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OH fame** Bis a stingy man,
_e'keeps all he gats and gets all he can.
By all his friends he is said to he .
As tight as the hark oir a young birch tree.
He goes to church and he rents a pew,
But the dimes he gives to the Lord are few.
If he gets to heaven with the good and great,
He will be let in at the smallest gate.
Natir f armar B, besid?s drags and plows,
Keeps a number of fine calves and cows.
He.'xh&Rei no butter, but sends by express
The milk to the city's thirstiness.
" What do th.3 city folks know about milk!
Thgj are better judges of cloth and silk.
Not a man who buys, I vow, can te-1
If I water it not or water it well—
If they do not know then Where's the sin,
I'll put the sparkling water in."
Thus talked to himself old famer B,
How mean he is, young and old can see.
One night it was dark, oh, fearfully dark—
The watch dog never came out to bark-
Old farmer B,5n his bed did snore,
When rap, rap, rap nearly shattered the "door,
And a voice cried out, in a hasty breath,
" Tour best cow, neighboj, is choking to death!'
Clipping off the end of a routing snore,
"Farmer B bounded out on the bedroom floor,
And the midnieht voice was heard no more.
He pulled oil his pants le knew not how,
3?or his thoughts were all on the choking cow;
He flew to the yard like a frightened deer,
"For his stingy soul was filled with fear;
"Cooking around by his lantern's light,
He found that the cows were there all right.
" I will give a dime," criedfarmer B,
" To know who p*ayed that trick on me.
May the band be stiff and the knuckle sore
That knocked to-night on my farm-house door."
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And now a scowl on hiB face and a shaking-head,
FarmerB again sought'his nice warm bed.
No goo'd thoughts came—they were o'erpowered—
The little good nature he had had Eoured.
When he went to water his milk next day,
The midnight voice seemed again to say,
As he jumped away with panting breath,
" Your best cow, neighbor, is choking to death!"
The nip-.-.ring of this he soon found out,
For a stone was driven in the old pump's spout.
Old fattstofB, when he drives in town,
Now meets his neighbors with a savage frown.
They smile, and ask, as thoy kindly bow,
" How'getteth along the best cow now!" ^
"Iliad all adventure," lie said; "I
was the hero of a strange story in a ride
by express."
Maiy bent forward to listen—Tom
clasped her hand in his own. Mr.
Brand sat opposite them, interested by
the speaker's manner, as he began :
'"When I got tbe check, I had an idea
that all might not be so well, so, to
make sure, I presented it at the banker's. There was, as I told you, a consultation before^tijev cashed it, and,
while^he  cp*"x.^      ;i was going for-
BB_AM_A"K_. ^
"Out of the sweet old legends
• Beckons a fair white hand,
And silvery, bell-like voicss
Tell of an unknown. land,
Where magic roses blossom.
In. the evening's golden light,
Au.d_B air is laden with fragrance
Erom ibe" Iilie"s silver-white.
Th'e trees, with their waving branches,
Murmur a fairy sons,
And the brooklet merrily dances
-   As it ripples and gurgles along.
And tender, enchanting love-songs
Ploat on the balmy breeze,
^ And the heart's unspeakable longing
By tlieir music is S6t at ease.
Would that my steps could reach it,
That happy, flowery strand!
For all my earthly afflictions
Would cease in that fairy land.
Oft in my dreams I see it,
"*. In its glamour bright and fair,
But with daylight's earliest glimmer
It vanishes into air.
A £12,000 CHECKo
The hous.grew late, and Mr. Brand
paced his chamber in moody silence.
. The train had come in, but his messenger had not returned, and the merchant
Was troubled by a vague sort of doubt,
which haunted him in spite of his faith
,in"*_ake.   Amerry, sober old trader of
J'jmg experience had said that Lake was
im young to fill the important position
-Iie-teld, but Mr. Brand had never fGund
-Hs trust in Tom misplaced.
HvWing heard rumors concerning a
hovsse with whiclthe had extensive 'dealings, the.merchanthad dispatched Lake
Co JjondoB, telling- him to make . inquiries, and ia aay case to get the partners
d the. firm -—."question to settle their ac-
^ Ss "E-drB Md gone "from Liverpool to
.""loailOQ.   _£& -iaiae' appointed-102 his
„":._.-*: passed, sad still he did nob come.
ward, I nojfc^     "*• se._fger looking at me
intently?*- ' > the man in my youn
ger and %.. _ays.   I had met him
often at th- . e course, in billiard-
rooms, andiii . :„er places more or less
respectable. "Now, he was changing a
check for some petty amount, and was,
evidently, astonished by the immensity
of the order I had presented. I left the
bank with my pocket-book full of notes,
and found that I had lost the train.
The next would be the night express, so
I strolled into a billiard-room. A man
is just as safe with a fortune in hia
pocket as if penniless, so that he is wise
enough to hold his tongue. There was
some clever play going on, and I stood
watching the players till some one challenged me to have a game. If I have
one special vanity, it is my science with
the, cue • I accepted, and, as I did so, a
strange feeling, which had been growing
upon me, took a sudden turn which
startled me.
