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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1885)
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I hesr the brook that babbles all It thinks; I see the thrush tilt by on russet wings; I hear the liquid notes or bobolinks; I hear the liar cricket where he sings And as I look, I feeltho truth anew. That He who made these was my Maker, too. The drowsy wild-bee, lulled to honeyed sleep. Where fairy breezes rock the cradling flower. The cataract that thunders from tho steep. The wind-kissed hills, thut in their glory tower, The clouds, that, in their rosy babyhood. Like angels float through dawn's hushed soli tude These are my kin. My frame was modeled not Of kiuglier things than that which hcrvcd for theirs. T1 true, I have a mind, a soul, a thought; Hut who shall say but that yon blossom wears Within its leaven a deathless soul unknown, jfhat worships God immortal as man's own! The daisy white that modostquaker-Moom Whose shining bowm gems tho quiet held ho is my little comfort. Ju tny gloom ilor tender smiles nave ort my sorrow healed: J love her with my fouI, and every spring I Mens her for her gentle ulo&omlng. The meadow blossoms arc my kindred, too The bee-wooed violet, tho blue innrguerltc. The thoughtful psnsics, wet with Klitcuing dew. The blushing wild-ro.se, ruby-eyed and sweet. And every tender flower that brings Its calm To odd to nature' a breast another charm. They know I am their kinsman poor, for when My weary spirit leads me to the wood. They Kinlle upon me, ah. ho kind! und then. With loving breath, profedstheirsislerhood: And when my soul is weighed down with its dtiftt Then bid me trust our Father as they trust. Jlut hush! Tot hear yon plaintive blue bird's note "Full Jll.e an angel's whisper on the air? Dear bird, his peace is not so far remote From this poor aong I sing away from care He in u brother of a nope of initio. And for us both God tuadc His morning shiuo. His wings. like flakes of sky, so soft, so blue, IIIh breath pulsating witli its tender voice, lll-t eyes, as bright as colored dow. They make me for his little lire rejoice. Jt 1111b me with a peace to know that ho IVnii mudc by that same Father who made inc. All praise to God's kind greatness! All that lives Thrives from tho constant breathing of His love! Each Joy that unto day its bcautv gives. Source or Its being duds with Him above! And He Who made man's soul, with that suras hand Formed ouch green blade that springs to cheer the laud. Yea, all ye lives or earth, He made us. Wo Aro men. and blids, and streams, und trees, and flowers, 'To Iks on earth His children, nnd to lie His children still where Heavcu's bright Kingdom towers: Fori ticlieve not e'en a flower dies Hut odds its risen angel to tho nkkn! tJnicst If. Shurtleff. in Youth' Cnnianion. A 3IYSTERI0US VALISE. JThe Story Told by an Guardsman. Ex-Life- "'Sentry, will you kindly keep your cyo on my bag for a few minutes? I am going to have a plunge in the Ser pentine,' said a well-dressed, middle aged gentleman to me, one warm sum mer morning a few years ago, as I was on duty at the park gate of Knights .bridge Cavalry Barracks. -All right, sir," I replied. "If I am relieved before your return, I shall hand it over to the next sentry." '01i, 1 shan't be more than half an hour at the latest, as I must be in the city by nine. 1 prefer leaving my va line with you; there are so many vaga bonds always swarming about Hyde Park, that it is quite possible that one of tliem might take a fancy to it while I am bathing. It docsn' t contain verv Taluable property only a suit of clothes and a few documents 'of no use to any onu mu uic owner, as mo saying is. All the same, however, I have no deirc to lose it.'' So saying; the gentleman ' turned away, and walked briskly across the park in the direction of the Serpen tine. Tho request to look after his property did not in the least surprise Fine, as numerous robberies from the clothing of persons bathing had for some time before been reported to the police. I liftod the bag upon which the letters W. N. were painted, and which was in the battered condition in dicative of having been much tumbled about and placed it behind the low wall that lay between the barracks and the footpath. Tho barracks clock struck eight. Fully half an hour had elapsed since the owner of the bag departed, and as yet there was no sign of him; the "quarter yast" was chimed from the neighbor ing clocks, and still he did not turn up; aaeaM as in anu, as me nnnmtes passed, l thought to myself that it was time he was look ing sharp if he really wished to be in the city by nine. About half-past eight I perceived a great -commotion in tho park. Men were rushing from all quarters in the direction of the Serpentine; and soon afterwards I ascertained from a passer by that the excitement was caused bv one of the numerous bathers having 'been drowned. An uneasy suspicion was at once excited within me that the person who had come to such a sad end . was the gentleman who had left his Talise in my charge, which suspicion was intensitied when I was relieved at nine, with the article still unclaimed. I reflected, however, that its owner may have been chained to the scene of the disaster by that morbid curiosity which induces people to linger about the spot -where any calamity of the kind has re oeatly occurred, and then, finding that he was pressed for time, and knowing that