1878-08-02; Clare County Press

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His client stood nervously by, -   -
And the man p£ law sang, till the office walls^rang^
" All.siglifcf in the-sueit, by-and-by."-* ' *. i •" > /
SJheerfmly warbled^the butcher,
JBlgoft in his apron and eye;. ■   .-»
" S^meEis no time for puddings,
"Wait for the suet by-and-by." :'„-
Ah me," groaned the man with the meerschaum,
>'«prs6ib?-iis%t;ibri*}iae;«';*sss2p.o«'. -o .-.
And he threw his cigars out of the window;     *   a
" Give me this weed by-and-by."
Whenever the sons of Gustavus - f
tabor and warble and cry,
Earning then bread by the sweat of their face,
-JCoaltheaEthe-"S-we.de^feyj-and-tiys"**.»*■**. ,W  "
And tlie mpnwhqwent out to hunt lodgings     .*"
For a mont'ii and a day had to try!        .-, - -
Till he at on some rooms that just suited' his wife,
"Well go in this suite by-:and-by.l'-   „,.„ »-
In the theater, minstrel, cathedral,
In the church and the beer-garo&t xuglT;'
In the concert saloon and the circus,
'ihey- all sing; the " Sweet by-and-by." '     . '.-- \
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A ©ailffoj**_& Slretcli.
He had not been in town fwehty-four
"hours before every, man, woman and
child knew that he had killed, his _iaW-.
that he was-^ desjj^rate character of. the
deepest dye,- " tisanacending .in bloodthirsty deeds the' most daring hero of the
"wildest dime novel ever" penned.
And, yet * his personal *-appearance
would not have led the-oasual observer
to imagine thai?-Hie vagife-sForits -afloat -j
in regard to him were based upon fact;
the close student of human nature
snfght have perceived points in his bearing that would at least Have aroused a
lurking suspicion, of his fatality.. He
"was"' sTibrfc in stature, and markedly fn-
significant-in his,\general.bearing. He
'wore dirty clothes and a broad-brinmied.
slouch hat, Bu¥the* reckless maimer in?
whiph^a soiled cottpn.handkerchief was
tied" around his neck5 had a tendencyTo
confirm the report^ current in regard to
ibishomicidal qualities.'
He lounged mto the^Long Tohi s&lodn
on the day following his^^ariiYal^^Qpl-j
umbia, and, s'eating hfmself near the*
stove, dropped -Mto a ►brb'wn-stuffy, his
©yes fixed upon vacancy. The little coterie of citizens - watshed* him -witJi ,£i
sheepish kiud of awe, and every man
present * trembled when he suddenly
darted a withering glance1 at Bill Hixon,
the teamster, and demanded in stern ac-
c*p_i[i*8*
•-D'ye drink?" *"■■•*»••""■•' ^W7;««,;
The teamster muttered a feeble assent
and moved uneasiiy in his chair.
"Wall, I hevh'fe heerd anybody-''say
the word yet~-an_ t wait-in? Je_ be asked,
are ye?" ' . ...   ■ •
'The teamster, "in ah agitated voice,
called for the drinks.    ,.?'-..
While sipping his whisky-punch tlie-
stranger mused^Jtakingno further notice
of.the silent circle aroundhlln'uhtil $ij!e}
slice of orange rose like a yellow island
from the Jjottom of. his .glass. Gazing,
steadfastly at thedepartiiig Contents'of
his goblet, the stranger asked,in, the
most careless'tb"de"_ imaginable :
" Anybody bin killed in, this yer camp
lately f'_
bar^
twp
sured him, however, and lie asked, in a
confide'n_aVeaf£lessst0tfe}i -;  <-   yg
" On it yerself, I s'pose ?"
""•'Oh, no^nbt to s_e&k"*6fi"* When-B
was younger I used to do a little killin'
now aiid _ien; but as the years crep' oh
I got out o' ttie way of it somewhat."
-?I s'pose you'd enjoy it now as.;mjich:
as ever?"
"- Oh, yes;  ait' "specially \Sf> &8 . job
was doneneat.aii' bizness like—by some-
I body else. '*   *
*' *Hi'6f§ a mel dF' ma_^-neat s__
ness 3ike*N Wh.en'd. you say., the,|
keep* was comih' in ?"
"He goes on watch" in * about
hours,*' answered the incumbent/ '*■       -.
"Two hours," mused .the"^li©micidfe
"Much liveliness could be knocked
intosthis yer town in two hours. It's a
derned long time to wait, though." -
The dissipated yOung man, with the
double purpose, of -making^ friend of
the new barkeeper/and'at "the same time
placing .himself out of farm's way when
the fight began, was on the point of
leaving the saloon to warn*--the" fated^J
liquor"* dispenser that-a* 'murderer--was
lying in wait for him, when, the fidgety
old gentleman behind the stove asked
as cetilly „5'*if he^was'-propoundmg4he
most solemn of conundrums :
" What was the wustcase of killin' you
ever did, stranger ?
. The dissipated young man sat down to<
hear the reply.
" My brother died? a; vi'lent de&th*! an'
thishiand—" u.
The stranger's h.ead bowed,, and his;
liorrified hearers thought they knew the
reason wh^xfgJftTlJ'" _    ^NsH
" Kemorse, perhaps," said the fidgety
gentleman.        ♦ ' - -    a • e
.".Correct," answered the fratricide. *,
•   An oppressive pause in the ZcheerJ^ul
conversation was interrupted by the ba_
keeper's voluntary remark:; ,:,.
" What'll he hev, boys ?   Brace up ol'
-aa^s'/ftq the, &trange-f^g   .« *?. ,v«r ^ a * :
"I'll take mine straight this time, replied that worthy.
rid"V troiibiesomtf^eyplei5 Then tliere
was thfet yarn", IrfurgOt .the name, about
the doctor, thet spus^d, his,. corpses in
quicklime. I don't use quicklime,'cause I
ain't in thessc;enMc Kne.n TheAt|iere
was them stories full of Injuns, an**
border roughs, an' pirates, an' sich.
They used to raise the hair on nay head
'til I got used to 'em ; but after I killed
my fust man they was as slimpsy ez
mi%*ipdcJink,.-*-^When.S3otJsJ;artedij
once I cud a made piles o' coin, but I'
•J-him offf old^down.to M-.reed. He was#J
bo%-fihllcher oowa 'twere,-an*rt_6a*"*^)"i
tell o' the big thing he Imade rnnnin' a
for she doctors an'
yer i-ja'r stand on end
Tlie hostler of, Kelly's ^ery^jl^ljle,
ventured to wMsper :'^?^ot*""anybodyi
lately^^i,-' ■-'„:   '     •   . - ---.^^^.^
"mo' shootan' nor ' cutti_' -bt any
kind?" . ? ?