My challenger was the man whom I
had noticed at the banker's. There was
nothing strange in the fact of his being
in the room,, one of his favorite resorts,
but I was Assessed by the vague shadow
of a single |d®a. I had read somewhere
of a man berng followed and plundered
in a train, ancL*somehow I associated the
story with the "mail before me. It was
the first time 1 Had ever paid him any
particular attention, but I gave him full
observation now. The more I looked at
him the less I liked him. He was handsome, gentlemanly, with a fair form and
elegant figure, full of suppleness and
strength. His manner was singularly
unassuming, his face frank and genial,
but by looking closely at him you could
see something sinister-looking in the
depth and softness of his eyes.
I never liked a stranger to be affable
and prepossessing, and my friend was
the very pink of affability and grace.
"We played for an hour with alternating success; he was an amusing companion, well-informed, and had traveled;
but I was shy of conversation. I left
him, and, still having some time to spare,
went to the Temple.  .-   ,
"When, at" the expiration of some thirty
or forty minutes, I emerged into "Fleet
street, almost the first person upon.whom
■7^jS§2Q-"i"Al^-•-",7-'*-^ *&7 l^rSe p_"*-f»"to*aipt-Aft:
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m_oE?Mifs^siao:i"-_rer own "sweeT'fa'ce
was anxious, and there was a tremor in
the music of her voice as she said :
" Do you think he will be here tonight, dear papa?"
"I hope so, Mary; but it is very late."
*-**'*& there no other train ?"
" Only the night express, and that
does not stop except at the central stations."
"Perhaps he will come, papa; he
would nob mind coming ten miles, even
if he had to walk."
"He should not have missed the
train," said Mr. Brand, sternly;
"punctuality is an imperative duty with
men of business."
"But, papa, something may have
occurred-to detain him."
" Nothing should detain a man who
has given his word."
The fair pleader was silenced; her
faSter was angry, and, knowing his
strictness of principle, and how inveterate was his dislike to any breach of discipline or duty, she did not venture to
speak again.
The time dragged slowly on; Mr.
Brand continued his restless walk, and
Mary sat subdued and quiet, watching
him. She saw that he was listening as
the night express went whirling by, and
from the depths of her heart there went
up a prayer that Lake would come safely home. The girl loved him, would
have staked her life on his truth, and
knew that he was not beyond his time
through any weakness or wrong. Two
slow, weary hours passed. Mr. Brand
was reading the commercial news; but,
for the first time in his life, it did not
interest him; he was thinking of the
young clerk, and the heavy sum of
money that would be in his "possession
should the London firm have paid him.
And Mary, reading her father's countenance, felt chilled and pained by the
slur cast on her lover's honesty by his
suspicions—her every thought was u denial to his doubts, and, as the rapid
clatter of a horse's feet rang out, she
ran to the window.
"Look!" she said, dashing the curtains aside with eager hands; "look,
papa, I said he would coir e—I knew he
would."
The merchant's stern features relaxed
with a smile of pleasure; he was not emotional or demonstrative, but his daughter's gladness pleased him.
There was a few moments of expectancy, and then Tom Lake came in. He
went straight to Mr. Brand, only noticing with a bow the lovely face whose
glance thrilled his soul.
" They have paid," he said quietly, as
he placed a thick pocket-book in the
merchant's hand, " but I think we were
only just in time."
"Indeed!"
"There was a consultation at the
banker's before I could get cash for the
check,"
" Do you think they will break ?"
"Hopelessly. They have given me
an immense order, but it would not be
wise to forward the goods."
"You did not hint that we had the
slightest fear ?"
" No, but I was glad to get the money;
£12,000 would have been a heavy loss""
" It would have done me serious injury just now."
"Andyit," said Tom, gravely, "this
morning tiie odds were considerably
against it ever reaching you."
"How?"
Tom took two chairs, placed them
side by side near the fire, led Mary to
one, and seated himself in the other.
-_e.had done his duty as the merchant's
clerk, and was now Mr. Brand's prospective soa-ia-law and partaei*.
*^w_aHa«io?   ' ' " """'    f^-rrvirrm^Z
Ittiought there was something more
than a mere coincidence in this second
meeting since we stood together at the
banker's. He was in a cigar-shop opposite.
"Not 100 yards from the Temple gate
stood a man whom I recognized with a
very welcome feeling. It was George
Vixen, the detective.
He was fashionably dressed and looked
an aristocrat of the first water. I went
up, and, greeting him as I should an old
familiar friend, held out my hand and
said:
" Come and drink a glass of wine with
me; I have something to say."
He shook hands in the most natural
way possible. I took his arm, and we
entered the public bar of an adjacent
hotel.
I told him of my suspicion, told him
of the sum in my possession, and of
the journey I had to perform by rail.
I saw that, watching through the glass
of the door, he was taking a mental photograph of the two men.
" They mean business," said Vixen,
quietly, " bat I snail be with you. We
must part at the door, or they will see
that we have scented the game."
I said,  "how will you
tion touched on jewelry. He drew a
showy ring from his finger, telling me it
was a curious piece of workmanship,
having a secret spring, which he said I
could not discover.
I took it, searched it in vain for a
spring, then, returning it to him, it
dropped and rolled under my feet.
