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P U R t l R H R D - V R R T H A T U I I D A T A T

' (on f b t Hftrlem R. R.I

NEW YORK.

liENRY A. FOX, Editor and riibliiher,

0 . If. MIIXF.R, AmncUte Editor.

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T N D E P E N D E N T I N E V K R Y T IT I M n - N E U T I I A L I N N O T H I N G .

VOL. III. BREWSTEUS;' N. Y., SATUIIDAY. NOV. 5, 1870. NO. 1.

THE STASlUBAr

Job Office Is WPU Btopkcd with all thi ' neonssary t j po , rnrds, pnjior, ink, f\c., for executing Tiith iinitnuHR and tlisjiatcli all orders for

n A T ^ Z i I N ' V I T A . T ' T O N e , Order* of Danclnir, &o.

Wc rocrivod tlu; FirHt Prominm at the Daubiiry and j::^flrmpl Fairs , 1869 and 7 0 , for the best specimen of Card and J o b Printing.

Over The River. 0 » * r ( he r iver Ihpy IKHIVOD IO m o .

Lori»*1 onfH wlio'vr cmiiiipil 1« tlif fur ther nldn, Th^ elt'Oix "f t l iHr ntitiwj ri>1ii-i< I ci r,

But lUclr vnierp Bre lodt in llie ilBHiiliig Me. TTiprf'B unc willi rliitilr'tn of Hiinny Hold,

Ami pym llir mi ipr t lmi of licarcti'ii own b l u e ; Ho crnnMHl In Uio twillRlit. v.T*y Uiil rold.

Aii'l tJiP imlft mini lild lilm fnmt mor ta l vlnw, W(- tiaw nni tlio Aiif!f'lH wlio mpt h i m (h<>r«,

Tliiyinti'i ' of Ihn i:ity wo rnnlfl nut BI* , Ov«r rlnSifviir - o v e r t he rlvor—

My 1>riilT)^b«^dR waltlnfi to wfloomo tne ,

Ovf r Uic rivor t he Ixiktman p»le Carried annUipr, tUc bniiPiliold p e l ;

l l r r tirciwn i-iirlH vravcd in t he Rpntle (^If— Iiarl inj; Minnlc l I fv he r y r t .

Hlir rmfHP<i riu h e r bnnom hnr dimpind luiiidB, And fe«rli-ti(ily mt^rc-d tlip pliNntnm Iwrqup,

Wo fnlt It e l ide from )hc r i lvr r xandH, And all our cnnfihtnp grow Hlrnnui'ly dark .

Wi> linnw ^lif ii* "a le on t ho furt l icr Hide, W h e n ' nil lhi< ranivmipd and auftoli b e ;

OvtTtliC riviT—thu mynt l r river— My di l ldl iood 'n Idol IK walling for nie.

F o r none r e tu rn from tbo io qnte l Khorttn Who rriiHB Willi t he t tu i t inan iK>ld and )ia1e—

We huar the dl]i of the {<iilden oarn. And («t(-h a ^le-tm of the nnowy nail;

And lu! Ihcy liBVp paHHrd friim o u r j ean i lnR heartu. Who I'l'ifiH Ihe Mn*ii i , and are |{oue for aye.

We'niay ln^l minder the veil B|>art, That hIdeH fn-m our vinlon t he jHilenof day ;

Wr< only hnow tha i ihc i r harqiiPH no more May f^il wlih iiit over llfe'fi Hluriiiy lu'a;

Yet w m e w l i e r c . I knnw, on the iiiiBecn HIIOW, 1'hey waU-Ii, and hei-knn, nnd w«lt for nti^

And I Bit and think* when t he HiinBprB gold IN fliii>biii(! r iver and hill and nliore,

I nliall one day Htaiid tty Ihe water eold. And HM for tli<^ nonnd <>i t he lM)atiiian'H oa r ;

I iba l l WHU'h for a KI< am of the fluiijilnfj nail, 1 nliall hi-ar tliu lioat ax li (.'nin*( ifie atraiid.

I ahal j pkxH from nlgUl with I h r hoa in ian jiale, , T o t he he t tpr Bhore of Uir ("(drlt l and ;

1 ahall know the loved who have Rono twfure; And Joyfully eweot will ihc mfetiiiK tie.

When ovnr the river- the iieaeeful river— T h e angel of d«a tb BluUI csfts m e .

KtHN Me llofAre You (Ju. •

yemr way l lc t iover the hlU-Blde, Out In rain and slept.

Out iu tho world'B wild t i imiot l , Where InmUc and buKliirnti m e e t ;

l lu l m ine by Ihe nolxehmF- llrpBldft. Where Ihe fanciful cmtxirB iiliiw

With a rhatifteful Ufe-llke m o U o n : KINB mil liefore you go.

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My (juiel woy will be l ianuied With vltiloiiH nonu o l h e m can t<ee.

(ItaneeH more )ireel<iui' tlinii d iunouda , Hmllea full of inesulnR t o m e ;

l l i p fuinndH of a welcome footiitop, A whleiier thnlllnf{ly low,

*«i ; ihouKbt will elaup moiuur j ' IIIOHOIJ, Kf» m e tx-funi you go.

