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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
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VOLUME X,
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1874.
NUMBER 20.
HENRY BCECK,
DEALER IN
SAFES, CHAIRS,
lonngcs, Tables, Bedsteads,
ETC.. ET, ETC.,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
Woodon Coflins
Of all si.es, ready-made, and raid cheap fur cash.
With ninny thanVa for pant patronage, I Invite
all to cull aud examine my
I.AKOK rjTtX'K OF
IIII'llH lll-O 1III1 OollliiK.
j.irlM
MEDICINES
J. H. BUTTERY'S,
On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth.
Wholesale at.d Retail Dealer In
Drus and Medicines. Paints. Oils,
Varnishes. Patent Medicines.
Toilet Articles, etc.. etc.
errilESCRIPTIOXS carefully compounded at
all hour, dav and night. 35-1 y
TW. SHANNON'S
Food, Sale and Livery
STAnTiE.
Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb.
I am prepared to accommodate the public with
houses,
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons,
A.NU
A No. I Hearse,
0a Short Notice and Reasonable Terms.
A II A C 3v
Will Run to the Steamboat Land
inp. Depot, and all parts of
the City, when Desired.
janl-tf
First national Bank
OF Plattsmouth. Nebraska,
Sl'CCESSOU TO
TooMc, IIsiiiiiu Clurlf.
.Tons FlTZiKKALI. .
K. i. Dovev
lollN It Cl.VKK
T. V. Kvanh
President.
Vice-President.
Cashier.
Assistant Caslucr.
This Bank is now open for business at their new
room, corner Main and Sixth streets, and are pre
pared to trausacl a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bonds. Gold, Government
and Local Securities
BOl'dHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
DRAFTS DRAWN.
Available in any part of the t'nited State and in
all the Principal Towus and Cities of Europe.
AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED
MAN LINE aiifl ALLAN LINE
OF f-lTlV3Ii:i5t-s.
"Persons wishing to bring out their friends from
Europe can
rrnrnAsi tickets frox rs
rrin-oiifylt o lInt turnout li.
Excelsior Barber Shop.
.T. C. JJOOsTi:,
Main Street, opposite Brooks House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
ClTTTIXG ciiii.iki:-s HAIR
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And get a boon in a
GO TO THE
Tost Office Book Store,
H. J. STKEIGHT, Proprietor,
TOR TOUR .
Books, Stationery, Pictures, Music,
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Novels,
Song Books, etc., etc.
POST OFFICE Bl3LDI'U,
-tf rLATTSMOUTH NEB.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condensed from Telegrams cf Accompanying Safes,
Monday, August 3. The damage
canned by t lie recent storm in Moravia fur
exceeds the earlier estimates. Eleven vil
lages and two towns have been devastated....
The Secretary of the Treasury has directed
the Assistant Treasurer at New York to .til
trold during the present month as follows:
1,500,X0 on the first and third Thursdays,
and $1,000,000 on the second and fourth.
Thursdays, each, making in all fXft,0(K) . . . .
The Massachusetts I-nocracy are to hold a
SState Convention at Worcester on the lHh of
September.... A fire at Muskegon, Mich., on
the morning of the 1st destroyed about 100
business houses and 200 residences. The
buildings destroyed were mostly frame, aud
iu the oldest part of the city.
Tuesday, Aug. 4. A recent Madritl
telegram announces that the Republicans
have captured the jost of Olot. The Span
ish ('overornent has ordered the dispatch of
Itl.ono additional troops to Cuba. England
and Spain arc said to be in accord nn the
Spanish question and the fleets of both na
tions have been instructed to prevent the
transportation of arms for the Carlists. . . . A
conference was recently held in Saratoga,
N. V., of the agents of the several trunk liues
of railroad, at which it was decided to ap
pnlnt commissioners who should prescribe
the rates of freight between the West and the
seaboard. Mr. Drummoiid was appointed
Commissioner for Chicago and the Northwest,
and Mr. Samuel (Jill for Louisville and the
Southwest. The Commissioners for St. Louis
and Indianapolis have not yet been ap
pointed. The conference decided to cut oil"
the commissions heretofore allowed to agents
....Frank II. Walworth, confined in the State
Prison at Auburn, N. Y., for killing his father,
has been taken to the Insane Asylum for
criminals. He is in a very feeble physical con
dition.... The notorious Lord (iordon Gordon
committed suicide at Fort (iarry, Manitoba,
on the 1st. He was under arrest at the time
on the charge of obtaining goods under false
pretenses, and for bringing stolen goods into
Canada. ...The election in Kentucky on the,
:5d for Clerk of the Court of Appeals and for
various local officers resulted generally ln
favor of the Democrats,
Wednesday, Aug. 5. Reports of
diplomatic rupture between Germany and
France and of armed intervention by Euro
pean powers in Spanish affairs arc. denied
by a recent London dispatch. The founda
tion for these reports was that the German
Government had sent a note to the Versailles
Government protesting against the Pyrenees
being made a Carlist arsenal, and
declaring that unless France maintained neu
trality in Spanish affairs Germany would ask
the other powers to interfere. In conse
quence of this note the French troops on the
frontier had been ordered to prevent uni
formed Carlists from crossing the boundary
....Tn a letter to the Beechcr Investigating
Committee on the 3d Mr. Tilton states that he
will hold no further communication with
them, for the reason that the committee Is
composed of Mr. Bcechcr's friends, appointed
by himself and expected to ac t in his behalf,
assisted by attorneys employed exclusively
for his vindication; he expects no justice,
cither from the tribunal, since it cannot com
pel witnesses to testify, nor from its reporters,
since they do not give impartial reports ; and he
further thinks that the committee has come
at last to he as little satisfactory to the pub
lic as to himself, and that its verdict could
not possibly be based on the full facts, since
the committee have no power to compel wit
nesses nor to verify their testimony by oath,
nor to sift it by cross-examination. lie then
concludes: "For these reasons, which ought
to have moved me earlier, I have at last in
structed my counsel to proceed at once, at
his discretion, to carry my case from your
jurisdiction to a court of law; and in view
of this instruction from mc lie has in turn
instructed me to hold no further communi
cation with the committee except this
present letter of courtesy.". ...The Chi
cago Time says that at an important
council of Western railroad managers, held
in that city, it has been resolved, after con
siderable discussion, to restore ante-panic
rates for the transportation of grain from
the interior to Chicago. This is an increase
of from 10 to 25 per cent, over existing
rates Y dispatch from Omaha. on
the 4th says intelligence had been
received at military headquarters
that Custer's Black Hills expedition
was returning, having fulfilled its orders
At the election recently held in Vicksburg,
Miss., the whites elected their entire ticket by
'JoO majority. There was no disturbance of
any kind. Both whites and blacks polled
their full registered strength. About forty
colored men voted the white ticket and four
w hites voted with the blacks.
