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THE JOURNAL.
WEDNESDAY. Al'G. "J. is::.
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MY OWN.
Brown hftids anl go'd around my knoo
Dispute in cncor ila).
Sweet, cliildish voicis in my ear
Km Biandin! all tin day.
Jet. wnnetimen in a nuiMen hush,
Such xh mj- little loy' had been
If 1 had kciit my wu.
And when, ofttiines they come tome.
As eraiing hours erit v hing,
Aiul bc me winninglr to eivc
At-tor uraioiii!,
I bm n pair f star-bright eyes
Among ihcothers shine
Tb.- ei hif him who i.e'tr has heard
SUiry r son;: of mine.
At night I go my rounds, and rauu
Each hite-drajjd cot bi-fiide.
And lK.te hou tiusli is tins one's check.
How that uncV ourls lie wide;
And to a roriiertena.it 'esu
My swift thought ttv aier
That would have lxen it bv had lired.
My other darling's place.
The years go fiyit: my children soon
Within tin- Morl-l .f men
Will find tin ir work, and venture forth.
Not to return ncaiu;
Uut there is one .! cannot gu
1 f hall not Le alune:
Tl.e ..ttlb hoy ho n- cr lived
Will Hlwar h n'y own.
-MtiiU ir. I'ltmuiier hi nlitry SfayizitA.
A NOVEL FOOT-RACE.
The following sketch is taken from
Edward Eggleston's serial. "The Hoosier
ehool-boy," now aji.ariu;; in St.
Nicholas. Jack, the '"Hoosier School
boy." has discovered some unencum
bered property in Kentucky belonging
to Mr. Francis dray. This he intends
to attach for u debt owed his father.
His mother having declined an offer of
compromise from Tinkham, (Iray's
lawyer, these latter are discussing the
reason of her refusal :
They've got wind of something."
Baid Mr. Tinkham to Mr. Gray, "or
c-u they are waiting for you to resume
tiayniuii't or else the widow's got
money somewhere for her present
necessaries."
"I don't know of what hope they can
have ot getting monej- out of me,"
said Gray, with a laugh. "I've tangled
everything up so that Heal can't tind a
thing to levy on. I have but one piece
of projKrty exposed, and that's not? in
this Suite."
"Where is it ?" asked Tinkham.
It's in Kentucky, five miles back of
Tort William. I took it last week in a
trade, and I haven't yet made up my
mind what to do with it."
"That's the very tiling." said Tink
ham, with his little face drawn to a
point "the very thing. Mrs. Dudley's
son came home trom Port William yes
terday, where he has been at school.
They've heard of that land, I'm afraid;
for Mrs. Dudley is very positive she
will not sell the claim at anv price."
"I'll make a mortgage to ni brother
on that land and send it off from the
mail-boat as I go town to-morrow."
said Grav.
"That'll bo too iato," said Tinkham.
'Ileal will have his judgment recorded
tm .-odii ns the packet gets there. You'd
better yo b the packet, get olT, and
coo the mortgage recorded yourself,
and then tuKe the mail-boau"
To tins. Gray agi eed. and the next
da. when .Jack went on board the
packet SwiltsMv," he found Mr.
Franeis Grav going aboard aNo. Mr.
Peal had warned .lack that he must not
lot any bod from the packet get to the
clerk's ollice ahead ol him that the
lirxt paper deposited for record would
take the land. Jack wondered win
Mr. Francis Gra) was aboard the packet
which went no farther than Madison,
while Mr. Cray's homo was in Louisville.
Ho soon guessed, however, that Gray
meant to land at Port William, and so
to head him off. Jack looked at Mr.
Gray's form, made plump bv good feed
ing, and felt safe, lie couldn't be very
dangerous in a foot-race. Jack relleeted
with much hopefulness that no boy in
school could catch him in a straight
away run when he was fox. He would
certainly leave the somen hat puffy Mr.
Francis ( Iry behind.
Hut in the hour's run down this river,
including two landings at Minuit's anil
Craig's, Jack had time to remember that
Francis Gray was a cunning man, and
might head him oft by some trick r
other. A varue fear took possession of
him, and he resolved to be first off the
boat before anv pretext could be invent
ed tostnp him.
Meantime, Irancis Gray had looked
lit Jack's lithe legs with apprehension.
" lean never beat that bov," he had
reflected. " Mv running days are over.
ruining amonir the reek p:u-engors
a young fellow who looked as" though
ho needed money. Gray appro.icl icd him
with this question:
"Do ou belong in Port William.young
mRti?"
" I don't belong nowhere else, I
reckon."answenHlthc seedy fellow, with
shuffling impudence.
"Do ou know whore the countv clerk's
office "is? " asked Mr. Graj
Yes. and the market-house. 1 can
show you the way to the jail, too, if
on want to know, but 1 s'pose you've
been thare many a time." laughed the
"wharf-rat. "
Gray was irritated at hi rudeness,
but he swallowed his nuger.
"Would you like to make five dol
lars ?"
"Now you're talkin' intercstin'.
Why didn't you begin at that eend of
the subjick ? Pd like to make live dol
lar as well as the next feller, provided
it isn't to be made by too much awful
bard work."
"Can you run well ?"
"If they's money at t other eend of
the race I cau run like sixty cr a spclL
Taint my common gait, howsumever."
"If you'll take this paper." said
Gray, and get it to the Countv Clerk's J
office before anybody else gets there
from this boat, I'll give you five dol
lars." "Honor bright?" asked the chap,
takinir the oaoer. drawinor n lm-
breath, and looking as though he had !
discovered a gold mine. I
" Honor bright," answered Grav. !
