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Year. - *
F Leap ;
Listen to the mJdsns' righs.
Through the livelon : : day ;
How their weaty , longing sighs
Wear the time away ?
Languidly they mope about ,
" All their hopes are fleJ ;
They are in tLe cold left out
Leap year's nearly dead.
And the proverb hauuts their mind ,
Like a spell is ca > t
"Aheart they'll never , never find
Wkea the Jestive leap year's past. "
[ Oil City Derrick.
An Amateur Stater.
Should your sweetheart ehonr a ' movement
That i odd , eccentric , queer ,
Should she describe u sadden curving ,
With a rapid "rcoot ' to rear ;
Shou d nhe kick with littl pe Jala ,
A * if Jieeh were coining lotwe ;
Making querietabout ihe weatLer
In a manner most obtuse
Do not thiuk her hea I is turning
t That she jK > sts oa such gaits ;
She' * loug.ng for the rink to open ,
Andbheyearui to try h r ak.tea.
[ Petroleum World.
BILL BOWKEE'S TRIUMPH.
T1IE BLISSFUL END OP A COLLIKll 3
COUUTSIIIP.
William descended to the pump iu
the back yard , and had a wash in the
half light of 4 o'clock , and Selina got
out of bid and took sly peeps at him
through her to ire. William , his ab-
' lutious over , went out for a dreary
atroll , pan the Htlly piece , and over
ri , ' SleveuKuu's hillr , and do .n Jacob's
ladder and Dead Man's l he , and to
- the-brookside again. Then.1 , on June.
bridge he atood and watched the ed-
diet circle around the great stouee ,
_ 1 andjouud that negative and bewildered -
dered comfort which trouble always
finds iu running water. 3Ieauwhila
Selitia had gouo back to bed , an < J-hd
there renewed her tears , and' was
finding Bornu comfort iu running wa
ter also. And at the moment when
William stood upon June bridge ,
Abraham Gouuh , in a suit of flauuelr ,
waa making his way to the day shift
in the Strip-and-at it. Leat you
should fiud yourself too much dis-
tubred by the phrase , let me explain
that the Stiip'znd-at-it waa a coal
mine , BO named by its inmates , from
the cant phrase of some "dogg , " or
ganger : "Now lade , stnp aud at it. "
Poor William regretted hishollday ,
and longed for the hour when work
should begin i gain. He beguiled the
heavy hours of the day by tha compo-
Bitten of woe-begcne vera- , whereof
for'utm ' h s preRerved a fragment ,
. which I hero embalm :
' "The tain that shines so bright above ,
Knowa nau0ht about iny wr iigful 1 jve ;
The binls that sing in AVigmore-line ,
Bring nothing to my heart but'pain. .
It is a very dumal thiac : ,
1 That in iny ears the birds du sing ,
MThile my Selica hu < gone off
'
. To walk with JJr. ALrahahi dough. "
William's muae is in the right. It
ia'a very dismal thing to the wounded
heart , grown egotistic through its
pain , that nature snould seim out of
eympAthy witrnil tht the suu should
shine and the birds should sini ; , juat
BS brightly tnd as merrily as though
Solina was still true and gentle.
Willitm took bis humble meal of
bread aud cheeaa and a pint or so of
beir at a little public house in the
aforesaid lane , and then strolled home
again , ttill very nwerablr , but a trifle
soothed by the verse-tusking process.
Ha was due at the mine at G o'clock ,
and an hour before that time bo was
upstairs exchanging his Sunday coa-
tuma for the work day coaly flannels
i > hen hobicaroe conarious of a bustle
in the aireet. Looking through the
window , he beheld men runu'ng hat-
lets and ccailess , * nd unbonnelocJ ,
uushiiwelcd rronien hurrying along as
fast as tleir feet could take them.
Everybody ran in ono direction , aud
in the crvJ he c&aght a moment's
glimpse cf Selina and her father. The
girl's face waa white with strong ex
citement , and there was a look t-f the
wildest imaginable fear in her ejes
Both hands were pressed to her heart
as she ran. A black country collier's
instinct in a case like this is pretty
likely to be true. William threw the
window open and cried to the hurry
Ing crowd :
"Where is it ? "
"At the Strip-and at-it , " some fa
miliar voice cried ont as the strag
gling crowd swept by.
"Whatu iU" he cried again
_ _ ' 'Shaft on fire , " cried another voice
in answer ; and In a second the street
was clear. William Becker dashed
down stairs and hurled himtelf aloce
*
theetreet.
"Anybody down ? " he gasped , as ho
turned the corner and passed the
hindmost figure in the harrjing mass.
The woman knew him.
"For Godjs sake , lend me thy hand ,
William , " the gasped in answer. "My
Joe's in. "
He caught the little shrivelled figure -
ure in his great arms as though the old
woman had been a baby , and daihed
on again. Ay , the tale waa true.
There belched and volleyed the roll-
in ? smoke. There were hundreds and
hundreds of people already crowded
upon the pit mound and about the
haf t , and from every quarter men and
women came streaming In , white faced
* nd breathles s. William sat his with
ered burden down , and pushed
through to the edge of the shaft.
