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EI>\VXN jVtATfcXIPiT, Proprietor.
VOLUME IX.
Devoted to Horae Interests and Culture.
TWO DOLLABS A Year In Adrancf,
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1879.
NUMBERS
LEAVE THE FOBT.
at >. VAN DYKE.
“Sold the Fort, for I sm coming!"
This lia* been the cry too long; .
W« xnunt now put on our armor.
And go forth to moot the wrong.
Let the feeble and the cowards,
(till the walls and earthworks shield,
But the strong and valiant soldier
loves to fight in open field.
Leave the Fort, howe’er securely
All its mighty towers are made,
Plants, whose natures crave the sunlight,
Cannot prosper In the shade;
Be the soul of noble Impulse,
’ With a firm and manly port.
Boldly inarches'forth to battle;
Brother, sister, Leave the Fort!
There are evils past enduring.
There are victories to be gained;
Leave, the Fort, howe’er alluring,
There's us siege to be sustained.
Let our warfare be aggressive;
Duty, danger, 1st us court;
Then our life will be progressive.
Brother, sister, "Leave the Fort!"
Alt along the line of action
Let this better watchword ring.
Scorning party, creed and faction,
Loyal only to our King—
"Ko man’s man, but God and country’s,
Honest, and of good report—
Let us walk "as in the daylight.”
' Brothers, sisters, "Leave the Fort!”
A Detective’s Story.
Daring the year 1848 the West was
flooded with counterfeit coin. It was
so well man factored that it passed
readily. The evil at last became so
great that the United States authorities
requested that a skilled detective might
be sent to ferret out the nest of coin
ers. I was fixed upon to perform this
duty.
I had nothing to guide me. The
fact, however, that Chicago was the
city where the counterfeit coin was
moat abundant, led me to suspect that
the manufactory might be somewhere
within its limits. It was, therefore, to
the capital of the West that I first pro
ceeded. I spent five weeks in that
beautiful city, but without gaining the
> slightest clue to the eounterfeters.
I begau to grow discouraged, aud
really thought I should be obliged to
return home without having achieved
any result. One day I received a letter
from my wife requesting that I would
send her home some money, as she was
out of funds. I went into a bunk and
asked for a draft, at the same time
time handing some money to pay for it.
in which there were several half dollars.
The clerk pushed three of the half dol
lars back to me.
“Couterfeit,” said he.
“What?” said I, “do you mean to tell
me those half dollars are counterfeit/'”
“Ido.”
“Are yon certain?”
“Perfectly certain. They are re
markably well executed, but they are
deficient iu weight See for yourself.’
Aud be placed one of them in the scales
against a genuine hadf-dollar on the
other side. The latter weighed down
the former.
“That is the best executed counter
feit I ever saw!” I exclaimed, examin
ing them closely. “Is all the counter
feit money in circulation hero of the
same character as this?”
"O, dear, no,” replied the clerk, “it
is not nearly so well done. These are
the work of Ned Willet, the famous
New York counterfeiter. I know them
well, for I have handled a good deal of
it in my time. Here is some of the
money that is in circulation here,” he
added, taking several half dollars from
a drawer. ‘ You see the milling is not
near as perfect os Ned Willet’s, al
though it is pretty well done, too.”
I compared the two together, aud
found that he was right. I supplied the
the place of the three counterfeit half-
dollars with good coin, and returned
the former to my pocket again,
A few days after this I received infor
mation which caused me to take
journey to a village thirty miles from
Chicago. I arrived there at night and
took up my quarters at the only tavern
in the place. It was a wretched dwel
ling,, and kept by an old man and wo
man, the snrliest couple I think it has
ever been my lot to meet. In answer to
my inquiry as to whether I could have
lodging there for the night, I noticed
that the host gave a peculiar loot at his
wife, and after some whispering I was
informed in the most nngracions man
ner possible that I could have a bed.
The chamber was small in size, and
was certainly well ventilated, for I
could see the stars peeping through the
roof. The bed was simply a bag of
straw thrown into a corner of the room,
without sheets or covering of any kind.
