L
, iivELINOR .NORTON;
i I' t,t kNK Ml I II. j, .
1 r iini ii vviivii '.
1
! Ni I fi.le nt-iitf u jfle "I
at Ihe rnsdii-a! rot'egr, i (a t. 'ill. under
wm a psiu'ul mrtt.ni, lM
" 4bmiil himself bltltr'y at 1 1 - for Ms
shsre inputting lier br she Would
' bomr 'prepared to l more IndepeiMl
ant of Mm than aba bad svsr liwu U
fr. Bit this feel lug wss only Ismpo
. rary, J Is u aooa ashamed of U. 8
Uog as aba- woo owly o etudeot, bo could
, Utr It better thso bs did aftsrward,
wbHi alta hecems a practicing pbyel
' clan. Jimlng tbs former lima, bla brief
ncrsalsoat visits were Dot Interfered with
nor Interrupted any more Ibso Ibey
V would have beeo bad aha been attend
Inf any other aebnol ; but, after Ilia reg
ular duties of her profession vera sn
tared upon, Ibe youug lawyer fouod
.' Dial b was ttot aura of a single see
lug with tho wooioo who waa Mill
' dearer to film than alt the world beside.
Bitter aa thla life of Isolation waa, how
ever, he lesroed to endure It far better
than be ever espectej lu, for ha would
- - - . not permit himself to.jleld to gloomy
deepoodeoey when a rail waa
i, cheerfully enduring, hardships greater
than hlaowu. 1
Btlmnlafed by ' bar' ei ample and
- brave, hopeful -word of encourage-
rrnentrlr'"fcht applied blmeelf to
ble own profession wilh such diligence;.
that be waa Boon recognised aa one 61
' tba moat promising young men' in tba
State. By" the time 11 nor entered upon
, ber work, ha bad made himself an on-
viable place, and waa known aa an able
- and- upright lawyer, honorable lu' the
higbeet aeuea of that mucli-abueed
word, No aeodndrel striving to evade
Justin aver weut to him" 'a' aewtid time
for help to aouoeal villainy but, on the
other hand, he waa the eotitlant friend
and defwlerofjnMpIiaJlellmi
tTTjTinuy.abd -fraud ao often met wllb
In a!L greet cltle. When n ilialreeeaJ
aud dvfeiiVeleaa woman waa bla ollent,
be ae'emed ever to boor io hie oitud the
temembranee of the mlaerable ' time
when tbl WQmao be loved had auffered
ao ernelly, aud bla whole aoul waa
pourd Into tbe rflort be put forth to
-oueonr or M aave.- Hboy m home waa
preetrved to Ita bereaved Inmate-, and
many w eoheme of legal rohtxry waa
foiled by hlv-uutlrlng eiertiotia and lea
ietunaa aloqtenoe.
,. Btrunie o-U aaay eoem, however,
" Frank 'atwye etrove to kfp from hi
mother all k uowledga of theee eharlla
' ble labor, fur alio rrgar led them with
. ' exitriDft aud veiatloik ...i . . . i .
W by ebould you aeud youTTTHte on
well wretcttfd" tiegfa'far'alfe aald to
; him one day when aha flrot Inelileo
'talfy lerue4 of hie generooe eSurU In
behalf poor, eu Bering aewlog" womkn,
who nought lila bM to aomel the pay
meut of wagea Jually due, but withheld
on eoaie fllmey preleit, merely beeauae
: It waa auppnaod abe waa unable to even
make an effort ioeruurejuetlee, -
Ml am aura you bave buelneea e)ough
wllltnut aylng ay otteollon to aueh
oaea aa that," abe ooatluued, peevlahly,
for ber health and temper both grew
wnrea aa yvare draggetl alowly em.
" Tboro la oo money lu Ibem, aud there
I certainly no reputation to be gained
by meddling with the pottytrlfllng
affair of washerwomen or eeeuiatreeaee.
l'ray do not tower youraelf lu aueh an
nnecwary way." ''
' The young lawyer,' brow darkened,
bet he remembered aometblng- wbie
pored by a loved vote long ago, and It
aaved him, aa It often did, from haaty
' word ba would have repeated of hal
the found otteraoee.. ' ' '
., , rM iai d iaTiTritrftnOTrpBTTf rr
omaff anre herjuat du'ea. Yen would
no have mm treaSTl t"ba."at(T,""lraa
enily, In a mild but firm tone, look lug
bla mother full 4u- tbe ey a he apnke.
; " I cannot .umleratand why you are
al way ao aailoUa to pleaae any one and
.'- over v ooa befwvo me yea. tuaieod of
- me, even f aald abe, with an Injured
' took, aa alia dropped ber eye before the
boneeU atealy taae of her eon and
turned away, appearing to be deeply
' offended. " l- ' '
"I-am eery aorry mother that yna
feel aa rou do, but I must do-whet
aeema to ma le be .fight, ud can only
. hope that you will approve of my oa
duet eeme day, wa though you eaonot
now," aald tbe young mau quietly, but
with look of pain la bla floe eyee a
they followed the lately flgure, while
It wpt trnm the rnono with getur
of aenruful dladatn. '.
t With a deep ib be Ivaal hie bead
-Upon bla band, aud remalAetf ff few
minute In tleulretroepeetion. .Hieing
- . preeently, bla faoo grave and troubled,
. be weal oat ta go to bla office. ' At tbe
, ry Leornr where be had met Jack
. Iwtoo year before, he waa rudely joe
tied by a aeedyleoklag Waa, with
. air of faed, worn-out gentility about
bh clothe arutlMlaful look of walch
fuluem la hi bleared aiid,too4Uet
yea. Tbo aaaa bowched hie hat with
batoral nolHeneea, and began a haaty
apology for bra eanlenea ; but a hi
aye met FreubX be loj-pd abort an
turned aa If to flea, while a look of alter
eontarnatlon elaudwt-hie rooe. - Bet
Kraak eaufhl" hi baud la aurnrlerd
reeognlUoa aud aald heartily:
k..w yo.i,ait.'t.loiiHrwliiyokoow of fluMie Jon .MeriuH-hue on r..in
otVvl'hfV.' Havoyon forgntfenjjir old " lu,.N'f Y'irli. . .