his property would be perfectly afe, had gone direct to the city. I haaded over the bag to the sentry -who relieved me without mention ing to him anything of the circum- F sHaaccs. of the case: and when he retained frontduty at eleven. I eagerly tasked hot if the valise had been called for. - No," he replied; "it is still lyiag JeWnd the wall" I went on sentry again at one o'clock nd no one had come for it It was the hdght of the London season and Hyde Park presented its customary gay ap- Daacaace: bat the immming amy of pledidly-appointed equipages, dash Sngeqwsstnsns and fashiooaWy-dressed laiirs anil gentlemen, which at other n - - - to ma a most mteresuaf thai afternoon paased by un- aUmr taswrnts ware oea- mt af eniatioat regarmng thafate of the owner of the Dag. Before being relieved at three I had it conveyed to my room in barracks, and after coming oil' guard placed it for greater security In the troop store. That evening, before "stables," when the orderly corporal had read out the duties for the succeed ing day. he said, addn-s-iingme: "Joncj, 3'ou have to attend the orderly room to morrow." "Why?" I inquired. "Yo; have been reported for neglect ing to salutn Captain SirCarnabyJenks as he passed you while on sentry this afternoon," was the" corporal's answer. I said nothing by way of excuse. This heinous charge was in all probability true. I believe I might have omitted tb "present" to Her Majesty the Queen herself, it she had passed that afternoon in her state carriage, so distracted was I by the engrossing subject of this valise. After stables. I left barracks for my customary walk, and purchasing a copy of the Echo from a juvenile news vender, I read the particulars of the fatality of the morning. Friends had identilied the body, which was that of a gentleman named Nixon, who had re sided at Bayswatcr. "Nixon! That corresponds with the initial lS on the bag," I thought to myself, now perfectly convinc2d that the deceased was the person I had seen in the morning. I also ascertained from the newspaper report that a man had been apprehended on suspicion of having attempted to rifle the pockets of the clothes of the drowned man, and who had been roughly handled by the crowd, before a pof.ceman could be procured to take him into custody. After a moment's reflection I decided to call at the address given in the paper, in order to arrange about the restora tion of the bag to the relatives of the deceased. Reaching the house I knocked softly at the door, and stated my business to the domestic who apjieared, by whom I was shown into a room, and imme diately afterward was waited upon by a young lady, the daughter of ttic de ceased, who, naturally enough, was perfectly overcome with grief. I ex plained to her in a few words the ob ject of my visit "I am uncertain whether poor papa had a valise of that description when he left this morning," she said; "but pos sibly you may recognizo him from the photograph,' submitting ono she took from the table for my inspection. I experienced a strange scuc of re lief the features in the photo were those of a person bearing no resem blance whatever to the individual who had left his bag in my charge. The young lady thanked mo heartily for the trouble I had taken in the mat ter; nnd I left the house of mourning and returned to the barracks in a very mystified state of mind. "Could the owner of the bag be the Uiief who was caught in the act of plundering the dead man's clothes?" I asked myself, but immediately dis--missed the idea from my mind, as being absurd aud improbable. Next day I attended the orderly room, and received a severe admonition from the commanding oflicer. fortu nately for me. as it happened. Sir Car naby had been in plain clothes, so my offense in the eye of martial law was of a comparatively' venial character. Im mediately afterwards 1 considered it my duty to report the circumstances at tending the valise to the adjutant who in turn communicated with the police authorities at Scotland Yard; and that ovening, pursuant to instructions re ceived, I had the bag conveyed to that establishment Alter I had explained how it Was placed in my charge, it was opened in my presence by an oflicial, and was found to contain just a suit of old clothes and a few newspapers, but no documents of any kind, as stated by its owner. After this the bag ceased to interest me, as the valueless character of its contents caused me to speculate less on the unaccountable conduct xf its pos sessor in never returning for it 1 may mention that I read an account in tho evening paper regarding the alleged thief who had been apprehended on the Serpentine Hank under the circumstauccs before alluded to. By the name of Judd he had been taken before a magistrate and reman led for a week, in order that inquiries nrght be madu concerning him. Some time afterwards I was on Qtuvn's guard, Westminster. I hail just mounted my hor.-e and taken up position in one of the two boxes facing Parliament street, when a gentleman stopped opposite me and scanned "me curiously. Addressing me, he said: "Don t you remember me?" Tuere was no mistaking the voice; it was that of the owner of the bag! Otherwise, ho was greatly altered, as he had denuded himself of 'the luxuriant whiskers and mustache which he wore when I saw him previously. "What has been wrong?" I asked. 