THE CHARLOTTE MESSENGER.
VOL. IV. NO. I.
THE
Charlotte Messenger
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AT
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
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W.C. SMITH. Charlotte HC»
A bahy is a jjrcat institution in !'m
booming lavas of tho gnawing XVrst,
where every one counts in swelling tho
population to inctrvqwtlitnn figures. A
white bahy was tarn in South Sioux City,
Neb., the other day, and it being the
first occurrence of the sort there, the citi
zens echdirated by serenading the new
comer and ptesenting it with a corner
lot.
A powerful syndicate of phosphate
miners and manufacturer* has been
formed in South Carolina for the pur
pose of controlling price*. This is one
of South Carolina's greatest industries,
bast year tlie aggregate production of
phosphate rock was ItftMfflj tons, of
which asi.titkt t»wre wrerc exported and
65,000 tons were consuine*! bv the local
fertilizer manufacturing companies. The
aggn i gate value of thi> poMuction was,
in n>uml numbers. $3,000,000. targe
quantities of this revk are slopped to New
York and otter Northern port*,
A leading official of Biddefmd. Me.,
*av» the Tim** of that city, has teen
trouble*! of late by a >mull sore appearing
upon his forehead. He rould not e\
plain its cause, but it kept incie.tsing in
sire and soreness. He bathe lit with a
healing lotion ami coveted it with
court plaster, nad it still continued to
}w*in him. One day he discovered tlie
source of the trouble. It was a small
green tag w hich the in inufarturer or
mtrehaut had phmd upon the hand of
bis hat. A physician told him that the
M»re was the result of jMi'soning due to
the arscav in the green tag.
The following from the New York
re t** the point: "If country newspn|>cn
were to publish the names of subscriber?
who take, read and enjoy, and are gr.iti
tied by, yet refuse to pay for their homt
l)a|*ers, the reputation of most communi
ties for moral honeaty would depreciate
twenty per cent. An editor's labor h
seldom isteemed oi eumpen s;te*|\ .\
lawyer w ill give you five minutes' advice
cm a topic and »barge you $5 for it. At
alitor will gi\v‘ you advna* on a hundree
topics, and charge live rents a copy fob
Iu- paper, and very often five cents giver
to an editor would save $1 given to a law
yer !u fa* t. no other Iwreimw* is so uni
versally rented aud swindled out of theii
later ami * tpital as country newspupci
Tli*' “tater Temple," the corner-stone
cf which wai laid at Minneapolis the
other lav. is to he built by the Knights
of !.■"lor Building Association, which
Iu- a capital stock of SIOO,OOO. It will
t* completed in October, and the Gen
eral A >mbly of the Knights of the
United States w ill meet there. The hase
n* at will l*« u-cd as a tartar shop, bath
loom* ami the like. The first floor will
have five start a. The second floor will l»e
»i*«l for offices art »n**e«l in suit* of three.
The third fl«*»r is uiranged and will ta
occupied by the various later organira
ttona, there being one large mom, rapa
hie of seating 700 people, another 400,
and a third IW, withrommittcc, watting,
end ant* room* to each, and a large,
light ami airy library and trading room
essentially free in all respects. The
birth fi****r will k a Urge auditorium,
•rating at least 3.000 people. Already
the htdgc r<**«m* and tho stores and one
third of the offices on the second floor, in
%H about two-third* of the entire build
»»g. are rented at marly $7,000 |*r an
&um
AMERICA.
I.
Oh, braw brave land!
Oh, braw brave land betwixt the seas
Thy name is borne on every breeze
To every strand.
To none thy children hand their knees,
Oh, braw brave hunt!
Thy storms me past—Oh brave, oh best!
Secure, upon thy mighty breast,
Thy happy sons mid daughters ri**',
Oh, braw brave b.ttd!
ft.
Oh, broad brave land!
Freed from tho white lands of the snow,
Thy
music-making rivers flow
To wash tho sand,
At last: where CNftkm summers glow,
Oh, bread brave land!
1 hy mountains guard, with shining shields
The boundless beauty of thy fields;
R*(h vale its wonted harvest yields;
Oh, broad brave land!
111.
Oh, brave broad land!
Wherever Danger makes tar bn&&,
There, foremost in tho ferCirt*st host,
Thy :•'!!* tkke stand,
\\ Ikmt* won daring, daring most,
Oh, brave broad land!
all art' fairest, there,
Thy daughters ever are most fair;
Mnv God enfold thee with lift cetV—
Oh, brave bread land.
