Bloomington Courier, Volume 9, Number 52, Bloomington, Monroe County, 27 October 1883 — Page 3

Of the madstone, which, in tbeJfesUs Popularly believed to insure its possessor against hydrophobia and death by snake bite, the Terre Haute Ezpress says: "Madstones are very rare, and very few are known to exist There is one in Des Moines, one in Kekuk,rne in Louisville and one in Taylorsville, 111. Many people doubt the stone's existence, and 11 here the madstones come from no one peems to know. Their possessors are not able to tell. An old Indian chief said that the stones were found in the stomachs of extremely, old buck deers. The stone is porone, and when it is applied to a wound the virus passes through it into the bandages.

A Chicago haokwn, who has a pleasant face and winning ways, has, according to the Chicago Herald,gained $40,000 from bis business in the past ten years. Win ova n11a ran a unTiwtpowian wttiTCf nnt

of the tra;n to make his first visit to the ci ty. The hackman engages to show the stranger aronnd town for a dollar. Ere AC '.J' .m t ' i "I 1 - - -

tTiaaeu nit? customer so oaj uow diud

oi Glomes, ana men tut? mue nwe eariry go to a shoemaker's to get boots to match. And so the hackman trots his man owvn-n? until thft flitv ban hopn RPAtl.

and the mral visitor feels grateful to the man who has taken so nmch pains with

umu-i v uiu iiuva u..sxm fioo

to me crsoers ana craws ms commission. Some of the peculiar people are noticed

at the theatres again this season. They include the man who drops his program regularly from the balcony to the parquet; the woman who always lays her head on her-male companion's shoulder when she laughs at anything fnunv in the play; the man who tells his neighbors what incoming hes seen the play before; the woman who annoys the person on the seat back of her by constantly moving her head from side to side; the man who stands up and vry deliberately removes his overcoat in the most interesting part of the drama; the man with squeaking boots who comes in late, walks with a good deal of emphasis down to the front row of seats; the man who laughs so loud ae to remind me of an earthquake, and last, but not least, the baby who is too small to be seen,but always large enough to be heard.

An artist from Cincinnati, who recently visited the vicinity of Puget Bound, says it is the most beautiful part of this conti

nent The climate is even pad salubrious. There is never much ice or snow. The soil is fine and the scenery magnificent. A gentleman of the party who has visited nearly every part-of the globe said that there was nothing that equaled it, excent the Greek Archipelago; The people there are intelligent and progressive, and the country is bound to develop with wonderful rapidity. The atmosphere is so clear that Mount Baker, distant forty miles, looms up as though- it was but a few steps away. Seattle, the commercial center of the country, is a wonderful

place and will be the Chicago of (he Pacific coast. It has a fine harbor, is well built, and is growing very fast. Tacoma is also a prosperous and enterprising

place, it was the first place on the Pacific coast touched by the Northern Pa

cific, and occupies a very commanding position. Mount Tacoma, with its snow covered peaks, rises in the distance and is a nart of a most interesting range of which little is known.

Nobody on earth, says the Cincinnati Newe-Journal receives half the protection that' a red-handed murderer does nowadays. It is the murderer who expects

and gets the best of everything to be had

in the shape of shelter, provender, deli

cate handling in the press and first class eotmsel. He comes a foul-mouthed, lowminded, ignorant sneak thief, a disgrace to r is species and a source of annoyance, trouble, and expense to his family. This bloated, blear-eyed, hang dog ulcer of a coward has done nothing bnt murder his his wife in cold blood. The womanafter enduring years of misery and privation as this wretch's wife, never even raised her hand toward off the fatal blow that she had expected for months. The human fiend could never support himself, but as soon as he has bathed his hands in the

blood of a weak woman he commands the service s of a host of lawyers who move heaven and earth to save the brutal hell hound's .worthless neck. Money cornea from somewhere in abundance,and courts are taken up for months at a time with the stubborn fight for the life of a

ffnMiii 'LmjLi .. . a

yww wiiuve uuuuivn eerns to ongnt everything that is good in 'life and revel in the most horrible crimes in the calendar It is no wonder that they who have murder in their hearts dp not stop to consider the oonsequences.

titioners say that from 1830 to 1850,when

the government exerted itself to stop the

slave trade, the number of illegal impor

tations of slaves was not lees than 546,315

and in the eye of the law they wore: sim

ply freed men reduced to servitude, and

nr illecallv held, and

should be restored to their liberty. They

an A fhoii rfaananrianfa arA hftld in S re

gion where there were few if any other

slaves prior to the illegal importations named, and, as the total number of slaves

in the district is no l,136,648,it is claim

ed that they Ehould all be emancipated, being either those illegally imported or the descendants of such. The holders of

these slaves profess themselves willing to make any reasonable sacrifice in the matter that will not entail ruin upon them and the district They are willing to accept compensation, bnt in the present condition of the Brazilian treasury the

necessary funds to accomplish their purchase estimated at 0,00,000. cannot be spared. The un justness of the claims upon which these slaves are held has created a party which favors general emancipation throughout the kingdom, and a widespread agricultural and financial panic is feared. PAYING THE DEBT. A New York paper has published a curious tab e of statistics, showing the reduction of the national debt by adminlstratkms rather than by years. The table shows the total amounts paid on the debt by each administration, the reduo tion of yearly interest, and the interest per capita. It is a a follows:

rw Hfdnctior Int. ueov. yjly mt, p.cap fiincoln-Johnson. $323.65 .698 gMH; W cte Grant, first 827.3tr.8l? 7.474.194 97 eta Gi-mt second ;rW:HM $ .4.8SU60 34 CtS 199.625.27i 18.14l,8 55 cte Garfield-Arthur... 280.888.329 23.581,988 51 cte Total i3l7.649.748 r-9.540.988 43.84

