Bloomington Courier, Volume 7, Number 49, Bloomington, Monroe County, 8 October 1881 — Page 3

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if through the portals opening toward thb light; . . - . E'er walked a -titan in armor; clean and bright, :'.;'''"' ill at man, uritraoameled;j outwarupasapd last nigiitk w r. . . J Elbr, , ., - Kirm-4ippI, elear-e$cd cicoii-sottlea.vho i mot his Tate . .. . - 1 J.eavng behind norancot anrt sio Hator, the pate, r.'.ir ..ikM' ;-' At Elberon. nespair not, stricken people, s-uth or norths Moaning, audi owning bis-. transcend ant ir, - 'worth; '-i n :t.ut' Hope only tunu her face to lead him forth5 From llberon. .... .... ... . a. In deeds resplendent, and in honor bright, . In high example ahining an the light -He lives immortal he who died last-, night AtElberon. ' -

F ltOh, yes." cried Mabel. k'do senu him

some apples. We are just sending a

box of ferns andiiiosseifbr his acduar ium, and thereto plenty of .room."

Miss Peay, opening her basket again,

and, as though it had been the widow 's

barrel that never Jacked its hand fuly quite a small Tpot,

producing anotner dozen of smooth, fsf, onhrrowin if. wax t hrnht. hm in

red.apples, fragrant and fair; give it one of muoli larger size. Yester-

juw reacoy jreay (wenc away pres- day afternoon the tree was transferred

ejiuy wttnanq quarters. It resented the

iut tne effect of pat. visit lasted long operandi! of its fetitov&l to tho best o

er. l even o.u uasteu . tne ano es, ma- tcjih txr.

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and are in a sort of mild commotion for a minute or more. All this was known about the tree, but it was only yesterday tliat it was discovered that the tree had In it riiuou f more of life and feeling than it had ever before

been credited with. The tree being in

one which it was

THEYCaLLl&D HIM QALAMITY But 6 Saved His Life m an Emer geney.by an Eloquent Oration.

Though the air was torn at midnight

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And tne morning showed dor baimefc Hanging dropplncly ahd lowj . "L And the goxtieh afr $ra SattdBhed

By the Somber weeds of wde Yet mon$st all the moiirnmg emblems : JJOhe fio high. can eVer rank -As tile "boards" watched b- the people. . Showing solemn black aid Wan? j. tor we saw the, word "Immortally ,, Writ lijiQii each vacant place... i 4 ' 3T : As we see the' word "Eternal" ft JDn the blank expanse ot space; . M Ben Ih IIonl

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' The usual annual check had come from Cousin v.W?.hamaker, and Mrs; Cal'dweii and hr daughtetswere disfcbssing where they should go- for the Summit. Mrs. Caldweir aS but a wtuow; with biit a small mcoirie. and Sir. Wariamafeer was a millionaire.",i ;Mr. W&uamaker- himself, though a -Widower, was still in the prime of life, ittd eriilnenth' handsoier and Mrs. Caldwell, pei fl ap;, would Hav preferred his hand tb his check; but she

knew this was a hopeless wish. "So. kind of Cousin George," she said. , Aud now, girls, where shall we go? I am tired of Saratoa-and Ikrig Bland. What do you .think of a quiet country retreat some where ? t 1 To a quite countryretreat, after some

f)iscus?ion, it was resolved to go, he;

mace seiecteu was a raxm, up aoaopg the. bills; belonging to a well-to-do farmer, known:as GranoVather Thole. Aun: Phoebe, Grandfather Thole's sister, had rather opposed, the taking-of boarders, as she opposedevery thing that was novel ; bdt Chole, the eldest of the grand-daughters; who was the

family Jupiter, had spoken up prompt ly? Wby not?" she said: If will stir us np and give Maggie some idea of great folks, for I am told these CaldWUh are very fashionable. J&t us have theaa, "by all means;" Maggie, was Choices younger sister, "and the pet and-beauty of the family andwhen she, too, pronouncfcfl Via lavor of tht scheme the thing was settled So" the dwells came mother and daughter. r7, .-.i -'f 'Phre not stuck hp a bit, if triey did comexr ftoni down below;" said Aunt Phoebe, wten tea was8yer"Ar .pear just like our sort of folksilr . '.. The Caldwell -wert erjually pleased. 'Juei'a Stay hefe alwaj?s,,; said Mabely

"it is so oeauuim . in xne,. country. i liatettocityi H 'Z 7 - ' : : It was reailv very pleasant at the old farm-house; those eaHy; summer day s. There was such a tender green on field and tree; such blossom and.ycent ; such sparkling mottntainf streams ; such - wonderful iiioonlighf; The Tholes ;:L fetnilyj tojp, were so pleasant; ! Maggie - was the lifo of-'the house." She was so v fuU.'df fuh and was so, .oUiaiog "3o

cultivated, too," said Mabel, who had fancied that farmers' daughters must fenorant " Y Why, tshfi has read more books than I have, ma VI ; t '' ... ti fiat as the eiirnmer acl vanned, dnd the days gre hotter, and things lost

tneir novelty, tne ncKie . waoei oegan

bel's eood nature audconient continued

all, day, and he occilpieherself nUing

a xe tier to ivxr. vvanamaser wttn a

picturesclue and enthusiastic account

of the visitor. .. But that was not the last of the visi

tor. She came again in a great handful of water-lilies; and she came in a

dress still odder and older-fashioned.

with the same little dinning courtesy.

and the .same . quaint cheerfulness of

manner.

''Mr. Wanamaker was ever and ever

so much obliged for those apples, Miss

Peay." cried Mabel "and savs if you

are as nice as your apples he wishes he

Would take you nome with us.- Will

you go Miss Peay ? . Kow ttlease do "

'Borne with youi" exclaimed Miss

Peav, her black eyes shining with

rmirtb; "A plain country body like

me would make a pretty figure in the

nty. And I should be worried to death

by all the noise and , but. Somebody agoine- by in the road pretty rhudh continually, I eipect: and afire likely

enough somewhere ;, about, almost

everv davv But X thank him and voii

too fof the lavitei"

: 4Ob, Miss Peachy you must go I

;ur. wanamaaer wants xo see you

awfullyi He truly does7ersisted the inconsiderate child. i Miss Peachy laughed heartily; but before she had time to do more, the village coach drove up before the door.

and Mr. ' W anamak.r himself got out;

At the slgnt Mrs; c caiaweu rushed

eagerly tipon the piazza. . followed by

Arriving at his residence .about the

time the tree had been transplanted.

the gentleman found, the house in a

grana corampuoni uu asamg wnai

was up he was told that they had

transplanted the tree according to

orders and the operation had "made it

very mad." Hardsy had it been placed

in its new quarters before the leaves began to staud up in all directions like

the hair on the tail of an angry cat,

and soon the whole plant was in a

uiver. This comd have been enlured, but at the kame time i t . gave

out an odor most lbun Kent and sicken

ingjust sudh a smell as is given on

by rattle snakes and many other tanas

of snakes m summer when teased.

