Bloomington Courier, Volume 7, Number 45, Bloomington, Monroe County, 10 September 1881 — Page 3

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ODJS TO 3!H 'CUCUMBER.

oot, crispy, vordan t, luscious fruit, -CThough aconrgocl with witlings stripes, For love thoti needs not press thy suit, Tiiou holdest us with gripe "What time thou 'rt in the marlset place, A dozen for a nickel, Forbidden fruit with tempting face v To get us in a pickle. Or lying nar the garden path. Some simple lad in frolic Purloins thee, bringing down the; wrath Of conscience and colic. Or sliced in vinegar in haste. Thou makestall food sweeter, Thus doubling up the joys of taste And doubling up the ea ter. Jildof the dew, from Asia's dime, .y. ' Myspeptic8 may deride us, weU not expose thee in our rhyme, Thy wrongs are all Inside us. Well may revenge heal all my smarts " A vcnc,mne gastronomic:

Time, unlike a crime that weighs the heaxt,

xMoa neaviiyou i ne summon. Thy slain are scattered o'er the earth, Puissant ku-klux cucumber; Thy formwith praise of vanished worth, Should mark. their place of slumber. And shall we rear this fruit again, And of It be partaker?. Vfo taste, and answer in oar pain : Yes, wo'Hput in an sober' Graphic. .. ,' V . SWUVDIJBBAB BIGAMIST.

The Host Bemarkable Career of a

VVD JAVUlWi KWVAW MWHMVH w

Kew York Times .

v The Times will to-morrow print the subjoined remarkable s tory, of the man with many wives, or the industrious

.bigamist and swindler who during the last few years has married and deserted no less thtm eight or nine women, and who at last - has been placed under arrest: 4For more than a year past, at tolerably regular intervals, there have appeared in the daily papers dispatches from various cities between Boston and Richmond, and as far west as Missouri - or Kansas, giving the particulars of the achievements of a professional biga1 mist and swindler, who operated under the names of Marvin, Morton, Adams, and other- fictitious appellations.. His methods in almost all his adventures have been n early alike, and the descriptions of the man have so closely tallied that as fast as the announce-.

ments , or. nts - acnievements were made. .-, r.;, V; ; ) HIS PREVIOUS VICTIMS . ". recognized him as being still on his , travels. This reckless individual was arrested at Ljnn, Mass., through the ... efforts of -Pinker ton's detectaves, to-day

ana is dqw in jau awauiug exuraaiuon to VirginiaVrwnere he is charged with forgery, bigamy, and obtaining money under false pretenses. Capt. Bob Pinkerton, who is in charge of the New York office,; and has directed- the der tectrves' movements against the swindler, says the man who is widely known . as Marvin is a most remarkable fellow. He is about fifty-seven years old,about five feet nine inches tall, and weighs about 150 pounds. His head, which is Well formed, is covered with a growth of white hair, rather thin at the crown ' and he wears a white moustache and long side-whiskers; Some eight or nine wives have already been traced to his transitory possession, and with ho one of whom ne has ever lived longer than a week, while bis forged or fraudulent commercial1 notes are too numerous to be catalogued . HE HAS BEEN HUNTED DOWNi ; a mainly through his Virginia escapades. May last the Hartford, Conn., Churchman contained an advertisement from which it appeared tliat one Thomas A. Marvin was in need of a governess: he being a widower, for his eight year old daughter. Anion e others who replied to this advertisement was a Miss Tur- ; pill, of Richmond, Va., a lady of good family, but in moderate circumstauee3, then living ' with her motherl Miss Turpin was about 20 vears old. She re

ceived a reply from Marvin, dated at New Haven, in which he said he was very favorably, impressed with her written application and would like to see her but he . wished to know her i terms. .Again she wrote, giving her terms, to which he responded, saying the terms were rather high, and asking her references. She answered, giving him the name of a Judge and a minister in Richmond, and- asked him for ; r. ; vv ; r, .. "HIS KEFEREIsCESIn return he gave the -name of Judge Cowan, of German to wiil Pa. ; W. A. -'.Eaylor. of Camaen.N. J. ; and the Rev. John Dinfofth, of Media, Pa: Miss Turpin wrote to , these parties,and .- received firora them most - elogistic indorsemen ts of Mr, Marvin as a gentleman of wealth, culture, and .responsibility. In a few days Miss Turpin received a note saying Mr. Marvin was about going to Richmond to visit her. He called on her accordingly, appeared to be pleased, and - concluded ah engagement witji her as a governess. lhen he left, saying he had some.business to attend to in Nerr ork, and would be back in a week to take Miss Turpin to New Haven, The letter of recommendation from . W. A. Taylor was signed by - Mrs. Taylor, who said she had opened her husband's letter because he was absent from hom& and that i . ; " '7 ' ; ' ; '? SHE C0TJli INDOBSE MR. 3JIAKVIN. Shortly afterward Marvin turnei up in -Richmond, proposed to Miss Turpin, was accepted, and on July 20 theyswere married. v On the" day of the wedding Bfarvin gave his wife ah instrument in writing by which he? settled on her a marriage gift of 530,000. Not long saf ter the wedding Marvin went to A. M. BrowrielllVIissTurpin's brother-in-law, and got him to go to a bank in Richmond and identify him as i the holder of the drafts drawn by the First National Bank of Madison, Wis., on the First National Bank of Chicago. The drafts were in favor of Baird & Bradley, bufc.were indorsed payable to Marvin for $765.' He received for them $250 in cash audi and the balance in two smaller drafts1 on the Merchants' National Bank of Ne w Yors:; Ho next borrowed 3$d0 from the clergyman who had married him to Miss Turpin. A few days after he left Richmond hi wife's relatives found out by the return ofthe drafts that V THEY WBBE WORTHLESS, . "

Mr'jtf ginning to suspect Marvin,

rotB w ex-Juoire oninman , in

to have plenty of money, but was away

irom oome at intervals ior weeKs or

mrntlis. About this stage in the case

rmkerton beeame, convinced that the

man he was looking for was the same

that bo had sought two years aero for

under the name of David Lindsay, for marrying and deserting two ybuug ladies in this city. One of them he

took to Washington and there aban

doned ner. The other he married later

after taking her to Chicago, he bor

rowed $600 from her and left her in

that r city. Mr. Pinkerton refuses to

give the names of these two victims

becjause- they are now both married

happily and livin g in this ci ty. Othe r

circumstances also convinced Pinker-

ton that Marvin was the same man who, under the name of Martin, about three years ago forged bills of exchange

for kt,5U0 on a private bank at ISufaula,

Ala., and who about the same time

forged some drafts at Joplin, Mo., under

tne name of A. Marvin. It appears

tnat in tnis last transaction Marvin

SWtSBIiED A MEMBER OF THE M1SSOURT

XiEGISLATUKE

out or ssi.uuu. . a year ago last spring

Margin was recognized i3T his victim

in St. Louis, and was arrested and held

to oait in $10,000. He obtained good bail, and ran away as soon as he jrot

out of Jail, leaving his bondsman, one

of whom was a New York lawyer, to

get out of the reipousibility the best

way they could. In his baggage they

ouiid some' burgiai'scottnterfeiters7

and forgers' implements, and" 'some

blank checks and a rubber stamp bo-

ougiDg to a oanK at uwensooro, ivy.,

oui tnev an proved to oe coun tenem

ent ef of police McDonough, however.