The paper says: uItmuFt he rememfaered that each of these periods except the last covers four fiscal years; the last only covers two fiscal years, and yet its results compare well with those of any fonr years preceding. "When the war closed the interest charge was $4.29 yearly for eaUi person, and in fO'ir years trader Secretary M'Cnllooh it wasrednced $3.32. Then fonr years under Mr. Boutwell reduced it to $2.35, and in spite of the prostration of business, four years more, mainly under Mr. Bristow, reduced it to $2 01 per capita. About the close of President Grant's second term business began to recover, and more than half of the entire burden of the debt has been removed in the six years wMdi have followed; four under Secretary Sherman out it down irom 82.01 to $146 per capita, and two under Secretaries Windom and Folger have cut it down from $1.46 to 95 cents per capita." The Eastern holders will not be made to believe that Evansville cannot afford to pay her debts. They cite the fact that the city of Portland, Me., has a bonded indebtedness of 16 per cent, of the assessed valuation ot her property, which is 12 per cent, of the real value, and her bonds are eagerly taken everywhere, while the city of Evansville, Ind with a debt of only r per cent, of her assessed valuation, which i9 only 5 per cent, of her real valuation, repudiates. They steadily iefuse to listen to any suggestion that the issues of other municipalities ought not

to be depreciated on account of Evans-

ville'e acount, and set their faces against

all Indiana bonds.

CURRENT HISTORY, Ts states will hold elections on the

6th of November. Maryland and Massa

chusetts will elect the principal state offi

cers and also le gislatures; New York will choose a secretary of state, controller,

attorney-general, engineer and surveyor,

both branches of the legislature, and vote

on a proposition to abolish prison con

tract labor; Pennsylvania will elect audi

tor-genera and state treasurer; Connecticut, one half of its senate and its fall

house of representatives; Mississippi, its

legislature; Nebraska, a justice of the

Supreme Court and regents of the state

university; New Jersey, governor and part of its senate and its fall lower house; Virgmia, a part of its senate and its full assembly; and Minnesota will elect governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney-general and railroad commissioner9 and vote upon three proposed amendments to the Constitution, one of which provides that general elections shall be held hereatter in November in each even year. As to four of these states there is nothing more than a local interest in the campaigns now going on; but politicians everywhere are closely watching New York, Massachusetts, Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland and Penney lvania It is noteworthy that the ReDublicans talk confidently of winning Maryland, owing to Democratic quarrels and of regaining Massachusetts, Pennsylvania an&wVw York. On the other hand the Democrats claim th&t the Ohio victory improves teir prospects all around, especially as to New York. .

Gossip About Women.

SOME OP T TBTJB A.D SOME OF IT FAIiSE.

Bagged-edge note paper is all the rage. Forget-me-nots are now the most fash

ionable flower.

Some of the most aristocratic English

ladies ride bicycles.

New correspondence cards have the days of the week embossed in gold in the center of oak and fern leaves. Goat's milk is said to be a great beau tifier of the complexion, and many young adies are drinking it on that account. The latest thing out is for six or eight bridemaids to meet the bride inside the church door 'and escort her up the aisle to the altar. Mrs. Cox, who is said to be a sister of George W. Cable, the novelist, is making reputation for herself in New Orleans as a painter of animals. Mrs. DeLonj? has for some years been pastor of the Universalist church at Tecumseh, Neb., and her charge has recently built a pretty and comfortable church. "lean marry any girl I please," he said with a self-satisfied expression of countenance. "No, doubt," she responded, sarcastically, "but what s irl do you please?1 They don't speak now. Langtry having made such a stir, her London rival, Mrs. Oornwallis West, also a beauty, is coming to this country, and will arrive in Washington late in October, where she will do the honors of her brother-in-law's household, the Hon. lkmel Sackville West, the British Minister. A Willimantic factory girl wrote her name and address and dedre to be mprried in a nice little note, which she placed inside the band of a hat she had jnst finished. Her father bought the hat. On his way home that evening he paused at a house where they were plastering and

obtained a lath. As the novelist says "we

will draw a veil over the soane that en sued.'

. . SL&VBBY IS TSBAZTU

l nere is a movement in Brazil for the

extermination of slavery. It is little sin

gular tnat emancipation for a class of

slaves is aeked,not as a favor to the slaves

tirnaelvaB, b$t The pes

THOU CANST NOT FOKGET.

rhoa canRt t. forget me, for memory will fling

Her light o'er oblivion's lark sea;

&ta TirTiflT-AVAT than mumftst a eomothiiii' will

cling., To thy bosom that whispers of rae.

Thnnirh thn nhnrfifl of thy sniiit I never rany

sweep, Of my touch they'll retain a soft thrill. Like the low undertone of the murmuring deep When the wind that has stirred it is stilK The love that is kept in the beauty of trust .. Cannot pass tike the foam of the seas. Or a mark that the finger hath made in the dust. When'tis swept by the breath of thf breeze. Thev tell me, xny love tbou wilt calmly resisn, Yet I ever, while liptening to them. Will sigh for the heart that was linked with mine As a rosebud is linked to ita stem. Thou canst not forget me! Too long thou hast . flung Thy spirit s soft pinions o'er mine; Too deep was the promise that round my lips olung As they softly responded to thine. Tn the dust of the twilight, beneath the bine sky. My presence will mantle thy soul, And a feeling of sadness will msh to thine eye. Too deep for thy manhood's control. Thou mayst go to the island of and fame Far. far from the "Land of the Free," Yet each wind that floats 'round thee will whisper a name That is sweeter than mnsic to thee. And when 'round thee darkly misfortunes shall crowd, . Thoul't think, like th beautiful storm

Of the rainbow that arches the thicK tempest

clouds. My love would have lightened the storm.

