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PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 187i.
NUMBER 13.
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room, corner Main and Sixth street, and are pre
pared to transact a general
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TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
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Newspapers. Novels,
Song Books, etc., etc.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from Tclesrams of Actompanjin; Dales,
Mommy, June 15. A slave ship with
25 negroes aboard, from Mozambique, bouud
for Madagascar, was recently captured by tbe
English man-of-war Daphine....A Washing
ton Associated Press dispatch says it is
agreed on all sides that the Currency bill was
defeated in the House because, of the be
lief on the part of a sufficient number that
it would Ik; better to have no ac ion than
to have a veto now. The members
of the Conference Committee express the
opinion that no law can result from their con
sultations. The only proposition so far
broached by any of them is to tix the time for
resumption at January, 1S77, in accordance
with the President's views, aud come in with
the rest of the bill unchanged At a
meeting of delegates to an Independent
State Convention held at Topeka, Kan., on the
10th, a resolution was adopted that " We here
by join with the Kcforrn Convention of May
tJ7 in calling a Nominating Convention to be
held at Toicka on the 5th day of August, 174,
to elect a State Ceutral Committee, make a
declaration of principles, nominate a State
ticket, and do all that any honest convention
may do".... The Clerk of the Illinois Supreme
Court has receired an order from Judge Scott
to issue a w rit of supersedeas to stay the
collection of the 5,000 judgment recently
obtained in the Sangamon County Circuit
Court against the Chicago A: Alton Railroad
Company. The settlement of the question
will now go over uutil the January tirm of
the Supreme Court.... A San Francisco dis
patch announces the death, on the 9lh, of
Cochise, the famous Apache chief.
Tuesday, June 10. Deputies from the
Ia'H Center, on the 15th, introduced in the
Frcuch Assembly the long-talked of Constitu
tional bill, its object being to dispose of the
provisional government and definitively pro
claim the Republic. A motion that its con
sideration Iks declared urgent was carried by
yeas 81.), nays :11. The Ministers voted
against it, but in their capacity of members
of the Assembly only.it not being made a
Cabinet question. A resolution declar
ing that the government of France is a
monarchy, and that the throne belongs to the
head of the House of France, was rejected by
a majority of 100 votes. The Constitutional
bill was referred to a committee of thirty
Bayonne dispatches announce that eighteen
Carlist olliccrs had been shot at Tolossu, by
order of Ron Carlos, for mutiny Jeff.
Havishas arrived in New York from Europe
I)r. Uhling, of New Yorkt charged with at
tempting to defraud the Merchants' Life In
surance Company by means of interring a
colli n containing bricks, instead of an alleged
dead body, has been sentenced to State's
Prison for eighteen mont lis. ... Four hundred
Sioux attacked Fort Berthold Indian Agency
on the loth, but were repulsed. Four agency
Indians were killed. Reinforcements were
sent at once from Fort Stevenson, and no
further danger was anticipated.
Wednesday, June 17. Resolutions de
fining the powers of President MacMalion
have been referred to the Committee of Thirty
by the French Assembly. ... A large and vio
lent mob greeted Henri Rochcfort with threat
ening demonstrations on his recent arrival at
(Juccnstown, Ireland, and it is said he would
have been lynched had it not been for
the local authorities.... The Pennsylvania
Prohibition Convention, recently in ses
sion at Harrisburg, decided not to nom
inate a State ticket. There were about
forty delegates in attendance upon the con
vention.... E. G. Ryan, of Milwaukee, has
been appointed Chief-Justice of the Supreme
Court of Wiscousin, to till the vacancy oc
casioned by the resignation of Judge Dixon.
Tiii'itsnAY, June 1M. In their report
the District of Columbia Investigating Com
mittee sustain the charges made against the
District government, and conclude by saying
that the committee have unanimously arrived
at the conelii.-ion that the existing form of
government of the District is a failure; that it
is too cumbrous and too expensive; that it is
wanting in sullieient safeguards against tnal-
idministration and the creation of indebted
ness; that the system of taxation it allows
ojh-iis a door to great inequality and injustiee,
and is wholly insullicicnt to secure
prompt collection of taxes, and that no rem
edy short of its abolition and the substitu
tion of a simpler, more restricted and eco
nomical government will sullicc. The com
mittee thert'UNu reported a bill for a teni-
jMirary government until Congress shall have
time to adopt and mature a permanent form
.Among the bills passed by the United
States House of Representatives on the BJth
was one providing for the disqiialilieation
hereafter of pol vgamists as Delegates in C'on-
rcss from the Territories.
Fin day, June ID. The French Govern
ment has seized all copies of the New York lfrr-
nhl reaching that country which contained the
iiddrcss of Rochcfort, delivered recently in
New York citv. and which was
rioted in the French language. .. .The
Maine Republican State Convention has
unaiiimour.lv renominated Nelson Ding
ey, Jr., for Governor. Resolutions were
adopted in favor of the early resumption of
Sceic payments; approving the President's
veto of the Currency bill; reiterating the
former declaration of principles of the party,
and recognizing the necessity of judicious
liquor laws The Supreme Court of Illinois
has decided that the law passed by
the Legislature of lsr!. known as the
Grab law," is unconstitutional. .. .The
omal8 Tcmierance League of Ohio,
in se.-sion at Springfield on the 17th, adopted
resolutions in favor of the organization of
Temp-ranee Leagues in every district of the
State for the purpose of procuring the de
feat by the ballot of the license clause of
the new Constitution, and declaring that
we will do all we can to defeat the li
cense clause in the proposed Constitution of
Ohio, now submitted to the voters of the
State" The Wisconsin Episcopal Council
has unanimously chosen the Rev. Edward R.
Welles, of Red Wing, Minn., to succeed the
late Bishop Armitage The Missouri Demo
cratic State Convention is to be held at Jeffer
son City on the Stith of August. The Kan
sas Republican State Convention is also to
lie held on the same day, at Tocka
The United States Circuit Court at Spring-
held, 111., has decided against the application
for the transfer of the State suits against the
Chicago V Alton Railroad, for violation of
the new Railway law, from the State courts
to that court, and quashed the writ of crrt'tf
rari. These cases will, therefore, now le
tried in the State courts in w hich they w ere
originally instituted.
TOST OFFICE BUILDIXG,
PLATTSMOUTH, 'EB.
f."i.fir5.8n; medium, $1.75Ct5..'0; butchers'
Hock. f:i.TM&5.00; stock cattle, 1 3.50&4. 75.
nogs Live, t-4&r,.(M Sheep Good to choice
(shorn), t5.60fi.0O.
