WMHOLT AND WITUItf.
h, eMchmtn In ths mnonlUht there
Luukiihmutnib ald-li-bt of tuedoor,
I bear ilu 1,110 '"" bitlbreu weai
Aildo.euljr mure.
rui'cnlnit hit no aalnn the pane,
lit enl m kit brllloiit lut,
Braiiienu blaebluKUi lu vain,
An J dwiiii u to a ptaca more Dot
Hcicciiu Into uppers.,
A limo wondi-r Di try aide,
jure im. bar ahouliii-rs and trow
01 fluuco. lor lbs door too wide.
He tblnkt how happy limy aim
St-atb lit wnit Klo'od and Jjweled load;
And wlbv nip some dieadful naim.
Ueaikg tba merry corka explode.
Moanwhl'elenlycurMths bora
or biimlcK tlll 'be aai old coon;
And e bim. nuld tb door,
la golden quleu) ol lb uiuou.
1 be winter w Ind It tot to cold
At ibo tr tot aille be u u.0 win;
Jior tbe boi' old wine w old
Ai our poor nibble tuur an J (bin.
I envy Mm (be ongyvid brance
Uj wbltb b frtUTi fett he wirmf,
And drR my lady'i ihulnt aud dance
Tbe Kik J slates of dreai y loruia,
O, could he havo my hr of dlo,
And 1 bii quiet lyatt a doubt,
'Twouid nlll be fine ruin bored within,
And Jutt anolber bored wlibout.
-Jimei Uuk11 Lowell.
LITTLE MIT.
Tn tlie hotel whore we were stopping.
(bore was a guest whoso tiame, as tbe
regis! r showed, was Joseph P. Maxwell,
but who was better known among bis
associates anJ the people of tbe town as
"Monte Joe." He had been in Luling
about three months. No one knew where
be came from, ana no one carea to Know.
tr tin,i arannAii off the tmin one morn-
ing, had registered at the hotel, and in
three days aftorward was on speaking
terms with one-half of the male popula
tion of the place.
In a town like liming society was not
exacting. A stranger was not required
to exhibit credentials, nor to state who
bis grandfather was, as a condition of
entree into society. In fact, society was
of a mixed character if it had any char
acter at all and could not afford to be
particular. Monte Joe was handsome,
well dressed, and of geniul manners. lie
brought a bluo eyed, sunny haired child
with him his daughter a smiling,
laughing little fairy, who captured the
hearts of all who knew her. In her
presence '.be cares of lifo vanished, and
tbe peoplo felt, as they listened to her
joyous, childish prattlo, that after all,
this world was not such a vale of tears as
they had thought it was. Little May
saw but the rosy hued side of the olouds
that encircled her lifo. She loved the
bright sunshine, the birds and tbe
flowers; she loved musio and pictures;
but above all, and with a greater and
stronger love, she loved her father,
Monte Joe, the gambler. These two,
futher and daughter, seemed to live for
each other, and in tho light of their
mutual love, Joe's face hod a worn, sad
look, e'xeept when he was playing with
tbe child. There was a soft, happy light
in his eyej and a womanly look on his
handsome fco. When he got excited at
the gambling tablo and swore, or whon
he was iusulied or auuoyed, then the
sadness and womanliness vanished, and
his eyes gave evidence of the devil
within.
It must be acknowledged that Joe was
much given to the vice of swearing, but
he never swore iu the child's presence.
It was pretty well known that he was
ready ut all times to back any statement
that he might mnko, and to give his op
ponent choice of weapons. His friends
claimed that he never "took water," but
it must not be inforred from this that he
declined to use water as a beverage.
It was only their terse way of explain
inr f lint Im was a brave man. Joe was
not a bully; he never sought a quarrel;
but, as those who knew him said, when a
quarrel was forced upon him, "he was
there." It was rumored that he had
killed three men, but that did not de
tract from his standing in a community
whore killing a man was often a neces
sity and a pruiseworthy action. No one
Could toll anything about Joe's history
previous to his advent in Luling. He
never rocoived any letters and he never
Keuardinz the cast, he was
reticent. He and the child seemed to be
alaae in ihe world. Little Moy had
never knowu any relatives except her
father. Joe woto a deep band of crape
on his hat. He vas father and mother
and all to her, and t he was all the world
to him. Tbe boys ust.4 to say that if the
child should die her eath would kill
To a mill Bimii anrrouL'dincs and as-
nil ("hrtriu'tors as of
DUVWIlUg " " 11 1 A
noioaairir little MaV WHS COlOPBlIed tO
associate with, it was a wonder fUat the
child retained her childishness, 'xbere
was nothing pert or preoocious in h?r
words or actions, although she some
times bal quaint ways of expressing
herself, and would ask queer and start
ling questions. She played but little
with other children. When her father
was absent she would amuse herself in a
oorner for hours at a time, with the end
of an old billiard cue dressed in rags
for a doll. This doll was a recipient of
all her secrets, Sho would tell it how
lonelv she was when papa was away;
how "much she loved papa, and what
beautiful things she was going to sew
and "broider" for him when she be
came a big girl. Her greatest desire
was to gat "to wear all the time every
day," as she expressed it, some old jew
elry that her papa kept in a trunk, and
used to bring out and show to her when
thflv bptb alone on Sunday mornings.