There was water in the up cast , and
the engines were at work full power.
Up came the enormous bucket and
splashed Ita 200 or 300 gallons down
the burning shaft , and dropped like
a stone down the up-cast , and after
a long , long pause came trembling and
laboring up again , and vomited its
freight again and dropped like a stone
for more.
"To1 might juit well
as stand in a
ring and spit at it , " said Bowkar , with
his face all pale and his eyes on fire.
"Get the stinktors
up and let a man
or two go down. "
"Will yo' male' one , Bill Bowker ? "
said a _ brawny , coal-smeared man be-
aide him.
"Tis , I will , " was the answer , given
like a bull-dog s growl.
'Til make another , " said the man.
An' mo " "an' " " * "
; , me , "an me ,
cried a dozen more.
"Rig the bowk , somebody , " said
the love-lorn verse maker , taking at
once nd as by right the place he was
born for. "Bill Joe Abel Darkey
come with me. "
The crowd divided , and the fire men
. number ofp < _ barrolshap d
rnacbinea of metal , each having a
stnall'Ko'ae''fnd"a * punapiug apparatus
jittrched-to it.s < Theje were n-new
boon frjm the generous hand of science
a French contrivance , as the name-
cffixtd to each set forth "L'Estinct-
eur. " Each of the men seized one of
these , and bore it to the edge of the
shaft , the crowd once more making
way. A bucket , technically called a
"bonk , " some two feet deep and egh- !
tei'n inchea wide , wa affixed to the
wire rope which swung above tne
hhaft. The self-appointed leader asked
for fUnnel clothing. A dozen gar
menta were Sang to him at once. He
wrapped himself np like a mummy ,
and bound * cotton handkerchief over
his face Then , with the machine
strapped securely acrof s his shoulders
ha stepped one foot on the bucket and
laid a hand upon the rope. A man
ran forward with a slender chain which
ho psised rapidly atoutid the volun
teer's waist , and fixed the rope which
supported the bowk. Another thrust
an end of rope in his hand , and stood
by to reeve out the rest as ho descend
ed. Then came the word : "Short ,
ateady. " The engine panted , 'ho
rope tightened , the clnuis/ figure ,
with the machine bound about it ,
swung into the smoke , and iu a clt > jth
like stillness , with hero and there
a smothered graip , the tnnn < rent
down. His comrade at the edge
dribbled the ropa through hia
coal blackened fingers , as delicately RS
though it had bean a silken thread.
Then came a sudden tug at it , nnd the
word was flashed to the engine room ,
and the creak of the wheel cursed ,
and' the gliding roje-was.still. 'Then
for.th.e-spaceof high .s minufe not a
sound.ivah heard.but every eye was
on the rope , and every cheek was
pallid with suspense , and every -liert
.was"with the herg in the fitry depths
Wlow. J Then cameanother , warning
al he rope , and again 'the" word flash-
ed.to the engine room. The wheel
spun round , the rope glided , quivered ,
stopped , the figure swurg up through
tha smoke again , waa seized , lowered ,
landed. When hia comrades Jaid hands
upon him , the flannel garments foil
from him in huge blackened flakoa , so
near to the flames had he been. Ho'
cist these garments fr > m him , and
they fell , half tinder at hia fcot Then
ho drew off thn handkerchief that
bound hia face , and , at tfcog > d-like ,
heroic pallor of hia cotmuiMuce , and
the sot lips and gleaming eyes , women
whispered pauting'y , ' God bless him , "
aud the breath of those bold fellows
wec3 drawn hard. Then ho reeled ,
aud a pair of &rma like a bear's were
round him in a eoc"iid. In two min-
atea more he wie1 outside the crowd ,
aud a bottle of frhiskj , wtiiih csmti
from nobody knows where , was at hia
lips , ashe ; lay upon the ground , and
two or three "women ran for wa or.
And while all this was doing , another
man , as good as he , was swinging
downward , in the blinding smoke. So
fierce a leap the flimes ruadii at this
lierothat , they caught him fairly for a
moment in their arms , and when he
was brought to the surface , he hung
limp and senseless , with great patchen
of smouldering fire upon hia garments
aud is hands and f&ce cracked and
and blackened. But the next man
was ready , and when he , in turn , came
to the light , he had said good-by to
the light forever in this world. .Not
this , nor anything that fear could
urge , could stay the rest.
Thtro were five and thirty
men and boys below , and they
would have them up or die. With
that god-like pallor upon their 1'ps
and cheeks , with these wide eyea that
looked death in the face , and knew
him and defied him down they. wen * .
I caw these things , who loll the story.
Man after man defied that fiery hell ,
and faced its lurid , smoky darkness ,
undismayed , uutiKat ! lost , their valor
won the day.
The love lorn had but little room in
hia heart for superfluous sentiment as
ho lr\id his hand upon the wire rope ,
and set his fcot in the bowk again.
