Bloomington Telephone, Volume 11, Number 23, Bloomington, Monroe County, 11 October 1887 — Page 2
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CLEVELAND'S TOUR. - He Goes from Chicago to Milwaukee, Where He Is Hospitably Entertained. Pkesident Cleveland made a flying Tiait to the International Military Encampment in the western end of Chicago, on Thursday morning, after which he hurried to the Northwestern Depot, and was whirled away in the direction of Milwaukee. The scenes along the way from Chicago were of the usual character. At Evanston there was a brass band serenada and a triumphal arch of evergreens. At Raeine flags could be seen flying over the town a mile away. At smalier stations all tho country population roundabout was in mating, and even the plowmen in the fields had their horses bedecked with flags and ribbons. At Milwaukee an elaborate reception programme had been arranged, and was duly carried out An immense crowd was waiting at. the depot, and the streets along the line' of procession were packed closely with people. Mayor W allber delivered an address of welcome and the President replied as follows: I am very iaU to Uuve an opportunity, though the time a do wed i very trim, to meet the people ot "Wisconsin's chiel city, bicce lett Home, and in passing tnrough different fetates cm oar way, tnere lias bean presented to us a variety of pnysical features characteristic ot tfaeir oiveroity in soli and conformation. But the people we have met at ail points have been the aaiue in their energy and activity, in their local pride, and an that peculiar trait of Auieri--can character wnieh produces the belief, firml y adhered to by every individual, that his particular place of residence is the chosen and mo it favored spot which the world contain. Tnit. condition create an aggregate of sentiment invincible in operation, tarnishing toe motive power which has brou ght about the stupendous fcuwta and development of our country. But there has been another element of character displayed among the people everywhere on our travels which has been universal, and not disturbed or changed by any difference in place or circumstance. No State lines have circumscribed, no local pride hat distinguished, and Bo business activity has in the least stifled the kindness and cordiality of the people's veleome. There is bitterness enough in the partiman feeling which seems inseparable from our political methods; bat the good people of the United Statea have, I believe, decreed that there are occasions when this shall have no place. This is well manifested today in oar hearty greeting by the people of Wisconsin and this active, stirring city. Municipal enterprise has added much to the natural Mauty of your metropolis, as is attested by your pleasant streets and handsome homes, with tce4- surroundings. But its great increase in population, its manufactures, and its tr&de demonstrate that its citizens have not bsen content with beauty alone. I cannot forget my interest in municipal affairs, arising from an active experience at one time in city government; and 1 dud myself very much inclined to scrutinize such statements as fall under my .jye demonstrating their financial condition. V'uh all its extensive public improvements, unless I am much at fault, the city of Milwaukee has less of public debt than any city of its population in the United Btates, excepting one. In these days, when tne temptation to local public extravagance is not of teu enough withstood, you may well be proud of this exhibit; and besides the satisfaction which this financial condition produces, it has a practical s tie to it. Large enterprises are often much In iuoneed in their location by such considerations, said they are apt to be established where ' he fcnrueu of taxation is the least, and where i;he hare of public indebtedness to be borne by them is the smallest.
FIGHTING MONOPOLYJe Farmers' Alliance Convention at MinneapolisOfficers Chosen Tee National Fanners9 Alliance closed 5ta annnal session at Mkineapolis on Wednesday and adjourned to meet next year in Des Moines, Tho following officers vera elected: President, John Borrows, of Nebraska; Vice President, ex-Senator L. D. Whiting, of Illinois; Secretary, August Post, of Iowa; Treasurer, J. J. Furlong, of Minnesota; lecturer, A. D. Chase, of Dakota, Gen. T. H. Barrett, President of the Minnesota Alliance, presented a long address, which was adopted as the sentiment of the alliance. It was devoted chiefly to denunciation of the present railway system as producing monopolistic power, to the detriment of the people. Regarding the interstate law, it says: If the law proves defective, make it efficient in no case let it be repealed. Take no aiep backward, either in Stavb or national legislation. The Government must control railways as far as such control is necessary to protect tne people. It ought to go no further. Dividends wpon "watered stocks are a continuous and a cont.naed fraud upon the public, which no lapS3 of time can condone. Every act of every public railway corporation should be open to fmblic scrutiny. If honestly conducted no i riate interest can be injured ; and if dishonesty managed, the public has a right to know it, Xery expenditure, including salaries paid to railway officials, is a proper object for public consideration. The pubHc will be reasonabl e ; the people pay the bills they have a right to -kaow where the money goes. Hallway property must be taxed as other property is taxed. IS should pay its Just share of State, county, school, and all other local taxes. There must be freedom of traffic throughout the country. It Is not the business of a corporation to diruet tbe course of traffic intrusted to it as a com snoa carrier; it is its business to transport it in such direction as the shipper may direct at reasonable rates and for all alike. Facilities at tho lowest reasonable cost for interchange of traffic between intersecting or contiguous roads anust be provided. Car-load lots should be transferred without unloading.
