Pike County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 24, Petersburg, Pike County, 22 October 1885 — Page 4

'PIKE COUNTY DEHOHAT. T?uHUshed Every Thursday. rtTEBSIHTR<?. . . . INDIANA. NOBODY COMING TO-NIGHT. In the glow of the western window. Amber and opaline air Flooding her eyes with beauty, Fanning her lint-white hair, T“® <le?r ol<* mother Is sitting, . ,watchlng the sunlight's Bight; Alone bytne western window— For nobody's coming to-night. Crossing the level meadows, Through the rlclts of the fragrant hay, Her neighbor is faring homeward, Alter a tolling day. A sweet little wife is waiting . With a kiss at the cottage door. And baby will toddle to meet him Over the kitchen floor. In the lane, with its vines a-tangle. And Its shadows like broken light, A fair girl waits for her lover, who surely Is coming to-night. Her gown is a fleece ot silver, With ribbons of daintiest blue. And her eyes are a color to match them. So cloudless their violet hue. The aged face at the window, All graven with patient lines, Takes note ot the sweet girl's gladness, Revealed by so many signs; no envy her heart is stirring. As the glimmer of sunshine pales, For her loved ones are sate in the city where never the glory fails. Once there "'ore little children Who called her “mother," ah, sweet; This old house rang to the music Of their merry, romping feet. There was once a form beside her, A face that never grew old; Her own, in its manly boauty, Her own, with its hair of gold. Now, in the grass-grown church-yard, And deep in the restless sea, 1 Are the dear ones who Ailed the homestead With the sound of their boisterous glee. Ah me! it is very silent To watch the far-away light, As it melts in the star-lit heavens, When nobody's coming to-night. By the bars of the western window, By the key of the evening star. Her thought climbs up to the meaning Of the beautiful gates ajar; There is wonderful bliss awaiting. In the regions of sbadowless light, The soul that is peaceful and pat.entBut nobody's coming to-night. iret V. Songster, in Youth's Companion. —Margartti [Copyright Secwre<l AH Rights Reserved.] Driven From Sea to Sea; Or, JUST A DAMPIN’.

BT «. O. TOUT. PUBLISHED BT PERMISSION Or 3. E. DOWNET ft Co., Publishers, Chicago. * CHAPTER XXV.—Continued. She could still see » little distance through the deepening gloom, and she observed that the water had cut bits of galleys between the potato rows, and that the stubble field below had the appearance of having become a lake. The rain, too, instead of decreasing as the night set in, was, if possible, falling faster than ever; and she could hear a faint roar coming up from the ravine, and knew that soon the water would be ' rushing through it in great volume, and with a force that would overwhelm any living thing caught in its path; and a half dozen such ravines crossed the road over which her husband must pass in coming from Phippsburg. She shuddered as she listened, and turning away, went and sat down by Johnny’s crib and tried to interest him by reading a little story from a child’s paper. But the boy was too sick to care for hearing her read; he wanted his father, and kept asking when he would corns, to which sho could only reply that they might look for him any moment now, but that the rain might make him late, and they must be patient And so the hours wore on and the rain continued to fall, while every moment the weight at her heart grew heavier and more oppressive. Johuny slept fitfully, waking every few moments and always asking "if father had not come yet,” or it his mother "thought father would come home pretty soon now,’’until the sudden olap of thunder came, at which he was seized with an awful fright and screamed again and again with all the force of his weak lungs. Even his mother was startled into an involuntary exclamation by the suddenness of the concussion, and for an instant she thought the cottage had been caught in aland slide. She controlled herself at the sound of the child’s cry, and bending down, lifted him tenderly in her arms, cuddling his poor wasted form to her breast as if he had been but .a babe. It was only with difliculty that she checked his screams, and evon then he was so fearful and nervous, and sobbed and begged so piteously for his father, that it was only by oalling to her aid all the fortitude which she possessed, that Martha Parsons was herself enabled to keep from breaking down. It was an hour before Johnny was sufficiently calm to be again laid in his crib. As soon as she could leave his side for a moment she went to the window and tried to peer out into the darkness. She had placed one of the lamps in the window some hours before, hoping that it might prove a beacon to guide her husband if he was still living, which she was almost ready to doubt, so utterly desolate all things seemed, i Pressing her face close to the glass she endeavored to penetrate the awful gloom; but could only see for a few feet into the darkness. The rays of light from the lamps had power to penetrate no farther. It seemed to her, as she stood there, straining her eyes in a vain efiort to see, that the darkness was a living thing, and that it devoured the rays of light bodily, or contended with them and slew them as they strove to make headway against the night. When the lamp burned low for an instant, and the light sent out through the window was less strong, she was almost sure she saw the darkness put out its hand3 and grasp the rays of light and strangle them.