Thuhsday, Aug. C. Mr. Gaynor, the
complainant in the suit against Mr. Tilton,
charging him w ith libeling Mr. Beecher, with
drew the complaint on the 5th, stating that
the promotion of truth and justice was the
only motive whL.-h actuated him in bringing
the suit, but since the case w as taken to a
higher court he would retire from the prose
cution. The case was then dismissed. Frank
Moulton appeared before the Beecher In
vestigating Committee on the evening
of the same day, and was examined about an
hour. It was stated that, in compliance with
the request of both Mr. Beecher and Mr. Til
ton, he would appear before the committee on
the evening of the 8th and produce all the
letters and documents iu his possession bear
ing on the case ...A St. Joseph (Mo.)
dispatch of the 4th says the grasshoppers
have entirely destroyed the corn crop
of Western Kansas and Nebraska.
It is doubtful if 1,000 bushels of corn
will be raised in Kansas or Nebraska west
of a line passing from the Natte River, in
Nebraska, through the towns of Humboldt,
Seneca and Manhattan to Wichita, on the
Arkansas River. Hundreds of new set
tlers in Western Kansas and Nebraska are
selling their cattle and household goods
for whatever they will bring, and pre
paring to leave the country. As there
is a good crop of wheat and other
small grain there will be no starvation, but
a great drawback on the business of the
country The Executive Committee or the
Wisconsin State Grange has issued an ad
dress to the Granges of the State, warning
them that an attempt will be made in the
next Legislature to secure the repeal of the
Railroad law, and urging them to resist the
effort On the rth the steamboat Pat Rogers,
running on the Ohio River in the Louisville
Mail Line, when near Aurora, IntL, caught fire
aud burned to the water's edge. The origin of
the fire is attributed to careless smokers
dropping their cigars upon cotton bales. Of
the 100 passengers and crew on board the
steamer from twenty to thirty were lost, and
several others were seriously injured.
Friday, Aug. 7. Spain is said to have
sent a circular note to foreign powers in
which it is claimed that the Carlists, under
the pretext of defending religion, had been
guilty of incendiarism, assassination and
pillage The recent Reform State Conven
tion of Kansas nominated: For Governor,
J. C. Cusey; Lieutenant-Governor, E. II.
Ewingtoii; Secretary of State, Nelson
AblK.tt; Treasurer, Charles F. Koester;
Auditor, G. P. Smith; Superintendent
of - Public Instruction, If. B. Norton;
Attorney -General. J. B. Hallowell; Assistant-Justice
of the Supreme Court, W.
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Extra copies of the II lovnn for ! r H. J.
fltrcltfht, at the Potorncc and U. K. Johuon, cor
ner of .UAla ftud Fifth ctrc ttt.
P. Dontbitt, The following are the main feat
bits of the platform adopted: Maintaining
the inviolability of the right of the State to
control its own domestic institutions; con
demning the present Administration for its
bold defiance of public sentiment and disre
gard of the publin good; Insisting that the
public debt shall be paid in strict compliance
with the law under which it wrfs contracted;
demanding th fcpoal of the National Bank
ing IaV, and the issue of legal tenders inter
changeable for Government bonds totfarliig" a
low rate of intwst; "ivoring the repeal of
the itu on lunilKT and on the necessities
of common life; demanding such legis
lation in regard to railroads as will su.
cure the industrial Interests of the coun
try against monopoly and extortion;
denouncing the Poland law of the last
Congress as Rn outraire jfitt the iilierty of
the prpnn und the individual; protesting
against the Indian policy of the Administra
tion, and favoring the election of President,
Vice-President and Senators by a direct vote
ofthejeople The election in North Cfro
liua for Superintendent of Public lnstnn tk'n.
Congressmen, Judgvs and Solicitors, mem
ber of th Gcrttfrttl Assembly and county offi
cers took place on the 0th. A Raleigh dis
patch of that date saj-s the election passed off
quietly as far as heard from. It was con
sidered certain the State had gone DthuA
cratic by a vote variously estimated ot frin
5,000 to 10,000, with seven Democratic Con
gressmen mil of eight. ...A State Reform
Convention was held at Lansing, Mich., on
the fth, at which a series of resolution-?
was adopted favoring tin? organization of
a National Reform party; in favor of a
currency " that shall not be susceptible to
such contraction or inflation as shall result in
injury to the business interests of the Country ;"
advocating the maintenance inviolate of the
rights of the States; in favor of the one-term
principle for President; declaring that tb
State Legislature has the ritfht to regulate the
fares and freight upon railroads so far as to
protect the public against unreasonable
charges, and that it is the duty of the Legis
lature at once to so change the rate and
mode of taxing railroads that they shall bear
equal burdens with other property tn the sup
port of Government; that the acceptance and
Ue of fnn pnscs by members of the Legis
h'tu're, State officers and Judges of courts of
record, as a practice, is inimical to the
interests of the laboring and producing
classes, etc. A State Central Com
mittee was chosen, consisting of Messrs.
Cook of Hillsdale, Eugene Prlngiw of Jackson,
James B. Upton of CnllioUn, J. W. Turner of
Shiawasse-, and George H. Murdock of Ber
rien County. The committee dec ided to call
a State Convention to meet at Jackson on the
ftth of September. . . .The count)' elections in
Tennessee resulted generally in Conservative
and Democratic victories.
Satcrday, Aug. 8. It is reported that
the French Minister of Foreign Affairs has
complained to the British Government that
Germany was seeking an occasion to quarrel
with France. ...The British Parliament has
been prorogued.... A Washington dispatch of
the 7th says: "The amount of National Bank
notes received for redemption at the Treas
ury to the close of business to-day is 12,
905,427. The amount of legal-tender notes
deposited by National Banks a a ri
serve fund for the redemption or their
notes is $16,770,00(5, and the ixmount of the
circulation of the National Banks outstand
ing to duto Is $350,142,000, so that the whole
5 per cent, reserve required under act of July
20, 1S74, has been deposited with the excep
tion of about f 7i0,000".... The Iowa State
Woman's Suffrage Convention is to be held
at Des Moines on the 9th of September
According to the latest reports nearly or
quite thirty lives were lost by the burning of
the steamer Pat Rogers.... The following
Congressional nominations were made on
the 7th: Republican First Louisiana Dis
trict, J. II. Sypher, renominated; Second
Louisiana, Henry Dibble; Third Louisiana,
C. B. Darrall, renominated. Conservative
First Virginia, Beverly R. Douglass. Anti
Monopoly Ninth Iowa, C. E. Whiting.
