Bloomington Courier, Volume 7, Number 44, Bloomington, Monroe County, 3 September 1881 — Page 3

"h O ye that fafo Amid these breathless places.

- , topenain your souls 'twlxt factory ana , mart, - . Yevhosexiuicte eyes and pale and eager faces

; ttevetu tne restless heart.

What are you seeking In your fever'd labor; That knowsno pause thro all4hecrowled

-. - wees, :

; . m & "oa rc r himsalfa and no man" lbr his

f ; Aw 'WafeB that ya seek? J ; St - ... ... ' "" . ; -" . : wOh, some seek bread no more--lifc's mere subsistence, And some seetc wealth and ease the com

mon quest; -And some seek'fame,-that hovers In the .distance: J:i - But all are seeking rest:"

"Our tern

tar

Would

possessed :

God knows our souls are parch'd and black with yeanling; God knows we faint for rest."

niples throb, our brains are turning. rnVng, 1 CKi that what wo strain at were

JH went his way,, a -haggard shapa and drfoiry, . ""f , Ills harjtl face set toward the kindled West, Ana low a voice, "Gome tin to me, y weary, Vr-f - AndlrwiU givo you rest." r Good Words.

EDWARD MII1I1S AND GEOSGE

BKNTOK.

A TALE BY 3i Aia OJWAIN.

These two were distantly related to each otherseventh, cousins, or somethin g of that sort "While still babies

- ctbeybecameorphans; and were adopti edythe Brants, a ohildless con pie, eg?, who quickly -grew very iond of them1. The Brants were always saving : "Be pnre, honest;scber, inaustrious 'and considerate of othsrfj, and success iu ; ' life is assured.1' The children heard X this repeated some thousands of times before they understood it; they could repeat it themselves J on g before they

could repeat the Jiord'a prayer: it was

painted over the Nura ery door,and was

about the first thing they learned to read. It was destined to become the universal rule of Edward Mills'- life. Sometimes the Brants changed the wording s little and said: "Be pure, honest; sober, industriousP considerate, sand you wiU never laiik fnends." ,, , ? Baby Mills was a comfort to everybody about him. When he wanted candy and could not have it, he listenfcedtfo -reason, and contented himself

without it " When Baby Benton wanted candy he-cried for it until he got it. . 7 f Baby Mills" took care of his toys. Baby f Benton always destroyed his in a very

biter: time, ambtnen made -himself sa.

insistently disagreeable that in order to have peace ih the- house, little .Edward was persuaded to yield up his playthings to him. , -. .. :-, - When the chiidren were a little older Georgie became a heavy expensed none respect; Be took no care of his clothes, consequently he shone frequently in new ones, which was not the ease wich JSddie. The boys grew aoaee. Eddie

I 4

v was mr increasiDg comfort ; Georgie an I -w increasing solicitude It was always

Ttrvf tf At:1'' maoninff OTT71 w tvy i r fv

ingtpicmcing,

.$0

J "if!; -

-'mm

suffleient to sav in answer to ..Eddie s

petitions, ! would leather you. would

skat-

rjerrying, circusing, and

all sorts of things which boys delight

in.. But no answer was sumcient tor . Georgie ; . he had to. be humored in his I idejiresoc would' carry them with a high .r hand. Naturally, nor boy got more swiniming,skating, berrying etc., than he; no boy ever had a better time.

The good Brants did : not allow the boys toplay out after -nine o'clock-in summer evenings ; they were sent to bed at that hour. Eddie honorably remained, but Gaorgie usually slipped out of the window towards 10 and en

joyed himself until midnight. It seemed impossible to breai Geoirie of this

bad habit, but the Brants -managed it 5 at last by hiring Mm with apples ana marbles, to stay in ?'The good Brants gave all their time and attention in vain endeavors' to regulats Georgie; they said, "with 'grateful tears in- their

eyes, .that Eddie needed- no efforts of theirs! he was so sood, so consUlenitc,

: i 4an din all ways so perfect. ' - By and by the' boys Were big enough to work, so they were apprenticed to a 4- J trade. Edward1 went -voluntarialy; . George was coaxed and and bribed. - 'Edward wbrkea haid and faith fully,

.m and ceased to be an expense to the

good Brants; they praised him, so did his master ; but George ran away, and it cost Mr. Bran t both money . an d trouble to hunt him up and get him back;" " By and by he ran awav asrain

more money and more troab-e. He ran away a third time, and stole a few H 4tfl? thtasp ta carry with him. Trouble and expense for Mr. Brant once more, besides, ic was with the greatest difficulty that he succedea iu nersuadinsr

tbe?master to let the vouth gounpros-

&e B.,ecuteifor the theft. :r. Edward worked steadily along, and in timebecamef ul l partner in his - : master7 busiues George did not imJ' proyehe kept-tlie hearts of his aged t benefactors full of trouble and their

ir nands tun of inventvie activities to pro tect him from ruio. Edward, as a boy

had interested - himself in Sundaysclibols, Debating Societies, Penny missionary sift airs, anti-tooaeco or-gani35ati6ns,anti-profanity associations and iill such thing?; as a man he was a qniet but steady anaTreliabfe helper in the Church, the temperance societies and all movements looking to the aiding and upluTting of menf This excited npTemark, attracted no attention, tor it wHaw J'nataral bent" ' Finally tBS old people died. The wUl testified their lo vine pride in Edward, ,and lef t their little property" to George because he ii4iieetled it;" whereas, 'owingHt a bountiful Providence.? such'-was not ! the case with Edward. V The nrojerty was ' 16$ to

?? Oeorge conditionally ; -he mult buy ou t

JKiQwara'spartner witn it, else it must go to a benevolent organization called the ' Prisoner's Friend Society. The old people left a letter, in which they begged their dear son Edward to take their place and wafch over George,aud hel pa.hd shield bim as they had done. vEd ward dutifully acQuiescd. and

chagrin and toiled on in search of it. At last he got a job of carrying bricks up a laddei in a hod, and was a gateful man in consequence; but after that nobody knew him or eared anything about him. He was not able to keep up his dues m the various moral organizations to which he belonged, an dhad to endure the sharj) pain of seeing himself brought under the disgrace of suspension. x But the faster Edward died out of public knowledge and interest the faster George rose in them. He was lying, ragged and druuk, in the gutter one morning; A member of the Ladies' Temperance Befuge lished him

out ana tooK'mm m nana, got up a subscriptiou for hira. kept him sober a

whole week, then cot a situation for

him. An account of it was published.

General attention was thus drawn to

the poor fellow, and a great iriany people came forward and helped him .to

ward reform with their countenance and encouragement. He did not drink

a drop for two months, and mean

while was the pet ox the good.. Then

he fell- in the gutter; and there was general sorrow and lamentation. But

the noble sisterhood rescued him again.