This odor so filled !the hoiise and was

so sickening that

sarv to onen the d

ft was found nedes

bors and windows.

It was fully an hour before the plant

calmed down and folded its leaves in

eace. It would probably not have

mven no the 1mm even tnen nau it

not been that its ! time for going to

roost had arrived . It is probably n eed-

less to add that the whoie household

how stand ih not a little aWe of the

nlant as beiilj? a .thine more animal (or

reptile) than vegetable. .

The Way Farmers &te Swindled,

A Moberly f-Moi ) special Lto the St

Louis Rexmblicau says :

JUast spring there anpearea among

the farmers of tbiii region two sancti-

mrTi nH M nnH nln iiRihln fpllnwa riAmAfl

all ie cbudreri: and Miss .Peachy was Porter and i'urneif. , They professed to

xeicaione m tne room wun no way or ne aorenis ior tne iv.ortn western axeui-

escape but 'through the little, sduare cine Cohipany, arid were establishing

entrv. Where Mr. Wanamaker Stood Ruh-jip-enfties amoiafir the farmers. Some

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uay mg ius u river, nun axiaiwrng nanus mne in April uiey sioppeu. over iiigut nMfk tho OoMtvAna -- v tv: - V,nm,l WnHnm' TWil

She had no idea' of meeting him, though: and so she darted across the

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room to. seek an exit through the wiur doW? But har dress caught on an ugly nail that Mabel had driven in the casement; to hangballs of thistle-down upon. "'- , : t'., ..

R Prwful glad youive come. f. dp

loveyon sr sne neara lviaoei sayjana then th. party began to : hip ve toward the .room. "-,- .. .

Miss Peachy Peay at thjis time niade another effort to escape.; but the nail held firmly to the stout chintz gown that couldn't tear, for, alas! it was not woven in our degenerate looms. .

ute, Mr. Wanamaker, and so you can see her,' continued Mabel, with a lisp that she put on, like a state dress upon state occasions. V " . V ' Miss Peachy Peay at this struggled still more fiercely; but still nall; and chintz refused to part ..-compau'y.- And it Was this astonishing 'tableau1 that presented itself to Mr Waia maker's eyes as he efitered the room. , ' u?ermit me, inadame," said he, coming forward, politely: . At that instant the gathers of the gown gave way, and at the same time the green calash and iron-bowed glasses fell ohV and- down floated a mass of fair hair, anoup looked a sweot, girlish facec ina pretty . flush of girlish toame.- : ' ........ Mr. Wanamaker bad duly ah instant look) for as soph as she- felt herself released, Miss Peachy .Peay disappeared around the corner of the. he use, never tdretunSlA::..:-4M "Oh, mamma! what a trick has been played, on us," cried Mabel. ' 4iIfid you know it'was'Maggfe all tho time?. I didn't dream i of iff??.- K "V.v Mam iiiaf smiled witn wisp super!-

with a farmer 'named William Wil

Hams, living in Moniteau township, Randolnh oountvi and . made such a

favorable Impression that Mr,- Williams

thought Me Was i entertaining saints.

He agreed to take an agency, and, in

consideration of goods received, gave his note for $750, The note-;: was read

to him; he saw the figures at the top, which-were all right, and signed the

paper,4--gThe virtuous1 and religiouslooking . brother departed. , Mr. Withams , made a minute examination of the papers, whichj showed the transaction was crooked. The swindlers were captured at Mexico, Mo., and jailed at Huntsville, Randolph couuty. They were promptly indicted and trial came on in1 June. Porter was

convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses and assessed three years in the pen. but took an appeal. Tur ner7s case, which was continued to the September term of the Circuit Court, was concluded yceterday. The' courts instructed that if tbe jury believed the note-was. read to the prosecuting wi thesssd that he knew what he was signing they stiovld acquit otherwise, if they were satisiied of an intention to windlej they should Convict. The defendant was found guilty and accorded four years in the penitentiary. He took an appeal, 1. There are man f other cases in which these f ascals gai lied ad van tage , oyer unsophisticated far mere. Wilhim Bur ton, of Itaudolph, gave his note . for $450; Bayliss Pottscave his for &i00; John Stewart, at Cliariton, gave his

for 000; it was traded to a man named SaylerJ who presented it for paymen t which opened Stewart's eyes. Mr. Yeide, of Chariton, was victim iaed for $750: All the parties recovered their nol cs- after the arrest;. Mr. Burton pdid a lawyer $50 to recover his.

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to, be less enthusiastic about the coun-

v "Always the same milk and fruit, always tfie same drive." she spiel. "And Maggie has r-o much Co do now that she canTt he witli melike she used to. I'd rather a thousand times be in a town? It is so dreadfully siuoid here with not so much as a dunkey-cart going by. The mosquitoes are ever so much worse than at h:me. There we have bars, and there are more people; so they needn't bite just us ali the time. And the flies aie awful." ' In the midsof her grumble there came a smars rap on the door that was directly pn-hedopen by a little, old woman, who dropped a brisk little curtesy on the threshold,-acd then stepped in; She was dressed in an oldfashioned "short gown andnetticoa" and wore on her head a huge green silk affair, fashionable thirty years ago uhder the name of "calash,'" and baring dose -- resemblance io -a chaise Itop; Away in under thla monstrous bonnet was the wide frill of a white muslin cap; and a pair of- colored iron-bowed1 glasses covering a pair of twinkling black eyes. The old woman carried or her arm a covered basket, and id hei hand a great bouquet : of field iillies jewel-weed, golden-rod and clematis, r "Was Peay, Miss Peachy Peay,?' said she, dropping another curtsy; "I called to fetch you a handful of my sopsovine apples. My tree ti early, and I thought mebby you hadn't had artasteSf4 apples yet this year.: ' And here is a oarcel of blows I picked tip aa: I was acoming. Mebby yon will like them toor They are considerable pretiy'.fr: . As she spoke, Miss Peay opened her basket and took out a dozen , smooth xed apples, fragrant ard faficT'' - ."4"vlr. - On, ho nice! ThahfcT you ever and ever so much !" cried j the Caldvells, in a heartfelt way. H "Bostop and sit with ns awhile;?" f "Yes, I was a meaning to," returned Miss Peayr "I live ovarto the Cross-

Roads, a good bit from here, but I rede in with mv brother.Philip as far asthe i turn of the roadr He brought hfs irrist

over to ffee' mill here; for he thinks

V Cooley grinds better chan the man at

- our place does. ' And he had one' or - two errants to the store;v -so I don't

need to be back to the turn under- half

an hour or such a matter." " "And yon live with your, brother?" asked Mrs Caldwdl. " "Oh,yes! Him and me, we never, ne'er a one of us, men ied, and weve alwavs

lived together: W was twins; but we

au u v aiihf. xou- wuulit not UiUiK ', we was anything to each other;" " Iit on'a farm like this where you live?" asked M able, forgetting her d is--content at once. f ;r Something likej" xettimed Miss Peiy; 4?My brother, he can ies on the . ouuopr worki and X keern house for .bim.".. -Y- . 1 " ..."

