Bloomington Courier, Volume 9, Number 13, Bloomington, Monroe County, 27 January 1883 — Page 3

The average French tragedy generally nvolvee a woman, and the fact that Gambeita's premature disappearance from this mundane sphere is an event of more than ordinary importance only makes the question of a woman in the case a choicer theme for the scandal-loving- public. It is doubtful whether any man in France would bo esteemed truly great who had not had his duels and his liasons.

Ghx. Lew. Wallace, United States Minister to Turkey, has been taking a vacation trip .down the Syrian coast, and it has been hi? good fortune to visit the holy places at Hebron. The Sultan directed him to be admitted to the sanctuary. This honor has only been accorded hitherto to Europeans of royal blood, and few have entered the sacred enclosure. Mrs. Henry S. Lane, who was in the General's party, is, it is said, the first Christian woman who has been allowed eo enter the place.

eracy in Iowa is lees than in the Bay State. In the midst of their many fine university and academies the people pay

little attention to the intermediate and primary schools, and thoy are regarded ap- J

parently, as of little importance. President Chadboume is in accord with Governor Butler on this subject He has recently declared that primary education in Massachusetts is very deficient; tnat too small salaries are paid, and as a consequence in some localities inferior and unfit teachers are often employed. The Boston Travellers calls upon the Legislature to "speedily devise a remedy" for "this serious defect in the much-vaunted system of our commonwealth."

A SUNDAY-SCHOOL NOTEL.

The kiH of buffalo last winter was estimated at 80,000, which, from the report of hides shipped, is probably very close to the mark. The kill of this winter promises to fall a long way short of last The amount of the matter is that the buffalo are rapidly becoming estinct,and unless the attempt to domesticate the animal succeeds, the noblest American game will pass into history before the next census is taken. The herds, what there are of them, are mostly between the Black Hills and Glendive, on the Yellowstone, their last winter's feeding ground.

Excited quacking caused J. H. McWhorter, of Walker county, Ga to turn his attention from a covey of quail to the stream whence came the cojanlaint. He saw an eagle stnigglmfg to taEe the scalp of a wild duck. ThenS3i-reedomvr -7 pounced upon the water fowl, butj&e latter was flapping msuel feoublesome way thai the conquest was not made in a moment. A Mpit of shot from the hot muzzle of McWhorter's gun killed both combatants. The eagle had a black body, brown head and white tail. It measured

6?4 feet from tip to tip. the claw was 7 inches.

The spread of

Tub queer adventures of Tennessee's fngitive Sta.e Treasurer, Marshall T. Polk, recalls Jules "Verne's story of Phileas Fogg and his trip around the world in eighty days. Money was the masfic wand with which the imperturbable Fogg removed the most astonishing obstacles. According to the telegraphic despatches from Texas, Polk seems to have had equal confidence in the power of money to open a road for him, but he did not succeed as well as the hero of the romance. After being arrested in San Antonio, according to one of the dispatches, he was released for something over 50,000, and he bribed a detective to pilot him out of the country. They quitted the railroad in Texas, and while the detective 7ent in search of a horse, Polk took refuge in a thicket A constable named Sheely arrested them both. Polk offered the constable $3,000 to release him, but this time he found that the power of his money was gone. That his bold plan was partly successful is significant. It shows what an advantage a thief has in the mere possession of stolen money. The sturdy honesty of the constable who finally caught the fugitive stands out in

strong relief, amid the shameful exbibi-

J'ohn Smith was eke a goodly man As c!t livod on earthTiro world admired and loudly praised His truly pious w ru; Hio 2ifo Wits full of charity Aird fiw from winfnl prido--Bat scarce had Hftd to Hatty-four, Whe), one calm e ven ride, A mule.- kicked at him playfully. And Smith soon aftor died. John Brovn, a knave rf deepest hue. Dwelt in the self-same town A jrrosserf meaner, viler scamp There now lived thru Urown, He cursed, he swore,' ho smoked, ho chewed. And even keno played. And down in. Texas years ago Thoy say a inati lo sl iyed--Yet he lived on contentedly And lots of money made,. Till finally a try-haiied man, John Brown lay down to djo His wife and children gathered 'round A preacher lingering niph The only token of his death A quiet, gentle Atg h. We'd like to live as did old Smith, Hovered by all thntown But when it comes to dying, we'd Prefer to die like- Brown. Denver Tribune.

in safety was out off. On I was obliged to eo. whether I would or not. My tor

I ror increased, but I dared not let the chil-

t dren know ill. it T npprehende i any dan- ;

the influence of a fake and sickly sentimentality, this disproportion is not surprising, but it nevertheless affords ground for reflection, Thero have been fiftv-sev-

ger. I listened anxiously, an 1 magnified en lynchings. Oonsidonng on r enormous

l the plizrhtest sound that I hoard. 1 he i population, vs-t stretch of territory, and

A TERHIBLE FATE. Wnverly 3lp?aineAbout the middle of November, in the rear 18-, in the middle of the day, a w ... .... sledge drawn by a horse dashed through a small village in Bussia, and stopped in the courtyard of one of the largest houses. The horse bad evidently run away, and the sole occupant of the sledge was clearly unable to guide it in the least. In less than a minute a great many of the villagers, who had been attracted by the clattering of the inmates of the house, roused by the appearance of the sledge in the courtyard, surrounded the young woman. It was evident she was powerless to distinguish anyone around her. There was just a faint sign of life, and that was

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Hons of cupidity that surround this -1 u? " .

i sue xooKea rar more ueau iv.au mvc. duu

markable case.