They cleaned hint p, they fed him, they listened to the mourn ful music of

his repen tances, they got him his

situation aain. An account of this

also was published', and the town was drowned in happy tears over the res

toration of the poor beset ana strug-

gUng victim of the fatal howl. A. grand temperance revival' was gotten

The idea of the kaleidoscope .ftrst occurred to David Brewster in 1314,? he was engaged in; expe 'imonting 4dn the polarization of light by Reflection from plates of -'glass,' , W

. uver ,wu vicumsvei4exei(?uteu ior

witchcraft during the. rejn qf tneioug Parliament. Barringtoji gives . the whole number of' those wit? IS death Jfn

England oh

tnan 3U,ijuu.

up, and after, some

rousmsr

speeenes

some masked way into the

9 iS

George became his partner in the business? Hewas mt iaalnablepartner :

it.

r.. I 4

Jhe -had .been meddliog with drink before ;he soon dereiopedl uto a constant

tippler, now, and his flesh and eyea showed thefact unpleasantly. Edward had teen courting a sweet nnd kindly spirited girhfor.ome time. They loved'eacn other kar2y, and . But about this period George began to haunt her'Tearfally and imploringly, and at iast he went crying to Edward n said her high and holy duty was tin before her-she must not let her Z-sne must notiet her own . selfish denires interfere with it; she must joaarrv poor George" an d reform -hi m ft V'ouki break her; heart, she knew it' would, and so .on ; but duty was' duty. So she married George, and: Edward's heartcaraevery near breaking, as well as her own. Ho we vertfcEd ward recovered, and married another girl a very excellent one she was.- too, "-. , Chiidren came1 to both' families Mary did her hones t best to reform her husband, but the contract wa too large. George went on drinking, and by and by he feh to misusing her and the ittle ones sadly.' A great xnanv good people strove with George they were always at it, in fact but he calmly took such efforts as his due and their duty , and did not xaeud his ways. He i added a vice, presently that of secret gambling: He got deeply in debt; he borrowed money on the firms credit;as quietly as he could, and carried this

system so far and so successfully that one morning the Bheriff took possess

ion of the establishment, and the two ' cousins found themselves nennilcss.

Slimes were hard,now, and they grew woree. Edward movwl his family into a garret, and walked the streets:, day J and night, seeking work. He becced

for it, but it wasTOally not to be had. He was astoni&htid to see how soon his face became unwelcome; he was astonished and hurt to pee how quickly the ancient interest vhich people had in him faded out and alsappeared. BtilL

Ue-muBt get work; so he swallowed hjs;

had- been taade theGhairman. said, im

pressively, " We are now about to call for signers; and I think 'there is a spectacle in store" for y on vr hich not many in -this house Will be able to view with dry eyes,." Then? was an eloquent p'tuse, and then George Benton escorted by a red sashed detachment of the Ladies of Befuge, stepped forward upon the platform , and sign

ed the pledge; The air was- rent with

applause, and everybody erw-d for joy. Every body wrung the nand of the new convert when the. meeting was ever: his salary was enlarged the next! day; he was the talk of the town, and its hero. An account of it waspublished. George Benton fell regularly every three months, but -was faithfully rescued and wrought' with every time and good situations Were-'found for him. Finally he was taken around the country lecturing, as a reformed drunkard, and he had grimt houses and did an immenseamounfc of good- , He Was as popular at" hlSine, and so trusted d uring hia sober intervals that he wjis enabled to use ,the name of a principal citizen, and get a large sum of money at the bank, j A mighty pressure was brought to bear to save him from the consequences of his forgery, and it was partially successful he was "sent up" for only t wo years. When, at the end of a year, the tireless efforts were crowned with success, and he emerged from the penitentiary with a pardon in"hi "pdekettHe Prisoner's Friend Society met him at the door with a situation and a comfortable salary, and all the other benevolent people came forward and gave him advice, encouragement and help. Edward Mills had once app ied to the Prisoner's Friend Society or. a situation, when in dire need; btit the question, Have you bsen a? prisoner?7 made brief work of Ids case. While all these things were going on

Edward Mills had been quietly m'ak-.

mg heads gam st adversity. Ho was still poor, but in receipt of a steady and sufficient salary, as the respected and trusted cashier 6f a bank. George Benton never came near him, and was never heard to inquire about .him. George got to indulging in long absences from the town ; there were ill reports about him,, but nothing indifinite. ":. :'. '

One w nter's nig-ht burglars forced their

bank, ano. found Edward Mills there alone. ,fPhey commanded him to reveal the "combination,17 so that they could get into the safe.. He refused. They threatened- his life. He said his hir employers trusted him, and he could not be a traitor to that trust. He could die' if he must, brit while he lived he vould fee faithful; he would not yield up the cornbination."; The burglars killed him. : The detective hunted down the criminals, the chief one proved to be George Benton. A wide sympathy was felt for the widow and orphans of the dead man, ami all the no ws pipers in the land begged that all the ba aks in the land would testify their appreciation of the fidelity and heroism of the murdered cashier by coming forward with a generous contribution of money in aid of his: family now bereft of support. : The result was a in ass of solidr cash amounting to upwaixl of SliOO-an average of mearly three-eights o'f a cent for each bank in the Uuion.: The cashier's-bank testified its gratitude by

endeavoring to show (but humilialingr ly failed in it) tha tl?e peerless servant's accounts wera not s quare, and thatr-he himself kn ocked his brai us out ' with' a bludgeon to .escapti detection and punishment. ' George Benton was held for .'trial. Then everybody seemed to forget the widow and orphans in their solicitude for po T George. Every thing that money and influence could do was done to save him; but all failed, and he was sentenced to death; Straightway the Governor was besieged wita petitions for commutation of pardon ; they were brought oy tearful young girls; by sor row ful old maids; by d nutations of pathetic widows; by shoals of impressive orphans. But no, theiGbvernpr . for oncev-would not yield. " Now. George Benton experienced re ligioh. The glad news flew all around. From that time forth his ceil was full of girls and women and fresh flowers. All the 'day long there WaSprayer, and hymn-singing, and thanksgiving, and homilieSt and tears, with never an irjterroption; except a:a occaiiional five-

minutes intermission for refreshments.

This sort of thing continued up to the very gallows, and George Benton went proudly home, ra the black can, before a-wailing audience oif the sweetest and best that the region could produce. Eis grave had fresli flowers on it every day' for a while4, and the headstone bore , the words, under it and pointing aloft: ''Ha; has fought the tj

good aght."

'this charee aa uoWess

In the time; of Herodotus there was

on tne yjugean sea a community or lake dwellers" who lived -upon piles

driven into tne bottom? tneiaKe, anq

connected only by a narrowA bridge

with the land. - ' .

The htetorv of bolls U one of the

most interesting iu the recitaV of iri-

ventions. They were first , heard o

about the year 400, beforo which date rattles were used. In tb e year: 610 we heai- 'of bells in the city Of Senb, the

army o Ciothaire, ' kiijg . of France,

Laving been frightened away by the ringing of them. In 660 the first peal of :bells was-ruug'in England at Croyland Abbey Siany years " ago i was estimated that there wcro rat least 2,262

peals of bells, greitt and small, in En

gland. It has beeu thought 'that the

custom of ringing bells was 'peculiar in

England, but the (Jatheural of Ant-

'THE

DERVISHES,

werp, celebrated 'for is ; magnificent

spire, has a peal ot bens, m number

on which is played every half hour the

most elaborate music

' Spotted Tail's Daughter. Major Gordon, o the; second infan

try, now at St. Paul, was well acquain

ted with .Spottedvraiij tu a bioux chief, who was killed by 0rbW Dog at Hose

bud ai-ency. He first sSw him at Fort

Laramie, ih 1866, he'hai ng come there.

on an errand so sad that it ailected his

after life He brought there the body of his favorite daughter for burial, and

officers ot the pose, with other white

residents' of the .neighborhood, took

part" in the - obsequies. Spotted Tail killed a num ber of ponk'S at the fuueral, and nailed the skulls on the posts supporting the sotfln. These skulls still remain, and every year the cornuiaud? iug offlcers sees to It thrt the coffin is

decorated with flowers and streamers.