utiugum nun uie sieaay sWaSn 01 cue falling rain, the roar of the water rush* ing through the ravine now came clear and distinct, and knowing it was all one’s life was worth to attempt to cross it, she gave up all hope of seeing her husband that night, if ever again, and only prayed that he might be in a place of safety, and out of the reach of the elements that appeared as if about to swallow up the mountain. It was a little past midnight; and' Johnnv had again dropped off into a light sleep, when from the direction of the gate opening into the inclosure came the sound of* a horse neighing. The watcher within listened intently, and with new hope springing up in her breast Was it possible, after all, that John had returned; that he had passed safely through the darkness and the floods and reached home at last? Yes, • there was the sound of the horse walking past the window at the upper end of tne house, where Mr. Parsons was in the habit of riding through to the stable. “Poor dear, what an awMl time he must have had coming through the storm,” she said, softly, as she rose hurriedly and ?ent to light the lantern. Opening the kitchen door she held the lantern in a way which she hoped would afford her husband some assistance in putting out his animal; if not, Would at least help him in getting to the house. She heard the whinny with which the horso in the stable welcomed his returned mate, and expected every moment to hear "he stable door open and dose, and the footsteps of her husband as he made his way towards her. After waiting several moments and

hearing nothing further she began to be frightened and finally oalled softly: “John! John-!” Getting no reply, she caught up an old garment of some kind, threw it about her shoulders, and holding the lantern above her head made her way through the rain to the stable. The -horse which her husband had ridden stood at the door waiting to be let; in, but she could see nothing of his rider. She listened a moment and then again called—low at first and then with .all her might “John! O-oh John!" The weary, drenched and mud-be-spattered horse lifted his head and gave a low whinny, but no answer came to her call: "John! O-o-oh John!” Sho listened; but only the swish of the rain, falling in 1'teral sheets, and the dull roar of the swollen waters in the ravine below, reached her cars. And now she noticed that'the horse’s bridle-rein was dragging. Had he thrown his master, or had John dismounted in order to better keep the road, and by some means permitted the animal to escape him;' Shei examined the bridle rein and found it broken, and she felt certain that the horse had thrown her husband and afterwards stepped upon the rein and broken it. Then John was dead. The father of her crippled boy, her companion for so many years, was drowned, it might be, in the angry waters that even now were pouring through the gorge with the roar of a demon. Or lie was lying in the road, cold and stiff, with his lifeless eyes staring up into the blackened heavens, the pitiless rain beating upon his face. Such were the thoughts that burned their way through the brain of Martha Parsons as she stood dumbly looking at the broken rein by the dim light of the lantern. The impatient pawing of the horse, demanding to be let under shelter, recalled her to a knowledge of her surroundings, and quite mechanically she openecl the stable door. The horse entered, rubbed his nose against that of ljis fellow and began at once to eat from the bin in front of him. Mrs. Parsons followed him in, removed the saddle and bridle, and taking the lantern from the floor where she had set it, retraced her steps through the storm to the house.

Fort unately, Johnny had not wakened sufficiently to note her absence,and was unaware of the return of the horse without his father, and she could sit down and think what to do. What could she do? Over and over again she asked herself this question. It was two miles to the nearest neighbors, and between ran the gorge, in attempting to cross which, perhaps, John had lost his life. It was too dark to see more than a few feet ahead of one, even by the aid. of a lantern, and if that were to go out, it would leave her in utter inability to return. Besides, there was the sick child, who would scream himself to death if he wakened and found himself alone in the house. And just theu he did waken, and she went to him and gave him the water he asked for, and induced him to again close his eyes and sleep, doing it all without showing the terrible agony at her heart, or saying a word about the return of the horse without his rider. When she thought Johnny' asleep, she arose and went into the kitchen. She did not dare to remain in the room with the child lest he should suddenly open his eyes and see the agony which she felt she could no longer suppress. There was nothing she could do for her husband, living or dead, except to keep the lamp burning in the window as a beacon, in case, as was just possible, he had been thrown after crossing the gorge, and was now wandering about in the darkness. But for Johnny she would havo set out to follow the road back towards town, hoping to find some trace of her husband, but to do so and leave Johnny when there was so little chance of anv good coming of it, was not to be seriously thought of. She must wait until daylight, and then—even then what could she do? If the rain should cease it would still be days and. may be weeks before any one would be likely to visit the cottage. But this fact’did not change matters. There was positively nothing she could do except to wait and keep the lamp in the window burning as brightly as possible. For many moments she sat motionless, and then stole quietly to the side of her child, whom she found much as he had been for some hours past—sleeping uneasily and with considerable fever. As she was slipping from the sick room again, she heard a noise as if some one were fumbling at the kitchen door in a vain endeavor to find the latch. She listened with a feeling of returning hope, mingled with a horrible, superstitious dread; the latter born of her excited condition and the terrible dreariness of her surroundings. The sound continued until she could not be mistaken; it was some one trying to open the door, and who else could it be but her husband? With a feeling of faintness, as if she had suddenly been caught as she was about to drop into a horrible abyss;, she hastened to lift the latch. As she did so, a form covered with mud, hatless and with a look of death upon his face and in his eyes, entered. For an instant she did not recognize the form as that of her husband, but when he staggered, forward into the light and sank upon a chair,, she saw that it was he, and in an instant she was at his side, striving to remove his storm-soaked garments. “Tell me where you ai-e hurt, .John; tell me what to do, quick,” she said. “Are you wounded anywhere, or only terribly bruised by your fall? Tell me quiok. so I can help you.” But he only stared at her and made no reply.