I stood for more tba£ an hoar gazing
out of the opening which served as a
window. Before me was stretched an
immense prairie, the limits of which I
could not see. The tavern in which I
had taken dp my abode appeared to be
isolated from all other dwellings, and,
save the croak of the tree frog and the
hum of the locust, not a sound reached
my ears. It was a beautiful moonlight
night, and so blight I could see to read
the smallest print
At last I began to grow weary, and
throwing myself on my pallet, I was
«>on plunged into a deep slumber.—
How long I slept I know not; but 1 was
awakened by a dnll sound, which re
sembled some one hammering in the
distance. I suppose it was the pecu
liarity of the sound which awoke me,
for it was by no means load, bat con
veyed to me the idea of some one strik-
ln g iron with a muffled hammer. I rose
op from my bed and went to the win
dow, The moon was low in the west
ern horizon, by which I knew it must
be near morning.
l I put on my boots, the only article of
attire I had discarded, and cautiously
opening tbe door of my chamber noise
lessly descended the rickety staircase.
A few steps brought me into the lower
apartments, which l found entirely de
serted. I-crepl quietly to the door, and
unfastening it without tbe slightest
noise, was soon m the moonlight.
Not a soul was visible, but tbe sound
continued, and grew much more distinct
as I approached the place from whence
it proceeded. At last I found myself
before a long, low building, through the
crevices I could perceive a lnrid glare
issueiDg. I stooped down, looked
through the key-hole, and, to my ex
treme surpiise, I saw half a dozen
strange looking men with their coats off
and sleeves turned np, performing a
variety of strange occupations. Some
were working at a forge, others were
superintending the casting of molds,
and some were engaged in the process
of milling coin. In a moment the
whole truth burst upon me. Here was
the gang of counterfeiters I was in
search of, and the landlord and his wife
evidently belonged to the same band,
for in one corner I perceived them em
ployed—the man polishing off some
half dollar pieces, just turned from the
molds, while the woman was packing
the finished coins into rolls.
I had seen enough, and was about to
return to my apartment again, when
suddenly 1 felt a heavy hand placed on
my shoulder, and turning my head
around, to my horror, found myself in
in the grasp of as ill-lookiug a scoun
drel as ever escaped the gallows,
“What are you doing, my good fel
low?” he, exclaimed in a gruff voice,
giving me a shake.
“Taking a stroll by moonlight,” I
replied, endeavoring to maintain my
presence of mind.
“Well, perhaps yon’ll just take a
stroll in here, will you?” returned the
ruffian, pushing open the door, aud
dragging me in after him.
All the inmates of she barn immedi
ately stopped work and rushed towards
us when tkev saw me.
“Whs,. wbat's this?” all exclaimed.
“A loafer I found peeping outside,”
said tbe man who had captured me.
“He’s a traveler that oame to the tav
ern to-night and asked for lodgings;
the last time I saw him he was safe in'
bed,” said the landlord. The men with
drew to a corner of the apartment leav
ing one to keep guard over me. I soon
saw they were in earnest consultation,
and were evidently debating the impor
tant question. The man keeping guard
over me said nothing, but scowled
fiercely. At last tbe discussion seemed
settled, for the blackest and dirtiest of
the lot came forward, and, without any
introduction, exclaimed:
“I say, stranger, look here—you must
die.”'
I did not move a muscle or utter a
souud.
“You have found out our secret, and
dead men tell no tales.”
I was still silent-.
“We give you ten minntes to say your
prayers, and also allow you the privi
lege of saying whether you will be shot
or hanged.” .
Suddenly'an idea 1 struck m& - ■ I ire-
membered something that might «gave
my life. I burst iuto a violent k fit of
laughter, in fact it was hysterical, but
thev did -not know that. They looked
from one to the other in the greatest
amazement.
“Well, he takes it mighty cool, any
how,” said one.
“I suppose he doesn’t think we are
in earnest,” said another.
