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MR. THOMPSON'S PRODIGAL.

BY F. BRET HARTE.

Thompson was looking WMiHponjind a pretty bad one at that Teat Mwas coming to California for tl# BefeHjnject was bo secret to hia Uie physical peculiamS*. SQWj, s$ the moral weaknesses, 0( th# uk prodigal were made equally MfllKHHFrihreugh the frank volubility parent. “You was speaUpg of 1 riming man which was hung at Ke« DogfoMuice-robbing,” said Mr. Thompfoip*tQ ir steerage passenger, one day; “ beyon hware of the color of his eyes?" “Black,” responded the passenger. “ Ah," said Mr. Thompson, referring to some mental memoranda, “Charles’ eyes was blue.” He then walked away. Perhaps it/vsuf from this unsympathetic mode of inquiryperhaps it was from that Western predilection to take a humorous view of any principle or Bentimga* 'JfeOrajkteqtlt brought before them, tui Ks 'lfipmppon's quest was the subject or safir* among the paasengera A gratuitous advertisement of the missing Charles;;addressed to "Jailors and Guardians,” circulated privately among them; everybody remembered So have met Charles under distressing circumstances. Yet it is but due to my countrymen to state ; that when it was known that Thompson Imd embarked some wealth in this vMonary project, but little of this satire found its way to his ears, and nothing was uttered in his hearing that might bring a pang to a father’s heart, or imperil a possible pecuniary advantage of the satirist. Indeed, Mr. Bracy Tibbets’ jocular proposition to form a joint-stock company to “ prospect ’’ for the missing youth, received at one time quite serious entertainment. Perhaps, to superficial criticism, Mr. Thompson’s nature was not picturesque nor lovable. His history, as imparted at dinner one day, by himself, was practical even in its singularity. After a hard and willful youth and maturity-in which he had buried a broken-spirited wife, and driven his son to sea—he suddenly experienced religion. “I got it in New Orleans in ’59,” said Mr. Thompson, with the general suggestion of referring to an epidemic. “ Enter ye the narror gate. Parse me the beans.” Perhaps this practical quality upheld him in his apparently hopeless search. He had no clue to the whereabouts of his runaway son—indeed, scarcely a proof of his present existence. Prom his indifferent recollection of the boy of twelve, he now expected to identify the man of twenty five. It would seem that he was successful. How he succeeded w; s one of the few things, he did not tell. There arc, I be lieve, two versions of the story. One, that Mr. Thompson, visiting a hospital, discovered his son by reason of a peculiar hymn, chanted by the sufferer, in a delirious dream of his boyhood. This version, giving as it did, wide range to the finer feelings Of the heart, was quite popular. The other was more simple, and, as I shall adopt it here, deserves more elaboration. . It was after Mr. Thompson had given up searching for his son among the living, and had taken to the examination of cemeteries, and a careful inspection of the “cold hie jacets of the dead.” At this time he was a irequent visitor of “ Lone Mountain”—a dreary hill top, bleak enough in its original isolation, and bleaker for the white faced marbles by which San Francisco anchored her departed citizens, and kept them down in a shifting sand that refused to cover them,' and against a fierce and persistent wind that strove to blow them utterly away. Against this wind the old man opposed a will quite as persistent—a grizzled, hard face, and a tall crape-bound hat drawn tightly over his eyes—and so spent his days in reading the mortuary inscriptions audibly to himself. Tho frequency of scriptural quotation pleased him, and he was fond of corroborating them by a pocket Bible. “ That’s from Psalms," he said, one day, to an adjacent grave-digger. The man made no reply. Not at all rebuffed, Mr.,Thompson at Once slid down ’into tho open grave, with a more practical inquiry, “ Hid you ever, in your profession, come across Char les Thompson ?” *Thompson be d—d," said thegravedigger, with great directnesa “ Which, if he hadn’t’religion,'l think he is,” responded tho old man, as he clambered out of the grave. It was, perhaps, on this’ occasion, that Mr. Thompson stayed later than usual. As he turned hte tkoe toward the city, ligEii -were beginning to twinklo ahead, and a fierce wind, made visible by fog, drove him forward, or lying in wait, charged him angrily from tho corners of deserted suburban streets. It was on one of these corners that something else, quite as indistinct and malevolent, leaped upon him with an oath, a presented pistol and a demand for money. ''But ft was met with a will of iron and a grip, of steel. The assailant and assailed rolled together on the ground. But the nnri moment the old man was erect! one hand grasping the captured pistol, the other clutching at arm ,® length the throat of a figure surly, youthftd and savage. “ Y v ° ! u ”?, n,a ?." “to Mr. Thompson, setting his thin lips together, “ what might be your name?” “ Thompson!’ l The old man’s hand slid from the throat to the arm of his prisoner, without relaxing its firmness. “ Char les Thompson, come with me,” he said, presently, and marched his captive to tho hotel. What took place there has not transpired, but it was known tho next morning that Mr. Thompson had found his sofa; • , It is propej to add to the above improbable story, that'there was nothing in the young man’s appearance or manners to

