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JAMES W. THOMAS,
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VOL. XVII.
Miscellaneous Selections.
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THE WIND AND THE MOON.
BY OXOBOC MACDONALD.
Said the Wind to thi> Moon, • 'I will blow you outi
Yon ature
In the air
Like a «host In a chair,
Alway, looking what I am about—
J hate to be watohedi I'll blow you out.''
The Wind blew hard, and out went the Hoon,
80 deep
On a heap
_ , Of cloudiest) ileep,
Down lay the Wind, and slumbered soon-
Muttering low, " I've done for that Moon."
He turned in his bed j she was there again I
On high.
In the sky,
With her ghost eye,
Jhe M°°n «hone white and alive and plain 1
Said the Wind, "I'll blow you out again."
The Wind blew hard, and the Moon grew dim ;
'1 With my sledge,
And my wedge,
I have knock'"! off ber edge I
mi trrlm,
_ op" than'dim."
He blew and be blew, and she thinned to a thread:
'•One puff
McKINNEY, COLLIN COUNTY,
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If only I blow vlch j'. r v
The ore i, • .—if 1
" Won't IÍ" uid the, going up to the
mirror, and smoothing her hair with as
much sangfroid as If the thought her faoe
beautiful enough to win any one.
And so it would have been, had ber
mind harmonised with her thee, for her
hair was a purplish black, long and wav-
ing, her 1
More's enough
To blow Her to snuff I
One good puff more where the last was bred.
And glimmer, glum will go the thread."
He blew a great blast, and the thread was gone
In the air {
Nuwhero
Was a moonbeam bare)
Far off and harmless the ssy stars shone—
Sure and certain the Moon was gone!
The Wind he took to his revels once more:
On down
In town,
Like a merry-mad clown.
He leaped and halloed with whistle anil roar:
"What's that?" The glimmering thread onee
more.
♦
He flew in a rage—he danced and blew)
Hut in vain
Was the pain
Of his bursting brain;
For still broader thu moon-scrap grew,
The broader be swelled his big cheeks and blew.
81owly she grew—till sho filled the night,
And shone
On her throne
In the sky alone.
A matchless, wonderful, silvery light,
Radiant and lovely, the queen of night.
Said the Wind: " What a marvel of power am I?
With my breath,
Good faith,
I blew her to death-
First blew her away right out of the sky-
Then blew ber in; whai strength am I?"
But the Moon she knew nothing about the affairs
For high
In the sky,
.. . With ber one white eye,
Motionless, miles above the air.
She had never heard the grear Wind blare
—Oood Wordt.
AN OLD MAID'S STORT.
I am an old maid, gray, sallow and
wrinkled. Doesn't It surprise you ? Yet
I can look back through the dim mists of
twenty years and see myself as I was then
—plump and fair, with blue eyes and
chestnut curls. I was an only child, hav-
ing always known a mothers and a fath-
ers love, and until my twentieth year I
never knew what sorrow was. At that
period I went to visit my aunt, who lived
in a distant city, and it was thereth itl
first met Hugh Chamberlain—a young
law student, and an intimate friend of my
Cousin Joe's. 'He wm one that seemed
born to be loved, for he was very hand-
some, and then his high sense of honor,
open heart and winning manners soon
made him a favorite with all. Nor was it
to be wondered at, that I, who had lived
in the country all my life, and had seen
but few polished men, should foil in love
with Hugh Chamberlain.
At first he scarcely noticed me, but af-
ter a time my quaint ideas began to at-
tract his attention, and then he studied
me, and as unmercifully criticised me as
he did one of his law books; but he was
generous in it all.
There was not a knotty question that
came across his mind, but that he brought
it to me for my opinion, and his own pro-
ductions were laid before me for comment,
and if he thought he had been too severe
in his criticism on my music or drawings,
I would find on my table, as a peace offer-
intr, arare picture, or flower, or something
he knew that I should value.
I would have been blind could [ not
have seen as the days drifted on that his
feelings had strengthened into more than
ordinary friendship. I sometimes won-
dered what Hugh could have seen in my
face or manner to love, for, although I
was pretty and educated, I lacked that
polish that a life in a city is sure to give.
Would he not be ashamed of me some-
times ? I spoke to him about it once, and
he pulled my curls and, laughing merrily,
exclaimed:
"Just listen to Kittie, Joe, she says I
Trill be ashamed of her some day, as if I
could, the little apple-blossom. You must
get such notions out of her head."
" I shall not try," said Joe. "for you
have neglected me shamefully for her,"
and yet he patted me on the cheek, and
congratulated me upon having won the
love of such a prime fel'ow as Hugh-
adding that the next time he had a friend,
be hoped no curly-headed cousin would
come In the way.
We had been engaged about two months,
when Hugh received a letter stating that
his mother was sick, and asking him to
come home immediately. He did so, and
while he was gone my aunt received a let-
ter from the husband of an oid friend of
hers, who had shortly before died, leaving
one child. He was going to Europe, he
wrote. Would she take his little Irene
and be a mother to her until he returned ?
