Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 October 1875 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28 1875

TWO CHRISTIANS. Two Christian traveled aown a road. Who viewed the world with different eyes; The one wu pleased wlih earth a abod. The other lunzlog lor the skie. For one. the beaveus wer so blue. They fllt'd his miud with fn-ip fo-d; T it other's eyes kept piercing through Only for that which lit beyond. For od, enchanting were th trees, the distanc was divinely dim. J he hird that fluttered on the breezo Nodded loeir p'eity beads lor hint. The oi her scarcely wtw tne nowera. And nevrknew ihe tiees were grand; H did hat count the days aud Lours Till he might reach the promised land. And one allMle kind caress Would to a tender iaptnre move; H only ored his lip lo Ul The od who gave hirn thing lo love. Tne other Journeyed on hin way, Alrald lo fcand-e or to touch ; H-- mly rpel his I'ps lo pray lie might not love a thing too much. ' Which was the brt? Decide who can. Y et why nbould we decide 'Iwixllheinf We may approve the mournful inau. Not yet the joyful man coudeinu. H- UaCUrsiiau who has found Thai tarth, well as heaven. Is sweet ; Kor le8 is he who, haveu-lound, iias fpuru'd the earth beneath h. feet. ABOUT WOMEN. Mr. Snip?, of Texas, made l.er husA-ano quail before her. Tittieus, the sluger, weighs 200. 8be'. good on a heavy scale. Tbe Wyoming women won't allow cau cusesto he held in ths cvniDp. "You'll build the fire or I'll be a widow," lathb way the Fat Oomrittuoi' wire talks. '-'iriped e.t; cklngs have tad their day in ,je E.-t, and the legs are encased in clean white etcckiDgä again. Mrs. Felton, the bride of Col. Pelton, will nd her aid this season in welcoming guests at the executive mansion. Cold streaks plajlng tag down my back," is the way a little Ypsilantl girl describes the approaching ot an ague-chill. "Let ma 'fly' to him," was what the champion swimmer's sweetheart sai J whan she spied her Webb after his conquest. A few weeks ago a certificate of marriage was issued in Boston to a woman only 13 year cid who had been married twice betöre. Mi s Ida Damorest, whom the Grand bake Alexis considered the handsomest worn in in the United States, has married a Nebraska decor. Patti has ho many diamonds tint it takes one man constantly to watcb them, either at noma or abroad, and doublt) cate is taken while tra liig. Mrs. Sprague, nee Kat2 Chase, is soon to ietum to Europe. The ieyaey from her lit a t '3 fcaiaie la h-r independence, ace-jrd-iug to a corresponduLt. The wo'-üan who Las selected h'oT wiutsr hao and had it favorably criticized by the D .i-jtibjra can bj identified by tha loos of (iiajiuj ud couteut iu her eyes. A S-oabrork family, enlisting of mother, dauh:cr i.nd granddaughter, Lava all been married within fix month", and moved away, leaving their old home deserted. Btiore Mrs. May, of D-'nir", Hu:cidtd the other day, sue burned all her drewes, cut up her sheets, save away ne r jewelry, and Ml nothing ior Ihe benefit of a second wile. There are plenty of g oxl but weak women iu evtry community who'll work and starve end scrimp in order to lis uu their parlors, ard thpn won'tsit in 'em lor toar of injuring the lurnitnre. Laura Woolwine, the Cincmnati woman who has recently mado a great success in Optra abroad, ha3 as&umetl the came of Lxura lii.ii. That u scarcely an improvcmml upo: Woolwine. The Empress cf Austria bad a delightful time in Pari, becau-e ete remained incog, and re.'used to be bored by official flunkeydoin. '1 hey say she ato ices acd cakes in te restaurants just like a common person.