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Justify ft. (have, reticent, and handsome, devoted to his newly found parent, he assumed the emoluments and responsibilities of his hew cAndltfoH with a certain .serious ease that more nearly approached that which San Frapclscq. society lacked,, and—rejected. tocdMffiMthls quality as a tendency to “psalm-singing; ” others saw in it theffnherited qualities of the parent, and were ready -to prophecy for the son the same hard old age. But all agreed that it was uot inconsistent with the habits of money-getting, for Which father and son were respected. And yet, the old man did not seem to be happy. Perhaps it was that the consummation of MS wishes less him . without a practical mission: perhaps—and it is the mofe probable—he had little love for the son he bad regained. The 1 obedience he exacted Was freely given, the reform he had set his heart upon was complete; and yet, somehow, it did not seem tq please him. In reclaiming his son, he had fulfilled aQ the requirements that his religious duty required of him, and yet the act seemed to lack sanctification. In this perplexity, he read again the parable of the Prodigal Son—which he had iong ago adopted for his guidance—and fontfd that he had omitqd the final feast of reconciliation. This seemed to offer the proper quality of ceremoniousness In the sacrament between himself and bis son; and so, a year after the appearance of Charles, he set about giving him a everybody, Char-les,” he said, dryly; “ everybody who knows that I brought you out of the winehusks of iniquity and evil company; and bid them eat, drink and be merry.” Perhaps the old man-had anotherreason, not yet clearly analyzed. The fine house he had built on the s»nd-hills sometimes seemed lonely and ban. He often found himself trying to reconstruct, from the grave features of Charles, the little boy which he but dimly remembered in the past, and of which lately he had been thinking a great deal. He believed this to be a sign of impending old age and childishness; but coming, one day, in his formal drawing-room, upon a child of one of the servants, who had stayed therein, lie would have taken him In his arms, but the child fled before his grizzled face. So that it seemed eminently proper to invite a number of people to hit house, find, from the array of San Francisco maidenhood, to select a daughter-in-jaw. And then there would be a child—a boy, whom he could “ rare up ’’ from the beginning, and —love—as he did not love Charles. We were all at the party. The Smiths, Joneses, Browns and Robinsons also came, in that fine flow of animal spirits, unchecked by any respect for the entertainer, which most of us are apt to find so fascinating. The proceedingswould have been somewhat riotous but for tho social position of the actors. In fact, Mr. Bracy Tibbets, having naturally a fine appreciation of a humorous situation, but further impelled by the bright eyes of the Jones girls, conducted himself so remarkably as to attracttheJseriouSregard ofMr. Charles Thompson, who approached him, saying quietly: "Youloot ill, Mr. Tibbets, Jet me conduct you to vour carriage. Resist, you hound, and I’ll throw you through that window. This way, please; the room is close and distressing.” It is hardly necessary to say that but a part of this speech was audible to the company, and that the rest waS not divulged by Mr. Tibbets, who afterward regretted the sudden illness which kept him from witnessing a very singular incident, which I hasten to record: It was at supper. It was evident that Mr. Thompson had overlooked much lawlessness in the conduct of the younger people, in his abstract contemplation of some impending event. When the cloth was removed he rose to his feet, and grimly tapped upon the table. A titter, that broke out among the Jones girls, bedame epidemic on one side of the board. Charles Thompson, from the foot of the table, looked up in a tender perplexity. “He’s going to sing a doxology “ lie’s going to pray for a speech,” ran round the room. “ It’s one year to-day, Christian brothers and sisters,” said Mr. Thompson, with grim deliberation, “ one year to-day since my son came home from eating of wins husks and from squandering of his substance. Look at him now. Charles Thompson, stand up. (Charles Thompson stood up) “ One year ago to day—and look at him now." He was certainly a handsome prodigal, standing there in his cheerfril evening dress—a repentant prodigal, with sad, obedient eyes turned upon the harsh and unsympathetic glance of his father. The youngest Miss Smith, from the pure depths of her foolish little heart, moved unconscionsly toward him. “ It is fifteen years ago since he left my house,” said Mr. Thompson, *‘a rover and a prodigal, I was myself a uian of sin, O Christian friends—a man of wrath and bitterness—hut, praised bo God, I’ve fled the wrath to come. It’s five years ago since I got the peace that passeth understanding. “And when I found tho error of my ways and the preciousness of grace,” continued Mr. Thompson, “I came to give it to my son. By sea and land I sought him far and fainted not. I did not wait for him to come to me—which tho same I might have done, and Justified myself by the Book of Books—but I sought him out and found hkn among his husks. Works, friends, is my motto. By their works ye shall know them, and there is mine.” The particular and accepted work to which Mr. Thompson was alluding had turned quite pale, and was looking fixedly toward the open door leading to the veranda, lately filled by gaping servants, and now tho scene of somo vague tumult. As the noise continued, a man, shabbily dressed, and evidently in liquor broko through the opposing guardians, and staggered into tho room. The transition from the fog and darkness without to the glaro and heat within evidently dazzled and stupefied him. He removed his battered bat and passed it once or twico before his eyes, as no steadied himself, but unsuccessfully, by the back of a chair. Suddenly his wandering glance fell upon the pale face 'of Charles Thompson; and, with a gleam of child-like recognition, and a weak, falsetto laugh, he darted forward, caught at the table,upset the glasses, and literally fell upon the prodigal’s breast. “ Bha’ly! yo’ d-d ol’ scoun’rel, hoo rar yes

