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BED CLOUD, NEBRASKA
M. L. 1H0MAS,
VOLUME IV.
RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 1877
NUMBER 34.
Friitor and Proprietor.
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THE XICBT COMETH.
BT a. K. o.
Cometh the nlpht wherein no man tnsjr labor.
Therefore we work while jti the day It light;
To thee, to me. to foemsn, friend and neighbor
Cometh the night the night.
. Toll on toll on. nor dally with the morning.
ftwerUlren coaching In a thousand imr-.
Faithless he flles-scrity anu brief he warning.
Learlng thee unaware.
en sm'rous breath of noon will tempt to pleas
ure. And cane and rent nntllthft heat be pmt;
Arlie, and work! We har no time for leisure
Whose sky Is orercast.
Aye, OTercan. Tho' morn be swret nd pleasant.
And later noon shall offer fiesb 4ellght,
He anrelr si ea, who looks beyond the present.
The shadow of the night.
Ttrrlble n'ght to those with task half ended,
Whorerrl caieleastb.ro' the roy honrs;
Leaylng the corn, thegoodlf corn, untended.
To gather In the flow'rj:
Which c loe. or doop or die when ere adrance
And lo, the sorry harvest withered lies;
And ibatit msof Inst hope, losttlme, lost chances
Out of the gloom arise.
Not so comes the night to all. Sweet sleep will
a'rengthen
Tollers with burden of the day opprest;
To whom the evening shadows, while they
lengthen,
ISrlDg peace and hard-won rest.
Oh, woimaoe rest f r weary hearts and aching.
Anil nounded feet all travelstalnrd and sore;
Welcome the i -st thrice mlrome the awakening,
Never to need It more.
Work then, nor fear the struggle and th labor;
For tho' majbe thedyyetseemeth bright.
To tin e, to me. to formsn, friend and ne gbbor
Cometh the nlght-the n ght.
Argosy.
An Editor of 1775.
In 1775 there were four newspapers
published in New York. Rivington's
"lioyal Gazetteer" was the subservient
tool of the British authorities. "The
Mercury? published by Hugh Gaine,
) was a time server and trimmer. An
derson's "Constitutional Gazette" was
born and died in 1775, and had no in
fluence whatever. "I'heNeio York Jour
nal," published by John Holt, was the
' sturdy and uupurchsisable organ of the
Sons of Lilierty. Its editor fled the city
after the disastrous battle on Long
Island, and he was heard of afterwards
as publishing his newspaper at one and
another of the towns on the Hudson
under circumstances that would have
w appalled a less determined man. In
the month of August, 1777, while at
Esopus. he printed an advertisement,
m which lie proposed to take any kind
of country produce in the way of trade,
nis prospectus reads very quaintly:
"And the printer, being unable to carry
on his business without the necessaries
of life, is obliged to fix the following
prices to his work, viz: For a quarter
of news, 12 pounds of beef, pork, veal,
mutton, or 4 lbs. of butter, or 7 lbs. of
cheese, or 18 lbs. of fine flour, or a half a
bushel of wheat, or one bushel of In
dian corn, or half a cord of wood, or
-300 wt of hay, or other articles of
country produce as he shall want them,
in like proportions, or as much money
as will purchase them at the time; for
other articles of printing work, the
prices to be in proportion to that of the
newspaper. All his customers, who
have to spare any of the above, or other
articles of country produce, he hopes
will let him know, and afford him the
necessary supplies without which his
business here must very soon be dis
continued." It is gratifying to be able
to state that the sturdy patriot survived
the Revolution, and lived to revisit the
city, of which he had been Postmaster
in 1775. nis patriotic labors and suf
ferings justly entitle him to the follow
ing epitaph: "A due tribute to the
memory of John Holt, printer to this
State, a native of Virginia, who pa
tiently obeyed death's awful summons
on the thirtieth of January, 1784. in the
sixty-fourth year of his age. To say
that his family lament him, is needless;
that his friends bewail him, is useless;
that all regret him, unnecessary; for
that he merited every esteem is certain.
The tongue of slander cannot say less,
though justice might say more." Such
an epitaph, inscribed over the dust of
an editor, who had also held a commis
sion as postmaster, opens a wide field
of emulation to the journalists and of
ficials of these latter days. John F
Mixes ;Scribner.