A r'.cli marriage is shortly to take place in - the financial world of Paris. M. Ratisbonue is engaged lo Mile. S:eru, niece of the wellknown baukerot that name. The bride is gifted with a marriago portion cf sevon millions ol francs. Lillie Stover, a grand-daughter of Andy Johnson, ahd tbe one who was with him when he was stricken down with the paralysis that ended his life, was married last week to Tfomas Maloney, a promising young lawyer of Greeuville, 'ienn. To know how to keep a tidy house and well-aired apartment?; to know how to select tte best kinds oifocd; to know how to prepare them in the best manner these are fir. t things, and every daughcer should learn them beiore marriage. W. W. Hall. She tent her huäbaud down town alter some red dye-stuff, and be got cochineal, which wasn't what she wanted. She told him so, and he got mad; and, when she insisted npon his going sgiln, ha got madder, wLicu was what sue wanted lathe first plac-. Annie Liouisa Cary being in Russia, the St. Louis Republican man ia moved to speculate on tbe awful thing it would be it some Cossack prince should make her a princes?. The St. L. R. imn says that we could oven aflord to give Alaska back for her. A leider of the ton in Paris has jnst introduced an Eastern fashion, which, in all probability, will soon be imitated in this courtry. She is havir.g all her chairs, solas, aad even her carnages stuffed with aromatic herbs, which fill the air with an agreeable, but net too powerful perfume. Ina Baltimore police court a husband coa pp.ii;ed that he hsd been swindled by his w ife, abet ted by a nurte. Tbe fraud consisted of miking him believethat a baby procured from a foundling asylum was bis own offspring. Tbe justice told him that the law could give him no redress, bat that of course he need not support tbe child. Kate Field saya that it she were tbe Princess Louise she would emigrate to a country where her husband would be her social equal. The ease with which an unmarried woman express her opinion regarding whit the would do with a man attached to her is one of the phenomena ranking with tbe so urea of magnetism as unaccountable. MIsh Armstrong, ol Brooklyn, went to Milan. Italy, a few years ago, to perfect ber naturally beautiful voice, and it Is now announced in tbe city of cburcbes that she has been wooed and won by an opulent nobleman, who lives In splendor in the suburbs of F'oience. The.-e Brooklyn folks have wot.der!nl winning way., somehow, George Sand ( Mine. Dudevant) 14 now said lo be a pl.tin as she is pious. 1 be following pen-portrait, which it ia needless to say is by one of her own sex, gives some idea of her present aopearance: "Old, fat, and commonplace looking, with a still range of little false curls surmounting her prominent forehead, with deep indentations in her heavy cheeks, and with eyea sharp and keen aa a gimlet point."

FURS FOR THE FAIR.

How to Protect the Female Form Divine from the Blasts of Boreas. WINTER WEAR. BELATINO If ORK PARTICULARLY TO FÜR GARMENTSTHE MANIA FOR SEAL SKIN SACKS, BAEqCKS, CAPS, MUFFS, BOAS, ETC., ON THE INCREASE. The Chicago Times, in a labored effort to force the far leason in the interest oi its advertisers, publishes the following under the head of fashions: "It's an ill wind," etc While, from various causes, the multl'ude goes hurrying through the streets, rejoicing in pinched, purple cheek, rubicund nose, tbivering, anathematizing, and deploring the weather generally, the furrier gszes upon the scene from the precincts of his domain with genuine delight acd appreciation. While tbe benumbed multitude growls, hs chuckle; while tbe faces of tbe multitude are contracted with anguish, his beams with srrtiles; while to tbe multitude "the bitter biting blast" means suffering, to Mm it ineana business". He can fctand it. lie knows thai if the " bad spe-ll" continues there will be an unprecedented rush upon his establishment. And that ho is fully prepared for said rush is evident from the abundaut supply of furs carefully stowed away in no a oi told boxes and drawers. In this manner of ralmeut but liitlecoange has taken pl9ce in the cons'ruction since last season. This fact is especially noticeable in ERMINE FUR. The royal ermine boa is etill guiltless of spots, and is two yards in length. Tbe accompanying muff is ornamented with tails. This muff is lined with Gay's patent in white silk, by means of which one hand is separated from the other. Tbe lining is finished with an edging of fur divided Iroin the outer coating by means of a shirring and carding of silk. The tassbls, which are flat aud of tbe heaviest silk, are attached to the muff by a heavy white cord. These tassels are exceedingly handsome, both in material and execution. In tbe way of Russian sable fur, the supply to be found in our markets is extremely limited. This is of course owing to its immense value. It is in nearly every case manufactured to order. A sable boa and muff of tbe finest quality generally range from fGOO to $1,000 in value. Occasionally a handsome cloak is to be found lined with an inferior tat and trimmed upon tbe outside with bands of able. Cloaks composed entirely of the valuable material are few and lar between. THE SEAL-SKI SACK. The mania which existed last season for this elegant piece of wearing apparel has in no wise abated in this. As it i3 usually iu the form of a half-fitting garment it is generally made to order, and a3 there is a Blight difference in the present cut from that of ls.st winter all furriers make a specialty of refitting sacks of other uzakts. The fashionable sack of to-day in ruade quite shapely to the body and Hare?, bell-la-hion, at .he bottom. The collar is rolling j.nJ finished with revers. Tho sleeve ?i tho coat and guiltles of trimmiog. The seal-kin basque also continues iu vogue. This is made a trifle more than hülf-hiting. In length it rsng-s from twenty"ix to tweuty-eight inches, according to the heitiht of the wearer. The border trimming, which was intrcducsd last winter, varies from three to lour inches in width. Unpluckftd otter, plucked otter, and sea otter arHtbdlurs principally used in tho manufacture ot these bands. An interior bind h ft plucked beaver. Thi? basque is invariably made double-breasted. 