For IhlH world in full of mimhanncn . And one of llione cliauiHn may lall,

Ttiul we two ne ' e r again in the flrellitbt Muktr unii Hhadow U)MIU the wall.

Oh then , otire m<in< in t he iwrl ing— Alanl lliul II inunl lie HO—

lienve m e a fund ht-nedletion: KiiiB tuo before you su .

A KIgfa. Rjnre t«arH will never h r luu thee Iw 'k ,

Mlty nhould 1 weepY 1 wuuld nu t any uioao oi tu lne

aiioiild break ttiy Kluep.

TbtiU dldnt b r ing heavou r o n n d tliM- Itert-. l u 1hin;<Bd iilaup;

"tit: li(iav< n ^UlI with memontiH o r Ibv dear fare.

Rle4'|>. nleep, my dar l ing . Dy tiiy xlde 1 wdl not nttr .

More Uuiu Uie b i rd tha t hrundn and dreaina I teep lu ttio flr—

The bird tliat dreamn of fluttering joy Ful l Micin hi-r own,

Kor •"*•'* t he Hliadiiw «l ber foot WhoM' Joy lian fluwn.

Ti l l ; MAN WITH TWKNTV WIVKS.

A MUUllOK I t O U A K C t .

n i A J T E U L — T H E M O U H O N ' S UKl 'Ai r rUUK.

Tho mtipiinff on which ' Itt'ginuJd GlovorHou wufi to leave (Ireat 'Suit Luke (!iiy ^Wth « mule t^aiu, duwued beaiiti-fiiii.v.

Itttgiuald Glovernuii WHK H vouiig and tlirifty Mocpiou, with lui iuteri'Jitiug ftfjiiily of twenty yoimg imd Jia^dsome wivcB.

His uuiouB iiad uevfi- bf<>n blowiod witli t'hililreii. AH uit<*n nx. nut^e ii yeur he vtBuA Ui B<» to Oiiiuhu, iu N'ehnihltu, ^v-jtji aftitile train for goods ; but al though he luEd p<-rforiii(>d the ni thcr jx-hlouti iouruey many t imes witJj ^utire KflScty, l iu heiu-t ^K^m strangely muA ou th is p w -tiuiilar uiorniug, and tulu<l with gloomy fun'bodiiigs.

T h s t ime of his dt^^partiire hud ar r iv t^ —the high-.spirittid mult* VK'te a t the door, impulieiitly i^hainpiug their bitu. T h e Mormon titood aadly among his weeping wi^tra. ,

"Deures t o u t s , " he uaid, " l a i n idu-gulariy Mul at hearf thin u i o m i u g ; but do not let tltihdepreHb you. The jourm-y is a i>eriloiuj one, but—JJKIIUW ! I htive always e<jme bark KafeJy h ' l -e tofon, and wby Hliould I fearV Bt-siut's, I k n u v tha t every uight , uu I l u y d o u n u u U i e bruud aturht ]jntirie, yuiir l iright faoes •pll oome tu me iu my dreauis tuid Tpiitr my (diuuber 8wtH. t and guutle. " j ^ u , J ^ i l y , with your m i ^ lilue t-ves ; aftd you. Hemiett i i , with yourKplendid Uftok Juiir ; and you, Nelly, with your hair ao brightly, beautifully, gu lden ; and y<«i, Blollie, witJi your eheeku au downy ; ioul YOU, lietay, with your—with youi-—tlial la to buy, Susan, with your—uud tlui ot<her tbirii^oij of you, e^<ji ao guo<l u i d b^Miuti-ful, will come tu me in bweet ih.tsama, will you not .deureirtJBt« V"

" O u r own," tii»y lovingly chinuid, " we ^iU !"

" A u d no farewell!" eried Ucgi " C o m e to my urmn, my own !" lu! aai " tluit itt, au many uf yuu HH can do 1 oouveuieutJy a t ouue, fur I munt a w » ' . "

Hti fuldn] Htn'tTul of tJifJu tu Ilia t hn ib -bing brfw<t and drove hadly nwuy.

Bu t he had no tgoue fur when thf I M O ^ of ilw uff-Mnd niuh- became luJ-hitelied. I>i(auouuting, be -•liHa, •ed t o adjuHtthi.' ti'uc4'; bu t erti he hud fairly'. ooiQMenuiMi i ^ Uu^ ih^ luule, « r ^ g u lariy refriK-tuty auiiual, anorL«'d uildl uud lnrk.ud Uctpuuid frightfiJIy iu ntiUJJittUlli. U « W'oot- u i t l k d l l f i c - u i l ^ %1 U>t4eJ»d feeblj- towjtrdb hw mot '

ivu6 utiur bv, £4J1>

mother threw horttclf upon his inanimate form, crjring, " O h , my son—my son !— only tell me where tho mulea are, and then yon mny die if you want t o . "

In vain—in vnin 1 Rcginnld had passetl on.

CHAPTER n . — r n N E R A I i TRAPPINGS.

