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THE HERALD. PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. OPFZOBi On Main Street, between 4th and 5th, Second Story. OFFICIAL PAPER OF CASS COU5TY. Terms, in Advance: One copy, one year $2.00 One copy, pix montlis... ......... 1.00 Oa cupy, three mouths. SO 1 JCJl BJRA SKA M ID JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor. rCKSCVEKAXCE COXQITUS.' TERMS: S2.C0 a Year. VOLUME X. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1874. NUMBER 27. THE HERALD. ADVKRTIsrVO IIATKS. 1 tquaro.. 8 quares. 8 ti nro. X column. H column. 1 column. lw.ltw.13v, 1 m. 3m. Dm. t 00 fl W JJOn fJW) 5 00 f 8 (HI f n oo 1 w; ii 7r a r, o Wl in mi; in 8 V 4 Oil 4 7 V H Wi 11 Oni ') Oft H HI 10 HI VI 00 20 on iw oo JH 12 HI IS HI IH 00 iS 00 10 00! 00 1! HI IS HI 21 (XI K.I H tO (11,0 HI UK) HJ a hi 5 00 H 00 tlrT" All Advertising Mils duo quarterly. TranHlout advertisement must be paid Tor lu advance. Extra coploe of tbe IIkbai-D for nals liy n. J. Streipht, at the 1'o.tofflcn, and U. F. JuhuoD, cor ner of Alain and Fifth trtu. HENRY BGECK, DEALER IN' IiTx-nitTix-e, SAFES, CHAIRS, Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads, ETC., ETC., ETC., Of All Descriptions. METALLIC BURIAL CASES. "Wooden. Ooflins (if all fi.'!, ready-made, and sold cheap for cash. Willi m:iny thank, for pa-t patronage, I invite nil to call and examine my LAK(;i: STOCK OF I'"iii-ni i itiitl OofliliJ-i. MEDICINES J. H. BUTTERY'S, T On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth. Wholesale ai.d Retail Dealer iu Drus and Medicines, Paints, Oils, Varnishes. Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, etc., etc. ;iYn:KSCKUTION.S carefully compounded at all hour-, day nnd night, il-ly J. W. SHANNON'S Feed, Sale and Livery STA23Xj33, Main Street, I'hittsmouth, Neb. I am prepared to accommodate the puliHc with HOUSES, Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, AND A No. I Hearse, On Short Notice and Reasonable Terms. A HACK Will Run to the Steamboat Land ing, Depot, and all parts of the City, when Desired. janl-tf First national Bank Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, H ('( ES50R TO 'J'ootle, XI:iiin:i V CIju-Ic. .T'lllV KlTWiKKAl I)..., K. It. MilVEV .li.HS 1. Ct.ARK T. W. iiVASK President. . ..Yice-I'resideur. Cashier. Assistant Cashier. This Hank i now open for business at their new room, corner Main and Sixth streets, and ar. pre pared to transact general BANKING BUSINESS. Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Government and Local Securities BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits Received and Interest Al lowed on Time Certificates. DRAFTS DRAWN, Available in any part of the United JMate and in all the l'riucipal Towns aud Cities of Europe. AGENTS FOR THE CEl.EIUI.VTED MM A T T TTJ1 iiU OF XTli.V3ri-lX. Persons wishing to brine; out their friends from Europe can rrncjiAsit tickets rr.ox rs '-Tln'oiirli to IMtittfiiuoutli. Excelsior Barber Shop. ,T. C. BOONE, Main Street, opposite Brooks House. HAIR-CUTTING, Shaving and Shampooing. ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO m i(i mi.im: hair Call and See Boone, Gents, And get a boon In a CXiKiV.r JS XX .A. "V7" 33 . nll-ly GO TO THE Tost Office Book Store, H. J. STBJLIGHT, Proprietor, for Torn Eoofe, Stationery, Pictures, Music, TOYS, CONFECTIONERY, Violin Strings, Newspapers, Novels, Song Books, etc.. etc. I'OST OFFICE Bl'ILMMj, S-tf rL ATTS MOUTH, 'EB. EPITOME OF THE WEEK. Comlcnsd from Tmcjrains of Accompanvins Dates. Moxnw, Sept. 21. The September re turns t the Ilcpartment of Agriculture indi cate an average condition of the wheat crop of 'JT., against U last year. Tlie acreage of the crop is 7 per cent, greater than last year, which would bring the aggregate yield to nearly an average on last year's acreage.... President Grant lias rejilied to the dispatch of (Jov. Brown, of Tennessee, saying that lie is gratified to know that the State au thorities are disposed to repress and pun ish law-lens acts, but the Constitution makes it his duty to enforce the uets of Congress, and Congress lias passed laws giving the United States concurrent jurisdiction in such cases, lie will give the Governor a more de!i nite answer when the report of the United States District Attorney for the Western Dis trict of Tennessee has been received. .. .One of the buildings of the Granite Mills at Fall Itiver, Mass., was hurned on the morning of the BUh, the lire breaking out after the operatives in the mill over 400 in number had commenced work. Many of the operatives lost their lives either by suffo cation or jumping from the windows, and many others M ere injured. The loss by the tire is over $:500,000. Further particulars are given elsewhere The Democratic State Central Committee of Tennessee have issued an address condemn ing all acts of violence, whether committed by whites or blacks. Of the Civil-Rights bill they say: " It seems to have been intended to tiring about the unfortunate state of affairs which now exists in many of the Southern States, Tennessee among the number." Tuesday, Sept. 22. Denmark lias di rected its envoy at Berlin to demand explana tion from the German Government in regard to the expulsion of Danish subjects from Schleswig-lfolstein . ..Doekeray, the Ameri can who was arrested in Cuba and sent to Spain, has reached Santander, where he is said to be imprisoned and cruelly treated An official dispatch was received in 'Washing ton on the Mist from Gen. Emory, stating that the temporary police force in New Or leans had been replaced by the regular force without any disturbance, and that he thought the surrender was complete and in good faith....A conference committee of leading members of the Kellogg and McEnery factious iu New Orleans, which has been holding daily sessions for several days with the object in view of arranging for the joint supervision and control of the machinery of the Novem ber election, has linally adjourned without having accomplished the end in view.... The McEncry parish ollicials at Franklin, La., w ho had recently taken possession of the ollices, surrendered them to the KclloggGovernment on the morning of the 21st. All quiet there. Wednksday, Sept. 23. On account of the extensive emigration of the Mennonites to the United States a St. Petersburg dispatch says the llussian Government proposes to ex empt members of that sect from actual mil itary duty, except as hospital attendants Representatives of the British Government on the '21st drew from the United States Treasury f l,(r'!,sis, in full satisfaction or the award made by the American and British Mixed Claims Commission. The transaction completes the negotiations growing out of tiie Alabama question.... An order by the President lias been promulgated at Washing ton, extending