"J^bat vkind.. of a place is this, _any-
how*? ' _To ^fellin', no shoo,_n':, _b rows,
no excitement. '-How' long's ".thins bin
goin' on?" M<r s't r* ?"wi Tfs st %
This time his baleful eyes life upon tlfei
dissipated young" man whb*_ad, a few
moments.-previous to .the-.s^anger'sJern-
trahce,*been" boisterously bantering'"fiie
crowd to engage in a game-.of /' ?edro.!'
voiee now as he answered .the question'-;
so pointedly asked:
" It's been kinder dull in thatlinehere
for*sev'ral*years."*'  ;, -.% ^^osi iwzvzj
" Any fighters in town ?" **
There was no answer.    ,.;.',,* .1 '*' :,'
"Anybody .irv this yerr,|own. fettin'*
The^iqupr seemed to^eviyellie^roo^-
ing''spirits *of "the'' stranger*1' fiifd-""nei- appeared tp^forget, f.pr, the s moment, the*
painful circumstances of his "bro'ther's'
death, for he. aspumed a semi-sprightly
air, and remarked
"I
_ don't s'pose you fellers ever se'e
much genouine^killin', fust-class, scientific throat-cnttin'. . I can tell vou what's ,
afae', it ___£&"fttefiran#]SB%p*^,'H
man *ith lead or'drive: a knife into him
mt.
piece o' buteherin' I" did about three
corpses arter the little' fam'ly difficulty
Iw^speakin'.of, / A- young feller,p-un
agin ine one* nignt in a dance" house
down at Caulterville," an' I clipt him
jfaaTSC>*-a:iH"^"-'*^T!=g^"_^
:savage," and I started fur" tEe^oor so's
to hev the law on my side when _ meated
him. He jumped fur me 'ith a der-
ri_gerr-&n"~thet -give.. me rny'-cue.... TSfc-
about ear to ear. Why thet young feller's head looked' as'If it -wasj _oin' ter
swing round under-his elbows^,--Ef^J'd
wasn't in the biznessfur sich pupposes.
How cud I make money? Why, all I
hed ta<do was4o,JletsQjine^up^ert^teflpr
6ome'*tombsfone cutter _n"ow w'eli _ Vas
out fur a killin', an' he'd a give me a big
commish on the returns from the planting o' the corpse. ' "Why, I hed piles o'
good offers, but thej|-Wasn't my lay. I
was killing fur the loVe o' the thing, an'
mbiie,*^did^"t*-MVejCb:!^ooence'ith^r^.
BrHue*££e"*>;* isfteriiie kU'fee-sam^. c?&
11_' ^2jtb_jiake;a. "doffii!. snes^haES^ n?': _tfe
oil, C^'~fTj>wrr boxes- afore -fhey'y quit
pesfeBaTjne', an' letup.on'iK^ir'bribin',
corrj^_bn; games*. J_Yes,*; 5t~|^r-Veeiii,
kmdeT'^digfefely^^' > _ * cara<S v*ttp.-'"her.o.
hopin**"to"s*ee better times; but I'm git-
tin' tired waitin'. I don't see no signs o'
thet new barkeep, an'—"
.At this point the murderous stranger
cask*one" of liis -peefiifhrly baleful glandls*
upon the shivering crowd, as if seeking
another "victim." .JSaohsindividual—
except, perhapsV^he*'!Be_-possessed gentleman behind the stove—tried to shrink
fW^Pbservaticm; and. arfien thf Jj^bl^t
m&n hinted that he- ** _ednt heerd'nb-
body agreein" 'ith the Gov'nor of South
Caryiny"there was^^udicrows^Mrily
on the paife of the teamster, the'hestler,
and thedissipated young man to * * agree,"
and the pamful-ytnervous rapidity with
which the "barkeeper mixed tiie drinks
indicated" tF^£^^'lJw•a"appl■e_6fisiSfig■
were not by;s*av peansidormant.
The gentkadan beli_.a kae stove res-
clied the cdpwmy JiroSCi% em*biriasFv,
merit by inquiring: III
" Do you approve of novels ez a general thing ?"
"Of course I do; leastways the kind
ez teaches a feller to rely on himself in
a row—the kind ez makes a man game
to jump anything thet walks, runs or
crawls. I was passin'a bookstore down
here a bit ago, an' noticed "some* papers
with picters representin' the kind, o'
yarns the little kids reads nowdays. One
was called * Big Ben, the Scout o* the
"Taller Stun.' Then,there.was another
called * The Bdy Devourer*, or theT?irate
o' the Gulf.' Another picter showed a
feller called 'Little Lightnin'' a-hookm'
a skelp offun a Blaekf oo t Inj un. Them's
the kind o' stories the boys' read now,
an' they'll make fust-class" stuff o' the
graveyard express
sich.   He'd make „
tellin' about breakin'.-into vaults an'
deadhouses at midnigli?,. an' h'istin' out
the cadavers. Whyy-^ie's notorious.
He beat Milpitas on ^.lie Injun scout
lay. Told 'em there tR^fe he'd been a
runner for Custer ..an' "ills soldiers that
was massacrld.-?* He's A ;!iarfromTamal-
pais, you bet. An' sC"h.e played the
game fighter on you;j3oys, eh? Ha,
ha! Well, I suppose yyu. feel like git-
tin' even, don't ye ? WHose treat is it ?"
The crest-fallen erov.ii sidled sheepishly up to the bar, ai;J the teamster
softly muttered:
^^SS_S_____L_? ^ I -
._OE€rEE.a
AETEE THE ItfcE&IYo
P^^%dilsfertatibn
f<___^
Tho Disniembeiiiient of.ifae Turkish Empire,   *ji!
At the beginning of !4he Turko-Rus-
sian war, jn April, 1877^'says the Inter
Ocean, Turkey in Ewippe,   including
the tributary states-of Kpumania, Servia
and Mont-inegrb," *exteitded  frOm   the
<£iver Pruth and the Carpathian mountains
on the north to Greecc&and the JBgean
sea on the south, and from the Black
sea on the east to the^Adriatic sea on
the   west.     The  territory  under   the
direct government of the Sultan  was
132,3-10 miles in extent; including the
tributary states, the extarifc of the terri-
torj,was.ia7,0G0 sqnare.anilesv.r s*.t
^Turkey^ih '_jbu* " "m^We'dI>Mf0t)6;
square miles in exteniy and Turkey in
Africa,   including    Egypt,     1,039,000
square  miles.   Among*^ the   principal
islands of the empire "were Candia, or
Crete, with  an  area  of  3,300 square
miles; Samos,   with a_   area  of  250
square miles ; Cyprus,,.^ith a length of
148 miles and a width of forty,   and
Rhodes, 420 square   miles in extent.
