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Ste JilontgomorQ iilmtitor*
D. C. SUTTON, Editor and Proprietor.
WHEN THE CHICK ESS COME HOME
TO ROOST.
Ton may take (lie world a* it comes ami goes
And you will fie sure to find
That fate will square the account .-ho owes,
Whoever conies out behind;
And all things bad that a man has done,
By whatsoever induced,
Return at last to him, one by one.
As the chickens come homo to roost.
You may scrape and toil and pinch and save,
While your hoarded wealth expands.
Till the cold, dark shadow of the grave
Is nearing your life's last sands;
You will find your balance struck seme night,
And you’ll find your hoard reduced,
Y'ou’ll view vonr life in another light.
When the chickens come home to roost.
l’ou can stint your soul and starve your heart
With the husk of a barren creed.
But Christ will know if you play a part,
Will know in your hour of need;
And fhen as yon wait for death to come
What hope can there be deduced
From a creed alone? You will lie there dumb
While your chickens come home to roost.
Sow as you will, there’s a time to reap.
For the good and bad as well.
And conscience, whether we wake or sleep,
Is either a heaven or hell.
And every wrong will find its place,
And every passion loosed
Drifts back and meets you face to face—
Wlk'ii the chickens come home to roost.
Whether you’re over or under the sod
The result will be the same;
Y r ou cannot escape the hand of Cod.
You must, bear your sin and shame,
No matter what’s carved on a marble slab,
When the items are all produced
Ton’ll find that St. Paul was keeping “tab,”
And that chickens come home to roost.
CLAIM ENTRY NO. 113,783.
BY SAM T. CI,OYER.
Far out in the southern portion of tlio
territory, near where tin; sinuous waters
of Snake ereek have changed the unusu
ally undulating anil gentle rolling prairie
into high and precipitous bluffs, there
stood, in the fall of 1877, an isolated
claim shanty.
There was nothing about (lie exterior
of this little shack to distinguish it from
hundreds of its kind scattered through
out Dakota, unless it was an indefinable
air of neatness, that seemed to exude
from the cottonwood timber, of which
the shanty was constructed.
A close inspection would have revealed
a suspicious white something, stretched
across the only window the cabin boast
ed, and this, perhaps, caused the grow
ing sensation to ripen into a feeling of
certainty that a woman’s deft hand had
been at work, and that the shack, rough
and ungainly as it. was, gave shelter to
one of Dakota’s fair pioneers.
At least such wore the impressions re
ceived by a tired, dust begrimed traveler,
who hail for some minutes been intently
viewing the surroundings, and now sud
denly emerged from Hie tall grass that
encircled the claim and walked slowly
across the open space which served as a
fire break.
He was evidently a stranger to the lo
cality, and, as he drew nearer the shock,
glanced furtively around, as though
taking a mental survey of the premises.
His shoes bore evidence of along, weary
tramp, and his clothes were soiled and
dusty from close contact with the tall,
dry grass through which he had trudged.
A dark sombrero helped to shade a face
that was thickly coated with dust, and
over which streams of perspiration had
coursed on each side in fantastic streaks.
A heavy, blond mustache almost con
cealed a small and irresolute mouth,
which, with a pair of light blue eyes,
lent a somewhat wavering expression to
the features.
As the man passed the solitary window
he hesitated and stopped, then, with a
nervous pull at his moustache, strode
quickly forward anil rapped sharply on
tho door of the cabin.
A moment’s delay and it was opened,
revealing the figure of a woman, who
stood in the doorway, looking almost in
to the intruder’s eyes.
As soon as her eyes grew accustomed
to the sudden glare of the, setting sun,
which shone full upon her face, they
rested on the tall, broad-shouldered
stranger who had so boldly ventured on
her claim.
There was a startled recognition, and
an involuntary cry escaped her lips; then
she exclaimed sadly:
“What! you, Stephen?”
“Yes,” returned the man, quietly, “it
is I, Relief: may I corne in ?”
