M - -HORSE-CHESTNUTS A FANCY.
Hi My tlccTt , my heart ,
j , ' To II Tu did start ,
And blo.som with the blooming spring ;
I M v houl did move
m With April love ,
And grew with every greening thing.
Hi Fair buds the beech
I Too fair for speech
i Of mine to 6liow Its changing mien.
[ * How soft and slow !
„ First a green glow ,
-And then a mist , a cloud of green.
H Soft covering they ,
H The tassels gray
I That hang the willow branches all ,
j Aim soft the hlush
* That pink doth flush
The , apple-trees above the walL
K Not so , not so ,
B My love did grow
B' As these do sprout invisibly ;
H Scarce can one tell ,
Nor reckon well ,
The day , the hour , their birth did see.
H But mark the way
Hj That long ere May
' The fans do clothe the chestnut-trees ;
H On each curved twig
H The buds grow big ,
j And shincth brouzc-like in the breeze.
To-day it's sheathed ,
To-morrow breathed
Upon by ever wind of morn ,
And the tree stands
With thousaud hands
j Of young green , since the midnight born.
Hj And so , yes , so
j My loveuid grow ,
Ped by the breezes and the sun ,
Till , bathed in the dew ,
K My spirit knew
I Its fragaut summer-time begun.
f In thy sweet eyes
I My sun did rise ;
I Thy voice made April wind-puffs rude ,
B And at its call
K My longings all
Pull-budded into lovinga stood.
B One day , one hour ,
All In the power
If Of love I'd sought not mastered me ,
II And all my mind
II No thought could find
U Not green with new-born hopes of the e.
M. Q. Van Jiatsidaer , in Harper's JTar/az me. '
I A Little Child Led Her.
It surely is true , that "God moves in
! -a mysterious wav , His wonders to per-
Iorm. "
! Listen to the facts of the following
-case , tlien see if you will not agree :
_ A tall , handsome , stylish woman is
sitting in a private parlor of the Tem
ple House. She and her escort had
come into the town just after break-
iast Her companion was a very quiet ,
dignified , gentlemanly sort of a party ,
.and had registered simply as Dr. Les
ter and lady. " The west-bound train
they waited for was due at 7 p. m.
Evidently the gentleman was occupied
-with business , as he had been absent
from the hotel save at the noon hour.
Then "Dr. Lester and lady" had dined
together in the private parlor.
They had seemed on the best of terms ,
Tery friendly , but just a little reserved ,
or "on guard" in their manner. After
a. slow , cosy , loitering dinner the Doc
tor rose to depart"I dislike leaving
you so alone , Myra , but it is best doubt-
Jess , and \ ou will , I believe. You will
pardon me then ? " And he gave her a
I Kind , calm smile.
"Certaiuly , Doctor ! Don't think of
-me as lonesome , and I understand , of
course , that your business cannot be
• delayed , " which latter was wholly to
• • blind the waitress. They shook hands
-and parted blandly.
How should any maid or servant sus
pect them to be a runaway couple ?
Who should scent an elopment in the
calm conduct of this reserved couple ?
Thus did they throw dust in the eyes
• of observers ; for this mild-mannered
man was guilty of the blackest treach
ery toward the man he had loved as a
irother. God help us ! How love of a
• woman can mar and unmake us !
This woman , this graceful , queenly
.Myra , was one of the chilliest , most
-virtuous of women , yet this terrible
Jove had "gone to her head , " and she ,
too , was undone.
At this Lester's bidding , she had
1 -concluded to ignore the ties that had
r ibecouie chains and bonds , and to snap
| Jier fetters and be free ! This silly
I short-sighted sister of ours lost
I sight ol the fact that , though she ig-
I nore the truth , yet it was not quenched ,
1 and that broken links make more
I dangerous wounds than a whole chain
I worn with patient grace !
| So all was going wrong. Madam
I Myra sitting alone by her parlor
8 window leant her golden head on one
r shapely hand and let her mind roam at
j will.
| Where was Lester ? Doubtless roani-
| ing about town , thinking of her , with
.head bent and hands clasped behind
Jiim as was his fashion. Suppose ah !
.suppose Arthur should encounter him !
x but she sighed with relief. That was
impossible , for only two days ago he
\h \ ha.il started for a city directly in the
f opposite direction from this one. Poor
h .Arthur ! Yes , after all , poor Arthur ?
I How would his wonderful prido be
! I shattered , to return and find his wife
jjL had run away !