Crete is south of Greece, in the Medit
erranean, and Cyprus just off the eoast
of Syria in the   Mediterranean.   The
other islands are in the 2Egean sea or
the Archipelago.
• .IrrEurope, Servia acquired the right;
ofCse^i-gdvernmeht in 1B29. T_is was*"
confirmed by the treaty of Paris, which
erected Meldavify W^llaehia, and a part
of Bessarabia intd tlie tiibutary state of
Roumania. The same treaty made Mon
tenegro
tection
ina,nia, as fixed by the ..tr^aty-5 was 46,140
square miles; Servia,"*16,820 square
miles, and Montenegro^ 1,700 square
miles. Ail the otner princes in" Eu-
Ke inst-ciass sxuu u _i« ^ includingi Bosnik* Herzegovna,
m-vmi bpt i?v    -> -,*    »w Thessaly, ana Albania ^Tf-onder the
■vji.mur-
ti_^4an_aing4iis~glass--d0W€3e^ert-4he:
table. . --i   <• ,it
The faint $»-spjcic-n .thftt the man of
blood-was-directing this question-afr_*e>|
teamster caused- aU.?eyes-lo tu^rPSfqiiir^
ingly toward that unfortunate individual. The teamster, after a painful pause
—during which the stranger seemed to
gyj|i»rvouj-made ^J^V^BM
" IJgi^ JhaJL. L Jniow. o^—jinlessrs-un-
"Well!" interrupted the fierce little
man.
; /^"Pldessjg s the iiew -bark^p^' ftU 11
" The new barkeep I    Where is he ?"
listened to so inteutly by the stranger's
audience that none of them noticed the
entrance of a slender, pale-faced young
man, clothed"'in_!aultlesS;attire^ swinging a huge yeUow cane, and displaying
in his frilled shirt-front an enormous
 a  gold specimen pin.    He stood for a mo-
binlonge*:*_?th"e"bxznesS_d*aealeMttte^\ ment regarding the stranger and  his
my cut better an' the corpse'd a missed"! -~«—■
its head altogether.   Nothin' like prac-
■tB-gy^S^bw?  Ef^wl W _ak^#e]
same lick at one of you fellers here in
this   yer  ba*^x"oSmT'_ie> MeHer  I  hit
l-i-.*-*- -**»-»i-i-i l»- i-t- mnrwa'-n  TAT1    TY*1T
wouldn't think"it mbre'n feh""_iinutes to
resurreetion "time.: -I s'pose*thetnew
bar_e^p? '11 keep me waitin' round* here
i. ■i,-"*i;';'"hours, Won't'he ?   Well, a
William   _.   Gray's Remarkable  "Career.
-        tFrom« the S}3riDgaeld Bepubliean.]
• _ew rascals have so romantic a "career
as5 William E. Gray, the forger, who arrived - at New York Wednesday,, at the
end;«of nearly rdne years'chase, by the
most eiperfc detectives of the large cities
of the world. His father, Bey. Dr. E.
H«; Gray, formerly preached at Shel-
biirne Falls, and was for eight years
chaplain Of the JJnited States Senate,
and. the'^on had every incentive to lead
a.rpspeet'able life. After leaving college
he was a clerk in the Treasury Department at Washington until 1866, when he
voluntarily resigned. The next year lie
went to-New York armed with letters of
reoommendatidnfromGen.Butler, Sena-"
tors Eessenden and Morrill ahd other
dignitaries. He was then 23, a fine young
fellow of correct habits; who passed as a
model of virtue. Learning the secrets
of stook -brokerage with A. W. Dimock
& Co., he waS soon in business for himself, and at onces -began his adroit villainies. He dealt in stolen bonds, and
his father's purse had to release him
from X-udlow-street jail, family influence
covering up other swindles from the
public knowledge.]
In November of 1869 Gray gave out
that he expected a legacy of "SS0,000.
from a rich'aunt, and, on the strength
of this"and$10,0Q0 ready cash he'claimed j
to have, "he launched out in grand style '
as a, Heavy operator, at 44*.Broad street,
afterward occupied by Woodhull & Claf-
lihjj-'He sailed under the firm name ef
W.--E. Gray &;>Gp."}Jliia partners*- being;
unsuspectea- rogues-like: himself, and
they made Quaiiz Hill' mining stock a
cover for their frauds.   The gang got
hold..6f - stolen -New-York State .-bounty
loa*i dertificates, ITnited States. rjbonds'
and sonie-sfocks, and-sraising the certificates, they. borrowed money on   them
and1 oh tthe bonds, through a reputable
broker, 'of nearly every lender in the
city.   At the very1 stdri Gray nearly ended "•his career by borrowing' from Jay
Cooke & Co. oh spurious Government
bonds, but, as he replaced them with
genuine bonds and carried himself as an
innocent person imposed   upon, -they
{.laughed at the detective's Suggestion to
arrest one so respectably connected and
indorsed.   ,'In "^eee_ib'er,' hbwever, a*
suspicious cashier" discovered "that the
bounty loan certificates were forgeries,
though. theJ?resident,and Cashier of the
Manhattan Bank declared that they were
_s<gob^as gold. % Gray-was no cool and
told so plausiblet a Btory,.when.ponfront-
ed. with the facts,, that he.was not taken
finto custody, - Next ibay,Ee: disappeared,
leaving,. eight firms. $280-"000 out,"-.find,
even-troops withsra&ll-trai*_ng and little.
power, .of maneuYering may be formidable on. the defensive. But^for a sue-'
cessful attack'it is necessary not only
that the arrangement-of* ihe troops Bhall
be good, but that they shall have received that thorough training in the art
of regulated' iidvahce under rifle fire over
all'Sorts of ground which can' alone give
thfem confidence in themselves and each
other. Now, from all that has been related of the Russian attacks in practice,
as'at Plevha/ife would appear that,-however good- their-theory bf instruction,
officers and men have been far too spar-
| ingly exercised in this most essential
particular.—Gen. Harnley, in," Nineteenth Century.      :-'.:    '"• -    "!
VJf^s^Hk^tX^M.US7J_,riU',l\''--1P:'>lL,
,"___   HOOD  SSASOH."
