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.MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.
Ji>Tlri! :mhs m ins a I’Al’Kit UK*
luillilii; i.'Til « i .vi l.ltv
ei.i n.
n ml Incomd*! ent lani" 1'iilfornilly
to be M-rt»r«*«l Onh i tiro null «!•«* C’ommI*
liiiuin ol ili«; I wit oil *tn lea.
At a meeting of the Nineteenth Con
tnrv ( . iii Chief-J'. Lee Noah Davis de
liven'd 01 address upon the burning
theme of marriage and divorce. In the
addre - Judge Davis said :
But the greatest <v;l in this country
grows out of the differing laws or the
several •States touching the grounds f ad
effects of divorce, J liavi no time to
point «-r.t these difference*. They run
the gamut of conjugal infelicities,
ing ffi ni adultery down to incompati
bill tv of temper, l and in homo cases oven
to coid , .cct. , A. hi nnon thn -
subjee "’ill agree that uniformity of the
grounds of divorce ought to exist
thro";' non. ml the . a os. I 1 '
wiil prevent the iiiecsHant begin* from
Htuh>. to State of pMBOUH woekiug <> a -
cape the bonus of mat rummy and that
vast procession of c-ds that follows sue i
efforts. It is a monstrous fact that a
per: f«n can leave the State of h s rest
ileuf o Mil in a brief 1 j mo obtain m tho
courts of another State a decree of
divorce entirely valid in that State, but
absolut.’v void in the courts of other
States. His remarriage is lawful there;
it is felon v 'depends else where, and his guilt or
innocence upon which side of
an in: ciliary Slate line he happens to
stand. This would bo less important if
the stains of his wife and children, past,
pres, t and future, were not to be seri
ouslv otwied bv the decree Let us
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ffinsteate
PROPERTY ANI) HEIRSHIP.
A is married in New York, where ho
has resided for years, and has a family
and is the owner of real and other estate.
He desires divorce and goes to Indiana,
where that thing is cheap and easy.
Of«>n complying with some local rule
and with no actual notice to his wife ho,
gets a decree of divorce and presently in
married in that Btato to another wife,
who brings him other children. III.
ogam acquires new . Hates, but, thing of
lm seeond who he deserts her and goes
te, California, where m a brief space,
be is again divorced and then marries
again, surfing a new family and acquiring
new real and personal estates. In a few
▼ears lus fickle taste changes again and
he returns to New York, where fie finds
Iiih first wife 1ms obtained a valid di
vorce for his adulterous marriage in In
dhum. ▼ - Winch * , sets * her , free . and "te forbids
m man ving again >u her lifetime. He
then imps into Connecticut, takes a reel
donee, acquires real property there mid
gets judicially freed from las California
bonds He returns hither takes some
new line affinity, crosses back the New New Jersey York,
and in an hour is ...
enjoying so much of h.s estate as the
court* have not adjudged to hi* first
:Siis,
Ho dies intestate. Now, what is the
legal status and condition of the various
cibzoiiH has given toonr common
country a * : mi The it first t wife e * a cluldren iii an
legitimate and heirs to b.s estate every
wnen. The Indiana w.fes children are
legitimate there and in New D; rk
tin. marriage hav n« taken place after
ii* firs! wife had obtained her divorce)
but illegitimate ... Indiana
where, while the second crop of New
and (’aUfornia. There is real and per
Boual property in each of these States,
Ti.erc are four widous each evtitled to
dower pome where uuu to sumo extent,
and , a huge . number \ of c surely i mnocent
Cluldr.u whose leg. n.aey and pro,arty
area. take. And all these legal end,ar
raaameutH laws* apnnir from want of uniform
ity of on a subject which should
admit of no more diversity than the
question of citizenship itself.
A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
The - lily direct way is to authorize the
establishment of uniformity by the only
diction. power that It can needs have but universality two words of added juris¬
to tli«* fourth subdivision of section 8 of
the Constitution of the United States so
that it shall read: “Congress shall have
power (o establish a uniform rule of
naturalization and uniform laws on the
subject throughout of the bankruptcies United aud divorce
States."
But we are told w ith holy horror this
would produce centralization (whatever
that may mean) ami ought uot to be done.