“Come stranger, you had better say
your prayers,” said the man who had
first spoken; “time flies.”
My only answer was a fit of laughter
more violent than the first.
“The man's mad!” they exclaimed.
“Or drunk,” said some.
“Well, boys,” I cried, speaking for
the first time, “this is. the best joke I
ever seed. What, hang a pal?”
“A pal—yon a pal?”
“I ain’t nothing else,” was my ele
gant rejoinder. “Did yon ever hear of
Ned Willett?” I asked,
“'■You may be certain of that. Ain’t
he’at the head.of our profession?”
“Well theD, I am Ned Willet.”
“You Ned Willet!” .they all exclaim
ed. -
“Yon may bet yonr life on that.” I
returned, swaggerinsr np to the corner
where I bad seen the old woman count
ing mid packing the counterfeit half-
dollars.
Fortune favored me. None of the
men present had ever seen Ned Willet,
although his reputation was well known
to them, and my swaggering, insolent
manner had somewhat thrown them off
their gnard, yet I could plainly see that
all their donbts were not removed.
“And you call these things well done,
do you?” I asked, taking up a roll of
the money. “Well, all I can say is
that if you can’t do better than this,
yon had better shat np shop, that’s alL”
Can you show ns anything better?”
asked one of the men.
“I rather think I can. If I couldn’t
I’d go and hang myself.”
“Let’s see it.” they all cried.
This was my last coup, and one on
which I knew my life depended.
“Lookee here, gentlemen,” I exclaim
ed, taking one of the counterfeit half-
dollars from my pocket which had been
rejected at the bank, "here is my last
job; what do yon think of it? - ’
It was passed from hand to band,
some saying it was no counterfeit and
othere saying it was.
“How will you prove that it is coun
terfeit?” asked one of the men.
“By weighing it with a genuine one,”
I replied.
This plan was immediately adopted,
and it’s character proved.
“Perhaps he got this by accident,” I
neard one of tbe men whisper to an
other.
“Try these,” said I taking the other
two from my pocket,
All their donbts now vanished,
“Beautiful!” saidsome. “Splendid!”
exclaimed others.
When they had all examined it to
their satisfaction they all of them cor
dially shook me by the hand. Every
particle of doubt having vanished from
their minds. I earned out mv part
well. Some questions were occasional
ly asked me involving some of the tech
nicalities of the business; these, howev
er, I avoided by stating that I was on a
journey of pleasure, and would much
rather driuk a glass of whiskey than
answer questions. The whiskey was
produced, and we made a night of it,
and it was not till morning dawned that
we separated.
The Dext day I returned to Chicago
and brought down the necessary assist
ance, and captured the whole gang of
counterfeiters in the very act.- This
den was broken up forever, and most of
lliein were condemned to serve a term
ui the State Prison.
STABILITY OF GOD’S CHURCH.
Rev. Dr. MacLaren remarks in one
of his published sermons: “If it had
been possible to destroy the Church of
the living God; it had been gone long,
long ago.-^It8 own weakness and sin,
the ever.new corruptions of its belief
and the paring of its creed, the imper
fections of its life, and the wov!dliness
of its heart; the abounding evils that
lie around it, and the actual hostility of
many that look upon it and say, ’Raze
it even to the ground,’ would have
smitten it to the dust long since. It
lives, it has lived in spite of all, and,
therefore, it shall live. God will es
tablish it forever. In almost every land
there is some fortress or other which
the pride of the inhabitants calls the
‘maiden fortress,’ and whereof the le
gend is that it-has never been taken,
and is inexpungible to any foe. It is
true abont the tower of the flock, the
stronghold of the daughter of Zion.—
The grand words of Isaiah about this
very Assyrian invader are our answer to
all fears within, and all foes w.thouf:—
•Sav unto him. the virgin, the daughter
of Zion, hath despised thee and laughed
thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusa
lem hath shaken her head at thee. I
will defend this city to save it for My
own suke, and for My servant David’s
sake.’ ’God will establish it forever.’
and the pledges of that eternal stability
are the deliverauce of the past and of
the present.
