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Remarkable Case of Vitality.

The Cimmaron New Mexico) News
records the following remarkable in
stance of vitality: A bit Of scientific
revolver practicetook places at fandango
at Flizabethtown the night of the 4th,
of which the following are the particu-
lars in brief Theodore Brown got into
quarrel with Ute creek miner, and
read him two chapters from Colt, with
out effect, however, the q. @. man not
being in a receptive condition, or Brown
not being pointed enough in his remarks.
During the discussion the banjo-piayer
at the fandango interf f?red, and threw
Theodore across the hall. Shortly alter
this Brown marched up to the banjo
picker, who, we believe, was stalking with
another man, and blazed away st. him
with navy revolver, at distance OF
few inches, the powder burning the face
of the banjo man (whose name we could
not learn and the ball entering the
middle of his forehead, just above the
bridge of the nose, passing within the
skull. The man retained his conscious
ness and did not seem to suffer much
pain. The next day he was visited by
DIR. Longwill, who probed the wound to
the depth of about three inches, but
could not find the bullet. The patient
| is still doing well, and two or three days
ago he got up and walked down street
and bought him a new hat. II is' GER
tainly an extraordinary case, for the
wound is one which would prove instant
ly fatal in ninety-nine cases out Of a
4 hundred
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The Art of cultivating unhappinesg.

The chase after happiness, or the
pleasure which we dignhy by calling it
Happiness, is generally supposed to be
the common occupation of all the world.
But this is by no means the case. There
are people too apathetic to care about
happiness at all. Some there are who
pursue it in an inverted form, they find
pleasure in being unhappy, and hNppi-
ness in making themselves and all
around them miserable; while others do
really prefer tragedy to comedy, and, if
they can get it in no other way, they
will create tragedy or the illusion of it
in private life. There are few actors,
either good or bad, who have not at
some time believed that their role was
tragedy; and it is thus with these every
day actors on the worlds broad stage.
There is n certain dignity in the claim.
The tragedies of Euripides rank higher
than the comfortable sayings of Horace
81 also have suffered, they proudly say.
g In sorrow only seek for consolation.
Clearly, there are as many ways of be-
ing or doing the one thing as there are
of being or doing the other. To cnlti-
vate habits of ready forgiveness, of
earnest and persistent cheerfulness
about small things, of looking on the
bright side, carries a man long way in
one direction. To such, however, as
choose the oppisito path we volunteer
some well-intentioned advice. Those
who find their pleasure, or, if that be
too strong a word, their sat~3fac-
ten, in developing unhappiness in
and for themselves and others must
bring to their task as much care and
concentration of purpose rs if the OBJ
ject were not only good and wise in it.
self, But in the nature of things abso-
lutely necessary and the means to this
end should be the subject of serious
reflection. A well-sustained arti-
fetal physiognomy or demeanor of any
kind often turns counterfeit into reality.
If man fixes his face for good temper,
he almost compels himself to be good
tempered ; whereas by assuming perpet-
ually peevish expression, peevish
temper is engendereJt But this is D
work of time. OF e the better
and more thorough nla9lled iss to Gre
ate in your own breast the sentiment
yau doeiro to manifest. And this with
pFoetiee becomes b sltBeF ofEFsa host
.gs sss los5fye 81 W HI n 8 i II
SessIst estsISss 93F s
SO Chat "a EepEesautin IN aappiaess yoa
may not appear in the character of des-
pair. Put 4haly Gazette.
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Freedom the Basis q home JOY.