haci already, before his night, compelled

the prisoner to sit for a photograph, and

another portrait of him was found in

ns buccv. These pictures were muiti-

plied and sent to the police agencies all

over the country from or, JLouis. Wnen

PiBkeirton met parties who came on.

here from Bichmond in Mrs. Turpin'a

nterest he showed them; his rogues'

albam. As soon as the parties, or whom Mr. A. M. Brownell was one,

',.,.. SAV MARVIN'S JflUTUKK, taken in St. Xouis as that of B. A. Martin, they at once identified the individual as the person whom they wei-o

seeking. Arrangements- were at once

.made with Chief of Police Webster, m New Haveri, to keep a lookout for him

as well as to watch Marvin's adopted

aaugnier wno was jiving wilu . mis. Kennyf On Wedhesday last parties in thiscitv informeif-Pinkerton that Gen.

Marvin was stopping at the Sagamors House, in Xvnn, Mass., under tho

name of Beniamin F. idams. Mr,

Brcwhell has Been North for a week naat assisting in the case, and was at

New Haven: Pinkerton telegraphed to Brcwneli to go to Lynn and see if he could identify Adams. Brownell got

to Jiynn at 6 o'clock tins morning,anu bv 0 o'elbckhe had identified Vdams as

'ure excursions. Yesterday, finding myseli penniless, j saw eveiy thing red,1 and suddenly the thought of killiug a child came to me. Chance broiight in my way5 the poor little boy whom I killed; "Finding him in the strset I showed him a steel chain and Eromised him fcha,the should have it if e would follow me; When he was in my room I tied his hands behind his back, as though in sport Then I undressed him and twice plunged my knife into his body. To stop his cries I cut his tongue and then his throat. I cannot explain what led me to do jtlie deed I had lead many novels and in one of them remembered such a scene

as I put into execution. v The boy was not in the least excited. He made his confession in an off-hand

way, as it teumg a story, xue news

of the murder spread, ana a ciowa

gathered outside the police station; Lemaitre enjoyed the confusion and the clamor of the people, and the police

were forced to believe that he committed the crime for no other iea on than

that his name should be on everybody's

lips. He had never Been liis victim before. The youthful assassin was locked

up, and yesterday his trial earhe'off in the court of assizes. " He admitted the

murder, and. his defenss was that he

was seized by an irresistable impulse to

kill some one. .The court would not

consider his statement, and gave him

he heaviest sentence allowed to young

criminals twenty years at hard labor

and ten years surveillance by; the po

ice.

thirty years to reach without a dvertismg. In truth, it is doubtful if I could have at all attained the lesnHs I have without tho aid of the newspapers. ;lfirst and best of all, ns a means for a merchant to make himself Known are the leading newspapers. If I were asked to name the merchan t's best friend, I should answer, the daily newspaper. A hand bill or circular may reach a thousand persons, nine-

tenths of whom throw it away without reading, but a well worded advertisement, printed in a loading daily paper, which is bought for the town news it

contains, will reach fifty, or a hundred

thousand persons, in a way to commend it to their attention."

, : f- , The Shadow on the Moon.

A &I10ET'SIQIITEB FATHER.

A fannor hnd seven dauglitora, A)id but little el s-3 he luul ; Tlio girl8 all bati good appetites, And times wore very bad. lie bribed the country pnpor To Bay in hl8 cellar's mould lie hau hidden, being a miser, Seven kegs of pure, bright jjold. He thought he know human naluro, That farmer, and he smiled, When down tne Fcventh roiMlaildor ho

Baw elopo his seventh chiles.

Hut It's extremly doubtlul J tat the time he Joresaw Their return with his fourteen grandchildren

And seven sons-in-law-Tlmos-Star.

STRIKING

on. m.

A

GARDEN.

A Discovery That Sent the Prospec

tors to Potato Patches.

I'hilaclelphia, one of, these,

,feity, who pnrthe caee in Pinker- : ; bnhamis. : Meanwhile7 Marvin had ' got aaiar as Jersey iity; and left his l" 9 .wife at :tho Winrtsor? Hotel7 while he . went on to Albany. In the-iatter city ; he bough fc two drafts from Spen eer Trask & Co.; having "een introduced , "to them by . well-Jinown railroad man as General A; : K Morton , hv which

r rame he seemed to he known to other I people in Albany. As a. part of, the i value of his Richmond drafts he recei v V ed two sther drafts, one on Henry 0.

Uiack, and the. other on a Mrs. Kearney. Leaving Albany he went to Rochester, and his wife was sen c for to join -him at Albion The detectives were now on his trail, and at Albion Pinkerton's meniouuitt the wife, MAKVIN KAVXNG IESERTJ3I HER, having probably learned that the authoritieswere a'ter him. He failed to meet her, but sent her a bogus notice inserted by himself in the liochester papers; annonc cing tha t her mother nad been dangerously hurt by being thrown while riding in Richmond. He advised her to go at once to Richmond by way of Harrisburg, and sent her money to pay her fare.. She returned and is nowvith her friends in Virginia. Marvin went to Buffalo and other cities, and finally around into Canada. The detectives stilt followed the clews. They discovered that H. C. Biaek and Mrs. Kenney were residents of New Haven, and that Black knew Marvin as General Sfartin, and that he had a wife and daughter iivinfr in that citv.

saiu uie general always eeemed

his bid facQuaintahce, and- quondam broiiier-fhlaw, Marvihf ahdhad " PKOCUKEB HIS ARREST. "Marvin, alias Martin, alias Adams, isinow in jail, and to-day the Governor of Virginia granted a requisition on Governor Long, of Massachusetts, for the extradition of?the prisoner to Richmoniii Pinkerton left this city last night also for Xynn, ad will go Z with his man to Richmond. It now turiis out that in the interval, while Martin was absent from Richmond in July last, he;went to Iiake59ods,M3jr. and there married a young widow, Mrs. Nellie DsHart, daughter of the Rev. G. L. Hovey, the bride's father performing the ceremony. Before the ceremony he tried to get Mr. Hovey to easily a draft for $5;O0O for him;, but the minister did not do it. After the marriage, however, Marvin borrowed $100

giving jYir. novey nxs note, payauie

one day atter aate, ior tne amouui. Then Marvin went on his wedding

trip. Arriving at Washington, ne

IiEFT SIRS; MARVIN I HART, in that city, saving that he was going to Kredricksburcr to visit his sick child,

but in fact he went to .Richmond and married -Miss Turpin. On his way North with her he stepped off the train at Washington and Miss Turpin was carried along toward Baltimore. Marvin telegraphed her on the train, however thac he had missed the train at the Washington depot, but would follow in thenext train. Goingto the hotel in Washington where he had left Mrs, DeHart the Lockwood he brought her with him on that next train, sendioe her home from Philadelphia, and

bringing Miss Turpin-, whom he overtook on the way, to Jersey City. ; Captain Pinkerton knows of several other women whom Marvin has married at different times, but says there is no need or purpose to be gained in giving their names." A year ago T . THIS ARRANT KNAVE r! married a woman living- in Painesville, O., under the . governess' dodge, Ae about the same time he married a ladv in Jersev" Citv. and another in