'Ihe buttors empioysd are unusually large. Attached to each bu'ton by means of a hoavy, dark brown silk cord, sre three handsome oval snapped, seal-skin tasl. Accompanying basques of this description are boas and mnlli harmonizing perJsrctly in tint; also seal-skin caps. Mbe s'oapeof this cap i-t the Alpine. The top is ol tue richest soa!-skin, and is covered with" a tlre.viLch band of plucked otter. The front is ornamented with a small head. To this bead is attached a tail which is carried Krace fully back over the crown. Itisal-o very lashionable to trim seal-sain cloaka with bands of grebe feathers. In such cases the accompany .ng boa and muffs are made entirely ol the feathers. 5IINK SETS. Although these are not regarded as quite as fashionable as the seal sets, nevertheless, they are equally as elegant. The cost, too, generally comes within tha reach of tbe many. A Maine mink set of bet quality may be obtained from ?100 to $125. in this case the muff is lour-striped, tbe boa is made Irom tour tkins, and is two yards in length. The fur of this set is remarkably dark aud fine, and imparts to its value. A very handsome set of mink may be purchased for the sum of $15. Here the muff is also four-.triped, aud ia lined wi.b brown satin, which is finished with a narrow fur edge. The tassels, of heavy t.llk cord, are large and flat. Mink jitkets cl finest quality are worth 500 6ach. They are generally made to order. A stylish jacket of inferior hair may ba obtained lor tbe sum oi $160. It is double breasted ana a good length. The trimmings are unplucked otter. Where a boa and muH of the same quality and finish accompany the jacket, the price is increased to $105. The present ttyle ol cutting tbe mink sack admits of tbe stripes running to the shoulder or to the collar all round. The tail border is employed according to taste. The sleeve cuff is raised or plain. The rolling c dlar is plain or pointed. Tne new pattern of fur collar is made very pointed to give protection to the chest and back. The neck and front are bordered with dark tails, causing them to fit closely, and adding to their appearance. For grace and comtort they certainly are the most perfect ever produced. They are manufactured from tbe finest Western to the darkest Nova Scotia mink. The same style of collar is aläo made from Russian and Hudson Bay sable, royal ermine, Siberian squirrel and Holstein fitch. Mink boas are from one to three yards lOLg, and are made from all grades of the fur. LYNX FUR. This article has for the present stepped in and supplanted tbe black marten fur, which but a short time ago was greatly in vogve among the cheaper skins, but which was ever objectionable on account of the peculiar odor which persistently clings to the leather in pite of all the furrier's application ot soda and soap. Again, tbe fur of tbelvnx, besides being long and sort and warm, is much more beautiful than the black marten. Owing to a certain preparation which the lynx fur undergoes to render it fit for ladies' wear, its natural color, which is a spotted, dingy white, ia changed to a handsome, glistening black. In its original state it Is solely employed for linings. When fitted tcr outer garments, it is generally formed into boas and mufli. A very nice set of lynx of extra fioUh the muff lined with black satin, ornamented with tows ol ribbon, e:c. may be bought for $40. Imitation sets, made from tbe colored raccoon p.kin, range from 12 to 18. As is well known, beaver fur continues to hold a prominent place in tbe market. Not only is it quite handsome, but is attainable at a wonderfully low figure. Seta which are in nowise to be despised may be purchased for tbe sum of (35. Beaver muffs, the fur of which is much longer than that ot the otter, are considered Quite re cherche. They are ornamented with a flat 1

tassel whose round center ia made of seal skin. TRIMMINGS. Never, previously, has the supply in this line been bo extensive, so fine. Tbe designs are all new and novel. The flat brown tassel which will be expressly used in the maDO lac tute of mink seta is hand some indeed. The fall of cord ia friuged to tbe depth ot half an inch and has a tassel of ilk. For seal-skin seta there Is a tassel ot heavy cord and fringe. It Is ornamented with a seal center. At each side of tbe fringe is a miniature tassel of silk. Oraaments for seal boas are in silk crochet with a tiny seal's head in the center. It la finished with two silk tassels headed with a seal ball. The buttons which will be universally used upon seal sacks are large, and connected with a heavy cord. From each cf these buttons depends a couple of seal tassels. The manner of fastening this button upon the garment