—Robert Burn* ,9 if son, in New Orleans
l'imes-i*en\oerat.
DETECTIVES IN J AIL.
.V few evening* Ago Robert A. Pinker
ton head es the celebrated detective
ngemA, sat in the rotunda of the South
oil, t liking to a number of well-known
get:tlemon, all of whom were delighted
to discover that a detective could speak
the English language rtfid express his
ideas without the ttsV of slang. The con
vernation imped upon the Maxwell case,
in theecflki*:' of which one gentleman, a
k*w\er, with more fullier-in-law than
Knowledge of taw, bitterly denounced
the action of the State's representatives
in having the Detective Mcf'ttllogh,
other* ise know n as "iiintffulder” thrown
info jail to obtain Maxwell's confession.
"\\ hat do you thirk of itone of the
party in.jUired of Mr. Pinkerton.
"1 believe,” said he, “that where such
* method is the only way to obtain the
evidence necessary to establish guilt, it
is the best wav."
“Rut i'-n't ii dangerous?'*
"Not at all under the proper circum
stances. If a ma:i is employed to go to
jail w understanding that his pay
is the same w hether he obtains a confes
sion or not. there is no danger. Rewards
are wrh it make men unreliable under
those circumstances,because it is a temp
tation to a man to make up a story. XVb
never take a case for this re usort ort a basis
of reward in the event of success. De
ride*. every one knows that such testi
mony in criminal cases is always the sub
jreM of careful instruction by the court,
and the testimony falls flat unless it is
corroborated by other evidence, it would
be a very hard tiling after it man had
manufo-lured the confession to mainline--
ture the eorrob* ration. Facts invented
can never have the strength of the facts
as they exist. There is bound to be a
discrepancy, because of the attempt to
make everything perfect. We have tried
this method a number of time-. Often
we have put men in jail who never t*l>-
tained any admission, and we have ob
tained admissions which were never used,
as subsequent developments showed they
were not needed.
PUMPING AN FXPREfift THIEF.
“One of our first experiences in this
line was in connection with an express
robbery. In 1859 or ’fit*, a money package
of SIO,OOO was stolen or lost from the
Adams Ecxprcsa Company's office at
Montgomery, Ala. Nathan Marony was
the agent there. His character was such
that .strong suspicion pointed to him.
The company did not discharge hint.
Fiually another money package, this
time $40,G00, was missed from a seal
pom li in ch up at Montgomery f« r New'
York city. The pouch arrived at New
York empty and investigation showed
that the pouch had been ingeniously cut
open underneath a pocket in the outside
in which the way-bills were placed.
There win a flap to this pocket, and
when this flap was down the slit in the
pom h was not diseernablc. It was prett v
clear, it seemed, that the pouch had
I'een rifled in transit. Investigation
along the road did uot result in a single
Clue to the robbery, and finally someone
took it into his head to make up a pack
age similar to tho one lost, put it m the
pom h ami take it out. Il«* couldn't do
it. The package wouldn't go through
the slit. The case was then turned over
to mv father. Alien Pinkerton, who de
clared that the money had never left the
office at Montgomery, and declared that
Marony was the thief. There was
no evidence to establish this con
clusively. A prejudice existed then
aanow against circumstantial evidence,
so the only way to secure conviction was
to get Marony‘a confession. Marony
had taen spending more money than his
salary w arranted, driving fast horses and
living high generally. It was concluded
that the first thing to do win to get Ma
rony away from lii.s friends, so Tic was
inn igh d to New York, where tho com
pany instituted civil proceedings to rc
cocer the money. Before his arrival n
detective of our agency, named Scoff,
was also arnM»*d in connection with a
civil suit, and thrown into Ludlow strict
toil. When Marony arrived he was placed
in jail. In time lie ami Scott became ac
quainted, and eventually they were cell
mates. By degrees Scott obtained Ma
rony’s confidence. Scott represented him*
•elf a* a cotton buyer, and declared that
if be was out of his prvaent trouble he
CHARLOTTE, N. C.; SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1887
n °, S ° ,,th . with » Httlc capital and
make a fortune in no time. lie at all
times expressed a great desire to have
Marony out, that they might go into the
cotton business together, tf’,,,,,,,
n C„r. l 'A" “.H ~t i r» «DnHy Confided
J ! h r lail A lt,r «C amount Hf
Money deleted with a t leiativb in
Mbama neat- JeHkifitbMril,,' ,-tliii thAt
the mdnw Hrts under his wife’s
th.. « v :,a sllor,, y after this
>h.t beott; discovered that influen
.fr.''nds o’itsidc were going to bail
him out, and he imparted this news to
Marony 1 hon it was arranged thill.
