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ALE TRIAL

PHILIP BARTON KEY, ESQ, U. S. D. A.
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CHAPTER v.
"Dry up and .n.pena. R-AsONTnOUs.

"Dry up and suspend. H-ASoNTMoUs.
The news of the murder of Roderiego
spread with rapidity throughout the city.
The Metropolitans were on the alert, and
by the orders of Coroner Conery, the
Count was arrested, and the mutilated
tooth pick was found upon his person.
Isabella was summoned as . witness,
but alas | could give no evidence, she had
become an IDIOT The Count endeavored
to prove that the blood upon the tooth
pick was not arterial, but he was found
guilty and sentenced to be hanged.
z But bark what cry is that breaks on
the startled ear? ''Ere's the Express, Sd
'dition-got the recovery of Roderiego =
The news was true ! Roderiego was
not MORALLY wounded, and with the aid
Of the retired physician whose sands Of
life have nearly run OUT recovered his
usual health.
But little remains for us to relate. The
Count D'Sincompoop was released by
the intercession of Roderiego. and left the
United States to spend the balance Of his
miserable life in New Jersey. In ft of
diabolical passion at hearing Of the mar
rage of Roderiego D'Polliwog, to the
Lady Isabella D. Fitzsimpkins, he dashed
his brains out with bar Of soap.
Roderiego and Isabella, who, after the
murder, had procured divorce from the
Count. lived happily together, and many
little Pollywogs squirmed around their
feet. THE END. re-
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CHAPTER ".
"Ifthe red slayer thinks hsslays,
Or if the slain thinks he is slain,


II makes slight difference either ways,
Ilet EN- up aad go in again r-EHERsoS.
The Count D'Nincompoop left his
castle, his noble form closely envcloped
in cloak. which disclosed it to adVan-
tage, and pursued his way to the mansion
of Lady Isabella. With cautious steps
he ascends the stair case, until he reaches
the room where we have introduced her
in the last chapter, and opening the door
beholds Roderiego endeavoring to restore
Lady Isabella to consciousness.
Hal ha Roderiego, l have thee at
last ? and ere the brave Roderiego could
speak, he plunged his dagger in his bosom.
Roderiego D'PolliwOg fell MORALLY
wounded, the blood running in a crimson
stream upon the carpet.
D'Nincompoop gazed a moment at the
body, and then endeavored to arouse Lady
Isabella. She opened her eyes and shnd
dered when she beheld the Count. "a,
Where is Roderiego?' she asked in
agitation.
'Perfdious female woman, behold y
he exclaimed as he pointed to the corpse.
My vengeance is complete the Blood
tub has wiped ont his wrongs with blood T
: Isabella gazed with an idiotic look
upon the form of him she loved.
Let me have a relic of the glorious
deed,' he said, and STOPPING he took from
the pocket of Roderiego a broken tooth
pick. 1t was slightly stained with blood
from the wound.
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CHAPTER III.
"Her nose Is like the snow-driR,
And bunged up her eye."-BYRoS.
MThnt,, sn.r-Rrxnrps.

That's so."-RTNDERs.
In magni6cently furnished apartment
sat Lady Isabella, and Roderiego knelt at
her feet. r a2
Rise, Roderiegol' she said, in dulcet
tones.
IN rise no more than fancy stocks
have since the financial crisis, until you
decide my fate. In your hands rests my
happiness wilt thou be mine 2 Speak,
Lady Isabella, speak 7
She answered not, but turned aside her
lovely head, and wiped her nose.
Are those pearly drops from that bright
nose-no, excuse me, from those bright
eyes-of mingled JOY and..apprehension9'
She dried her tears and spoke
'Rodereigo, to you owe the preserva-
ton of my life. 1 love thee-aye, as the
Democracy do the 'spoils : but, butt
can never wed with thee 7
What fearful mystery is here, COM
pared with which the attack on William
Patterson sinks into insigni6cance p ejac-
ulated ROderiego.
Listen 7 she exclaimed. There is an
insurmountable barrier to our union, and
that is
What q interrupted Roderiego.