The question seemed to recall the
woman to herself, as she stood gazing in
a vague, yet wistful manner at tho ap
plicant, who, hat in band, stood peni
tently before her; then with a sudden
resolve, as though born of some inward
struggle, she stepped back a pace and
said quietly:
“Yes, Stephen, you may.”
Motioning him to the only chair the
cabin posessed, she seated herself on a
low box, which, covered with cretonne,
served as a settee, and for some minutes
gazed intently at the bare door.
In silence also the man sat nervously
fingering his sombrero and evidently
waiting for her to speak. At last, the
stillness becoming intolerable, he rose,
crossed to where the woman sat with la r
head bent, and, grasping her right hand,
cried:
“Oh, Reef! Reef! say that you will
try to forgive me. I was liewitehed,
crazed, an imlieeile; but oh, Relief, my
wife, 1 know now that J love none but
you.”
“Your wife! Stephen, how dare
you ?”
She had disengaged her hand and now
sat with head erect, looking him steadily
in the faeo. There wa nothing scorn
ful in h“r gaze, nothing to denote the
outraged feelings which tlii man, her
husband, had trampled upon, but in
stead a quiet, mournful expression lin
gered on her face as she continued:
“Yes, once your wife, Stephen, but
the time has gone b forever when you
could so address me, and you have for
feited all right to use the title.”
“God knows I have wronged you.
Relief,"“Raid the man earnestly, “lmt 1
have been punished enough for it and if
hard work and a long life of walehful
earn devoted to you might in a measure
atone for my cursed lolly, there is no
sacrifice 1 would not make if you would
once more give me tho right to call you
by that dear name.”
A sudden (lush suffused her cheeks,
and there was a rising inflection in her
v oice as she replied:
“That name, Stephen, you cannot
speak until you have proved beyond
doubt your right to use it.” Then
growing a trifle more eveiled, she added:
“Why have you followed me out hereto
recall those days when the name posess
ed such a deep and holy significance;
when l so foolishly believed that you
really loved me; that your cares: cs wore
pure and for me alone ! Why have you
disturbed me, 1 ask. and where is She !
that you are not with her : ”
The man started at the latter question
and shifted uneasily in his seat; then,
lifting liis eyes to the flushed face of his
inquisitor, in a low, unsteady voice, lie
answered:
“Relief, she is dead!”
“Dead, wliat mean you?”
“ldslon, Relief. When on that
never-to-be-forgotten night, you acci
dentally overheard my words
of passion for Edith Melrose, until
then your nearest and dearest friend,
you, perhaps, and with good reason,
thought it th<‘ outcome of an illicit, love
long concealed from you. Yet such, 1
swear to you, Relief, was not the case.
“1 will not attempt to deny that I
had always admired your friend, but it
was only in the manner that 1 would re
gard a handsome picture or an elegiii*
work of art.
“For, as you know, she was beautiful,
strikingly so, and my artist eye had long
been attracted by her splendid physique*,
but until that fatal evening never had l
had an unholy thought regarding her.
Whether it was the wine I had drank, or
tlie gleam in her eyes that led me on, t
know not, nor will 1 try to palliate my
offence by offering excuses. During tho
temporary lull following a waltz, L stroll
ed out in the gardens with her and al
most before I knew it, had seized her
hand, and in burning words declared my
passion.
“Barely had I snatched one kiss from
her lips, w hen you, Relief, like an aveng
ing spirit, burst upon ns and in vehe
ment tones demanded the explanation of
such a scene.
“Edith lied, and I tried to mumble
some incoherent words. But your mood
had changed, and without waiting you
scorned my advances and passed into
the house, never deigning me a look.
“That night 1 slept in the room ad
joining yours; your door was locked and
you refused to listen to any explanation!/.
“Next day I went as usual to my down
town studio, but 1 could not work and
returned home early. I was too late,
however; you hail gone, leaving a note
saying in a few Hues you would never
see me again and that all attempts to
seek you out would be useless.