But it is one of the very subjects ou
which centralization ought to exist; lie
cause, while it would leave the State
courts f >■''(» to act in their respective
sphtn-s, Congress divorco should and the so jurisdiction define the
groin: - of
of the Mil- et that judgments would be
universa.iV binding and accepted.
IVoEten Ramblers.
A Washington letter savs: It is whis
vails among lilies' :u s,H-nd circli here
loan "esiKs ! irminc 'div' extent true^recarding This is oerhaus
nnnw i the
\Hx»pto ir-sKiitti? at hotels, w hore Untie*
are wout to get together during the dav
to while a\vav the hours iu waitiug for
the several ovVnt< of the evening. It is
relatCil t J unite large sums ot monev
bor'e*’'nes "One clrmge vi.umr liatids in sa.dGo eisea of tins
sort !:ulv is have
losf as Inch UN ; ’ A at one sitting. The
monev had b e» given lu r by her father
to buv a new dre-s. ami not being a pro
fessioual aud not much of <1 business
person sbe concluded after losing that
she wanted ' - r.. .ov bock.
Never hold any one Be* bv the button, or
the Laud, ....... in order to to be heard hear) out, , m t- ter for
if people are unwilling to hear you. you
had better hold your tongue than them.
The of klnerican Wheelmen
has 718 members in New York, 582 in
tetomeonteStetesit AIfts.--’oiniM>t*s and 5Id hL™ in Pennsylvania, members:
It has 3 398 mewters in ail
HER A SO EE.
Margery cowered and chouched in the door of
the beautiful porch.
There were beautiful people ... there, and they
all belonged to the church.
But Margery waited without; she did no*
belong anywhere
Kxcept in the dear lord's bosom, who taketb
the children there.
An;l through the open doorway came floating a ;
lovely sound; I
hj u , Bi, n t her i yi» and imagined how the angels
stood around
With their barpH like St. Cecilia’s in the picture
on the wall—
All, Margery did not doubt that so i look' d the j
siegers all.
"Suffer the little children !” sang a heavenly;
voice somewhere, !
Or ll.e soul of a voice that was winging away
in the upper air;
"Let the children come to me !” sang the ange
in her place,
And Maigmy, listening, stood, with upturned
eye* and face.
to •” And 1
, k . t th( . m .., me me
' ‘ Jo,ight j . I
* h for the Tolee, to follow ;
reitl(!( ,
She did not say to herieif: , “I’m , coming! . » «* Wait •*
for
, in her fMC , and it leaped in her
^
Up the stair to the singer she ran, she touched
the- hem of her drem
But tlm choir were bending their heads, the
preacher had risen lo bless
T1 ,. fcv ,. r( . n t throng, and alas, bewildered
MllI .„, y ,
u H , Voice Jia« ceaM-d, arid the gingers have
tlirn[ , d tl „. ir eye8 on thee.
They look with surprise at her feet, and again
at her ragged gown,
And on. by one they pass with a careless smile
or u frown;
But tho sweetest face bent near, and-“I
came,” said Margery,
'Tor I thought tw»s angel sang, ‘Let tho
children como to me! ’
With a tender sigh ... tho singer took the child
upon her knee;
“I sung the word* for the dear Lord Christ
my Martf'Ty.
And so, for the. dear Lord Christ, I take thee
home with me ’ ’
-“It was ail angel sang !" sobs little Margery.
anna V. Uukmiam, in H ide Awake.
ROVE HEYOND PRICE.
r.Y LOUISE D. MITCHELL.
of the Willcttes was a model
e ftnd thriftiness. Never did
8 fiml a i, ro ken fence-rail
* u ntr immed hedge, | ’ for in spite of
, f of )ts own r ftI1(] the want of
noth wa » neglected. himself Farmer
" ‘ WBH wont to draw up
‘ md tleclftre thu t although he
! u ° l.- flAI4 n .wi i,n«
self to rim the *. f farm, r m nn do nnp one ill in niJi8i<ie Hillsi Ip
nould * ' boW)t „j a prettier ' place ' or better
ftU mmlH th an ho .
the old-fashioned farm-house his
Jeanie made the domestic
£ ^ ]v0 HmooUllT whiJe his gentle,
e 11 ftte wi(e a88ist ed’in the lighter dm
Jennia Ba w were even toe
“ r her ft , <;bIcB0M .
