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Th MidnighrCry
In the early days of a certain Western
state a crime was committed which has
gained a place 'among the annals of dark
aeeas. j it was murder i but the circum
stances! surrounding it are so' noteworthy
that we shall here transcribe them. They
present the most remarkable instance of a
young i man sealing his lips when his-own
uie. was m . teopardy, in order to conceal a
petty vice the most remarkable instance of
the. kind on record. I
j One night in . March, 1831, a farmer
named Buskirk left a town where, during
the day, he had disposed of a lot of hogs.
lie Vode a sorrel horse,' and carried the pro
ceeds 6f his sales In heavy leather saddle.-
bags. The ' money ; was mostly in silver
coin of the dollar denomination,' and the
amount, therefore, was quite weighty..
liuskirk, a fearless man, did not go armed,
but rode unconcernedly from town, a little
under, the influence of liquor, but not drunk
enough to call attention to the fact. ; ; . ,
' As he lived but twenty miles from : the
market he expected to reach home About
midnight.- But when the morning dawned
Zimri Buskirk' was still absent from his
farm. His horse 'stood at the stable door
nei&liing for admittance.- The well-known
saddle-bags were missing, which immedi
ately gave rise to a suspicion of foul play,
and search for the farmer was at once in
stituted.'' .. r i
' ; ' At a distance of five miles from home the
bodv of Buskirk was found. lying by the
roadside, and not far away lay the saddle
bags, rifled of their contents.- The villain,
in ins! haste to get at the money, had cut
his' wav to4 "it. instead of unbuckline the
heavy straps. The farmer was found to be
auittf dead f one side of his skull had been
crushed as if by a blow frim a bludgeon, or
some murderous weapon of that sort, and
his pockets, like the saddle-bags, had been
despoiled of .their contents.! ,
The excitement from the moment of the
discovery became intense. : Zimri Buskirk
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was one oi me , most lnnuentiai iarmers ui
the neighborhood and . a man umversallj
liked, lie was hot known to possess an
enemy, arid no :one ever dreamed that the
murder had been -committed for anything
but that of subsequent plunder. . . , .;
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 front a farm-house occupied by
a family named MHUgen, which consisted
of the parents and' twb children,' son and
daughter, who. had passed their . minority,
While the , excitement stul raged, Jllen
lilligan came forward, and desired to
make a statement that she said had tortured
her ever since he night of the murder. &he
said that she had been the possessor of 4
guifty secret which -she could iioMonger
keep ; she could not sleep -for. it, and it was
the spectre of her waking hours. . .
The girl then proceeded to state that she
wasj-up at the hour of half-past eleven' or
thereabout, on the night of the tn, ana
that she heaard a horse comini down the
frosty road.frpm. the directiod of, - 1- -i
Not i regarding the sound - of any mo
ment, she was about to re-enter the
house, when she heard an oath, followed
br a dull: thud and a' trroan. Then she
heard a name uttered twici in atone of
mingled agony and supplication; . '
Al moment later the sound of hoofs came
again to her .ears, and the horse seemed to
be galloping toward the Buskirk farm. :
The excitement that followed Miss Milli
genfs 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
his Victim before iuschsibility 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 woujd
have fallen if she had not been supported
by tier brother Hiram. She did not like to
utter the name that might doom one of the
young men of her acquaintance to the gal-
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lows, lor sne couia not ueiieve mm gmiiy,
vet she had heard Zimri liustirfc can on
hini t6 spare his life on that awful night..
Ellen Millieen was pressed to mention
the name. -and further the ends of justice,
in which the whole country was interested,
and at last her lids parted.
God help him and pity me !v she said;
"The name L heard was Abner Tenney's.''
