"-;3fr "'w - r-. g&SPiQr? 'd5' JjWl1 .T"" ? li - i. - i ! H . r 0&-e-- -" ? " " if V J ? 3 -sl THE RED QLOUD CHIEF. A. C. H3SUER, fWJs.tr. BEI CLOUD. NEBRASi IGjpyrlght Second. AtX Rights JUtcrccd. Jriveaf roi Sea to Sea; Or.JOSTACAMPLV. BTtc. tost. PcBrjsirr.r) bt Pcrvibsioic or J. E. Dowsrzr & Co.. Publishers, Chicago. CHAlTETt X.-CojrriNC2D. "This is Mr. Ileninrngway, stran nrer3; a member of my family.' said -Mr. Parsons, introducing Erastus. " "Oh- do you do, Mr. 'Emniingway." asaid Mr. Jobbers extending a red and rather Meshy hand;peaking deliberate ly ami with a slight accent upon the ' t sentence, i see you first and hint word of etch ov do you do? lli 'one Hi veil' Erustu- assured liim he was in good health, and expressed the hope that their gt:e-t were not too greatly wor ried with the jaunt over the hills." With Mr. Aiinelsey he shook hands -eor.Ji:tllya- lie had done with Eiiaign -when meeting him at the well. Jn a few moments Mr. Parsons, who had left the room -after introducing Erafetus, returned and invited the party -out to j-upper. 'This is my wife, and these are my -daughters.' fie said as the gentlemen -entered the room where the table was .spread. 'Ow do you 'flo. ladies? Hi ope Hi .-ee you welL" And Mr. Jobbers, who appeared to have one formal phrase for the expre-slon of his pleas ure at meeting strangers, bowed low in recognition of the introduction. The younger meu bowed also. En sign once, with a respectful glance about th circle, Annelsey to each of tiie ladies in turn and with a slightly a'lect ed air and his right hand upon hi- heart. He was a little surprised, evidently, as "was al-o Mr. Jobbers, at the degree ot mxi ami general air of refinement that -characterized' the young ladies, ami de sired to make a good impression. Mil say. von 'ave a huncommonlv 1I1JU jlJilVf ere. Temi - !&- i m.' ii-o w k bj'aT v r t rm . - . labk - u, 4a'w k-tiiT nujii rai V. aab nil; Hit is wonderful 'ow vou JIamcricans do thin: Great henter- -" 111. lliltLl j . - t., ...... ,,. ......... .f, ........ w.... ....v. -..,-., four weeks, while me and "Ilastus took Ihe grouud for it until the up and a roff on. Wc tee hard time- for the first few tis vou say. we he v made a shanty was some purty "ears, but, good bit of Improvement since then." "Hi idiouid say so. And you 'ave done it hall yourselves, without cap itaL'J "Yes. -without any capital 'ceptin' a pair of hns-u- and a wagon, that brung another and the g-rls across the plains." ".Hi declare, h f that don't beat hany Xhing le seeti vet. Hi don't see 'ow you con d get ahead without capital to Mart hull." "We had the laud to commence with. ;ind we had good health ginerly; an' we had willm hearts. replied the host; "an7 1 ami! tin1 Ihe opinion that that apital a man an a is about all the ca woman needs to start on. e ve opened two places afore this, besides sTtddin' to the one we begun on, and "have been driv' off of 'em all: an' J don't see what anybody needs more i than an ekil chnncc with everybody j else. I'm sure that's all the men that "work for a lixin" are a-dcin'." "Hi say. Put there is many a man 5n Hingland that would be glad of the I liopportuuitv to make im a om' like I this. in know several good, nomst farmers that could raise nitney enough Hi know several good, honest to mak the trip, and win n I go back 1 sdiall hadvise 'em to come to Hamcrica, md to Californix" During the m al the conversation was Srincipally between Mr. dobb -rs and Ir. Parsons, with an occasional word irom Mrs. Parsons and Erastus. Ensign mad- no effort to take part in it, but devoted hi attention strictly to Ihe business of satisfying his appet te, unless an occasional glance at the roung ladies may be considered an in terruption. Annelsey made several attempts to tmter the conversation, addressing his remarks principally in the direction of Lucy, who st opposite to him. but, al though too sensible to be really bashful in the presence of strangers, she was not sufficiently so'.f-coatident to engage in a lengthy "conversation in the pres ence of so many gentlemen whom she had never before met, and so caused Annelsev to fail in his efforts to be especially entertaining. But after sup per was over and the girls had removed the disbes and in company with their mother joined the gentlemen in the sitting-room, they found it muck more easy to talk together. Mr. Jobbens had communicated the fact of his baring an interest in the Hydraulic Mining Company to their father, who wa listening very earnest ly and attentively to what he was say ing regarding the aiae of their claim, the length of the flume and the power Which they expected to obtain from so great a fall This gave the young peo ple an opportunity of chatting among themselves in a "less formal manner than they could hare done with their ciders taking part in the conversation. Annelsey. having just arrived on the roast, was" full of the incidents of the journey, which he had made by rail; ind his references thereto naturally called up, nn the part of the others, re membrances of their own far more te dious journey, and soon they felt quite at ease in each other's company. Then, too. Annelsey had spent a week in San Francisco, and "hearing that the rirls were but just returned from there, found fresh food for conversation in the objects of interest in that city. At first the custom to which he had "been bred, of looking upon a workman as an in ferior had shown itself in his treatment of Ensign, who was but an employe of the company in which his father was a large stockholder, but the perfect equality with which he was received by the family of intelligent people beneath whose roof they were, together with the ...e .wuwu,-. i., muul ...ui ifor Anues-v. he was able