My aunt consented, and the next week the
father and daughter came; but judge of
our surprise when .we foHnd the "little
Íirl" a stylish young lady of eighteen,
rom the very first time that I looked
upon her face, a vague, nameless fear
seemed to take possession of me, and why
I hardly knew. It may have been that 1
was jealous and exacting, and feared her
influence ever my love, but I was sure
there was something slnster in those beau-
tiful eyes, and, social though she was, 1
could not trust htr. She was a born flirt.
You could detect It in every movement,
and, in spite of every caution, Joe flut-
tered around her like a moth aronnd a can-
dle ; and for his pains had his wings
singed, for Joe was her first conquest. I
shall never torget how broken-hearted he
looked the next morning after she had re-
jected him. All of the sunshine seemed
suddenly to have died out of his life; but
there she sat, as cool and composed as if
nothing had occurred. It made me angry,
and I told her she was the most heartless
girl that I had ever seen. She shrug
er pretty shoulders, and said petulantly,
" I could not keep him from loving me."
" You did not try."
"How do you know?"
" I understand you."
" Really," said she sarcastically, then
turned up her nose to let me know sbe
thought me very presuming.
14 r have some curiosity to see that
Hugh you and your aunt are always talk-
ing about. Where is he?"
P ÍU Philadelphia, with his mother."
W'll he be here soon?"
"Yes, next week."
"You won't allow me to have anything
to say to him, will you ?"
" You would, even If I did not. But
you won't find him as easy to win as
Cousin Joe was."
. r ,, m,.—.---,—MftwL-
eyes a dark blue, heavily shaded
lashes, the eyebrows
aaintuy arcneo, tne nose small, the lips
thin and beautifully curved, and the com-
plexion of a creamy tint that we but rarely
see in persons with dark hair. In fact her
face might have been called perfeot, but
she spoiled it all by her vanity. If there
was a mirror in the room, she was sure to
put herself in a position so she could gaze
at herself, or in conversing with any one
■he would always bring up a subject that
woul I tend to have a flattering effect upon
herself. I was somewhat amused as I
watched her the first night after Hugh's
arrival. She sat down to the piano unin
vlted, and dashed off a gay waltz. Then,
finding she had not gained his attention;
she sat down at Ms ado and to a-!
him questions.
"She is the vainest creature I ever
knew." saitl he, later in the evening,
"and I am disgusted with her."
I think she read his feelings pretty
well, but she wa<s not to be vanquished.
You could tell that by gleam of her eye.
And then, he was wealthy and handsome,
and she ambitious, with no fortune of her
own, and she knew Hugh Chamberlain
was not to be scoffed at. So she changed
her course, and assumed all the womanly
virtues possible. She studied his nature,
and acted accordingly. Was he sad, she
was tearful, dumb. Was he gay, no laugh
would ring out merrier than her own.
Was there a book he liked, she was sure
to read it; a study he preferred, she
would hastily acquire some knowledge of
it. Ah, she was a thorough flirt, and,
young as she was, she was perfect in ail
the requisites.
I do not think Hugh loved me any the
less, but he was greatly interested in this
stranger, in spite of ner follies; and it
was with many forebodings that I bade
Hugh good-by, and prepared to return
home.
"You will not forget me,Hugh?" I
asked, as he kissed me.
" Of course not, my apple-blossom."
" Well, wear this, then, to remind you
of me," said I, unfastening a small enam
eled cross from my watch chain, and fast-
ening It on his own.
" As if I needed anything to make me
think of you," said he. kissing me again.
" You must take «rood care of her, Joe,
and not leave her until she Is safe at home.
I wish I could go with you myself.
Kittie, but Chatterton's trial comes off
to-morrow, and I could not possibly
I0&V81"
"Aren't you going to say good-by to
me?" said Ireie, sweeping out of the
door in a dainty white dress with violet
trimmings.
" Of course I must, after you have taken
the pains to make such an elaborate toilet
for the occasion."
" You are always saying something
hateful."
" But It Is the truth, my dear."
"Come, hush quarreling," said Joe,
and he ordered the driver to start.
" What makes you look so down-heart-
ed, Coz?" said Joe, after he had entered
the cars. " Afraid Irene will make mis-
chief?"
" Yes, I know her so well."
" I'll watch her."
But I knew he was so thoroughly dis-
gusted with her, now that his eyes were
opened, that I doubted if he would give
her a thought, no matter what she did.
The summer wore on, but, in spite of
long, weekly letters from Hugh, I could
not feel as light-hearted as formerly. A
faint shadow seemed hanging over me,
and I knew not why.
