The Syracuse Enterprise, Volume 1, Number 38, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 23 September 1875 — Page 1

J. p. PRICKETT, Editor and Proprietor.

-a fu't I. • ib 1 m. I- ! VOLUME J.

Dr. Graham, ot Louwville, is 91 y.sns of age, but he goes aliout on horsetosk, hunting up curfo dtira for the milv*v > b r H‘ e M i >c wa ' l B * x ‘y ' <drfcXniyyXi* flfco. Commodokk Pkkiiy’s flag ship, the Liwrence, sunk in Erie, Pa., harbor 62 years ago, lias been raised, and thebot*a*‘‘ikua,J<»qjul to be in a ©mml state « f P rc ’ .. ..AtaWtotami. Hto is t* •be exhibited st the Centennial. Look ent for bogus 95 bills on the National Rank of Paxton, JU., and Traders’ Satk’Srtr Jtaik <* (>ica«o. Large amounts of counterfeits on these hanks have been manufactured, and an' now in circulation. Hio*klaJ|JtiEAßti, of Augmta, Me., /lately <fo«-Ahwd, was too fattest man in State. His coffin was IM) incite#’ bfood, 20 inches deep, and 74 inches ong. Them* figures are from themidcrtaker, and may be xclie«l on.. ffittll rebellion dbteng tho, school-boys of New Orleans. AU of 4 Jhc senior class of one of the high schools liaw dropped their books and slates Ind rellW -h>. attend- liwynyi ItagT” T«S ! lawn appflitifcM pfdfcfltot matoemarics iciMHrtOMiU U Q Jkksp. Pomeroy, the Massachusetts criminal nxmiitrosity, owes his life thus far to a itead lock. Guv. Huston urges cnnunnfnHon. but thfirotmei! refuses to commutes and the Governor refines tn sign the death w.irnoit. So Jorau can neither be lurngnl nor let off till they pi-u a new admnuHlndioii. n Jous Morrissey has la-en sick nigh nn to death with an ugly attack of cholera morbus- The iUktwsgiwv lam hyiKxh rmic injectmus of inorphux’. hud brought him safety through. Morrissey found time, between grille, to make a will, in which he devised half a million dollars to his wife and son. Six skunks gut into a Pennsylvania cjinp inwting last week, and after standing it as long as lie could one of the brethren arose remarked : “ If y«u all say so. Is'loved, and I think yon will, Wells ret out of this. The Arch Enemy • of mankind mast be stirring up his fires, for I’m sure I smell the gas.” A. 11 Nvbtv.x, editor of the DaHns (Tet.h Iht.Hi.j- n.: r, is said to lx> an • centric genius, and his claim to ecurn-’ tricity is proven by his fidelity to a foolish noth taken oyer thirty years ago, never to stove until Henry Clay should to elected Prwndrut, ilia tieard ia now over a yard in length, but otlnTwiac bo is raid to I* a very agreeable gcntl. min. S. L. Goiuxix, a prominent |s>liticun • of MinnuUa, and nicknamed by opponents as •• Thundering Gordon,” recently had a shooting affray with one of his tenants at Meutaxlle, Alma.,, namixl Tbm Itomi<m4 «ba>MifW yapiuai Four allots w<ge tjmd By ..wk party, and Desmond we hit twite, probably fatally. Gordon was unhurt, and surwutteuxl himself to the authorities. r This is Usd— very bad. A DdcuitiH (Ala.) dw|Miteh, giving an account of the t am*t of a gang of counterfeiters in tliat j part of the country, rays: “One of the number, named B. R. Rowers, waa| foreman of the last grand jury of llrwn county. Steward of th ■ Methodist Epia- j copal Church, and Suixjrintcmlent of a I Habbath school. When arnwted, Bowers had ou his (wraon §IOO in counterfeit j *|[M|nrM&n<Hßfiry, and S3OO in eouuterfcit $•» and legri teinkra. Rowraweai>a>nl ly aanWMiliiiilii W prominent, and he gave a. bond for ♦20,000. , AjC'wteAßo journal nxx .m me uds | rifle shooting as '• an cxerctac which tends to the Ix-st development of the muscular system.” How a man can get “ mrwcu far d«>vclopment ** out of any f< atnr- < 4 rifle-pwo»iW. aMhttfaaarfiwwahsrt i*wen»htifcjg. for the life of us, we cannot comprehend. And if it is the podiwtriiMk exerviso that produces the “ muscular dcve’o|wntv” we don’t ace why a fellow cannot olitain that jnrt as weß empty handed as Jgr loading himself down with a heavy gun. Or, if one miud acctla carry why not üboahtor a (encr-rail or a raifruadtfet “ Mtvscular-developmeuk 'ia rifle cwMkfMVin ahboting tharbhw, playing chewx or swinging ou the gut > and talking love to silly girls. A tmucTWcs affur of honor recently came off at St Louia between two lawyers, J. H. Miucke and G. D. Grismore, the former being the challenger. »Derringer pistols were selected as the weapons, and twenty paces the distance. Arriving at the ground, the were ordered to strip for the fray. Kiriamore obeyed with ahterity. With Mincke the ctso was different. He had his wat buttoned up to his chin, ai| 1 in- . aaated oa fighting in that trim—thid he was ohOly, and if he exposed his body to the air he 'could become more so, and The seconds, however, were inexorable, and proceeded w. XiT astonishment to find buttoned beneath its folds a piece ot oak plank 18 by 12 inches and an inch thick, two <fld rubber shoes and a beaver vest carefully folded '■ into four thiekneasra. Musdte ac