} , W Yes , whether he loved her or not as
If iie used to , yet he had much pride in
F .her beauty , her integrity , her social
station. Social station ? What would
be her position hereafter ? And her
cheeks grew warm. What was sho
now ? Who would have believed she ,
the virtuous Christian lady , could have
come to this ? She who had ever been
.so free and proud , and self-possessed !
She struck her two palms together
and locked her hands in her lap. Oh ,
why , why had she done this ?
True , her husband , this cool , calm ,
! superior Arthur , nesrlected her in a
way , but how much worse he might
have been to her ! And he had always
trusted her , nd had never dreamed
she could prove wicked and vile like
many other women ; and if other wom-
n who ran away from their husbands
with men they liked better were vile ,
* o in common justice , she. too , must bo
vile ! Aud yet in common justice also ,
ihe must Say it was no vulgar passion
that had led to th.s step.
. Arthur , absorbed in business , seemed
[ F • .cool and careless toward her , and her
I * soul longed for a perfect friendship.
if Yet whta ! they had parted two days be-
fore , there had seemed a flash of the
old-time tenderness. Ah well ! for
years ho hud been careless , he had
coolly thrown her upon society for
friendship , amusement , entertainment ;
what affliction or companionship could
sli3 find there ? Had she but been
blessed with children , surely it would
have been different She could have
been absorbed by them as he by busi
ness. Business was a monster that had
chilled and darkened all their homo
and flame of love.
And Lester Howard was so sensible ,
tender , so devoted , yet with no trace
of imbecility. Ho understood as by in
tuition her every thought and want
Had sho but met and married him first ,
all had been well.
But this she had consented to was
not well. How could it be well for her
when it damned other women ?
Probably Arthur did not love her ,
neither did she feel as interested in him
as once. Might not she and .Lester
weary of each other similarly ?
Admit they would not ; yet sho knew
now sho had done wrong in leaving
stern-faced duty for pleasant , smiling
love. Already she missed respectabili
ty. And she had been so pure , so
proud , so far beyond temptation !
The door swung softly open and a
little child , perhaps six or seven years
old , slid softly into tho room.
Myra took scant note , but being by
nature kind and courteous , extended
an idle hand toward the timid intruder.
Slowly the child crossed the room and
her baby hand slipped within the white
palm awaiting her. Myra was gazing
on the street , or sky , anything or noth
ing without the window , and the baby
stood quietly watching her brown eyes ,
her shining hair , andamused hcrseli
playing with the lady's fingers and
rings.
The child's presence was comfort
ing , her silence a real charm , so , short
ly , Myra lifted her to her lap , where
she too might view the scene outside.
Thought growing bitter and memory
a sting , Myra turned her attention to
the little one.
"Who are you , dear ; what is your
name ? "
"Isabel. "
"Have from ? "
you run away mama
"No ; mama has gone away from me ;
she is dead. " .
Myra. pressed the child to her heart.
Poor little motherless one ; why had
not fate given her the child ? Then
she had been spared the folly into
which she was now falling. While her
mind would run upon her own affairs ,
as if to keep those clear blue baby eyes
from reading all her soul , she con
tinued to question the child at random.
Thus she learned that while the
mother had been some time dead , the
father had died only a few weeks be
fore , here in the hotel ; and it became
plain to Myra the child had no home ,
no people , and only through pity was ,
for the present , sheltered by the
Temple House ! Then a s 'lence fell ,
and thought flew on the faster , while
the baby sat still on Myra's knee.
Who can follow the thoughts that
flashed and flamed through Myra's
mind ? Slowly the big tears welled up
to her brown eyes and dripped over
her fair , round cheek.
Was she already regretting her
wrong step , her voluntary fall from the
high places of principle , honor , and
respectability P Aye !
And the little one's soft voice broke
in upon her tearful reverie.
"Did your papa think you had pretty
hands , too ? and did he pat and kiss
them too , like my papa did mine ? "
Her father ! At mention of him he
seemed to standbefore her , and he had
been in the spirit land for years !
A gentle , honorable man , with soft
and silver hair , with kind eyes that
beamed with tenderness and pride and
fatherly love as they turned upon her !
Oh Lord of earth and heaven , what
must be his feelings toward her now !
And she had been his pride and joy ,
his darling only daughter !
Why had no thought or memory of
her father reached her sooner and
saved her from this sinful step ? Was
this strange , silent child an angel he
had sent to save her , even at this last
late , dreadful moment ?
