Bloomington Courier, Volume 9, Number 20, Bloomington, Monroe County, 17 March 1883 — Page 3

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Floods as well as tires have their ludicrous incidents. At Jeftersonville a lady was found by a rescuing party sitting on a chair which was placed on a table in the center of the house. In her arms was a large Shanghai rooster,which she clung to and would not part with. Both were veil ; ; Jem Mace, the prize tighter, cunie to

Washington a day or two ago. It is said hat the first thing he inquired for was the spot where President Garfield was shot. He was conducted to the ladies waiting room and shown the sma ll brass star which marks the place where the late President received his death wound. Reverently removing his hat, Mace looked at the star for a moment, and then, turning to his wife said: Darling, put yer fnt on it, just for luck."

It is told of "General" Booth, commander of the English Salvation Army, that he has, in connection with his wife, so enlisted a daughter of the JKev. Charlesworth that she refuses to go home, and declines to listen to his pleadings and commands. It is said, also, that "General" Booth declines to interfere in the unhappy father's behalf. If the father would soundly thrash the "General" it might fee highly beneficial all round, and set a pious example.

The Indianapolis J oiirn al aptly refers to an inexcusable journalistic evil: "It i3 a trifle discouraging to young men striving for greatness to read as much about fUliott, the dead pugilist, as about Stephens, the Southern statesman. The progress of Elliott's body to New York and iis reception there have been attended to with scrupulous fidelity, and alt the incidents noted and telegraphed over the land. The qnestion for -young men to solve is: Shall I be a pugilist and a bully, or a statesman and a gentleman.

The colony of os riches lately planted in California has taken kindly to the glorious climate. One female bird has demonstrated this fact an i distinguished herself by laying an egg, two of them in facs, and promising more. This commendable act on her part has so encouraged the ostrich farmers that a corporation with a -capital stock of 830,000 has been formed f the purpose of raising the birds. A tract of 640 acres has also been secured "near Anaheim, in Lor Angeles county, which will be under the superintendence of Dr. C. J. Sketchley, formerly of Cape Town and an experienced ostrich farmer

The aesthetic instincts and artistic tastes of that portion of the American people who have been so greatly edified by traveling troupes of trained dogs aud intelligent donkeys are to receive a further stroke of culture next season. An able manager passed through Chicago a few days ago

direct from the far West with a party of !

Indians which he had obtained from one of the reservations, including bucks, squaws and papooses, together with a car-load of ponies and several genuine cowboys. This powerful combination will form one-of the popular attractions next season.

A LrrrijE story concerning Mr. Kenna, he recently elected Senator from West Virginia, shows that his mind is not vnolly absorbed in the dry duties of statesmanship and that the honors heaped upon him hove not turned his head. Mr. Kenna was commenting, in conversatkm with some friends- the other day, on his good fortunes in political life. He detailed the various steps by which he had been promoted since the close of the war, going to the State Legislature, to he House and then to the Senate. "It has been a great satisfaction to me, of coarse," he said, "and I, of course, am very grateful to my friends for it, hut I tellyou frankly, gentlemen, that uone of the3e have given me as much genuine pleasure as the fact that my hound pup took the premium at the dog show the ther night

The Phoenix Park, the scene of th assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr-Barke, for which so many prisoners are now on trial, contains two thousand acres, and is entered, like Hyde park in London, by a stately gateway. It is surrounded by a solid coped wall, and is the playground of the Irish metropolis,

civil and military, and contains bits of!

Seafty bower and grassy glen in which swhtude, pure and simple, may be realised. It contaius statues of Lorrf Car-

WASH1NGTON NOTES. Assistant Treasurer Wymau will probably succeed Treasurer Gilfillan. The expenses of the tariff commission thus far audited amount to 69,000. The employes of the Senate sargean at arms gave David Davis a silver punchbowl. Indiana now has three ministers to

foreign countries Gen. Lew. Wallace, Hon. Billy Williams and Gen. Foster. A Washington report says that Judge WUliam Lilley, assaulted by S. W. Dorsey, at the latter's residence scvoral daj s ago, is dangerouslv injured. It is understood that Senator Edmunds will only retain the office of president of the senate until next December, when he will give way for Senator Anthony. T J. R Dodge, statistician of the Agricultural Department, says no reports of damage to the growing wheat have been received by him. He says future disasters alone can injure the crop. Among the new chairman of the senate committees made by the elevation of Edmunds to the presidency, are Logan, udiciary; Harrison, military affairs; and

Miller, foreign relations. Judge Lilley, father of the sixth auditor, called at S. W. Dorsey's residence, the other day, and conducted himself so unseemly that Dorsey slapped his face and threw him out doors. The Secretary of the Interior signed a new lease with the Rufus Hatch Yellowstone Park company for a sinall tract of land to build a park hotel upon. The new law puts a ten-acre limitation on leases for the purpose indicated. Serious charges of crookedness have been filed against Supervising Architect Hill, of the Treasury Department, and others. Dishonest acts in several several contracts are presumed to be the basis of complaint. Those making the charges claim a clear case, while Bill asserts he courts an investigation of all his official acts. A statement of receipts and expendi tures of the Postoffice Department for the third quarter of the calendar year ended Sept. 30, 1882, shows receipts of $10,545,932; expenditures, $10,6 surplus, $356,963. During tbe same quarter in 1881, the receipts were 9,490,706; expenditures, 9,686,810; excess of expenditures over receipts, 196,104. The printing of the list of pensioners under Senator Beck's resolution will be

