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COUNTY HERALD.
VOV. IV.
A DECIDED SENSATION.
GEN- MOSBY3 SON AND DAUGHTER
LEADING CHARACTERS-
Together wiiti nun IMIllir The AlVitr
CaiiMttfl by hii incur. Itotw fii
miller anil Mimm M <»►!>$•—,1 Ohi limit
Count K^ijgiircH In tho Or.uim.
New York, Aug. 21.— The Herald’s
Washington correspondent telegraphs
ids paper the following story, which is
printed this morning:
Count Eugene Milkicnitz, of Wash¬
ington; Beverly C. Moihy, of Warren-
ton, Va ; his sister, Miss Stuart Mosby,
and “Shoebox" Miller, of Pittsburg, Pa.,
are tire leading charseti rs in a domestic
drama enacted here, and which, hut for
the poor marksmanship of Mr. Mosby,
would have ended in a tragedy. The de¬
tails of the affair are full of romantic
interest. Count Milkiewilz, several
years 8go. by a brilliant coup which
dazzled diplomatists and financiers on
two continents, secured a concession
from the Chinese government for the
establishment of an intornatianal bank
with a capital of $50,000,000. He rep¬
resented in this matter Wharton Baker
and a syndicate of Philadelphia capital¬
ists, who prop >sed to make the, inter¬
national hank an institution second only
iri importance to the hanks of France
and England. The scheme fell through
for reasons which eve not pertinent to
the recital of the story. The count,
however, was handsomely remunerated
for his eery ices, and since that time he
has made his homo in Washington, load¬
ing the life of a q-iiet man of leisure.
B-.-veviy Mosby belongs to a Virginia
family which has been famous in the
history of that commonwealth since col¬
onial days. He is a son of Gen. Mosby,
of the Confederate aitny, who represent¬
ed this country as consulin Canton,
China, under the Cleveland regime: and
who is now located in Sin Francisco as
the attorney for the Southern Pacific
Railroad. Baveriy is about forty years
old. He is a bachelor and although a
resident of Warrenton, has been absent
from this locality for several years. HiR
sister, Miss Stuart Mosl.y, is a tall, state¬
ly blonde, with a face rather intellectual
than pretty, and a penchant for liiera-
ture, in which she has done some rather
clever work.
Miller’s antecedents will appear later.
It may he said in passing that they are
malodorous in character, «nd t hat they
furnish the ground work for tire dram¬
atic scene which so nearly eu-led ia a
tradegy. Miller came to Washington
about six months ago. Ho brought let¬
ters of introduction to Count Milkiewitz
from a syndicate of Pittsburg capitalists
who have vast landed estates in Far-
quahar county, Va. The two became
fast friends. Miller was frequently at
the count’s house. There he met Miss
Mosby, between whom and the Countess
Mikiewit z an intimacy arose which dates
from their school days. Miller seems to
have hern deeply enamored of Miss
Mosby and in tim-- an engagement of
marriage was formed between them.
Dover I y Mosby returned home several
weeks ago and was informed of
HIS SISTER’S AI’PROACHING MARRIAGE.
He naturally desired to meet his pros¬
pective brother-in-law and look him
over.
The meeting was not satisfactory to
Mosby, who formed a prejudice against
Miller. He attempted to dissuade his
sister from keeping the engagement.
She objected. Her fir other asked her
what she knew of Miller. She repiid
that she knew nothing beyond what she
had seen of hint, but that she believed
ldm to be a gentleman, and that she pro¬
posed to marry him. Her brother hog¬
ged that she postpone the matter until
heeouid --it Pittsburg and acquaint
himself with Miller's antecedents. This
was agreed to, although the wedding
day was near at hand.