to care for temptation as hard to lie risted bv ",rw . e" . t n?, .V' J iD l"e people hare pond of your country, sir. h5d OWn animal, and he could do it or those voung men as are the berries to 1'ou where she boarded for over seveu Ou long may lhask, since you leaVe :t undone as he choe. Accord- boys who gaze at them through a crack ' 3" tl"; fain 'X knew little of her hi- Jiopened this place, sir? ingly the New Yorker had given such in the incisure within which they grow tor Sh was very reticent and kept "It s eight ..years last fall since we care to fh(J :tllmal whk.h ,ierojeM and rioen in the sun. most of the time by herself, first camped on this spot, returned . fct.rm to sm00th his co, , anl hsul fed .f som,,.ime; tho temntition Sonic time ago Mks Arrell complainet! .Air Parons. "and mighty rough camp- him froni hu Wn of oats wl,ich EraHtlw And if. some mu, tho "P10" of pains iu .he head lioth to the female ; it was. too. Mother there V the had .hown them, and then had returned UJL7uthiu clerks in the .tore and to her landlady. . l .,!.. ... II: I,.., ...n.. l.M ....' ----.-- . . 4ktw. . .-v .. Hunt uu uiifLU n.ib ti . -, . . . m- tii.lit in III., u-oirnn f.ii- mirli ..!. . . .. . "l vUKt iuui au,iui.i;u Ul uiuiltiu-i f. C .. Tl. l...,..--. .!. : I mci mat ensign evmenuy naa himseU cottage. ones: and nore eTerr -rrrll nrnmriar - zmrzzirrrr TT -al - 7 r"'.."1 7. Z. T r" ".:-..rZTr - r - - -- nm no thought that he was a ot aocially the ' Eady in the morning the yeong peo- stranger waattemSfS n eiK!di5 JKjfSSSS '.LatC wgJS! I SSG""" "ff r- J .1?fat. ekmmPmbrJ gnod grnrnW lr injnntjsm ferftm m qua! el any. soon ioreed the young pie started for the snaWAeot troduced freeitT nrnTwn ? S F VZ- tSSl tHZ "ff ! tSLlSZH VC2!ISriSn!ir sW M mJ rU. b wJtZkZT W Few Yorker to troat htm as an equnT; were on horseback, for among the hills coandenco lens froaoontir Wtraved !S?k2f - - - -1-- ??JW? ESfiT? fa ,,Wttt, frfThhmV M .S th5atM Sa ZT kJl JZZ? SI AssmnT S and when the time came for reSng! the mdim, ahost a, much athe mea, thn. might hTmmct7tlnmeS S?-- 5aJ ft 5 l . " - P mm f yt oarmj wil fco W sjsmM i hoohnya. M ahe7ewgfdo.withasmgmoaep- were acenstomoi to tho saddle. In the do noTkaow tholhonrfai not .WetW l?1.5 eeill 12 -?. ? & l ?. "rf"??- 1WTin'Tl ' oil natoreaing. this mono of conveyance, won phacod hiost whatever osmsky of hoWer rood- 5 - - " T-Tr TT! 2L!?iI!'i,V: 75 Hmsmij J2JJ5 -. '.'fATi'laft J!r ill "5 J '-! TiTm isiii nu " - - That cine exception was Eraetaa. the enkea ami reossed I owk. wkhhroad noes thoaa w-JLTtairJf M?y JJlftP F: immmkmk the oommmm- "! f ft - ?T y? J"IS ':.JH He hod noticed that AnoeWey ap- and hotter sod Mu which won to fur- thorn with. ??EJ?T ?? iL1" ? f m " CTrmZ .VammJlil. "Jl'LL i rtJSSL S?L g noi nan i ui nsnuriillT anTisns tT - niah the rooaoL Tt mm j n oml Imi isoml te lns oy nn mm, whom tho ceornry hna motonaod k Weroot- esJnnr Cmsaf inosr nmny wammsr na no mmmmi nsmm mmo r m nV eTononosnnjs onomp sjtonoBVHnossnnnson; 4n oVssVnovnW oomK onnm onovVSomomo flnma onmnvnmmmnVsm1 nmnVnmmmnV, onmm"nsn nspmnmnm o oossooobsosobv r- nmnoi s B o o - onj nrssnmno .? - r sp nmmm . - . . - nr.- t " ",.4ssmm " , t1 j s vi 5 ?- -42 - s iaSBnmnnsmmmna a .a t -. - ? aa.avmaaa mHBHH kwh h avu k. w Hr b aa hh ib aiir taL a b aiakEa ia . aa r w a m arK a b.l i a ra u a: .ar bb mm r-frr-rw w .-mj impreion upon Lucy; and. without stopping to ask himself the reason for it. was vet conscious that the evening had been spoiled thereby. "Uotri morning, lad es Hi 'one I sec vow well this morning. ' - . . . . .... one a Jiappetite lor sleeji. And I'm sure no one ever nd better hon.wrtu- . . . - n.ties for en'oring it than your o-,p.tai-itv furnish-d us."' he added, gallaatlr. - S-fing that breakfast was not vet 1 ready. lie posted out onto the porch, ' mill ttliliavinfr . mnrrtit rtfiAnf ..-.. Cw the bu-h that climbed over and shaded n was -Mr. Jobber wjio had arisen t ey Marled together. lacse were and descended to t ie dining-room on jomed on the way by others, making a the morning following the incidents ju,-t gay and jolly cat alea.de that waked the related. echoes in th foot-hilto with their merry "Quite welL thank you,' replied Mrs. ' laughter and started the quails from Parsons. "1 hop? you had a good , their hiding places in the wild oats, night's rest" j Some of the more venturesome ran "Hi Hfvvr slept better in my life. 'races acros the bits of level ground be Kiding 'or-eback hover the 'ills gives ' tween the h"ILs. Sow and then a cotiole the whole side of the house, buned his by the boy with the bow and arrows. no?e several time; in its jnjrfumed ' 'in the main, however, they held their le-ives, and then carelessly throwing it ranks well enough to be able to ex down as he might have done the rind of change merry jokes and witty repartee. an orange Irom winch he had su-ked the juice, sauntered iJowly off the porch, ar pn'tjnr his thumbs in the arm - i jI0jeS 0f j,js Te8t intlaaed his lungs with holes of his vest, intlaaed his lungs with the pure, ool air of the morning , meanwhile looting out across the little valley with an air of entire satisfaction by some untoward circumstance. withhims.-lf and the world. ' n all this merriment Jennie and Lucv "Good morning, Mr. Jobbers." said Pardon- took full part and share. Us Mr. Parsons. comng around the house nallv .Tinni w.i more Mds.te and nuiet , huui uik luai. iwiii in a auuuiv Ui -,.