LOST WITH ALL HANDS. Tug Orient and Six Men Go Down on
Lake Erie. Axotheb marine disaster on Lake Erie resulting from tbe recent great blow is re ported. The ill-fated craft was the tng Orient, which went down with all Lands near Point an Pelee. Her entire crew were drowned They were: Daniel Lyons, master; John Davis, first engineer; William Pangborn, second engineer; Ed Kane, mate; P. Dillock, fireman; steward, name unknown. They all belonged to Marine City, where the boot was owned.
EAST, Thohas A Abmstboxg, one of the
prominent labor leaders in the United
States, died at Pittsburg, after a lingering sad painful illness. He was editor of tae Labor Tribune of that city, a prominent member of the Grand Army, and was identified with nearly all of the secret labor organizations of the country. Six years ago he was tbe candidate "of the Greenback-Labor party for Governor of State, and received a very large vote. Last Cr he war urged by his party to again 4 their Ktate ticket, but Le declined on tw?nt of ili-health. He was about 48
years of age. His death was indirectly coused by a wound received during the war. Atjgtjst StoepeTv, a well-known musician in New York and London, died in the foimer city, recently, in the arms of his daughter, Mrs. Henry Miller, known in the theatrical profession as Miss Bijou Heron. Thf. America's cup remains in America. The Volunteer won a great victory on Friday, and settled for the present her superiority over any yacht ever designed on the other side of" the Atlantic. She crossed the finish line in the great international contest ten minutes ahead of the Thistle. When the Yankee's victory was assured cannon were boomed and innumerable steam whistles emitted vigorous screeches. Hundreds of craft of all f orts had gathered to honor Gen. Paine's famous yacht, and all celebrated the victory in boisterous fashion. As the victorious American crossed the line, tho American flag was sent to the masthead of everything nrloat, and the thousands on the excursion boats burst forth into one long-continued shout of triumph. The correct time at the finish was: Volunteer, 4:22:10; Thistle, 4:34. A pakty of enterprising: "Napoleons of finance" were rudely interrupted in an important speculation, early Thursday morning at New Castle, Del. They entered the Farmers Bank there, bound and gagged W. J. Black, who was visiting the cashier, and proposed to do as much J or the cashier himself." One ol them presented n revolver at the cashier's head, but the latter was not satisfied that the draft was genuine, and sent a bullet from bis own pistol into that member of the syndicate. The financiers thereupon abandoned tbe attempt to corner the bank's cash, and retreated with the collapsed member of the firm. Axabchy came out second best in an encounter with the police at Union Hill, near New York, on Sunday. An anarchist meeting had been called, but the police took possession of tho hall and refused to admit the mob. Some of the anarchists made a rush upon the officers, but the clubs of the latter quickly subdued the riot. Foubteen deaths from cholera are reported from New York 6ince the arrival of the Alesia, eleven days ago, with the scourge on board.. There were four deaths
Tuesday. John B. Finch, of Nebraska, a wellknown temperance advocate, died suddenly at Boston. "William B. "Washbukn, ex-Governor of Massachusetts, dropped dead at Springfield, in that State, while attending a session of the Board of Foreign Missions. The President's sister, Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, has returned to her profession of teaching, and is engaged in a young ladies' seminary in New York. Young Hawkins, who murdered his mother at Islip, Long Island, has made a full confession, detailing tbe revolting particulars of the crime. He thinks he ws crazed by his mother's opposition to his marriage, and admits that he "Reserves the severest punishment. "
