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whjfJogrotiH uqtes fliy lionoiii swell,'
Why Btmiiw of umrtc, wt'fl ajyH free,
Onrtt fnrth 4u tmiof ul liuriiiaiiy,
Wteii.iiiKli'nicnIU it Uiln illsgiifeo,
A sorrowing heart no of tan lien,
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IhKUK my eiieluuita! twiiil nlmji!
Tlie stremi or timo lo iiiut tot shore
\\Iwro mortal caiiw mo Ml no more)
And ItosOTii (twlf wore not wmipUwv
Without tho wwirt cf Jiiiii-io wet,  *
Vliy do I smllot Wiy, mttTorctl hqi-o,
On brown m unci! to nuio nml cure,
Aro gcuUo HiitUoi Uwl softly time
Unoll oilier oV a cftiiMvOi'ii fow ?
I'lm heart oVi-cnstwIth griof Uio wlillo^
Ami jot—'mid uniihi'tl t«ava 1 mnllis
J sialic, IwoiHiso to nature truo ;
JWko Rfciius of Bvmeliiim Ureuklng UirotiKli
UTio rlfUtt flona», whon stontw nro met;
Though non. white cloiulH still overeat
I'ho iiiiiiKi gky, to t'lioor tho bmtii
Jjrlglit rays nf uiniUglit buret betu'ren.
Why ilo I wocp?  Alio! theso learn
Cannot elfsiw tho etaiiift of yeai-n;
Tin (jnico ulono win nave, X know,
Aud yot, 'tin srril to let tbem flow;
They nootlie tho griefs of lifo'H dark hours,
As twilight million through April showers.
And thon 'tin written, " .Tibub went,-'
Aim* Uio gntro of ono llmt *lt>l>t,
JVIillo frlciidu and loved ones galliei-ml 'round
With «0f toned triad tho new-nuulo niouiul;
That ivhen thus nretaod with crlef and cures,
Ho found o inveot relief in tours,
JljSSKMINE CfOTTAOK, Fla.
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VOLUME til.
CLARE, MIC MIGAN, WJDAY, MAY 28, 18S0.'
NUMBER 4.
4 CHAm.E IK VMtF. jaoHSK.
Wo have got a crodio in the house,
And wo liavo (Mniethiiig in It,
A frteiWsti, woywiirrt, wiiiHomo boirJi,
Not Wgeor taan a niliiuto.
Although no diadem ho wears
But Ws TliiBiets soft and Urown,
His ovory raiil'ennd frown ire heed,
As if he woro a crown,
No needier in hia lunula io holds,
But then his pinky list, no mnuil,
Ho, IJShi a J?t>ynj ^a?oi«M^, '*|-tet<ts;v
And wo oro huiuhlc Biilijccln all.
And when bis tiny feet ho nlnmiw
If uniiht, caprice, or wbim dtaulcasc,
Tlio brigii test gift fn bobydo.ii
We bring, Win to oppeiwo.
And when ho wills to clOifc his eyes,
Wo go on tiptoe through tbo Jiouso;
Evou pupa's bea>7-booted foot
l'idli»»oftly m a mouse.
Wo havo got a despot on a throne,
Eeclinlng like nidug'et,
For wo have a cradle in our liouse,
And we have something in it
WHY I JOINED THE BETECTIYES.
" Con I sit with you ?"
"Certainly, sir."'
"Nice weather?"
"Splendid, indeed."
" Crops growing iinelv ?"
" Yes—eimldn't do better."
I was sitting in a car on a "Wisconsin
rnilroud, ono day, years ago, when a
good-looking, plensant-spoken man came
along, stoxipod at my sent, nnd the above
conversation took place, tlie latter part
of it after Iliad given liim part of my
scat.
Now, I am regarded ns a social man. I
like a joke; more so then than now. On
entering a. railroad ear I always looked
ttliout for a talkative man, aiid then I
got_ as closo to him as possiblo and
drained him dry, if the journey wnslong
enough.
And I want to stato ono thing more,
Left an orphan before I could realize tho
sad event whieh made me one, I got
kicked hero and cufled there, and grew
up between folks, as tliey say. I ought
to have had, at the timo of wliich I wnto,
a pretty thorough knowledge of hnimm
nature, and huve boen able to read ovil
iij a man's faco if ho intended mo evil. I
did not pride myself on being over sharp,
but the knocking wound among straug-
<as ought to havo given anyone a good
experience.
Well, the fiiranger and I fell into an
easy ttitiu of conversation ns we rode together, and in ten minntes I bogan to
enjoy Ids coinpituy. He was a woli-mndo
fellow, finely dressed, nnd wore a, line
watch, and a simon-pure diamond ring.
I never saw a man who could talk so
easy and so pleasantly. Ifc seemed that
lie had but to open Jus month, uud Iho
I* had traveled in tiloSoiltli; bo luid
he. I had heard the roar of the Pacific;
he knew all nliout it, I had beon up in
a balloon, dowu in a mine, been blown
up, _smiuihe<l up nud repaired again and
ugniu; my now friend had experienced
Jill these things, nud was wishing for
something ot a. more Mnrtling nature.
Wo agreed on politics, neither had any
religion, mid I had never met Mich a
railroad companion.
Did you ever meet a man who, though
a stranger to yon ten minutes before,
could wrest from you your secrets -which
you had sworn to yourself not to reveal?
Well, he was such a man. It was not
long before he commenced asking me
questions. He did not seem to try to
(piiz or draw me ont, bnt he asked'me
questions in such a sly, roundabout way
that, before I knew it, I was giving him
my history.
'I was at thnt tune just on the point of
being admitted to the bar of Wisconsin
as a student of Law Ar Law, of Briefville.
The linn were old lawyers with.a lucrative practice, and it had been talked
ovor that in about n month I should be
tho " Co." of the firm. A yem* before,
a farmer named Preston, down about
four miles from Grafton, died, and his
matters had been put into the hands of
Law & Law for settlement. Preston had
died rich. He had money in bank, railroad stock and mortgages, etc., nnd
everything was settled up to tho satisfaction of the relict and fatherless.
About a year beforo his death, being
pinched for money, nud not wishing to
sell anything at a sacrifice, Preston had
given a mortgage on liis farm for $3,000.
While the papers reiki "for ono year
from date," thero wns a verbal agreement
that it should be lifted any day that
Preston desired. A month after, when,
having the funds to clear off tho paper,
the " old money bags" holding it refused
to discharge, wishing to secure his interest for ayeaiv
I-was on. my way to leam tho dato of
expiratipfi. A fare among my offico papers had destroyed the memoranda,
nntl t must go down and get the date
froin old Grip, who lived south of Grafton about livo miles. 'I'he. straiiger
pumped all this out of mo in about ten
minutes, and jet I never once suspected
^he was receiving any information.
«, .«laai not positive," he added, "but
I nm pretty sure tho. time is the 13th,
wliich would be Tuesday nest."
y And then yonr folks -will send down
tho money and discharge thc mortgage,
of course?" lie queried.
" Oh, yes, I shall most likely bring it
down," I replied, audit never occurred
to me bow imprudent I was.
Ho turned the conversation into other
channels, and did not once attempt io
pump mo further. We got to Grafton at
10:50, and, to my great surprise, lie announced that lie was to stop in town on
business for a fow days. I had not
asked liis name or avocation, while ho
knew everything about me.
Wo went to the. hotel, had dinner, nnd
then I secured a lively team and drove
out, getting tlirough with business so
that 1 was back to take tho 3:20 express
east. My friond Was on the porch of the
hotel as ,t drove up, carrying tho same
honest, dignified faco.
'' Well, did you find out ? " bo inquired,
in his pleasant way.
"Yes, it was on the Kith, as I expected, "I replied.
We had lunch together, and when wo
shook hands and parted I had no moro
idea of evor meeting bim again tlmU I
hod of knowing ^ou. In fact, he told me
tliat ho should sail for England within a
week or ten days, and should not return
to America. At parting ho gave ine his
card. It wa? a modest piece of paste-
board, and bare the name of "Georgo
Ealeigh," in old English script.