KELIGIOUSNOTE3.

English capitalists are investing largely in cattle ranches in the West. Mr. Pell, M. P., now in this country, is at the head of a company that i 'has purchased a ranch of 10,000 acres in southeastern Colorado, stocked with 11,000 head of cattle. It is the intention of the company to purchase several large tracts of land in Colorado and place upon them 200,000 head of cattle, or perhaps double that number. The idea is to raise cattle for the European market. Mr. Pell says the prejudice that existed in England against American beef has entirely disappeared. There are splendid profits in cattle raising, and it is somewhat remarkable that this inviting field for enterprise has sot been occupied to a greater extent by American capitalists.

The dispatch from Scranton gives a startling picture of perils in the Pennsylvania coal mines. It appears that the public knows little of the loss of life in these places. In the eastern district of the Wyoming region alone seventy-seven persons were killed and eighty-eight seriously injured last year- Most of them seriously injured are crippled for life. This is a frightful record and it is not surprising that the miners and their friends are strongly in favor of a bill which is to be introduced in the Pennsylvania legislature this -winter making the companies responsible for injuries suffered by their workmen when the injuries are not caused by the carelessness of the workmen themselves.

The "Franklin stove," which Mr. Howells mentions several time3 in "A Modern Instance,'' is a heating apparatus invented by Dr. Franklin. It is made of cast iron, is set up within the room, and the hot-air and smoke from the fuel, instead of escaping from the fire directly up the chimney, is made to traverse a small and circuitous smoke flue, which gives out its heat like a stovepipe. At the same time air from out of doors is introduced through air passages which surround and intersect the smoke flue, and, after being warmed is discharged into the room through proper openings. This so-called

stove was called by Franklin "the Penn-

sylvania fire-place." It is not a stove in the ordinary, sense of the word.

The eight Baptist churches in Mexico are located, four in New Leon, and four in Cohuila. Among the graduates of Bowdoin College are 250 who are now pastors of churches ir Maine, Eev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, of the Christian Union, has written a biography of Henry Ward Beecher. The Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, just completed at a cost of ,250,000, is entirely paid for. the English revisers of the Old Testament have completed the second revision as far as the Book of Proverbs. The Christian Apologist has just chased its 44th year, during all of which time Dr. William Nast has been its editor.

was earned into the house and restoratives were administered. She had hardly recovered consciousness, when questions of every fiort and kind were put to her from all sides. She was asked who she was; where she came from; whore she was going; who was pursuing her; and how the horse had run away. The room in which she was placed was full of villagers who had come in to satisfy their very natural curiosity. Among the most excited of the questioners was a serf about twenty years old who held in his hand the hatchet with which he had been felling wood when the sleigh dashed through the quiet village. The beauty and painful grief cf the woman seemed to have made rather an effect upon the young serf. He was certainly more anxious than the nast to hear her story, and was very prominent in his at-

Unquestionably the Boston and Albany has the fastest train run in this country for a long distance. The train usually consists of six cars, the distance is2S4 miles and recently the run was made in 5 hours and 30 minutes. On the New Haven Division the fastest runs were 1.00 hundredths miles in 2 minutes, equal to 57 miles per hour; 1.73 miles in 1 minute and 55 seconds, equal to 515 miles, and 3 miles in 3 minutes and 15 seconds, equal to 53 miles per hour. Owing to the Connecticut law requiring a stop at every drawbridge, the time for the TBJi miles between New York and New Haven, including six stops, was 1 hour

minutes, or only 38.5 miles per hour.

tween New Haven and

Hartford were mane in 1 hour 30K min

utes, including two stops, or 41.5 miles per hour; average speed while running, 43.8 miles per hour. On the Boston and Albany, 86 miles, (Springfield to junction of Brookline branch, Boston) were run in 2 hours 20 minutes, including three stops, or 41 miles per hour; running speed, 43.2 per hour, including stops.

The lung of Bunnah has four queens j tentions, and put himself forward in en

deavoring to oner her consolation. At last the object of ul this excitement had so far recovered, as to be enabled to yield to the entreaties of those who surrounded her, and in a broken voice and amid general silence she .spoke as follows: "I had heard that an old relation of mine, who lives in a neighboring village, was dangerously ill, and I determined to set out to sec if I could be o!: any assistance. Early this morning I harnessed our horse to the little sledge and set out." "Alone?" asked the young serf, pointedly, still swinging the hatchet in his hand The bystanders well understood the the meaning of the question, and the same word seemed involuntarily to escape from their hps. "Alone?"

