Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 6, Number 2, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 10 July 1875 — Page 1

Vol. 6.—No. 2.

THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

(Written fpr Tbe Mall.]

UP THE HILL TO THE QUA VE YARD. K. 8. IIOPKIXH. Up the hlli to the grave yard,

Madly and Nolemu and slow Up the bill to the grave yard, The hearao and the mourners go.

Leaving the crowwl highway, Leaving tho noise of the ilreet Threading the nh«l«l byway,

Where the forma aad the village mqpi.

Winding between the clover In fluids of white and of red, Brother, ulster and lover,

They follow the heanto and the dead.

«llent and aad and lonely, leaving the village below JIow much of sorrow onlv

Uod and the monrnera know

Under tho arching gateway Clad In lt« shroud of black Oni* there eulerereth straightway,

HI mil never again come back.

Under the drooping willow*, i«-y go with their Under tlx

They go with ihHr weoplng friend*, Jndi-r the granny billow*, LI fs and Ft* mystery eud*.

Up the hill to the grave yard, Enrb will go in hla turn Up the bill to the grave yard,

Shall go but never return. I, 11 iiii i.nS

Town-Talk.

THE KXCURHIOXWTB.

Well, they aro all off, at laist, and the town is quiet. For six long weeks tho Inevitable question has been, "Where aro you going?" It has been put to T. T. at least three hundred thousand times, or less. Ho has varied the form of his answer as much as possible, but the baro repetition of tbe fact that be wasn't going. anywhere, long sinoe be* came a wearisome bore. Not that any body paid any attention to what he said, for they wore all too much occupied with their own plans to heed bis, but because of tbe droadful monotony of stating tho same unpalatable truth so often. Ho has sometimes been asked as many as a hundred times by the same person, if ho was going to Niagara and ho is certain now that tho persons who askod, could not, fivo minutes afterwards, havo told what his reply was to have saved their lives. They always propounded tho question in a complacent, pro-occupied kind of way, and Immediately imparted the stirring information that they wore going. And what superior airs they put on about it. How patronising to unfortunate stay-at-homes like T. T. How vory fashionable.

But nil of this will be as nothing to tho airs tlioy will assume when they get back. They will then have seen it all and there'll bo no uso of anybody who didn't go, having an opinion on anything connected with North American travel. They'll know more about Put-in-Ilay than Sweeney and more about tho Falls, than the oldest guide. They'll tell of more surprising adventures and hair-broadth escapes than ever happened to tho horo of a dime novel. They are certain to havo experienced a terrific •storm on Lake Erie—tbe worst for many year*—and sure to have seen Niagara undor mime peculiar circumstances that don't occur twice In a lifts time. They'll Ixs so awfully familiar with this th]tig and that, that we'll find It very hard to believe that they ha vent spent several years in systematic study of all the objects of interest between Tsrre" Haute and tho Falls.

But, suppose they do act and talk as T. T. has predicted what of It? They'll ot\Joy it, and we ought to eq)oy seeing them enjoy Ik Going to Put-in-Bay or Niagara Falls Is a nios trip and anybody who goes to either place, ta JoatiA•od In talking a good deal and lor a lasg time. Tho Kails of N lagers »ay he classed tho woadsse of- the world. They are the pride of America their granJeur, magnitude, and magjiittacuoe are well known to all tho civilised world, (see the, guide book) and their guides and hack men are tho wont sharks on tho (hoe of the earth. Why .not talk

But there to one matter connected -with tho Niagara excursion which T. T. hears talked of ia a way that pains him. He supposes he might an well tell the story as he hears it, and give tho parties interested a chanoe tooome to an under* •standing regarding it. If' there has been any misconception of motives* or other misunderstanding, nothing can be so good ss open talk to set matteW right.

