Bloomington Courier, Volume 7, Number 39, Bloomington, Monroe County, 30 July 1881 — Page 3

rs , WOMAJSP& LOVK A ser tin el aUgel.'sitttng high In glory, Heard this siii ill wall ring out from purga- - vory; . - .- "Hayemeroy, mighty angel, Hearmy story. X loved, and blmctswith passionate love, I fell; Love brought mo clown to death, anil death to hell ; " 1 For God is just, and death fotsiuvU? well. $si do not rage against His high deereo; Nor, for myself lo asfc that grace shall bo; But for ray love ou; earth: who mourns former "Great Spirit, let me see my love again, i And comfort him one hour, I were lain Topay c,thousand;ycarsofnreand pain. Tlich spake the sentinel angels "Kay, repent -. ; - - This wild vow; see the dif 1 fingers bent .Down tOithe last? hour of vour punishment." But st Ul she wailed: "I pray you let mo go! I cannot rise to peace and leave him so; OhMet me soothe him in his bitter woe V The hrasen gates swung su ddenly ajar, &.nd upward joyous liice a rising star, She rose, and vanished in the ether far. But soon, adown the dying sunset sailing, and like a wounded bird her pinions trail- - lUg: 3he iluttered " baefe Wit!i brofeen-hsartea . wailing, Shesobljed: "I found hih by the summer .sea ;' Reclined, his head upon a maidens knee ' She curled his hair and kissed, him; woe ? is me!" Site wailed: "Now" let my punishment b3gin; ;" - ; . f have been fond and foolish, let me in,- . To exf nteray sorrow and my sin;" . The pitying angel answered:" -Nay, sad

soul, go mgner; To bo deceived in thy truo heart's desire

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"Dear mother, it is the best thing, after aO, that could have happened; it 13 so much better than anything I dare-d to' hope for. , Beeause, if I had not fallen ana sprained my' ankle, I would not have' lost my place in the store, and if it had not been for losing . my place there I would never have gone all over the city hunting another . situation, and if I had not been in so , many places, and if starvation hadn;t stared us in the face, I would never have" done so desperate a thing, and we-would still be trying to keep body and soul together on the poorly paid, health-destroying laborT-a poor saleswoman's wages." ' . "Tell me all about it, dear," said Mrs. Smith, dropping her thin, tired hands on the work over-whieh she had ent wearily ail day. " J First let me3 put this endless sewing away, mother. These poor, dear hands may rest a little -now, for I am going to get SID a week, and will only be away from you four or five hours -each day. I shall have time for ever so much sewing besides, and you can just resrand grow strongonce more. I - received my first- week's wages in advauce. See heraV and she cut the cord that bound a large bundle, and out on. the table rolled several smaller parcels. H brought the money home: in a shape we . could appreciate best ; ; " ! atleasf all-there was left after paying the banker. Now, mother, dear, lam going to be. extravagant and make an extra good cup of tea. " f But, Nellie,;my chilfL you have not 1 know, mother," broke in the blithe voice, "but you see, I haven't forgotten that it is nearly noon, and

we have had no breakfiist yet. There now-r" giving the fire a vigorous poke that set the tea to steeping, "you see. mother, I was just discouraged. I had been to every store, millinery and dress-making1 establishment that . I knev of, and received the same answer: lNo more help needed,' to all iny in&uiries, and, as I'said, 1 was desperate. Just as I turned the corner of Bleeker street, I saw a man being he .ped out of his carriage; such a

spienoia carnage, motner. lie was

not a very old man, but looked as though he was almost gone with consumption. Twent straight up to him, hardly realizmg-what I was doing, and asked him if he knew where I; could get employment of some kind. At first hedooked angry, as though he thought "my impudence unbearable, but when he saw my face he stood still and looked at me as though he had seen. a ghost.". After a moment he said: i !.w fcYes; I will engage you to come to my house every day at 10 o'clock, and read or write for me, as I desire, until S3 I will oav von HO a week for voiir

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(-her sweat voice, and the touch of her

cool- hand "iiad power to soothe lum to rest, when all else had failed. He often watched her as she moved about the room, in her bright cheerful way, with a strange wistful look in his fading eyes, - One morning,as she took her seat by his couch, he laid his thin, transparent hand on her own, saying as he did so: "I feel that I have but a few more hours of lit e,and I wish to talk to you,;;' and he smiled almost sadly as he met her startled glance.

"Yes," h3 continued slowly, I shall soon be gone, and there will be no one to truly mourn for me, unless it be the little girl I have taken such an unaccountable interest in. You will miss me, jSellie!" ...... For an answer she bowed her head over her clasped hands and wept. He waited a few moments, then taking one little palm in his hands and caressing it tenderly, .said: Vo doubt you have often wondered that I, a perfect stranger, should bave given you employment without question or reference. I can hardly tell why

I did so myself. Perhaps it was a look off that pitiful young face so like a dear face I used to love. I have carried the memory of that face all through life. I had only been married a few weeks when I was summoned to England, and when I returned I found the house where I had left my dear one deaertedaiid was told that she was dead. ' . . 'V.:. "My uncle, at his death, left mo his property, providing that I would take his name, out oh ! it has been a long, sad life without my darling. Ihavei:aken a strange interest iu you, and my heart seems to cling to you in my last hours. I have taken care of your future, dear, and there is neither wife nor child, mother or sister to question tke.right of the will I have

. made in your behalf. Somehow, since

I have earned out my intentions respecting you I feel so peaceful; as though there is nothing left undone, and I am ready to go."

2 He wasintenupted by a fit of cough-

ng wnicn lascea so long tnat in erne was frightened. After she had laid him back on his pillow she saw his lips move, but the words were so low -that she had; to bend overxhim to hear them. . "When I am gone, JSellie, ' open this little ebony cabinet. Inside' you will find my wife's picture. You may look at it, but I want it buried with me." He lay back on his pillow and closed

nis eye 3 wearily. A stran ge calm sto I e oer hi 3 features and an icy chill crept into the hands clasped in hers a chill that sent a thrill of horror to her heart. She beat over him and spke his name ph I so tenderlybut he heard not the young voice. He had passed forever beyond its reach. r The next day, as he lay in his coffin, Nellie opened the little casket and took out the picture he had treasured. Going to the window, she opened the case, looked upon the sweet, girlish

face smiling up at her. One moment, thena quick, gasping cry escaped her lips, and she fell into the arms of an attendant! The face of her dead friend's lost wife was the face of her moth3r. .

