.: l-L.1' ' WAKD 325it nd Proprietor. - THE ORGAN OP THE ROANOKH AND MEHERRIN SECTIONS. 1 SUBSCRIPTION--! !2 Otf per Irmxia, in A.lvaucr.
- VOL. II. " 4 If- f ' ' MUBESBORO ' cj THTJESDY, JANUARY -4, 1877. 1 L: : r r ! , ' NO. 10.
Tlie Baby's, Haiid.
AYhatia it the baby's hand can ioM ?
Only one little flower,, do you say ?
Why,' all the flowers that ever bUw k
In the sweet wide wmd.away from the dew, 1 '
Ana an tne jewels and all the gold
Of the kingdoms of the world to-day,
Tho baby's hand can hold. 1
What is it the baby's hand can hold
Why, all the honey of all the boos,
And all the
And all the sands of the desert's; Vajjs,
And all the snows that were evejrlcolcl,
Ana an tnp mountains and all ;the easU
The baby's hand can hold.
What la it the baby's hand can bjoild -
JLne paty s liana no pretty and
- "i
Why, just what the shoulders of!
4 41ia liABt -i
.Bending him down in the picture there ;
- , i k - i l ;
:oldl
"But that is the world!"" Well, that is aU
The baby's hand can hold.
How is it the babv's hand can
hold
1 be world 1 env surelv I ought to
know ;
l or, on, were the baby's hand
withdrawn. '
Down into the dust the world
were gone, .
Folded, therein as you" might fold
i ' '
Ust KO- -
The sad wlme bud of a rose
For the baby's hand to hold.
Gideon Grindem's
i Ke was a very lonely man
Crrjiidem, in. sp'.te of all
tlip Giitteon
his wealth:
Years agorfhe Iiad married
. . f
woman
inrch younger than. iimselif but such a ;
woman as one toeejs but otace in a life- !
time, and having :-e?v9 can nevr forget.
Had she lived, ho might -luve leoii'hap-
4ier and better, iut she ' lu' l:een dead
. . twelve year-, :. im 1 no other living being
had filled her place in tlii). m.ereuaiit's
liea -t. A She had left him vtzh diildj and,
despite ' ) lis coMne , he lijad Lnifslied
lqion this little one a love onylj?ss strong
than that he had borne her ilotjier.j -At
eighteen thin' girl had manaed, against ;
his will, a poor clerk that
ii Jiad taken '
eaHt her off t
was never
into his employ, lie had!
forever, ami jujvt lwr iuui
mentioned in his house, flfhe refresh
mcnts by bis sid remaineilhiutout'hed,
ainl the merchant sat wit
is Itands
1 uuseii-''
j :
(uil that
folded wearily, and his ey
ly on'tlie tire so still, s - thHiK
one ; niiglit- have thftughfc
And as he sat there, tliroui
Hini alep.
storm,
and through ; the closed aijul
eurtiaiiied.
windows of the. room camlet 1
he sweet
tones of the midnight elllm
! The 1
.i i
music of the bells filled all t
or, rising
and falling with the wind
It vas a
glad aiid solemn nong thev
Muiig,1fpr it
was a glad and solemn talef t
key told.;
for they sung that the ChrM. child was
bom. :
4 Gideon Grindem !"
The voice wis so soft, and
et so dis-
t'nct and sweet, that it thriljlKl
themef-
chant to his inmost soul
Grindem," the voice said
Gideon
are! vou
glad that Christinas has conq again ?
The voice came from
the
fire, and
at the
the merchaut glanced down
hearth. ! ' :. ' ;
There, standing just below f him, Was a
strange but beautiful figure.! f It seemed
like an angel, for its facjj was radiant
with purity and beauty, and its . gar
ments were of spotless white , j
"-Ijisten to me," said the little figure,
softly. "I am conscience,) and Iphave
come to speak with yon. "Wf ljiave
stfansrers for a loner- tiraej ouit I
been
have
come back to you again. You must hear j
.me to-night, for you cannpt jdriye me !
away until morning ; and oli
you are;
wise, -Gideoii Grindem, do not drive ine
away then !"
The "merchant sat silenc aliid trem
" blihg. ,xHe knew he was pc(Wei"less, and
could not take his eyes fromi 1 the little
fipTure on the hearth. But sit was1 little l
. . Mil
no longer, f r it grew in sifcfe every mo- i
ment, until it assmneu a gigantic jorm,
merchant almost shrieked with terror as
he" gazed at it. " What do yon want with
me?" he gasied. "I vril
said the figure, solemnly.
show yov,' ;
Come with .