"donn, donn, she cnen, now doubly alarmed, “what is it? wh^re is it? tell me, dear. Is it your head that hurts?” He looked at her so strangely that she thought he must hare been crazed by a blow upon the head. Slowly he raised his hand at last and drew it aeross his forehead. “I d’know, Marty,” he said, in a hesitating tone, “I reckon—I d’know— exactly what is the matter.” He still sat gazing at tier with that strange look in his eyes, as if he was not certain of where he was. Mis. Parsons hurriedly placed the tea-kettle baek on the stove, where it instantly began to sing; and a moment later had a cup of tea prepared. Then she came and put her arm about her husband’s neck, paying no attention to his filthy garments, while she held the eup to his lip. “Drink this, dear," she said, “and then I’ll get your wet clothes off and get you to bed, and you will feel better." He took a sip of the tea and then, looking up Jtt his wife as she bent over him, asked: “Do you think they’ll let us stay till momin’?” And Martha Parsons tried to keep her voice from trembling and make it sound cheerful as she answered: “Oh yes, dear, they said we ootild stay until morning.” She saw that he was out of his head and knew that the better way was to humor any fanoy of his brain, and hoping that if she could, get him to bed and apply hot draughts to his person, he might recover his mind in a few hours. She finally succeeded in. undressing him and getting him into bed, where he lay staring at her as she moved about, preparing her hot d raughts and placing them upon his head and feels, and across his chest. Johnny had awakened when his father came, and tried to call him. but being v*M, by hit mother that bin father had

fallen from his horse and was hnrt, and that he must keep quiet, he had done so, though his eyes were big with fear, and with the fever, which had come up higher than ever. Occasionally, as she worked over her husband, chaffing his limbs and changing the cloths and vessels of hot Water with which she had surrounded him, he would mutter something about “the mortgage,” or “the mines,” or about “Lucy and Erastus,” and once she thought he spoke the names of Jennie and ner husband, but; she gathered nothing from what he said of the loss of their home, and supposed that his condition was the rqpult of a fall from his horse, and of being so long exposed to the storm. His limbs wero cold, and she feared he was going into a nervous chill, and worked with all her might to restore the circulation, but in spite of her efforts he continued to sink. His eyes would close for a few moments and then open again suddenly,, but never with any sign of a clear perception of his condition or snrropodings, but only to mutter something aboilt “campin’ out,” aud “the mines,” and “the children,” until just before day began to break, when he aroused fronTthe lethargy into which he was fast sinking, made an effort to rise, fell back, stared about the room, and at Johnny's crib, and then with the wild look in his eyes and upon his faco changing to one which showed that he recognized his surroiihdings, he again sank back upon his pillow and made a sign for his wife to come closer. As she bent over him he strove to speak, anti finally said, brokenly: “’Tain’t—no-use, Marty. My— my—lead—is —is worked out, and our —our claim's been jumped agin. ” He struggled for breath, his eye-balls turned upward and he choked, but seemed to rally his expiring energies for a farewell message, and added: “I—I’m goih’—goin’ over the range, to—to stake out a new claim, an’ you an’ Johnny an’—an’ the rest will find —find me waitin’ when you come.” A great shiver shook his frame, liis breast heaved with a icing-drawn sigh, and the spirit of John Parsons had gone ahead to prospect, for a home for his loved ones in the other country, of which we know so little and hop*e so much.