"inJ TV.ll " tlm child would say. "I
wish you was big, too, that you might
tell me what makes papo cry when he
rvnta that n.rrv eliain aronnd my neck.
Papa says he will tell me some day when
I'se a big girl, when we will live in a
pretty little house that will be May's
own house, with vines all aronnd it, and
pictures on the wall and a bird in a gold
cage. Then I'll let nobody live there
but papa-and you, Dolly, if you be
trnnA
Sha tnl.1 ntnripH to the doll about
giants, bad and wicked giants, who ato
little children, and afterward came to an
untimely end, as all bad and wicked
giants should. Papa killed all tho
giants, and it was papa who rescued all
the ohildren who were in daiger from
bears and lions. And the child added
something to every story, wherein
"papa" figured as the champion of tbe
oppreseed, tbe benefactor of tbe poor,
and the good angel who guarded tbe
virtuous.
As little May walked down tbe street
with her father, women who bad lost all
their womanliness and there were many
such lo tbe town spoke iu hushed tones
in hor presence. To them she was a
speck of gold in a mats of metal a ray
of light from a better world a bright
piece of color on a sombre background.
As her childish words and mellow laugh
smote tbe cars of those who, although
now hardened with tbe world's fully, had
still a woman s heart, they were moved
by her freshness and purity, and the un
bidden tear often coursed down their
cheeks, as they thought of the time
when they, too, were but a little lower
than the ar.guls.
And so they went on from day to day,
little May aud her futher. From tho na
ture of Joe's profession, he was at leis
nre during tbe day. In the summer
mornings, while yet the dew was on the
gross, ho and tbe child woulJ be seen
passing down the street, out by the
cemetery, past the straggling huts and
tents where the railroad hands lived, on
into tbo woods tho child sometimes ou
her father's back or in his arms, some
times ruuning along by his side, chasing
the butterflies and the humming birds,
or gathering tbo wild flowers of tbe
prairio. Down by the banks of the clear
stream they would go dowu into the
valley, wbero, in the sunlight, grew tbe
flowers and grasses, a rich and beautiful
carpot of nature's weaving, while in tbe
shade tho forn and the vine flourished in
luxurious profusion down iu the groves
of the valley, with their patches of light
and shade, where nature's choristers
chanted carols of joy and sang songs of
welcome. There, in some quiot nook,
they stayed and played, and laughed all
through the long summer dsy the
father telling fairy talos to the child, the
little one weaving crowns of leaves for
her father's head, and garlands of flow
ers for his neck. It was there that Joo,
the gambler, told little May, in words
suited to her understanding, the old,
old story of man's creation and woman's
disobedience of God'B love aud compas
sion, and of the Saviour's suffering. Ho
told her of heaven and of tbe angels
there, and of the joy and peace and rest
iu the homo of the good beyond this life.
Joe was a skeptio, and would have
claimed that he did not believo these
tales auy more than he bolieved the
other fairy tales that he told the child,
but he felt that, although be could do
without a religion and a God himself, he
could not afford to lot his child believe
as ho did. With a strange inconsistency,
he acted as if the belief that was good
enough for himself was not good enough
for his "little one, as he loved to call
her. and he taught her, as well as he
could, the religion of his mother.
One day Joe was walking down the
street with little May by his sido, when a
man stepped out of a saloon, and cursod
him, accusing him of having acted un
fairly at the gambling tablo. Ho slapped
Joe on tho face. Joe became very pale,
and trembled so that one not knowing
him would have supposed that he was
afraid. For a moment he looked irreso
lutely at tho child by his side, then tak
ing her up in his arms, bo hurried to
the hotel. Not a word was said by Joe
or any of the spectators. It was some
time before those who wcro witnesses to
tbo occurrence recovered enough from
their surprise at tho temerity of the man
who had insulted Joo, to offer any criti
cisms on his action. Then the saloon
keeper, looking up at tbe sky, with half
olosed eyes, as if he was making an ab
struse astronomical calculation, re
marked: "There'll be a dead maa round some
whar to-night."
