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Newspaper Page TextTHE MERCURY. PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY • NOTICE. a*AU eommonleatlon* Intend*] tor urn paper mail be eoeompenled with tbe taU name o( the writer, not necessarily tor pnbU- eetlon. bat as a fuaranteo or good faith. We ere la no way retponilble tor the Tlewi tr opinion! of oorreepondente THE MERCURY. THE MEHCUIT entered W eeeond-olam mdttei at toe toto deierUle FoWofflre, April 0, Uto . ' —V. ftoademlUa, Wuhiaylan Ch*9i Cto mumn at A. J. JERMOAN, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. $1.50 per Annna VOLUME VI. SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1885. NUMBER 27. A. J JERNIGAN, raorainoa ana rcauiato — 8ube<Ttnt|on_._«. —|lJi pm tW City of Sandirtvillo. raABBtoeair miiitimd. Mayor. J. N. GlI.MOItE. Aldermen. W. 1!. Thigpen. B. E. Bough-ion. J. D. Roberts. A M. Mays. 8. G. Lang. THE CARDINAL’S FUNERAL. Clerk. O. 0. Beown. Treasurer, J. A. Irwin. Marshal. J. E. Weuiion. 1109 ea mi olirnirirsTrPHrD.pj,, A MBIT TREATMENT For Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dye- pcpsla, Catarrh, IJeadache, Doblllty, Bh«n- mstlsm, Nonralgia, and all Ghronto end Nervous Disorders. A. CARD. W*. the undenisnetl, Town of Vtnnllli. Wo, tho underoiiniod, lntlii* roeolvod *n»ot ono Ivrvnrv 1 , 1 b * ,ne ^ t th« uno of “COMPOUND autl PoU?’ " dnil » , j* t **wd by Urm. Storkov Mill PoIoir of pfiil^Vlphln, unit being Mtlafle i that it * . u OTer,r ! n . w 1 w flc»l ,cie P c «j and oil Hint it Ll!Srti. fnr,i ' cnnaHor it a duty which we owe to tho ““**»*» win* are Milferinf frem chroni • and Jnlendant. John 0, Harman. Aldermen. J. F. Mbikmon. J. D. Prankun. J. 51.'Brown. J, R. Pritchard. j many the „ •o-called “lncnraWe , » d>reaaea w« a..,... , u „ make Itatirtuea known and to Inapiro the pu‘lUfwith innfldence. l»TO .... They a | peraona! know! d C e of Dr*. Rtarkey and ley are odnca’ed, Intelligent, ennaefentiona I'Hjr.Lienn. wiio wl I not, we are eure, tnakn any Mate* IU.r»"t u c " **”.7 l *° * ,0 I nnow ».r lieliere to be true not ! tiatiraonlala or reporta of cMeawblobart iot genuine. Clerk. 8. n. B. Mambt. ..... t. b, AunruuiL M PhlleHJlphu ‘ wr " Au " lu "'* Hone Hseaslna," V. L. CONRAD, Editor "Luthoran OtiMner," Philadelphia. Pllll.Anrt.ruiA, Pa„ Jane I, 1181. In order to moot a hAtorel Ini Marshall, J. O. Hamilton. A. C. WRIBHT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. 105 Bay St., Sivumak, 6a. foTWill praotloo In all tha Courts. In order to meote netorel Inonlrr In reeerd tooui pmtoeelonel end pereonel eUndlns, end to rite In- creaRed cnnfhlencein our atateinenie and inthegHn* iiim noea of our leatinmniala and icporta of caeea, we P™-. , lTf b V!V c ?7 , t/ ro,n « p ntU;tnen well and widely hncwti and of the highest penwmal character. , P"' * onOonipound Oiygnn.” contelnlng • nlatonr of the dlbcoferyof end mwie nt action of till* rs’tnarkalile ciirattre agent, end a large record of aur- priaing cure# In OoufOftMfen, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Addreea lilts. STAItKEV to I’AI.EN, 110» A ml IIII Girard St., Philadelphia, Pa. AN IMPRIMIVE HCF.NF. IN THE CATIIKIIRAI. AT NEW YORK llliilalrre or Every llenomlnallon anil Ureeil Wltneee the Funeral Hervleea. n. i. nAitnis. . JIHMin ANRCnsoN, /.ate of Macon. HARRIS & ANDERSON, AUorne.ys At Ijaw, BANDERHVII.LE, CA. Will prftctico in tlio Mirtdlo Circuit, and in tlio eoniitlcK HttirnundiitH Woahiugton. Special nttcntiou (’iven to Commercial Luw. [Juii23-lv MUSIC, MUSIC 00 TO— JEBNIOAN E. S. UNGMADE, Sttoi^ey kt L(kw SANDERSVILLE, QAi ft. D. EVANS. B. D. EVAN*, SR. Bows,'Strings, Rosin Boxes, Etc- EVAN8 A EVAN8, Attorneys At l.aw, SANDERSVIIjI,B, GA. F. H. SAFFOLD, ATTORNEY AT I,AW, SAWDERSVILLE, GA. Wi'l practice in all tho Conrta of tho Middle Circuit and in tho counties surrounding Wnehingt n. Special attention given to com mon*. d law. o c BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BandeievlUe, Qs. /. K. Hikes. O. H. Roans HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, BANDKR8VILLB, QA., Will practice lu J-o counties of Washington, Jftffertson, Johnson, Kiuiiuuel and Wllkluion, and in the U. S. Court* for the Southern Dis trict of (i corgi n. Will set Mg upente In {raying, Belling or llllna limit Multda renllng Itoul Kedite. Office mi Wtal tide of Publlo Square, Oot ll-lf H. N- flOLLIFIELD, Physician and Surgeon, Or. H. B. Hollifield, Mnvine recently graduated at the Unlver •tty oi iMRiyhiucf and returned home, now i Hcms his pruiosHlouui services to the citiaeuk ol Haudchiville and vicinity. Office with Di II N Holllfleid, next door to)Mrs. Bayne's millinery store. 0. W H. WHITAKER, DENTIST Sand.rsvllla, Qa. TBRA/S CASH. DR. J. H. MAY, SANDERSYILLE, GA. Offers his services to the oltlzsns of Sanders. ' ille and adjacent country. All calls, day or nifrht, will bo promptly responded to. Office 'it hie residence on Mrs. Pittman's lot, corner Harris and Chureh streets. Janl5-1881tf. 131J Y YOUlt mm, spEmnn FROM JERNIGAM, •fans genuine without our Trad* On band and tor sal* SPECTACLE. NOSE GLASSES. STC, Watches, Clocks And JEWELRY stuisu n JERlTICAn. Needles, Oil and Shuttles, FOR ALL KINDS OF MACH IN KB, for sal* I will also nrdsr part! of Mscliluaa that get broken, for which new pieces era wanted. A. J. JEHNIGAN. Tlio burial of Cardinal McCloskey in the cathedral, Now York, was preceded by tho most imposing religious ceremony ever wit- no.vFed in this country. There wero present all tho dignitaries of tho Catholic church of the United ISlato*, tho most prominent of whom officiated, a vast concourse of people who completely filled tlio cathedral, and the services wero conducted with a wealth of music and splondor of appearance nover be fore known in the metropolis. When tho doors wero closed on tho previous night tho remains of tho cardinal, which had been viewed by perhaps 200,000 people while lying in state wero transferred to a violet plush linod coffin of San Domingo mahogany, with heavy gold trimmings and solid silver gold-plated handles. Tho coffin was then placed upon tho cloth-of-gold covered bier with the cardinal’s coat-of-nnns at each cor- nor and the elaborate rod cardinal’s hat at tho foot Upon tho cardinal’s head was a wldto silk miter, and by his sldo the gold cro sier of his office. Thus tho roinalns of tho cardinal rested in the cathedral during the night, watched by the inombersof the society of 8t. Vincont de Paul At daybreak a number of priests with un- oovored heads entered tho cathedral, ofi'ered up prayors for tho opening of tho now day, slowly passed on either tdae of the catafalque and returned