Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 50, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 July 1874 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1874.

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A SAINT. BY ELIZABETH SILL. Not In some cloister' shadowy cells. Apart from all the world, she dwells; M ith eyes nplift to some fair shrine, la visioned ecstacy divine, Unknowing of the surg, the cry, 1 he storm, the wreck, the agony, , , Without, around, that fcwell. The ceaseless feet find every taunt f sorrow, guilt, or misery gacnt;. " 3 ler busy hands no office know ; ' Too mein to soothe another" woe; , ,y . And na on that bright tropie tree. At once fair flower and fruit are found, - J-o ever through her life's sweet round. That ever spends itself for human needs Iter pare p ravers blossom -with golden Ueeüs Of gracious charity. . JTo !aw of silence sets its seal ' Alike on words of 111 or weal ; Her gentle vows no further reach . , . J Than banunklnd or bitter sptecb ; Her gentle Bps forever ope 'So otter sympathy or hope, To comfort and to heal. ' And the lone vigil that she keeps J-i where some friendless creature sleeps J 'orlorti, forsaken, bot for ber, . 1 be Kather' angel messenger. In whose compassnaiing face The eye too dim to lookabove, The heart that doubts ins love, v Ileholding as it looks Into her own, ' ITty and tenderness before unknown, fcjee heaven' reflected grace. She is not pledged to poverty. ' No I oi mal habit, coarse, öftere, ' tets her apart in garb severe; She would not more than woman be. Yet when the hungry and the cold Jlave shared her slender store of gold " (Their thanks her jewels be) ' Little enongh is left, I ween, , . . For baobles rich or silken sheen. Full oft raid scenes this world that curse, r Her heart la richer than hex punte ; . - - - Oft has she nought to give .Decide '.Hat goldett words and silver tears; ! t t-A'etlueseou heart ami ears '- - 1 -adened In crime or duLeJ in hopelessness, . Fall soft as summer ralns,and like them bless ; A living, melting tide. i And though round her illumined head i io rtureo.e's circling light is spread, ' An twh rtl glory, pure, serene, Transfigures all her face aDd mien; i As shines through alabaster vase - A hiddexrlarap, whos- pearly rays 'A veiled luster shed. ' Her life to give herself nway, , I'neorjscionsly, without dip:ay, 1 As well to wine a childish tear. As well to still a childish fear, '- As sit beside some prisoner lone, . Oi catch some 6afferers latest moan ; As weil to smi e 'mid joyous hearts. And gladness not her own to share, As ween where mourners are. '

i Her life to show how much of heaven's --- screen . MaVshlnearoondthlserowded, selfish scene, Wherein we act our parts. ON THE CLIFF. . Chamber' JonrnalJ , - . Half down the cliff the pathway ends. Tne rocks crow steep and sheer; "Hard by a sudden Etroan descends; ", Fnm ledge to ledge with break and bends ', - It dashes cool and clear. i Across the biy green ripples flow ' In endless falls and swells; Clear shows the ribbed sea-flow below, '. And round dark rocks in whiteness glow ' Smooth sauds of crisped shells, ', Foamspecks before the wind that glide, The stuping sea-gulls lloat ; '.' A mid eve's crimson shadows wide, Jlocked softly by the swaying tide, Yet safe as anchored boat. TJhelr white and folded winzs are laid On tides ttat change and flow ; The daylight passes into shade; Vet calm they rest, and unafraid, Wnate'er may come and go. Ho safe, 'raid wastes of waters wide, Uelow the darkening sky. So safe my heart and I may bide, Calm floating on time's changetul tide, Beneath eternity. . if A SONNET. JIKS. BROWNISH. How do I love thee? Let me count the way8. 1 love thee to the depth and breadth and night My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. 1 love theo to the level of every day's Iost quiet need by sun and candlelight. J love thee freely, as men strive for right; 3 love thee purely, as they turn from praise. 1 love thee with the passion put to nse Jn my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. J love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints Hove thee with the breath. Smiles, tears, of all my life! and. if (led choose, I shall but love thee better after death. NEWS AND GOSSIP. . A Detroit boy propounds the awful query: 'Which had you rather do, ba eaten up by a tiger, or have all the rnaole suar you can swalier?" A youngster in describing his Sunday dinner said: "We had roast beef and chicken, but the chicken wa3 kept too long before it was killed." . Charles Sumner once replied to a man who asked bim to undertake some new daties, "You must not expect me to pump out faster than I fill up." ; Railroad fares on all the lines in Germany are to be increased 20 per cent, on and Älter the 1st of August. They couldn't do that in Wisconsin. A member of the Springfield, Mass.. school commute recently said: "Them teachers ought to be examined ; they shan't have no Tote of mine unless they be." fJH. wonder if it's sea sickness that.makes sailors a heaving up anchors!" exclaimed Aunt nepzibah, as she looked thoughtfully up 11 um iici uiuimug paper. "Dear me, how flnidly be talks!" said Krs. Pardingtori, recently, at a temperance meeting. "I am always rejoiced when he A A V " 1 m . mounts me nostra, ior nis eloquence warms every cartridge in my body." "A peddler called on a lady to dispose Borne goods, and inquired of her If she could tell him of any road on which no peddler liad ever travelled. ,4Yes," replied she.'"