“ Hush! sit down I—hush!” said Charles Thompson, hurriedly endeavoring to extricate himself from the embrace of his unexpected guest. ___ “ Look at’m,” continued tho stranger, unheeding the admonition, but suddenly, holding the unfortunate Charles at arms 1 length, in loving and undisguised admiration ot Us festive appearance. “ Look at m t Ain’t he tasty ? Shal’s, Pm prow ofyerj”

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“Leave the house I" said Mr. Thompson, rising, with a dangerous look in his “ Simmer down, ole man I Sha’ls, who’s Ah’ ol’ bloat? Eh? 5 ’ “ Hush, man; here, take this I” With nervous hands, Charles Thompson filled a glass with liquor. “ Drink ft and go—until to-morrow—any time, but—leave us!—go now I” But even then, ere the miserable wretch could drink, the old man, pale With passion, was upon him. Half carrying him in his powerful arms, half dragging him through the circling crowd of frightened guests, he had reached the door swung open by the waiting -servants, when Charles Thompson started from a seeming stupor, saying—- “ Stop!” The old man stopped. -Through the open door the fog and wind drove chilly. “ What does this mean ?” he aßked, turning a baleful face on Charles. “Nothing—but stop, for God’s sake. Wait till to-morrow, but not to-night. Do not—l implore you—do this thing.” There was something in the tone of. the yonng man’s voice—something, perhaps, in the contact of the struggling wretch he held in his powerful arms; but a dim, indefinite fear took possession of the old man’s heart “ Who ?” he - whispered hoarsely, “ is this man ?” Charles did not answer. “ Stand back, there, all of you,” thundered Mr. Thompson to the crowding guests around him. “ Char-les—come heret I command you—l—l—l—beg you —tell me who is this man?”’ Only two persons heard the answer that came fbintly from the lips of Charles Thompson: “ Your sow." When day broke over the black sandhills, the guests had departed from Mr. Thompson’s banquet halls. The lights still burned dimly and coldly in the deserted rooms—deserted by alj but three figures, that huddled together in the* chill drawing-room, as if for warmth. One lay in drunken slumber on a couch; at his feet sat he who had been knqjvn as Charles Thompson; and beside' them, haggard and shrunken to half his size, bowed the figure of Mr. Thompson, his gray eye fixed, his elbows upon his knees, and his hands clasped over ids ears, as if to shut out the sad, entreating voice that filled the room. “ God knows I did not set about to willflilly deceive. The name I gave that night was the first that came into my thought—the name of one whom I thought dead—the dissolute companion of my shame. And when you questioned further, 1 used the knowledge that I gained from him to touch your heart to sot me free—only, I swear, for that! But when you told me who you were, when first I saw the opening of another life before me—then—then—. Oh, sir, I was hungry, homeless and wreckless when I would have robbed you of your gold. I was heart-sick, helpless and desperate when I would have robbed you of your love." The old man stirred not. From his luxurious couch the newly-found prodigal snored peacefully. “ I had no father I could claim. I never knew a home but this. I was tempted. I have been happy—very happy.” He rose and stood before the old man. “ Do not fear that I shall come between your Eon and his inheritance. To-day I leave this plaee, never to return. The world is large, sir, and, thanks to your kindness, I now see the way by which an honest livelihood is gained. Good-by. You will not take my hand? Well, welL Good-by.” He turned to go. But when he had reached the door he suddenly came back, and raising with both hands the grizzled head, he kissed it once and twice. “Char-les!” The old man rose with a frightened air, and tottered feebly to the door. It was open. There came to him the awakened tumult of a great city, in which the prodigal’s, footsteps were lost forever.—Overland Monthly.

