Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1875 — Page 1

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THE NEWS.

A Madrid paper of the 13th says the French authorities were seeking to interne Gen. Saballs, and Don Carlos had ordered that he be shot wherever found. Letters foam foe Arctic expedition were received in London on the 12th. On the 6th and 7th of August the vessels were at Waygart Straits—all well. A Washington telegram of the 12th states that the Attorney-General was in daily receipt of advices from Mississippi. The number of grain and molasses distilleries in operation on the Ist Inst was 174, with a total daily spirit-producing capacity ot 189,883 gallons, an increase over September of forty-five distilleries, and 18,874 gallons daily. The Women’s International Christian Association met at Pittsburgh on the 12th. Mrs. Samson, of Boston, was elected President and Mrs. John H. Winters, of Dayton. Ohio, Vice-President. On the 12th the unfinished Agricultural Hall, on the National Centennial grounds, was blown down. Eight laborers were injured, five seriously and one fatally. Henry J. Yates (Rep.) was elected Mayor of Newark, N. J., on the 12th by a majority of 3,390 over his Democratic competitor. The Michigan Supreme Court has decided that the State law taxing the liquordealing business is constitutional and does not contravene the prohibiting clause in the Constitution.

An indictment against Charles Mcllrath, late Btate Auditor of Minnesota, for alleged malfeasance in office in connection with school lands, was tried on the 12th, and resulted in a verdict of not guilty. President Grant and party reached Chicago on the 12th on their return to Washington from the West. A dispatch from Shanghai to the London Times of the 14th says foe aspect of affairs at Pekin was becoming satisfactory. A Rome dispatch of the 13th says Italy would be represented by royal commissioners at the American Centennial, after all. The dry-goods house of Strauss, Lehman & Co., of New York city, failed on the 13th with liabilities estimated at $500,000. On foe 19th a Frenchman named LaPage was arrested in Suncook, N. H., on suspicion of being foe guilty party in the Langmaid murder. The name of John Quincy Adams has been placed upon the Democratic ticket as candidate for Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts, vice Gen. Bartlett, declined. Hon. Charles G. Davis is foe Democratic candidate for Congress in foe First Massachusetts District. The National Women’s Congress met at Syracuse on the 13th. Prof. Maria Mitchell delivered the annual address. Three colored men were attacked in New Orleans on the night of the 12fo, one of them being killed outright, another mortally and the third slightly wounded. Two white men, charged with the crime, were arrested and put in jail. A mass meeting was held on the 13th at which resolutions were adopted disclaiming responsibility for the outrage, condemning all violence and pledging support to the law of the land.

The trial at Murphysboro, 111., of John Bulliner and Allen Baker (two of the parties implicated in the Williamson County (Ill.) vendetta) for murder resulted, on the 13th, in a verdict of guilty and a sentence of twenty-five years in the Penitentiary. Because of his perpetual troubles with he Prussian Government the Prince Bishop of Breslau on the 14th severed his connection with the Prussian portion of his diocese. A special telegram to the London News of the 14th says Russia was preparing for a military expedition against Bokhara, in Central Asia. A Washington dispatch of the 14th denies that the Government has threatened to acknowledge the rights of the Cubans in case hostilities be not closed before the Ist of January next. The State Register had returns from seventy-four counties in lowa on the 15th, giving a majority of 24,539 fat Kirkwood, and estimated his majority in the State at about 30,000. The Republicans would have a majority of thirty-two in the Senate and sixty in the House. A Hard-Money Convention was held at Detroit on the 14th. Resolutions were adopted declaring against all schemes for currency inflation or any form of irredeemable paper currency. Letters favoring hard money were received from Senator Christiancy, ex-Gov. Blair and others, and delegates were appointed to attend the Cincinnati Convention. An Omaha telegram of the 14th states that the Republican majority in Nebraska would be about 10,000, and that the new Constitution had been adopted. In the United States District Court at Salt Lake, on the 13th, Judge Boreman delivered a strong charge to the Grand Jury in opposition to polygamy or bigamy, and called upon the jury to indict all persons known to be guilty. According to London dispatches of the 15th fifteen workmen had been seriously, if not fatally, injured on that day by the overflow of molten metal at the Waisall iron-works. A disastrous gale had prevailed during the preceding day along the British coast, and several vessels had been wrecked, causing the loss of numerous lives. • A Constantinople dispatch of the 15th announces the recent defeat of a large insurrectionary force. Tbs Times of India of a late date says

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VOLUME 11.