! Know oi one, ana mat 'a the road to heaven. The Sandusky Register contained no ed torial and only one local item for f jur -day on account of repairs to the office. The "re pairs" consisted of putting a lock on a door and wasblns the windows. Detroit Vrea J'ress. A 'Cleveland youth of rather fast proclivities fell in love with a parson's daughter, and as a clincher to his claims, said to the reverend gentleman ; "1 ga m v-hot tern dollar on piousness, and will pray you for stamps on the spot." " L j "You ought to acquire the faculty of being at home in the best society," said a fashionable . aunt to an honest nephew. "I Imanage that easily enough," replied the nephew, "by staying at home with my wile and chiidien." "My spirit is crushed, Jane, crushed," sobbed Mrs. Marrowfat" to Mrs. Qubggs. That lovely bowquette you' remember which it was I, Margery Marrowfat, as sent -it to Mrs. Splivins' funeral. Weil, the card pot lost, and nobody knowed as who it come Irom." . A young fellow in a western town was .fined Siofor kissing a girl against her own will, and the following day the daamlseut liirii iLe amount of the floe, with a nole.sayiug that the next time he kissed her he mast be less rough about it, and be careful and do it when her father was not about.The Eurlinston, (Vt.) Free Pres3 advises the teaching of French In the public schools ofthat place for the i:enefit of the French population, declaring tatthe number of rhildren of French parents with the citv Jimits is greater than those o "American'

Scotch, English and German parentage

counted together. Althoueh a decree oi 1SG3 has strictly pro hibited the U3e In official papers or the word "Jew" as a title in addressing Israelites in Prussia, the German officials still sometimes Indulge in the use of that epithet, and only recently a Jewish lawyer received an official paper from the city court, entitled To the Jew" That Philadelphia is "the mother city of Freemasonry in America" la thoroughly weu proved by an elaborate article in this week's Keystone, written by Mr. Clifford P. McCalla. He give documentary evidence of the existence of the order there in 1740, three years before its advent in Bos'.on, which ha heretofore been claimedaa -Vthe mother city." .The article is interesting to all Freemasons. ' '' ' ! ' 1 " Up to this time over 130,000 people have paid to see Holman Hunt's picture of "The Shadow of Death." That amount9 to MX), which is a great deal more, in - my opinion, than the picture is worth,' The painter's Idea of Jesus Christ is that he was tolerably good-looking red Indian, and although he has not attempted to paint the face of the Virgin, and has shown us only her back, he has given the idea that she is a servant girl enagea in cianaesunwy exammlne the content oi her mistress' plate chest. London Letter. , The Chicago postoffice deserves honoroble mention for instltu'A- vne of the most im portant postal refortns of the day. Post office letter boxes have been placed a all the cross-town cars that traverse a route between five a ndMx.i miles in length, throagh both the rosidVuae -and business districts of . the west and South divisions. As each Car passes the postoifiee a carrier in waiting removes the box and places another on the car without stopping the vehicle, and the first box is at once emptied of its contents into the mailbass. The advantage, particularly to peo ple living at a distance from the postoüiee i simply incalculable, ana tne statistics snow that the traveling boxes are rapidly driving the lamp-post boxes out of fashion. - A correspondent WTites concerning the new Catholic church oi Pra Ilyacinthe: "Five of the priests are already married and the others are looking out ror wive?. "Confession i3 no longer obligatory;" the election of the clergy by the laity is a fixed principle, and thd new church has obtained possession, by the aid of the authorities, of lour or the euinces wnicu ueiongeu to me Roman Catholics, these idolaters being now compelled to worship In barns or in balls hired for the purpose. The whole influence of the present Swiss - government is thrown in favor of the new church, and it is rather astonishing that its progress has not been more marked than it appears to be. Perhaps, when Mr. Loyson or Pfafter Herzog is piade bishop it will spin along more merrily. I have