Bloomington Courier, Volume 9, Number 32, Bloomington, Monroe County, 9 June 1883 — Page 3

Tke freebooter corresrjondent is doing a great deal to destroy the traditions of the country find destroy the idols of our fancy. A fellow down in Wellington has just given the world to know that Clay at one time indulged in a fight with a billy-goat and got decidedly the worst of it. And the same authority declares that John Quincy Adams once had his clothes stolen while he was in swimming, and had to keep his dignified?ody under water until a negro boy brought hin some other clothes from a farmhouse.

I4AW in America is a mighty uncertain commodity. At Chicago a murderer was admitted, though his guilt was beyond question. In New York, ' or. Tuesday, Charles Sleitli was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for steeling seven cants, and James H. Kearney was acquitted of the charge of having sold fifty eonnterfeit dollars, whereas ho had sold but foi ty-nine counterfeit dollars. Some 'people are still hopeful that the day will come when technical idiocy shall give way to legal and wholesoma common sense in the interest of justice and good order. ...

WASHINGTON NOTES,

CtonpoBATioxs, we are informed, have no souls. But it seems that cne at least hfis some sympathy, and it is said that t he Pennsylvania Railroad Company has ordered that the 600 men thrc wn out of employment by the destruction of the shops at Hackensack Meadows be retained on the pay roll at full wages until the structure be rebuilt Thev will also pay to every man the loss he sustained by the 'destruction of his tools. The , company, can afford this generosity, ami the good e Sect will not be lost The men will not forgot it "

The Inter-Ocean emphatically contradicts the report sent out from Washington recently that the loss ct live . stock amounts to about $6000,000 annually, mainly due to pleuro-pneumonia. It Bays the great bulk of the cattle of the United States graze west of the Alle- - hemes, and it is doubtful if a really au-

f lion tic case of the disease can be" found in the West In the great cattle growing rogions of the West it is absolutely unknown, the losses there being due almost "holly to severe storms. In ordinary asons the loss of cattle on the plains d'lesnot average over two per cent, but I he losses this year, owing to the unusual seerify of, the storms, is placed at ten I ev cent

It has been repeatedly pointed out that ice5 is destroying tha American race; The ion water that-is universally drunk by Americans who believe themlves to be

temperate chills the stomach, render digestion impossible, and makes the consumer a hopeless yspapfcie, even if it is nrtie3ntsible---a8 manv ner aonsbel tee--ii tow-for that almost exclusive Ameri nil malady, Bnght's disease of the kidneys. But there is another Til wrought by ice in this country of which no notice h 10 yet been taken. The practice of pre

serving food on ice is rapidly demoralizi lgthe American palate and rendering as a nation, incapable of dining like civilized beings;

THE CHILDREN WE KEEP.

A NEW use has been discovered for oyster shells. For years they have bean used

for the manufacture of lime as manure for decorative purposes, and in the preparation of a cheap imitation of marble;

but it is now found that they cannot be

better utilized tl?an by being thrown in quantities into the sea, where they make the best possible foundation for new oyster beds. In July and N August next many ship loads of these empty shells -vill be sunk by English and French oyst r farmers in various places suitable for t'ie purpose, and a few healthy living ysters will then be dropped upon the i.une spots. Experiments have proved liat under such conditions the bivalves ill shortly multiply to an almost in-' c edible extent: and in so brief a oeriod

" as two years each empty shell will have from thirty to forty young oysters attached to it The new generation can then be removed to make r com for more, and fattened for market in specially constructed tanks. The huntsman of a well-known English Tack returned home lately by rail in a

third c!as3 carriage in which were already Mve men,and, as he entered, seeing a

parcel of thin papers on the floor under

the seat he picked them up. Looking at

them and then at his companions, he ask-

ea if any gentleman had lost a bundle of

papers. .Each man said "No," and the

huntsman handed the bundle to the

station master, raying. "As they seem to

tie bank notes, I had better leave them with you." The men agreed that he had

HioBO ngnt; bus, after a time, one began

to feel in his pockets, and, with many im-

ecanons on ins stupidity announced

that he had lost a bundle of notes received

that day at market A discussion ensued

rto w wiwi was w ob aone ana it was

agreea tnat fine nest thing' was for the

owner to get out at the next station, take

a back, and go back as hard as he could

as tne victim hurried off, the huntsman

laughed a quiet laugh and said, "I thought there would be one rogue out of six men.

it was a bundle of play bills r

The beauties of lawyer made law to breed litigation are illustrated in the case of Francis Staltera,whc died in New York

Oity m 1851, leaving an estate valued at from half a million to a million dollars.

A final accounting in 1858 was attempted by one of the executors, but it was upset by litigation. Ten years later a second attempt was made, and a decree entered by the Surrogate before whom it' was heard. This was appealed from, and the decree was rerersed. Ten years more of litigation followed, when another account in? was undertaken, and another decree entered; and this, after a long legal contest was sustained, and a distribution of the estate among the heirs was ordered. But this was delayed by the appearance of a lawyer with a claim of $l,Q0O for legal services rendered ten or twelve years ago. Finally it was disallowed, and the distribution is to take place if nothing further interferes. All of the original executors are dead, some of the Surrogates, a nd many of the lawyers, of whom more tian fifty have had a nibble at the estate; Mid now it reaches the litigous heirs reduced to about $7(000. The wonder is that so much is left of it after more than thirty years' of contest in the courts. The heirs must feel gratified with their success in contributing eo liberally to the Nest profession for consnmiug props' known to the world.