It was a dav early in autumn, a slight
rain was falling, and everything looked
dismal, and it contributed nothing pleas-
ant to my f- elings. It had been two
weeks Blnce I liad heard from Hugh, and,
like most girls who have lovers, I was
fretting about it. I had been sitting at
the window nearly an hour, thinking of
the causes that might prevent him from
writing, when I heard tne door-bell ring.
I went down to the door and there stood
mv enemy—Irene.
" I am on my way to visit an old school-
mate of mine,"
Hugh la about to em*
Write, or oome.andpre-
thlnjr la wrong,
bark for India.
vent him from going." I believed'lt a
made-up plot, to work on my feelings, so
I wrote back: "Mr. Chamberlain la
nothing to me, neither are his actions."
But Hugh went, and for five years we
heard nothing from him. Then ne wrote
to Joe that he waa married, and in the
years that had intervened I had lost both
father and mother. I had also found that
he bad never been engaged to Irene, and
had lived in hopes that ne would return;
hut when I heard that be was married I
frit that I had nothing more to live for.
Earth seemed but a barren waste of burn-
ing sand, and, like the weary traveler, I
longed for rest.
Oh. how bard it was to live on, year af-
ter year, without any aim or purpose, to
see all othero so seemingly happy aronnd
me, and to know that mv own neart was
•rushed—dead 1 The death of my par*
entshad left me wealth, so I gratified my
love of traveling, wandering over Eurooe
find the HoV Land, and oh. longed to £0
tto India, but why should i? He wis
married, and dead to me.
So I came home, settled down In the
old homestead, and devoted my time and
brief note, saying
some time the follow
vayl
said Irene, "and found
"iere three hours,
run up and see
she, playing with her
re caught sight of
tu at I would have to stay here three hours,
and so 1 thought I would
you."
For once in my life I was glad to see
her. for I knew 1 would hear of Hugh.
" How did you leave Aunt?"
"Oh, she is well. So are Joe and
Hugh."
" Did he send any word to me?"
" No—why should he ? The dear fellow
has his mind so entirely taken up with
something el e, that I do not suppose he
ever thought of it."
" He is unusually busy, then ?"
" No, I did not mean that," said she,
looking at me shyly, and then put up
her hands as if to hide her blushing
face.
" I don't understand," said I.
" Don't you? How stupid 1" and then
she came up and whispered in my ear—
" Hugh and I are engaged."
"Are you?" said I, dryly, for I did not
believe her.
" Yes," said
watch-chain.
At that moment
a small cross among the charms on her
chain. " What a beautiful pin you have
on," said I, going up close and
to examine it, so I could see if It was m~y
cross. Yes, the same. I did net ask her
how she got It. It was enough to know
that she had it, and 1 was too angry to in-
quire into it, or to weigh the truth of her
words, but was satisfied I knew the cause
of Hugh's silence; and I was very proud,
and resolved I would not give nlm a
chance to tell me of what had happened.
So, after she left, I went up to my room,
packed up his letters, and tne pictures and
the ring he had given me; then wrote a
note saying that I had been deceived In
regard to his character, and had con-
cluded, as I could have no more faith in
him, to break the engagement. Would
he be kind enough to return my letters?
Then I directed the package to Hugh
Chamberlain. Oh, bow I dreaded to send
it; but I determined to do it if it killed
me.
In a few days an answer came. He was
erfectly ignorant of my Insinuations.
>ut he woUI'1 not force me to an explana-
tion. In a few days I might expect my
letters. My cross had disappeared: he
must have lost It. Would I not let nlm
replace It?
It is only an excuse to keep from tell-
ing me the truth, I thought. He is
ashamed to have the truth known ; and
yet Hugh was always so candid, so hon-
orable, I cannot believe it. I will write
once more. But what if it were true?
thought I, the waves of distrust once
more sweeping over me. Should I give
Irene the satisfaction of knowing now
much harm she had done me? No.
Oh, in the days that followed, what a
relief It would have been could I but have
told Cousin Joes but I knew he was
hasty, and was afraid he would want to
avenge my wrongs. But I think Joe had
his suspicions; for, shortly after, I ro-
oeived a letter from nlm, saying: "Some-
money to the wants of the poor, and it
served in a measure to make me forget
ray sorrow. The years seemed to roll on
at a snail's pace, yet time left its
mark: the brown locks began to be
plentifully sprinkled with gray, and
my cheeks had lost their rosy hue, for
I was no longer young. But the knowl-
edge did not pain me. It seemed so sweet to
know that by and by I should lay down
this weary burden, cross the murky river,
and be at rest. I was content to struggle
on in the life that had remained, and I re-
solved it should not be an Idle one. So I
became more devoted to these around me.
sought more earnestly todo my duty, and
haa my thanks from the grateful poor,
and the smiles from the children, who had
learned to call me Auntie.
One day I returned from the death-bed
of one of my poor—wet, weary, and sad-
dened with the scene I had just left, and,
like "lone," I felt like saying, "Why pass
me by ?" The day deepened into twilight,
but still I sat with my face In my hands.