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knowledged that he had paclded his body to protect himself from Ills antagonist’s I bullets, but said he would still fight if tho distance was lengthened. The seconds demurred. Mincke threw down his ’ pi 4. >l, dedaring that 20 paces was mur dcnmsly close, and demanding tluit it be cxtendwl to 50 paces. The demand was , acecdixl to, and the duelists jxistod 50 I paces distant from each other. again declined to fight, but his wKsd dedarod it would be cowardly not to proceed, and he then consented, though a little bourbon was necessary to “ brace him up.” Finally shots were exchanged and tli<' fight ended. It subsequently transpired tliat the derringers were loaded with salt in lieu of balls—a preconcerted trick of the seconds. THK CMIMK or “BVlKtyO " On the 29th of November, 1827, rays the I't‘inilar Science Monthly, an old man by tlm of Ikwy)ld died in Weak I‘prt. uiMtPClbe Qurbeus of Edinl.urirk H* loaM will, an In-hman named William Hare, and died owing him four pounds. His creditor saw but one way of reimbursing himself, and that wm try flfrpraftig of tliw oM man’s bodytop.lv » lrwhpMHi» t &!ul alnal <a£ J||iM Th.' body was removed from the coffiin, ; and a Img of tanner’s l«rk sulMtituted for it The lid was screwed down and th.' little fuuend went off as usual. Tin* i same evening Hare and Burke stealthily n-piircl to Ums university, and, meeting a (Undent in Uic yard, naked for the n sin is pf Dr. Munxoe, Um Ifriiftwßor of An-itomy. Tlhi stn»h«t to be ’M’il’tt 0f KitoVS aw. disflorering ti« «■ <-iv;tfi<l. I> mitiwi Klrtini to try . Hteixa nhtifi ,ih iM»UJGgUiiw‘ b«iuaß . Th< r»' they sold th. i«ody for 17 10>.. a huge sum for them, and very easily obtained. They had not courage to go into the regular bwiinem of liody steulipg ; and so Hare, the vilest of the two, anggwb'd a fresh stroke of btisinem, which was to inveigle the old and infirm into his quartets and “do fur litem.” Hare started iu search of a victim ; And, proofing thretigh tie tdtwM, met an old woman half drunk, wnd asked her into; his Ikhwc. He gave her whisky until die bctvuue comatose, and tlu n with Burke’s aarisiano' strangled her. The laxly'brought £lO. Tlm apprtite of the vampire* was now shaqily whetted, and Uiey entered systematically upon the work murder. Vagrants, streetwalkers and imbedtes were allured on vartoua pretexts to ihe lurareiuf Hare, n»d< and suffocated. EmIw.hh in dby th< ii • •< s they began to pursue their thuggish prru-tievs even in daylight A woman named Ihxherty was stifled, and her body left half exposed under some straw waa son by two lodgers, who notifhHl the [x*lioei Thirteen victims luul «becn secund in el wen months, nnd *ll taken to the same ptaeo ami sold. The prisoners were tnecP Dee. M, 1828, when Hare, the btackeet l of the villains, was let off by turning i “Btat« 's evidence,” ami Burke was convicted, hangtxl and dissecteiL The effect , produced upon Um jtoblic by thus horri14e disclosure is ind<'*eril»abla. A new and u»lir*rd-of crjffk', that” of “ Burkinf." w« addl'd to dieistof rtrocitica of which human fiends are capable. As tonidimcnt and terror spread through | the commmuty. IlourehoUs gathered th< ir members within doors after dusk ; workmen walked homo front their night's 1 toil in groups, aa if in frar of tanfig wayi laid. The facta were appalling enough ; I but A thousand exaggerations and inven tions filled the air and intetunfied the univerral raoritctneM. " i —_—— ■ * ? so.vDAxrt /. rjr<M'4.£. | One hundred and siikwa years old 1 Mr. Lcmar Griffin, of Lodi, 0., is said to tone hewn bora re lTfidi Ho bra voted for every President except Washington. Ho tool olijectMAJs to tta* father of hte qpfiutry. AVhaf fhewe ohjdcttonawore'he vimw rufua® to soy.- Hofluurbut one arm, bntatitt vMkta U&noWpaptara; dislikes *4, Im *ritb vWtonh lw*t IMM*wuta, like a sensible old gentleman, to talk with newspaper men. They speak of putting him to death by bringing him down to the Centennial exhibition, j»rob ably from an idea that he has liveil long enough. In the rame county with Mr? Griffin reside Capt. L. M. Bates aiuFbis lady. Tto-ir aggregate height ui 1| fert and 8 inches. They are known as ths Kentucky giant and giauteas, and for merly traveled ra such with Mr. Barpum. They have retired from public lif«> and bare a beatttiful farm proi*ortk>ncd to their sire. So that county, with the oldest old gvntkmum and tho tallest coupl" in the country, may well be ' proud, especially as the former, by not | voting for Washinton whe n he haddk chance, won endless renown. The duel between Alexande r Hamilton and Aaron Burr took place at Weehawken, Now Jersey, on the bonks of the Hudson River, immediately beneath ' the Palisades, at a spot some 60© to 800 ‘ feet north of the nmrtbcrly fine <rf th®- ( Delaware and Hudson Canal Company's ‘ dock. The branch road of the Erie Railway Company has obliterated all trace thereof. Shortly after the duel, ’ the St. Andrew’s Society, ot the city yl ‘ New York, erected a monument to Ifio 1 memory of Alexander Hamilton; but the ’ visitors to th»' spot eocm destroyed it in their eagerne* to obtain mementoes. ' The tablet, with inscription, was, how- ' ever, saved, and is in porawwricn of toe r family owning the property on which toe 1 dueling ground was situated.—Afew l \York Letter. I Tea terrain Boston are ff 1.90 op the thousand lees than last year. J .