Iamthe wife of Count D'Nincompoop,
the Blood-tub of Tilletudlum = she gasp
ed, and fell fainting to the-Aoor.
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WV " 0no NNutet OF ny oiscontont
Made dOuby bitter BY the scarcity
OF larger bier-.-SHAxsrEARE.
Lager, more lager 7 hoarsely shouted
the Count D'Nincompoop to his attend
ants, as he sat at the banquet table, in
the Hall of Nincompoop Castle.
The butler hastened to obey the order.
and soon returned with the intelligence
that the lager was all gone. t7sisi.-
NO lager 7 exclaimed the Count in q
voice Of thunder. aa
mental.
Fool. why did'st thou not provide
more OF that Teutonic beverage But
70: depart, evaporate /! ere in nay rage /
setiks out from the shoulder like an art
Isl and give you Jesse l''s ~
me o1tier and other attendants left,
and the Count was alone
with rapid strikes he paced the hall
anon ne speaks, while his manly face is
distorted with fearful passion
isabella D'Fitzsimpkins, thou shalt be
p il9e; aye, naughty beauty, never shall
I .;S call you wife. My plans are
,A,o' and, unlike the Wall street brokers,
Know no such thing as fall Roderie-
bewarep
With the smile of demon, he drew
Iron. IRON Its sheath a glittering dagger, and
saarpened it on his boot.
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The Anti-Lecompton Sunday School,.
What They Consider an Honor.

1t is to be presumed that all the Sab
bath Schools in Philadelphia are Anti
Lecompton, but the sentiments of one Of
them came out in rather an unexpected
way last Sunday. An occasion of unu-
sual interest had brought very full at
tendance on the exercises of the School,
and in honor of the event, the pastor or
rector of the church. under whose care it
is, delivered capital address, which was
rather oddly interrupted. He was giving
the hundreds of bright and intelligent
little people, who eagerly listened to his
simple and beautiful address, reasons why
they should love the Saviour.
He said: CHOW children, you should
love Him because He is friend whom il
is an honor to have. Suppose you should
get letter from the penitentiary-would
that be an honor %
OF course all the larger children said
"No p and the hundreds of younger ones
echoed-"No, Sir !"
"Well, them" said the minister, "sup-
pose Gov. Packer would write to you
would that be an honor ?'
The children, large and small, of course,
shouted" Yes, Sir :" .-
"Now," pursued the speaker, Suppose
Mr. Buchanan. the President, should
write letter to any of you-would you
not esteem that very high honor in
deed 7'' ' .i
Here ensued an awful pause ; the bright
faces looked puzzled; the mischievous
ones began to laugh, and the younger ones
looked anxiously at the elder scholars for
their cue. The taller boys looke,, at each
other moment, and finally said "No,
Sir !" and every child in the school,
great and small, shouted out tumultuously,
"No, Sir"
The teachers all smiled, and the speaker
laughed outright, but recovering himself
in an instant, he raid. why, children,
this is all wrong; 1 like Mr.. Buchanan.
So ought you; you ought to love every
body; 1 had no idea of talking politics
to you" He then went on to ask them
if they would not like to receive letter
from Queen Victoria" certainly
was very estimable lady and the
Queen of England not being involved in
"Lecompton," the children expressed the
opinion that letter from Her Majesty
would be an honor.
The occurrence has furnished laughter
to large circle for two days, SO we vio-
late no confidence in thus giving it to the
public. Bulletin.