It was a truo prediction. The jury
said that Joe was justifiable
During the seoond day of our stay in
Luling tbo doctor was called on by the
landlord and requested to go and see lit
tle May, who was sick. "Five weeks
ago," said the landlord, "she was out
with her father down by tho creek, and
came home with a sort of dumb chill,
and sho hasn't got over it yet, and I'm
afecred she never will. God knows that
we would rather part with the best man
iu town than with little May; we all love
her so.
It oppeared thut from tho day on
which May became ill she never loft her
room. Day by day she became more
feeble, and now for a week sho had been
unable to leave her litilfl bed. Tbe peo
plo of the town talked lovingly of her
pationce in suffering, ond showod their
sympathy and love for her by Bending
fruits and llowers, toys ana lancy gro
ceries enough to make Santa Claus envi
ous; and a big Irish tie spiker sent her a
bottle of whisky, with a message that she
"would foind a drnpsv it wid hot watber
and shugar moigbty comfortin' whin the
obills took hoult." The people wore all
very considerata of her comfort. Tbe
owner of tbo tan-pin alley closed tbe
place for a week rather than disturb her
with tbe noise, and the landlord, with a
CluO, KUOCKCd flowo a man wno uuu
startled the child by shooting a negro on
tiie sidewalk.
I .accompanied the doctor on his viai.'s
several times. We found her cheerful
and happy, as she sat propped up with
pillows at the head of her little bed.
Sho was gaiiing out of a window across
the tree tops at the place where, with
her father, she had spent so many hap
py hours, and where the wild flowers
now bloomed for other eyes, and tbe
birds sang for other eyes, and never
mi re would little May visit the place
or leave her room again.
It was on the eve of the day befoi'9 we
left Luling that we saw her for tbe lost
time. Her father was going to her
room with medicine. He told us sho was
much better, and that he thonght tbe
crisis was over. lie invited us to go and
see her.
We entered the room on tiptoe. On
a small bed by the window lay little
May. He face was thin and pale, and
but the shadow of a dimple was cn her
cheek. Her eye had a sober, suffering,
far-away look, until she saw Joe coming
in behind us. Then her eyes brightened
up until they shone like stars; the
pained look on her face gave way to a
smile, and the dimple for an insUnt
came back to her cheek. Joe sat down
on a low chair by her side, and we stood
around her bed." She reached out her
thin, little arms toward her fathor. "The
doctor says I am going to die and
leave yon. Is it true, papa?" Her
father buried his face in the pillow and
sobbed.
"Then, papa, we won't have any more
nice picnics together, and I'll have to
go to heaven alone, all by myself. But
don't cry; yo.u will come soon, papa,
won't yon? and I'll watch for yon. and
when f on come we will gather flowers
lejt-tber all day long by the beautiful
river, and I'll never go away from yon
any more."
The last raja of tho sun, as it sinks
behind tho distant horizon, lights up
her face with a rosy tint, as with an
rflort she puts her arms arouud Joe's
neck and whispers:
"My poor, lonely old papa."
Then all is still. Tbero is no sound
in the room except the tick-tick of (ho
little clock on tbe mantlepieoe, as it
registers the flow of the Hirer of Time
into the Ooean of Etornity; but musical
echoes of the jubilant song of the heav
enly visitants aronnd tho bed of little
May on earth, reach to the gates of
heaven itself. Tbe angel watchman on
tbe walls of the golden city take up tbe
retrain, and the clad chorus resounds
through tbe corridors of the hoaveuly
mansion, until it bursts in exultant ho
sacnai around the throne of God. Littlo
May is dead.
STEAM XAYUaTION.
From an interesting volume entitled
"The Uistory of Steam Navigation," by
Roar Treble of tbe United Stutos navy,
tho following account of tho origin and
progress of tho application of steam to
tho purposes of navigation is derived:
The tlrst to apply the power of steam
to vessels was Biasco de Garray, a native
of Biscay. On the 17t'u of Juno, 1513,
ho offered to propol a vessol without
sails or oars before tho emporer, Charles
the Fifth. De Garray procured a mer
chant vessol, called La Trinidad, of two
hundred tons burden. Tbe experiment
was made in the presence of the impe
rial commissioners, Dou Henry de Tol
edo, Don Pedro de Cardove, tue gover
nor of Barcelona, and the treasurer Ra-
vago. it was the inn ol June. At a
given signal tho vessel was put iu mo
tion; as it moved forward it turned to
one side or tho other, obodient to tho
helm, and finally returned to where it
had startud, without the assistance of
sails, oars, or any visible machinery, ex
oopt oo immense caldron of boiling water
a complioatjd number of wheels within
and gyrating paddles without. All Bar
celona applauded. Not so tbe Treasuror
Kauago. Hewusjoalous and persuaded
the emporer that the invention was use
less, asserting that its complicated con
struction would require constant repairs
at enormous expense; that no greater
speed than that of one league an hou.1
cculd ha obtained, and that tbe boiler
would be blowing up every now and
tbon. Tho emporer listened to the treas
urer, but he appreciated genius, lue
inventor was promoted in the navy and a
handsome gratuity over and above his
expenses.