Government Finances.
The statement of the condition of the pub
lic debt Aug. 1 is as follows:
$i,sn.228.nr.o
5lUiV-Sx
Six per cent, bonds
Five percent, bunds
Total coin bonds
Lawful money debt
Matured debt".
Lefral-tender notes
Certificates of deposit
Fractional currency
Coin certificates
Interest
Total debt
Cash In Treasury
Coin
Currency
Special deposits held for the re
demption of certificates of deposit,
as provided by law
8L-7a4.2xuriO
S14.HTS.(I0
2.740.K!0
3sa.07.7(rr
5."..t5.(I0O
45.71.7!rj
J.4W.OOO
$2.3S.-.7S.817
$71,113,210
Total in Treasury
Debt less cash In Treasury..
Decrease during the month
53,!rj5,000
.. S143.981.442
. .. S2,141.SOr.375
1.2S3.WW
Bonds issued to the Pacific Railway
Companies, interest payable in
lawful nionev, principal ut-
standing '. SM.fi4i.S12
Interest accrued and not yet paid... :1.117
Interest paid by the United States.. SM,325,3!N
Interest repaid by the transportation
of mails, etc 5,331,28)
Balance of interest paid by United
States 18.994,107
The total ordinary expenditures during the
fiscal year ending Juue 30 were as follows:
CiTil and miscellaneous fi 6n.641.593
War 42.313.927
Navy 30.932.587
Interior Indians 6.692.463
Interior Pensions 29.038.414
Interest on the public debt 107.1 19.813
Premium on the public debt 1.395.073
Total $387,133.8171
Being $3,211,372 less than for the previous fiscal
year.
THE MARKETS.
August 7, 1874.
NEW YORK.
Cotton. Middling nplai d, 16T(tl7c.
Lite Stock. Beef Cattle $10.305.12.75. nogs
Dressed, $9.0bSj9.12'i. Sheep Live, $4.25SJ.25.
Bbeaostufts. Flour Good to choice, 5.85
6.20; white wheat extra, $fi.30(56.60. Yheat No.
2 Chicago, $1.24-31.27; Iowa spring, $1.2o1.28;
No. 2 Milwaukee spring, $1.23.1.31. Kye West
ern and State, 3c,$1.05. Barley .
Corn Mixed Western afloat, 808.?lc. Oats
New Western, 7585c.
Provisions. Pork New Mess, $24.0025.00.
Lard 13-413?4C.
Wool. Common to extra, 4566c.
CHICAGO.
Litb Stock. Beeves Choice, $5.756 00;
good, $5.0005.50; medium, $1.504.75; butch
ers' stock, S3.a24.25; stock cattle, $3.00
4.00. Hogs Live, S6-40. Sheep Good
to choice, $4.255.00.
Provisions. Butter Choice, 26-)0c.
Fresh, 12413c. Pork Sew Mess,
24.50. Lard $13,624(2.14.00. .
Breaostuffs. Flour White winter
$5.75(3.7.75; spring extra, $5.0Or7i5.75.
Spring, No. 2, $1.04tf?1.0o. Corn No. 2, 65
6.66c. Oats No. 2, S7(g.4ec. Barley No. 2,
$1-03(31-04. Rye No. 2, 73fS74c.
Wool. Tub-washed, 4552c.; fleece,
4o44c; fleece, unwashed, 31X&33c.;
87&39c.
LrnBIB.-First Clear, $50.00g.53.n0;
Clear, $17.0o$19.50; Common Boards.
12.00; Fencing, fl0.5O12.00; "A
$3.23a3.50; Lath, $2.252.374.
CINCINNATI.
Breadstufts. Flonr S5.105.i. Wheat
$1.08. Corn-4a65c. Rye 80c. Oats 45250c.
Barley &
Provisions. Pork $23.75324.00. Lard
13lt&15c.
ST. LOUIS.
Livb Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, fl.50
6.00. Hogs Live, $3.75&7.00.
Ejrss
$24.00
extra.
Wheat
washed,
pulled,
Second
, $10.50?i
Shingles,
Breadstuffs. Flour XX Fall, $.V0O5.25.
Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $1.121.15. Corn No.
2, 63634c. Oats No. 2, 40&17'ic. Kye No. 2,
75(677c. Barley
Provisions. Pork Mess, $33.50(2,31.00. Lard
-13S13'tC.
MILWAUKEE;
Bar Aof f rr-. ttori p"inft xJf, i5.forri5.6d,
Wheat Sprlnir No. 1, $1.1H1.19; No. 2 fl.li
l.ll. Com No. 2, 6lrtj65c. Oats NO. 2, 51$
52. Bye SO. 1, ?ltj,5c. Early-JTd: 2, f l:o..i
I .OK:
DETROIT.
Breadstuffs. Wheat Extra, $1.2C1.27.
Corn !&70c. Oats 43t2,15c.
TOLEDO.
BitEAnsTCFfs Wheat -Ambrr Mich., fl.iTi
1.11; No. 3 Red, $1.13,1.1 1!. C'oril-Mixl'd,
67!J68HC. Oats -t5ir.Ci
ITEVBLAflP:
Breadstuffs Wheat No. 1 Red, $1.1 KTtl-15 1
No. 2 Red, $1.111.12. Corn 7273c. Oats
43J5c.
BUFFALO.
Live Stock. Beeves $5.00(6.62', J. Ilogs
Live, $6.2X27.05. Sheep $4.(KV5.00.
ftAsf LiliERTY.
Liv Stock. Beeves Best. $6.006.30; me
dium, $5.505,5.90. . llos Yorkers, $6.00
6.70; Philadelphia, $7.40r?i!60Tr Sheep Best,
5.0O35.50; medium, $1.001.73.
Thfc Steamer Pat Kogtri, Ilannlng
lietwren Lnuitfville mid Cincinnati,
Iturnrd lo the Water'a KAfie Pour
teen Person Kiml a. tVAter or a
Klery Dali interestina .Narrative
by One of the Survivors.