to tlio sacristv. As 10 o’clock approached tho crush on tho outside of the building became onorrad u \ id reinforcements for tlio police were sent for. Orriago after cairlago ro.l vl up t*» tl»* curb and unloaded richly attired ladies from all parts of tho city, hut thoso had to take their chances of a seat with the moro humble inhabitants of the poorer districts unless they wero pew holders. At 10:00 every seat in the cathedral was taken and chairs had been placed dpwn the aisles, which wero also occupied. Around the catafnlquo thirty enormous candlos of tho purest wax wore lighted, which brought out the splondors of the cloth-of-gold and the rich trappings of tho coffin. The face of the cardinal was seen to bo as natural us in life, and boro a peaceful, happy expression. Upon tho altar thoro was no unusual display, hut on the contrary everything was very simple, as is required when a pontifical high moss is celebrated, Behind tho catafalquo tho voliratH of tho LATEST NEWS. NEWS IN DETAIL. MOTH Ell AND CHILDREN BURNED. Tlie Valnl Result ot Pouring Kerosene on the Eire* A terrible acei ’ent, which illustrates the gross caro essness so common in tho handling of kerosene, occurred in T. tersbnrg,Va., result ing in tho probable loss of three lives. While Mr. William Cook, an employe at tho Apponta- tox iron foundry, uas absent, his wifo snd little daughter aged nine years,were sitting before tho wood fire on the open he n th. In her lap tho rrother hold her fourtcen-months-old balw. Thu fire was not burning very brishtly, and Mrs. Conk, in order to quicken it, took the keros, lie oil can ami poured some of tho fluid upon the wood. Them was a flush and report, and the burning oil from the exploded can was thrown over the mother and efiildren. In a second all three were enveloped in flames. Their ithricks of agony hn light h> Ip, and the flames wero extinguished ns rapidly as possible, but not beforo all three had been horribly and fa tally burnt. They presented a shocking sight, tin children especially having received fright ful injuries. Mrs. Cook was severely burnt about her bend and arms, and it is feaied that neither mother nor children can survive. WAITERS OP IRTKBBRT VlttN VA RIOUS qVARTlM. TRUTH. Dentil of Josh Billings, the Well-Known llnmsrlst* Henry W. Rhaw, tho humorist, known to tho literary world as “Jos’i Billings,” died at Monterey, Cal, tho other morning, from a stroko of apoplexy. Tha Imdy. was ombalmed and sent East Mr. Shaw was sixty-five Truth lies deep in a well, that she By day as well as night may look . To heaven, its starlit wonders see, And read her name in Clod’s own book. — Willis Johnson, in the Current. SIMPSON’S RANCH. have bcon a visiting-list. Those, how ever, who had cnioved the hospitalities of Simpson's ranch itad much to say of n wife who often wore “store clothes,’’ and of a daughter of about niuo- toeli, ns nretty a girl, it was reported, as had ever been seen from Denver down to ('ucharns, and ai bright as the sun light on the plains. Not many had seen her; fewer still know her; yet her fame “I don’t see no sense in it, nohow.’ It wns tho older of two st-ilwart “cow years old, having bi-on born In I-ntiosborougb, i punchers’' that delivered this oracuisr had gone abroad. She was graciously jolong, In a idealized; she was held lo bei sense, to the region; and there was not a cowbow on the rango who would not Herksldre county, Mass., lu. 18‘JO. He re sided In Ids native town until lie had reached the ago of fourteen, when he went West and for sev eral yoara load a frontier life, being engaged In the various oecu;vniIin, of siocrlng s'cini- A MIIOCKINM ACCIDENT. 1 of SI01 boats, keeping a country itore, mil acting ns auctioneer in tho small Western towns and cities. Filially, becoming woary of tlihi Ir regular life, and being desirous of giving Ills daughters n hotter education than the limited facilities In the West nt that time alTordcd, Mr. Shaw In IKK removed to Hough- koepsie, N. Y., and dovotod hlmsolf to edit ing a small paper. It wns while engaged In Papal guards, who had fought for their ro- “ ' • i- — 'X., took tliclr stand. i aitol jjimsun. w. it.r sins* it ligton under Popo Pius IX.. Tuny numbered about lilteo.i, mid th dr half military, half religious appearance lent great plcturesquoness to tho' scene. They wero dressed in a military uniform of dark gresn with yellow trimmings, wearing lighter green fatigue caps. For a long distnneo from tbenltar the pews on tho centor nlslo wore occupied by innu merable wlilto-robod priests, who assisted in the conduct of tlio services, U(ioii tho purplo covered sanctuary the black, re land purple clothed ocolylos and altar boys mid the bril liant, variegated colors of tlio officiating priests mid bishops glittering with gold, silver and ell the colors of the rainbow,combluod to under the make tho scone most picturesque subdued light from tiie great stained glass I nimbi taut* or Indian Toiritory, An oxchungc snvs (lint the inlinbi- tniita of Indian Territory consist of 70,000 ludians, divided into forty-fnur tribes. Tlio Cherokee* slnud in tho forefront with a population of 20,1)80 full-bloods and half-breeds. They occupy a largo countrv in tho northeast ern part of tun Toiritory. Tlio couutry of tlio Crooks, next in tho order of Intel ligence aud push, numbering 15,000 in habitants, is in tlio southeast cornor. Tlio Chickasaws, 0,000 in miinbor, nro wost ol tho Choctaws, on tlio Toxas bor der. Tlio Sominolcs from tlio savannahs of Florida, tlio Sacs and Foxes, tho Pottawntomles, und tlio Wichltas nro in tlio contor. Tho Osngos, Pnwuoos, Nor. Per cos, and Poncas nro the North. Tlio Scnoons, Wynn- dottesand Ottuwns occupy n snndl piece of land on the southwestern border of .Missouri. Tho celebrated Modocs, of bloody memory, from tho lava bods of California nnd Oregon, nro lioro. Tlio Arapahocs and Cheyennes nro on tlie wost. Tlio Klowas nnd Comnchos nnd Apaches, onco prominently distinguished for their conquest with tomahawks mid scnlping-kuife, nro settled down to a quiet life in tlio remote southwest part of the Territory, und begin to bask in iho early morning twilight of their civiliza tion. Of these 7U,(MI0 Indians (18,000 have iv’-)ptcd citizens’ dress, and nro engaged in tlio various pursuits of hus bandry and tho mechanic nils. They raise cattle, mule', bogs, corn and cot ton. The Clicrokccs alone have tills year 07,400 cattle, 108,552 lions, nnd 18,048 horsos. This speaks of tlio in dustry of that peoplo. Three thousand livo hundred nnd 1'orty-uinc of them nro farmers, while only sixteen follow hunt ing aud fishing for a livelihood. Ono district of