General Grant thinks Logan and

THuitin shrnntf possibilities for the Re

publican nomination. In view of the appearance cf yellow fever omshiphoard at Havana, the Marine

Hospital officials have eaVed the proper

authorities to examine all vessels leaving Cuban porta for the United States. The postmaster general is said to have come to the conclusion that Senator Ma hone shall not be permitted to dispense the patrons of the department in Vir ginia. The withholding of similar poweir from Chalmers, of Mississippi, has resulted in that gentleman losing all .influence in state politics. f Burchard, Director of the Mint left Washington Sunday evening upon an official visit to the mining regions of the Western States and Territories for the purpose of collecting statistics of their mineral productions. He will also super

vise the annual settlement of the accounts of the Western mint and assay offices. Kumor has it that General Sherman's youngest daughter, Rachel, is betrothed to"ex-Seoretary Blaine's second son, Mr. Emmons Blaine. The families have always been intimate, and especially during the time they lived almost next door to each other on Fifteenth street, as they did for about four yetrs before Mr. Blaine moved into his new mansion. Mr: Hill-"srems at last to have been aroused by a realization that an investigation of the business of the office of the supervising architect IB in proBTCcs. Until quite lately ithas been-regarde;! something-n&the ligMof-ar5j;3oke,-"liit several gentlemen whosenanfes are ' -mixed Tip in the charges appear to be taking considerable interest in the proceedings just now.: -.... ...... r. . ,.. The civil-service conmrissieners held a meeting M nday at which a . number of questions in detail relating to the examination of candidates for places in the civil service, and to the application of the new rules governing appointments were

.discussed. " The most important of these

questions was what iuterperfcation should be given the words "one family" in that clause of the civil 'service reform bill which provides that when two persons of one family are employed in the civil service of the government no other mem-

ber of that family shall be eligible to-ap-

pointment As the commissioners do not, care to examine persons who are ineligible

they wish to have this question definitely settled, and will ask the opinion of the Attorney-general ..upou it. They dcpire to know whether "one family" means only parents and their children, or whether, taking into consideration the intet of the law, which was plainly the prevention of nepotism, the prohibition is t o be understood as extending to nephews and nieces, brothers and eistersj grandchildren, cousins and relatives by marriage, of

the persons holding places in the civil

service. . , , . Two representatives of the colored people living in the Indian Territory were at the Interior Department Monday to look after their interests under the act of the last Congress, appropriating $300,000 for Cherckee lands west of the Arkansas river. This act provided that the money should be paid into the Cherokee treasury and expended as the acts of the Cher

okee Legislature should direct. The

Cherokee Legislature it is claimed, took

advantage of this clause and passed a law

directing that the money should be divi

ded only among pure blooded Cherokees. This act not only deprives the colored

people of their righte, but also the Shaw-

nees and Delawares. Delegates from the

latter tribes will also come on and have a

conference with the Secretary of the Interior. The money is not- available until the conveyances of the lands are executed

and they must be satisfactory to the Sec

retary of the Interior. The latter is in

clined, under the present phase of the

question, to withhold his consent to the deeds unless a fair division of the money

is made. In recrard to the riarhts of the

colored people, the Cherokees claim they

nave exclusive authority to determine their status, and the government denies

this authority. -French Detectives.

Nineteenth Century, .

Les Agents Secrets are not only personally unknown to the general public,

but, save in exceptional cases, even to

each other. It is Jknown where they may be found at a moment's notice when wanted; but, as a rule, they do not frequent the Prefecture more than can be helped. They have nothing whatever to do with serving summonses or executing warrants. There are among them men who have lived in almost every class of life, and each of them has what may be called a special line of business of his own. In the course of their dnty some of them mix with the receivers of stolen goods; others with thieves; many with what are called in Paris commercial rascals, andjoot a few with those whose "industry" it is to melt silver and other property of a like valuable nature. Forgers, sharpers of all kinds, house-breakers and horsestealers a very numerous and most industrius class in Paris have tach and all their special agents of the police, who watch them and know where to lay their nands upon them when "wanted." A French detective who can not assume and "act up to" any character, and who can not disguise himself in any

manner so effectually as not to be recognized even by those who know him best, is not considered fit to hold his appointment. Their abilitv m this way is marT.nl "I f V ....

vciuuo. uiib or mem some years ago made me a bet that he would, in the course of the next few days, address me four times, for at least ten nunutes each time, and that I should not know him unless he discover' d himself. As a matter of course I was on my guard and mistrusted everyone who came near me. But the man won his bet If is needless to enter into particulars. Let it suffice to say that in the course of the next few days he presented himself in the character of a bootmaker's assistant, a fiacre driver, a venerable old gentleman with a great interest; in the Bourse, and, finally, as a waiter in the hotel in which I was stopping. Assuredly the man deserved

to win his bet, for in no single case had 1 the faintest suspicion of his identity. The Marquis of Lome will vacate the office of Governor-general of Can p da in October, returning to Great Britain to be made a peer of the realm. PrmcessLouise will take her depirt are in July, proceeding to a German mineral spring for the benefit of her health.