WEST. Minneapolis telegram: The recent order of the United States Land Department in regard to the withdrawal of lands granted railroads in the ten-mile indemnity limit will cause much trouble not only to tbe big farmers but to the quarter-section purchasers as well. Many prominent farms have been "squatted" upon and others threatened, and many will suffer who have spent their time and money to improve the lands. The squatters evidently mean to stay. It is said that every quarter section in Traill County from the Manitoba road to the Bed River has been jumped. The order is far-reaching and the disaster will be widespread. While digging for coal at Mooresville, Mo., on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railway, a few days ago, A. D. Hover, of Kansas City, unearthed a number of bones of some extinct animal, evidently a mastodon. The total weight of what he found is 450
pounds. Four of the teeth alone weigh twelve pounds each, and the species are said to be larger than any of those in the Smithsonian Institution. The people of St. Louis were very demonstrative in their reception to the Presidential party Monday. Everywhere the distinguished guests were received with the utmost enthusiasm. Mrs. Cleveland won all by her grace and beauty. The programme was elaborate, and was pleasantly carried out. The Presidential party was driven through the fair grounds, but did not alight. The procession made its way back to the city, where they went directly to the Merchants Exchange. The President was loudly cheered upon his appearance on 'Change. Mayor Francis delivered an address of welcome, and the President responded in a five minutes speech. After referring to the growth and prosperity of the city in highly complimentary terms, he said: I am here reminded of what I suppose to be the fact that more than one-half ol your voters are of foreign birth and parentage, 'x'he grovrtu and increase of your city in every way mUietite, I think, that the condition of your population thus made apparent is by no means to be depreciated, and my observation during a long residence in a city similarly situated has led me to know the value to any community of the industrious, frugal, and thrifty men and women who come from foreign lands to find new homes with us; who invest themselves with our citizenship and who are satisfied and content with the freedom of oar Government and with our laws and institutions. The line Is easily drawn between them and the non-assimilating immigrants who seek our shores solely for purposes involving disturbance and disadvantage to our body politic. I hope I may, without impropriety, say this much in recognition of what has been done for St. Louis by its naturalized citizens as well as remembrance of many kind and valued friends and associates of former days, Tbree or four times during tbe delivery of the President's remarks at every pause some voice proposed three cheers for Grover Cleveland, and the lungs of the multitude responded. Many of tbe miners in the Springfield, UL, district have struck for increased wages. Tbe movement is expected to become general, and to cause 2,500 men to abandon the mines. A military post will be established at Denver. Four persons were killed and two seriously injured by a boiler explosion in George P. Plant's flour-mill. Mrs. Thos, S. Rivers, wife of the foreman, was blown from tbe boiler-room across the alley into a room sixty feet from where she was standing and was killed, as was her husband, who was buried under the debris. Fritz Kullxnan was also buried in the ruins and was taken out dead. Henry Tenne was instantly killed by the steam and tbe force of the explosion. Engineer Benjamin Meyers was seriously injured. Minnie Reiehinau, aged 5, had both legs broken, and if so injured tbat recovery is not probable. A piece of the boiler new 200 feet and crushed down upon the roof of a two-story house, crashing through to the cellar, demolishing the whole house. Another piece of the boiler smashed into an adjoining livery stable and pulled down a wall and part of the roof.
