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siBOWNVILI-E, NEBRASKA.
;35ender mansion in the pnrk
jniete dwells a man or money,
-KfrSWnB both gold and ships and land.
Aj& all his days are sunny ;
mia a gilded chariot, drawn
'TffprancInK erays, goes stately;
BSfcoe 16 something grim for one
jj ijjSbin fortune loves so greatly.
5E. . ., !.. o nnncont trlcrht
straw-thatched hut hath chosen;
was a jackass and a cow,
(1 cocks and hens a dozen ;
toils afield from morn to night,
d seldom looketh sadly,
hath a merry face for one
bom fortune treats so badly.
gentleman a daughter hath,
o proud for common gallants,
face Is somewhat coldly cut,
she has wondrous talentB,
Maud httth slowly nurtured been
a wise man from college;
plays Beethoven, sings with taste,
i.ud brlmfull is of knowledge.
i peasant hath a daughter, too.
jme happy wight may win her ;
ir Bessie cannot play or sing.
lough she can cook a dinner.
Hifce milks the cow, she weaves ino wooi,
IXnlts stockings for her father.
5c cheek is redder than the rose
u from her porch may gather.
I2fw i,0th were lair ana oolu were & --,
,th willing to be mated,
many a day between the two,
i' wild heart oscillated.
fcween the cottage and the hall
fspent a wild existence,
1 watched the maidens as a hawit
pes chickens from a distance.
ftost the lady's learned eyes
. white brow made me falter,
llapoke and wooed that maiden wise,
; led her to tho altar.
JBelgho! Close by dwells Bessie, wed
To one of lowly station :
ie milks, she spins, and site can love;
Jut Maud has cultivation .'
faffiE BAGHELOE'S SUEPEISE.
JaESshill December evening, with the
iwsrand snow forming a disagreeable
SStSof conglomeration on the side
walk, the gas lamps at the corner
llStrinc sullenly through the misfc,
USSTttie wind taking one viciously as
PWB . .,
lame roue a me coniw.
Kt a pleasant evening to assume
poMcesion of a new home ; but neces
fiftficnows no law, and Mr. Barkdale
fwifup his night key into the red
fcrigfc house in the middle of the block,
Irierely hoping his new landlady
wwrid have common sense to light u
&5lu the grate.
fills it you, sir?" Mrs. ITiiiman
. , , , - timi J- , .
n, oeamingiy. "luere-a a uuu
and it's all right."
A11 right, eh?" said the bachelor,
fcllng the blue tip of hi3 froBted nose
15lee whether it had escaped being
frozen off entirely. "Well, I'm glad
tolhear that. Have tho
trunks
opMe?"
IQ, yea sir, and tho other things."
JSFnat otner things?" demanded
MrjHlukedale.
Bt Mrs. HInman pureed her lips
up "I wasn't to tell, sir, please."
fcLRather an eccontrio old lady,"
ihoaght Mr. Barkdale, pushing past
herfto the third story front room,
tfrifch he had solemnly engaged the
dajgbefore.
j Ithad been a rather dark and dingy
little don by the light of the moon,
butwpow, softened by the coral shine
"bffi well filled grate, it wore quite
aMiher and a brighter aspect.
J4JlSrelvet paper on tho walls, gilt
ipMMllng, red carpet, and a sleepy-
hoMow chair," thought Mr. Barkdale
glwiclng around. "Not so uncom
fortable, after all. When I get my
things unpacked it will seem quite
liojKellko."
"fEfe set down hid valiae In the cor
nerfdeliborately opened it, took out a
pftir.of slippers, and invested his tired
4f& therein. Next he laid off his
Vgrcoat.
?lgNow for a cigar," thought Mr.
Bwkdale.
?But the brown-layered weed was
ytin his hand, when there was a
bwtle and a flutter and a whisper and
A erry noise on the landing outside,
-ftBithe door flew open as If by magic.
ijjadmit half-a-dozen bloomiug,
Uvgbing girls.
ffx. Barkdale dropped his oigar and
itttae&ted a step or two.
-"Don't be alarmed," said the tallest
SA prettiest of the bevy ; "It's only
Surprise."
$t& very a8feeablo one, I'm sure."
j&rid, our friend, recovering in some
.degree his presence of mind.
There's no mistake, I hope?" said
aysllow-trested blonde. "Your name
lis set Greenfield?"
,No mistake at all, I assure you,"
ahi Mr. Barkdale. "Of course it Is
oiureenimiu. ouuuwu, laaies."
lnd be pushed forward the eleepy-
t'baMow chair, a camp stool, and two
rh(Mimatic reoeptJon chairs, which
W4M all the accommodations pre-
.seated by his appartments.