completed by the first of July next, it is expected, at a cost of $60,000. The names, postoffice addresses, etc., of 295,000 pensioners will appear in the compilation, rilling eight volumes of about 800 pages each. One thousand nine hundred copies

will be printed. Commissioner Dudley has issued circular instructions carrying into effect the act of congress increasing to 30 per month the pensions of disabled soldiers and to 24 for the loss of a hand or foot or corresponding disability. No formal application will be necessary only the sending in of their pension certificates by beneficiaries. Attorneys will not be recognized. It is said that Father Chappelle, the priest who officiated at the Tabor marriage ceremony, has sent back to the groom the fee of 200 for performing the ceremony, which the reverend father now declares was no maniage ceremony at all. Tabor denies the St. Louis report that he and Mrs. McCourt were married by a justice of the peace, in that city,some some weeks ago. . It is now stated that in July, 1883 Judge J. B. Bissell of Leadville, won $2,000 from Senator Dorsey, while on a train going to Denver, for which the Senator gave him a check, evidently the check referred to by Serdeii as being given to J. B. B., claiming that the initials belong to Congressman J. B. Belford. Mr. Bissell is now in New York. Dorsey denies this poker story. Secretary Chandler instructed the Naval Advisory Board to proceed at once and prepare plans for five United States war vessels, provided i.or by Congress, consisting of three steel cruisers and two torpedo boats, also to arrange for the completion and repair of four unfinished monitors. The latter will be worked upon first, and it is thought the first contract will be given out in two months. In these das of jobbery and corruption it is pleasing to know that there has been no Congress of late ears more free from jobs than the Forty- seventh, which

now nunilered with tin past.

iisle, Lord Gouge, and a hideous snaniie 13

obelisk, frequently referred to in the e?i- ' IwSafe the professional lobbyists tience, two hundred feet in height record- I farttl hadly. They did not earn i-hoir

height, record

mg the exploits of Wellington. The spot where the assassination took place is about half a mile from the entrance, and is overlooked by the vice regal lodge, the semi-official home of the Lord Lieu-

salt Corruption, we are happy to be able to say, was not one of its sins, and in this respect the record of the. Fortyseventh Congress compares favorably with any that preceded it. No class will

I he new internal revenue bill absolutely abohshes the following taxes: On

tenant, which looks exactly like a twin to i liear sfcroiJPer testimony to this than the

oar While House. It has, however the i 061,30118 wno nake a living, and often foradvantage of many mountain views of j tnnes by ou B1d selling Congressiongreat beauty. A little further on are the j al votesv offioial residences of Mr. Trevelyar and The charges against Sui)ervi.sing ArciiiTom Burke's successor. j teet Hill were made lit Mr. March, of

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S Ma me. lhey cover over twenty pages of J ! legal cap paper written with a type-writ-er. Before Oomrress adimirtwl Mr.

capuai ana aeposits of banks and bank- I Murch read the charges, which he snb-

rb, ana 01 national banks, except such as are now due and payable; and on and after the first day of Jnly, 1883,the stamp tax on bank checks, drafts, orders and vouchers, and tax on matches, perfumery, meditrai preparations, and other articles imposed by schedule A following section 3,437 of the Bevised Statutes. The tobacco tax is reduced from sixteen to eight cents per pound, and producers are permitted to sell at retail one hundred pounds annually, the reduction to go into effect May 3, instead of July 1. The last permission will be one of great benefit to the small tobacco farmers, while not all they desire. There :ia a contemplated reduction of $11,000,000 in the

sugar schedule. Kow 99 per cent, of our sugar imports pay 2.45 cents per pound Nearly this proportion will now pay be tween 1,00 cents and 2 cents per pound The new law proposes that up to 13 Dutch standard all sugar shall pay 1.40 cents a pound, 4.100 for every additional degree on the polariseopeover 75 degrees. The total estimated reduction by the combination bill is, as has heretofore been stated,between 70,000,000 and $80,000,000; but of this, as of the effect of the new tariff schedules upon industry and business, there can be nothing approaching certainty until the experiment has heeu tried for some time.

Murders in 1882. .During 1882 the murders committed in the United States averaged two a day, while the executions only averaged two a week. California's crop prospects are said to be most excellent.

sequently filed with Secretary Folger, to a number of persons about the Capitol. One charge is that the system of paying for cutting stone adopted by the supervising architect' is extravagant. Mr. Murch, it is understood, has made each complaints before,but neveer in the shape of formulated charges. Supervising Architect Hill says it is J. G. Mills who is said to be pressing the charges against him (Mr. Hill), not A. G. biills, formerly chief clerk of the architect's office, as heretofore published The members of the Civil-service Commission met by appointment at Wil lard's Hotel Monday morning, and then pro

ceeded to inspect the apartments offered as headquarters. Judge Thoman, one of commissioners, said: "We want three rooms for the commission proper, aud a large room in which to conduct examina

tions.' After the commissioners have secured quarters they will prepare for the work for which they were appointed. Kules for the government of the commis

sion have not yet formally considered the matter of the appointment- of examiner-in-chief, but will do so after they have established themselves in headun arters. This ouantity of old whiskies i n bonis estimated at 80,000,000 gallona This is not what is called the whisky of commerce. It is expected to be used as a beverage. The average number of drinks in a gallon is placed at sixty-four. The number of drinks, therefore, in bond, is 5,120,000,000, or 102 drinks for every man woman and child in the United States. How long this whisky would last depend n the number of people who drink it, and this is a bit of information not sup

