Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 4, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1874 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 1874.

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SMOKINO SPIRITUALIZED. BY RALPH ER8KISE.

PART I. This Indian weed now wlther'd quite, Thoaeu green at noon, rat down at nl2. Hhows ihv decay; All flesh is hay. Thus think, and smoke tobaeo. The pipe, bo llly-Uke and weak, Les tU us thv mortal state bespeak. Thon art ev'n such, Oone with a touch. ' Thns think, and smoke tobacco. nd when the smoke ascends on high, 'lava thou behold Ht th vanity . i or worldly Bluff, Gone with a puff. Thru think, and smoke tobacco. nd when the pipe grows foul within. Tulnk on thy soul defiled wlthslu; for then the fire It does require. Thus think, and smoke tobacco. nd seest the ashes casr away ; Tnen to thyself thou mayest say, That to the dust ltetura thou -mast. Thus think, and smoke tobacco. PA BT II. Was this small plant for thee cut down? .v was the Plant of great renown ; Which mercy sends . For nobler end. Thus think, and mnoke tobacco. Toth juice medicinal proceed 'rom such a naughty foreign weed? Then what's the power Of Jesse's llower! Thus think, and smoke tobacco. - The promise, like the pipe, Inlays And by the month of laith conveys What virtue flows . From Sharon's rose. Thns think, and smoke tohocco. In vain th' unlimited ripe you blow; Your pains in outward means are so, UtU heav'nly fire The hean inspire. Thus think, and amok tobacco. Tue smoke, like burning Incense, tow'rai So should a praying heart of yours, with ardent cries, Surmount the skies. Thus think, and smoke tobacco. TILE LAST TKYST. , All The Year Hound. Over brown moors and wither'd Iras The angry winds were sweeping; ' Over the great grey northern seas. The created waves were leaping; And you and 1 stood close toget her. In the entiling gleam of the wintry weather, As the bare gxunt branches, overhead, r r.ook their Lingering leaflets, gold and red, "While in every falterins word we said. Bang the pitiful wall lor the days that were dead; For, by the sad seas, 'neath the storm-beat trees, Onr last tryst we were keeping. I scarce could hear the words you sobbed, Aruid your passionate weeping. And the glow from my ea?er prayer was robbed By the chill around us crecpiug; "From the silent paths, where ia summer weaUier, Youth, joy and music had met together, From the cry of the sea-mews flitting past, O'eihe wild white waves in the bitter blast. Froai Uie breakers that craali'd on the hollow sand, - From the sough of the breeze o'er the dull damp land, . From sea and shore rose "Xo more, no more," As our last tryst we were keeping. There was not a pale bud left, in sooth, 'Mid the dry leaves rouud usheapiug; The bitter harvest of reckless youth Times lrop hand was reaping; Our lipsstill said, "Forever, forever," As the trembling fingers clung together.. Knt even then each sad heart knew . What fate and circumstance meant to do, And the mighty billows boom'd like a knell. As we turned apart from that long farewell: And to wind, and rain, and the moaning main,ljtii me last tryst 01 our Keeping. . NEWS AND GOSSIP. Ease ball: Chicago 4. Baltimoro 3. Ten in nings were played. And still they keep denouncing Dio Lewis up in Maine. Exchange. Who ia Dio Lewis? ' J , . , . , Eail Dmraven' has bought six thousand 9 .-re'j ofEstes Park, Colorado, for the cultivation of game. Tbe Cairo commandery of Knight3 Templars have chartered tho steamer Thompson Dnin to Blf.pnrl the triennial ronclavA at N'mv Or.eans on December 1. "Jenny June," Mrs." D. G." Croly, has a book in press on the subject of marriage, consisting of as sries of e.ays which have iinnPArert in DflmnrAst'ji ll;i77in M. Jates Favro, it Is stated, is about to tuarry the principal of a Protestant girls' boardin a; -school at Versailles, daughter of the pastor of Wissembourg, m Alsace. A committee of the S&f eveport board of trade left last night for New Orleans to confer with Maj. Howell, a United States engineer, upon the Improvement of the Red - ri-rer. - - - - - . -Returns from the county democratic convention, of Arkansas, show that nearly halt the counties in -the tstate instructed for Baxter for governor, , at the , approaching election. 