The daughter had. a romantic history,

which is familiar to inaiiy army officers and plainsmen. She fell in loye with Lieu t. . Brockh ors Livinjiton , of the old

2d dragoons; arid 'direct descendant

of the famous Chancellor Livingstons

of JN ew xorK.y ile seem& to nave recip

rocated her love, and , they lived to

gether as man and wife, though bound

by no legitimate tie;' Livmgston at last

took sick, became a prey to dementia, was sen$ to Europe and tliere diedi The poor girl awaited his return long

and tvuxiously, and guarded as dearer

than her heart's bloojd is'sbn, a bright two or three year ' old sou. At length news of his death reabed her, and the wife for so she considered herself, and

so her native friends- considered her-H

pined a few months with a slowly

or. akin ir heart, and i:lion died.' Her

last, words were the few English words of endearment i Jbivingstoii "had taught ner iu days gone by. Spotted Tail took the beloved form whereljivingston had first met her j and there buried it.f Mrs,. Livingston, the mother of the lieutenant, is Siliil living injNevf York, or waS a short time ago, . an d hasinstitu ted i nqniries relative t( the son spoken of, with a view of caring for and educat

ing him, but all trace 6$ tittift Was lost,

for nis dusky relatives preferred to

fkeep him wi th .-themsel ves. ; '

Some Fisherman's Luck, . Over 100,000 drum1 fish were caught a t one haul of the seine at Qhlncoteague Inland, Virginia. A salmon was caught recently in Cplum Ida river, Oregon weighing eighty and one-half pounds, ;A small party from jSTorthampton, fishing at Norwich 'Pond, caught eighty-iswo, pounds of pickerel and perch. . . . , ' . .? A fisherman claims to have caught a brook trout two feet long iu one of the mountain streams of Pendleton county. West ViInia. " ; f .While-J. E. Hoilobaugh and his friend, of Juniata, Pa., were hunting frogs recently in the vicinity of Tusca-. rora, a four-pound "bass jumped into the boat, striking Hbllobaiigli a smart rap on me h ead, " f . 's - Two young ladieswhile 1 r'6 wing on the river near Indian Creek, Pa.,: were surprise d to see a larga pike-j u m p i n to the'boav. They ki 11 1 di t with an odrj whei lit was. fou n d to weigh fourteen and one -hall pounds - : .,. Charles Parker saw a com motion-on the water iu a pond near Salem, Y., and, going to the spot, not only secured a twenty-two pound, pickerel., but captured a fish line in" which it was entangled, and the hook still in lis mouth. It had broken some fisherman7s l ine. The Charlesto wn (Va.) Pree Press says: u A bass weighing one pound in ;1880:was retumVd ?W the-Potomac, near tlie Great Falls, with a small

sleigh-bell fastened to' his tail with a

wire. A few day ago it was caught in the canal at Weave rton, with bell still attached to at. it weighed six pounds,"

rok T!o3tvrres, Ppformed by a Pern pWCpf ?R4Pn .-. . t. . t n OlIpliauysLuud'OX C?Uea(fv " vThe sheik received, us at the door :pf his courtyard, whicli was already tolerably full of native spectators amF-of 'peiousvwho wer?to iir the

women, who uad apparently gotten no?

tice that the sheik was going to exhibit

his powers,, crowded the' surrounding roofs. After. the usual preliminary i6r liteness4 of. pipes, sherbet and coif en, he we,u it into Hxxx inner ' roohT, "ana. reajpeteed with a bundle of fciro skewers,

very muea resemoiing inose used oy

.cooks for trussing meat. Jeckonmgto a wild-lobkiug.Dervistf stripped to trie

door, and when sho uuhitchc3 iujrself shri carries in a pannier the riisty looking coal of this country up oho, two or

ldog repose in the street. It is thus

that the native Bohemian 'girl of ten ful

his her destiny in tltfjir historic and

chivalrio land.. Woma n . is thr:i drudge

ana the beast of burden, hero, ;as in

many other parts of he. Continent.

There are line horses fir-' driving heavy

vehicles, aud "there are donkeys that

pull fat dowagers or iai5y little- boys up

tne niijs. .But there arcno equestrian

aispiays. a, iiclmg.horse is more rare-

iy seen in (Jaribad than a pret ty Ger

man wpmau, and vet there are scores of' CaValieTS ' iiV ;- jfaVftlfvT nni-

waisc, wnose- wandering eye nati an

evil iook.ih.it, which the rest of his

countenance did not belie in - fact i:t

was only redeemed from being villaiur

otis by a glare of insanity he made

hiin'open his mouth and proceed with

the utmost coolness to pass 'a skewer

from the inside through each cheek, so

tuax tutj pguiuncouia, . o&f seen piainiy p'rotrudhi He thehpefformed a like

operation on a remarkably handsome youth ? of fifteen , ;wb om I afterward found was his son, and whose large, clear hazel eye was calmly fixed bu mine, while his cheeks were being pierced, nor did a line of his counter nance indicate that he was cons, eioiia of the slightest pain . Not a drop of blood flowed in either case. ' The- two victims stood before us with -their mouths : pressed . back, and theKojectin Skewers' Showing the points through their cheeks, with as mucli apparent Comfort as if Jt were the normal condition of their bein o:. Leaving them' in this attitude the sheik

again disappeared into his room. This, timehe returned witha small, so uare

box, drawing back the sliding lidout

vi wiiiou ue enuuieu a scorpion or unusual size.its'vicious tail curfinff and

striking its own back as;it - writhed be

tween his fingers. h' ; ,

- This he handed .-tp: another,- dervish,

clothed and looking more in his ri&ht

mind than his skewered comrade, who instantly dropped the lively reptile into

hismouthy and crunched it with apparent gusto. As,he was as large as an

ordinary laud crab, it was a big mouth

ful, aud seemed to whip up i nto a sort of latlier fas he shewed it. His countenance; as jbe went on niunching,aWas"

so impassive that. I could , notyudge

whether live scoroion is nice or. not:

probably it is an acquired taste.i Another dervish juihed in the repast, and

disposed of a smaller one with 'equal

equanimity'. - .., Lnowivigcestecl that Ve . were Batis

fiedih regard "to" the skeweK and that

the com pauy generally ; would teel more.

eomroriaoieir wvy were ex rracteu. it

is decidedly unpleasajit to have) two:

lnenrwitn xnenr cuees :tru83eurstarrag"

at you, while others are ea ti.ng li ve

scorpions. Tneir mouth$re so press

ed back that they seeme&Uto be ; gnn-

ningrinsanely ; butashould think the'

effect of a real joke would have beeix dis

agreeable. I longed' to try and "make J

them laugh to see whether;it would no fo

hurt them; but there is probably, no

sutsu a tmug as a uerviau Aynu a; sense of humor, and an Arabic joke Was beyond me, The sheik, too, would prob

ably have loeen oflended for he? went i . n.'.'- i: L- ' ?

mruugu tue waoie periv'i uiaiice- wn,n the greatest solemnity; taking .long, deep iuspirstions as he-muttered incantations in-which the name of Allah oc

curred frequently; before he touebed

the skewers: then, with a deucist-like

twist he jerked them out, Tae points were bloodless, and the oulside of the

cheek showeiLonly agsiight induration1?