It is town talk that when Mr. Sterritt first talked about getting up his Put-in-Bay excursion, ho went to certain mem* bet* of Centenary church and told them his plans, and aaked if the excursion at the time mentioned would interfere ta any way with any plana of theira. Ho was assured that weald not. He then Mated that If they contemplated an excursion at anywhere near the same time, or in the saroo dlrsotion, he would be glad to know It then awl would change the time or direction of Ida own no as to auit their convenience and aa for aa poeaible insure sooceae to both. In reply he was told to go abend that they did not intend to, and would not, get np any cscsntai that would in any

way Interfere with the one he proposed. Acting on this assurance Mr. Sterritt proceeded to make all his arrangements. About the time theee were completed, and things had gone too far to make it possible to back ont, tbe excursion to Niagara waa announced. It waa evident at once that it would ruin the Put-in-Bay enterprise. Mr. Sterritt was terribly chagrined and alarmed. He succeeded in getting a reduction in tbe fare but the opposition company, included Put-In-Bay in their routo. Then it was proposed to Mr. Sterritt to extend his excursion to Niagara and charge the same fare, and tho railroads offered to make the same arrangements as had been made with the other parties. Mr. Sterritt declined the proposition flatly, on the grounds that it would not be treating the Centenary people honorably. Now this, remember, Is town talk. There may be, and T. T. Is quite willing to believe there is, another side to the story, but the other side hasn't been town talk yet. When it is T. T. will report it.

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THE COST OF LITIGATION,

The fiasco of the Beeeher trial might furnish an appropriate text for a discourse on the folly of many of the lawsuits which burden the courts. Hore was a trial lasting six months, between two eminent men, engaging distinguished and able counsel on both sides, entailing immense expense and resulting in tbe unsatisfactory conclusion of a divided Jury. Mr. Boecher is declared neither innocent nor guilty while the only result Tilton hss gained is a disastrous exposure of his character and mode of life which would much better, for bim and overybody else, have remained ooncealed by the privacy of the domestic circle. Society at large has reaped from the trial only a prodigious harvest of noxious and demoralizing influenced. Tbe outcome is a discouraging commentary on our judicial system as a means of ascertaining the truth in disputed oases. Here was a man obarged with adultery. All the evidences pointing to his guilt were brought out in the strongest possible light by a rigid examination of more than a hundred witnessos. Lawyers of great skill and experience commented on this evidence, explaining and construing it favorably to the pluintif! or the defendant and making the strongest arguments they were capable of. A carefully selected jury of twelve men witnessed these proceedings from the beginning to the end of Che case, and alter eight days of conference and deliberation among themselves, found it impossible to reach a unanimous opinion as to whether Mr. Beeeher was or was not guilty of tbe crime charged against him. After spending half a year in the fruitless endeavor to show how grievously he was wronged, Theodore Tilton haa only succeeded In convincing three men out of twelve that his story Is true, while the other nine will ever look on him as a conspirator, a blackmailer and a peijurer. What suooess he baa had with tbe general public outside the court room will never be known.

The Beeeher trial is a fair representative, In Its resulta, of thousands of others continually transpiring all over the country, Men rush Into court on the •lightest pretext, and without oounting the costs until the end, when they come out baffled and beaten, only to pay twice or thrice the value of the thing in controversy, added to much trouble, vexation and loss of timo. Frequently when on honorable compromise and settloment oottld be had beforehand, thay refose to embrace It and, through malice or anger, Institute a todiooa and expensive snlt at law. Then, whentbey come oat worsted, nine times in ten they tbe lawyer, either for getting

Into tbe salt or for not winning their oanse after inking it. It is trae that there are some lawyers who Invariably advise everyone that consults them to bring a salt, no waiter whither tbe client Is able to make oet Ms cans or not, hot an honorable attorney will be very earsfol how he advftsae aaj'uws to go into court, and will not do so mil— he is elaarty peaenadod that a wrong haa been psrpstrstoi. ahd that there la a strong probability that the court will reotHy It and punish tho wrongdoer.

It is appalling to coneldor the enormous expense attending the litigation of tbeoooatrj. The ooortaars always crowded with business, and towards the oloee of the term there Is an actual stnqpgle among the litigants to gst the Judge to heir their oases* Thousands and thousands of dollars are paid for attorneys' thee, aad thowssnds more fbr the •xpensee of the court by the fineness fUl partiee to actions whioh never should have been brought. If the aggregate sssouatofmoasy expended each year In this country in the business of settling dtopoted questions of right between individuals could he reckoned up, the figures would present a startling and overwhelming array. It la Impossible to form any guess as to what the grand total would be, but It would probably exceed the most extravagant estimate. Of

course a large pert of this litigation ia neceesary—that ia, la brought about by tbe fraudulent and unjust acta of evil and designing men. Tbe purpose of tbe courts is to enforce the laws and render justice between man and man, and when one is conscious of having been wronged it ia his privilege, and often his duty, to petition tbe court to redress his grievance. But there is a right side and a wrong'side in every case, and the dishonor is on him who goes into court not conscious in his own heart of having the right on his side.