1 1 . . ' ... The Count Qe Galve has sent, to ; Kensington Museum, London, tapestries' which are considered the most beautiful in the world. They have been kept in bm family during the last 200 years. . Arrangements are making at the Springlie Id armory for tbe manufacture of riflps aft?r the model Invented by Mr. James Lee, oi .uuwauKee, wntcn is expected to super all other smill arms now in use. Trof. James twou Lowell speaks in high praise of the bust of Itilpn Waiüo Emerson .wnicn .Marlin ALU I more, is at work on In Rome. Mr. Millmore's brother Joseph hu received an order for a bust ol Sumner from , some admirers of the great senator in New . York City. . ' The Viceroy of Egypt proposes creating an international, tribunal In ..his dominions. which Rhall be composed of distinguished jurists from European Stites. lie intends . giving each member an annual, stipend of J . Ä . .. J A 4 AAA . . auu a sum oi ?.),uu ior traveling ex- . penses. , ' . Making tbe circuit of the globe has becomeJ sTmere pastime.' Steven C. Massctt, known by tbe cagnomen of"Je3m-i Pipes," according to the Bee, a San Francisco paper, has becrnn his second tour round tha world man imitator and reciter of cmic stories, intersp9rsed with ballads. The young Norwegian. musician, Edward c-reig, has suddenly became famous. lie V rasborn at .Borgen, in Norway In 1843. , hen a child, his talents attracted tho attention of Ole Bull.. In 1858 he was sent to the conservatory at Leipsic, to study. Inl63he was at Copenhagen with Neils . Gada. The . Musikalisches Wochenblatt cails Greig "the Scandinavian Chopin." JIamburg, Conn:, has recently had a curious love affair. Two brothers courted the same girl, and. she engaged herself to the younger, but as the timeset fbrthe marriage lrew near the youth had difficulty in obtaining a certificate. Meanwhile the girl transferred her affections to the older one, and. he having armed himself with a certificate, they were married on the same day 'set for the marriage with the younger brother. Mr. Nathaniel II. Bishop, owner of the celebrated "Mayeta" cranberry plantation at Manahawken, N". J.f is making a canoe excursion from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to

the ull of Mexico, by the interior

Atlantic seaboard, water courses, rivers, ranals, Bounds, bays and ocean. Mr. Bishop reached Lake George from the gulf of St. Lawrence yes terday morning, ins previous explorations of the bays aud water-courses along our southern coast have been of considerable value to the United States Coast surrey, and ha has received many complimentary letters from Prof. Bache In acknowledgment of his services in that drection. Mr. August Mundhenk, a young native of this city, who bw bean studying sculpture In Germany for four years, lias returned to Cincinnati, and established a studio at No. 15 West Third street. He has just completed in clav. his conception of a grand bronze monument for the David SintOD Site.on Fifth street. The work is designed to be of about th same general proportions as the David son fountain. Tho upright female hgure on the ton represents the Queen of the West, Two reclining female figures represent the History of Cincinnati and Agriculture, and two sittine. nsrurc?. uominerce ana jusuw Tbe allegorical effect of the figures is rather qmet, bnt chaste in treatment. Mr. Mundhonk doesn't guarantee that $50,000 would pav for his proposed monument, tbe practi cal utility of which is continea to four annK ing fountains, gushing from tbe recesses of the base. Cincinnati commercial. Levi Bartlett, of Warner, N. II., has re cently presented lb New Hampshire His tore Society with an old musket with which is connected quite an interesting history. In 1707 it was carried by Joseph Bartlett.who wss then 21 years old, and was one of the garrison at Haverhill, Mass., during an expected attack by the Indians and French. In 1703 the town surrendered to the foe, and young Bart lett secreted his gun in a chimney, where it remained for lour years, during which time he was a captive in Canada. On his release from captivity he returned and found the piece where he had left it. It was afterward carried during three years ol the revolutionary war by another member of the f imily. Some years ago a party of bovs get down the ancient piece to celebrate the "glorious Fourth," and with the intention of making it "speak," loaded it with some 12 inchs of powder .and a quantity of damp earth, which proved the last report it was ever to make as both barrel and stock were so shattered that 'all that could be done with It was to bind it together with a cord, in which plight it now is seen. It is now presented in behalf of Thomas H. Bartlett, the greatgrandson of its first owner. THE WARLIKE KENTUCKIANS. THE DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL OUTBREAK IN OWEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY THE FRIENDS OF THE WALKERS, BUSSELS AND KU-KLUX A PRIVATE REPORT OF THE IMBROOLI A. The Louisville Courier-Journal of the 25th inst. contains the following