SQMKItonrLL COXE TO-ItIGHT. I ian*t biad my hall/wilh the my«tic boOKb, j n 4Mg«aUtwSh wbiu, Amt drive tide tauah M—» n>y baraiag beow. . For roniebody 11 cto» to-night; And WhOe He eyee Khali discern a grace __ I n the 1-raML aa<l Ute Mk-d kw, R mwet sp enfl fit mfteH-tale fare The -i« I! of Ma wondrous pcirar. 1 must don the robe which he fondly calls A cloud of enchanting light. And ait where the mellowing moonlight talla. For fomebodyU come to-night And wtra tho anSlhe pMr* *bnU deem But the vericat freak <w chance. Tie .awret to know that Ms eyes w IU beam WHh a tenden r, happier glance. Twas thus J sang when the years were few That lay on my girlish head. And somebody came and the whispers there— I catmot repeat them outlet But I know my aoul went.up in prayer, ntbd aara roey* trre towtaw. I filnstera me-re at the wMapsaad aow, Xor sigh in the soft moonlight; My robe has a tint of amber now. As I nit by my anthracite ; And the vied with the gkw" Wien 11 GY Him V «b»rirev-WTLG J But the lore that d<ck«Rhem with flowers then la a holier lore to-day. 'lll-.'. .'.—J ” MY BU9&JST APPL S. ping its golden horu behind the maple swamp in the west, and the ground souniling crisply under foot We had jurt room iu from .foddering, toe cattle—- “ we” sounds ratlier singularly, when you reflect that it meant Kitty and me, two girls of iwrcntivn and nineteen; but you jiec thorp wasn’t any qpo else to do it. F.tther had berm bedridden civer since tluit last attack of ptralysis, and wo could afford to lure no one to take lus pfaei' about Uu' farm. , “ I don’t pity them gals,” Neighbor Dysou saiib “ They might sell the home cow.” Neighbor Dyson had generously offered ns Mtaietoing lens than hnlf price for them, thinking no donbt, that wo would be thankful to jnmp at toe chance.. But Kitty and I, after taking the matter into oontuderatioM, thanked him, and dedined politely. “ We couldn’t keep bous*> without old Mooley, could we, Addy?” said my sister, “ There are so many nice dishes wo can make for poor fattier, if we have plenty of good ridi milk and cream. And the butter that we should have to Imy at Neighbor Dyson’s city prices would go to counterbalance the money we should get for ’ Mooley. ” “As for tlw horse,” said I, “he cats but little; and how on earth could we got around the country, even to the poetoffice, such weather as this, if it wasn’t for old Dobbin, tliat wo had ever since I could remember.” ’ Hb it happened fast, on this special March evening, we luul just come in from attending to the wants of our live ' I gM V, plumy tail erect; but Kitty leaned sadly against the woodeu mantel, and looked into the fin' with mournful eyes. “ Kitty, ” toted J* dt tort, “ what does ipakc you sb dull ?*’ “ TiHMorrpw i* the 3d*ef March," said the gravely. “ What of that I” I demand* v.L “ Don’t-you rpmembert The interest on the mortgage comes due to-mor-row* . “So it does,” said I, my radiant tec falling faster tlmn the thermometer ou a fretwing day. “Tliirty five dollurß. Amt we have nothing to pay it with, excvpt the 315 Laura Osgood paid for the old melodeou!” Perhaps Willis Awry would wait!” uggreted KittfI drew myself up slightly. o i < “ I don’t choose to ask him to wait," a»dL Now it happened tliat Willis Avery, who h«4il the mortgage on <>ur taunt steatl, was the aon of a neighbor, and an old play fellow and boy-beau of my own, who tod gone to the prosperous young mty n fritw -of «* atoh com menced bu*n«Mi oa his own account, ' and I tod a particular aversion to asking him in any wty- I arigto Ih- ixmr but I was also proud, and Kitty wast <itufa- sympatta'ito undt>rra^totef 1 ’ • raid Kitty. 1 Vwat MvWo rug; with my chin in my hands, and stared earnestly at the big crackling back log. Pussy crept away and nestled down in the Corner, aa if she knew by instinct that there waa a change of temperature- i “ Look tore, Kitty,” 1 said suddenly, • Tliohc russet apples!” barrels at the least Eight barrels at two doUars ami fifty cento a tartri—**lA “ My dear Addy, no one will buy them at one fifth the price. Apples are a drag in the market” - “Here, I grant you; but not in the “ You will, Addy !” “ And why notf Squire Dyson would charge rt least twenty per cent commiriou, and make a favor of it at about it to father. He would only fret writ rame objections. What <n*to to done, must anffTam the girl to do Lit” - - —■*Yva''wi OA» « , perfectly wild and visionary to nic.” ?;♦’Wflit, it aredfi’t; for, befcere me, iO* Wptecttod toing in Hie world, i Allwe-tore to do to-to etwf-toe applet out into torrels, nice and sound—l cm

