Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1882 — Page 3

THE NEWS.

Nome Items. The General Assembly of Virginia is thioßing of abandoning Richmond on account of the small-pox scare. Representative Townsend has introduced anew national bankrupt law, which, h§ claims, Is in every way superior to the old ohe. Ex-Governor Bullock, of Massachusetts, dropped dead on the sidewalk, in Worcester, Mass., Tuesday afternoon. Apoplexy was the cause. Mr. Keyes has been rejected by the President for reappointment as Postmaster of Madison, Wis., because ne is a member of the Legislature. A disastrous fire in Galveston,Texas, destroyed about a dozen large business edifices on the Strand. The loss will not fall far short of $2,000,000. The Sbutji Carolina State Legislature has been apprised that ‘within the past six weeks an exodus of 5,000 negroes occurred from one county. GovernorJSt. John, of Kansas, denies that the prohibition law of that State is invalidated by a recent decision of the BtateSupreme Court. has beep arrested in Detroit, Mich., charged with the murder of Martha Whitla, three years ago. The evidence against him is very strong. A number of manufacturers met in Chicago and formed the National Glucose and Grape Sugar Association, for the protection of that new industry. . Over 11,000,000 pounds of cheese and nearly 4,000,000 pounds of butter were sold on the Elgin (Ill.) Butter and Cheese Board, during the past year. In his annual message to the State Legislature, Governor Cornell, of New York, ad vises a reconsideration of the. auestion of fth international exposion.

A subcommittee has been appointed by Congress to consider and report on a system of postal telegraph hi this country, to be operated by the Government. . ? There wilt be a further deficiency in the Census Bureau, the amount of $540,000 asked for by General Walker, being inadequate for the completion of the work. A bill has been introduced into the Senate asking arrearages of pensions for Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, amounting to $15,000. It was referred to the Pension Committee. At Wilmington, Ohio, a child died of what was supposed to be chickenpox. After the funeral was largely attended, fifty cases of virulent smallpox were developed. Mutilated silver and gold coinage can only .be sept to the U. S. Treasury at Washington in amounts of not less than SIOO, on which there is a melting chargeof 1 per cent. The Grand Jury of New Haven, Conn., has feund true bills* for murder in the first degree against the Malley brothers and Blanche Douglass, for the killing of Jennie Cramer last August. Speculators are operating in Washington to endeavor to secure grants of land in the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Territory. They are said to possess strong political influence. Chicago detectives have arrested an expert baggage thief named DeForrest, with several aliases, who is believed to have stolen about $12,000 worth of baggage f rom railroad depots within a very short time. A National Board of Health official thinks that] the present smallpox epidemic came with the emigrants from Europe. There were between 1,200 and 1,400 deaths from the disease in Philadelphia during 1881, and 700 deaths in New York. The Army of the Cumberland have asked Congress, through Senator Harrison, for an appropriation of $7,500, payable from the proceeds of condemn • ed ordnance, for the erection of a statue to the memory of Gen. Garfield.

The Apaches are at their old work •f murder and rapine in the neighborhood es Sonora, N. M. The State troops and citizens of the Territory are chasing the who are believed to number 200, under the leadership of Nana. Frank Burr, the engineer of the Tarrytown train which run into the Chicago express at Spuyted Duy vil, testified at the Coroner’s inquest that there was no warning given him by that train until it was too late. He stayed on his engine to the last. The Board of Education of the city of Quincy, 111., having established a color line in the public schools there, the State Supreme Court at Springfield has decided this illegal, and reversed the decision of the Circuit Court which was favorable to the board. Secretary Folger, of the Treasury Deparment, has issued the 107th call for the redemption of bonds of the loan of July 17 and August 5. 1861, continued at 3j per cent, from July 1, 1881. Interest on these bonds ’will cease March >3, 1882. The amount ailed in is $20,000,000. The Presbyterian Synod, composed of delegates from presbyteries in the adjoining parts of Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, admitted a negro for several years,but in the present session the question of excluding him was raised, and a majority vote! to turn him out. This action was based solely on his color. - -I Probably the largest hog in the United States was lately exhibited at Junction City, Kansas. His length is 7 feet; girth of neck, 6 and a naif feet; girth of chest, 7 and a half feet; girth of c?nter, 8 feet; width across the hips, 50 inches, and weight, 1,532 pounds. Ttfe Pennsylvania Revenue Commission at Philadelphia has agreed to a report recommending taxing money at interest and personal property at 2 mills on the dollar, and that foreign corporations should be taxed upon the ratio of business done in the State, on the same basis as home Institutions. B