At live o'clock on the morning of Aug. 5,
the steamer Pat Rogers of the T-ooisviHr
Mail Coioiiany' lint, plying between Louis
ville, Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio, was burned
to the water's edge. The fire originated
from the carelessness of some men who sat
until late at ol'b rtVU'.liiiig oil neck near a
t'uttiher of cotton bales. The lire was not
discovered until the steamer was within a
mile of Aurora, Ind., on her way up the
river from Louisville. The scene that ensued
was terrible. Before any material help t'ould
be afforded them the intn.'U'- Pf he lhiiit;s:
robin AVt'rt! surrounded by a wall of
lire from which there was no avenue
of escape. The male passengers were par
alyzed by excitement or cowardice, some of
them fighting like beasts for a board or stick
of timber with which to convey their car
easses to the shore, ami paid no ftttt'iititm Id
the shrivhs rif the burning women.
Dr. Turpin, of Washington, D. C, who was
one of the passengers, relates how lie es
caped in the whirl aud confusion f
the panic-stricken passengers: He went
forward to tb bow, having tm tliily
his shirt and drawers. By the use of
ropes that were laying near him he let him
self down in the water at a point nearest the
shore. The current being swift, he drifted
down a half mile or more before he could
effect a lauding. Behind were four or five
others, among them a deck hand
floating on a mattress. The doctor, tnMnH
the lead, reached hind, followed by the others.
Here ha found two or three of the survivors,
while above and below, for a stretch of nearly
a mile, those saved were gathered in groups,
some partly clothed, others left with only
their nijrht ffarments ?m
The register of the steamer was destroyed.
Fourteen dead bodies had been recovered up
to the Cth, and more than that number were
missing. . Among the survivors many are
noire or less seriously burned.
Mr. G. W. Baker, of Cincinnati, who was
one of the survivors, furnishes the foHowihg
Interesting stntetucntl
I had gone down on the Pat Rogers to
Louisville, and left Louisville on my way back
to Cincinnati Tuesday evening. I was given
the second state-room from the bow on thu
port side. I went to bed about ten o'clock. I
was awakened early ln the morning ly hear
ing some one runulnu' over the hurricnm?
deck over my head. The next tiling 1 kni'w
my room-mate, who was occupying the lower
berth, got up, ojiencd the door into the cabin,
came back, tapped me on the back and told me
the boat was on tire. This must have been
about fifteen minutes to five o'clock, for my
watch stopped five minutes later when I was
in the water. I rose at once, opened the door
lookinjrout upon the guards, and saw that the
boat was heading toward the Indiana shore.
Then I returned to my state-room, dressed
myself, putting on all my clothes but my
drawers, my shoes and hat, and, with the rest,
took a life-preserver. I was very cool. I am
naturally excitable, but I knew if I suVctl
myself Iliad got to keep my wits ahout me.
After I was dressed I looked out into the
cabin. I could see but very little, for the rear
part of the cabin was full of smoke. I saw
one lady wearingonly her night-dress running
to and fro in the cabin utterly fear-stricken.
She was carrying a babv. and kept calling re
peatedly: 'Father! Father!' Whether she
was saved or not I don't know. I may as well
say here that the ladies I saw seemed to have
lost all presence of mind. I didn't see
any one that had on a life-preserver.
Some men who had secured preservers
had put them on wrong, iu their
panic. I then returned to my state-room,
took my valise and went out upon the guards.
I noticed the boat was no longer heading to
ward the Indiana shore, but her prow was
swinging slowly around toward Kentucky.
You ask me how far we were then from the
shore T I couldn't say. It looked mighty
near. AVe were in the channel, and the cur
rent was setting strongly from the Kentucky
side to Indiana. I knew by the turning of
the boat that either the rudder had been
burned on" or that the pilot had left the
w heel-house. I walked along the guards un
til I came to the stairs. I went down, and
then walked right on toward the bow of
the boat. At this time I began to pre
pare to jump into the water. I looked
hack toward the stern, and saw that the
flames were within twenty or thirty feet of
me. I thought it better "to drown" than to
burn, so I took otr my hat and shoes, laid
down my valise, tied on my life-preserver like
a jacket, and I was ready for the water. I
noticed that the current was very strong and
there was also a strong eddy. Men who struck
out for the Indiana shore seemed to be unable
to get far away from the boat. They would
be driven or sucked back toward it. I saw as
many as eight make the attempt and fail.
Moreover, the flames were coming up close to
the liow. I saw that I had got to swim around
to the bow of the boat to save my life from
the eddy. I don't know how I did it, but
swimming conies by instinct to me. I
kept my legs moving'all the time, for I knew
that I had to hare them going to keep up, and
besides I was afraid of the cramps. W hen I
got near to the Kentucky shore the flames
were close upon me. This blister you see on
my face is the result of them. I had to keep
throwing water on my head to keep from be
ing burned. Two miles below the place
where the accident occurred I was picked up
by two men who put out in a skill. I was be
coming exhausted aud was getting very cold.
You see, I had been in the channel a long
while and the water there was cold.
Personal unselfishness covers a multi
tude of sins. What a cloak for all
weathers, all journeys, is this splendid
garment! How the wearer of it is sought
as a companion for a walk or for a voy
age! How delightful is he in the family
circle! What a reflex of our own moods,
be they grave or gay! Such characters,
informed and ennobled, become the real
saints of the world ; weakened or debased,
they are still dear to us; an unselfish per
son, he he saint or sinner, In a palace or
prison, has friends and lovers, which the
self-conscious person fails to gain, even
though in his determined walk in his pre
meditated course he may move our re
spect, our admiration and even our envy;
he does not gain our love. Appteton'a
Journal.
A Connecticut girl twelve years old
tried to starve herself to death because
her beau deserted her, but at the end of
the second day was induced to give it up
by the promise of a slice of bread and
butter with sugar on.
A man who chews tobacco finds diffi
culty when he comes to choose a wife.
-1 SEA-DliEAlt.
BT JOHN O. WUITTIER.
Wit saw the slow tide go and come.
The curviiia M'rf lliiCN IIl-ImIv 'nivi;n.
The crav focks touched with tender bloom
Henes'th the fesb-hlown rosn of data.
We saw in richer siinset lot
The somber pomp of showery noons;
And slirn'i! pectril srtils that crossed
Tbe ve'kd, low l'rht of sea-born moon1".
On stormy eyes from cliff and head
We saw the white spray tossed and spurned;
While, over all, in gold and red.