ble strength in Chicago, looks to the rais- It may be as well here to give a short

ing of bar-room licenses to 3500 a year. explanation, which will account in some It is calculated that this would reduce 1 way for the exclamation, the number by one-half, and improve When the Russian troops which had the character of those that regain. jj eonquerod Finland, under t he command The Old South Church, of Boston, lias i of Gen. Buveyden, were ie turning home voted to continue the salary 34,000 a jj again, they were followed by countless year of Bev. Dr. Manning to his family troops of bears and wolves who raged and until April 1, 1883, and after that to pay quarreled over the bodies of those who them 3,000 a year for six years. The so- 8 from time to time died from cold and faciety also voted to erect a monument to j tigue, and howled for the scraps left bcthe memory of Dr. Manning. " J hind by the conquering army. The proOur English exchanges announce the j vince which the array passed through death at the advanced age of 88, of Mr. ! was infested by these fierce animals long John Bramwell, a son of Rev. William J after its departure, and they soon became Bramwell, who stood upon the same plat- the terror of the humble peasantry who form with John Wesley, enjoyed a very ( lived in that district. They were not prominent position in Methodism, and I content with devouring the domestic dogs was familiarly known as "Billy Brum- and cats that came in their way, but well." j fiercely attacked any human creature that A princely pastor is the Rev. M. P. O j crossed their path. It became impossiBrien of the Roman Catholic Church in ble to travel in safety at any hour of the

and Gen. Schcnck considers him on the

road to prosperity. Boston Post. The working people throughout Continental Europe are beginning to plead for deliverance from Sunday work. In Ireland, since the disestablishment, the Episcopal church prints in the prayer-book a notice that "priest" means "presbyter." Of the-l,681,S54 members -of the Northern Methodist church, 1,553,337 take no interest in the benevolent collections, 375,320 never.give anything, and 604,008 give an average of 10 cents only. At the 78th session of the Old Testament revisers, held in the Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster, the company fin

ished the second revision of Job and pre- ;i

ceeded with that of Proverbs to chapter x-r--: 1ft

A temperance movement of considera- i

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Minersville, Penn. He is said to be a lineal descendant of Donald OrBrien,lonrago King of Limerick, and also on his mother's side, from the same ancestry as that of Charles Carroll, of CarroBton,McL A correspondent of the New York Evangelist laments the decline of Presbyterian manners in the pulpit, as shown by the constant attempt on the part of preachers to raise a smile through jests or astonish by paradoxes, which is, indeed, one of the most offensive forms of religious vulgarity.

How to Make Cows Give Milk. A writer in the Southern Parmer saytf that his cow gives all the milk that is wanted in a family of eight, and that from it, after taking all that is required, for other purposes, 240 pounds of butter

were made this year. This is in part his J 01,r,hiy aroused.

treatment or tne cow: j.t you oesue to

get a large yield of rich nr. Ik give your

cow every day water slightly warm and,

slightly salted, in which bran has been

Women have the right to vote at school meetings in Kansas, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Vermont, Dakota and Wyoming, at school elections in Colorado and Minnesota, and for members of school committees in Massachusetts. They can vote at school meetings in Michigan and New York if they are taxable, in Washington Territory if they are liable to taxation Widows and unmarried women in Idaho may vote as to special district taxes ifjthey hold property. In Oregon widows having children and taxable property may vote at schoolmeetings. In Indiana "women not mar

ried nor minors, who pay taxes and are

listed as parents, guardians or heads of

families, may vote at school meetings.'

In Kentucky any white widow having a

child of school age is a qualified school voter; if she has no cliild but is a taxpay

er she may vote on the. question of taxes.

qo-cajxeetj higher education is the

pride and boast of the ancient Commonwealth of Massachusetts. But it appears that the common schools are sadly neglected. Governor Butler, in his inaugural, severely criticised the school system, and pointed out, as evidence of its defi qfwy.$h fact that t& peypentp!

day upon even a frequented road without a strong escort. Any one who neglected these necessary precautions paid the penalty of Ids carelessness by a hideous death. Iu the coarse of the preceding winter forty human beings in this district had fallen a prey either to the wolves or bears. "Alone," answered the woman iu a strange unnatural voice, half choked with sobs; "unhappily for me I was notalone! Why, in heavens name did I risk such a journey? Don't compel me I beg of yon to relate the honors I have gone through, and all the miseries of this awful morning." "What has happened to you? Who went with you?" still asked mmiy of those who surrounded the woman and whose

attention and curiosity were now thor- i

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"Mserable woman that I am," answershe, "I took with me my three little children, the eirtesl of whom was about five vears old. the vannrrnfif. i. HH-.Ia rlnrlinrr

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srarrea a tne ruieoi one quart to two gai- only six months " Ions of water. You will find, if you have1 n exclamation

not trieatws aaiiy practice, mat yoor

cow will give 25 per cent more milk im

mediately under the effects of it, and she will become eo attached to the diet a3 torefuse to. drink clear water unless very

thirsty. But this mess she will drink al

most any time and ask for mora The amount of this drink necessary is an ordinary water pail fall at a time, morning,, noon and night

Foot Prints of Genius. A coolness has arisen, between Kosciusko Murphy and Mrs. Hufnagel, one of most fashionable ladies of Austin. There was a lawn party at the Hufnagel mansion. Mrs. Hufnagel showed Mr. Murphy over ,the grounds, and asked him what he thought of their arrangement "I am delighted, madam," was the reply 'Wherever I look I see the footprints of vour cenius." As Mrs.' Hufnagel has a

foot almost as big as a wheelbarrow, she supposed there was something personal in the remark. She did not hint exactly

that she was not glad to have him stay

for supper, but she opened the gate and I creased more than aver when I perceived

of horror ran through

the circle of bystandert, and each one at last seemed to guess the heinous truth. And then amid a more awful silence than before, the young woman went on with her story. "It was a lovely morning, the road in tolerably good order, and the old horse trotted merrily along. My two little boys played at my feet, and the little one slept on my bosom. I was in high spirits, and happy at the thought that I was able to get away, and eo, perhaps, be of service to my poor old relative. My happiness, however, was not of very long duration. About an hour after our departure from the village, the thought struck me how daring and venturesome it was to travel alone with my little ones through a vaat desert of snow, cut off from aid, and far away from any human habitation. Then for the first time I began to remember nil the dreadful accidents that hod befallen lonely travelers in our neighborhood, and almost made up my mind to turn bask again. 'This fear grew upon me, and it in-

track got narrower and narrower, and at last as we were parsing a little licit of fir trees, I heard distinctly behind me an awful sound. I knew well what it was, In an instant I turned round and saw we were being pursued by a pack of hungry wolves. Now that the danger was imminent my courage seemed to get stronger. I madly lahed the horo and ho started off at a wild, excited gallop.

