Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1881 — Page 4

OJ>M TO TUB CUCUMBER. For lotmTuioo n—rl« not press tby •ultT*’ Tnou holdest o» wllb gripes. vdngtHx of uilo ' And dcmbUn* up the eawr. Child of tbo dew, fro* Asl** clime, *■ Dvsp«ptlo« may deride oe. We'll not expose tbee In our rhyme, - Thy ww»ot are all inside ne. Wall hm revenge heal all toy smarts— A Teaaeance gastronomic* Tima, dnllke a crime that welgtts the heart, Tflng heairllr on the stomach. TbxjUain are scattered o’er the earth, Ptilarant ko-kltxx eucmnber; Thy form, with, praise of vanished worth, Should mark their place of slumber. And shall«tre rear this fruit again, And of ltfcapartaker? We taste, sw answer In our pain: Yes, we'wfihi In an acher. —Grepblc.

SWINDLER AND BIGAMIST.

The Most<feeinarkabie Career of a Moot Hfiamarkable Scoundrel. ’^gjheeto New York Tltoea. * The Times will to-morrow print the subjoined r^parkabtestory of the man with many wives, or the industrious bigamist and swindler who during the last few yean has married and deserted no lees thsttßight or nine Women, and who at lafHias bden placed under arrest: “For Store than a year at tolerably regular interval!), there have appeared inie daily papers dispatches from varioaficities between Boston and Richmond, ahd as far Crest as Missouri or Kansas, giving the particulars ofthe aehievetacuts of a professional bigam inwin dler, who operated under the uatnae of Marvin, Morton, Adame, and fther fictitious appellations. His tnetMkJsln almost all Ills adventures pearly alike, and the deeoHptlous orthe man have so cloeely tallied’Hurt as fast as the announcements of his .achievements were mad#^“^" * ( f. r HIS PREVIOUS VICTIMS rccogfftted him as being still on his traWksA This rechlesi individual was arrested ftt Ljmi, Mass., through tjie eflotlS-of Pinkerton’s detectives,to-day and is now In jail awaiting extradition to \flrgthfa, wnere he is charged with forgteryrbigatny, ami obtaining money under false pretenses. Capt. Bob Pinkerton, who is in charge of the New York office, and has directed the detectives’ movements agaiust thes windier, says the man who is widely known as Marvin is a most remarkable fellow.

He is about fifty-seven years old,about five feet nine* inches tall, and weighs . about 150 pounds. . His head, which is w*il formed, is covered with a growth of white hair, rather thin at the crown and he wears a white moustache and long, aids-whiskers. Home eight or nine wives have already been traced to bis transitory possession, aud with no one of whom he has ever lived longer than * week, while his forged or fraudulent o«mmereial notes are too numerous to be catalogued. ftE HAS BEEN HUNTED DOWN mainly through his Virginia escapades. May-last the Hartford, Conn., Chureiihiau contained an advertisement from whidh It appeared that one Thomas A. Marvin was in need of a governess, he being a widower, for bis eight year old daughter. Among others who replied to tm.*} advertisement was a Miss Turpiu, of Richmond, Va, a lady of good in moderate circumstances, ttocnlivlng with her mother. Miss TurmuLwaa about 20 years old. She refrom Marvin,.dated at! NewTfciYt p, ih v.’hichjbe said he was very. jftvcnably impressed with her application aud would like to see hpr, out he wished to know liy termp. • Again she wrote, giving her terms, to whiuh he responded, saying the tfrjms were rather high, and asking h«creferences. Sheanswcred, giv- j ng lam.the name of a Judge and a • minister iu Richpaond r and a.-ked him • fer / ?. . HIS REFERENCES. Iu return he gave the name of Judge Cowufc-of Germantown. Pa.; W. -A. Tayldt, of Camden,N. J.; and the Rev. John Dinforth, of Media, ‘ Pa. Miss Turphr wrote to these parties, and received from them mo9t <blogUiic indorsements of Mr. Marvin as a gentleman of wealth, culture, aud respousibilftyr In a few days Miss Turpin receiveWa note sayiug- Mr- Marvin was about wing to loch mo nd to visit her. He called on her accordingly, appeared to jpilf ft~l* rconcluded an- enher as a governess, "ying he had some bus-iii(-to in New York, and woulu beback in a week to take Miss T'u.: fi£fo N4w Haven. The letter of recoawendatirm from W. A. Taylor was by Mrs. Taylor, who said she her husband’s letter i ca JS W was home, aud silt INDORSE MR. MARVIN. ward Marvin turned up in Richita!!tfi‘'Prftpo9e;l to Miss Turuin, wcepttoAaad on July 20 they were married. fi‘vK* *the day of the his wife an instrument meriting by which he settled ofrtMtoHMrriage'gift of $30,060. Not long after the wedding Marvin went to A. M. Brownell,JMisa Turpin’s bmttwio-iawi and got him to go to a bankreirßiehmond aud ideutify nim as the holder of the drafts drawn by the Firrft National Bank of Madison, Wis., on thewtrst National Bank of Chicago. The dcjbfa Were in favor of Baird & BradleW. but were indorsed payable to Marviaror.f76s. He received for them $250 inleash aud and the balance in two smalle*- drafts on the Merchants’ National Bank of New York. He • next bormwe'd $l5O from the clergyman \*ho had married hitn to Miss Turpi#/" A few days after he left Richmond 1(N .wife’s relatives found out by the rttkrn of the drafes that They wereAvifltTiiless. and, beginning to suspect Marvin, they,wrote to.ex-Judge Shipman, iu this efre^who put the case in Pinkerton’s bards. Meanwhile Marvin had got as ft ras Jersey City, and left his wi'e.at the Windsor Hotel while he went on to he bought two drafts from Speuoer Trask & Co., hiving oeen introduced to them by a well-known railroad man as General A. I*. Morton, liy wnich name he seemed to be knowu to other people in Albany. Asa part of the value of his Richmond drafts be received two ether drafts, one on Henry C. B.ack, and the other on-a Mrs. Kearney. Leaving Albany he went to Rochester, and his wife was sent for ■to joii| hjm at Albion. The detectives were bow on hi» ? trail, and at Alb’on Pinkerton's men found the wife, HAfcVIN HA VINO DESERTED HER, having probably learned that the authorities were a'ter -him. He failed to meet her, but seut her a bogus notice inserted by himself in the Rochester papery,announcing that her mother had man dangerous! v hurt by being thrown while riding in Richmond. He •dYieod her to goat once to Richmond **y. of Harrisburg, and sent her monfT to pay her fare. She returned and iapow With her friends in Virginia. . WgPt to Buffalo and other around into Canada. The detectives suli foUcwed the clews. 2l! y that H> C> BlAck and r t» irt « nta of New Black knew Marvin _V lm > and he had a In city. -Stack said the General always seemed