Pennsylvania f near and; before any i

one in. Idttle Rock, Ark. wmie ne was disporting himself in Missouri he became engaged to, and almost succeeded in marrying the daughter of an ex-Governor in vthat State. His real name is. Arthur Merritt, but his birthplace and antecedents are unknown. At various times he haa victimized banks in the West and South by forged and worthless notes 'for eonsid0rable

sums of money.y, '

- Dr. Blis?4SnjcalAbiUtyf Chicago Journal :l . v JDr. Bliss, one, of the Presidents surgeons, is known fn his profession: .as a man very quick' to see an d ecru ally quick to act in cases demanding pedi -cal and surreal treatments 'This-wiU3 shown in his first case of surgery, in Michigan, soon after his "graduation from school. Riding along one day, he discovered a company or hoys tossing up beans for sport and catching ;them in thei r mouths. Soon one of them got a bean lodged in .hia windpipe, and fell to the ground, black" in the face. The doctor dismounted, held the boy up by the heels, arid tried ''every ordinary 'way to dislodge, the bean, but itstuek"fast, and matters? became serious. Not to let the lad diohfhis'bands the young physician oil t wi th a case o f instruments, and in ah instan t, almost, had made an exterior incision and taken out the bean. He. then carried the boy home alive to his parents instead of dead. This aptness at surgery made Dr. Bliss a great man in army life during the war,' he coming out of practice in the army witn the reputation of having performed more surgical Operations thaii any man of his age in the cotntry- Since then many Hveja have been saved by the-skiliful ase !of the knife in his hands. His disregJtrd for

precedents in the annals of his rofes-

sion nas maue mm at uinea uuuumi among his brethren,, who, as a rjule are

more conservative tnan ne, op in in theory and practice. . : A Boy Fiend. : --. On the 25th of February las!t Felix Lemaitre, a boy 15 years of age, walked into the police station in the Hue de Taugre, Paris, and gave himself up. MI am an apprentice," said he, "and I surrender myself to justice for the murder of a little boy, whom I have killed with a knife a the hotel du DoubsJ" The oflicer in charge was startled ' at the statement, but put the boy under arrest and made an investigation. In a room in the hotel du Doubs the' dead body of Jean Schoenen, the son of a poor rag picker, was found. There was a long fcni fe cut in his body, which had ripped open the stomach, and the throat had been cut. There was blood on the bed , and marks of bloody fingers on the bed clothing. 'The knife, covered .with blood, lay? npon the floor. Wh v the

bcv assassin should have committecFI

sv. ch a crime was a my3tery.. At the police station he was questioned.' " On thalStlf of this1 month," he said, "I stole 200f from my . employer, M. Hiraiit, of the Rue d Aboukir. I spent tlio money at the theatre and ia pleas-

Tltnsyillo (Pa.) Cor. Now York Sun. ...

A month or so ago Sebastian Haehn,

a blacksmith living in V!echanic street

his city, was Bpading in his garden

after a heavy rain. As be turned up

the earth he noticed that little pools of

crude netroleum formedc in the cavities made by the spade. He dug a pit four feet deep. It tilled to such an extent with oil that he dipped out five barrels full. The oil was of excellent qualit, and Haehn sold his jive barrels to the Octave Oil Refiuet y. Week before last Haehn dug another well in his garden.

It responded with a yield of. two barrels an hour. The well attracted great attention. It produced eighty barrels, arid then ceased to flow; The excitement over the novel oil territory died out soon arterward. On Monday last the ne-ws spread through the city that Haehn had opened another well in his garden, and that it was yielding at the rate of thirty-six barrels a day, Hundreds flocked; to the scene of the new oil operations. f The well was located in the southwest corner of Haehn's pota to patch. With a large tin hand pump the owner was taking out ot the hole" two. barrels of oil an hour. His previous well had also started again. From that one of Haehn's sons was taking oil at the rate of twenty barrels a day.. ;, . .. .

. Immediately following the strike of the lucky blacksmith a great demand for leases of adjoining gardens arose. Such an oil field had never been heard of belore. Without capital, and with no tools but a shovel, an operator could sink a well and strike the "sand" Jn half an hour. The right to d g on four feet-of a man's garden became worth

$5 bonus and one-qusirter o f. the oil. For three days Mechanic and adjacent

streets have been thronged with excited spectators of the new operation in oil production, and parlies anxious to

New York Sun.. Although the eclipse of tho moon on Sunday morning had no special value to science, those who saw it through te lescopes will not so on f o rge t the spectacle, To the naked eye, and even with an opera glass, the convex outline of the earth's shadow seemed pretty sharply defined as it swept across the moon's face. In a telescope o f considerable power, the edge of the shadow was seen to fade off gradually until it required sharp inspection to distinguish the line between sunshine

Uud shade. The absence of air on the moon makes all the shadows there sharp and black, so that the lunar scenery never appears in a twilight. But the gradually deepening edge of the shadow in the eclipse furnished a twilight effect under which some of the familiar features had anew and in

teresting appearance. This was well seen as the shadow was passing off. The telescope directed near tho end of the total phase to the eastern edge of the moon had in its field the Ocean of Storms, part of the Sea of Showers and tho Sea of Clouds, and the crat ers of Arlstarchu8, Kepler, and Copeniicus. All these, and other plains and mountains, could be easily distinguished in the reddish light of the eclipse. Presently, along the eastern edge of the moon's globe, which stood out against the sky with stereoscopic roundness, the returning sunlight began to break in a bright, narrow line which rapidly lengthened and grew

broader. Jn a few minutes it had

shot northward until it illuminated the peaks around the Land of Hoar 1'rost

and southward to tne rurtnest connnes ,

of the Ocean of Storms, bevond which

it streamed across the Sea of Moisture

to the borders of the great moun tain

district of which Tycho is the center. Then the brilliant mountain Aristarchus becan to shine like a star in

the advancing light, and a few minutes later the sunshine flooded the shores of the Bav of Bainbows. Here the

gradual brightening of the light on the cliffs and the long headlands at either end of the waterless bay formed a

striking contrasf to the usual i Humiliation of objects on the moon. The shadows of the hills were not ex I ended across the levels as during the ordinary

sunrise on the moon, for the iilutmnation covered objects on all sides at once. But the slow increase in bright

ness brought out one familial' feature after another, as a sunrise on the earth gradually reveals the details of a landscape1. So the shadow crept slowly oft', uncovering region after region, until. the whole round face of the moon was shining again.

