Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1875 — Page 1

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THE NEWS.

Count Hoyoßfreszknstein has been appointed to succeed Baron Senborn, late Austrian Minister to the United States. The United States Treasury Department ■was reorganized on the 30th ult., under the Kellogg bill. The general force of the Treasury will by this bill be reduced to the extent of 384 employes, saving, it is claimed, $500,000. The commission to count the funds in the Treasurer’s office at Washington commenced the work on the night of the 30th ult. According to a Washington dispatch of the 30th ult. Secretary Delano had not abandoned his desire to retire from the Cabinet. Pemberton, who recently killed Mrs. Bingham in Boston, has been tried and sentenced to be hung. The lowa Republican State Convention met at Des Moines on the 30th nit, and nominated: For Governor, ex-Gov. Samuel J. Kirkwood; 'Trfeuteoant-Governor, .J. G. Newbold; Supreme Judge, Austin Adams; State Superintendent, A. Abernethy. The platform adopted favors the gradual resumption of specie payment; a tariff for revenue so to encourage home industry; opposes a third term, and demands that all railway and other corporations shall be held in just subjection to the law-making pbwer, etc. The California "Democratic State Convention met at San Francisco on the 30th ult. and nominated William Irwin for Governor. Resolutions were adoptedcondemning the Republican party and Administration; favoring a tariff for revenue only, and a currency convertible into gold and silver at the will of the holder; declaring it the right and duty of the Legislature to regulate corporations, etc. • At Lima, Ohio, on the 30th ult., Mrs. John Courtney was fatally burned while kindling a fire with coal oil. Decosta, Raalte & Co., and Kilburn, Kerhard & Co., of London, failed on the Ist, with aggregate liabilities of $4,950,000. The Bureau of Statistics reports the imports into the United for eleven months, ending May 31, to have been $490,444,228, and the exports $490,174,599, afalling off of imports this year of $56,104,289, and of exports of $167,680,031. Indianapolis (Ind.) dispatches of the Ist say that Robert Dale Owen had become deranged on the subject of Spiritualism.

The following is the statement of the public debt for June: Six per cent, bonds $1,100,865,550 Five per cent, bonds 607,132,750 Total coin bonds $1,707.998,500 L&wfal money debt $14,678,000 Matured debt 11,425,880 notes 375,841,687 Certificates of deposit 58,415,000 Fractional currency 42,129,424 Coin certificates 21,796,300 Interest 38,647,556 Total debt $2,270,932,087 Cash in Treasury— • Coin $79,854,410 Currency 3,973,931 Special deposits held for the redemption of certificates of deposit, as provided by law 58,415,000 Total in Treasury $142,243,361 Debt less cash in Treasury $2,128,688,726 Decrease during June 1,431,249 -Decrease since June 30,1874 H,399,514 Bonds issued to the Pacific Bailway Companies, interest payable in lawful money, principal outstanding $64,623,512 Interest accrued and not yet paid... 1,938,705 Interest paid by the United States.. 26,264,1ttt Interest repaid by the transportation of mails, etc 6,184,311 Balance of interest paid by United States 20,129,791 The Inter-State Educational Convention met at Chattanooga, Tenn., on the 30th ult., a large delegation of teachers being present from Southern and Western States. A permanent association was formed, and it was resolved to meet next June in Memphis. Lady Franklin was reported as slowly improving on the 2d, with a prospect of ultimate recovery. A report received in London on the 2d that the Alphonsist Gen. Loma had been worsted by the Carlists, and had lost 1,200 men. A Madrid dispatch of the 2d says that Gen. Jovjellar, the Alphonsist leader, had defeated the united bands of Dorregaray, Cucala and Vellelain.

Several dismissals have taken place since the Ist inst. in the United States Treasury Department. Treasurer New has issued an order forbidding the clerks in his department leaving their desks during office hours. Albert Brown, a colored man, was hanged at Towanda, Pa., on the Ist for the horrible murder, in August last, of a little five-year-old girl named Cora Greenleaf. The jury in the Tilton-Beecher case wrote to Judge Neilson on the morning of the 2d that it was impossible for them to agree. They were called into court, and announced that they had not agreed upon a verdict, and found it impossibleto do so. The Judge then asked if the application to take further testimony had in any way clouded their vision or occupied their thoughts, directly or indirectly. Foreman Carpenter responded that they had not had it in their thoughts at all. The Judge expressed his gratification and discharged the jury. Mrs. Beecher shook hands with each juryman as he passed out. ' It was authoritatively announced that they stood on the final ballot nine to three in favor of acquittal* One juror stated that at one time they stood eleven to one in favor of Mr. Beecher ; again nine to three, and still later seven to five; and another juror says at one tim e the jury stood divided six to six. It is rumored that the plaintiff’s counsel will move for a new trial. The California State Temperance and Reform Convention, recently in session in San Francisco, nominated a full State

