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Miser's Bequest.
. The hour hand of Philip Acro's old fashioned
silver watch was pointing 0 the figure 8 the
' 8 1 U5 cartaini nut,out V dark ness of the March
. night, and the fire' snapped and popped behind
; we red-hot bars of Uie little grate in a most
F? nP comfortRD'e of way, casting a rosy
. , shine into the thoughtful brown eyes that were
Ihisevc-nincr faltered Etlith, tho violet
eyes soltly drooping.
" Tell him. Edith, that ho may have yon next
Wedmsday, just the same as ever! And as for
the law practicing why there's time enough
for that afterward. Child, don't strangle me
with your kisses keep them for Phil." "
Ht? looked after :his daughter with eyes that
were trangely dim. I j
"Tried and not found wan tin or!" immntinr.
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ca iniijsiinctly.
ossonis had died
lhe perfume of oran?re h
away, tin glimmer of Jearl and satin had been
nniden away in velvet caskets and traveling
trunks, and ; ivir. and Mrs. Acre, old married
people of mil si month's duration, were driving
along a country road, in tho amber glow of a
glorious June unset. j
4 Hallo! which way is Thomas going?" said
Philip, leaning from the window, as the carriage
turned out of the main riad. ! ;
44 1 told him the direction to take. Phil!" said
Edith, with sparkling eyes. Ixtt me have my
own way. just fur once. I We aro going to our
new home." - ' 1 i ;
An. tui9ni .) Phil ..,:tiv :
'1 V - -t.lt JL Jill, nilll i AUIUICill 11 1 1111
suppose you
Here you are
dulgicg himself in the dangerous fascination ot
(.. adav dream. l - ' - '--.vi .. i 9 ,
If I were only rich!" he pondered to him
self. "Ah. ir! thfi mA.U VCk t - all I .....
masty lold law books; 'good-bye " to mended
boot and turned coats, and all the ways and
means that turn a man's life into wretched bond
5 gC ; Wouldn't I revel in new books and deli
emus paintings, and high stepuing horses!
.Wouldn't I buy a set of jewels: for Edjth not
pale pearls or sickly emeralds bnt diamonds,
to blaze like links of fire upon her royal throat!
Wouldn't I what nonsense I am talkino
i , though r? he cried suddenly to himsel f. " Phil
jvcre, noiu your tongue. lidid
Were a fellow of more sense.
neither rich nor distinguished, but a simple
law student, while Edith Wvllis is as far above
V your moon -struck aspirations as the queen of
: j night herself! She loves me.' though she will
i wait and the time may one day come. If only
Dr. Wyllis were not so distrustful of a fellow!
JIallo ! come in there, -whoever yon are!"
. It was Onlj the servant maid of the lodging
bouse, carrying, a letter in her apron between
- her finger and thumb. : ,
" Please, sir, tho postman has inst left it.-
, "All right, Katy. Now then," he added, "as
the door closed behind Katy's back, "let's see
V what my unknown correspondent has to say. A
' black seal, eh? Not having any relations to
lo I am not alarmed at. the prognostic."
l He broke the seal nnd glanced leisurely over
, the short business-like communication contain
ed within, wijh a face tljnt varied from incred
ulous surprise to sudden gladness. '
Am I dreaming?" he murmnrod, rubbing
' , '- his eyes and shaking himself as if to insure com
plete possession of his senses. " No, I'm wide
" awake aad in my right mind; it is no delusion
t no part of my waking visions. But who
. Would ever suppose -that old Thomas Mortimer,
whom i haven't seen since I was a boy of six
. . tevn, and picked him out of the rivr half de:d
- I lietwrw n cramp and fright, would die ami leave
me all his money? ,Why, I am not the shadow
of a relation; but then I never heard that the
. , old man had any kith or kin, so I can't imagine
any harm in Unking advantage of his odd freak.
Kiel) am I real I v t be ruli? Is my Aladdin
vuion to be an actual fact? O. Eiiith. E.litli !"
J H clasped both hands over hi eyes?, sick and
T tli1y-r-rtwH.niwiijl.fcJ..iii i i ir fr
star of his adoration . would be brought near-t
him at last by the magnet gold. All these
t yfars of . patient "waiting were Ui lie brilged
over by the miser's bequest; he might claim
Etlirli now. ' ' !
How full of heart sunshine were the weeks
"that flitted over the head of the accepted lover
brightened by Edith's smile, made beautiful by
tlM soA radiance of Edith's love, j There was
. Only omralloying shadow tho almost imp?r-
ccotible touch of distrust and suspicion with
vwhkh sterri old Dr. Wyllis regarded his future
aon-in-law. Ah! he fesired to trust his only
child to tho keeping of any man who had not
'been proved in the fiery furnace ol trial.
; - J It was nrcciselv a week tajfore tlie lay ap-
pointeti for the wedding, as tho soft lights.jveil
d by shades of ground glass." were just lighted
in "Dr. Wvllis' drawin2-rtoro. wliere Elitli sat
among her white roses and heliotrope, working
on a bit 6t cambris rnfiling and singing to her
gelf.' She was a slemler, beautiful girl.jwith
vioJt eyes, a blue-veined forehead and glossy
abundant curls oi mat paie goiu uiat om pain
tors love tp portray.- . . ! " I
"I wonder if Mortimer Place is so very love
ly? she said to a silver-haired lady who sst op
TVMite. Pliilip is eoing to take me there when
k,Witnnlil v see. sir!" ta
rs. Acres,
pursing up hei-jlittle rosebud of a mouth.
" And Philip waited duteously. '
" Where arc; we?" ho asked in astonishment
when tlio carriage drew up in front of a stately
pillnred portico, which seemed to bo Twit unfa
miliar to him. "Surely, tliis ii Mortimer
Place!'? .! .: . i. -l
." I shouldn't be surprised if it was," said Dr.
