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VOL. IY.-NO. 17.
RAW ON THE ROOF.
3fl falls through the gathering twilight
The rain from the" aripping eaves,
And stirs, with a tremulous rnstle,
. The dead aDd tha dying leaves,
While afar, in the m d.t of the sbadows.
I hear the sweet voices of bells.
Come borne on the ami of the autumn.
That fitf ally lUes SDd sweiU
They call aud they a iswer each other.
And answer anil mingle a aio,
As the deep and the shrill in an anthtm
' Make harmony stili in tlieir strain ;
As t ie voices of sentinels mingle
In mountainous regions of snow.
Till from the hill-tops a chorus
Fl ts down to the valleys below.
The shadows, the firelight of even,
The sound of thffrain dUtant chime. 1
Come biiug nx, with rain softly d.opp ng
Sweet t oughts of a sha lowy time ;
The slumberous sense of seclusion,
From storm and intruders aloof, '
we reel wnen we hea in t'le midni bt
Tue, patter of rain on the roof.
The Midnight Cry.
in weeariy days of a certain Western
btatea crime was committed which has
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gameu a piace among the annals of dark
deeds It, was murder; but the circum
stances surrounding it are so noteworthy
that we shall here transcribe tl.pm ti,
. . . . hi
-i"" n-niuiKauiu instance oi a
young man sealing -his lips when his own
life was In .jeopardy, in order to conceal a
petty vice-thcinost remarkable instance of
the kind on. record.
One night in March, .J8.il, a farmer
named Buskirk left a town where, durin"
the day, he had disposed of a lot of. hogs
lie rode a sorrel horse, and carried the pro
ceeds of his sales in heavy leather saddle
bags. The money was mostly in silver
coin of the dollar denomination, and the
amount, therefore, was mute " wei.rbtv
Luskirk, a fearless man, did not go armed,
but rode unconcernedly from town, a little
under the influence of liquor, but not drunk
enoughJocall attention to the fact.
Asarilv-ed but twenty miles from the
marKft hi expected to reach home about
midnight. VTHut when the morning dawned
-Zimri BuslSrk was still absent from his
farm. His horse stood at the stable door
neighing for admittance. The well-known
saddle-bags were missing, which immedi
ately gave rise to a suspicion of foul play
andjearch for the farmer was at once in
stituted. At a distance of five miles from home the
body of Buskirk was found lying by the
roadside; and not far away lay the saddle-
uugs, miea oi tneir contents. The villain
u ms name to get at the money, had cut
T
nis way
to it, instead of unl.uckJiiiirahkkW 'lLe
quite",deaii : one si(leof his skull had been
crushed as if by a blow fr m a bludgeon, Or
some murderous weapon of that sort, and j
his pockets, likftJ the saddle-bags, had been ;
despoiled of tlieir contents. j
The excitement from the moment of the !
discovery became intense. Zimri Buskirk j
was one of the most influential farmers of ,
the neighborhood, and a man universally
liked. " He was not known to possess an j
enemy, and no one ever ureanieu mat me
murder had been committad for anything
r " ' . but that of subsequent plunder.
f ' Though the country was scoured for the
perpetrator of the deed, no traces were dis
. covered; but a clew was suddenly furnished
in a startling manner.
The body of the farmer had been discov
ered not far from a farm-house occupied by
a family named Milligen, which consisted
3' of the parents and two children, son and
' daughter, who had passed their minority.
While the excitement still raged, Ellen
Milligan came forward and desired to
make a statement that she said had tortured
her ever since the niarbt of the murder. She
said that she had been the possessor1 a
'- guilty secret which she could no longer
r, keep ; she could not sleep for it, and it was
the spectre of her waking hours.
The girl then proceeded to state that she
was up at the hour of half-past eleven or
.?.'' thereabout, on the night of the th, and
that she heaard a horse coming down the
r frosty road from the directiod of P .
- Not regarding the sound of mr mo
meat. . she was about to re-enter the
,.houBYwhett "aher heard an oath, followed
hv adull thud and a eroan. Then she
f heard a name uttered twico in atone oi
. ... j '.j i:. t
" . I
f vi Mntnont lntor th sniind of hoofs CAnie
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t again to her ears, and the horse seemed to
be galloping toward the Buskirk-farm. -
The excitement that followed Miss Milli
gen's narration may be imagined, for pen
cannot describe it.. It was believed that
the name she had heard was that of the
murderer, which had fallen from the lips of
' fils victim before insensibility or death fol
lowed the blow. The young girl visibly
hesitated when asked by the magistrate to
pronounce the name. She covered her face
with her hands, and in all probability would
have fallen if she had not been supported
. by her brother Hiram. She did not like to
? utter the name that might doom one of the
young men of her acquaintance to the gal-
- lows, for she could not believe him guilty,
: ' " vet she had heard Zimri Buskirk call on
him to spare ins nie on mat awiui uigui.
Ellen Jlilligen was pressed to, mention
the name, and further the ends oi justice,
in which the whole country was interested,
and at last her lids parted.