the civil-service rules to the several offices in New York city and the cus toms district of Boston.... Congressional nominations on the 22d: Liberal Third "Wisconsin District, C. F. Thomp son. Democratic Sixth Wisconsin, Gabe Bouck; Ninth Missouri, David Kea. Prohibi tion Fifth Michigan, J. A. McKay. Repub lican Twelfth Ohio, David Taylor. Demo cratic and Liberal Sixth Michigan, George II. Durand.... A call has been issued for t lie annual convention of the Catholic Total Ab stinence Union of America to meet in Chicago on the Tth of October.... A Montgomery (Ala.) dispatch of the 22d says "W. B. Jones, United States Commissioner at Demapolis, Marengo Count-, and the Kepublican candi date for Probate Judge, had written that not a man had been killed nor a single outrage committed in that county on account of jMlitieal feeling, and that free speech and Kepublican opinions could be indulged iu anywhere The best of feeling prevailed be tween the olorcd Republicans and the Demo crats. Thursday, Sept. 24. The Empress Augusta has called a meeting of the delegates from all the women's associations of Germany to be held at Berlin in October.... Carlists' reports state that Brig.-Gen. Perula has ( ar ricd the village of Bicarun by storm, totally defeating ten battalions under Gen. Morionez, with heavy loss to the latter The New York State Temperance Convention met at Utiea on the Ski, and after passing resolu tions in favor of prohibition, aud ap pointing a committee to arrange a plan of political action for the fall campaign, ad journed sine tVe The New York Kepublicrn State Convention was held at Utiea on thc22d. Gov. Dix and Lient.-Gov. Robinson were unani mously renominated. The balance of the ticket also consists of the present incumbents, renom inated by acclamation The platform adopted demands obedience to the laws and the full protection of every citizen in the enjoyment of his rights against the assaults of Ku-Klux, assassins and revolutionists; declares that an armed attempt to subvert the recognized Gov crumcnofa State is revolution, and revolu tion must be suppressed and the supremacy of the law maintained at every cost; that the public faith must be preserved inviolate and the public debt he paid in coin; opposes any inflation of paper currency -and favors a speedy return to specie payments; approves of the administrations of President Grant and Gov. Dix.... The following Congressional nomina tions were made on the'-ild: Republican Eighth Wisconsin District, A. S. McDill; re nominated. Democratic Twentieth Ohio, Henry B. Payne; First Arkansas, L.C. Ganse; Second Arkansas, AY. F. Slemons. Reform Fourth Wisconsin, Samuel Rindskopf. Inde pendentTwelfth Indiana, K. S. Taylor The Minnesota Democratic and Liberal State Convention at St. Paul on the 2.d nom inated Weseott Wilkin for Chief-Justice and William Loehren for Associate-Justice. The resolutions adopted denounce the carpet bag rule at the South as being largely pro ductive of the present disastrous condition of the Southern States, and demand a jut and impartial policy toward the people of the South; favor a return to specie pay meuts as soon as the public interest will allow, and a tariff for revenue only; advocate home rule and no centralization; declare that chartered corporations by the State are always super visable by the State in the interests of the people A compromise has been effected in Terre Bonne Parish, La., bt-tween the white and colored people, and a joint parish ticket, with capital and labor equally repre sented, has been nominated The Mis souri Republicans, at their recent State Convention, adopted a series of resolutions reiterating faith in the principles of the Re publican party; condemning all political or ganizations founded upon race or nationality as detrimental to good government; indors ing the candidates of the Reform party in the State, and declaring it the part no lcs of prudence than patriotism to adjourn without nominating Republican candidates. Friday, Sept. 25. Bismarck has de clared that the report that he was engaged in promoting the absorption of Denmark is fah-e ....A Madrid dispatch says the Republicans have lately defeated the Carlists in the Prov ince of Biscay and also at Alcoy and Villena ....The boundary dispute between Switzer land and Italy, which was referred to the United States Minister at Rome for arbitra tion, has been decided in favor of the latter jowcr....A London dispatch says mem bers of the Austrian polar expedition de clare that explorations in the direction of the north pole are hopeless of sat isfactory results, and that the reports of the existence of an open polar sea are untrue Two passenger trains on the Baltimore A Ohio Railroad collided at Smithton, W. Ya., on the evening of the 25d. Both engines were wrecked aud the postal ear was burned, und one of the mail clerks, named Bradford, was burned to death, and the bulk of the mail matter was destroyed. No passengers were injured.... (Jov. Kellogg, of LouisiAna, tele graphed to Atty.-Gcn. Williams at Washing ton on the 2:kl as follows: " Reports from the country show that in a number of cases where our parish ollicers have been ousted the old incumbents are going back peaceably. The country is quieter than expected, and in the city all is quiet. So far no reports have been received from the Red River" Early on the morning of the 24'h a southern-bound train of six cars on the Selma, Rome fc Dal ton Railroad went through the bridge on Waxatchin Creek, falling 6ixty feet. The train was a total wreck. The engineer, fire man and several passengers were killed, and nearly all the remaining passengers were wounded, many dangerously Congressional nominations on the 24th: DemocraticThird Kentucky District C. W. Milliken, renominated. Republican Seven teenth Illinois, John J. Rinaker. Independ ent Reform Sixth Illinois, J. II. Elliott. Liberal Third Minnesota, E. Wilson. Peo ple's Ticket Seventh Missouri, James II. Lay. Democratic-Liberal Seventh Michi gan, Enos M. Goodrich. Reform Fifth Wis consin, S. I). Burchard. Independent Twelfth Missouri, B. S. Lipscomb. Saturday, Sept. 20. It is reported that the Czar of Russia has lately sent to Don Carlos a cordial and sympathetic letter.... The members of the Austrian Arctic expedi tion reached Vienna on the 25th. They were accorded a public reception, and escorted in triumph through the principal streets.... Queen Victoria has decided to pay the debts of the Prince of Wales to the amount of X),(K ... .In reply to an inquiry from Marshal Pack ard as to whether he had, at any time since (Jen. Emory had been in command of the Gulf Department, used or attempted to use or con trol the United States troops for political purposes, the latter replies that neither Packard nor anyone else had attempted to use or control 6aid troops for such