Miller gave Mosby a letter of introduc¬
tion to a friend in Prttiburg. Mosby’s
inquiries develop >rl (h*> fact that Miller
served a term of si< yours at tl e River¬
side, Pa., p nitontiary f- r being impli¬
cated in a robbery at Brady's Bend, on
the Allegheny river, 100 miles above
Pitts.burg. Ail old man and his wife
were tortured by the gang of scoundrels
until they disclosed the hiding place of
$21,000 which they had hoarded up. Mil¬
ler, it seems, was one of t'-.e torturers,
but was convicted as one i.f the acces¬
sories. p.isoj.
He escaped from fie reap¬
peared in Canada an 1 relumed to Pitts¬
burg, where lie finished his term. From
the manner of his escape he gained the
sobriquet of “Shoebox' 1 Miller, by which
he is still remembered.
Mosby was also told that Miller was a
bigamist, who had three wives living.
He was further informed, however, in
justification of Miller that die latter had
reformed and again occupied a credit¬
able standing in the business world of
the Smoky Ci’y. But tins did not satis¬
fy him. He did not think that a man
with so unsavory a record should form
an alliance with bis cultivated and
JASPER, PICKENS CO., GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1891.
Uirn sister, and lie immediately tele¬
graphed her:
“Miller is a noted crook, bigamist and
scoundrel."
Tlie lispateli was sent to Miss Mosfoy
at Warrenton, which is scarcely an
hour’s rido from the capital. Miss Mos-
l>y was here and failed to receive it. Bev¬
erly Moshy returned tho next day and
encountered his sister and her fiancee on
Pennsylvania avenue. Ho approached
the two and, coveting Miller with indig¬
nant reproaches, struck him fully in the
face.
Miller escaped as quickly as possible,
and sought the seclusion of his room at
Chamberlain’s, where he was staying.
Mosliy meanwhile consulted with his
friends as to tire course ho ought to pur¬
sue in the niatti r. His own purpose, as
he expressed it, was to kill Miller, for he
believed that tho latter was deliberately
plotting the ruin of his sister, and he felt
that in no other way could the disgrace
of another bigamous marriage he pre¬
vented. He whr finally advised that the
better plan would lie
PERSONAL CHASTISEMENT
of Miller, and this he determined to ad¬
minister at the latter’s own rooms. lie
proceeded there with a friend, only to
learn that MTier had left the city. Fu¬
rious with rage at the flight of his en¬
emy, he started down Fifteenth street
in the direction of tho avenue. He had
gone but a few steps, when a carriage
drove up and Count and Countess Milk-
iewitz alighted. As they started to en¬
ter their house—it is three d.xirs south
of Chamberlain's—they recognized Mos¬
hy. He informed Count Milkiewi'z that
lie wished a private conference with
him at once.
After some parley they stepped in
doors, where Moshy at once upbraided
Milkiewilz for bringing about the be¬
trothal of his sister an<l the count’s
friend.
Mosby believed that the count was fa.
miliar with Miller’s record, and that he
had covertly influenced the alliance to
revenge himself for certain reflections
which Gen. Mosby had cast upon him.
During the colloquy it was noticed that
Mosby had not removed his hat. The
count told him that no man could re¬
main in his bouse with his hat upon his
head. Mosby, whose fury seems to have
gotten the better of politeness, declined
to uncover, whereupon he c runt ad¬
vanced threateningly toward him. Mos¬
hy stepped hack, and drawing a self-
cocking revolver, fired full at the count.
His unsteady aim caused the bullet to
lodge in tlje wainecotting of the parlor
instead of the count’s body, and tiefore
he could lire again he was seized by the
count’s brother-in-law, Mr. Hite, and
disarmed. The matter was subsequently
settled to the mutual satisfaction of all
concerned, by a written apology on the
part of Mosby.
Count and Countess Mdkiewitz left
the city the following day, and are now
spending the heated term at a fashion¬
able. Virginia mountain resort. Mist
Meshy refuses to believe the stories
about Miller, and insists that bo is in
every respect an honorable and upright
man.
Young Men and Th-ir Vaon non.