"God help him and'pity me !" she said.
"Th name I heard was Abner Tenney's."
If a thunderbolt hadfallenintothebreath
crowd, astonishment would not .have
been more complete. Men started at the
name, and women uttered cries that added
to the confusion,
standing near the witness was a youn
man of five and twenty, the only son of a
minister who watched over the little flock
r iwiivprs that worshipped in the church
hard by, and a youth of exemplary habits
to the outer world. His face was as pale
.a rlAath. and at the mention of his name he
started back with a cry and found the eyes
of all fixed upon him.
Hi name was Abner Tenney.
Wo mart no efforts to fly. and when
ntwrnrr hands, were laid upon him, he smiled
and told the people he would face the accu
Th voune man was formally arrested on
Ellen Milligen's statement, and brought to
th. har of iustice. He denied the crime,
but astonished everybody with his answer
to the inquiry concerning his whereabouts
me uigni oi ine cnme.
i aumii inat 1 was not at home, but
where I was I will not tell !"
i uis answer was twisted, as it could easi-
j uy me excited community, iuto broad
strands of guilt, and the young man was
remanded by the magistrate for a regular
v vm. ucai. term oi Court-
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.'" were a lew who believed that he
might be innocent. When it became gen
erally know that he-had been a suitor for
Lva Buskirk's hand without the sanction of
t ' veDBe WM added to the motive
of the murder. Ellen Million's word was
'TJ ' Bue. was- a violent passions,
but her veracity in this case was not drag
ged into question. She acknowledged that
she loved Abner Tenney-Hence he reluc
tance to testify ; and after the preliminary
examination, : she sa.d that she regretted
having revealed the secret.
But it was out now, and the young man,
lying m the county jail, reiterated hiinn
cence but still he refused to make known
his whereaMnntii nnri .,,: .
4$pight. . h " rnai
It was strange that Ellen Milligen's testi
mony should remain uncorroborated in its
essential particulars ; but there were sever
al parties who had seen the accused near
the scene of the crime at that late hour of
me mgiii.
He did not deny this, but persistently i
fused to explain his presence there.
His father vlolt..,! l,: i i ' , . .
.... U1I1J) allu oeggeu mm
to unburden himself; but to him heinvari-
auiy returnea the same reply
tTe I to tell VOtl. von wnn!H foi.l
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badly as though I had committed the mur-
The young man was visited bv many ac
quaintances, to whom he would' net reveal
his secret, and it at last became more than
half suspected that he had accomplices who
had concealed the money, not one dollar of
which had, as yet, been found.
Ellen Milligen continued to reaffirm her
statement. She was confident that she had
heard Buskirk call -on Abner Tennev in
tones that, left no doubt in her mind that he
addressed his. murderer. As the time for
the trial annrnnrlifH cl,o l,,t I,
1 r- -"v., ouv, iuoi ut-i iciutJIUllce
ana openly declared that she knew that the
accused nact committed the crime.
Her brother, not having been at home on
me nignt ot the murder, was not summoned
as a witness, it was known that he, too,
had visited the Buskirk homestead s
suitor for Eva's hand, but that of late he
had turned his attention to another lady 'to
....u. Ljaj nig ma uevoirs.
T'l . ,
me excitement consequent upon the
farmer's violent death and Abner Tenney's
arrest did not for one moment abate during
OUj.,uiu in JiUi. 1Q a young man who
visited him he said :
"Spare me, Jdhn. You know where I
was that night ;. you know what I was do
ing. . If I escape this time I will be a better
man.. The murder of mvlmnw
mv f.,Mwr tn ti,o ' . . ."u
"They will hang you if you do not tell
all," was the reply. "Let us swear to the
truth. Do not let Eva believe that you
killed her father."
The last sentence drove Abner Tenney to
the wall ef his cell with, a groan. It seemed
to unnerve him.
'She will never believe it!" he cried a
moment afterward. "In her eyes I will
ever remain guiltless'of her father's murder,
even though they hang me for the crime."
The young man's visitor left, and joined
two other men of his age in the corridor of
the jail.
"What does he say now ?" was asked
with eagerness.
"He is still obdurate, and declares that
we must not expose him."
"Can we 'save him without the expos
ure?"
"We must ! We shall
The trio were youths of respectable
parents, but considered fast young men.
They had of late been Abner Tenney's conj
panions, much to the regret of the few pious
people who had noticed the tamihanty.
"Look here," said one, -addressing his
companions, "I hold myself in part respon
sible for Abner's present situation. - We
led him into the habits that have fastened
themselves upon us. Wemust save, him !"
The spokesman of the dissolute party
was a young student of, medicine, and it
was not long afterward that a learned medi
cal gentleman of Cincinnati came to the
countyj The body of Zimri Buskirk was
exhumed and examined.
John ITrench stood by and watched the
professor.
"Well r he said at last.
"You say that she swore to hearing Mr.
Buskirk cry out after the thud of two
blows?"
"So she swore."
