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Chnrclies.
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2 4 n. m. Praypr Meeting Thursday evening.
S. P. Witsos. Pastor,
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morMns services. Prayer Mei-tlngW ednesrtay
evenings at 7;J5 o'clock. W J. Wkedeb. Pastor.
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It) a. m. and 7:" n. m. Sitndav School at2 p. m
Rkv. Matthkw Hknry. Missionary in charge-
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Chnrchirnur miles south-westornrownville. feer
vices nrst Sabbath In each month. B. J. Joiin
80V. Pastor.
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Juvenile Temple, me. ts every Saturday after
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Stated meetings third Monday In each month.
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Sociotics.
County Fair As-oc5ntion. R- A. Ilawlev.
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Secretary: J. M. Trowbridge. Tressurer Mina-
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JOSEPH O'PELT, PROPRIETOR.
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DIRECTORS. Wm.T. Den, B. M. Ballev. M. A
HandlHv. Frank E. Johnson, Luther Hoadley
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JOHN L. CARSOX,
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Groceries,
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Confections,
Fine Ciyras,
Toilet Soap,
Canned Goods,
Fresh Butter,
. Etc., Etc., JEtcl
Wo nlso keep all tbe best brands ofj
iinnr. ana everyininp.nsaany Kept in
a flrbt class grocery store.
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ins othe musclesius-
gisbness of the liver,
chronic constipatioa,
and impartinshcalth &
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Tlirillihg. Story of Pioneer Life.
It waa my fortune, some time since,
to take a trip In one of We splendid
floating palaces which wing their way
daily up and down the Ohio river,
..u LO,y ineir living and commercial
freight so safely and speedily, in com
fort and pleasure, to their destination.
That It urns n.a ..l, x .
- -- - uuV alway ml. 1 WI1B W.
!.... "u,..' -r . .
IOW-nasspnrrr .., .i.
- i utj wu
ose acquaint-
- x piea.anciy formed on deot:
o.i T .. i
and, finding hinf to be n rln
.ITiriftiriiaieterrriP-jn"-irpnprlIh'lBatfv
rKlaiitg''f!'tlB'7ySimrTiw
ijriOBuiLii ciy4reiisuie,HUU"vvui .give
it, as nearly as I "can, in his own
words.
"It must have been nearly a hun
dred years ago, not later, anyway,
than 1800," said Mr. Hobart, "that
ray grandfather, Horace Hohart, set
tled where the city of Frankfort now
lies It was a mere hamlet then. He
was tbe owner of a large flat-boat, so
the settlers always called him Cap'n
Hobart, and used to hire him to make
trips down the river, for supplies for
the settlement. He used, sometimes,
to go as far as Pittsburgh, aud bring
powder, lead and groceries, very often
stock or a small company of emi
grants and their plunder, to points
along the 9hore.
"One trip he made if TJ remember
rightly, it was about 1803 or 1S04 in
the fall of the year, which he carried
the marks to his grave. His cargo
that time was mostly of powder, lead
for bullets, and cured bacon a very
desirable prize to the ludians who
were lurking up and down the shore.
At Pittsburgh he met a party of half a
dozen emigrants for Central Ken
tucky, who gladly availed themselves
of the opportunity to go as far as
Frankfort on Capt. Hobart's flat-boat.
"Well laden, the little nartv.
among whom were two women, sat
out on the return voyage, going ou
prosperously a great part of the way.
Capt. Hobart knew that the danger
lay between the'Big Sandy and Ken
tucky rivers.
"After passing the mouth of the
Big Sandy it would be necessary to
proceed cautiously until they left the
Indiana shore and turned into the
Kentuck3' river, where they would be
comparatively safe.
"Nothing occurred, however, for
some days. The weather was gjorious.
the river smooth, andthey were en
joying the trip very much, when, one
morning, two men hailed them from
the shore.
"'What's wanted?' demanded
Capt. Hobart.
"'Want to go down the river.
Land, and take us on board,' was the
answer.
"'Are there only two of you?'
shouted Capt.jHobart.
" "That's all. We'll be no trouble.
Pull in, and get us !' the men shouted
back, evidently growing impatient.
"But Capt. Hobart knew where he
was, and meant to be careful. He
turned to one of his boatmen, an
old fellow called Osage Jo, who had
pent his life in that region, and was
thoroughly trusty.
