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American Galvanic Cos., OFFICES: IVo3 lluVtYiul St’.’ PhilaT g—■————s The scarcity of gentlemen at a neigh boring summer resort was so apparent that a Boston lady telegraphed to her husband: “George, bring down a lot of beaus for the hop this evening.” Thanks to the telegraph operator, George ar rived with a “pot of beans.’’—Boston Conner. Wanted a Parole. —A thief was ar rested in Louisville, Ky., on the day liefore the opening of the Exposition. He offered SI,OOO for a parole nnlil after the show, as he had confidently ex pected to pick a large number of ru b pockets and disliked to have his plans frustrated. Staple Food.—lt is an error to sup pose that Neapolitans and Sicilians eat next to nothing but macaroni. Not a fifth of the population of Naples tastes it save on Sunday. It is too costly. Indian meal is the staple food, ®lic 3‘nnimcnnUe #rt3dte. VOL. X. THE PHANTOM SHIP. The anchor's weighed, tho harbor past, Vway ! away ! the ship flies fast. Hie skipper's wife is at his side, In fear sho scans the darkening tide. "Fear not,” quoth he; “thou'rt safo with me, Though the fiend himself should sail tho sea!’ And merrily ho ! the breezes blow, Over the sea the ship doth go. Hie sea grew black, the wind blew high; “A ship ! A ship!” the sailors cry; Down sank the blood-red smi in flame, Hut nearer still the vessel came. She had no sails, no oars, no crew Hut nearer, nearer still sho flew. ('no lone dark man on deck they see, They can hear him laughing mockingly. The skipper stood with frozen stare, His men were white with wild despair;. The tempest shrieked, the sea wa* flame, And nearer still the strange ship came. Down knelt the skipper’s wife and prayed. “God of the sailors, send us aid.” Each stouy sailor bent his knee: Save ns, O Lord ! we cry to Thee !" Hurrah ! Hurrah ! the spell is done 1 The phantom ship is gone, is gone 1 The winds are fair, and fair the tide; The skipper’s wife is at his side. He holds her hand, ho cannot speak, V tear rolls down his jugged check, And merrily ho ! the breezes blow. Over the n.a the ship doth go. Fbkdehick E. Weatijwbt.y Our Kir.st Difficulty. Roliert'nnd I had boon married eight een mouths before we seriously disagreed n any tiling. Our life during that line had not been n season of perfect bliss us some would lmvc it, but wo certainly ind been happy— I ha happy I think as my can before reaching Paradise, and alien our baby came, it seemed ns if oni -up was full to overflowing. I like, even now, to dwell on the joy of thoso days aheu 1 was first n mother, and ns for Robert, I think there never was a proud r or more affectionate father tlmn he. “Well, Esther,” he would say when lie name in at night, “wo are not rich in houses nod lands as some are; hut we are rich ii our daughter; she is liko wis dom, for sire is more precious than rubies.” But 1 know that the fond praise of doting parents is but emptincss to others, -o I will not tire you by repeating all lie .aid. It was not idle talk to mo, how ever; no praise to my imagination was 100 great for my little one, my May 11loss mas ] called her, for sho came t us in the merry month of May. Never, we both agreed, was there a child s< wonderful as onrs, and before the tilth (ranger had been with us a month, w. had laid many brilliant plans for hei future. But I am wandering from my story. Wo wero living in Kansas, far away from both Robert’s relations and inx own. We hail not, therefore, axis gen erally the case, a host of aunts, uncles ami cousins to urge that the child should bo named according to their fancy. S' it come to pass that our lady was noarh two months old before tho subject had been debated. Rut one day, how well I remember it, Robert said, as he tossed her in his arms for a final good-by he foro returning to tho store, “Esther, don’t you think it’s .bout timo this maiden of ours hail a name of her own ? Wilson was askiug mo this morning ivliat we hail decided to call her, and 1 told him I supposed we thought her good enough without a name, for we had never spoken about it.” “Mr. Wilson's child was named before lie was a week old, so I don’t wonder that he thinks ns rather tardy,” said I. “Well, what shall it bo, Esther? Rosamond or Rachel? Rridget or Jo anna? Kate or Arabella? Or haven't you thought of the matter yet ?” “Onr child’s name was decided in my own mind long ago,” I answered, and then for some reason I cannot account for, I hesitated, though