Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 2, Number 5, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 29 July 1871 — Page 1

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Vol. 2.—No. 5.

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Additional Personal.

Jerome C. Burnett is still in Denver. G. W. Benient and wife go to Saratoga noxt week.

Egbort Curtis and wife will return from their wodding tour to-day. Midshipman John I). Koeler, U. S. Navy, hma

cast anchor ut the Terre-

liaute House. Judge Patterson has gone to Parko county to nee about his mill property her*.

John G. Williams has returned to the city from his extended visit to MM1MVwppl. .!I- UNA been promoted to the position of Car llocorder on the Ohio it Mississippi

Railroad, with office at Vincennes. All the ehureh-golng people will be %lfflighted with the Pastor who will hold forth in the Opera House on the !th of August.

Mr. Poole, who oneo published a temperance paper in this city, and was afterwards historian of tho 14th Indiana, rained up his foaming valine on one of our loading streets yesterday. V,

W. C. Miller, who is at the Magnetic Spring*, in Michigan, will be at home with revived health in a fow days to resume hi# place In the clothing store of Erlanger «r Co.

At tho meeting of the Fort Harrison Guards last night tho following officers were elected: Captain, C. O. Wood 1st Lieutenant, F. C. Crawford 2nd Lieutenant, Linus A. Hurnett.

A farmer asked a lending pork dealer tho other day if he didn't think pork was looking up. I should think so was the response, "it has been tlat on its back long enough to look up."

Scores of otherwise disinterested people tlock to tho Conservatory of Music night after night to catch a fow sweet uotee that may chance to fall from the voice of Miss Fanny J. Kellogg.

THE Paris Time* proposes the name of Andrew J. Hunter for the consideration of tho democratic Convention which will nominate a candidate for Congressman at large for the State of Illinois,

Schuvler Colfax now proposes to organise a company to manufacture nonexplosive medicated point law shawls, and galvanised OIIIMHIOX sermons in this city. He will not consent to be a candidate, «t:cM Ac.

Joe B. Oathriglu. «r lAnlsville, a graduate of Asbury I inversity, i* the patentee of a saddle-tree which, according to the ibttrirr-Ji'tirHaf, will make his fortune, lib claim as patentee has teen disputetl, but the United States

Vmrts have confirmed his title. Jim Murphy was formerly the leading architect of Greencastle. He never used square, rule, or measure. He would extend his arms compass-like, take the dimensions of a frame, and

th arms still rigid, rush across the

hop crying. "Git out of the way, boys here'a the measure for a window The Vlneennes Svn say* that Sullivan county can claim to be the birthplace of at least three distinguished me: \Y»*h. l^cPauw, celebrated aa a tinancler: Hiahop Simpson, the great Methodist divine, and Ir. Oartwrlght, the celebrated physician of New Orleans, be'(lw Peter Ciirivrrighl, broth «»r of the lKctor. tvhose reputation as a Minister is unrivalled.

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DOMESTIC.

Earon Schloher, the new Minister of the North German Confederation, arrived at New York Tuesday from Europe.

The Moris and Essex Railroad sustained a loss of forty thousand dollars by a collision between a txml and freight train, near Morrlstown, New Jersey, Sunday night.

All the National Banks have sent in their semi-annual payment of the tax on dividends, circulation, etc. By law all these taxes must be paid by the 1st of August. The cash in the Treasury will be increased from this source about 52,500,000.

The Brooklyn Union says: "We have the highest authority for saying tlmt a prominent member of the Tammany ring called upon the principal proprietor of tne New York Timet, a week or two since, and made a startling offer for the copyright of the Time*. He was told there was not money enough In New York to buy the Times. A day or two afi:r a Tammany Republican called on the same gentleman and offered one million dollars on the part of the ring, If the Times would keep silence concerning the frauds it Is now unearthing."

The work of changing the gauge from six to four feet nine Inches on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad commenced at daylight Sunday morning, and was completed throughout the entire line, a distance of .'{40 miles, at eleven o'clock A. si. Tlx? average time for completing the sections was seven hours. TJie section at Adamson station was finished at twenty-five minutes past four o'clock and many others at an early hour under the direction of J. T. Grlswold, General Hu|erin1endent of the entire line. The roud was cleared of the rolling stock at midnight Saturday night and the same placed at the previously designated statloiis.