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ticket, headed by W. E. Lovett for Goveraor. The Democratic candidate for Lieuten-ant-Governor of California is James A Johnson. The village of Meridian, Jefferson County, Neb., was recently almost entirely destroyed by a tornado, and Alexandria, a small town in the same county, was also badly damaged.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YOKE. Lm Stock.—Beef Cattle—*ll.oo9l3.oo. Hors —live, $7.87*97.50. Sheep—Lire, [email protected]. Bbkumtcotw.— Flour—Good to cheiee, $5,809 6.65; white wheat extra, $5.7006.40. Wheat-No. 8 Chicago, sl.U*®l.lß;/No. 8 Northwestern, $1.11K©1.13; No. 2 Milwaukee spring, $1.17® I. Bye—Western'and Bute, 92c®$l.(K. Barley— $1.8591 JO. Corn—Mixed Western, 77®79c. Oats—Western Mixed, 61®62c. Pbovisionb.— Pork— New Mess, $90.00930.18* Lard—Prime Btesm, 13%®13*c. Cheese-5® 12*C. Wool. —Domestic fleece, 50963 c. CHICAGO. Lit* Stock. —Beeves —Choice, *6.2596.40; good, $5.7596.00; medium, $5.23®5.65; batchers’ stock, $4.0095.2); stock cattle, $8.2594.26. Hogs—Live, good to choice, $7.0097.15. Sheep —Good to choice, $4.G0®4.26. Pbovisionb.— Butter—Choice, 81995 c. Bugs— Fresh, 14*®15c. Pork-Mess, $19.37*918.40. Lard—slß.Bo9l3.4o. BsKADSTum. —Flour—White Winter Extra, $5.5097-25; spring extra, $4.2594.87*. WheatSpring, No. 2, $lOO9l-00*. Com—lio. 2, 67*® 68c. Oats—No. 2, 51®51*c. Bye—No. 2, 89 @9oc. Barley—No. 2, $1.1891-20. Lumbbk. —First Clear, $48.00®50.00; Second Clear, $43.00947.00; Common Boards, $10,009 11. Fencing; $11.00; “A” Shingles, $2.7# ®3.00; Lath, $1.75®2.00. CINCINNATI. Bkx adbtttfts .- -F100r—55.8095.45. Wheat— Bed, $1.18®1.23. Com—66® 69c. Bye—sl.o4 ®I.CS. Oats—669sßc. Barley—No. 2, $1.2091.25. Pbovibiohs.—Pork - Lard—l 2 913* c. ST. LOUIS. Lot Stock.— Beeves—Good to choice, $5.75® 6.40. Hogs—Live, $6.2597.15. Bmsadstufts.—Flour—XX Fall, $5.0095.50. Wheat—No. 2 Bed Fall, $1.29®1.29*. Cora—No. 2,63*®64c. Oats—No. 2, 52®52*c. Bye—No. 2,91093 c. Barley—No. 2, $1.20®1.22. Provisions.—Pork —Mess, $19.70910.75. Lard -12913 c. MILWAUKEE. Bbxabstufw. —Flour—Spring XX, $4.7595-00. Wheat —Spring, No. 1, $1.0691.06*; No. 2, $1.02*91.03. Com—No. 2, 64®64*c. OaU—No. 2, 49*@50c. Bye—No. 1, 94®95c. Barley—No. 2, $1.18®1.20. _ DETROIT. Bebadstufts.—Wheat Extra, $1.87*91.28, Com—66@B7c. Oata-No. 1, 53@54c. TOLEDO. Bkkadbtufpb.—Wheat—Amber Mich., $1.24 ©1.24*; No. 2 Red, $1.34*®1.25. Com—High Mixed, 71*©72c. Oats—No. 2, 58®53*c. CLEVELAND. Bbxadstofvs.—Wheat No. 1 Bed, $1.23® 1.23*; No. 2 Bed, $1.17*91.18. CoraHigh Mixed, 72973 c. Oate—No. 1,59060 c. BUFFALO. 1 Lot Stock. Beeves Live, $7.0097.37*. Bheep—Live, $4.50®5.00. EAST LIBEBTY. Live Stock. —Beeves—Best, $6.7597.00; medium, $6.00®6.25. Hogs Yorkers, $7.20® 7.30; Philadelphia, $7.50®7.60. Sheep—Best, $4.7505.00; medium, $4.00®4.50.

