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TO X FR1EXD
jLrt tfee bonds of friendship broken,
S5red every sacred tie?
JLrUSe -bright hopes that we cherished
jSSmed to wither, fade, and die?
StHfheonly friend I trusted,
rimed away and left me too ?
frtSl thought so truly-noble.
. I deemed bo trzeu uuu u uc.
n the sorrows that assailed me,
fien my heart was sorely tried.
d' l'ft brins sweet peacu uiitu mv,
oa my comforter and guide.
j jo worm gioy ,iwv ..vv. ,
-n rav false friends stood apart,
u wcrt ever loved and trusted,
er'shel in my inmost heart.
2 rn salting, and I'm thinking,
'"Kcaih the pale moon's silver light ;
J mm sitting, and I'm thinking,
iin,irlv of thee to-night.
AM the past made dark by falsehood,
I've forgiven long ago.
w I've loved, too well thou Knowesi;
bow I've suffered, none may know.
the sorrowful old story.
Cold in sadness o'er again ;
jWicrlips than mine have murmured,
1jfcrhlte and quivering, "loved In vain ;'
"her hearts have broke in anguish.
rfjjTBroke and died, and made no sign,
Ofher lives liave been darkened.
ay the same sad cause as mine.
XM v.e dream a llttio longor,
Jfrhnt one friend Is left to me;
jUid forgetting In thy presence,
'jfOf the faith I've lost In thee.
Ufcou we part, wealth, sunshine golden,
JJFlowcry paths thou'lt enter In ;
BB return to thorn paths olden.
I)n. lining of what "might have been."
Abijie.
SOBODY B5JT JOSIA".
me one ia coming," said I, as
thrlack of the shutting gate fell on
mylears, and I looked at Meggy's
aeiisd, untidy dress, and tumbled
jtggy started, and glanced hastily
fxeSi-tho window; then sat down
afaki in a careless way, remarking as
iifdld so: "It's nobody but John."
IGobo Jy ru? Jt.hu ! and who dc you
tMk that nobody was! Only her
kwfca'.id.
HoboJy but John !
j?few moments afterward,
Fairbum came Into the room
John
where
Wtfwere sitting, and gave me
iifa frank, cordial greetings.
one of
I had
Icmwii hhn for many years, and long
before his marriage. I noticed that
iSjjgnve an annoyed glance at his
WMe, b-it did not speak to her. The
i SManing of this annoyance and ludif-
- Ifersnce was plain to me; for John
'iMcomeof a neat and tidy family.
His mother's housekeeping had al-
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lways been notable. She was poor;
tWt as "time and water are to be had
.tiqt. nothing" this was one of her
iBjjrings she always managed to have
igs about clean and orderly.
aggy Lee had a pretty face, bright
ilte and eharmimr little ways that
wre very taking with the young men,
aati to was quite a bell before she got
out of her teene. She had a knack of
mf
Using her ribbons or tying her scarf,
'"Tjarranging her hair, fahawl or dress
i way to give grace and charm to
lw person None but her most inti-
to friends knew of the untidiness
titet pervaded her room and person
iraen at homo and away from com-
pn observation.
tMPoor John Fnirbnrn was takeu in
TPen he married Maggy Lee. He
.thought he was getting the tidiest,
tetest, sweetest and most orderly
jjkl in town, but discovered too soon
ilHatho was united to a careless slat
itgn. She could dress for other peo
fpp's eyes, beoause she had a natural
kire of admiration ; but at home, and
-Jbf her husband, she put on any old
rd, and went looking often, "like
me old scratch," as the saying is.
40n the particular occasion of which
m speaking it was after she and
fan had been married ever a year
Her annearance was almost discustintr.
?a
jane aid not have on even a
morning
atess ; only a faded and tumbled
"dkiutz saque above a soiled skirt no
-gjJlar 6llppers down at the heel, and
dirty stockings. Her hair looked like
-hurrah's neEt if any one knows
-what that is I don't; but I suppose
"gls tno perfection of disorder. No
Ose could love such a looking crea--;tare.
That was simply impossible.
Nobody but John !" I looked at
tli8 bright, handsome young man and
udered. He ate his diuuer almost
tfn silence, and then wont back to
Jhi work. I hud never seen him so
iHJOody.
' What's come over John?" I ask
.Sllas he want out.
fl'Oh, I don't know," his wife an
swered. "Something wrong at the
op, I suppose. He's had trouble
sdth one of the men
He's foreman,
-you know."
i1 A ra -.mi cura ffa rmltr thnt 9"
""S Vl OHIO " -J
ed, looking serious.
t'Tl.nf - , KI.,,-. n'nnnf Vita
4-uab, Ul OUlUCiUlU 14UWUV U1D
Wrk. There's uothing else to wor
ryhira." 1 was silent for awhile, debating
with -myself whether good qr barm
wuld como of a little plain talk with
;Jhn's wife. She was rather quick
peredt I knew, and easy to take
nse. At last I ventured the re-
rk : Maybe things are not just to
liking at home."