MABELS

get "a piece of territory." On Tuesday night Theodore Avery, who had a

coal yard aaiommg liaeiur s garden,

put down a well. At the depth of four

feet he struck oil. . The yield was a barrel an hour. Ho lies put down four more wells since. The five wells were

yesterday yielding eight birr els an hour. .

The success of the Haheu and Avery

ventures led to a" wide ex tension of this strange territory. A vacant lot on

Washington street, sou the ast from

Haehn's. was yesterday the scene of

active operations. Throe producing

wells were put down. The rest were

"dusters." -captain iaekering went to.

"wudcattmjr". under a shea near the

Buffalo, Pittsburg and Warren Itailioad

track, south of Haehn' a. He dug to a

depth of eight feet, and got1 well good

for ten barrels a day. T wo wells were

put down on the grout d -of the Octavo

refinery. At five-feet nil wfis1 found.

One or the wells is putnpmg twentyfive barrels a day. The McKeown

Garden, east of the refinery, was leased by J. P. Thomas, yililam McKenzieand J. M. Brinton.' Thomas took the northern half of the garden. He got two five-barrel wells of excellent green oil. . The other parties struck oil, but.it was of a red hue, and had the appearance of being mixed with tar. In the gardens along the east sJe of Washington street several wells came in' ? as good irodueers, but the oil was of an in forior quality. All the property along Oil Creek, between Washington and Franklin streets has been leased by A. J, Kraffert. lie will deyelope it on a large scale. ! The original Haehn territory maintains its yield, and is being further developed. Haehn has made a trench all around his garden and one through the center. Into these the oil collects rapidly, . The operator is putting up tanks to receive his oil, as there is a great scarcity in, barrels. Haehn's garden is now yielding 100 barrels a day. He expects to increase it to 200. The oil is worth at the refineries $1.10 a barrel. The pries of the barrel defrays all the expenses of putting down a well. Operations are carried, on day and night. . That part of the'eity is lighted up all night by the flaming torches oi the oil men. The weird scene is witnessed nightly hy; hundreds of people. There are no indications o jany decline in theyiela of this oil, add Haehn, the lucky discoverer of the. field , is laying away not less than $100 a day as clear profits "V -cV'. There are many thepriejs jnregard to this unheard-bf presence of petroleum in large quantities so near the" surface. One is that the oil is uhe leakage of tanks and pipe lines, which, has sunk into the earth : until it reached the gravelly deposit in which it is nbw found in pools. Another is that, this deposit has been forced up from the true petroleum and sti'atum by some unknown agency and: caught and re-

vmere .nt- now

taifi-ed in tho stratum

lies.. ; v "Z

Advertising. Cincinnati has a commercial club which meets at stated periods to discuss matters of i nterest 'to the business communityi Among he lepers read at the last meeting was. one by Mr. A. E. Burkhardt, a prominent merchant, unon the subject of advertising.

Among other things, he said": "In my own business career, advertising, advertising largely and unceasingly, has been an important factor. It was not my plan to advertise fl.imingly for a brief period in: the' trade season and then stop. My business has been kept steadily before the public tosa considerable extent the year round.; I believe it is better to occupy ono eepjiare every day for a year than to cover a page witn letters three inches long for a week and then discontinue altogether. In this respect I might also parody the old saying that "a littles Hoarning is a dangerous thing, V.. and remark the

same thing of advertising. A:' little of

it is certainly an expensive thing. Rightly managed, constant and wide ad yer tising is tne m os tl econ omi cal method a merchant can adopt to win customers: But advertise constantly

or do not spend a dollar. Now, as to general results achieved (and I am not going to give you any of: my business secrets), I have , cast iny mind's ye hurriedly over my experience in Cin-

cinnati, and: I ani fullv convinced that itr ti f t een y ears, wi th the a d vcrtisi n g I have done. I laave pushed my busi riess

i to;a standing 4hat woulfj have taken

Electioneering in Indiana.

Cormpondonco N. Y. Timtts. If electioneering produces thought and inquiry, there is enough in Indiana to enlighten any number of new citizens. Men have voted ten times during 'the last six months, and are sick and tired of it and of the sight of a man stamping his feet and waving his hands, talking about the government. However, they have attended thoroughly to the voting. The Legislature this year has been the ideal one, far superior, Hoosiers think, to the "tramp Congress1' at Washington. It was Bepublican, it was anti-liquor, and it was wo man's rights. Indiana's legislators meet only once in two years (oh, happy Indiana!) finish their business in two months, and depart from the capital.

If they do not, every newspaper in the State begins to call them blockheads and idiots, and wants to know why they don't get done and get out. They do business rapidly, without dallying, They rim bills through like . . feed through a straw cutter. They make speeches of the shortest, , smartest, most impassioned description, not about "the partyor about the everlasting interests of the laboringmau ; they are" laboring men themselves. The chair is prompt and dignified. The legislators meet in a spirit of comradeship and good fellowship an d to advance the prosperity of the, Btate. A few crafty visages are seen among them, for they mostly show frank countenances that match well with their thickly-thatched heads and noble frames. Some have true aquiline features,reguJar eagle beaks; some the fair, honest looks of the Northern races:

others belong to the darker families ot mankind. One could not 9sk for a

better set of men to rule , tho Btate.

The little inn at Veschi. near Milan.

had but two guests; Mr. Holbrookand his daughter Mabel, for whose sake the

father had left home and country to

wander through foreign lands. . For, almost at the alter. Mabel Hoi

brook's lover had forsaken her, wreck

ing the life whose promise had been so fair. Bhe could not bear the pitying words and looks of those who knew

her fate, so she becrced her .father to

take her away till the story should be

forgotten.

Nearly a year had passed since that

unhannv dav. and she had found, if

not happiness, a quiet:- content which

was almost peace. They had been

snendimr some davs at Veschi. for

Mabel liked the a3m0st Sabbath stillness of the little place. It rested her after the restless life in the great cities

which they had visited

One day thev sat by her window

when suddenly there came a sound of

music a violin softly playing, and the

jingle of the tambourine, while a clear

sweet, childish voice sane .one of tne

delicious peasant songs so often heard

in Italy. Looking out from behind the

llowers in ner .window. maDei saw tne

violinist, a young Italian, tall, graceful, almost noble in his tearing; and though his clothes were poor, worn, and travel-stained, his hands were white and shapely, and the cloak which hung over his shoulder was such as a cavalier might have carried; Beside him stood a young girl in the picturesque dress of the country, her little hands fine and white, too holding a large tambourine, the lovely bright eyes raised to the face of her companion as she sang, as if inspired by his playing. Drawn by the sound of the music, Mr. Hoi brook entered the room and

stood beside his daughter. 'The child sings well," he said, and in a moment a gold coin lay at the singer's feet. :,0, Paolo!" she cried, stooping to pick it up, "seel it must be tha gold of the fairy !" "Not so, little one." laughed Mr.