"'What say, Jo?' asked Capt. Ho
bart. "'Don't like It, Cap'n.' said Jo,
leaning on his paddle. 'Nothln' but
a decoy, to my notion.'
" 'To mine, too,' stid Capt. Hobart;
I'd hate to leave them, if I thought
they were honest'
" 'They look like rascals, from here.
Cap'n,' says Jo. 'Them woods, Hker'n
not, are full o' Indians, and we've got
weeRiIn aboard. 'Twon't do, Cap'n.'
" 'No, Joe, we won't riek it.' Capt.
Hobart then shouted to the men.
You'll have to wait forthe next boat
We're full.'
"Tlie flat-boat pas.ed on, leavinir
the men making a;profane exhibition
of anger on the shore a proof that
they were not what they claimed
to be.
"The travelers proceeded very
watchfully and cautiously down the
river, but saw no signs of trouble un
til near sunset.
"They were passing a very thickly
wooded spot when two men, carrying
a third between them, came down to
the shore aud hailed the boat.
"'Hello!' answered Capt Hohart.
" 'Come in andtake us on board!'
was the nest call.
"What's the matter?' shouted the
Captain.
'Got a man hurt here. Want to
get him up to the Forks. Come and
help us.'
"Capt. Hobart took out his pocket
telescope, hauled, It up to his eye, and
took a look through.
"It's the two men we met this
afternoon! he cried.
" 'I thought eo !' chuckled Jo, close
beside him.
"Well, they wou't trap me!' said
Capt. Hobart, and then he shouted
lustily, 'Can't -top for you!' and or
dered his men. to help the drift all
they could with their paddles.
'Cap'n,' says Jo, 'take a look
through your glass at the clump o
beeches. What's under'em?'
"The Captain looked as directed,
where tbe trees hung far over, and
the bank was in deep shadow.
"What d'ye make?' eagerly asked
Jo.
" 'It looks like an old flat-boat, but
I can.t sorely make out. Jo, If
they've got a boat, we're in a bad fix!'
"'Faot, Cap'n! An' It'sgoin' to be
a moonlight night, full moon, an' ,
coming up airly ! Weetnln aboard,
' "tssrf -A W "" '
PPOyviLLE. NEBRASKA, THfeSAY, OCTOBER 30. 1879
'"Woll T .,.in
..x.,.. w. non prepare lor 'em,
aim men run our best. It's all we
can do.'
"As If to prove that their suspic
ions were correct, an" arrow wo hnrl.
ed at them from the shore, f.-illimr
short of its mark, which was, proba
bly the tall form of Capt. Hobart, sa
he stood boldly up in his boat.
This decided him. He called to
crelhnr tha m.n ii..ji
, ..n-u lutiuuing tne emi
grants; there were only ejght men,
all told directed the women to lib
fla down in the bottom of the boat
and made ail the preparations he
coulil for fiht !.."'.
Jylrl8en!tRbeyMcou!ds8ee7that the
woods were full of moving, painted,
half-naked forms, and heard yells
which could come from none but an
Indian throat.
"ICeeplug a oareful watoh they
could, after a time, distinguish a dark
object moving upon the wafpr. and.
as It drew nearer, they saw that it
was a flat-boat, filled with Indians.
"It must be the old thing that
tued to lie up at Port Mason !' (a lit
tle station on the coast) says Jo. 'If
it is, we kin sink 'em !'
" 'Wait till they get near, men,'
said the Captain, 'and then aim low.
and give 'em the first fire!'
"Breathlessly the men orouohed In
the bow of the boat, near which the
Indians were rapidly drawing. As
soon as they came within rifle-range,
eight bullets sped at the word of com
mand, and made havoo among tbe
pursuers.
"Shouts and groans followed, and
the savagps poured a fierce volley In
to the littlegroup. One of the horses
was killed there were three on the
boat but not a raau fell.
"'Load quick!' ordered the Cap
tain. "Swiftly and silently his order was
obeyed ; not too swift, for the Indian
boat was steadily drawing nearer and
nearer.
"Another volley, and three of the
pursuers tumbled overboard, but as
they returned tbe fire one of the emi
grants dropped, groaning, at his post.