'Athome!" Maggy turned on me
i a flash of surprise in her face,
hat do you mean ?"
'Men like beauty, and taste, and
atness in their wives as well as in
elr sweethearts," I said.
The crimson mounted to her hair,
t the same moment I saw her-
lance ata looking glass that hung
pposite to her on the wall. She sat
ery still, yefc with a startled look in
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her eyes, until the flush faded and
her face became almost pale.
"Maggy," said I. rising and draw
ing my arm around her, "come up
stairs. I have something very serious
to say to you."
We walked from the little dlning-
room and up to
her chamber In sll-
ence. I then said: "Maggy,
I want
to tell you about a dear friend of mine
who made shipwreck of Happiness
and life. It is a sad story and I'm
sure it will interest you deeply. She
was my cousin ; and her uame was
M
Maggy bent forward, listening at
tentively. "What?" she asked, as I
hesitated on the name.
"Helen."
"Xot Helen White, who married
John Harding, and was afterward de
serted by her husband ?"
"Yes; my poor dear cousiu Helen.
It is of her I am going to tell you."
"I never knew why het husband
went off as he did," said Maggy.
"Some said he was to blame, ana
some put all the fault on her. How
was it?"
"Both were to blame; but Bho
most," I replied. "Johu Harding
was, like your husband, one of the
most orderly men. Anything untidy
in his home, or in the person of his
wife, annoyed and often put him out
of humor; but he did not, as he
should have done, speak plainly to
his wife, and let her see exaotly how
he felt, and in what he would like a
change. If he had done so, Helen
would hav tried as every good wife
should to conform herself more to
to his tastes and wishes. But, he was
a silent, moody sort of a man when
thidgs did not go just to suit him;
and Instead of speaking out plainly,
brooded over Helen's faults, and wor
ried himself into fits of ill-homor ;
and what was worse than all, grew at
length indifferent to his home and
wife, and sought pleasanter surround
ings and more attractive compauy
abroad.
"Every man thus estranged from
his home is in danger, and Harding
was no exception to the rule. Temp
tation lay about his feet and the com
monest temptation of all, the elegant
fitted up billiard and drinking saloon.
"They had been married just about
as long as you and John" have heeli,
when the sad catastrophe of their liv
es took place. I had called to spend
tl e day with Helen, and found her
in her uunl condition of pergonal un
tidiness and disorder. When her
husband came home at dinner-time,
I noticed with painful concern that
he had been drinking not very free
ly, but just enough to show itself in
captious ill-humor. Helen had not
dressed for dinner, but presented her
self at the table without even a clean
collar, and with an old faded shawl
drawn about her shoulders. She look
ed anything but attractive.
"I saw her husband's eyes glance
toward her across the table with an
expression that chilled me. It was a
hard, angry, determined expression.
He was scarcely civil to me, and
snapped his wife sharply two or three
times during the meal. At its close,
he left the table without a word, and
went up stairs.
" 'What's the matter with John ? '
I asked.
" 'Dear above knows." replied Hel
en. 'He's been acting queer for a
good while. I can't imagine what's
come over him.'
" 'Does he come in this way often?'
I asked.
" 'Yes, he is moody and disagree
able as he can be most of the time
I'm getting dreadful worried about
it.'
"As we talked we heard John mov
ing about with heavy footfalls In the
rooms above. Presently he came
down, and stood for a little while in
the hall at the foot of the stairs as if
in hesitation. Then he went to the
street door, passed out, aud shut it
hard after him.
"Helen oaught her breath with a
start and turned a little pale.
" 'What's the matter?' I asked, see
ing the strangeness of her look.
"'I don't krtow' sho fonllfitl in
choking voice, laying her hand at the
same time on her breast, 'but I feel as
if something dreadful was going to
happen.1
"She got up from the table and I
drew my arm around her. I too felt
a Fudden depression of spirits. We
went slowly up to her chamber, where
we spent the afternoon , aud I then
took upon myBeif the office of a friend,
and talked seriously of personal neat
ness, hinting that the cause of. hnr
nusband's estrangement from his
I home, and altered manner toward
herself, might all spring from this
cause She was little angry with
me at first; but I pressed the subject
hom with a tender seriousness that
did the work of conviction and as ev
ening drew on, she dressed herself
with care and neatness. With a fresh
ribbon tied in her hair, and color a lit
tle raided from excitement, she looked
loving and lovable. I waited with
interest to see the impression she
ulu ua on ner husband. He
coma not Help being charmed back
Into the lover, I was sure. But he
did not come to tea. We waited for
him a whole hour after the usual time
aud then sat down to the table alone
but neither of us could do more than
sip a little tea.