Yet just a hope was there that Seli
na should not grieve too greatly if tha
second venture failed , and he should
meet his death. He was not as a rule
devotionally inclined , bpt Lo whisper
ed inwardly , "God be with her. " And
there at that second he saw her face
before him so eet and fixed that in
its agony of fear and prayer it looked
like marble. The rope grew taut ; he
passed the handkerchief about his face
again , and with the memory of her
eyes upon him , dropped out of sight
The man at the side of the shaft paid
out tha slender line again , and old
hands watched it closely. Yard after
yard ran out. The great coil at his
feet snaked itselfring by ring , through
hia coaly fingers. Still no warning
messenger came from below. The en
gine stopped at jjlast , and they knew
that the foot of the shaft was reached.
.Had the explorer fainted by the way ?
He might , for all they knew above , be
roasting down below that minute.
Even then his soul , newly released ,
might be above them.
Through the dead silence of the
crowd the word flashed to the engine-
room. The wheel went ronnd , and
the wire rope glided and quivered np
again , over it. There was not a man
or woman therejwho did not anger the
same thing from the tenser quiver of
the rope , and when , at last , through
the thinner cells of smoke abont the
top ot the shaft the rescuer's figure
awnng with the first of the rescued in
his arms , there was heard one sound
of infinite pathos a sigh of relief
from 20,000 breasts and dead alienee
fell again.
"Alive ? " asked one , laying a hand
on Bowkor'i arm. Bill nodded and
pushed him by , and imade hla way
to that marble face , nursing hia bur
den still.
"Selinor , " he said qniaty , "here'a
your sweetheart. "
"No , no , no , Bill , " she answered ,
"There's on' ono man 1' the world for
me , Bill , if he ever forgives me an'
my wicked ways. "
Cheer and cheer of triumph rang
in their oats. The women fought for
Bill Bowker , and cried over him. Men
shook hands with him and with each
other. Strangers mingled their tears.
The steel rope was gliding up and
down at a rare rate now and the half
suffocated prisoners of the fire were
being carried np in batches. Selina
and her lover ttood by side and saw
the last tkipful to the surface.
"That'a the lot , " yelled ono coal-
smeared giant as the ekip swung up.
Out broke the cheers again , peal on
peal. William stood silent , with the
in thos8braveeyez. The peni
tent stole a hand in hts.
"Oh , Bill , " she'whispered , "you
didn't think I wanted him ! ' , '
"What elsa did you think I fetched
him out for ? " qaerrled Williama smtljf
cf comedy'gleaming through the man
ly moisture of his eyes.
She dropped her head upon hia
breast , she put both'her arms around
him , and neither she nor he thought
of ] the crowd in that blissful mo
ment when Mr. Bowker's courtship
ended'and soul waa assured of coul.
The William Goat.
Mary had a William goat ,
And he was black as jet ;
He followed Alary 'round all day ,
And liked her ! you just bet !
He went with her to school one day ,
The teacher ki ked lum'out ;
It made the children grin , you know ,
To have the goat about.
But thou h old Whackern kicked him out ,
Yet st.11 he lingered near ;
He wai ed just oatiide the door
Till Whacktm did uppear.
Then William ran to meet the man-
He ran hii level bet ;
And met him just ! eh ml , you know ,
Doun just below the vest
Old Wha keni turns ? a iomer et ;
The ucat stix-d on his head ,
And Mary laughed herself so sick
She had to go t > Led.
( JEN. LEE'S SOREE DEE ,
The White Flag at Appomattox -
tex and How it Was Greet-
by the Army lof North-
* -'ern Virginia.
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a. "V t * v
Gen , Grant's Reception of Gen.
Lee The Armies Fratern-
. i izing. *
PbUadelpbU Timeg. , , ,
On the morning of April 2 , .1805 ,
it was obvioua that something quite
out of the 'ordinary routine had hap
pened , and I rode in the direction of
General Lao's buadqujrters , which
wnro sfc a house about a mile west of
Petersburg. The scene hero was
bustling and full of excitement.
Couriers were passing to and fro across
the fields carrying orders , and the
black smoke mentioned was seen to
rise from a buJiiing house toward the
outer works , near which was cau lit
the gleam of federal buyonets. They
bad br < hen the lines there , captured
the fortj [ aud were rapid'y ' advancing ,
appsreutly to attack General Leu's
elsght iuner works directly in the sub
urbs of Petersburg.
I was very much struck with hia
c&lmnesa on this trying occasion , and
have often rcmumbi-roi it since aa a
remarkable prcof of the extraordinary
codnesi and eijnipoiao of his charac
ter. He was etauding in the midst of
a grcup of officers on the lawn of the
hoiibo. where hu.had his headquarters ,
looking through his-.field glais at a
federal br.iada ; or "division advancing
at a double-quick to charge a battery
posted on a knoll about three hundred
yardd to the ri ht of t e hous.Hs
face was entirely composed , and noth
ing in his appearance indicated any
emotion whatever. BUvhig naked a
friun'd iu the group of officers if .he
could inform me where I could find
Gen.Pendleton.chiet of artillery , Gen.
Lee , hearing the question , turned
round quietly , r&iatd his lint in return
for my own salute , and told me in a
mild voice what I wished to know.