"Did I not give you a flogging the
other day?" said a schoolmaster to a
trembling boy. "Yes, sir" answered
the boy. "Well, what do the Scriptures
ay upon the subject?" "I dont know
sir ," said the boy, "except it is in that
passage which says, 'It is more blessed
to give than to receive.' "
The unwonted interest taken in tem
perance reform in England has spread
to its colonies. A conference of cler
gymen of all denominations was re
cently held at Sydney, New South
Wales, to discuss the means of securing
an amended liquor law. It was de
cided to present a petition to the Colo
nial Parliament. The number of drink
ing places in New South Wales is stated
to be very great and constantly grow
ing. The British imports and exports of
1876, as compared with those of 1875
and years previous, show that while the
imports reroiin nearly the same the
exports have fallen off about $600,
000,000. The United States hai keen
England's worst customer, it having
taken less of everything than in for
mer years and sold more.
Husbands and fathers will be please
to learn that "small checks" are to be
Mhiouable for silks next summer
THK SENATE-EXTRA SESSION
Tiiursday, March 15. Provision was
made for printing the entire proceed
ings under the electoral bill The in
vestigation of the Grover matter was
postponed until to-morrow, and after
executive session, the Senate adjourned.
Friday, March 16. The Vice Pre
sident presented Senator Mitchell's res
olution for investigation of charges
against Senator Orover. Senator Sauls
terry submitted a substitute that the
Elections committee be instructed to
appoint the Judge of the Fourth Judi
cial District of Oregon, a Commission
to take testimony concerning the charges
said testimony to be forwarded to the
Elections committee, which shall re
port the same with their conclusions
at the next regular session of the Sen
ate. Without taking action the Senate
went into executive session. A mes
sage was received from the President
transmitting various nominations, and
also notifying the Senate that he had
no further communication to make.
Saturday, March 12. The Senate
by a vote of 39 to 8, adopted a resolu
tion authorizing the sub-election com
mittee of three to visit Oregon during
recess, if deemed expedient, and exam
ine the charges against Senator G rover.
The Senate then held an executive ses
sion, after which it adjourned $ine die.
A C'anh Transaction.
A gentleman living on Duflleld street
yesterday hired a boy to walk home be
side him and carry a bundle, having
first agreed to pay the lad 15 cents.
Reaching the house, the man found ho
had no smaller change than a quarter,
and he said:
"If you will call at my office at 2
o'clock 111 have the change."
"But it was to be cash down," pro
tested the boy.
"So it was; but I haven't the change,
you see. You'll have to call at my of
fice." "I'll call," growled the boy, as he
turned away, "but I know just how it
will work. When I knock on the door
a cross-eyed clerk will yank it open,
ask me what I want, and whvn 1 tell
him he will yell out: 'That man went
into bankruptcy last Septemler, and
now you git! That's the way they al
ius play it on me, sir, and I drutherlose
the 15 cents than to call the clerk a
dodo and have to dodge coal-scuttles all
the way down stairs."
The gentleman walked with him to
the nearest grocery and made change
Detroit Free Press.
Feeding Bees.
The continued mild weather of Feb
ruary will have kept swarms of bees
active. The untoward season of 1876
will undoubtedly have left many
swarms with but little sustenance. Of
course those who make bee keeping a
specialty will, by examination have dis
covered the exact condition of their
swarms. To those who have not, it is
always safe to feed when the hives feel
light in the hand. Strong, healthy
swarms, in many localities, will have
commenced breeding. There never is
anything lost by feeding after mild
weather comes in the spring, even up
to the time of apple blossoms. A
swarm that just makes out to winter
through, seldom accomplishes much in
the way of surplus honey the succeed
ing season, unless it should prove an
exceptional year. Besides syrups, bees
should be allowed to take what rye
meal they need.