'Oh, I was seized with a fit that morning when I came out of the water, and was taken home in an unconscious state. I havo been very unwell ever since, and have left my house for the first time to-day. 1 made inquiries at the barracks about you; and as the soldier I spoke to seemed to know about the bag I left with you, he directed me here." "Well, sir." I said, "I had quite made up my mind that you were tne gentle man who was drowned that morning; and when I discovered my mistake, l am almost ashamed to own that I took you for the man who was apprehended on the charge of trying to plunder the drowned man's clothes." The gentleman smiled pleasantlv and said: "Ah! I read about that And now to business. I wish to get my bag at once. I presume you have it in safe keeping at the barracks?" "It's much nearer at hand," I repl'ed "just across the street from here:" and then I told him that it was in the custody of the police authorities at Scotland Yard. This information apparently discon certed him. " It is very awkward indeed." he aid. "I have to catch the six train for Liver pool, as I wish to sail by the steamer that leaves to-morrow morning for New York. Couldn't you come across with me to get it?' Vrn fnrtmt that T'nai rtn tiuitri " T won't be relieved until ' four; and even then I daren't leave the j guard; nor would 1 care to ask pcrnvs- sion to do so. You should go at once o uiu vapuua oi iae guara anu repre sent the case to him; and perhaps,' un der the circumstances, he will permit me to accompany yon.1 Acting on my advice, he proceeded at once to the oflicer in command, leaving me extremely amused at the fuss he was making about his bag, considering ail that it was worth. Soon afterwards he returned with a smiling face, and informed ma that the Captain had acceded to his rvqn.-st I expressed my gratifioatisa at this iateBi- ana aaea: "bnreJv. sir. voa have been ahaTiag amen 1 mat saw - " mf van "Yes; I was threatened with tne re currence of a nasty skin complaint to which I was formerly subject" During the interval that elapsed until my period of duty was ended the gentleman paced about in a rnoit impatient manner, ever and anon seeming to relieve his feelings by stopping to pat my horse. At length I left my post, anddismounting, led my charger to the stable anil handed it over to a comrade: then, divesting myself of my cuirass, was ready to proceed to Scotland Yard. One of the corporals on guard received orders toaccompany me: so, together with tLe gentleman, we started, and crossing the street reached the police headquarters in a minute or two, and on m.tking inquiries were directed to the "Lost Property" department We stated our business; and an official, after receiving an as surance from me that the applicant was the right terson, speedily produced the valise. "Why didn't you see about this before?" he asked, addressing the gen tleman. "Because I was too ill to see about anything." was the reply. The gentleman then signed a book, cer.ifying that his property had been restored to him, giving as he did so the nam of Nobbs. Having thanked the official, Mr. Nobbs caught up his property, and we left the ollicc. When we got to the door we found assembled a small crowd of men employed about the establish ment; for the unusual spectacle of two helmeted, jack-booted guardsmen had caused a good deal of speculation as to our business there. Mr. Xobb hurried ly brushed past them, and gaining the street hailed a parsing cab, and the driver at once pulled up. "Here is something for your trouble," he said, slipping a .sovereign into my hand. I, of course, thanked him he tnily for this munificent douceur. Declining the of fer of the driver to place his bag on the dicky, he put it inside tho vehicle; then shaking hands with the corporal and myself, he said to the driver: "Euston, as fast as vou can," and entered the cab. The driver released the brake from the wheel, aud was whipping up his scraggy hor.-e with a view of starting, when the poor animal slipped and fell. The man belonging to the Scotland Yard who had followed us into the street at once rushed to the driver's assistance, unbuckled the traces, and after pushing back the cab, got the horse on its feet Ail the while Mr. Nobbs was watching the operations from the window: and 1 noticed that one of tho men was surveying him very attentively. "Your name is Judd, isn't it?" the man at length remarked. "No; it isn't. What do you mean by addressing me, sir?" indignantly re plied Mr. Nobbs. "Well," said the man whom I at once surmised was a member of the de tective force "that's the name you gave, anyhow, when you were had up on the charge of feeling the pockets of the gent's clothes who was drowned in the Serpentine a week ago. I know vou, although vou've had a clean shave1' I sta.ted on my suspicions, hearing this statement; ridiculous as thev seem- ed at the time, had turned out to be correct, after all; while Mr. Judd. alias Nobb.N turned as pale as death. "Come out of that cab," said the de tective. "You've no right to detain me," said Nobbs, "I was discharged this mora ing." "Because nothing was known against vou. But look here, old man, what Iiave.you got in that bag?" "Only some old clothes, I assure you," said the crest-fallen Nobbs. "Come inside, and we'll see.' said the detective, seizing the bag. "Out of the cab quick! and come with me to the ollice." Mr. Nobbs complied with a very bad grace; while the corporal and I fol lowed, wondering what was to barmen next. We entered a 'room in the interior, and the bag was opened: but