Its face of tire the light-house' turned.
The rail-car broui;M It daily crowd;
Half rurhi'ix, half tiditfcet!f,
L'fce iit-r Hn'l" of Ih'at'n )1u's: .
We i-aw them as they came' and went.
But, one calm niorniiiz. as w lay,
, .4 lid wutched the mirage-lifted wall
Of coast, across thff ('reainy bay,,
Aud heard afar the curies Cu.i,
Aud nearer voices, wild or tame.
Of airy flock and childish throng.
Up from the water's cdire there came
Faint snatches of familiar sous.
Careless we heard the singer's choice
Of old and common airs : at last
The tender pathos of his voice
Iu one low chausou held us fast.
A song that mtnjrled joy and pnhn
And memories, old rtiid snillj- ec' ;
I'!!?, tiniiii to it minor strain.
The waves in lapsing cadcucu beat.
The waves are triad in breeze and sun,
The mcks are fringed with foam;
J ,llr rnv ii'i'a htiiintd sLorc,
A stranger, yet at home
A laud of dreams 1 roam !
Is this the wind, the soft sea-wind.
That stirred thy locks of brown?
Are tbe.su the rocks whose mosses knew
i lie tiail oi tny liiriit gown
Where boy and girl sat down?
I see the gray fort's broken wall,
The boats that rock below;
And. out at sea, the passing snil
V e saw so long ago,
Bose red in the morning's glow.
The freshness of the curly time
On every breeze is blown;
As glad the sea, as blue the sky
Th cnaiH'e Is ours aione j
The saddest is my own!
A stfallgef lid, A worlrt-worn man,
Is he who bears my name;
But thou, melhinks, whoso mortal lift
Immortal youth became.
Art evermore the same.
Thon art not here, thou art not there,
Thy plaee I cannot see;
I only know that where thou art
The liU'ss-rt ntiHs e, ,
And lieavcu is glad for tiled.
Forgive me if the evil years
Have left on me their siu'n;
Wash out, O soul so beautiful.
The many stains of mine
In tears of love diviue!
Oh: t tln to me tllat.rtea'ePt ,faf
lif all thy sea-born town;
The wedded roses of thy lips.
Thy loose hair rippling down
lu waves of gulden brown!
Look forth once more through space and time,
And let thy sweet shade fall
In tendcrcFt" grace of soul and form
On memory's frescoed wail-,
A shadow, and yet all I
i)F.iv neaf. more near, forever dear!
Where'er I rest or roam.
Or in the crowded city streets
Or bv the blown sea-foam.
The thought of thee is home!
At,.brenktt boir t. sing"r read .
'liie citvnews, with comment wisp.
Like one "who felt the pulse of trade
Beneath his finger fall and rise.
His look, his air. his curt speech told
The man of action, not of hooks.
To whom the corners msde in s"M
And stocks were more than sea-side nooks.
Of life beneath the life confessed
Ills roii'4 had hinted unawares
Of flowers in tra file's ledger, pri S'i'd,
Of human hearts in Bulls and Beafs.
But eves in vain were turned to watch
That face so hard and shrewd and strong;
And ears in vain grew sharp to eaten.
The meaning of that morning soilg.
In vain sonic sweet-voiced querist sought
To soitnd him, leaving as stio came;
Her baited allium only cailgM
A common, uuromautic name.
?so word betrayed the mystery fine
That trembled on the singer's tongue;
He came and went, and left no sign
Behind him save the song he sung.
Atlantic Monthly for A"jit.
AN INCIDENT OF RUSSIAN COURT
LIFE.
It wa In the year 1741. Elizabeth, the
daughter of Peter the Great, who inher
ited from her father only his weaknesses
and barbarousness, by an unparalleled
palace revolution had conquered the Kus
sian throne and began, in her half-civilized,
fantastic way, to reign as a thor
ough despot. Very naturally, those cruel,
lawless excesses in which Russian court
history is so rich were very frequent un
der her government. One of the most
remarkable cases of this kind, and one
which gives us a very good idea of the
unbridled license of the Russian court
100 years ago, is the subject of the fol
lowing narrative :
The Empress, conscious of being the
handsomest woman in the Empire, sur
rounded herself with a bevy of the pret
tiest women she could find among the
Russian nobility, who served only as a
worthy background for the brilliancy of
her majestic charms.
Among the young ladieS who graced
the imperial palace there were two who
vied with each other for the palm of
beauty the Princess Gagarin and Made
moiselle d'Olsufierd. It was not easy to
decide between them, for two women
more unlike in personal appearance could
hardly be imagined. The Princess Ka
tinka Gagarin was a tall, willow-like
blonde, with a complexion that might be
likened to moonlight tinted with the odor
of roses. Nadeschda d'Olsufierd, on the
contrary, was a brunetie, with a pair of
fiery black eyes, and had a luxurious fig
ure, rather below the medium height.
For a long time each one seemed to
have about an equal number of parti
sans; but, finally, the Princess succeeded
in becoming a special favorite of the
Empress, while at about the same time
the handsomest, most elegant and most
lioiized cavalier at court, Count Dimitri
Strogonoll, offered her his hand.
The rivalry of the two young ladies
had long since begotten in the breasts of
both a sort of hatred for each other,
which, now that the Princess seemed to
be the victor, became more apparent ;
especially was this true on the day that
Count Strogonoff and Katinka were pre
sented at court as acknowledged lovers.
Mademoiselle d'Olsufierd on that day
appeared in a rose-colored atlas dress,
trimmed with white lace, and, concealing
her chagrin behind a cheerful, indifferent
mien, suddenly touched her rival on the
shoulder, and asked:
" How do you like my dress?"
"I like your dress very much," replied
the Princess, ' but not on you it does
not become you, my dear Xa'deschda."
"And why not, "if I may ask?" cried
the little brunette, crimson with indig
nation. "Because the delicate rose-color does
not harmonize with your Moorish com
plexion and your high colored cheeks,"
said the Princess. " When one is as
beautiful as the Empress it is not neces
sary to be particular about cut or color,
but we who are only pretty cannot afford
to disregard such things."
" So, in your eyes, I am as black as a
Moor, and, like a peasant-girl, have
cheeks as red as a beet?" stammered
Mademoiselle d'Olsufierd. w ith trembling
lips.
WI13, jNadesehda, how can vou speak
so?" returned the Princess, mildly. " It
was far from my thoughts to say any
thing disagreeable."