In a few minutes the federal infantry ,
at which ho had bceu looking , charged
the guns on the knoll , which came off
under a hot musket fire , and Gen.
Lee , finding that hj w 3 in d * ' g r of
capture , mounted his gray and rode
back slowly to < 7 , .rd the town. As he
was surrounded by a considerable
number of officers the group attracted
the attention of the enemy , and they
opened fire on it One of the shells
killed the horao of an ofiior within a
few feet of me and cut the bridle reins
of another , aud aEOCond shell exploded
directly behind Gen. Lee , within a
few feet , it seemed , of his back but
without hurting him. Hia escape
was remarkable , as the fragments of
the shell raised the dust around him
like a shower of musket-balls , and
the incident seemed to exclte him for
the first time. His facs had been
quite composed up to this moment ,
but suddenly flushed with anger. He
turned hit head over hia right shoul
der and looked at the federal guns
with the. expression of a man who
would like to charge them. He grew
calm in a few momenta , however , and ,
to officer in matter-of-fact-
Baying an a - - -
voice , "This ia a bad business , col
onel , rode on , still under the fire of
the shell , at a slow pace , to the low
inner works manned by R thin line of
infantry.
On the morning of what a rhetor
ical writer wonld be apt to call the
"fatal day" I rode up to Appcmattox
Courthouse , which is a village on a
hill , with the natural curiosity to find
what was going to take place. It was
certain that the events of this fore
noon wonld decide everything , aa
Appomattox waa , in military phraan ,
the "defile" through which the con
federates must pass to their safety or
destruction. A heavy federal force ,
whether infantry or cavalry was not
known , was in front , and the decisive
moment had come. If it was only
calvalry at was tolerably sure that a
man like Gordon , at the head of hia
five thousand veterans , wonld make
short work of them ; but if the federal
Infantry was up in heavy force it was
quite M certain that it would make
snort work of Gordon. He had ad
vanced considerably beyond the court-
home , and there were no troops in
the village at the moment I entered
it and rode on. There were traces of
an engagement , however , on the night
before , and I have often thought since
of a trifling circumstance , it It may be
called such , which attracted my at
tention. The dead body of a young
artillery officer was lying in the road
np the hill. A few weeks ago he had
sent in hia application for a month's
furlough to go and see his wife , who
waa dangerously ill , and though a
general order directed that no leaves
whatever should 'be granted , I for
warded his application to Col. Taylor ,
chief of staff , calling his attention to
the case. He gave the young officer
ten days , and ho dnly went and returned -
turned , and was now dead.
SCEKES AT ATPOMATTOI.
Gordon carried ont hla orders and
J ! ' * ! | > " * t.t' " <
_ . . .
made a.sud.dm attack qnthe force In
hi6 front orl of his old reckles3 assaults -
saults whScbfqn BOjjnan'y ttccaaions
during the atTer months' of the war
had carried everything before them.
in the
There was ageneral-conviction
army that Gordon could be cpunted
on to effect Iny thing that was dot ab
solutely imipssihle ; but he had here
met with UB impassible. The force
of infantry and cavalry in his front
was quite crcrpowering. He first at
tacked Gat } Sherid n's cavalry and
drove it a considerable distance , but
then he caife on the i fintry , and fell
back. Th result was that Gen. Lee
sent a flagto Gen. Grant with a view
to anrrondir his army , and soon after
ward wentjo Appomattox Court-house
to meet bin thera.
These e nts occurred quite rapidly
and the viAnity of the village bad bo
coriieaseeioof da-p interest , though
it could hxdly bo called ono of rx-
citemont. There was nu "noise and
confusiouj' aud Longetreut's small
corpse of two or three thousand men ,
who had ben aont for from the rear ,
advancedjteadily iu profound silence
to form hie of b.Utlo behind the hill.
From casisl observation of the ground
at the slicsp'it ' it struck me ao a sort
of amphlhea'ro , with the confede
rates in tie arormand the federal au-
dieuce , so to epeaV , on the raised
seats. % o surrounding hills wore
excellentpoaiticins for artillery , and
the sin il force could be essily des-
troypd , it seemed There was no
doubT. a out tiie federal force "up"
and read for atUclc. The late Gen.
Cuater , hen a young cuvclry officer ,
with lonj , curling hair , aud wearing a
velvet indress jckoi , rode down the
slope will a flitg , and I heard him cx-
cliiui , u an excited voice : "We
have einity thousand men just over
that hill , " pointing behind him as ha
sooke it the direction of the court
house.
At tie moment only the federal
cavalry wore visible , and the situation
was no ! encouraging. They were
drawn ip in a very heavy column , or
rather Ine of battle , in the depression
oppoaitl the confederate left. A
broad riviuo gave us a good view of
them solid and black mass , with
light limbing from the sabres. They
prcducid the imprcasiou of being
ready afid only being held in leash ,
which , I supp jie , affords a good idea
of the [ ' act.
TUB WHI/E FLAG.
