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| 4"j THE FATAL SUMMONS COMES AT LAST. ; 3 ? -Zfte TWeivm SoltUnr of the Army Surrender * t& * to the arlnMeicnuer. . * CJ NoKQUirr , Muss. , August 5. Tho fol- gjb' [ Cowing official bulletin was issued at mid- hV might : * ? g-V General Shorhlaa died at 10:20 this ' . t evening. The immediate cauo of death j ' j ww heart failure ; tho remote cauao was . \ diseaao of tho mitral and aujrtic valvcn , tU , . thtf existenco of which was known to his 4' ' physicians , to himself , and to hi * family K % * n November of lnat year. Complications ' . which have occurred have been nervous exhaustion , pulmonary insarotions , pneu- r -f snonia , pulmonary ajgeria , anasaca and $ . - Lemorrhages. The last day of his life was . , somewhat restless , but not more no than | v > ho has been several times since Iiib arrival F " at Nonnuitt. At about 9:30 symptoms of heart failure suddenly appeared. The ] t ' remedies which had hitherto been ' • Ifv - successful were generously applied , V - hut proved ineffectual , and he H , sunk rapidly , dying painlessly at the hour { named. iY I ' . [ Signed ] Itomirr M. O'Reilly , V , - Sumoon United States Army. jj- " : > Washinoton | Matthews , ft' , " - Assistant Surgeon United States Army. k * ' rnni'AUATio.v fok the punch al. is. ' tij Ni\v liEorouD , Mass. , Aug. 5. A team fSf ! . nvas sent to New BoJford at midnight for a. un undertaker , who will embalm tho body * - and prepare it for conveyance io Washington. Col. Kelly , who is now in "Washington , was telegraphed to start for Nonnuitt at once aud bring with him the general's uniform. As there is no telegrapl office at Nonquitt , 1 which is seven miles from the city and hut \ a single telephono lino , it is extremely * difficult to obtain any details. j J A Sketch of Ills Career , Philip Henry Sheridan was born In Somer set. Perry county , Ohio , March C , 1S31. Ho was a poor lad , born of Irish parents , and started out In the world working In a country jstoro at 0 cents a week. For live years ho . . worked In tliW storo , and at 17 , when ap pointed to West Point , ho was earning S3 a week. Ho graduated from West Point 4ind wus assigned to tho First In fantry , as second lieutenant , in July , 1S53. Ho distinguished himself in Texas as an Indian fighter , and was sub- I -seaticmly sent to the Pacific coast and terri- tories. At the breaking out of the rebellion ? he was captain in the Thirteenth infantry , j His rirst duty was as chief quartermaster In 7J southwest Missouri under General Lyon. After the battle of Pea Kidge ( March 1Sj2i he • was transferred to the rommnnd of General ; Halleck , taking part in theCoiinth campaign , until the latter partof Mav at wnich tune he wa appointed colonel ofthe Second Michigan { cavalry. Three days after receiving tho ap- i poiutment he was oil" with his command on { a raldtoBrounville , and in pursuit ol the enemy retreating from Corlutn. On the 1st of Juiy , in command .or a cavalry brigade , he defeated a superior cavalry force at Hoonc- ville , and was commissioned brigadier gen- r eral of volunteors. He was then transferred / to the army of tho Ohio , and at the b\ttie of Perry ville commanded a division wher. * "h • j Iield tliokoy of our position , and used the point to its utmost advantage. " At the battle of Murfreesboro Sheridan's division held the 1 ileft of tho right wing. An attack on "his j front had been met and the enemy driven back , when by the giving way of the two di visions on his right hig Hank became exposed to the advancing loo. Hastily forming a n * w line under cover of a charge , he made a brave residence for an hour , when he was asrain 1 compelled to take up a new line , this time • -connecting with Neglov of the center 1 wing , tho two di\isIons repulsing three desperate assaults by four divisions of the enemy , when , Sheridan's ammunition giving out , lie ordered a bayonet charge and withdrew his lines from the Held. But by his ' obstinato resifijunca pr.celcas time nacl been ! gained for Uosecran/ mase his new dispo- | .utions. In due time Sheridan's commission as major general of volunteers toiloweil to i date lroni this battle. With the exception of i skirmishes with Forrest and Van Dorn. not i much occurred until late in June. 1S > 5 , when Hosecrans advanced against Btagg. j who fell back into Georgia. The battle of 1 Chicaniauga took place September 19 and 20 , where Sheridan fought with great gallantry , J xescuing his division from a perilous po i- * Hon. At Chattanooga. November ti5 , Sneri- i -dan by his fearless assault at th * hta 1 of his division upon the center of thtenemy's line on Mte8ionsiry ltldgc , gained aJullional and merited renown. The march to Knoxville , n h re Burnside was besieged , next toilowed. Upon Grant s promotion to be licu- tentant general ( March , 1351 , } ho applied for the transfer of Sheridan to the east , and ' -apt ointed him chief of cavalry of tho army of the Potomac. In the campaign of lS'Jl tho cavalry covered tho front and flanks of the ' Infantry thuu h the battlo of tho Wilder ness , and next morning teheridan started on -nraid against the enemy's lines of communi cation with Richmond. On the 23th he re joined tho army , hayiug destroyed tho ' , depots , trains and track at Beaver ham and . Asliland btaJious , liberated 40Jof our men m and defeated the enemy's c ivalry at Yell w Tavern.wlierc theirgjcatest cavalry leader. J. B. E. Stuart , was mortally wounded. 'J he V outer Udc of works around Richmond was taken , but the second line was to.i stronz to B be carried by assault , and crossing too Chick- ahominy at Meadow bridge. James river w.s readied May 14 , theuce by White House and Hanover C urt House baclt to tho army. L Ihls raid drew oil"nearly all the enemy's avalry. making tho guarding of Grants B trains an eaRv matter. Besiming : tne ad- vance , the battle of Haines' s'lop was fought Mav " 25 , and Cold Harl owas o.caplei on the 31st and hld unfl'the > arrival of the Infantry. On JuneTSher dan with two divisions stait d around the left of B Lees army to fic troy the Virginia Central B railroad in the rear , wnich accomiill-lied , the B Predeilcksburg road wis stru < k at C.uster- B ileld , tlieuce again s riklng the Mr inia ( en- B tral at Trcvilians , where he routed Wade B • Hampton ( June 111 and next day tr n an the B Toad nearly to Lo lisa ourt h xm wh n , B advancing towards G rUonvilIc , an inde- B clsive engagement took place : not hearing B from Huuter , who was to meet him here , mo B withdrew , re olnmr the army Juno l'J. On B August 7 the Mid lie denartm"nts and d < - B -partmentsof We.