A Mackinaw City (Mich.) special says: The Canadian propeller California, laden with 24,0(10 bushels of corn and M00 barrels of pork, ran aground, Tuesday morning, just off St. Helenas Island, There were 27 people on board; 13 were saved, and 14 lost The boat is a total wreck. It is understood she was inwured fcr $2',000, Owen Kourke, a wbeelsmau, says: "After all hope had been given up, tho passengers and crew gathered iu the cabin and put on life preservers. I was standing aft when an immense sea struck her and threw her over on her side. When she came down she appeared to strike bottom, and tbe whole cabiu collapsed with a crash.1' Kourke says he pulled himself into a life-boat and cut it loose. There were eight others in the boat with him. They drifted around the Straits four hours, the boat being full of water. A iiremau and a passenger from Montreal, who were banging on tho side, were swept overboard and lost A. G. Hawkins, watchman, says: 14 1 was in the cabin, lying with the crew and passengers on the lioor to keep warm, when the crash came. I made a rush for tho stairway with the rest. It was a terrible jam. Just as I got out of it the railing gave way and a dozen or more fell i:o the main deck. I reached a gangway and got out. I drifted about till early this morning, when I was picked up by the propeller Faxton." This was the experience of nearly all the saved. All had lifepreservers on, and it was a question only of endurance whether they reached the shore a mile distant Four bodies were cat up by the waves unconscious, but were revived under careful treatment. It is believed that there were in all twenty-five persons on the California, of whom thirteen were lost. All of the saved v ere from Montreal, Toronto, or Kingston, Out. Sioux City (Iowa) special: "Sioux City is in gala attire to-night, the occasion being the opening of the corn-palace jubilee, a celebration gotteu up in honor of King Corn, ths principal product of this section. After over a month's hard work on Ihe corn palace, a structure entirely oiiginal and very striking in architecture and the uniqueness and originality of its decorations, which are entirely made of corn and the products of the fields, the show opens with the most favorable weather that could be imagined." The schooner Pulaski, coal laden, went to pieces at Good Harbor, Lake Michigan.
The crew were saved. In St Louis, on Tuesday, the President held a general reception for two hours at the Courthouse. After that, with Mrs. Cleveland and a large company, a steamboat excursion was made to Jefferson Barracks. In tho evening the President and Mrs. Cleveland attended tbe ball of the a Veiled Prophets," and immediately afterward took the train for Chicago, leaving at 11:15. The party arrived at Chicago Wednesday morning, and were given an enthusiastic reception. Douglas & Stuart's great oat-meal mill at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was completely destroyed by re. The conflagration vas caused by an explosion in the elevator leg, probably due to friction. The loss will reach 110,000; insured for $75,000. Fire destroyed about 4,000,000 feet of lumber belonging to the Girard Lumber Company, of Menominee, Mich. , with dockage. The loss will reach $75,000; insurance, $30,000. Among the deaths reported recently is that of William Gladstone, a cousin of the English statesman, which occurred near Zanesville, Ohio. He was born in 18)1,
and came to America forty-eight yens ago.
SOUTH. Robbing stage-coaches has become so entirely safe an industry in Texas that a
single thief is considered suiheient for its prosecution. Recently one man stopped a coach near Ballingter, plundered five men and three women, and then held the whole party till another stage came insight, when he released the heroic victims, sent them off, and turned his attention to the approaching stage, which he also robbed. Me. Mi lb urn, a prohibition member of the Tennessee Legislature, being at Greenville, in that State, remarked that the people thereabout had sold out to the whisky men. A young person of the ne.me of Ward imprudently disputed the proposition, and intimated that the legislator was a liar. Whereupon Mr. Milburn immediately shot the young man dead. In Houston, Texas, Mr. B. F. Kegans, Deputy Sheriff, killed John Millenger, a leading merchant. Kegans owed Millenger $19.49 for groceries, and the latter having refused to let the amount be increased, tbe Deputy Sheriff naturally shot him in self-defense. A special dispatch from Ballingex, Tex., gives particulars of an audacious robbery perpetrated by a solitary road agent: The Ballinger and San Angelo stae was again robbed Inst night about eight miles out from this place by the same lone highwayman who held xt up last Thursday night. He was recognized by his voice, hie looks, and bin horse. He was not as successful in this as in tbe last, there being only male paRSuntferfi, ami it appears that they -were not loaded down with filthy lucre. D. F. Gay, of Burt & Gay, o:' this city, was relieved of 83, and tho other party of a like amount. There were two ladies nboard, one of whom had over $45, but the bandit wan too gallant to accept it, saying that he never took money from the ladies, lie then proceeded to go through the mail-bags, opening every let ter, but it is said only got about if 1 5 all told. He then moved up to meet the out-going stago, and commanded the parties jyst robbed not to move until he fired his pistol. After waiting about an hour the stae pulled uv, having eluded the robber by taking a new route. A THBiiiUNG tragedy was enacted in. the Circuit Court-room at Chattanooga, Tenn. Sam Branch (colored) had been tried for larceny. As the jury filed into the court-room with its verdict he was noticed to tremble and turn deathly pale, "What is your verdict?" asked the Judge. "Guilty of grand larceny," replied the
foreman. "What is the sentence?" "Five years in the penitentiary." As these words were uttered by the foreman Branch exclaimed: " God knows I'm innocent, " and, pulling a large knife from his pocket, thrust it into his throat, the blood spurting over the jury-box and the Judge's desk. The negro was dead in thirty minutes. Genebatj Pitcairn Morrison, a retired officer who entered the regular service in 1820, died in Baltimore at the age of 93.