it appar ently contained nothing but the clothes. "There is certainly no grounds for detaining this man," said an inspector, standing near. Mr. Nobbs at once brightened up and ciied: "You seel have told you the truth, and now be good enough to lei me go. "All right." said the detective. "Pack up your traps and clear out!" Mr. Nobbs this time complied with exceeding alacrity, and began to re place the articles of clothing, when the detective, seemingly acting on a sud den impulse, caught up the valise and gave it a vigorous shake. A slight rustling sound was d stinctly audible. "Hillo! what's this?" cried the of ficer. Emptying the clothes out of the bag, he produced a pocket-knife, and in a trice ripped open a false bottom, and found about two dozen valuable diamond rings and a magnificent em erald necklace carefully packed iu wad ding, besides a number of unset stones. The jubilant detective at once com pared them with a list which he took from a file, and pronounced them to be the entire pi oceeds of a daring robbery that had recently been committed in the shop of a West End jeweler, and which amounted in value to fifteen hun dred pounds! Mr. Nobbs. alias Judd, now looking terribly confused and abashed at this premature frustration of his plan to clear out of the country with his booty, was formally charged with being In possession of the stolen valuables. He made nc reply, and was led away in custody. Before returning to the guard, 1 re marked to the inspector. "I thought sir, when he gave me a sovereign for looking after bis bag that it was more than it was worth: but now 1 find that I have been mitaken." "A sovereign!" cried the inspector. "Let me see it" I took the coin from my cartouche box, where I had placed it "in the ab sence of an accessible pocket and handed it to him. He smilingly examined k, and threw it on the table. "I thought as mach." ne remarked; it's a bad one." Mr. Nobbs, alias Judd these names were two of a formidable string of al;acs turned out te be an expert rninwr hlirtrl-ir antl ianmllitr iarKr tiarl long been "wanted" by the police- He was convicted, and sentenced to a lengthened period of penal servitude, A few weeks after Mr. Nobbs had re ceived h well-earned punishment! re ceived a visit from a gentleman, who stated that be was cashier in the jewel er's establis tmant in which the robbery had been committed. He informed, me that his empleyer. having taken iato consideration the fact that 1 van to a certain extant instmmentaj in the recovery of tan stolen jewalery. had seat me a pjraaant of thirty -ponnda. I grateJaly accepted the money, which, as I had saan enough OK fwaiEiia! iu in ine parcavse of a the Hofawhokl I Cavalrr. Sack k air atorr f aha Mrs- I i.. .- Sm.-2-K r " 1 iwnqaa vauaai uw na. it FOR THE BOYS. A Chapter of Scumble Advice Glrva ta f!unfiroa Wla. The longer we live the more wc learn, and the more we learn the less wc think we know. Such is the inconsistency of man's ideas, my boy. The leas one knows, the greater his opinion of his abilities and wisdom. In the morning of life man prides him-clf on his greatness and wonders to what grand channel he will confine his talents. He looks upon his school district as the world at large, and him helf as the great genius in whoMj keep ing the world's future rests. He imag ines that when he speaks nations trem ble and mountains totter, and the jack rabbit flees. He imagines that a gaping and wondering populace are gazing on him with oicn-moutiied wonder and iron-clad stonishment, and that he holds the world with a grasp that is perpetual. But as the days, aud months, and years, scoot by in" rapid succession, the young man finds out that he is jiossibly mistaken, and that if he should wander away or get lost some one or more of all the people on earth might not miss him. With each succeeding year his knowledge grows and his mind' takes a broader hold on the things of life, and by and by he begins to realize that he is oulj- one out of many millions of people, and that in-tead of stand iig forth as the center of attraction, he only tills a small niche in soiueobeure corner, and really attracts but little more attention than a rat-hole that sets up in opjosi tion to a cavern. My boy, there is no greater detriment to the growth and attainment of man kind than these human bumps who are o often found silting in the road for the weary traveler t stumble over. We find them everywhere. They are the men who don't know anyth tig. and are too blind to know it The le.vs a man knows the less ho wants to know, and the result of it is he breaks down early in tne journey and becomes a wreck, ob structing the way of others. The ignorant man who realizes his ignorance, and who doesn't seek to pass himself for more than he is worth, is pardonable, but the self-conceited, twenty-ceut-on-the-dullar cuss, who trie- to pas's himself oil' at a premium, is to be pitied as well as despised, while the base counterfeit-not-worth-a-tinker sort of chap is too low for either pity or contempt The iK'.st way, my boy, is to hold your self-eteeni a little down, and not rate yourself too high. The man who climbs the highest has the farthest to fall, and it is more pleasant to be invit ed to tike a higher seat than it is to be kicked out into the back yard. It is more pleasant to be a king in a cottage than a servant iu a palace. It is bettor to gnaw a cold bone in a cabin than to be a rabbit iieeler for royalty. It is better