purposes, in any manner whatever. .. .William Or ton, President of the Western Union Telegraph Company, denies the charge that ati3'onc had, during the recent troubles in New Orleans, exercised any censorship whatever over dispatches sent from that city ....The State Central Committee of the Peo ple's party in Louisiana held a meeting in New Orleans on the evening of the 25th, at which resolutions were adopted to go into the November election with spirit and energy The Democrats of the Tenth Missouri Dis trict have nominated A. It. Debalt for Con gress.... The Republican nominations for State ollicers in Nevada are: For Governor, J. C. Ilazclett; Lieutenant-Governor, Bowman; Congressman, Wm. Woodburn; Supreme Judges, Beatty for the long term and War den Earle for the short term; J. D. Miner for Secretary of State; L. J. Hogle for State Treasurer. The platform adopted indorses the last Republican Congress; declares that the recent outrages in the South were perpe trated by men determined to establish there a white man's Government; disapproves of the election of a President for a third term; favors the revision of the treaty with China and to restrict Chinese immigration; opposes sub sidies or grants to railroads or other corjxira tions; asks Congress to pass laws regulating railroad fares and freights; favors a returu to specie payment. TIIE JIAKKETS. Sei'tkmbeu 18T1. NEW YORK. Cottom. Middling upland, lfi'4'310',8C. Litk Stock. Beef Cattle 510.7.VS.13.. Hogs Dressed, Sa.Otr&S.PT'i. Sheep Live, $ l.sn&ti.&k l'.UEAijsTurrs. Flour Good to choice, 55.5IK3 5.85; w hite w heat extra, $:.B.-x&.4l. Wheat No. i Chicago, $1.10.(1.12; Iowa spring, fl.ll-Sl.13; Xo. 2 Milwaukee spring, S1.1S31.19. Rye West ern and State, !i.it'.ic. uariey si-jiwm.-m. Corn Mixed Western afloat, OT&il'.lc. Oats New Western, 63j5c. Provisions. Fork New Mess, .23.i)2:5.73. Lnrd 1 1! il"c. Cheese HU&l-c. Wool. Common to extra, i'l&Wc. CniCAGO. Live Stock. Beeves Choice, 5.T536.25; good, 4.!Kk3.-.31; medium, S4-2r'3,1-5u; butch ers' stock, sa.ry.Xii-i.7j; biock came, 3.75. Hogs Live, $ri.K37.i". Sheep Good to choice, -'5.75-'3 4.25. Provisions. Butter Choice, 2S7M4c. Eggs Fresh, lki,15c. Cheese New York factory, i:".&14ic; Western, 12!il:J'4c. Pork New- Mess, $22.(XXi.22.25. Lard Ui&l l'4c. Bkkaijstuffs. Flour White winter extra, $5. 50(37.50; spring extra, 1.75(35.50. Wheat Spring, No. 2, 97397',c. Corn No. 2, t iSO'iC. Oats No. 2, 47348c. Barley No. 2, S1.0O31.02. Rye No. 2, 903;iOV4c. Wool. Tub-washed, 45357c.; fleece, washed 4o50c.; fleece, unwashed, 27tf5c. Lumber. First Clear, S50.0o3."5.(JO; Second Clear, S17.OUllt.50; Common. Boards, flO..V 11.50; Fencing, f 10.50U.50; "A" Shingles, $:j.U03.25; Lath, S2.0(K&2.25. CINCINNATI. Breadstuff. Flour $5.25(35.50. Wheat Red, $1.10. Corn S53S7C. Rye $1.00. Oats 5037c. Barley $1.183125. Provisions. Pork 23.50il.50. Lard 14315c. ST. LOUIS. Live Stock. Beeves Fair to choice, fl.00 6.00. Hops Live, S6.0"7.50. Eiieadstcffs. Flour XX Fall, S4VK35.00 Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $1.1531.16. Corn No. 2, 82S:5c. Oats No. 2, 55.Mic. Rye No. 2, tS39lc. Barley $1.0531.15. Provisions. Pork Mess, f21.OOQ21.50. Lard 11015c. MILWAUKEE. BREADSTl-rrs. Flour SpriDg XX, $.V25fJ7 5.30. Wteat Spring No. 1, $1.031.0V4; No. 2, '7 97nic. Corn No. 2, NTtSJc. Oat No. 2, 503 Vic. Rye No. 1, 913!-c Barley No. 2, $1,153 $1-13. DETKOIT. BKEAns-rrrrs. Wheat Extra, $1.1'31.1!!J. Corn t?JSic Oats 5253c. TOLEDO. Breadstvffs Wheat Amber Mich., $1.07 1XS; No. 2 Red, !.i'i1.07. Com Mixed, 87Sc. Oats 525:ic. CLEVELAND. BREAVSTUFrs Wheat No. 1 lted, f 1.0031.10; No. 2 ReL $1.(M1.05. Corn OO&Mlc. Oats r.43:5c. EAST LIBERTY. Live Stock. Beeves Best, $6.2536.75; me dium, $5.0036.00. Hnus Yorkers, $ i..V3 :; Philadelphia, $3.0038.25. Sheep Best, 5.UO35.40; medium, $1.2534.73. The Louisiana Kello?;.' Troubles Governor Reinstated. In accordance with the Executive order of Gov. Kellogg the old State officers took quiet possession of the Louisiana State-House on the morning of the llth. When Gov. Kellogg reached the Executive Office Gen. Brooke ap proached him and informed him that he was prepared to turn over to him tin: State-House and all the - records and public property belonging to the State which had come into bis ssessioii at the time of the surrender of the insurgents to his command. Everything, the General said, would be found in precisely the same con dition as it had come into his hands. The Governor accepted the transfer and Gen. Brooke thereupon retired. Gen. George Baldv, Vice-President of the Board of the New Orleans Metropolitan Police, proceeded to the police-station at the head of about 2)0 police, and ttie liutliting was quietly surren dered bv Acting-Chief Bovlan. and the Met ropolitans were soon placed on their old beats. Gov. Kellogg advised that the ranks of the Metropolitans be tilled from the retir ing force of Cliiel Bovlan. A TEIIKICLE CALAMITY. naming of n. Cotton Mill at Fall Ilivcr, !!. Several Lives L.ost. Iv the burning of a large cotton mill at i all Ilivcr, Mass., on the l'Jth several operatives lost their lives and many more were fatallyT injured by jumping irom the windows. lhe operatives at work in the fifth story were penned in by the names, and, bewildered, refused to avail themselves of the fire-escapes. A dispatch from Hoston on the night tf the l'Jth gives the following particulars: Mills Nos. 1 and 2, of the Granite Works, Fall River, had been running about twenty minutes when the operatives m No. 1 were startled with the cry of tire and the escape of smoke from the fourth story. In this, next to the upper floor, was the mule-warn spin ning department, and there were nearly 100 girls at work, under a male overseer. On the upper floor, the fifth, about thirty girls were employed, spooling and warping cotton, lhese were the youngest or the operatives. With the alarm the flames seemed to leap to this attic, coming from the windows below and up the great tower in the center of the building, in which were all the stairs communicating with each story. The lire caught in the mulc-spinning-room, in the northwest corner of the mill, from friction in a mule-head, and spreading, by means of oil on the lloor ana about the machinery, with great quickness, rushed toward the cen ter tower, the only means of escape for those in the fourth and lift li stories besides four fire- escapes, two on each gable end. Once get ting into the tower, the flames ran up to und through the single entrance to the lifth story, then, springing to the roof timbers. tilled the two great rooms, 450.X1HJ feet, with dense black smoke aud flame. While the flames wete making such ter rible headway the operatives became fairly wild. The overseers saw there was no way possible to check the lire, and gave their sole attention to those whom thev