The Weekly Eagle from Wichita, Kansas • Page 1

fHqnM0W aafcpa.ngfflp.w tf a. ii nhTi i WICHITA, SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1876. VOLTTME V. NUMBER 24. j.

Jt- JL-- c- M. 2ICTID0CK. n. T. MCEDOCK.

MUitDocic Ai unoxirfiit, 1'OnLISIinitS AXD lUlOWUKTOfcS. TWO TEU VlIAlS. IX ADV.VXCK. Asrcsnass sate: at; eistri ca MAILS. Kastcrn Mall (via Wielnta A Southwestern It.

I.J Mail anil UxpressNo. 2 departs 1.15 A. Mull Kxiircf No. 1 arrivcslaily at r. Angaria una Douglas departs daily at 1 r.

WInOel.l, yfelllwrloii Xinnescali. Littleton, Oxford, Ilellrplaln. CJiicai; pia, Sumner City and Ixndon Arrives daily at r. a. llepartadally at7x.

M. Clear Water, Ohio Center and polling Green Arrives Wednesdays anil Saturdays at 4 o'clock r. H. Departs Tuesdays and Fridays at 0 o'clock On'and alter date the pof toffice trill lc open for he delivery oflcttcrs and the sale of stamps lrpra 7 A. M.

to 7 P. M. Office open on Sunday morning Mails coins cast and south close prompt at 91 .11. cmntciits. first l'rosuytcnan Cliurcb J.

V. IlAnsnx, pastor. Services in Uantist Church every Sabbath at 11 o'clock A. M. and v.

is. M. J.T. Hanna, pastor. Services every Sabbath at 10K o'clock a.

m. andTr. M. Prayer mcetins on Thursday evening. ft.

Aloyslus' Catholic Church itevcrend. J. A. SoiiL'iu, pastor. Services on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of every month; high mass at 10 a.

resnersat7i r. m. ISaptist Church, W. F. File, pastor, services loj.

c'clock a.m., each Sabbath. Church corncrof First and Market Street. COUNTY OFFICEItS. Judge Thirteenth Judicial District W. 1'.

State Senator H. C. Clair. Keprcsentative-Jolm Kelly. Itoard of County Commissioners J.

M. STt O.G. Jacobs, J. A. Xelso.v.

County Treasurer L. N. Woodcock. County. Clerk Jous Tcckku.

Sacriir-H. W. DusKixo. Clerk District Court U. W.

iIeeves. Probate Judge Wm. C. Little. Superintendent Public Instruction J.

L. ZlUUEUUAK. lteglster of Deeds Milo II. Kelloco. County Attorney W.

K. Stanley. County Surveyors II. L. Jackson.

CITY OFFICEItS. Alayur-J. G. 1101-E. City Attorney Wm.

IUldvix. Police Judge J. M. Atvtood. City Treasurer K.

G. Wuioht. 31 ikk Meagher. City Clerk Fbed. Sciiattker.

Surveyor Justices of the Tcacc D. A. Mitchell, h. II. UlSXKIl.

Constables C. II. Jones and D. X. ilham'.

Council First Ward A. W. Oliver and 1. Ziuuerlt. Second Ward C.

3I.GAiinisoxandJou.vloREV. Tlilrd Ward Cuaulks Scuatt.neu and Jav KlltriKSKY. Fouith Ward J. C. Frakkr and C.

A. alkeb. Board of Education Firet Ward H.fcJimi audG. F. Hauois.

Second Ward .1 ik-CAUDand II. 1.. Jacksox. Third Ward-1). 1 Alexandeu and A.

A. Hide, iourth Ward A. II. Faiiiuqoe and W. K.

Staxlev. Treasurer school Hoard Key. J. 1. IIaksex.

LODGES. tt TiniTITA 20. 1.O.O.F. VV meets on the 2d and IthSatnrdaysoreach month. J.

1IOI1SOX, C. V. W. A. KlClli.1, scnue.

1. cry Thnrday night, at 7 o'clock, ut their hall, over the tirst national uant. uromero in good standmg are invited to attend. W. A.

ItlCHliY, N. G. W. 1. STEM, II.

S. F. A. M. Meets on the first and third Mondays of each month.

T. 31. Tuickey W. M. WK.IIITA ClIAl'TElt, It.

A. M. MeeU on the -econd and fourth Fridays in --ach mouth. Geo. t'.

Hauuis, II. I'. Milo II. Kellogo, Scc'y. SCHOOLS.

TheM. E. Sabbath rcliool, W. E. Stanley, superintendent, meets at the church at 2)i o'clock p.

in. The Presbyterian Sabbath school, Le Xixon, SRperiuteudcnt, meets at the ISaptist Church, at Uu'clockp. hi. TheOJaptist Sabbath school, A. II.

Annent, superintendent, meets at the liaptist church every Sunday afternoon at in o'clock. U. S. I4XSU OFFICE. DOUGLAS COMMEIICIAL 11LOCK.

11. L. Taylou, Kpgisterj J. C. ItEnriELo.

1, stiver. Ollice hours lrom 'J to 12 A. 11. and Irom 1 to 3 v. 31.

COUNTY SUltVEVOIt. H. L. JACICSOX. GOO.NTV SU1IVEYOU.

Lcavo your orders at the county clerk's office, or call at the West Wichita postoilico. 4C-ly ATTOKXEYS. li. JEWETT, ji- law, WICHITA. KANSAS.

SLUSS, STANLEY HATTON, ATTOKXEYS, MTichita, Kansas. 4I-tf AllOS HARMS. K03. IIAIUili. IIAKiaS ILVSIUS, A TTOKSEYS AT Law.

Wichita, Kansas. Ollice In the buildingoccnpicd by tho U- S. Land Office. Loans Xeootiatxd on improved lands in Sedgwick and Stmincr Counties, at ten per cent, interest with privilege or paying off at nny time. Commlasion reasonable.

Abstracts furnished and papers executed without charge. 35- M. 8. ADA2I3. GEO.

It. ENGLISH. II. G. ItUGGLES.

ADAMS, ENGLISH nUGCLES, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW Wichita, Kansas, will practice in all the courts of the 13th udicial District, Supreme Court of the State, and the United Slates District and Circuit Court of Kansas. ll-tf J. M. BALDLRSTON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Wichita, Sedgwick county, Kansas.

Office in Centcnial Block, over Aley's Shoe Store. ap2C-ly J. F. LAUCK, A TTORNEY-AT-LAW, first door south of U. f.

S. Land Office, in Commercial Dlock, Wichita, Kansas, Special attention given to all kinds of business connected -with the U.S. Land Office. 15-tf W. K.

KIRKl'ATRICK, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. IS-lf PHYSICIANS. T. H. SHANNON, MIYSICIAN AND SCRGEON-II Main street.

near First, Wichita, Kansas. 5-1S-17 DH. C. C. FURLEY, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.

Office, Douglas avlnue, tlrst entrance cast of Main street, up stain, (oyer Hill's Drug Store.) 12-tf R. E. B. ALLEN, PHYSICIAN AND SCUGKON, Office Centennial lllock, Wichita, Kansas. 3- DR.