X
!
m-
,?":-'
The merchant felt a strong; arm grasp '
him by the shoulder, and tle jnext mp- j
ment he was borne through space with a j
speed so rapid that it depriyed him: of '
the ability to cry out. Buildenly there
was a pause, an 1 he opened Iris eyes. He :
started in astonishment at ti:escene be-
fore him. - .-,' . ." ' ; . j . ". ',
Itjwas a .little, plainly furnished room, !
iveryoiing- oetoKentxi. cjumeuimewi;,
though at the same time ani absence of
riches. A woman, neitlier oldj nor
young, sat by the fire, and at her ! feet
it 't i -1 1 - ' L- A-
knelt a child, with his little hands folded
' .(III : . . i
in prayer. The merchant gazed at the
scene in utter bewilderment.! I Then his
eyes grew misty, and a great pob swelled j
up from his heart. He hail recognized i
th9 tvv 'he boy Avas himseli, aiid the j
woman was his mother, 'fit! is a terrible i
thine' Gideon Grmdem,' said
. . tie J.U.L-
the voice !
from a child."
The , merchant shuddered.
He was
thinking of his own child, find how j he j
had turned from her prayer for mercy'.
,The figure laid its hand upon him and
drew him away. He knew they were
now in New ! York
again,
and
that they
were hurrying through the city in the
midst of the storm. The figure led him
up long flights of stairs, until finally
they entered a chamber, so wretched
and mean, that the "merchant shrunk
back with disgust. A flickering 5 tallow
dip shed' a ; feeble light through the
room, adding to its misery an hiuidred
fold. On a low bed a man 'lay, wan and
emaciated, A woman sat by the candle'
.
sewing busily, her pale, wan face seem-
ing even more ghastly-by the nncertain
ltghf; and on -a 'low Vpallet Iwchildren
4ay asleep for the while unconscious of
the suffering around them. As he
gazed, the merchant saw that, in spite of
the marks of care yand suffering which it
bore, the woman's Jf ace was wonderfully
like that of his dead wife. No wonder.
for the woman was his daughter. A cold
sweat stood on his brow, and liis heart
seemed to stop still. It was fearful to
stand thus and gaze on such a dreadful
scene. '
Gideon Grindem groaned, and turning
to. the figure,, cried imploringly :
"Let us go away! I cannot bear
this.!" ' " , , !
The; figure silently led him from the
room, and down the long Stairs, out into
the street again. It was no longer nighi
there, for the sun was shining brightly;
and the thoroughfares were ! thronged
with busy crowds hurrying to their ac
customed avocations. The j air was
keen and frosty, and the extra wrap
pings and comforters which the people
wore, assured the merchant that it was
vtTV cold.
. ' . . --j
Tiie figure led him into a large store
on One of the business streets,1 and only
.stopped when they reached the counting
nom. where several merchants '! were
collected around the stove' Gideon
Grindem and his companion paused be
side them, lint the gentlemen did not
seem conscious of their xreseiice. '
f'What was that you said about Gideon
Grindem?" asked one. j j
' I said he is a heartless brute;!" re
plied another. I I
"What new thing has he done?"
" He has killed his daughter, and her
husband and children. They froze to
death yesterday, in a miserable hovel
near East river. Think of it on Christ
mas day, too and old Grindem rolling 1
in wealth in his sumptuous home j',
Gideon Grindem's heart stood still.
oci sun. t
, solemnly.
"It is true," said the figure
"In the. sierht of God vou have murder
ed your children. " Again the merchant
felt himself borne swiftly along, and
when he opened his eyes again, he
found himself in his own home,! .