I stooped to pick it up, and so did he,
but in that moment, while my head was
down, he had me tightly by the throat,
and threw me to the carriage floor.
His confederate was upon me in an
instant. I could scarcely breathe, and
could not struggle, for a heavy knee.was
upon my chest, and two strong, brutal
hands were crushing the life from my
throat.
_ Though the horror of the situation
did not last a minute, it seemed an eternity to me. I felt the ruffians' hands
searchiog for the -pocket-book, and I
strained desperately for a chance of resistance.
Their work was nearly done. Cramped
in that small space, I was powerless,
and the veins in my throat and head
were swelling like sinuous bars, when
the old gentleman in the corner awoke
and came to my assistance. I heard a
low whirr of some weapon in its descent,
and my first assailant reeled from me,
stunned. Then the old gentleman, with
a strength and rapidity of action wonderful to see in a person of his age,
seized tlie scoundrel, lifted him away,
and pushed him down on a seat.
There was a brief struggle, and then
I heard a sharp click—scoundrel the
second had a pair of handcuffs on his
wrists.
"They were more prompt than I expected," said the old gentleman, removing his woolen comforter, with which he
fastened my first assailant's hands behind him, " and a railway carriage does
not afford much scope for a struggle?"
The pocket-book was safe. The ruffians were securely bound, and the old
gentleman, who, without his spectacles
and muffler, stood out in bold and pleasant relief as the detective, kept guard
over them.
At the station they were handed over
into the custody of the police. I was all
right by that time. Vixen rode with me
as far as the hotel nearest here, and tomorrow he will call to see if I am any
the worse for my ride by express.
The contents of the pocket-book were
Mary's bridal dowry.
The detective speaks, of the senior
partner of the firm of Brand & Lake-as
the .most libspitable and generous man
he ever met in the course of his professional career.
Lake was  quite cured of his  love
for billiard playing, . He had. too nar- ■
row c*. escape,, aud he did not forget the ■
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AUfitJST 30,1878.
Single Copies i Five Gents.
An £_p-recIi*'.tlVO«;'^h-^h. by "Henry "Wat>
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T_eunveiling^**ji*"_onumenl t6*_ie
late Stephen A.^XJ$mglas,at Chicago,
recalls the memory §\% that extraordinary
man.   It is not so i&ag since he quitted
tinet picture in thai*.' mind's eye of the
Short, thick-sef. figUiY_-; the florid, agreeable countenance % "hto, nervous, earnest
manner which,- •"■;.""•'"&./j he lived, made
him so attractive "io friend and foe.
They christened hiE^r-they who put him
forward prematurely j! 23 a candidate for
President—"The M L:Ie Giant."
It was in the wiif*%
old Democra.t-;'v-J*3-
property of'"
the money: „
was a wh\
guished li*i_
Harris was'i
gacious maj
of abrilliai-
name, one h.
gan the Df
hero was 4(L
Beilly m^
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'52.   The
"io had become the
"-'ders, backed by
•iris. , Sanders
" rlr of diBtin-
t.'J resources.
. S%ed and sa-
; .Jy got hold
'Xiqa, Beilly by
T:, cqd they be-
iefore their
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He add-
iteiuy mSi.—7^1 v-v  ;'-x-Xjst   ne aaa-
ed the teiiimi/ibjff/, ^^t'1 "ikd  Young
America tc^
Cass", Buch6:£r.
were Old *F<^:o.
was Young L-rfcr"
a progressiva;
ted, and fre^ 'k"""
trodden wor^C
Poland, and| f;_'.
nations  froi"*   .
scheme wasf L..
could riot wlno
gling, Piercil.
)} Cn^ocabulary,
' t^^ytke rest
^•^^Giant"
, G&yuar
iK.is.: struggling
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"hfispo..     The
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)   .., 'ssQvl f>f * wran-
i, rii^I"H,"'ahdthe
filibusters dispersed^'- IvSanders was sent
as  Consul to  Lo^^on.    Beilly  died.
Douglas himself wa^*. conservative.
He became the -J t.)iin-stay of the administration, whiel^.i' under the inspiration of Jefferson^}pT'-is, then Secretary
of War, devised a _>q ,£|ure for the repeal
of the Missouri" -ii^i^apromise. Away
. down at the bottom.."*;^* the scheme lay a
plan to make a * te*e_ i ory west of Missouri, which would £ •.'■ M old David Atchison, who had-lost I?.r;V seat, back to the
Senate of the -Unit J,i"i' States, in order
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classic discussion wl?- >3h had been going
on. for years betwo'i ^SSim &nd old Mason,
".* *?■«'parSieulai- clique
/.-^bilities. It "took-
't/-fe ta cb*ag Dimglas
o-P^irts oi tho sumin-
"Jt ^-W <-"* £*■--• J2obert
-QiKii* cC """"he T^aahing-
Ss*;
:^2?e^__»k£=:
to Liverpool by the
" And you,
act?" -
"I will travel
night express."
He left me. I had no fear now, knowing him to be a clever and determined
fellow.-
Taking a casual glance across the road,
I saw my man with his companion. It
was quite evident that they were tracking me, though I lost sight of them before reacting Ot. Paul's.