to walk than to swing on the tail end of .some coupling pole like a tar bucket. It is lM'tter to be a clear, clean, genuine live cent piece than to be a bogus quarter In other wonls, my boy, it is better to hold ourselves at what we honestly are worth. The world is full of people who never learn anyth'ng. because tney think they know enough to commence wit i. Thou sands of men try to teach when they need to be taught; thousands believe themselves wise when in reality their ignorance is lamentable; thousands who try to palm themselves oil" for pure gold when they are only thinly plated, and the brass shows through in many places. We can't tell what is in a nut till we crack the shell. One can't tell whether or not au apple is sweet by its looks. We can't judge of the world by our selves. The world is large and its les sons varied. The wisest man knows but little. What you and I know is but a small drop in a large bucket, and what is known by humanity now is in finitely small when compared with what is yet unlearned. A glance at the world does not reveal all its beauties and rich ness and immensity. The title page of a book docs not explain the contents of the pages that follow. A little knowl edge of the world and of life's mys teries does not. give us a complete un derstanding of all things that are to he known. Mv Ikiv, the wisest of us are compara tively ignorant, and thousands of young men who have grand ideas of tin ir own abilities will wake up some time in the future to a realization of the fact that t icy nave been laboring und-r a large- .. , , ... . . sieii ue usion. -Many a young man's ,m.s,. lhc Emperor and all theCrand life is gilded by bright dreams tnat come bukes and Duchesses whom he luulmcn m the early stage of the game, but later tjonti jtt hi fK.m. those dreams lose their charms and ..lloW ,Io you u0 ir? A tIie,Km they become I ut mince-pie nightmares. pcror ..j hc-ar y ou hav,. vnltl.u a 3,.j anu. ou. now oiuer is me change wnen , it does come. T. li. Moniford, in Peck's Sun. AFTER DOLLARS. Sharper who Klrrc the Innocent ! (iull the Gulltr. "The slickest niece of work in the way of a fraud conducted through the mans mannas come to mv attention re- .. .. centlv," remarked Chief-Inspector Sbari) of the Post-oflice Denartment Ls what we call the bogus-medicine dodge. The mgeaious author of this scheme bow languishes in jail, but at the same time he showed himself to be a nan of no mean cnler of ability. Hut plan was to send out circulars an nouncing a great cure for catarrh, which was discovered bv himself after many years of study and investigation. He then proceeds to rive, without cost. the preparation for this wonderful Hied- lcine. ana emuaaerates twelve mgreui- j " . .... . i ents which cater into its composition. At the end mt the circular is a note ! Jntfi it romrvn.it inn. i note ! which states that if thednurrist does ! axt happen to have all these ingredieaia J in nresCTinuvri " "c iiueu anu ior-1 warded apon the receipt of three dot , U...T.. .. K :.. lara Thejmaon receiv.ng the cireu- tar anu ocvmu u ir ju i urn- remsuy i takes the pnecription to ie drug store. 1 K.i ; inlii ve the druut tht h his. "" .-. TOO . i. three atzresnents, but not the other nkMs. Ha leoks through his boolc hut fails to and even their names, ami sew of coarae. u aamnie to iuratsn me reqturvu t nedicioe. The discoverer of r . edy affiled to. and if the three dol lars has been furnishud a bottle-of soaae aatxtnra is scat on. which, of course, u entirely worthless. "Thi: is oae phase of the case." eoa tiaueal the iaspectar. "Xow the aaaa orepares aad caussjs to be published in seaie paper in Kew York. City aa article ahoot the proralaeac dactora ia New YerkCSty. with a portrait of each aad a sketch giviag aotae accooat of the life aad services of each. All the sien aactttieaed ara boaa fide dectors. the leading aaea a the prufcai daa, withte excapuoa ot a aaaa whoa aaaae is, ?ar Dr. Hart He ia aakaawa. Imt the sketch atajes that ha left a practise of f2i,0C0 arr rear ta desrote hawawe? ta the wra lc of The hwf aaedidaw a Ian emt -m aaaa the atucaiaa fiatara af Ur!xlirt I anil the ."ketch. scnd3 cop.es, together with the circular, broadcast throughout the country. In consequence he re ceives an immense mail, ind large num bers of money orders and restored let ters. After" tb Postmasr-Jneral had directed that no more money order and registered letters should bV del v- ered to Dr. Hart. SUOO accumulated in I the Brooklyn post-office that had Wen fsont to him. When an attempt was made to find Dr. Hart of course no &uch a man could be discovered: but a sign over a door at tne adver tised number was found, and that was alL A Dr. Iawrmce occupied the same rooms, and to him the mail delivered, and when he w& told the letters could not be given to him. as he was not Dr. Hart, ho went otl anil got a iower of attorney by which Dr. Hart authorized him to receive th mad. About this time, however, the officers came in and relieved him of further an noyance about his mail matter. This same man was managing tome other scheme under the name of Lawrence, while his real name was Connolly. He must have made a jrrcat deal of nionev. as one of the witnesses iu the trial teti- tied that ho hat! been otic red S'-UKW to personate Dr. Hart" " It is a singular tiling." observed the Colonel, how these oilers to give some thing for nothing take with the people, and fiow rogues fatten upon the credul ity