Scott should proceed to Jenkintown.
l’enn., provided with a letter to Marony’s
Wife* instructing her to give him the
package she was taking care of, as he
was to furnish bail with it for Marony.
Then they would both go south with the
remainder and make a fortune. Scott
was bailed on I and went to Jenkintown
us per arrangement. He met Mrs. Ma
rony on the remd out from Jenkintown,
w-ent back with her and gflt the niriffeV.
T here it w*ls iti tlVc original package,
s3l>,sfio—only SSOO short. Finally the
**ase against Marony was .withdrawn in
New York, and he was taken to Mont
gomery on a requisition for grapd lar
ceny. He went to trial confident in the
States inability to *r;fiviet him and en
couraged hy the public sentiment in his
ravor. Ho made a hard fight ui\til Scott’s
name was called and he went on ,ihe
witness stand. Then lie. immediately
pleaded guilty and was sent to the pen
itentiary for, ten years. There was no
other method than the ono adopted 1$
which the truth cmild have been estab
lished.,^
THE MURDER OF A MIRER.
“Another case vve had was a murder
case. This was only eight years ago. Her
man Schultev, of Scnultcy, a German
miser, left Germany because of. annoy
ance to which he wad subjected in the
town in which he lived, and came to
America. He had a servant named Grum
wald with him. Landing at New* Yo;k,
they took lodging at a small hotel off
the Bowery on the east side. It was
called ‘The Bun.’ They remained there
several days, at least Grumwald did,
w hile Sehultey was looking ernuiid for a
country plncc in whicn to settle down.
Doling his stay at the hotel Grumwald
told the landlord and a number of guests
all about old Sclulltey, of his great
w ealth, and how he carried large sums of
money on his person, having no con
fidence in banks, lie explained all his
master's particularities, and related how
his master had fed him with food unfit
for animals when he didn’t absolutely
keep him starving. Old man Sehultey
went to Norwalk, Conn., to look at a
place tw'o miles out of town. He con
cluded to buy it and did so. Coming
back to New York, lie prepared to go to
Norwalk. Then he had a quarrel with
Grumwald, aud beat and abused him.
Grumwald concluded to find another em
ployer, arid quit old rtian Bciiultey. This
he told to a young German at the Sufi,
named William Bnoholz. He inquired
frequently of Grumwald concerning
Ehultcy's manner of habits, end finally
determined to ajjply for Grumwaid's old
jdace. Sehultey told him be was poor
and couldn’t afford a servant, but Buch
olz said lio would go to work at any
price, and he was hired. Together they
went to the Grand Central Depot, on a
cart containing ShuKe-y’s goods when he
started for Norwalk.’ Arriving there,
Sehultey took his house, one part of
which was occupied by a family named
Waring. When they.had been there a.
couple yf months Bucholz told the War
ings of all the money his master had,
and how* lie used to put it on the table
nt night and wash his hands and face
with it and then pit and look at it for
hours with a pistol at each end of tho
table. Bucholz slept in an adjoining
room, and Sehultey would never count
his money until he had gone to into Buck
holz’s room w ith a candle find examined
his face to see if he was asleep. He would
jump up suddenly from hD money and
rush in on Bucholz, and very nearly
caught him looking scvehil times. Oncil
he caught him hy the the thrortt wliile
he was feigning sleep and accused hint
of watching his motley. ' Wheil Schul
te v bathed in the river near by he would
make Bu« holy, go off several hundred
yards from the bank, and lay bis pistols
besides his clothes on the bank, so he
could shoot him if he came near.
