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;35ender mansion in the pnrkjniete dwells a man or money,

-- KfrSWnB both gold and ships and land.Aj& all his days are sunny ;

mia a gilded chariot, drawn'TffprancInK erays, goes stately;BSfcoe 16 something grim for one

jj ijjSbin fortune loves so greatly.

5E. . ., !.. o nnncont trlcrhtstraw-thatch- ed hut hath chosen;

was a jackass and a cow,(1 cocks and hens a dozen ;

toils afield from morn to night,d seldom looketh sadly,

hath a merry face for onebom fortune treats so badly.

gentleman a daughter hath,o proud for common gallants,face Is somewhat coldly cut,

she has wondrous talentB,Maud httth slowly nurtured beena wise man from college;

plays Beethoven, sings with taste,i.ud brlmfull is of knowledge.

i peasant hath a daughter, too.jme happy wight may win her ;

ir Bessie cannot play or sing.lough she can cook a dinner.

Hifce milks the cow, she weaves ino wooi,IXnlts stockings for her father.5c cheek is redder than the rose

u from her porch may gather.

I2fw i,0th were lair ana oolu were & -,

,th willing to be mated,many a day between the two,

i' wild heart oscillated.fcween the cottage and the hallfspent a wild existence,

1 watched the maidens as a hawitpes chickens from a distance.

ftost the lady's learned eyeswhite brow made me falter,

llapoke and wooed that maiden wise,led her to tho altar.

JBelgho! Close by dwells Bessie, wedTo one of lowly station :

ie milks, she spins, and site can love;Jut Maud has cultivation .'

faffiE BAGHELOE'S SUEPEISE.

JaESshill December evening, with theiwsrand snow forming a disagreeableSStSof conglomeration on the side

walk, the gas lamps at the cornerllStrinc sullenly through the misfc,

USSTttie wind taking one viciously asPWB . .,

lame roue a me coniw.Kt a pleasant evening to assume

poMcesion of a new home ; but neces-fiftficno- ws

no law, and Mr. Barkdalefwifup his night key into the redfcrigfc house in the middle of the block,

Irierely hoping his new landladywwrid have common sense to light u

&5lu the grate.fills it you, sir?" Mrs. ITiiiman

. , , , - timi - , .n, oeamingiy. "luere-- a a uuuand it's all right."

A11 right, eh?" said the bachelor,fcllng the blue tip of hi3 froBted nose

15lee whether it had escaped beingfrozen off entirely. "Well, I'm gladtolhear that. Have tho trunksopMe?"IQ, yea sir, and tho other things."JSFnat otner things?" demanded

MrjHlukedale.

Bt Mrs. HInman pureed her lipsup "I wasn't to tell, sir, please."fcLRather an eccontrio old lady,"ihoaght Mr. Barkdale, pushing pastherfto the third story front room,tfrifch he had solemnly engaged thedajgbefore.j Ithad been a rather dark and dingylittle don by the light of the moon,butwpow, softened by the coral shine

"bffi well filled grate, it wore quiteaMiher and a brighter aspect.J4JlSrelvet paper on tho walls, gilt

ipMMllng, red carpet, and a sleepy- -

hoMow chair," thought Mr. Barkdaleglwiclng around. "Not so uncomfortable, after all. When I get mythings unpacked it will seem quiteliojKellko."

"fEfe set down hid valiae In theopened it, took out a

pftir.of slippers, and invested his tired4f& therein. Next he laid off his

Vgrcoat.?lgNow for a cigar," thought Mr.

Bwkdale.?But the brown-layere- d weed was

ytin his hand, when there was abwtle and a flutter and a whisper andA erry noise on the landing outside,ftBithe door flew open as If by magic.ijjadmit half-a-doze- n bloomiug,Uvgbing girls.

ffx. Barkdale dropped his oigar anditttae&ted a step or two.

--"Don't be alarmed," said the tallestSA prettiest of the bevy ; "It's onlySurprise."

$t& very a8feeablo one, I'm sure."j&rid, our friend, recovering in some.degree his presence of mind.

There's no mistake, I hope?" saidaysllow-treste- d blonde. "Your name

lis set Greenfield?",No mistake at all, I assure you,"ahi Mr. Barkdale. "Of course it Isoiureenimiu. ouuuwu, laaies."

lnd be pushed forward the eleepy- -t'baMow chair, a camp stool, and two

rh(Mimatic reoeptJon chairs, whichW4M all the accommodations pre- -

.seated by his appartments.Bt, instead of aocepting his cour-

tesy, the girls all fluttered out again,gigging, and in a seoond, and beforeb uld realize-thi- a strange combiua-ti- f

affairs they were back again,befttf-o- benches and a table-clot- b,

.dtebes, bouquets, a pyramid of maca-jrfl- s,

piled-u- p plates of sandwiches,jcf ' frosted cake, and a mysterious, id thing like unto an ice-orea- m

--friier.e golden -- tressed girl clapped hers.ou needn't think we are doingis for you, bIt, she eaid.I I hadn't any suoh Imprea- -

," said Mr. Barkdale, bashfully.fa ail a surorlae designed fors'a cousin."