of the public. There is another Miccies oi irautl. wnieii one wouui naturally suppose had lecn given such wide putuieity that no one would now bo deceived by it I mean the counterfeit-money dodge, where luen projniso to forward a large amount of counter feit money by express or mail on the receipt of a small amount of genuine money to pay for the manufacture. Usually all that the victim receives in return is a box filled with sawdust BiU a recent ojHrator ha devised a new plan. He locate. near a small town in a country district and then sends out his letters. He doea not offer to for ward the counterfeit money, but'invite.s persons to visit him and inspect his stock and buy what they wish. When the visitor arrives tho operator ha a largo ijuantity of good bills, which he shows him and allows him to exam no. In order, however, to avoid outside in terference, the visitor is taken off in the woods, where the business proceeds. The operator produces his money and the visitor examines it and determines how much he will take and what price is to m paid. Just as they are about to close the transaction suddenly two men emerge from the bushes, announce themselves as detectives, and proceed to phice them under arrest The de tectives do not fail to take all the mon ey from both the men. As they are about to march them ofT to tho town, the operator obtains permission t speak privately with the victim. He asks h m liow much more money he has than what he was going to use in the transac tion, and if he has more, he advises that they had better try and buy oil the de tectives, for if they- don't they will both land in the penitentiary. The victim is ready to pay anything to get out of the grasp of the supposed representatives of the law, and eagerly agrees to eon tribute to a fund to pay the detectives. The latter, of course, accept the bribe, and, pocketing all the money, disap pear. The victim get- away as fat as possible, and goes home and never says a wor.l about his loss. He is too much ashamed.' Washinylon Star. A NOVEL PUNISHMENT. Hour tho Cxar Alrctmtrr II. 1'unUliei! Ill Trailucrr. A young poet had written a most scurrilous poem, in which he had de scribed and libeled not only the Em press but also all the firaud Dukes and Duchesses. Some one. the censor of the press, went and told the Kmp.ess. "The man had better 'w sent oil to Siberia at once," he said; "it is not a case for delay." "Oh, no," said the Empress; "wait a little, but tell tho man I desiro to see him at six o'clock to-morrow evening." When the poor man was told this, ho felt as if his last hour was c nuv and that the Emperor mu-t intend him-elf to pronounce a sentence of eternal exile. Ho went to the palace, and was shown throuirh all the "rand state rooms, one ; after another, without, seeing any one, ! till at last he arrived at a small., com mon-place room at the end of them all. i tvliunt Mmrf v4 ;i vinIi lfll)li WI li n ,. .!.. --..J .- .-....V .... -. .. single tablir wi h jam., on it anl thert. he MW tljo Kni beautiful poem, and I have sent for you that vou read it aloud to-us vooraeif. and 1 have incited all the f'rand Duke and Duchesses to come,, that thcr may have the pleasure of hearing you."' Then the tKor man nrostratiil him self at the Emperor's feck "Send mc to Mberia, sire, he said; force me tel It. .! !.,.- ... 1 i a wwicr; onn u . v,lw j "Oh. sir. vou LLtM' Ltf LLKU Lll-lk IM1ZIMM f ..,. nr rrneL to refnse mr tne pleasure, but you will not be- o tin- j irallant as to refase Uie KaHr-is the pleastire of hearing yonc veoeju. and she will ask you herself" "' A ad the Empress asked hina When he had finished saw said: "1 J da not think he will write aay mor verses about us again- Ih nod not gc to Siberia just yet"" SiutUcs u linssui. Extent of the British Empire. TW RHtUh Enmlre cor ncarlr a I .L -. .L ,.., -, r -u.. ..li. t mu . o, ine una suric, mw j entre surface of the-glohe u est- . Aflt aled at 197.000.0CO square mile, of which a little rwre thaa a quarter, or sioO.OOO square mile-, are land, and .. ....t .... .l u-.:.i. r.- t. R lrtft .M1 .t. -,;i -bich nir ae Ui lhtaf: s --,--- .-, . rf CrraJ Britain i rlrdarat ,. .. . iruis .. . SKZA aWNt . . ..S.XJt4 siay KH.BC ... ... J71 ladtan uo-iQit... - t ......li Antrals. . .- Jforili .rartea. ... CoUaa, ete,. .. Africa. ... .. Wct IrxJte.. ...... ... Europraa pn ftm'-on..... Various ilc3tXA . . ... . Total .. .A7S4SU The pop'jlation cf this enormous era- lire i e-roaated at 3IO.S3t.WO aokI. p:re t esraaaxeu ai oiv,-.vp.j okia. aad aH was it said to be "a power which has dotted the surface of the whole cioU with her poesioa- aad aulitarr nosas. vtiOM aaaraiaz anua-Mu. mm- i iowhi the saa and keepta j eoatpaay with the houD, circle the earth Vith aae continuoa xA ucbrokea straia of the martial air of Eaglaad." XadK Times. The Xew York Tr&mc mrt: "The aaaae of the Rev. Or- Lefoy Saaderlaad, who died receatly at Hyde Park, aear Boatoa. aged eighty-two years, k uafaauliar ta axaay of the araseat reassatloa- Bat forty years aro he was aae of the -ma i s a - aiaawa TIMBER. ON HIGHWAYS. Tr SHonia R rtaat4 Th Cal- flratlnn r7. In the prairie cclions of IUInoU tha highways, which orv proprrly laid out and plotted when the land vranr-tur veyed. run upon all section lines and am sixtv-tix fret wide. In some local- itie, however, the high war ww not i,m ,., , i,.i rv.t f ', , . , . ,. ., t ,i ' ami u,c ncr wno M,Kn-. me .m ct their hedges and fences ten to twenty