20,000 persons bad been rendered homeless by recent floods in the province of Guzerat. President Grant reached Washington on foe 15th, and a regular session of foe Carnet was held, at which a large amount Of routine business was transacted. Several failures of business Arms were reported in New York city on foe 15fo, foe heaviest being that of Moses S. Herman & Co. A bon was made on foe Home Savings Bank in Boston on the 15th. The officers stated that foe bank was in a perfectly safe condition and they were paying all demands without requiring the usual notice. The Postmaster at Bridgeport, Conn., has been suspended for having sold appointments. On foe 11th Dr. Saunders, of Clinton, La., was poisoned with arsenic administered by one Catherine Mathews. When arrested she confessed her guilt, and said John Gair and Robert Ray instigated the act. The Sheriff and posse arrested John Gair in Baton Rouge on the 14fo, and started with their prisoner for Clinton. At night they were met by a body of armed men, who took possession of Gair and shot him dead. The woman was afterward hung by the same or a similar band. A dispatch in Washington, of foe 15th, from Jackson, says military operations had been suspended by Gov. Ames upon assurance of leading citizens of foe State that there should be peace and a fair and free election.

Nov. 16 has been appointed as the day for the people of Alabama to vote upon the new Constitution which the convention of that State has just completed. Unofficial returns received on the 15th from all the counties in Ohio give Hayes a majority of 4,753 over Allen and a Republican majority of seventeen in the House aDd three in the Senate. The entire Republican State ticket was thought to be elected. Cary, for Lieutenant-Gov-ernor, ran about 10,000 behind Allen. The Texas Constitutional Convention has just adopted a provision making foe Governor’s term four years, and providing that he shall be ineligible for more than one term in eight years. The Winnebago County (Ill.) Grand Jury have indicted Messrs. Foster and Edwards, of St. Louis, the principals in the late duel, their seconds, foe surgeons, and Mr. Postgate, foe newspaper reporter. Indictments were also found against exSheriff Patrick Flynn and F. B. Wilkie, of the Chicago Times, for conspiracy and subornation of perjury in obtaining affidavits to damage the character of Miss Early, of Rockford, who some time ago obtained a verdict of $15,000 against Mr. Storey, ot the Times, for defamation of character, and upon which verdict an appeal had been taken by defendant. Mr. Flynn and Mr. Wilkie were arrested and gave bail in foe sum of $1,500 each. According to a Madrid dispatch of the 16th Don Carlos had imprisoned Dorregaray and several of his chieftains. A Munich telegram of foe 16th says foe Bavarian Ministry had been forced to resign in consequence of Ultramontane complications. In consequence of the Pope’s intercession the Emperor of Germany has remitted one year of Cardinal Ledochowski’s term of imprisonment for resisting the Prussian Ecclesiastical laws. The dispatch says a foil pardon would probably follow.

A London telegram of the 17th announces the arrival of the steamer Pandora from the Arctic region. The graves of Sir John Franklin’s men were discovered with the head-boards and inscriptions thereon intact. A glimpse was had of King William’s Land. A special from Ragusa of the morning of the 18th announced that the Turks had crossed the Austrian border and were menacing the village of Erzeg. Troops had been sent to oppose them. A Berlin telegram of the 17th says Russia had commanded the nobility in the Polish provinces to sell their farms to Russian tenantry, the Government fixing the price. Arthur Davis and wife, of Toronto, Canada, have been sentenced to be hanged in December next for the murder of a Miss Gilman. A- Washington dispatch of the 17th states that the President had said he was much gratified that the two political parties in Mississippi had effected an amicable adjustment by which a fair election would be held and peace maintained. He further stated that no removals would be made in that State for mere partisan reasons. A Washington dispatch of the 17th says information had been recently received that Russia would be represented at the American Centennial next year. A rearrangement of the fast-mail service between New York, St. Louis and the Southwest has been directed by the Postmaster-General to be shortly made, so that all matter which naturally belongs to the Pennsylvania Railroad shall be sent by that line instead of the New York Central route. The Standing Committees of the Dio. oceses of Albany, New York, Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin have reported favorably to the consecration of Dr. McLaren as Bishop of Illinois. Counterfeit five-dollar notes on the First National Bank of Aurora, HI., are in circulation in some sections. They are the same as those of the Traders’ National Bank of Chicago and of Paxton, 111., with the exception of the change in the name. _ A few sprigs of horse-radish root put in the pickle jar will keep vinegar in its prime; try it,