Bt, instead of aocepting his cour
tesy, the girls all fluttered out again,
-gigging, and in a seoond, and before
b uld realize-thia strange combiua
tif affairs they were back again,
befttf-og benches and a table-clotb,
.dtebes, bouquets, a pyramid of maca
jrfls, piled-up plates of sandwiches,
jcf ' frosted cake, and a mysterious
, id thing like unto an ice-oream
-friier.
e golden -tressed girl clapped her
s.
ou needn't think we are doing
is for you, bIt, she eaid.
I I hadn't any suoh Imprea-
," said Mr. Barkdale, bashfully.
fa ail a surorlae designed for
s'a cousin."
Fs it?" said Mr. Barkdaie, more in
dark than ever.
And how do you suppose we found
v?m -"-
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with blaok eyes and ecarlet feather in
her hat.
"I haven't the least idea."
We found your letter to kate, and
we girls read it, and resolved to take
you and her both by surprise. She ia
to be here in half an hour. Barbara
this is Barbara Morris in the blue
merino drees,"with a turn of her long
lashes toward the golden haired girl
"pretends she has moved here, and
Kate is to come and spend the even
ing with Barbara. Won't It be a good
joke?"
"Stupendous!" said our hero, grad
ually beginning to oomprehend the
mortifying fact that he waa mastaken
for some one elBe.
' "What will Kate say when she sef a
you here?" ejaculated another maid,
merrily.
"Ah! what Indeed?" said Mr.
Barkdale, wondering in what words
he could best explain matters.
"Of course we shall all look the
other way while you are kissing and
hugging her," said Mias Barbara, de
murely. "Very considerate of you, I am
sure," observed Mr. Barkdale.
"She's the sweetest girl in New
York," exclaimed the tall damsel, en
thusiastically. "I am one of her
dearest friends. We work our sewing
machines side by side at Madame
Griilard's. Hasn't she ever written
to you about Alice Moore ?"
"I I don't just at this moment re
call thBt she has."
"O, well, it doesn't matter," said
Alice. "Just you sit down aud be a
good boy. while we fix the tables.
Aren't those roses beautiful? My
goodness gracious, how astonished
Kate will be!"
"She can't be more so than I am,"
said Mr. Barkdale, sinking into the
sleepy-hollow chair, and passing bis
band vaguely across his forehead.
"Well, it's a mere matter of fate; I
can't see how I'm going to explain
myself; aud yet; perhaps I ought to
explain. Ladies "
"Hush-sh-sh-sh!" cried six pretty
girls, all in a hissing chorus; "Kate
is coming; Bessie has brought her.
Hush-sh-sh ! Don't say a word, Mr.
Greenfield." The golden-haired girl
bad her hand clapped firmly over his
mouth, Alice Moore grasped his arm
spasmodically, and the other four
danced a port of bewitching little
feminine war-dance about him, while
a seventh girl entered a pretty, Madonna-faced
little creature, like a
dove.
"Come and kiss him, Kate," cried
all the others. "Now don't be ridic
ulous, for wo shaut take any notice.
Here he is!"
"Kies who?" cried Miss Kate,
standing still aud staring around her.
'Now girls, what on earth do you
mean?"
"You provoking thing!" said Bar
bnra, stamping her little foot. "Do
you suppose we are all fools? Why,
of course we know all about him ! It
it Mr. Greenfield your cousin, Kate
the young M. D.
Kate looked around in bewilder
ment.
"Where?"
"Here."
"Nothing of the sort!" said Miss
Kate, demurely.
Our hero stood up, feeling himself
growing uncomfortably warm and
red.
.uuuies, ne Bam, "tnere is some
mistake here. I said at the very
outset that my name was not Green
field." "There!" oried the girls at once.
"There!" echoed Miss Kate defi
antly. "Didn't we tell you?" oried the
girls.
"Didn't I tell you ?" retorted Kate.
"Be kind enough to let us know what
your name is, sir."
"Cephas Barkdale I" said the
wretched victim of this misunder
standing. "But," said Miss Moore, "you said
it was Nott Greenfield."
"Of course I did!" said the puzzled
bachelor. "It isn't Greenfield, and It
nover will be unless I have it changed
by act of -Legislature."
"O-h-h!" cried the girls. "Dear,
dear, to bo sure! And we thought
you were Kate's lover and his name
Is N-o-double t Nott Greenfield,"
said one.
"Do hold your tonguo, you ridicu
lous things!" said Kate, half vexed,
half laughing. ".What must Mr.
Barkdale think of us all?"
J. tuink you are very nice," said
Mr. Barkdale, gallantly.
Miss Barbara in the mean time had
taken -a slip of paper out of her pock
et. She uttered an hysterical shriek.
"It's all my fault," she exclaimed.
