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VOLUME X.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 187i
NUMBER 22.
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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Condense! from Telcsrams of Accompany'in Dales.
Monday, Aug. 17. Holland, Italy and
Belgium have recognized tin: Spanish lie
public. . . . A Paris telegram says tin (Jovcnior
of St. Marguerite haw protected hU innocence
of complicity in the ccajw of Marshal Ba
zuiuc. Ki;ht person are in custody on sus
picion of having aided in his em-ape. Both
MhtpIkiI and Madame Iiazuinc have declared
that she alone was roponxilde for hi flight
....A card from Domiun U. Eaton states that
the Civil-Service Commission have not aban
doned their labors in consequence of the re
cent act of Congress in reference to an appro
priation for their expensct, but the Commis
sions still hard at work. ...The Chicago
TrUtune of the 15th lias a report of an
interview between Theodore Tilton and
the peciul correspondent of Unit paper,
In wITieh Mr. Tilton is represented as iirinlv
insisting on the truth of hi charges against
Mr. Ueecher. lie furnished 'tlie correspond
cut with a card on which was written: " His
sworn statement was never thought of by T.
T. till after Beecher had originated the Com
mittee of Inquiry, and after Elizabeth had de
serted her house and Mr. Ovinjrton had pub
lished a card in her behalf, announcing that
she had fjone from him forever. Mr.
Beeeher's npolojry was made six months be
fore T. T. ever saw Mrs. WoodhulP A de
cision has been rendered by Judirc Williams,
of Chicago, in the celebrated Cheney case,
the effect of which is to put the bill of com
plainants out of court, and to declare that the
Kev. Mr. Cheney was not lawfully deposed
from the Episcopal ministry.. . .A very
brilliant meteor, described to be as
larife as the full moon, and almost as bright
as the sun, exploded near Cairo, 111., about
one o'clock on the morning of the 15th. The
explosion shook the earth and houses in the
city and made the windows rattle The
1'rohibitionists have nominated Rev. James
Campbell for Congress in the Fourth and D.
W. (iodman in the Tw entieth Ohio Districts.
Tuesday, Aug. 18. A Washington dis
patch says that up to this date the amount of
circulation withdrawn by National Banks by
the dcjosit of legal tenders is greater than
the amount issued since the passage of
the new law by about tl,0,KX, thus
working a contraction of the cur
rency to that extent. A majority of
the banks thus withdrawing their circulation
are located in the South and West E. A.
Hoyt, of New York, has been appointed a
member of the Board of Indian Commission
ers to till one of the existing vacancies. .. .
One Charles Levy, a Prussian Jew, twenty
two years old, has given himself up to the
authorities at Bloomingtoii, 111., claiming to
be one of the murderers of the New York
banker, Nathan, in 1S70. In his confession
he says he had a partner who insti
gated the crime, but that he (Levy)
killed the victim with a stonemason's
tool, sharp at one end and round and
heavy at the other, while his accomplice com
mitted the robbery, securing between 5,(XM)
and ),(X0 in money and a large amount of
bonds, the greater part of the latter having
since been destroyed. But little credence is
given to this confession, although Levy is
said to be in his right mind. He says he
knows the consequences of his crime, but is
prepared for the worst.
Wednesday, Aug. 19. An investiga
tion into the circumstances' attending the es
cape of Marshal Bazainc has led to the con
clusion that a majority of the guards had
been guilty of connivance, and Bazaine simply
escaped by an open door. .. .Several base-ball
clubs have been formed in the North
of England. .. .The Massachusetts Tie
publican State Convention has been
called to meet at Worcester on
the 7th of October.... The new Constitution
drafted by the convention called for that pur
pose in Ohio was submitted to a vote of the
people of the State on the ISth. The returns
so far received indicate that the Consti
tution has been rejected Twelve
thousand dollars have recently been drawn
from the Iowa State Grange treasury
for the benefit of the grasshopper sufferers
....The Republican State Central Committee
of Arkansas has called a State Convention for
the 15th of September. . . . A man lias been ar
rested at Odell, 111., on suspicion of being one
of the abductors of the stolen Philadelphia
boy, Charley Ross.... The Republicans of the
Thirteenth Indiana District have nominated
John II. Baker for Congress.
Tih'ksday, Aug. 20. It is reported in
Londou that Russia had at last consented
to recognize the Spanish Republic
A recent Washington telegram says, in
relation to a report that the Spanish Govern
ment had agreed to cede to Germany
the island of Porto Rico, in consideration for
the recognition by that power of the Repub
lic of Spain, that "the Executive Department
is not inattentive to this matter, and both
Caleb Cushing, at Madrid, and Mr. Davis, at
Berlin, have the matter on their memoranda
of instructions, and will not fail, at the proper
time, to repeat their Government's opposition
as heretofore privately and officially expressed
by President Grant himself, and also through
the Secretary of State, in maintenance of the
Monroe doctrine" A call has been issued
for a convention of sportsmen, to be
held at Niagara Falls on the !th
of September, for the purpose of
forming a National Sportsmen's Association,
with a view to the protection of fish and
game of all kinds from indiscriminate and
unseasonable slaughter in all sections of the
country. All State sportsmen's associations,
and local organizations where no State asso
ciations exist, and gentlemen sportsmen,
where there are no local organizations,
are requested to take the matter
in hand and send delegates to the said con
vention. ..The Pennsylvania Republican State
Convention has nomiuated: For Judge of the
Supreme Court, E. M. Paxon; Lieutenant
Governor, A. G. Olmstead ; Auditor-General,
Harrison Allen; Secretary of Internal Affairs,
W. R. Beath. Among others resolutions were
adopted declaring in favor of the amplest pro
tection and fullest development to the agricul
tural, mining, manufacturing and mechan
ical pursuits, and in favor of putting a
stop to railway laiijtl grants, and im
proving the navigation of the great
iulaud rivers; declaring the necessity
of protection to manufacturing interests;
favoring free banking, the aggregate volume
of the currency to be regulated by the neces
sities of the people and recognized laws of
trade; reaffirming the declaration of the Na
tional Republican Convention of 1S72
in favor of a return to specie payments at
the earliest practicable day. A resolu
tion was also adopted indorsing Gov. John T.