Pudding a i Italienne. One cup
ful bread crumbs soaked iu milk, the
juice of one lemon together with the
grated rind, three-fourths of a cup of
sugar, six eggs, half a pound of dry
sponge cake, half a pound of almond
maccaroons, half a tumbler of currant
jelly and one tablespoonful of melted
butter. Beat the yolks and whites of
your eggs separately. Mix the sugar
melted butter and the soaked bread
crumbs with the lemon, stirring all well
together before adding the beaten
whites of the eggs, which should be
added last Butter your pudding pan
and lay over the bottom a light layer
of dry bread crumbs, then a layer of
maccaroons wet with sherry wine, then
a layer of your pudding mixture and
then slices of sponge cake spread with
jelly. Then another layer of macca
roons wet with wine as before, more of
your pudding dough, another layer of
sponge cake spread with jelly and so on
until your pan is filled, finishing with
the pudding dough or mixture. Cover
this and place half an hour or more
in the oven, then uncover and brown
nicely. Place the plate on which you
serve over the pan and upset this so as
to preserve the form of your mould
when you serve your pudding. Pre
pare a sauce for the above by starring
a wine glass of jelly into two table
spoonfuls of melted butter and a glass
of sherry wine, to be served hot The
foregoing makes a very delicious pud
ding. The Treasury Committee of the Brit
ish Parliament has submitted a report
on meteorological observations, in
which it suggests the adoption of the
American meteorological system. The
report sets forth the perfection of the
Weather Bureau in the United States,
and admits that we are ahead of all the
restof the world in the accuracy of our
forecasts.
The Chinese of San Francisco have
made arrangements for a cemetery
near the city. This will put a stop to
the custom of sending home the bodies
of their dead
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
At Benn tag's Station near Washing
ton City, on the morning of March 15,
the s'ore of Fielder Magruder was
burned, and Ebenezer Large and his son
John, who slept in the building, were
burned to death. It is supposed that
both men were murdered, the store rob
bed and then set on fire. . . .On the night
of March 14th, near Chico.Butto county,
C&L, six Chinamen who were engaged
in clearing land, were attacked in their
cabin by young white men. Three
were shot dead, a fourth died soon after,
the fifth being wounded beyond hope
of recovery?Theshttb, who was wmrnd
ed but slightly, escaped by feigning
death. lie says after finishing the work
the murderers set fire to the cabin and
tied. .. .Seven hotels, stores and other
buildings were burned at Bismarck, D
T., March 15th. Loss, $25,000; no in
surance ...A few days ago the unem
ployed working men of Scranton, Pa.,
called uion the City Council while in
session and demanded an appropriation
of 820,000 for public works that em
ployment might be given. One of them
obtained permission to address the
meeting, and said if the Council did
not do anything for the poor they would
take the matter in their own hands;
that there were fine stores along Lack
awanna Avenue, and they would help
themselves. This threat caused great
commotion and Mayor McKeen rushing
forward called the speaker to order, and
said as the chief exeutive officer of the
city he could not permit such
threats. Then, amid cries of "We
will have bread or blood!" the meet
ing broke up in the wildest disorder. . . .
Stephen S. Jones, editor of the Religio
PJiilosophicalJournal, was shot dead
in his office in Chicago, March 15th, by
Dr. W. C. Pike, who immediately gave
himself up. Jones lived with his
family at St Charles. Illinois, was 65
years old, and reputed wealthy. Pike
and his wife had been rooming in Jones'
building in Chicago during the wintei
without paying rent and it is surmised
that this may have caused the trouble.
Pike alleged as areason for the killing
of Jones that he had seduced his wife,
and he produced a confession signed
by his wife to that effect Mrs. Pike
confirms her husband's story. All the
parties involved are spiritualists, and
the affair caused considerable excite
ment Pike was held without bail to
the Criminal Court.... The Medical
College of Pennsylvania, March 15th.
conferred the degree of Doctor of Medi
cine on 15 women. . . .The members of
the New York Produce Exchange think
that Kingan had with him 9100,000,
though reports say only 89,000 were
found on the body. It is thought he
was followed by thieves and murdered
at the first opportunity. . . . The passen
ger agents at St Louis have decided
upon an advance of $2 from Chicago
and Western points to New York and
Eastern points.
A 630,000 fire occurred in Boston,
March 16th. . . .A furniture factory and
other buildings were burned in Athens,
Ohio, March 16th. Loss, 030,000
One whole side of !the public square at
Lebanon, Tenn., burned on the night of
March 15th. Loss, 030.000; insurance,
07,000 Capt Eben Ward, the well
known steamboat and vessel owner at
Detroit has made an assignment....
