Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 18, Number 21, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 June 1876 — Page 2

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i- : - l f ith, ls ar. Te.-j eel. vely work-j .f v,.u pleav:, ir, a young l.idv drivir' :!-'.-n.t!., s- ks in pr.'e. of being -lnr uVer to Covin-ton ia a light, open r i-'.-l' !, un w hi-t.es und decapitated carriage, ha beeu caught in the rain.

4 You can hire thi room all to xour--ir," siid Mr. Hunter, triumphYou really must not let me disturb u i." rejoined the traveler. Ii jn't ye t mention it," replied the landlord, ia a tone w hich was at once nn. t! atid cofifidential. 44 We would n' t turn a customer away from our l'sors. You see, we d tmt have much paxlor company.' "And this i the only rooru you have d:sen'a'.d?M 44 Well, yes, sir; thi l the only room ?.. pre-ent. Nian, make a fire for the litleliuil." The traveler having as be thought sirtwn a dm- amount f consideration hr the comfort of Mr. Hunter nd the young Hunters, w. glad enough to enter be lp ir na-nt betore n!hideI to and t- draw clo-e to the tire the one dilapidated km i -chair. Ar lur Seton, lawer hy profession and library by choice, wa not really more th.m :o. though he looked considerably older; for the dark hair an 1 beard were streaked witt gray and the face, with its regular, handsome feature4', wore hi'.iiiaily a look of such intense mental wearines a would have maddened th- mot hojH'ful man h.ul be looked on it T r long. For some time be leant indolently ha. k, his lunda clasped behind hi head ; at length he rosf! an-l took from bis tng a lo..ked-up diary, which he opened, and availing hiinstlf cf ps-ns and ir k which tood u-kh the table, ma le the fo'Iowiig entry : yi. I., J-.t. ii'il up llf. I. Alien on .ri r.r!.i:i-ton: Uwrf i out. Halt -int tjt with Annie; went, like f.'l, r A i m ft r.il . Ii I m fiw.l l.nntl Ik. ( h n...i.e. it UAitiKiih.... iJ tw- '. i.. I. dinrJj.l.i:t I heard children v!vinK :c the jrinlen. The h"n-e 1. , t. I t.elii-e. I i mit people, iwnenv niio. , umeii rjlc Ir". ?r.r; i?r D,f tQ tUU- V."1 ! k L 'me Jate. v rte eolumn eieie. A cn. werr ij.iv shTl I never i ktowr a mom-'iit's forretzulne H? then drew from the have of the ! 1-V n lefer n-ritfon in j il..!?, .Iu (m. i:.ry a b-.ter written in a delicate fem'rrt e hand and addr-ssed, 44 Arthur . . . - - s, v; n, Y.'i. " Thi letter I,e regarded i a ! .ng, sad. lovin" look ;? then. t;pg l.-s l;i-ad on hi hand, b- re.vl i: t!;rou 1 ,ws: very ,ly. It ran a f-d-, I

,Iv. tl. ... ... , 1 .'uinntiuu of gavety in hi.t"U: "but IX IUR A :TMI If: If To-i will be ..,, 1 ,. ,-. -. ... , . , -l-a i .u.. so j, ,,.., .ml Vxartinr. I can .lX uU 3?U about it. Mv frinid i. -' see h w weare eu rto le bappy. Faith j kindly took It into thear head that I u bout work i iSed. ami I ie without wa sticking too closely to work that '.tti i-n l.b-.in.'.but weary bur In. Im.I wanted fresh air and exercise so "m me over on my word of an at of .,.i.rr. .. but I onlj i-h f, r i-me. bonor, to walk irom C tothi phu e I. nu-iT-iMe, i-tty jialou.y is t ,i c un- daily. I acquiesce iu every thin; now, w .rthy f.f o'i. lo trv in ! put it fr- pi vou; ! ho of cour-e I acquiesced in this, and vl rnn.-n.r-rtli.xt love. w.,.,,1,1, niv fTt Jay of bard labor and nie tune hart f.at ba.e n ri-fOi-n . I - ,' . o r....ve.,u.ir,m.le -felv. bn' Ie,n lT'' 1 oi , , n..; ej-'ik . ....it it no. Yuu'bai tnvle " Iit you used begn the lady :