had at work. They called to them to save themselves, and pointed out ways of escape, principally lire ladders. The overseer of the spooling-room, who remained till nearly suffocated. states that the scene in his room and it must have been worse in the room below- cannot be depicted. Children ran about cry ing and begging piteously to lie saved, yet wrenching themselves away when taken forcibly to the tower w hile vet there was some chance, or to the iron ladder that reached two of the scuttle-windows of the south end opening upon the roof of the balcony at the head of the Twelfth street tire-ladders. It was impossible to get the great majority to take this method to save their lives. Some wanted clothing, oth ers something else. As the tire frightened them away from these ladders they rushe.d to the windows at the south gable end, nearly sixty feet from the ground, but dared not jump down. Cotton ropes were put out for them to slide down by, but no sooner would a rope be lowered than there was a rush for it from below. Too many would take hold, when it would break, and all clinging to it would come down in a bunch. Similar scenes were gouig on in the mule-spinning-rooni. The flames bad as cended rapidly to the entrance of the tower on the fourth lloor, cutting oil' their means of e.-cape, but the operatives had two ladders of the south gable directly before them, nnd were urged by the overseers and citizens below to take them. Some did, but others rushed headlong upon the balcony and dropped or threw themselves from the guards. There was ample time for every one to have been saved had the girls taken the course directed. Fall River dispatches of -the 20th sav the number of killed would reach twenty, missing three, and wounded several fatally between thirty and forty. m m The Itlack Hills lienial of the Gold Stories. Washington. Sept. 21. 1S74. Fuller and later reports received here indicate that the recent glowing accounts from the Ulack Hills country arc entirely unreliable, and confirm the opinion of Prof. Winchell that there are no val uable minerals in the country. Col. Fred Grant, who siccompanicd the expedition under special instruc tions to report upon its geological char acter, says that the rock on which it is claimed "gold was discovered is of a metamorpliic character, in which no precious minerals have ever been found. Not over three dollars' worth was brought under his observation duringthc entile expedition, and it is a question whether this was not imported into that section. The timber is spruce and yel low pine, and valueless for lumber. The area of tillable lands is very small, there not being enough for a dozen good- sized farms. The Sioux Commission lately sent to negotiate with the lied Cloud and Spot ted Tail bauds went in their explo rations to the base of the Ulack Hills on the south side, and give substantially the same views as Grant regarding the character of the country and the absence of minerals. The President is emphatic in his de termination to carry out the orders of (icn. Sheridan to prevent all invasion of this country by intruders so long as by law and treaty it is secured to the In dians. The Feeling in the South. The following extract is made from a private letter written by a resident of Mississippi a letter written with no thought of publication, and with all the frankness of private correspondence: 41 Grant's recent order in relation to the lawlessness that has for some time pre vailed in the South has had a most cool ing effect upon the ardor of the would-be (again) rebels of this country. They were outspoken in their denunciations of the Government and of Republicans, both white and colored, in the South, and 1 feared for some weeks that it would be impossible for us to remain here in safe ty; but the prospect of a ' color line' of blue-coats in our midst changes their tone materially. And it will be when this generation has gone to 4 Jim Fisk's favorite place' before the Southern people can be trusted in their professions of friendship for the United States Gov ernment. 44 We profoundly hope that this picture of rancorous and implacable hostility, to be wiped out only with the growth of a new generation, may prove exaggerated. Cut that it correctly portrays the exist ing feeling there is, unhappily, too much evidence to disregard. The present rev olutionary outbreak in New Orleans is a striking commentary upon its sad truth. The outrages at Trenton and Coushatta and in Alabama are further proofs in the same line. It is unspeakably deplorable that here, nearly ten years after the close of the war, such a feeling should prevail. Hut the facts are too plain to be disputed, and we must face them." That the President's order had a salu tary influence, as this writer in Missis sippi describes, there can be no doubt. It has not, indeed, prevented the re bellious outrage in New Orleans, but through most of the lawless sections it has exercised a 44 cooling effect." It is a lamentable truth that only this exhibi tion of the arm of power restrains a gen eral carnival of political crime, and it painfully suggests what disastrous con sequences would ensue if the Govern ment were to pass into hands in sympa thy with the rebel element. AOntny (A. 3'.) Jon nml. The newest thing in fans is of ostrich feathers so arranged as to form a square. In the center is a small mirror, sur rounded by imitation pearls. The feath ers are of "every color, but the entirely black fans appear to be the most fashionable. THE SABBATH BELLS. Tub old man sits In his easy chair. And his ear has caught the ringing Of many a church-bell far and near. Their own sweet mu.ic sinking. And his head rink low on his aged breast. While his thought far back are reaching To the Sanhath morns of his boyish day. And a mother's sacred teaching. A few years later, and lo! the bells A merrier strain were pealing. And heavenward bore the marriage vows Which his manhood's joys were sealing. But the old man's eves were dimming now, As memory holds before him The sad, sad picture of later year. When the tide of grief rolled o'er him. When the bells were tolling for loved ones gone! For the wife, for the sous and daughters, Who, one by one, from his home went out, And dowu into death's dark waters. But the aged heart has still one joy Which his old life daily blesses. And his eyes grow bright aud his pulses warm "Neath a grandchild" sweet caresses. But the old man wakes from his reverie. And his dear old lace is smiling. While the child with her serious eyes reads on, The Sabbath hours beguiling. Ah. bells, once more ye will ring for him. When th heavenly hand shall sever The cord of life, and his freed soul tlies To dwell with his own forever. Harper's WttMy. THE FAIRY OF THE CASTLE. A HUNGARIAN STORY. I had fulfilled my youthful dream, and become