The export whisky associa t ion has secured the services of Gnerfll Raum to look after tne interests of the association befpre the attorney-generah

The ohtldren kept conrinjr, otjo hv on p. . . Till tho boys wore five nI t.iiGKirla wnro three, And the big brown house was alive with fun From the basement door to the old 100C tree. Liko garden flowets the little ones prew, Nurtured and trained with the tonderest care, Warmed by love's stinhino, bnthed in ts dew. They bloomed into beauty, like roses rare. But on of the boys grew wwiry one day. And leaned his head on his mother's breast, He said, "I am tired and oannot play; It me sit avhile on your knee and rest." She hushed him to sleep with her swe etent song. And raptnrons lovo still lightened hie face When his spirit had Joined the heavenly throng. , Then the eldmt.girl with her thontrhtfnl oyes. Who stood where "the brook and the river ...... meet," Stole softly away in to Paradise Ere "the river" had reached hr slendf-r feet. While the father's eyes on the grave Nrebont, Tlio mother loosed onward beyond skies; "Our treasures," sho whispered, "were only lent. Our darlings were ante's in earth's disguise." TIia yeers flow by and the children began With loncinff to think of the werld outside; And as each in his turn became a man. - The boys proudly went from the father's side. The girls were woman so con tie and fair, rhat lovers were speedy to woo and win; And with orange blossoms in braided hair. The old home was left, new heroes to begin. 80. one by ono, the children have gone The boys were five and the girls were throe; And the big brown houso is gloomy and lono. With bnt two old folks for its company.

They talk to each othet about the past.

As they sit together at eventide, And say, "All the children wo krop RtliM Are th boy and tho girl who in childhood died." .......

A FRENCH INN MYSTERY.

On the evening of March 27; 1875, a traveling cnrriap;e was driven up to the door of the inn which for nearly half a centnry had borne the name of "Les Trois Canards." Thia wayside inn was on the old post rShd leadiDSf into Chalons, and half a mile from the Chateau de Sonte.au. But few travelers of late had honored this old

inn with their patronage, and its land

lord, Jean Bernie, and hi4 wif, . fifteen years younper than himself, a faseinatino; little brunette, with the prraee, piquancy

and bearinp; of a woman of better decree

than her present station, had , but two

servants, one a house prirl, and the other a hostler. There was little need of even

that help, save, perhaps on such days as

there might happen to be a errand review

of the government troops at Chalons.

The carriage was driven up in front of the inn and the drive leaned from his snf md opened the door of tV vehicle. 'This is 'Lea Trais Canards " aid the4 coachmen in a respectful tone. "The inn which is near the Chateau de Sonteau." A man came out of the carriage, followed by one in the plain livery of a valet, .. .. .. "Rudolphe,"he said to the servanV'brino; out tho portmanteau and dressing case. We will stop here to-nipht. In the morning we will be in time enough for the visit to the chau." Master and valet at once entered the inn, and shortly afterward were shown to the small suite of rooms, a little cramped salon or parior, with an arl joining bed chamber, which the latter was to ooeupy. "Did yon see Monsieur's vtilet?" said the landlord to his wife. "Yes; and he resembles eomo one at the chateau. Ah, I remember! Why, he is the very image of Cherin, the keeper of the lodge, who has charge of the chateau." "I would have sworn it wai Cherin," was the landlord's answer. "The likeness is wonderful." The newly arrived guest's name was M1 Robert de Launey, a banker, en rout from Chalons to Paris. His valet, a handsome fellow of thirty-five years, informed the landlord that his master intended pur

chasing tne chateau ana using it as a summer residence. Half the purchase money was to be paid in the morning. The banker and his valet h&d arrived at the inn at 8 o'clock. The conversation of the valet with the inn keeper had occurred at 9 o'cloek, the exact time being, as she afterward testified, particularly noticed by Marie. Bernis. P At half past nino the valet was called for by his master. Fifteen or twe?3ty minutes later he decended to the little bar room, and asked in no very pleasant manner the nearest road t the chateau, adding that "men who are served have no fee'ing, and those who serve them get no n-st. I am to go through the darkness to night now -to the chateau with a message to M. de 8onteau.M . "But M. de Sonteau, at so late an hour may not receive your message. He is a surly, qnick tempered man, and his late

misfortunes the loss of his fortune at the gaming tables and his natural ugliness

of disposition"

"Will make him recive me all the quick

er when he knows I am come from the

banker, who is to pay him on account

300,000 francs to-morrow morning. Here

is the message, sealed up as tight as a tomb A horse, landlord, and quickly,

so I may get back m time for a night's

rest."

The landlord gave him the horse and

the necessary directions for reaching the

chateau.

"I will wait up until you return," said

the landlord.

"M. de Launey will ring if he needs

any service," were the parting words of

the valet as he rode off into t he darkness,

It was fifteen or twenty minutes past

ten when the grumbling valet rode away, '1 would have sworn he was Cherin,

the lodge keeper of the chateau; the same build, the voice, the expression of

the eyes the very counterpart of each

other are those two."

Madame merely answered with a smile.

She already felt a strange interest in the

valet, for his resemblance to Cherin aug-

g jfited to her that he might make as good a lover as was the lodge keeper, whom

her jealous husband had, months before,

forbidden to enter the inn.

Twice, once at eleven, and once half an hour later, had M. de Launey, 1 he guest, rung and made inquiries, if his valet had

returned.

At twelve o'clock there was the clatter

of horses' hoofs, the valet passed in,greeted the landlord, and, bidding him retire,

ascended the narrow stairs to his master's

rooms. The landloid slept below at the rear, in a room which adjoined the kitchen, the servants sleeping the hostler

over the stable and the house servant in a room adjoiuing the public dining room.

At six in the morning the landlord and his wife were 'suddenly startled Lorn

their elnmbera by loud Ofi?3 ami a violent

knocking at the door of fcb3 kitchen. The

n niAe also bronght in th9 house maid and

the hostler, who were already up and be

jginnin their morning work.