" 'Steady ! and quick ! Fire in suc
cession !' ordered the Captain.
Aim low ! Disable 'em before they
can boarJ us!'
'The bows of the two boats almost
crated together, and one daring sav
ace sprung upon the flat-boat's gun
wale. "C;pt. Hobart sprung forward,
but before he could raise his rifle a
shot went through his shoulder.
"He etaggered, but, with desperate
couragp, rallied and fired, his adver
sary falling backward and over into
the river.
Maddened at thip, for the aesallinp
Indian wa their leader, the Indians
mnde a man to the craft. In the Im
petuosity of their onset, the old, un
seaworthy tiling capsizpd, and thp
swift curreut of the Ohio was full of
struggling, screaming, wounded and
drowning savages.
"The violence of the shock gave
the other boat a sheer which sent it
directly Into the middle of the river
and drifted It rapidly down, too far
from the shore for any danger fr m
lurkeis on the bank, aud safe from Its
terrible pursuers.
"The great shout of joy at their de
liverance rose up from the little
crew, at least from all who were able
to shout. Capt. Hobart lay senseless
in the bottom of the boat, one man
was dead, and three others badly
wounded, leaving but three unhurt,
to care for the rest.
"With the help of the two brave
women, who had not uttered one cry
during the fight, they did this, and.
after their arrival at home, the three
men recovered, as did Capt. Hobart.
"But Capt. Hobart carried to his
grave a shoulder scarred with the bul
let received in that fierce fight on the
Ohio river.
' S
How He Convinced Them.
Es-Gov. J. W. Throckmorton cer
tuinly understands all the arts of an
old Texan. In his speech defending
Botuar, at Gainesville, after having
spoken about an hour said :
"Gentlemen of the Jury It is said
by the prosecution that because the
deceased was in his shirt-sleeves
when killed, he had no pistol."
Here Mr. Throckmorton pulled off"
his coat and stood before the jury in
his shirt-sleeves.
You would say," continued Mr.
Throckmortou, "that lum not armed
because I am in my shirt-sleeves.
Look! do you see my armB?" ciied he,
holding up his bauds.
No signs of arms could be seen.
Mr. Throckmortou then drew a
pntol from under his left arm, anoth
er from under his right one from
each boot, and a huge bowie-knife
from the back of his neck, placing
them upon the table.
"You see, gentlemen, though in my
shirt-sleeves. I could be well-armed."
This was a clincher aud it carried
the point, entirely destroyinc the ar
gument of the prosecution. Dallas
Hearld.
Little girl to juvenile nejehhor:
"My father ha family prayers every
morning, does yours?" "No, indeed."
(indignantly), "my father is a Dem
ocrat." In certain towns of Germany lads.
under sixteen are now forbidden to
smoke in the street, the offense being
punishable by fine or imprisonment.
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Usuall,
.Is country wuou
Governm
the peopl
iifQcial is obnoxious to
ayply t tl.e appolnt-
ing powerohait
hira removed; but
tirwuti Rmi iTc'v.or
ifertijthey want ma"
utsWY him. Recently.
removed tieyKl
at .B!aokUeI
nuesaee, they at-
tempted b'Jjiejsas
ination to remove
th nolorfld-?k?Mr.nnHtpr. The P. 0
Departmenenja special agent to
BlackvilleSfltat the facta regard-
ing the troiAfrfsne result being the
following- re
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From MHtfofttacts.iiniLaUendan
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rissrv-57 v,vA3oiijtcaaane re-
suit oi,;tJi
fi jntrratnm Arrnnire-
(C-F o
ucu w ivo
a officer of the Unit
ed States Government simply because
of his politics, which were objection
able to most of the leading spirits of
that community. Since hi appoint
ment Nix has proven himself fully
competent, ard has bIiowu a com
mendable fidelity to his duties, aud
has 'displayed more than ordinary
judgment in the, selection of an as
sistant, who, it is generally conceded,
is an efficient and courteous official
A bitterness of partisan feeling has
been fomented by intolerant spirit,
not ouly againBt Nix, but against all
other leading colored Republicans in
the county; and it was this feeling,
this deep-rooted prejudice, that led
Williams, either with or without the
connivance and assistance of others,
to murder Nix simply to get rid of
him.