Xbe experiments or IMvid Uamseye
(1G30), Salmon do Carrs (1011), aud
Donis Punin (lG'JO) are briefly noticed.
Tho aumiral then goes on to describo tbe
discussion in regard to the now motor,
gone into at the end of tho last century
by Thomas Payne, Washborough aud
Darical. The earlier inventors had much
to struggle against, with discouragement
aud persiflage, as may be seen in tbe fol
lowing couplet, still tbe burden of a com
mon street ditty in Gloucestershire, tbe
birthplace oi Jonathan Hulls, the first
Englishman to point out how steam
might be used in ships, it was iu 1707:
Jonathan Hull,
Willi bis pan-in iltulli,
Invent a cacblue,
To go agaiuflt wind aud itoam,
Hut be. being an aw,
Couldu't brum It to p in
And so waa ashamed lo bo teen.
THE SCREW.
Many suppose tbo sorow to bo a
modern invention, but the admiral in
forms ns that for 150 years before
Ericsson and Smith efforts hud been
made to introduce tho screw as a pro
peller of vessels. Tbe first to connect a
steam engine with a sorew propeller was
Joseph Bramah, of Piccadilly, an engiuo
maker, who took out a patent on May 0,
1785. During the samo year John
Fitch, at a special meeting of tbe Ameri
can Philosophical society, of Phila
delphia, laid before the members a draw
ing and desoription of a machine for
working a boat against the stream by
means of a steam engine. On December
2d following he presented a modol ol his
invention to the society. Later on he
organized a company of Philadelphia
merchants, and his machine was tried on
the Delaware on or about July 20th,
178G. Said machine comprised "a scrow
of paddles, a screw propeller, an endless
J chain and side wheels." Means enough
to propel one small vessol, it would
seem, but the experiment turned out to
be a failure. The next night Fitch,
while in bed, thought of a plan by which
the boat might be propelled by oars or
paddles at the side, the samo to be set in
motion by cranks set in motion by ma
chinery. He jumpej out of bed and
drew a plan. This be showed next
morning to Henry Voight, an exceed
ingly clever watchmaker of Philadel
phia, who liad been of groat practioal
use to Fitch while be was perfecting his
invention. Yoight thought well of the
idea, 'cut suggested some modifications.
Whon thti experiment was made it suc
ceeded aud tL.e skiff propellod by steam
on tbe Delaware, July 29, 1780, was tbo
first successful steaiuboat, so to speak, in
America.
James Rumsey, a bath tender of Rich
mond, Va., had exhibited a l'pde model
of a stfmboat the year before at Beakley
Springs. George Washington waa' one
of the favored few present. They wt;re
all solomnly worn to secrecy by the in
ventor. THE FIKST PATENTS
Issued under the authority of the United
States were to Read, Fitch, JJumsey and
and Stevens, bearing date August 26,
1791. Read's was for his portable fur
nace tubular boiler. Fitch's for applying
steam to draw water in at the boV and
foroa it out at the stern of a vessel, Ram
sey's for propelling boats by means i'
tbe reaction of a stream of water ferceu
by the agenoy of steam through a cylin
der parallel to tbe keel out of the stern.
Stevens' was for propelling bis boat in a
like way, The patents of Rumsey, Fitch
and Stevens clashed in several particu
lars, but none of them interfered with
Read's patent.
The drawing of water in at tbe bow to
be expelled again at tbe stern was not a
new idea. Franklin is satd to have
originated it, or to have brought it with
him from Fiance.
The Newport Herald of March 6, 1788,
contains tbe following item: "Mr. Rum
sey's steamboat, with mora than half her
loading, npwarda of three toss, and a
number of people on board, made a pro-
gross of four miles in an Lour against
tbe enrront of Potomac river, by tbe
force of steam, without any external ap
plication whatever; impelled iy a ma
chine that will not cost moro than twenty
guineas for a teu-ton boat, and that will
not consu in o more than four bushels of
coal in twelve hours,"
But iu 1788 Juho Fitch wss again to
the fore; this tiuio with great success.