possessed of an old castle and large estate in Hungary. It was at some distance from Pesth, and I had not visited the property pre vious to purchasing, for the lawyer's rep resentations convinced me that it was a bargain, even with the incumbrances, which consisted of an adopted daughter and some favorite, servants of the late Count. These were all, however, provided with annuities by his will, so that it only remained to, endure their presence in the castle, and if they should prove to be serviceable I should already be provided with servants accustomed to their routine of duties. From the lawyer's manner on discover ing that I myself intended to reside in the castle I concluded that it bore the reputation of being haunted, and rather reveled in the anticipation of bringing to light the secret terrors of the place. I wrote to the steward to send a car riage to meet me at the nearest station. This 1 found in waiting, with a prim coachman in deep mourning, w hich I at first supposed to be for the late Count. The man understood his business. His driving was faultless. But his continual sighs and moans, alternated with weeping outright, at last led me to questions, which resulted in his confiding to me that he was mourning for his sin in hav ing murdered his younger brother. I was somewhat startled. IJut iu spite of his violent grief he drove well, and soon brought me to the village in a state of bewilderment both as to his actions and my duty in the case. Some time before we reached the castle we saw the porter posted on a large stone, in military attitude, and shouldering a long stick as if it were a rifle. As we approached, he shrieked in a fearful tone. 44 Present arms" and began to imitate the sounds of the drum and trumpet, while with his stick he went through the eight movements of the Austrian parade regulations, after which he jumped dawn from the stone, mounted the stick as if it were a horse, and galloped before the carriage like an outrider, all the time shouting, 44 A master is a master even in hell!" When we reached the gate the porter dismounted and stood like a post, saluting me as I sprang from the wagon, and retaining the most precise military attitude. I looked at him sharply, lb had an honest, open countenance, stamped with faithfulness and loyalty. This man was not drunk, but, it would seem, some what out of his head. I next encountered the gamekeeper, who speechlessly turned his back in answer to my inquiries; but in a mo ment there appeared the valet, a gay fel low of over forty, with his face wrinkled into the most comical expressions by habitual laughter. He was communi cative and well trained in his duties. While assisting me off with my overcoat Louis informed me that the three servants I had previously encountered were all mad. liy the time he had shown me to the steward's apartments it was sufficient ly apparent that he himself was at least equally so, though his was perhaps a less disasrreeable monomania. The prospect was not cheering. It was thankful to find the steward, at least, a rational man. He was remarkably well informed w ith regard to his duties, although his ap pearance would rather have indicated a public officer than a farm steward. After a long conversation, during which he in formed me that the adopted daughter was also insane, I asked him for a pen nnd ink, in order to write to the lawyer from whom I had made the purchase. He politely showed me his writing-desk, and then brought me a lamp similar to the Davy-lamp used by miners. I wrote somewhat sharply to the law yer, winding up by saying that the only redeeming ieauire in mis ueuiam was me finding of a remarkably sensible and well-educated steward. Having finished, I asked the steward for a light and sealing-wax. He begged me to use wafers, and upon my still pre ferring wax insisted that I should not seal it in his room. He begged to be par doned, and turned pale as lie said: 44 1 must tell yon, sir, that I sutler from a peculiar malady. The air in my lungs changes quickly to hydrogen, so that the room in which I am gradually becomes filled with hydrogen gas, and if any one should enter with a light the gaseous va pors would explode and would set the house on fire." I fell back in my chair. Good heavens! this man was the most insane of all. I was here with six mad people, and was myself the seventh; for I had bought this splendid company. I tore up the letter and despairingly sought my room. Hav ing locked the door after the valet, I no ticed that the fire was burning brightly, and that the supper stood upon the table, and could not but wonder w hat madman had cooked it. I could not sleep. I turned over in mv mind scores of plans for getting rid of the property or lor leasing it, but none seemed practicable. There was only the one thing certain that I miiMt get away. txcitement played tricks with my imagi nation; the old Count seemed to descend from his frame on the wall and approach me, murmuring, 44 Now I have another fool:" an old clock began to strike, and kept on into the hundreds ; the bed was uncomfortable; the moon shone in nnd tormented me till I curtained it out, lest I too should go mad, as was everything else, servants, pictures, clocks, beds and moonlight. I sprang up in a rage, re solved that the morning should rid me of my tormentors. Suddenly something began to steal over me which quieted thought. What was it, song or music? a tone escaped from the harmony of the spheres? I knew not whence it came; but it was en chanting and exerted a wonderful in fluence. It ceased in a few moments, even before 1 could be certain what it was. I forgot my annoyances, opened the window and leaned out in the moonlight, listening. Cut the window opened on the court-yard, and there was no sound but the low barking of a dog. I went out into the hall. The song began again, and seemed as if it were under me. It was deeply melancholy yet not a song, only a dreamy, rhymeless melody, like the notes of a forest bird, but so charm ing and beautiful that 1 stood enchanted, forgetful ot my surroundings. As it ceased I wondered if tins could be the insane girl whom the steward had said had no language but song. I took a light and started in search of some posi tion where I could hear better; but the old castle seemed to have been built from a labyrinthine model. I went through the first story, and up and down stairs, and along innumerable halls, till at last 1 opened a door which seemed familiar and found myself again in my own room, without knowing how I got there. I noticed that my "bed was re made, the fire replenished, and that a thick green curtain was draw n over the Count's picture at the foot of the bed. Some one had been here! While I remained, listening, the song recommenced, but this time it seemed lo be above me. I lay down again and fell into a