Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1881 — Page 4

188 SPIRIT OjPIIIE A OF. nitpsof teUba on eacu lurndt T# ht««Wh P>« Mtd that to scattered When ha nr eat shall whiten the toad. #a worth lp no hiorb ln their LahJJfwalk %h*rf oar lathers harhiiotf, wain falter pf love and companion, uABd n«r*r lo Cod, We, hate taken the crown from the at. praise have dcj WiSe tShker, hnlrammaie » ;vt- « The age tarns aakle from old byways * We weretantht to revere in oor youth, And.ft Lida th<MiewJ>eaattrul highway* Bomebleaaoui* trod down by the SraY, ’ «jkwitheaeed toat to every icattered

UNCLE BOB'S HAUNTED BOOM

BY K. W. P.

“Whatever are you girl* taking •bQat?’ , I inquired one afternoon, ae entering the patlor, I found my two •inter* Conversing exaitedly. “IPs all Unde ’Bob," replied my younger stater; !if any one likee to make another uncom ortable. it is be." ‘‘What is the matter now?" I laughed, throwing jnrself upon a couch. “He is a good fellow enough in his way." “And has one of the nretfiwd and moat amiable of daughter eh. Ned?" Bald my sister Kate with a roguish *‘Tou are right, there," f answered boolly. though fteliofc thy cheeks tin''Then yon find some interest in the Contents of her letter, Just arrived," proceeded L cie, with equal slyne a. . , “A letter irons Maud!" I- ejaculated, spring log; Jo my feet. “What teases you glrjs are not to tell me before. Where is It?" a ‘•Where is it, indeed!” pouted Lnde. “It is sent to me, and is strictly confidential." “Nonsense. Maud would not ray anything,the did not wish me to know." “Yes," laughed Kate—“that 6he loves you." “Bah! she told me that months ago, when I confided to her a similar secret.” “Still you call Uncle Bob ‘good la bis way,’ although be will not burry to give his permission to your marriage! But there, doh’t fret Here la good eiWa &a Well as bad. Maud Writes that □de Bob has at JaJt given hi* Consent, one condition." “He baa really consented!" I cried, ft rapture. “What is the condition? That I turn a Swedsnborglsu?" , “No; btit this. You remember) a year ago, having bad an argtlmept with him respecting, the existence of shosts.5 hosts. He maintained the power of eparted spirit to return to earth was K robable. Yon. somewhat irritated him y treating the idea-with scorn, and not only declared your wiiiiugtiess to sleep in tbembet haunted chamber to be found* i»ut made a very rash assertion that you would 'lay the ghost’—in othor words discover the trick. You nettjed Uncle Bob much, to which, I fancy, you may attribute bis lingering couseut; for, although he does not believe in ghosts in toe vulgar sense, be does in the theory tLat the air is full of the spirits of the departed, who, tti ding a mortal en rapport, can at times make themselves visible." u '.‘ljodfW dqL Rite; but What has this.in reference to the coudlion?" “Just this. In the house Uncle Bcb now inhabits, you are aware, is, according to his statement, a haunted room, where no one is able to remaiu an eriUremlght.”, . h A . . l . alone." “Exactly. You have often desired to test its‘ghostly renown, oat uncfe Bob has ever denied, declaring he would not be answerable for frightening you out of the little brains you possess, “True; Uncle Bjb wa9 ever complimentary*”; te But;‘good !d ■his'Wa£,’ " Interrupted Lucie, maliciously. “Well, he saysifynn now slrep in the room and‘lav the troubhd spirit,' as you declared you could do. you may have Maud directly her trousseau is ready." “Never!" “It is true. Here la the letter.” Eagerly I read it, kissed it once, twice, and was so elated that I em--braced Kate, and waltzed with Lucie around the apartment. I hat 1 loved tny Cousin Maud some time, and now there was a possibility of soon calling her my wl/e. Only a haunted room—a shadowy presence—divided us! Uncle Bob, ip must be owned, was a strange -character. Cynical and sarcastic, he eatmed to take pleasure in annoylDg *>lß©rs, while he bated bis opinions to -he thwarted. By the way, there he was not singular; I have met many With the same antipathies. 8ti)l I was not wrong In averring that he bad bis * ood ,P a^ tß > his attacks Werte usually levelled at mjSelh Perhaps my kinder appreciation ol him arose from his being Maud’s father. At any rate, I’m certain that she was the oause why I deemed a visit to my ■Dele’s one es the most blissful events In Christendom. , Aa Kate had remarked. Unde B, b had lately inherited Merlon Abb )ts. ah old, rambling oountry*hou»e. standing in its own grounds, and eutfounded by almost a, forest of trees, witch gave ft truly a somewhat supernatural appearanoa. By invitation, my sisters and 1 wore to spend a fortnight there, and, °?*£ 6 kjternoon following the receipt of Maud’s letter, we started. ‘‘Weil, Ned," said Unde Bob, his "right eyes twinkling and gleaming -Eta'Ll his shaggy brows as he -raised them from his dinner-plate, ‘ I hear from Maud—yßu needn’ti blush, that you arejon the qui vive to aboept my cohdltions." “lam, sir." *!** mel ” broke out LUde, backed bv Maud. ' it isu't compulsory,” V, Dcle 806 • “He can refuse, if he hkes." “But be doesn't,” said t. !|Good! Now we propose that w ; evening m telling ghost protest, Uucle Bob ‘be most fufh ll? kn « w ; told of corpse Ughta and candies horning dim, and capped off oy reading the most thrill• Rnli?rT drol i® Btor y extant—••will J??’and Haunted." b«* chuckled, glancing prepared to pep&r&t* night, th * Ve 1 fhftkeo your stibJcbly. WhU ’ '‘ ir ’” 1 “ Q * Weml '**l l be ghost'you take Maud with my Wearing— he cackled, going UPS'**-., , <fi y Jbe way. should thesnintt oome it too strong, Ned, I’ve bad the oom opposite prepared, to which you Okn beat a retreat" be has concocted some rx W ,» i, ? ereJ Lucie. -It’s like HuTm 1 ? U *“ ay “*• « ho3t himself but I’ll keep a watch on his door." a* the idea, though I really - ttoug by no means Improbable. And, as composed as ever I had been iV ™y li;e i I entered the haunted Cham tier. Now, most haunted chamcers are large, antiquated, wain>cj(ed, Rrk > w ith four posted* bedsteads aud luucrcai hangiuga. Tbi*. on tjs ™? r £’i„ w “ L cheerfu.ly pa* P*"’ l >* nil a bright, French hetistead. * nothing gbdhtly about it. I. lle Peking me? ’I il c 80 exao,lj that ii oouid not