A terrible railroad accident occurred at fifteen minutes past six o'clock Wednesday evening on the Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway, sixteen miles from St. Louis and two miles west of Kdwardsville, Illinois. A freight train of thirty-three cars, heavily laden with grain, going south at great speed, collided with a gravel train, on which .were a number of laborers returning from their work. Of these six were killed outright and lour others so severely wounded that there is little hope of their recovery. Of the other men on the construction train, fully one half were more or less Injured, some of them very seriously, although, with the exception of the four mentioned, none are believed to be fatally hurt, _,

A daring express robbery'occurred on tlie Mobile and Ohio Railroad In Hickman county, Kentucky, Saturday night last. It appears that three men, who purchased tickets as Union City, Tennessee, for Clinton, Kentucky, got on the train. When the train halted at Moscow, two of the robbers got off and their confederate remained on the platform of the car. Observing no one but the messenger In the express car as the train moved out, from the depot the two Jumped Into it, and presented revolvers to the head of the messenger. They forced him to hand over the key of the sale, which one of them ransacked, while the other stood guard over tho expressman. After taking out all the money, supposed to be about 820,000, one of them placed it and the key In his pocket. The robbers then pulled the bell-cord, and when the train slacked up, Jumped out and took the woods, where they escaped under cover of the dariuittss.

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French troops have

Tne French troops have reoccupled Amiens The committee of the assembly upon the budget proposes to raise fresh duties to the amount of 600,000,000.

Tl»lers has refused to accept the proffered resiguution of Favre as Inimical to foreign aflalrs.

The Communists convicted by the Military Commission have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment.

Arrangements are being made in Paris to welcome Hon. Andrew Johnson, ex-Pre«i-dentor the United States, who is expected there at an early day.

The municipal election in Paris on Monday resulted in a choice of six Republican Conservatives, and forty-nine Moderate Republicans. The vote cast was very small.

There is considerable excitement over the discovery- of a plot to organise, In Montreal a fllltbusterlng expedition against Cuba. The committee In Montreal do not wish any more men from this district, but it is said branches in London, Toronto and Hamilton are recruiting vigorously. A lot of ammunition laws been purchased In Montreal.

In the course of M. Thiers address before the National Assembly at Versailles, on Saturday, the President, in speaking of Italy, said It was impossible to adopt any couise which would lead to war. The true policy of France was peace and reorganization. No steps must or should be taken which will tend to alienate Italy.

Special dispatches from Constantinople sav the famine in Persia Is causing dread fill havoc. The death* in theprovlnceof Knarassati average three hundred dailv, «ad so great Is the distress that the dead bodies of

the

victims are devoured by the surviving. Men, women, and children are sometimes killed to render the supply of food abundant.

The

plague has also appeared among

the Persians, and the Turkish government has been compelled by the exigency of the situation to draw a military coition along the borders of its dominions. a?*

SOMK GOOD ADVICE.—A little vorv simple knowledge would go a great way in warm weather. Here art* a party of amateur sportsmen coming home in disgust on account of mosquitos, and thousands of stav-at-houies who find life almost unendurable on any terms for tlies. If either party knew it. carbolic acid is the sovereign remedy for all their troubles. A few drops cvajxvrated in a room, or poured upon the clothes, will keep the winged pests at a distance and if the pure crj*stalir.ed acid is used no great annovance will result to human beings, kestaurant keepers ought to know' this, and keep thes warms of tile* away from their windows, whore they settle and buu to the torment of passers. People are constantly rushing about in tne hot sun, complaining of headaches and giddiness, when all thev need for safety anil comfort is a wet "handkerchief in the caown of the hat.

A GENTLEMAN.—A Christian is God's gentleman a gentleman in the vulgar, superficial way of understanding the word, is the devil's Christian. But to

T7J thft throw aside these polished and too cur-

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ble and sterling, the real geutleman should be gentle in everything—at leawl in everything that depends on himself —in carriage, temper, construction, aims, desires. He ought, therefore, to be mild, calm, quiet, even, temperate

the Celt informs u* that millions of inhabitants of the •greee^isle long to lave the Greencaatte waters, and1 that other millions desire to lav© them alone tho unwashed European nobility can only sigh for Ufaae fountains, and Mr. McLean himself can only Cypher a profit of one hundred thousand dollars out of their discovery.