sleep, from w hich I awoke in a different frame of mind. I resolved to stay here, to con tinue the Count's good work, and to un ravel the riddle of the nocturnal song stress. After a residence of half a year I had discovered various means of dealing with and even decreasing some of the pecul iarities of my servants. The honest and sleeplessly vigilant porter, although most foolish, gave me least care of all. The poor dunce had only one ardent wish to wear a red coat, such as he had once seen on a fox-hunter. After that I believe the already devoted fellow was ready to go through fire and water for me. ily gamekeeper, though almost dan gerous if any one else presumed to order him the King of Lapland, as he im agined himself to be yet bowed in hum ble submission before me, whom I made him believe to be the Czar of Russia. My steward was such a learned and useful man that I resolved on a heroic cure of his monomania. I brought gas pipes from Pesth, and endeavored to bargain with him to supply the castle witli gas from his breath. The shock occasioned by my proposition threw him into a severe illness, but he arose from it an entirely sane man. There were only two remnining in the house who had not been, at least in a measure, benefited by my system of cure: one was my invisible siren and the other was myself, who was in love with her. As soon as daylight was gone her song began a song of the lark from human lips; it came and went, sometimes sooth ing me to sleep, and sometimes waking me, but I could never discover whence it came. Nay, more w hen I slept she came and went in my room, often remaining hours. I had several means of knowing this. I always left a lamp burning on my table. When I woke it w as always extinguished, and being turned down instead of blown out had evidently been touched by a hu man hand. This was to prevent my see ing her should I suddenly awake. Again, there was a clock near my bed; this I wound up myself before retiring. If I fell asleep at eleven o'clock, and awoke at four or five, the clock would stand at one or two, and yet it w ent correctly in the daytime. My invisible caller stopped the clock, so that its striking should not awaken me, and started it again when she left. By this means I could tell how long she remained. And jet I could find no trace of her means of gaining admission. I myself locked the doors, and left the keys in the locks on the inside. My windows were protected with iron grating. There could be no trap-door in the floor, for the car pet was of one piece, and nailed dow n around the edges of the wall. I tried the walls, too, but nowhere was any trace of a hidden door. I took down the picture, but was rewarded with nothing but cob webs. Then I examined the roof of the castle, but found only an immense quan tity of seed corn spread out directly over my room. Neither could I discover any door leading to the part of the castle which she occupied, and her windows were doubly secured with iron gratings. What did this strange creature eat and drink? Is she really a spirit that exists without food or raiment? I questioned my servants, except the porter, who I knewr beforehand would only answer, 44 A master is master even in hell," whereas I was not master in my own house. The steward knew nothing of the secret, but he assisted me in my researches, and was as much astonished as myself at what I related. The coach man crossed himself, told a story of a ghost, and prayed I would allow masses to be said for the repose of her soul. My valet, Louts, said it was a wonder fully beautiful enchanted girl, who dressed in gold and silver, who drank only dew, and lived on the nectar of flowers, like a butterfly. At her will she can change into air and pass invisibly through doors. When it should come winter I must notice the frost-pictures on my windows. If I should find a round, melted spot among the flowers, that would be the point through which she had vanished. He had, at least, a poetical idea of the matter. Not so the little gnome-like gamekeeper, who de clared it to be no good spirit. At night she changed into a were-wolf and ate little children. He claimed to have met her often in the forest, and tried to shoot her, but she seemed bullet-proof. In vain I tried feigning sleep. She seemed to understand my stratagem, and I could even hear her laughing some where near me, surely, but where? I pictured her tall and graceful, w ith blonde hair reaching to the lloor and glittering like gold in the sunshine, com plexion transparent, longblack eyelashes, and melancholy, lustrous, sapphire eyes, and the delicate lips marked with a faint line of pink. My days were spent in the care of my estate, but they were filled with im patience for the return of evening and my fairy enchantress. At last I dreamed of sitting with her under the shade of a pomegranate tree, while the sun, mirrored in the lake be fore us, threw its reflection upon her an gelic face. In my dream I gave her one of the apples, which she pronounced sour. I then took one myself, and put ting it between my lips told her it was sweet, and that she must take a bite of it. Oh, the absurd ideas we have in dreams! She leaned over, smiling, looked at me with her glorious blue eyes, and came nearer and nearer to take the red kernel. Then suddenly she passionately pressed her lips to mine, not like a spirit or dream picture, but as a real human be ing. Ik-side myself with unspeakable rapture, I quickly threw both arms around her and at the instant a sharp outcry awoke me. No, all that could not be merely a dream. It was a human kiss, a real em brace, a living outcry. And j'et there was no one in the room! A thought came into my head. I sprang up and rushed to the chimney. Then I was ashamed to have imagined that niy fairy could have come through the flue! And to render the idea utterly absurd, the grate was still full of glow ing cinders, and it was, besides, shut in with iron bars. My heart was still beating from the embrace and my lips burning from the kiss. As I relighted my lamp, and feverishly began to pace up "and down the room, a strange object suddenly met my sight a tiny embroidered slipper, so fine and delicate that it might well have been worn by no earthly foot. At last I had proof that she had been in my room, had sat by me, and lied in haste, losing the slipper, which she had no time to pick up. I dashed a pitcher of cold water over my head in order to make assurance doubly sure, and then I locked this won derful little slipper in a drawer, still feeling that it would not be there in the morning, for men often dream that they have found treasures of gold and have locked it iu an iron chest, to find, on awakening, that it was only a tantaliz ing dream. Then 1 went to bed again and slept later than my custom. As soou as I was fairlyr awake in the