"It waa No. 39 Instead of S6-and the
trial k4.l
ui me norrld figure 1b turned
the wrong end up-that'e all. And
the cake and the flowers and every
thing." "Stop, ladies, if you please,"" eaid
Mr. Barkdale, courteously. "Because
the surprise has come to the wrong
place Is no reason why the right per
son should not enjoy it. Allow me
to give up thiB room to you this even
ing. I will just step across the street
and send Mr. N.ot Greenfield over
here.V
-"But you must return with him "
said the girla.
And Mr. Barkdale waa not allowed
to depart until he bad promised to
return.
Mr. Nott Greenfield a good look
ing medical Btudent, who had the
"sky parlor" directly opposite came
promptly on mention of the name of
H out?" demanded the tall girl j Kate Kellford, and did the polite
thing In introducing Mr. Barkdale;
and Barkdale ate of the sandwiches,
and enjoyed the cake and cream, and
onaxed Miss Barbara to pin a little
pink rose in the button-hole of his
coat, and enjoyed himself prodigious
ly.
"I would like to be surprised like
this every night in the year," said
be.
"O, you greedy creature," said Miss
Barbara.
"But there was one time I seriously
meditated throwing myself out of the
window," said he, "when you told
me I was to kisB Kate."
"Dear, dear!" Baid Barbara, ironi
cally, "that would have been dread
ful, wouldn't it?"
"But then the awkwardness of the
thing."
"I dare say you never kiBaed a pret
ty girl," pouted the blonde.
"I never did," said the bachelor.
growing bold ; "but I will now, if you
say so."
"But I don't say bo," said Barbara,
coloring and laughing. "Behave
yourself, sir !"
Mr. Barkdale went home with the
fair Barbara, and they grew to be
great friends, and where's the use of
trying to conceal how it all ended?
They were married at the year'a end,
with all the six eurprisers for brides
maids, Kate Kellford included. Mr.
Nott Greenfield proposes to follow the
example as soon as he geta his diplo
ma. COCHISE'! BURIAL.
A private letter reoeived in Boston,
from an officer at Camp Bowie, Ari
zona Territory, and dated June 13,
gives the following interesting partic
ulars of Coohise, the noted Indian
chief: "Cochise, the great war chief
of the Chlracahua Apache Indiana,
died on the 8th inat. from dyspepsia.
He had been sick for about six weeks,
and was reduced to a mere skeleton.
He had an idea that ho was bewitch
ed, and in order to break the spell the
war chiefs and others under the di
rection of his "medioine man," kept
up all the noiee they could make by
singing and drumming on beef hides
stretched over sticks so as to make
something like a drum night and day,
during his whole sickness.
He said the
SPIRITS OF THE WHITE MEN
that he bad killed were haunting
him. There ia little doubt that .hia
disease originated from his drinking
tlzwin, which is made from ground
corn, fermented and drank in large
quantities on an empty stomaoh. In
dians frequently fast forty-eight hours
before indulging, that the liquor may
have the desired effect. He has been
o sufferer over since he came on the
reservation. Cochise's funeral was
quite an expensive affair. The morn
ing after his death he waa washed
and painted in war style, placed on
his favorite horse, one of hia chiefs
getting up behind to hold him on, his
four most noted sub-chiefs preceding,
his family and the others of his tribe
following him.- Tbay marched twelve
miles to his grave, no one but those
who were of the tribe's blood being
allowed to attend. The grave was
very large. On the bottom were laid
blankets, then he was rolled up in a
pair of handsome blankets, which
had only arrived a few days before
his death, being a present from the
Indian contractors, Messrs. Hooper &
Co. They weighed forty-two pounds
and had bis name woven into the tex
ture ; you can imagine they were nice
to be of that weight. The sides of the
grave were walled up about three feet
with atone. His rifle and arms, as
well aB other articles of value, were
laid beside him. Above his body
were placed more blankets, then mes
cal poles resting on the walla of his
grave; covering these were skins to
prevent dirt from falling through,
then the grave was filled with stones
and dirt.
HIS FAVOKITE HORSE.
was shot within 200 yards of hia grave,
another horse was killed about one
mile away, and a third animal was
shot about two miles distant. This
was done with the idea that he will
want a horae when In the spirit
land. The family destroyed all the
atores they bad to eat, so that they
were without food forty-eight heurs.
His eon, Tonza succeeds him. He iB
a very large Indian, but quite young,
and a great friend to the v bites. So
far, he gets along very well, but the
agent says that on tho war-path he
would have no difficulty, but thinks
on the reservation he may occasional
ly have a little trouble settling points
with 6ome of the older sub-chiefs, as
all chiefs lose influence on reserva
tions. Josh Billings 8sya: -"The live man
ia like a little pig; he iz weaned
young and begina to root early. He
iz the pepper-graas ov creation, the
allspice ov the world. One live man
in a village iz like a case ov the itoh
at a diatrikt eohool, he seta everybody
to scratching at onat."
mo I -m
A youngster, on being admonished
by his mother not to take all the hash
from the dish, because be should
leave some for manners, replied, after
looking round the table, "Weli, I
never saw manners here to eat bash.