lied by the United States cons ub. Fe males are not drinkers, as a rule; nor are children. Probably not more than ten million of the population drink, and not all of these are steady drinkers, and there is still a large proportion who do not drink bourbon whisky. The calculation is, therefore, probably correct, that there

is enongn 01 tins class or wjussy uow on hand to meet the demand for live years. The Congressmen still lingor, many of them, finishing up the work which the pressure of business during the closing hours of Congress did not allow thorn to perform. Many of them, on pleasure bent, are preparing for little excursions to various points to rest them after their labors. The resorts in the South arc proving very attractive to them, and our neighbors ;in that direction are to be blessed with the presence of some of these gentlemen for a few weeks to come, A considerable party leave at once on the United States rtcamer Tallapoosa for the West Indies. The steamer is to engage in dredging, taking deep sea soundings

and work of nus Kind, ana is to ue accompanied py a number of members. Mexico is proving quite attractive, too,

and a number of gentlemen will take up their line of march in that direction. Of course the majority go to their homes. Of these, some have gone already, aud others go in a few days after closing up their work in the departments. The question as to when the tax on capital and deposits of' banks, bankers aud national banking associations will cease, under the operation of the act of March 3 to reduce internal taxation, has not yet been decided. No decision will be made on the question until a ease arses. The statement that an opinion had been requested from the Attorneygeneral is incorrect. It is the opiuiou of certain officers of the Treasury Department that under section 13, which prescribes that the repeal of the existing laws enumerated in this act shall not effect any right accrued or accruing, it will probably be held that such taxes must be levied for the period ending March 8, the date of passage of the act Unless this ruling shall prevail, the national banks will have paid taxes on capital and deposits to Jan. 1 and other banks and bankers to Dec. J, giving the latter an rth antage on one m nths trxes. The Treasury Department is in receipt of all sorts of inquiries in regard to the proper construction of certain provisions of the new tariff bill. It is stated upon good authority that none of these tariff questions will be passed upon by the department

until the new law goes into effect.

Under date of Irkutsk, Siberia, Dec, 8, 1S82, Lieutenant Harber writes the Secretary of the Navy, giving a detailed report of the operations of his party in their search for the missing people of the Jeannette. At midnight, June 23, they left Irkutsk for the Lena, Delta, arriving at Bulun J uly 3. They took in the stores left by Engineer Melville and flitted out four parties with native boats. Lieutenant Harber then detailed the chief incidents of the search of the different xarties from day to day,the iHfnculties experienced from shoal water, and the impossibility of procuring native guides. They were frequently compelled to wade and drag their boats for miles. On the morning of Aug. 21 they reach d Matru, visited the tomb of Lieutenant Commander DeLong and companions, and put four heavy bolts through the standard and arms of the cross, in accordance with the request of Engineer Melville. Thence the search was continued to the northward, and on the 31st fchev reached the spot where Lieutenant Commander DeLong and party were found. A search was made to see if anything remained hidden under the suow; nothing of consequence, however, was found. Returning, the party reached Bulun on the 16th of September. Here the Jeanuotte party was placed in charge of Ensign Hunt. The search was continued Lieut emmt Harber and Mr. Schultz on sleds. Lieutenant Harber then gives an account of the points visited and the distances traveled, notes their return to Bulun on the 6th of November, and adds: "I regret to state that no trace of Chipp or his party, or his boat, has been seen by us or any of the natives. It is probeble that I communicated with every native of the delta, aud with those who were near the coast," The importance of the bill providing for cheap postal orders is not thoroughly understood. It will be put into effect so soon as the necessary notes can be prepared, the system to be copied as nearly as possible from that now in vogue in Eugland. The purpose is to afford the greatest practical safety for making small remittances at the least possible expense. The postal notes are to be engraved on

steel 111 a style ot art equal to tne greenback or the national bank notes, and as compared with the printed money ord er will be very expensiva This care is necessary to protect the purchaser. Owing to the great expense that would be involved in supplying all the postofiiccs in the United States with these notes, it has been ordered that the system be limited to the money-order oilices. The issue of these postal notes at so small a fee is considered at best an experiment. The estimate of the fnimers of the bill is that the net revenue of the government will not exceed &000 on 8120,000,000 of business annually, and this makes no allo wance for cost of transportation of letters of advice. For the transmission of suras under 5 one of these postal orders shall be

issued, and a fee of three cents will be charged for the issue thereof. It is made payable to the bearer, aud the government is not to be liable after the order is once paid. A change is also made in t he money-order system, whereby the amount is increased to 10(1, and the fee-: paid to be at the following rates: For orders not exceeding $10, eight cents; for orders exceeding $10 aud not exceeding ten

cents; for orders exceeding S15 and not exceeding 'M fifteen cents; for orders czceediug $30 and not exceeding $-10, twenty cents; for orders exceeding S40 and not exceeding $50, twenty-five ee.'jts; for orders exceeding 350 and not exceeding SCO, thirty cents; for orders exceeding $00

and not exceeding $70, thirty-five ceuts; for orders exceeding $70 and not exceeding $80, forty cents; for orders exceeding 880 and not exceeding S100, forty -five cents.

