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, . Indian Massacre.
Thursday evening tho people of Hills
borough were electrified by the intelli,
cence that the Indians hail raided the
filacer canip, about five miles below that
town- The news camo to the effect that
they had ridden into camp in great num
bers, mounted on government horses and
armed with revolvers und government
ritlcs. They sacked the camp, driving on
between thirty and forty head of stock.
The miners were mostly all at work on
their claims, and having no thought of
an attack, had left their arms in their
cabins. Home fow, however, rushed for
and obtained their guns and opened fire
on tho band of red devils as they were
riding hither and thither through the
camp. This fire seemed to exasperate
the Indians, who immediately shot and
mangled several women and children in
isolated cabins, as also wounding several
men. They roue on in a uouy, timing
the captured stock before them, in the
direction of the Parches river. The band
numbered seventy-live to ono hnndred
Indians. A number of miners rode pell
mell to Hillsborough, carrying the start
ling news that the copper-colored devils
were heading toward that town. For a
while this caused great consternation and
excitement. . Women and children were
gathered together in a common place of
Safety, and tho town, though wofully de
ficient in arms, presented a stirring and
martial appearance. Soon came another
courier from tho placers, saying that tho
band had dividod into two parties and
that both divisions were making south;
rum toward the Truiillo place, and the
other toward McEvar's cienoga. A band
of twenty Americans, imperfectly armed
and poorly mounted, started out at once
to intercept iheni. The band was fol
lowed by other smaller partiesstarting
out whenever they could find horses and
guns to go with. The first party which
started after the Indians came upon them
in a cornfield the other side of McEvar's
houso, and immediately gave them battle,
but tho force of tho rod skins so over
powered them in numbers, and was so
much better armed that the American
boys were scattered, although fighting
in a bravo manner, only like Hillsbor
ough boys can do like chaff leforc the
wind. They broke and separated, each
man taking care of himself as best he
could, meauwhilo many a saddle they
emptied of its red skin occupant, and a
large number of Indian horses wore left
riderless before they fell back. Tho
parties going to their assistance united
on the road, but were intercepted by a
detachment of Indians before they could
w,..i, t,a cionnirn.. where thev could hear
the battle raging. The relieving party at
onco engaged the detachment ot reels ana
f., .,!, aa nnlt lUHTl (Mill Hlllt wllOSO UvCS
are at issue, but all to no purpose tho
odds were too great, wcy uenig outnum
bered ten to one. They saw tiiat thoy
AaA- a. shower of Indian
bullets was poured in upon their little
company from an sines, aim nmiuy mey,
too, sought each for himself shelter as
best ho could find. They retreated,
leaving a number of thoir men dead on
ti.o a lanrnr number woundod. and
kllll MViU) Q
animals crippled and dying on every
side. Small parties made uieir way
ImOiiihI bushes and rooks.
timv iniriAcl those who had first
gone out and who hail reassembled after
the route atMclivarsraiicn; otuerspicjt
bereft of their riders
and mado the best of their way back to
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Hillsborough, to carry me uireiui news
ltniii reinforcements: and others
detected in their flight by the merciless
savages, were ridden down, trampled
upon, mutilated in every conceivable
and inhuman manner, and left dead or
dying food for the vultures and coyotes.
In this conflict tho Indians are known to
lmvn loot, their ehief. who fell from his
saddle, pierced through the heart by a
bullet from tho unerring rnie oi poor
Tom nughes, who paid the forfoit of his
own lifo just one moment after. The
savages having now whetted their horrid
thirst for blood, and maddened beyond
measure nt the death of their chiof and
so many of their braves, and finding no
fresh parties to attack, made thoir way
in ,i Afovii-nn ranch a short distance off.
where resided teu souls three men, a
vouth, three women and three children
'of tender years, ono a mero suckling
babe. . All of this congregation were
cruelly massacred, the men hacked to
pieces with l'anees and riddled with num
berless bullets, the babies hewn with
axes and their little innocent heads cleft
from crown to chin, and the women, rc-
served for a still more horrible fate,
were left dead and mutilated after atroci
ties had been committed, the very
thought of which compels humanity to
shudder. The Indians then gathered
up their surplus stock, took all the mules
and horses from the ranches in the
vicinity, and not daring to attack Mc
Evar's ranch, which was now so well
protected by the Hillsborough hoys
made for the mountains, one party of
them biking a southerly course, and the
other directing their march toward the
Mimbres river. They will undoubtedly
strike for Mexico and dispose of the
stock stolen from Uncle Ham, of which
they can have no less than two hundred
head. Silrer livord, September ISth.
