Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1881 — Page 4

MAMMYA QMMTLBNAX. "To have or to bold; Thocgh be may labor _ With snde *nl with hoe, be may naught . Bat his mother tongue know, Though ne five under Sod Mys tarn- * Many agenileman, torts, If eaa. Many a gentleman, UlrM.u vrisean, O»nt’e and tender, Though no lean a man! * * One who will treasure HM child or bU wife. Scorning to rob them ; Or sweetness in life. One who will never The brale’s part as-ntne, Filling tits bouse hold With sorrow and gloom! if oa love’s alter The Hame you would fan, Many a amileman, UirU, uyott eah. i WjF*Z. a J*®"*™* I ’. GUIS, If you can.

A DAUGHTER WORTH HAVING

Millshss failed I” Baid Mrs Saaitheon one chilly spfingeveniog. as . aha ran in tn Bee her next-door neigb- ' Bnf tod intimate ffieud, Mrs. James hueband just came home, and be suys what we supposed U be a rumor , calr, la a rad fact; the areigument was / mads yesterday. I threw ~on a shawl and tan right over to tell you. They are to keep the house under some sort of an arrangement, but they have dis •barged all their servants, dud what ■bistro World th’e Millses will do, Mrs. Jamas, With the Mrj. Mill's invalid habits, and Miss Helena with her dainty wrivs and refined bringing up, is more than I know.” and pretty, shallow Mrt. Smithson looked at her nerve-loving friend and neighbor with tteairofan epicure regarding some favorite dito; “I heard ail about it late last evening.” said Mrs. James, adjusting the pink ribbons at the throat of her silk dinner dress, “and this morning I presumed upon our cousinship so far U %m> »• u*vr »*iu see now urey were getting along. And really Mrs. Smithson, you will be surprised when I tell you that, although I expected to find the family in great confusion and distress, I never saw them in such a comfortable way. fmd in such good spirits. The worst was over, of course, a- d they had all settled into the new order of things As nMurally as could b& My •Cotlsln, Mrs. Mills/ wris fitting as calm &s £oti pleaSe, Up there In her sunny morning room, looking so fresh and dainty as shMte her crisp toast auU sipped het C' H-e. . , " . . “.‘Our comfortablarand cosy appearlfaM.Lr.lldue to Holina,! said she. *ftyat dfedr ehlld. has taken the helm. I never dreamed she bad so touch executive ability. . We were quite broken down at Ji rat, but she made her father rpxjvpr all the-details of business with they found that by disposing 61 Helena's grand platid, the paiiulngs, the slabs, and costly bric-a-brac her father bad always indulged her in buy ing, we could ney dollar for dollar, and so keep the hou-e. My bmband’s old friend, Mr. Birtlett, who keeps the art store, you know, and who has always taken a great » interest in Helena, bought back the paintings, statuary, vases, etc., at a small discount, and Baker, who sold us the piano a year ago or so, and who is another* old friend, and knew, of course. Just how We were situated, took it back deducting only.tweniy-five “Helen has Just gone ihto the kitcb bn. What .she Will do there t don’t Know, bfit she aiys sne needs (Xercise, that she has not attended the cooking school here in the City for nothing,and thaj, sp,loDg. as the {heals are served regularly properly,, arid the house 1? kept in good order, her father and I age not to worry.,. After she told'me that, I.drew my call .to a close and ran down into my cousin's ki’chen to see her dainty daughter. And what do you think? I found the girl at the sink, with her sleeves rolled up, with an immense water pro< f apron cn washing a kettle!” *• Wasbing a kettle?” repeated Mrs. Smithson, holding up both her soft, White hands in unmeasured astonis’--®»enL __ ’

‘•Yes, Mrs. Smithson, washing a K black, greasy iron kettle that bad been boiled in, and that bad left unwashed and gunimy when ook left. And, dojou know, she aUgbing over it al>, and saying to 'Uubghst brotbeh who stood near v, thatste really liked it, for she ilow sit Khe was tnakrhg herself useful.” ‘•The idea! Liking to Wash kettles!” nd.the two fine ladles looked at each lhef in d dnder. "ttseems > toe as If Helena Mills wad trying to lake the bc3t df her father's altered irtuhe, and was simply doing her Uty In the premises,” spoke Mies Jarlton, Ida James’ new drawing jacher, whc Was that evening engagAiling her pupil a la-sou on the taWteei le of the centre table. She poke earnestly and yet in a modest ray n and it being the vogue in New Hy Just then topatronize Miss Carlthe nice and aco/oiplisbed gradu ate from Vassar, the two ladies 1 joked at her amiaby and she went on! ~J34Bomebody-must wash the kettbs, and it is always best, when one has a disagreeable duly to perform, to do it hot on|y at once, but cheerful! v.” t _, J‘Yes, perhaps, ' replied Mrs’. SmithSOB, "but bow could a girl of real reAugment,” (both sides of the Smithflag familf were of the ‘old stock,’) “take so kindly to washing pots and •kettles* The fact of it is, people have been mistaken in Helena Mills. She never possessed that innate gentility ebehss credit for. But every one finds ’ their oWn level sooner or later.” \ These two women having thus summarily dispose I of Helena Mills socially, they repeated their belief that the j lovely and dutiful young girl had now found her proper level over and over in their set until It was a common talk in New City.

3 MisS'Csriton, in her round o' prufessioual calls among the f so called elite, was entertained.!u nearly every house hold with the information that Helena had given up her studlee even, and cone into the kl'chen to work—"and, if you’ll believe It, she Hues it!” „ Then would follow reflections upon the . natural ability and bias of mind of a - young woman who was fond of washbin gdishes” This sensible, accomplished little drawing teacher was the only one to be z found, who mingled in the "upper • circles” of New Chy, who said a word • wither in praise or defence of Helena M-tfls’ new vocation. ' Miss Carlton always and everywhere protested that the younir girls ccurse , .was not ouly praiseworthy, but beaui- tiful. Bbe maintained that every i woman, young or old, high or low, who took upon herself the labor of eleva 1 iug the much abused and despised vocaof housework—upon which the 1 comfort of every home depends—to an was a public benefactor. IIi» Carlton's friends all listened and laughed, and then went on with their senseless and malicious tirade. ,£be was glad when her engagements in Njw City were ended, and she no longer obliged to move in auch"aelect” society, whose ideas were always a mere echo of opinions—no matter bow trivial and foolish—winch had been t expree ed by a few of its more wealthy members. ' Miss Carltoa, had heard very llttfe about New City soc y for firs >, t having oo to pw through th place mithi

