Ligonier Banner., Volume 29, Number 29, Ligonier, Noble County, 25 October 1894 — Page 2

T _arpras : A VALZ @Eﬁﬂ o O 7 ) e /7 %ﬁp" ‘ T BN N the beauti /7 fp yﬁ:} ful valley of /féﬂ‘[i" ;" the Shenan1t ,}}“,‘(\{o /f ‘]" doah, with no fﬂj !‘“{i“\ﬁ;\ {\ ,m'&\ ,// sound to disit '\\\’// / turb the quiet ‘ Z?}%:;(W‘ﬁv of the summer SS9\ day, save the \b‘i'i‘ murmuring of . . B 2 the pine trecs as they whisper to each other some tale, perhaps, of fa~ other scenes than these, of days when the peacefull_xaglley was such & scene of human strife that the birds and bees, and even:the sweet wild roses that thrived there in nnmolested possession, disappeared, to return in after years and find a picture of utter desolation. To be sure, the soil had been enriched by the blue blood of the south, commingled with thatof the brave boys in blue, as they fell together, fightfng, each fora cause which each thought right; but the record of the brave deeds of those who perished then lives in history, while we have put behind us, with a determination to'forget, the bitter feelings of sec: tionalism which possessed us for a time, and it is only now and then that some relic of the past appears to remind us of that unhappy period, and then our thoughts are only sad, not |angry ones. _ i

It was while sojourning for a short time in the mountains overlooking the Shenandoah valley that 1 came across one of those liwing relics. She was only a poor old negro woman, who had been a slave, and who, even after a quarter of a century of freedom, had almost failed to realize that she was free. There was nothing particular to recommend her to one's notice or call ettention to her forlorn situation. She had béen left all alone in the world—in her own words: “The last of the Vardens,” and, judging from the grand air with which she announced the fact, would have scorned the idea that she needed sympathy or pity, as she stood amid the ruins of what had been a grand old southern home before the war—the home of the Vardens. _ All that remained of the house, two tumbling chimneys, was overgrown by some kind of vine, which gave a sort of picturesque beauty to the forsaken scene. A little to the left and just in. sight of where the house had been was an inclosure, in the ceuter of which stood a tall monument surrounded by smaller gravestones, marking the last resting place of the Vardens, who seemed to have turned their back upon their earthly possessions and laid their joys all away beneath the shadow of the great monument, leaving but ove poor, crooked, feeble remnant of their departed greatness to occupy the rest of the estate and keep their memory green in her faithful old heart. ' .

1t was a warm day in June that I stood within the gates of Rocky Mead, as the place was called, and listened to a part of the family history of its former owrer from the lips of old Juliette, who invited me to a seat under a large tree, then seating herself near by, after apologizing for sitting in the presence of a white lady, she said: ‘‘l’se powful glad to see white folks cep'n de common trash wat libs down in de valley. De fus farablies is all dade cep'n de Campbellses. Dey place is nex’ to we alls. Qur fambly war de bes’ in Furginia.” As she said this she straightened herself as much as age and rheumatism would permit. “But,” she continued, sadly, ‘‘dey’s all gone; all but me. Ilibs down at de ole quarters, do da is'n much lef, oney one cabin, dat’s mo’n big enuff fo me, mos’ times; but wen I gits de raligy in legs an’ han’s, den de worl’ 2in’ big enuff. But I has to stay an’look after de place, kase I'se de las’ one lef’ ob de fambly, an’ wen I meets ole Marse Richard in de nex’ worl’ he's boun’ to ax me bote de ole place. Fus thing he gwine say: ‘Juliette, you allus would be de las’ one, but I reckon we’s all together now, an’ we unite in prayer,” jes as he uster ebery evenin’ Marse Richard war a mitey good man. Ole miss, she de boss. She uster say nobody eber gwine conker ‘her, an’ shore nuff, nobody nebber did. She done all de conkerin’. It war all long o' her dat my Miss Mary war forced to marry Marse Campbell’s son, an’ den all de trmbble come.