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f bubbles up over! a rock and., disappears

on tne otner side, and no one has been able to find where the water goes. At

another point in the same county is a

large spring, about twentv feet square

that is apparently only some eighteen

or twenty mcnos in dentn, witix a

sandy bottom, fine sand can bo plain

ly seen, but on looking closer it is preceived that this rand is in a perpetual state of unrest. No bottom 3as ever been found to this spring. It is said that ; a teamster, on reaching this spring one day J deceived by its apparent shallowness, concluded to soak

one of his wegon wheels to cure the looseness of its tiro. He therefore took it off and rolled it into the, as he thought, shallow! water. He never laid eyes on that wheiel again. Her mounts ?ns are full of caves and caverns, many of which Have been explored to a great distance. Speaking of caves, a redeo was held last spring over in Huntington valley. During its progress quite a number of cattle were missed and for a time unavailing search was made for them. At last they were traced to the mouth of a natural tunnel or cave in the mountain. The herders entered the cave, and following it for a long distance, at last found the cattle. It appears that they had probably entered the cave, which was very narrow in search of water. It had iir.ally narrowed so that they could proceed no further. Neither could they turn around to get.out. They had been missed some days, and if they had not been found must inevitably have perished in a short time. As it was they were extracted from their predicament with difficulty, by the herders squeezing past a,nd getting in front of them and scaring them into a retrograde movement by flapping their h.fc into the faces of the s;tupid bovines.

: aer vices.

"Then he handed me his card, on which T Teadl 'HVvn. f?i TTpwHt. "NT

" Leonard street,' and I remembered that cnaof the girls had once pointed hi?i beautiful residence out to me. . rf the situation and terms are r . satisfactory, you will please accept one 3 week's wages in advance, and, come .to morrow at 10 o'clock " . "And he held out the money, which "JOT was only too glad to take." ' "Jt - :"Were you not a little hasty, daugh-

I AYou knew nothing of this man." 'f "I know this, mother, that we are starvi ng, and that the money was our " only svation; besides it all occurred ; si quickly that-1 hardlv realized what

; ai though some overruling providence f " was guiding me in spite of my self. ? "Gd grant that it may be so,'said 1 b er'mother. ' ..; . 1 .

er are enjoying their dinner, let us cast - ;ahasy look into Mrs Smith's past USE. Her parents haviug died when 5K was young, her childhood and girlhood was passed in the dreary - TlI(iinlfnnT,rtl tint nnn.n l-v.r.o. 1 -

nivioi'iuuj vi auuto "it XI U Hit) which was; grudgingly oSered her, where food, clothing and education vore-deal t out to her,but where never a word or look of lovef was bestowed upon her. v What wonder that, when Claud Smith, one of her aunt's summer boarders,, oecame interested vat the' girl's pretty and shy sweet face, and told her thooli, old story, her yearning h eart responded with a passionate love? Her aunt, being onlv too glad to have the girl's support fall on other shoulders, consented to the: union, and one evening there was a quiet, wedding at the little cottage. V Tiien followed weeks of happiness for the girl whose life had been so lonely unttl one evening her husband came to her with a troubled look, and told her

mat nisooiy relative, a rich uncle m I1,nt')rl U'ja faim tint- HK,l.'t.njL ..ul

j vj 'W auu iiau tent for him to come immedzateiy, and, taking his young wife in bis arms, he . eootbed her with fond words savin ii t V "X dare not take you with me, arling. Uncle George was verv argry . when my niother married a man with is ueh a plebt :an name. Of all names, Smith ,vhe claims, stands at the very bottom. Uncle George neve r forgave - Jay mother; but when both my parrents died, leaving me alone, he ap--pointed a guardian forme,keptme well supplied with funds, and now that he 3s dying I must go to him ; but X will 'return as soon as nossible to my, little

And so he left her, with plenty of of money, bu with an aching heart, Sand she had never seen him smcsJ : . ? Troubles had seemed to mulioly after that. A contagious disease 'broke sout in their town, and carried off whole families. Her aunt fell a vie tim . but ?he escaped and came to the city, hoping to find employment by which to support herself. Hhe had a small sum -fcof money left, with which she purchased a little cottagei and here "Nellie i was born. The roses bloomed once more , on Nellie's cheeks, and- her step grew light as the weeks advanced. She liked her employment, and, above all, she liked ber employer. Many, sub- ; stao tlal evidences of his kindness had found their way to the little 'cottage, JlITft mnriV 911 fZYtv' .Wlr VtnA A.T.VI

i.its way to Nellie's pocket: ' ' Act If id f.l.icivi'iiintKinr.n t;.. .1

M0 uin.u.w urn. nun uur aim uia aLep . ; sIower,he eeomed to turn to the young girl for- sympathy ami sound of

T The Guacho. San CranciscOChrontcle. To Paraguay, Uruguay and the Ar

gentine Confederation belong the honorJ

or dishonor of having originated the gaucho. In his leasfc mischievous condition he is a herder of wild cattle in the pampas, living in a round hut, with the skeleton of a bull's head for a chair a dried bull's hide for his bed, bull beef toasted at the point of a stick, for his food. His constant companion is a Wild horse, the implements of his craft

a riata and a huge knife, and his trade

itself the : herding, branding, killing and skinning of cattle, now aud then spiced by the robbery and murder of a traveler or an associate. At the worst he becomes either a professional robber or a revolutionary soldier, marching under such leadership as the cut-throat Quiroga, or the dastard, Lopez, or tlie more dashing villain Rosas, to the sack of & city and the overthrow of a State government. Trained to acts of cruelty and scenes of bloodshed from his earliest youth, ignorant of any alphabet, distrustful of any form of civilization because it restrains his brutal passions, he reaches tlie years ol manhood as much a savage in all hi3 instincts as the wildes -1 ndian, and as merciless as .aitiger. . . . or more than half a century' this curious animal has kept the entire region of the Paraguay and Parana in a constant revolutionary erment under one chief or another" Sometimes he has been formidable enough to threaten Buenos Ayres. Many times he has robbed and desolated the smaller cities of Ban Juan, Cordova, Mendoza, and to this day he is the terror of travelers and isolated ranches all over the great pampas of South America. Tt is thought that he could not obtain a footing in any other, country, because his like had il ever been seen anywhere else And the rapid construction of railways on the waters of the Plata, with the consequent great increase of immigrants from Europe, encouraged the hope of the speedy annihilation of his breed. This was a mistake. Like produces like. The same employment which yielded the gaucho on the Parana and Paraguay has turned out a plentiful crop of his kind on the plains of Texas, the hills of New Mexico and in the parks of Colorado, where the breeding of long horned cattle is the chief industry of the people. The Texas gaucho appears to have developed already, though he is as yet hardly out of his first generation, all the worst characteristics of his South American hrother. His animal courage is. high.v He woud rather fifht than eat. He rides milos away to some little railroa?! town for the sole purpose of:; fghting; drinking, killing' and smashing things generally. If he can do no better he hghts and kills his companions. Mexicans, Indians, Chinese, and well-dressed strangers are his particular aversion.-. In bis .haunts, as at Bemringf El Pfiso and Albuquerque, he is the boss law-giver, aud woe unto the Justice oi the Peace or the Sheriff or Constable that attempts to curb him. He herds for another only until he can steal a herd of his own . When he is on a? "spree1' and runs. short of change, whether in town or country, he puts a pistol to some citizen's head and demands cash. The demand is nearly always honored, in the exceptional eases the pistol goes off and the citizen dies in his boots. He goe3 by the name of Vowboy" in Texas, but his real name is gaucho, and his numbers have so rapidly inereased of late that- he is about as much above the law in the places of his usual rendezvous as his brother of the Argentines. Quite recently he has been heard from as far west as Arizona, and as far south as Sonora, where the climate has been unhealthy for him. More active railway intercourse will probably interfere with his health in Texas and New Mexico. He will then emigrate into Chihuahua, Durango and other States of Old Mex