"Monsieur Bernis, get up quiekly,"was the cry. "My maeter has been murdered. Help! help!" It was tho valet who ehoutrd the alarm and speedily the inmates of tho inu followed him to his major's ronm. Surely it was a horrible siht. There lay the banker near the easy chair in which he must have been sitling.iu dressing gown and slippers, his shirt boscm and clothing satn rated with blood. His throat had been cut from ear to ar. On the floor, near the littV table upon which stood the still burning lamp, was the weapon with which the murder had been accomplished, it blade and handle covered with the red evidence of its fearful. work. The frightened landlord at. once dispatched the hostler to Chalons for the police, and the house Rrvant ran wildly up the road to apprise the nearest, neighbors, who wore few. The valefc volunteered to ride to the ohateau an 3 apprise M. de Sonteau of the horriblo event, and, rushing to the stable and saddling a horse, galloped down the road. When he rnt.urne 1 he was alone M. da Sonteau would bo at the inn soon, he said. The police arrivod,and an investigation was at once begun. The Prefect, of Chalons wa? present in person, with three or four of his shrewdest official'. The valet gave his statement. While ho was ranking it Mad. Bernis, pale and trembling, and looking all the prettier with the excitement under which she labored, kept her eyes fixed upon the valet with a peculiar expression. She noticed that, ho nev

er once looked at her; that h's eyes were

fixed solely on the Prefect. "My master sent me last evening to tho

chateau with a message to M. de honteau. The message was written and seal

ed, and 7 only know that it was imoo? tant. When I doliverrd it to M. de Son

teau he was about retiring. He bade me

waH. Presently he gave me a verbal an

swer in these words: Tell M. ile Launey that T will comply with his wish. M. de

Sonteau never violates his word.' Then

I rode back to the inn, where the land

lord was still awaiting my roaster's ring.

M. de Launey was then sitting in au eay

chair. I gave him M. de Sonteau s reply.

He merely smiled, bade me open his

dressing case and place the package upon

the table beside him under the pillow of

his bed. He also bade me examine tho

lock on the dor J?adhi to the- passage

of the staircase. Then he said: 'You ?jo to bed. Awaken me at fi. T will start for

the chat nn:.t0 I h-ffc the room, joul

that was the last timel saw ray poor mas

ter alive."

"You knocked at his door according to

his orders, at 6 in the morning? questioner! the Prefect.

"Yes, Monsieur le Prefect ton minutes

before 6. I tapped tw.ee, and, receiving no answer, I lifted the iron latch of the

door,and to my surprise found it unlock

ed. T pushed the door opsn, and round

him lying as hi is now. Scarcely know

ing what I did, I ran down 6tairs and

gave the alarm. That is all I know."

"What was in the package you placed

under his pillow?"'

"Monsieur, I am not positive, but T

thiuk it must have contained bank notes

the purchase money of the chateau."

4,Do you know that this packago is

missing. and that your late master's watch and chain are not to hs found."

"I do not, Monsieur. I know nothing

since I opened the door this morning."

Madam Bernis was questioned. She

added nothing new to the valet's state

mentmerely corroborating a portion of

it. But she still held her gaze upon tho

valet's face. She could not catch a glance

frm him in return.

M. de Sonteau arrived from the cha

teau, A morose looking man. with a

strange, set expression of countenance, thin lips, and heavy black moustache.

UM. Robert, de Launey only needed to

sign t he legal papers and pay me the stip

ulated sum of 300,000 francs to become

the owner of the ancesiral home of my family. His valet brought me a messaue

yes. It was a request that. I would ar-

range so mat tne nusmcfs snouui no

transcted at an earlier hour than had

been agreed upon. That wis all. J seiiv

a verbal reply. That was all, Monsieur

Prefect, Am I at liberty to depart?"

"Most certainly, M. de Sonteau." The landlord, tho house servant and

the hostler were examined, but thoy gave

no clew to the inyst.-ry of this awful

crime.

The Prefect, decided to hold in close sur-

veuVance the valet, the landlord and has wife, and gave the case into the keeping of a couple of his sharpest detectives.

The weapon, a knife, with which the

murder was committed, was minutoly ex

amined. While it was being inspected

the valet seeined nervous and agitated,

and once or twice, his eyes meeting the

glance of Madame Bernis fastened upon

him as if watching his every motion, he

trembled violently.

The woman was evidently preparing

herself for some fearful emergency. She

was pale, and her features wore a rigid,

res.dute expression.

"M. le Prefect, hold the knife nearer to

me that I may see it closely," she said.

Tho Prefect obeyed the reqr.egt. She

did not touch the blood-stained instrument of death.

"Have you ever seen that knife before?" Again the woaian inspected it, and

still more closely. Then she started, and with a shudder as of supreme horror, ex

claimed:

"Mon dieu, mon dien, it is his knife!"

"Whose knife?"

The valet made a movement toward the

door, as if to leave the apartment. An officer intercepted him.

tfWhose knife?" repeated the Prefect, "It is the stable knife which I have re

peatedly seen m the hanuB of Jacques

Cborin, the lodsre-keeper of the Gbjiteau

de Sonteau!" sho answered, her eyes still

fixed upon the valet.

"But Cherin has not been here since a

month ago," said the landlord.

1 That is Oherinfs knife, neverthelcsa.

His initials are cut or scratched upon the

handle scrape the blood off and you will

them J. Gr

The Prefect did so. The woman was right. The valet, now rimost livid in the nice, sank upon his knees in abject terror at the Prefect''5 feet, crying. "Monsi-ur,save

me! I could not help it."