"I went home soon after, -with a
pressure of concern at my heart for
which I oould not account. At nighrt
I dreamed uncomfortable dreams. In
the morning, Boon after breakfast, 1
ran over to see Helen. I found her
in her room sitting in her night-dress,
the picture of dispair.
'"What is it?' I asked eagerly.
'What has happened?'
"She looked at me heavily, like
one not yet recovered from the shook
of a stunning blow.
" 'Dear cousin ! what is the matter?'
I said.
"I now saw, by a motion of her
hand, that it held, tightly olutched, a
piece of paper. She reaohed it to me.
It was a letter, and read :
" 'We cannot live happily together,
Helen. You are not what I believed
myself getting when we Were mar
ried not the sweet, lovely, lovable
girl that charmed my fancy and won
me from all others. Alas for both
that it is so! There has been a Bhip
wreck of two lives. Farewell I I
shall never return.'
"And this was all ; but it broke the
heart of my poor jousin. To this day
though nearly three years have pass
ed, she has never heard from her hus
band.
"I saw her last week in the country
home to which she has been taken by
her friends a wreck bath In mind
and body. She was sitting in an up
per room, from the window of which
she could see a beautiful landscape.
She was neatly attired, and a locket
containing her husband's picture
hung at her throat. Her head was
dropped, and her eyes on the floor,
when I entered ; hut she raised her
self quickly, and with a kind of start.
I saw a nidrrjetitarj', eager flush in
her faoe, dying out quickly, aud leav
ing it inexpressibly nad
" 'I thought it was John,' she naid
mournfully. 'Wily don't he come?' "
I had to stop here, for Maggy broke
out suddenly into a wild fit of sob
bing and crying, whioh lasted for
nearly a minute.
"What ails you, dear?" I asked, as
she began to be a little composed.
"Oh ! you have frightened mo so.
If John should"
She cut short the oSHtonce; but her
frightened face left me in no doubt as
to what was in her thoughts.
She arose and walked about the
room in an uncertain way for some
moments, and then sat down again,
drawing in her breath heavily.
"If young wives," I remarked be
lieving that in her present state the
truth was the best thing to say
"would take half the pains in mak
ing themselves personally attractive
to their lovers, more of them would
find the lover continued In the hus
baud. Is a man, think jrou, less an
admirer of womanly grace and beauty
after he becomes a husband than he
was before?''
"Hush! hush !" she said in a ohok
ing voice. "I seo it all ! I compre
hend it all." And she glanced down
at herself. "I iook hateful and dis1
gusting."
After a plain earnest talk with Mag
gy, I went home. I giVe her own
words as to what happened after
ward :
"I was wretched all the afternoon.
John had acted worse than usual at
dinner-time; and what you told mo
about poor Helen set my fears in mo
tion and worried me half to death.
Long before the time he usually came
honle, I dressed myself with care, se
lecting the very things I had heard
him admire. As I looked at myself
in the glass. I saw tiiat. I wai attract
ive; I felt a I had never ftlt b"fnr
that there was a power in dre&s th-jt
no woman oan disregard without loss
of inlluenoe, no matter what her po
sition or sphere of life.
"Supper-time came. I had made
something that I knew John liked,
and was waiting for him with a ner
vous eagerness it was impossible tor re
press. But the hour passed, and his
well-known tread along the little
garden walk did not reach my anx
ious ears. Five, ten, twenty minutes
beyond his hour for returning, and
still I was alone. Oh ! I shiver as I
recall the wild fears that began to
orowd upon me I was standing at.
the window, behind the curtain, wait
ing and watching. All at once I saw
him a little distance from the house,
but not in the direction from whioh
he usually came. He was walkiug
slowly with his eyes upon the ground.
His whole manner was that of oue
depressed or suffering. I dropped the
ourtaln and wont baok into our little
breakfast-room to Bee that BUpper was
put quickly on the table. John came
in and went upstairs, as ho usually
did, to change his coat before tea. In
a feW minutes I rang the tea-bell,
and then seated myself at the table to
wait for him. He was longer than
usual in making himself ready, and
thou I heard him coming down slow
ly aud heavily, as if there was no
spirit in him.
"My heart beat strongly. But I
tried to look bright and smiling.
There was, oh ! so dreary a iook on
John's face as I first saw it in the
door. He stood still just a moment
with his eyes fixed on me,' then the
dreary look faded out ; a flash of light
passed over it, as be stepped forward
quickly, and coming to where I sat,
stooped dowu and kissed me. Never
before was his kiss so sweet to my
lips.
"I have found my little wife once
more," he said, softly and tenderly,
and with a quiver in his voice.
I laid my head back upon his bos
om, and, looking up into bis face, an
swered :
"And you shall never loose hcT
again."
And I think he will not. The
sweetness of that hour, and the less
on it taught, can
never be forgotten
by my friend Maggv. Arthur's Maa-
1 azinc,
BROWffVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1874.