Tiiu Chami-ios Eatek. -Not long ago
Mr. A. L. lteid, of this county, stepped
into tho drng store of Jackson & Son, of
this place, in which there were six water
melons, all (combined) weighing about
seventy-five pounds, and said if anybody
would pay for them he would sit down
and not get up until ho had eaten the
last mouthful of them. Our Sheriff, Mr.
Henry Magee, incredulous as to Mr.
Ilied's remarks, suid if ho (Ried) would
sit down and swallow them all before he
"'gotnphe (Magee) would pay for them,
when Mr. Wm. Jackson, who w as present,
said if Kied did not eat them according
Magee'g request ho (Jackson) would pay
for'them. Kied then took his seat and
the show began in earnest. The first one
he ate weighed fifteen pounds, the next
one fifteen; and, after he had eaten these
two, his appetite seemed to be as sharp
and as active as it was before he had
aten one bite. He then consumed two
more, and before an hour had passed he
had eaten four and one-half, the weight
of which was not less than fifty-five or
sixty pounds, and would have eaten the
balance, when Magee became satisfield,
paid for the melons, told Kied that be
could quit, and told the crowd standing
by to help eat what remained, when it
was consumed in less time than it takes
to tell it. Mountain (Laurel county)
Echo.
"Somebody Lore Me,"
Two or three years ago the Super
intendent of tho Little Wanderers'
llomo in It received ono morn
ing a request from the Judgo that bo
would come to the Court House.
Ho complied directly, and found
thero a group of seven littlo girls,
ragged, dirty aud forlorn, beyond
oven what ho was accustomed to
sec. '1 he Judgo, pointing to them
(utterly homolcss and friendless),
laid:
"Mr. T , can you take any of
thpso?"
'Certainly, I can take them all,"
was tho prompt reply.
"All! What in tho world can you
do with them?"
"I'll make women of them."
Tho Judgo singled out one even,
worso in appearance than the rest,
and asked again:
"What will you do with that ono?"
"I'll make a woman of her," Mr.
T repeated, firmly aud hopofully.
They were washod and dressed
and provided with a supper and
beds. The next morning they went
into tho schoolroom with tho chil
dren. Mary was tho name of tho
littlo girl whose chance for belter
things the Judgo thought small.
During tho forenoon tho teacher
said to Mr. T inroforenco to her:
"1 never saw a child like that. I
havo tried for an hour to got a smile,
and have failed."
Mr. T said afterwards himself
that her face was tho saddest ho hud
ever seen sorrowful beyond expres
sion; yet sho was it very littlo girl,
only five or six years old.
After school ho called her into his
office and said pleasantly:
"Mary, I've lost my littlo pet. I
used to havo a littlo girl hero that
would wait on me, and sit on my
knoe, and I loved her very much. A
kind lady and gentleman have
adopted her, and I should liko for
you to take her placo and bo my pet
now. Vill you?"
A gleam of light flitted over tho
poor child's face, and sho began to
understand him. Ho gave her ten
conts and told her she might go to
tho store near by and get some
candy. While sho was out he took
two or throo newspapers, tore them
in pieces and scattered them about
the room. When sho returned he
said:
"Mary, will you clear up my office
a littlo for mo, and pick up tho papor
und seo how nice you can make it
look?"
Sho went to work with a will. A
little moro of this kind of manage
ment in fact, treating her as a kind
father would wrought the desired
result. Sho went into tho school
room after dinner with so changed a
look and bearing thut tho teucher
wus astonished. The child's faco
was absolutely radiant. Sho went to
her and suid:
"Mary, what is it? What makes
you look so happy?''
'Oh, I'vo got some one to lovo
mol" tho child answered earnestly, as
if it were heaven come down to
earth.
That was all tho secret. For want
of lovo that littlo ones lifo had been
so cold and desolate that sho had
lost childhood's beautiful faith and
hope. Sho could not at first behove
in tho reality of kindness or joy for
her. It was the certainty that some
ono had loved her and desired her
affection that lighted the child's soul
and glorified her face.
Mary has since been adopted by
wealthy people and lives in a beauti
ful houso; but moro than all its
beauty and comfort, running liko a
golden thread through it all, sho
still finds tho lovo of hor adopted
father and mother. Philadelphia
Price List.