"The first blow must have produced in
stant death. It drove pieces of skull into
the brain. A stab in the heart could not
prove more instantly fatal than the initial
blow."
"That is your opinion l"
"I will swear to it."
The young man was satisfied, and the
body, minus the head, was returned to the
grave.
"If he will not saenhee his honor to save
his neck, I Will save it for him, and his
father need not know the truth."
These words passed from John French's
lips as he passed from the house with the
Professor.
From that day the young student and his
two friends were not idle. They made many
trips from the county, and compared notes
on their return.
The trial came at last, and the accused
plead "not guilty," in a firm voice.
Ellen Milligen repeated her testimony so
damaging to the defense,; and adhered to it
through a Rigorous Cross-questioning to
which she was subjected. . She had heard
the cries after the blows ; she was positive'
of this. ; I
The other evidence offered , by the State
was merely circumstantial..; The defense
introduced the Professor, whoexplained the
nature of the wounds, and ' swore that the
first blow had produced instant death. This
produced a "ensation in court. It staggered
Kllen Milligen's testimony, until that hour
believed invulnerable. The blows that now
followed from the defense were hard and
tellin? ones.;
No atoi! was attempted. The accused
had forbidden such a plan, on the ground
that it would reveal the secret that he was
guarding so; closely ; but the defense be
came aggressive. It proved that Hiram
Milligen. Ellen's brother, was not where he
said he was on the night of the murder. As
""l!. 5f? Zrni
FMinrx iurUBUC kliC U1MUUUVUVH .uu
MORG ANTON, N. C, SATURDAY,
c5SWhenJohnFr!?charo and
theTh?rj my affldavU i the room;
the bheriff holds it at this moment. Look
r man uuilt 18 wrjUen OQ Ws face
k s w leave the nuse- Catch
The confusion that now a,
tense. Ellen ililligen, with a loud shriek,"
tell rorwarH nr. tU.. a , .
7 ;. uoor' wnere sne was
. J ,le' Ior 811 8 were turned
upuu uer urotner.
- u nana, ine young man was clear
ing a path to the door. No one dared to
tj uouua UU mm. tor hPthratnn1 1
the fim one who touched him, and
thus he reached the door leading to the
street.
On the threshold he
Vtv "P11118 01 the court room
. ou will never put me in Abner. Ten
ney s placS ! he cried. "Tf r hs
. . ' . me
n Buskirk, you shall not prove and hang
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xuc uexi moment there was a lnnH .
port, and a human body, after swavino- fnr
""'T"1' t. ueav"y upon the floor.
an inatont fn i m ' .. -
"'" Jiuiigen Had taken his own life !
This tiagic occurrence, ns micrht ,
posed, put an end to Abner Tenney's trial
It established his innocent in ti,0
all, and the cniltv wdq u..-,.nA n.
ment of an earthly tribunal.
Upon her recovery, Ellen Milligen un
folded one of the darkest plots on record.
She confessed that her testimony was but a
tissue of falsehoods ; that she knew that
her brother had killed the farmer for the
purpose of getting his money, and accused
young Tenney, in Order to prevent him
from winning Eva Buskirk. Ellen, piqued
at Tenney s refusal to court W i,o,i Ji,m
ed into the plot with revengeful'spirit. But
the game had failed.
Of course the minister's ROn WOO rnlaoaswl
and Ellen Milligen left the country between
two days. She died several -cB,
a den of infamy in the South. '
Abner Tennev led Eva Rnat;
altar several months after his release, and
became one of the solid men of the South
I believe he is still living, but his father,
the minister, is dead ; and the secret which
"c Suar"eu so zealously at one time is no
longer one.
It was simply this : Despite the holy in
fluences under which he had been raised,
he had departed from the paths of rectitude
and became a gambler, along with John
t rench and his companions. On the nio-ht
oi the murder of Mr. Buskirk, the quartette
were m the midst of a carouse which the
youth refused to confess for the sake of his
father, who never dreamed of his wild life
Rllt ,TVn l.1, 1. i J ...
. ncu nau saved tne youn
man whom he had led into vice, and kepi
him from the gallows. Tenney's secret
was told by him after he hart ,..
of himself ; but it puzzles many people who
know it not to this day.
wBciT-rTimncv mauc ns appearance
recently for lie season of 1879. It was oc
cupied by the usual baby, and it was pro
pelled by the woman who looks into all the
store windows as she goes along. A report
er who followed the carriage for an hour
found that it collided with live women, ten
men, six curb-blocks, four boxes and a
street car, and every collision only made the
woman more determined to occupy two-
thirds of the side-walk if it took all summer.
She succeeded. They all succeed. A
woman pushing a baby carriage in front of
her on the sidewalk is as dangerous as seven
roller-skattrs and four velocipede riders
combined. She can't kill a full-grown man
quite as promptly as a runaway team, but
she can knock his shins to pieces, tumble
him over, : upset all his good resolutions
and leave him flint-hearted and evil-minded.