Holbrook, who bad come outi'rom the inn in time to hear her exclamation. "It is an honest English -half sovereign which yon have fairly earned by your song. Come in wiith me and I will change it.in Italian scudi, which will be of more use to you;" His accent was not very perfect Mabel; had taught bim and he was not an apt pupil, but the young musicians understood. Thoy felt the kindness in his voice, and gladly followed him into his daughter's room, wliere Paolo bowed with the grace of a young prince before Mabel. Nina Basaldi for that was; the girl's name in answer to Mr. Holbrook's kindly inquiries soon told, all their story how their father (who was of a noble Florentine family, she said with a proud lifting of her pretty head) had

had- to leave his Home because or ene

mies, an d had fled to Switzerland,

where her mother died when she was but a baby; how their father took care of them and made: them so happy till at last he sickened and died from some

strange, fierce fever; how Paolo had sold all but their, father's violin, (and

cloak, winch sne wore wnen ic was

cool, for Paolo was so careful of her) to

pay the debts jand, how they were making their way to Milan, where the dear brother hoped to earn mmey that

she, Nina, might study and become a

great singer. "But now that your father is dead," said Mr. Holbrook to Paolo, 1 1 why uo you not seek your relatives? They can have no cause of anger against you, surely." v Paolo shook his head sadlv, saying: "It is the old story of the Vendetta; and my father made me swear that I would not let them know of my existence even, lest I might fall a victim to their vengence, and little Nina be left alone in. the world. You know the feud is from father to son for generations." - "Paolo says we shall find friends somewhere," said -N ina, with a little sigh ; "but it is weiary seeking, and the road is so long.''" " " vtV '-;"'.'- . DearNina," said Mabel, impulsively, her heart won by the girPs simple story, "the friends are here and the weary road is passed. We will keep you, will we not, papa?" anlcl she turned to her father, who stood by with

when ho went? Surely it could not be love, for love was dead, killed by one man Hi base act. Could love live again ? And was it only friendship that burned in Paolo's eyes?those haunting eyes, who9!3 glance she 8ometim(es dared not meet? His lips had spoken no word of love; did his . eyes tell the secret he dared not speak ? Well, she " would be cool and distant when he came that day 5 she would uot speak of his playing; would declare, perhaps, that she

did not intend to go to the concert. Then what would he say ? But alas, for her plans, the day passed and Paolo came not. Nor did he the next day; and she dressed for, the

concert in eager, feverish haste, fearful lest she might be late, and so miss one moment of Paolo's presence. t-. When he appeared, in faultless evening costume, so young,so handsome, so proudly serene, as if sure of success, there was a faint whisper of surprise

through the house, which died away as he began playing, with so marvellously

sweet and gentle touch that the audi

ence listened in almost breathless

silence, lest one note should be lost.

When the music ceased for a moment no sound was heard ; then a wild, tu

multuous Durst orappiauHe followed.

Paolo had indeed won, not only the

hearts of his audience, but in one

giant stnue rame; ana iortune was sure to follow. Again and again ne was recalled ; and the whole evening

was one unbrocen success tor the

young violinist. Almost faint, with

excitement when at last the concert

was oyer, Mabel begged her father to

hasten home, yet scarcely had she

reached her parlor when Paolo sought

J A- - - - -

aamictanco. ,

"I saw your face only !" he exclaim

ed, in impassioned tones. "It was my insni rnf.inn 1 . Vm amllAfi atirl T woo

'Thft rnjirfno'. miliinri-hp.n.dp' unre-

rlecUng" (see TCarlyle) has not yet smuing -iace,pieasea.at ner iiiterestand

upset Republican institutions in Hoos-

ierdom;"" "'

r : A Turkish Tea-Party, A correspondent gives the following

picture of a Turkish tea-party::

v rnrougn tne onen wmao ws mat look out on the garden cornea scent of roses and the hum of bees, mingled

with the laughter of children who are playing on a well -trimmed lawn, under

the 'eyes Of tne uarK-eyeu Circassian

nurses. Tnemistress oi tne iiarem

the Buiuk-Hanum (great lady), to give her full titleddresses much like an

animation.

. V-Oh, sweet lady !" cried ISiina, in an eestacy of delight; "do you mean it, truly ?Shall Paolo no more have to nlay in the streets? audi shall I be taught to sjng,so that I may earn money with my voice, and make a home for him?" " Yes, yes !"nodded Mabel, in answer to the eager questioning. "Truly I

mean an tnat, anu more." -"Dear Paolo,?7 oriied Kiua, 4ido

hear?"

But Paolo was silent, 'for i pride was struggling mightily within him. He was no child.like Kina.to aceept everv

prol-fered gift, but a man, though scarce

you

Euclish lady nowadays, reads French

novels and plays the piano, though she twenty years had passed over his head;

J . - L - 1 I a 'Ju 11 . 3 I X . Z m . -

au u it ganeu ni m to .. receive iavors where he could give nothing in return, But for Nina's sake he had promised father to do anything tor Ninahe woidd not refuse what these strangers might ofter. So, when Mr. Holbrook, in all seriousness, offered to place Nina in the Conservatory at Mi. an, and to assume the exnonse of her musical education, Paolo accepted gratefully: though for himself he proudly refused all aid, nor could any entreaties alter nis decision. But at last Mr., Holbrook obtained for him & position with an old violin maker, whose home was the resort of all musicians of note. and where if Paolo had musical genius, a way would be ppenedijap or i: development. "Your proteges are growing famous,"

said Mr. Holbrook to Mabol one day.

at breakfast, in their hotel at Milan, where they still lingered. "Nina's voice is wonderful. Her maestro says she is to sing for the Duchoss of Parma

dons the native dress upon state occa

sions, such as the chalvas, when she entertains other ladies. Chalva means a cake, but has came to designate a party at which that dainty is eaieli,

just as we say tea for tea-party in England. When a - Turkish lady gives a

chalva. her husband is exclude wtile the strange women are in the house. These guests begin to arrive towards

6 o'clock, accompanied by their maid

servants, and negroes carrying lanterns

and bringing their chi ldren with them. Closely mullled, they divest themselves of their burnouses and baboucbes in an ante-room, and put on delicate slippers which thoy have brought with them in bags. The receptio n rooms are brilliantly lighted up with pink candles and scented with fragraut pasfiles, There is.no kissing or hand-shaki ng be

tween the hostess and her guests; but each lady, as she comes in, lifts her hand gracefully to her heart, her lips and her brow, which means I am devoted to you with heart, mouth and mind.' This mode of salutation when smilingly performed, is very pretty. The greetings being ended, the company seat themselves on chairs if thefs be any Frank ladies present; if not, they betake themselves to the divans and carpets, and tliocake?eating begins." : Shot His Wife by MJstakCKa Atlanta Hp cclnl. In Calhoun county a sad accident hap pened last Friday. Will Sullivan, a young farmer, recently married and settled on a farm given him by his father. Crows had recently been very destructive to his com. Friday morning he, loaded a shot-gun, and hiding himself behind a fence awaited till a floes: of birds alighted. He fired both barrels. . He heard a scream, and saw his wife rushing toward him, mangled with shot. She was Walking through the com, and quite concealed from view. Bhe rushed to him and fell dying in his arms. ' ... w- ' - -i . A Peoria (Bl.) lady picked up two dead English sparrows vhose bills interlocked so iirmly thfc fcljey were, with duUouJty fieparated.

at her children's carnival next week.