If a thunderbolt had fallen into the breath
less; crowd," astonishment would not have
been, more complete.'. "? Men started at the
name, 'ahdi women uttered cries that added
to the confusion. ! '
, Standing near the witness was a young
man of five and twenty, the only son of a
minister who watched over the little flock
of believers that worshipped in the church
hard by, and a youth of. exemplary habits
to the outer world His face was as pale
Fas death, arid at the mention of his name he
started back with a cry ana louna the eyee
of all fixed upon him. , . . . i
His name was Abner Tenney. ; . . ;
i lie made no efforts, to fly;", and . when
strong hands were laid upon him, he smiled
and told the people he would face the accu
sation. - '- i
The young man was formally arrested on
Ellen Milligen'a statement, and brought' to
the bar of justice. He denied the crime,
but astonished everybody with his answer
to the inquiry concerning his whereabouts
on the night of the crime. - '
"1 admit that I was . not at- Lore, but
where I was I will not tell !"' '
This answer was twisted, as. it could easi
ly he by. the excited community, into broad
strands of guilt, and the young
remanded by the magistrate for
trial at the next term of court.
man waa j
a regular 1
There were a few who believed that he
might be innocent. When it became cen-
erally known, that he had been a suitor for
Eva Buskirk's hand without the sanction of
her father, revenge was added to the motive
of the 'murder.; Ellen Milligen's word "was
believed i she was a girl of violent passions,
but her veracity in this case was not drag
ged into question! She acknowledged that
she low.d Abaer-Tenney Hence her reluc
tance to testify i and after the rreUadnarr
examinauonrj mid hVeW srretted
havingTevead the secret. ;1- r : "
liut it was out now, and the young man.
lying in the county jail, reiterated his inno
cence, but still he refused to 'make known
his whereabouts and occupation, on that
night . v '
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
thejiight. .
He did not deny this, but persistently re
fused to explain his presence there.
His father visited him, and begged him
to unburden himself ; but to him he invari
ably returned the same reply : -
ere I to tell you, you would feel as
badly as though I had committed the mur
der.", I
The young man was visited by many ac
quaintances,, to whom lie would net reveal
his secret, and it at last becaaie more than
half suspected that he had accomplices who
had concealed the money, not one dollar of
which had, as yet, been found, j . j
Ellen Milligen continued to reaffirm her
statement. . bhe was confident that she had
heard Buskirk call on ' Abner Tenney in
tones that left to doubt in her mind that he
addressed his murderer.- As the time for
the trial approached, she lost her reluctance
and openly declared that she knew that the
accused had committed the crime.
Her brothw,Tnot having- been at home on
the night of the murder, was not summoned
as a witness. It was known that he. too.
had visited the Buskirk homestead as a
suitor 'for Eva's hand, but that of late he
had turned his attention to another lady,'fcto
whom he was paying his devoirs. .
The excitement consequent upon the
fanner's violent death and Abner Tenney's
arrest did not for one moment abate during
his sojourn in jail. Ta a young, man who
visited Wnr he said : "
"Spare ine, John. 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 my .honor would send
my father to the grave as quickly as the
shedding of my blood by the law.i Do not
come forward and try to save me by sacri
ficing my honor!'- - ' ,:
'They will hang you if you do not tell
all," iwas the reply. "Let us stfear to the
truth. Do not let -Eva believe that you
killed her father."
, The last sentence drove Abner Tenney to
the wall of his cell with a groan. It seemed
to unnerve him. : . . "
"She will nevet believe itl" 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 enme.
The young man s visitor left, -and joined
two other men of his age in the comdor of
the jail. 1
"What does he
say now was asked
with 'P&orernpM-'f
""He is still obdurate, and
"dec!
arcs that
we must not expose him." . ,
"Can we save, him without the expos
ure?"
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' The trio' were youths of respectable
parents, but considered -fast young jnen.
They had of late been Abner I enney acorn-
panions, much to the regret of the few pious
peopie wno naa eoticea tne iamiuaniy. ,
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"Look here," said one, addressing his
companions, "I hold myself in partrespon-
flibleffor' AbneFs present situation.- We
led him into the habits that have fastened
themselves upon us. We must save him !"
The spokesman of' the dissolute party
was a young student . ot meuicine, ana it
was not long afterward that a learned medi
cal , gentleman of .'.Cincinnati , came to lhe
county'" The body of Zimri Buskirk was
exhumed and examined. :
John French stood by and watched- the
professor. .-.!.- ' ; ! .
Well I he said at last.