The mnlen were never lound. Itcginald'B heart-broken mother took

the botly ^lome to her nnfortunat« son's willows. ])ut before her arrival, Rho in-disereedly went a boy to burs t tho news, gently to ' the afflicted wives, which h e did by informing tliem, in a IioarBe-whisiier, thnt their " old man had gone i n . "

The wives felt very batlfy indeeil. " H e wan devoted to m e , " sobbed

Emily, " And to m e , " said Maria. " Yes ," said Emily, " he t l iought con­

siderably of you, bu t no t so much as ho did nf m e . "

" I say h e did r " A n d I say he d idn ' t I" " Ho did r " H e didn ' t !" " D o n ' t look a t me, with your squin t

eyes!" " D o n ' t shake your red head a t me !" "Sis ters , '* said Oie black-haired Hen­

rietta, " cease this unseemly wrangling. I , as h is first wife, shiJl strew flowers on his grave."

" No you won ' t , " said Hnsan. " I , as liis last wife, shall strew flowers on his grave. I t ' s my business to stniw."

" Y o u slian't—so tliere I" said Henri ­etta. •

" Y o u l>e t l wiU," said Busan, wiUi a tear-sufl"ufled cheek.

" W e l l , 08 for me , " said the practical Betay. " I ain ' t on the strew, much, bu t I shall ride a t the head of the fnnend procijssicm."

" N(}t if I 've been introduced to myHclf you won ' t , " said the golden-haired Kelly, ' " t ha t ' s my position. You be t your Imnnct str ings i t i s . "

"Chilfh-en," said Iteginoid's mother , " y o n must do some er j ing , you know, ou the day of the funenil ; and liow many ]ioek<-lhaudkereher8 uil t it take tu go round ? Betsy, you and Nelly 'ought to moke one do between yuu . "

" I ' l l tear her eyes out if she peri>etu-fites u sob ou my hundkereher 1" said KeUy.

" D e a r daughters-in-hiw," said l i e ^ -nald's mother, " how unstiemly is this anger. Mules is five hundred dollars a sjiiui and every identical mule of mTl>oor lM)y has beeu gobbled up by the rfii\ men. I knew when my BegiujUd staggered into the dobr-yturd Uiat he was on tins Dit% h»t if \A only tJiui/k t o atdt Mm abiint tliem miltes ere h i s gentle 'spiri t t^tok ita flight, it would have l ) ^ n four thouHantI dollars in our pockets, and no mirituke. Excuse those re i l tears, bu t ynu'vo never felt a parent 's ffeliugs."

" I t s an oversight," sobljod Maria. *' Do no t blame us !"

C U A P T E 8 i n . — ^ D U S T TO DUST.

The funeral passed off in a very jiliiaitfuit manner, nothing otH-urring to*i>'^ tho harmony of tlie occasion. By a liappy thoug'nt of Reginald's motlier, tlie wives walk'tfl to the grave twenty abreast, whit h rendered tha t par t of tlio ceremony thoruuglily impartial.

Tha t night the twenty wives with heavy heajiUi sought their twenty rosijee-tive couches.

I n another house, no t many leagues from the house of mftuniiug', a gray-hainHl woman was wee)>ing {laasionately.

" H e died,'* she cried, " h e died with­out signerfying, in any roBi>eet, where them mules went to !"

n i A P T E K I V . — H A B B I B U A O A n i .

Two years elajjse l»etween the tliird and fuiirth eluijjters. A maidy Mormon one evening, as the sun was jtreiuuing to s(^t among a aelt^t assortment uf gold aud <>rimson clouds iu tlie westem hori-zun—although fur tha t matter the sim lias a right to " s e t " where it wants tu, luul so, I may add, has a hen—a manly M"rmun, I say, tai>jjed geuUy a t the door of tlie mansion uf tlie late Kegiiuild (Jloversfm.

The door was opened by Mrs. Busan Gluversou.

" I s this the house of t h e widow (jluversou V" the Muriuun asked

" I t i s , " wdd Siiban. " A u d how maj^y is there uf she V" in­

quired t h e Mormon. " T h e r e is about twenty uf her, in­

cluding m e , " returned Husau. " C a n I 8*H* her V"

. " Y o u eaii ." " M a d a m , " he softly said, luHressing

tJie twenty disconsolate widows, " I have •eeu ijart of you befoic. And ulthuugh I 've already twenty-five wivi«, whom 1 respect and tenderly oare fur, I ejtn truly auy 1 hut I never felt lure 's holy tiirill till I suw tb»v ! Be mine ! be mine !" he en-tilu^mu4ti(.udly eritid, " aud we willahow the wurld a sti ikiiig illustration of the beauty iind t ru th of the noble hues, only a good dt»d mure so—

" Twcji ty-oue auula with a iiiugle <tiungLt. Tweuty-oufi h(i»rt4< \XiaX b u t t tfi uui;.

" T h e y were unil«d—tht-y wcj-e."

A HIeoplnir Cl r l .