1SJ J.1 J. - IX- 1 . . il .

iikb suae ui a ciuiurjxeii vouuu : mere

was no redness or inflammations The

sheik how once"more returned to his?

ropniiaudbrought t put t at larger boxr,

which he opened and drew from it sev-

eavalrv

forms aud wearlug-jioumthat oVtvrht to be pricing the sidesxof toe best blooded

steeds of the orient But there is not

much need of hores ;in a c !untry where women are the laborers", 'and .the

pleasure norse is tbeexpeusive luixury. The Series o;f Violent Disturbances 3Noted by yAsronOjOiers During : juiy, . . : : June closec). with peticeful skies after the-tornadoes vnd thunder-stprnits: of the middle of of the inbia tii, and July opened with Bummer quietude pre vailing all-round the globe ; The elem ents were at. peace upon the earth. But on the sup, there was a far different scene. Through the fitill air on the. after?: ooh of July 1 the astronomer pointed his telescope.attlift .reaV fire globe! that gives the earth light and life, and is rays fell upon iheienses with perfect atcuidiuess, and, bending obediently to the focus of the ins traniant, made an

image of the iiun that, when magniitedr was as. exquisitely sharp and clear as

tnougn carveu :in goiu vy a masrer i e weler . It required bit t a glance to show that the surface of this . splendid ball, which the .istronomr knew was. SOtfjOOfi iniles id dianietilr though" it Siin g. with room to spa re, in the e'' r-

eular field of the eye -piece, -was wrink-

led-'and'pitted, torn, tossed, and heavi n g under the strain of t ampest forces. There were vast groups spots, iodl-

vmuai memuers i wuicii. cuvereu more, sxuare miles than all the continents!)? the earth ; there' were, imall - specks hard ly visible when, greatly magnified, and arouud all were, the crinkled linen of fac uhe brighter tjhau t he rest of th sujface.'aucl' crbwded together in place resembling'a sea of flames ' seen ' from

above It required but a -short time

to show that changes, wei'ie going on under the: eye 8of the olerver, slight

compared with the "vast extent of the spots? yet involving motions -that? have no panidlel on the earth. 'Wli'e astronomer lLad only. to, apply s spectroscope

to .4es 1 that all ar omad the sun s

were i-5normous, 'fiery protuberances thro yiv out like jeta from a geyser :to a height of thousands "a nd teiis of thou-; niV. 1 rt iv-i i'liri ntitl ir I i il f "Kolr -in

he saw a

nl eased td call him; roughly catch

li ttle girl ftboit eigh teenyears oldfBill's

iiiea or a ncue gi"J y me suouiuer

and' solicit her attention. The gir

withdrew her arm angrily and just thien the. scene fell ; umjer ilPs person

al nspection.

She was a poor .-girl, 'A says Bill,

"and plainly clad4 in an old dress!

but 1 5 was not 2:oing, to see her in

sulted bv no durned "counter

honnel,., under my mountain eye3

I jest jumped down from my hoss, and

didn't seem -to want to, but I made

him ston. l took up tne little girl m

my arms and s;at her down on a box.

I took off her slices and . said to the

counter-jumper: Kow I Want you to get down and lick1 1 the dust' off that poor girl's feet whom you have insulU ed.' v. .' .'

"And I made him do it. JELe looked down in the muzzle of ,a 45calibre Colt's for just half a minute, and then lie came to hismilk like a little lamb. "''And I madia him lick' that girl's feet; though a big : crowd- gathered

around, Mvt I had all .jmy ,jmen- with

me, una aict not

liked it or not:'''

care

'ft

tbey

-v -V fts -

Somebody calls-ice-cream a "feast of

free-zin.' r & r :

Nothiu g" vul gar about the miller,

when he bolts his meal. 1 ' :

13 ve was the -first of her race to . feel

shocked at the bare idea.

A bright littl meld yho was frollcky " fr Made the s-weistest grow leaves oh majolica.

uul iuio SAvaiiowea some paint, And now-shoa sai"ut . ! After helngan i.ourvpale and colicky,

so eudeajing young

VIRGINIA POLITICS.

Sin; Don't

put your aim about my neclt:

You'll rumpio all my ru files.-

H.S. ' Then let mo lclss you without force,

. Ana thus avoid ail scumes.

Site. There If: no sweetness in a kiss Unless by force 'tis take n

TIB. I know.it rnere: un, cms is miss;

This style of ojouiation-. -. ; Snx:. My ruffles you have rumpled, love, Ahd put me iu a fluster.

He,

Oh. hover mind IU1 llx It, dove, For I'ma.Boadjuster. ' Wheellug Ledger

AN OUTLAW'S WIFE.

An interesting Chapter of the Early

Life of thj3 Wife of Jesse James.

eral sh akes of 'all si es. These begau

to wriggle about the lloor in a disagree

able manner, with au overpowering

attraction a.ppa?:ently, iozdite , legs of.

Wasn't Afeered. rf -;

Arkansas State Gazette. ' . .. i

The first" piano taken to that parthof

Randolph county, thisState; surrouud-

ing Rp.venden Springs, createdLa pro-

rouna sensation. Old men would -come

to the hotel and crave! v shake 'their

ay heads at the musical Interloper.

which in viirmsh' and audacity, had

set itself up against the the fiddleja.nd whose hoarse tone could , drown the

00 sfcwang.

Several ..dixya

sands of miiles, ami settling

ale uda; of glowing vapor. -So through the calm of a Summer a.fteruoon, and at the safe distance of S'OdOQOmiles he could watch the ; storms oh 'the' sun.

trace1 the course of fiery oy clones, bio w-

ing:a hundred miles i isieeondVand -study

ana macrometrioauy ..ututjure iwe visi

ble effects of ferees tliap:o.ula snatter aud vaporise the ear til. . Yet tle enormous distance that'separiiites the earth

jlVUI UID UU U OUJO :,W1 iCSpeCtS as it seems. Bun storms certainlv"haveH' :powerful eifect upon the

eleekieal. gorio1 ition of th3 earth , and it is suspected i;hat, hey rp a y aec 1 1 the earth's weather.' . : , r

The sun was storm swept "the whole, mnntVi : -nhiil p.Imv nv that rin ved Mia"

earth on the 1st soon after filled with

Believe me, if all

c a arms

Which I ertzed on so fondly to-dayi

4Were discovered, incased in ano'ther man's

Do von ihihk 1 would caner awav?

Ch, no! ovtfte sword of my parent grim, ; l'

x swear mac wo. venture a swoop, , Anil iu a period brief. yonfd bo wishing' with r hlin : "

, CChat you'd peri&hed t4a : youth with the croup." ' y " . ; ' . Lay Ijodger "Your dog is unbear

able, sir; He howls all night. ' ' Male Lodger---?' 'Indeed ! Well , he migh't 96

worse than that hen inight: play the !piano. all cilay li 'r , -'. - ; "ftlxuriie," said he,j .and his voice was singularly low? "will you be my wile? "Will you cling to mel as the. tender vine clings to tlae " YTes, I'll catch oh," said nheUt :: ? : v"It is sanfl that- kerosene-will remove stains frcna furmturei; It has also been known to- remove - furniture, stains and all, witha: stove4ahd;ia red-headed

ser vantitb rown in pf titn es

Billyhs llttl&iusister bad fallen and hurt her nose? fnd she ? cried a great

dealoverat. Bearing her mother tell her Ube careful lest she v might spoilit next time;' he saidt "What's the" good' of a' nose to her f She1 never .blows: jfel?. , m Sr . .. . .." . .. - f

A bride coinnlaine&tO: her, husband

'that she had been , too busy all day to

irig tornadoes; so ffifafe uie astrcidmers

m& in ail

ago, while a party of

guests wereln tlie parkr 61 the hoteVKlien f&p iMt tiievvall be

"The brave eashierrs headstone has

this inscription: "Be pure, honest, sober, industrious and -considerate, and you will never"' Nobod y knows who gave the order to leave it hat way,: but it was so given. Hie cashier's family are in stringeh!j circumstances now," it is said ; but -no matter, a ' lot ; of appreciative people,, . who were not ' willing that an act so brave and true as, his shoul d go unrevarded, hayej colleoted $12,000 and hniltra rotemorial church with it. -

:, f' . Historical-Brevities. Plato died. at 81 , pen in hand. . ; -The needle gun was patented in 1831,; .,: The history ot iron ships dates from 1787. - - ,. , ,, Coal as for the purpose of lighting, was known ages ago to the Ghiuese, Photography was known, to Leonardo de Vinci in the fifteenth century.1 Archimedes, bom in Sicily 287, B. O. was the author of more than forty mechanical inventions v "V .. Silk t rst camef from China, and the Chinese still have mauy im portan t secrets connected wittr it unknown to Europeans. In 1855 the planet Neptune was disco vered, by which the solar nystem was extended 2,000000; miles gheyond its former limits. a - : . According tto common ac-aounts tea was til st brought into England, from Holland in 1666, and a pound tlieii sold for sixty shillings. . ,.. J ! Borne was captured four times in sixteen years, and during that time 1 5,000 ;(i0; human beiugs perished by iword, pestilence and famige .