the KM*»tot of Helena Miffs Tojdfatita Bartlett, son of Col. James ARtL you remember. oWbw of tb/Kkri rtotw A Capital choice ths squire has made, too. rihe’.aatSSv •bout her. Why. bless you, MMB r bee when her father failed inj7|g « took entire Charge of the fttfiilyW id the has managed the bouse ever sobce. “Her father is now in to Invalid for years, was foroecT. bv Helena's example to try MideXart Mrself so as tuebare her daughter’s to soma extent. As alesuit of K new, active life she has foUowrf.K has lost all ailments, abd te ao<a hippy, hearty, healthy woman! HeieMfe brothers hive grown up io ba Ke manly, helpful fallows, and toe. wfioie family are better off every Wfrin family gpere in danger of being weik d by too much luxurv. “There was a great deal of ttok at first among the big-bugs about Hefoai’s ‘pots and kettlee.'and they qseAto malice in their talk, for the girls envied her beauty and accomplishments. I am rather fond of telling them now that Helena Mills has found her ’level' In the richest, most influental, and Just the best family inNew City.

Poetry of the Throttle Valve.

Not long ago kn engineer brought bis train to a stand 'still at a little MaesacbUettß village wbefe the passe tigers have site minutes for lunch. A lady came along dn the platform and said • “The bonduetor tegs We die train dt the Junction in P. leaves fifteen ihltiutes before our arrival. It is Saturday, and that is l the lilt train. I have a very sick child in tffe car, and no money for a hotel, and none for private conveyance a long, longway in the chantry. What shall ■ ■ ;i. .... | “Well,” said the engineer, “I Wish 1 ’’ possible for ydti ttfhoS ry a little?” skid the anxious tearful mother.

“No, madam; I have the time-table, and the rules so I must run by it.” - _ She sorrowfully turned away, leaving the bronsed ftce of the engineer wet with tears. Presently she returned and skid: “Are you a Cnristiah?” “I trust I am,” wai the reply. “Willyoti pfay With the that the Lord may in some way delay the train at th* function?” Just, there the conductor cried. -f’All aboard.” The poor woman buuled back to the deforced todj sick Qbild and away went toe train uidfblog the grade. . • . - “Somehow, V , said the engineer, ‘everything worked likea charm'. As I pryyed, I equldn'P.'help letting ray engine oiit'.Jiifft-M iutle. We t-topped at the first station; people got on and off with wonderful alacrity, the conductor’s lantern was in the air in half a minute, and then away again. Ones over the summit, it was dreadful easy to give her a little more, as 1 prayed, till she seemed to shoot through the air like an arrow. Somehow, 1 couldn’t hold her, knowing I had the read, and so we dashed up to the junction six minutes ahead cf4ime.“

There stood the other train, and the conductor with his lantern upon bis “Well,” said W»| 4, wili ydii . toll me what 1 an> waiting here for?, Somehow I Je»t I mikt await your coming tonight, but I don’t know why?’ “I guess,” said.the brother o< hdiiotor, “it is for lbw P”” 1- . wigiuw, .with ber tick and de "or med child, drpau fully anxious to get home this Saturday night.” . But the man on the engine and the greatful mother thfok they can tell wby the train waited..

Jennie Cramer.

Troy Times.

She had those q rial Lies that made her intensely attractive to sensual young mdn. She was the lithe, graceful tigress of the sweltering jungle of depraved imaginations. The class of J'oung men of whom lam speaking onked upon her with bated breath and their hearts fn their mouth as she parsed them with a mock-lunocent glance from the corner of the eye. With education and culture ehe would have been a society belie, for nature had done a good deal for her, but hod left the Lest part undone. Twd. words would pictUrte her pretty Well—an insipid Gwendolyn. I’ll tell you what she Was: she Wks a picnicker. It was het delight to rig herself up—never Id the best of but Jaunty and coquettish, not "loud” and brazen at all, but rather "rakish”—and seek large crowds, where ehe bodld read in men’s faces tbeir admiration of her. She liked a.frolic with goy young chaps with plenty ok money, and she could sell little mouthfuls of kisses and small liberties and caresses for a pretty ring or a pa.r of gloves. Was she innocent? Yes, except as above stated. Students and counter jumpers and dandipgates have been after her for several years, , but for aTI tbeir pains, tbeir moonlight* drives, <t»ir concert tickets, gloves, ribbons and rings they could boast es nothing but a chance to pinch her ear or inhale her sweet breath. Of hot much more. She was frivolous and vapid and shallow, and perhaps would have gone to the bad in ti me, bat up to the current month she had been stainess, it is believed.

Eight Monks Murdered.

81. Semes Oaeette, London. :J. j'Y . I A shocking murder was committed a fortnight ago at a monastery nor ther forest of Vranyo-Belo. in Hungary. The monastery, which was inhabited by eight monks who were believed to be wealthy, was attacked bv a band of brigands, bnt an alarm having txen given, a body of soldiers came to the rescue. The brigands barricade themselves in the monastery and exchanged several shots with th* soldiers, who were more than an hour before they could force an entrance. When they did get in they found the monks lying gagged on the floor, but could find no trace of tike brigands. After the monks had bedn set at llberS, they informed their deliverers that e brigands had escaped by an under-

ground passage leading from the cedlar into the forest. The soldiers at onefl searched for the passage, while the monks went off to the cbaoel to give thanks for their delivery, Tbe soldiers having explored and having failed to find the door of the passage came back to get one of the monks to act as tbeir guide; but they were nowhere to be seen. In the coarse of further investigation, however, they found the dead bodies of the eight monks In a small room, and the mystery was then solved. The brigands seeing that they Could not escape, bad murdered the monks and hidden their bodies in this room, having first stripped them of their clothes and put th m on th?mselvcj. Then they gagged one another to deceive the soldiera,and while the latter were searching the cellar they bad made off to their fastness in Ue forest.

Au Expert’s Opinion of Law.

Colonel Higginson says that the late 1 H. F. Durant once said to bimt 1 "Law la the moat degrading of all profflflaiOQß- AH hmaan kv laaaytbmoi WUliki and lha habitual piaiiloe of Boto/demonuiMe,” ......