On the day of the shooting Will
iams was geuerously plied with liquor,
and was seen frequently engaged in
rivate aud mysterious conversation
with little knots of two or three men
but more frequently with a lawyer of
tbe town named James Thompson,
who. it is claimed, holds a high posi
tion socially aud atlhe bar, and who.
only about a week previous, was dis
covered by the Postmaster writing on
the slide of his delivery window, the
following friendly piece of advice:
You had better get out of this office,
London Brown, Captain of the K.
K. K.' When asked what he meant
by it, he alleged that he wrote It in a
spirit of geuulue fun, that it meant
nothing, and was only intended as a
joke, etc. This man Thompson Im
mediately preceded Williams to the
Postoffice, and from hi mminer and
critical examination 'of Nix's person,
the Postmaster is satisfied that he had
knowledge, of the affair, and undoubt
edly vioite J the office to Ery and ascer
tain, If poeslbKr,wneiijer9,Nlx was'
armed. When thesbooting occurred.
Thompson was seated directly in front
of the office, engaged in conversation
with another party. When William
made hia appearance, Thompson has
tily inquired if both.shots had been
fired simultaneously, while the man
Iih was talking to afterward acknowl
edged that he clearly recognized the
pause between the shots, and that it
was at least ten seco-.ds, If not more.
Subsequent to the shooting Will
iams roue, up anu uown :ine main
treet in front of the Postoffice, pistol
in hand. In a highly demonstrative
aud threatening manner, and on one
occasion, seeing Nix s'audinc in the
doorway of the Postoffice. rode up to
him and flourishing hi pistol, said :
'D n you, we have sworn you nev
er should be Post Master here," and
this was witnessed by the Marshal of
the town. It is a singular but re
markable fact that with two or mo-e
newspapers in the county, neither of
them has taken any notice of or made
any comment whatever on the affair,
and strange, too, that no action was
taken by tbe Grand Jury of the Coun
ty Court, which was in session at the
time of the shooting; and no eff" rt
of any character appears to have been
made to apprehend Williams, who
lives within a short distanceof town."
Speaking of tanning with the fur
on. an English writer tells the coun
try that he has a cat's skin, pliable as
kid, free from smell and tbe hair still
clinglne firmly, which two years ago
was dressed according to thia recipe,
which he Bays is equally safe and un
failing in all such cases. Nail the
fresh fkin tightly and smoothly
against a door, keeping the skin side
out. Next, with a broad-bladed blunt
knife, scrape away all Ioofe pieces of
flesh and fat, then rub in much chalk
aud be not sparing of labor; when
the chalk begins to powder and fall off
take tbe Pkln dowu, fill it wilh finely
ground alum, wrap clo-ely together
and keep so for two or three days;
nt. the end of that time unfold it,
thake out tbe alum and the work is
done.
Two girls belonging to a church
choir in Los Angeles, ChI , got locked
in the church the other night while
they were talking over the fashions.
They giv the alarm, when a man
living near th church put a hoard up
to ihe window, and they slid down
to the giouud. The most singular
thing was, that after they had got
safety to the ground they looked mad
and went off without thanking the
man, and they won't speak to him
when they meet him. He couldn't
account for It until be went to take
the board down, when be got slivers
in his fingers, and scratched his
thumb on a shingle nail that stuck
through the board.
A couple at Tuscola. Mich., quar
reled and separated -at tbe church
door, afterjthelr marriage, and have jet
nojen each other for six monthB. I
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Does the .Liquor Traffic Pay?
Madjtme NL G. C Ed holm, the able
edUoriofithe temperanc column in
theCmaha'eninfir News, thus ably
auswera the above question:
We will admit that in the sense of
keeplng.the money in circulation the
$600,000,000 spent for liquor Is not
wasted. -Itiatrue that tne men wno
pay five or ten cen's a glass for beer
or whisky are paying tbe carpenters,
themuaiiiia and bricklayers to build
honseB for the liquor dealer. It Is
true that the money of these drinkers
pays for the servants in the house of
that I'Uy Clf-gaif jrv.i., ..-
velvets and laces for the liquor sell
ers' wives and children, and of course,
so far, tbe carpenter, the mason, the
house-Bervunts, the jewelers and the
dry goods merchants are benefitted.