I certainly had no idea of what was to follow. “Well, let us hear it. It is something extraordinary, I suppose; nothing less would suit our darling.” “It is Mary,” I said. “Mary! surely yon must be joking. Ton can’t mean it, Esther !” “Why not?” I asked, the blood rush ing to my face involuntarily. “So you have a Byronic passion for the name of Mary. Well, I must ac knowledge that I am entirely free from it. But seriously, Esther, you cannot think of calling our daughter by that i name ?” “But I do think of it,” I responded, “and I cannot imagine what objection you can have, for almost every one agrees that there is no sweeter name.” My husband's face grow dark. “Any name but that, Esther; yon might as well not name the child at all. Hardly a family of any size in the coun try but lias a Mary among its members. ; But I can't talk any longer now; I shall i Itc late as it is. Look in the directory, i and find something else that suits you, | and tell me at tea.” And he kissed both baby and me, and was gone. I can hardly tell yon what my feelings were during the long hours of that af i fernoon. It is true that my husband ■ and I hail differed before in matters of raste or opinion, but it had been com paratively easy to yield them. My child's name, however, was a different matter. I could not remember the time alien I had not looked forward to call my oldest daughter by the name of Mary. My doll-babies, one and all, had been called by it. It was dear to me above every ether name—and now to iUMMERVILLE GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1883. give it ■ up—“ Never, I cannot, and I shall not 1” I said firmly to myself. At tho ten-table that evening, we dis cussed a variety of topics, but both avoided, as if by common consent, tlie one subject nearest our hearts. When the meal was over, however, and we sat together near our littlo one’s cradle, Robert commenced: “Well, Esther, have you found any name this afternoon that pleased you ? I’ve been thinking tho matter over, and I've oomo to tho conclusion that Laura \nd Evelyn suit me very well—Lnura Evelyn Spencer. How do you like it ?’’ “I like both names well enough,” I answered coldly, "hut there is only one name for our daughter, and that I have told you. It ii*4ny mother’s name, ns you know, Robert, and I have always sdd that my first daughter should be my mother’s namesake, but I novel dreamed that you would fool so about it,” [ continued, ready to cry, yet keeping the tears hack by a great effort. “If your mother was not living, Esther, thcro would be some reason for your feeling so, but as it is ’’ “If my mother was dead, I would not care so much about it, for it then could afford her no pleasure,” I cried. “If it were any name but Mary, I would consent, even though it did no, I lease me,’’said Robert. “Como Esther, bo reasonable; there are so many pretty names, and Mary, besides being so com mon, is to me tho very essenco of plain ness.” But my mind was made up, and 1 would not listen. “Sho is your daughter, as well a; mine, Robert,” I said, “and, of course-, you will niimo her to suit yourself, bin to me, she eiui never be any other thai. what I have said.” How our conversation would liavt ended I cannot tell, but fortunately f<>> both of us, it was interrupted by caller: who spent the evening with us, and to the time being our dispute and its cautk were forgotten. At breakfast tho next morning tli subject was not once alluded to in evei tho most remote way, and at noon am in tho evening it was the same. Another day came and went, and stil another, and yet not a word was said. Our table-talk was no longer the pleas ant pastime it had once been, for w found it difficult to sustain a eonv. rs: lion on tonics of minor interest. tho one subject which engrossed our hearts and minds was tabooed. “Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth 1” As day after day passed away, and tine week drew to a close, a heavy weight settled on my heart. My husband ap peared a different person to me. II Beemed to me that a great gulf had come between us; even baby, who before, had been associated only with the purest, deepest joy, seemed olinnged. I could not take her in my arms without thinking of what I chose to call my trouble. Friday morning came. It was a love-' Iy, sunshiny day; but it seemed to ino tho dreariest ever sun rose upon. “Who would think Robert could be so obstinate?” I said to myself, as I rocked my little one to sleep. Just