Fs it?" said Mr. Barkdaie, more indark than ever.And how do you suppose we found

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ecarlet feather inwith blaok eyes and

her hat."I haven't the least idea."

We found your letter to kate, and

we girls read it, and resolved to takeyou and her both by surprise. She ia

to be here in half an hour. Barbara-t- his

is Barbara Morris in the blueof her longmerino drees,"with a turn

lashes toward the golden haired girl

"pretends she has moved here, and

Kate is to come and spend the even-

ing with Barbara. Won't It be a good

joke?""Stupendous!" said our hero, grad-

ually beginning to oomprehend themortifying fact that he waa mastakenfor some one elBe.

'"What will Kate say when she sef a

you here?" ejaculated another maid,merrily.

"Ah! what Indeed?" said Mr.

Barkdale, wondering in what words

he could best explain matters."Of course we shall all look the

other way while you are kissing and

hugging her," said Mias Barbara, de-

murely."Very considerate of you, I am

sure," observed Mr. Barkdale."She's the sweetest girl in New

York," exclaimed the tall damsel, en-

thusiastically. "I am one of herdearest friends. We work our sewingmachines side by side at MadameGriilard's. Hasn't she ever writtento you about Alice Moore ?"

"I I don't just at this moment re-

call thBt she has.""O, well, it doesn't matter," said

Alice. "Just you sit down aud be agood boy. while we fix the tables.Aren't those roses beautiful? Mygoodness gracious, how astonishedKate will be!"

"She can't be more so than I am,"said Mr. Barkdale, sinking into thesleepy-hollo- w chair, and passing bisband vaguely across his forehead."Well, it's a mere matter of fate; Ican't see how I'm going to explainmyself; aud yet; perhaps I ought to

explain. Ladies ""Hush-sh-sh-sh- !" cried six pretty

girls, all in a hissing chorus; "Kateis coming; Bessie has brought her.Hush-sh-s- h ! Don't say a word, Mr.Greenfield." The golden-haire- d girlbad her hand clapped firmly over hismouth, Alice Moore grasped his armspasmodically, and the other fourdanced a port of bewitching littlefeminine war-dan- ce about him, whilea seventh girl entered a pretty, Mado-

nna-faced little creature, like adove.

"Come and kiss him, Kate," criedall the others. "Now don't be ridic-ulous, for wo shaut take any notice.Here he is!"

"Kies who?" cried Miss Kate,standing still aud staring around her.'Now girls, what on earth do youmean?"

"You provoking thing!" said Bar-bnr- a,

stamping her little foot. "Doyou suppose we are all fools? Why,of course we know all about him ! Itit Mr. Greenfield your cousin, Kate

the young M. D.Kate looked around in bewilder

ment."Where?""Here.""Nothing of the sort!" said Miss

Kate, demurely.Our hero stood up, feeling himself

growing uncomfortably warm andred.

.uuuies, ne Bam, "tnere is somemistake here. I said at the veryoutset that my name was not Green-field."

"There!" oried the girls at once."There!" echoed Miss Kate defi-

antly."Didn't we tell you?" oried the

girls."Didn't I tell you ?" retorted Kate.

"Be kind enough to let us know whatyour name is, sir."

"Cephas Barkdale I" said thewretched victim of this misunder-standing.

"But," said Miss Moore, "you saidit was Nott Greenfield."

"Of course I did!" said the puzzledbachelor. "It isn't Greenfield, and Itnover will be unless I have it changedby act of Legislature."

"O-h-h- !" cried the girls. "Dear,dear, to bo sure! And we thoughtyou were Kate's lover and his nameIs t Nott Greenfield,"said one.

"Do hold your tonguo, you ridicu-lous things!" said Kate, half vexed,half laughing. ".What must Mr.Barkdale think of us all?"

J. tuink you are very nice," saidMr. Barkdale, gallantly.

Miss Barbara in the mean time hadtaken a slip of paper out of her pock-et. She uttered an hysterical shriek.

"It's all my fault," she exclaimed."It waa No. 39 Instead of S6-- and thetrial k4.lui me norrld figure 1b turnedthe wrong end up-th- at'e all. Andthe cake and the flowers and every-thing."

"Stop, ladies, if you please,"" eaidMr. Barkdale, courteously. "Becausethe surprise has come to the wrongplace Is no reason why the right per-son should not enjoy it. Allow meto give up thiB room to you this even-ing. I will just step across the streetand send Mr. N.ot Greenfield overhere.V

"But you must return with him "said the girla.