Everything-afc the office went on as
ustmly and this 33th camo ai length. Law
& Law bad arwui td with me to go down
with the moiioy, aad I looked upon it »s
p, business of fcagjiecial importance,
"Wo know yon are all right," remarked tlio senior partner, asi wn« about
to go; "but I want to give you a word
of warning, nevertheless. Don't take
any strangers into your confidence until
you havo passed out the money, atid look
out who site nest to you."
It was something new for him to caution mo, and I could not but wonder at
it j but in tho bustle of gettiug aboard
the train I forgot what he had snid. Ordinary prudence had induced mo to placo
tho money, whieh was all iu bank bills
and divided into three packages, under
my shirt and itext to my skin, whero tho
deft hand of iv i>iokpocket coidd not
reach it.
Interested in a newspaper, time ilew
by as the train flew past, and at lengfh
tlie hoarse voice of tho brakeman warned
mo that I had reached Grafton. I bad
leaped cloini nut! -wns ijjuking for tlio
livery stable when I hoard a familial*
voice, <uid lookod 'up to soe Ealeigh.
Ho was seated in a buggy, and had
seemingly waited for me to come in,
"Don't express your surprise," ho
began, as I stopped at the wheel, "I
did intend to go away; I changed my
mind, and liko this section so well that
I am going out to-day to look ut a farm
with a -view of purchasing—come, ride
up to tho hotel."
We rode up, ordered lunch, and, while
wo were discussing it, Mr, Kaleigh discovered that tho farm ho was gomg to
seo was just beyond that of old Grip's.
How fortunate! I could Milo out
witii him, seo tho farm, return in his
company, and he was greatly pleased.
I was also pleased, If any ono bad
told me ns we got into the buggy that
George Knleigh meant to return with
my money in his pocket and my blood
upon his bands I should have believed
bun a lunatic j and yet George Raleigh
had planned to do that very thing.
It was a lovely day iu June, and tho
cool breeze and the sight of meadows
mid green groves made my heart grow
larger. My companion was very talkative, but he didn't even hint at my errand. He talked as far away as he could.
"OhJ excuse me!" he exclaimed,
after we luwl passed a mile beyond the
village, and were, among tho farm-'
houses. "I should havo offered you'
this before."
He drew from hia x>ocket a small flask-
of wine aud handed it to me._ Nov, I
was temperate in regard to drinks. Iu
fact, I detested lhe sight nnd smell of
anything intoxicating. But I had not
tho moral courago to tell him so, and
hand back tho flask undisturbed, I
feared to offend him, and so I drank,
porhaps, threo good swallows. Ho culled
my attention to tho woods on the left fts
he received back tho flask, aud, when I
looked around again, ha was just removing it from his mouth, ns if he had drunk
heartily.
In about fivo minutes I began to feel
queer. The fence along the road seemed
to grow higher and the trees giow*-
Inrger; something oame to my ears that
tito rtiltlo of a buggy sounded a long
way off. ' 's
wax. going  to bo nick r'I exclaimed,
holding ou to the seat with all inymijjM,,-
"Yon do look strange," ho replied,
with a snaky  smilo stealing over biW
rod stains around hev mouth mid on tho
littlo hand resting ou tho rail, and I know
that slio was some farmer's child search*
ingfovsfrawborrieti. leouldnot warnlier
of her danger, aud I foared that sho
would bo seen or heard. While Ealeigh
was tying tho last knot I wiukedat tho
littlo girl as hard as I could, hoping that
she would move away. But sho did uot
go.
"Well, now for tho money," said
Bftloigh, nud ho began searching my
pockets. He went from ono to the
other, removing all the articles; felt
down my boot-leg, and thon finally
passod his bund over my bosom, nntl
found the money.
"Ha! hero it is!" ho exclaimed,
drawing out tho package. I don't hardly
believe that old Grip will seo any of
this to-dfty."
Ho sat -down near my head, uadicl tlio
package, and was cool enough to go at it
to count the money. As he commoneed
the littlo girl waved herhandatme. My
heart went thumping, fori expected tliat
sho would utter a word or shout; but she
sank down from sight, and I caught a
gleam of her frock as she passed through
the grass.
"You see, my yonng friend," remarked Ealeigh, as ho drew off one of
his boots and deposited some of tho bills
in it, "there's nothing like transacting
business as it should ho transacted.
Some men would have shot or stabbed
you, but it's only the apprentices who do
such work. All the real gentlemen of
our colling do business as gentlemen
should."
Ho drew off the other boot, aud placed j
somo  "fifties" and "twenties"  in it,
and then continued ; | l,fa modesty and  diffidence   that tk_
" Iiiavo it all planned out bow to deal story is unrecorded. ISverv reader of
witii you as soon as I get thc money dis-j (ho Herald, old or Young, is familiar
posed of around my persou. I shall lay wjfh tlie faot that the President tvus shot
you on your back and pour the balance at about a quarter past 10 o'clock, hy
of tho wine down your throat. There's John Wilkes Booth, the actor, while sit-
enough of it to make you sleep until to-1 ting in a private box witnessing p. per-
inoriwv mght, and by thnt tune I shall j fomiouce of " Om* American Cousin." It
be bmidreds of miles away. As soon ns is also ivell remembered that the day bad
I see tho drug talco effect, I shall luitie j been celebrated all over the country on
'I'HE SHOOTING OF LINCOLN.
Noiikj TiitcrcNfiiijr rut'lN tniliirlo K.li-
r<ict>r<l<iil.
U'Vom Iho Now yorlc Jto'iihl.J
A man whoso name demands a place
in the history of tho Rebellion arrived
from San Praucisco a fow days ago. His
namo is William Witfiers, Jr. Ho is a
musician by profession, and hns just finished an engagement as leader of tho
orchestra at the California Theater. Mr.
Withers is 43 years old nnd a native of
West Point, whero ho studied music under his father, who for many years was a
musician in tho Government band, and
subsequently waa a member of Dod-
worth's band, iu this city, until his health
failed. The old gentleman is now living
at Rye Beach, where ho attonda Hid
hotel boats and amuses himself oeca-;
sionnlly by fishing, Mr. Withers, JjjJ.
ia at present paying a -visit to -his Inthory.
and i| was there Uiat a reporter of tuuj
Herald found him and listened to a ver.
ifiteresting story in connection with the
assassination of President Lincoln, at
-Ford's Theater, Washington. It is a fact
fainilim* perhups to it very few thnt Mr.
Withers, Jr., was the lender of
tho orchestra at that theater on
the pight of* the assassination
April 14,1865, and prevented a frightful
panic, although he wns at that time unconscious of the important servico ho
hnd rendered tho audience. The story
of Mr. Withers' experience of ihat night,
nnd tho2>ai*the tookiu tho proceedings,
havo never been told In the most reliable histories of the war covering the assassination, such as Raymond's, Drake's,
. and Greeley's, Mr, 'Withers' name i.s
some "fifties'   and "twenties"  m it,  not mentioned, and it hns been through
pr Booth, and foil over tho prostrate
M (if Mr. Withers.   Tt was then, for
first timo, that the musician learned
%t had happened.   -Ho still has the
"" ho wore on that jnwnornblo oeen-
■ ■   It is  an evening-dress cont of
i-lilttuk broadcloth.   Ho exhibited it
t»es. reporter, put it ou and described
J.JJoolh attacked him, and tho exact
"att Jto Mus in when fhe thrusts were
,.jThe only words uttered by Booth
-JrGob out of my way !  got out of
*9r,«: I'll kill you!"