V yllis emerging from thedtiorway. Walk in,
my boy-- coniei Etlith! Well, how do you like
your now nomer v - s I , '
"Our new lumie!" repeated Philip. "I do
not onlei-sLand, yon, sir." i i
Why, I mean that your little wife vonder is
the sole surviving relative of Thomas Mortimer,
although she never knew it till this morninj?.
ler- mother was old Mortimer's cotisin. but
some absurd quarrel had caused a total cessa
tion of intercourse between the. two brtnchcs of
the family; I was aware of the facts all along,
hut I wasn't sorry of the opportunity of seeing
what kind of stuff you were made of, Philip
An c: Ana now, as me oeeti oi conveyance isn i
niafle out vet, I don t suppose vour lawvernc--d
trouble himself about it. : Tlie heiress wou't
quarrel with you, I'll be lnuind." i j
rhUip Aciv'sche k flushed, and then trrew
pale with strong:, hidden emotion, as he looked
at his fair wife stan. Must lHside him. while the
sunset (turned her fair hair to coils of shining
gowYand thought how unerringly the hand of
rovmence hal straightened out the tanrlcd
web of his destiny. : : I
tlds
ing.
the
tcsis-
ilds.
or
i .tnm : from imr weddin? tour, auntv ; he
U says it is the sweetst place n poet's fancy can
with fountains, and shrubberies, and de4
licious copses. Oh, shall we not be happy
iliere?'-
.tjirtAd no with a brisrht, sudden blush
Ifr tm whi!e tlie words were trembling ;on
tin. Pliilint Acre came into tho room, his
liandsoitoe face looking troubletl a bit, but cheeiv
ful withal. Mrs. Wyllis, with an arch nod at
her neice. disappeared into the perfumed per-
pective of the conservatory, leaving the lovers
to thed'seWes. X"J5 -i -cf.J
"You are looking grave. Philip," said Edith,
as he bent over and kissed her cheek.
t om fppliny so", darlins. I have a
rery unpleasant disclosure to make to-nignt tw tne coU1itrv
onr marriage must be indefinitely postponed, c-mse he xioxil
. Philip, for what reason?" X ...
Toiiabte me, by diligent labor at my pro
fession, to realize sufficient means to support
rnn dearest, in a manner satisfactory to your
' father's expectations and my Own Wishes
7 A r... ' T thonirht" ' 1
i mYoc thought melthe heir of Thomas MortiV
-r'-I.iTitn So Ii was. Edith;, a few hours
V Wt t ' hnirelinqoislied all claim , to t
iowi When I accepted the bequest I was nn
derthe Impression that no livingjierr existed.
; Ilearntto:daythata distant cousm-a woman
' Lis aTive. altliongh- lawyer j"8 m? T
T?Z. V i..r elationshib to Thomas Morti-
3'0cKirse, I;shall transfer ;the property
I nhV will' has made it legally
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yours,
4 I An Indictment. .
Tlie New York Herald, independent in ixdi-
tics in an article hend?d "Is it a Personal Gov
cmmeiit?": draws' up the followinor heavr in
dictment againit Giant: i
1 One of his Very first acts as President show-
la singular contempt for law and regard fcr
sown wilt or desire nlone. He nominated
Mr.tA.- T. Stewart to be Seoretarv of the Treas-
nry. Mf. btewart, undoiibtethy a capable man,
could not disengage himself from hi vast com
mercial interests, and; a law which hadsttM! for
almost three-quarters of a century on our stat
ute bo -ks. and whose wislom wa uiinuestion-
ed, forbade hi taking llio offit under the cir
cumstances, i Wliat liappenetl!' tiei-end (.rant
eoolV'asKCttAJtttourress tn
TTnsea;as was its ;i udj.hu l resnic-n
eu. T i
2. Next Grartt drove General Cox out of the
Cabinet Iwcanse he refused to apjndnt corrupt
md tnelheient friends of the President to ofhee
in the Indian Bureau and elsewhere, in vitda-
oii of civil serviee rules and holiest! govern
ment. ..!!". -: f i ! ' I
3. He drove Joseph Wilson, the honest Land
Commissioner.' into retirement because he de
cided a Missouri land claim of the Dent family
adverelv tol their interest, i t , " :
4. tie appointed a poker-playing Congress
man as Minister to Englaml. and kept him there
until lie was threatened with arrest, a public
disgrace and scandal, in spite of his notorious
connection with the Einiiia mine fraud. '
5. He nttenipted against the will of (Congress
and country, to annex St. Domingo, and sent
out his own! private agent. General Babcoek. to
negotiate a treaty in violation of the constitu
tion; and he w.i so contemptuous towards the
laws that he actually sent to the Senate a secret
agreement made .ami signed wiih Baez by this
authorized private agent,' under pretence that it
was a treaty; and only withdrew it when the
Senate privately informed him that the constitu
tion required treaties to be made and signed by
agents publicly nominated and confirmed by
the Senate.j ; j j ' j j j
6. T consummate the annexation, in which he
had involved himself with a! number of men
notoriously engaged jin a land speculation, he
kept vessels of war on the coast of the island
at a great expense t support the usurjHtr Baez,
and levieil war on Uie llaytian isepuniic, m vio-
lation of the constitution, which -reserves the
power, of declaring; and making war to Con
Sre"s . V .1 I ! ' ! . -
7. He caused the expulsion of Charles Sum
ner from the chairmanship of tho Senate For
eign Relations Comtnitee, a place which he had
nclu lor mauyjyejirs: anu in wincn ins; services
were oi p;cunar importance, no
171 Ho tok away the custody of govertment
fun((s from tho solid house of the Baringi wTio
had litld itninco-the foundation of the gVcm
ment, and intrusted the publicjnoneys to tflews
etc iliinicht. as a reward for notorious puaiwvn
j i
services and in spite of warnings that
honsie was not trustworthy or of eood stan
The firm h:is since become bankrupt, bn
public dtes nit yet know how much tlie T
ury lost by its failure.