“My marster hab two sons, Marse Dick an’- Robert. Dey jine de army one mornin’ an’ Miss Mary tease de life nearly outen me to .go wid her down de valley whar de fightin’ war gwine on. She say she jis wanter see der las ob Dick and Bob. All de time I know she was dyin’ to see Cap'n ‘Hunter, kase she dade in lub wid him, an’ me an Cap’n Hunter’s boy, ‘Long Jim,” was cotin’ too. But we all : knowed ole miss don set her min' on Miss Mary marryin’ Marse Will Campbell. He war orful rich, :but he war ugly as Satan—an dat’s a fac’. Miss Mary, so sweet lookin’ dat all de young meén in lub wid her an’ she didn’ care for none ob ’em, only Cap’n Hunter, and she say she gwine marry Jack Hunter or nobody. Ole miss say de Hunters didn® b’long tode fust famblies an’ ef Cap’'n Hunter ’tempted pay *tention to ary chile ob her'n she "posed to interfere. So cose we das’n’ let her know at Cap’'n Hunter were down dar in de cave under de hill wid ‘Long Jim’ waiten for me to fotch him a letter from Miss® Mary, jes’ if he didn’t know she gwine to break her neck a'most to see hissef. Cap'n Hunter war de grandes' -lookin’ man I eber sot my eyes on. He eyes fairly dance when he saw us bofe comin’ an’ he jes tuk Miss Mary up in he afms and hole on to her and promise never let her go no more. : *“But she blush all ober her face and he say Jim to take de horse down to the stream &nd cool him off; so we tuk de horse up’ in de woods back ob de cave and tie him to a tree, whiles me and Jim sot down on the grass. Bimeby we heard a big rumblin’ soun’ lek thunder and saw de smoke in de valley and Cap'n Hunter eomin’ runnin’ todes us wid Miss Mary lookin’ like a ghost. Cap’'n Hunter kiss her han’and squeceze It tight, and say: . ‘Good-by, little sweetheart,” and she say: ‘Good-by, Jack.’ Den he jump on his horse an’ rode away down 'into the noise and smoke. Miss Mary wateh him till he gll gone. Den [ mines her dat ef ole maiss fin’ us out she gwine mek trouble for us So we come back to de house. “Aunt Mariz ioct us at de do and says:

‘Dey’s company in de parlor.” De min= ister an’ ole Marse Campbell wid his son and ole miss, dressed up wid her white lace cap on. Ole Marse Richard away at de wah. Miss Mary say she want be by herself, en ef anybody ax for her I’se tosay she have a headache, kase she would’n see de Campbellses den. But, honey, ole miss dida! ax me nuthin. She jess walk right in an’say: ‘Put Miss Mary’s bes’ dress on her, Juliette.’ '

“Ders she tole Miss Mary somp’n’ bote Qle Marse Campbell gwine tek all de len an’ de house kase Marse Richard owe him so much money, an’ den she an’ marster have no home in dey ole age, an’ it break her father’s Lkeart ef he eber come; Back and de place gon’ out de fambly, an’ she say ef she love her father she gwine come right down an’ get married to Marse Will. Miss Mary lub her father mor’n anything, an’ ole miss talk an’ talk, and Miss Mary keep her eyes on de big diamond ring dat Cap’n Hunter giv’ her in de morn’n’, wiles de tears rollin’ down her cheeks an’ she axes dey no other way, an’ her mother say dat wen she marry Marse Will he gwine mek’ her present ob de notes wid Marse Richard’s name on ’em. Den de Campbellses place be jined to burn, an’ it be de biggest ’state in de county. An’she tell her how lek her father git shot in - de wah an’ brung home an’ dey isn’ no home to come to, so dat settle it. Miss Mary sot orful still for a minute lek she thinkin’, an’ den she say: ‘l’se ready for my father’s sake, jes’ for him.’ She wouldn't put on no other dress; butshesay: Wait for me here Juliette, ’an’ she walk down in de parlor an’ I went down. and peep from a crack in de do. Miss Mary hol her lef han’ behjfn’ her an’ Mars Will put de ring on her right han’. She never look up once, an' when Ole Marse Campbell give her de notes wot Marse Richard wrote to him bote de lan’ she han’ it to ole miss. Den Miss Mary ax’em all leave her alone for one hour, an’ she come up to her room. In cose I’se waitin’ for her. She lock de