KiUed by Bees;

.St. Ixuis Glohe-B'enaocrftJ;"

Mr. John. Massey, a well-to-do-fern, er, near Bridge ton, in St Louis county is quite a becianoier. Among dtb'er animaln upon his well-stocked farm was a blind iiorse,- and an exjellent animal he m as, barring thclosof sight. .A, few days ago the horse was turned into a small pasture, aud aljoining this was a lot containing twenty seven stands oi: bees. An open gate gave the animal access to both vuiclocures, anil his. familiajnty with the premises was such that ho passed fronv one to the other nipping gross, as. though possessed of two good eyes, The poor blind horse at. last lost his bearings; stumbled, ui amougt.h e beehives and upset several stands Out poured tle. hees from their honeycomb in thous--andsto puii.jh the desppiler of their sweet homes. How lom ihey were in recognizing the horse as their foe is not known, f jr it vas only learned by his groans and neighs of pain that anything unusual had happened. '1 No one could do a thing ifo yeiie ve tlie ulfering beast, for the bees Were mad jLeft unmolest(id, the bees spout their whole lury upon tliehorse,:coyeriugeyjDry inch of his hide from head to foot and stinc-

ing Inmate death" ih Jbpuj twenty

tuiiiutca, . ... t Lr -, , rarried. and Single-Women. Sprhij;fieKl"J:tepuhUoaau ' . A married woman hi New York who claimed that she had .been betrayed' shot her stducsr," and a Kentucky woman under similar circumstances

blinded the man with concentrated

essence ot lye. The newspapers show a lack of discrimination in commenting upon these cases. Society must, for its own protection and in just recognition" of the equality of the sexes, dirfecen'tiate between the' voting girl who is led astray' and . the womap whose knowledge ma&es her a responsible agehx In tbe wholesome" freedom of our A.perican married women must, siive4hverixtraordinary cases,; bo held 4n equal accounta bility for , their cond uct with men.. TheVii'e who permits . tire. , -attentions which IVfe- Coleman of -New York suffered . aii:f encourageel from young Coles does so with a full understanding of her position, However much the conduct of the man Is to be condemned, ifi will not do to condone the offense of the woman, as could be done

in the ease of trusting yottug girl. - mki .. '"''''' t , .... - Man reigns by employing one-half of the animals to master ;the other. - Bo the political art consists of cuttihj the people in twot and dominating jpijehaif with the'ot nor.- Kenan .v; fc ' When an arm of the sea encircles , a neck of landj -iopJi: out for flihiug smoks. - -5

singing and playing, the doos opened

and ten men, unsuspendexed ;andtanned filed into the room an d: ranged: along the wall.7 A young lady, whose" fingers fell in graceful showers on the keys, was rattling off the "Carn ival of 'Venice;" The ;sun-browned stalwarts were deeply impressed, and for a;tirne nothing was said. . But it was mi note ural for human, beings to view t wonder without some . attemptv,Jat express sion. 'V r-' ' , What-ilo you think of her?,,iajked, one of the partyLof his jieighbor. Theeartesthing'jl' ever seed on four legs,': -f: KX Tdrather Ahave ipJthan a ihule,"

pixm u ui o lie tji a ts. ; . ... ,uh - b i

lXx reckon you woulu, rejoined the first speaker, Vor the5T tell me "that she cost mor'n a-farm." " 5

telesco i e bectahi e; use!

the internals of fair iithei: ithowed the suii-face yeppottd ttnd:Wiink'red aud-rimrhed wit er upji rms of Baming-

igas,-.j,n-tne mmnie oiaiueuaattin some

of the spota, or holes were or enorr mous m&gnltude-, and of wonderful complejHtyii i shape and lentil. Again atthe close of? them oath, huge gronbs

and rowsf jjpcitsere s tterolied facross.

the dask,a?irtttbe yiWiith high; magnifiers wafi.ls ta,i;tling: aifd exceedin gly imprk$Wr? ,. - J .; The mcsltlia t astrpncimers ale able' to say with, corifien.bdlit these "spots-His that they are li6lt?s of a size and depth-almosi beyond belief; that they are produced by c istuybances in the glowing Jmatr 5fpfhe sun, and tha t thfcy'akgo verh m by Isome Jaw that causes toem to w as: an d wane in number in a iieriddoti' about eleven years. 'Thel'NVere no epots ,to speak

of in 1878: thev heffamlo; aonear - ire-

most numerous, and Mil 1889 the, sun

will again" bffree from them. ;

. Mta'al Musnigs.

It is; easiertotie la lenot in a cord of

rid of thevCG&3equen!ceii

leed ahl.g.et.

11 Just iiuteu at. her cluck like arnew'

jWagini. -i .v . g

Here the manacer of thA hntpft en.

tered and requested the guests, whoTreil

luenuyia ijowaave oix wedding gr. mens,i;tu retiff j They reftised , 0ut i

u unuysm) useu leqj tne leader reraarit 1 ing.-iaB3!n is force! withdrew, "rilfQj buW wlujt onHo urtdersftud thkt aranot areered, and I don't want fehfe made-fun. of.!either.7? , . An Eagle's Appetite. 1 &:' Heatah?g(r a. Eagle. ; - ; . . J. H, Welker, proprietor of the' "Joe Hooker Itouse oji Robinson street has an eagle which 1 3 fond of feasting.,pn Cats and rats. Boys living in thehoftliern part of the City, upon learning'th'at' the bird was fon'd of cats, camei some" tliere every day to see the eagle destryi them. The report was ehculated thftk tlie proprietors paid liberally for cats, and a great" many more were brought' than the eagle could devouiv It i-. not an unusual thing to see boys fter school with half a dozen cats in a bag,;: some of which had bsen stolen from the neighbors. Finally Mr.Valker refused, to allow! ho boys to feed any more cats' to the hii d, and now buys rats, paHng fifty cents per hundred! How many rats have you puchised? during the post week?' asked the reporter of Mr. y elker. and he replied ; ' V Seven ilownJ ' The rats' are thrown into the y&ge alive, 'and the eagle grabs, themlon che back , pierces them through the-vitalv antj kills them the sarne as it did th1 cats; The rats ; must be perfect, Without being maimed, else the eagle will not touch them. . " H The Bohemian Grirl at Home.. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Bultetiii writing from5 : C'arlsbad save. : Tlie Bot emian girl as she appears o n