I "You say that she swore to .bearing 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. :t A'stab in the heart could not
prove more instantly fatal than Ahe initial
blow." . -vi ' ' v .
"That is your opinion!" ; -
VI will swear to it"
L The young man was satisfied, and the
body, minus the head, .was returned to the
grave. ... -f .-. I
""If he "will hot sacrifice 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,j and the accused
plead not guilty," in a firm voice.
Elffn Milligen repeated her testimony so
damaging to the defense, and adhered to it
through a rigorous cross-questioning to
I which she was subjected. She had heard
the cries after the blows ; she was positive
of this. " 1
1 'The other evidence offered by "the State
was merely - circumstantial. The defense
introduced the Professor, who explained the
nature of the wounds,' and swore that the
first bloW had produced instant death. This
produced a sensation in court. It staggered
Ellen 3Iilligen's testimony, until that hour
believed invulnerable. The blows that now
followed from the defense were hard and
telling ones. - .
No alibi was attempted. The accused
had forbidden such a plan, on the ground
that it would reveal Uie 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
the young man was not under arrest, - the
court forbade tha lntroduetioa of sucb Us-
timony, when John French arose, and ex
claimed : i - i'
1 I do now accuse him of the murder of
Zimri Buskirk ; my affidivit is in the room;
the Sheriff holds It at thl. moment. Look
at the man ! Guilt is wf tten on his face.
He is trying to leave pe house. Catch
him I ; i
i ' The confusion, that nq ensued was in
tense. Ellen Milligen, with a loud shriek,
fell forward on the flcxr, where she was
permitted to lie, for all? eyes were turned
Upon her brother. . f
Pistol in kand, the ypun; man was clear
ing a path to the doorl No one dared to
lay hands on him, for qe threatened to shoot
the flri one who touched him, and
thus he reached the tor leading to the
Btreet, '...'' ' ' '
On the threshold he raused-nd faced the
excited occupants of the court roora." -
"You wDl never ptS"iue In Abner Ten
ney's place" be cried. 'If I did kill Zim
ri Buskirk, you shall not prove and hang
me I" '. . .
v The next moment there was a loud re
port," and a human body, after swaying for
an instant, fell heavily upon tie floor.
Hiram Milligen had taken is own life !
This tiagic occurrence, as might be sup
posed, put an end to Abner Tenney's trial.
It established his innocence in the eyes of
all, and the guilty was beyrad the 'punish
ment of .an earthly tribuna.
Upon her recovery. El I n JMilligen un
folded one of the darkest plots on record.
She confessed that her testmony was but a
tissue of falsehoods ; that she knew that
her brother had killed the fanner for the
purpose of getting his monty, and accused
young Tenney, in order U prevent him
from winning Eva Buskirk. Ellen, piqued
at i enney s refusal to court her, bad enter
i0.10 the plot with revengeful spirit But
le game had failed.
Of course the minister's sra was released.
and Ellen 3Iilligen left the country between
two days. ' She died several yean later in
a den of infamy in the Soutt.
Abner Tenney led Eva Buskirk to the
altar several months after lis release, and
became one of the solid met of the South.
I believe be is still living, jut his father,
the minister, is dead ; and tie secret which
lie guarded so zealously at jne time is no
longer one. . '
It was simply this : Desp te the holy in
fluences under which he had been raised,
lie had departed from thq paths, of rectitude
and became a gambler, along with John
French and his companions. On the night
ot the murder or Mr. Buskinc, the quartette
were in the midst of a carouse which the
youth refused to confess for the sake of his
father, who never dreamed of his wild life.
" But Jolin French " had saved the young
man whom he had. led into vice, and kept
him. from the gallows. Tenney's secret
was told by him after he had made a man
of himself;, but" it puzzles many people who
know it not to this day. , . -
i "BabjJKlne.