CHAPTER XXVL ANOTHER FAREWELL. Daylight came at last; came slowly, as if it were forced to contend with the unwilling darkness for mastery; and even then the clouds did not lift, or the rain .cease its steady down-pour. Martha Parsons never knew whence came the strength that enabled her to close the eyes of her dead husband, or to continue existence when she had done so. One was dead, but one yet lived, and living, needed her care. While that life continued she felt that her strength would continue also, and beyond that she neither thought nor cared. AVhen his father’s spirit took its flight, and afterwards, while she was caring for the dead body—straightening out the limbs and folding the arms across the breast—Johnny lay in his got and watched his mother without a word or a cry, but with a look half of awe and half of-, surprise, as if he had seen the flight of the spirit and understood why and whither it had gone. And when all was done and the cot in which ho lay had been wheeled into the kitchen, where the fire burning in the stove, gave a little more cheerful look to the room, he still askedyno questions and made no complaint * His mother fouud herself wondering if Johnny knew that his fa-her was dead, but could think of no way of ascertaining without herself imparting the information if he did not already possess it, and th;s she feared to do lest it should cause his spirit to follow that Of his father. “If only we could both go,” were the words that kept swelling up in her heart, and seeking utterance at her lips. Then remembering what Lucy had written; that if possible her mother should come to them before her babe was born, that she might be with her in her hour of trial, she felt anew that she must live for the sake of her children. But what was she to do? How could she obtain help to bury the dead, or a physician for the sick child? The rain m ght continue for a week, and already communication was cut off with all who lived below, if not with those on the other side of the mountain, and she dared not leave Johnny to go for help, even if she could make her way through the floods. She did leave him for a few moments, long enough to go to the stable and throw feed to the animals. She did not milk the cows, did not dare leave the child, long enough for that, but the horses she must feed, for she might need one to ride for help, and he must be strong to contend with the torrents which would have to be crossed if she did go. About noon she made a cup of tea for herself and tried to eat, but found it almost impossible to do so, although she had eaton nothing for twenty-four hours, and it was only by telling herself that she must eat in order to keep up her strength until help came that she was enabled to swallow anything. She dared not think how long it might be before help came; but, come it late Or early, she must keep up until that time. She tried to think of some way of hoisting a signal of distress, as she had read of shipwrecked mariners doing at sea, but could not. She watched the one place in the road which could be seen from the kitchen window, but she saw no one pass. 4 No one could pass the gorge, now a roaring, noisy torrent, with a depth and power that made fording it a matter of impossibility. And so the minutes and the hours dragged slowly by.

Night closad in early, owing to the darkened heavens, and she lit the lamps, plaoing one in the room with the dead, the other on a stand near the cot of the living, and sat down by the side of her onild to watch him die. That he would die before the morning came she knew, and she wondered at her ability to act coolly, or to act at all. All through the fore part of the night she sat watching every movement of the hands, every rise and fall of the chest, every trembling of the eyelids, utterly unconscious of any weariness in her own frame. She kept a lire burn* ing in the stove, and every little while gave the dying child a few drops of some liquid preparation which she had made, as the only thing she could do to prolong life. The child slept almost continually now, and when he awoke, made no effort to speak, but the questioning look which had been there since his father’s death had not left his eyes. As midnight approached she saw increasing evidences of approaching death, and knelt by the side of the cot with one arm under the pillow on which her child’s head lay. His breathing was less regular now, and weaker, .coming in little quivering sighs and halfformed sobs. He was awake, and had been for soma moments, At last his eyes were open and he seemed to be looking at her, but when she asked him if “there was anything mother could do for her poor sick darling,” he only smiled the faintest little, smile possible, and made no effort to speak. She remained kneeling for more than an hour, now raising novr lowering his head a little as seemed to make his breathing easier, until just as the clock struck one, a look of surprise overspread his face, and slowly raising one arm, he placed it about his mother’s neck, allowed it to rest there for an instant, then slowly removed it, lifted both hands as if to some one unseen b* her, murmured faintly: “Take me up, papa!” sank back into his mothers arms, and was gone. (to u cwmfiuip.]

THE OHIO ELECTION. TIii# Republican Majority In the 8tate About 15,000—The Legislature StUl In Doubt. Owing to Juggling In tlie Count In Hamilton County. Which the Committee of One Hundred Will Investigate. Cincinnati, 0., October 18.—The counting of the returns of Tuesday’s election is in a chaotic state. In Free i&ci F of the Nineteenth Ward, when the count had proceeded so far Tuesday night that 281. unscratched Democratic tickets and fifty-six unscratched Repub ■ lican tickets had been counted, the judges stopped their work and it has not yet been opened since the polls closed last night because one ol the judges holding the key caq not be found. 'There are 242 votes in this box according to the list. These two precincts and one in the couutry are missing from the tables, from ^whlch it appears that Foraker has a majority of S3Z in Hamilton County. The country precinct, which is missing, last year gave a Republican majority of seventeen. The total vote in Precinct F (Nineteenth Ward) is 454. From these data the Republicans claim that Foraker carries the county. The returns on the legislative ticket are not uearly so complete, bnt it appears that ii runs ahead of Foraker at the rate of twe to a precinct. This would make the Legislative vote about 200 greater than Foraker. Nothing can be safely pre* oicted upon this county until the official pennt Is made. The fact that in one precinct the judges found more than 200 votes In excess of the whole number of registered voters, coupled with the irregu'arlties with reterence to the two precincts above mentioned, has caused a deep feeling of indignation. This found expression at the meeting of the Committee of 100, composed of prominent business men of all parties. Action was taken looking to a prompt and fearless prosecution of all offenders. One man begged the committee to omit nothing that should be done for want of money, as lie would meet all bills, even to the extent of 850,000 if necessary, to punish and prevent frauds against the ballot. Cincinnati, O., October 15.—The situation In Hamilton County is changed, and I be jubilant spirits of the local Republicans have somewhat subsided. While it appeared early yesterday afternoon as If the major portion of the Republican were elected, and members oi the Duckworth Club had conceded the victory to the other side, later returns indicate the election of the entire Democratic Legislative and County ticket by pluralities ranging from 100 to 700, with the single exception of Kuhl for County Commissioner. The returns, however, are incomplete, and there is a growing disposition on the part of Republicans to contest the election if the official count does not change the result. The following telegram was received this evening from the Prohibition candidate for Governor: “ The Prohibition vote is all that could reasonably be expected, and Is large enough to hold a balance of power in lutnre elections. The Prohibition party is the only one that shows an increase over the vote ot last fall. It has multip ied itsvote by thre ■, and will continue to grow. The next Prohibition campaign 1 n AKIa Knnlno ta rlnr