Now Ihe woman's face lighted up. t( j.

you see, hushand.l was rightwhen T said

this valet looked enough bke Gberin Jo be Cherin or his t vin brother. Look at him. It is Cherin.H .. . "YeeIajn Cherin. I am not Rudolph

ho valet. I am the lodge keeper of the chateau." A look of profound pity came over the woman's faca "And this man," she murmured so low that only the Prefect heard her distinctly "was my lover, and in this wretch's embraces I forgot my duty to so good a man as my husband. God forgive met What bettor am I than a murderer?" Turning to tho Prefect she said so all could hear: 'Monsieur, there is an awful mystery in last night's work, and this wretch can oxplain it put him to the rack!'' Cherin had fallen to the fior. The officials lifted him into a chair. As he fell to the floor they saw his hand quickly taken from his mouth by a spasmodic action of the arm. "What have you done?" "Nothing," answered the valet "You were too quick for mo I have mercy on me. I confess all. I am Cherin. That is my knife. Tt was I who murdered M. De Launey. The packages of money 1 found under his pillow I gave to my master (de Sontoau) an hour aince, before he left hpro. But it was not I who nrrived here with the banker. That was h is valet ttudolphe." "Where is this Rndolphe the real valet? Was he your confederate?" sternly demnnded tho Prefect "I will tell you all. When the valet arrived liift night at the chateau,, with a mesFage from his master, lit. Sonteau, my master, who was troubled at being obliged to soli his chateau, and nearly wdd over tha poverty to which his gambling had brought him, called mc to him and said with a terrible lock: tfacque?, would yon make any sacrifice to save me J-h s chateau and make me once more rich? Not knowing whit he meant, and. blindly loving him as J did, I swore to him that T would dare death itself to 6erve him. Then he. said: "It is an inspiration. I will kill this miserable valet who is in the hall; you shall aasume his clothes and return as he. You will then cut the throat of this de Launey, search his room for his money, and if you do your work properly you will not be suspected. The iuspirat'on has come to me t hrough the extraordinary resemblance you bear to the valet. "Monsieur le Prefect, I dared not refuse, fool that I was. M, Sonteau, my master, killed the valet with the blow of an iron rod, and, stripping his body of coat, vest, pants, shoes and necktie, we carried it to the wine vault beneath the chateau, and threw it into an empfcy port wine cask. Then I put on the dead valet's clot Kcs, mormtc! his hcrss,, and rode back. I entered the banker's room. He was asleep in an easy chair with his feet toward the open tire. On the table was his dressing case and the package of bank bills. I caught him by the hair, and. with one blow of tho knife, ended his life. "I took the mo-jey and his watch and charm and crept out of the room, carefully closing thedoor,and went to my room. When my master came in an hour since to give in his statement, I gave him, unperceived, tho package. The watch is up stairs, hidden between the mattresses of my bed. "Monsier, that is all.1 An hour later M de Sonteau was arrested. He was afterward tried at Chalons, found guilty on tlie evidence of hid accomplice, and expiated his crime upon the guillotine April 18, following. Cherin suffered the same expiation Jive days later.

HOME LIFE CF THE

How He Spends His Time in the Gatchina Palace The Empress Work.

Origin of the Names in the Week. In the museum afe Berlin, in the haU devoted to Northern antiquities, they have the representations from the idols from which the n ernes of the days of the week are derive;!. From the idol of the Sun came Sunday. This idol is represented with his face like the sun, holding a burning wheel with both hands on his breast, signifying his course round tha world. The idol of the Moon, from which comes Monday, is habited in a short-coat) like a man, but holding the moon in his hands. Tniseo, from which comes Tuesday, was one of tho most ancient and popular gods of the Germans, and represented in his garments of skins according to their peculiar manner of dressing; the third day of the week was dedicated to his worship. Woden, from which comes Wednesday, was a valiant prince among the Saxons. His image was prayed to for victory. Thor, from whence comes Thursday, is sealed in n bjd with twelve stars over his head, holding a sceptre in his hand. Priya, from whence we have Friday, is represented with a drawn sword in hss

hand and a bow in his left. Sfeter, from which is Saturday, has the appearance of perfect wretchedness; he is thiu-visaged, longhaired, with' a long beard. He carries a water-pail in his right hand wherein are fruits and flowers. A Board of Trade has been organized at Greeusburg. Circulars are out stating its

object, which seams to be dealing in margins. "Persons deirin to invest can do so without publicity," is one of the state ments of the circulars. Sport Among the Zuni Children. One day I saw eomc of the children playing at "breaking horses." One juvenile demon was leading a band of four or five others, in pursuit of a big bristling boar. Lasso in hand, the little fellow watched hia chance, and, twirling the flexible cord once or twice rapidly in the air, sent it like Hghttiinsr toward the head of the boar. Tho latter inado a desperate dash only to run his snout and forefoot into the coil, which, held by the combined efforts of all, quickly precipitated him, in a succession of entangling somersaults, into the shallow river. In an instant another lasso was dexterously thrown over his hind feet, aud his captors, heedless of mud and water, wild with vociferous glee, bestraddled him, and held him down. The leader tore off one of the legs of his cotton trousers, and with this he bandaged t he eyes of the squealing animal,wrapping another piece tightly around his snout so as to smother his cries. Thus equipped he hog was set at liberty. Two of the little wretches jumped astride, him, while t he others prodded him behind and at ihe sides. Thus goaded, the poor beast ran uncertainly iu all directions, into corrals, over logs, headlong into deep holes, precipitating his adventuresome riders; not, however, to their discomfiture, for they

would immediately ssamper up, drive, push, lead or haul him out, ard moant him again. The last I saw of them was toward evening; they were ruefully regarding the dead carets of their novel horse. -Prank H. Cashing, in the My