feet from the line, leaving a paoe of only twenty to forty fret in w.dih for the road. In towuihm where this was done the farmer, raihrr than move their hedge and fences, manage bv book or crook to ! ct mad com tuWoncr who will allow thins U re nia;n as thev are. and conA.1urnllv the have no road lit for trayr-l except in the dryol portion of the year. When a Person driving acrov tho country passed out of a township wl.ere all the roads are sixty-K feet wide into j one where tne other short ghted policv i prevails he can not fad to bo struck u"ih the vast difference In the geueral appearance of the country, lanes are narrow the tcopI Where the st em nar- row and selti-h in their .ew. Their roads are chron cillv bad. and they ap jHir to ! similarly affect'd. Their lawns, when the. have any. ato made to match their highu:i. nnd evcrv- tlung about them seem to be on the j -s pattern except the at tin of cur thev keep, nnd thev are constructed, a to tee h and bark, on a g uerous scnle. lo talk to such people about plant ng forest and fruit trees along their hih wa s, is like throwiuir iearN before ! swiue. because they have no highways that a rtrspei table tree could live, much le-s urow. upon. To those who Iio j where the highways are wide, or who j Have been generous enough to widen them, a few hints may not come ami. That a mau owning a farm of ono hundred and sixty acres with a high way m two .sides of it can grow about all the fence po'it.s he need with very little cost to himself is n fact often ove looked, even bv thrifty, enterpris ing farmers. The law ;ives hsm jer-mis-non to plant forest or fniit trees along Ins suit of the highways ad oin ng lus laniL The Mock law prevent own ers of stock from jtermttting them to ruu at large tiKu the highways, and thus insures hU trees against injury from that souren. All he lias to doi to plant the trees and betow a reasonable amount of care upon them. Forest-trees for planting along the highwuv should Ik? at least .d feet higlu They may be planted in cither spring or fall, whenever other work la not pressing. Those planted on the nordi sides of the road may be net eight or ten feet apart; eight feet Is not loo close for ash. On tne south side, how ever, they should be placed fully twenty-five feet apart. U ct closer they ro shade the mud as to prevent its drying readily, and thus do more harm than gooL On eat and west sides th'-y may le st tweuty feet apart without injury to the road. The cultivation and care necessary I a good mulch of wet or half rotted straw or other material placed around them in the npriu;of the tirst. third aud tiftn years after they ire set. and the shortening in or eutllngoff of usele,s or struggling hrnuchn and itert!uou leaders early each spring. V ith uch can? thev are sure to make tine tree. The mulch should iwcr u space around the tree three to live feet from its trunk, in order to keep the soil mellow and kill out the gnus ami weeds. As soon as the trees s ill make oae post, each alternate ono should be cut down and an jther planted close bv its stump. When these are large eooiich for one nost. those left sUnumir at the previous cnttln will make three i-oU and an enormous quantity of lirewoo '. I and they sJiould be cut down and other. j imuied ately planted by the stomps. 1 Bv alternating in this manner the sup- pfy of posts and wood will be constant. ' wh.le the attractive apjjcarance and j usefulness of the highways will not le impaired in the least j The priar palobjccticn to tree along J the highway) lie. in their bing allowed ' to attain such a si7e as to completely f exclude the siml cht from the r:tU. J I and thus prevent their drying quickly. & .i are mull pLeil bv wliolesale. to the great J i . : .. .. ... .., .. , detriment of tiie fruit JntiTCnti. Cvr. A. V. Examiner- SPECULATION. Tlie Dnrar mt m Irrat8r Atiimm ft. lUe ITr f tTmrtn ITfliicli. Arc not American too mercurial la their temperament? We discount minor of war with a much npjarent llv pursuing the nietlio! J nao ouuuieu .hooi tenehr v tne worst fjv ii this trouble will be entirely obviateil. avhool. "yon hare lrn leharuig your It is not generally expedient to j lant j e,f mnrh wnfw than luual for Uv p?wt fniit tret-s along highways, excupt im- j fr days." "I know It. but Fro got to mediatelv in front of ll; hotite. as they cbare bad." rwsjond"d ihrUty Why are apt to be neglected, and thus le- I )iat you to behave orc than,HiaJ' come a harbor for insect j.et-s. which J ibaiLMt tli mumps nrn going tho enn!idtnc( a reliable evidence of awn . nrt nrnll u OU"ht to le ertdrnt If I r' "- '- ey - - on wUt:nt or otter irrain, and push, the price up too high. 'J we. prevent exportation thi xery banu of the r.c PHrbaps we hare not u.'b clcstlv consiileTwI the fact that KuropeV supply is nuAtly !rcly WA in t harvcM time r'jccially eur harret time- and. wath our very large urp!a how is it to U held at a very high rate till the new barren U deirrwlaed In the event of war only Kh.4 mrjdiu U cm all That k only a dro in the bset to onr surplus, ami wiu U England, on a ach. 9il SK aloor to harveat wjei ay vmt:OU'tram i& cwBtry. Y. f Dfi(mUa BOt un juKidesIv ouheL the deaMicd would Hlidy becoma brisk at a jeonWa ad taace. It M sot raaaW to suppoa that KarUarl will j out ; nrt k.