is a great improvement upon that of former times, it is accomplished by means or wires and a tin plate. The wire is dextrouly passed through tbe material and catches the plate upon the under s'.de. By means of this arrangement all chance of tearing is done away with. Another method is to fasten tbe outer button with a screw which secures one smaller in size upon the under side.- In trimmings for cloth earks there are bands of silver-grsy coney, black" aud brown coney bands. Also, those in sllvereray fox, which come very expensive, not being obtained tor lees than (15 per yard. As an adornment fo? gentlemen's cloaks there id a seal-skin scarf. This passes around tte neck and crosses in front. When tbe coat is buttoned it has tbe appearance of a vest. FARRAGUT'S FLAG SHIP. SUE RETURNS FROM A CRUISE IN SOUTHERN SEAS. FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED MILES IN TWENTY-ONE DAYS THROUGH THE 8UIZ CANAL WITH CARE. The New York Herald of Thursday says: The United States steam sloe p-of-war Hartford, Captain David B. Harmony, arrived in this port yesterday from her cruise as the flagship ot the Asiatic squadron. This historical flagship ot the celebrated Admiral Farr8gut sailed from this port in October, 1873, and has thus completed ber allotted three years cruise in Eastern waters. Sbe has always been a "lucky ship," as the sailors say, and in her last cruise sue has never encountered misfortune or trouble ot any kind. To-day, with trifling repairs upon her boilers, she ia in order and in every way piepared for another three years' cruise. Sbe was built in those good old days when our navy yards turned out good work. Her timbers are well seasoned live oak, her fastenings are wrought for no summer cruising, and her entire make up is that of a cratt built to outlast au administration. The II art ford is too well known to the world to need any more than a brief reference here to her splendid exploit?, which have added so much to THE LUSTER OF THE AMERICAN NAVY. tier magnificent service under the blue flag of our groat admiral (Farragut) at New Orleans on the Mississippi and at Mobile has placed her name by tbe side ot the famous Etsex, Constitution, United States and other men-of-war illustrious in naval annals. It is probable that she will be docked at the Brooklyn yard, and will egiin be put into commission as flagship of tbe North At tantic tquadron to relieve the Worcester, one of the decayed representatives of our navy alloat. The Hartford, on entering the Upper Bay yesterday, saluted the flag of Vict-Admiral Rowan with fifteen gutiM, which were replied to by bis flagship, the Minnesota.witb seven. On coming to anchor off Governoi'a Island, in the North river, the tricolor of Franco was sent up to tbe tore, and a salute of thirteen gun was tired in honor of Rear Admiral Benic, commanding the French squadron in American waters. This salute was promptly responded to by the flagship, La Minerve, gun lor gun, tbe American ensign flying at the lore. Those courtesies having been exchanged, the Hartford's people settled down to the work of packing and getting ready to go 011 shore when the ship is placed out ot commission, which will probably be within a week or ten days. The following is a sketch of THE MOVEMENTS OF THE HARTFORD since her departure irom the China seas: She sailed from Hong Kong June 16 for Singapore, with her long "homeward bound pennant" streaming Irom her main truck, amid the cheers of tbe crews of the American squadron in tbe bay and tbe loud Balutes of their big guns. Sbe arrived at Singapore June 27, where she found tbe Asiatic cholera raging with great virulence. Hastily filling her bunkers with coal sbe put to sea again on the 30th and steamed down Banca Straits to Anjer Point, arriving July 4, and celebrating tbe day in good style whiie the ship laid "hove to" for a couple of hours, thence to Aden. The ship ran to ten degrees south latitude to catch tho trade winds, aud then made the passage under sail in twenty-one days, distance 4,500 miies, clipper time. Coaling at Aden and waiting one day for mail.-, she sailed for Suez, July 8, through tbe Red Ses. The het for tbe ürat three days was insufferable, one man dying Irom its efltects, and ail feeling its intense power. Afterward sbe bad pleasant weather and light headwinds until Suez was reached, Augu3t 5, where she was quarantined for eighteen hours and then proceeded THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL. She experienced no difficulty in going through, except it was found necessary to stop frequently to allow vessels to pass. She anchored the firtt night in tbe Great Bitter Lake, and got under way at daylight, and, passing I-mailia, anchored or tied up at night seven miles from Port Said. On tbe following morning sbe anchored at Port Said, where sbe remained to coal and await lor three days tbe arrival of Rear Admiral Reignolda in the Tennessee. As he did not arrive on tbe lltb, the Hartford sailed for Messina, to meet the United States corvette Congress and receive from that vessel the invalids and some midshipmen ordered home lor examination. On arriving off Messnia, Captain Harmony received telegrams from tbe navy department ordering tho Ilartford to Tripoli. Immediately coaling the ship, she pushed for Tripoli, where she arrived in two days, finding there the Congress, Captain English, who was engaged in a correspondence with the Turkish authorities in relation to an insult to two of his officers. That being satisfactorily settled by suitable apologies from the Bashaw, a correspondence was entered into in relation to the insult offered our consul. After four days' negotiation tbe matter was finally satisfactorily settled and the Hartford sailed for Malta, when dispatches announcing the result of tbe diplomatic labors were sent in by boat and telegraphed to the navy department. Without further delay the ilartford proceeded to Palermo, where she remained a couple of days and then sailed for Gibraltar. Two days alter her arrival there she received orders from Rear Admiral Worden to go to Lisbon. At that port soe received on board twelve mJdsbi-men ordered home far examination and a number ot invalids from the tqutdron. Sailing from Lisbon, September 19ih, ehe arrived at Norfolk, October 15th. Her passage was generally pleasant, but she experienced a very heavy gale on the 14th from the eastward, when tbe ship was "hove to" nnder storm sails for twelve hours. On arriving at Hampton Roads tbe Hartf ra was ordered to New York, alter setting ashore her passengers, where she arrived yesterday.

