Bloomington Courier, Volume 9, Number 42, Bloomington, Monroe County, 18 August 1883 — Page 3

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Johst Waxx makeb, He. Vh ladelphia dry goods kin?, sank $200,000 in -advertising last year, but succeeded in gather ing a crop of profits valued at $1,000,000, and exposes himEtU well satisfied with the investment

The acquittal of the eleven Hungarian Jews accused of murdering a girl in the synagogue to mix her blood with the' passoer bread, has bi ought out the knowledge of a terrible state of affairs. The prosecuting witness was a boy whom it were chanty to think insiine, who testified to having setn his own father pax-ticipa-e in the deed. The prisonerswere tortnrtd horribly to make them confess, but refused to do sc, and their acquitta. . under such circumstances is unquestionably evidenceofinnoeence:i Sesatoe Voorhees denies the correctness of the article which first appeared in the Washington Star, and which was copied by papers in this city and elsewhert, ie mentmghini as blaming Mr. English for tie failure ef Mr. Hendricks to wuhni a w in favor of Mr. McDonald at the ChnciniiatiA onventfon. The Senator, amongst other things, says in relation to the Star articb: "I never made the statements there attributed to ma Many of the details there given, I never heard of before. It is hardly necessary to say that I did not impugn themotives or conduct of Mr. English." .

St. Louis, in addition to her other iniquities, or rather in keeping therewith, -is the home of pool rtoms, whose chief customers are toys the gambling done by combination pools on (mree i aces and base ball gemes, at two chances for a quarter of a dollar. They are attended, too, by a lot of leeches in human form who ircTnce cnildren to buy, and charge them half the proceed ef the wirmings. School books have been pawned and sold, and what other youthful crime committed to satisfy the gambling mania, will hardly be known until the crop of crim inalshas been harvested in fnture years.

At a recent seeion of the Concord School of Philosophy, one of the pupils inquired it "the consei'-usneas of the ego was identical with the acute absorption of the actuality," and the Professor answered that he thought it was. Tins is rvery much to be regretted. If the consciousness of the ego should somehow or another get mixed up with the actuality of the acute absorption, or the identical should come in contact with the consciousness of the actuality so as to render the absorption of the identical indistinct and iaoomprehenaibletrom the iacuteness of beegOv there might be a fuss kicked1 up

about it One cannot be too clear r aa to

i important points.

: - The proof is in upon the question as to whether the "returned emigrants" were paupers or not, and the preponderance is strongly m favor of the affirmative. The evidence shows that two of sathe persons in question are women with a number of illegitimate children each, direct from the workhouse in Ireland where they have been kept for the past twenty years. They were brought here at public expense against their will, and desire to be sent back. The friends' and relatives who were willing and ready to care for them, as alleged by the British authorities, on the most diligent search could not be found. So in the first contest' over pauper emigrants England will.have to retire as fecond best.

It is said that i the: doctors disagree about the epidemic in Egypt, some maintaining that it is not cholera. It would eeem to make Httlediflerence the people are dying like sheep, and cholera could hardly do greater execution. This arguTneDt is much like that of- a man who tfourd the skeleton ef a mammoth, which lie declared to be the bones of a fallen angel. With irresistible logic he was wont to ask: "If they are not he bones of a fallen angel, what are they?" To the universal reply, "I don't know," he vwould answer conclusively. "Well, then, they are the benes oi a fallen angel" If the plague in Egypt is not eholera,what is it? If nobody can say, it is satisfactory enough for all practical purposes to . declare it plain, old-fashioned cholera. ,

Hoil George HamilloD, Governor of Illinois, delivered an addi ess at the Acton camp meeting, last week, on The Ka- " tkmafity of American Citizenship." Bur ing the course rf his remarks he made the following pptalhision to; American politic:

. It ie indeed a fcnmili&ting and discouraging'

- rpeetacle to i&e lover of Mb country's nnity and "prosperity to witnea the tact this division of American citizens, based upon their former natioualrSea, has grown so customary and powerfoV that political convention can scarcely be held by may party, without it being considered necessary to a hope of success that measures should be taken to conciliate this or that nationality of TotxrgrAxm-rican citizens. The Germans must be especially reoojfniied; the Irish . must be Siren a special representative: the Scandinavian mnst be coaxed and petted; the colored man is "not to be ignored, aid the native born citizens mnatnot beentirely neglected for fear he will get mad, in the resolutions of the oonventior and the make np of the party ticket. And the hnmiliation of the aspect becomes shame, when we - Tead in the platforma of great political parties,

which of right should be expected to enunciate

gre&t troths and lofty principles of political economy, and statesmen's views of governmental rqnestSona, but instead thereof, we find bald disBAiug sophistries, and meanin glees chattering ghttering nothings, intended to avoid, instead of announcing principle, and deeigned only as the cheap attracliors of a political jock-shop, to please and attract some special nationalities of American citizenship.

Commissioner of Pensions Dudley is at present prosecuting three cares of eolation of the pension laws, two of "which involve defrauding of pensioners by persons who assisted them in securing their pensions; One of the cases came to light Wednesday by the arrest of Alpha B. Beall, an employe of the government printing office, who is charged' with defrauding Mrs. Christine Breamer, a pensioner, of $758 of a pension claim of $1,438 paid her in August, 188a Beall and Mm Breamer lived in adjoining houses in this city, and Beall learning that Mrs. Breamer had had' a son killed in the federal service during the war, induced her to apply for n pension. The facts with regard to her son's death having been proven, lbs. Breamer was allowed pens ion of $8 per month, with arrears' from 1865; making the sum -of $1,458 Just before the claim was allowed Beall offered to secure the pension for her if she would give him Icalf. This she agreed to do, and, after the claim was granted, Beall went with her to the bank anddrew the entire sum, giving her $700 and keeping the remainder. It was only recently that the matter was brought to the afc iention of the Connmseioner, who had it investigated. .Bean was arrested Tuesday aft4 placed under bonds of 15000ipr his

appearance before United States Oom-miKfnnviflr-'Rnndv. The other cases are

those of O. H. Johnson, of St. Mary's county, Maryland, who was paid $6000 by Mrs, Kachel Taylor for prosecuting and of Abraham Miller, of

Connellsville,. Pa., who personated an

other Abraham Miller, of the same place, and obtained his pension money $850.