their country cxpoitcd 1,200 bales of cotton. Thoit* cotton fields re ceive especial attention, nnd raise moro than one bnlo to the acre. By tho law of tlie Territory, each citizen eminence in n3 much cf tlio land ns ho can use, and oc cupy it ns long ns lie likes. Ho cannot own 1 he bind, but lio enn own the use of it mid the improvements on it. IIo has no taxes to pay, or any of • jo other bur dens of government common to a life among the whites. If Indians liud Iho ability, and push of tho white wiwlows and tlio sofi mollowuois tho wnx candles. Tlio gront Jiolglit mul breadth of tlio cntlie Irnl wero onnan-'od by the smoko of im-onso, which looked like tho clouds of diitunco. From tlio organ (oft the view was most imposing, nnd ns tlio iloop tones of tho great organ swelled and tilled the vast odilico the onlookers could not but bo Impressed with tho solemn grandour of tbs Catholic religion. -A great choir snug the sacred Roman music, and this was not tho least notowortliy of the ovents of tho day. An Engine Cslehci n ll» an a Trestle and itlnnglen Him, A man named Thomas Beasley met with s shocking accident on tho Nashville and Chat tanooga railroad near Wldtoalde, Tenn., on Wednesday, tho details of which are thrilling ill tlio extreme, Just beyond tho alation la the famous Running Water treitle which is 120 feel high. Beasley Dialled across tlie trestle shout noon and had gone about thirty yards when s freight train dashed mound a curve behind him. To attempt to go liauk meant instant death and his oulv hope was to outrun the train to the oilier side. The terivr stricken man had gone hut a te'v sups when tho engine struck him. lie was dragged ovor the trcstleworks for s me distance and one of his legs wnseul oil' near tlie knee. The sevored member fell to the bottom of the ravine. By Bomo means Beasley’s coal s cove caught on an iron Bpikc and lie was thrown over the sldo or Iho trestle, H i hung there for live mluutes with the blood gushing from iho sevorud ankle Iwforo ho was rescued, llad tlio ooat sleeve him, Beasley would have been dashed to doath on tho rocks in tlie bottom of tho yawning oliaain. Ilia injuries are or a fatal nature. Beasley la from Philadelphia. III.IN I# all ll V TIIK~tAIN. this work that ho wrote tho first humorous artlelo which attracted attention, principally by its phonetic spoiling. Ho callod ft “Easa on tho Muel.” It wascxtonslvoly coplod, and tlio nnmo of Josh llilllngsaoon became known throughout tho land. From that time litiMI his death his career was olio of continual financial success. Ono weekly pa|ior nlono in Now York paid him *100 a week for a half column of matter, and bis lectures brought him in a large and steady revenue. In Is7d lio began tho publication of bis “Fanners’ Almanac,” a hook which In Its second yoar bad a salo ot 127,000 copies, and in ton years had netted tho author and publisher 180,000 each. Mr. Bliaw’s humor, saysn New York paper, was noth’ spelling,mid underneath the bad spoiling of Ills proverbs and aphorisms thore is at times a depth of wisdom nnd philosophy place In tha which entillos him to a higher . world of loiters than that of a slinplo humor 1st. Ho was a thoroughly domestic man, fond of his home and bis family, and lu Ills dnily life showed nonoof that eocontrlcily which Ills writings would Induce tlio rouder to attribute to him. He worehls hair long, not from literary affectation, but to hide a phys ical dofect. A Fatal Calllalon an tha Philadelphia nad Erie Hand. A collision oocnrred Tucsdayevenliigbotwoeii two possengor trains on Iho Philadelphia and Erin railroad, about two mllos south of Wil liamsport, Ps. Two inon were killed and sev- ’Ml seriously injured. Tho killed were Arthur M. Middlekauf. express messenger of this city, who was ou the fast lino west, and Eugone Thorne, of Harriabtirg, fireman on the engine of i he east hound train. Daniel Root, engineer of tlie fast line, and Harry Wolcomer, engineer or tho accommodation train, were fcrioi sly hurt and are in tho hospital. Tlio accident was caused hy the failure ot tlio ongineerof the east hound train to observe tho red danger light displayed In tho algnal tower. Ho waa doubt, leas confused by tho blinding rain storm which prevailed at tho time. WafHlaf Cl is oats Poisoned. A docided sensation was produced nt lloncs- ilalo, Penn., the other night, by tho dlscovory that n dozen or moro guests at a swell wed ding had boon polsonod by some food that was furnished by a ttcranton caterer for tha wedding breakfast At noon Mias Haltlo Weston, daughter ot a leading Honosdale merchant, was married to Harry 8. llattin, superintendent of the Consumers’ Gas com pany, ot Chicago, Tho couplo left on tba afternoon train, and liarJIy had boon rolled to tbe depot before it was noticed that the guests began to depart with ttnso'tnly haste. They were afflicted wfth i.,1 uio pain In tho abdominal region, (hat he r anod so rapidly that aome of them had hardly Ulna to mako their adieu properly. Atllioir homee phys’cl'iis vr.rj rmuiS7r-?'l Archbishop Corrigan, nsslstod by oightoen bishops nnd Innumerable priests, concur ‘ 'tod people, they would speedily got rich inn country of free nnd fertile Inttds nnd no tuxes, and where soil, sunlight, rnin, nnd temperature all combine to make a peo plo prosperous and wealthy. Rebuked. A few years ago, ns a stranger rose iu one of our city pulpits to begin tbe ser vice, several of the congregation began to leave tlio church. Ho was a lame man, and tho pulpit was near the doors. “Wait a moment, my friends,” said the preacher, till I got my hat, nnd I’ll go with you.” Down ho came, limping,' hat in.hnnd, and left the church. This abrupt closing of the services taught tlie peoplo that there was at least ono minister who would not be treated with contempt. On a certain occasion, the eloquent Dr, E. II. Chapin, being sick, wns compelled to ask a friend to preach for him. As the stranger rose to announce the open ing hymn, n score of persons rose to go out. This clergyman also was equal to »uch an emergency. “All,” ho said “who come hero to worship Dr. Chapin will pleaso leave now; but those who came to worship God will sing the forty-third hymn.” That stoppod the exodus. HuNoeatad In the Wheat. Five oars loaded with wheat were ditched on the Northern Paoiflo, flvo miles cast of Ait- ,<en, Minn., Thursday. Two men, who were ■tcali' K a rido, were found suffooated in the wheat. From loiters on them they were believed ;o have been John Ji. Cochrane, of Yolanta, Pn., and Lewis Dost, ol Champaign, Dls. the sorvices, which, though lengthy, was so imposing ns to chain tho attention of the vast congregation