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do’ and say: ‘Juliette, be quick as you kin and hep me put on dat grey suit ob Brer Bob’s.’ I ax her wot she gwine do. Shesay: ‘Don’ ax any questions. I'se gotter hurry,” so I hep her dress. We bofe so nervous dat we got de close on backwards. She cryin’ kase she feared de Campbellses would come to fotch her ’fore she got de things on. But dey didn’t, an’ when she all drest in Marse Robert’s school uniform she look jess like he did de last time he wore 'em. Den she say to me: ‘l’se gwine down dar in de valley an’ I’se nebber comin’ back no mo’. I wants yo to tell father dat I sole my han’ to Will Campbell, wiles my heart and soul already belong to Jack Hunter.” ‘“‘Den she put her arms roun’ my neck an’cry lek a baby, an’ we bofe creep down de back stairs and out froo de kitchen do’, an’ she say goodby to me, an’ tole me to go back to de room an’ wait till her mother come there to git her. I'se so skeart I couldn’t think. Presently I heard old miss callin’: ‘Miss Mary, Mary, come down.’ I jess keep still as de grave, till ole miss open de dq’, an’says: ‘Whar Miss Mary?’ Las I szid: ‘I dunno.’ Den she skeart de trufe outen me, but I mix it all up, so dey couldn’ understan’. Fus I say she go up de hill, wen dey say ef she tuk de road to de right han’ or de -lef, I say she went down todes de river, an’ all de time Miss Mary gainin’ on’em. Wiles we all talkin’ one ob de Miller boys come in and say dat ole marse done been killed. Ole miss turn white as a sheet and pear like she gwine ter fall, an’ I feel so lonesome dat I sot down in de do’ and cried. ‘ “Jess as de sun war settin’ I look down de road an’ see Long Jim runnin’ todes the house. lax him ef he got any news ob my Miss Mary, an’ he say Cap’'n Hunter shot right froo de bress, an’ jess as he fall Miss Mary run cryin’ to him dat she, his little sweetheart, an’ beg him to doan’t die. He know her do sbe got on boy’s close, an’ he smile at Iter till he dade. Jim drug de body onto the grass, an’ Miss Mary march right up to de front. Treckly she los’in de smoke ob de cannon, an’ wen de smoke clar away, Jim he foun’ her body all covered with blood and dust, an’ he lay her alongside de cap’n. “Soon after dat in-one ob de big battles Mars Dick and Mars Bob both killed. Nobody left but ole miss and me. o . & :

““Aunt Milly and Mary dun run away wid a nigger sojer from up norf, an, one night de house was set on fire and burn to de groun, wid all de outhouses, ’cep'nde cabin whar I'se libbed eber since ole miss she run out ob de house in her nightgown, an’ got a fever and died at ole Marse Campbell’s, I’'se de only one ob de fambly dat’s lef. ‘“lis de las ob de Vardens.”—Washington Star. : Knew Him By His Liar. A Philadelphian who had traveled extensively in Burmah was telling an English girl, on a recent voyage across the Atlantic, some of the wemarkable work which elephants are taught to do in that country, and in order to create a good impression he drew slightly on his imagination. He told the truth as to how the elephants toil all day, piling up teakwood at the saw-mills, and even lay the logs on the plane, “‘and,” he continued, ‘‘there was one old elephant, much wiser than the others, who, after he had himself taid down the log,got down on his knee and squinted to ses if it was on straight.” The girl smiled in a bored sort of a way, and said: ‘““Now ] am sure you are an American.”—-Phil-adelphia Record. =

. =TIt is lucky for us that the bee does not look upon the hongypomb in tha same light as we do.~Whately = =

AT FRIGHTFUL COST. A Mob Repulsed and the Law Vindicated in Bloodshed. Would-Be Lynchers Attempt to Secure Posgsession of a Colored Brute— Three Are Killed ' and ) Twelve Wounded. WasuINGTON CourtT Housg, 0., Oct. 19.—Three men were killed and almost a dozen injured,'some fatally, by the militia here Wednesday evening in the endeavor to keep mobs from lynching William Dolby, eslored. Dolby was brought -here on Tuesday, and Tuesday night the first mob rumors took shape. The local militia - was ordered out, and later two companies from Columbus reached here. Much indignation was manifested at the action of the officials in thus putting a bar between the mob and their prey, and on all sides denunciations were frequent. All classes were represented among those who took this view of the situation, though many deplored the lawless spirit manifested. Later in the day a special grand jury was impannelled and the negro was indicted. @ The militia companies formed at the west side of the courthouse while the sheriff and Deputy James Busick went to the jail for the prisoner. Struck Down by a Soldier.