He stooxl in his chamber, and involun-
tarily he marked the contrast between
its luxurious comforts and the miserable'
gjirret m which his daughter liad frozen ;
to death. He saw, to his surprise, liis: !
desk, where he kept his private papers ;i
and a considerable sum of money, open,
land one of his servants searching among ;
the contents. He tried to soring for
ward to stop the man, but he could not1
move, and when he endeavored to speak
his voice failed him. The figure point- ; departure, as many were poorly provided
ed silently to the, bed, and Gideon Grin- with clothing, and started out on their
dem looked helplessly in that direction. i dangerous expedition supplied with noth
, A man lay on the bed, silent and mo- ing but a rifle and ammunition, a box of
tionless. His hands were clasped mute- j matches and a bag of salt, depending en
ly on liis breast, and his eyes were wide tirely upon the game they might shoot
open and staring blankly at the ceiling. for provisions; The distance from the
Gideon Grindem bent, over and gazed at I Black Hills to the new mines is variously
the countenance, but he shrunk back in estimated at from one to two hundred
horror and dismay. Never had he seen miles. A scarcity of water at the Wolf
such a lok of despair as that dead man's j diggings is reported at the best of times,
fiuP ware So still, so terrible was it.
that it seemed to be something super-
natural. The merchant shrunk back
with a groan; for the face upon which he
looked was his own.
' Is this to be the end he moaned.
'f This will be the end," said the fig
ure, solemnly. "To die alone, neglected
and unloved, and without hope here
after. God help you, unhappy man !"
The figure slowly faded- away, and
Gideon Grindem looked up with a start.
He was sit ti ng in his 1 ibrary, with ; tlie
untasted refreshments on the stand by
his side, anUie embers cold and lifeless
iu the grate before him. The gas was
burning in, the chandelier with a sickly
glare, and 'through the curtained win
dows streamed the i broad, full, light of
ther Christmas sun. The merchant
rubbed his eves and stared around va-
' ..I'.'-.
cantly. Then his gaze rested on the por
trait of his dead wife, over the mantel
piece. The golden sunshine fell lovingly
upon her face, and the eyes of the woman
who had been . so' dear to him, seemed
full of sweetness and tenderness as they
shone down upon him, carrying light
straight into his heart that had been so
dark. !
'f Oh, God be thanked ! it was but a
dream. "
Another look into the dear eyes of the
woman who had loved him, and he sunk
down on hi knees and bowed his head
lowly and reverently. ,
was praying. j- J ;
r It was still early morning, when the
handsome carriage of the merchant drove
by the park on its way to East-river.
Down through the vile streets, reek-
mg
with filth, and crime, and misery,
that mark the. worst quarter of the
gireat city, the splendid equipage passed.
TTl -I t ' m . I 1 11. 1 ,11!.;' j
jx pauseu oeiore a miser a u
and the merchant sprung
e dwelling.
out with a
flushed, excited; face, and hurried up the
rickety stairs, fearing that i one part of
his dream might be true, after alL He
pushed open a' door and entered a miser
able
room. A glance satisfied him that
the blessed day had brought no joy to
. . - f; . i v aBi A J
i the inmates of tins sad abode. A woman,
i .the inmates of this sad abode. A woman,
j pale and careworn, sat by an empty
; grate, with a look of hopelessness on her
; sweet, young face, while a man, wan and
-sickly, lay on the bed with closed eyes,
and two children rested on a rude pallet,
still happy in their innocent slumbers .
Startled by the noise, the woman look
ed 'up. Gideon; Grindem's eyes clouded,
and he held out his arms and fal
tered: i '
"My daughter, forgive me !"
i With a glad cry she sprung into his
arms, and the penitent father felt that he
was forgiven. The princely, mansion
hal never seemed so gay before as on
this blessed Cliristmas when it rung with
thu merry shouts of the children, and
echoed the S(1ft laughter of the elder
ones; and as Gideon Grindem listened
he lifted up his .heart and blessed God
for the dream le had sent him to bring
back so mucli lijappiness. , ; :
; The (i old Fever.
! A .counts from the Black Hills indicate
that there will be extreme destitution
aniong the gold; hunters this winter j and,
'j very likely, some cases of actual starva
' tion. A few men have made luckv hits,
and brought away gold of considerable
value; but these have been exceptional
cases, for the majority of those who went
into thaf region expecting to find nug
gets at every turn- have failed utterly in
their expectations, and are now unable
either to buy food or to get away. How
these are to live through the winter is a
mystery, for the season for mining is
oyer and not one in fifty of them can get
employment, eveii when they are willing
tof work for only their board. The mid
dle of last month provisions were selling
at extravagant prices; flour being worth
$16 per hundred, bacon thirty-five cents
per pound, and other things in propor-
t; The country is overrun with men
w)io are absolutely penniless, and whose
only hope for relief lies m getting money !