Provisions. Butter Choice, VWiic ZgK
Fresh. Wi&Vte. Pork New Mess, t".03
17.12'4. Lard flO.SSQll.no.
BHEADSTcrm. Flour w hlte Winter extra,
H.iV38.iX): spring extra, tb.WA'&S.OO. Wheat
-Spring, No. , f 1.2231.92.. Corn No. 2, 60?
&Wic. Oats No. 2, Barley No. i.
f 1.301.33. Kye No. 2, BtK85c
Wool. Tub-washed, 4ft&53c; fleece, washed.
40?fcltc. ; fleece, unwashed, 30333c.; pulled,
37S:c
Lumber. First Clear, $ jO.OOW.OO; Second
Clear, $17.00' i'J.00; Common Boards, $11. OOft
14.00; Fencing, $lL0tX3-W.); 44 A" Shingles,
sii.M; Lath, f i.-HQ&i.r.y,.
CINCINNATI.
BRBADSTorrs. Flour f6.103G.35. Wheat
fl.W. Corn 5367c Kye Jic Oats 50357c.
Barley fl.40ai.45.
Provisions. Pork f 17.75317.87? ',. Lard 10J4
eiic.
ST. LOUIS.
Lit Stock. Beeves Kalr to choice, f4.503
6.23. Uoj; Live, f4.bOa5.bO.
BREADsTurrs. Floor XX Fall, f5.2.V&5.75
Wheat No. 2 lied Fall, f 1.30ai.:. Corn No. 2,
Mfcaeoc OaU No. -4, 45Mic Rjre No. 2,
7J4i7Lc Barley fl.401.4j.
Provisions. Pork Mess, f 17.73(18.00. Lard
louamic
MILWAUKEE.
BRKADSTurrn. Flour Spnng XX, $5.705.90.
Wheat Spring No. 1, fl.351.26; No. 2, f 1.22
l.2i. Corn No. 2, 60&61C. Oats No. 2, 44
44c. Rye No. 1, 83Mc Barley No. 2, f 1.30
DKTKOIT.
BRBADSTurrs. Wheat No. 1, fl.433l.42tf.
Corn 65WiC. Oats 50352c
TOLEDO. .
Breadstuff. Wheat Amber Mich., f 1.2!H
1.30; No. t Red, 1.2!) $1.30. Corn Mixed, 64
6oc. Oats No. 1, fOc&Mc.
CLEVELAND.
BRSADSTurrs. Wheat No."l Bed, tl.&3L3;
No. 2 Red, f 1.2531.26. Corn--70371c. Oats 4
Q55C.
BUFFALO.
Liv Stock. Beeves f5.4036.87!i. Hors
Live, f5.5030.00. Sheep Live (clipped), ft.75
36.25.
EAST LIBERTY.
Live Stock. Beeves Best, $3.S36.40; me
dium, f..75K.0O. Hogs Yorkers, f.).60(a5.8i);
Philadelphia, f 6 00?;.:J3. Sheep Beet (clipped),
f5.2535.73; medium, f t.E0?.5.00.
THE MAKKETS
NEW YORK.
Jo.E 20, 1874.
Cottoh. Middling upland, 17t317ic.
Ltvr Stock. Beef Cattle f 11. 00312. 75. Hosts
Dressed, f7.5037.li2tf . Sheep Live (clipped),
f4. 5036.50.
Breadstuff. Floor Good to choice, fi;.15
6.30; white wheat extra, 6.303.&0. Wheat No.
2 Chicago, f 1.423L43; Iowa spring, f 1.431.41;
No. 2 Milwaukee spring, f 1.4531.46. Rye West
ern and State, fl.0531.09. Barley f 1.5031.55.
Corn Mixed Western afloat, 81382c. Oats
New Western, 61362c.
Provisions. Pork New Mess, fl7.50317.70.
Lard 113HMC
Wool. Common to extra, 45368c.
CHICAGO.
Lttr Stock. Bmtsc C'holc, f5.90C6.80 ; good.
FOKTY-TIIIIID COKUKESS.
Satuhday, June 13. Senate. A re
port was made from the Committee on
Privileges and Elections concerning the charges
against Senator Mitchell, or Oregon, ami it
was stated that tbe committee vas of the
unanimous opinion that the charges con
tained nothing against the Senator rcqnir-
nig action on the part or inc senate....
Among the bills passed were: House bill to pro
vide for the care and custody of persons con vie ed
in courts of the United States who have or may
heroine insane while in prison; House hill pro
viding for the collection of moneys due the
I nited Slates from the Pacilic Railroad Com
panies, with amendments.... A motion was asreed
lo ;v lo l insifiiiiu on me. Jennie nuieuu
mcntH to the Finance hill, and a new Conference
I'mnniittce was appointed, consisting of Messrs.
nht, rerry (Mien.) and Stevenson... A motion
was also adopted that, the Senate insist iHHin its
amendments ti the bill repealing moieties, and
Messrs. Scott, Howe and Bayard were appointed a
Conference Committee. . . . Ad journed.
If ruse. Several of the Senate amend
ments to the bill repealing moieties were rejected
and a Conference Committee was appointed, com
posed of Messrs. E. II. Roberts, Sheldon and Wood
The conference report on the Currency bill
was taken nt. and after debate the report was re
jected yea 108, nays 146 and a motion to refer the
subieet to a newt ontcrence committee was agreen
to l'.W to 48 and Messrs. Dawes, McCreery and
Marshall were appointed as members of snrh com
mittee The Sundry Civil Appropriation hill was
further considered in Commiitee of the Whole,
and an item was inserted appropriating f:0,0l)0 for
printing tbe agricultural reports lor ia4-l... .Ad
journed.
Monday, June 10. Seriate. The House
amendments to the Geneva Award bill were disa
greed to. and a. Conference Committee was ap
pointed A substitute for the House bill regulat
ing the removal of cases from State courts to the
Circuit Courts of the United States was reported
from the Judiciary Committee. One section of
the bill authorizes the service of process upon the
agent of a defendant in any civil suit not affect
ing the title to real estate, which was amended so
as to provide that a copy of the process served on
an agent shall actually be delivered to the princi
pal of such agent anywhere in the United States.