lo'tlieoud. Mirny Protestant inlmstoi's were conspicuous In various parts of the chur.'li, c n, .l hundreds of non-Oatllo'les were also present. It was (MS whon tlio solemn servlco for tbe dead was begun. A slight rustling lu front Ill told tho story of tho beginning of tlio service, Then sovonty-Uvo priests and ai many lay apponrod from tho sncrUty. They ebantors _ ranged In lront of the sanciu try, mid with out any formality begun tho chant for Iho dead. .The 150 voices of tlio chanter* flllol tho vast auditorium Every portion of tho chant wns rondero l with solemn o.inicitn Kopresontntivos of tha Benedictine, Fraielr can and Dominican onlere stood nround In tliolr hoods nnd hnblts. Tho 590 priests and twonty-two bishops und four archbish ops snt within tlio sanctuary. The chant was tlio plain Gregorian, with the oxcop- tlon that tlio miserere mul the lionodictus domlims deus Isruel wero rendoro I in a har monious plain chant, according to n version arranged hy Father Izimmul. After tlio benedfetus the process of lu censing tho ro- ninins of tho dead prolate was carried out by Father Annclotus, assisted hy Fallior Kelly and tho thurifer, who carried tho incense inn goldon thurible. After tlie miserere the samo duty was performed by Father Lillie, of Uio Dominicans, and thou the ohnnt was at an ond. Immediately the door of tlio sacristy opened mul a oross-boaror, upholding tho processional cross and loading a train of acolytes in purplo cassocks and bln :k lace surpHcos, appeared. Th u piocee.lid Arch bishops Williami, of I) iston; Ryan,of Phila delphia, nnd Gibbons, of Baltimore, and Bishop Wadliums, of Oglo.isburg; Bradley, of Manchester; O’flelliy, of HprlngQold; rue Millers I* Mkai llsns. A dispatch from Minneapolis, Minn., says The Millers’ association lias voted to shut down ihn first of Novomhor. Iho roaaon given ia tiiat they cannot pay the present pile, a loi wheat and roll tholr flour in tho east on the basis of tho advanced rare. They miiBt cither get cheaper freight rates nr buy cheaper wheat. Tho millers claim to ho running at a lore new, ond unless tho relative pricos of wheat ant flour come nearer together, tho only course left will ho to atop milling flour. At llioir IIUIIICB |IJJb IL.’ja »• -• J ..illlil— I. m.d :j md It njeossary to treat for minonii poisoning. Either lobster salad or ioo cream alieorbed aome compound ot load from cans in which it wat brought from Scranton, and asrious result* wero anticipated in tome cose,. At 8 o’clock fourteen person, were under treatment, end all the doctors in the town wero busy. Hpoculatlon was rife aB to how the bride and groom fared. Thirteen Families Homeless. Morrison's saw mill, twolvo udjiunlng tene ment houses and two mi.lion foot or lumber were burned at Frcdonckton, N. B., on Tues day. Tire lumber w,b nut Insured. Morrison lin'd *20,000 iiiBurauco on the mill. Tho lion.es, which wero also Ida properly, were not‘insured. I Ire mill and maehluory are valued at *10,000. Thlrteon famillea are loft homeless. 'Tire tots' iss Is *100,U00. Five Persons Fatally Wounded. Tuesday afternoon, wlitlo a party of men wero raising a two-atory frame house, No. 1125 Wabash avenue, ihtcago, 111., tho supports gave way, and tho liouso waa thrown to one side, shattering tho wells and fatally injuring live pel sons, Mr. Duauo Kimball and liis wife, and ilireo laborers whore names could not be leal lied. TWO FATAL EXPLOSIONS. A HMlNDf HUKU MIAER'A rKBUIBIdl MUTAIIE. Undo mac her, of Na^hviilo; Chatard. of Vin cennes; O’Hnrn, of Scranton: Rh inalran, of Harrisburg ;MoMahou, of Uai'tford;Borgoss,of S uaid, of Rochester; O’Mahoney oughlindof Brooklyn; O’Farroll.of Trenton; Conroy, or Curium; Rogers, of Chatham; Car* borry, of Hamilton; ana Mnchebamf, of Colo- mantillas of black silk an i b>rottfw velvet looked picturesque. Then cam) Arch bishop Corrigan, now prolato of the archdio cese. Ho waa attired in his rob.m by his chaplains. His initio, was pure white and all his other vestments black. Pectoral crosses hung from tlio necks of tho bishops und arch bishops by chains of gold. Upon their beads wero their velvet berettas. Tho p^iPiflcal mass was cclobrated by Archbishop Corri gan. The music was under tho direction of Pro fessor Peeher, tho usual organist of tho ca thedral, and was given with a double quar tet and a chorus o UFO. including such promi nent singers, as Mi S3 Beebe, Milo. Corrndi, Mine. Barron, Mossrs. Fritscb, Trimont, Col- etti, Lawton, Morawjki, et.\ After the re- ? uiem came tho flvo numbers of tlio “Dies roe,” the offertory, “^anctus,” and “Aguua Dei.” Shortly after noon Archbishop Gibbona, of Baltimore, ascended the pulpit nnd began iiis lernion bv takin?hi».toxtfro;n‘iEccles. xiv: Tho Lord exalted Aaron. He nfido an everlasting covenant with him and gave him the priesthood of tho nation and made him blessed in glory. And he girded him about with a glorious girdle and clothed him with a robe of glory and crowned hi:n with majes tic attire. Ho chose him out of nil men living to offer sacrifice to God—for a memorial to make reconciliation for bis people. And He gave him power in His commandments, iu the covenants Ot' liis judg ments, that lie should teach Jacob His judg ments, that lie should teach Jacob His testi monies and give light to Israel in His law. At the conclusion of tho services the re mains of the cardinal were placed beside those of Archbishop Hughes in tbe stone crypt be neath the great al nr. It was ostimated that 6,0OJ peoplo wore in the cathedral during the feremonies. Fourteen Persons Fatally Injured-Retails or tlie Tragedy. A tei rifle explosion of gas took place in No. 1 slope, Delaware aud Hudson coal company, ai Plymouth, Pa., Wednesday morning, caused by a minor who entered tho abandoned portion of (he slope, which was marked dangerous, with a naked lamp upon his lie- d. Five men are dead, md ten others are frightfully burned. Most of these, it is thought, cannot recover. The miner who wont into tho abandoned >polling ond find tiie gas that caused tlie ex plosion with fatal results at No. 2 shaft, wa> Peter Zo intzky. There were two cxp.ohions. I’ho first was of gas, whit li was followed by on- 31her, Bwieping everything Lefoio it, sending the flame of fire up (lie si po nnd above Iho fan house, and knocking the th ingles and tinibo»> from tiie breaker 400 feet nl.ovelhe so.id earth. Zcint/.ky was not killed, but was removed from the slope with oiny hm Loots « n, snd no hail on his head, but whs olhoiwise uninjured, lh scene that ensued was tei riblc. Too victims o the disaster lay in every d lection. One man, Denn.s Titus, was instantly killed, nnd when round lay 200 feet nway from his kit of tools, which lie wns examining at the tune of tho tx plosion. When the ga* was ignited, all die men :n tlie slope were violently thrown io tin ground or utfamst the cur, or ribs of til - i;ft»K nay. 