Hartranft as the choice of the convention
for President of the United States in ISTti
Congressional nominations on the l'.th:
Anti-Monopoly Third Iowa District, L. L.
Ainsworth. Democratic Sixth Indiana,
Col. Ed. Johnson.... The Tennessee Demo
cratic and Conservative Convention met in
Nashville on the llrth and nominated Judge
James D. Porter for Governor on the
fourteenth ballot. Resolutions were
adopted favoring a strict construction
of the Constitution of the United States;
opposing all monopolies and combinations
formed for the oppression or the people ; fav
oring the abolition of the national banking
system, the repeal of the Federal tariff and
the enactment of a law solely with a view
to the collection of the necessary revenue;
denouncing all legislation seeking to inter
fere with the individual rights of the citi
zen in the selection of his own asuoclate,
and particularly what is known a the Sup
p'cinental Civil-Klghtd bill pending before
the Federal Congress, as a palpable violation
of the Constitution, Intended to Vex, harass,
oppri'e and degrade the people of the South
ern Stales, and productive of untold social
and political evils to both races.... A rejort
has been received at Sioux City, Iowa, from
Fort Sully, to the ctlect that the Indians to
the number of 4,iXX) made an attack upon
Custer's expedition on the 15th and were re
pulsed with heavy loss. Custer's loss is
retMirtcd at fifty killed and wounded.
Fkiday, Aug. 21. Marshal Bazaine has
written a letter to the Minister of the Interior
in which he said that neither his aide nor any
other persons except his w ife and nephew
were responsible for his escape. . . .It is said
Secretary Fish denies the report that the
Spanish Government had agreed to cede to
Germany the island of Porto Rico in
consideration for the recognition by that
power of the Republic of Spain....
The Commissioner of the General Land
Office at Washington lias directed that regu
lations respecting the final proof of homestead
settlements in the grasshopper region of Iowa
and Minnesota will le so modified as to per.
mit settlers to go before their County Court
to make their depositions instead of before
the local land officers. This order is made on
representations of reliable parties that many
settlers can ill afford the expense of a long
journey, especially in their present impover
ished condition.... The latest reports from
the Ohio election indicate that the majority
against the new Constitution will exceed
-J0,XX. . . .The following nominations for
Congress were made on the '20th: Democratic
Second Virginia District, Charles J.
Faulkner; Fifth Texas, John Hancock;
Nineteeth Illinois, S. S. Marshall, re
nominated. Republican First Kansas, W.
A. Phillips, renominated. Anti-Monopoly
Dakota Territory, W. A. Burleigh
....At Omaha, Net)., a young girl eleven
years old, named Amelia Fomdran, recently
attempted to kindle a fire 1n a stove with
kerosene and was horribly burned. The flesh
dropped from her feet and her body was
burned to a cinder from head to foot. She
could not long survive.
THE 31AUKETS.
Auucst 21. 1874.
NEW YORK.
Cotton. Middling npland, 17(T.17,aC.
Lite Stock. Beef Cattle Sll--!G13-i". Hojrs
Dressed, $S.7.V?jiMi. Sheej Live, $4.2otT,(i.25.
BuEAnsTCFPs. Flour Good to choice, $..7rr
6.J0; white wheat extra, $ii.ifit).65. Wheat No.
3 Chicago, $1.3tVfj,l.S8; Iowa spring, $1.27(2.1-29;
No. 3 Milwaukee spring, $1.30&1.31. ltye West
ern and State, J()elJ;$1.03. Barley... &
Corn Mixed Western afloat, 83S5c. Oats
New Western, 14.."lc.
Provision. Pork New Mess, $22.752:.00.
Lard 14',il"c. Cheese 1013!4c.
Wool. Common to extra, 4j5itic.
CHICAGO.
Live Stock. Beeves Choice, $0.00(7? 6.25;
good, 55250,5.75; medium, $4.a04.!iO; butch
ers' stock, 2.0O4.00; stock cattle, $2.50
4.00. Hogs Live, $7.0O(rt7.5O. Sheep Good
to choice, $4.00(4.75.
Provisions. Butter Choice, 2SiT?.:i2c. Eggs
Fresh, ll(2.12c. Cheese New York factory,
l:yl:t'4c; Western, 12 13c. Pork New Mess,
$-"2.75323.00. Lard S14.arfil5.00.
Bkkaustuffs. Flour White winter extra,
$5.7517.75; spring extra, $5.0(?i5.75. Wheat
Spring, No. 2, JWcSl.00. Corn No. 2, 66!-i
?l.t7c. Oats No. 2, 41(.41 4c. Barley No. 2,
rctfttWc. Rye No. 2, 735.75c.
Wool. Tuh-washed, 4.Vo3c.; fleece, washed,
404tc; fleece, unwashed, 2733c-; pulled.
37(i-i!ic.
LeMBEn. First Clear, $50.007J53.00; Second
Clear, $17.Kat!t.50; Common Boards, $10.50
12.00; Fencing, $10.5O12.00; "A" Shingles,
$:j.0n3.50; Lath, $2.(K&2.25.
CINCINNATI.
Bkeaostcffs. Flour $5. 10 5.35. Wheat Red,
$1.10. Corn 5li7c. Ityc Sic. Oats Jia47c.
Barley
Provisions. Pork $22.5O23.00. Lard
lUi10c.
ST. LOUIS.
Live Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, $1.00
5.75. Hogs Live, $5.757.50.
Bueaustcffs. Flour XX Fall, $5.005.25.
Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $l.ir&1.17. Corn No.
2, 656Sc. Oats No. 2, 4241c. Rye No. 2,
757tSc. Barley !Hi!Sc
Provisions. Pork Mess, $ J3.752t.OO. Lard
13144c.
MILWAUKEE.
Brkadsti-ffs. Flour Spring XX, $5.705.90.