"You must jump off first of all. forj
there's a boy aboard that will beat you !
if he cau. No pay if you don't win." i
"Which is the one that'll run ag'in '
aoe P' asked the long-logged fellow!3
Gray described Jack, and told the
yonng man to go out forward ?ul he
would see him. Gray was not willing to
be t.een with the "wharf-rat," lest sus-
C'cions should be awakened in Jack
udley's mind. Iiut after the shabby
joung man had gone forward ami
looked at Jack, he came back with a
doubtful air.
"That's Hoosier Jack, as we used to
call him," said the shabby young man.
He an' two more used to "row a boat '
aerost the river every day to go to ole
ilea's school. He's a hard one to
beatthey say he used io lay the whole
school out on prisoners' base, and that
he could leave 'cm all behind on fox."
"You think you can do it then?" ask
ed Gray.
' Gimme a little start and I reckon
I'll fetch it. It's up-hill part of the
way and he may lose his wind, for it's
a good half-mile. You must make a
row with him at the gansr-plank, er do
omelhin' to kinder hold him back. I
The wind's down stream to-dav, and
the boat's shore to swing in a little ft
I'll jump for it and you keep him
back."
To this. Gray assented.
As the shabby -oung fellow had pre
dicted, the boat did swing around in
tho wind, and have some trouble in
bnnghig her bow to the wharf-boat.
The (Captain stood on the hurricanc
oepk calling to the pilot to "hack her."
e top Jicr." -go ahead on her," "go
head on yer Iabbcrd." ami "back 6n
I jet stabbeid." Now, Just an The Csp-
tain was backing the starboard whoe4
nd going ahead on his larboard, so as
to briug the boat arouud right, Mr.
Grav turned ou Jack.
"tVhat are you treading on my toes
for, you impudeut young rascal '" he
broke out.
Jaok colored and was about to reply
sharply, when he caught sight of the
ehrfbby young fellow, who had just then
leaped from the gunwale of the boat
amidships and barely reached the wharf.
Jack guessed why Gray had tried to
irritate him he saw that the well
known "wharf-rat" was to be hia com
petitor. But what could he do? The
wind held the bow of the boat out. the
gaug-plank which had been pushed out
ready to reach the wharf-boat was still
(irmly grasped by the deck-hands, and
the farther eud of it was six feet from
the wharf, and much above it. It would
be ton minutes before any one could
leave the boat in the regular way.
There was only one chance to defoat
the rascally Gray. Jack concluded to
take it.
He ran out upon the plank amidst
the harsh cries of the deck-hands, who
tried to stop him. and the oaths of the
mate, who thundered at him, with the
stern order of the Captain from the
upper deck, who called out to him to go
back.
Uut, luckily.tho steady palling ahead
of the larboard engine, ami the back
ing of starboard, began just then to
bring the boat around, the plank sauk
down a little under Jack's weight, and
Jack mado the leap to tho wharf, hear
ing the confused cries, orders, oaths
aud shouts from behind him as ho
pushed through the crowd.
"Stop that thief !" cried Francis
Gray to the people on the wharf-boat,
but iu vain. Jack glided swiftly through
the people, and got ou shore before any
one could check him. He charged up
the hill after the shabby young follow,
who had a decided lead, while some of
the men on thu wharf-boat pursued
them boUi, uncertain which w:is the
thief. SnehauoUierpell-inell race Port
Williams had never seen. Windows
Hew up and heads went out. Small
boys joined the pursuing crowd, and
dogs barked indiscriminately and un
certainly at tho heels of everybody.
There were cries of "Hurrah for Long
Ben!" and "Hurrah for Hoosier Jack!"
Some of Jack's old school-mates essay
ed to stop him to find out what it was
all about, but ho would not relax a
muscle, and he had no time to answer
an- questions. He saw the faces of the
people dimly; he heard the crowd cry
ing after him, "Stop, thief ;" he caught
a glimpse of his old teacher, Mr. Niles.
regarding him with curiosity as he
darted by; he saw an anxious look in
Judge Kane's face as he parsed him on
a street corner. Hut Jack held his eyes
on Long Ben, whom he purfcued as a
dog does a iox. Ho had steadily gained
ou the fellow, but Ben had too much
the start, aud unless, he should give
out, there would be littlo chance for
Jack to overtake him. One thinks
quickly in such moments. Jack re
membered that there wore two
ways of reaching the county clerk's
orllce. To keep the street around
the block was the natural way
to lake an alley through the square was
neither longer nor shorter. Hut by
running down the alley ho would de
prive Long Hen of the spur of seeing
his pursuer, and he might even make
him think that Jack had given out.
Jack had plaved this trick when play
ing hound and fox. aud at any rate he
would by this turn shake off the crowd.
So into the alloy he darted, and the be
wildered pursuers kept ou crying "stop
thief after Long Hen. whose reputa
tion was none of thu best. Somebody
ahead tried to catch the shabby young
fellow, aud this forced Hen to make a
slight curve, which gavo Jack the ad
vantage, so that just as Beu neurod the
ollice. Jack rounded a corner out of an
alley, and entered ahead of him. dashed
up to the clerk's desk and deposited
the judgment.
"For record," he gasped.
The next instant the shabby young
fellow pushed forward the mortgage.
"Mine first !" cried Lang Ben.
"I'll take yours when I get thi9 en
tered, said the clerk, quietly, as became
a public ollicer.
"I got here first." said Long Ben.