Nelson Brown, Lucius Thomas, Adam
Johnston and John Henry Dennis, all
colored, were hung at Aikin, S. C,
March 16th, for the murder of two
white men. Stephen Anderson, also
colored, was found guilty of the same
crime, but was respited for thirty days.
....Enoch Thomason has been sen
tenced by the Supreme Court to be
hanged at Columbia, S. C April 27th,
for the murder of Rufus C. Jackson,
last year. .. .James M. O'Donnell was
arrested in Cincinnati, March 16th,
charged with swindling parties in
Peoria, HL, out of ilS.OOO in money by
means of false representations as to
mortgages on property in Covington,
Ky On the morning of March 16th
a collision occurred at Stryker, Ohio,
on the air line division of the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern Railway,
between a freight train and a stock
express train. Three cars of the stock
train, with a number of cattle and the
bridge at Stryker were burned. No
persons were injured The steamer
Gov. Garland was burned at Red Fork,
forty mills from the mouth of the
Arkansas, March 15th. Three deck and
one cabin passenger, and all the books
and cargo were lost The boat cost
025,000 one year ago. . . .At Buffalo, N.
Y., March 16th, Thomas W. Thompson,
of Westfield, was held for trial before
the United States Court on the charge
of using the mails to fraudulently ob
tain money from the relatives of de
ceased parties of the late Ashtabula
disaster. His modus operandi was to
write letters to relatives and friends of
the deceased, stating that he had in his
possession certain articles of the de
ceased, and upon the receipt of stipu
lated sums he would forward the ar
ticles named. He signed his name
Victor Bennett The prisoner pleads
guilty.... The coroner's jury in the
case of the murder of Dr. Jones in
Chicago find in their verdict that Jones
came to his death by pistol shots aimed
by W. C. Pike, who premeditatedly, de
liberately and maliciously fired them,
and that it was murder in the first
degree; also that Pike's wife Genevieve
should be held as accessory before the
fact a recwnntskM that both be
held to the grand jury witbont bail
Fied Douglas has been appointed and
confirmed as Marshal of the District of
Columbia.... On the ldth of If arch a
boiler exploded in the saw mill of Hun
ter Bros., near Worthlngton, IncL, kill
ing 12 persons and wounding 7, all that
were in the building.... Nathaniel H.
Loomis, a produce and commission
merchant of New York, died, March
16th, of .hydrophobia Detective Jaa.
White, of Cincinnati, has been sen
tenced to the penitentiary for thirteen
months, for implication in the election
frauds last October.... The express
Messenger on the train froni-Mobile to
New Orleans, March 17th, reports that
the express car was boarded by a man
at Lookout Station who presented a
pistol at him. The messenger made a
rush at the man, and received a ball in
his hand, disabling him. The high
wayman grabbed a 0500 package,
leaped from the car and escajed
Joe Goss has been fined 02,500 for vio
lating the law of Kentucky, by en
gaging to fight and being unable to
pay, has been committed until the fine
is paid Louis Eigler's new flouring
mill atChenoa, 111., burned on the nisht
of March 16th. Loss, 810.000; insur
ance, 04,000 The Illinois Central
Railroad Company has bought the
Jackson & Great Western Railroad at
New Orleans, paying $1,050,000, and
assuming all mortgages and indebted
ness. The north section of the road
will be bought soon by the same com
pany, and that will give the Illinois
Central an outlet to New Orleans.
A fire in Pittsburg, March 18th, de
stroyed the Fort Pitt Iron Works and
other property, to the amount of 0175,-
000. Insurance, 055,000 Miller's
Hall, containing three stores, at Mur
phresboro, Tenn., burned on the night
of March 18th. Loss, 025,000 The
bank of Lansingburg, N. Y, has sus
pended. Liabilities, stated to be 8875.
000, and assets 01,850,000 It has been
decided to hold the next annual meet
ing of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge
of Good Templars in Portland, Maine
next May.... The will of Joseph L.
Lewis, of Hoboken, leaving 01,000,000
to the Federal Government to help pay
the national debt, is to be contested by
a person who claims that his wife is a
niece of Lewis Ex-Governor Emory
Washburne, died in Cambridge, Mass.,
March 18th.... The plea of defense in
the j ones murder trial in Chicago, will
be insanity on the part of Pitce. ...