.... vyjyu uvwi me wors your OWtt

sewevery mt?" asked Mat le in a tone i of pity ami wonder . i -M W

"I yesmins, I hope so; and I have a good; deal of time;, for -my knitting. I knit twenty five pairs of white mit

tens and twenty-five pairs of feetidg : last .winter;; Mr. Call, to he brick

store, -takes" them, and pays one half

r toe money ami one-nail tbe roods."

' FeeUnWhat arefeetinix?'' akwl

Mnble. y V,'. .' : ?WlT:5 ft

r f'JPeeting? Why donff ou inpw? Men's socks or stockings, or whatever hey call thern, I Jini$hel oft. a.pair is morning." A ' T T

vn,; imotner! 7 exclaimed Mabel.

I get a pair of Miss; Peay'sfeet-

wnu io mr. wanamaker?"

Mtwen smiled, and the quick

nuer the calash caught the ie thought behind it.

AK&y?'-ma she, 'mvhome-

.3 yarar would be-auitable for a rifleman; but I wmkk send him .te of my sopso vines in?, welcome iC te was a chane. n - :c

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- y9un try life' gets dull sometl aies, and we jiave tp amuse" ourselves with all sorts of travesties;" saiil sjbe, in : a side apology to gfr, Wanamaker. . r As t(j pootr Maggie, she would gladly havev hidden, her diminished head during Mr. Wanamaker's stay ; but that" was not possible. The servant, who! was to have beenuch a family relief; never came, and Maggie was both chambermaid and table-waiter. . But when she.appeared that night with his cup of tea Mr. Wanamaker" gave no sign of recognition ; so by degrees the hot color burn t itself out on her cheeks, and she quite recovered her tranquility. Nevertheless, he noticed every" look and -word ani -gesture, though so quietly that even Mrs. Caldwells observant eyes did not see it, "; . : So that, for once in her life, she was taken unawares when, at the end of two weeks, Mr. Wanamaker led her to the arbor at the foot of the garden1 for the purpose pf-asking her advice, as he said, and began to ask it by. announc

ing his intention of, adop tin g. Maggie

xojb as ms aaugnier. -.-My advice!" thought Mrs.: CaldWeli, curling her lip4 a little. . Vfl s past ; ad vice, and a good way pas t i t, I ,have seen for two days which way .;the ;robin was going to fjy." ?. ; ; But ontwardly she was sweeter than

;hpney and smoother than oil f

z "How nice!" she said; earnestly; yet asa woman would have' perceived, with an undertone of disapprobation . "A capital idea;"" aheicontinued, after a reflective pause, bnlyI doubt; if her grandfather would part with heri And

then she i rather too old for., adoption 22 at least, I should fancy.'.'v ; i

"Twenty-two!;' repeated Mr, vanamaker, aghast. v " ?

To be surel Whathad he been think

ing of. Whatever it was he evidently thought of it no more. tor. thoueh he

staid anothei" two wesks. Ji never

spoke of adopting a d aughter.

JN eitherdid he at Christmiis, when

he came to Cranberry. to see i how tbe eountry?Iooked in its robes of transfiguration, white and glistening. ' Nor in

the early spring time, when he came

for no reason at all that ,Aunt Phccibe

could discover. ,

"Unless to see about getting board

for next summer rand I should 'most

thought he'd wrote for that, and not be to theicost of a journey down here," said she. "Look here ! I wouldn' t go in; the parlor-i-there's'folks therethat New Yrrk gentleman, , Mr. Wagonmaker. 3L4kely he want's to see your pa on some bosiness or other," she added as Maggie came down stairs, looking as frrsu and fair lis a daisy. She went right on , however, in spite of Aunt Phoabe's warning, as soon as she opened the parlor door Mr, Wanamaker came forward and, bless voul

tojk her in his arms and kissed her. "I want to know;," ejaculated Aunt Phoebe, opening her eyes'?;; She di d know, an d soon, for though Mr. Wanamaker stiir said nothing about adopting a. daughter, Maggie Tole, before the water-lilies were in bloom, went to live with him in his

'beauHmi'Rbme in the cityr"16 .

. And when she went, packed away in the choicest comer of - her trunks, among white satin and lace and orange jiowers, jvas a green calash;. ) ir5 J "In memory,"- said the happy bridegroom, "of Miss Peachy Peav, who iii-t

droduced to me my wife."i .;t !

A Nevada Story. Virginia (Nev:) Enterprise: . A gentleman of this place has a tree which is a species of acacia; It was grown from a seed brought from' Australia. The tree is now a sapling some eight feet in height, and it is in full foliage and growing rapidly. It is leguminous, arid very distinetly.shows

tne criaracterisucs or tne mimosa, or-

sensiti ve pian t. j cegu iariy every evenings about the time the-"chickens go to roost," the tree goes to roost. The leaves fold together, and- the ends-of the tender twigs coil' themselves up like the tail of a well-conditioned pig. After one of the twigs has been stroked

f or handled the leygt: move jmeasily,

-. s viscid io iEedgeii. C Virgiulaoity bhionicieV

. Two frien ds were d iscdssing merits pf . their accjiUiintances, saidi "Talk about mean men,

the One now

there's old Strassberger; He's., the hardest, driest, meanest old .Sbylocik that ever lived. That ma'u ! why 1" And he stopped as" At words coulqnH do justice to the subject. 'You're mistaken," isaid his friend. "He is not so bad; even the devil isnt so black as he is painted. Now, I will bet you $10 I can borrow $50 of him

.before night." .. .' ..

On posted the sanguine bookmaker to his intended victim. "Strassberger,my boy,howaie you?" and he slapped him on the back of a faded coat: "VeU, I vas all r-i-g-h-t Vot's de matter mi t you?" "Look here old ft How, I made a little bet about you just now ha, ha. Its a capital joke." MUm!" said Strashercer. "Veil?" : "Yes, I justbet$10 with Smithy that I could borrow $5,0iofyou to-day."? "Feefcy dollar." ; "Yes, that was the amount." i "Und you bet ten?" ' MThat is what I put up." ' Vell, now look here, my friend, (in a low whisper).yoU;go 'straight vay an .

BUI Nf o in Liiraviilo KoomboVrtng. CJalamity is the name of a man who lives at the gold camp of Cummins City. He lias another name, but noboil v seems to know what it is. It has

been torn oft of the wrapper somehow, and. so the boys call him Calamity. He is a mau of singular mind and eccen trio Construction. The mjost noticeable feature about Calamity is his superstitious,dread of rnnscular activity. Some people will not; tackle any Kind of business enterprise on Friday. Calamity, is eveit more the victim of. the vairue sunerstition, and has a dread of

beirinninflr work on any day of the

week, for fear that some' disaster may

befall him. Last spring he had t little

domestic trouble, and his wiio made

complaint that Calamity had worn out

aii old loiig-haiKueu snovei on ner.

trvinjr to convince her ajout some ab

struse theory of his. The testimony seemed rather against Calamity, and tbe miners Cold him that as soon as tiiey got ofei" the rush ti a little, and had the leisure they would hang him.