* t heir lives ran on in one dull, oc^
m otonousl rontinc nuti | an event
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“ l ^.11 1 , 1 ”; ^ , ___ G ,, f Lu .
* \ \ dowl , the e.lv, %*• ’
where . he had been ^ working, v to . lus
™ °
„ v , sit . H e laughed at
J “ , for plodding along on a
farm when he might make a for.
me in the eitv. ’ashamed Aud Item (foolish boy
^ to confide his in
^st, straightfGward , 8 f ut l„ r , and leave home in
s.i * ' 101 ‘ ’ way, sneaked
tho d ead of night, leavmg a note
° h.s par.-.its tlhat c .a s
h " A ! 8
M ^vhontlSr farmer heard of the flight of
ma . sou Ins , wrath *i was fearful f ,.r,, i to , , behold, . ,,
“ heat of hi8 , inger h „ swore
„ tJ . m 8hould IU , v , r hia door
, , (orl)ade aIly u)eution , :f
8 uome b , Y C1,her ,, " lfo or .. dau y « , h -
-
.,. r
They obeyed him, aud only when in
the so.itude of her own room did Mrs.
Wiiiette speak of her absent bov ‘ to the
sympathizing Jennie.
Nine months passed wearily by, and
only once did they hear from Tom, who
sent a letter to his proud father to crave
iiis forgiveness; hut the father’s anger
hud uot yet cooled, so he returned the
letter, stying that be had no son, and
he never wished to hear from the bov
who once occupied that place in his
home and affections.
Poor man! He had placed only all hopes and
,,f future greatness in his sou,
110 wonder the hard-working farmer
found it a difficult task to forgive Tom
for destroying his ambitious plans. He
was not the man to complain he to could another not
of his misfortunes, and as
afford to hire another hand on the farm,
he worked harder than ever.
His tall figure began to stoop, and his
inw rny hnir lloCAnle snowv white. He
would go to the house at meal-time, but
too much to do.
that set Jeanie to thinking how she
conW lighten his cares, and she finally
ooneln Unl to hurry over her own w ork
w-'U then take Tom*« place upon the farm
as tar as she was able; ami it was acorn i
sight to see the young girl with a
torn straw hat, faded dress, and with an
old iwur of Tom’s stout btXAts upon her
f^q whip in hand behind the plow
urging Ij f the old horses on But Jeanie
d a eore. l’atl. r had more time to
. ’,‘ j , h e fancied he was losino the
i, ur b care-worn look that b hail sett'ed
upon his face since Tom had run away,
As for Mrs. iiow Wiiiette, the anxiety and
care as to thev should manage
through the coming’ | winter, ldgreaUy aud the
for er s „ a< to
n }u , r a ; re . l( j v f tV p; 0 f ramt? , and one
daT j to r0 alitv that her
'
mother was daugc - •’ iU.
“Father.” Jem d, stopping the
farmer as be v .....ing the house—
“father. 1 fear in. .r is sicker than we
know."
“What!” shouted the farmer, unheed
iDg Jeanie’s motion to lie quiet, “your
mother sick ? Why, you must be crazy
girl! She told me this morning tbatslie
wasn - t ugoin - to get up till after break
fast 'cause she felt tired like; but she
a i n ’t much sick. I reckon, else she would
a told me;” and with a few more words
Jje } inrr j e ,} away w bj] e Jean. ran up to
, ier mother’s room and bent over the
bed.
“Mother, dear,” she whispered, ten
derly, “do yon feel ill ? can I do anything
for you ? ’
“They told me that my Tom had run
away, and it isn’t true; I know it is not,”
jittered the invalid, as she tossed rest
lessly about, while every now and then i
moan broke from her lips.
-lean was very much frightened, fo
she could net understand how her mother
could have forgotten that Tom had run
away so long ago.
“Mother,” she cried, laying her cool
though Laid hand upon her mother's
burning forehead, “don’t vou know me ?
It is Jean—your Jean. Oh! what shall
Ido?” and with tears of helplessness in
b ® r **** immediately «he prayed for guidance
Almost a thought struck
her.
from the room and down the
stairs Jean entered tiie kitchen, and
seizing the old dinner horn she blew it
repeatedly, then waited anxiously. Yes,
, )er father - s voice wa8 hallooing to her.