A rare honor for a child." "Aud Paolo?" asked Mqliel. with a blush, for , which she hateil uei-self. "And Paolo!" echoed her father. "Why, Paolo is nl ready a iinisbed violinist. It seems that his father was something wonderful in that way, and devoted his life to training his son, be queathihg him as a legacy Ids violin, a real B trad i various, Paolo, modest fellow, said nothing of this, but went at once to Bartolini, the greatest violinist in Milan, told his story, and after play ing a bit, was joyfully accepted as a pupil. Bi nee then he has been studying night and day, and tc-morrow he to play at the grand concert instead is of Bartolini, who is suddenly, ill. But, all unheralded as Paolo is; those who know say he will take the audience by storm, I only found this out by chance. I suppose he ym too shy to tell it of himself." ? . ;He might at least ha ve told me," thought Mabel. For Paolo aud she met almost daily, an dJiad grown to be friends dear friends". .But, was it friendship only, Mabel wondered, that made her heart beat so fiercely when he came into her presence? that made her long for ftisconiing, auc griev

inspiration! rou smnea ana 1 was

glad ; and my heart spoke to you in the

music, jjxa you not unaerstanQn oe-

loveij?" . ," . . .

Mabel raised her eyes to his face with

one sweet, tremulous glance, then the snowy lids fell. But her secret only then revealed fully to her owh heart, had in that brief moment escaped her

keeping. .

W hen a little later thev met tosreth-

er to tell Mr. Holbrook, and ask his blessing, he was astonished. But a

glance at Mabel's happy tace checked

tne words tnat rose torus hos. He

desired nothing so much as his child's

happiness; and he loved Paolo as a

son. So by and by there .will be a quiet wedding at Milan: for Nina cannot be

left there alone, and they could not be married without her. And though Mr.

Holbrook would like his daughter to

be married from her own stately Lon

don house, Mabel is the best pleased

that it cannot be.

Buried by an Avalanche.

lieadville Democrat.

Our readers1 will doubtless remember

Thos. MeConnell, who was Jost last winter while crossing mosquito range, where he lay buried in the sn ow until last Sunday. Mr. 8. B. Biilliard, an in

timate friend of Mcuonnell's, called at the Democrat office yesterday and related the circumstances or McConneU's death. On Thursday, the 2d of Per

cember, MeConnell started out, and on the same, day his brother, George McConell, came into town for him,and missed him in Stray Horse. On Friday the brother started back to camp. When he left the road for the trail he followed the tracks in the snow 1:o the slide. Then he , turned and went to the cabin . When he got there he; was verjr much surprised to find that his brother had not arrived. He then told the boys in the cabin about the tracks he had seen in the snow. Several men then started back up the slide to hunt for the tracks George MeConnell had seen. As soon as they found them Osbfirne, one of the party, identified

the tracks as those of Thos- C. MeConnell. They then went below the snow slide oh Pendery's lake and found no tracks there! Then they wen t around

the slide three times and could find no

tracks going out. ;The terrible truth flashed upoii them that MeConnell lay

out tad in the avalanco of snow that

had come thundering down the mountain sidep. George MeConnell then sent Osborne in to tell Mr. Hilliard about the terrible mystery, that nvp,loped; the fate of their friend. Hr. Hilliard at once organized a party to go and shovel away the snow aud find the body of the ill-fated man. The party got ready to start, but a fearful snowstorm arose, such a one that nobody would dare to brave on the bleak Mosquito range. The storm raged four days,tso that it was impossible to cross. As soon as it abated sufficiently the party started over and got the miners to assist in the work. A force of from eight to fifteen men worked four and a half days with shovels and rods, but there was such an immense pile of snow that they did not get over half of it i n that time. Just then the storm rose again and drove them out, and before they could get back another slide came down oh the first one and filled up all they had done. The weary and disheartened miners saw that further work at the time was useless, and they decided to leave it until June, when, they thought, the snow would be melted. When the mountain of snow be

gan to settle, the men watched it dav to day by turns. On last Saturday

they hired eight men and a team and

sent to W. B. McDonald to eret some

more men to assist in the work, and

continued until one of the men cot

tired and commenced looking around, and discovered some flies and stooned

down to brush them away, and in doing so knooked the snow ifrom the dead man's boot They then got some boards and made a box to put him in.

and went ito work to uncover him. Avacant space was found of about eight inches around him, where the ice had melted, and outside of this space six

inches1 of solid ice was found all around

the body. The position of the body when found was that of a man run

ning. He was standing with one foot extended and with the "left hand ex

tended aud the right hand at his side.

He was doubtless running down the mountain side in front of the slide, and was caught just as he was running and pinned against the bank of snow in front of him. The body was buried ten or fifteen feet deep in the snow and ice. The body was taken out,straightened, and put in the. box and brought to Lead ville. Tho Way They SUppodt Detroit Free Press. At II o'clock yesterday forenoon a couple of excursionists took seats on the east portico of the City Hall directly under the window of the Chief of Police. He was a bean- pole looking chap of twenty-three, with dustan inch d eep on his back, an d she was an au

burn-haired angel of twenty, wearing a solid shoo and chewing three quids of gum. rolled into one. For a long time they sat and looked at the fountains and sighed and were silent. Then he tenuerly queried : "Hauner, ain't it dreamy?" Yum," she answered. 11 1 could sit here forever," he whispered. . : "I don't believe I could I'd be hungry." ........ -v. - More silence and sighs, and then he took her elbow hi his hand and said: uHanner, I'm hungry now." "Didn't you bring a biscuit along?" "Hungry for your love, Hanner not for biscuits. Hanner, spoaen we 'sposen a case." "Weii?"' ' ; , ,.. " 'Sposen I knew a Justice of the Peace who would marry us?" "How much?" "Two dollars;" "Have you got the money?" "Hanner, do you doubt my love? Iv'e got seyenty-five cents, and I'll hunt up the Harker boys and borrow the rest." , "I'm afraid." "Now, Hanner 1" "Oh, I can't; you know my folks don't like you." "Hanner, hitch this way till I talk to yoii, 'Sposen J bought you peanuts

and candy and; watermelon? 'Sposeh you realised my great love and concluded to hitch to me before some other girl captured the prize? We'd gently slip down these steps, turn the corner of this stately edifice, walk to a shop of a Justice, and youd havemeand I'd have you." "Oh, dear, but pa would rave." "Hold on, Hanner. Your pa needn't know itno one will know it. We'd

keep it silent as the grave until I had made vour old man respect me for

what I are. Gimme half a show and I'll make your par Toiler me around like a calf within a year, and your

mar will tairly love the ground I walk on. Come Hanner, let's slip." "Oh, Gawge!" "Hanner Hanner 1 Think of the romance the love the mystery the tenderness the gold watches and diamond rings, and silk dresses."? "Where?" , .... ;, "Why, next year, when wool comes off. Bon' 1 1 own forty acres of land ? Don' 1 1 dote on you ? Would I ask

you to slip around if I didn't love you

above the best hosB in our Hanner, let us slip?"