3    fe.        »*isi
BZ OLIVEa
3
"*w*EHi)Eii**« HOLini&r
At last two Fatoenheits blew up.
AndJtfflrdtwpiCbiiareB/small,   •. ,-
An'donebarometerslibt"dead *   '     *•
A tutor tyith its ball.   -
Now all day long* the loeusti-Fsang"
Among tho.leafiess. trees ;r.
Thrfee new hotels warped inside out— -
The pumps cauld only wheeze;
And ripe»tild *iVin'^th''Jf; twenty years *
* HadBobwebhcdo'ertavain-
Ome spouting through the rotten cor -    -
—ike July's best champagne, •
The Worcester locomotives did
• Their trips in half an hour;
The Ijowell ears ran forty miles
Before they checked their power;
Boll brimstone soon became a drug-,
And locofocos fell*.
All asked for ice, bi*t everywhere
Saltpeter was to selL
Hump inen of mornings ordered tigh
nut ere the scorching noons,
Tlieii* cand-e molds had grown as loose
As Cossack pantaloons!
The flogs ran mad-—men coiild not try
If water they would choose; "
A horse feTl dead—he only left
Four red-hot, rusty Shoes !*
And all about the "warehouse^steps
Were angry men in droves', *«■ '■
Crashing and splintering through the deors
To smash tne patent stoves!
ill
'! THE   BUSINESS'
Eailures tor. the First Half of 18TS. .
According: to the -semi-annual circular- of R.  G. Dun & Co.'s mercantile"
agejicy,  tlie failures' for  the first   six
months of the present year show "an-enormous increase. !< The public mind has
in some ■ measure, become prepared, for
. this revelation, by the frequency with
which ' these misfortunes' have    been
: chronicled by the "press," but it remains
for the*":agency to put into ehape the:]
final .results of the period under -review,
and to draw from the compilation such
inferences.'as appear to be warranted by
the' facts' *" presented.   This   has": been;
done in -the usual exhadstive*-manner,!
and we condense the following from the
elaborate document before us." For the
purpose of .comparison -we group together the t following. statement,. which
will ^illustrate at; a. glance the significance., of the figures for the past: six
months:   '   * *'     •'       '•     ■'
i\ro: 0/
Failures.
1st 6 months iu '75
1st G months in -76
1st C mon«h3 in '77
Ish 6 months in !78
3,503
4,600
4,749
6,825
" 'Amount'
Oiabililies.
$ 76,844,266
108,415.439
99,606,170
"130,832,76
Averager
Liabilities.
$-21,567
22,^58
20.974*
22,460.
may'i
corint
deWf''
to say murderously, around the saloon.
"'Taint his watch  on,  yet,"  softly
answered the man behind the bar.
" " '"Tain't,*eh?   What's his record?"
" Only, aman ortwq, I brieve."* •
"Where?"
"Down the, country  somewhere,   I
think."
The stranger*.sat dpw_.again, and for
a moment seemed buried in profound
thought. '••>•■":-..:-
"Well!"
He sljot the.word out,and. swept^the,
crowd wilh his menacing eyes:4   * ^   - *
" Hasn't anybody * got*' anything to
say?" he asked, >after=a [short interval of
silence.
A death-like-solitudeis-isr
" Ain'.fc there a,man" in the crowd as
agrees'with the sentiments of .Col. Jlar-j
per?" ■'-"•.
," What'd he say ?" timidly asked* the,
teamster. . •
"What'd he say?" sneered the stranger.   " Nobody but a derned ijit'd ask
*f
sich a question as that.". Whyj-his sentiments was the same identical idees the
Gov'nor of South * Car'liny. sent to; the.
Gov'nOr of/North CaVlffiy."'     _ "
A gleam of intelligence suddenly shone
upon the bar-room:asaemblage, and the*
teamster felt called upon to Sod at the
barkeeper and interrogate.    \ ■ -.   " '
■■"■ What'll ye hev, boys ?"       * **
The'favorite beverage of each lounger,
having been served, the stranger raised-
his glass and proposed:
~ "Here's to our private graveyards!"
A shudder, crept', insidiously through
the congregation like a wind, through a
corn-field; but each man, in appearance
at least, honored the toast." * '-'.
"No man fur breakfast, no slaughter,
ho excitement!" muttered, the stranger,*;
regarding "his whisky,- "I can't 4taJi^
this. I must liven up the place. You"
say barkeep's croaked his man, I
blieve."'
";Self-defense,"  answered   the  barkeeper.       .;
" Oh, of course.    We all do it in self-
- defense; else how'd he git the drop on
the juries?" . „
A short interval, of silence was broken
by the fidgety gentleman behind the
stove.
"Killed many men, sir?"    -
"Thirty-seven!" deliberately replied
the homioide,. looking at this new speaker wiifo considerable, interest.
" Thirty-seven! Quite - a ' list, sir;
quite a respectable.fist, to—be—sure/'
The stranger bent his shaggy "brows^
as if attempting to perceive whether the
nervous party was'' joshing" or not. The
gtolid solemnity of the loungers reas-
two or" iiwde
man's ;
in his
iiiowj.",
■ *'" Do "you keep count a'yer
;asked the bold-man behind the stove.
"All of 'em," answered the stranger;
"wFen^km^ma_ _-jbts^bWthe cir-
cjunstencesj*^ the corpse'sy naane, g-thef
weepin I used, an' anythin' remarkable^
about the case. When my turn comes
some o' them noospa^er fellers '11 get
hold of my book, an' then you'll see my
' recoja^l &S ^Ijheyfll *- call it, „in.. Jim poos-
papers". TKey^ll put' it * irl "titile letters,
an' hist a tremenjous header on it, statin' as how - fchMy.-seven. J tombstones
marks the present homes of my "victims.
They'll call 'em ' victims,' 'cause we're
(all dead ye see, an' can't make 'em take
water on the -foul slander,' as they say
in the   courts.   Lestwise   there'll  be
thirl,
afdrG"
think it's'likely I will, 'cause something
seems to tell me I'll run her up to forty
afore my-^loodr^reer,^8S,th,'5se noos-
paper fellers'call' it, comes to*an 'untimely end'—they'll rail it an * untimely
end,?,ye,know,,they aliers does., .'Bou^t-
time that barkeeper was happeniri' 'long",'
ain't it?"
"Not quite," repliM6*thef*bSrlee"5ef I
in charge,  shuddering at the terrible
fate awaiting his confrere;
The   stranger   became   reminiscent
opee|oiore,„aj3 if-weary*- of? contemplating^
t_e d_riefhargf 6f His ^present ibba^
tion.