Once more the hoarse tones of the horn
fl oated down f Q her father at work in
the pasture, and it was with a sense of
relmHhaUhe^aw nim , . striding rapidly
“What U7 . < is • it, , Jean, r girl.?’ . he asked,
panting for breath, as he neared the
house. In a few brief words she had
told him all and bidding lier run back
to her mother, he hurried to the barn,
As Jeanie sat heard by the bedside clatter of her
mother she the of the
horse’s feet. Running to the window,
she saw her father ndiug rapidly toward
the village. Tom? Why
“Where is don’t some
oody bring him from the field ? I must
speak to him,” cried Mrs. Wiiiette, ex
clte(lly . “I s he dead? John, John, you
r
W" him-our boy-our only
one— oh, John 1 would
Her last words have melted her
husband's proud heart, far’ could he have
Jieard them; but be was away, seek¬
ing the village physician, whom lie
fortunately to’nmke found just professional stepping call; into but his
buggy Willette’s ft startled
Fanner appearance
■did urgent entreaty caused the doctor to
change his destination, and they were
soon driving toward the Wiiiette farm.
Jean hurried forward to meet the
doctor as he, enter*, d her mother’s room.
“Is _ she very ill, sir . Oh, tell me .
she cried, grasping h s arm in her ex
citement.
“Becalm, Miss Jeanie, . lie answered,
soothingly, ‘ for J imvo only you to de
i.end upon as nurse. \es, I fear teat
Mrs. Willtes is a very sick woman, lie
once more bent over the invalid, who,
having swallowed a soothing potion, now
lay quiet with closed eyes.
Ttw farmer had stood eageriy watch
ing the doctors face, as he spoke to
Jean, and he now stepped for ward .
“I say, doctor,
ciau’s arm and speaking in an awe
struck voice, “you don’t mean to say
that my Wife is very sick, do you ? ’^
“lam afraid so, Mr. Wiiiette,’ was
the reply as the doctor rapidly wrote Jean, a
prescription and handed it to
“Your wife was always a very delicate wo
man, and she should have never married
farmer—least of all a poor one, ’ he
a
added in a low voice, yet not so low but
that the husband caught his words.
“No one knows that better than I
do,” tho farmer mentally said; while
aloud lie asked:
“You will call again this evening,
sir?” - - .
“Yes, „ ’ answered the other man as he
soft ly closed the bedroom door and
walked along tho coid, carpetless hall
followed bv Air. Wiiiette; “yes, I will.
Bnt Mr. Wiiiette, to be frank with you,
your wife has some trouble on her mind
over which she is constantly worrving;
and, indeed, I believe that this trouble
j I stood has partly still, caused and the the better illness; to emphasize and—” he
! bis words, he laid a lmml on the farmer’s
: shoulder, “and until that trouble is
cleared away I can give you no hopes of
her recovery. I did not tell your daugli
jter of this, because I wished first to
, make it known to you,”
“You are quite sure of this, Dr. Bar
j jow?” the farmer asked, in a forced
voice.
| “lam, fond sir. AD. Tom, Wiiiette, your wife
j was very of wasn’t she?” Dr.
j Barlow asked significantly; and without
j w aiting and for an answer be sprang into the
i buggy was soon out of sight, leav
; ing the farmer to awake to the astonish-
1U g truth that l.is wife’s life » de
spaired of, chiefiy because he refused to
‘ allow the boy whom lie had disowned to
return to his home and his affections.
Slowly he donned his hat and returned
-« his work, feeling weaker and more
unmanned than he bad ever been before.
“Which means.” he said angrily but
! T ,b the ' ^ wffih “that l at J iTm TcW fs
. „ , a
St^Snd teTTom^idS ^ Nm^f
« V“ 0 bo dlsmlssed tbe sub ^ ect fronl
his mind.
That night Hannah attend Briggs the came to .
the farm-house to to house
work, that Jeanie might give all her
time and thoughts to her mother.
Oh! how wearily the days and weeks
crept by with no change for the better
m the invalid whose never-ceasing erv
"as for Tom. Then she would imagine
bcreelf conversing with her husband.
’ T ? bu J" sbe Cri f d ’ &*>***■
TOU dout know: P«ba } is he was
-
tempted to go; forgive him for my sake,
dear;’’ and yet for the sake of his stub
born pride her husband turned a deaf
ear to her cry.