-.. i... .w. ..'i.i.:..i :.. .. i.. .r i taliiorni.i air, I see. Itcckon vou don t Kt Vn Cltoll fttlt.. (! in T.rw!i V , ..M 7M l ,.W UftA 4U UMUUU 'Ope I ee you well. sir. No. Mir. the hatmosphere in London Is 'orridlv bea-tly at times, but most of u man age to take a run into the country for a change and a little hoot:ug once or twice a year; that is. them that can haf ford it Hof course the laboring folcs can't hafford it. and what I wonder is that they don't hall leave Hinglaudand come to Ilamerica where they could get pun- ha.r and 'omes for their fam ilies. This is a great country for folks 1 that 'as to labor, sir; great country." , At this point of their conversation they were joined by all three of the oiingmen, who had rien before Mr. i JobbiT and gone out to look at the ani- nuiU and prepare them for the da-s i jowrn-y. Annel.-ey had at lirat ordered Ensign to rub down the horses for the party, but ad been told in reply that lie must take care of his own animal it he expected it done. He was the em- e a mincomnionir I pl)Veof the com pany and on the com arked the English- ' :..t. iin:..aV .,,i , ,ilt, k,i,. m'aaa&j" " a u ija m a a a- a am v a uu ervantof those whom he guided to the ( mine . Ensign had told him. He would i wtti ilrwvt Ir I klilk..f.Tia lin .1 i , n. (...nrti'v lo a.11 older Turin, hut sta oppor- tunitv of peeking to either o of the voung lad'es. thev being busy with the morning duties he had remained for a moment in the sitting-room and then gone out to the vineyard, returning as ne saw the others coming toward the house us if in anticipation of breakfast. Each of the young men respectfully bid the elder ones good morning, to which John Parsons replied with a hearty: " Good morning. bovs, good morning. Mr. Jobbers 'oped he saw them well." Being summoned to breakfast, they entered the house and gathered about the table. Ensign and Annelsev, both of whom were feeling a little out of humor over j the:r rceent tHt u hor had the;r ibout tho care of the go id nature fully re stored in the presence of the young ladies, who greeteil them with smiles and pleasant "good mornings. Had there been no ladies present it is possible that the ni al of which they were partaking might have had the same effect. The most delieious coffee, fresh laid eggs with ham; the lightest of bread: the niealiest of potatoes, and such fruit as California alone can pro duce, went to m.tke up a repast which onlv ro ,iretI the cl(.'ir b .i,i;,.,' ........i..,:. t bracing air ot aaaa, ViUUttM 9 iIVt. 1 1 i. a 1 v. ist tit tor anv occasion and any company. Mr. Jobbers was protuse in his com pliments. He had dined with the Honorable Mr. So-and-so, and been 1re-ent at the public bamjuet of the ..ord Mayor of London, but he had never eaten a meal "more satisfying to the happetitc ' than the one before him: and he ended his remarks on that subject, as he frequently did, with the assertion that on ids return to England he should advise all the farmers whom he saw to emigrate at once to Cali fornia. Breakfast over. Ensign went imme diately out and brought around his own horse and that of Mr. Jobbers. An nelsey lingered behind, anxious for a few words with Lucy, and hoping that Ensign wou'd bring his animal with the others. But in this he was disap pointed, as Ensign led out two only: and but that Erastus not willing to ap pear lacking in courtesy to their guests, led out the remaining animal, he wTfuld hare found himself behind at the starting. Hitching the horses to the front gate Ensign returned to the house to thank, the family for their hospitality. Annel sey attempted to prevent this by hasten ing his own departure and that of Mr. Jobbers, but Ensign had too jelear a perception of what was due their host to leave without a word of thanks for hospitalities enjoyed, and left his com panions who w -re ignorant of the di rection to be taken to await him at the gate while he paid his respects to the family. He did not offer to pay. as Mr. Job bers and Mr. Annelsev had done, for he knew the customs of the people and that pay was neither expected nor desired: bat he thanked Mr. and Mrs. Parsons for their kindness and gave express on to a desire to be of service to the family in return should opportunity offer. Then, bidding all good-bye. he re joined his companions, and together the three resumed their journey. CHAPTER XL the rtcxic, The picnic which John Parsons had tol I the girls wn being gotten up for j their home eommg by theyoung people of t.ie neighborhood "was held a week later than the events recorded in our last chapter. The place selected for the day's enjoyment was a beautiful grove on" the banks of a little lake that lay nestling in the bosom of the hills soaie even or eight mitos from the Parson J Among those who elected to go on horseback were Jennie and Lucy Par sons and Eratus Hemmintrwav. I fly a previous undjrstanding a dozen ' of the voung people of both ibexes met fat the Parsons cottage, from whence J . . . w mm drop behma their companions aid ec:i.nge a look or word of endear ment, for it ; not v j supposed that , in California, more than elsewhere. ! thirtv voung people voung men ami J r . . -t - t . . I ; 3oung women could come together, j and tnat among them all there should : lie none whose hearts had been touched ow the'. sang a verse of ong in con- - cert; now ba , cusations of absence of . banteied each other with ac- loneliness because of the absence of some lad or maiden who perchance had found another partner , lor the day, or been detained at home .i . . ... i ., .. . i man ner bister, nni to-uav was ine nr.