"I wish I was back to Coulterville
agin," he said, regretfully. "Oh, but
thet was &e,"p"^e^^o^^fun, an'excitement—a bftryih* nlatinee ev'ry „ay, an' a
Coroner's lewy ev'ry night. Shootin'
-til ye. eotildn't rest, an-. cuttin'-; ev'ry
hour by the clock. " Lord, how the
time used to fly when I was down there.
Ifc seems like a dream. They was the
happiest days o' my life."
Tne stranger lost himself in an ec-
coterie of breathless auditors^ Then iti
a^hb^^lfiarpj^rijEip sentenqeCbe stralghfe
ened.  them   all  into    upright,     rigid
statues.
"Stash the racket, you ornery old
bummer. What're ye giving us paow,
CMcago^S&yfHT oris ?._ vor^
It was the " new barkeeper."
Turning to the man .behind the bar,
this reckless young man asked^ in a sneer-
ing|^"^.sp>rating Jjpne] m li „   _ S I/O H|
.   "How many   drinks  has   this d—d
tramp beat you out of, George?"
The abashed barkeeper did not reply,
but glanced with a-*haK-*a*pprehensrve ex-
pression at the bloodthirsty stranger.
The latter was a picture. One arm rested
helplessly on the table, and his eyes
stared wildly.   He attempted to speak :
"Ah—V didh'^it's'-'iiU right—Bill,
you know—"
- "Yd as, I know, you old loafin'
wnisky-blpat, an! ef you;dpn"|; -leave the
plaoedouble-quick'I'll kick "you'o'ut ez
I usually do.   Savey !"
The stranger arose slowly and unsteadily, his eyes .wandering in perplexity
about the room;   His movements were
not rapid enough to suit the barkeeper,
he laid a heavy hand on his collai*,
The failures for the 'half .year- just
closed are thus shown to be in .number
073r-.2.5 .per cent, greater than in 1877,
while the liabilities indicate a percentage of iherease still greater.""*■"    '    '"
TheBe figures are of very- grave import,* if .taken as* an indication.of *the
state qf trade,, for, according to "the
agency; never before jn an equal period,
in the history of'the country, have busi-.'
ness "misfortunes -been so numerous dr-i
aggregating an..amounfc of -loss by bad
debts.^so.greftt.;. But, before .accepting
these statistics as ^ true test of the present ci5hcllit„n oi' business, the "circular
before us urges go&e considerations in
mitigation: of itheiii^vorablft conclusion
wijich  would] .:!oipierwise*{be ^inevitable,
"TttE individual chiefly" anxious to see
the-rule laid; dbwnisthe:school-boy.       »
APoseb.—-If you gwe■* your word to
anyone, how can you possibly keep it?   .
Don't laugh too jnneh; it's only the
cog-wheel that- can. afford to show its
teeth!'       " *        .■*'*<.-   •
CAtJTio-sr'^o BAOHEnofis.—-It is far"
easier for a mah'tti'be eiigtiged than to be *
engaging."      ..- • :- ■*-•«?•- "     :
The umbrella was ■. 'invented during ■
David'anain. :It.was successfully used ;
as a parry-Saul.*. ....._    ..,-.■
" SsEi_Na the bubble fortune at tbe
canyon's mouth "4s wh^it they call gold-
hiinting out West,     *-* * ■
" When city inhabitants * repay visits of
their country friends in the summer, it;
is e&lledj returning board.       : r
I; would not live Aiway,*I care not
tq stay, it costs too much for washing,
wearing three shirts a day.
• Possibly,  truthful sign on a cheap
store:   " Don't go anywhere else to be -
robbed—step righMn here."
The" Trade-List calls^ Emperor William "another of --those hateful; monqp^ .-
olists,., He-ia, enjoying" almost, a com- r
plete  monopoly  of  the*'assassination
bu^hWs;"'■■-[        '■*- -■** • -
•.T__foilowrfi|f "order wa^ recently left/
I on the slate*of..a New Hampshire doctor;   "Doc, cum up to ther house;; the* t
old man Jhas go,t snaix in his butes agin,
an raisin kam; ^
A Vjbginia woman/refuses to marry a
bald-headed man, thoughheis a millionaire.   She "explained /.." We'd have a .-.
faniily ■ fight some tiine, and he has, no ';.
hair.i;q ea.tch.'"b.pl4;of." _ ..'.."".
At the commencement of a, girls' high ^
school, Rev. Dr.'Wil^c"n,''of Baltimbrej *
made this astounding prayer': "0:*
God !"-Grant that.not one*of these young *
ladies-may.be.the victim of, "unrequited.
lovefc-:,..'. l..T:fr^[.% . £:':'.:.".,!". .;*■;
The grasshopper has   jusc  srawied
from his Western lair to feed upon the
litscious handiwork*.of*,nature, but he
finds the grass, o^d. therleaves.tough and ,
babies'' heels  as * hard" as .brick.   His -
prinie''days havo fled- forever-,—-DeWoit *
Ffee'Pitess:. "-• - ••"-'■r-*- .   '•*- -. .'•■■»
"What wouifi ydii call a'model Sun-*:
daywschoot?v'"fesked"the" ^uperinteiident
ot „ malconteni       '*     •*-■*--»• *^-fl*****
•ii
?Duririg. that'.-time he -was 'lording it
mVgnifieently in -England* as James P.
Morgan, nephew of George "Peabody,
the millionaire^ philanthropist. With
forged letter's "of introduction. from
United States' Senators and other men
of distinction, he "entered", the highest,
circles of * sbciety,-and layishe'd. money
    right and left, driying four black im-
about 39,000 B^u-are'miieS,"ahd*lhe1 ported American horses and  dressing
---*•"•■ * i rdagnificently.   At a dinner given the
niece"of'^.aron Rothschild, the. rich
young*'American made a speech on En-
glish',finance that astonished the moneyed magnates,, and there was no art of
fashionable society he was not an expert
in,;^He was intimate with the Duke of
Edinburgh,..and he might, apparently,
havd imposed_.o*n the EDglish nobility
ind'efiiiitely it" "his money had not failed.