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THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Live Stock. —Beef Cattle—slo.oo® 13.00. Hogs —Lrre, sB.B7H©B.rO. Sheep-Lire, $4.50©8.25. BsuMtum. —Flour —Good to choice, $6.05® 6.90: white wheat extra, Wheat—No. 3 Chicago, $1.36® 1.38; No. 2 North western, $1.2701.28; No. 2 Milwaukee spring, $1.29® I. Bye—Western and State, 90®92c. Barley—sl.ls® 1.20. Com-Mixed Western, TO® 72e Oats— Mixed Western, 47®49c. Provisions.—Pork —Mess, $2.\[email protected]. Lard —Prime Steam, 14@14*c. Cheene—6*®l2*c. Wool. —Domestic Fleece, 48®6:c. CHICAGO. Lrv* Stock.— Beeves—Choice, $5.50®6.00; good, $4.T5®5.85; medium, [email protected]; butchers’ stock, $2.b0®3.75; stock cattle, $2.50® 8.75. Hogs—Live, $7.80®8.26. Sheep-Good to choice, $4 26®4.75. Pao visions.— Batter —Choice, 30034 c. EggsFresh, 2!®»so. Pork-Mess, $22.50028.00. Lard—sl3.3o® 3.%. Bbbadstots.—Flour—White Winter Extra, $5.75®6.00; spring extra, $5.00®6.00. Wheat —Spring, No. 2, SUIJ4®I.I2. Corn—No. 2, 56* ®s6»c. Oats—No. 2, 88*®34c. Rye—No. 2, 72@72*c. Barley—No. 2,96®96*. Lumbeb. —Firyt and Second Clear, $43.00 ®45.f0; Common Boards, [email protected]; Fencing, $10.50011.00; “A” Shingles, [email protected]; Lath, 11. 0. * EAST LIBERTY. Livn Stock—Beeves —Best, [email protected]; medium, $5.2505.75. Hogs—Yorkers, [email protected]; Philadelphias, $8.5009.10. Sheep— Best, $5,250 5.50; medium, $4.7505.00.

Return of the Pandora.

Nxw Yobk, Oct. 17. A London special to the New York Herald gives some interesting details of foe cruise of the Pandora to the Arctic regions for the purpose of receiving dispatches from the British expedition. The steamer crossed the much-dreaded Melville Bay without encountering ice. They were disappointed in not finding Capt. Nares’ dispatches at Carey Island, and so they steered on to Lancaster Sound. There they encountered gigantic floes and navigated with much difficulty. On reaching Barron Straits they were enveloped in an impenetrable, fog. Beechy Island was reached Aug. 25, and a strange discovery was made. They found the yacht Mary, which had been drawn upon the beach by Capt. Ross in 1850, still standing with her masts upright. Traces of bears were also found. The headboards over the graves of Sir John Franklin’s men were still standing upright, and in good preservation. The Pandora then sailed for Peel’s Strait, and was beset on the voyage by vast fields of ice. She passed foe farthest point reached by McClintock’s expedition and reached King William’s Land, thus navigating a sea never sailed over by any other vessel before except, perhaps, Franklin’s. She then steamed down the west coast ot Prince of Wales’ Land. Here delightful weather, soft, refreshing atmosphere and open expanses of water, with warm-air currents, were enjoyed. Officers were intensely excited and expected important results; many believed they would discover traces of Franklin’s expedition and some were hopeful that Sir John Franklin’s papers would be found and they would eventually make Behring’s Straits, but in this they were disappointed. They ice-fields at Rouquette Island, which effectually blocked the vessel’s further progress. They stayed there Sept. 7, and then set out on their return voyage. This was full of difficulties and many exciting scenes and narrow escapes were experienced. At last they reached Carey Island in safety, where they found the long-looked-for dispatches from Capt. Nares for the British Admiralty. These were brought home to England. ,

The Hermann Monument.