LO CHUNG.
; Lo Chung, a Chinaman, forty years
old, died at Chambers Street Hospital
March 29, having literally smoked him
self to death. At noon Thursday Lo
Chung was removed in an ambulance
from lodging-house 133 Chatham Street.
He had been in a comatose shite for Ihe
-previous twenty four hours, all attempts
of those in charge of the place to arouse
him proving unavailing. The hospital
doctors suspecting the cause of the
condition, adopted regular treatment
foropium poisoning. He was so far
gone that it was impossible to rally him
more than a few moments at a time!—
When thus roused he would turn his
head and give a ghastly grin, and then
relapse into somnolency. Several Chi
namen were summoned, and efiorts
were made to get him to converse, but
he would not say a single word. He
lay perfectly motionless, perceptibly
shrinking every moment. His intellect
seemed to have gone entirely, and there
was a strongs glassy stare in his eye
balls, far sunken in his head. It was
evident that he did not suffer pain.—
About noon Saturday he gave two hard
ly noticeable gasps, and in a moment
more^was dead. His appearance in the
dead-room was that of a mammy. He
was scarcely more than a skeleton.—
Legs and arms had shrivelled np and
every rib could be plainly seen. In
fact so emaciated was the poor fellow
that nearly every bone in his body
conld be seen through the tawny skin.
In regard to the case, the doctors in the
hospital declined to converse until the
post-mortem examination.
“A NEW
WAY TO PAY
DEBTS.”
OLD
The American grocer prints the fol
lowing letter which was actually receiv
ed recently, and sufficiently explains
the circumstances under which it was
written. The coolness with which the
writer accepts the sit-nation and his ab-
scene of all anxiety about- meeting his
obligations, would impress one with the
idea that such a man could not been a
good man of business or a good party
for a wholesaler to trust.;
Weston..March 7, 1879.
Mr. Esq.:
My Dear Bib—I am informed by
yours of the 1st inst. that the estate of
the late Mr. holds three notes
against- me, respectively. §81 60, §94 58
and §118 55, and desiring ine to com
ma nicate with referenceL thereto. I-
congratulate the estate on holding a
claim against a person so abundantly
able to owe it as my self; in fact-, were
it ten times the amount I should be
able to owe it, with equal prospect of
payment. I was pained to hear of the
death of so kind-hearted man as Mr.
, whom I feel assured, had
SUICIDE OF
AN EX-CONGRESS
MAN.
Immense shipments of American coal
are now made to France, Spain, Austria
and Italy. There is a strong hope that
the increased demand for coal will give
steady and remunerative employment
to the miners, and put an end to strikes.
If we can fnrnish the old world with
fuel the people on the other side can’t
help having a warmer feeling for us.
he lived, would have relinquished those
notes, as he well knew that I had noth-'
ing to pay this balance with, and that
I always did pay until I become unfort
unate and was thus unable to. Yon
speak of making me trouble and ex
pense. The latter would be impossible,
as I have nothing to spend; the former
wonld only be a verification of the
scriptural text, “Man born of a wo
man, his days are full of troable.” I
trust the exe.cutor (whosoever he may
be) of Mr. ’s estate is not so
o tto all the nobler impulses tbatactuale
the human heart as to desire to plunge
a man (who is actnatcd by honest mos
tives, however unfortunate he may have
teen) into unnecessary difficulty, as no
benefits could possibly arrive to Mr.
—’s heirs by such a course.