-i time for months that she had lxen nn1. horseback among the hills, and the , j pent-up gaiety ofher nature found out let, and she rivaled them all n mcrrv speech and reckless riding. Arrivinfr at the rrove thev found a platform erected for dancing and two musicians ready with their violins. Very sodii others who were to be of the partv. but who were later in starting or had come a greater distance, begau to J arrive, and soon a half hundred gaily ( dressed, light-hearted young people were on the ground. Then the violins were tuned up and dancing began. When tired of dancing they sat in the shade of the live oaks and laughed and chatted, or wandered away two and i two, and spoke low, and looked love, l ani mav be planned for a future to be , spent in each other s society Or they rowed on the lake. six or eight in one light skin that had but a single pair Oil oars. :ind sunk so low with their weight t that when some one among their num ber moved, it dipped almost to the wa- fright and half of pure jovotHne., to issue irom 1 ins as red and nne as red maiden, who leareu. or thought that ho feared, to struggle. lest she overturn the boat, and pre ferred being kissed to getting wet. whv. what bu-iness is it of mine, or of yours, j my dear sirs? There are other lips as , red and xipe await ng to be kissed, and i there are oth t lakes and other boats j with single oars, and other sunny days ' and starry nights to come. Then wbv I should we linger over this picture of a gold'm day th.t is past; of red lips and ricned fruit that were not for us; that vere gathered by others on this beauti fu, day in spring, away off in the foot hills of Califo.nfa? When the sun became too fierce in its rellection from the cairn waters of the lake, they gathered themselves in little knot--, all near together, and the provis ons werebrougnt from the spring wagons, and spread upon clean linen cloths on the ground, aud they ate, and drank lightly of their native wines, and laugh-d anil called back and forth, and twittere I just as d'd the birds that had . taken shelter from the sun in the leaves i above them; and were as happy and as ' free from care- While they were thus engaged there approached two men; strangers they at iirsi apneaM to an. fcach carried a hshmg pole and basket. The vounger one was dre.-svd in a very handsome suit, resembling those seen in pictures of English life and supposed to be worn only by very wealthy gentlemen when engaged in hunting or lishing. The other was a much older man, dressed in the garb of a citizen of the lo -ality, and might have been either a miner or a farmer: and was. in fact, an employe of the Hvdraulic M ning Com pany, "for whom Mr. Annelsey-for the young man in the English hunting suit was none other than he had obtained leave of absence that he might accom pany himself as gu.de and game car rier. Perhaps young Annelsey had come simply for a day's fishing "in the lake. Many a man had gone farther with lesj sure promise of being rewarded for his labor by the casting of a hook and line. Perhaps he had learned from some cas ually dropped sentence of Erastus, or one of the girls, during the evening passed in their father's cottage, that a picnic was on the tapis and the dav and the spot whre it was to be. Per haps h". had learned from them onlv the fact that one was to be held on a fixed day, and by inquiry had ascer tained where the 'most pleasant snot for holding such gatherings was. and had taken the risk and now found himself rewarded by finding those whom he sought. Perhaps but why assign a reason for h.s coming. He had leisure. He could come and go as it pleased him. and he had pleased to make a trip to the lake of which he had heard, and to take with him the fishing-tackle which he had brought from New York. And he had found on the banks of the lake a company of vonng people, two or three of wh'om he had met before; what more natural than that he should join them, and, if made welcome, spend the afternoon in their company. He advanced toward the group of which enr friends formed apart: greeted the oung ladies in a gay manner and shook hands very cordially with Eras tus, and was made welcome and bidden to -eat, drink and be merry, for he was a long way from home and would re gret it if he ever showed any backward ness in accepting invitation to eat while among the foot-hills and breath ing tlie appeate-crcaUng atmosphere of Caldornia." When the ranch was eaten he was in troduced to others mad invited to take part in the dance; for in the coutry therek leas formality than in the citr. an4 in naw coentrie lea. tk ; Ij . .. . m .1 ..... k7V.bk. .M ..I. ...... ill.l X kll..W .lllV.l-.A n ."-ui ji n 1...... U TEMPERANCE. RUM'S CURSE. Win. Can Tell It ConM octant, rlrcrn. xi tiwl lakrv nl mil the nrae that water takc-s IIciMrath tbcetian!ed Rkr. lie tnrol to Ink of MacVtvt bur. With everjr drtjp of tnorninv dw; With ccr rbrab and vrvrf tc JMwl vvvty hlucle of srciss we Made jwen to urit vlthul: Were every man in every clSae A MJTibe to ux itov jk'ii: Wcra cocb Mctbi:aa In sjrt. AikI very taonwat wrrjtc a jiaf A tok a lutxt: could we fcuppoM A th: t)i;o -jnhli- tnll All wonid t t red ami die. Tlie pea would ererr one eir out, Thi book br writ within, without. Tl.e ink be dndsed quite dry. To wr'tc tb cure cf rum: O. then, .nfuL would lull i eil a meu Arvbangel c en wouid fl And till eternity hcud end A loti eternity thov d rtM. Hor then bae told the title. Utrirlian ai WvdL, m A SAO END. The rathetle Story of IW-lla .rrell ! rll.l Mini lluinr.I by a lre of Irlak A Life of ludutry and lruuiie Marrrtl ' by Our lUd Habit. i A sad Temperance lecture was pre- j sented yesterday in the death of IMia Arrell. a oung woman who had be come addicted to drink, and who feared the exposure it would eientuallv lead tn Tb- hnhit wi lw..r, -;t , I !.- .... ,. , ,. . MUlikii n la tt 1 1 IILJUU llir lirVLII-IIL. Mil . . . . i-aa 'iaa iiwk -vi-u aiiu tu HJC Ul'au and depressed spirits, caused uy cloe application 10 worn. rne iouud reiier, at leat temporary, through the alco- holic stimulant, and coutinued the ue of it until the hab't grew upon her. Several times she resolutely abandoned the practice, only to return to the fatal cup again. Nonr of her friends or member- of her family were aware of her weakness. Her habit-, were as reg- tilar as clock-work, she arose early in the morning, went to her bu.