Hut the clerk looked at the clock and
entered the date on the back of Jack's
paper, putting "one o'clock and
eighteen minutes" after the date. Thcu
he wrote "one o'clock and nineteen
minutes" ou the paper which Long
Ben handed him. The ollice was soon
crowded with people, discussing the re
sult of the race, and a part of them
were cveiwiow in favor of seizing one
or the other of the runners for a theft,
which some said had beeu committed
on the packet, and others declared Was
committed on the wharf-boat. Francis
Gray cjirao in, and could uot conceal
his chagrin.
"I meant to do the fair thing by
you," he said to Jack, severely, "but
now you'll never get a cent out of mo."
"I d rather have the law on men
nke you, than have a thousand of your
sort of fair promises," said Jack.
"I've a mind to strike vou," said
Gray.
"The Kentucky law is hard on a
man who strikes a minor," said Judge
Kaue, who liad entered at that mo
ment. Mr. Niles name in to learn what was
the matter, and Judge Kane, after
isteninor quietly to tho talk of the peo
ple, until the excitement subsided, took
.lack over to "his houso, whence the
boy walked home that evening, full of
hopefulness.
Gray's land realized as much as Mr.
Heal expected, aud Jack studied Latin
hard all summer, so as to get as far
ahead as possible by the time school
should begin in the autumn.
A Glimpse of the Splendid Past
Five hundred years beforo the birth
of Christ there was a city in Italy called
Sybaris. It was a magnifioent place,
and tho wealth and luxury of its inhab
itants was so great that the name of
Sybarite exists to this day as a pseu
donym of a devotee of sensual pleasure.
It w:ls at one time so populous that it
could send A H),000 men into the field,
yet its auna'.s are lost and its great men
unknown. All the information we
leal-n about it is the fact of it's great
ness, and that its ruins are to-day un
der the bed of a river in southern Italy.
It teems there was a quarrel among
the rulers of this mighty city, and the
discontented joined with their enemies,
the Crotoniates, who succeeded in cap
turing Sybaris, drove out its inhabi
tants, and, to make its ruin com Diet e,
changed the course of a river so that it
swept over the remains of the once
mightv municipality. To-dav the ruins
are covered by a bed of slime and
earth from sixteen to twenty feet, deep,
and soon tho work of bringing the re
mains to' light will be undertaken. It
is believed that the memorials of a
very distant past will be brought to
light equal to, if not exceeding in in
terest, those of Pompeii. We live,
after all, in a very old world. Mighty
nations flourished, and prosperous
cities gathered wealth to themselves
long before history begun to keep its
records. In these days of the marvel
ous applications of science to our daily -life,
it is well to remember the might
of the past, in order that we should not
become too conscious of the splendor
of the age we live in. DemoresVa
Monthly.
A lady, just arrived in Washington,
espied the dome of the Capitol, and
inquired if it was the gas-works.
"Yes," said a by-staader ; "for the
Nation "
Only His Wife,
How he loved her! if any man hi
the world had said a woad to hurt her
feelings he would have knocked him
down then and there; if any woruau
had ever assailed her with a breath of
gossip she would have been compelled
to go down on her knees and ask forgive
ness. If any one, man or woman, had
hinted that she was slowly dying of a
broken heart, he would have well
what could he have done?
You see she was only his wife; the
laws of society made him show a smil
ing face to all the rest of the world, but
when things went wrong and trade was
dull, and the country seemed going to
the dogs, he wenf ho'me and told Nellie
all about it, and it relieved him so much
to get rid ot these daily perplexities;
whom can a man confide bis trouble's to
if not to his own wife? Aud then, when
every word had goue down into her
heart and stink there like lead, he took
his hat and kissed her good-bye that
was so sweet of him; he never forgot
to kiss her and went out, and hail a
good time with the boys, for a man
must have some recreation and Nellie
had the baby; what more can any one
ask? Most mothers know how much
company a five months old baby is,
especially when it is asleep !
But after awhile Nellie didn't have
the baby ! There was a season of little
grief and desolation for her, and well,
he felt bad enough too, for he loved his
baby just as he loved Nellie, and per
haps he felt sorry that he had so often
takea his hat and gone out, but other
babies died and he tried to bear it like
a man? For a while he staid home
evenings, but it seemed as if it were
duller than ever with baby gone, aid
he hated to see a woman cry, and so he
fell into the old ways, and whenever he
met a girl friend of Nellie's ante-marriage
days, he would urge her to
drop in often, for "poor Nellie needed
cheering up."
It was all so strange to his wife this
change in him. Before they were mar
ried he wished for more days iu tho
week so he could come to see her as
often as he wished, and he never spent
an evening away from her' side. Did
he love her less? She prized his soci
ety more, and as she sat alone in tho
long evenings andthought it ad over,
she wondered if business was her only
rival, and why it should have claims
upon time that should be solely hers,
and as the night grew late and tho
hours still she would start at every
sound, and listen for the step that tar
ried, and cry silently from sneer loneli
ness and nervous watching. Or she
would .start upstairs to a little bureau
and open one by one its tiny drawers
and look with hungry eyes on tho
garments her baby used to wear, on the
soft merino shoes her first and1 last
on the embroidered dresses, and kiss
the dainty sleeves that bore the creases
of the dimpled arms aud baptize them
anew in her tears, and when Charlie
came home he would say, 'Crying again.
Nell? Seems to me you're always cry
ing. It isn't very pleasaut for a man
to come home every night aud find
his wife iu tears," etc., etc.
Andyet beloved her better than any
one else in the world!