In order that yon may form a correct
estimate of the amount the estate would
be likely to receive by getting an exe
cution aud levying, I will give you a
comprehensive inventory of my effects,
exclusive of personals, exempt, by law,
from execution; One saw-buck; one
buck-saw; one hand-saw. three wagon
wheels (all old ones); ope wagon shaft,
with cross bar attached; one riding sad
dle, the stirrnps of which have been
sold for old iron; it is also minus one
flop, as needing soles for a pair of boots,
and being unable to purchase sole leath
er, this saddle flop answered the pur
pose admirably; the surcingle has also
been substituted for a pair of suspend
ers, as my pants (ihe only pair I have)
wanted girthing about the waist; one
old harness, nearly complete, and, with
about five dollars expended on it for re
pairs. I think wonld bring about a dol
lar and a half-at auction ; one old sleigh;
this is in rather a dilapidated condi
tion; it might answer, however, as a
foundation for a hen coop; one lame
chicken: one pair of pine oraches: I am
.not sure but what the last named is ex
empt. I do not know however, that
the law makes any allowance for a man
who is occasionally lame. This, I be
lieve includes all. In case of attach
ment, however, according to the laws
of this State, it would be assigned for
the benefit of all creditors. You would
probably get for your share the lame
chicken, or the crutches. Throwing
ail jesfing.aside, Mr. , I h^ive
really got nothing, nor do I see any
prospect ahead of ever being able to
pay it. The executor might just as
well put those notes down as so much
waste paper. I think you have made a
great- discovery in those notes, and that
discovery is perpetual motion, as there
is no question but ivhat they will run
forever. Hoping you are satisfied of
my ability to owe those notes, I remain
with great respect and good wishes.
Amelia Lin kb aw went to the hotel in
Lumberton, N. C., and inquired for J.
E. Harriman. He was a traveling
salesman from Baltimore, a frequent
visitor to the village, and had been re
garded as Miss Linkhaw’s accepted
suitor. She was a somewhat famous
beauty of that isolated part of the state,
an active worker in religious charities,
and the daughter of a moderately
wealthy man. Harriman joined her in
the hotel parlor, and they shook hands;
but, while she held his hand with her
left, she drew a pistol with her right
and shot him dead. That was five
months ago, and she has since been in
jail, except when lately taken into court
on the day appointed for a trial. The
interest in the case was so great that
4,000 persons, nearly the entire popu
lation of two counties, gathered in and
around the conrt-hodse. Miss Linkhaw
addressed the court, saying she killed
Harriman because he brok;e his promise
of-marriage; that she did not believe
she had done any wrong, and that she
did not desire a lawyer to defend her,
as she was entirely willing to leave her
self in the hands of God, who wonld
take care of her. Her father however,
had engaged counsel, and the trial was
postponed.
Hon. H. Y. Biddle, recently Repre
sentative in Congress from the Fourth
Tennessee district, committed shicide at
Lebanon, Tennessee, on Saturday. For
several months he has been in very bad
health.. Last winter he was compelled
to leave Washington before the adjourn
ment of Congress on account of bis
physical condition, and there was ru
mors at the time that his mind was af
fected. Since his return home he has
been nnwell most of the time, although
able for some time post to appear on the
streets. In addition, he had become
financially embarrassed on account of
large security debts.
Mr. Biddle was. on the square on Sat
urday, and ^conversed rationally with
several friends, although appearing
mentally depressed. Abont 11 o’clock
he went to an acquaintance and asked
for the loan of a pistol, saying he antic
ipating a personal difficulty. Knowing
nothing of Mr. Biddle’s aberration of
mind a friend lent him a small cartridge
pistol, and soon after happening' to
mention to a gentleman who knew Mr.
Biddle’s condition that he he had lent
a pistol to him, was advised tc endeav
or to get it from him. He went imme
diately to Mr. Riddle’s residence. Bid
dle met him at the door. The friend
called for Mr. Biddle’s son, intending
to tell him abont his father borro*ring
a pistol. While the gentleman and son
were conversing, Mr, Biddle stepped
out of the back door. A moment after
a shot was heard, and they found Mr.
Biddle lying on his back in the cellar,
pistol in hand and apparently dead.
The ball had entered the right side of
his head, ranging backward and down
ward. He was carried into the house.
The surgeons were summoned, but
coHld do nothing, pronouncing the
wound mortal. Mr. Biddle lingered
unconscious till 5:30 Saturday evening
and then died.