morning I pulled out the drawer of my writing-desk in order to assure mvself that the last night's experience was either a reality or a dream. The slipper still lay there, just the same, of white lace and red ribbons, ami a .1 ulian flower and butterfly in the finest embroider'. From this time on it seemed impossi ble for me to stay in the house. Day and night, w ith every thought intent on" solv ing a riddle to which there seemed no key, I should soon be as crazy as the rest of the household had ever been. No, there must be an end of it! Idealistic dreams are very beautiful, but they did not suit my constitution. I resolved to quit the castle and return to Pesth, and either rent the estate or leave it in the hands of the stfvard. Accordingly I called the servants together and told them my plan. For a year after my de parture I would continue their wages in addition to the allowance made them by the will of the late Count. I then dis missed them unceremoniously, for I was getting into that state of mind in which 1 did not wish to see any face about me. All departed except the foolish door keeper. Of course be was going to tell me that 44 A master is master even in hell!" To my great surprise the man put off his military manner, approached me, kissed my hand, and began to speak in an entirely changed and unaccus tomed voice. 4 Why will you leave this place Does? the poor girl annoy you?" I was astonished beyond measure. The man, then, was not mad! 44 It seems to me that a great change has conic over you," 1 returned. 44 Yes, sir. I wish to tell you every thing, and you will then understand much that up to this time must have seemed strange; and then, I think, you will not leave the castle." His manners, language and expression were such that I involuntarily invited him to sit down, which he did. I was now convinced that he knew the secrets of the castle, and anxiously awaited his developments. "The deceased Count," he said, 44 had an unfortunate secret alliance. Wishing to make reparation to his child, who was motherless from her birth, he brought her here in order to educate and lawful ly adopt her. But lie was not permitted to make full repartition on earth. The girl grew very beautiful, but never learned to speak. She is not deaf and dumb, for she sings and notices the slightest sound. But she never speaks a wotk; she ou'y sings. Like a forest bird, she has different tones, with which she makes known her pleasures or griefs to those who understand her speech. The poor Count aud I learned tins music language, and 1 understood her. I was the Count's only confidant. He once said to me: 4If I should die, leaving testimony that this child was mine, what would happen to her? Peo ple would certainly consider her crazy, which she is not. She has understand ing, a good heart, natural affection, and comprehends human thought. Still they would put her in some in sane asylum, and so make her really idiotic. How shall I prevent this?' Then the Count had the strange thought to make an asylum out of his own castle for the sake of the child. From far and near in the vicinity he brought together the village dunces, and the steward he brought directly from an insane asylum. I was the only one of all who was in possession of my live senses, but I pretended the worst mad ness of all, so that the affair should be come notorious. Then the Count gave himself up to the care of the unfortu nates with ceaseless patience, and gradu ally made docile, quiet human beings of them, till at last he had no servants that he had not partially cured from sonic mental disease. His object in doingthis, and leaving them a home here for life, was to prevent his heirs from either liv ing in or selling the castle, for lie thought no one would buy an estate under such conditions. I confess, sir, that w hen you first came I counted on your not re maining more than two months in the castle. It is built with secret passages between all the rooms. I myself do not know how they are arranged. Viola alone possesses the secret." Viola! The name startled me. And j'et it would well suit my fancy picture. 44 In this way Viola comes down to the hall every night, where 1 have her food prepared. If I should die the steward would care for her. On these occasions I often spoke to her of you, and was surprised to find that the poor girl, in stead of being afraid of the stranger who had bought her father's castle, was so much pleased with you that she sighs and blushes tit the mention of your name. Yes, she even let mc know that she was accustomed to sit by you while you slept, and guard your dreams. You have perhaps not known that before?" Oh, I knew it very well. 44 The child is not insane; but if you should go away now she certainly would become so. To-day she came to me weeping. I could not imagine w hat had happened. As she became somewhat calmer she made me understand that while you were asleep she had again stolen to your room, and had even kissed you. I cannot describe the tender, modest smile with w hich she acknowl edged it. Then, frightened, she covered her face and fell upon her knees, w ring ing her hands, with a beseeching look, and the tones of a wounded bird entreat ing the hunter not to kill or imprison it. Viola prays that you will not be angry with her. She will not disturb you again, not even with her singing. She w ill be still in the house. You shall not even be conscious of her existence ; only pardon her this. But I pray you, sir, not to leave the castle. You know Its secrets now. We who are here jvc you so much! No one but you could so well manage these poor unfortunates. I really do not believe that Viola will visit you again; but if you should accidentally meet her you will act w ith that thought fulness which every prosperous human being owes to the unfortunate." I became suddenly aware of the fact that my orter and I were shaking hands in a friendly way; but I had already grown accustomed to extraordinary pro ceedings. Having assured him that I would re main and that I was not angry with Vi ola, I begged he would no longer keep up the rvU of an idiot in my presence. For two months I never once heard the voice of my fairy. 