Wheat Spring No. 1, $1.091. 10; No. 2, $1.02
1.02! i- Corn No. 2, BOffjfiHUc. Oats No. 2, 35
35' ic. Rye No. 1, 80Slc. Barley No. 2, 88
90c
DETROIT.
Breadstcfts. Wheat Extra, $1.251.26.
Corn 7172c. Oats 41 12c.
TOLEDO.
Breadstuff's Wheat Amber Mich., $1.12
1.13; No. 2 Red, $1.121.13. Corn
Mixed, 68!i'i!!ic. Oats 1244c
CLEVELAND.
Breadstcffs Wheat No. 1 Ked, $1.123113;
No. 2 Red, $1.0il.l0. Corn 7374c. Oats
43 45c.
BUFFALO.
Livk Stock. Beeves $5.20fi.87!i- nogs
Live, $6.753.00. Sheen $4.505.35.
EAST LIBERTY.
Live Stock. Beeves Best. $6.13' J6.75; me
dium, $3.50(5 fi.00. Hogs Yorkers, $6.00
.6.80; Philadelphia, $7.508.25. Sheep Best,
5.005.30; medium, $4.otl4.50.
KIDXAPIXG " HER 0WX CHILD.
A Father Steal Ilia Child from Its
Mother and Secretes It In an Asylum
After Week of Anxious Searching
the Almoat Distracted Mother Ascer
tains the "Whereabouts of Her Iiott
Darling A Successful Ruse and lit
coth y of the Child Kidnaping In
Connecticut.
The following incident is strongly illustra
tive of the depth and tenacity of a mother's
love, and, in this particular instance, of a
father's heartlcssness :
One cold, bleak ni-jht in March last, one
Caldwell, of New York, crazed with drink,
sprang like a maniac upon his wife, and,
dragging her from her bedroom to the dining
room, bound her tight and fast to a heavy
chair. Then, unmindful of her screams, the
infuriated man rushed to the bedside of his
little daughter, caught the sleeping child in
his arms, and with her vanished into outer
darkness. Unable to extricate herself, the
mother passed the night in indescribable
agony. At last morning came, and with it
two visitors, who hastened to release her. She
glanced a moment at the empty bed, wherein
the night before she had laid her daughter,
and then she awoke to a full realization of
her misfortune. She was a mother, but ut
terly childless and almost hopeless! Her own
husband and its father had stolen the only
object dear to her.
Leaving the house just as it stood, hastily
donning her wraps, without means, friends or
counselors, this mother walked out of that
home to travel the country over in search of
her lost girl. For days and weeks her search
was fruitless. She visited neighboring vil
lages in New Jersey, on Long Island, in Win
chester County, as well as every place in the
metropolis w here she imagined the slightest
chance existed of finding her child. Almost
penniless, she sought the help of police and
detectives in vain. The admonition of New
York's Chief of Police to one of his most ex
perienced officers " to work up the case for
humanity's sake" met with an indifferent re
ception. Lawyers told her it would be kid
naping for her to to take her child, should
she even find the little one. Three months
passed away and still the could obtain no
trace of her darling. At last, however, she
obtained the advice aud assistance of a lawyer,
and at the same time met friends who were I
w illing to render w lintever help they could in
the matter of discovering the whcreuliout of
the child. A warrant tf arrest for abandoit
tnent whs obtained, it being the mother's in
tention to procure the husband's arrest that
she might serve him w ith a writ of hatntas
corpus compelling tlia production of the ab
ducted child in court, where the question of
its custody could tie definitely settled. But if
it was easy enough to procure a warrant it
was no easy matter to serve it, for the desired
party went over to New Jersey and thus elud
ed the officers.
At last, when despair had well-nigh claimed
the broken-hearted mother for its own, and
she was overwhelmed with grief at her non
success, a letter came informing her that her
little one was at an Institution for children in
Danbury, Conn, The letter wns received on
the afternoon of Tuesday, Aug. 4; but for
certain reasons the mother could not go to
where it pointed until the afternoon of the
following dav. Then, accompanied by the
wife of one of the most prominent lawyers of
New York city, she took the train at the
Grand Central depot, and arrived in Danbury
at six o'clock. The ladies took a carriage to
the institution which contained the long-lost
child. It was quite dark when they reached
the " Home," which was under the manage
ment of a Miss Bull, a lady of uncertain age
but certain will and temper.
Alighting from the carriage the mother,
Mrs. Caldwell, stepped to the door and asked
if Miss Bull was in. A female, stout and
buxom, and answering to the name of Miss
Stokes, replied that Miss Bull was out, but
would probably return shortly. Would not
the ladies steo in?
This invitation was just what they were
waiting for, so into the " Home" they both
tripped. They had come to ask about the
price of board for children small children;
diil they take any very young ones?
They "did; they had" one with them then a
beautiful little girl, with mellow blue eyes
and a perfect billow of golden curls.
The mother's heart began to beat faster and
faster till it seemed as though it would break
through Its frail teuement. That the descrip
tion just given by Miss Stokes was of her
own darling she could not doubt. But how
was she to get the child in her possession
During the course of the communication
Miss Stokes had led the way to the foot of the
stairs leading to the chamber where slept
the little one. The mother tried desperately
hard to cnltn herself and display no emotion
lest the suspicions of the attendant should be
aroused. She knew she was as pale as death.
But their only light was a lamp which Miss
Stokes carriecl in her hand, antt which burned
so dimly that the color of one's face or the
abscnceof it could not te readily discerned.
" How old is this little beauty you speak
of ?" inquired the mother.
" About two years ayd a half," was the reply.
"What did you say its name was?" the
mother asked in a tone of voice that was so
steady and, apparently, unconcerned as to
actually astonish herself.
"Jessie; Jessie Caldwell," was the reply.
The mother's heart was now wilder than
ever. There was no longer any doubt of it
she was once more under the same roof with
her baby, whose childish prattle and gladsome
features she had not heard or seen for almost
five months; but she must needs be calm, for
the child is not yet in her possession,, and
Miss Stokes, who volunteers to "show the
ladies to their sleeping apartments," has been
reinforced by two others, either of whom is
larger and stronger than those who seek to
obtain the little head bearing that " billow of
golden curls."