" Oh, how kind, you are!" replied the
fiery brunette, turning away half-suffocated
with rage.
The '-standers laughed, while the
Empress" w ho luut oo"L'cf!' the cjompli
ment the Princess paid her, noddcu in.?
satisfaction.
Nadesclula, meanwhile, left the nssetu
My, ltd relumed to her own apartments.
Her she tore the rich nils r..h. which
jia bH'ri the niedns of her self-ltH'C
IJt'hig rv oVcjily wounded. Into pieces,
arid then threw herself, etching; cn an
Ottoman;., After a while she dried lief
Wps and begau to mutter maledictions,
and then to reflect. ud'Wlr she became
perfectly calm and then absolutely rsd"
ant. fcShe had evidently come to some de
termination, or formed some pjiin w ith
nMell ehe was gt'e;Uy pleaded. She im
mSl'i'e?r f'edereti her SatUUe-llorfC,
dressed herself and lode Uvl.
The following day Nadeschda reap
peared at the Empress' lecee, and seemed
cheerful as usual, except that she
seemed to he somewhat p"rrnpcd. and
to be looking for some one. ior Uid si.c
appear to rind the object of her search
until Cupt Strogonoff entered; from this
liioiiicni tiio oftViided bcpvtir had do eyes
but for him. This his vauity was llc.'t
slow to observe, and he was weak enough
to be attracted by her coquetry. Thus
encouraged. Ntuleschda lost no opportu
nity to drew the ''''cvdolj. her rival toward
her, aud so unmindful oi appCui'tfilce? did
she soon become in evincing a partiality
for the Count's society that it was but a
few days before her apparent infatuatiou
tf"a. the fubject of freijuciit remark. The
part played bv the Count flattered hint
not a little. lie did not suspect that he
w as simply allowing himself to be caught
in the net of a revengeful woman. At
firrt he f?lt fn'ncbn!f akin to pity for
her, then his pity became interest, fiud
finally his interest became infatuation;
he was overjoyed, therefore, when he re
ceived the assurance that his love was re
tlillicu. Whither this double relation to ilie
lovely rivals would lead, Strogonoff had
scarcely paused to ask himself. The
Princess, not suspecting the faithlessness
of her belroibcu, Was desirous although
her parents were dead of celebrating
her nuptials on her estate, and to have
llie ccienloT'y performed in the little
church of the neighboring tllli'?.- To
this end she repaired thither, accompa
nied by the best wishes of the Empress
and her court, leaving the Count in the
capital, where his olllclal duties and cer
ta'd piiva'e. jntter detained Id ill.
The wedding-day canie, arid Uid Priii'
cess stood before her dressing-bureau in
her bridal robe, while her old nurse en
circled her handsome brow with the usual
mvrtle-wreath, when, instead of the
Ijildegtorinl, file of hi servants arrived
wil,h a letter, which the Princess glanced
at Hastily and then fell lifeless to the
ground. .
Two weeks later the Princess received
news of Strogonoff's marriage with Mad
emoiselle d'Olsufierd, and at the same
time a letter from her victorious rival
containing the simple words, " Iai re
tuiicbe d' I'lir f wit H (The revenge of
woman.)
Five years had passed since this sad
day for the Princess. The unfortunate
girl had passed them far from the court
and the gay world at her chateau near
Pertisow, She lived in strict seclusion,
so occupied in perfecting lier knoWlcd?
of the popular studies of her generation
that she acquired the soubriquet of the
" Philosopher." While thus employed,
she was one day surprised by the news of
the death of CUuilt StrcgopdV. Son af
terward she reappeared at the capital,
where she was heartily welcomed by her
imperial mistress and her court.
She seemed to have boned her melan
choly and misanthropy in the grave (If
the man she had once loved, for she np
peared as gay, as sunny and as amiable
as formerly, and the Empress found it
easy to retain her at court. Nadeschda,
the widow of Count Strogonoff, spent the
first year of her widowhood in traveling
through Gernlany, France ond Italy, af
ter which she also returned to tiitj capi
tal. Everyone was naturally very curi
ous to sec how the former rivals would
meet, but all were destined to be disap
pointed. The Princess seemed to have fully for
given the perfidy of which phc had been
the victim yes, even to have forgotten
it, for when she met the widowed Count
ess she hastened to clasp her in her arms,
as she would a dear old friend, and
kissed her affectionately. The Countess,
although surprised at the Princess' man
ner, strove to be not less cordial than
she; the consequence was that within a
few weeks the two women, who had
been supposed to be the bitterest ene
mies, became Intimate friends. Indeed,
their love for each other's society went
so far that they decided to spend the hot
summer months together at the Princess'
chateau. The big traveling-coach of the
Princess, therefore, brought the two la
dies to Perusow.
It was late in the evening when they
arrived. The two friend took their tea
together, and then each retired to her re
spective apartments, which were in op
posite wings of the chateau. When the
Princess felt certain that the Countess
had retired, she sent for a young man to
come to her, and with him had a long in
terview. Upon leaving her they tarried
a moment at the door.
" Be sure, now, that you remember
all my injunctions," said the Princess,
"and do not forget, Sergius, that
it is to me you owe everything
your education and the enviable posi
tion you occupy; and, further, do not
forget that I can richly reward you if
you are obedient, severely punish you,
trample on you as I would on a worm, if
you dare to act contrary to my instruc
tions." He bowed low and left her.
1 he following morning, after the ladies
had finished their breakfast, Sergius mod
estly entered the room.
"Allow me to present to you a distant
relation," said the Princess to Nadeschda
" Sergius Iwauowitsch PaulolT, a young
man whose amiability is onl3' equaled by
his modesty."
Sergius would have attracted the Count
ess' attention had the Princess not taken
the trouble to give a recommendation.
He was so handsome, his manners were
so polished and his accomplishments so
varied, that there were few cavaliers of
his time to whom he would not have
proved a formidable rival.
The proposition of the Princess to ride
out was readily seconded by Nadeschda.
When the horses were brought, Sergius
hastened to assist the Countess into the
saddle; and, as she placed her foot in his
hand, a close observer would have no
ticed that a momentary blush suffused
her cheeks.
When the ladies returned to the cha
teau the susceptible heart of theCountess
had warmed sensibly toward their gallant
cavalier, a circumstance which she made
no effort to conceal from the Princess.