"What did you say ? " cried Myra ,
with startling vigor. But Baby Belle
was not frightened by her vehemence ,
only bewildered , and she slowly repeat
ed her inquiry.
Myra held forth her hands and
looked at them. Never before had she
realized how very like her father's
they were now the resemblance was
startlingindeed !
Yes , - surety , her hands were fair
things to look upon , and their beauty
had been a pride to her loving father.
How he had enjoved giving her.
pretty jewels , valuable rings , and
dainty gloves , yet always wisely teach
ing that a woman's hands , to be fair
in sight of men and angels , must be
ever adorned with charity , gentleness ,
and kindenss. And once how vividly
it flashed to memory now some grace
ful , kind act of devotion to an old ,
homeless , sick stranger , coming to his
knowledge , he had patted her hands
proudly , saying : "Now I know these
dear hands belong to a good and Christ
ian girl ! one not ashamed to be a sen
sible working Christian , and I am
proud , my child , to say these hands
are mine ! " Which last was in playful
reference to the strong resemblence to
to his own. And now see them ! Her
father's hands yet , held there before
Baby Belle , like some spirit's warning ,
and behold ! she had forgotten to re
move her wedding ring ! Strange
omen ! Strange thought ! A runaway
wife still cherishing her wedding ring.
Perpaps it was the flash of that gold
band that saved and strengthened her.
A mighty revolution of thought and
feeling had swept her being this lone
ly afternoon. Her father had sent s
blue-eyed angel to rescue her , a lovelj
little angel , whom she could reward
with love and care. Heaven had sent
the orphan across her path , and hei
childish prattle had saved her , foi
Myra's uneasy mind was settled , hei
path was plain to see she should re
turn to her husband !
Whether he would pardon her or not ,
she should adopt the child and live tc
love and guard her.
"Isabel , do you like me ? " she asked ,
as earnestly as any lover might iu fu
ture vears.
"Very muoh , " was the sweet anc
simple answer.
t
-
"Enough , my baby , to g.vo your
sweet small self to mo. to come aud bo
my little girl , as I have none ? "
"And have a home , and you bo my
mamma , you mean ? " asked Isabel ,
with sparkling eyes.
"That is it , my Baby Belle ! Will
you ?
And poor Myra wailed with bated
breath. Heaven had been unkind , if
we dare say so , when she loved child
ren so.
Baby looked straight into tho loving
brown eyes , then with a subdued sigh ,
fiut down her golden head upon the
ady's breast and said :
"How good God was to send yon
here to-day ! Next week they were go
ing to send mo to the Orphans Home ! "
"How good God was to send me
here to-day ! " Slowly Myra repeated
the words , and with white lips , as if
per chance a sudden death lurked in
the sylables. Then she kissed away
the child's tears of joy and relief. Pos
sibly after all , her strange temptation
and all was all a part of her Creator's
plan , to teach her a lesson , and to ben
efit the Baby Isabel , and kissing the
child , sho prayed with pallid lips : 'Fath
er in heaven , permit me this to serve as
expiation for the foul sin 1 have harbor
ed in this weak and wretched heart ! "
Then she sent for the landlord.
From him she learned there was no one
known to have any claim upon tho
waif , and that truly enough she was in
a few days to have been consigned to
tho asylum. She then explained her
wish to take the child , aud also her po
sition in the world , and demonstrated
how much she could benefit the little
one. After all. Baby Belle herself was
sole mistress of her future and could
decide for herself. So she ran to gath
er her little belongings and bid adieu
to the maids who had befriended the
little orphan. In half an hour the re
turn train would leave. Myra called
for pen and paper and essayed to write
a line for Lester. When leaving home
and husband she had written nothing !
There had been no effort to soften the
blow for Arthur ! She held the pen in
her white hand and stared hard at the
street , the sky , the distant sea. How
could she tell it all to that gentle lover ?
But time was flying , she must be gone ,
she must never see him again !
Letter , Lester ! I know your heart
will break , mine may also. I can not
say forgive me , for God will not if 1
fail in this last resolution. I dare not
think of your grief. As for myself , I
am dead. Remember me as dead , Les
ter , and God pity us both. I shall go
back. We were in great error , I see it
now. I shall go back , but do you go on
to Europe , even as you would grant a
praver to a dying woman , go ! 'And
God grant we may never meet on earth
again . Wretchedly ,
Myka.
This she sealed , addressed , and order
ed delivered to Dr. Lester as soon as he
returned. Then , as though legions
from Hades were at her heels , she
grasped the child and hurried aboard
the train. She was white as milk , and
sat four hours holding hard to the
child's hand , with head thrown back
and eyes tightly closed , her lips as pale
as death.