They hoped he would take advantage

of. tho hurry or business ami go away, because they didn't wan to hang him

so eaiiv in the season, But Calamity didn't go away. He stayed beeausait

wjis easier to stay than to go. He didn't pine of course for the ncterlety of be-

ng the first man nung in tne young

camp, but Tamer man pun up scaKes

and move away xrom a pi ace. wn ere

there Were so. many pleasant associations he concluded' to stay and meet

death calmly in whatever form it

might" come. One evening, after the

work of tbe day, was done, and the

bovs had eaten their suppers.- one of

them suggested that it would be a good

time to hang Calamity, o they got

things in shape, and went clown to the Big Laramie bridge. Calami jy was

with them. They got things ready for the exercises to bf gin, and then asked the victim i:f he had anything to say.

He loosened the rope around his neck

a little with erne hand, so that be could spedk with more freedom' and holding

nis pantaioons on wjuu ouier aaiu ;

Gentlemen of the. . convention, - i call

you to witness that this public demon

stration toward me is enureiy un

sought on my part. I have never

courted notoriety. Plugging along in comparative obscurity is good enough

or me. This .is the hrst time lever

addressed an audience. That i3 why I

am embarrassed and 111 i t ease. You

lave brought me here to hang me be?

lause I seemed harsh and, severe with

my wife. You have entered the hal-

owed presence of my home-Iue. and

assumed the prerogative qi subverting

my household discipline. It is well. I do not care to live a long as my au

thority ijj questioned,' You have

already changed, my submissive, wife to an arrogant and self-reliant woman. Yesterday I told hereto go out and grease the wagon, and site straightened up to her full height tiid I old mo to go and grease it myself. ,1 have always been kind and thoughtful to her. When she had to go up into the gulch in the winter after firewood, my coat shielded her from tliCi storin while I sat alone in the. cabin through the long hours. I could , name other instances of unselfishness on my part,

but I will not take up your time. She uses my smoking tobacco, and kicks my vertebne up ' into, my bat on the most unlooked-for occasions She does not love rue any moro, and life to me is only a hoUowmocBieix Death, with its' wide waste of eternal calm and its shoreless sea of rest, a;glad relief to me. I go, but I leave in. your midst a skettish and able-bodied widow who Will make Borne howl. I b'eq ueach1 her. to this camp. She 3 yours, gentleman. She is all i ha re to give, but in giviug her to you I. feel that my untimeiy death will always beloolted upon in this gulch as a dire calamity. They day will Come; when you will

look back upoii this awful night and

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wish that 1 was. alive again,, bu'; it will tie too late I will be far awty. My gotil will be in a land where dome stic infelicity and cold feet can ne've renter. Bury me a t the foot of vinegar Hill, where the sage-hen and the fuzzy bumblebee may gambol o'er my .lowly grave;" '1, When Calamity had iinisheJ(, an impromptu caucus wata called. When it was adjou rned, Calamity went home to his cabin to surprise his wife. She has not yet fully recovered tfrorn ner surprise. ;

The Value of Investigation, Detroit Pree'Press. Eev. Penstock presented a written appeal from the wife of Kyfustus St. George, stating that her husband was . confined to his bed and she badn'ta cent in the house to get her hat retrimmed for Sunday. ; The-reverend backed up the appeal in a speech that brought tears to trie eye3 of General Scott and jammed Samuel Shin in between the window and the wood-box so hard that it took two men to pull him out. "Brudder Penstock, did you inwestieate dis case?" asked the president.

"I nebber inwestigate, sah, when I .rh'ar de voice df distress." . , ' , " . --v i i a t Tr i ni.

"jljo you mow wnatans,-C5ruauer ot. George?"

VI understood dafc he was selzedl wid:

a chill, an' de arternoon I was indar his pulse was up to fo' hundred -an7 he was outer his head an talkin' ' boti t w olves an' b'ars." " Jis so--I see. : Maybe I can gin, you some pints on de case. I war out lookin' fur my ole boss de odder ebenin' and I passed Brudder St George's cabin. He an' his wife war jawin' as to which owned de dog an' ten minutes later when I returned, de dog war runnin? fur de woods, Kyfustus war

lyin' on de grass all broke up an' his

wife war sittin' on ae lence suckiii' a lemon. After a man has been knocked

into de middle oh January wid an ole base-ball bat, he am apt td hah chills an'-talk about ' wild animals, I shall dismiss de appeal wid costs;"

Washington, September 23.

The following has just been issued

from the Deparinent of State; r

Bv the President of Uio United States of

America; ' ' . A PROCLAMATION.

Wnerens. Objects of interest to the Unite States roaoiro that tho Souuto fthoiild be con

vened at. an-' onrJy-date to receive and act ;

upon sndli commanfeations as may bo made.

therefore, f." Chester' A. Arthur, President ol the United Stales, have comldorecl It to bo my duty to issue tills, my proclamation, declaring that -an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United Slates to convene for the-lranHacUon of business, at thoCapilol in the City of .Washlimton, on Monday i the 10th day of Oetobcir riest, at nooD on tliat day, of which all who shall at

that time ho entitled to act as members of 'th'rbody nxS hcrbhy reriulrcd to talto notice, ve h u n d e r iny 1 1 j n v i inn I seal of ( h e y n i led

day of aeptemoor, In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty -one; and of the independence bf t ie uiiiited States tiie one htiiidrod and sixth. " w. By the President: CIIESTKR A. AltTHUK. Jameh a, BiJNJJSeerotary olJIHate, &

A Kemarktthle Stoi?y, v Louisville Commercial Sept. 15th, Yesterday afternoon a remarkable surgical operation was performed by Dr. W.-H. .Boiling, at his o0ice; No.

126 Third street, near Jc-flonsoh. On

the 27 th of last August a young man named Ieaae Bull, well known in this

city, came into Dr. Boiling's . nice and

complained ol a swelling in xus ngnt

croiu. "The uoctor mane an examina

tion and found it much swollen. He

soon after lanced it. He thought no

more of the case u:atil yesterday after

noon, wnen tne young man again

came into his onice. He said tne sweiling had 'become troublesome ence more1 and he wanted relief.' The doctor made

another and more caref ul examination,

and after he had Linced the wound he

probed i t. He felt something hard at

the end of his instrument, .ana alter

no little difflcuity he palled iirbut. His

surprise was great when' he found at

the end of ins msiTument a teaa pencil,

between six and seven inches long.