Mta& whiclrhnu a plncn ia history,
t',ttw possession ot Mr. Withers feu*
I $*itt«>, but ft was subsequently giv-
■* ""a owjter, who resided in Mom
^'IKjw, Mr,  Withers believes,
'     . The-flag, it will bo vu-
'" *' 'V*j4»»ui-t
ILLINOIS WtJBfctCAy&
tVorictjtf (lie .Stnro Convention llricfly
SiuitiiiJirlzeil.
i>i:mciyi'EK pjio.ii:.f to xiij; natw.vai, w.n'vbk-
Tiojr.
At bni'so—John A. Logan, 15. A. Ktuim, Q,
Jlnnm, D. X. Little, WilJinm MeAllumn, Howl
tiriilMim, Solomon Ui'flim, 0. (.'. (JiiwjjIm'II.
1'iwt tliBtrict—Joint Wont woi th, O. W,
C'niHford, |jte]ilien A. Donglnn, Dr. H. 1'.
fioilgiticlt.
Hecond district—A. II. Wright, John ]3anm-
gartcn, Jt. S. TntliUl, 0. IV. Woodman.
Thud dldtrict—.folni L. UuVetiilgo, Homer
WHiuiirUi, h. 3. Kiiiliuii, S. Jr. .Millard.
FomtH dial riot—N. C. Thompson, A, E.
Smith, ff. N. lliwlin, II. If. Talcott.
Fifth dinttict—J. JJ. Urown, W. H. iCoIeomd,
, #♦?.»•*-,.;.,
|«u.
6i"-tiint-ciiused-his log
your hands and remove tho gag. When
you come out of your sleep—if you ever
do—you bad better crawl out to the.
rond, where you will most likely meet
some traveler soon.   I want to use tho  day,   and  at the close of tlio session
horee and huggy, otherwise I would leave
them for you."
How coolly ho talked.   He fronted tho
ftocotuit of the news Unshod far and near
that Lee hnd surrendered, and thus virtually ended the war of the Rebellion,
The Cabinet had held a meeting that
which had been remarkably harmouiouu,
the President invited any member of his
matter (unl it wero a regular transaction nyium to the theater in honor of tlie
m wluch I fully acquiesced.   He hnd mo (events of the previous twenty-four hours, fi
a fytit prisoner, and I felt that he could  but it seems that none accepted fhe invi-
tlo pist ns ho pleased   Wlulo I waa  bition.   Tho President,   Mrs. Lincoln,
tlilflkuig, I saw tlio littlo whito face np- ; their son, n pupil of Mr. Withers, Mni. (•
pear between tho rails ngain, but in a j H. R, Rathboue, Senator Harris mid his *
^   (died.on tho IStlt of
s..,,      l^nt the residence of Dr.
iV pi BnltihYtfro,*; n- co-conspirator,
*vhow ho- had suffered imprison-
sat.'   Before his death ho made a con-
,   :>a,' which hits, boon conimunicrited
>Mr. V^itl^rs, in effect that tho pres-
; * of the musieinn at tho " governor"
»eitt«'l a fearful pivuic.    Ho (Spang-
>) wa« loveiing around the instrument
th Hio.iiitention of turning oil' tlie gas
'tin* »udilorium the moment Booth
Jed on tho stage.   The cover was up
$ f»eilitate that operation, and,  hnd he
iA$ 1k*u ordered away by Mr. WiUieys,
r^jtt tprued the cover clown to sit upon
£)ha gas would have been turned off,
^jjrl nobody would have known to a cer-
|»3nlrf who nssnssimtted the Prcsidenf.
Jipoiu was not recognized at Uio time of
au leap by tiie  ftudieueo;   but Minn
Kceue,  who stood at the wings, reeog-
kilsetl him, nnd shouted lo the nndienco :
|*It's John  Wilkes  Booth!"   At that
uag'lto *\vns struggling with Mr, Withers
tt the roar of the stage,   Tho turning
|^ of tho gas at tho pi-oper time, Mr.
Withers believes, would have allowed
^.he assassin to escape -unrecognized, and
live led to further tragic results.   .
CURIOUS AND INTEKESTINU.
'Ak nut, -throo-eighths of ifti inclilong,
parrying « burden of ou^sixth'i, of a
||rniii, moves at the rate of one milo in
Milcn While, N. Poovillo,
fciikilj dfHtrlpt—ll«nry T. NoVlo, C, N, Whit-
jjifc', V. It fiI*p«Kl, tt J. awintfcjn.
Bovciilh di(,tHotwK?F. Hull, O-.-os-ko Jt UoV
K-W. WIHa^l,-Frum-i» Ikirtfln.
Cabinet who felt so inclined to aceompa- }!j;I|Yeji liomu   Tho weight (a small one
Joinparod -mill that thoy eau. carry) is
fi&bteon tunes thoir own.    Thev eom-
jliteen,times their o-syii.   They e^m-
*ir0'.with -a, iUtai llviJ jmd a lialffcot
trlt sighing-1-10 pounds, ciu-rying a
ig!jt;of 2,C0tl pounds at the, rate of
Kid nfiieuin clovou,hours.
monieiit it faded away and its iilaco was  (laiiKhter   Miss Harris    mado un itho^t .«    s
taken by the s.m-buiWd phiz of a farm- I parh%   They ot-tnS n    upper Un  $ Ta8 ^'V»a Jli"),u 8™* riw* m expreas^
cr.   Ho hioked from mo to Raleigh and j „tll.,L m.„lcuwu,1,„llM„„il„„,,,B.„,.,     ,  ,  -,   ,, „, ,-,    ,.-,  ..
back again, and I winked at him iu « ideut was to be there one of the musi- -f- tyMf *"Is toW'1''1 ¥'w^wlt1'thoM»is
, Atay whieh ho readily lmderstood.    His ' datis, au Italian named Tnlfawiillo sugAi;^c"' <-'Sl'W»8eB dovOtiou Mtl ^lpphca
face disappeared, and I felt that I should j pasted to Mr. Withers that fcho orchestra
bo saved. ■ fing, Kteeh wat the property of tlio ,'r' v
inn, bo used to decorate i-ho front of
box, audit was accordingly wwed.
H. P. Phillips also composed a »on„
fho occasion and hitmlod it to MiS W
.'JUr.#nlU
"No, old Grip won't £0t his tin to-
xlay," mused Raleigh, storing away the
bills in Jus pockets " You will go back
to/Law & Law feeling.put out and out.
-"feliayhpr£0M^^lrj>i.Aii^Mii4-. jimi^mk^^- .      ,  ■■•-•i^, --j
H«jt your Ctuli)  at  all.   True, had you  posed it miQ-twl air, rehearsed the mnsi^
■   ;
Ktoj wringuig■ thefll, grief; iJii'Qwing
hevx toward lieu vou, ttdmitaticili;  de-
cIM hiuuls, di»i^nir aiid' ttjunzemeut;
jdiitgihem, idleness j liolding theiin-
* i lajeriniiigled;, imitiUig and thoiight*
" jfltolding Uiem und the eyes to
fib." v •' J Bllun,,to't W°mI('1'i{ lt ™* "l'°'   »Hrii rich pickings here
I.li'd not w.spect the game he hud} Jr rnvxtothiitg ofthe farmer, Raleigh
phm"l. His wmls were like *.u eel.,., ^»^±,™Z'lV1"1/' *mV T^'VI1'
and his face seemed twice «» large as it "f „»'"* J''»J ,U»' *«»« w» afra.d to
was. Mvhead began to .phi and 1))y »''<'* re, mid had run away. My heart
bniin began tosnaiHindci-ack, mull was l J «1"*u «" l*«l«Ktt got up tor I ^
mi.iiHvfnV1itimi.il 1 that he wa« about to curry out his jilitn
" "Su fev badiv off," he c,nlUm,ed,!"fI^I"■1•^«Sf>,m<,• ,'?? ^"""'"-i'
l(K,kmg into my face.    "I will drive !u4  «» »'>' ]««*, » t Iowb astride of me, and
fasttus possible •midget adwfor." !tb ,\J ^.k   t  «      ' f '   -   ,      nn
Mv tongtie was £, heavy that I could | ,, ' -),''»• m..]11"-l,nhof !l.mmt* f1'11^
Iclutohedtheseat.shutinvJ"110."^.^."1   tlle  l".^'^.1'   '"'   «'-
minded your busuiess on tho ear miduot i with Miss Laura Kecne, th«leitdiuglndy/
boen so freo willi ft stronger, this would ! the understanding being that the song
not have h<n>poncd. I -was on my *wny ', was t<i lie sung at the close of fhe second
to Milwaukee,  and had no thought of ' act by Miss Kecne, tho company joinings
f iu the chorus.   Tho words of the song
j have never been printed,    Thoy are nK*
I follows, n copy from an old scrap-book,
written by Mr. Phillips, ami uow in Mr
win ,»,.*    1.,:..: i „  -i.