Paris Fashions.

The Paris correspondent of the Philadelphia Telegrwph says: “As regards the fashions, the usual changes which generally herald the inauguration of the summer season are gradually becoming manifest. The profusion of flowers wherewith bonnets were loaded at the beginning of the season is giving way to scarfs of white surah, held in place on the ricestraw bonnets by wings or stuffed birds with brilliant dark-green plumage. The fashionable color this summer is to be the yellow-tinged white, known as cream color—cream roses, cream surah, cream silks being all the rage. It is just not pure white—the softest, prettiest and most becoming white in the world. Plaid silks, in combination with plain, solid colors, are still much in vogue for costumes; navy-blue and white in the plaid, with solid navy-blues for sleeves and trimmings, being the favorite style. Black silk grenadines beaded all over with jet are shown now for overdresses. In jewelry a novelty is exhibited, being lockets, brooches, ear-rings, head ornaments, etc., made of the brilliant, tiny feathers of the hummingbird, the patterns being leaves or shells. The groundwork is the shining green velvety plumage of the back of the bird, flecked and striped with the dazzling ruby or golden-tinted feathers of the throat and breast. Butterflies formed of these feathers, to be worn in the hair, are very beautiful and effective ornaments. Parasols are shown, bordered with a drooping fringe of cock’s plumes; in pale blue and pink, the dark glossy feathers set oft the delicately-colored silk admirably. Gold and silver braid is much used for trimming cloth overdresses and jackets, and is even seen occasionally on bonnets. For instance, a black straw bonnet for slight mourning is decorated with three rows of narrow silver braid outside the brim, and the face trimming is composed of black ribbon with a single bow of wide silver braid in the center. The outside trimming is of black ribbon. In black and gold this style is peculiarly effective.”

A Vermont horse jockey, boasting the other day of the speed of his horse, gravely asserted that he could trot seventeen miles an hour. “ Seventeen miles an hour!” said a bystander; “ I guess as how that’s a thumper.” -“.My dear fellow,” replied he of the Green Mountain, “seventeen miles is not great for the creature now; for when he was but two years old the lightning killed the old mare, and chased the colt all around the pasture without getting within ten rods of him.”’ A Cass street boy of tender years yester day entered the house with a big pair of pincers in his hand, and when his amazed mother inquired the use he meant to make of them he replied: “ I’ve got a pin-dart, haven’t I?” “Yes.” “Well, if I shoot it into the baby we can draw it out with these pincers and not have to call a doctor,” he continued, wearing a smile of vie tory.— Detroit Free Press.

OUR AIM: TO FEAR GOD, TELL THE* TROTH AND MAKE MONEY.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1875.

A Hurricane in Detroit.

We take the following account of the recent whirlwind in Detroit from the Free Press of the 28th nit.: The destroyer seemed to be a whirlwind which rose apparently near the southwestern limit of the city. It was first seen in that direction in the shape of a dark, smoky-looking spiral mass, shaped like an inverted tunnel of enormous dimensions, and whirling with inconceivable rapidity. Its forward movement was also very rapid in a course north of east, but it did not strike the earth until it reached the vicinity of Williams avenue and Ash street There the first evidence of its awful power was seen in upturned sidewalks and demolished outbuildings, but no dwellings seem to have been caught in that immediate neighborhood. The neatest destruction was south of Grand River avenue, from and including Fourteenth street to Eighteenth, between Magnolia and Linden streets. Its track was perhaps 150 feet wide, and within that limit nothing could resist its tremendous force. Houses were taken up high in air, shaken into fragments and; jn many instances, scattered over territory a mile in length. Indeed, flying pieces of timber were seen whirling aloft and flying about fully two miles from the place where the work of demolition began. Where, at one moment, stood a row of substantial houses, the next witnessed a scene of devastation impossible to realize, with scarcely a vestige of the buildings in sight, so utterly were they swept off the face of the earth. It is not difficult to conceive that such a remorseless monster carried death and mutilation on its wings. Everywhere were heard the cries of the wounded, whose bleeding and rutilated bodies were pitiful to look upon. Richard Bates, aged eleven years, was caught up and carried into the topmost branches of a tall elm which stood on the commons near his mother’s house, at the corner of Fifteenth and Linden streets. His violent contact with the limbs tore the clothing from his person and he fell dead to the ground, a distance of fully fifty feet. A little babe seven months old, the child of Carl Peca, who lived on Fourteenth street, was found dead in the street. Its father and mother were both injured and removed to Harper Hospital. Mrs. Van Duzen, a widow with two children, on Fifteenth street, had gone uptown to visit her father, and when she returned her house was nowhere to be found. It had been carried bodily at least 200 feet, torn to atoms and scattered far and wide. The only recognizable portion of the building found was the front door. Frederick Rademacher, who lived at 748 Sixteenth street, was sitting at home with his wife and two children, when he suddenly felt himself hurled through the air and saw the walls and timbers of his dwelling flying in every direction. He escaped with a slight scalp-wound, but his wife was more seriously injured. The children were also considerably bruised, but their hurts are not dangerous. Mr. and Mrs. Bates, the parents of the lad whose frightful death has already been recorded, and a younger son were badly wounded.