Where do the young men spend t heir
vacations? This is a question which
must present itself to any observing
person who visits the p opular watering
places, for the young men surely are
not there. You will see lots of girls,
y oung women, if vou like, and very
pretty ones too. but very few young
men. There are little girls and little
boys as thick as daisies in a pasture
field ; there are dignified matrons and
aged dames, male heads of families,
but the young men, where, oh, where
are they ? One P.ilatka man who had
observed this peculiarity gave it as his
belief that a great many young men
were interested in athletics, and they
spent their vacations in making ex¬
tended bicycling trips, canoeing excur¬
sions, yachting cruises, or they w#re
camping in the woods. He thought
that the young ruon of this age did not
care to spend the generally brief vaca¬
tion which they get -hanging around a
summer hotel flirting with the girls,
but would prefer to he out in the
wilds studying nature and developing
their muscle. They have nine months
in the year in which to enjoy yonng
ladies’ scciety, It they want to, but
generally only two or three weeks
when they can rough tt in the woods.
The (Jacen’a ICegiatM.
Washington, Aug. 23.—Sir J. Paunce-
forte, the British minister, to day com¬
municated to the State Department a
telegram from the Marquis of Salisbury
in the following words: “The Queen de¬
sires to express her sorro w and regret at
news which has just reached this coun¬
try of Mr. Lowell’s death.”
Sir Julian asked that the telegram be
laid before tho President, and by his di¬
rection a copy was immediately sent the
family of the deceased. Tho proper ac¬
knowledgement was made by the Pres
dent.
WE SEEK THE REWARD OF HONEST LABOR
BONDSMEN WILL NOT PAY.
THE ALL IAN 3E EXCHANGE IN A VERY
BAD FIX.
Tl»« Bondsmen KcIihc to ray, tint Will
Not Hay What They Will do-Wynn*
SO,one Short Last November When He
nay* the Rond.
Atlanta, August 21.—“In behalf
of Mr. Wynne’s bondsmen, I wish
to say they decline to pay anything.”
This was the remark of Hon. VV. C.
Otenn, of Glenn and Maddox,this af¬
ternoon when asked about the
Wynne shortage in the Alliance Ex¬
change.
They would k ay nothing more;
but there are some facts which have
just come to light that are interest*,
ingin the extreme, It now seems
that there is more rottenness, and
there will lie other developments.
On the first day of November, 1890,
Wynne gave bond in the sum of
$00,000. When that bond was given
the exchange officers stated to the
aondsmen that the business was in a
prosperous condition, and that Mr.
Wynne’s affairs were all straight.
But an examination has brought to
light some fads to the contrary.
On the lflth of April, 1890, Wynne
gave his individual note to the ex¬
change for $2,907.08, on the lfith day
of July, 1890, his nolo for $2,090 92;
and on the 30th of October, the end
ot his first fiscal year, a note to “bal¬
ance,” $4 289.20; making a total of
$9,287.20,
This is what is claimed by the
bondsmen. They say they are not
responsible for this sum, as it w'as
due when they gave Hie Imnd, on
November 1st, 1890. The shortage
as stated this morning is found to be
$20,891.80. The bondsmen claim
that they are not bound for the bal¬
ance. They would not give their
reasons, but it is understood that
they will claim a perpetration of
fraud by the exchange. They say
that they are not f responsible for out¬
standing notes against J, O. Wynne,
that he gave as business agent of the
exchange.
Col. Peek wap seen this evening,
and he is evidently very much
troubled about the matter. He says
that Wynne was short about $3,000
at the end of the first fiscal year, Oc¬
tober 30, 1890, but the books showed
that he paid the money in on that
day. That is what Col. Peek, the
president, says, hut it is a fact that
Wynne did not pay the money. He
may have given his note on that day
and counted it as cash.