Considerable discussion took place on this section
of the bill, several Senators denouncing the
measure as aimed at the liberty of the press, declar
ing that it will tend to suppress freedom of criti
cism of the public acts of Washington officials by
rendering newspaper correspondents in that city
liable for utterances of the papers which they rep
resent. The bill was finally passed 33 to 22... A
bill was introduced to provide for the prepayment
of postage on printed matter. ...A conference re
port was made and agreed to on the Bankrupt
bill. As moditied the bill provides that a voluntary
bankrupt can be discharged upon payment of SO
iinlead of 33) per cent, of his indebtedness, with
the consent of one-fourth of the number of credit
ors, representing one-third the value of Indebted
ness.... A Conference Committee was appointed on
the Pension Appropriation bill.
House. The Conference Committee on
the bill amending the charter of the Freedman's
Savings Bank made a report, which was agreed to
. ...The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was de
bated in Committee of the Whole, amended and
reported to the House, and after amendments were
disposed of tbe bill was finally passed. One section
of the bill repeals the law providing for the Civtl
Scrvice Commission, and gives preference
for otlicc to soldiers and sailors and their relatives,
and makes it the dnty of the several heads of de
partment to make honesty, efficiency and fidelity
tests At Ihe evening session a bill extending
the limits of expenditures on pnblic buildings, and
removing all restrictions as regards materials to be
used, was finally laid on the table lOd to 77....
Adjourned.
Tuesday, June 10. Senate. Among
the bills passed were the following: House bill to
authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to suspend
work on public buildings; House bill to author
ize the Issue of duplicate agricultural land scrip
where the original has been lost or destroyed: sub
stitute for the House bill providing forthe publica
tion of the Kevised Statutes of the United States;
to provide for Ihe election of Congressmcn-at-L-irge
for the State of Alabama; House bill provid
ing tbat any officer cr agent of any or cither of the ,
Pacific Railways who shall refnsc or fail lo oimt
ate the road or telegraph line under his control for
all purposes of communication, travel and
transportation, so far as the public is concerned,
as in one continuous line, .r shall refuse in such
oMTation and use to afford and secure to each of
said rowls equal advantages and facilities as to
rates, time or transportation, without any discrim
ination of any Kind in favor of or adverse to the
road or business of any or either of said compa
nies, shall be deemed "guilty of a misdemcauor.
and upon conviction thereof be fined not exceed
ing fl, 00 and be imprisoned not less than six
months; and providing also tbat. in case of
the failure or refusal of the Union Pacific
iailwav. or either of said brauches. to
comply with the rcquircmen s of the act.
the nartv minred or tne company aggrieved may
bring action and be entitled to judgment for treble
tbe amount of aU excess of freight and fares col
lected by the defendant and for treble the amount
of damage sustained by tbe plaintiff by such
failure or rerusal, and lor every violation or the
act a new cause for action shall arise; the bill also
further provides that the Denver Pacific Railway
Company shall be deemed a part and an extension
of the Kansas Pacific Kailway to the point of junc
tion thereof with the Union Pacific Railway at
Cheyenne. ...Amendments were made to thePost-
oftice Appropriation bill A unanimous report
was made from the Joint Select Committee to in
vestigate into tbe management of the government
of the District of Culnmbia. and a bill was also
reported for the government of the District....
Adjourned.
House. Conference Committees were
ordered on Senate amendments to the Indian Ap
propriation bill and on the Geneva Award bill....
Bills were passed extending to the 4th of July,
1S75. the time within which petitions for allow
ances may be presented to the Southern Claims
Commission, and providing for the appoint
ment of two additional commissioners; relat
ing to ocean telegraphs; to indemnify the hold
ers of pre-emption aud homestead certificates
and certificates of entry and patents to lands
within the Des Moines Raver grant on account of
failure of title: for the relief of owners and tmr-
chasers of land sold for direct taxes in the insur
rectionary States. Several pension bills were also
passed The conference report on the Bank
ruptcy bill was agreed to Tbe report of the
Joint Investigation Commit tee on the affairs of
the District of I olnnirua was ordered printed..
Aojournea.
Wednesday, June 17. Senate. Hills
were passed to amend the act in reln to the
survey of certain lands granted to the Northern
Pacific Railroad: House bill to provide for the ap
pointment of a Commission of Engineers to in
vestigate and report upon a permanent plan for
the reclamation of the alluvial basin of the Mis
sissippi subject to Inundation: House bill to
create two additional land district, in Kansas;
House bill to provide for the appor
tionment of the Territory of Wyomipg
for legislative purposes: House bill to authorize
the construction of a bridge across the Missis,
ippi River at or near the city of La Crosse, Wit. ;
prohibiting the publication tn newspapers of the
Kevised statutes at the expense or tne I mien
Sinter; Iloiwe bill repealing all revenue tax on
savings hanks having no capital and where in
vestments an; made solelv for the benefit
of depositors The Postoflice Appropriation
bill was further considered. aud amend
ments were agreed to providing that public doc
uments may te sent tnrougntne mans at a rate in
postage not to exceed twenty-five cents for each
volume, to be paid by the person receiving the
same, aud authorizing the Postmaster-General to
sell, utter tlilrty flays, nil puiillc itocnments wnicn
have accumulated, and allowing the t'ongrfioal
jcrrorn. or anv part t Hereof, to go iree
upon being stamped with the words "Con
gressional ltecord " npon the wrapper: pro
viding that so much of the act as fixes the mtc of
postuire on newspapers aud periodicals shall not
take effect until the 1st of Jannary next. An
amendment to restore the franking privilege aa
it existed prior to the act repealing the same was
ottered and rejected veas 17. navs 34. 1 lie Dill
was then passed as amended Conference re-
Hrts on the Legislative. Executive and Judicial
and the Peusiou Appropriation hills were made
and agreed to Adjourned.
Hon?. llcsolutions were agreetl to in
favor of the establishment of an international
system of arbitration whereby matters indisputs
between governments may be adjusted by arbi
tration nun ithout recourse to war, and recom
mending to the treatv-making power of the Gov
ernment to provide, if practicable, that hereafter.
in treaties made between tne I ulted States and
foreign powers, war shall not be declared by
either of the contracting parties against the
other until efforts shall have been made to adjust
all alleged causes of difficulty by impartial
arbitration Bills were passed prohibiting the
publication of the Revised Statutes in newspa
pers at the expense of the I'nited States: for the
government of the District of Columbia 216 to 22
..A majority report was made from the Judi
ciary Committee in favor of the impeachment of
Judge Durell. of Louisiana, for high crimes and
misdemeanors, and a minority report from the
same committee was also made recommending
that all proceedings against Durell be discon
tinued Adjourned.