But suppose instead of the beer drink-
erj)' money going to these tradesmen
through the liquor dealers' till, for
the liquor dealer and his family, that
the drinker himself pay the carpen
ters and the masons to build him a
house. Suppose that instead of pay
ing for a servant for the saloon keep
ers' wife, he pay for a servant for his
own wife. Suppose that instead of
supporting Ihe liquor seller's wife in
jewelry, velvets, silks and laces, he
spent the same amount on calicos
muslin, and flannel fur his wife aud
little ones. Would not the carpenters,
masons, servants aud dry goods mer
chants be just as much benefitted?
Would not the money be circulated
as thoroughly, and besides the money
how much happiness would be circu
lated as well? Little children who
now cry for bread and shoes would
then be well clothed and fed. The
drinker's wife would not have to go
in rags to clothe the saloon keeper's
wife iu satin.
The money would be circulated just
as freely, hut instead of the brewer's
child having one nice pair of shoes
worth six pairs of common shoe,
each of the six children of the drinker,
now barefoot, could have a pair of
good but cheap shoes. If the receipts
of our saloons should so fall off that
their keepers could only afford one
instead of six pairs of pants, yon may
be sure that the tailors would not suf
fer, for the truth of the matter would
he that five of the saloon customers
were saving their beer money for
punts. No. Itbink If we did not have
a single saIon our trades people
would do a much business as now.
I never kupw of a prohibition com-
munity that was troubled with stag
nation of commerce.
But there Is another and a very im
portant sense in which the money
spent In liquor Is wasted. And that
is in the return which the drinker re
ceives for his money.
He pays money for bread and meat
and vegetables, and receives physical
strencth and vigor for himself and
family in return. He pays money for
dresses, and shoes, and clothing, and
receives in return warmth and com
fort of body. His wife is contented,
his ohildren are happy. He pays
money for a house and land, for fur
niture, and carpets, aud books, and
music, and receives in return that
priceless treasure a home. His wife
nestles in his arms, and the wee ones
shout for very glee in their laughter
and song. But ho pays money for
liquor, and what does he receive in
return ? Physical strength ?
No, no! science has proved that
liquor weakens aud destroys. He pays
tbe wages already earned, and unfits
himself for earniug more, and there
by Injures himself and family. Is
that mouey not wasted ?
Official details now published serve
to confirm the aBtonishraent at the
terrible severity of the sentences on
the Odessa political convicts. The
official publication states that all
twenty-eight prisoners were found
guilty of having belonged to an ille
gal society, which called itself the so
cial revolutionary pnrty. and aspired
by means of revolution to overthrow
the Government established in Rus
sia. The girl, Goukoffski, aged 15.
and condemned to banishment in Si
beria without term, is especially
chraged with having, on July 24, 1878,
on tbe condemnation of Kovalski,
cried out, "Kovalski Is condemned to
death!" For these words, so natural
under the circumstances to an ex
citable child of fifteen T this unfortu
nate little girl has already spent thir
teen months in the common criminal
jail, and is now to join the chained
gangs of thieves aud murderers, and
drag her weary footsteps over the Si
berian wastes, with the cruel knout
of the Coack escort ever ready to de
scend on her frail shoulders and urge
her forward to her living grave.
An old Greenbacker from Maine
wa in Cambridge. Mass., when he
heard the result of the election, and
was so overcome by the news of
Smith's defeat that he had to get
drunk. He etaggered along until he
reached a provision store, and asked
the proprietor thickly; "S price
these termaters ?" As be paid this he
reached over aud took a large red
pepper pod, bit it in two, aud com
menced eating it with rapid haste.
The proprietor stood quaking and
waiting for the old mau to drop down
dead: but he didn't do anything of
the kind. He ate the whole of that
nepper, smacked his mouth and
pleasantly said
Fust termater I've
this (hie) year t'hed any flavor
worth worth er cuss."
VOL. 24.-NO. 19.
Coiiklin? on State Jlijrhts.
Here is Senator Conkling'a sum
ming up (in his Brooklyn speech) of
what the dogma of state rights has
done:
j "Slale rightB brought on the war
with Mexico, to get more territory to
plant wilh slavery.
-State rights flung down me mis--ourl
Compromise to spread slavery,
and wrung from the court tbe Dred
Scott decision.
