Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 2, Number 10, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 September 1871 — Page 1

Vol. 2~No. IO.

THE MAIL.

Office,

142

7:05 a. m. 1:40 p. m.

Main Street.

TEH)t U-IIA UTS I'RISTINU HO USE.

O. J.

SMITH

& Co.,

Steam Job Printers,

11 almas Block, 14s Main Street, T*EKJS-HAUTE, IND.

fcailroad ft Commercial Printing a Specialty.

Railroad Time Table.

VA.MDALIA SHORT LINE. Indianajwlit Jjivition.

Levitt Arrive. 12:115 a. New York Expreas_...r:50 a. m. :«:86 p. in Lightning Exprewi 10:20 p. 111. ...Day Express HA5 p. in. latl'I accornmfxlfttlon..„10:10 a. ui.

Nt. LouU Division.

J^eane. Arrive. 5:55 a. Pacific Express ..12:30 a. m. 1:25 p. Fa*t Line .8:30 p. in. •1:00 p. Ht. L. A Cairo Ex 10:16 a.m.

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IWDIAMAPOLIH A ST. l/tTIS R. K. Arrive from Rati. Depart/or Writ. •:46 a. ra Fiu«f. Expr-«K a. ni. 1ik56 a. Day Kxircv 10:58 a. in. 3(has p, xa Night Express 10*JJK p. m. .1:56 p. ID „..Mattoon .Vcc'dn 4:07 p. 111.

Worn the West. For the East. 4:07 p. ra Day Express 8:40 p. m. 12:28 a. Lightning Kxpreaa...l2:30a. in. 5:50 a. uq ....Night Express b'tt a. in. 10:15 a. ra Mattoon Acc'dn 12:10p. in.

EVAHHVIX.LK CRAWKOHDSVILLK B. R. l*ave. Arrive. St'JSO a. ....Express 10:15 p. in. 8:86 p. Mall .3:80 p. in.

R00KVH.1.K KXTKN810N.

a A 4:85 p. ra Mall..?:.ti...,t-lo:20a. m. T. II. A CHICAGO RAILWAY.

Istave.

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Arrive

4:16 r. v...:? ::.... :...:...i:...}...:. 10:10 A.

Markets.

TKRRK-HAUTE MARKET. TKKKE-HAUTK, Hep. 1 The following figures nro paid to farmers a ad otb«nt by dealers In this city

BEKH WAX—Yellow, BUTTKH-B»«MiC«20o. COKN MEAI^W5c. EOOH— Fresh. HrtHitc. FEATHE1W—Live Uoese,

Old 10«4o.

FLOUH-Fauey brands, 7500. FRUIT—Urern Apples, &040C. Briod AppJun, 7e.

Dried I'^aehe*, 11®12c.

IRAIN—Corn. JKo. Oata. •, Ry«,V ««»KK).

New White Wheat, SI 10. Alabama, fl 05, Mediterranean, toe

OINMENG—fsic. UKJ.AHK—Brown, 538c. HilK»— Urmiii Trimmed, 0c.

Halted, DVjC.

Dry lfolfto. f/

4 Flint,,16c. ij-imbaklu*, 9110 Hhcurllngs, 81 10

TALLOW-7V'. •. PROVISIONS'}—Hams I0{312c. Hides Hi*HcU.

Shoulder* Jj|7a.

A O—Cou ry, 7®8c. POTATNJEH-fllWWo. l'OU LTRY—Tutkeyn, all vo per pound. He.

7

I)r«w»«l 12(3l2V4o.

iHickn per doiicn, 12 00.

1

(Joe*© ill 50. Chickens, old, perdosen,IS 00. young, tl 50@2 00.

KEKD»-Flft*. II 45. RAOS—Cotton, 3«8Hc. WCOLr-Tub-wa«hea, UVitOSc.

Fle®ce 604k.Vc. Unwashed, 40c#42c.

HOC1&—Live Rtotia |570®5«0.

CINCINNATI. CI5C1SSATI, Aug. SI.

COTTON~!emand light and holders Ann low middling, l".l»c. FLOVR— tf»lr and firm family, 95 509

WHEAT-Quiet and unchanged at 91 17® 1 ltf. NOUIch. CORN—DpeiuM dull and clwtwl active at i3c. other grain* quiet and unchanged.