HENDMCKSON, (U. S. Examining Surgeon) JUYSICI.VN AND SURGEON, Office No. 21, Main Street. 4-2-ly DENTISTS.

J. C. DEAN, DENTIST Office Douglas Avenue, opposite Steele Levy's LaiU Office. 5-tf. DR.

W. L. DOYLE. DENTIST Office over Mathew's jewelry store, Centennial Illock, Wichita. 41-tf VKTEKIXAjIW G.

IS. Kessler, C. G. Tuosirsos-. KESSLER THOMPSON, VETERINARY SURGEONS.

Will treat all horses intrusted in their care in the most scientific mnncr. Office In Star, Livery and Sale Stable, corner Market and Douglas Avenue, Wichita, Kansas. 10- KEAL ESTATE. G. W.

REEVES, (Clerk of the District Court) SEAL ESTATE, INSURANCE and Collecting Agent, Wichita, Kansas. Collections made taxes paid. All business entrusted to my care will receive prompt attention. 41-tf JNO. EDWIN MARTIN, BROKER and dealer In Real Estate, Notary Public and Conveyancer, Agent State Line tmshln Abstracts Furuishcd.Tsirpa i.ai.l Loans Negotiated.

Office at the Red Oral Siim. wo. 70 Mam Lock IJox 3)1 Wichita, Scdg-21-0m county Kansas MISCELLANEOUS. NNE IJATII ROOMS, Rooms -nhlch arc supplied with Hot and Cold Water. All things pcrtifng to thu bathing department are new and tasty and first-class In every respect.

Open Saturday nights until 12 o'clock p. and on Sunday until 12 o'clock lrom a. in. to 10 p. m.

Shop on Douglas Ave. No. 111. Jtf-tfJ DIETER KAYSER. C.

M. GARRISON, -Manufacturer and Dealer In- Harness and Sacldleiy. No. 87 MAIN S1VWICIHTA, KAN Established in 1S70. Defies compctlliou in "Lnrjrc Stoclf, Quick Sains, Small I'rofits," Is My Good goods, nnd prices low; Cash in hand, or no no! 121-tf Hedge! Hedge! Hedge! Hedge! -Six IIuiCDiiED Tiiodsasu- FIRST -CLASS HEDGE PLANTS! nrtsod on his farm on Cntsholm creek for sale by 43if HEKRV SOHWEITER STABLES.

CONNELL BASLEY, Prop's, Market Street, South of Douglas Avenue. Single and Double Teams furnished on short notice and on reasonable terms. Corral awl CooU lEooin Fortjc accommodation of frcightors. Special attention given to trausient custom. Satislaction guaranteed, tl-ly CONNEI.L.iltASI.EY.

37ii ITiMniy of Dtteese! Tlie foe of rain to Man and Beattl -Is the Grand Old- MUSTANG LINIMENT, Which has stood the teat of fortv vears. There is no sore it will not heal, no lameness it will not heal, no ache, no pain, that nulirts the human body, or the body of a horse, or other domestic annual, mai noes noi yieiu 10 its magic loucii. bottlu costing itic. or SI 00, hasotlcu saved the life of a tinman being, and restored to lire and usefulness many a valuable horse. 1-ly o.

abbot, Architect, Contractor and Builder. Scroll work, stair railings, and fancy work of an Kinus uone 10 oruer and on snort notice. Architecual Designs Oho latent works) on exhibition. I employ none but firit-cla-s mechanics and refer to the work already done in this and other cities as an earnest ofour capacity. iVioj), Laicrcncc Wichita, Kan.

Ueliablc estimates made on contracts or loses bv lire 2.Vt Wagon and Blacksmith Shop To my customers I wish to say that I haveopen-cd a new shop on tho corner of Douglas Avenue and Market Street, south side, where I propose to do all kinds rifblacksmithinp; and wagon mat-Ins on short notice and tlrst c.ass style. 17-tf WILLIAM A. DAILY. Agent for S. F.

Railroad Lauds, UOVJTHorE, SEDG WICK These lands are among the choicest owned In this company, and parties desiring homes should sec them helore purchasing. Long credit at low rates or interest. No trouble to show lands. Letters of inquiry promptly answered. 1- On well improved Farms TO LOA1T I where.

on five years time, or less. lOpcrcent. Interest Cora-mission lower than clsc- J. II. WATICIN CO.

Wichita, Kansas. Office with Register of Deeds. 2fi-tf RIC1IEY HOUSE. Mo transfer, no bus fare at the depot. Have rslltted, refurnished anp reduced fare to $1.50 per day.

Good stable accommodations in connect! jn with the house. '0-tr RICIIEY 1IROS. BRICK! BRICK I T5RICK In any quantity for sale at my vards, on JD the Little Arkansas River, north ol' Wichita. All kinds of brick work dune on the shortest no-ic. 112-tfl J.

W. WICHITA HOUSE, CORNER DOUGLAS AND LAWRENCE WICHITA, Llvcry and Feed Stables in connection with the house. C. G. THOMPSON.

2-tf U. H. HILLARD, I'rop'. THOMAS GARRETT, House Sign and Ornamental Painters. WICHITA, KANSAS.

Orders left with Murphy Rcilly will-rcccive prompt attention. Shop over Murphy Reilly 's store, Douglas Avenue. 5-tf. REESE SAWYER Carpenters, Designers and Builders Xo. 15 Main Street, near corner Douglat At.

All work executed in the most durable and modern style, and warranted to give satisfae'lon. Plans and specifications furnished. Jobbing of all kinds done to order, my.ll-ly MILLINERY AND DRESS MAKING! MISS L. lARKHAM. On Main St, South of Douglas Avenue.

A large and well selected stock of Goods always to be found. JQ-Miss Jennie Soult has charge of the dressmaking department, and will guaranty satisfaction in all cases. C-tf zLvEonsns-sr to XjO-ajst i Ou Improved Farms or Desirable City X'ropcrtj-. Parties desiring Cheap Money on short should call on or address N. J.

BURDICK, -U NEWION, KAS6AS. ISOLATION. Wc walk alono through all life's various ways. Tliroueh light and darkness, sorrow, joy and clmi)c And greeting each to each, through passing davs, Still we aro fctranse. Wo hold our dear ones with a firm, strong grap Wc hear their voices, look into their eyes And yet, betwixt us, in that clinging clasp, A distance lies.

Wc cannot inoto thtir heartt. how e'er wc may thought, aspiration, hope and prayer Wo cannot roach them, and in vain To enter there. Still, in each heart of hearts a hidden deep Lie, never lathoiueil liy its dearest, best With closest care our purest thoughts wc keep. And tcudcrest. Hut, blessed thought I wc stall not always to In darkiicr and In sadness walk alono; Thoro comes a glorious day when wo shall know A wo arc known.