There came a gentle rap at my door. I
went to it, and the servant handed me a
letter. I rang for lights, and it was with
some curiosity I looked at it, for letters
we8e rare things to me since I had grown
old, and still more curious was I when I
saw the postmark was India. I tore it
open with a girlish tremor. It was from
Hugh; his wife was dead, and on the next
steamer he would return, and once more
would see me.
Oh, you who have never had your dear-
est "hopes deferred" can never know
what that promise was to me. I was too
old to be sentimental, you think. Yes,
bo I was; but ray life nad all been one
long blank, and now that it was to be
crowned with the sight of Hugh once
more, could I be blamed? And there I
sat, gray-headed woman that I was, and
cried like a child.
Once more I heard from Hugh in a
that he would come
owing day.
I wandered about the house in a state of
feverish excitement, first going to the
door to see If he was coming, then
flushing painfUUy when I thought how
he would find me cbahgfrt, forgetting
that time had left its mark on him as well
&s myself.
I heard a step on the gravel walk. I
went to the door and saw a tall, portly
man, with a military air, and gray hair
and beard. I had planned a number of
ways to meet him; but at the sight of
that dear face that looked so familiar in
spite of the changes, the tenison of my
feelings gave wav, and I only knew that
he had hold of my hands ana was looking
down In my face. He spoke not a word,
but drew my arm within his own and
walked into the house.
That evening he told me of his wife.
She was the daughter of an old friend of
his father's. A frail, delicate girl, and her
father a consumptive.
" We all knew his time was short here,
and as I was stationed near him, I was
often with him. ' Poor child 1 what will
become of her when 1 am gone?' he would
say,11 have not a relative to send her to.'
And the night he died he placed her in
my care. She was a very ioveable girl,
and although I did not love her, I thought
we could make each other happy. So I
proposed and was accepted. For some
years we lived very happily, then the
cholera began to make its ravages in India,
and Adelia was one of its victims. After
her death my thoughts wandered bark to
you, in spite of your cruelty. Kittie, why
did you write me that letter? How had 1
deceived you ?"
" I was hasty, Hugh, and consequently
unjust. But you had not written to me
for two weeks, and Irene said you were
engaged to her, and she had the cross I
had given to you. I was too proud to ask
you for the truth, so I wrote as I thought
best.
" Have vou faith in me now, Kittle?"
"Yes, Hugh."
"Why?"
" Because I know now that you were
never enraged to her."
" Would you be willing to trust me,
even if I never explained r'
" I would."
" But an explanation is due to you,
Kittie, and I will give it. I did not write,
because I knew I was coming to see you
the week Irene did, and I would not write
so I could aurprl8e you. As you know
how false the story of the engagement
with her was, I need say no more about it.
But the cross I never gave her. It disap-
peared veiy suddenly, and I thought I had
lost it, and put an advertisement in the
paper for its recovery. But we both know
Irene well enough to know now that she
took it, and for what purpose. Are you
satisfied ?"
" Oh, Hugh, will you forgive me?"
" Gladly, Kittie, and now have I made
" Are you willing to
my care, believing and
General Hews
>r. Thopas Dudley
Eastern Lunatic
Hon. R. F. Tomer,
City, low*, haa been _
$11,000 soltaln diamond
constituent , as a mark of
tlon of hla services aa a
citizen.
Dr,
the
ton, Ky., committed
noon of July 18, by '
of morphine.
A Washington
ate Select
through their
dom, have
ten of all 81
of Hust
appoint
S, JULY 31, 1873;
on the Burlington and other roads, toll*
teroept the robbers In a southerly dlrto-
tlon. It was ascertained that during the
day the robbers atole a spike bar and a
hammer from a hand-oar house at the near-
est station. They drew the spikes from
one end of the rail, and fkstoned a small
oord to the end of the rail and secreted
several rods away, and as the
~ they polled the* rail
oat of place. The promptness of the en-
gineer and the air brakes saved the passen-
gers from harm, as not one waa Injured.
The management of the Chicago, Book
Island Ad Pacific Railroad have offlrred a
reward of $B,000 for the detection of the
L JlllBculty occurred reoently at Con*
between H. if. Strelnlett
1 tractors on*the]
uterntUUroad
Lord Westbury, formerly Lord Chan-
cellor of England, died 00 July 30, aged
seventy-three.
There are conflicting reports eonoernlng
the fate ota severe battle fought at Igna-
lada, Spain, on July 18. The place was
attacked by the Carlista under Prlnoe Ah
phonso, and then waa desperate lighting,
for eighteen hoars. One part of the pop-
ulation aastsuKl In the defense/and the
other part sympathised with the Carlista.