-j wiui ww kaowiag she real praaacct vi tha ftiUOT iurrc9 w C4vsj . Hat It a look at the prospa ta eaa f ricadft. the prodaaerw. We are happy toay tVxt thgirjgaxat pRxct U aot se d&mbiluh Exrry pah up of tha .1. MA taaw tla tWaTaa irai aai t T i a I. -.. . )ua at . ... a .T -i . m a Bk al vraas the nresant lacreac af atonev ia ! thefanarrs poakets. It w2I lakVth poakets. It w2I lafc thvt -beat at oat of lbx hai aad WI it a the pcajaior- Watt, we a j upo few, acoasa las aaxietr m the atru- lat tzi lator' accoaat and podbJr the whea? urwr jaw o !. w , - W4 . 4. .bi. !- I lu ta.?l I lh:fi are rrr vp ia l . aasf too reckle a pth :a prks ay Un a a market for m anJch wht jvi a v.u The oftcser carpH are iaakaa laa loader they wear. The dkt that caL aOTafcakcalha lata aairr taaai fraas eaxaae tarwani flaaotawarp tarpau afteaer thaa U aiawjjary- A hroaai waara theas vary aaaah. Whaa a airy at is laded, stroax aaltaad waaar all aricaaaaaa a aaa aataa.- m . Earry haaas are ua PERSONAL AND LITERARY. The Jtttt popular and sucrr-fnl newfp4pcr writer ths p.trapsphr. Hi work U alwaya read. HV ttn nctKC H'Aij. c Mr. ;arah K. Cpop-T. a coumr Hob Inproll. i a prominent ;i?0o:vtrUU cntrit- 5 tr to th I'ac jr prr. - .rri Will ami- Ln.T.r. who twereds f the lat Iaac . Kng'and avpublnhcr t of SrVC Yofk tJ, .y of tho Tiln Club, and edited Har;.rj Chri:mav" ftar.ba.Mt a memoir wH 't published until ten .ear have t . from the time of hV dtlu Tlus a i' accordance with the wish of the Italian Government. - Chariot!? M. Youn; U nr' In her sixty-third year. M lganto vrrt m IS.M. and "one hundred and twenty book, of various ses tar tribute t her in. ooant energy A. ..?. - U-phen Bulnvr. the n ell. known Engb'h tholt. recently deevel, left live thousand dollar to ht et-wfT. Brndlaugh and to In own wif wist had upiMrtd him for ymr. he left A j th" princely allowance of t.rs .foliar a week. - The oldest actor wjw Jean Xoel. who died In 1'arU Jamiarv 13. l'J. neil llyears. He entorvsl th pr felon In hi eight 1 ear. and still acted when IX) year oM. having rep resented In all ?. 7C0 rv!e lie acU-d JS.010 times. - Her, Dat! Winter, who divl xt Davtou. O . recently. vA leou In the mlnUtry for sixty years, and "aid to have marrird more peoph than any other one man in the rounlry I p to Apnl 'ii he had married 5, WO couplo. Cleveland .ifr. - Charles Welford. of th firm of Charles eribm-r's ons, dlel in law don a few duys a;o from the lingering; ellect of a tenons attack of pneuniuti a which he -'aifered about n vear ago. Ho was an Englishman by birth, ivut had nirttiv Interest and ties In thl country whicli made lorn regard it with nuW tion. Krw men knew morn of btHk ami authors titan he is asd to hat known. A". ". Iff raid. - Tne correspondence of l'eter th CJreal is being prepared for publication. A commission of ltusian literary m a wa nptMHtited to bring together tin materials for jtich a work, and o thor oughlv have they accomplished ther task that tlwy haxe eoliertad more Until eljjht thouvind letters ami document of the utgtiet interest relating to th great Oar Among these document an .some of te exert e.hM)ks in hieU the young l'eter wnite hU wrltuig les son. There i also a letter datd l's.k, it which l'eter. onlv m years old de scribes U his mother the 'works which he had seen In pro;nM in the xhlj bulldiug yard at IVmudnwI. HUMOROUS. 'Do I Ixrllevo there ucn a thing a a haunted house?" pskel Fogg 'Tliat ib?cnds upon how good-look tho girl L who -liviti in it." lUmun TrivutriyL Why I It called tho honey moon" ask- ar. exchange. Honey. fweaue It Is full of cells. ud nunm". lieetui. it "coincH high." Thnw another one at. us. - loitrrj .-fieirtrt. It takes but thirteen m'nutes lule.al an elephant hb a train, h Idle It tuki - twenty for any Mrt of woman to t I her friends good-hy and Ins. tho cheek for brr trunk- -7Viy I'n-Ax. Judge- "Ho dUl you cou hy these !Uh?" l'noner "I hovkl them." Judgi "What have uti to j y, Mr. Oiurer0" r.. mian "!! tells the truth, vour honor hed'd kok. ' 'etn and I -aw ft" dodge "Than Jnr do you bring Jiltn here' uiscnurgru. Next cn.se-" UotUm lUacon Thev wto ngagid. U( 'M wt-JI aware of hi proxfrnUr. but with sinned HnonnclotinrM h turned Imt back to lum. il nppnwhed uooe lsly ami klMcd her "Oli " screamed, wth feigned surprie "Vou are a regular eJeetrie battery" 'Ve ho replied, "nnd you know oiaeUy hotr to stand o uA to mt the hoek lotrrM f'ttiif.n "Jim McSnifW," ftfd a (;avt'm . .. . . round, and I want to ruak up fyr tl ., . . . .. i .-. tinu i Kk coinjf 10 iom winjn jl t&u a """ cm- 7V?J ZifttftiJ, A rural cvfttiemati. who htol nr ? ejn a farnaei. whin? Jn a ctottdtil stom stood mmn iuim orcr tho htJ-4ir I reristcr. He tinalJy ternarked u J j wie' "WV brtU'r go hom at onee I i th'iik I am going to have a fvr: t u j ..!. L... 1 .... . t If nun ii'iv wc running ujr mr 1J- wiui a twin arUr to tti voncetlrut rl at flown to warm hrr ft lliti Inm afe. Aft'f !!aIo l"l A &. then tweajty minutes h rwmarfcrl: nevr did Kkv theua kliyi of strvf. They ifctft't throw oat carerlv any hat abosj ea turner daaLu - fUaion (Jlot. "T mtt I fi.role.1 wty w! the f?re day of April." ah! taan to aayithrr th ethr aviralag. "llw dkiyow UmA her?" -Why. I wen hmnn as. liitumr tim ami rrteodd fc,ba toad tho ltka aboM Kav!hInc. aad whm)k akal mm what ww the mUr I rippM aad. aaotrtrd arowul a4 uAtl h& k w mm mt her twies and that U aho dida't aep her a.wtth thm I'd tm W ear. Aasf. will mWkr k. lArl hmrmmtlr prvtmmAmz m bv aagry. that. ah haaled ad kaoelued rso 4mm with a AlHeV DttrniV frim i'raaa rf Kaw Bruit Huggasrf a SuzjSaw. 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