In speaking of the inauguration of the Hermann monument a correspondent says: The statue is described as an imposing work of art. Eighty-five feet high from the point of the uplifted sword to the legionary eagle trodden under foot by the victor, this gigantic Hermann in form and countenance is intended to impersonate the manly vigor, frankness and strength attributed to the ancient Germans by their Roman enemies. His costume being the old Saxon tunic, with bearskin mantle and helmet, leaves arms and legs uncovered, and gives full effect to the huge proportions of this, the tallest figure erected since the Rhodian Colossus. The circular cupola temple which forms the pedestal is eighty-nine feet high, and is supported by a foundation sixty-six feet in diameter. The figure, being of chased copper, derives solidity from a complicated system of iron tubes placed m the interior of the body. The copper used in making the statue weighs 237 cwt., the iron 1,133 cwt. In the open temple which forms the base is a bronze kaut-relief of the German Emperor, and sundry German and Latin inscriptions commemorate the reign in which tha monument was completed. The German inscriptions chiefly refer to the last war, which established unity and revived empire, while a Latin legend contains the well-known words of Tacitus in his “Annals,” Book 2, Chap. 88, in which Hermann is described as the only one who had the courage to attack Rome and the strength to defeat her when at the height of her power. It is expected that a national reward will be conferred upon Herr von Bandel by Emperor and Parliament. There is a ledge of rocks in New Mexico acknowledged to be immensely rich in precious ore, and yet the ledge is valueless, there being no known means of separating the metal to advantage in its peculiar amalgamation. However oppressive local taxation may be in Virginia, the State taxes can never be so great as to be burdensome. Its property is assessed at one-third of its value, and by a constitutional provision the State taxes can never exceed five mills on the dollar,

THE PEDANTIC LAWYER. [Paraphrased from the German of Martial.] I BADE my lawyer, Windy, sue My neighbor Jones for damage due The plaintiff, on ground That he, said Jones, had put in pound Unlawfully, against foe peace, Three certain sheep, of finest fleece, My property; and valued, say, At twenty dollars. « Please to lay The damage high and go ahead. And, Windy, make him feel,” I said, “ The statute’s full and speedy force On trespassers!” He said: “Of course!” And six months later made report— The case came up—before the Court. When Windy’s speech seemed nearly done And he, as yet, had scarce begun To touch the matter in dispute — I—growing anxious for my suit— Said in a whisper: “ Don’t forget You haven’t touched the case as yet; You’ve talked, I know, an boor or more About the statutes made before The Norman Conquest, and have brought Before us what Justinian taught, And Coke on Littleton; have gone All through the * Code Napoleon;’ And very learnedly, no doubt, Have shown His Honor kU about., The statutes in the reign of Ann<ej* And how the leading cases ran Before Lord Blank held so and so; Now let the habeas corpus go. And ere foe Court falls fast asleep Do say a word about the sheep!” —John O. Saxe, in N. Y. Ledger.

CONGREGATIONAL SINGING.