.lleB day. oetl.-rt J-k "' . J-. L",f " ' ml-ri le alevj
,1.0. b.n.l. witb ao much' cor IUItljM !,' K ""r 1,H J k
'.i. liu.i., .,f uialiavi. mUjuiI Imtia"). II, bw-kwl
. - ' .t. ..i i
II nf ,rti vl.-Ml'of. Mnoiph' r.llH mlly,
In llw frli-iuttv lnaiie, "'f
Millet '
la I It you, RimMardT" M he, hi-al-
tatinirly. o"Yu're tlte laat fellow I waa
thinking of, and you took e by aor-
I mint have cliangxl, If you tllou'l
reongnltr me," aald ' Frank, aMlng.
" Yoo are changed, ton,Jeek
very m ncili,
ainea 1 lost SB w you." '
"And oof. for the bolter, either, yoe
sro IblnMng," laugneil jaeu, wuu a
fruitless attempt a old-time galely. ."
"No, Jack, yoa are wot looking aa well
aa I ahoMld like to aro yoa; I fear all my
preaching,' aa yon need to call it,' wee
tleee," aald oar friend, adding, kingly,
aa be noticed Ins lowering orow oi ni
old eb am, Never mind, old fellow;
aa with- me to my office, and we'll
baee a good long talk oeer old times
Where havo you beeo all Ibeee yeare
lncc Mast saw you
Oh, I've been roaming about. In Eu.
rope moatly. You know I alwaya had a J
faney tot I raveling; but It'a dooe me no
good, of eouree. I've gone to the bod, I
eoppoeo, aa yon eon aee," aald the poor
fellow, with a abort, unpleeeant laugh,
aa he jerked bla bat dura over ble eyva
vleloualy, aud atrode along eullenly. :
'A painful alienee waabmbett at length
by Prank, who atked after bla family.
Oh, I don't know. Haven't aeon or
beard of any of them eineo my mother
died, and dolTTelr to," aald J.ek, wllb
ptelooa nnatoadlnera In bla. voire,
eontluutng, after a brtef peu "Hhe
waa the only friend I had. I euppoae
you know that my rather ronieife me
lb bouae fter that iMlle eerepe I got
lot-hero la New Yrk. Do you re-
wben I came ao n ar gelling
you droufc f 'r
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aomething of ttio old mlrtbfulneea at
I be thought of wbat haTamiiaed lilm ao
greatly at' the time; but the look waa
only a momentary one, aod bla ton re
turned Ita bltlerueee aa be went on.
without waiting for Frank' anawer I
Well, be helped me out of that, and
then coolly Informed me that he waa
done with ma uoleaa I reformed and be
came a model young gentleman, like
yon,- for tnetnnoe. - fit one roe, I didn't
reform. I Jual wont down hill a little
fester than ever, and wellll'a uo one J
I'm a gone ease. - Trier' a no help for
me, and that' all there le of It."
No, K le not all there le of It," eald
our friend, eomeatly, looking hie em
iiaulon full I
tjeJajrtL -Ufo matter!
wbat you bave done or teftjindooo, you
caivluru right bout if ynu "d
from thla hour lead au upright, honora
ble and useful llle."
1 tell you It le too late ( I can't do It
Yoa aoa't know anything about It. I
eao'f make up my mlrnl to be different.
I een't be anything but Jest what I
".buret la poor Jack, Impatiently,
pulling and gnawing his moustache as
savagely aa If It were repoiiilile for all
bla abortromloga. - ' ' ''
"Hob hero, Jsek," aald Frank, ear-
Bcetly, don't want"yon to feel that
ay, for I am ready to help you In any
tble way." -
"61opf You don't know what you
era eeylng," tnierrurne itwion, ai-
aaoat fleraely, hi breath coming hard,
while a look of mingled terror aud Irrea
olulloo overspread hla face. '
Well, Jack, 11 la quite oerlala that I
don't anderatand wbat gou are aaylag,"
aald Frank, stopping abort and Teeing
hi companion, surprised aud putiled. -'
Il no matter, neyhew," eald IJlw
ntMeolUtjivvj.U)a
pavement, a oil aiacaening ni pane as it
reluctant to proceed
tHeeuavara. , CroaJnJacknd
we'll baeo n ajulet talk," eald Frauk,
klfdly.- aa they halted before a I flue
bulldlcg devoted mainly to thedlaclplao
of Blsckstpoe. , v- v -
Lswton glanced up gt-1-, boeUly,
looked about aa If seeking some mean
of escape, and then began, hesitatingly:
-Tu.It'fjio usc.iUoiJdard.: Talking wont
mend matter. I'm, too far gone to be
helped by anybody. I. can't go your
way any mora than yoa eaa mJae," be
went on rapidly, "and all the talk la the
world want do aoy good. I don't feel
like talking, aoy bow, o you must
cue mo thte'time, and I'll try and come
round aomu other, time. l'v ot to
mart a fellow down towa la. half
hour, any way," ha added, luraiog away
without meeting Frank' bwk of grieved
urnrlaa. aud affecting not to oca bis
outstretched band. ','"-.-
-'Oood-bya, Jock. I ahall alway be
glad to see you," eald Frank, la aueh a
tone that Jack turned and glanced lata
his yes, aod then, with strange eg Ha
lloa in face sad voice, mattered la a ww
tone, and with averted eyee:
"6ood-bja, Stoddard. I wlab I sou Id
be what you would like; but I eee't.
aud IC no use trying.'