amineta the wails; andalso the Window, which waa of double glare, like those in law chgmbefi, to exclude the .noise fro*, withoot. It, was .ki'wlll; fao 000 eoQld gain aeqess by that menus, tor lUooked upon a drad wail, and was top human ooulp take ms pyaurprise, anq Utterly 1 discrediting the supernatural, I undressed, lighted the night-lamp, and went to bed. . “J fancy I see it all," t thought, as I laid, down. “He imagined be would frighten me.Wito displaying the white feather, and I’d cry. peccavi. Not if I hnow it, when Maud is the prise to be won." • Thinking of Mand, and Maud alone, I fell asleep. 1 dd Dot know now long I slept, but suddenly I awakened with the eenSe of a fearful oppression on asy brain, the air felt heavy about me, aad though "axiom So move, tp break, as it were, the spell, seemed to lack all strength to do It. « ? ' “Whatoanltbs? Am i ill?" ‘I reflected ; then, abruptly recognising the room, I remembered why I was there. “Is it the ghost?" I murmured, trying to smile as I turned toward the lamp. Was It the fault of my eyes, or did it burn blue and dim? BSpst certainly it did; its flame was pale and sickly. I was watching It in surprise, when, giving a flicker, it went out, leaving me in darkness. Scarcely had. It done

Ed than h Violent trembling seized me, kebbmpanted by infereased difficulty of respiration. JJid spirits really, exist? Was the room hidnted? Was I beiDg tric&ed? No: I was assured not the latter; tor noJiuuian powef could make Ee feel as I did: while during the mp’s burning I had seen the room Just as I had first beheld it. I laid a pioment, considering. I. would have given .worlds to move K yet could pot. My faculties appeared gone. IfeitUke One slowly dying from congestion of the braih, produced by fliino&tion. It was just the sensatton Unde Bob had described all felt who had tried to sleep in that room. * . The pain in my hedd and chest grew at last so intense that I entertained serious thoughts of retiring to the other room, until I recollected Maud. “What!" I reflected, “beat an ignominious retreat, to be the eternal butt of Uncle Bob, and lose Maud? Never! I’ll remain here until morning.though I die I” Resolutely shutting my eyes, 1 had recourse to the many modes to court sleep, and for a space become unconsious. Ooly for a space. With ji 'Violent throe of thfe body I again opeiled my eyes—oh,Jbeaven! to what horror! The darkness around me was lid longer a voifl: it wns peopled by myriads of forms, sothe iUmluous. oihefs ad'fUl, hideous. Wherever 1 turned they oonfnlnted me, gibbering, wriggling, dsshiDg themselves into my face. I writhed and groa. ed aa, I strove to force them „-l*i»exeiare gnosta,!" Tcuicd, ard this room Is the abode of,the cursed I" ■ “At the sound of my. voice all vanished, all was darkness. Then, far off, appeared a spot of ligbt. As it approached, it increased in magnitude until it grew into a fade. But merciful heaven! what a face! As long as I live I shall never forget it. Its color was one risen from the dead. The hue was blue, stony, livid; lips, hair, eyes were all of the same tint. But the most terrible yet was the fearful luminosity It potSetSed, Wnich, radiating from jt. sent peculiar lights around. Slowly, slowly,. It advanced, my, eyeballs dilating painfully as it did so, though.llay p>wprless with horror. It reached my bedside, paused, and raised two long b»ny hards of the same nature as its face. With a bound it was lippnme, ins bpny fingers clutched my tnrotst) its Bneee du6 into npy chest, its face pressed close uoon mine. It was too awful to bear. Uttering a cry, and making k Violent euuri 1 seized my dressing gowb, pulled open the door, and darted| into the other room, where I fell on the bed, panting and almost insensible. With daylight tbe visions of the nightuost power, aud*f felt eqmewhat afftiamed of< my retreat, and experienced; much nervousness in facing my Uncle, though own to a defeat I deter rained I would ndt. When . I at last ventured into the breakfast rooth, Uncle Bob hailed my pale face with a loud burst of merriment. “By George, he has seen the ghost!" he cried. The girls, especially Maud, were full of compassion and questions. “It iarnothing," I said, “except that I slept 111, having had nightmare; but" —aud I looked at my uncle—“l shall sleep there again to-night.” “You will?" he asked seriouriy. “You’d better hot, {Ted." "With yottr permission, I will." - “Oh, certainly, but I should advise 'yon not" 1 would not admit having seen anything) nor listen to the girls’ entreaties for me to abandon the idea of another trial, and that night was outb more shut and bolted in the haunted room. I had,.however,bo intention to sleep bbt to tfatcb until dawn. Lighting hiy lamp. I sat dowu at the table; and opened the book I had managed to procure from the drawing room. I had taken the ffret at hand, and it proved not very infereeiing. Nevertheless, I resilutelv set to work. Oae, two o’clock struck, when finding the light bad, I looked up; the lamp bfiti oegun to burn as it bad the previous night. The involuntary start I give al-o told me that the opprte-ive f. eling had possession ofme. O Heaven ! was that awful spectre again lo appear, those bony hands to be again about my throat? Had I courage to wail? Yesi to win Maud. Strengthening myself thus J waited. My brain increased in dizziness. les, it was just the same; I could hardly breathe. In a few seconds I knew the light-would go put, and I should be In darkdeesi Going to the window I drew back the heavy cilrtains. Tbe moon shone brightly. All without was bright, cool fresh. Ah, if I could but breathe it fora space! Why not open the window? Mounting a chair, for the catch was high up, I tried, but the fastening, from rust i>r otlrtr cause, would not move. My brain ewam ae I got down. and,, reeliug, I feu, coming in such violent oontaot with the glass, that my elbow smashed not only*an Inner but an out. r panrtoo. Myflrst eaUpg was rearet at the accident, my next rapture, for, kneeling I Mterally drank tbe pure, cool night air that rushed in. * “It is like Wine,” I cried. “Nov can I meet tbe ghost!" I rose up. Why. what was the meaning or this? The lamp was burning as brightly as ever. The oppression had gone from my chest; the room was as uoghoeriike as it had ever been. I stood bewildered- until my eyee reeUing upon the “Discourse on Mines an idea flashed across my mind. I pondered, rejecting this explanation of my vieions, accepting that,'until, with a cry of rapture, I exclaimed: - . “By Jove, I have it! it’s a trick, after all—* clever one, aud does credit to the knowledge and inventor of the per* . petrator. But Maud—Maud Is mine!" . , Having made one or two little altera(lons In life apartment, I weßTumd, aad 'never.slept better in' my. nr©. When I entered the brea&fk&t-rooin next (homing, Uncle Bob erki : • HiMo! f say, you haven’t seen the gboet.’. •‘Kxw** me, sir, I have; and have—laid it!" a “By what means, I pray?” “By breaking the window and foreSESBrn*