pyramids which clustered about the larger ones devoted to the lungs. Subjects were only allowed to have truncanod pyramids. One of the reasons win the touch of a Kmof or Oueen romiant was nionoscd to

cure disease was probably that' a pieee of gold from the privy purse was given to each person touched. These coins were called touch pieces, and the fashion of giving them was introduced by Menry VIII. The name Flantagenet belonged originally to the house of Anjou, and it is dorived fnm an advenkire of Fa Ik, the first Karh who, having committed some crime, in remorse went on a pilgrimage to Rome,

where lie was scourged with broom twigs

(planta genesta and from that circumstance assumed the name. The use of cork for making" jackets, as an aid to swimming, is very old. Wo are informed th'it the Roman whom Camillns sent to the capitol when besieged by the Gauls put ot a light dress ami took cork with him under it. because, to avoid the

enemy, it was necessary for him to swim across the Tiber, The head-dresses of the ladies in 1776 were remarkable for their enormous height. The coiflure of a belle of fashion was described as "a mountain of wool, hair,, powder, lawn, muslin, net, lace, gauze, ribbon, flowers,feathers and wire' Sometimes these varied materials were built up tier upon tier like the stages of a pagoda. Feng Ting Wang was the name of the person who introduced printing int China, and in 032 A. D. advised the Emperor to have the- Confucian classics printed with wooden blocks engraved for the purpose. The first books were printed in a regular manner, and in pursuance of a decree in 953. The blocks were not rtady until 973, when they were put on sale. In the year 17S4 eight bales of cotton grown in the United States were sent to England, where, upon arrival, it was seized and condemned by order of the privy council, on the ground that so large au amount of cotton could nor pf ssibly have been raised m America. This year the cotton crop of the United States will be not far fTom 7,000000 kiles,

In a Gold Mine. Jumw P. Iaw m l4itaett TUuhs, I went down into a gold mine the other day. You don't want, to go down into a gold mine without reflection, for you carry nothing but a tallow dip, the feeble rays of which arc not reflected by glittering pavements of gold. And then the grease drips all over yen, and the water trickles down on you, and now you slip and then you slide, and somebody shouts "lock out" when he must know yon can't look in. Then there are awful voices from away down somewhere, and the suggestion comes "suppose the whole thing should cave in." You won't go in any more, but you are in for it now, because the guide moves slowly ahead and darkness closes in around. You are the end of the procession, and might be left

ana lost. 111 tnese laDyrintnme passages and tortuous tunnels leading no one knows where. We wore told to step to the platform of an elevator when we were about a quarter of a mile from the entrance to the tunnel. Somebody rung a bell, and then said: "Look out; stand still," an " down we went at a quickening speed another hundred feet, to what the superintendent said was a lower level. There was nothing level about it. Through solid rock long tunnels were cut to chambers in which groups of miners were working and boring and hammering and thumping. All was solid rock which yielded reluctantly to the hardest blows and sharpest drills. There chey were 300 feet from the surface of the earth, toiling and delving away at what seemed to our eyes anything but goldbearing rock. The superintendent declared it was "very rich," but added, with glistening eyes: "When we got down a thousand feet further it will pay thirty per ton; the deeper the better." While standing there a husky and indistinct voice came from some far-oil chamber, warning all concerned that two blasts were about to be made. We were hustled over huge masses of ore into another chamber, and then came billowing np the deepest, awl'ulest sound I ever heard. It seemed like a groan from the bosom of poor mother earthjlorfcr.red and in agony. It does not add to one's sense of security to know that accident:, are not uncommon in these depths. Scarcely a day passes in which some poor fellow is not bonie out to daylight, maimed or dead. A mass of rock has fallen on him or he has fallen down a shaft. Miners are paid $3,50 per day of ten hours work. One force goes on while another goes off, so that miners, like the stamp mules, work night and day, Sundays included. And so they go on grinding down these monntains. In the Homestake mines there is ore enough in sight to keep its great force and huge mills at work for live years.

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Bmwhero, imr friond, upon our pilgrim way, W rtach n plnco t which we ihuba awhile And backward jjhzo and forward, ore tho day Reluctant carries hence its lingering ttmilo. Helow s stretch the hills wo -crossed at morn. The streams we bridged, the orchard's pious- . . ftnt rown: Above, white peak on peak climb bights unworn, (rownod with (he beauty of oternal snows. And much w" marvel, looking o'er the pnU . That o'or wo deemed it tauglod, roub or long, Since tno or rsliff, or briery thicket hath To-day the grace of a rememborod wg Forgot the toils, the terrors aii forgot:, Only the blessings garnered, liko the sites f, Remain our wealth, which nisi nor slain shall blot, Nor moth despoil, nor rifle reckless thief. And fearJenNly we scan the years to be The coming days, advancing one by one: Steadfast and blithe we hail them; strong and f roc. Ib'jtcef. rib we walk to meet the setting sun. Dear half way house! Sweet friends hast thou bwn there; Dost know how soft its pillows to the head; Hast e'er breathed its pure caressing sir; Hast dreamed its dreams; hast there been comforted? Then grateful for the good baud of thy ( 5od, And trustful for the changes still unknown.

Once mure thou moyost essay the pilgrim road, Secure of never faring there alone.

ONE WOMAN'S WIT.