- 18l He ff:ve to one of his former military
LcetL a monouolv of certain Custom House wire
housing, nnd maintained him in it lintil theat
rageil merchants became too clamorous at tko
injustice they were compelled to suffer. . .
19i. He has accepted costly gifts and repcatfd-
jj icwmuuu urn givers Willi puoitc piaocs
themselves or friends. i
20. He permitted and defended the moi
frauds, by which the revenues bf tho country
were farmed out to low politicians, with fiio,
known design of securing the political fortauC
of some of his favorites and adherents, i'; '".j
21. He was and is the intimate of Alexander
Shepherd, a man openly and generally accused
oi corruption in Washington, nnd , ' ,
22. Wln-n Congress, compelled by a rigid in
yestigation. destroyed the Distrlot government
Which Slipherd wttrHBf,-1n ortler to pWuw,
out of place and power, tlie- President hal th.
indecency to renominate bim at once as the head
of the new government a nomination so scan
dalous that the Scnato immediately aud unani
mously rejected it.
23. In spite of this ho still ' retains Shepherd
in favor as one of his roost intimate associates
24. He allocked the public sense -of propriety
by inviting to the White House, on a public oc
casion, Harrington, the confederated Shepherd,
a jwrson then undergoing trial for felony, and
never acquitted of tho charge.
25. He consorts constantly with men of doubt
ful character, and still has among his IntimaUs
both Shepherd ami Harrington
26. In their defence he'even went so far as in
an annual Message to underate by several mil
lions the debt of the District of Columbia; a
gross attempt to deceive tho public which was
immediately exposed in Congress. (; ;
27. Ho was a party to mi intrigue' whereby
his own salary was doubled, nnd caused it to U
privately understood in Congress tlwit tho bill
raisin" Congressional salaries would not receive
his signature unless his own salary was doubled.
28. He was for months engaged in an attempt,
at last successful, to Aiake one of his intimates,
Ruftis Ingalls, Quartermaster General of tho
Army, ami held vacant the Russian mission - as
a temptation to General Meigs, wh stood in
the way of this scheme. t ;
29. He supported Kellogg as Governor of
Louisiana without authority from i Congress.
confessing that he did not know who was tla
rightful Governor, on his own will alone; and
he has used the army for many months to hold
.Louisiana down tor this favorite.
30. He did not scruple last year to grossly
misrepresent to Congress and the country the
condition of Louisiana ami other Southern Stately
in order that he might thereby supiort his cor
rupt personal followers there.
31. AVhile a Congressional committee was h
New Orleans investijatin;r tho condition of
Louisiana ho violently took matters in his own
hands nnd in their presence dispersed tho legit
imate Assembly.of tho State by mc:uis of the
army.
32. He ordered his Secretai y of War to send
the approval of the whole Cabinent to Sheridan
for the dispersion of the Lnrislaturo,. and lux
and by the displacement of tiust funds abroad
to reward his personal adherents. From tho
very beginning of his Presidential career Iks lias
displayed on every possible occasion nnd in t
ery possible way In insolent contempt for law.
for Congress and for his constitutional advisers;
his reckless misuse of tho publie service to fur
ther the private fortunes of hi relatives and er
sonal adherents, regardless of their fitness and
honesty; his unscrupulous and indecent greed
for money; his inability to understand constitu
tional limitations; his disregard of tho civil
power and propensity to act with Uie military
power nnd in the arbitrary method of a dictator.-
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SAVED BY A DRUMMER.
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Winning a Brido from the Qrasp of a
Midnight Bobber.
J t Midnight E
A reprcsentitive of one of the business housos
f -'Nashville, Tenn., had an unexpected and
thrilling advcntnro at a residence with:n 200
miles of Nashville a few nights ago:
' Overtaken by darkness and bcinpalone in it
locality whVchr had. been tho sctpe' of several
dt?nls of horror In Ays gftio by, he was natn
vJJ y-rf -m xVnrT to rciu-tp" sn s ttp ttr r rreur
the fury of tho storm. After riding rapidly for
an hour, ho detected a light gleming from a
farm houso a few rols distant. His approach
being heralded by a watchful dog, a man enrne
to the door, and after our commercial friend
had explained the cause of his visit, the servant
conducted him to the door of the parlor, and
knocking at It, returned and took tlie horse to
the stable. Tho rap at the door was answered
by a yoting lady, to whom the Nashville young
man related his mission and was invited "in.
The lady explained the reason of her bein?
alono by saying that her parents had lxen sum
moned to tlio bedside or a sick neighbor, and
she was; left to take care of the house. The
hours swiftly glided by, and the j'oung man
was shown to a room by tho servant who had
cared for his weary steed. I -
'Taking a seat brside the cheerful fire, he sat
nntil afU-r " tho witching time of night," think
ing of home, but principally of his new female
friend, ami listening to the mutteriugs of the
distant thnndcr, and the beating of lm ruin
against tlie. window! In the midst of his medi
tations ho was startled by a scream, which
weiningly proceeded from the parlor down stairs
Hastily grasping his revolver, he dashed down
stair and sprang into the parlor, just as a bul
let whizzed past his head. By tha reflection of
me nre jio oliscrveU the bury struggling with
tha man' who had met him at tho dir upon his
arrival jut the home. With a well diiectod
Wow he; hurled him across the room, nnd as the
M k. m.