A terrible accident occurred to the Chicago express train which left Albany, N. Y., p. m. Friday. Near Souyteu Duyvil junction, with the Harlem main line, the Tarrytown special tram ran into it and telescoped the Igst two Wagner palace cars, which took tire and caused a loss of twelve lives. Among those who were killed was Senator Wagner. the eminent palace-car proprietor. ; " The star-route cases were taken up for preliminary examination in the Police Court, Washington, Wednesday. Colonel Bliss stated that out of 14.101 bids, bonds were given for $8,000,000, and there was not value enough representedby the eight millions “to buy a spavined horse.” Counsel for the defense made the postofflee inspectors testify that in the bids the government had sustained no lose. / Gen. Brown, chairman of the Invalid pensions Committee, has a queer case .before his'eommittee. It is an application for a pension by a man who first entered the Union army, then deserted and enlisted in the Confederate army, and finally re-enlisted in the Union army, from which he received an honorable discharge. The question with General Brown is, which service shall he be pensioned for, the Union or the Confederate?

Foreign.

Garibaldi, the Italian patriot, is seriously ill at Caprera. Spanish Catholics are organizing a great pilgrimage to Rome. The St. Gothard Tunnel will be opened for railway traffic July 1. A Parisian sugar broker is reported to have failed for $2,000,000. The suf-' ferers are French sugar refiners. The Mexican National railroad has been completed across Tamaulipas,and is being laid at the rate of one mile a day. The Marquis of Huntley, who is heavily and criminally involved in debt, is a refugee in Russia. His extradition will he asked. The Marquis of Lome has sailed from Liverpool for Canada. The Princess Louise stays in England until her health is completely restored. The Russian budget for 1882 is very ingeniously arranged so that the expenditure exactly equals the receipts from revenue, which is 762,000,000 roubles. Lord Lurgan is dead. He was distinguished as a Liberal member of the House of Lords, and as the owner of “Master McGrath,” the famous coursing hound. English merchants are agitating for cheaper telegraphic facilities. The government controls the telegraphic system in Great Britain In conection with the Post-office Department. The Spanish Government finds serious cause of uneasiness in the fact that the proposed pilgrimage to Rome is a Carlist demonstration. It is thought that 10,000 pilgrims will participate. The day the American Commissioners arrived at Callao, Peru, there was a severe shock of earthquake. They find a serious misunderstanding exististiug between Chili and the United States. The London Times believes that the government will not allow the Irish suspects who are members of Parliament to be liberated to occupy their seats ‘at the coming session.

It is believed that Charles Bradlaugh l the English free-thinker, will, at the approaching session of parliament, be prepared to take the oath, and will be supported by the Liberals and opposed by the Conservaties. In the case of Dr. George H. Lamson, the English schoolmaster, accused ed of poisoning his brother-in-law, whois highly connected in New-York, the Coroner’s jury found a verdict of willful murder against him. The funeral of General Kilpatrick, United States Minister to Chili, which was recently held in Santiago, was conducted by the state officers of that republic with the solemn dignity which belonged to the rank and merits of the deceased. In Ireland large forces of the military are employed to protect sheriff's sales and writ-servers. The dead bodies of a process server and his nephew were found chained together in Lough Mask. Five persons bJiieyed to be implicated have been arrested. The Nihilist prisoners, of. whom a large number have been inprisoned several months awaiting trial, will be tried for participation in the various conspiracies during the past three years for the murder of the late Czar, one at Odessa having been hitherto unknown. A St. Petersburg dispatch states that an American circus rider, of the Jewish persuasion, who was about to be expelled the country on account of his creed, was allowed to remain after he had joined a Christian sept which most resembled the faith of his fathers.

THE STATE.