And Mr. Barkdale waa not allowedto depart until he bad promised toreturn.

Mr. Nott Greenfield a good look-ing medical Btudent, who had the"sky parlor" directly opposite camepromptly on mention of the name of

H out?" demanded the tall girl j Kate Kellford, and did the polite

thing In introducing Mr. Barkdale;and Barkdale ate of the sandwiches,and enjoyed the cake and cream, andonaxed Miss Barbara to pin a littlepink rose in the button-hol- e of hiscoat, and enjoyed himself prodigiously.

"I would like to be surprised likethis every night in the year," saidbe.

"O, you greedy creature," said MissBarbara.

"But there was one time I seriouslymeditated throwing myself out of thewindow," said he, "when you toldme I was to kisB Kate."

"Dear, dear!" Baid Barbara, ironi-cally, "that would have been dread-ful, wouldn't it?"

"But then the awkwardness of thething."

"I dare say you never kiBaed a pret-ty girl," pouted the blonde.

"I never did," said the bachelor.growing bold ; "but I will now, if yousay so."

"But I don't say bo," said Barbara,coloring and laughing. "Behaveyourself, sir !"

Mr. Barkdale went home with thefair Barbara, and they grew to begreat friends, and where's the use oftrying to conceal how it all ended?They were married at the year'a end,with all the six eurprisers for brides-maids, Kate Kellford included. Mr.Nott Greenfield proposes to follow theexample as soon as he geta his diplo-ma.

COCHISE'! BURIAL.A private letter reoeived in Boston,

from an officer at Camp Bowie, Ari-zona Territory, and dated June 13,gives the following interesting partic-ulars of Coohise, the noted Indianchief: "Cochise, the great war chiefof the Chlracahua Apache Indiana,died on the 8th inat. from dyspepsia.He had been sick for about six weeks,and was reduced to a mere skeleton.He had an idea that ho was bewitch-ed, and in order to break the spell thewar chiefs and others under the di-

rection of his "medioine man," keptup all the noiee they could make bysinging and drumming on beef hidesstretched over sticks so as to makesomething like a drum night and day,during his whole sickness.

He said theSPIRITS OF THE WHITE MEN

that he bad killed were hauntinghim. There ia little doubt that .hiadisease originated from his drinkingtlzwin, which is made from groundcorn, fermented and drank in largequantities on an empty stomaoh. In-

dians frequently fast forty-eig- ht hoursbefore indulging, that the liquor mayhave the desired effect. He has beeno sufferer over since he came on thereservation. Cochise's funeral wasquite an expensive affair. The morn-ing after his death he waa washedand painted in war style, placed onhis favorite horse, one of hia chiefsgetting up behind to hold him on, hisfour most noted sub-chie- fs preceding,his family and the others of his tribefollowing him.-- Tbay marched twelvemiles to his grave, no one but thosewho were of the tribe's blood beingallowed to attend. The grave wasvery large. On the bottom were laidblankets, then he was rolled up in apair of handsome blankets, whichhad only arrived a few days beforehis death, being a present from theIndian contractors, Messrs. Hooper &Co. They weighed forty-tw- o poundsand had bis name woven into the tex-

ture ; you can imagine they were niceto be of that weight. The sides of thegrave were walled up about three feetwith atone. His rifle and arms, aswell aB other articles of value, werelaid beside him. Above his bodywere placed more blankets, then mes-

cal poles resting on the walla of hisgrave; covering these were skins toprevent dirt from falling through,then the grave was filled with stonesand dirt.

HIS FAVOKITE HORSE.

was shot within 200 yards of hia grave,another horse was killed about onemile away, and a third animal wasshot about two miles distant. Thiswas done with the idea that he willwant a horae when In the spiritland. The family destroyed all theatores they bad to eat, so that theywere without food forty-eig- ht heurs.His eon, Tonza succeeds him. He iB

a very large Indian, but quite young,and a great friend to the v bites. Sofar, he gets along very well, but theagent says that on tho war-pat- h hewould have no difficulty, but thinkson the reservation he may occasionally have a little trouble settling pointswith 6ome of the older sub-chief- s, asall chiefs lose influence on reserva-tions.

Josh Billings 8sya: "The live mania like a little pig; he iz weanedyoung and begina to root early. Heiz the pepper-graa- s ov creation, theallspice ov the world. One live manin a village iz like a case ov the itohat a diatrikt eohool, he seta everybodyto scratching at onat."