"Are you really love " Then they slipped. They caught sight of a six foot farmer coming up

tne waiK, witn a nig cane on one arm

JOCOSITIES.

;f"'"C

When a married woman bu:

dog for a low price, she; gets a

and her husband gets somotldng to

puit

bargain

Song of the Sioux chief as ho leaves the wigwam of his Laughing WTater ;

on, mouxanna, aon't yon cry tor

The young woman who used to sing so divinly, "Oh had I the wings of a dove," is satisfied fwith a, ehieioin leg nowv. f r A receipt for lemon pie vaguely adds: "Then sit on a'stove and stir ooostaBt-

ly." Just as if any thing could sit -on a stove without stirring constantly, r It Is said that a girl who wears number two shoes and beautiful hose can ! be scared into believing almost' every little bit of wood or stone she sees is -a

: stem

1

- HI 1

i mi

"S

moufie.

Pnadence : Arizona ministers prudently leave their revolvers on the bank

county? I when going into the water ix baptize

converts, out never go in so far ime they can reach the, weapons Jn two? jumps if necessary. 4 : : fc r ; ' Back-yard logic: "If you use a bum

er like this on your lamp," said th

uu ii n flU uuc utuor, auu tne gin Mfd!er "von will aave half tho ken. filiH for MiahiffAii avpnna nH t.h Iavok peuoier, you wui save nan me iiero-

for Griswold street, the latter whisner-

ing to himself as he dodged through

the City Hall! "That's her old dad, and he knocks oxen down with that club t" Wild Honey. Kingston (K. Y.) Freeman. s It will soon be-time for these who love to make a business of hunting bee-trees to start out on their expeditions. Once this kind of business was quite lucrative. Dee-trees could be found after a little work almost anywhere in the woods. They are usually well filled, and if a man could manage

to discover one tree a week he could consider hi mself ear n in g good wages. Now and then, while following a trail

or bee-line, two trees have been traced out, but this is very; rare. A gentleman last rtitfhf;. in nlri hpp-hiintar.

a story how he once took some honey ei?ei stanamg very near prompiyj out in the woods, warmed it on stones. Phedr Madam, the worship orwr..

sene." The lady, who belongs to one

of the first families in Austin, said she would take t wo, so she would not need any kerosene at all. " 'Tj ;. . X .j ,? ... Takes the cake : ;! "Oome here, Sam mie, :nd shsk-3 hands with the gentleman, n as urging her youngster to the . front. "There, isn't he cute?" Qeni tleman , putting on his eyeglasses and critically examining the child. ' Yes. -he takes the cake, or at least he should , ; take the. first cake of soap he can get 4 hold of." . And thus was the evening's entertainment nipped in the budU - r ' On a recent Sunday, when the pastor of one of the leading Presbyterian r churches of St. Louis was absent front his pulpit, Beveral persons expresned dissatisfaction at seeing a stranger' in, the pulpit,and one lady said she would " not nave come if Bhe had known that Dr. was not crointr to nreach. An

then left it there as a sort of feedincr

place for the bees, and a day or two afterward noted the direction in which they went ofter loading themselves, and by following them some distance

found there were two lines of bees run

ning parallel to each other. In about

she

will be resumed next Sunday.

Carrie was six years old and 'quite model of bronrietv: but one dav e

shocked her mother; by doing some

thing very much like ordinary naughty children, "Why, Carrie!" exclaimed

Mrs. ii "now., could you ao sucn a

three hourti he found one tree, marked thing?" "Other little girls do soi" re-

it, and then again set out his honey.

in a snort time he took the other line

for the other tree. He hunted and hunted for a longtime without success.

Finally reaching a cliff of rocks, while trying to pik his way down, he accidentally slipped and sfld to the bottom.

Somewhat stunned, he lay a few minutes, and looking up to see how far he had come,lo! and behold his experienc, ed eye saw bees going in and out of a hole in a tree within a few feet from

mm. i?rom these two trees he took eighty or ninety pounds of honey, with a considerable quantity of beeswax.

and considered it one of the most suc

cessful hunts he had ever had; Besides honey, there is used' in bee-hunting a strong flavor of young clover, as it is called, of which the bees, seemingvl, are fonder than of honey itself, The proper way to trace bees is to heat a stone, drop honey on it, have the comb near by, and the heated honey will immediately draw the bees, who Will then find the comb and proceed to load themselves with it and .return to their homes. It requires a sharp eye to follow the line, but the term a bee 3ihe is well-known to be a 1 ine straigh fc as an arro w, and all the bee hunter has to do is to get the course of tho bpo tnd folloV itr straight until he has reached the vicinity of the tree, as near as he can iudee; after which

he .will try his honey again y and so tell

plied Carrie. 1 (But that doesn't make

it right, does it?" asked Mrs. B. "NcM answered Carrie, with deliberation, "but it makes it a good deal more cpmfable. " i Some of the country papers are pub

lishing as a curious item, a statement to the effect that a horse in Iowa pulled the plug out of a bunghole of a barrel, for the purpose of slaking his thirst. We do not see anything extraordinary in the occurrencei Now, If the horse had pulled the barrel out of the bunghole, and slaked his thirst with the plug; or, if the barrel had pulled the

bunghole out of the plug and slaked; - his thirst with the norse; or, if the Elug had -pulled tie horse out of the arrel and slaked his thirst with the J bunghole; or iif the bunghole' had t: -v; pulled the thirst out of the horse and . ; slaked the plug. with the barrel'; or, "if -5 the thirst had pulled5 the horser out 6t "s j plughole and bunged its barrel, with 'a . slake, it might be worth while to make some fuss over it." ; ' .-. M

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NT if?'

Capt. Howgate's Profligacy. H& The Washington Post, of Sunday, H after speaking of an ineffectual attempt rt -f made the day. before to give bail f r . i Capt. Howgate, the Sigr al Service, officer." under arrest fbr embezzling 15 from the Ctovernment, goes on to say:? ;.