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when the acknowledged leader of the crowd, Henry Kirk, who mmarried Mrs. Boyd’s sister, rushed toward the trembling wretch, protected by the sworn officers of thelaw, and breaking the thin ranks of the stalwart guard seized the culprit with a hand of iron. Quick as a flash the musket. of a soldier was swung with great force and Mr. Kirk was dealt a blow in the face. The angry crowd rushed madly forward and in the rush swept one gallant boy around the corner and away from his company but he quickly returned to his post. The curses and imprecations of the thoroughly maddened erowd grew in volume and the wretched prisoner trembled like an aspen. His saddle color became purple and he had to be supported. Col. Coit rallied ghis men for a supreme effort and theisoner was almost carried up the <teps and into the ecourthouse. There was then a scene of intense excitement, men armed with staves and any form of weapon rushed blindly almost onto the bayonets of the soldiery and some so far forgot themselves as to rush almost on the troops. ° Warned the Mob. Col.. Coit, ‘commanding the troops, stopped on the steps of the courthouse | to warn the excited people to disperse, ' and after his earnest warning had fallen on deafears,he shouted: ‘‘Load,” and there was a uniform clicking of hammers and every soldier prepared his piece for trouble, if trouble must come. . Pleaded Guilty. Once up to the third floor of the courthouse and into the room where the trial is held, Dolby was soon legally decgl: a criminal. At exactly 3:52 he ?ied into the courtroom, »leaded guilty, and in three minutes he was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment, ten days in each year in solitary confinement. Meanwhile the wmob was clamoring for admission. The crowd grew in numbers and the accessions proved an inspiration to the tired leaders, who had exhausted themselves. ' . Called for Reinforcements. Col. Coit at this juncture telephoned the adjutant general at Columbus for 200 additional troops. “If you want me to bring the man to Columbus,’ said Col. Coit, with characteristic emphasis, “I will do it, but it will cost blood.” Col. Coit then made a speech to the crowd. : . “It looks very much,” said he, “asif you intend to make an attack on the legal authorities. There will be trouble if youdo. Icall on law-abid-ing citizens to disperse and go to their homes.” : ‘Attacked the Courthouse. This was received as other warnings had been.. The prisoner had been ‘taken to a back room in the sheriff’s office on the third floor. At 6:10 the crowd, largely augmented, surrounded the building and with huge improvised battering rams battered the doorsin rapid succession. The troops were hastened together in the courthouse at all entrances. The doors were barricaded from within and furniture piled against them. The soldiers stood with pieces cocked and bayonets fixed and waited till the doors would yield. Huge stones were thrown*againfst the doors and the noise was deafening. All the time loud and angry yells came from the crowd. Col. Coit went into the crowd and said: ‘lf any man of you hit one of my men I will direct him to aim directly at that man’s Boart!! rooniene s cosie an

Fired on the Mob. At 7:55 the south doors were broken and immediately there was a deafening and continuous volley from two score of muskets. A pandemonium of yells and curses and a dense smoke filled the corridors. The law had been vindicated at frightful cost, for this was the list of dead and of wounded: The Victims. : KliLLED—James Judy, aged 25; Smith Welch, aged 19, and Mack Johnson, ef Williamsburg, Clermont county. : WOUNDED—Hugh Ammerman, shot through the hips, dangerous; F. L. Nitterhouse, shot through both ankles, one foot almost severed, since amputated; Rial Parrott, shot in foot; John McCune. shot in leg; John Korn, shot in foot; Emert Ellis, thumb shot off; George Keating, 14 years old, shot in both legs and groin; William Sams, fatally shot through the bowels: Frank Smith, flesh wound in face; De‘Witt Dale, shot in arm; William Laum, shot in abdomen: Ellis Webster, shot in body. : It was reported at midnight that three attempts had been made to place dynamite under:.the courthouse. 1t was said that a large quantity of the explosive was wheeled to the building in a hand cart, and that the dynamiters were frustrated by the militia in each attempt. i » The leaders stated at midnight that the plan to lynch Dolby would probably be'abandoned but that he would be riddled with bullets when led from the courthouse to the railroad train. Fully two-thirds of the active members of the crowd were armed with revolvers. Dolby Taken to the Penitentiary.

ConuMBUS, 0., Oct. 20.—Dolby, the assaulter of Mrs.- Mary C. Boyd, was successfully taken from the county jail at Washington Court House early

"Thursday morning and brought to the penitentiary under escort of four companies of the Fourteenth regiment. : ; -Another Victim. William Sams, one of the wounded in Wednesday night’s riot, died Thursday morning. This increases thedeath list to four. ' S JOINT DEBATE. » Messrs. Thurston and Bryan Discuss Politics in Nebraska. - LixcoLN, Neb., Oct. 19.—Remarkable interest was manifested in the joint political debate Wednesday afternoon between Congressman W. J.. Bryan and John M. Thurston, candidates respectively of the democratic and republican parties for the United States senate. The seating capacity of the Mercharts’ pavilion at the state fair grounds, estimated at 7,000, was taxed, and the partisans of the two speakers;. supposed to be equal in numbers, were warm in their plaudits of the good points made. They discussed the income tax, government foreclosure of liens on Padific railroads and the free coinage of silver as being subjects of equal importance and probably of paramount interest to the people of Nebraska. The tariff question was left for discussion at a later date.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 20.—The joint debate between Congressman Bryan and Hon. John M. Thurston in this ecity Thursday night was heard by 15,000 people from nearly all parts of the state. Thurston devoted his time mainly to the tariff argument wholly in line with M¢Kinley, and cited the prediction of Blaine as to the present situation. He attacked Bryan on his support of the tariff-reduction bill and the bill to repeal the federal elections law. %o :