OROCKRIKH-Flrmaiid in fair demand |ir»w uQchanK''- ....... Ol LA—IJim^Hi in limited Jobbing demand at »X\ lard quiet ami unehangeil at 70® 73c. Petruleum lirni at 24.49WBC, upeculaUve tlemand. 1-X4UH- Scarw and flnn at }^iw.

BUTTKR—In gtHwl demand at fuli pric«e Quiet and unchanged factory IKteV'. rm

'VlAVISIoJH-ivrk quiet and unchanged 912 75 asked no ital«M. Hulk meat*demand mtrnt lowvst raiw« shoulder*.5kc isidce, cl«n\r 1 lb side*. iPiC clear, tfto* v.c. Bacon only limited loliblng dein»njh shoulder!*, 6Vie: clear rib wi* sola ttt ,H® v»c: cl«*r nominal at 7s Jt7,jC.

LARD-lHill and tha«k lower offered

*SlOU3—T»uR nnd decllmxl to 94 25#4 50 )mlk of *ale»» at 9 J*®4 4U. W1IHKY—Fair and advanced toWc.

CIUCAOO. CliiCAOO, Aug. SI.

Fl.Ol* -steady and unchanged. W11KAr—Hpriu* No, ehwed at 9i 28 ^«h *i for Aiutiu*. Tl.H aflenioon the market whh dull aud nominal at 51 ea*li II t# ftr SepteiuUT.

OWltX—No. 2 mixed lalriy active and firm, -io»d uteadv at 4"^i^' TliiH afterooon the markft wax firmer at

OATH-No. a ciuder at HY K-No. 2 eltuwxl at 'u 'V»BARLEY—No. S nprlim unn Hl^Mgc. 1'RoV istONS Kaaler and imc^w»»npw. lHK5S-Oi**n«l fttlrlv active iHJt clowo r'ATVV.K^HiU^and clo^^l »k at I? aW.

HCFKALO LIVE ST«€K. RvrrAto, Aug. SI. CATTLE—The demand la for good q»"UIly, aud the Miv|dv I* common.

iinoiv i.i icky,l,fl»s. l.,M»juoand«,at94 SHKl- r- Tlic wipply i* liberal, and hokl««ri nre firm and »bow the view*of buyer*. HAle* of 2SJ Ohio fthe«n,« i*nntK at W 75 atH Mich»«mn. SS p^vund*, »i 101 Indiana, 7» PCHIIHU, at 94 90 40 fetate, 7» pound** 94 5 174 Oftnada, 118 to 131 pouuds,at 35

S4KN Canada lamlM,«to Zl pound*, at

.lOOH-Dull and tower. lM*d nt §4 *)#4 ©H.

The News.!

DOMESTIC.

In the Wisconsin Republican State convention on Wednesday, C. C. Wash bur ne, wan nominated for Governor, and M. xi. Potter, of Kenosha, for Lieutenant Governor.

The last two hundred millions of the new five per cent. b»nd» have all been taken. The subscription books were closed Tuesday. It Is understood that the applications for bonds were in excess of the allowance.

In an estimate famished of the cost of carpets for the new New York Court House throughout, by one of the first houses of the city, tne sum of 913,307 is set down as the amount which will be necessary to cover that expense. The amount actually charged the city is 8350,178 49.

On Wednesday, Governor Warmouth of Louisiana, Issued an order suspending Geo. E. Bov*e, Secretary of State, and appointing F. H. Herron, formerly United States Marshal, to discharge the duties of theofflce until the Legislature acta upon the subject. Bovee's offense, the Governor charges, was In promulgating, knowingly, wilfully, unlawfully, and with the purpose or imposing upon the people of the Htate, as a law, thai which he known 1)ih

not

FOREIGN.

Paris Journals announce that Gambeila has withdrawn his proposition for the dissolution of the Assembly.

The Duke D'Aumale is said to have again declined to be a candidate for the Presidency of the French Republic.

Fresh disturbances have occurred between the people and the German troops at Strasliourg, in which several of the populace and military were severely wounded.

Cholera has made ita appearance at Hamburg, where several cases are reported. Sixteen deaths are reported from its ravages at Altouu during the past week.

Cholera continue* It ravages at Konlgsburg. There were 100 new cases and 20 deaths on the 271 h, and 80 new, enhea aud 50 deaths on the 28th.

A Turin paper states that Garibaldi ha* wwovered from his attack of llliuvw, and that repose alone Is necessary for his complete restoration to health.

