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XO. .4,39 SECRETARY TELLER'S BUDGET. Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior to Coo-- press. Tha Eemtrkable Adrancsmeat of the gndian Tribes Toward Civili- ration. Seeommendctlons Abeat India Affaire The Bepeal af the Pre-emptloa Act Crgrd.

Work of the Lana Offics, Pate A Office, aid Miliar Bureaus of the De- parlmenL Telegram to Xb In terOcaaa. W'ASHrsaTox, Nov. 30. Tea annuel report of the Becretary of the Interior was given to tie press to-day, and an unusually abl and important one, eovMriug the Indian Bureau, Patent Office; Land Office, FfcWiion Office, Railroad Commissioner, and other branches of the department. -The greater part of the report devoted to a review and discussion of Indian affair, which the Secretary believes are in the beat condition that they hare been tor many yean.

Be argues that the progress of the Indiana In education and in agriculture proves that with intelligent ad3tance and encouragement from the government they may soon become aelf-aupportiug citizens. The first step is to fcsnire them permanent homes and give them a fe simple title to whatever portion of their reservation they may require. The remainder should be sold to actual settlers, and the proceeds not In providing food for tQe Indiana, but in the purchase of cattle and agricultural implements, and ia the education of the young. The system of annuities is wrong, because is keeps the Indian a bavaok kactbb. and be win not make an effort to support hlmsel as long as the government is willing to support him," Xo greater injury can be done him than to supply his wants and allow him to live in idleness.

If allowed to continue in idleness, be win continue in rice and aaTagery. Be must be taught to labor and care for him. self, by pemiaaioa if possible, by compul sum if necessary. The government should provide schools for his children, where they should be taught the English, language and all kinds of nseful labor, and the attendance of an children of school age should be re quired. If he chooses to be a farmer, he should receive suitable assistance- in the first instance, with the understanding that such assistance is only temporary and must soon cease.

If he prefers to be a stock-raiser, as he wiU In most cases, he should be furnished sreck suitable to his want, instructed to care for them, and then left to his own exertions. The manual labor schools should Instruct the male children in labor on the farm and in the shops, and the females in housa- ztoiaasaira, 1AWS rOK HIS PBOTBCTIOX. Laws should be enacted for his protection, not. however, st his dictation, but such enlightened phllanthroDV determine far htm benefit. He must not only have the protec-J tiuu oui as must oe subject to Its revisions.

The courts should be as free to im for the protection of his person Vw property as to his white neighbors. If he desires to abandon his tribal relations and become a citizen of the United States, he should be allowed to do so, without the loss of his interest in the tribal property. The Indian receiving the supplies should be made to understand that he has no claim on the government, and that such aasistanoe ia only afforded him to enahle him to become self-supporting, and 'that if he fails to show reasonable progress in that direction such support will be withdrawn. It should be within the power of the department to withhold such supplies, except in payment for labor performed by such Indian when the department can furnish them ax oreoBTCxiTT to labob. Tne cultivation of land or the care of stock should be made a condition precedent to re-ceivin aid from the government, except in the case of those unable to perform such labor.

Bach has not been the practice of the Kvernment, but, on the contrary, the Indian allowed to refuse to do work of any kind, and yet demand and receive support from the government. War should the government support the able-bodied Indian who reiuses co work, any more than it should the white man who reiuses to exert b'wnlf for his support tterf ore recommend, that an appropriations made without consideration on the part of the Indians, be placed at the disposal of uepanment. ana that their distribution be made to depend as far as practicable on the disposition shows by the Indiana to become self-supporting. ElajLKMIXO thx rxnuvs. The Secretary then recommends the complete disarming of all Indians, for the reason that the game is now insufficient for his sup-Wnd as long as he has a gun he will be dangerous.

It is unsafe to trust an Indian with a gun; the very possesion of it incites in him a desire to use it The unarmed In-i dian ia as safe in any country as the unarmed white man; It is the possession of his weapon and the knowledge that he may be tempted to use it that creates hostilltv toward him on the part of the settler. Disarm him and put him under the protection of the law and his person and property" will be safe as that of his white neifAbor. Hla arms ought not to be confiscated; for everr rifle give him an ox of twice its value to till bis field, cows, sheep, or horses, as he may need The propriety of doing this cannot be doubted; the beneficial results would be readily seen. THX srBJXCT of edccat'iox among the Indians is st length, and the Secretary aays that the results of tha experiments so far tried are very encouraging. The fact that the attempt to educate pie Indian is not confined to a knowledge of took, but that the effort is being made to rive him a practical education that wiU ena-le him to supply his own wants bv his own labor, has won to the cause of Indian educa- Koa many who saw but little advantage to the Indian In a literary education alone, the appropriations lat vear for toe education of Indiana were far below the actual srants of the service; yet I am able to report a great improvement ia the condition of Indian schools, an increased attendance of fopils, and an Increased interest among the Indiana, both adults and voutaa The department located aa Indian school it Lawrence, to be conducted on the laa of Carlisle, Hampton, and Forest Grove.

luBv-uixcusvi uwrciHs uonarea to the gov- I trnment for the purpose of this school 201 teres or lana in tno immediate vicinity of iie citv.w thecs'h value of something over JIO.OUU The buUdlngs are now in course of ion str action, and when completed will ao-ouimodate about 340 children. It is declr-ble to increase their capacity to 500. The Km tract prl-e for the buildings ia the it i eistx rrr or rsDiur schools port tue school buildings of Cbilocca.1 f. and Cwnoa, elv. as about ready for occupation.

The pacify of eaoh of trwe schools I3U it will le economy to tncresM their tapaciry to -4O0 each. Is adiUon to the loove, it is propoeed to establish boarding icbools at Ijenl'u Lake, Hose'oud, and Eisse-Iou. V. T. Washakie, Wy.