The peocil had bceh split open and all the lead inside dissol ved. But when

found the two halves had slipped over

each other, both pieces ticking together tightly,- On being questioned by

the doctor as how the pencil got tnere,

the young man said: "About two years ago I vas talking

witla some friends and had that long

pencil which ..you- have there in , my mouth, idly chewing: the end of it. I kept getting the pencil further into my mouth as I talked on, till suddenly, in a fit of laughter, I felt it slipping down niy throat; A severe lit of coughing came on and I tried t) thre w the pencil up, but it kept fretting down and down, slipping on from point to point till finally it wa& away down hi my stomach. ... " "That was, as. I said, two years ago. From-that tim until to-day it has been In my body. ; It gave me little uneasiness an a general ru!o, though at times I felt s trange and acute pains coming from Ciiflerent parts of the stomach. Strange to say each time the pain seemed to.be lower down. I sometimes thought I could feel the pencil as it was slipping down, but I always ia sghed at myself for having such an idea. 'One day I felt a darting pain in my groin, and soon after the place where I felt the pain began to swell, 1 waited some time, and the swelling increased, 1 'Then I came to j'on an d you lanced it. M felt so relieved when I went, to my, room that I thought no more about the thing. Soon after it began to swell again , ah d I ca m to you . That is all I know about it." A reporter of the .Commercial called at tho residence of Dr. Billing, at No, 381. Third street, near York, yesterday evening, and, in talking over the operation, the doctor said : "The story told by Mr. Bull must be the truth, for X examined the skin over the swelling and could not find the slightest scratch or scar. There was in the immediate vicinity which would indicate tha the pencil had come by any other .way than .through It ho mouth.' , ; i f " " A re such cases com m on ?"

"They-lire very rtfire indeed. : 1 nevci had isxaotly such ease in my practice

before. It is the sive of the object that

uiakejtit suoh an extraordinary occur reiic'3. It is common to hear of neer 1

eoin.ff from one part of tho body to an-

pther, but guch a Jarge object as a pen

cil I never heard of before. The case is a curious and interesting orie." "How do you think it got5 to the groin?" -j .... .... 4Tbat is hard to tell. A9hal1ly.it worked its way through the intestines," . The reporter. talked with several other physicians, and they all said it was one of the most curious and reniansablo thing!? they had ever heard of. One said that it would bo impossible to pass through tfiA mtestiftes withou t Causing death, Marrying a Widow. Eric 1-enu. special to Cleveland Leader, A genuine comedy in real life was played here yesterday. Mrs -'Frances Kennedy is a youhg; widow 25 years old. Her husband died ab'otlta venr ago from a fall. Six months ajjo Wil

liam, Camming came courting her, and, his attentions not being distasteful to the widow, she finally consented to marry him in 12 months and a day from the date of her first husband's death. The happy day fell on Wednesday, and. the ceremony was to, take place at the bride's house. A magnificent wedding feast was prepared and

about. CO guests Invited to partake of it. The hour appointed' for the Carriage was six p. m. in the forenoon tiie bridegroom-elect arrayed himself in his best-arid went olt to invite a few friends in the country, who had been forgotten.. The afternoon mail brought a postal card from him statin jr that he had conscientious scruples about marrying a woman so recently widowed. He would make it a matter or" prayer, and would abide the results of his feelings when through. She was not to take this as a positiva declination to marry, but if he did not arri ve at six o'clock p. m. she might consider the marriage off, Mrs. Kennedy did not faint or go into hysterics, but she decked herself in her bridal robes and

smilingly received the guests bidden

to tiie feast, When the minister and all those with wedding garments had

arrived, tbe lady called the meeting to

order and read tne recreants card.

Loud and prolonged were the denuncia

tions of the absent groom's conduct

"This n eed not proven t th e feast' 1

said Mrs. Kennedy, and the guests fell

to nan ciueling. immediately. After

snnner the room was cleared lor danc

ing, and Rlr Washington Williams, an elderly bachelor led the german with the bride. He became so enamored

of her that in an hour he xtroposed,

and she accepted.. Tiie minister was recalled, and at 11 p. m. Mrs. Kennedy

was made Mrs, 'Washington Williams.

The services had hardly been performed when the door-bell was rung

violently, and in stal kcd . the conscien

tious Cumming. He had wrestled in prove!, and had: decided to come back trad marry. After being introduced to Mrs. Williams it was gently intimated

to the broken-un Cumrning that the

lateness of the hour -suggested the pro

pritty of his going.

ning. According to the last published census of tho United .Stated (that of lSTti) lightning; alone disposed of rtforc of onfr fehow citisfiens in that year Mian came to there death through ..yefovy fever.-, gefft,. seurv', hydrophobia of which their is fiOtl so mtch dread cholera, cancer of the niotith, calculus, Addison's disease, carbuncle, leiad-

poisoning, or suicide by cutting the

thrortt or by drowning; nearly as many as were killed by exploons, and about

one-ronrtn as many fls died of the sc--

caiied American disease, dvsnansie.

The statistics are as follows: Deaths lightning, 202;. by yellow fever, 177;- by gout, 43; by scurvy, 69'; by hydropho

bia, bd; by cholera. 7f?; by cancer of

the nioutn, 103; by calculus, 109; by

Aqtnsoirs disease, vz; wy carbuncle, 168; by letfd .poisoniiag.al; by dyspepsia.

911 ; by explosions. 290; by suicide by (tatting the throat, :io3; and by suicide by drown iff, tlQ. Large, however, fts

is the number of deaths from lightning

stroke in the Aggregate, yet only one

out of 2&b,722 comes to his death in

this way. . The "lightning-rod man."

who does most of Ins business in rural

sections, and who is. the standing butt

of country journals, may be a nuisance.

yet he. evidently is not without his reason of being when the number of live3 and the amount of. property destroyed every year by the "fluid" which, by

tiie way, is not a fluid M all is taken

into consideration.

, TABLJ3 TALK.

Slave-Hunters in Ohio. Cleveland Herald.

The Unselfishness of the pioneers of

Oberlin in' this work of helping slaves

is shown bv tne met". that' tney never

received any compensation for their services, although" often fltruggling

against stern . povertY themselves.

rheir disinterested labors of love were

also sometimes little appreciated by those whom they would help-Once!Mr.

Hunger had kept in his house a color

ed man and wife for! three or four weeks, boarding them and caring for them mean while For this, assistance the latter hail returned no service to their benefactors.' One Monday Mrs. Munger was un well, and Mr, M. ventured to ask the fugitive if his wife would not assist sonic in the washing. "Well," said 'the ni.itn, thoughtfully stroking his beard, "yes, I think perhaps she might, if you would offer her 50 cents." ., This was. an actual occurrence (like all the facts stated hi these papers). tJsually , however, the gratitude of the fugitives toward their saviors knew 110 bounds Various devices were ..adopted to detain theii!vejbuntersv and gain time for escaping negroes. Once a gang of slave-hunters came up South Main-st, in search of slaves who were at the time being transferred to place of ..safety. The students heard of the matter, and came from their recitation rooms lo the httmber oi!200,books in hand;, to a place where the slavehunters .mint pass The latter approached cautiously, expecting a mob,- Imagiue their surprise at being addressed by one and another on various topics of interest. They were in a hurry, however, arid tried to pi ess on, but the students,' effectually blocking the way, continued to talk amiably. With various excuses, and conversation all the while which' was most ohsequously courteous, they mauaged to detain the infuriated Southerners for several hours. At another time slaveholders arrived in town about dusk.' Observing them the students, appointed a large deputation to look after their comfort while in town. All that night the slaveholders were followed about by . a body of students who, kept up an animated conversation ail the time, feeling that they were in duty bound to entertain their viators to the best of their ability. At dawn the leader exclaimed with an. oath: ,.. t. "Don7 1 these con found ed Oberlin people ever sleep? ' . And tiie" company left town in dis eouragemeht, never' t return. A party of students once blacked their faces and led the slaveholders a lorig chase toward Br own helm. Overtaken as lengfchjthey made for a brook and when their pursuers came up astonished them by bathing in the water; and Maud . tehold! the black would rub off.