Actino and Reality. Mrs. John
Drew, of the Philadelphia Arch-street
Theater, speaking of the simulating emo
tion of actors, lately said: "Undoubtedly
an actor could grasp a situation more
readily and represent it moro effectively
if he had once been in the same position
in real life. But how seldom is this the
case. Some of the most inhumun villains
I ever knew on the stages-are pleasant,
mild-mannered men in private." A lis
tener reminded Mrs. Drew of Manager
Bernard Macauley's criticism of Mary
Anderson, that she "owed her success to
her remarkable beauty and power of por
traving characters and passions, which
she had no idea of," and might become a
great actress after she had been once in
inn Mr Drpw resnonded: "Miss
Anderson's greatest fault is thought by
gome members of her profession to Ihi
want of concentration. They say she is
capablo of turning round in tho niiddlo
of an impassioned scene to niako some
frivolous remark to a brother actor. M
Macauley's argument is good, but a good
many examples might 1 cited to prove
the contrary. Every one has heard of
Miss O'Xeil. Forty years ago she was at
the pinnacle of fame and success, she
oo nnlv nmnarried. but her habits
and temperament were antagonistic to
. 1 . 1.1. "- AAA if
those natural u ner niuim-r. n uc
aimnt nninta was in portraving a
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mother's tender love and devotion. Mrs.
i..tnmun i ndiieved trreat success in
redes requiring a nice apireciation of
to her nature. Many
people who have suffered all tPepangsof
poverty wouia do mere jmv
the stage to act the part of hero or a
heroine who was supposed to be suffer
ing from just such straits. An actor, to
carry his audience with him, must be
-.."l,U f ima'Hninir vividlv anv charac
ter he impersonates; actual experience is
of use to mm, but imagination ana wii
thoughtfulness are indispensible."
New York Sun.
Yeugeance of a Woman hrorned.'
. .
A dashing young fellow arrived at
Galveston, Texas, a few months since,
and gave out that the death of a relative
had left him a small fortune, which he
wished to invest in a farm. After u
week or two of leisurely retirement, he
bought a ranch on Cliocolate Bayou for
85000. There, domesticating himself at
once as what he termed a "gentleman
farmer," he cordially reciprocated the
attentions of tho neighboring "squires"
for duo social relations, and though un
communicative as to all point in his
past life, found no difficulty in ingra
tiating himself with tho most select so
ciety in that section. A man of his ad
dress, apparent property and unmarriod
nnn.litinn cnnlil not live under such cir
cumstances without marking or being
marked for matrimony, aim toward tne
end of last month certain assiduous ad
dresses he had paid to an estimable
young lady culminated in a matrimonial
proposition, which was not rejected.
Tim weililinc was fixed for an early dav.
and sumptuary and domiciliary prepara
tions for it wero nearly completed, wnon,
to the horror of Chooolate society, the
unspeakable anguish of the bride-elect,
and the dismay of the bridegroom, tho
latter received the congratulations of a
detective officer from Pinkerton's agency
in Chicago, in whose company, after a
brief interview, ho departed hurriedly
for the East as a prisoner oi tue law.
It seems that some time since a
wealthy oil company of Pennsylvania had
its burglar proof safe robbed of $17,000,
anil Rimultanoouslv one Norman Spencer,
tho previously immaculate bookkeeper
of the concern, usapieared lrom ms
desk, boarding house, and other familiar
iiWea The coincidence permitted but
one inference, and no one doubted that
tho missing man had been the ronner.
A certain detective, aware that before his
erimo and flight Hpencor had been do
voted in his attentions to a young orphan
girl in Titusville, decided to keep a
strict watch on the young lady's move
ments, thinking that there would be
somo communication between them.
Two months elapsed before the officer's
vigilance found any reward; but at tho
end of that time, just after receiving a
letter addressed in "backhand" from St.
Joseph, Mo., the lady suddenly departed
for tho West, followed and "shadowed,"
of course, by the detective. Through
Pennsylvania and Ohio sho journeyed on
to Chicago, whore, by the direction of
his superiors at homo, tho officer en
listed tho services of a noted young do
tectivo of that city to continue tho
"shadowing." From Chicago, under
the surveillance of tho new watcher, tho
lady went to Qniney. On reaching that
city tho lady went to a hotel, and the de
tective advised his employers of tho
state of tho case. Instructions wero
sent to change officers, and a Qniney offi
cer was put to work. Remaining at
Quincy a day, tho lady loft one
line morning on the Hannibal and
St. Joseph roud. Her every mo
tion had been watched, and tho offi
cer went on the train with her. At
Cameron Junction, she took tho cars for
Kansas City, with tho argus-oyed detec
tive on the same car. Arriving there she
went to a hotel, followed by tho officer.