before noon onr pastor called. T was so ill at ease that it was with diffi culty that I sustained ray part in thfs conversation. suppose he noticed m,y agitation, for he inquired if J were we, as usual. For an instant I felt half in dined to tell him all. It seemed as if i would boa relief to open my heart t< someone; but a feeling of pride re strained me. Robert seemed unusually silent at din ner, and I fancied he was looking pah and ill. Ho kissed tho baby, but die not toss her in tho air and play with hci as ho generally did; as for myself, ever; word I spoke cost mo an effort. Whei Robert hail gone, I took my little girlii my arms anil rocked her to sleep, then I threw myself in tho chair again, ani silently brooded over my unhappiness It seemed I > me that a good hearty crx would be a luxury, but it was a luxury in which I had determined I would no: indulge. The time passed slowly away, and I began to wonder why baby did not wake. I wont over to tho cradle. Ifei face was flushed, and I thought lie, breathing yery unnatural. “What it our darling should be ill?” I cried, niu then with a chill at my heart, “ What il God should take from us the cause ol our dispute?” At that thought a groat revulsion of feeling came over me, I knelt down by my baby’s crailla and wept unrestrain edly. “After all," I thought, “is it not nat ural that Robert should not care to hove his child givon so common a name as Mary ? And what right liavo Ito deej-te without consulting him what her nenii should be? Oh, if he would oniy come I” I took baby in my arms and went to tlie window to look for him. Then I re membered his paleface at dinner. “If anything should happen I should never forgive myself,” I said. At last I heard his footsteps on the stairs; I laid baby down and just rusher to meet him. “Oh, Robert 1” I cried, as I threw m arms around his neck, “name her Lam a or anything you please, but do let n loveeich other again.” He kissed me in silence, and tin ; went into the parlor. In an instant he came out, bringing with him my father's wedding gift—a large family Diblo. He opened it, and turning to the Family Record, pointed to a line undei the hea lof Births, It was this: Man Evelyn Spencer, born May 19, 1855. ‘1 wrote it this noon,” he said. I cannot tell wliat happened next, for [ really do not know; but 1 have bail seven children siuco then, and they have all boon named without the least particle of trouble between their father and mother, and in closing this lit tie ac count of our first real difficulty, I thank Ood that I am enabled to declare it was not only our first, but our last, i iisvv no ami lal, though i-vor so great, Sor scorn l a wretch ftir Ids lowly estate; lint what I abhor, anil esteem as a curse, Is poorness of spirit, not poorness of purse. Pauper Emigration. "(lath,” in tlio Cincinnati Enquirer, gives tho following interview with one of tlie Imigration Commissioners in New York city. “This matter of pauper em igration from Europe to tho United States is becoming a serious thing. In tlie aggregate it entails a great deal of expense on tho American people, through their location; and, besides, it admits unknown and sinister vagabonds, thieves and people who spread disease. In Europe the United States is regarded as a short-sighted nation for being so indifferent aliout the basis of its citizen ship being tainted by these degrading elements." “Arc tlioso people sent over as a mat ter of economy merely.” “That is all. Yon see it costs perhaps 280 francs a year, or S4G, to support a criminal in Switzerland, while it only costs 100 francs, or $32, to sent, tho same man by rail to tho port of Havre and thence to America. There is a clear saving, therefore, of one-half or more to get the fellow off to America and have him out of the way.” “Who ships him ?” “It is done by nil emigration agent having relations with ono of tho steam ship lines; that is to say, not a steamship agent exactly, but a man who has n com mission for selling a ticket. They make about seventeen francs, or $3.50 foi every fellow they ship to tho United States hi this way, and tho agent works in with tho communal officers. The Swiss Republic intends no such in justice. "Do wo not also get first-class emigra tion from Switzerland ?” “Yes, of course; and a largo majority of the Bwiss emigrants arc among the heat of all our acquisitions from Europe. They are intelligent, industrious, frugal, law-abiding and trained in tho duties anil responsibilities of republican citizen ship. Of such emigrants this country cannot have too many. They aro mak ing the waste places of tho south anil west ‘blossom like tho rose.’ There are more citizens of Bwiss birth and paront ago in tho United Btales than in all other foreign oountries combined, and the re lations between tho Federal government at Washington and Berne, are, as you know, closo and cordial.” All Together. A pretty girl leaning on the arm of n good-looking young man walked intooni of the summer theatres tho other even ing anil took seats near tho stage. In front of them was a portly gentleman anil iis wife. Suddenly tho gentleman turned around md, looking at the girl, exclaimed : “What, you, Minnie 1 Ah ! Mr. Moore, [ believe.” “Yes, doctor,” said tho young man, nervously, “I thought your noice would like to boo tlie play.” “ Very kind of you,” replied tho doc tor. “Dear me,” said Minnie now, with a blush, “I wish we had seats all together, uncle.” The doctor thought for a moment and then a bright thonght found expression in his face. “I want to talk to yon, Minnie, and Mr. Moore wants to sco my wife about those pictures wo wero talk ing about tho other night. Now, Mr. Moore, you and I change seats. “Oh, yos,” said tho elderly lady. “Oh, ain’t it tixi much trouble for you, uncle ?” queried the pretty girl. “Not the slightest, my dear girl,” and the doctor got up. It is slrango, but tho girl pronounced tho play shocking when the curtain went down, and the young man declared it a bore, and yet tho doctor and his wife liked it immensely. One THIRD OF THE POPULATION l f of the Union is contained within the boundaries of five States, which form a compact section of country between tho Atlantic Ocean anil tho Mississippi River. Now York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois have over 17,000,000 inhabitants, according to tho census of • 881, and if Missouri is added to the chain—making 20,000,000 inhabitants —the six largest States in the Union arc to form one unbroken band. In variety of resources and business interests, as well ns in strength of population, they are of themselves an empire. Teacher— “ What do you learn by the translation of the prophet Elisha ?’ Dull boy—“ That he saved his funeral expenses.” Teacher (severely) “James 1” Dull boy—“ That’s wot my pa says; he’s an undertaker, he is, and I guess he knows. Pa ’lows ho wouhln t like to have folks go off that way nowa days,” In Mobile Bay. In describing tho groat battle of Mo bile Ray, Commander Malian gives an excellent account of tho Confederate ram Tennessee and her consorts, of tho torpe does which formed so great a part of tho dofonso, and also of tho monitors in Far ragnt’s fleet. In his plan Farrngnt wished to com bine a westerly wind and the flood-tide —tho former iu order that the smoko might blow toward Fort Morgan; tho latter because it would help any crippled ships into tho harbor, whitlior ho was resol veil to go, and also because "ho had noticed that tho primers of tho bar rel torpedoes were closo together on top, ami thought it likely that when tho flood tido straightened out their mooring-lines tho tops would bo turned away from tho approaching ships. As at Now Orleans tho preparations were left very much to tho commanders of ships.” In the order of bnttle tho wooden ships were lashed in couples, and the four monitors were in n column abreast of tlie loaders. Tho Brooklyn was allowed to head tho attack with Captain James Alilen. Hardly hud the battle opened when tho iron-clad Tecumseh, Commander Craven, made straight for tho Tennessee, but, before reaching her, struck a concealed torpedo and went down head foremost. “It was then that Craven did one of those deeds that should bo always linked with tlio door’s name, ns Sydney’s is with tho 011)1 of cold water. The pilot and ho instinctively made for the narrow opening loading to tho turret below Craven drew bnck. ‘After you pilot,’ he said. There was no afterward for him; tho pilot was saved, but he went down with his ship.” This notion was full of gallant deeds. Among them was that of Ensign 11. C. Nielils, who at tho greatest risk, steered nn open boat from tlio Metacomot to ward tho wreck of tho Tecumseh anil saved ton mon; eleven others had saved themselves, making twenty-one out of a crew of one hundred. Lieutenant Com mander Jouett distinguished himself greatly, ns did Captain Drayton, of the Hartford, and many others, while Far ragut’s own conduct in pushing