"It was too late. Two c f the largest wolves, with red, glaring cy'S, and hideous open tiaws,wero already at the horse's flanks, and raced me along the snow-covered track. On the bom's life depend

ed my life and that of my children. If j

he died we are all lost. Cost what it might, the horse's life nrist be saved I thought. A horrible thought Unshed across me, and instead of lepelHng it, I accepted it by an inspiration from Heaven. Then and there, in enld blood I made up my mind and calculated the awful consequences of my plan. At this instant my second boy, u child about three years old, clung to mo and cried piteously. The boy's sobs seemed to ex cite the nnireal more than ever, and they gained on the horse, "Withor.t knowing what I was doin?. and with almost'an involnxtary movement, I seized the shrinking child by the hair and dropped him behind the sledge I saw him sink into the soft snow; then was one wild cry,then the wolves stopped short where the boy had fallen. All the passed in less than an instant. For a minute I thought we were saved, but n was not so. The little c ue's cries bad hardly died away in the distance whe two more wolves appeared at t lie side ol the sledge. The awful sacrifice 1 had made had. been useless, ud wo were in a?

much danger as ever. The same liendisl thought took possession of me, am? again my mind was mode up. I looked first at the little darling nestling closely to my brsast, and then I turned to m eldest boy, who was pfdn with fear and clutched nervously tho folds of my dress. "'Oh, mother,' he whispered, 'I will lie good! I wont cry really, I won't cry once! Oh, mother, don't throw me irto the snow!' There was a heavy mist before my eyas, and I hardly recollect what T did. Will God have mercy on me? If you only knew what I suTered then! My little dr ughter nestled closer than ever to my breast. She liust be saved T thought Must I say what happened? You can guess. My edest boy died as did his brother had died before him. Must you hear the rout? I was almost mad now; the roaring of the wolves, the horse Hie lust cries of my children, the awful -rlu. tight of seeing my baby torn from my arms, the dread of death--ail mingled into a terrible nightmare. I could not move hand or foot; my eyes were iixed, and still I clasped my babe to my b.isom. I dared not look behind me; b at at last I heard a terrible j ell in my er, and for a second I felt something en my shoulder. Why did I not faint? "Mechanically I tiirned my head. I saw a wolf with opeu jaws clinging by his claws to the back of the sledge, He made a half spring at me, missed his hold, and fell back into the snow. Three times lie made a fresh spring, three times he missed his hold. The fourth time he got his claws on the sledge again, and there for a few seconds he huug. There was only

one chance, to dash him back before he get c, firm hold. His claws stuck deep into my fingers, as by main force I tried to wrench them from the sledge. It was a desperate struggle, aud I had almost succeeded, when my baby fell from my arms. From that moment to the time I first heard the sound of human voices, T cau remember nothing. The reins had long fallen from my hands. I knew the hor se was galloping on; but I can recollect no more. I have no conception where we have been or how I got here. "The woman covered her face with her

the comparatively lawless character of the sections in the South and West where nearly all these lynchings have occurred, their number certainly gives no reason for regarding lynch law as an inevitable accompaniment of American life. Nor does the South present such a ghastly showing as it has been the fashion t ) attribute to that seoiicro. Of the 730 murders of the year only 212 were committed in the entire Bouth, while there were 131 murders in Sew York State alone, of which 70 were in this city and 14 in Brooklyn. Of the 101 executions of the year, 58, or more than half, took place in the Southern States, which furnished on

ly one-third or one-quarter of the murders, while in New York State, in which about one sixth of the total number of murders took place, there were only four executions. This would seem to indicate that the law takes its course in the South as well as in the North, aud that the legal punishment of homicide in the former section is by no means a rarity. The number of lynchings was 56, Colorado 'ending with 0, while there were "215 in all the Southern States. Of the 383 suicides of the year, 123 took their lives in thi eity and 'J6 in Brooklyn, New York State furnishing 1S4 or about half the total number. Surely here is a call for another apostle of the gospel of relaxation in tins city. Lynchings New York has been free from, but taking the rest of the dark -coord it must be said that she arrears to very poor advantage. Judge Lynch, during the past twelve months has been very busy. By his orders fifty-seven persons were put to death :n punishment for various crimes. There were twelve double and four triple lynchings. Thirty-four of those on whom sum inary justice was inflicted were white men, twenty-two were negroes and one in Indi in, who was hanged in California. Of the Jifty-seven lynchings, thirty-four were for murder, three for horse stealing in Missouri, two for cattle -stealing in

Colorado, two for cotton stealing in Tex- j

as, two for robbery and attempted murder in Louisiana, two for murder and stagc-obbpry, and twelve for other crimes which the residents of the South and West generally punish with death. The hanging by mobs and vigilance committee? occurred in the following States and Territories: Colorado, (5, Alabama, 5; Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, South Carolina, i each; Kansas and Washington Territory, 3 each; Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, and Texas, 2 each; Arkansas. California, Missouri, Oregon, Virginia and Wisconsin, 1 each. Tlree hundred and eighty-three persons -n various parts of the country, having grown tired of life, usnercd themselves into eternity by means of the pistol, eun, knife, razor, fire, the rope and various other ways.