Thou canst not forget me! The pnssion that dwelt

fn thy bosom 'twill slu -bonni? he.

In the memory of all tuou nait mnrmureu u

felt 'The thoughts of me never can die.

Thrm mayst turn to another and wish to forget

But the wish will not brine the repose:

For, oh! thou wilt find that the thorns of regret

Where but hid by the leaves of the roee.

TWICE MARRIED.

Cow Boys.

like all Americans on the border of

civilization, they have a strong sense of

humor and of sentiment. No matter how

drank a cowboy is, he is always ready to

appreciate a ioKe: ana a woman never

has to appeal to him in vain for protec

tion. It is true, if he fancies her partic

ularly, he may express his devotion in an

uncouth wy; ont I have seen some exhi

bitions of rare delicacy among them. I knew one of these men to five nearly a

year's salary to a Massaohnaette's girl

who had stranded in a frontier town, without friends or clothes er money, to get her back to her people. Of course, these men have -their leaderstheir heroes. Men who can dnnk more whisky, shoot faster sndsnrer, risk their lives more recklessly, be first in at a dance and at a death, mere chivalrous, more generouB than the common herd. It I would tell you of some of the noted desperadoes' 1 have met and repeat the stories of their lawlessness, deeds of heroic raffianism, you would hardly believe me. But the cowboy is fast losing caste. The law is becoming supreme. The great ranches are being divided up, towns are becoming more numerous and their police more

efficient. The cowboy, like the Forty-

niner, will soon be a thintr of the past Captain Mayne Reade, the well-known

noveust, died at J-ionaon, onnaay eve

ning,

"Oh papa, I'm so tired !" "I know von are, Ailsie, but we must

keep on till we reach the mountain top'

Is mamma no there?" asked the child;

then with a wistful glance at her father;

"Do you think Bhe will be glad to see us papa!" ......

"Glad to see yon J hope,but,oh Aiisie,

vou must ask her to forgive me."

There was a slight quiver in the man s

voice, and the child, although not com

prehending the cause of it laid her small

hand on his ooat sleeve with a sympa

thetic touch. Thev walked on for some

time withont speaking, then she broke the

silence savin :

Papa, why is mamma angry at you? I

will not love ber if she is not good to yon,

for I love Ton denrlv Nearly."

"Let us set here awhile, Ailsie, and I

will endeavor to make yon nnderstand all

about it."

She obeyed, glad of an opportunity

toreasther tired limba. firoasing ner

hands on her lap she looked np into his

face trustfully.

rYer see," he began, "your mother was.

n't like me: T mean long aj?o. when I first

met her. She a lady, and I was a groom or servant on her father's place. She need to ride out every day, and T rode after

her to see that no harm came to her. Aft

er a whilo we ptpw to be friends, then

lovera. She was on !y a chit of a gir J, sno when Tasked her to rnn away with me she

consented. One night she stole out of her

father's house, and came to the oak grove where I was waiting for her. I had secur

ed a fleet footed horse, and when morning dawned we were miles away. We tool? parage on a steamer bound for America

and we were married the day after our

arrival. For a while ahe appeared happy

enough, although of course, we were very poor; but T was young and hopeful

and loved my child-wife. Gradually she

began to pine for her old home. She wan unused to poverty, and didn't know how to bear the ups and downs of life as a poor

girl would have done. She frequently up

braided me for the roiffortnne T had

brought upon her, and in time began tr

hate me. I did the best I could for her

and looked forward to your birth, think

ing me would be more content when she

held w baby in her armp; bnt T was mistaken; nothing conld reconcile her to

a life of poverty with me. When yon

were a few months old I discovered she

was receiving letters from her father. Every day helped to wien the breach between us. Although she treated me with

cold contempt I did not blame her much for I knew too well how I had ruined her

life, and her unhappiness increased mine

tenfold.

"At that time I was employed on the

docks. One morning while at work a lady

closely veiled, accompanied by a gentle

man and a nuree, with a child in her arms

passed me. Something about her figure attracted my attention, and as T turned to look after them, I caught a glimpse of the lady's face. I stood for a moment unable to move or speak. Meanwhile they had boarded a steamer that would sail for Liverpool in a few hours. When T recovered my surprise I went as rapidly as possible to the home that had never been a happy one, and learned that my wife and child had gone away in a carriage an' hour or two before. Burning with Tage and excitement, I hurried" back to the vessel. Your mother was on deck talking earnestly to her companion, and the nurse was saying good-by to Rome friends who come to see her off. I walked bodly up to her state-room. Baying that her mistress had sent me for her shawl. The girl replied that she would go and get it,butTI said, pleasantly, Talk, to your friends while you have time.' Only too glad of an opportunity to have a laat word with those she was leaving behind, she told me the number, at the same

time charging me to be careful and not

awaken the baby. Trembling with ex

citement I hurried to the state-room,

wrapped youin the shawl a'id walked off

the steamer. Have I made the story of

my early life clear to you, Ailsie?"

"Yes, papa, I understand it perfectly,

and am so sorry for yon, poor, dear papa."

Then, with a wistful glance in his face MDo you think mamma cried for mefor

her baby ?"

"It may be that she di t, but probably

the prospect of being reunited to her

family lespened her grief for your loss.