CHANDLER COME TO GRIEF. Washington special, N. Y. Sao, . r

The President blundered indefensibly h&n he made William E. Chandler

Secretary of the Navy against- the counsel of his best friends. He -could not

have been ijrnorant of ' Uhandlers career

as a lobbyist and a jobber at Washington

for twenty veara. nor-of . ma nersonat in

terest in the Navy Ring, of which John Roach is the head and front. Thesefaots are as notorious as that Arthur is the successor of Garfield. .Chandler was profuse in promises of devotion if this undeserved honor should be bestowed upon him. He would renounce Blaine and all his - works. He Would carry a New Hampshire delegation to the Republican National Convention for Arthur, and probably from other New England States. He would organize a movement akin to that of Mahone- in several Southern States, and he actually did bargain with Port Pillow Chalmers to start such a scheme in Mississippi. He was to be the wireworker and sharp

manager of politics in the Administration while the President took the world easy fand did e honors of the White House. A seat in the Cabinet with' the contracts of the Navy department and an assortment of jobs outside of it for distribution among the faithful, was regarded', as as assurance of power sufficient-to silence opposition, and to dictate terms to the party in New Hampshire, Boss Chandler proposed to bultv the caucus and the Jjegislature, first; by nominating his creature Rollins for the Senatorehip, and then by electing him under threats of punishmemt forthe malcontents. This experiment failed after a long trial of endurance. Then tae Seorefcary presented himself as a candidate, backed' by all the Federal officeholders, the support of the Administration, and tbeRings with which he had been long associated. He failed ignominiously, and suffered by contrast with the vote cast for Rollins. His menaces were laughed at and his bribes were spurned. Tappan had openlj and scenrfully refused to take his unclean hand and Chandler wrote him an apologetic letter, beggings personal conference

wluGb-thefformer hesitaglygranted. The political bully was whippad on his own dunghill, where he had been accustomed to crow for years; The machine was smashed. The administration was dishonored. Yet, when Pike was elected senator against all the influence that the old managers could muster. Chandler, with characteristic audacity, telegraphed the President at Chicago -a glowing description of the man who had been chosen to nurniliate him and crush the Ring. This defeat sends the Secretary of the Navy back to Washington, with notice that his shop hi New Hampshire has gone into bankruptcy without any available assets f or the creditars. William E. Chandler set the Great Fraud of the century in motion. He sent out the infamous despatch on the 8th of November, 1876, after the returns had as sured Mr, " Tilden's election, saying: "Hayes has 185 votes, and is elected." Zach Chandler's name was signed to that monstrous lie, but he never wrote it, though he accepted it and acted upon i William E. Chandler immediately proceeded to Florida, and there perfected the work by which the vote of that State was stolen, after an understanding with the conspirators in Lousiana and South Carolina. When the political burtrlars

broke into the White House, their chiefs refused to recognize Chandler's claims to high office and honors. John Sherman and his associates would not trust Chandlerin the cabinet,nor consent to give him a leading foreign mission. They were willing to put him on the footing f Wells, Anderson and other rogues who were paid for the frauds in Louisiana. This proposition' offended Chandler, and he became a violent enemy of the administration which he had helped to put. in power by the basest methods. There was poetic justl-e in Hayes' ingratitude to Chandler, for the crime the latter had committed to make himFraudulent President There is stern justice .m the revolt of honest Republicans in New Hampshire against the vulgar tyran ny of this professional 'jobber. It -may now be assumed that Chandler will not carry a delegation for Arthur to the next National Convention. His eflorts hrncetorth, if permitted to remain in officetwill be to promote the job which he gave to John -Roach for building all the new cruisers and the despatch boat. The House of Representatives will inquire into this huge contract before another dollar is voted for the ships; and Chandler may retire without pocketing as much margin on this job as he did on the cotton claims. The Republican party must go. . . ; ENCAMPMENT NOTES. v Indianapolis has on her gala dress. The encampment is an assured success. The seats at the grounds will accomodate 20,000 people. Some of the best companies of the Union are on the campground. - ' .These soldiers are great on dress parade, buthow about actual service? No little eomplaimt is made because of the high price of admission, 50 cents. The companies winning prizes will be given neit week. At this writing, it is imposs:bleto give the list complete. The troops are fine looking fellows. But did you ever notice that they are either fine lookic g fellows or battle scarred veterans?. v The companies enter contest for the various prizes with- confidence and enthusiasm. Bach company is given a fair portion of public applauFe. The Louisville Light Aitillery has with it the gun used in the famous rencontre last year between the Louisville troops

on board the steamboat Granite State-

and the mob at Ashland. O. W. William's fdog, a handsome setter, has deserted his home and enlisted in the Indianapolis Lfght Infantry! He attends all the squad and company drills, and never- fails to fall in at dress parade. The Worthington Guards have made first call on the surgeon, eight of the boys yesterday going down under a misapprehension of their watermelon capacityi-r-Indianapolis Journal. The grand parade, Wednesday night,is intended to surpass anything ever witnessed in the State. The principal minu-