WHAT

IS CALLED

A HERO.

j pointed into the street, and Murphy, who

1 $ vry ftpfuti va, srgjled away

hands, and burst into tears. There was an awful silence in the room, broken every now and then by the hysterical sobs cf ?nany of the women and girls who stood round. The men trembled and looked steadily on the ground, but did not say a word. At last a white-haired woman began to speak some words of consolation in a low, tremblirg voice. Immediately the young serf, who had his hatchet still in his hand, strode forward the miserable woman. He was deadly pale, and trembled in eery limb; the expression in his face had changed suddenly. He glared fiercely at the young woman, and at the old peasant, who was vainly trying to console hor, Be still, mother!" he thundered out; "the wretched woman deserves none of our pity." Then he turned to her. "Unhappy and most miserable woman! Ts it possible that you have done all that has been related? You are a mother, you tell us, and yet you have killed your children one by one. Not one would you spare, not even the boy who prayed to you on his knees-, or the baby child who smiled opon your breast. To save your own life yon have sacrificed theirs, for you had not the courage to die with them. Woman ! yon do not deserve the name. You arc unworthy to live. Prepare--" There was a wild shriek in the room, and the woman fell at his,feet. In an inbtaut the peasants guessed the mad purpose of the young serf. Two of the strong

est rushed forward to stop his hand. The) were too late. A wild, awful light gin tered in the yenug man's eye, and with almost supernatural strength he dashed the peasants "jack. The hatchet whistled through i he air, and in an instant the unhappy woman was dead at his feet $ : Three months after the terrible score related above, the serf was brought ip

before the highest criminal court, aid j

charged with wilful u urder.Thero was no need to prolong the trial. He was found

i guilty of murder, and condemned to j die. ! But eventually, by the direct command

of the Emperor, the sentence of the coi; i twas reversed, and tho young serf Mas committed to ten year's servitude in Siberia. The Crime of the Year. Nsw York Tri t nine.

The statistics of crime in the United 1

States during the past year present seme significant features. There has been an average of two murdeas a day through

out the yea", while the executions, have

Sebastian Cabot. J. V. MiKf-iuson ii. January Harpi-r. Hebastian Cabot was certainly in one sense tho discoverer of America, ft was o who first made sure that it was a wliol y new and unknown contineut. In his earl v voyages he had no doubt that he had visited India, but after his voyage of HfJB he expressed openly his disappointment that a "New Found Land" of most unhospitable aspect lay as a barrier between Europe and the desired Asia. As he German writer, Dr. Asln r, has well sand, "Cabot's displeasure involves the scii ntific discovery of a new world." In his charts North America stands as a separate and continuous continent, though doubtless long after his time the separate islands were delineated, as of ok ., by others, and all were si ill supposed to be outlying parts of Asia. Iu this as in other respects, Cabot was better ap pr jciated fifty years later than in his own day. His truthful accounts for the time discouraged further enterprise iu that direction. "They that seek riches," said i'oter Martyr, "must not go to the frozen Njrth." And after one or two inefi'eetual undertakings he found no encouragement to repeat his voyages to thejjjtrth American coast, but, was sought for both by' Spain and England to conduct other e iter prises. He was employed in organising an expedition to the North pole by v ay of Russia, but the continent he had discovered was left unexplored. He was esteemed as a skillful mariner aud one who had held high oilieial station; he tded dreaming of a new and infallible mode of discovering the longitude which he thought had been revealed to him horn heaven, and which he must not disclose. The date of his death like that of ais birth is unknown, and his burial place is forgotten. lint 50 years later, when Englishmen turned again for a different object toward the American continent, they remembered his early achievements, and based on them a claim of ownership by right of discovery. Even then they were so little appreciated that Lord Bacon, writ ing his Keign of Henry VII., gies but three or four sentences to the explorations which perhaps exceed in real importance all else that happened under that reign.

To Cure Cold Feet. Ph)ltiiefihia Lcdgur. People who write or sew all day, or rather those who take but little exercise, may warm their cold feet without going to the tire. All that is necessary is to stand erect and very gradually to lift one's self up upon the tips ( the toes, so as to put all the tendon's ot the foot at full strain. Tins is not to jump up and down, but simply to rise- the slower the better upon tiptoe, and remain standing as long as possible, then gradually com ing to the natural position. Kcpoat this several times, and by the amount of work the tips of the toes are made to do in sustaining the body's weight a sufficient and lively circulation is set up. Even the haif.froy.eu oar-driver can carry this plan out. It is one rule of the "Swedish movement" system; and, as motion warmth is inn eli better than fire-warming, persons who suffer with cold feet at night can try this plan just before retiring to rest.

Dastardly Conduct of Chief Engineer Melville Mrs. Melville's Story of Her Marital Troubles. Mt1tn fPai Mnootiil.