Thursday, June 18. Senate. A con
ference report on the Moiety bill was made and
agreed to Bills were passed House hill to
provide a government for the District of Colum
bia : for the payment of awards made by the
Southern Claims Commission; the River and
Harbor Appropriation bill The Conference
Committee on the Currency hill made a re
port A substitute for the House hill amend
atory of the act to amend, revise and consolidate
the laws relating to pensions was reported from
the Committee on Pensions and placed on the
calendar. ... A bill was introduced and referred to
charter a double-track freight railway from tide
water oflhe Atlantic Ocean to t he M issotiri Kiver,
and to limit the rate of freight thereon Ad
journed.
lln.(. Hills were passed granting
the right of way through the public lands to the
Arkansas Tnlley Kailway, in Colorado: for the
reappointment of the Legislative Assembly of
lil.ilio territory: to amend the .Mining law or
May 111. 1HT2. " The conference report on the
Moiety bill was agreed to. ...Unanimous consent
was asked for and objected to. to have the Semite
ivil-Hights bill taken from the Speaker's tatde
and referred to I he J udieiary Committee. .. .Ad
journed.
State Conventions.
The Vermont Republican State Convention
met at Burlington on the 17th and nominated
Judge Peek for (lovernor, Lyman (i. Hinckley
for Lieutenant-Governor, and John O. Page
for Treasurer. Resolutions were adopted
allinniiig adhesion to the principles of the
Republican party; approving the Administra
tion of President Grant; strongly favoring an
i fly resumption of specie payments, and
thanking tly President for his veto of the r i
nanee bill, and declaring that tax and tariff
laws ought to be made so as to aid in the
promotion and protection of American in
dustry.
The Indiana Republican State Convention
met at Indianapolis on the 17th and organized
by the selection of Gen. Renj. Harrison as
President. After an address by that gentle
man the convention proceeded to nominate a
State ticket, with the following result: Secre
tary of State, W. W. Curry, present incumlient ;
Auditor of State, J. W. Wildmaii, present in
cumbent; Attorney -General, J. C. Denny, pres
ent incumbent ; Judge of the Supreme Court,
A. L. Osborn, present incumbent ; Superin
tendent of Public Instruction, J. W. Rloss,
New Albany, Floyd County. Resolutions
were adopted recognizing the policy of
so legislating as to secure just protection and
reward to every brunch of industry; favoring
the development of agricultural and mercan
tile pursuits by suitable legislation; opposing
arge grants of land to railroad corporations;
favoring the improvement of the navigation
of our great inland rivers; indorsing cheap
transportation; advocating the adjustment of
the relations between capital and labor, and
favoring the holding of corporations to strict
onformity to law; advocating free bank
ing and additional currency and the
proper revision of the Patent laws; ex
pressing the gratitude of tbe Republican
party to the soldiers and sailors in the
ite war and favoring the extension of the
Pension and Bounty laws; approving such
legislation on the question of intemiR-rnnce
as will give a majority of the people in their
respective towns the power to determine
whether intoxicating liquors shall be sold,
and such as shall hold the vendor responsible
for all damages resulting from such sales; ad
vocating the reduction of fees and salaries for
public services; expressing entire confidence
in the President ami Republican Senators and
Representatives, and heartily approving of
the course of Senators Morton and Pratt.
Tbe State Convention of Illinois Republi
cans met tit Springfield on the 17th, ami or
ganized bv the election of Hon. S. M. C ulloni as
President and one Vice-President from each
Congressional district. The following State
Central Committee was appointed: First
District, H. B. Brayton; Second, P. A. Hoyne;
Third, O. A. Willard; Fourth, John Early;
Fifth, J. M. Pontes; Sixth, Henry Dement;
Seventh, II. C. Gold; EigWh, J. J. Casscl;
Ninth. D. D. Pattenberg; Tenth, J. E. Hamil
ton; Eleventh, J. L. Underwood; Twelfth,
George M. Brinkerhoff, of Sangamon; Thir
teenth, Jacob Wheeler; Fourteenth, J. II.
Connelly, of Coles; Fifteenth, Win. Chew;
Sixteenth, J. M. Truitt; Seventeenth, John
Thomas; Eighteenth, M. J. Inseore; Nine
teenth, R. Anderson. The convention then
proceeded to nominate State officers. For
Treasurer three ballots were taken, resulting
in the nomination of Thomas S. Ridgeway, of
dallatin. Three ballots were also taken
for Superintdent of Tublic Instruction.
William B. Powell, of Kane, received
the nomination. On the first ballot
Miss Frances Willard, of Cook, received
124 votes. Resolutions w ere adopted, in sub
stance demanding the enforcement of civil
rights; deprecating the policy of immediate
cancellation of any portion of the notes
issued by the Treasury; advocating free
banking; reaffirming the declaration of the
National Republican Convention of 172 in
favor of a return to specie payment at an
early day; commending the project of inter-
State railway transportation and the improve
ment of the navigation of the mouth
of the Mississippi River; favoring the
election of President and Vice-President
by direct vote of the people; declaring that
the Republican party will protect the rights
of citizens and is opposed to interfering by
law with the habits, tastes or customs of in
dividuals; recognizing the property rights of
railways, but demanding reasonable charges
and strict impartiality in the transportation
of freight and passengers, the same to be se
cured by appropriate State and National legis
lation. Senator Logan being called upon de
livered an address commending the platform.
Depperate Fight With a Bnrglar A
Courageous Woman.
TnREK harmless-looking umbrella-menders
lately visited the town of Milton, Pa., pursu
ing their avocation in a way that commended
theai and their calling and secured the ready
patronage of the dwellers in that region
AmoDg those who patronized them was the
family of Samuel Bond, living about eight
miles from Milton. The Bonds were farmers.
and their house was located in a secluded
spot.
One of the umbrella-menders visited Bond's
house. It was the day after Bond had sold
some cattle and got the money. That night
Bond awakened and saw a strange man in his
room. He sprang up and collared the man in
the twinkling of aa eye. Mrs. Bond was
awakened bv the unusual noUe in the
room. She bounced out of bed with
lively sense of what was the matter. She
caught the stranger by the legs, and at leDgth
the husband and wife had him apparently in
their power. Mrs. Bond held him while Bond
poured blows into his face with a liberal hand
They had all scuffied and rolled to the head of
the stairs, and the base of operations was sud
denly changed by Bond andthc stranger roll
ing from the top to the bottom of the stairs.