Tho morning after her arrival in Kansas
City, tho detective was seated at break
fast, when a woman exactly resembling
the one ho had been watching, took her
seat in tho dining room. She was closoly
veiled, but the height, figure and dress
wero tho same, and thero could bo no
mistake about it. He quietly finished
breakfast, and then resumed his position
to watch further "developments. Tho
omnibus rolled up in front of the door,
and passengers bound on tho Kansas-Pacific
Kailway wero called for. Tho lady
ho had seen took her seat in tho 'bus,
ho followed, and tho two wero soon on
the train whirling westward. At Junc
tion City tho woman got off tho car and
took her seat in tho uepoi, me omccr wi
lowing. A few hours afterward the train
eastwarn came along, and tho woman
took her seat in ono of tho cars. Puz
zled by this singular mnncuvre, tho offi
cer followed, and indue course of time
both found themselves in tho same hotel
in Kansas City they had loft in the
morning. Next morning the astonishing
fact was revealed that the woman who
went to Junction City was merely a ser
vant in tho house, who nearly resomtilod
in face and figure tho woman tho officer
was following, and who had been dress
ed np in a suit of that individual's cloth
ing as a decoy duck. Convinced that he
had been sold, and unable to procure
any trace whatever of tho fugitive, the
officer gave up the chase and reported to
his employer. From this time, for somo
months, nothing was heard of either
Norman (Spencer or tho woman whoso
wit had foiled the trained pursuers, but,
inasmuch as it had been the ingenuity of
a devoted woman that had covered tho
trail of tho offender from the hunter, the
game was not yet to lie betrayed by a
woman scorned. It apiwared that after
having sent off tho "decoy," the lady
hurried to Ht. Joseph, where, under an
assumed name, Kpencer met her. Repre
senting that he had resolved to buy a
ranch in Galveston county, Texas, "far
from tho maddening crowd's strife," as
sume the name of Norman, and then
1 marry the woman who had been so true
to hiin, he induced her to remain in St.
!Jo.oph until 1m should send for her.
She, all trusting, consented, and he re
turned to his Chocolate Bayou ranch
j The man was false to her as to his era
' plovers, am", his last letter, of compara
tively recent date, counseled her to re-
turn to Titusville, as he was about to
; marry a lady of Galveston comity. De
servedly for him and happily for. the
i law, sho who had once thrown the hounds
i of the law off his trail, could put them
on again, and she did. Tho result has
j been told already. The gentleman far
iiner nf Chocolate no longer Mr. Nor-
I man, but Norman Spencer, the felon
! was arrested for his crime in the n-
like Eu?ene Aram, went forth to retri
bution "with gyves upon his wrists."
He was told to remain after school,
4,.n 1n teacher, trvini? to imnrefW on
bis youthful mind the sinfulness of not
gpeiking the truth, asked if they did not
tell Lim in the Sunday school, where
bad boys went who told falsehoods,
ri.ntinir with sobs he said: "Yes. mam';
its a place where there is fire, but I don't
just remember the name of the town."
A Night Id baa f rmcUco.
n.eitriu 8onmito Rxr.. Out. 1.1
I wish I could give you an idea of Wt
Saturday night at the Mechanics'
Pavilion. It was a gala night, as every
aturday night is, in Son Francisco, and
( very ono was out, dressed in his best,
uuiiy tf the ladies almost in opera cos
tumeslight bonnets, with waving
plumes, white kids and fine dresses. And
oh! what ghastly complexions went up
and down; somo corpse-white, with rod
riinmed eyes by contrast, and that pecu
liar wrinkly look lying underneath tho
lnvor of chalk wliieli nlwnvs striken me as
a Hour-barrel effect. That is tho dead
white complexion, so unnatural, so
ghastly, so old that it makes my mouth
water with pity for tho woman who puts
it on. Powder, wash, emunclino should
always bo pinkish white, put on and
rubbod in with soft chamois skin, if
it must bo used at all.
Xinetv-ninn women out of A hnndred
you meet on the streets nowadays use
some liquid or other tor the complexion.
Ma use never run be concealed: it is
patent as the eyes or the noso on tho faco,
for every woman who lays it on, no mat
ter with wluit art or skill, lias that
smooth, nuiilfl look, mid her teeth look
yellow, and, unless sho pencils them,
her eyes red and weak and red beside it.