LABOR. General Master Workman Powdebly, at the opening session of the annual meeting of the Knights of Labor, at Minneapolis, reiterated his well-known views on temperance. He said he favored immigration, but was opposed to permitting pauper aliens landing in this country. POLITICS, The National Greenback party of New York State assembled in convention at Albany and nominated a full State ticket, headed by the Rev. Thomas K. Beecber for Secretary of State. Tbis makes tier en tickets in the field - those of the Kepubli-
can, Democratic, Prohibition, George or i Tinted Labor, Socialists, and Union Labor
parties, ihe National Hq formers propose also to run a ticket. Tbe platiorui calls for the issue of paper currency to the amount of H50 per capita on the whole population o l
j the country, warns owners of Government;
bonds that unless tins is done "the Amenj can people's banks will be broken, ns there are more chips on the table than there in money in the box to redeem them with."
it denounces the tfepnbucnn, democratic, and George parties, although it sympathizes with ex-Father McGlyun iu his struggle against tbe Pope. Boards of trade are denounced as gambling hells that subvert the morals of society and business. GENERAL.
A number of imported cigar-makers, Cubans and Spaniards, having made it tho practice to demand the discbarge of workmen not of their race from shops in which they were employed, the Executive Committee of the Cigar-makers' Union in C hicago has ordered all its members to quit work iu any shop from which employes have been expelled upon the demand cf the hidalgos. Three men and two boys were suffocated and thirteen others overcome with gas at Ashland. Pa., in tho Best Colliery. A pillar gave way, bringing with it a large amount of gas, which suffocated the workmen and rendered escape impossible to those in that gangway. Men in the neighboring breast heard the tremendous rush of air, and escaped by tieting to the bottom of the elope. Those killed were: Frederick Outricb. fire boss: John Coch
ran. John McDonald, John Guillam, and Park Tully. It is feared that some of the otiaers overcome by the gas will die. A statue of George Washington in bronze has arrived at Boston from England, and will bo sent to Philadelphia, having been made lor that citv. A San Francisco dispatch says the 6uit of the Chemical Nat ional Bank, of New York, against William Kissane, alias William K. Rogers, who has obtained such notoriety by the exposure of his criminal career in the East, has been dismissed by United States Circuit Judge Sawyer. The bank claimed that Kit sane swindled it out of $1,230 in 1854, and asked judgment for about $11,000, including interest. Kissane demurred, and the Court sustained tho demurrer, saying that the statute of limitations had run against the bank's cla::m. Tbe bank argued tbat Kissane's whereabouts bad been unknown, but the Court held that, even if Kissane did disguise himself and assume au alias, it did not disbar him from having full benefit of the statute. The schooner Havana, ore laden, bound from Escanaba to St. Joseph, was wrecked on Lake Michigan during a tierce gale that raged all day Hetiday, and three of her crew perished. The schooner City of Green Bay, laden with iron ore and bound from Escanaba to St. Joseph, Mich., was driven ashore near South Haven and went to pieces, five of the crew of 6ix perishing. Tho schooner Ebenezer was lost on Lake Michigan, but the crew escaped. Mr. Bayabi, Secretary of State, does not think the German assumption of sovereign power in the Samean Islands requiies any action on the part of the United btites. Under a treaty with Samoa the American Government is entitled to the use of a fine harbor and coaling station, but this right has not been put to any use. Gt r nany has assured the Washington authorities that her intention ie not to annex the Samoan group, but only to punish the de ironed King for alleged unfair treatment of a German trading company. The National Farmers' Alliance held its seventh annual convention in Minneapolis, with delegates present from Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota. The fire losses for September were $7,937,900, against $6,500,000 during the same month last year. The aggregate losses for the first nine months of 1887 are $93,1 83,500 $10,000,000 greater than for the same period of 1886. FOREIGN.