Nicholas Talheimer has brought su against the city of Connersville, demanding SIO,OOO damages for the death of his child, crushed to death in the street a few days ago. While out coon hunting near Hagerstown, Commodore Foyst and Chas. Stoltz, killed a large wild-cat, the only animal of the kind that has been seen in this section for years. Martin H. Thomas, formerly a well-to-do hardware merchant, was run over by a train while sitting on the bridge across the river at South Bend, and lost a leg. He was intoxicated at the timd. The business of the South Bend post office for the past year amounted to $24,764.03, and as this is nearly $5,000 above the amount required for free de-, livery, an attempt will be made, to secure the carrier system. Mm. Wooster, a noted temperance man of Montezuma, was set upon and

severely beaten by James Rariden, a eloon-keeper, because Wooster had Said, in a temperance meeting, he bad been minors in Rariden’s saloon. ? Daniel Pollard, a farmer residing several miles southwest of Richmond, found his wife lying across her bed, unconscious, on his return from bis work at supper time, and before a physician airrived she was dead. Apoplexy was the supposed cause. Recently some very large plates o* glass have been cast a DePau w’s glass works,New Albany, for business places in Chicago and New York. During the past month several plates 108 by 179 inches have been shipped, and the company has orders for more, Thomas T. Thompson, an old citizen, a bricklayer and successful contractor, at Jeffersonville, where he has resided nearly twenty years, and where he married and has reared a large family, is in trouble. A z former wife, from whom he was never divorced, has turned up. Irwin Hunt, colored, who has been employed in the- Green field Democrat office for the past twenty years,while delivering papers to the postoffice was struck by a sleigh and severely injured integrally. He was taken home unconscious. Mr. Hunt is about one hundred and four years ond. Prof. E. 8. Wayne, of Cincinnati, has sent his report in of the poisoned wine sent by Emma Clifton to Miss Maggie Kelly, at Washington, the other day- He found the wind to contain two and’onequarter grains of strychnia to one ounce of wine, and says one wine-glassful is sufficient to kill. - About 200 men have been discharged from the Pittsburg railway shops jat Fort Wayne, the new management believing they can do as much with 790 men as had been done with* 900. Some of the machinists and other employes, who are discharged, have been in the employ of the company Smany years. 'he horses in Jennings county are idly dying off and a number of farmers from that section report that their cattle are dying from the same disease, or something similar. The strange feature of the cattle plague, or whatever it is, is that it is only good cattle, or those fed for market, that so far have been the victims. Farmers are alarmed. Three Greensburg ruffians, William Welch, William Mullen and James Gaimon went to Rushville on Monday night, got drunk and attempted “run the town.” They went to the Grand Hotel, and the night clerk, Charles Stockdell, and a barber named Charles Fisher attempted to eject them. They resisted, and Welch fired at Fisher, inflicting a terrible wound in the face, fracturing the cheek bone. The sheriff then arrived and the ruffians were pursued, and in the fight which followed Welch was shot three times, and it is believed mortally wounded.

Smallpox is again increasing at Ft. Wayne. Twenty cases were reported Wednesday. Dr. Munhall is conducting a remarkable revival meeting in the Presbyterian church at Elkhart. Senator Garrison has introduced a bill td provide fori the erection of a public building at New Albany. : Riley, the Hoosier poet, is receiving the social and literary indorsement of Boston “culture” and aestheticism. One of Gen. Tom Browne’s constituents has written to him asking for “a package of maccaroni seeds,’* and everybody in Washington is saying, “Where’s Le Due?’’ A Richmond special to the Indianapolis Journal of Monday, gives the details of the horrible murder of an old man named Smith, in the Northern part of Wayne county, by his wife and two sops, and the discovery of the remains in a well near Smith's residence. The guilty wretches were all arrested. A farmer at Lynn, a few miles from Richmond,on the Grandßapids railway recentlyrecpived a letter from Cincinnati containing several smallpox scabs. The man took the letter from the office, placed it in his pocket, and did not open it until he reached home. The only writing was: “I send you some smallpox scabs; now go home and die.” The inclosures were submitted to a physician, who declared them to be what they purported. The envelope was postmarked Cincinnati, and had the word “transit” stamped upon it. This is the only clew the detectives have to the diabolical villain.

The Ship-Building State.

