Bloomington Courier, Volume 7, Number 33, Bloomington, Monroe County, 18 June 1881 — Page 3

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When you a pair of bright oyes meet. That makes vour heart in rapture beat; When one voice seems to yon. more sweet Than any othai voice you know Go slow, my friend, go slow f For brightest eyea uavo oft betray ea, t "And sweetest voice of youth and maw J The very falsest things have said, And thereby wrought a deal of woe; . . Go slow, my friend,. go stow! , When you're convinced you are a fit, Ant'l wishing all the wolld to know? Call on some editor to show it, Your verses full of glow a id blotvf Go slow, my friend, go site , , : For many a one has done the sr ffone 1 , And thought to grasp the lftm And yet has never seen his basket know; In nilnt. And why wasteo slow! " ' Go slow, my friend r' mey yield.-j When you to greed for nver r.o wield And long the mighty rgoiden Held. That's always found Jand pride and show, With senseless poirfrienr , go slow ! Go slow, maptcd 1 y the glare For tbftusanrfs, taflbu in the snare CkCJtor the tblef. Anil now despair, -Kegret and shame nav brought tliem low; 'r ' " Go slow, my friend, go alow! The good old earth is nover wrong ; -Each of her works taken j ust so long ; Months pass before a happy throng Of -daisies in the meadow grow. Go slow, my tchzv&.f v.o slow I And spring gives life to sn miner's flow' cs, And summer' sun and summer's show'rs, Prepare the firatt for autumn' bow'rs, - And autumn frost brings winter snow; -i Go slowj.my friend, go slow I Madge Elliott.

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"Do you know what a famous Bussiansbeauty onc wrote in her album? No?" Let me tell you theu : The Frenchman understands best the art of talking love, the Italian of acting ir, but the German rocks it to sleep, while .the Pole ruins all '1 . '"And the American?" pleaded, a musical voice in the ear ot the first speaker. . The lady made no immediate'reply. The pair stood in the wings of a tiny amaceur theater in one of our large cities, ant) the drama of "Matrimony," in which in ey had acted , was over. Both were artists in that intense sentiment of excitement which stirs the ripples of private life when theatricals and charades become the fashion. Augusta Bevan, tall, slender, and proud, had resumed her velvet walking-dress, toyed witij a tiny muff of pink satin, which was suspended ah ut her neck by means of riOton. Capt. Horn blower, easy, graceful, and elegant, bent ovaTheria an attitude of devotion which he had asswn id, with the facility of a glove, for the past fifteen years, in the ball rooms of j West Point, Sara to, and Newport " 5foux muff seems to bsa sort of fairy caslset," pursued Capt. Hornblow. 4lGlve me a keepsake from one of the pockets; I beg,-in remembrance of the light?' "What shaMt los' retorted Augusta Bevan, gaily. She sought ih the tiny pockets of perfumed and quilted satin, and drew for th a gli ttering o bjec t. This was a little gold owl, beautifully wrought wirA ruby eyes and jeweled claws. When a spring was touched, a slender pencil-case slid out of the bird's head, "Here is my gift' she said, gently, and the gallant Captain understood that her uords meant capitulation. Was he glad or sorry? He received the little sold owl with - .effusive "grati

tude, and kissed the hand which be-1

stowed the gift; bu it was in the nature of this miiitarv butterfly to doubt, at the moment, if he had acted with unwise precipita tion, if he had not sold himself too cheaply in the matrimonial market, and if Augusta Bevan was as great? aiihei ress as; she was repnted to be " : ' ... ' : My children, remember the Scotch overb, "Those who fish fpij minnows 'never, catch trout said Mr. Blddel, behind them. Mr. Jliddel, who in variably enacted the part of benevolent old man, proffered his snulF-box to Capt. Hornblaiver with his quizzical smile. "- "We are called out again ln exclaimed Mrs, Trentham. There was a patter of applause, and the four emerged before the footlights, making their salutations in. the most approved professional manner. On the stige stood Mrs. Trentham in a superb toilet, Augusta Bevau, Capt. Hornblower, and Mr. Kiddel. Beyond the circle of footlights was a fashionable audience, where blended satin, gold, feathers, and lace resembled a parterre of flowers, while the little theater, built, for Mrs. Trentham, made a charming background for smiling faces. Certainly the two actresses looked their best, for Capt; Horn blower, deeply versed in such craft, had made up their complexion with the aid of rouge and other cosmetics, moist purple worsted fiirnishing the requisite .shadows, bequeath the eyes, " , ..... Said Mr. Biddel, as he conducted Miss Beyan home : "You will not5foj get my proverb, Augusta! 'Those who rlsh fbrf minnows never catch .trout;" . ,. 8helancel askance at him, and frowned . Mr. Biddel, divested of gray wig and paternel hearing, was a dignified gentleman of iorcy years, lawyer, and manager; of the great Bevan property '.' ,!! Youhave always warned me of ortane-huneers ana worthless suiters sidce I iefT school." she exclaimed petulently. ifIs a woman , never to jlelieve in any one, because she is rich?" Mr. Riddle remained silent, but the sblood mounted to her brow. : Said Mr. Trentham to Capt. Hornblower, at a little supper table in a fashionable restaurant : -"Take another glass of ebampagne, 'Captain. Augusta Bevan really did very well to-night for a novice, except in the awkwardnesi of her attitudes. Allow me to look at the little goid owl she gave you behina the scenes. Ah ! I saw it axL A manager must be every- . where, you know." , Very piquant looked Mrs. Tbeutham as she spoke, coquette of m many seasons as her companion had posed for a beau, an arch sparkle in her eyes,more than a suspicion of -malice in her smile; for to see any man admire another woman pierced her vanity, if not her heart, and she could not rest until she had lured him away from his allegiance or at least sown mischief in the path of possible lovers. Yet Mrs. Trentham was a most popular person and an Acknowledged leader oLspp? .Capt. Horn blower resisted fo V meput the enehanttess was adroit,1 vwitty, flattering, and the supper good, and in the end he yielded. The lady attached the littlt goid ov1 to her watch-chain and emerged in the streets at 2 o'clock in the morning When she reached her own home the little gold owl was gone! She had lost it during the walk. - Next clay Mrs. Trentham sailed up to Augusta Bevan, at a crowded ket

tledrum, took both of her nands, and

exclaimed : uOh, my dear, I am so dreadfully feorry! lam always committing some tolly. I do not deserve forgiveness; Capt. Horn blower gave me I mean lent me your little gold owl last night, and I actually lost.it in the street.".; . " . . ; The Sevres teacup fell frqmSXugusfa's : fingei's on the floor. Mr. Kiudel and , Capt. Horn blower stooped for the fragments simultaneously, thus .knocking - their head together. ' VSheis disillusioned," thought Mr. Biddel., , , ... 'The game is lost," reflected the gallant warrior, with unfeigned regret; "Of course, no woman: ever forgave that." At 6 o'clock that morning a young Swiss maiden, by name Marie Hetzel had gone on an errand to the market for her mistress. Marie was 16, with a round brown face framed in a frintd cap, ami carried a basket on her arrnv Her loot struck against ri'-mali object;, she fitoopedfand foimd a. little gold owl on the mirb-stonc. ,. "Hfmmcfl V exelxiimed Mxrie, and sped wi th her treasure to the lager beer saloon where Frit?, her-ioveiv vas employed 85 waiter. ' V