" Little Jessie is over here in her bed," said
Miss Stokes, as she led the way to one corner
of the room, where stood a crib.
The whole party moved in the direction in
dicated, and the mother of the child bentover
the crib and turned down the clothes. Sure
enough there lay her long-lost darling. The
decisive moment had at last arrived, but the
mother seemed to hesitate.
"That is your child, Mrs. Caldwell; take it,"
said her companion.
Miss Stokes rushed to her side, but was too
late, for the mother had already seized the
little sleeper and was holding her close to
her tireast. A break was made for the door,
and Miss Stokes, seeing this, blew the light
out. The mother and her companion were
equal to the emergency, however, for thev had
noticed the position of the doorway and hur
ried in that direction. Miss Stokes and her
attendants were thoroughly demoralized and
could oiler no substantial opposition to the
carrying off of the child. Miss Stokes
rushed down stairs and out into the street to
call the neighbors. This move materially
assisted the exit of the " kidnaping" party,
who followed close on her heels, and, gaining
the sidewalk, started to climb into the car
riage. Miss Stokes, seeing this, nerved her
self for a last grand effort to prevent the es
cape. She sprang to Mrs. Caldwell's side
and seized her just as she was stepping into
the vehicle. Ins'tantly Mrs. C, the lady who
accompanied Mrs. Caldwell, caught her by
the hands and pulled her away. A moment
more and both ladies and the "child were in
the carriage end bowling down the street as
fast as a Meet horse, urged on by a frightened
driver, could carry them.
Arriving at the hotel, they were placed
under arrest upon the charge of kiduaping
the child, an offense under Connecticut law
punishable by imprisonmeut in the State's
Prison from three to live years. A prominent
New York lawyer was telegraphed for, and
next morning the kidnapers were brought
before a Justice of the Peace for examination.
The prosecution proved that the child was
placed in Miss Bull's charge on the 1st of
April, and that it was taken away, as above
described, by its mother. The defense proved
that the prosecution told the truth, and they
were glad of it. But the charge against Mrs.
Caldwell and her lady companion was one of
kidnaping and abduction, and they
were guilty, notwithstanding the child
alleged to have been " stolen" was
carried awav by its own mother.
The Justice could take no other view
of the matter. But the attorney for the
ladies proved that the ladies were acting
under eminent legal advice in going to Dan
bury and taking the child. They had been
assured by lawyers that they had a perfect
right to take the child wherever it could be
found, and therefore their action was robbed
of the intent to commit a crime. This point
carried the day, and Mrs. Caldwell was re
leased, and during the night managed to de
part with her daughter beyond the bounda
ries of the inhospitable State before Caldwell
could cause her arrest again for "kidnaping"
her own flesh and blood. The mother, says
the New York Herald of a recent date, "is
now in New York, where the ownership of
little Jessie Caldwell is to be decided by the
courts.
Cobwebs.
Cunning men are like mice, who think
they are safe if their bodys are in a hole,
tho their tales stick out the whole length.
The man whom neither fear nor am
bishun can excite iz redely for burial,
without the aid of a coroner's jury.
Hypokrits begin bi fust tricing to cheat
themselfs, and conklude bi trieing to
cheat the publick.
Men bekum evil just as they bekum
good, little bi little.
No man has ever lived long enuff yet
tu find out how much folly he kan be
guilty ov.
Thare iz nothing that mankind are
enny more vain ov than their judgments,
and thare iz nothing that they are more
suspishus ov.
Politeness makes all men equal.
A true kritick alwuss hunts for butys,
and if he kant find them he iz silent and
sad.
The wust thing about misfortunes iz,
they hav such a criminal look to them.
Grate buty iz a dangerous gift it sel
dum haz ennything else to reckomend it.
Pity iz az cheap az water gruel, and to
liv on iz worth just about az mutch.
Life iz one batch ov blunders, and we
spend our lifes making and correkting
them.
If yu git down on yure kneeze before
the world it wont tie long before thej
will want yu to git down on yure stum
muk. Thare aint no kind of man so danger
ous az a weak one he wont even bear
strengthening.
One ov the most diffikult things for
enny ov us to git at Lz what we owe the
wcfrld and w hat the world owes us.
What i want to kno now iz what be
kums ov all the pins that are made. We
kno that they dont wear out, and the
philosophers tell us nothing iz lost.
I notiss one thing i am affable and
humble just about in proporshun that i
kan hav mi own way. Joh Billings, in
JVr. V. Weekly.
AX OLD ROAD.
A cruVE of green tree-top.
And common wall below,
And a winding road, that dips aud drops,
Ah me! uh're does it go?
Down to the lovely days
Ooes Unit fmuiliar Irack.
And here I stand, and wait, aud gaze.
As if they could come back.
Somewhere beneath that hill
Are children's running feet.
Ami a little garden, fair and still.
Were never flowers so sweet !
And a house within an open door,
What tea therein I know
Oh! let me enter nevermore,
But still believe it so.
Up this oft-trodden slonn
What visions rise and throng!
What keen remembrances of Hope
Lift shattered all along!
These flowers that never grew,
Bloom Iliev in any clime?
Can any spring to come renew
What died iu that sweet time?
Here I believed in fame,
Aud found no room for fear;
Here sprang to meet what never came;
Here loved what is not here!
Not worth a moment's pause
Spemed any fallen gem;
Not worth a sigh, a glance, because
Life would In- full of thciu.
The child In the fairy tale.
Dropped tokens as he parsed;
So pierced the darksome forest-veil
And found his home at last;
I, in the falling dav.
Turn hack through deeper gloom.
By gathered memories feel my way
Only to find a tuinh.
For there they lie asleep.
Eves that made all things sweet.
Haiids of true pressure, hearts more deep
Than anv left to beat;
A world where all was great;
Paths trodden not, but seen;
Lights streaming through an open gate
The world that niiht have been!