The house of Martin Schneider, at the corner of Sixteenth and Linden streets, was totally destroyed, but both Mr. and Mrs. Schneider were miraculmisly saved by a cupboard which protected them from the falling timbers. When they were rescued bom were found to be quite unhurt. Joseph Bully, of 712 Sixteenth street, was standing in a vacant lot adjoining his a portion of the roof was wrenched off and hurled to the ground, grazing him in its descent and inflicting a bad wound on the side of his head. ** Two vacant houses on Seventeenth street, near Linden, were demolished, and a third, adjoining, was partially torn down. The names of the owners could not bsfa3ccrtaincd, but as no person was injured there it is not so important. August Seaman, who lives on Twentythird street, and his wife were visiting a Mend on Fifteenth street, and were caught in the track of the destroyer. Seaman has a shocking*wound extending from the forehead across the crown to the back of his head, his right arm is shattered, and his collar bone is broken. Mrs. Seaman has a terrible cut under her left eye. Herman Milkie received two fractured arms and severe body bruises. He is conscious, but his condition is extremely critical. Many others were more or less injured; seven were taken to Harper Hospital, but a majority of them were cared for by friends and neighbors in the different parts of the city, so it is not possible, at the present writing, to furnish a complete list of the victims. Incident upon incident illustrating the peculiar action of this storm-cloud, whirlwind or whatever it was might be related if time and space were at command. Two horses were carried over a bam and flung to the earth dead, and numerous smaller domestic animals were made to perform some most astonishing gyrations. Houses on the outer edges of the track of the storm were punched full of holes by huge timbers that were whirled along end over end; shade and fruit trees were uprooted and carried a long distance; bricks from toppling chimneys rattled down and struck fleeing men and women, and through the roar of the storm came the most appalling shrieks.

The house on the corner of Twelfth and Brigham streets was occupied by Henry Ford, his wife and five children. While at the supper table a horrible hissing sound caused Mr. Ford to turn his head, when he saw, as he says: “An inky black cloud coming toward his house, the air being filled with the debris of buildings.” Scarcely knowing what he did he gathered his family about him and started for the back door. He reached the door of the kitchen which opened into a woodshed just in time to see the shed lifted bodily away from the main building and dashed against his back fence, completely demolishing both structures. Standing there in amazement the family were still further affrighted by seeing the roof of their dwelling arise and sail away, followed by a wardrobe, articles of clothing and household furniture, until the rooms were literally bare of everything movable. Strange to say not one of Mr. Ford’s family was injured. Charles Louys, a teamster, lives at No. 798 Twelfth street, and his barn is just opposite the extreme north end of the path of destruction. He had a piece of stove-pipe stored up-stairs in his bam, one end of which projected through a hole in the side of the barn. In that piece of pipe was discovered, tightly wedged, the body of a duck with its head cut off. The head was found upon the bam floor by the side of the pipe. The surface of the ground beneath the

trees where the cloud lifted presented a terrible scene. Sticking into the ground at all angles were pieces of wood, from the size and shape of a shingle to the doors, sections of roofs and walla of houses. Piled promiscuously were trunks, kettles, stone jars and broken furniture. Curiously intermingled were the mangled bodies of chickens, ducks, geese, pigs and innumerable small wild birds, while Weirdly flaunting from the stripped and broken branches above, giving terrible life to the desolate picture below, made doubly desolate by the approaching Shades of nigUH were fragments of clothing bedding amP carpeting. j