Frit happened to bo polishing the rows fit little tables placed in bowers of TOrgreens. He' was a prudent 0 Jh of 19, with blonde hair and hard cJ! eyes. He examined the trinket .hd put it in his pocket. The gold owl would look very pretty suspended from Marie's throat, even as" Roman women rejoice in their hair pins and chains, or the Genoese in their filigree earrings; but money also could -be made out of it money to add to frugal savings wherewith to return to beloved Canton Berne as-man and wife and buy a modest farm. ... 3 Marie shed a few teal's of. feminine vanity, while yielding to logical argument, and trudged home with her has ket. Fritz sought a littleden of a shop in an obscure quarter, and sold the gold owl to a Jew, after much haggling, for $5, which sum he consigned" to a savings bank. Now, indeed, was the owl lost, hopelessly lost, for it had disappeared in the back shop of a wretched quarter, instead of reposing in the pocket of Miss Bevan's pink satin mulf. It happened that the owl had never met with greater appreciation, however. The ruby eyes glowed like flames, while the golden plumage became luminous, and tbe ornament

was passed from one dusky hand to another. Finally the Jew took the trinket to a

fashionable jeweler, celebrated for skillful workmanship in metals, and sold it for a considerable sum. Mr. Kiddell, walking down town one morning, paused suddenly before the jeweler's window. He saw a little gold owl suspended by a hook, and radiant in in sunshine. He fancied the bird of wisdom actually winked at him in recognition. He entered the place and bought i t promptly. , Augusta Bevan, pale, thoughtful and with a new tenderness in her heariug, received back the golden owl. "I have been thinking of so many things of late," she said softly, placing her hand within the arm of this faithful friend, "I even remember your proverb, 'Those who fish for minnows never catch trout.' " Mrs. Trentham tapped Capt. Hornblower on the arm with her fan at a recepton where the lady was resplendent in aJWorth toilet of black silk and gold. uMr.Riddel and Augusta Bevan are engaged," she said. "I always knew that would be a match yet. Their property joins, you know, and water does flow to water in that way in our wicked world. Besides, he is really the only man worthy of Augusta." , Capt. Hornblower went his way, having been ordered to a fort in Montana Territory. His amiability was not increased by the discovery that his hair, was turning gray, and that he experienced a twinge of rheumatism in his right knee. Women at German Beer-Gardens Temple Bar, , , , - . .; Fancy the horror of the wife of a distinguished English physician, lawyer or clergyman if you told her to take those well-educated young ladies, her daughters, for an afternoon to the Gardens of Tivoli or Brunthal, there to drink beer or coffee and industriously knit stockings until the husband and father should join them, and all sup together in the open air, or else return at 7 o'clock with their knitting-needles safely packed away in little baskets on their arms, to prepare the" supper at home ! Very frequently there is music in. these gardens, and in the Englfocher Garden in fine weather the baud plays almost every afternoon, and I doubt whether the well educated English la dies aforesaid would be at all better able to appreciate the skill of the performers or, indeed, half . so wellas the quiet looking Bavarians. .Who woidd suspect that quiet looking men sitting opposite to us, with an "enormous glass of beer before him, !o be an escelleut-musician and composer? To our left is a whole family of blooming girls with their mamma. They appear to have many acquaintances here, and not a few admirers ; for the Herr papa is one of the most ia fluental burghers in the town, and whole 'chests, of .linen are known to be alreaay prepared for the dowry of the girls. Students with their gaily colored caps and sash ribbons greet them most respectfully; young officers in lig ht blue uniforms, and fearful ugly ' cloth head -gear, are full of solicitude as to the health of the Fran mamma an d little Hans of whom they hear, to then grief that he fell out of the windo w the other day. But while they are " exercising their tongues in this way an unpretendinglooking young civilian is filled with just indignation at the neglect of the waiters, who allow the young ladies to sit so long without beer. . He fixes his hat more firmly on his head, vanishes among the crowd and quickly returns with a captured waiter, who listens td the unlimited order for , beer, black bread, butter and salt, and soon provides entertainment for the wnole party. And now the young ... civilian reaps his reward, for he has managed to ensconce, himself in a corner between Gretho and Minchen to the litter defeat of the Army and University and is trying to make un his mind as to. which of the two girls "is the prettier, when his attention is drawn, by the unities and nods of his fair neighbors, to a table near, where a pretty, well-dressed young wile is seated with hebhauband and naby of two years old. Baby is thirsty, so mamma has camly stood him on the tabie, and is holding the great glass beer-jug, with its pewter top, to the, lips of her offspring, who appears to approve of the beverage, and sucks away vigorously, to the great delight of papa. f Job a Brown's Death. . After Jean Brbwp's capture, and while he lay in blood on the floor of the guard-house, he was asked upon what principle he justified his acts. "TJpou the golden rule," he answered. UI pitied the poor in bondage. The crpf distress is what prompted me to come here."; And then , . wi th a prophetic tongue, he said : I wish to say, furthermore, that you had better, all of yon people of the South, prepare yourselves' for a settlement of this question. It must come up for settlement before you-are aware of it, and the sooner yoit commence that preparation the better. You may dispose of me Very readily. I am nearly disposed of now; but this questionthis negro question, I mean is to be settled. The end of that is notyet." ' Before sentence was passed upon himhesaid: "This court acknowledges, as I suppose, the validity of the law 'of God; 1 see a book kitsed here which I suppose to be tne. New Testamerit. Tbat, teaches me that whatever I would that men should do unto me I should do even so unto tb em. I

am yet-to understand' that God is any respect or of persons. I believe that to haveenterfered as I have done, in behalf of Hjs despised poor, is not wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life and

mingle my blood further with the bloodfo f .my children . and with the blooddf millions of this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel arid unjust en actment3, let it be done. I am ail ready." In a?postcript to a letter to his half brother; written in prison he said: uSay to my poor boys never to grieve for one moment on: my account, and should any of you live to see the time when you will not blush to own your relation r to old John Brown, it will not be m'dre strange than many things that have happened." In -his last letter to hift family ,. he said : UI am waiting the hr,ur of public murder with great composure of miud hnd eheerfuinesy, fcvlin the stron assurance that in no poHsible way could I be f more advantage tor the ciUme of God and humanity'', and that nothing that X or my family have saCiiSceci or suifered will be lost." As he was carried to the gallows, he lookedover the lovely landscape, and said: 'j'This is a beautiful county j I

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have not cast my eyes over it till now." v "You are more cheerful than T am, Captain .Brown," remarked the undertaker.