They were clinched and did not loose their
grips. Young Bond, who had been awakened.
now came on the scene. The stranger had
found a pistol by this time and began to use
it. He fired at young Bond and hit him in the
groin, and was about to fire at Mrs. Bond,
who had reached the foot of the stairs, when
a blow with a club in the hands of young
Bond broke the stranger's pistol arm and the
weapon fell to the floor. Young Bond con
tinued to use his club upon the head of the
stranger, who finally became quiet and lay
helpless.
It was evident to the Bonds that they had
won a victory, but it was also evident that
they were all badly hurt and bleeding. Mrs.
Bond struck a light to make a closer inspec
tion of the field. She recognized in the
stranger w bo Jiad no business that the Bonds
knew of in the house tbat he was tbe um
brella-mender who had called on her during
the day. He was breathing and sensible, but
of no use to himself. Mrs. Bond searched his
pockets and found her husband's pocket-book
w ith f 500 in it. He had made the transfer of
the pocket-book before Bond awoke. The burg
lar said he had two friends to help him, who
stiyed down stairs while he went up stairs.
He did not see them round and he supposed
they had run away when they found he was
discovered. Mrs. Bond was the only one left
able for active service, and she had received a
deep gash in the face. The old man and her
son were near ly as helpless as the burglar.
She go t a rope and tied the burglar so that he
could not get away unaided, got on a horse
and galloped eight miles to Milton after the
officers and doctors. She did her errand w ith
neatness and dispatch.
It was found the burglar's right arm was
broken in two places, three of bis ribs were
stove in, and his skull had received two frac
tures. The Bonds, father and son, were bad
ly, but not dangerously, wounded. The
burglar was not in a condition to be moved.
but tne doctors did what they could for him
ard left him in charge of an officer, using
Bond's house as a prison ana hospital. All
the Bonds went to tied. Soon after the officer
was left alone with his charge a wagon drove
up lo the door and the officer was asked to
step out. He supposed it was the Sheriff, w ho
had come after the burglar to take him to
jail. He went out to the wagon. There were
two men, who asked nun now me prisoner was
doing. One of the men got behind the officer
and felled him with a club, and when he came
to his senses again he found the wagon gone,
the prisoner gone, and the bed upon w hich
the prisoner was lying gone. It was evidently
a rescue by the other burglars.
The "June Rise" of the Missouri.
The Yankton Prrxs and Dalotian gives
the follow ing graphic description of the
annual June rise of the Missouri Hiver:
Down along the longest valley in the
world, past our very doors comes the an
nual messenger, coursing witn naste,
yellow with mud and spotted foam,
with tidings irom tne snowy peaiis ami
inaccessible cliffs of the ltocky Moun
tains. Starting months ago from unin
habited mountain regions rich in pre
cious metals, it has just reached the land
of prairie cities and farms, and goes
rushing on, unchecked ny storm or ntgtit.
to bear its message months after this
even to the tropic shores of the Gulf.
Never a pause docs the mighty torrent
know, in the whole 4,000 miles of its
cou rsc.
What is the news that this wonderful
courier brings every year out of the hid
den fastnesses where it has Dirlhr it
tells us that the great annual change has
once more been completed; that the
snow-clad peaks have felt the reviving
force of the spring sunshine, and that
snowdrifts deep enough to bury the
mountain pines arc turned to pure moun
tain rills, thundering cataracts along trib
utary streams, and at last to a river that
is known throughout the world. It tells
us again the marvelous talc that " all the
rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not
full:" and sets us to thinking of the
mighty power of nature's silent and iro.
perceptible forcps, wafting distilled wa
ters from the alt sea, crystallizing it on
the mountain tops, and setting it Iree to
run once more its yearly race and mix
itgain with the briny ocean. It tells us
to never fear lest the supplies of nature
and the streams of God's bounties may
fail; for that eternal power which lifts
tliis whole river from the ocean to the
realms of perpetual ice yvill guard even
the sparrow from want. And it tells the
story of
1I1BI strange.
Perpetual round of change
From birth to death, from death to birth
Prom earth to heaven, from heaven to earth,
as described by the American Hard of
Nature.
And so the great river goes roaring
down its w inding track, full to the banks,
bearing the evidences of the country and
people along its course. The pure, limpid
snow water soon falls into bad associa
tions and after runniug for weeks with
the clay hills of Montana it comes out
contaminated and corrupted to a turbid,
brawling mass of mud. Ihe hills, to be
sure, were also the sufferers from the
companionship, for the river's ceaseless
energy undermined them and tumbled
them into the depths; rjut the purity oi
the stream is gone never to return, even
soiling the character of its future consort,
the clear Mississippi. So much for the
corrupting effects of bad company.
Sailing on its boiling surges go Boating
lost dug-outs of Indians, dead carcasses
of buffalo that dropped through the ice
last winter, small logs of Cottonwood,
pointed at both ends as gnawed oil by
the myriad beaver that line all its shores,
and fragments of red and blue and
purple lava from the volcanic rocks and
scoria of the Bad Lands. And all steam
ers float like swans on the surface, tleir
flat bottoms secure from the hateful
sand-bars below, now buried and for
gotten.
Once a j ear! The wheels of Nature's
clock turn slowly ! This annual flood is
but a single tick of .its pendulum in the
long night of time. Nay, rather, it is a
single pulsation of the great heart of
Nature, forcing the life-current with a
bound through its longest artery. The
long half year of winter was the moment
of inaction and of rest to earth's vital
forces, followed by the period of life,
heat and activity lasting till winter again.
The season of deathly stillness has given
place to the leaping streams and warm,
vital forces of spring, and in midsummer
comes the June rise, telling us the heart
of the Rocky Mountains has given
another beat, and sent its pulse thrilling
through the nation to the Gulf to pro
claim it. Slow beatings, to our impatient
minds and brief span of life; yet to Him
who alone has counted them through the
ages thev mark the flight of years till
time shall be counted no longer, even as
our fevered pulses tell us there comes a
day when the beating heart shall at last
be still.
Virgisia City, Nev., is beginning to
arrest its citizens lor violating the Com
pulsory Education law.
LITTLE 1JY LITTLE.
Little by little the drops descend.
Pattering 'gainst the pane;
Little by little, with rhythmic beat.
Paster comes down the rain.
Little bv little, but not for long.
Soon In torrents they fall;
Fiercer the blast and louder the roar.
Darker the clouds o'er all.
Little by little the raindrops cease.
The dark clouds break away:
The sunshine comes with gladdening beams.
And cheers the lingering day.