report of the recent riots near Owenton, Ky.: A gentleman Irom Owen county called at the Coar-ier-Journal office last night,' and made a statement of the affair from its incipieney to the presaut. He said the present difficulty was simply an outbreak of the Ku-Klnx party. On election day a Unitsd States witness, Henry Triplett, was tired on from the bushes near Monterey by one Green Barr, a member oi the Ku-Klux. Klan. Tbe shots were returned by Triplett and two of Iiis friends. Barr went to Owenton and swore out writs against Willis Russell and Hilly Grave?, James Russell and John Wilson. Neither Willis Kussel! nor Billy Graves were concerned in the shooting. Some of the leading citizens of Monterey published a card in the Owen rsews, showing that ltussell was not engngad in the shooting. Two deputy shorills called on missen, on last inursaay weekend Russell surrendered himself and his guards, and requested the sheriff not to let the writs go out of his po3ession. Russell and his men were perfectly willing in stand the trial, from the fact that he claimed hecould prove by twenty good citizens that Barr fired the first two shots 'odnesday. On last Wednesday, Russell sent his brother William, arid Monroe Christopher, into Henry countv for the purpose or locating tome Ku-Rlux against whom he had writs. They went to Lockport, where they had remained but a. few minutes, when they were surrounded by a band of desperadoes, headed by James lloskins, a Ku-Klux, who is under bond at the federal court. lloskins swore out a writ against Russell and Christopher to compel them to surrender their arms. After Christopher had surrendered, be was shot through the bowels and mortally wounded. Russell had bis skull broken by the father ol tbe notorious John O'Nan. The wounded men were then taken to Gratz by some of their friends. k On Friday lloskins and his friend were to have their examining trial at Lockport. Russell and six guards went to Lockport to attend tbe trial. II was advised by his friends to get backlo Owen as quick as possible before the opposing party got to town, lest THEY WOULD BB MURDERED. He took tho advice of his friends and went to Gratz, where he remained with his brother until Friday night, when he returned to Monterey, where he had to attenl bis trial on Saturday. Tbe Smoots and Barr bad been together on Cedar creek, a few days before, with 20 armed men, and said they would come to Monterey on Saturday to attend the trial. It will be remembered that the Siroota are under indictment in the Federal Court for Ku-Kinxing and the Stato courts lor the murder ot James Walker. On Saturday a large number ol men rode into Monterey, headed by George A. Mefl'ord, who has been tried as a Ku-Klux, and was concerned in the murder of James Walker. When Russell and his men saw Metl'ord, they tired into tue squad, regarding it as a moo under the cloak ot State authority, who wished to disarm him and murder him. as hU brother had been murdered by the Lockport klao. It tho county attorney, J. W. Perry, had come into , town himself, or guarded by others, than those accompanying him, the trial would have passed off quietly, and Russell and his men would have been cleared on suUicient proof that they were in the right. The county attorney brought to Monterey, the home of the surviving Walkers, men who were regarded as Ku-Klux, among them being MefTord. who was concerned in the murder of J. M. Walker, on tbe 4.h of Ma v. This fact caused all the difficulty. Since that time Russell was pursued by bad characters from the tact that John C. Umoot, who was under Indictment for the murar of James Walker, was in the party. The militia who were called out by Gov. Leslie on Sunday last, and who are now supporting the county authorities . near Gratz, have4 a large number of citizens with them for. guides, whom Russell and . his friends suspect of an intention to use tout play. If Gen. Murray, with his United States troops, arrives in time to prevent actual conflict, there will be no further trouble, as Russell and his party do not fear . a fair trial. It ia said that during a recent canvass Mr, Perry, the county attorney, upon whose request the militia is furnished, charged his opponent, William Lindsay, with taking sides against the Smoots. At the time of the Walker murder tbe Smoots refused to be arrested, and Mr. Perry did not exert himself to bring the parties to jastice. A man once called on President Lincoln. He had shaken hands with him, observing : "Don't be scared, Mr. Lincoln ; I don't want an office." "Is that so?" asked tho president, ""then giro us another shake."

THE OPAL RING. 5 BY LOrISE BILLINGS SPA CI.DING.