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A youngster, on being admonishedby his mother not to take all the hashfrom the dish, because be shouldleave some for manners, replied, afterlooking round the table, "Weli, Inever saw manners here to eat bash.Manners never comes to our house !"

mA Cairo man dropped dead last week

Immediately after drinking a glass ofginger ale. But then it wasn't theginger ale that burt him it was aLl. r... .. . . . .uuuet urea irom tne other side of theUtreet,

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BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1874.

REMEDY FOR SNAKE BITE.Dr. Aahbul Smith, a Texas physi-

cian writes to the Houston Telegraphhow be cured himself of a snake bitewith iodine. The following ia an ex-

tract from his letter :

"About dark Saturday last, as I waswalking up the hill from the bayshore, I felt a heavy scuffling aboutone of my legs, and at the same in-

stant the bites of sharp teeth. Beach-ing the house, I saw by the light sev-eral little wounds, with blood exud-ing from them, on my leg, three inch-es above the ankle. There were twopunctures to each wound, made bythe two fangs of the snake that badbit me. Swelling bad already com-menced less than five minutes fromthe biting. Still I determined to donothing, for awhile at least, in orderto observe the effects of the poisonunmodified by treatment, lhe swell-ing increased rapidly, and in fifteenminutes more the pain had becomeexecruoiating, and I could not bearany weight on the leg. I was oblig-ed now to lie down.

I now took, in a wine-glas- s of wa-

ter, a half teaspoonful of saturatedtincture of iodine. About fifteen min-utes afterward I repeated the Iodineabout twenty drops. A short time af-

ter, perhaps fifteen or twenty min-

utes, a third dose of iodine fifteendrops in twenty-fiv- e or thirty min-utes after, the fourth. The length ofthese several Intervals is conjeotured.I had the orifices of the wounds sev-

eral times touched with the tinctureof iodine, and the leg, which wasnow swollen from the ankle to theknee, was painted with Iodine.

The pain was excruciating, but by10:30 or 11 o'clock two and a half orthree hours after the bite bad abatedsensibly. About 1:30 in the morningI fell asleep, and awoke at sunrisewith complete stiffness and superfi-cial soreness of the limb on touoh,now swollen to double its former size,but with no pain worth mentioning.Nor have I since bad suffering furth-er than complete disease of the leg,till this morning, and being obligedto have it at all times elevated. Thefoot participated in the awelling, andif the leg hung down it became (andindeed atill does) in a few minutesperfectly livid.

The interest of the matter in ques-tion lies in the use, the efficacy of io-

dine as a remedy for venomous bites.Nothing else than iodine was used;no spirits, no hartshorn, not the leastpossible thing in the world, internal-ly or externally, except the iodineand one small drink of wator.

Former experience had given meconfidence in iodine by its use withothers. I was determined to give it afair showing in my own case unaidedand unobstructed by any other medi-

ation. I have attached the greaterinterest to this case because, thoughone ia seldom a safe judge in hia owncase, the preaent bite has been bylong odds the severest snake-bit- e Iover knew. If left to itself, it would,in my opinion, have been fatal in avery few hours."

MITCHELL'S RETURN TO ERIN.How He Regards Home Rule He Is a

Candidate.

New York, July 14. John Mitch-ell, the Irish exile, who pails to-da- y

for Ireland to engage in thepnllticsofthat country, 6ays that no good cancome to Ireland from the British Par-liament and that Ireland can neverbe prosperous or happy till she hasthe complete control of her own des-

tinies, and her connection with Eng-land shall be entirely severed. Withregard to thepresenthome-rul- e move-ment, he thinks it does not representthe real hopes and aapirotiona of thepeople, and that It is a sickly aud

effort to patch up the na-tional quarrel in a complete and. satis-factory manner. He considers thewhole movement a mere milk andwater kind of national effort. Hewill not place himself in antagonismwith the home-rul- e movemeut, buthe intends to demonstrate to Eng-land and to the world that there Issomething stronger and more determ-ined in Ireland than home rule. Hehas a firm conviction that Englandwill never grant self-governme- nt toIreland till forced to do eo, and thatall her delusive concessions to Irelandhave been wrung from her by force,or fear of it. He himself will seekthe suffrages of the people on thebro'ad principle of Ireland's right tocomplete independence. He has a be-

lief that the British Government willnot arrest him ; but, should it do so,he is prepared to take the consequen-ces.

A Kentucky Matron. Mrs. Jas.Aicorn waa born in Garrard County,married and moved just aorosa theriver into Jessamine, with her hus-band. She ia forty-fiv- e or fifty yearaold, has several chlldreu and grandchildren, has lived In the river bot-tom all her life, and never was on thecliffs but twice in her life, never sawa turnpike or dry goods store, orschool houBe, never heard a sermonpreached, never bot once, when thebottom was overflowed and she waspersuaded to visit a neighbor's house,saw a carpet or pane of glass. 8helives within nine miles of Nioholas-vlll- e,

fifteen from Lancaster, fifteenfrom Harrodsburg, .and twenty-on- e

from Lexington, and two or threemiles from a turnpike. She is a verysensible, industrious woman, and herhusband is a nrosnarouR farmoV nnm- -.rr -- ., v. uing about one hundred Rnroa of tmn

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2THE IRISH BOYS.

