Oberlin Weekly News. (Oberlin [Ohio]), 1878-01-11

              L WEBSTER PEARCE Publishers AV II PEAECE Editor ESTABLISHED S59VOL XIX OSERLIN LORAIN COUNTY OHIO FRIDAY EVENING JANUARY 11 1878 NEW SERIES VOL V NO b Oberlirj Coiservatorv of Music Branches Taught Flam Solo Singing Organ Violin nd Theory Rend stamp lor Ciroular to IHtv B RICE Director has oicuo 1 an excellent Assortment of Ladies Furnishing Goods No 3 West College Street in part of TUTTLKS JE WE LR Y STORE Tin stock consists of nil the Latest Novelties in Kill BON ItUCHINGSTIESUANDKKRCilllri IIOSIEUY JOLLAitS and CUFFS KTiJ ETC Also a lull assortment or rKVVING MACfllXE NEEDLES Constantly on Hand 201y POUNDS LOWETH have opened ft Flour and Feed Depot in tlieroonijtorraerly occupiediby BACON WHITNEY AT No 20 South Main Street Til EY INVITK THE PUBLIC PATRON AG E All goods Warranted Fresh and Wliolesomo GRAHAM FLOUR A SPECIALTY Choice Family Flour Corn Meal Bran Shorts etc etc Highest Cash Price paid for Grain of all kinds 20ti Boots Shoes TAIL and WINTEK WEAK Jan bo found at ss XjijiMrs it Went College FINE KIP STOGA BOOTS The Reynolds Brothers Fine Shoes Tor Ladies aliases and Jhildron Also a choice selection of Fine Shoes from New York IV nnnylviiuia mid New Knglaud Manufacturer Just received G H Farge Co of CMcaico Children1 Shooi with Solo L eat nor Tips that never wear out A large Stock ol RUBBER BOOTS and SHOES OX II A VP CALL A AD EYA MIXX No 13 West College St wiy Otoorlin Ohio Coal Coal THK BKST PLACE TO BUY COAL IS AT BACON WHITNEYS No 22 South Main St Oberlin rpillE SAvlngs Deposit Bank of Klyrltx pays ma pur cunt compound interest onSavings ami lime deposits eouimciiiuue with the flrd ol each mouth This Hank calls especial attention o lit KEaroNsiBiilTT A 1 1 the rout utatc andpersonal propertyol all it stockholdersamounting ir tho aggreirnlo to IIalk a Million of Ooilaks is plcdkOi as ocuiUv to itsdepositors The public mav therefore restassured that tlicic 1 absolutely no possibility of their sudeiing Ina hy depositing thoir moncv i i this Hank This Bank will buy and sell ExchangeGovernment Itonds and other approved security niiike collections and transact a general Lhj king business in all Its branches T j NELSON Prcst J C 11IIL Cashier Hoard of Directors lion S S Warner Hon iJov lon Hon lohn Hale m A llruman Lorenzo Clark John W Hart H A llorr S K Iaundon V Y lion Mutual and Jerome ManviUo ly 1 he tai rest ffTe run anv nu tielnc ip now mrnie n lr it A Smiths i ogh Svrup KvervhotUl soht under nstivc guafanlee that if vou irn not enrelorbeieUtted when twotti ivils of lie contents hau cl as directed and or the dieics lor which It in recommended our dnigiris from which yon purchaed I lie iifdicine will in cac tnc bottle is returned thiMlsemoty pvompsly refund the innuev aid for ii It I n sure Ure for liiseaesof the Migt lhroTt and i lMtmieh a Couuhs olds n klir in the Throat Hoaren ss Alim i J i i i Hmnhili roup anl W liouit nirhilIi U asttti of the rlcdi attcndid wili iht Sweat t is picf 1 i V eoiitndled Ii r it In iide t CoiiMiiiiititi and puticnts in theaduu 1 fit i ue of t iuunpt im receiveioinul it relief from ils use Keineni her we do n t ell Mm tliis is Hie s veith wonder of the mi Id bit ut ilo tel vouhit in u In if vim liiillitl iitieh ideistire CMiplid with ihcV n a hut vou ivill either be benefited or m Mnr moiiev refunded Sold by DruggM i i Tlii e i rut s en i express paid to any i eii f th M stpii liver in l S on i it of fl Vi IT H V Smith ft Co Proprietor Erie Pa OLD 31 AN ORAM BY T T koVBH ID Q E In little Oram Court lives old man Gram The patriarch of the place hcr often youll sec hit fnoe kager tod greedy peering about Ai lio KOH hurtling m and out At a wriggling rickety puee Brifk octogenarians pac He raUlea lift stick al bin iKtlB and braes As lie comes shunting along the flags BrnRf of his riches and brags of bin rags Much work and little play You Bee where I am says old man Oram You ece where I am today I came to town at twelvo years old With a shilling in this Vre pocket You should see him chuckle and knock U I 1 The town to nic was a big etout chest w iih fortunes locked In the till but I guessed A htlver key would unlock It My Utile kiy would unlock it I found in h rKsbop kept by a Jew A place lo aleep and a job to do And managed to make niy thdling two And thats alwaja hem my way Now bee where I iuu cries old limn Orftm Sow seo where I am today 1 In his den atop of the butchers shop He lis In bis lair of hunks And sups on gruel and ruskfl And a bone now and ihen to pick and gtiaw Willi haidiy a tooth in his old jaw But a couple of curious tmks I Though half Gram Court he calls his own Hero hoarding his rent bu hue lived alone Until like a hungry wolf he has grown Gaunt and cbaggy and gray You see where I am growled old man Gram Ab I looked in today I might have a wife to make my broth Vihfch would bo convenient rather And votiDkerB to call me father But a wife would no alter my chink you aee And bantlingH for them that like snarls he I never would have the boiher Theyre an awful expense and bother I went to propose at fifiyfonr But stopped a I rained my band to the door To think of n dozen brats or more 1 Says I and I turned away Now see where I um brags old man Gram Only ate where I am today I I had once a niece who come to town Ab poor as any church mouse Kbe wanted to keep my house Tut I have no bonne to keep go back I gave her a dollar and told her to pack At which ihe made such a touse You never did sec such a touse I Whole rows of bonnes were mine she said I had more bank shares than hairs in my head And gold like so much iron or lead All which I couldnt gainsay Men see where I am grins old man Gram They see where I am today But if there is anything I detest And for which I have no occasion Sir its a poor relation Theyro always plenty and always In need Take one and soon you