Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 17, Number 49, Jasper, Dubois County, 31 December 1875 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER.

C. DOJNE, TublliW. JASPKK. INDIANA, ITEMS OF INTEREST. IVrmntl l l.llrrir) Vice-President Ferry iicd to make shingles. Schuvh-r Colfax has a lectin-. "Abraham Lincoln," 1 1 i -1 1 In- will hliver this season. Mi-s Anna 1 i ki tiui makes her dramatic debut at 1 1 1 1 i ft 1 1 Avenue Theater, New York, after tin holidays. Ceorgc II. Pendleton, of Ohio, with his family, lias pun1 to Florida, whi te I hey will pa-s the prater jart of the w inter. Mr. M. I'iietson, iate Clerk of the House of Kcpre-ciitativcs, who retires after 1-' year' service, is now engaged on a life of Thaddciis Stevens. Thu Arnri'an Lecture Kureau lias hired Mi-s F.raddon, the F.nglisli sensation al novelist, to d; sonic reading in this country. Sin? will arrive in Jannary. Ildwat l C. Mar-hall, the only living hild of Cliief-Ju-ticc Marshall, (.f the I ii : : 1 1 States Supreme Court, is a clerk in the Interior Department in Washington. Tin author of that favorite Sunday-.- !:""! hyrm, "! wut to he an mio'cI." i now living in Newark. She is Mis Kiinberly, a music-teacher. Iloth the wolds and the nm-ic are hers. l'ot!iiast.T- Jeneral Jew ell was once a telegraph operator in Akron, Ohio, I aph ml Mipei mtendent of tin- hallway Postal Sen h e Pangs learned tin' priritbusiness in the li.won oHiec in the .aiuc place. - In connection with the appointment f Mr. ai t to le Centennial orator, it h is he.'ti not leed that he is a grandson of linger Sherman, w ho was a incinlicf of t lie ( 'omi'iit'ec I if the 'i 'II t i ne lital Cu..;rcs which prepared the Praft "f the 1 e. la: atioii of Independence. Itlmre ami I lutr)'. --Fi-'.jca ill estimated the Velocity of .ight at la,l.'7 mile- a second. 1'rof. Coriiu, b.ii:ig hi- e-tiinate on the data 'in hy a tie -a- in -t rn incut invented 1 v him, lives it at 1 viiii" mill's a second. I'ieau'- experiments gave a olocity of 1 : I . 1 !;lil'', arid ill our text-hooks the round t i;s -. l'.",""o miles is eommonly .'iven. --'I i.. : e Iiilt'" :: (eieii;::.i : n 1 1 i 1 1 . -Ilpel i-.. will 1 e an important special made hv tlte Fnited states :. at the Philadelphia Ceiii , .f : r. e nig pi ejai ci l under llie i hoard of otlieers repre.e: a' executive depart- '. e' N'il'Mlt. A tilie lillildr an l a halt ai res, js ".,e!lT. of : i o .; Mouhd f hieh v. i" i' t.:e purpose, pace 111 I occupied lv the War, Nay, Tii i-iiry, Interior, 1'o-t-otliee, ii. 1 A ir ' i cultural depart nients, and the sinith-i!iia:i Institution. -A fir'her ! p in the progress of '.!,e i''te n itii-ii a! exchange of animals !, i.j.i-t l.e. a made in the trannii--ioti :- New eala'.d, hv Mr. Frank Kuck- . 1:1!, if two :e-t - of Fn'lish huinhie1 ; !.;. 1, )..- ...'.re! ! 1. rd seed, .'I'.'!. .,.! c .ii.iiion Fnl'.-!i clover, been introduced into New ! Australia, has not proi'. proper i!i tntitv, due, as ; !, to the fact that, as bees .11 a 1 afire portion of t he labor .f : ! 1' i it i' 11 ot -ui h plants, j he prot !,e 1 oiuuioii bee is not lon l.'ll t I e ic!i d .VV II tothe pollen of 1. "Ver tlovver, XX )i 1 1 the huillhlei s : , a I ije. ! t 1 do. I.:;i-ce 1 .;', it js a-irte., is now i. iit'v adult. -rati d, hv foreign man1 P h ( od-liver oil. 'I'm ic.t I ! ti i treatment, ten parts hy weight I t ' i 1 1,1 l be m i xed vv it h 1 1 1 ree part - v weight of conniiercial nitric acid iu i.i- cv'.iuder, and well mixed hy ' ii i w 1! Ii : i-s r.l, vv hen it is to eti uiidi-t 111 Led until the oil and ' "I ci. u i ... 1 r 1 ii iv er 01 is pre t he lav er of oil will have M dark I .. .... "'.v a o r b. k ( "lor, and t he acid w ill i'l I'l VI How or xellowi-h brown. I i:

oil treated iii this way is at first a : deuce, that while the l.ey. r. Harris, pe.-i, then a uirtv v ellow i-h fi'"ii New Orleans, w ho was a Coiif.d- . Mild the l. -id t ikes o:'i a hriphter erate soldier. Ins been called to t he pul- . . . ' . i nil of St .lames' 1'r.itest nit l ii:.. oi. il

' ' ' I'he varied and extending u-e of '' palp, at the present time, i- illu i-d i i ll manufacture of -iicli artia w at r pail-, which are bein ! i l"in Firp iUitititie of that inateri1 . ci l an- f. .in.d to an-vver an excellent 'I lit t ! nlinary wav of inikll- pail, tin- seiiarate imils i- staves "it, one at a time, from the ,,f '""1. and, ill tlii- process, all the ( hips 1 I'l !,it ii. tiler pieces are wholly watci- . so far a the real object of the 11 niiif icturin operation is concerned. ! i pi o.luein a pajver pail, however, ' " libioiis material is of course wholly 'ilii-d, and, if the oripnal sto. k is v I as iu p ut it may be then the ' propiirt ion th at would he wasted :" "lii: a, ul deltas is cut in '.y saved. I'nrrlKit .ot. A London -cani-tri-, lived for two '"f on two shillinpt (Mnp'ish) ;i '" n. She never coiiiplaiiicil for fear I tie- workhouse. At hist she was ! i'id dead in lu-r room, having perish. '"' f ir want of warmth and siill'u i'-nt :.,1. A iii'-inori il in the form of an oheof pet. i In-ad p-anilc. Jl feet hip"i, ""I u raised over the rein it i n- of Vl " h 11 aiiiioeh, of Dupild Itiichanan, 1 le.ie poet of some note anion;; Caeak i op people. I In- subject announced f. u- t Ini' . '. ...... i ! i -a ' t Cambridge is "Th" Aii- an Independence." i

(iinbri Igc i the Alma Mater of Lord North, and, as the New York W remarks, the pviug out of u h a poem for Mijoh an occasion is enough to make the old Premier roll mer in his rave mid groan. Col. S. II. I.oi kett. late of Montgomery , Ala., hut inw erv in;.' with the llgvptian arinv, writes that all the positionfor which foreign otVuers were wanted are tilled. I he numl'er of Americans there ena'ed is tweiitv,

iind tin y are partly employed in the l.nl eaux at headoua rtei s, in ( ;ur and partly in explorations in the interior. - IhndcallX, France, is to he lighted with ovs made from cork. Fragments, IllostU waste, left after cutting hottletolp, are di-tilled in a lose retort. 'Fhe t'.ame from t his pis is tdaiined to le whiter and more hrilliant than coal and alo cheaper, w hile the Idue one is mui h emaller an I the intensity i-oiisideraldy preater. A new pneiiniatie street car was lately tried in Fnplandwith succe.ful icult-. Jlxperiincnt- were made to test the powers of the machine for -low-in;:, stooping to take up passenp-rs, te., atnl it appeared to he under the n. ost perfect control. 'Fhe tmi-e was M-arcelv perceptihle, while horses ahmp idedid imt seem to rccopii.e the car as any thin' iiu-iphtly or to he feared. 'Fhe fortune I. ft hythe Iukiof Mif dena amount- to over thirty millions of dollars. It will he divided hctwceii three pcr-olis: His eldest sister, the Countess de Chainhord : his younger -ister, the Imehcss Maria I'.eatrice, widow rd the Infante I oii .Juan de Poiir- ) in and the mother of lni ( 'arlo- ; and, finally, his niece, the daughter of his decea-ed hrother Ferdinand, whose death occurred in lMn. Victor Iltnmaiiuel is s;ii I to he ciy fond of a little six-year-old pamNon of his who calls him "the pre at hi grandfather " and delights in repeat inp in imitation of the Kinp the word- which that dipiitary addressed to t he tirst Parliament which asseinhled in Kotlie; Senators and I leputies, the work to which we have devoted our time i- finished. We have come to Koine and we will remain here." Nrhonl and linrrli. Messrs. Whittle and lllis, theev.mpdists, are holding ineetins in the )iera House, Milwaukee. Th- hae Flip' .'linlielu-es. 