icowhere the cattle range is good and refuge from justice easy. He is sure, in the end, to become a "revolutionist," and we shall by and by hear of him as a far more dangerous pest to the authoriiies of that republic than he cSn long continue to be on this side or the line) though where he now is he in the cause of more murders and flagrant outrages than all the surrounding tribes

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Nevada's Natural Phenomena. Eureka lieailer.: - Nevada is aland of curious natural phenomena. . Her ri vers have no visible eutlefrt-q the ocean. She hat. no lakes of any magnitude She has vast stretches' of alkali deserts, however, that giveyevery indication of having been theibeds or bottoms of either sea or lakes." Down in Lincoln county thera is aispriug of ice?cold water that '"- .

Garfield Tolls "A Iattle Story. Providenco Press. , In 1875, when the Democrats organized the house of representatives for the first time after the war, there was a general clearing out of old clerks to make places for iho friends of Democratic congressmen. Two old attaches of che house, who had hold their places through many administrations. Mr. Barclay, the journal clerk, and Dr. M'ahafFy, ono of thii reading clerks, supposed that Congress could not get along without them, and that they were not, therefore, in any danger of removal. Sitting in their arm-chairs in their office, General Garfield said, as they blew the smoke from their cigars, they congratulated each other: "WellJt was

to be expected that these poor devils of under clerks would I030 their places, but we are; solid. Adams, the new clerk of the house, will never be fool enough to. turn its out." But one day as unexpectedly as a thunder clap from a clear sky, came the announce

ment that even iiarciay ana Manarry had been removed. jBoth men immediately put on their hats and went over to Sanderson's in search of liquid consolation. They drank confusion to Clerk Adams and the whole Democratic party, and they chuckled and laughed as t bey called up in imagination the inextricable tsiugle into which the business of the house would get as soon

as they left their desks; and finally

when they were pretty full, ihcy started back to the oapitol arm-in arm. As they beat up against the wind across the piasza, Dr. Mahafiy burst into an immoderrte laugh. "I shay, Barclay,' p said he, (hie), won't iii be a good joke when they come fhie) to us on their ben aed knees ana beg us to come back and straighten things out." Just then Barclay, who didn't seem to appreciate the joke much, stopped, straightened himself up, and, pointing at the Goddess of Liberty on the dome of the capitol, he shook his infirm finger at it and said : ''D'yosee her (bie)Mahafiy ? She totters! she totters!" ; Well. Bar

clay and Mabafiy have almost been forgotten at the capitol,but the Goddess of Liberty stili stands at the head of the dome. The Horrible Fly in India. One of India's pests is the metallic blue-fly. You sink the legs of your furniture into metallis sockets filled with salt and .water, and pack your clothing in tight tin boxes, to prevent the incursion of white ants ; but you have no remedy against the metallic blue-fly, which fills every crevice, every keyhole, and every key itself, with clay. This fly is an artistic as well as an i industrious worker, an d'be works always with an object.' He firs t selects a hole; a keyhole or an empty space in any metallic substance is preferred, but, in the absence of any such material, the holes in the bottom of a cane-seat chair or any perforated wocd, will answer the piirpose. After seeing that the hole is clean and in good order, he commences operations by laying on the botlom a smooth carpet of clay; then the bodies of several defunct spiders are triumphantly placed upon the clay carpet On top of these spiders the eggs of the female fly are deposited. The tomb is then ready for closing. The top is neatly covered over with clay, but it still has an unfinished look. This is remedied by a thin coat of whitewash, and then the fly looks upon his work and pronounces it good. When this tomb is opened there are more metallic blue flies in the world than there were before. You are anxious to examine or wear some of your valuables, which you always keep under lock and key, and you take your key and endeavor to unlock your trunk, bur, it isbnly an endeavor. There is resistance in the keyhole. You exam? ine the key, and find that it is nicely sealed up with clay, and the keyhole in the st, me condition. It is a work of patience to destroy the nursery of the poor insect, and lay his castle in ruins; but a determined will can accomplish much. Cane-seated chairs are sometimes so occupied by these clay homes as to make it hard to determine what the original substance was. z - -. Bigger Than Our Army, Denver Tribune. . "The force of men now . at work on the Denver and Rio Grande railway extensions i larger than the United States army !" Tlie speaker was' exGovernor Hunt, who has just returned from old Mexico. - ., "How many men are there?'? asked a Tribune reporter, a-little awed by the statement. "More than 32,000," returned the Governor, . laconically. t 'Nearly 19,000 of this number are at work in old Mexico., There are 3,000 or 4,000 in New Mexico, 5,OOo or 6,000 in this state, and the remainder are scattered through Utah and the other localities where we are doing work," "Do you find any hinderance to your work from the people of old Mexico?" asked the reporter, remembering that several correspondents from that old coun try had recently said that the the natives were suspicious of all new railroad enterprises. ... i4The only hinderancos we find are in not getting the supplies we need. Tne people are all right, but timber is so scarce that we have to transport all our ties from Louisiana or Florida. There is a lack f all kinds of railroad

'material down there except men to do

the work ; we can get all of them we want. There is no trnth at all in the statements that the Mexicans regard railroad enterprises with suspicion, or that they openly or otherwise oppose them. Why. we are giving bread and butter to 10.000 of their people- somethin g th ey ' n eyer had before. They havenjt got any very good reason to complain, and they don't seem disposed to. I wish the people of other regions we have gon e th rough had treated us as well as they do in Mexico . The leading and influential men do all they can to aid the enterprise, and no difficulty has been experienced in getting all the depot land wo waut donated and tbe best kind of title at that. We found it harder to go through Colorado than any where else. Even in Leadvillewehadto pay 100,000 for-oiir depot land." J

"It has been said by ono of the correspondents who was with Grant that the peop le of Mexico were not favorable to the United States railroad invas

ion?" suggested the reporter. "Thero is no truth in it at all," answered Gov. Hun t, shortly. That was most likely said to hurt our road. As I said before, the leading men want the road, their government is glad that it is coming,aud why should the people who are making bread and butter by it complain?" "We will soon have a good deal of

road in condition for travel in Mexico," continued the governor. "We will have 2,400 miles of road in old Mexico and this added to that in the states and territories will make a lota! of ovea' 4,000 miles of rail. The work is progressing rapidly, and it is br-ing pushed with great energy. Yes," ooucluded Gov. Hunt, "old Mexico is going to bo c. great railrofl.d country, and it has treated us better than Colorado did-"

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Savago Creatures That Rise From

the.'l3ottom of the Soa Onlylwhen

They are Mutilated Scientific

Information About Them.