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THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, The Proposed Aerial Voyage. ANOTHER HERALD EXPEDITION. TH3 NEW FLYING MA CHIN Gi AN IMPORTANT ASTRONOMICAL PROBLEM WHICH If AY SHORTLY BE P0LVED BY THE ENTERPRISE OF AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER. The Baltimore correspondent of the New York Sun sends that paper along account of the Flying Dutchman's contemplated aerial voyage: It is stated, on authority I do not think of questioning, that Mr. James Gordon Bennett, of the Herald, of your city, has had a long interview with Mr. Schroeder, tbe result of which has been the engagement of the inventor and bis Flying Dutchman for an adventure beside which all former enterprises of the Herald become positively insignificant. A word as to the object of tbe new Herald commissioner's mission. There is a question relating to tbe con3tellation known as the Dipper, which has engaged the attention of tbe astronomers and stargazers generally ever since it was first prcpounded by Tycho Brabe, If I mistake not. Whit does tbe Dipper contain? In the present state of philosophy, when the doctrine of adaptation to end is so universally admitted, it is unnecessary to reply to those frivolous skertics who would deny that the Dipper contains anything at all. Else wby Bbcuid evolution have made a dipper of it ! No more need be said. There is another class of shallow reaeoners who, while they dare not assert that the Dipper was given in its several properties of capacity, tightness, completeness, and utility only by a wanton and aimless chance, do nevertheless maintain that whatever it may once have heldj its contents must have long since spilled out, inasmuch as every twentyfour hours it is turned topsalteric in the sky. This theory is very taking with half-baked philosophers; but they have only to remember that the apparent inversion of the dipper is relative; that it ia our world, and we that are turned upside down, and that THINGS IN THE FIRMAMENT ON HIGH must be presumed to keep always right side up. Coming then to those who perforce allow that the Dipper, with its immense cubic capacity, and Its long, convenient handle, is in fact as well as in design a reservoir, we find much difference of opinion as to the nature of the contents. One school says water, and would have it that the Dip per is tbe especial utensil ot Jupiter Plavius, or St. Swithin, or the clerk of the weather, as tbe comptroller of rain is variously called. Others bold that tbe Dipper contains milk, and point to the Milky Way as evidence of its superfluity of contents slopped oyer. Still others are inclined to accept tbe gin theory. "Go," they 6ay, "to the top of the tall tower (if you can obtain a card of admission) on any clear evening when tbe Dipper is high iu tbe heavens, above Cynosura, and you may detect a faint but unmistabable smell of gin in the air." (See Jay Gould's Tribune Extra, No. XLVI.) Others again, undecided between tbe gin theory and the milk theory, compromise upon tbe gin and milk, and so on to the end ot a lon; calalogue of diverse views. To settle this important and Ipteresting question beyond tbe possibility ot a doubt and to wipe out a prominent source of dissensions among scientific men, the Herald has conceived the bold aud original idea ot sending aloft Mr. Schroeder in his flying machine, with instructions to test tbe contents oi the Dipperand, if practicable, to bring home a sample. THE PERSONNEL OF THE EXPEDITION. The idea that the atmosphere reaches upward only for 40 or 50 miles was long since exploded. The Herald expects to find good air all the way from Tompkins Square (which will be tbe starting point) to the Dipper. But to prov.de against emergencies the Flying Dutchman will be equipped with Dalmleaf fans and carbolic acid. The Flying Dutchman will leave Tompkins Square at noon on November 10th, that being the 2,274th anniversary of the day when Archytas flew his wooden pigeou at Tarentum the first attempt at artificial aerostation of which we have any record. The president of the United State the rmmbersot tceKapul Transit Commission, and other di&tinguisbed public men will be invited to be present. The expedition will consist of Mr. Schroeder as captain, mechanician and astronomer-ln-chiel: Sergeant Bates, who wishes to carry tbe American flag through every constellation; an ambassador from the Herald office; and Mr. Smith, a volunteer, who is wearied of this planet with its hard winters, hot summers and interminable financial discussions, and desires a change of scene. Stanley would have been recalled irom Africa to become the literary man of the expedition had he not lest himself beyond discovery, it is feared in a hopeless jungle of verbs and nominatives. Mr. Bennett is still ui -decided whether or not to accompany the voyagers; at all events te will personally escort them part way in a Herald balloon. Prof. Peters has applied for passage for himself and his landing net, in the- hope of bagging a few stray comets on their native heath. 