T. Wichita, and SJeU. Ores oa. Come of these are la --im Xa uv day schools have been established during the fiscal year. The capacity of the IroardlnR schools now extahliKhed.

including Carlisle, Hampton, and Forest Grove, i and of the day-schools 4.1XH). makin? the total 0.02S. The capacity of the boarding and day schools, old and new, ia about 11.000. MAXCIL LABOB SCHOOLS. In my former report I urged the necessity of putting at least one-half of the children of school age in manual-labor schools; and keeping them there until they should be sufficiently instructed in the industrial arts to support themselves.

It has been demonstrated during the last year that even more man tnat proportion of the children can be put in manual-labor schools, if suitable ep- pronna tionn are made for that nurnosa. Accommodations should be provided for at least 1U.OOO children in addition to those now in manual-labor schools, which would secure to about on -half of the children of school age the advantages of at leat a partial education, while under present appro-priatiops only aliout one-fourth have any scnoot aavantnges at all, three-fourths grow. ing up in ignorance and vice. If it is wise to educate one-fourth, it is difficult to see why is not wise to educate ail. what rr COSTA.

The core, support, and education of 10,000 Indian youths during the fiscal year IhHt ought not to exceed and with the increased number of children there ought to be a reduction la the cost, and the expeuse or children ousrht not to exceed ti OtNMNMt per annum. To the 20.KXI, costing annually 4.om,ouo, omrut each year to oe added not ics than one-iourtn that number, wuicu. at the same expense per capita; will necessitate an additional appropriation of 9i.uuu.4Niu. ana toe account win stana in us 1U.0O0 ehildreu. fiscal vear I 4.

oota- parinit the eot at i' each. (2,500.000 2.iHM chUdten, fiscal year at 4,000,000 STliu" children, fiscal rear lsso. at tf20O rju-0 5,000,000 30.im.xi children, fiscal year at r-'X)eaeh 6,000,000 2... WH children, fiscal rear at e-ttOeach 5.0O0.O0O 'J he per caurta allowance is greater than tbecostattbeagencv boarding schiwls, but Iheoe schools ai-e not kept up more than nine or ten tnontna, wnue ttiu eAimate is lor at tendance tor toe full calender year. HOW it wnx OROW.

At the close of the fiscal vear 1 SS7 1 0.000 children, having completed their school course, can be discharged, leaving, with the o.ixki to be added tor the nscal vear tttK lO.tmOof these mav be discharged at the end of the fiscal year ls. leavtnir. with the addition of 5,000, 20,000 for the fiscal Tear lsH: and everv vear thereafter one-fourth of the whole nnmber may be dis- cnanrca ana tne uxe numoer added. Thus, at the end of the fiscal year there will have been discharged 20.O00 children, who will be able to care for ana support them selves; and the total expense of the educa tion or this numoer witn those remaimnir In school wiil not exceed or about two-t turds oi tne amount or money expended for the suppression of Indian hostilities dur lor the vears imh ana iua bmce IS a period or only ten Tears, the cost of Indian hostilities and military protec tion against jnaians is esn mated nv the mill tary authorities at 1.204. 50.

or an annual expense of To this must be added the yearly appropriation for subsistence, which averages about UOO a vear. this must also be added the loss of life and the horrors of an Indian war. only to be understood by those who have had the misfortune to be participants in or wit nesses oi tnem. 1 tus cannot be computed in dollars, but ought to be considered in de termining the policy of the- government la its dealing witn tne Indiana. AS SACSED AS TBI FTBUC DKBT.

The Secretary calls attention to the fact that the Indian treaties contain provisions lor achooia, ana that tneee obligations are as sacred as the public debt Every argument that can be used ia favor of strict probitv in dealing with the creditors of the government can be ased with reference to toes obligations, and many reasons exist why these ob ligations saouid have had even of tue poone debt, ut bo excuse can tie made for the failure on the part of the government to comply with this condition oi the treaties. With an abundance of money lyinir idle in it vaults, it ia difficult to understand why so little attention una oeen paid to tne pledges oc uio government in litis respect. a co car or jxdxax omaisia. The Secretary recommends a court to trv Indian offenses, to punish the practices of heathenish and barbarous character that are Indulged in by the savage tnbea, to protect the marriage relation, and promote good be- navior. i ue commissioner oi Indian Attain has established such a tribunal at all the aeencies.

consisting of three intelligent In dians, and while the tribunals have not been organized long enough to iudire fairly of their efficiency, tney nave acoompuauea muca pood already. He also recommends a contingent fund to De usea towara encouraging clvulzauoa among the Indiana, and that the salaries of Indian agents be Increase djo that better men can be obtained. He objects to the practice of oavinir cash annuities, because the money is immediately wasted in whisky and useless trifles; and recommends that the Indians be encouraged to enter homesteads, and that irrigation ditches be provided for, Indian farmers In tne ana region in regard to TEX OBKAT SIOUX BB8HVATIOX. consisting of 4S.924 square miles, and In habited by 24,000 Indians, the Secretary re cites what has been done to secure a cession of 18.000 acres to the government, and aays: Almost immediately after the agreement was signed by the chiefs ana headmen, certain parties advised the Indians that they should not treat with the government for a cession of lands unless they were paid in -cash, and every effort was made by interested parties to induce the Indians to retire from the agreement If one-half of the amount pro posed to oe expeaaea zor weir Denent was offered them in cash, there can be no question but they would readily agree to the ces sion. THK PBOPOSEO AoarrirrKT provides for the delivery of 25,000 cows and l.OOO bulla, of a total value of not less than $450,000.