O| O! bow BWMt it was! Oy ecrid night of wintry wnatber—--0,0! bow ■ Vogt . waist—.Yia[it3ia)bii3 ’ 4Hs 7?no9 "trow* mad*he*WM? WOw)y dtaylng btek one loot ■ I 1 Deciyed vehemently aheld-din-T

MIRIAM AND HER GEORGE.

Ji 1 It I < ’ 7 1 From -LuVwWwJ itorat it llt ted in Chicago Tribune. -—.-zix X£.**s “I should - These Utteted iu b- half-rada-of w tariMed" vttto aud-toofcsd with eager wistful gase toward the west, where the setting sun was gilding with its expiring fays the gfeentopped bills and leather-hedged vales which lay Het Ween Jackson Hall and the great lake, oh tfuosfe bosom idly floated a fine fleet of lumber hookers. Turning quickly.from her contemplation of the golden rialb which the setting fitln .over the earth. Miriam Jackson spoke to her father, saying: »rt*Kgpeho tote evg- ’’ wm tto> rrtly, top i pkrtrer ingtmctiveiy station on the Northwestern road,” and springing lightly into into a coupe, which drove up to the door, he kissed his,hand to Miriam and was gone. “At last,” she said softly to her herself, “at last be has gone and left me alone —alone with my thoughts. And what are those thoughts? What can they be except of George, and my love for him—that love which has gilded my heart with Its bright, beautiful ravs of hope, as the morning sun gilds the Albathbnl Palace. Oh, George, without your love 1 should Indeed be a desolate sir!.’*

ben Miriam «he could go q Ute a c’fg. f • Over the closely-trimmed lawn, whose velvety »qrface gave forth no sound as bis feet pressed heavily upon it, came a young tnsu ■■ ■«strong, handsome fellow in the full flush,of straight flush —whichever suits theTeader best —of early manhood. Miriam did-not sea him, but the ftUthful watch-dog did, and £af*fe bohadiqj tath from his kennel,grabbing the young tflkU blithely by the seat of the pants, and galloped awMy In merry glee 'to the backyard wiih bh mouth full of gents’ fuiy ni-hi»g goods. Fort unatWy rot George W. Himpsob the Jocund day was swiftly waning, the gray-hoodea ntgbi was spreading ber sable mantle o’er all, including his pints. Stepping still more softly .over the lawn, be was on the porch andjseatediaaphpir before*Miriam was aware At his presence, and it was f>nlyewbcq Ae spoke to bes nufii ■ in thl> (Uiltiet tOn< flhat «n« ohly acquires by living in ChfflaMo anil trying to talk, while a ink h taking some vessels tbr.iugb the rtver,' that she knew,of his presence. Running quickly to Him, she fchelt by bis side, arid placing ber fair ’yiM’ijir Ws'H .fcloae to his.Wj: “isßywtf, darling?’* ; Geo'ge never deceived tt trtßlingi heart. “It is ma” he said, admitting LJi identity anq Jack, familiarity With Lindlky',Murray at toesame time. .MI was so awfully afraid you would not come,” continued th| girl, “and papa acted as if he never wOtitd ' go, and and truly I began to think that perhaps you had missed the train, and then again that ypu didn’t me a’. a>l, and evexapu eiyer -so many dreadful, horrid things that I was al* most ready to cry. But yt>u are here now, aren’t you, darling?” With a rib-cracking hug the young man testified to hit presence. Then looking tenderly iuto Abe. b'ua -eyes, and kissing fondly tub rtd lips, he said! “ArOMR| sure you iove me, Htlle one? pr 2 •.* Jr \ L/j “Bure I” eAyiirtled t!to;|ir), starting to her feet, you sure that you exist? AtefS sure tffat Thd sun will rise

George Bimpson did not reply. He I had Jived in Chicagojnauy vaara, auU. had long peUii’jg., ( h sU?e th "^’sure,” /dir planet that sblnes so brightly in the eastern horizon will be there whbn anolhtf day shall havb fun its couhb, so sure is it that rayJoae for you will never, can ifi>V£C, fade.adJult(il’C George likedltbis. He<dldUM know what horizon' _ 3neinft~lknd’ vhxtrlfle hazy about pldEteUJMatt LWben. Miriam talked about the day running its course be was at home. He visiUd a running course every summer, and generally mist teSt°hTr y hTSSd SdfH T to himself, and turning. Xu th* girl he; said: "And would you prove your love, my own?” "Wou'd L my darling? Try me; that is all I ask.” Bending low over the tiny pink ear, George Simpson whispered into it a few earnest words. A rosy flush suffused Miriam’s cheek as she rose, and MWOrd led George to her pork-packeT** Miriam had proven her Iver.

A Romance of the West.

On the 29th of September,*!}#, fo’t I sixteen years azo, jefl Stone County, Michigan, With bn wtfe-l Intending to emigrate to Louisiana. Shine OIWW holder he fell in withTfmfr who Wave T* V 1 leaac Yjfirg, and/faho oßgalqMl prfclaim# toJke tr#feling in the tame d& rection they Were going. I Young was about 80, very plausible, and quickly ingratiafbd-hlmeelf In the'4 good graces of Baxter and He confided to bis oonfcpaaiansEverything regarding his flnanM|ri resources | and future plans,andßMLtfer, in : r«turn < made a similar reVttatfdn. Among J otbyr thilks, hmihflforiMP man thafike hafll Bld bis tarmlbr |2,- 5 000, and mat hdcarried the mataey. in •20 SoldJpleoA Xn albeit sjappef around hfo waitk <