1 do not know what answer has been made to his application. A SKETCH OF THE EQUIPMENT. The Flyicg Dutchman is to be made as safe and comfortable as possible for tbe long shall I not say dangerous? trip. The gas used will be of tbe least specific gravity attainable, and will be evolved by the new Tribune proces. No ballast will be carried, but tbe captain has secret instructions to pitch Sergeant Bates and bis flags overboard in case of an emergency. The vessel will be stocked with canned meats, desiccated vegetable, and food in other compact forms. A barometer, a thermometer, an anerometer, a chronometer, and a dipsometer will constitute the scientific outfit; a planisphere will of course serve admirably for a chart. The crew will wear Cardigan jackets and sealskin caps, with Davy lamps attached to warn them if they enter nebulae, where there is not sufficient oxygen to support life. Other articles of the equipment will be these: A portable range; a gallon of proof spirits; an opera glass for the closer inspection of Venus and Cassiopeia; a small cannon for saluting tbe planets, and possibly for defence in case 01 attack by ill-disposed celestials; a Roget's Thesaurus and a dictionary of quotations for the use of the ambassador; and several thousand copies of the Herald for distribu tion along tbe way. STRIKING OUT FOR THE DIPPER. Mr. Schroeder anticipate! no difficulty In making the Dipper on the second track. He intends to lay his course from Tompkins Square to tbe moon, where the flying ship will make a brief stop in order to paste an advertisement of tbe Evening Telegram over the fair lace of our satellite, and to take in water, if water can be found. Perhaps tbe adventurous explorers may even manage to look into matters on the other side of the luminary. Who knows? Leaving tbe moon and its friendly inhabitants (for the expedition, although armed, will have Orders to treat vry courteously all celestisl bodies that receive the Herald ambassador with proper mpeH), the prow of the Flying Dutchman will te turned northward,; and uo stop made until tbe arrival at Mizar, one of the stars in the Dipper. Mr. Schroeder tbinks that the trip from the moon to M Ear will be short. He is strongly of the opinion that tbere is an upper current settling northerly from Orion to the North Pole, and indicated, tor instance, by the direction in which Berenice's Hair is blowing. Besides this, tbe Flying Dutchman will carry along large quantity of highly magnetized pig

iron, and tbe attraction of the polo will

materially accelerate her sped. MR. SCHROEDER'S INSTRUCTIONS. The further details of tbe expedition are either yet to be arranged or will be left to the discretion of the commander, whose pro ceedings after reaching tbe Dipper will, of course, have to be governed in a great measure, by circumstances. It may be necessary to winter in this extremely northern region. In view of that contingency, tbe Flying Dutchman will be provided with every appliance tor the comfort and entertainment of its crew. If tbe commander thinks it advisable to push on to Cynosura, the polar star, he will erect a cairn at some prominent point on Mizar, and cache Sergeant Bates therein, for the -information ot any subsequent search expedition that may be sent out. The only definite instructions given to Mr. Schroeder by Mr. Bennett are as follows: "Bring home a sample of tbe Dipper's contents, at all hazards. Never mind the expeuse. Draw on me for any sum you may need. Haul your jib sheet well to windward when you go in stays, and keep a weather eye open for comets not laid down on the charts." I am assured on good authority that tbere is no foundation whatever in fact for the rumor that the London Telegraph is to be associated with the Herald in this enterprise. SARAH'S SECOND SUITOR. A RICH BUT RECKLESS UNCLE. SAMUEL P. SOPER, FARMER OF FARMINODALE, ACCUSED, AFTER HAVING PASSED HIS SIXTIETH YEAR, OF LEADING HIS BROTHER'S DAUGHTER ASTRAY TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS CLAIMED FOR DAMAGES. The Brooklyn Evening Eagle says: Yesterday Justice Pratt, holding Circuit Court at North Hempstead, Queens county, granted an order of arrest on the motion cf Messrs. Downing fc Stanbrough against Samuel P. Soper, of the village of Farmingdale. It is in an action for criminal conversation, and bail is fixed at 10,000. The action is brought by William H. Pearsail. Soper ia a man over sixty years of age, with many grand children. He had a brother named Alfred Soper.who some years ago kept store at Jamaica. He was married and had five children, three boys and two girls. The girls were the oldest, and had received tolerably good educations, but the boys were a little wild, and alter their father's death "ruled the roost," and have not made tbe best men in the world. Soper left very little property, and the family were dependent to a certain degree on Samuel P. for support. He was not liberal io his donations, and soon an estrangement resulted which extended over a period of lour years. Then old Samuel's heart sottened, and they were soon on the most intimate terms, some of the descendants ot his brother taking up their residence permanently in his housebold. Samuel's occupation is that of a farmer. He has accumulated a considerable fortune in tbe Bale of baled hay and straw and cord wood, which he shipped to New York in great quantities. He is estimated to be worth $80,000. He was MARRIED OVER THIRTY-FIVE TEARS AGO. All his children, long since married, and a numerous progeny of gtanchildren are grown up around him. For a few years be lived alone with bis wife, until some of his deceased brother's offspring became of the household. His sister-in-law continued to reside at Jamaica, and the girls remained with her, making occasional visits to their uncle. One oi