Sehultey never bathed out of reach of
hi- pistols. It was S* hill toy's habit to
go to New York once or twice every two
weeks to change his money, German
marks, into American money. Coming
back Sehultey took a train at New York
a! 4. JO P> M., which would bring him
home before dark. Taking a later
train, he would reach home about dark
Ft an the place where he left the railroad
he had to pass through some timber to
his house, lie always made Bucholz
walk in front of him on these and other
occasions. On the day of the murder
Hchultey. and Bucholz took the later
train from New York, and got off the
train about, dusk, starting straightway
for the timber, Bucholz, as usual, in the
lend. Some time after, Bucb«fi/. run into
th« WVfiing’B rooms and said his muster
Imd been killed, while he (Bucholz) was,
as usual, a good distance ahead. Led
by Biicholz, the Waring* proceeded to
the woods, and there found Sehultey
dead, his lie.nl cleft by some sharp,
heavy instrument. Bucholz said his
master had undoubtedly’been attacked
by thieves. Sehultey had on his person
at tin; time about $ , .M).()00 in German und
American money, nnd this ayitfi thought
to lx* all he hud, until, a short time
aftcfwasd,' Bucholz ( hanged a SSO bill,
which bore a peculiar ink mark in one of
the corners. This mirk was on all other
hills found on the old man.
“Bucholz was then suspected. An
ax wu«found at the Waring house cov
ered with blood. Thi*. Bucholz said,
had been used to kill chicken*, nnd the
blood was chicken blood. At the. point
at which Sehultey was killed, it was dis
covered that an ambuscade had been
prepared, and a man could hide behind a
lot of twined and crossed bough so that
a man passing could ndt see. Every
thing was against Bucholz, but the case
WaS ft slim one Indeed. The German
Consul-General, Dr. Bchumacher, in
NCw Ycffk; communicated with Hrhul*
Ifey’fl brothel’ iff Gterfnatiy,' find the fetuffi
mail broiighf word shat ; iff ffddftldrt Id
the money found on tnttst
have had at. least 200,000 marks. I)f.
Schumacher employed us to work up the
case. The theory was, of course, that
Bucholz had killed Sehultey. It was a
fltrdnff theory, but that was all. In all
human probability Bucholz the only
man who knew the facts, and wc
termined to get the facts from him. There
was only one way to do this—that was
to get his confidence. Bucholz was
locked up in jail charged w ith murder.
I consulted with the District Attorney,
John A. Armstead, and obtained his
consent to a plan. I arranged to put a
man In jail and worm the secret from
Bukboiz if he had it. Htfi man I selected
was one of our operatives, a German,
named Ernest Stark; I had him
arrested at. Bridgeport, Fairfield County,
(Conn., fqr forgery. ( He was # Committed
to jail, in course of tiixie he becamfc ac
quainted with Bucholz and told him wild
stories of his past life and the success
which had attended his efforts in forgery;
how he was often arrested, but always
got out because fill American officials
wore corrupt, , Once out with a little
money he cquld start into forgery and
msike enougli money iq ii short time to
last a lifttime. Blichdlz wiinted Stark
to get him out and Stark hesitatingly
consented, arranging that he should get
out on bond and arrange outside to se
cure the release of Bucholz. Bucholz,in
his eagerness to make his escape sure, told
Stark that if he wanted money he could
find $5,000 or SO,OOO planted in rt barn,
under the floor. Stark said that if there!
was any other money he had better tell
where it was as the Warings might find it
or the barn might burn down. Bucholz
hesitated for a long time, but after re
peated proofs of Stark’s square dealing
said that tlie other money would be found
under a pile of wwood in a corner of the
brtf rt.
“He said he had found where the
money was hidden; said that it was hu
man blood on the axe, and not chicken
blood, and that he had constructed that
ambuscade; left the axe three days be
fore the killing: and, going ahead of
Sehultey, dodged in behind the ambush,
and waiting until Sehultey Fame up,
struck him with the axe. About this
time Stark was bailed out, and liq, a rep
resentative of the German consul and
myself went to the house at the dead
of night and found the money just as
Bucholz described it to Stark. Stark
maintained a correspoddenee with Buc h
olz, and finally wrote him that the best
way to get out was to be regularly acquit
ted. As rt lrtwyer w'Hbnt Stark consulted
had iccommCnded. All Sfchiiltfej's mon
ey wrts marked, and among tho money
recovered in tlie bam was a 20 mark gold
piece with a hole through the bead,
which on the last clay he had been to New
York he had purchased for a watch
charm from a money changer. The case
went to trial, and Bucholz was convicted
aud sentenced to be hanged. On appeal
the case was reversed on a • technicality
having no bearing on the detective’s
story, and on second trial he was con
victed of murder in the second degree.