I strolled along the churchyard, wandering nearly to Islington, then went
through the city again before I made
for the station; "my acquaintance of the
billiard-room did not come in sight,
though I kept well on the alert.
I took my ticket, lingering almost to
the moment of starting before I entered
the carriage, but my man did not appear.
Two men were in the compartment "with
me. I could not see the face of one,
and the other was a stranger.
The bell rang. The guard had just
time to put a bewildered old gentleman
iu by my side, and we were off.
The man whose fase I had not seen,
turned toward me.
I could hardly repress an exclamation.
There was no mistaking that frank, genial
countenance, nor the lurking devil in
those eyes, whose softness was so
sinister.
He had me then at last. Vixen had
broken his promise, and I was left to
travel that perilous journey alone, with
the man who had followed me so skillfully, another who might be his confederate, and an old gentleman who, after
grumbling out his indignation against
all railway servants and locomotive traveling in general, was fast asleep in the
corner.
That the intentions of the billiard-
play & were bad were manifested by the -
fact of his having assumed a false iuus-
tache and beard. They added to the
beauty of his face, but left to his eyes
that sleepy, cruel glitter that is characteristic of the Asiatic.
'He- spoke to me, remarked "the. oddity
of our being traveling companions, and
grew unpleasantly familiar. I answered
him, not wishing to appear churlish or
afraid, knowing that I conld trust something to my own strength, should tfie
worst come.
"We. had made the lasif stoppage, and
were rolling swiftly through the gloom,
wk©»p -amoBg ofe©;? topiegj qus eo-aYSSsa-
A Weim"-!"^^^
Last week a buster named Jacob Far-
quarson, while passing through the forest between White Pish lake and Black
Trout lake, near the headwaters of the
Madawaska river, encountered a puma,
or American panther. "While looking at
the remains of a large upland cariboo he
heard a noise at some distance off among
the tree-tops. Shortly after the sounds
were repeated, and on looking up he saw
a large animal leaping from tree to tree
toward the spot were he stood. He was
armed with a Ballard rifle, and as soon
as the beast came near enough he fired.
The brute sprung from the tree directlj
at him. In the meantime the hunter
had rapidly reloaded, and, having
jumped aside and behind a large pine
before ihe infuriated animal could recover for- a second spring, he gave it another bullet. Both shots had taken effect, as it was afterward discovered, but
neither in a vital part. After the second shot the puma turned and darted
with a roar at the hunter, who drew a
long keen-edged hunting knife, and
with his back against a tree awaited Ms
enemy. The enraged animal sprung at
him and fastened its long, curved claws
into his shoulder. He drove the knife
repeatedly to the hilt into its breast.
Both came to the ground together, but
the struggle did not last long, for the
huge animal, weakened from the loss of
blood from tiie bullets and knife of Par-
quarson, soon turned over dead. The
animal, which is rare in Canada now,
was one of the largest size, measuring
9 feet from the nose to the extremity of
the tail.—Ottawa (Can.) Free, Press,
A Snake Ciiarming an Alligator.
At the plantation of Mr. Turner, near
Lake City, Pla., a most singular scene
occurred—the charming of a thirteen-
foot alligator by a rattlesnake. The
snake first saw the alligator, and, with
his rattles, attracted the latter's attention. Then began the charming process, which lasted fully half an hour.
The alligator at first turned his head
once or twice, but was immediately
called to order by the rattles of the
snake. Toward the end of the half-
hour, with fixed eyes, the alligator
moved slowly toward, his deadly enemy
until "within striking distance, when the
snake curled himself more compactly,
and, with all the strength he could muster, struck the alligator. Por a moment
the alligator shook tremulously, and
then, as if by magic, made a semi-circling backward movement peculiar to
the species, and brought his tail down
upon the snake with fatal effect.—Lake
City (Fla.) Beporter.
An Astounding Eeveiation*
Troy Dye, public administrator of
Sacramento county, has made a full confession concerning the recent murder of
a Mr. Tullis, on Grand island. He confesses to having instigated the murder
for the purpose of getting control of the
estate of the deceased. He implicates
as the perpetrator of the deed, Edward
Anderson, a Swede, formerly in his employ, and another party, name not yet
ascertained. Anderson has also made a
confession, corroborating that, of Dye.
Anderson was to receive $6,000 for the
job. They had previously tried to kill
Tuliis by poison. They had also discussed the murder of other citizens.
The details are replete with cold-blooded
cruelty. Dye has heretofore borne a
good reputation in the community, and
his connection with the affair has created the utmost surprise and excitement.
—ban Francisco telegram.
Oue commerce with Prance now foots
up |100,000,000 pes aaau®.
of V&ginis-, and
of ponderous re
a_;at3oouat of lv
in; but the _*>:*
isfcation cn-d tl
Armsteo:
_ ton  Uh,i^:i--c
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^Ej'f^^^^^^^^^i HavBp5.,. iugg'&sougli., ;*_■ ielsgshei:*m&
_■ utiglas' chief E»£i''!""r<^)revE^^
in, the Little Giant, |-vith Alexander H.   "~ "   "   "' A"
Stephens as his lieutoinant in the House.
made a great and successful fight, laying
the foundation for tlie war of *
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115-0 d350.