Manners never comes to our house !"
m
A Cairo man dropped dead last week
Immediately after -drinking a glass of
ginger ale. But then it wasn't the
ginger ale that burt him it was a
Ll. r... .. . . . .
uuuet urea irom tne other side of the
Utreet,
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1874.
REMEDY FOR SNAKE BITE.
Dr. Aahbul Smith, a Texas physi
cian writes to the Houston Telegraph
how be cured himself of a snake bite
with iodine. The following ia an ex
tract from his letter :
"About dark Saturday last, as I was
walking up the hill from the bay
shore, I felt a heavy scuffling about
one of my legs, and at the same in
stant the bites of sharp teeth. Beach
ing the house, I saw by the light sev
eral little wounds, with blood exud
ing from them, on my leg, three inch
es above the ankle. There were two
punctures to each wound, made by
the two fangs of the snake that bad
bit me. Swelling bad already com
menced less than five minutes from
the biting. Still I determined to do
nothing, for awhile at least, in order
to observe the effects of the poison
unmodified by treatment, lhe swell
ing increased rapidly, and in fifteen
minutes more the pain had become
execruoiating, and I could not bear
any weight on the leg. I was oblig
ed now to lie down.
I now took, in a wine-glass of wa
ter, a half teaspoonful of saturated
tincture of iodine. About fifteen min
utes afterward I repeated the Iodine
about twenty drops. A short time af
ter, perhaps fifteen or twenty min
utes, a third dose of iodine fifteen
drops in twenty-five or thirty min
utes after, the fourth. The length of
these several Intervals is conjeotured.
I had the orifices of the wounds sev
eral times touched with the tincture
of iodine, and the leg, which was
now swollen from the ankle to the
knee, was painted with Iodine.
The pain was excruciating, but by
10:30 or 11 o'clock two and a half or
three hours after the bite bad abated
sensibly. About 1:30 in the morning
I fell asleep, and awoke at sunrise
with complete stiffness and superfi
cial soreness of the limb on touoh,
now swollen to double its former size,
but with no pain worth mentioning.
Nor have I since bad suffering furth
er than complete disease of the leg,
till this morning, and being obliged
to have it at all times elevated. The
foot participated in the awelling, and
if the leg hung down it became (and
indeed atill does) in a few minutes
perfectly livid.
The interest of the matter in ques
tion lies in the use, the efficacy of io
dine as a remedy for venomous bites.
Nothing else than iodine was used;
no spirits, no hartshorn, not the least
possible thing in the world, internal
ly or externally, except the iodine
and one small drink of wator.
Former experience had given me
confidence in iodine by its use with
others. I was determined to give it a
fair showing in my own case unaided
and unobstructed by any other medi
ation. I have attached the greater
interest to this case because, though
one ia seldom a safe judge in hia own
case, the preaent bite has been by
long odds the severest snake-bite I
over knew. If left to itself, it would,
in my opinion, have been fatal in a
very few hours."
MITCHELL'S RETURN TO ERIN.
How He Regards Home Rule He Is a
Candidate.
New York, July 14. John Mitch
ell, the Irish exile, who pails to-day
for Ireland to engage in thepnllticsof
that country, 6ays that no good can
come to Ireland from the British Par
liament and that Ireland can never
be prosperous or happy till she has
the complete control of her own des
tinies, and her connection with Eng
land shall be entirely severed. With
regard to thepresenthome-rule move
ment, he thinks it does not represent
the real hopes and aapirotiona of the
people, and that It is a sickly aud
ni-rveless effort to patch up the na
tional quarrel in a complete and. satis
factory manner. He considers the
whole movement a mere milk and
water kind of national effort. He
will not place himself in antagonism
with the home-rule movemeut, but
he intends to demonstrate to Eng
land and to the world that there Is
something stronger and more determ
ined in Ireland than home rule. He
has a firm conviction that England
will
never grant self-government to
Ireland till forced to do eo, and that
all her delusive concessions to Ireland
have been wrung from her by force,
or fear of it. He himself will seek
the suffrages of the people on the
bro'ad principle of Ireland's right to
complete independence. He has a be
lief that the British Government will
not arrest him ; but, should it do so,
he is prepared to take the consequen
ces. A Kentucky Matron. Mrs. Jas.