The White Man’s Feet.

Edward E. Cheever, in the May number of The Naturalist, giyes a most interesting paper on the “ Indians of California,” in which we find the following passage: “In tracking white men, they (the Indians) cannot make mistakes. Tho white man’s foot is deformed, made so by the shape of his boots and shoes, and even when barefooted, his toes are turned inward. The Indian’s foot, never having been compressed, has the toes naturally formed and straight, sis our fingers are, and ho can even use them .to hold arrows when he is making them. When he walks, therefore, each toe leaves its imprint in the dust or sand, the imprint of the little toe being as straight, perfect and distinct as the largest.” This paragraph might be mado the text for an article. We wish we knew of some plausible reason why Indians deserve better formed feet than white people, but we do not. No doubt it is a matter of accident, rather than of choice, but so it is. And, surely, the white race, with all their glorious achievements in tho sciences and the arts, might easily construct boots and shoes on such models as would allow nature full play; and we believe they would If they had a proper understanding of the subject, and a higher ideal of what a glorious state physical perfection is, apd the degradation of deformity. The foot is not so degraded a member of the body that wo should neglect it, and it cannot grow into perfect form if pinched and cramped by bad shoes, and the sooner people know it the better. It is no excuse that it is kept so much out of sight, for the true artist recognizes deformity, even though covered by finery and leather. Will not our mothers who have tho care of children look into tho subject, and if they have been in error beforo, at opco apply the true remedy ?—Scientific American. •

• —The summary of ths receipts of the religious societies of Great Britain for 1869-70 embraces 50 socictios, with an aggregate Income of $5,982,445, not including $400,000 of sales of the Bible Society. The Foreign Missionary Societies received $2,861,735; Colonial and Jewish Missions, $585,015; Home Missions, sl,596,145; religions educational societies, $281,995; the tract societies, $147,005 ; and the Bible Society (including sales) $911,825. j —A red lead manufacturer, qf France has discovered that tho use of milk at thchr meals, which he has. made obligatory on his workmen to tho extent of one Hire daily, preserves those employed in lead works free ffrom any symptoms of load disease. HeVouchea for the truth and correctness of this communication.

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Weekly News Summary.