faotuiers of Indianapohs will be represented, and the banners and fire words

are intended to make a grand spectacular display. The fort is a veritable fortress indeed. Can it be taken? is the common inquiry? Well, you may wager it can be. You see its this way: The fort is defended by Confederates and attacked by Yanks. The confeds. have little faith in tiaenghting qualities of the Yanks, and haven't taken great precautions. The fort is built of - inch pine boards, mountedby four old and rusty howitzers. ( Wednesday is old soldiers' day and thev are the soldi ers that will receive

the genuine honors. Dress parade is beautiful to look 'ipon, but the hour of battle was what tried men's souls and the men that have been tested and were not found wanting well receive the genuine heartfelt ovation. The boys that compose our militia companies will no doubt prove as valiant if occasion should ever require. There seems to have been a disagreement among the members of the executive comuittee on the beer question, the committee being .about equally divided for and against the admission of the beverage to the sacred confines of Camp MortouT It was finally by a close vote decided that beer must stay out, whereupon t i e other half of the committee do mended that the Woman's Ohristain Temperance Union, represented by a

number of ladies who had a stand inside

the ground, where they Bold flowers, would have to go also. And out they

went, the military gentlemen driving

them and the beer venders out together

with the greatest gallantry and most

virtuous impartiality.

POLITICAL MATTERS.

Events and Opinions, Published Without Bias, for the Infor- , mation of .the Reader.

GOVEBNOB HAMILTON, OP H1I1INOIS. Governor Hamilton, of Illinois, while

in Indianapolis Wednesday.npeakingwith reference to political matters, said that

Illinois was for Logan, first, for president

and for Arthur as second choice. If Lo

gan should be out of the way when the

national republican convention should

meet, then the vote of the state would

probably go to Arthur.- As o the demo

cratic presidential possibilities, he

thought Mr. McDonald was the choice of the largest number of the Illinois demo-

crate. He did not think that William R

Morrison o f- Illi npis. . was seriously con sidered as a candidate. XNPIAHA Ef JeBBSroE2mA.Ti TEARS. N. Y, Sun, 1 Editor Now York Son: Will yon kindly in form irie whether the State of Indiana ever went Democratic in October and Hepnblican in November, sod, if Bo.-in what year? .' ' Davtd DAvrs. Yes,- in 187!2. That year Indiana gave a Democratic majority in October for Hendricks for Governor, and a Republican majority in November for Grant for the Presidency. There is interesting matter for study in the following table, showing the majorities on one side or the other, in Indiana in Presideritial years since I860: For Governor ' For President in October. in November. 188h. Republican.. . . . 6,053 Republican. . . . 6,642 187. , Democratic ,084 Democratic ... 5,515 1872. DemoraHb....l,148 Republican 22.K15 i868.Bepnblican P61. Eepublicnn.... P,572 1884,' Republican.., ..&88a Republican ....20.1S9 3860. Bepublienn;..... ft,75? Republican..... 23. 524 It will b observed that 1876 is the only year in which the Democrats carried thi important State at both the October and November elections. It will be remembered, moreover, that in October of that year Blue JeanB Willirass was the candidate, and economy and reform in the ad ministration of the State was the issue; while in November Samuel J. Tilden was ttie candidate, and reform in the national administration at stake. THE STRUGGTE IN NSW HAMPSHIRE. Upon the fortieth joint ballot in the New Hampshire legislature Austin F, Pike was elected United States senator on Thursday. . Rollins; Chandler and Patterson were defeated. The new senator resides in Concord, which Is also the home of Mr. Chandler, but he 'fs not a reformer nor particularly iderirJfled with the anti-machine politicians. He is 60 years of age, and a lawyer by profession. He is an old free-soiler, and he.was a delegate to the Fremont convention in 1856, and has bean presiding officer over both branches of the it ate legislate re. In 1878 he was elected to Congress, but was counted out in 1876. He will take his a? at March 1884 Liying in the same place with Mr. Chandler wll dispose of that gentleman's chances as a successor of Mr. Blair, who goes out of of&oe in 1885; It is understood that Mr Chandler was chosen to lead the delegation from that state, to the national convention of the republicans next year. A VOICIB JFBOM THE STjOPB. The Hon. H. F. Page, Calif ornia,whose advocacy of the river and harbor bill caused Mb overwhelming, defeat at the last congressional; election, talked of hia defeat in a happy manner. He said that he had not returned to the Pacific slope since the election, but was fully aware that a political cyclone or upheaval had occurred at the advertised day last November. Eeferring to his defeat as a Democratic windfall, he tailed to express any recognition of the popular rebuke for his connection with the river and harbor appropriations He feelingly remarked: "I am not a candidate for. reelection." Branching out on national topics; he expressed the opinion that the main issue ia-the next presidential campaign would be on the tariff question. No one oan teil what a year will bring forth, but at the present time I think President Arthur stands the best chance of receiving the Republican nomination for President. He may make some grave mistake before the assembling of the convention, but at present his reconciliation of all factions makes him the fniost prominent candidate for re-election. In cas the nomi

nation goes west, Senator Logan, of .IlhV

nois, will doubtless be the nominee." "Will Senator Harrison stand any show?" "No! He is not known outside of Indiana, and on that account will retire in Logan's favor in case the nomination of Arthur is not acoompliehed." Speaking of the probable Uemocmtdc

nominee, he said that ex-Senator SicDon-'

aid was the leading candidate. In fact he considered McDonald's nomination an assured fact. He regarded McDonald as the mofit popular and available man in the democratic party, and, in the event of his nomination, anticipated a bitter fight at the polls. Tilden he did not ppnaider jn the ring.