In relation to the case of United States Consul Hatfield, of Batavia, Java, whose arrest by the Dutch colonial officials has been reported, it is learned at the Department of State that shortly after his arrest the Consul was found to be insane. Loitf Aylesbury and his trainer have been ruled off English race tracks for fraudulent acts. Cbisfi, Italy's Foreign Minister, says his talk with Bismarck had no political significance. In an interview, however, Sig. Crispi states that Italy, like other powers, has reason to fear tbe advance by
Russia toward Constantinople, and she could not permit the Mediterranean to become a Russian lake. MAHKET REPORTS. NEW 10UK.
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CHARM 8 OF JAPANESE WOMEN. Wlmt Gives Thorn Grace and Attractivenose Opposed to Ewowm Vrew9 "Loudon Time i. The general attractiveness of the Japanese fair sex, as to vhich there are hardly two opinions, is clue in a more than ordinary degree tc- the becoming character of their raiment and the grace with which it is worn. Few Japanese women possess physical beauty of those lofty types which are the Western ideals. They are for the anost part comely and engagirg, rather than handsome. Dark eyes and hair, penciled eyebrows, well set necks, and remarkably good teeth, together with bright, artless manners and a winning smile, serve to draw at Lent ion from irregularities of feature which will hardly bear critical scrutiny. It is the combination of physique, grace, dross, and manner that makes up the agreeable sun total of the average young girl or matron. As well in the brisk, bronzechecked serving-maid, with her homely but tasteful garments, her eyes of kindness, and her pretty ways, as in the refined little lady of high degree, paleskinned and gentle mannered, in her rich, exquisitely neat dress of ceremony, the v isitor and the resident alike recognize most pleasing specimens of womankind. But they also recognize how much of the general outward effect is really duo to the picturesqueness of the national garb. If confirmation of this be needed, it is sufficient to behold the same women clad in foreign clothes, or to mix in any gathering? where the two styles can be seen together. Making full allowances for the disadvantage? that, in the nature of things, must tell against a costnmo to which the wearer is wholly unaccustomed, no one vyho has eyes to see can then hesitate as to the artistic superiority of the J apanese apparel. And. beside its esthetic merits, the latter has other points of excellence. It is healthy, in that it involves no distortion or compression of the kinds, imposed by Western fashions. If the skirts of a welldressed lady's robes are gathered somewhat too tightly for very active locomotion perhaps tae only fault that can be founa in her whole attire no other part of her frame is subjected to unnatural constraint; while tho massive girdle gives warmth and protection to the chief bodily organs. Secondly, it is very much less expensive than the costly and irrational habiliments of the West. Jewelry, moreover, forms no part of it in any station of life. Again, its fashions are aLiding. While a Japanese belle, Nke all of her 3ex, delights in having good clothes aud plenty of them, she has, or 3.t least has hitherto had, the comfortable assurance that
ner ever-increasing warurooe is in no danger of being at any moment thrown out of date by the caprices of court milliners and fashion mongers. Lastly, it is admirably suited to the beautiful fabrics of the country. It is no wonder, then, that the grievous change now in progress is loudly deprecate by nearly all onlookers. With most of us the first feeling is one of i;he wrathful indignation. That the Japanese, who are nothing if not artistic, should set themselves in this cold-blooded way to blot out one of the mcst delightial and picturesque feature j in the whole national life is regarded as incredible, unnatural, and exa operating. It is vandalism; it is sacriege; it is mimicry; it is everything that is bad. That is the general lament, nnd there seems to be a good deal in its favor. But, on the other hand, it is possible that a sacrifice so deplorabl 3 and so palpably to Japan's loss rest, on no stronger or higher ground than n giddy aspiration to ape, even to the bitter end, the pomps and fashions cf the West? It is a habit in certain quarters to speak of the Japanese as a nation of children, always thirsting after some new toyYet that character will hardly be as-
V signed to Count Ito, even by the most reckless of censors. And Count Ito it undoubtedly was who advised the Empress to inaugurate the new movement