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Speaking about frigid Jane weather old Massachusetts folks te& about a four inch snow-storm June. 13,1842, when the ground was frozen an,inch deep. A printer’s devil says his lot is • hard one; at his boarding-house they charge him with all the pie they can’t find, and at the office they charge him with all the pi they do find. When a Delaware hoy picks a lemon off a street stand, even though it is only a two-cent lemon, they jail him for thirty days in order to strike a blow at the boys all over the world. Astronomers have just found out that it isn’t but 92,000,000 miles to the sun, but 3,000,000 miles on a journey of this sort doesn’t amount to anything. Let’s stick to the old figures.

Boston, populous Boston, may properly be described as foe town in which hun dreds of thousands daily live and move and have their be-ans.” —New York Commercial Advertiser. A girl covered her face with both her hands when she thought he was about to kiss her; then she complained: “Oh, my hands are too small; there is room for 500 yet between them.” A Washington (D. C.) man writes to foe National Republican complaining of “ the water we drink.” He has been examining it under foe microscope, and says “ there’s millions in it.”

York servant girl, out on the harbor in a boat foe other day for foe purpose of committing suicide, saw a redheaded sailor, fell in love with him, and was married instead of drowned. A disease called the “mad itch” has appeared among the cattle that run on the commons near Memphis, Term. It incites them to such playful pastime as tossing men, women and children into the air.

A Philadelphia baker has informed the police that he has an irresistible desire to bake his wife, and they have locked him up. Philadelphians now pull their loaves apart and look for baked bakers’ wives. That was an exceedingly uncomplimentary young man who, after paying attention to a damsel for some months, on discovering her one morning sans her false teeth, remarked: “Goodness gracious! Your mouth looks like a railroad depot after all the trains have left” “ William,” observed a Danbury woman to her husband, “ Mrs. Holcomb feels pretty badly since the loss .of her child, and I wish you would drop over there and see her. You might say that all flesh is grass—that we’ve all got to go the same way; and see if she is going to use her dripping-pan this afternoon.”— Danbury Newt. Judge Hunt, of the United States Supreme Bench, has decided, in the case of the United States vs. George of New York, that testimony taken from books and papers of the defendant seized by the Government shall be admitted, under the statute which authorizes the use of evidence elicited “from the party as a witness.” The jailer of Hartford, Conn., was rewarded the other day by an enjoyable demonstration from his prisoners. The spokesman of the party that waited upon him, in a voice tremulous with suppressed gratitude, said: “ Mr. Belden, in behalfot the other inmates of the institution, I come to thank you for the improved quality of the hash.” . .

At Ban Francisco, the other afternoon; lima De Murska appeared before a large audience in concert She had begun to sing the mad scene from “ Lucia” when two little black-and-tan puppies escaped from their keeper behind the scenes, ran on the stage, and chased each other around and around the singer, dodging under her skirts and out again, until the whole house was convulsed with laughter. De Murska accepted the situation good-naturedly, but not till a long time after the dogs were carried off could she or her hearers recover sufficient gravity to admit of the continuance of the concert. — Exchange. The Indian Mirror gives the following curious report on newspapers in India: “ In Bengal there are forty-nine English newspapers, eighty-eight vernacular newspapers, fourteen in both English and vernacular. In Bombay there are thirtyseven English newspapers, sixty-six vernacular and twenty mixed. In the northwest provinces there are thirteen English newspapers, fifty-eight vernacular newspapers and seven English and vernacular mixed. In the Penjaub there are seven English, thirty-one vernacular and one mixed newspaper. In the central provinces there are three English, three vernacular and three mixed. In British Burmah there are fourteen English newspapers and two vernacular. In Oudh there are three English, fourteen veraac ular and four mixed. In Scinde are four English, three vernacular and four English and vernacular. In Rajputana there are two vernacular and one English and vernacular. Forty-eight newspapers have appeared since 1873. Ceylon has five English papers, one partly Tamil and partly English, three or four purely native (Signhalese), and one illustrated children’s paper, the Palier Nason,"

THE WIDOW’S POT OF GOLD.