Aicorn waa born in Garrard County,
married and moved just aorosa the
river into Jessamine, with her hus
band. She ia forty-five or fifty yeara
old, has several chlldreu and grand
children, has lived In the river bot
tom all her life, and never was on the
cliffs but twice in her life, never saw
a turnpike or dry goods store, or
school houBe, never heard a sermon
preached, never bot once, when the
bottom was overflowed and she was
persuaded to visit a neighbor's house,
saw a carpet or pane of glass. 8he
lives within nine miles of Nioholas
vllle, fifteen from Lancaster, fifteen
from Harrodsburg, .and twenty-one
from Lexington, and two or three
miles from a turnpike. She is a very
sensible, industrious woman, and her
husband is a nrosnarouR farmoV nnm-
rr -., v. . u
ing about one hundred Rnroa of tmn
j,
2
THE IRISH BOYS.
An Incident of tlie Union "War.
At Winchester, two Irish companies, in
the rebel service, refused to Are on tho Unit
ed States flag. Louisville Journal.
Tho Irish boys are bold and brave,
The Irish boys are true;
They love the dear old stars and stripes,
Tho spangled field of blue.
Tls Mulligan can tell the tale
Of how they fought that day.
When with the foe at Lexington
They met in bloody fray.
Fast whizzed the shot and murderous shell,
The bullets fell like rain ;
But dautless stood his brave brigade
The heroes of the plain.
Then, pressed the foe In serried ranks ;
But not to them they yield.
Hunger and thirst had done their work,
Before'they gave the field.
Oh ! honor to the Irish hoys,
And cheers of three times three ;
Old Ireland is with our side
I wish that s?ie was free.
The Irish boys are bold and brave,
The Irish boys ore true ;
They love tho dear old stars and stripes,
The spangled field of blue.
Oh ! brave were those who nobly fought ;
But braver still the band
Who, forced by rebels in their ranks,
United made their stand.
They saw tho old and honored flag
Borne out upon the air,
And not a gun was raised against
Its floating folds so fair!
Ah! Lexington and Springfield boast
Their heroes true ond grand ;
But Winchester shall stir men's hearts
Throughout Columbia's land.
Oh ! honor to the Irish boys,
And cheers of three times three,
For Ireland we'll fight some day,
And she shall yet be free. C. SI.
Philadelphia JPress.
OUE NEW YOEK LETTEE.
The Fourth The Fire-Cracker Fiend
Hydrophobia Ice Tile Beeclier
Tllton Scandal Havcmeyer.
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
New York, July 16, 187L
The Fourth of July passed off with
more than the usual number of acoi
dents from those relics of barbarism,
fire-works. The boys of this great
crowded city commenced exploding
flre-orackers, and setting off all sorts
of fire-works, the day before the
Fourth, and they continued it, de
spite the Police, with the most fiend
ish pertinacity, till late in the night
of the great day. Consequently the
papers were full of casualties. The
summary of the "accidents" and dis
asters of that day shows some forty
fivo fires in New York and Brooklyn ;
more than two score of children in
jured and maimed in various degrees
of hurt from eyes deatroyed to An
gers blown away ; a riot, half a dozen
affrays, a ohild burned to death, and
three persons killed. Beyond these
wero the thousand other minor disas
ters unreported to the police, but
which leave their marks in Buffering
and mutilation of greater or less ex
tent. One rocket went through a
window in De Kalb avenue. Brook
lyn, and killed a child outright. It
seems to me as though this childish
habit of playing with fire on the glo
rious Fourth ought to be prohibited
by law. It is altogether too danger
ous an amusement. The roofs are al
ways dry at this season of the year,
and everything combustible is in the
best possible condition to burn. In
such a season, to fill the air with ex
ploding gun-powder enveloped with
paper, would seem to be a folly very
nearly akin to madness. But so strong
is habit, that I suppose the dangerous
game will go on to the end of time.
HYDROPHOBIA
oontinues to be a prominent topic of
discussion. There are thousands up
on thousands of curs of all degrees,
roaming the city, and any number of
people have been bitten by them.
There have been several well defined
oase3 of hydrophobia, and several bit
ten men have died from sheer fear, as
was evident from the fact that the
dogs that bit them were shown not to
have been mad at all. In one case,
that of MoCorraick, the symptoms
were those of rabies, the patient re
fusing to eat or drink, and going into
convulsions, in one of which he died.
The dog that bit him was kept in a
secure place and never showed the
first symptoms of madness. It had
probably been worried till it bit ev
erything that presented itself. But
poor McCormick believed it to be
mad, and it so worked upon bis im
agination that be died.
Of course, thera are thousands of
cures for the disease promulgated.
One young woman of Hobokeir, who,
having been bitten by a mad dog,
was taken with the very worst S3rmp
toms of the rabies. A physician was
called in, who found her in convul
sions. He at once inserted the lancet,
taking from her no less than 75 oun
ces of blood. This was the only treat
ment, and it is asserted that in five
days thereafter the patient was con
valescent. The'various "mad-stones"
In the country have beensentfor, but
none of them have effected oures, any
more than the regulars have with this
one exception. Whenever a person
has been bitten by a mad dog that
person has died.
ICE.