She sang in the fchoir and he preached in the pulpit: that was the beginning of it. When she' stood up and chanted he thought that an angel had stepped down from heaven. He was speedily robbed of his delusion when he turned his head and looked at her; she had finished her part and was whispering with the tenor, while the bass and contralto repeated the solemn strain—yes, actually whispering and laughing behind her fan! He was not aware that he was still gazing fixedly till she colored and dropped her eyes upon her notes, and let the music bubble from her lips as if by inspiration. Once or twice again during the service Mr. Gildersleeve cast a glance toward the choir, and discovered the lovely soprano still whispering and laughing, writing on the fly-leaf oi her hymn-book and passing it, or reading from slips of paper which the others passed to her. He looked again while reciting the finest passage in his sermon —the tenor was offering a paper of sugar-plums, and the soprano was nothing loth! Coming out of church, Mr. Gildersleeve said to one of his wardens: “We have excellent music. Pray what does the quartet cost the church?” Not that he cared particularly, but in order to open a conversation on the choir. “ Nothing—nothing whatever,” returned the warden. “ A voluntary choir —belong to the best families—best voices in town—great obligations—finest families—rich, influential and all that.” Plainly the church could not discharge a voluntary choir drawn from the best families, and to which the congregation was under such a burden of obligation, even though said choir laughed and flirted and ate caramels to a surfeit. “The finest families ought to teach their children better manners,” thought the Rev. Archy Gildersleeve. The following Sunday he had a nicely-prepared sermon touching on the subject, evolved from the text: “For the place whereon thou standest is holy groundbut still Miss Sally Sunderland smiled, and whispered with the tenor, and wrote nonsense on her fan, and chanted as if Heav-en-sent. “ What can they have to talk so much about?” wondered the Rev. Archy. Of course nobody took the sermon home, though Warden Wiseman —a widower oi some months, who wore his Sunday clothes on week-days since Mrs. Wiseman’s departure—said to the young clergyman: “ That was just the kind of sermon 1 like to hear; it hit off our tenor to aT: he’s always making eyes at Miss Sally and leading her into temptation with his everlasting gum-drops. I don’t blame the girl; but it isn’t seemly, flirting on holy ground, we all know!” Warden Wiseman had his own eyes on Miss Sally, and didn’t relish the tenor’s sugar-coated interference.

“ Congregational singing,” said Mr. Gildersleeve, “is a form of worship that I have always had at heart. I should like to establish it here. Could we not dissolve the quartet gracefully ?” “Just so,” said Mr. Wiseman, whose notion of grace was something heretical. But we all know that choirs are touchy; and the consequence was that on the next Sunday the singing seats were vacant, and Miss Sally, the soprano, sat silent in the family pew and listened to the congregational rendering of the chants, where Warden Wiseman led off, always a syllable or two in advance of the rest, and old Mrs. Crochet, who had sung in a choir at sixteen, quavered discordantly in her efforts to overtake the warden, or to drown her neighbor’s voice in the attempt, and where the entire body of singers wrestled bravely with the high notes and broke down dismayed. Mr. Gildersleeve cast a glance into the Sunderland pew, and Miss Sally was smiling saucily. Going out of church he made haste to reach that young lady. “ Why did you not join us in our attempt this morning, Miss - Sunderland?” he asked, quite pleasantly. “ Because I had been given to understand that my singing was not acceptable,” loftily. “Are you quite sincere, Miss Sunderland, in believing that your singing has not been acceptable? Daesn’t your conscience tell you that your singing was all right, was fit for the angelic choir, but that your co»du9t— abe»! I beg pardon,

I was about to speak too frankly, as you might think.” “My conduct, Mr. Gilderaleeve,” said Miss Sally, “ is a private affair, subject to no one’s dictation !” “ Exouse me if I say that you have made it quite public!” Mr. Gilderaleeve was beginning to feel nettled; this pretty piece of temper held neither him nor his cloth in much reverence or regard, certainly. “Ido not presume to dictate,” he pursued, “ but let me ask you, in all friendliness, if you think the house of prayer a suitable place for trifling and flirtation?” _ i “Mr. Gilderaleeve,” said Sally, “nobody ever dared speak so to me in all my life! Our dear old rector, Mr. Tabernacle, used to kiss my hand when we met, and thank me for sitting in foe choir and say that it did his old eyes good to see me there! I wish he were alive!” Mr. Gilderaleeve smiled. Who knows but he would have liked to follow foe example of Mr. Tabernacle ? But he said, instead; “lam afraid that Mr. Tabernacle was both blind and deaf;” which tffad a much mote ungracious sound In foe bars of a pretty woman than he intended. Miss Sunderland rewarded him by opening her fine eyes very wide, and looking as if he were foe first specimen of his kind that had ever come within her ken. “Yon have taught me, Mr. Gilderaleeve,” she said, “ that your religion is not inconsistent with rudeness. I wish you goodmorning!” and she swept past him, shaking out an odor of sandal-wood from her silken fallals, and left him standing, crestfallen and astonished, in foe pathway. What pained Mr. Gilderaleeve more than anything was foe simple fact that Miss Sunderland was not in her pew on foe following Sunday; in truth, it seemed to him as if foe church were quite empty without her. He hoped that at foe last moment, just before the organist should cease his voluntary, she would come softly stepping up foe broad aisle in her India muslins and rose-colors; but not she. He could not prevent his mind from wandering away from foe text now and again—for foe man was mortal, like foe rest of us —nor help hoping that she might he absent from town, or a trifle under foe weather; anything rather than that his foolish words should be .capable of driving a young soul from foe mercy-seat, from all the holy influences that to his mind resided in foe service and ritual, turning foe earthly eyes heavenward; from foe inspiring presence of invisible saints, apostles, martyrs, and all foe heavenly host. He felt disheartened when foe day was ended. He had come to Eaglethorpe with all his spiritual enthusiasm kindling for foe work before him, and here his most deliberate' act had resulted in shuting out this sweet woman from foe ministrations of the temple! He made it his business to call up at Sunderland Hall that week and try to remedy his mistake. He found Miss Sally at foe piano, foe room still echoing with her voice; but she left it directly,-in spite of his earnest request that she should proceed with foe passage from Mozart’s Twefth Mass. “ I came,” he said, presently, “ to make sure that no one was ill at foe Hall. Not seeing any of the family I had fears.” “ You are very good to trouble yourself so far about your neighbors’ souls,’’ frigidly, as if she had said: “ You are foe most meddlesome man alive!”