The provision for the continuance of the appropriation for the support- of schools for aa additional- sixteen years will require an annual appropriation of about $100,500. or, ia the total, about $170,000. or a total under the present agreement of for these two items alone; other provisions of the agreement will require an dditionaI sum. It is doubtful whether the Indiana will be benefited by these large ap-propriationa. If thecondit.ons of the treaties of ItHM and together w.th those la the present agreement, are carried out In good laitb on the pa.t of the government, the Indians will need no fun aer aid from the government, and can readily be made self-supporting within the next ten years The total annual appropriation for these Indiana for the fiscal year was about fl.7O0.O0O, the most of wntch is for ubkistence.

and its expenditure does little tor the Indian except td keep him alive. .4 TBB APACHB OCTBBBAK. A history of the Apache outbreak given, and he argues that those who have been guilty of murders should be tried and pun-lshed. They are prisoners of war. however.

and ore under the impression that they.wUl not be punb-hed. The Secretary recommends that they be removed from the agency to some point where there la leas danger of TAB LA 1ST) OFT ICR. The statistics of the sale of public lands are presented, showing an aggregate of 10 acreawith easa reeeii.ta at 1 1 7 1 KKt, an increase of receipts over 182 of and over 1M1 of The secretory reoommenas that the pre emption law be repealed, becauM all the advantages it faaa are offered In the homestead law, and the double system causes a double expense. Be also recommends that the homestead law be so amended as to require a period of not lees than six months after a settlement claim has been placed on record before final proof shall be admitted, irrespective alleged time of residence prior to the time of entry. The homestead and pre-emption laws, designed to secure to the actual settler lands at a reasonable price, nave Deoome agencies by which the capitalist secures large and valuable areas ot the public land at but littla expense.

Xhe forties thai semi ring land without a compliance with the terms of the law rarely noiu tne title thereto tor any consiuerauie time. In manr caxra. doubtless, such con- Tovanoe are made for the purpose of placing Use title in the hands of those not connected with the frauds practiced at the time oi entry, and in other eases from a desire to realize the value of the land. OXLT TO ACTCAli SETTLE. Public lands suitable for agriculture should be disposed of only to the actual settler under the homestead laws.

A strict compliance with the law should be required in all cases No greater calamity can befall- a country than to have the land owned by a I pie to beoome the tenants of such land lew, aua in us compel tne manses ot (no pco- owners. It has been the policy of tne government heretofore to distribute the public land among the people in such quantities as would enable ail desiring to engage ia agriculture to do so aa land-owners, and not aa Aa the country grows rich the tendency is to aggregate the lands- in the hands of a less number of people; this ia an evil with which the general government is not-called to deal after it has parted with the title to its land, but aa the owner of the public land, held for the jieople of the United States, it becomes the duty of the government to see that the laws intended to secure a fair distribution of these lands are strictly enforced. TBT. PB5SIOV BURSA t7. The report of the Commissioner of Pensions shpws that at the close of the last fiscal year there were 303.054 pension era, classified as Army tnvaM Army widows, minor children, aad dependent relatives 71374 Vavy Invalids 2.4ti Xavy widow, minor children, and dependent retail 1.007 of the wax of Widows of those who served ia the war of 112.....

21,336 There were added to the pension roll during the year the names of new pensioners, and 7wti whose names had been previously dropped from the pension roll were restored, makingthe total number added to the roll during the year being aa excess over the number added the previous year of 10.045. During the year twnsioners were dropped from the rolls for; various causes, leaving a net increase over' the roll of 17.06L The average annual value of each pension at the close of the year ia $108.18, and the agrregate us of all pensions is aa Increase over the value for the previous yar of The total amount paid out for pen dons during tne year was The excess on the annual value of pensions is mainly for arrears of pensions covering the period prior to the allowance of the claim. Till TOTAL XUXBZB OF CLARIS TO. XT) for disabilities incurred while in the service amounts to 40U.721. of which 245.210 have been allowed; and by widows on ancount of death chargeable to the service 312,020, of which 20ti.716 have been allowed.

The totai number of claim filed since 18G1 is fcMJ.137; of which nnmber have been allowed. During the same period there nas oeen paia lor pensions, witn cost or dis bursement, tne um or fts21.073.2y7 00. wf patkt omct The record of tue Patent Office for the past year ia reviewed, and Congress is urged to make appropriations for the employment of more clerks aad examinera Aa the othce is self-supporting and pay a revenue to the government besides, the Secretary thinks there should be a force lanre euouirh to transact tne Du-nnes promptly. The work of the Bureau of Education la commended, and its growing efficiency re marked upon. The Secretary recommends liberal appropriation by the government to assist in.

the education of chiidrea la the Illiterate sectiona The report of the Commisstoaer of Bail- roads is also reviewed, and a statement given of tue present relations of the government to tnose corporations. The Secretary urges a royernment for Alaska, to the recent discoveries 01 gold taere, la very imperative The Ctau Commiaalon receives attention. and the Secretary describee the condition of the lelloastone National Park, recommend- ing the appointment of a police force to protect the public interests aad private DAKOTA DBJFT. PWrrs and the floax Beservarlosi ralrbaak OUter Sotaa Spatial Oonespeadenes of The later Oeeaa. Pixeax, D.

Xov. 2a Pierre win be well provided with first-claM hotel next spring. Besides the elegant new Well House and the Park Hotel, now under construction. Iowa party propose to erect a $30,000 house. for which a bonus of $6,000 ha been raised la Pierre.

Among the other houses Beed's Hotel has recently been overhauled and refurnished. and wfll be very well kept under the new managements The Northwestern, too, since coming under the present management, ha greatly improved, and the Stebbins House Is till prepared to entertain, as of yore. If the Sioux reservation Is opened next spring. Pierre wUl need all, and probably more than all, the hotel accommodation the has la prospect, "A mass convention will be held in this city on Dec. 6 to take measures with regard to the agitation of the import ance 01 an immediato opening xor settlement of the proposed ceded district, which lies just acrosi from Pierre, the Gate City, and the principal base of supplies for the iertue xmui iutct tauev Diaua xmia The building of a line of road from Bed- field west to lair bank, the new town on the issourt River, ia contemplated bv the Chi cago and Northwestern, in order to cover Its own territory.