It came suddenly, the breaking
down, and yet she had been ailing for
a long time and was fanning to go
home as soon as Charlie could go with
her. He wanted her to go alone and
let him come for her, but she said no,
resolutely, and waited till he could ac
company her. "She had not been homo
since she was married and did uot want
to go homo like a widow. Besides she
was weak and nervous, and unable to
take the journey alone. She grew feeb.
ler every day, but Charlie pooh-poohed
wheu his friends hiuted she was ill; he
called in a doctor who could not minis
ter to a mind diseased, but gave her a
tonic, and said her system was in a low
state and told Charlie his wife would be
all right in a few days, but as a change
of air was good he might as well take
her home.
And then it was all so sudden that he
hardly realized it, but he sat in a dark
ened room, holding Nellie's hand, and
hearing her say over and over in her
delirium, "I'm going home going
home." and starting as the clock struck
and asking where Charlie was, and why
he staid so late, and mourning for her
baby; and she told it all. all the loneli
ness, all the heart-break, the' neglect,
and she wrung his heart with pleadings
for him to stay at home with her, "Just
this one evening" and then there was
peace, and Nellie had gone home.
They buried her by her baby.and that
handsome widower with the deep baud
of crape on his hat, and the sorrowful
expression of countenance is Charlie;
he truly mourns for his Nellie, for he
loved her, and has given up going out
with the boys, and spends his evenings
in the solitude of his own chamber.
When he is purified by grief he will
marry again, most likely; and profiting
by a sorrowful experience, his second
wife will not sit night after night alone,
listening for his tardy footsteps, and on
the walls of memory he will forover
see inscribed that lesson of life:
"For of all sad words of toncn' or pen
The saddest n these, it -micht h ive txen,"
Detroit Post and Tribune.
Agricultural Wastes.
A portion of these wastes may prop
erly be termed wastes of ignorance.
This ignorance does not beloug ex
clusively to any one class of farmers ; it
attaches itself more or less to all! Our
ignorance, however, is not always our
fault. Many things are beyond vhe
reach of human faculties; we never cau
know them. Some things which we
are capable of understanding we have
never had an opportunity to learn. Still
it is true of every farmer that he might
and would have known a great many
things, of which he is now ignorant, if
he had only improved his opportunities
as he ought to have done. Great losses
and wastes are occasioned by the vari
ous diseases to which animals of all
kinds are subject It may be that these '
wastes are to some extent unavoidable.
Still there is no doubt they may be
very much reduced, if we only knew
how. If the farmer's horse or cow is
taken sick, it should be his aim to as
certain, if possible, the cause. It may
be owing to the nature and quality of
their food ; or, perhaps they were too
closely confined in a tight, dark stable.
Ascertain the cttune, and we mav find
the cure; at any rate we shall learn
how it may be avoided in the future.
The same general remarks are appli
cable to the wastes occasioned by the
diseases of vegetables and grains of all
kinds. These diseases have a cause,
and that cause can be ascertained, and
perhaps removed. Heavy wastes are
sometimes caused by insect depreda
tions. More might be essentially
checked if we only knew how. It is ig
norauce which stands in the way. Pos
sibly some shrewd Yankee may one day
tell us how it is to be done. The
farmer may not have exercised good
judgment in fertilizing the ground, or
he may have cidtivated improperly.
Lad his crop prove a failure on account
of it. The way to prevent these "wastes
of ignorance" is to acquire the requi
site "knowledge, and then make good
nse of it The farmer's own experi
ence and personal observation, coupled
with hints in the "Farm and Home"
column of the family newspaper, will
help to dispel this class of wastes.
Golden Rule.
A minister overtook a Quaker lady
and politely assisted her in opening a
gate. As she was a comparative stran
ger in town, he said' "Yoa don't
know, perhaps, that I am Mr. .
Haven't you heard woe preach?" "1 1
have heard thee try," was the witty re-j
OF GENERAL INTEKEST.
Florida shell niiuea aro mines of
wealth. They contain lln ricuest kind
of calcareous marl.
Bonanza Makav has bought "tho
largest po-.rl in Europe" as a present j
to his -wife. i
A gentleman in Troy. N. Y., had !
cent to him by a lady iu Boston, who '
received it in change, an American t
ceut on which he stamped his father's
name thirty-five years ago.
Louisville talks of establishing a
free art gallery, where citizens may
pass the time between drinks. Giicuyu
News. Chicago would- have one. too.
but she has no time between drinks. -
Louisville Courier Journal.
Tho practice of keeping hives of
bees in Paris has spread so extensively
that the Prefect of Police has issued au
order forbidding it for the future, ex
cept in the case of persons who shall
have received a special authorization.
A Cincinnati plumber has beeu
scared, but it took an alligator to do it.
The plumber was at work under the
Exposition Building floor, when a three
foot alligator that had been left over
from some show came along and stirfud
him up. Detroit Frre Press.
The live daughters of Robert Cur
ry, ot Augusta County. Va.. are all still
living iu excellent hoilth and with fa
cilities unimpaired, although they have
reached au unusual age. Their names
are: Annie McDowell, aged 88; Jane
Young, 80; Polly Curry, 81; Lydia Bur
dett, 87, and Sally Curry, 77.
A Vermont County Temperance
Convention 'formally declared fis
solemn conviction that nobody should
be permitted to take au oath of office
in that btato without at the same time
signing the total abstinence pledge,
aud that no person should be allowed
to sit ou a jury for the trial of a liquor
case who was not a teetotaler.
Elias Da Puy, aged niuety-tive, in
tends to celebrate his longevity by a
family reunion in the little town in
Ulster County, New York, where he
was bom and still lives. A number of
his children will be present, including
a decrepit man of .seventy and a bloom
ing boy of ten, and more grandchildren
than it would be wise to attempt to
shake a stick at.