The jury stood nine for murder in the
first degree, and the nine went over to
the three because it was Christmas Eve.
Bucholz got a life sentence.
“Thirty years ago wc put a man
Illinois penitentiary as a convict to as
certain the cause of so many escapes and
the* mismanagement, and he stayed there
six months and found out everything. A
number of keepers were discharged, and
♦he prison has never since been misman
rtgCcl. Everybody ktioWs how McFarlan
learned the secrets of the Molly Ma
guires. and how we convicted Schwartz,
the- Rock Island robber, thhmgh Willem
.l. Gallagher, is still fresh in the public
mind.*'
“You believe, then, that a man’s eon
science must necessarily castoff a load
of crime?*'
“1 do. I believe that no inan could
qver keep the secrets of his crime to him
self if he met the right man to inspire lib
confidence. The man to inspire his eon
dcnce must lie, in the criminal's eyes, n
greater. Or at least as great a c riminal a>,
himself.” —St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
• •
The Inventor of the Bowie-Knife.
William Bowie, a Kentuckian, a noted
gambler, for whom the bowie-knife was
named, and who fell at the Akuno, by
the side of David Crocket, though a gam
bler, had a noble heart. A young man
returning from a bridal tour on a steam
boat lost all his money with a gambler
several thousand dollars—and, tainting,
brought out his wife. Bowie, who had
taen watching the his berth,
rolled out of his bed, exclaiming;
“That's a boy. I urn a gambler. You
must play this game with me," laying his
wcajwms on the table. They played a
game that doubled. When the amount
on the table was equal to the amount lost
by the young man, Bowie scooped tlie
whole into his hat without deciding the
game. This resulted in a pass at arms.
Repairing to the upper deck of the boat,
at the first fire Bowie killed his man and
rolled him into the river. Going down
into the cabin, he called up the young
bride and emptied the contents of his hat
into her lap. This act was regarded as
so heroic and disinterested that the law
took no notice of it.— Atlanta Conttitu
tion.
A canary lost Its voice, and a tumor as
large as a pea was found at tho root *A
the bird’s tongue. The bird was chloro
formed. the tumor was cut away, and the
canary now sings as well as ever.
SCifeNfUlr AND INDUSTRIAL.
The London Zoologies Society re
ports that at the close of 1880 ft had in
its collection a total of 2,00!) nnimrfbv tl
which 777 Were mammals, 1,429 birds,
and -403 reptiles. Many of the animals
have been bred in the society's gardens.
Two skeletons dug up several months
jfg6 frt rt cave near the Ornca. in Belgium,
flppFgr to tatolln •. so the oldest race of
which i?r»'y distinct record exists. These
prehistoric indnHVl'imls vrefc contempo
rary with the nmnfmoi!h, arid inhabited
the country before the great! ice age.
They were short and thiefc-sAt-y with’
broad shoulders, supporting a long find
narrow head, with an cxlrcmly low fore
head.
A new use for ihft‘ tobacco plant has
been discovered. Its stenfr rtffd waste, it
is claimed, an equal to linen rag# iu tho
manufacture of paper. Tobacco Wrtsta
costs less than JL‘2 a ton, linen rags £ll.
There is no expense in assorting the
former and very little shrinkage, as
against ft loss of one-third of rags. The
yearly (obaccO waste is estimated in the
census reports nt from 3,-00O»0Ot) to 4,-
000,000 pounds.
Wc teat! in the Apoihciur Zeitung flint
the Idea that serf air Contains salt has
obtained widespread credence. Schdenz
has investigated the matter. Hts Allowed
1,000 liters sea air, at variable distance?
from the shore and different heights
above the level of the tide, to pass
through a solution of nitrate Os silver.
Not a trace «f salt was found. However,
it was found that sea air was remarkably
free from organic matter.
Naphtha, which is burned in locomo
tives in the Caucasus, yields ninety pef
cent, of its theoretic heating power,
w hile not more than sixty per cent, can
be realized from solid fuel. Petroleum
is now the sole combustible of ships in j
the Caspian sfia, «Ind only half as much is
required as wrs formerly iised of coal.