The affair is in a muddle. The ex¬
change thieatens to have Wynne ar¬
rested if the bondsmen do not pay
over the $20,000 shortage at once,
hut they think the exchange will
not risk anything like that. The
houses which hold the notes ol
Wynne, it seems will be the losers.
One thing is certain: The bondsmen
have come to the conclusion that
they will pay nothing until they
are forced to do it, and they don’t
seem to he at all frightened, All of
Wynne’s property is in the hands
of his bondsmen, and Ihotf who
bold his nctis have no aesurance
that they get 1 cent.
DRESS RfcFORMERS.
The Work Undertaken by Mia. Frank
Parker and Other*—Tight* to Super¬
sede Stays and Skirts,
Chautauqua, N Y., Aug. 23.—“The
dress reform crusade will bo ultimately
narrowed to two articles instead of
four,” said a women here yesterday,
who is one of the reformers. “Those
two will be tlie tights and the dress.
Tlie days of the fourteen articles of
woman’s apparel, just, like tiie thirty-
nine articles in the religious creeds, are
munheied, and we are on the threshold
of a revival of classic simplicity in mat
ters of clotning. It will be the dress
for the woman, not the woman for the
dress.” This little speech but mildly
reflects the prominence and potency of
the new movement.
Conspicuous reformers arrive at
Chautauqua nearly every day and
even Dr. J. M. Buckley, the little,
wide awake editor of the Methodist
Christian Advocate, is priming himself
for a double-leaded editorial favoring
the reform.
Helen Potter, the well-known imper¬
sonator, came up from New York to
get the latest news on the subject, and
Mrs. Frank Parker, the leader, is sim¬
ply deluged with inquiries.
Numerous movements have failed,
the reformers say, because they were
not comprehensive enough. They
aimed only at one comfort and ntility;
the second was guided by those inter¬
ested in improving the health of worn
nn, berth ignoring or fulling to provide
for the flMiiriit of hetuty. The pres¬
ent. Parker eiusade includes all these
and comprehends even a sUtdy of the
principles of 1'charte. It means some¬
thing more than the mere putting off
of corset s. J t means not hing less than
that the beauty of the line from tin >
armpit to the ankle must he appreciat¬
ed ami insisted upon, and that perfect
physical proportion is obscured if wot
accompanied by grace of motion. The
beauty of the lines of the b male form
must be seen.
To show how the leaven of the new
movement is Tvorking at Oliatitaiiqua it
is only necessary to say, and this is on
the authority of the dress reformers
themselves, 1 hat the young women here
are making sweeping changes in their
wardrobe and that the old style under
garment may !>e lmd for a song. The
younger element arc quite enthusiastic
over the reform, for the spirit of ath¬
letic sports is fairly rampmt hero, and
the girls compete splendidly with the
boys in rowing, racing, tiding, fencing,
club swinging, bicycling, tennis, shoot¬
ing, bathing; in fact in every outdoor
sport. The new style dress fiecs the
young women from many conventional
costumes and gives them greater play of
the muscles. Hence it is that the re¬
formers arc counting converts by the
hundreds in < Ihautauqua.
The Southern girls here are the most
enthusiastic on the subject. Whether or
not it is because the hot weather in their
section has taught them to welcome any
movement t..at discards superfluous
stays and skirts, it is certain that the
young women from Tennessee, Georgia
and the Carolinas, spending the summer
here look upon the abolition of stays
with decidedly more favor than did theii
fathers on the abolition of slavery.
Mrs. Parker has slipped away for a
short rest. Before leaving she said:
“The new crusade means something
more than an embroidered Itathing suit,
as Kate Field intimates, it means some¬
thing infinitely better than Dr. Mary
Walker’s unwomanly trousers, E'iznbeth
Cindy Stanton’s ugly ruflhd bloomers.”