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iguiuiib oiu coun-uouse nere nas rarely witnessed a scene more dramatic or more pathetic than that which occurred in the habeas corpus suit of Engineer Melville against his wife for the possession of his children. Mrs Melville to k tho stand at 4 o'clock. "Tell, your story in your own way, Mrs. Melville " said the judg, kindly, as the slender, white-faced woman turned and faced the audience after declining a proffered chair. Her reeital covered the marriage to George W. Melville in Buffalo in 1861, after having been engage! to him for three years, "My father," she said, "was a magistrate in Buffalo. I was married in his house on a Sunday evening and my husband left me next morning to join his vessel at

Norfolk, Va. Afterward T moved to Bristol, Pa., and thero when my first child was eleven days old, my husband, sent me word that if I wanted to see him before he went to sea I must come to Norfolk. I made the journey, and have never been strong since. Maud was a year old when her father first saw her. At that time he allowed me S 10 a month, and once threatened to get a divorce because I had complained that the money was insufficient for our support. I never in my life offered my uusband a glass of liquor. He always said he did not love me, and nce, when I asked him to increase my allowance, he sent me the most cruel letter I ever received," (Here Mrs. Melville broke down and sobbed like a babe, butrecovered herself and continued): "While we were living in Bristol Mr. Melville came home one evening as I was getting supper. He had a pistol with him which he showed to me, and explained its working. While I was iu a closet with some plates in my hand I heard a report, and a bullet entered the door close to where I stood. I fell on a sable, exclaiming, 'My God, I'm. shot but feeling no pain, jumped up. Melville then came to me and said, 'For God's snke don't tell anybody.' After the people had gone n the night of my hus

band's reception at home, he said to me, Show me to room.' 'You will find it where you left it,' I answered, but I showed him the room. He asked me where my room was I told him I had no other. He then said, 'If this is the room where you are going to sleep, I'll be M. I Jo He then started to go, and I said, Oh, George, I'll not trouble you.' "Shall f nso the exact language he used in replying to me," raid Mrs. Melville, as she hesitated, and turned toward the judge, "Yes, if you wish," was the reply. " 'No, you G d d -d b h, I don't intend to let: you,' was the reply, as he went down stairs with a pillow. On Tuesday morning I was awakened by my servant, Sadie Miller, who told me that Mr. Melville was coming to the house with two men. I had not the faintest idea of what ws to come, but thought it was the preliminary proceedings for a divorce, or something of that kind. Mr. Melville came up stairs followed by "Washington Jnir.es and Thomas Garvin. 1 was still

in bed. My husband seated himself on the pillow and told me to get up at once. Tf you do not,' said he, T will wrap you in the quilt and carry yon down stairs Surely, George," I replied, 'you will not compel me to get up beft.re these men. Go out of the room and take them with you while I dress.' He told the men to go out, bnt remained behind hirast If, as he said, for safety. I then arose and dressed myself. Mr, Melville put his hand under the pillow and pulled out an empty revolver. Then I was ordered to go down stairs. I obeyed, my three children following me. A carrl ige stood a few rods from the door. My husband told me to get in quietly so there would be no scene. Then for the first time I realized that I was to be taken from my children. I put my arms around Meta and Elsie, aud Maud clung to my neck. All of them were crying. You shall not take my babies from me I cried. 'The) have never been away from me since they were born, and they shall not be stolen from me now.' Then I threw myself on the ground and the children with me. 1 implored the men standing about me to help me, if they were meu; but the appeal met with no response. My tears and en treaties had one good effect, however. My children were permitted to get into the vehicle with me, and we were driven off, as I afterwards discovered, to Norristown. I was taken with my children into a large building, and then I was told that my children could not remain with me." At this point Mrs. Melville broke down and sobbed convulsively, as did Elsie and Meta, who were seated within a few feet of their mother. Maud covered her face with her handkerchief. Nearly every woman in the audience was in tears. To heighten the dramatic effect, Judge Clayton called the little ones to him, and, with their dolls in their arms, they walked up he steps leading to tho Judge's seat, and he put his arms around them both. "1 want my mamma," wailed Meta. "And so do I," sobbed her sibter. "Be good little girls," said his honor, kindly, "and go to your seats. Your mamma will be through presently, and then she will come to you." Somewhat comforted, the children took their places again, and Mrs. Melville, after swallowing a glass of water, resumed her testimony. She contin tied; "When I found they had to go, and that I was powerless, I told them that God would protect them, and that, to please mother, they must go back without her. The children obeyed me, and Maud was taken without being permit ted to bid me good-bye. Not long after wards I was taken into a room, aud tho key was turned on me. 1 realized then, and not till then, that I was a prisoner. But where, I knew not. I soon learned, however, when I heard the shrieks and yells of my fellow-prisoners, that I was in a mad-house." The scene in the court-room during this narrative was remarkable. The only person in the large audience who betrayed no emotion was Engineer Melville

The Boss Claim Two regiments of Rhode Island volun

teers, who wore in Uncle Sam's service in j 18(58, claim that they were never mustered j

out and are entitled to back pay amounting to 5,100,000.

The interesting debt of the United

! Slate ie now less than $1,400,000,000, or !

that tho track ia the snow had beco:ne

averaged only two a week. KemexrOer-1 accurately speaking, it was hut $1,893,1 i$ tit ?n Utft of recent urdur frjajni nd 1 245,450 on the 2d ol Januai y.