theoretically we eagerly subscribe to
the belief that "there'msno place like
home ;" practicallywe often stultify our
selves by making ghome SO far from agree
able that the beautiful song is true to
our experience in an opposite way from
the one the poet meant. The great trou-
BILE in three homes out of five is that
they are inelastic: there is no room left
in their economy forindividual freedom.
The same &S2bending rule is made to ap-
ply to half dozen people, no two of
whom are precisely alike, and who may
be so differently constituted that what
to one is no trouble is to another n ty-
ranny. For instance, in fit of virtue
such as comes to most morals now and
then, the heads of a house ordaint that
breakfast shall be an hour earlier than
usual. Ali right, if they would consent
to take it themselves and leave the rest
to do as they please. But early rising,
with oil due respect to it, isof the Phar-
isees, Pharisaical, and its votaries sell
dom fail to sound trumpet before them,
which not only proclaims their ownmer-
its but effectually puts an end to sleep
on the part of others. There is no earthly
reason patent TO the unpreiudiced mind
why table must needs be kept stand
ing with the debris of a meal upon it, a
mute but eloquent reminder to the last
conner that he is late or why (Ptfee-
pot may not be set conveniently back
upon range, a saucepan left boiling for
the egg that is cooked just in three lit
tie minutes, and toast or mullins kept
warm at an expenditure of time and pa
tience quite infnitesimal. Could one,
disinclined to rise at the breakfast hour,
feeling the need of ga little more sleep,
little more slumber," be perfectly sure
that he was not keeping the dining-room
in confusion, that the work was going
on, and that pleasant smiles would well
come him by and by to cozy littleside-
table, howmuch more comfortable would
be that last hour of repose There are
sanity beings who darken blinds and
steal round softly in the morning that
tired people may enjoy H5last this sort of
rest but they are, alas rare. Tt is on
triaes, after all, that the JOY of home
living depends. At bottom a family may
be entirely devoted to each others in
terests. the husband aa toll and the
wife may save with ing zeal and
fidelity, and both mas their chill
dren and be willing toSlay down their
lives for them. Yet they may make
each other wretched, and render their
ehildren's lives a burden, by failure in
little courtesies, by lack of little recog-
nitions, by caring more for things that
perish than for the essence that is i'm
mortal. - Hearth and Home.
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THE WIDOW OF MAIN.

(
"qhe oaly con Of hs mother and she toas a ,oiaow.'
The dust on their sandalslay heavy aud white,
1heir garments were damp with the tears Of the
Their ael f6gt weary, aita throBlinR with pain,
AstiisE battered tiga gstss 1f tlieelsA pg Nair
But, ioi onthe pathway sorrowing throng
Pressed hrnf1lly chanting funeral song,
And like BHd monotone ceaBeless and slow,
The voice of woman came laden with woe
What need, stricken mothers, to tell how she wept
We read by the vigils that sorrow hath kept,
Ye know by the travail of anguish and pain
The desolate grief Of the widow Of Main.
As he who was first Of the wayfaring men
Advanced, the mute burden was lowered and then,
As he touched the white grave-clOths that covered
The bearers shrank back, but the mother drew near
Hor snow-spriukled trcsGes had loosened their
strands,
Great tears fell unchecked on the tighly-clasped
hands:
But hushed the wild sobbing and stifed her cries,
Az Jesus Of Nazareth lifted his eyes.
Eyes wet with compassion as slowly they fell
Eyes potent to soften grtef's tremulous swell
Az, sweetly and tendery, "Weep not, he said,
And turned to the passionless face Of the dead.
White. white cleaned his forehead, loose rippled
the hair,
Bronze-tinted DER temples transparently fair:
And glory stole up from the earth TO the skies,
Az he called to the voceess one, 'Young man, arise
The hard, rigid outlines grew fervid with breath
The dull eyes Enclosed from the midnight of death !;
Weep, weep happy mother, and fall ut his feet!
Lies pale, blighted promise grow hopeful and
sweet. |.
The morning had passed, and the midday heats
burned
The eonqueror Of kings had conquered again;
There was Joy in the house of the widow of Main
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The Manitoban Dundreary.
fTrom the Minneapolis Tribune.l