Nice Old Uncles. While human nature is ready enough to follow the aposuolic example and "put away childish tilings" when the age for them is past, it is as ready from time to time, if it be sound and healthy human nature, to share in the many interest of childhood, or to for&et family cares and business worries in a game of romps with the little ones. The occasional vetum to youthful fun and frolic is such an inborn necessity in some natures, that one is sometimes inclined to call the generosity of toy-giving auntt; aud take-you-all-to-the-pan-tomime uncles not altogether disinterested. A. gray-haired grandfather will go on his hands and knees to superintend the growlings cxd prowlings of a mechanical bear, with a face of extreme absorption, while the children for whose amusement he labors have grown tired of the toy, and are taken up with, something else. Bachelor lawyers who have no juvenile excuses of their own are known to fish desper
ately for invitations to join the circusgoing parties of their neighbors' children ; nay, in extreme cases, as many as four or even five grown-ups have gone to the pantomime under cover of one child. One reverend father in Scotland, famed as a preacher, having no children at all, yet buys unto himself stores of nursery picture books and will spend a whole evening in admiring them. Which of ua, indeed, in his inner consciousness, cannot confess to a sneaking enjoyment of the pleasures we ostensibly provide for our juvenile kith and kin? Like all human sympathies, this sympathy with the concerns of children has increased of late years. All the surroundings of child life receive increased attention. The nursery, once the limbo
other, are swept away and their place? filled by colored pictures of child lite. Kympatjy licjf with the children of today and half with those children of the past, ourselves "as was" a kind of BiW pity when we reflect how we would have liked such things suh sympathies make us lavish. Chamber Journal. - After Jteatlu An old mau is still living in one of our large cities who has spent half of " his property in a costly monument -which is to bo placed ever his grave when he is dead. He han given a vast amount of time to the preparation of " the inscription to be grave n on it. Of himself there will be no mention,, beyond his name and the date of hi. death. One side of the shaft contains a -lesson in a system ol phonetic spelling which Iks has discovered, and the other is devoted to a brief resume of the philosophy which bis life has taught him. The old man is regarded as insane, . but the idea in itself is reasonable. For - A L 1 ... A 1 . A1
uiuu ij juat:e upon nis icmnscone tnemost hel pful work which he has done, and the highest truths which he has -learned in life, is surely a more fit and1 rational offering to mankind than the usual laudations of the forgotten dead. . A wealthy woman in a western city spent, a few years ago, an immense su n upon a vault and monument for the reception of her own body. She hac, also prepared a costly coftin, a shroud! of satin and rare lace, ard every detail of her last dress. She had written t
accurate directions aa to her funeral, and the length of time which her body was to be kept before burial, and had: even made a list of the pal I -bearers. While making a short journey, shewas killed in a railway collision andl her body was burned to a charred mas?. .. It was bnried with other indistinguishable human fragments, in a common grave, a id rests unmarked. Yet hers was not the weakness of a,single person. "A nuin,w says Fallon 'is not likely to mke Lis body hischief thought for forty or seventy yearsand then abandon it after death without a thought. " Men, tdnco the beginning of theworld, have devised plana to protect -their bodies with reverent care after death. But of all the myriads of beloved an i L onored human rem ain 3 -that have btea hidden in the earth since time began, there is not one that: has escaped an ignominious :ruin. The Egyptians embalmed the re- -mains of their dead with extraordinary -care, placed the mummies in rocky tombs, and then hid the tombs. Thieves and curiosiry-huiiterg havo found and rifled the tombs, and put th bodies of the mightiest Egyptian Kings . on exhibition. The Anel of Death seems almost toshow a grim humor in mocking the vain efforts of men to save the body once so dear to them. "It is not the place or -time of my death, but the manner of " my life, that concerns me," said a holr man of the old times "All places, said Shakespeare, "which the eye of God doth visit are to the wise man ports and happy havens. n Youth's ? Companion.