You can't dodge a baby cab. Your only
safe way is to jump from the curbstone or
cliinb a ladder. They go on wheels. They
are supposed to be a convenience which no
respectable baby can do without. No mat
ter who first got the idea that jolting a ba
by around town, bobbing him over curb
stones and bouncing him over crosswalks
would sweeten bis disposition the idea is
correct. Put a man in a vehicle ot the sort
and his back would be broken in an hour,
but babies have no backs. Thev are sim
ply great big hunks of sweetness. The
only reason why all the Union regiments in
the late war were not armed with baby car
riages was because- the factories could not
supply them. They would have ended the
war in one year. 1 he woman with the ba
by carriage needs no advice. She knows
enough to heed the vehicle towards every
crowd she can see. The thicker the crowd
the more business she has there. It is her
duty to run to all fires with it, to select the
busiest crosswalks, and to get in front of all
runaway teams, and she perfectly under
stands it. If there is any country on earth
where these vehicles are not in use, it is no
country to live in.
A Frightful Scene.
During an exhibition "of some wild
beasts a short time ago at the theatre of
a small town in Thuringia, a frightful
scene occured. A leopard was not
nearly so submissive to the tamer as
usual, and dashed wildly about the
cage, suddenly two oi me uara gave
way, and the animal sprang with a
tremendous bound among the spectors
in the pit. The terrified people rushed
pell-mell to the door, but the beast at
tacked the hindermost of them turious
lv with teeth and claws, and in four
rninntfts bid killed a woman aud child
and fearfully lacerated four othy per
sons about the face and neck. The
moment the leopard escaped from its
cage, the beast tamer ind his assistants
hurried after it. armad with spoars but
were unable to overcome it until
dropped 'dead front' its wounds. On
examining the broken bars of the cage
it was discovered that they had been
filed. An attendant, lately dismissed
for drun kennes. has been arrested on
suspicion of being the author of thi
atrocious act.
ArfvrrtUiui; C1 '
It has bee uie so cumiuon io write tne
beginning of an elegant, Interesting
article and then run it into someadver
tisemcnt that we uv id all such ciieats;
and simply call attention to the merits
of Hop Bitters in a plain honest terms
as possible, to indie; people to give
them one trial, as no one who knows
1 their value will ever use anythlngelse
A leading artist of St. Louis recently
said "you cannot imagine how many of our
wee society young men, who figure in the
most aristocratic circles, come to artist, nn
occasions, to get covered up the traces
an all-night frolic left on their
shape ot olack eves. hmiol
remember, not long ago, a clerk at one of i ed- whoiu th hunt as they Would wild
our leading hotel I wpn't mention his : luta, with the ooiect of making pri
name, because it is not necessary, in the I 01e. hom they sell as slaves in Bra
nrst place, and m the next he's a friend of j iUau territory, or reserve for a worsP
mine-came to vr.e in great haste one after-! frte, serving up the still nllnitHn
noon and said, 'Dj you ever Daint
bruised fleshf I said ves. and then WZ
formed me that he wished to take a lady to
a oau mat evening, but that unfortunately
a iew oays Derore, while out riding with
USSJ, uau neen overtorned, and ! " B"eman namea Guzman, a Colom
her face and arm Wfekdlv fcruiaiJ ! bran, whn fnr
.-
up to1 the studio that after
noon, so that I could do the work in day
light, but they didn't make their
auce until after supper, just as I was leav-
ids ior tne theatre. I said to i,or 'vr
cim fix this so that no one can tdT the
ferencein the iras-lirfit h.,t it ...;n .
plainly unless ,u come to me in tie morn-
ing and get it painted over." "All rio-ht
she said, and 1 went to work. Herarm
near the elbow it was a beautiful arm, Li
,7 - " "luioil UliMJU. Ho WJLR ftln ll.r
tie pearl poer to hide ZT .! ?fh! '! 1
she admitted the deception was nerfert T
met the clerk the next dav and askoH him
ix .auj-uuuj una aiscovered tliat herfaceand
arm were painted. 'No,' said he, 'not a
sou But I tell you I took.her home in a
uaeK., sue lives in tile western nu.-f f tl,n
city, and this morning I discovered .1.
strek of white paintnd po? on mf
coat collar, and I want tn k
will take it off.' One morning a young
... cliSaS.-u m me nanRmg business
iutJ ocuuiu nn mseye bandaged
tinn ' t do I r , any ePlana-
11.1 " 8aw Lim 8t out
something about being out the night before
wiui a iew mends. 1 understood all about
it. I fixed the eye up. A few days after
wards we met at the Lindell. He shook me
warmly by the hand. 'You see,' he re
marked, 'I got on a little spree that night
and got into trouble somehow, I don't know
where. It was absolutely necessary for me
to be down at the bank that morning. My
partner did not discover ftnvthinrr If In
had, he would have dissolved partnership
with me in a moment. The few daubs of j
paint you put on saved me $50, 000. While!
artists, as a rule, are ready to oblige their i
friends by covering up traces of tlieir dis- i
SipatlOn in this wv thoir n;i :
way, then generositv is
sometimes Imposed unon. Mr
ifji lii '
Thenext morning there was another bum-
men with his face in a similar condition, and
the hext a third. The artist generally put
them all in a presentable shape, free of
charge. Before the end &f a week they be
gan to come in at the rate of two or three a
day. One morning in came another.