Lincoln and One of His Old Friends. Nashua, N. it., Toiegragh. In February, I860, Mr. Lincoln made ;i trip to Now York, where lie was engaged to lecture in Cooper Institute on tbe 27th of the month. After the delivery of this lecture he came on to New Hampshire, and spoke in Manchester and Concord. While on this journey he stopped over night with a friend in Lawrence, sharing his humble quarters in preference to the better ones of r; hotel, for this friend was poor. The next nionnng Mr. Lincoln proceeded to fill his eug sgement at Manchester. Weeks and mouths rolled by, filled with the stirring scenes of a presidential campaign, i which Mr. Lincoln n at. the central and remarkable figure. Mr. Lin coin was elected, and in March, 1S81, was in augurated. One evening, a little later,

there was a reception at the White House. The crowd was almost a solid and imp- u-

etrable mass. It surged about the President, and it was with extreme difficulty that many weie enabled to take him by the hand. Suddenly there was a commotion; and a voice was htard to exclaim, as its owner came elbowing his way through the throng: ' Abo! Abe!' Mr. Lincoln looked up, and recognised and warmly greeted his Lawrence friend. The next day, in the privacy of the White House Mr, Lincoln wrote a request to the collector of the port of Boston to make a place for his Lawrence friend.

HISTORICAL ITEMS. Cvaxares, the first prominent leader of the Medea, burned Nineveh 625 B. C. The las triumph ever held in Home was that given to Stilioho in 101, when he drove Alario out of Ita defeating him at Potantta and Verona The Prince and Princess of jo early Egyptian dynasties were buried iu small

Irrigation in Nevada. Nevada is about done with mining, and is now inclined to become an agricultural stat ft has iarge tracts of land upon which only the sage brush; cactus, and grosewood grow, but which boeome prodnu tive when streams are turned on. It is pro posed to irrigate these deserts at public

j expense, and reclamation commissioners i have been appointed to investigate.

From "Border Life." Crack, crack, crack ! One of the horses dead! The driver tumbles down from his seat a second later, followed by an outside passenger. The crash of glass, Hying splinters, the shrill whistle of rifle balls! over and above all, the unearthly yells of the savages I Taken prisoners- Billy aud Dave Hopkins, known on the theatrical posters as the "Balsamo Brothers;" "Mademoiselle Helene, the quen of the floating wire," in private life, Mrs. Billy Hopkins; "Eli Nino, the child wonde in fact, Billy Hopkins, jr. "Dead the driver and two passengers. The Balsamo Brothers, Mademoselle Helene and Eli Nino, were en route to fill an engagement in Denver, just then, assuming the importance of a mining city The prisoners were tied upon the coach horses and hurried some ten or fifteen miles away. When night approached, a green spot was selected by a running stream, and the party encamped. Words fail to portray the anxieties, the agonies of the prisoners. Poor little woman! Ho w she reproached herself in an agony of tears for she it was who urged the acceptance of this western engagement. The salary, which was somerlung wonderful in figures, was to be paid in gold. Its dazzling light blinded Mrs. Lucy to the risk of which they had spoken and at which they had laughed; the salary which would go so far toward paying for the little home they meant to buy,and for which they had been hoarding ever Bince their boy was born. "Great heavens, Dave! what are we to do? These devils mean to torture us.

See, they are collecting wood for that purpose. My wife and child will be saved for a worse fate." "It would have been much better for us all to be lying on the road stiff and stark like those other poo- fellows." "I fell yon what, Dave, I mean to give them trouble yet." 'What can wo do Billy? Our hands are tied, and wherever we go we are guarded !r The two men relapsed into gloomy silence. For some time the Indians amused themselves over the wardrobe of the show people. Especially were tkey delighted with the stage jewelry, and fluffy skirts in which the "Queen of the floating wire" appeared in public. "The tights" belonging to the Balsamo brothers, however, occasioned ninch wonderment. Over these they gesticulated and vociferated as they were passed from hand to hand. Presently a couple of the braves brought the garments forward and reeled off words, the purport of which the brothers might not have fathomed, had the gestures been omitted. It was evident they asked an explanation of the use or merits of the singular affairs. "I say, Dave," spoke np Billy, quickly "they want to know what these tights are for. If we can only persuade them to let us do some stage business it may save our lives a day or two." "Or they may take us for medicine men," answered Dave. "If we get our hands free we may escape somehow." With this idea in their minds they went through a great amount of pantomimic dialogue, and succeeded in con-

I veying some ideas into the brains of their

dusky captors, which resulted in their being released, still carefully guarded, however. They swung the trapeze from the bough of a large oak -performers on this contrivance always carrying the nec-

j essary ropes and bars with them. The KAvnfffis watched every movement with

the deepest interest, their curiosity increasing with every movement. Bill managed to exchange a few words with his wife, and was glad to see she had her hands free. "Lucy, when you sea those fellows looking their eyes out, take the boy and slip away. Follow that star and you will strike some town before long." "And leave you, my husband? Never! We can die together."

"You must fly, my darling! A worse fate than death awaits you, Oh, my God, Lucy, do not hesitate! We will keep them interested as long as we can. You must hasten away with all your might. I would plunge a knife in your heart myself rather than leave you to the mercy of thee worse than brutes." "Come on, Billy shouted Dave, "They are impatient."