will have to feed Jiiht about half the nulion Theyll swarm from all over the nation And I have a rule though its nothing new Tie one that I learned from my friend the Jew Whatever I fancy whatever I do I always ask Will it pay 7 Sow see where I om boasts old man Gram Just Bee where I am today Tho little boys dread bin coming tread They are pale as ho passes by And the suiiciefit curs are shy His Htick is so thick and he looks bo grim Not even a beggar will beg of him You should hear him mention why Theres a very good reason why The poor he hates and ho hasnt a friend And none but a fool will give or lead For only begin therell be no end Thats what I alwuys say Now see where I am crows old man Gram Just Bee where I am tday IliB miserly gain Is the harvest grain All the rest is chaff ond stubble And tho bio beyond is a bubble We arc ns the beasts and he thinks on the whole Tin quite as well that he has no soul For that might give himtroubleSlight give him a deal of trouble The long aud short of the old mans creed Is to live for hunsef and to feed hiB greed The world is a very good world indeed If nnly a chap might stay Only stay where I am whines old man Gram Stay just where I am tolny llarpcrn Alaijazinc fur January THE STAIN OF PAREHTAfclE Ill the woods forming what rcmainB of the forest of Ardennes about a mile from a small village called Solenthal a Darrow path leads from a high road to a spot once occupied by charcoal burners but now abandoned It was a gloomy place The ground for about an acre was black where charcoal had been burned and stored while a email fringe of green grass had perched itselfforward from the forest aud commenced regaining the lost ground In theoenter was a deep hole to be entered only on one Bide by a path of narrowdimensions In this was a small hut of wretched aspect one of millions in France where glitter and glory hide misery worse than that of Ireland in her worst days where sound and sliowconceal from us 16000000 of paupers This hut had no window It was curved in shape and closely resembled awigwam of the poorest class It consisted of three poles stuck in the groundmeeting at the top these tied together and then of course thatch and mud A hole was left in the top for the smoke to pus through The floor was of mud In one corner was a pile of straw which with two chairs and a table formed the whole of the furniture It was occupied by two women and a large dog At the moment when our narrative commences one only was at home She was about 50 poorly but not meanly clad She was clean neat ami tidy and she plied her needle with unceasiug energy She was sewing lor a livelihood A short distance off on the edge of the wood another woman or rather a young girl dressed iu the same manner was picking up wood and laying it in an outspread cloth on the gronud She too plied her work industriously for until suflieient fuel had been collected she could not cook their humble dinner Presently sue seemed satisfied with what she had done and was about to proceed when two horsemen issued from the wood and enme along walking their horses slowly One was a young man about fiveandtweuty rosyoheeked handsome and full of hoalth tho other was ten vears older and evidentlv an habitue of the boulevards and the cafes of Paris His pale face made pUer bv a thin black mustache ana letblack hair his hollow Bimken eyes spoke of the man of late hours and pleasures His face was cold and repulsive while that of tho other was open and frank What a wretched occupation for so pretty a girl said the young man rid ing quickly on so as to Bpeak iirst en rely ma chero you might put your taper ringers to a better use Heres will buy you firewood for months Aud he cast a double Napoleon at her feet The girl raised her angelic face tc his Ffully and reproach fully She was about 18 Her white skin her blue eyes her curly golden hair her simplechildlike manner was something lie hadnever seen before Her expression was timid and yet proud and looking into her eyes the youug ninu was notsurprised at the reply ho received Monsieur I have done nothing to give you a right to insult me What you have done may have been meant kindly hut I auk alms of no one Pardon mademoiselle exclaimed tho other confused and stammering I meant no insult Pardon memademoiselle I pray you I thought you poor and my impulse was to aid you Thauk yon monsieur for the first kind word I have heard these til teen years except from my own mother said tho young girl But goyonway or else tho whole country will shun you too Begone wretoh exclaimed the other riding up and raising his whip Inenacingly begone viper and dare not speak to an honest man Tho young man listened inftmajfiement I did hot speak to monsieurmonBisuv npoke to me1 said the girl gently with however a Bmile of pity andcontempt Kaise your accursed lips to me again cried the other furiously and I will Bcourge yon with my whip Monsieur is perhaps a coward Bad the gentle girl stttng to anger for once turning at the stilne time to face hisinBUltn What you dare anwer me and ue raised ins hand again Nay Edward yon would not hit a woman A Woman Do yon call Madeleine de Pierrepont tne child of the assassin my Uncle Dubois a woman Say rather a fiend screamed the usually cairn aandy Madeleine de Pierrepont replied the other staggering so that his friend had to turn his assistance to rum Madeleine de Pierrepont And thiB is Madeleine de Pierrepont Truly lie muttered as he remounted his horse Bhe is not a woman The other imitated him and they rode off leaving the young girl to weep alone In a few minutes however she wiped her eyes and then fearful she might be suspected of appropriating the goldpiece she took it up wrapped it in a piece of paper with the intention of returning it to its owner She then lifted up her bundle and walked Blowly toward the hut Tell me the story of the girl said the