'lire lights oil tlnir luuds w.re.x m guished hy tile shock of ilu sooond ex. ios.on, und all wero in confu iou, nn>Uing tlnir any through tliu.llamo* ur.d managing, wl li ,.ium difficulty, to riaoh a pl.co of .arety. Tbe Pent* ol Pern. Advices from I.itnit state that two officer of tho rebel Caoeres’ army, C’olonul Collazos and Major Muniz, wore recently ordered to tho J’eruvtan cnpital to deliver certain com munlcatlons to tho reprenontntlvo* and se cret agents of tho revolutionary I aders. Tlicao officials met with no difficulty iu tholr journoy down toward iho const, but when they reached a point m nr Ltirln, thirty miles south of J.ima, they were cul tured by cavalry outposts and Immedi ately sent tothe capital under guard. <hi ar riving at the police 0III00 they were eanivhed, and on their iwreona were found loiters in Cnreros’ handwriting lo several of Ida princi pal partisan* at I-lnin and to liis wlfo, nnd other communications to bo forwarded to Arcqulpa, all of which coulalncil Infornin lion which was very damaging to the ro!.*>i rnuso. Beforo the next morning the guard bouses wore well llllod with prisoners more or loss implicated In tho schemoa of the retail general. Ice has fallen Into tho hands of th ’ Cacerlstas. Tho most Imrhnrou* atrccltlea wero committed by tho victors, who nssnulted women and hurnod nnd robbed dwellings. It is reported that (lonoial Iglcslus proposos taking tho Hold against tho enemy. statement. In privnto Uto ho wns onco probably Mr. Smith or Mr. Jones, but this must have boon in days which were prehistoric as far as his follows in tho cnttlo country were concerned. To them ho wns, nnd lind nlwnys boon, “Broncho Snm;”nnd old Bill Kensctt, up on tho divide, whose -ago wns beyond tnortnl ken, and who was n stalwart man when lie trapped with ltuxton nnd trnded with St. Yrnin, wns on record a, saying that he “allowed that when thet ther young ster coino from tho Htntos ho hedn’t no other immo than llroncho Sam.” That settled it. “Tliot tliar youugstoi” was a relative, cmtainly not a positive, characterisation; for llroncho Bam waa a veteran, and he looked it as lio sat on a rudo bench, out- havo broken a lance ^or, what wa, fat •ido tho ruder log cabin, end facing the IhT wost. To fif Eastern oyo hts surround ings wore tho abomination of dosolation. Thu cabin stood in a narrow vatlev, noar tho bod, almost dry, of what might be a stream. To tho gray banks inclosing it * a r a fow stunted and distorted coder, wero precariously clinging, nnd at a distance there wore some patches of sago-brush. As unwise, indeed, woro ho who should look nt these things to tho exclusion of distant ones, as ho who should curiously inspect tho squalid streoteof Naplos when by lifting his ayes lio could soo across tho beautiful bav to (he grand silhouetto of Vesuvius, with Sorrento and Capri in tho distnneo. Iloro, nbovo tho bnrrcn out lines-of grim canons, nbovo tho sparsely wooded foot-hills, nbovo tho jagged out lying ponkB, roso in its olmplo majesty tlio groat rango.- A cross tho exquisite blue sky ovorlioad drifted clouds as whito as tho driven snow, and ns light and floccy ns thoso under which onco lay the Isles of the Hlost. It was near sunset, nftor tho radianco of an autumn day, ana the air was deliciously cloar, cool and bracing. Broncho Bam wns not looking at tho mountain or tho sky,hut at a gun which ho was cleaning. His companion, a younger man nnd ovidontly a disciple, had been watching his skillful manipulation, and listening to tho words of wisdom which foil from his lips, for a famed rifnch manager was this same llroncho Bam; und fortunnto woro tho employors, far away in “tho States,” whoso interosts wore intrusted to Ills faithful enre. Then carao a voico through tho open door—a fresh, youthful, ringing voice: “Just you wait a minute, Bnm, nnd I’ll coino out and arguo tho point with moro practical, emptied his six-sbootor) as her champion. Among tho visitors at Simpson’s ltauch wc may be sure that Jack Reynolds was numbered. Ills first visit was made at a notable time in its history. Two days before (stopping to return a horse which ho had found straying) ho had made tho acquaintance of tho family. Simpson himsolf had suddenly gone nway. IIo had been in Pueblo, and the postmaster stated at the Arcade that ho had re ceived a large and thick lotter, but he was a littly misty as to the postmark. Thai -night Simpson departed. Bomo peoplo thought be rode a little to tho northward, and took a train at k email station. A theory that he eeereted him solf in a freight car also found supporters. Rut one Individual, aud he was half in ebriated, had suggeeted suicide, and ho had been promptly ejected from the sa loon by the force of nnblic opinion. Months and months had passed, and Simpson had not appeared. Wonder grew as to his whereabouts; much curi osity was engendered as to the condition and feelings of hts family, and no littlo effort was made to gratify this curi osity, Whatever the wife and daughter, thus seemingly desertod, may have folt, however, they gavo no sign to visitors. No ono was there half so often as Jack Reynolds, and there w*s a general, If unspoken, sentiment abroad that this wns as it should be;niso tliat it would be alike improper and futila to seek for any information about Simpion from him. No better test, indcod, could thoro be of tho esteem in which lie was hold than this rare self-abnogatlon. Again sovoral months passed, and still thore appeared no Simpson. Ills neigh* bora were moro puzrJed, more curious, more hopoiessly in tho dark, than evor, and they began to feol aggrieved. Bron cho Sam had been voicing this senti ment, in conversation with his assistant, when he made the declaration with which thie story opens, and which was preceded by another. “I jest tell yer,” said he, “that when a man lights out and leaves sech a good- appearin’ wife au* each a pooty little gal er. is up to Simpson’s, an’ don’t send ’em no word, it’s playin’ it down pretty low on ’em, onless he’s got a blamed good reason for a-dom’ ro ” That bn would discuss this point with Jock wns highly improbable. Thev talked of cuttle and tho ecoion’s pros ridprs, however, had not luch horse* a* Comanche, lie knew what wns Mpttted of him. With a splendid stride he toeut ovor the difficult path n? if over Engiilh turf, clearing this treacherous gully with a spring, swerving to avoid that pile of