But one thought seemed to possess
her. She could indulge , poor thing , in
respite to her sorrow , for all the time
and all the same the train was sweoping
great miles of distance between them ,
between her beaten heart and her sore
temptation ,
It was night , late night , when she
again reached home. As the hired car
riage swept up the old familiar drives
that she had thought never to see
again , she leaned forward in the moon
light wh le her tears fell fast. Truly ,
she seemed a dead woman , revisiting
the scenes of homo and happiness.
When was it she had left this place ,
yesterday , last week , or years ago ?
She could not decide. Providence
was kind Arthur had not returned.
Of course riot ; he had not expected to
for days. Once again in her own room ,
alone. Baby Belle sleeping in her bed ,
sho felt her courage come again. It
had been a close call , but she was safe !
Said she to her maid : "I am sorry
to disturb you at this hour , Anna , but I
do want my dresses removed at once
from the trunks and put again in their
proper places. I will reward you well ,
don't fear. The lady I went to visit
had gone away , so I surprised myself
instead of her. And I have decided to
adopt this little girl , Anna ; she was an
orphan and about to be sent to an asy
lum , so I took her myself. "
Poor Myra ! she wanted no signs of
disturbance to meet even her own eyes
in the morn'ng ; she wanted to waken
in the morning and begin life just as
before , not even a misplaced dress or
ribbon to remind her of that hasty
flight to and fro.
All the bustle and stir was quieted ,
the house once moro in peace and
darkness ; Myra had fallen into an un
easy slumber , from which she was
awakened by her husband's kiss , so
unexpectedly and quietly had he i'e-
turned. After a little cry of fright
Myra said nothing.
"Nay , sweetheart , never turn so
white and stare at me , " he said , laugh
ing lightly. "Do you think I am a
burglar ? "
When he turned on the gas and not
ed the beautiful child held so close to
her heart , he whistled with amazement
"Why , what's this ? " And he stoop
ed to inspect the little stranger.
His wife leaned on her elbow with
frightened , wide eyes and pale face.
She seemed choking and unable to do
other than gasp at his name. How
little he could guess the cause !
"Why , my little women , " he ex
claimed. "I "did not think you were
such a coward ! I came in quietly ; I
have the latch key , you surely know ,
you little goose. I believe you mean
to faint ! "
So he took her in his arms ; still sho
stared at him with widened eyes.
"I thought you hated me ! " sho faint
ly whispered.
"Myra ! surely that was not a pretty
thought to entertain ; but ( kissing her )
I forgive you , for I believe you are
dreaming yet ! By the way , it was a
bad dream that brought me homo so
soon ! So you see I am as silly as
you. "
She hid her face on his shoulder and
was softly crying , while he stroked her
shining head and talked. "I dreamed ,
dear , I saw you dying , but I could not
reach you to be of any help. It seems
-
I
now a doubt with mo if you were dy
ing or lost. Anyway youwero in grea
distress , and I was in even groatc ;
agony , so that I wakened. And still.
was so worried about you I could no
give my mind to business. Try as j
might , I could not shake off tho nolior
you needed mo here at home , and now
I am glad I yielded and came , for sure'
ly you are ill , or you would not be st
nervous ! Stop crying. Myra , and tel
me what is tho matter ? "
Tell him ! and turn to adamant ant
ice this strange flood of tenderness :
Never !
"I have had bad dreams too ! Al
sorts of ovil things , Arthur ! I sinned. J
died , I saw angels and the dead oh ,
everything has happened since yoi
went ! If my bad dreams had comi
true , Arthur , and I had done very evil ,
would you have forgiven mc if I ro
pented and came back , dying , to crav <
your pardon ? "
Heavens ! was she in delirium , ir
fever ? How pale and wan and wide-
eyed she had grown ! She must b <
soothed and quieted at once.so he kissec
her as he perhaps had not in years , witl
all the fervor of a lover.
"There ! let that satisfy you. I die
not think a short separation would si
disturb us , Myra ! Now tell me , who is
this ? " nodding to the Baby Belle.
So she made a mighty effort hov *
mighty who of you can appreciate ? anc
told a simple tale of going to Farnhan
to shop and "kill time , ' and finding this
wee one so forlorn ; sho told how hei
heart hungered for the child , and then
she anxiously watched to see if he
would refuse to take the little one.