young man gravely The other told it Fifteen years before the father of Madeleine dePierrepont and a Monsieur Dubois a richproprietor had been intimate friends De Pierrepont was comfortably off from tho fact of his having severaloccupations He was collector of the rent of a rich member of bis noble family he was taxgatherer and adjoint to the Maire The Maire was M Dubois a rich man but Bomewhat of a miser It appeared that one afternoon Dubois askedPierrepont to walk over to a small town at some distance to receive with him a large remittance with which ho had to pay a body of workmen employed on public works and other expenses incurred in the building of a church andschoolroom Dubois felt safer with acompanion It was afterward proved that they received the money dined together at the Soleil dOr drunk rather more than they were used to and then de spite every representation set out to walk home though ue iierreponc wished to hire a gig Next morning the body of Dubois was found about a hun dred yards beyond the houBe of De Pierrepont which was at the foot of a hill that led up to the village All his money was gone as well as his watch and rings A search took place instantly and De Pierrepont as his companion was visited by the police agent DePierrepont deposed that Dubois on his reach j ng his house hade him go m ior cnau he could go the hill safely alone but I still he requested him to keep a bag of 1000 1 rune s iu silver because it was so heavy until the morning This 1000 francs he gave up to the police Of 10000 francs in notes he solemnlydeclared he knew nothing On this lie was arrested as the assassin tried lound guilty and sent to the galleys for life His wile solemnly declared that she heard Dubois wish her husbandgoodnight and say laughiagly Ill Bend a cart for the silver in the morning But instead 01 benefiting him in the eyes 01 the world she became his accomplice To avoid being hooted at in the streets she left the village and every penny being sxent ere her husbands trial was over Bhe obtained reluctant permission to dwell in the charcoalburnersdeserted hut But ail shunned her aud her child as they would lepers and to live she was obliged to walk nine miles in search of work of the coarsestdescription Leave the country bIio woidd not because she was born there aud she felt convinced that her husband would be ultimately pardoned And you join Edward in theinfamous persecution Supposing the father guilty which to me is not clearly proved and you know I am a lawyer why should this poor girl sutler for the sins of her father Why tho Bavages of North America whore I have just come from are more civilized than you I Bee in this heroio couple subject ot wonder and admiration but not of hate Poor creaturoB Fifteen vears ofmisery have not satisfied you all but yuu must still treat them as outcasts My dear Arthur you have just come from America where it appears to me you pick up very singular notions For my part the wife and daughter of an assassin and the assassin of my uncle are detestable wretches whom I must hate said the other in his usual cool way His lit of auger was passed Injustice infamous injustice Poor girl I think I see her meek face now looking at mo so proudly and yet so sweetly I never bw anything so lovely in my life Why the man is in love 1 exclaimed Edward Dubois the heir to the murdered mans property Half and whats more Edward do you know Id marry that girltomorrow if shed have mc but I know she wouldnt By my faith said Edward you amazo me and I am not easily amazed Of course you are joking Time will bIiow But now my dear iciiuw luueu you loilow that putu in search of pleasure I this on bnsinesB Adieu a demain Yes You breukfnat with me at the little inn you know Agreed my philosopher Adieu Aud Edward Dubois galloped down n narrow path leading to the chateau of a certain Count do Jessou who thitt day iavo a grand dinner aud evening party s soon as Arthur saw that he was out of sight lie turned his horses steps aud irallupfd hard toward thecharcoalburners hut When Madeleine returned to the hut md began making a lire she told her mother what had passed and showed her the gold piece They were used to this Kind of treatment and the mother did not feel it much now The scorn of liiteen vears had made her despise the world But Mad leiue seemed hurt I do not care she exclaimed almd it last for what youug MonsieurDubois siid but I am vexed that thegoodinokincr stranger should have said that 1 was not a woman You are not a woman but an angel xclaitned Arthur solemnly He had pproached on foot am had heard aporioii of their conversation The mother aud daughter stood still in dumb amazement Yrou seem surprised madam said the young man addressing the mother You will be still in ore so when 1 add that I hate returned With the deliberate intention of imploring you to give me your daughters hand in marriage not now instantly but when you know me better Monsieur 1 exclaimed the mother indignantly this is too much Go The felons daughter is still too good for insult Madam said Arthur respectfully perhaps your astonishment will cease when I add that your husband is innocent and that I have come 16000 miles to prove it You are speaking seriously gftRped the poor woman On my soul and conscience said Arthur solemnly Oh joy oh joy shrieked the girl clasping the stranger round the neck the savior has come at laBt Be calm my dear young lady and I i will tell you my story iu a few words You will then understand my motives in coming here I scarcely expected to find you at Solenthal but at lastdetermined to try I came yesterday night and soon heard of your heroicresignation and courage Be seated dear girl and listen to tidings that will be joyful indeed to your filial heart Madeleine blushing her color going and coming obeyed aud seated herself on a log near the youug stranger I am a young Frenchman