*<mtfonr. The;cable jjhe $5<J. la to the effect that the- Garde Mobile- of France is called out for active duty. None of the men are allowed substitutes. The Emperor was ill at St Cloud, and he would not, jpfyri the army for some days. A rj[ot, had occurred*pt Cologne in consequence qf tho high price df. provisions. Russia Was rigprtpd In fhvof 'of supporting ‘ttiA'ft'enCh Government South Germany would abandon Prussia and join France aft the first opportunity. Spain was firm, for neutrality. The North German Lloyds had announced a suspension of the steamer service to America. Austria was not-arming. '•* In the massacre of foreigner at Pekin, neither age nor sex was spared, and some persons were burned to death in the buildings destroyed. - A' proclamation announcing the strict neutrality of Italy was issued at .Florence, on the 23d. Demonstrations were made in Milan and Genoa in favor of Prussia. Dispatches from St Petersburg declared that Russia wbfild l maintain her neutrals ty. R was .believed at Vienna that the neutrality of Russia and Austria had been agreed upon. The neutrality of Spain was certain. ThePtuislans bad been repulsed at garden. A Pnmsian fort* crossed the- "border, <M the, 23a, in the direction of St. Avolt and Meta, and* had a brisk skirmish with a force of French chasseurs. The Prussians retired, leaving two men o$ the- field. It was Relieved the Frenqh lost teg toftwejve filled. A Min istcrial decree, published in Paris on the 03d, forbids the publication in any way of any account of the movements of the French army or navy. The London Times of the 25th publishes a projected treaty submitted by the French to the. Prussian Government, and guarantees its authenticity. The preamble sets forth that the King of Prussia and the Emperor of the French, in order to strengthen the ties of friendship between the two governments and people, etc., hereby conclude the subjoined treaty. In the first article Napoleon, admits and recognizes the’ late acquisitions of Prussia from Austria. In the secctad, the Pimfleian King engages to facilitate the French acquisition of Luxemburg. In the third, tho Emperor acquiesces in the union of the North and South German States, Austria excepted. In the fourth, France, finding it necessary to absorb Belgium, Prussia lends her assistance to that measure. The fifth article is the usual one of offensive and defensive alliances between the two nations. ’A dispatch from Brussels states that this account of the projected treaty 4s authentic. Intense indignation was manifested by the London press at this duplicity of the powers concerned. The action of Napoleon was considered insulting to England. The matter was taken up in Parliament. A London dispatch of the 26th says France denied theauthenticiiy of the recent treaty said to have been offered to Pruseia. “ France must explain this treaty,” are the words of the Times and the burden of the London press. The latest news from Berlin was that the Prussians were concentrating in powerful force at Mayence. The Pall Mall Gaulle of the 27th, now that the real designs of the French Emperor ; are revealed, counsels England to make every preparation for war. A cable dispatch of the 26th states that the elite of the French army was concentrated; at Strasbourg and Belfort. A large number of workmen were engaged on the fortifications of Paris. The Marseillaise had suspended. Some of its editors and reporters had gone into the French Army. Henri Rochefort had been arrested at Blois, and placed in charge of gens d'armes. Another terrible explosion occurred in the colliery at Llansamlet, in Wales, on the 27th. Nineteen persons were killed, and niaiiy injured. The alleged secret treaty between France and Prussia is denied by the Paris Journal Offldel. The Journal charges that this publication on the pari of the London Times was designed merely to Influence public opinions in England. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs positively denies that France entertained any idea of annexing Belgium. The Empress Eugenie has been declared Regent during the absence of the Emperor from the Capital. A cable dispatch of th 6 27tb says the French had violated the neutrality of Luxemburg. A party, numbering 100 men, crossed to Schlenger, singing the Marseillaise. The Prussian headquarters were still at Befltn on the 24th. Prussia, though not ready to attack, was every where ready for defence. A dispatch from China overland states that four French vessels of war had arrived before Tientsin. A London dispatch of (he 27th says tho Russians were concentrating troops on the frontier of Gallicia. The Russian Government attempted to interfere by per suading the Prussian King, to make to England the declaration demanded by France, but failed. The Prussians were concentrating at Mayenco on the 26Lh. King William had arrived there. Pembina dates of July 16th say reliable information had been received that ih.o Blackfcet Indians had Fort Carrolton, a Hudson Bay post on the South Saskatchewan. Commander McDonald was among tho murdered. Forts Beil and E lmonton were also attacked. The Emperor Napoleon reached Metz, where the imporlal headquarters were.c?tablishcd, on tho afternoon of the 28th.