Elder Boyd, though a very good man in the main, and looked up to with respect by all the inhabitants of the little village of Oldville, was rumored to have, in Yankee parlance, a pretty sharp lookout for the main chance, a peculiarity from which elders are not always exempt ‘ In worldly matters he was decidedly nvell-to-do, having inherited a fine form Trom his father, which was growing yearly more and more valuable. It might be supposed that under these circumstances the elder, who was folly able to do so, would have found a helpmate to share his house and name. But the elder was wary. Matrimony was to him, in some measure, a matter of money, and it was his firm resolve not to marry unless he could thereby enhance his worldly property. Unhappily, the little village of Oldville and the towns in the immediate vicinity contained few who were qualified in the important particular, and of those there were probably none with whom the elder’s suit would have prospered. So it happened that year after year passed away, until Elder Boyd was in the prime of life —forty-four or thereabouts—and still unmarried, and in all human probability likely to remain so. Bat in all human calculation of this kind they reckon ill who leave the widows out. Elder Boyd’s nearest neighbor was a widow.

The widow Hayes, who had passed through matrimonial experience, was some four years younger than Elder Boyd. She was still a buxom, comely woman, as widows are apt to be. Unfortunately the late Mr. Hayes had not been able to leave her sufficient to make her independent of foe world. All that she possessed was foe small, oldfashioned house in which she lived, and a small amount of money which was insufficient to support her and a little son of six, likewise to be enumerated in foe schedule of her property, though hardly to beclassed as “ productive” of anything but mischief.

The widow was therefore obliged to take care of three boarders to eke out her scanty income, which, of course, imposed upon her considerable labor and anxiety. Is it surprising that under these circumstances she should now and then have bethought herself of a second marriage as a method of bettering her condition ? Or, again, need we esteem it a special wonder if, in her reflections on this point, she should have cast her eyes upon her next neighbor, Elder Boyd? The elder, as we have already said, was in flourishing circumstances. He would be able to maintain a wife in great comfort, and being one of the chief personages in the village could accord her a prominent social position. He was not especially handsome, or calculated to make a profound impression upon the female heart; this was true, but he was of a good disposition, kind hearted, and would no doubt make a very good sort of a husband. Widows are, I lake it (if any shall do me the honor to read this story I trust they will forgive the remark), less disposed to weigh sentiment in a second alliance than a first, and so, in the widow’s point of view, Elder Boyd was a very desirable match.

Some sagacious person, however, has observed that it takes two .to make a match, a fact to be seriously considered; for in the present case it was exceedingly doubtful whether the worldly elder, even if he had known the favorable opinion of his next neighbor, would have been inclined to propose changing her name to Boyd, unless, indeed, a suitable motive was brought to bear upon him. Here was a chance for a little managing, wherein widows are said, as a general thing, to be expert.

One evening, after a day of fatiguing labor, Widow Hayes sat at the fire in the sitting-room, with her feet resting on the fender. “ If ever I am situated so as not to have to work so hard,” she murmured, “ I shall be happy. It’s a hard life keeping boarders. If I was only as well off as Elder Boyd.” Still the widow kept up her thin King, and by and by her face brightened. She had an idea, which she was resolved to put into execution at the earliest possible moment. What it was the reader will discover in the sequel. “ Freddie,” said she to her son the next morning, “ I want you to stop at Elder Boyd’s as you go to school, and ask him if he will call on me in the course of the morning or afternoon, just as he finds it most convenient.”

Elder Boyd was a little surprised at this summons. However, about eleven o’clock, he called in. The widow had got on the dinner, and had leisure to sit down. Bhe appeared a little embarrassed. “ Freddie told me that you would like to see me,” he commenced. “ Yes, elder, I should. But lam very much afraid you will think strange, at least, of what I have to say to you.” The elder very politely promised not to be surprised, though, at the same time, his curiosity was visibly excited. “ Suppose,” said the widow, casting down her eyes—“ mind, I was only supposing a case—suppose a person should find a pot of gold-pieces in their cellar, would the law have a right to touch it, or would it belong to them?” The elder pricked up his ears. ■ “A pot of gold-pieces, widow? Why, unquestionably, the law would have nothing to do with it.” “ And the one who formerly owned the house couldn’t come forward and claim it, could he, elder?” “No, madam; unquestionably not. When the house was disposed of, everything went with it, as a matter of course.” “lam glad to hear it, elder. You won’t Qiink strange of the question, but it hap-

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pened to occur in my mind, and I thought I would like to have it satisfied.” “Certainly, widow, certainly,” said the elder, abstractedly. “ And, elder, as you’re here, I hope you will stop to dinner with ns. It will be ready punctually at twelve.” “ Well, no,*’ said the elder, rising, “ I’m much obliged to ye, but they’ll be expecting me home.” “At any rate, elder,” said the widow, airing a piece of steaming mince pie from the oven, “you won’t object to taking a piece of mince pie. You must know that I rather pride myself on my mince pies.” The warm pie sent up Buch a delicious odor that foe elder was sorely tempted, and after saying: “ Well, realty,” with foe intention of refusing* he finished by saying: “Onfoe whole I guess I will, as it locks so nice.”