Century. O ipt. Hosea Ballow. the olde3 Freemason in the United States died at Wtisbingtop Wednesday,

Now York Horn Id. AJthough stern and even ovr shearing to tho majority of those who Imrround him, Alexander III has always been a sympathizing and affectionate jbuelJiind and father. While in hia palace at Gatchina ho Junchea daily at 1 o'eliwk with his wife nd children, and to (ibis meal none but the closest intimates I! his family are ever admitted After h incheon, if thare are no further deputations to re oeivo or important business to attend to, the Czar goes out walking or driving in company with the Empress or his sons. In the eyening there is often a, little music, of which, the Empress is as fond as the Emperor, aad Her Majesty is a good

pianist. The Czar retires to abed early, and by Jl 'clock all is silence 1a the im

perial apartments. Paring the diaytimu, the Empress occupies a room on the ground Root, exactly below the Czar's study, with which it communicates directly by a small private staircase. The Czar iua's bovdoir is elegantly furnished, but in a simpJe style, aftd with no appearance of luxury, except suwh aa is given by the presence of certain .handsome pieces f furniture and object of art which remain to testify to the more extravagant tastes of former occupants. The Empress is an admirable manager, both of her time and 'everything that pertains to the household duties. Her great intelligence and sweetness of mannerhave given her an extraordinary influence over her husband and all other persons who are brought in contact with her. The Czar is au early riser, and the lalxr f f his day commences fit 9 in the niorJcing. Till 1 o'clock he is occupied an his study receiving the minister, who present their daily or weekly reports, and consulting with them over the affairs of state. It ia especially significant of the policy of the present Czar that white high jhlcials have often a difficulty iu obtaining an interview, his Majesty is always accessible to provincial deputations, which are sometimes composed of wild ihirgiz, sometimes of swarthy Kalmujcs or i?kin-clad

Samovedes, and sometimes of illiterate

Russian peasants who desi.ro to present a holy picture to tlicir great father and to express their loyalty and devotion to his person. The Emperor receives one and all, great and small, with a stern dignity which, though accompanied iu moot cos 5 by a certain kindnere of manne", always leaves the conviction that Alexander III feels himself an autocrat, and i3 determined to yield none of his prerogatives, but to impress on all who approach him that h is an absolute, though kindly master. Thia species 'of self-assertion was a trait an the character of the Emperor in his earliest days. He is devoted to music, and when a boy it was suggested that he might ilc dve pleasure from taking a parD iu tilie musioai performances of the pa lacs orchestra. The then heir-apparent was, delighted at the ide i, aud it remained to le settled on what instrument he should learn to perform. Characteristicallv this imperious prince selected the trombone as being the instrument with which he could produce the greatest effect, and, lover of mufric though he was, his performance appeared chiefly to consist iu a well-sustained vnd fairly successful effort to drown the remiiiuder of the orchestra. The Anitchkine Pahuje, which tho Empress occupied as Czarvena, was a nu del of household management, and to her initiative are due the tb2 commencement of sweeping reforms in the administration of the other overgrown palaces. She is patroness aud takes as'jfar as pos sible an active share in the management of half the charitable institutions in Russia, and particularly those that are connected with the protection of women and. obitdren. Every morning, while the Emperor is busy up stairs with his ministers, the Empress receives the reports of M. DelianofT and others, whom she intrusts with the supervision of the various societies in which she is interested. The Empress solicitude for the safety of her husband is well known, aud it,has beeu observed that she is nevr ab ease when fhc is away from home. The education aud care of her children also engross much of her thoughts. The eldest eon, the Czarevitch, is in his fourteenth year, and resembles his mother in featiu es. He is of an active and lively disposition, and for his years ia far advanced iu his studies. Bussian is always Hie language employed by the imperial family when they are together, but when tho boys arc with their teachers they speak French aud English on alternate days. Six hours a day are devoted to study by I he young 'princes, but their education is not limited ip sedentary studies alone. They are also practiced in riding and shooting, and the

Czarevitch is, it is said, already a good shot aud rides well

ous bipeds. But the latter must be care1 d not to go too far, because when the dog's patience is much tried it becomes savage, and endeavors to bite both its persecutors and their instruments."

A Canine Critic. In the year 1839 a phenomenon appeared in the musical world which attracted considerable attention in Germany. A gentleman well known as an enthusiastic musical amateur of Darmstadt, in tho Grand Duchy of Hesse, had a female spaniel, called Poodle. By striking the animal whenever music was played and a false note struck, she was made to howl. At last the threat of the upraised stick was equally effective, presently a mere glance of the masters eye produced the same howl, and at last the false note itself. A German paper of the period says: "At the present time there is not a concert or an opera to which Mr. Frederick S. and his dog arc not invited, or, at least, the dofK The voice of the prima-donna the instruments of the band, whether violin, clarionet, hautboy or bugleall of them must execute their parts in perfect harmony, otherwise Poodle

looks at its master, erects its ears, shows its grinders, and howls outright. Old or new piecesjknown or unknown to the dog, produce the same effect." It must not be supposed that the discrimination of the creature was confined to the more execution of musical compositions. Whatever may have been the ease, at the. outset of its musical career, toward the close a vicious modulation or a false relation of prts produced the same effect. "Sometimes, to tease the dog," says our German authority. "Mr. S. and bis friends take a

pleasure in annoying the canine critic byomitting all sorts of discordant sounds from instrument and voice. On such occasions the creature loses alt self-command, its eyea shoot forth fiery Mashes, and long and fnghferul howls respond to the inharmonious concert of theniisebieT-