Tbe wise man will rsther suffer injustice oftentimes than become involved in a lawsuit. If the amount in dispute Is small, he would rather lose it than take the risk of gaining his suit in a court of law. And it is certain that too many lawsuits are brought to recover trifling sums and to settle imsginary grievances.

A bountiful source of litigation is the carelessness with which people often transact important business. The trouble is they do not go to their lawyers soon enough. Instead of consulting them on doubtful questions before entering on a certain oourse of action, they wait until they have taken the fatal step and aro plunged into inextricable difficulties and then go to the lawyers to get them out. In this ss in some other matters, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and five dollars worth of advice than fifty dollars worth of prosecution or defence. But most people never think of the doctor until they are bed-fast nor ol the lawyers until they are sued or want to sue, and then it sometimes happens that It is too late.

CURRENT COMMENT

A Tennessee street man says he hopes tied back dresses will never go out of style his wife hasn't kicked him in the face since they became fashionable.— [Ind. Sun.

The unmuzzled ox that treads the corn for Plymouth church has a salary of ^100,000 per annum. The reward seems out of proportion to the amout of corn—rind. Herald.

The situation is accepted. In Memphis Qen. Forrest has been publicly presented with a boquet by "a nigger," and in his response addressed her as "Miss Lewis." Goodness gracious! Is the Caucasian played out in Tennessee —[Ind. Herald. "General Grant was not drunk at Shilob," says General Sherman "I have never seen him drunk on the field of battle," And there Sherman paused but if he had continued to speak a few moments longer the world might have learned just where he had seen him drunk.—[New York Sun.

Says the News: The two- members which go to make up a Danbury family bad a little dispute as to the true way to broil a steak. He had read of one way and knew it was the right, and she had read of another and knew it was perfect. She said he was a fool, and he called her an idiot. Then ahe intimated that he lied, and he said sbe was another, whereupon ahe declared that the steak shouldn't be cooked at all in that house, and made good tbe threat by heaving the aieak into the bock yard. Then they went to the steakless table, and he bowed bia head and aald, "Lord, make ns thankftil for all we are about to receive," and both in gratefhl silence filled ap on bread and potatoes.

Tbe Philadelphia Star says: No phyriologleal truth haa been more conclusively demonstrated than that the employaaont that requlrea woman, and especially Unmarried one* to boon their foot during the whole ol the working hoars of the day, and where, aa lathe oase in some of the high-toned dry goods atorea, girls and woassa mo abaolutaly prohibited the privilege of dt ting down, ia in tho highest degree injurious. It is difficult to understand how employer* oan be so Indifferent to the health of their employes, aad yel there are each in tho world, aad we rogrst to aay that aome of them It

People and Things.

Indecision keepe the door qfar but declaton shuts aud bolts it. Every heart knoweth its own bitterneoss, and every pocket its own depth. Never accuse a man of meanneos "till you know all his surroundings."

There are said to be ft Chicago 00,000 men who are out of employment This seems very strange when almoet any man can get Into a base-ball club.— [Courier Sournal,

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It is said that at three years old we love our mothers at six, our fathers st ton, our holidays at sixteen, our dress at twenty, our sweethearts at twenty-five, our wives. at forty, our children at sixty, ourselves.

The latest addition to the umbrella ia a pane of glass inserted in tbe front bresdth. This must provo a great convenience. Through this glsss the umbrella fiend can see the owner approaching and have time to dodge around a corner and escape his interrogating glances.

According to the New York Mall, Mr. Bunker, tbe early proprietor of the hill of that name, is not now living. It is rather unfortunate that Mr. B. should have been gathered in so soon. If he could be here now to see how for bis hill has got ahead of old Breed's it would do him good.