to have plenty of money, hot was away from borne at intervals tor weeks or months. About this stage in the case, Pinkerton became convinced that the man he was looking tor was the same that he had sought two yean ago for, under the name of David Lindsay, tor marrying and deserting two young ladies in this city. One of them he took to Washington and there abandoned her. The other be married later j after taking her to Chicago, he borrowed SBOO from her and left her in that city. Mr. Pinkerton, reftises to give the names of these two victims, because they are now both married happily and living in this city. Other ci ran instances also convinced Pinkerton that Marvin was the same man who, under the name of Martin, about three yean ago forged bills of exchange for $8,500 on a private bank at Eufaula, Ala., and who about the same time forged some drafts at Joplin, Mo., under the name of A. Marvin. It appears that in this last transaction Marvin SWINDLED A MEMBER OF^THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE

out of $2,000. A year ago last miring Margin was recognized by bis Victim in St. -Louis, aud was arrested and held to hail la SIO,OOO. He obtained good bail, and ran away aa soon as be got out of')ail, leaving his boadsman, one of whom was a New York lawyer, to get-out,of tbs responsibility the beet way they could. In hie baggage they found some bdrglan’, counterfeiters’ and forgers’ implements, and some blank checks ana a robber stamp belonging to a bank at Owensboro, Ky., but they all proved to be counterfeit. Chief or police McDonough, however, had already, before hiaflight, compelled the prisoner to sit for a photograph, and another portrait of him was found in bis buggy. These pictures-were multiplied and sent to the police agencies all oyer the country from St.. Louis. When Pinkerton met parties who came on here from Richmond in Mrs. Turpin’s interest, be showed them his rogues’ album. As soon .as the IpartiGfti of whom Mr. A. M. Brownell was one, ‘ SAW MARVIN’S PICTURE, ' taken in St. Louis as that of B. A. Martin, they at once identified the individual as the person whom they were seeking. Arrangements were at once made wiih Cbief of Police Webeter, in New Haven, to keep a lookout for him as well as to watch Marvin’s adopted daughter who was living with Mrs. Kenny. On Wednesday last parties in this city informed Pinkerton that Gen. Marvin was stopping at the Hagamore House, lu Lynn, Mass., under the name of Benjamin F. Adams. Mr, Brownell has been North for a week east assisting in the case, and was at New Haven. Pinkerton telegiapbed to Brownell to go to Lynn and see if he could identify Adams. Brownell got to Lynn at 6 o’clock this morning,and by 8 o’clock be had identified Adams os his old acquaintance, and quondam broTher-in-law, Marvin, and had

PROCURED HIS ARREST. “Marvin, alias Adams, Is now in jail, aud to-day the Governor of Virginia granted a requisition on Governor Long, of Massachusetts, for the extradition of the prisoner to Richmond. Pinkerton this city last night also for Lynn, and will go with his man to Richmond. It now turns out that in the interval, while Martin was abeent from Richmond in July last, he went to Lake Woods,N. J. aud there married a young widow. Mrs. Nellie DeHart, daughter of the ltev. G. L. Hovey, the bride’s father performing the ceremony. Before the ceremony he-tried to get Mr. Hovey to cash a draft for So,UCO for him, but the minister did not do it. After the marriage, however, Marvin borrowed SIOO giving Mr. Hovey his note, payable one day after dale, for the amount* Then Marvin went on bis wedding trip. Arriving at Washington, he, LEFT MRS. MARVIN DE HART,.' in that city, saying that be was going to Fredricbsburg to vi-.it his sick child, but in fact ho went to Richmond ana married Miss Turpin. On his way North with her he stepped off the train at Washington and Miss Turpin was carried along toward Baltimore. Marvin telegraphed her on the train, however that he had mused the train at the Washington depot, but would follow in the next train. Going to the hotel in Washington where he had* left Mrs. DeHart—the Lockwood —he brought her with him on that next train, sending her home from Philadelphia, and briuging Miss Turpin, whom he overtook ou the way, to Jersey City. Captain Pinkerton knows of several other women whom Marvin has married at diflereut times, but says there is no need or purpose to be gained in giving their names. A year ago

, ' THIS ARRANT KNAVE married a woman living in Painesyille, 0., under the governess dodge. Ae about the same time ne married a lady in Jersey City, aud another Ip Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, and, before any one of these,, one in Little Rock, Ark. While he was disporting himself in Missouri he became engaged to, and almost succeeded in marrying the daughter of an ex-Governor in that State. His real name is Arthur Merritt, but his birthplace and antecedents are unknown. At various times he has victimized banks in the West and South by forged aud worthless notes for considerable sums of money/’

Dr. Bliss’ Surgical Ability. Chicago Journal Dr. Bii», one of tbe President’s surgeons, is known fn bis profession as a man very quick to see aud equally quick to act iu cases demanding medical and surgical treatment. This was shown iu his first case of surgery, in Michigan, soon nfter his graduation from school. Riding along one day.he discovered a company of toys tossing up beans for sport aud catching them in their mouths. Soon one of them got a bean lodged in his windpipe, aud fell to the ground, black iu the face. The doctor dismounted, held the boyjjp by tiie heels, and tried every ordinary way to dblodge the beau,Jbirt itstuok fast, an<j matters became eerious. Not to let the lad die on bis baikls the young f>hj’sician out witli a case of iustrumeuts, and in an instant, almost, had made an exterior incision and taken out the bean.: He then carried the boy home alive to his parento instead of de-ad. This aptness at surgery made Dr. Bliss a great man in army life during' the war, he coming out of practice in the army with the reputation of having performed more surgical operations than any man of his age iu the country. Since then many lives have been saved by the skillful use of the knife in bis hands. His disregard for precedents in the anuals of his profession has made him at times unpopular among his brethren,,who, as a rule are more conservative than he, both in theory and practice.

A Boy Fiend.