and about seven years ago I emigrated to Peru in search of fortune I started as a lawyer and found business plentiful enough I knew many Frenchmen in the place but a merchant of the name of Gaillard was my most intimate friend He was twice my age grave even sullen and saturuiue but he had quaint ways was verycharitable and 1 liked him Besides the otherB were married had families and he was alone We used to meet of an evening at a cafe play piquet drink sherbet and then walk home together He was rich and lived in great style but not in any way up to his income People wondered he never married but he said he had been married and was not inclined to try the experiment again Ho looked with alarm at the prospects of my settling in life and did all he could to preserve unto himself one bachelor friend About a year ago he fell ill and the doctor at once intimated to him that he would not recover Apart from disease it was a general breakup of nature When he lound there was no nope he sent for me 1 Versan said lie listen to a dying man and interrupt me not You see on this bed an asBassin a thief a murderer Fourteen years ago sitting in a hotel I saw two men dining one of whom had received eixteen or seventeen thousand francs A dreadful thought came into my head I was not poor but I was wicked I followed these two men They walked on their way to Solenthal together I dare not attack both and once or twice I thought of giving up my fearful design But at the house of one De Pierrepont they parted and my vic tim Dubois advanced alone I was monster enough to thmk that Heaven gave him up to me I bounded after him I gave myself no time for thought I stabbed him m the neck killed ltim took his money and fled I spare you my thoughts and my nlteen years of suffering I fled my couutry I became a merchant rich respected but I have never had one happy moment Not only had I murdered him but Pierrepont was suspected and sentenced for my crime only not to death because the jury hesitated I thus ruined an honeBt man and sent his family to beg their bread He paused I spoke not too ab sorbed in my horror De Versan listen to me my Inend Do not turn against me I have left you my sole heir Never will 1 Hark you must and you will Take my property and think when you enjoy it with pity on its guilty present owner audi will make a public cenfession pay the heirs of Dubois their 16000 francs and byproviug my own guilt obtain the pardon of the innocent DePierrepont Refuse and I will die impenitent for my only friend will have deserted me I accepted And may Heaven bless you Baid the weeping and sobbing mother while Madeleine hid her head in her mothers lap An hour later in prespnee of the French and English Consuls fourEnglishmen and four Frenchmen two priests and the Alcalde Gii Hard or rather Mesnard made his solemnconfession which was signed by all present scaled and one of two copies given to me That copy is now in tho hand of the Minister of Justice and here drawing forth a letter is a copy of your fathers free pardon A wild shriek from both women was his reply And now Madeleine said hetaking the girls hand before I have the chance of rivals may I renew myrequest for your hand and heart Monsieur no man on earth can ever do for me what you have done In an hour I have lived years of joy that joy I owe to you Give me my father and the love of my whole life if you value it shall be your poor reward This sudden resolution of the young girl so natural under the circumstances was approved of heattily by the mother Next morning there sat in a small inn in Solenthal waiting fr breakfast a man not old but bowed by years of woe crraylmired and pale Ou each sid of him sat a woman one his wife the other Ins daughter They had heen talking for hours aud were not wearied yet A young man sat opposite hisfaeebeamiug with deiigtit Several times the waiter had announced breakfast but the youug man had always bade him be quiet aud wait still a while At length a hurried stop was heard and the young Edward Dubois entered Fie started n if hit hy a snake and would have left the room Stop said Arthur sternly an he caught him by the wrist Bather kneel and ask for pardon than fly Kad tins man and he put iu his Land theprinted bill proclaiming tiie injustice of Pierrepouts snUuco his free pardon md containing the certified confession ol Mesnard Edward Dubois read it in silence When he had finished he turned and grasped the exeotivicts hand No apology can make up for my conduct he s iid but what I can do I will This bill will satisfy the whole country Monsieur rplied De Pierrepont in husky tunes you did but as the world did Appearances were agaiust me and all condemned me Edward my friend said Arthur you see the danger of judging from appearances Had De Pierrepont been truly guilty his wifo atd child would have been pitied ntt scorned As it isj a vile prejudice has made these two women for fifteen years outcasts and pariahs Edward made no replv as thebreakfast came in He like all the country round was horrified now they found how unjust they had been and nevei was wedding more tumultuously hailed and feted than that of Arthur de Versan rtDd Madeleine de Pierrepont Slill I have not heard that one man woman or child in the forest of Ardennes has been cured of the evil habit of judging always from appearances and visiting on the innocent the sins of the cniilty DR TANNERS LOMt FAST Going Without Food l ortytwo Days Minneapolis Cor New York World Dr H S Tanner the hero of the sisweeks fast has published a very long letter on tlio subject tho iaiiu roiut of which is the offer contained at the close Tuat such a feat as he claims to have done was not an impossibility he contends from the cases of the Savior whom however he admits to have been more than human and of the wife of Dr Smith of this city who is said to have lived fiftyseven days with no