It was the felicitious privilege af a reporter of the MAIL to visit these fountains, and tpeucompass something loss than a barrel of ^jhe pellucid water, on Wednesday afternoon. At the springs he found Mayor Brown, of Greencastle, prepared to extend the hospitalities of the city and to superintend the measuring of visitocs for funnels preparatory to the imbibation of the nectareous fluid. Our reporter had swallowed less than a bucket-full, when he felt that he was a changed man. He could feel the hot life-blood coursing more joyously in his veins. After the second buckot-full he began to feel an intellectual olevation most ecstatic and startling, lie caught glimpses of lofty ideas which he thinks, must have been buried beneath the ruins of philosophy, and of Herculaneum, for more than three hundrod years. The third bucket-full acted upon his physical organism. He felt the muscles of his arms and legs swell and develop. With a glad sense of Goliah-llke strength, he could hardly restrain himself from knocking some one down, or from kicking a small and impudent mnleover the fence. Tho fourth bucketfull curled his hair into long, glossy ringlets, and took an unsightly crook out of his nose. After the sixth buck-et-full he seir.ed his pencil and indited a stan*a of poetry which his fnends tell him will make him immortal, and th« seventh took a squint out of his lefi eye. So he went on from one ecstatii improvement to another until he felt himself to be a glorified, rejuvenated and double-rectified Man. His commanding physique and his dazzling intellectuality are now the admiratioO and envy of his friends.

We have thus given to our readers if plain, practical way, an account «f the Greencawtle Springs. We can on^ advise them to go and do like our reporter. Get off at the junction of tUe T. II. A I. Railroad you are then witlin a quarter of a mile of the Springs. There are swings, bnths, Ac., on tie grounds, and a visit will amply reptf you. ...

pc iniin, culm, ({til*?*, t**7", wuipviKic, A young ladv in the singers' galle6f not hastv in judgment, not exorbitant of church at Lyons, New York, whie in auitfition, not overbearing, not leaning over the railing, the other Sui-

»roud, not rapacious, not oppressive day, to see what the congregation hid th@»e thing* are contrary to gentle-1 to wear that was new, lost her balance ue«s. Many such gentlemen are to be and fell plump upon a deacon's hflW found, I trust and many more would and shoulder*. She bounded into the be were the true meaning of the name, able, however, without receiving aiy borne in mind and duly inculcated.— fiimirv, and withdrew with a stiff* /far*. friush. 1

TERRE-HAUTE, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 187J

[For the Saturday Evening Mail.]

THE ANSWER. BY J. C. BL'RSETT.

Twas a sweet little flower,

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A white-leafed flower, In the gloam of the evening I found, Bowing low to the breeze hf.. That toyed with the trees,

And rippled the grass on the ground,

And there by the river, The swift-flowing river, Whose waves seemed to sing of the sea. I wondered If they, In the home far away,

Were thinking that evening of me.

Are they

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there now

Are they happy there now? I.s the little rest from care? And I thought the flower said As it lifted its head— "... "All happy, but wish you w.ere there."

Sweet, spirit-like flower, My white-winged flower, .,t Blooming here where the bright waves 'Mong all, pretty elf, [sing You are Purity's self— i*. 'SI believe the sweet message you bring.

THE GREENCASTLE SP&IXGS.

WHAT Ot/R RKI'ORTElt SAW THEitK!

All Abont ike Mellifhfu•« Watrrxf

On the Fourth day of uno, A. D., 1871, Mr. F. McLean, a farmer living near Greencastle, Indiana, overturned a tlat rock in a hollow upon his premises, and lo! his touch was like that of Moses of old, the water rushed forth from the smitten (or smoted) rock. Continuing the smiting business, he went for other rocks, and other pellucid fountains babbled torth into glad, sweet life. Thus paginated the mineral springs of Greencastle, which are now rivoting the attention of the civilized world. The toil worn millions of Europe long to cool their heated lips and parched brows in these waters the storm-tossed Kings and. Kinglets of the old world envy America in the possession of these murmuring fountains the aborigine of the Occident, near to "the portal of the Wert wind, of tbe northwest wind, Keewaydin," dreams of Greencastle now a* a happy hunting ground when thft electric spark carries the glad tidings.teLthfcjfr'VOtf Tflmondeyed Celestials newa fccpm the

THE DEJtOURA TIC NOMINA TION.

THE Blobmfield Democrat says that the next Democratic candidate fJr Congress in this district will hail from Greene county. Here is a portrait of the successful candidate:

Here also is a portrait of the MAIL'S candidate, James" B. Edmunds, after the convention. You will perceive that ••u

it coolh

And hero is a portrait of Hon. William Mack after the convention. Alas! he is not happy: ..