enrth washed down by the evening’s rains, loaving one landmark after another behind in his headlong course. They talk to this day of thu time In which he made the distance. Jack sat him like the good horeemsa he was. Hi* excitement was intense, but every faculty seemed under perfect con trol. Oni think* sad remember* at tuck times with unwonted quickness aud viv idness, Not knowing whatduty or pet 11 awaited 'him, rtorved for whatever it might bo, ho still found himself wonder ing whether Sam and tho other man oould get the horses tea place of safety, Then lid thought, for what seemed to him n longtime, but waa probably a few scconds„of hie far-away home. Than tho absorbing theme of what he muet soon encounter took tho place of all also. The horse began to breathe a lit tle hard, but his pace never slackened. At one time Jack fancied bo heard hoof* , behind him, but ho dismissed the 1 leas, nhaurd. The next moment he saw eosue* thing which made his heart beet fust. What had shown Itself in the gray light of dawn as a slender turbid rill was now large stream, and growing higher ‘ ictlvely he evory moment. Instinctively he called to his horse. Faster the noble animal sped on; tho water was around hts feet. There woe a turn in tho valley where It narrowed: a surging torrent reached hi* knees ns he rounded the point of the cliff. In live minutes ho slnokened his pace, for thore, parting the flood which oddlod nrotmd It, tugged and lore at it, hurled logsTiiiid stumps end tree trunk* at it, was Simpson’s much, and at tho window on the lower side was Edith. I n tlio lee. as it woro, of the bouse, the water wss comparatively quiet and shallow. In a second he was at tho win dow, the horso standing still, with heaving flanks and Inboring breath. TJinrfi wna imnf Hm* for rnrnmnnv. Iiufc Thore was scant time for ceremony, but the expression of joy on the girl’s face told tho story, und lio managed, to reach hur hand with his. Only a few words passed at first. Her mother had spent the night with a sick child at a ranch on tho hill. At daybreak, alarmed at the prospect of tho “wash-out," thu hands had gone to look after th* stock, and the Mexican womAn to escort - her mother back. Then tlie flood had com* suddenly and out off their return. Jack always said bis plan of rescue was a pure inspiration. At the right, separated from tbo liouso by a wide ana deep torrent, tho ground sloped from k mean. Could ho reach that slope? Ha lookod around iho corner of the houea, tho horse barely maintaining his foot. Ing. Half-way up tho slope, and a few ro Is above the home, stood the stout stump of a cedar, and Ids lariat hung at ills saddle how. How he blessed h|* practico with it I The first cast was sue* A ll cuiiiu uiil (tun ill u mi tiiu I tty i iii< wihi tmacu ui untiic *uu uio "vusun n jnwo- * . tl t you. I have not an idea what you are | pccti.aml there was no *ord of Simpson | toiafiii, tho loop Uf over the stump, ana talking'about, hut I say there is some during thoplain snpneror lire placid pipe- ' B l"" 1 tigbtonad It. lu a moment ne sonso in it; nnd what t* it nil about, smoking which followed. When they j'J'J* * >8C ' < 111 window; in another, 1 turned to,” the sky wa, overcast, and , Edith, stopping from the sill, sat ljpto r A unintelligible griml. during tho'nlglit there cams, n gnio 0 f hlmund clung to him. Again lie gu; no of ontire dissatis- wind which almost shook the house. R od ( oiunncbe to the corner; lie woui anywnyt" Sam uttered nu It could not boon ono faction, for something liko a smile showed itself on Ids rugged features, and was plainly visible ns ho looked up nnd saw Jnck Reynolds standing in the stnnt. was in the gray of early morning that a «!■» around the pommel of lie violent knocking at tho door brought all Mexican saddle lie drew » long brea£ •> ento tholr feet idert in an in rodo into tbe torrent. Thethdr-. Jack wns first at. the door, nnd | pngh iircd wns .went of liis feet before ho 1 L ^ ‘ 3 - * theswamstrongly was taut as a bow- NEWSY GLEANINGS. Killed and Wounded. At a reservoir in Centrcville, Mass., Wednes day morning, at the city works, five derricks foil, killing Owen Elmer, laborer, instantly and fatally injuring three others. About three weeke ago the stone liniug of the reservoir caved in on three sides, and a hundred men were put to work dear ing away tho debris pre paratory to rebuilding. A long guy, to which alt tho derricks wero attaced, waa snapped in two by the great strain, and the derricks fo:i with a great crash. What ia the difference between an editor and a wife ? One seta articles to rigbU, and the other writes articles to set In Roumelia, now much talked of, there are 18,000 gypsies. The new census in Boston shows a popula tion thoro of 380,000. Tii&h* «*re produced annually in this coun try about 13,UOO,OOJ lambs. In China ar.d Japan silver is the only coin age, ond nobody caroj for gold. Beabickkesb caused the death of a yacht* muu off the Engltah coast recently. Sixty-thkee vario.ie3 of grapes are grow ing on tbe ground* of a physician at Lake City, Fia. Tiie department of state lias published a work on tho hulling aud polishing of rice in foreign countries. A single street car company in New Or leans shot #10,500 worth of mules recently on account of gittuuero. Humming-birds are reported to bain flocks of thousands nt the foot of the mountains west of Edmonton, Ky. In Maine it is estimated that there are 13,- C0O colonies of bees, and the annual honey crop is worth about $40,0JO, It is estimated that the ten thousand sa loons in New York city take in $320,000 per day, or $75,000,000 per year. Cattlemen in Iudien Territory are getting off the reservations as rapidly as possible, and will bo ail out bofore cold weather. The Russian universities are strictly guard ed by detachment? of troops quartered in them, at the expense of the institutions them- solves. A North Carolina farmer recently bought a tract of land for $2,200, and the very next day sold from it a towering walnut tree for $l .tUJ. A sweet potato weighing twenty-seven aud one-half pounds and a squash or pounds ure among the latest productions of {San Diego, Cai. A Nf.w York firm lias split 2,000 trade dollars and turned each dollar into a pocket match-box—a holiday article to catch the eye of persons in search of cheap thing* to giva, RenaiorM Getting In for mar Ion. A Washington tilspul h uiya llmt “some of the Ropub lean F'etintors have formed a sort of a combinatio j io obtain c mpleto in formation conci ruing the removals nnd appointments winch the l'l-esidput ha* mndo, with a view to intelligent action whon tho nppointmi'iitH come beforo the Senate for confirmation. As an iu&tnpco of how this matter is being bundled, it is roportol that a discharged treas ury employe of some proniinen e has just returned from tho Wont with tho information thnt Senator Fhiiotus Hnwyer, of Wisconsin, is gathering the foctiroiwridug (lie removal of Col! * >r J-sii Spiral ling, and \vi I tn'.