other nourishment than a little gumarabic water He also cites the instances of Kane Fremont and other explorers who have preserved their vitality undt r prolonged fasting and hardship then goes on to argue that in thehibernations of coldblooded reptiles audcertain superior forms of animated nature we have abundant evidence to support the assumption that total abstinence from food for many months does notinvolve the total extinction of the vital principle Hibernating animals Dr Tanner says show no loss of flesh after passing a winter without food which indeed is not usually the cftBe all through the parental period the embryo child exists without air or food and there are innumerable wellauthenticated cases of catalepsy or trance iu which perBons from a variety of causes have sunk into a morbid state which has been mistaken for death In these cases as in hibernating animalB the involuntary forces were suspended the lungs and heart no longer heaved and pulsated the blood ceased to circulate and the limbs grew stiff and cold Thousands iu this condition have been prematurely buried come to life turned over iu their coffins and perished The Doctorcontends that this condition of suspended animation is identically the same as that found in animalo during the winterrepose and that tliero is nothing to show why it Bhould not exist for an indefinite period as the same law that sustains the lower animals through the loug tedious winter mouths in a condition ofsuspended animation is amply EuihYient to sustain and keep alive the vital spark in the higher forms of animated nature when conditions are favorable When the voluntary powers of our bodies are exhausted they fall asleep at night and in the morning wo wake up refreshed But when the involuntary powers are entirely exhausted by pain or fevers or sickness in general they fall asleep This sleep we call death If not entirelyexhausted but closely approximating to it then we get tho condition above described Hence at death could the laws of chemistry that decompose our bodies be suspended and could theentire system blood and all be kept inentirely the Banie condition as when weexpired we should wake up after few days in perfect health Says Dr Tanner It was with a desire to know more about thiB change to probe itsmysteries that I voluntarily undertook the discomforting task of exhausting theinvoluntary forces of my system byfortytwo days of total abstinence from food and by daily exercises I so farsucceeded as to be brought to tho very portals of the tomb I could almost ste over to the other shore the hearts action was wellnigh suspended for a number of days there was no perceptiblecirculation iu the cxtrf mities In consequence of my own imprudence in drinking cold water to excess and unduly exercising on the thirtyeighth day of my fast which induced persistent retching and vomiting with intervals of severehiccough the experiment was not pushed to the extent desired aud intended I do not hesitato to declare it as my firm belief that it is not impossible forhuman beings peculiarly constituted and under favorable conditions to remain for months in a condition of suspended animation like the lower animalsdeprived of air food and water aud buried six ftet under ground withal Itis a wi llcstablished fact that hibernating animals do exist for months in acondition of suspended animation Who in the face of these facts dare affirm that man tho crowning glory of all animal crentous is incapable of suchexperience By way of final argument is adduced the famiiiar case of the Sikh fakir who could retain life during a period of ten months when buried under the ground in a sealed box The Doctor then announces hiswilliugness to repeat his fast under strict tests but he doeB not wish to do so to obtain notoriety to gratify idlecuriosityor to make money This however he will do He will repeat theexperiment under the strictest surveillance for S 000 the amount to be raised anddeposited in any trustworthy bank inMinneapolis or St Paul It he succeeds in totally abstaining from food for forty days SI 000 shall be subject to his order at the expiration of the time allotted to t the experiment the remaining S4 000 shall be subject to the order of the Mat i ron of the House of Fefuge at Minne 1 apolis to aid her in her nobleendeavors to reclaim tho unfortunate If he fails in totally abstaining from food for the time specified then all claim on the money shall be forfeited bnt in such vent the amount shall constitute a poor fund to bo distributed forcharitublupurposes as properly selected committees shall direct An Arizona Tragedy Bob White had some woros with a stranger named Frank MrNid about n Irivhl matter which resulted in Whites resit mi u g the controversy th1 next day White attempted to shoot M Niel vho knocked him down disarrud him and upon his beginner for his life led him to the saloon and told him to go about tiin busineiH Charlie Iliee wh un you also remember shortly niNrwnrh en me into ramp and approaching McNiel to whom he wiih unknown he emptied his hxshooter at him live shN taking f ft et death ensued in a ft w hours The citizens turned out en mase to arrest the murderer a tight ensu d Kic was badly wounded but reluming to tubimt i waf hanged by the uvli from the ridge i pole of the blackhmitshop where h i remained till next i i rninp Iu the meantime White attempted to esiaue but soon tell dend pierced with bulhds IsCttrr fmrn Jicfberr Arizona LEGISLATIVE JOKES Reminiscences ol Robert Dale Owen Like most of my colleagues who lived in remote portions of the StateIndiana I traveled on horseback to attend the Legislature part of the way along bridlepaths sometimes swimming creeks or if wo were fortunate enough to find a canoe depositing thereinsaddles and saddlebags and trailing our horses swimming behind A trunk for those who indulged in such a luxury was sent