Von uy ZfiJSSEtyTA TION. Vttiow*t^6olV'R. W7 THOTHlJ&rfrSft token of the appreciation by the Union ft the valuable services of Col. T. in speaking at their Perrysville celebration oil the Fourth. Below we give tho correspondence:

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LETTER FRdM THE UNION. HALL TVrooRAPHrcAL UNION, NO. 76. TERRK-HAUTE, July 111. HONVR.

W, THOMPSON,

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Gmr Sir:—On behalf of Terre-Haute Typographical Union, No. T6, We r«turn you than lot for your kindness in delivering the address on the occasion of oar excursion to Perrysville, on the 4th ln*t. We also ask your acceptance, iu the name of the Union, of the accompanying piece of silverware, not for any Intrinsic value It may possess, but as a souvenir of the pleasant occasion, with the assumnce that the connection of your name with our excursion shall ever remain as bright in our memories as the sheen which flashes from Its golden brim.

With Respect, FRANK SEAMAN, *i C- W. BROWN,

S. K. CHRISTY, Committee.

,,, RE PLY OF COL. THOMPSON. TKRRE-HAUTE, July 24,1871. GentlemenI thank the "Terre-Haute Typographical Union, No. 70," for the beautiful and most acceptable present, which accompanied vour kind and complimentary note of the 19th instant. I shall priis« it most highly, not merely because It, will remind me of our pleasant excursion to Perrysville on the 4th instant, but because Jt associates my name with a society of working-men, whose energies are directed to the public enlightenment, and whose members are worthy of my highest consideration.

There is no profession more identified VMth intellectual progress and free-thought than that of the practical printer. Every type he sets is a contribution to the cause of human advancement and as, each day, he turns off the breathing and speaking newssheet, he not only builos a monument to his own Industry, but swells the volume of popular intelligence, thereby adding strength and firmness to the foundations upon which all free institutions rest.

Iain gratified to know, gentlemen, that, amongst the members of this profession, there are none more steadfast to Its honor, or truer to its lest interests, than those who compose your Union —and I Ixn. through you-to assure each of its members of my gratitude and personal esteem.

Very truly, Jx., R. W. THOMFMON.

Me**rx Frank Seaman, C. W. Broum and H. K. Chru/)/ Committee.

THE AMERICAN CLIMA TE. Mr. Robinson says: "O, Americans! never blame the climate, for it is an admirable one. The succulent vegetables of the old country grow here, with very few exceptions, and by their sides you gather the ears of the Mtatoly and graceful maize—most useful of its wonFully useful family.

Muskmelons better than tho*e which cost an English country gentleman six dollars each to produce on hot IMHIS and in glass houses, grow sid« by side with your delicious sweet potato, which I used to grow as a curiosity in a hot bouse.

Our old and popular Williams pear (you call it the Bartlett ), larger, sweeter and more golden than with us, falls, by the side of eggplants, with fruit so large as to be a constant source of surprise to me, who had often grown the fruit to the size of a turkey egg in hot-houses in England

Rosy-cbeeked Lnglisi above the quaint, Tai^e okra, otli climate, and with its peoples not hedged out from each others' improvement* by strange tongues. I look forward to the time when this vast country shall be more famous for rura! beauty than for the wealth of her many cities.

Rosy-cbeeked English apples are seen quaint, Targe flowers of the whick to us is an impossible exotic. Blessed by every variety of

THE SCHOOLMASTER. The art of teaching, like that of poetry, may be acquired by patience and diligence' but the true schoolmaster like the poet, is born, not made. A successful teacher must not only know what he proiesses, but he must know it better than others. He who is only few lessons in advance of his pupils need not be surprised if their unsatis lactor3r progress disappoints both himself ana thpin. The success of the teacher mainly depends on a proper estimate and appreciation of what isdue Irom him. The superficial, half-heart-ed teacher, who has probably adopted the profession when everything else has failed, and to whom tfie labor of teaching is drudgery and weariness, is a sorry spectacle. It should be the aim ot a teacher to educate. An inferior teacher may instruct, but that is not education. To instruct is to put in to educate is to draw out. A man must have a consciousness of something more than the dignity of his profession in order to a proper discharge of his duties. Of a sense of their personal importance members of the scholastic profession have, generally speaking, no lack. As a rule, they were perhaps the most conceited of mortals, though they may not all have gone the length of Paraon Adams, in holding that a schoolmaster is the greatest of all professions, and himself the greatest ot schoolmasters or of the father of richard brinslev sheridan, in whose estimation the pursuit assumed such importance, that he is reported to have said that he would rather see his two sons at tho head of respectable academies than one of them Prime Minister of England and tho other at the head of atfairs in Ireland. Nor is this a modern characteristic, to judge from tho old talo of the tutor to the King's sons, who boasted that he was the ruler of the country. "Howdoyou make that out?" asked one. "Do I not govern the Princes?" was his reply. "Do they not rule their mother? Has she not complete control of the King? And does he not govern Greece?" It may or may not be iimtter for regrot. but certainly this has not been the opinion generally entortained. It was at least honestly expressed by tho worthy matron who, when placing her son under the care of a schoolmaster, begged that he would get him well on with his learning for, said she, "if he bo granted grace, I mean to make a minister of him." "But," said the schoolmaster, "what will you makeof him if he be not granted grace?" "Oh," she replied, "I'll then make him a dominie." No qualities are more essential in a teacher than tact and patience, and, perhaps, in the majority of instances in which they aro in any way conspicuous, they have not been natural virtues, but acquired by long and painful experience. There is no man or woman in the profession who cannot testify to the labor and •"ORciugss daily ****lcrgoTie in-the »f-