Some time a®/ ‘tliis-ttee ffirtgmffis camped one night at a point between Dyke’s Mill, Li., and Magnolia. Ark. J The spot selected for a camp was at the ' tSKiylllpLfWEftiriSwMrf A apriow-etuleuMold water wushed Joßffcish||F When a simple repast was pn pared and eaten, Baxter lit his pipe, and rayi lag he would return loonjfltMilfld down i the Rif ft. Young and Mrx Buter re*

tog about too incident, of toe day’s I hoards ngdy .Baxter d'A pot rfo woman waited 1 n patently. One, two, three boars w*nt br t r«t neither appeared. Mra. Baxter was hot titot* oughly frightened. She ealled loudly rfoa-bar tomhanArbat received no rop»e e<ho of bar ow> yotee camp back to bes, bofoß OB the night W144-which .wept down the valfoy and through the topp of toe tremUirig, but efie jMiiher bapHl nor saw anythlbi: Bott hdr husband and bls oompanton had disappeared a. M>m*dately as If the earth bad suddenly opened and swallowed them up. Almoat distracted, she returned to , mounting pue of tae botaas, hastened to toghesr’est house/and soon had a body of men scouring the country in search of the mMug men. Tria seareb was continued nearl+Kweek without finding any trac< oC x<*n*©r Baxter, when it was, fair m preconcerted between toe two

men, and that her husband had heartlessly deserted her.. The wife so Hnmgaiy berqft would not accept this tbenrft Bhefemsted that her husbafid hadtx *en murdered 'by Isaac Young, and that Ums would show that she was Hot mistaken. . ' Acting op dhfo supposition she returned to net former home, and gathering all her available means, instituted a thorough sfiafCh. She advertised, €«proved detectives, scattered fctoflbills with accurate descriptions of her husband and Young, but all to no purKse. Nothing came of It, and the afr seemed a mystery which no bu man skill Could unravel. Yean Went by< tod still she remained In her mountain no me, hoping and praying for of her fttisclng husband— o£.even »cleW that would S4nt to his fate. The suspense in all ese years has been ‘trying. Since tbfet memorakJe-Afgtot She had become aaoldwomaa. By the sale of nearly WlhMfiects - which remained t6’ hpr after boxbuShtod’s disappearance, she h«d beM enSoled to buy a little cabin ‘Ktd a rew Seres of ground. and have money, enough remaining to keep her,' with close economy | from actual want And alone In that little hut she waited for tidings of the man to whom she had linked her fate.

Last week startling news reached that solitary woman in her mountain ln B h*P® of a letter written only last June, and dated ot Mslborirne, Australia. The writer said |fo had U*at day assisted to bury a mati--0T“ ok name of Saunders, but whoSe papers, which the writer had beenjchargeß Id titamibe, showed he was Isaac Young/ ah .American, jtnd who: confessed to H horrible krfme. Then Tdnswfefl a detailed aficotfnt of tne glen, sixteen years a *°" ~ ■ It seems Yotmg, had made up, his mind to rob and murder Baxter from the time he learned thaCßaxter uad Sfl 000. He followed hi m. quietlf’down the glen, stole Upon him unawares, and struck him a blOff With astlckor wood which killed him instant^J To secure the money and bfiry-the body under some loose earth atmktopes was toe wo?f trfw. very le w mtafttes. aud before J4rs. Baxter had Marled down the glen Young was miles away, lie hastened to New Orleans, took passage to Australia, changed bls name, and soeeujated with his ill goUsn gains. He p.ospJjrkd smasipaly, and, unlike the traditional murderer, died undetected and wealthy. He directed that Mrs. Baxter b*‘ found, if living, and pdd >2,000 with interest from the date of the murder, and he begged her to forgive him. This WBs all that the letter contained. But Subs&juetit in vestigation proved it to be true. .Baiter’s holies Were fouhe at »4be fooLpf the glen, anti ;decently bi*rded; and the Australian , party tarried out to ba Isaari Yodng, tfcfe rfrtirderer. Mrs. Batter dekliilel tlrt rfi uej with Indignation, but she rd&j tfoudldfle to take IL i * ■- The story is as strange as it is true. ■ t v.-

A Classic Drunkard.

If the Proyidence Journal states the fact correctly, the barkeeper was about tu close up. He lad said so several times,and had nut out all tbelights but on* The old fixtures had shook the -sawdust from tbeir feet and reluctantly directed tbeir footsteps homeward. Only a stranger appeared, a dark, saddened man, who sat demurely on a stool uuLkept his thumbs revolving arouncr each other like white mice turning In a wheel. When lhe coast was clear he stepped up to ihp bar and said sofipy: "May I whisper * word In your ear? ’ " * J ‘"You ttay, mister, if lyou will be quick about it,” replied thedrkiK-mak-tr, with his hand on the lamp screw. "I want you to fill me a flask of your beit whisky for family sickness,” said 1 Inks! tap ger, drawing <>ut an ancient twenty fathpmfl of leather string wound around it/Mk well-worn wallet that looked as if Ml tbeXaves and billows of bad luck bad beat upon iU atuLgope over it and through it, I/.plflMlened it and Washed It out The barman filled him up a pint, l.ahDVed down the edrk until it squeakFed, Wiped the bottle dry Mid sat it upon the counted. f * I "The autumnal air is getting a trifle I jartish, J, i soliloquized the stranger. | ouM you have any objections to my a little liver padfler from my

He tilled the tumbler quite full, took it as he did paregoric in the days of his Infancy, and then remarked: "Perhaps, on the whole, as the night has far waned, and my family are on their spiral springs and in their trundles, you had better put my bottle away on the upper shelf, and when PlMSbta Apollo fcgijw to center his golden prancers along the avenues of the purpling east, I will call for it, and you may then assess me the appropri atffamount of ducats.” The barkeeper sprang over the bar and began to kick him, "What!” be said sweetly, "you kick me after I have drank? Don’t you know better than that? Kick me with beta feet—l cannot feel you even then. Before I took that glass, if you had I bdtahoek your flat at me you would [ have wounded me—hurt me; but now GfoodqgdghL”* £ lie stood on *e ddpkstA -“I flee by the shadow on th* sidewalk that you have kicked me agaiu4- You should remember, my irtMcible pnUieam what the dear old poet said: ’Fate cannot harm n.e now, | I have dined to-day. : Bo say J. I | bars finnik to-night. Good-night, | taverner) How much the sparkling I flrmauient looks like a far-off city, lit Ihp for a festal night! Farewell! I shall Thee you later. *

The True Tale of William Tell.