He has been in his grave now a little
more ti-an seventeen years. Yet it seems
an age since his name thundered through
the land, the shibboleth of party warfare. The little group of friends who
surrounded him are dead and gone.
Sanders died in obscurity, almost, if not
quite, in penury. George E. Pugh, his
Senatorial Fidus Achates, is dead. His
•great Illinois rival—a man as genial and
inoffensive" as himself—fell by the hand
of an assassin. Wm. A. Bichardson,
" Old Dick," as he used to be called;
Arnold Harris, to whom he always came
in pecuniary distress; Coolbaugh, who
took his own life in Chicago not long
ago, all gone. Porney survives, an exile, self-banished, in a foreign land.
Beverly Tucker alone of the coterie still
lives in hale and hearty manhood. Of
hig.Senatorial enemies, Jefferson Davis,
Bobert ioombs, Judah P. Benjamin
and David L. Yulee live. "Wigfall,
Green of Missouri, Bright, Mason and
Slidell are dead.
THE   HOfflSS   BOCT01S.
.   WOKKING OKI? SICKNESS.
It is a mistake to suppose one can
work off sickness. If you feel ii), favor
your body, and take the required rest
which nature demands. Don't eat without appetite. Your stomach will indicate
when it is time to take food, and then it
will be prepared to digest it.
"FOR THE TOOTHACHE.
Tlie application of the following remedy for the toothache is said to be efficacious in tiie most desperate cases, provided it be not connected with rheumatism: Alum, reduced to an impalpable
powder, two drachms; nitrous spirits of
ether, seven drachms; mix them well
and apply them to the tooth.
TO STOP BBiSEDINa AT THE NOSE.
The best remedy for bleeding at the
nose, as given by Dr. Gibson in one of
his lectures, is the vigorous motion of
the jaws, as if in the act of mastication.
In the case of a child, a wad of paper
should be blaced in its mouth, and the
child instructed to chew it hard. It is
the motion of the jaws that stops the
flow of blood. This remedy is so very
simple that many will feel inclined to
laugh at it, but it has never been known
to fail in a single instance, or even in
very severe cases.
ONE WAV.  OS E"OB__IN<i A SICK-BOOM.
I would like to mention to any among
your readers who have charge of invalids
or delicate children, or who are not able
to go out during the hot weather, that
the air of the room may be much improved
by hanging thick towels dipped in cold
water, w&. a, little vinegar added, to the
open window-sashj so that the. air pass
BARING JttieHWAYfflE^o
secession,
and procuring his owii political ruin.
The expected reward did not some in
'56. The National Democratic Convention nominated Buchanan instead of
Douglas for the Presidency. A breach
soon followed the incoming of the administration. " I begt you to remember," said old Buck to Douglas in the
outset of this, "the fate of Talmadge
and Eives." "Sir," said the Little
Giant with naive defiance, "I beg you
to remember that Gen. Jackson is
dead."
Prom that moment the battle raged.
In '58 Douglas had to fight both the Bepublicans and the administration, with
Lincoln leading the Bepublieans. He
carried the day, but the victory was
dearly bought. The administration
forces, augmented bjr the secession element in the South, produced the fatal
split at Baltimore, preparing the way for
a Democratic defeatand the disruption
of the Union. Amid the crash DonglaB
went down, a diappointed, brokenhearted man, who aad fought a great
but unequal matci, losing all. He
reached his home, vhere he died early
in the spring of '61.
His career was a failure. Brief and
brilliant, its mark yas effaced in blood.
It will live in histoy only as a half-told
tale.
A more genial nan than Douglas
never lived. His camcity for both work
and play was boundbss. An illustrative
story, bearing uponbhis point, is told of
his seating himself u the lap of Beverly
Tucker on a certan occasion, and exclaiming, in his imialsive way, "Bev,
old boy, I love you.' " Douglas," says
Tucker, "will yot always love me?"
"Yes," says Dougls, "Twill." "But,"
persisted Tucker, -will you love me
when you get to be President ?"   " If I
don't, may I be !"' says Douglas.
" "What do you wafi me to do for you ?"
" "Well," says Tuckc, " when you get to
be President, all I "-ant you to do for me
is to pick some ubiic place, and put
your arm around w neck, just as you
are doing now, ancbaM me Bev /"
As a debater i1 tiie Senate Douglas
never had a suprior. Always ready,
always strong in th possession and use
of facts—the chie ingredients to successful disputatia—always good-humored and self-poiessed, he was "never
beaten. As a stuip-speaker he was copious, simple, luci; a vein of homely
humor running thxagh his serious, argumentative style. His voice was commanding and meldous. His presence,
notwithstanding b stumpy figure, did
not lack impressnut. He held a crowd
excellently wsll, auging its true inwardness with nevr-f ailing acumen, and
hitting it with rariact.
in money matt© he was thriftless.
He had a liberal srit and a generous
nature, and, tho>h he made many
profitable investnnts, he could never
save, and was g©rally hard-pressed.
He was not so potat a party leader as
Morton, whose sterity made him at
times irresistible. But he was more ardently loved byhfollowers. Morton's
asceticism kebi? p?)le at arm's length
Douglas had notng repeliant about
him. In his affeocms he was always a
child. He was #when he died; but
quite worn out. During twenty-five
years there had bh _o halt or rest. It
was go, go, go, athe time with him,
night and day, yr in and year out.