of children, on whicn

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.ir.^.dentre ana

Incessant, no indulgence however wise nnd ho severity however justifiable, have any appreciable effect. Yet we believe there is a key which will open any boy's heart, and win his confidence if we would patiently and perseveringly endeavor to find out how to apply It.—lSnlflcy's Magazine.

SPEECH BY NE WTON 1IOOTII. Here is another little speech made by Newton Booth, formerly of this place, now candidate on tho Republican ticket for Governor ot California. The occasion was a serenade by the "Young Mens' Republican Club," of San Francisco

Fellow Citizen^:—I am completely overawed by this hearty demonstration. I had expected to be greeted by the Young Men's Republican Club, and had anticipated to be met by a hundred or a hundred and fifty of Its members, and this enthusiastic throng takes me by surprise. Do you all belong to the Young Men's Republican Club? [A voice, "You bet"] What is the line of demarcation drawn between young Republicans and old Republicans? Iam told it is thirty-five. Unfortunately I am on the wrong side of that. [Voices: "No, no, you area young inan.] The boundary line between youth and old age is llke.the horizon—it recedes as you go to ward it, and it is like the equator —often crossed before we know it. We can make no division in that way, for some are young at seventy, and some are old "at twenty. Every man is a young man. no matter how many years lie has lived, if he carries a warm heart in his breast, and bears a spirit which responds quickly to the promptings of his better nature. [Cheers.]

The late contest at Sacramento, which culminated in mv nomination, was a contest between friends. It kindled no animosities—it leaves no bitterness. San Francisco presented the name of one of her best citizens, who she delights to honor, because he is worthy to be honored. [Enthusiastic cheers.] If we succeeded superiority of nutriDers, you conquered bv our hearts by your magnanimity, and perhaps that was the greater victory. [Applause.] You may be sure that "if the result had leeii different we would have emulated your generosity, and have greeted to a man all your joys with the same warm greeting and generous spirit which you here tender to me. [Wild applause.] Tonight the party is a seamless whole. Cresar may have a party, and Potnpey may liave a party we stand /or Horns [Cheers.

I wish to say one word concerning the position it is my fortune to occupy, and I desire to speak it with an open heart. There is no feelingol exultation in my breast, but rather a sense of responsibility. It is not a feeling of gratified ambition, but rather a humiliation and worthy, far as vass shall be conducted so that whatever may be the result, victory shall bring no reproach, and defeat no dishonor.

I am not hereto-night to speak of political issues developed in this campaign. But at an early hour, in this city, I shall endeavor to present ihe view of the Republican party upon the questions invoiced in this canvass. Thanking you from my heart for this magnanimous demonstration, I bid you gooEl night.

Pricc Five Cents.

REJECTED ADDRESSES. The 2Ywu», of Adrian, Mich., in its latest news of the neighboring village of Hudson, represents the latter place as haviug been the scene of an amusing new act in the eternal comedy of love. A peuniless and usually -rather languid young man of the village in question, with an ambition much above his pecuniary resources, laid seige to the heart of a certain calculating young lady, and, by judicious silenoe as to his financial circumstances, produced what he had every reason to esteem a favorable effect, "it chanced, however, that worthy iriiddle-aged spinster of the lace, who attendea to other people's usiness with neatness'and despatch, was inspired to investigate the fond youth's worldly case, ana thus became aware that his estate was heavily iu debt for board and washing bills several weeks old. In the goodness of her heart she immediately communicated the curiousdiscovery to the calculating young lady, and consequently when the lover called next time ho was received with a coolness making A tan the most superfluous of luxuries in the room. Half suspecting the'tru© cause ot this change ot