William Tell ran a hay ranch near Bqne|dn about five hundred and eighTell bad lived in the mountains all his li'e, and shot cham* *ott»j}d chipmunks with a croae-gun ■tflrue was a bad man to stir up. At that time Bwitzertand was run prinsi-oarpet-baggers from Aufrtrhft airin-Tell got down on them about the year.l3o7. It seemed that TeUwanUhCthAGovernment contract flqJdrnishMr HlJ orty^flve d °lbu« » i ton for tlie^ear|3ofl, and Gesaler, Who i wad' oontroniofir t®e patrofiage of Bw|tierland, Jet the contract to an Austrian who bad a big lot of oonI dtmned hay fortbflrup tfisgul b. One I <-ay Grijfller pul his plur bat on a Isle*

* Hboot the bat !”ftndhe didn't salute j about a erab-appl* from tbebexPtfWj only son, tt 9A jantef wyfcjr eanyg run, be would give him-ail JIMHfiP Tell consented, and knocked the *PP‘» higher than G'lroy’skite. Old Getofar. ndti*ed •flother Ing in TeU’s girdle, fcfldgfl|gi kind of a flowery’JMJnx tbtoWas. Jg* told him that if bJ’Md HHedTlbe k*d iMtwrf es buotio* ihtmH ded to drill ahoIS though the *<>■»>•*»/ of Mr Gearier This made Gendef mad E , 3^ d ZiSM the picnic* game he shot

opened the ball far freedom,and weakened me Austrian govefo th ent so tepCb that in the following no vein bet they eh eted Toll to fill the long term, and ft halt breed fOT the abort term. After that Tell was recognised by the leading power, and he could get most any cobtrap he wanted. He gQt tbejervice on the stage line, up lnto the Alps in- | creased to a W the Contracts In the name of his son Albert Tto appropriation was increased SIBO,1000 per year, and hahad a-ff od. thing. ' Tell lived many years fftet Lbku and,, was loved oy the Swiss people bycause fie had freed theta land. Whenever be felt lonesome Bfi WtmM V<Wgun and go out and kllFa tyr£nt He bad tyrant and toast almort everyday till Switaeriand was free, and tbs peaaants blessed him as their deliverer. When Tell gut to beafi old man be would go out Into the mountains and apostrophise them in these memorable words; “Ye crags and peaks, I’m With you once again. I hold to you jbe hand I held to you on previous occasions, to show yon they are free. The tyrant’s erttst is busted, so to speak. His race is ruff and lie hifflself hath scooted up the flume. Sic semper McGinnis, terra firttia nux vomica Schweitzer kase, Timbuctoo erysipelas, eplurlous untfm, sciatica, rfiultum in faryo, vo± populi vol snbekmeonthegob!’’

GUITEAUIS PLEA.

Statement tfrhioh He Wanted 1 to Make to the Court. Washington Star. It was stated in the report of proceedings of the Criminal Court in the |p»t evening’s dtar that Guiteau produced a paper from his pocket which he wished to read, but. was prevented by the court. The paper which Guiteau intended to read was as follows: “If the court please I wish to say that! have beeß tefflMy villi fled by the pfes’, rind it has made some perI sons bittef and itotfulsive agaiiHt me On October 4 the I!tCW Tork Herald ! published seven columns from my au- : tobiog -aptly,, which I expect to issue ' goon fu a book. Aside from the impertinent stateftteirts that 1 am a creature of the greatest vanfty did crave ' toriety, which are absolutely false, and similar tfnkind statements, I am indebted to th| refforter and tire Herald for giving » I plead ; riot guilty tqtiie indictment, and iriy defense w tiirt«fold: • I. lusaniiy, in that it was God’s act and not min# The divine pressure on me tri remove the President was. so enormous that it destroyed my ffoe agency, and therefore I am not legally reenpusible for my act. ‘ * The President died from malpractice. Aboift tb*e* weeks after lie was bis physicians, a Mareful examinatlob, uvC.*ded that he would recover. Two months aiv»T •bis official announcement he died. Tbervfore. I say he was not fatally shoL it he had been well treated he would

b«v P recfoteterf. “3. The Presidetit died hi New Jersey,- aud therefore beyond the jiristfk? tl*n of this court This malpractice And Prefldfiut’s dfeath fu New Jersey are special and I ana bound to avail mySelt it them oft ttty trial, injustice to* tbe Lordand myself. I umlef.&treto say that tbe Lord is Managing pry cfise as b Consummate* ability, and'that He , had a special object in, allo win; the President to d!6‘ in New Jersey, His management of this case is worthy of Him as the Diety, and 1 have entire coufT fence in His diposition to protect me arid send me forth to the world a free and Vindicated man. ‘He uttered His voice,’ say* the psalmist, 'and the earth melted? This is the God I served when I sought to refhove tbe President. The Lord and the people do not seem to agree in this ewe. The people considtr tbe. President’s an unbearable outrage, and me a dastardly* arssssln,and they prayed the Lord to spare tbe President Vor nearly three month* the Lord kept tbe President at the point of death, aud then allowed him to depart, thereby confirming my act. The mere fact of tbe President’s death is nothing. All men have died, and all mt n will. Gener d Bumside died suddenly about the time the Pns’dent did. Tbe-President and General Bumside were both splendid men, aud no one regrets their departure muse than I. The President died from malpractice and General Burnside frpm apoplexy. Both wefe special providences, and the K>ple ought ro quietly stlbrnH. to the rd in the .matur. The President would not have died had the L >rd not wished him to go. I have no cuncSfl-; tion of It as murder, or as an assassination. I Lad ao feeling of wnrag doibg' when I bought to remove him, because it was God’s act, and net mine, for the good of the American people. I . plead not guilty to th", indictment?’

Lady Tricyclists.

London Cor. Chicago Tribune. American visitors to Loudon this season can nor fail to have noticed the number of ladies exercising on trlcydee, not only in retirtd suburban neighborhoods, but also in the most crowded thoroughfares. Medical men have given this new feminine pastime their unqualified approval, and they declare this form o' exercise to be .in every way desirable. Of course the great question, of dress arises, and an enterprising firm of lady tailors have just patented a most ingeniously coje-. trived costume, which, while it mav be used for ordinary wear, is specially adapted to meet tbe requirements of those of tbe fair sex who adopt th« tricycle as a mode of locomotion. When thelvdy is seated on her tricycle, she has merely tt> draw a buliey which gathers all the superfluous Alik ness of the skirts out of tbe way of tbe wheels, and, by letttog a, fold concealed by tbe .extra length of seven or eight inches is obtained in ibe front, which-affords amingenious and becoming cosqnme is appropriately named the "Veliclpedi •nae?’ . Lrfa il i