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A. Story of a Hmg, Detroit Chair. We hear a good deal about ri;ngs nowadays, and nothing very good of them either, I heard of a ring the other day that told a story in fac", its own story. The ring glistened on the finger of a washwoman through the suds in a tu b,and thus betrayed a secret. The lady of a oertain house in this city had advertised for a laundress to come to her homo on certain days. The ad-

vertismont was responded to by a neat rather rofined lookiug woman. When the laundress had begun her work the

lady saw, shining on. a shapely har d, a pretty and peculiar ring. She request

ed the privilege cr laoKing at it.

woman hesitated a moment, and

nervously held cut her hand. "That Is a class ring," said the lady, "It is." was the response of the laun

dress, as she turned her face away.

"Where did you get it?" asked the

lady, . emboldened, perhaps, by the manner of the wearer of the ring.

"It is my husband's." "At what college did ho graduate?"

"At Yale." "In what class?" "The class of ,75." That ended the interview for the time, as the lady could by no means get from the washwoman the name of her husband. The lady had thus been unladylike perhaps, and curious because her son wore a' class i iug exactly like the one in question, aud was a graduate in the clas3 of '75 at Yale. She. told him the story, and one night he followed the laundress to her rooms in Michigan avenue, where he found an old classmate and college chum poring over some second-hand law books. He Works in the day time and so does his trump of a wife. One day he will be admitted to the bar, he will work hard, she will help him, and when they are rich they can afford to smile at the story of the ring which is strictly true,

What the Defeat of the Land Bill. Will Do. New York World. ( If the lords, by rejecting or mutilating the land bill, force a battle, the fighting: will be short, sharp . and decisive, and the result" never for a momen t in doubt. They and the sqi urea aud the established church wills! and alone. The radicals will not only muster every man of radical tendencies i a the t hree'kixtgdoms, bu t d ra w ten n of, thousands of recruits from the farmclass, which have hitherto been as loyal to Toryism as to beer and the bl.ble. They will sweep Ireland as with a broom, the Orange yeomanry of Ulster, as well as the disaffected tenantry iu the other three provinces. The fact is, American competition has made radicalism irrepressible. Farmers can not five against your ecports under: entail and primogeniture. They riust have free trade in land or ten years hence they will be as extinct w the archive a of Crecy. Under the present land laws estates are tied up in one family. Improvements are in rciauy cases iinpossl ble ; join tures have to be paid to a horde of heirs out of the- annual rent; purchase and sale when permissible are hampered by . costly lormsand processes; the occupier, in short, has to carry on his back the owner, the owner's kin, the middle men and ageuts, and unless he can throw off his load and became his own landlord, it is manifestly impossible for hina to face his transatlantic competitors.

Street "Mashers" Egged by Ladies. Omaha Bee. A couple of mashers met with their just deserts on Saturday evening. Two highly respectable young ladies were walking down Capitol avenue short! p alter twilight, unattended. They had net proceeded very far when they noticed a couple of young men following them. Both of the young fellows were gotten up in a regardless fashion, ith immaculate shirt-fronte and lavender pantaloons. Both, no doubt, considered themselves the observed o( all observer. Soon . after the young ladxes discovered the real state of the ease, they quietly dropped into a grocery store and each purchased a couple of eggs. Th e walk was resu med the mashers following and ogling until the Masonic hall was reached. At that point the two feikrws stepped up to the ladies, and, with many profound bows, asked them if they wanted to take a promenade. Both ladies at once straightened up, and without a word each selected her man. Four eggs immediately flew with well-directed aim. Each of the mashers got a mouthful1 besides which, the lavender trousers, the pride of their hearts, were bespattered beyond all hopes of repair. The affair happened to be witnessed by only a few people, but the dignified young- men retreated in vast disorder to repair the wreck to their stunning attire. ., - -4- . A Husband's Kevenge. Fr oo press. A Detroit man detected his wife and a neighboring man planning an elope 1 men t He allowed them to proceed undisturbed to a certain point, and then called in a policeman, T.ae result is thus related: He took a lamp and led the way to the woodshed. The neighbor, dressed in his Bund ay suit, was tied up in one corner, and tlie recreant wife occupied an empty dry goodn boy in the other. "Got 'em last night at 9 o'clock," said the husband, "and I've put in the whole day telling 'em what I think of such business. Guess Pd better let 'einottnow, hadn't I?" The officer , thought so, and the neighbor was released, led to the door, and the husband said: "Now you trot, and if you ever try to run away with my wife again I'll I'll b9 hanged if I don't go and tell your wife about it !" He then turned to nis wife, untied the cords, and said: "I guess you fael ashamed of this, and there ain't no need to say any more about it. I ain't very mad this ti me, but if you try it again there's no knowing what I may do." "Well?" gasped the officer, as he drew a long breath. " Well, didn't I git. 'em?" chuckled the husband, in proud delight. "I may look like a spring chicken, but I'm no fool, &nd don't you forget it!" The Indian Method of Treatment, JSureka (Nov.) Sou thiol. On Tuesday last, early in the morning, rour bucks wero seen carrying a comely squaw over Clark street hill. The squaw was tied hand and foot, and appeared as recounciled to Iter fate as an "Egyptian mummy, In ans wer to a question as to what they were doing with the : prisoner, a sturdy buck, whose cheeks ..were daubed wi ;b a brilliant red, replied: "Bad squaw; heap run away from husband for some other fellow. Take him 'nack t o ei imp and whip him, He o run away aain."