-t Vlrglnia. 'Washiugtoi and B -Susiuehunna vore conkt luted the Mid i'c B military divisli.q. . and Stierijau assigned to H the command orine same , numerous severo B -cavalry sklrmishcj occurred during August B and early in September , but no gen- B ral entajement , althoigh the two B armies lay In Euch position the en-my i B under General Early on tho west bitn c B ot Opequon creek , covering Windiest r , I B and Sheridan in front of B rrysville that • B either could bring on a battlo at will. Defeat ' B to Sheridan , however , would expose Maryj j B laud and Pennsylvania to invasion. But tho B lmpemtivc nex slty of bavins the unfb- ' H structed u < e ofthe Bait more A Oho railway \ BJ and the Cuesaj eako A Ohio cana' , ammg . Bj otlicr reaso b ! < > d Grant to take the initiative ; H but beoro : giving orders to attack hoisltcd I B Sherld.inSent.n > , the latter expressing such i B confidence o su ( cess that Grant gave him but B two words of Instruction , "Go in. " ' B. Three days la er he attacked Early at tho J Bj crossing of the Opequay , and after a vigorous i BJ battlo routed the enemy and captured " ,03J 1 prisoners and five sudj , Early , tallied hJs . B : rr S Brg nrmy at tho strong position ofl'Uhcr'e hill , whereon tho 'lid ho was again defeated uitti heavy loss , and pursued to tho mountain * , Hhcrfdan dnvaHtntlng tho valley on liU re turn , rendering It untiUiablo for an enemy' * army. Ho ivat appointed brigadier general In tho regular army , Snptomber 20. On tho i'Jih of Octobor Sheridan whb returning from Washington , und at 0 o'clouk as ho rodo nut of Winchester on his splondld blnck horse , mot tho fugitives from his panlo strlclcen army. Ho at onco rushed onto tlio 1 routas swiftly as his fonmlng stead could carry him , swinging his hat and shouting , "Knee the other way , boys ! Face the other way ! If I had been here , boys , tills never should have happened. ' ' Mertlntr a colonel who nald "the armv is whipped , " ho replied , "You are , hut the army Isn't. ' Hudobreastworks wero thrown up , and then came desperate fighting , Sheridan led ono brlgado In tho charge In person , and Early's army win routed. Sheridan was complimented by President Lincoln and General Grant I > r this brilliant achievement , and tho whole north relolcod over tho victory. In "Sliorldau's Hide , ' ' Thomas Buchanan Bead siiys : "Hurrah ! hurrah for Sheridan ! Hurrah ! hurrah for horso and man ! And when their statues aro plaeod on high , Untlor tho domo of tho Union tky , Tho American soldiers' Tenpio of Fame , There with tho glorious general's name Bo It said In lcttors both bold and bright : 'Hero is the steed that saved tho day , Bv carrying Sheridan into tho fight , From Winchester , twenty miles away. ' " The thanks of congr ss wero bestowed upon Sheridan and his army , and ho was ap pointed a major general In the rojular army November ? . February 27 , 1S < > T , starting out with 10,000cavalry.ho destroyed tho Vlrgln'a Central railroad , tho .lame * river canal and immense quantities ofsupplles , and delcated Early airaln at Waynesboro , rejoining Grant before Petersburg March 27. He commanded at the battlo or Five Forks , and as usual dis played gnat generalship. Tne decisive bat tlo compelled Loo to evacuate Petersburg. Sheridan lost no time in tho pursuit , and struck tlie Hying army at Sailor ' s cieek. cap turing sixteen guns and 100 men. detaining him until tho Sixth corps could como up , when a combined attack resulted in the cap ture of 0.000 prisoners. On the Sth four sup ply trains wero captured at Appomatox stit on , and the advance of Leo's army Held at Appomattox court house until dark. Tho following morning the enemy endeavored to break through his dismounted command , but abandoned the attempt when Sheridan , mov ing a-ildo , disclosed the in tan try behind. Mounting Kb men Sheridan was about to charge , when tho white Hag betokening sur render was dlsulared in his lront. A Mysterious Affair in Chicago. Chicago dispatch : A horrible double tragedy was brought to light shortly af ter midnight by tho police , when two dead bodies , Henrj' Heesch , a retired saloon keeper , and his wife , wero found in their apartments at 150 South San gamon street. Both were past middle ago and were looked upon by their neighbors as a happy couple. They wero last seen Saturday evening sitting on a stoop. Sunday morning the news boy left the paper and the milkman the day's supply of milk. Theso objects first attracted the attention of the neigh bors. Late last night one of the neigh bors notified tho police , and two officers wero sent to investigate. They broke open the front bed room door , and a sickening sight met their view. In tho alcove of the bed room , lying in a pool of blood , lay the dead body of Mrs. Heesch , clad in a night dress. Pro ceeding to the next room one of tho neighbors found the body of Heesch dangling from the end of a rope , ho having hansred himself. No reason can be assigned for tho deed. Everything around the room bespoke comfort , and there were no indications of n struggle prior to the murder and suicide. Last summer Mrs. Heesch was over come by heat , and she never quite re covered from the effects of the sun stroke. Her friends think that possibly the heat of Saturday night may have af fected her mind , and brought about in sanity , which caused a quarrel between her husband and herself , in which he stabbed her perhaps in self-defence , and then handed himself out of remorse. The Guilford Miller