On Saturday night a mother and daugh
ter went aim and urm np aud down the
hall tho whole evening long, and the
poor old legs of tho former must have
ached like the toothache when at last her
weary, vain promenade was ended. The
mother must have been nity, and mo
daughter perhaps seventeen, but tney
hud t nk en a wash out of tho SliniO bottle.
which evidently contained a dead white
mixture. Oh! those dreadful, staring
deathly wrinkles, mado more apparent by
an occasional vain grin meant for sweet
ness, tho old, crinkly wrinkles that went
np and down, and np ami down by tho
round, Binooth, death-white cheek of
taon! Hull! bow I should have liked
to hold both under the spray of the foun
tain. The fountain itself was encircled
by a rim, three deep, of elderly couplos,
content to sit and look on, while a fourth
and outer row of chairs was occupied by
young people who could both seo and be
seen, oowing uoro mi umre " un
changing smiles directly after at the ap
peoraneo of the friend they had just bowed
to so politely, criticising the dress. Ono
wmulerinir who heroscort micht bo and
such party consisted of fivo girls, under
escort of the undo oi ono oi mom, wnom
I knew. He was only ono man to fivo,
and he was a poor excuso at that, but ho
was better than uonc. These girls sat
tho whole eveuing long, and kept up a
running fire of comment, and when they
started home they all said they had had
a splondid time, "such fun," and they
w ere so sorry the lair was to ciose. j
miiMt irivn von the eostumO of ono. Her
.lwiw u-iiu of nulieu of rose. .silk and BOU10
one of the small-figured stuffs, so much
worn, mode short with silk poionatso.
Tho flounces of tho skirt wero box-plait-cd,
a bias band of tho other material
stitched on an inch from the edge. A
fichu of tho silk trimmed with fringe
tlin shoulders to the front.
where it crossed to tho buck with ends;
gloves to match. Tho hat was of the
samo silk, mado in Normandy style, a flat
pieco of pasteboard serving for tho back
frame. Tho shape is much worn ami
looks liko a dunco cap. This was
trim mod with cardinal roses. Tho young
ladv was a brunette, and she just thought
she was "got up lovely." Her eyes wore
penciled and had a melting, signing, lan
guishing look, whilo enameline mado
hor face soft and peachy, but not nearly
ho soft as tho top of her head, I'll war
rant. Her hair was cut and elaborately
laid out upon her cheeks stiff and hard,
whilo behind it fell in a long braid,
stuck evenly in two rows with gold hair
pins painfully conspicuous. This young
lady kept her hand agoing oil tho time,
smoothing down her gloves, feeling of
her hat, tondorly touching her hornblo
hair, patting tho niching at her neck or
fingering her gorgeous locket. "How
does my hair look?" she whispered to
ono of the other fivo under cover of tho
music. "Nice," said tho other admir
ingly. There are hundreds, silly, vain,
shallow, just liko these girls, who simper
if a youth looks their way, and eagerly
respond to all tho ogling that may bo
offered. Every day I urn moro aud
more amazed at tho blind trust in Frovi
denco which San Francisco parents ex
hibit. If children be small, thoy are
nllowed tho run of tho street from morn
ing till night, and a great huo and cry is
raised if one is accidentally knocked
over by a passing car or team. Faith,
tho mystery is that so many escape.
When tho boy grows he chooses his own
associates, hours and habits, and when ho
goes wrong his parents shako their
heads and wonder why tho Lord has
thus atllcted them. When the girl comes
into her teens sho is given a carte blanche.
Mi.n nrmiinnadeH tho streets dressed liko
a vouug lady, and the glances sho meets
and returns harden her consciciien.
Alone or by two and throes sho is at tho
,.,ut;n,.u inn! eoneeives a passion for
each actor in turn, and if by any means
rdie could attract bis attention suo womu
lie more than proud. On Saturday
nirrlit with a vounir companion, she is at
the fair, never once stopping to examine a
curiosity, a work oi an or an a iuei'
.., of lfihor Imt endlessly walking up
and down and up and down, wherever
she may be most public, her face paint
ed, her hair banged and frizzed and
plastered, her hat on tho back of her
head, her dress bo-bowcd,bc-rti!!lod and
be-lmed. Sho is tin the qui rite; her
handkerchief will flirt across her smiling
face at tho least opportunity; sho is not
above coming to a speaking acquaint
ance upon tempting occasion. No won
der so many mothers find their daugh
ters broken roods. You may tell mo
these are not children of good families;
that they come of uncultivated mothers
and fathers out of society, but I tell you
no. They are of the worst and w-st
alike they are Jewish girls, they are
deacons' daughters, they are millionaires
children. More than one scandal is
bushed again and again, more than ono
girl is sent east, more than one boy
banished to rigid private academy, and
the facte are whijcred to few. It is not
i .inviroinM to worst, but the
m v yii "V .