The thumb in China is regarded as
a better means of identification than
the face itself. Celcsliai vagabonds are
not photographed for a rogues' gallery,
as in some cities, but their thumbs are
smeared with lamp black aud pressed
down upon a piece of paper, thus fur
nishing a rude impression, which is care
fully kept in the public records. A face
may be altered, say the Chinese, but a
thumb never changes.
The breed of Russian horses known
as Orloll's are much esteemed in En
gland now as carriage horses. They
have clean heads, wide nostrils, and.
bright eyes, and show high breeding,
no doubt an Arabic cross. The horses
have more weight than the English,
aud are mostly dapple grays and blacks.
Mr. William C. iuans. ihe American
millionaire, residing at Brighton, bought
seveu pairs of these horses at great
prices, ami in the drive from there
to London passed till ixoers.
"Maggie," said a little girl to her
nurse the other day, "Maggie, what do
you suppose God. made wild animals
for?" "I am sure I dou't know," said
Alaggic. "Why, I know," exclaimed the
little thinker, after pondering for a mo
ment "He male 'em for circuses."
Theologians sometimes hud worse so
lutions for many like problems of crea
tion. (Jliritiun Union.
There is a groat deal of desertion
among troops in Ireland. Three men
belonging to the Thirty-first Light In
fantry, charged with "deserting from
the Buttevaut Barracks, County Cork,
told the magistrates that they were no
longer going to remain in Ireland to be
pelted with brickbats, and that every
facility was afforded them outside the
barracks for obtaining a chauge of cloth
ing and gett;ng away by steamer. The
commanding ollicer at Limerick warned
the magistracy that his men would lire
if pelted or annoyed by the mob.
There seems to be a great future in
store for China, which is gradually
waking up from its sleep of centuries.
A telegraph line has recently beeu open
ed for public use from Tientsin to Shang
hai; and a Chinese ship loaded with tea
'recently arrived in London, thu first that
ever reachod that port, which is the
.probable beginning of an important
Chinese merchant fleet. China also
possesses a large amount of coal, which
the natives are beginning to mine, aud
railroads must soon be au outgrowth.
I here has beeu a pleasant romance
,in the life of Mr. John J. Flynn, of
(Chicago, recently appointed Consul to
.ChemnitiS. Wheu very young he mar
ried a Maryland school-girl, but tho
'couple soon wearied of married life aud
the wife went back to her school
and procured a divorce, tho hus
band assenting, .hour years after
a correspondence sprung up be
between them, and the discovery was
made that they had a mutual esteem
aud love. The result was a second mar
riage, and there is nowhere a happier
family than theirs They seem to have
been made for each other, but the first
time they came together too soou.
Douglas B. Stevens was to have
wedded, a few evenings ago. Mrs. M.
JL Humes, a widow prominent in so
cial circles in Logansport, Ind. At
the hour fixed for the ceremony, the
bride-elect was arrayed iu her wedding
robes, the guests were assembled, and
the minister stood ready to pronounce
the ceremony, but the bridegroom
failed to put in an appearance. Inves
tigation revealed his presence in a
down-town saloon, in a state of intoxi
cation. The marriage guests ad
journed sine die, and the marriage will
not take place.
A man was once before tho late
Judge Kent, of Maine, on a oharge of
having burglariously entered a lumber
man's camp and stolen clothing and
money. The witness for the Govern
ment testified that ho saw the prisouer's
head, right arm and shoulder thrust
through an opening he had made in
the cabin, and that the stolen articles
disappeared with them. Here the
prosecution rested. .Whereupon the
prisoner went to the jury gravely pro
testing that there was no case ; that to
make out a case of burglary the pros
ecution must show an entrance of the
whole man at least the larger part
of him ; the feet as well as the head
must have been within the cabin.
Judge Kent instructed the jury to ro
turn a verdict of guilty to the extent
which the evidence would warrant
After a brief absence the jury returned
a verdict of guilty against the prisoner
as to his right arm, right shoulder anil
head, and the Judge sentenced the
rm, shoulder and head to the State
prison for two years. The prisoner
might do with the remainder of his
body as he pleased
In Giles County, Tennessee, re
sides a widow an invalid, who has
not been able to stand on her fee
or walk a step in the last twenty years.
About fifteen or sixteen years ago her
husband died, leaving her a set of shoe
maker's tools and a little farm with H
big mortgage on- it, and she borrowed
money enough to buy a side of upper
leather and apiece of stile leather, and
with only such knowledge of shoe
Boaking as she had gained from binding
shoes for her husband, she commenced
to make shoes, and she has sat upon
her bed from that time (some fifteen
or sixteen years ago) t the present
with her shoemakers bench beside thm
bed, and made aad mended shoes.
llauih'iii In '
The language of tiie bus:m-jn tv
changes oi'the coui.try. as well as the
actual method puiMied ill effecting
transact ions, espvoialli of a speculative
charactei. is to most persons a closed
book. To am one vi-iling the Produce
Exchange, for instance, and lis
tening to the jargon by means
of which millions of bushels
of grain chauge hands, the scene is one
of chaos, and the quotations shouted
out at the top of the brokers' lungs are
wholly unmeaningless. The object of
the "call" is also somewhat of a mys
tery to an outsider. A prominent bro
ker gave a reporter of the Evening Post
some iutormatiou this morning as to all
the e points, which may prove to be of
interest to others :
"The Produce Exchange," said this
gentleman, is a commercial club, in
the rooms of which most of the whole
sale produce business of the city is done.