already Informed you of the arrangement which they have made lor making slavery a systematic feature of the new government to be established on the west coast of Africa. Let it not be thought that there is anything half way in the matter. The Government was cross-examined on the subject last night, and uttered some fine sentiments, but it gave no promise of any intention to alter its plans. The ugly fact remains that the slave-trade really goes on in the west of Africa under the same flag which is engaged in- suppressing-it on the east side. The Fantees and the A?.antees have reopened their trade, and th.: slavemarket is under the shadow of Cape Coast Castle, the British headquarters. The British Judge at the castle is assessor for the na tive population, and one of his occupations is to return fugitive slaves. If a newlypurchased slave runs away, the English Judge issues to the master a warrant for its apprehension. The experiments made at Springfield, Mass., to ascertalq the quality of the milk sold at that place have, doubtless, proved more curious than gratifying to pur chasers. Almost all the samples brought for inspection. were fuund tobe docked of their fair proportion of cream, and increased by much more than their fair proportion of water, one sample snowed eight parts of water to 12 of good milk. Another was onethird water and had lost one-third of its cream. Another specimen had but one-fifth of its proper supply of cream, and was altogether, in the indignant language of the offi cial inspector, "a miserable sample of skimmed and adulterated milk." The sam ples from the Clark Institution for deafmutes, at Northampton, had been robbed of one-hair their cream, and impoverished by the addition or front one-third to one-fourth their bulk of water. The milk sold by one Davis, of Chicopee, pioved on analysis to be not only one-fourth water, but "badly adulterated with foreign substances." European pedestrians are remarkable not so much lor their rapid walk as for their powers of endurance. It is true that, they are not trained for that special purpose in fact, they are not professional men at ail, and have no other training than their habit of walking often fo attend to their ordinary business. Thus. lately there arrived m Paris a peasant from the Spanish side of the Pyronees who bad walked nearly one thousand miles in a very short time, and ; not knoving a single word of French. More recently a Dutch gentleman, II. Dudock de Witt, who had already spent softie years in vi5ting, stick in hand, the two Americas, Jaivi, China, and Cochinchina, has arrived also in Paris, after having walked, in nine days, tbe 405 mile which intervene between Amsterdam and the capital of France. There he has become acquainted with Orteig, the Catalan peasant, and both of them will soon start to undertake a walking trip of three months' duration, from Paris to Russia, and I- ... A I ft A. T- f . m tuen luruugaou .uussia usen. iney. have printers' "strikes" and "unions" also In England. A correspondent of the Boston Advertiser says:- Hitherto the printers bavo excepted the dail y news papers from their demand for higher pay, but at last have combined against them. Of the London morning journals tbe Times and the Morning Post are lree of the printers' union, and are consequently unhart by tbe proceedings to which I rsler, but the Daily News, the Telegraph, the Standard, etc., are served by men who are members of "the society." The compositors have a right to ask for higher pay. but it is doubted if they are well advised in doimrso. Th offla in which union men are employed are said to be disposed to make use of the opportunity to get tree of bondage. In a union office no boys mast be employed as printers; no apprentices can betaken; no arrangements made which "the scale" forbids. In the Times office several columns are put in type uaiijr u.v lueaus oi ingenious macmnes. na machine were brought into a Union office, the men would strike. Trade is far from srood at the present moment. A new act of , i'ariiaiuent, prohibiting betting advertisements, will siop various sporting newspapers, and a number of printers will be unemployed. If the men strike there will be no difficulty in tilling their places, and then good-bye, once for all, to the "London Com positors' Society." The wages r aid are very high, averaging 3 10s., and even i pe'r weeK. ana tne men are "protected" oj a set of rules which seem fatal to any progress in tne printing art.

TOM TURNER. AN El'lC BALLADi Editor's Drawer. In Harper's Magazine for August. A fisherman was Tom by traue ; He slept on briny planks; And though not rich, he often mada . t A rnn upon the banks. On flh he lived from day to dayFish caught by his own hand ; And when he did not land his prey, He did not praise the land. . ' When he had seen a shoal ot shad, Their strupgJes were in vain ; The fish might hop around like niad, And soon they were in-selne.