-incas promptly, transacted her duties lor the day. and returned to her lodgings, No. 241 East T'ventv -Fourth street, in the evening. She led a most exemplary life, with the exception of ihU one failing. Hclla Arrell entered the hair-dressing establishment of John Dougall, Xo. .lis Sixth avenue, fourteen years ago. as an errand-girl. She was bright, intelligent and modest, and worked hard to ad- vance her.elf. It was not long before she unner?tood the bu-ine-s and was promoted to the supennteudency oi the place. She reached the store every I woniing at eight o'clock and remained I sht : """ '-" "r -..".- -""v d the Iav with her mother and signs of liquor on her lodger, but as Miss Arrell had always conducted herself properly the landlady did not like to of fend her by ment'oning that fact Fol lowing that Miss Arrell several times came home in the evening intoxicated Airs. Scott made up hermind tn reprove tlie young woman for her conduct, but each morning the lodger carefully avoided a meeting, evidently feeling ashame 1 of the occurrences of the pre vious night. About three months since she ceased drinking, and Mrs. Scott, who was imt- hnps the only one acqua'nted with the . young woman's weakness, began to . jiujre sue nau auanuoneu ine iiuuil al together. There was no complaint after that of sickness. Mi-s Arrell's health seemed to improve, and she appeared to be in much better spirits. But this reform was of short duration, for she was brought home on Monday n'ght by two of the giri-? in the store in a condi tion that Mrs. Scott declared to be "de plorable." The lodger was nssMed to her room, while t'ie girls exi la ncd to Mrs. Scott that Miss Arrell had been taken suddenly ill while at work, and complained of dreadful pains in the head, and Mr. Dougall. who had been m iremont all day, returned at six o'clock, and at once insisted on her re turning home with them. Yesterday morning when Mks Arrell awoke she sent for Mrs. Scott and said sne felt verv weak. She a-ked that a messenger lie sent to a drug store for a bottle of brandy. Mrs. S -ott ecured the necessary stimulant, and the lodger partook rather generously of the liquor, after which she went to Mr. Dougall's store. About two hours later she entered a back room nied by the employes as a cloak-room, and. taking a revolver from a shelf, shot herself in the abdomen. The report of the pistol alarmed the other girls, who ran into the room to find the bodv of their superintendent stretched upon the floor. Life had not left the body, but she died in a few minutes after her removal to the Yew York Hospital. xo one was more surpnsea ax me tragic death cf the young woman than j the proprietor of the establishment. The pistol she used belonged to him. and had been purchased twenty years ago to protect his place from burglars. He had been robbed shortly before that The revolver he placed on the shelf twenty years ago. and had never touched the weapon since. He felt greatly aggrieved over the sad ending of hi assistant, whose services, he said, were indispensable to him. S. Y. Herald. RECLAIMED. A TfcraUac la Om T Fraaeto Mv. pfc? MtMCJag- "Don't sign it, Fisher. I tell you don't put your hand to that pea." "Be a man, Fisher, and follow the promptings of your own conscience. In the name of your good Creator, I say, sign that pledge." The abate exchange of opinions took place last evening at the Murphy Tern- perance meeting m toe Methodist Epis-' copal Church on Liberty street, amid th iMoat Tnteao eTc'trnenL. Mr. Mar- phy had been making a most earnest : pa-r-e appeal to young men to join the l em- tne moral oi youth and age, destroy perance cause. Three young men sat ing the health of Deople. demoniring in the Tear end of the church a little . t.em. killing them bv degree, and at under the influence ot liquor. Mr. I Murpny personally appeaiea to taem to t walk up to the table and sign. "I , haven't coo-age,- Tm too fall." shouted one. This encouraged the energetic Temperance worker and he went to Ihe trio. After much pervuaswn ooe of them walked to the table wits The Tonnr maaYa name, was J. y - tie ferirht. named Mike Hrannon. and accosted him with the injunction with which this re- port opens. Fisher at once threw down the peu. bat still cetned chained to the peu. table. The choir sang, womea praved and men exhorted and the young man ". ariah Montgomery, of California. .V s:ool aa root,onl.5 a a statue. His ( taat Attornev-Genrral for the In- face gac evidence ox mt-mal mental contlict of Jie everot kind His pa$t lifo nisi! th imlilil t.'.ii!; if tK nitun he was o tron'lv unn.d to take eemed to be parsing through hi mind in ianoramc ordv r. Again he csaved tern, under the lcadrhip of Julice Union oMir kTt; hd tW UX rrc ?n. but fallel I-our ' Firld, protested to the Attorney-General ogniUoa f aar on da of ea. Jt to take up the pen more times he repeated infiec'ual at- tempts. houL ox echoed frtim all parts rohor . fnend Iirannon Mill prevailed mon-chool tem. i-o far a. the led on him to wait "until to-morrow night." t eral Government ha any re'ation wi;h lieu as willing to do thL.. Out Mr. thr chooK would be lntTjretrd by Murphy kept h;m at tlie table. He the frienI of the public ehool a a again laped into melancbolv thought deliance. (m the other band, it wai and again txk tlie fen in hand, only repre-nteil that to relue th commi to Uirou it down. " Xo. not to-night. ?iou to fontgomerv for no other to morrow night." he ta.d. with tear- ful eves, " My young friend FisVr. youIl break my heart if you don't .ign to night." aid Mr. Murphy. Tne e cit ment among the audience was now at it wildest pitch. Stme great con flict was going on in the oung man' mind, hvery one present eiewpt Brau non wa shouMng- "Sign, sign." Finally he dshetl a Uarfrom his eye tooic the nen. wrote nu name on a i pledge and took a blue ribbon r Thc j tJiouts of praLe were deafening. Mr. I a l . Jiurpnv at once icncii uown wun trie i rniiMT mqn n n 1 1 nmtti lirvitn: i At , 31r. Mundiv request Mr. I a . a.avv- -a muui. vw hishef made ored under a few remarks, lie labored under ' much excitement as he ! "rr.ends. vou don't aid know mv case. and 1 can't "to-night fully explain it to you. My heart L too fulf and the time J too unseasonable for me to talk much, j There are many here who know me, but I hope none 'will think unkindly ot me. Until two years ago I was a good ' and earnest Christian minister. 1 had ' a rood Christian home in the Ea-t and received an excellent cducntioa. In 187l 1 graduated in the Morgan Park school of divimtv. and was called to San Francisco in 1880. I did not go; incidentally inquiring of some Caltfor-j LgC Lamur of .Mi4tirfi. ;Wretry r there, but I accepted a call to Hunker nian- who were applicants for oflice a ' l interior. U.-utmannitoo.-l in a Mtl Hill Church. Boston. I reigmnl that I to the whcruibouls of one 7ch Mont-i ulnlm,,nt ,4Conf",rf-, M,al,lr 1:Storate two years ince and came to ' gomery. hrt learned in recent year of ' .uuiu II i4r)nd of .rVn. .Mine ittsburgh. I" hae gone from bad to j the location and condition of his old ' tleiM-nl. aerri iu u.ih brawbe tfc worwa I have lo,t everything and m sehool-fellou. j rnr u jmtrtl of c.m. 5l!ni.:rt only a very oung man. 1 hae signed i 'Hiis apjwxntmentof a rabid enemvof Mxieo, lir!fc-wiirr-rierl in tuntderi0 ' I hope vou will all pray for Mike Uran me ,m-ue. auu ueau iu w i hi iuc non. The meeting was resolved into a "love-feast," and various members re lated brietly their e.x:erience. Among others wa William White. He stated how he had almost cut a policeman to pieces, and escaped irom the "pen. ANo. how he had ncar.v killed ;o. now he had ncar.v KUJeil a "'Squire" near Wash'ngton. I). C, for which he received cruel imprisonment. .Mr. Muruhv made some short and effective addresses, and Mrs. Duffy sang ' some pathetic solos. Mike Brannon , and Fisher met after the meeting, but tlie latter refused to go with tiis com- panion and accepted the invitation of , some Temperance friends. Ihtnng the I even'ng Mr. Murphy stated that some friends had secured two little rooms for U'kim .-iw. ,.-;.k i,;. -;f.. nn.i ..;t.. ., llk. II I1U 11IIII UO 14V. hum iauiui, i 1 , a a... t j - I again nau a home. tiiisourgn com mercial Gazette REFUSING WINE. ralthfulta HIa inctun and rrlnrlpl Grnrral Wuh m Coneltttluu ORlrrr. In these days no well-bred shows surprise when anv one person refuses ' wine. It is onlv tlie vulgar and unrc- lined who significantly lift their eye brows or make sneering remirks be cause a comrade shows his temperance principles. Perhaps th'is bas alway been true. At an)' rate, the following, clipped from the Little Christian, show that Washington was as gentlemanly ai he wa- greatC Toward the close of the Revolution ary War an olliccr in the army had oc casion to transact some business with General Washinnon. and repaired to ' Philadelphia for that purpo3?. Before leaving he received an invitation todine or.fi, t.o n.n..r-.l n,i .r..,ti.r f..r, himself in company with manr ditin- gui.shcd guests, among whom he pre served a modest demeanor, taking but little part in the conversation. Before , the close of the dinner tieneral Wash i inirton. calKng him bv nanif. rcouetci him to drink a glas of wine with him. ' Will vou have the goodness to ex cuse me. General?'' replied the officer. " I have made it a rule never to drink wine' All eyes were instantly upon the young officer, with surprise and indig nation mayhrp a few with approval. That a person should be so unsocial and so mean as to never drink wine wa too bad: but that he should abstain from it on an occasion like that, and when offered to him by Washington himself. was intolerable. Washington at once saw the feeling of his guest, and promptly addressed them: "Gentlemen." said he. "our friend Is right; I do not wish any of my guests to partake of anv thing again! their incl nations; and 1 certa'nly do not wih them to violate any established rrinciple in social intercourse with me. honor my friend for his frankne, for his consistency in thus adhering to an established rnle which could never do anv of us harm if we adopted it." Cirittian at Work. TCMPEHANCC ITEMS. Evejct rear the Temperance reform grows older, not merely by "the accre tions of time." hut by the discoveries of time. It appears thjat fully a ceaturv ago the following resolution was of fered in the old Continental Congress: "Hcvolred. Tbat R be recomtuenii to the ererat LnrtaUlore of tfce L'aJted States ita xac4itelr te rm law the menu effeatsal to cS aa iiswdiale top to t&e pt-rnicxras wac- ttce of dtiUiac trvm wfakfc tbe tot extea I mtc eriia are likely to ue derived, oalna j qafealy pieveateC An ex-saloon-kecrer once said to u "saloon-keepui; the meanest duj- ness a white roan ever engaged in." That was a sweeping statement, bat. uuoa retlcctkiB- we are afraid tn Arnr I it. what a meaner than corrupt lag I the same time pauperizing aa J digrae- g laaocent women ana cniidren. ll there is anything meaner than this, the wor.si aas no record erf it. The ex- saloon-keeper right. 