At> that time '& London banker named
Chatteris got .Morgan ■■to^o'into parte
and ^
swinging the unresisting! tramp, towardU Jf territory g^verthe^right of self-gov-
and as a-result or the Russian-war, Bulgaria, irom i>e Danubei© the Balkans,
and from Servia^oa the west to the Black
sea on the^-eMrtY* ia'^^rnade^a 'tributary
State, as was Servia before the war. The
Prince-is to-be-elected by* the popula--
tion, andjthenew kingdom is to haye^its
own G'byferhtiieht ^and army, and be'nn-
der-the protection-of Europe.   The areaH
is
population 2,5QO,O0a
Eastern Roumelia, extending from the
Bairns southward to the iEgeansea,
and^a^f ar/ east- es A^rian'ople^is made
a province, with a Christian Governor,
"and certain rights ae-.tp self-government,
but is to be under^^e' political authority of the Sultan^lii t.th&' copy of the
treety pubhabr^l^hWlimits are not
given, but the'fi^eussibns in the congress contem^l^te^d-^ae^ South Balkan
hour try in which Bulgarians or Christians prepon;derajbe"d/and-;this,;has an
area of from 16,000 to 20,000 "square
mi-h"*s.;«•  f { , j -'. ,   ...      ■ -; ?
•' Roumania gives iip Bessarabia to Rus-"
sia, gains the Dobrudscha and other territory south of the Danube, and is made
absolutely" 'indepen'dent. Servia gains
territory.abqut 200: squfffejmileg. in -extent "on* her southern border, and* becomes independent,' Montenegro is
given new territory, and is made independent. Bosnia and Herzegovina,.with
an area of about 23,000 square miles, are
to be ? .occupied. and admimsteredjby
Austria.
The treaty of Berlin takes away from
Turkey absolutely §5,000 square miles
'-* *- - " '•*■ »J1» A Iff      	
the doorV The barkeeper "on watch,
anxious to assert his authority—:a prerogative too long cowed by the stranger's murderous   conversation—^jdashed
around the ehd'of-ihe- counter and administered a resounding kick upon the
swaying form of the late hero of " thirty-seven killin's."   Tlie teamster darted
from his aeat and nearly, stretqhed hivf
self fiat oh the floor in* his atlempt'to
emulate the barkeeper's example.    The
hostler caught him by the shoulders and
shook  him^un^l.his teeth chattered.
The dissipate'd* young  man landed  a
terrific blow on the back of the " fratricide's" neck.   The fidgety  gentleman
behind^the stove only chuckledyphilosqr
phlzing, probably," in much the "same*
manner as Cardinal Wolsey did when he
bade a long farewell to all his greatness.   "Under the impetus of the combined forces thus* thrown upon his rear
and flank, the tramp shot through the
saloon door and out into the street like
" a meteor cvossing the depths of the
night, a moment5seenf then,lost forever,"..]
as the' swe'fet singer of'' Michigan has "it^*-'
Mf^f^P^etfrie.-- ^tl^&^ZJZT^^ol^'^^fT^^W^
"How'd ye first come to feei this in-  1n-a ^m ^MM:Hon kicked "ativ
ye nrst come to ieei tms in
satiate thirst for blood ?" quietly asked
the fidgetyigentleman, «s coolly as if he
were discussing a companion's rheumatic
pains.or,,a,friend's ehronic complaint....
:  ' - Well,-'! ^couldn't' exact^ "say,^ sah-
sweredthemanof corpses as carelessly as
his questioner,.:^ *f |%I.|!pqsq.it. all* comes
Of early eddicaiidn^iYe see Iwal a great
reader, an' when I was quite young I
got'"hold o'some yaller-kivered. books ]
jest "full" o'blood'n thunder, an' thet sot"
ine a thinkin' on the subjec'.   I recol-
or the EiendV theCow Pasture.' The
yarn was better'n the Perliee Gazette.
and it planted-the longin" fur blood deep
in my 5 outhf ul boEom. But I didn't go
rracfefihtheHeroesstyle o'-bigness.*,He-
used an ax, an' I aliers considered that
too derned .brutal," s Then* I'read „';The
iPisoned Doughnut, or the Pastry
Gook's^eyjsge.t. This un was powerfully
strongjb _i _ don't cotton to pisoh either
■tain't 'zaotly the thing for a man of
t A high-minded killer
no jsibn means o'gittin'
his n_hd) the'dying li6n kicked "at 'By
asses.    . .   . \t t - ,-;-"..,     ,      . .;,.
As " Chicago " made his "exit, the new
barkeeper tnrne4*j«to --the excited crowd
with a cynical smile on his pale features,
and remarked.:
" I don't s'pose you boys knew the
cuss.? .,'_&&$> likelyi *,What., came,, o''
wiri-a4m he^givin' yoif ?*K    *-*iil * -
The hostler made a voluble explanation.
" Thet's
time I seeri
was down to Bakersfield. You never
heerd a man talk so glib about marlin-
spikes, ^yardajms, lee: scuppers, walkin'
the ""pianF-*_ascars, .an''-throi
under the hatches. It was awful to
hear him, an' sounded jest like them
New York story papers. He played it
on every barkeeper in. Bakersfield, till I
coppered him an' kicked him out o' the
Magnolia, where I was tepdin'. . Then
the outraged-citizens -wanted to hang
him, an11 guess they'd a«done it ef he']
, hedn't left between two days.
ernmeiit tp •. over 50?, 000 Square nfiles
more* "and virtually transfers 23*000
square miles, more p^o-AustrisK j This
leaves the Sultan" in direcfj cbhftol of
about 60,000 square miles of territory in
Europe, this^o"^inqluding "ffie Christian state soiit^qf-'the Baltemsl
In Asia the: jpissians hold'*the,_3rrito-
ry t^rajf^'Mtoumi Kars, Ar'd|,L^
and extending as far* west as|01ti^|
aboup|a!f^_ ^grp^as^itti.e StateJ^if
nois. Ipi3_ the. "renMander,! overrjofl
squarqaiailes itf eitenff^ls^pTaced ;]9e^
ly und®the'affi-^u^tarative'Jbontrbf
England. ..THe^islahd. ^of", Cj|prus is
tranBf erred |djreefly to Eiig|anTO^
! RehgiousjfKbe^liy-i^tiaianll^in the
6tate&-made\ indejbendent, and7in»ll the
remMning.f* ptoymces of "Tjgrkr
Rus|m waslhpiiest ii^the.d"^
poses?oriv*tticfi* she^Mla^WirBt
succeedj^d in^.every-pai^paiJ^,
clared tnati,i^e object of Me"^
not the acquisition, of territory, but the
amelioMtio^06t->Sne_j&ttdi_bn fofli'lJie
Christian population-of the Balkan,_esi
instituting-a. sweeping reform. In the
treaty of S'anStefijnq flhe claimed nq.
territory *. for' herself but ,:BessarSfbia,"
titite,n;from>-he_',in' 1,856, stnd'-Batqiim',
l_irs?and;Ai"dahan*i_iAsitf.i -'AH Jfliese
6Mms rwere* alio wed." ■• •/>•■• 7 .••"* •
* Russia has succeeded virtually in destroying, ,the   Turkish  empire.    And
 «.ii«".u*Tj.s :l^J:
nership*with:.his son.    The -boy-was-
soon" short   -£15,000.    Spurious United
States bonds "carried the .information to
NewYork officers, that this was the old
offendfer Gray, and'tbey crossed over to
arrest bim-: • 1 He was tod sharp for them,
however,, and,* after "failing  to   sell a
myfchiealiCblorado mine atr The -Hague,
he turned up at Paris as Dr.  Colletso,
the -Oculist.    Biing  recognized,;- Dr.!