On by a carrier The Legislature was composed chiefly of farmers plain honest genial men with a few sharpwitted lawyers and other professionals otten takingprominent parts Now and theu I could not forbear a smile at the ignorance espe cially in common facts in science that sometimes peeped out The hall in which we met being often irregularlyheated by two large castiron stoveE my friend Chris Graham member from Warwick county moved that thedoorkeeper be authorized to buy two ther mometers so that an even temperature might be maintained Thereupon an old farmer from a remote county objected Ho did not know he said just what sort of machines tho gentleman wanted to keep us warm but these outoftheway patent contrivances were alwaysexpensive and he supposed it would need a man to attend to each and keep it inorder for his part a stove or what he liked much better a big woodfire was good enough for him But if science was not adequately represented among us sound judgment in many practical matters and an earnest senee of duty were Tho venality which now stains po many of our legislative bodies was uuknown Economyoccasionally degc lerating into parsimony was practiced find lam very Bure that uo member went home richer than he came except what he may have saved out of 3 a day after paying expenses Aud they were a lively genial body in their way Nothing took better with them than a merry story or a practical joke Of the latter ono instauco cuine very near having a serious result It was toward the close of the session when we were waiting to receive bills from tho Senate with little else to do meanwhile Several young ladies of my acquaintance came into the Speakers lobby where I then happened to be Oue of them told me that a fewevenings before Mr Cutter a youngmember had made to them a solemn promise that he would introduce a bill taxing old bachelors and that they had come to see that he kept his word would I please tell him so I did her bidding of course Now G W Cutter waB our poet and oue of no mean order author of thecelebrated Song of Steam beginning HameeBme down with your iron bands lie sure of your curb and rein For I scorn the power of your puny hands Ab the leu pest tcorus a chain How I laughed as I lay conceakd from Bight For many a countless hour At the ctiikllsh boast ot human might And the pride ol human power 1 a poem which Jilackwood notoverpioue to commend American literature pronounced to be the best lyric of the century Its author afterwardsmarried the wellknown actres3 Mrs Drake many years his senior When 1 delivered to him the message from the young ladies he was at firstinclined to shirk the matter but whenencouraged to go through with it he drew up a bill at once providing that on every bachelor over the ago of 30 there beimposed an annual tax of 10 the amount to go the school fund I suggested an amendment which he incorporated in hie bill thus Provided that if ouch bachelor shall make it appear to thesatisfaction of the court doing countybusiness that he has twice offered marriage and been twice refused he ehall boexempted from said tax Then I posted the Speaker as to what we had on hand and he recognizedCutter as soon as he rose The rules were suspended and the bill was read twice Thereupon we had a jovial debateinterspersed with all manner of gibes against bachelors One speaker opposed the bill We have adopted the advalorem system he argued we tax according to intrinsic values Therefore weimpose no tax ou the contents of theragbag or the chips in the woodyard why then on an article so utterly useless to society as an old bachelor Finally the rules again suspended we actually passed the bill rather taken by surprise when the vote waBannounced at what wo had done and a little concerned as to how ourconstituents might take it But we were in no mood to reconsider the vote So wo urged the Clerk to report to the Senate at once Then having adjourned the House we followed afcompanied by the young ladies to see the result The spirit ot trolic is intecuous jne Senate took up our bill at once it whb read a first and second time and put on its passage Then two or three of the more grave and reverend seigniors rmwle a serious stand against it aud finding the title for the time too stroug agaiut them availed themselves of the lateness of the hour to procure anadjournment of the Seuaie Next day it was laid on the table by a tamuflmajority I afterward asked our Governor if he would have signed it Why not lie replied I see no impropriety in tho bill and as to its expediency you gentlemen of theHonse and Senate would have beenresponsible for that Robert Date Owen ii ScriOncr A Queer Prescription On one occasion when I was ill the General called in Dr Hunt his family physician The doctor was a tell lank ugly man as good s gold but with none ot the graces that arc supposed to win yonug Indies yet he was Hurried to one of tho loveliest young creatures I ever knew Geu Jackson accompanied him to my room aud after my pulse had been duly lelt and my tongue dulyinspceted tluy drew their chairs to the fire and began to talk Huntsuddenly exclaimed the President how ctrao vou to get such a vouugand prettv wiie Well I II t ll you replied the doctor I was called to attend a youug lady at the convent in Georgetown Her eyes wi re bad she had to keep ihem bandaged I cured her without hr ever having a distinct view of me Sue left the institution aud a yearafterward she appeared here in society a belle and a beauty At a ball Iintroduced myself without the slightestulterior design as the physi iau who Lad restored hT Bight although I supposed she had never really seen me Kheinstantly expressed the most heartfelt gratitude It seemed so deep andgenuine tiiat I was touched That very evening she informed me that she had a sivere coid and that 1 must ngainpresrribc for her Well it dont look rea sonable but I