'Fhe Preshytery of Japan, connected with the Prehtcri an Foreign Missi.m, has licensed two native oun men apreachers. After an ahsem-e of Ft . cars in India, the Kev. J. V. Scudder," M. I., with his f unilv, h is returned to America to recruit his health. 'Fhe low a Agricultural College is in j an excellent condition tin ineially, the j rentals from the collide lands morel than meeting the current expenses. A , new lahoratory luiihlin- ha- heen tin-i-hed recent Iv , without exhausting the I .-urn appropriated hythe I.ep..laturi' furl the purpose. 'Fhe census of 17)! showed that the j value of church property in tin- Fnited states was then as follow s . I xi..ii.H,4t...i..s-.i.i.M (..n.T.-ii'hstj.".. I Kmiii ih I'ai!." i .'v. U. l 1 lain li. . p., I : . i;.i , . .... ! , l;.iiiii-is tvriM .1 I liKII. I,.'-'. . I.Hl.irii.ll" . l.,.'l.,i.i 41. . l is Mis. .llalM'.Hi, I .iei !ili.iii l', -, j Fhe Society of the Hapie for " Fhe ; Defense ..f the Christian lhlipoii," 111' !Tee. a j.rie of !' )o h. (about n.i'.i , f,.r the best cs.ays on these three siilij.-et, : Fhe Kelatjoll 1 'f 1 Vll VV ill isu to ;. ;ipou and Morality." " Fhe Ile-cl.-'usti.al Domini .,f the Fall," and " I he Kelation between Popular P.eliefs and t he Treatment of the I lead." ' Ah For, a Chinaman, who labors i under the sup. i v i-ion of I ; i -lo f Whitlaker, i t l lie I rolestanl I.himi:i i el. i. l... i...:i. ..... .a... y , inn ii, u.l- cm. i i w o eiiapei-, mii- ai Virplnia City, and one at C.ir-on, for the u-e of hi coiintrv men. I nfoittin itelv the ..ne in irp!nia City was bullied ill the lite lire. All For has the confidence of the Chine-. in Nevada, and is s;ii,l to be a very competent l'"':nd.cr and teacher. . . . II is 111. niiolie.l iy l I io ( mi'jrt .- tioit'tH- as ;i rather remarkable coiuci- . . . . . lillli h, t h leap i. 111 the vestibule of !.;. l. l . ,, J i Fnion s,,,ljers, the IJ.-v. I r. Thompson, : formerly of the same idmi'idi in Chica- ' pi, W ho was one of the liot otltsioke ' Fnion men anions the Prote-tant Fpiscopal clergy dllliue; the rebellion, has I become t he p i-toi of Trinity Church, in .xew i n lean, i nese lacis are aio im portant as indicating that Hie nioody i ha-in" i- f.i-t liliin up. llnps t.rl llll.. Mi. Mary Hurt, living near Ferre , Haute, Ind., was burned to death, her ' ( lollies catching from a tovc. -'Fhe i'-y ear-old danplitci of Henry Fdson, of Fopan-poit, Ind., was burned i to death hy hci chithinptakiiie; tire from 1 a to e. i --A little ;!-year-o!d son of Win. Day, of A-htoii, Mich., fell into a tub of boilinp water and died iu a few hours from . his injuries. -James Hendry, one of the oldest ( itiens of the town of I.anmrt inc. near ' Fond du I.ac, W is., fell down stair and received injuries from which he died. 1 - A voting man n. lined IJurp(iarner, about years of ap-, while hunting near l.iberlv, Ind., accidentally shot himself, producing almost intant death. I - Frederick 11. Tvh r, ap-d i'J, -on of I!. 1 . S. T h r, of 1 ictioit, was .n a i.h ntalh killed by the (lis. har-'c of his rn n vv hih- huv.iiiiir near ( i-wept, N. Y.