“To your f riends I accounted for your
sudden disappearance by saying that you
hail been telegraphed for by a dear
friend, who was at the point of death,
and you would stay until she improved
or died.
“That was six months ago. Ten days
after you left Edith Melrose was taken ill,
and despite unremitting care and the
best of physicians, she died. Two days
before her death she sent for me and
placed this letter in my hand, saying,
‘Stephen, I can never forgive myself for
having listened to your avowals and for
having wickedly enticed them. I have
implored God’s forgiveness for my sin
ful conduct, and 1 want yon never to
rest a moment until yon have found your
wife and given her this letter.’
“Relief, I never saw her again and as
God is my w itness, that kissyou saw me
press upon her lips was the first and
only one that ever passed between us.
1 have traced you from place to place,
and finally learned, through the merest
accident, that you had come to Dakota
and taken up a claim.”
He paused, raised his eyes to his
wife’s face arid silently passed the letter
for which she had mechanically out
stretched her hand; then his head sank,
face down, between his arms upon the
table and a long-suppressed sob escaped
him.
During Ids recital Relief had been
softly crying and now through her tears
she tried to read the letter. It was as
follows:
“My poor, wronged friend: Lying
here, as I firmly believe, upon my death
bed, I ask yon, as you hope for pardon
hereafter, to forgive your once dear
Editli tlie bitter wrong she has inflicted
upon you. I want Stephen to Hand you
this letter with his own hands. He will
tell you how brief the extent of our
wrong-doing war, but to me the mem
ory of its sinfulness will remain until
death finally washes out the stain. My
sillv vanity has been the cause of all my
trouble and of yours. Not content with
the crowd of admirers at my feet, I de
termined to lull l your husband to the num
ber and deliberately lured him on. Lit
tle did I dream what the result would
lie. God lias punished me for my pre
sumption, but he will yet comfort your
soul.
“Your husband’s pa .ion for me was but
momentary and soon passed away. That
he loves you dearly J am eonvineed, and
1 earnestly pray you will be reconciled
to him again. The doctor tells me f
cannot live much longer, so with my al
most dying breath ( entreat you, my
dear Reef,to forgive my transgression and
return to vour husband's arms. Good
bv, my once dear friend; l am too weak
to write more. Your penitent, living
“Edith.”
Relief was now sobbing quite audibly.
Stephen's face was still buried on the
table, and without a word she quietly
stepped by him, opened the door and
passe 1 out into the night.
The wind, meantime, had risen, and
was now blowing as only those who have
experienced it can know how. The
M l\ VERNON, MONTGOMER Y (’()., (iA., WEDNESDAY, <ll LY 13, IHS7.
bill, dry g r;i-.s was bowed down before
the furious blasts, and entitled that pe
culiar swishing noise so common on
these prairies, like the sound of rushing
water.
But to Relief's fevered brow it was a
welcome change from the eloseairol the
cabin. Her blood was in a t umult, and
her norevs unstrung by the scene she
had just- passed through As she stepped
over the short cut grass around Iho
shack, which snapped beneath her feet
like dry timber, question upon question
rose continually before her. Could she
ever forgive this man who had once for
got but his vows? Mow could she ever
have eonlideiiee in him again? Would
not the next pretty woman he chanced
to meet again entice him from her?
These questions revolved through her
brain in rapid succession, and tortured
her soul beyond endurance, for in spite
of all Stephen’s shortcomings Relief re
alized she loved him.
Slowly she retraced her steps toward
the house, still undecided how to pro
ceed, and as she did so her eves caught
tho reflection of it deep red glare ill the
sky to the south, while lower down a
heavy volume of smoke was discernible.
It was that scourge of the western plain
■—tlie Prairie Eire.
The wind, however, came from Hie
opposite direction, so, although it blew
fully thirty miles a a hour, she felt there
was no cause for alarm besides, was
there not the fire break
(Quietly she re-entered the cabin.