,. "Yes,,,. resnouded the old man, UI

.ought to he."

. There is no faltering in his step," wrota one who saw him, "but firm and

erect he stands amid the almost breath

less line of .soldiery that surrounds

him. With a graceful motion of his

pinioned right arm he takes the slouched hat from his head and eare-

lesalv casts it oh the nlatiorrir -at his

side. The white cap is drawn ovcr his

eyes and the Bhenff sav&: "Captain

Brown, shall I erive vou a handker

chief and let yon drop it as a signal ?" cNo;" replies the old man. "I am ready at any time, but do not keep me

needlessly waiting." .

Thua standing hrm and uprigm, tue

drop fell and the courageous ,maiyr met his dQath.

Things, that Don't Happen .Every --f. 'Day? 1 Robins haVe Selected fence corners and bushes for their. nests this season. Thi is said to portendjviolent s'(orms ;al through the coming 'iuramer. n A poor fisherman of Tallah assee, Fla, , while digghig worms for bait the other dav. struck a brass kettle that was

found to contain $1,400 in coin. " William. Maynard of Southold, L. L. caught in pots one uight last week eighteen hundred eel5 , ovei a thousand of which were large enovigh for the market. Charles Martin of Ededeid, Ind,, climbed a tree td shake down a coou, but the animal proven to be a bear,and cuffed him ofF a limb fifty feet from the ground; .The defence in abroach of promise suit in Napa, CaL, was that the contract was entered into on Sunday night and therefore was not binding. The claim was sustained." A barn containing six heavy horses was lifted from its foundation and carried half a mile without the least injury to the animals in a recent storm at Worthing ton, la. : Henry Buck of Princeton, Pa., set a line with twen ty fish hooks and caught 19 catfish and one eel. The largest catfish measured H inches, the smallest 8$, and the eel 33 inches. The strange spectacle of a church floating down a river was seen in the course of the recent floods in Dakota. The bell in its steeple could be heard above the roar of the flood and crashing of the ice A Cheyenne boy sold one of his teeth to a dentist for fluO, to replace one lost by a young Spanish lady of great beauty. By a fortuuate investment of this amount he beejime rich' and is soon to marry the girl. Three boys were fishing not long ago in the lake near Rampo.N. J.,near the falls. One of the boys cried out that he had a bite and began io pull on his line, when the fish towed the boat rapidly to ward the falls. The boat was saved from going oyer the falls by striking a rock and the boys got a pickerel measuring 30 inches in length. A Russian named Kebelkow was born without kgs or arms; yet he eats, drinks, fires pistols, threads needles and cau. write so well that for a year and a half he acted as copyist. All this he acquired the ability to do, with his mouth, aided by a stump dependent Jrom his right shoulder. He is happily married and the, father of two; children. He lives in Hamburg. A Richmond , V., machinist named Walker fell forty feet over the side of a ship into a lot of scrap iron, and escaped with a scar on the skull and a broken nose. He was afterward shot through the body aud struck by. lightning; he lost the ends or his fingera in a saw mill, was bitten by a mad dog, and cut with a bowie l?nife;he narrowly escaped drowning twice, and was attacked by a man with, an axe; he was once poisoned, Ono hadhie haods caught in some snafting and jerked theni out leaving the flesh behind, and only the other day he' got his nose broke a second tnne and his head wou nded by the breaking of some machinery. Kansas Atmosphere and Illinois Iisn-Ppnds. Kausag City Journal. 'Speaking c4 climate," said Dick,

"the ulimate of Colorado gets avray with Kansasl.mdly. The water in that country is clearer than the air is here. I've seen fish in the lakes at a depth of forty feet, and counted their scales, but here the air is so dense you can hardly get it up your nose, and I can't see my lead mules mor'n-half the time." .... "How," said Jack, "you ought to know better than to talk that way ; 3'ou've driven the team all day, and must know by this time that there's but two of 'emK and they ain't mules, but horses." "That's so," said Ike, M as for your clear atniosphere heard a dbg bark twenty miles, in Kansas." Dick drove in silence some time and then inquired: r. "Did any of you fellers ever fish with a seine V" The crowd nodded and Dick, continued: "Dont reckon any of you ever had. as 'big luck as I've had. I've fished in the lagoons of the Illinois, and that's ruining, I tell 37ou." A silence of some minutes elapsed, as we joggea over the smooth plain, the party in reflective mood, when Dick broke out again : . "Speaking of fishing, I' ve helped to drag out seven ty-five wagon-loads at one haul." ''How many?" said Jack. "Seventy-five." . , , "But Dick, that's an awful pile of fish."

"Can't help it; we pulled Jem out all the same." ... .."Why, Dick, that would be a pile of fish seven hundred and fifty feet long and" ' "Can't help it if it is seven hundred and fifty miles." "And three feet wide and-" "No difference about the width." "And a foot deep." "That's mathematically k'rect, no doubt: I ain't after figures, but fish."

"Gentlemen," said Ike, "this man's statement is correct. I was present and carried one end of the seine myself, and caught fifty bushels of fish in the seat of my breeches." ' Hnsand Spoopendyke. "Now, my dear," said Mr. Spoopendyke, cherfully, "be lively. It's twenty mi antes past 10, and wemusn'fc be late at church. Most ready?" "Yes, dear," beamed Mrs. Spoopendyke. "I'm all ready. Got everything?" "I think so, Hymn-book, umbrella, and whej'e'a the prayer-book? I haven't ge t the prayer-book." "Where did you leave it?" asked Mr?. Spoopendyke, turning over the volumes on the table hurriedly.

"If I knew where I left it, I'd strut to that spot and cet it," retorted Mr. Spoopendyke. "I left it with you. Where did you put it? Can't you remember what you do with things?" "I haven't seen it since last Sunday," returned Mrs. Spoopendyke, faintly. "I know," she continued, "perhaps it is at church." r "Perhaps it is," mimicked Mr. Spoopendyke; "perhaps it got up early, took a bath and went ahead of us. Did you ever see a prayer-book prowl off to church all alone? Ever see a prayer-book h'ist up its skirts and strike out for the sanctuary without an escort? S'pose a prayer-book knows the difference between a church and a ham sandwich? Wnero did you put it?" ; "I mean, you may have left it in the

pew rack. You know you did siiffiresled Mrs. Spoopendyke.