Now York Sun, "Wolf , I'll be Mowed," said a redfaced, jolly-looking personage, who was gazing at a diminutive squid advertised by a Roekaway showman as a "Monster of the Ocean." 4 You have seen larger, then?" said a Sun re porter, who had also been attracted by the announcement. . 1 'Well , I should say so," replied the red-faced man. "Lessee; this one here is about eight inches loug. Well, I've caught squids whose eyes were just eight eight inches across. That'll gh e you an idea." "They must have been ten feet long, then?" "Yes, if you add forty feet to it. I suppose you think that a pretty tough ya m, but it is a fact. You see, I am a Grand Hanks fisherman myself, off on a sort of vacation. I've heard about the irame3 they play on a green hand here", but I wouldn't want it to. get out in Gloucester how I paid a quarter to look at a cod bait. We use those things for bait--catch them by thousands in nets and with jiggers and salt them down. I've carried iifty thousand out on one trip, and then to come away down here and pay a quarter to look atone it's astonishing how fresh a man can be who has always been around ;5alt water. I've tackled a squid three feet long by aclual measurement, and have seen chunks of others that I

niessi-d wero from sixty to seventy

eet ionic You can' ( get any idea of a

big one from that little thing. I've been round the world, seen sharks, wjales, and big snakes, but a big squid when he's cornered is about the worst looking creature you wrant to see, Generally their body is about ten feet long, looks like a grayish-white bag, with a tail like a big arrow head. The head is small, but the eyes are about as; a large saucer or plate, and black and staring. When you catch a gli&pse of thorn eyeing you out from among t heir arms, I tell you it makes a insii wish he hadn't come. The arm;3, ten of. them, branch from the head, eight short ones about fifteen feet, and two long ones from thirty to ftrty, depending, of course, upon the size"of the squid, Eight of them are lined with suckers, each one ranging in sisse from a ten-cemt piece up to a half dollar. They are like so many air pumps. In each one is a ring of bone with edges like a saw. These, are pressed into you, ami the air is sucked our, which, of course, forces the teeth of the saw in, and ycu can imagine the eilect of hundreds of these flying around and striking on all sides. The long arms only have their. suckers confined to the ends, which are flattened cut; Botween all these arms is the mouth, which has two beaks just like a parrot's, only larger, aud the upper one

sets into the under so they can nip a pieco ou t of an oar blade as easy as to iay the word. . . "Do they swim? Yes, and backward, too, dragging the; arms alter after them, and going like lightning. Sometimes they jump right out of the water, end come down as slick as a dying fish. The first, one I ever tack led was just above Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. We saw fiomethiiug in near shore, and a couple of us jumped into a dory an d pulled over tc i t. When we got near a big wave tossed us right on top of it, and the first thing that I knew I got a shot . of water and ink (you Know they spur t ink from an ink bag') fair in the face, and by the time I wiped ic. off the squic was half aboard U3. It llung five of its arms over, and one struck my mate on his bare arm, and nearly hauled hj-in over. I grabbed the as, and managed to cut two of the arms, when another got around my leg, and hauled iae oft my feet; down I went into tlie boat, and I believe that's the only thing that saved ua, as my hand landed on a big boat hook. I lay on my back, the boat half full cf water, and jammed that hook right through the ugly creature's eyea, and, as my mate had put an oar through it, it slipped into the water. All this time, mind you, it was fuming

and spurting water aud ink; but it was only about a half a fathom of water, and I stuck the boat hook in it again. After we had bailed Out the boat we made the squid fastfy the painter, towed it aboard, and cut it up for bait, after we had measured it. From the tip uf the long arms to the end of the tail the line gave fifty-one and a half feet. We packed it in a tub that was made to hold exactly 900 pounds of cod, and it filled it. I wouldn't tackle one again like it for the proceeds of a whole season. ; "Why, every whe e a sucker had struck my mate's arm it looked like as though a red-hot iror. had been pressed on and sunk in, and where .... they had been torn away the flesh had gone, too. He was laid up a month. I had a heavy pair of boots on, and the leather showed the marks, as if sthey had been cut with a penknife. "Yes," (in answer to a question), "most all the Gloucester men can teii big stories about squids. Captain Cqh lins, now one of the United States fish commiasion, used to run the schooner Howard, and they caught five in one day, averaging from thirty-five to forty-five feet on an estimate; and weighing about a thousand pounds apiece. iSome difference between them and this monster that we are money out on," This account was not exaggerated, as any may prove by pa y in g a visit to the zoological museum of Yale college, where Professor Verrill has the finest collection of these creatures in this or any other country. A few years ago they wera not believed in, aud the sti ango tales of Hugo were the only hints of their existence; but one was washed ashore on the Newiouudland coast, and fortunately fell into the hands of the Smithsonian Institute, and thus ' their existence Lecame assured and , credited by many who some years back clashed thorn with the sea-serpent, At certain seasons they are more frequent than others, and as they are only' found or seen mutilated, liviug at other limes in the deep sea, it is supposed that they become injured in the broediug season; or perhaps at certain times parasitic animals are more fre quent 1875 was a season extremely noted in this respect, and numbers were seen floating on the surface, food for birds, or partly dead and mutilated. Othera were found along the coast, washed among the breakers, where they swung, hanging by their two long tentacles, which were fastened to the rocks, answering the purpose of cables to the jiving ship on a sea shore. The greater number were observed between north latitude 44 and 44 30'. aud between west longitude 49 30 and 49p 50v. From this tract over thirty gi gan tic sq uids were taken by the Gloucester fishermon alone, and cut up for codfish bait. Along shore on the Newfoundland coast, the people either sell them to the cod fisherman or cut them up for dog meat. The schooner Sarah 1 Ayer, Captain Oakley, of Gloucester, wss particularly fortunate. The E. R. K ickerson, Captain McDonald, harpooned one and secured it, alter a struggle, the arms of which were thirty-five feet long; and Captain Mallory, of the schooner Tragabigzan da, captured a number with bodies over twelve feet long without the arms..., . . .. .. V , A. famous place for them seems to be the Flemish Cap, a bank to the northeast of the Grand banks. Portions of these monsters have been found in whales, that indicated animals nearly oue hundred feet long and twenty-five hundred pounds in w eigh t. These animals are hot new to the geologists. Theilr fossil beaks and ink bags are fre queiitly fouid in the strata of recent

' formation, the ink being go well preserved that it was formerly used as the sepia of commerce, and a writer has penned the" history of living squids with the ink of one that perished tens of thousands of years in the past. Earlier forms of the squid appeared in shells, and these fossil coverings are frequently found almost as )arge as a cart wheel, while some of the straightshelled varieties reached a length of fifteen feet, and according to some authorities, thirty feet. Imagine a shell

thirty feet in length propelled like a battering ram through the water, wravingits snake-like arras j a fitting forefather of the giant squid of today, the architenthis of the scientific world. Doctor Greatly Puazled. New York Sua; On the afternoon of Jan. 2G Mrs. Catherine Crave -of 4 Charlton street was shot in the head by William Sindram, who had been compelled to leave the house for non payment of board. The bullet entered the left temple and remained in the wound. She died last Sunday evening at 7:19, 4J months after the shooting. The case has attracted much attention. Br; W. E. Forest, who attended Mrs. Crave, says that although some

surprising recoveries from wounds to

the upper portion of the brain are

recorded, yt he believes that so lone: a

period of vitality after a wound in the base oi the brain is unparalelled. Dr. Forest's office is directly opposite Mrs.