Once there lived within the wonderous South, A lady lAir. whose lame nlled every mouth, , For she hau wealth and beauty rare to see. And in her veins flowed b ood of high degree. And the had lovers score, proud, high and great, ( Duke, Baronet and Lord dll on her wait; . Until she deemed herself beloved of all, AnU dreamed true hearts awaited but her call. One day from out the mystic East there came An old philosopher of ancient name ; Iiis form was aged and his brow was bare. And years had bleached to snow his rtowlnj hair, "What wilt thou, sir?" the peerless Southron cried, Fear not, thy booi it shall not be denied ;H "So thou wouldst serve me. lady fair and true? Yet, marvel not, I'll render aid to you." ,,tf He took her hand, fair as a white dove's wing, And placed thereon a charmed Opal Ring; Said he. "fair in 1st reus, to thee snail be shown The hearts of men throngh aid of this wl.so stone." ( "Wear It: and when an honest heart shall come, The ring will herald him. Ileistheone; Actpt his love, and yield to him tby life; And so thou yet shall be a blessed wife. "Wear it; and when ialse tongues their vows renew, Seek this, and all will thns be fchown to you." The lovely Southron went her way, and he The aicient sire went back to mystery. Years came and went, and yet no welcome spatK Flashed out the lsnal all was dim and dark; While Lord and Knight, rejected from her door, Y ent out v swell tho ranks thus gone Deiore. Years came and went and foudd her still un wed; The opal rlns; beware! oeware! It said. To nil who knelt her precious hand to claim, Until, at last, an humble suitor came. One poor of words, and void of pomp was he, And he had nought of chivalrous degree To plead his suit; she turned to say him nay, . When from her linger Hashed the signal ray. She bade him rise, and said, "Thou art my Kins; Behold. 1 know thee by this charmed rinz. , Thanr God at last, for me one heart beats true; llencerorth my love, my lire belongs to you. , SPAIN AND GERMANY. IMPORTANT ALLIANCE. THE REPORTED ALLIANCE BETWEEN OER MANY, ITALY A'n SPAIN HOW THE KECOOMTIOS WAS BROUGHT ABOUT A SECRET DIPLOMATIC SERVICE SECRETARY FISH AD HIS CONNECTION WITH SPANISH INDE PENDENCE PORTO RICO AND ITS HISTORY. The Paris correspondent of the London Telegraph, writing nnder date of tbe 5th inst., gives a remarkable inside view of re cent important diplomatic schemes: A week ago, while the Due Decazes wns medi tating over the conversation he had had with Prince Hohenlohe, he received a formal note from M. di Nigra, the Italian embas sador. This communication was to the fol lowing effect: Toe Italian govern ment was of opinion that the time had come for the French government to re move the French man-of-war, tbe Orenocjue, from Italian waters, where it had long been considered by the Italian people ss a standing threat, humiliating to the na tional dignity. The Italian cabinet was firm ly resolved to exact, if not the immediate withdrawal of the French ship, at leant tbe promise that it should not remain in Italian waters beyond a stated time to be agreed upon by the two governments. It is needless to say that, although this request was made with great nrtnnes;i, it was formulated in the most friendly Urms. When this note was read to the council of ministers, it gave rise to a long discussion. No decision was arrived at, and time had to be gained by means of an evasive answer. It has since be9n decided to withdraw the Orenoque not later than at the end of the present month. The German request has been the cause of great division of opinion ataong the members of the French cabinet. Indeed, a ministerial crisis was Imminent, as two of the members belonging to the Right MM. Cumont and Tailbaud, wer9 more than once on the point of sending in their resignations, and the members of the Extreme Right who had not yet lei. Versailles expressed their intention of interpellating the government on its foreign policy. Despite the opposition, however, it was decided that as scon as the Assembly had entered upon its vacation, important re-enforcements or troops shouln be sent into . the departments of the Pyrennees, and it has also been decided to recall the Royalist Perfect ol the Upper Pyrennees, M. de Xadaillac. In addition to this the French government has lreaoy compelled tbe wife of Don Carlos to leave Pau, and has dissolved three committees for the enlistment ot CarlLsts. . It bas also been decided that passports between Franca and Spain should be re-established, l nave now put you in possession of tbe facta which preceded tbe above mentioned negotiations. As they are ot the highest interest, it is necessary that I should repeat what I said at the beginning of this letter, that I place reliance on tbe authority from which the statement is derived. For the last throe months a convention, I am told, has existed between the Emperor of Germany and Marshal Serrano. The terms of the convention are very simDle. Prince- Bismarck has nronilsed tbe marshal, ia Uta event ot his finding himself powerless to suppress the Carlist insurrection, to herr him secretly with funds or openly with ao armed Intervention as circumstances Way retpnire. Io return for this assistance nothing has bean askad except the marshal's signature to an alliance oflensive and defensive with Germanywhen ever she goes to war with France, Mbyennant cette consideration, Germany ha undertaken to feet the Spanish republic recognized by all her friends and allies. Italy