Ht. Louis medical men are puzzJed over an extraordinary cose b rought to their notice. Susan C. Godsey, is 21) yearn of age. She was I w m in Obion County, 'Tennessee. Her parents were extreroly poor, and lived in a smidl log house containing one room. Unti l e ight years of age t h e girl was s t rong and healthy, and seemed in nowise remarka­ble. At Uiat age, however, she was stricken with fever, bu t was attendetl by an experienced physician w;ho w)on checked the disease. The girl Hank into a s lumber which lasted an unusu­ally long t ime, and finally awoke weak, b u t well. To t h e snri)n8e of t h e family and physicians, s h e . remained awake b u t a few minutes, when she again went to sleep. F rom then unti l the ])rescnt t ime, twenty-one years and three months , she 1ms never been awake more tlian eight minutes at a t ime. The leth­argic state invariably lastetl a certain number of hours. She awakens a t six o'clock in the morning and a t th ree and nine o'clock each night , never varying one-half minute from the rcgtdar time. She takes b u t little nourishment, and tha t b u t twice in twenty-four hours. Du­ring the t ime in which she sleeps, slie does no t appear to breathe, and a mirror held against her nostrils rcmtdns untjini-ished. H e r breath , if indeed she breathes at all, is not suflleient to stir the l ightest ilown suspended against her nostrils by a silken thread. When her condition bo-tmrne known physicians flocked from all par ts of the count iy to see her. None were able to satiBuictorily account for the phenomenon, although the woman continucB to sleep and to wake with the regularity of clotA-work. Two i)liy8ic-ians, Drs . Rhea and Glover, are nuw in at tendance upon her, and although tht^ f ormt>r has visited her for the last sixteen yeai-B, he can still form no opinion regarding the cjmse. She is ni ther under metlinm siKi*, and with the exception tha t she is sometimes tronblcfl when awake with neuralgic pidns in her hemi tunl neck, aud tliat one a rm is shghtly jiaralyzed, enjoys, as far us she can enj<iy, anything, gnotl health. Her hands are extremely small and delicate; being scarcely larger than those of a child six years uf age. Another remarkable fea­ture in the case is that, while her htur has grown to a great length, her finger nails have not grown any since she was first stricken.

As before state<1, she is slightly under medium height aud is of dende r bu t graceful figure. Her fat«' is oval ami Oie heiul well formed. She has a mass of diU'k . iub. i i i hail', wcU-f»ruM fore-liosd, dark hazel eyes, fringed with hejtvy lashes, well shaped nose, and a smiul muuth. Although her cximplcxion is clejir imd fine, yet, owing to constant confinement to her bed, her fa<% is so white as to b e idranst ghastly. Far from anyth ing repugnant in her apixiartmce, even wiiiht sleeinng, she would doubtless be oouhidered a ver>' pretty gii i by those unfu\']uuinte4l with her cou<lition. Slui retains what knottiedge she possessed al eight yeiu's of age, b u t has not been awake enough since then tu learn any­th ing more. She knows her reliititms and friends, and (Hinverses with tliem in her iK>ns(inus moment«. Before* fulUng asleep a slight hicx^uugh or choking soimd proiteeils apjiarently from her throat. Khe tlien so (piiekly bee^Jines insensible tha t she is sometimes ullable to finish a sentence or even a word while talking. When about to awake the Kame choking Kuimd is re]>eate<i from her throat seve­ral t imes a t regular inten 'a ls . When this is heard eleven t imes witliuut in­termission her bo<1y shakes in a sjias-modie manner and NUO instantly awakens. MTiether asleep or awake her hands t nim­ble continually. Hhe is now uttendtnl by her mother , ni>w an old and feeble woman, her brother , he r neioe, and two physieiiuis.

i i i tv. E N O U S U ' S p rochuua t ion fu raday uf Tluuiksgi%'ing in Connecticut ou Uie 3lah uf November, is a model uf brevity. B e Buys he ant^uie* it iu view of the t les-•illgb u i th which the jjuut ye4U' has biHUi OEOu'dod, lUid iu wM.''orduue4^ with a veu-eraUid usu^c ; uud he rocuxuiueuds tlittt t iw jx ioj le uf the btute lay uu ay all oi-dwurv Mx;ular pursui ts on that day ; aa-ttCuble iu Uieir t'UMtt^mary i>hux)s of di-r i a e w oThhiu, uud tliere offer the suoEa-

uf t lukukii^viug; not forgetting to .c their tluuik'Omu'iugs uoceptuble b^'

ubstautiul aud dtihejWng rt«uguitiou <iod's uuor

^I'lm wetdt^ uf Bostou would givt: l u ijudividuul a fta<ttioo thbuve 93,000.

" H A D ' B H FIBHT I"—Two years ago, du i iug a great livalry l>etw(«n two hotels iu MtuisaehuHct'ts, bo th houses runn ing free coaches, one of the ]jro]jriet(jr8 had p u t e^'ery available vehitde ou the road, amuugst which wits one iu a most dilapi­dated condition, threatt^uiug dissolution with every juuue*. This coach was driv­en to the deijot, and having secured two passt 'ugers tlie diiver drove in t r iumph to the hotel, which he approached with a grand flourish of the whip uud air of the greatitst t r iumph. Calhug upon u waiter tu ujicn tlie coach-d<)or tu help out the jiassttugtji's, the coucli wus found to be emjity !

" Wheie are t l i e y y said the proprie­tor, us he looked iu with a glauce of uou-steruutiuu.