Placing a hand gently upon her hus
band's shoulder she said, “Stephen, you
must give me until to-morrow’ to think
over this question, to night 1 feel so
weak and nervous I might not do you
justice. I will make you a bed on the
floor, and you must try and sleep, for
you are completely worn out. ’
He looked his thanks but did not trust
himself to speak. His eyes followed her
as she deftly arranged the blankets and
made up a pillow for bis head, then
with a simple “good-night,” she ex
tinguished the lamp and laid down on
her bed, dressed us she was, to think.
For several hours she lay there trying
to decide upon the proper course to pur
sue love contending with wounded
pride until finally worn out by her self
questioning, she fell asleep.
Who was awakened by a sense of suite
cation. The interior of tlie cabin was
suffused with light and a dull heavy
roaring was in her ears. In a moment
it flashed over her that the prairie lire
was upon them !
Springing from her couch she rushed
outdoors. It was as slie suspected. The
wind had veered around to the south
east ami Hi" fire she had seen earlier in
the evening was heading towards the
cabin at a furious rate. So close were
the flumes that she could plainly see the
tumble weeds and rubbish as they were
blown ahead of the main column of fire,
by the terrific wind.
The heat was almost intolerable, while
the glare from the flames made every
thing visible for miles.
It was very evident to Relief that her
fire break was an utterly insufficient pro
tection aga inst such a combi nation of
tire and wind, and Unit I heir only chance
of safety la y in reaching the,creek, near
ly a mile distant.
Stephen was still sleeping heavily and
as she. stooped to waken him he
moved uneasily and muttered her name.
It was no time for sentiment, but before
rousing him she bent still lower and
softly pressed a kiss upon liis forehead,
then with an effort she shook him
sharply, crying:
“Stephen! Stephen ! get up, the prai
rie is on fire!”
He awolo with a start, glared stupid
ly around lor a moment, then, catching
sight of liis wife's anxious face, jumped
to his feet.
Relief quickly made him under land
the situation and it only needed a
glance to the south to comprehend how
serious their condition was.
“'the river ! wo must make for it at
once, or we are lost!" she almost shriek
ed, now beginning to lose control of tho
wonderful nerve she had all along ex
hibited.
Stephen nodded, and grasping her
around tlie waist almost lifted her along
ill the direction of the creek. The lire
by this time had leaped across the lire
break and was now lapping up the eot
tonwood shanty. The open space
around the cabin temporarily checked
its progress, but was of slight advantage
to the couple fleeing for their lives.
Almost suffocated by the heat they
stumbled along through the high grass,
straining every munch; to reach the river.
Twice Relief's dll h was ablaze from
the tumble weeds which were blown
ahead of the fire by the high wind, and
each time Stephen blistered his hands
putting it out. At last Relief fell ex
hauster I, after stumbling a dozen times,
and declared her inability to proceed
further.
Then Stephen caught her upon liis
arms, and hei r Hess of her entreaties to
leave her and push on alone, lie plunged
forward with his burden.
It was a noble and heroic effort, but,
alas! useless.
The wind, now blowing fully 45 miles
an hour, carried the flames with it, and,
glancing back for an instant, Stephen
saw death was almost upon them.
Making a dr; pi rate, exertion he man
aged to stagger ahead to a little knoll on
the prairie and there dropped exhaust
ed.
Relief was nearly overcome by the hot
scorching air and could hardly speak,
but as Stephen gently placed her on the
ground, standing between her and the
on corning flames, she gazed up into his
eyes with a look of unutterable tender
ness and whispered:
“Stephen, my darling; you have no
bly red-imed yourself; 1 forgive you—
kiss me!”
He took her once again in his arms !
and pressi d a long, fervent kiss upon j
her poor, parched lips.
“God receive ns both, dear,” lie said (
—and then He re came a mighty rush of i
hot wind, followed by a flaming flood
of fire, and ail was over.
“SUB DEO FACIO FORTITER.”
• * • • ♦
Next day their poor, blackened bodies
were found by a search party sent out
b> seek for sufferers from the lire.
The Ilian’s body was terribly disfigur
ed, all liis clothing being burned off.