3.lwnal rrvjieyterjflj.. The Sen Francisco Pmcifh controverts i ine srevaiiinsf isfea must a eBrai i - - - nsgnt It TS: waes prevents iiUmiwisaea mew w season are use asnmarn emces bmh w ikmrw; m wwww m "Oer mweseson in that ta f heiBed Itisnonostionwhkh may aa a KspnUSeon is a good onmw If f J- ZACH MONTGOMERY. i rm "' of " ,' ,rt,, " d- ci.tai. The I roddeat ku appointed ach- I tenor i:pArtment. and he ha done l. with full knowledge of Montgomery bitter opposition to the public wrhouK Hie friend of the public choo! vs- and to the lreJdrat that to p;oInt encouragement j Montgomery. narticuUriy to the dc of the building. ' partment Which alone tonchc thr conv- t reason than that fce U an actvocate of educa'ion under the .nrfuence of the t atholic Chureh might iniie the an- tftgontm of another clas. and that thi- other cla t one in which ta found a large ercentage of the lemocratlc voter. It n Mr Justice Field who with drew from the.Congreional Library tlie only patnphlet wntt n by Mont gomery upon the mtIiooI question which the library ixvrs.ed. and these pamph- ' let, cn.reru.ly marked and accotnpant j by verbal explanation. verw presented ..! a raa . . 10 me ircident. l he I'reoiUent exam- - -- . wmu v, tuV t VMV. Vt V'VSVV luvvi ii.v.... auu me mirrcucc, oi rounc, I from the delivery of the cotum Jon to . Montgomerv is 'that the President i i mv! fltni nil th mffMnf nl rvrxii. .Montgom more afraid tootlend the Cathollcthaa the Protc-tanu. and I indlflerent J whether th public-chool iytem ui broken Ul bv 1 anal in Sue nee or uol- The Attorney-General and Mr Mont- gomery were C atholic nehooltnales in Kentuckv.Mr.Garland at that time beinr thirteen years of age anl Mr. Montrom- - .. - -. ery nineteen. Ilie latter i now fifty- thrcx-l'nlon veteran, and It frm r' nine. In that long interval it L aaid ' Intr-reung read u. It i wr "tn that the two cla.vmate have wldom J heavy" and the "balanc of jwiwe-r" la heard of each other, and that it wa . bv no mean evenly ditrtbuted. It U onlv inee March 4 that Mr. Garland. fnlloie. '" y""" ."" . i" "' to the American element ot the lcmo- cratie pam.and epeclall to the mm?- wump faction. Their chief organ, the New York 'Junes, thus comment upon i. M IXTOOM Kin's IiLUXHEIt. "Mr. Zachanah Montgomery, who h:n jut been made Assistant Attorney- General fr the Interior Department, t bas gained hi unfavorable opinions ! about the common-school yim, not uirougn me tiorvers tv. but by the nat ural shallowness and imbecility, of his mind. " The proces by which Mr. Mont gomery reaches hU witleM conclusion is extremely simple. He take a !at a encil. aud the census tables. He discovers that there are more common school and fewer illiterate in the New England States in projKirtion to the population than in the Southern State. He c pbers on. aud presently Hnd that according to the ccni.ii return of UsCO "the New England State had, with their'-'.iOO.OOJof people, 459 crimi nals in prisons, whdc the Southern States had. with .i.OW.OOO of white. comparatively unlettered, onlv 477 In prison, or. in other word, ths New England svstem had one natire-born I wnite criminal to everv i.uuo peron. I while the Southern Stat- had but one j to every fi,50). or six time as manv. in proHirtion to the population, in New England as in the South. Ascertaining that the census of liO confirm this startling proof of the criminality of the highly-educated New Englander. Mr. Montgomery poit t the aflirmation that tlie common-ehool system 'U making too large a cla of criminal and law-breaker among the rising generation.' and that it ought to hebr.fcenup. The tolerably well-known fatct,tn:l1 P ln Nt'w England they have " oi caiciung xncir criminal and PHig them in prions when they can I be M?cn and counted ay the ccnu going Sotith they hang or shoot off-hand a good many of "the wort offender and W a very much larger number of the common sort of malefactor escape pun ishment altogether, would donbtle have suggested it-elf to a more open and active mind than that of the new Aitant Attorney-General for the In terior Department a a condition mate rially moJifying thi calculation in fact, upettin"g it utterly. A litUe com mon schooling would be an excellent thing for Mr. Montgomery." CXleago Tribune CAN'T BELIEVE THEM. Aeqaalataae with HH OwMHa Xot nwtter Mr. Ctetaa ate Aryrwla r The President is gradually becoming acquainted with the members of his party, and according to report he U not especially well pleaed with some of his new acquaintances. !h says they deceive him. When a Colorado eem raittee called on him the other day they found kin iadignant. He reminded them that he h4 appointed two men to omce on their noinm nsmtien, that one of them proved totally unfit for the office and the other had served a term in the penitentiary, and he very proper! v domed by asking hnw heonaid be ex pected to believe CWornde Ilemecrau after that. It must he coafewed that the Presi dent is manifesting a disposition to ap point decent nsen to omce. but several times he ha been so tearfully impeded upon by the polilx'iaa- that he has felt compelled to rerall appointments made. The Jatet recall is that of J. L. Meade. who was appointed pnstmaster at HazlehnrA Copiah Coantv. 3fw. The reader of the InUr Oct know all about Mr. Meade, who became so no torious a: the time of the aSMslttatioa of Mr. Matlhew. It seems, however. that be wa- a new man to fee Presi dent. In fact, incredible as it mar seem, wc are xked tor believe that the whole matter of the Con.ah Ceantv trocbl wa eatTely aew to the Frail dent. If shotting darSce. kn-klatlng Re- -mty .r . T m f a. "1 pnhKcan. manipulating tie bsdlet and coaatin? oot tarvet-hoxers are not to be considered a good recom mendations to this Administration for apoouatmeat, hew m the name of Aa- Jackson are tho loheiBed Itisnooostioawhleh THE "BRK2AIMCRS. KfMM TlMt mmtU H ll trwctmr tm Gm9rmtmmmtml AMfct?. It Ijjm ten paJeiit. ctrr ?!ace thm iVasocraUo partv siu?J trl of lite (loreraswat, that m tb4 aj- j potntmcaU to OJtJca ur a t?eea a f decided iscUaatioa ti reeof claim of thoMi wh fouH ag-it Um ; lnson la prcferraee to y otar cIjjm. rjr thi I H the lKnKKrnt!c partV nerer sdranerid gtd and utlicet rva oav To be re the aaaortv of tJb exoldffr in thai party foug&t U'ws the rebel tla. but it wuuld eni tka': there might be found enough gtd 10101 DetR.