" They dropped t h r o u j ^ t h e buttum, up here about a mi le ," said u little fel­low who liad j tu t t l i eu druve up, "aud old Wattles uf the hurseshoe picked 'em u p aiid carriod 'em home."

" D i d Ue V" said tiie rival huidlurd, " well, by thunder , I knew 1 had 'em tiist—there's sume uonbolutiou iu t h a t ; the other house luui tu be vuntent w itli my leavings."

A yAHUiuKAULK young ladv, uf ra ther utteuuatud tigui'e, while in tlie luuitls of hex dj'eaMuakej', Ltecame uhuiued a t the Kpaeiouuntttis uppoiuttMl to hex lK*dio<'., uud dueluiixl tliat ahe uuuld iievur wear it, uud t h e talk had btten wjx>ngly cut. " Pa idun me, Mudamoih>elle," replied the ttUMJitUt, " t l i e design i» tjuite curxeut; tlie tittiug is exactly us it ahuuld be. 1 have mude your drt^as, uud now I m u s t l/ruu/ }/ou up U/ it.'"

The Laying of Je l s t i .

The positive carelessness witli which joists for fiuoring are laid in bui lding, is the more remarkid»lc when we consider what an amount of mischief, in cose of fire, is really at tr ibutable fb tho negli­gent manner in which they are located. Nothing w*eakens a wall more than to insert the ends of jnistA in tlie work. To build them in is to sui>orinduce deciw; to lay them in loosely, so as to let t h e air got at Uiem, is to' nudto a wall wejik with many detached breaks. Ei ther of these modes is dangerous in the event of fire, frum the fact tha t the ends of tlie joists keep on burn ing and char ing unt i l t h e ve iy h e a r t of the w all they are de­pending on is so tlamagcd a t every story as to assure its complete destruction. Tho brickwork orsteuiework around them being at furnace heat, when water is played forcibly and suddenly u]>on it, imniediatelv cracks and breaks from tho action of t h e iiifltantaneonsly-generated stcain in its punrs anil joists.

To insure the safety of walls, they should l>t co rbded out very gradually as the bed of tlie joists of each stoi-y is oiJiiroached, tho projection being four inchoR. The enil^ of the joists should be sawed off t o a beVel of fuur inches, the lowest be ing the longest e n d ; anil that projocting bevel of four inches of corbel-lUQ, Wfl l^^vo e ight inches of actwd bear ing for t h e joists, without de t r iment to the wuUs. Then, in the case of tire, or falUnfj of the Hoor, the beveltMl ends of tho joists would ejisily slip from their places without wrenching the widls, and the bad elFecta wiiieli at present follow such eatastrophies would thus be obvi­ated.

In dwelIing-Iiousi!s, this corlwling of tlie walls wimld work in as a foundation for the cornices uf thi ' several njoms, and prove no mean advantage against the access of ruts and mice to the floors tliruugh the furring, which at present oflers them such excellent ojijHu-tunities. This systt'Ui of corbeling the wall-lieds of joists iM n o t by any means a novelty. I t is practiced in the" constnictitm e)f large storehouses, uud has in idl cas(>8 proved efficient.

I run s t in i ips are sumetimes used to help sustain the juists. These iiuss through tho wiUI, and are anchored lui the outside, every fifth joist be ing so secured, similar to the way in wiiieh iluuriug-benms are UKually fnst^'ued. B u t this practice is objtH-tiimuble, inasmuch OS the iron get t ing red-hot under the violent influence uf u confiagration, wuuhl expand sufllciently to bu . s t the brickwork around it, and render the wall un(-:ife whiut-ni ' iiii-h fctiri'ujis or sup­ports are jireHeiit. These be ing tm every fiour, and a t eqiiid aud frequent intervals, could nut fail to have u most mischievous influence.

The safest method of set t ing joists is to have them as much di bu-hed from the heart of the wuU as possible, at the siune t ime giving them a gi>ud and efficient bearing upon, aud from i t This is effected by nuuins uf eorlH-ling, us here recommendetL—Tite Tediiiolitui^.

ExpluIlN of u Drunken £ugluecr . The TallohiLssiH- Si'iitiiiel rehtttts the

following i m i d e n t : The engineer of the freight train on

the Jm-ksonville, Pensaiwla and Mobile Ituilroad going west on WiMlnesilay morn­ing lust—a man namrnl Drew—was so much* under the influence of l iquor by tlie t ime he reaehnl Baldwin tha t tlie (umductor, Mr. Tuten, did not consider it safe to allow him to ]jrociH3d further, and therefore iirociinid the serviciw of souther engineer—Drew, huwcAer, re­maining ou the engine.

Wheu the train arrivttd at Saudersou, the acting engineer left tlie eugiue for some inu-puse, wheu Drew, still d ruuk, cut loose from the train lUid pu t out witli tlie eiigjue ut l ightning sjK-ed, leaving the engineer, fii-einau, ( i n d u c ­tor, anil all behind. As he neiired Lake (!ity, tJie secliun bauds working on the loud scattt^tul jH'll-iwll into the woods, Irighti-niMl ou t of tlieir wits a t t h e t re ­mendous s])eed the eugiue was ruuuing . The ageut at Luke ( ' i ty, when asked about it, said the engine was runn ing about one huinUiMl miles an hour, aud tltere was a man abourd, b u t he wus cer­tainly crazy.