IF,

Jf men cftrod less for wealth and fame. And loss for battle-fie'd and glory; If writ in huutun heart, a nam Seomnd hotter than a bou and and story: If men, instead of nursing Prido. Would lean i to hnto and to abhor it; If moro reJiod on the Love to guide, , The world would be the better for it. If men dealt less in utoeka and lands, And more in bonds and deed fraternal; If Love's worfc had more wiring hands To lick this -world to the supernal; If jnen stored up Love oil and wine, An on bruised human souls would poor it; If "yours" and "mine" would ooue combine. The world would b& the better :Eor it. If more would act the play of Life, And fewer spoil it in rehearsal; If Bigotry would sheath its knife Till good become more universal: If Custom, grfty with ages grown. Had fewer blind men to adore it; If Talent shomt for truth alone, The world would bo the better j'or it. If men were wise in little things, Affeetini! lesi in all then dealing; If hearts had f-awer rusted strings To isolate teir kidney feelings; Xf men when Wrong beats down the Kight, Would strike togethw and Testore it; If Right made Might in every fisht, The world wonld be iho better for it.

A YOUNG WOMAN DETECTIVE Peddlers, lOce horse-jockeys, have a reputation for being tricky, and for not remembering the golden rule. At least Hiey are frequently accused of this, brtf aa a tan peddler of fifty-nine yeara' standing X deny the charge as applying to peddlers more than to any other clasa of traders. Not only do I deny it for myself, but ior the majority of the men who are engaged in the business not, including, of course, the many self-styled ''agents," those hawkers of patented artiolis who &re found in every State of the Union. But in defense of the old-fashioned tinpeddler, with horse and cart, I pick up

the cudgels.

We were as honest as other men, and I Tfish I could say as much for all the women we had to deal with. Not that I intend to be disrespectful to the ladies, for I always enjoy trading with them. But during the last sixty years I have obtained some very queer glimpses of the workings of the feminine mind when it is intent upon making a bargain. During the whole of my long career I can truly gay that I was never guilty of but one trick of which I am really ashamed; and at that I was outwitted by a young l8dy. She eame within a hand's turn of sending me to jail. If I had been a handsome young fellow, the ease might have been different, or it might not, I cimnot say; bnt she was a youhg woman

1 ol! good character, and she was acting in defense of a omse which she believed to be n just one. The story is against me, trat I am going to tell it To begin with,! was hot,in myyonnger days, a temperanie man, I was born in the old Bay State before the temperance ! movement began. My folks, in common I with all other families, always had liquor ( in the house; and when any of us were not feeling well, or were out in the cold i and came. home chilled, mother would j prepare a little cup of toddy" to warm ufi i up, and prevent bur taking cold. So I grew up in the belief that it was right to drink liquors now and then. None of our family were drunkards, though I must say that one of the boys came very near to being one. Heeawthe awful precipice just as he came to it, and stepping short, turned and escaped it. It isn't every one oan do that, so don't go ,too rear. . When I began peddling, I carried a bottle 'of "West India tucked away in mv cart. I did not drink, as I have said, to excess, but used perhaps a quart in n month. That was about the kind of person I was then, as regards temperance. From 1850. to 1853 my "round" and b round I mean the route over whioh'Isold my goods lay through a portion . of Southern New Hampshire and two of the western counties of Maine. I had not been trading in this section very long, wlaen the Neal Dow temperance crusade began, and the "Maine law," wholly pro-

hibiting thesaleof all intoxicating liquors, was enacted. That was a law too,ae many persons well remember, which was supported by a strong and enthu iastio party, a Ipw that had genuine vigorto enforce it. Then came dry times in Maine. Not a drop of liquor could be had legally for love or money, and diligent search and chase was made for all illicit sellers, and for drinkers, too. You may be sure there was moaning amontr the steady old topers, and not a little discontent among the moderate drinkers. 1 had a great-many of both topers and moderate drinkers among the people on my route. Often, with a wistful look a m Em would beckon me aside. I knew what to expect. 'Haven't got a drop of any thing in yer cart, have ye, Mr. ?" When I replied no he would turn away in great sadness, or perhaps vigorously berate Neal Dow,, or urge me to bong him a :quart" the next time I came from "over Htimpshire way." ; sympathized with these thirsty ones. I did not favor the "law," or any sort of prohibitory law then, I looked upon prohibition as a fanatical raid on every man's rights,- and hence I had no compunction in seeing the law evaded or broken. But the man who broke that law did it at no small peril! The temperance people were alert and merciless. Everywhere the Btate swarmed with 'Watchmen Clubs," 'fTemperance Bands" and vigilance committees. Not only gentlemen, but often ladies, were on these committees. Some of the women, indeed, were among the most successful of the temperance police. As I have said, I did not sympathize at all with this anti-rum erasado, and after a year or two I hit on the following ruse tcr outwitting the Bamrods" as the reformers were called by the topers and of supplying some of my thirsty Maine friends with an occasional dram. I bought a lot of hard-shelled "cushaws," or crook-necked gourds, as some cull them. These I carefully prepare!! by removing the inside jst the gourds through a small hole in the stem endnot neglecting to preserve the stem to be used as a stopper, or rather'to be placed over the stopper. I had a dozen of these hard-shelled gourds. The)' held from a quart to two quarts each, and the shells, when care folly dried and shellacked, made Very good flasks for water! or any other common liquid that might be put in them.