At Walton. Kv.. Mrs. Harmon, 7i

yearn of up', wan Instantly killed hy the j carclesM Iiaielliii'ot pi1ol In tlie liiiiuls of her pandson, Columhiis Ilipitower. The hullet passed throup1! the old lady s head. 'Finn Uald win, a farmer living near North Vernon, Ind., while under the inllucnce of twisted tanpV-foot, fell into . I ' 1 i I . I . . I i! . t ... . ," . , i . . o . , ,.., -....... -o. comin- oil' his head and fa e down to his shoulders. J h: was a terrilile lookhi'' Mit, hut stranp-to say, hopes are cilici 1:111101 01 ills coiiiiit-n- in imi'ij

John Duer, a prominent fanner, worth from f7,"Ki to :? 10,000. The living ahoiit eip"it miles southeast of I(M)(erv is supjto-ed to have o.-curred .lacksonville, 111., accident ly shot him- l.etween Ferpisou and .I.-nninp Staself with a revolver on the 1.0th, and ; tions, hut it is not certainly known, died the same nipht. He had heen help- , -j storv ,,f ,(. r,,,.rv ;,, t-,,r, m to ... .. 1 . 1:11:... 1 ,.(.,.. i . - . . t "

throup1., nmu-ed hin.-elf, with others III'' ill . L III r - IV I 1 1 I I I ' . iLIIll. IIIICI 1L niLshootin- at a mark. In . arclessly ,andim- the revolver it was discharp-i and took elh et m his forehead. Ml I I ll I 111 m.t It ll 1 at f i tlii I 1 1 '1 11)111 tkll fill Ilia .I.eilh. II..w :is wenl.hva.id much re- ... J , t .,. . . Stephen .J. (iillcspie, a prominent citien of Hayton, Ohio, was shot und. r pec uliar circumstances, lie ami several p-ntleinen were conversing in a saloon, when Mr. Koss, an old friend of (Jilh-s-j.ie, picked up an old pistol that had heen lyin around for live years, and was supposed empty, and plavfully jedinin-11 ai 1. mesp1e s iea.1, .uiicdine( Iripp r; an explosion fo.lowed andt.illespi,. fell to the tloor with afiip'itful wound in lii.- head. 'lite w oUnd w .1, . supposed to he fatal. Some recent suicides : At I'lhana, j Ohio, Harry SarpMit, of the tirin d .Mamicn ,- arp-ni, sinn mniseii in me head with a revolver, in a temporary tit of insanity. Deceased has been iu poor health ahout a year, lie was a prominent yoinijj man, ahout .".(i, and liked hy i-verv one. (ieorre v illianis. of Jona, Wis., supposed to have escaped recently from the Craw fonlsville Jail, -hot and killed himself in the ham of Kd. Marshall, ahout "1 miles west of Hot kvillc, I ml. H" had on hi per-o?) three watches and .i'.m in money. No motive for the deed is know n. Adolph C. stein, recently editor of t he An: i r, at Seymour, Ind., shot him-clf in in - cinnati. Ih' had heen discharp'd on account of intemperate habit. Aupi-t Puden, of Adrain, Mich., ap'd ;.', killed himself with strychnine. Cause, unreipiited lov e. Charles I lock, a I lerman butcher from Taylor-v ill., Ohio, v ent to Memphis in search of employincut; and ind finding it, shot hinix If. Jacob Y iiber, a P.oheinian. ap-d about u vears, who wis arrested at Kacine, Wis., mi a charp' of drunkenness and cruelty to his f.nnilv, ;,n.l sentenced to thirtv dav his cell. ' s 111 jail, h inp-d him-elf in t mm the iN-troil t rf I'rr-ii. " Fhe Worhl's fireat Combination of Theatrical Talent" is the name of a Wetcrn troupe composed of a lame :t ,:" ""ni',:' :m" a I''-' '-' - -The rourvr-l'uru-il j.arap- iph.