I don-t do anything of the sort. I brought it homo and gave it to you. Where do you keep it? What did you do with it? S'nose 'Vm going to swash

once,"

aroundf through that sei'vice wUhoutT knowincr whether thev are doimr . the l

apostles' creed or an act of Congress? Suriug around and find it, can't you? What are you looking there for? Don't you know the difference between the prayer-book and the Wandering Jew? Find it, can't you? "Never mind it, dear, "fluttered Mrs. Spoopendyke; "I know all the responses, and I'll help you along." "Oh, yes, you know 'em all. What you don't know about religion wouldn't wad a gun. All you want is a boll and a board fence to bo a theological seminary. Think you can't find that prayer-book between now and the equinoctial?" howled Mr. Spoopendyke. "Got any idea whether you sold the measly thing for china vtses or. stirred it into wheat cakes? Have I been chawing divine grace nil the morning? Where's that prayer-book? Going to get it before the Revelations come to pass?" and Mr. Spoopendyke plunged around the room, tumbling books about and breathing heavily. "I don't sea any use of making such a fuss over a thing you don't really need," sobbed Mrs. Spoopendyke through her indignant tears. "Oh, you clon't," raved Mr. Spoopdndyke. "You don't see any use of putting things where they belong, do you? How d'ye s'pose I'm going to

keep up with religion without a prayer-

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book? How d'ye s'pose I'm going. to know when it's my turn to show what Christianity has doue for me unless you cau find that dod gasted book between now and the resurrection?" and Mr. Spoopendyke spun around on his knee like a' top and knocked over a Parisian jar. "Wait a minute, my dear,"said Mrs. Spoopendyke, looking at him earnestly. Then she went behind him and fished ou t tb e prayer-book. "Got it, didn't you," he growled. "Had it alHhe time, I s'pose, Where was it, any way?" "In your coat tail pocket, dear, "aud Mrs. Spoopendyke j abbed the powder puff in her eyes,' and stalked down

stairs, leaving her liege to follow.

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How to Discourage Your Minister.

Hear him "now and then." Drop

in a little late. Do not sing; do not

find the texc in your Bible, If you take a little nap during the sermon, so much the hotter. It shows that you enjoy it. Notice carefully any slip he makes while you are awake; point out the

dull portion to your family aud

friends: quote what is in bad taste; mark all neglects of your advice; find

all the fault you can; it will be very

apt to reach his ears. .-.. Censure Ins efforts at usefulness; de

plore his want of good sense; let him know that you won't help him because

A. B. does, because you were not first

consulted, or because you did not start

the plan yourself. Let him know the folly and sins of his hearers, Show him how much he

overrates them, and tell him their adverse critieims on himself. .

Tell him when he calls what a

strnger he is; how his predecessors used to drop in for an hour's chat, and

how much you liked them.

Never attend the prayer-meeting;

frequent no special service. Why

should you be righteous overmuch?

Occasionally get up a little gayet7

for the yonug folks. '. This will be very

effectual about the communion season.

"There is i time to dance."

Give him no intimation when you

are ill ; of course he should know ; and

your offended dignity, when he comes

to see you, will render his visit pleas

ant. On no account intimate your re

covery. Require him to swell the pomp of every important occasion, unless, indeed, there are , prudential reasons for passing hi m over. If he is regularly iu his pulpit, clamor for strangers; if he has public duties, and sometimes. oc ahrojid, complain that he is never at home. Keep down his income. Easy means area sore temptation , and fullness of bread and meat is bad for every one but the laity. As he will find it hard to be always at home to receive callers, and always running among the people, and always well prepared for pulpit and platform, you will be sure to have just cause for complaint one way or the other, Tell it to every one, and then lament that there is so geneial dissatisfaction with him. ... Patient continuance in courses like these, modified according toeircum--stances, has been known not only to discourage, but to ruin the usefulness and break the spirit of ministers ; to send them off to other charges, and sometimes to their graves, 'those who desire to avoid such results should avoid the practice)? such thf.ngs as are here referred to. Let us "help one an-, other."' : Ll 'Vw Mr. Bonnet's Diamond Ball. ' The Vienna Salon blatt has the fol lowing to say about certain wellknown Americana and. then doings at Pau, the fashionable winter resort in the south of France: " James Gordon Bennett, a very rich American, has settled himself in the former residence of Henry VI., and his extravagances, made light by the ownership of mil lions, ha ve not in any degree damaged Pau, For example, Bennett engaged the Vienna Capelmeister Straus, with his en th e company, at an honorium of 140,000 francis, to ccme to Pau. where he played a series of concerto at which all Pau were guests. Mr. M&ckay, the American nabob, who with his soirees, costumed balls, etc., has busied all Paris, came with his wife to Pau. To honor tbem Mr. Bennett arranged a ball, engaging private express trains, which brought J'rom Paris and other cities, from tbe neighborhood of Pau, a brilliant company. The people called this ball ;the diamond ball for at no opportunity save thh and here was it possible to behold such a wealth of diamonds. 4It was no mere dewdrops that sparkled ; and glanced , it was a Niagara of briiliaiHS and diamonds said a member of the company, who pitied Mrs. Mackay because.her treasures o( jewelry almost weighted her down.? Queer Conundrum, The other day some of us got to talk ing about that witty old cynic, Deaa Swift, when one of the company took advantage of the opening aud gave thisjeu de mot of his: "Why," asked the Dean, "is. it right, by the lex'talion is, to pick an artist's pocket?" It was given up, of course, and the answer was, "because he has pictures." A silence felt about the table round

until, one bv one, we saw it. Then

one thoughtful man observed: ."It is impossible to give the answer because the Dean had contrived to reserve the answer to himself. I could not, for instance, say it is right for me to pick an artist's pocket because he has picked yours." Hero is another conundrum, founded upon a pun, which only the propounder can aolve: An old man and a young man were standing by a meadow. "Why." asked the young man, "is this clover older than you?" 44lt is not," replied, the otber, "It ig- though," returned the young man, because it is pasturage." Thereupon an abstracted looking person, who bad not followed the line of remark, and who had not understood the illustration, startled us with this Irrelevant inquiry: "Wby cannot a panto mimist tickle nine Esquimaux?" G ive it up? "Why, it's because he can gesr ticulate." Y ... . - . A bank chirk in Boston was accidentally locked in the vault a few afternoons ago. His frantic cries brought no release, but, fortunately, a book that had been carelessly left out caused the reopening of the dot r. 'Jhebaso metal of falsebood la so current because we find it much easier to alloy the ;rutb than fo define ourselves,"

A Heroic Wife Saves Husband and Her

Horsolf, Her 'Children.