.-ui.v-iii in i. pran lurougu mo iritr iioor, sev
eral leaJcn missiles followed him in rapid sue
cession. f " . ; I
Turning his attention to the younsr lady ho
discovered that she had fiintel. Water was
applied to her lips, and he was soon very much
cmtilioti, to see her ojien her eyes. 'In a few
moiuenia sue nan nuiy rectivcretl, anil alter
thanking him for his opportune aid. relate) her
(lory, blie had fallen asleep. anl slumbered
until she suddenly awoke and saw hr servant
emleavoring to lUM-n her father's dek. in which
a large! sum of money was kept. Being of a
timid nature, she juid placed a pistol niioVr her
pillow when she retired, and grasping this she
rose, and in so doing male a slight imisu. Tha
burglar turned around, and wIhmi h saw hnu
h iiff It r,. .:l,V.!!J,,,J.i, 11 ,s K""wn I el. II sprang toward her. Vutsho eluded
- - I ... r I no lllllllll tmi-lll Hi:4, iklikl
memoers uui sirongiy uiaappi oveui iucse meas
ures. ' J
33. He refused to see or hear the committee
Jongress had sent to New Orleans, :
A MOUNTAIN OP GOLD.
A Gold Belt Twenty -Miles Lone The
Yield of the San Juan Mines in Col
orado. J
From the Kansas City Times.)
Miners from the irrcat San Juan mines of
northwestern Colorailo say that gold In mar
vellous quantities lias been discovered in the
Sangre do Christn range of mountain, which
lie on Uie eastern bonier or toe aan Loai I'nrk.
and about seventy-five miles west from Pueblo.
Tlie first discovery made o this ranee was in
?orcnihcr, 1874. since wuicli Urae tlie Cambria,
Hidden Treasure. Little Giant. Jackson. Cen
tennial and Revenge gold lodes hi vo proved f
great valne. Returns from three of these mines
tested in Swansea, showed from 810 to $3C0
gold per ton, ami showing some silver in each.
The Jackson lode, since tlie above test w&s inade.
has given ores that assay from &5.000 to $10,000
gold per ton. A stamp mill of ten-ton dailv
capacity has been ercled at this mine, and will
commence operation this month., Ovei 200
tons or this gold qnart t ore is now on the dump,
from ruincsoii tUoJSangredeChrbto. which will
he reduced nqxt-wasoti. This frold belt as fir
jxx prospected, extends from Mttfyo twenty
uiues norm. . ... - .
Sonth from Del Norte thirty miles lie the mid
districts of Alamoz-i, Summit, Telluric and Do
cator. Perhaps Sonth Mountvin, in Summit
district, affonis tlie best yield of gold In tliat
Ticinuy. a correspomieni oi a Uenver paper
says that it i one solid mass of gold quartz. Mr.
ILirry Adsit, one of tlie rcturneil miner, who
has prospected in the San Juan country for tho
i . .... . .
vfc mi jcars,- corroooraies mis Siaicnient.
Ho says that South Mountain is about two miles
lon. anil that there is but one true fissure vein
in it; yet all of it. the wliole mats, produces
gold more or less rich. It is upon this moun
tain that tlie.fameus Little Annio lode is located.
one-half of which was recently sold to parties
in rew York for 8300,000. This mine, averag
ed, will run about $40 per ton.
Silverton is one hundred miles west from Del
Norte, in San Joan county, nnd nbout fifty or
sixty south from Silvcrton are tho La Plate gold
nines' situated on the I-a Plate River. There
s a gold bar rnnninj nlonr the maririn of tho
stream. aUut five miles of which has been taken
up. and last season a considerable amount of
placer mining was done, A system of ditches
have !een constructed.' and next season prom
ises some lively placer( mining at this point.
B'lt it is to the. quartz lodes that the miner
!k for permanent, reliable leturns. after all.
nnd here we have ComstiM-k mine, discovered
by captain John Moss, an old California miner.
which lK-rhaps Is Uie richest cold mine on the
continent. One hundred pounds of ool qaartz
ore, taken from this mine in Octolwrlast. netted
$1,500, while oro taken out in tho following
month, run $120,000 per ton. ,
About twenty mines aro being workod In the
San Juan cointry this iwaon. and their winter
priKlnct Is variously estimated at from $5,000
to $1,000,000. . . . ;
wine Tmmntani
entered the door, she fired at her assailaut, but
missed hi in. j
It is heedless to say that tho young couple
chatted iway until the return of her pucnU in
the morning. They had been compclh-d tp re
main at, their neigldor's all niht, on account
of the sjorin. ami when their daughter recount
ed h.r adventure it was no wonder that the old
folks wyro very grateful to her deliverer.
In coniplianco with thu request of the trio,
the yonhg man remained much longer than he
had c.t first intended. But lcfore he left he ob
tained tlie promise of the lady to devote the life
he hail een instrumental in saving to making
hnu happy as loug as he lives. 1
which C
and
sent a message to Congress founded on asser
tions which the report of that committee of Con
gress showed to be false and groundless.
34. Thus he first insulted his cabinet and then
Congress ih order to carry out lii personal
aims, and sought, by artful misrepresentations
and false statements, made when. the truth was
at his calt nnd unoffiriallv known to him. to
justify a dangerous usnration of power by the
military and tha prostration oi civil rule.
oo. lie enueavoreti 10 liuimiuaie a vonres-
.. .
sional committee into making a report on me
condition iof Arkansas, to subserve his own
views; summoned them before him. told them
what they lought to report, and did notj even
take the trouble to ask them what facts tlioy had
found in their investigation. Fortunately, they
were too independent' to submit to his (dicta
tion.