Case. Washington , August 2. The secrtrary of the interior to-day rendered a decision in the celebrated case of thei Northern Pacific railroad company against Guilford Miller. The secretary holds briefly that when the map of the main line was filed and accepted In 1870 the general rule was fixed , and tho statutes withdrawn under section G of tho granting act became operative. The secretary holds that in at tempting to make tho withdrawal of those lands for indemnity purposes the com mission of the general land office did that which was prohibited. Tho railroad company selected Miller's land as indem nity for lands left within the Yakima In dian reservation. The secretary says inas much as the supreme court said in the Buttz case that a fee simple title to lands within an Indian reservation passed by a crant to a company subject to right of oc cupancy by Indians , the company is not entitled to indemity lauds within in said reservation , and which has passed to it by its grant. The effect of this decision is far- reaching , and will effect about eicht hun dred cases now pending in tho general land office , and probably the claims of many set tlers which have not reached them. The denial of tho right of thi3 company to indemnity for lands within tho Yakima Indian reservation is eaid to be equally ap plicable to other Indian reservations aloag the line ofthe road , and will have the ef fect of reducing the indemnity claims of the company very largely probably to the extent of a million and a half acres. About two thousand-cases now in the general land offices will be effected by the decision. To Form a Flour Trust. St. Louis , Mo. , Aug. 3. Circulars have been issued by Al H. Smith , secretary of the St Louis millers' association , calling a meeting of millers of Missouri , Illinois , Kansas , Indiana , Tennessee and of all the winter wheat states , for the purpose of forming a flour trust. The meeting is to be held in St. Louis Aug. 31. An agree ment has already been signed by all the | prominent millers of St. Louis , the St. Louis association having a. capacity of 17,500 barrels per day. The agreement is very rigid in its stipulations. It is proposed to call the trust "The Central Millers' Asso ciation , " the object being to secure the members a legitimate profit on products. In italics will be found the following stip ulation in the agreement : "Absolute sub mission to the authority of which the indi vidual members are only an integral part. " The power of the directors is made absolute. They are to fix prices , may order a reduction in output or the closing down of mille. Any contract with brokers to act for members of the associa tion. Credits are not to exceed thirty days. Mills at points tributary to St. Louis , Detroit or Toledo shall not pay over current prices for the same grades of wheat or flour in these markets , less two-thirds of the freight rate thereto. All sales of less than car lots must be 10 cents higher than current minimum prices. The trust ( proposes to control absolutely tho output , price and sale of flour in tho territory it ' will covern. Jumped from tho Brooklyn Bridge. New Yokk , August 3. This morning \ an individual , name unknown , evaded tho : police and jumped from the central span j of the Brooklyn bridge into the river , j Friends in a tug picked him up and spir- 1 ited him away. "When picked up the man f was in a semi unconscious condition and ] the tug conveyed him to Hamilton terry , 1 where an officer summoned an ambulanco and he was conveyed to Long Island hosI pital. He ia evidently badly hurt , and is c suffering lrom internal injaries and severe t shock , which might prove fatal , so the snrt geon says. He gave his name as Matthew o Byrne , aged 21 , of Port .Richmond , Staten I Island , where he is employed as coachman , c J3 * IS' ' 'i'Sv * " * * * 'jJWMiiB'iltiM8. ' 'aS > wMiMHBa ' * * l t " Tho Minority Report "vV'ASinjfGTOX , Aug. 1. The minority report of the scnato judiciary committee on tho Jackson , Miss. , political riotj was sub- milled by Senator Pugh to tho senate to day. The minority says tho bearings were held with closed doors and in Washington , more than 1,000 miles from the locality of tho transaction ; hence tho members of tho committee had n > opportunity of examin ing tho great mass of witnesses who wero on tho ground. Tho report follows every detail of occur rences under investigation. It says : "This conspiracy of McUill and Baldwin to eliminate tho negro vote and to se cure ' co-operation of a committee of i 100 is Biigges ive. Of the method * by which theso southern outrages are manu factured for political purposes. " It de clares i that Baldwin stands iiupoach'd as utterly unworthy of credit. It finds the evidence against the federal officials incul pated by tho majority , as unimportant , untrustworthy and illegal. "It is not shown ' , " the minority says , "that any of the federal officers incriminated by the committee did a single illegal act or aided or advised in doing of such. " The report Is Bigned by Senators Pugh , Coke , Vest and George. Before the Senato Committee. "Washington , Aug. 2. Ex-Governor Pound , of Wisconsin , counsel for some of tho timber contractors on the Chippowa reservation , was before the senate com mittee on Indian traderships today. He said that tho commission had arisen by reason of the fact that tho dopartmout hav ing promulgated an order that after a cer tain time allotments should be mado in conformity with the Davis act , yet afterwards remitted allotments to bo mado which were not in conformity with the provisions of the act. In reply to a request for his opinion aa to what may best be done to secure the solu tion of the difficulties on thoso reservations he said that a special agent should be Bent there to remain at least thirty days , who should publish an advance notice ai to the time and place for hearing evidence aa to the eligibility of In dians for allotments. Ho should in the meantime himself learn of the amount and nature of the lauds to be dis posed of. With this information in hand it