Elinor Gray, in Auguit Atlantic. FAMILY TIES. Mr brother hates my daughter's son My son his aunt despises My uncle thinks his wife's a fool, in spite ol lovo's For fifteen years my Cousin John Has cut his only brother And titer Susan hates the lot llccausc titty hate her mother. When Undo Thomas dines wilh me, lie makes it a condition That he shall meet no kith or kin, Whatever their position And though my grandmother declares That wc should love relation, She thinks her niece Amelia's Arc "two abominations." I've done my best to bring about A belter state of feeling, By quoting texts against deceit, Ill-will nnd double dealing. Hut what's the use, while Cousin Tom, With Jane ami Joe and Johnny, Arc in a plot the hypocrites 1 To get poor grandma's money.

And while my brother William's wife Thinks it her special duty To snub my dear Maria Jane Ilccaii'O eho is '-the beauty And while my scandalous old auut, With voice like nutmeg grater, Declares 'lis makes all the row Good how 1 hate her Of all who bear the name, wc count is'o less than thirty-seven, KacJi ono of whom, ol course, expects Some day to go to heaven And as Ihc families incrcaso In number quite alarmimj. The prospect, when we meet above, Is certainly not charming. I know 'tis said that "heaven is love," Where mortal passion ceacs. And cweet affection, peace, and joy l'crpctually increases Hut, as -exceptions prove the rule," I've got a sort ot notion That when wc couio together there. There'll be a slight commotion For hero conventional restraints Which never must bo slighted Like Harnum's "happy family," 3Iakc us appear united Hut when I reach the other place, Where candor is en regU, II I don't have it out with aunt.

My name's not Sally JJaglo. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. WILD BILL. The Daring Deeds of the Murderel Scout Interesting Incidents Connected with Ei3 Wild Life and Death.

Tho (rajric fate of 1). Ilickok, better known as "Wild Bill," ti title given him by Texatis 'during the war, has been already nuiiiisncd, tlie noted scout having boon murdered in the most cowardly maimer by Jack aIc-Call, who was'subscqueiitly acquitted, after" a mock trial, by the miners of Dcadwood. Ilickok was a native of Illinois. his mother and sisters residing near Galena, in that Stale. It was customary for him to visit his relatives every "two or three years, and ho never did so without bringing something substantial with him.

His brother is a wagon boss in Now Mexico, and, strange to say, his brother's name is Bill. Wild Bill was generous to a fault, swore like a trooper at certain stages, and would rather indulge in poker than cat, on one occasion having played away Ids last earthly possession a black and tan terrier. "J'oor Bill it is too bad to think of him being shot down without a show' remarked Mr. John Malone to a Globe-Democrat reporter yesterday. Knowing that Jack had been intimately associated with the deceased for several years, he was asked to enumerate some of tho shooting scrapes that had made his friend so much feared throughout thcWcstcrn country, and the following very interesting tacts were gleaned during tho interview.

You may say this to commenco with, remarked Malone. Bill was the only frontiersman who would take his pistols off and light a square light with any one who wanted to settle a dispute in that way. Uc was always anxious to avoid a "quarrel, but if ho found he was going to be forced into one, took good care to get the drop on the enemy, and he was a sure shot. It was in lS'GO that I first knew him. Ho was then driving a bull team at Leavenworth, but afterwards took a train to Denver, Colorado.

Ono of his first fights was with a gang in Dovcrtown, two miles above Fort Kearney. He and Bill Story killed throe men there. Shortly afterwards he and the notorious desperado Sladc wero stage-driving for the Overland, with their over" at Julcsbtirg.on the Platte. Ho was next heard of at Virginia City, where great rivalry existed between two sets ot road agents, and it was thoro that Bill made the enemies who forced him into the biggest fight of his life. Ho came across the plains a Union 6cout with tho Second Colorado in While they were encamped on Walnut creek, near Marysvillc, Kansas, Ilickok called on Mrs.

Walters, having been a great friend of her husband. She begged him, for God's sake, to leave, saving that ten men from Virginia City lia'd arranged to come aud kill him. "Well, little woman, don't be frightened. Get behind the chimney, and we'll stop 'cm," was tho scout's reply. Tho gang surrounded tho house, and the leader shouted, 'Is Wild Bill here "Yes; como and get him," was the answer, aud two of tho iuvadingparty were shot dead as they endeavored to enter.

The others turned aud ran. Bill stepped to tho door, rifle in hand, and at a distance ol 250 yards shot and instantly killed a third one of the party. IIo always considered this the bestshot ho over made. In 1SG5, Bill -was keeping a livery stable in Springfield, Missouii. One night in a game of poker, with Joe Tuttas an.opponcnt, Ilickok overplayed himself thirty or Ihirty-fivc There was nothing unusual in this, as tbev were friends.

Tho next dav as Wild Bill was playing, Tutt, who, by tho way, was a rebel scout during the war, came in, demanded his money, picked up IlickoU's watch, which was lying on the table, and boasted that at noon ho would walk with it across the public square. Bill made no reply. At midday a large crowd, hearing of the aflair.had congregatedall of Tutt's friends being in the southwest corner of the square. Tutt started on hiF foolish mission, when Ilickok at once staled through tho crowd of his enemy's supporters, aud when about thirty yards apart, the men drew their pistols" nnd fired. Wild Bill never waited to sec tho cltccts of his shot, but wheeled on Tutt's friends, and asked if any more shooting was wanted by them.

They appeared to be satisfied, however, for their champion was dead shot through tho heart. In BUI turned up as a scout for Colonel Bradlev, at Fort Kilcy. One night a gang of vitrilantcs were amusing themselves by hanging a teamster between Junction City and Fort Kiloy. Ilickok, happening to ride along at the lime, made a rush for the lyuchers.aiid away they went, their victim being rescued. A year afterward Ilickok was Shcr-ifl of Kllis county, Kansas, with headquarters at Hays City.

A fellow named Sam Strawhan'had followed him to avengo the death of Tutt. Early one morning Strawhan and a crowd started to gut a Dutchman's saloon. Wild Bill went there alone. The riot ers had thrown several glasses ou the sidewalk. Bill carried them in, with tho remark "Boys, you hadn't ought to treat a poor old man in this way." Strawhan said ho would throw them out again.

"Do," retorted Bill, "and they will carry you out," and they did, sure enough, for as Sam picked up a glass to strike, he fell dead, shot thro' tho neck by tho man who never misled his mark. Tho next man on whom Ilickok got the drop was Bill Mttlvcy. a notorious rough from St. Joseph, Missouri, who got on a drunk one day, ran the 'squire aud constnblo out of Hays City, caused the citizens to scatter, and liuallv met Wild Bill with the remark that lie had lived long enough. Although a pistol was lovelcd at llickok's head, and lie knew it would talk in half a second, ho did not looso his presence of mind lor an instant, but remarked, as if to a third party, in a very quiet tone, "Don't hit him.

He is only fooling." Mulvcy turned his head lo sco who was about "to strike him. The movement was a fatal one to him, as AVild Bill's pistols were out instantaneously, aud the St. desperado dropped "like a bullet having entered just back of the right car. This settled Mttlvcy, and Sheriff Ilickok received a voto of thanks from the citizens for killing him. "Wild Bill's next difficulty was with eight or ten soldiers of tho Soventh cavalry, who invited him into a barroom at Hays to take a drink.