-n c.i iige of tho matter of tlie confirmation of Heeborgcr, Mr. Hpr.uldingg successor, when it comes beforo tho Hennto. The employe in quostfon is looked upon iu au agent for the combi nation.” ill III tuv muiil. Iiiuiit nun mm- n*- me muhi, . *-7 , - , .. . . . doorway. A%huhdgomc young follow , opened It. A man stood there holding g°no ton yards, but ne •worn str \ g y - - ‘ n all tho ! tlio bridle of n iinnling itorso. Ills words , «•»«> boldly; the Inrtot wns lie,'nnd n conornl favorite in uu mu mu unum » iniuu.. ■»..«. .... ......... .. , , region for fifty miles round, Ever sinco j wero fow and to the poiut. Them h»d | firing, hut it lto-d. It sue modinn hour lie emit out from Chicago—whence tlio : boon a storm atm itond-burst in the! before the middle of tbo stream wa. doctor scut him after a long illness—be had added as steadily to bis list of friends ns to tho hardness of his muscles, the color iu Ills cheeks, aud tiie figure at which lio turned tho scufo. “Blame mo if lio don’t jest lay over any tenderfoot 1 ever sec,” said llroncho Bnm, ono dny, ns ho stood in an ndmir- ing crowd nt tlio bar of tho Arcade sn- fnce, nnd saw the color lonvo it loon iu 1‘uehlo. “Gimme a show, and j rose to the occasion in an instant. I allow I'll mako him a first-class ranch j “Yor kin do it. my hoy,” said he; hand in a year or two.” 'lie ain't no slouch of a ranchman mountains; the great reservoir which fed the irrigating ditclien was in imminent peril; thore would bo a terrible “wash out” In tho vnllev. “Have you warned them at Simp son's!” asked Jack, brenthlossly. “No. I came tho other way.” llroncho Bnm find his oyo on Jack’s Ho reached. His heart bent fast; the girl ,nld nothing, but he felt Iter clasp tighten; nnn sliil the horse swam on, snd tlio torrent, balked hy the (tout lorint of its prey, actually aided their escape. They neared the slope; Co manche gained his footing; they were saved! Jnck had nover taken his eyes oil t! e horse’s head and tlio knot on the I iommei.and lie had uovurseon a stalwart icnrded man gallop down tlie slop* and its hort “but jest ver ride like 'John.' Git yer i«"M» /»•» »• ‘‘onto just before they hoot* OD, ail’ I’ll havo the saddlo on Co- , gained the Now,-to hi*i amiMe- now, accordin’ to mv idee," said a rash I mnneho.” ^ ment, this man lifted l.dith from Co now-comer. 1 in five minutes Jack, with his hood ! mnnche and folded her In his arras. Sam looked at him with an undisguised j bont to tho blnit, wns spurring his ! orse hll orllv lio raised fits noad. r”&Kv. h r .v •sat I "" a: ’ op ,h " ! sett ain't," ,»ld U Ik. Ullow you o.'ghtor! ; rl K ht. ' lmv.nH not . card CMflaboat know botter’n I. Yes, Jim, yer may j There wns nothing (esthetic about the j girnmo another one of tho same sort.” ' oxternnl nppearanco of Simpson’s ranch. Uis manner changed ‘" *“o° n ?' . , fa - ■ • ' Tho architecture of the liouso was of tlio | hh’-s you, for us phickv nnd clever a Jack, it may easily lie believed, was me arcuueumru ui tuiuwu „»» u . ...» , -- - ^ ti the soul of tho ranch. ilu interested ; early cow-boy period, with suggestions |btog ns I ever saw in all my life. He himself in tho operations, and made n ! of thet of tho mining camp. There was creditable figure at tlio first "round up." a severe simplicity about tlio roughly Ho could soon rido tho worst of tho hewn logs which mado up tho walls, nnd "bucking” horses, and throw a larint j although the freaks of fashion bring with many an older mnn. lie was n bit many queer thragB into popular use, tlio of a dandy too, in his way, nnd did not j plastering of crevices with ndobo has not disdain a gilt cord with pondent tassels , yet been naturalized in polite noighbor- Nellie Grant. li RU UNION WITH NARTOltls PROVES AN UNilAFPY ONE. A Wnsliin^lon dtqi itch says that “a gen tleman wlio is acquainted with tlio 'act* rela tive to tho want of harmony between Mr*. Nellie Ctrnnt Bartin is nnd tier limband, i av* that they have for n long lime boon known to tlie intlinnto friends of tlio family here, tin from motives of delicacy and consid ration nothing lias been raid on Iho subject. Mr. Snrtoris improssod every olio with whom bo came ill contact hero during the period of Id* engagement to Net io Grunt n«, perhaps, woll-monniiig cii mgh, but i o l ough ill his ways nnd so conr* -grained in nature as to ho entirely unsiiited to so gentlu nnd refilled n Indy. General Grant novor liked him, nnd did hot favor tlio ninr- nround tho crown of tin expensive som brero, n gny necktie loosely knotted and lying snugly under tho riding collar of his grav flannel shirt, or n pair of long riding boots of exceptional mnke. All this finery, however, wns reserved for other places titan tlio ranch, snd other occasions than tho days passod there. The most cynical of “old-timers" found nothing to criticise in his display thoreof whon ho rodo into l’uoblo for a dny of combined business nnd pleasure; and, in a way, thoy folt a local prido in one who could hold a certificate of competency from such a Sir Hubert as Brouolio Bam, nnd nt the same time be, by the canons of that longitude, n very respectnble ‘swell.” More thnu one young indy mem hoods. Never, however, should tho wiso travoler in tho Wost nnd Southwest judge of the kernel by tho shall, of tho interior by tho oxtorior. Doth Mrs. Simpson and her daughter possessed tlie rare and charming "gilt of practical management,’.' which Hawthorn has as cribed to littlfl Phccbo, in "Tho House of the Seven Gables.” “It is a kind of nntural magic,” he says, “that eaables those favored ones to bring out the hid den capabilities of things about them; and particularly to give a look of com fort and habit tablenoss to say place which for however brief n period may happen to be thoir home.” So did cheap and simple inntoriul take new character and virtue f run their tier of aomo party of “personally con-'hands; so wero rough walls hidden by ducted" tourists had looked admiringly chintz, of tastctnl pnttorn nnd homogone- afTection* wore enlisted he innilo no further objections. Tbe lots Senator Carpenter, who was very Intimate with the Grunt family, ut the instanro of a number of friends callod nt the White House and expressed their misgiv ings ns to tho mutch, but General Grant out tlio conversation short, and said Ids daughter wns engaged to Mr. Snrtoris nnd tlio wodding ninth t ike place. Gove, nor Jewell, of Connecticut, when on Ids way back from Russia lo go Into General Grant's cabinet, callod, while in England, upon Hu parents ot Mr. Bartori*. In tlio course of tho conversation, the mother, who might, bo sup posed to know all about her boy, remarked that she dld|not seo what was In Algtrnonon cause he daughter of tlie l’residont of the United StateBto fall in love with him. This opinion of the mother w.ts very heartily - ----- in- opinion ot the motuer w.ts very nearciiy shared at tho time by oil of Nd to GrantV friends, male and fenfn le. Thera soem l. no doubt ttiat there wi I ho Three Per.eue Kill.