Before Frank coo Id speak again, bs
was gone loet In the) surging human
tide that flawed past Mks a 0mL Net
more tbaa a week after thte lueldeat.
Frank was summoned la basts by
rough-looking man, who aald that Jack
.Udjy tte.ru iJ waalsJ
tAwtoa was
aee him. '
' Following bis guide hastily, he aooo
. Ui ea i lie im, j (ra-o'. a.H o
wot fail tiv : . .f tV; ..
I jl j.ni.J i.lar.ir
Vea,' J k. Uf Wt fel-.w. hat
ihiee thle mean eeld hi oi l frlfiut,
eooting to iila al la and taking bla haml.
. "Ob, tt'a no matter about me," aald
Jack, hurriedly.. "I got bnt, bat I de
errvrd It, aod now I've got to go J but I
Lmuat tell you eeroetrriiig nrt, mi.
lilard..
i IjSt oae gel J o iiwvir nr.,
eald he, alerting eft ' . ' '
"No, no; come-back. The dor'a
been here, and It'a no uoe; llitrVe no
ebanea f.ir.me.' Tliat'a why I cent fr
you," eald jack. I "
Frank came close up-to him again,
aod bo eald, lu a quick, eherp way, a
though It waa bard to apeak I ; '.
It waa I, Htoddard, that Came ao near
killing yw; but I didn't know It waa
you till after I bad truek you, I awear
. , . . . . mxi T l II
I didn't! It waa that oureed Talbot!
I bad been drunkjfor a week, and waa in
a tight plane, and be know It, - He aahl
he'd make my fortune If I'd help Mm,
but he'd aeud me to the Rtate prlsn 1 I
didn't ; and he treated me till I was
ready for anything, aud you know Iba
rest. I Balled for China lie it day." .
I auptoad It waa Talbot who cauaed
it,1 aald Krank, aa anuu a he awuUI re
eoveK hlmeeir, fori be waa greatly
shocked ; "butj I never dreamed of this,
Jack. But you ve had Ih. worst of II,
ao don't think About It any mure, hut
let me do aomethlog for you." ,
"Yeu cau'l do anything, 8todilard. I
don't want anything' but your fo;glve-
ne,'' aald poor JacV feebly, aa lie
looked up gratefully.
i?You kuow yuu have that alrraily,
Jack i and -yob were not half eo much
to blame,-anjMeayT aa- tbo-vvilaiw that
temptel you. He will have a long ao-
oa-wUb-IfeaUtliJa Ctll.JtlJ"l fiauh, granlyr
more to himself tban to hi friend, who,
however,- noticed It, aud aald, 'wllb
kindling eye aud a faint flualt In. the
pale ehcc'ka t'; ' ' . , ' v
"I gurea ll'a Utlll alreaily. I saw
thj fellow that killed him, anyhow.
Berred ,blm ri,ht, too.'. It was a maa
he bad wronged foully wheu he wa la
U Augostlne that Winter, aud the man
alwaya awore.he would, kill him if be
ever got a ehaitee, and he dlf!"
There waa a long alienee, for our
friend felt o triumph ever lite death of
hi aiiemy-ouly pn.fuund eadoca that
human life ahoutd be ao wasted,1 eo
perverted ao full of evil aud harm Jo IU
fellowa.
tf allunt now, o-eit4tta; easier!
for the coiifeesloo liajiad madellLrtiiU
of hi Increasing Vliylcalsutferlng. , -
JlfUr a lima Frauk oeked blm If be
should pot aend fiir aotneol htarelaUvc.
but be only shook bla beal, aud aald,
wearily:.'. , , '
No, 8tdilard, it'a no ue. I'd rather
tSey wouldn't knew auythlng about It.
I doo't want anything, only to bave
you stay with rue S little while.".. ,
I'll -stay aa long as you wsct ms,
Jack," ld his frlaud. "But it aecm
very baril lo do nothing !r you." , . ..
And 1e aal quietly by tbe dying mau,
lading and longing to say aometblng
to point blm upward, but feellug unable
lo utter a word
And ao the poor, erring, -wauilerlng
soul paaasj away, Tea vTng his friend
profoundly grieved al Ms untimely end.
lTo be eontlnuixl.l
MoHi-niiKO Worth Kmowimo
Eery little while we read in the (er
f some one wna lias siues a rusiy usu
In his foot, or knee, or harm, or some
other portion r bts body. and. that 1
a'"teaulted therefrom, -of whlern -trie
palleut Uieu. ir every - oieofi . waa
aware of a per foot remsely fur all suck
woonde, and would apply It, I ben ail
4w-a.sooru must cesM. liii t, although
w can give tus reuiniy, we cannot en i
rorcs Its applies ilea, rj m win nut
employ II Because they think It too
aianplet others will bave no faith In II
when they read It; while others think
sunk a wound of small account, and not
worth fuming over, until It la too tale
to do any guoa. 1st ail sue. wounos
a ba healed without the fetal conse
quences which follow them. Toe rem-
ly le simpis, ainioet ai waye on oewu,
aud can be applied by auynoe, aud
bat la better, It Is loralllble. It la
simply to smoke tbo wound, or aoy
Bruise or wee ml that la loflamel, wllb
burning wool, or woolen cloth. Twenty
minutes la the emoke of wool will take
tbe pain nut of the worst wound; re
peated two ar three time". It will allay
tba worst eases of tnflammstlon arising
tmn a wound. People may sneer at
"lbs old ansa's remedy" as moh
they p'osee, bat when they are sffl cted
last let tbem trv Ik It baa aaved many
lives Bawl wioeb pm'S. SB is worthy of
being prtBted eo teleseaof gold sad put
la avery homo.