all eesae# with something vary like asphyxia which, by producing aaßTocauon soft { you're a brick, I lure vebdlated it, there will be no mere ghosts in Uncle Bob’s haunted __

Marrying in Chicago.

.r’euehjpe Btfgging lived In Boston. Her fetherharfgsJ ned areat riohee by seUing codfMa.. He baiTfofffl&riy been a profeasor at Harvard, bat wen t into mercantile life that he might amass wealth and build a telescope eo powerful that his thedry o* tbe. sun [a spots would be proven true and his enemies humbled. When the money was Secured he had forgotten about the telescope. Utenelope aa* Jbls only ehiVd, and sLe loved -her father dearly, Xlse*mg him fondly iver f - evening after bebad come from his store and changed his clothes. She was not partial to codfl h. r»—■ t.'r.ltU; . i

One day Penelope was seated alone In her boudoir (Boston fer room) reading a treatise oa horizontal cleavage in red sandstone, when dytemnestra Quirk came in. The two girie chatted for a while pn the progress of rationalism In Europe. T. * : you' Seeff that, drthing, Mr. West from phjeago recently, Pen?” asked Clvtemnestrai suddenly, changing the subject of oon versatloii. ; , A bright flush ,map tied the girl’s as she said softly, “l am going to marry him.” ■ i Not a word was spoken for at least a second. Then Miss Quirk said, “Wny do you marry this naan ? ’ VLet me tell you,,’ replie<L-Penelope. “You know lam cultured-,—too much so, perhaps. . When, therefore, Mr. West Invited mo. soon alter his arrival in Boston, to attend one of tbe Wednesday organ concerts, I consented, little bnowingwhat awaited me.

•• yy neu me nrai piece was over ( remember it was the ‘Tannhauser overture), I sat quite still, the tears rdned down my face, but no words would come. Then it was I knew in an instant how perfectly sympathetic were my companion and myself; if he bad at that moment uttered one of the 00m monplace or conventional critic isms one bears so often, I should have hated him fotevef. But he did notj he only said, very quietly, after I had recovered myself a little, ‘I am so thankful that yptl heard it first With the,’ aud I replied, ‘lf only it might last forever* ” . | , Two \freeks lhfer the marriage took place, and Penelope is noW a resident of Chicago. The wild, free life of the gulden west suits her exactly; and oil Monday afternoons when she (a hanging out tbe clothes, and the southwest breezi-s hum merrily through the clothes pius in her mouth, and careens her eyeglasses to Leeward, she Jbink© of tbe Wagner concert, and says softly to herself, “After all, I can still tread on the cat’s tail when the feeling 0/ loneliness comes over me."

Mysterious Disappearance of a Beautiful Lady.

A Richmond (Va.) special of the sth to the Enquirer says; . Uietnigic and inystericas death of pretty Jennie Uranaer has found a counterpart in Virgjnia. The victim ill this case is a beautiful youhg wldoft whose charms have often been the theme of praise In Jhe county in which she livid due has been missjpg since August ls'h At first her absence did not create more than a slight uneasiness, but now, as slight clews are being gain© l toward unraveling the mystery, excitement aad interest is at fever Mrs. B. M. Harvey, thq missing widow, (viS tLirty-sJa Years of age, aud li-pi betn marrieu twice, her last nusospu ueiu B of R)bert Narney, a celibrated Btazlliin railroad contractor Her last husband died about six weeks ago iu Ashlaud, Ky. About t*o weeks ago a letter wii: ten to her by a relative here was retf lined, unopened. This created uneasiness and a telegram Was seat to, West P«iiut,near wbicb place she lived, asking her whereabouts. The answer camabj* wire: ' e “Mis. Hafvfiy i" supposed to have gone to Kentucky to look aftef some prope ty left by her late husband, bu nothing defluite is known ol her. Bhe certainly went from here to Richmond on the train."

H©r relatives iu Richmond were positive that she had not come to this oity, and therefore went to West Point to investigate the matter. They learnc 1 there that the widow had indicated her purpose to visit her daughter here, and had left home with her ttoUsiu, Mr. Edward Slater* Mrs. Hat* vey had a flue plantation near Burnt Ordinary, upon Which was a store. When she left she had SSOO with which to pay some tills in the city. The ip* vistigation showed that She left home iff a biiggy With Mr. Slater. He said, when questioned that helpftber about a half a mile from West Poiat,and site. Walked the rest of thq dlstahce. From Mrs. Harvey’s country sedt to Wtfit Point is about twelve miles. She wSh seen and recognized by a blacksmith at Burtonsville, a small village on the road, and at tbe same time was in the buggy with Mr. Slater. She said she ..ail to cross the Mattaponi river before she reached West Point, but the negro feirytiien hate been unable to give any explanation as to her whereabouts. Rumors cf a lady, deeply veiled) leaving West Point on the steattief sos New York have been exploded, and the conductors on the train to Richmond say Mrs. Harvey did ndt get ott train there. Other persons have been seen who thought they saw a lady ahawering her descriptions at the West Point Hotel, and here again the link hus been lost It is Understood that the detectives will arrest a party tomorrow, who,it is thought, will throw some light upon tbe mystery.