these were Juft sealed up and

ornamented-with the stems, held in the properplaces by glue, they so closely resembled the green gourds that it would have taken a vigilant eye to detect the difference. These gourds I placed in the bottom of my cart among paper raga and taglocks. If any one saw and spoke of them, I replied that it was a lot that 1 had bought to gratify a whim. So it Game to pass that n select circle of my customers in the Pine-Tree State r-sceived from time to time gourdfnl of "something," which I always noticed they were very anxious about. On returning' the gourds to me they filled them with water or grain of some kind, carefully; restoring the stem to its place, 1 . This kind of smuggling went on for a long time without interruption. My customers were not informers as you mny suppose. I felt in no danger of beingbetrayed by them. They would have lost a hand sooner than have, givn the slightest hint to the 'prohibitionists" Nevertheless, I d id not make much money out of the business. It was not done by me for money, nor had I any

idea of turning my cart into n traveling ram-shop. I never carried more than the dozen gourds at once, and these more to

gratify a little circle of genial old fellows whom I knew, than for any motive of gain.

One dav T stopped to trade at a house

near the "Corners," in the town of F ,

where there had of bite been several "rumcases" tried. There were three or four

women at this house, and as usual they

came out to look over my tin-warei.prints and notions in the cart. ;

Women always will do that, whether

they want to buy or not; we expect it. It is one of the thinsrs a peddler must accept good-naturedly,

When I first began peddling, this hab

it of the women made me anerry; for I

thought they did it io make me work in

folding things up and putting them away again. But that is not the reason. They

cannot help it; it is natural to them. And they like to see a ptsddler fold and replace h9 goods carefully, even if it takes him half an hour.

Ton would think, perhaps, that they

did not care or realisie, how mnch work

they make the trader;-but they do, and that is the funniest. part of it; and -they

think very much more of you if you have

unbounded patience with them.

A bright woman always knows that

she has several weaknesses, and shois apt to eonfide in a man who she sees knows

it, and has a beartful of patience for her

whims, it took me thirty or forty years to (earn even so much" as woman nature. I don't pretend to .jrnw tmmh- about woman'nature yet; and, in fact, -1 . never

saw tho man who did, -

As I have said, there were three orfour

women in the house, one of them, a verv

pretty,blue-eyed young lady abont twenty years old, who seemed to be a oalhr or

visitor. She came to the beck of the c&rt with the others, and while peeringin, her sharp eyes spied one of the gourds.

'0" she Bid," do let me look at that

droll, crook-necked squash!" and at once

she pulled one of thim from under the paper rags, -

It chanced to begone that I had receiv

ed back from an old customer only the day before, full of barley-corns. He had

neglected to glue on the etem as carefully

as he should have done. While the young lady was holding it, the stem came off and some of the barley ran out.

That eiroumstanee T might perhaps

have explained satisfactorily to her, if

nothing else except the barley run out. But something else, not perceptible to

he eye, but appreciable by the nose, aliio

came out of the gourd.

She first sniffed, and then put it to her

pretty littie nose and sniffed again. Then

she gave me a quick little look oufc of -the

corners of her blue eves.

I knew in an instant that I was caught

though she did not say a word for a mo

ment or two, and then only apkedone, innocently enough, to be so kind as to'sell her onfc of those droll little gourds.

I tried to plead off. I wanted to carry hem all home, I said., which was very rue. But sbe pouted and seized another one

one of the full ones, too, as it happened and said that Imm4-anchthat I should

-sell her that one.

I was now in trouble. . As coolly as I could, I replied: "No.no; I cannot do it." But slie had the gourd in her hand,- and I could not very well get it without taking it from her by force, smd thai I - wouldn't do. ' - She offered me fifty cents, ahd eld on to fche gourd. I would not take the money I knew better than that but I assured her, since she would have it, that I would make her a present of it Finding that she could not get me to take pay for it, she ran into the house, got her hat, and started off with the gourd as fast as she could walk. I also started from that loc&lity , at once, and drove as fast as I dared. Still, I hoped that perhaps the girl only wanted the liquor for her folks, or to gratify some

whim, though I might have known .

bettor. I had not gone more than- three miles from the "Corners," when- a wagon in which were three men came , driving u p behind my cart at a great. p?ce, A constable jumped from the wagon and' arrested me for violating the w"f' WelJ, they soon had me under lock and key; and a search of my cart revealed any thing save a good condition. 9? ! things for me. They captured' every gourd five full ones, What they did with them i ne ver knew. I know I never saw them again. . At my trial they failed to provethough my charming young- lady aoquamtance tried :Very hard to do so, she being a member.of a "Band of Temperances'that I had actually sold Jiqaor. There was a great deal of fun and laughter about tho gourde, and I barely escaped sentence to. jail, but had a fine to pay, and lost about a week's lime bosidefl. That broke up the gourd business. I used sometimes to meet the young lady afterwards, and always lifted my hat- to her. I really never fmt angry with her.

THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY.

A Farm Locomotive. Oapt W. E. Cole, oi! Montgomery, Alii, has invented a locomotive itfor' use on plantations which only requires .a track made of poles. It him been-ted and works admirably from fiWto ten inches in diameter. The manager of the Washington Machine Company of Pittsburg has investigated the pole- road enterprise, and believesthfit it will become a great featnre in the furm transportation. The world produces inprg Mino than fceer,

Roughing It in the YellowstoneEvery Day Experience.

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Chicago Nowfl. ' ; T will get even with you for that fall, before you are a day older," said Gen. Sheridan to Judge Bollins, picking a sand-burr out of hiB left ear. It was foul foul os " aWhat is this?" said the chief, sternly. "Is it possible that I behold a quarrel? For shame, gentlemeg, or shame!" . "Well, what did he yank my oraokerbox from under me for, that's what I d like to know?" said Gen. Sheridan, an angry light in his eye, and the hot Gln cago blood mounting his cheeks. "I could lick " "General," said the chief, "this is unseemly. Have you got any more of that smoking- tobacco you had last night?"