He led a happy life; content, . , He never thougnt toioam: - Andeverv dav he fishing went, lABd Irough fei aetalas home. t . , Tom'loved Rlrlf) Uli and blim, t The fairest in t he town ; But Hal would not mice up with bim, Bo he was takes tlown. - By passlon's'power now racked and woru, He called on 1, a swain forlorn. Ih1 on by Love's suggestion. He fonnd that she was poppln? corn, And so hefpopped the question. 8he was the sweetest girl in town, And playful as a kitten; F6r her Tom threw tbe gauntlet down And she-gave him the mitten, t. Then Tom was mad ! He kicked a lad ! His heart was sad 1 Kis head was bad ! HlfUanguage was still badder! And he who once had lived on shad, Soon faded to a shudder. v - To be a man he swore to try ; . He lelt that town of woe; , He wentoat West to do or Jie; llr- met an Indian fcix fee high Of course it was not xx t The iDd'.an saw th Yankee small, The Yankee ea' me Uiouxv .-.- At once they now that one must fall, 1 -At once tney both fell to. The Indian struck a mighty blow; 1 By Tom's good luck It misled the foe; The Indian was forlorn. Tom tried the Indian to lay low; . latn dropped a rock upon his toe. And crushed his Indian corn. The Indian paused ; this blow so rude Had CdSised him great solicitude; He thought he would uo more intrude; . He thought he'd fly, if none pursued ; The white man next- he slyly viewed. And then began to beller. Tom deemed all Indians copper-hued, But thLiOne proved a yejleiv Tom seized a log to make a thrust, To lay the Indian In the dust ; The Indian ran away So swift he cnt his stick, he must Have been a Chip-away. . . And thus was fought and won the fight, In which Tom took great pride: - Then home he went to Hally bright, And won her for his bride; ' lint on that night h's hair turned white, And staid so till he died. - YtSTEKDAY. BY 1'. BROOK K. We heard the thrush's five long notes of woe. Or iov who learns the sons may say We only listened when the sua was low; iiul that was yesteruay. We found some violets underneath tbe hedge. We gathered blue-bells in the wild-wood-way. We pulled the king-cups from the rustling seuge; But that was yesterday. We watched the river's further ripole leap To catch the tun's las', kiss, and gray. Soft mists of evening up the valley creep; cut ttat was yesieruay. We sang together for the love and might Of Ood and spring, and th'n she lay Upon my breast, weary with her delight ; But mat was yesieruay. Alone I wait and watch the sun go down. Counting dumb hours that l must stay, Ere that Supreme one comes with cross and crown ; Uringing back yesterday. "CHILDLIKE AND BLAND." DARK WAYS. A riOUS CHINEE LEARNS THE WAYS OK CIVILIZATION HIS VAIN TRICKS IN ROCHESTER. The heathen is making progress in the christian land. An account of Wong Chin Foo iol.the Rochester Democrat snows that he can imitate the pious missionary dodge as readily as any other trick: Several weeks since Wong Chin Foo came to this city. He had been lecturing throughout the West, and bad acquired a wide reputation as a good person who was endeavor ing to raise up his countrymen by tbe aid of the christian religion, in early an ot his lectures have been delivered In churches, and they have all referred to religion and China. Ills principal support has neen uenveu irom religious persons who have looked upon him as of great sancuty. He soon made the ac quaintance of citizens here, and arrange ments were made ior nis appearance at the Brick church on the 12'.b Inst. He lectured there. Just two weeks ago to-day we published a lonjr report ot that lecture, and , after it, he was, introduced to the ladies and gentlemeu, and treated with great attention. lie was looked upon as or great Dietv. a man who had suffered in a good cause, and, as he was poor, he was provided with a good sum, the result or a collection in his favor. He has lectured in several towns since then, and intends to continue in the good work. During his residence here ne haef however, wandered in paths he -should not tread, and. when be left town last Fri day, he left behind him the materials of this article. On bancastei street, in mis city, there Is a house of pleasure kept by Miss Hall, it is situated somewnat oack from the street and approached through a long alley. Through this passage way, on tbe evening of tbe 11th instant, two gentle man one of thenOV llJianij Align, WOQ belongs somewhere in Ohio, and who has acted as the agent or traveling companion of Wong Chin Foo for some time past, aua tne other a resident of Rochester. They knocked at the door and were admitted. Tbe only part of their visit to the house that is of in terest as bearing upon this account,' was a conversation in wnicn tne long-queuea gen tlemen from the llowcry kingdom was re ferred to. It wa3 said that he was quite anxious to visit the place. A verbal invl tation was sent to him, and about 21 hours afterward a heathen Chinee might have been seen sneakinz along Lancaster street in com parry with Mr. Allen. - His womanish garb, the hair line which dangled from his- crown down his bacs, and his generally queer, ap pear a Dee -did .not 'attract the small boy simply because the small boy was or should have been jn his little Ded, . WONO CHIN FOO WAS THE HEATHEN. I He turned up the passage way; and, when near the door, turned from the walk and secreted himself behind some bushes there. The other gentleman applied for admission. His summons was soon answered; he told his story. He was the ambassador of his royal highness, Wong Chin Foo, the exile from China. Could the heathen bo admitted? Was the gazaof any curious eye turned nnon the hallway? He contd come. No one was there to look upon him. . From behind the bush came tho man from China. He entered tbe house and passed into a room. Tbe girls of the housi entered the apartment. Among them was one named Irene, who Is represented as a bright-eyed, rosy -cheeked beauty. She spoke to the stranger and he spoke to her. After a conversation they left the room. Shortly after Wong Chin Foo and his friend left tbe house together. Wong Chin Foo left this city for Palmyra, ons or two days after, where we believe h9 lectured in a church. In the meantime the girl Irene