While standing at the bar ho was knocked down bv one of tho blue coats. The minuto he struck tho floor his pistol was out, and, unfortunately, he killed a man who was trying to make peace, and also another man who participated in the attack. Tho fellow who caused the row succeeded ia escaping with a bullet in tho broadest part of him opposed to fire while running away. Two companies ot cavalry wero sent in pursuit of Ilickok, but they failed to catch him. He footed it sixty miles to Ellsworth, and subsequently turned up as Marshal of Abilene, Kansas.

Here it was that lie" killed a brother of the man who murdered him, if ho killed ltim at all, which is very doubtful, it being thought by many that McCall's assertion to that effect was merely made to save his neck after his coward lv crime. It "was at Abilene in 1869 or '70, that Ilickok killed Phil. Cole, an influential cattle trader. Tho Marshal had arrested three or four of Cole's men, aud tho Tcxans threatened to "kill the longhaired They roped him into a saloon for that purpose. The bar was lined with men, Ilickok being at one end and Cole at the.

other. Bill know what was up, and kept his eye on his enemy. He saw him go for his gun, and both men drew simultaucous-Iv. Wild Bill's aim was as accurate as cver.nnd while ho remained unscathed, the Texan fell dead in his tracks without uttering a word, the bullet from llickok's derringer having hit him bu-tweeu the eves, scattering his braiii3 on the clothes of his friends. The Tcxans tried to run him out of Abilene, but he wouldn't scare worth a nickle, and didn't leave that section until the fall ufTcr thc'Texans had gone home.

During tho last year or two Bill has been playing tho gentleman in Kansas City, St. Louis and elsewhere, organizing Black Hills The most connected account of tho murderyct published, is that furnished the Louisville Courier-Journal by its Dcadwood correspondent, who says The next event of importance that occurred dttrirg the week was the killing of Wild Bill (James Ilickok) by ono Jack McCall. in the early part of last spring, about the first of March, the Buffalo Bill troupe were performing inLouisvillc. The principal actors were Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack and Wild Bill. The latter person's true name was James Ilickok.

Wild Bill, as lie was called by bis acquaintances, had the reputation of being the best pistol shot in the West, and gloried in killing thirty-six men. Jack McCall is about twenty-live years age. and claims to have been born in Jcflerson county, Kcntuckj', near Jeffersontown, but had been for the last eight or ten years living in the far West, hunting buffalo, trapping, fighting Indians, etc. Jack says that in 18G9 Wild Bill killed his brother in Kansas without cause or provocation. Jack's statement is that his brother and Wild Bill had a little misunderstanding in a saloon in Kansas about some trilling matter, and Wild Bill proposed to fight it out.

McCall said it was no fighting matter, and did not want to fight, and that ho was not armed, when Wild Bill, having two pistols, threw McCall one of them, and said "Damn you, defend yourself." McCall took the pistol, but before he could raiso it Wild Bill shot him doad. Young Jack McCall, hearing the particulars of his brother's death, registered an oath that ho would kill Wild Bill on sight, aud faithfully has he kept his word. The circumstances attending the tragic event, as proven on trial, were that Wild Bill was seated in a gambling saloon playing cards, when Jack McCall entered and walked up to Wild isill and put a pistol to Ins head and blew his brains out, the pistol ball passing through Wild Bill's head, killing him instantly, and then striking Capt. Masscy, a Missouri Bivcr pilot, in tho arm, breaking tho bone. Jack, after doing the killing, ordorcd the bar-keeper and gamblers present to march out of the house in front of him, which they did promptly, ho not caring to have any shots lired at him from the rear.

after gaining tho street, stood tho crowd off for a few minutes, but finally was persuaded to give him- f-clf up for trial. How tho Groat Railroad King Obtained His Scopter. Did you over hear how Tom Scott won his spurs? He had passed from an obscuro bovhood into active life, and bv his own resolute endeavor had become a Superintendent, of a Western division of a road now calling him its President. One day there was an ac cident, hopelessly wrecking a great freight train, and obstructing the track so that disastrous delays seemed inevitable. Important trains were waiting; commercial interests demanded tho speedy clearing of the track, but in that remote district, in that difficult mountain pass, the case was almost helpless.

Mr. Scott came down to look at the wreck, and meantime adjusted his thinking cap, swiftly calculating all profits and loss. The "freight train had a quantity of crude oil on its cars, and Tom Scott's genius ordered that the oil bo so arranged that the entire wreck should get its share, then he set tiro and telegraphed to headquarters that the track was clear. It was a daring exploit, and men stared for a moment, till the smoke blew away aud they realized what such a will and brain might be worth. Thoy made him Vice President of the road most speedily, aud to-day Tom Scott, king over all' other railroad kings of the world, lends himself hcartand soul to the glorvof America.

The negroes aro again "waylaying" white people in Louisiana. They always do just before election. It is remarkable that they seldom or never hit anybody, but, on the contrary, always get hit. It is a singular fact, isn't it, that all the good marksmen down South belong to the Democratic party. From the Xc'w York Times.

C0MM0D0K3 VANDSRBTiT. Stories of tha Dying Eailrcai King. It is conceded by nil I113 pkysiciaus that tho ability to withstand the shocks of disease evinced by Commodore Vandorbilt is due to his strong constitution and magnificent physique, aided bv his abstemious habits and love of exercise in tho open air. As an instance of how active ho was iuhis5Stli year, it is related fliat in 1852 he was on board tho steamer Prometheus, of the Nicaragua line, as she was being noorcd to her berth' at Pier No. -1, North river.

A single hawser had been run from tho ship to the pier, but owing to the strong current the vessel could not be moored. Tho Commodore became impatient at tho delay, and throwing bis cane on the dock, swung himself, hand-ovor-hand, on the hawser from the ship to the pier. Then, picking up hi cane, he said "I was not going to stay tliorc all day," and walked slowly up tho dock. Many stories showing his strong prejudices and peculiarities in those regard to his business, arc told of him. On one occasion, in 1852, a Mr.

Loper, ol Philadelphia, who had built a number of propellers, and who was strongly in favor of that class of vessels, called on tho Commodore to try to induce him to use propellers instead of side-wheel steamers on tho Nicaragua line. He exhibited a model to tho Commodore, and predicted that in ten years from that- time not a sin-glo side-wheel steamer would be built, us the propellers were superior to them, both in speed and economy. After hearing all that Mr. Loper had to say, the Commodoro said: "All "you say, Loper, may bo true, but I'll tell you what I'll do. You build a propeller and I'll build one of my walking-beam ships, and I'll run you a race from Now York to Liverpool, ship for ship." Mr.

Loper did not accept his wager, and tuo Commodoro never built a propeller. One of his peculiarities is that lie writes his name thus, "Van Dcrbilt," pronouncing it '-Wandcrbill," as if written with a the old Dutch pronunciation of the name. Many years ago, when AVilliam II. Vandorbilt was a boy, the old gentleman made arrangements to send him to a boarding-school in Bedford, Wcstchfc3ter county. It being necessary to prpcure a trunk for the boy, tho father aiid son, who then lived in Madison strcot, wont to the Bowery to purchasoVmo.