Of course, there is nothing to prevent
a man who is not a member of the Ex
change going from ollice to ollice and
selling or buying as many bushels of
wheat or barrels of Hour as ho wishes,
but the price established at the Ex
change regulates the market aud the
fact remains that more than nine-tenths
of the business is done on 'Change. The
membership of the Exchange litis re
cently been limited to 3,000 members,
the present building has long been too
small. Twice a day the members of
the Exchange meet at the "call," which
is the technical name for an auction,
held solely for the purpose of establish
ing a recognized or official price for
graiu and produce. One of the em
plo ees of the Exchange officiates as
auctioneer ami calls out the leading
staples, offering to sell or buy, accord
ing to ihe wishes of the members. The
auctioneer asks and receives bids upon
fjrain. the highest bidder buying the
ot. The price received is the quota
tion for that call the afternoon or
morning call. This quotation does not
govern the price at which members may
buy and sell between themselves, but
officially recognized a quotation which
can be telegraphed all over the coun
try. The amount of grain publicly sold
aud bought on call does not averago
ouu-tiftieth of the business of the day,
but the transactions off call are enor
mous, 81-0.UUU bushels of wheat having
recently been sold in one lot.
As the present business of the Pro
duce Exchange is now about one-twentieth,
or even less, legitimate buving
and selling for purposes of export or
consumption, and the rest pure specu
lation, the methods of doiug business
are far more complicated than they
were before speculations in futures
were introduced. l'he expressions
March wheat' or 'April wheat' mean
wheat delivered by the seller to the
buyer during the month of March or
April, the grade being established and
known as No. 2 red wiuter wheat
Cash' wheat means what is actually in
market, and the speculative element is
largely absent from dealings in it As
o one knows what the price of wheat
may be next month, buying or selling
March wheat' is more or less of a gatu
blinr operation. It follows that the ul
timate value of June, wheat' is still a
most uncertain matter. Wheat mav
now be bought on the Exchange for
any month's delivery and of late 'year'
wheat has become a feature of the
biiMiiess that is, ou sell wheat to be
delivered at am place during the whole
year. '1 bus a man buying 8.000 bush
els March wheat' at $l.:i: a bushel
agrees to receive this wheat at any
tune during March at the price named;
and the seller agrees to deliver it some
time during that month. All transac
tions arc made upon the basis of 8,000
bushels or multiples of that quantity.
Thus thousands of bushels of wheat are
sold long before it is grown or oven
sown. Chicago has heretofore held al
most a monopoly of the speculative
business iu graiu, their dealings aver
aging from five to thirty millions of
bushels a day while we consider five
millions a heavy day's business.
"If speculators who buy or sell to
day April wheat had to wait until April
to close out the contract.the operations
of the Exchange would be considerably
curtailed. In order to expedite mat
ters an ingenious method of closing up
such transactions at any time regardless
of time limit has beeu devised iu tho
ring' system. For example, suppose
that A seljs 8,000 bushels of April wheat
to H at SI. 34; B sells it to C the next
dav at $1,35; C sells it to D at S1.3G;
A," to close up his transaction, buys
8,0.'J0 bushels from D at $1.37. All par
ties have now each bought, ami sold an
equal quantity of April wheat, and A
has lost throe" cents in the transaction.
B. C. and D have each made a profit;
to close the transaction they form a
ring with A. and he pays them their
shiire of what they have made or what
he has lost B, C. and D each receive
one cent a bushel from A, and all four
aro out of the transaction. Transac
tions may be settled by this ring de
vice by a tlo.en persons or less who
may have bought and sold April wheat
and who are ready to close out.
"The margin required by brokers is
five ceuts a ' bushel, or S400 on 8,000
bushels, and the brokerage is one
fourth cent per bushel, or 20 on the
entire transaction of buying and selling
a boat load.
"A lively day on the Produce Ex
change ig when wheat fluctuates iu val
ue more than two cents a bushel. The
iwost violent fluctuation iu wheat knowA
in our Exchange during the last few
years has been 'five cents a bushel. In
Chicago the variations iu theva'ueof
spring wheat, which is the staple of
speculation there, are more extended.
N. 1. Post.
Killius Alligators.
A Dctroiter who litis just returned
from Florida after an absence of sever
al months, was asked the other day if
he had any fun with the alligators down
there.
"Yes, sir dead loads of fun,,' he
replied.
"Kill mam ?"
" Well, I should say so!"
"How many did ou ever kill in a
day?'"
"Three hundred."
"No! you don't mean three hundred
alligators in one dav?"
"Yes, I do."
"You must have struck a rich spot
Three hundred in one day! Whew!
What time did you begin?"
"Oh. about 10 o'clock in the morn
ing." "And how long did it take you?"
"About an hour."
There was a pause, during which as
tonishment incredulity and worse wee
visible on the faces of the crowd. Fi
nally one man stepped forward and
said.
"Did you use artillery P"
"No. sir.'
"A saw-mill?"
"No, sir."
"Dynamite?"
"Maybe you'll tell us how you did
it?"
"Yes, sit I talked 'em to death.
Please call at a. ollice for pamphlets
of Florida it resources, fruits, cere
als, alligators, people and hotel charges.
Tra-la!" Detroit Free Press.
In a sermon at Channing Church,
Newport, Kev. Mr. Scliermerhorn sug
gested that all accumulation of wealth
over and above a certain maximum
sum, say one million or two millions of
dollars, should revert to the Govern
ment for the payment of its debts, im
firovements, salaries, etc., so as to
esseu the general taxation. He did
not explain the rule by which he would
fix the sum a person might own.
tikicayo Inter- Ocean.
PERSONAL ANT IMPERSONAL.
Mr. Whittier's book-mark Is the
tail of a gray squirrel killed by his cat
Joaquin Miller lives a hermit's life
. iu New York City, occupying rooms at
; tho top of a house aud doing his own
cooking.