State rights sent the army Into
Kansas, and by war.'murder and out
rage attempted to force slavery upon
- -wroio rsfcjpLhfccamiug states,
peaceful communities with artillery
and dragoons.
"State rights dispersed legislatures
with the army of the nation.
"State rights plundered tbe treas-!
ury and proetratedthe credit of tbe
country.
"State rights scattered our ships in
distant seas, stripped northern arsen
als of arms and sent them to tbe south,
and;put ourarmies under traitors who
surrendered them; and all'thiswas to
so arrange that tbe government might
be easily murdered iu its bed.
"State rights waged the rebellion,
with its mighty, murderous sacrifice
of life and treasure.
"State rights murdered Lincoln,
and tried tomurder his chief officers of
state.
"State rlghlsnowraalmand murder
national officials in the' discbarge of
their duty.
"State rights since the war have per
petrated nameless, numberless hor
rors, making free government by ma
jorities impossible in several states,
and subjecting to worse than slaveiy
a race which tbe uatiou and all its
citizens are bound before God aud man
to protect.
"State rights just of late bavegrajp
ed at fet ill higher usurpations.
"When before the waror since, till
recently, dared any party say that the
government should be strangled and
starved unless, at the price of its ex
istence, the president would give up
his duty and his oath?
"Who before ever dared to say that
the revenues paid by the peopleshould
ut ill be collected, but arrested and em
bargoed while the government and
laws should perish?
"The vote of this Btate this year
must utter the judgment of this state
on all these things."
A Han and a Gate and a Woman. ;
i i'i Titinrrnrriirj iiiBH 1 1 Ml I
The gates atthe passenger depots
which shut out all people not having
tickets for the trains, were yesterday
closed at the Union Depot against an
elderly woman wearing speotacles and
using an umbrella for a cane.
"Can't pass without a ticket," said
the man at the gate as she came up.
"I want to see if there's anybody on
that train going to Port Huron." she
answered.
"Can't pass without a ticket, mad
ame." "I've got a darter Iu Port Huron, I
have."
"Can't help ii, please. My orders
are very strict."
"I tell you I want to send word to
mv darter!" she exclaimed, adjusting
her spectacles for a better view of tbe
official.
"Yes. but we can't help that, you
see. Please show your ticket."
"I want this 'ere railroad to under
stand that I've got a darter in Port
Huron and she's got a baby four weeks
old and I'm going to send her up
word in spite of all the gates iu this
depot!"
"Please Bhow your ticket, mad
ame!" "I tell you once more "
"Please show your ticket, mad
anie." She gave the old umbrella a whirl
and brought it down on his head with
all tbe vim of an old fashioned log
raising, and as he staggered aside she
pased him and said :
"There's my ticket, sir, and I've
got more behind it ! Mebbe one man
and a gate can stop me fro.-n sending
word to my darter to grease the baby's
noe with mutton taller if the weath
er changes eld, but I don't believe
it."
And she walked down to the train
found some one going to Port Huron
and came back eaielely humming
the melody of "Three Blind Mice."
Detroit Free Press.
In one of tbe American regiments
in Mexico there was a corporal who.
when the roll was being called, re
fused to answer to the name of "Ehen
ezer Meal?." The officer repeated the
cnll. No answer. "Is Ebenezer
Mead on the ground ?" "Ebeu Mead
Is here." quoth the corporal. The
"Ebenezer" was repeated again in a
tone like a northwester. "Captain,"
quoth the rampant corporal, "your
name Is Peter Read ; would you res
pond if you were called Peter-sneezer
Read?
"I'm going on a journey, pa," the
printer daughter said; and, as he
thought of losing her. tears sad and
salt he shed; but when he 6non dis
covered her upon his workman's lap,
"this is the jour-knee that I meant,"
she said unto her pap. American
Punch.
The capture of the great Ironclad j
Peruvian ram Huascar by Chilian
wooden ships has caused the naval au-
thoritles of the world to put on their
j thinking caps again.