“Nay, but that is the duty I have made my choice and my pleasure,” he said. “I will call grandmamma,” she interposed. And presently the little old lady came hobbling down-stairs on her cane. But Miss Sally failed to return. Mr. Gildersleeve went home with a heavy heart. He had meant to do so much good in his parish—to battle so bravely with wrong, to restore harmony and good-will toward men; while here he was creating discord and ill-feeling with every word, and perhaps becoming the means of closing heaven against the girl whosf welfare—spiritually, let us hope—-had-suddenly become dearer to him than his. own! Old Mrs. Sunderland, Miss Sally, and Mr. Tom, a fast young man, were all that were left of the lamily at the Hall. Perhaps, if there had been a father or mother, Mr. Gildersleeve would have felt himself relieved of responsibility in a manner; but when Sunday after Sunday went by and no-Miss Sally illuminated the great empty pew he began to feel as if he had indeed mistaken his calling, especially when it came to his ears that she had given up her class in Sunday-school and resigned her situation as treasurer of the Dakota League, and even went picknicking with Tom on Sunday afternoons, and played rollicking airs Sunday evenings for the amusement of his companions! Mr. Gildersleeve was at his wits’ end; but he was determined to make one desperate effort, and solicit Miss Sunderland to join his confirmation-class. Whenever he called at the Hall she was sure to be out or engaged; therefore he wrote her a note, tender as a mother’s, eloquent as a lover’s, begging her, for her soul’s sake and for his own peace of mind, to come forward and forget injuries in remembering love that passeth understanding “Tell Mr. Gildersleeve,” said Miss Sally to his messenger, “ that this is my answer;” and she held his letter in the gas flame till it shriveled and dropped. The surprised messenger reported her faithfully. Mr. Gildersleeve was in despair, particularly as he overheard landlady saying, after he had exchanged one Sunday, “ Miss Sally Sunderland was to church yesterday, sure’s you’re a sinner; what’s going to happen? I didn’t think she was going to meddle with religion, never no more; they ain’t got no religion to spare at the Hall, no way, and it does seem as though Mr. Gildersleeve oughter exert hisself and bring ’em tup

NUMBER 6.