After they had selected a trunkAVilliam suggested that it would bo well to have it-marked with his initials. The Commodore acquiesced, and turned to the storekeeper and said, "Put W. Wc'on tho ends," meaning V. W. Wc said the storekeeper, inquiriuglv.

"Yes," said the Commodore, W.Wc." The man still not seeming to understand, the old gentleman said, it, Bill, yon tell him." William then explained what his father meant, ami W. V. was put on tho ends of tho trunk in bright brass-heatlcd tacks, as wa tho custom in those days. The-Utle of Commodoro was given him in 1831 by David Ileywood, who was at that time captain of tho steamboat Champion, rttuuing between New York aud Albany. The Commodore owned her, as well as the steamboat Nimrod, with which he was running a day line to Albany in opposition to her lines.

i All's Well tfcltEEfcs 'Well. He was a middle-aged man, a'nd would pass anywhere for an ox-Cou-grcssinan. The cold sweat of wisdom anil common sense sparkled on his massive brow, and no "one to look at him would for a moment suppose that he would be guiity of a mean action. lie boarded tho Morris and Essex 7:50 train duo west, and seating himself near tho slovc, commenced to devour tho contents of a patent-medicine almanac with avidity. When the train had gone through the Eric tunnel, the conductor stepped into tho car, aud shouted -Tickets!" The passengers immcdiatolv produced either tho necessary pasteboard or tho collateral that speaks all languages aud the conductor finally reached tho middle-aged pilgrim, anil screamed in his car "Ticket, plc'asc!" "Yes, sir," said the traveler, "I will I am always happy to tick it when and wherever 1 can, aiid I'm much obliged to you for telling me to." "I want your ticket, sir," said the conductor, sternly, when tho traveler went on "It is a well authenticated fact that Powhatan was going to club the head oil Capt.

Smith, but ho didn't, and I wish you would tell your children so. Yes, sir, you should pour tho history of our beloved country into your children, if it takes half that you knock down on this road to do it." "I am not a thief, sir," cried the conductor, "and if you don't hand out your ticket right away I'll expel you from this train." "And don't forget," the pilgrim wont on, "to tell your children about Old Hickory, and the way in which he cleaned out them Britishers at Now Orleans. wasn'titbeautifttl! Whenever I think of it, I feel liko husking off my duster and turning flip-flaps all over creation." "Hand out that ticket, or yelled tho conductor. "And don't fail to mention to your youngsters something about old Harrison the Injun fighter: Old Tippecanoe And Tyler too eh? aud be sure to toll them that little story about George Washington and the juvenile axe." "If you don't favor me with your ticket, I'll stop tho train and put" you off," said the conductor. "Oh for the good old days of Jefferson and Jackson," continued tho old fellow.

"Them was the of squaro deals, and no murderer could get a stay of proceedings, aud no Tweed could rob the people and get away with the swag. There's too many for-oigu office holders now, anyhow, that's what's the matter." 'Give me your tickot," screamed the conductor. "Supposin' I ain't got none replied the man. "Then give me your money." "Ain't got none will my note of hand do "No, sir; you may take your choice: ticket, money, or bounce." "Then bounce is tho programme." The conductor, in an ecstasy of rage, stopped tho train, aud a9 the old fellow stepped out into the meadows, ho drew a gun out of the leg of his pantaloons. The conductor turned pale at thu idea of being shot, when the traveler smiled sweetly, and said "I ain't going to harm a hair of your head, mister; i camo out here to go snipe shooting, and if you hadn't let mo off, I'd had to have jumped oiLand run the risk of breaking my gnu.

He-member what 1 told you about American history, and pour it into your children, if it makes you go broke." The conductor crawled into the car with a sickly smile, the passengers chuckled, and as the train moved on the old man was looking for a wisp of snipe. A stranger desirous of locating in San Antonio endeavored to purchase a residence from one of tho leading citizens, but thought tho price too high. "Too highl't yelled the owner, "too high, with tlirec saloons at regular intervals on the road to the church, a peach orchardwith a fence easy to get over close at hand, and there hasn't been a policeman seen in the neighborhood for the last live years! Why, stranger, it dosn't look to me like you was trving to become ono of Col. P. B.

riumb. Tho Opera House was filled last night by an earnest and quiet congregation of mon ami women of Tcpeka. to see, perhaps for the first, time, and to listen to Col. Plumb, of Emporia. The fact that this vast audience sat there for two hours without losing interest in the speaker, is evidence enough that it was a good speech, though some critics say that it was not so strong as his celebrated Wichita speech.

To those who heard him last night for the first time ho carried conviction of his sound ability. His arguments were thoso made by Statesmen, and his points were with force aud conviction. When wc array tho other candidates for the United States Senate besides Mr. Plumb, as most people" nalur.illy will do, we wonder what convulsion in politics could have forced them up to the position they now occupy. Col.

Plumb is just the man our robust and aggressive young Stato needs. Ho lias lots ot sand in hwn. if we knew it from no other source, his head proves it. Notice the breadth at the base of tho head it indicates strength of thought aud the temperament to make his thoughts felt. We feel glad that there is one candidate in the field for Senator for whom no apology need bo made, and for whom it should be the proud privilege of every honest voter to work, in our present struggle against humiliating corruptions.

Blade. Federative Agency. When the great trial came which searched the hearts of tho people that supremo moment of our history when tho instinct of patriotism was a higher guide than learning or philosophy when the great idea of country came like a revelation of love, when Governor Hayes said "I would go into tho war if 1 knew I would fall in it, rather than sttvy at homo and live to say that I had taken no part in Gov. Tilden took down the Constitution to see if he could find in its written words any warrant for the existence ot the nation among the powers of the earth. He examined it as though he were trying to find a flaw in a crim inal statttto, to ascertaiti if ho had a country.

The idea of a country whose living presence is in tho heart of a pa triotic people never dawned upon his calculating aud metaphysical mind. Ho.analyzed sentences, hunted among nouns and pronouns, adverbs and prepositions, among commas and periods, colons and semicolons. Think of it! the character aud cxis-tenco of the nation, the quostion whethor it should meet rebellion with sovereign power was a matter of punctuation. Our destiny hung upon a semicolon. At last ho reached a conclusion.

Hear ye stars The Union was a federative agency. I do not know whether that is copulativo or disjunctive whether it is to be, to do, or suffer imperfect or pluperfect past, presenter to come; do not know whether it is animal, mineral or vegetable. I do not know think it is anything to live or to die for. Ida not think the Color Sergeant from Otter croek, who left his home to join Company to follow it through march and bivouac, in sickness, suffering and privation and danger, who stood with his comrades in the battle joined in tho charge upon the batteries that blazed with the fires of hell fell, bullet-pierced grasping the standard with the grin of death, ae the darkness of death sank upon his eyes I do not believe his soul wont out to the Unknown with tho aspiration "God save tho federative agency." What is our country? It is not the land and the sea. the river aud the mountains, their history and laws.