Misky. Misky was the name of ;i pet bear which some Hussion officers presented-, to Dr. Gr.ullemard when thftt gentle-1 man was cruising, on board the Marchesa, in the waters around Earn- -schatka. He was not fully grown at the time, but he had developed a capacity for mischief that entitled him to the consideration which a bear receives. It is a satisfaction to learn that he worshipped to England, and fouiid a new home in the Zoological Gardens. Misky, vhough a great favorite with every one, was perhaps not altogether a -source of unmixed pleasure to us. To an unsuspecting visitor, the sight of " Mm bearing down at a loose trot to in- -
vestigate matters was anytlang but comforting, omd it was in vain for uh to tell our guests that it was "only his -fun!" A gallant lieutenant coming on board . one day in full dress proved too great a temptation for Bruin, who immediately seized him by the coat-tails. It wasfound impossible to make the bear let go until tie discomfited odicer had re- -duced hii aself to his shirt-sleeves, when, delighted with his success, the offender shuffled offHe was apparently almost indifferent to pain. A sraell of burning being one -day discovered forward, one of the crew piocc eded to investigate the cause, and found Misky standing upright on t the top o:E a nearly red-hot aove, engaged in stealing cabbages from a shelf1 above. He was growling in an undertone, and standing first on one leg and then on the other, but he nevertheless went . on slowly eating, heedless of the fact that the soles of his feet were burnt entirely raw. Overreaching Himself, One Androscoggin farmer gives as one reason why he has amassed a com -petence the fact that when he puts his
hand into a barrel of grain he does not -shut it tigatly before he draws it forth, . Ijut holds :it wide open. A story toll by the New Age at the expense of a Kennebec horse-buyer illustrates the? same pcinr. The Age says : "1 b seams that Mr, James Keegan had bargained . at Prince Edward Island for a fine horse, tht price to be $175, sudwas just about to hand over tbe money when he remarked: 'The haltsr goes with the horse, of course; I have nonewith me.' The halter iu cpiestion wa$ an old one, worth, perhaps, 40 cents. . Oh! no, replied the owner, 4if yoa want the halter, I want my pay for it.,w This was too much for ov r genial friend 1 Keegan, and quoth he, 'How much do you wunt for your old halter ?' 'Soventy-
five cents, was the reply-. All rignt,
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or oiu carpets uuu tuioieut xurnuure, that's said Keegan. Here's your 7icenU; old chairs and out-of-date engraving, just mQx a iaitev as I've been lookingis now brought into the realm of art. fArt And as h.a missed over th han
id 5.25 (9 4.5G & 8.50 ($ 6.50 C 4.00
Stained floors, soft rags, tiled basin stands; wall papers, !Bo-peep, Little Boy Blue, and the Four-and-twenty Blackbirds repeat themselves; pretty cups and saucers, tablecloths with dainty colored borders these graces of life are all to be found in the modern nursery. And engravings of ruined castlas by moonlit seas, the four seasons, our beloved Queen in the days of her vouth and the Prince Consort, imiiling iu a meaniugless ;:o,shion t eixck
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he quietly took ofl tho (now his) halter, put the" $175 back into his pocket, stepped into his buggy and rode away, leaving his over grasping owner to lir ment the loss of a good sale aud to get home his brklleloss horse as lest he might" Letoistorn (Me.) Journal Conqueh thyself. Till thoti hast done that thou art a slave; for it is almost as well tc be in subjection to another's appetite a thy own.
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