Twelve years have paesed and I have

never seen or heard from her since. I

have heard of fhear. though, and know

that our marriage was annulled on the

ground that she was too young to wed

without the consent of her parents, and

about seven years a o she became t ho

wife of a man of rank. That wjiis the last

news I had of her. I wronged your mother

Ailsie, and wronged you in taking yon

from her. And now, if she will receive you back, I will give you up. But you will not return to her penniless you will have a

fortune of 920,000,"

"And you will live with xw, papa?" "No, ov ilcl, I will return to my old life in the minep." "Oh, papa ! papa!'' cried Ailsie,. bursting into a passionate flood of tears, I cannot, will not stay there without you He drew the child to hiB breast and soothed her with tender wores, telling her that she would soon learn to love her mother that he would watch over her, and perhaps see her often. Aftepshe grew calm they started on their journey again and soon reached the old-fashioned inn, where they were to pass that ndght. Ailsie retired early, and her father descended to t he public room, whjere,after a few moments' conversation witli the landlord, he learned that Ailsie's mother, Lady Caroline Denbeigb. was living in Denbeigh Hall, with her child, a sickly

little fellow? four years of age. The old lord had?been dead a year, and Hon. Mrs. Featherstone, Lady Caroline's mother, had been with her until recently, but was then in Farii3. The next morning Ailsie and her father went down to the village hotel, where their luggage had been sent a week before and after making 'the needful change in their dress they set out for the hall. The well dressed, gentleraany-looking individual who walked up the gravel path

with a firm step and independent air, bore but a faint resemblance to the groom with whom Caroline. Featherstone had

eloped some fourteen years before. As they approached the house, he espied Lady Denbeigh and 13ie young heir on the broad veranda, and his heart

gave a quick, painful throb as he gazed

upon the faje he knew no well.

"Is that lady my nianuna?" whispered

Ailsie.

"Hush," he answered softly; then un der his breath; "time will tell if she is indeed your mother." Lifting bis hat re-

speotfnlly, he said:

'I have o ome to erave a few moments'

conversation with you, madam, in behalf

of this chid."

Something in bis tone touched a chord

in her breast that vibrated painfully, Sh

looked earnestly f rom one to the other, then, with a sudden effort, recovered her calmness, and said:

State the nature of your errand, sir." He had fancied him? elf fully prepared

tor this interview; but finding himself

face to face with the woman he had never

ceased to love, his courage failed him,and the man who had been knocking arour d

the world for years, whose wealth had made him powerful and self-asserting,

grew as embarrassed as a school girl.

The fine aneeches he had meant to utter were forgotten. Drawing Ailsie to hia side, he blurted out almost savagely: . "Does not your heart tell you who this child is?" Pale with emotion, nhe cried;

"Tell me, Miles Caryle! toll me quickly is it my lost baby? Reaching out her

hands she swayed for a moment, and

would have fallen had he not caught her in his aims. "When she opened her eyes

again, Ailsie was bending over her.

"Are you better, mamma?" she in

quired, stroking her mother's pale cheek.

"It is trne, then are you indeed my

ost darling, roursnured Lady Denbeigh,

faintly.

"Yes, mamma, and I am going to love

you dearly to make up for the time we have not known each other."

Some hours elapsed befo:re Lady Den

beigh was sufficiently comp osed to listen

o a recital of the events that had trans

pired since Alaie'sabductien. Then Miles

told her how he had gone "West with the

baby, where, after a sharp struggle with

poverty, he had finally obtained employment, and from that time forward had

been what the world, terms a successful

man. Jow wnile amassing wealtn he

had striven to cultivate his mind. He

was now a rich man. The few relativea he had left in the old hme were dead.

and :n the event of his demise Ailsie

would be entirely alone.

His chief reason for seeing Lady Den

beigh. was to entreat her to receive the

child, and bestow upon her a mother's

oyhiff care. He would settle upon her a

Bum sufiioient for all her wants, so that in a pecuniary sense she would not be a

burden.

Lady Denbeigh gladly agreed to all his

plans for the girl's future. Ailsie was to stay at the hall, and Miles would remain in the village, seeing her every day until she grew accustomed to her new life.

At first Lady Denbeigh maintained a

dignified reserve before him, but on the

eve of his departure for London she confessed that when ahe had realized what

efforts he had made to secure her happi

ness, she had hitterly regretted deserting him, and had written craving his forgive

ness. For years detectives had searched for the child. Although legally separat

ed from him, she had kept his image en

shrined in her heart, nd not until con

vinced he war dead did she, at the urgent

solicitation af her family,eonsent to mar

ry Lord Denbeigh.

"I scarcely blamed you for returning to

the life of luxury and refinem nt from

which I had taken you.; he admitted.

"And as years went by I saw more distinctly the social gulf which divided us and realized more f ally the wrong I had

committed. "When I heard you were mar

ried to one Ox your own rank I rejoiced for your sake, even when acknowledging to myself that you were lest forever."

His tone was infinitely sad. He bowed

his head for a moment, and seemed lost in gloomy reflections.

"Did you ever meet any one I

mean

He looked up their eyes met "Any one to fill the void in my lonely heart? No." s "Oh, Miles, forgive me forgive me!" Pride, reserve were cast aside, and she lay sobbing in lrii3 arms, A week later Bpn. Mrs. Featherstone read in the London Times: "Married, Denbeigh, July 10, Miles Oaryle to Lady Caroline, widow of the late Lord Denbeigh.'' "Carrie always did have low tastes. I suppose this is the same creature she eloped with before, and I nm glad her jpoor father is not living to hear of this new disgrace," nas her angry comment. A Wise Tailor. Lowell Oitb.on. "l'es," said the- young man, "I made

my tailor knock olT $5 on the price of the

suit before I ordwed it. I thought it was better not to asm so much money, and I guess ho finally Dame to look at it in a similar light. He doubtless made up his mind that it whu better to Iobo $45 than 50,wbieh as where his head was level.'