Craves dwelling, ana he saw her im

mediately after the shooting. He says:

"'mere wras a remarKanie absence of

prostration from the first. She did not

fall when shot, but leaned her head in a corner, and, if she lost consciousness

at all, it was only momentarily. At least two teasipobnfulfi of brain matter

oozed from the wound, but her control

over her motions was not disturbed,

and she could talk rationally. The

fever that followed was not greater

than always follows a gunshot wound and this gradually abated, and her general health and appetite returned. During the first two weeks there were some indications of a shock to the

brain manifested in the dilation of

tbe pupils of her eyes and in'.a nervous hrii:ability- bu4: there were never anv

symptoms of paralysis, such as would follow compression of the brain. She

was thoroughly in the possession of all

her faculties, and after meiirst shock

was over all her bodily functions went on with vigor.

During the first two weeks she isar-

took of moderate nourishment, such as

warm milk with a little brandy, beef tea, &c.,and the treatment was similar to that adopted in cases of congestion

of the brain. 1 put ice packs to the

head, and combated the- fever. Afterward, when her digestion seemed strong and her appetite was restored, I administered remedies calculated to sun-

port the svstem, such as iron and beef.

The treatment of the case has no

significance. It was her extraordinary

natural powers.that sustained her. Her

appetite was extraordinary. She could

eat; oysters by the quart, and would

consume a hottle of wine a day. Mean

while there was an orifice three-fourths of an inch in diameter in her temple, and a strong light directed in it disclosed the surface of the brain. The wound suppurated freely until about four weeks after the injury, when the wound on the temple ceased to discharge, and the flow came from t he ear. Water injected into the ear came into the wound in the temple5. "Notwithstanding thist evidence of the spread of inflammation and the breaking down of tissue, her mental pewer seemed unimpaired. About two months after, the shooting she complained of intense ... pain in the right side, and about three weeks later an abscess was developed. The immediate cause of her death was the exhaustion of her physicial forces from the wasting effects of the abscesses." The autopsy increased the surprise of ti e physicians that she should have survived so long. The bullet, ragged in shape and brokeu into three pieces, was found lodged just in front of the spinal column oelow the base of the brain. It had perforated the base of the skull, close to the interior tube of the ear, scooping out a portion of the base of the cerebrum. Tiae brain was found to be in a healthy condition, except in the portion immediately surroundiug the bullet hole. The ordinary result of such a wound, ifuot immediately fatal, would be for the inflammation to spread through the brain sabstance. In this the inflammation had extended downward the whole length of tlie neck, but had not yet entered the cavity of the chest. This abscess would soon, of itself, have proved fatal had not the , other one broken out. The latter abscess was found to extend from behind the kidneys on the right side, down into the right thigh. The abseesa in the head and neck was thedi ct result of the wound. The lower abscess were the result of septic absorp n. The survival of the patient for so long a time with such injurlles makes the case one of the most extraordinary on record. A member of the family said that until recently Mrs. Crave expected to tret welL Toward the last her appetite failed, and! during the last three" days she took very little nourishment. ,She remained conscious until Sunday mornine:. She was 51 years and 5 months old. She had, been a very large, strong woman, weighing upward of 160, pounds, buthad become emaciated. She was of German nationality. A Coroner's Jury will probable be impanelled tbiis morning. Sindram, after shooting Mrs. Crave, ran into the street pistol in hand. . He was collared by a little man, and held desoite hi3 threats and remonstrances until a poli ceman arrived. It has never been found out who this man was, and he has not been seen since. Hindram was committed to the Tombs to await the result of Craved injuries.

Two Do.uar-and-a-Half Christiana. Louisville Christian Observer. There a,re a great - many people in their, religion that remind me of "Uncle Phi!," a pious old darkey of the old timed in Texas, Well, Phil wras a fervent christian, .with a great gift of prayer. He attended all the Saturday night prayer meetings on the neighboring plantations, and could pray loucler and longer than any of the'bretheren. But Phil had one weakness he dearly loved money, and, different from the negro generally, he loved to hoard it. Near by us lived a man, who, not troubled about any scruples, would pay Phil a dollar to work on his field on Sundays, One Bundav night, as Phil came home after dark, f accosted with him : "Where have you been, Phil?" ... - "Oh, jimt knocking about, nia9sa," "You have been working for Miller." "Well, you see, massa., The old fellow is in need, and he jest showed me a silver dollar, and I jest couldn't stand it." . - , "Ain't you afraid the devil will get you for breaking the Sabbath ?". Phil scratched his head a minute, and said: V "I guess the Lord'll 'seusa me, massa," i,, , "No. He says, remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy." ..... Phil went off looking pretty sober, and it was not long before I heard his voice in fervent prayer back ; of the barn, and so I thought I would shp down near enough to hear. "Oh, Lord! I heard him say, "I have thht day ripped and teared, cussed and swe;t'ired at them confounded oxen of Miller 's, and. jest broke the Sabbath day. Oh, Lord, please fOJgiye me; please forgive me, for Ps nothiug but a miserable heathen anyhow. If you'll jest forgive me this time I'll never do it again as long as j I ve, 'cepting he give me $2,50 a day." At thii point I wa obliged to beat a hasty retreat, but I am thinking that poor Un cle Phil im' fc the .. only 2 50 ehrisiiau in this world, s-

JOCOSITIES.

The editor of the Oil City Derrick claims to have a country-seat. It is a

stump. ,. .