It is something more than all these. It is a bright ideal, a living p.icseuco in the heart, whoso destruction would rob the earth of beauty.thc stars of thoir glory, the sun of its brightness, life ol" its sweetness, love of its joy. Newton Booth. Asiorican'R'oaton the Handsomest in tio 'World. Foolish and badly informed people ii-o often lamenting the detonation of female beauty in these latter days.

They arc fond of referring to the As-pasias aud CIcopatras of past centuries, and asserting that those types arc practically extinct. They may be found in "our art galleries, standing with arms akimbo before a casto of some classic statute, eyeing tho noble proportions wilh an air of great apparent wisdom and apprcciativcncss, nnd filling tho circumjacent air with mournful complaints of the dogeneracy of our nineteenth century belles. These critical persons evince a truly wonderful and painful lack of acquaintance with thoir delicate and attractive subject. If thoy knew even in a slight and partial "degree what thoy were talking about, they would, on the contrary, gladly contend that so tar from detonating, the "female form divine" probably exists much more frequently in perfection of beauty nowadays than it did in the timc3 whose praises they arc in the habit of chanting so loudly. What is hero inserted of the figure may also be applied to the complexion and tho features.

And especially is this true in regard to the American women, who arc confessedly the handsomest women in the world. A great a'lo is chronically made about tho Venus of Milo ami the Madonnas of Raphael, but, doubtless, there arc in Now Haven, or any other largo Ainericau city, a dozen "women as perfectly beautiful in form, color and feature as any chiseled or painted by the greatest artists. Admiration forbeautvisvery natural and very commendable trait in mankind, and there is no occasion to disparage cither tho old or tho new manifestation of human beauty in its most attractive shape; and the indiscriminate and cxclusivo laudations of the old at tho expense of the new is a practice which has bcou commended over since tho Bible was written, an indulgence in which savors of ignorance and bigotry, not to say big-head-ednoss. It is a matter of devout thankfulness that wo live in an age aud a country when and whore our eyes boar witness daily that the race is' not degenerating in cither branch thereof, in spite of what gloomy wiseacres and possimites may say, but rather improving with the development of time aud civilization; and particularly that we of the sterner sex on this side of tho Atlantic arc gather constant inspiration from the marvelous beauty of our American women, to whom" wc tako pleasure in proffering this casual aud passing tribute of our respectful admiration. Pass Taea By.

The most despisable creatures on the face of the earth aro those half educated, half wittcd beings who aro forever talking about their neighbors, or singling out some particular individual, whom they vent their spleen upon they traduce in every way. Always the party villificd and talked about" are the superiors of their slanderers. I'eader, if you have in any way tried to injure the good name of your noighbor by false it at once If you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all it "is tho safest and best way. A Southern campaign poet tried to infuse a little life into a Tilden ratification meeting by verses begiuing: liripg out the Tilden gun And let its loud voice ring. Then the Republican negroes took to the swamps.

The had heard from Hamburg about the effect of the Tilden gun. Dressing in Saratoga. There is less dressing in Saralogo every year. Now'and then a "swell" from Buffalo or Chicago, with nineteen Irtinks, and stuns U3 with two new suits per day for ten consecutive days. But the genteel New York girls dresses but very little.

She comes to tho panorama rather than to be seen. Sho hides awav with her beaux incomers, under a dainty parasol, or forms a clique whore they sit andabiHC the Joneses, whoso father, liko their father, once kept a green grocery. I sco several young ladies who always look sweet in muslin. They came here with six white muslin dresses and twen'y-four yards of ribbon. "How do you wear the ribbon?" I asked one of them.

"Well, wc buy six yards of wide blue ribbon. This wc make into bows, sashes etc, When we wear blue it is bine throughout- blue on the hat, blue sash, blue bows blue stockings, etc." "And the other ribbons "Why. we buy six yards of cardinal, six yards of pea'i 1, and six yards of straw color. So you see with'six muslin dresses aud three white chip hats, wc can come in a now suit every day.and if we have colored parasots to match, why its taste is twenty-four dollars worth ol riuoon does the business" 1 have watched this young lady every day, and really she is one of thesweet-cst and most charmingly dressed young ladies here. No soiled silk for her.

No shiny satins or hot gros-grains! She can tako the beaux away from tho young lady dressed in soiled gros-grait. every time. The fact is.men fall in love with women on account of their neatness. No gentleman ever loved a soiled woman. So young ladies wash your greasy hair till it looks as light and fleecy as God made it, throw away the rouge aud powder, let the skin have tho glow of hoalth, throw away your old soiled silks, aud dress yourself up in sweet white muslins, and then the beaux will swarm around you a3 the bees swarm around the fragrant honeysuckle Eh Perkins.

Condensed History of Steaa. About '280 years B. Hero, of Alexandria, formed a toy which exhibited some of tho powers of steam, and wa5 moved by its power. A. D.

GlO.an architect arranged several caldrons of water, each covered with the wide bottom of a leather tube, which rose to a narrow top, with pipes extended to tho rafters of the adjoining building. A fire was kinUled beneath the caldrons, and the house was shaken by the efforts of tho steam ascending tho tubes. This is the first notice of tho power of steam recorded. In 1513, Juno 17, Brasco de Garay tnod a steamboat ol "JOO tons with tolerable success, at Barcelona, Spain. It consisted of a caldron of boiling- water, and a movable wheel on each side of the ship.

It was laid asido as impracticable. A present, however, was made to Garay. In 1G30 the first railroad was con structed at Newcastle on tho Tvnc. Tho lirst idea of a steam engine in England was in the Marquis Worcester's "History of Inventions," A. D.

1GG3. In lTOlNewcrman mado the first engine in Englaud. In 1761 James Watts mado the first perfect steam engine in England. In 17GG Jonathan Hull first set forth the idea of steam navigation. In 1778 Thomas Payne first proposed the application in America.

In 1781 Marquis Souffrey constructor a steamboat on the Tyne. In 1781 two Americans published a work on it. In 1789 Wm. Symington mado a vov-age in ono on tho Fourth and Clyde canal. In 1802 this experiment was repeated.

In 1782 Ramsey propelled a boat by steam at New York. In 17S9 John Fitch, of Connecticut, navigated a boat by a steam engine on tho Delaware. 1794 John Fulton first began to apply his attention to steam. In 1783 Oliver Evans, a native of Philadelphia, constructed a steam on-gine to travel on a turnpike road. The first steam vessel that ever crossed the Atlantic was the Savannah, in the mouth of June.

1781, from Charleston to Livorpool. Hunt's Merchant's Magazine. A Fiao Hani of Horse Thievo3. On the evening of August 30th, a man was seen prowling around near a fine lot of horses, kept at Buffalo station, aud his action being suspicious, ho was arrostcd by the agent ami kept all night two soldiers assisting the agent in keeping him. Tho man said that he was on his way to the Black Hills, and denied any evil intent.

could not give a good account of himself, and it was deemed best to hold him for an investigation. On the morning of August another man a strangerand a hard looking customer came into Buffalo station, looked around a short time and went away again, and about an hour a mounted body of twenty men came in and riding up to where the man under arrest was kept, asked the soldier guarding him what in hell he had that man arrested for, aud when the soldier informed him, lite leader of the baud said "Turn him loose tl you, or we'll shoot you full Of boles in a He was immediately released. The ruffians disarmed the soldier aud carried his gun oft' with them. They then left Buffalo station, going in a northwesterly direction, heading towards the head waters of the Saliua and Solomon rivers. There being only two soldiers and six or eight citizens at the station tbey were powerless to prevent tho outrage that was perpetrated upon them.