There Is a aurtows whim Jut now1 In
Lwudoa to carry flowers -la smell fsury
bosket Instead of In tbe hand a bou
aueta. Ladiee take them to dances and
naiicerta In this faobtaav-At - weddiuge
Hi in flower boekete are aow asoet fasei
roaable I twelve artdsemalde at a wei
Sine roessHlr oaeh aarrtad erne,' aod
bile wailing for tba bride tbe boskete
eesre placed em the Door of iim eheren
la front of the bridesntaide, and aa
forssed two floral lluea, betweesi wbtch
tbe brtdu passed on ber way to tba altar,
la trout of which tbera waa a vary largo
orange tree, and the boa wtie avte
lained It waa wreeAbed with foliage and
ry5'1.
V " n-. LY1 k .ku uJu, Ik.
seau la Ireland without sdaa radaalac
Iba loadiorUa. -
LETTB TEOM IEW .TORI.
t riuai ot-vjtit',!. t ran w is pkst!
' S'rw YoKK.O.-t.-er l'f, lh79. "
Toviia niroBiirTiis-Naw XoMHwini
Tlie flrot tun aonounrlnr thi. liCKln
Hloe; oe-'ar.t tloiee"wa fired yJay
t'.Mikr A IS.,She fjiiaewltf ar'"l"be
Northern P't-ifla KallnoMl. -Ti'e' Ist.ol
eiiupniM-enieiit aa to the work uu Ibis
rowl, wliiuli will no doubt, give treat
eoeofort to Ite many bondholder, I that
the track et tension a forty ml le out
from' Blemarrk; atid I oheerye lu the
stock and bond lists, pul.llshe.1 In the
New York paper durln gibe pMl wrk4r aJn-llb-
-.- . - . ... w.-1 ,it.. 1..-. li..
that the bonds or tbe lortnern recine
have beerr hovering around the flguree
rrpreseutlng fifty cents on the dollar.
These facta ' running along together
,vluc s healthy tone In the aflalra ttt
that great railroad eritr.riee. There
are good reasons for believing that the
company's horn! will atlll further ap
precftaTheeonceru haa recovered
from the terrible shock It system re
ceived In Its Infantile stage, amounting
almost to the collapsed condition, dur
ing the late finniielal panic, and Is now
attaining robust haallb. There Is noth
ing wanting to Oaeure thla atatu per
manently save an ejoltalile, statesman
like, manly action An the part f t"oo
gresa. The company la before that hotly
In the form of a supi'illcarjl f r an etlen
Slon of time to 'enable ll to complete Jt
roaTRsijriieir-prayer. I oftVred I o-good
faith, acitoiniianled- by oiiclulv evi
dence of the tiecelly for an4 public
polfcy in grautlug the same. No one
seriously object lo the legislation asked
(the Committees in Congress are unan
imously In favor of the measure), aud
yet such baa been the timidity of Sena
tor and 'Rprcsentiitlves, even where
there was but the aeohlau-e or shadow
of govern men t subsidy Involved, that
they heltate about cllng iheltjrotea I
In tbe direction which their best judg
ment polnteout, supported by their
sosc(Teutlous sonvlctlons of right. We
jhsjLiJN&JWetfJ
tlneatal railroad route In the wonder
fully Uc.eafut Uuiu and Central Pa
elfle roads. Wo -need aa Imperatively
ths northern mil suuthem transcootl
neolat railway, from whleh w know
the largest be ue fit a to our oouutry must
flow, commercially,' politically aod so
cially. '. Tlie latter two road are not
Baking, new u bald le from the Onvernr
men I. but only seek to make perfect
that which C oigrea In good faith gave
to them year ago. Ict I he in bave this,
and with that act of grace lrop the
rallroa.1 sumi hnlnea,frthat h ths
Intelligent demaiul of the jople.
Ths tea trade lu Montreal, Canada, Is
In an eiclled slate, aud prices are 1 1 1 1
advanct ngJalejaJierB-ay4ho ad
vaiioa there Is In reality no greater than
tiere"anJ lo Londoo" for tlie past two
montha.' The merchants are of, tba
npluion that the advauceln Canada anil
Kugland la almply -owing to the In
eressetl value of lesv In New York I
I dus to causes Similar lo I hose causing
an advance In flour, grain, Iron, and ail
other commodities of general consump
tion. It Is thought that the recent Im
position by the Canadian Parliament of
ten per cent, duty ou tea, together wllb
the high prices prevailing1 here, will
compel, ths Canadian houses to import
direct from China. This week 15,000
half chests of Congou tea wereehlpicd
to IoJon. Heretofore It wes custom
aryfor some boiiae to Import from
Itudon, but the 'sending of tea from
ber
' to .miilon s r.m.rkahls nasi
a Bud very rare. Ths amount of I
reiiCa aud very
tss
In
tltiouotry at thla date laat year
it )2,(s.0l)0 ponuda, anal nil" J.jOO.OOP
Muud thl year.- . . ' . - r ..