[Signed] A. B. Lkoxarso.” Tlio Enquirer this morning says: = The Republican Stale ticket is elected by a plurality much smaller than the first claims of the Republican managers. Hamilton County is Democratic, notwithstanding the frauds committed by Republican leaders. The Democratic ticket is elected, with the possible exception of Treasurer, and Commissioner. The State Senate is Democratic and there is a strong probability that the Democrats will have the Legislature on joint ballot though the majority will be small.” Pittsburgh, Pa., October 15 —A Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette special says: “Cleveland and its county are solidly Rjpublican, a tcnlblc blow to the Payne party. The whole of the Republican ticket iu the State is -elected by au average of 15,000 votes to spare, lu Cincinnati and its county of Hamilton the Democratic managers are holding back certain returns with the hope of doing things it such a way as to count in certain Democratic Senators and House members. They will not succeed, as it is believed the result will probably stand iu this county that the Republican Senator and Representatives are elected with one exception, wblcfc will give both Houses of ’the Legisla ture to the Republican party, with John Shermau for United States Senator. 1c this county, ou the county ticket, the Democrats are successful in the most importnut offices.” Columbus, 0., October 15.—The Chairman and other members of the Democratic and Republican State Executive Committees were at their respective headquarters all day endeavoring to cypher out a majority on either side in the Legislature. There has been nothing unusual iu the proceedings with the exception that each has claimed confidently that they have a majority on joint ballot. The Democratic Committee steadily claim they have carried the legislative ticket In Hamilton County, notwithstanding the figures sent out from Cincinnati, vfhich Indicate that the Republicans have elected their entire ticket with the exception of Harlan for Representative. Counting Hamilton County solid, the Democratic Committee claim the Legislature on joint ballot, with fifty-six members tri the House and twenty-one iu the Senate. They give nothing but general figures, and refuse to name the counties in which it is claimed by the Republican Committee the contests have been close. The Republican Committee claim a majority on joint ballot without Hamilton County, and also a working majority in each branch. Couuting Hamilton County for the Republican legislative ticket, and including half the other doubtful counties and districts, the Republican Committee say the House will stand seventy-one Republicans to thirtynine Democrats, and the Senate twentyfour Republicans to thirteen Democrats.

The Result of High Rents. Washington, D. C., October 15.—Congressmen are not arriving here in constderable numbers, and there ate only about twenty who are in for the winter. There will be more boarding during the coming season, as the house rent is so high that members and Senators find housekeeping very expensive. Congress convenes December 8th, and it is generally conceded that the Senate will be engaged exclusively upon executive business until the holidays, heuce members will not generally reach the city until about the 1st of December. A Free-to-AH Raeo. New Yokk, October 15 — Collector Hedden of the Custom-house has received instructions from Washington to throw open to all citizens the competitive examination for the weighership made vacant by the suspension of Sterling, whose appointment by the Collector In place of Bacon, removed, caused a great deal of discussion some time ago. The mugwumps have held that only the foreman and assistant weighers were eligible to compete for the place. This would have excluded Sterling, but under the President’s order ho can now compete for the position which he once briefly held. - --■ ... Carl tiehurx Still Willing to Serve the Country For a Consideration. New York, October 14.—A Washington »peclal to the World says: “It is said that the President has offered the Presidency of the Civil-Service Commission to Carl Scburz, and that negotiations are going on to persuade Mr.Schura to accept it. A friend of Sebum said last night that he thought the latter would be willing to serve on account of the good that he thinks he could do in such a position. Congress will be asked next winter to raise the pay o| the CivU-Setvioe Commissioner*.