Samuel C. Ballast Cashier of the Har
bor National Bank, Philadelphia, con
victed of embezzlement, has been sen
tenced to ten years imprisonment
At Antril, N. H., March 19th, two young
men named Campbell and Bailey fin
ished a political discussion by the
former striking Bailey, and Bailey
shooting Campbell dead. . . .Dennis Du
ane, aged 75, and his sister, aged 50,
were fatally burned in New York,
March 10th.... An extra freight train
on the Hannibal & St Joe R. B, went
through a bridge near Cameron, Mo.,
March 19th, breaking the locomotive
and ten cars, and instantly killing the
engineer, Ira Green, mortally wounding
fireman Conner, and badly injuring
Levi Rickets, brakeman.
Abner Haines, a member of the Ohio
State Senate from Butler and Mont
gomery counties, was found dead at
his boarding house in Columbus on the
morning of March 20th. He was over
75 years of age and quite feeble. When
found he was at the foot of the stairs
with his neck broken. . . .A few nights
ago at Clayville, Ky., Dr. Karns, a resi
dent of that place, saw a man attempt
ing to rob his meat shop. He fired at
him with a shot gun, and the robber
disappeared. Upon visiting the meat
shop in the morning, Dr. Karns found
an unknown white man crushed to
death under one corner of the building.
The man shot at had a lever under one
corner of the house, prying it up, while
his companion was crawling under the
building, and when fired at he dropped
the )evert thus letting the house down
on his comrade.... A severe shock of
an earthquake, lasting 40 seconds was
felt in Vermont on the morning of
March 20th Experts who have been
examining the foundations of the Wash
ington Monument report that they are
adequate, and the appropriation of 0200,
000 consequently becomes available.
A fire in Washington City, March 21,
caused the death by suffocation of Win.
Gupe, the proprietor of a confectionery
store. . . .Skon, Petersen Jk Co, bankers,
corner of Clark and South Water Sta,
Chicago, failed, March 21st The amount
involved is not great They had saving
deposits amounting to about 050,000,
and did a considerable foreign exchange
business. The losers are principally
their countrymen, and in Europe Scan
dinavians.... Ed Wells, the negro who
murdered Wm. O'Brien, in Burke Col,
Georgia, was taken from jail on the
night of March 20th, and lynched by a
crowd of unknown men. He confessed
that he murdered him to obtain goods
and money. .. .J. Don Cameron has been
elected United states senator from Penn
sylvania, and Stanley Matthews from
Ohio.... It is said the President will
soon issue a proclamation convening
Congress in extra session, June 4....
Prof. C. V. Riley, State Entomologist of
Missouri, Prof. Cyrus Thomas, State
Entomologist of Illinois, and Dr. A. a
Packard, of the Amnictm Xutmnlirt,
lffsesaclmseUi, have sen appointed a
United Statu XUoMokgist
sion to inquire into the character and
habits of the grasshopper and other de
structive insects which have created
for several years such ravages on the
agricultural districts In the West The
Headquarters of the Commission will
be in Prof. Hayden's office in Washing
ton, and their western office in St-Louis.
Prof. Riley will occupy himself more
particularly with the whole country
east of the mountains and South of lht
46th parallel ; also the west half of Iowa
and the whole of British America. Prof.
Thomas takes Minnesota, Nebraska,
South DaxoU,and East Wyoming, whllr
Prof. Packard will make Montana. Ida
ho, Wyoming and the Pacific slope his
field. The natural history, remedies',
preventive measures, meteorological
and geographical larings of the sub
ject, etc will also be divided and allot
ted to facilitate the work of the coin
mission. fokkusTTnews.
A dispatch from St Petersburg says
it is semi-otlicially stated that the slow
progress of )e:ice negotiations between
theTorte and the Montenegrins is ob
served with much regret in iolitlcal
circles. Montenegro adheres to the d
cision of the conference. The Porte,
however, will not permit the unfet
tered return of her sovereign's refugees
from Montenegro. The nation has con
sented to the, territorial cessions de
manded by Montenegro, and has not
made any counter proposals.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
several So ft as have been arrested for
posting placards denouncing Midhat
Pasha's banishment, and the icace
with Servia, and the territorial cessions
claimed by Montenegro Henry I.