Then was no further fighting , how
ever. Gen. Lee had ridden to the
court louse , and agreed to the terma
of aurionder proposed by Gen. Grant ,
who vtry courteously spologizad for
not watring hia dreta-aMord , which
wa wth hi baggage. Gen. Leo
showed no emotion , though he had
looked forward to the suriender with
a feelni ; of despair , and exclaimed to
one of his stiff : "How easily I could
get rid of this and be at rest ! I have
only t > ride aloi g the Hue and all will
be over. " He said , howevtr , iu refui *
ence ti > the terms : "Tho question ir ,
whe.thr it is right. If it is right , 1
take the respomibi'ity. ' " Tno terms
were that the army should snrrsnder
a-id return to their homes the officers
r jtaining their side-arms and the men
their private hcraea there to "remain
undisturbed , " aa I find from looking
incatmy "paroled prisoner's pjss. "
While this was going on , and while
the small force of confederates in rear
of the court house had not tha Irait
idea that t * > e whole affair was over , a
picturesque it might be called dra
matic incident indicatea everything.
A column of federal infantry , which
had ptcstd through the court house ,
adva'nced to the brow of tha hill
above , wavlrg in front of them the
largest white flag I lwveever aeon.
Where it waa pr cured has always re
mained a mystery to me to this hour.
It la bircly possible that a white ilng
of any sort was so unespscted and
monstrous to us that its aize was ex
aggerated. With its appearance some
thing like the hush ot death fell on
everything. The men seemed unable
to believe their eyes , and stared at the
ominous white signal , waving to and
fro , witn stupid wonder. They were
in poeition ready to fight , with cannon
already in battery , the gunz' muzzles
pointing , and there WEB to be no more
tightinul General Lae was gilng.to
surrender !
FEELING OP THE OFEICEK8 AND MEN.
I try to glvo a true idea of the
scene as I witnessed it and the feel
ings of the confederates. It certainly
was at firs ! , a feeling of utter astonish
ment , then of sugar and misery. Of
this I will "give- two examples. The
officers of the army fell into a rage at
the idea of the surrender , aud espec
ially an unconditional surrender ,
which was said to be Gen. Grant's
way on such occasions. I w a in
the midst of a group of officers and I
must say we had all very nearly lost
onr heads. One , with a violent oath ,
swore that he would be consigned to a
namcbss place if he would surrender
unconditionally for Gen. Lee or any
one. The alternative of forming a
column of mounted officers and cut
ting through tha federal line was
nearly adopted , but given up. It was
seen to be hopeleis even by these
men , whor.o heads were nearly turned
with anger. The feeling of the men
in the ranks I do not so well know , I
can only speak of one of them , a
ragged Infantryman , who came up to
me and mentioning his command
aiked me If I could tell where he
conld find it
"Never mind , " I said to him ,
"there is no uie looking for it now.
iha army has surrendered. "
I shall never forget the expression
of his face or the tone of his voice
when he replied to me.
"Surrendered ! " he exclaimed , lookIng -
Ing at me with a sudden haggard ex
pression in his eyes. "Gen. Lee , sur
rendered ! Mister , don't be joking
with a poor fellow. "
He burst out crying aa he said this ,
and wandered away looking about him
aa he did so as if he had lost some
thing and waa searching for it. It cer
tainly was a time when there was a
temptation to "shed hot tears" orgrind
teeth together. The surrender was
so unexpected that it came npon all
but a few persons with the force of a
sudden blow. The men flocked around
Gen. Lee when he came back from his
interview with Gen. Grant , and met
him with shouts and tears. His reply
was :
"We have fought through the war
together. I have done the beat I
conld for yon. My heart is too full to
say more. "
LEX AMD KEADE.
Afterward it ia said that the troops
i - . ' f - f 1 * "
on both'sides fraternized and inter-
crTsriged visits , laughing over"old
times , ' ' and the armies of the Potomac
mac and Northern Virginia had had a
good many "old times" with each
other. I did not chanca to observe
this. The only fraternizing I noticed
was that between Gen. Lee and Gen.
Meade Lee in his brown felt hat and
gray riding-cape , and Meade in his
small cap and bine uniform , riding be
side each other with the gray and blue
staff officers , mingled harmoniously.
A few days afterward Appomatox
court-house , which had suddenly
emerged from obscurity , and become
connec.ed with a great event of his
tory , sank to silence again , and was
completely deserted.
The men of the Southern army
went quietiyhomo through the wasted
fields , not crying over what was ir
remediable , or having the least inten
tion of living disorderly lives , becom
ing outlaws , or keeping up a hopeless
conflict. Tne issue of secession had
bceu tried by arms ; arms had
decided it , and the worsted aide ought
to submit.
Powder and. Bangs.
When young maidens stoop to folly ,
To make a ' mash ' on simple beau ,
Don't they know that melancholy *
Will result from "daubing" so ?
And that "powd-ring' is a practice
Men remark with heartfelt pangs ;
Out cf range is safest tactics
Of the girl who ' 'fluffs" and "bangs. "
-JTitusviUe World.
RELIGIOUS.
The sale of pews in the Presbyter *
iau church in Atlantic , Iowa , the oth
er day roalized-950.