. i nc uaoy carnage maae its appearance
recently for the season of 1S79. 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 five women, ten
men, six t 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 pushinsr a baby carriage in front of
her on the bidewalk is asdanzcrousasseven
roller-skaters 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.
l ou can t dodge a baby cab. . Your only
safe way is to jump from the curbstone or
climb 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-
- .
i stones ana bouncing mm over crosswalks
would sweeten his disposition the ideals
correct. Pot a man in a vehicle of the sort
I and his back would be broken in an hour,
but babies have no backs. They are sim
ply, great big hunks of sweetness. The
only reason why all the Unton 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. The woman with the ba
by carriage needs no advice. She knows
enough to heed the vehicl 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, andto get in front of .all
runaway teams, and she perfectly under
stands iL If there is any country on earth
where these vehicles are not in use, it is no
country to live in.
A Habitat hocie.
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 leoDar4 wai not
nearly so submissive to the tamer as
usual, and dashed wildly about the
cage. "Suddenly two of the. bars gave
way, and the animal sprang with , a
tremendous 1ound amorg the spectors
In the pit. The terrified people ruehed
pell-mell to the door, but the beast at
tacked the hlnderraost of them furious
ly with teeth and claws, and in four
minutes had killed a woman and' child
and fearfully lacerated four other per
sons about the face and neck. The
moment the leopard escaped front .its
cage, the beast tamer and his assistants
hurried after It, armed with spears but
were unable to overcome it until it
dropped dead from Its wounds.. On
examining the broken bars of trie cage
it was discovered that they bad been
filed. An attendant, lately dismissed
for drunkenness, has been arrested on
suspicion of being the author of this
atrocious act.
' AdvertUlaa; Cheat.
. It baa become so common to write tbr
beginning of an elegant, interesting
article and then run It Into some adver
tisement that we aTtId all inch chest--
and simply call attention to the .merit
of Hop Bitters in as plain honest term
as possible, to Indtc . people to give
them one trial, as no one who knows
their Yalue will ersr use anything else
X-rlUaff.
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A leading artist ' of SL Louis recently
said, "you cannot Imagine bow many of our
nice society young men, who figure in the
most aristocratic circles, come to artists, on
occasions, to get covered op the traces of
an all-night frolic left on their faces in the
ahape of black eyes, bruised noses, etc I
remember, not long ago, a clerk at one of
our leading hotel 1 won't mention his
name, because it is not necessary, in the
first place, and in the next he's a friend of
mine came to ire n great haste one after
noon and said, 'Di you ever paint over
bruised flesh?' I said yes, and then he in
formed me that he wished to take a lady to
a ball th&t evening, -buS that unfortunately
a few days before, while out riding, with
her, the buggy had been overturned, and
her face and arm were badly bruiseo eo
badly, lii Lvct, tnavwikiM tk uaoa.coud
be covered up in some way, it would be im-p-'esible
for her to attend the balL I told
him to bring her up to the studio that after
noon, so that I could do the work in day
light, but they didn't iuake their appear
ance until after supper,1 just as I was leav
ing for the theatre. ' I said to her 'Now I
Lean fix this so that no one can tell the dif
ference in the gas-light, but it will show
plainly unless you come to me in the morn
ing and get it painted over." t'All rignt,"
she said,' and 1 went to work. Her arm
near the elbow it was' a beautiful arm, I
tell you was bluish black, as was also her
right cheek, but the swelling had gone down.
After I had painted her up and added a lit
tle pearl powder to hide the gloss of the oil,
she admitted the deception was perfect. I
met the clerk the next day and asked him
if anybody had discovered that her face and
arm were painted, j 'No, said he, not a
souL But I tell you I took her home ia a
hack; she lives in the western part of the
city, and this morning I discovered a long
streak of white paint and powder on my
coat collar, and 1 want to know now what
will take it ofL One morning a young
man engaged in the banking business
came up to ury studio" kith his eye bandaged
up. HJh, you need not make any explana
tion.' I said, as I saw him stammer out
something about-being out the night before
with a few fnends.1 understcoi all about
iL 1 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, 1 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 anything. If he
had, he would hav dissolved partnership
with me in a moment. The few daubs of
paint you put on saved me $50,000. While
artists, as a ruie, are reauy vj oungo tueir
friends by covering up traces of their dis
sipation in this way, their generosity is
sometimes imposed upon. Apropos, Mr.