The Bad Boy Takes Revenge. frckH Sun, "When pa and I got to Chicago " said the bad boy, "wo walked around town all day, and went to tho stores, and at night pa was offul tired, and he put me to bed in the tavern and went out to walk around and get rested, I wasn't tired and I walked around the hotel. .1 thought pa Jiadfioae to a theater and

that made mc mad and I thought I would play him for all I was worth. Our room was 210 and the next room was 212, and there was an old maid with a Scotch -terrier occupied 212. I saw her twice and she called me names cause she thought I wanted to steal her dog. That made me mad at her, and so I took my jack-knife and drew the tacks out of the tin thing that the numbers were painted on, and put the old maid's number on our door and our number on her door, and then I went to bed-1 tried to keep awake so as help pa if he had any difficuty, but I rather guess I got asleep, but woke up when the dog barked. If the dog had not woke me up the woman's scream would, and if that hadn't pa would. You see, pa came home from the theater about 12, and he had been drinking. He says everybody drinks when they go to Chicago, even the minister. Pa looked at the numbers on the doors all along the hall till he found 210, and walked right in and pulled off his coat and threw it on the loxinge where the dog was. The old maid was asleep, but the dog barked, and pa said: "That cussed boy has bought a dog!" and he kicked the dog and the old

maid woke up and said: "What is Ihe matter, pet?" Pa laffed and said: Nothn' the rhnzzer with me, pet, and then you ought to have heard the yelling. The old maid covered her head and kicked and yelled, and the dog snarled and bit pa on tte pants and pa had his vest off and his suspenders unbuttoned, and he got scared and took his coat; and vest and went out into the hall and I opened our door aud told pa he was in the wrong room and I knowed it,' and he came in our room and I locked our .door and the bell-boy and the porter ajid the clerk came up to see what ailed the old maid, and she said a burglar got in her room, and they found pa's hat on the lounge, and they took it and told her to be quiet and they would find the burglar. Pa was so scared that he sweat like everything, and the bed was offul warm, and he pretended to go to sleep, but he was wondering how heconld get his hat back. In the morning I told him it would be hard work to explain it tc ma how he happened to get into the wrong room, he said it was't necessary to say anything about it to ma. Then he gave me five dollars to go out and buy him a new hat, and he said I might keep the change

ii I would not mention it when I got home, and I got him one for ten shillings and we took the 8 o'clock train in the morning and came home, and I s'pose the Chicago detectives are trying to fit pa's hat onto a burglar. Pa seemed offully relieved when wTegot across the State line into Wisconsin. But you'd a dial to see him come out of that old lady's room with Ins coat and vest on his arm and his suspenders hanging down, looking seart He doesn't lick me any more or I'll tell ma where pa left his hat.1 A Down-Easter's Trade Philosophy. Lmvistou Clio.) .Tournftl. K "Let me tell you, a fellow's got to have a poor thing to sell a good one by," moralizes a Lewiston trader. "I always try to sell the poor stuff first. I always show it to a customer first. When I show him the good thing Pro. sure to put a darn good price on it, so he will be liable to take the cheaper article. I had a lot of geese, Thanksgiving. I put my poor geene to the front I offered em for 13 cen ts. I put my best geese way up to 18 and 19 cents. I didn't want to

sell them. A good thing will sell itself. When I gxt through I had one or two geese left and they were handsome ones 'Now,' says I, 'I don't care whether customers come or not. If I have anything left over I want it to be a good thing. That's equal to money at any time. When a man comes into my shop and asks for a good barrel of apples, for instance. I show him some of those small ones that 1 can sell for 5.50 a barrel. If he says he wants a fancy bang up article, I ask him if he means business, and show him that handsome fruit over there that I am getting $3.50 for. There is just as much 'chaw in the $2.50 barrel as in the other, but when it comes to setting them..pn the table table they're no good" Habitual Criminals in France. St. James Gazette, hon don. The bill which has just been introduced into the French Chamber for dealiug with habitual criminals provides that a sentence of transportation for life shall be passed upon all persons coming within the following categories: First those who commit a fresh felony within eight years of their discharge from prison for a first crime; second, those who after being found guilty of felony, shall within a period of eight years from their discharge be twice sentenced to three mont hs imprisonment for theft, embezzlement, abduction of minors, or indecent behavior in public; third, those who within the same period after their discharge have beeu sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. All persons who have been sent to prison four times within eight years for certain minor offences will also be liable to be transported for life, this being left to the discrimination of the presiding Judge, Among these minor offenses in vagrancy, which the new measure defines as follows : Vagabonds are persons who have no fixed residence or means of livelihood, who have no regular profession, and who live upon the proceeds of gambling aud prostitution." President Arthur and Cabinet have considered the Fits John Porter bill in several Cabinet sessions. This was for the purpose of deciding what shall be done in the case Congress passes the bill. The question was referred to the Attorney General, and he delivered in the Cab inet a long opinion upon the subject The decision is adverse to the bill, and advisea the President to withhold his approval of the measure in case it is passed by the House. Mr. Brewster proceeds upon the basis that the Scofield board was an extra-official one, and had no authority to administer an oath or to take competent testimony. Porter's guilt or innocence had been passe;' upon by a competent tribunal. The President had an undoubted right to pardon Porter. His twenty years of punishment were enough, but tho Attorney General doubted very much the propriety of attempting to restore Porter to the army. He thought that the prevailing opinion in the North was against his restoration. The Attorney General's opinion was discussed and a vote was taken. The President approved the views of the Attorney General and all the members of the Cabinet voted with the President and Mr. Brewster, except Mr. Frelinghuysen and Mr. Folger. The latter did not vote. It

is certain,, from the occurrences in the Cabinet that the President will veto tie