"Billy, with a whispered, "Good-bye! God keep you safe!" left his wife. It was a curious sight, certainly, the like of which the mammon th trees about them never before witnessed. The Balsamo Brothers had performed before many audiences in the east, but never were they so anxious to excel as on this occa .ion. Pride in their skill, the wish to astonish the blood-thirsty audience,

and the thought of the woman and child they wou hi save, conspired to stimulate them. As they sprang from t ie bushes before the crowd a murmer of surprise

and admiration came from the braves. For a moment the acrobats stood like marble statu. s, saving alone the embroidered shirt about their waist and the little bracelet which ornamented the wrist. In the ied man's eye they looked like gods like being from anot'ier world. Both men were models of physical beauty, and the light, from the blazing flame-wreaths added to the glamour. The half-audible expression of woudoring approbation reached their ears, and nerved them for

their t ask. Billy cast a fond look in the direction of his wife and child. A shiver ran tl rough his heart as he asked: "Shall I ever see them again V" Hand in hand the brothers advanced until directlyUieneath the trapeze. With a bow as graceful and profound as they would have bestowed on a Fifth avenue audience they took their places on the bar. Lucy and the child were seated in the shadow, t.ot far distant, and in full view of the trapeso The savages reclined on the ground between her and the fire. She was krtured between the salvation of her child and the desertion of her dearly loved husband. She could not decide the quest i m. Strive as she would, she could not summon resolution sufficient to leave Billy to his fate. When she thought of that which was more cruel than deaths she dare not stay. Tf she could but yield her own life, and save her husband and her child, how willingly, she thought, she would go to her death. The performances began As the brothers passed from the simpler feats to those more fistonishing the applause grew more and more vehement among the savages. A sensation the like of this they had nev

er before known. Feats of activity and strength appeal with irre istable force to the wild men, and create a lespect and veneration, where the higher qualities of the mind would fail entirely. Most eagerly they watched the swift contortions of the agile acrobats,as their shapely white limbs (lashed in and out among the ropes, now hanging from the bar or swinging in the air. The vocabulary of Indian gutturals was exhausted in vain effort to do justice to the performance. Conscious of the sensation they created, the bi others, during brief intervals of rest, were busily employed in devising some plan to take advantage of it. Billy hoped that Lucy aud the boy, ere this, had found a propitious moment to steal unobserved from the camp; but it was impossible to be sure of it. He expected every minute to hear the shout which would follow the announcement of their escape. He knew they could not continue their exertions much longer. Already they felt the strain and fatigue which must soon be followed by utter exhaustion. "Shall we cut and run for it, Billy? I can't keep the mill going much longer, whispered Dave. There was no answer to the question for the next instant the Indians were upon their feet, scrambling like mad toward their ponies, and giving vent to exclamations of fear. Heaven, it seemed, had interposed to rescue the prisoners. Lurid balls of green and red fire fell flying among the retreating host. Was it some curious electrical phenomena, with special vengeance for their cruel foes? for the flaming b?tls followed them along. Several times they flashed quite near :he dismayed braves, and succeeded in filing their souls with infinite terror, and the ir with agonizing yells. It seemed but an instant before the hoof-beats began to sound more liko echoes than realities.telling how rapidly the discomfitted red men were putting grass between themselves and the haunted camp. The acrobats themselves were startled, and know not what to make of it until a,

1 woman's laugh wa s heard, and Mrs. Lucy

sprang into her husband's arms,aud with a woman's inconsistency exchanged the laugh for sobbing explanations. "I couldn't leave you, Billy I just couldn't! And when I happened to think of that package of stage bombs which we brought with us for one of our acts, I knew what to do. I found them, fortu

nately, without trouble, and fired them

right among the crowd. I never saw a house cleared so quiet before, did you? But it was not the time to discuss the subject. Iu the flight and frenzy of the red foes' retreat they stopped not to think of plunder or prisoners, hence the coach horses remained to carry the whilom prisoners to a small settlement, where they arrived the next afternoon.

Grant's Gloomiest Day. Gen. Grant, in a recent conversation, said; Tne darkest day of my life was the day I heard of Lincoln's assassination. I did not know what it meant. Here was the rebellion put down in the field and starting up again in the gutters. We had fought it as war; now we had to fight it as assassination. Lincoln was killed on the evening of the fourteenth of April. I was busy sending out orders to stop recruiting, the purchase of supplies, and to muster the army, Lincoln had promised to go to the theater and wanted me to go with him. While I was with the President a note came from Mrs. Grant saying that she must leave Washington that night. She wanted to go to Burlington to see her children. Some incident of a trifling nature had made her resolve to leave that evening. I was glad to have it so, as I did not want to go to theater. So I made my excuses to Lincoln, aud at the proper hour we started for the train. As we were driving along Pennsylvania avenue a horseman rode past us on a gallop and back again around our carriage,looking into it. Mrs. Grant said: "There is the man who sat near us at lunch to-day with some other men, and tried to overhear our conversation. He was so rude that we left the dining room. Here he is riding after us." I thought it was only

curiosity, but learned afterwards that the horseman was Booth. It seemed that I was to have lx?en attacked, and Mrs. Grant's sudden resolve had chahged the plan. A few days after I received an anonymous letter from a man saying that he had been detailed t kill me; that he rode on my train ss far as Havre tie Grace, and as my car was locked he failed to get in. He thanked God that he had failed, f remember that the conductor lockel

I our car, but how true the letter was I

cannot say. I learned of the assassination as I was passing through Philadelphia. T turned around, took a special

tram, and came on to Washington. It

was the gloomiest day of my life.