! young person is compromised and mm
i lies not far beyond that unlessa rescue u
: n.4a.l T mrr!t lliis in DO Spirit of X-
CUn w. a -
awrated gossip, but in solemn warning.
77..' .. . V . .11 1 .. in tl.A
il. that I miirht send the cry to the
' ear of every parent in the land.
Your
boy sooius to be a good boy by every
watch, by every guard by every
precept to keep him so. Your
girl seems innocent and pure of
thought--know her daily lifo and her
companions intimately. Because she is
your child is no reason of itself that
she is therefore a good child. What of
the world's ways must be known to
either and I claim that much must be
known who is so lit as a parent totell it
all? dear away the mysteries that are
lo fascinating to youth, rob knowledge of
wickedness, don't let your children havo
tlin (tin "IXnMnn mil lln'i. rru " llnrinrt
tho eleven years of my life in San Fran
cisco I have been in a position whore
mw auitit'a Mink ntiio sn nvii mw i vi u
of young people havo been most markedly
bronchi to mv notiiw uii.1 T slioulil like
just once to tell what I know in print and
piain language oi tue rcsuus oi uuuu
trust on the nart of lmrcnta. but in largo
capitals I should like to head it, "to
Mother Only. hat a grand thing it is
to lirifitr info tniu lift A hoii! lo fieil it to
train it, to fit it for a higher life, and
what a wicked thing to bring it to lifo
and fail of the rest. And then ut tho
Fair, when this procession of 1hvs and
girls, without any affectionate watch, go
rniiminrr al will tnronrrli n tMnmiHtllollfl
assemblage, I toll you it is not strango that
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tue peaeii is roiioeii oi us uiouui, una inn
sight makes me sick at heart.
(.rubbing a Uhost.
Geoico V. Tonios. of No. 01 Broad
way, had under his charce yesterday a
friend from Pittsburgh named F. A.Tro-
maino and dosircd to show him a spiritu
alist Bounce. He found ono advertised to
occur in tho evening up town, llio two
friends went to this number, which thoy
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described as a orowu-Hioiio uuuw wru
furnished. They were met ut the door
bv an old man who. after consulting a
momoraiicluiu-book te soo if tho seats
wore all taken, admitted them on pay
ment of SI each walking match pricos.
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in tho buck parlor which was dark, thero
was a small cabinet fixed against tho
wall. Thero wore threo rows of chairs m
tlin room uiiil thoro wore about flftv DCr-
sons prosont, of whom four or fivo wero
women. At tho beginning oi tno seanco
tho old man who had acted as treasurer
announced that tho modium and hor
company would not be responsible for
tho manifestations of tho spirits, and ho
then requested the audience to sing some
familiar air, such as "The Sweet By-and-By."
The greater part of tho front of tho
cabinet was concealed by a curtain, but
there was room at one side for a small
window. Whon tho seanco began the
modium, a stout womau, entered tho
cabinet and immediately afterwords a
hand was shown at the window and a foot
at the bottom of tho curtain. Then a
youth about tho sizo of tho medium, who
was designated as 'Jimmy tho News
boy," stopiiod from tho cabinet into tho
room and began to dance. At this mo
meut tho two friends agreed with each
other to seizo tho next spirit that Bhould
appear. In a fow minutes thoro was a
loud knocking, and tho spirits asked if
tlmir nmiitml in aim nnv Ollft. TllOV an-
swerud "Yes," and ono of tho two young
men was called, but not chosen. Then
the old ,man said tho spirits wero con
fused, and tho person who was wanted
was found and had a conversation wirn
tho spirit, who was familiarly called
Mary. Tho subseiiuont proceedings aro
best described in iur. louia s lauguuKx
"T movfiil towariH tho old
tun n H' ho ml m i tied me. and who wits
standing at tho far end ot tno room, uo
i, ,i,i ,m r lim! lintter tnko mv seat: but I
said I'd stay where I w as. Ho repeated
his admonition ami i worn to mo room
n,wl uni1 in front of a WOllllin. TllO
spirit Mary then camo out into tho room
about eight feet from the cabinet. Tho
piissugo was clear in front of mo, and I
went for hor ime a sirens, oi hk""""k
and threw my arms around her. She
screamed and struggled, and sevoral of
tho men ran to her assistance. My
friend ran to help me, but ho foil ovi t
the seats, and the spirit got away from
mo. The ghost weighed ISO pounds if
she weighed an ounce, and 1 fully iden
tified her as tho medium. The woman
who had been sitting behind where I
stood cried out:
" 'You nearly killed my daughter and
yon ought to be shot with a pistol, and
I'vo a good mind to shoot you for treat
ing a spirit in that way.'. Tho spirit had
very littlo clothing on, and her faco was
whitened to givo her a ghostly look.