no t'- .!. t .' weary. rot .-n a little In-1 ilvnant. V'mrs n.-riionirlr. - .M l . ( I ihi.ut un He replaced the k-t1r, closed the diry, took op hi pipe, and liegan sni-king. The early part f thi day h. i bs-en tine and mild, but toward tbe

afternoon the sky grew all atotucleadcn t and the wind hittsl W I ha nrt hctt ; ! now tli w ind as ri -i t i -T and t he rain iwa.s falling OvI'I. penetrating, inipi tuoa, d ter mined rain. The countrv, I which Imt .1 brir nhile ince had loolxi i'.l (air i: b'.m Ov't.lnT --i:n!i.'ht.

! nun- ei'.ii'l a t!oiir t hud.!i r : t. Th i!un-' Joriil w.'Oili, wit :uul (.ulyni, -oeiiu ilo have n hope of any return tarr.it'jr -ununtT anl l know the utt r leoKtion of the eial. Itwa- i :up -i-hle in.leeil to Imagine th.it in the reen, soaking lii'hls where now n few iivs were; hnllim Iror nuj lowing i oli.'!.iU : . ii'al . ' I -11 oal'l i- 'r ' hvet; I feli oth- r in the w:inu, swe:-.!!! H'.nj-ha?;- the nin' lnvi' i ilrearilv acainj't the window, :itnl tinJ vtn! chriokrJ rouTal tho ?au and ih--i a..ion.il!y thinalered in the ohimiif V ; iuiil the w:ir'in Juiuheiel hyor ilrew up in frmit ol tiie hnr. :ind while the j drivers ava;!cd thoniM-ht-s f the t.ivi t rn's hospitality, the lare, hroalI kicked horses heat the miry rad- with ' heavy hoofs. There w:ts r,,.t intu h to Hi upy a man's thoughts in the dreary ! liu'e p.u'.ir. A re.it variety if vhi"s I humr :iain.-t t!ie wall, and over the mantel-piece was a photograph of atiae i la stinu mare. I'luh r it written, "I'.ciii Mr. Hunter's favorito mare, who died in h r fourteenth venr." A ' liort way on was ph-t'rapli if Mrs. Hut.ter i;i full ladi.lay eotu:uc. Alar-e ' liiMe and photograph alhuni lay upi'ii the tahle. ! Seton mechp.riioa'Jy opened the :ilI hum. Here r a ti.:tod photograph j f a voting girl with profuse irol.l rino;j lets, a larre, round faee, and inearrnjxI !i-ss Mue . I'nder it was written, l'resented ;o Miss Hunter hy her affeojt h-nate friend, Isabella J rail!." l'or j Isabel!! How nianv hom-t rountrv hearts, I wonder, had she caused U ache while the hair was po'.d and the huxor.i tiure still shajely ! For want of ometri:n better to do Set on liejan to write a let'er; but he tn.ule slow wav with it. For minute I together be sat holding the pi n listlessly : - i ii - i- . i in ins nana, leaning nis arm wearuy upon the table listening, a.s we all listen w lieu alone, to what sounds may be poin on near us, from a feeling which is not curiosity, but more overpowering.' r'i"!en!y what xnu.st have been a very liii ' ehicle dashed (swiftly dow n the nad and drew up with Teat precision at the door ol the house, while thevoice of a new-oouier tseame audible. Ston, however, could only catch a few discwniiei ted words, sacu a Ca'.ijht iu the rain delicateshelter tt clo-ed carriage." Then the door ened, the landlord presented hi:nelf upoti the threshold an,i iu a vt.ry p..iutcd manner, i and her servant wants to know if I can true her a sitting-room while ho drive back for a closed carriage." 44 And this is the only oneyou have?" if joined Seton. 44)li! a-sk her in by all cieau.. However, I am s.jrry the rovui uruell o of smoke " he added, knocking the ahe fro.n his pipe. 4,Ion'tyou mention it, sir, and than k you very much," replied the landlord, retiring. In another moment the 1 nir opi ned again, and tbe unexpected intruder entered a lady, tall acd very -graceful, having a pale. Madonna-like face, and gold hair shining like an aureole round a small, cliral head. Setn "a face bad grown white b the lip, and hi voice ijuivered perceptibly as, extending hi hand, he said 44 Thi i a very unexpected meeting." 44 Very unepe te.l," l.'-.l t he lady, removing her wet mant!-, a;id sitting down on the worn leather sofa. The recognition had l- ii mutual, but women a a rule, are more se'.f compo-.i-d that men. 44 Let rue recommend thi chair," raid .eton, laying .i hand upon the one from which he had jit rien. "No, thank you: I prefer sitting away from the fire." 44 1 am aorry the roo-n should smell o of tobacco," observed Seton, nfr a pause; 44 but you I did not expect the pleasure of a visitor." She smiled a rather forced smile byway of answer, and Seton fld,-l elaliorately aud put into an envelope ahe-t of blank pajier. 44 The country ia very beautiful around here," he ob-erved, writing bis lowu name, with great care, upon the envelope "We have only been back from Kmopc about six wetks," hc observed. afler a pause. 44Mamru hi taken a i fcoue n' ar C . I wa driving over (. . 1 e mis i;ioruiii nui 1 wa , i :neiii iu i or ram i l . : induced to a-k "r here. AnJ h'W 1 Mr. X lareUI'lll? "And how i .Mr, t lareheld? "-Mamma i pule well, tliaak you." t'ft . - i ..... ill . A i "en, aro-r a pause, ma iuii, sweei, ' ,w '-"nt.alto voice, which had a mi;' iot mimau pathos, 44.re you sto-.pm; ' re' 44 Hardly," said Seton, with an astrien Khe cOionvl a Iit'.je, and fceuicil unwilling to Imish ner sentence ; 44 you used to be o fond of walking." Hut a man changes a good deal in three year," ho replied wearily. Then came a lon silence, broken at last by Ihe pop of an ale cork, at which