Pictures, and dreams, and tears
O Love, is this the whole? 11
Nav. w rap your everlasting yeai s
About my failing soul!
The lightest word you spake
Beyond all time shall last
These only sleep before they wake
lu love "there is un past!
M. JJ. S medley, in Good IVordt.
REKLAX BROTHERS.
Something 1 saw exhibited in the win
dow attracted my attention and induced
me to enter the shop of Messrs. lteklam
Brothers. It was certainly not the ticket
inscribed " First floor to let unfurnished ;"
it was rather, if I remember rightly, a
delicate little tazza of genuine Venetian
glass, curiously designed, and rich in
dainty opaline tints and reflections. I was,
in an humble way and for my own gratifi
cation, simply a collector of trifles of that
kind. The Messrs. Ueklam were German
Jews or Polish, I'm not sure which
dealing in old pictures, curiosities, ar
ticles of vertu and antiquities. Their
house was situated in a dull street in the
Soho district. Fashion and gentility had,
no doubt, in times passed made their
home there; they had long since van
ished, however, leaving in their stead a
sort of dingy respectability and an air of
trade of rather a torpid character.
Shops and private houses were much in
termingled, but there were few evidences
of business being verv actively carried
on. The street could not boast much
traffic, for, although a thoroughfare, it
led to nowhere in particular and ottered
small advantages as a short-cut. It was
bounded on the north by Oxford street
and on the south by an intricate tangle
of courts and alleys. The houses were
of a substantial, spacious, old-fashioned
class with rither dimly-lit rooms.
The contents of the shop almost defy
enumeration. They were such, however,
as are usually to be found in the posses
sion of traders in curiosities, had been
collected from all parts of the globe, and
pertained to every period with the ex
ception, perhaps, of the present. There
were weapons and armor of course in
great abundance, with carvings of wood
and ivory, paintings and enamels, china
and glass, gems, coins, embroideries,
lace, antique furniture, feathers, idols,
stutled animals, skins, monstrosities of
all kinds and other multitudinous ob
jects. I was impressed by the extent
and value of the collection. It filled the
shop quite to its remote corners, leaving
only a little patch of vacancy in the
center of the floor. Even the ceiling was
crowded and umbrageous with precious
things among them pendent lamps of
every device, and chandeliers that were
perfect thickets of crystal.
Mr. Aaron Keklam, with whom I first
became acquainted, was by no means the
picturesque Jew of fiction, lie was not
bent with age; he wore no flowing beard
or long draperies; no velvet skull-cap
crowned him; his skin was not of parch
ment nor was his face hollowed and
dinted by the hand of time. He was
simply dressed and had the air of a Lon
don tradesman of reputable position. In
answer to my inquiries I was wafted by
him to the upper floors of the house.
The two drawing-rooms were altogether
empty: lofty, wainscoted chambers with
heavy cornices and richly-molded ceil
ings. They led to a third room, long and
narrow, looking on the leads and sky
light of the back shop below and boast
ing a side-view of a small garden beyond,
in which languished a plane tree and
some lilac bushes of rather wan and
sickly appearance. In the rooms above
I was given to understand the Brothers
lteklam resided, still among stores of
treasures similar to those crowding the
shop below.
Aaron Keklam did not quit me until I
had pledged myself to become the ten
ant of the vacant first floor. What moved
me to this step I do not even now clearly
understand. It was true that I was at
the time under notice to quit the lodg
ings I had occupied during some years.
The house was to be pulled down, so that
a new street might be constructed, or
some other metropolitan improvement of
that nature carried into effect. For this
purpose an act of Parliament had been
obtained, and all due forms observed.
And I was in a sluggishsort of way for
there was no special need for haste; I had
still some weeks before me looking out
for lodgings. Still, as I have said, 1 en
gaged to be the occupant of the apart
ments. Next day, repenting of the bargain, I
entered the shop again, resolved to excuse
myself, and now, tor the first time, saw
Natham, the elder brother, who received
me with all politeness. To get off was
impossible; besides, I saw that the rooms
had their advantages. In short, I took
possession of them, trusting to have some
degree of comfort. After a day or two's
experience I had nothing to complain of
but a certain degree of mysteriousness
which pervaded the dwelling. One or
other of the brothers was often hanging
about, as if listening or making observa
tions; and occasionally there were loud
and unpleasant quarrels in an unknown
tongue, which, for anything I knew, might
be Hebrew or Polish.
They were certainly a strange people I
had got among. At times I meditated
running away; but such a step would
have involved forfeiture of all my goods.
I therefore held on. Some months had
passed in this fashion; there had been
no change in the situation of affairs, and
I had added little to my stock of ob
servations concerning the Brothers Kek
lam, their proceedings and way of life,
except in this respect: 1 had not failed
to note that all their collection of treas
ures, notw ithstanding their business, was
almost altogether at a stand-still. They
were tradesmen apparently possessed of
an abundance of wares, but they really
traded in nothing. No customers ever
entered the shop; or if they did it was
only to quit it again rapidly without any
sale or purchase having been effected.
Sometimes, indeed, the shutters re
mained closed for days together.
Another thing I remarked, too, was the
late hours they kept. They were sel
dom absent from the house, and they
never, so far as 1 could ascertain, re
ceived any visitor?. Yet they seemed to
be nioved by art extreme repugnance to
retire to rest. At all times of the night
I could hear them stirring in the house,
restless in the shop, or passing up and
down the staircase, or pacing to aud fro
the floors above me. Their movements
were generally of a stealthy kind, as
though they "were peeking to make as
little noise as possible; it might be out
of consideration for my comfort. But
now and then their disposition to quarrel
asserted itself.
The domestic arrangements were by
no means effective, but they nnswered
my moderate wants. There was no reg
ular female servant only a sort of char
woman, who came in the morning to
prepare breakfast, and again appeared
for a short time at night. " This suited
tolerably well, for I did not dine in the
house. Odd jobs and errands were exe
cuted by a small Jewish boy. The dis
appearance of this little fellow was the
first thing that struck me with surprise.