GOLDEN CITIES

Of the Centennial State People ol Prominence and Politeness.

Leather bonnets are among mjjlinery

I novelties, 1 4

Special CorroBpoudenoo. DKjrvER, Oon., Oct. 10, 1883.

There is something very peculiar about

Denver in that a visitor soon feels at

home there The people are very genial and cordial in their manners and are un

usually attentive to strangers. Outside of Washington City, 1 doubt if there is a

city in the country with as many public

men according to the population as ar to

be found in Denver. Senator Hill, known

as the "silver Benator" in Congress, re-

aides in Denver. He har auburn hair and

a red moustache, and his voice is much Iiko the rich tone Senator Voorhees uses bo nicely. Congressman Belford, of late

prominent as the "J. B. B." in the Star Route cases, ex-Congressman Patterson, a Democrat and an old Indiana boy, have law offices in the same building. ExSenator Tabor, the rich tri-millionaire, and his wife live at the Winsor hotel, and ex-Senator Jerome Chaffee is back again and the talk is he wants to succeed Hill in the Senate, and bus Tabor for his main backer. Chaffee came to Denver many years ago looking for gold and be struck it rich, but he says he made most of his fortune in another way: One night he took two or three friends into a bar-room and called for the drinks. All took whisky straight and Cfliaffee threw down

a twenty-dollar gold piece to pay thebilL The bar-tender took the money and said "all right" That settled it with Chaffee; he never patronized a saloon or never drank a drop of liquor afterward and, as a consequence, he got rich, while hundreds of men broke up drinking the "slag" sold in the mining omps. One of the biggest-hearted men alive is Ward Lamon, Lincoln's old friend and law partner. He is the attorney now of a large mi ing corporation and is apparently most prosperous as well as happy. He was United States Marshal for the District of Columbia during Lincoln's administration, and was on- of the most intimate friendB of the Martyr President. He showed me a pass that Lincoln gave him that is a precious relic. It is written in Lincoln's own hand and reads as follows: 'Allow the bearer, W. H. Lamon k friend, with ordinary baggage, to pass from Washington to Biohmond and return. A. Lincoln. April 11, 1865. This was three days before the assassination which occurred while Lamon was in Richmond. Hon. J. A. Bently ex-commissioner of pensions, is practicing law at Denver, and recuperating his broken health at the same time. I was somewhat startled to see Brick Pomeroy's sign out as I went along a street. Brick growing up out West and is as irrepressible as ever and still in the newspaper business. His divorced wife is making money as an actress and is now in Australia, Brick was one of her patrons when she appeared in Denver last year, Ex-Governor Boutt is now Mayor of Denver. He is an Ohio man and, of course, is at himself in an office. Senator Tom Bowen, who beginB his Senatorial

career this winter, is a very pleasan t fellow. He came from Iowa and went to themouuta!ns with pick in hand prospecting. That was some years ago, and now he has two million dollars. Gov. Grant is the first Democratic governoi of the State. He defeated Campbell, the liepublican nominee, by getting a great many Republican votes. Grant is very wealthy, and, besides exercising the pardoning power, he is the owner of a large smelting works that produce a vast amount of bullion each year. Lieutenant Governor Myer is of German stock, and has an ambition to become a real gover nor. He will be a candidate before the next Republican state convention for .the place, and will doubtless have for his competitor ex-Senator Tabor. These are some of the prominent men I met who

reside in Denver, but there were many more known to fame that I did not see.

It is a good place for a man broke or

flush. If he is broke it is the place to

make back his fortune; if he is flush he

can increase his wealth or perhaps Iobo it all. There is a deal of excitement in all lines of business in Denver, and hence great possibilities.

The Winsor hotel, managed by Maxey

Tabor, is the finest in the West. Young Tabor is a model business man and has much of the tact and business energy of his father. His mother, whom I had the pleasure of paying my respects to, is a

most charming lady. She is so gentle

and has such a sweet, patient disposition

that I know she is one of 3 the best of women. Her homo is a modest oncthoueh

ample in proportions and richly, yet not

extravagantly fuiuishfd. The house is

three stories, of brick, and has a deep

basement and stone steps leading up to

the first floor. , The yard is a nice plat of grass and shrubbery of various kinds and several beds of beautiful flowers add to the attractiveness of the place. Mrs Tabor was born in Vermont. George W. Ady, the agent of the Union Pacific at Denver, knows more about the wonders of Colorado than most men know about them. If a visitor will call on him the story of the golden country X will be told in a most interesting and reliable

manner. I could not help noticing the politeness of Union Pacific railroad men generally, A question addressed them always was politely and fully answered. In the East how often is one bluffed by the surly conductor, so often in fact that on many lines tha traveling public never ask for any information. In the West I never found a railroad official who was not as polite as a perfect gentleman always is. This adds greatly to the pleasure of a trip. Next to Denver, Georgetown is the delight of the tourist. It is unrivalled. Beetling mountains rise on three sides, but the streets are level and sloneless. There is neither dust nor mud. Green Lake sparkles in the sun only two miles away, but 2,000 feet above. There are boats, and trout that sport in a petrified forest seen in the crystal denths. Ai Snake River Pbsb the tourist can stand with one foot on each of the great continental slopes, see snow and flowers, tread on ice and fed the breath of summer.