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The LITTLE Drummer BoY.--Among
the troops at the Newport Barracks is a
tiny drummer, who is only eight years
old, but handles the drum sticks with the
skill of veteran. For forty years his
father beat the drum in the 9th Infantry,
and when be died, his mother wished to
have the boy join the army in the same
capacity as his father. So permit was
procured from Gen. Scott, and the little
boy is now duly enrolled. He dresses
like the soldiers, though his cap is nearly
half as tall as he, and marches about with
a drum into which he might almost crawl,
so small is he. suspended from his neck,
as grave judge, precise, regular and SOL
dierly. ~
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WoSDERFUL GRowTH OF KANSAS Cir
IEs.-AKansas correspondent, in allusion
to the rapid growth Of Kansas, says:
1.-THE growth of Western Cities has
always been quoted as something marvel
Ions, and this one of Leavenworth will
not fall behind the most marvellous ac-
counts of their progress. Less than four
years ago not building was to be seen
on the spot where now reside at least
eight thousand people. In the space of
three years and half it has grown up to
its present proportions. and is still in
creasing rapidly. Two daily papers and
three weekiies are published in this city.
The various printing offices are overrun
with Job work. and business generally, is
prosperous. In addition to the progress
in the newspaper line, the citizens are
preparing for the introduction of water
into the city. and also intend lighting it
with gas. A great deal Of activity is
apparent, arising from the preparations
being made here for the Utah Expedi-
tion
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GAsPING, DYING.-We observe reluc-
family the melancholy fact that many
newspapers now published in Nebraska
and Western Iowa are gasping for breath,
in short, dying. We sympathize with
them and with them feel disposed to come
down on the people who induced their
establishment and then have refused or
neglected their support, Newspapers
cannot be published without the daily
expenditure of cash-not credit-money,
and Editors and proprietors are unfortu-
nately so near human that they are obliged
to wear clothes and consume food thereby
entailing personal expenseFt,lpon their
journal.
1t is altogether a mistaken notion that
type, paper, ink, press, and journeymsn
can be procured, worked up, worn out
and used up without the consumption Of
any money whatever, and the people who
entertain it are generally either fools or
knaves. -,f-t
Good newspapers build up towns, and
whenever we see a paper die ont from want
of support we shall know that the town
is failure and humbug.-NsJrasko
City Aews. aa
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The RULEs or THE HeUsE.-At the last
Session of Congress the Speaker was au-
thorized to appoint a committee. to con-
sist of himself and four other members
to be named by himself, to revise the
rules of the House, and meet such COM
mittee as might be appointed on the part
of the Senate to revise the joint rules Of
the two houses. The remainder. Of the
committee is composed of Messrs. Win
slow Of North Carolina, Grow Of Penn
sylvania, Bocock Of Virginia, and Wash
6urne of Maine. The Committee will
report early next session Washington
Union.
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peanuts, pair of frightened horses dashed
down. the street. ALI, except Isabella,
fed, but she seemed as if rooted to the
spot-they are almost upon her, when a
youth rushed from a lager beer saloon.
seizes the foaming steeds by the reir1s, and
with snpsrbumau strength throws them
into the middle of next week Having
accomplished this herculean feat, he bears
Isabella in shoticary pop, where she
soon RECEIVERS, and Is escorted home by
the gallant Roderiego. Twas thus they
met. ,,;gsigs. - -,a1aollo. Sal h0i
That night Lady Isabella slept not !;
thoughts of ROdereigo filed her mind,
and she conjured up visions of the future,
brighter than Fernando Wood before
election day. And Roderiego too, wooed
the God of Sleep in vain.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-05

A WESTERN OFFICE SEEKER TAXING
Mr.. BUCHANAN BY THE CoLLAR.-The
Washington correspondent of the New
York Times, writing on the 18th inst,
says: "There is spicy story going the
rounds, to the effect that ono day last
week, western office seeker, who has
been here long time, and who has been
finally disappointed, called on the Presi-
dent in rage, and after indulging in
some pretty sharp language, seized Mr..
Buchanan by the collar, and shook a
brawny fist under his nose The ven
turesome individual was, of course, him
self Immediately collared and kicked out
of the white house. The incident is not
believed by some of Mr.. Buchanan's
Pennsylvania frienGs because, they say,
he could and would have hoored the dis
appointed pugilist himself, which he did
not do.-DenOerGt. rs r,f
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The Spanish Minister'S Private Sec
rotary Kicked out of q Bankers
House. 81.