not reply.
marked, trying to put the niouih of the j
eves, find he put his horse nt bis best | ™y  Uj(, '> "K U'-lm
pace    We met a farmer's team, nud I \&tf\} ,l«™™yi™*. ,
enn remember that one ot the occupants      * J°»wl m.v. J»-1"110 na(k. Mllt>.. n»«\j>* ,'
ofthe wncon cnlled out to know what i (>l,w,t sF°:m1*  , He wns jamnung the..
io wagon cnlled out to know what! ""V1"" "."l"v";
: thnt mau. Raleigh did not «.vly, 1 5"f ks "f "n,H* *°t
urged his horse fonvard. fe sovm\ «itt »
ailed
but urge
About three miles from Grafton was a
long stretch of forest, and this was soon
reached. The pain in my head wns not
so violent, and I wus not so badly affected when opening my eyes, I had settled
inlo a sort of dumb stupor, with a brain
so benumbed that I had to say to myself:
" This is a tree, that is a stump," etc.,
before I could make sure I was not
wrong. Half a mile down the road after
we struck the forest, nud then Raleigh
turned tho horse iato a blind road lending back into tho woods. I could not
understand what be intended. I tried
to grapple witb tho question, but could
not solve it.
"Well, here we are!" exclaimed Raleigh, when we had reached a point forty rods from the main road.
He stopped the horse, got out nnd
hitched him, and thenerune x-oxmd to the
wheel.
"You dou'tfeel just right, but I guess
you will be better soon," ho remarked.
" Como, letme help you down."
He reached up his arms, and Hot go
tho seat aud fell into them. It seemed
to mo as if I weighed a ton, but he carried mo along without au effort, and laid
me_down witltin about a rod of a fence,
whieh ran along on one side of an old
pasture. Jusfc now I began to get a little better. The effects of tbe drug wore
wearing oil", and I got a fnir suspicion
that something unusual had happened.
Bufc I was powerless to movo a limb;
tlie sensation was like that when your
foot goes to sleep.
" Can you speak ?" inquired Raleigh,
bending over mo; "beeaiiso if you can
it wil^savo mo somo trouble. I want to
know just whero yon have stored away
that monoy."
Now I began to realize my situation.
His face looked natural again, and tho
load Was off my tongue, I also felt fchafc
I could move my fingers n little.
" Georgo Raleigh! nro you goitig to
rob mo ?" I asked, finding my voice nt
hist.
" Well, somo folks iMighfc call it 'robbing,' but wo dress up tho term wlittle
by calling it tho only correct financial
way of equalizing the floating currency,
so that each ono is provided for and no
one left out."
" You shan't have tho money. I will
die firsfc J" I yelled, rising a littlo.
"Ab,Igoo—didn't take quite enough,"
ho coolly remarked. '' Well, I have provided for this."
He went to tho buggy, procured ropes
and a gag, and kneeled down beside me.
I had but littlo strength yot, and he conquered mo iu a moment. Lying on my
right side, looking toward tho fence, he
tied my hands behind mo, and then
forced the gag into my month.
" Thero, now. You seo yoii nro nicely
fixed up, aud all becauso yon acted like
a fool, iustead of a sensible young lawyer, soon to bo admitted to the bar."
While he was speaking, indeed while
he w«s tying me, I hod caught sight of
tha white face of a littlo girl looking ai
us from between the rails of the fence. I
could see lier great blue eyes, and know,
thafc she wits frightened.   There were
teeth, whtn I caught
soft step, the crash of a j
club, and Raleigh rolled off my body, j
He tried to leap up, but three'or four i
farmers struck him down, nnd one of the f
blows rendered liim senseless.- Before j
lie came to I was free of ropes and gag,
and we had liim securely bound. j
Over beyond tho pasture n former aud
his hands were raking hav. "Little
Blue Eyes, "only 8 years old, had, fortunately, witnessed a part of Raleigh's
proceedings. She had. hurried hack to
her father and told him
was all tied up out there.
Wither*' possession, having been lumle
for this purpose.   The soug is entitled
ilOXOII TO OVK SOMOIRKS.
l/oni-r tu onr iw>Mi>r*\
Wlio fur .fnir count y toll
Au.I Ii8.il .do I'nion to nrcsmi',
\\ ltlt li.oml iH'.Vinl it» ji«il.
Olitf .ml u,i by toilf ra nlMiii t'i'J* Invcj
Tiii'j-vt'fuii.'tlit uiUiljciirt anil luuid
To iiiiikc rcboi inn lo «lu sway
In this imr imllMJ land.
('Hours—ltciK-at first four liniw.
Honor lo our uoldlcri!,
'I )'0 nation** grra,p.l j,rM<*,
Wlii 'nealli itioftturry baiiiii'r'B folils
Havo foii'ilit, Ijavp b'wl anrt ilicil.
Tlii'>'rp nsurrc's lioh'r.l llaudiivork,
So King io (ironrt m ibty-»
Oo<t ln''n tin' heroin of our Icind
Anil ctiwr tlir;j on Uu ir u,i> 1
'ihibitioirj extending
to"any one, pence, piety and safety;
Hitching the head, erne mid perplexing,
,5nght; laying the right hand on thei
liDtirt, affection mid solemn affirmation; I
ftCfldiug up the thumb, approbation;!
[ilifeuig the right forefinger on the lips j
[(lerpendifulariy, bidding silence. '
SmtPUNTS are said to obey the voice of <
.their  mohter.       The  tnimpet-bird   of!
! America follows its owner like a spaniel,!
; and the jiu-ana acts as a guard to poul-1
' try, protecting them in the fields all day j
from birds of prey, mid escorting them j
home nt night   In the Shetland isles!
■ there is a gull whieh defends the flock j
from eagles ; it is therefore regarded as j
{a privileged bird.   The chamois, bound-1
i ing over the, mountain, nre indebted for !
their safety in no small th give to a spe-:
cies of phensonts.     The bird a"ts as a I
i sentinel, for as soon ns it gets sight of
. Teiili dirttri'cT—{fecit Davis, li." 1*. "Bitrgf.tC
" illCvajitlAUlsfriet-O.'B. Hamiltoti, lih^i
AllitlnB.
Twuirth (lidtrict—Oeorgo jr. Brinkcrljorf, 0.
JH. EntiirK. \ *&'     •
5'liift«cilUi (lwtfict—Jului JilpNultn, Jlaj. V.
WfiniM*.
Fifteenth aistriel—W. U. Barlow, A. P.
Gfcuiiv.
Sixlocjitli tlinbicf—,T. 3L 'Jfriutf,LoiiinKrug-
holT, E. JL AHliisrort, It; 3. lliggiiin.
Sovtiifcentli dibtiict—A. W.Jk'tculf, Hicluinl
Ilovreti, F. H. Pfeiftr, Jormtium Miles.
Eightcentli diutrict—O. O. P.iUn, J. M. T)arit),
E. 0. Srccmnn, Juuica A. Vinll.
Kiuotenth dLitnct-aW.Pavoy, W. IX. WU1-
iams, O, Ouuvilull, W» M. JtoWjisuir,
IIBSOLDTIOS' or* n>*siacctioss.