from their friends at home. '
, The rej)ort of new tliscoveries of gold j
"in, the Wolf mountains, which are sit- !
uated at the head of the Yellowstone I
j tributaries, has! caused a stampede of ;
miners from the) Black Hills. A private I
letter from a miner dated November 14,
saTS tha over tvo thousand men liad left
the vicinity of jDeaawood for , the Wolf
I mountains duriher the precediner week, i
! and predicts grejat suffering among these
adventurers sojine of whom, probably, ;
have already perished from the extreme ;
cold that set inf immediately after their
and in consequence oi me inclemency ot
the weather iu that region, it is not prob-
able that any placer; mining can be done
before spring, while the miners will be
liable to attacks from hostile Indians at
all times. I
Glad to See Hint.
Among the multitudes of saddening
anecdotes connected with the ; Brooklyn
Theater fire, it is cheering once in a
while to come upon one that has its hu
morous aspect. On that fatal night two
youths, one n resident of Newark and
the other of Brooklyn, attended the per
formance at the Brooklyn Theater.
They left the building previous te the
last, act, as the Newark boy had per-
suaded his Brooklyn chum to go home
' is A.
and sleeix with Inm, and it was necessary
to leave early to catch tlie train. No
hint of the terrible disaster reached New-
ark until the nexli afternoon. The day
after this the Brooklvn bov returned to
his home. He 1 found a hearse at his
father's door and all the other applian-
cesjof a funeral. Kinging tlie door bell
he was met by aseryant girl who nearly
fainted at sight Of him.
41 Whose funeral is this C said the boy.
"It's vour own.- darlin' ' said the trirl:
' we got you re body yesterday - at the j
morgue, and, you're j ist after bein I
buried." m
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! Thedenoumerit may be imagined.
Gideon Grindem ; ; Incidents of a Disaster. The Volunteers of England. 1 I i
' t ' . - . . ; 1 f i - , i- : i II S I I ' : (
I Miss Grundy, writing to the (h aphih,
says s- My maternal grandfather, then a
1 boy- escaped, he never knew how, from
j the "burning theater at Richmond, and
i Hum fejLKtb tune, uimuugU: xie iiven ui me
age of sixty-two, never! j again entered a
theater or suffered any of his large fam
ily of children to go white under his con
trol, and always endeavored ' to dissuade
all whom he knew from frequenting
such places. None of his children have:
.ever been much addicted to1 theater cro-'
j ing, and more than one could easily
d-p.-.t . "ltri
who has lived in New York sixteen vears ,i
; , na , . T u i,:.,.-1
beeJinside of a theater) One of them
has hot, I know, been to: the theater dur-
ing her residence there, or for two years
before. ' . j
An incident of the disaster; at Rich4
mohd, which I do not think has ever be
fore been piiblished, niayi interest readers
now. A young girl went to the Itich-j
nioiwl Theftt.Pl Oil tllP. i ffttftl llicrllf .witli''
her betrothed, and when they knew that
escape was impossible She untied ' hx
long, thick hair, which reached nearly to
her feet, and bound it about her lover td
make sure that the terrified struggles
around them would not separate them
and they. might meet thejr fate toget
They were, found after the flames
ther.
had
subsided, still bound together, having
.
probably died from suffocation or the
pressure of the crowd, not from burning,'
as they were easily recognized by their
friends. ? j
The feeling of horror, inspired by the
Richmond disaster seems to have been
even more widespread than that of Brook-
lyn occasions, for although commuiiica -
tion between that city and Washington
was very tedious then, making' the cities
appear hundreds of miles further apart
than New York and Washington now,
the consternation was so great there when
the news of the calamitv came that all in
vi tat ions for entertainments were prompt
lv recalled, no ' one having the heart to
indulge in pleasuring, j An old lady,;
then a belle of Washington, told me of
this, and said that the French minister,
Serrurier, who was living atj Kalorama.
had - "issued invitations for a grand ball
which was to be the fete of the season,
and the bean monde of the national
eapitol were in ai flutter of excitement
in anticipation thereof. S All? the ladies
ordered .miraculously beautiful dresses
for the occasion. One i young belle, a
Miss Gibbon, .who had had one made
which ; was considered a S marvel of the
jdreesmaker's art, was destined instead of
; Wearing it to mourn, before the appoint-
ed time arrived, the death of a dearly be-
loved brother. The' jery day set for the
ball the news of tne disaster came. ALiss
Gibson's brother, a lieutenant in the
Tiflv-v ha! cone to "Richmond to visit his .