36. One member of that committeej who
made a minority report in accordance with his
wishes, hq rewarded1 with tho post of District
A'.torney at Chicago, an office from which he
was lately dismissed for incapacity. I
37. He Used the powerful influence of th
ministration to cause the pass:
Corpus and Force bill, a measure
constitutional, and, as subsequent events have
shown, without the excuse of necessity or expe-
38. He insulted the publie sense ornonprana
decency by retaining Mr. Delano in office long
after the Grossest scandals had been proved
would not support the St. Domingo
scheme
8 He afterward tried to bribe Sumner to ac-
quiesence in tlie &t. jjomingo plot oy me otter
of thu mission to JMigiami. -tins was - wncn lie
saw; that' 2ai nst Sumner's opposition the St.
Domingo treaty must fall. ;
M - - . . I .
9.1 He appointed his brother-in-law, Cramer,
to a high
person hat
diplomatic position, although this
already snown iiimseii. notoriously
... .. :i
r i. hot Edl tn. CDU id l reconcile
it to mv ideas of truth and honor to avail my
lifc5 &d Mortimer's fanciful freak at this wo
e,IT1 . t mio-ht take the hoarded
JnUh but ihonld nevr respect myself again
.7rT;.m 1,.0-allv defrandinff the nght-
SfhSr NaTdresU may lose name and
-wiS'buVl wouldmther die than suffer a sin-
Mo stain on ,mj .
b m ! - -
"Yob have done right. Philip," said 'Kdith.
. .xoa V-a H Wa will wait and hope
9 one another nor. dearly
on, napFj . . sh? ..what is her
than oven " ,
. naaier .V. i?iinf Rn to inanire. I
i Tlmtisjasuw.i"--"-;- , .
wiU write "ihat a"ed of
Questions, .and to iroci u
nee be inBta,- full
bum. .MTiit liihiner- nis
heir existed, j nngt wi,jil holding an obscure consulship.
10. He appointed another brother-in-law
Casey, to be C61h;ctor of New Orleans, and there
maintains him, in spite of his proved incapaci
ty and corruption and his open violations of
law; ' i - 1 - i
:-::-( I . i
opinion, outraged beyond
s misconduct, demanded his
1830 Years After Death.
A corrcsiiondcnt, writing of excavations of
Pompeii. ay.: Among tho most interesting of
ohject found recently are two skeletons, one f
aoinewhat elderly man, um other of a woman.
They were found in tho Via Stahi:. amm- th
nsltcs of tin last cniplton, cv il-nl!y " 6r rtaken
" I nnd buTlM it:itinrr clinl.-r
What tho Owner of a Trick Horse Says.
'lOar Dumb Animal.
I
an
r There." said Mr. Harrison, poinUng to bim.
raised him myelf. H' rising nine n.v
ljnst as good tnn animal as he cvrr was.
cvrr was.
came np to
Vonio Here thtrlcv " u..
mm ana hUx lookio- at me with hi. hr.id n,
iis master's shoulder.
"Is lie a trick horse?
"Yes; but I don't often tun ldm' r,. tk- tt
can walk on his hnwl U g,, Ml (1:vnco nna drink
ont of a bottle; lut that alvray. empty. I o
aillv do only Hm Arab and his dyin steed "
- now goyou train Iinu?"
"By kindness tint U TJio
sure. Of course, you can make any animal obey
by leathering him enough; but then some tiui
when Tou ant looking ont he'll play y,an
7 tr'ck-K,lk wl n Jou'ro jumping u Ut yoa
.uuno ua in gwnna. r rear nnd fall !ack
wards on you. They are cunning l..nt n...
sort of tldng. Tre eon a splendidly cdncatcd
Ik rse como into Uio ring and just Und U11 nt
doasinsle trick, and seem to enjoy secin" hia
m.iter liooted at." -
U llH? TU4ll,0f fducating unimljr
" ell. with different animals there's
wnya.-- V nil bore ami uog. yoa aitow ?m,
first what you want done, sho 'em often
for them ti understind it. Then lift them in.l
and put them through the motions. After ev- .
cral times tln-y find out what ron w-mi
and do it themselves. Then I reward ihcm
tho spot It's all casv: voti'va imiIv i Lrw
your temper and be kind. Some hucs leura
very quickly, but that kind forget jut as soon.
i n ce uest a slow nurse, because he 11 remember -longer.'?
' - , ' .
T
te ad
The Trade of Holland.
Tho jtrado of Holland is chiefly -Confined to
agricultunl products aud fi-lu (Tho wido pas
tures of the Island of Texel feed 2,000 horned
cattle, jLOOO horses, and 30.000 slu-ep, which
aro relebrcted throughout Europe. ; Every year
12,000 of the hist are expirtel, ami tho quar
terly fair is very picturesque, when these flocks
of sheep aud lambs are shipped off to the conti
nent. Through the basins of j llarlmgen, the
port of Friesland, pass oxen ami sheep, pigs
and fowls, with mountains of cheese, fruits and
nnuenco oi c.ff,rs rar this country ; here resort the provision
t age of the Ilabwis q jmlon lo carry n W:lJ buttcr
sure flagrantly un- wh,d krfj Qn dockg ,ike cnnnon.
balls in an arsenal.
The canals aro filled with tho heavy-loeking
tialks, lor market-boats, which bring tho good
things of the country down to port. Flax is a
very important artielo of cultivation in Fries-
i nr.m mof lirr, nn.l fits Sll ruill 1 1 llfl fil in I Ml mAnaCTO I . . ' ....