'Sa-a-y,' said he, '1 collared too much
budge last night. Out on a lark with a
friend. There was a little scraping match
'twixt me and a friend of mine, and he put
a head on me. What'll you charge to fix
me up. There's a fellar down here that
only charges two bits. What'll you charge? '
The nonplussed artist turned to him. 'Here
is half a dollar for you,' he said. Take it
down to that other fellar,' and have the
kindness never to darken my doors again. "
How to Pnt Nervous Babies to Sleep.
A baby is a very tender thing, peo
ple say, "but most of them re very far
from knowing how tender. Imagine
how nervous you are in certain state?
when recovering from illness say,
when the fall of a book or a slam of a
door makes yon quiver and feel faint,
t is as if some one gave a blow. A puff
of wind will set it gasping, it's little
breath blown quite away. A noise
makes it shiver, a change ot summer
air makes it turn death cold. A baby
is the most nervous of beings, and the
tortures it suffers ingoing to sleep and
being awakened bv careless sounds
when "dropping off," are only compar
able to the same experience of an older
person during the acute nervous head
ache. Young babies ought to pas3 the
first months of their lives in the coun
try, for its stillness no less than its
fresh air. But where silence is not to
be commanded, baby may be soothed
by folding a soft napkin, wet in warm
ish water, lightly over the top ol its
head, its eyes and ears. It is the best
way to put nervous Rabies to sleep. I
have tried it hundreds of times with a
child so irritable that paregoric and
Soothing syrup only made it wide
awake. A fine towel would bewetand
laid over its head, the ends twisted a
little till it made a sort of skull cap,
and, though baby sometimes fought
against being blindfolded in this way,
five minutes usually sent him off into
deep and blissful slumber. The com
press cooled the feverish little brain,
deadened sound in his ears, and shut
out everything that took his attention,
so that sleep caught him unawares.
Teething babies find this very comfort
able, for their heads are always hot,
and there is a fevered beaiing of the
arteries on each side.
Cannibal.
A curious stor v comes to u. unon the
the nutrfnt
r. . : .u r
Ul V .1 I U J l.l . in LUC VI VHUCa,
. . , r -i- t- etlect oi despair in sucu rara. cjjjic uo.c
on the borders of the Brazilian Empire, . t0 Monte Carlo after be
of hostilities between savage Indian ; ing gg by friends and doctors that it
tribes which are marked by the atroci- wl be their death if they do, return home
ties common to Central Africa, or the late, and die in a few hours. "The attrac
islands of the South Sea, On the deso- ' tioh once given way to becomes irresistable.
late sauds of the lower parts of the ! It is on this fact that the bank chiefly stands.
riverCaqueU.livetwotribesofIndians;"Ti9itorlorVu- VfJ M,
, v. . their is an end of him. If he gains, he al-
-the H uuote and Gasques-between , Md , tm he
whom appears to be an endless fued. tlm
.... . .i. .!, - t . i. : ; o"
vt nai ine original cause oi iuc sanguiu
ary wars between these two tribes may
have been is not known, but the fact
remains that they seem to exist but to
JUNE. 14, 1879.
i destrpy and annihilate each other in
the most horrible manner in the most
horrible manner. Although the trfr
! of the Guvuaques engage in commerc
I with h . rce
of i thV. . J I . "rrltory,
! h?y are "crtheleas, yeriuble enni-
t ' Da,s 80 far as the Huitotes are conwfn
, , . oi. llwlr. v,cum9 article
' P horrible and disgusting
I ine Ir,ntiui orgies practiced
i l lnese oarbarie rites are described by
, , viiutjtm purposes
about thirty metres square with several
uoors on either side, and will
ac
commodate about forty individual
t. i) in;,
i by a cM 7s I SuimnnT I
i . J 1 se,eral tune8 UP and down
l u , aS8erabled savages amid
8nouts and laughter the most infernal :
the tren-bli" captive is obliged to pass
out and in through the various doors
: 2111 I HT IJlCr la a Aia l .
-menu in tnUe 17Z buUd'
" the midst f his sae destroy-
I . Atlen' without a word of warning
i lne savage chief attacks the lielnleas
v,c"tulc ua a ciud, knocking him
! senseless or dead with the first blow
and proceeds to dismember and divide
ho .. .L ,
I 7 l"08e Present. whode.
I 't ti"nanm even witho the for
i mal,ty of submitting them to the fire
, e Wlla 8n,mals crouched upon the
: "uu "r, iney proceed to their unnat
ural u nornote feast. But the Gua-
ques are in turn exposed to the attacks
I of wandering parties of Brazilian n "
groes, who at certain seasons of the
year ascend the Caqueta River, attack
dwellings and villages, making prison
ers of men. women and children indis
criminately, whom they carry off to
their houses and sell into slavery every
year, without protest on the part of the
local authorities, or steps being taken
to put an end to the infernal traffic.