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14 t At A. . J.
nancee, ana was tne guesi oi xjieutenam
Archibald Hamilton. Both ; gentlemen
were in the theater, and yoimg Gibson
perished in attempting to ; save Miss Sal-
- - - . - , -
i ' 1 '
e Conyers, his betrothed They died in
kch other's arms. Lieutenant Hamilton
escaped with a few injuries.
Not their own Money.
i -
A pool-room manager in New York
bave a reporter the following as one of
the reasons why so many betting men
Were anxious to have tlie Presidential
bets declared off. He said: " Now, let
me crack the nut and show you the ker-
lei. xuiiiocr oi men wnu Btitu.! ixig"
n society live beyond 1 their means.
hey make wagers, hoping and believing
hat thev'may win. I know of instances
in the iool-rooms in this election where
men staged tneir own money, geiung
j i i ii i ii: -
ig odds, then, with their employers' Or
riends' money, held by them in trust,
:ook odds on the other side, so fixing it
:hat they were certain to win, whichever
way the election went. They thought,
it ! the time, I that a decision would be
rendered within one week after the elec
tion. With a possibility . of several
months before a decision, you can readily
' fee the awkward position jih which they j
nr, Mnl I I t1o01 TirVl OT1 filial V t 1 11 V1T"1 OT" '
the friends, for whom they hold money :
1 i - i . it- i mi.;.. i ii.a !
m rmsi. can ior an account, xnm i
i - . i
inilk in that cocoanut,
The Danger of Eating Raw Meat.
j The danger of eating raw pork or sau-
sages, or any kind of raw meat; ought to
be j particularly guarded against, if we
j are to judge by some interesting evulence
given at the Aberdare (Scotland) police
court, in a case where; a
collier named
: Williams was charged with
: caused the death of his wife.
having
It was
stated that the man had given the woman
; either a blow or a push, jand j that she
; fell; and soon afterward died. A medical
; man, however, said that the liver of the
i tleceased pman was full of hydatids, cr
the young of the tapeworm, which grow
1 in the form of a sack tol the size of a.
man's fist, and are filled wtfh liquid. : A
fall or blow will kill these dangerous
creatures, and cause the death of the
pa- j
j
tient, i ' ' :
Volunteers of England.
A London paper says :
According to
j all accounts the numbers
of j our volun
! teers have not decreased durhicr the tires!
!. ent year. 1 1 The annual, returns made o
the war office by comnianding officers are
seiu in j ai; , me oeginmng j 01 - ovem oer
and soj far there is every reason to expe'
an augmentation rather than a tlecrease
in our; citizen army. JUast year tiiere
was a total" of 168,750 men of all rlivnks
who had acquitted themselves to the
satisfaction of the war
office.
and
earned the capitation grant,' a larger
' ! . f
I past. i Ofj these, 128,669 irer0 infahtm
V J JZ? I V ?
and 31,823 artillery, the remainder leiug
..,i i .. . r' L u L i -,
j volunteer
engineers
or
mounted
meii. I
seems
In
1871, however,! there; we
as
many as 170,600 efficien
unteers in this country, jbut ;l since! that
time the war omce lias;
been more ecacitr-
j ing-, and
i .
requires
a
gie
ater; amount )f
work from the men before an efficiency
navi-HinntA k ai4iifin1 Vrwti1,tro o irnl
I untee has not merely; t jj (prove hh lisejf
an adept at drill and torattenol :a'iiuiisjlly 4'
fixed j number of parades,
but he I inust
1 1
be a skillful shot, or at any rate
di) lua
utmost to i become one. I If
he has shown
himself to be a marksman.
the war! office
does not then require him to toil at
butts
after day; but it he Jiapen
. . - .' i,. i
to be only a poor hand at a' rifle,! then
iff
is necessarv for him to lire away no le$s
than sixty rounds at target practice !n
oruer to prove tiiat at any rate it ijs no
fault oil his if lie cannoi jiit ithje buirkj
eye occasionally. It is only in thes
(iumstances that he is awarded a. cert ifiM
which
entitles, the corps
he belongs
- to draj
w
the
sum of ihirty shillings
01
ins account, sergeants and onicers w
40
make themselves pecnuly proncient earn
a furtiier sum of fifty shillings annual'
for their regiments, and of these, accord
ing to, the last return, there were u
less tlin j 15,(XM, of wJiom u,(H.)01 Hverfe
onicers j, and .the remainder sergeants
These we may 'consider, one and all, per
fectlv Conn)etent to discharcre militarv
duties anl to take command of the pnti
unuer tnem, ior ti:e extra cewincaies a
only granted after a searching examm
tion tfthe individual s capacities.