Augusta Journal. Maine can once again be called with propriety ‘the shipbuilding State.’ During 1881 her yards resounded with the music of hammiers and adzes, and many a stately vessel was launched along the coast. The outlook is even brighter than it was a year ago. There will probably be built in Maine in 1882 something like the following: West of Portland none, unless a schooner or two may be built at Kennebunk; at Deering, two barks and perhaps two or three schooners; at Yarmouth, two barks; Freeport and Brunswick none; at Bath, five or six ships, a steam whaler, and probably as many or more schooners and barken tines as this year; at Phipsburg, a ship of 1,600 or 1,700 tons; Waldoboro, not known, probably two or three schooners and possibly a bark; at Damariscotta, a ship of 1,800 tons; a at Thomaston, one ship, perhaps two, and two or three schoonersand barkentines; at Hockland, a three-masted schooner with auxiliary steam power, and one or two other schooners; at Rockport, one bark; at Camden, probably two schooners; at Belfast, three schooners, and perhaps one o.’ two more; at Sears-, port, Bucksport and Bangor, probably a schooner or two at »*ach place; east of the Penobscot, probably but .very little will be dorfe.” 4— An opera audience sat with umbrellas up, at Marshall, Mich,, because the roof leaked.

Fashion Notes.

Cuffs are made vert deeip, reaching sometimes almost to the elbow. A new drees fabric is a moire and lace stripe silk in delicate shades of color. - | Many of the tyng elqgaht midwinter cloaks argliued througltpjpr with mauve tinted or crimson plushA new lace seen on imported dresses has the flowers, of white lace applied to black tulle in a most effective way. Pretty striped limousine skirts are worn with street Costumes, instead of the black cashmere or silk petticoats of the last few years. Black satin dresses elaborately trimmed r with black lace ajidsolidtjet trimmings are the fovorite toilets for dinners and Small satin muffs are fashionable, trimmed with bows and lace. In many instances fur is worn inside instead of outside the muff this winter. Abroad, the long Sara Bernhardt, or Mosquetaire, gloves are slipped on over the right drtss-sleeve, which is quite plain and ‘ untrimmed at the wrist. Self-colored woolen stockings in cloth colors are worn to match the costume. Striped hose are less fashionable than last year. Cloth boots faced with calf are worn also to match the dress. The white Spanish lace, with .large polka dots, is used for garniture of young ladies' evening dresses, also for fichus and scarfs to be worn with high corsages, and makes them more dressy. Feather fans of every description are used with evening .dress —from the dainty oval shapes made of White ostrich feathers, to the large, round Portia fans, made of the brilliant plumage of the golden pheasant, with the mosaic like breasts of a score of bright West India birds. A double puff of white ? or creamcolored crepe lisse is seep inside the neck and wrists of Worth’s dresses. Young ladies are wearing very narrow pleatings of doubled tulle around the throat. What is called the Worth ruffling for the same purpose, is three graduated rows of finely crimped lisse, each edged with very .narrow Valenciennes.

Ladies shopping in Upper Broadway this week.have gathered in groups benfore the large windows of a well-known importing house,which displays a very handsome reception robe of amber tinted satin with tablier and corsage embroidered in hedge roses and foliage. The square necksleeves, and other portions of the dress were enriched by wide ruffles of Duchess lace. One of the most charming opera muffs yet exhibited is made of creeam white satin, embroidered in white snowdrops and white fuchias, outlined with shining white crystals. The muff is lined with peach blossom satin, and at the ends are double ruffles of cream white Renaissance lace. A white satin echarpe for the neck is added, embroidered to match, and edged with frill! of lace. Newmarket jackets,onhandsomesurcoats of French laaies’ cloth of invisible green, trimmed with plush, are worn over skirts of Farquarsbn plaided surah, or rich broche in subdued colors. Redin gote Johns of dark green satin sublime|are also made. They are very long, and are trimmed with wide bands of fur. The skirts worn beneath them call for but a simple trimming around the bottom.

A Lawyer’s Charity.