» Burdette’s Night Thoiighta. . Don't judge a man by Jjis clothes. Can you tell what the circus is vOlngto be by looking aLtbe Irellanaimeet pictures on .the feboe? re Do ; on value a turkfc fonts plumage? Ami isn’t the ( skjn ofAhe mink tiie most, aud indeed tbe only valuable part of him? There be men fair to look upon, who wander up and down this country, aud sit in the ooolest places on the hotel piazzas, who are arrayed in fine linen and ouditfateortc* and who have to hold tbejf hand over their scarf-pin when thejoWAbtrioVee the moonlight, who, unassisted and unprompted, de qot possess tbe discretion fe come in when It rains) and don’t know enough to putfeh a hole ft the snow with an ntnbrella—new, sAft snow thaL wifljout anv.brifetpn H. Now anouteli, ifon, before yotr*are‘ old as Methuselah, you will meet a man who wears a Ifet .that id!Worth? twice as much as the head it covers. On the other hand don’t fell lfrto the error of believing that all thergood-, ness, and honesty, S&lTlftteiligaiee la the world goes about liT"Shreds au<f patches. 5 Z'"' Wehafeseea a tramp drefted ft more rags than you ooafii ra» out of the family ragbag and more (ttrt and hair on hftn than Would, sufffoe to protect Aolt, wm to the front door and demand three binds nf cake, half a pie, and then steal every movable thing in the yard, kin the tramp on the pSbaWfcgdmrd girdle the chfreyYreg becauifc Whtdn^etafy cream tq ni)iuM 9wuua t'j aid

MURDER OF JUDGE HAYDEN.

■wtjly .a BanM.P!reai(|>nt gWho— Ha Had Betrayed. Rapids, Wi-oon?ia, on a charge of murdering Judge Hayden jrf Wood oounty, has brim begun in JTeiftrvißa, The feet that both slayer* fttuf the victim were men of pphUelmportaataik' pos see sing great wealth and atandldg well tfirohgHofit »he NiwthWeri, aoei•liy, financially, will make the jtrial one of not enljr Joca ‘hat oT.national interest The story of the ctidls With which Cochran is dfertidjcooe of romantic interest. It vu committed In October, lfl?d., ’-ledge Hayden waa> a handsome, dashing man, about # year* old, and : had a wife and* two intere«tip« cMidre n. At the time he was killed he waa Jufßre of Wood county, and made his home iff OSntralfeia little village across the river from Grand Bspidaf where SS h n^Sk3!E!fSU". uayaen wu ■ ctnainAce tor Attofneyjßeaiuklr of Wiaooaain the year ne'waa kifled, &hQ had he hi various offices of honor and trust. He served as aaoldkf throagh the rebellion with fflatjactlon. and before the war ha£4)fcen a leading lawyer of Caldwell oounty, Missouri. Se waa a Free Mason, high in the ranks of the order, And'o'at 6r the Murder grew one of the most complicated cases that was ever

before any secret society. ff, fi. Coctawt la a llatiVe of eastern Nijw York.,-He, tom sefved two cf three years list tne army during tt p relelliou, and haa previouifly h eld various clerkships id the >Jfar Department hi ’Washington!' FfMva .half dozen years previous to I8?0 Cochran b*d been, one of the stockholders in ■and cash leimf the Frst National Bank of Grapd Rapids,’ and he owned the mpst beautiful residence in towq-. His wifei a native of Glen.Falla, N Y-,,was a young vomu of, exceptional, beauty, and the Coebran home was considered the greatest place of entertainment in the whole surrounding country. Her husband fairly worshipped ‘ her, aud gratified her every wish. Judge Hayden aud Cochran were intimate friends. Hayden,unfortunately had * frivolous habit of saying thlDgs that made him unpopular with a class of people about his home, but Cochran always stuck to him, and their friendship was considered something unusual. In tbe early part’ ol 1879 it began to be goeeipped about the two villages that Judge Hayden, who was very frequently at the Cochrane mansion, was too intimate with the pro= pritfor’s young wife. This talk reached Cochran, but he at flret refused to listen to any such thing. In June Mrs. CjcUcsux went to New York on a visit. And a few weeks after her departure her husbdnd Intercepted a letter she haidvriitteh, and was horrified at Jtt

disclosures. It was couched In the rnoa£.affectljenai£> terms, and from its oon tentsiberq not a shadow of a Tbs, man igas facrly beside hiuisel/.wituLrage and grief, and qa, searching his. wife’s boudoir unearthed a large number .of guahing epistles that Had passed between his faithless spouse and his most Intimate friend. Mrs. Cochran waS sent for, aud was at once confronted with the prooiofher guilt. She made a complete confession, and said that Hayden’s delicate flattery had turned her Ilead. With her nine-year odd daughter the woman left her home, and has sfhoe lived in the village with relatives... The scandal was at once taken up by tbe peoEle at large, and out of it many ft uis ave grown and yet eiist. . Cochran decided to bear manfully bis grief aud not molest Hayden. Charges were preferred against Hi yden and ne expelled from the home lodge by tbe Masons. Vhk romter wgs taken to the State Grand, Lodge, and after two years of wraDglingtbe Grand Lo gs, at its last sitting, annulled the expulsion. (The was Also uragfieff hoUttea, pud ,tbe,.ekcf‘eseemed to IuGMMe ovel li daily. A’ong toward Sept., duriug Use heat of the Campaign, Hayden purchased a small newspaper, the Centralla Enterprise, and this only tended to intensify tbw feeling. Hayden, emboldmed by Cochfan’s Ydleu6e, began attaeklng him iu bis piper; anp it was kept,tip until rUb ober. NeUriy everybody.Bldpd. whE Cochran, but Hayden had porters who backed him (n ajjl £>. fill movements. Flu ally a reference waa made to thg scradal by Hayden iu his paper, and that seemed foftP? the that broke the camel’s back ln tne Cochran cas9. He immediately purchased a shotgun, aud loaling it heavily,started out to kill ' ing him ln one of the prioaipal streets of Centralis, he shot him dead iu his tracks, without a word us warning. He then gave himself up to the authorities. The excitement over the murder was so great that a mob formed, and had not Cochrau’s friends turned out and re-enforced the officials) be Wourd bate been lynched the first night of bis incarceration. The dfckt day he was released on slo,ooobail} and owing to tire i.lability to get Judges, counsel, and jury, the trial has been postponed from tine td .time until now. - Kmi nent coutisei bate b£en retained oh ooth sides, and the trial will be hdtly contested. Since the rmfrder several newspeptr offices and other property in Centralis have been destroyed by the different (actions, in retaliation for things that grew out of the crime.