Gen. Spinner is charged," they say, "with having too great an affection for pretty women." There never was a more absurd charge. The man who doesn't cherish a great affection for pretty women ought to have died when he was a baby, and tbe probability is that he did.—[Courier Journal.

If a man asks you why you don't live in a three-story house, put this at him: "In an ordinary three-story brick house, 30,000 gallons of water are absorbed by tbe briok and mortar used in the construction and this immense quantity must all or nearly all be got rid of before they are safe as dwellings.—[Cour-ier-Journal.

Dumas is an octoroon, the only indication thereof being a slight kinklness in the hair but the French are without prejudice in the matter of raoe, and the eighth part of African blood which runs through his veins does not prevent him from enjoying any of the social privileges belonging to a pure-blooded Gaul.

There was a ludicrously sudden descent from the sublime to tbe ridiculous, where a clergyman preaching on the "Ministry of Angels" suddenly observed, "I hear a whisper." Tho change of tone started one of the deacona, who sat below, from a drowsy mood, and springing to his feet he cried, "It's tbe boys in the gallery."

A oonviot in Sing Sing is firmly convinced that he would not now be where he Is If he had not once written to a newspaper editor, inquiring with reference to himaelf, whether a child born of American parents while they were on a visit to Europe, would not be eligible to tbe Presidency of tbe United Statea. This aad case should serve aa an awftil warning to those who are in the habit of propelling auoh conundrums at newspaper editors.

They generally "fetch them," these lightning-rod peddlers. One of them tried on an old Kentucky former laat week:

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theassad miisafrom Philadelphia. Such individuals abould read and ponder fr. Amea' Jaat published work, entitled "Be* aadlnduany." .?«?

Not long ago a lady of Interesting and lovely appearance called upon me. I had married her some jean before. I did not remember her, bat she recalled the circumstance, and she then said that Heaven had not blesaed bar with children, aad she believed the tanson waa hsasasi her hnahand did aot give me aay foot I laughed, of oouiss, as you do now, aad tried to laagh her oat of the Idea, but ahe waa very anions, very earnest about it, ao I had to submit, aad accept tho hooorarlum which ahe offered, ftonastlms after, I met her tathar, whom I lesnlltuisd, ia thestieet, aad aa we walked along together, I aaked him how hie daughter waa. He aald ahe waa very well, aad very happy with her little hoy! Now, my brother ministers take heart! If Providence looks on* so vigilantly for the marriage fosa, do aot ooasarn yourselves about sabluasry •altera, bat give yourselves, heart aad soul, to tho good work of serving the tenth.' [Wllliam H. Faroes*, D.D.

I don't waat none of your

Mghtnlng-roda," said be.

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of lightning It's tbe thunder I believe's going to knock us all endwiae." "You don't seem to comprehend," aald the peddlers "theee 'ere ailver-tippedroda are Hghtnlng roda, aad tbe gold-tipped onea are thunder-rode—Jm* what you want,** aad he pemiaded the old sum In ordering ap the gold-tipped rode.

Yoang an, if you wtoh to rise la the wortd. win a namo, aeenmulate wealth, be known as a good ottlaen aad a credit toyoamolf aad fomily, remember that b—ln% education, comet habits, asoial worth aad ladaairjr coaat for nothing against the sndrMag child ef whbW hired *eie' who travels ethhtyk Ha patter If his atnmssh be oaspfr, h*e*oh» unpaid, his fcaaily bs starving aad he be kaowa aa a deed boat if the tail of the coat he wears be of a certain length, he Is satoh a duck of a maiu—{Brick omeroy.

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Japaaeae editor writes of Karopsaa customs: "If we oboarve tbe practice of Kuiopsona, II weald sppsar t^at the poworof the wifoia greater than that of the hashaad, aad thai this enor haa beea brought sbont by the was* of a owrroot view of the dktatee ef natora. We will poiatootexamploeef this. In going through a door the wtfo passss fiat aad the hashaad follows bar the wlfo tehee the hsat aaat end tho hasimd the next beatt in vtaittng, the wife ia first aalutod ia forms of address, the wife is lint msnttoned. Moreover, while men are In the company of ladiee they muat bo particular in tbrir conversation, aad are aot permitted to emoko without tho ladles' permission being first obtained. These and like customs ate ianttmefehle, and the power of the aaea la for fleeter than that of the

You are all going to bell!" shouted an Arkansas camp meeting preacher. "That's a d—d lie lam going to New Orleana," aald a butternut on a rear seat but he took It all beck when the preaeher marched down toward him, pulling an eighteen inch bowle knife from hla boot g.