A Paris telegram of the 28th says Edmund About will replace the late PrevoßtParadol in the French Academy, and possibly as Minister to Washington An American legion was forming in Paris, to have a French commander, nominated by the government. The Paris Oattlois of the 2!3th publishes a report that a conditional alliance had been concluded between France and Italy. Oouttt Bismark, in a dispatch to the North German Ambassador to England* bas confirmed the authenticity of the secrettreaty published in the London limes. He says that since 1866 France has Incessantly tempted Prussia with offers of territorial aggrandizement at the expense of Belgium and Gonth Germany. A dispatch from London at midnight of the 28th says everything indicated that an important engagement mutt; take place within three days. The Prussians were epneentrating between Freveaand Nersig on ttip river Saax. They had 400,000 men, and rather too much cavalry to forage. The opposing force of the French numbered about 300,000. No foreign officer, “however high his -rank, will be permitted near the French army, as spectator. Many failures of business houses in London and other parts of England were repprted on the 28th. All war demonstrations, either in favor of Germany or France, had been forbidden in Liverpool

DOMESTIC. • r f Gold closed in New York on the 28th at 121^. Dayton, Cal., was entirely destroyed by fire on the 21st. The Mayor of Covington, Ky., in a criminal case, on the 21st, admitted the testimony of a negro woman for the prosecution. This is supposed to be the first instance of the admission of negro testimony in Kentucky. Telegrams have been, received at Washington from an authoritative source, saying that the Bremen steamers are finally definitely withdrawn from the ocean in consequence of Napoleon’s refusal to exempt private property from seizure. This action settles all question as to the transportation of the mails by that line. Passengers for Germany and Bremen mutt reach their destination from England by British steamers. At a meeting of Irishmen held in Memphis on the 23d, resolutions were adopted to the effect that the Irish should not take part in the present war, unless England became involved. Then an united effort should be made to free Ireland. Nearly all tho business part of Colebrook; N. H., was destroyed by fire on the 24th. A $500,000 fire occurred in East Boston on the 25th, and about $750,000 worth of property was also destroyed by fire in New York city. • A Raleigh, N. C., dispatch of the 26th says that Governor Holden refused to surrender to Chief-Justice Pearson a large number of citizens of Alamance county, arrested some days previously by Colonel Kirk. It was stated that Governor Holden had ordered a military commision to assemble at Yanceyville, to try the persons under arrest. At West Lebanon, N. H., conductors Henry 8. Shaltuck and George W. Barnes, and engineer Andrew M. Grant, have been arrested for manslaughter in the second degree, in a late collision on the Northern railroad. There were twenty deaths from sunstroke in New York city on the 26th. A fire in Philadelphia on the 26th destroyed a largo sugar refinery, with valuable machinery and a large stock of refined sugars. During the fire the rear wall fell on an adjoining building, crushing it and carrying down nine firemen, all of whom were believed to be killed. Nearly a dozen cases of stin-stroke occurred in St. Louis on Ahe 26th, mostly proving fatal; also, two cases of hydro* phobia were developed, one of which was fatal, and the other probably would be. The Philadelphia Ledger estimates the loss at the recent fire in that city at $900,000. No firemen were killed, but several were injured. By a destructive conflagration in Peoria, HI., on the 27ih, between $400,009 and $500,000 worth of distillery property was destroyed, and hundreds of men were thrown out of employment At Raleigh, N. 0., on the 28th, Chief Justice Pearson declined to attach both Governor Holden and Colonel Kirk, for their refusal to give up-the Alamance prisoners, and said the application for relief should be made to the Chief Justice of the United States. ®. A Washington dispatch of the 28th says information was received from China that the government had limited the exportation of Chinese laborers to vessels of treaty powers, and opr Consul seemed to be of the opinion that an effort would be made to decrease or prevent this kind of emigration.