Then I had fresh cause for astonishment
in seeing that the shop shutters were
now very seldom removed. My land
lords had, as it seemed, abandoned all
attempt to carry on publicly their trade
as dealers in antiquities anil curiosities.
But they watched me, I felt persuaded,
more closely than ever. I was conscious
that my residence under their roof was
becoming more and more painful and
unendurable.
The summer-time had arrived, and for
some days the weather had been almost
insufferably sultry. 1 could scarcely
breathe in my murky, oppressive apart
ments. The molded ceiling and the
parched walls seemed now to absorb all
the air as well as the light.
I was sitting in the third room at the
back of my bedroom, I remember, which
was comparatively cooler than the oth
ers, for it was not subjected to the fierce
glare of the afternoon sun, as they were.
It was night; a very still, airless, sum
mer night. The moon vfis shining
through a sultry mist. I was smoking a
cigar. I had abandoned article after
article of dress, and was certainly in
rather an unattircd condition. But cloth
clothes were not to be borne in such
weather.
In quest of more air I had stepped
from my window on to the leads be
neath -the roof of Messrs. Iteklam's
back shop. The plane tree and the lilac
bushes, looking more pallid than ever as
the moonlight blanched their leaves, were
on my left hand. Before me was the
raised skylight of the shop below, the
dusty panes reddened by the gleaming
of a light burning beneath. Scarcely
thinking of what i did, ns I smoked, I
leaned over the skylight, aud endeavored
to peer through its glass. I could dis
cern, but only in a vague sort of way,
the figures of my landlords moving
hither and thither, and employed I
know not precisely how. There was no
mistaking the fact, however, that they
were very busy. What they w ere doing
was by no means clear to inc. I stood
for some moments observing them.
They were surronnded by papers and
books so much I could clearly per
ceive and by various packages and
bundles, which they seemed to be pass
ing from right to left, as though they
were counting and taking note of them;
even of this I could not be quite certain.
On a sudden and accidentally, for
there could not possibly have been any
design in the matter, Aaron l'cklam
raised his eyes from the table before him
and fixed them on the skylight above.
Then I became conscious that he had
perceived my presence. Probably my
figure, seen with the moonlight behind
me, presented a dark object that was
only to be explained by the fact that
some one was looking down upon him
and observing his proceedings; or it
might be that he had detected me by the
ligiit of my cigar. For a moment it
seemed to me there gleamed upon me
the strange glare of his prominent, scin
tillating green eyes. Then all was dark
ness. ' He had turned off the gas. I could
see no hing more. In some trepidation
I retreated to my bed chamber.
I slept very ill that night, I remember;
not merely because of the oppressive heat
of the weather, aud the lack of freshness
in the air; but I was greatly disturbed in
mind. Moreover, my forehead burned,
my heart beat distressingly; I was in a
state of feverish restlessness. When
sleep at last came to me my dreams were
terrible. I underwent an agonizing
nightmare the Brothers lteklam haunt
ed inc. I could never lose sight of their
pallid faces. In all kinds of strange sit
uations their gleaming, menacing eyes
seemed to follow me and find me out, to
scorch me up and pierce me through and
through, to bring to bear upon me all
kinds of pangs and tortures. I became
convinced that they were bent upon my
destruction, now by thi3 means, now by
that. Their only hesitation was as to the
kind of death they should inflict upon
me. They were at a loss to decide upon
one sufficiently painful. At length, as I
thought, they had resolved upon my
assassination by a varied system of in
tense and horrible cruelty, to be gradu
ally applied, with a view to my greater
suffering.
I awoke in a dreadful panic. It seemed
to me that a rope circled my neck, and
that my landlords by slow degrees were
tightening it more and more. I expe
rienced an agonizing sense of suffocation.
In my alarm, I know, I leaped from my
bed and stood for a moment swaying to
and fro upon the floor like a drunken
man. What had happened? I asked
myself. Something dreadful, I knew.
There was a strange crimson light
throbbing and flickering in the room.
The air was thick with smoke, and the
stifling fumes of some drug or spirit of
extraordinary pungency. I could hear
too, wild cries in the street without, loud
knocking at the outer door of the house,
and the roaring, crackling sounds of
burning wood, and the licking and writh
ing of mounting flames. The house of
Messrs. lteklam Brothers was on fire!
There was not a minute to lose. I
hastily gathered about me a few articles
of dress. My alarm and agitation were
extreme, but I had the sense to perceive
that I could only hope to escape with
life if even that was still possible. I at
once abandoned all thought of rescuing
aught else from the flames. Yet it was,
even in that moment of panic, Avith a
sigh of deep anguish I turned my back
upon all my household treasure! and pos
sessions. One glance Of farewell, and
then I hurried from them to the door
of my front room leading to the staircase.
It iri lorkMon rfte outile. So also were
the two other doors that permitted egress
from my apartments. The possibility of
my escape had been foreseen and pro
vided against. I was a prisoner, and the
fire was drawing every moment nearer
and nearer to me. Already the smoke
was so dense, blinding and stupefying
that 1 was crouching on my knees to
avoid it as much as possible.
Much valuable time I wasted in labor
ing to prize the locks of my doors, and
in convincing myself that they had really
been made secure against me from with
out. Then, with desperate violence, and
with all the strength I could muster, I
dashed a heavy chair against the door of
the front room.
The paneling was completely smashed,
and through the opening thus made a
thick volume of poisonous smoke poured
into the room. But still the lock held
fast, and still my escape was prevented,
even had the staircase without remained
passable, which seemed most doubtful,
for already it was burning furiously.
The window was now my sole chance.
I looked out. There was a sea of up
turned faces orange lined, from the re
flection of the flames. The police had
driven back the crowd so as to form a
semi circle of spectators, with sufficient
space in front for the fire-engines to be
worked freely. The roadway was flooded
with water, whic h mirrored brightly the
red sky and the leaping fire. l'vcrv
neighboring w indow was crowded with
scared lookers-on. It was a strange and
most exciting scene. The uproar when
the dense throng below caught sight of
me at the window was indeed alarming.