The Washington correspondence Of the
N. Y. Express furnishes an item of gossip
which for the moment throws the Kansas
question into the shade at the CAPITOL
1t seems that the Spanish Minister'S Pri-
vate Secretary has long been the adEirer
Of the only daughter of a retired banker,
who is designated as Mr.. c.. probably
Mr.. Corcoran, and who forbade the
young man his house. isl-l -
But not despairing-and Love never
despairs-the young Don tried to gain
the confidence of a friend of the young
lady, residing at her house, and leased her
so much that she complained to head
quarters.
The Father then used harsh language
to the Secretary. whereupon the Secretary
threatened to challenge or to shoot the
Father. The Young Lady, afraid the
threat would be Put into execution, took
advantage of his absence to dinner near
by, given by distinguished Senator, and
requested, by note, and for the purpose of
explanation, the Secretary to come to see
her. The summons, of course, was
obeyed with alacrity-but one of the
servants stepped out of the house, and
notified the Father of the presence of the
unwelcome visitor. Father was in rage,
and-in company with a Senator from
Indiana-returned to his home. The
Daughter hearing the Fathers voice, fed,
and the Secretary hid himself under the
piano in the picture gallery.
The young lady denied the hateful
presence, but the feet protruding under the
piano, told the tale-whereupon the Span
ish Representative was actually kicked
out of the house. A challenge has since
been sent, and refused by the father. The
Secretary now hesitates, it is said, what
to do-whether to shoot, or what ? The
excitement, however, is lively, especially
in the diplamatic corps, who almost as
whole resent the insult upon their fellow
member, and who will express their dis
sent by refusing any longer to recognize
the father They reason that, as the
Secretary was sent for especially, and the
father having roughly used him without
knowing the fact, he should apologize,
and such is the prevailing opinion out Of,
as well as in the Diplomatic corps.
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FOLEY TURNED LoosE-ANTI-LEcoalP-
ToNIsM IN THE AsCENDANT.-The ambi-
tious Representative from the Fourth
District of Indiana, has been turned
loose in the District" by his constituents,
in a sense contrary to that intended by
these words in his memorable letter. The
indianapolis Journal gives this account
of the matter:
"The Democratic Congressional Con-
vention in the Fourth District was held
on Tuesday, at Grsensburg, and on the
first ballot William S. Holman received
11S votes, D. D. Jones At, and B. F.
Mullen A, thus nominating Holman at
the first effort This is an anti-Lecomp-
ton victory, as we apprehend it. Holman
was one of the leaders in the emeute of
the 9Th of January, and has been one Of
the prominent, though not very active,
men Of that side ever since. John l..
Robinson, who has hitherto owned this
District, was bitterly opposed to him,
and no doubt fought him savagely, and
this result must be very unpleasant pill
to the great embodiment Of sanity. What
resolutions, if any, were passed, we have
not heard, but it is not unlikely that some
half way, or whole, Lecompton stuff has
been forced down to take the taste of Hol-
man out of their months. This is a
substantial anti-Lecompton victory, tho
not a very dazzling one, and occurring
right under the nose and on the premises
of the Marshal, its Importance is enhan-
ced considerably over what it would have
been in Distrist making more profess
ions of Douglasism."
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NEBUcHADxEzzAR' HUNTTNe DIARY
A correspondent of the Northern Ensign
says a book is shortly to be published by
Col. Rawlinson, upon further discoveries
he has made. He found Nebuchadnez-
zar's hunting diary, with notes, and here
and there portrait of his dogs, sketched
by himself, with his name under it. He
mentions in it. having been i'll, and whilst
delirious be had been out to Craze like the
beasts Of the field. Is this not a won
derful confederation of scripture +? Rswl-
inson also found q pot of preserves, in an
excellent state. and gave some to the
Queen to taste. How little Nebuchadnez-
Ears cook dreamt, when making them,
that, twenty Eve centuries after, the Queen
of England would eat some of the iden-
teal preserves that figured at her masters
table London, Rsskly Tines.
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The Keokuk Gate City, in his river
news, publishes the followinS-"G. w.