The Brooklyn Eagle recently published an incident oQpracticul philantnropy which is worthy of extensive circulation, The chiif actor in the case is a well known Long Island lawyer, the subject of his benevolence a vagabond boy who had been indicted for grand larceny If/the court of oyer and terminer ip Long Island City. This boy did not even know his own name, and never knew his father or mother or any relation or friend. He had drifted around for years among the farmers of Queens county, doing odd jobs, and getting a night s rest where he cold. His hair was long, tangled and filthy. His face and hands were begrimed with dirt. His feet were shoeless and sockless, and a few unseemly rags Were his only covering. The crime of which he was accused was the theft of a horse and wagon, the fact apparently being that the lad saw the vehicle standing by the road, got inside, arid Went off for a ride, imagining, perhaps, for a time that he was a wealthy farmer driving to tbWu to collect SIOO,OOO or $200,000 for produce. He was caught, taken to jail, and indicted for grand larceny. Ou Wednesday when the poor little beggar was brought into cdurt, lawyer Mott was there, and, when he saw the young prisoner, his heart was touched. Under the patches of dirt on the boy’s face the worthy man saw lines of intelligence. The eye was bright and the movements were quick. The boy said he was 10 years old, but it was plain that he Was barely 12, and knew no more of bis own age than he did of the reign of Ptolemy. Mr. Mott went up to the prosecuting attorney arid said:

“Downing, give me this boy.” “Give him to you,” exclaimed Mr. Downing, “why, he’s to be tried for grand larceny.” “Never mind that,’’replied Mr. Mott; “I’ll take him and make a man of him.” .“That won’t do,” Mr. Downing said; “he’ll have to go to the house of refuge.” “Not until he has been tried and convicted,” if he is to be tried, I appear for him.” The lad was remanded for the day, and again appeared in court on Thursday. Mr, Mott repeated his request to be allowed to take the boy. “Don’t make any mistake,” said Mr. Mott; “I’ll take care of him. Ive got eight of my own and another mouth won’t make much difference.” The matter was referred to the Judge, and he, satisfied that Mr. Mott would do as he said, allowed the boy to go on his own recognizance. The next morning Mr. Mott saw that the boy was thorougaly cleansed from head to foot and his hair cut. Then a complete suit of clothing transformed him into another being. Mr. Mott went to Mr. Downing’s office, taking theboy wlth hiin. Mir. Mott has a son named John', and the lawyer practiced a pious'fraud on Mr. Downing. “Downing,” said he “this ferny boy John” "Glad to see you, John,” said Mr.

1 Downing, adding aside to Mr. Mott, ‘He’s a mighty smart-looking lad.” re4e,” said Mr. Mott, “he is. Don't you remember seeing him before?” “No, I can’t say that I do,” Mr. Downing replied. “Well,” said Mr. Mott, “this Is the boy you indicted for grand larceny and wanted to send to the house of remge.” Mr. Downing was astonished and gratified as well. That evening Mr. Mott took the boy home with him. He behaved like a gentleman./ When bedtime came Mr. Mett led him to a small room which he had prepared for him and left him there. Soqn afterward Mr. Mott went back to the boy’s room aud glanced in. The little fellow was knellng by the bedside praying aloud. As Mr. Mott deseribedihfe scene his eyes were filled with tearsS. ’ “I heard him praylna for me and my wife and children,” said Mr. Mott, “and I never felt so happy in my life.’’ Next morning the boy was around attending to the cow and the horses before any one else was up. Mr. Mott said he had a man to do that,, but the boy said he liked to do it, as he had often done it for the farmers. On Sunday morning the lad was around early again and attended to the cow and hort-es as before. After breakfast he dressed himself aud went to church with the family. This morning he was up earlier than before, and long before 9 o’clock had finished everything and dressed himself. “You have got through early,” said Mr. Mott. “Yes,, sir,” the boy answered; “I'm going to Sunday school with the boys.” It may not be often that a homeless, dirty, ragged boy exhibits such characteristics of head and heart; it is certain that few such boys have the opportunity. We would, for their sakes, that there were more practical benefactors like the Long Island lawyer.

A Surprised Policeman.