, The streets of New York and Brook.
lyn are auolean lu compa.rls-injwiib-
Osrhf Wer cities atls L'uloriiTtis
swseplng machine oro unknown here)
at leoat, I bae' never seen wis. There
Is much, oomplalut. hers of malaria -a
C'.'UllJ.'sInt -never heard In' former days.
Dirty atncu are prubaTjTy The eewee la
the lower section, and ths elosiog up ol
the old water work la Ih upper. Yoa
mev drive out lis tare by force, but elm
ill rums bock agalo. , How true this
la In many other mailers beahle the one
referred to; for nature will not be vio
lated wllb Impunity, even by a New
York capitalist. - The etnenaesnf living
lu New York having been reduced ta
their standard bef rs jJiO-war, a-iarga
aot-esalnn of populallon I predtoled from
lbs rural district. ' Ttioueaud who
have been living for tbe laat fifteen
year In .Weatcbeater, on lng lalaiMl,
or Ja New -Jersey, Irom economy, are
now returning to the city. Tbe million
la 18T0 will proo ly bo increased to a
million aud a quarter lu 1S0. To as
enmmnriale these uew-oomera, many
vst apartment houses era la coarse of
erectloa aa . Heveath, IvigbUta Fourth
and Madison aveouoe, and other street
la lhsvlculty of the park. These
atrueturea are generally sevea starWs
high -assay 4 tbeas hue a frontage of
MJ feelr-BBd not a few have one aver a
ml I lion, Joel ol log tbo ground. Too
larger bars fifteen suits of eight room
eactw -.The roama are generally assail,
or about tbe ease of those In ths oaruer
ou imaaVra boueea Bf Waablngtoa. of
eighteen fee, f root. Besklee tbe aperv
oeat boueee, there tiara a vsry hvrga
aambeff of alagle hnusaa going up all
j of superior class, af least to tba eye
aa I hot the building trade la very active.
aod lbs oompsalat af "ao work" fat tba
armial anbsard.
Arjaorr,
LETTEB TBOM WASBIBOTOI
Ir-ttOW orK RKOt'l,AH tXRRKBPO!PBiT J
" WASIIt!OT!.l: C.Oi't 'lljtn.
T tub KI.IT..B or vna Mw NoBTMSraj.Tr
Till I one of the wkrineet FH eea-
sons the rapital city has eiierieiieed for
everal yera?r?ftvrlheleai, it ta very
ileaaaut-The eOotelilng aun of July
and August bad put the paika Into a
premature aere and yellow lesr; nut ths
milder weatneV of rteptember, ec"ompa
aied aa ll has been by plenty of moist
ure, baa rejuvenated the faro of nature,
and uow4be ptrke, auare and lawns
lhebeiily of June.
It ta lust the time to aee the city lo Ha
beet, aud fresh faoee meet us In all tbe
places of public interest. Baeides these,
we encounter many familiar faces which
belong to the retemlng Hummer absen
tees and remlud ua bew rapidly the
session of C'jngreee approaches. Tbe
visitor who, come to ue now. It I safe
lu say, are eot ptilltloiaa ; tbey are
people who soma here ta eee what man
ner f. city Waahlngtoa I wreathe
law -give re are awsy. The' first plsce
tbey make .for la the Capitol itself.
Hers they And lbs legislative chaw here
and tbe various other public rooms ta a
rare slate of disorder. There ore si way
certain -repairs aud alurallone to be
made, not t to mention the necessary
changing at the close of the session, aod
thla year tbo work waa delayed by tbe
sslm meeting of Congress, which Issted
until July . . r-""-" -.
TtiSsta.borately oroameiitej grounds
about the Capitol are very lovely now,
contrasting strongly with Ilia disorder
lu and around the building. New walka
are being finished and old ouee re-laid ;
an Imroeuas new safe haa been put lu
lor the House of Represeutalivee ; soms
new statuary has been Introduced, and
many cbsqgos made lu the roama. The
ventilating of the Representatives'
chamber Is being greatly Improved.
A
lobby bss been mads by tearing out the
partition between the leporier, the
8orgaol-at ArmsTntrpeaJrsT
TSouis, wllb windows, opening to tbe
out-door world.' - Tus Kieakr'e room
baa lieeo transferred lo what was the
folding room. - An opea fire-pi see hail
been built back of lbs Speaker's desk,
aud various oilier decided Improvement
Inaugurated. . new electric llgBlliig
apparmto for the1 dome haa been com
pleted and tested. .It la a dynamo
electric machine, with. an Illuminating
power equal to 75 0(10 csY4jr ami la
similar to' smaller one with the inten
sity nf 10.000 candle recent ty purchaaeil
for lighting the hall and chambers of
ths Capitol. The latter cost SOOO each,
and were purchased out of an appmpria
lion of 12, t. for the purpose,' and lb
frm'alnilerisji,ltJahthiir)ayJor
theTsrger, one." Ths apparatus will
oocupy tits went part of the dome, and
will command Pennsylvania avenue for
o rong-nltsncs.Il IS etpectsd that,
lib electricity Instead of gas, the dorns,
the rotunda and tbe hall will be better
lighted tban aver before, and thai the
coat of theaams will be lessened. Hpeak-
Ing nf the domS of ths Cspltol, ths old
Italian arllst, Rtgnor Bramidl, ' who
painted ths allegorical flgnree-ln the
apes, and who has been at work here
for the laat twenty-alg years, 1 atlll en
gaged on tbe flguree In the rotunda.