has an alliance with Germany which dates much further back. She also forms part of the secret alliance with Spain. Meanwhile the non-intervention of England is taken tor granted, and the intervention of France is rather desired that dreaded. THE DOO IN THE M ANGER. ; The New York Sun contains a recent editorial with the above title on the relation of Grant's administration to the Spanish republic. The following are its leading paragraphs: We believe it Is no secret that alter the failure of Gen. Grant to carry through the project of annexing San Domingo, the company of private speculators in this city aud San Domingo, into whose hands Baez put tbe virtual control of his country, entered Kto negotiations with- the German government with a view of selling San Domingo to ' Germany. It came to nothing, but the. San Domingo Company never entertained a doubt that ' Bismarck wonld have bought them out but for fear that the gm-erb ment of the United States might take umbrage at tbe transfer of San Domingo to a European power. It is also no secret that since the first of December last, an agent of the German government has been engaged in visiting the Spanish West Indies that is to say, Cuba and Porto Rico upon some mysterious errand; and this fact tends to corroborate the statement of the Freeman's Journal respecting the proposed sale of Porto Rico to Germany, with the offer of Cuba to the United States by way of getting our consent to the transformation ot the former island into a German colony and naval sta tion. Secretary Fish loudly denies that there is any foundation for this report, even going so far as to say that the statement of the Freoman'a Journal is a falsehood, and and that "any man is a damned fool" who believes It. In regard to the Spanish colo

nies, Mr. Fish and Gen. Grant have gone

far noyontl tbe puDlic feelinjr, and have put the United States in the position of the dog in the manger; but it is a dog that will not bite, and it Bismarck wants Porto Kim, be need not be alarmed about tbe hostility of Grant's administration, nor need he think it necessary to offer Cuba as a consideration. A reasonable sum of money judiciously expended in tbe right quarters might be effec tive ; but Cuba is no temptation to us just ati present. It he were to offer the Island, pacified and prosperous, to tbe Americans, they mip;bt hanker for - its .wealth inleed, but with its black population, they would decline tbe offer. In some quarters Gen. Grant's message of 1809 is quoted as showing him to be an adherent of the Monroe doctrine, and incaf able of consenting to the sale of Porto Uco to Germany, "These dependencies," says Grant, speaking of the Spanish colonies in America, "are no longer regarded as subject to transfer from one European power to another. When their present relation of colonies ceases, they are to become independent powers." This is all well enough, of course, as a part of the generalities which a President's message natu rally contains, and which are designed for home consumption more than enact abroad Rut as a matter of fact, coming from Gen Grant, such sentiments mean nothing. m'master on fish. ' Mr. James A. McMaster, editor of the Freeman's Journal, has sent a pithy letter to tbe New York Herald in answer to some criticism on some of his recent statements connected with tho Porto Rico affair, from which the following extracts are given: New York Freeman's Journal Office, Aug. 20, 1874. To the Editor of the Ilcrahl: One of your excellent Washington corres pondents yesterday succeeded in catching Mr. Irish, the aged gentlemen who Is in the chair of Secretary ot State. To him Mr. Fish stated that in his opinion, "any man was a damned fool," and he did not wish to be un derstood as using these words in a profane sense, "who' would pen, sucn an article as that in the Freeman's Journal" of this week in regard to theintriguo for the transferring of Porto Rico to the German Empire by the Serrano usurpation ol the government at Madrid. I am willing that the old gentle man may abound in his on n opinion. Nor, on the other hand, can I help it if even bis son-in-law. Mr. Sidney Webster, and his envoy, as American Minister to Berlin, Mr. Bancroft Davis, join in the general opinion of their countrymen that Mr. Hamilton Fish may bo a blessed fool, but is, , certainly, a damned diplomatist. Mr. Secretary Jbish has denied nothing that 1 have as serted. I even suggested that Mr. Ham ilton Fish was unconscious that he was drifiin our country into a war with the arrogant and top heavy German Km pi re, witbout knowing what he was doing. But with style; or precedents, or works ol internal evidence, i nave notmng to do. hold tbe transcript of the dispatches on the evidence on wh ch I have received them. do not hold tbem subject to the call of Mr. Hamilton. Fish nor of any one occupying public place. Had the people of the United States, as a government, bad men fitted for tbeir plac9?, either in the Department of state at Washington, or at Madrid, or at Berlin. I would have had no revelations possible for me to m.ike. The matter was 'on the cards" a year ag I stand ' defiant in a community that knows me, and declare that - the overtures of tho wretched Spanish Junta a Madrid and the responso of Admiral Polo are such as I have stated them to bo. I will compromise no one by revealing my sources of information at present. In a short timeit may be some months when King Carlos VII. will be in tho