Cleveland Press. “Talk about your bank burglaries,” said a member of the police force this morning, “the slickest steal lever heard of was the robbery of a bank down in Rhode Island, six or seven years ago. It was a bitter cold night, ana a nigut patrolman noticed a dim light lu the bank window, and going up to the door, rapped. “Is that you, patrolman?” asked a voice from within. “Yes,” was the reply. “Step in and get a heat,” said the voice from within. The patrolman stepped Inside and encountered a dapper little fellow wearing a green shade over his eyes and a pen behind his ear. “You're working late to-night,” said the patrolman. “Yes,” said the dapper little fellow, “I’ve been detained to-night straightening up accounts.” “The patrol map warmed himself at the roaring big fire that blazed on ,the hearth, and went out again on his beat. An hour after the patrolman came this way, and still seeing the light through the window, rapped again.” “Isthat you, patrolman?” “Yes.” “Come in and warm yourself.” The patrolman accepted the invitation. “It’s a howling old night,’! said the man with a green shade over his eyes. “You bet,” said the patrolman. 8o he took another heat and returned to his beat. He was rather surprised the next day to learn that his fireside friend of the night before had got away with some $90,000 of the bank’s funds.

A Fashionable Lady’s Disgrace

Washington Republican. A rather unusual arrest for drunkenness was made last evening by the officers of the fifth precinct. A young and attractive girl, about eighteen years of age, dressed in quiet but elegant style, was discovered in the early hours of the evening in the Smithsonian grounds surrounded by a gang of roughs. They had found het in the streets under the influence of liquor, and had decoyed her to a lonely spot to rob her of the jewelry which sue wore in profusion, and perhaps with other designs. They were interrupted by the arrival of the officers and took to their heels. Theyounglady was taken in charge and conveyed to the station. It was found that she was no common character, and her face, of more than ordinary beauty," showed no trace of a fast life. The handsome fur lined circular which she wore was stained with mud of the streets where she had fallen In her staggering progress. A costly hat of the latest de. sign was crushed and battered beyond recognition, Her dress, which was of a lovely shade of empress cloth, and her well selected Jewelry and the other details of her toilet evinced a refined and well bred taste. From what could be gathered from her incoherent and disjointed talk, it was evident that she was a person of education, and accustomed to good society. When she realized her situation she began to cry bitterly and call for her mother. It was ascertained that she had left* her home in the upper part of the city (the West End) early in the day to make a call at the bouse of a friend. While there she lunched and nartook rather freely of Christmas eggnog. The liquor did not begin to hava. its full effect until she started for her home early in the evening. She staggered aloug the streets, and white io this condition, and almost unconscious, she fell Into the hands of the roughs with the results above mentioned. Her parents in their elegant home were ignorant of the terrible fate which had befallen their loved daughter. This incident is a striking illustration of some phases bf social life in this city.

Midnight in a Vault.

Philadelphia Record. The closing moments of the old year had arrived Laurel Hill Cemetery was wrapped in the darkness of the night, and a heavy fog hung over the stately piles of marble which mark the resting places of the distinguished dead, obscuring them from view. Suddenly the quiet was broken the tolling bells and the shrieks of locomotive whistlesAlmost simultaneously with these tokens of respect to the expiring year a blight silvery'fight flamed over a corner of the city of the dead. ’A moment later and all was darkness again. Then three flashes followed each other in quick succession. Presently the din was increased tenfold, spreading the I

news that*the new year • bad Again the wenji light rays encircled a vault. The iron doors were open, and over the head! of • ifid* group Of! people who s too a trance a double row of sh«-(v»w, pearlv7 every one occupied by a be seen. groin* cmn(r»At <t • gentleman and a lady, .all attired in deepest mourning. < > “Another year gone and a new onein its place,” said the 1i,.. i (l |Wmusical voice, as she gazed plus. Wy* at the the third iowap rtl -ii i to the left. . “One more year,” responded thw gentleman nearest her, “and we are* all here. How many will be left at the next appointment?” ” I The members of the group looked st. i each other in silence, and then a.a'.r* directed their glances to the interior oh the vault For the next five miuutw they stood in this attitude, motfonldas. ; Then the pcssessor of the musical voice remarked, as she drew lieT Watcf from its hiding-place: “leu mlnutaU after twelve—our mission is ended.” With a last look at the coffin,the ttex-a tet moved slowly away aud entered the carriages which had been waiting at 1 ' the gateway,, the grave keeper, who-, had been waiting at a respectful distanoe, swung to the iron doors kn’M'* fastened the lock, the light was 'ex- 1 - tinguished, aud ail was gloom. i , There in a peculiar story uwk of the - scene which was thus enact. I in the' early minutes of 1882, Back tn the '7os' ; there died in this city a gentleman wfio was as distinguished for his pecullari-' ties as he wasrenowned for his wealth and good deeds. When his will was opened it was found that he had laid a sacred injunction on children that ! so long as they remained alive they 1 ’ should see *lw old year out and thonetf ono in at the foot of his coffin, Teh years have'passed away and the in* junction hm not once been forgotten, ' although the little group of Saturday nig>it looked upon the caskets which J the remains of four of their family who had in as many years' fol—lowed the rather to his long home.’ The * others are uo,w widely scattered, Some,' of them ate located in Vermont; some, jrem dn In this city, whileone has enj-igr»u-<i so 'ar away as Nebraska, butat ■ toe close of every year they journey th this city and bold their family reunion in the presence of the dead and under the glare of the calcium lights. .