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j easy do it by lantern light to-night—and , to-morrow morning we’ll rise early, har- ' ness old Dobbin to the lumber- wagon—” “ But how are we to get the heavy bari nls up into the wagon ?” “ Goosie!” cried I, laughing, “ can’t I put the Ixirrels np into the wagon while they’re empty and fill them at my leisI nrc ? And I’ll have them sold at Mapleton before you've got the pork and cabbage boiling for dinner.” “But where will you go?” asked j Kitty. “Oh I know lots of places. I went once to town with Olwuliah Fairweather, when he sold a lot of cheeses. I’ve a pretty good idea of the locality of the ! commission stores. I can tell you.” “ After all, Addy,” hesitated my con- ; servntive little sister, “it isn’t a woman’s j work.” “ It’Ay isn’t it, I should Iwe to know, so long as a woman can do it ? At all events, a woman may pa/Mr. debts, so if you’ll hurry np the tea I’ll be off to the bam.” “ And wlmt shall we tell papa ?” | “ Oh, he’ll think I’ve gone to the singing school with the Dyson girls, and I don’t think it's a Christian duty to unde-; r ccive him,” answered I. But notwithstanding the brave face I . put upon my affairs, my heart quivered ' a little the next ilay, as I drove off townrd Mapleton, with tlie scarlet stain of ‘ j sunrise dyeing all the east, and my own ' . cheeks flushed with the keen morning ' ! air. But it wasn’t so bad, after all. With pardonable egotism, I supposed that I every one would be staring at me ; but,, ( on the contrary, a yonng woman selling ■ apples might be the commonest sight in the world, so little comment or surprise ' did it api>arently excite. Mr. Holloway, iof the firm of Holloway Brothers, pro i duo 1 and commission merchants, didn’t want apples, I speedily learned. “Just bought a shipload from Albany,’” said he, as carelessly as if ship- , loads of apples were as common a' purchase as ten cents worth of thpe. ■ Ami I drove on, beginning tv feel infini- ; tessimally small. Mr. Lovejoy could give me a dollar a Imrrel. “ Apples wasn’t worth no more at this season of the year!” And I whipped old Dobbin up, determined to carry them home again sooner than to i sell at that price. At the next place where I stopped, a pleasant-looking, middle-aged man came ont and critically examined my apples. 1 “Do they hold out like this all the | way down I” he asked. “I’ll warrant them," said I, carolessly. “ How much?” he asked, j “ Two dollars and a half a barrel. ” He reflected. , 6 ■ “ It’s a good price,” said he, as if he ‘ were talking to his own vest-buttons ; ■ “ but they look like good apples, ami ; we’ve tolerably large Western orders to fill. I’ll-rec what my partner thinks.” He went back into th© gloomy depths of his store, and I, happening to glance j up, saw the words painted in black letters over the door, “Hull & Avery.” My first impulse was to drive on, and leave the chance of a bargain behind me ; my next, to sit still and wait my fate as Providence dealt it out to me. And presently out came Willis Avery, liimself. ; “ I think we will take yonr load, if—. Why!” breaking short "off, “ it’s Addy Walters!” I colored scarlet “Yea,” said I, as composedly as poe-1 sible. “ Good-morning, Mr. Avery. I j shall be obliged if you will examine the I fruit as speedily as possible, as I am in j a hurry." , . I ' “Ob, certainly.” He looked as if a | nipping frost had chilled his euthuHuwm in the bud t and I secretly exulted within J mj-silf. Mr. Hull bought the load of apples, , and said if I had any mon* at the same • price—ami of the same quality, he cautiously added—be would be happy to take them. Willis Avery touched his . , hat, and I drove away as loftily as ~ Queen Boadicea in lwr chariot of old. “ Jnst thirty-five dollars,” counting in the melodeon money,” cried Kitty, glee- | fully. “ And now Mr. Avery may come 'as soon a-s he likes!” She had scarcely spoken the words | before then • came a knock at the door, i and in walked no less a personage than j Mr. Willis Avery liimself. I received j him with the air of an Empress. “ Yonr money is ready, Mr. Avery.” 1 “’I was not thinking of the money ' Addie," said he, almost reproachfully. > : “Do you think one’s mind always runs , on money!” j ! “Mine does a good deal,"said I. faugh “But I had no ideajrvu were reduced , to thia. I did not know—" , “Mr. Avery, this is scarcely business- * ** I ■* * ‘ ■ » “ Addie,” said he, abruptly, “ I adI mired yonr spirit and courage to day. I always liked you as a girl, but now—” “Well?" for be hesitated. , “I woukl do something more, if you would let me. I would toee you !” t I did not answer. In truth and in fact r , I eooM not! - £,* “Dear Addie, will you let me sign t back the old place to your father on our 8 wedding day i” he asked earnestly. t> And somehow he had got hold of my hand, and somehow, before I knew it, o we were engaged! . ' “Thisis all very ridiculous <rf us, 4 * k arid I, “ particularly aw 1 had resolved L never to marry since we had that quarrel s about n>y dancing with GeraM Ferguson a at the Fourth of July picnic.”