tlit'V ftartfl :w if an i'ilsion h:ul takon ynu coint? An n't you -iutu ioitrU. - ?irc hip?" ' " ' ' tth! you row Uid to it in time," i Now la ris. :inl im'I IiU way t-oI-tv'iI "ti. .' vrnrJ horliku al'litjil 111:111. she tii ti ln l It Mviia l iiiiii!i'l' to itn:i;;mti lla srt ut Ju r h;tmU ml ilr w hint ti lu r.

two iiri'ns, nmrc formal to ;u li other in tTiania-r than th uio-it-di.-taiit asiuaint;iiH,", could t r liavo lutMi pa fimukte ami Jeotid Iomts. hat thou Jbrs h xx thov, 1 woiah r, a tln'y at t iethor aial v et so far apait, of the o!d d i wlienin love hd them and all was well? It would weary you, dear realtor, ami to no purpose, vu re 1 to set down hero tin lrery eomn"nphii' w itii hicli tlie-e two tried to beguile ti:j time for ovi r au lo ur Vt huth, worn out l the arduous o Tort of tr in to t lteltaill each other while their

' thoughts Were so far away, they took evident in face 'ami voice. j The Mima-tier is rontint not to try refits in silence ; and the wind roared, I Soothe heJrooni whioh bfv. Hunter ' any hazardous experiment; Inn in' , and.the rain la-lu d tho w italow, und the ' had been preparing all the afternoon, ! stru'-k tiie lucdiuiu way of beer he 11.du'k cam. on preiuaturcly, and Si t.m, j and of M loeh she Wiu not a ll;t!roud, 1 t iat. s neither to wa! r".n the on.- .:.i,d looking out en tho cheer! -. prnsject, ,teinaiael nmv i uiied but (ho "ment nor wini mi the other. And it w.i not shivered as with thtc"'d. Then that was lavish, and the. day's labor was not. ho but a I'rr.-oian, and :.n oil'a vr, who-e other person in the. room roye very regretted. ! opiu'am and evperlen-'e ave his remark ii;:ii '.lv ;aid stirred the lire into a blaze, i till! that ncver-to-br-furl b u ride some weight, who said to na-. tl ther