Jones-down." We presume that this
is intended to convey the intelligence that
the steamer G. w. jones. bound down
the river, had touched at Keokuk. Out
of charity for the feelings of certain
disappointed Iowa politician, we implore
the Gate to make its river announcements
less laconic. G.. w. Jones is dorn, sure
enough, but what's the use of prosecuting
the poor man with standing announce
ment of the fact.-Peorid Transcript.
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BUCHANAN BECOMES A GoD-sEND.-A
contemporary thinks that James Buchan-
an is god-send, as he will bring the
American people to repentance, the first
step in the road that leads to Heaven
Albany Rnieker5ocker remarks that this
idea reminds them Of another. In GER
tain village in Ohio, resided family,
consisting of an old man named Beaver,
and his four sons, all of whom were hard
pets, and who had often laughed to scorn
the entreaties of pious, though very &C.
centric minister, who resided in the same
town. 1t so happened that one of the
boys was bitten by rattlesnake and was
expected to die, when the minister was
sent for in great haste. On his arrival he
found the young man very penitent and
anxious to be prayed with. The minister,
calling on the family, kneeled down and
prayed in this wise -.,-
'Oh, Lord, we thank Thee for rattle
snakes we thank Thee, because rattle
snake has bit Jim. We pray Thee to
send rattle snake to bite John, and send
one to bite Bill send one to bite Sam !;
and Oh, Lord. send the biggest kind of a
one to bite the old man ; for nothing bat
rattle snakes viii ever bring the Beaver
family to repentancer
Mr.. Buchanan is the political rattle
snake an all-wise Providence has placed
in the Executive chair to bite the citizens
Of this country into rebellion to Presi-
Dental dictation and official corruption.
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REMEDY AGAINST HYDRoPHoBrG.-The
Glasgow Argus mentions a remedy for
the bite of rabid animals, applied BY Dr.
David Burnes, in the case of two ladies
of that city. rs.- ~
"They were in the psrlor Of a hotel.
when hrge dog entered, bit them both
severely, and ran off, DR.. Burnes was
in the hotel, who on learning the nature
of the accident instantly caulsrized. cup
ped, and exeised the wounds; and had
also recourse to the singular method Of
making the patients suck their wounds
This course the Doctor recommended ten
years in the Lancet /; and he says that no
danger whatever is to be feared from Il, .if
the mouth and lips are free from sores or
chaps."
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WHrsKEY A CURE FOB Polsos.-An
Australian Journal says, that an Irish
man succeeded in curing his wife, WHO'S
leg had been bitten by q yenomous So
pent. through the application Of Ekis-
key bottle. mouth downward, to Tbs
wound. The whiskey gradually became
darker. and the discolorstion round tie
bile diminished, until at last, the whole
of the poison appeared to have bssn ab-
sorbed BY the spirit: f..-,., s.,.5..,,
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Mistellanfous,
MARY MACREE.
BY MISS FANNY MALONE RAYMOND.

1890 H-'A~-A@N-NAS AN1AA
E Tho young Geraldine
Hath the step Of q Queen,
And Ailsen be fair as the day;
Tho beauty may lie
In the bright, laughing eye a'
ofNOra, the handsome and gay;
The maiden love,
Hath the eye Of dove,
And her glances beam only for me;
With the step Of fawn,
Der the mountain At dawn,
Re- Trips Mary, my Mary Maeree. rr..
Tho rivals appear, sH
have nothing to fear.
For my eolleen's an angel Of truth;
In her smile you may trace
All her souls gentle grace.
No guile clouds her innocent youth.
Tho she knows an poor,
Yet she says she'll endure
Sorrow, rather than wealth without me;
Tins III gladly toll on,
Till home have won,
For Mary, my Mary Maeree.
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A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press says that one of the Pennsylvania
members of Congress. when the Le-
compton fight was in full blast, walked
up to the President and spoke as follows:
al shall swallow this dose, sir; for if l
don't, the politicians will take the norni-
nation from me; and i'll do, the people
will take the election from me--so l am
gone anyhow"