Miles remarked that t while in New York
several years ago, a bummer came into .his
studio one morning with a black eye, and
more for the purpose cf getting nd of him
than -anything else,' be painted his eye over.
The next morning there was another bum
mer with his face in a similar condition, and
the, next a third. The artist generally put
them all in a presentable shape, free of
charge. Before the end ef a week they be
gan to come in at the rate, of two or three a
day, One morning in came another.
a-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 ai 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 rat Kervoas Rabies to Sleep.
A baby Is a very lender thing, peo
ple say, but most of them are very far
from knowing how tender. Imagine
how nervous you are in certain states
when recovering from illness say.
when the fall of a book or a slam of a
door makes you quiver and feel faint,
it Is as If someoiiagaveablow, Apufl
of wind will set: it gasping, it's little
breath blown quite away. A noise
makes it shiver, a change of summer
air makes it turii death cold. A baby
is the most nervous of beings, and the
tortures it suffers in going to sleep and
tjelng awakene by careless sounds
when "dropping on." are only compar
able tojthe kame.experience of an older
person during the acute nervous head
ache. Young babies ought to pass the
first mouths of their lives In the coun
try, for Its stijlness 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 iu
head, Its eyes and ears. It Is the best
wav to Dut nervous babies to tlecD. I
have tried It hundreds of times with a
child so Irritable that paregoric and
soothing; syrup only maae if wide
awake. A floe towel would be wet and
laid over Its head, the ends twisted a
little till Jt made a sort off kail cap,
and, thongh baby sometimes fought
against being blindfolded in this way.
five minifies usually sent him off Into
deep andolisstul slumber. The com
press cooled the feverish little brain,
deadened sound In bis 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 beating of the
arteries on each side.
A curious story come to us, upon the
authority of the Prefect of the District
of Caqueta, j la the State of Cauca,
on the borders of the Brazilian Empire.
of hostilities between savage lndiac
tribes which are marked by. the atroci
ties common! to Central Africa, or the
Islands of the South Sea, On the deso
late sands of the lower parts of the
river Caqueta, live two tribes of Indiana
the HuliOtes and Gasques between
whom appears to be an endless fued.
What the original cause of the sanguin
ary wars between these two tribes tnsy
have been Is' not known, but the fact
remains that they seem to exist bat to
destroy and aunlhlUte each other inf
the roost horrible manner
lu the most!
horrlblA minnrr. Although tl0 tribe
oi me uuv'iaquej engage iu mmmcrtx
m a a .a. -
Ith any who may visit their territory,
they are
sre nevertheless, veritable dnnl-
bale so far as the Uultotes are concern
ed, whom they bunt as they would wild
beasts, w ith the object of matin? pris
oners, whom they sell as slatea In Br
zlliau territory, or reserve for a wors
fcte, serving up thecStilt palpitating
bodies of their victim as au article of :
food in thlr horrible and dlgutiug
feasts. The frightful orgies practiced
at these barbaric rites are described by
a gentleman named Guzman, a Colon,-
bUn, who, for commercial purposes,
visited the country Inhabited by these j
tribes. The ,buIlJ!is r teruplfs Ju 1
hlch th victims -are sacrificed
arc J
ml
about thirty metres square with several
doors ou either side, and will ac
commodate about forty Individuals.
I he victim selected is led by the hand
by a chief sevetal limes up and down t
befofe the assembled savages amid
shouts and laughter-the most lulerual ;
the trerubllng captive Is obliged to piss
out and In through the various doors,
and at last is allowed to sUikI for a
few moments In the centre of tli r build
ing, in the nildst'of his tavage destroy-
ers. Then, without a word or warning mad and cueu. luis adventure gave air.
the savage chief attacks the belple Wall the naoie of WiUiaai Wall the wolf
creature wltb a club, knorkiag l.Imfc lyer." by which he was widely known.