Colletso sailed for- this country to-escape extradition from France, and, after
swindling for a time at Galveston, Tex.,
he returnedioXdndon and got $20,0,00
on a copper mine some one else ■ owned,
-lb-was when*-the: last fraud was disclosed, »in 1876, alter Gray was arrested,
that-the English Government refused to
surrender him,-with Winslow and Brent,.
the- Louisville forgery because Secretary
Fish would? hot promise to try them only
on the ch arges made in the extradition
papers.   -When-.Gray could "be had, lies
had fled, to.be-recognized.iii Edinburgh;;
a month ago and arrested on his arrival
in; London.    He has been living, in the
meaij time, with a woman who claims to
be-iiis wife, and says. she. is the daughter of* the' co'mpOser Balfe.    Gray must;
now stand trial for forging United States
5 20'arid New York State -bounty bonds,
the minimum penalty in each case being
SSjOOOifine and-five-years in jail, and the
m'aximum $10;000 and ten years' impris-;
onment. **-■•;.'  - •-■•
j>'iii
sfseci as^consLsiaiig uj. *an"janusuauy open
winter,- retarding "sales,-^deliveries-;6£
-producer and'collections;,-the discussions
in and out .of .Congress.;qf .^financial
measures, and the -necessary.'"condition
of uncertanity'thEt4 i-e^ulfed; tHe,'p61ssi;'
_ bility ofvim"_ ortant*bh"anges ih'the*tariff;
'the.^o'itponement'of ,the date of the.re7
peaLijf.the *B.ankrup.t law, and finally,
the steady decline in prices'qf merchandise and the general* shrinkage of values, which, it-is "3aid,»have been more
apparent ;in - the * past six. months th an.
ever before, especially whenever it-became necessary to realize. In relation"
to these points, which are set out at
length, the circular says:
" We have thus briefly endeavored to
enumerate five leading considerations,
which,-combined with: others always: existing, .have ,hadj,a' prevailing influence,
in the past six months.toward increasing
the   figures of"f failures' given   above;'
"When it is bonsidere'd tliaVthere are how
over -700,000 person's "and -firms- reported *
in active business by this agency, and>pf.
this vast; army only .a, limited number,
possess a surplus sufficient to withstand
such" a le'iigthehed period of -depression,
disappoihtoient and loss as-ifc_as;-been'
the,fate ;of -the 5jcjo.ttj3.try-to »undergo, it
need ,not:be considered as.a measure of
great ,'disa«„r " tnat'Wditioiial cireum-
stances so" -unfavorable should swell the
•failurelists to the extent recorded-■•• That
• these circumstances were.: only tempo-,
rary in their duration, and that certain,
of them may have a tendency 'to lessen" I-
-the'"number" of failures hereafter,  are
points in -favor of the future;, and, therefore,: however. discouraging the figures
ab,ove presented may at first appear, it
-wpuld be unfair to regard them as an
iindex to the real or permanent condition
;of the country."
SS**
about, his., gfrit„but Jhe las'
iTiim^ewa.^-p'irafe.    Thet
o*-*-,^ «»*♦-_, -*-_—-, gre^iness than Austria or Eaglftntt in
the -planFj I Lascars, .an'-throat-cu^tiM. grabbing territory.'" ?
wlrile:M6wirig IStustria to, phape\th_j£kd"i
ministration in one section and England
in "another" she exercises, administrative*
inflltehce herself only in Bulgaria^ So"'
far the record- bf; Russia 'has- beeif con-
sis^ti .'.She'has accoinplishedthe purpose of-the war, and, after fighting all
the   _a£tles,   has  hot  exhibited more
ji";-r,'
Birmingham:, the great center ofi.the
pin trade, since Gloucesterlost. the industry, is just now being "pricked in the
side" by itlie*- Americaii pin, whicby. Of
tinned iron, underaellB the Enf lish article. * This is the more striking, inas-
.. „ I muoh as the pin trade is in the hands of
Ikaowedi afewwealfchy mtumfacturers thejfel -' v
Eiissian Tactics.
•The"# Russians "are cqgyjng-, Prussian'-"!
tacticsin their main f eatiire of company '
columns and an extended., firing'.line..
Their  fighting  formation is 'a line of
groups of skirmishers,* four men in each
group,1 Witlvsupports and reserves;. and
such a-'lih'e-- may be extended till the
groups'reach the limit of  forty paces
apart, or closed* td not: less than sixpaoes
apart; and-the parts of' i such a line need
, not be uniform, but so varied as. to adapt
j the troops to the features of the ground.
This "skirmish line is always followed by
part of the same company, unless the J
whole company is extended, as support!
When the whole company is extended,
other companies of the same battalion
i.form the supports.   In attacking, few
skirmishers are extended at first, which
are  gradually,. Reinforced   to requisite
strength during the advance.    The "supports follow in companies, either entire
or broken up; according to the extent of
the line or the nature of the ground.