Provincial orre«pondence says that no formal treaty has been concluded between Germany and Austria, but that they have come to a good understanding as to the maintenance of peace.

The members of the Government have agreed upon a bill for the prolongation of the powers of Thiers, which but slightly differs from the decree reported by the Committee upon the proposition ot M. Riaet, and whieh will receive the support of the eutlre Left In the Assembly.

In reply to a cable Inquiry from the New York Associated press, the WoltTTelegraphic Bureau reaffirms Its announcement of the 10th of August, the correctness of which has lieon impugned In some quarters, as follows: "The New York City loan Is not quoted In the official list. The oldest Board of Merchants at Berlin, persist In their resolution not to allow their quotation."

Dr. KSrk of Kanslbar, writes that Dr. Livingstone, still In the country, WHS at Ton gatiylka. The Arabs there consider him a resident In that region. No 111 feeling Is manifested toward him. He Is moving slowly but safely, and will clear, no doubt, the geographical problem as to whether Lake Tonganvikn 3s the real heiul of the Nile, or if it enters h.v the Congro.

Foreign ndvlev* represent the Pope a* having recently nwken a* follows concerning th«eot»i*e of tlw Prtwdan government towanl the G*rman Catholic*: "I had ex nected thai the Uernwui Catholics wouid bet rented with greater JUMUV. I lo not conoml from von that I had hoped that *0 ahle a diplomatist as Prince Blsnmrek would not have provoked diweord in the new Empire. All the wars that are undertaken osrainst the Church arealway* eon verted to her gain. They have always been forced npon her have made her member* more ooinjAct have fortified them In their faith."

WHAT MKN

cheery

see bo.

8al«* oi &34S

NEW YORK. NKW Yotlt, Aug-SI.

KLOCU-Dnll and a »h«*d« lower at 95 65 *W!L KA^-l if rxiopln* aju, #s winter pm! wwtwn.il M01 42.

RYli-Qutet: wrtaro, S^SKs. OA1*--i*»l- W«««n»awfOhlo»«ft#4ee. pfitnc eat cm rotxeo^

Active 1^'

Mt«.

L"'

become a law—a

bill passed by the last Legislature, known us the Crescent City Water Works Bill. The low-pressure steamer Ocean Wave exploded her boiler at half-past four o'clock 011 .Sunday morning, at the wharf at Big Point Clear, near Mobile. There were about two hundred excursionist-s onboard, fifty to sixty of whom were killed and wounded. Effort* are being made for the recovery of all the bodies of the drowned. The cause of the disaster has not been ascertained, and an investlgatiion will be made. Out of seven persons comprising one Creole family, six were killed. The captain, engineer and pilot were killed. Only three of the officers escaped.

The movement among Democrats of New York to cut loose from the leaders of Tammany Hall, heems to be steadily growing in strength, and tiiere Is a prospect that at the comlni: fall election many membeis of the Ring will be thrown overboard. The time of holding the Democratic State Convention is not yet announced, nor is it definitely known whether two Democratic delegations will be made up from the city. The movement among the German Democrats Is serious. It seems to have the sympathy and will perhaps secure the support of the Manhattun Club faction of the city, and the Tribune thinks that the ties which bind this irty to the Ring are too strong to be easily broken, and further that the sacrifice of lfall, Tweed and Connolly would not purlfv tho New York Democracy, or give the city an honest goverinent.

The following circular was issued from the State Department to-day: DKHAKTMENT OF STATE, August 30.

Claimants who have not already filed in the Department of State thelrclalins against Great Britain, growing out of acts committed by several vessels which have given rise to chums generally known as the Alabama Clalnut, are requested to do so without delay, lu order that .they may be taken Into acoounyn presenting the aggregate claims of the United Htateato b»rbfiffigtrt before the tribunal of arbitration, which Is to meet In Geneva In the month of December next, it will not be necessary for claimants who have already filed their claims, sustained by proof, to take any steps under this notice, unless they may have additional proof to llle. No papers already filed will be withdrawn. Claimants must prepare themselves the proof of their claims. This Department will, on application, forward to claimants a copy of the treaty and circular, showing forms of proof that is advised by the Department In the absence of all rules bv the tribunal which will puss on the same. Tne early attention of claimants who have not already filed their claims Is Invited to this. HAMILTON FISH, Secretary.

TERRE-HAUTE, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2,1871.

[From the Home Journal.] WAITING.