BEECIIEIt-TILTON.
Elizabeth Cady S teuton Interviewed.
A reporter of the Brooklyn Argils
called on Mrs Stanton, at her resi
dence, in Tenafly N. J.
"I am perfectly willing to be inter
viewed," remarked the lady, with a
smile.
"Can you tell nie when you first
learned of this affair, Mrs. 8tanton?"
"I think it was a year before Mrs.
Woodhull published her statement,
that I knew of the matter. Not all
the details, you understand, which
have since come to light, but the sto
ry in Btibstanoe."
And are you willing to tell in what
manner you became possessed of this
knowledge ?
Certainly. Some time I think it
was in the fall of the year, though I
won't be positive while Mrs. Milli
ard was still conneoted with the Bev
oluiion. Susan B. Anthony, Mr and
Mrs. Tilton, Mrs. Bullard and myself
wert in Brooklyn together. It was
in the afternoon, and after calling at
the office of the Revolution. Mr. Tilt-
on and myself accoiripailied Mrs. Bul
lard to her residence and remaiued to
dinner.
Through some ijtisunderstanding,
Miss Anthony wert with Mrs. Tilton
and dined with her, Instead of us.
There waB sonle feding on the part of
Mrs. Tilton in regard to this, altho'
it was quite unintentional on rriy
part. Well, at the table no one Was
present but Mm Bullard, Mr. Tiltori
and myself. Theodore told the whole
story of his wife'e faithleesness. As
I before observed, he did notgointo
details, but the sum and substanoe of
the whole matter ho related in the
hearing of Mrs. Bullard and myself.
We were 'reformers.' He gave us the
story as a phase of 'social life.'
This was the first j'ou had heard of
it?
This was the first. The next even
ing, hearing that Miss Anthony was
a little piqued at me for leaving her
on the day before, I returned to my
home here in Tenafly. To my sur
prise I found Susan waiting my arri
val. That evening, when we were
alone, I said to her, Theodore related
a very strauge story to Mrs. Bullard
and me last evening. Then I recount
ed to her all he had told us. Miss An
thony listened attentively to the end.
Then she said t have heard the Prime
story from Mrs. Tilton. We compar
ed notes and found that by both man
and wife the samo story had indeed
been told.
What were the particulars of Mrs.
Tilton's confession ?
I will tell'youhow it was made.
When Mr. Tilton returned home that
evening, some angry words, growing
out of the separation in the afternoon,
passed between him and his wife.
Both became intensely excited. In
the heat of passion, and in the pres
ence of Miss Anthony, each confess
ed to the other of having broken their
marriage vow. In the midst of these
startling disclosures Miss Anthony
withdrew to her room. Shortly after,
she heard Mrs. Tilton come dashing
upstairs, and Mr. Tilton following
close after. She flung open her bed
room door and Elizabeth rushed in.
The door was then dosed an bolted.
Theodore pounded on the outside and
demanded admittance, but Miss An
thony refused to turn he key. So In
tense was his pa-siou at that moment
hat !" feared lie intent kill his wife
If he gained awes to the room. Sev
eral times he returned to the door and
anirrily demanded that it be opened.
'No woman hall stand between mt
and my wife,' he said. But Susan,
who is as eouragenus as she is noble,
answered him" with the words: 'If
you enter this room It will beover my
dead body:' and so the infuriated
man 9,sed his demands and witb-
drew.
Mrs. Tilton remained with Susan
throughout the night. In the excite
ment of the hour, amid sobs and tears
she told all to Mies Anthony The
Wholf story of her own fafthlesQness,
of Mr Beecher's course, of her decep
tion and of her anguish, fell upon the
ears of Susan B Anthony, and were
spokeu try the lip3 of Mm. Tilton.
By Mr Tilton's cros-exa mi nation,
observed the reporter, it appears that
Mrs. Tilton was far from friendly to
Miss Anthony. How oould she have
made this confeasion to her?
On the contrary, Mrs. Tilton thought
a great deal of Miss Anthony, of Mrs
Bullard and all these ladles. I was
very intimate with her before Mrs.
Woodhull's thunderbolt. At the time
of our first knowledge of the affair.
Mr. Wilkeson also heard of it. He
besought the ladies not to make it
it public. To him it was a matter of
money. He was a stockholder in Ply
mouth Church, in the Ckrisilan Uni
on and in 'The Lifr of Christ.' Now.
the destruction of Mc. Bef her would
be the destruction of all thesp. As
Mr. Wilkeson expressed it? 'It would
knock The Life of Christ higher than
a kite.' Hence his concern in keep
ing the matter secret.
All do not know that lemons sprin
kled with loaf-sugar almost complete
ly allay feverish thirst. They ara
valuable In the siok room. Invalids
affected with feverishnes3 can safely
consume two or three lemons a day.