Little by little we float along
On lire's smooth, pleasant stream;
Our sun is bright aud our way is clear.
Our life's a joyous dream.
Storm-clouds may sometimes darken our way-
We all have manv cares;
But hope soon brightens our path again.
And wipes away our tears.
Little by little, little by little,
We float so quickly on;
'Till Death, our pilot, conies at last.
And then earth's life is done.
lUarlh and llmt.
WHO VAS ITT
f At a late meeting of the Common Council at
Lausinr. Mich., the following petition, printed.
illustrated with cuts, and framed, was found on
the Clerk's table:
Who vas it broke mine gate avay
Und in mine garden eat all day,
I nd on mine llower-beds roll and play?
Der t ows.
Who vas It goes mine house around
Uud mit his schnout tore up de ground,
Uud never yet has seen dat Bound?
Der Hogs.
Who vas it. ven der mont goes by
Draws out der greenpacks on der schly,
Uud at der gat ties vinks von eye?
Dat Bound-geeper.
Who den allows dese dings to be.
To droublu holiest mens like me,
Uud leafe mine yard niitoiit a tree?
Dose Gouucil.
THE MISER OF MARSEILLES.
CIIAI'TEU I.
" Yes, vou have been very ill, my child,"
said Madame Guyot, as she held the mug
to the boy's lips.
" 1 can only remember thai i seemed
to be burning up; and my mouth is still
so dry and parched!" rcpVied Jacques.
" ou called continually for water and
would sometimes scream at the top of
, . mw
your voice. Jiut, tnauK neaven, you arc
better now, dear; and the doctor thinks
you w ill soon be well again."
. . . i r ,i . I-. 1 :
1 am so linrsiy , ami i uu nut ui-iitii-another
cup of water would do any
harm," said the lad.
" No, Jacques, not now," answered the
mother, soothingly. "You must wait
awhile."
There was a knock at the front door.
Madame Guyot left the chamber and.
found the doctor waiting to be admitted.
After conversing for a few moments
about the invalid, she asked: " Is there
no means of alleviating his intense suf
fering from thirst?
" You may allow him to drink freely
now," returned tne pnysician.
"Hut the water is exhausted, and the
authorities dole it out but once a day."
The doctor paused thoughtfully, and
said: "They arc compelled to do so.
The drought continues, and it is feared
Uie supply will soon be wholly cut oil.
"Jean thinks the fire last night might
have been arrested but for the scarcity
of water."
"No doubt of it," said the other, curtly,
as they went to the room in which the
patient lay.
Many days passed, and Jacques was
still confined to the house. His thirst
continued unabated; and at length Mad
ame Guyot told him the reason she was
unable to satisfy it. He remained silent
for a long time, and at last inquired,
thoughtfully: "Mamma, does every one
suffer so much from thirst as I do?"
"A great many people do, my son," re
joined the mother, "especially the poor."
' hy, mamma, I thought water was
free to all, like air and light! Do people
have to buy it, like houses, ami things to
eat?"
"Not exactly," she returned, a little
puzzled. It was evidently a new thing
to her. After a few minutes she con
tinued: "Water is free, Jacques; but the
labor of procuring it must be paid for.
The rich can afford to dig wells; and you
know a few of the wealthier class have
aqueducts, which bring water from
springs or lakes in the country. hen
there' is a drought they arc amply sup
plied; while the ioor depend on the pub
lic w ells, and these always give out first."
"Why is there no public aiqueduct.'
asked the lad.
" Hccause those who feel the need of it
haven't the means to build one."
"Mamma," said Jacques, after a pause.
"you once told me that papa watt rich."
" l cs, dear; out his laciory was burned
down at the time of the great conflagra
tion, ten years ago."
"Why didn't papa build an aqueduct
for the poor w hen he Was able?" said the
boy.
"It would cost a great deal of money,
my child," she replied, "and we did not
feci the need of it then."
"If there had been plenty of water
couldn't his factory have been saved?"
" Perhaps it might, restwmded the
mother; "for it was believed at the time
tliat the fire would have been extinguished
if there had been a sullieient supply of
water. There had been a severe drought
that summer and autumn; and the rich
were afraid to allow the firemen to use
their reservoirs."
At that time Jean Guyot entered; and
as he conversed with his wife on house
hold matters Jacques reclined on a
lounge by the open window, absorbed in
thought.
Jacques' recovery was slow; and his
suffering made a deep and lasting im
tircssion on his mind. Finally thev were
compelled to use water so muddy and
brackish that even the swine would
hardlv accept it, save in the last extrem
ity. The boy's moral power came to his
aid, alter the convrsation aoove related ;
and he struggled manfully to conquer by
patience w hat appeared to have no other
immediate remedv.
CHAPTER If.
A dozen years have elapsed since the
events recorded in the last chapter. Jean
Guyot is dead. His son is now a young
man of twenty-three, and is standing by
the very bed in the little chamber where
we first made his acquaintance. Madame
Guyot is lying on the couch, and the old
doctor is at Jacques' side.
" Dear Jacques, I am going," she mur
mured almost inaudibly, and jet l
would gladly have seen you and Annette
married before my death; but Heaven's
will be done." The son did not reply.
He knelt bv the bedside, and held his
mother's hand in his.
" It was vour father's wish," she con
tinued. " You were betrothed in early
childhood. Her parents died soon after;
and she went to live with her uncle, who
has never favored your union." Jacques
was still silent; and she proceeded
" Since your illness, the year of the last
great drought, you are much changed in
character. You have grown melancholy.
and 1 have tried in vain to bring oacK
vour natorallv-cheerful temper. Remem
ber mv last request, Jacques; remember
vour duty to Annette.
In a few davs all was over, and the
young man was alone in the world ; and
vet whv should he remain so He had a
comfortable house to live in ; and hi
Trosrects were better than those of hi
class, for he was both industrious and
economical. In fact, he was already
known as penurious; and people said he
was constantly grow ing like his uncle
an old miser who had lived m a garret
for fifty years, and died very rich, before
Jacques was born.
" He'll be a perfect old curmudgeon,'
said M. Pardee to his ifc, as Annette
was entering the house in company with
a handsome young man. Jacques had
just left, and was still visible, walking
awav from the house.
" Vhat a contrast!" said Madame Tar-
dee. "And I think Victor is much at
tiH'hed to the girl."
"Attached!" exclaimed the husband;
"of course he is. And he will soon be
come partccr in the establishment where
lie is now employed. Guyot is a slow.
timiu fellow, who will jicvcr he worth
anything, because he is afraid to branch
out.