On the 26th of February last Felix Lemaltre, a boy 15 years of age. walked Into the police station ip the Rue de Taujgre, Paris, and gave himself up. “I am an apprentice,” said he, “and I surrender myself to justice for the murder of a littleV>y, whom I have killed with a knife at the hoisl du Doubs.” The officer In charge was startled at the statementrbut, put the boy under arrest and made an investigation. In a room in the hptel du Poube the dead body of Jean SchoeneUj the sou of a poor rag picker, was found. There was a long knife cut in his body, which had ripped open the stomach, and the throat mid been cut. There was blood on the bed, and marks of bloodv fingers on the bed clothing. The knife, covered with blood, lay upon the floor. Why the boy assassin should have com mitten* such a crime was a mystery. At the police station he was questioned. “On tha 15th of this month,” he said, “I stole 200 f from my employer, M. Sirapt, of the Rue d’ Aboukir. I spent the money at the theatre, and in pteas-

Us mudom. Yesterday, finding myself penniless. I ‘saw everything red,’ ands6dd«3y the thought of killing a child oune to ms* Chance brought In mi the poor Bttle boy whom I killed. . Finding him in the street I showed him • steel chain and Simised him that ho should have It if would ftKov ms. 9fben ha vi*s in ’ room I tied his hands behind his naoh, aoVhwSgh ifMt Then I dressed him and twice plunged my kDife into his body. Tostop his cries I cut his j&ngpe and then his throat. I cannot explain what led me to do the’ deed. I had jtead many .novels and in one of them remembered such a scene as I put into Ueeatisa’’ The boy was nbt fn the least excited. He made his confession in an off-hand way, as If telling a story. The news of the murder spread, and a crowd gathered outside the police station* Lem&itre enjoyed the oon fusion and the clamor of the people, and the police were forced to believe that he oommitted the crime for no other res*oti than that his name should be on everybody's lips. He bad never seen Ids victim before. The youthful assasam was looked up, add Rig to mprder,^ai&l thefi be kill some one. The court jrpuld ant consider bis statemefrtfwnd gave him th« heaviest senteflhWmowed to young crfininals—twenty years at hard labor and ten years surveillance by the po=' - ... n r- > * (*.-•

STRIKING OIL IN A GARDEN.

A Discovery That Bent the Proepeotors to Potato Patches. r . TitosviUo (PS.) Cor. New York San. A month or so ago Sebastian Haehn. a blacksmith living in Mechanic street this city, was spading in his garden after arieavy rain. As be turned up the earth he noticed that little pools of crude petroleum formed in the cavities made by the spade. He dug a pit four feet deep. It filled to such an extent with oil, that he dipped out five barrels full. 'lhe oil was of excellent quality, and Haehn sold UTs five barrels to the Octave Oil Refineiy. Week before last Haehn dug another well in his garden. It responded with a yield of two barrels an hour. The well attracted great attention. It produced eighty barrels, and then ceased to flow. The excitement over the novel oil territory died out soon afterward. On Monday last the news spread 'through th& city that Haehn had opened another well in his garden, aud that it was yielding at the rate of thirty-six barrels a day] - Hundreds flocked to the seen® of the new oil operations. The well was located in .the southwest corner of Haehn’s potato patch. With a large tin hand pump the owner was taking out of the “nole’’ two barrels of oil au hour. His previous well had also started again. From that one of Haehn’s sons was taking oil at the rate l of twenty barrels a

dky. Immediately following the strike of the ltlcky blacksmith a great demand sot- leases of adjoining gardens arose. Such an oil field had never bteen heard of before. Without capital, and with no tools but a shovel, au operator Could sink a well and strike the “gand” in half an hour. The right to dig on four feet of a man’s garden became worth $5 bonus and one-quarter of the oil. For three days Mechanic and adjacent streets have been thronged with excited spectators of the new operation in oil production, and parties anxious to get “a piece of territory.” On Tuesday night Theodore Avery, who bad a coal yard adjoining Haenn’s garden, put down a well. At the depth of four feet he struck oil. The yield was a barrel au hour. He has put down four more wells since. The five wells were yesterday yieldiug eight barrels an hour. ’ " -

The success of the Hahen and Avery ventures led to a wide extension of this strange territory. A vacant lot on Washington street, southeast from Haehn’B, wft* yesterday the scene of active operations. Three producing wells were put down. Tbe rest were “dusters.” Captain Pickering went to “wildcattiug” under a shed near the Buffalo,PittsDurg and Warren Railioud track, south of Haehn’s. He dug to a depth of eight feet, andgot a well good for ten barrels a day. Two wells were put down on the ground of th® Octavo refinery. At five feet oil was found. One of the wells is pumping twentyfive barrels a day. Tue MfeKeown Garden, east of the refinery, was leased by J. P. Thomas, William McKenzie and J. M. Brinton. Thomas took the northern half of the garden. He got two five-barrel wells of excellent green oil. The other parties struck oil, but it was of a red hue, and had the. appearance of being mixed with tar. In the gardens aiding the east' side es Washington street several wells “came in”'as good producers, but’ the oil was of an inferior quality. AB tbe property iilqhg Oil Crtek, Washington ana Franklin streets b&s been leased by A. J. Kraffert. He will develope it on a large scale. The original Haehn territory maintains its yield, and is being further developed. Haehn has mad® a trench all around his garden and one through the center. Into these the oil collects rapidly. The operator is putting up tanks to receive his oil, as there is a great scarcity in barrels. Haehn’s garden is now yielding 100 barrels a day. He expects to increase it to 200. The oil is worth at the refineries sl.lO a barrel. The price of the barrel defray s ail tbe expenses of putting flown a well. Operations are carried on day and night. That part of tbe city is lighted up all night by the flaming torches of the oil men. The weird Beene is wit-» nessed nightly by hundreds of people. There are no indications o‘*any decline in the yiela of this oil, add Haehn, the lucky discoverer of tne field, is laying away not less than SIOO a day as clear profit There are many theories In regard to this unheard-of presence of petroleum in large quantities so near the surface. One is thAt the oil is the leakage of tanks and pipe lines, which has sunk into the earth until it reached the gravelly deposit in it is now found in pools. Another is that this deposit has been forced up from the true petroleum sand stratum by some unknown agency and caught and retained in the stratum where'it now lies.

Advertising.