being any menace to tnerre. it is in reality a protection, aa it will have a defined commercial status, and do much toward pricking such bubbles as LeBeau was at the start. When the Northwestern goes on it will cross the river at Pierre, as Tub Ixtbb Ocxax Dakota correspondent has always contended It WOBld. OVBB THB TBBBTTOBT. Huron is to have a $40,000 fiourlng-mllL Her public spirited ettisens have raised a bonus ot half that sum for the bonanza the mill is expected to prove Mitchell looks askaaoe upon Wconsocket.

the present division terminus of the Central Dakota line of the Milwaukee and St. PauL and is of becoming the general headquarters of all tha Dakota lines of that great system, embracing Very nearly 800 milea Mitchell has secured the principal college to be built in Dakota by the Method ista, aud the liberality of her donations, which aggregate will enable the church conference to estsuiiAn a college on an ex tensive scale. Chamberlain has the pipes laid for asvstem of waterworks, of which her enterprising: cit izens are as proud as they are of tneir Hour lnff-mill. Tne excellent drinaing water fur nished by the Missouri River itself will be nsea tee rut lire as oeiore, ao Better water can be found anyw-era. The wedding is announced ot subs same Hopper, the accomplished daughter of m.

Hopper, of Watertown, and Mr. E.VB. 8nicer, a prominent young business man of that city. Mr. apicer has been looked upon 1 k.

i k.nhaliw -n4 la rA Km as an uiiuaviivre m- gratulated upon having finally and gracefully eurrenditrea to tae onarms 01 aa inamorata ao fitted to adora the station of wife and connort, It is understood that La Grace, the new Missouri River town la which Fisk and Van Horne. of Huron, are interested, ia to have the county seat ef Campbell County. La Grace is a healthy infant A GUSSTIO-f 07 DZSTTTT. Mrs Symkmde Harris (to lady caUer): Do we know the Hoggs? I don't think we da Do we, Maud" ,1 Young Symkins de Harris (age 11 years): "Oh, ma, what a story! 'Didn't pa say he owed Mr. Hogg $5,000.

and he didnt know where In the world It was to com from?" (lahleaa.) 1: SOJOURNER. TRUTH. Death of the African Sibyl Who Be-- ceived Her Same from On Eli. A Centenarian Who Played a Stlrrics Part in American History. 1 Tialtte President Lineeln, and Other Iaci denti la Her Remarkable Career.

Bpeil Oormpondftar. ot Tii later Ooaaa. Battue Cbxkc, Xov. 27. Testerdsy was the close of a remarkable life which was closely identified with one of the moat Important events la the history of the country.

Sojourner Truth, the colored centenarian, whose name ia a household word throughout the length and breadth ot the land, because of her work in behalf ot the slaves, died at this plsce yesterday. The age of this remarkable woman ia only known by the association with events in history which she remembered. She hod ao record of her birth, and popular report mad her 10S years old at the time of her death; bat according to her own belief she was muca younger She was bora In Ulster County, NX, and her own date of that event was between the years 1707 and 1800. Her' original name was Isabella, but. as she herself ex plained, when she left the house of bondage, she left everything connected with that life' behind.

She said she wasted to keep nothing of Egypt about her, and so asked the Lord to give bcr a sew nam. She believed her prayer was answered and that the Lord told her to take the name of Sojourner, because it should be her mission to travel up and down the land, showfhg the people their sins and being a "sign" to them. DECLABCTBB TBCTK. She afterward wanted another name, be cause everybody had two names, and the Lord, she' say, gave her. that of Truth, because sue was to dec lana the truth to the DeoDle Mhatever we may beileveof the revela tion, certainly Sojourner Truth has1 fairly won the rignt to tue name ane chose lor her self yeara ago, and none who ever beard her will doubt that she was a nitm" to the people, often encouraeinir the alayes and afterward the poor and oppressed freed men to look for better times wnic-n wouia 101 tow as tnev made themselves worthy of the oonfldeaoe and help of the white people of the North.

Several years ago Sojourner visited Mrs. Harriet Bencher btowe aud gave her a history of her early days conversion, hoe said her father, mother, aud herself were brought over from Africa along with a lot more neeroe. and were aotd and down. and hither and yon," aad sire eouid remember hen a little cniM 01 semsv her "old mammy" sit out of doors fa the evening and looking at the stars as she groaned over the thought of her cluidrea an being takea from Her. THB STOBT Or BEB FtEtDOK.

She grew up strong and c-uld row a boat or ride a horse or worst at rJmost anythlnir. And at last she was sold a hard master and tuistress of whomaheatidi. "Oh. I tell rou. they was hard! Tea red like I couldn't please nowhow An' then I thought what my old "Juamrar ioid me about uoa; an' 1 wan too.

aaa uoa, an' I beerd some one tell a story about a man that met Ood on a threshia hoar, an' I thought, 'Well an' rood, i ll cave a toreania' Door, So I west down la the lot, aa' I threshes down a place real hard, aa' I used to iro down there every day. an' pray aa' cry with all my might, a-praym' to the Lord to make my maasa aa' xaiaai better, but it didn't seem to do no good; aa' so Says one day: 0 God, I been a asldir" ye, an' askin' ye. for ail this long time, to make ma aaa an' missis better, an' you doa't do It, aa' what can be tne reason Why maybe you can't. Well, I shouldn't wonder ef yon couldn Well, now, 1 teU you, I'll snake a bargain with you. Ef you'll help toe to get away from my massa and munis I'll agree to be good; but ef you don't heip me I really don't think I -can be.

says I want to get away, but the trouble's jest here: ef I try to get away in the sitgnt I can see, aa' ef I try to get away in sue daytime they'll see cue aa' be after me Thea the Lord said to me, Git up two or three hours before daylight an' start "An' say Xhank. ee, Lord! that's a good 4 ixn bt THB man. "So np I got, about 3 o'clock in the msSnin' an I arted an' traveled -pretty fast, till when the sun rose I was clear away from our Flace an' our folks, an' out o' sight. An' then begun to think I didn't knew nothin where to go. Ko 1 Kneeled down, aad says 1: "Well.