and reui;o d lier seat on the sofa. to (! through t he ii!d, windy wen-' day : As for me, when I can t ;r' d Xo, you shouldn't, really," said j in. Iictween it and tla l.vsU three : vv ater, pure, fresh v'ater, 1 let Ihe'b, t-r i Seton, not turning round, however, ; Yi ars lay all the paina of hell. Aud the I stand one side, and di ink w in,;." It i though with a liKk of :iVat pain upon rain ceased, ami strange wies were I n .ikes all the ddlen-nee in the w.uld his fi4a. It is wonderful what i sutler- i abroad In the wimS sin'inp: jtibiliintly i ith one's temer:ince pi ine p'. , inT suie small, eoiutnon-place word or ! over love reriscrf and redwmln!. - And ! win' tl.cr he lives onthe I'hitu- or :i the i actios may cause us. What vistas of; tho clouds drifted aw:y -.ual the pure, ' N r. There is a vnm;: hire that a ' impt asihle jis, aain, nmy they not 1 sweet, windy inooidi-jht uivere. over 1 Mina h man is a bn reek in t h.- eairnopen op to us! j wet fields and trees, and seemed love's I iurr. and a cask of 1 er at ni ;ht ; t inI ("upposo the carriage will soon be 1 benediction. ; epigram need im exploitation la ic, but . bai k,M said Alice presently, :;::d speak-: 1 leave you to imagine the arrival it miirht be misiiiaii -istood I -e a ! ere. 'inMith eth rt, 'and our new coach-I home. Arthur hud always been a fa- j If one were dispose.! pi, I..-.,!ue ii!v man drives s.) fast, ton." j vorito with Mrs. I'tun-rieM, aid in t he i to study the tempi-ran re pt..!n. m, Yis, and Jour term of imprison- j old days of ijuaml ho u'jil id way to ; Munich would be a o;, i, .1 . ,t- a; i incut will fciMiu be up," rejoined Setoii, j take Ins part. Whn-i dinner had at last j for one can see here exactly w n.a is the J resting his arms upon the mantelpiece, ) been disposed of, Mrs. Claretield plead-1 cuVct of unre.-traiin d lihcrty ; tho-.;h. ; and exan.iiiiu w ith critical interest the ' ed household duties aud went to her in apply in;: w hat oia- leaned hire to ; photorajiti at .Mr. Hunter' defunct ! in-drootn. lh-re she sat down before ; our own country, ymi would I. ;.ve to al- , ma; e. i the bright liix- and wept profusely, dear , low for the di;h 1 1 nee of i-Jmale and -f j How the time passes," said Alice, I s ul, over the happiness of her children. ; the temperament of people. It ihoft i iu a low voice, as if speaking to herself. And down stairs these two w cm very j at all folinwth.it w hat would do for j Then with a sudden cm r'y, I can not j ijuiet. To tloiu love was a solemn thinir, i Mani.h would do for Hartford. tell when w e shall meet aain. llcfoie and they were solemn lo er. And the i I'robal ly ymi could not find in the I we part, answer n;e one ipiestion. You wonderful, priceless iuomcnU went whole city" a man or a woman who has '.ire looking wom and weary are you ! sibntly aud swiftly hy. ; ever thought of what we call total abjhiopy?" I I'resently, how ever, Alice said, look-1 Htinenee, and they could iat rompreNnw he stood before her, nr.d thronU in up ju Arthur. face, and prtssiu 1 h nd the idea. Hut there are plenty ,.f itii3 dusk and the firelight hi eye ! bis hand very tightly, 44 You won't cjii- j temperance people that i-, peoj. w bo j flashed on her, ai he saidjin a low, j tinue your walk this week?" drink beer rc-'uiarlv, and n vir over-

liar: ijUe voice Kroni your tion is an insult." lit. thU

44K which yoti need r-t I-nr tr.e.'J nynnr to tlJ so. .

rrp.-tition,"she rejoined prornptlv, with, cutting H formahty. 44 it eau't end like this," h went

on. "Ho you know, ever since vou i against bim that, for once in hi life, j they were not marked !ythe wddm-s have leen liure, I have bitten my lip be had broken hi word of honor! or viciousn-s f 1 1 1" stion-Ii'pior ie.throiisli and tlirouU to keep them from , - , ebrii t y, but si ei:;e. to .. r at I. r :;' .!-