"Yes," snapped the general, "but Tve quit giving it up. You've bepged two dollars worth of my tobacco einoe we left Omaha. I'm n sucker, if 1 did come from Illinois." "So, Phil," said the chief,in a deep and dignified voice; 'fyou're no aaoker--yqu're a bloak." "Well, why dofi't you strike some of the other fellows? l;)o you suppose I chartered Pie ire Lorillard's tobacco works for this confounded trip?" 'ThiV said theichief kindly, find with a sad expression jin his face, "I have fed you on milk that jeost me $15 a gallon in New Yi rk since you caught onto this party at Chidagoj-genuine purple-velvet, Phil, the best in tlhe market. From this time on you will time to hustle elsewhere

for your nourishment, My mind is made up. Bollins, let ijts go into my tent' and look at the picturbs." The general stobd os if rooted to the spot, his cheeks blanched m a ghastly whiteness, and hm eyes protruding from their sockets. "Isspoke too hastily,' he murmured to himjself ; "that stuff he's got is gilt-edged. Will he and Rollins get away with it, or Will he relent?'1 . k thread of pals smoke was curling np through the pure atmosphere of the valley. The odor of (wild flowers and' cooking codfish was in the air. Robert Lhv coin sat close to the fire, warming a bottle of liniment, for he had; ridden many miles the day before on the buck of a broncho pony. Anson Stager had just returned'from the hunt with a tames of beautiful animahi slung across the muzzle of his faithful gun. "What have you got the: e?" asked Itobeit Lincoln eveing the animals curiously. "These," said Gj en. . Stager, carelessly throwing thwn oiji the grass, "are Yellowstone rabbits. They are a beautiful animal, and, whet, properly dressed and cosked, make a diah fit. for the gods, i lay them hero as an offering to the chief. I have not been feeling well this morning, and I have simply picked them off to see if my gun was working all right." ((I will cook thtiin," said Robert "1 am very familiar with these animela, having read of them when a boy. It is said they are very dooijle, and can easily be domesticated." hr cannot say as to that," replied Gen. Stager, i(but they are a graceful beast, and I wovldn't beisurprieed if they could be domesticated, although they are far

from being docilei. ecan have them for dinner, I suppcsa,r" .'For dinner," emd Robert, and he proceeded to skin the animals. It was late when Senator Vest, of Missouri, turned out that day. He had been sitting up until a late hour the nipht be fore teaching Mike Sheridan how to play a parlor game of some kind, and when he sauntered toward the chief's tent it was dinner time. He halted once or twice as he walked along, and assumed a listening or rather a smelling attitude. As he neared the tent he halted again, looked around pnt his handkerchief to his noee, and walked away. - "I would swear it," said he. "And yet 1 hardly know bxw it could be." Again, as if undecided, he walked toward the tent slowly, and looked in. The table was set, nnd" everything seemed to be ready; Gen. Sheridan was wiping some knives on his buckskin trousers, and Judge .Greshalm was polishing the spoons uh ,his coasteeve. There were several dishes on the table, two of which attracted the senatbr's attention, but he said nothing. "I think, my dear Sheridan,- said Judge Gresham, !that the gas must be escaping" Something is certainly escaping," replied the general, "but there isn't any gas within 7,000 miles of here." "True, true,, ssid the judge. "You haven't smoked that pipe of yours in here this morning, general?' 'No," replied the general, "but Rollins passed by here smoking a cigarette, Per; hars that accounts for it." . , It may," replied' tho judge, "but this is a trifle worse even than a cigarette, although it sometimtts appears to me that nothing can smell worse than a cigarette, "Can it be possible," asked Senator Yeat, looking in again, "that this is a secret passage connecting this tent- with

the Ghicago river?" Tf such is tho case," replied Gen. Sheridan, "althorgh I am inclined to question it, the wil d must be : blowing a gale from the east m Chicago to-day.' I have looked in to ask if any of you thought of bripging along a barrel of chloride of lime" said Judge Rollins, appearing at the entrance. "I think there must be a decaying' bison in this vicinity and before I left Omaha I saw that the Asiatic cholera wag spreading." "I have never had anything to affect me like this since the teatherhead bolt in the Chicago convention," said the chief, who had walked into the tent unperceived "Are yen certain that no members of the Albasy transom party have found their way in here?" "None that I know of," said. Robert Lincoln. "The tram was disinfected before we started." fI think," said Gen. Sheridan, "that we have camped on an old Sioux buryingground. iSither that, or there is an Indian village to the windward of us " ' Ts the guide here?" asked the ohief, I will send for Him, ' said Col. Mike Sheridan. "He wi$l come instantly." . ; "Tho air was becoming thicker, as the moments passed by. Tho gentlemen stood around tho table in silence. The chief saturated a napkin iwith vinegar and held it to his nose. Tho others followed , his sample. Presently a heavy footstep was heard outfiide, and h f rgp tierproau entered, He

gasped for breath, turned an appealing look toward the chief, and fell heavily to

the ground. Two hours later, when consciousness returned, he found himself . in the open

air stretched upon a camp bedstead, and

surrounded by the members of the expedition. "Gentleman," he said faintly, "yon mus excuse me. It is a long time since I lived in a city, and I can't stand anything like that. I know I'm rough in my manners, gentlemen, bui: I never ate one of 'em in my life, and I can't stand the smell. You city men may Hke 'em. but

Confound me I dont."