der some sort of conviction, if he knew his duty!” Mr. Gilderaleeve groaned in spirit! Wasn’t that foe very result toward which he had bent his best enetgta* Ahd how miserably had he failed! It seemed as if his mere presence in Eaglethorpe hindered her spiritual advancement; that under foe hand of another pastor she might grow in grace and blossom into all Christian virtues. It began to appear plain to him that he had not been called to help her on foe way, to make her election sure; that not into his hands had been committed foe precious task of opening heaven to her—he was not worthy of such blessedness! However painful it was to him he would seek another field; it should never he said of him that he had willfully hindered a soul from heaven—and her soul! He sent in his resignation. A parish meeting was called, and they quarreled and expostulated, and finally notified Mr. Gilderaleeve that they should not fill the pulpit for three months, at foe end of which time it would he at his option either to resume his duties or not, as foe spirit moved. He thanked them, and took foe noon train for foe city. Within ten miles of Eaglethorpe two trains collided, and when Miss Sally Sunderland dashed up to foe railway track on her horse, Scamper, in a mad gallop through foe woods—she could not have told whither—she came full and suddenly upon foe ghastly melee. She threw up her arms at foe sight, and grew hot and cold by turns; two men were bringing a mangled human being toward a rude ambulance which they had constructed; foe face, amidst all its bruises, was terribly familiar to Miss Sunderland. She never knew when or how she alighted from Scamper. She did not hear him galloping home bare-backed, to frighten Mr. Trim out of his wits ; she heard only foe stifled groans that came from foe livid lips of foe mangled man before her, with whom she had dared to trifle but a while ago, as she tore up portions of her clothing, and helped strangers to bandage his wounds, and dropped hot tears over him and repentant sobs, and cried out in her agony that she had driven him away, that she had killed him, and begged him to hear her sing to him once again, and to open his eyes and live for her sake, forgetful and careless of foe presence of hy-standers. And when, at length, Mr. Gilderaleeve did open his eyes, it was to meet foe tear-bedimmed face of Miss Sally bent over him, all its dimples at rest,' all its brilliant color faded, all its crael disdain swallowed up in bitter anguish. “ You have forgiven me,” he whispered, feebly, “you have forgiven me! Thank God, I shall not hinder you any longer. I was going away because I seemed to be keeping yon from Him—and because— l believe I loved you!” “ How could you love me! Such a dreadful girl! I thought you detested me, and I — l —you know I loved you all foe while!” “Thensing to me, dear,” he asked; and Miss Sally’s heart consented, her countenance beamed, her lips parted and palpitated, but no melody flowed forth, alas! Just as some grow gray from terror in a single night, so in a single day she had lost foe power to sing. The neighbors called it a visitation of Providence : foe doctors gave it another name. The pulpit of Eaglethorpe was vacant for twelve months and better, and when Mr; Gilderaleeve at last returned to it he walked with two crutches and Mrs. Gilderaleeve again sat silent through foe congregational singing!— Harper's Bazar.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest. Economy in youth makes a cushion for old age. Literary men can never be sure of having said a smart thing unless they see the “ proof.” Oh, fitful autumn time. How like to good old apple sass thou art— Half sweet, half tart. It is said there are nearly 2,000 white men in the Chickasaw nation, IndianTerritory, in violation of the Intercourse law. The Maine man who kicked a can of nitro-glycerine out of his path won’t be bothered with any more earthly obstructions. The man at the fair who didn’t get a premium lor his chickens exclaimed in his grief: 44 Nine iUa lachrymal" —“hens! these tears.” These cannot be a surer proof of low origin or of an innate meanness of disposition than to be always talking and thinking of being genteel. Politeness is the mother of peace. She keeps familiarity and impudence from being kicked to death, and often saves herself a broken head. Sharkey, the murderer, says he could blind his eyes, tie his legs together, get into a sack, and then escape from a New York detective in broad daylight. Nothing makes a boy so mad as to Bteal a quince and crawl under a bun under the impression that he has gobbled something new in the line of California pears. Red Cloud has come down five dollars on his price of $70,000,000 for the Black Hills, and five dollars is a good deal of money for an Indian to lose. —Detroit Free Press. A' wag seeing a door nearly off its hinges, in which condition it had been some time, observed that when it had fallen and kOled some one it would probably be hung. Thebe are elks in Arizona that weigh two tons after dressing. Either so, or else the Arizona papers exaggerate, and it doesn’t seem as if an newspaper exaggerate,