volunteer officer to. quality; anu earn
himself I the distinction of having k
or P. "SJ out after his name ;iu the1 Ai"
List,' nxlist lie approved by a board
armv officers, while seroreants have
1 1
umlergti an ordeal -of a similai cliaracyei
oeiore tne auiutant ana commanuinsr
officer. j Xot'otily have we'the assurajnijfl
i thereforj, that the 168,750
. volunteer army are effich
men of
or
ent,
bitt
that
they are; commanded by sergeants
am
officei's whc know their duty."
A (Horse with Hydropho
Ma.
a
roan
New
York coal dealer had; a. find
horse
and a Jolack, curly haireul
! dog, that were the best of friends, living
- i i lit
j together ;iii a small stable land sleepih
on the jsame straw. Ili0 horse was
: pleased -ith the friendly paress of th
dog as lie j rubbed against jhis: legs, aid
the dog had no fear whatever of his t owj
erful friend's iron shod heels. A few
weplcs airoJas the doer was contented! v
! emawincr a bone that accidentaUy crot be
tween the I horse's feet, the horse n ceil
j jentally kicked the dog,j and the dog Mt
imrfiP hnxxnr.a h.nm. A ilav nr k4A
later the doer ran away, although he
ii 1 1 1 t :' !m I '. i i '
not shown aii inclination to do so befork
The wound in the horse's nosehealei
up, but at I the end jof j three weeks
sickened,, refused to eat and snapped
teeth at ! whoever approached him.
j WorseUnd four!tays after he be
to foam at the mouthi
He uttered lo
cries and 1 ieat
against
the 'sides of
stable, and
when his
owner went in
get a shovel he tried to bite him. In
ravines the horse broke !on of
j chains with winch he was fastened, snap
ping on some oi ms teetn ana cutting nis
,r '! ' t . i I ii i . 1 i i .'.It? .1
lip in doing so. He also bit the manger
furiously, and tried
to tear tlie flesh
from his own legs.
Later iuthe day hej
Gf ;Mr. Bergh's officers shoi him, as
snfl'ering
all the pangs of hy
phobia.-
j
A Savory
Smell.
The Englisji 4 peasant wheii he goes
td
; Xondon tb see the sights, takes ,his sup
per to the! theater and eniovs victualf
and tragejly together,
a hungry spectator in
A short time iigd
the gallery of
the
Drury Ltfiie theater was ! overcome
hunger dnrnlg the fourth act of
" "Wh
ard IIT." He removed from a paper;
parcel the1 savory nourishment which! he;
had brought with him, but was so cluiiisy
as to drop a small pork pie Over the gal
lery railincr.! It lodged in the center! of
a chaudelieV in the dress circ
e. Present-!
ly the -por
k! ljegan to-frizzle iu the gasj
jets, and a
the house ;
most appetizing! odor filled
and when a few fragment of!
i i i I
into the 'pit there was a scramble fort
them. . The! fumes of the pie prjt keen;
edge on evep' one's appetjte,!find nobodyj
could listen ;to the play. 'l ', j
line-
i
Item
1 fl
Tlici gold yield of California
ve;r
rtll bfe about 520,0W,CHJU.
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J. HIi . .
r ii i . i . ! :.
! An Seel us not so slippery -us a yi
H1U
14
but it cad live on water longbr.
I The infanticide epidemic is raging in
ijiverpool, the ntunber of cases oenrring
ing totally uuprecedenUHl.
average age of. sheep is ten Vears;
fifteen-, hogs, fifteen, and luirses,
ed as beasts of burden,, twenty.
ii 1 ' I
he French exhibition of 1873 there
an Arctic department , in which
relics
of Arctic- exploration will
be cjollected, as
well as .'all - public
locu-
ment
1,1
relating to the subject.
ar tins year not less man .,oi
7?
neat;
of beef
cattle
have
been
driven
front pastern -Oregon and eastern AN ash
iicrtbn dowiii toward the Pacific railroad,
the greater part destined lor an f ran-
Cisco.