Bryan defended his course in congress, saying the federal elections law was centralization of power and taking the government away from: the people. He contended that industries were reviving. ;

SHOT FROM AMBUSH. I Employes in the Carter County Mining | _ District Attacked by Strikers. . t AsHLAND, Ky.,” Oct. 20.—The out-, break that has been expected for some | days in the Carter county mining district, came Thursday morning in the ambushing of the miners of the Straight Creek Coal company byl the strikers. The miners were | fired upon from the bushes along the hills as j{hey were enroute to the mine and a number were wounded. Jack Marcum and John Morris were fatally shot, while Bob Evans, John Adams and several whose names were not secured, were also reported as badly injured. The bullets in each case came from Winchester rifles... During the balance of the day the appearance of a miner at the pit mouth or the tippie was a signal for renewed firing. Word was sent to Grayson, the county seat, and the sheriff and a posse of deputies were quickly summoned. | They spent the day scouring the hills and succeeded in capturing Georgeg Tyree, James Coburn, Bob and John Taylor; Will Sneed and two others, but these men were unarmed when found and protested innocence. They were removed, however, to Grayson l for safe keeping and will be held for further developments. The excite-‘ l‘ ment is intense and extra guards are out, as further trouble is expected. - '

' - JURISTS CLASH. Nebraska Judges at War Over the Rose- ‘ ; water® Case, ' . . OMARA, Neb., Oct. 18. — Probably the most remarkable instance of the clash of judicial authorities in the history of American jurisprudence oc- | curred in Omaha Tuesday when the ! criminal branch of the district court, presided over by C. R. Scott, was ordered by the other five judges of the district, sitting as a court, to transfer to their docket the case in which Editor Rosewater of the Bee is accused of libel by the wife of ex-Sheriff Bennett. This was the result of a motion by Mr. Rosewater before the five judges to have some other judge preside at the ' trial since he regarded the prejudice | of Judge Scott as a bar toa fair trial i Before him. :

When the court clerk handed Judge Scott the order of the five judges to transfer the case there was a scefe. Court business was suspended and hundreds of people flocked into the room to hear the fracas. In a manner indicative of half-suppressed passion Judge Scott said: “We have now met at the cross-roads and I do not propose to take either side, but instead, I am going to tread right in the middle of the road. Here I am, an American citizen 62 years of age, and stand upon a broad gauge platform- that will permit me to give every man a fair and impartial trial. If I did not want to give Rosewater a fair trial the motion might be excused. There is no law to take this case off my ®ocket, and it willsfay there. If there is any monkeying about it some one is going to be cited to appear for contempt. and I think I am pretty good authority on contempt.”

Tuesday afternoon Judges Hopewell, Ambrose, Blair, Keyser and Ferguson ascended to the bench for the purpose of sitting in 'banc to determine if the Bennett case should be removed from Judge Scott’s docket. { : i -

The judges ordered the clerk to produce: the papers in the case at 9 a. m. to-day and cited BMr. Rosewater to be present for trial. When Scott heard this he at once entered in his journal a decree nullifying the order of the five judges and cited Rosewater to appear in his court at 9a. m. to-day for trial. He further ifistructed the clerk ‘ that if he attempted to carry the pa-a. pers. in the case from his ,courtroom‘i he would have him jailedfor contempt.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 19.—The most remar‘L?a’ble situation in the history of the district court appeared Wednesday morning when two different judges in two different rooms were engaged in hearing the same criminal case. Judge Scott, known to be a personal enemy of Mr. Rosewater, editor of the Bee,

announced Tuesday that he would certainly insist on trying the criminal libel suit of Sophia Bennett against Rosewatdr despite the request of the editor for a change of venue and the decision of the five other judges that the case should be taken from Scott and tried by Judge Ambrose.