bill if it uhould be pa$&e4 by tbf Scrum

A LITTLE SPICE. Translated from the Omnibus: "Say, Aunt Marianne, there have I yesterday in the Zoological Gardens a 'quite old man seen, who had ear-rings on. He is perhaps at one time a little girl been." Boston Post: Elizabeth Cady Stantonadvises billiards for the girls of the period. If a girl handles a billiard, cue as; dextrously as she throws a stone, the man

four feet to the left of her is likely to have an eye poked out. Over 140,000 plants are known to not anists, and yet out of the lot the chemists can't make a mixture that will undo in ten minutes the work a hornet does in two seconds. Does man amount to much? Boston Post. An English servant-girl who had returned from the United States to visit her friends at home was told that she "looked really aristocratic" To which she responded : "Yes, in America all of us domestics belong to the hire clasFes." Translated from Ihe Omnibus: "But mother, must I with the Mr. Smueckle dance, and he so very old a man?" "Old man! Have I not myself, in my single days, often and much with him "danced, and myself never about his age troubled?" Boston Transcript: "Yes," said the man with the big ndektie, 'pes, I think GiarleVs play is a work of decided merit. The characters are entirely original No one ever saw, heard or dreamed of such persons, and no one ever will hear or dream of such. Yes, Charley is original dreadfully original" . "Are you the judge of reprobate0," said Mrs. Partington, as she walked into an office of a judge of probate "T am a judge of probate1 was the reply. "Well, that's it, I expect," quoth the old lady. "You see my father died detested, and he left me several little infidels, and I want to be their executioner." . . " S. W. A., West Chester, Pa.: "I have a horse that has lately suffered from periodical fits of dizziness. Please answer . through your valuable paper and let me kno w what I should do with him. Fra afraid he whJ. get worst if something is not eone soon." Our advice, based on a careful perusal of Every Man His Own Horse Doctor, would be to fake him some time when he is not dizzy and sell him to a stninger. Texas Sittings. A matter of syntax: "Which am de properest way. to suppress one's self; does yer say: 'We eated at de table,' or 'We has done ate at de table?'" asked one Austin darkey of another, they being engaged in a grammatical discussion. As they could not agree the question was referred to Uncle Mose for his decision, which was : "In de case of you . Jbwo niggahs none of you am right." "What am de proper way to say We eated atr de table,' Uncle Mose?" "De properest way for sich cattle as you two am to say: Wei fed at de troft.' "Texas Sittings.

Curious, Useful and Scientific Typhoid fevers in Paris seem to bear a pretty constant relation to the sanitary condition of the dwelling occupied by the afflicted. Honey, after it is clarified, Herr E. Myphus has discovered, canbe kept from fermenting or losing its flavor by adding to it about one per cent of formic acid. Of the 140,000 known species of plants, M. de Candolic finds that mankind makes use of about 300 at most. He states also that the cherry was known in both Greece

and Italy before the time of Luculius. Ether spray, in the practice of Dr. McColganan, has not only imnieuiately relieved facial neuralgia, but has effected a permanent cure. The intense cold produced is considered to have acted on :the affected nerve so as to have produced a complete change in the nutrition and its action. The blood of crabs and other crustaceans has been proved by M. Fredericq to have the same saline constitution and the same strong and bitter taste as the waters they inhabit But the blood of sea fishes is very different It has not the same constitution as the water, and thus shows a marked superiority over that ot crabs. . One of our besfc and most cautious scientific journals, basing its opinion main ly on the report of the American Consul at La Bochelle regarding the use mule in France cf German alcohol taken from potatoes which is d jctored to resemble brandy in color and flavor, says that it is "at least worth the physicians while to, know that there is no such thing.as pure Cognac now." , . A Frenchman named Clemendam re

cently explained to the Paris Academy of

Science a new method of hardening steeL By his process the roll to be tempered i heated to a cherry red and put into a

holder which fits, and then quickly given

a tremendous pressure in a hydraulic press. It is allowed to cool in the holder, and when taken ont it is very hard. It

is adapted to making permanent magnets

and has already been used for telephones. This steel also makes excellent tools. The hardness may be regulated by varying the pressure.

Revenged Upon a Comstocker. Virginia Chronicle "Sir!" cried a well-dressed man, Those face was purple with anger, as he walked up with head erect to another citizen on C street this forenoon. "Sir, I understand you have beeu speaking of me as a fraud and a liar." "Well," replied the person addresseda man with a yellow sack coat and a big slouch hat, wh o was leaning against an awning post, "that's as true as gospel. I think you are a liar and a fraud, if ever there was one." . . "You do?" cried the other growing pale and gritting his teeth. "You do, eh?" "Yes I do, and don't you forget it" "In that cafje," retorted the weU-dresa-ed man, speaking with concentrated ferocity, "I must request you to consider yourself no longer on my list of exchanges," and turning upon his heel he strode away,. - The man with the yellow sack-coat tottered into the nearest saloon, and at last accounts was slowly recovering. The Mule and the Prima Donna. ; " Eugtmo Field's Little Storiee. , An impreusario once Approached a Mule and offered him Advantageous Terms to become a Prima Donna. 'Alas quoth the Mule with a Sigh: "That is an impossibility, for, though I have an Ear for Music, My Voice is Sadly Attuned." "But you can Kick?" inquired the Impressario. "At kicking admitted the Muie, "I am positively Peerles. "Then," exclaimed the Impressario, "you have

the Highest Qualification of a