Indeed, she used every means, resorted
to all the arts of coquetry, to captivate
the young man, and she succeeded. That
very night Sergius stood under her win
dow w ith his guitar, and sang, after the
fashion of the Spanish knights of old, a
song full of love and rapture; and the
Countess appeared at the window, re
splendent in the soft light of the rising
moon, and nodded her satisfaction to the
ardent swain below.
The following day the Princess left the
lovers a great deal alone together. The
morning she pretended to devote to her
correspondence, and in the afternoon she
visited some distant portion of her es
tates, accompanied by her steward. To
ward evening Sergius and the Countess
strolled together through the park adjoin
ing the chateau. Arriving at a Chinese
pavilion that crowned a little Ml', they
entered. Before they left it Sergius de
cbrl his love.
" Sergiu'S," jMrmured the Countess, as
he knelt at her feet, "I tD not keep you
in suspense. My heart and niy hffid are
free they arc both yours, if you would
hav1 It so."
" Mow caul venture to aspire so high?"
replied Sergius, still on hi knees; "yes,
cii I think of eter calling one of your
birth and wealth hiin" My poverty and
low birth make it almost ft cririte t raise
my eyes to one so far above me."
" Bui wlicn I tell, you, Sergius," replied
the Countess, smiling, "that 1 have no
mind to marry a money-bag or a coat of
arms; that I am content with you as you
are, without either title or fortune?"
" r oi io earnest, truly in earnest,
Nadeschda? '
" Incredulous man! How Can I prove
to you my sincerity?"
it the Princess? she will never con
sent to our Uu!or."
"Is she not my filtt'd?" replied the
Countess.
"Ob. I k now her she will be iuimovrt'
ble,". said .Set kill?.-
"And if. she is, then we Will dispense
with her consent."
"That is impossible."
"How, are you so dependent upon
her?''
"She is my benefactress."
" Well, let us first see what she says,"
concluded the Countess.
That evening Nadeschda told her friend
that she loved Si r'u anil would marry
hint.
"Impossible!" replied the Princess.
" Impossible! and why?"
" Nver could 1, as your friend, con
sent to a iiiilcm fo far beneath you
never!" replied the Princess, ln a tone so
imperative that the Countess thought It
best, for the present, at least, to drop the
silt!) ret.-
When, however, she missed Sergius
the next morning at breakfast, she could
not refrain from asking after him.
" Believe me, Nadeschda, the sooner
vou forget him the better," replied the
Princess.
" Because he is poor, I suppose?"
" Yes, and then he has no title. Let us
say no hhrre n.hut him."
"But where is heir" asked the Count
ess. " I have sent him away."
"Where?"
" To mi tale I have some distance
from here; tie 1311 fr?-t you, and you
him," replied the Princess.
" Never!" cried the Countess.
"We shall see," replied the Princess,
with an almost triumphant smile.
For the next few days the Countess
pretended to be contelit, iti! sh never
ceased to do all in her power to discover
toC Thereabouts of the exiled Sergius.
Finally she succeeded in bribing one of
the Princess' maids, and In po ess her
self of the secret. She now gave put
that certain important matters rendered
her presence in the city necessary; and
the Princes'", under whose instructions
the maid had laved the traitress, made
no opposition to fier friend1" departure.
The Countess really went first to the
city. There she sent the Princess' coach
back home and then set about making
preparations to free her lover from his
bondage.
Sergius was strolling along the edge
of a field, in the outskirts of the village
to which the Princess had sent
bim, gathering, poppies and corn
flow tf!, nd winding them into a
fantastic wreath, when the Countess
suddenly stood before him, but not so un
expected as she supposed.
"Nadeschda!" he cried, and was about
to throw himself at her feet, when she
clasped him in her arms.
"lhuv do you come here?" stammered
Scrgliif.
" No matter, since 1 tun here," whis
pered the Countess. " Why I have come
is of more importance. Yonder, just be
hind that clump of trees, stands ill' coach
ready to take tls to the city, where, in the
chapel of my palace, tile priest awaits
us. It is usual for the cavalier to steal
away his lady-love; we, however, will
reverse the order to-day the lady-love
steals away the cavalier."
What, you have come?"
"To carry vou off," latiehed t lie Count
ess. " Come, don't take too long to re-rlec-t
let us be gone before we are dis
covered," and she took his arm and led
him toward her coach.
" Now you are mine," said the Count
ess, when they were seated and on the
rotid, " and no power on earth shall tear
you from mc!"
They jested and chatted until the
coach drove through the portal of the
Countess' palace and drew up at its
broad narble landing. Serfs in rich
liveries hastened forward to assist their
mistress to alight. She, however, scarce
ly heeded them, nor did she wait to
change her dress; but, covered with dust
as she was, she hastened to the chapel
with her lover, and seemed then only
calm and confident when the priest had
made them husband and w ife.
Strange! As they left the altar, while
the Countess was Hushed from excite
ment and radiant with delight, Sergius
looked unutterably sad, and was pale to
the very lips.
" What is the matter what ails you, my
love?" asked Nadescha, tenderly.
"Nothing, nothing !" replied Sergius,
and he made an etlcrt to be cheerful.
After a hasty repast the newly-married
pair again entered their coach, and
immediately left the city.
The sudden marriage of the rich and
beautiful young Countess very naturally
created a sensation. The Empress was
incensed that the marriage should have
taken place without her knowledge and
consent, while the indignation of the
Countess' family knew no bounds. There
was one person only who was pleased
with the Countess' choice the Princess
Katinka Gagarin ; and she was more than
pleased, she was delighted.
And why? We shall see.
The Countess and her new husband
remained away two months. AVith the
approach of winter they turned toward
home. Immediately after their return
clouds began to threaten for the young
wife ; her relations and friends kept aloof
from her; and when she sought to throw
herself at the feet of the Empress for
forgiveness she was not received-
The Princess Gagarin, despite the in
clemency of the weather, still remained
in the country. To her Nadeschda now
hastened, accompanied by her husband.
Contrary to her expectation, the Prin
cess received her most cordially, and
even volunteered to become her inter
cessor with the Czarina.
After installing her guests in the best
apartments in her chateau the Princess
set out for the capital on her self-imposed
mission of reconciliation. In a few days
she returned, w ith the object of her visit
accomplished. It had been arranged
that the Princess should give a at her
chateau, that the Empress ihould honor
it with her presence, and that Nadeschda
should avail herself of the opportunity
thus offered to throw herself at the feet
of her august mistress and implore her
pardon, which the Empress had promised
to grant.