did it I wrote my name on a bit of paper folded it and handed it to her telling her she must take that prescrition She road it and laughed Its a bitter pill she said and must be well gilded if ever 1 take it But whether it was bitter or whether it was gilded we were married Lijiptnnoft Xolse Fight iiir Against Fate A boy about 13 years old wasSaturday forenoon dragging a bigsneakishlooking cur along High street to find an owner for the canine Kinging adoorbell he said to the housemaid whoanswered it Ive brought your dog home Mv dor 1 she exclaimed as she looked down upon the embarrassed dog Yes gimme two shillings aud Ill tie him up in the back yard Ill give you a broomsticking if you dont leave she Bcreamed as she grabbed for him He dragged the dog across the street to where a girl was scrubbing the front steps and bringing a smile to his face he said Your feller in Chicago sent you this dorg by express to put in yourChristmas shocking The charges are 50 cents Where shall I tie him up Get out with ye Im no greenhorn plie said as she raised the brush to hit him The boy pulled on the rope with both hands and got the reluctant dog half a block farther when he met a boycarrying homo ten pounds of buckwheat flour He blocked the way and said Bub yer father told me to bring this dorg up to you and collec 30 cents I haint got no farther answered the lad Who said yon had I was onlytooling Say bub this ere is the beautilities dorg you ever sot eyes on Ho kiu sing dance clean off tho snow from the walk and bring in rabbits from the country Ill take a quarter for him I hnint got a no money replied the boy Ill trade him for a knife I havnt got a kuife Any old skates No answered the boy with the flour ns he dodged around the dog and hurried on The other looked down on tho canine with mingleu sadness and indignation Tho dog braced back at an acuto angle his eyeB shut aud hiB tail lying on the walk waiting for the boy to say Oh h h if I knew how Id blast ye I kept you hid away for a week and Ive hauled you all over town and vou aint even a threecent dog Ive fit iate for moren a month to get some chink for Christmas and here I am deadbroke and no assets but you you old sole leather colored skulk Ive got desperate and Im going to shed your blood He slackened on the rope toadminister a kick and the dog made a jump and gained his liberty He ran offfiround the corner and the boy leaned against a tree box and mused Theres only one plan left Ill take paregoric enough to make me Bleep from Monday night to Wednesday morning and I wont know nothin boutChristmas nor nothin Detroit Free Prcm A Prophecy of the Pacillc Coast Twenty years hence neaily all the breadstuffs for export from the United States will be produced iu the country west of the Kocky mountains Theexception will bo the surpluB production of cora in the Mississippi vaiiey uuio nas ceased to be a great wheatproducing State ThiB crop is yearly diminishing in Illinois in Minnesota thoproduction thiB year was only about aB much as iu California where we had one of the dryest seasons ever known TheAgriculture of all the vast rrgion west of the Rocky mountains is still in its infancy Some of the great Territories are not yet producing breadstuffs euough for home consumption That was true of Oregon a few years ago Now there is a large fleet of wheatladen Bhips Bailing from her principal port every year Utah Territory with the exception of a little spot about Salt Lake made no show of agricultural products Now the bestpotatoes found west of the Mississippiriver are produced in Utah and sent over to California in large quantities forconsumption Fruit culture has been pushed beyond the Sierra The great appleorchards will be far up the mountains on either Blope The culture of the grape and the wine interest will probably be west of the Sierra although it is just possible we have not yet found the best soils for the production of wino grapes The maximum of lumber production has already been reached iu the States eaat of the Mississippi The eastern timber belt has been explored aud most of the lands reduced to private possession The timber belt of tho Pacific coast north of Oregon covers an area clear up to the north limit of Alaska or as far as the climate will permit No impression has been made upon the foreats of Alaska and the timber resources of Washington Territory will last a long time San Franc itico Mullet hi How Mr Emery Nominated His Wife Enoch Emery is editor of the Peoria III Trnncfrijit A few montHs ago lie married a Mits Mary Whitestead who at the time was Superintendent of Schools iu that county In the course of time the election season rolled around and the lady atpireil for a renomination before the Republican CountyConvention Her huHl and was a delegate and the following account of how hepresented her to the conventiou is giv n in an Illinois paper When Enoch Emery aroHO in the Peoria County Convention to nc miuate the candidate for County Superintendent of Schools there came a Bibtdcn lull m the proceedings Every one became interested and the delegates leaned forward in breath 1 ss attention One could have heard a horse cough in that awl ul stillness j he emotionextended even t the good Enoch Iiims lf He arose diffidently toying wiih his spectaeh s first cleaning them witti a new cambric hmidkTehief and then placing them on his forehead said I put in nomination for the c ffice ofCounty Superintendent of Schools Mrs Mary Whitihtend a long pnnst Emery Fluttering among the deiefates J I nominated her four years agosensation and as I was in Rome pense responsible for her as an oflicial T got to watching her Cheerf j I watched her close and saw her real worthEncouraging cheers I was drawn nearer and nearer to her Cries of Good Go on aud the eloper I got to h r the bettei I liked her Storm of cheers and yells and cries of Whoopee She was