Neither has it any sympathy with Ella
Wheeler Wilcox’s night gown, which is
a suggestion of the bed chamber. Our
climate is not suited to this Mother Hub¬
bard costume. Tiien, too, in the evolu¬
tion of dress you must take into consid¬
eration the prejudices of women. Th*
dresses must he apart from the night
gown. Mrs. Wilcox’s idea ignores the
principles of beauty. If you want beauty
you must follow the outlines of the
figure. The trouble with Mrs Jenncss
Miller’s dress is tiiat the waist line,
which is only one third of the body, is
lowered too much. She would put on a
boy’s vest and a boyish high stiff collar,
The upper part of such a figure would
look like a sophomore in college and the
lower part like a peasant girl. Mary
Seymour’s idea is too nondescript to no¬
tice. Such a skirt, reaching down to a
point near the ankle, with s hoy’s jacket,
vest and tie, would he out of the ques
tion. There Is no unity in the costume
The kmcberhncker notion is entirely too
radical a departure, and is the mere im¬
itation of a boy. The masculine figure
is essentially diff. rent from the female-
figure, and what would suit a man from
point of comfort would not suit a woman,
in the tailor-made custom the figure of
the man is cut in two. in tl> a middle.
The e ffect is triangular and ugly. We
lielieve wo are on the track of the right
system and shall adhere to our present
plan until we can discover a better one.’
Miss Grace Dodge, of New York, was
seen a day or two ago here by a reporter,
and said that she had refused absolutely
to servo on tho national dress reform
committee. While interested in sensible
dresses for women she did not want to
be connected with thepronentraovoment
because of the prominence ii woulrl give
her.
Fo tones lu Phosphate.
The history of tlie development of th-*
phosphate industry by Americans reads
more like a romance than tho truthful
record of a mining pursuit. In Florida
alone, where an experimental venture
was marie only two years ago, the indus
try is already established on such a basis
as to involve millions of capital and cm
ploy thousands of men, adding thous¬
ands of dollars daily to the country’s
wealth and challenging comparison in
prospective magnitude with any of the
great industries of the world,
Tho world’s consumption of phosphate,
which must lie an indispensable article
of commerce until that probably distant
period when the chemist shall manufac¬
ture in the laboratory what tho agricul¬
turist now grows in the field, is now
rated at 1,000,000 tons, and increases an¬
nually at the rate of 25 to 30 nor cent.
In five years 4,000,000 tons will be re¬
quired to supply the markets for the sea¬
son, and io ten yoars 12,000,000 or 13
000,000 will be required.—Philadelphia
Record.
DeL‘*sseps is ill, but thinks he will pull
through to see the Panama canal cut
through.
WILLIAM LOST HIS SENSES*
Tlio Story fit tho ArcMfltit to in* KM>|»mor'A
li noe.
Paris, August 2fi. — ' The Eclair, which
is not given to sensationalism, prints the
following story as confirmed by unquote
tinned authority • On .the night follow¬
ing the departure of the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern from England (he crew
was beaten to quarters and was surprised
to find the quarter deck brilliantly illu¬
minated. An altar had been enacted on
deck bearing the Old and New Testa¬
ments, and the kaiser stood by wearing
a white chasuble with a crozier in his
hand and a black and white mitre on
his head.
He read the must warlike passagi**
from the lestann-nts and invited the
crew to respond. He then preached a
long sermon on the duty of sovereigns
to their people, the whole service lasting
from 11 p. in. to 2 a. m. Tho crew were
•,hen piped below.
At 5 a. m. the kaiser appeared on the
bridge in the uniform of a high admiral,
looking extremely haggard, and address¬
ing the commander, he said: “Sir, re¬
tire to your cabin, I shall take charge.”
The commander replied: ‘‘Sir, permit
mo to observe that we are in a danger¬
ous passage, and that it is advisable for
your majesty’s safety, as well as that of
the crew, that a sailor remain in com¬
mand,”
The emperor replied: “Never mind:
God will inspire me.”
The commander bowed and retiied.
The second officer remained, and the
empoior angiily hade him to retire; the
officer respectfully protesting.