Fu r the r west u gentleman suw the ey-giue jiass, but could not discover any one on her, and suid he wtu* very much ulaxmed, but jiitiseutly he MIW a hand go up, aud then he kue'w tln-re was some kuid of u human on board. Drew thuudert»d along at tliis dangerous speed until he reached Elluville, where he cam'

skirt , and loopetl u p slightly «i t l liows uf the same. The tunic is oi

Tho FutilonR.

A now afternoon toilet is thus made:— Dark blue grenatlino dross, with deep flounce of Russian plai t ing ; the heading is sowm flown with a row of velvet of the same color. Black faille tunic , with round tnblier in front, very full at the bock, and looped u p a t the side with a large bell plait. Tlie t r imming consists of tlireo b lue silk bands to match the dresB. Smalt close-fitting casaque, itlK'ii in front to show the high blue dtvss; the basque at the back is in a singh> piece, and forms three box plaits, which open fan-Uke over the tunic. Pagcnla sleeves, cut u p t<) the hiKt<le of tho ann ; under-sl(M»veB of b lue grenadine. Narrow ruche of white tnrlntan round the thnmt antl wrists. Blue crepe lisse bonnet , or­namented with whit£ ihiisicB. antl luojis of blue ribbon velvet.

A pret ty mori^Q^ t/iilel is mtule of brown silk. 'The. skirt, is t r immed with flounces, all lieaded with a row of ecru guipure . Long tunic of ccni bntisti ' , t r immed with twu floumwa, each scwni on v i t h a row uf velvet the same color its the

i th two pen in

front, and describes two round wings. Batiste l)odice, witli epaulettes uf brnwii velvet, t r immed with ecni gu ipure ; the basque and sleeves are ornamentejl liki? t h e tunic. Brown velvet sash. Brown straw hat , with a tuft of brown and ecrii feathers in frimt, and a velvet bow with long ends a t the back.

A new costume fur the prointmtulc is made of Ir ish po]ilin, t r immed with a rich tassel fringe, and V s bands of velvet uf the same color.

T H E ARLINGTON EHTATE.—The death of General Lee hiui brought iiitu disi-iis-. sion the subject of the government pus-session of tlie Arlington cstnte ujipusit*-tliis city, fumierly the jiropertv and re.s-idt^iK* of Gcnend Lee, and wliiirh it has been sujiposed was held by tin' Unit^'d StaU>-s under the jironsicms of the eun-flstwtion law. I n th is connectiim a Wash­ington jm]>er publishes the following : I t is supposed by nianv that the <>ovem-mcnt liolds posstJssiou of Arlington by reason of the (confiscation act, aud ac­cording to the provisions 4»f tha t law, the title can only lie vested in the (Jovorn-ment during the life of the pcrNon en-gagt^l in rebeUiun. Hence it is said tha t the proi>erty now reverts to the heirs of General L(%. Such is not tlie case, how­ever, as the projjerty is not htdd under the (}<mfis<-ation act, nu thav ing lu'louged to General L e e . . At i\n' death uf Sir. Ciistis, a life interttst in thi* twtatu was lK4iuu.iU.ed to Mrs. L<ui, his d^ii^lit<'i-, i i n d a t h e i death i t was t«i be liis gmnd-Kons' Custis uud Fi tzl iugh Ijee. The tfixes ujion tlie property haviiifj accuniii-lateil dur ing the rt^belliun, it was sold, therefore, and pun-hased by the Gov-eniinent. Thus it will lie sec^n it is held by virtue of a tax title. Subse^piently efforts were nuwle to rtnleem it by paving the amount i>f taxes, bu t so far have l>een iinsuctu'ssful, and the titk> is still vested in the Guvernment by virtue of the tax sole above alluded to . ' As the Arlington estate has I>een converted into u vast na­tional cemetery, and is filled with the )>oue8 of thuse wht> fell iu the war <(f the rebellion, i t cannot well lie used for any otlier pur]Kise, ami iUt )>osBessii>ii coiUil* lu i rd lube desired by the Lee family.— Watiliuujiou rtai*er.

A T THE ANNUAL meet ing uf the Amerl-uau HfK'ial MLienc^' Asuotiatiun in Boston, the Treasurer 's rejtori shows the dis­bursements for tlie year to be gG.Wil, and tlie receipts &^,^i. The uhoh ' number of members of the Asstjciatiwii, uicluding 34 hfe uiemliers, is l>U. A sinking fund has IHAOU snltscribed for the comjtletiuu and piiblicutiun uf an emi­grant 's hund-bouk*, which uuw imiouuts tij nearly e.'i.lKKI. The re|>ort of the lati-Secretary, Henry Vilhird who liax been cumjadled by ill he4dth tu leaign, givcMun elaborate account of the doings of the Society. I n i t mtaitiou is made of a haud-book fur iininigruuts, tu be issued by the Society, designtid to prevent im­pruden t immigratiuu, tu furnish immi­grants with such imfurmatiuu us will enable them tu cruss the Atlantic aud find new hum*3s uud ucxjuimtiuus in tlitr Vuited St i ' t i s iu tlie cheaitest, safejil aud quickest manner. The following hst uf officers was re]jurtud : President , fiamui'l E h u t ; Treasurer, J . T. Blunchioid ; Dirtxiturs, J ames M. Biu'nuxd, Emoi't Wushbum, F. B. Siuiboru, C. C. Perkins , Geo. B. Emexbon and Waldo Higgiusuu, Mrs. Parkmuu uud Miss Mav were udded tb the Buurd by un uuuniuiuus vute.

