Another feature which has made this restaurant so successful is the speed and perfect promptness with which large and late orders are tilled. For example, one day the late Jim Fisk walked in and ordered an elegant hot lunch for 150 gentlemen, to be served in the Erie building at 0 o’clock, “and mind you have lots of flowers and filigree things,,’ he ended. “But, colonel,” said Delmonico, looking at his watch, “It's 4 o’clock now.” “Well, will you do it?” “Yes,” was the reply, “but the bill will be a big one,” and at 6 o’clock Colonel Fisk's guests sat down to an elaborate lunch.

There is a baby in Philadelphia, Ihe pride and hope of a letter-carrier, which was born on the day President Garfield was shot. By some mysterious psychophysical sympathy the infant’s health has closely followed the fluctuations iu the President’s condition. The psycological reporter of The Philadelphia Times thus descnbes the phenomenon: The day eri which the President’s physicians' gave up his case there was a regular panic in the letter crrrier’s house. The letter-carrier’s baby had onlybeen able to take liquid nourishment, and on that day it soured on its stomach and everybody began to believe it was going to die. But the President got better next day, and the letter-carrier dismissed his doctor From that hour the baby became famous in the neighborhood. Instead of rushing off to seethe bulletins the the people came in to see how the letter-carriers baby was getting along The other night the bai>y howled and the neighborhood put their hsads out oflhe window’s and said: 'The President is worse.’ And so the official bulletin from the White House showed the next morning. The next dav the letter carrier baby was very low but rallied with the president and cried for liquid nourishment, which it took in the usual way and retained. The White house showed a similar condition of affairs there, The face of the letter carrier’s wife would then brighten beautifully, and she would say to the curious neighbors: ‘The President’s condition is more favorable than it was at this time yesterday,’ whereupon the patriotic people of that region would be great ly rejoiced ”

How Oueen Victoria Traveled to Scotland. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Beatrice, and attended byLady Southampton, left Osborne last evening for Scotland. The special train left Gosport at 7:45. The utmost precautions were taken for the safety- of Her Majesty during the journey, very- detailed instructions being issued to the various railway officials for the purpose, and it was distinctly stated that on the occasion none of the public were to be admitted under any ci reu instances to the stations between Banbury and Edinburgh; that the company’s servants were to perform tile necessary work on the platforms without noise; and that no cheering or other demonstration was to be permitted, the object being that the Queen might be undisturlied during the night journey. The royal train was provided with a complement of titters, lampmcn and greasers and was preceded by a pilot engine. it was furnished with continuous brakes and electric communicators. A “look-out man" was placed on the tender of the engine with instructions to keep his face turned to the rear of the train for the purpose of observing signals, and similar orders were given to the guard in front of the van. The Cleveland, England, iron masters have appointed a committee to act in concert with the Scotch manufacturers to reduce the amount of manufactured iron. This has already had tlie effect of raising the pri«-* iron.