BY BLANCHE DARE.

Thou art not here, and yet the whispering roses, Murmur thy name to-night Within the lily's heart the bee reposes

Upon it* couch of white.

Cool, slumberous shadows rustle 'mid the flowers. And cling about my dres6: The night glides on unseen, the mystic hours

Drift oy In peacefulness. Would thou wert here where silence softly lingers

Upon the )H'rfumed air, Where, scattering sweets with fond and loving fingers,

She holds me unaware. f-

My heart is out of tune. Where art thou, dearest, And why to-night so late? Mei hough tan hour ago 1 heard thy footsteps

Outside the garden gute. Ah, throbbing heart, be still surely he comelh

I feel his presence now The pressure of his loving afms about me, His lips upon my brow! O, hush thee, whispering rose, thy plaintive murmur

Beneath the lover's moon! O summer night-winds, breathe thy tendereat measure, r»

My heart now in tune!

Every evening we go upon the hill under the trees, and watch the sunset from there we see four or five little villages nestling snugly at the foot of the mountains. Off to the east, is a beautiful little lake, with two round, white, red roofed towers, rising from its shore, and the blue in the back ground forms most charming little picture. Away towards the west is another perfect gem of a lake. Towards the south, the mountains—the grand, grave, dignified mountains, indulge in an act of courtesy towards the ladies, who, in pretty hats and dresses, come out and rush into raptures about the superb view. They, too, appear in full evening attire, having cast off their blue and gray morning robes they are regal in crimson and purple, silver and rose, and their stately heads glittering in golden crowns. The great red sun hangs suspended over the lake, then slowly half hides behind th® mountain, waiting for them to take their farewell look at their own gorgeous beauty in the polished surface of the little lake above which they tower so majestically then dart a out ot sight, leaving a path of

frlorv

!.OVK.—What men love

Is the comforts of the married state, not the person who provides them— wifely duties rather than the wife. A niau enjoy* his home. He likes the fireside, the dressing gown and the bright tea urn, and the eves behind it. He likes to seebovs and girls growing up around them.'bearing Hl» name and inheriting his qualities. He likes to have his clothes laid ready to his hand, Blockings in their integrity, buttons Arm in their places, meals pleasant, prompt, ret frugal. He like* a servant auch as monevcannot hire—attentive, aflfectlon-

spontaneous, devoted, and worthv. He likes very much the greatest comfort forth® smallest outFar and certainly be likes to b® loved, lite love runs in the current of his likings, and i# speedily itidisUcgalshabie (hm them.

that the far off mountains reflect delicate roseate hues—and slowly, great aullen looking clouds roU and pour down and envelope again in mystery—and one step from tho sublime to the absurd.

We go down the hard stony street through the little German village town, every man, woman and child greeting vou with "goo ten "—(good evening,) into the smoky "beer smiling" Inn, through a half filled with beer kegs (set aside for the great of the IJndenburg.) Feasting peasants in the rooms, grow happv ana contented with the good natured, kind hearted old landUdv—her delicious potatoes and beef steak, and I g*** in wonder, and envy at the Germans that quaff, glass after glass, (and immense glasses at that) of cool rich brown foaming Bavarian beer, nntll they grow red In the face, and noisy, but never rode.

This house is owned by the same man who owns the inn. Although poorlv and scantily furnished, the rooms are delightful, large, cool, plenty of windows, commanding many magnificent views. We have two rooms on second floor, no carpet, a wardrobe, an old wooden table covered with a sheet, a tiny looking-giasa, a copy from an old master, a few photographs, a liule

sofa.

in all Germany so

1

.'j

From Germany, pi

LETTER FROM A TERRE-HA UTE LADY.

VLIJUJENIIURU" MDBSAU, BAVARIA. August 11,1871. You see by this, we have left Munich, and are on our way to Oberammergan. We left Munich Thursday for a week's recreation. We came by rail as far as Stromburg, and there took a rumbling and rackety old coach, and a jolly drunken driver—stopped all night at a little village called Weilhynin, left next morning with the same old dilapidated coach and.driver, had a most delightful ride oi fifteen miles straight towards the Alps.

This place is called the "Lindenburg" on account of the Linden trees growing around it. It is a charming place—our rooms are delightful. North, south and oast, we look, right at the mountains.

The "Zug Spitz," the highest of the Bavarian Alps,. 10,000fypL, is immediately taeinjfri&<rwrea8i£ Afff noW^ting by. The snowy caps tower grandly away above the clouds.