would be possible to do even justice to , the Indians without injustice to tho lum bermen. In the Doreillo reservation it was , known that there was not sufficient lands ' to give all tho Indians their full allot ments. " " Suffers Ihe . "Blinky" Morgan Penally. Columbus , O. , Aug. 2. Charles , alias "Blinky" Morgan , the fprineipal figure in the Bavenna rescue and murder of Detect ive Hulligan , of Cleveland , Ohio , was exe cuted at the Ohio penitentiary at an early hour this morning. The prisoner spent a quiet day , re fusing to see visitors except thoso with whom he had been intimate and who had taken an interest in the commutation of his sentence. To all with whom he had talked he protested his innocence of tho crime. Therothas been a wonderful curios ity to see the prisoner , and the warden this morning had received more than 500 applications to witness the execution. He 1 left a long letter to the warden of the peni tentiary , thanking him and his assistants 1 for tho uniform kind treatment he had re ceived at their hands , and emphasizing his i previous declaration of innocence of any connection whatever with the theft ofthe iurs , the rescue of McMun , or the murder of Detective Hulligan. The execution took place shortly after 1 o'clock , and was witnessed by about thirty persons. When Morgan was put on the Bcafibld the warrant was read , but he re fused to say anything. After the trap was . sprung tho body writhed in great agony and hSTijlowly strangled to death. He Will Sue the Showmen. Dubuque ( Ia. ) special : This afternoon , while Barmim & Bailey's circus was ex hibiting in this city , a young man named [ Sawyer , from Earlville , presented a 1 ticket for admission. Instead of being ; admitted to the show a whistle was sounded by a company detective who 1 was standing near by. A policeman was i summoned and the young man was hus tled off to the city jail. His offense was ; in presenting to the show a ticket which ! had been bought two or three years ago , but had never been used. The detective ( was asked : "What charge do you bring ' against the yonnjr man ? " "None atall , " was the answer. The arrested , part } ' , however , proposes to i make it warm for the circus company. He paid 50 cents for the ticket two years I ago and had never used it , but on pre senting it to-day he was ai'rested and thrown into prison. He intends to sue 1 for damages. A Blackmailer Done Up. San Fkancisco , Aug. 3. Something of a sensation was created this afternoon by G. Eiafelder , representative of a small paper here , rushing down the steps of the Nevada bank , crying "niutder ! " Eisfelder had secured an interview with ex-Senator Jas. G. Fair , who is president of tho Nevada bank , and threatened Fair with tho publication of a . scurrilous article against him ifhe did not at once give Eisfelder $5,000. The demand enraged Fair so that he felled the man with a blow. Eisfelder then drew a pistol. rar drawing his struck tho black mailer on the head , when the clerks rushed in and joined in defending their president. Eisfelder then fled. The Case of Hugh M. Brooks. St. Louis , Mo. , Aug. 3. When the news reached here this morning that the British government had requested a further respite for Hugh M. Brooks , on tho ground that tho murderer and his victim were both British subjects , it created no little surprise. Governor Morehouse has received merely telegraphic no tice that the papers have been forwarded by mail , and does not know what action ho will take. Brooks' attorney says the request for a respite was seemed througti the efforts of Brooks' father with Lord Salisbury i , and claims that new corroborat ive evideuce has been developed which will save Brooks from the gallows. Complaints Against the Railroads. Chicago , Aug. 3. The Chicago board of trade has filed with the interstate com merce commission two petitions , one of which is a complaint against the Eock Island and Baltimore & Ohio roads , the other against the Pennsylvania and Chicago & Northwestern. The charge in each case is that Chicago has been discriminated against by theso roads , inasmuch as their joint through rate from Iowa and Nebraska points to the seaboard is less than the sum of the local rates. For example , the rate from Lincoln to Chicago on corn and oats last February was 22 cents per hundred ; The rate from Chicago to New York was 27 cents , while tho thrcagh rate from Lincoln to New York was only 36i cents , or 13 cents less than the sum of the two totals. It is charged that this is in viola tion of the first , second and third sections of the interstate commerce law , and tho board of trade demands a ruling by the commission. i 9 t A DINNER OFNETTLES. 1 Joe Bunker , wi h Iub family joined a wagon • train going overland to California in 1852. Ho had a canvas-covered wngonand a span of tho wickedest , most forlorn looking mules that you could well imagine. In tho wagon wns pitched all his earthly possessions , in- eluding wife and four children. Thorn was ulso of his party an Irish lad named Kelly , who had been but iv abort tirao . in this country , and who left n lifo of misery iu Ireland , in hopes ol bettering himself here. Bunker's load had been too heavy at tho 3tnrt for tho mules to draw , and keep up with tho rest , so at tho first Btoppngehoauctioned off what could bo best spared , for any 6um ho could get. After that all went well for many days. Then one morning when they wero prepar ing for a start , ono of tho mules gave an ex- hibition of temper that was apalling. He kicked and plupged about , biting and kickj ing at everyone who tried to approach him , ending tho matter by throwing himself in 3uch a wuy as to put ono shoulder out of joint. * Then ho was meek as a lamb while tho men put it in placebut when the harness was put on him , and ho wus hitched to the wagon he absolutely refused to pull a pound , and after bothoring for several honrs , Bunker was forced to Btand and see the rest of tho train disappear in tho distanco without him Tho children cried loudly , Mrs. Bunker quietly wiped her eyes , whilo