Xmlimiapolis Bontinoi. "No, I donft want a Jivoree," said Mrs. Putnev: "all I ask in Ibis wide

world is to see rav on3e loving and

onee devoted husband again. 1 want

him to see these two boys' of his, and then, if he refuses to rcknowledgo me as his wife I want to die, but . I will die the loyal wife of James Putney." "Where is your husband?" inquired the man who had engaged Mrs. Putney in conversation a t the li n ion Depot early one morning in March. "He is in Indianapolis. " "What does ho do?" "He is a machinist, and he earns good wages, aud he is here in Indianapolis, or was a few weeks ago; aud i have come all the way from Pittsburg to find him," "I gueas he has deserted you aiv d the boys, and you might as well get a divorce and go home again," said the man "-Sfo, 1 do not want a divorce. All I ask in. this wide world is to see my once loving aud devoted hnsband again. I am. sad, lone'iy and a siranger, but if E can see James ho will care for me, His old love will come back to me. Ho will, be proud of his boys." Mrs. Putney was,: indeed, 2. sad looking woman, She talked with quivering lip and tearful eyes. Bhe was neatly but plainly dressed, as were also her two boy , who appeared to be respectively about six and eight years old. She- had little baggage, and enouired for alioteL To a hotel sue was directed ' by the man with whom she was conversing, citizen of Indianapolis, whose sympathies had been awakened by the deep troubles which Mrs. Putney was experiencing, The "ndianapolis oitizan de-

.tercnined to inquire for, Mr. James

Putney, and immediately started out on his mission. Fortune ifavorcd his search, and in less than Vaa Jionr he found the shop where Mr. m Putney worked. He cid not go at once to him but to the proprietor, to whom he related the story of tie stricken wife. Putney was sidd io be an excellent workmauand was earning good wages, sober and industrious, but his employer was under the impression that he had a wife in the city, and that , the new comer would give him trouble. But it was datermined that Mrs. Putney should be brought to the shop with

ner two noys, as i ne quicaeaL ami vmh way to settle the matter. It required but a short time to have Mrs. Putney and the boys in the office of the machineworss. She heard the good news at the hotel with great joy. Sbe did not doubt tbe love of her busband. She did not in timate t ae cause of his. abandonment. & ae cherished no animosities. She had . ooine with a wife's forgiveness and affection, and a mother's yearning for the welfare of her children. She dried her tears. She arranged her scanty toilet as best sbe could. he had evidently lavished attention vpotf the two boy to make them appear their best, ; and set forth for the shop with such emotions as a wife and mother in search of a lost busband only could experience. She disclosed, howeever, intense anxiety.' Tbe struggle required all her fortitude. The boy s bright little lellows seemed; all unconscious ot what was going on; though the oldest would occasionally inquire of his mother if she had "found Pa at the office. Mrs. Putney's agitation i:iereased, and when Putney entered the room human nature cou'.d endure no more, and poor Mry. Putuoy fell sui lifeless as a corpse. Putney's amazement completely overcome him. He shook as in . the grasp of a de&th chill. He was as motionless an a statue. The oldest of the 'boys, after a minute of boyish scrutiny, cried cut: "My pa, my pa!" and rushed to him. Mrs. Putney regained consciousness, and then the scene was one rarely eniwtot'; m mis 'world a robust, burly man on his knees, wife and . children clinging to him, while penitent and forgiving words only broke the silence. Why tell the story of the separation, ihej: nfidelities of the man, the faithfulness of the wife, the devotion of the niotber, and all the wretchedueis and woe of a syren's iKiluence? It has been told a thousand times every day in Oourt, where wives apply for divorce. But Mrs. Putney wanted no divorce. She wanted a father for her boys and the old-time love for herself again. She had faith in her husband to 'jhe last; and she' triumphed... She had known: iiim in the ;prlde of his manhood! She had walked with him the high places of domestic bliss. She had nursed him when .sick and read and sung to him in his leisure hours. Sb e haoTbeaulitled hia home, and har tw o boys were the Jewels ' which she Srized above adl eartnly treasures. She f,d known tine sorrows, af separation and desertion , but she hail, known the consolations of , prayer for. the erring one, and4" now she reali2.od V the full fruition-of hir triumph. Bhe renewed bar youth in that strange counting room, and departed: looking a dozeu years younger, James Putney was transformed .nnto a new being, and all because "no ;tiToroo,,, was, the motto of a noble woman;

Tto Use of Oaths; In France, since the abolition of the Empire on the 4th of Stjplember, 1870, no oath or affirmation has been administered in any form to members of the Legislature of the Republic. Nor is there any formality which might be regarded as an equivalent. Under the Kmpire new members made a aeclaration to the following effect: "I swear fidelity to the Emperor and the Constitution." But the name of the Deity

was not included. TUe members of the German Parliament take no oath, nor do they make any affirmat ion whatever, Tbe members of the Prussian and most other State Parliaments take an oa th of loyalty beginning with the words: 4I swear by Go 1 tho Omnipotent and Omniscient," and concluding with the words, "S may God help me," To this latter formula those who wish it may add, "Through Jesus Christ, to eternal biissi, Amen." Anyone refusing to take 'he oath or commenting upon it, would. undoubtedly be excluded from the Prussian and other State Parliamen is. In conf ormi ty, ho we ver, with the laws regulating the administrjttion of oaths in civil and criminal courts, an exception would be made in the case of persons belonging to recognized theistiu relieioua commimities, who, like certain Menu onire and Jewish f este, regard tho name of the Deity as too awful to be invoked in the trans

action of secular business In these cases a sim ple affirmation would be regarded as equivalent to an oath, The omission of any oath in the German Parliament is occasioned by tho wish to avoid the delicate question as to the amount of-loyalty ..due to the Kmperor, in contradistinction to State sovereign?. : By the law passed on the 15th of May, 1S68, Parliamentary oaths were abolished in Austria, and a simple affirmation was substituted. The first paragraph of t he s bin ding; orders of the Austrian lieichsrath reads as follows: "Mew members, on entering either of the two Houses, have, on the President's challenge, in place of taking an oash, to jromise loyalty and obedience, to the Emperor, inviolable observance of tho Constitution, as well as of. all other la ws, and eonscientous fulfillment of their duties. " Upon the President reading words to this effect, tho new member aim ply replica, "I promise." Arts. 7 audJJ8 of tho JSulesof the Spanish Congress, say t ha fc . Depu ties,

before thy can., take, their Keats, shall

make tbe follow:! ug oath, which. is read

aloud by the Bee retary of the Congress, all present staudhnr : 1 IDo y ou s wear to observe and make others observe, the Constitution of the Spanish Mon-