Tlie Devirs Gate and Bridal Veil Palls, and the beautiful valley below are seen on returning. ' 3?urther up the canon is Silver Plume. To reach it, two miles away, the railroad ha3 to travel six and form a loop. Noted peaks are seen in every direction. Georgetown is the key to Middle Park via Berthoud Pass. The hotels are excel lent, the atmosphere de

lightful, and the piles of silver bricks goodly and interesting. Leaving George

town unwillingly,you return to the Forks. Is it possible the scenery is the same? Viewed from the other side each spot seems new, and as the train darts across and back and across again, into outs and clefts in the solid rock, you wonder why you did not notice this and that before. At tke junction of the two branohea there is a depot, and a place where home-made refreshments abound. As you have come from Silvery Georgetown, the pride of Clear Creek county, you now go to Central, which iB a fooua of gold bearing veins. The Union Pacific railway affords the only routs to the heart of the great gold mining regions; no other Colorado railroad passes near a gold mine or mill. The train for Black Hawk and Central is soon winding through gulches which have enriched their thousandsand where all the details of gulch mining are going on at the edge of ttie track. Thirty-seven

miles from Denver is Black Hawk, and a mile above rests Central, the towns merg

ing into each other. You are now in the midst of mines, mills and smelters, and can study mining in every phase, from the blasting of the rook to the casting of

precious ingots, On the giddy slopes

overlooking hang cottages seemingly ready to topple one upon another; in the bottom of the gulch . dozens of stamp mills thunder with never-ceasing indus

try, while down in the depths,where sun

light never oheers, by dim candle rays,

hundreds of men are wielding the pick,

drill and shovel, delving for the hidden wealth of centuries. It is a work that knows no day or night.

It is a mile from station to station, but

the cars climb four to make that one, by

a switchhaek that gradually elevates the traveler till he is afforded a bird's-eye

view of the canon and the two towns.

seeming from this height to join in one,

and the towering range in the distance

frowning down snow crowned. The track runs almost across the dumps of the famous Gregory and Bob-tail mines and lies above the mills that crash and grind. Every tourist will come here. Between

the towns is the renowned Bonanza tunnel, piercing the solid mountain. 1,200 feet, and crossing twelve veins glittering with gold. Visitors are always welcome to inspect be th tunnel and milL The tunnel is high and airy and dry. . It will be a novelty to many to explore its dark

ness by flickering candle-light. Central

City has been a prosperous "camp" for

years, and so has Georgetown, but of late the prosperity has been promising to redouble. New discoveries have been made on every hand. Startling develop

ments are of daily occurrence. There is metal found where none v as expected,

and the quantity quadrupled where it had been known to exist. No places in

the world have brighter futures. They are great for all time. Scenic and his

toric attractions aire all around. Weeks could be spent in the locality with pleasure and possible profit beyond measurement. The journey back to Denver is

just as interesting every foot of the way, until the city is seen standing stately in

its stone and brick, and the tourist is

once more in the midst of metropolitan

bustle. Stbebob.

FATHER BEGGS.

Diseases of Cattle in England, Keports of new outbreaks of contagious and infectious diseases among the live stock of Great Britain continue to come from England. Becent accounts state that in Norfolk there are 248 places in which foot-and-mouth disease prevails. In Derbyshire ill animals were afflicted with that disease, or 232 more than there were a week before the date of that report. It is said that "it is feared that the disease will prejudicially effect the Derbyshire Agricultural Show." To . those living at this distance from the affected locality it seems very desirable that the presence of the disease should affect the show, at least so far as to prevent the moving and exhibition of animals in the infected district. Foot-and-mouth disease is reported to have broken out on several farms in the neighborhood of Cardiff and in other parts of the County of Glamorgan scarcely a day passes, it is said, but fresh cases are reported. The Eiigniflcaut statement is made that the outbreaks of foot-and- mouth diseases "are noib traceable to sales or movement." Similar statements have been made about like outbreaks of the disease. If they are correct the fact serves to prove the assertion that nearly all of Great Britain is a hot-bed of contagious diseases of animals, and to warrant the most rigid enfo-oe-ment of all measures authorized for preventing the importation of the disease. The Treasury Cattle Commission has shown gTeat vigilance in guarding the welfare of American stock-owners, but the means at its command are not great enough to thoroughly protect America from the approach of contagion, as has been plainly shown within the year. The sense of danger from this source is so strong that a by no means insignificant number of breeders in this country are asking if there exists any pressing need of importing more cattle from abroad at the imminent risk of bringing with "them a scourge which, once fairly rxted on American soil, would bring losses incomparably greater than the profits of a few imports.

Plantation Philoaophy. Arkanaaw Twroler. .. .... De tear of sorrow is as bright as detear ob joy. , 5 Drinkin whiaky is like makin' money. De more yer goli de more yer thinks yer can stan. Because a man sings hymns tain't no sign he won't fight yer. De mookin'bird sings mightily, but he whips ebery udder bird in de neighborhood. De man what doan recognize danger is de man what is de mos apt ter git hurt, De pusson what doan think whisky will hurt him is almost sure ter git burned out De contemp' ob man makes itse'f felt eben 'mong animals. So many slurs hab beau cast at de yaller dog dat nine times outen ten when yer meets him he'll hang his head. Advice is all well enough.but too much ob it brings de giver inter contemp. A little horseradish is good, but too much ob it will make yer sneeze. The funeral of Gen, Jas. B. Steedman took place at Toledo, Monday, in the presence of many distinguished soldiers and personages. The wife of John Rnesel Young, minister to China, died at PariB, Monday. The country about Litchfield, 111,, is badly infested with horse-thieves, who continue to grow more ajad more bold in , (heir depredation

He Re a'es Some Interesting Incidents of His Sixty Years as a Methodist Minister.