Tom Kclley , who had emphatically refused to go on with tho rest , muttered , "Bad cess till tho bother- in' creature. Av wo lavo our bones between this an'the big rocks , it's him as will bo till blamel" Bunker himself looked glum , and blamed tho trainsmen for leaving him. But provi- visions were getting scarce , and the Indians hnd driven pretty much all tho gamo from their route. Grave fears wero entertained of suffering from hunger ere their destination was reached , even at tho best rate of speed they could make. Ab Boon us the train disappeared. Tim and Bunker fixed their camp for a comfortable stay. There was a scant growth of timber , and a clear stream of water ran merrily by. It was July , and tho weather wub fine. Fourdays passed quietly and uneventfully , and by constant application of cold water , the beast's shoulder was bo far improved , that , though doubtful ofthe wisdom of tho move , Bunker hitched up , and slowly started along tho trail. For two days they journeyed on , then the folly of starting so soon be came apparent. The mule's shoulder be- came badly swollen , and the third morningho laid down when Tim and Bunker tried to harness him , and all their efforts were of no avail to induce him to rise. They had camped for the night , a long ways from water , and our travelers were about discouraged. What they used that day was brought by Tim from a littlo lake nearly a milo away. Next morning they managed to remove to tho vicinity of the lake , made themselves as comfortable as was possible , and waited with as much patience as they could for tho time when they could make another start. Mora than a week went by. Bain fell heavily for two daj-s. and you can well an- derstand how uncomfortable our friends were. Provisions became scarce , and there was no gamo about. They had reached a region where there was timber , not heavy , but con tinuous , and when ou , o day tho children asked for food and there was none to give them , Bunker put the harness upon tho mules and started on. The day was overcast and cloudy , and without much thought , lie started upon a course he was sure would intersect the trail followed by the train. But after traveling all day , and notfindingit , he became alarmed. A solitary jack rabbit furnished them with a meal , and next morning he undertook to retrace his way. His wagon was lightly loaded , and the ground very hard in places , so no impression wns made , visible to inexperienced eyes , and after a few hours Bunker was forced to ac knowledge himself hopelessly lost. He knew he had gone south ofthe trail to encamp near the lake , so when the sun came out , he took his bearings , and turning due north , journeyed on. So for days. A few birds , shot now and then , kept life in their bodies , but at last it seemed they must starve. "If naXood is found by uoon to-day , " de clared Bunker on the morning of tho tenth day of their wanderings , ' 'I shall kill one of the mules. " His heart was wrung by tho sight of his children's sufferings , and although he knew upon the mules depended their ever getting to a place of safety , he determined to sacri- fice them , rather than to see the little ones starve. All the forenoon , ho and Tom tramped the woods on each side of the route pursued by tho wagon , on the alert for any- thing which would do for food. Teu o'clock. Bunker looked at his watch and a look of stern determination came over his face , but he continued pn , gun in hand , his watchful eye searching every grove and thicket as he passed them. They were just entering a small clearing , and Bunker was assuring the poor children that they should soon have food , when a great 6houting was heard in advance , which caused the mules to quicken their pace , and aroused the attention of all. * "Och , Misther Bunky ! but here's the foine atein' intirely ! Faithen we'll not bo stharvin' now ! Make haste wid a foire , an' get the pot forninst it , en we'll have a fastc fit for a king ! " He was capering and shouting so excitedly that all peered eagerly about for a sight of the promised food , but there was apparently nothing visible near him but an immense bed of nettles. Close by was the ruins of a log cabin , its blackened condition showing plainly by what agency it had been destroyed. A beau tiful spring Of water bubbled from among Jhe roots of a towering pine , and danced away across the clearing. It was a lonely but beautiful place , and had been a happy home perhaps , one day. When the children could see no food they began to cry in a disappointed way. ' • Arrah now hush up wid ye ! We'll soon have ye filled to your mouth wid good ate in' . " Then while they all looked on in bewildered surprise , he quickly built a fire , and hung a kettle over it. Then he put in some water from the spring , a handful of salt , and pro ceeded to crowd the kettle full oftbefendrr- est shoots ofthe nettles , poked the firo' until it blazed right merrily , then leaving his "greens" to cook , sat down beside the fret ting children and began telling them wonder- ful stories of life in "Oireland , " until in laughing at his droll speeches , they almost forgot their hunger. This ho kept up for half an hour , peeping occasionally into the kettle , whose contents steamed right merrily , and keeping the fire roaring. At the end of that time , he dished out a quantity of well-cooked greens , acd in- vited them to partake. All did so , and found the queer food very satisfying , if not very pal- atable. When asked by Mrs. Bunker how he knew nettles were good to eat. Tim i replied , mournfully : "Dear lady , yenever stharved in Oirlandor ye wud never ask ! " Camp was made , and in the afternoon Timj electrified all by bringing in a hatful ofpota- toes , which he had found in what had once been a garden , and Bunker sliox a jack rab- bit. Poor children ! How greedily they ] watched thefood as it cooked , and how eageri ly the little thin hands were outstretched to . clutch a shnre when offered. Next day refreshed and re-invigorated they 1 started on their way , and a half-day's travel 1 brought