He was so weak si nervous when he
left "Washington/aough no one suspected his real' edition, feat the slight*
est t-Qiioh mad© fei q$$ ,
is in imitation of a custom pre"*
Calcutta, where the* matting
sprinkled on the sunny sides
houses.
kept
the
"Particulars of tlie "Kecent Train "Rob"f}e**>y
Hear Wlnthrop, Mo, =
[From the Kansas City Times.]
The down train on the Kansas City,
St. Joe and Council Bluffs" railroad arrived at "Winthrop a little behind time,
and after the usual halt for the purpose
of receiving Atchison business the train
was backed down. The conductor was
then at the rear of the train, and he observed four men enter and take seats in
the smoking-car. As soon as the train
began backing he hurried forward to
speak to the engineer, who was a new
man, and tell him not to stop at the
junction on repassing it. Having done
this he returned to take up the fares.
As he closed the door of the express car
and prepared to step across tq the
smoking-car, he found himself confronted by the muzzles of three cocked revolvers, and the determined faces of as
many men standing on the platform of
the smoking-car. No time for retreat
or reflection was given by the owners Of
the revolvers. " Hold up your hands !"
was the immediate greeting which he
received from the one in advance, given
in a harsh but low voice and accompanied by an aggressive forward movement, which showed that they intended
to permit no trifling. Brown held up
his hands, and held them up without
any unnecessary delay.   The leader was
, over six feet in height, heavy built, probably weighing nearly two hundred
pounds, and the conductor perceived
that to- make any resistance would make
matters only worse. The next command
was equally brief and equally to the
point: " Turn round! Now open the
door !" The conductor opened the door,
entered the car, and-tlie party followed,
him inside.- The brakeman and express
messenger-were within and were instantly covered by the revolvers of the two
men who had not spoken, the tall
man still giving his individual attention to the conductor. The robbers
were alert and determined and. held
every advantage. The chance of aid
from the engine or smoking car was almost no chance at all. Even the sound
of a shot would have remained almost
unnoticed, for the train wasnow running
toward Kansas City at the rate of thirty
miles an hour. The time had come for
the fourth robber to play his part, and
he now eutered.; Like his companions
he carriedin his hand a cocked revolver,
and wore a slouched hat which partly
• hid his features. The" eustoiaary dis-;
guise of a mask appears to have been
thought unnecessary. No tame was lost
by the last arrival in proceeding with
his especial work. With rapid and dexterous fingers No. 4 examined.all that
he considered of value.   The inspection
-'becu-oied less, flian. ■ flv*"* miaTites, but
r^jv^^^^._.ri^nQ^.~r^Jb^JA^^rh^ T7ilS >k^
riclier"b"y""¥6Mfc^ ""
, .      B"3SJiSSE3SIJ»
A briery lane,* where -wild-birjfte eiia***    ,
All through t"tj_ summer day;  -
A beech-tree old, ttko'-obranches fling
Long shadpws o'er-tile; way. *  *' •"
A nest, built tin in the'ruefliag "boughs,
Lined soft-with inoss, so green,
A tiny dwelling—a woodland house,
With leaves, for a shelterihgicceen, •
Three delicate egge, that -pBarl-lilie lie
Beneath twd brooding wings,
A male that ho vers all-watchful by,
Or sits beside and sings.
A careless boy, with a pitiless heart,
That cares not for lovely things ;
A bird that rises with timid start, ■. "   .■
On seared and fluttering wings.
v*      . -     ..
A sorrowful note of plaint and woe
Kings out on the quiet air, .
And the pearl-like eggs lie crushed below '.■-.-
On the beech-roots, old and bare.
And still, in the boughs of the old beech- tree,
'Mid its rustling sprays of green,
The deserted nest you still may see
Beep out from its yerdant green.
But the bird, on its gay and gladsome wing,
Returns to the nest no more;     '
And the mate, ihat would *3it oil the boughs and
His summer, songs-are o'er.    ^ f,
And naught can bring from the happy pas*f,   .
- When light and love haya fled • •
(Though the -walls of the dear old home may last),
Bnt-memories'Of the dead.
—Chambers'1 Journal.   . . . *
An "eld/friend—-An aged Qualser,
Gbben pe^rs^Ypung'marriedfoiks;.
: Thb" ballot box-^-A fight at the poIls4
Eablt to bed and early to rise
^ W*ll Bave you.some trouble from hungry flies.
If twenty grains make one scruplei,
how many will make a doubt? .
The-hog, we .believe, does not plight)
his trough.   He nose better.
The business of baking and tanning'
began with the first July sun.
A board yabd differs in several' essential respects from a yard of board.
A wobd to topers—Don't complain so-
much of your luck.   It's isll *i_ yous
lye. .  - •'"..'■*..'
""Wniii you love me when I mold?"
as the loaf of bread said td the house- ■
keeper. .        _*■■•■.' '"•;■
Befoke the " o •' let there appear
Twice twenty-five, and five in rear;
One fifth of eight subjoin, and thin
You'll find what 'tis that conquers men.-r-IiOve,
A sion posted up in a Wisconsin, sawmill reads: " The saws' are ii*_j_iag—.
no use to .touch them to convince foifev
selves."