A story comes to us from Bloominggineer on the Baltimore and Ohio BailpUo«. «o 1 Ih.lthUSimtfHb oiled the rails on tbe tssflLiP ’ff, her Hwain’dtrsin.wmcn wxxatruggllng up the seveßteamnnlto grade. said to have taken tMLlooqMptive proper, tbe “he)pgr"jtnd several tons of sand to ovevookßSrtb* eUecbrdf girUs stratagem. r 1 1 The object of ail ambition should be io be hsnpy rheme, If we are not LhjPWibcie be Mk>y d*-

THE CIRCUS BEAUTY.

kfotaafWP* P-’lopmy. J**- 1 i yo«m lady krthe large tiemen, quite ft ensued, general q«ry or “who is shot” foilowedr ‘ <anm ebody” graceful toibbr niovnmento was the newcomer. She had a lovely face, lit by starry browd* eyes, shaded by long Fsaaswuso: vet, and her cdtripfejlOn white rather Hum-lair, tfto wMotft a t|nge of color. Bbewbrt ahandaomk tea* drag, eofe tumeand not very appropriately showy diamond Jewelry. According fa the popular verdict she was toe most beautiful wonfan who had yet been seed In Saratoga, and wtMm.toeWttoe offiC > there was a promi*cudtte scramble for the register, wherein the unknown Mir bad inscribed her name. . . Madly curiosity was rewarded by finding the autograph “Miss Katbertfießtokesdfollowed by New York City. Thfitt-Were a good many “iffW ebonl towp’’nrotohf who prided Snowing who Was wbolfi m tire groat metropolis, but transpired that Ofc fi<ew &n#aHwto bard to please. - Mono, of ths xonms vacant suited her fancy .rifid finally she decided to take one of the expdfave cottages beidngifig. to the hotel and facing on fife beautiful garden. Eg Much rushing of W»rtßrft'and Bortars ensued. Two lar®A trttoW w?re carried in, champagne was uncorked, and an elaborate lunch ordered, and half an hour later two baskets of flowers as trig as card tables arrived in tor her.

When she entered the vast dining room for dinner late that evening a sensation followed. In place of a dusty traveling dress, the superb pink silk velvet, With ft lottg train, that gave added height rind dgnity to her figure. It was decoltette Mnrf shotted a beautiful neck and aims jittering With diamonds. The dredb was trimmed with quantities of laCe, .embroidered with silver, and in hdr dark.WaVy hair the lady wore a pink camelia. She walked sld’wly down the avenue of shining mirrors and dinner tables, thoroughly enjoying the etteC't of her appearance. Everybody was puzzled to know what particular class of women she represented.. Her youth, her dress, and being alone, Mother Grundy put down against her, but at the same time, while freedom spoke in every gesture, there was no boldness in her Took, and she did not court the attention of men any more than he women.

Miss Stoke® had the air of a pretty child dressed for a party, and a “Don’t I look nice?*’ expression. At the same time she Was evidently used to hotel life, arid knew how to make the waiters walk. The longer I looked at her the more Convinced 1 was’ ribgt I had seen togtrldvefy fade before, bat where no amount of brain racking;, would tell me; Suddenly, while noticing her strong white hands, Cbvefed with rings almost to the finger-joints. 1 saw her suftp her finger at ths wftltqi;. to hurry him, and as ne departed the *uh consciously gave a sort of cluck with her tongue, as people do in driving.' In a moment I identified her*, but, cufiousi to toe the hotel denouement, saffinothing The next day her rooms were fairly besetaed with bon-bons hnd bequets, and tnfe #reat gift b-uskets of fruit feouliaf to Saratoga, tmt ail in vain. Yhe dattte “Miss Btokea recess 16 is exaggeration to say thav toe gentlemen went crazy over her, ana ever she left her apartments a throng gathered arogtad tier at a respectful distance/ Jivsty .time »ba s .was seen it wad in a differerittHWi ftlways costly, brtt somCilmea a little too showy. Enfly Monday evening she ordered a coupe and went opt to drive. Soon the vehicle returned empty, and when the driver ttaa questioned by a young banker, who flattered himself on having the talents of a Lecocd, the man replied drift the hwfy Bad gone to Coup’s efrCus. That settled the question of her respectability, but nevertheless it did not- detor a [argh number ofl.be infatuated from following her footsteps. The great tehts were crowded to suffocation, Mr that queer thing called fhshion permits everybody to go in Saratoga. Tte Grand Union patty jooked in vain for the solitary charmer, who even in a crowd could not escape L the eye. She was -nowhere to be seen, and perforce they must content tiiemaalveawiih.Xhe.show.

At last “the gorgeous and magnificent pageant, Introducing numberless knights and brilliant, beautiful women, 1 ’ was over, and the” baud struck up a stirring galop: the Velvet curtain of tbe green-room was drawn, and out dashed a noble black horse, bearing on bis back a lovely girl, in silver spangled w Liter tarletan with a snowy plume in in-r hair. - Behold* the- beauty of tne G aud Union known to tbe public generally as “pretty Kate Stokes.” • Some people in the, audience felt father soldi some of t>< grand dames ebiug.ed their shoulders high; some of the y<>urig ladies rejoiced at tbe episode, I gmi die men. -perverted - creatures, enoyefi th/joke, And Were loud in their there was anyone quite so self-satisfied I as Katy Stokes. Young, healthy, t charming in looks, earning the salary of a prime donna, and winning as much applause and as mauy flowers as • one she regards with an evident pity and air of superiority, the fashionable I and wealthy women hfere. It is very funny.- The Btoksa-.faa»ily, whieh-to-eiudes three daughters, all equestrians, are alJi- d to tberTouisvfile Stokes, two of whom are millionaires, - and nave announced theif ■ Intention **ol making all tbefogMs heiresses.'' • If that should happen, America would vie with France, whose best circus rider lives in better style than President Grevy. Mdlle. Elsie is also a countess and tbe daughter of a monarpb, but we don’t like titles here.

GUITEAU'S INSANITY.