“ I’ll promise yon never to be jealous again," said Willis Avery. Kitty was jubilant when she heard, it afi. “Our troubles are at an end,” said she, “ and all because you tcould take that load of russet apples to town yourself.” “That doesn’t follow,” said I, sagely. But for all my philosophy I did believe a little in fate, and I’ve always liked russet apples since. HB SVrFERED I.OJTG. When it commenced to rain on Friday, a man stepped into an office on GriswolJ street, and remarked : “ This rain will cool the atmosphen won’t it ?” The proprietor agreed that it would. In about five minutes another-man came in to borrow a paper, and he remarked : “ This rain will cool tljp atmosphere, won’t it I" The proprietor thought it would, and had just dated a letter when a man called to ask the lean of an umbrella, and stobil ! for a moment and remarked; I “This min will cool the atmosphere, ' won’t it ?” “ I suppose it will!” snapjMHl the office man, and he turmxi to his letter again. He had written four lines when a man entered and asked him the way to the City Hall, and then remarked : “ This rain will cool the atmosphere, won’t it ?” “ Blamed if I care a cent whether it does or not !” growled the bored m..r, and he wrote five tines more, and was i biting bis pen hold* r when a man I jumped into the door, shook himself and remarked: “ This rain will eool the atmosphere, ■ won’t it?” “ No, sir!” yelled the office man at the- top of his voice, and be said he’d wollop the next man who said “ rain” to Irim. He had turned his letter over , when along came a tall young man with a ‘ long nose. He looked into the office, : lialted, and, as he stood in the door and i shook his umbrella, h® said: “ Don’t you think this rain will cool , the at—— ?" “ No! blast your two white eyes, I don’t I” yelled the man who writing, I and he threw down his pen and made ■ ready forth© next one.- i Along came the man) who lias an office above, and who is a very good man and' a worthy citizen, and he stuck his head in the door and called out: “Ah! we’ll all sleep better to-night. Don’t you think the rain will ?” “No, you old liar!” yelled the office man, and he shut the door with such suddenness that the inquirer fell off the step, rolled over his umbrella and sat down on his hat. He got up and wanted ■ to lick somebody, and said he thirsted for blood, but the rain calmed him down, j i and the office mkn locked his door and I hung up a sign reading: “ Not a blanuxl bit cooler than before.” — Detroit Free Press. I - ~ FALL FASHIONS IK DRESSES. , That excellent fashion authority, Harper’s Bazar, announces that there is to be very little change in ilresses from the fashions of the summer. Basques, overskirts, and Bocqnes prevail, as they have done all summer ; it is said an effort to * restore the polonaise will be made later | in the season. The cuirass liasque fitting the figure smoothly will be retained. It will have broad forms Itehind, whether with or without side bodies. Short j bocks will alsd remain in favor. Freahi nces will be given the cuirass by new ways of trimming. The front may be plaiidy buttoned, or else only fastened I across the chest over the vest, and there ! are also some new basques that button iliagjmally. The double Byron collar is i one of the novelties that will appear on I fall costumes. This consists of a large Byron collar made, of the silk that forms part of the costume, upon which is a separate smaller collar of the same sliapc, made of the woolen goods of which the I suit mainly consists. Silk sleeves with I wool basques will be worn again, giving i th® popular effect of sleeveless jackets. Basques of plaid and striped costumes will be eat bias; to make these effective there should bo very few scams to interrupt or I weak th© tim s, henee the broad French backs ; are preferred for these, and the lines are made to meet in the warns. Long bows made of doubled I sdk are act about on basques and sacques, som* times in most useless places, as at the end of the front or back seams, • while others are on the clwst, at the ! threat, just baek of the neck and on the ‘ wrists. Silk pipings finish the edges of j bosquect Sleeves are simply trimmed, ■ and of cluce coat shape. A Iwnd of narrow folded silk pleats around the wrists, with a pleated frill falling on the hand, makes a stylish cuff for silk or for wool iderrea. Pleating and braid are Ihc trimmings most used. BVRIBD fS /T/T HIM. When the late King of the Sandwich Islands was gathered to his fathe rs he was buried in a great feather cloak which had passed down to him through the numerous generations of royal chieftains. '< When the remains were about to be placed in the coffin, and were removed , from the feat her robe on which they had • fain in state, his aged father sconce commanded that the body be buried in the ■ robe, as the dead King, his son, was the fast of the family, and to him, therefore, it belonged. It will cost more than * fMfi,ooo to replace this beautiful robe, I if it ever is replaced, for 1,000,000 of I possessed of rare red and yellow t plumage, were caugfit To furnfah the material <ff which it was made,