He Took a Pony Detroit Free Press. "Whew!'' whistled David Sanders a he stood before the bar and looked around. "Prisoner, what does that mean?" ask ed tho Court. "It means that I'll chaw up and spit out aud feed to the b arn if I hain't in

CourV "Yes, you are in Court 1" "How on earih did I git- here? "Drank too much went to sleep on the street wheeled down here slept in a cell all night, and Bijah has just pass, d you out in good order." "Well.siam my s'eds if I haint all turned inside out! Judge, this is a genuine

surprise party on me, and no refresh ments to feed the guests 1 ' "Explain." "Say, Judge, I'm Pave Saunders, from up the shore. I keep store and run a farm .and a cranberry marsh. If I was drunk last night I don't know how I got there," "Didn't you dnnk anything?" "Nothing but what a feller called a p ny brandy." "I dunno. I met him at the depot, aud we took a shine to each other, avd he asked me to drink." "H ow much brandy did you pour out?" "Why, I don't be ieve there was over a teacup ful!" "H'm! Got any money left?" The prisoner began sea: ching his pockets in a nervous way, his eyes growing larger every momeut,and directly he called out: "By the jumping jim-jam?, I've been robbed!" "Kxactly." "Bin robbed of 28 and a silver watch." "f believe you." "And I haven't got a cent to git home on!" "Not a cent" j The man from up the shore went on through his pockets again with the same result. Then he waved his arms and gasped. Then he jumped up and ejaculated. Then ho tried to kick himself and gurgled. His Honor talked i c him in a fatherly way, and told him to start for home by the dirt road, and David went out, saying: "Drunk, drugged, robbed, judged and tried! Dave Saunders, you otter be ki:k-

d across a huil count v!"

A White Apache, . Tombstone Republican. A few days since a HermosiUo dispatch announced the wounding and capture of, white mm, saopoiel to ba L. tf. Srcoter while heading an Apache fora v. Streoter is about fifty years ot age, a id ai born in California, his fat'ier bemg cipta:n of an English merchant an.!, tr idin on the Pacific coast, aid his mother a native California. Of his Vv-hooi or early manhood very little is known, he first coming into notice in Arizona by his connection as clerk with the San Carlos Agency, during Governor SafTords administration in this territory. While there he had some diffion'ty with the officials, caused, it is said, by his giving aid and comfort to hostile Indians. Ho left there suddenly and went straight for the camp of 1 uh and. Gcronims, which was then near Junes Pass, on the line between Sonom and Chihuahua. It is staled thai while he was at the agency he became enamored of a squaw belonging to the tribe, audit was this ait that induced his leaving civilization to cast' his fortune with the Apaches. Governor Saflbrd offered a large reward for his apprehension, some atones placing the amount as high as 85,fifl0. fte was not apprehended, howover, and has never returned to Arizona. He is said by those .knowing; him intimately to be very intelligent and well educated,and a manuscriplfnowin the hands of the v writer, written while Streeter was at Grenados, goes to prove it. He speaks the Apache dialect fluently and is said" to have great influence with them. His standing among tha sa vnges,by whom he is known as Don Cassamiro, may be seen when it is known that the eldest son of Chief Geronime is named for him.

A Sword from the Sky. KincstoTi Special, ; Accord is a little Ulster county village in the town of Rochester, located on the Delaware & Hudson canal, which has never achieved or even t ought any special distiuction so far as knowing except that it was the residence of one Daniel Bell an eccentric man who claims to have made many valuable and important min eral discoveries, including massive diamonds, in that vicinity. But during the past week this little place has been the scene of much excitement, and visitors have come from far and near. A fiery meteor was seen to drop into the Rondout creek at that place recently, sending up a column of steam and boiling water a it eil that filled those who witnessed it with wonder and consternation. Next day when it was thought to have become sufficiently c )ol to investigate, a son of this Mr. Boll and another lad dragged the creek iu the vicinit and finally brought up a giant sword, which was found with its massive blade pointing upward and its hilt buried deep in the mud. The strange weapon is six feet long, has two edges, and weighs seventeen pounds. The blade is covered with hieroglyphics that are wholly unlike any tiling ever bcroro seen arc d iscrihed, and that show a prodigious amount of work iu their engraving. Tfa entire workmanship of the m sterions weapon is of the finest possible discription. The hilt seems to haffe decn designed for some mammoth hand three times as large as tho ordinary human hand, and there is nothing about the weapon which evinces any intention on th part of tho designer that it was made or the use of auy ordinary mortal.

A Duckvs Ruse Against a Dog. Detroit Free Press. While huuting above the Grand River dam a man shot a duck, but did not kill one of two ducks which were mates. He son t his dog iuto the river after it, and,as t'ie injured one could not .swim very fast the dog was likely to get it. The other one, which had swam quite aways ahead, turned about and came near the dog, which immediately left the other one and chased this. The dwk now just kept out of reach of the dog, aod just . reaching it dove under. The. .dag mi led to get it. and being so near the dam, he went oyer and eaine very near gowning,

A MOTHER'S FACE.

O purer than the breath of 5 weotfst (lowers, A mother's lovo Ud once about ub lie; Ard bending o'er ns in our infant bonre. Iter holy face mr.de all our blessed ky. - Dear angel fare, ita light should o'er recall,The errnnt though and footstep gono astray. The iovf hat made t he first horizon all Of our own lives, 'twas sweet thus to repny. -George H- Coomor i Youth's Companion,

CONDIMENTS.