To-day the weather is somewhat undecided, and the mountains are enveloped in mystery—great fleecy clouds rolling continually up and down their sides occasionally they break away, and we catch a glimpse of the beautiful beyond—blue, deep dark blue, of the mountains, and great crevices filled with snow banks. About one hundred feet lrom the house are four magnificent Linden trees. In the centre is a shrine, an immense cross, bearing ti bloody figure of Christ. Every morning nnd evening, notwithstanding, there is always a crowd of people there from the house, the peasants, old men and women, come to say their prayers at the foot of the cross and overy time I seetheminspitoof their earnestness and apparent piety, I am reminded of Mr. Stimpson's remark, "that everywhere in Germany you see the dead, not the living Christ."

patch of sunshine, my waterproof par- IN DARKNESS AT^/SARATOGA. asol and hat and Me. One of the Saratoga correspondents, But ah! the wonderful panorama "ran—" was verv bad from the windows—mountains, lakes, name is was very Daa .in »n .11 k/% Iv tpAfltoH whan ftiA vronr. mil: cm

bVttaU™^ expected her

butthattovour hand, vou find clean ana expected her fresh bed linen, generally tastefully

embroidered if not that, at least dei'i-

Bavarian officers with their wives,

the villagers and peasants come all day long to arink beer, and we from the cities take our coffee.

To-morrow, if pleasant, we expect to go over the mountains to "Paten Kirchen" a Spa, and fashionable resort. €. 1. G.

JOHN PHENIX" OVER AGAIN. A good newspaper story is being told of the Colorado Herald. The editor of the Herald had occasion to leave town for a few days, and intrusted his valuable organ to the care of an ambitious youth' who was a novice in journalism. His instructions on leaving were modelled alter those of the Mar Bennett in similar emergencies "Always keep before your mind the fact that Hie object ot this paper is to e.\lml ii» circulation," he said, "and whenever you see a chance to insert a puff of theHerald in any notice you make, pile it on as thick as you can. Keep the people stirred up all the time, you understand, so that they will believe the Herald is the greatest sheet in the United States." He then went awav, and the following night his wife died vory suddenly. This is how the assistant editor mentioned the circumstances: "GONE,

HUT NOT

exemplary*.

FORGOTTEN."—WE

are compelled, this morning, to perform a duty which is peculiarly painful

to the able assistant editor who ha* been engaged on this paper at an enormous expense, in accordance with our

jiian's'grocery, up two flights ot stairs. Knock hard.) "We shall miss thee, mother, ^re shall miss thee." (Job printing solicited.) Funeral at four and a-half, from the house just across the street from the Herald office. Gone to be an* angel now. (Advertisements inserted for ten cents a square.)

The story has this unhappy ending. The editor arrived home that day at noon. Slowly and sadly he was observed to arm himself with a double-bar-reled fowling-piece, into which he inserted about two pounds and a half of bullets. He marched over to the office, followed by an immense crowd. The assistant editor was busy in painting a big placard to be tacked on the hearse. It Dore t'ie legend, "Buy your coffins of Simms, over the Herald office." The assistant editor cast his eye around and perceived his chief. Care sat upon that wan cheek, and thunder clothed his brow. He levelled his gun. The assistant did not wait. With one wild and awful yell he jumped from the second story window, and struck out for the golden shores of the Pacific. It is believed he eventually swam over to China. _____

AGES OF O YSTERS.

Aa old oysterman can tell the age of his bivalves witli great precision. Those who are familiar with the appearance of an oystershell must have observed that it seemed as if composed of sue cessive layers of plates overlapping each other. Theso are technically termed "shoots," and each of them marks a a year's growth, so that by counting thctu, we can determine at a glance the vear when the creature came into the world. Up to the epoch of its maturity, from five to seven years old, when they are ki perfection, the shoots are regular and successive, but after that time they become irregular, and are piled one over the other, so that the shell becomes

over

Among fossil oysters, specimens are found occasionally ol enormous thickness and the amount of time that has passed between the deposition of the bed of rock in which such an example occurs, and that which overlies it, might losing sight of it. be calculated from ©ireful observation of the shape and number of layers of

re

mm

oyster shell. !n 1some

In/tt

01 iuo #i A HOT..

calcareous

matter TOmjHwlng an extinct

consisting of full-grownanci agea in

dividuals. Judging from^thegreatness

taining a patriarchal longevity.