ahead despito the torpedoes Ims become im mortal. As for Admiral Buchanan, on the Tennessee, lie proved himself an ad versary worthy of tho conqueror. The fight lasted hut a little more than an hour, but it determined tho fate of the port, as tho forts surrendered a few days later, and the fall of Mobile was affected afterward by tho co-operation of tho army. HOW TO PREVEST STRIKES. Finn Proponed by n Prominent Kx-OA.VInI For tho KHilrninilN of IMhiiiHt*. A Washington dispatch says: The present status of the strike of telegraph operators excites a good deal of interest here. Tho effort to extend it to the rail road operators is regarded with consid erable apprehension, effecting so gener ally, ns it is believed it would, tho busi ness and commercial interests of the country. It is telieveil that such a climax would raise more effectually than ever before tho issue between capital and labor, and that tho public would finally have to interfere and prevent a demoralization of its commercial inter ests by settling tho questions at issue. A prominent ex-officer of the Govern ment, who has occupied a high posi tion in the Administration anil in poli tics, said to your correspondent recent ly that this issue is one that will soonei or later claim the attention of Congress. The welfare' of the country demanded (hat the issues so frequently beingraiseil between capital and labor by combina tions nnil strikes should ho settled by arbitration established and regulated by law. He believed in labor having a gen erous reward, but the endeavor to secure this by strikes resulting in tho suspen sion of important commercial interests and otherwise tending to demoralize the country should be prevented by legisla tion. Tho growth and oppressive meas ures of monopolies were no less to be dreaded tlmn labor combinations, which aro increasing and becoming moro and more powerful every year. Ho favors the establishment by law of a labor bureau i Washington to Bettlc all differences arising between employer and employee. Tho laborer should ap }>eal to this bureau, whose decisions would create public sentiment and ex ercise a sort of moral suasion upon cor porations in granting just and reasonable demands made upon them by their em ployees. If this bureau hail no legal right to establish rates of compensation to employees it would at least have n wholesome moral effect in preventing the numerous strikes, whoso evils are so diversified and widespread, The gen tleman thinks that a bill providing foi the establishment of such a bureau will very likely lie introduced and pressed next Congress. In discussing the mother-in-law ques .ion the Boston Tramcript culls at tention to the fact that there was one .named man who never hail a mother-iu lmv. His name was Adam, and he had not been married twenty-four hours be fore he got into tronble. If ho had had p mothen-in-law, she would have kept a elose watch over the apples, and neither Eve ueir Adam would have got a chance at them.— Detroit Fret Fret*, TIIE FIRST 1 El,Kb It A I’ll. Inlrrrailnf Incldci.tN Ui'lnlt'il h> Mu* Ohlpal Nwrviviiitf OprriUoi'N. While so much is bciug said and writ ten about the present striko of the tele graph operators and tho magnitude of tlio business interests involved with thoso of the telegraph companies, the stories of the “first striko,” and of tlio first telegraph lines in tho United States, told by ono of tho first telegraph opera tors, oannot fail to bo of interest to tho public. “Tho operator” was fonnd ill the porson of Captain Louis M. Clios teau, who now comniauds tho Park guard, but who is also an old journalist. Captain Oliasteau readily consented to give the desired hiformatiorf, and with no memorandum excepting his appoint ment as one of tho operators for tho mngnetio telegraph company ho said: “Tho first telegraph line in this country was constructed betweon Baltimore and Washington about the year 1845, under an appropriation made by Congress. Professor Snmnol F. B. Morse, the in ventor of tho "Morso Alphaliet,” was superintendent of the line, Alfred Vail was assistant superintendent at Balti more, Lewis Zantzinger was operator at Washington, and I was operator at Bal timore. All of thoso I have men tioned are now dead, so that I am tho oldest operator in tho United States. Tlio lino was of copper wire covered or wrapped with cotton. Tho instruments were all very largo, tlie relay magnet being kept in a box threo feet long, which was always kept