nominated without a dissenting voice The Michigan salt inspectors report shown the product of the Vfar to be as follows Fine salt 15110 841 barrels packers salt 20K58 solar salt 2201 scoudquahly salt 26249 IntnlLff07 barrels to com r Love the1 Cora 7 Wit hi t heart Thine linage c brine From wlmlMby love slill neer depart While lite and mental prw re uiluo And twould eruh my bcrl lb m Make existence lifelong pain if I thought tu tomorrow Iu their love Tor mv Aould wane Love thee Corn Po you nek me If mv love for thee be true Anl if l will ever Uvt thee As t proniied our to do Then mv heart foreer ueoeaing Would in love to thee oer flow Till bv token still increasing Tbou at last its depth should know Love thee Cora Ac the river Trickling down the uuuntaiu s sidf Wains in breadth and depth forever As it flows to join the tide So my love in thee abiding As I journey down lif way Kver in thy truth couhding Grows more hinting day by day Love thee Cora Sad and dreary Seem the bourn away iroui you And my heart is sad aud weaiy I hough my love none leas the true Eat iu truth I can not tell thee If my love with me shall die For a tpirit foudiy tolls me It ball live beyond the sky Beloit wis Ow PITH AD FOIST Tins latest out The hired girl Can marine animals ttlkCertainly seal skin The best definition of quicksilver is tho nimble Bixpmce Dealers report tho slowest toys tl is season to be the tor toise A in nt to hotel keeper How to treat a guest Treat him with iun civility May not the venerable edito who pre fers old to new jokes bo called an old saw sage Life is made up of sunshine and Bhaddow about five shaddoa to one sunshine Josh Millings A recent poem has the following lino A tear danced in her eye That tear must have been at the eyeball Trrc reason whv the stove pipe is so popular among paragraph erB is that it always looks fuunelly when put to gether Wtifv the landhulv discovered that her boarders were dropping off the bur den of her song becime Nothing but leaves Mrs SrRiooiNS after preparing her two little Presidents of the future tor their bath called them a pair of un dressed kids Whatever else mav be said against the Chinese no one can truthfully say that ho ever saw one who parted his hair in the middle A philosopher who went to a church where the people came iu late said it wns the fashion there ior nouojy to go uu everybody got there When is the best time to pickappleB This iB a very Bimple question The best time for such work is when tho farmer iB not looking and there is no big dog in the orohard The people in a town in Iowa wanted a flouriugmill and finally they got it and they are now very anxious to have a bank established so that they can borrow money to buy flour Some soured bachelor says Heaven in its merciful providence gave no beard to woman because he well knew they could not hold their tongHcs long enough to be Bhaved Have the animals a sense of hu mor asks an owlish exchangeCertainly tliey have Youll always find that jack assi h aro ready to laughimmoderately a the poorest jokes Satd an excessively fleshy woman I can scarcely make a remark but that my husband is always ready to take me up MadiMu replied a printer your husband is always ready then for a fat takf Let me bop said Mr Spilkins this year Christmas fell on Tuesday That accounts for it We thought it must have fallen on something ami got hurt too It was tho lamentChristmas that ever fell on a weekday Dont touch this said MrsGobble as she laid before her husband a specimen of her Christmas baking its only a Bomple My dear replied Gobble as he gobbled it down in fu tare it will be an exsample to you A little girl down in Maine waslistening with much interest to the Btory of Jonah When the question was aked What should you suppose would bo the first thing Jonah would do after the great fish threw him upon the laud she answered promptly I shd fink hed go home quick as he could and get cleaned up Mrs Brooks found a dreaming beauty in a roll of butter Jowler snyr tho nearest approach lie could evermako to tho same thing during aboardinghouse experience of fifteen yarn was a stray lock of hair now and then which indicated that tho damsel hod been there but lelt before he went to dinner Cincinnati Breakfust Table A lady corrf spondent who usfmcifw to know how boys ought to bo trained writes as f jllowa Oh mothers hunt ont thj soft tender genial fddo of your boys nature Mothers often do with on old tdioe Tin AuTUtus Adolphns de Toots Wntp d two bin New Yarn rceoluten En tbr morrow If ovir lie li wnkc lo dinover He meandered us ld in nia bootn Piirk A Phenomenal Winter Discussing the balmy weather of this winter a gentleman well known inHitrrisbnrg Pa as one of the oldest and most successful business men of that city states that he plucked peaches on a tree on his premises ou Christinas day 1872 and served them us part of the dessert for the dinner on the occasion Gen Cameron if ho rads thisparagraph will recall the incident as ho ate a portion of the fruit and tdso examined the tree on tho day roierred to which contained it This as an incident of past propitious winter weather has not often been surpassed in the fruit line in that latitude They Trotted Him Out A bright Btory is told of theluwroplishcd wife now dead of GenHooker When Rhc wns the admired Miss iroesbeck of Cincinnati she was once nt nn eveiiino nnrtv wlieu u I iishioiiable young dandy was tasked if he would likr to t presented to uer yjn said he languidly trot her out The lady overheard the remark aud when ho was presented she adjusted hereyeglass h deliberately and hlowly bcanncd his clothing Irom boot to collar The survey finisiMd bhe waved her hand and carelessly paid Trot hiia bak I 1 ave seen all there is of him TnE palmetto tree hitherto rrganh d worthless for industrial purposes it about to be utilized in tho mannfuf turft of brushes matting and rope