Lord, you've starred 'me oak an' now please to show me whrre to "Then the Lord made a -tons appear to me, an' -He said to me that was to walk oa till I saw that house, aa' then go la" aa' ask the people to take me. An' I traveled all aay. an' uian come to tne noase tin late at nisht: but when I saw it. sore enough. I went in, an' told the folks that the Lord sent me; an' they was Quakers, an' real kind they waa tome.

They lea' took mo in, an' did for me as kind aa ef Td been one of 'em; an after they'd eiv me supper, they took me into a room where there was a rrest tall- white bed; an' they told me to aieep there. Well, honey, I was kind o' sheered when they left me alone with that great white bed: cause I never had been in a bed la my life. Jt never came into my mind they could mean me to aieep in it An' so 1 ea camped down nnder it, on the floor, an' thea I alep' pretty welt In the morn in', when they came in, they asked me ef I hadn't beea asleep: an'I said, "Yea, I never alep' An'- they said, "Why, you haven't beea in. bed! Aa' say "Laws, you didn't think o' seen a thing as my sieepin' in oat ar Dea, did vour I never heerd sech a thing iu my Well, ye see. honey.

I stayed aa lived with 'em. An' now jes' look here: Instead o' keepin' my promise aa' hein' good, as 1 told the Lord I would, jest as soon aa everything got a-goia' easy, I forgot all about Gqd," SXLXXT AXn StTSTlK rowan, -Bolonmer waa of a tali, spar form, and possessed of "a silent and -subtle power," given only to her race. She had no education, no-culture to guide her: She knew by experience what were the suffering of her people, and she thought she- had Been God. Uniting in her mission the liberation of the former with the service of the latter, she went out among the people, speaking at meetings and anniversaries 0 various kind. Her power was wonderful, as was her faith.

Frederick Doiuriaa was onia imeaxinr in Fan- euil Hall, Boston, of the wrongs of the negro race, tie was reaay to despair, ana eaia 00 had no hope in the whites; the hope of the slaves now was in their own right arm, and blood must be their redeemer. As he sat down Sojourner asked, in her deep, peculiar voice, "Frederick, ia Ood dead" The effect was electrical, changing the feelings ot the audience from despair to hope and enthusiasm, After the, laws of New York had freed the slaves she visited ha old "missus," hoping to get back her son, whom she had left in bondage. When she arrived she found that her son had been given to a daughter of her mistress, who had removed to Alabama So-' Mourner then went to.Alabaora to demand her son. and when they told her (he must get the Grand Jury to take up the case she marched np to the tallest of the twelve and asked him if he -was a "GrAnd-Jury." The man heard her story and promised to help her if she would give him $10. She collected 20.

saying that If $10 would get him, $20 would get him sore, and gave it ail to tha Juror. They tried to get the boy not to recognize hi mother but failed, and she carried nun on torreeaoin. SOLD WITH THB BHKEP. The. notoriety and fame which this grand old woman obtained not of her own seeking-.

She ever seuirht to work con scientiously and do her duty and not to seek the spplause of her fellow beings. About one of the first things which she remembered, prominently connected with her early life, was the time when sh waa 9 years old, and was sold on a block at auction, together with a flock of sheen She and the sheen together brought the sum of $104, which, she remem- ters, was a rood price. Ail her nanunips, she says, date from the day of this sale. She was compelled to labor hard In the fields all day, and, upon returning to the house at night, had to work the greater part of the night, doing washing" aad Ironing for the masters nouae. After obtaining her freedonvanduexperieno-ing religion," she attended camp-meetings, and at one of these near Northampton, where only white people were ia attendance, she hesitated at first, but determined to ga A gang of roughs attacked the camp, and raised a great disturbance.

At first Sojourner waa afraid, and hid herself for fear that the roughs would- wreak thelrraischtef on her, she being the only colored person present. She afterward reasoned that God would pro tect aer, aaa tne quotation, "OX SHALL CHASB A THOTSAXD. and two shall put ten thousand to she offered to go out aad qaell the riot She Invited others to go with her. but they re fuse ana toia oer ane was a 1001 to go. 1 na noise and confusion were terrific, but Sojourner left the tent and going to a rise of ground began to sing in her moat fervid man ner one 01 tne camp-meeting songs begin ning: It wss early the morning It was early la the morn inc.

Just at the break of day, Whea He rose wnea rose when Hs rose. And went ap to Heavta in a cloud. All who ever heard her eing will remember ner peculiar tunes and style, which once board can hardly 1 forgotten. As sh commenced to sing with the ntmost strength of her poaerf ul voice, the roughs made a rush for her, and she was immediately surrounded by a dense body of the rioters, many of them armed with sticks or clubs Her singing still continued and seemed to thrill the young men, aa they quieted down very much in their demonstrations. After a penae she inquired, ia her mildest tones.

Why do you com about me with clubs and sticks; lam not doing harm to any one." "We ain't a goin' to hurt you; old woman," they cried simdltaneous'ly "Keep oa singing snd The leaders of the crowd cned out for her to mount sn old wsgon near by and preach to them. She declined, fearing they would overthrow it But they continued to clamor for her to- do so. promising not to touch her; and at last she acceded to their request 1 hey assisted her to mount the wagun. from which sho spoke to them for an hour and a baif. Of all she said to them on 'that she remembers only the following: TRB SHXBP AXD THB OOATS.

1 "Well, chiilen, dar are two congregations oa dls gronn. De Bible says dat-dar shall be a separation of de aheep from de goats. De other preacher, has got de sheep, -an' I have got de goata. I nave a few sheep among my goats, but dey is very When ah became wearied of talking, she began to th.nkhow she could get them to disperse quietly. Whenever she pan-ed they would londiv err.

and "tumr to ns She motioned to them to keep quiet aad called oat to them. Chiilen. (she always sung to von; now will yon do one thing for meV yes!" responded from every corner. "Well, it la this: 1 will aing to yon onoe more, ana then yon must go 'way aad leave the camp la peace for to-nisrbt" A few answered, We win." 1 repeat it," she raid, and want aa answer from you au. "Yea! yes!" answered many more voice a "I repeat it again." said" Sojourner, "and I want aa answer from every IjriU aisg to von onoe more, ana you must go away and leave as ia peace this night" This time a lotur "Yea! yea! yes!" came ap from every mouth in the1-multitudinous mob.