! speaking of the pa-t. Thi nie-tlri ' I vv;ls ro; of your Ms-ttkinir, Hiid it seems ; to me unmanly and da-tardly to take a Ivanugeof this opjM.rtuMty." 44 Vr nr.- sometimes so mistaken," 1 Til 1 .1 I he "..nil Iiurrieill v. but lierwonls were j - i hardly audible and he c.ntu.ue.l 44 Alice! you have treated me very ill. ;0:i t'nat dav, now three year ago, w hen

1 1 gave you my love, and U-lieied hi j son presented the appearance of bav-'b1' 'ends any ha!.t of ovi r-drir.k-. yours, I was frank with you. 1 told you jn.r camped mitou the hillside all ni"ht. ' " bave known str.m ' r- to indulge

how wild and irre-tilar mv life had hi en ano now iuii oi iau.is u. was. 1 L 1 1 t M 1 . " . . You reclaimed me you transformed r..y days you made my life, all at once, pure and fair; and then, because some thorn in my love hurt ymi, you threw it all away, and left nie to perish misera bly. She xxoiild have interrupted him. but ha sib-need her by a gesture and went on; 4 4 and now when we meet, af - ti r three years, you ask meif I am happy ! If I loved you once. I shall love you forever. Do I look happy?" 44 I think there were fault on both sides," she Miid ipjietly. 44 Y'ea, prhap. there were," he replied; 44 but I wa reading your last letter over only to-day. Oh! how terribly bitter it w a.!" 44 Arid have vou forotton your answer to tk-at letter?" she said, almost las-ionatelv, her voice ipiiverinr, and icr breast heaving. 44 1 don't remember it word for word," he returned quickly ; 44 1 know it wa written on the impulse of the moment." 44 Iiut I have it by heart ;" then, very lowly, "you eaiif, if your love, in it heart and strength, wa a little exacting, mine was cold and tidele-s ; in fact, no love, only a alow, sluggi-h affection. You almost thought I was right, and that we could not be happy. 1 am naturally proud," she went "on; "but a woman with Ips pride than I have could not have acted differently. Only one cnure wu left no to he silent." 44 Well, it is all over now," he rejoined: 4,we shall never, never meet again." 44 You won't take my friendship, then ?" 44 No. thank you ; you are very generous, but I do not want this irift." He threw him-clf wearily into a chair, and for mi time then w a a complete silence. IIujHi is so subtle, so intangible, that we are often only aware of it existence when it ha ceased to be. Arthur Seton looked upon himself a a man quite without imps, it seemed to mm that his hh- cmld hardly be more gray and desoh-to than it was, yet who siiall say what feeling, of w hich lie was not directly con-cious, may have sustained

him through the last three years. Now j W!ts cut ofV, an' hi-ease it wa a horrlevery thin- seemed (gone-there wa J accident, I want it insarted in the nothing but death left. j newspaper." I'resently carriage wheid came down ! 44 What did yott do after that?" the mad; carriage lamp flashed I I a int up and tuck a email snooze through the duk, and jrew stationary (on the hillside in consequence of feclopposite. the window. Mr. . Hunter ' ing fataygned ufther nift aartlon. bustled in, and announced, in a tone of i Troth it' tlm truth I'm telling; you." triumph, that the. carriage had cme j T lie l.tvUr man closed hi note-Imok for the young lady, and done the di- land nieianhred ixway, musing on the tance wonderfully quick. Then the vugariin il pernon atllicb-d with the dor shut, and they were alone to-1 jimjanis. ViSfar'A. leader.

getlier again Very softly and distinctly Seton heard her say hi name, Arthur-" but be did not move. It seenn il to bim that he would keep back all. lii love, clinch fast his heart till she were onc, and then die swiftly of the pain. "Arthur, I am waiting;, dear. Won't

'Then lift li-nt itown. Mic ni-nl lur

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ic, ;iuu mi' iii'in1' iiimi iuq i.)S, 'iiUM'ti i:iu i 'l' Tin-J'ili-liipi-raii'f i.:h -loiij ili.Hiiiti'il, ounif toi'llir in a pro- ! lion ha- iua-1.' liitlo i.ro"n lha! tJ,..