Cincinnati has a commercial club which meets at stated periods to discuss matters of interest to the business community. Among the papers read at the last meeting was one by Mr. A. E. Burkhardt, a prominent merchant, upon the subject of advertising. Among other things, he said: “In my own business career, advertising, advertising.largely and unceasingly, has been an important faotor. It was not my plan to advertise flamingiy for a brier period in the trade season and then stop. My business has been kept steadily before, the public to a considerable extent the year round. I believe it is better to occupy one eqnare every day for a year than to cover a page witn letters three inches long for a week and then discontinue altogether. In this respect I might also parody the old saying that “a little learning is a dangerous thing,” and remark the same thing of advertising. A little of it is certainly an expensive thing. Rightly managed, oonstant and wide advertising is the most economical method a merchant can adopt to win customers. Bat advertise constantly or do not spend a dollar. Now, as to general results achieved (and I am not going to give you any of my business secrets], I have east my mind's eye hurriedly over my experience in Cincinnati, and I am fully eonvlboeCthat in fifteen years, with the advertising I have donjj,! have poshed my business to a standing that would have taken

tisuog. y In truth, It Is doubtful if I could have at all attained thfe results I have without the aid of aJl tb f, fbra merchaht to make himself known are theleedfhgaeWspep^»^ H I were nevnqmper. A *or^cdnrolar to2tb^srh<jJtC^tSwly“wi^s reading, out a well worded advertisement, printed in * leading daily paper, which is bought tor the town news it fion tains, wilj maeh *f&y«r * hundred thousand persons, in away to commend It to their attenHen.’! j]!--

The Shadow on tho Moon.

New York Son. . , Although the eclipse of the moon on Sunday morning had no special value to science, Chose who saw ft through teiesoopes will not soon forget the spectacle.* To the naked eye, aud eten wttfe an* opera ftass, the convex outline of the earth’s shadow seemed pretty kharply defined as iV'iwept acroes ww* seen Torf&de and shade. The abeenqe ,of air on the soenery never appears in a twilight. "But the gradually deepening edge of

the shadow In the eclipse furnished a twilight effect nndgr Which same of the familiar featdMi hSM anew and Interesting kppearauce. TbSjWas, seen as the shadow Was passing off The telescope directed near the en&ot the total phase to the eastern edge Of the modn had in its field the Oceah of Btortns, part of the Sea ofShowers and the Sea of Clouds, and the craters of Aristarchus, Kepler, ,and. Copernicus. All these, and other plains and moontains, could be easily distinguished the reddish ilght of the eclipse. Presently, along the eastern odge of the moon’s globe, which stood out against the sky with stereoscopic roundness, the returning sunlight began to break In a bright, narrow line which rapidly lengthened and grew broader. In a few minutes it had shot northward until it lllu min ated the peaks around the Land of Hoar Frost And southward to the furthest confines of the Ocean 6f Storms, beyond which it streamed across the Sea of Moistiire to the borders of the great mountain dlstriot of which Tycho is the center. Then the hrilllaut mountain Aristarchus began to shine like a star in the advancing light, and a few minutes later the sunshine flooded the shores of the Bay of Rainbows. Hero the gradualnrlghtening of th® light ou the cliffs and the long headlands at either end of the waterless bay formed a striking contrast to the usual illumination of objects on the moon. The shadows of the hills were not extended across tbo levels as dhring the ordinary sunrise on the moon, for the illumination covered objects on all sides at once. But the-slow Increase In brightness brought out one familiar feature after another, aS a sunrise oh the earth gradually reveals the details of a landscape. So the shadow crept slowly off, uncovering region after region, until the whole round faoe of the nioon was shining again.

Electioneering in Indiana.

Correspondence N. Y. Time*. * If electioneering produces thought and inquiry .there is enough in Indiana to enlighten any number of new citizens. Men have voted ten times during the last six months, and are sick and tired of it and of the sight of a man stamping his feet and waving his hands, talking about the government. However, they have attended thoroughly to the voting. The Legislature this year has been the ideal oue, far superior, Hoosiers think, to the “tramp Congress” at Washington. It was Republican, it was anti-liquor, and It was woman's rights. Indiana’s legislators meet only once in two years (oh. happy Indiana!) finish their business" In two months, and depart from the capital. If they do not, every newspaper In the State begins to call them blockheads and idiots, and wants to know why they don’t get done and get out. They do business rapidly, without dallying. They run bills through like leed through a straw cutter. They make speeches of the shortest, smartest, most impassioned description, not about “the party,” nor about the everlasting interests of the laboring man; they are laboring men themselves. The chair is prompt and dignified. The legislators meet in a spirit of comradeship and good fellowship aud to advance the prosperity of the State. A few crafty visages are seen among them, for they mostly show frank countenances that match well with their thickly-thatched heads and dibble frames. Soma have true aquiline features,regular eagle bealy; Some the fair, honest looks of tpe Northern races! others belong to tne darker families or mankind. One oould not ask for a better set of men to. rule the State. “The roaring, million-headed, unreflecting” (see T. Carlyle) has not yet upset Republican institutions in Hoosierdom.

A Turkish Tea-Party.

A correspondent gives the following picture of a Turkish tea-partv: “Through the oneu windows thnt look out ou the garden oome a scent o' roses and the hum of bees, mingled with the laughter of children who are playing on a well-trimmed lawn, under the eyes of the dark-eyed Circassian nurses. .The mistress of the harem—the Buiuk-Hanum (great lady), to give her full title —dresses much like an English lady nowadays, reads French novels and plays the piano, though she dons the native dress upon state occasions, such as the chalva*, when she entertains other ladies. Chalva means a cake, but has came to designate a {>arty at which that dainty is eaten, ust as we say tea for tea-party in Engand. When a Turkish lady gives a chalva her husband is excluded while the strange women are In the house. These guests begin to arrive towards 6 o’clock, accompanied by their maidservants, and negroes carrying lanterns and bringing their children with them. Closely muffled, they divest themselves of their burnouses and babouches iu ap ante-room* and put on 'delicate slippers which they have brought with them in bags. The reception rooms ara brilliantly lighted up with pink candles and scented with fragrant pas tiles. There is no kissing or hand-shaking between the hostess and her guests; but each lady, as she comes in, lifts her hand gracefully to her heart, her lips and her brow, which means ‘I am devoted to you with heart, mouth and mind.’ 'nils mode of salutation when smilingly performed, is very pretty. The greetings being ended, the oompany seat themselves on chairs if there be any Frank ladies present; if not, they betake themselves to the divan's and carpets, and the cake-eating begins.”