I II CM A K SACRIFICES IX .LF'KICA. A correspondent of the London Times . gives the following vivid description of the scenes which attend the death of a ’ “Caboceer,” or man of rank, in ’ Ashantee: ’ Well, immediately after demi e, the body of a Caboceer is washed, anointed with sweet oils and grease, and sprinkled with gold-dust. The oils and grease I cause the gold-dust to stick to the corpse, which, being black, tlirows off the bright color of the gold to perfection. The beard is trimmed into knots, and ujh>u each knot are tied small beads of glass and thin particles of gold. Tlie Ashantees, you perceive, are as dainty ’ in the decoration of the boards of their dead as the Assyrian dandies were of their own when living. In cloth of costi ly silk-embroidered damask, or in velvet or in other rich garments, the body is dressed and ornamented with arinlets ■ and necklaces of gold and silver. Very pure lumps or unwrought nuggets I of gold, bored through and through, i are strung upon a piece of hempen I - string and twisted round the forearms lin the form of bracelets. Thus gayly bedizened and perfumed and cleansed, J- the body is placed upon a chair in a sit- '! tiiig attitude, or is shown recumbent n[x>n a bed trimmed with gaudy drapei ry. When this combined rite of puriti- 1 ! J cation and gamitun' lias been completed 1 the relations and friends assemble and begin to dance and sing. While the relations and friends are making merry, a , fetishman or priest is hxl slowly into the ' festive throng, and the female slaves of 1 the dead Caboceer are brought before him. After th© utterance of various incantations he pretends that the fetish lias denoted, by m-?ans of his mediation, : a certain slave for election to follow her master to the next world —but I need not be at much trouble to suggest to yon : that the members of the family always decide beforehand among themselves which unfortunate v reteh sh »ll accompany the deceased chief. Being choßen, and by the choice condemned to die, the slave is stripped naked. Around her ni ck a wisp of hay is wound, ayd her arms are rudely pinioned with a rope of straw. She is now roughly dragged a second time to tlie presence of tlie fetishman, who recommends her, in a speech full of blasphemous rhodomontade and rhetorical parade, to serve her master dutifully through the mazes of the unknown sphere to wliich he has been summoned on a journey. During the delivery’ of the portentous exhortation hq, is busily employed in daubing a white-colored earth over the face of the I weeping slave; and, when the admoni- I tory harangue has been exhausted, he ' strikes her severely with his open palm upon either cheek. In benighted seal , the company snatch up tlie sacerdotal cue. They strive to rival one another in i ' repeating the assault with the harshest violence, and in dealing the keenest pain on her nude and trembling person. Tlie executioners, moreover, are blessed, and the congregated band of Qabv- ; 'ccers manifest their profound respect by ’ raising the foot of each executioner with both hands, and- by rubbing the sole upon the crowd of their heads. The natives of the Gala Coast have a loose conception of a state of purgatory or probation, and entertain tho idea that the soul of the dead wanders unrest ingly for i many years about the world, and requires a servant for the performance of menial duties in its long and ceaseless wanderings. Hence comes the custom I i of killing a slave at the death of a Cabocoer, for a Caboceer may not draw water, nor hew wood, nor cook food. Having been removed by dint of cuffs ior manual force from the sight-of the j fi tislunan the slave is hurried tea wooden box, into which the carcass of the Caboeeer wifi eventually be squeezed. Along ' the lid of the box the slave is stretched j upon her stomach, and her feet and head ! are graspeil by two executioners, so that ! her struggles may be subject to control. A friend of the dead C iboceer approaches I the prostrate creature and slashes her ! ’ with a sword just below the right shoul- ) i der-blade. Catching the blood which ; flows from the wound he sm<wrs the box. I I When a sufficiency of blood has been drawn for *his purpose, she is lifted i from the lid and is reviled, struck and 1 covered with spittle by the byst mders. All the while she utters the loudest and 1 most grievous lamentations; and the ‘ louder and more grievous they are, the more acceptable do the torturers deem ■ the sacrificial gratuity to the dead Caboceer. She is then driven to the 1 spot where she is to be slain. When the head has ben cut off the heart is plucked out through an opening in the back. An ’ executioner receives tho head with yells f and frantic signs of joy. end runs with ’ it through the town. Savagely and furi- ' onsly be tosses it to the ground and r kicks it like a ball before him, snatches ‘ it up in his upon it, flings it into the air, catches it in its descent, or, permitting it to drop heavily, kicks it again anti again* Th.© body is never 1 buried, but it is spurned aside to be ! eaten by wild beasts or vultures. A BOYS’ BAXK. The Boys’and Girts’Aid Society in San » Francisco has undertaken the establish--1 ment of a youths’ savings society. Any I boy who purposes being for some time -a member of the society am deposit o whatever he wishes of Ins earirings in a b havings bank. On this, at the end of each’mtmth, he receives five cents pre--1 mium on each dollar deposited. The , hank is a large Kw; whose securelyf locked top is pierced by many slits, r which lead into compartments beneath, r These sGte are numbered, and each depositor has bis number, and the eecre-