Jtesolceil, Tliat Gon. Tt, 8. (Jrnntis Iho choice
of the HopuLIiean pnrfy of Itlitioiii for tins Presidency, and tho de!cgafe« from thb Stu to ftro in-
fdrwied lo use all lionoralila incauit to secure
Iitsl iiomiimtion by the Cliicago Convontion, and
to voto ns a iniit for him, and tho said dclo-
gntcs shall have power to fill all weftueieft
rilESUIEXTlAt, 1U,EOT0118.
At Large.
G«ocgo Schneider, Cook.
E, Callahan, Gmirtovd.
Fur the. Districts.
1, IX. T. Lincoln, Cook.
2, J. jr. Kmytlj, Cook
8, J. A. Kir];, Cools.
•J, (". Jt. llniKce, Winmfixigo.
fl, Jt. 1?. Logan, Wliitoitde. ,
IJ. J. JI, KUiolt, Bmxmi,
7, Jami'S Goodt'jK'wl, Will.
8, A. F,. Sample,"i'ortL
il, H. D. Pn(crbiiu(;(i,Pcorfo.
JO. E. 0, Itnmphrcy. Sfcrcer.
11. V,'. A. Grimslmw, Ml*.
12. 3. O. McQuipp, Chi-ishan.
13. J. li. Jtowoll, SCcLetin.
IJ, W. J{.Jowc!),Ven«iUion,
15. J. 3C KhcC'tH, Kdsar.
18, ,T. W. 1'ctersou, Clinton.
17. W. I'. Norton, araditfon.
J8. (teoraeW. Smith, Jfaclisou.
19, W. JL Johnson, Whilo.
NOM1NKIM I'OU BT.Cn-: OFl'ICKIIK.
For Oovcnior -Khcltiy 3L Cnlloui, of Sanga*
Jiipu comity.
i'or Lienlouiutt Oovcrnor—JoJin JI. Unmil-
ton, ot jrcLcan conntv.
PorSccix'tdry of Ktato—iron. ITenty D. De-
DiMjt, of lA'oconntr.
Por Statu Auditor— Charles B. Swigart, pf
Kairtialioe,
J?orKtatoTrcham*er -Edwavd Jtutz, of Coolt
ctnmly.
l''or Attorney (jiMititil -Hon. J-nmcs JTcCnrt-
ncy, of WayBoi'oimt.v.
SUj-XK CUMl-ltA*. COStJltlTKl^  '
At;C«rsfr*«'1ol"*tl*.'tl, WilmMi, .1. Vt. Unfth,
id  the Oyes to I .Stuiitnmbu; W. Jt. '3'Jiopnwoii, Cliammk'ji; IV.
s»«wittoliaHiL JfeMffii". T>'j TOU; fcon-o % wiiimn^ ciu-
t"mtt Duftricf-j;''!!; Clo»?It, Coak.
Hocond - (irofyiO B. Swilt, iiiok.
Tliird- JH H. Thomas, CooK.
FoiirOi- 31. B. (^.i«tl<% Do Kail).
Fifth -A. Jt. Jones, Jo DavienH.
Sixth  J. Jt. IScarddU'V, Jtock Inland.
Kivi'iitli- L. II. Kiv, (Inuidv.
JJisJjfli- Dr. JJ. A. WU«*. Woodford.
Ninth   Frank Ilitclu'iw'k. Peoria.
Tcntli   ll, F. Jti-Allihtcr, Hindii-noii.
Eletfrith -!•;. J. JVaroe, firii'iie.
TwfUtb-J. S. Nicl«)l«/ii, C.ii«.
Thirtetuth~-J. Merriam, T.zchiII.
FoiirtMiitli   JaiiK'ilI. Clark, Co'.e.
J'*!ft«-ntli   Col. If. Van Sellers, Udgar.
K.xteenth -Jolin li, 'J'aniici', Clay.
Seventeenth"W. I'. Jlradshaw, JIadiKon.
Ei'Kiifeenfh—Daniel ifoyan, rnlasUi,
Nineteenth—TJionias Vt. Kcott, Wayne.
l>e»!oerafic Rati Faith.
In one way tho Democratic party can
help the Republican party mnteritiUy,
It hates Senator Kellogg.   It wants to
minutes at it time.' Sho will /straighten
up in throe months, This is often demonstrated in fho convents, The elastic
exercising-tubes are hotter still htmg in
the house, and theyare a delightful pas*
time."  J .
THE GRAND OiD KEPUBHCAHf
IMttTV.
[Orecn D. Iliiuin, ln tlio Illinois JlBpuUJcan Convrji-
Uoii.]
Wo aro horo io renew our tlovotion to tho Republican parly.   Passing by tliu financial <iuc8-
tion, -whicii han hoon settled by tlio resumption
of spoeio iiayment, thorofundingor thoiiatlonal
doht at a Io«-rato ot interest, tho existence of o*
ciin-en'cy of iniifurra y/ilno *ud of Oiiiuil-value
^th cqIh, fljiiltho retnrn of jSroaJioix>h«;tIm^,
mvo wtll4cm»nil iliat Uio lowu »li)tU*oveiTi»li«-e
.11* iteiBX-r -"      -
•'W off; (;oV(iriiiilen^» »«ll' dixShii tSt^W^y,
"equality aud Juntico Hindi'ho cn'tiibtu.|iotl *U(I
niaiiitaiiied tlijonghoiii the lind'; thaftho right
or freo (mecinblage, of froo specdi,'«nd a ftcp
ballot shall bo maintainod whorfiyer iho -Bun
floats ;>vo ivill fieloet-a Stato ticket thatwih
aivecpthiopre.it J'raiiio Stafoaswilh a-llamo:
wo mil Hcnil delegates to Iho National Cofirai-
tion, and, pliglilitiKOur faith aa liononihlo men
and nu frao Kcpuhllcanii, will (Ujreo to auppori,
tho nominco or that convention. /
It that truo nepuhjican, -vviho Btateumafi, ati,l
great financier, John Sherman, iH nominated,
liBvill give him earnest and huirty silwwirt;
if that gjeat political Jaadtr and inimitajilo par-
liainentarian and debater, James G^lfiaine,. i'k
tho nominoo, Illinois Jtepitb1ieau".yfll mako his
cause tlieir owns if^tiuit manop'oxireme modesty, of ^soiitttraindoirofSsfi'aorilinai-y i«ul;?-
ineijti'-erinflexiblo integrity, of indoinftnhlo
will, UlyHses S. Onuit, is nommlited.romcmUer-
1ng bin great deeds, and recognizing tho con-
Htnm,growth of oiirdelibof pralituda for hia
mateliless geuhw hi saving Ihis countiy from
its onenues, as wo havo fiom year to year,
whilo enjoying tho bounties of tliis country, a
clearer coiieoptiou of tho magnitude of oiurolH
ligation lo AVaaiiiugton, JcfTerifon, tha Adamses
and others, for laying tho foundation of our
civil Jind religiotw liberty,'tbo Itepuhh*6an» ot
Illinoia will lako Oib great man in their
loving arms, and hear him forward in
triumph. Thin is my conception ot tho duties of
tho lionr, wliich tho Illinois ItepiiWicans owp to
tliMr party, Btnto and national. Aro thero 1?«-
puhlieaiw no blind asnot;to soo tbiitDemocwtic
siicceiwia not* a remedy for any ovil that mav
beset themV Uau tho Democratic party donH
auj-Uiing during the past, twentv vesre to commend'it fo your confidence*? Has anything
good in tho Government recoived Iheir support'/ .Have thoy attempted to utrcugtheii
IbO bonds of onr Union? Havo thoy taken
a fetter from tlio limb of a Slavo f Havo
thoy enlarged tho rights of men.? Have thov
niatlo tho lifo nnd property of am citizen
mora secure? Havo thoy increased tlio safeguards to tbo rights of freo speech and
re free ballot? (icntlcraon, I ioavs you
to artswer theso questions, and I invito vOn
fo contianplato tho grand ncliiovcmcuts
flild record of tho Itopnhlican party. What thero.
iato ho proud of iu onr country has been pro-
Served to ns aud our posterity through tha lofty
patriotism, courage, wisdom, and Integrity of
iho IJopnblicau purty. To-day wo behold that
party surrutmded by liberty, equality, antl Justice, inovuig forward with majestic tread upon
tho gland mission of lettering tho condition of
tho human raco, led by tiio hand ot progress.