*, The boiler in the steam saw mill of J. A. Quackenbush, near Ridgeville, B. C., exploded Tuesday, killing two men and one boy. Tluoo othors were torribly scalded, and one i* missing. Alcohol enu in no definite sen a hi considered a good ere-tore of Coi for it is not constructed like fo .d, fil ing neither solid nor innocent, nn whether good for any pr >; er cud or not 1; ia an artificial product.—Ur. U hue. F. 0. A. nt him from the window ot the Denver Pullman ns ho snt ou his horso near tiie station platform; und tho landlord of the Arcade saloon was understood to have, in n rare intcrvnl of sobriety, expressed tho opinion that such an exhibition wns good for the interests of tlio region. “Why,” said he, “that- nin't no two ways about it. When them thnr tonderfect nn’ fancy tourists sees an outfit liko thet, they'll kind o' think rauchin’ is a boss business, un’ it ’ll put ’em up to comiu' out here an' buyln’ laud, nil’ startin’ a boom in ranches, au’ helpin' trade. * Yer see, they’ll think nil ranchmen is like hint, an’ they’ll git mighty findly loft; but thet ain’t jour funeral nor mine. Buy, young feller, j what’ll yer take? Nothin'! Wa’al, suit yorself.” Throe tulles above tlie ranch where Jack lived wns another, of rather better character as regarded its buildings, which stood close lo the bed of the creek. It l>olongcd to a mnn named Simpson. Most peoplo liked him; fow knew him well. There wns a vague im pression abroad thnt Simpson had a his- I tory, and that his ownership of a West- i ern ranch wns but nn episode in n life far different from that to which most of his neighbors had been born; but there was that aboutliim which repelled inquisitive ness. liis cnttlo were numerous and in ! good condition; he. wns active nud efficient in tlie round-up, hut liis pat will bloss you, too, for you’ve laved th* life of my little girl, that’s the applo of mv eye.” Still clasping hi* daughter tightly with his left arm, he wrung Jock's hand, aud tho tears stood in his eyes. Just then, with many a crack and groan, and almost, ono would say, a cry of distress, Simpson's Ranch house was toru from its frail foundations and swept down thovallov. “Nevermind; lot hor go," cried h*. “I’ll buy a dozen blamed old shantiee liko that for you to morrow, if you wilt 'em." m oustiut; so did refinement supply tho place of costly equipment. Jack Rey nolds realized all this tho first time he enterod the building. To be sure, he snw it under favorable circumstances. The daughter of the house find come out to meet him ns lie approached. When slto saw it wns her own fnvorite horso ho hnd brought home, her face was lighted up liy a smile which went straight to his heart. Beforo his visit came to an end lie discovered that her name was Edith. What more he discovered about hor no one but himself would know; but it could not have bee > otherwise than pleasant, for lie mi. I nt his home in the highest of spirits. lie counted the duys until he th night he might ca l agniu, and he made them as few ns h • possibly could. I; wns strong evidence of Broncho Bant’* partiality for hie young friend that he took but mild exception to what must surely boa distraction to nuemhrvo cowboy; but then Bam him self lint! seen the young lady, and her grace and sweetness had made an im pression on oven his case-hardened sensi bilities. “Thnr ain't no kind o’ use in tulkin' about it," said he; “It’s human nntur. I’m an old man now, but I was young once myself an’ I know, lie’s a follow thet’s got sand, an’ she’s a real good-ap pearin’ gal an’ I allow it ain’t no one’s Next day all the neighborhood knew that Simpson had come back, and why lie went away: bow the partner who had - defrauded and nearly ruined him yeare be - fore had written him from his sick-bed in his refuge in Manitoba; how he had made restitution; how Simpson had been for months beyond the region of mails and telegraphs; how he had come home and ridden up the valley behind Jack. “I didn’t know you were ahead of me,” ho told him. “Of course it woe my horse you heard;but I knew a short cut to the mesa, and turned off by it; but you were too quick for me. Oh, yee, I know; it’s all right. I wouldn’t crow the little girl, nny way. If she’s willing. I am; and if she’s going to leave her old father, I’m mighty glad she’s going to hare a man to take care of her that'* got sand.”—A. A. Hayes, in Bazar. business but theirs. The road up the vnllev wns narrow nud “Life Is what we make it.” and when ronage of the Arcade saloon wns of tlie j rough; one side was often much higher you “make it” hearts, you want to "o< 1 scantiest, nml he was somewat eccoutric . than the other; the prickly cactus hushes either r “lone llahd" or a wv good the '"“king up of what in another | trenched on it; and tunny turrowa and "pard.” ' ! ttQ d more forma) state of society would J holes lay os pitfalls before tbe ttder. .All Olay anti tlio Editor. Clay’s dignity once completely crushed a local uewspaper man, says a Washing ton (Penu.) correspondent. A short time before his death, in the company of his v. ire. lie wus proceeding to Washington, nud hurt k!o;i •«; I over hero for dinner. )n bin omv.’.’bt from the dining-room o i bis way to the coach, with his wife leaning on hisnrm,ndoublelineoftowne- poople, gathored along the walk leading to the road, wa* encountered. Clay bowed con-.lderntelj to hts admirer*, and when about to eu’-er the coaoh won touched upon the shoulder and greeted wi.h (lie following instruction, ehoutod in desperate tones: “Beth T. Hurd, of tlio Commonwealth." Tuming, Clay re plied, in an oqually high pitch: “I know vour commonwealth, hut I’ll be hanged if 1 know you.” Aged Wash ingtonians are still laughing' over tha editor's set-back. An unclaimed postal card is not re turned to tho writer, even though bis address is given upon it, but it sent to the dead letter office.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, October 27, 1885, Image 1