Shot His Wife by Mistakee

Atlanta Special. In Calhoun county a sad accident hap pened last Friday. Will Sullivan, a young fanner, recently married and Bottled on a farm given him bv his lather. Grows had recently been very destructive to his corn. Friday morning he loaded a shot-gun. and hiding himself behind a fenoe awaited till a flock of birds alighted. He fired both barrels. He heard a scream, and saw his wife rushing toward him, mangled with shot. She was walking through the oorri, and quite conoealed from view. She rushed to him and fell dying IQ-his arms. A Peoria (HI.) lady picked up two dead English sparrows whose hills interlocked eo firmly that they were with difficulty separated.

A SHORT SIGHTED FATHMB. - A tartner bad seven daagbtere, Aud bttt little els®he had; The glrte all had good afpeUUe, And times wen very bad. “is^i'is.’ssssss | H «eV pare*brl^ht^old*'He thoaght be knew human ae*We; j WRu* d»wn*ti»i*»enuTrone’Udderb» Saw elope hts seventh child. • But it’sextremlv doubtial Itat the Omoho foresaw f ! Their return viUi his fourteen grandchildren Ahd seven eons-in-law. .; — l tlmee-Star.

MABEL.

The little inn at Veaehi. near Milan* had tat two guests ; Mr. Holbrook and his daughter Mabel, tor whose sake the feryr had left home and country to Hoibrook’s lover had forsaken her, wrecking the life whose poomhw hod been so fair. She could ftot tap; the pitying words sad looks of those Who knew no bappineaif O quiet content .whtob [was almoet peace. They-had been SS. ness of the little piece. It rested her after.the restless li/e in the great cities which they had visited. -r~~

One day they sat by her window when suddenly there Came a sound of music—a Violin softly playing, and the jingle of the tambourine, while a clear sweet, childish voice sang one of the .delicious peasant songs so often heard in Italy. Looking out from behind the flowers In her window, Mabel saw the violinist, a young Italiah, tall, graceful, almost noble in his bearing; and though his Clothes were boor, Worn, and travel-stabled, hi® bands were white and shapely, and the cloak which huiig over his shoulder was such as a cavalier might have carried. Beside him stood a young girl id the picturesque dress of the .country, her little hands—fine and white, too—holding a large tambourine, the lovely bright eyes raised to the face of her companion as she sang, as if inspired by his playing. v Drawn by tbe sound of the music, Mr. Holbrook entered the room and rtooa beside his daughter. “The child sings well,” he said, and in a moment a gold coin lay at the singer’s feet. ... “O, Paolo!” she cried, stooping to Eick it up, “seel it must be the gold of io fairy!” “Not so, little one,” laughed Mr. Holbrook, who had come out from the Inn in lime to hear her exclkmation. “It is an honest English half sovereign which yon have fairly earned by your song. Come in with me and I will change it in Italian scudi, which will be of more use to you.” His accent Was not very perfect— Mabel* had taught him—ahd he was not an apt pupil, but the toting musicians understood. They felt the kindness in his voice, and. gladly followed him Into hifi daughter’s room, where Paolo bowed With the grace of a young prince before Mabel. Nina Biwaldi—for that wHS the gifl's name—in answer to Mr. Holbrook’s kindly inquiries soon told all their story bow their father (who was of a noble Florentine family, she said with a proud lifting of her pretty head) had had to leave his home oecause of enemies, and bad fled to Switzerland, where her mother died when she was but a baby; how their father took care of them and made them so happy till at last he sickened and died from some strange, fierce fever; how Paolo had sold all but their father’s violin, (and cloak, which she wore when it was cool, for Paolo was so careful of her) to pay the debts ;and how they were making their way to Milan, where the dear brother hoped to earn money that she, Nina, might study and become a great singer. “But now that vour father is dead,” said Mr. Holbrook to Paolo, “why do Jou not seek your relatives? They can ave no cause of anger against you, surely.” Paolo shook his head sadly, saying: “It Is the old story of the Vendetta; and my father made me swear that I would not let them know of my existence even, lest I might fall a victim to their vengence, and little Nina be left alone in the world. You know the feud is from father to son for generations.”

“Paolo says we shall find friends somewhere,” said Nina, with a little Sigh; “hut it is weary seeking, and the road is so long.” “Dear Nina,” said Mabel, impulsively, her heart won by the girl’s simple Etory, “the friends are here and the weary.road is passed. We will keep you, will we not, papa?” and she turned to her father, who stood by with Bmiling face, pi eased at her interest and animation. “Oh, sweet lady!” cried Nina, in an ecstacy of delight, “do you mean it, truly ?6hall Paolo no more have to play in the streets? and shall Ibe taught to sing.so that I may earn money with my voice, and make a home for him?” “Yes, yes!”nodded Mabel, iu answer to the eager questioning. “Truly I mean all that, and more.” “Dear Paolo,” cried Nina, “do you hear?” But Paolo was silent, for pride was struggling mightily within him. He was no child,like Nina,to accept every proffered gift,but a man, though scarce twenty years had passed over nis head; and it galled him to receive favors where he could give nothing in return. But for Nina’s sake—he had promised father to do anything for Nina—he would not refuse what these strangers might offer.: So, when Mr. Holbrook, in all seriousness, offered to place Nina in the Conservatory at Milan, and to assume the expense of her musical education, Paolo accepted gratefully; though for himself he. proudly refused all aid, nor oould any entreafies alter his decision. Hut at last Mr. Holbrook obtained for him a position with an old violin maker, whose home was the resort of all musicians of note,and where if Paolo had musical genius, a way would be opened up for its development.

ij Y ,°r Ur PI 0 , I ®*® 8 w l ® growing famous,” said Mr. Holbrook to Mabel one day, at breakfast, in their hotel at Milan, where they still lingered. “Nina’s voioe is wonderful. Her maestro save she is to sing for the Duchess of Parma at her children’s oarnival next week. A rare honor for a child.”