Th a dftvelonmen ta .of Fridav in thft;

wnetner ho has not yet reached or gone Howffliteinvesiagatiom showed thatu

by. Some hunters select a good lively

bee, throw flour over him, and then by noting the time it requires for that bee to unload himself and return, get a good idea o f the distance. There are a number old bee hun ters living up town who can recite bee-tree yarns by the week. The Commercial Traveler. Go where you will in the United States Jyou meet him. ... On railroad

trains, steamboata, in stage coaches mSnt torTtt ta STtSK

the mountains and on the plains, on ocean and1 on land,, in all seasons and in all sorts of weather, you meet thecommercial traveler, and you commonly find him wide-awake .alert, genial, entertaining, and with an eye to business. He becomes; a rare judge of men, and acqomodates himself to all classes. He will know more about a town in a few days after he has invaded it than people who have lived in it for yeara. He is ever welsome at; the hotels, and wherever he goes he seems to carry along with him promise of stir, life and progress. The commercial traveler who has long been connected

with a leading house is regarded as one of its moBt valuable members. He has built up a trade by personal address and popularity, and any business man worthy of the n am e appreciates ., his services and deals with him accoi'ding ly. He is well paid, is allowed vacations, and his salary runs on daring sickness. It is both- amusing and interesting to hear a group of commercial travelers comparing notes, regaling each other with stories, and dividing, up some new empire between themselves. The insensibility to fatigue, the unfailing good humor, and the ready wit f these men always attract the attention of an observer,-, and they seem to typify many of the traits of the American character which have made this country so great and pros

perous as it is.' '. .1 -;

the original amount of $40,00) would

he ultimately increased to $100,000. The speculations are found no t to have been confined to false relegraph bills, but extended to nearly every branch of the expenditure of the $5X)0,000 annual appropriation for the Signal ; service. .'. The book in which the adcounts of the steam yacht Storni i5ig- 4 nal were kept is being, examined by experts. This vessel, formerly; the '

Modjeska, was sow by Mowgate to tne

ostensible destinati on was to lay cables v

but the practical men in the. office did

uot, nave bowmii uuiu wnujr. auu : luxmious appointments were furnish- ? ed to see that the boat was hot intend? ed for any service of the kind. The X most expensive rugs, carpets and taX f niture to be found in the warehouse ofej . W. B. Moses, supplied at his prices, J ' t were obtained;! The table was also J ? covered with the very best silver and J crockery ware and linen that could be? ; Kn(yhi: Than 4 firtifc mfA PAtprftr And

Birds and Beasts. ; " , , A flight of white butterflies thai; filled the air like sno wflakeswas seen recent

ly in South Florida. -

A bird's nest recently found in a tree of a New Jersey town was covered with a thatched roof ' Investigation

showed that It was the tomb of a young robin dead in its nest, and the cover

ing was no donnt me worK pi tne par

ent birds ' '

The Monroe (N. C.) Express tells of

a merchant in that place who upon

owmintr his store in the morning found

a jar of brandy peaches overturned and

broken by rats, ana ne KUieu easily fifteen rats that lay on the counter and

floor too drunk to get away.

The IJlmira Free Press tells a story of how a bl iud j home in a pasture lot was led to choice feeding ground and to. water -by -a gander, who went before him giving signs by a constant cackle. A perfect undei-stauding was had between them, and they seemed to know What each otber'wanted. At night the gander accompanied the horse to the stall, sat under the trough, and. the horse would, occasionally bite off a mouthful of corn and drop it to the ground for his feathered jriend, and thus they would share each otlier's meals. Finally, oh one. Sunday afternoon, the horse died. The gander seemed utterly lost, wandered around disconsolately, looking every where for his old comrade, refusiug food, and- at the eiid of a week he, too, died n

life may not have any special attractions for us, and we may possibly, in dulge in a great deal of nonsense about being willing and even anxious to shuflieoff this mortal coil, still if we had the power to fix: the date of our own exit none of us would mention any day of any month in the present year. " It's all very well to make a great fuss about living, but if we should be told that next week is to be our last we should make still more fuss. Like the Hibernian, wo all want to live long

enough to hear the niister reao our

0V4iiunr v

true purpose of the purchase ot the lxat as - disolpsed. M conjunction with , the f lamous

Tinoitv-Witchity Glub, gay

were given on the river and excursions made to the island owned by the chitf at the mouth of the St. Mary river. Here, the same splendid .repasts were served as on the boat, but in frame, house. This house was j once npon a time a fixture in the rear of the signal officfl. ft was later taken down by

a messinsrer named WashinKtoh, under

orders from Captain Howrate, and re J f moyi3dv to the island. Here it was fouhii to be in need of a new coat of ? r paint. This was given it by a painter named Ohamberlam, since dead, and 4 ; charged to the Signal Service fund. The medical stores for the Signal Ser-; -: vice men are all furnished through the 1 t regular army sources, yet a biUappeara . in Captain Howgates accounts for 4 : meiiical appliances," bought of a ci i druggist, amounting tt about1 f500: ,

This, it is said, was for mediaal stores ufor the Gulnare. A bill for holier Eairs on the storm signal is also said to ave beeu for vbrk done on the boilers of the G ulnare. Among the matters, which have uot been fullyiinvestigated

are tne hius4xor stauonery. xnis twas all furnished by a brother-in-law of TTowatf-'s - named Roarers. Uving in

New York. The goods supplied are t said to have been of such iuferior qual- -ity that much had to oe thrown away, and the bills were high in inverse pro- " portion. The defense of the accused 'is said to be that the cheeks griven were, either forged or raised by others. . JjAgainst this will be urged his weekly 5 bank statement iurnished the Treasury :

of, which he retained a duplicator

m

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'Good GirlL.Wanted.

irew York Star. v .

" Even more astonishing than the tin?

manna niimhor of immiarrants whonre

pouring into this country is the f ac ? that the demand for laborers aud serv- i ants filed at Castle Garden for excetjds? : the supply. The country not only ab- ? .3 sorbs and employs all the thousands ofg -foreigners who land upon our shorea i every week, but actually clamors for i more, like a national Oliver Twist. M Farmers and contraotors want men?

who are willing to work lor goou wages, and ladies, not only in this citv.

but frohi :idl parts of the country, aref anxious to get 4lgood . girlsfo Jioi6 hold helps. : ; t The matron in charge of the female immigrants at Castle Garden explains' that many of the women who arriv) are married, and will hot leate tliebg: husbandsr many more are mere ohil; dren, utterly inexperienced in house--work; and of the really qualified ciaaf there are so comparatively few thaf hundreds of ladies are waiting in turn to offer comfortable homes and exoeii lent wages to all the competent arri vale. Indeed, the matron says that if aU the ships wore to bring nobody bu qualified household servants for the next six mouths, she ooiild find places for overy-one of them vfithpnt dtflti!

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