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Stanley’s Explorations in Africa. The latest contribution to foe world’s knowledge of interior Africa is a letter from “foe gentleman who found Living stone,” published yesterday by foe New York Herald. But it is interesting rather as an account of foe progress, pluck, suffering, peril and fighting of a brave body of men in a wild country than as a scientifle paper. It adds nothing of positive value to geographical data. Thus far Stanley has traversed over again foe country which Speke and Grant and Baker and Livingstone have with greater or lent minuteness described. He has taken a different route from Injanjembe to foe Victoria N’yanza from that pursued by Dr. Livingstone, hut foe cost of foe experiment is poorly balanced by foe acquisitions so far as they are detailed. A hostile tribe was encountered and four days of fighting sadly reduced foe numbers of foe expedition. Stanley left foe coast with 300 men, and before reaching foe N’yanza he had lost by battle, disease and desertion 126 of his number. At foe date of his letter, March 1, there were 166 remaining. This letter is merely preliminary. It is foe record of doings and sufferings in foe work ot reaching sos real base of operations. It is not a disappointment, therefore, nor anything to foe discredit of Stanley’s undertaking that as yet he is unable to report many new discoveries. By foe departure from foe old route to Victoria N’yanza he fbnnd a nver he was not previously acquainted with, and in Urimi a tribe of people not before reported. These he speaks of as “remarkable for their manly beauty, noble proportions and nakedness.” They were, withal, a suspicious people, and loth to have anything to do with the strangers. The best word said of them is that they respected their elders, and acquiesced in any treaty or recommendations foe old poopte gp_ proved. Besides these two Stanley gained an experience way that may prove valuable, jj e encountered different types of thjg natives, and learned that some cqcid be treated with and others must t>& shot; he saw his men succumb tq diseases of various character; he encoum tered danger from thirst and from hunger, and surmounted all with patience, courage and endurance. Indeed, foe most instructive lessons to be gleaned from his report are found in contemplating foe heroism and devotion of foe little band and foe stout heart of its leader. Through 730 miles of wilderness, broken by marsh and mountain and river, peopled with savage animals and beings of human shape but often savage natures; losing here a man by disease, there another by desertion, and again a score or more by foe arrows and spears of savages; living part of the time on gruel, part of foe time on lion's meat and most of foe time on what could be found on foe way—through all these experiences young Stanley arrived at foe Victoria N’yanza undismayed and eager to start anew into new dangers, with a firm purpose to achieve new discoveries. Supplement foe statement that he marched “from Bagomaya to Kagehyi, 720 miles, in 103 days” with a thought of foe obstacles in foe way and foe sufferings endured, and no one can withhold admiration for foe achievement and congratulation on the success. Henry M. Stanley is not as learned in science as some who have preceded him into foe wilds of Africa, hut in enthusiasm, in devotion to foe interests involved, in self-denial, courage, plnck and determination he has proved himself second to none. That he may accomplish all that he hopes for and all that is hoped of him will be the wish of all who read *his wilderness tales. We know now where Stanley was on the Ist of March. Fast mail facilities are not at his disposal. What he has done in foe intervening months, whether he lives, has met success or failure, are questions that may not he answered in many months. —Utica {N. Y.) Herald,

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Thb traveling agents who visit Vicksburg have a new and improved way of getting at business. The other day when one rappedat a door it was opened hut an inch or two, and the woman called out: “Don’t want anything!*’ “ Madam,” called the agent, “ you have a sister?” “ Yes,” was the answer, and the door opened a little more. “ And you haven’t heard from her lately?” “No.” “ Then you don’t know that—-that she It The woman opened wide the door, and excitedly asked: . “ What is it? What has happened to her?” “ Then you haven’t heard?” “ No—no—is Lucy dead ?” “Your sister, madam, is not dead, but —but——” “But what?” she wildly inquired, as he stepped up beside her. “ Your sister, madam,” he replied, unlocking his valise, “ purchased five boxes of this superb magical bluing of me, and earnestly entreats you to try at least one box—price, fifteen cents.” She didn’t appreciate his trick, and as he passed through the gate she glanced down at her feet, and then at his coattail, and sighed: “ Oh, I wish I weighed a ton!” —VicktburgHerald. Postmaster James, of New York city, has ordered that hereafter all letters addressed to his city marked poste rettante , “ to be called for,” or words to that effect, shall be retained for three months, subject to the. call of the persons addressed, before sending them to the Dead Letter Office It has formerly been the rule {o retfip ftejp for thirty days,

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