Private advices from Vienna, dated July
17, state that op to that fta* then had
been sixty-one oases of cholera reported,
forty-two ofwblch wen fktal. In a single
hotel, when forty-two persona wan at-
tacked with symptoms
died. The hotel
Thenew
ifollotas
r to the
tsf a<
■¿pro
$
1 grievances alleged
present sy
theftrmi
" defects, abuses,
to exist under'
transportation,
they may desire tomato as to thi
required/
Ex-Governor Colby, 01 Hew Hamp-
shire, died at Concord on Jnly 11, sged
eighty.
Attorney-General Williams has given
an adverse opinion in the ease of Carl
Vogt, the Prussian Bubjeet, charged with
murder, arson and robbery in Belgium,
and whose extradition Is sought under
the treaty with Prussia.
Representative Chas. Foster, of Ohio, is
the last member of the House list of those
who have returned their back pay to the
treasury. His share was received July
17th, making the thirty-fifth on the list.
Two hundred and fifteen members of the
House and delegates have drawn their
back pay and kept It, and the remaining
three have not as yet signed their war-
rants. and their money remains in the
treasury.
druggist
1 by the
this journey in vain ?
put yourself in my ,
trusting me for time and eternity ?"
There was a moment's silence, and
then I laid my hand in bis, and in the
deepening twilight I was gathered once
more in bis arms, and knew henceforth
that, no matter how hard the battle of
life was, I should not fight it alone.
I commenced this story by saving I
am an old maid;" I should have said "was
an old maid," for In an hour more IshaU
have lost that name forever, and be Hugh
Chamberlain's wife.
Ak enterprising New York
baa been prosecuted and fined by
authorities In Essex County, New York,
for defiling the face of nature by painting
his advertisement on rocks ana fences in
that vicinity. County treasuries general-
ly suffering from a financial deficit might
profit by the example of the rural New
Yorkers. [ <
Thk railroad valuation of Ohio has In-
creased nearly eleven millions during the
la-t year. The Board of Equalization
fixed the value of railroad property last
year at $08,312,040, and this year at $79,
¡813,050.
A New York lady who aspires to lead
a certain set and to keep cool, as well, has
had a fan built which Is 30 inches wide
and has ou it a picture of Niagara.
Crimes and Casualties.
Samuel O.Davison, an old citizen of
Davison County, Tenn., was run over by
a locomotive and instantly killed, at Nash-
ville, on July 17.
F. A. Shower, jr., son of F. A. Shower,
Appraiser in the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company's office at Philadelphia, has been
arrested on the charge of forging his fath-
er's name on checks to the amount of
$4,000.
A building In the process of demolition
at Indianapolis, Ind., on July 17, fell and
buried under the ruins over a dozen work-
men. George Scott was fatally injured.
The rest were more or less hurt.
Mrs. McArthur, of Los Angelos, Cal.,
took strychnine, on July 17, because her
husband found fault with the quality of
his breakfast.
Stephen Hood, cotored. 'Vfip. umt
Cleveland, Ohio, on Tortee mur-
der of his step son the oí/ be'j-e.
A German family of seven persons, at
Louisville, Ky., on the night of July 18,
supped on smoked herrings, and soon af-
ter exhibited symptomStof poisoning.
The Riviere Planing Mill, at Montreal,
together with the entire block adjoining,
was burned on the afternoon of July 19.
Eighteen families were rendered homeless.
Loss $150,000.
A disastrous lire occurred at Jackson,
Tenn., on the morning of July 20. Thir-
teen business houses were burned, includ-
ing the offiC9 of the Whig tmd Tribune,
and the post-office. Aggregate loss about
$100,000.
The jail at Arkadelphla, Ark., was
broken into on the night of July 20, and
delivered of fifteen prisoners, among them
two murderers, two robbers, and one
horse thief. Seven were confined In se-
cure dungeons, and the balance in a large
open room. The parties from the out-
side broke into the first room and then
into the vaults or dungeons. The mar-
shals and citizens hunted the neighboring
thickets and swamps all night, and re-
captured one of the prisoners, but he was
drunk.
A band of disguised men visited the
house of Daniel Galbreath, a worthy
farmer of MeCracken County, Ky., a few
nights since, and demanded admittance.
Being refused, they set fin to the house,
and forced Mr. Galbreath and brother, L.
M. Galbreath, outside, when the outlaws
fired upon them, severely wounding L.
M. Galbreath, who fired at the party, It is
thought, killing one man. No reason is
assigned for the attaok. **
Mrs. Jacob Schaefer, of Winona, Minn.,
the other day poured kerosene over *
young fire and covered herself with
flames. She died after four hours of In-
tense agony.