The ice question ia next in import
ance to hydrophobia: 'The whole bu
siness is in the hands of two or three
companies, and they are as merciless
as monopolists always are. Taking
j Advantage of the mild winter, the)
run up the price of Ice from $1.00 to
$1.50 per hundred, and the people, as
& rule, were compelled to submit to
the extortion. But an association in
Brooklyn decided, not to. They Bent
an agent to Maine, and he secured ice
enough for the summer, which will
be' delivered at the Wallaboufc Dock
at 40 cents per hundred, and at the
door of the buyer, from wagons, at 60
cents and honest weight, which the
monopolies never thought of doing.
As these associations are forming all
over the city, and as Maine ia full of
ice it is probable that the companies
will have ice to sell this winter. So
mote it be.
THE BEECHER-TILTON SCANDAL.
The Beeoher-Tilton matter remains
as it waa. Beecher is as ounning as a
fox. He knows that his church will
sustain him under any circumstances,
or, rather, that his flock will not be
lieve the statements made by Tilton,
and he goes on gaily, paying no at
tention whatever to it. He has nev
er opened his lips, and does not in
tend to. And Tilton is weak in not
using the ammunition he has. He as
serts that the unpublished portion of
the famous confession, Is enough to
satisfy the world of Beeoher'B guilt ;
but be does not publish it. Why, no
one can understand, for if he does not
make his case, he stands before the
world a slanderer. He oannot wait
for Mr. Beecher to aot he has gone
so far that to stop now is ruin.
People who are in position to know
say that Tilton oan convict the great
preacher of the grossest immoralities,
if he choosea to do it. They say that
he baa in bis possession documentary
evidence that Beeoher did attempt to
debauch not only Mrs. Tilton but
other women in Brooklyn. If this
be so, why does not Tilton give it to
the world ? He has made charges in
a vague sort of a way, specifying
nothing, and making nothing direct.
He does not state what it is that Mr.
Beecher has been guilty of he only
asserts that he has done him a wrong.
Now, what the public want is the par
ticulars. They want to know what
this wrong was. They want to know,
in short, whether Henry Ward Beech
er is or is not a proper man to occupy
a pulpit in Brooklyn, and as Mr. Til
ton has said he is not, they demand
that he make good his statement.
And until he does this he is in a bad
position. For the public believe that
there is something in the matter that
holds him back, and prevents him
from saying all that he could. It is
not a pretty quarrel as it stands.
HAVEjrEYER,
The Mayor, has fallen from his high
position. Elected aa a Reformer, he
has filled all the offices in hia gift with
men of whom Tweed would have
been proud. And when two of these
men were convicted of mal-adminis-tration
Charlick and Gardner and
removed, Havemeyer, with a blind
stupidity not easy to account for, im
mediately re-appoints tbem. It is
curious how thoroughly corruption
permeates everything in New York.
When Havemeyer took the reins, the
city breathed with more freedom.
Here was an old merchant, a man
who was supposed to be honest, if
such a thing was possible, an honest
administration was looked for. But
the thieves got him as they got his
predecessors, and reform is postpon
ed until after another election. An
epidemic something like the yellow
fever that devastated 'Memphis is all
that can possibly purify New York.
So long as votes can be bought by the
thousand, and the great city has mil
lions of revenue to be stolen, nothing
short of an epidemic will do any
good.
It is probable that the Mayor will
be removed. Governor Dlx has been
urged so strongly to do it, and so clear
a case can be made against hitn, that
it seems that nothing can save him.
It is hotter than has been known
here for yeara. Pietro.
BEAUTIES OF GRANGE LIFE.
A Kentucky patron says : The Or
der of tho Patrons of Husbandry is
the only association that originates,
exists aud works with its members In
their daily avocations. It ia a part of
the farmer's life. It does not call
him from his work to put his mind
on any other subject, but tends to reo
reation in his daily duties, and, by
cheerful instruction, to lighten and
elevate his labor. Its teachings are
the loftiest man can seek. It does not
interfere with his political or religious
views. In morality it seeks the high
est points. Honesty is inculcated,
educarion nurtured. Charity is a
prominent characteristic ; temper
ance is supported, and brotherly love
cultivated. It -is designed to bind
the farmers together in fraternity,
and, by encouraging education, ad
vance to a higher state the science of
agriculture. We aim to encourage
the planting of fruit and flowers, by
which to enhance the value and in
crease the attractions of our homes
adorn them with those beauties bo
lavishly given ua by the God of na
ture. There ia no calling more eleva
ting than agriculture, when viewed
as instructed in our order.
When "the whole business portion"
of a Nevada town is reported burned,
ten ohanoes to one the conflagration
has been limited to a grog-shop and
the jail.
Opposition to cider will bardly go
down with a true female temperance
orusader; for she not only puts it in
mince pies, but takes even all bet
pills in side her.