Familiar Quotations. Chnm heir's Journal, Grave judges, and others, learned iu

the law, have' contributed their quota,

as in duty bound, to the common

stocfi p:R popular sayings. J:t is Francis

13acon who speaKS' or matters tuat

"come home to men's business and bosom," who lays down the axiom thai; "Knowledge is power," and wrho utters that solemn warning to benedicts, "He that hath a wife aiid children hath given hostages to fortune", We have the high authority of the renowned Sir Edward Cook for declaring that "A mah's house is his castle." The expression. "An accident of an accident:," is borrowed from Lord Thurlow. "The greatest happiness of the greatest number," occurs in Hen than, but is an acknowledged translation from the learned jurist Beccaria. To Leviauhau Hobbes we owe the sage maxim, "Words are wise men's counters, but the money of fools." It is John Selden who suggested that ly thnwing straw into the air you may see the way of the wina, and, to his eon tern porary Oxen stiern is due the discovery, "With how little wisdom the work! is governed." Mackintosh first used tho phrase, iA wise and masterly activity." ' "The school-master is abroad," is from a speech by Lord Brougham. It does not mean that the teacher is "abroad" in tho sense of oeibg every where at work. In the familiar phrase, "A delusion, a mockery, and a snaro," there ! is a certfdn Biblical ring, which has sometimes J;ed to its being"uoted as from one or other of tlia Hebrew .propaets; tho words are iu fact, an extract from the judgment of Lord Deuman at the tiial of O'Connell. - '

?ho Departed Votidoo Queen.

A telegram from 3Sew Orleans an

nouncing tiie death at 98 of Marie Le-

auveau. known as the Voudoo Queen.

was; shown to Dr. J. B. Bass, the Nv.w

1 oik practiciouor of voudooism. . "I knew her well," said the .doctor.

pushing up his. spectacles on his fore

head and rubbing his grizzled head:

"she was a famous doctor when I first

went. to Kew Orleans at 18 years of

age: but I did not think she could be 98. She had a powerful knowledge of the human-system,, however, and knew what to do to keep off or cure an 3r kind of sickness.'!! "Was she called Queen in the Voudoo order?" ;, ". ,'.. "No; There is no such title in Voudooism. She was known as a mother of the order, and of lateyears receired an allowance from the treasury. She lived alone in a house on Podrousse

street, and in her style of practice was

one of what we can the Tezeaues. I

Deaths from Bigliitning. N. Y. World. iteports of death by lightning during the recent heavy .storms are rapidly coming in, and it will bo interesting to our readers! to kri'ow that, after all, there is not much in the old saying, when a man is unlikely to have a particular thing happen to him, that his chances of meeting it arc about as good its his chance of lieJp-g struck by Ujjht-

can't exactly give you the signilicanco of that word but in the .Tezeane practice most everything is done by means of herb teas (tisanes?)" "Did she work much by means of charms''" "She know all the secrets of Voudooism, including the: charms, the influences, and rites. In the days.', of .slavery she made a powerful sight of money selling charms to protect runaway slaves whiie they followed the north star. I can' t exactly say where she ca m e from or how she got into the order, but she was in the high degrees and was a mighty useful woman in

her time. Many years ago, when the Asiatic cholera was around, she saved the lives of hundreds of people. Did you ever see a person with the Asiatic cholera?" asked the Doctor. : "No I never did," said the reporter. "Well, you 1) eed en t want to, for it is a most horrible sight. When it comes on you go Just this way," said the Doctor, shaking like a man struck with an Asiatic blizzard. ."If that cramp and fit; is not broken in ten minutes, vou

die. She made a charm of brimstone.

tar and feathers, and when a person was

taken with a fit she would light it under their nose, and "If Would immediately

and perceptibly abate that cramp. She was very powerful in yellow fever., too, and, in fact was a1 mighty -'helpful wonian in the community."

The Doctor savs that Mine, Lea u-

veau did not hold any official position

in the order! Its supreme body meets

afc New Orleans next year, when he

will have to go on to attend its ses

sions-

...... . :: - ;. f". . Influence of Lime on Soils: Prof. ... W. Hilgard, in discussing

the "Objects and Interpretation of

Soil Analyses," gives among other

things the fol to win gad vantages result

ing from adeuuate supply 01 lime in

soils. . V-..

I. A more rapid transformation of

vegetable matter into active httmus which manifests itrelf by a ..dark or deep black tiut of the soil. . '

2. The retention of such humus,

against the. xidiziug influences of hot

Cilimates; ... witness the high humus -

jercentages of such soils, as against all

others, in the Southern States. 1

3. Whether through the medium of

this fournus, or in a more direct man

ner, it renders adequate ror prontaote

julture percentages of phosphoric acid

and potash so small that, iu the Ciise of

lenciency or aoscuce or ume. tne son

is practically sterile.

4. It tends to secure the proper

maintenance of the conditions of nitrification f whereby the inert nitrogen

of the soil is rendered available.

5 It exerts the most important

physical action oil the. flocculatibn,and

therefore on the ;t inability, of tre soil.

as heretofore, shown, bp .t Sphoesing and

ny myseir. ..,

Prof. Hilgard adds that In the ma

jority of soils (excepting those that are extremely sandy) the lime percentage is greater in the subsoil than the sur

face soil. This ia, doubtless, ne ex

plains, the result of the easy solubility of calcis carbonate in the soil water, which carries it downward and thus tends to deplete the surface soil. This fact is strikingly shown in the results of Loughridge's investigation on the 'composition of ti;ie. several sediments. The efficacy of lime in preventing "running to weed" in ire3h soih, and in favoring the production of fruit, is conspicuously shown in a number of cases; ' ' Hay rever and Peaches. From Washington Star. The latest theory in regard to hay fever is that' it is caused by, eating peaches. Some of the victims of hay fever, who have annually been com pellea to go to the White mountains for relief, have-failed this year to suffer from it, and as there has been a failure of the peach crop this year, they have been comparing notes, and concluded that the peach, and not new hay is the cause of all their sorrows. They find that the period of h&y fever invariaoly occurs simtiltanously with the peach season, and when peach time is over, hay fever departs. It is also called to mind that in past seasons when peaches have been scarce, aud therefore; little eaten i there has been an almost utter absence of ; fever. Should this

theory be established, , the name of this allltcting dispensation will have to be changed from hay fever to peach fever.