Escutial, and bold Madrid and all theSpains, for their honor, I will, perhaps, tell who my informants have been. & s - e But coming, some months ago, into acci dental knowledge of the intrigues of. the overgrown and insolent German empire ibr getting a foothold through which to expand its power in this Western hemisphere, my sentiments, as a democrat of the old school, and an adherent to its fullest extent of the "Monroe doctrine," have led me to sound the alarm, perfectly well authorized. That I have done, and that to the confusion ot Serrano and . ol Bismarck I rejoice has so perfectly succeeded. James A. McMaster. PORTO RICO. The New York Evening Post gives- the following sketch of this island, which has suddenly assumed such importance: Tbe geographical position of Porto Rico is greatly enhanced by the natural wealth of its soil. Not only is it marvellously productive, but its mineral resources are said to be inestimable. The island has also tbe advantage.of being wall supplied with wood and water, which are penera'ly scarce in tbe islands of that archipelago. Many of them, being destitute of springs, de-j pend almost altogether on the water collected , after the periodical rains, while they have to resort for wood to distant colonies. An old English author de scribed in the following manner the impres sion Porto Rico produces on the traveler: Among the agencies which have most contributed to its growth aro the rivers, which abound on tbe island. Seventeen strerms, taking their rue in; the mountains, cross the valleys of the 'north coast, and fall into the eea, some of tham being navigable for two or threo leagues though not for vessels of any considerable size, on account ot tbe bar across their mouths. There are also a few lakes, and altogether no less than 43 -considerable water courses. The facilities for internal navigation, and for driving machinery as well as for irrigation, are thus such as hardly any other Island under similar conditions of size, situation, and climate can afford. Porto Rico possesses also ' A LARGE NUMBER OF HARBORS, In some ot which ships ol heavy burden may anchor; but many of them are not safe all the year round. On the north ' coast the anchorage is dangerous in November, De cember and January, except In the port of San Juan, the capital of the island. On the western coast the spacious bay of Aguadilla serves tbe purposes or the vessels irom Havana and. the Gulf of Mexico; and Mayaguez and Cabo Rojo have ample roem and plenty of water for large vessels. But the ports on the southern coast are the most spacious, some of them having as much as four fathoms of water in their shallowest parts. , The port of Jovos, near Guayma. for instance, is so large that, as it is said, "the whole British navy would find room in its spacious bosom." Here again, however, the ports are not easily- accessible from June to November, when the southerly winds cause the Bea to break with violence at their entrance. The fact is that the landing-places on the cost of Porto Rico have always seemed to the Spaniards to be inconvenietly numerous, as they afford great facilities for contraband traffic, which flourishes to an extent that defies all control and reduces the custom-house receipts in a very great proportion. Mr. Bayard Taylor is to return to the United States from his two year's absence this fall, coming directly home from the Millennial Celebration in Iceland. He will be on the lecture platform again this winter. Years ago he was one of the most popular lecturers In the country, and his later experiences, especially through the past year, in Egypt, Germany, Shetland, the Orkney and Faroe Islands, and In Iceland, are sure to lend new interest to his reappearance. New York Tribune.

TUE OLD BARN'S TENANTRY.' BT U. F. TAYLOR. i Scribner'g for September. The rooster stalks on the manxer' ledxe, . He has a tall like a scimetar's edge, A marshal's plarne on his fcfghan neck, ' An admiral's stride on his quarter deck. He rules the roost and he walks the bay With a dreadf ol cold and a Turkish way, Two broadsides Are with his rapid wings. This sultan proud of a line of kings Onegutteral lauzh, fonr blasts of horn, 11 ve rusty syllables rouse tbe morn ! The Saxon lambs in their wcilcü tabs Are playing school wilU the a, b, alw; A.ell. o! All the cattle spell Till they make the blatant vowels tell, And a half -laugh whinny tills tbe utalla -4 When dowa In the rack the clover falls. A dove is waltzing round his mate . Two chevrons black on his wings of slate. And showing off with i wooing note Tlw satin shine of his golden throat . It is Ovid's Art of Love" re-told in a binding fine of blue and gold ! Ah, the buxom girls that helped the boys. The nobler Helens of humbler Troys As they stripped the husks with rustling fold From eight-rowed corn, as yellow as gold, By the candle-light, in immpkin bowls, And the gleams that showed fantastic holes, ; In the quaint old lantern's tat toed tin, rom tae hermit glim set up within ; r,y th rarer lieht in girlish eyes Asdarkaswells,orasblueasskies. ' I hear the laugh when the ear is red, I see the blush with the forfeit paid, The cedar cakes with the ancient twist. The cider cup that the girls have kissed, And I see the fiddler through the dnsk As he twangs the ghost of "Money Musk!" The boys and girls In a doable row Wait face to face till the magic bow Shall whip the tnne from the violin, ' And the merry pulse of the feet begin. CHARIOTS OP FIRE.