IBS STRUCK THE OFFICER.
The emperor then said: “You resist,
you wretched creature. You troubje
the spirit of God which is in me. This
is the vengeance of God upon you,
dealing the of Her a heavy blow on tho
The officer turned crimson, but re¬
mained until the empiror seized him by
the throat and tried throw him over-
hoard.
In the struggle that followed, the em-
peror fell and broke his knee cap. The
sailors watched the scene paralyzed with
fear. The occurrence was one that can¬
not be forgotten.
FOAMING AT THE MOUTH.
The emperor howled with pain. His
started from their sockets and he
at tho mouth. Ho swore terri¬
bly, and in fact displayed all the symp¬
of madness.
The officers, after a brief consultation,
him into the cabin, padded with
mattresses. Nobody was permitted to
order except the doctor and the em¬
press.
Men were necessary to help restrain
him until his leg was bandaged and a
jacket was put on him. The
crisis lasted three days.
MY3TERY OF THE S£A
A Vessel That Set Sail and Wan Never
Beard Of Again.
From the Fulatkn Herald.
A group of Palatk.a men were seated
on a certain front stoop of a dwelling
one evening recently trying to get a lit¬
tle relief from the extreme hot weather,
which had prevailed during the day.
One of the company was connected with
a large marine insurance office in New
York, and he became very entertaining
in his narration of ship-wreck incidents
and adventures at sea, which had come
under his observation or had been pre¬
served by him in a scrap hook. Fiually
he asked the company if they hnd heard
of the case of the Marie Celeste, and
upon being assured that they had not,
ho proceeded to givo the following inter¬
esting particulars: Tho Marie Celeste,
a sailing vessel, loft the port of New
York some ten years ago with thirteen
on board. Among the passen¬
gers were the wife and little child of
the n» \Bter of the vessel. She had a
valuable cargo on board, and was hound
to Ville, France, on the Mediterranean*
An outward bound British bark righted
tho Mario Celeste when she had arrived
at about '.100 miles we.-.t of Gibraltar.
The bark signaled the Celosto, and was
surprised to receive no reply. Thinking
this strange the British iiore down on
tlie vessel, and with spyglass mado a
examination of her deck, Not a
sign of life was to be seen!
A strange feeling of uneasiness spread
through the crew of tho bnrk. A boat
was lowered, and the captain ar.d a pick¬
ed crew pulled for the Mario Celeste.
Arrived at her side they joined in a loud
halloo, in tho hooo of attracting atten¬
tion. There w-as no response. All was
silent as tire tomb. The captain, follow¬
ed by his men, clambered up the side to
investigate the meaning of this unnat¬
ural stillness, and they commenced a
thorough search of the vessel. In the
she* ts was hanging the weekly wash of
the sailors. Tlie boats were all suspend¬
ed in their places from the davits.
Every rope and every spar was in its
place. Not a marlin spike was miss-
ing. Tlie binnacle and compass were
NO. 43.
intact. Descending the forehatchway
a half oaten meal was found upon the
seaman’s table. Proceeding aft to the
master’s cabin, the remains of an inter¬
rupted dinuor were seen there also, lu
one corner of the room was a sewing
machine, with a little garment still un¬
der the needle, and a lady’s thimble
ying on one corner of tho machine, as
if sire had lieen suddenly summoned to
lire midday ro|rast. Tne money chest
was untouched. The mas'er’s chron
ometer was hanging in its accustomed
place. The mate’s watches were hang¬
ing in their staterooms. Everything was
in perfect order. But where was the
crew? “This," said the man who told
the story, “has never l>eon answered.”
The State Department at Washington
have made these facts known to the
world, lint no information lias yet come
of the missing thirteen souls.
WHY SOME PEOPLE SMOKE.
rue W»ml (lives Tnem m Msnin for Rug-
King and Kissing.