There came a time, however, when it
"as almost too late. Grouped about
her ted that night were Jean, the doc
tor, and the fanner all waiting for either
life or death, tbev knew not which.
Without, the night was most beauU
fnl, so calm aud so solemn. The gentle
breeze moved lazily through the leaves
pou the tall tree* near the farm house
with a sound like the rustling of angels’
sings, while near by lay a soul battling
with death. there
As the watchers sat
lbe ? be i.fpLr Struck twelve
lew ml a nd the sound of
footsteps ascending the ,, stairs . -
hushed
and coming toward the sic room. e
door was pushed steadily open and the
figure of a young man appeared m the
moonlight. Unmindful of the other oc¬
cupants of the room, he moved toward
the lied and bent over the prostrate
form. said . low and
“Mother,” a voice speak to it is
brokenly, “mother, me;
Tom.”
That simple word had an effect that
all the doctor’s medical skill had failed
to compass, A smile, taint but almost
heavenly, curved the mother's lips,
“MvTom—John, forgive him !” The
weak 'hand relaxed its hold upon the
large brown one, and with a little sigh
Af rs . Wiiiette fell into a refreshing
sleep. is saved,” Dr. Barlow whispered,
--one involuntarily bis
thankfully, and eyes
rested upon the farmer kneeling _ beside
(he bed, with his face buried in lffi
handf} ^ile deep sobs shook his heavy
*
r
God’s mercy had overwhelmed him.
At last he arose, and with bowed head
and quiet footsteps be stole from the
room, and after a few moments’hesita
tion Tom followed him.
No one ever knew what pissed in that
interview—no one but God and the two
men concerned in it. Suffice it to say
, T AedSblySd never returned SsnkfSiy to the city,
Willptt-p farm for Tom became had“vw more
patient, more subdued man it linau eve
seemed possible for him better to be. under Ana
gradually th«e arose a
standing between bis father and himself,
or in toe bitter « W I M
learned they found that above and bey ond
all else there is o be desired that love
tlmt is beyond all price.—c/u mum ac
Vor/c.
a Texas Caltle (jueen.
A Galveston letter to an exchange
says:—There is a genuine cattle queen
in the person of Mrs. Bogers, who lives
between the King ranch and Corpus
Christi, about fifteen miles from the lat¬
ter place. Her first husband was a cow¬
man named Rabb. Eight here I should
explain that a decided distinction and
difference there exists between a “cow¬
boy” and a “cowman.” The former is a
hired man who rides alter the herd; the
latter is his employer who owns the cat¬
tle. Well, after Babb from a small be¬
ginning and by good management and
thrift had accumulated a iierd of 40,000
cattle he died aud left all to his better
p, a jf been help-mate in every
sense of the word, and not only under
stood the business but had managed it
successfully during her husband’s long
i]i neS8- Widow Rabb was not only
thrifty, but she was pious aud belonged
j 0 tl ie Methodist persuasion. A young
preacher by the name of Rogers came
along, under whose ministration she
grew in grace and the result was a mat
rimonial one, although the odds in age
were j n favor of the parson by some
thing like twenty-five years. She had
children and he had seven, but she
jq ie motherless bairns under her
w jugs a nd the alliance has turned out in
every way successfully. Rogers had
not long been married to the widow and
per cattle when he acquired a bad case
n f ijfouchitis and was compelled to give
np preaching. Such cases are frequent,
q le w idow gave him notice that she
wag oomueteut to run the ranch and has
kept the'cattle in her own name, Rogers
knowing no more about them than any
()f ] lis neighbors. He took to politics
when he found his services were not
needed at the ranch,
Mrs. Rogers, although worth a round
million, lives in have quite an ambition humble home
and appears to no fur
ther than to carry on the business her
husband left her and accumulate money
and cattle. She goes to Corpus Christi
every week or so to sell stock or pur
chase supplies, but has no taste old, for
dress or society. She is fifty years
but rides a horse like a cow-boy, and
does not even own a carriage. She
never entertains any one except the few
people who visit her place on business,
and lives in the plainest possible man
uer.
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Asking Tor a Divorce Divorce for lor ills His Mother .iioiner.