His work Is dons nn a platform sus
pended slity feet from Ibe floor. He le
old end feeble, and sits In a chair while
at work. Boms tlms since hs had a
very narrow eecsps from a sudlen and
trrribls death. Ills pisiform consisted
of two stage".
the communication be
tween IhemTirctng by ladder. ' On this
occasion he Waa sealed In his chair on
the upper stage, and, In leaning nver to
give the fiulitilflg tnoeVto a figure al
most out nf his reach, bis chair slipped
sod twraedflVer, srrttis nflly ssvsd hfm-
self from dropping down below by ea tott
ing oa a round of the laddsr, to which
bo slungltllkhsfp cams. lis Is quits
aid and feeble, and lately told a gentle
aaaa who called ao Ma that hs did not
leseeet4o4le-taJJnlh ' Ihs great work
on whlob bs bos been so long sngsgsd. I
Military audUoeerament cl rules Are s
good deal BgUated.aver Iba difficulties
with Ihe Indlsns si Whits Riser, Colo
rsibt. "The murder of Major Thoraburg,
Agent Meskernnd all the whites at the
agitncy, la another or tnooa caia-Mooaea
atrocities likely 10 occur at aujr tima, so
long OS our foolish Indian policy and
system of management remain wbat It
now la. The t-'tea bars heretofore beeo
regarded aa friendly, nud lbs principal
erilef ars still so. He ven of.ihe ahlefa
were hers la Wsshiagtou lees I haa a
year ago, remaining two Weeks at tbe
Tremont House, where I met aod ana
voiced wWthsvn' Tbey were feted had
fa sated, nud gtveo receprtmm wit boat
number. : Tbey Steo attended church
Bod mode spseches lo the Huodsy school
children, and before leaving for Imms
the Interior Depart meet gave Ibem cosh
u trunk, ss overcoat, and ana hundred
dollars la silver. One of this ssms
partyi " (fJuwraila.-Coler, Is" now ths
leexler af tba warlike, band on Whits
River. ' The olbera, aeoong whom are
chiefs ttamw ' ond-'-Bitly,' remain
fresudly. Beth of tbo last-named out
rnuk fjotorsd la ths da sou Belts. 1 Tba
principal chief, "Osrsy," to oat a
Mary ebleftala, but behM thai pool t lea
by roasoa of bis great ability. II sa
persede.1 Coorsd a few years ago; tbs
latter hoe aloce been ealteu, reck less sod
vlotootty oupJ to too sivlllsatroa of
his Ulba. I aaw b groat masy of Ibeee
Indians wbils to' Culorodo, nod Uaroed
much of tbelr habile and aoadttlou.
Tbey occupy a reservation comprising
millhm of. acres of tbo beet lauda la
Coloteilo, but are generally oppnoed to
cultivating the euil aud vere Jealoue of
the encMNM-lieienlBol while proopectors
and selth-ri. , .iM.li Ptlm.
Worn aa Safirags ia Wyoming.
irorreaBoBdeaea ottbe Detroit Trs I'imss.
lUn I.l!s. W. T., Kpte nher S A
geoersl election was held for membeie
of tbe Territorial iisaiaiaturo Ibrough
out Wyoming Jo-day, and I closely
watched tbe poll to unto the jnodiU
OfMtrouiii of female eotlog. Kvory
leader of tbrrc-iVese la, perhaps,
aware that women e)oy all the rights
of euffrage In this Territory, aod that
they almost universally avail tbeao
set eee of thla privilege to-day'e election
futiy verifies, and tbe purifying influ
ence which the presence f the lair ones
sheds about tbe poljg elands s pre- 00 1
uent feature of the custom.
At an early hour this morning, car.
riagas of every eoaoelvahle shspe were
drill- tbrougn tbe etreeu, gsliy deoo
rale.1 wllb Hag. These were tbe vehi
cle la which the ladies were to lie con
veyed ta tbe polls, fir the universal
custom hero is lu
rVKMsH CARRIAGES OfcV T"k WOMKJt
Tne carriages, were, of course, divided,
soms being Republican, some Demo
crat la The drivers were all leading
local pollllclana,. who poaeeseed pliable
louguee aud uuueuai powers of eeduellvs
elouenco. The polls opened al v A- M.,
and almoat Immediately the voting be
et n. Everything stout lbs polls waa
quiet and orderly, aud aa the carriages of
womeu vflter success! vsly arrived,
THE CROWD POLITELY MADE ROOM VOR
, . Til EM, - . .
And tree Isd ths lad lee with as great a
degree of gallautry aa If they, met In n
parlor Instead of at a voting window.
The carriages drove up close lu tbo poll
lug window and at socb arrival some
gentleman would tep forward, politely
receive lbs ballot and hand ll to the
Judge of election Ineide, who would con
sign It to the bog. Then, with a
polite "Tbauk you'.' from tlie ladies, ths
carriages would wbirl awsy and reliiru
Ibe voters to -their homes, triumphant
In the thought that Ibsy bad ei are teed
liailslisd w-nstotleqvA
One who has noted I le tons of the
Kasleru preae upon thla subject csnnot
but bave oheerved thai a general hpluloo
pravalla outside nf -the Territory' that
married ladtes vote J Set a directed .by
their husband. Nothing rau ba turlber
from the truth. True, many of Ibem
vote aa their husband d , but it la be
csuss tbey think the beet men oro upon
that ticket, and. not simply because
their husbauds do so. Candidates wba
srs addicted to the use of IntotlcBling
liquor, or sre poasrased f any Immoral
proclivities, srw nnlveaally
nwKiM) by Tiin rraiiwixE klrctoku,
No matter" what political party may
shelter litem beneath lie wings. '
As ihs dsy advanced the uumtur of
carriages increased, and I waa some-
s i aurnriawl to ohserva a number or
women drivers whirling about, seeking I
out voters who felt a IjejUincy as lo a-o-1
Id's to the polls lu company witla mals
driver. Theee ladies were tbo
LEAlKMeKO.TMB gRMALR PoUTICAL
i rAtTIOSa, ... . . -t--
And..Wprke4!wHh au sarnestnees which
evinced that the Causa In which they
labored was one very dear lo them.