" " '- Eurona. Ilia chief houses oi Kiici.-ukL
v a- nr Tn.I;.i. V. . i nnl lull an air lsE Tb1i I - - f n
V- a i h a a w - w - - m ' - - r
plaster was xiurcil ialojj! fxvity. whicli. serv-.
ing as a mould, a fuc-imcu'c. of the forms was
obtained, and thus, perfectly preserved- tlie
tttne-like Iwlies were plaictl in glass cases lit
thu Pompeii Museum.' While appreciating all
the horrors of such a death, and tho suffering
endured, as shown by tho position of tho limb,
one cannot but imagine what would have boen
tho astonishment of that man and woman had
some prophet informed them that, eighteen hun
dred years after their deatlu their forms, and
even as much of their .garments as wero not
rnurncd in the eruption, would bo placed in a
museum lor inspectiqn by a multitude of sight
seers, some from lands tho existence of which
they never dreamed of! Tlie poor, woman is ly
ing on her face; and even the form of her hair,
put up behind, is seen. One arm hioMs her
forehead, nnd sho is supported by tho other.
Her stony limbs ar wcll-fornied. and traces of
a garment are secnpasing in folds around her.
Tho man although placed on his back in tho
exhibition when found was turned on his side.
One arm rests on his hip; tlie other is uplifted.
The face is somewhat distorted, but massive
and .moothly-sh,aven. Even tlie fastenings of tho
sandals around the nnkle. and of tlto lonir but
ton higher np on the leg to hold them, is clear
ly seen. Hie limbs are partly drawn np. Tho
skeleton of a tolerably large dog, also recently
found, is in the museum of Pompeii, his wholo
form preserved in plaster, in the same manner
as those jnst mentioned. He is lying on his
ltack, writhing insutTcring, biting his hind leg.
The risgs on his colar are plainly seen."
A Hich Man on Biches.
Tlie following story, says the Wartidt. is told
of Jacob Ridgeway, a wealthy citizen of PhiU-
Iphia, who died manv Tears a?o. leavin n.
fortune of five or six million dollar:
What, sir?n exclaimed tlie rounr man in
astonishment "Whv. nre vou not a millionaire
Think of the thousands your income brings yoa
nrorr mnathM -
j "Well, what of that?" replied Mr. R all I
get out of it is my victu ds ami clothes, and I
can't nat more than one man's allowance, or
wear more than one. shit of clothe nt tho aoio
time. Pray can't von do as much ?'
"Ah. but," said the youth, "think of the hun
freds of fine houses you own. and the rental tlicv
brine yon." ' ,
"W hat betfer am I off for that?" replied tlie
rich man. "I can onlv livo in one liouc at a
time ; as for the money I receive for rent, why. .
I can't cat. or wear it; I can only use it t bay
4hcr houses, for other people to live in. TJiey
are the beneficiaries not I."
"Bat you can bny costly furniture and costly
picture, and fine enrri ics arul horses: In fact
everything ymi tlesiro."
"And after I havo bought tliem." responded
Mr, II., "what then? I can only look at the fur
niture and pictures and tho po rAt man who
is not blind can do tlie same. I can rido no
easier in a fine carriage titan yon can In an ora
nibu fi.r five cents, witliout the trouble of at
tending to drivers, footmen and hostlers; and
as to nnytMng I desire.' I can toll you young
man. that tlie less we desire In this world tho
happier we si will be. All my wealth cannot Iniy
mc a single day more, of life; cannot pnrch:ie
exclusion Irom sk-knens ami pain; cannot prii
cur for me p-.w-r to keep afar off tho h air of
Vath; and Uvcn. what will avail whon, in a few
ao caaso lo tuvy liie5 .
Flower; Gardens.
Gerraahv and France have agents In this littlo
town. I Tlie soil is incredibly rich; tho peasants
are well off; and there are few farmers who da
not own some property in addition to the land
they rent. It Is rarely indeed that a tenant is
. i . .n.L r . r...:i:.. i. ..i.i i r
. - , i;.xU ..r lurjiiti oi i ui iiwiiuui, i. minion iiuwi uieiu lor
h,pvo his counteiiance not o the h- centuries, yet tho lease is only for five or seven
fficials do n their duty.; but to the political , , iJrs,;M,dat.a hw mLv h.d f at,i
J J 1 - - J . w
aro to ms fed on t!o mea lows, and how much
manure is to bo laid on each' acre; thus tlie
soi is kept up to a wonderful state of fertility.
Chamber' i Journal.
polled by tho dread of losing an important elec
tion to dismiss him ho gave him a strong testi
monial of hi character and expressed his regret
at parting with him. !
39. In tho prosecution oi the wnisKey uneves
gamblers and personal adherents whoso Crimes
were threatened with discovery.
li. i When", public
endurance at Casey
removal, he apparently submitted by requiring
and ostensibly accepting Casey's resignation,
."to take effect on the appointment of his suc
cessor;" but he has never appointed a jsucces-'
soTr, and thus Casey remains Collector in spite, of
.. i,? i, . 1 1 ic . i . ; i .
trie puDiio uemanu lor ins removal. -
12J He removed a collector of internal reve
nue at Chicago beca'use this officer refused to
join Orvillo Grant, the President's brother, in a
wnisKey irauu.i ; 4
40. Widen an honest Ivit overzcaions prose.
cuting oflicer uttereil words in tho heat of argu
ment at which the .President chose to ti ce of-
fense, instead of pardoning his wordsbn the
score of his Inuiest zeal for the puoiio Inlorcs;,
he ordered his dismissal.! I I
41. " He Tcept near liim In the met injtlmatfl
official relations two men, Rateock and IK'key,
when both were under grave "suspicion of com
plicity in revenue fraudsj
42. He restored Bobeock to his placenftera
trial which did not in the general opinion clear
lis character of the gravst suspicions of infidel-
ty to public trusts, and when the rresident tn
lis own examination was compi'Iled to admit
that imKirtant parars h.d been concealed from
nm by his secretary. I
43. In his sw.rn testimony in defense of Gen,
Babcoek he had the insolence to say that ho re
voked the order of Mr. Bristow changing tne
13. Later, in violation;
same oromer wrviuo in
with certain tnbes'oflti
exclusion of Otlier trade
LIS 1I1U11II I - ' ' .