Seventeen Sermons.
The perfectly contented man is also per
fectly useless.
Tn, tn ...
" Al" rugn me eyes of
imw muuiiU you
millionaires and hogs.
Faith that asks no questions kills the
soul and stifles the intellect.
He who thinks poorly of himself cannot
win the respect of his fellows.
Happy is the man who has neighbors will
ing to forgive his mistakes.
Appear to -be better than you are, and
aim to be what you appear to be.
The trouble with many communities is
that their dead men refuse to be buried.
Only infinite wisdom can distinguish the
difference between some men and beasts.
Man believe that to be a lie which contra
dicts the testimony of his own ignorance.
The gilded calf, having wealth without
soul, finds more worshippers to-day than in
the days of Moses.
He whose only claim to the title "gentle
man" is in his clothes, must necessarily be
careful as to what he wears.
Whether he is great or small, set that man
down for a fool who boasts that he does not
read the local papers.
The Lord can more easily have faith in
religion that wears an old coat to church
than the man in the coat can.
It is better to arise from your knees, and
shut your hens out of your neighbor's yard,
than to indulge in long prayers.
A Room Fur Suicide.
The stories of ruin every day at Monaco,
Italy, sometimes on good authority, are
i for children and widows, the sums acquired
by the sale of commissions; sums raised on
house and land, have disappeared in a few
days or hours. Often it is the extravagance
of the companion . that drives her victim
back and back to the tables, deeper and
deeper. But women themselves are
the most reckless gamblers. The common
computation is a suicide a month, aid there
sometimes come three or fourtogether. On
the ramparts, or the garden of Monaco, there
are several points from which ruined gam
biers have thrown themselves into the sea,
300 feet below. Only the other day
"lady" threw herself out of her third floor
chamber into the road. There have been
incidents in the rooms of the Casino, and
one at the table itself. Having staked and
lost his last franc, a gentleman stood up and
drew a pistol and discharged it in his mouth.
For the reception of such scandals there is
provided a room, handy for the railway
which passes almost directly under the Ca
sino. Some inquest there must be, and
is performed by the servants of the estab
lishment, But most of the victims go away
and hide themselves and die like a sick dog,
in some corner, where they hasten death or
let a broken heart take jts course. It is
impossible even to conjecture the total
! amount of the annual ruin;' nor is that an
important matter, for the loss of a fef hun
! hreds is as utter ruin to some people as tens
! of thousands is to others. When a man
I cannot meet his creditors, or even his wife
! and children, it is all over with him, unless
he is devoidof natural feeling and lost to
I shame. The mere excitement of a day's
gambling has been known to kill people con
stitutionallv weak of heart or head, whether
thev have won or lost. Ecstasy works the
- , r . .
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The Prince Imperial has reached
Zululand and taken the field with the
i elief column.
A Wolf-Slayer.
William
Wall, a vnritaKlj. w t l
- ..v lu xjiion county, Michigan.
An interview with one of his sons disclosed
some very interesting reminiscences of early
pioneer life in Eaton county. For several
years but few settlements were made in the
county, but in 1842 Mr. Wall could boast
of quite a "clearing," and four neighbors in
a radius of as many miles. In that year
the settlers were annoyed by a mad wolf
llvpn rami.) l : tv. ... - '
"ou'a attack the stock in the night
i 7 ? promiscuously all within reach,
the Victim of the bite invarinr.lv CTfi tl IT mn si
and suffering terrible agony until relieved
by death. It seems a peculiarity of the
mad wolves, that they leave the company,
or flock of wolves, and, with remarkable
persistence bite and dastrov
IwuWreach. The ,wnli rianimii
troitu in aoimrr-mwnerabie damage,
and numerous attempts had been made to
destroy it to no purpose. One night in the
middle of June Mr. Wall was awakened by
the squealing of his nira and hart' rvf l.io
dog. J umping out of his bed he ran to the
pen, wnich was made of logs, and saw
, noa iuuuc oi togs, ana saw-jLfe . "oosrrr-tne nor-
olf chasing and biting his hogs. rSr? ,r,9 of Di,n'1 Vtr .Hmd Wrd
leaped into the inclosure. tnok thpwif
the hind legs, and attempted to dash its
bcu against the osrs. The wn f ha,l . fir,
mom on one oi the hogs, and would not let
K". nan ran to the wood-pile, got a club,
anu succeeded in killing the wolf, which
proved to be mad. The dog had taken
active enough part in the affniv tn crrt bpv.
cim ones, ano wnn three of the swine, went
iuau anu died. 1 his adventure irave Mr
M 11 1 . ..... ..
"uu me name ot "i ham Wa tin. vlf
slayer," by which he M'AA wide! v k neurit
Auomer nine, while af ten his cows in the
i ... . . .
woooa, ne lost his way and, wandered till
dark, when the wolves comninn! t,i i.nu-i
and had soon surrounded him. ami i.,,'
v.woiug m irom an sides, lie could hear
them running through the underbrush and
howling in a .frightful manner. The
i-i oi ueing compelled to spend the night
in the woods with these halt-famished
wolves was anythinsr but nh-anant Ti,
... .
wolves became more and more daring, and
occasionally one would dart past him and
snap at his legs in a very suggestive manner.