An Incident of tlie Union "War.

At Winchester, two Irish companies, inthe rebel service, refused to Are on tho Unit-ed States flag. Louisville Journal.

Tho Irish boys are bold and brave,The Irish boys are true;

They love the dear old stars and stripes,Tho spangled field of blue.

Tls Mulligan can tell the taleOf how they fought that day.

When with the foe at LexingtonThey met in bloody fray.

Fast whizzed the shot and murderous shell,The bullets fell like rain ;

But dautless stood his brave brigadeThe heroes of the plain.

Then, pressed the foe In serried ranks ;But not to them they yield.

Hunger and thirst had done their work,Before'they gave the field.

Oh ! honor to the Irish hoys,And cheers of three times three ;

Old Ireland is with our sideI wish that s?ie was free.

The Irish boys are bold and brave,The Irish boys ore true ;

They love tho dear old stars and stripes,The spangled field of blue.

Oh ! brave were those who nobly fought ;

But braver still the bandWho, forced by rebels in their ranks,

United made their stand.

They saw tho old and honored flagBorne out upon the air,

And not a gun was raised againstIts floating folds so fair!

Ah! Lexington and Springfield boastTheir heroes true ond grand ;

But Winchester shall stir men's heartsThroughout Columbia's land.

Oh ! honor to the Irish boys,And cheers of three times three,

For Ireland we'll fight some day,And she shall yet be free. C. SI.

Philadelphia JPress.

OUE NEW YOEK LETTEE.

The Fourth The Fire-Crack- er FiendHydrophobia Ice Tile Beeclier-Tllto- n

Scandal Havcmeyer.

Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.New York, July 16, 187L

The Fourth of July passed off withmore than the usual number of acoi-den- ts

from those relics of barbarism,fire-work- s. The boys of this greatcrowded city commenced explodingflre-oracke- rs, and setting off all sortsof fire-work- s, the day before theFourth, and they continued it, de-

spite the Police, with the most fiend-ish pertinacity, till late in the nightof the great day. Consequently thepapers were full of casualties. Thesummary of the "accidents" and dis-

asters of that day shows some forty-fiv- o

fires in New York and Brooklyn ;

more than two score of children in-

jured and maimed in various degreesof hurt from eyes deatroyed to An-

gers blown away ; a riot, half a dozenaffrays, a ohild burned to death, andthree persons killed. Beyond thesewero the thousand other minor disas-ters unreported to the police, butwhich leave their marks in Bufferingand mutilation of greater or less ex-

tent. One rocket went through awindow in De Kalb avenue. Brook-lyn, and killed a child outright. Itseems to me as though this childishhabit of playing with fire on the glo-

rious Fourth ought to be prohibitedby law. It is altogether too danger-ous an amusement. The roofs are al-

ways dry at this season of the year,and everything combustible is in thebest possible condition to burn. Insuch a season, to fill the air with ex-

ploding gun-powd- er enveloped withpaper, would seem to be a folly verynearly akin to madness. But so strongis habit, that I suppose the dangerousgame will go on to the end of time.

HYDROPHOBIA

oontinues to be a prominent topic ofdiscussion. There are thousands up-

on thousands of curs of all degrees,roaming the city, and any number ofpeople have been bitten by them.There have been several well definedoase3 of hydrophobia, and several bit-

ten men have died from sheer fear, aswas evident from the fact that thedogs that bit them were shown not tohave been mad at all. In one case,that of MoCorraick, the symptomswere those of rabies, the patient re-

fusing to eat or drink, and going intoconvulsions, in one of which he died.The dog that bit him was kept in asecure place and never showed thefirst symptoms of madness. It hadprobably been worried till it bit ev-

erything that presented itself. Butpoor McCormick believed it to bemad, and it so worked upon bis im-

agination that be died.Of course, thera are thousands of

cures for the disease promulgated.One young woman of Hobokeir, who,having been bitten by a mad dog,was taken with the very worst S3rmp-tom-s

of the rabies. A physician wascalled in, who found her in convul-sions. He at once inserted the lancet,taking from her no less than 75 oun-

ces of blood. This was the only treat-

ment, and it is asserted that in fivedays thereafter the patient was con-

valescent. The'various "mad-stone- s"

In the country have beensentfor, butnone of them have effected oures, anymore than the regulars have with thisone exception. Whenever a personhas been bitten by a mad dog thatperson has died.

ICE.