Tiffin, of Montreal, has failed. Liabili
ties, 0125,000. . . .Three new ports were
opened to trade in China in February.
They are Wen-Chow, near Foo-Choo;
Woohoo, on the River Yangtse. 1,000
miles from the sea. By this act of the
Government the commercial frontier
is pushed 350 miles further up the great
river of China and into the heart of a
rich and populous region.
One of the principal leaders of the
Herzeeovinian insurrection, who was
captured by the Austrian authorities
more than a year ago, has been released.
It is stated that Austria has issued a
general amnesty to her subjects who
joined the insurgents in Turkey....
Count Von Arnim is reported as dying
at Nice, and his son has been summoned
in haste.
It is reported that a six hours obsti
nate fight took place, March 17th, be
tween the Turks and Bosnians. Both
sides suffered heavily. The Turks re
tired upon Livno A dispatch from
Berlin says: The Russians appear to
regard the protocol as a valuable con
cession obtained by Russia. It is be
lieved that an agreement between
England and Russia, relative to the
protocol, will render the continuation
of negotiations between Turkey and
Montenegro possible. It is stated that
if the negotiations are continued, both
sides will order their commanders to
continue on the defensive when the
armistice expires. . . .A dispatch from
Constantinople says the popular feeling
against Mahamond Dam ah is gaining
ground The London Times publishes
a letter from its Pera correspondent
which says dark tales of Mussulman
violence and rapine continue to come
in from many provinces, especially
Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Albania,
where public security, either on the
highway or in isolated homes or small
hamlets, seems altogether at an end.
A Vienna dispatch reports that Mon
tenegrin troops are steadily training on
the frontier. .. .President MacMahon
sends his first Aid-de-Camp to Berlin,
to congratulate the Emperor William
on his eightieth birthday A dispatch
from Rome states that all ministers
accredited to the Vatican have been in
structed to report fully and frequently
on the condition of the Pope's health.
....An earthquake visited Jamaica,
March 19th, which caused great alarm
but no damage.... In the German
Reicshtag, a bill fixing Leipsig as the
scat of the Imperial Court of Germany
has been adopted In Berlin, on the
20th of March, some laborers attacked
a number of workmen from Posen,
working on the tramway because the
latter accepted lower wages. The
police supported the Poseners,but were
repulsed. A company of infantry was
ordered, and with some mounted police
cleared the streets. Several wre
wounded.
Garget ia Cews.
I have a thoroughbred Jersey ( Alder
ney) cow, which calved a week ago;
she has hard lumps, or sweelings, in
her hind teats. She milked thick milk
at first with a little blood; now she
milks about one pint a day of clear
milk, and no signs of doing better. Her
front teats are all right She is natur
ally a good milker. W. C. B, New
York. The trouble is probably garget
mammitis). Wash the bag daily sev
eral times in coolish water, and give
her, in a bran mash, seven or eight
drops of tincture of aconite in two or
three doses, six hours apart When
bathing the udder, rub steadily and
well, but not too hard. Bathe a long
time at each appliearkm-J
A bicycle register has beea invented
which will tea at a glance the distance
A Rosa IjswsbIL
In the dfsral of !Um 1 And IX
following mewt carious story :
During the month of June. R C 217.
the Consul for the tlm brln oprrml
hiii grounds to the public for content in
Jumping, running, wrestling, toother
with the throwing of the discus.
Whle th! sports were going on. th
Consul's Mn, Junius Sertilius Xcpus,
ste p;d iuto one of the booths erecird
u tht) outskirts of the grounds, to grt
the dual brushtxl from his whlskum, his
tlnger-tiis reacentJ with the fcn!dor ef
Ilespertdes," his golden locks frrnh
curled, his chin well trimmed, with
other coxcombriw befitting the youag
blood oi the period.
Por Publius Tonsor or. to us the
more orthodox term. Puhllpnr Tonsor
re d his visitor with becoming rev
erence. He bowed obsequiously to tfce
very ground. He even felt vexed with
himself he could low no lower, but he
showed the true spirit of servility by
bending lib body for the second time.