What had once been a locket, contain
ing a picture, still hung around the
nock, but this was all that was recog
nizable.
The woman was not so badly marred,
and it appeared as though (he man had
tried to shield her w ith his own form,
until the last. Her hair was nearly
gone, and a small hole burnt in her left
cheek, but beyond Uiis no part of her
body appeared to be injured.
As one of the men reverently lifted
Hie mute form into the wagon, he re
marked to a comrade: “She died with
a smile upon her face; see! it is still
there.”
Anil so it was, for the last thing she
knew on earth was her husband’s kiss,
and she died forgiving him. — Dakota
IkU.
Voters’* Wife.
“My dear,” said Mrs Peters to her
husband the other day, “what does all
the stuff in the papers about ‘Homo
Rule’ mean?”
“It Ricans,” said Peter with the air
of a »?ge, “thill the Irish want to gov
ern Ireland themselves. ’’
“They' are tired of the tyranny of the
( i/P are they ?”
•‘The Czar? What are you talking
obout ?”
“Oh, I mean the Emperor.”
’’Worse and more of it. Do you
menu to tell me that you don’t know
that Ireland is under Iho rule of Eng
land ?”
“Oh, so it is. Isn’t IJneen Victoria
good to them ? I’m sure she looks very
nice in her pictures. She can’t be very
horrid.”
“She’s horrid enough to the Irish.
Now you listen and I’ll explain the
‘Home Rule’ business to you. I want
m/ wife to be informed on so import
ant a subject. You know all about
Gladstone, don’t yon ?”
“Oh, y«s ; he’s C t )iteen Victoria’s son
or something else, isn’t lie ?”
“What are you talking about? Have
I married a raving lunatic ?”
“ There, now ; yon go to getting
cross about nothing, I wouldn't talk to
niv wife like that for all the Irish on
earth. Gladstone is Hie King or Presi
dent or ('zar or whatever the ruler of
Ireland is, isn’t he? But it doesn't sound
like all Irish name.”
“lie's no more Irish Ilian I’m
Chinese. Now you pay attention and
I'll tell you all alioiit it. For years the
people of Ireland have long been dis
mtistw -I
“With Gladstone?”
“No, no ”
“Willi Victoria (lien ? Well. I
“Not with her alone. Tiny have
been shamefully oppressed and their
rights and liberties restricted through
coercion and
“Coercion means the same as prohi
bition does here, doesn’t it?
“Have you any sense at all ? I’d like
to see the English rulers Ijy the prohi
bition game on the Irish in Ireland.
They’d ride tjiiccn Victoria on a rail
and lynch Parliament in a body. This
home rule muddle wouldn’t lie any
thing. Coercion i« a species of tyranny
that deprives the Irish of almost all
individual liberty. You’ve heard of
Parnell ?”
“He’s the man who lias just been
around the world on a bicycle, isn’t
lie.'”
“Great Otcsar ! I’ve a notion to go
right down town and apply lor a <li
voice. Any jury in tlie land would
give it to me in two minutes and a
half! Here! where's my hat and coat?
Pm going off and hang myself for mar
rying such a
“James! ynr’re just as mean as you
can be ! Pin sure I’ve understood every
word you’ve said, and I ’won’t stand
your abuse I
Hut Peters had fled. Detroit Fret
Prats,
Jay Gould as a Witness.
A report of the Poeijtr llaiUmul In
vestigation says: “He was ./ay Gould.
He wore remarkably neat fitting bools,
polished to perfection, a stand up collar
slightly warped over at the corners, a
dailc made-up tie with small blue
figures and a plain gold watch chain
with a pencil on the end. His full beard
reached away up in front of his ears,
and his mustache stood straight out
from bis upper lip, corns tiling his lip.