The widow was realty a good cook, and foe elder ate with much gusto foe generous piece which foe widow cut for him, and, after a little chatting upon unimportant subjects, withdrew in some mental perplexity. “ Was it possible,” thought he, “ that foe widow could really have found a pot of gold in her cellar? She did not say so, to be sore, but why should she have Bhown so much anxiety to know as to foe proprietorship of foe treasure thus found if she had not happened upon some? To be sure, as far as his knowledge extended, there was no one who would be likely to lay up such an amount of gold; but then foe house was 150 years old, at foe very least, and had had many occupants of whom he knew nothing. It might be, after all. The widow’s earnest desire to have him think it was only curiosity likewise gave additional probability to foe supposition. “ I will wait and watch,” thought foe elder. It so happened that Elder Boyd was|one of foe directors in a saving institution situated in foe next town, and accordingly used to ride over there once or twice a month to attend meetings of foe Board. On the next occasion of this kind foe widow Hayes sent over to know if he could carry her with him, as she had a little business to attend to there. The request was readily accorded. Arrived at the village, Mrs. Hayes desired to be set down at the bank.

“Ha! ha!” thought the elder, “that means something.” He said nothing, however, but determined to come back and find out, as he could readily from the cashier, what business she had with the bank. The widow tripped into the office, pretending to look very nonchalant. “ Can you give small bills for a ten-dol-lar gold piece?” she inquired. “ With pleasure,” was the reply. “ By the way,” said she, “ the bank is in a very flourishing condition, is it not?” “ None in the State on a better footing,” was the prompt response. “ You receive deposits, do you not?” “ Yes, madam; we are receiving them every day.” “Do you receive as high as—as ten thousand dollars ?” “ No,” said the cashier with some surprise ; “or rather we do not allow interest on so large a sum. One thousand dollars is our limit. Did you know of anyone who ”

“It is of no consequence,” said tMI widow hurriedly, “ I only asked for curiosity. By the way, did you say how much interest you avowed on such deposits as come within your limit?” “ Five per cent., ma’am.” “ Thank you. I only ask for curiosity. What a beautiful morning it is!” and the widow tripped lightly out. Shortly after the elder entered. “How’s business, Mr. Cashier?” he inquired. “ About as usual.”

“Have many deposits lately?”- “ None of any magnitude.” “ I brought over a woman this morning who seemed to have business with you.” “ The widow Hayes?” “ Yes.” “Do you know,” asked the cashier, “ whether she has bad any money left her lately?” “ None that I know of,” said the elder, pricking up his ears. “Why, did she deposit any?” “No; but she inquired whether we received deposits of as high as $10,000.” “ Indeed!” ejaculated the elder. “Is that all she came for?” he inquired a moment afterward. “ No, she exchanged a gold-piece for bills.” “ Ha!” pondered the elder, reflectively. “Did she give any reason for her inquiries V * “No; she said she only asked for curiosity.” The elder left the bank in deep thought. He came to the conclusion that this curiosity only veiled a deeper motive. He now no longer entertained a doubt that the widow had found a pot of gold in her cellar, and appearances seemed to indicate that its probable value was at least equal to SIO,OOO. The gold-piece which she had exchanged at the bank appeared to confirm this story. “ I rather think,” said the elder complacently, “I can see into a millstone about as far .as most people.” A statement the literal truth of yhich I defy anyone to question, though as to the prime fact of people being able to sec into a millstone at all, doubts have now and then forced themselves upon my mind. The next Sunday the widow Hayes appeared at church in a new and stylish bonnet, which led to some such remarks as these: • ' “ How much vanity some people have, to be sure.” “ How a woman that has to keep boarders for a living can afford .to dash out in S!»ch a bonnet is more than I can tell. I