them. Sarah M., had a suiter. in the person ol William 11. Pearsall, a young mau who resided in the family of his uocle, Henry Conkliu, Esq., and waa much respecte-d bv the people ol Jamacia. On August 12th, lSGtf, William and Sarah were married in the village of Babylon by a visiting priest ol the Episcopal Church, named sill. Their honeymoon was pjssed on the farm of Sarah's unc!e, at Farmingdale. In course of time they visited other relatives of the bride in Wayne county, and became intimately acquainted. Lhoir brt permanent residence waa in the village of Jamaica, Long Island; next in the city of Brooklyn, and latterly in New York. William says that they always lived happily and nffdctionately. One child was born to them, which died about Fix months ago. As to the facts immediately bearing upon the action for crim. con., the following narrative is com r ended from tbe affidavits submitted to Jostice Pratt, yesterday: So peaceful and harmonious were their lives that WILLIAM NEVER DREAMED OF TREACHERY in his household. Relatives visited and departed. He was always glad to see them, and treated them kindly and sumptuously. Samuel, bis wife's uncle, who had not been a very frequent visitor at the house, suddenly made his visits so frequent as to be almost a boarder, and yet William did not suspect anything wrong. His wile's two brutt-ers bwarded with him, and they, too, were without any suspicionat to the real intent ot their Uncle Samuel's visits. On the seventh day of September last Pearsall's wile went from her home in New York to her uncle's residence at Farmicgdale. The same day they left that village together and journeyed to Wayne Center, in Wayne couuty, wt ere they paid a visit to Sopei'a brother and represented themselves as man and wile. They visited a third brother under like circumstances, and were ejected from the house the next morning. Their wanderings culminated iu their return to the farm at Farmingdale, where Soper'a ated wife was living in blisslul ignorance of his violation of his marriage vows. He then discarded his wile, but very charitably allowed her to have the shelter of tbe house while he LAVISHED ATTENTIONS ON THE FALSE SARAH. They lived in open adultery, traced them to Wayne and information of their conduct. Pearsall had obtained full When he re turned he related the Btory to her brothers, who went to tbe iarm at Farmingdale and tried to kidnap her to New York, but failed to do so by unfortunately arriving at the railroad depot too late for tbe train. William bad not lost bis love and respect for her, and would willingly have forgiven herhis transgression bad she returned to him, but the infatuation was so great that shd retused to listen to his entreaties. When he visited Farmingdale in the evening of a certain day, he found his wife and Soper at tea. They had a servant to attend them, something that was never known in the Soper household before. Mrs. Soper was not at tbe table. Her presence in the house now became very obnoxious. When William entered without knocking he completely surprised them. Instead of playing the part of an agreeable host, Soper ordered him out before he bad time to state the object of his visit. But from the piazza he obtained A bearing, and that voice, which once bad a charm tor Sarah, was now a repulsive sound. She retused point blank to return to bim, and tbereatold Soper grinned demoniacally. Tbe last straw bad been piled on, and the patient and enduring William could stand it no longer. He sought counsel Irom Messrs. Downing & Statbrough, and the result was the commencement of an action in tbe Supreme Court of Queens county for damages in the sum of $10,000. Tbere I we always did think that Messrs. Moody and Sankey'a heads were pretty level. They've decided that Brooklyn la Satan's chief stronghold. N. Y, Commercial Advertiser.

THE MINISTRATION OF THE DEADLY SWAMP ANGEL. A YOUNG MAN INVITES A FRIEND TO LUNCH AND FURNISHES AN ITEM NOT ON THE BILL OF FARE. The Sentinel reported by telegraph the suicide ot W. T. Hooper at the cupper table of a Nashville restaurant, but the case is such a novel one that its full particulars from the American are furnished: The sharp

report of a pistol startled the people in and near Hemphill fc Go's restaurant at about 7:30 o'clock last night. Almost tbe sama instant W. T. Hooper, who hid been seated at a table, fell from his chair corpse, blood and brains alike gushing from a ghastly wound in hia right temDle. A bullet of larc size had beenBent rushing through hia skull irom tne chamber or a revolver commonly known aa tbe "SwamD An eel." held in Hooper's own right hand. Death waa instantaneous, and tbe fall of the pistol preceded that of tbe body, and the oil-cloth beneath was soon covered with a large pool ot gore. Blood had spattered upon the table cloth, and even into the temptinglyserved oysters which had not yet been touched. A friend whom Hooper bad invited to supper sprang to his feet, shocked beyond expression at the suddenness and awful nature of the deed. When the others in tbe room recovered their pretence of mind, they LIFTED UP THE LIFELESS FORM and conveyed it from out of tbe glare of the chandelier in the center of tbe dining-room to a place near the partition. Deputy Coroner Ryan soon arrived, and, summoning a jury, of which J. B. Reddick was tbe foreman, at once, proceeded to investigate tbe cause of the tragedy. Abe Waggoner, a colored waiter, was first