-r writes with his I. ft hand. n opening a snioke-hoiis,. door iu the piirht it is . a ... 1 1 .1 well to pii.h a stick iu ti 1st a ud -ce i f i here is a t r 11 1 " 1 111 . . .... . I lie laic .vj 1 . Aior Unllll lulleve t ir,,,,,! clothes, and lie W:l Wot th s .- IMhl.HNI Til. i-e of II- VV oil h Ollh a lllillto . or s.. have a p.i.,1 even. now for wearing l.i-t year - over-cat. A Train of car on a . u id i railroad pase. a man on horseback, and there was p-cat huriahinir ainoi; the paen-p-r until theydi vcr.-d that the mule W a tied to t he fellee. - VV Hell oil . ..me To let ro;l oil CI 11 i ca-ily pi.k out the s..li,l leiin. ss hi. n '.lltl tin t.l..-.I t'liN't'hl'i.llo jit!..oia y1( ujjj sec them leading little dotrs iroiind to how oil little blankets. 1 1. it .. i. Mi..- ..... .. I..!.- ;.(..,. i "iiani'i nas iium ii p mice or lour tea--tore , hron.os tl,,,-,' added a plaster of Paris bu.t oft Ir.ii.t, and" Fh- Duh...,.,.tr:i v has h.iM M.o thr. rf.mr tea. i " " " Ait Assoi i.ition" js in full b!at. -As an ev id-.-nce of t he hard times it in iv he mentioned th r. a juiiii; man in t his State wrote t- every bank iu Detroit otlerill to !.! your k:lheer for 1 per moid h an-1 1 1. -ai d," and no bank could p!ve him a place. A Detroifer r,,t honie at inidni.'iit . I i...- ,. i. .. i.i ..a i .. "' "''o "..... o.o ., boov step, and as his wife nu t him at the head of the tairhc exclaimed: "Why, vo.i've I n lip'itinp!" "Yes'm," he liii-i klv replied as he leaned oil the rail. "And ome one ha blackened one of voiireyes!" she continued as the tears came. " Don't cry, zharlinp" he aid in a coaxing voice a he put hi hand on lu r head: " 'li hadn't had a chance to run he'd have blacked boh of '.m!" An Interest! in; Watch. A watch on exhibition in the window of (Jill ifc Hay c i one of the most interesting of the Centennial curiosities yet hroiight to light. It w.i forim ily the property of Augustine Washington, the man who embraced his son because he wouldn't tell a lie. and it now belongs to Harry A. Arnold. His grandfather, living at West Stockhridge, manufactured boots and shoe-, and was accustomed, about once a year, to take a trip to Virginia, with a team, to dispose of his product iion and other barter, and this watch came to him in part payment for a hore. It is an openfaced watch, without a t rvstal, the outer case being of wood and silver, with a little slide over the keyhole. There is nothing to indicate w hen or vv here the watch vv a, made, but it is ( crtain! v oldf.ihi"iic. cnoiiirli to have the ln-tory attril'iited t it . !,. -it;, a (.i.i-.)

lt()I I) JIOIIBFKY.