them to the camp of a long wagon train , which was stopping for a day to ' rest and recruit their stock. Then Bunker received some information that staggered him. Ho was more than a f hundred miles irom the trail he had lost so f long before. This train was en route for Or- ] egon , and rather than run the risk of getting i lost a second time in searching for the other \ trail , he cast Ids lot among them , and found { a happy , and in time , a prosperous homo in \ that state. Daughters of America. i -a - He was mumbling about tough ] steak and cold coffee , and making J himself generally disagreeable. "Don't growl so over your breakfast , i John , " said his wife , "nobody is T going to take it away from you. " \ Epoch. * - " " - - - * ' j Current Humor. Tho undertaker's no fighter , Yet deny the fact , if you can , That he's thnt kind of a boxer That always lays out his man. A little girl in Lewiston , Me. , who was ill ono evening , called her mother tt 1 > her bedside , and Haid piteously : "Mamma ' , I am awlul sick ; I just swallowed ( upward , " and her mamma sympathized j with her deeply. "Oh , for tho wings of a dove ! " sighed the poet. "Bosh ! " said his friend J the broker. "The breast of a turkey 1 is much better to fill up on. " A. "Did you gain anything in your Wall street speculation ? " B. - " 0 , yes ; I acquired the idea that I was \ an ass. " Is that all ? "Why , I could < have told you that before you attempted j to go in. " "Can you give be a little breakfast , ma'ma ] ? pleaded the tramp : "I'm hungry ] and cold. I slept out-doors last night , and the rain came down likesheets. " "Youshouldliavegotin between I the sheets , " said the woman kindly ] , as she motioned him to tho . gate. " 0 my friends , there are some spec tacles that a person never forgets ? " said ( a lecturer , after a graphic de scription I of a terrible accident that he had witnessed. I'd like to know where they sell 'em , " remarked an old ' lady in the audience who is al ways mislaying her glasses. Little Earnest , only four years old , after ] standing at the window for a long ] time one day last summer in silent ' admiration of a terrific thun der-storm < , turned to his mother with a deep sigh and said , softly : "God's sky [ is getting some awful big cracks in it , mamma. " Waiter ( to gentleman who has just tipped him ) . "Excuse me , sir , but do you know that is a twenty-cent piece ? " Gentleman ( putting it back in his pocket ) : "Why no , I took it for a quarter. But it's all right , I know where I got it. " New York Epoch. Minister ( dining with the family ) So your mamma doesn't want you to eat more than one piece of pie , Bobby ? Bobby No , sir ; except when we are visiting. Then I can have all I want , -N. Y. Sun. Jones was yesterday delivered of the following aphorism. It is war ranted his latest : "When I wake in the morning and find it cloudy , I know that in case it rains we shallnot have line weather. " It was one of our Boston schools , and the question was arithmetical , something like this : "If 17 men can do a piece of work in one week , how many men would it require to do it in three weeks ? Up went a hand. "Well , " said the teacher. "Five men and a boy 14 years old. " LTow do you make that , out ? asked the teacher , endeavoring to suppress a smile. "It > would take one-third ns meny merj. One third of 17 is live and two-thirds , " "Butwher ? does the boy come in ? ' ' "A person is not a man untilheis 21. Two-thirds of 21 is 14. It would take , therefore 5 men and a 14-year- old boy. " A Point of Etiquette * The "point of etiquette , " in regard to not sealing letters sent by the hand of a friend , is to be considered , undoubtedly , as settled by the usage of polite society , And yet there are two sides to the question. To in trust to a friend an unsealed letter to a third person is a compliment to a friend ; but why should it be thought necessarily uncomplimentary if the letter be sealed ? On the other hand , the sealing of a letter may be deemed always advisable , for one good reason at least. The contents of an unsealed letter are never safe. They are safe so far as the honorable friend is concerned , but not safe in any other sense. They may be lost from the envelope easilv and inno cently. They may be abstracted and read bythe servant to whom the note is delivered at the door , or by any prying individual who may find the missive lying on the hall table await ing the owner's arrival. Especially unsafe it is to place an unsealed pack age articles of money value. Would any sane man send a § 50 bill in ail j unsealed envelope by the hand of a friend or anybody whomsoever ? The' friend himself if he knew the nature ofthe inclosure , would be very apt to protest against this sacrifice of common , sense at the shrine of eti quette. ' A Black Hills Dramatic Critique From ; the Custer City Chronicle. Her voice was a cross between the hum of a cyclone and the screech ofa i locomotive under full steam. It trembled away in cat-like cadences and j rose again like the wail of a hound j in distress. Again it rose in mellow ! tones not unlike the wind dallying < over the mouth of an empty jug. j Stopping only long enough to take wind , she rose slowly to her tip toes 1 , and with gyrating arms and heavy ] chest gave a fair imitation of the -j road that fortells a Dakota bliz zard. Old Jim Baker ' s pet panther , chained < to a post in the lot back oi the opera house , heard some of her high notes and they skeered the poor beast ' out of a year ' s growth. It was the first time our town was ever visited by a genuine female calliope , and we hope shell come again. " ' A terrible tragedy occurred at Rising Sun Station , Mississippi. Bad blood had existed for some time between S. II. AVhitworth and Henry McCartv , two merchants. "Whitworth. McLean and Iioskins on one side , and Henry McCarty , P. H. Ivey and Sam Austin on the other side , met one afternoon. The first three entered the store of McCarty & Matt hews , armed with Winchesters and pistols. Some words brought on firing , and Ivey and