PERSONAL. Collector Murphy entered on his duties at the Custom House in New York city, on the 21st, appointing James Terwiiliger Special Deputy Collector and Private Secretary. The remains of Paradolarrived at New York on the 22d, and were taken onboard the steamer Lafayette. Chevalier Charles F. Deloosey, for the past twenty years Austrian Consul General at the port of New York, died suddenly on the 21st., of apoplexy. The President has appointed Capt. Hal) commander of tho Arctic expedition. It has been officially announced that M. Berthemy, owing to the death of Paraded, will remain in Washington as French Minister. ir

tAffy Franklin, widow 6f Bit John Franklin, the Arctic explom, arrived in Cincinnati cm the 23d. She visited Cincinnati in order to see Captain C. 7. Hall and confer with him In regard to the Arctic expedition. In Chicago, on the 28d, the Mutual Base ball Club, of New York city, defeated the White Stockings, of Chicago—9 toO. It is announced that the President, while at Long Branch, will give public receptions to visitors once a week in order to escape being bored by office eeekera. At Chicago, on the 26th, the Harvard College Base-ball Club, of Boston, defeated the Chicago White Stockings—ll to 6. The Mutuals, of New York, defeated the Rockford Forest Oitys, at Rockford, on the 25th—15 to 4. At Cincinnati, on the 27th, the Athletics, of Philadelphia, defeated the Red Stockings, 11 to 7. The Grand Jury at Windsor, Vt, has indicted the Fenian General O’NelL Admiral Farragnt was dangerously ill of asthma at Portsmouth, N. H., on the 28th.

The two racing yachts—the “Cambrfa,” of England, and the “ Dauntless,” of New York—reached New York on the evening of the 27th, the “ Cambria ” winning the race across the ocean, arriving 1 hour and 35 minntes ahead of her competitor. The time of the trip was twenty-five days and five hours. Potter Palmer, the Chicago millionaire, and Miss Bertha Honore, were married in Chicago on the 28th. On the 28th, Judge Richardson resumed his duties as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Secretary Boutwell was about to leave for Massachusetts for several weeks’ absence.

political; The Republican Convention of the Sixth lowa Congressional District, at Fort Dodge 'on the 21st. nomirated the Hon. Jackson Orr, of Boone County. Hon. W. E. Niblack has been nominated for Congress by the Democracy of the First Indiana District, and Hon. W. S. Holman by the Democracy of the Third! Major W. C. Moreau is the Democratic candidate for Congress from the Eighth Indiana District. The Republican Central Committee of Tennessee has put in nomination the following ticket for Supreme Judges: Samuel Milligan and Stenophan Wheeler for East Tennessee; John Trimble and W. H. Wtsner for Middle Tennessee; Alvin Hawkins and W. M. Smith for West Tennessee.'

The Michigan Legislature convened in special session on the 27th. The official canvas] of the vote on the new Constitution of Illinois was concluded on the 27th. The following are the majorities; For the new Constitution, 98,784; for the article entitled, corporations, 121,225; on counties, 105,171; on warehouses, 120,881; on" removing county seats. 85,660; on Illinois Central’Railroad, 125,722; minority representation, 28.942; municipal subscriptions, 100,053; canal, 115,523. With regard to the election In Georgia, United States Attorney General Akerman is of opinion that the bill which passed Congress for the admission of that State, leaves the question of holding an election this fall to be decided by the State Courts and State Legislature. He thinks it is altogether out of the jurisdiction of the military power of the United States. The South Carolina Republican State Convention, which met at Columbia on the 27th, nominated Governor Scott for re-election. A. J. Rancier, colored, was nominated for Lieutenant Governor. The Independent Prohibitionists of Massachusetts propose 1 to hold a convention in Boston, August 17, to nominate State officers. L. R. Critchfleld, of Wayne, is the Democratic candidate for Congress in the Fourteenth Ohio District. The Republican Convention in the Sixth Ohio District renominated John A Smith. Edmond Jaeger, of Keokuk, is the Democratic candidate for Congress in the First District of lowa.

A Child Heroine.

Ob last Thursday evening, says a Dakota paper, a man, whose name we did not learn, and two sons of Mr. Fargo, whet resides at the Lakes, in Clay county, went out on the lake in a canoe, to have a swim by the aid of the boat. The man could not swim, nor coaid the youngest Fargo boy, about nine years old; the oldest boy, about thirteen years old, could. Thus the three proceeded to put their swimming ideas into execution. Things went smoothly until, through a little excitement, the small boat was overturned. This event occasioned a cry for help. There was no one around the house, or near, only Mrs. Fargo and her little daughter, about eleven years old. This little girl, with a spirit of heroism equal to Ida Lewis, rushed to the bank of tho lake, jumped into another canoe and paddled out to where the three persons were struggling in the water. She could have brought all three safe to shore had they remained cool, but in their anxiety to grasp something with motive power on board, they capsized her little craft and threw her Into the water. Luckily for the little heroine, she could swim. At this stage of the game, she, with coolness snd courage seldom equalled or surpassed by men, called out' to her little brother to hold on to her, and for the other two*to bold on to their boat. She thus secured her little brother, and swam ashore with him, holding on to her boat. Her eldest brother saved the man In the same way. Thus the entire party were saved through the coolness and courage of a little girl only eleven years old. —The Congregationaltsts of Maine report 183 churches without ministers, 73 vacant, and 142 not self-supporting. Vermont has 40 churches without ministers, and 00 sot self supporting.