I The new PaynsHster-General, Wil-
I Ham B. Rochester, is the ouugest man
wearing a Brigadier-General's star in
anyoi tno statt departments of tho
army.
The venorable Thurlow Weed is
very fond of novels, and as his eyesight
has all but failed, he keeps a young man
whose principal occupation is to read
this class of literary productions to
him.
General Tom Thumb gave a ban
quet a few tlays ago at the Lindell Hotel,
St. Louis, in honor of the nineteenth
anniversary of his wedding day. The
guests were the members of his compa
ny, fourteen in tiumber.
Miss Louise M. Alcott is a lady in
middle life, with a broad, high brow
like that of Charlotte Cushman, and a
sensitive, intellectual face, with black
eyes and ebon itair. She is by no moans
ono of the "little women," "being five
feet seven in height, and large in pro
portion. The wife of Senator McPherson, of
New Jersey, is very bright and with
much originality, she has at her recep
tions tabooed all reference to the weath
er. She is fragile, and the greatest
drain upon her vitality comes from thu
tiresome aud frequent allusions to the
atmospheric conditions outside.
Senator Sawyer, of Wisconsin, is
one of the most practical of rich men.
He called his young daughters to him
one day and asked them, as a testimouy
of their affection for him. to learn to
make their owu clothes and to cook a
good dinner. The oung girls cheer
fully promised, and not long after in
vited their parent and a few friends to
dine with them. They cooked the per
fect dinner themselves, and each wore a
dainty gown made by her owu hands.
So pleased was the Senator that ho gave
each of them a cfieck lor -"j'iO.OOO.
Mr. Corcoran is tho only Washing
ton banker who has "come to the
rescue" of great statesmen at tho right
time and in an imperial way. After
Mr. Webster had delivered his famous
7th of March speech, which provoked
from Whittier his equally famous poem,
"lchabod," Mr. Corcoran inclosed to
Mrs. Webster her husband's note for
$10,000, loaned to him by Mr. Cor
coran. Webster met Mr. Corcoran at
an entertainment that evening, and,
grasping his hand, said: "That was a
princely action of yours, Mr. Corcoran."
Mr. Corcoran still preserves the beauti
ful letter of thanks written by Webster.
Mrs. E. T. Westou, of New Hamp
shire, celebrated her 104th birthday
recently. She is believed to be the oldest
lady in New England. She has had
during her long life many sicknesses,
but is uow in comfortable-health. Her
faculties are quite well preserved, ex
cepting hersight which is considerably
impaired. Since arriving at oue hun
dred she has knitted considerably, but
has abandoned it now. simply on account
of a partial loss ol sight. She retires
regularly at 7 o'clock and is an early
riser, always wanting her breakfast as
soon as it is daylight. After eaeh meal,
by order of her physician, she takes a
smoke, aud enjoys it In the forenoon
she lies down for a short nap.
- .
"A LITTLE NONSENSE."
If one dog can be placed on a
scent, how many dogs can be placed on
a trade dollar ?
The whale is somewhat of a blower.
When he begins to spout, look out for
a tough tail.
Leading out of the village of Hope,
N. J., is a covered bridge, upon which
somebody has written : "Who enters
here leaves hope behind."
A Lowell man has a wife of such
a changeable disposition that he says
he loves her some days enough to cat
her up, and the next day wishes to
gracious he had.
A man intruded into an Irishman's
shanty the other day. "What do you
want ?" asked Pat. "Nothing," was
the visitor's reply. "Then you'll find
it in the jug where tha whisky was."
The young woman with red gloves
has given her hand to the young man
with the scarlet necktie. It is is easy
to imagine what color the town will be
painted when the wedding comes off.
"A man who detected a piece of
bark in his sausage visited the butcher
shop to know what had become of tho
rest of the dog." The butcher was so
affected that he gave him only a part
of the tale.
The Norristown Herald wants to
know if a "Beautiful Icicle" is not a
cool plagiarism on "Beautiful Snow."
We always supposed a beautiful icicle
was a cold projection from an eavespout
Isowcll Journal.
A poet sends us au ode beginning.
"I will sing," and the young man who
edits the waste basket is anxious to bet
him seven dollars that he doesn't sing
in the t'onstitulir.n. We are willing to
hold stakes. Atlanta Constitution.
"I'd stay an old maid till I got
black in the face, before I'd marry a
man who chews tobacco." And she
took a wad of gum out of her mouth
and stuck it ou the under side of the
seat of her chair for safe keeping while
she was eating her dinner.
Speaking of the change in the Sec
retary of the Treasury, an exchange
says : "It is no small job, we find, to
weigh eighty tons of gold bunion." O,
we dou't know. We just shovel it on
to the hay scales, and it don't take
moro than fifteen minutes. Milwaukee
Sun.
She sat down at the piano, cleared
her throat, and commenced to harmon
iz Her first selection was, "I cannot
sing the old songs;" and a gloom fell
on the company, when the stranger in
the corner said, "And we trust you are
not familiar with tho new ones." St.
Louis Hornet.
Oh yes," said Mra. De 'Brown, as
she surveyed with evident pleasure her
little parlor sideboard covered with old
china and decorated with highly color
ed tiles. "Mr. De B. remarked last
night that I was becoming quite an
atheist !" And the old lady's coun
tenance fairly beamed with delight as
her eyes rested on a shilling Japanese
tea-pot
Noah Webster was a celebrated
author. He was a quick and ready
writer, and in one of his inspired mo
ments he dashed off a dictionary. He
took it to several publishers, but they
shied at it saying the style was dull,
turgid, dry, hard, and uninteresting,
and besides that he used too many big
words. But at last Noah succeeded,
antl the immortal work is in daily use.
propping up babies at thu dinner table.