His rather prominent nose curls down
over liis mustache, liis thin grayish
hair is parted near the right side, and
the sparcc hedge of hair on the top of
his round, shapely head stands bravely
up. His forehead, whose height is en
hanced by baldness, is corrugated with
three wrinkles that go down towards his
nose, liis black, piercing eyes looked
frankly at Inquisitor Anderson, and oe
easionally wandered towards the paper
where the stenographer was writ
ing down what he said. He as
sumed a look of injured innocence, and
talked in a low, bland tone, half of his
voice corning from through his nose.
Air. Gould look the new black Bible,
kis ed it square on tin back, and prom
ised to tell th" truth, so help him.
“Mr. Gould Imre laid down the paper,
took oft'his spectacles, and proceeded to
tell how he had got the securities. He
turned liis head backward or to one
side, looked benignly at Mr. Anderson,
aiul lulked in a low elmst tone, which
had gained in strength since lie started
out. He indulged in wliat might have
passed ns a laugh when uxb d to Tell the
history of (lie great deal. He pro
nounced “yeou” witii a Yankee accent,
and “get’eiii” with informal disregard
of syllabic accuracy, urid he fairly
drove the commission crazy as lie told
tie- story of th" p pi- .ing intricaciesoi
tire deal. ”
THE MYSTERIES OF A DAY
NOTARI.IO EVENTS THAT AUK
WORTHY OE RECORD.
The ('hinest* l-.ilioteis The Aiueri.
ill Clip Pile Driving Ritfen lij
a Snake- ilia Poisoned llat ; etc.,
eli*.
Till? heaviest locomotive in the xvorlt?
weighs I (SO,OOO pounds, and is on tin,
Canadian Pacific. The next heaviest id
the Southern Pacific's, 15-1,000 pounds;
the third weighs 115,000 pounds, and ir
on the Northern Pacific; and Brazil
owns tho fourth, weighing 111,001
pounds.
An immense swarm of black crickets
recently appeared in a 150 aero field n*
corn near Sylvania, (la., and destroyed
nearly all the young corn, which was
just up and growing finely. It is said
thill, t here were lit tie burrows all over
the field where the insects had stored
the corn lifter cutting it. down. Tho
pest is thought to bo local.
Mb. liidkk 11 auo akii, tlm author of
“She," was recently in n bookseller's
shop. A smarlhy dressed lady entered,
and inquired for Mr. Haggard's books.
Khe deinaiired at I lie price, remarking,
“The fact is, I am to meet tho author
at dinner to night, and I want- to read
him up a bit, but lie is not worth thirty
shillings !”
Tin-: clip won by the yacht America
was a subscription cup and raced for in
a regatta of Hie Royal .Squadron around
the Isle of Wight, -she being one of the
fleet of schooners and cutters started.
It became the property of the owners,
and was afterward known as the “Amor
oil's Cup” and given into the custody of
the New York Yacht ('lull as trustee.
The America was a keel schooner.
Tiibki: years ago a mill, r ninth flew
into tho ear of J. It. Stall), n halier of
Wilmington Del., and all efforts to dis
lodge it, were unsuccessful until, a few
days ago, milk poultices and salt, water
baths drove the insect, out. The insect
Imd remained all Hie time snugly en
Sconced just within the drum of the ear,
and when released flew several feet be
fore dropping dead.
Daniici. Hai.i., an aged farmer of Slur
genu, Mo., wanted to marry Widow
Parks, buxom and 'll. The hour fn»
tlm wedding was fixed, I lie parson came
and the wedding guests, mid then came
also tho sous of Mr. Hall, and they ob
jected so strenuously to the wedding
that tlm old man went home with llieni
linwedded, and flm widow says that she
wouldn’t marry him now, no matturliow
old lie was.
Or.n Mr. Rico arid young Mr. Farmer
of Wilson, N. ('., quin relied, and as the
old man advanced threateningly tlm
young man pulled a pistol. They were
separated without harm being done; but
a few ruinut-es afterward Mr. Rice said
to a friend: “I think it is cowardly in a
young man like that to draw a pistol on
an old man lil c me, and I tell you I am
mad about if.” With llicse words the
old man gasped and tell.