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Old Deacokßroww started In lift m poor. He married his wife, Susan, before the days of hoop*, pod*, Ac. They bed been happy in their married life, ana onto them we* born abeautfftil gm, whom they named Kate, who, of course, when ahe grew np fell in lore. Her choice waa a poor, bnt noble young men. The Deacon and hla wife had taught their child to chooae for herself, bnt to do it wieely, and they were glad to aee that ahe made choice of an estimable young man, their neighbor’s ton. How, Kate took up a notion that ahe moat have a great many articles for her marriage and make a fashionable show of drees during the honeymoon, and, as they lived at only a town, she wrote her father a note, requesting him to furnish her a considerable amount to buy her outfit, and stated in it that she expected she would have to send to the city to get all she needed, whereupon;th<old'man made the following reply: r “ Dearest Daughteu—As you are my onlv daughter, I may call you dearest truly, fori love you very much. I have considered yonr note, and this is my re ply: lam sorry to find you possessing a weakness of most of your sex, viz: that you think you should have a large outfit for your wedding and honeymoon. When I married your a ear mother she had but two calico dresses and other things to fit, and she thought herself well-off with them, and I really thought her, as I took her in her calico drees, the prettiest, sweetest girl in the land, and I have never thought otherwise. She has made me a dear, precious wife, and has been to ms a helpmeet indeed. Now, my dear child, I will not refuse you what you ask, bht my observation in life has convinced me that those girls who spend a heap of money to provide their outfits for marriage are generally sure to spend heaps of it afterwards, and that often they keep their husbands’ noses to the grindstone of misfortune and toil all their lives.

“ A great many fine things for your wedding and its after incidents will make you no sweeter or prettier to your husband, and may make you a great deal dearer as to his pocket. If the man of your choice really loves you, as no doun he does, it is not for what you have on, but for the qualities of your person, head and heart, and as he is a man of sense, I have no doubt he will think more of yon when he finds that you have not made anygre&t preparations for your marriage. There are many gentlemen in this country now worth their millions whose wives, when they married, had no more than your mother. By this Ido not mean that you should have no more; but your mother tells me you now have five neat every day dresses and four Sunday ones, and really, they area larger, finer and better outfit than many minions of your sex are able to obtain. “ 1 make these suggestions for your consideration, but leave you to follow them or not, as your judgment may dictate, and, to show you that this is the fact, I enclose you a draft for a thousand dollars, on my cashier, which you can use at your pleasure. “Affectionately yours, “John Bnowx.” Kate did not hesitate as to her course of action. Her mother gave her a few dollars of her pocket money, and she bought only a simple, plain white dress, and appeared in it at the altar, with natural flowers and her own lovelineea for adornment. She drew the amount of the draft in gold, and, one month to a day after her marriage, handed the amount to her husband, and accompanied the gift with these words: “ Dearest—l applied to my father for money to purchase what I supposed I needed, for my marriage, and he wrote me this letter, (handing it to her husband) and inclosed in it the anff noon which I drew these thousand gold dollars, which I now present to you, as the money saved by a victory over a foolish fashion, Have I done wisely t n “ You have, my blessed wife, and are a thousand times nearer to me by your better judgment.’’ It is needless to add, that the husband of Kate is now worth many millions of dollars, and in a delightful old age they often tell their friends and children of the thousand dollars as the foundation of it alL— Houston, Texas, Telegraph. Fbahcs expects a great chestnut crop this year, that may go far toward supplying the deficiency in the corn crop

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Kate's Trousseau.

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