The Food of Gold.

Since Aug. 1, 1879, about $200,000,000 of foreiga gold Has been imported iuto the United States, and our own mines have produced fully $05,900 00d more. Tbe addition of the great amount of $205,000,090 in . gold to the national wealth is significant of our ehansed fiuancial relations to the test of the world, and the disposition made of is equally significant of the changed financial relations of this country. Two years ago the banks of New York city held $20,0(10,000 in gold, and there was in the United States Treasury, say, $150,000,900. According to the latest returns our banks now hold SOipDO.Wßpand flSb' 1 Treasury $17(1,000, *• 000. Thiaebafitt what has become of $85,000,000 of the $205,000 000 j where is the remaining $200,OOfyOOO? The moet plausible answer to the quWtlbn is*that the mettl has' been absorbed by the inhabitants of the great West and Southwest, who have taken iton payment for-Utah- surplus wheat, feortfc ooUon. andother products, After years of patient toil and wfptipg,. their farm? and- plantations havcP Become profitable} they have, paid oil their debts to Eastern capitaletetumptatt and other trashy currency With goTdTp well m with' greenbacks alto naliontt bank notes, • \. ft HForCmStbemmarked: that whila tmr-New have in two years added $45,000,000 to their stock Of alktbsr' have also parted with $27 jXs/i|oo of legal tenders, much of which mm been sent West. Furthermore, the currency of tbe country has teen swelled bv the addition of $46,rcertlnca tea represen ting silver dgtlars, of whieh the-West has taken theljreMer portion. This, however, b* Seaßlttlewm’ no, effect upon the cott * e of U l ® flood of gold, "tin moving !*; the samedU sJ* looks, now, as though the United Btates, in the lame way that Asia used td be‘the sink of silver, will, for some time at least, be the jink of gold. It jehtoh .to its adverse 15"IImate, is sfmattled tor. buy from us, Ladtyet thg out; consumption | ropean mAufa|tored gopdsta not large jwcongh to Jfcy ft.. ike in. The differlatterly,been liquidated ip

gold fcmCb, or until, b# tbs transfer of her population to tbis side of the M»M»! w|dch “PW going on at the r»to pfW,9oQ»yuMg an equilibrium is JsrsMl'msffcfntwtoß - u (Captain H. W. flownte fstf* th# Washington correspondent qf the Boston Herald/ to tm Englishman bv UW .who went to the war frottf Michigan,and got to be a Captain In the volildwhere he never bataatfy higher ran £ than that of Hirst Usuteunant. Ha Bt himself detailed unde* Qeneral ver vert «tr»T In the bfttory of the

weather science, and WaS never a©nr back to his regiment—the Twentieth! Intontry.lt was known for years that he was amsisftsg jwopartyat a yely ip tbe trtct of Columbia. It Is ssttmated by the pftftsfrt officer oUbe signal servicw that he stole about fW, GW * *•*£.-* i suppose the amount qf hie plufitKv many people will ffc*. The.explanatlsn is easy. The late General flytt did not desire that any person should obi 1

tain either rank or repute ootty nection with the signal service. Hie subordinates, who did ail the work,, were nobodiee. One of his last »fltt before his death was to lobby thropgh Congress a provision in on# of the appropriation bills to make hfm a Brigadier Generic. Under bhsysteM he needed subservient mento bis office —“men who would not get, in his way or claim any public merit for the useful and popular work which the weather service was doing. Howgate waanLa read v-made tool. He did everything that Myer Wanted—never crossed him

in anything; acted as a spy on tlu> other officers in the pprps, and made himself the favprfte ~ subordinateNaturally < be obtained the responsible position ot disbursing officer, and onoe n tbis place, he kept it, Myer did not wish to remove him. Howgate wished to keep the place. Myer wanted tbe poll Teal influenbewhlchithefiigpal Service Sergeants stauoned.ln all parts of the oountry were able to wield. How gate drilled these men in their political duties, and taught them how to cultivate the memoers or Congress. This made him doubly dear to Myer. Howgate .ound himself ere long one of the most influential men in -Washington. He bad ways of reaching almost every Senator and member in Congress.. The General of the Army blnri'elf did did hot fMj&Stes Co muen political influence. Thds ffltfeflch-

ed, it is not . wonderftfl that he began to steal. It teof-Mttle inilwrtance bow the money was tak6n. Part of it aC a partner in furnishing the for the service; part of It by, dotibffng the leirgraph Jills and pocketing hair the, amount paid out: part of it by eburging mon--y f<>r salaries, supplies, etc , which he quietly pocketed,, One of his peccadilloes was to maJnta|n a , number of lady friends in luxurious idleness out of the funds of the offlqß. A Miss lurrill, daughter of. a former postmaster at Chelsea, was maintained fora loflg time in this manner. I will not go over his hlStofy. Government money furnished him with <1 steam yacht on the Potomac, and a “ahootIng box” in Vlrglr.ia. This latter was a structure built on the pretense that t vat needed as a station for some of he observers dnvn on the North Carolina shore. It was then conveyed to tilt iflteridr of Virginiu.and furnished oom for table quarters tor Howgste and his friends when they wanted some shooting in the Virginia woods. There was oniy one flaw in the fellow’s calcnlaticps. He did not expect that Inver would <f te: But Myer suddenly' fcdwti out * year »ko, end liitfSte Was uncovered He had long Uiulgiit lie would make himself so s rung that When My#f (lid go out he would be dW* to njalte .hi/nselfThe successor. But the Office tretfttwto tbeJempprary charge of one of the Ciearesl'hsaded business mei, and one of the best soldiers of the United Slates, Adjutant General W. F. Drum. The tirst thing