1 was like one who has lost a friend whom he nightly dreams is alive again, and who ponders how strange it is that anybody can be alive who is certainlj- dead. About this time a bold band of robbers began to spread terror throughout the neighborhood; they had broken into many of the neighlwu ing castles, com mitting rohheries and shooting whoever opposed them. My neighbors advised me to be on my guard, for a gentleman, happening to pass my village, had been taken for roe and robbed on the high way, and it seemed pretty certain that my turn would come. But I was too much given up to my dreams to pay much attention to the warning. One November evening it was sleet ing bitterly 1 sat alone by my rate, idling stick after stick of wood upon the tire and watching the glowing, whistling spirit forms into which the wood became transformed, when suddenly I was aroused by a loud shout, w hich was quick ly followed by a shot. To spring up, snatch my revolver and rush into the hall was the work of an in stant. In the opposite door appeared two masked figures. I received them with two shots. One of them returned my fire without effect, the other fell, ap parently badly wounded, and w as dragged out by his comrade, w ho again shot at me through the half-open door. I 'partly covered myself with my own door and stood ready to meet another attack. At the moment 1 became aware that others were endeavoring to force an entrance at the opposite door of my room. I was attacked mi both sides. "In this emer gency I thought how fortunate it would have been if the fire were burning less brightly. As it was, I presented a dis tinct mark for the robbers' aim. Scarcely had this thought passed through my mind when the room became dark, nnd as I looked in astonishment toward the chimney I was startled to see that the grate nnd the tire had van ished, and in their place stood a pale, white robed figure, with a lamp in one trembling hand, and shading its flaine. with the other. She was the embodied picture of my dreams! After a second's hesitation my fairy ran to me, seized my hand, and drew mo toward the open space in the chimney, when the enchanted floor instantly began to descend. Here, then, was the key to the mystery. The whole foundation of the chimney, with the fire-grate, ascended into the Hue, leaving beneath it an open ing which took us half a story lower. Between the ground lloor and that above it was a space high enough for a grown person to stand upright, and which was yet not discoverable either lrom w ithout or within. When wc reached a corner wall my strange rescuer again drew me to her, and pushed back a bar in the wall, w hen the square on which w e stood quickly ascended. Here, also, tis in my roout, was the secret opening to the chimney, through which I was now so magically led. I felt as if waked from a dream. A moment "before in mortal danger, and now safe in this quiet spot with my fairy. Here was the apparition of my dream! This was the being who had kissed mo under the pomegranate tree! The same countenance, the same cyc, the siiinc silent lips and now also again the same sudden disappearance! On looking around I could see her nowhere. But this time what I had seen was no dream; for in a few moments 1 heard the alarm bell sound from the cast le tower. The entrance to this tower also 1 had never been able to find. It, too. then, w as only to lie reached from Viola's room. Poor child! as soon as she had imagined Irom the shooting that my life was in danger she herself disclosed the protecting secret in order to rescue me, and afterward hastened to signal the danger to the in habitants. In a short time I heard the people nois ily approaching my residence. This was followed by a sharp skirmish on the veranda, ending w ilh a thout of victory from my good people. The robbers had lied, taking with them the dangerously wounded man who had been hit by my bullet. Another lay dead in the court-yard. The gamekeeper had stabbed him with his butcher-knife. The robber had ventured to oppose; the King of Lapland, who had hurried up to the support of his mighty friend the Czar. The remainder of the band were taken together within the year. But the faithful porter had been killed. As the servants brought lamps, and by their light we raised from the ground tin: bleeding body of the man who had so do votcdly offered himself, Viola began to lament like a young bird stolen from its nest. She threw herself on the ground, and went into such paroxysms of grief that I began to fear for her reason. liaising her tenderly, 1 assured her I would now take the place of the pro tector she had lost. At this she cast her eyes down tremulously, but the tears rolled from under the long, half-closed lashes. She had, then, understood my words. Whoever can understand words can certainly learn to speak them! A month has passed since this occur rence, and during this time I have tasked myself with teaching our mortal lan guage to a fairy. My instructions have, not been without result. I am now teach ing her that short sentence of our mar riage service which end-? with the words, 44 As God is my help Amen." When she can say this sentence, correctly Viola and 1 will stand side by side at the altar and repyat it in turn. A Hod-Hot Democrat. Scene, railroad station in Maryland, not far from the National Capital. Dis trict politician and a country constituent meet and shake hands: Politician Ah, Jones! going to the city, I see! Countryman Just so; thought a trip would do me good. Politician Well, how does lhe nomi nation suit you? Countryman Didn't like it! Can't sw allow that fellow, anyhow. He ain't Democrat enough for mc, nohow. Politician Why, how so? H- is a red. hot Democrat, he is. You can't beat him on Democracy. I tell yoj, Jones, he knows all about it. Countryman Yes, he may be all right now, but I can't forget where he stood during the war. That fellow was a war Democrat, and agin us all the time, lie wasn't no friend to the South, nohow! I am one of those fellows that can't forget the past, I can't. Politician Oh, that's nil right! I wouldn't touch him myself if he stood w here he did during the war. But t hings have changed you know, and I tell you, in confidence, no man on earth lee Is meaner of his record than he docs to day. I tell you 1 know he is a red-hot Democrat. Countryman Well, I'll see about it. If he is dead agin the nigger and with us agin the Radicals 1 may take him in for lack of a better, but it goes tig'm tin; grain to swallow a fellow that w asn't one of us. Politician Now, Jones, give me your hand! Bet's take a drink; that's what I call patriotism! I'.xit, arm in arm, to bind the bargain with a glass of old ryc.Jirpullie 31ji 'inc. In all, the Cabinet offices have been distributed among the States as follows: .Maine New Iiampfhire. Vermont Massachusetts C omierti'-ut New York New Jt-r-ey VnnylvMuia IMaware Marylai.'d Virginia Noi l li Carolina. . s(,uth Carolina. . . 3 flei.r-.'ia .. - Mi-si--ipi. . . 1 Louisiana. .. . .i") T- li lies set;. . .. Kentucky . . . ..IK Ii io . . :5 Indiana . .31 I liinois. .. . . . : M i sMHiri .11 Mi higan... ..I'.i I'!a .. 4 Wisconsin.. ) Oregon. . .11 1 i . i The following States have never bad a representative iu the Cabinet: Kho-te Island, West Virginia. Alabama, Atkan sas, Florida, Texas, California, Minnesota-, Kansas, Nebraska and Nevada. PiFFF.RKNfE between printing and publishing You mjy imprint a kis on the cheek of a young woman hut you fchouldn't publuliit.