PashionabiiE  Mother—"Maria,  Tm
almost  discouraged;  how many time@
have I told you not to say taters but,
pertater?" •
" Husband, I must have some change
to-day." " Well, stay at home and take
cate of the children; that will be change
enough for one day." ,
The Bochester Express speaks of the
sea spray. When the seas .pray of course
it must be in elegant words—kind of
beach-her like, probably.
John writes to ask "if old. Boreas
ever had any wives?" Certainly} didn'fc
you ever read about the '! Merry "Wives
of "Wind-sir ?"— Whitehall. Times.     ,
Mi dear friend, az strange az it maj
seem to yu, mankind had rather see you -
fail than  succeed,   because  they ha*d.:
rather pity than admire.—Josh Billings.
An old bachelor said he once* fell ia
love with a young ladyi but • abandoned
all idea of 'marrying her when he found
that she and all her family were op-^
posedtoit.     . •       r     . .,"■   J- ■
A bady. was asked to joia ona of U
divisions of tie Daughters oi _ۥ_/ '
ance.   She replied; "This is ■s.ro..
sai-y, as it is my intention i®^ ;*•„*.: ::"'
the som i_ the ec"      '" - -x
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A KEMEDX FOB WEAK BEES.
A simple  remedy for weak
eyes is recommended as follows
or sore
Get a
5-cent cake of elder flowers at the druggist's, and steep in one gill of soft water
—it must be steeped in bright tin or
earthenware ; strain nicely, and then add
three drops laudanum; bottle it tight,
and keep in a cool place; then use it as
a wash, letting some of it get in the
eyes.   Poliow this, and relief is certain.
If the eyes are painful or much sore,
make small, soft compresses, wet in the
mixture,   and  bind  over the eyes   at
night. I can warrant the above as harmless and sure, having tried it in a number of cases where other skill and remedies had utterly failed.    If the eyes are
badly inflamed, use it very freely; and a
tea made of elder flowers, and drank,
will help cleanse the blood.   Pure rock
salt and  water  will  strengthen  your
weak eyes if you bathe them daily in it.
I would earnestly advise you to avoid
mixtures or washes containing mineral
or other poisons.—Doctor.
WHEN TO BATHE.
According to a medical journal, bathing should always be avoided under the
following circumstances, viz.: "Within two hours after a meal; when exhausted by fatigue or any other cause;
when the body is cooling after perspiration^—the bath to be taken when the
body is warm, provided no time is lost
in getting into the water. Bathing in
the open air should be avoided altogether, if, after having been in the water
a short time, there is a sense oi chilliness, with numbness of the hands and
feet. Vigorous and strong persons may
bathe early in the morning, on an empty stomach, but young persons and
those who are weak are safer in bathing
three hours after a meal, the best time
for such a bath being two or three hours
after breakfast. Those who are subject
to attacks of giddiness and faintness,
and those who suffer from palpitation or
other sense of discomfort at the heart,
should not bathe without first consulting their medical adviser."
An Intentional Omission.
The treasury officials have been very
quietly conducting an investigation of
an error which occurred in the enrollment of the Sundry Civil bill, and it is
alleged that some other startling discoveries have 'been made. Some time
ago the treasury detailed a detective
to work up the case, and it is said that
he has found out that the error was an
intentional one, and was induced by the
use of money. There were parties here
while the Hot Springs bill was pending
who were opposed to it because it gave
to certain parties privileges which these
men wanted. The rumor is that two
members of Congress and two Clerks of
Enrollment were bribed to omit the Hot
Springs section in enrolling the bill,
and Clerk Adams has already discharged
the clerk who was enrolling when the
omission occurred.—Washington telegram.	
Mb. Ewers Hatch is a fresh illustration of the vicissitudes of Wall street.
Some few months ago he failed for the
paltry sum of $2,500. After having
settled with his creditors he was react
mitted to the board, and is estimated to
be worth to-day a quarter of a million
dollars.
It is said that Moody aud Sankey will
BQ$ Ifibo-c together aest wister,
attempt was made to molest the persons
of the three prisoners other than in
keeping them well covered with the revolvers. Despite their watchfulness
Mr. Brown contrived to draw his wallet
from his pocket and throw it without detection from the window. The leader
now took command. " Stop the train!"
was all he said, but he again looked at
the conductor in a very business-like
way, and the conductor pulled the cord,
and the train stopped still. Covering
the occupants of the car with their weapons, the men now backed quietly to the
door, ordered the conductor out on the
platform, descended, gave one more order: <fNow go ahead!" and as it was
obeyed vanished in the darkness. The
whole affair had occupied but little more
than five minutes, and the train was detained less than two. Some of the passengers in the smoking-car had seen the
meeting of the conductor with the men
on the platform, and had supposed that
they were tramps and that the train had
stopped to put them off. The engineer
did not even suspect anything to be
wrong.   	
A Queer C us torn.
The cemetery at Munich, says a correspondent, always has attractions to
the visitor, on account of the peculiarity
of funerals and the exposure of the bodies of the dead for three days before
burial. The law requires the body of
every one dying in Munich to be conveyed to the cemetery within three
hours, there to remain in buildings
erected for the purpose for three days.