His now boat was sixty feet long and
eight feet beam. The oars were at tbe
stern and pushed agaiiut tbe water. Tin
engine was a twelve-inch cylinder. At
tho ond of July, 1788, he was propilled
from Philadelphia to Burlington, some
twenty miles, the longest trip mitdo by
any boat under steam up to that time.
Ou October 12th she took thirty
passengers from Philadelphia to Bur
lington in three hours and tcu minutes.
She continued to ply on tho river daring
1788 and 178'.i.
A TRIP IN 1790.
As this steamer was not considered
fast enough, the John Fitch oompuny
built another; nor was she quite up to
tho mark when her speed came to be
tested. Yarious alterations wore made in
the machinery, whon iu April, 17'.U), the
dosirod results were ubtuincd. William
Thornton niudo a passage iu her. This
is what ho tells about his trip:
"Tbe day was appointed and tho ex
periment mado in tho following manner:
A mile was measured in Front street (or
Water street ), Philadelphia, aud tho
bound projected at right augles as exact
as could bo to the wharves, where a flag
was placed at each end and also a stop
watch. Tbe boat was ordorod under way
at dead water, or whon tho tido was fouua
to bo without movement. As tho boat
passed one flag it was struck, aud at tho
samo instant the watches wero set off. Art
the boatreachod the other flag it was also
struckand tho watches instantly stopped.
Every precaution was takou boforo wit
nesses, the time was shown to all, tho ex
periment declared to bo fairly made, and
the boat was found to go at the rate of
eight miles an hour, or one milo within
tbo eighth of an hour. The governor
and council of Pennsylvania wore so
highly gratiflod that, without their inten
tions beiug previously known, Governor
MitUin, attended by the council in pro
cession, presented to the company and
placed iu tho boat a superb silk flag, pro
pared expressly, which Mr. Fitch after
ward took to I ranee and presonted to the
national convention."
This boat made hor eighty miles aduy.
She ran to Trenton, Burlington, Chester,
Wilmington and Gray's Ferry. Tho fol
lowing advertisement appeared iu the
Federal Gazette and Philadelphia Daily
Advertiser of Monday, July 20, 1790:
mils
1 STEAMBOAT
tfeu out to-mirrow morumg at 10 o'clock, from
Arch reel fcrrr. In order K) lake iwMoiiKt-r. for
Uuiliugton, Urittol, bml.niowu and Trsinoj, and
rvturii neil day.
fblladelpbia, July 10. 1790.
Steam made good progress both in
England and the United States. Rob-
ort Fulton's French experiments were
made iu 1802 4. That great men somo
tiraos make great mistakes is shown by
tho fact that Napoloon I. did not appre
ciate the importance of Fulton's discov
ery. Tho latter offered his invention to
the emperor in 1801. When tho Nautilus
propelled ou the Seine at a spec d of six
to twelve kilometers sn hour, the gov
ernment "turned Fulton over to the ten
der mercies of a lot of old fojjios, the
members of tho "Institute of France."
Of course, nothing was dono in tho nut
ter. If a different use had been mado of
this opportunity, England would have
been at tbo mercy of France. The "nar
row strip of sea" would no longer hove
afforded her protection, and the history
of Napoloon could have boon written
with the words St. Helena left out.
Fulton came to America and launobod
the Clermont, named after tba homo
of his fried and patron. Chancellor
Livingston, iu 1807. She was 130 feet
long, bad 18 foot beam, and b loot bold.
Her engine, a single one, low tiressuro,
was built by Boulton 4 Watt in England.
Tho diamotor of th j cylinder was twenty-
four inches, tbe stroke throe feet. The
side-wbeols were fifteen feet in diamotor
She made her first trip from Now York
to Albany at 1 ?. M.,on August, I iwi,
TBI FIBST OCEAN VOIAOl.
The admiral dismisses the English
claim of boing the first to cross salt wa
ter in steamships. He denies that tho
Rob Roy, a Bteam packet between Ulas
gow and Belfast, was the first sea going
stohmer, and awards that honor to the
Savanna, built at Dorloar s Hook, flew
York. Sbo made the passage in 2G days
in 1819. She was a small vessel, only
300 tons burdon. The wicked British
olaim that tbo Savannah is a myth; that
no such vessel existed or did what was
cluimed for her; but tho galluut admiral
cives overwhelming proof to lue contra
ry. Steamboats appeared upon Long
Island sound in ltSi'i: steam communica
tion between England and Calcutta was
inaugurated in 1825,andtbe first stesmor
arrived at Chicago, 111., in 1831. Tho
sons of tbo forest were surprised. Ihoy
lined tbe shore aud yelled in astonish
ment. They bad heard that a "big
canoe" would soou come from the noisy
wators and won Id be drawn through the
lakes and rivers by a sturgeon.