ItariuK i:irlt f M.kril Mri n ll.r w.lK Mlouuil Itooil-Ait I ii.rn.Ur l:ulrrrrl aniltltr Mraaruvrr Otuuoif rr.l-Kr... T.ooo o. io mm iu . posral In ! lru airlrtl Oir-l-ai, r ihr 4ir.ir. from tfai' SH. I.ciuin lii .u!.hrfin, !. ; Hetween the hours of ; and o'clock yesterday inorniii'' the car of the F. S. ' ' - " ' - Kxpn-.ss Coinpany attached tothe ni-l.t ; ,.x. .,., Uf ,u. No, , 1 . : , ' I.M..J Of fl,.. X.. Ill, Ml. ...... I 1' I i.e.... i i .1 ! ,M ,. , ,.' ..... money valuahles. varioiislv estimated to he VIw ImV lliTol'lo.ili,.n 1 .1.1 i i i... . o al(ut ils follows: TK yxvin AK 'isan ur(lill;lI.v n ,Kui :l ,,,. ,a , ,,ich end secured hy a Telf-fastenin-I . . .. 11 . ,M"k r."1 btV. !i .t"1':1!" W "'V ' lU!U j looseiy on me m-ine, so trial tne door can he opened a few inches, hut is still , secure. The ohject of this is that the , tuessenp-r, when any one knocks for ; Ul mission, may he aide to sec who is j there het'ore leaving the. .. or unsecured. , tiikinir charL'e of t he car at Kansas City t. n.essenp r, ("has. Kim-aid, no- ; tic.-d that the chain on the rear door j Ji:i,l iM.en rendered u-i de-, a staj.le into vvhi. h it fasten. ,! havine; l.e. u drawn out, pn.hahlv hy design. 'Flu- express car was iuiiuedV'.tely hch'.nd tin-ti nder to the enpne and in front of the hap pjp.-c.ar. 'ITm; messenp r had in his care a laipe expressman's trunk containin packap's, and a s;if,. contain- ) in vajuaoies. w s.ne vvas a larp I amount of money ah.nit 7,im). and ! ot her valuahles t hat may he worth ( j (NKj more. Amoii the money packap s 1 vvas one of ..'i,imo. After reaching Mexico the oxtiress j messcnpT has n work to do, as the ' train makes no stops at nlall stations, and, hem a niplil train, had little ex- ' cept throiipi express matter. As mood J therefore s the train pulled out of I Mexico the messenger prepared to take ( the re-t of the trip easily. He says he placed a box apun-t the door to make , it more secure, on account of the inelii- ' cieney of the chain, and then lay down j I to take a nap before reaching the end j of the run. He iuituediately f 11 into a j doe and continued napping until the J train reache.l St . ( hai ls. where he pit , : up and put some wood in the stove. '1 his done, he lay down apiin and went : to sleep. IIovv 1 1 1 ur he slept he docs j ; not know. It could not !, n e been loin:, as St. Charles is not fir distant. His, aw akening, how ever, was by no means a pleasant one. lie :u he neither 110- ' ticcd nor heard any thm' unusual until ; he fed a heavy hand on his col1 lar. IF- opened his eves ami was J somewhat bewildered to see t wo men 1 standing over him. One of the men had A 1U V ot.V I K IN IIAI'II H AM, , both looking the inessenp-r souarc in the eves. The other man had a revolv- ; er in one hand w hile with the other he held Kim aid hv the ,-oat collar. Neither -poke, but a sturdv pull at the collar ,, , ...1.. ii... i,,,,,,,,. strn.,1 m. 1'.. .tl. ,,,.!, wore mask s. .fbi ai k ch t h a nd hot h I 1 ... 1 ..... . 1 1 wore short heavy to . coat-, buttoned tirhtlv up to tlie dun. t oiiv niced lliat . it VVie:ld be J.erfectlv Useless to re-i-t, the nii.,.oi 'er reinaini .1 lielfecth lias. ,ivc in the hands of his captors. Fhev kept hrikly at work, evidently liav in no intention of losing anytime. One of the men still held him by the collar, w hile the other went through hi pocket and seeiiri d possession of his key. Having obtained the heis. the rohOcr HlllllciliaTcIV unlocked and lues-en.., trunk 1 "i"'ni'' the larp- ! w Im h ( on'aimsl part of the pa.-kap-s ut ' Kincaid' care. Thee he ijiiiek ly empi tied out on the car Moor, and Kincaid, 'who was standiii' hv watching the fWIlCl( ... . ..ii.. t.. i i i.:... I" "' '"'"- ''".. i" .. ... ... . . . . ,Vlf ! around aptnist and ...to the ,rl,1,1,k- M"' lie w a. iv.l. i.i..,. of the robbers put a single package into the trunk "for a pillow," Kim-aid avs, after which the cover wa hut down and cart fully secured by th stlon- straps vv ith w Im li it is bound. Tilt. V-K0H Ml r N.l i: i Was thus at liberty to take tlill'L'- ea-y apiin and continue hi- nap if he ( hose, though it is hardly necessary to .ay that 1 he didn't clioo-e. Of tin- -ii'iscpicnt , movement ot tne pinners d court