" Uncle," said Annette, coming into the
room, " I have almost made up my mind
that you are right. Jacques is so slow.
and says he cannot allord to be married
for a year or two. Ihe other girls ate
all getting married; and they say 1 am a
fool to be so patient."
" AVhcnever von tin make tin vour mind.
just let us know," said the uncle, sternly.
Not long after, Jacques received the
following note :
Dear Sir Our patience exhausted. An
nette wishes me to snv that vour lust conversa
tion w ith her has brought her to a decision ; and
that your visits will le no longer agreeable, un
less vou conclude to he married during the pres
ent vear. Very trulv yours.
Jaxks Paupke.
"Poor child!" said Jacques to himself.
"I fear she is very weak and has been
been led away by the fine words of ,,iat
spendthrift." He paced the room ner
vously and then threw lumsell on the
lounge.
"I had not, the courage," he said,
thoughtfully, "to give her up, and with
her the hope of a happy home. Hut it is
her own choice; and now I can devote
my whole life to that one purpose formed
so long ago."
t'HAlTEIt III.
"Here comes old dry-bones!" cried a
ragged bov to his mates as they were at
play by the roadside. It was a good
many years afler Annette's marriage.
"(iivc it to him! shouted another, as
he picked up a handful of mud, and, after
rolling it into a ball, threw it at an old
man as he was passing by. At this the
boys all began to follow the example of
their leader. Some threw slicks; some
sand and dirt ; and me or two sent stones
whizzing through the air.
"lies an old miser! exclaimed one of
the lads. " Mamma says he is."
" He is too mean and stingv to live.
said one boy, better dressed than Hie
others. "My grandmother says be
starved his mother fifty years ago, and
has hated everybody ever since."
A crowd of urchins had now gathered
around the old man, and some of them
had picked up long stic ks, with which
they annoyed him. One lad knocked oil
his hat; ahd, as the man stooped to pick
it up, the well-dressed boy struck his
cane and knocked it into the gutter. Sev
eral dogs were in the crowd; and the
liovs set them on the old man. At this
juncture a carriage came up; and in it
there were two young ladies, a man in
prime of life, and an old lady.
"Papa, said one tit the girls, "cant
you make those rude boys let the poor
man alone? i he gent it-man ioommi out
of the window, and said: "For shame,
lads, to trouble a helpless old man!
"He's an old miser!" "lie robs the
poor!" "He lives in a garret!" "He
hates everybody!" shouted many eager
voices. I lie old lady looked out and exclaimed:
" Poor Jacoues.! for he it is, I am sure;
how changed! Hut the boys are right;
he is a miser, and never speaks to any
one, if he can avoid it."
"I)o you know him, grandma?" said
one of the young ladies.
" ics.mv dear," replied Annette; mr it
was she. " We were playmates when we
were children. Rut Jacques had a fever,
and after that grew very odd and melan
choly. At last he began to grow penu
rious; and for many years he has been
know n as 4 the miser.' I have not spoken
with him since my marriage which you
know was just fifty years ago to-day
and have only seen him occasionally on
the street."
Two days later a crowd of persons
men, women and children might have
been seen in front of the little dwelling-
house where we first, introduced our
readers to Jacques Guyot and his mot her.
" 1 live next door iliere, said a car
penter, in his shirt-sleeves and without a
hat on his head ;" and mv w ife has seen
no one about the house these two days."
" He promised to call at my store yes
terday," said a grocer, " to pay me some
money, ami he is always prompt in such
matters."
"And he said he would call at my
store to collect the rent," remarked a
tailor; " and be hasn't been near since."
"That's not like him," added another.
"'Something's wrong when Jacques Guyot
sn t on hand to receive the money.
An officer bad arrived: and they pro
ceeded to force 1te lock of the front
door. There was a strong iron bolt in
side; and the entrance was effected with
some difficulty. Nothing was found in
the first room but a parrot, which seemed
to be delighted to see the ik w-coiiu rs.
" Poor Jacques!" it said," poor Jacques!"
Then, on seeing two or three boys in the
crowd, the bird screamed, "Had boys:
vxir Jacques! Had boys; poor Jacques.
f or a minute or two there was a pro
found silence; not a stir or whisper broke
the stillness. The officers then ap
proached the chamber, the door of w hich
was slightly ajar. It was pushed open,
and eagerly the crowd gazed into the
room. There was the old man kneeling
in front of a great iron chest, his head
bent forward and me hand on the edge
of the box, while the other grasped an
old, brown-looking piece of paper. Then
the authorities were sent for, an investi
gation made, and jirom-n-rhal draw n up
to the ellect that the deiunci had come
to his death by heart-disease.
The paper he held w as a very old doc
ument and so faded that it was scarcely
legible. The deceased had, apparently,
taken it out to examine it; and he had
written down at the close of the will
for such it was the amount of his prop
erty, and the manner in which it was invested.
The officer who directed the proceed
ings was a man far advanced in years.
He had been a comrade of Jacques in
their lioyhood, but had lost sight of him
for many years. There were tears in the
old man's eyes as he held up the instru
ment and said, in a shrill and broken
voice, to the motley group which had as
sembled: "My friends and townsmen,
here lies the IkmIv of a man whom the
city ridiculed and despised as a heartless
miser The liovs hooted at him in the
streets, and pelted him with dirt and
stones. People taught their very dogs to
bark at him as he passed. The poor up
braided him, and the rich sneered aDd
pointed the finger of scorn at him as they
rode bv in their coaches. Let hie read
vou his will."
He paused to wipe his spectacles, and
then began in a measured tone
" M arseii.i.es. Aug. 1. 1775.
" When I was a child. I f.-lliliof a fever, and dur
ing niv recovery suffered intensely from tbirst.
There hud been a revere tlroiiL'tit lor mourns,
and the .iter, alw ays pN.r in quality, was almost
wholly exhausted. " At thnt time my mother told
me that manv hundreds of the poorer c lass suffered
iuthesanieway. Shealsotold me that iny father
and manv others hud lost their property by fire,
chiefly because there was an iusufticieut supply of
watertoextmguioh the flames. Eor these reasons
I bequeath all mv property of every kind, after ttc
pavnient of mv just debts and of my funeral cx
pensc-s. to mv native citv of Marseilles, for the pur
pose of providing water-works which shall tupply
the entire community Iree of expense.
Jacquss Owtot."
After a slight pause, Ihe officer con
tinned: "This is the original document,
and is much failed. What I shall now
read was apparently written on the day
of his death, and is very brief:
Am. 1. l-ri.