An up-town gmccr has a strong run

on tea, andhecalls his scales "amousn" because they lie in weight,1 It is the thintr 3iow to serve coffee

with whinoed iream. Cream, how

ever, that has beep licked by a cat will not do 1 , ... Iii Texaa livol a fair maid

Ami a lellow hc callea her a jado; Slie grabbtjd for a gun, Uo started, rormi, Hut was neatly and Instantly slayed. A cro?s-eyed man who saidthatpie was going to "v:!o as he shot,"" had his . ballot carefully put among the "scattering, " by the judicious inspector. r . . , it A married wouun said to her "husband : "You have never taken me to the cemetery," "No, dear," replied he "that is a pleasure I have yet in anticipation." A new stvle of bovs' trousers has been

invented in Boston, with a copper seat, . .i -i t .1- : ... j.i

sneet-iroii ir.nees, nveteu upwu m wi seams,and water-roof pockets to hold broken eggsYoung lover esks: "When is the best time to travel?" When you see the old man and ills bull, dog coming round the corner, sir. Travel for all you are worth. ; An exchauge nays: "A beautiful example of 'force of habitV is to see a disciple of Murphy fill hi glass with water and dreamily blow froth off the innocent water before drinking;" "You wouldn't take a man's last cent for a cigar, - would you?" ''Certainjyl would," remarked the proprietor. "Well, here it Is, then," passing over a cent, "give me a cigar." Edison has perfected a fog-horn that can be heard i:en,miie3, but yrhen it comes to an invention for getting his hired girl up in tlie morning, he smiles sadly and falls to musing on the infinite. ... ' ........ "More puffs than anything seen for years are the backs of some new skirta, 1 1 says a fashion exchange. The writer probably never read a country newspaper when the first crop of pumpkins began to come JiiA painting, the prodigal eon,. on exhibition in one.of the Paris galleries, si designated as follows: "The prodigal in watching the hogs thinks of his parents." .; ; "Rather .rough on his

pareots," says iiuibouara. The following is the Chinese version

ot Jnary ana ner lamo:

;Was gal name Ioll had lamb

Flea all sameo wniio snow, Evly place Moll gal waUcee, Ba Da nop pee long too. A good churchman was commenting at the breakfast-table on the conduct of ono of the vestry when he was suddenly interrupted by his hopeful, aged 7, exclaiming; "Papa, why .don't you pull down your vestry-man?" Little Jimmy is laid up with measles and suffers a great deal, but when ho was asked how he liked the measles he he brightened up and exclaimed: "The doctor says I can't go to school for a week. That's how I like it," The Buffalo Express gentle chides a Buffalo bride who: got married in a pail of stockings valued at $150. One hundred and forty-nine dollar's worth of bonnet and $l?a worth of stockings would have m&de more show; Vassar has one smart girl who will in the hereafter be heard of in women's rights societies. She described straw as being a hollow thing with a ten cent nvm on one end of it and a twenty cent drink on the other end.. A certain little damsel, being aggrar vated beyond endurance by her big brother, fell dlown on her knees and cried: "O Lord, bless my brother Tom. He lies, he steals, he swears. Ail boys do. (7s givls don't. Amen." Tsit true, Harrv, that you have broken off with Marka way's daughter?" :iAlas, yesM was. forced to, although she Is a charming woman." "Why?" "Incompatibility of complexion. She does not suit my furniture." , Dore has jus t iinished a new picture entitled "The Vrale ct Tears." He took the city of Cbicago, after an exhaustive wheat comer, as a model. The picture is so natural that one can almost detect the smell' of: the Skunk river. ; The cas hier's in the corner Counting up the money, , i Xhe editor Is -vrTiting Something awfnl fuuny - A mai d in the hallway With a poem sweet; . She IsHtretised iu sealskin From head to feet. Doctor: "Oh I there you are, Smith. How's the wife?" Farme?: " Wuss, I'm afraid, sir." Doctor: Indeed! Is she wandering?" Farmer: "No, no; she7j sensible. That's what I'm a rraid of. I never knowed her so sensible. She's onnaturaliy sensible." ' . Snooks went home the other night afflicted with double vision. He sat for some time with hi3 sleepy gaze rivited upon Airs. Snooks, aud then complacently remarked : "Well, . I hope t'holler 'f you two gals don't look 'nough alike to be twins."" A maiden who lived at; Accord i The sighted spider Abhorred; But laer lover, made holder. Brushed: ono from her shoulder. And she gave him a kiss in reward. Next night as he sat by her side, And let nis fin artfully glide Mior.ud her trim belted wrist ' 0 G eorge now make hast And pretend there's a spider," -&X e cried.

TABLE TALK.

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Philadelphia is to have several negro policemen, ...... ... : v Pastor Sftle, of the Baptist church at Mason City, Iowa, has been R eposed for Beecherism.' The Egyptian budget for t ie year 1880, approved by the Compi rollers, snows a surplus of about SSvjOOjOOO, arisin g fi'om improoved reven neatud decreased expenditure. TTonrvF,. TDixov.the comediati.noints

with pride to the fact that he k ade his first appearance on the stage only four years ago as the hind legs of the dancing heifer in "Evangeline." Flies are said soon to disappear from a room containing a plate of the following mixture: ' Half a teaspponful of black peper in powder, one of brown sugared one of cream mixed together. The will, as contaiued in eleven different papers, of the late Pope Plus IX who died on Feb. 7, 1878, has recently been proved in London, the personalestate in England being sworn under 800. . - , , ' . Mrs. Lcgan, a Mill waukee widow, received a leg;acy of $175,000, and at once became an objwet ot matrimonial interest. She seems to have become a little conlfused by her suitors for she promisei to marry Kelly, and then marriad Mr. Spencer. Theconse? quence is a breach of promise suit by Mr. Keltey for S25,000: - The other night M. Gambetta attended a fete in one of the laboring quarters of Paris, in aid ot a local popular library. He made no spoeon. When, the enthusiastic spectators greeted him with " Vive GambettaK' he said to them, "Do not cry Vive GambettA.' To-morrowf I shall be blamed for your greetiug. I prefer to hear you ry Vive la Republ!qe,,r, X " The Golos (Bussian) said in a recent issue : lThe last five oi six years have produced a very unfavorable influ'uce on the llnances of the State, and the economic position of the country! Trade 1st at a stand still, there is a great fall in our securities, and a deficit of fifty mUUons, Since the catastrophe of March tf matters have become worse. All activity on ouv markets and bourses is, paralyzed and confidence-is at an end., ...... At t he recen t peace ; palaver at Elmina between Sir Samuel Howe and prince rt Buakij step-fother of tbe King:; - i . - '"'

1 1 ft l -i J hi

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'ti

of the Afihantees, the neighboring kings and chiefs, with their followers, were also present. Each king had an' enormous umbrella of bright colors hel d o Ver him . while he himself was

covered with golden ornament, Prince i Bnaki having the most. His arms were

so weighted with the golden bracelets

tiiat tney were supp.orcea oy a man . on each side. ..... 1 ' Ijord bunmore has been giving his concerts 1 lfor men only! at Aberdeen House. Nothing can be more free and easy than these musical gatherings: The audience is permitted to come and go between the performances, to cnat together, and hold discussions from bench to bench. Here assemble thedifferent members of the aristoerafic London World who prefer good music for nothing to bad for whi& they must pay. . ,. . . a The old-time Texan believed that 2ic? crops could ba successfully grown in his e'tate west of . the Colorado Biver. The Bev. Adirondack Murray, who is farming in that region, writes to the Boston Heraldi that such is for fronl the fact. He instances the Capote

which is owned by Northern capital- ; ists and worked according to Northern

ideas. This vear's cron is as follows:

Indian com, S50 acres; rye,400 : whea 4 20; barley, 150; oats, 250; aifaUa, 50; v

muiet, 3U: sorgnum, iu; arucnoKes, iu; , ? 4 : onn . Onrt Knt IMTv Mrty l

llUUip, limy, XAv. .i-r; ' ray thinks, that greater profitrcould be-?

maae out of cotton ana xouaecp, uiiaer energetio management. , ., ,''

New Hamn shire has a new laW tax- -

ing church property when it exceeds 10.000 in value. The Congregational Church of Manchester refused to pay on the ground that the act was unoon-

sututionai; out tne eupremeuourt nas j (iecided that, under the Constitutio n of f

that State, it is competent for the Lgis-?: ; lature to treat church property like-: : any other in the matter of taxation, and hthat the fact of lone exemption - does

not affect the question. v I

Nohodv cati eoneei ve what mc tiVe

James Daly had for the mischief w iich.

he did at New Haven, where he was

.employed on a steamboat company's wharf. A number of new carriages were shipped every day by tiiat line, and Daly had charge of them. It was found that in nearly every shipment one vehicle had a small piece cut out of one spoke. The damage was not heavy, yet was troublesome, for it necessitated, the return of the wheel to

the factory a.nd the insertion of a per--v feet spoke. 1 The whittler was Daly .) and he was caught by a detective, who, watched through a hole in the roof of the warf shed. He says he has no ideav why ne didMv J . . A Toronto baby, left by itself inja perambulator while asleep, fell out in such away that a strap suspended it byf the neck, and it was dead when discovered. A Sacramento baby's hands were tied to prevent it from scratching its head, which was aifected with salt, rheum, and while thus bound it fell with its face in a basin of water, which:' drowned it. Much more horrible was the fate of the Philadephia baby, who" was left to sleep in a room i, infested by: rats, The mtbther was careful to spread t a netting over the little one as a pro-, tection against flies, but was not mindful of the ravenous vermin. Wheni . she returned, the infant had ceased to struggle against the rats its face was gnawed away, and .death: -ensued ino-' mediatelyr fy:.:A woman, appeared at a Bock Island hotel, engaged a room, and as&ed i6j have her brother sent up when he ar? rived. A sleek young man soon camel inquired if his sister was there, and was shown to her apartment. A bottle ? of whisky was ordered, and the next thing heard from the pair was th noise of boisterous revelry. The land lord interrupted the diversion, and ' threatened to turn the disturbers out.

The young man, who was very drunk

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Ma

sobbed out in a maudlin way :

God?s sake. ...don't' do" that;

Methodist preachers I am really; my M name's Mc red i th. 1 ' He told the truthv v for he waf the Rev. George Meridith, a "-3 remaTkabi? popular pastor of a church -' at Kansas City, and the woman-yffa a & 3 deacon's wile. . . - r Axl XT iprtonate Suitor f In the early days of Indiana, one of J the State Senators was a good-iiatured giant, named George Boone. When J he stood up, his height attracted atten- J tion, for he measured' nearly seven If feet. If he made a gesture, his hands U were noticed as the largest ever seenBub it was his feet tnat amazed his , colleagues. One day, when joked on his big hands and feet? he told the ' storv of aa ; earl experience which a J brother Senator, in his "Sketches of ; f . JKarly Iuciianal,J reports as foUows: r "When about 18, .young . Boone ..; thought he would call on a neighbor . g; who lived a few miles" off. ? Bally, th , neighbor's daughter, was large ami?4' pretty, and the youthful giant though M she would make him a suitable vife. - Ml It was late in the fa though toow early to put on shoes, so he started?!, bare-foot. His best butternut-c61dreIJt suit had been made some six; months before, and was much too small forjf

IUObUCI.VK.uw. v,.w, . -

AridA nn a hoon-nole

miiks and muddv bot-

toms. the would-b? aenatker arnved a &

k.v n?hWrt'iS f& nut i ust as tns'3

of mush and milk. Being invinted to-; "draw up " he sav down alongside of Sally. The old lady offered him U. f a rge bowhwhich he stretched forth his hand to take. Not making suflimeut m

oiinwannp fnr thft rIzb of his hand, hei

flfriiWhA hiir m ilk oi teller. Outwent &

the milk over the table, and outwent

Woiivr rrrr .t.iiA room. ruai4K . m

.;iuij 4iv"- '!T'" T7i n K laughter.; ;? . V- . . Tie old lady kindly remarked, "lb 1 will rub out when it dries but the youth knew he was already rubbed J out, so far as Sally was concerned. ; IIej saw nothing, more Mher . Th:e clock: ; struck; ten...- '- 'M. Boone." asked the old lady,, f "won't you wash youjr feot tjm&g .$ bed?" ' ;: :: f . "Yes, ma'm" .;, ; C-": ' J I'Here's an iron pot; it is .$ w& ppiy thing I have that'll do." V ; The pot proved too small for nis feet J to enter, except by sliding them mgi sideways. When in, they swelled so : much that he could not get -ttam wUi' The pain was intense. As tne t oloeK : 11, the old lady asked: . v Mr. Booneareypudpne wfshiDgl your feet?'?-4 .' . : ';; v ' "What did this PPAtgHrpareJ r t'l must break i&JP rr ' " r1' A dollar."' 1 .; r:rii y - & "Bring me the ax," " . v -.. Breaking the pot in pieces, m handl ei the old lady a dollar, opened the dor and started for home. 8everal years after hornet Sally at ah asking; As soon ase sJim laughing , UVr

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The, Army Worm.

Joliet Republicauj

says:, " jriio ureauou rixiv wulw -M!Saf1

made its appearance m ;.wuj coun vy wF

?;ne nrst nme, ana m uio uvjculw portion of the county J is committinjp great depredations in the oat ffelfeg

destroying large fields m a iewiugn

oats green, to save a parnai eron j mnn.h-rtvAAdd worm is about tiiesaj

size and shape of worms whim resf

webs on trees, xney worK nigag tutting the heads from oft the 'strig and burro in the ground .uring tk

An ATkansas girl refused to; marryher lover unless he performed som heroic deed': HeeioPetl - wittr her

mother. . " J'

Better be right than eonquer in aal " argument. Better bear the assumpK-

tions of ignorant men uiau was te,youy

y IfOllgtJt .JmJW)-: 't