Tub happy go lucky style of men who
have been in Wall street nil their lives
was illustrated by a silver lm-ircd man
in the Pith Avenue Hotel: “Yes,” he
said, “I’ve got some stocks and if every
thing goes slick, I II be at Long Branch
in first class shape for a month, bang
around the Adirondack!! another month,
fetch up at Saratoga and Newport; but
if things go wrong, what’s the matter
with Harlem fora summer resort ?"
On one occasion the late Henry Ward
Beecher had jumped from the train Is
the platform at one of the stations to
get “ma,” as he always called liis wife,
ft sandwich. “Ma” sat gloomy and sail
fin e.I, and attracted the attention of an
old lady, who approached her and said,
sympathizingly : “(finer up, madam,
cheer lip. Surely, w hatever may lie you r
trial, you have a cause of great thank
fulness to God who has given you such
a kind and attentive son.”
Bibthdav boxes are among new inveii
lions for raising nu riey, and are used by
some Hudson River churches. These
boxes are placed in prominent places in
churches and Hu in lay school rooms, and
upon the birthday of any member of t he
church or school that person puts into
the box as many pennys as lie or she is
years old, and continues this practice
each year. The boxes are opened every
six months and in this mariner quite a
snug sum is realized.
Komi: two or three years ago a former
page of the United States Senate wrote
fin- venerable (Senator Morrill, asking
him if In would send him tin Conynsi
iiniiil Utrorti during his four years of ser
vice, saying that possibly 40 years
hence tie might wish to look over the
pager: and see wliat company lie used to
keep, Vermont’s grand old man re
plied, “I will try and secure them; if
unsuccessful, 40 years lienee come to me
and I will loan you mine.
A vam'ahi.k marc belonging to Hugh
While, of Annawan, 111., fell into an
abandoned well last, week and remained
tln ir for hours whinnying piteously un
til In r owner’s attention was attracted to
the spot. Even then no one knew how
to rescue the animal until a genius
from the village proposed that, the well
should Is; flooded from the pumps at the
elevator. This was done and the mare
came up with the flood and when the
Well was full swam safely ashore.
A HNAir.’s pace need not be Used any
longer as a term more or h -s indefinite.
By an interesting experiment at the
Polytechnic it wits use. rtained exactly
and reduced to figures which may now
1m- quoted by persons who favor the use
of exact terms. A half dozen of the
mollusks were permitted hi crawl be
tween two points ten feet apart and the
average trace was ascertained. From
vhis it was easy enough to calculate that
line snail can crawl a mile in just four
teen days.
VOL. 11. NO. I!>.
A IlmDKi’Oßi) man Inis liec'n troubled
of Intr by M small sore appearing upon
bis forehead. Hr could not cxpliiin it*
cuiisc, but il kept increasing in size and
soreness, lie bathed it with 11 healing
lotion and covered it with court plaster
and still it continued to pain him. To
day lie discovered the source of the trou
ble. It was a si.lull green tag which
the manufacturer or merchant laid
placed upon the baud of the hat. A
physician told him that the sore was the
result ot poisoning due to the arsenic in
the green bur.
Miss Ki.viiia Druanoy is dying in a
New Loudon hospital from the effects
of a bite of a rat. Six weeks ago, while
in I’orto llieo, on her aunts plantation,
she received the bite as she lav in a
summer house. Nothing was thought
of the scratch, but before the big Mo
ral icy reached New London with Miss
Delaney she was suffering from blood
poisoning, and now there is little hone
of her recovery. It. is thought, that the
rat linn eaten poisoned rood placed
among the sugar canes for the purpose
of killing him and his kind.
In iui article on pile driving by ma
chinery, Mr. (Moments, a good author
ity on I lie subject, states that some work
of this description which has come un
der his observation, shows that pile*
driven with tho steam hanimar have
greater capacity for sustaining loads t linn
those driven with the drop hammer.