Said he with a sigh : "All right ,
Myra ; have the moon if you like and
you can get it. She is a pretty child ,
and I suppose a prattler would be
pretty about the house. "
So all was calm. A child was given
home and love , a woman's soul was
saved , the husband's honor and hap
piness preserved.
With another sigh this man who had
had such a narrow escape , turned to
his wife , saying : "Yes , I am glad you
brought her , Myra ; she seems a charm
ing child , " but Mrya had fainted away !
The sin , tho sorrow , the escape , the
danger , and the reaction had proven
too much for the overstrained nerves.
She too fully realized that for all con
cerned it had been a very close call ,
Ralph Douglas , in Chicar/o Ledger.
Be Sure You Are Right
If I were a boy again , and knew
what I know now , I would not be quite
so positive in my opinions as I used to
be. Boys generally think that they are
very certain about mauy things. A bov
of fifteen is a great deal more sure ol
what he thinks he knows than is a man
of fifty. You ask the boy a question ,
and he will answer you right off up and
down ; he knows all about it Ask a
man of large experience and ripe wis
dom the same question , and he will
say : "Well , there is much to be said
about it I am inclined , on the whole
to think so and so ; but other intelligent
men think otherw se. "
When I was eighty years old , I traveled
from central Massachusetts to western
New York , crossing the river at Albany ,
and going by canal from Schenectady
to Syracuse. On the canal-boat a kind
ly gentleman was talking to me one
day , and I mentioned the fact that 1
had crossed the Connecticut River al
Albany. How I got it in my head that
it was the Connect.cut River I do not
know , for I knew niy geography very
well then ; but in some unmistakable
way I fixed it in my mind that the rivei
at Albany was the Connecticut , and 1
called it so.
"Why , " said the gentleman , "that is
the Hudson River , "
"Oh , no , sir ! " 1 replied politely , but
ilrmly. "You're mistaken.Thatisthe
Connecticut River. "
The gentleman smiled and said no
more. I was not much in the habit , I
think , of contradicting my ciders ; but
in this matter I was perfectly sure that
I was right , and so I thought it my duty
to correct the gentleman's geography.
I felt rather sorry for him that he
should be so ignorant One dav , after
I reached home , I was look ng over my
route on the map , aud , lo ! there was
Albany standing on the Hudson R ver ,
a hundred miles from the Connecticut
Then I did not feel half so sorry for the
gentleman's ignorance as I did for my
own. I never told any body that story
until I wrote it down on these pages the
other day ; but I have thought of it a
thousand times , and always with a blush
for my boldness. Nor was it the only
time that I was perfectly sure of things
that were not really so. It is hard for
a boy to learn that he may be mistaken ;
but , uuless he is a fool , he learnes it
after a while. The sooner he finds it
out , the better for him. Washington
Gladden , in St. Nicholas.
How Marbles are Made.
An old man living in the Charlestown
District , who for many years was en
gaged in the marble-mak.ng industry ,
gave the following information to a
Budget representative , which may be
of some interest : All marbles with
which the boys , everywhere , amuse
themselves , in season and out of sea
son , on pavements and in shady spots ,
are made at Oberstein , Germany.
There are large agate quarries and
mills in that neighborhood , and the re
fuse is turned to good account in pro
viding the small stone balls for experts
to ' 'knuckle" with. The mode of man
ufacture is as follows : The stone is
broken into small cubes by blows of a
light hammer. These small blocks of
stone arc thrown by the shovelful into
the "hopper" of a small mill , formed
of a bed stone , having its surface
grooved with concentrated furrows ;
above these is the "runner , " which is
made of hard wood , having a level face
on its lower surface. The upper block
is made to revolve rapidlv , water being
delivered upon tho grooves of the bed
stoue , where the marbles are being
rounded. It takes about fifteen min
utes to finish a bushel of good marbles ,
ready for "snapping. " One mill will
turn out 170,000 marbles per week.
The verv hardest "crackers , " as the
boys call them , are m ade by a slower
process , somewhat analogous , however ,
to the other. Boston Budget.
MiMriiMliHiHiii
A DARING BANK-ROBBER.
Tlio Carcor of Isaac Mn.rsh , Who Una
Sorvcd Twelve years In tlio Peniten
tiary.