A lemon or two thus taken at 'tea
time is reoommended as an entire
substitute for the ordinary supper of
summer, and will often induce a com
fortable sleep through the night, and
give a good appetite for breakfast.
Canada is sending out missionaries
$o India. India ought to reciprocate,
THE IillfE: BBTWEEJT.
BY HOWABD GLYNDOS-.
3ust beTdre I go to sleep,
Whispering Unto God your name;
Pause I wondering if fdr me
You are doing ju8t the same.
Far-off sounds of laughter come
Faintly through the open door;
We but thought that each should look
On the other's face no more.
And how dear I was to you
I cottld measure by the pain
That o'erdowed me when I thought,
''We shall never meet again I"
But I hushed ray heart, and said,
Looting firmly In your eyes :
"One thing I can do for you,
Though I am not overwIs9.
I will take your name to God,
As a surety, every night,
For your safety, and with Him
Help io keep your memory bright."
Standing rip", you took my harid
Yours was oold as any stone
You said: Oh, how hard to part
And be evermore alone !
"But, If nightly thoughts rrlay cross,
Travelers 'twixt you and me.
Comforted, a little space,
Shall each exiled spirit be !"
Every night I say your name;
Softly plteously to dod;
I would turn my face your way,'
But the world Is very broad !
And I wonder, half asleep.
While I try your dyes to see, .
If your heart is with me there
If y'b"ti send a thought to me !
' 0m
0US NEW YdRg LETTER.
Bce&her-Tllton Kidnapping The
Poor and ivhat is Being Done for
Tliem The City in Summer Busi
ness. Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
Rtt York, July SI, 1874.
BEKCHEP.-Tilil'ON.
Long before this scrawl reaches you
the telegraph will have brought you
the full text of Theodore Tilton's
statement of the trouble between
himself and Henry Ward Beecher,
tvilh Aft TtbnnViop'
s rdply thereto,
is the effect of
All I can give you
these publicatione upon the publio of
New York and Brooklyn, where both
parties are well known. The state
ment of Tilton is more direct and
damaging than those closest to him
supposed it would be. It was expect
ed that be would undertake to show
that Beecher had made an attempt
upon Mrs. Tilton. and that he had
invaded other homes, all of which he
would endeavor to substantiate by
circumstantial evidence. But his
sworn statement that the great min
ister had actually eeduded Mrs. Theo
dore Tilton, struck the community
like a thunderbolt from a clsar sky.
And 8o skillfully is the statement
made, eo carefully are all the loop
holes olosed up, that Mr. Beecher's
best friends are oompelled to admit
that it has an ugly look and that Til
ton had cause to do as he has done.
Of course, the question is asked,
"Why did ha not right himself be
fore? Why did he not east off his
unfaithful wife and drag down the se
ducer at the time lie mude the discov
ery ?" If askers of these questions
knew Tilton and his wife the ques
tions would not be asked at all. Mrs.
Tilton is a woman of a most intense
relig'ous nature, of a siugularly sensi
tive nafUrert wrtman. in short. Who
lives in a morbid, unhealthy Wor!d.
which i peopled bj" her imagination
with all sorts of angels and demons.
A sweet, itpirituelle woman is Eliza
beth Tilton, but her nature is so in
tense, so morbidly religious, that she
is precisely the woman that a bad
spiritual guide could do anything
with he chose to do She believed in
Henry Ward Beecher she idolized
and worshiped him. He was her idea
of a perfect man to her he was more
than a man, he was a demi-god.
With her nature she could be made
Wax ih thp hands of a man like
Beet'her.
And knowing this appreciating
the peculiar nature of his wife, Til
ton believed he had been outraged,
but had,tbat pity ppon his wife that
kept the seoret in his own bosom till
he waicompelled in .self-defense to
make part of it public. It will be re
membered that in his first statement
he only hinted at the matter, without
goifig into detail. This was intended
as hiB warning to Mr. Beecher's
friends to keep away from him. Had
they done so the quarrel would have
stopped there. But these Mends be
lieved they could get possession of
Mrs. Tilton in suoh a way as to dis
credit any statement he ceuld make,
and they defied him. Mrs. Tilton
left his house and sided with his ene
mies, whereupon Tilton was driven
to the wall, and made desperate, made
the statement which is now before
the world.
Beeoher, of course, denies every
thing, and Mm. Tilton has followed
suit. But the public do and will be
lieve Tilton, for there have been ru
mors aiecting the character of Mr
Beech'er in circulation for years, and
the opinion is that these rumors have
a foundation in fact. Then the case
has been pettifogged in all sorts of
ways by his friends. The Committee
of Investigation was selected by him
self, and the Committee have, from
the beginning, acted more as hia at
torneys than as hiB judges. It Ib safe
to eay that Henry Ward Beeoher'a
sun is sinking, and in a few months it
will go down forever. It is o pity
that a brain so large, and a bouI bo all
embraoing, could not have been so
balanced as to have run on to the end.