Austin were instantly killed , Henry McCarty is missing , and is buppo ed to have been killed also. Whitworth and Ben McLean are badly wounded. The eight-year-old son of John Glenn * Bepi- na , N. TV" . T. , was thrown from a pony he was riding. A long rope hanging from the pony's neck became entangled in the little fellow's feet and he was dragged nearly half a mile , being dead when picked np. - - y Thrift And Waste in jrnrrlcil Lire. Writing in the Quiver , the author of "How to Bo Happy Though Mar- ried" says : I quito believe in marry- ing for gold and working for silver ; but there should bo a reasonable chance of getting work to do , for it is nothing less than criminal folly to marry on nothing a week , and that uncertain very ! On tho other hand , there is some truth in tho snying that what will keep ono will keep two. Show me one couple unhappy merely on account of their limited circum- stances , and I will show you ten who are wretched from other circumstanc- es. There aro bachelors who are so ultra-prudent , and who hold such absurd opinions as to tho expense of matrimou } ' , that , although they have enough money , they have not enough courage to enter the state. Pitt used to say that he could not afford to many , yet his butcher's bill was so enormous that some ono has calculated it as affording his servants about fourteen pounds of meat a day each man and woman ! For the more economical regulation of his household , if for no other reason , he should have taken to him self a wife. Of course a young man witli a small income cannot a fiord to many if he smokes big cigars and gives expensive drinks to every fool who claps him on the back and calls him "old man. " Ho must bo particular , too , in choosing a wife to select one who is economical and who can keep house with the least amount of waste. Swift's saying about nets and cages is well known. He thought that one reason why many marriages are unhappy is be- cause women spend their time in mak- ing nets to catch husbands rather than in making cages to keep them in when caught. True , a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush , and we see no reason why a girl should not do all that is consistent with self-respect and modesty to " obtain a husband. She should remember , that conquests have to bo kept as well as made , and that for a woman to fail to make and keep her home happy is to be a 'failure" in a more roal sense than to have failed in getJ ting a husband. "Why don't the men propose , mamma ? " One reason is because they are afraid that the girls ofthe period will make extra va- gant wives. The other day a girl was talking with a middle-aged ! bachelor ; the girl was of a by no means shy disposition , so she began to "chaff" him about his wretchedly unmarried condition. "Why don't you marry ? Can't you afford to keep a wife ? " "My innocent young friend , " was the reply , "I can afford to support half a dozen wives , but I can't afford to pay the milliner's bills of one. " And you mothers think not always about getting good husbands for your daughters , but think some times how to make your daughters , fit to be good wives. A Short Marriage Service. "One of the quickest marriages I have ever heard of , " said a talkative man , " was performed by the Rev. Dr. Turner , now in the Minnesota Con ference. " Then the talkative fellow talked on in this lively strain : "Dr. Turner was in charge ofthe Vineennes circuit at the time. One evening he was hurrying his toilet in preparation for a marriage that he was to perform at eight o'clock at the home of one of his flock. He was late and very much afraid that he couldn't catch the place of appoint ment in time. Just as he got his white tie adjusted , and was getting himself into his coat , a knock was heard on the parsonage door. Dr. Dr. Turner took up his hat , stepped to the door and opened it. A young man stood outside. Dr. Turner asked his business. The young man was flurried ; but he managed to say he wanted to getmarried , and handed the parson a marriage license. "Well , " said Dr. Turner , "I can't do it tonight. I am hurrying now to perform another ceremony. I'm already late. " "But , pleaded the young man , "it won't take long. " "I know but I ' " , can't wait. And the preacher came out and closed the door , walking rapidly away. ' 'But , Mr. Turner , " said the young man desperately , and he ran after the minister , { you surel3r can marry us. It wont take you but a minute. " "Where's the lady ? ' ' "Right ba . ck here , " and the young man pointed to a figure standing in the shadow of a tree. "Well , come on , " Dr. Turner said , and the two went back where the girl stood. "Is this the woman you want to many ? " "Yes , " said the young man. "Thenyou are man and wife. Good- night , " And away he went , leaving the pair speechless. It was a minute before the husband ' newly-made re- covered enough to run after the preacher , who was rapidly disappear- | ing in the dark. ' • Mr. Turner ! Mr. Turner ! he cried.J "Well , what is it ? said the preacher , ] pausing. ? "Why , was that all ? will that do ? " ] "Yes , yes , that will do. You are J just as much married as if I'd gone " through a yard of ceremony. Goods night. ' * And again he hurried away , reaching his .appointment just in the j nick of time. ' The young man went slowly back I to his bride , and spent the next hour or two in satisfying her that she was ' really married. e o < ex I The Treatment of Wine. T There is probably no greater der Iusion in the modern gastronomic art than the notion that age enriches v wine inimitably. If a three or five l year wine is better than the crude t juice , the process must go on forever , I and the wine of 500 years must be a the veritable nectar of the gods. It i is a myth of the poets. AVine is an a organic product , and to everything f organic there is the immutable law 5 of growth and decay , life and death. \ There is no exemption. Dosing with i foreign substances , fortification with c brandies and alcohol , care of tem1 perature and other devices may 1 stave off the fatal decline , but for c only a little. Home Journal. 