The maximum force obtainable froifimd
is said to be only two-fifths of that which
petroleum rnay famish, and the railway
experiments have shown that a given
weight of naphtha will take the place ot
eight and a half times the weight ol
wood, although the theoretical difference
is only as three to onci
In spite of repeated failures c '*orts arc
still being made to use petro cum rts a
fui'l for making steam. A company has
been formed in New York State, with a
capital of $3,090,000, for accomplishing
this result by means of an invention con
sisting of an apparatus for the produc
tion of a fix gas from the union of de
composed oil aud water. It i 3 claimed
that it can be applied to boilers of any
kind, and the flame which it producesis
intense, steady, and easily controlled.
Mr. EdsoD, so prolific in invention, has
been experimenting on a method of sig
naling between vessels at sea. In this *
system long and short explosive sounds I
arc made under water, and by proper j
combinations, similar to the ordinary tel- j
egraphic Alphabet, words and sentence j
arc built up. By tiffs plan communica- J
tion has tacii successfully established be !
tween ships three and four miles apart,
and it is expected when the apparatus tm
making these sounds and receiving them |
is perfected that a much greater distance !
can be covered.
An Apache Intoxicant.
From corn the Apaches make a fo
mented drink called tiz-win, which i«
not as strong as the corn whisky of
civilization, but their peculiar method of
drinking it compensates for its lack of
strength. For some three days before it
has reached its highest point of fermenta
tion, not a single piece of food is swal
lowed. At the end of that period they
fill themselves to their utmost capacity .
with the unclariticd. tiz-win. Although
half starved, it takes but n'few moments
to make them feel ire if they had a Ma jor-
General’s rations for six months previous,
while the most conspicuous effect is to
swell their hutflp of i »mib;itiven**ss to an
iffofdinatc degree. If a large nutifiv't
hate iridulgfcd iit this liquor seriffus out
breaks and disturbances arc almost sure
to ensue, especially if other bands «»f In
dians or any w bites are pear enough foi
them to reach before this temporary
MimulrttCd combativem ss has worn away.
Jn fact, after having, when sotar, de
cided to go upon the warpath, bv far the
most important preliminary is tftc manu
facture of huge quantities of tiz win. It
peculiar composition, imd the no less pc
cnliir manner of taking the liquor, givn
it a most lusting efi’uc t upon the system,
and an Indian with his stomach distended
with it is said to have a he.nl of a si \ ci
eight day “spree,” and during all tli ■
time h'.s warlike qualities are sure to Ik
most conspicuous.
There is much evidence to show that
alcoholic liquor made from corn is an an
cient drink with these people, every
thing that was nec« ssary to mnnuta ture
it being found in their old mins and un
der circumstances that make such a con
jecture not unreasonable. Even in the
caves of the old cliff dwellers of Arizona
there have been found cemented deposit#
of corn so ancient that wlioa di>turl.cd
tlie grains fell from the cob a ma* ol
impalpable powder, leaving th** cob,
singularly enough, as fresh as if it tail
taen gathered the harvest before.— (-**•
tury Magazine.
A Nmllr Itihte.
A missionary writes from Tinncvelly,
British India: *Ta sing up tho m*tir.
stri ct of I fdumcotU, wo noticed the neat
houses of the native Christians: over the
door of ono wore the words. ‘Welcome.
Pi ace he with you all.' Wo accepted
tho general invitation and entered tho
house and saw a respectable happy
family. On tho table was the fnmily
Bible, in which v,e noticed several
•lips of pap-r us markers. Wo were
told one marked the nortion for family
pra or; another wa* the husband's mark
jor private re* Hug, another the wife's
and another the children'* It* was %
family Bible indeed
Terms. $1.60 ter Aim Single Copy 5 cents.
DEAD LEAVES.
I prayed for th* glorious beauty
Os morning mnsUse sweet
To brighten up dull duty
And fall ntaut my feet
tat ’ere the sunlight golden
lt» mission could tagin,
Across the hill, all golden,
Thehlead leaves drifted in.
I planted rare sweet rose?
In April's soft bright air,-
And said when Juno diskless*
Their buds and blossom# CalF*
111 rest my eyes on fragrant
And beaut'ous borders gay:
Alas! a wandering vagrant
Su'ppplnnted n*» In a day.
I heaped irt ittxt coffers.
Gold under !o?*te ami koyV
And tlio’t the ease It offers,-
The comforts, are ftff Ate*
But while I saved, a-weary#
To mid to hoarded wealth,
I ’woke one morning dreary,
To find It flown by stealth.