On the night of July r«ir eastward-
bound train on the Chicago, Rook Island
& Pacific Railroad, when near Adair/
Iowa, a lonely point about fifty-five miles
west of Des Moines, ran into some ob-
structions purposely plaesd on tUl track
by a band of robbers. Tha locomotive
and two baggage cars wsrtfdoubled up
and badly smashed, and the engineer, John
Raflferty, was instantly killed. The pas-
senger coaches came to a stop without be-
ing injured. As soon as the train stopped,
six large, athletic men, wearing masks,
appeared at the express car, In which were
the oonductor, superintendent, express
messengers, and three other persons, and
commenced firing rapidly into the oer,
yelling," Get out of there, d—n ye I Get
out of then!" Two bullets p
through the clothes of the conductor, one
grazed the skull of the baggage man, and
one grazed the side of the head of the ex-
press messenger. The inmates jumped
out, when they wen ordered to the rear,
under cover of half a dozen navy revolv-
ers. Two of the robbers marched up and
down the train, threatening to shoot any
person who showed their head on the
train. The robbers then took about $2,000
from the express safe, and out open the
mail sacks, but took no letters, thwi
mounted each a horse and rode off •rmnn
the prairies in a southerly direction, the
whole being done in leu than ten minutes.
They fortunately did not cut the telegraph
wires, and Superintendent Boyce at once
hastened to the station and telegraphed
In all directions. Engines and a posse of
men wen sent out from Council
and wife named MoBride, who
lived some seven miles from Wllllams-
port, Pa., wera attacked by robbers one
night reoently. Mrs. MoBride was shot
through the head and killed, and Mr.
MoBride was knooked down with a club
and seriously, If not fetally, Injured. The
robbers secured three thousand dollars.
A terrific explosion occurred In V.
Fries ACo.'s distillery, on James street,
Cleveland, O., July 28. One man was
blown Into the middle of the street,
another was blown from a second story
window against another building; neither
was seriously loured. Immediately after
the explosion an extensive fire broke out,
totally destroying the large five-story
block occupied exclusively by Fries ft Co.
Domestic Intelligence.
Gold closed, In New York, on July 23,
at llftf.
The United States Engineer Depart-
ment has decided to use so much of the
appropriation of $100,000 made by the
last Congress for the Improvement of the
Illinois River as shall be necessary to
build the foundation of Copperas Creek
look. This will save one year in time and
$80,000 In expense to the State of Illinois.
The two-mile foot-race for the Bennett
Challenge Cup came off at Springfield,
Mass., on July 17, and was won by Bou-
rie, ofMcGill University, Canada, in 11
minutes 18} seconds. In the College Re-
gatta, Yale won the Freshman raoe and
also the University raoe, the Wesleyansln
the latter coming In second. Amherst
was second In the former.
The repairs to the bridge at St. Joseph,
Mo., are completed, and trains will pass
over lton July 19.
The announcement Is made that the
New York customs officers in a recent In
vestlgatlon, discovered such evidence of
ftaajilOQ the Mrt -Ol a weltknown Im-
porting house as will compel the payment
of about $500,000 penalty to the Govern-
ment and cause the Imprisonment of at
least one member of the firm.
There were seven deaths from cholera.
In the Columbus, Ohio, penitentiary, on
July 17.
The decision of the Court of Inquiry
Into the cause of the disaster to the steam-
ship City of Washington has been ren-
dered. Capt. Phillips is suspended for
one year.
Pension sgents in all large cities have
been instructed to forward their quarterly
returns to the Treasury Department by
express instead of mall. Postage on
these returns, from Chicago or St. Louis,
would amount to $200 while the express
charge would be but $3.
The Memphis Board of Health officially
announce the total disappearance of the
oholera in that city.
The recent attacks of Lieutenant Bab-
cock on the Tonto Apaches have produced
a good effect. Two hundred have sur-
rendered at the reservation.
The cholera at Mount Vernon, Ind., on
July 20, was reported to be very bad, and
business was almost entirely suspended.
Mora than one-half the Inhabitants had
left town.
Crop reports from Arkansas, Missis-
sippi, and North Alabama, on July 20,
continued fovorable, though the greater
portion of Mississippi was suffering for
want of rain.
It is stated that the Erie Railroad Com-
pany proposes to build a trunk line from
Port Jervis to New York City, thus short-
ening the distance twenty-eight miles,
and the time of travel seventy-five min-
utes. It is proposed to use the new route
for through freight and passengers, re-
taining the old line for way .passengers,
freight, coal, etc.
The Governor of Iowa has offered a re-
01 $500 each for the robbers who
the Rock Island train on the night
the 21st. The U. S. Express Com-
pany also offer a large reward. Up to
the 24th none of the villains had been
captured, although many parties wen In
pursuit.
warded
sacked
of theS
News from Abroad.
Don Carlos has Issued an order -that the
fighting Cun of Santa Cruz be treated as
a rebel. The Republican forces In Spain
have received orders to shoot all priests
taken with arms In their bands.
The Khan of Khiva has signed a con-
vention to pay 2,000,000 roubles Indemni-
ty to Russia within ten yean, In virtue of
which he Is to be confirmed In bis right
to the Khlvan throne.