Junius Smith, an American, residing
in London, digusted at the length of
time (fifty-four days) it hid taken bim
to cross tbe Atlantio in a sailing vessel,
determined to carry out a scheme for
organizing a company to ostablish regu
lar steam communication botween Eng
land and America. He was ridiculed at
first, but persevered. The outcome was
the "British and American Steam Navi
gation Company." Crpital, $500,000.
000. The Sirus left London April 1,1838,
and arrived in Now York on tho 17th,
encountering very rough weather. Tbe
British Queen left London in July,
1839, and arrived in New York in four
teen and a half days.
The admiral describes tbe gradual de
velopment of ocean steamship traffic
I progress at first was slow. People
r6irred to tho speedy and reliable "clip
per" as the overgrown steam scow,
scarcei' """i Dot M reliable in a
gale of v'iud. Bat steam "went march
iig on,"in.',provement followed improve
ment, 'till v'eek'T arrivals and depart
ures of steam to be reckoned by
tbe hundred, ai fe ocean became a
watery turnpike, grossed from land to
land tn seven days b." "881118 combining
speed, safety, leganot nl comfort.
Aa regards steam vessel be
admiral ia naturally at Lpme. Steam
bas dethroned "Jack Tar; engineers
and stolen and marine arl.Uery-mcn
have lisimwil hit ulaee. I'.vnn (!liiua
has discarded her old time war jinik,
with the dragou tlirure head and crews
aroiod to the teeth with matchlocks' and
afinknnfa Vaiv uIia li.-kauta Iimp fllv.ln.
built iron clsdx, with Armstrongs and
hruppa, and shakes ber yellow II ig de
fiantly in the face of infuriated France.
Til II. Ill, I .-ill .liuitf nnl ..if mtiiil, nliiilit
HII lull ) (IV. U t , ,1, II V. H 1 1 1' II
the present steam navy ot the Uuitcd
annus, mat wouia no more 10 tno do
main cf romance than of history. But
wo niiiat rmitnmlinr tlint if u nrir nlwitva
so. The Piineoton, launched tn 1811,
wss ma tlrst steam war vessel alloat.
Men alive to day will remember tho ter
rible accident at tho time she was
launched.
John Urowu.
A communication from Chatham. Ont..
to the Clevelaud Herald, signed J. Mun
roo Jones, says: Theroaro some things
that occurred in tho convention held in
Chatham prior to tho raid on Harper's
Ferry that I have never seen published,
and whioh should place John Brown in
a more favorable light before tbo Amer
ican pnblio.
After my introduction to Mr. Brown.
in course of timo ho laid before mo his
plans for tbo liberation of tho slaves. I
would remark right hero that ho callod
almost daily at my gun shop and spoko
oi uie great sunject mat lay uppermost
in his mind, plans, etc. and I will also
add that he brought his plans with him
ami presented tliem to the convention,
and only asked for their approval. I
recolleot one ovening for wo always
met at night tho questiou came npua to
what flag they would use. Our Enelisb
colored naturalizod subjects said they
would never thiuk of fighting under tbo
hated "stars and stripes," far too many
of them probably thinking that they car
neu t no cmuiem on tueir Darks, lint
here Brown, as usual, carried his point.
In the discussion he remarked, that the
old flag was good onough for him; under
it freedom bail boon won from tho tyrants
oi ine old world lor wuito men; now he
intended to make it do duty for black
men. He declared emphatically that ho
would not give up the stars and stripos.
That settled the question.