ACCEPTED. The Democratic Nominees? for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of New York Signify Their Acceptance of the Honor. Albany, N. Y., October 16,—Messrs. Hill and Jones, Democratic nominees ior Governor and Lieutenant-Governor ol New York, have sent In their letters of acceptance. Governor Hill says: The excellent platform adopted by the convention meets my entire approval. Unlike the platform of our opponents, It requires neither explanation nor apology. Most cordially do 1 coni.nr in the declaratiOB that the l>emo craey of the State tenders to President Clev eland their hearty approbation of the public policy which has governed his otliclal action, their confidence in the vis lorn ol his administration, and the appreciation of his firm, considerate and* conscientious conduct as President The Republican platform, on the other hand, in ill-tempered language denounces ns hypocritical pretenses the effort which the President has made for the purification of the public service, the correction of long existing abuses an 1 his professed ,.tt*i.sires and honest endejivors for better gplfernment; and it condemns the National administration for every reform which it has inaugurated In the management of the finances, in «ve regulation of the commerco antf in the* enforcement of the laws of thg country. The issue thus sharply presented by the platforms of the two parties, can not be changed by the individual utterances of candidates or the unauthorized explanation of party newspapers Our opponents, as a party, are opposed to the policy and principles of President Cleveland, and their success at the ensuing election would surely be proclaimed throughout thecountry as a condemnation of his administration. The hands of the President will be strengthed by a victory of his party friends—not by the success of the enemies of his party. I believe that the civil service of the country should be reformed. The continued ascendency of one party In the National Government for twenty-four years led to abuses, the creation of sinecures and the prostitution of public positions to nartisan purposes. Any laws not inconsistent with the true spirit of our institutions, having for their sole object and purpose the correction of such abuses and capable of practical and impartial enforcement, must commend themselves to all thoughtful men.” The remainder of the letter refers to matters of State policy. Mr. Jones’ letter is very brief, and dwells mainly upon the duty of liberally j pensioning indigent soldiers or their families, of giving ex-soldiers the preference in public employment, and of guarding the laborers against injustice. MILLIONS AT STAKE.

The Hack Hone Land Grant Again—Efforts Heins Made to Induce the Secretary of the Interior to Issue the Remainder ol the Patents—The Matter Likely to Go Hack to Congress. Washington, D. C., October 16.—Arguments were made by attorneys representing the Back Bone Land Grant before Secretary Lamar, of the Interior Department, and Attorney-General Garland and Assistant Secretary Jenks, sitting as a board. The Back Bone Land Grant was a conspiracy to obtain from the United States Land Office a tract oi land upon the Mississippi River which had been forfeited under its original grant. The grant was assigned after the time had elapsed, and was claimed afterwards by a railroad built upon the opposite side of the river from which the line carrying the original grant was run. This fraud was passed upon by the Land Office in the closing hours of the last administration. Secretary Teller helped It through, and extra haste was employed in the Land Office tc get out the patent for this great domain. It was impossible to complete It before the Department changed secretaries. Steps were taken immediately to stop the issuing of patents. Argument has now been made to induce the Secretary to issue the remainder of the patents. The decision of the Departmenf probably will be this: No action will bt taken, but the matter will bo referred to Congress. Secretary Lamar is not disposed to favor the applicants. Uuless Congress next winter takes some action to set aside the fraud, the Interio* Department may be compelled to issue the patents under all the circumstances. The notlcable thing about the case is the fact that the claimants for all this land were represented by a mob of attorneys, while there was no one present to act as counsel for the Government is presenting a counter argument. ALASKA EXPLORATION. Lieutenant Allen, Second Cavalry, Accom* plishes the Hitherto Supposed Impossible Task of Exploring the Tennah and Yukon River* In Alaska, Chicago, III., October 16.—General Nelson A. Miles, who is in the city, received a telegram from Lieutenant Henry T. Allen, of the Second Cavalry, stating that he had arrived safely at San Francisco after bis Alaska explorations, having completed a journey through the regions of the far North, which, in the opinion of General Miles, excelled all explorations on the American Continent since Lewis and Clark’s, and the world’s record since Livingston. Lieutenant Alien left Sitka last February and journeyed to the month of Copper River, which he followed until he reached the great Alaskan range of mountains These he crossed on snow shoes to the head ol the Tennah River, in itself a marvelous accomplishment. For 700 or 800 miles bo followed the Tennah until it entered into the Yukon, the great river of the North, which he descended to its mouth, a distance of 400 or 500 miles more. Upon the completion of his great journey, Lientenaut Allen repaired to Fort Michaels, on the Behring Sea, and returned on the steamer Corwin. The exploration of the Tennah and Yukon Rivers has been the ambition of explorers long before Alaska came into the possession of the United States, bat the Russians failed each time it was at-^ tempted. Since then several explorations by American officers have ended in failure, until among the army officers on the Pacific coast the feat came to be con-' sidered well nigh impossible. Lieutenant Allen’s companions were a Sergeant and an officer of the Signal Corps, together with the Indians whom he persuaded to accompany them.