My soul grew sad with burdenr,
I took for life, a ftsend,
And said this golden gWwrdon*
This love can never end.
A form crept in; I know not *
If it was fate, or sin;
But nought is left, 1 trow not
The dead leaves drifting iiu
—Jfowrfa L. Crocker , in Detroit Fv*e From.
HUMOR OF THE BAY.
A sound conclusion—Wbw su snore*
iwakes.
Stands to reason—the gentleman who
ms the floor —Boston Transcript.
A nice how do you do—The friendly
lain tat ion of « pretty girl.— Boston.
Courier.
A Minneapolis man bus invented a»
lust collector. Jay Gould invented one*
ifsrs ago. —New Horen News.
“Yes," *aid Miss Popinjay, “1 haven
>eau, but f have had him for five years.
He is nothing but a beau of promise. w -
Burlington Free Press,
From an old bachelor's album: “It’s
;oo soon to marry when one is young,
*nd too late when one is old. The inter
ral may profitably be devoted to reflec
;ioH,—Tid-Bitit.
“I sec you have a rod, line, plenty of
lies, a basket and landing net; but
chore's your reel, young man?'’ said tho
;uide, sorting over the traps. “Oh, we’ll
;et that after drinking up the bait."—
Life.
Diner—“ Waiter, how come this sleeve
mtton in my soup?" Waiter—“ Sleeve
mutton? Is that so, sir? Begpartloo;
jvc never give sleeve buttons in tomato
soup: only collar buttons. Let me ex
change it for you, sir?’’— Boston Courier .
IVtan the refreshing breezes sweep the snow
(if apple blossoms from tlie orchard floor.
And in untrodden paths wild rew»s blow
And meadows with tho daisy's bloom are
hoar.
IVben Sol rains down his beam.; from cloud
less skies.
An 1 faces fair exhibit signs of tan.
Die time is at the door wheu pesky fliei
Begin to pester the bald headed man.
—Boston Courier.
The Pigeon Post.
The general notion that all that has ter
he done in forwarding a despatch by
frigeofl is to catch the bird, tie a letter to
iu-f»g, anil then liberate it, is utterly
fallacittus,- as the mcthoil of attaching
the message is of great importance. Be
sides, to he Ctf much service, the bird
must have been thoroughly trained,
otherwise, if the dis'ance to be traversed
be great, the pigeon will in all probabil
ity lose its way, as it depends more upon
observation than anything else lot
guidance in its flights. Prior to tho
siege of Paris the method of aflixing tho
message to the bin! had not received that
attention which it demanded, and conse
quently many despatches were lost in
transit' At llrst the message was merely
rolled up tightly, waxed over to protect
it from the weather, and then attached to
a feather of the biriPs tail. But it was
soon fotfnd that the twine which kept
the missive i« i‘« place cut or damaged
the |»per, ami therefore, in order to pro
tect it from being perked by the pigeon
and from being injured by wet. ete., the
despatch was inserted in a small goose
«|iaill two *inehes in length. The quill
was then pierced close to each end with a
red hot bodkin, sons not to split it, and
in the holes waxed silk threads were in
serted to aflix it to the strongest tail
feather. By attaching the message to
this part ol the bird’s laxly its flight was
not in any way interfered with. Corn.
hilt.
Left-Hand Writing by Soldiers.
The Kmnan sohlicr used to be trained
to use his left hand as well as the right.
This was done so that if he huppened to
lose his right hand in action, he
carry on the light with the left. Our Ameri
can soldiera who have suffered that loss
j have trained tlie left baud to a more be*
i netieent use.
A gentleman in New Yolk Citv.awhilo
since, took it into his head to collect
: specimens of wiiting from soldiers who
had lost their right hands in battle and
afterward learned to use the left.
lie gave public notice of his desire,
I and offered prizes for tho best of these
K|Hcimens. Pretty soou they txpin to
I come in, and by the time specified for
awarding the prizes 300 laniples of such
1 left-hand writing by maimed soldiers had
j arrived.
1 have just Ix-en looking over some of
this writing. A great many of thesperi
| mens arc written in a beautiful manner.
♦AH are good. The writing in nearly all
i cases slunts backward instead of forward.
One piece of writing, from a soldier who
had lost both arms, was made hy holding
the pen in his mouth. —fftrtA Amerieao
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