All, myconntiymcn, too nnidi of the destiny
of thu liiunau raco hinges upon tho success of
tho Itopnblieau piuij for that success to bo eti-
rtatigcroti by- I1H» -pussiori, tho prejudice, the
tuin-isdom of thu lU;p«bli<5»n!i i}f Illinois. His-
;'iig(th(»otiiO hfcat of local strifo Jjr personal
conj-ider-ilitais,
BMi^^^.Hm^iify'^.
knowing the huiites*s to be near, s(>ts off
• nt full speed.   The avtilices whieh part- j
ridges nnd plovers employ to delude their 1
■ enemies from the nest of their ytmupf i
may be referred to as a ease in point, as
well as th<> adroit contrivance of the liiud'
t for the preservation of her yonng; for
' when she hears the sound of dogs she
j puts herself in tlie way of the hunters,
Mr. "Withers had understood thnt this ! and starts in ft direction to draw thorn j
song should be sung at the close of tlie J away from their fawns.   iostaiiceH of the j
tliat " a man t second act, but when tho curtain was ! effect of grief upon animals are no less
Understand- j rung down he saw that the programme ] remarkable,    Lord Kaimes relates an
Hoaor t«> oiirBoIiIicrii,
Tlirir %ictorU'n ne'er shall eeise
t'lilii cur foe; sur.TinU'r
Ami lite-ss onr laml Willi jH-iiee,
Our naiy, too, shall lia\cits fume,
Onr Hag shall ne'er be turViI
Fntll our foes nt iioiue—abroad—
felia'l feel we dure Hit world
years.
The mortgage was i
and ISdward Spniigler, assistant stage
dulv lifted and the ' Clll1ieiitei', nnd one, ol the conspirators,
8iftWlifchIiw&I1awOTt^??G^y!*,!» %**W, **&*  &   Mr. Withers
kept her hi dresses for many a yem*. T{ml> . f P^Wf r, step awny a moment ;
I^or myself, I felt so liumjliated ftt Ij^ttofP^ktoto. Wnglit." Spnng-
having fallen into the rascal's trap, and f * ™i,"?' a.I,ove* *f "^""E1?;^™ wer-
so wrnthy at the treatment, that I deter- sPlcluI ?,1IS ftt,cc> fl"cI. **v?* Withers per-
mined to dovoto myself to a thorough ! f»I'K>™y ordered lum to gotohisposi-
warfnre on rogues.   I therefore joined I kon™ scene-sMtcr.   He^fai-tedjway,
the detective force, and, -nf ter due study,
took my place as a full-fledged detective.
ing tlie situation, he and bis men had I had been changed without consulting ' instance of n eauary which, while sing-
moved around so as to secure an ad-j bim. His story of what followed is this: i ing to a mate hatching her eggs in a
vantage, aud Raleigh's capture was the As soon as tlie'piny had i)i*oceeded he ; cage, fell dead; the female left the. nest,
result, j -went upon the stage, und, not seeing the > and, iiuduig him dead, rejected tUl food,
When the rascal found liis senses ho '- 8tnK° manager, went to the prompter's i «nd tlied by his side.
was  terribly taken back,   and cursed desk at tho wing, where   Mr. J.  23. {	
enough for a whole Slanders army.   We j ^"S^t, tho prompter, was on  duty, j The Moon Xot u ])fta<l Star.
'    '   '    " * -ti.„,4. it „^ , , Dr, H. J. Klein, who years ngoan-
nounced a uew crater in thnt world of
extinct volcanoes, the moon, has a brief
article in La Nature, in which he gives
reasons for believing that the moon is
not dead. He has recently examined
drawings of tho neighborhood of the new
eratet* by Gfruithtiiscn, Which strongly
confirm, the theory of, recent changes on
tlie lunar nurfaoe, and cites also the
drawings of Messrs. Nelson aiid Green
hufurtlKir proof thereof, ^xoi. Klein
sitey that be announced the new depress-
iafiierSr H^ginils as a crater from nual-
&y. It is n crater ftuuiet, and Oven one
Pf' the largest. Toward the south thero
is (^shallow aiioon-shaped hollow, whieh
terminates in a second small crater. In
full sunlight, when tlie interior of the
large hollow of the crater is no longer in
shadow, the spoon-shaped hollow may
still bo seen as a gray spot. Ry tlio use
ot lugh powers it is remarked that tlie
environs of tho new crater appear to bo
fissured in «. bewildering manner. Two
flue furrows, liko clefts m tho soil, which
extend from XT. toward the »Snoil mountain, are tbe finest objects on tho moon,
Itis impossible jis yet to decide whother
this formation is roally volcanic. Thero
is one curious fact, however, which
would seom to indicate that a mountain
of smoko has nt ouo timo boon se&fl on
tho moon. On July 2, 1797, Schrator
and Orbers examined n mountain situated in the Ben of Yftiwrs, Tliis mountain, -which was ascertained, to bo 3,450
foet high, has boen soon neither boforo
nor since, aud wns probably merely a
mass of vapor. Tho formation mensurcd
hy Sehroter has disappeared from the
moon, mid nwtrly in tho same spot thero
is now a ra'«ter< There sometimes occur,
too, bu the. .surface of tho moon, Uebulmm
Strata, of veiy long duration, which have
no analogues on tbo earth. He who examines carefully the materials furnished
by the numerous observations mudo on
Itiwir formations from tho time of
Gruithiiiwii up to ourown day, says Prof.
ICoin, will arrive at tho conclnsion thnt
things Are going on upon the surface of
this neighboring world whieh we as yet
can. know nothing about.
:i
mmi it whistles, uixm which the c'liamois, j mako the South absolutely solid iu tlie
Senate, and cares not for justice or decency, or the established rides of tlie
Senate, if it can satisfy its vindictive
feeling. Tliero was a pledge, it is true,
that a Republican and a Democratic
Senator should be admitted on the same
ground, aud not disturbed iu their seats,
and thc Republicans loyally and honorably kept the agreement oii their part.
If the Democrats see lit to break it. if
they please to establish a precedent under whicli, when tbe Senate becomes
■ . A J?reiiy Girl at Auction
" Grnndfatber".Ackley, of the village of
Wntkius, N. X, liad rather a, novel ex-
Xicrienco recently while " crying off" a.
vendue in the town of Hector. After disposing of tho articles on tlie side list
there WAS a lull in busuiess, and the
crowd was getting impatient waiting for
" Grandfather" to "come down," or
rather to announce tlie close of thc sale,
When a pretty, plump, rosy girl nsked
him to offer her to thc highest bidder,
" Grandfather/' being of n modest, retiring disposition, seemed rcluetnnt> but
the girl insisted, so he proceeded to
"ery" her off. The first "bid was offered
by a timid youiig man with a pianissimo
voice, wlio weakly offered &TO, a bald-
headed man "wentliim$50 better," and
tho bidding weiitnlongliveiyuntil§2,000
was offered. At this juncture tho girl's
father went $1,000 bettor" aud " Grandfather" closed tho bid to that gentleman.