"But are they not YeUowetone rabbits? Are they " " "Oh, Lord! you'll kill me," said the frontiersmam "Yellowstone rabbita! Yellowstone rabbits be excuse me, gentlemen, Fm rough, I know. Why bla9tmy eyes gentlemen, -we call 'em: skunks in Missouri.". . '" (To he continued in our nest. )

No Spots There. Detroit Free Press. It began t j rain again soon after dinner yesterday, and a disgusted, citizen who came down on a Woodruff avenue car be

side an old man remarked: tsI presume this is owing to those spots on the sun?" "Hey," called the other as he put his hand to his ear. "Spots on the sun ryeDei the other. , "Hey? Spots? Whew are the spots?" "On the sun!" ' ' " The old man rose up, Grossed the car and looked out of the window and squinted around for a minute, and then returned and said: "Can't see the sun 'tall. How did the spots come there?" "I don't know?' : ' 'Hey?" , "I don't know." "Have you seen 'em?" : jt "No.'-' 'TTou have, eh? "I said no." "Oh! you haven't? What was your object in telling me there were spots on the sun? I not so old that I permit anyone to make a fool of me!" i The other now looked out of a window and assumed a careless air, but the old man was right after him with: "You come into a car when I am min ding my own business and' begin to talk abont spots on the'sun. Who are you, sir? Did you want to get me topickyour pocket?" "They say the' rainy weather comes from the spots on the sun," explained the other. - "Who says so? Name the man t I'm around all the time, sad I haven't heard of spots on tbe sunj If-yon think you can work any game :Oh me, you are badly sokl"'' ; f -'r The citizen got u p to change his seat, but the old gent pulte I him down an'd said: (You want to work some sort of a game on me and I know it. If ever I catch you within a rod of me again 111 tie you up in a knQfc in two minutest 111 put scots on you till you can't sleep P ' The citizen made a break and got out and though he had no umbrella, he droppod off in he midst of the rain with the took o a man glad to make the charge; He had just reached tho curb when the old man came to the platform and called out: "Took me for a greenhorn, did yon! I wish I'd walked yon right to the : police station! Ah, you miserable swindler! Spots on the aim! Maybe you mae something out of sweet-oiling around me!" ; ""I '

Too Homst IJncie D. P. Oliver, now a -prosperous grocer in an Iowa village, .once prac ticed law in Ohio. Being met by an old acquaintance, hewas asked- for all . the particulars of his giving up the profes sion. 1

"Bidu't it agree with your health?" "Oh, yes," nnswerea Uncle,pavid, "Didn't it pay?" ; "First rata" . " v- ? . "Meet with suOicient favor from tbe courts V" ? . 5 ",U1 1 could ask." ,' , "? "Then what was it compelled yon to quit it?" : , a 'v . "Well,' I tell yous I was too honest." A good laugh from the bystanders aroused Uncle JDavid into earnestness, and he repeated , the? strange statement and nailed it tohis sVopcounter with hie huge fist. But his cross questioner went on, . " ; ... -, , . 'When did you 8hd this out?' "In my very lost caaa" "Wnat was thatr' ' (One in which I was retained to prosecute a neighbor for killiug- a dog" "And he was acquitted? So you lost the case and gave uprvout profession disouraed ?" - , "No; he was convicted." "Tnen he was guilty?" "No; he was innocent." ' .'',".- "But didn't the evidence prove his guiJt?" fcCertainly it did.'' "Then why do you say he was inno cent?" . . " " "Because I had killed the' dog myselt a few nights before for trespassing on my poultry; and I came to the conclusion that any business ttiafc woult aid a man to convict a neighbor of his own crimes was not the business forme; so. I gave it up. - . ,; . v The Secret of True Dignity. London Spectator. 1 . , The common note of all men who are remarkable for true dignity is, however, a conscious self respect, and this is gU ting less and less common as the oontemv plative temper merges in the competitive temper of modern times. Mr. Arnoldhas with more than his usual skill, described the dignity of the East, in its contrast with the restlessness of the West, in the hnes in which he paints the scorn felt by the East for theJRoman conquests : - The East bowed low before the. blast,In patient, deepdisdara; . She let tbe Legions thunder, pasty , f And plunge in thought agaiq;1' You have the whole secret of true dignity in that verse. It is patient fit is inward, and it really prefers the inward to tho outward scenery. Dignity cannot be impatient; it cannot be external; yet even if a mind is both patient and inward, it will have no true dignity so long as the whole feeling for the inward soenery it contemplates is that of displeasure and disapprpbration. A dignified man muet feel a certain amount of. interest:' and pleasure in expressing himself adequately in speech and conduct. He must keenly value the moral symmetry of hi&bwn thoughts with his action, and therefore is that in the externality and hurry and ir riiability. of our day, p!ignity is .BfetryedV

SUN STBUOK IjSTEBVIEWEI

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The Pohkepay Talladinm ' ,. Announcesviib. moehipaiii-' That Mr. S. jUdeTTsajrs ' HeUlnerer rnii again, r; J

. The Tuscaloosa Chronicle . lias interviewed the seer, , Who boldly eaja he'll be onhand , The next Presidential year. x The Jabberwocky Banneret1 " Telie how he fumed and raged - -f When the reporfciriarad t o ask: . 'Dear air, aft yon engaged?" :3 T - Tho Pooahontae "GlanoK ' Just makes the welkin riug '.V . Wrh "M r.1deniddteusr The Pensacolft Avalanche ''v. . Proolaimsthat Tildeh saidr i . ' Tin getting?' dert'newv: Ihavetrp ir bed 'v .'4 . '

Tlte South Weetchoeter Catamount, ; , -. .Whiohenrely.tght.to kapw. V''.--8, :y M

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Than twenty years ago.'