"Amen! it ia sealed replied Sojourner, in the deepest and most solemn tone of ner voice, its effect ran throusli the multitude like aa electric shock, and they all considered them selves Donna dv tneir promise, bom even began to leave' Instantly; others said, "Ar we not to have one more song" "Yea," she answered, aad thea she commenced to sing: I bless de Loid Is got my seal to-day aa to dav Te slay (3oI tab in de field to-day an' to-day. IX rood old way is a rivataoua way, Aa' i mean to take de kingdom ia de good old war. Before she had finished her sincins; they began quietly to disperse, and In the course of a few moments she was left alone. THB WKEVIL. Ef 1HS WHBAX, Once while at a relJiriou meetina one of the speaker alluded to the Government of the tutted States, and spoke In warm terms of the eonritutioa.

Sojourner heard, and ia a low voice said: Chiilen, I talks to God, and God talk to me. i goes out and talk to Uod in de field and da wooda The weevil had destroved thousands of acres of wheat ia the West that rear. Dis morning I was walking out, and got over de fence. I saw de wheat a-holding up its head, looking very big. I goes np and takes hold of it.

Yon believe it, dere was no wheat dar. I says, "God (speaking name in a voice of reverence peculiar to nersef). what is de matter wul dis wheat? Su' He says to me. Sojourner, dere is a little weasel in it' how I hears talking about constitution and de nghta of man. comes np ana 1 takes hold of dis constitution.

It looks mighty big, and I feels for my rights; but Oar al't any dar. Den I save. "God, what alia dis Aad He aays, Sojourner, dere is a little weasel in The effect ef this comparison oa tha multitude was lrresut- loie. Without culture, she had a quick sense of justice, and was able to uncover mask ia much plainer manner, if not better style, than those blessed with education, A Tlsrr TO LCTCOLX. In October of 1SB4 Sojourner conceived the idea that sh mutt visit President Lin coln.

A lady accompanied her to the White House, and introduced her to the President as Sojourner. Truth, who had come all the way from Michigan to see Lincoln arose, gave her his hand, and made a bow. as he said: "I am pleased to see you." The ren of the story is best told In Sojourner's owa words, aa near is possible: "I said to him, 'Mr. President, when yon first took your seat I feared you would be torn to pieces, for I likened yon to Daniel, who waa thrown into the lion's den; and If the lions did not tear you to pieces 1 knew it would be God that would aare you! And I said to myself, if He spared you I would coma and see yon myself before your term of office was out; aad He has done so, and here I am to see Mr. Lincoln congratulated me on my having been spared.

I told him that I thought ha waa the best President that had ever lived, as be emancipated the slaves. He said that several other Presidents, whom he named over, would have dons as much if the time had come when they were required to. He showed me several nice presents of his; and, before I went away, he wrote in my 'Book of in a big, bold hand, and with the same fingers that signed the death-warrant to slavery: For Aniltv Sojourner Truth. 184. A.

Tuixcoui. Although, in Sojourner's estimation, Abra ham Lincoln waa the "foremost mau of all this world," yet no idle curiosity prompted this interview. From the head of the Nation be sought the authority which would enable her to take part ia the awful drama which -was being enacted ia the Republic; and, that once being obtained, she at once entered upon her work. After this she waa engaged in first one field of labor and then another. Here she was teaching: there she wss preaching and nursing, and in still another place she was watching and praying ever anxious, and ready at all times to counsel, comfort, and assist ENOUGH BLOOX KB COSTUMX.

of tha meetings which she attended waa a woman's rights meeting. They asked her to speak, so the rose up and said: "Sis ters, i am clear what you a do alter, r.i women want any rights mnre'n dey's got, I why font dey just take 'em, aa' not be talk In' about it?" When asked why she did not wear a Bloomer costume, she replied: "I had Bloomers enough whea I waa ia bondage. ion see, dey used to wear what dey call nigger-cloth, and eacn one of us got sech a strip an' had to wear it width wle.t Theta that was short got slong pretty well, but as for me tell you I had enough ot Bloomers. At one time, when she was engaged la a hospital, she often had occasion to procure articles from various parts of the city for the sick soldiers, and would be obliged to walk long diarsnres, carrying her burdens oa her arms. She would gladly have availed herself of the street cars, but she eouid never get them to stop and let ner ret on.

At one time she thought she would try aad ride, and she signaled a passing ear; but neither conductor nor driver would notice her. Soon-another car followed, and she raised her hand again; but it also paased on. She then gave three tremendous yelps: I want to ride! waf to I wabt to Consternation seized the passing crowd. People, carriages, aad go-carts of every description stood still. The car wat effectually blocked up, before It had moved on.

Sojourner had jumped aboard. Then there arose a great shout from the crowd: "Ha, ha. ha! she has beaten him!" etc. The angry conductor told her to go forward, wnere the horses were, or he would put her off. Sotourner quickly seated herself, and informed him that ahe waa a passenger.

"Go forward where the horses are, or I will throw you oat" said he, in a menacing tone. She told him that she waa neither a Mary lander nor a Virginian, to fear his threats, bat wss from the Empire Btsu of New York, and knew the law as well aa he did. He thea let her alone, and ahe rode to the end of the track, much farther than she need have gone; for a ride was ao rare a privilege that she determined to make the most ot it ene lert tne car exclaiming: "Bless God. I have had a ride!" a KABTTB FOB BIB BACH. At another time she was walking with Mrs, Laura Haviland, a well-known philanthropist Mrs.