Gordon bears close resemblance to
Sothern as Dundreary--a smallish face !;
dark curly hair; no mustaches; heavy
"mutton chop" side whiskers F.; a small
nose, retrou8se; q man of medium size,
who gives the impression of always
commanding himself. In requirements
and power of execution he seems to be
sort of count of Monte Christie, a good
Judge of men, and supreme master OF
contingencies. He has wonderful
range of languages, and also of Ian
guage, from the lowest billingsgnte to
the most elegant and fowery flights,
from indecency, obscenity and profanity
to the highest reaches of sentiment and
philosophy. He has q sharply contra
dicted character in all respects. At
times in business he is cool and far
sighted, striking right to the center OF
the mark, and again he is puerile as
school-boy; sometimes resolute and
strong, and again weak and vacillating;
sometimes serious, and again volatile.
The only element of character in which
he is consistent is his entire lack of pos
tive conviction. He was generally po-
lite and even courteous during his short
life in Minnesota, but he seemed 10
have no more moral purpose than a
fawn or Yucatan ape,
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Brigham and his Wives.

Brigham Young is reported to have
expressed himself as follows in one of
his recent "sermons in Salt Lake
City &C. wish my women to under
stand that what I am going to say is for
them as we'll assothers, and want those
who are here to tell their sisters, yes,
all the women in the community. am
going to give you from this time to the
9th of October next for reflection, that
you may determine whether you wish
to stay with your husbands or not, and
then I am going to set every wOman,-9
liberty, and say to them, "now, go your
way" And my wives have got TO do
one of two things, either round up their
shoulders to endure the Affections of
this world, and live their religion, that
is, polygamy, or they must leave for l
will not have them about me. / will
90 into heaven alone rather than to have
scratching and fighting about me. [
will set all at liberty. What, first wife,
too? Yes, iberate you all. want to
go somewhere or do something to get
rid of the winners. do not want them
to receive part of the truth and spurn
the rest out Of doors. Let every man
thus treat his wives; keeping raiment
enough to cover his body, and say to
your wives, take all that have and be
set at liberty but, if you stay with me,
you shall comply with the law of God
in every respect, and that, too, without
any murmuring or whining. You must
fulfill the law Of God in every respect,
and round up your shoulders to walk
up to the mark without any grunting." ;"
PUNCH has q pathetic picture Of q
young married couple on a calling trip.
As they wait at the door where they
have rung the bell, Augustus is thus
cautioned Augustus, love, let me beg
of you DO not give way to any insane
demonstrations of delight. before. the
servant if she says they're not at home.
THOUGHTS seem occasionally to have
q life of their own, Life independent,
sometimes they are even stronger than
the thinkers, and draw them relentlessly
along. They seize hold of outward cir
cunstances with their strong grip.
How strangely a dominant thought
sometimes runs through whole epoch
Of life.-Mtss Thackerg.
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News Of the Week.
EAST