“And ftmlo?” asked Mabel, with a blush, for which she hated herself. “And Paolo!” echoed her father. “Why, Paolo is already a finished violinist It seems that his hither was something wonderful in that way, and devoted his life to training his son, bequeathing him as a legacy his violin, a real Stradivarious, Paolo, modem fellow, said nothing of this, but went at once to BartoUai, the greatest violinist In Milan, told his story, and after playwa* joyfully accepted ae a P U PU- 8m ce then he has been studying night and day, and to-morrow he to may at the grand concert instead is ofßartoiini, who is suddenly 111. Rut, all unheralded as Paolo Is, those Who know sqy he will take the andlenoe by stagpa. I only found this out by 2STi issEs”" wu • hy *° . “He might at least have told me,” thought Mabel* .For Paolo and she l^ xno f t and had grown to be But, was It friendship only, Mabel wondered, that made her heart beat so fiercely when J he came into her presence? that made I her long for hJs.oomlng, and grieve

JoJeTliTlove was dead, killed by <*» “w^w» t lylHai«wSpS2t^S in Paolo's &JMW whose glance she sometimes dared not meet 7 TBs HfWhad spoken bo word of cool and distant: when he came that dhjr; she would not speak of his playing; would declare, perhaps, that she did notin tend to go to the concert Then what would he say 7 But alas for her plans;the day pass* ed and Paolo came not Bor «W he the next day; and she dressed for the oemoart in eager, feyerish haste, fearful lest she might be late, and an miss one moment of Paolo's presence. When he appeared, in faultless even-* ing costume, so young,so handsomd^o. proudly serene, as if sure of success, ■there was a feint whisper of surprise through the house, which died away as he began playing, with so martelloiusiy sweet and gentle touch that the audience listened in almost breathless

silence, lest one note should be. lost When the music ceased for a. moment no sound Was heard ftben a iwlMi-th-:j&?Es,iXd o, t p *& hearts of his audience, but—in'* one •wore was rocallsd; and the wfaqie evening was one unbroken success for the young violinist. 1 Almost femt with excitement whpn, at last the. ooacert, was oyer, Mabel begged her father to hastdn home,- yet- scarcely had she reached her parl«r]Wh»n Paolo sought admittance,' “I saw your fade only F’he exclaim? ed, in impassioned tones, “It was my , inspiration I You smiled and I wss J glad; and my heart spoke to you in the music. Did you nqt understand, beloved ?”

Mabel raised her eyes to his face with one sweet, tremulous glance, then the snowy lids fell. But her secret only then revealed fully to her own heart, had in that brief moment escaped her keeping. , r When a little later they met together to tell Mr. Holbrook, and ask his blessing, he was astonished. Bnt a glance at Mabel’s happy face checked the words that rose to his lips. He desifed nothing so much as his child’s happiness; ana he loved Paolo as a son. So by and by there will be a quiet wedding at Milan; for Nina.cannot be left there alone, and they could not be mafried Without her. And though Mr. Holbrook Wotfld like his daughter to be married from her own stately London house, Mabel is the beat pleased that it candot be.

Buried by an Avalanche.

Leadville Democrat. Our readers will doubtless remember Thos. McConnell, who was lost last winter while crossing mosquito range, where he lay buried In the snow until last Sunday. Mr. S. B. Hilliard,an intimate friend of McConnell's, oalled at the Democrat office yesterday and related the circumstances ot McConnell's death. On Thursday, the 2d of December, MoConnell started out, and on the same day his brother, George .McConell,' came into town for him,and missed him in Stray Horse. On Friday the brother started back to oamp. When he left the road for the trail he followed the tracks in the snpw to the slide. Then he turned and went to the cabin. When he got there be was very much surprised to Hud that his brother had not arrived. He then told the boys in the cabin about the tracks he had seen in the snow. Several men then started back up the slide to hunt for the tracks George McConnell had seen. As soon as they found them Osborne, one of the party, identified the tracks fls those of Thos- C. McConnell. They then Went below the snow slide on Pend ary’h lake and found no tracks there. Then they went around the slide three times and could find no tracks going out. The terrible truth flashed upon them that McConnell lay buried in the avalance of snow that bad come thundering down the mountain sides George McConnell then Bent Osborne in to tell Mr. Hilliard about the terrible mystery that enveloped the fate of their friend. Hr. Hilliard at once organized a party to go and shovel away the snow and find the body of the ill-fated man. The party got ready to start, but a fearful snowstorm arose, such a one that nobody would dare to brave on the bleak Mos3uito range. The storm raged four ays, so that it was impossible to cross. As soon as it abated sufficiently the party started over and got the miners to assist in the work. A force of from eight to fifteen men worked four and a halt days with shovels and. rods, but there was such an immense pile of snow that they did not get over half of it in that time. Just then the Storm rose again and drove them out, and before they could get back, another slide came down bn the first one and fillet! up all they bad done. Theweary and disheartened miners saw that further work at the time was useless, and they decided to leave it until Xune, when, they thought, the snow woold be melt-, ed. When the mountain of snow began to settle, the men watched it day to day by turns. On last Saturday they hired eight men and a team and sent to W. B. McDonald to get some> more men to as Met in the work, and continued until one of the men got tired and commenced looking around, and discovered some files and stooped down to brush them away, and in doing so knocked the snow from the dead man’s boot They then got some boards and made a box to put him in, and went to work to uncover him. A vacant space was found of about eight inches around him, where the ice had melted, and outside of this space six inches of solid ice was found all around the body. The position of the body when found was that of a man running. He was standing with one foot extended and with the left hand extended and the right hand at his side. He was doubtless running down the moadtain side in front of the slide,and was caught just as he was running and {tinned against the bank of snow in ront of him. The body was buried ten or fifteen feet deep in the snow and iee. The body was taken out, straightened, and put in the box and brought to Leadville.

The Way They Slipped.