The Denver Republican says: JohD
Alokri has taken a solemn oath that he
will not drink any intoxicating liquors
for a year to come. Back of this little
episode is an interesting story. The jus¬
tice was leaning back in hia ebair on
Wednesday evening, when his reveries
broken by a sweet, small voice,
.,
“£***> “• wflnf ft divorce ”
*■*, ? ,J im d roiselesslv an
P , , - mj i )OV
' 1/1
• - .-‘-j 1 with a divorce
‘, , „U| .. t wanted it for his
. _ i, 0 H,’„n nroocedp,! to tell -i
toJoimMokri. pnmnlinisntarv
The ufehin said Alokri
his fathe1 ’’ but that be W;ls al ™- YS
druuk ’ 111111 that be abused bls wlfe and
^sellffig Dewspapere
biother had earned money enough to
purchase a small house aud lot, and that
they now supported their father The
judge heard their story and then referred
the little chap to the deputy district at
torney, who induced the youngster tc
make complaint against his father for
vagrancy. It was on this charge that
Mokri was arraigned, and it was on Ins
promise to “swemr off’ and “brace up’
that the justice administered the oath.
"V ~7 -“
English . Miners.
-
There are 500,000 employees m . the
coal mines in Great Britain, and in 1878
about 1.413 were killed, and within the
last ten years, since the passing of the
Aimes act, the yearly average thirty-eight has been
1,200, or one in every em
ploTed, as compared with one in seventy
live'of British sailors lost at sea. There
are many other accidents in mines not
oflieiidly recorded, and it is believed the
total lives lost in English mines is v>00
every year-forty-eight every week, or
eight every day.
BERBER’S EXPERIENCE.
flrnphlc Arroant of Hi* Excltlnjr Jonrner
to the Penitentiary.
Berner, the Cincinnati murderer, dur¬
ing his terrible experience, proved him¬
self to be remarkable, not only for hi?
courage but for his headwork in moments
when his life was in great peril. He
reached Columbus in charge of a reporter
of the Cincinnati Enquirer, who gives a
graphic account of the incidents of the
exciting joumev. After his reception
the wagon containing the officers was
turned toward Loveland, while the re¬
porter, accompanied by Berner, footed
it to Fosters. When this town was
reached it was nigh noon. Dinner for two
was ordered at a small beer saloon, and
while it was preparing the reporter and
prisoner walked slowly up and down the
veranda. After a hearty dinner, which
the prisoner stowed^ away with a relish,
the worst part of the trip followed. This
was to reach the depot without exciting
suspicion. After a caution to the pris
oner, who had assumed the name of
Louis Stegman, the march to the railroad
was taken up.
When within a few feet of the coveted
spot a man sprang suddenly from be¬
hind a tree and scrutinizing the prisoner
closely said: “I guess you’re Berner,
aint you?” The prisoner flushed, but
quickly regaining his courage, said:
“No, I ain’t Berner.” The man walked
off not wholly satisfied. When the sta¬
tion was reached no one but the station
agent was to be seen. In the space of
five minutes, however, the platform sur¬
rounding the building was filled with
men, women and children, all eager for
a glimpse of Berner. The prisoner
bore the ordeal manfully and said, “My
name is Louis Stegman.” This did not
seem to satisfy the crowd and threats of
lynching were freely indulged in. A
large-sized man, who seemed to be kind
of leader, started off after a rope amid
the cheers of the crowd. The threats
became louder, and just as the enraged
populace were about to vent their
wrath on the trembling wretch the
whistle of an engine was heard, and the
next instant a passenger train stopped
in front of the platform. To rush the
prisoner onto the train was the work of
an instant, and before the crowd was
aware the train pulled out. At Miami- and
ville, ten miles below, the reporter
the murderer alighted. just about
The Columbus train was
due, and it shortly hove in sight. Con¬
ductor Holloway, in view of anticipated
trouble, hustled the reporter aud Berner
into an express car. The doors were
securely barred on the outside and the
uncomfortable journey commenced.
Bailiff Moses occupied a seat in one of
the passenger coaches to avert suspicion.
As the train neared Loveland the crowd
was seen charging toward the depot.