i lorjxl paiuiiato kit. lie knolt down j hj f)Or, hi'r lica'l sank ii;m hin hulI der, and for st veral iniiiiii; they reJ uiaint'd th., ht iu love's profound , peace and iny-ti ry. They were soon

ilisturbed by the landlord s summons, 1 drink water j i-t :vs n . kh dy, ill Iu in-' and hh Arthur folded Alice's nnnth'lthe pale and dreindid xtoiiiieh u-ith

. round Ler. She said, hall shvlv. "loilitae cold, lev cold 1 li.l. I'rob.ib.v 1 1...

far.' io iaj hark Mjtll ua to see l.iaiuI in i; are Ton not? "M ivl?" he answered. -reat i v l And Le answered, .with a bright I smile, "IJutlhave pledged uiy word j "Aral I command yen to break it. I it-s, be did break it; but none of his i friend broiurht it a an accusation A Horrible Accident. j Marlv tui-i uiorning, whiie a l.onhr xxrxll H"a, wending hi vvay through the ; .Iri.Iing rain , he eucouj.tcred an a:ed I ' f... I. .. l ....... .4 , ... . iu...t .lima j'fiiai I4't w villi.' u.o.v , ' .1M( i.,.r umis fall of rn-soase.! u.-i.-k-1 :v, s w hich apparcni'e Contained va- .' i ;7,os articles of "rub The a ' ! o- r- ! -u,.! !t n kii)s,..iunflv : ric. rt iit,e.l ib it I . . . . - such, indeed, wa the fact. Neverthe-

less, the female wa by no mean at the end a they wen- m thei-gm-despondent, and, Laltin in front of the "iurr. I.fi'l' r man. she -gave her demoralized Whether the German-, c-p. . , dly the bonnet a poke to settle it properly on ! n''n' l'" u"1 'ate a good ! al ol time her head, and remarked, with a strong ! in 1 baIN, afteriUH.n at:.-r ait. ino..n, Hibernian accent. 44 H.mld on till I tell I and night after night, sw i.-gu.g .-i.dies

i y,.'.s something." 1 " I he .f 'I'.'cr'inan extended the friend- ! v protection of his umbrella over the I nged person form, and held on. "Phut I want, do ye' mind," remarked the female, fetieulating with a rain-be-drib!led lohter done up in brow n paper, "i to post ye' up on a horrible accident that tuck place fcrnint the I'nion Taypot last night betwixt the hour of nine and tin p. m." "Thi ia bnsine," ctid the scribe, producing hi noU book. 4(io on." "Well, then, mind ye'., I went to the I'nion Taypot for tbe purpose of Imvin' tin dollar1 worth f nhoestriiig." You went to th- l'uMn Di-jiot to buy shoestring!" i "I did. Had 'ecu to iue; but thi lobster ia gettia' the devil a own soakin', an1 me loaf ar bread, if ye's take notice, L bein' reduced to the consistency av mush." , . "(.oon." "I bud a tin-dollar bill iu me. hand whin I got furniust the tayot, and forbye that I had secrayu.-d about me garment a oti irt bottle av whLsky. 1 askcd some'iliv il av newsboy regarding the shoestrings, and this betrayed more ignorance av the newboys' character entirt ly. There, air yo foin', old woman?' sez wan av tbiin, and wid that there waa a grand rally av the divil'.

imps around me, and in the twinklin ordered back to 'ameron, the boonioav aa eye me tin-dollar bill and me j tive.s detas-hed and placed at a roaveni-

whisky wa irone, r.ut, madam, this eau not properly 1 called an accident.' Hould on. After that 1 wandered round In a spayrie of dazed condition, it . . . . . i . .... and I got extricated, a it mirrht be, in the railroad track hikln for tin new ! ,v,t wj,in an at once I wa struck bv I a r..0uio,re and run over wid the car. ' i i;. over' "Yi:au more betaken me ' tviiiPii 1 11 t i Irftn tun lia41 ii' a Old but aprojtixs: Sc ene A market, Monday morning, a man buying strawlierrie. Suddenly a thought strike bim, and he says: "I hope these straw berrie were not picked mi Sunday?" Market-man "No, sir; but they grew cm Sunday."