he did wa» to relieve Howgate as disbursing officer. Soon afterward Howgate prCiged tbe . payment of certain telegraph whfCTi were submitted in gtosl. ,'Tbe originals of tUfe tele, sHjfi dbbatches cm led for, atJff Captain Howgattr m.igimI tion agan offl^r r in the aftSj., JSuflta wm now known to .warrant a thorough investigation of liia method Jt doing to require i with a view to his trial, and at bjgst to be dismissed f.om tbe service. But soon the Captain’s tremendous political Influence was brought to bear, and Becret*ryßamsey yielded to his demands and accepted bis resignation. Senators from Michigan and **ther States were glad to urge the acceptance of Gaptain Howgate’s resignation upon the Secretary, aud it is not strange that the Secretary allowed it to be done. When the whole story is told, it will probably appear that the pocalled Arctic -expedition of which he was the sponsor was as much of a ad anything he undertook

Courtship in Greenland.

There is something exceedingly rifetancholy In the accounts which ate jfiyeu of the Custon of courtship in Greenland. Generally women enter upon the blessed estate vfith more willingness and lees solicitude thafl met*. The women of Greenland are

an exception to this rule. A Greenlander, having his affections upon leme female, acquaints his parents with the shite of his heart. They apply to the parents of the girl, and if tne parents aie thus agreed the next proceeding is to appoint two female negotiators whoso duty is to broach tne subject to the young lady. This is a matter of great tact and delicacy. The ambassadors do not shock tbe young lady to whom they are sent by any sudden or abrupt avowal of tbe awful Subject of their mission. Instead of doing tbis they launch out In praises of the gentleman who seeks her hand. They speak of thqapispdor of his bony* the sumptuousneae of his furuUusa, of his courage aud skill lb catching seals, and other acompUahmente. The ladjapretending to be affronted even tv these remote hints, runs away, tearing] tbe ringlets of hair as she retires, while the ambassadresses, having got the consent of her parents, pursue her, take her by force to tbe house of her destined husband, and therejeaye her. Compelled to remain there, ehelitjTfqf day 8 with diaßeyelfed hair, eilSptAnd dejected, refusing ‘every kind tenance, until at last, If kind entreaty, do'not prevail, she IS cdlttptltett fcp

force, aud even by .Jblows, la submit to the detested union. In somwe&scmJta Greenland women faint at the jjjb\ rtls of marriage: in others they ay the mountains and only return when compelled tddo T*T bjgllMgr and cold. If one outs olrnerTUlfll W a sign that she is determined to resist to death. The Greenland the glare of her Japto a life of toil, drudgery'at<H>svatj§n.

General Tyner and Guiteau.

Bpvlal to HU Uoala Otobqffentecrat, a The fact is not generally Known that General Tyner, First Assistant Poett tna case. Tyner’s sister married Gulteau’s The Fit>t AssistantipasfcnaaterGenerassassin despised Tyner as a manfff very small eabilis%qm?r ?3>«d) hdffft nothing to do wjglffim. Pernans this

For About Women.

-Plt»-areen Halleck. »■<* ftl the gram jreV Ob, the clover In bladntf ■ love It. " * —Yoang-OM-Wnd€^ti^¥B4«k«r. , A dress of Ma<iflj«a<A|er black satin ift admirable TLr full dreflt or dinner, to worn by a%n#tMfl. 5 Grecian bordered handkerchief) in COlon of Indian red and dark, oliv* green are flew Mid stylish.

%%Sk' , gߣ. peuStß bni elegant trUntotog. \i>? i ■- * A certain gemtJerflknm'uet have been 1 very proud of his wife' when he deto*WJ»d her as “beautiful, dutlfuf, self from weeping on the ocoaflon of funeral, declaring that crying fffwajrs made her nose bleed. tkche coemetic, and then change color and try to look unconcerned , and ir-

. A moralist sky* the fewer feettters a woman has on her bonnet in this world, the more she will have on her swings in the licit* bert most perfer them now. Miss iaooi stdkrt/ the dahgfctef di ?2£^£ti£SSSt!tJ!£ though hqw jpast isfghtv. SU6 stffl works iu.her Newport The Nashville American toynthat President Garfield's assassination Is Soqth a wide dnd profound sympathy.

An lowa informs hpr longabsent husband through the Columns of the Monitor that unless he ffettfrffe to ner speedily she will ask the court to permit n tt to marry,again. A writer for the Glasgow Nejws save that the mania fora slender figurCi* tW be laid at the door of fashion magazines, where the human flgure is invariably represented entirely out of proportion. A lady who lectured in Dead wood on “jlSstbetio Culture" was astonished at the immense crowd that turned out until she learned, that the. people supposed that “.®-) tbe tic Culture" was sdme kihd Of a new miked drink.

A Colorado epah advertises for a wife that “Can sling on the sfVlO on the street and play a hefty hand In the kitchen." SneMamst be “tolerably handsome, bat not so beautiful that man she meets will try to htaSh

“Isn’t ii heavenly? ' said,Miss SilJybilly to Mr. Polo. “Wbat?" he.asked. “Why, the moon.” “Oh, yds, jiust tob utterly heAVenly," “Oh, Ido just dote on the moap, don’t “ ifes, it is awfully nice, fefl’f itykind s6' splendidly ponspicuous toot" It is not the fashion for ladies to kiss! Mr?h other by \v&y,. of friendly salutation now. TheV omy tbtrCh each other’s finger tips, faintly firdrfdtnv‘‘So glad to see you," and pass on. T lietC is no longer any danger of their complexion being Kissed oil in in spots. Classical—lnstructor ip Latin: “Miss 8., of what was Ceres the goddess?” Mis* Bi “She was the godoess of marriage." JnstfuctorJ “Oh, no; of agriculture." Mlsj B. (iookln£p«rpieied): “Why, lam sure my book sayS she was the goddess of husbandry." < The rage for fancy jewelry still predorniriaftee. . Tiny, bright-plumaged birds, swlnglon golden hoops, are worn as ear-rings; owls, blade Of M«ek garnets, with ruby eyes, as brooches, and the Marguerite flower, or diisy, is a favorite design. It makes an exquisite either tbe siugle blossom or a cluster dr thtCtf knotted loosely together.