His family consists of a wife, two sons
and two daughters. His oldest son is
a druggist in Lebanon, and tbe young
er a salesman for Benson, James & Co.,
in NashviUe. Oue daughter is about
gro vn and the other quite young.
Mr. Biddle was about forty-years of
age. He was educated for a lawyer
and graduated at Lebanon .Universi
ty. At the breaking oat of the war -he
entered the Confederate service, and
remained in the army until its close.
He was a conscientious Christian
gentleman, universally liked by all who
knew him, regardless of paxty affilia
tions. He declined to receive his pay
as Congressman from the time he was
sworn in, and his pay for that- time,
about one' thousand -one hundred dol
lars, was sent to him by the Clerk of the
House, and upon its reception he inves
ted that amount in Tennessee bonds,
sent it to the Comptroller and had it
canceled.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Mr. Jefferson Davis has again broke
silence bnt this time in a vein of which
even the most malignant of his enemies
and traducers can find little to censure,
Those only will fiud cause of complaint
who will hold him to be par excellence
the ideal .of the “lost cause” —its only
laying exponent and political martyr.
Such persons may feel a pang of disap
pointment that Mr. Jefferson Davis said
the Other d»y to an interviewer of the
Boston Herald iu regard to the sncces
or movement in apologetic vein;
“It is generally believed in the north
that I am chiefly responsible for that
great calamity—the war. I was bnt one
of a vast body of the south and no more
responsible than thousands of others.
The war wonld have taken place without
me as inevitably as it did with me."
This is strictly true as.d it has been
our reason for defending Mr. Davis
when he has been singled ont for espe
cial fibnse as the author of what he now
calls “thegreat calamnitv.” There is
certainly nothing defiant in this; noth
ing calculated to rouse anew the alco
holic eloquence of Z. Chandler nor of
Hoar nor Blaine. Mr. Davis modestly
declines to be considered as the great
power of secession to call him the
“arch-traitor” and to assnme that he
carried the whole southern people into
the great ealamnity is to give him cred
it for greater influence than he ever
wielded. Speaking to his intereiewer
of national affairs, Mr. Davis said he
accepted the situation as decided by ar
bitrament of the sword, an>l that be
was very hopefnl of the future of the
country. He did not believe there was
any existing cause for sectional es
trangement or that there conld be an;
after. Snrelv even Z. Chandler can
find nothing treasonable in this land,
indeed, it is very nnfortuna’e for the
senator that he made his great speech
against Jefferson Davis, which threw
the stalwarts into such exstasies, before
Reports to Lord Salisbury state that
the Bulgarians in Eastern Bomneha are
drilling, and have seventy thousand
men under arms. The moral effect of a
mixed occupation cannot be relied on,
and a strong force is necessary.
deprived it of half its force. In con
clusion Mr. Davis said; “Yon may as
sure yonr peoole that I have no r n'und-
ness in my heart to them or any of the
people of the north. I am not the dev-
el they have painted me. I have nei
ther horns nor hoofs, and if they knew
me they wonld find I am very much
like one of themselves.” Z. Chandler’s
heart would be .hard indeed should he
reject this touching appeal on the part
of Mr. Davis to be considered a man
and a brother.—BaUirnn-e Gazette.
'
CHILI AND BOLIVIA.
The customary wars of Sonth Ameri
ca are of little consequence, tneir in
significance generally corresponding to
their number; bnt the trouble between
Chili an Bolivia threatens to lead to
something more wide-spread and seri
ous. In order to understand tho situa
tion, it is necessary to explain how the
present difference arose. Chili and Fe
rn are seacoasts bnt not adjoining states.
They do not adjoin because Bolivia, an
interior state, bolds the short strip of
coast that separates them. This strip of
eoast includes not only the ports of Au-
tafogasta, MejelloDes, Cobija and Toco-
pella, but large and valuable guano and
nitrate deposits. The boundarybetween
Chili and Bolivia od this neck of land
had long been the subject of disputes
and settlements, that settled nothing.