Detroit Free At 11 o’clock yesterday forenoon 4' couple of excursionists took seats on the east portico of the City Hall directly under the window of the Chief of Police. He was a bean-pole looking chap of twenty-three,with dust an men deep on his back, and she was an au-burn-haired angel of twenty, wearing a solid shoe ana chewing three quids of gum rolled into one. For a long time they sat and looked at the fountains and sighed and were silent. Then he tenderly queried: “Hanner, ain’t it dreamy?” "Yum.” she answered. "I could sit here lorever,” he whispered. "I don’t believe I could—l’d be hunMore silence and sighs, and then he took her elbow in his hand and said: "Hanner, Pm hungry now.” "Didn’t you bring a biscuit along?” "Hungry for your love, Hanner—not for biscuits. Hanner, ’sposen we ’sposen a case.” ‘‘Well?” “ ’Sposen I knew a Justice of the Peace who would marry us?” "How much?” "Two dollars.” > ."Have you got the money?” "Hfnner, do you doubt my love? Iy.’e got seventy-five cents, and I’ll hunt hp the Harker boys and borrow the rest” i afraid.” ’"How, Hanner!” "Oh, i can’t; you know my folks don’t like you.” "Hanner, hitch this way till I talk to you. ’Sposen I bought yon peanuts

! odeaady and watermelon? ’Sposen Sr great love Mid ooncluwTgffay of ajustjoefandron’d have me and I’d baVtJjwfc'’ v*ew***3i R 23 • * “>• keeiTit Bilent as th?grmve until iEd made your old man itajiwntlß* for what I mr*. Gimme half a *how and FlI make your par feller me Mound like a calf within a year, and yetir mar will tairiy love the ground I walk 1 on. Come Manner, let’s slip.” “Oh, Gawge!” “-Banner—Banner! Think of the romance—the love—the mystery—the tenderness the gold watches and diamond rings, and silk dresses." “Where?”

“Why, next year, when wool comes off.- Don’t I own forty acres-of land? Don’t I dote on you? * Would I ask yin to slip around if J didn’t love you above the best horn in our oounty?Hanner, let us dip?” . “Are you really love—"' . ii , Then they.dipped.. - They caught mRAanfSKi and his. wife ah the other, and the gin ■’slid for Michigan avenne and the lover for Griswold street, the latter whispering to himself as he dodged through t “That’s her old dad, and he knocks bxen down with'that club !’>

Wild Honey.

Kingston (If. Y."> freeman. ' _ It wfi], soon be time for these, who love to make a business of hunting bee-trees to start out on their expeditions. Onoe this kind of business was quite lucrative. Bee-trees could be found after 1 a little work almost anywhere in the woods. They are usually well filled, and if a man could manage to discover one tree a week he could oonafder himself earning good wages. Now anfTthen, while following a trail or bee-line, two trees have been traced out, bnt this is very rare. A gentleman last night, an old bee-hunter, told a story how he onoe took some honey out in the Woods, warmed it on stones, then left it there as a sort of feeding place for the bees, and a day or tWo afterward noted the direction in which they went offer loading themselves, ana by following them some distance found there were two lines of bees running parallel to each other. In about three nours be found one tree, marked it, and then again set out his honey. In a short time be took -the other line for the other tree. He hunted and

hunted for a long-time without success. Finally reaching a cliff of rocks, while trying to pi/’k his way down, he accidentally slipped and slid to the bottom. Somewhat stunned, he lay a few minutes, and looking up to see how far he had come,lo! and behold his experienc, ed eye saw bees going in and out of a hole in a tree within a few feet from him. From these two trees he took eighty or ninety pounds of honey,with a considerable quantity of beeswax, and considered it one of the most successful hunts he had ever had. Besides honey, there is used in bee-hnnting a strong flavor of young clover, as it is called, of which the bees, seemingyl, are fonder than of honey Itself, The proper way to trace bees is to heat a stone, drop honey on it, have the comb near by, and the heated honey will immediately draw the bees, who will then find the comb and proceed to load themselves with it and return to their homes. It requires a sharp eye to follow the line, but the term a bee line is well-known to be a line straight aa an arrow, and all the bee bun ter has to do is to get the coarse of th i bee and follow it straight until be has reached the vicinity of the tree, as near as he /An judge, after which h« will try his honey again, and so tell whether l.e has not yet reached or gone by. Home hunters select bee, throw flour over him, and then by. noting the time it requires for that bee to unload himself and return, get a good idea of the distance. There are a number old bee hunters living up town who can recite bee-tree yarns by the week.

The Commercial Traveler.

Go where you will. In the United States £you meet him. ' On railroad trains, on steamboats, in stage coaches in ferries, across obscure streams, in the mountains and on the plains, on ocean and on land, in all seasons and in all sorts of weather, you meet the commercial traveler, and you commonly find him wide-awake, alert, genial,, entertaining, and with an eye to business. He becomes a rare judge of men, aod accomodates himself to all classes. He will know more about a town in a few days after he has invaded it thanipeopie who have lived in it far years. He is eyer welsome at the hotels, and wherever h* goeqhe seems to carry along with hiaa promise of stir, life and progress. Tho -oomruerci&l traveler who has. long been connected with a leading house is regarded as on* of itomost valuable members. He has built Up a trade by j>ersoual_ address and popularity, and any business man worthy of-’the name apprebfstee his service* and deals with him accordingly. He is well paid, is allowed vacations, Mid his salary runs on during sickness. It is both amusing and interesting to bear a group of. commercial travelers comparing notes, regaling each other with stories, ana dividing up some new empire between themselves. The insensibility to fatigue, the unfailing good hnmor and the ready wit of these men always attract the attention of an observer, and they seem to typify many of the traits of the American character which have made this country so great and prosperous as it is.

Birds and Beasts.

A flight of white butterflies that filled the air like snowflakes was seen recently in South Florida. A bird’s nest recently found in a tree of a New Jersey town was covered with a thatched roof Investigation showed that it was the tomb ofayoung robin deaettn its nest, and the covering was no doubt the work of the parent birds. The Monroe (N. C.) Express tells of a merchant in that place who upon opening his store in the morning found ajar of brandy peaches overturned and broken by rats, and he killed easily fifteen rats that lay on the counter and floor too drunk to get away. The Elmira Free Press tells a story of how a blind; horse. in a pasture lot was led to choice feeding ground and to water by a gander, who went before him giving eigne by a constant cackle. A perfect understanding was had between them, and they seemed to know what eaoh At night the gander accompanied the hone to the stall, sat under the trough, and the horse would occasionally bite ofi a mouthfol of com and drop it to the

ground for his feathered lriend, and thus they would share each other’s meals. Finally, on one Sunday after- 4 noon, the horse died. The gander seemed utterly lost, wandered around disconsolately, looking everywhere for his old comrade, refusing food, and at the end of a week he, too, died, life may not have any special attractions for us, and we may possibly in dulge in a great deal of nonsense about being willing and even anxious to shuffle ofi thfa mortal coil, still if we had the power to fix the date of our own exit none of us would mention any day of any month in the present told that next week Is to be our last we should make still more less; Like the Hibernian. w« all want to live long enough to near the minister preach oaf

JOCOSITIES.