the use

temperature the

3'oung man realized his great danger and tne necessity of celonty in whatsoever means he should adopt to avert it. That tho girl was inclined to renounce him mercenarily could not bo. doubted and, being resolute to have her, he decided that a little audacious strategy was justifiable. llenccrJfvithout betraying his consciousness of the marked alteration in her manner, he meekly invited her to take a moonlight ride with him in a hired buggy, smiling grimly to himself in anticipated triumph at her ready assent to the proposal. Into the 'vefcicle thon stepped belle and beau,'and uuovontlul was the drive until it had extended to a lonely roach of wood-shaded road about a mile from the village. There the strategist abruptly skipped the horse, and, turning lull face to the startled maiden at his sido, concisely asked her whether she would accept him for her husband, or not Alarmod as she was by the expression of the set face before her, Indignation had its share in her emotions also, and her answer was a defiant negative. As though he had expected as much, the questioner drew from different pockots in his costume a pocket-book and a revolver, handing the former to his companion and presenting the latter to his own head. Thq tableau seeming to need some explanation, he said that the pocket-book contained a few bills which he should like to have paid, and a lock of his hair to reward whomsoever should benevolently pay the same. For himself, since his suit was neglected on pecuniary principles, lie did not care to live any longm, out nouuu his body would bo decently interred without lurther contusion. Ibis lan^"voui'ig the nerves of the yom8tuhiJe

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£V.ll. W. Ab" A»SW»9«firtd"!ie: and shooting himself, and leaving her all alone there with a strange horse! Supshould ould run away! Oh, pleasedou't! Unseemlyt» relate, this touching womanly remonstrance onlv made the would-Be suicide

pose the noise of tliu lirin frighton the animal, and he

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relate, this touching womanly remon-

scowl the more hideously and screw the pistol barrel more deeply into his temple. Noticing this, tho calculating one conversed appropriately again. Was he sure that the pocket-book contained only unpaid bills and a wisp of hair? Was there really no money In It? Well, then, rather than liavo her dress mussed with a suicide by shooting, she would reconsider tho matrimonial offer she had received and try to reconcile hoi self to the idea of a bankrupt husband. Her melting and child-liae way of speaking thus completely overcame the tragical intention of the lover, who, with lamb-like meekness, at onco allowed tho tender woman to take tho revolver from his nerveless hand and balance tho heavi-ly-mortgaged pocket-book upon his nearer knee. Sanguinary effects being thus averted, the head of tho horse was turned homeward, and the return drive proceeded in silence. Kach had much to commune upon with

self,

and neith­

er felt inclined to the ordinary flippancies of speech. But at length the home of tho lady was regained, and, rejecting with a gesture the proffered assistance of her companion, she sprang lightly from the wagon to tho ground. Then, turning her lace to the still agitated youth, sho gracefully handed ba to him his pistol, pleasantly remarking: "Now, Mr. if you desire to shoot yourself. I have no objection in tho world: for I'm

out

to her father's house man drove thence in parted.

of the

wagon Then slie swept up the path. and the young tears. So they,

A SEARCHIM' IIKVKKAHK.-A Colorado saloon-keeper said ol a rough crowd "I couldn't get their whisky strong enough for them,so, after trying every way, 1 at last made a mixture ot poison oak and butternut. That fetched them. I called It the sheep-herder's delight, and it was a popular drink. The first Pike I tried it on yelled with delight tho next one took two drinks, and turned a doublo somerset in the road before the house. A peddler caino along, and alter he took several drinks of my sheep herder's delight, he went off and stole his own pack and hid it in the woods."

UTILITY OF A TAII..—Mr. Fulger, ol Buffalo, New York, after watching the birds carefullv, and reflecting deeply on wrial fliglit l»y artificial process, came to the conclusion that he had hit It. He fitted up a pair of wings with ramps and oil skin fil-

IIIUIHOII uu* cork and rattan fi regret' that I am not more ament, and invited the rejKrten« of the lean only say now that so city to witness climbed upon the barn lies in my power, this can- and soared, but got tangled in some trees, and was soon standing upon his head on the greensward. Like a certain Irishman who failed in a similar experiment before him, he had forgotten his tail.

THERE IS a colored woman preaching in South Carolina, who during the past five years has raised money sufficient to build two large churches and establish three Sunday-schools. The local papers state that she is an eloquent 'speaker.