The thieves were all welt armed with needle guns and revolvers. Many of them were well known desperadoes of the western frontier; chief among them was Dutch Charley, who was stabbed by thesheriffof Itttssell county, about three mouths ago when the sheriffattempted to arrest him at Bus-sell City; ho was arrested and sent to Great Bend on a charge of horse stealing, and somehow made his escape, and was with this band. Tom Jordon is another of this hand, a well known character in Western Kansas. Tho entire band was made up of tho most desperate aud bold set ol men in Western Kansas. The station agent at Buffalo station telegraphed east for aid, and the sher-iffof Ellis county left Hayes City at 1 o'clock on the morning of Scptc'mber 1st, with six citizens and six soldiers under command of Sergeant McMaua-ra, of the Nineteenth United States Infantry, all mounted.

They were taken from Hayes City by special train to Buffalo station, were thoy were joined by about ten or twelve more men, and they went in pursuit of the thieves. The sheriff left Buffalo station on the trail of the thieves at six o'clock on the morning of the first of September. On Saturday the party of thieves were overhauled about about thirty miles north of Bullalo station. The thieves made one called "Big Iko" was shot dead bv the sheriff, he having previously shot tho sheriff through the car. rive ot tho thieves (one wounded) -were brought into Hayes City by train yesterday six more were expected by wagon.

Dutch Henry, tho leader, and three others escaped. Sixty-nine head of horses were captured. Common wealth. What Caas of being Married 07 a Colored Man The Loxinglon, (Mo.) Register says: "We are called upon to relate an outrageous, yet somewhat ludicrous affair that occurred over in the bottoms ot Kay ono day last weelc. A young fanner became enamored of a young lady, the blooming daughter of a wootlchoppcr, and solicited her hand in marriage.

He w.ij accepted and a day appointed for the celebrations of 'he nuptials. Friends were invited to witness the ceremony, and everything bore an auspicious aspeot of an enjoyable affair. The young beaux aud belles of the neighborhood gathered at the cabin nt the appointed time. A clergical looking colored man, with baro head ami book in hand, took his station in the center of the apartment, and the guests were for the first time apprised that ho was to unite the pair. Tho groom was importuned to dispense with the colored mail's services, but he became displeased aud indignantly inquired if he' had not the right to employ who he pleased.

The prospective bride was next appealed to, but she manifested indifforencoyind ihc ceremony was proceeded with. Some Fnigglcd, others hooted, and many left tho promises with burning olicaks and secretly foaming plans for wiping out thu stain upon the cornuni-ty. The news of the shamful act spread with the rapidity of a prairie lire, and that night a baud of resolute men visited the cabin and took therefrom the young groom, and subjected him to the indignity of a mercciless flogging with hickory withes. When discovered he was bleeding copi ously- and almost insensible. lie has since recovered and breathes dire vengeance against thoso who thus maltreated him, and the Bay county authorities are talking seriously ot bringing the perpetrators to justice, but of course it will never be accomplished.

Tho colored divine fled precipitately, and ha3 not since been seen or lit ard of." Fancies of the Little Russians. The Little Russiaus inhabit an in land district in tho southwest of Rus sia. They arc a primitive people, aud of their funeral ritcsastrikingaccouut was recently given by a member of the St. Petersburg Geographical Society. When any one dies in Little Russiaa jug of water is placed ou tho window sill, that the soul of the deceased may bo able to perform its ablutions before setting out on its long journey.

That it may havo the sun to light it on its way, "the funeral takes place at sunset. Within tho coffin aro placed various articles of food and clothing, along with some money, that tho deceased may have a prosperous start in his imjw Tho shavings of the wood of which tho coffin had been made', and tho tools used by tho dead man, if he has been an artisan, arc also inclosed in it. With these aro put the parings of his finger nails, which both men aud women in Little preserve all their lives, in consoqiience of a superstitious notion that they will enable them to climb tho mountains that separate the earth from the mysterious region ot tho dead. Female mulesarc invited to follow the coffin, and an old woman scatters handfujs of wheat over the mourners aud along tho road, a proceeding which is considered lucky for the living. The coffin surrounded with cows, this being the continuance of an ancient custom prevalent among tho Hindoos; it is thought to purify and disinfect the dwelling in which" the death has taken place.

Tho Littloltussians beliovcthat the soul remains for some time in the house, in the shape of a butterfly and cats aud fowls arc driven uvay for fear they should eat it up. After the funeral a banquet is held, at which a cover is laid for the deceased, who is supposed to preside over the festivities. Tho dead arc held to bo hurtful rather than well disposed to thcirsur-viving friend. This, however, is not always the case; mothers sometimes, for example, rovisit their children aud lavish great tenderness upon them. But it is essential that the children keep their visits secret, or thoy will call down the vengeance of the mother npon their nativo village.

These are strange notions, and we linger over them with pleasure. They invest death with a sort of romance, aud rob it of half its terrors. Cassel's Magazine. A SKrhico. This (says the Boston Globs) is a truostorv.

The happy circumstance occurred on last Sunday evening. IIo escorted her to ami from church, and npon arriving at hor home their discussion of the heat and sermon suggested an invitation, readily accepted by Charles, that they step into tho house and partake ot a cool glass of lemonade. She lead him into the dining-room, and there found naughty brother Ben about to squeeze the lait lemon in the house for his own individual benefit I Calling Ben asido she induced him by threats and promises, to dissect that lemon and make Char-lev and herself a glass. A self-sacrificing thought struck her! "No, Ben," said she, "put tho juice of the whole lemon into Charles' glass and bring mc a glass of water. He won't notice itthcrc is no light in the parlor!" Ben was making one good strong lemonade, as directed, when Charlie quietly slipped out aud say Bon put the juice of your entire Ictnou in your sister's glass and bring me some water there is no light in the parlor, and she won't notice it Ben's forte is in obeying orders.

With a merry twinkle in his eye ho drank tho lemonade, then carried them each a glass of water, which they drank with much apparicnt appetite, asking each other between sips "if it waa sweet enough for you Aud naughty brother Ben, with the taste of that lemonade in his mouth, stood out in the hall and laughed till his sides hear them assure each other that it was "just right and so palatable, and so rcfeshing, aud complimenting Ben upon his success in rnakinggood lemonade." Two Kindred and Twenty-seven Days Adrift oa the Pacific. Charles It. Bishop, bankor, of Honolulu, on the Island of Oahu, capital of the Sandwich Islands, formerlv of Sandy wife a native Princess arc on a visit to Incnilsanu relatives iu this country, and yesterday were the guests of George Bradley, of Fort Edward. Mr. Bishop iu company with the late William E.