Again, dnnug one of tho sittings of
the Convention, we were discussing how
the plan might fail. I think I had the
floor at tho timo, aud telling tho mem
bers how soon tho slave power would
surround thorn in their strongholds in
the mountains. As baa been stated, his
gouoral plan was to fortify some place in
the mountains and call tbe slaves to his
colors. I said to them um! him that I
was afraid be would be disappointed iu
the slaves because thoy did not know him
sufficiently to rally to his support. Tbe
Amoricau slaves I oontondod wero differ
ent from tho slaves in the French West
India islund, San Domingo, tho lattor
imbibing somo of tbe impetuous charac
teristics of their masters. I have no
doubt that Mr. Blown thought I was
making un impression on somo of the
members if not on him, for ho arose sud
denly to his foot aud rouiarkod: "Frioud
Jones, you will please say no moro on
that side. There will bo plonty to do
fend that side of tbe question." A sen
oral laughter took placo at this remark,
I rocolloct ono day, whou wo were dis
cussing his plans iu tho shop, I told him
how utterly hopeless theso pluns would
bo it ho persisted in making an attack
with tho low men at his command, and
more tbau that, wo could not afford to
spare white men of his stamp, ready to
sacrifice- their lives for tbe salvation of
black men. While I was speakiug ho
was walking to and fro, hands bnhiud,
as was his custom when thinLing of this,
his favorito subject. Ho slopped sud
denly, and bringing down his hand with
groat foroo, exclaimed: "Did not my
Master, Jesus Christ, comodown from
Heaven and sucriflco himself upon the
altar for the salvation of tho race. And
should I, a worm not worthy to crawl
under his foet, rofuse to sacrifice my
self?" With a look of determination in
his eyes, he resumed his walk; and lot
mo remark that in all his conversation
for noarly a month during his stuy in
Uuatuam, 1 never for once saw a smilo
light up his countenance Ho seemed
always in deep, earnest study or thought.
The noxt question that came before
the convention was tho timo of Ibo at
tack. It was advocated by a great many
that it would bo next to madness to
plungo into a war for the abolition of
the slaves while tho United States were
at peaco with foreigu powers and the
north and south- united, but thoy should
wait until a moro lavorablo opportunity,
such as when the United Slatos became
involved with some nrst-olass power;
then they might stand a hotter chance of
succeeding. After Mr. iirown had
listeued to the argument for somo timo,
ho rose slowly, and straightening him
self to bis tall height ho sail: "Mr.
Chairman, I am no traitor; I would bo
the last man to take advautago of my
country in the face of a foreigu foo." Ho
seemed to regard it as a great insult
This settled tho inattor in my mind that
John Brown was not lusauo. I must
confoBS in all his conversation during
his stay hero ho appeared intensely
American; be never for a momeut
thought of fichtlng for tho United States
as such, but simply tbo defenders of
human slavery in the states. Only tho
ulcer, slavery, he would cut from the
body politic
Tho day bofore the last meeting he
called at my shop and prevailod upon
mo to attend, as lie remarked that would
probably be tho last meeting, and be
wished mo to bo present, as the papors
would be signed that night. When the
paper was presonted to me Mr. Brown
rose up and said: "Now, friend Jones,
give ns John Hancock bold and strong."
Before closing this letter 1 will ven
ture my individual opinion that John
Brown never communicated his whole
plan, not even to bis immediate follow
ers. I am lod to this conclusion because
in all his convcrsatiou with me he gave
me to thiuk he intended to sacrifloe him
self and his few followers for the pur
pose of arousing tbe people of the north
from tbe stupor they were under on this
subject. He seemed to think a few
white men had to be sacrificed to awaken
the people from the deep sleep that had
settled npon the minds of the free
whites of tbe north. He knew well that
the sacrifice of any number of negroes
wonld have no effect. I knew nothing
about when or where tbe attack was to be
made. Some of tbe members, with my
self, bad left Canada for the Pacific coast
late in tbe Angnst of tbe same year,
1 1858, aud beard ol the outbreak in tba
followinc autumn. Wa am
I' . ..w I' I . I 11 1 I 1 iitci, ,
because wo had no idea that an attack
would bo made so soou; neither do I
thiuk tbe memlivra if t Ilia nrtli vniilinn
- - IHV VI'MIVIIIIUU
had within a few days of their depnrturo
for the south. I think if be bad told
them what his real plans wero, and wha
im iniBiiueii, ma nuuinors would have
been far less.
What he intended in An f., v
could gather from his conversation from
timo to time, was to emulate Wiukolroid,
the Swiss chieftain, when bo throw him
self upon the Austrian spearmen, cry
ing, ".Make way for liberty." If that
was his real object, tbo cvonts that fol
lowed justified his plans.
A llrpretfiitatlro llama.
Not long sinco we hadocoasion to visit
0 country in tho vicinity of the mouth
1 McClellsU Clllnll wlinra its ;,
emptied iulo the Prickly Pear. From
un (juiui mr a uisiauce oi about two
iiii- uowu uio x ricmy rear, aud a
id til of a mile and ili-n.ni. (.., iu
Biddlo Ruevo'a ulnco
raushos in tbo territory, There are at
prosont over two hundred acres in orops
ono hundrod and oighty-five in barley
and flfteeu iu cabbages and potatoes.
inu uuney crop win yield lorty bushels
to tbo acre. Which, at four nnnla n
pound, will avorage eighty dollars to the
.. M.I ; . , w " .
ieru. iuis noriey is what is
mown as Brower's white two rowed bar
ey, aud is of tho finest kind.