HAXSAH os

from tne windows—mountains, laxes, 7 as lie adjusted an uncomfortable collar woods, village*, cottages, all—all be- 'y treated when th© gas went out so about his yond words. suddenly the other night. The story party. 1 little ses of no plao

Ow«j Village*, COvvAgCso, w* «7 SDO U* DIB DQCKI IOAII I^U Ml 111 and words. suddenly the other night. The story party. I never know what tc The next room is a little better beds, js

a

Ipoorjy*'furbished!I

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fro"\th?de

anTh

catelystitched, and always with a hand- frft

some monogram. /hi when we do stir o«.t.» Notwithstanding the lack of luxuries, their way to the reeeption room. I got this place is crowded. There are many !?n*ed "B

touching one and he tells it well: myself, stuck un in the parlor

•fa, two little pieces of carpet, cur- ing. IT the fellows would pul Tberei.noplace "believe Jen oe g• wocd on tfc,

'tti

ladies expected their

Jf Harii lt6

hv®

servants and carriages, and regiments and four y°t.ng ladies of children. No meals are cooked in

warned ladus, seven °id maids,

t|l"

this bouse, only coffee in the morning and after dinnei can be bad. in front so long of the bouse is lovely garden where met. I wasn't goiuc to be a darned fool. Far different.

Now a dear, sweet, liquW-

eyed brunette threw herJarms wildly around me. "t Eugene, why. did yon not write oltener?" she sobbed, and then she sank swoetly on my bosom. I said, "Wcop not, India," and then I kissed her sweetly twenty-two times. It was delicious. It made me think of my first wife and my college days at Yale. A ponderous matron now approached—dress decollete, hair a la pompadour, she took me in her arms and whispered, "O Charles, did you bring my beautiful dog—did you?"

Madame, my name is not Charles, and I hate dogs. I'd kill every d—d—d— but she fell fainting at my feet. A sweet, golden-haired blonde now took my hand. She pressed it gently, saying: "Dear Albert, I know it is you, and I am so glad to see you! You won't dance with Lizzie Smith, now will you? Now, do promise tne!" I said *1 wouldn't. Thon she held her cheek close to mine. It was hot with love's young hope tind pure, sweet affection. We were very happy. None but a wicked man would have brought sadness to this sweet, pure young heart -fall of confidence, warm with virgin 'maid

affection, and beautiful with splen girlishness. Do you still love me, Albert?" she whispered. "Undoubtedly." I remarked. "How much, darling?". "Aheap." "O,

ien

1st oorjid an

1

am too hap

pyP' she murmured, as she twistw

determination to make the Herald a ner lingers in way auburn hair and held first-class journal. Last night death me in swqet embrace. This sort of unexpectedly snatched away from our thing went dti for seventeen minutes, domestic hearth (the best are advertis- when C. Leland appeared in the dised under the head of stoves and fur- tance with a tallow candle. I quietly naces. Upon ourfirst page), Mrs. Agatha withdrew and mingled unobserved in P. Bulpfl.-wife ot Rufus P. Burrts, the the crowd. As the candle appeared, gentltfiaiiiv .editor of the Herald4 4weutacgeven young gentlemen were (Teir^«p^'doll aifcf* ^vsriablyTWen •ffcingj hands with as many

3

T*u*g I have

nanas wan lunwjr tn' th64tflfer«nt pornfcrs. se4ti sucblsn

scene. It was a great display of affection. One married gentleman was holding the hands of two ladies. The hair of the young gentlemen did not display a parting-place. I reflected, "how kin such things be, and overcome us like a summer shower I consulted with J. Billings. He says they kan't. So I resolved to leave the place.

DEVOTION OF A CHILD. ne of, the most tearful stories over told on paper, is this, of a little boy, a mere ehila, who travelled 1.400 miles, taking care of the dead body of his mother all the way.

An expressman, upon reaching his office one cold morning in January, observed on the sidewalk a long, heavy box, which his practiced eye at once identified as a corpse. Upon the end of the box, shivering with cold, sat a halfclad boy, about seven or eight years of age. Addressing him kindly, he said: "My lad, don"t sit there you will freeze. Come in and sit by the fire."

Bursting into tears the little fellow replied: "No, I can't come. My mother is in this box, and I promised her that I would not leave her until we got home."