A Presbyterian church of 93 mem-
bars waa recently organized among
the Nez Perccs Indians in the Indian
The number of churchta belonging
to the Philadelphia Baptist associa
tion is 83 , of which several are col
ored. There are 79 ed.ficea with 29
chapels Tha value of these houses
ia almost § 2,000,000. They are pro
vided with 42,333 sittings.
In the two Episcopal dioceaos in
New Jersey there are 109 clergy and
14,442 communicants , of whom 7,518
are in Northern New Jersey. JjjThere
were 619 confirmations the past year
in Now Jersey and C09 in Northern
New Jersey.
Eighteen years ago the first Pro
testant church of Brazil was organized
in Rio- Janeiro wi h two members.
Since then mom than 3000 persnui
have joined thia church , and churches
have been planted in different Darts
of the empire.
By the aummary of the growth of
the Congregational churches present-
ad at the council at St. Louij , it ap
pears that 330 new Congregational
churches have beun organized , and
1G9 dropped from the roll , making the
net gain 1G5 , and the total number
of churches in the country now 3674 ,
with a membership in full of 389J920 , .
aud a gain in three years of 17,325. " "
It the late congregational national
council at St. Loui ° , Mo. , the Ilev.
Jnjeph Ward , of Dakota , read a mem
orial from the missionaries of that
territory proteaiing against the present
ent Indian policy of the United States
government , as farming out to the
Roman Catholic and Episcopal church
es all religious rights iu Dakotawhich
enables those churches to practically
take possession of all the work of the
denominations which started missions
many years ago.
The scaffoldings are still up around
the towers of Cologne Cathedral , and
The Cologne Gazette says that it will
ba uec 83ury to keep at work upon
ihein all next year , and much , too ,
Las to ba done in the matter of bz-
iug windows and forming and lining
artistically wrought doors. The Ga
zette put * the whole" cost when com
pleted at G,5CO,000 , which was about
thoccat _ of St. Paul'sin London.
The Second Presbyterian church of
Chicigo baa called the Rev. John
AiAcIutosh , of Belfast , Ireland , at a
salary of § 8,000 a year. The commit
tee who chose him think it necessary
to offer the following txpltnaticm :
"We canvassed the country to find an
American-born and American-educa
ted minister to present as the candi
date for the pastoral office of the
church , and on whom the church
could unite , but conld not find
the suitable person for the place who
would or could be moved. Mr. Mac
intosh , whom we recommend to you ,
is a native born American , of Scotch
parentage and Irish education , and
this means a thoroughness of educa
tion that qualifies him to fill any pul
pit la the land. "
"There s Netting Lite It"
A little "father" o'er the stile
As James would tain a Mater
As eke some "mother' lad * would do ,
He bent him dawn and kissd her.
The maiden cried , " 'Aunt * you a wretch
To treat a girl so badly !
You'd 'daug ter * be ashamed , I gay ,
To 'ooujin * me so sadly 1 * "
PEPPERMINT DROPS.
Some men are called muffs because
they are naed to keep a flirt's hand in.
[ Buffalo Courier.
A new use for oleomargarine has
been discovered. For making a gill's
bangs stick , it is far superior to gen-
nine butter.
"There's no place like home , " re
peated Mr. Henpeck , looking at a
motto ; and ho heartily added , "I'm
glad there Isn't. "
The New Orleans Picayune says :
"Winking photographs are made to
wink so naturally that 'aome of them
are liable to be sued for breach of
promise. " ' This is a joke , however.
Hnmor is the effervescence of phi-
losophy. [ New York News. The
eeidlitz powder of common tense , as
it were ; to be taken before it ceaaes
foaming and grows stale. [ New Ha
ven Register.
A Pennsylvania paper , in speaking
of a politician , says his word is no
better than a pint of whisky. Then
it is also probable that his character is
no stronger than a pound of Lim-
burger.
An Ohio man , ambitions to be pres
ident , has met with a sad misfortune
Encouraged by Garfiold's success he
hired out as a driver of a canal boat
and had just succeeded in getting
the mules started when one of them
reached around and kicked his brains
out.
Fellows are beginning already to
think up good resolutions for the new
joar. Something in this style might
suit the occasion : Resolved , That I
will make love to no girl whoie par
ents keep a bull-dog. [ Nycum Ad
vertiser.
(
It takes five gallons of whisky to
cure an elephant's cold , and , since
this fact came out , seven ( New York
men have been sent to insane asylums
as nothing can convince them that
they are not elephants suffering with
colds. [ Boston Post.
Two weeki ago a young girl stand
ing on the banks of the Ohio , anc
looking at a beautiful sunset , exclaim
ed , "My , how like circus limonade ! '
And now we have a terrific spell to
pay up for it. [ SVheeling Sunday
Leader.
' Talk about the power of the press , '
softly murmured the aged granger , aa
he held up to view a hnnd ho had hind
vertcntly left under the cider machine
until it looked like a pound of raw
liver , "welljlshould remark. " [ Rock
land Courier.
Dr. Knox , of New York state. ,
thinks he has done a big. thing because
cause ho has taught eouio pet pigs to
play euchre. Lat him go into a pen
beg pardon , smoking car on any oi
our railroads , and he will find what
he thinkd is a curiosity ia a common
enough thing. [ Boston Transcript.