Friends of Edward Mill, founder and
editor of the Non OonfvnwLtt gave him a
reception at the Crystal Palace, London,
on the evening of Jnly 18, and presented
him with a parse of $60,000.
The Carlista say that Gen. Cabrtnety,
the leader of the Spanish Republican
forces, during the recent engagement,
was killed by his own men. Advices from
the same source say that the Cure of Santa
Cruz has resumed his clerical duties and
gone to Rome to ask forgiveness of the
Pope.
A wonderfol gold mine has been discov-
ered In the Argentine Republic said to be
tbe richest In the world. One-half of It
has been sold for $100,000,000.
The coronation of Oscar and Sophia,
King and Queen of Norway, took place,
on July 18, at Drontheim, the andent cap-
ital of the Norwegian kings.
zxlez. Minister iff War; Ovlede,
of Marine; Palanca, Minister of Colo-
nies.
A Madrid dispatch oí July 22, saya that
thu crews of the Spanish men-of war Al-
manza, Vltton, Mendes, Nuenes and Fer-
nando El Catolloo having revolted, the
government had Issued* a proclamation,
declaring them pirates, and authorising
their capture and treatment as such by
any foreign power on the high seas. A
decree had also been Issued, dismissing
from the public service Generals Contra-
ras and Plerrad, and removing from
offloe the civil Governon of Cordova,
Marola, Pontevidra, Leon and Orense.
Geneneral Pavla has been appointed
Captain-General ot Andalusia and Es-
tramedra. The province of Alocante haa
declared itself an Independent canton.
In the Freneh Assembly, on. July 21,
Jules Favre attaokedthe homepolloyof
the Government whloh punished with
severity Insulten of the Assembly and
permitted journals to Insult ex-President
Thiers with Impunity. He also exposed
and denounced the alllanoe between Mon-
archists and Bonapartlsts. After scenes
of great disorder a vote of oonfidence in
the Government was adopted by 400 yeaa
to 270 nays. This large majority on the
eve of recess was regarded as significant,
and was contrasted with the vote by which
the present Government was called into
being on tbe 24th of May, when Presi-
dent Thler ¡was defeated by only fourteen
votes.
Advices from the City of Mexloo, July
16, via Havana, state that the yellow fever
was spreading on the Gulf coast.
A recent Vienna dispatch gives an ac
count of a visit made by the Emperor of
Austria to the American Department of
the Exposition. After a close and careful
examination of the many articles on ex-
hibition, the Emperor said: "For Im-
portant invention and new Inventfoirstnoe
the last Exposition, the Amerloans are
without comparison In the entire build-
ing. America makes here a mora varied,
instructive and Interesting display than it
has shown in any previous foreign exhibi-
tion. Beyond that, the most noticeable
feature In your display of Industry and
art Is the constant evidence whlob It sf-
fords that the artlfioera are thinking men,
and that your labor seems Inspired by con-
stant and aotlve Intelligence." The Em-
peror then promised to give another day
to an Inspection of agricultural Imple-
ments In the American Department, and
retired.
Madrid advices of July 22, reported
that the Iberian regiment, which the Gov-
ernment dispatched to Carthagena to >id
In quelling the outbreak there, had mutl
nled, and Joined the Insurgents In a body.
At Vlttorla there were 7,000 Republican
troops in a complete state of demoraliza-
tion and disorganization. Several of the
municipal officen had been murdered by
the soldlen. The Republican troops at
Cirauguin surrendered to the Carlista on
tbe condition that their lives should be
spared. In spite of the terms of the sur-
render, the Carlista shot a number of
them after they had delivered up their
arms. Don Alphonso had sent to the
Spanish Government a formal proposition
an arrangement of a cartel for ex-
change of prisoners. The declaration of
Independence at Alicante was brought
about by tbe arrival In the harbor of the
Insurgent Iron-olad Vlttorla from Cartha-
gena. She soon after sailed, when tbe
city returned to Its loyalty to the nation-
al government. The Governor of All*
canto had arrived and will be tried by a
court martial for treason. A minority ot
the Cortes had Issued a manifest con-
demning the policy of the Government.
We have the following additional particu-
lars regarding the defection of the Spanish
squadron at Carthagena. The Insogenta,
after gaining control of the dty, seized
Castillo de lss Gállenos, a strong fort on
the west side of tbe harbor, and less than a
thousand yards from the entrance, which
It commands completely. This
them control of two lower batteries on
tbe shore at the month of tbe harbor.
They hoisted the red flsg of the Commune
over these fortifications and summoned
the squadron lying In the harbor to sur-
render. The crews were In sympathy
with the Insurgents, and the vessels fell
Into their bands without opposition. The
vessels thus taken by the Insurgente an
the Vlotoria, Iron-clad, 34guns;Numancla,
Iron-clad, 26 guns; Tetuan, Iron-dad, 40
guns; Almansa, screw frigate, 48guns,
and steamers Fernando, ElColallca, Fer-
valona Garay, not classified. The four
vessels first named an among the first In
die Spanish navy.