; tary keeps a record of names and nuin- ; Ixsps and at the close of cadi month the President opens the bank and counts the contents of each compartment in the presence of all tJxj depositors. Then ' they are allowed the privilege of taking their money, or the President will depos- : it it for them in some bank ami open n regular lank account for them. It i? j hoped by the managers to thus encourage them to save their earnings’. HE.IRTI' BREAKFASTS. In a largo, majority of cases it will be found that the l»est and heartiest meal of the day should be eaten in the morning. If the closing repast of the daf has not been eaten too late, or has not been excessive in quantity or indigestible in quality, the stomach will be rested and active in the morning after the individual Ihw enjoyed a cool bath. The stomach will then respond quickly with the necessary gastric juice for the solution of food, and, if a fair amount of exercise is taken during the day, a large mass of food will be assimilated /and converted into blood and tissue. With a good, substantial breakfast, no great ’ amount of food will be required during [ | the remainder of the day. One further * ! meal will lie ample, and that might bet-' ter be taken at from two to three o’clock I jin the afternoon than at any Liter period, if business engagement* only permitted it. The breakfast may be made from any kind of wholesome food, and the fewer i,fcjnds the better. The dinner should be light and readily digested, if sound sleep is desired and a strong appetite ; and perfect powers of digestion next ' day. If hunger comes, a bowl of sweet milk and well-cooked mush of Indian j ■ meal, or other unbolted (train, will allay 1 , it, and will digest quickly. One “square ’ meid '** in every twenty-four hours is all I that can Ire taken care of by many weak ‘ stomach’, and more than this is an ex- • cess, and induces headache, nausea and distress. If dinners were abandoned, | and especially late, and heavy dinners, i I myriads of dyspeptics would be cured, j But under the exigencies of city life, a , late dinner canuot well be avoided. This need not be the' tremendous meal • ; it is customary to make it, if the break-. ' fast be substantial and nutritious, and > not a thing of slops and biscuits, as. it j too often is.— Hall's Journal of Health, i A LITTLE TOO SHOUT. They were married in the morning and immediately stepped aboard the cars ! for a bridal tour to Son Francisco. They I attracted considerable attention on the I way by their honeymoon ways, and ereated a good deal of quiet fun among the i gotxUy number of ladies and gentlemen ' who were passengers. In due tune the cars entered a tunnel and for a few moments were enveloped in darkness. All too soon the curs emerged into the : broad glare of noonday sun, and our ■ loving bride and groom were discovered j. locked in each other’s arms and exehang j ing kisses at a rate seldom seen in pub- i lie. .-’ .. _ - .- I The passengers took in the situation I ’ in about a second, and a shout went up i that nearly threw the tram from the [■ track, and brought the conductor to the ■, scene on the double-quick. “Pass it around,” yelled a big man 4, who was on his way West to get his wife. • “Go back to the tunnel,” said another : 1 man to the conductor. As the newly made husband settled . back in his seat he was heard to say: “Sarah, I thought tunnels were long j er. Darn a railroad company, anyhow. , THE WORLD’S ISO!f AND COAL PRODUCTION. The world’s annual production of cast 1 or pig iron, is set down at 14,485,972 grass tons. In production, Great Britain leads the world, its production of 1 pig iron, in 1873, being 6,566,451 tons. | The United States, during the same year, produced 2,560,962. Germany comes next, with 1,604,802 tons in 1872, and France, with 1,381,000 tons, in 1873. The annual production of coal through- , out the world, for 1873, was 262,567,j 342. Great Britain heads the list, with 127,016,747 tons; the United States stands second, with 45,412,400 tons; Germany, third, with 42,324,469 ; France, fourth, with 16,500,000 tons. In 1872, ISelgium produced 15,658,946 tons;.Austria, 10,443,998, while the great Empire of Russia produced only 1,097,832 tons, a trifle more than Nova Scotia, which produced 1,051,000. The coal production of Germany has been ‘ more than doubled since 1862. t —<- r ; A KIGHT PERT OLD LADE. An Old Settlers’ Reunion in Missouri has drawn forth a letter from the second female child born in Kentucky, now a I little over 100 years of age. The writer is Mrs. Elizabeth Pope. Her father was one of the pioneers under Daniel Boone, I mid with him crossed the Kentucky river I at Boonesboro, traveling in the direction of what is now Frankfort Mrs. Pope knew the Lincoln family during their residence in Kentucky, and frequently nursed the future President in his inI fancy. She says that he was not then ! anything to be proud of, as Abe j was “ simply a baby, and a terribly ugly I one at that” Mrs. Pope is still vigorous; usee no spectacles; can knit three pairs of stockings in a week; has lately walked a half a mile and back, without stopping; has had ten children and sixtyod2 grandchi’dren; hopes to go to the centennial; and, altogether, is a remarkably well-preserved old lady. Tjwttt J3shs. PMMBsaaoE. of the late Confederate army, who commanded at Vicksburc, is now employed by the ! Penasybania TSailway Company in es-tabli-luiig iron works at Perth Amboy, N. J.