construction. The municipality of Moscow has voted 20,000 rubles to be epani on preparations for the grand entry of the imperial family into the city, 80,000 rubles for illumination, and 100,000 for popular fetes. Enormous quantities of small presents for the populace have also been ordered. For the illumination of the Kremlin forty electric globes, to give a brilliancy equal to 400 candles each, with six versts of wire conductors are being made, and electrical engineers from England have arrived to aid in fitting up. Very costly presents in the form of gold and silver groups representing the liberation and protection of the smaller Slavonic States by Unesia, have been made for Hie Princes of Bulgaria and Montenegro and the King of Servia. The massive gold and silver plate for the presentation of the Slavonic bread and rait at the coronation have been made by the hundred for the zemstves, municipalities, and

other local bodies. Many of these bod-.

ies, although over head and ears in debt, owing to agricultural and commercial distress, have yet voted hundreds of thousands of rubles in this way to swell the magnificence of the approaching ceremony. Several triumphal arches are to be constructed for the imperial entry, at one of which is to be an orchestra of 1,000 musicians and 8,000 choristers. It is proposed to ask Bubinstein to write a march for the occasion, and to direct the orchestra in person. A list of the imperial and royal personages to be asked to the ceremony is given in one of our daily journals. It includes nearly all the crowned heads of Europe and Asia. Two high officials, it is said, will shortly be dispatched, one to Europe and the other to Asia, to deliver the invitation?.

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A spruce and cooceirod young Mr. Fell in love with. another chip's r. With liie ewwt little oae, At the end of the lrnie. Ho met and ho fain would have kr, But ho trod on her train, At the end of the lane, And a slap on his face made a blr.

Indiana Statistics. . The fourth annual report of the Hon, J. B. Conner, of the Indiana Bureau of Statistics, like all such reports, affords food for study. Thus, in the table of '-Deaths for Nine Months," consumption furnished lf845 victims out of a total of 10,663. By cholera infantum there are 590 deaths; pneumonia, 862; typhoid fever, 483. No other diseases reaches 300. Over one-fourth of the deaths in Indiana are caused by three diseases. Old age affords the very respectable number of 142. Overdoses of medicine took off 9 persons, and the mistake of a druggist 1. Milk sickness still holds out with one case. In the report about domestic animals that the dogs have killed in round numbers, 40,000 sheep during the past year. That is a heavy tariff on wool. The number of hogs dying of disease is 375,000; which is 15 per cent, of tee whole number in the State, The death rate of no other animal is as nigh as 4 per cent. The decrease in the number of marketable hogs is 121,000; but the decrease in bacon is much less, because of the greater weight of those fatted this year. Of oats, hay aud Irish potatoes the crop of 1882 was the largest ever grown in Indiana. Wheat was at least equal to any other year, Indiana has the largest school fund in the United States; but the amount devoted to the schools is less than that of several others, This is from the fact that the latter raise more by taxation. During the year the hens of Indiana have done duty to the tune of 19,000,000 dozens of eggs. To produce all these eggs there were 628,000 dozen of chickens. There are similar statistics on a large number of subjects.

A LITTLE SPICE. No intelligent lawyer will ever take the will for the deed. . Remarkable transformation of color When the white stag turns to bay. .. The Harvard Lampoon says a Cambridge ton of coal is the champion light weight, A mau wno keeps telling a woman he is her friend is either in love with her, or

afraid he will be. Fat Esquimau babies, when they die, are tried out by their aftlicted parents for lamp oil. Thus ever is human misery made light of. . One of the two things a man must have to go with comfort through the world either an abiding faith in providence or a strong sense of humor. . A Boston preacher delivers lectures every Monday. If there ever is a time people need the consolation of religion it is on washday.- Philadelphia News. A little girl in a Hartford S mdayschool, unused to diplomatic ways, sidled up to her teacher and naively said: "Mother wanted me to find out in a roundabout way whether you are Mrs. or Miss The daughter of a Texas cattle king has just returned from Paris, where she says she walked through ths Tooraloorals and visited a shottoe, where she saw the statutes of Pysic and Catherine de Medical. .... Husband (2 a. m. after a curtain lecture) "Well, all Pve got to say is you are a person of such refinement and good breeding you ought to be above talking to a drunken fellow at this time of the night." Birmingham Owl. Mme. Scaiehi, of the Patti troupe sings three times a week and gets 2,500 per month. She began life as a scrubber in the Convent Garden Theater. Her voice therefore should be soaprano, but

1 it isn't. Pittsburg Telegraph.

Her lips were like the leave, he said. .Ry autumn crimson tinted: Some people autumn leavas preserve By presHinRthem, she hiuted, The meaning of th gentle hint ' The lover did discern , . : , . And so he clasped her,rpu,u4 tfe nck And glned Ids lips to hor'uHast thou no feeling , To see me kneeling My love revealing, Day after day? SHE. Yes, I have A feeling! To see you kneeling, Your bald head revealing. Take it away He was a depositor in a Eochester savings bank. He entered the institiition the other morning and timidly inquired "Is the Cashier in the city? "O, yes, he's at hie window." "And is the Treasurer around?" "He is." "And the President?" "The President is in his office." "Has the bank been speculating in oil, wheat, cotton or mines!" "No, sir." "And if I were to . present my book could I draw the four dollars I have on deposit?" Yon could.' "Well, that takes a great burden oflf my mind." signed the stranger, as he walked out with greatly improved looks. Eochester paper.

Religious Notes. The fourth gospel is the heart of Christ. Earnesti. The Anglican plague is what the French call the Salvation Army. The number of monks in Belgium has doubled in thirty-four years. Dr. Granville Moody's health is impftn J ing under the tonic atmosphere of Iowa There is not a mortgage debt on any Presbyterian church in the State of Nebraska. Every man throws upon his surrounding the sunshine or shadow of his own soul. John Peddle. It is announced that Bishop Peck will not lye able to bold his spring conference owning to continued ill health.