A treaty made to 1866 gave Chili to tliq
twenty-fith and Bolivia to the twenty-
third parallel, with an agreement for
the joint control of the two degrees be
tween and a sharing of the nitrate and
guano sales. This did not prove satis
factory arrangements, and in 1874 a
new treaty, made on the part of Bolivia
by a government that was soon over
thrown, was signed, fixing the bound
ary at 24 degrees. But as Chili had al
ready granted a charter to a nitrate
company, in which fonr millions of
Chilian capital had been invested, it
was agreed that no export duty should
be laid on nitrate from Antafogasta for
twenty-five years. The new govern
ment of Bolivia refused to recognize
this treaty, and proceeded to collect an
export duty on shipments from Autafo-
gasta works. Chili remonstrated, and
the tax on tbe nitrate was suspended,
but the Bolivian government at the
same time declared the treaty at an end,
rescinded the contracts with the nitrate
companies, and proclaimed the nitrate
deposits national property. Chili,
which is the strongeat and mest pros
perous of tha South American republics,
immediately dispatched her fleet and a
considerable land foree to the Bolivian
coast, and without difficulty eeized all
the disputed teritory, which she now
holds, and which will continue to hold
if she has only Bolivia to deal with.
But there is where the danger comes in.
Peru has an ironclad fleet, an old stock
of humiliations and heavy nitrate de
posits. She proposes, it is thought,
to use the first named to wipe out her
humiliations of the post, and to secure a
revenue from her nitrate by doing away
with the free nitrate at Antafogasta.
The Argentine republic lies back of
Chili, and a quarrel between the two has
long existed over the possession of
Patagonia, and especially the control of
the straits of Magellan. Peru is thought
to be at the bottom cf Bolivia’s bold
action, and it is known that she is con
centrating troops near the disputed ter
ritory. No action has been taken by
the Argentine repnblic, bnt it is sur
rnised that she will not let this opportu
nity slip. No one of the three is
match for plucky Chili, although the
last-named contains fewer people than
either of the two other republics. But
are better people. She cannot fight all
three, her entire populatiou being only
a little over two millions, nor can she
maintain the stand she has taken if Pe
ru comes to the aid of Bolivia with all
her resources. The situation is a very
interesting one, but as there countries
act slowly, we will doubtless have to
exercise a great deal of patience in
awaiting its development.—Constitu
tion.
ABOVE HIS BUSINESS.
I wouldn’t do that, said one clerk to
another, whom he saw doing a disagree
able piece of work.
It must be done, and why shouldn't
I do it? was the excellent ieply.
In a few minutes the wouldn’t-do
it clerk, ashamed. of his remark, Was
assisting the clerk who was not above
his business.
In Scotland there is a branch of the
legal profession known as “Writers to
the Signet.” A young gentleman was
apprenticed to one of these writera. The
youth thought himself a very fine sort
of person, much above ordinary ap
prentices.
One evening the master desired him
to carry a bundle of papers to a lawyer
whose residence was not far off. Tbe
packet was received in silence, and
few minntes after the master saw a por
ter run in the onter office. In a few
minutes the youth walked out followed
by the porter carrying the parcel.
Seizing bis bat tbe master followed,
aud overtaking the porter, relieved him
of the packet and walked in the rear of
the apprentice, The lawyer’s house be
ing reached, and the door boll rung,
the youth called out—
, __ _ “Here, fellow, give me the'parcel!”
this interview appeared. It wonktbave and the youth slipped a sixpence in his
hand withont looking around.
Here it is for yon, exclaimed a voice,
which caused the youth to turn round.
His confusion, as he beheld his master,
made him speechless. Never after that afc the Torpedo ' station.™
oivim his business.—Youth's — —
was he above
Companion.
Mrsxe has charms to soothe tne savage.
Tins is why we occasionally see a dog
with a brass baud around his neck.
EUGENIE AND HEB SON.