But now the Sun these iournahs great Blots out as witfi a p&U, " : Answering: "Mr. Tilden's hdt"r T Been interviewed at lln

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Justice always overtakes the gnilty. A New York man while flawing wood fell ctead of heart dieeaee. K he had made his wife saw the woodas he shonldhae dboie he wonld be alive to-day. . .. . s -

They have at last found a way, to

ize old oyster cans. It ie to makepyramnia

of them and place ;a vase of flowers ou'

top, The pyramids nre-rmade winvjnr

neighbor's back yaid. ? ' ; ? v

James Monroe, an old Ohio man, blew-

out his brains while sleighing with bisv wife. He probably couldn't stand beinp

constantly toM to look ont,,be oarefnl, he

didn't know how to drive, etc. A

Translated-from the Omnibus: Judge;

"So you will yourself from your hus

band separate let? "What can you for a, ground give?" Wife Know you, I-can

me, indeed, again right quick marry !

".Noj sir," said the gentieman,"v "I am iM not brutal in my disposition and taste; ' but J hate hypocrisy in man or beast, and : if two dogs have . a rooted antipathy for,, each other, X don'tliVe to see'em ooneeal'

Something strange; His Excellency;-'

"You have brothers?" Captain-TTwOnc, you Excellency. His Excellency IVb. curious. I was talkingywith yoursister aud she said she had two, vbrotheis. Howie that?, : fr St finding before a olergyman- Who-was about to marry hinva rustic was asked v w Wilt v thou have tins woman?"' ete. 'Ibe , man stared in surprise and replied:. y,' surely! Whoy, I kummed a-pupus." f " They have a nice old lady; in South.

Boston of the gentmelrtingtonian- vai iety. Sne recently alluded to theillicesii 5 ; of a friend with: fXbu see-: he had df r $ gestion of the lungsBnd)then it aettled io : rto ammonia. v . After ttbe service at Bingley Ha3)

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other evening, a man' was seen on

knees beside one of the seats. 3fo him . f : went one of the "lights": "Friend, areyou . :

seeking salvation?" "Salvation be Mowed!' rm lopkingfpr my hat." ' ,- '". According to palmistry squaxe-topped . fiDgers are generally found on the hands' of soientifio men and mot,of our succees-

sful buemess m. weHbave also noticed them on baprgagesmashere and men.wlio

were loading and unloading

j Caiiforna Stage Driving. , - . Milwaokee Sentinel. " " 0

ThARirili ol; thA rlriTArq in thA rtnwn- "'1.

ward drives is sometiimg wonderful. The roads are a contin ious succession oMbs letter S; winding inland' out about the heads of gulches; in many places the

turn being so sharp as to let the three. - t; ?i , vrH 1 r.

They, are also,rough. and rutty at this

motion the i onghestrplaces must be avoided, : -5-' ' , -V The driver, on his high sea with his six lines and long whip in hand, and one foot on the brake with the other i braoe on the footboard, appears to have as perfect control of thei whole turnout as if it was a puppet. . .He will throw those six horses fro n one side of the road to the other - to straddle a rut or avoid a stone &s if 'they were; one a-iimal. Some'

times the hub will scrape the bank on ,4i the upper side, andthe ntext instant (fee 'wheels will be on the very verge cm ; down side. When appaolnng aharp'-- ;; corner and one's impulse' is to slowdown,.. crack will go his whip; and wo dash.- - around it like a gush of wind. Thetems'' : seem to be nerves, or living tissues, con- $ veyiug the driver's thoughts, - and5 their

nuises beat and tneu nearrs inroo.ia .

unison. An accident - seldom nappenB with those drivers, for-extreme caution,, coupled with absolute control of their team and vehicle, and perfect knowledw of the laws of stage motion; governs all their acts; - They are compelled to make ; rapid progress down hill to compensate for the slower mption tcr and they have

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and practice them. Una driver wiu muKe if this drive of seventy-five miles into the,; f t.1 hnnk Ainun the'

nextj every daj of his hfei :qn"kiwjs-f--'. every rut and turn and stone on tho line, v

and his smews are as strong as . the lasli of his whip... ; x ; From the snow and mad of the -Sierras to the tlowers-of the foothills and the ripening grain of -tho valley tieldw is; only a daylight drive, and we :rejolce

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Wull Street NewB. ' ; r '-' - - jl "Yes, there's money made in stocks, I . 3;

s'pose," said the old fannr.as he hircliedv around' on the head of a sugar barrel, . nl...l-un .JSmmv fc' mam wmilir

be to. put his money into real estata'; "It might goown'rpuggeste a,oung,;

roan in- a brown straw,4;at. N

Wall, that's according to whatyA buy.

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"What have you invested in? "Graveyards, young mail graveyard?. It you kin git into a new town and' buy the only piece of rolling ground " in the neighborhood, you're dead sure of selling out fur a gravoyard inside of a year, ' I've located and sold out seventeen graveyart sites during my lifetime and have doiib-

led on each one.- Vhent is all rights but : f ; pick for rolling ground and fcoldit fta1 , graveyard, and they've got to come Mr ,1 '4 ? H.

your terms or plant their oadaverehe4efes j

skelter, and do their weepin? during ;! ' dry-season -- 'Vf-V -r The Arkansas legislature will prob 1 ably give Dorset counter its name back tp them as Doreey m now-anhoniriuani

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Greensboro, Ala., bus a preacher wbq; is selling copies of a tter wiit b; Jesus Christ. He tells them who buy The Lord will Wde w 'em blessi

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