“Where It Wouldn’t Show.”

StfLouls special. Emma Abbott, the songstress, spent to-day in Bt. Louis, much against iter will, and received the attenifop of surgeons for several hours. Two weeks ago Miss Abbott appeared in Chicago, and became so alarmed at the presence of smal)-pox that she determined to.tw Vaccinated. To adorn the shapely arm of a prime donna with a plebeian scab would simply be outrageous, and the public would hot for an instant tolerate it. 1 The next question that naturally occurred td the Chicage physician was “Where then?” That was the serious point, and the problem required several days’ discussion, but finally M.|hs Abbott and her husband deckled (hat the prlma donna’s left leg should w ceive the vaccine. Singularly enough, the attending physician applied the virus above the knee, where the large muscles of the hip are easiest afleot«£ and where a hurt of any kind is sure tn interfere with pedestrian ism. Ofooinw Miss Abbott was cautioned not to exercise herself unduly, nor in all the roman He episodes of her tepeffoirt should she forget her vaccination. ■ I < After leaving Chicago the Abbott company followed the Kellogg company in a series of one-night stands throughout the minor cities of Minnesota. Tire rapid traveling and freqdent appearances of Miss Abbott naturally hud an exhaustive effect, and her “vaccination” became greatly inflamed and very painful. Finally,onFriday Evening last,she and her company opened the new opera house at Burlingtoiij lowa. On thia occasion Miss Abbote appeared in the mad scene from “Lucia” and an act froin “Fra: Dlavolo.” The rapturous applause of the immense audience, the beautiful surroundings, and the situation gener.) ally caused her to forget that she had a “vaccination.” ana she permitted herself to be carried away by the emotions of the scene. That night there was was great inflammation and< soreness |u the damaged limb. The company left Burlington Saturday morning, intending to reach Louisville this evening. At BL Louis Miss Abbott’s condition was such that it was deemed beet to remain in the city and consult medical men. By a course of treatment lasting all day, tbelimb Wks so far restored to its normal condition that the journey to Loulsvllte waq resumed to-night. The doctors say JL was a decidedly bad-looking leg wWn they took hold of it this morning. ”

He Thought Cattle Poor Security.

New York Bun. ■ “I owned about 8,000 head of cattle! in Texas about three years ago,” said ’ the Texan at another time, “andai my range wa4 very large 1 thought that if I could raise some money on the herd I’d buy more cattle and increase the business. So I came toNew York and was around Wall street for two weeks before I could get any one to listen to me. At last, through the Intervention of a friend, I got Morgan, oTDrexel, Morgan & Co., to hear me talk for half an hour, I put in my best licks,, 1 told him how much the battle wareworth, how they doubled in valtfe every four years, and by figures made an average yearly profit of 88} per cent. 1 described them running wild over the range ami getting fat on the nutritious grasses. He inquired about fences, and I told him we had non*. *No fences?’ he said in- a tone of holy horror. ’Why, good Lord, young man, I’d as soon take a mortgage on a shoal of codfiiri' off the banks of Newfoundland.’ ” • iw 4 ■ — l — to several writers Charlea V. ordered a rhearsal of his own obsequies. His domestlos marched with black tapers. Charles, folded in, his shroud, was laid in his colfiu, and the service for the dead was chap ted, The farce was followed in a few days by the real tragedy. ’ln'Japan, In honor of a deity haying' the head of a dog, the different streets' each town contribute to the ?Kl ce . rt 5 ilx numbe r of dogs; they ' u ha.etbmr lodgings, and persons are',, especially appointed to take care <4 them when sick.