Father Beggs was, in his earlier days, a circuit rider, and a reporter of the Chicago Inter-Ocean learned some interesting items regarding this work by draw

ing the old gentleman into a conversa tion a few days ago. ............

Father Beggs said that he began preach

ing a little more than sixty years ago,

and was then in the Missouri Conference,

which embraced all of Missouri, Arkan

sas and Illinois, and most of Indiana.

His first circuit was down in Indiana,and

was taken when he was twenty-one years

old. It was called the Mount Sterling Circuit, and he had twenty-two preaching

appointments. His next year was on the Boone Lick Circuit in Missouri, on the extreme west of the conference. "What was your salary then, Mr. Beggs?" ... "The first year I received $23, and the second year 833. in my nine years' traveling the circuit as a single man I don't think I ever got more than $100 in money." "How were you paid?" "The people on the circuit raised what they oould in money, which was not

much in those days, and the women made my clothes and kept them repaired. They raised cotton down in Missouri and spun their own oloth,whioh they out and made mto garments. They made me several suits." . .. "That was before the days of 'store clothes,' was it not?" WHAT THBT WOBK THBH. "5Tes, I think it was. But I was not very particular, co I had something to wear. The coats I he good sisters made were not, perhaps, as fashionable as the one you wear, nor did it fit so well. Mine was made without a collar or lappeh It was out straight in front and buttoned to the chin. It was the old Methodist style and was all right. When I went to conference my brother gave me an old hat he was about to throw away, and I had it ironed up for the occasion." "Whit was the extent of your circuit? "When I lived in Indiana I had to travel 600 miles to get from the annual conference meeting to my district and make one round of my appointments" 'Hew often did you preach?" "Twice and three times on Sunday and once every day through the week, except Blue Monday,' which came onoe every four weeks." ,tWhere did you hold your services?" lsThere yas no churches there and very few school-houses. Wherever there was a school-house in a neighborhood I preached therv, but where there was not I preached in the cabins of the settlers." "But could you get a congregation to preach to on week days?" "I never saw the time when I could not get a congregation to preach to. The people came out to religious services much better then than they do now, though." "How often did you make the round of your circuit?", "Once in four weeas on that one. I preached, every day, and traveled from five to twenty miles between my appointments. The first round I had to notify the people, but I told them at every place that I would be back in four weeks from that day, and I never had any difficulty in seeming a congregation after that. They remembered the time as well as I did, and were always there. I usually preached about noon, and having ridden some distance, than preached for an hour before dinner. I was . often quite faint when the service was over.",, WASHING IN THOSB DATS. "How did you have your washing done while on these rounds, and four weeks from home?" "Oh, the good sisters always looked after that. Wherever I happened to be on wash day they took my soiled linen from the saddle-bags I carried across my horse and washed them, and had them dry and ironed by the time I was ready to start away the next morning. Sometimes, 1oonfess, I almost had to go to bed to have my laundry work done, but one of the experiences I had in that line was when

I had my gown washed. Ton see,we bad long calico gowns made to wear when the weather was warm enough for that kind of a garment instead of a coat. I had a very pretty flowered calico gown,of which I was rather proud, but it got dirty.aud a good old sister volunteered to wash it forme. Before putting it in the water the old lady rubbed poft soap all over it, and that took out all the calico and left me a simple white gown. The very .apr pearance of the thing would ndfr permit me to wear it, and I did not know what to do. But I remembered that another good sister had a blue kettle where she blue-dyed her yarn. I went over there and got hsr to dip my gbwn. Then I had a bright blue gown, audit was quite gorgeous, especially to appear in the pulpit." - BOABDTNG BOUND. . . . "I suppose you boarded round while traveling the circuit?" "Yes, I stopped vfherever I happened to be, and was never turned away. Sometimes lief ore I got acquainted with the neighborhoods I got into some embarrassing situations. The J people were rough and uncultivated, and were not at all particular how they made their teilet. Very seldom did I have a room to myself. It was usually one room to cook, eat and sleep in, and in some oases the hogs and dogs divided tuat with the family. At one place I stayed all night at I remember a fimail fiook of goats were housed in the potato hole which: was under the floor. In sleeping in one room with a large family it was sometimes embarrassing for me to go to bed. In some places the girls did not seem to have mnoh modesty, and they would stand around and watch me go to bed. That was embar? raesing to a young man of twenty-two you can understaad." "And what did you do?" "Why, what could I do, I slipped into bed, and then got out of my trousers afterward the best way I could. EMBARRASSING SITUATIONS, "They would also put me to bed in the most embarrassing places, too. One night I stopped with a large family, and they had but one rooia. " When I retired thev gave me a bed which stood not two feet from the one in which the daughters, young grown women, were sleeping. There was but a narrow space between the beds, and the occupants of both had to use this little space to get into and out of their couches. As I lay in my bed I oould have put my hand on the eooupantn of the other, had I desired. But 3C

tried to keen out of tuoh erabraMiag

plaoes,and I very seldom talk about each things. Home people would knot under stand. These people were as good as any mm ii.iiA vtJim an.'. A:.AiriAnA. k.j

made their manner of living such that they did not think so much of -privacy as we do now. "I tell you the life of a circuit rider was not always an easy one, and yet I have nothing in mine to regret I have slept