GRAVEYARD INSURANCE.

The Swindle Rapidly Obtaining Foethoki in Indiana. fndVanapolla News'. A lats Arm fn tire eHf has recently received thatif letters from jlpton, Hamilton. Cabs, Graft t, Tippecanoe,’ Johnson, Morgan, Bartholomew and Vanderburgh counties, inquiring as to the Character of the graveyard insuranca Companies of Pensylvania, whose agents are at tterk in the counties mentioned. From the tenor of the letters it is evident that a large amount of this sort of insurance are run on the “cooperation” and “assessment” panl. It is the duly of the agents to get people to insure persons about to die and to pay the assess* merits upon the class to which the “subject” is assigned. Heretofore, in order that the policy shall be considered good, It has been Decessary to secure a medical certificate as to the good health of the subjects. In order to make the fcCieme work, irresponsible and conscienceless doctors were an essential (actor. Recently, however, a company called tbe “Good Will,” has been organised in Pennsylvania which does not require a medical Certificate at all, discards all subterfuges and Comes down to a plain gambling basis. Tbis company ha? the merit of not cloaking

its scheme, which in it? simplicity, is most beautiful. The person whose subject dies first takes the prize, and tbe whole business Is very much like buying French mutual pools on a horse-race. In fact, nothing could illustrate it better. It seems to have been forgotten that in Indiana the legal bars to .this style of insurance have not been thrown down as th*y have been In Pennsylvania. A decision of the supreme court of ludiana in the case of the Franklin life insurance company' vs. Hazzard, 4lst Ind., lio, tom kMIMpNr t who (has no lnsuwfcle

upessdo to whom the poli# w* oflgj [ I oTdmhld ’can be no-sdffh thißf--® luolliwm taking out policies on the lives of persons slmpiy for speculative purposes. While speculation in human life has Dotgeifien made a criminal offense, -Xhd%9uKwill not hold that a claim KiiAstM graveyard company for the. janadhnßot a policy is good. JJbople therefore, In this State who go into the ahmild know that the Payment gl eir policies can Hot TO eulOTCea wr

law Tbs inaunsgafr-juramiu4uu 4nl), not do busioess in the State. Had the hill passed IheStale would have been gffrrn rr> tH-t eYI? Which has BOW taken root! The only cobesivenees of the scheme lies in th%tacit «greey|t of memberaof the receptive classy to |s£he me° "persuasiveness of £ >D !toply on a convention of rogues.

Taxing Church Property.

-1 jtaetely tpfinfflaJetortf the servant of k J single congregation, out of tt^vVh^l<j

Kdcf#oSmcSa d£S«&toeSeriL Booh church public chanties, gfps*pg| wMi-tod© and although mefldo not say fn vftkrds, nor thick sympathetically, that these oha pels' on theft own “private raiMous dub bouses, 1 ' and the ministers their “tonsetasted stewards <* the dot*." J* their practice, says Mr.dato vSJfi ?Sf he tak a private* nivary » a private school. Minis-

tnx < Tbejf vare built at the cost ot Mourns Mllft tSsBQ ft Kove th,e right ofttmse whom invite. Mr. Hale believer asssiSffi

prevepttog pklieriMn.: and whioh are therefore public Institutions, .should > not be respeatod W. suohijpddoes he see why ohurches which fail Jft this, and which virtually exist as private dubs, should hot be taxed 1 . He would , tax ail churches iu form, and then redit those which do work outside Jtel? own families tfXLhJhe work thus the officer of assessment every year g precise account of the money they had apttJt fn mibiic. The Church must te fudged by its fruits, he concludes- and among the ftuits a commonwealth has a right to exact and.ait in Judgement on,The nofoit imfobrtant is the higher li& of the jommtfnlty iri which! the church exists. j 4 m

A Southern Paper on President Garfield.

From the Vick ebiifi inttm.y ri<iraM. No President since the wa/. hats so Rlned on the good feeling 0f ihe uifcfern people President Garfield. While he hWfongs to a party that is not popular in the Botitfr, ft is admitted on all hands that he is acting Justly, ana fairly by this section, and ;is anxious to secure the commendation of the South era people. Laying all wretched party feeling a side in this time of notional disaster, the Southern deopJe hope and. trust that his valuable life will be saved! The attempt to assassinate a President of tbe tJnit#! States is horrible; the' Success of such an attempt would cover #ur citizens with grief and fill them Wlrb the 1 gloomiest foreboding. How times change/ and men Change with them f -If six months ago one- had,, tout the Southern people that toy this time they would her praying and hoping for thellfoof James A. Garfield, they would never have believed it. Now the first expression one heai's ou greeting -a fellow-citizen is, “I .trust to God he may live." No flame fe~ mentioned, fqr all are thinking of ttiepsftient martyr in the White House; Tile Sf/utbern heart la fired no more; it is wrung With sympathy. It prays that the President is stalwart enough to Svel

A Lake 2,000 Feet Deep.

SaeksonViUe (Ore.) Record. ; Several of our citizens returned last week horn the Great Sun ken Lake, kit* uated in the Cascade Mountains, apont seventy five miles north-east from Jackson vflfft This lake rivals the faiflotfs Vsliey 'of Sinbad the Sailor. It is thought to average fi.dOQ feet down to water all arOtind/ The depth pf the water is unknown and Isa surface ,te smooth audf unruffled, as It f* W Tw WdoW the surface of the mouutafns that air ttirrewts do not affect it. . Its. length is eslimatsdltt twelve or fifteen miles, and i s width tefl est tWelv*. There s a mountain in the cefltor baying trets upon it. It lies stiM, silent/ .and in ’the • bosom of the ’iVerlavtlog hills, like a huge well scooped ode by the hands of the giant, fenii of tbfl toowotours in the unno wn egos gone try, and atpundit the primeval forests watch ana- W*W Sftf keeping. Th?. N rifle into the Water several timeß at an angteof forty-five' degrees, and v ere banstracfSfeVaTgr.. dreartfig, m ft h vonclieff W bf otoT most felfabfe citizens. The latte is caSr» tainty arflObt remarfeab'e edrlovlty.