Lee, lawyer, of Sandy Hill, shipped in a sailing" vessel at Newbury port iu the year 1845, for Oregon, aiid after being adrift 227 days, drifted about by contrary winds, landed on the Islsud of Oahu, one of the Sandwich Island group iu tho Pacific Ocean. These two young adventures found thernselvc3 a'moug strangers on a small island many thousand miles away from home and friends, and Oregon, tho land of their fondest hopes, not reached. But this island having been visited aud Christianized by American missionaries many years before, these young men found favor with the King and Court and they soon established themselves in business. Being prospered they remained and Mr. Bishop surviving his companion, now returns to his nativo land and home after an absence ot thirty years, to enjoy a short.visit with those of his old friends aud relatives that may be found amongst the living.

A postma'ster, or a postmaster's clerk, in a New York village, used a stamp with the words 'vote for Hayes' on it for canceling postage stamps, aud the New York arid howled for a week about it. The World needn't I vote for Hayes unless it wants to. Sagacity of Howo'a circit3 was showing in Indl-nola when the storm of the Fourth came on, and because of injury to the railroad-? wa3 compelled to 'rtin-i'i there until tho track was temporarily repaired, Friday evening. Tho rirr.is darted for their next placa of exhibition. When eight miles out, ii" of a bridge gave away.

fiv cars containing animals ran tl' ihc track and turned over in the gently. The first car contained the second an elk and camel, aud other three the five clepbun'ts. small animal3 were eaIy Mber.iN'il, but the elephants were all in a To remove them tho cars wcic rut iway, exposing the tops of the unwieldy animals' backs. Here exhibited the intelligence which nuiv. these half-human brutes.

Thev obi-, ed every command of their kee r. crawling on their knees, turnit.g o.i their side, squirming liko ceK an 1 assuming more novel and wondcfiil positions than were described on t'l. -how bills. When rulossed from th perilous was not scr.it upon them, aud no school i.cr gave more empathatic cxprc3i.i of relief from confinement than did ttx elephants. They trumpeted, sw.i;.

i back and forth, and did everything talk. The remaining distance to lb- city wa mado overland, and a hat crew never started a march than animals. The cool, brerzy stinoiphcn and the bright moonlight wore ali i 1 spiring. A3 tho bridges wero g.n if each stream tho elephants took enjoyment of their liberty. At id time was they obstinate or disobedi at but seemed to fully realizo the sirua-tion.

On arriving at Des Moines railway, cars had boon procured, was not easily done, as the ordinary cars aro too low. Some were finally found that was about one inch high, than the tallest elephant's back. They were brought alongside and tho pla' form properly placed, when Jack noticing that it was a strange car, seized the doorframe with his trunk, gave it a vigorous shako and then tried the floor. Satisfied that st wm strong, marched slowly info the car, pfirr-d iiuiiiuii rocking m-j-tion nnd humped his back. A bolt in the top struck his back, and he marr'i-ed straight out of the car.

"It's 1:0 use, said the keeper, -'ho won't go in there again." Tho ribs which support the root were removed, the elephant closely watching the operation. When this was done, Jack went in, swav.vl himself, rocked the car, humped "hi3 back.found everything all right trumped his satisfaction and went to eating. Davenport Democrat. Mrs. Joaos 03 Pienic3.

Go to the picnic if you liko. I cin't hinder you. But if I were vou.l wouhl not nothing could make me. Picnics don't turn out well, according to experience, and people don't comv home as they went. 1 don't menu abnt clothes, for though it generally rail.

1 aud spoils them, that isn't much. An I if you like to sit in tho wind and shar-f your dinner with can't obji though I would rather havo m'uiu at a table. I'm thinking of more mm ions things, my dear. Not tailing a mountains aud breaking jour boiiey.or tumbling out of boats" anil gelling drowned, and all that, but as I saiJ before nothing could maku me go to a picnic with my steady companv, if 1 was a gal as I once was. You "tie saw two young people in that relation como home from a picnic without a tiff.

They start as bright as anew five-cent piece; she all muslin and bltienb-bou, and smiles and curjs he with a fresh strMV hat and nice white Hiu'ii and he carries her parasol and hc-r shawl aud her fan, and he wears a button-hole bouquet she had given him, aud the people say, "What a charming young couple." But see them when thoy get back, and what a I All the starch is out of her dress an I his collar. She's cross and he's sulkv. She's biting her parasol aud he's swinging the basket about as though he'd liko to thrown it at homebod -head. They look crosser than iofks that have been married five years, ai.d as soon as she gets to hor "room i-he bursts into tears and sho says s-hc wishes she wa3 dead. Thero's bet 11 a quarrel, and often it is the cud of match.

I can't tell why it is, but what with the fatigue and the heat, and the r- I faces, and the rain, ami the things thif happen, a picnic tries young people temper more than any thing else I know, and it is not safe foryoung woman to try ono with her steady cjui-pany, unless she has enough property to be quite sure ot him under any i- r-cumstaticcs. Th New Towing Power. The Lockport Times recall tho fat that two years ago a company laid in canal, between that place ami Buffalo, a-sinall wire cable, which attache I toil peculiar constructed powar, upon a tugboat built for that purpose, w.is used as a means of towing boats. Last season owing to embarrassments ih tt seemed iuscperablc from new undertakings, little or no success the enterprise. This season, howev er, the result has been more satisfactory.

A portion of the cable waa taken up and rclaid towards the cast, and it Lai been in operation, from tho Guard Lock west to Middleport east, a distance of about twenty mile, for th- past two months. The results ha.e been so satisfactory as to intluri- its projectors, and many other, to believe that they have solved the problem of cheap and 'rapid trausporta-tin. Tho depressed state of canal business, and the fact that nearly all the boats carry all their own teams, has operated against its power, but notwithstanding its greater spec I has caused many boatmen to avail tin involves of itusc, especially in the narrow channel and rapid current above the locks, where horse-prOpellcd boats have a difficulty in making only two miles an hour." The cable boa't will take a tow of five or six boats and propel them easily against this current at the rate of four or live miles an hour. It does this without crcatingan unnsal swell iu the canal nnd with astonishingly small consumption of coal. The great power which this cable tow possesses was illustrated a short time since very effectually.

A boat had sunk in the deep cut, and it defied the efforts of alt the teams that could be attached to move it from its anchorage. A rope was attached to the cable tug, and the first pull snapped the ropo like twine. Chains were then empv-cd, aud tho tug towed it down to the locks without any difficulty. Wchave not the date which to stato accurately the amount of its towing powers its cost. These facts will undoubtedly be furnished to the public in an authorized manner in due season, but the judgment of all who have watched its operations is that the extent and cheapness of the power it is able to furnish will astonish canal men when made public, aud that it will solve the long sought problem of cheap and rapid canal towage." It is solemnly announced that the reason no "campaign slanders" have been promulgate against Gov.

Hayes 13 because tlie Democratic newspapers arc too high toned to stoop to such l-'is-incss. Who would supect it "I don't see how von can have- en working liko a horse." exclaimed a lawyer's wife, her husband having declared that lie had been working. "Wdl, my dear," he. replied, "I've besn drawing a conveyance all day, anyhow." 4 ,1.