When court convened Judge Scott took up the c¢ase, being upheld and supported by the county attorney, and entered upon the hearing of a motion to dismiss, Mrs. Bennett declaring her intention to refuse to prosecute before any judge other than Scott. At the same hour Judge Ambrose called up the case and coutinued it until 2 o’clock. _ :

Judge Scott heard and granted the motion to dismiss, presented by Mrs. Bennett, and delivered a long declaration of principles, declaring that the other judges were swayed by fear of Rosewater, and insisted that the other judges had no right to transfer the case from his docket, but that he had exclusive jurisdiction, and in exercising this jurisdiction he dismissed the suit. : _ i ' THE REGULAR ARMY. Annual Reports of Maj. Gens. Miles audb ; Howard. - WASHINGTON, Oct. 18.— Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, commanding the department of the Missouri, has submitted his annual report. It says there have been no changes of troops during the vear. and continues: ‘*As 1n previous years, the troops in the Indian and Oklahoma territories have been occupiled during much of this time in removing trespassers from the public lands, in preserving order in the newly-settled region and in keeping the peace between the hostile factions of the semi-civilized Indian tribes. In addition to I‘erpoving and expelling intruders in the Cheoctaw nation and from the Osage and Kawind reservations the troops stationed at Forts Reno, Sill and Supply were called on for the purpose of protecting United States mails, guarding railroad bridges and supporting the United States marshal in making arrests. ;

*“All of these difficult daties have been performed' in a manner which shows good judgment and discretion on the part of the officers and a good state of disci‘éﬁne and faithful service on the part of the troops, and it is believed that but for their prompt intervention much bloodshed would have resulted. 'The: troops, having ‘quickly and efficiently accomplished the arduous duties assigned to them, have been withdrawn from the fleld and returned to their respective stations. “The ¢onduct of the troops inrestoring order and confidence when mob violence and a reign of terror existed in Chicago, was marked by great forbearance, fortitude and excellent discipline, and their presence and action there very greatly contributed to the maintenance of eivil law, and, in my opinion, saved this country from serious rebellion when one had been publicly declared fo exist by one most responsible for its existence.” .

WasHINGTON, Oct. 19.—Maj Gen. Howard goes on the retired list No-~ vember 8 He entered the military service as a cadet in 1850. This fact lends interest to his annual report, from which the following is extracted:

Gen. Howard's report shows that his forces, consisting of 413 officers and 4,935 men, were distributed among 26 garrisoned and 38 not garrisoned posts. Affairs in the department have been very peaceful except for the interruption of the Chicago strike. His apprehensions of the troubles extending te the larger eastern cities at that time were not realized, but says Gen. Howard, should such difficulties arise again and simultaneously in cities far apart, the necessity for regular troops and more of them than this department now affords is apparent. Just now the national guard in several states in the department is well organizéd and responds promptly to every call of duty; still, if more than one state is involved in any event growing out of anarchy, the executive will always require has ~own troops. They will be essential to his execution of the laws and the maintenance of order. Of course, governors of states could cooperate, but they might disagree, or be reluctant in meeting sudden emergency. He strongly recommends an Increase of the army to at least double the size of our present force. The Business Situation. NEw Yorxk, Oct. 22.--Bradstreet's says: : ’ ~ “With few exceptions theleading features of the business situation this week have been those of continued moderate improvement, although the total volume of business, so far as indicated by bank clearings throughout the country, will require considerable expansion to compare favurably with corresponding totals two years ago. Nearly all thqknore im= portant business centers west and northwess report modérate activity, but few of them announce ncw features. ¢ . . Two hundred molders have struck " an increase in wages at the \&isnsin malleable iron works in Milwaukee. : Sk i

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. A TRUE FAIRY ,TALE. Do you know of the house : " Where ginger-snaps grow? . Where tarts for us children ; March out in a row? : Where wishing is having, - Where—isn't it grand! : Just up in the garret s Is real fairy-land? S o : Where youngsters can caper . And romp and halloo, For they always do right, : Whatever they do? You don’t know the house? Then oh deary me, I'm sorry for you! Why, it's grandma's, you see. —Youth's Companion.

A HERO AT EIGHTEEN.

England’s Famous Boy Captain Tells How He Saved a Ship.

The pages of the sea have given us no finer tale for many a day than that of the boy captain and the Clyde sailing ship Trafalgar. It isa stogy that might have been written by Robert Louis stevenson or Clark Russell, or by both together.

It hardly need be said that the boy captain, as we have got to call him, is Mr. William Shotten, the son of a sailor, Capt. Stephen Shotten, and a member oof =a Sunderland family. Among the lanes of Gloucestershire, where Capt. Stephen Shotten now;has his home, I had a chat with the boy captain one fine aftermoon recently. He is a modest, charming lad of eighteen, as natural as sailor showld be, yet capable at @ pinch, I should think, of holding his own in the most difficult circnmstances. . ; ‘‘Since I came hack to the old country I have been having a holiday,” he told me, ‘‘but I shall be off to sea again