talked of nothing but the wonderful

Wong Chin Foo, or as she affectionately called him "Charlie." (The English of Wong Chin Foo is Charles King). In a day or two a letter came to her from Charlie, containing pet names, his photograph, etc. Another letter followed iu a rew days; this also brought a photograph, and was of the same nature as the other. Both of them were mailed from Palmyra, Wayne county. Then the Chinaman went to Newark, a small town beyond Palmyra and about thirty miles from Rochester. From there another missive come, which reached its destination on Saturday, tbe ISth inst. It contained a photograph, which was the third one received from the ardent young man who waa so aeeply in love that he wished to keep himself constantly before his lady love's eye. Poor fellow. During the evening of the day on which the letter was received, Irene, hearing that Wong was In town again, went into the street hoping to meet him. She did so. She sneaked through the ladies' entrance of a prominent hotel, and went into a room which the heathen had engaged. Remaicinj? there until nearly midnight, when . she prepared to 'depart, the' ladies' entrance was closed and there was trouble. To escape detection was impossible. What to do the poor heathen knew 'not. The key of the ladies' entrance was finally procured, and tbey were put out. It is said that Wong offered all his eartnly possessions as hushmoney. Hotel men, however, are not liable to talk vi ry loud when imposed upon in this way, so there was very little saia about the affair. ' ' t ; THE BRICK CTIURCH EOCCET. Among the other testimonials of regard which Wong Chin Foo received 8t the Brick church after his lecture was a very beautiful bouquet of r-jses. He was introduced at the church to several, ladies, and one of them handed him, as a tribute of esteem, the beautiful flowers which had graced the . pulpit and won the admiration of all during the evening service. He took it in his hand, thanked the giver of the beautiful gift and as he bended low in 'token of acknowledgment, ! ; ; "His smile it was child-like and bland.'' -' The meeting broke up and Wong Chin Foo departed. Within an hour afterwards Mr.' Allen wended his way to the house before referred to, carefully bearing the bouquet. He placed it in tbe bands of Irene with the compliments of the heathen who had sent it to her. She bore them around the house during the night, and told their story to all inquirers. On the night ot Tuesday last Wong Chin Foo again visited Irene. This time he was seen by the lady of the house, who immediately told the eirl that she must not have him come there anymore, that she did not want such a man about her house, as he would certainly bring trouble. Then there was some ohjection on account of color. The girl maintained that Chinee or no Chitfee, Wong Chin Foo was a gentleman and she loved him. His picture hung alone upon the wall of the chamber of her heart. She was quite sentimental and quite enthusiastic in praise of her celestial lover. Either on Tuesday or Wednesday night Policeman Hugh Clark saw Wong walking with a lady on Court street near the corner of Lancaster about midnight. It is supposed that the lovers were taking a midnight stroll. About 11 o'clock last Thursday night, Policeman Hugh Clark in assing over that portion of his beat which ies upon Lancftter street, heard an angrv discussion between two men, one of them, Wong Chin Foo, seated in a carriage, and the other the colored man employed by John Morey, or at least who works in Mr. Morey's barn. Thinking there was OOINQ TO BE A FIGHT, Mr. Clark hurried across the street and by his appearance quelled the discussion. It appears 1 hat tbe carriage in which Wong was seated, had been driven up In front of Mr. Morey's barn and stopped. The man in the barn came out, lantern in band, and seeing so strange a looking object as a Chinaman in full dress, began to make sundry inquiries, to which Wong made evasive replies. Pressed more closely, Wong became angry and treated the man uncivily. Whereupon Mr. Coloredman rose upon bis disnitT and was about to smash, es he said, the bead of Mr. Chinee. Omcer Clark's appearance pre vented tbe row. Thi carriage brought Allen and Wong to tbe place. Allen went into the bouse, which was a short distance from where the horse stood. He wanted to pre pare the way for Wong's coming, but was told that W ong should not be allowed to enter the house. They had had enough of Lim. Alleu then asked lor Irene. She came and had a conversation with him about going away to live with Wong. Allen also requested ' that nothing snouia De saia aoout tneiac tnat Irene had gone away with Wong. On the next day, Friday, W ong Chin Foo left this city for Farmington or Victor, Ontario county, where we understand he was to lecture in some church last night. On the afternoon of tbe same day Irene packed her trunk and left. She said she was going away to live with Wong. She was to journey with the party, assuming tne