On Jnly 33, the Fnnoh Assembly, amid
a moat exdted and tumultuous debate
adopted a resolution empowering a per-
manent committee, which sits during the
recess, to prosocuto the Insulten of the
Assembly. M. Eraoul, In the ooorse of
a vigorous speech, denounced dictator-
beauty that ever graeed the fUnst form
on earth.
It maybe a very little ftee; one that
e nestle upon our bosoms or sing to
sleep In our arms with a low, sweet lulla-
by; but It Is such ------
The sdntDlations
flashing from every Aaature. Ana «Anta
powerTt has over the household 1 Bind-
ing each heart together In tenderness ud
love and
en
faoe over
Shadows)
may dark-
, v«. this little
m between. Mid the ihlnlDft
Is so bright that the shadows cannot ra-
i, and silent
silently they oraen away tato
the dark coraers where the cheerful hoe
itmay be a wrinkled faoe, but It la all
the dearer for that, and none the less
bright. We linger near It and gaae ten-
derly upon it and say, " God bless this
bsppy face! We must keen It with us u
long as we can, for home will lose much
of Its brightness when this sweet faoe Is
gone.
And after It Is gone how the remem-
brance of It purifies and softens our way-
ward nature. When care and sorrow
would snap our heartstrings asunder, this
wrinkled faoe looks down
apon us, and
lighter, the
sorrow less
the palnfol tension grows
way leu dreary, ana the
heavy*
God bless the cheerful fiuse 1 Bless It!
He his blessed It already; «he stamp of
heaven Is on every feature. What a dreary
world this would be without this heaven-
born light 1 And he who haa It not should
pray for his dally bread.—PArsnoioyioai
Journal.
Effect of Smoking Hashish.
It was In my own house at Cain that I
tested the virtues of the drag-on this
menS Ve sat on oppodto
dinner table In the evening, In
room, the
though the i
nr.
the
smsll cake
of the
water pipe) by strong inhalation, drawing
the smolte Into the lungs by each effort.
After the first few Inhalations I experi-
enced a sensation of oonstriotlon across
the forehead, as though a corf had been
my boidi Then X
i or wavering of
vision, as though the pupils of my eyes
were dilating. Suddenly the oonstriotlon
and tbe wavering of the vision oeased.
and a sense of expansion and enlargement
of all my powers, physical and mental,
succeeded. Every sense, every nerve,
every muscle seemed to be endowed with
a new and mora subtle life and power than
before. My strength seemed to swell
Into that of a giant, and a sense of Illimit-
able power and energy to possess my
whole bdng. My companion, sitting on
the opposite side of the table, reoraed
from me until beseemed seated at the end
of a long galleiy, the walls of the room
receding as he dla; and when he spoke(or
laughed, under the Influence of the drag,)
his voice came pealing on my ear like the
orashlng sound of thunder. Never before
had I experienced any aenaatlona at all
similar, save In my vague reoollectlon of
the delirium of fever.
One peculiar Idea waa common to both
states—the Idea of duality—as though
one person wen watching the phenome-
non In another, yet conscious of fodlng
them In himself—a state equally common
under hashish and febrile Influence. So
long as consdousness of personal identity
and the consequent struggle against the
intoxicating lnfluenoe of the drug c
tinned, the sensation waa palnfUl. Bat
both myself and my companion soon
soared oat of this lower region Into the
higher one of hashiahbmd. Into the en-
chanted domain of the "The Thousand
and
wroug
like i ■
recollections <
intoxication,
themselves so
even after awakening from Its dnams suf-
ficient traces of them still remain tobe
recalled at win.—Mmih and Horn.
i evoked hy any other form uf
IW 4 Tm> IMMna Ml
A BAD book, ..
as dangerous to your
companion, and will as
morals and lead him ~~
Had him away from the paths
of safety. Every parent should setthta
thought dearly boon his mind, and dob-
der It well, took hmMtateHMaHteAlgHM
B and espeetally
bet lntothdr
published soon
I attractive andi
read, and especially
that get Into ¡Bd
nowMÉÉMd
withH
that an as hurtful to
soulaaa poison teal
the seeds of vl
lng on tbe borden
rapt the morals,
and alian the wea
the pains «f taño
young persona from this cause waa
never so mat as at thla tfms; and every
^ uwther should be on guaiA
ships ss the daughten of tyranny, and de-
dared that tyrannical republics wen sun
to beget Csnsari.
Mrj, HosTarrnn lately died at Man-
helm, Lancaster County, Pa., aged 01,
leaving forty grandchildren, tnlrty-dght
great-grandchildren, and three great-
great-grandchildren. Ber husband died
five yean ago, aged 90,
■Our men tall
andH
■ÜEndta!
what lift ua
child has pun and
Ions, he Is jafe^M
books and!
MuielH
dwell with
kept as
Never!
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