S . g LS Yy -"‘ ) : ’ 08 = 5 - 2"::‘ % : : o -/2 } \ .‘%.. :a8 ’ :/l : oo p '\\Q\ ! // NS N 0 s\\' 2 N EN L . / i "':;,'::.ﬂ{ - :.'/ 3 N TG\ GNE TS N S \E v HIWLE, “ ¥ \ \ i \\ el ’ THE BOY CAPTAIN. . . by and by.” He might have added that he now carries his certificate as a junior officer, and the fates look as if they mean to make him a full-blown skipper before he gets a beard. . “You might tell me, so I may ask one or two questions on them, the main facts of your skippership of the Trafalgar'l ¥ “Briefly they are these: We were sailing from Batavia for Melbourne in ballast. Capt. Edward died of Java fever while we were lying in Batavia. We left two menill in hospital and two had deserted, so we sailed with a crew, all told, of twenty-three hands. Mr. Roberts; who had been first mate, was now in command; we had got a new first mate, Mr. Norwood; a seaman from the fo'c’s’le had been made second mate, and I was ranked third niate.” ‘““‘And so you putout on October 29 last, I think, for Melbourne?” , “Yes, taking the fever with us, I'm sorry to say. I had been ill of it myself, and suffered a.two-hours’ attack almost every day until we reached Melbourne. But 1 was spared, although while the attacks were on [ really don’t think I should have cared how it went with me. Well, first an able seaman died, then ,Mr. Roberts and the carpenter, then Mr. Norwood and then the cook. A desolating business: it was, and sadly demoralized the crew, especially as they were left with myseif—an apprentice just out of his time; a boy—as the only one on beoard who could navigate.” , : . . ‘““But didn’t the prospect appear & tremendous-looking one to you?” “Really, I can’t say that I ever thought of that; perhaps because I had pot time; perhaps because while Mr. Roberts and Mr. Norwood were lying ill I had already been navigating the ship. You see, the third mate, with whom I took watch and watech about from the time we lost the other officers,

could not navigate; but, frankly, I hadn’t ‘any fear about being able to take the Trafalgar to Melbourne, and I told the men so. They wanted to make for the nearest port in Australia, but I set my face against that, because it would have involved great expense to the owners. Besides, as I argued with them, if I could navigate the ship to the nearest port in Australia, I eould navigate her to Melbourne.” ' “T believe they didnt work with you just as heartily as they might have done.” o ¢

“As I have said, the deaths on board and the position we were left in made the men see things tvery blackly. It was from that fact that any difficulties I had with them arose, not from a desire, I'm certain, to cause difficulties. Anybody who knows what sailors are will easily understand their fidgetiness and the troubles they made as a result of it. If I had been in ti#e fo'e’s’le and seen a lad taking the bearings day after day on the quarter deck, and had 1 known that he was the enly frail guide on the trackless sea—why, I think I might myself have been a trifle uneasy. All the men could have done would have been to take a given direction—the directioa of the Australian continent—and bear up for it. Either that or ‘have trusted to being picked up by a passing ship. In -the first case, they must run her aground on the first land they touched. It might have been a barren coast, hundreds of miles from civilization. 'Whatever happened ta them, she must have been lost. As to beirg picked up by another ship—well, the comment on that is that we didn’t see one on the whole voyage.” “Naturally, only those on board the Trafalgar could really recognize all that was meant in your skippership?” ““We had a good bit of rough weather when we got into Australian latitudes; had sails blown away and so on; but got to Melbourne all right in time for Christmas—on December.l7. Immediately they got foot on shore the men forgot all their troubles and couldn’t say too kind things to me, as, indeed, it has been also. with other people since. The + whole affair 'was, no doubt, strange—and may never oceur again—anyhow, in my experience. Perhaps it was not without its risks, but if I had sct to doubting about the result we might not have got through as we did, ‘you know.”—Londoxd Letter. =~

- _THE TOILET OF BIRDS. Some Like Nice Clean Water, Others Pre= . fer Dust for Bathing. The feathered tribes have many peeculiar ways and fancies about the details of their toilets. Some birds use water only, some water and dust, while others prefer dust and no water. Birds are not only exceedingly nice in their choice of bath water, but also very . particular about the quality of their “toilet-dust.” . : Wild ducks, though feeding by salt water, prefer to bathe in fresh-water pools, and will fly long distancesinland . to running brooks and ponds, where they preen and dress their feathers in the early hours of the morning. Sparrows bathe often, both in water and in dust. They are not as particular about - the quality of the water as about the quality of the dust. They prefer clean water, but I have seen them- take a dip_ in shallow pools that were quite’ muddy. e : o The city sparrow must take a waterbath where he can getit—in the streets or on the tops of houses—but he is most careful in his choice of his dust~ bath. Road dust, the driest and finest possible, suits him best. I have noticed the city sparrow taking his dust-bath in the street, and invariably he chooses @ place where the dust is.like powder. Partridges prefer dry loam. They like to scratch out the soil from under the grass and fill their feathers with cool earth. Most birds are fond of ashes. Some early morning takea walk acrosa asfleld that has been burned over, and see the number of winged creatureg that rise suddenly from the ash-heaps. A darting form, a small cloud of ashes, and the bathers- disappear. —N. Y. Home. . * :