Cries of "Hang him, hang him,” etc.,
were heard on all sides. The prisoner
crouched tremblingly in a comer of the
car. He heaved a sigh of relief as the
train pulled out. At Foster’s the baffled
crowd still hung around the boarded depot, and
as the train pulled out it was by
several men, who marched through the
aisles, crying for the murderer. At
South Charleston, Morrow and Xenia
the crowds thronged the cars murderer. crying out At
for the life of the young
the station South of London the train
officials were warned that a crowd from
Springfield had reinforced that of Lon¬
don and that the avowed intention was
to lynch the prisoner. again barred, and
The doors were as
the iron horse pulled “Hang into the the murderer,” town of
London cries of
“Turn him over to us,” “Kill him,” etc.,
were heard on all sides. In the dim
twilight faces could be seen peering
through the harrow panes of glass in the
doors, and the crowd could be heard
tramping over the top of the care. The
trainmen, seeing the danger in delay,
pulled out ahead of time, and the pris¬
oner was again safe. Arriving opposite
the Penitentiary, the door was unbarred
and the reporter and Berner jumped
from the car into the arms of about a
dozen officers. There was quite an as¬
semblage present, and the prisoner by was the
hustled along at a lively rate and
officers. The prison was reached
Berner hurried into the office, and from
thence into the jail proper. The officers
heaved a sigh of relief as they put their
man safely behind the bars.
How He Lost His Free Pass.
Some time ago Judge Q., of Nashville,
was pressing a suit before a Stewart
county jury against the railroad in an
action for damages for killing his client’s
cow. “What is that thing, gentlemen
of the jury, what is the name of that in¬
strument of death fastened on in front of
the engine?” asked the Judge, with well
feigned ignorance, “It’s the cow
catcher,” replied one of the jurors.
Q.; “Ah “Ah ! ! “I I I thought thSngfit thought so,” so, continued Judge
so. And yet Judge
Lurton, with more cheek than any j -Ming
man I ever knew, tells you that the
railroads do not intend to destroy your
stock, even while they carry a cow
catcher, put there to run your cows
down and catch ’em and kill ’em, as the
the name of the fearful engine of destruc¬
tion implies—even while the roads
fasten this cow-catcher on in front of
the traiD— yes, gentlemen, it is fastened
on to chase your cows around and catch
the poor things and crush the very life
out of them.”
The Judge got his §75 verdict for a
§15 cow; and what's more he got his free
pass “tuck up” on the way home, and
has been paying the usual per mile-em
ever since .—Eashville World.
A Mine Horror.
A dispatch from Pocahontas, V a., says
the drilling for the ventilation of the
m ine has passed through into the entry. .
There was immediately a forcible escape
° Vhe
e mng stench, which made the rem men verv very
eick. Two fire bosses were on the
ground at the time, and they say there
was no indication of gas or fire. iney
made the necessary tests with lamps,
and all that they discovered ^as an
abundance of foul air. The water' wun
which the mine was flooded will be
gradually possible drawn off; search and as for soon.there- the lnU
after as a
victims of the disaster of the 13th ult
will be instituted. .^ 1 ^ be
be brought out, and an fl dis
held to establish the causes of the ,
aster.
THE JOKER'S BUDGET.
IVflAT WE FIND l.N THE flOIOROCS
I'Al’UiS TO tolllLL OVEIi.
TITE VISITOF..
“What is you doin’ to be, Tommy,
when dit a man? ’
you
“I dun know. What is you doin’to
be?”
“Why, I’m doin’ to be a liver’-stable
dan, so I kin ride in a horse and buggy
every day.”
“Oh, I know what I’m doin’to be ! I’s
doin’ to be a preacher, so 1 kin dit chick¬
ens to eat all the time, and ponn’ cake,
too.” -Kentucky State Journal.
VERY HARD LCCK.
Jones—“It is too bad. I believe I was
born on an unluckv day.”
Smith—“Why “Here I so ?” obody, and
the am, 1 _ made _ '-ere sits a yet
man that to-day in the
halls of Congress, and he don’t ac
knowledg “That ehis debt, either.” To whom
is strange. are you
referring.”
“To Colonel Blank.”
“But lie owes all his political success
to his brilliant war record.”
“Yes; but if it had not been for me
he would not have had any war record.”
“How so ?”