At length he was compelled to take refuge
in a tree. He climbed to a pyvkHv h
and was trying to settle himself in a secure
position for the night, when he noticed a
light not far distant, and after a litttle cog
itation convinced himself that, it WAR mttiln
by a burning log-heap, in a clearing, where
he had been at work during the Hay. He
decided to make a break for the clearing,
and for his protection cut a limb from the
tree and made a very formidable
the shape of a large club. The wolves
were howling and digging aronnd the font
of the treei in almost endless numlicrs.
Taking off his coat, he made a bundle nf it
and when he had descended near the mound
tinieNaTf jumpecTto the ground and '-mining
for the clearing had gained considera
ble ground before he was discovered by the
pack, when they all sprang after him. It
as a hard run and a close race, but he suc
ceeded in reaching a large burning log-heap
built around a stump, and jumping over the
smouldering logs reached the stump. The
wolves came within a few rods ol the tire
and began circulating around it, keeping up
always their unearthly howling. 5Ir. Wall
passed the night perched on top ol the
stump, but found no time to sleep, as he
was kept busy poking up the dying ciiiIkts
in order to keep the wolves at a respectful
distance. At daylight they dispersed, and
the prisoner hastened home to his family
who had expected to hear that "William
Wall, the wolf -slayer, had been slain by
the wolves.
Off Hi MliftJ.
He might have been drinking a little
j ust a few drops of weak lemonade or
somethfng of the kind but yet he look
ed like a very respectable young man
as he leaned over the counter and in
quired for a diary for 1879,
"We have all gtyles and prices," re
plied the dealer as he displayed the lot,
aud in a short time a sale was affected.
The buyer asked for a pencil, and
standing at the counter he opened Ins
diary and wrote :
"Jan. 1 Begin to save $10 a week.
"Jan. 2 Love your enemies and be
soft with everybody.
"Jan,3 Give liberally to charity.
"Jan. 4 Pity everybody's sorrow.
"Jan. 5 Set everyone a good exam
ple.
"Jan. 6 Don't smoke, chew, drink.
play cards, swear, stay out at uighu
lie. steal, borrow money, speak cross
words, get in anyone's way, or talk
politics.
"Jan. 7 Buy a pair of wings and
fly to the better land "
"Thanks for the pencil," be said as
he folded the book. "Now thai the af'
fair is off my mind for a year to couie 1
feel tbirstv. Won't vou go and take
something.
A Candid Opinion.
A Detroit lawyr, famous for
wise and candid opinions, was
h
the
other day visited by a young attorney
wtio explained :
"I was admitted to the Bar two
years ago, and 1 think I ought to know
somethiug about law, yet the minute I
arise to address a jury I forget all my
points and can say nothing. Now I
want to ask you if this don't show a
lackof confidence in myself, and how
can I overcome it?"
The wise attorney shut his eyes and
studied the case before answering:
"My young friend, if its lack of con
fidence in yourself it will some day
vanish, but if it is lick of brains you
had better eil out your office effects
and buy a pickax and long-handled
shovel."
'Buthow am I to determine?" anx
iously asked the young man.
I'd buy the pick-ax anyhow and
ruu my chances!" whispered the aged
adviser, as he moved over to the peg
for his overcoat.
WHOLE NUMBER 173.
NEWS IX BRIEF.
. i
Simon Gould and wife, of Mootne
T t , are 93 and 03 years old resSeel
uvely, and have been married mJX
.-Dr. Gerhard Kohles. thefoung
-The quantity of log, and sawed tim
ber ly ng along the upper water, of
the Delaware Is sal.! to be tne largest
since the panic of 1873. S
-Representative Newberry, of Mich
an. is said to be the wealthiest man
in Congress. He had an Income last
year ot $230,000. ,
tZ?' ""l6' L- ClnmeM.vMark
IWalll), Who is rrawin-P.rl. w.ll M
oer 1st. " -. .
r y 4 m
mere are
schools In the United
1 i a .. 1
aggregate attciidauue vf-i.OOO.obOcnU
Mr. W. VT. Corcoran will purchase
from Mrs. Fletcher VAh.fH.-
Ashburton. which wnra uv) rr.h.
Ma.rshfi.IU lire.
Vl'lie Germans, Italians, and Fench
are preparing for extensive exhibits at
tne Mnxtcan Exhibition of 18S0, with a
view of interrupting the growing trade
between the Uuited States and Mexico.
Peas and. baaaa-contaln nearly
double the flesh-torniing matters that
are found in wheat, com, oats or bar
ley, but tar less starchy aud Ueat-eiwing
matters, or fat. 4 V,
7c'reiuu ls composed of 3.7 percent,
n-sh forming matters, 2G.7 per cent,
tarty matterw2 8 jer. cent, lacthii'1.8
per cent, saline matter and Go percent
water. , f 1
Tne Annual business rueetint of
the American Bible Society was, held
in New York on May 8. The 'sixty
third anniversary Was' inlil In ih
evening. , .,'.