The instance is given of a railroad com
pany which some time ago had several
hundred piles driven to protect their
bridges from ice, a portion were driven
by a steam hammer, some being in clus
ters. and part standing alone. As matters
have proved, those withstanding the lift
of the ice have invariably been the’ones
driven by the steam hammer. ,
Ciiim'.hk laborers will not work in tho
big canyon through which the Cascades
division of the Northern Pacific road
runs, because several Chinamen have
been killed t here. They think it is in
habited by devils with strong anti Ohi
licse sentiments. Nine Chinamen vvero
killed there some time ago by falling
trees,and ten eollins were sent up. This
was looked upon as a bad omen by tho
Chinese, and they were very uneasy as
long ns the spare eoflin lay around eanip.
It was not,long until a rumpus occurred,
and a Chinaman was shot. Tho Chi
nese thought that this death had been
brought about in order that the odd cof
fin might be tilled, and they concluded
10 leave the place, and cannot bo in
duced to go back.
maini: < im:it causes a suicide.
Crunk Boynton Kills llimsell' lint ti
er I ban Testify Against a Neigh
bor.
A special to tho Boston (IMte from
Portland, Me., says that Frank Boyn
ton, a, veteran of the last war, commit
ted suicide rather than give testimony
before the ( band .fury against a neigh
bor lor selling eider. The prohibitory
law has been lately enforced against tho
farmers in Maine, who have heretofore
bet n aeeiistomed to sell the eider they
make every fall. One of tho victims of
the law was a Bar Mills man, who, in
ignorance of tilt* law, eontiniied to dis
pose o f the product of his little eider
mill.
One of the witnesses called to testify
against, him before the (Irand Jury at
Alfred was Frank Boynton, an old sol
dier and a man noted among his fellow
townsmen for his high sense of honor,
lie was asked if he ever bought liquor
of his neighbor, the farmer, and an
swered that lie could not give evidence
of that kind against a friend. He was
nt lasi allowed to go home, but. was or
deled to report at Alfred again the next
morning, and was plainly fold that ho
must then make up his mind to give
i I. nee against his friend or else bo
I ared to go to jail. Mr. Boynton,
on his ret.iiun home, talked in a very bit
ter and desponding way of the affair.
Befell, lie said, the disgrace of the sit
uation in which lie found himself, anil
said more than mice tlml loan old sol
dier like himself life was not worth tho
living without honor. Larly the next
morning Boynton I* It the house and did
not return. Search was made for him
and his body was found a short distynco
from Ids lemse. The remains lnv in a
shallow pool of wafer just deep enough
to cover the face of the dead man, who
lav f»co dowu vs Uie w»ier.
Viinderhill’s Temperance Views.
(’ornelius Vanderbilt is one of the un
compromising total-abstinence men of
New Vork. A row of stores is to Isv
built tlii- summer on a site opposite the
(band Central Depot. Os course the
sit nation makes the place, desirable for
11 taururils to catch the travelers, hut no
rum is to be sold there, and young A'un
derbill lui provided in the deeds for
pi i pel ua l pr< >h i bit ion of tho liquor traffic,
so far as that feet of street front ia
concerned. “If there is one spot where
there might not to be any saloons,” he
said, in answer to my inquiry, “it is
within iglif of a railroad station. I have
observed that men waiting for u train,
especially in a strange city, are pretty
sure lo wander into a groggery if they
see, one from the station. If I had my
way about it ! would prohibit by law the
sale of intoxicants within an eighth of
it mile of a railroad -tntion.”
Will VIII.K llllll.KM.
A1 the sale of Lord Crawford's library
in Loudon, Fug., the Ms/.arin, otherwise
the <bittenln.rg Bible, the earliest book
printed with movable inetal types in
original oak hoards,was put up at $3,000
amt was sold for $13,000. Tyndille s
I’enlateiieh in black letter, brought
$1,300; Tyndiilc’s New Testament, in
bl.uk letter, $1,200; -Miles Coverdale's
Bible in i.nglish black letter with wood
i uts, folio, the tirst .English Bible printed,
brought $1,200.