lur Drinking iu MuMidi. I'hailr.t ltnl!i y Wiii ra r w ril s t i !io Hiitf.r.l Ci'uruut : 1 i li .i Ihet.-in. piT.lHil' Mtill i-i li t i';n 1 1 V HI-U..1 III Mllllil ll ; 1 (lotl't klKOV it il HUOMT

"1 I . l . I . I iHlur ha ynthaMv imt I n nuil.i. ou wuiililn't iv thai tho Mimii hi is are. no-di nUe iu th iimj of bet r. 1 have j seen people at home and lain thirst I seems to be our national birttirilit lierm.tn would noatiatr i l.ui-ht 1 upon tin honors of water drinkim,' if ! he had iiiiv exoi'ii. ii.e in III it lii... step the bounds of modern' ion. The , observation that one make-in Munich ; is that drunker.:. a rate .r, -;i. . In a rc-idem e hen- of n in.inv inoii'lis I hav iior mcu more th in one ..r two ) ii.toTic.-ited people iuth -i rects, and humored eaii-. who I -. I ..t ilnir way, and didn't s, .ni to cure w In t lu r t bey i er found it. hut tt is seems Vel'V I elua 1 k a' !" , Win il there is ; a !' i-ii '.i-e cc! h.'.if-i'l' . can not . t a r. -id.m e i i . Miid y -ii .no I'.ir: i . . . ... . . . ' ' oi mi' low n ii. it! i no; a- n.i.i'is ioa o '. '.i-it isto apuMir-.-l... i And I can n- te th.it t! clinr. 1 'in Ii. . f tr I fre lv in U-er here il w h" i.e sea-oll, ami be ju-t asgoinl tempi-ran. people I nnigs, is another jurtion. Ami it is a 1 ' m?ion to r.tie : What int be tiie tinal etieet upon tin- uitel ei t of a people who so many hours oi the day soak in this mild but di-'etidu- fluid, and in an atmosphere d s i . The pietioii is, hoAev er, a mere -pecula- ! dve one, f long as the lli-rm in tinue to prodia e so many -eh.-I ir. philnsophelii, tln-nof llicaleola!"!,-i-i u-'itloii, wondet fully energi-tie travel, rs and explorers, and coiapiering: soh.li.M-s A Itatfle of I.oco mot ilea. (Icn. Figueroa, a few days ago, with his band of promim-iado-, cipltired both the freight and p i n-i-r irains on the Vera t.'ruz K. til road at a point between the stations of faiioTou und Pass del Macho, (ho f tie engineers was severely cut w ith swi-nls. I I.e cars were robbed of every thing valuable, and a demand sent to the office of the company, at 1'an-o, for $.",''' to be sent within au hour, under the penalty of toe dc .ruction of the Ioi-uuotief and aNo r. renewed order f -r th boo previously demaniled, nn ler tbe ' jn-nalty of the blowing up of the magI inhccnt iron bridges of I a-sodel .Mm lio. Soled id and Pas-del Mm-rto. In the ufternoon, as tla ir b--ua!i I were nt complied with, the train were l-nt ili-tAiii-e apart. I be engineers were then ordered to dash them ag tint each other with all the force of their steam power, which wa iloiie, and two of the powerful Knglish locomotivi , i-osting; ' fully '!!U,""J, were utterly d.-sirnved. A bonhre was then made of b"th trains, the t-legrapli and instruments were carried off on mules, an 1 t ben. t l e w ork .f destruction cuipb-te, tin- herns- retired to their mountain fastne-ses, leavintj the miserable pas-eni-r to re i h thendestination oil foot t.- as host tlo-v could. Wh willtaik of capital lor railroads in Mexico after this? S isVi.Vo Cor. Unlvtston Stir. A daughter of Paul JM'-h, tv-ar Sioux City, Iowa, was recently uttvked by a favorite Newfoundland .b, without any apparent caue, an 1 In fore tho infuriated animal could lie driven oil he bad nearly torn tin- llesh fionitln unfortunate girl' body. Ib r injuries were believed to be fatal. On the 1Mb of May, at Wntci hury, a town of Marback, n tl.- Neickar, where Schiller wa born, w as celebrated the anniversary of the poet' Heath. A memorial statue wa uuvailod.

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