YOL. 19 -NO. 4.
From the Detroit Free Press.
A PLAYFUL DOG.
About noon yesterday a freight
olerk at the Central depot thought he
would like to have a good wash and a
nice swim, and be proceeded down
the yards to a slip, looked all around
to see if a policeman was in night, and
then shed his linen and made a dive.
He left his olothes on some boards
where he had a fair field to look that
the hoys didn't sly in on them, and
be came out of the water happy and
refreshed. He looked for his pants
and they had disappeared. He look
ed down the yards and saw a big dog
playing with them. The canine
would toss the pants aloft and catch
them as they came down, and then
he would pretend that they were
"game," and the sound of bis clash
ing teeth could be plainly heard. The
clerk started for the dog, but just
then several women, looking for an
excursion boat, came in sight, and be
bad to dodge around a lumber pile.
When the women bad passed he be
gan whistling at the dog. but be
might as well have whistled at a barn.
Then he tried coaxing, and when that
had no effeot he burled a ciub. The
dog picked up the pants and disap
peared around a corner of a wheat el
evator, where he was safe. The clerk
put on bis shirt and vest and started
out, but he heard a passenger train
coming in and'had to get back. Pret
ty soon be noticed a small boy down
by the elevator, and he called to him.
Some more excursion women happen
ed along, and hearing ories they ap
proached the lumber. The clerk put
his head out and warned them that
be was insane and they halted. The
boy came up, two workmen approach
ed, and finally a crowd of forty stood
gazing at the lumber pile, not one of
whom dared approach for a long
time. Then two of the men armed
themselves with olubs and flanked
around, then threw stones over the
pile to acare the man out, and before
any one knew who it was and what
had ocourred, the crowd had grown
to a hundred. The clerk finally made
them understand what was the mat
ter, and wheu his torn and battered
pantaloons were brought up he slip
ped into them and skulked down
along by a freight tram, swearing at
every jump.
Two Rattle Snakes Taken From the
Stomach of a Woman.
A correspondent writing from Mur
ryaville Cooke County, Tennessee,
under date of June 30, givea the most
singular snake story we have heard
yet, We clip the following:
"A Mrs. Kennedy, a woman of
about 40, the wife of an Iriah laborer
living on French Broad street, has
for several years suffered greatly from
ill-health. Her symptoms and com
plaints were singular. She was afflict
ed with almost oonstantpains, so that
she could seldom or never rest at
night. She stated that she felt some
thing running up and down in her
abdomen, that she frequently exper
ienced the oreeping sensation which
is called irritability. She had been
in the hospital here, and had been
treated for various complaints, but
found no relief. As her uneasiness
and paius continued, so were the at
tempts to relieve her, but without
success. Not long sinoe Dr. Perriam
Gyles was callod into requisition and
took oharge of the case.
"About a week ago she became sub
ject to uncontrollable uneasiness, and
begged Dr. Gyles to perform an oper
ation for her relief. This he was re
luctant to do thinking it would hazard
her life ; but she persisted in the re
quest, and at laat he yielded to her
importunities, when, on Friday after
noon last assisted by Dr. James Davis
of this place, and surgeon William
Allen, of Sweetwater, he proceeded
to perform the operation. He first
made an incision about ten Inobes
long along the medial line of the ab
domen. He found a tumor projecting
largely, about twenty-six inohes In
diametar and irregular form. He
opened it and found therein two rat
tlesnakes, one thirty-six inches, and
the other thirty-two and one-half in
ches, in length. One of the snakes
bad fve rattles and the other had four
rattles and a button. They had yel
low and blaok spots on them, with
white bellies. They were quite live
ly, and would rattle and strike with
vengence when disturbed. They
were killed, and their'skins and rat
tles are in the possession of Colonel
John Stephens.
"The tumor being removed, Mrs.
Kennedy waa instantly relieved, and
and is now doing well. The doctor
calls the auake crotalus horridw. Mrs
Kennedy says she swallowed two
small, soft, white eggs tbat sbe found
several years ago, as she was walking
out in a field near the Warm Springs,
North Carolina. Having just come
over from Ireland, sbs was not ac
quainted with the bird eggs of Amer
ica, aud swallowed these egga suppos
ing them to be partridge egga."
London is famous for its fogs, Paris
for it3 frogs, Madrid for its togs, New
York for Its dogs, Cincinnati for its
hogs, San Francisco for its grogs,
Northampton for its clcoks, Portland
for its logs and all Ireland for its bogs.
"Patrick," said the priest, "how
muoh bay did you steal?" '-Well, I
may as well oonfes3 to your rlverence
for the whole stack, for I'm going af
ter the rist to-night."
A ladies' school and a sugar-house
are kindred institutions, inaamuoh as
both refine what ia already sweet.