.,. -I... - i,k ii,. nnil. "Another time, while after his cows in the
senseless or dead with tAn bio. . he waade.ml
an! proceeds to dismember and divide when the wolves commenced to howl
the body among those prcenr, tvhode-! caj tooa surrounded him, and began
Tour the remains even without the for-closing la from all aides. He could hear
tuality of submitting them to the fire. ' them running through the underbrush and
Like wild animal, crouched.upon the J howling in a frightful manner. The pros-
...nd flnnr 'thov tM-rw p1 tn 1..1r Mnnit.
ural and horrible feast. But the Qua
ques are in turn exposed to the attacks
'f wandering parties of Brazilian ne
groes, who at certain seasons of the
year ascend the Caqueta Uivef, attack
dwellings ani village', inakinc prison
ers ot men. women and children lndi
crlinlnately, whom they carry off to
their bouses and sell Into slavery every
year, without protest on the part of the
local authorities, or step teiug taken
to put au end tohe infernal traffic. -
The perfectly contented man is also per
fectly useless.
Try to see yourselves tlirough the eyes of
tiose around you.
The ideal saint of the vounz moralist is
cut from sappy timber.
The vigorous idea kecj warm though
wrapped in few words. .
treat pwfc-cr of rvqui&WotJ is co:roT.to
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. j
Happy is the man who has ueighltors will
ing to forgive his mistakes.
- Appear to be better than you are, and
aim to be w hat 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 beas'.a.
Man believe that to be a lie which contra
dicts the testimony of his own ignorance.
The gilded calf, having wealth without
BouL finds more worshippers to-day than in
the dars of 3 loses.
lie whose only claim to the title "gentle
man is in lus clothes, must necessarily be
careful as to what he wears.
Whether he is great or sua'!, set that man
down for a fonl who boasts that be 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 I loom Yur at ulclde.
The stories of ruin every day at Jlonaco,
Italy, sometimes on good authority, are
bomble. i ortunes, trust money, provision
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, and there
sometimes come three or four together. On
the rauiparts, or the garden of Monaco, there
are several points froji which ruiaed gab
blers have thrown themselves into the sea,
3UJ feet below. Only the other day a
"lady" threw herself out of her third door
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
wbieh paases almost directly under the Ca
sino, tome inquest there must be, and Jt
is performed by the servants of the "ertab
Iiahment, But most of the victinls go away
and hide themselves and die like a sick dog.
in some corner, w here they hasten death or
let a broken heart take its course. It is
impossible even to conjectdre the total
amount of the annual ruin; nor is that an
Important matter: for the las of a ferr hun-
hreds is as utter ruin to some people as tecs
of thousands is to others. When a man
cannot meet bis creditors, or even1 his wife
and children, it is all over with him, unless
be is devoid or natural, feeling and lost to
shame. The mere excitement of a day's
ramblinaT has been known to kill people con
stitutionally weak of heart or head, whether
they have won or losL' Lcstasy worxs the
effect of despair in such cases. People have
been known to go to Monte Carlo after be
ine assured by friends and doctors, that I
will be their death if they do, return home
!f. arvi die la a few hours. The attrac
tion once riven way to becomes irresi stable.
It Is on this fact that the bank chiefly stands.
ir . rin!r- Imir he leaves the table and
their is an end of him. If be gaina, he al
ways returns and plays till be has lost every
thing 4
The Prince Imperial has reached
Zul aland and tak.n the fbild with the
relief eelumn,
A TV yer.
I William Wall., a veritable wolf-sIsTer.
lived recently in Eaton county, Mkhigax
. interview
ith one of his sons disclosed
aome verTinlT'm?Mmlninrof ear'r
pioneer life la Eaton county. For several
years but few settlements were made in the
county, but in lb4i Mr. Wall could boast
of quite a "clearing," and four neighbors in
a radius of as many mi'-ea. In that year
the settlers were annoyed by a mad wolf,
which would attack the stock In the night
and bite proancuosJv ail within reach.
the victim of the bite Invariably going mad, .
and suffering terrible agony until relieved .