title ot Mrs. Alien and pretending that she was Allen's wife. Where she went to is not exactly known, but it is believed that she followed Wong to Farm ington. Irene Newcocnli is tbe assumed name of a young woman who "came to this city in January last. - She went to the house which she left to Join her fortunes with those of. Wong. Chin Goo about .the.liraUoX.iast February, and has lived there since,.; She lived ana is believed to have been born in Brock port. Her maiden name was Adelie Martin. She was married at. Brock port several years since to Aloise Jesserer, with whom she lived there and a short time in this city. , She has two children, .who now live in Brockport. Personally she is repre sented as a beautiful woman; mentally, as a giddy, thoughtless girl, wno has little or no self-.cohtm. COST OF WÖODEN'BUI Lll Njfi.S. J SOME POINTED FIGURES AND THE LE-3BON TnEY TELL. A Chicago paper gives the following Interesting exhibit of the folly of building .... i ' frame buildings in large cities: The aver age cost of frame baildings may be thus summed up in the results of four recent fires: First cost . of wooden bulMlnz). . CÖ0.UUU I-'XMKIO ,. 1KMÜ0 Value o proper' ty lost Hate. Place. July 11, Streator, 111 Julv H, Chicago, III 1 100,1 ou 800.0)0 ' r i-Djooo Julv lLOshkosh, WisJuly 1 Iowa Fails, la........... 1 50,000 Total . 1350,000 fö,OSO,000 Here we have an original expenditure of f 350,000 to build wooaed houses ; into these wooden houses there were put iurmture, goods, and machinery ; these wooden houses were placed in localities wnere, m case they took fire, they would destroy other and more valuable buildings, also filled, with furniture, machinery, and merchandise. The result is that over 5,000,000 of property was destroyed uom the criminal and false economy of building inflammable fire-traps instead or Drick nouses. Placing the diilerence in tho cost ot these woodsn buildings and tho brick ones at 20 per cent., the sum saved was 70,030,aad to economize this sum not equal to three months' insurance rates on property destroyed there was wantonly and criminally sacrificed over ?--,000,0o0 worth of property. In 1S71, the sacrifice n this city alone waa 200.000,000. when &L000, 000 would have bought and paid for taking down every wooden buifding destroyed in that tire. This is the penalty we have paid, and which we must continue to pay, as long as we prep.tre the fuel ior these frequent conflagrations,

GROWING UP. I All The Year Round.i Oh, to keep them still around us, baby darling s fresh and pure, "Mother's" smile their pleasures crowning. "mother's" kis their sorrows' cure; Oh, to keep the waxen touches, sunny curls and radiant eves, Pattering feet, and eager prattle all young life's lost Paradise! One bright head above the other, tiny hands that clung and clasped, Little forms, t hat close enfolding, all of Love's best gifts were grasped ; Sporting In the tumiuer sunshine, glancing round the winter hearth. Bidding all tbe bright world echo with their

leariess, careieu mirth. ; Oh, to keep th how they gladdened all the pain irom aay 10 aay. What gay dreams we fashioned of them, as in - rosy sleeo thev la v : How each broken word -vas welcomed, how each struggling tbcught was hailed. As each bark went floating seaward, love-be - decked and fancy -sailed I Uliding fron our jealous watching, gliding from our euneinz hold. Lo! th. brave leaves bloom and burgeon ;lo! t he shy sweet buda tin fold : Fast to lip, Mnd cheek, and tresses, steals the maiden s bashful joy: Fast the frank bold man's assertion tones the accents of the boy. Neither love nor longing keeps thens; soon In other shape than onrs Those yonng hands will seize their weapons, Düna tneir castles, plant tneir no were; Boon a fresher hope will brighten the dear eyes we trained to see; - .. Soon a closer love than onrs in those wakening i neartawillbe. So it is, and well it is so; fast the river nears the main. Backward yearnings are but Idle; dawning ' never e ows aeain : Slow and sure the distance deepens, slow and sure ine nnas are rem : Let us pluck oar autumn roses, with their lobar bloom content. I THE WILD BEE. ' . , IChamber'8 JournaL ., ' ; . I come at morn, .when dewdrops bright '' Are twinkling on the grasses, j And woo the balmy breeze in flight -' That o'er the heather passes. I swarm with many lithesome wings, That join me through my ramble, ' Jn seeking for the honeyed" tilings . Of heaili and hawthorn bramble. And languidly amidst the sedge. When noontide is most stilly. I loll beside the water's edge. And climb Into the lily. I fly throughout the clover crops Before the evening closes, . Or swoon araid the amber drops That swell the pink moss-roses. At time I takes longer route, ' ' In cooling autumn weather, . And gentry murmur round about. The purple-tinted heather. :. . To Tot sy I am a friend ; ! I go with Fancy linking. - J And all my airy knowledge lend, v Xo a d him in his thinking. Deem not these little eyes are dim To every sense of duty ; We owe a certain debt to Him Who clad this earth in beauty. . And therefore I am never sad, A burden homeward bringing. But help to make the bummer glad In my own way of singing. When idlers seek my honeyed wine, In wantonness to drink it, I spark'e from the columbine Like some forbidden trinket ; . But never sting a friend not one li is a sweet delusion. That 1 may see the children run. And smile at their conlusion. If I were man, with all his tact And power of foreseeicg, 1 would not do a ngle act .. To hurt a human being. ' And thus my little life is fixed, TiU tranquilly