.her native soil does not look as if ahoj

ever dreanipt of marble halls, as did the girl of the late Mr. IJalfe's opera. She' begins life swathed it a stiff pillow to straighten and strengthen her back. Soon after she begins to walk she;takes lessons in bearing burdens, on this backhand by the time she reacluis womanhood can carry' a ten-gallon cask of water, or a huge basket iUled with fir3 wood or soiled clothes, up $ steep hill twenty or thirty times withon t stopping to resf. Advancing fi years, siie inay be hitched- with a cow

or a Dig uog to pun a marKet wasfoiK

unvenf jjy . uer noioyeu anu iving nusr band, if she is a good wife she may be advanced to the dignity of being the ofl-horse with atlog for the near one, to haul a coaj crt $o the customer

ceed, '.Wojfkharjto.eser,;. success, s arid fortune isureio'Jo forget you. " A ltlti &irrmayru1r your whole life, air'a rat'may gnaw- a hole-through a dike and let the rlVer ilootl the State. ' Wh eii in the exb'css of ! V ofi r a it ection you t(sllsyotiriw4e .tojt she is aa angel. Is .it, true 4h ;it you wisn she were one? - It by no means folio ws th& a man ha;tr ue, religiou-4g .glsjheabecauscj lie locks as solemn es" a walking Wst

jjndian epidemic. nV :i

If vour Ire is worth aitvthjng people

Fwillffih d it out 4s6on v v or :Mbr. Bipe

.j;;et off her feet once, aud that unhappy arflaii,.whQ had alzready. discovered sev-; reral surprising?' make-upyM'n her tout

e asemble, s exclaimed ' in ! amazement:

.t !Great. Jerusalem crackers dp they comepff tpo.' ' V'. V ' ' Yoii should have seen? the. situation. olV her lips;" said the yottiig clerk; enthusiastiaally uThestuatau?, began hi .3 friend, Yes, the situation of her

hps," !iW hat did you dovy "1 grasp-

eo thesituatkan. ..That's Wiiat-.1 did. In factV I grasped the sitoatiqn, Several tifeiesbefoVTfef fJT" :r s?No.noV he; saul, WT 5 didn't mind havihar that Newfoundland: dog run

between mv lees; ' ;Buf when 'that

con temptablef son V:o a .W4imp angel whi stled to the dog-as hewan half Syay

through and luade him turn round

suddenly to go back, if raised the inferal regi ohs with- nfe and; X'was' mad,? 1 ':Wti&Ab ; he drinks, spillsia little of liquor on the ground as an offering to the gods. It is" Is ridiculoujs, heatiienish,' custom, and vnll never ohain . fn 6ivilii5e4 communities In thl country, ft the gods were to be set up on their' hind legs and howl twenty seven hours a day, a

whisa v drinker wou id not spill any on

thegriuiACl .to ..appeasethem not as long he was soloer enough to poiirfLali tMsigdowUjhis throat i. ?

, ? 'Those Ga:fi3:eld' Boys."

"ThotjeGarrleld4oys are as lull ' bf

pluck w an egg is of 'meafe,4,,said anattaehee bf the White House who lifts served, iiefe for twenty years to a Star, rjiorter. s 'They "are Just like their father- .hd th?ir mother, tpo when it comes to a show of '.-pluck? Why, that

little A) . Gar field he isn't more'n 7

years olo , will jump on .ins bicycle and ride rlgh t down tn ose front stepsT 'of the While Huuse portiicoV Don't he

ivx&i willfafl to;.tireV. jrou?Mf without

court a bouse on - TOttn . avenue, wij

No man can goanjta?soad i;company without ufferiug foi'b.i Th'e homely bid proverb has-it very tersely i A man can't bite the bottom out oif a fry in pan without smupng ih nose.'? Learn to be brief. . iAng visits,, long stories, long exhortations,, and long

prayers selcjpra; prorlthf se ho have .

to do witn tnem,- xuea$i snort. Time

is short: 'Moments are nxectous. liejirn

o c6nden3ili fridge anf intusify: ': A coffin Is a somewhat grave subject on which to exereise;.gue!s: wit, but the jfollowing verses. wilJldp m po harm : There was t man bespoke fi thlri, 9t ' - Whi'eb, wtxa the owner lioino g.id bring, He that mode tt did ret use tU ' -. And . lie that bjwgiititwoubI ?XP,t uo it, . And lie tffc,t h'mLit did not;knpW ; Whether he had it, yea or !.uo. A . definition is "spruf thhig about which a man ought to be very careful. Still, in a definition rn,ah may not5 only make a gnevous "b!ruuder, but at the same time make a very startling, statement of truth. Avey precise and7 reane2table leadcographer, when, asked for au exact definition of the word "parasol." replied slowly, "Parasol?, ; It-is a projection -agaiiast the sun used by ladies mdeAojJcc)ttop and vhalebone;"". " ' f f A loud elaouter w;is ased why .he spoke so loud when he prayed, and re-

iiecl : "Why do I hpllej?? Because J.

have Scripture autiion . ror u, ana- i j;oes by Scjripture,enth'ely.',.On being questioned - im fc-the exam passage

vhich enioined such a iecu.uar exhi

bition he answered promptly: "vveu,.

it is tne .Unrd's rra3'er, anu u you reau

Mhat right yeu will sevttrat. tbe shputei s have the' Wor'dif their side. It

jfiayi' i 'Qui Father whioli art m heaven,

hollered be tpy name; .wowi are you convinced?" ; r j, ;c & sv ao.xnpelle4 to Iiek a Ctirl's pes.?

Camsus City Times, . f .

Aiuineideiit illustrating ,tho gallant !yy of froiitiersnie io ward omeh is tela ted -oi William Pc rter, better known -as Comanche Bill, Qeh. Terry's favorite scout. It happertpjl- in Wichi-. ta a few weeks sin ce. Bi ll rodia into town, dressetl in ga,, complete suit of buckskin and with a gang of honest rangers at Uls bacl. As lie went long

port;

get fails? "Well? I should say he did ;- but he d'o tiU mind bheiri no more'n nothing. HeUi jump rights up, get on that bicycle agaiu,and go tearing down theyafdfil.ikef forty; righ 'over stone curbing, ov anything elseancL maybe there be aJump on his heitd as big as a hen's egg from .the fall, r.oq. One day he rode right cTown th'3 stamps and got the hardest kind of a fal', 1 His head

struck th.at hard stone flagging rBe,; "fore I could gel; to him he was up and cettinc ?onjliis bicycle agaioT I ;asked himAin'fr you hurtAbe?' By thAt , Umethere- vaa a- knot formed on: the fdew ins htmd half fir big as my fist. He said ;ye3lHUurt a little, but then 4he didn't ,mind. that and away he went. t "Aud there? s lVvinf jUes '!& or 12 y ears ol it " D ii e day" ho' und ertook to cfimhy.gJktiijtt irpujcailing around the Treasury , over t here by the foun tain , !He got ait avrf ul .(all, and ne leg or his pants caught on tbe spikiis, and he hung head ; downward. He didn't holler like any other boy would have done-nbt a bit of it; :He just called to some-bhysi ther e to come a nd get , him

loose. He gofe hiankfe sprained, out he wouidn ' t have " any help. '. He crawled all tli a way back: to tho rhite

House, and nobody ever heard a whim

per out of himr One night1 I was standing at theront door of the house Irvine came along, and he just lowered Ms 'head and rah at me to butt mei I jumped out of tlje wary, and he?.ran his? head "against one ; of those'' iron doors with all his might'; It knocked him down.. I picked,!) iui up, andhe was hurt, too, no doubt about thatT' 'I said: lrve7 are : you "hurt?' Well he just squeezed his head right tight ;lu his biuids j,nd said 'Yessonie; but I didn't cry, did' I? Then he asked me Would Scott Hayes have; cried for that?'" His grea.t ambition is to be mure of, a man thku Scott Hayes, who was about his age. He didn't cry, neither. 4 You can?l. make one of tlioso Garfipkl boys cry. They've.; got too much pluck for that." ;