I particularly ooiiceiUtiie absence or
druukenoisu, and tbs rows aa univer
sally oharacieriatls of slsctlous where
lallesr srs ssnluded from lbs polls.
Keervthlne waS-Oulet. not Onlv at the
polllna place,. but throughout the town.
LMid and ofJeoelve language during the
heat uf polities! diaouseiou was conspic
uous by Its alieeuc.
FORT FREp. STEELE,
Fifteen miles essl of this point. Is a
military reservation, and, of gourse, oo
soil aa peso! net can lie established there.
The voters from ths post ars Included In
this precinct A special train was. as
sured from Hie union I'aoino niiria i
Company, and, with a boo re or mors of
party "ruggers'1 na hoard It sped away
for the fort with your correspoaitvat as
a pasaeag.r. .illiS run wee meue al a
high rate ofepowd, ths post being reached
In twentv minutes. As soon aa ths
danklnc wbeeleroaaed their mm l-m toe
ruouere" ruebed hlllor and ihllBorl
through the barracks, vfflosra' quarters,
end clliBr'ioT'"d'welilngs, In quest nf
votere who hsd not .Intended Is go to
Ibe polls. A usm ber of ladies, soms of
loss .
t- WIVES OF OFFICERS AXI BO LI UK HA, .
Were found aulettv Snloylng the Becla-
elon af home, but n few words of poliil
sal sbesueaco from tbo 'rooaers," and
aa stqt Viho lsea-tosi'mlt thotr
rights, sua ins lair ooea wouiu ruao ir
hale andshawla aud ei press their read-
oes to board tbo train, oro isrs and
soldier are a4 entitled lo a vot urnter
our laws, but their ladles are. a ad t
was pleased to note that ear country's
dsfeoders .'.'-.; .
WARMLY APPROVED OF THEIR WIVES'
Eierelelng thla privilege and used every
endeavor to induce (hem to cst their
vote. About thirty voters wsreeeeursd
here, and wo wars soon flying oeer-the
ground on the return trip. While en
route I wltnsesed some energetic elea
Honeering there telng several eaadl
Sales opoo the Ira I a. Eaeb tuaoer
and oandldata waa well eapplied with
tickets, and It wss realty amusing to
listen to the nmouotof eloquence show
ered noon tbs Isdleo. fvoaes of the fslrf
ones appeared ta wavor, woosoiaio
which ticket to accept, bat tba majority
look one of ooch, borrowed oeoclls and
' KRASEU I'JtAPPRDVED JtAMCk, - '
Aupplsatlng them hy others which
they regarded aa mora worthy of their
support; sud whea tba ewralch waa ones
made ou porouaatog eoani I ad sea tbees
i,. .t,A lUf silMiW -.T -. ' :t-
A pleoalng iocidoot la reUted of ana
lady, for. whom O Carriage Called this
otorulng. When the e) riser mode
known bin errand, the rsleed ber bead
with so air of tmssrtwue dignity aod
repUed : "Na, sir. I will not rids ; .
I raoFosa to walk to thr foua
As tba men voters do, soil with orsi
ItsBd mss la mv lie k si r and aba did
an, amid ihe applause of Ihe crowd at
the palls, . 1 " r"""
.Tbo aaeaem of too Worn so BafTrag
veotura ta Wyemliif has long beeo a
flied fact. and. however doubtful I may
have boon heretofore, I stood to-olgbt
It peMiOes tbo
almosphrrs of alnth'ns aud prevents
many meu from getting Into nflW who
are unfit to occupy public positions,
Aslilu frsMsi voting, tlio Indies are eel
dom called upon to e err la the rleht
of euffrage, but odtgn rleeled to 'fni-i
or placwl Ufion Jurhs their every set la
asM-h as lo niert with the hearty ap
peoyal of even tlie few npiioneote nf
the eyalem. laWlntelilgere and all Ihe .
necessary qualirjpatloue which go la
makenjood clttseha. the ladlee of Wyo
ming will sum pa re favorably with their
eiatera In tbe H tales, ootwitbetanding
Ibe slur east toward them by narrow-
minded Individuate In Ibe Kaei., Thsy
have demooatratetl, beyond tbs xisnl
blllty of a doubt, that tbs rights granted
them are aafe in their beads, aod that
te bold them as a sacred trust wbteb
II were bsse aud ignoble to betray..
HI.EEMMOIO DRACuHTO -Mr. ICwlc
W. tieeds, lbs dletlugulsbed writer ou
ventilation, offers, in ibm Sanitarian,
views which will be regarded as novel
nn Ibe subject of sleeping In dmeghte.