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OPFIGIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY .
A PHENOMENON.
Ttvo Cherry Trce Siin-Struclc and
Destroyed Astounding Frealc of
Nature.
The present heated term baa pro-'
duoed at least one phenomenon In
thiB vicinity, which will "astonish
the natives" who hear of it, and per
haps open up a new field for Investi
gation for scientists and men of In
quiring dispositions. Instances of
persons being sun-struok, with seri
ous and sometimes fatal results; have
occurred quite frequently of late, as
is generally the case during a' severe
heated spell ; but never until last Sun
day has there been, we believe, such
a thing reported as a case of sunstroke
upon tree3. Sucfra phenomenon ac
tually occurred on the day above
mentioned, under the following cir
cumstances :
Mr. Adolph Vfeser" who resides in
the town of Lake View, just north of
the oity limits and near the lake
shore, has on his premises several fine
large cherry trees. Two of the larg
est and best of these trees stood at
one end of tne garden, gvery near to a
high board fence. Both of tbem wera
very thrifty, were covered with green
leaves, and bore a bountiful orop of
cherries, "which were nearly ripe.
About three o'clock last Sunday af
ternoon, Mr. Vieser was standing for
a moment near those trees when sud
denly he heard a strange noise, as if
caused by the splitting of wood- or
bark above his head. Looking up
ward, be witnessed the most astound
ing freak of nature be had ever met
with. The bark covering those trees
began to peel off at the top, curling
downward along the trunk and limba
until it reached the ground, and leav
ing the trees as naked and barren aa
though they had been riven by the
lightning's .bolt. Barks, leaves and
cherries wero all stripped off, and laid
a promiscuous mass of ruins upon the
parohed earth surrounding the deso
late trunks. The process occupied
but three or four seconds, and as soon
as he could recover from his astonish
ment, Mr. Vieser made a thorough
examination of the trees. The ruin
was complete. He found the trunks,
limbs, twigs, leaves and fruit perfect
ly dead. They had literally died of
sunstroke.
It will be remembered that last Sun
day was one of the hottest doys" of
the season, thus far, in this vioinity.
There was a lively breeze all day, bub
the rays of the sun were unusually
severe. Of course the fact that tho
unfortunate trees were standing- so
near a high, tight fepce, from which
the sun's rays reflect directly upon
them, added several degrees to the set
verity of theheat ; and yet, such a
reault as was witnessed by the owuer
Is certainly one of the most curious
and Interesting phenomena of the
season. Chicago Journal.
M. A. Huet, a French engineer
holds It to be o mistake to make ships
force their bulk tb'rough the water,
meeting thereby the large opposing
surface of water and a sliding friction
over the whole of their Immersed
surface. This, M. Huet holds, is as
great a mistake as if we were to dis
mount our railway oarrlagea from
their wheels and drag them like
sledgca along the rails. He put for
ward the theory that vessels should
be mounted ou rolling drums, that
theso drums should give principally
the power of flotation, and that they
should be driven round as paddles to
move the ship forward. We should
in this way have a floating locomo
tive, mounted on its supported wheela
or rollers. The vessel would offer no
resistance but a rolling one to motion,
and the whole of the supported
weight of ship would be used as a
pressure to give adhesive frlctional ef
feet to the rollers. In this way M.
Huet affirms that a velocity equal to
tbat of our railway trains might bq
at sea.
To Destroy Moles. Bryan Ty
son, Washington City, gives the fol
lowing method for tnaking pills to de
stroy moles : Make a stiff dough of
corn meal, mixing with it a small
quantity of arsenic. JMake a hole
with a finger in the runaways, drop
in a lump of dough about the size of
a marble, and then cover over with a
lump of earth to exclude the light.
After the first ain go over the field
again and deposit in all freshly made
roads. T once concluded to plant a
pjece of sandy bottom land in sweofc
potatoes; but, a3 it waa much infest
ed by molea, my aucces3 depended on
first exterminating them. A few do
ses of arsenic given In the way de
scribed brought about the desired re
sult, and It was a very rare circum
stance to see tho track of a mole in
this pieoe of ground during theentiro
aummor. Scientific American.
Arkansas planters ju3t across the
Mississippi, west of Memphis, say
that this lost flood deposited over the
cotton fields the richest, thickest lay
er of alluvium ever brought down
from the western mountains. It is a
quarter of on inch in thickness and
full of lime. Crops stimulated by
such foroea of fecundlta grow and ma-
tue wta extraordinary rapidity, aud
only ylgoroua energy in repres3lu
weeds and gross is required, through
the first weeks of summer, to assure
the production, with a fayorabla seas
on, of an axtraordin&ry crop.
It ia said of the temperance crusa
ders that "they drink not, neither do
they sin ; yet Solomon, in all bis glo
ry, waa not a raid Jikp one of these.?