THE SOUTH BEND CONFLAGRATION. A DISASTROCt FIRE AT SOUTH BEND 100 MEN THROWN OUT OF EMPLOYMENT SYMPATHY EXPRESSED. The South Bend Tribune of the 23th inst. gives full particulars of the disastrous fire in that place on the previous day : Our citizens were aroused this morning about a quarter before 5 o'clock, by a fire alarm sounded by the third ward bell. The alarm was taken up by the other fire bells, and soon became general. Our citizens who were hurried irom their beds into the street by the alarm Quickly ascertained by the dense black smoke, hanging like a pall over the mam moth brick wagon works of the Studebaker Bros. Manufacturing Co., that they were on lire, ana tmtner they thron gea as fast as tbeir leet could carry them, the firemen following tbe first at the fire with their pharapbernalia with all possible speed. When first seen, tbe fire was in the southeast corner of the building in the second floor, at 4:4o. It appears to have been seen almost at the same instant by several persons. Conductor Kelley, of the passenger tram which came in at that instant, saw tbe smoke pouring from the windows when h5s train was some distance from the building, and when it got to Lafa yette street, II. C. Noyes, train-dispatcher at La porte, jumped off and went to the office door to give the alarm. At the same tlmo J. M. Pool " and T. D. Eiird saw : the ' smoke and. sent . two of tho Tribune newsboys, AL Fairfield and Hubert Dunbar, to ring the bell. In their chase for the engine house Dunbar stumbled ana tell near tbe school bouse. Fairfield then gained ground, and was the first to ring the bell, but was soon joined by his companion. - Mr.spry ana others Deing near toe laciory, got into tbe building and attempted to ring the alarm bell in the cupola, but for come unexplained reason the bell could hot be rung. Meantime tho firemen had got to work, and soon had several streams playing upon the flames through the windows, but it soon became evident that the tire liad eot such a start that only by the most her culean efforts could any part of the vast structure be saved. About 5 o'clock an explosion took place inside the building which spread tbe flames, and tbe work of taking the books and such other movables from the four story part began. At 5:30 o'clock the sight was grand but terrible as could be imagined. The building, the most elegant factory in tbe United states, and tbe largest wagon works in the world, 663 feet long, 02 feet wide with A FLOORAOE OF OVER THREE ACRES was nearly the whole of it' burning and seething in the interior, while the smoke rose like a huge black pillar to the sky, and then floated off and settled over the city in great .masses of clouds. Inside tbe fire rolled' and surged beyond the control ot all the water that could be massed upon it, and occasionally great sheets of flames would shoot from the windows as it seeking more food for its destructive maw. Before 6 o'clock the fire was at its bight. The flames had , crept up story by story until they reached the cunoia , and finally, the flag staff, burning to the very tip before the roof fell. Then piece by piece the walls went down, except the office wall on the north and east. Meanwhile tbe firemen had not been idle. Inch by inch they fought their way, with the most terrible odds asrainst tbem. and every inch of ground they gained tbey held with the most stubborn pertinency. Like brave sol diers in tbe face of an enemy not one of the firemen thought of danger.' Duty. was their motto, and they could be seen on top of the smoking roofs, in windows, where they had to nght tne names ior position, on steep ladders sprung against walls heated nearly to redness everywhere, in short, where duty called them they were quick to respond. Our citizens, also, worked as, perhaps, they never worked before, and saved much and valuable propertj. At the fire wall the firemen made a stand and there turned the tide of battle and won a victory. On the roof from eachsido in front and in the rear of the wall they poured streams upon the wall, and by 6:30, o'clock had the nre under centrol. f CHIEF ENGINEER NICAR'S 8TATEMENT. ' Chief Engineer Nicar, in answer to questions concerning tbe conduct of the department which he commands, states that the first stream thrown was taken Irom the hydrant opposite the office, and the next from one of tbe openings of tbe four-way hydrant inside the company's grounds. These streams were opened at the direction of Assistant Engineer Norris, who, living close by, was the first officer at the fire. They were directed Into the windows of tbe southeast portion of the building. The next streams were taken from the twin hydrant opposite the National Hotel, the next from tbe hydrant at Heinzman s grocery, corner of Lafayette and Monroe streets, and tbe next from the other three openings of the four-way hydrant. These streams were all run by the stand-pipe, be sides a three-inch stream furnishing water to the factory. The steamer was also in op eration, the hose being furnished It by the Birdsell Manufacturing Company, Mr, Ni-

car's idea was to attempt to save the wing in which the office waa loratwl an.i

the west part ot tbe main hunriinr but the doors being onn on all tbe floor, dense volume of s.noke tilled the entire building, and the flames spread with great rapiditj. Some of the doors were finally shut.preventing the draft of air, but most of these were got together wun great aimcuity,and only after battering with a wagon tongue. Two streams were taken up into the buil Jintt through the office to fight the tire creeping northward, but the heat was dreadfully ntense from the burning oil and other inflammable liquids, and all endeavors were lruitless. There wer at this time, besides the streams in the interior, two streams playing on the outside of the building, on the north aide, and the rest on the south Bide. When it became evident that all of the eastern part of the factory was doomed to go the streams were concentrated to cut ofT the fire from the west end, with what succes has already been stated in the preceding account. Mr. Nicar compliments his assittants on their inteliig-nt comnrehemion of