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Southern Hankering for Bankruptcy. -
The New York Tribune isoutof pa--
tlence with the democratio apologists
in the North of the hungry horde of K
the southern states, who aver that
they do not mean tu bankrupt the '
treasury. But the Tribune knows far
better, and though it has. once gone
over the ground, itsilently collects
facts, and then stands off and says.: :
"A year ago the Tribune issued an ex
tra containing the varlouaartlcles up- -on
the subject of southern claims,
which it had published in previous
months. This compilation, prepared
from official documents at Washing-
upouoougress fur internal improve.
ments at the South down to Matrch 18,
1S78. and forprivajtet'jrejjef" to March
26, 1878, and showed the enormous
aggregate of $050,000,000. This vast
sum was stated to be only the begin
ning of what the solid South would
demand. The truth of that statement
Is proved below. The Tribune has
caused the record to be completed
from official documents to tbe close
of the extra session of thia year, aud
this is the appalling result: From
March 1878. to July 1, 1S79, and omit
ting various bliud claims for enor
mous unspecified sums, bills were in
troduced luto congress calling; for
S6S1.S61 000 for interna! improve
ments in the South, and the private
olaims amount to $53,415,042 more.
The official records, then, omitting5'
the independent estimates of Judge
T. W. Burtley, counsel for o large "
number of claimants, prove that with
in a per'od of less than two years a
solid and disloyal South has demand
ed from the treasury of the nation
which for four years It sought to des
troy, and which It nowseeks to bank
rupt, a sum vastly greater, by reason
of the blind claims which are not
reckoned, than $1,287,524 735. Theso
figures need no comment toshowthat
the rule of the solid South means
shame and ruin."
It is but a slap in the face at theNa
tion that these southerners tire batch
ing up, and the Tribune, after noting
tbe items of relief, summarizes It all
up In the following, and then goeB In
to details by publishing the' record of
bouse bills introduced :
"The confederates as yet can see no
way to gee rid of the amendments to
the constitution adopted after.the re
bellion. Those amendments are doub
ly obuoxious becauae they ore not on
ly "war measures," but they uraiu--tain
the integrity of the public debt
land forbid the payment of money for-u t?
slaves emancipated. The confeder
ates doubtless feel that they have
done all they can do directly at pres
ent to nullify those amendments at tbe
South. They therefore seek to evade
the prohibition to pay for the loss of
Iave property. Hence we find bills
by the hundred to appropriate money
for the improvements of southern
rivers and harbors. There Is no res
traint upon these demands. There Is
nothing small or sbame-faced about a
southern statesman when he brings
in one of these bills. He pleads the
depth of poverty, but bes with the
commanding airof a Comanche chief;
and he is quite as willing to accept
anything granted, whether it be n
gift of tents to shelter the militia of
his state or $60,000,000 for an inohoato"
ship canal company.
Among the smaller relief bills In
troduced, one is struck by the num
ber for the relief of uurities on bonds
where persons have been held for trial
for violation of the internal' revenue
laws and have forfeited their bail. Oc
currences of this kiud appear to be
quite frequent, and about as often a
southern representative or senator
steps forvard with a bill to iudem ni
ty tbe suieties. The government is
asked to make good the bail forfeited
by escaped offenders against its laws.
Duration of Eternity.
Various Illustrations have been sug
gested to convey to the 'mind some
idea of illimitable duration. It has
been said, suppose one drop of the
ocean should be dried up every thous
and years, how loug would It be ere
the last drop would disappear and the
ocean's bed be left dry and dusty?
Far on ward as that would be in com
ing ages. Eternity would have but
commenced.
It has been said, suppose this vaBfc
globe upon which we tread were com
posed of particles of the finest sand,
and that oue particle should disap
pear at the termination of each mill
ion of years, oh, how inconceivably
immense must be the period which
must elapse before the last particle
would be gone ! And yet. Eternity
would theti be iu its morning twi
light. It has been said, suppose some lit
tle inject, eo small as to be impercept
ible to the naked eye, were to carry
this world by its tiny mouthfuls to
the most distant star the hand of God
has placed in the heavens. Hundreds
of millions of years would be required
for the single journey.v The inseot
commences on the leaf of a tree, and
takes Us little load, so small that ev
en the microscope cannot discover
that it is gone, aud sets out on its al
most endiess journey. After millions
and millions of years have rolled
away, it arrives back for its second
load. Oh, what intermiuable ages
would elapse before tbe whole tree
would be removed ! When would tbe
forest begone! Ami the globe! Even
then Eternity would not have com-
mencedl
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