Kincaid know no,inr b..ond what is nightmare, superinduce.!, i am ien io oein.licated by the traces tl.. left behind. li-'ve. by the fo-tivities usual on Christ

W hen the train arrived at the Kiddle Street Depot, it W.ls of coiile noticed that Kincaid did not appear a usual. 'Fhe car w is locked, and no answer could be obtained from any one inside. I'in .llv ! Lev w is l.roeio'e.l anil nil ellterm-' the car t he employee of t he t - ...!.. ll.l.i.r o. 1 v r.....1 order excepi trial tne content oi ine jack:ige-chet were scattered oil the tloor. A few faint cries from the interior of the higtriiuk called them to more fully appreciate t he silti.it ion. and t In n t ln-v saw that thecar had indeed been robbeil. They opened l h' chest and released Kincaid f i ni hisconlinenient. He was pretty well smothered, but soon came around all right. He had been ery caia fully handled, and didn't show a scratch of any kind. 'Fhe robbers had carried otTthe keys with thein, hut the afe was taken immediately to the otlice of the company where it was opened ami found to have been plundered of all its valuables. 'Fhe express company are not very free to tell exactly what is missing from the safe, but it is reported to have contained as hih as .I-.,ikmi. ( f coiire, the detective are at work on the job, but they don't seem especially confident of cafchinvr the thieves. - -'I he 1. -union l ' tmtui. r likcas p.ut 1 1 ll If to Defoe.

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oV,,,! ..... .,.,,, fjl XI,..,.:....- .. , , v. ..,.ins,,-u, s il-eetiSlon, Bald 11 irelltleinan to Hie. as 1 entered the inclo-ure devoted to ,, ... .. , ,, I the aeionaiitic ih-play. Jin wasaneuin mi ioier 10 nie; mil iioi iein superstitious iii matters of cUijuette, as we mip'it suppose "a p ntleinan of distinctioti" to he, I did not ohject to thi.s hrus. pie mode of introduction, and so eivil'.v an.-wered "Yes." "Itut I -hall p further to m-h it than you will," contium d the p-ntleman; "I intend to H-cend with Monsieur ;." "You may p further and fare worse," -aid I. "You aro ph ased to he witty," said he; o)lU 1 inten.l to make honie exaniinaiion of those upp. r regions for myselfto u-certain whether the -tars ce1 . . . ! . 1 VaJ , 1 ' u "r r " on 1 .mil- 1- sis in ui -11 n suiei 'ui e as the otlice of our 'stars' terrestrial. Would you like to ascend with u-?" "No, thank you kindly," said I; "in i '""'k' the clouds one mi-hl lose 'one's self the way is likely to he mist! 1 Kv cry one to his taste: the earth has .suchVhanns for me that I would not chanp- a sp ideful of it for cuhie miles of t he hluo empyrean." 1 Vain declaration! How ' ima-inc flf. L..rr...'