Alas! for poor humanity
KIDNAPPING.
An Incident occurring in Philadel
phia rnay not seem to be exactly the
thing for a New York letter, but tills
case of kidnapping In the Cliy of
Brotherly Love Is so pecdliar that I
went to investigate it. Some wee&s
ago, little Charlie, the son of a merch
ant residing in Germantown, named
Boss, was missed from his hotiie.
The parents in their agony tried ev
ery possible way to find the missing
child. The bailee were put ori the
track and special detectives were em
ployed, but all to no purpose. The
child was no where to be found. As
a last resort, the newspapers were us
ed, and advertisement- were inserted
dffering a reward for the recovery of
the boy, and these brought responses
A few days after the appearance of
the first advertisement, a notice ap
peared in the Ledger as follows :
Roas "We be ready to negotiate."
Further advertisements drew out
answers until a correspondence was
effected which revealed a horror
scarcely to be credited in this day and
age of the world. The child had
been enticed into a wagon by two
men who had driven it off and had it
safely hidden. The ransom deniaiid
ed was $20,000! The kidnappers in
formed Mr. Ross that they knew he
could not of his own means raise $20,
000, but they knew he had wealthy
friends who would advance that
amount fdthef than have the child
come to harm and that unless their
conditions were complied with the
bo3T would be destroyed. The father
and mother in their terror, consented
to the terms, and the negotiations for
the payment of the money are now in
progress.
Mr. Ross, the father, is a member
of a large Wholesale dry goods house
In Philadelphia, who lost the bulk of
his fortune in the panic last fall. The
payment of this enormoUS sum will
ruin him, but love for his child Is par
amount, and he will doit.
The question that comes up is,
whoso children are safe ? Here is a
little four-year old boy taken up on
tho public street and spirited away,
and so securely hidden that the po
lice fail to get any clue to his wherea
bouts. They cannot even get any
trace of his abductors, and the father,
to regain possession of his child, is
compelled to pay an enormous ran
som. Such things were dolle years
ago in the semi-barbarous parts of It
aly, and Gypsies have traded in the
lives of children of the rich, but it
has been unknown till now in Amer
ica. Is it to be made a regular busi
ness ? It seems to be safer tha"n house
oreaKing or forgery. i or an the po
lice have done or seem likely to do,
the kidnappers will makeap'ecunidry
success of the venture, and get off
scott free.
THE lOOR dF NEW YORK
are not altogether neglected. The
New York Times some years ago in
augurated a system of excursions for
the poor ohildren which was grandly
successful. They chartered boats and
loaded them with children and took a
long sail, a half-day sail up the river
or sound to some beautiful grove, and
disembarking gave the children
games and sports, and what was bet
ter for them, d plentiful lunch 6f
good things These excursions take
place twice a week, and no one can
estimate the good they have accom
plished. A proposition has been
made to give regularexcursionstothe
sea, of the working women o"f the
city. They labor year in and year
out in the factories or in their garrets
for the merest possible pittance, just
enough to keep soul and body togeth
er, and suoh a thing ai d day on the
water or in the green fields is some
thing beyond their means. To this
class excursions, such as the poor
children have been enjoying for three
yeara. would prove an inestimable
boon. It will be done for New York
is a charitable city" when called upon.
THE CITY IN SinnfEIt.
New York is all away from home
just now. Jones is at Long Branch,
Smith at Newport, Brown In the
White Mountains, Thompson in Eu
rope, and where the rest are the Lord
only knoWs. One thing is certain,
they are not at home, or if they are
they keep the front shutters closed
and are in the back parlora, to make
believe they are out of town, for no
woman of fashion, though she has
the coolest and most delightful house
on the Island, would consent to live
In the city during the months of July
and August. No matter though she
has to take a room at a Watering place
scarcely larger than the Saratoga
trunk that contains her thirty dresses,
no matter if she is compelled to en
dure heat, dust, worry and discom
fort, of all kinds, when she might be
entirely comfortable in her own
home, fashion decrees a residence out
of town during the summer, and she
bows to this as she does to alt its oth
er decrees. She comes back irr the
fall worn and jaded to a degree, but
she has been "out of town," and her
duty is done.
BUSINESS
is a little duller than last week, if any
difference. Which 13 to Bay there
was nothing doing last week, and
this week the business men have stop
ped talking about the dullness. But
they all expect a heavy fall trade.
They say the people have used up the
atoeks on hand, and that they must
begin to buy thig fail. They are
right. The enormous crops now be
ing harvested will get us money, and
Jhe wfceela of trade will begin to re-i
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volve again. We are all living in
hopes. The month of September will
show & revival, and by October men
will forget the terrible year they have
passed through in the pleasurable ex
citement of their fresh prosperity. So
mote it be. Pietro.
SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE.
Minutes of Institute Nebraska. District
ill. B Cnurdtt
Institute met In the M. E. Church,
Falls City, July 23rd, 8:30 A. m., P.
3D., M. Priohard in the chair.
Institute was opened with prayer
by Rev. D. B. Lake.
On motion" T. Audas was elected
Secretary pro tem.
On motion a committee was ap
pointed on credentials consisting of
Revs. D. Hart and Rodabaugh.
DELEGATES PRESENT.
Peru Revs. L. F. Britt and Mar
tin Priohard.
Grant Rev. B. B. iiak6:
Brownville Rev. W. B. Slaugh
ter. Alice Bpaoh, Alice Janey, Cora
Gates, E. E. Ebright, Fanny Ebright
and Thomas Richards.
St. Deroiu Rev. R. Bufge.
Cincinnati Rev. C. W. Co'mstock,
Mrs. Comstook.
Falls City Rev. D. F. Rodabaugh,
Mrs. Rodabatigh, Bro. Grable. Sister
Grable, Isaac Martin, E. C. Gilbert,
Sister Milburn, Sister Ingham, Sister
Kingman.
Rulo Rev. Roberts and Mre. Rob
erta. Pawnee City E. J. Shellhorn,
Mrs. Shellhorn, Mrs. Fulton and T.
Andas.
Table Rook Rev. J. W. Martin,
Mrs. Martin arid Miss Causey.
Tecumseh Rev. Hart.
On motion Rev. R. Burge waa elec
ted delegate from St. Deroin.
Institute proceeded to the regular
order of business.
Address of welcome by Stlpt. H.
B. Grable.
Question Should the discipline of
the M. E. Church bo enforced in or
ganizing our Sunday Schools? Dis
cussion opened by Rev. M. Pricbard.
Quito a number of the brethren par
ticipated in the discussion.
Moved and carried that after the
discussion is operied the time of each
speaker be limited to five minutes.
Moved and carried that one-half
hour be devoted to the discussion of
each subject.
Question Should Sunday Schools
be organized iuto Missionary Socie
ties? Opened by the Rev. T. Andas
followed by several other speeches.
Moved and carried that we will not
insist on a written essay from the
members'.
Moved and carried that it is the
eonsfl of this institute that the discip
line of the' M. E. Church touching
the organization of Sunday Schools,
should be enforced.
Moved and carried that one or more
delegates from each school represent
ed in thi9 Institute be reoueated to
T
give a written or verbal statement of
the condition, state ornumberof such
school, during this session.
Moved and carried that Pastors and
Superintendents within the bounds
of Nebraska District, be requested to
organize, as far as practicable. Mis
sionary Societies in their Sunday
Schools.
Question TJuty of Pantrirs to the
Sunday School. Discussion opened
by Rev. D. Hart, followed by some
very interesting speeches by brethren
presont.
Question Relation of th Sunday
School to the Church. Rev. W. B.
Sla'vighter opened the disoussion.
Doxology sung, and benediction by
Rev. J. W. Martin.
Thursday, 1:30 p. jr. Institute
met and was opened with devotional
exercises by Rev. W. B. Slaughter.
Encouraging reports were verbally
received from delegates present from
different points in the district in rela
tion to the prosperity of f heir schools.
Essay road by Mrs. Milburn, of
Falls City ; subject, "Responsibility
of tho teachers In the regeneration of
their classes." Tijo essay was well
written anu wen recievcu Dy tne au
dience.
EJ&say by Mrs. Ringmnn, of PoXt
City; subject, "Some of the elements
of success in a teacher." This subject
rwffswelf. treuted; full of tenderness
and sympathy:
Movert'snd'carried that we, as an
Institute, heartily endorse the essays
read by Mra. Milburn and Mre. King
man, and that they have our thanks
for tho same.
Singing, "Work, for the night is
coming on," joined in by the congre
gation. Question" Shall we continue the
use of the Beslan Lesson Lever In our
Sunday Schools? Opened by Rev
J. B. Lake, followed by others in
short speeches.
Motion carried that the time be ex
tended for the ladies' to" peak.
Mrs. Milburn. Mrs. Ehright, and
Mra Kingman offered some good'sng
gestions on the question.
Question Should members of the
Church only be allowed to teach in
our Sunday Schools ? Opened by
Rev. L. F. Britt.
Question Are' monthly concerts
profitable to Sunday School ? Rev.
J. W. Martin. This elicited quite
an animated discussion-.
Adjourned with doxology, and ben
ediotion by Rev. L. F. Britt.
Thursday, 8:3(r p. m. Institute
met. Devotional exercises nv F&tt
D. Hart.
Singing, "Pass along the watch
word," congregation joining in the
song.