-:. to hll at JcaU hah tht others whkh hate be-n Sr" who were f.tfvtntMt in tae a It -Tip I t iii-ilm the lUrpublks. When the announcement wa. a! of the appomtmcat of General Ittoek t lc Comtntiirr of IVahn liver wa pcaerai jititactIoa among the people, who regardd it a aa oma thit the Administration would coatlaut tn ive the veteran f the LnWn army th ijiuc recognit.oa that bad be ifn them by the Itrpttblknn jMrtV. Rut the e portal oa a not real tpd. Thr' t'uion oldier hare tea aet aite. h hde the ex rebel have ben Invite! t the gootl thing at the dtpol of U Govemwest they notijht to de-trtn. Appointment have bees made of men whoo treason wa k rank that an in dignant jeopte roi up In pnKrt againit them and while in use or two instances they hac been withdrawn la deference to uch protect, there ha been no indication of a chang in th tmllev apparrntlv marked out bf tin " liemocratilc Admtntniratton, A com parative lH ha been made, showing the number of apjHlntuif ut that har been divided among the ex-rrbel al Alandrr it Lawtirtt. of r.,rs!a MlnUlM to Uu-u inve.lnH!m-,l,.i!MMi-nr 'nuned hri4ier a4 ywrteniTrJ erU In rrtxl arwr T J Jrve.f Sivth Carnttaa. MlnUtrrte llraxlL viitla in ( nftrrtinor Anthony M KrtSejr. ot VirjflHl. Mlnmter l Autrta. Ip.t ruamy ot ll und itt rriiil of Jva 1U1, t4rtr:a- rttct Ua prautiiif htm. Kurenn IlUala. f MarjrUm) OiUf of laa Atnltitiarnt IHlUm tt lh Tr-uir liw rl!iicnL lleputr lniVot Marshal nt Hsvh inou1. Va.. uiwlrr Wiiiderj the ereJl l t.'nUm triuner U tnaUrr uf b'Srr J I O Attn. of Trntir-f., rmiu(4HMr of IntTiiat Affair. Iervr4 in i!m rptW armr aud in tho lnfrdrale l"ign Jarnr I) lortrr. of Tennttr. Ariaat Seerflsry of Mate AdJitUnMtenrr&l tm rtrl UenTal Chrthm taft' tieneral Jo.-jh 1 Johnttun. of Vjrtnia, funnslMoinT of Ki!nal. tension Owi' mandrr In (VmfeUrraU arrrir llenrr MuMr, Altmit Jertrr of ta Interior, Colonel of Cofifrolraie rarJry. Kotert II Vnco, of North CrMn. A Utaut Cotnnt)loner of Tatenl. Itiiatler Urunral In jetH arniy JattiK M Monrn. of N-mth roIlra. Vm. ul lo Mtlxurue. Nrrt-l ualr rtfl'r Captain Hnutnte. 8. Krnt Mrlr. Conaut to Nrkt tra mllin wjkfolrawat. Conftl . attl tlrviart In ah!iinon rc-utl that U u .-rou! of hftrlnif ten a n!H. Jtne lllaektiurn. of Kr-nturk. ap;lnt4 Cotlretorof InterBI Rjiimo. lut A(iMtMt ronnl eaneelM frl In lb rtbt rmr, nl rot tht ha winuol to ' t'nion tUu4 Bow rfrr j enogyh to aMin hi horao la. Charte M jh-IUr. or Alalaiaa. Fotirta Aullurof thn Troaaury. llrtaJtrr (l-nrd In iho .'on'elratn mv R. M T lluster.of VlrriRia. OAlnttr f Ctitom of Kntitabannek IitrkL ijirnnUtf of (..onfetterate anaO, t'Mll aoi.niKa iiosokki wiru orrw, W F VjUw. Wiacomiln. l'utmatrMIeteraL Colonel of voluntr-r retrtHVat of t.'nion a tl.er" Henrral J C lllaek. or UttaoU, 0nmlU,u. r of Ienon, rTerl la ihe Union array The alnivc nhow cjucluirely that the Sotith I detined to a ruling vole hi thr atTalr of (tovrrnment under lh control of a Deinocratle Adm nUtralion. The two Union oMJer. Vila and IHact. ramt feel a little lon4jme IVr hap after the claim of the itriga dlers" have been atllled the Union veteran will bo given a chance to pioU tip the crumbs (on JJitwLtpr. of the fcat. Hut 1 3 rtlitrj- THE SENATE. lrall t CtelaM4 Ta Have rll If Kmur1tc KeataMleaa fnlll lrfaltf. The Administration can continue no til December the congenial work of re moving Republican and apoinUng Democrat in their place without fear of check or iuterrnptioR. Us the re aemb!ing of Congre. howerer. a Re publican Srsate wlil have aofcethlag ta say about the more important appoint meats which bare been made dar.ng th receM, and will ia it turn construe thai elastic pbraae, "ofenive partissahip. which a Democratic FreideBt thinks Is uficlent warm at for the diaiJ oi Repohlicjn from oflicr. H here vacaaeio have occurred tbroogk the death, reiiraatioa or the exptTAtioo of the term of Kepublieaa. there wd be no disposition to antagoatM apjoot meat iaply became the appo,ntr are Democrat. It hi net expected of Tres dent CeUad that he will do any thing else than follow the example of ha predcewors aatl ill raeaade ne fat as thev oecnr wkh members of hie partv. There nte a number of oo pointmonU which the Senate will hardly consent to confirm a a matter ot course, not becaoae the men appissnd are Democrat, hot becaose they aro personally aaftor kgaily di-iaKe4 for the poskiona to whleh they novo been nsssgaed. Ii is however, on the eoeatien of ap pofntmeau toomcrs already SIJo4 Vj competent men whose Wmss hat net expired that the main Ueoe with tb Pesident will be made. The fiaad term was established by Cbogreas lor the esprrat perpoe A giiiag a deisdin tenure to oSoju life and protest men in oilier from the eaorko r nrbttnty actSon of the apooia'tiag powT. Tho lresSentba uia the noMtion thot removals from ee wUI he mtuf so caea of ofensfre partossxbip. Waeto er being a pronounced KepobiJeon a otBoeaty ohenslve peattisanswp he Tostify removal Is n rpseeion thot a He pnhTican Senate hi ooit na crpetont to determ,"ne a a Pemoerat'c PrgJi it nt. and it h a voc eqoaTJy petont in dev termming the resale It i to he r msmbtrd that sh so- oalled removals of nilorf oi' iKarLsaa rre onhr sojoanwoa tho low. To make a rseaoal the 8 .-net : moot mmmr ha Uasoeooasor. hf na n fcspnbgcno is a , si i jj m E m ft iay'l m . :n . Si a,' s i TZET h $1 T-J Iff