This ceremony over, he ensconsed his
guc t in the solium (or lnch with el
bows). then withdrew for two or three
minutes to get together the few imple
ments required, but first he stepped
into the donuitorium, to beautify him
self lefore the steel mirror which
hung there. Being togged in his
robe of office, he returned to the young
knight bowed to him once more, then
throwing the white penule round the
neck of his customer, proceeded to busi
ness. Behold our young knight covered
from chin to eyebrow with thick, white,
curded suds, the very pictuie of hel
lessness! Behold the very proudest
spirit of Rome tweaked by the nose
most unceremoniously by one of his
own "clients." With well poised in
strument nourished from left to right
PorPublior Tonsor commenced in true
Trufltt style to scrub off the suds from
his victim's chin, when lo! his ellow
ling jerked by some overthrown
discus, his keen-edged instrument dug
dee into the young knight's flesh, cut
ting him to the very bone. Out spurted
the blood-red tide. It Hew remorsely
into the eyes of Tonsor. It covered
him with crimson. It trickled in five
or six rills down the snow-white penule,
dropped on the sleeves, dropped on the
very ruffles of our knight In towering
wrath he sprung from th solium,
clinched his fist, vowing with ten mil
lion "Hercules" he'd knock the monster
into the middle of next week, or pum
mel him to jelly like the mummies of
Memihis. In time, however, he grew
more cool, then trudging off to the city
judex, requesting the proper summons
to bring the wretch before the Courts
for "cutting with Intent to kill."
Por Publius Tonsor, in self-defense,
sued him who threw the quoit the true
source of the whole mischief. Two
suits were therefore instituted, in which
three persons were concerned : First
Junius Servilius Nepos, the young
knight; then Publipor Tonsor; then
the thrower of the discus.
When proceedings were brought on
the courts were crowded to excess.
They were full to the very ceilings long
before the doors were open. Silver
keys were in use in old Home, where
every petty officer who knew no othr
spelling could decipher "the letters of
Ephesus." Oh, for the purity of honest
John Bull! No "letters of Ephesus"
will tempt the integrity of British Bum
bledom. The young noble told his story. The
feelings of the Court went with him.
It is ever so. Mobs, with their wonted
inconsistency, deride the titles of the
upper ten, while they bow in reverence
to their very "shoe-tie." They even
glory in being snubbed, provided the
Bnubber is high-born.
When Junius Servilius left the dock,
Publipor entered it to give his version
of the story, then follower, the thrower
of the discus. Every incident being
duly sifted, the three judges, beginning
with the youngest proceeded to judg
ment
O.yez! Oh, yez!" shouted the Court
crier -"Silence! while our most noble
Judge delivers sentence." Silence being
thus enforced, Lucius Cornelius Scipio,
the Just spoke to the following effect:
He thought the discus-thrower most
worthy of the Court's nigh censure for
sending his missile beyond the prescrib;
ed limits. Bounds should be bounds,
he urged. If suffered to be overstepped
every one will shift the line to suit his
own convenience. If B or C is per
mitted to send his quoit one inch be
yond the line, then M or N might sbest
more perilous missiles for ells or stiles
till no single spot on the whole of Rosse
would be peril free. "Now ," be conths
oed, "if he who kills his brother wit
tingly is guilty of murder, be who kills
him unwittingly is mot wholly irrespon
sible. Such, brothers, is my judgment;
but I humbly defer to your profooad
wisdom. Brother Sempronius, the Cort
is now with too.
Sempronius Fulvi us SopJius, the Stoic,
folding his fingers over his fist, cried,
"Hemr then closed bis eyes in solemn
reverence. Three times he rocked him
self from side to side, the, beadiag
slowly over his parpto rwasiim pro
ceeded in these words: "The thrower
of the disew. in ay opinion, brother
Scipio, is quite gnflUeni of ntisnis. He
did his best, thongh witaont nonht his
1 best provoked themsishlnf We mnst
1 not; hewtrsr, pwnish tksns whene
thssrl
rwC r Uses wbodo lw wJi wfH t
dermal the letter To m It wefc Um
rry Jm on of tt whoJ mt
chief rmlM with Pox INibttas Tueksur.