itcloses. For wisely have I chosen 'twixt The brambles and the roses. . HISTORY AND ROMANCE. SIR WILLIAM WISEMAN, A BRITISH ADMIRAL, BECOMES A FRARIE GRANGER HE D ROT'S D SAD IN THE STREETS OF ST. JO. The St. Joseph (Mo.) Herald, of the 19th inst., contains the following bit of mysterious personal history: Wednesday morning last we published an account of the sudden death, at tbe Saunders House, of an elderly gentleman who had registered his name . as "Wm. Chambers, Lincoln, Neb." The gentleman was a large, portly man, about sixty four years of age, and, although plainly dressed, gave evidence that he had occupied no ordinary station in life. The body was taken charge of by Dr. Hugh Trevor, the coroner, and an inquest held, the particulars of which have already been given. On Thursday the man's trunk arnved, and was taken charge of by the coroner. In It was found a lot of very ordinary clothing, a number of letters and papers and some photographs of a man dressed in the uniform of the British navy; also some visiting cards bearing the name or "Sir William Wiseman, 58 Belgrave Road." Tfce letters and papers were, of coutse, examined by Dr. Trevor, but no further than was absolutely necessary to ascertain the facts connected with the man's life, and determine his own duty in the premises. . One letter was from a son of the deceased, residing in London, and dated some time back. It advised his father to. under no circumstances, permit his whereabouts to be known,as"tbe trades people were clamorous." This was all of the letter that was read, as Dr. Trevor, finding it related to private matters, at once returned it to the envelop. Other letters and papers established clearly that the deceased was none other than ' ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM WLSEMAN, a man who once occupied one of the highest positions in the English navy. Yesterday Mr. Richard ' Saunders, rf the Saunders House, received the following letter: . ' ; ! ! Fairfield, Clay Co., Neb., July 17. IST!. To Mr. Saunders: Dear Sir I am sorry to hear of the death of Mr. Chambers, otherwise Admiral Sir William Wiseman, of the Kaglish Navy. I am his agent, who came out from England two years ago, and have remained in his service since that time. In March last be was called to England on business, and was now on bis return journey. I received a letter from bim on Saturday last, requesting me to met't him in Lincoln on Monday. 1 waited until yesterday (Thursday), "and finding he did not come, I became uneasy, and returned to find your dispatch. I have communicated with his family in England to know how I am to proceed in this ' unfortunate affair. It will take at least twentyeight or thirty days for me to get an answer. I would therefore request that his remains be not removed from the vault until I receive instructions. Please to forward all his personal effects that he had with him and all Eapers, deducting from the amount of cash e had with him all expenses that have been incurred. Thanking you for the kind attention j-on showed to my friend, I am Yours most rpppect fully, Wm. Edmund Downing. The above gentleman. WT. E. Downing, is personally known to me, and I certify the above is a correct statement. V. L. Peyton, Agent St. Joseph A Denver City Road. What may have been the mystery connected with this man's life is, of course, mere matter of conjecture. Was it CRIME, ERROR OR MISFORTUNE? The single sentence in the letter of his son the fact that he had sought a homo in tho

lonely prairies of Nebraska that he passed

under an assumed name and that be had declared his intention ot becoming a citizen of the United States all these things indi cate that there must have been some powerful motive to induce him to leave his native land. And yet, whatever that motive may have been, it is not for us to inquire Into it now. The broad mantle of charity ever covers the grave of the criminal or the erring . a Judge of infinite wisdom and infinite justice will determine upon the right or wrong of every act or thought in life. The remains ' of Sir William Wiseman repose at Mt. Mora Cemetery. They received, at the bands of Dr. Trevor, every attention and respect that could be showed, and the most scrupulous , delicacy has been shown in not "permitting -tbe mere private affairs of tbe deceased to be made public. Nothing farther ts.I1 be done with theliody until the relatives in England are heard from. It may then betaken to bis native land for interment or to bis new , home on Libarty lärm, Clay cjanty Nebr.'- ' THE CHICAGO CYPRIANS. SCENES DCRIXQ THE FIRE AM0XO THE DEMI . , MONDK BIX HUNDRED OIB18 TUBSED LOOSK , INTO THE STREETS. The Chicago correspondent of the St. Louis Republican writes thus of a peculiar chapter of the late fire: The scenes In the region of tho conflagration during its hight were halt ludicrous and half pitiable. The greater E art of the district burned over was inhabited y the worst denizens of the town. It was peculiarly the resort of the demi-monde, and that, too, of the most shameless type; the most desperate, reckless and aband oned girls to be found on tbe face of the earth. For two or three blocks along Third and Fourth " avenues, right in the center of tbe conflagration, nearly every house was a "maison de joie," and the flames caught them during business hours, so to speak. The scene, as these creatures were roused and driven from their dens by the rapidly advancing rlames, beggared all attempts at description. It is rather diminution than exaggeration to say that at least six buudred .soiled ones Were hustled out of their