A letter from Olive Logan to the Cin
cinnati Enquirer gives tbe following"
glimpse of the Empress Eugenie and
the Prince—“I went to the Waterloo
station, to see the Iasi of youzrg' Louis'
Napoleon, who is off to the Cape fa
have a look at the Zulus. He was ac
companied, as you know by Eugenie ay
far as Southampton. It really gave mo
a pang to behold this once peerless
beauty, to whom I was presented in the
days of her utmost splendor, both of
fortune and fame, Her appearance
was so pathetic that it made the tears
spring to my eyes. She was attired in a
style which we ladies understand as
mourning, and carried in her beautiful
modeled banc? a large boquet of early
spring violets^ the chosen emblem of
the Napoleonic dynasty, and the odorous
harbinger for us all of lovely days to
come anon. Her haw is still the beau
tiful blonde so inseparably connected
with her name, and this is something
that pozzies mo, unless I accept the ex
planation which has been given by
some observers—she wears a wig. Cer
tainly there is not a gray hair visible
Otherwise she has aged indeed. She
looked positively haggard, palojis a ■
ghost, her drooping, fatigued eyes en
circled with the bine rings cure and anx
iety. Her faded appearance formed a
great contrast with that of her son. a
rosebud of a young fellow, in the first
blush of joyous youth, up to anything
you like, yon know; and evidently just
bubbling over the pleasurable’excite-
ment at the thonght.of going ont to the
seat of war with numbers of the great
est “swells” in the British army. One
has only to see these two relics of tbe
Imperial shipwreck to fully understand
what a fearful sacrifice it mast be to
Eugenie to give np her boy, even for
tho short period of four mouths, which
is supposed to be the length of his stay
in Africa. She is the‘French-mother to
to the very letter, qnite a different be
ing from an English or an ^American
maternal "parent.tgjShe has no sangfroid
with him; idolatry is legible in every
glance. Since his departure her condi
tion is alarming. Tears sobs nr»d
fainting fits have succeeded each oth
er almost'uninterruptedly, while cries
of “0, mon fils; man fils, ckeril" have
wrung the hearts of listening attend
ants.
CHOICE selections:
The evidence of true holiness is, ha
tred to, mourning oyer, and forsaking
of sin.
Be an importunate beggar at the-
throne of grace.
Wbat wonderful condescension? God
beseeches me to be reconciled to him.
Nothing is more calcnlated to quiet
minds in troable than viewing all things
in the hands of God; and that God i&
my friend.
Resignation to God’s sovereign wilT
in trying times displays wisdom and se*
car es comfort.
There is not bat one place of rest for
the human mind, and that is on the
Bock, Christ.
Those who are intended to do any-
eminent service for God are always emp
tied of self, and led to see their nnfit-.
ness for their undertaking; then they
trust simply on God’s wisdom and
power, and He gets all the glory*—-.
Young Christian's Pocket Book.—
Thousand of emigrants beyond the-
Mississippi are shouting “Westward
ho!” As many as 3,500 arrived afc tho
Union depot, Kansas City, daring a
single day last week, and set their faces,
toward the West. Last, season they-
came by families, .bv sections, and by-
hnndreds; but this year it is by thon-
sands that they empty themselves from
the care at the depot, and at once taka
seats in the westward bound trains..
The various roads had calcnlated upon
a heavy travel this season and them
anticipations haye been more than ver-.
ified.
A fetvath telegram received in Chi
cago from England states that the acre-,
age iu wheat in the United Kingdom
shows a decrease this year equal ta
about 3,000,000 bushels. This is in the
neighborhood of L000,000 acres less,
than was seeded in 1878.
William Gasket, who was rescued
from the Indians by Caster, says he was.
a Mountain Meadow oaptive, Ms life
being spared on account of his age,
which was only ten years. His young
er sister, taken ac the same time, after
wards became the wife of Bed Clone!,
the Sioux chief, and nqw refqses to fort
sake him.
Hoeace Maynard, minister to Turkey,
and family, have arrived at Newport,
B. L, on a visit to their £
tenant Maynard, one c
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