? Do yo) swear Mmty and

obedience to the legitimate King of Spain, Alfonso XII. ? Do you swear well and truly to behave in the mission confided to you by the nation, always and iu everything seeking the welfare of the nation?" The Deputies, then, two at a time, approach the table of the President, and, kneeling on his right baud, he remaining sitting, they place their hands on the Gospel lying open before them, and say, ."Yes, I do swear;" and the President then answers, "If you do so, may God reward yon, and, if not, may he call you to account." This formula was reestablished in .1870 in the Constitution voted by the First Cortes under the Restoration. It is copied from the Constitution m. force during the reign of Queen Isabella. At the time of the Spanish Revolutiou, from 1868 to 1874, no oaths were required in the Cortes, and when the First Cortes of the Restoration met, in February, 1876, Senor Castelar protested against the oath, and at first refused to take it, but finally submitted. In the second Cortes of the. Restoration, in 1879 the Democratic and Radical minority of fifteen Deputies, under Castelar and Martos, again protested against the oath of allegiance, and took it after publicly stating their -mental reservations, but no instance exists on the records of the

House that a Deputy declined to take the oath on the' ground of atheistic convictions- For such cases no rule has ever existed in the Spanish Cortes. The President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, seeing anew Deputy in his place, says: "I invite the honorable gentleman to take the oath in the form following: "I swear to be faithful to the King, and to observe loyally the fundamental statute and the other laws of the State with a single view to the inseparable welfare of the King and the country, The new Deputy then, in his place, stretches, out his right hand and pronounces the one word; "Gnirb" ("I swear.") Quaint Daws of the Montenegrins. Dwiglit's "Turkish Life in War-time'.V' ., rhe people are wild and uncivilized, as meiy. be seen from their quaint laws. These laws provide, for instance, in all gravity, that litigants may not come to blows while in court. Brigandage is prohibited in the interests of peace, but this prohibition is suspended in time of war.' If a criminal escapes from the country, any Montenegrin is authorized to kill him wherever he may he. A murdeier may be killed by the friends of the murdered nran, but this does not convey the right to kill the relatives of the murderer. A man who strikes another must pay a fine of $250; but if the assadant is iu&tantly killed by the injured party, this also is permitted. The vengeance must be immediate, however, for if the Injured man waits until the next day before billing his enemy he is guilty of murder. A'reward is offered to any one w ho kills a thief in the act of stealing. Theft not detected in the act is punishable by flogging. Anyone who obstructs the collection of taxes is i3bot as a traitor. The Montenegrin law of libel, is very simple. Both the plaintiff and defendant bring witnesses, aud he who has the largest number of witnesses wid be believed. If .thelivel is proved, the plaintiff is punished foi the offense charged. If it is disproved, the man who uttered the libel is punished as if guilty of the offense which he alleged upon the other party. The Montenegrins are staunch supporters of the Greek church. They are1 well built, aud often fine looking men. But they have an unenviable reputation for dishonesty and treachery to wards strangers. "Vet, if they once admit a man to then confidence, they are the most trustworthy of friends. Grant's Midnight Vigils a Headquarters. From Gen . Badeau's New .Book. As the night wore on one and another of thoL frqniitoj's ofetbo cami)fhe'droppod away, and by midnight the circle was , wiunowed to three or four, of whom Grant was always one. The only symptoms of anxiety he displayed under the tremendous cares imposed upon him was wakefulness. He never wanted , to go to hlsi camp bed. Kis immediate aides-de-camp discovered this, and as he was willing to sit under ... the clear, cold sky and stars till three or four o'clock, wearing them all out, they at last agreed among ishemseives to wait up with him in i:urn. He never knew of thi3, but we often, bargained with each otber for an hour or two of rest. Many of these nights can remembek during that long winter at City Point, when every one was a&laep but tne eo.mmander of the armies and his single oiiicer. If the weather was inclement, we bore it as long as we could outside, aud then uought shelter in his cabin. How oonddeu tial and intimate, his con versa tion could atsucb limee bscome only-taose thrown close with him knew, llis I'ecollections of the past, the story of his grent battles an campaigns, the nersbnal incidents o? Vicksburg.- and bon aldson , Chattau ooga, and Sh il oh ; the details of his early career ;his belief in the ultimate success of our cause; his prediction of evenis all were clearly told by him in terse and often ehxmen t lan guage, with every now and t hen a pregnant utterance that showed his appreciation of individual character or close sympathy vdth men in masses, the native strength of his intellect or the keen penetration of his jndgement. r T- ! Marrying a Madman, James D. Bhynius was a patient in a private madhouse. Mrs. Bigelow,wife of the physician in charge, took a deep interest in his case. She believed that insanity could be cured by moral sua

sion and generally mild treatmant, and

she chose Rhymus as a Huluect on

whom to test her system. He steadily

improved, until at last sanity was reeshiblished. In the mean time Mrs,

Bigelow had become a , widow. She

soon afterward married Rbymus, and

he became a physician. That wjis twenty years ago. Dr. Bhymus made insanity a specialty in hi3 practice, and h'ad charge successively of many asyl

ums. He adhered to the vheorv of

mild treatment which had proved effi

cacious in his own case, and for the purpose of nutting it into thorough practice he leased, a few weeks ago,the Grand View Hotel, near Denver, turning it into an asylum. In order to train, his keepers by degrees, he at first admitted only three patients, and these jvere supposed to be only slightly deranged." But he was mistaken in one of them, and one morning found himself attacked by a, fuvioisn madman, who choked him inseusiblend would have killed him had not his wife fought heroically to free him. During

the commotion caused by die struggle

toe two other patients e3capeoy and

one cf them drowned herself. This

bad beginning of the enterprise drove Dr. Buy mus insan e again , an d , While out of his mind he slew his wife.

Norway's Giant in America. Now York Sun, A new giant from Norway has come to be the companion of Capt. Goshen, He arrived yesterday morning from

Boston without materially hindering the locomotive which was employed to draw him. His coiniugwas .Quite unexpected,and manager Htarr wliojis despised by Hannah Battersby, the 700 -pound giantess, because once, inatead of carrying her himself from a burning railroad oar, he caused her to be removed by the aid of sundry mechanical devices and. n gang of stout laborers to a position of safety, but v? ho is a friend of m:?.ny giants notwithstanding, and is as fan? ihar with tueir ways mid inotit ?s as any speciali ?t living ?ays '.hat l.tv can only . account for it oti tho i heory that Mr. Hurstadt, which, is the name of the Rorwegiau, could not bear longer to be separated from Cheruah, tne Chinese diwarf, who is bis very lcar friend. It hi a fast that the gian t was nt ordered

and CU6' only explication Thich. he

himself gives of his unexpected trip is that he thought America worth seeing. Mr.Burstadt sat in ' his boarding house, In Ninth street yesterday, very nearly filling a small ante-room, and looking in robust health. He said he

came rrom tne rauroau- station ... on a.