the situation, and both themselves and the firemen on their prompt and active co-operation In the execution of orders. He feels assured that tbey did their whole duty, and their success in saving the building was as great as was possible, considering the start which the fire bad gained when the alarm was given already streaming up on the third floors and the combustible nature of the materia! which fed the flames. WHAT WAS BCRXED. In the cut the building with tbe flagstaff points east. The extreme south part to correspond with the north part had not 'yet been built. All of the fonr and a half story portion, surmounted with a mansard roof was burned, and also .that with 'the gable roof running west covered with the 15 smith chimneys. The part burned was occupied with offices, paint shops, blacksmith shops, wagon box shops, machinery of tbe blacksmith department, elevators, packing and storage rooms. That burned is equal to three buildings 161xC2 feet, 4M stories high, 130x62 feet. Hi stories, and TT6x G2 feet, 3 stories bigb. Besides the machinery, paints, wood stock, iron, etc., burned in these three were over 2,000 finished wagons stored in the basement. That part saved is tbe wood shops, 165x62 feet, 3 stories high, and C0xG2 feet, 1 story high, and the engine house, 34x5 feet, i stories high, all with their contents. Also the books, safe, counters, doors, furnishings, etc, in tbe office, all of which were of the most expensive kind. At present the origin ot the fire is a mvstery, but it is supposed to have arisen from spontaneous combustion in the paint shop. At the time the fire was discovered the watchmen were starting the fires at the usual hour in the engine room. Superintendent Abbott reports 170 feet in the stand pipe at the alarm. Two pumps were run, and the water went up to 135, then2K, with 12 revolutions per minute. He then shut off one pump for a few minutes lor fear of overflowing the pine. Duricg the fire it varied from 1S3 to 200, and supplied eight streams, and in addition there was a three-inch stream in the building near tbe fire will that wa? open and run all the time. Charles Paine, neutral superintendent of the Michigan Southern and Lake Shoie Company, telegraphed the 8tudebakers, sympathizing with them and generously tendering the assistance of the road. Many other telegrams of a similar character have been received by them. A special to the Cbicaco Times says: The company held a conference this forenoon, and are at present not fully decided as to what course to pursue. They have just erected a splendid set of new buildings for the manufacture of carriages, which will; of course, be vigorously prosecuted, as heretofore. These buildings afford a temporary relief for the prosecution of some ofne departments of w8gon manufacturing, as well as for the offices. The gentlemen of the company have the undivided and heartfelt sympathy cf the community, born of an identity of" interest for so many years, and due to the firm for the deep interest ever taken by tbem in the welfare of the city. The loss is deeply and bitterly flt by all, and it forms a common cause of regret for the Studebakers and the citizens generally. A MASS MEETING. A mass meeting was held to-night to express sympathy and tene!er aid, if necessary, to the Studebaker Brothers' Manufacturing Company, in their great calamity. It was attended by thousands. Speeches were made by Judge Stanfield and several other leading Citizens, and tbe following resolutions passed: lie solved. That we heartily sympathize with the members ot tbe Studebaker BrptberV ManufacturingCompanyinthi hourot their affliction and great loss) considering the fire which consumed their property not only a private but a public calamity. Resolved, That the aforesaid company be requested, il possible, to rebuild their works immediately, and that we hereby.pledge our moral and pecuniary support to such an end. This afternoon tbe firm issued a circular to their friends and patrons, stating their misfortune, asking fr balances due, and declaring their intention to be running aain within SO days. Importance of Health. Surely, then. no one who honors God and the Bible can fail to honor the human body. Next to the soul and mind of man there is .nothing on all our earth that approaches it in dignity or importance. Next to the minister of tbe gospel, no man holds so responsible a position es the physician. And next to tbe guilt of him who injures a human soul comes the guilt of him who oppresses or abuses a human body. And why 6bould not God's minister lilt up his voice in the defense of the body that Christ . has purchased with His own blood, as well as of the soul which inhabits it, and which, like a man at --eea, must sink or swim with the" boat it is in? And why especially should he not preach on the body to young men? Of all people they most need äflectionate wirningand instruction on this subject. Their bodies are at that age of development when they are most susceptibe of lasting inlury, and at the same time least sensitive to injury. They are every day laying tbe foundation of life-long health or disease, and yet the special quality of youth is insensibility to bodily excess. And at the same time the amount of 'animal spirits' common to tbeir time of life impel tbem with almost irresistible force to the very verge of riot. Iter. Florence McCarthy. Lexington, king of the American turf for 20 years, has been eclipsed at last by a new horse, Fellocraft, who ran four miles in 7:19 over the Saratoga course on the 2'jth inst.- In 1S34, it will be remembered, in the great four-mile State race over tho Metairie course at New Orleans, Lecompte was the winner in 7:26, Lexington being one of his competitors. A few days afterward Lexington ran against the winner's time and beat it six and three quarter seconds making the four miles in tbe short time of 7:19K. This famous time has stood unequalled from that day to this; but it now yields to Fellowcraft, who reduces it half a second. It is to be considered also that the Metairie course was regarded as the fastest track in the United States a fact which counts somewhat la fa vor of the new conquerer, '