in cabins where the snow blew in slid covered my bed six inohes deep ; and I have gone to bed wheri sF hadftrat to shake the snow off the bed elothes before getting in. . ; ' T ; "Then I had to travel and meet my appointments, no matter what the Weather. The people always expected the preacher, rain or shine, and made no excuse. They were seldom disappointed. We made it our business to be there. 1 have preached in all sorts of places, to all kinds of poo

pie, iruveiea in an janas oi wesiner, over the worst roads in exist 3noe, and slept in

beds on the floor and on the ground. GENERAL MISOBLLANT. The Br ince of Wales weigh b224 pounds. The contractors are making 20,000,000 of the new 2-cent stamps a week. ' v John F, Seiberling, of Akron, Ohio,has taken out a patent for making paper bar relS. ' .' V.;:;:v . . Pawtucke B. L, with 000 population, has again voted not to take a eity charter. .;-v;....ff:-:- ..." There is said to be a case of leprosy ia Marine Hospital, Quebec, Canada, the patient having been lately received there. The latest Italian statistics show that there are livfr g in Italy 59,856 foreigners, of whom 1,286 belong to the United States. The production of gold in the state of North Carolina which has passed throngh the United States mints amounts altogether tO $108616.1 American companies have spent oyer thirty billion dollars in railroads in Mexico, and completed over 1,600 miles of track. The English lines aggregate 353 miles, and the Mexican 635.1 Two-thirds of the cattle raising in Wy oming and Montana is in English handa. It costs $3 to raise a three year old, atd the animal is worth S40. The more cattle a man owns the smaller the cost of. raif

in g and caring for each animal. f

Two courts one in New York, and the other in Ihfladelphia---have lately decid

ed that when a man and woman- agree to

becon-.e husband and wife, and live in

in law. ,.;.,V i.1.;--V:f.,, The French are lively to find that Hie bombardments in the Madagascar were ft costly piece of folly. The claims for dam

ages presented by subjects of Great Britain amount to $2,000,000, ?and 'American

losers have not been heard from.-

San Francisco Chinamen pay all the

wav from H500 to 81.5000 for their wives.

A, TV iuuuuoiu uiu una icbiuuou gutcw

cents that he stole from the government

years-ago. . - .. , '-,..

The number of years that a student

has to sipend at a medical institution be

fore obtaining a degree is: In Sweden,

10; Norway, 8; Denmark, 7; Belgmm,

Holland Italy and Switzerland, 6; Buasia, Portugal, Austria and Hungary, 5;

France, England and Canada, ; United

States, 3 or 2; Spain, 2.

In the Austrian empire the production

of beer amounts to 34 quarts per inhab itant. In Great Britain each inlwbita f ia credited with 115 quarts ot strongbeer, ia the United States with 40 quarts; in

Denmark 112, in Belgium 71, in France

24, in the Netherlands 31, in Norway 48

in Swelen 40, inSwiteerlard 39.

A twenty dollar gold piece and a silver

dollar were found on William Petty a person a'ter arrest, in Portland, Oregon. -

The oouis were nouowea onz ana m wroa iicllow was a mirror, and while they were lying oa the table at an angle of fbrty- 4

five dea rees behind a stack of eom in

front of the dealer he oould. see-. every

card held by his opponents.

There are several men dress-make.s in

New York City. Wen," says a . woman

dressmaker, "are better than women at

making waists, which are in some parties

ulars like the coat you wear, but I never yet met an annual in pantaloons who ,, oould drape a sirirt properly. Thatbraneh of the trade must be forever m the hani of our sex.'- ' ' -N '."..

Miodiesks, who smokes cigarretfces,sava

the habit among women oninated in Europe and is ranidly snreading in this

country, and leading tobacconists m New York City say half their sales; of cigar

ettes are to women, At girrs ooaroiiig

schools the habit nreyails largely ana there in a great degree the habit is so- ; quired. - . A. . ,'. ; " s

Some Hasty Marriages A oontrabtor iii Chicago sets P

reason tor deserting his wife the plea that she scares all his onstomers away by

her uncontrollable temper." r ' H ,

A Maine woman is about to" bring a.

suit for breach of promise against; her di- ! 3 1 1. J3 Mn niwuniDorl fA- MiniV

her again, but who appears to have escaped.. .v.'--.-

James Dobbins, a Westernor, seeks a

rn fliA trmtind that ,

he married her only because her father and brother threatened to enoot himif he rafused. "r. .. -v..

Itfisa Amelia Young, a young lady of Oshkosh, Wis., who married a man while under the impression, became disoonso 1 late upon discovering that he assisted the architect by carrying bricks up a. ladder

in a hod. - .c

Mrs. Margaret Driscoll, an old resident of Eaaton, Penn., prides herself on having been married four times and divorced three times. She is now Uviag with her last huBband, though her neighbors say they expect to see her applyfora di

vorce at almost any. rana John Handley's mistake seems to have been in hia choice . of a witeV ago he married one Mary Thompson and asked her to go to the stoek-yards toliye. as his work laythere. She refuaed, and

nas ever since peraisrea m uw - rauw He wants a diyoroe. -I " . Joseph O Neil and Miss Susie Svane,

were so lmpressea wiw a ioto hooqo wmuu they witnessed in a theatre that they ran away and got married the same evening. Joseph now repents and wishes a divorce, -but Susie Bays hie can't have it : Ajigeline Stevens, of Galveston, Texas,

sues for a divorce on the ground that her husband professed to be worth considerable property, but ahe now finds out that he isn't worth a cent. She thinln abe

should be set free, inasmuch as she has an "offer" from a man who can support her in the style she wants to live in?

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