"Isaac Marsh , bank-robbcrj' , sen
tence seventeen years , " methodically
sailed out the warden of the Eastern
penitentiary as tho sheriff'of Tioga
county handed him an official docu
ment Tho namo , offense , and length
of sentence were duly recorded in the
big criminal docket. Thousands of
other names had been enrolled there
some for short periods and others for
life. Many had satisfied the law's man
date , others had had their sentences
commuted by death. Ike Marsh sat in
a dazed condition when tho austere
judge had pronounced tho words : "You
will undergo an imprisonment of seven
teen years. " The noted train-robber
and bank-breaker had a reputation sec
ond to that of no other criminal for
nerve and daring , but he winced under
the severity of that sentence. Friends
interceded in his behalf , but an out
raged community demanded a rigid en
forcement of tho law.
The hand of time has recorded twelve
years since the massive gates closed
behind the well-built form of a man in
the prime of life. It will not be long
until the creaking hinges of the saiho
gates announce the departure of a
gray-haired convict. Recent illness has
wrought a great change in the appear
ance of Marsh. It is doubtful if tho
prisoner-could outlive tho sentence of
the court were it not that the commuta
tion laws relieve him of the ordeal by
cutting oft four years and five months.
His life has been prolonged only by
assigning him work in the open air. It
has been his task of late to push a broom
around the big yard and keep things in
order. When he casts aside his striped
garb he will find that many of his asso
ciates of by-gone years , including the
most notorious rogues in the criminal
history of tho country , have been called
to a final account.
Marsh's career has been a romantic
one , running a course on two con
tinents. His record extends back th r-
ty 3'ears. Included among his associ
ates were such dangerous outlaws as
"Dave" Cummins , who not long since
completed a three years' sentence in
Illinois ; Walter Sheridan , who recently
tell in the west ; James Dunlap and
Robert Scott , who are serving a twenty
years' sentence for the Northampton
bank robbery , James Brady , in Sing
Sing prison for seventeen years for
bank-robbery , Samnel Perris , alias
"Wooster Sam , " charged with the
murder of a bank cashier in Dexter ,
Me. , George Leslie , alias Howard , who
was murdered by his pals for treach
ery ; "Billy" Forrester , in prison in the
east ; Max Shinburne , who , after ac
cumulating a fortune of between $2-
000.000 and 83,000,000 by breaking in
to banks , purchased a castle in Wur-
temberg , Germany , where he was last
heard of as Baron von Shinburne ;
Charles Bullard , "Tom Biglow , and
Adam Worth , whose aggregate thefts
amounted to many millions of dollars.
Marsh first came into prominence in
1867 , when he and his companions
plundered the Ocean bank , New York ,
of $500.0v,0. In the following year the
same gang robbed an express messen
ger on the New York Central railroad
of $1 0.000. Then came in rapid suc
cession the raids on the Quincy , III. ,
bank , netting over § 500,000 ; the Falls
City bank , of Louisville , Ky. . $400,000 ;
the White Plains , N. Y. , bank , of over
$200,000 ; a bank at Keene , N. H. . of
several thousand dollars , and in 1S70
theBoylstQii bank , of Boston , of S450 , -
000. Only once during these bold raids
did Marsh fall into the clutches of the
law , and that was after the White
Plains bank robbery. He did not long
reman ; a prisoner , for a gang led b/
Forrester rescued him by tunneling
under the jail walls.
After the Boylston affair. Marsh ,
Worth and Bullard went abroad for
their health and reasons best known to
themselves and the detectives who were
seeking an interv ew with them.
Worth traveled extensively , while
Marsh and Bullard devoted most of
the.r time to Englaud , Scotland and
France. They played the part of Amer
ican tourists to such perfection and were
so liberal in the distribution of their ill-
gotten gains they oven hoodwinked the
famous Scotland yard defectives , who
considered themselves especiallv hon
ored by invitations to dine with the
strangers.
In London they posed as American
land speculators , and shone for awhile
in British socety circles , even having
the entree to the levees of the American
m.nister. Subsequently they went to
Paris , aud during : the French exposition
opened an American bar-room. Bul-
lard's wife , who accompanied her hus
band abroad , was a charming and vi
vacious woman , whose presence added
greatly to the attractiveness of the
place.which became a resort for fast
Americans. It was not long before the
polce discovered that the showv bar
room was merely a blind for a gambling
den , and made a descent on the place.
Marsh made his escape , but Bullard
was sent to prison for a year. The wife
of the latte realized what she could
from the property , but was robbed on
her way to this country.