H. proposed to take a street car, and when ooiourner stepped on, too. the conductor pushed her to one side ao ford My as to dislocate her shoulder, bh took the number of the car and made complaint at the otnoe of the company. The President advised her to have the conductor arrested for assault and battery, aad she did. This caused a great sensation, as it was the first appeal to the courts to protect the colored people in their rights.

The conductor lost Lis situation and before the trial waa concluded the cotored people were allowed to ride aa freely aa the whites and the con ductors spoke to them at court eoualy as to others. One day Sojourner heard a conductor aay to two colored women: "Walk in, ladies," aad she said that was weU worth a broken ana, Previous to the war. Sojourner held a series of meetings in Northern Ohio. She sometime made very strong point ia the coarse of her speeches, whicn she knew bit the spologers lor slavery pretty hard. At the close of one of these meetings, a man came np to her and said: "Old woman, do yoa think that your talk about alavery does any good? Do you suppose peopleare for what yoa say? Why.

I don't care any more for your talk than I do for the bite of a flea rH "Perhaps not" responded Sojourner; "but, the Lord willing, 1 11 keep yon scratching." HL'VBLX WISDOM. Many other incidents mirht be related of Sojourner Troth, but these will suffice to show her character and give one an Una of one of the most remarkable women of the uwTw JS- century. She worked in her humoie way, but aa always rignt ana ner words wiser than those who had had much better advantage. Her unbounded faith in God carried her through many cr. sea.

and her simple believing inspired others with a like sentiment, which helped them through tbeir trials. Ail will remember her journey to the blacks in Kansas four yeara ago. at the time of the Southern exodus and her words of wisdom that helped to settle that question, tsna retained ner wonder ful powers to the -last, sad aa she spoke words of wisdom in her old sge. one hearing ner might aimoet believe tnat sn nad nad the revelation from God. which ahe often spoke of.

TaIKES OF, THISrY-FOTJx CoLLrssBtraa, 23. For twenty- fly years John Kissengerwas a well-known farmer of Clarion County, residing a few miles from here. He was married three time, and was the father of thirty-four chil dren. His family of seven children by his first wife were all burned to death by the burning of his house in Butler Connty, where he lived, ho and his wife being away from home at the time. Of the.

twenty -seven Children bora to Kisseager aince this event all have beea born in Clarion County. Several of the ch'Jdrcn still live in this neighborhood, aad are well-to-do people. Yesterday a photographer received an order to make a picture of Kisseuger.o be enlarged from a email ambrotype which he had taken eight years ago. The ambrotype represents Kiaaenger at foil length with a placard oa his breast bearing Una inscrip tion: J. K-.

THB FATHXa OF THXBTT-POUB CHILD XXX In the ambrotype, which is a regular picture, the letters are reversed. It read from right to left By holding the picture to a looking-glass the card reads as it appears here in the type: The man who printed the card said yesterday: "I remember very well when I did this work. One day, eight years ago. a very tall old man came into the office, and or dered this kind of a card. He wanted it It feet long and 10 inohea wide, with the Inscription in good -aired type.

1 printed the card aa he ordered, and, when he called for it. I asked him if he was 'J. He said he was. and that some of his neighbor had persuaded him to have hi picture takea with such a card on his breast I saw the artist afterward who made the picture. He said that Jaissenger was not pleased with it because the letters oa the card read backward.

The artist offered to remedy this by making him a photograph tnstead of an ambrotype, but Kissinger did not wiah to pay aa much aa a nhotorranh would cost aad took only the ambrotype." Kiaaenger is over six feet high, raw-boned and muscular, and has sandy hair. AJ0THZ2 OESMAJ BAB05. Bah Fbabcxsco, CaL, Not. 24. Karl Langenberg, wanted In Germany as heir to $650,000, has made hla appearance la Sac ramento.

Langenberg Is a native of Dusael- dorf, Bheinish Prussia, Ia 1876 he served la a regiment In the Green Hussars and was detailed by tha commander of his regiment. Prince Balm, to take charge of tha Prince's horse. Langenberg, who received quite large pay, became extravagant, fell tnto bad company, and at last became Involved in a quarrel with two officers and In the ensuing fight ail three were badly wounded, Langenberg was court-martialed and sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment, but managed to escape and make his way to America, He first found employment la Philadelphia, afterward at Austin, Texas, and finally drifted into California, In he came to Sacramento, where he took service a hostler and ai ao drove a hack, which latter occupation he finally took up, Day before yesterday he picked np a paper and discovered an article copied from a New York paper, the headlines of which read: "Lost on the great continent the heir to a German fortune, who escaped from prison to He became interested in the story and before long found he was the person inquired for in New York recently by a brother. Karl Langenberg will leave at an early day, but does not propose to go direct to Germany. He has taken oat his second papers and become an American citizen, which he thinks will protect him from arrest on the old charge.

Tax Pop has seat a special pontifical benediction to Miss Baiter, of, Lafayette, Lnt, who was recently cured after an llllness of eight yeara by ase ot the miracaloas wstsr of Loardsa LOTTA IN PARIS. Th Wpjome Littia Actress Xi JTot Karriedf 'BcTorts to tha Sha Is ia Farlg Eijojlfir Slarle HmmU -Her Xether! Saeaat AlTemtaxa, Fan's Flay ia Which a Woma AatBaHy -lorea Ear Owa Enabaad. PcUl On uilianac TA Inter Ooiaa. Fabib. Nov.

14. Why ia it the Aaaerl-can papers persist ia declaring that Lotta im married? The winsome little actress to not married; She la not "skipping over Europe enjoying her honeymoon." for she ao honeymoon to enjoy. Neither is ahe skipping the least In the world. Inatailed la a cheer tol, conimodlons apartment oa the A vena da Bois de Boulogne, the mala a vena for carriages aad promenaders oa their way to the Bois, with the Are de Triumph withla a ston' throw from aer windows that catch very stray ray of saaahia vouchaafed Paris by the Sovember skies, the little lady Is leading a basy, happy. restful Ufa She wiU return to Amerioa all he brighter aad bettor for these days of repone la Pan.