The Stolen Stolen Sermon.

An eSdhran ge tells. this serro ofi-stau« iag story qf a yoon* mkp who stood before a presbytery in S&tiand; asking ordination. Principal Robinson wtt moderator .'JThe youpgtoari wakrtgldW examipqd ,knd asked to preach. The. satlsflcfor|?The c£n didate retired 'and the moderator said: “I feel compelled to . say that the sermon whicn young man. hast preached if h& his own. It is taken from an old volume of sermons, Jong gut 6t print. he found It Ido pot know. I supposed the onlycopy Qf the volume to be found' was In my jibrary, add the Csnfiiate has had no access to that.” The ynimg_ man was called. In and asked If the sermon was his awn. “No,”JiefrtmkJy said; ' “I. wgjj pressed for time and could not m«*o a tormon in'season. The sermoti I preached was one #hft*i X heard Principal Robinson ‘pVeaCfe, some time ago, i took noU» ofttyahn liked It so .’well tljat I Wrote it but from meipory. and haVe preached ft j I The moderatorwae caught ia his own trap, and their was noibinjTnfarvtp b mid. :

A Question of Mileage.

.Jones held' an execution against a fir fryer, and when he called for a set* Uecnen the UgpcuUorirt took him out lutoAhlg pasture, and pointed out % wiki steer STthe Particular piece of Jones chased the steer; aroirha for a while, and then takfDgont hi.book bey°» «lwd tnifejige.” replied the-coii'* stable, wifeounocadg dp. [ ft aU^a/f*-lgh^lW Vi ”" A :

A Business Girl.

nhOjh#rT.)J<Mra«l*’ *r t . )i«r-0f ..%» wui The toitowtog “good Ofte”.fe told at thefexpense of a dentist located. Dot for from Ovid. A young lady while-under Che influence of an anwsthetio had four teeth extracted. As abe was a very handsome I ‘subject,” the dentist, who was an unmarried matt, eould not, resist the temptation of stealing, a kiss every tooth '<•* ho extraoted.< The young lady was not so maah under the influence, however, ae.be thought, and Btet.led to beowen with himjuto w) on arising froto thirohalr she teidtetebad foiWotteh purse, but would send the amount, IS,- the nest-day by a friend. TbvVuMowing-dagpt&he friend

went to the office and. preaen ted dewttet with a bill frare hbi fair „cuetomer, in. which ebe gave.; him dredii for extracting foer toeth, (2, aud oh’gd -H-for each of the four kfcaemeQdladdedg. -(‘Please remit- the. balance. M’.UMe psid'tbebliL There’s a h t tl tiw jj Jirf.in,.Uil.h A. U*>L> y n... oisinct Bumu, a ig**r*a, apw « mjwwo | persons, -.-j |

JOCOSITIES.

Wa-pw* • <^WttowMS^aMa#MAfeM > tov —fß.-©: Dodge,iu Whitehall Times. .«• Don't yow dare to up and aantir,' -Ai *-i«. —« vnfry T~intr * *g&2il?,liS?’X,ZZ* Corps, a burlesque aetre*, tboogjk'MtflfliM no chlekenaL

“And you men." replied the grave diggers;*-*- ± * Dotrt throw awayysar oldAour.ar- ! hold «“»,900 sliver dblfeft. I A Harlrm man ate 150 baked clams the., other day* didd ahlmiyTnd was wafted to ■beautiful shore wkaifitlMK tokf. every thing.,, hallo! .... ixu • ’*% J-*. A New Brtraawiek (N, ij tour-year-, old, on seeing the oook take The baked potatoes froanhepven, vTSfintonished at One: Which Bad bOrefitts SkM. ostgssp***' Young lady: “Te there anything 1 that will remove a moostltche from a girl’s lip?” Thereto. Anaglyoidmantfill agiifl/ you bet. • > w A t soleg. Bhe must nave ben a Chicago worn in, tor the abfeh of her •hefcroohtffined cork ehoufh to turn .her upakle t down atari 7sywn s?sss*w nm

looking-glaffi” - Bfl!torf~~mlgir: —“Yes, • parhans yoifd gbi«a«w girls |# lo»f|U 7 i°d Dean, Btfhley used tqnyjiiatnn tikj his marriage be mid never realiyflvealA. A Brooklyn mak says fha* aktll marriage ha lived nk« «/flghUngr cock. His wife overheard mark pne day, and' after that ne nvea more itke a fighting Oocktfmu'ever. las# “Tbbaooy winSf Waved m VTWfe, ’» Sttt* ' PaddJf an ,‘tHow waa « WPfr* panion. “Oh. k U iisMl MM {Ba WMU, tMWtf'Bock heroine, ha* «oU-«Miw»d'# wrta* *, ent stoe# she eaT»*jtto® tovtoherato/V ft •ion until all the facts in the case afe%a* x pertained. " —— An Item Whieh ta-i gofer WtoffiMs . 'states that “Senator Camenon/s 4aagb-f> tel, youag-Mrel Bradfey ■ner. - v~v — • place euefta glaaa tgtttat kpa.'rtbj©;

Aversion of the English to OverWork.

In thd ttßto*They would. alt6gethrr f -^^^^^^^^wlng was to Appear beftoe* a

maglaliwUahfl fcxcd permitting one of-her assist an is,.. who did 3 empioywi iu the cotton *th , tour. ,f two

for uifc reduction d tno nonni tjr iw. legal wofttlbg day ftom fefr r-yihX ‘d.«rT/$W o < f' wituatlon tu the the«Qyder,<Ba<M.'-M, »SfilqptetN iWllii

j iiuw.eiieii a qipd , thd“w< rk of two men while dra* F|- A&unett^aalherof^tbc by w book‘had' JtM WJlal mk sdtlaio sr^nv I v 1 it W Vby4 ntwitorttte^K^uS