Marsh lost no tune in returning. He
was financially embarrassed , and began
plotting for another stake. In a short
time he organ zed a gang and visited
this state , raiding the Athens and
Wellsboro banks , for which offenses he
is now in the penitentiary. Since his
retention in that institution he has
joined several convict conspiracies to
escape , but all the plans were frustra
ted by the watchful warden. Bullard ,
on his return , was arrested for the
Bovlston bank job , and sentenced to
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twenty years' imprisonment.
delphia Press. |
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The Way to Fix Him. '
A Big Drunk came staggering down
the street in a palpably tired and worn-
out state. He was mumbling to him
self as he jogged against the lamp-post3
and upset the people he met
"I'll fixou , "said High License , who ,
was observing the career of the stag
ger.
ger."What'll yer do , de feller , eh ? "
"Well , I'll put the saloons so far
apart that you can't stagger into * m. " ,
Hartford Fost.
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HERE AND THERE. | |
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fr 4 :
New York city has 80,000 landlords , who '
collect $40,000,000 rent . r.
lakes to - r
the great
The carrying trade on
showing extraordinary activity. f |
The pioduction of anthracite coal for 1SSJ |
Is now expected to equal 34,000,000 tons. | , i
There have heen 0,400 strikes reposed Ml
throughout the United States sinco March L If j
Seventy-four of the paintings In the A. T. | J
Stewart collection brought at auctionrV frf j
125. W \ Jj
The Indian population of Canada nmnDcn _ , J
124,748. There arc 5 , 595 pupllajn the Indfcm i' j
schools. j \ iA
The United States Imported from Canada { | | 1
during 1SS6 52,587,000 worth of fish , agaljst | ? J
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53,500,000 in 18S5. j ! |
Tho Delawaro peach-growers expect to h in- ? * J
die over 8,000,000 baskets tho coming seasbn , , j
and New Jersey over 0,000,000 baskets. I 1
The foreign exports of the United StatesTor | l
January were valued at $70,719,424 , a galri of * V. | |
$14,015,20J over the same month In 1886. | r |
In ronnd numbers , there are in clrcnlafion 1
to-day ten millions of one-dollar silver cemfl- jj
cates , six millions of twos and three millbns 3
of fives. J f I
The total sum deposited in savings banls In ? |
the United States is stated at $1,095,172,147 , o ! , I
which New York and Massachusetts fn nlsh I
over $700,000,000 , or more than two-thirds , i
while of the 3,000,000 depositors thes two * v. I
states supply nearly a like proportion. > 1
During the past winter , which was ai un- 1
usually severe one at sea , the fish commi islon . fl
succeeded In hatching 35,000,000 cod eggs , 1
bringing the youne up by hand till at e to fl
feed themselves , and turning them loose into
the ocean. This "crop" will be up foi r or M
five years hence. m
The exports of wheat and corn fron all jfl
American points and Montreal from Septj 1 to % , .9
March 5,18SC-7 , were 75,591,000 bushelsjheat M
and 22.425.0J0 bushels corn ; In 1885-S6 38- fl
002,000 bushels wheat and 32,096,000 bushels M
corn , and in 1878 9 , 83,614,000 bushels Mheat 9
and 33,790,000 bushels corn. j [ m
In February there were 74,794 packajp of fM
butter received at New York , against | o,203 > 'M '
same month last year. Of cheese thcreUrere U
32,132 boxes received , as against 50,801 injlSSS. [ I'M '
The receipts of eggs were 20,394 barrels and
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52,020 cases , against 11.S54 barrels andl8,109T' fl
cases last February a year ago. I S
Arthur Rose , a colored citizen of Cincinnati , I
O. , has begun a $10,000 damage suit against ifcjH
a variety actress for singing the song , " 'Jhere's " fl
a New Coon in Town" and pointing hei ; finger * fl
at him while he was occupying a front $ eat In "S
the gallery. He thinks his rcputatldn was ( '
damaged by so mucli disagreeable publicity. . H
Capt Louis Vogelsang , while dredging with , M
his oyster schooner on Bodkin bar , at the i | r/fl /
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mouth of Patapsco river , Maryland ; brought i/ ' |
up a common stoue china plate on which were Ji M
three oysters as if ready to be eaten. The \f \ M
oysters had attached themselves to the plate , * / | H
as had also an unwholesome quantity of mad. , ,1 k
In a recent address Norman J. Colman , com- j it fl
tnissioner of agriculture , states that $100,000 , - j tjfl
D00 a year is expended abroad by this conntry j gH
for sugar which ouirht to he produced at home. I f |
With our population doubling every twenty- f iilfl