Deeply affected with the touching devotion of this brave little fellow, he finally succeeded in convincing him of the entire safety of his precious charge, and taking him to a neighboring restatwantgave him a warm breakfast, and then learned the particulars ot his

His lather died a year provious in a remote village in Minnesota, leaving his mother in poor health, and nearly destitute. She died but a few days before the boy's sad journey, charging the little hero with the sad duty of conveying the remains to her friends in a distant State, and furnished him with

wajj Ms

THKIUII~—There is

station on the Pittsburgh, rort ayne,

Wavne. A train stopped other day, and the brakeman, after the

manner of his class, thrust^his head in-

fle

the other, so that theshell becomes r^'^Tmoney barely the mule's tail twisted right ha"rd every ri "?,

"^m5«th^T"SSm[TKS -mute, «l»b n,.,.,^. ... sufficient to carry them both to'the destination.

The little fellow had actually ridden ..Ight and da£ in a freight car with his melancholy trust, never for a moment

A BOY'S PORPOSE.—When Warren

Hswtin~, was

:old,

tion. stratum above iet that flowed on toward the river Isis forlorn surroundings of Mrs Curtis, the gtushed oysteram^be awn, earn ®ea a[d

there fae

forraoi

gnjding star through life. His

werP

jn reduced circumstances

to which some oystersbells nave attain |jut descended from a noble family. —1,» tu» thnrmirh hrolled. this ruollusk is capable,Jf I The boy's ambition was to win back the natural chan^ and unmolested, of at-

lost cf hig

lost estate of his ancestors—to make Dayles«ford his own. To this purpose he'steadily adhered. Kvery aim and

effort of

wjth

and Chicago Railroad called Hannah, ^mantle daydreams of a boy, very In honor of a deceased ^iwn Fort nkeiy never to be realized. The young A train stopped there the fightings sat on the same bench iu the

his boyhood was mwociated

this purpose. It seemed like the

villaKe

school with tl«e peasant children

wjtjj wilom

aide the door and railed out Mannsn^ ward observer tnere was little to loud and long. A young l^"y»P™^®" gulsh him from the rest. But the world bly endowed with the poetic appena- fn the boy's heart waa as different from tion of Hannah, anppostng he was aa- hopesand aspirlngsas if be belongdreaslng her, and shocked at his famili-

aritv on so abort «n acquaintance, ... trowned like a thunder cloutLand re-loru-df "Shut your mouth." He shut

he played, and to an out-

tQ anoth„r pianet.

Price Five Cents#

EASE IN SOCIETY.

"I'd rather thrash in tbe barn all d«v," said Reuben Riley to his sister "listed an uncomfortable collar .j neck, "than go to this peaky

I never know what to do witlr all even" ull their match,

we never

i,

8° nowhere,'nor see nsbody.

and no

wonder we feel so awkwarct

The remarks of this brother and sister were but the sentiment of many": other farmers' boys and girls, when invited out to spend the evening. But* poor Lucy had not hit tbe true cause ofthe difficulty. It was not beoause they seldom went any place, bnt because there was such a wide difference be-• tween their home and company manners. The true way to leel at ease In? any garb is to wear it often. If the$ pleasing garb of good manners Is only put on on r-ire occasions it will never fit well and seem comfortable. licarn to behave properly at home, to cultivate yourself. Do not sit, or stand or iounge around in ungainly attitudes,,, but acquire a manly, erect bearing. I have never seen such vigwous, h»arty manhood, in any class as among eultivated farmers' 'sons. Let table manners be especially looked afteu. If you, are so .unfortunate as to have a laoiner who is careless in this regard, you must do the best you can to remedy the early home training. Note defect in carefwllyJ and do is noble, is good you wrely'to your brains at work. Wtfta ness it would you were only a

well-bred people behave, imitate them.: It itutor of that which

Iful. all, ilfe iiety, All onr mind ib" sluggishinto, ifv nothing*

more, by good stirring thought. TUke the newspapers and read them thoroughly. Knowledge is a power in more senses than one. If you go into society^ witli something in your mind worth?, talking about, you will not fail to find listeners who wilL treat you with respect, and where you are well received, you will not fail vory soon to find yotkrself at ease.

MULE POWER.