1 was cheered and applauded as though
I had been a popular candidate for elec
tion upon the hustings. But above all
these cries I could plainly hear the me
chanical pulsing sound of the engines in
full work the rush and gurgle, the hiss
and splash of falling water and the
screaming of the flames, which seemed
to issue chiefly from the floors above me,
and from the built out shop at the back
of the house.
Trembling all over, I stepped from the
window-sill on to the projecting cornice
of the shop front below. I then let my
self down gradually, and after clinging
to the ledge for a moment dropped
several feet on to the pavement. I was
saved from falling by the sturdy arms of
a policeman. I was half suffocated, and
my eyes smarted terribly; my hands
were torn and bleeding, and both inkles
seemed badly sprained; otherwise, I was
uninjured.
In right, I suppose, of my narrow es
cape, and my lawful interest in the catas
trophe, 1 wits permitted to remain near
the fire-engines and to watch the prog
ress of the conllagration. 1 was not
conscious for some time that my dress
was most incomplete, and that I was up
to my insteps in water.
Suddenly I found Aaron lteklam close
beside me. He started back when hnJ
observed me not merely with surprise,
but also, as I judged, with alarm and
aversion. He w as in a state of extreme
agitation.
"I never dressed so quickly in my
life," he said, in a tremulous voice, and
lie rubbed his hands together nervously.
He wtis bareheaded 1 could note by the
light of the flames his partial baldness;
but his attire was complete in other re
spects, even to the neat adjustment of
his shirt-collar aud neckerchief. 1 could
not doubt that he had never undressed at
all.
He turned his gleaming eyes full upon
me; his gaze seemed to mu more baneful
and maleficent than ever. For a mo
ment I almost dreaded personal violence
at his hands.
" You've had a narrow escape," he
said.
" Very narrow." He looked as though
he grudged me my life most bitterly.
" It was an accident; though it broke
out in two or three places at once. I
can't think how it happened." And again
he glared at me.
"You can't either, I suppose?" lie
asked.
" I cannot tell," I said faintly.
"It will be the ruin of me of the firm
the complete ruin."
" You're not insured?"
" Yes, we're insured, but not for the
full amount not nearly only for a tri
fle." "And your brother Mr. Nathan is
he safe?"
" He was, a moment ago. But he went
back; I told him there was plenty of time
to save some documents of value."
"And he's not been seen since?"
" No, not since. But it was only a
moment ago. He's all right. Nathan
knows what he's about !"
The horrid truth then burst upon me.
The place had been set on fire for the
sake of the insurance money, and I had
been decoyed to be a lodger, and de
stroyed, in order to give a color to the
proceeding. While this passed through
my mind Nathan lteklam made his ap
pearance at the open private door. With
a wild cry Aaron rushed toward him, and
shut the door. He w ished to be the sole
beneficiary. The confusion was so great
that few took heed of the brothers.
Thick clouds of dust now mingled with
the smoke. The crowd was driven
farther back by some yards. Even the
firemen were forced to retreat.
The outer wall of the house had fallen.
I remember nothing more. I was
found, as I afterward learned, stretched
senseless upon the wet roadway, and
was carried upon the shoulders of
friendly bystanders to a neighboring
tavern. There I remained some days in
an alarming condition of exhaustion and
delirium.
The Brothers lteklam were not again
seen alive. It was generally agreed that
they had both perished in the fire of
their own contriving retribution had
overtaken them in a terrible way. No
trace of them was ever discovered in
the ruins of the building. Nor were any
relics found of the treasures that had
once filled their premises to overflowing.
My own belief was. and is, that these
had been carefully and stealthily re
moved some time before the fire broke
out.
Brief paragraphs in the newspapers
were devoted to the "Serious Conflagra
tion in Soho Two Lives Lost." Noth
ing was ever said publicly, however, as
to the suspicious nature of the occur
rence. At a later date I was able to ascertain
that Messrs. Iteklam's bouse and its
contents had been insured to a very
large amount. Of the early history of
the brothers I could learn nothing. The
firemen made no secret of their opinion
that the fire was the result of design.
The flames, they said, had been seen to
burst forth simultaneously from three
distinct parts of the house. Something
also they did not hesitate to allege its to
the employment of naphthaor turpentine
to quicken the action of the fire. And
they congratulated me, as I congratu
lated myself, upon my almost miraculous
escape.
No relatives or representatives of the
brothers ever appeared to claim the
amount of the insurance money. No
one, indeed, even ventured to own kin
dred with the departed Iteklams. I have
often been told thut I knew more about
them than anybody else. Well, I did not
know much; but certainly, to my think
ing, I know enough.
Had any claim been made upon the
policies, I was informed that the offices
were fully prepared to resist it, simply on
the ground of fraud, and of this, as in too
many cases, there was held to be very
sufficient evidence. I have exhausted
however, all my information on the sub
ject. Ctuuuherri' J tmrmtl.
Political Self-Examination.
Nothing is easier than for opposing
political parties to criticise each other.
This criticism is useful, at least so far as
it is honest. That is a gift which but a
privileged few- jossess, of seeing them
selves as others see them. Political
science, especially in so vast a country as
this, is too broad and too complicated, in
the questions involved, to admit of infal
libility. No inconsiderable part of legis
lation must necessarily be tentative, ex
perimental. Moreover, every party, even
the very best, will inevitably be infested
with some corrupt schemer3, who, the
more active they are. the more they do
to damage the cause with which they are
identified.
Hence the necessity for constant and
sharp-eyed, unrelenting political self
aminations. Senator Morton, of Indiana,
in his recent speech on the political situ
ation, was right in claiming this virtuous
habit for the Republican party. That
there have been corrupt men in the par
ty, nobody denies. But, at the same time,
it may be boldly asserted that there
never yet has exUtcd a political party in
this co'untry which has exhibited so much
moral courage, and, we should add, true
political sagacity, as the Republican
jiarty in just tins matter of sclf-fxam-inat
ion.