"By economy Slid industry I bate acquired a
fortune of more than four million francs; Hint I
hereby give and iK-iiuealtl tbe same to the object
aboe named. Jaci Ks tirvoT."
Such is the pathetic story of Jacques
Guyot, the miser of Marseilles. J. It.
Ti il in. ()l? ami Snr for June.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
It is death to breathe steel dust.
Ik your brain is on fire, blow it out.
S T k a l cngravi n gs N ever.
Ik a man is a worm, is a Government
official a red-tape worm?
Pkok. Tyndai.i. says a man can't
breathe after ascending over 25,5(M) feet.
KcoNOMv'is a very good thing ; parsi
mony is economy run to seed.
Tin: greatest truths are the simplest;
and so are the greatest men.
The woman w ho couldn't say boo to a
goose is now trying it on a gamier, (uite
right.
Ik women would spend less lime in
making rullles and tucks and more in
making flower-beds, they would look
handsomer.
The potato-hug is playing a prominent
part down South. What the overflow
lias failed to destroy, these energetic, lil-
tle fellows are sweeping from the face of
the earth.
V pkositctivk mother-in-law up in Knox
County, Ky., joined issue with a young
man w ho declined to t nihil his marriage.
engagement with her daughter. When
she got through with him there was no
longer any breeches of promise.
The smallest circular saws in use are
those employed in (he manufacture of
gold pens, and are a half-inch in diameter.
It is said that some of the sarcophagi of
ancient Egypt bear the marks of having
been hollowed out w ith tools of the crow u'
or cylinder saw order.
As a bride and bridegroom w ere about
to leave Cleveland, a constable stepped
into the car with a new attachment and
seized the bridegroom's beautiful plug
hat. Tin: dishonest groom went on with
his matrimony harchcad.
The ex-Chief of Police in Terre Haute,
Ind., married under nil her unusual cir
cumstances. His sin, less than a do.en
years old, suggested the desirability of a
change in the domes! ic arrangements, and
named Ihe lady he would accept as a step
mother. The ex-Chief sought the lady,
told her what his son had said, ami inti
mated his desire to gratify his son's wish.
1 he lady heard with respect, awakened
her lit lie daughter, received the daughter's
consent, and then gave her own. The
wedding took place the next day.
An experiment in tinier to test Ihe.
strength of stones to resist compression
has been made by placing a cubic, inch
of each between two sleel plates and
charging it with increasing weight tint il
it is crushed. jor convenience sake
this weight is applied by means of a
lever so as to obviate the necessity of
actually handling the hundreds and thous
ands of" pounds required tine or more
sliding weights tin a strong beam being
sullieient. Tin; results of this experi
ment, as given by an exchange, arc cop
ied below. The number of pounds noted
is that which the substance will bear
without crushing: Inferior pale brick,
2,000; common gold brick, 4,MK); hard
brick, 4..iOO; pressed Philadelphia brick.
5,000; New England granite, 11,200;
Italian marble, 12,000.
John Spai.dino, wholives near Pcvely,
Mo., killed six wolves recently. John,
who is a young man about eighteen or
nineteen years of age, was out hunting
when he came to a litter of young wolves
in a hollow t ree in what is known as
" 'Possum hollow." Tin-re were six of the
wolves, supposed lo be about six weeks
ld, and while John was engaged in dis
patching them me two old wolves came
along anil proceeded to buttle for their
young. Spalding's gun would not lire.
and it was only by the liveliest kind l
skirmishing and the aid of three good
dogs that lit; kept the wolves from tear
ing him to pieces; but he finally escaped
unhurt, leaving the old wolves masters
of the field, but with six dead whelps to
tiike care of.
When a Southern Mayor wishes to re
sign his otlicc he writes a let ler which
leaves little doubt in the minds of his
constituents of his sincerity. Here is
what the Mayor of Floreyville, .Miss.,
wrote to Gov. Ames: "I herewith
beg leave respectfully to tender my res
ignation as Mayor of Floreyville, to
which office I was appointed by your
high-headed predecessor, which, with the
infernal greediness for office so charac
teristic, of the American people, I was
green enough to accept. In thus draw
ing off the judicial ermine I am governed
alone by ihe haunting of being inordi
nately rich if I continue to hold this lu
crative position. Perhaps home other
111:111 and brother may be inveigled into
the acceptance of this position, but your
humble servant prefers to retire to the
gushing serenity of private life."
The remains of a woman, w hit h had
reposed in a grave in the cemetery near
Wheeling, W. Va., for six or eight years,
were recently disinterred in order to re
move them to another place. Much diffi
culty was experienced in raising them,
the weight was so excessive. On open
ing the coffin 1 lie body was found from
the neck to the feet to be a perfect spec
imen of petrifaction. The form was full
and sound; the feet, which were incased
in gaiters, filled them as completely us a
living subject, and the hands and anus
w ere plump antl hard as a rot k. The
clothing was in an excellent state of
preservation the fabric proving, when
tested, to be quite strong. The head,
however, had suffered the decay incident
to the period of time it had lain in the
ground. None of the bodies which
restetl in close proximity to this had un
dergone a similar change.
Mark Twain and the Rook Agent.
A l'.WK-rEDDi.Eit visited Mark Twain
at home to get his subscription for a
new work, of which he carried a copy.
He found the genial Mark hoeiny in his
garden. He was kind I v received, ami
asked to take a seat. lie took a scat.
The seat was on top of a fence, the up
permost rail of which was sharp. He.
was not happy w hen he sat down, and he
got no happier as he remained. He re
mained there, too, a very long while, and
.Mr. Twain w as very kind. He talked to
him about the book and itsauthor, whom
he knew; about the pictures and the
letter-press, aud then he branched oil
into other and very deep literary sub
jects, of which the agent knew nothing.
After an hour or so Twain hospitably
asked the agent into the house, and then
he talked to' him some. more. The agent
was getting verv tired and very hungry.
Twain excused" himself for a moment,
and staid away an hour, during which
time the agent suspects he took his
dinner. He came back, and was still
very kind and talked again. It was now
nearly (5 p. m , and the agent had come
about 11 a. m. He had had nothing to eat,
an.l not a word had U-en said about sub
scription, lie grew desperate and asked
Twain if he would subscribe. I think
I will " drawled Twain, " but not to-day
come to-morrow atd we will talk about
it " The agent decamped, and be now
swears though he had a nice time, and
Twain is a good talker that he w ill
never go back again ; no, never.