truck, finding no hack to which he was suitabla His gaitfr boots were made iu Yorkshire, England, and one. which he ki ndly removed at the request of the reporter, must have weighed at least seven pounds. A strong man could throw it from one end of the boarding house hall to- the other, but only with great exertion, and to eraploy s ttch an engine for the suppression of a back-pard cat or other similar nuisance would be Jbarbarous and unnecessary. His foot is an index of what Mr. Burstadt is throughout. As Capt. Goshen rather pathetically admitted yesterday, the Norwegian' is properly . a Jgiant, and his confines in all ways are widely separated, The gold ring which he wears upon his forefinger, and which the King of S weden, Mr. Burstadt says, felt rich enough to present hint with, will

readily admit of the pansage of a silver half dollar through it, and when the giant spreads out his arms a tall man taking hold of dhe of his hands may barely touch the palm of the other with an umbrella. He is 36 years of age and unmarried. Capt. Goshen, who Is. naturally somewhat piqued by the recent great inliux of giants here, calls him a "Zipheaded Norwegian." meaning that he has a head like the Wbat-is-It?" but while it is true that Mr Burs tadt's forehead is somewhat cramped and receding, it is also true that there is ample ample room above the giants ears for a large brain pan. He hai a brown beard and moustache, and although, like all giants, he has never taken the' , time to measure himself, it ia , probable that shree yard sticks won! d be enough to perform that service. As speaks, English, and his ciroumstances just now are such that he probably will permit himself to be persuaded to go upon ex

hibition.

A Chinese Hell. A traveler thus describes a representation of the punishment of the wicked

after death according to the Buddhist

theory, which he witnessed' in tne suburbs of Canton: After a walk of about

a mile, we came to the temple of hor-

ors. This is a horrible place that is the scenes are hideous. The intention ia to represent what a bad man would

sutler after death. It is composed of

ten different groups of statuary, made of clay, and many of them are crumbling to pieces. The first group represents the trial of the man ; he ' is surrounded by his family and friends, who are trying to defend him; the second, where he is condemned and given to the executioner; in tlie third he is undergoing a semi-transformation from the man to the brute: the fourth, where he is put into a mill, with his head dovnwards, and is being ground up, his dog is by the side of the mill . licking up his blood. In the fi f th scene heis being placed between two boards, and is being sawed down lengthwise; sixth, he is under a large bell, which is rung until the concussion kills him; seventh, the man is placed upon a table and two men are pacdling or spanking iim with large wooden paddles; eight, he is upon a rackrand. the executioners are tearing his flesh with red hot Eincers; ninth, he is in a canldron of oiling lead; the temh scene represents him upon, a gridiron, undergoing the process of roasting: In all thse scenes his family is present; also large figures who represent the judge, executioner, little devils and various instruments of torturet i "I am the Shah of Persia.' The following good story of the Emperor William is related by the Berlin correspondent of the Boston Post : "IiAafc year, while-hunting, an Silesia with the Duke of Mecklenburg and the King of Saxony the aged ICaiser proposed returning to their castle on foot, yet soon becoming weary of the walk, ne hailed a passing wagon and requested the driver to take them home, 'he peasant complied, but couid not long co ntain his curiosity and soon remarked. 4;I sunpose it is all righ t, and you talk all right, buttwill you please tell me who you are? ' ' i am the .Grand

Duke of Mecklenburg.' 4Oho-o-h !7 exclaimed the rustic; 'and whoare you?' 'l am the Bang of Saxony.; Q-hd , ahem !' ejaculated their driver 'and you, misternwho are you?1 'I am their Emperor.7 'There, taat will" do, my friends,7 grinncd the peasant; and probably you would like to know who I arn. M am the Shah of Persia, and when it comes to Joking I can take my part as well as the next man; 1

POR. AFD ABOU

Bernha rilt's Son . When the Amerique, with Mile. Bernhardt aboard; was near the port df Havre, a fortnighti ago, a large tug boat was seen coming out with a score or more persons on deck Among them was Berndardt's son, Maurice, who is described a an agreeable young fellow, of aVout 18 years of age, of pleasant appearauce, and dressed in exceeding good tatte. His mother was expecting, to see him, and eagerly aurveyedthe approaching tug to catch a glimpse of him among the throng. When her eyes fell upon htm her actions are said to have been indiscribable. "She trembled," writes an' eye witness, ''turned paler than ever, cried waved her arms, ran from one part of the vessel to aiiotaer, shouts out his name time and again, and wonld. in all probability, have sprung in to, the sea, had not the everfaithful Claude been by, to prevent her. Finally the two boats were: lashed together, and the son was soon enfolded in his mother's arms. It was a touching sight. No acting now.,? '

The Dog in th3 Niagara Rapids. Syracuse Horald. The dog which was thrown from the Niagara bridge a nd miraculously escaped drowning in the rapids is still alive on Taylor's Point, and unable to save itself. Food ia thrown to the animal every day in a paper bag from the bank, more than 200 feet above. As it strikes the ground befow the bag bursts open, and the dog devours its contents. This singular operation is watched by a large number of people every day. Clifford Kalbfleisch, the railroad tioket agent at this place, has devised a plau for rescuing the dog, of which ho hopes to make a trial soon. After the animal has been left without food for two or three days, and is famished, a bag with a spring attached to it. and containing a piece of meat, will be let down. It is expected that when tlie dog seizes the meat the spring will

close upon him, and he will be d3awn up in tne bag to the bank above. A Monster Mill. Messcrs Angus & Hilt, of the lanitoba railway are about, to erect in Minneapolis a mill witli a grinding capacity of 8.000 barrels of flour per day. The building win be 250 feet gouareand six storiesi high, besides

having a storage elevator with a room for a half million bushles of wheat. It will turn out 5 barrels of Hour ner minute, 383 barrels per hour, 8.U00 barrels per day., 2,400,000 barrels per year. It will require 10,000,000 bush els of wheat xier year to upply it, and tlie value of its annual product will be at least 314,000,000. . .'; m . Iady Beaoonsfleld had a career almost as eventful as that of her second husband. She was the daughter of a retired army captain,--and in lief youth wfes employed in a millinery establishmcnt " in " hjxetor. Her . MtractioiiB fascinated an elderly gentleman of North Devon, Mr. Wy ndham Lewis, who died a few yeara after the mar-

rmgo, and left her his entire fortune.

Within three months hjdclh she married Mr; Iisraei) " . t ' SLA ' . f- - 4

'Twas bufc a ret ty little flower; -- J5o early In tho mri ner:

It bloomed within tt lady's bower? . , She plucked.tlie beauteous tbing:She decked her bosom, ana his name ' ; , She called It while she blushed ; - ; That evening wh-?a her sweetheart came, Yon bet the flow-sr was;rushed; Princess Beatrice was twenty-four: on her last nineteenth birthdy -

Debating Clubs are anxiously worry-

mg themselves over tne

whEch has the most bones, aJ2-

or a oo eavtsuauf .