Railroad Accident. North Bend, O , October 15.—This morning, as tbe Ohio & Mlssissipi westbound train was backing ont of a switch, the wheels climbed a rail, overturned an express car and a combination baggage and smoker, and went down a steep embankment. Fred Fathover, on his way to Dlllsboro with a party of hunters, had one of his legs broken at the ankle, and other ankle badly dislocated. HeWes in Cincinnati and was sent home at once. Another man, a section hand, was caught between the cars and badly mashed about the breast. He will probably die. A Republican Claim. Washington, D. C., October IS.—A private dispatch was received here last night from Cincinnati from a Republican source which states that the official figures will show that the Republicans will have a majority *in both the House and Senate,3 and eighteen majority on joint ballot; that that they have elected nine Representatives and fonr Senators in Hamilton Connty, and the Democrats have elected one Representative. lioadly carries Hamilton Connty by 380 majori>y, running 1,000 ahead of the Legislative ticket. The Democrats elect four of their ticket In Cincinnati. A Belligerent Female 'Crank Creates a Stl» at the White House. Washington, D. t\, October 15.—At tbe President’s pnblic reception yesterday afternoon, a French woman who has shown such unmistakable signs of mental aberration that she has been kept out of tbe White House, appeared and demanded admission to the East Room, where the reception was in progress. The Sergeant of Police In charge stopped her, whereupon ehe assaulted him, vigorously striking him in the face and making a disagreeable scar. She was finally removed by fores.

MEXICAN SPIRIT, Celebrating the Anniversary of : he Declaration of Independence by 1 aylng the’ Corner-Stone or a Slanghter-Hou,e. The City of Mexico celebrated the • seventy-fifth anniversary of the Hidalgo declaration of independence in an original if not a striking way. Of the twenty thousand men who composed the Republican army which under General Augustine Iturbide entered the City of Mexico in 1821. only sixtv-six survive. Thirty-six of these reside i the City.ol Mexico, and a majority of these participated in the celebration. The special feature, however, of the celebration was the opening of certain public improvements that have been carried to coruoletion within the last few years. The old aqueducts which br ught the water from the mountains to the City of Mexico have been in part supplanted by modern water-pipes. On the 16th of September, the anniversary of independence, a part of one of the old aqueducts that have been in place for centuries was demolished. On the same morning was laid the capstone of the first department of a great slaughter-house to cost 890.000. This is modeled on the s\ stem followed by the Armours and the Fowlers, of Chicago, and it is a curious feature of Mexican character that the building of this slaughter-house is regarded as a great public reform. On the same day'were inaugurated schools for children, s'cliools for workmen, and a Postoffice organized on the plan of the Postoffice in the United States. There were patriotic displays in other cities throughout Mexico, but the Mexican papers seem to regard the ceremonies iu the City of Mexico as ‘giving evidence of the disposition of the people to adopt what the experience of other nations has demonstrated to be good for that country.— Chicago Inter-Ocean

usetu! racts ana rigures. A rod is 1G1 feet, or 5J yards. A mile is 320 rods. A mile is 1,760 yards. A mile is 5,280 feet. A square foot is 144 square inches A squa-e yar > contains 9 square feet. A square rod is 272} s'quare feet. An acre contains 48,563 square feet. An acre contain 4,840 squar yards. An acr ■ contains 160 squ ue rods. A sectio >, or square m le, contains 640 acres. A quarter section contains 160 acres. An acre is 8 rods wide by 20 rods long. An acre is 10 rods v id by 16 i ods long. An acre is about 208} feet sqiia e. A solid foot c ntains 1,728 solid inches. A ) int (of water) weighs 1 pound. A solid foot of water weighs 62i pounds. A gallon (of water) holds 231 solid inches. A gallon of milk weighs 8 pounds and 10 ounces. A pint (of wat r) holds 28J solid in hes (28.875). A barrel (31.1 gallpns) holds 5} solid feet (4.211). A solid foot contains nearly 7} solid pints (7.48). A bushel (struck) contains 2,150 solid inches. A bushel (heaping) contains 1} struck bushels. A struck bushel contains about 1} solid feet.—Troy Times. The Height of Agony. Most people the moment they enter a parsonage to get married become so embarrassed they really areJiardly conscious of what they arc doing. One fellow I heard of was dreadfully afflicted in this way, and without realizing his act pulled a cigar from his pocket and twirled it around in his hands. When that portion of the ceremony . was reached in which the lady and gentleman join hands he happened to have .the cigar in his right hand. What tc do with that cigar he evidently didn’t know. The clergymaqx paused for a moment, and then repeated the instruction that they join hands. By this time the poor fellow’s embarrassment had increased so that it was painfnl tabehold. He gave one agonized look at the minister and then stuck the cigar in his month. Before the ceremony could be concluded the minister had to take the cigar from between his lips.—Chamhersburg (Pa.) Valley Spirit. —General W. T. Sherman, having been written to for his views on the subject of a National mausoleum for distia*. guished Americans, makes the followmg characteristic reply: “I have neither the time, ineUuationiuor ability to discuss the proposition o an American Westminster, I once visited the catacombs under ancient Syracuse. Our guide said there was a million interments, but the contents of every chamber had been sold for manure. I asked him if a single grave had been spared; not one. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever will be. Amen!” - Chicago Tribune. —The “Big Woods” of Minnes ta we l deserve t' c name, for they covet 5,000 square miles, or 3 200,000 acres o surface.—Chicago Liter-Ocean. “Her face so fair, as flesh it seemed not. But heavenly portrait of bright angel's hue. Clear as the sky, without a blame or blot, Through goodly mixture of complexions due, And in her cheeks the vermeii rod did show." This is the poet’s description of a woman whose physical system was in a perfectly sound ana healthy state, with every function acting properly, and is the enviable condition of its fair patrons produced by Dr. Pierce’s “ Favorite Prescription.’’ Any druggist. George Mardex moves that Spain be renamed and called Cholerado. Are you ready for the question*—Boston Post.