He tielleves in ft, aod aays: "I have
nt the'slighleat doubt that If every In
dividual lu Ihe city of New York were
to sleep on tbe house-top Inst sad nf In
UtdireUflmg rooms, ths rate of mortality
would bo reduced twonty-flvs per cent
lu three moolba; and If tbsy sou Id hsvs
blankets enough to keep, warm and ba
merely screened front the fain at night,
without obstructing the current of air i
or, In other wocHa. l sleep directly la
all the draughia they sxmiM get the
mortality would be reduced" cue-half In
one year." He holds that It Is warmth
alono that determines the amount of
fresh air one eaa afford at olsrbt.
"Where ths body I kept worm, .nod
pure air oulyi Inhalol, there la not one
lioepUg JlraeUy- batweea tww open
wlndowsall tbg year round, than tbera
porucie more annger ot tasiog noia in
Is ni taking cold in aa opea slslgb when
thoroughly warmed by wrappings of fur
ami roues, ana euen n thing as taking
old aader such aoudltlous never occurs,
providing always ths. .thorough warm
Ing of ths feet and back, which ore
often neglected. ' . :
'Bomb I'nErtx Data. Tbo AorfA--pcvrcm
Lumberman Is authority for
tbs following data I ; :
"One thntiaand laths will cover Sev
enty yards of surface, ami eleven pnuuds
al iiails put Ibem on. Ktght bushels of
gwnd Mnic,"lirtott bUts1s of soud and
ouo bushel bslr makes enough good
mortar to plaster one hundred square
yards. A cord of stons, three bushels
of Iioms aud a Subto yard of saod, will
lay one hundred cub's feet of wall. Una
IhoueSDuLshlugloa, laid four Incbsa lo
lbs wealnerwlll cover one hundred
equare feet of surf see, aod flee pound nf
nails fasten tbem on. One-II fib mere
siding and flooring ia Banded than tbs
number of equsrs feet of surface, because
of tbs tap In lbs siding and ths match
ing of tbo floor. Flvs courses of brick
will lay one fool io height on aehlmney;
sit bricks in a course will tusks a
flue font Inches wlda aud twelve Ions? :
rand sight . bricks lo a eouree 'mats -
a Hue eight Inches wide and slsteeu
lushes loug.
. Amexdeo TEXT. r.vldenlly
Rlcuari Uraot White was pot Ibe first
bring forward smsndsltous nf ths
Hhaktpeareao tet,00d hsnos Ihs blind- -ness
of as any pasesgso Iberola most oat
be wholly ascribed to bla Instrumental
ity. Take, for lostance. Ibis: "Hen:
outour banners aa tbs outward wall;.,
tbs cry Is, still tbsy soma." Now, It
would bs simply puerile to prsaama that
Macbeth should order tbs banners sus
pended from tbs outward wall, where
tbe Insolent foe, who wars still tomlng,
could so easily capture Ibem. Mow,
supposing, a quite natural Inference
I list the women of those dsys banged
their balr, wbat more sensible pn Mo
tion from onenf Mscuotb's temperament
than to "Hang all tbs bangers an tho
outward wail; tbo cry ta atlll they
-oomb I" Accept thai eolation, and tba -'
passags beoouies radiaut with light.
lift ot Traneeript. i,
Heelng a servant rash out of a Lnndoa -bouee
for medical obi, a raacal aald, l
am a doctor," and obtained bbbis to tba
rwom-of a elck child. Ha fetgaed to
minister lo him for hours, read prayer
by hla "bedelde, and tbaa, rtsscsnalug
Into thedlolng-room and taking advan
tage of the aareisaanaso wrought by Iba
approach, of death, took a good nseai.
ud decamped with all tua Dortabaa.
property be con Id lay liaods on.
A lady- with a rt og an a train from
Nswimrtto Fell Ulver, Ma.rrersatly
was so sollellous for tba watfaro of her
pet tbst she treated It to lee-water from
a Iwmblsr, and refueed to receive Ibe
first water haadad ta her by tlie train-
boy beaauso tbara was a spook lo Is.
now It PAg Otrt. There Is
sbly nothing to this transitory world
that will yield larger and quicker rw
torus on thsomouol Invested lhao pok
ing a wasp wllb year finger to sea H ho
fool welt. It msy be of In ureal to know
that a doss. Itridgeport toeU l
A UUIs girl, wbils out or ber oflao
nooa walk, aaw a pompous-looking men
strutting down ths street Wllb child
like simplicity, tba Itltle tblog rao up
lo him, touched blm slightly oa tba
arm, and said, "Eieuse ma, sir, bat am
yoa anybody in particular t"
A Mito. (lira ad, of Mams 1 1 lea,
mals s remarkable present to M. Ooova
Bona ao embroidered portrait of bis
snothsr. ' It Is stscuted on crimson vsl-
Vst, OsmI tho olaoucaa of Ihs ambroid
cry la silk la sold to bo o asarvet of akllt
aodpatlenco. ,. , - ii.' a : --
fpright leglalator-MWhal, airt Too
rake ass for one who ooa bs brtbod f
Yon loon It my seas of baoor I Bat. tar
aasa I really was sash a man, bow mush
would yoa givsf" T - tl- -
A wag who bad lent a .mla1srer"if
horse that had ran asrerf gad thro wo tho
otsrrf men, slslssed credit fur spreading
tbs Uosel. v c .-. ... i.i '4
Tho pebbles lo oar path wssry aa, aod
maks s fodsors mora than tba roaka, v
whlob require a sly or bold affort ia sur-
It Is a good thing to Issro caution by,
tbs mlsfortaaes of others. '..,.
; - f 1 - ; ? ' " " , ' . ,
Leve for tho dead should not arsmo
avar duly to ths U viag. .
Why, Jaok, bow are yoaf I dUu'l
waad hlasaelf la a wretched room la
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