The instructions for the Russian field
maneuvers are fairly level with the military science Of the time, and'tbey grapple
sensibly with the most important problem of minor: tactics offered in these!
days, namely, how to form troops for the*,
attack of* an "enemy in position.   De-.
fense is "comparatively easy; there is, of
course, plenty of scope*for judgment in
The • Carpet Bug.;
-A _eWiinsect pest has appeared, which
prpmi.Bes-.to :make housekeeping as discouraging business as the long-suffering
granger findB the raising of potatoes in
the face of the Colorado beetle.    This
latest terror-.cf the patient liouse-wife is
an emigrant from.Eurppe, with the distinguished title ■" Anihrenus scrpphu-
larios."     Upon  its 'native heath,   the
r stranger contents itself hitanly with an
animal diet, but "on its arrival this side
qftttteiTfater it develops,a voracious ap:,
'petite for every thing woolen.    Hence it
has. been familiarly dlibbfid'" the cVi'pet-
bug,'' aiid'ih its * specialty it- seems to
»far outrival"that old-time*enemy 'of*- domestic*, peace* the moth.     The insects-
multiply rapic|iy,..and s.q destructive are
they £_afc" some people who "have had
particularly "sorrowful experiences are ox-
: the opinion that carpets will .have to be
.given up entirely when h48 bugship has
possessed the land,   -The.bugs-are black,
hairy fellows, about a quarter of an inch"
long, of ovfil Shape and" very quick of
-motion.  These in turn produce sluggish
-beetles, an eightli of an;inch in length,
spqtted with white and red^ ; \Vherever
there jis a crevice, that is the'home'of the
cafp'etr-bng, which, however, does not
confine-his diet tocarpets alone,,"" but attacks, clothing and furs hanging in closets
or packed in ifa&yievB.—Sringfield Be'-'
publican.' '"'""
passep: aro^uid apjble pie '^very Sunday;,-^
and "ddtf-V'Etfve no "les'sohs *-fco l'eain.'"
That's the _aiirpin*6f .a'school for nje;!"/
~{c Jb_&,*'"* said'a'jiov'drfcy-'strickeh man'-*
to'-his.- son," - i I've* made -my -will- to-day,*" ■*
" Ah !" replied John, you were liberal
to me, no doubt." *" •"■ Yes Jolin, I came
down handsome. *.Tve* willed-yoir*the
whole country-to "make- a living in, wijtih.,
the privilege of gqing elsewhere if you
can do* better."-
At an afti'stic supper* the other night, '
sbfne^ 'one said* that "Miss  Thompson's. I
picture,-*'' The Roll-Cali," . clever as it-
was-,.- had-been .injudiciously upraised.
"Yes," said a second person, " I .call it
'The Buttered "Roll.'"   "" And I," said a"
third; '-'-'The'"men who were mustered "•
after they'd been peppered.'"-. -    *     --|
* i'ris'ttow'tliBs&appy.'hatveB't time      . ■  .
+   . . Comes lo tiie-little ants;
"• '.fis'now llie playful' bumble-bes '
,   . .Crawls up the small boy/B pants.
_ia now tlie jingling ice-crea_ tian   :
•   .    Makes Biiltoyhpuseb.pld3;glad;., -     - ..* .
-is now tue*festive y'ellow-j'aoket
G'ats:petnlant*i.-ael inad:.-: . .-i*
..   'Tis now the^pert thermometer
-'**"•   "-Goes on it's annual tears-; '• '    <■••--•}-»
.   .    And sweetly, the svyerage citizen
Gets on his* e-vr and b wears.
—New Orleans Times.' •.".;.   .jt . .
An  old- bachelor was  rather taken.-,
back a day or two»ago, as follows: Pick-
' ing up a book, he exclaimed, upon see- -
ing  a  wood-cut .representing   a  man
kneeling at the feet of a woman.    "Before I would ever kneel to" a woman, I">
wouliJ" encircle inyneck with-a rope and
stretch it-' *':And,- then- turning- .to &.}
young- woman,-he.inquired :'"Do you.
not thinkit would.. be the best thing I
could do?"    '"It*would,'undoubtedly, I
be th'e best for the woman," was thd sai> •*
caSticreply.     ".    --.:'. ■;
, ••■;'    HoW;"30Tp the busy By •            • • -4
.   , Improve each day that passes
-'<■    :   Without, however, b-itterliig
The butter and molaEses!               . ,
How clinging are Ma feet *   »
At .morn when v>*e'ro reposing; ;, „
How well his mission he 1 nlfills "   "
-;--:: -.    By jceeping^us from dozing! '   .<«
The devil's eiiiBsary he,
•"    Aiid:j*?alous.i)ast*comparing;
. • While others merely tempt us, he .
Insists upon'our swearing. :
..   ..zipJ .       ■   --.' : ;;?
A(siinister, going tq visit .one of his
sick parishioners,- asked'hiih how he
rested during the night. "Oh, wonder- i
ously ill, suv'.' he replied,- " for my eyes
haye not.come, together these, three
nights." '' What is the reason of that* ?'
"said the other. "Alas, sir,'"'Said he,
" 'because my nose was betwixt ;*.them.!'
* ..Rapid (xroyttli of the Aloe.       i(t
.Perhaps .'the -most, remarkable   inr „-
stance.of .rapid'vegetable growth that",
has been heard of since the famous bean-"
vine of Jack-the  Giant-Killer  is   one"-
which" has been .related to us by Prof.,/
f Stowe,-.of an aloe or century-plant, now. *
growing on the ground of one of his
neighbors, "* at   Mandarin,    _ la.  /Ibis
aloe, during a period of several weeks
from the.i^st half of April to, the latter
part of May, actually increased in height*"'
at the rate '6£ twelve inches a day—or "-
half an inch ah hour "night and day— i
until it attained a height of fotty-twp."^
feet.    Having reached that height, thq.r
tree (for'it' is nothing else, than a tree)"5
leaned overoh'a neighborly orange tree'7
to take a re'st.   When Prof. Stowe leltT
Mandarin, -the last week, in May, the^
flower .stems had'rcp_e out, but up lof
the." "end of June' it, had not yet blossomed.   The American aloe, according'.'
to the English Cyclopaedia, has a period^
of from ten to seventy years, according;
to climate. " When fully matured it prq-..^
duces a gigantic flower-stem, forty feet '.
in height,  and perishes."   In Morida'"*
one seesmany'ef these plants, in vari-'1
ous stages of growth; but we think there. s
are few cases in which the growth is so,,
rapid as in this one related by Prof.
Stowe.—Hartford (Ct.) Times.
In , 'Massachusetts large* numbers
of
birds* are''found 'dead-'fir potato* fields;*]
j killed by Paris green scattered for the
placing troops to defend ground, but it   ..._   „ _ .   .   .
t l j..__„"4i.*a„ A~.*.v.ia *airX^ _oii and I destruction of potato-bugs.
is not difflgult'to do this fairly" well,
zt
Last year th'ere were in Ireland 25,078 "^
marriages,  139,498' births ttnd gS.SOO'*'
I* deaths; 88,503 persons emigrated, so-:'
that, without making aDy allowance for-sv,
\ immigration, there was a .gain of 7,486*.
in.the popuiatioii of'5,338,906.. .*
..Chicago also, has s, .swimming-school^
for women, *   *.*