- . I muiotahl1 mon I his ia
deed of convey-
. l..Kn "
en, uiiiimji.
tory when a President's
Indian trader, or has received a monopoly, con
trary to an express law.
of .law, he gave to this
e monopoly of trailing
(Hans, and caused the
rs, cer uneu to do rc-
Uie first time in our his
brother has become an
from his brother.
eye-
.aiemr'.nm-rH:kcl i-r.
glasses roajJ?"" vbu n" fellow had so
Ht .tidn't suppose the youn w hnnorable
about him -wy
being wortlry of you
.oftcht WmtoJ, ? ncvefelt exactly
thlmr to no. xAiiMM - - .
;urea!;ri4HPS
before".
f fy mind U hiadoap now.
coming again."
When is be
14. He gave the federal appointments in the
city of New York to a Ward politician, said to
be connected with the Tammany Ring, but who
wits his own intimate. ! , ..
15. He appointed and long kept dn tho im
nortniit office of Attorney General of the United
States a man openly charged with frauds, known
to be ignorant of law, unfit by character and ac
quirements for the place, out notoriously a sub
servient tool oi ins own..
16.- He tried to promote this incapable Attor
ney General to the Chief Justiceship of the Su
rt ii .U'ty. - ,1 1 ...V. fV.
preme VOuri, I puuiiu st.iinim nuiv;u w iia pro
vented oniy wun me uimosi uiuicuity.
without danger.
supervisors ait his own will, without consulting lahd and Prospect Park, where the river usnally
the Secretary, and as though he was dictator. rmis imore than twenty miles an hour, was
he only a short time since Hung a new denaneo
at the people by accepting, the moment jit was
tendered, and "with regret." the resignation of
Mr. Belkjiap, whoso crime had been i lready
mado known to him. :
ie have
int has
We always speak for tlie ladies. Wo want
to have home mado attractivo and lovely that
they may feel that their lives aro not altogether
a roMiid of laborious troubles. Nothing tends
so ranch to beautify the homestead as a nice
lawn and flower garden no matter how small.
A vegetable g:ulcn is Indispensable; but
flowers being ornamental only, can bo dispen
sed with when extreme poverty forces the fam
ily to provide food nnd care nothing for tho ele
gancies of Iifo.
Woman was given to man to sooth the rough
angles of his nature and to polish him suffic
iently at least, so that he may control tlie ahi
mal passion within him. and fit him for a high
er and nobler enjoyment. Left to himself, man
would doubtless soon relapse back into barbar
ism, or if not, ho certainly would soon partake
as much Uie nature of the bear as tlie angel.
Tlie refining Influences of woman, guided by
her delicacy of sentiment and exquisite tastes,
hold thu rough, war-like spirit of man in chock,
and become submissive in his feelings.
Whatever is beautiful tends to harmonize Uie
mind with Uie laws of nature, and wlwitover ap-
pears ugly is cut or its moral condition. .
Flowers aro always beauUful. chaste and ele
gant in their outlines, and with their fragranco
ever filling tho air wiUi cheerfulness and gaye
ty. I
Women and children love flowers, becaue
they are beautiful and because tbey are tho In-
- a . a
of nature. -1 hen. Dy an means, provide
len wherein tho female members of the
can nlant and ETuard mese delicate treas-
. i i r . . i . ,i
ot its immense oouy oi wnier anu was compared i uras cr ier taste.
" Tho President's Brother. :
PVr Grant t Dayby-A.x the corruption mat
hedges him in on every aide l-licomiiig moro
and n lore apparent Sx?akin": of Uie President's
brotlK-r. tho IUItimoro American a Radical
sheet that has supportcil Grant's grciiteststretch
es of pTt-rogatiyc, says :
"Mr. Orvillo Grant's testimony before the
Clymer Committee yesten- rather clearly es-tablislH-s
tho fact that on, the strength of his re
lationship to the President he has been enjoying
a very comfortable relation to the jost trader
ships and that the ihdiriduals applying for
these profitable appointments considered them
selves to bo fortnnato to secure him as a part
ner, whose fdiare in the business was hnsod al
most entirely upoii his influence in Washington..
The scandal in regard to the tradcrshis nnd
tho manner In which they have been jtarcclled
out was Aggravated by the admission which
Mr. Grant mado under examination. When ho
testifies that in one instance h contributed a
sixth of the capital nnd was paid a third of tho
profits, and tliat in another vase he was admit
ted to a full partnership without putUng in any
money, tho only possible inference Is that ha
has la-en dragging the namo of tho President,
through the mini of bargaining and speculation.
lmieen. ins own evidence amounts lo such a
confession. Ho seems to bo an easy-going per
son, without Uio slightest notion that his con
nection with the President was not a bit of god
luck out of which he was .hound to make th
most possible. It would haTo been proof of
President Grant's-discreUon if he Itad placed a
summary extinguisher on his enterprising rel
ative's speculation in appointments whun they
whero first commenced. -
Niagara after a Gale.
The incessant gale from tho north and north
east for thu past week caused a wonderful
chinge in the Niagara River. During Sunday
and 'Monday the falls presented an appearance
snih as has' not been' witnessed .si nen 1848.
Mlny jof our citizens, and especially the visitors
who happened to be in town, rushed froiu point
to point viewing the wonderful sight The huge
rofks below mo American Falls that are usnal
ly covered with water from fifteen to twenty
feet deep, were bare and stuck out like moun
tains. William Glas-hrook, the old ferryman
sa d ho could have walked from Uie cntranca
. mm m S . . m,
to the "Shadow of tne uock up to mo "Uave
of thetWinds," in front of the American Falls,
Iho river between Goat Is-
The Hog.