When a married woman boys a. dog for a low prioe, she gets a bargain and hear husband gets something to book A « * ** feitf ef’ths Blow chief -as he leewea the wfewam of hjs^Laughing, “am Bionxanna, jjhu’t. you cry for TWt.-v u f i t The young woman who need to sing so dlviuly, “Oh had I the wings of a dove,” is satisfied with a chicken leg . “Then sitPon a stove and stfr'oonstaatly." Just as If any .thing could sit «n a stove without stirring constantly. It Is said that a girl who wean number two shoe* And beautiful hose can be scared into believing almost every 1 little bit of wood or stone she sees is a

nradTuoe: Ariaona tainistens nrud-i ently leave their revolverson the bank when going into the water to baptize converts, but never go'hr so tar but, they can reach the weapons in* fa# urn of ;the first families in Austin, said «h*i would take two. po she would not need any kerosene at alfc 1 1 ° '*• Takes the cake: “Come here. Hammle, and Shake hands with &e gentleman,’.’ as urging her youngster to then front, “There, isn’t he,.cute?" Gentleman. putting bn his eyeglasses and critically examining the ofalld. “Yes. V he takes the-cake, or at leasthe should take th* first: oaks of soap ha can get hold of." And thus whs the evening’s entertainment nipped in the bud. 1 On a recent Sunday. when' the pastor of one of the leading Presbyterianii churches of Sh Louis was absent from

his pulpit, several, persons expressed dissatisfaction at seeing a stranger in the polpitAud one lady said she would not have come if she h*s known to*t Dr. was not going to preach. An elder standing very near promptly replied: “Madam, the worship of Dr. will be resumed next Sunday." Carrie was six years old and quite a model of propriety; but one day she shocked her mother by doing something very much like ordinary nanghty children, “Why, Carrie!" exclaimed Mrs. 8., “how could yen do such * thing?" “Other little giri& do so," replied Carrie. “But that doesn’t make it right, does it?" asked Mrs. B. “No," answered Carrie, with deliberation, “but it makes it a good deal morecorn Fable,” .»

Some of the country papers are publishing as a curious item, a statement to the effect that a horse in lowa pulled the {dug out of a bunghole of a barrel, for the purpose of slaking his thirst. We do not see anything extraordinary in the occurrence. Now, If the horse had pulled the barrel out of the bunghole and- slaked bis thirst with the >lug; orpft the barrel had pulled the >unghole out of the plug and slaked his thirst with the horse; or, if the >lug had pulled the horse out of the larrel and slaked his thirst with the bunghole;, or, if the bunghole had pulled the thirst out of the none and slaked the plug with, the barrel; or, if the thirst had pulled the horse out of plughole ancT bunged its barrel with a. slake, it might be worth while to make some fuss over it.

Capt. Howgate’s-Profligacy.

The Washington Poet, of Sunday,, made the day before- to give hail for Capt. Howgate, the Signal Service officer, under arrest for embezzling from the Government, goes on, to say : The developments of Friday-itt the Howgatq. investigation, showed, that the original amount of 140,000, would be ultimately increased to 9100,006. 1 * The speculattonf-are fo«|*d nqtto hhyd *r been confined to false relegraph bills, but extended to -nearly every 1 branch of the expenditure of « the $600,000 annual appropriation: for the Signal service. The book In whichtheao counts of the steam yacht Storm Signal were kept Is- being examined by experts. This vessel, formerly the Modjeska, was sold by Howgate to the government for, it ia said, s2fi,ooo. Its. ostensible destination was to lay cables but th* practical man in the office did] not have to wait until the costly and luxurious appointments were furnish-' 1 ed.to see that the boat was not,intend- / ed for any service of the, kind. The most expensive rags, carpets and fur- ‘ niture to be found in the warehouse' of W. B. Moses; supplied at Jiis prices, Were obtained. The table was also covered with the very best silver - and' crockety. ware andllnen that oould tej. bought. Thpn a flrst'rate catertr and assistants having been engaged, the true purpose of the purchase of the boat was disclosed, s. Jtn conjunction with the famous Uppity-Witchity / Club, -gay parties were given. on theriver and excursions • made to the island owned by the olub at the metath of the St.-Mary’s river. Here; the name splendid repasts were served as on tne boat, bat in a frame house. This house was once upon a time a fixture .in the rear of the signal office. It was later taken down by a messinger named Washington, under orders from Captain Howgate, and removed to the Island. Here it. was found to be in need of a new coat, of paint. This was given it by a painter named Chamber lam, since dead, apd charged to th* Signal Servioe fond. The medical stores for the Signal Service men are all furnished through the regular army sources, yet a bill appears in Captain Howgates accounts for “medical appliances," bought of a city druggist, amounting to about S6OO. This, it is said, Was for mediaal Stores for the Gulnare. A bill for boiler repairs on the storm signal is also said to nave been for work done on the boilers of the Gulnare. Among the matters which have not been fully investigated are the bills for This was all furnished by a brother-in-law of Howgate’s named Rogers, living in New York. The . goods supplied are said to have been of such inferior quality that much had to oe thrown away* and the bills were high in inverse proportion. The defense of the accused is said to be that the checks given were either forged or raised by others. Against this will be urged ms weekly bank statement furnished the Treasury, of which he retained a duplicate. ,

"Good Girls” Wanted.

Hew York Star. Even more astonishing than the immense number of immigrants who are pouring into this country is the fact jh*t the demand for laborers and servants filed at Castle Garden for exceeds the supply. The country not only absorbs ana employs all the thousands of foreigners who land upon our shores every week, but actually clamors for mom, like a national' Oliver Twist, j Farmers and contractors want men who are willing to work for good wages, and ladies, not only in this city but from all parts of the country, are anxious to get "good girls” for household helps. f . ~ The matron in charge of the female immigrants at Castle Garden explains that many of the women who arrive are married, and will not leave their husbands; many more are mere ctyl-iSM-TJsrsrssa.'ffSsi to offer comfortable hom» and excellent, wage* to all ffad competentiirrfrale. Indeed, the matron says that if all the drips were to bring nphpdy but qualified household servants the next six months, she could fflmplaceft: for every one of them without dm*