Love Unrequited. Evening Wisconsin. . , A touching story of tender love comes to ns from a town not many miles from this place. .,: "... A beautiful young girl became engaged to a gallant union officer: At the close of the war he went; to California to seek his fortune. ... She ignored all advancements from scores of suitors, and patiently awaited his return, , feeling confidence hi his keeping true to her. So the years passed, and even a few gray hairs begair t'o show themselves among her brown tresses, while her friends no longer pitied but ridiculed her for refusing all advances from other desirable sources. !'. Lately her fidelity was rewarded. The lover of her girlhood hail returned fiom California, bronzed, bearded and a millionaire, with a wife and twins. The praises of others may bo of use in teaciiing us1 not whafe we are, but what we ough t to. be. ,' i Potatoes prom ise to be so high next winter that we may expect to see them

used fpivtrimming Jauios? bonnets, t

Kangaroo tewdons are now used hy fashionable surgeons' for the sewing up of Hvssh wounds. 'flie Japanese Govern men t has sent commission to Milan to inquire into the advantages of being cremated on tlfe Italian pfaw. .., 'lferra del Fuefilaris are the latest

novelty at the Jardin d' Acclimation in Paris.- Their appearance and manners are not charming . The stamp duty in Great :Britain of three pence on each pack of playing cards ahionnted in the Inst financial year to the net sum- of 14652 I5s. 94. In Paris the mortality for the entire year 1880 exceeded that of 1870, having; progressively increased from the yeari 1872, when it was 10,910, to. J5,930i in logo. :. ; , , The Auditor of Virginia reports thatJ there are 137,196 white and 114,193

colored voters in that State, a total or 601,380. The to t&r vote for President a! year ago was 217,15; " ' x

The earliest anow storm on record

visited Pontresina, in the Engadlnei on Sunday, Aug. 23,. and' for two days the whole country round was clad inin virgin white, and covered in by a deep blue cloudless sky. , A novelty will be introduced into

the next performances of the Mer

Aa young lady admitted to her mother-that her beau bad hissed her on th check. "And what-diii you do?r,-askeI the old lady in a tono of indignation

tv Mother ' 1 saiil the y oung lady, "I can

thei other

not tell cheek J'? '

Lucy Hooper,-writing of Mrs. Lang" try, says : , VI never, admired her, evei. wheu she was in ttiit height of her re nown.,X That ian? t surprising; One woman isn't apt to admire another who monopolizes Either attention of alt the gentlemen. A ',' ; .. J The winds were whispering low and the sentinel stars had set their watch: iu the ' sky as she leaned from heirl chamber window and. ' tenderly asked a. "Is that you Henry?" "CJoursh Jtizg pretty 'omen dozy-en know ?er hwiii husband when sh' seeausi", ? i j

chanfe of yenip' : in London. Miss Ellen Terry will, it is said, play the part of Portia in a quaint gaberdine, made of various shades of crimson

plush. . St. Petersburg is the most unhealthy

city of which trustworthy statistics are

obtainable, b-ot three years past tne weekly death rate has been" higher

than in any other city, and recently in a single week it exceeded the birth rate by 316; - A decree by the Minister of Justice of Saxony has attracted considerable attention at Berlin. This decree, which is concurred in by the entire ministry, declares that in future public offices will not be closed upon tbe -anniversary of the fail of Sedan. A visitor this summer at a Continental hotel asked for some strawber!ries, but hud to wait a long while for a re

ply, and when at length it came the

strawberries did not appear. This was the English-speaking waiter's effort:

"You will 7ave to beg my Pardon, sare:

the strawberry ds not welt to-day."

No one could be found' in Brussels

the other day to translate a telegram in Hungarian, tent to a great firm, the

only official who understood the language at the Austro-Hungarian Legation being absent. The Queeu heard

of-the diffieulty, and sent in an excel-.

len t tTanslation , with, a most gracious

message.

The Calcutta Tea Syndicate, which

was established last year for the pur

pose of opei ing up the Aiistrahan and

American markets to Indian tea, has

published a report whicn shows ' that its operations have been attended, with great succesp. The amount, of last sea

son's Indian tea exported' to Australia,

was G21,128 pound?', against SG.C28 in the 'previous year. ' '. At Lille a whole family have been injured, several seriously, by the explosion of. a bomb, weighing thirty pounds, sent ina box so arranged that the opening of the lid made it explode. Five similiar b3xeSj addressed to other inhabitants, were fortunately detected. Susrjiciou rests on a bankrupt tradesman! who had to leave the town some time ago, and: who threatened his

ered i tors wiW vengeance.

Ijord Claude 3oye, whose sen?ationar swim across the Bosporus; fromVTiaerHpia. to Beicos as : eclipsed Lord Byron's famous exploit, is at present

on a yach tin cru isef in tbe" Med i ter

ranean and the Levant with-his tutor. The latter, a graduate of St. John's college1, Oxford, is himself a swim uiey of no mean order, and not long siuce carried oil' a prize by his powerful strobe in the university swimming races. . ' V: ... 5 ... The Americjin Register records the discontinuance of a preposterously tyrannical' order 1 in Poland. Until lately, at the close of the last net in a theacre, the doors were closed., and, the curtains being again lifted, ail the actors and actresses appeared ori the

stag in eyenipg dress around a statute of tne Czar, to wuicli they madb low oheisances, while the orchesti'a played the national anthem, in which all had to join. ' . :. A South Carolina paper says that the wifeot Bepreien tativelMllmau of that State, notwithstanding the cares of a numerous family, mounts her horse daily and personally superintends

every detail of her husband's extensive plan ting in terest, and is considered one of the most successful managers ofa farm in Edgefteld county. Owing to the Congressional duties and business relations of Col. Tillman, he hap. turned the plantation oyer to heri ! 1 Vast and destructive grasshopper swarms have been ravaging parts of Turkey andof the Russian Caucasus. In the latter region 100.000 roubles were appropriated for distribution in the shape o' rewards for the destruction of the larvae. I n the region about Smyrna the entire population had to turn out for the destruction of the pests. In the districtaoQUt Angora allshops were closed by proclamation of the Governor for three days, and the population was set to work in the fields'. : Besides this, prayeni were, offered in all the mosques, and every inhabitant was required to tutn in to the Government a certain amount of the lrva, to be burned in.pitsi dug for the purpose. These grasshoppers, or locusts, aesaid to come from Persia.

Words of Jisdpm; - Duty is not only pleasant,but oheapi-

Perseverance is theibesfc. school to?; every manly virtue.55 ;.: ! , i A woman who wants s eharitabloheart wants a pure heart. $-'. J; Manv are willine enough togyound

a person; de-

to let

who areyet afraid;

To-morrow is the day Oil WhiOhidla men work, and fools return1; J. The man lacks moral courage wha ,. treats when he should retreat : No vices are so ihcnrable - nfe thoBo, which men are apt to glory Ini i r i:

It is the best proof of the virtues of afc-y family circle to see a happy fireside.'Do goo to all that thou mayefekeep thy friends, and gain teneiesyi-. p? The Chinese say there is a vell o I'' wisdom at the ropt tor every gry -hair .-'4. How few faults are there seen fa r us which we have not ourselves commifff: ed. . 'v.. ::. - It is with, life as with coffee; he who ' drinks it pure must not drain it to tho - dregs.. . "1 . .. ' .';r . 's j 1 The heurt is a book which we ought

not to tear inur taut; toet5 its contents. - .: !::,-r :!..j4" The rich are more envied by those who have a little- than by- those -who have nothing. . . How rarely do we accurately weigh

what we have to sacrifice we have to gain,' '. i If you would not have ceive you, be careful not know you mistrust him.