I
A
i tlie
skim
m, it
illy,' what
lave you done wit
cream ? Tliise Wiildren caiinot eat
1111 1R
,4 '
or breakfast."
" Sure, ma';
i$n i Jnesilf mat
would
be afther
giving
the wlnm to yez.
I tnk that and gave it
totMcatsl'
..f Tii inhabitanlts of the Fijian island ot
I it i
Fututia liavi
ii ? Committed a violent and
ninjjfilvoked
r r . . ....
assault upon an; American
sea emitain,
the American consul at" that
point
has imposed a fine upon the island
Olt
f
bt000 dollab
3Iahv a f aimer's
lx y goes into jsoino
along until ntitldle
ty;
life.
Ind striiggles
Witirnotiiing to snow ior ms i
ibor,
excM -that he has, thorough ly h
that fit half; starved lawyer is less
'I ' '!
arueti
to hv
etivifr
il than
a will.
fed farmer.
A1
l-t-sident nsljernuui fishing for
trout
dav,
i re-
on
Aiiother mail -s-Jand, the other
mi
e.telv- sileiiCed the owner wht
inons
rated,
wit
the majestic
answei
lt .'wants!
to batch your trout ?
I
o
rying t
i drown tliis wcniii.
ii!
Hpriugfield
woman wholiad a Sfni.m
Brooklvn dreamed, on the night of tl:
lisastfer. that
he
was burned in a theatr.
On fading t
ic
news oi tne lire sue was
cfmyibced th?!
it t
le dreafn was piophetic.
and
he telegraphed for inform; tion.
Wariilng in replj
that the soli hud
not
leen lo the then
er.
Tivb "vouuc Western bloods, at
i-r a
two days' pursuit, overtook two liorsrj?.
.ii. , v ... - .
tme'vs that liad stolen two mules and -
hul t( give them two dollars, two over
coati and two! pair of bcMits in consiilera
tiyncf being allowed to return home.-'
Tlie local paper says: , " The young
men
deserfe the thanks of the community
for
tlieir vigilance. r
Till remnants if a balloon were latelv
discoferetl oil! the coast of Iceland.
See
tipns t)f a Jiuman skeleton were in
the
pa-
basket, and also k p(xketbook,'with
persj Blurred, by the action of water
inco:m)rehensiiih. It is thought
and
that
the
tire skeleton js that ol i:rmce. one
o
KPT.
balloonists who left T
ans
during
ge, of ' Whom no rejiort has
bver
lite $i
been received . ' i .
It is amusmcr to watcJt a young lady in
church arrange the feather in her hat,
Un ii le veil leverv now end then over
T 1 I i I I I
her face, the nextj momeit brush it awy
and I fix a curl on her forehe;ul. k)ne
dung lady,, who Was timed at this opera -
tnd tWentv-two minutes to arningo
every thing satisfactorily, and after five
minutes rest she was at work again.
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A giKxl actress, but ' extremely stout,
was one night enacting a part in a nielo-
4iramq; witn rJL'ierre 01 juie iwo ur-
who had jat one portion to carry
nting off the stage. He tried with
might to lift the' fat heroine, but
gh she helped her little comrade
lding on tiptoe, in the usual man-
was unable to move her an ir.ch.
jiinctj
ire
a
boy
tlie gallery
out
Take what
you can
an
ack for the rest."
A Jlohse Trade.
A peculiar horse transaction took pjace
Bemscheid,!
in uermany, the
other
horse
It was
. i
agreed that if the
I weigh
1,000 pounds or less
the
ser should pay nothing "for 1
I.
li in,
at if I he weighed over 1 000
three himdred marks alxmt $15
be paid for each pound over ithe
The I horse on being driven on
ales was found to weigh 11 18 -
which, tinder the agreement,
his price 44.000 marks.' equal to
LSI 1,000.
Trlil Pat. The
messengers who trike
of the various State:
t
'Ctoral votes
hingtoii! ure paid by the general'
tpy?
ment at the rate of twenty-live
cents
i- for the ; distance traveled
the place where the votes are cast
efnational! capital and back. The,
niPKHelicers iromiue racmc owim tun
rUen4 about S700 or
eceile
"no
while ;th
this
I Tiki
nbt if
I rill
will ille
all tii
compensation of those from Virginia and
MarytimT 111 he less than 20 each.
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