You may talk of your ragged edge of despair and all that till doomsday, but what is it compared to the feelinga of the veetryman who, after relieving himaelf of the tortures of a new boot by slipping it off during the servioes, finds himself unexpectedly called on to go around with the plate ?—[N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.

A Boston drummer, wslking along one of the streets of Houston* Texas, reached under his coat-tails for his handkerchief, and was enabled to keep his hand in that poaition until he got to his hotel, as every other man he met drew a bead on him with a navy revolver, and threatened to send him "hellward" if he ventured to "pull that 'ere pop."

The superintendent of a Sundayschool in Washington is an undertaker, and there is some talk of ssking him to resign! not only because he makes the children sing, '*1 would not live always," regular every Sunday, but because on the back of tbe reward cards that are given to good children he has printed a ?guilt coffin, with a list of his rates for funerals.,

A countryman purohased anew hat at a Burlington store, last week, leaving his old one with the merchant, who kicked it under the counter. The next day the oountryman returned, and after a search among the rubbish, found the old tile, and turning down the band pulled out a fifty dollar bill, quietly remarking, "I came mighty near forgettin' where I put that money."

In the City of Mexico recently the Hon. William Walter Phelps felt rather Indisposed, and thought that he would not rise early. When he did leave his bed he found pinned to bis dressingtable apiece of paper, on which his host had written: "You were sleeping so soundly that I thought I would not wake you to say that I had to go out to keep an engagement. Should you need anything, call upon Jesus." This apparent devout advice rather staggered Mr. Phelps, until it occurred to him that the servant man of his host bore that name.

A poor devil out in Bluff City crawled into a box car and slept during the night. In the morning he was aroused by the watchman, who asked him what he was doing there. The poor fellow said he had no other place to sleep, he was a stranger in the city and without friends. The valiant watchman thereupon pulled out his revolver and fired, the shot taking effect in the back of the friendless man's head. A local paper speaking of the aflUr says: "The conduct of the watchman was very reprehensible." Is not that local editor altogether too sweeping in his condemnation?

Feminitems.

Freckled yells are stylish and very deceiving. The 91 necklaoss look aa well aa tbe 100 once.—[N. Y. Letter.

Seven female clerka are engaged In the New Orleana Poetoffloe. Holding the trail dear of the walk Is called "nursing your drsss."

How doth the busy dty girl, Improve each shining hoar aad gather drygoods all tho day, from every epsalng •tors? woman who can make a bed without leaviag a lump in it, aad eaa cook a beadrteak vtaht, aeed aot worry shoot he it at a re

An sctrsss ia San Fraadsoo appeared before a vory largo aadienre oae night isesatly aad bsgaa to slag, whoa two llttls dogs seesped from thsir hespsi' behind theeeenes, rsa oa the stags ai eooh other rouad aad rooad the

valssd with laagMer. It wss a loag Haw after the doge ware esrried off the she eoald proosfd with the

WMh a whtfeS chip hoaasf, paper of sd a bw of artecoHsnoous feath en, lees, ribboas ead flowers, aay girl ef the period, with a enwll stock of ingsuBlty, sea eoavej the lapadM ta the pahtte at barge that aha has half a duewt hoaasts this ssssua. A veryfeshibaahls shape Is that made by ritttag down aad stamping oa aa ordlaary frame, aad then patting ia eoaae large roots!

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tried ta sit down la the strsst car, hot wse pinaed hade so tight shs cooldnt. Old lady peeped over her spsesaad aaked her: "How loag have you beea effitoted that way?* The young ledy blushed, ead made "a break,** sitting down sideways^ aad holdlag her kaees together so tight that ahe looked ae If ahe hsd oa a nne lagged pair of brooches. Old lady noticed bar sitting ta this side wise, cramped position, aad whispered: "Bile, I s^pcas I've had fea mysal£"

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Connubialities.