near eulhding with an ea>>tward-buuud' 'The Pres ident theu mude uu address, freight train. The muster-muchinist, and the meet ing dissolved. Mr. Keuuedy, huppeutid t o be here, and , eji!cUug the maniac eugiueer Irum the euKiue, took ehai'ge uf it himself.

Furtiiuately fur Mr. TutcJi, he fuuud auuther eugiue at f^tuidexsuu, with which he C4uue through to EUiiviiie. At or near Olust«4e the body uf a iiiuu wui> dis-(x>vexud lying uu the truck, but tou lute to preveut the trail ' from jjaasing over i t uud orusliiug it to pieces, 'i'he body pruTud tu be tha t of Mr. l inuiuuu, who, wheu luiit been, was wending his wuy humewurd with a suek uf uuur ou his shouidi'X. The fruut of Drew's engine is said t o have beeu uu^exiMl with fluur.

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Wit find WiKilnm. MoRK people run for office than reach

How struugely lircumsluuexts and laws c h a n g e ! The publisher uf a Bustuu pa]>er has met uu: jterson who suld thi ' first jM'Uuy paper on tJtie street in that city. The luun—at that t ime a buy—gut a duiwn of the first cujiiet> ever thi'owu off of the Boslou 'ISims, took them to Fimeuil Hull, suld tbt^ first uue to old George KetMi, wiium uiuuy will remem­ber, uud was Hueuked off by the M-aiera-l>le George to the lock-up uud placed there tu awuit oiTtiuu of Uic cuurt for peddl ing without a lieens«'. His stay wus, however, s b u r t ; bu t the adveuture

I T is stated uf a UULU who reueutJv ctuuiiuittcd suicide by taking Pruusic aciij, iu Buffido, tliat fur Mjme tune previous he hud beeu expi-iimeutiug with that poiaun upon iusM^ttt ai various kinds, fuj tlie purputte, as ib nuw buppoaud, of ub-aerviug HM etteuit upon t^!''inMj liXe.

and i t is thuugh t h e must luive run uvex { is u curious item iu tlie history of strei^t Brauuou, bu t how tlie body got bu*.'k ou ' uewbjmpex traffic. t h e ti'ucli iu the posiiiou i t u'us whtoi r u n j uver tJUe ttouuud time, is a mjsLury uut Tut: pr t»ent ceowus will shuw thut the yet solved. ]>iew wus LU'umptly diu-zj United States has fiflt^eu citiiw- uf more clmrgod by tJu- uffieials here, uud luts ; tluin one hundred thousuud iuhubitants. left fur ]>urts tu us unkuuwu. ! There axe but tiiroe 4-.0(uitxius thut ex­

ceed this—the East iuAi^^is with twuuty-T a x signal men to be employed uuj,b<'' one cities, Gr(4it Br i t i iu wit h sixteen,

lakui under the new sysL 'Ui i>L^fkCiihiug tuud Chxua with fifte(\u.* the appruM^i of utoj-ms uu^-i^iuiT^itg by telegraph uud signal i*sf flie UMitffit of cummerce, ha^e goue t o their stjitiuus, uud the repui-tt< wiU be t^•>muit•u()od us j of Hult, which

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T H E best way io ascertain the weight of a horse i« to let him trend on your foot.

MoDEsrr in a woman is like color on her cheek—decidedly comely if no t p u t on.

A MAN'S own good breeding is the l>est security against other people's ill-manners .

" DROWNED in dodgingn potato thrown by William .Stiibbs," was the verdict of n Toledo jury.

AMERICAN women are celebrated all . over the wtirld for their small and pretty shaped hands and feet.

H E deaf to the qiiarrelnume, blind to the scorner, and dumb to those who are raischipvously inqnisitiv(\

AN exchange says tha t the frogB of Connecticut have woni the skins off their noHiw in \\\v vain a t tempt to find water,

ArcoRuiNO to various European au-thorJtien Nepuleon is worth all the way fromO to 810,(KK>,n00, with ehanoes in favor of the former.

THKRE lire two directly opposite rensons why some men have ]mor credit—one because t ' lcy are not known, and tho other becaURc they are known.

I THINK T am rather fond of silent people myself ; I cnniiut bare to live with a iHTson who feels coiniielled to talk be-causo he is my companion. — lUitraeJi.

A WOMAN travelling on the cars saw a man in front of her put his head out of the window, and »-ske<l him if he wouldn' t keep his lieiid in, as she had a new silk dress on, and she didn ' t want it all spat­tered up with brains and such stuff.

A SfNOAY School teacher, deploring the hick of at tendance on his ministra­tion, a])]>e]ded tu the few p r e s e n t : " Wiiat can 1 do to get the boys and girls y" " I know," said one of the ur­chins. " Give 'em nit five cents apiece."