After tho confusion caused by my catch
ing her, tho seanco was declared at an
end, and the believers and unbelievers
wero dismissed." JVmo York World, Sep
tr miter 2i.
Viktuk anijVk-b is Contrast Vico
is most revolting whon seen in contrast
with virtue. A profane man, belching
forth oaths before those who never swear;
an atheist, pouring forth blasphemies in
tho presence of reverent and holy men;
an iuohriate, filthy and coarso, mingling
with persons who nover touch tho debas
ing draught; tho vulgar libortino, cor
rupting the air with unwholesome
speech, to the disgust of thoso whoso
minds aro pure; in every such instance
vico is not alone as a sin, but as a horrid
deformity. It not only brings death, but
also shame. It is not only wicked, but
vile; it is not only wrong, but unspeaka
bly moan. How'lovcly, by the same con
trast, does virtue apjM-ar. Jlow sweet tho
lips of chastity; how pure the breath of
reverent piety; how blessed the exaniplo
that hides thoerring, rebukes tho unholy,
impresses tho young, guiues mo
I er, and strengthens tho weak by its silent
i newer.
Livino With a Bicokes Neck. Thore
is living in the Virginia town of Marion
a twelve-year-old boy witu a uiwu
neck. According to tho Enterprtte,
published in tho neighlwiring town of
VYythovillo, the little fellow's nerk was
broken several yearn ago, at which time
iron and steel bare were run along the
spine and clasped on botli sides of the
face. The head U thus held in ono posi
tion. Some days ago the framework
broke and the head fell t ono side, cut
ting off the power of speech. Tho moth
er put the head in a natural poise until
the clasp Lad locn mended, when all
went well ti before. f Philadelphia
Timci.
If the fall of Adam was as cold as the
one this year, wo don't wonder Eve
hnnted up a dryg nxU store.
Rloriet About Yob Xoltbe.
Some time after tho capitulation of
Paris, Moltke went to Col mar, and,
meaning to stay there a few days, did
not disdain to ask for a billeting-order.
Mnio. It;, howover, upon whom the Mar
shal was to have been quartered, would
have nothing to say to him, and Moltke
was fain to lodge and feed himself at a
hotel, of course, at the lady's expense.
Ho asked for four rooms ou the first
floor, invited peoplo to breakfast and
dinner, and treated them to champagne
in short, the Teuton hero lived like a
fighting cock. But at tho end of threo
days tlio landlord, who hated him, qui
etly took leavo to remind his Excellency
that tho term of the billeting order had
now expired. Moltke replied with a dry
cough and a demand for a small room on
tho second floor. During the remainder
of his stay ho dined friendless and chain'
pagneloss at tho table d'hote.
Moltke is as good a letter-writer as
Mnio. do Sevigne, and ho sent somo par
ticularly charming letters from tho East
to his sister, who had married an Eng
lishman settled in Holsteiu, a Mr. Burt.
Miss Mary Burt, daughter of Mr. Burt
by a former marriage, was especially
moved by them; and when the warrior
camo homo, his ;!!! winters were not con
sidered a fatal objection to union with a
girl of but lb' summers.
"And tlislr flint lovr conllnuni to Ibe latl."
It was the happiest of matches. She
died in 18W, on Chnstmes eve, and it
was a revelation to men to seo how
Moltko sorrowed. Often now ho can be
observed nt his country seat wending his
wnv in flm ermv of flm nveninff. toward
" . , , ... f,. r " ' -----ri i
his wife's tomb a plain marble nionu-
mont on the summit oi a lime niu,
crowned with cypress. Beneath tho
cross, carved on the little mausoleum,
may lie read this littlo mono: "IjOvo is
Mm fulllllinir of the law."