Only two of the States let first cousins wed. Man proposes but woman (frequently) refuses.-

Before a Turk gets married be asks all good men to pray fbr him. One Henry Thompson, of Iowa, has just been sentenced to the penitentiary of that state for ten years for marrying hla step-daughter.

Judge Wallace in Chicago has decided that a spiritualistic marriage where the parties live together publioly afterward is a valid marriage In law.

Why, Jennie, you look good enough to eat," mid a loving husband to his wife one morning at breakfast. "Well, I'm eating as fast as I can, ain't I?"

Angels fold their wings and rest," la the headline put in the Cincinnati Enquirer over an account of eight bridal parties at one hotel in that city.

A Cleveland young man has a scrapbook containing the marriage notioes of all the women that he has loved, and he aits out in the moonlight and reads it and cries.

Commonly it is the husband who, dying, leaves a business for a spirited wife to continue, but in Boston Henry C. Badger is advertised as carrying on a school founded by his wife.

A man In Iowa obtained a divorce from his wife last fall and then hired her for a cook. Since that time she has had more new dresses and pin money than she ever possessed as Mrs.

The numbor of innocent young glrla who marry a man believing they can break him of his bad habits and lug him off to church twioe every Sunday does not diminish in the least, and tbe dlvoroe oourts grind and grind.

Mr. A. D. Stewart of California, and Miss Lida Meyer of Cairo, Ills., were married In Evansvllle, Ind., recently, after a eourtshlp of four years by letter. They bad never seen each other until a few days before tbelr marriage.

Gall, the Cincinnati man who divorced bis wife, a sister of Victoria Woodhull, for "continuous adultery," the other day, was married the next morning, the laat making his fourth wife, tbe othor three being all living. He is bound to be suited ir be has to run a divorce mill of bis own.

How sweet is a perfect understanding between man and wifo. He was to smoke cigars when he wanted them, but he was to give her ten cents every time he indulged in one. He kept his word, and every timo she got GO cents ahead, he'd borrow it and buy cigars. And so they were happy.

One of our young men when ho was married didn't want to patronize the baker. He said bread tasted ever so much better made by her dear bands. This delighted her. But when sho wanted a scuttle of coal, and he suggested that ahe get It, aa the fire would feel so much better if the coal waa brought by her dear hands, ahe waa disgusted. Women are so changeable.

8berldan, the day before he wss married, took down a stove, oarefUUy cleaned and polished It, swsbbed out the pipe, swept the room, washed off the windows, sad, after ten or fifteen experimental trips np and down stairs with a buadle of kladUag wood on oaa arm and a coal Seattle hanging from tbe other, went eroaad ta his betrothed'e aad told her he waa ready to go to housekeeping right away, if she wanted low—(Brooklyn Argue.

BesrioToraerie engaged to be married to aNew Jersey yoath. We incline to the opialoa that tho yoaag man deairse ta keep up his habits of late hours at aight sfter he is married, snd tahee Bsssts hscsass of her oouad sisspiag quailttoa, A nomsn that rrsn be taken from her hsd, while ssleep, aad carted all srsoad the houss las msn'S arms, withost waklhg, .would osrtaialy he a Godesad to a hashaad who would rather his wife should aot be too well informed of the hear at which he returns from the ether place.

When a yoang aiaa in Virginia (Nov.) jllfte a yoaag lady, ahe doeant alt down* aad bewail her misfortune, aad shed psarfy tears, ead sigh aad moan, and go Into a dsdlas She teat oae of that sort. Bat she goss ta a shop, boys a fiist Jasi cowhide, hunts ap a couple of Male Meads, who ana themeelrwi with revolver*, aad then die seeks the fhlse* hearted yoaag man, aad whan ahe eetcbae hint ahe wears oat the cowhide hlai. Oae of that klad triad It oa reoakitraat later recently, but he dklnt happtn to bea very gallant youth, aad didnt oaecnnib easily. When ahe laid the cowhide on hie shoulders be laid fata flat on her letroasss nose, aad then ysaking oat a revolver the siae of a mountain howitaer, biased away et the lady* escort, who seemed to lose all interact in the proceeding, and made a strategic movement round the aest ooroefc Since this occurrence eowhideo have been marked "dull" In the market reports. -1