11 in tne orignt complexion or my youth I'll have no such Words as paley?

and she reached for the rouge-box withthe clutch of an angel, . f - A Louisville advertisement runs;: aIce cream $1.25 per gal," That may be the general average out there, but here the young men couldn't standdt. A xmnnc lii.lv wrnrliiAti maxr in u fl&r

years, forget the title of her essay, biifc she will always remember how her f white dress was made and trimmed; , Economical husbands should marry Icelandic wives. Their every day dress fS

consists of a thick ' serge skirt, made ', without flounces, and a warm jacket' and the outfit lasts a dozen years, bo' ; J that although they make it themselves, f 'i they nave plenty of time to gdo their - f 4' husband's sewing, - . v vl ':' Merimee; in his uIetters tfO-Pahizzl," ; ? tells a good story of Mrs. Caroline Nor- J S ton and Lord Suffolk, whom she had l'i ul' bantered at a Charity Fair to purchase some trifle at an exhorbitaut price, g ' I 'TJon't you know," said his lordship, : M defending himself freely.- 41 that I am i ' W the protUgal son?" "No," was the' ' I answer; thought you were the i tatted calfl" He surrendered at indis- "I -f oretion. . v. -;-. ' a ;.. ..-5? : 1 Mr. Mackey has given his wife the ' f dress which the French India Company j were manufacturing for the ex-Em- i press when Bisihark's little game shut 4 of; up the Tuileries. It is pronounced by J the learned in lace the ne plus ultra in J point d' Alencon. . Seven different:: . stitches are employed, some of which : were only discovered by urt raveling a : 1

lace flounce which once belonged t Mme de Pompadour; ,y.yi ' 'f '" A series of old scandals has' been i recalled to the memory of Parisians by " the death of Alfred Musard. His fa- f mous wife died two years ago in a Mad ; House. .During the latter part of her : lifetime much surprise was excited by; the richness of her diamonds andv equipages. It was at last discovered that her husband used to accompany her to the Dutch frontier where a4? Eostchaise conveyed her to the hunting ox of tlie King of Holland, from whence she would return in about three ;j days laden with riches Mme. Musard was an American, and some of herf !

session of her relatives in this oquntryvi From the various . meetings and efforte for organization which followed, the memoriable Womanvs Peace Con-

gress. called by Julia; Ward Howe In the days of the Franco-Prussijm war Jp that first public protest of mo therhoop agains t the war ton waste "of kumaj life-rtliere grew up a compacl; arao the women in dmerent parts of w world to set apart a day to be obserf as a woman's peac festival Throti' the last Womaa'a Journal Mrs. Hp reminds women of their agreer and calls upon them every whep observe this day as' a peace fcS? ' anniversary, and to counsel 9Xk themselves concerning "What Women Bo to Bring peace on Eartb: , "Senilfbr JJudley? . Indianapolis Journal; . The commifisioner of pensions is a-t i much-worried man. The present in cumbent of that office is really an able 4 olficer, but there are limits to human, -1 ) endurance. It is said that he stood up" 1 : manfully under a thousand worrimente complaints and bedevilmentsiuntil the I following application for a- pension; 2 : came in from K. H. Hanker, Jate ..ol;?? Company B, Seventy-fifth Indiana1, Volunteer Infantry, upon receiving' ,

which he promptly requested the President to send for Dudley;- It reads aa

follows: .

aIt was anotorlous factand one that

moo I'nnnrn t.Krniiffhmif. thft ArrWV nf

tne uumoeriana,' mat. 1 conowwi'

serious and very ; chronic v disease--'iii fact several chronic diseases. 1 First, contracted thedisease of drunkenese, and it has disabled me from manual

labor more than three-fourths 1 of my K time, Bun days included; I have beeia 4! unable to obtain food and clothing for my family, or for any of my wife's rela il tives. My mother-in-law is especially M . bitter: in fact shfjuttersisentiments ofja ? ; shocking and disloyal character with f reference to my disease above men tion-f ed. I do claim that a good and benefMj cient governmenu should : take opginizanoe of her case,' if it does hot see j proper to recognize my disabOity. h Second. I contracted the habit of steal:- ?.; ing such things as chickens, turkeya, j pigs, whiskey and other iffUcles not worth mentioning, and this became ft? 1 chronic disease and settled permit i nentiy in my system, and has Becama ; not only chronic btst constitutional and has been transmitted to my chilf t dren. Then I did further contract', another disease, of which I ; had nosymptoms prior to the time I enlistedr This disease has leen m active opera? ' ;., tion whenever the other two diseases I were not afflicting me. This disease II; ; call noker. Now, sir, the govemmejpi,; cannot eousiatehily overlook my cas4? ' much longer and retain its self-respect and the respect of my family. j mother-in-law thinks I should have a; ? ension for each dlseasel I only ask ; for one pension,and would respectfully : ' HUffffest that you make it large enough;

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the annual loss by, death is

000.000:

18,000,00(. Now the weight of the animal matter of this immense bc-iy

cast into the grave is no less than; 634,000 tons, and its decomposition ' .' produces 9,000,000,000,000 cubic feet ot ? matter. The vegetable production of L

Llic ts" .J-i vxxi anaj uvu uua gases thus generated, decomiosing and assimilating them for their owirln?

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an occupier ov tne eartn. Je leeas on? the lower animals and on the seeds of, planets, which in due time become a part of himseU. The lower animals feed upon the herbs and grass, which in their turu,icome the animal, then,1 by its death, again passes into the atmosphere, and are ready once more fcbj , be assimilated by plants, the earth, oif 4 bone snbstance remaining where to deposited ; '" ,. f Tho Female Nihiliste. ; t J Paris Figarov v-:.r. ns They are mostly daughters of ,toor ai-my oflicers or petty civil officers, even of fehopkeep, who, reeling the inlluence of modern times, are anxious -to rise above the level of thtir parents-' coarse, ignorant people in the mainly Either by their own talents or by the aid of influential patrons, the girls jcaiu scholarships ana enter tome highi ch ool, where tliei brains are ctammei with a heterogeneous mass of know-; ledge. At 19 they leave and in 1 heir turn become teachers. Finding thelt parents nnoompanionable, they alndon home for some wretched lodgings, and eke out a miserable existence hy giving poorly-paid lessons. The food ls scarce, the feminine measures of ures&

svre impossible, the restraining pow of

family atlectlou is aosent, tney grow hopeless and discontented, wneu aomh day they form Socialistic acquaintances, rapidiy adopt; their ideas; and. having . fouhx'l ah object for :thelr life, wit

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