Moltko has a fine prosrty. It is situ
ated in Silesia, between Sehwoiduitz and
Roiohonbaoh, and called, 1 tuna, ft.rei
san. Thero ho is most thoroughly nt
home, ltisinir ovorv inorninsr at five, he
logins tho day by lighting a littlo spirit
lamp, as tho nrst step toward geinuK
l.iiua.,lf iv -nil of eoffen. After coffee, he
takes a littlo turn in tho grounds, rather
for pleasure thau business, wuicn omy
lmfviiiu nf Bnvnn Ttitwiton noveii nnd ten
tho Marshal likes to make a thorough in
spection of ins domain, no is a goou
practical farmer and famous for his cab
bages, which have won several medals.
On ono of thoso inspections he cangui
n muutt uiilinrr in flm tttjLlileii and crave
him a box on tho car, tho force of 'which
has oeon tho theme or admiring comment
l,v manv a m nil Hrimiiln ever since. But.
as a rule, his subordinates speak kindly
oi nun, and say no is a justanu coubwui-
ato master. Still, no ono ever has a
chance of forgottingthe iron hand which
is covered by tlio velvet giovo.
At 10 tho Marshal takesa kind of second
breakfast, a basin of soup or a glass of
.1 a liiuiMiit. ltv tliiH time the let-
tors and papers have arrived and Moltke
works till noon, Sundays always mvvw
wi 1 1 "tlin Haliluit.h" he troes to church.
and reads "good books" during tho bet
tor part of tlio day.
A nnnn nn a riicnlllir 1I11V. tllH Mlirsllftl
takes a nap till dinner time, which cen
tral ceremony of every man s nay tanu
placo in tho Moltko household at A
o clock. After dinner, a cigar ami iuoio
work. By and by a chat with friends, if
any aro staying with him, and perhaps a
stroll. At 8 o'clock tea is served. On a
fine summer evening tho Marshal will
take another turn after tea, but almost
invariably goes to bed at 10 o'clock.
A war interferes much less with
Moltko's habits than might bo supposed.
A friend mot him in tho streets of Berlin
in July, 1870, nnd, after exchanging a
few words, muttered Bomothing about
not trespassing on tho groat man's time
nt such a crisis, and was about to with
draw, whon Moltke retained him, saying
in tho quietest manner: " I havo noth
ing to do." It was tho simple truth.
Tho work had all boon done long before.
Ho is not, however, much of a talker,
this famous soldier, who can hold his
tongue in ton languages. A funny news
paper correspondent asked him in that
samo July how tilings
'Pretty well, he replied; mv juii
,..,uH i ni.r." i win not auu urn
superfluous statement that both "Our
Own nnd " Uur npeeiai p nui
i.i i i. M.,pJinl for I never yet
know a commander who doted on them.
ImuIuh 'JViilh , September lilt.
w.t i. (liu nv Oi;iltino. Among
tho pretty romantic stories of these later
days in an unromantio land, was mo
marriage oi honest jonu mm
nrcttv Mary Walkor, nt Camp Spring, a
few days ago. Mary's mother gave, a
quilting, and there camo to u iuuu m
Arirv'u lover John. For neveral
UUL-ntn, J f -
years he had wooed in summer among
tho iruit ami uuwuis m mo -
in winter liesido the hearth but, like
Miles Standish, was a bashful boy and
nover told his love. At tne quitting, '
guosts, with the bluntnesa that is born of
low degree aud affcctediiess, twitted the
blushing pair and said: "Why don't you
marry? John stuttered anu ouiuuiimuw
(so they say) , and, with a fate as red aa
tho calico square Mary was stitching on
the quilt, blurted out: "I will, if Mary
will. ' it was sufficient. Mary suid no,
but looked yes, and young Squire Ready,
of Boone county, who was prcsem.
prepared the papor, and then ami
Ii. ' ;i...l ikin in the bond that
mine mum .v . .
niako one of two, and all sat down to the
wedding supper thai nan oeu yii
for the quilting party.
A little fellow in Norwich, Conn.,
rushed into the street recently to look at
a monkey thai aeeonqmun-u u u.j,."-
grinder who was playing in irout oi
adjoining block. Never having perused
tho "Original of Man," he gaxed in won
der and admiration a few minutes, and
then rushing into the house, ho met his
grandmother, to whom he addressed this
inquiry: "Grandmother, who made
moukevs?" -Owl, my boy," replied the
old lady in her usual candid way.
"Well," said the grandson, "111 bet
God laughed when ho got tho first mon
key done."
A witty lady was onco told by a gen
tleman acquaintance tliat "he must have
been born with a silver spoon in his
mouth." She looked at him carefully,
and. upon realizing the size of hi mouth,
replied: "I don't doubt it; but it must
lmve been a soup ladle."
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