The ice question ia next in import-ance to hydrophobia: 'The whole bu-

siness is in the hands of two or threecompanies, and they are as mercilessas monopolists always are. Taking

j Advantage of the mild winter, the)

run up the price of Ice from $1.00 to$1.50 per hundred, and the people, as& rule, were compelled to submit tothe extortion. But an association inBrooklyn decided, not to. They Bentan agent to Maine, and he secured iceenough for the summer, which willbe' delivered at the Wallaboufc Dockat 40 cents per hundred, and at thedoor of the buyer, from wagons, at 60cents and honest weight, which themonopolies never thought of doing.As these associations are forming allover the city, and as Maine ia full ofice it is probable that the companieswill have ice to sell this winter. Somote it be.

THE BEECHER-TILTO- N SCANDAL.

The Beeoher-Tilto- n matter remainsas it waa. Beecher is as ounning as afox. He knows that his church willsustain him under any circumstances,or, rather, that his flock will not be-

lieve the statements made by Tilton,and he goes on gaily, paying no at-

tention whatever to it. He has nev-

er opened his lips, and does not in-

tend to. And Tilton is weak in notusing the ammunition he has. He as-

serts that the unpublished portion ofthe famous confession, Is enough tosatisfy the world of Beeoher'B guilt ;

but be does not publish it. Why, noone can understand, for if he does notmake his case, he stands before theworld a slanderer. He oannot waitfor Mr. Beecher to aot he has goneso far that to stop now is ruin.

People who are in position to knowsay that Tilton oan convict the greatpreacher of the grossest immoralities,if he choosea to do it. They say thathe baa in bis possession documentaryevidence that Beeoher did attempt todebauch not only Mrs. Tilton butother women in Brooklyn. If thisbe so, why does not Tilton give it tothe world ? He has made charges ina vague sort of a way, specifyingnothing, and making nothing direct.He does not state what it is that Mr.Beecher has been guilty of he onlyasserts that he has done him a wrong.Now, what the public want is the par-

ticulars. They want to know whatthis wrong was. They want to know,in short, whether Henry Ward Beech-er is or is not a proper man to occupya pulpit in Brooklyn, and as Mr. Til-ton has said he is not, they demandthat he make good his statement.And until he does this he is in a badposition. For the public believe thatthere is something in the matter thatholds him back, and prevents himfrom saying all that he could. It isnot a pretty quarrel as it stands.

HAVEjrEYER,

The Mayor, has fallen from his highposition. Elected aa a Reformer, hehas filled all the offices in hia gift withmen of whom Tweed would havebeen proud. And when two of thesemen were convicted of on

Charlick and Gardner andremoved, Havemeyer, with a blindstupidity not easy to account for, im-

mediately tbem. It iscurious how thoroughly corruptionpermeates everything in New York.When Havemeyer took the reins, thecity breathed with more freedom.Here was an old merchant, a manwho was supposed to be honest, ifsuch a thing was possible, an honestadministration was looked for. Butthe thieves got him as they got hispredecessors, and reform is postpon-ed until after another election. Anepidemic something like the yellowfever that devastated 'Memphis is allthat can possibly purify New York.So long as votes can be bought by thethousand, and the great city has mil-

lions of revenue to be stolen, nothingshort of an epidemic will do anygood.

It is probable that the Mayor willbe removed. Governor Dlx has beenurged so strongly to do it, and so cleara case can be made against hitn, thatit seems that nothing can save him.

It is hotter than has been knownhere for yeara. Pietro.

BEAUTIES OF GRANGE LIFE.A Kentucky patron says : The Or-

der of tho Patrons of Husbandry isthe only association that originates,exists aud works with its members Intheir daily avocations. It ia a part ofthe farmer's life. It does not callhim from his work to put his mindon any other subject, but tends to reo-reati- on

in his daily duties, and, bycheerful instruction, to lighten andelevate his labor. Its teachings arethe loftiest man can seek. It does notinterfere with his political or religiousviews. In morality it seeks the high-

est points. Honesty is inculcated,educarion nurtured. Charity is aprominent characteristic ; temper-ance is supported, and brotherly lovecultivated. It --is designed to bindthe farmers together in fraternity,and, by encouraging education, ad-

vance to a higher state the science ofagriculture. We aim to encouragethe planting of fruit and flowers, bywhich to enhance the value and in-

crease the attractions of our homesadorn them with those beauties bolavishly given ua by the God of na-

ture. There ia no calling more eleva-ting than agriculture, when viewedas instructed in our order.

When "the whole business portion"of a Nevada town is reported burned,ten ohanoes to one the conflagrationhas been limited to a grog-sho- p andthe jail.

Opposition to cider will bardly godown with a true female temperanceorusader; for she not only puts it inmince pies, but takes even all betpills in side her.

YOL. 19 --NO. 4.