The New York Tribune in an article disouasing "Why TOedft'did not fly" does not produce the strongest argument to support the proposition, namely, that Mr. Tweed did not have wings.'. And, for that matter, we wouM not bet that" Mr. Tweed has wings eveu now. "I don't want no rubbish, no fine sentiments, if you please," said the widow, who was aked what kind of an epitaph she desired for her late husband's tomb

stone. "Let it be short andmplewn thing like this : William tohnson aged 86 years.. The good die young - The Czar is just now squirming around trying to have the coronation r erciEes changed to a grand raasqueir-Mta ball. He wants to go disguised osa oi hilbt with bomba under each arm' so as not to attract attention. Recent item. Clarence Filz-Herbert. sends us a beautiful poem beginning: "I wilt wait for my love at heavven's gate." ' We think 011 are about ri?ht, Clarence ; People who write that kind okpoetry seldom get any farther than the -gate. You'll probably continue to wait there long . after the rest of us have pass xd . on inside nnless yon reform and quit writing peoatry and learn to'spell heaven with one"vY An "nnmerged" woman at the Weet who applied for a position as driver on a streetcar, was asked if she, could, manage m ulea. "Of course I can was, th6 re ply. "I have had two husbands. '. ' Mistress (to applibant for cooks5 position:) "Why did. you lea ve your place?" Applicant: "Your very inquisitive, msi m I didn't ax you what for your lastjcco.k left you." ' ,, , General Cook, of Georgia . went to 'a dog show in Washington the other' night. 'Tt reminds me of . Congress," he Raid; "because the little dogs made all the fnss, and the littler they are-je more. fuss they

make,

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A frugal landlady once owned ,a

mince pie. It was of the viotageot 1 76y and had grown a beautiful green mod on tho edge of it? crust ' It was the f ra7?!? !a:i V-aAw 3 daily custom to tov with the pieat thoonibision of the midday meal, and say, achW, If lobody wants any pie I won't cut it." , One cUy anow boarder said, "I want a piee." "Why why what do you want of it?" inquired the frightened landlady. I want to make a donation to the historical sooiety ' , A Doctor is called to attend theFoh"of a business man. He write a presnriptirSn that the family hasten to have filled. On the following day he rctiinisto see his patient, and finds the family in tears ,Ala' sighed the mother, "I did not beiieVe the measles could kill my poor boy v - The measles!" exclaimed the doctor; "he had the mea?els and you didn't tell me!'?' t

The Great Brooklyn Bridge, ,

OntVs New York Letter. ,. Tlie particular utility of this bridge is local, and mainly human. : It will hot figure as a freight bridge. Its railroad , tracks are local to the bridge, and passengers must dismount at either end. Bate the bridge will always make it easy for. persons living in Brooklyn or New Yok to return in any weather and at Say tiiein fliA n'orhf wit;hr.iifc dnnndini? en! tUcv

the fogs, or have -collisions. Sometime-?

it is a matter or nours to cross we nastrt riverj Th 3 bridge will also give complete onneotion by land for the population of

Maw Yrtpfc-to m t,- the shows. II.' Will

hasten the consolidation of these oiti4s and result in a great mebropoUtandistridt which may one day call for some different kind of government from that of theStato -.? of New York. It will promote the build-

and Long Island, in which will be raptd transit by steam cars, as across the Thames in London. As a beautiful monument, the most imposing in this land or perhaps the world, the bridge will be a national possession. Its success will hush opposition to many a useful enterprise which has been sleep- ( ing for a favorable day in the other cities of the country. It will unauesfeionably cheapen homesteads, not only for people who live in this city, but the thousands ; who are liable to live here. At the mfib j time it will only increase the value or rpioperty in the main island of v York and cary out of this city a rortiou of tho pop illation which is beginning t gr umble at the too decided discriminations ; be- . tween wealth and poverty here. It wil , not immediately produce any sadden changes, but it will stand as a record of formidbie,if not more fairly honest, work " done during and after the time of the , Tweed ring. . Possibly tunnels will be ?

hnstened by the success of this bridge. ;i The relation of this city to the rest, of the continent is such that anything th ifc ? makes life more economical and agree ible here is iacidantally a great benefiti fe the w hole co nntry. The price of whatever v you receive i'rom New York is insensibly allected by the difficulties of living here.

The Scarcity of Draft Horses Good horses are getting scarcer and pcareer in the market, where the demand for heavy draft, good: carriage, street car horses aud saddlers can not" begin to - be filled, and such as arrive are at once snap

pod up. Almost all the horses thatmow come to the market are from Iowa aud Illinois, most of the counties in .Missouri appearing to be quite depleted. Oardoads upon car-loads of good, cheap nags used5

to ob emppeu tiurw hi wuii.yutiu.LiciM. Oall iway, Boone aud other counties,f rom-. which not a single head is now procurable, while scattering draf ts of three or four horses at a tune are the most that now come from any other coiuities.Mnles have never been so high in the market as -they are at present. Rheumatism and Its Treatment. HulPs Journal of Health. . ; ; PUoiimfltinnv lik YiAnrlv r11 othfr ilifvas-

fists, at its commencement, little more

than an inconveniouce that is easily ar-, rested by simple remedies if applied promptly; J', ,. 'J. We have seen a sharp attack of rbuma.- " li m cured in hour bv keeping the. Turpentine applied to a cut isapi ventive oi lock law.

j The ocEt of the poor has doub'ed in 1 Berlin m a decade. It is now $700