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Essay read "by Mra. Ebright, of
Brownville ; subject, "Music." Ths
essay was well written and well read,
and very tauten appreoIaietT by th
audience.
Singing, "The Beautiful World."
On motion a rising vote of thanks'
was tendered Mre.' Ebright for her
excellent essay.
Adjourned with doxology, and ben-
edictlon by Rev. W B. Slaughter.
Friday, 8:30 a. ar. Institute met;
Devotional exercises were conducted'
by Rev. D. F. Rodabaugh.
"Motion prevailed to excuse RevI
Roberts from hia essay, business call
ing him away frorh the Institute.
Question Shall we permit our Sun-'
day School scholars to play at garnet
of chance? Opened by Rev. G'. Com
atock ; quite a disoussion followed,
and participated in by the lady mem-'
bers of the Institute:
Moved and carried that we fix th&
tfme and place for holding the next
Institute.
P'awnee City was Selected as ths
place, and Wednesday evening fol
lowing immediately after the District
Ministerial Association, and closing'
Thursday evening, as the time.
Moved and carried that a-committee
of three be appointed by the
Chair to draft a programme fox ths'
next Institute. Chair appointed t he
following brethren, E. J. Shellhorn,
E. E. Ebright and L. F. Britt.
E. E. Ebright was eleoted Secreta
ry and Treasurer fenf the next Insti
tute. Singing by the audience, "When
Jesus cornea."
Motion carried that we rfedsesi the"
committed on .programme to make'
clasB drill and illustration of the prin
ciples of teaching on the blaok board,
the l&ading features of the exercises
of the next Institute, and' that mU4lo
be introduced between the exerciBes,
Motion Carried that Prof. MoKen-'
zie, of Lincoln, be requested to at-'
tend our next Inatltufe and eenduot
class drill.
Singing by the congregation, "Rools
of Ages."
Moved and oarrled that the Secre-'
tary be requested to have the minutes
of this Institute-printed' by" thediffwr
eut papers in the District.
A vote of thanks was given the
Secretary for the efficient manner in
whioh he has kept the minutes'.
A vote of thankr was given tho
Chairman, Rev. M. Priohard, for the
impartial manner in whioh he has
conducted the business of this Insti
tute. On motion, adjourned doxology
sung, and the benediction pronounc
ed by the Rev. M. PrlchaTd.
L. F. Britt, Sec'y.
Nchraska City. Tocumseb, Pawnee' City,
and Falls City paper3 pleaAe copy.
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DRINKING WATER.
Dr. Hall ia opposed to the" immod
erate use of Water for e drink. Hs
says :
Tho longer one puts off drinking
water in the morning, especially in
summer, the less will he require dur
ing the day : if ratlcb"ls drank during
the forenoon the thirst often increas
es and a very unpleasant fullness ia
observed, in addition to a metalic
taste in the mouth.
The ffesrs Water a man drinks the
better' for him, beyond a moderate
amount. The more water a man
drinks the more strength he has to
expend in getting rid of it, for all the
fluids taken into the system musS be
carried out and as there is but little
nourishment in water, tea, coffee,
beer and the like, more strength is
expended in conveying them out of
the system than they impart Co it.
The more a man drinks the more he
must perspire, either by the lungs or
through the skin ; the moro he per
spires the more carbon is taken from
the Bystem ; but this carbon is' nec
essary for nutrition, hence the leas a
man is nourished the less'strength ho
has.
The more liquids used the greater"
must be the amount of urination, but
this detracts a proportional amount of
albumen from the system, and it is
the albumen in (he food that strength
ens ub. Drinking wgfer' largely di
minishes the strength in two waya,
and yet many are under the impres
sion' that the more water swallowed
the more fhoruugbly la the system
"washed out." Thus, the less we
drink at meeje, the better for us. If
the amount were limited to & single
cup of hot tea, or ho milk and water
at each meal, .as liarhdzdrifsJblg' good
would result to alH Many persons
havo fallen hi'o the practico df drink
ing several glioses of cold' water or
several cups of hot tea at meals, ont
of mc7e habit; all such will be grea.?
ly henefitted by breaking it ap ai
once ; it may be well to drink a llttiff
at each meal, and, perhaps, it will" be
found that in all cases it is better to
take a single cup of hot tea- at each
meal than a glass of cold vrf r. how
ever pure.
'-I'm n"6t in mourning," said
young lady frankly to a querist, "but
as the widows arB getting all tho
offers nowadays, we poor girls hava
to resort Co artiSce.
A ' peerless" potatoe is on; exhibi
tion in Maryavflle, which- grew in
the foothills in 83 days', and weighs.
li pounds'. Another instance show-,
ing what the foothills can do.
Between her rnpT end the white"
frill insider btr hat, the f&3hio&ab2.
belle peeps out like" chicken comr&
i out of the shell.
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. Adancln master a hojrBererisa?,