A correspondent wishes to know the
best way to raise pork. The plan
adopted by a Chicago man , who nrsee
it from 810 .11 barrel to $17 , seems to
work well , but as it requires 6,000-
000 < c.ipHal to start with the average
farmer instinctively shun : it.
It was in p San Francisco restaur
ant , the other night , that-n waiter
was apologizing to a guest for the di
lapidated state of hia mpkin. ' 'Don't
nutation it , "re ponded the customer ,
sadly , "I don't mind thehol * s iu the
Ie. st. That p\rt : of your napkin is
always sure to be clean. " And for
the next ten minutes nothing conld
be heard but the butter combing its
hair out in the puntry.
Those are cute fellows , those New
York sharpers. Ono of them adver
tised that he could cure a turn-up
noee , and would send directions to all
who would forward it dollar. A lady
sent this amount , and was told in re
ply to employ a blacksmith to hit her
nose on the end with a sledge tain-
mor.
mor.No matter how deep a young mvi'a
poc'tet may he , a colored silk hand
kerchief will inevitably float to the
top and flop over , while a soiled linen
rag will ajnk to the bottom like .1 hrick
thrown in a mud-puddle. [ New York
Dispatch.
The rumor that the pre'zel crop
this yenr is .1 failure is a baau r orb nek
got up for political effect. The vines
were not injured by the carle frosts ,
and the burning heat of last July only
shrunk the pretzel a little in azj. : The
crop will average sixty bushels to tlm
acre.
acre.A
A subscriber vrants to know "how
to pot plant 8 for the winter. " The
best way is to procure a pot large
enough to hold all the phnta , and
pitch 'em in , covi r with dirt and set
the pot m one corner of tha yrd until
spring tiuie comes again , jjentla An
nie. Kvory plant my be ss dead a
Julius Cieaar ; but this id batter than
to carry § 5 worth of plants in the gar
ret in the fall and bestow S30 worth
of labor and attention on them dur
ing the winter. [ Norruf ; r Herald.
A Boston man besought his wife , he
being but three y ars Hurried , for the
privilege of a night key. "Night-
kov ? " she exclaimed in tones of
amazement , "what usewn you have
for a night-key , when the 'Women's
Emancipation Leagna' meets Monday
night , the 'Lathea' D 'mastic ' Mission'
Tuesday , the -Sisters f Jericho' Wed
nesday , the 'Woman's Science Circle'
Thursday , the 'Dau 'liters of Ninovth'
Friday , and the Wotniii's Proyreas
ive Art Association' and the 'Suffrage
Band' on alternate Sitnrday nights.
You stay at homo and sea that the
baby doesn't fall ont of the cradle.
He stays. [ Burdette.
IMPIETIES.
How to prevent new boots from
squeaking in church wear your old
ones.
ones.A
A transcendental preacher took for
his text , "Feed my lamba. " 'As he
came out of the church a plain old
farmer said to him , "That waa a very
good text ; but you placed the hay so
high in the rack that the Iambi could
not reach it , nor the old iheep either. "
The Lowell Citizen makes a great
ado over the fret that a certain dog
chooses to attend church different from
th.it of his master. Don't see any
thing to talk about. We never heard
of a dog's being 1'mlted ' in his choice
of religion by his master. Dogs are
seldom forced to adopt a faith rapag
nant to their feeling j.
A good churchman was commenting
fit thd breakfast table on the conduct
of one d tte vestry , when he was
suddenly interrupted by his hopeful ,
sevea , exclaiming , "papa , why
don't yea pull down your vestryman ? "
_ Boston Commercial Bulletin.
"When the Rev. J. E. Giles , the
miserly preacher , died in a stable at
Watervliet , N. Y. , a few weeks ago ,
§ 20,000 in bonds and money were
found on hla person. Even on the
day of his death he had been begging
from door to door. Since the publi
cation of the case several alleged
widow sn swarms of cotuins have
put in their claims for the miserable
old man'8 hoardings , and the officers
of Albany county are very much
puzzled to find the rightful heirs.
During the fourteenth centurythere
lived m Ispahan a rich Jewish mer
chant. Persecution fixed upon him
a. , s victim. The Cadi of Ispahan ,
from motives of jealously and class
prejudice , made matters so unpleasant
for the Jew that in despair he went
to him and said , "Yon will not allow
me to live here ; where shall I gol"
'Goto Bagdad , " replied the Mufti.
'But , " responded the Hebrew , "your
brother rules there. " "Go to lapann
then. " "But your uncle ia chief magis
trate there. " "Go to Damascus ,
then. " "But your nephew rules
there. " "Then , if my family will not
allow yon to live in this world , go to
b J. " "Ah , me , " replied the Mew ,
"you you forget your respected father
is dead. "
ffc ? Yearsbefore tJi ePtcdftr ,
THE CEMUIfiaSl-
DR. C. McLANE'S
LITER PILLS
are nor recommended as a remedy ' for
all the iLs that flesh is heir to. " but in
affections of the Liver , and in all Bilious
Complaints. Dyspepsia , and Sick Head
ache , or diseases of that character , they
stand without a rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
No better cathartic can be nsed pre
paratory to , or after taking quinine. Aa
a simple purgative they are unequaled.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS ,
The genuine are never sugar-coated.