In 1S.)G the translation of the Bible
into the Russian language was begun
It was finished in 1877. iul 1 .
;h-first edition of 24.IKKI pnt.i."V..
exhausted.
The Empress of Austria baa' T.
pended $10,000 on tfie house and' stable
of Lord Laugford's SuriimerlulL man
sion, ii) Ireland, wliioh she bus leased
Iu twenty- voars th TTniiWl
has increased 13J,ODO,000 bushels la its
production of wheat; while' the value '
of its agricultural Implement in' use
upon farms has increased slS.A nnn Don
and it live stock ll.OSl.OOO.tKJo'. ' '-
In McDuflle. Ga.. there Wn lino' 11 n
a few days asro a (went iini u.i,i,.i.
when small had grown r.hr.Iutrh en ,
J'exas Legislature, physicians not pef-
iianei.lly settled are taxed $50; each
iorse entered for a race, $25; each bull
fight. $."0(); aud life insurance .compani
es, $1,000.
Mary Paul, a granddaughter of the
imous privateer, John Paul Jones,
iiflv died in Scotland at the age of
cveniy-nine. Her ancestor's name
was really Joint raui wiien ne enter-
I the privateering business lie added
the "June." '- :!
The Union Paciflo Kdlrolii sold
hiring the lirst tour mouth of this
year 108.418 acres of land ut an average
r$ i.03 per acre! the Kansas TilMitc,
127.721 acres at an average of $3 JS,
ind the Denver Pacific, 1,600 acres at
an average of $3.37 per acre.
The receipls of flour at Chicago
luring the year 1878 amounted to
3,120,000 bartels. This is unpreceden
ted in her history, lae snoi may be
s.id of wheat and roru. Of the former
3 1,000,000 bushels were received, iind
of the latter 03,000,000." "
Illinois, has 800,000 milch C6ws.
To properly cure for; them and (.heir
products requires the labor of 4,000
men ami 0U.000 horse-; while they, Uc
inaiid for their subsistence the use of
over 3,000,000 acres of fond ' Their to
ut money value is placed at $1U,d00,
000. . .
In 1800 Boston consisted of only
733 acres of solid land.' To-day It Cov
ers 20,160 acres. The TK!lAtfoft Ineu
u a-. 23,00'); now it i30(UHK), Mt25,-
000 people live within,. circle 'of twelve
miles from the City ll.UI. lhe total
valuation has Increased from " $15,000,-
000 to $00,000,000.1 "ww ' ."-.
Queen Victoria trMKifoailay
carriage which cost $30.X)0,, 4ffe
pondent of Thr. Chicago Timet savs that
. . f .ift.. a. af. -w4 -A m.
its winuows are sunura wim pwn sun .
curtains, trimmed wfth gacljMwtite
lace ; its ottomans are . covered ,with
cream-colored silk, .embroidered 1th
the royal arma and mdt.bgram.1n pur
ple and gold, and a carpet, which" coit
over $500, covers the floor.
The number of children In San
Francisco between the ages of five and
seventeen is 55.81)9, of whom 233 are
negroes and four Indians. 'Fne num
ber under five years, of.all clasees, Is
S0,2a, of whom. 1505 are MongoJipn.
Ol the white children' of school age,
who have not attended any schoof fliir
lng the past yearr- thea are t?147.
The returns do not mention, anjrt Mon
golian children as hav)ng.a.tten4d any
school.
fohn C. Hamilton, a St. LonfflTock
smiih.hsald to have lhe key OPHhe
old French Bastile. When tbe mob
tore De Launev. the governor, to pieces,
one of the revolutionists.. Ichastel by
name, secured the keys. They were
kept in the Lechastel family imtB H52,
when Antoiue lecliasiei enugfaieu i
this country. Hatmjum, secureq tnem
from Lechastel, tne iai;er oeing in
need of money. There are Ave keys in
the bunch. Tbe largest ortfti is nly,
though the marks of the armorer plain
ly can be seen, ine smallest, ei'n,
inches long, is made 6f fine steel.
At a meeting of the Trostees of the
Xew York and Brooklyn KrfcifelieM
in Xew York, Prosidentllurphjr stated
that the total cash expenditure up to
Augu-t 1. 1878, were $9,718,72.91, and
the total aiwxiiit of xpeinliture and
liabilities $!).U05,189 69. ' The amount
paid for land up to the present tiuje 1
$2,827,206 25, and the net"cst or the
brl'lge, exclusive of land,' rS $8,79,
859.07. According to the pneseit tsti
,.. i h miu.iirii i en ul re 1 to oaisnete
the .bridge is $ J,027,733.7. TKnet
cost
of the entire Uu(T to ws asru is
5 111 ami fh tltal t Withe
$3.5
land and bridge will be $14,5S3,036.60.
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