During these three days a wire is attached to the hand of each corpse,
leading to a spring bell, so that an alarm,
will be given to those whose duty itis
to be on guard in case of resuscitation.
We could not ascertain whether there
had ever been a case of "resuscitation, but
it appears that a long time ago a ease of
burial alive had led to the establishment
of this custom, which had been regularly kept up ever since, to avoid a recurrence of such a catastrophe.
We immediately proceeded to the first
of those halls, in which the bodies of
the poor were deposited, and there
found, eighteen bodies, not laid out as if
for burial, but reclining in floral bowers or resting upon beds of flowers.
Spectators were not admitted to the
rooms, but they were surrounded by
windows, through which a full view and
inspection of each body could be had.
There were eighteen bodies in the room,
seven of which were infants and eleven
those of grown persons, except one
beautiful girl of about 12 years, arrayed
in white muslin, resting on a bed of
flowers, with a wreath of orange blossoms around her head, reclining as if
asleep, with her bare arms lying carelessly by her side. None of them, except the infants, were lying as we usually dispose of the dead, but in every case,
whether old or young, there appeared
to be an effort to place them in a careless or half-reclining attitude so as to
ha*?e the appearance of being in a natural sleep. Au old man in this room, not
less than 60 years of age, the body
dressed in a black cloth suit, was almost
in a sitting posture. Around each body
there was also a number of large bouquets, with cards attached to them, having been sent to the cemetery by friends
of the deceased just as they are sent to
the house by friends in this country.
After *the expiration of three days the
body is placed in the coffin by the undertaker, and the friends and relatives
all assemble at the cemetery, and the
funeral takes place.
A rising maa—The balloomsfc*
\ Alio!. T6l*Li.*;-i* *;.•.
He hymns Ms little ~pizz,
And when he woos the' scribe to smacli
His journalistic nose,
He lights upon a summit bald
And claps his little toes.
Speaking of an acquaintance, "I was
not aware that you knew him," said
Smith to an Irish friend the other day.
"Knew him!" cried the Emerald Island-,
er, in a tone which comprehended
knowledge of. more than one life. " I
knew him when his fattier was a boy."
A kaik-haibed ohild to its mother spoke,
As its eyes with wonder grew;
" What's that, dear ma," the prattler said,
" That's hiding the sun from view?"
The mother gazed as the fading light
Made the scene look ghastly and drear,
Then turned to her fair-haired child and said,
" That's a Jersey mosquito, dear."
"Sonnx," remarked a mother to her
young hopeful, "if boys were half as
patient in their attention to their studies
as they are in learning how to skate on
rollers, they would be perfect angels."
"That's so, mamma," said the boy,
" but they wouldn't have half so much
fan."
" What monarch do I mind you of,
3Iy little one!" said Gaspar,
As with his ever-handy arms
He suddenly did clasp her;
"I cannot tell," she made reply,
The while he sought to squeeze 'er.
" You caa't.   Why, ben'11 something like
A modern Julia seizer ?"
—Yonhers Gazette.
Making the best of it is a good rule
for everybody. " What is the matter?"
asked a lawyer of his coachman. " The
horses are running away, sir." "Can
you not pull them up ?': "I am afraid
not." "Then," said the lawyer, after judicious delay, "run into something
cheap."
An Austin woman got mad at her husband and casually remarked to him: " I
wish I could see you on your bier, you
infamous wretch." He went down town
and got drank as a lord, and when he
went home he was greeted by his wife
with: "Drunk again, you brute." "No,
my d-d-dear; only on my b-beer, as you
'spressed a wish to see me."
A TBAMB recently entered a restaurant
and called for a bowl of chowder. The-
waiter, measuring his capacity, brought
him a tureen of the beverage, and a -
lively stirring thereof revealed the presence of a sample of half-hose. "See
here," said the prospective diver, recalling the waiter, "isn't there some mistake here? I called for cho*-\der, and
this is sock-tail soup !"
Even in mural literature we sometimes find things said in the ef test way.
Thus in Litchfield, Ct., is an old
tombstone with the inscription: "Sacred
to the memory of the inestimable worth
of unrivalled excellence and virtue, Mrs.
Bachel, wife of Jerome B. Woodruff,
and daughter of Norman Barber, whose
ethereal parts became a seraph May '■
24, 1835, in the 22 year of her age."
Sliliio-as of Eds.
The greatest eel pond in America is
on the farm of James N. Wells, in Biver-
head, Mass. It covers five acres, and is
now so full of eels that they can be
raked out with a garden rake. Two
years ago Mr. Wells put 2,000 dozen of
eels into the pond, intending to have
them undisturbed for five years. These
have increased to millions'. They are
fed regularly every third day on "horse
feet," a peculiar shell-fish. The eels
know when they are to be fed, and the
stroke of Mr. Wells' whip against his
wagon calls thousands of them up ta
dinner, although any one else may pound
away all day without* any effect. One
of these shell-fish, fastened to a srtong
cord and thrown into the water, may be
drawn out in a few minutes with aui*«
(feeds of eels elisging to it.
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