Each bos has a red-wax seal on the lid ,
with tie impression.McLAN'E'S LIVER
PILL Each wrapper bears the signa
tures of C. McLAXE and FLEMISH BROS.
3& Insist upon having the genuine
DR. I' McLAXE'S LIVER PILLS , pre-
parti ] b *
PLE1UXG P.ROS. , Pittsburgh , Pa. ,
the market being full of imitation * of
the name Jlrl.nne , spelled differently ,
but same pronunciation.
mw TO CURE
CONSUMPTION , COUGHS ,
Colds , Asthma , Group ,
All diseases of the Throat , Lungd.und
Pulmonary Orxana.
USE ACCOItDING TO VIKECTIONS
ALLEN'S LUNG BALSAM.
LA
UNLIKE PILLS
AND THS USUAL PURGATIVES , IS PLEAS
ANT TO TAKE , And will provoitouco.h rit
pgUnt and harmless SYSTEU UENOVATOR
anil CLEANSER thlthli yet ho-n brought to
public notice. For CONSTIPATION. BIL10US-
N'ESS. UEADACUK , PILE * , and all dl-orden
arising from an obstructed state of the pyHtem ,
t Is Incomparably tbo Iwjt curative extant.
Vroicl imitations ; Insist on getting Ute artlclo
called for.
TROPIC-FRUIT LAXATIVE is put up In
> r r.zed tinboxfc only.- Price 60 ctnta. Ask
yourilruzgift for Descriptive I'amph .t , or ad
dress the proprietor ,
j. R. HCTiinr.iNr.H-x ,
New York or 8m Fra. vso.
Before Purchasing AST FORM of i-Call-'d
JanJ , or Anpliancerepresented tocnrs Jicrv >
? h runic amlSpcvia U.etr-uet , said lo the I'UL
VERMACUEUOALVANtCCO ,613Mo..t miery
Urect , .wan Francisco , Co ) . , for tnel.1 Frco
Pamphlet iuul "The Electric Review , " and you
till snve time , health anil money. Iho P 0.
Co. are the only dacr ! * in Genuine Electric Ap-
pllanremm the Am'rifiin Continent.
HOTELS.
THE ORIGINAL.
Cor. Randolph St. & 6th Ave. ,
CHICAGO ILL.
PRICKS RSDUCED TO
82.00 AfID S2.59 PER DAY
Located In tlio Lu iucsd centie , convenient
to placrrj of nmuj-tnicnl. EI > enn ly fan. : hcJf
cniitilnlr.j all m xJern improvements , rasicn.er
elevator , &c J. II. CUMMIXUS , J-iojinutor.
oclBtf
? EL
Cor. MARKET ST. BROADWAY
Conncil Bluffs , lotvat
On line o Street Railway , Omnibus * o and from
all trains. RATES Parlor floor 33.00 per day ;
second floor. $2.50 per day ; third floor. $2.00.
The bet furnished and movt commodious Iionso
u the city. _ QEO.T. PHELP3 Prop
FRONTIER HOTEL ,
Laramie , Wyoming.
The miner's resort , good accommmlatlong ,
arge sample room , chargca reasonable. Special
attention given to traveling men.
11-tf _ n.O niLLIUtP Proprietor. /
INTER -OCEAN HOTEL ,
Cheyenne , Wyoming.
Flna arjca Sample Roomi , ona
ilock from depot. Traina stop from 20 minutes
o 2 boars for dinner. Free Bus to and from
} epot. Rates ? Z.OO. 12.60 aad 13.00. according
a roomfs'nzle meal 76 cents.
A. U. BALCOH , Proprietor.
W BORDEN. Cnlef Clerk. mlO-t
TPTON HOUSE ,
Schuyler , Neb.
Plist-claw Home , Coed Heals , Good B d §
Ury Boocu , and kind and accommodating
leatmant. Twit good sample rooms. Bpecta
attention paid to commercial trartlerf.
S. Prop , ,
ali-U Schnyler , Neb.
Machine Works ,
J. Hammond , Prop. & Manager.
The moat thorough appolnto-1 and complete
Machine Shops and Foundry in thostate.
Cutlnjrs of every description manufacted.
Engines , Pumps and every class of machinery
made to order.
order.pedal attention given to
( Veil Angara , Pulleys , Hangers ,
Khaftinff.Bridge Irons , eor
Catting , etc
flAnstorna * HachlneryMeachanIaJ Draught.
of , Uolela , etc. , neatly executed.
66 Harnev at. . Bat. 14tH and 16tH.
JNO. G. JACOBS ,
( Tormwly of OUh 4 Jacob ! )
UNDERTAKER
No. HIT Faraham & . . Old Stand ot Jacob Oil
nr TKLKf > iu.pn SOLICITS
nan.lv
a week In TOO/ own town , lermi aoct
outfit fre . Atidren H. HallatfJ * o