. The hog is properly an European animal,
though the wild hog was found in the moun
tains of Syria and Aria Minor, and still exists
In the wilds of the Atla mountains In Africa.
The prohibition of swine' flcfch among the
Egyptians and Hebrews, sliows that it wa
known as a domestic animal even in those ear
ly times. Among the Grcyks and Romans tho
liog was rather popular as a flesh fumuhing an
imal. It is tho moat prolific of ourdomestic an
imals, and a given weight of flesh can be pro
duced at a less expense than any Jier form of
a -t 1 . a "1 Am.
annual iooi; oni u is me uarucsi oi ciccsuon
and leat he:ilthful of all our meats. In cold
climates, however. Uie' largo amonnt of fat it
Contains is important as a beat producing ele
ment, and Uiereforc Northern nations ue Large
ly of pork. The filthv habits of tlt log aro
owing to his domestication. In tho wild state
the hog. Is a cleanly animal, living almost ex
clusively on vegetable food, while Uio domestic
lioz is omnivorous, aud . quito fond of animal
food.
a" a. Aa a a. s I
44. Uiikwed by public indignation, regard- cls-cKM to such an cxieni as io no waueaoie
l ia m .At a. ia,i a-k ..mm ir iiikiii iiiaa Kiirrni I v I. iivii li jm nf asii
less of puldic decency, nnmovwi oy mei.ici iimi i iu ot " , . , nocence
c.,. ..r,l. ca, wn lost hv the oartv thp grandest view of all tobelwld was the great ha cran
Ji :i. ..LJi hm K,w.a.iQ of hik mi.eondiut. Hbrso-Shoo Fall. This had lst fully tw.vUiirds r.irnilv
TV llllll lO-I lll - " - I
s it extravasrant In view of the acts
recited above, to say that Genersl Gi
aimed, from the time he tooK tne fres
w - . ' i in
office tol the present day. to esiaDiisnapcr- -r;. ,;,!,- ..v
1 Othr Proidnt''haVL ra- "". m.. .... . -
OUliai f CI II lUU VW-a U If'
Z 1 5 Hut I w flna: VUMDrTaVI I
bV nmnv with an onlinarv mill-pond. Xne
sttcam immediately aoove lanie nocK ana lar
in vortd Street s Island, a iMstanco of more than
fiiir hundred feet, presented one solid bed of
nick, but hardly a drop or water. The place
jnkt opposite, where the old Terrapin Tower
entai I firmerly stood, correspondetl very much
i tlit already described, and the 'handful of
with
wa-
warded Dolitical services, but ho has reserved
favors exclusively for his pemonal adherents.
Other Presidents have made mistakes; but he
alone has, in contempt of public opinion ad
hered to a wrong policy after its disapproval by
his party and publie became known. Other
Presidents have quoted the constitution to ex
cuse tlieir performance of acts distasteful to
them; ho nlono has. violated tho constitution
and set aside tho laws at his own wilL Other
Presidents before him havo been charged with
a partisan use of public Interests; but he alone
has cooly robbed the Treasury by moiety frauds
reed through tho deep channel in the evnter;.
which forms the Horseshoe. Suspension Bridge
Journal, March 2.
' 'i- r
By 'the law of Massachusetts thtre are seven
teen relatives which a man is prohibited from
marrying in that State, eight or whom am
merely relatives m law. vix: ou-praomcr,
No homo is attractive to children without flow
ers and fruits, and nothing is more productive
of pleasure in a family than tho innocent em-
Atm At aaL.f .. I V.
ployment of caring lornaiurea oiwmmjj un ti
tles, that never ihii lo eiiiuo m wit vnniu.
whenever a litlle-attunilon Is pud to meir cul
tivation. We( Impo every one. the coming Sum
mer, will enjoy the elevating influence 'of a
flower garden.
Tnr. Siiowek of rtEsn. Locrsvittr, March
11. In regard to the shower of flesh in' Bath
county. Professor J. Iia-renco Smith, the sci
entist, says, in his analysis of. the specimens ex
amined: "In my mind tins matter gives indica
tion of being lhe dried spawn of babrachian rep
tiles doubtless tii at of the frog. lhey hare been
transported from the -ponds and swampy
grounds by currents of wind and liave uljlrnate
Iv fallen an the stwt where they were found.
This is no Isolated occurrence of Uie kind. I
have como across several In Uie coo ran of my
reading. The only one I can now fir .the dato
of U reoonled bv Mtischonbrmck as (u-rnrri ur
in Ireland in 1675."
A man should always go t hod nt night at
peace witii all mankimL tliankful for the bless
ings of the past and hopeful JJf Uie results of the 1 back to spread on the ground beneath Id m. Tha
grandfather's wife, son's wif. grandson's wife,
wife's mother, wife's grandmother, wife's
. l no Kos- I u,0 cover. Is a qnestion for home missionaries
micribing to look after wiUi prayerful attention. taslon
daughter and wife's granddaughter.
ton Globe thinks that this is uircu
man's choice too narrowly.
futura: but how in the name of all that U rea
sonable can ho do this after ha has set down on
the edire of the bed to pull oft his 6ocks. and had
his tender sensibilities ruthlessly lacerated by a
confounded noodle his wifo has left stirkincr in
sknll of an
horn for a cup,
altarc.'
OX serv him fr a seal arwi uw
and this is hi household btrr
Free .Press.
Mm. TjTrrmr aars that th-r are a
reifluons m-n than wnmi, and th rt of ber
iex would like to knw wham thy ar.
"It frequently happen.' wrote a traveller
In the wilds of Bjenos Ayres, that tha owT
of a thousand oxen and borM.. and fivo tims
as many sheep, has not a bed In his house, and
f 1 m. . 1 m . f ...
a?