1 " ' ' _ 1 'n'rimiiiiiiwiiii 1 ! 1111 n J "Jnckfi nml Tinkers * " 1 Josh Billings said , "I bolievo in tlw I universal i salvation of man , but 1 want to pick tho men. " It is about tho 1 samo with men who call thorn- selves f "all-round mechanics , , ' and profess ] to do overything , from elec tric i lightning to driving a nail. Thoro aro men who seem competent to 1 successfully carry out anything they 1 undertake , and there are men who cannot do tho simplest work without longpractico and persist ent application. Sonio men will pick up a pursuit , ono of which they know absolutely nothing , and by using their 1 brain , soon mako themselves competent and oven authority there in. ] in.On tho other hand , other men who try ' to "pick up" a new occupation j meet ] with failure from the start , and every move is disastrous. Tho man who 1 succeeds first makes himseifac- I quainted ( with tho principles of tho [ now ] business. Then he studies up j everything ( which has been done by others. * Ho is going to benefit by their ' experience , and commence when' they left off , instead of beating over tho samo ground , and failing on things ' which other men's experience should ' havo taught him to avoid. In steam engineering some men seem ' to know from intuition just what is necessary. They do the right thing at just the right time , and everything * runs smoothly. Theso men ] aro new , perhaps , to an engi neer's ! life , but they have brains , and know how to use them. They never \ see a doubtful thing without giving the 1 matter a thorough investigation at ! the first opportunity. They find out ' tho reason why , and when the time 1 conies the knowledge is ull ready for ] use. The "jacks and tinkers" who suc ceed ' are not known by such objec tionable ] names they are fitted out with far more acceptable mimes , and often ' tack on "Professor , " * 'M. ! • ] . , " or ' "Consulting Engineer" to either front or rear of their mimes. At present the electrical field is filled with "jacks and tinkers" ; fur thermore , a largenumberof'cninks" J disgust the art with their presence. The successful "jacks and tinkers" [ are getting famous and rich , while tho unsuccessful ones aro getting maledictions for their pay. Tlie.se men ; ; do not know enough to do tht' work they attempt , and neither do ' they , know that they are failures. They go on , and become the pest of all manufacturers of material [ , sup plies and instruments. If the appa ratus : does not work , the fault is laid ; to-the makers substituted , even when the first might be best suited for tho work in question. To sum up the whole situation , a man * must not attempt work ho knows nothing about , without ex pecting to work up from the very bottom of tho science , the manner of working up to depend upon the man. Some men can grasp the situation and become competent in a very short time. They may have the ap pearance of "jacks and tinkers" as far as length of time in the business is concerned , but they have mastered both principle and details of the mat ter , and know their business. When a man wants to go into something new , let him make sure that he can become capable before lie starts. If there be any doubt in his mind , then don't Start at all , or tin * rank and file ofthe "jacks and thik- ers' will receive another crank in their midst. A man must learn it all , but how quick he can do it depends , like Josh Billings's "universal salvation , " up on the man. . < Q-.QII Some Old-Time Executions. Geatlemnn's Magazine , In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries our method of execution was most brutal. There was the ride of the criminal in an open cart , , with his coffin by his side , either to Tyburn or to the spot where he com mitted tho murder ; the cart was stopped ' under the gallows , the rope was fastened around the criminal s neckthe ] carman gave the horse a lash , and , the poorwretch was left swaying to and fro , kicking. If lie had friends they ' would try to shorten his agony by I hanging on to his legs and beat ing ] his breast , a shocking sight. But , hanging then was looked upon as a holiday spectacle , in which we find the ] lower class took great interest and { evincei ] much sympathy with the " deceased. ' For instance , Claude Du val ] , the celebrated highwayman , lay in ] state at the Tangier tavern , in St. Giles's ' , in a room hung with black cloth , the bier covered with 'scutch eons , and with eight wax candles burning J around. He was buried by J torch-light and was followed to Co vent Garden * church by a numerous train ofmourners , mostly women. Misson , a . french writer , who visited England in the reign of William III , sa 's : "He that is hanged or otherwise executed first takes care to get himself shav 'd and handsomly drest , either in mourning or in the dress of a bride groom. This done , he sets his friends to work to get him leave to bebury'd and to carry his coffin with him , which * is easily obtain'd. When his suit of cloaths , or nightgown , his gloves , hat , perriwig , nosegay , coffin , flannel dress for his corps , and all those things are bought and prepared , the main point is taken care of his mind is at peace , and then he thinks oi his concience. Gen erally he studies a speech , which he pronounces under the gallows and gives in writing to the sheriff or the minister that attends him in his last moments , desiring that it be printed. Sometimes the girls dress in white , with great silk scarfs , and carry bas kets full of flowers and oranges , scat tering the favors all the way they go. But to represent things as thereally are I must needs own that if a pretty manjof these people dress thus gaily and go to it with sach an air of indif ference , there are many others that go slovenly enough and with dismal phizzes. I remember one day I saw in the park a handsome girl , well dressed , that was in mourning for her father , who had been hanged but a month before at Tyburn for false coinage. Smany countries , so many fashions. "