Opinion that He Was Perfectly aJSftt nrrr LeadvlUS (Ool.) Herald. Now that tbe miHdered Presgaat, •ftgjui vij wp *1 t^uSp’shatl’summon’airmen 1 to ifee and meet their Maker,?aitfoOq

(naturally turns to his red-handed and iBS&FS the loss of some near and dear one can | iaAt preset residing, Herald reporter called upon her Kat

. ’-Can I roSfirs. ItaDmirer* >9That*a my ■ ■ tost ,b rW nnded -the Stooftte fanner wlfeof Hbemsi Wtto tofat'-'preM'rt aeetekcity; and whose nama jg kttOWH, **>*t CPtoMOhted And trouble have left fltetffttoprint on her face, her features st Mt show traces of farmer beauty* JMrtely bidding the -* rM f suppose you have alre.idy guessed the object of my visit/’ said the reportMw *‘u is to mzke some inquires to to the state of Guiteau’s mind while you •*Oh, yes,” she replied, ‘ta great many people eome here to see me and talk about him. lam auro they cm find put,mors about him by reading the papers than I could ever telr

“Did you thipk Guitesu Insane while he Was your wta the next ’’No, T never thought him insane arid fie vilt said he was. 1 At times his conduct wto rather eccentric wnd aocidiar. but Utevr/trsfi the least ifiea he waslnsane, He was al ways working, to get office, but never got on* When actions wopld ■ be rather peculiar, and he. would mope arid be crosbj bfit those Spelts would nut last long. He would get some •dWv- scheme in bis head, . and that , would beep Jhis mmd ocgroat Greeley man, and worked night i and day far ntq»i- We liv§d in New Yprk cUy atjtoali time/ Guiteau told ms that if Greeley carried the election he (GaheauV would be appointed Minister to’Chin. - ■ When Greeley was defeated .Gulteau acted in a strange man* uer r and t when Greejey be cried. S|l|l, 1 <|oij’t. think fie pvpr went out <*f - From what you hfitd read of Gurileao’s aotions since you left 4rim,and whftt you have experiMced white Hying, with him, do you &ink he was insane at the time he shot the President?”

“.Ns, Ido not. I used to bear him talk With District Attorney Corkhill, and hie latter conversations reminded me very much of how be used to speak then. He used to B»>y that he believed Gba ordained him to fill some high po-Ml.Hbn—-that he was upon earth as . a leader of men. Constantly.studying ; this subject might have, turned his mind d little, but never to any great extent while 1 lived with hipa.” I “Mrs. Dunmire, if yofi wefte called upon to testify before a Judge arid jury as to Guiteatfs insanity, what - would be the tenor of. ydur testimony?” asked tpe reporter. “I-should certainly swear be was sane,” replied the lady vehemently, “but I hope these is no danger of my beipg oailtd upon to testify /’nhe added .auxioysly. . J' e ' , “I'Cftrihot say,” replied the kertbe/ but Guiteau’s counsel wHI certainly make* strong fight in his behalf, and will probably leave* no stone unturned fa save bis peck-”,,-- . r “Well* my evidence won’t help pis cause very much,” she replied, “but of course I must tell the truth, no matter what effect it has.” .

Just then the lady’s husband, who Hiad been absent during the foregoing ' conversation,entered the rocm and rei plated his wife’s inquiry as to the tikei libood of her being eidled upon a*K\ I witness..., . . ( .V “1 don’t want her to go,” he said/ “but, Of courte, if she h called upon.l ; can’t obfedt.” > I After a few more rt marks the repor - ter. took bis bat and his leave, pondering on the insffidtable ways of Pjovl- . (fence, ahdT edfn paring the bnppy, chderthl hbtne of the lady he bad jdst left* with ths dark, solitary ceil of her I former brutal and-cowardly lord and uutfteh who knows not the moment he.may.be dragged farth to meet that he so lichly deserve.

What A “Corner” is.

A stock corner js thus explained by riie New York Evening Busti The ‘ bear eltnteutMn the market consists of ail those wrho think tbit prices of securities are higher than they ought to than they can permanently remain. In order to take advantage of the unwarranted '•inflation ’of Valued,” As they understand it, they borrow stodks' and sett them at the high prises prevailing, ejecting to be, able to buy them in at Lower prices before it becomes nedeseary to return the borrowed securities. For instance: A borrows from B I.OCO shares of Hannta bal and St. Jesenb,-which is selling at t0,.-.. A pays BRooocash and agrees to return the stock on demand, when, of course, the fhoney. will. be returned to bim. It Is for B’s interest to lend the’stock, because begets tbe interest on the J 60,000 during (he' interval, or* at all events,.more interest than be would otherwise have to .pay for the tlse Of the mcmey. Under ordinary conditions, B, the lender of tbe stock, will rav A, the borrower, something for tbe' use Of the money, but' If the particular stock wanted by the bears is scarce It Will be lent “flat;" that is tbe borrower will receive nothing for the use qf the ptofcey while the lender may even get a commission for the use of the Stock to addition to the Interest on the money which it represents. If the market fluctuates while the loan continues, the borrower and lender settle with each other at the close of each day, Ao. tbat 'tbe amount of money shaft At all times be exactly equivalent

to the value of the stock. When the bears, or any portion of them, nave discerned a weak spdt in the market—that is, a seCtoity selling soi 1 more thaq it Ik worth In their opin* lop—they borrow and sell 1 It HbMiilly. Their selling has the same effect fn putting down the price as though the stock were absolutely their own, and their expectation Is, that other holders, observing a decline In the price will become alarmed and sell also, thus putting down the price still mere and frightening still other hold ers. They intend, of course, to buy enough at the lower scale of quotations to <WHvef back they have borrowed, pocketing tbe difference. It sometimes, though rarely, happens that a discovering what the beafs are about andbeffeviug that they (the beam) art strong enough to stand a heavy toss without L brice mranot be forced up Whjle they «r» tliemselvee buy lug, they lend stock freely to the bears,and ttrts-encourafce

tbe latter to selt. 'AVhen they haveseSred all. dt nearly air, of the particular stock that exists they call in their loans The bears are then compelled io ha. Ik lor tale, life price can be forced un to any figure at which, thO cofbe!* tn Marty 1 choose to put It.* That is What nas'happened to Hannibal and 8L Joseph. The “shorts” must come up and settle on such terms as may be dictated to them. The last resort 1J to

‘leave tbe cornering party Saddled wftb [ the loss they rftoy incut in well as the’ lose 1 money—rare- ocGurreuoe. - : 5 - J

It la found that the effect of tbe electric light In conservatories is sUm-

JOCOSITIES.