" Ahxtraordinnary Accident, . A letter to tbe Charleston, S. C. News and Courier from tbe western part of Darlington county', South' Carolina, gives autfaccount of a (er able and extiraordinary casualty from lightning. ;Oh Thursday afternoon a group of twenty men, alll white? working on the public highsVifty, stopped umier amoak tree to rest and . shelter themselves from the sun. CHoifdE were visi ble at a disvance aud miu vrafe tfalllug some miles away, but in the immediaterlocality the sun was shining,- the .sky was clear, and jnothing indicated the resonoo of elee tricity.-: One. api ... their nhiuber hacl steppedl oft a few yards lor "wat&,.when, suddenly a terrific craflilstartled hirn, and turning he beheld'h is companions, some deadgeme compk'tely paralysed aiul dtiiersnVouuded &hl struggling ih the throes bf death. W 3SE Mazingo. , Ruhis Mazi ttgo; Willie Wat tei s and John Jl, Qatlin were ki lle(jf outright. These were all yourig then, recently married, "i-welve others were stuck -and' ijiore Cr less atunnedrind mutilated,

yome are 'pronapiy rat any injured. There ws heavy fall o&i aiu about an

Omalia Republican, : ... .........

The wife of the noted train robber,

Jesse James, was formerly an Omaha girl. Burin e; the day a repo-rter of the

Republican met several gentlemen who

were well acquainted with the Bids ton

family, and who remembered Annie, Who married Jesse James. From these

gentlemen several quite interesting

"acts wTere outamed concerning tne

Ralstons, They came to Omaha immediately after or near the close of the

war, as tne sympathizers wun tne lost cause made it so utmleasant for them.

because'Mr. Ralston was a Union man

and had served ih the Union army.

They resided in a small brick house, standing at hat time ner the corner of Seventeenth and Bavenport streets. Mr. Ralston encagedf iti the freifihtinsr

business to the Wes1, and was assisted

by his. son John. Annie was then a mere child; and there are now in this cityseveral young gentlemen and ladies who can rem ember her as the playmate of .their childhood days. After residing, here, several years Mr. Ralston's

business dwindled away and he returned 'with his" family to Independence, Mo., the bitter feelings originating- from the war having almost entirely : subsided, and they are living there yet, Ih 1774, An nie Ralston .having grown up to be a brigh and handsome "young lady, came back- to Omaha on a visit, and was the guestf of her cousin , who was the wife of a well-known business man here. During her stay in Omaha she attended numerous parties and also Prof, Duval's dancing school. She was quite a favorite among those who made her acquaintance she hod prepossessing manners and winning, ways. Among her young gentlemen friends was one who fell deeply in love with her, and she received his devoted at

tentions un til he proposed marr iage to

her, and then she coldly refused him. This was ehtirelv unexpected on his

part, and, to use a very forcible expres

sion, "U.broJse mm an up.v iie tcoK: to drink, and soon became a moial and nearly aphysicaV wreck. His d o wn fall aud ruin were due to Annie Ralston's refusal.' Uo to this time he had been

a model young man , haii excellent prospects, and wa3 highly respected by all who knew him, but since that event he oecam e entirely changed , a:ad his course from that time was downward. He is the, son of a well-kno wn prolessional gentleman residing in dmaha. He is no w a wanderer in the new towns of tho rough West, and ia nrob-. ably leading a reckless life of dissipactioffi; VJ Ahhie Ralston returned fb Independence, and one night about a month afterwards,1 she ran away from home and i married the noted J esse James, who, it seems, had met the girl by chan.ee, . and courted her clandestinely until he won her affections. , She was full' of romance, and she ho doubt ber came infatuated with the bold desperado, with whose exciting career:,she had become well acquainted, :., " Her marriage with the bandit was a complete surprise and; a terrible blow to net respected' parents; whor could not believe the announcement until it was proven to them by indisputable evidence, and then they disowned their truant daughter. Her cousin, in this city learned the particulars of the affair from John .Ralston,-who resiides in St. Louis, and also, frpra; , thb. girl's rather', . .A ; Booh after tbe marriage the Youuger hrftthets made tbelr famous and fatal

raid on the Northfleld Bank of Minnesota, and it was generaly suspected that the two James brothers were members of the iranc. and that in makin ? their

escape they followed the Missouri river

It was thought that. Jesse James would come to Omaha, an cl here meet his wife. A detective was detailed to keep a sharp look-out for her, but she never came hree after hermarriage, Kuch is a chanter from tbe history of Annie Ralston, the outlaw's wifer ' ) j ,

LFewYoriTlmes.

There has recently been invented in England, and hence will doubtless be

invented in this country within the

next six months, a method of bottling

eleetricitv; The inventor nas demon-?

strated that he can put up electricity in quantities to suit customers; that he can send it any distance, and that It

will keen fresh any length of time..

There is not the least doubt that he has

solved .the problem which has so long baffled other scientific persons, and that his bottled electricity is in every

respect as good as the best electricity drawn directly from a dynamic eii-

This invention wm nave au jujiuoiate and great eflect upon the electric

light At present tne electric ngni

canuot ne proaucea witnout au eugiuo, and whether the latter is driven by seam or water power, it must be kept constantly at Work, since the instant it r stops the electric light goes out -As few persons can. anbrd to1 have their own dvnamic engine-in the cellar, and thna fiirriisli thir own electricity, the

public must depend for their supply of htrht iinon the electric light companies.

there H not the least reason to

believe that electrici ty exerts any better moral influence than gas, and we know that when a number ot reasonable Christian men form themselves into a gas company they immediately become pirates of the most merciless and extortionate : character. Why should we look for better things from the electric liaht companies? They expect to have Hhs at their mercy, and they will be as merciless as the gas men. We shall have electric meters ih pur cellers that will be as mendacious and unprincipled as the gas meters,and the moment we refuse to pay for ten thousand feet of electricity which we have not used, our; light will be cut off and we shall-be left to candles and kerb sene. . .-. -.! But now that we shall soon be able to buy elecisricity just as we buy kerosene, we shall have all the electriotric light companies oh their several and metaphorical hips. u: We can buy a gallon of electrioity tirt a time and fill our

own wires without having any dealings. ... , . -T. . : JT -i-, : i ' Sr.:.

with an electric, company. . iiectnoicyv will be as cheap as: kerosene, and un-

effects of a slight electrical shock "r well known, and we may reasonably A expect that bottled electricity will b f used as a beverage instead of whisky f and rum. Its effects upon the coats ofc the stomach and thfe constitution gen-v werally will', of course be much worse : than those of ardent spirits, and con- - is ; firmed users of electricity will be liable - :f I i to explode with deadlsr eflfect oh com ; , ing incautiously in contact with metalr i ' ic substances and oti ter good conduc- f tors. When these e Us have become ; ; . notorious, we shall witness an energet- 5 i k c movement among those who won -call themselves "temperance people' , '3 : - against the great evils of electricity. i a

and they will demand the passage of a -h .

prohibitory law forbidding the sale of electrici t v at retail, excent in accords - j -i

ance with the prescription of a. chem1st, Other less violent reformers will f

clamor for a license law and the ap -

pointment of inspectors to examine all &

electricity offered for sale and to con- ? flscateery callon tltat is adulterated- j Thus it may come to pass that , bottled :ic electricity will cease to be sold, and we' 4 k shall be compelled to iturn to gakerosene, or electric light,-companies. ; 3 '- rv..., ,. ' . - "i j '" . " '-'ik -) A Saeacious Iazard..:! s