"Grandfather" looked tho crowd of
young men ovor, and, raising himself up
in a dignified way, proceeded fo address
them in tho following moaner: "Gentlemen, I nm surprised, nay more, deeply
mortified, to think that you should let
such a prize slip through your Imuds for
such a paltry sum. Why, do you know
Unit this yotmg lady would, if married,
got up in tlie morning and mttke a fire
without jarring tlio floor enough to wake
hei'lord and master up; and, furthermore, if I were ns young as some of you,
I Would swim the whole length of Seneca
lake, climb n, liberty pole, throw the
pole away and climb fifty feet furHujr
rather than lose the opportunity you fallows have." Ifc is needless to say tho
assemblage roared with laughter,—New
York Evening Telegram,
jnutteriiig something whioh Mr, Withers
,4>(l notjienj;, mid v to which Bo paid no
fittoiltiOii iit tlio .time,. BJO hupm-ed of
Mr. Wright why the song had not been
sung, and Wright said that tlie programme had been changed so as to liave
tho piece brought in at tlio close of the
performance. "Go into tlio orchestra
just beforo tho finish," Said Mi'. Wright,
"andget your instmmonte iuto tune,
and we will make tho song the finale."
Mr. Withers said the effect would be
lost by this proceeding, and, toning
down the cover of the governor, lie part
ly sat down upon ii, and suggested that
tho audience nt tho finish would begin
to move and spoil the pieco. If produced
at all, tho song must be sung during tho
play. Tho whistle then blew for a change
of scene, and Spangler had to attend to
tho shifting. Sir. Withers then startod
down past tho wings to a stairway leading under tho stage. Just as he was in
tlio net of stepping down the first step
ho heard a pistol-shot. Surprised at tho
roport, taiowiug the:*o was no shooting in
tho play, he stopped and looked toward
the proscenium.
At that instant Booth dashed into the
piissogo-way with a dagger in life hand.
Withers was standing directly iu lino
with the stage door or privato'eiitmueo.
"His first thought Waa that Booth was
looking for the man who fired the shot;
but the nextitislnut thom«dtunn -was up
on him thrusting at him with the dagger. Tho point of tho weapon cut two
holes in the cont woan by fhe musician, ouo on tho back of the neck nnd
the other on the right shoulder, going
through all the clothing and through
the skin, Iu tha struggle Mf, Withers
was knocked down and badly bruised,
and Booth escaped through tim ininrf0
door, Ref ore Mr. Withers eonld get nj-
o:i his feet, Hurry Hawk, the netop,
came rushing tlirough the passage way
f
ATMosrHEUiaAi. knowledge is not
thoroughly distributed to our schools. A
boy being askod, "What is mist?"
vaguely responded, " An umbrella."
Republican, tlio right of tuiy Democratic
member to his seat can bo questioned,
tho Republicans may well thank them
heartily for their folly. It will seem to
tho peoplo of the North that Mr. Kellogg
is illegally ousted, not because he was not
duly chosen, but because he was an efficient loyalist and ia mi active Republican. It will seem to them thafc Democratic vindictiveness and partisan greed
havo once moro trampled upon legal and
honorable obligations. In the Rresiden-.
tial canvpaigu this bit of indecency on
the port of the Democrats will bo mentioned often, nnd we leave the sensible
Democrats themselves to say whether it
willlielp them.—New York Tribune.
rolitical Assessments.
Tho rojiort of tho minority of the Sonato eominitteo charged with the investigation of -the practice of making
political assessments is an interesting
and entertaining document. It is very
clearly shown that the roport of the majority is partisan and disingenuous in
character. 2Tor example, tho rexwrt of
the majority cited the ease of n clerk iu
ono of tho departments who refused to
coutributo to a Republican clectionfnnd,
and whoso salary was( subsequently cut
down. Tho impression sought to be
conveyed fa thai this was done in order
to punish, the refractory employe, whereas tlio fact is that tlie wholo business was
managed by n. DemocratioHoiise of Representatives. i Tho report of tho minorify
of tho committeo effectually disposes of
tho hypocritical pretensions of tho Democratic majority. But the -whole ease
could havo beon dismissed in a singlo
sentence, showing that tho main reliance of the Democratic party has always
boen upon tlio lime-honored custom of
compelling office-holders to pay the major part of the expenses of a political
campaign,—Neio York Times,
xo-^ispjyr
Votiil tor Hie Sick.
The following advice as to administering food to tlio Biek deserves tho attention of nurses and of all who are
called upon to look after nervous pa-
t tieiifs:
;    It is a great mistake to havo largo
i quantities of fruit, biscuits, etc., lying
j about a sick-room.
A very few grapes, nn orange peeled
nud divided, and two or three milk or
j water biscuits nre quite enough to have
. displayed at ono time,
I    The. same may be said of food.
j I have often been pained, when visiting some of my sick pensioner-*, to see
j tlieir friends, with well-meant but mistaken kindness, bring large basinfuls of
horrible compounds, which they dignify
with the name of gruel, or sago, or tapioca, as the case maybe.
The mere sight of the food seemed to
set them against it. Whereas, if a little
care had beeu bestowed upou its preparation, and a small cupful provided inst-. ad uf the large quantity I name,
they probably woidd have partaken of
it with pleasure.
.Another error, committed with the
best of intentions, is to keep asking the
patients what they woidd like, if they
coidd take tliis thing or the other. The
.sickened, wearied expression I have
often seen flit over the faces of people who
are recovering from a lingering illness,
when their officious relatives come teasing them as to their requirements I
During the lingering illness of a dear
relative, I verily believe wo made her
often ent, just by providing dainty morsels of food, displaying them temptingly
arranged, and taking them to her bedside quito unexpectedly.
If sho had been asked eould sho eat
anything, I feel confident the answer
would have inevitably been: "No;
thanks. I don't feel at all inclined to
eat."
A very simple and expeditious Way of
cooking n. littlo bit of chicken or fish is
to butter a paper thickly, place the food
to bo cooked within the paper, and pluco
it on tho gridiron over a clear firo. A
very short time suffices to cook it thoroughly, and I havo offeu found that to
be eaten when all other modes of involid
cookery havo been tried iu vaiu.
Tm eoltjny of Danes at Gi'oenvjllp fa
consrtautly increasing,
Mackinac *is indignant over tho ivith-
•drnwai of its mail fucilitio*,
T«K divotee businflsa is just booming
.fflillS 3&lJffi>Ciraiit Court^ thgj5*orfngv<
T«b sahiries of tlio keepers aud guards
at the Stato prison at Jackson have been
inereftsed 10 pef- coni. ' '    '
Tn£ srut-wftter vein at Standish luw
Ijpeu struck, and the nninnl'iieture oi ialt
is soon to commence there,     ;
Tins Williams- House, nt Battlo Ci*eek,
will be rebuilt oil A l«rge mile; It will
contain sixty rooms for guests.
The Canadian exoduq has brought
over 200 people to tim port e»f Stiult Ste,
Mario since the opening of navigation,
Tjib Traverse bay IMykf jeliei tales
itsroaders 'pu.tljo prospects-of an immense fruit crop hi tho Grand, Traverse
region.    , . ,
. Ixisropprteil, that, a ClOyelftbfl company aro about to ^establish ii sulphuric
acid ajid soda ninnulnctory opposite Ray
Oity, .■.■■([;
Tiie Rayner heirs announce that they
intend'liuitding an opevft house (ij, Mason,
and that it will be ready for uso in the.
antiunn. ' *
The twentieth annual convention of
the Michigan Stato Sabbath School Association-will be bold at Lansing, Juno
8, 9 and 10.      "  ,  . . . , *    .
, .Till'.' Stanton pooplir.aro tidljiog up it
grand li'aurtb-ot-JnlY eelebi'utiou in ciju-
ncctioiiwitll.thoaii<ti('atioii.i5t-.t&ii.* ottiw .