- BHE DOG OF MONTARGIS. How the Noble Animal Avenged the | ‘ Death of His Master. This brave dog lived in France, way back in the middle ages. Unfortunately we do not know his name, so he is always called the dog of Montargis. He was very fond of his master, who | was named Aubri de Montdidier. The dogl followed his master .everywhere, and people gever saw one without the . other. . One day when Montdidier was: walking in a-lonely wood near Paris, called ‘the forest of Bondi, he was attacked - and murdered by a man named }la~ cairé. The murderer buried the Body under a.';&reat tree. - He thought no one had seen him and that he_gvas quite safe, but he was mistaken."_qhe faithful dog appeared and took up his station by his master’s grave under the . tree. There he remained day and night, guarding:his body. ‘ * ‘ , He never left the .spot, except to go aftér something 'to eat. He usually went in to Paris to the house of HKis master:"s; most" intimate friend, where he was'well known, and after he ha,di‘ eaten what was given him he returned immediately to the grave and. resumed bis‘watch. 'Montdidier’s friend began, to think the conduct of the dog very singular, an?}‘ox:_le day he followed him. The dog led him through the forest till they came to the grave under the tree. There he began to scratch away the. earth and leaves.. The man helped him, and you may imagine how shocked he was when they laid bare the body' of his missingy friend. The dog now seemed to feel that he had given the responsibility of caring for “his master's body over ‘to.the friend. He attached himself to him and went to Paris and lived in his house. It was not long before Macaire'’s actions led peagple to suspect him of being the murderer. Whenever the dog meb “him he growled, his hair bristled up, and it was all people could«do to keep ~him. from tearing the man to pieces. They finally sentenced Macaire to fight a duel'with the dog, after the custom “of that time. | ; The fight was to be in a large amphi--‘theatc:e at Ste. Notre Dame, in Paris, and an immense erowd was there to see the man and the dog tear each “other to pieces. Macaire was not als lowed any weapons except a stick and ' a shield, while the dog had a tub into which he could retire when he was - weary. . ' The dog was let loose and rushed at the'man. At last his chance to avenge

A¥3; E i . (\”i s ‘ L W YN 88l oy g . 'IHI }} #1 ‘ L } “ﬂ; i\J ; 1§ e : :‘ h f A\ : 2&? \\\\ SR T (8 : o /\{\‘4l}.?' // m/ PN ) o “\i"f({\\ ///W//é i B A zN@ | 4‘6}l"{\;/ ’//r/)" Wﬂ;, i~ -‘) '.'w’§§“.“‘ SR A °N j’ \‘" SN sgs("“’.i\"f“ R i f;, 4 LR T N ‘ THE FAITHFUL DOG. his master’s death had eome, and he was determined to make the most of it., The man’s guilty conscience did not prevent him from fighting desperately, and he defended himself well. Again and again the brave dog rushed at him only to be beatzrx back by the club, and the shield always came between him and the man’s throat, which he tried hard to reach. The struggle was long and hard, but the dog conquered. The man, worn out with fatigue, finally confessed his guilt before all the peo~ ple.—N. Y! World. P . A REAL COMMEMORATION. - Paul Revere’s Ride and Its Anniversary ] Celebration in Boston. - ‘ One hundred and nincteen years ago Paul Revere took his thrilling ride from Boston through to Lexington. Bvery child delights in the story in his history, and learns it quicker than alprost any fother event of thé revolutlonary war, and when the ringing verses which Longfellow wrote to tell o! the deed are read, ‘the ‘‘Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,” there is no danger af his ever forgetting. And recently in Boston, on the proper night of its anniversary, for the first time since April 18, 1775, it was done all over again. A man dressed in the costume of that olden time waited.at Charlestown till the lights were hung in the steeple of the old North church, just as the poem says: S ““One, if by land, and two if by sea; - And lon the cpposite shore will be, . Ready toride and spread the alarm, _ " Through every Middlesex village and farm, . lor the country folk to be up and to arm." * And then he rode down :to Medford and Lexington, just as his famous predecessor had done. Only, as you ‘may guess, he had nobody to wake up, for everybody was abroad all nighs, and there were cannon and bhonfires ahd fireworks and great shouts and Hirraba to greet Mt 00, T, Thagh