“I was drafted and I sen t him to the
war as my substitute .”—Philadelphia
Call.
mANTATION PHILOSOPHY.
De bes’ work whut a man does is alius
slow. De co’n sprout doan rush its way
through de clod.—When a coward takes
up de notion o’ fighting he ken whup a
brave man. De snappin’ dog what backs
inter de fence co’ner is awful.—When a
’omau comes ter me an’ tells me dat one
o’ de neighbors is bad, I knows dat one
o’ dem is bad, but de ’nman whut does
de talkin’ is de one. -De man what am
alius at work ain’ no sign dat de neigh¬
borhood kain’ do widout him. De suck
aig dog is pekin’ roun’ while de foxhoun’
is er sleep.—De fack prospecks whut o’man follows. is alius
greater 4en de De
fish pulls mighty hard fore yer dat git him
outer de water an’ yer thinks a ounce
cat fish weighs ten poun’s ,—Arkansaw
Traveler,
A SHREWD MOTE.
Minks—“Yes, my boy, I am going to
Salt Lake City to live.”
Finks—“But you don’t expect to be¬
come a Mormon, do you?” tell
Minks—“Certainly said not; You but don’t I have
Mrs. Minks I so. see,
a special object in settling where a man
can have as many wives ns he wants,
though, of course, I will never have but
one.”
Finks—“A special object?” Mrs.
Minks—“Yes; I never can get
Minks to keep my buttons sewed on, but
I think there wiil be no trouble about
that after we settle in Salt Lake City.”
Finks—“Why not?”
Minks—“When the button? are off I
will just gently hint to Mrs. Minks that
she needs more help, and they will go
on in a jiffy.”— Phila. Evening Call.
A HOME THRUST.
A humorous editor, fiVtear it) A ”^in,
Texas, received a crue.
wife not long since. SL
the theatre, and on her *ub!
gave such a very amusing ac
performance, that her literal
exclaimed :
“Why don’t yon write that out J
you have told it to me ? It would maae
'first-class copy. You ought to write for
the paper.”
“No, I thank you. One crank in the
family is enough,” was the cutting reply.
— Texas Siftings.
HE WAS INSULTED.
An individual who was very unsteady
in his movements wished to obtain more
liquor at one the boulevard cafes. anything at
“I shall not serve you
all,” said the owner of the cafe. “You
have drank like a sponge.”
“Monsieur,” replied the intoxicated
individual, “you have a right to put insult me
out of doors, but I forbid vou to
me.”
“I have not insulted you; I have sim¬
ply stated your condition. ”
“What! have you not insulted me in
comparing me to a sponge ? Please to
remember that sponges are only filled
with water !”—French Fun.
CHANGING THE SUBJECT.
“Your mother and father are well,
Aliss De Cook?” asked youngFeatherly, call.
who was making an evening health,”
“Papa is enjoying excellent
replied the young lady, toying grace¬ I
fully with her fan, “but mamma, am
sorry to say, is far from robust.”
“Indeed !” said Featherly, putting on
an anxious look and getting in a little
genteel work; “her condition is not seri
ous , I trust?”
“Oh, no; nothing alarming. We have
be>n without a servant girl for a week
past ami dear mamma is beginning to
feel the effects of it, that is all. It is a
great trial to us. Aje yon an admirer of
Whistler’s etchings, Mr. Featherly !”—
Phila. Call
_
CONSIDERATION Os' 1 A MOTHER.
A dwelling house took fire in one of
the chambers the other night from an
exploding oil lamp. The flames were
extinguished after a sharp struggle by
the woman of the house, who had her
hands pretty badly burned. She was re¬
lating her adventures to a neighbor next
morning, and the woman asked:
“Why didn’t you raise an alarm—
where was Bessie ?”
“Bessie and her bean were courting in
the parlor,” was the calm reply.
“And yon never called on them ?”
“Not a word. I have known of cases
where a sudden alarm has upset a young
man just as he was about to propose and
changed the whole future of two lives.”
—Chicago Sun.
THE FIRST ONE.
“Yes. sir,” said the politician office to the
caucus manipulator, “the should
seek the man, and not the man the of¬
fice.”
“Exactly,” answered the c. m.
“But in this case when the office starts
out to seek the man-”
“Yes, sir.”
“I want yon to fix it so that I will
the first man that it will find. ”