There is a man out in Oregon who has a mule. A few days ago he was driving tbe animal across the prairie, when it suddenly stopped. The man left his wagon and attempted to inducethat mule to move on, but without success. He beat it, he ooaaed it, andi 4ie cursed it, but he refuaOfl tO ttndge. tfb tied fire-crackers to 1ifs»taH'Hid ploded them, but the mule merely* turned his head in a languid way, ex-: atnined tbe lire-works, and calmly"winked at the man. Thon the manr thought tbe mule hud forgotten something and wanted to go back, so he trieatc turn him around but the muleexpressed a firm determination not U» go home. The man becamu desperate,, and thought be would build a fire un-» dor the mule but as fast as he would kindle it, the mule, standing firnMipou1 three legs, reached over with hi£ other4 leg and kicked the flames ocft. Then he tore his hair and swore—the inani did—and be rushed to tbu wifgon and«

jot twelve pounds of gunpowder, andp1' dug a bole under the inula and builA a mine. Then he covered up tho charge and laid a slow match, and stood ofl a little piece while he lit it. There was a rumble, a roar, and a terrible explosion^ and, amid the cloud of upheaved rooks, the mule was observed to fling its hind legs in the air and to support itself upon its foro feet in that position until the blast was over, when It quickly assumed its old attitude, and a gentle smLle

fiassed

over its features as perceived t» master lying down, groaning and cursing the day on which he was born.i It was of no-use. The man went home and brought out two yoke of oxen, lie hitched them to his mule and they* pulled but the mule dug its boofi* Into the prairie, and there it stood as (ir» as Casabianaa on the burning deck. Then the man, in a furious rage, went

pUrpose which former mistress of Arlington. It was

mor8

cf

He held on to

%Uvft ptfalJVV*

his great life-purpose of winning back his nunily lands all through his youth his checkered

ly lani

and manhood. Throu

It. life-history this was Bke a star ever _. loading him on. And success at last As tJnuuABLBOPwios.—wesee it crowned his efforts. He was able to »1 —. *U«n fnnr or flVA 1 1 a. »ci stated that not more than four or five Mars ago a distinguished Boston publisher, of a great deal of experience, advised the many friends of a certain young lady that she had better stick to school teaching—she would never make anything of a writer. It was a new proof of the fallibility of the wisest of igL for the young lady was none other iiui Ixrniaa M. Aloott, whose new book. tile Men."sold twenty-six thousand fes before the day of publication.

buy back the beautiful fields and parks of his ancestors, and rebuild the mansion and here the last daya of bis toilsome life were spent.

A

LTXCHBCRO colored woman fell thirty feet out of a third-story, window striking the ground bead foremost. It took two wheelbarrow losds of earth to fill up the bole, but the woman refused to pay for.tne job.

1

and got three moveable steam engines and chalncd them to the mule. Three half inch cables were snapped asaader, and the mule still maintained its deO-i ant attitude. It is there yetr aud the man lias made a contract with a buLlder to go out there and erect a mill over the mule, because he regards him now as one of the permanent fixtures of the place, and he thinks ho can apply the power for the mill by arranging to have

THE PROPER DISTINCTION OF WOMA N Is there any barrier against presumption and against an attempt at equality, like thoroughbred courtesy? "Do what you will, you can never be so thorougly a ladv as I am," was tbe im-

vw

jad onlv seven years preJiong made upon me by the sweet

he lay one day beside a little rivu- httmllitv, the plain dress, the almost

tbe

what she did twt do, tho absence

effort, coupled with the desire to

make you happv, the thorough breeding, ibe self-abnegation, the graceful dignity, that made this lady a duchess in her faded realm. Such brooding and suchjmannen^is b3rs.iroiKit within tbe reach ol every one—they aro psrfiy natural gift*—but the virtues which led to toem are to be cultivated by everybody with some hope of success. Miss Sedgwick was one of these wonderfully well-bred women. No woman in Amerioa was more famous than she in her prime, and she had much of tbe grace, with little of the formality, of those "old school" manners in which she must have been trained. Flattery never turned her besd she was humble snd modest as a village girl, graceful and courtly ss Msdsme 1* Mevigne. Her manner of introducing two persons has never been surpassed she made them both feel honored and distinguished. Her sttitude of listening was in itself a compliment, and to the very

Isst she maintained a charm beyond beauty—the charm ol perfect manners. —lAppmcotf* Magazine.

A

REV. MR. SKIXNKR,

of Iowa, has

raised a conundrum in a Methodist convention, which likely to wait lor an answer. It Is this: "What must tbe Almighty think to see an immortal soul playing croquet?"