carefully locked, tho assistant superintendent keeping the key. No insulators wore known nt that time but sealing wax, glass, oilod silk and a very miserable preparation of nsplialtum. i'lio magnets that covoroil tho horse • lioo iron were covered with sealing wax and there were no such things ns thumbscrews to connect two wires. All connections were mnde by glass tubes tilled with mnreury, and the operator in handling these, in case of a thunder storm, hold in thoir hands largo pieces of oilod silk. Our hours of service were V from three to nine a. m., ono to two p. m. and from five to six p. m. I re member tho first arrest which the teh - graph enabled the authorities to make was that of a negro, who was a ward room servant of a naval officer. The follow took the train from Baltimore and was arrested on alighting from the cars at Washington by Detective Cook. The officer placed his hand on tho negro’s shoulder and said: ‘I will take that money and jewelry you stole from Com modore 1’ The colored man was badly frightened, and with tho anxious query: ‘How do you know dat ?’ handed over tho stolon property. The Con gressmen would tolegraph from Balti more to the Washington hotels at which they had been stopping to know the amount of their bills. The answers were considered to lie a wonderful test of tlie accuracy of the telegraph. In fact, at first sight it was little more than a plaything. Our principal business consisted in sending tho names of per sons to Washington; tlie operator there would write it hack, and the paper bear ing the indentation would be handed to tho party, together with a card upon which the Morse alphabet was printed. The experimenter was then expected to decipher tho writing at his leisure." A Fraud. John Mornnda was a successful fraud ulent hero for n week in Salt Lake city. He curried one arm in asling, ariilsaid that he had hurt it by a fall. Then his con federate, William Naylor, came forward with a thrilling account of being robbed by highwaymen, who would have mur dered him had not Moranda gallantly fought them off. "He’s so modest that he lied about his arm,” Naylor added; “it is wounded by a bullet. The scoun drels took my last dollar, but as soon as I get a remittance from New York he’s got to tako his reward.” Both men wore lavishly entertained while pretend ing to wait for the draft, and they found it easy to borrow several hundred dollars before tho time came for disappearing. Exthavaoancb in speech is, of course, very reprehensible, but it occasionally serves to present with emphasis and force a truth which might otherwise fail to make a duo impression. Thus, re cently, when a number of men were talking about an individual of their ac quaintance who hail tho reputation of being rather “closo” in financial matters and unduly fond of money, one of the party said: "I Blionld think he was rather close, indeed. Why, I was in my office the other day, when ho came in to see me on some business. An old fushioned copper cent was lying on my desk, and tho moment he saw it his face lighted up and he reached over for it and clutched it so hard that ho bent it right up double, and afterward I had to hammer it out to straighten it. Oi course, an instant’s reflection caused him to relax liis grip and apologize and say something about second nature, but the incident gave a fair insight into the character of tho man.” And all the others agreed that there wasn’t much exaggeration in the story. A new Kentucky law fixes the legal distance between a church and tho near est saloon at a mile. We’re afraid this leaves mighty few spots in Kentucky where it’* legal to build a church. THROUGH COLORADO. A TRAVEI.ER’H UNIQUE DESCRIPTION. What was Hera aa the Trip, With a Few Krai ark. by tlie Way. Since I came into Colorado I have played at snow-boll with John Sutman on the last day of July. I have seen ladies scrape away tho snow and pick flowers from the ground under the mow, and I havo scon red ripe straw berries picked from green bushes after kicking off a footof snow from over them- This is at Alpine I’ass. I have Been men on horseback along tho railroad tracks, where wo havo men afoot, ns track-walkers; have soon these horsemen draw out a red flag, and ride back a dare-devil gallop over the tics to flag a train. I havo seen tho ticket agent at Mar shal's Pass, 10,725 foet attitude sitting by a roaring tiro iu his office, July 30, while outside the ladies of our excursion were gathering wild flowers