OnO Of tho niiiat dlninhln mill nitna in
the country is within 300 yards ol the
ranch liroiier. with an inorliniiatiMo
water right at band. The limestone
whioh abounds on this property has been
examined by an expert from Swansea,
who pronounced it of tho finest grade for
quarrying purposes.
There is also CXOnllnnt ll1ainr armiml
on this property, which cau bo workod
..ft .......... I I.I- n .
uv uuuaiui-ruuio prom.
Seven thousand linalmla nf 1irU
have beon rsised this year, and with tho
water iaciiiius at naud twenty thousand
bushels could easily bo raised tha next
season.
Over
ready been put up and there will be over
ten miles moro constructed during the
coming year.
Tbe branch line of the Northorn Pa
cific railroad from Helena to Wiokei
passes through this ranch and
will afford an exoellent market for all
produce, tbe proierty being only eight
miles east of Uolona. This is also one
of tho fiuost dairy ranches in the vicinity
of Helena. The water is so situated that
it can be utilized in churning or for
grinding ooru for feeding purposes at
the hotlSO Without int,rrrinrr will, ih
operations at the maiu mill. Here ia ex
uuuuui, nuaut) ami water ior raising nogs,
and ritrht adioininif ia limit mmn l, :..K
i ' , ry i , ' v . .1 .1..4
eighty bushols of peas per aore have beon
..ii - -
oueionniuilj ruiBUU.
un tlie property already undor culti
vation not less than flffnnn milna nt Irrl.
gating ditchos have been constructed,
i .i i . . . . 9
mm mrcu mrgu una purmauoni uridgos,
with various smaller ones, have been
built.
Mr. Reeves, whoBO untiring industry
and skill at farm. hit him m i, In tliiu una nf
the mr st desirablo ranohos in tbo country,
may wen oe proud ol bis possessions,
Ho sottlod here some sixteou years ago,
and owns nearly 1,000 acres in all. Uol
ona Independent. i
Two Stories of Judgo Black. '
On ono occasion, whon attaakod on the
Democratic sido of tbo House, Thad
Stevens highly eulogized Black as a
lawyer aud man, but expressly withhold
auy endorsement of his politics, which
were as bad, ho said, ns possible. In
their originality, their oourago and thoir
inflexibility, thuro were points of resem
blance between Stevens and Black,
though iu other respects tho widest dis
similarity prevailod. Thorn were no
social rolatious between thorn; thoy
scarcely ever spoke, but, up the timo of
his death, Stevens cherished the highest
respect for him, and Black bas said:
"Whsn Mr, Stovcns died ho was, un
equalled as a lawyer, and he said the
smartest things that ever were said, but
his mind, so fur as a sense of obligation
to God is concerned, was' howliug wil
derness." One day Black was surrounded by a
bnvy of his personal friends on the floor
of the House, among the rest Judge Mer
oor, then the Bradford congressman, who
turned to bim and said: "Judge Black,
vou have more friends on this side of tho
Houso than on your own; you ought to
bo e republican. If you would join us
we would appreoiato you and give you
due prominouoo," To which Judge
Black made reply that he know it all to
be triic; tho republioaus wero good
follows; he would like to belong to them,
and there was only ono thing iu tho way.
If," he said, "there was no hereafer, I
wouldjo in tho republican party at once.
Nothing deters me but the fear of hell."
Boston Herald.
Tbo military system in Franco exacts
sorvico of princo and peasant. Every
young man (with a few exceptions of
slight importance) on ronching 20 must
go into the army. If he has a college
degree or can pass a certain examination
the period of service is limited to one
year; otherwise be is a soldier for fiva
years.
" j
Ono of the featuros of the Hygenio ex
position at Berlin has been the offer of
prizes to tbe authors of the best sugges
tions aud plans for the preservation of
health aud safety in the constmction of
tbeutors. There were nineteon competi
tors, and four have received prizes
amounting to somewhat over $2,000.
A colored girl in Atlanta, Ga.r waa
kuocked over by an engine, aud in a few
minutes got up as if nothing unusual
had happened, and looking after tbe en
gine, said: "Yon's got a heap ob polite
ness lo serve a lady dat way. f
- . .
Thirty years ago Bismarck suppressed
all publio gaming tables in Germany;
but, according to recent reports, there is
now more deep play in that country than
ever, aud Berlin is the center of the
gambling interest.
Tbe Indian may be mighty strong
minded, but he can't live on a mental
reservation. . . . .. ,
There are social distinctions at Long
Branoh. Even fishermen draw tbe line
1 somewhere.