From the Detroit Free Press.A PLAYFUL DOG.

About noon yesterday a freightolerk at the Central depot thought hewould like to have a good wash and anice swim, and be proceeded downthe yards to a slip, looked all aroundto see if a policeman was in night, andthen shed his linen and made a dive.He left his olothes on some boardswhere he had a fair field to look thatthe hoys didn't sly in on them, andbe came out of the water happy andrefreshed. He looked for his pantsand they had disappeared. He look-ed down the yards and saw a big dogplaying with them. The caninewould toss the pants aloft and catchthem as they came down, and thenhe would pretend that they were"game," and the sound of bis clash-ing teeth could be plainly heard. Theclerk started for the dog, but justthen several women, looking for anexcursion boat, came in sight, and bebad to dodge around a lumber pile.When the women bad passed he be-

gan whistling at the dog. but bemight as well have whistled at a barn.Then he tried coaxing, and when thathad no effeot he burled a ciub. Thedog picked up the pants and disap-peared around a corner of a wheat el-

evator, where he was safe. The clerkput on bis shirt and vest and startedout, but he heard a passenger traincoming in and'had to get back. Pret-ty soon be noticed a small boy downby the elevator, and he called to him.Some more excursion women happen-ed along, and hearing ories they approached the lumber. The clerk puthis head out and warned them thatbe was insane and they halted. Theboy came up, two workmen approach-ed, and finally a crowd of forty stoodgazing at the lumber pile, not one ofwhom dared approach for a longtime. Then two of the men armedthemselves with olubs and flankedaround, then threw stones over thepile to acare the man out, and beforeany one knew who it was and whathad ocourred, the crowd had grownto a hundred. The clerk finally madethem understand what was the mat-ter, and wheu his torn and batteredpantaloons were brought up he slip-ped into them and skulked downalong by a freight tram, swearing atevery jump.

Two Rattle Snakes Taken From theStomach of a Woman.

A correspondent writing from Murryaville Cooke County, Tennessee,under date of June 30, givea the mostsingular snake story we have heardyet, We clip the following:

"A Mrs. Kennedy, a woman ofabout 40, the wife of an Iriah laborerliving on French Broad street, hasfor several years suffered greatly fromill-heal- th. Her symptoms and complaints were singular. She was afflict-ed with almost oonstantpains, so thatshe could seldom or never rest atnight. She stated that she felt some-thing running up and down in herabdomen, that she frequently exper-ienced the oreeping sensation whichis called irritability. She had beenin the hospital here, and had beentreated for various complaints, butfound no relief. As her uneasinessand paius continued, so were the at-

tempts to relieve her, but withoutsuccess. Not long sinoe Dr. PerriamGyles was callod into requisition andtook oharge of the case.

"About a week ago she became sub-

ject to uncontrollable uneasiness, andbegged Dr. Gyles to perform an oper-

ation for her relief. This he was re-

luctant to do thinking it would hazardher life ; but she persisted in the re-

quest, and at laat he yielded to herimportunities, when, on Friday after-noon last assisted by Dr. James Davisof this place, and surgeon WilliamAllen, of Sweetwater, he proceededto perform the operation. He firstmade an incision about ten Inobeslong along the medial line of the ab-

domen. He found a tumor projectinglargely, about twenty-si- x inohes Indiametar and irregular form. Heopened it and found therein two rat-tlesnakes, one thirty-si- x inches, andthe other thirty-tw- o and one-ha- lf in-

ches, in length. One of the snakesbad fve rattles and the other had fourrattles and a button. They had yel-low and blaok spots on them, withwhite bellies. They were quite live-ly, and would rattle and strike withvengence when disturbed. Theywere killed, and their'skins and rat-tles are in the possession of ColonelJohn Stephens.

"The tumor being removed, Mrs.Kennedy waa instantly relieved, andand is now doing well. The doctorcalls the auake crotalus horridw. MrsKennedy says she swallowed twosmall, soft, white eggs tbat sbe foundseveral years ago, as she was walkingout in a field near the Warm Springs,North Carolina. Having just comeover from Ireland, sbs was not ac-

quainted with the bird eggs of Amer-ica, aud swallowed these egga suppos-ing them to be partridge egga."

London is famous for its fogs, Parisfor it3 frogs, Madrid for its togs, NewYork for Its dogs, Cincinnati for itshogs, San Francisco for its grogs,Northampton for its clcoks, Portlandfor its logs and all Ireland for its bogs.

"Patrick," said the priest, "howmuoh bay did you steal?" Imay as well oonfes3 to your rlverencefor the whole stack, for I'm going af-

ter the rist to-nigh- t."

A ladies' school and a sugar-hous- e

are kindred institutions, inaamuoh asboth refine what ia already sweet.