called, and made the following statement : I served the oysters to Mr. Hooper and his friend. He ordered two dozen raw, two dozen stewed and two dozen fried. While standing behind Mr. Hooper be commenced writing, and told me "not to stand behind bim, if I pleased," and I walked right away. When he shot himself he bad his pistol in his right hand and was looking toward the gentleman at tbe end of tbe table. Here tbe fury followed witness into tbe dining room, where he described tbe manner in which Hooper was sitting when he took his own life. Tbe oysters had been served at the southarn end' of a long table. Hooper's friend bad taken tbe seat at the end, while he had taken tbe one on tbe left side, with bis chair turned slightly to one side, placing him in a position almost facing his friend. THE SUICIDE'S LAST SUPPER. Martin BurRbardt, one of the proprietors, testified to the followieg effect: Hooper came In and called for two glasses of ale, and ordered two dozen fried, two dozen stewed and two dozen raw oysters, laid down a five-dollar bill and remarked: "Keep this until I come brxk." During his absence I had the oysters prepared as directed. He came in tbe second time, with a friend, and while sitting at the table, ordered two more glasses ot ale. My attention was not again called to the table until I heard the report of the pistol and saw Hooper's friend standing up as if utterly appalled at what had just occurred. Prof. J. W. Yeatman testified: I knew Hooper. He was formerly a pupil of mine. I was seated at another table, with my back turned to them, reading a paper while waiting for supper, wben 1 was startled by tbe report of a pistol. It was all the more startling Irom the fact that it was totally unexpected, nothing whatever having previously occurrt-d to attract my attention to tbe two young men. Uoopet'a Irlend had sprung to his feet with great amszement depicted upon bis countenance, and be handed me two notes which had been written by Hooper. Hatton Lanncm was tbe next witness called: Vben sitting at the end of tho table, Hooper handed me a short note, which I was proceeding to tead when I was suddely startled by a REPORT OF HOOPER'S REVOLVER. It so amazed me that I jumped to my feet. Hooper had the pistol in his right hand, and he dropped it as he fell over. I understood he drew his pistol out at Mlleom A Walsh's to-night. I had not been with Hooper until I came into supper with him at his invitation. I have been with him a good deal, and on another occasion prevented him from shooting himself. He moved his chair back a little when he shot. This witness identified the hand-writing on the notes, one of which he had started to read, as Hooper's. Tbe first note, which was not signed, read as follows: "Hatton, all I ask of you is to remember me as long as you live. Remember I was your solid friend, and remember you were my best friend." The following is a copy of the second note : "Hatton: I want you to give this pistol to Tom Allison, and tell pa I have got some goods at Tom Russell's. Hntton, good-bye, remember me as one of your best friends, and remember me to all of my old friends. Again, Hatton, good-bye lore 9 er." W. T. H." Dr. Tucker 6aid, on examining the wound: It is evident that be must have held the pistol in bis right hand when be shut himself. The bullet has torn a great bole in his cranium. The rising on the opposite side ot tbe face, without closer examination, I believe to have been caused by the accumulation of blood which has flown out from an artery. Hocper must have placed the muzzle of the revolver square op against bis temple when he fired. On searching Hooper's pockets THREE KNIVES WERE FOUND, one of them a large and bran-new one, with rather a formidable blade. It is supposed that this was purchased with a view to selfdestruction. The verdict of the jury was that Hooper came to his death from a ball fired from a pistol held in his right hand, and that it waa a premeditated suicide. Late yesterday afternoon Hooper attempted to borrow a pistol from Marshall Yeargin, but without success. He then told Yeargin that he was going uptown to supper. When only seventeen years old Hooper attempted to kill himseir, and euusequenuy maae frequent attempts in that direction. About two weeks ago be seized a negro ' woman by the arm on Broad street, drew his pistol and was about to shoot ber through the bead, when she was saved by Capt. Wm. Stockell, who happened along 'about that time and wrenched tbe weapon from hrrf grasp. He then took tbe young man by the arm and went to his father's store on South Market street. On reaching tbere Hooper, without warning, handed the captain a bard blow in the noutb. Capt. Stockell believed then that Hooper was outof his right mind, as he acted more like a crazy man than one who was sane. It is said that young Hooper had been drinking considerably ever since the death of his wife, which had very deeply grieved him. Tbe body was taken from Hemphill Jfc Co.'s to R. H. Groomea & Co.'s, there dreesed and placed in a coffin, and then conveyed to the home ot his father. Hooper waa 22 years and 4 months old. ' Emperor William affects arm?, sleeps on cannon balls, and swallows his sword now and then by way of variety. HU son Fritz, the future emperor, affects letters, mates doves, cultivates flowers, and sings pastoral veres from Virgil, Our Fred affects Indiana. N.Y.Sun.

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