live years , he estimated that 100 years from V l
now our sugar bill will amount to $1,000,000- | |
000 yearly. I (
A colored girl fresh from the sunny south jH |
was given some ice cream by her employer in ( r fl
New York the other day. She ate it slowly T k
and with a relish , and refused to take any - ' B
supper. Jier mistress expressed surprise i' ' |
whtin the reply came , "Colly , missus , couldn't if ( |
put no supper'hoard dat puddin. ' Want de V |
taste to stay dar. " * j H
A young lady at Brantford saw some boys | • l k
perform the difficult feat of placing their heel3 jj H
around their neck. A day cr so later the ' |
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young lady was missed , and on search , H
beinir made she was found in her chamber , i H
prostrate on the floor , with both heels arouud / ! |
her neck , * uid utterly unable to get them loose. ' |
She was so upset that she would have died be- * ' ' |
fore calling. i 'j |
The "Criminal club , " of Tale college , an or"t l
ganization composed of students who have ( t |
been arrested during their term for some mis- . < j l
deed or other , held its first annual banquet ' , i |
on Monday night , covers being laid for twen't l
ty-four. The menu was most elaborate , and J ; |
the speeches sparkled with humorous reminis- ' < 1 1
: cenccs in which the New llaven police force ! jj |
iargelv figured. ' H
A novel rat-exterminator was used with j B
good effect by the man who runs the dynamos | ! H
in an electric light works at Birmingham , X j |
Conn. , a few days ago. He scattered pieces of t ij l
meat on the floor and connected them by ! [ i M
wires with the dynamos , and dead rats were I i , |
found by the hundreds the next morning. J ; M
They nibbled at the meat and were instantly ! 'i ! |
killed by the electric current. i' l
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Mrs. Krctscher , a German lady of Bridge'I' H
poit , Conn. , gave birth recently to a male in- • ! ' ' ' |
fant which has an elephant's head and in 'v 'I B
place of a nose a short trunk. The mouth J j |
and lips protrude line those of an elephant ! ' ! ' |
The child weighs about nine pounds and can ' 'i ' l
be fed only with a spoon. The mother visited V 1
the circus winter quarters during the past i > |
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winter and was terribly frightened by the i' ' ' |
elephants. . < , |
John C. Eno is under two indictments for ' |
misapplying funds of his bank to the amount ( fe } ' . |
of nearlySi.OOJ.UOO , but the sums wliich he * # |
stole have been made up to the last cent by u > ' |
his aged father , whose record has been one of ' l
the most honorable and successful in the his- t | fl
tory of New York commerce. Young Eno ' n k
longs lor the society of his old comrades , but \ , |
the father cannot buy off Indictments , espe- ' |
cially when they are in the United States • < |
courts. An appeal is therefore beins made to > - |
President Cleveland for his interference in ' ' f |
favor of the exile , and it is claimed that thera i ' j |
are reasons to suppose that the appeal will * ' | |
not be unheeded. With the case in the ' J' ' i |
United States Court once dropped , It will be J' ' 1 |
an easy matter to get the state Indictments , < < H
out of the way. tl ] < H
AtNanticoke , Pa. , for some time past a V' ' l
pretty Polish maiden has been playing havoc lf' ' 1
with the hearts of several young men. Amone ' ' 1
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them was a drug clerk and a miner , who strove ' | ' |
with all their power to secure her heart and ' ' 1 1
hand , and tried to outdo each other iu giving > ( * ' |
presents. After a while she tired of both ol M'H
them and became engaged to another younc 11 jH
Pole. When Michael Anton , one of the lovers " ' r H
heard of the engagement , he became enraged • Dfl
and sued for the recovery of his presents or * ' * ! , H
their equivalent. His bill of particulars was } f > H
as follows : Dress goods for weddina dres& < tj l
$16 ; wrap to get married in , $11 ; to clergymTi ' ffl
$5 ; three tickets to Wilkesbarre , $1 ; marri/f . |
license , 50 cents ; refreshments while In tdCy" i . < |
1 ; fiddler , $1.50 ; making dress , ? a50v ior V i { jH
bustle , corsets , necktie , gloves , etc , $10.40- ! • * |
wounded affection , loss ot time , eta , $7.20 * I j |
This last item , however , being objected ta Sii l
was stricken from the bill. At first the suejfl '
cessful lover refused to pay the bill , hut on ' 1H
the girl declaring that she would not marry a i lj |
man who wa3 unwilling to pay $42 to keep hei ! i l
out of jail he forked over the money. I' | H