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A PHENOMENON.

Ttvo Cherry Trce Siin-Struc- lc andDestroyed Astounding Frealc ofNature.

The present heated term baa pro- -'

duoed at least one phenomenon InthiB vicinity, which will "astonishthe natives" who hear of it, and per-

haps open up a new field for Investi-gation for scientists and men of In-

quiring dispositions. Instances ofpersons being sun-struo- k, with seri-

ous and sometimes fatal results; haveoccurred quite frequently of late, asis generally the case during a' severeheated spell ; but never until last Sun-day has there been, we believe, sucha thing reported as a case of sunstrokeupon tree3. Sucfra phenomenon ac-

tually occurred on the day abovementioned, under the following cir-

cumstances :

Mr. Adolph Vfeser" who resides inthe town of Lake View, just north ofthe oity limits and near the lakeshore, has on his premises several finelarge cherry trees. Two of the larg-est and best of these trees stood atone end of tne garden, gvery near to ahigh board fence. Both of tbem weravery thrifty, were covered with greenleaves, and bore a bountiful orop ofcherries, "which were nearly ripe.About three o'clock last Sunday afternoon, Mr. Vieser was standing fora moment near those trees when sud-

denly he heard a strange noise, as ifcaused by the splitting of wood- - orbark above his head. Looking up-

ward, be witnessed the most astound-ing freak of nature be had ever metwith. The bark covering those treesbegan to peel off at the top, curlingdownward along the trunk and limbauntil it reached the ground, and leav-ing the trees as naked and barren aathough they had been riven by thelightning's .bolt. Barks, leaves andcherries wero all stripped off, and laida promiscuous mass of ruins upon theparohed earth surrounding the deso-

late trunks. The process occupiedbut three or four seconds, and as soonas he could recover from his astonish-ment, Mr. Vieser made a thoroughexamination of the trees. The ruinwas complete. He found the trunks,limbs, twigs, leaves and fruit perfect-ly dead. They had literally died ofsunstroke.

It will be remembered that last Sun-

day was one of the hottest doys" ofthe season, thus far, in this vioinity.There was a lively breeze all day, bubthe rays of the sun were unusuallysevere. Of course the fact that thounfortunate trees were standing- - sonear a high, tight fepce, from whichthe sun's rays reflect directly uponthem, added several degrees to the setverity of theheat ; and yet, such areault as was witnessed by the owuerIs certainly one of the most curiousand Interesting phenomena of theseason. Chicago Journal.

M. A. Huet, a French engineerholds It to be o mistake to make shipsforce their bulk tb'rough the water,meeting thereby the large opposingsurface of water and a sliding frictionover the whole of their Immersedsurface. This, M. Huet holds, is asgreat a mistake as if we were to dis-

mount our railway oarrlagea fromtheir wheels and drag them likesledgca along the rails. He put for-

ward the theory that vessels shouldbe mounted ou rolling drums, thattheso drums should give principallythe power of flotation, and that theyshould be driven round as paddles tomove the ship forward. We shouldin this way have a floating locomo-tive, mounted on its supported wheelaor rollers. The vessel would offer noresistance but a rolling one to motion,and the whole of the supportedweight of ship would be used as apressure to give adhesive frlctional effeet to the rollers. In this way M.Huet affirms that a velocity equal totbat of our railway trains might bqat sea.

To Destroy Moles. Bryan Ty-son, Washington City, gives the following method for tnaking pills to de-

stroy moles : Make a stiff dough ofcorn meal, mixing with it a smallquantity of arsenic. JMake a holewith a finger in the runaways, dropin a lump of dough about the size ofa marble, and then cover over with alump of earth to exclude the light.After the first ain go over the fieldagain and deposit in all freshly maderoads. T once concluded to plant apjece of sandy bottom land in sweofcpotatoes; but, a3 it waa much infest-ed by molea, my aucces3 depended onfirst exterminating them. A few do-

ses of arsenic given In the way de-

scribed brought about the desired re-

sult, and It was a very rare circum-stance to see tho track of a mole inthis pieoe of ground during theentiroaummor. Scientific American.

Arkansas planters ju3t across theMississippi, west of Memphis, saythat this lost flood deposited over thecotton fields the richest, thickest lay-er of alluvium ever brought downfrom the western mountains. It is aquarter of on inch in thickness andfull of lime. Crops stimulated by-suc- h

foroea of fecundlta grow and ma--tue wta extraordinary rapidity, audonly ylgoroua energy in repres3luweeds and gross is required, throughthe first weeks of summer, to assurethe production, with a fayorabla seas-on, of an axtraordin&ry crop.

It ia said of the temperance crusa-ders that "they drink not, neither dothey sin ; yet Solomon, in all bis glo-ry, waa not a raid Jikp one of these.?