She ia scodymar painting and French, and rreatlv entov roinir to tiva theaters aad inveatisraung the subtleties of rreaca acting; tnn she, la stndyiag a new part ia a new play by aa Amerlcaa author, and so may be cosuddered as employing her vacation to the very best advaa-taga. She ia looking exceediaglv pretty, aad her brilliant dark eye and wonderful red- gold hair have received their fail quantum of ABZSLUr APXTXATTOX Her mother. Mrs, Crabtree. is with her. aad is also thriviaa' ia tins foreign land, though it took her some time to get thoroughly acclimatized.

Lotta will shortly leave Paris to commence aa encasement ia London. Harry Jackson. the talented comedian and well-kaowa statro manager of Drury Lane, has leased the Opera Comtque Theatre in the Strand, and meaaa to introduce there the daahiiur itttie actreaa ia her favorite play of "Musette" oa or about the 20th of December. The Opera Comarae of London is a coarming tittle theater. It was the original home of toe Gilbert aad Sullivan operettas, There "Pinafore" first enchanted a Louden audience, aad there, too.

the "Piratee of Penzance" was fiven for the first time on any- stage. is a home worthy of the sparkling comedienne that is about to grace it I believe that the poor creature who so widely announced himself as being Lotca'a husband lus been discovered to be uiaaaeL A TBBV CrclOCS AOTXBTCBa befell Mrs. Crabtree the other day. 8he had a large packet of Cnited State bond ra her on, amouBPng to aioO.OOO ia alL his precious packet she put. as she thought.

in her pocket and started out to pay a call on Mias Nevada. On returning bom she mlaeed her bonds. They were not ia bet pocket, aad a meswenger sent forthwith to the house ot Mia Nevada, returned without any tidings of them. Search waa made high and low, but without effect At last Mrs. Crabtree'a maid toox ap the dress she had worn when paying her call, and on giving it a shake she remarked upon its an usual weight' was made, andviho parcel of bonds was discovered in one of tha looping of the skirt drapery, into which Mrs.

Crabtree bad thrust it when putting it as she thought into her pocket The oddest part of the affair Is that Mrs Crabtree siavuid have takea quite a long walk and made ai call of some duration, the parcel meanwhile retaining its position. The Parisian news- -papers, with their uual accuracy, attributed the Ios to Mi Nevada, and the young prima donna was A GOO PKa PCXZXED to discover why ahe had been accredited witn the loss of so Important a sunt of monev. I have been to see "Ma Com-arade" at the Theater da Palais BoyaL It is the reigning dramatic sensation of the hoar. Everybody goes to see it Everybody asks everybody else if. they have been to see it Everybody is tihocked at it, andlaugha immensely over it It is excessively naughty, and aa funny aa it is im- proper.

There is one thing to be said of it. and that is, that there is not one word or double entendre in the whole of it: not at bit of it The entendre are as single aa possible. The suthors have aoc attempted to disguise their meaning by ao much a aa inch of verbal ganre. When they have to discourse to the audience about a spade, they call it a spade along so," as the Southerners sjr, The play treats of the adventures of a youne mar ried pair 1 who are the beet friends in the world only that aad nothing more. Through what winding wave the yonog wife is led stung by jealousy, she discovers that she is over bead and ears Z3I LOTX WITH BXB OWX HTSBAXDw it boots not now to relate There is a scene at a fortune-teller's which quite delidoos, and also that of a ball given by a faahionabi deml mondaine, to which the jealous wife and her elderly cousin go disguised aa Japan ese minstrels, which is also quite exceedingly amusing.

But the "nail" of tha piece, to use a bit of Frenca trteatneal slang, ut the scene. wherein Cousin Cotentia who ia personified bv the stoutest aad most comical actor of Paria, M. Danbray deliberately goes to bed in full view" of the audience. He nndraasc and undresses and undresses till I had seri ous thoughts of getting np and going home, though soma of the most distin guished members of the American colony were present among.tho audience to lend mo countenance. Finally he got through, and remained in a fail anit of fine gray merino underwear, turned up with red.

Then he retired for the night, and the scene that fot- lowed was exceedingly well niayed. First hn tried a half -sitting posture. Thea he hunched his pillow and lay down polling the bed-clothes quite np to tha tip of his nose. Then he turned to one aide. Next he tried the other.

Finally ha -got np and lit the night-light and tried to read. All In Tain. XB COULD BOT OBT TO SLEX. It wa an admirable piece of realistic act! nr. But just fancy inch a scene aa that oa the American stage, or oa the English either, lor that matter.

And I must say that I think tha Enr- llsh-peaking audiences have the best of it -What ia the bw in making the stars indecent? "Comarade" is intensely comical. It ia true, but so was "Lord Dundreary." Such plars this last Palais Bovai sensa- tion diygtist while they amase. It is pleasant to laugh, but Major de Boot has amused ma quit as much aa did Cousin Cotentia. I doubt, however, if the Parisian public would have found anything comical in Maior de Boots or Lord Dundreary. "They likes 'em nasty." They cannot realize that anvthimr cleanly can be comical.

WelL erervoae to their iikinira. We are to have the new ballet of "Seby." by the author of "Excelsior," at the dea Theater next week. Sarah Bernhardt has electrified th Parisian public by laving to Bleep-walking scene from "Macbeth" at a matinee at the Vaudeville. She did it won- derfully, looking like some strange weird mediaeval apparition in her white cashmere robes, while too low murmur of despair aad remorse and anguish of tha tortured queen, brought out the full effect of the "voice of gold. Only she puiiea ner nair a rrea.

too nrar h. Why doe Sarah persist la ci utch- ing her hair witn notn nanus wnen au wisJuu to represent the extreme of asronv yrsDiso one of her new dresses Very heavy a Washington lady had it weighed aa found It weighed eighteen pounds It ta eiaraie: triiadwltastpasmntra.