A HOG entered u grtM'ery store in Bnins-wick, Jfo., reeently, when a knowing dog attacked him, bit uff his tail, then seiztM] file hog by the ear. and led it shrieking back to its qna i te rs in the n-nr. Tho dog tlieii returned tu the st-<ire, j ' i . k e d up the tail, and carrit'd it uu t t-o the pig.

TlcKiiT CoLiiErToii: " Th i s yuur boy , , mum y He 's too l>ig for n 'alf t icket ." Mother (down u]>on him) : " Gh, is he ? Well, j / r h a p s he is now, mister ; but he wasn't when we stitrti'd. This 'xeursion's ever so many Imurs iHt'iud time, an' he 's a growing liul ! Hu now !" j^Exit in tri-um]>h. I

A cionni:si'ONi»ENT traveling in (7anada says tha t in the vicinity of QUCIMM* are rows of shanties fnui t ing to small farms, and from which the city is mostly sui)-plied with vegetables, the wunicij doing the field wm'k and cnidleing the gnun, wiiile stalwart men stjiy in-doors rocking the biiby-cnuUe and smoking pipes.

D R . Bi'HWAUZ.uf Kres|mi,fdves a simple method wherel)y -wnU-r may be run through lead pipes without tiecoraing puisoneit. The jiipt^s are tilled with a wiirin. coneentrat-d solution uf sulphide of pobu^Kiiim ur sodium, and thus left for a)jpnifift4'en niinul4-s, when an insoluble siiTJihide ot leiul will lie formed within, ami line the pipe.

NoTBiKo on eiirih can smile bu t human beings. Gems may fiash r e f l e c t s hgh t , bu t what is 11 diumoixl fliudi compared wiUi an eye flush and mirtli flash 'i A Iwn' tha t lunuut smile is like a bud lliat cjinnot blossom, and dries u p un tlie stiUk. I^aughter is day, and Bol)riety is night , and a smile is the twilight tliat h«»vers (.'cntly lictwt^n boUi, and more bewitching than either.

A YoirKG Nashnl le man, i>o|iular with tt iehulics, lay upon a divan on the prt>-menade of the Mnxwell House 4Ui Monday afternoon and accidently fell a^Ie^-p. Scmie of the hulies of Ihe house subse-rpiently gathertnl uroiind him, aud, after hilM-lihg him "Kieepiun Beiiuty" and jdu^ing a doll in his arms, awoke him with ]ii-uhiuf merry laughter . His feel­ings muy be imagined. '^ ^ ^

CUAM has a cartuou in u late number of Cfuirirnri apru]>os 4)Mbe scarcity uf arms iu Pal is . A young vuluntt'er, with new e<)uipments, is sa,^iiig to France, w ith ull the sadness uf a brave man who feels his own incomjjetA^nce. " I have no gnu . " Fran<te with fiexceness and enerfr>', imintK to a Prussian soldier who is udvaueing with gun in fri4Ut, uud cries to the vuluul4ier, " Behold one !"

A -Lfrvw. tive-yejir-old at Itliica had a ht t le house l>uilt fur his cjit, which was JJIWI«H1 un t.he jxirch, wheu a little shuwer Came up. The yuuug man was discovered souu after with Uu' cat tiy theuaj>eof Hut u<«k, looking up in the clouds, imd giving vent U> his outraged f«ielings Suys he : " Look here, ]>od ! don' t you know what you're iluiug, ra ining ull uver my tat ! You'll <lit her all rusty t" H e was uinued with ail 'Oeu huud.

A yuiTNu misKiouiu'y lauded ut a iiauui-bul ihhuid tiu suuctHxi a hucnid ttuu-hex d(N-.eaHed sume time la-fore. At au Uiteniew with tlie ehief the yuUUg min-istex asked : " Did you know my departed bruther V" " All, ves, 1 was deaeun in his chuxcii." " Ail, tlien yuu knew hiin-^,^ w t ^ ; aud wiu* he n<it a guud uud teuder-heaJ*ted man V" " Ve«," reidiud the pious dtiaoon, with much gu%lu, " h e veiy ttAuder ; I ea.t u jiitnie uf h i m . "

A iniou story is told uf a ratlitu- vexdaut ugricultural laborer, who having by hook aud liy t^rook MWiLpiui U.)KtiUier fifty doUurti, took it to his eui|iluyer, with a riMjuest tu take cliuxge t >f it for hint. A yeux afttu' tlie hdx>j:er weut tu ujiother friend to kuow what wuuld be the in-tEkTCMt ou i t H e wus tuld three doUun-' " Wel l . " Huid he . " I wiiUi you wuidd loini me thxtie duUawt fur a day or t w <>. Mjt busfc bbb XML'U keeping fiftv dolluis fur

souu Ob 4kU tlie uxxuugeiu«il« tU'i' pexfec- year» u^u, luie just biAVH st^ttlod, at u ouul lue a year, aud 1 wuut iu \my liM" th tod at t l ^ ^'ariuu* wguul post«.. 1 to one of t l i eu uf ihB4» > iutoHMit ivt i t . "

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