Sleulen Republican.
It happened not a thousand miles
from Wabash. An estimable Irish lady
took her children to the photographer
"to have their likeness tuck. ' She
aid: "Me oldest b'y wurruks at the
factory; wud you please put
him
in wid the rist of 'em?1 The man who
makes faces explained the impossibili
ty of granting her request and suc
ceeded in making a good negative of
"the childers." The old lady sun eyed
the picture with evident satisfaction,
but came back after reaching the door,
to say: "Mister, couldn't yez put me
in there wid the darlints? Indiana
State Journal.
The Mississippi House of Represent,
atives has passed a bill to prevent the
ale of tobacco to minors without a
atder from their parent a pnwHaaa.
KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE !
IT (.TRES SPAVINS
-PL I. Via, UI.Vi;
HONES i 'L' KHS ANP
AI.I.Si.MIL.UULK.M
lslllis AND lei
MOVES THE liUNVIl
WlTHOl'rBLlsrr.h.
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JraBi5y?E!S
KENDALL'S SPAVIN CUBE!
It ha- cuivtl thousands of cases and is destiued to cure millions aud millions inor
KENDALL'S SPAVIH CUBE!
Lj the onli ..oitir mi.- -Mown, and to show what this remedy will do wo tjlve here
ax . -:mi.t r cases cured by it, a statement which rs
GIV3N UNDER OATH.
io W'h m it May Concern. In the
yr-ir !:.. I treated with "Kendall's
Ih in Cine," a hone spsvin of several
n.oiii hs' growth, nearly half as lanro as
:i h-. s egjr, and completely stopped the
!: m-i.es and removed the enlargement.
1 ha worked the horse ever uice very
Inr.l. anil he never has been lame, nor
could I ever see any iliflen-nce in the
uize of the hock joint sine- I treated
him with "Kend.ill's Spavin Cure."
K. A. (tAIXKS.
Knosbursb i-'.illii. Vt. Feb. -J5. '70.
Sworn :tml siibscrihed to before ine
this ilth d.iy of Keli.. .. n. IS7!.
.lolIX (5..IKNNK.
Justice of Pe.ice
KENDALL'S SPAVIN CUBfi:
ON HUMAN FLESH it has been ascertained by repealed tn lis to be,
the very best liniment ever used for any deep seated pain of long standing
or of 'short duration. Also for CORNS, l! UNIONS. FliOS V-BITES
or any bruise, cut or lameness. Some arc afraid to use it on hu man Jlesh
fiutply because it is a horse medicine, but you should remember that ivhat
is aood for UKAST is ijood for MAN, and tee know from Experience
that "A":JV DAL US SPAVIN CUIiPr can be used on a c'tild 1 year
old with perfect safety. Is Effects arc wonderful on human jlesh audit
docs not blister or make a sore. Try it and be convinced.
KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE;
Head below of Its wonderful effects as a liniment for tho hunn family.
llKMATm:. Missouri, August 20, 1880.
11. .1, Kknoai.1. A Co., Uknts: I am so overjoyed in view of the result of an ap
jilii'atinn or vour Kendall's Spavin Cure that I feel that I ought for Ilunianitien'
sake nublUh it to the world. About thirty-live years ago while riding a young
uglv horse. I was injured in one of uiy testicles, and from that tiin j to three weeks
ago'a slow but constant enlargement "has beeu the result, giving me a great amount
of trouble, almost entirelv preventing me from horseback ridim, which wan uiy
usual wav of traveling. I saw a notice or your Kendall's Spavin I 'tire, never onco
thought o"f it for anvthiiig except for horsir, but after receiving be medicine and
reading over what 'it was good for, feeling terribly exercised about my difficulty, for
1 had corsulled inaiiv phvsicians and nlfcie gave me any specific but when it could
be endured no longer to remove it with the knife. 1 applied vour Kendall Sp.iv iu
Cure as au experiment and it was so painful in its application that I conchMcd
not to repeat it andthought no more about it until near a week, and lo and be -old
one-half the size was gone, with jov I could scarcely believe it, I immediately ap
pliod it over agaiu. and have made In all about 3' dozen applications running over
a space or two weeks aud the terrible enlargement is almost gome, iu v lew or w hich
I cannot express niv feelings or delight. It ha beeu a Ood send to me. may he
aeud to others with'like troubles, ' Jons Kick.
J'astor or Hematite Congregational Church.
1 S. You are at liberty to put this in any shape you may please. 1 am not
ashamed to have my name under, over or by the side of it.
KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE!
Kendall's Spavin Cure is sure in it ellccts, mild hi its action as it docs not
li-ter. vet it is penetrating and powerful to reach any deep seited p tin or to re
move any bony growth or any other enlargement if used lor sever.tl il.iysi, aiieh as
savins, splints, callous, sprains, swelling, any laiiiceo- and all eiilaigenieiits of
the joint? or limbs, or rheuinatisiii in man and lor any purpose for which a liniment
is ued for man or beast. It is now known to be the best liniment for man ever used
acting mild yet certain in its effects. It is Used in lull strength with perfect (.aft-ty
it all seasons ol' the year.
Send address for Illustrated Circular, which we think gives positive proof, or its
virtues. No remedy ha met with such uiiqu illli -d success to our knowledge, for
beast as well as man. Price $1 per bottle, or six bottle for $.1.
ALL DRUGGISTS have it or can get it for you,
or it will be sent to anv address on receipt ot price, by the proprietors,
4S Drl B. J. KENDALL. & CO. Euosburg Rills, Vermont.
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J
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x
;
4 I