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The Increase of Insanity Boston supports 800 insane, says Mr. T. B. Sanborn, not 75 of whom will recover ! This is frightful! Insanity has in* creased 40 per cent, in a decade and most of the eases are incurable. Whatever the individual cause may be, the fact remains that Uric Acid blqpd sets the brain on lire, destroys its tissues, and then comes some form of fatal lunacy. Nothing is so pitiable as a mind diseased. Most brain troubles begin in the stomach; then if the blood is filled with uric acid, caused by failure of kidney action, and the consequent destruction of the blood lifealbumen—yon have the fuel and the flame and a brain in full blaze as when oue raves, or iu slow combustion, as in milder forms of insanity. Rev. K. D. Hopkics, of Bt. Johnsbury, Vt., a few years ago was con* fined in au asylum? He took a terrible cold while aiding in putting cut a fire in a neighbor’s burning house, and for twentyfive years that cold was slowly tilling liis blood with uric acid aud finally the deadly work was done. The case looked hopeless but he happily used Warner’s safe cure and recovered. That was three vears ago and having ridden his blood of all surplus uric acid, he has remained well until this day. It is indeed a terrible thing to lose one’s mind, but it 13 a more terrible thing to suffer such a condition when it can be so easily prevented. ® A Boston dealer boasts of an ovster in his possession eight-six years old. Ah, there, stay there l—Buffalo Express.

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Listen to Your Wife. The Manchester Qcasdias, June 8th, 186S, uj«: At one of tbq “Windows” Looking on the woodland w»vs! With clumps of rhododendroins and great masses of May blossomsN! “There was au Interesting group. It included one who had been a “Cotton Spinner,” but was now so Paralyzed! II That he could only bear to lie In a reclining position. This refers to my case. I was first Attacked twelve years ago with “Ldcomoter Ataxy” (A paralytic disease of nerve 01>e i'rarely ever eu red! and was for several years barely able to get about. And tor the last Five years not able to attend to mv business, although Many thine* have been done for mo. The last experiment being Nerve stretching— “-r— *-* into the Near Manchester, Many things hare been done for me. The last experiment bolug Nerves!" Two years ago 1 was voted into the Home for Incurables! in May, I am no “ Advocate;” “ For anything in te shape of patent” Medicines” And made many objections to my dear Lfe's constant urging to try Hop Bitters, but finally to pacify her— Consented 11 1 had not quite finished the first bottle when 1 felt a change come over me. This was Saturday, November 3d. On Sunday morning I felt so strong I said to my room companions, “ 1 was sure 1 could ” Walk! - So started across the floor and back. I hardly know how tocoOt.lnmy.elf. 1 was all ov.r the house. 1 am gaining strength each clay, and tan wallt^ime safe without any Or Support. 1 nut now at mv own house, and hope soon t<» he able to earn mv own living I have been a member of the Manchester ** Koval KxchangeM For nearly thirty years, and warf most heartily eon* gram! »ted on going into- the room t.'» Thursday la*U Very gratefully yours, .John' ^L^ciujckh, M AN CHK8TKK (Kl)g.) Dec.. 21. WS8. Two years later am perfectly well. I*rosecnt4' the cindlers ttt If when you call for lion Hitters the druggist hands out anything but " H< p f> ttett” wish aitrecn cluster of Hops on white label, shun that druggist as you would a viper: and if Jie has taken Tour money for a bogus etutt. indict him for the fraud and sue turn for damages for the swindle, and we will reward you liberally for the conviction. See L. SJ Court injunction against C. T>. "Warner Reading. Mich., and All his salesmen sod agent*. Druggists, and other imitators. take w. rring. HOF BITTERS M\r"G CO. Soouro [oalth. KENT’S PILLS ci!*k SICK HEADACHE, HEARTBURN, j DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION,! INDIGESTION, BILIOUSNESS, Stomach Troubles, Liver Difficulties, iml ALL Disorders of the STOMACH sail BOWKLS. Uf“ Thev should ho kept on hand in every house. For bait* by all Druggists. Frio® a Bo*. R. E. KENT. Jr.. Manufacturer. Louisville. Kv. m. -w. riuiraAM Wayne, Du Page Co., Illinois, HAS IMPORTED FROM FRANCE Pereberon Horae* valued at $0.a00,009. which Include!* about 70 PER CEHT OF ALL HORSES Whose purity of blood Is established bv pedigrees re,*f* rercheron Stud Bock of France, the only Stud Book ever published m that country. EVER IMPORTED TO AMERICA.

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