The Countess was very demonstrative in
thanking her self-sacrificing friend, but
the Princess seemed to think rather of
her preparations for the proposed file
than of listening.
The day came, and coach after coach
arrived from the capital, bringing the
Princess her distinguished truests. Last
of all the beautiful Czarina, enveloped
in rich furs, descended from her coach,
and raised the Princess, w ho knelt to re
ceive her august guest, and kissed her
fifie'tlonatciy.
Alter the Empress had changed her
dress the noble company repaired to th
grand banquet-hall o"f the chateau.
Elizabeth, who wore a violet-blue vel
vet robe, trimmed with ermine, never
looked more beautifully, or seemed to bu
in better spirit.
She had been seated but a few mo
ments when the Prince approached,
leading the penitent Nudest lid.. At sight
of her Elizabeth frowned visibly; luf,
hen the Couutcss threw herself, weep
ing, at her feet, she reached "d her hand
and said, u Idle a strange, ironic smilo
encircled her lips: "Vou are forgiven,
Nadeschda but w here Is your husband?
I would wu him."
There w as in the mien of the Czaritia,
much as she endeavored to conceal it,
something which showed clearly that
she had deliberately undertaken the part
which she played in the sccue that was
about to be enacted.
" He shall immediately appear in obe
dience to your -Majesty's command,"
said the Princess, at the same time giv
ing Nadeschda a place beside hcr.-Hlf at
the table.
At that moment Sergius entered the
hall with the Princess' servants, but
not in court costume no, in a servant's
costume, his hair cut like that of ;
serf. Unbidden, he approached the Em
press, a bottle of Burgundy in hi hand
a w ine of whith she was very fond.
" Sergius! the meaning of this?"cricd
Nadeschda.
"The meaning of this is," replied the
Princess, rising and speaking so that all
could hear, " that the time has come for
whull I have so long and patiently
waited the time when 1 can punish u
perfidious woman! That man there, Ser
gius Paulolf, the husband of the Countess
Strogonoff, is my serf, my slave!"
The Empress laughed, seemingly
greatly amused by the scene, while tho
Countess uttered a cry of horror and de
spair, and sank into her seat; hut she
quickly arose again, and sprang toward
Sergius. " It cannot be," she cried; " it
is impossible! Speak, Sergius!"
"It is as my mistress says," replied
Sergius, looking down with shame.
" Wretch!"' exclaimed the CoUuti ss,
and turned away utterly crushed.
"Do as I bade you," said the Princess.
Sergius approached the Empress to till
her glass; but his hand was unsteady ami
he poured some of the Burgundy on hei
robe.
"How awkward!" exclaimed Eliza
beth; and, at the same moment, the
Princess dealt him two blows with the
palm of her hand on the check.
".Miserable slave!" she cried, "you
shall pay dearly for that. Take him aud
give him a hundred lashes."
The servants seized Sergius, who made,
no effort to resist, aud dragged him away.
" -Mercy!" cried the Countess. " Mercy
for mv husband!"
" No, my beautiful Countess, never!
The word ' mercv does not exit in our
vocabulary," replied the Princess, exult
antly, rrra nrft6 ' une J'timitr,' you
know, is cruel."
"Oh, mercy, mercy, Katinka!" cried
the Countess, throwing herself at her
rival's feet.
The Princess' only reply was a laugh.
Nadeschda sought to rise, to hasten af
ter Sergius, but she sank fainting to
the floor, and w as carried away insensible
to her apartments.
"Now I tisk that Sergius may ! par
doned," whispered Elizabeth to her host
ess. " It is far from my intention to really
have him whipped," replied the Princess;
"but she must think that her husband
writhes under the knout."
Tho guests have all left the chateau;
the Princess sits in her boudoir on an
ottoman ; before her kneels Sergius.
" Vou have played your part well,"
says the Princess. " You have done my
training all honor, and you shall be re
warded with the haul of your little
Kascha, whom you have so long loved
and wauled to marry."
Sergius bows humbly, and kissex his
mistress' hand to express his gratitude.
The Countess vainly offered enormou
sums to free her husband from the power
of his enemy- When she saw that en
treaties, threats and oilers were alike
fruitless; that the Prim ess was absolute
ly relentless, she retired with a broken
lieart to a convent, where she died w ithin
1 he year.
The day on which the Princess learned
that Nadeschda was dead she gavo
Sergius his freedom, and soon afterward
she presented him with a modest compe
tence that enabled him to marry 1 he
woman of his choice. Front, thn Ucnunn.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Mat iii.ksh maid the kitchen girl out
of lucifers.
A i.katiikk braid for binding dresses
is in the market.
A doctor's motto is supposed to be:
Patients and long suffering.
To kkkp a lawn fresh and velvety, cut
it once a week witli a lawn-mower.
What is that from which if you take
the whole some will remain? Whole
some. San F'i-ancisco now pays women
teachers in the public schools the same
salaries as men.
How many troubles might mankind be
spared if they would only stop to hear
each other's explanations.
Tiik man w ho w ent to sleep on the rail
road track found his rest was a good deal
broken and his leg, too.
Tiik man who invented the buzz saw
has done more to depopulate the wortd
than did the ancient Ciesar.
A Cai.ikokma hotel has water-tanks in
the attic and is proposing to cultivate fish
there in sufficient quantity to supply the
boarders.
Of forty schoolma'ams not one could
tell what an abstract question was, but
every one of them understood the mean
ing of pop the question.
A mn in Maine committed suicide by
locking himself into his house, setting
fire to it, and suflering himself to bo
burned alive in it.
Whkn you see a man bend forward
with woe upon his f ice, and hand upon
his stomach, you may know that early
watermelons have arrived.
This reads like a base ball item, but it
isn't any cuch thing: "In clearing out an
old house at Americus, Ga., the other
day, 4?j bats were captured."
Miss Thackekay says the sum of the
evil done by a respectable and easy
going life may be greater in the end,
perhaps, than that of many a disastrous
career.
A Philadelphia girl called a young
man a thief, and when requested by the
mother of the accused to prove the
charge, said he had stolen several kisses
from her.
"I'm not in mournine," said a young
ladv, frankly, to a querist, "but as the
widows are getting all the oilers nowa
days we poor girls have to resort to ar
tifice." The American trade dollars have
gained a wide circulation; at the Cal
cutta mint o:M,000 of them had been
taken in during three months of the
present year.
The way to escape sadness when the
li-dit of one beautiful promise after
another goes out, is to kindle in place
thereof the light of one glorious reality
after another.