by death. It seems a poduliarity ot the
n " J 'f.V P"J
ithia reach. The wolf in question Lad
Ucceedl in doing considerable damage,
numerous attempts had been trade to
destroy it to no purpose. One night la the "
middle of June Mr, Wall was awakened by
the squealing of his pigs and bark of his
dog. Jhmpihg out of his bed be ran to the
pen,' which was made of lozu and saw a
wolf chasing and biting his bogs. .- lie
leaped into the inclosure, took the wolf by
the hind legs, and attempted to dash its
head a?aint lite logs. The wolf Lad a firm
hold on one of the hogs, and would not let
go. Wall ran to the wood-pile, got a club,
and succeeded in killing the wolf, which
proved to ' 1 n.atL The dog had taken
active enough part in the ailray to get sev
eral biles, and with three of the swine, went
uuu;; wjuw w mc uig.ui
in the woods with thesj halt -famished
wot via was anything but pleasant The
wolves became more and more daring, and
occasionally one would dart past biin and
snap at his U-gs in a very suggestive manner. .
At length he was compelled to take refuge
la a tree.- He climbed to a goodly height,
and was trying to settle himself in a secure
position for the night, when he noticed a
light not far distant, and after a L Lille cog
itation convinced himself that it was made
by a burning log-heap In a clearing, where
he liad Lvren at work during the dar. He
. , r. s -
and for his protection cut a limb from the
tree and made a vcy formidable weapon in'
the shape of a largs club. The wolves
were howling and digging around the foot
of the .tne ia-almost endless numbers.'
Taking oil his coat, he made a bundle of it,
and when he had descended near the ground
threw it as far as possible. It hardly touched
the ground before the wolves pounced-upon
if and began fighting, each aderoptlng to
get a chance at the garment, during which
time Wall juaiped to the ground, and run
ning for the clearing had gained coasldVra-'
ble ground before he was discovered by the
'pack, when they ail sprang after him. It
was a hard run and a close race, but be suc
ceeded in reaching a large burning log-heap
built around a slump, and jumping over the
smouldering logs reached the stump. The
wolves caaie within a few rods of the fire
and began circulating around it, keeping up
always their unearthly bowling. Mr. Wall
paaacd the night perched oil lop of the
slump, but found no time to sleep, as -be
was kept bmy poking up the dying embers
inj order to keep the wolves at a renpecif ul
distance. At daylight they disr eried, and
ttie,prisoncr hastened home to hit family
who had expected to hear U at William
Wall, the wolf-slsycr," had been slain by
the wolves.
oar di Mid.
He might have been drinking a Utile '
just a few drops of wc.ik lemonade or j
something of the kind but yet he look
ed like a very respectable young man
as he leaned over the counter and in-
luired for a diary for 1S7U, " ".
'We have all styles and price,'' re
plied the dealer as he dlaplayej the 'ot, '
aud in a short time a sale was affected. '
I'ne buyerj a Led for a pencil, and
Landing at the counter he opened bis
diary aud wrote:
"Jaq. 1 Beln to rare $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, awear, stay out at ulghts.
lie, steal," borrow money, peV cross
words, get in anyone's way, or "talk
politic. "
"Jan. 7 Buy a pair of wings and
ily to lhe better laud ,
Thanks for the "pend!.' be sal J as .
he folded the book. "Now that the af-
lair is off uiy tuiud for a year to come I
feel thirsty. Wuu't you go and take
fiCJethlng.
A CM14 OpiaU.
A Detroit lawy-r, famous for bis
wise and candid opinions, was the '
otl.er day visited by a youug attorney.
who explained :
"I was admitted to the Bar two
years a,;o, aud think I ouht to know
ouiethlng about law, yet the mi u ate I .
arise to ad Iress a lury I furze t "all mr
llut aud can say nothing. Now I
want to ask you if this don't show a
lack of rooflJence in myself, and. bow .
can I overcome it; '
The s he attorney shut bis eyes and.
studied the case before answering: -
My young friend, if its lack of con-fideut-e
In yourself it will some day
vani-h, but if It! Hck of brains you
had better eil out your ofiJce effects
and buy a pickax and Jong-handled
ahotel.
Butbow am I to determine V anx
iously asked the young man.
I'd buy the pick-ax anyhow and
run my chances!" whispered the aged
adviser, as he moved over to the peg"
, far his overcoat,
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