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should think she was old enough to know better.” This last remark was made by a young lady just six months younger than foe widow, whose attempting to catch a second husband had hitherto proved utterly unavailing. “I suppose,” continued foe same young lady, “ she is trying to catch a second husband with her finery. Before I’d condescend to such means, I’d—l’d drown myself.” In this last amiable speech foe young lady unwittingly hit upon foe true motive. The widow was intent upon catching Elder Boyd, and she indulged in a costly bonnet, not because she supposed he would be caught with finery, but because this would strengthen in his mind foe idea that she had stumbled upon hid. den wealth. The widow calculated shrewdand foe display had the effect she anticipated. Monday afternoon foe elder had found an errand that called him over to foe widow’s. It chanced to be just about tea-time. s. He was importuned to stay to tea, and somewhat to his own surprise actually did. The polite widow, who knew the elder’s weakest point, brought one of her best mince pies, a piece of which her guest partook of with zest. “You’ll take another piece, I know,” said she persuasively. “Really, I am ashamed,” said foe elder; but he passed his plate. “The truth is,” he said apologetically, “your pies are so nice I don’t know when to stop.” “Do you call those nice?” said the widow, modestly. “ I call them common. I can make good mince pies when I set out to, but this time I didn’t have as good luck as usual.”

“ I shouldn’t want any better,” said the elder, emphatically. “ Then I hope, if you like them, you will drop into tea often. We ought to be more neighborly, Elder Boyd.” Elder Boyd assented, and he meant what he said. The fact is, the deacon began to think that the widow was a very charming woman. She was very comely, and then she was such an excellent cook. Besides, he had no doubt in his own mind that she was worth a considerable sum of money. What objection could there be to her becoming Mrs. Boyd ? He brought this question before her one evening. The widow blushed—professed to be greatly surprised. In fact, she never thought of such a thing in her life; but, on the whole, she had always thought highly of the deacon, and, to cut the matter short, she accepted him. A month afterward she was installed mistress of the elder’s large house, somewhat to the surprise of the village people, who could not conceive how she had brought him over. Some weeks after the ceremony the elder ventured to inquire about the pot of gold which she had found in her cellar.

“ Pot of gold!” She exclaimed, in surprise ; “ I know of none.” “But,” said the elder, disconcerted, “you asked me about whether the law could claim it.” “Oh, Lor’! elder, I only asked from curiosity.” “ And was that the reason you made inquiries at the bank?” “ Certainly! What else could it be?” The elder went out to the barn, and for half an hour sat in silent meditation. At the end of that time he ejaculated, as a closing consideration: “ After all, she makes good mince pie.” It gives me pleasure to state that the union between the elder and the widow proved a very happy one, although to the end of his life he could never make up his mind about the “ Pot of Gold.”

Prisoner and Attorney.

The Melbourne Argue tells the following very good story: A gentleman of the legal profession at one of the great mining centers, having spent a gaudy season at a leading hotel, found the fresh air too much for him. Instead of reaching the bosom of his family he gravitated to the lock-up, with the much-needed assistance of a servant of the Queen in full uniform. The lock-up-keeper didn’t know him, and consequently couldn’t send for his Mends to bail him out, as is frequently done by those tender-hearted officers of justice. So he was allowed to sleep until seven in the morning, when he was aroused and asked his name, which he promptly said was “Johnson.” He obtained soap, water, and clothes-brush, and was refreshed by a cup of tea. He then proposed to the lock-up keeper that the official should walk beside him to the Police court. When the time came this was done, and, by keeping the officer in earnest converse, it appeared as though the lawyer was engaged in some business before the court, and when the name of Johnson was called he calmly rose and said: “I appear for the prisoner, your Worship.” “ What!” said the Police Magistrate, “do you deny that he was drunk?” “Oh, no,” he replied, “he was very drunk, but is very sorry for it.” “ Five shillings, or six hours’ imprisonment,” said the Police Magistrate. “ I will pay his fine myself,” said this ready-witted gentleman, who in this instance showed that the man who is his own lawyer hasn’t always a fool for his client.

A boy got his grandfather’s gun and loaded it, hut was afraid to fire; he, however, liked the fun of loading, and so put in another charge, but was still afraid to fire. He kept on charging, but without firing, until he got six charges in the old piece. His grandmother, learning his temerity, smartly reproved him, and grasping the old Continental discharged it. The result was tremendous, throwing the old lady on her back. She prompUv struggled to regain her feet, but the boy cried out: “Lie still, granny; there are five more charges to go off yet.”