who oproed his booth cKsp U Uw
dtscuvgrourui. He cwtitd tH bwi ktww
live folly of w doing, ll cmM not but
know bow qtiu will sonwttm 41
reryeeven with th rol skillful. WJ
known not low Zrthyr oaoe dro th
the d iscus of the Sun-rwl Into Use kull f
his young friend ? Who know no. U
flower -irwcrtbrd with (, which t
Ufies of this incident? If the indlctM
is to le censure! for hitting the ejlow
of luMlpor with his discus, then lb
high Sun-fod deserves) reproof for kill
ing his young friend, but nothing th
gods do Is ever wrung. The isw-ffM
we know unwittingly slew his friend,
to his derp grief; so, without doubt lb
indicted unwittingly struck th i!Uw
of lubllpor. Hence. I mutt differ from
the Judgment of brother Scipio. Th
whole onus of this offense rru. in my
opinion with Publipor Tonsor. Out of
vile greed, he scrupled not to on hi
slH-hioth on th verv confines of th
kingdom of Pluto, knowing th. whole,
time the terrible history of the oung
friend of the Sun-god. Now this High
Court must not suffer this; It must not
suffer the lust of grwl to gorg Itself
on the liven of the Republic of Uotii.
Our noble Consul. t sure, when h
oftenrd his ground t the public, did
not open them to rrll the lit of hi
own son. My sentence is. therefor,
this: He whf prefers his own grxi to
the lives of his fellow-countrymen is
not fit to dwell In Horn."
With this wlsn dictum th Stolo
closed his eyes, twined his fingers to
gether, thrice rocked himself itowly
from side to side, cried: "Hemr thru,
turning to VI trill us. the senior judg.
lagged him to conclude the huslunu of
the Court
Rounds of but ill-suppressed shouts
greeted this sentence. The common
herd is ever most willing to hound your
stricken deer. The Judge, of course,
frowned, but the corners of his mouth
disclosed how he chuckled Inly with
delight "Silence," shouted the court
crier. "Silence in the court! our tnont
noble Judge delivers sentence."
The hubbub roused Vltelllus from
his slumbers. While with tho front of
fourscore winters he piped in his vol
from loss of teeth, but his lungs wero
sound still, so his words were jwrfectly
distinct They resembled In tono the
shrill, full notes of the Jorum-bell when
It riugs the hour of prime, or thow
other bells which tell of the prmenrn
of the god in the beerh-groves of I)oi
done. Slowly he delivered sentwnro.
without either "if or "but" "In my
judgment the thrower of the, dlwus.
Brother Scipio, merit the encomium,
not the censure of this Court Undid
his best Well would It be for Itonut
if every citizen did so too. Por Publi
us Tonsor la likewise gulltlewi of
wrong-doing. He too did well In mind
ing own business. Both quit this Court
unsolled. In respect to the spot
where Publipor built his Iwoth, w;
must not Interfere, brother Sophun, with
the liberty of the subjects. It is not
for this Court to fix "where" one is to
seek his livelihood. Every one must
be his own best judge. One seeks it In
the town, one In the, suburbs, other in
the fields. I should never interfere.
I must confess. If some enterprising
citizen thought fit to open hi shop
booth in the bosom of Vesuvius, in tho
ghoul-cells of the Cyclopis,ln the neth
ermost pit of Pluto, or In the wretched
confines of olus, th despot of the
winds. It is wholly the concern of the
persons themselves, not of this Court
to find out where is their best interest
The only one deserving of censure, In
my opinion, s the young simpleton
with the cut chin. He risked his life
with his eyes open ; the risk, therefore,
rests on his own shoulders. He mast
not come here for the Court's protec
tion when his own folly brings him into
trouble." Then, turning to Servilltis,
he continued: "We dismiss you, young
sir, without condign punishment for
your wound hi punishment enough for
your indiscretion. Henceforth chew
up this: those who will heedlessly
meddle with edged tools most not be
surprised if their flagers get sometimes
cut" The Court rises.
Honor to high Jove. ComIVs Maga-
zitu.
During 1879, there were In the United
States and Canada together. 9,301 fires
observed and repotted, or an average
of more than one every hoar. By these
fires pfoperty to the vala of 73,775)
was destroyed, an average of f 302J23
per day. The fires of 1B75 were, by
comparison, toss ia nmrntwrs; bat they
entailed an aggregate loss of e.22e.
093, the exeess being very nearly made
up by the Oshkosh fire of April astfc.
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of Oet aath, saase year.
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