Court Hotwe,    ,-   , -.        ■'-.:" ",-\r
. ypiOEB-r fires rtrtl vtportcfliicar T^B^mA.
froni the VJO.tiOCT wh'itefl«h'.l>l?Jito*jlI
Clam lake, ^0^2,^878^ So fur u*jwb
ot them.Ijkve.reported.., ,    *    ■-','■ v-
Tiu^celebration pi the Fourth 'of. July1
tliijs year, at Jaeksorf,. will' tojee phiC^'On.,
-tlio fiUi, and wifl he under the chnrg'e^f
tho Knights of Pythias.   -    :   „     in
Ah thebe is* ho Posfmnster'at-Grapt,
Gludwin county, -the mail belongiiig io .
the office has been placed in tlia h$fl\l# ,
of tho Postmaster.at Ghtdwin. ,. ;.*«,.,.,
Bra Rapids has already held. £plil$i<j.
meeting  and  appointed  the necessary,
committees to arrange 'for asnituble'eel-y ',
ebration of the Pouyth of July. ;
New dwellings are constantly building
at Quiimesec, and tb6 Menominee A'ange .
is now .nulilished with nr supplemehf iu
tho Swedish lwigmtga . That Jooka_-liko
prosperity. " . ,
Tin? lshpeming Agitator publishes a
prediction that lshpeming willbe'lighted
with electric liglifc and supiilied %ritli the
Holly system of water works within two
years. .   '      -      " :
FijAvins J. IiiTTfrtttPUN, «f AUofcftn,
for a long time Judge of tho Judicial
Circuit, and author of several works of n
legal and MstoricSal nature, died at his
home last week.
Tan official canvass of. *otes on tho
constitutional nnjendnieiit permitting an
increase of the Governor's salary (now
limited to. $1,000) shows 49,035 in favor
aud 91,75? against,
Chas. FS, GitA-r, of Bjittle Creek, who -
died suddenly of paralysis, a few days
since," Wiis-one of tbo pioneers of Calhoun county, Jiftvibg removed there fi'pin
Cayuga county, N. X., iu 1820.
Tins Ohoboygtm Democrat s»y» that,
as tho telegraph cablo nei'os» the stmita
has nover paid expenses, thorite little
prospoct ol a now ono being laid 'to replace tho ono rnihed hist Winter.^   ""-'•
RbOoudkb NkaiJe, of -BatHc Creek,
has made a violin, the front of -which, is
from a pioco ot Norway Kprueo in "tho
rild Boston postoffice building, ond tho
hack from-a tree cut in' J3n(ou county, -
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'.n&i
Roitml Shonhlers*
Mothers are often perplexed ns to what
to do with a round-shouldered daughter.
Shoulder-braces aro not effective in curing the deformity, Neither is tho advice, so generally given, "to sit Up
erect," "to walk with the shoiddcrs
thrown back," satisfactory. Itis followed
only for a while, for tho eifort it requires
is fatiguing. A ccrrespondent of the
New York Tribune mggests tlie following remedy;
"Suspend two ropes with ling-handles attached from n, doorway or tree-
limb, and compel the child to awing by
the arms ten minutes eacb day, three
The Invasion of the United Stntcs,
Tlie greatest question of the day for
the United States continues to bo tliat of
European emigration, as may be imagined when it is considered thnt nearly
1,500 emigrants daily arrive in the harbor of Now York alone, and tliat, statisticians estimate the net profit to tho
country of eaeh emigraut at §1,000, represented by tho money, bo it more or
less, thoy bring with them; and by tho
" sinews ' nnd physical force applied to
industry and ngncultnre. Por the Inst
six years emigration has comparatively
diminished, ns was previously tlie case
from 18(33 to 1870. More than 600,000
einigran ts are expected this yenr. The
annual nrrivids from 1870 to 1879 wero
as follows; 1870, 356/303; 1871, 346,-
938; 1B72, .137,760; 1873, 422,5-15; 1874
2G0,8l7; 1875, 191,231; 1879, 237.991 ;
1877, 111,857; 1878, 138,169; 1879, 177,-
826, giving a total amounfcf or tho last ton
years of 2,711,724 European statesmen
will do well to notico whether or not the
yews during which emigration to tho
United States was tho largest do not
correspond either to tho periods succeeding wars in tbe Old Worid, or to those in
wbich, as now, the commencement of
hostilities upon a large scale is seriously
ftppreheiidecl—American Correspondence.
Washington, Vt,, hns twelve men
whose -united ages nro 1,056 years, viz.;
S. P. Bailoy, 100 years; Charles Prench,
95; Charles Wright, 93; Leonard Bradford, 89; JabezPisher, 88; Amoso, Fairbanks, 88; Caleb Carr, 88; Harvey
Spnulding, M; Ziba Crane, 84; William
Harden, 82; Joel Severance, 82fj ftnd
Mnon Bttssell, 83,
TrBl'g' Wtttoigiin ^ iwii-iPui Hun yrt^>«^"^y/>*w,-W**^*J*
Tjie Statb institutions for tbo insouo ■
are very much overcrowded. Tlie asylum
at Kalamazoo, with quar tei* for 550 patients, now contains 650; the one at
Pontiac, built to accommodate 330, now
j furnishes .quarters to 120 patients-.
Gov. Ckoswbmi hns pardoued Wm.
Looney nnd William Benegar from the
State "prison, Looney wns sent from
Houghton county in September, 1876,
for five years on conviction of rape, and
Benegar was sentenced from Marquette
county iu November, 1873, for ten years,
on conviction of assault with intent to
murder. The pardon of the latter is
made-ion condition that he hereafter abstain from the use of intoxicants.
A tjad in Kulcinazoo county had dis-
i covered a partridge nest with   sixteen
eggs, nnd next day he with a companion
i wero surprised to see a very hu%'e black
snake rolled up on tlie nest. Hi - simkc-
! ship had swallowed nine of the -ggs mid
seemed to be waiting for tho mother bird
to come and be swallowed al«o.    The
boys lulled fhe snake, which measured
six and a half feet long, and a little
further on tbey found the mate, au enormous fellow.
The Marquette Mining Journal says
of thG xwogress of work li^on the Detroit, Mackinac and Marqnet.e railroad:
Most of the first twenty miles contracted
for hist fall is now graded, and Die work
of hiving the ties and twek will be
pushed fonvard from this date. Laborers are arriving on nearly e\ory train,
and boat, and are beiug sent to the different camps idoug the line. Nearly
200 laboring men, to be employed by
tlie contractors, havo arrived in this
eity, during the past week, and others
will come as soon mt camp ueeoinmodft-
iions can be provided.
The State Medical Society adopted the
following resolution: "R-7jcrca«, The
State Medical Society viows with gratification tho evidence that its labors for a
more elevated standard of medical education have not been without reward, in
tlie fact that all tlie medical schools of
tliis §tato have made preliminaiy examination unci a throe-term graded course ft
requisite for graduation; therefore, lie-
solved, That we, tho members of tho
Stateitcdical Society, pledge ourselves,
to support only such school* ns require
for admission a thorougli jneliaiinnry examination, and for graduation afc least ft
three-term graded course of lectures, in
three yeara of study, and tliat we will use
om* influence to prevent students from
attending any college with an inferior
standawl of preparation and graduation."
Tho following officers were elected for
tlio ensuing year: President, J. R.
Thomas; Vice Presidents, E. P. Christian, J. W. Hagadorn, 0. J. Lundy, J.
H. Bennett; Secretary, Geo. A Ranney;
Treasurer, Geo, W. Topping. Bay City
was designated as the place for holding;
the next meeting, on the second Weduos-
flnyiu-June, 1881,
The Orange Tree*
Tho orange tree is the longest-lived
fruit tree known. It is reputed to have
attained the ago of 300 years, and been
known to flourish and bear fruit more
than 100 years. No fruit tree will sustain itself nud produce fruit so well under
neglect and rough treatment. It begins
to Tieni* aboufc tho third year after budding, and by the fifth year produces on
ftbnnditnt crop, though tlio yield is
gradually increased by age and
favorable eiroumstances. Tho early
growth of the orange is rapid, and by its
tenth year it has grown moro tlinn ib will
in the next fifty, so far im its breadth
nnrllieight firo concerned; but it is ago
multiplies its fruit stems.
It is estimated that seventy yeans and
$1,000,000 will be required to complete
the excavations nt Poinpeii.
Ostrich feather fans will 1)0 tlie(tiigti
ji iveJty of the summer.
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