The idle should not be classed among the living: they are a sort of dead, men

not .fit to be buried, r

One act of beneficence,one act of reaV usefnlnesH,is worth allthe abstracteen-

timentin the- worKlv" I . v ,

Ladies are like vMetstlhs more

modes t and- retiring they -appear; the

more vou love them. : " i.

It is the work of a philosopher to be v p eveiy day subduing nis passions and , laying aside his prejudices.-- wf '. '; Havei nothing to do with any mail ia ' a passion, lor men are not like iron, tpv be wrought up when they are ho6 To pin our faith on another man's sleeve, and submit to be led bytauthor- ? ity, deprives us of all kindsof sense. . It ls better to wear out than to rusti out. We must, not only strike the ironwhile it is hot, but strike (tillis inade hot;-;:.;.-;,t. g.'ff :- ..wi . :V Real Romance a ;. ' v ' plriclrinatl ' , : On Thursday last an old lady tottiered ; on board the Mary Houston and was J! assisted up-stairs to the cabin and giyeifc v; a seati She was about 65 years of age, and Tiartiallv mralvzed" Her5story is

strange.and is worth repeating. A Afc: the age of 11 she ra.n away and married a man named Hunter, who, 40 years of ..... age, was 26 years, her senior. Notwith- v standing ?thldisjiiyt.the4r life was ahappy one. , l Hunter, a man of political power and influence, was appointed Minister ; to she' Court of Russia by Andrew Taokson. who was then Pesideht. Mrs;

Hunter went witn ner nnsDana 10 oc. gm Petersburg, where she remained enjoy- j -- ,ht

No principal is more noble, as there is none more holy, than tjiat of true obedeice. ?

FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN? Ring soft, my lady sleeps: i Slnu swooi. and breathe good nigUI, Tluit aroainIwgsheniy siuile -? In. dreams more bright. Sing sort; her slumbers charm; Sing .sweet, and she shali hoar, as an then from above, . r . Oiir chbrus clear. ... ,. :, ,; 1 ; ; .. "It is only aftei a long reflection that I go to an , entertaimant with any young man," said the maiden to her mirror. . V-": ' From tiie steamer's deck she beheld a barge laden with cotton. "Ah!", murmured the fair Angelica, "my bosom friend is baled out." When a woman leaves a man who has not earned his salt for years, he immediately advertises that ho will

pay no debts of her contracting.' " When washing fi ne lace do not use starch at all; iu the last water in which they are rinsed put a little fine white sugar, dissolve it thoroughly" aiid the res ult .wi U be pleasic g. " Airood husband makes a good wife,5-

says a philosopher,' but he stops there; and don't say "what he makes her do. Probably nui'ld the fire in the inoruinf j and sit up late for him at night. ..; A woman in Eastern Pennsylvania be;ame crwy on seeing her husband kis another, woman. i The husband was a rascal. No true husband would over kiss another woman 1 when- his wife was looking, . : y Z There -are live women to evry man: in Holy ofco, Mass1, and a fellow who started to open an ico cieam saloon not long ago was wai ted upon by a deputation of desperate men, who persuaded him to leaver '3 r; They were at a dinner party, and here marked that h.e su pposed she . wa!a fond of ethnology. She ssid she was, but she was not Very ' well,4 and; the doctor had told her not toeat anything for dessert but oranges, At a recent Koglisli bazaar there were on exhibition the couch; coverlet and cush tons in canary silk em broidery done by Catherine Lady Blount in 1(595, and a chasuble, prese n ted by her

on her inarriage, to the- Qhureh f

ing great social distinction daring the; ? six years he filled the oflflcel' They

then returned tb the United btates, taking up their residence in the Souttk' on their large plantation. By her husbands death she came into nosession of this nronertv. and remained its owner

until the breaking out of the Rebel lion, when sh ft lost it by listening to the ad-

vice or' a ucjguwi. man came to her1' wi th the story that the liebel Government was aboui (to

confiscate her laiidi because she naa expressed Union sentiments,- and it was an evilahe could -not avoid" only by vesting all her right and title in the property to hiio? At the right time, and when the affair had quieted' down, he by another transfer; would restore her to her own' She acted on his suggestion, iinfortnnately, as henfterward went into the Rebel service and killed in one of the battles. Left

destitute and nnp ble to regaih tbe t 1 plantation, aud having no relaUves'of

her own, she was compelled to supsisc ,4 m on;chf,rity, aparalyt Jcsffection prevent- vp., mm

ing her from gaming ner own nven- mi m

increased infirmities and almost utter despondency, until one day came to her tiie thought that if sneconid make her way to Washington, a statemeut of facts to the oroper authorities might result in a pension er provision of some sort that would make easy her d eclininff davs.lRBuoved ub bv this holMS and

provided with aid by Fi!ee Ma8on3, she y , camefNorth, but arrived here destitute,: as her pocket ootk, eontaininjj her y railroad ticket and $11, was stolen or the train between. Iufsvjyamfeqin 5 cinnati. - J -A i.uJ -- 1 1 She arrivedearly yesterdaymointngi and" since then. been wonciering; about the - streets. As. a last resort, while walking along the levee shedetermined to ask on , some of the boats ;;s for .shelter vand passage as far as Pittsburg.-::, . .- J -a: v'-.-r .-V": :V. " T Captain Miller and the officers of 3 the! Mary Houston at once gave the

old lady a comfortable, meal, ana among themselves raised sufficient; monev to buy a railroad ticket; ami last nighty With her ticket and a JhtU pocket money, she M oi her Washington;' ; vT. ' Tr.iS"

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, :; - Murder Will OitF Sacramento (061.) special i' . " In 1877 a well-known citizen of Lincoln, Placer county, named Singleton,

respected citlzenvnow aiesiuentoi tnw - city, owed Singleton $3,00a. Singleton visited Kites to collect the money.

Niles and Singlet ou visitea oneriaan t in the samo county, together, during f the visit of Singietom to Niles. From ) t that day Singleton has not been seem ;, The men were old friends, having! " crossed thei plain?? together. NUes ; statement ' that Singleton went : xorf; Arizona was accepted and believed by .j the community. Shortly after the d& appearance of Singleton, Niles filled up , an abandoned well near his house Latterly some property belonging tof Singleton wasseen in Niles' possession - v especially a gold watch knowu?to have.f belonged to the missing man. A few f neigliborg who remembered thecircum i stances of the dlsappearaiioe and the" ff filling of tne old well connected the two circumstances together Niles had

sold the farm, and the new: proprietory

consented that the well

AdvBfadtA it old ? denth.x This

commenced Thursday, although .ttnf work was not; completed until The body tf Singletow- was iouud W the bottom of the webV Hu hight -re4 spectabilnty of Niles; the popularity Mft Singleton, and the prominent relationai sustained by both in the community! invest tboee with the mt exoiUng

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