abiding places in less than three hours. Most of them lost all . their wardrobes and some of them did not save even that scanty t outfit which is known as "the dress oue has " on." Out they came, white, yellow, tawny and black, some dressed, some half dressed, some undressed, and out came their male companions with them. For once the revel, was turned into a rout and the orgy into a panic In great crowds they hurried out upon the streets, with no roofs to shelter t their heads, the flames of conflagration behind, and of hell before tbem. All up into the city they swarmed, and upon the lake front, their white robes and their whiter faces ghastly in the glare of the flames, their eyes wet with despair or dry with terror too abject for tears, their long hair streaming in the fierce M ind that was fanning the Ted ruin behind them, their hearts sinking into THE UTTER DESPERATION of women scorned and then driven from the very homes that scorn had given them to dwell in. It seemed almost like a double ostracism. Some of them found places of temporary shelter, but the greater portion camped out until this morning on the lake front, in the vacant lots below the Gardiner House. They hod no lack of company, nor ot good cheer, ro far es plenty to drink was concerned, for about two-thirds of them made night and day hideous while the excitement lasted. This morning 1 went down to look at . the menagerie. Most of the animals were gone, but enough remained to give an idea of what the show had been. On the outskirts of the crowd was a little wee bi tof a g'rl, not more than sixteen, I should judge. She had escaped in her cieht-dress, and had succeeded in saving a bed-blanket as she fled. She sat on the ground with her blanket wrapped about her; her round cheeks were stained with tears and discolored with dust and cinders; her blue eyes, were bleared and leaden, and her long silky hair fell in tangled masses almost to the ground. - "Camping out, sis?" said I lnterogatively. She looked up blankly. Have you no place to go?" I asked. Yes, I have," she replied petulantly, "but what business is it of yours? I just came out here by the lake to cool off. It'sa great pity folks can't And that was the last I heard as I walked along. Further on were two tuore older and better schooled in adversity than theii juvenile sister I had just met. These two were exhausting the profane vocabulary anent some feliows who had been down there the night before with an impious article of whisky which had reduced tbe girls to .a condition that enabled the fellows to steal two or three diamond rings and a watch from the pitable creatures. What shall we think of a thing in the shape of a man that will plunder a homeless woman of the town ? But of such is Chicago that is to say, such things happen heie. I think the saddest sight I ever saw was these homeless, hopeless girls, shivering out upon the lake fiont in the sharp air of tbe early morning. Moro saddening even than the spectacle of sixty acres of wreck tbe fire had wrought for "the last can be rebuilt cleaner, purer than it was before; but tbe girls never. ANOTHER CHICAGO FIRE. LOSS A QUARTER OF A MILLION NEARLY COVr ERED BY INSURANCE. ; Chicago, July 22. At 4 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the fine stone-front block Nos. 121 and 123 State street, occupied by E. F. Hollister fc Co., dealers in carpets, and Giles Brothers & Co., jewelers, and, before it could be extinguished, consumed everything. The origin of the fire is not known. The building in which it occurred cost $100,OUO in 1872. The stock of Giles Brothers & Co., jewelers, was valued at 200,000. Insurance nearly hall. Sixty thousand dollars woith of their stock was in vaults. E. F. Hollister A Co., furniture manufacturers and carpet dealers, lose about 75,000; insured. Richards, Sbaw fc Winslow lose through damaged stock about ?10,000; fully insured. Firmson the other side of the street suffered by the breakage of glass, a loss of about ?10,000. The following is a report of the insurance: Hollister's stock is insured in the National of Xew Vork, Imperial ot America, Central of St. Louis, LiverpoolLondon and Glc be,Neptune of Bos ton, and tueen for 55,000 .ach ; in the Home of New York, Phoenix and .Etna. .10.O0O each;' Meridian, Connecticut," Fanuil Hall, Standard of New York, Lamar cf St. Joe, Springfield, Massachusetts -Exchange of New York, Hoffman of New York, Connecr ticut Fire, Rhode Island Insurance Association and Irving of New York, 2,500 each; in the West Chester of New York, and the Star of New York $3,750 each; in a number of of companies in small amounts, $2,400, Gile'a Bros. A Co. were insured in the Pittsburg of NewOrleans, Home of Columbus, Williamsburg of New York, Orient, Franklin National oi New Orleans, $3,000 each; In the Citizens, Havana, Manhattan, Meridian, Lamar of St. Louis, Connecticut Fire, Farragut of New York, Rhode Island Insurance Association, $2,500 each; in the Traders & Insurance Co. ot Chicago, Western Assurance and Girard, H.000 each; iu'.the Old Dominion, ?3,0U0; in various companies, $25,000. The insurance on the stock in tho -vaults is unknown. The building, which is completely destroyed, was the property of William E. Dodj;e, of New York. It Avas insured in some of the New York companies; Royal Underwriters of New York, London Assurance Corporation, 510,000; fn the Scotish Commercial, North American Manulacturera of Boston, $3,000 each. The amount of loss is about a quarter of a million, which is pretty fully covered by insurance.

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