-- ti. o .. little did I i waited met j Jfovv little did I foresee ',y dreadfi fate in han-im- heiween the heavei lful ' and the earthen spectacle to laii"-hin-' men, pprlitv' women, and insensate, hooting hoys. We entered the in. losUre. There was t the va.st silken I'uii'oie, pun'u..' out iU j hollow cheeks like the face of a fat flow n when laupYinp and ri-in;nml tii'"'iii'' away at The roue- as if nnna- . . . nt to leave our society. "You will not accompany me?" said my friend ; to which I replied in the ncpttiv e. "Perhaps the p-ntlcman will assist in 1 cuttinir the rones." said the aeronaut. j in French, which, singularly enough, I understood at that moment', thou di I never hefore or since ventured to exhibit my knowledge. "Certainly." -aid I. "with pleasure." "Thank you," said the aeronaut; "plca-c take your station." He and my friend entered the car. I irra-tted one of the rones and awaited the order. In a liioiiu-nt it caitiL'. "Cut!" said the Toice. "No, hold on," said another, I was bewildered, and did both, Wlteii the others cut I did the same, and with the direction to hold on I p-apel the end of the rope still near me and held on." Iu a moment more I vvas ,Vi feet fro in the p:ounl. I inapne my . hc .' There was I, like a freshly caupht ti-h, danline; at the end of a line, with the balloon ren- ' resenting the limit. I cried out to my friend and the aeronaut, but in vain. ! The spectators below, thinking I was j some aerial acrobat, vv ho was about to turn lift v double somersets and then jalipSt Up-Ul his feet before thclll, checr- ; cd siitlicieiitly to drown my voice. 'Fhe t'arties 111 the car could led see me pa I'.ut, hv the hat sw unoccaioaal!y over the side, I knew they were oovvin to the crowd below. Meanwhile I was sw inp'n like a pendulum before them, with only ten linp-rs to sii-tain the weight of one hundred and eighty , P"1""i, 1 1 am 1 ai mi s,(,ui (, aim 10 pie- .. . . , serve ine iroin iciiip uiiiny spread over the pound beneath, from " larding the lean earth" with my human form div inc. What an ap- of terror! I he dome of St. Paul's became a parasol; men became nine-pins; and tiueliothic i hurches he jan to look like -o many i hickcii C( l ips. Iii the meantime mv finder still'encd. : but 1 clutched the rope with the enerpy j of de-pair. I had loti cea-ed calling ; ; 1 had exhausted imc!f. suddenly a cold perspiration broke out upon tne; I knew my hour had come. My linp-rs were slipp'inir down lie- rope! Oh! those aotiiinir tnoinents: Inch I v inch 1 approached my doom. Firt the left hand lost its hold ; and then, as I felt 1 he cud slipping by the little linp-r of the ri"ht, 1 pive one brief prayer and fell -out of Led! P.einir, as I before observed, a corpulent man, my fall had shaken the whole house, and the alarmed inmates, aroused from "sweet slumbers," were knocking violently at the door, which had the effect of restoring me to cou-ciousness, when I discovered that my " terrific halloon ascent" was nothing more than a .. . .til... mas dav, in which 1 ni ivay l indulged soiuew hat No! I w ill ii"t betray my friend-: but allow me to tell yon that such a dinner a they gave i not to htj slieccd at. .'o-c.oj Tdih. -- ! IHm-outj of the- ICiiint of rill Ancient ' ' 3 The Crontadt Mi i wjt r announces that during the reconnoismice recently cllected in the Steppes by the Kussjan troops of the Transcaspian section tin y discovered the ruins of an ancient city, the existence of which xvas hitherto unknown. From what i reported the remains prove that the place possessed a large sedentary population. Several minarets of Arahie architivture were found in a very good state of preservation, owing to their remarkal'ly solid construction. 'Flu- inscriptions which are found on many of those ruins were copied by the otlieers of the expeditionary column, and have heen submitted to thecxaininatioii of competent Orientalists. 'Fhe siteof the unknown city hears the traces of a vast system of irriirat ion, and a plentiful upply of drinkable water is -l leauid tin-re. A tradition of the Turcoman is to the died that this country was formerly very fertile, and vv a w atered by a canal fnun the Kivi-r Atck.