/ TERMS: S2:OOa Year.

NUMBER 38.

r WISH HE WOULD MAKE UP MIS MIND. I wish he wonM make np hie mind, ma, for I do not care longer to wait; I am sure I have hinted quite strongly, . That I thought about changing my slate* Tor a sweetheart he’s really so backward, I can't bring him out, though I try; . • I own that he’s very good tempered, But then he’s so dreadfully shy When I speak about love in • cottage, He gives me a look of surprise; And if I but hint at a marriage, Ho blushes quite up to the eyre. I can’t mpke him jealous—l've tried it— And ’tis no use my being unkind. For that’s not the way I am certain, To get him to make np his - mind. ' . I've sung him love-sonnets by dozens, I’Ve worked him both slippers and hose. And we've walked out by moonlight together. Vet he never attempts to propose I Yon must really ask bis intention, Or some other beau I must find; For indeed I won’t tarry much longer, For one who can’t make np his mind. PLEASANTRIES. Diseases of the chest—Rusty locks. Best thing to do when you go shopping with ladies—Take notes. If a Bishop cannot see beyond his nose, how little he knows beyond his see.— New York Mail. A new fashion has just been started in Pennsylvania. A woman there- has hanged herself with her corsets. It may seem contrsdietory, but never-theless-true, that when people indulge in high words they always use low language. * “ What do you take sos your oeld?” said a lady to Mr. —-. “ Four pockethandkerchiefs a day, Madam,” was the answer. , ' < •A person looking at some skeletons the other day, asked a young doctor present where he got them. lie replied, “We raised them.” A couple were-married in jail at-Fou-da, N. Y,, the other day. Their bridal tour was necessarily somewhat limited. No cards, no cake either. . A lady at Elmira, N. Y., whose husband has an iiicome of 8100 per week, says that she can’t .afford to drcss more than half as well as her hired girl, e Dootoblo wounded Ger lists: “Why did you not seek shelter behind the rocks ?” “ The rocks were too few, and had been all ccopied by our officers, doctor.” It was his first baby, and he acted just like a man who had been suspected of stealing his neighbor’s tooth-brush, and was trying to avoid observation.— Brooklyn Argus. “ Bukning incense, Mr. Brown ?” eaid Mrs. Farringtosh, as she passed Brown if the act of fighting his post prandial cifear. “No, ma’am,” said the practical » Brown, “ I’m burning twenty cents. When the late Dr. Scudder, of India, was arousing the children of America to care for the heathen, ho received a note from a little girl, saying : “ My dear Mr. Scudder, I send yon ten cents. When you want any more money, write to ■ me.” The other day as a Detroit undertaker was walking along, accomimnicd by his son, he took off his hat and made a low bow to an oldish man whom they saw across the street “Father, why do you take off your hat to such an old codger?” inquired the son. “My son, that man has ten children, some of whom will die before the summer is out, and he pays s cash down for everything,” answered the father. Yesterday when a couple of excursionists were strolling through the market the girl looked longingly at the fruit, and the young man, after a straggle with himself, purchased several large plums and divided with her. “Do you doubt my love, Milly?” ho asked, as they chewed at the fruit. “ Noap,” she replied, her mouth “plum” full. PBecause,” be continued, “ if I didn’t love you I wouldn’t be around buying boss plums at five cents apiece, would I?” She seemed satisfied. DIDN’T KNOW HIS BUS INI is. A well-known clergyman was crossing Lake Erie, many years ago, upon one of the lake steamers, and, seeing a small lad at the wheel, steering the boat, ac- * costed him as follows : “ My sod, you apiuar lobe a small boy to steer so large a boat.” “ Yes, sir; but you see that I can do it, though.” “Do you think you understand.your business, my son. ” “ Yes, sir, I think I do.” “ Can you box the compass: ” “ Yes, sir.” “ Let me hear you box it” Boy boxes the compass. “ Well, really, you can do it! Let me hear you box it backward. ” Boy boxes it backward. c “ I declare, my son, you seem ib understand your business.” The boy now took his turn question- ' asking. “ Pray, sir,, what may be your business?” “ I am a minister of the GospeL” “Do you understand your business ?” “I think I do, my son.” " Can you say the Lord’s Prayer?” “Yes." “Say it.” , Clergyman repeats the Lord’s Prayer. “ Well, really, you do know it! Now say it backward.” Clergyman says he cannot do it. ' “ You can’t do it, ch ? Now, you see, I understand my business a great deal better than you do yours f" Clergyman acknowledged himself beaten, and retired. OnrM is the Chinese substitute for ! rum. During the last eight years the heathen in California has consumed two and a half million dollars’ worth of the deadly drag.