A piculiar assault occurred on July
25th, at Rockville, Conn. A society la¬
dy and her daughter were returning
from a neighbor's house and had en¬
tered their own yard, when a man
opened the gate and rushed after them.
They recognized him as one of the
most iothientiai citizens in the city. He
chased the ladies into the hall and began
to hug and kiss them.
Their screams soon brought a large
crowd. The man, when confronted with
his angry accusers, said that his actions
were the result of fits, to which ho was
occasionally subject. The indignant
women and their friends would not ac¬
cept this excuse, and the man’s family
physician was sent for, while the poor
fellow stood a captive at the muzzle of
an indignant husband’s revolver. When
the doctor came, ho corrolxirated the
story of the assailant and the huslwnd
was appeased. Tho doctor says these
fits arc the result of excessive smoking.
Tin! Term "Ktqulrr.
The term “oiquire” is still used in ad¬
dressing a communication to a person !
supposed to be a gentleman. We all
know (lie derivation of the word and the
significance attached to it in the old
ehivaliric times, when the “ecuyer,” a
youth of gentle birth and a candidate
for the spurs and chain of knighthood,
was attached to the personal service of
a duhhed knight, whose colors he wore,
whose shield he bore, whose charges,
arms and accoutrements were his pe¬
culiar care. To attain knightly rank, it
was not only necessary to lie “born” in
the (lei man Benue, but to havo been care¬
fully trained in ail warlike and social ex¬
ercises, and to have pa«Bed through two
preparatory stages of chihvalrlc instruc¬
tion—that is to say .pagehood and squire-
hood. By the time his term of novitiate
had been completed he was qualified, at
the age i f 19 or 20, to fill up any vacan¬
cy that death or promotion to knight¬
hood might create among his master's
esquires, in which capacity it was custo¬
mary that he should serve for several
years—indeed, until some conspicuous
feat of valor of his own, or special re¬
commendation on the part of his chief,
brought him immediately under the no¬
tice of a royal prince.
O Idly enough there is no equivalent
for tlie term among the ticular distinc¬
tions that obtain currency in any and
every E nrope&n country. “Esquire” is
a purely English absurdity, neithr per¬
petrated nor comprehended by any con¬
tinental people.
LOWF.LL ON NEWSPAPERS.
The late James Ituss 41 Lowell knew
tho value of tho daily newspaper, and
had the talent to express his apprecia¬
tion in a striking way. Hoar him:
Think of it. For three dollars a year
I buy a season ticket to the great Globe
theater, for which God would write the
dramas (only that we like farces, spec-
lacles and tragedies of Apollyon better),
whose scene shifter is Time and whose
curtains are rung down by Death. Look!
deaths and marriages, notices of inven¬
tions, discoveries and books; lists of pro¬
motions, of killed and wounded, and
missing; news of fires, accidents, of sud¬
den wealth, and as sudden poverty. Ho,
upon that mood of mind which seems to
isolate me mankind from another super¬
venes, in which I feel that I, too, un¬
known and unheard of, am yet of some
import to my fellows. Are not heie
two who would have me know of their
marriage; and, strangest of all, is not
this singular person anxious to have me
informed that he has received a fresh
supply of Dimity Bruisgins?
But to none of us does the present,
even if for a moment discerned as such,
continue miraculous. We glance care¬
lessly at the sunrise and get used to
Oion and the Pleiades. The wonder
wears off, and to morrow this sheet in
which a vision was let down to me from
heaven shall be the wrappage to a bar of
soap or the platter for a beggar’s broken
victuals. Nevertheless, our editor comes
not far within the shadow of a Mount
Sinai ae Mahomet did. yet chooses rather
to construe Moses by Joseph Smith. He
takes up the crook not that the sheep
may tie led, but that he may never want
a warm woolen suit a*d a joint of mut¬
ton. * * For which reason I construe
the name of editor not from edo, to pub-
fish, as from eao, to eat.