and berries, thermometer forty-four degrees iu tho shade. I havo seen the adobe houses of the Mexicans at Pueblo, wherein was more dirt and filth than ever dreamed of by an Eastern family; wherein men, wom en, girls and visitors aliko sleep under straw on a olny floor, in the one room which was aliko kitchen, parlor and bed room. I havo soon Mexican girls with castanets dancing a fandango, wearing nothing hut a few sunflowers in their long black liair, unabashed in the pres ence of a hundred onlookers. I have seen in tho streets of twenty saloon towns open gambling hells, with a sign abovo the door, "Cards and Rum.” I havo seen on the streets of Denver Bplendid houses, tho occupation of whose female inmates ’was only too plainly indicated by a transparency gas lnmp suspended in the vestibule. I haVe seen mountains of rooks thou sands of foet high, with tho stones ar ranged layer upon layer as if built by a mason, as regularly and carefully laid, nnd I have been standing in tho middle of a plain, a flat stone, on its edgo 330 feet to tho top. And I have seen in the Royal Gorge a mountain over 2,000 feet high, and seeming ono big solid rock. NO. 3L I have seen, and hnve in my satchel, specimens of coal brought from the same mountain, one from an anthraeito vein proving up eighty-nine percent, carbon, and another of bituminous coal from a vein eight feet thick, and from a tested field of 3,600 acres and owned by one man. I have seen a girl, dashing over the plains on horseback, dismount to pick a bouquet for her hat, and, calling her Newfoundland dog, step on his back and remount. I have scon an open Bible lying on an elegantly carved oak altar at tho en trance of a rum shop and gambling don at Leadvillo, and abovo the Bible a sign painted, saying: ‘Tlease, Kind Friends, Don’t Swear.” Think of such nn appeal, made in such a way, by the koeper of a drinking den! I have ridden in a palace ear on the Rio Grande railrond, tho name of which, painted oil its side in gilt letters, was “The Blood of Jesus,” followed by an other car named “Heart of the Saviour.” I have traveled nearly 2,000 miles over territory west of tho Missouri in a land which my mind had peopled with Indians, and have not seen a single Indian on the whole trip—not one— ex cept two filthy squaws on the station platform at Cheyenne. Black Sea Pirates. Ailvioes from Odessa, via. St. Peters burg, bring the details of a formidable system of fraud which has just been brought to light hi connection with the shipping trade. The straits of Kertch, or Yenikalo, are one of the most danger ous passages of the Black Sea, and of late years the number of vessels wrecked on the adjoining coasts had reached au extraordinary aggregate. The English insurance companies have paid indemni ties amounting to many millions of rubles. Attention has, however, been drawn to the fact that a great many of these dis asters occurred in calm weather, and other suspicious circumstances are no ticed, snch as fortunes rapidly made by some of tho pilots. Information was sent to London'that an individual named Francesco, a former pilot, of Italian origin, was the head of a band of pirates of various nations—Englishmen, Italians, Greeks and Russians—who modo their living by the disasters on the coast. They were in collusion with the pilots and charged hugo sums for assisting the vessels which tho pilots suffered to go ashore. In less than two years fifty vessels were stranded and had recourse to the assistance of those pirate salvors. An English marine insurance company, on learning those facts, sent one of its agents to Odessa to lay the matter be fore the authorities. A preliminary in quiry has fully confirmed the suspicions of the public, and it is said some govern ment officials aro compromised in the matter. Neal Dow tells of a Boston tragedy that-never came to the knowledge of the police or the newspaper reporters until he gave the information as part of a total abstinence argument. A gentleman of fortune and high social position was a moderate drinker. He went home m a state of great exaltation, and his little boy ran to the door to greet him. The father caught him up playfully, swing ing him about furiously, in his semi-de lirium, and the little fellow’s temple came into contact with the comer of a marble table, killing him. The mother shrieked and fell to the floor, and tne father staggered off to a bed upon which he threw himself, and was soon in • state of drunken stupor,