We do not say that the men in office
have been, of their own accord, particu
larly zealous in this work of self purifi
cation; but that the party, us a party,
has ever been ou the alert to preserve
its purity. The politicians, aloue, do not
constitute the party. There is a power
behind them which they are compelled
to regard.
A new party every now and then starts'
up, promising to reform the world by
some new political nostrum which it ban
hit upon. We do not object to this. It.
is only a special mode of public discus
sion, a particular form of advertising u
particular idea. The attempt to make of
it the grand vital idea of a new and dom
inant organization may be both innocent
and harmless. There are always quite a
number of restless, homeless spirits w ho
like nothing so well as to be engaged ir
making themselves momentarily promi
nent iu any such forlorn hope. But by
this time it ought to be tolerably plain,
even to the Chicago Tribune, that
great political parties are nt so easily
gotten up. For those short lived, spas
modic attempts to bring into ex
istence and power a new party
there is always an apt epitaph
at hand: "If I was so soon done lor,
what was 1 begun for?" That, however,
is a question which can be easily an
swered. These attempts to get up new
parties answer a good purpose, according
to their measure of truth and notoriety,
in compelling the party in power to givo
candid consideration to the criticism,
that has been pressed or the new politi
cal thought that lias been brought for
w in d.
Now just here has been the glory and
the strength of the Republican party. It
has been neither deaf nor blind. It has
been willing to learn. It has been dis
posed to watch itself as well as its rival.
It has stood ready to welcome new ideas,
and to meet new issues with new meas
ures, as the case in hand might require.
It is not perfect; it docs not claim to be.
It does claim to be houest, fair-minded,
and bound, first of all, to make itself
worthy of the country's confidence. It
is not ashamed even to learn from an en
emy. Its truest critics it reckons among
its best friends. Jhicnjo JmirnuL
M ISCELLAN EOL'S ITEMS.
BitiDES call it Nee ag-ry.
Poi-i-i.AU diet in I'tali Spare-rib.
Ikkkdkkmaiu.k bonds Vagabonds.
P.vtkknai. acres The old man's corns.
Notice of a peal A flash of light
ning. How to take a cold bath Take it
coolly.
Tiik tenderest heart loves best the bold
and courageous one.
St. Lot is calls its bridge the buckle of
the nation's iron belt.
Now the green apple doubles the little
boys into quarto form.
Relatives that ought to make good
pedest rians Stepsons.
A C'oNNECTifTT burglar is worth f 7-V
000, all acquired by sticking to busi
ness. What is the difference bet ween an over
coat and a baby? One is what you wear
and the other is what you was.
A Ci.KVKt.ANi) tobacconist has pla
carded a live turtle and placed it in a
fountain in one of the public squares of
that city as an advertisement.
A Boston lady in California says that
the big straw berries on the Pacific coast
have but little flavor, being a cross be
tween a turnip and a dried apple.
An ot.i) and dirty sponge may be cleaned
by first soaking it for some hours in u
solution of permanganate of potassium,
then squeezing it, and putting it into a
weak solution of hydrochloric acid one
part acid of commerce to ten parts water.
It would be a great convenience if
farmers generally would have their nanu s
printed upon the gates in front of tlx ir
residences. Strangers often have much
difficulty in finding the residence of per
sons of whom they are in search, which
would be obviated by this course.
Tin: present year being generally ac
cepted as the 400th anniversary of the
introduction of printing into England,
the Printers' Pension Corporation have, it
in contemplation to celebrate the event
by holding a public exhibition of an
tiquities and curiosities connected with
the art.
Tins is how it happened down in South
west Missouri:
He found a rope, and picked it up,
And with it walked away.
It happened that to t'other end
A horse was hitched, they say.
They found a tree, and tied the rope
I'iito a swinging limb.
It happened that the other end
Was somehow hilched to him.
A wkitek in the London Duihh r thinks
that much may be done in lessening the
tendency to catch fire in those buildings
which are not in their nature actually
non-inflammable or intended to be so;
and, in illustration, says that whenever
timbers are exposed it will be found ex
tremely useful to cover them with a coat
of common w hitewash, w hich acts doubly
as a preservative, both by excluding air
from the timber and from us non-conducting
power.
It is very difficult to entirely remove
ink stains. The following is quite ef
fective: Use salt of lemons, diluted
muriatic acid, oxalic acid or tartaric acid
and hot water. If the ink is made from
logwood red marks will remain, which
can be removed with chloride of lime.
To make " salt of lemons," take one
ounce of oxalic acid in fine powder, mix
w ith four ounces of cream tartar and box
tightly. Wet the finger, dip it in the
powder and rub it gently upon the stain.
These salts are poisonous. (Jincinimti
Time.
The mania for meerschaum pipes
though perhaps not so prevalent now as
formerly has produced not a few pipe
maniacs the world over. A New York
gentleman, for instance, has a collec tion
of some 400 meershaums, all beautifully
colored. This is rather an expensive
taste, however, for besides the first cost
of the pipes he has to keep two men con
tinually employed, whose sole duty is to
smoke and keep the 400 pipes in order.
One of the greatest pipe-fanciers in the
world, MaJ.-Gen. Raffalovich, of the Rus
sian army, is now in this country. He
has a collection of more than GOO pipes.
Since he has been in this country he has
purchased a number of meerschaums,
and there is now in the hands of one of
the most prominent manufacturers in
New York a magnificent meerschaum
pipe made to his order. The bow 1 forms
the bust of a very beautiful woman, and
is a correct likeness of the General's
wife, taken from life. The stem and
mouthpiece arc of amber, fifteen inches
long. The whole cost 1 150. This pipe
will be taken to Europe as a curiosity,
for it seems that Gen. Raffalovich had nn
idea that such things could not be made
in this country. He is now traveling in
the West, and will doubtless enrich his
collection by adding to it some of the
celebrated calumets made of the famous
red pipe-stone by . the Indians. liwton
Font.