New York Sun. . , . " - .':',:. '; v VThia is the third one that has been round in the park this spring said a man at the Arsenal, holding outia curioUs si)iny looking: object fora ' - porter to look at "No, it's nota. toad, though they call them horned toad& . - It's a lizard, and the people io-die mxiseum oaU it the pbIynoslnft, : i The animal was about four inches , j long and unpleasant to loot at .ita . rf body was flat, the uppers With short dark spines, and the under surface with small plates. The back of ; ; r. its head was jarmed with1 several re- .

curving snort spines wiw snoreer spines here and there. , . . I'You wouldn't think such a creature would know anything," continued the owner of tiie lizard, ubut a snake has to wake up early in the season to get the best ot it. I call him Samson, be- t cause the first day I had him he pushed under the leg of a heavy chair that was tipped against the wall, and fairly h knocked it over. If a man; were as , strone in proportion to his" size he

could lift the obelisk; No, that didn't show any cunning, but I'll show you- r-': where the cunning camel I caught a . i big striped snake about two weeks afeo. 5 ; '

I was standing in my yard wbenslong came a big toad putting in its beat hops, and right benind J the snake, BOi. intent on the chase that it came right up to me. I caught it and kept it fbf some time in a box with a glass top; and one day it struck me that the t. spines on the lizard must have beent intended i preventer against snakes.; I thought I would tejt it, and I put " Samson into the box. Then I dis-' covered Giat he was as wise as solomon. You see, this; revised Testament business makes a man familiar with Bible : , names. Oihe snake evidently had not , tasted food since last summeryou ; knbw they sleep all winterand quick -as a flash he darted at the lizard, but

as the boys say, he rt left The littier : . fellow went around the box like a shot; -but finally the snake cornered him nd - -$ : ; caught him by the blind clawi Now, a 'S . f toaS or frog will ; squirm around and f r face a snake and get demoralized generally and give it a chance to catch . hold of the head, but iny lizanl knew .; a game worth two of that4 When the i-, J snake touched him he turned his head" 3 ' directly away. The snake tried every J l :t way he could to edge up and get the little bv the head, so he went to work

to swallow him tail flrst He sketched i out his jaw and planted his long teethe into the leigs and gradually worked the -J body into his mouth with the smaller teeth. When he had taken : in asl. mufth as hft could in this wavw the lonsr Z$

fangs were loosened and thrown ahead ; - . j and and fresh hold taken, eachide oto f i the hibut ; edging ahead? in: turm Nothing could stand this pressure.. ; jf.long, and in ten minutes half of the: t: patien t lizard was :out of sight He J .-. was only waiting for his turn, and it soon came; t lie snake,s lips had reached v jf his riecki when operatic ns ceasedi-.-.. f There , were four or ri ve spines as sliarp as needles, pohiiing out every whielk

wav, that put an end to tne swauow- tt hag business: Ididt 't see the lizard ; laugh; he must-hVve felt like it, for he . wasn't hurt in : the lensK It took tlxei j , ?' snake half an hour tr. get rid of im.-;aj At every jump the lizard turned his y back so that thespiaes4ajedth p. .; and at last I separated them. Yes'it was rather cruel; but I looked at it as ascie:iiti3aUvestlUb5i,":;7 H Vvf-to ,;- f vAnt ll, r The;,lIt2rrn I new organizaUon by yc ung ladies for the purpose of disccuraging thence d ;; ;aiariir nhmses" i in 3ohrers&tioii. Ai )h !i

a recent meeting, while a mehiber wafef addressinir the society, she inadyertanHi i

00," and was called to order byj a sis-? tcr mepij-ftiT rules. v-' : :v( In what way have I 'aansgressedl?? asked the speaker, blushing deeply . ; , Youssud it would be 'iwful nice' Wr . admit young gentle-men taoiirB' 1 ations," replied the others H'i " v" . P

"Well, wouldn't it be?" repuett tne speaker. i4You kncv you saidl' your-r self, no longer i.aMv-injKV ll that" ' - v : v "v;. . "Yes, I know; biit; yoX. saidj Jawftfc : nice,' that's slang;'1 : ' Well1 said the speaker.; tertly, "if you are going to be so awful nice about j it, perhaps it is; but r wouldn't sa : anvthine if I were vott. Didn't you

tell Salile Sprigglus this ,morningto-s! pulldown her basque?" A f No, I didn't," retorted thtf otherii? her face crowing crimson, and Sallie Sprigginl will sflI tlidn't 55h on?t gb'baok oii me.' - ; 'Vj."i Tlns is a nice racket you are giving J U3," cried the president, aftetv rapping

both speakew to order, "let iue

what is the object ox mis society r- . j l4To dwcourage5Blaog V9 cri- dozen J voices. ru'J . :Ml .Correct," said &o nre8idejafeugo with the fiinerah" r T T, A member rose to explain that she hattbeen fined at the last nxeeting foi saving "awful ni-ie" herself nt she badn the stamps to pay it now, but J -would settle, howeyoriilis seet ? bye-and-bye." : " V , 44 That'll be all right" said ifooreai-.yj, dent: pay, when yoii have tlie .dn 1 cats." . .. -J

Anotht'ir member then asked; "can a

.toot-.? rm

.1:. .r . ftSr

less some monopolists manage to "coi i;er" ail the electricity iu the market and hold it for a rise, even men yith small incomes, who would now be ru? ; hied by admitting such a luxury as ' a gas meter into their bouses," will be able to haveTQl:rj lights blazing in overv roorfi .

.Tbere are, hp wever,certain disadvan

tages attending itue- bottling of electricity, The dealers will be greatly tempted to adulterate it. They may either adulterate it w ith cheap and in flam:-

mablo substances, such as turpentine,

oi they may simply dilute it with water. In either case the man who buys what pre fesjies to be a quart of pure double distilled electricity, will be cheated, Then, cheap electricity will be used to kindle fires, and we shall read every day of unfortunate cooks wbo have struck tnemselves with lightning while incautiously pouring elec UJi0t;y Ml ifeg re. The exhgerating

young laity say 'old spleudidvitii r - W subjectinu: herself tc a'fhe?" ; "4 'You let she can't" said the mate ... :VMm

dent who was the original fouuder

the socieliy, and therefore appealed to;1 when an? nice qjiestion was b de ;

cideti. . . ', . - .jv v:? ... 1 :.: ,: y

"Then;" said the speaker, ".t move. that Miranda Pew wme down with the dust, for I heard her W that-ber beau- " was just obi splendid.' M ' f J v uWell, if my beai was such a hair? pin asyour fellow ft " would not sayit" " :, : Shoot the chinn ing, " said v J be president, "will yon never tumbiet" fu; 'j 3 But the confusion was too gmt to b& 5 allayed, Miranda-a blood v&& uplf some sided with her aud others against f herand amid the Babel that followed could be heard such exclamations as;. Dry p 'Nice hucklebety youv arel "Wipe ofl your chirin' VHlre -'i a hall!" etc. when a motion i$ auMpttm

ca3-rled by a Jarge jnaja

tf . Ml

--v-

At a, gmbking Coiioert Herr Frol fessori . f'You haf a bleasln ft)ice4

young vrent! Jut you tout bTotuce lt

'IVkltAM't

longer

in a lechidimate vay !" Our

vperhans if I did it would no

nlease." "Herr Professor: 4Ach!

vat of dat? Bleasure is not effeyv

ding! You should ulvaya brotuce your

loioeiu a leouiauiiHie vwy, vtfuuer. i

gi is, pleasure oi

Hfc-

'4-, 7

"Ufa

0 f