The Methodists are making such efforts in Italy as will soon place them in the van of evangelizing churches there, Dr. Benson, the now archbishop of Canterbury, has been elected president of the Church of England Temperance Society. The degree of I. IX has been conferred en Rev. J. A. Worden, Sunday-school seere tary of the Presbyterian church, byLafay ette College. The Rev. Dr Eankin has made known his inteatiou net to accept the call of the Euclid avenue Congregational Church, of Cleveland, O. ... The Rev. C. H. Parkhust, D. 33., thinks that the club, as oidiuarily constituted, is devices of the devil for undermining the stability of the home, chilling its temperature aud breaking its power. The Italians have a prayer which "I pray that I may never be married. But if I marry, I pray that I may not be deceived But if I am deceived. I pray that I may aot know it. But if I know it, I pray that I may be able to laugh at the whole affair.' The Kev. Mr. Bejerring, formerly priest in the Greek Chapel in New York, which the Russian government recently decided

to discontinue, has applied for membership in the presbytery of New York city

and it is expected that his application will

-be fav orably entertained.

The Coming Coronation. London Timet'.

Among the various preparations for the

coronation are the following: The Holy

Svuod, composed of three metropolitans, two archbishops, and one chief priest, will sit at Moscow until the end of .Tunc,

jind r the meantime ne represeuiea in

Kt. IViersbnrc by a delegation only. On

the plain which is partly occupied by the buildings of the recent exhibition at Moscow eighty-five circular counters are being constructed for the distribution of 9b0,000 pies to the Moujiks, and sixteen vate to hold 040,000 bottles of beer, for free consumption by the people attending the open theater and other places of popular amusement uow in course of

The Iron Duke aud His Coffin. Lecture; of Chauucy VL Depow, Now York, "The vast proportions of St. Paul's can not be appreciated until the interior is reached, and there the attention is held by the architectural beauties of the grand dome. 'When we came to the statue and sarcophagus of the pake of Wellington, I asked the guide if he remembered Col. Bob Iiigereoll, and he answered ruefully that he did. When Ingersoll " visited 8t Paul's, the guide, (pointing out the statue) said wiih dignitied solemnity: That, sir, is the monument of the Duke.' 'What Duke? asked Colonel Bob. 'All the Dukes are intimate friends of mine.'

u 'The frou Duke,' replied the guide, 'the great Duke of Wellington, sir; his body is inclosed in two metallic coffins, a rosewood casket, aud a stone sarcopha.' gws.' "At this Bob struck the guide on the breast with such ardor that ho was knocked six feet away, and exclaimed: ' 'Old man you have got him. If bo ever gets out, cable at my expense to R. G, Ingereoll, Peoria, TLV " Au Iowa paper tells of a citizen "hold ing a. joint discussion with neuralgia,

How to Cure a Balky Horse. "What do you do with a balky horse V' "On the road I should first tie a string hiA f Afcinnk. nr lmharness and har

ness him again, or put a handful of sand in his mouth." . . "What is the philosophy of- the string around the fetlock?" "The horse wonders what it is there for, and, whi'e thinking, he resumes his customary trot and forgets all about his pain." ... ..... "Why would you unharness and then harness the horse again?" "Because some part of the harness may have chafed him, and the change in its position may relieve the pressure." "And the sand?" "The use of sand in the case of a balky horse is quite common iu the country. The gritty substance is very disagreeable to a horse, and while trying to got rid of it he iguores his real pain, and starts off without any further incentive Shakspere says in one of his plays: Where the greater ill is fixed The leseor is scarce felt. Thoud'st shun a bear; But if thy course lay toward the ragiug sea, Thond'st meet the boar 'i the month. , "Some animals greatly desire sand in the craw, but I know of nothing that so . greatly puzzles a horse as an ounce or two of sand in his mouth. Till he has it removed he knows and cares little about anything else.' ! Wheat Growing interests. Philadelphia Inquirer. From the best attainable information concerning the relative positions of leading European wheat-growing countries, Russia is believed to stand at the head; France occupying the second,and AustroHungary the third place on the list. The wheat grown in Great Britain finds a home market, and, although Germany makes some shipments, her imports largely exceed her exports. Much of the Austrian and Hungarian wheat is consumed at home; but it is thought that the residents of these countries, if a marked rise in prices should take place, would sell their wheat, and use rye even more extensively than at present Russia would follow this example. India's wheat exports are large and will become

larger in the future. The shipments represent an unusually high per eentage of the production, because, the staple food of the natives being rice, the demands of the home market are comparatively trifling. She Didn't Give. Detroit Free Proas. . , ,.: "Madam," he began, as he lifted his hat at the front door, "I am soliciting for mvve ' i. L 7. i-. . ii U A nail i 4f ttnnr.

! ragged, and vicious children; like those at j your gate, and our object is-" "Sir! those are my own children F, she

interrupted, and the way that front door slammed his toes jarred every hair on his sealp-look. Mr, Bowman, a divine of: Harrison Go., captured and handcuffed a young man vfho had seduced his daughter, a short time ago, under the promise of marriage. The young man is now offering to marry he daughter if he is released' ; . . Gladstone's re appearance in Commons Monday, was greeted with cheers. ,