••TOtAJs Hie imMfe —Sa Mart al . Bat Uvs live a beggar and die in a ditch* ’ Sbelteerrted a ratlreod ma», i- A ▲ locomotive spark; Herold her hie little plan i J At IbSgates Oftt ia the dark. :a . . WhenhnSaßMmmi'Meaeher came. Betwixt each bar and nreawzre. He W’ahed that she was hie, and toe A tor«“h This very wise niuslean, ( WouMenteiy maketk»tt»msrft<*4 For rising, huUwo-wiahtx* c “felly a bny with his notes and ) And his big tin born and h*yawping sun, And his heavy bootsand htemrtlehamnw, And his throat of ten wild-ftdl* clamor. Only a boy, but when io tuna . - ‘rl . J lie’s match for a wake and a big tyfdlobn. Our dub says that a vaimnaidep is like aoonfirmpd toper when she ‘ looks into the glass and smiles.” A homely girl, with a small and pretty-foot takes 10 percent, more ohmfort 16 this wofld than a pretty foaed girl who knows It is aU day with beeff she falls over a log/- *- - Motben-““Wow, Gerty, be a tfood giri and gite Aunt Julia a, ki«s. and a say good-night.’’ Gerty—“No, no, Jr I kiss her she’ll box my ears HfcfrsHe did papa’s last. nlghT."

“Whv did you hide, JoHhny ?” Saifi one boy to another. • *‘l hide to ftavc my hide,” aaid the other, fts> bv away to a secure spot. “It’s a good hide, dear,” yelled the other He was sitting to the Ptoter her when a roostercrowed in tneyarfi and leaning over lie said: Ch anticleet?” “I wish you wouM. Pam 1 a« sleepy to I ®® n He cleared. . First North Briton (on the Oban boat tn a Ifalling sea and dirty f Wefttln er) s “Throw it up. man, and ye’U feel a’ the better.” Second ditto Itoeptog downy, “Hecb, man, It’s whnskey?* The church sexton says the most unaccountable thing fljaFibas ever come within his purview is the tremenduoua mafortty the tbree-cant piecro b*<» over th 9 #®ftes in the contribution boxes, - . ’..T'-oi i-’d “See here.” said Canliffower to hto milkman, “Ifound sjx mrnwows rnfno milk last night.” f'Weß, F« much surprised. ’Twas hot yesterday land the cows drank almost dry.” ! / “What Saddens My Darling This Evening?” is the name of the latest, song. Perhaps yoqr darling’s garter Irf comtoff dowD, bd<l bd© doseii t lik© to speak about it. There are many tod. wefrd tragedies of which the wwW

never hears. Blight mistake at a -—ah—the thirtieth; 1 believe 1” Fond motiiaf (hot catching the Wto , tions of avartto he ever heard oL.waa ’that contained ftf caricature. Which represents Old Niclr carry tog an old miser down to bis t’egtons I ftng;; while on the way, the mi»W te m»kW to his majesty to tapper nifn With coal. Dear Brown—ls y<m marry a big lily educated girl take my advice and live at a hotel. We tried housekeeping, rd the start, tpyself and Evelina but there was too much Concord phil* ‘'wopfiy about the breakfasts, and there *tesYe grounds for thinking that tbe ooflee’had been through the wrong John Stewart Mill. . v Pop’t contradict me,” said the stern* parent. “You have been holding secret interviews with Charles Monsterrat de Montmorenci.” He ’5 a9 * I P’™« but fashionable tailor, and could not be trifled With. “How dM you find it out?” sobbed the daughter, nevtr saw u’.”“No, I never saw you, be re urned indignantly; “But my faithful Bruno came running to mn this very evening with a mouthful o cloth. I cut the piece to make n paw of pants for young Montmerencl two months ago, and he hasn’t paid. Jor them vet.” AM she answered wasr ‘Father, dear.it’s too awfully too trio/'-, and she fell like a little fadel flow’er at his feet* > Toprioody made ufl his mind that he was not going to be bossed any longer by his wiftoso when he went home at noon he called imperiously: •Mrs.Topuopdy, MYs. Topnoody P’ Mrs. r. cacw out of.the kitchen withM drop of on the end of her nose, a dishrag tlted around her head,and a rolling pin In her hand. “Well sir,” kbe sa!d,“what will you hayeT’ ’Topnoody staggered but braced tip. “Mb. Topnoody, T want you to Understand,' madam”--and he tapped hte breast —“lam the engineer of this estaMlshmeqG” “Oh, you ate, ftre yodt 1 WeMj/ Topnoody, I want ’ifideretafm. that and she looked dangerous“am the boiler that will Hew tip-And was any assistance he co'lid render in the bouse-work.

Her Recommendations

« ’Twas a dull heavy evening: theUiht of the dozen gas-jets along: tbe Arioet only served to make the base and fag visible. The clock just tinkled forth the hour of I ©, and, with the usual remark tihkt “ ’Twas time IxcnesMolks were abed,” old McGunniggle trudged off upAtatre, followed by the-sgM partner of bis sorrows and searcher for you young folks rit updtl the morning paper comes, this time, sbbuied she over the bannister. j >.; j .•No-0—o?' replied a sweet .votes from the parlor; i * r wowon’t, wiU we 2 . odd sheiuan undertone. * ... . - “Not it I know,” was the reply. Slf the old folks are going to foe sour as this I guess I’ll skip now/’i Xnd

he reached lor bls hafet'h j-r - • “See beret" and the girls eyes gleamed with earnestness, your e tb« flrtt fellow I’ve had, and you’ve g»W ptft down - that bkt, amL slt up and •ourt me in good shape., Im homely, I Know, but I can build better bread, “iron a bosom shirt handsomer, knit?a pair of stockings quicker, and make 51.37 go farther than any girt the village. Them’s my recoremendattWH|. ‘That suite me exactly,” and his bat flew Into the corner, and that evening the details of the wedding weeexli arranged. He depended on a giri aa smart aa that to get the best of the;sdd folks, * W

Railroad. Whistle signale.

Tbe Railroad Gazette Jseuyi a table oi whjslfo aiKuals, employed.My 198 railways in the United States, the total being forty. This will be a mat-. • ter of surprise to nUny Who tffipira iialf dozen should be the Jimlh Of .3®! roads employ one short -wbhllesto.set eept four, have three short whistles to Thft‘roads signaling the' approach to atatlons generally employ long Wbkseconds, making.the lite of ger a burden. H properiy- eyatema- ’ Queen Viotoria’g ottildretf rtann in great awe uHtar- They Meter isrmt wl U