r,o usno dealers in New York city are
s,-r,g viii selling an article 30 adulterated
4 .,plsln only 8 or per cent, OF ammonia,
..a.g vlnable element Of that fertilizer,
iJont 90 per cent. Of other matter, mainly
IN and unknown in genuine guano. They
IA il have succeeded in swindling the
s.rs into buying their spurious stuff by
.s,l.,sitipe the trademark Of the Peruvian
7rnont and reRlling old bags which bore
1, nsl brand. Suits have been brought
,.oe them BY the agents Of the Peruvian
gunont, who ask for an injunction to
n tbe fraud, and claim heavy damages.
-Hali.s-dozen heavy failures have occurred
sls sea trade Of New York, for sums rising
"a si5OOO to s55O,OOO. The house Of A. A.
m 4 Go. have also lost q million dollars.
Il lotsl Losses Of the trade are stated at
epOOO. This Is attributable to over-sup-
II Il Tie American market, Ghere being ut
ats surplus Of So, 100000 pounds, according
recognized authority. The New York
lsnng Post says that During the last year
ass hos been adeeIipe Of from thirteen to if
s1ssntsa q pound in goldingreen teas, and from
u u aiteeB cents in gold on blacks. On ia
~ tho decline has been but from three to
Bssnts pound in gold, as the supply Of
iii vns somewhat excessive, and prices On
Q class we're ct q low figure year ago" 1
baltimore. The orietai report Of the fire.
pectOr places the number Of buildings de-
syed by tho late fire at l18, Of which Ga
70 three-story brick houses, 20 two-story
ok horaas, two churches, three school
leos four we're restaurants, throe boarding
ass, and four stables, Official estimate Of
not yet made
Tho superintendeneof of rates and surveys
dAsclly of Now York, in his report TO the
asdoi Ore oundorwritcrs, aays FIRE one-tenth
aslsai Of the Boston great ERE, occurring in
aay.goods distriotof New York, would result
lluuoh greater loss than that OF Boston.
aAl0 eays that group Of storage stores,
slh ora case single store, contained mer-
s'filss At one time to the value Of 800, ,000,-
4 nd In other stores the pressure weight in
altngle building equalsd 1000 tons to the
IN, err
-lhenoIorious Yves Allen, Sing Sing CON
Z refused to Join party OF fellow-eonviots
igtens 10 the Auburn state prison. He re-
ssal into bis cell and armed himself with
aaa When the prison authorities were
.al attack him there, no pointed to can
lallo glypOrlno, which he had with him in
asll threatening to blow up the prison il
ssid, Tho officers then retreated.
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A STRONG alum water is sure death
to bugs Of any description. Take two
pounds of pulverized alum and dissolve
in three quarts of boiling water, allow
it to remain over the fire until thor
oughly dissolved. Apply while hot,
with brush, or what is better, use a
syringe to force the liquid in the cracks
of the walls and bedsteads. Scatter
also the powdered alum freely in these
places, and you will soon be rid of these
insect nuisences which fill one with dis
gust
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Tree Planting on the Public Lands,

Tree Planting on the Public Lands.
At the late session of Congress, it will
be remembered that an act was passed
intended to encourage the planting of
timber on the public lands of the Uni
ted States. The first section of this act
is as follows:
BE it enacted, That any person who
shall plant, protect and keep in healthy
growing condition of five years, forty
acres of timber, the trees thereon not
being more tlaaa eight feet anaHt, aRch
way y!qon aay nssillI
hollands 81 ths Uha6 bs'
entitled to patent of the whole of said
quarter section at the expiration of five
years, on making proof of such fact by
not less than two creditable witnesses.
Provided, That only one-quarter in any
section shall be thus granted"
It will be seen from this section that it
is left somewhat in doubt whether ornot
planter may go on multiplying the
number of quarter sections to be thus
entered and finally awarded. The sub
ieet having recently been brought be-
fore the commissioner of the public
land office, he has decided that, while
the provisions of the first section of the
timber culture act of March 3, 1873,
do not in terms limit qualified person
in the number of entries he may make
Hereunder, yet the policy Of the go2-
ernment, as expressed in the public land
lew generally, is SO opposed to spccu-
lative monopoly of the public domain
that, under the authority vested in him
by the said section of the said act, he
has ruled that an individual shall be al
lowed to make but one entry.
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"Dox'r worry yourself about my
going away, my darling. Absence, you
know, makes the heart grow fonder.
"Of somebody else" added the dar,
ling.
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Ropes for Pireinen.

( tE-.fl ~
The Boston Traveller suggests to the
committee on the reorgRui1ation of the
Ore department. IF tllat city that there
ought to be attached 10 every hose
riage Rbail- block and 140feet Of Q END
ropagnugly coiledup, with the turns care
fully taken out Of it before coiled, and
arranged in such way that a man could
easily carry it on his back up stairs to
the top of building. The Traveller
says: "The whole weight of such coil
need not exceed fifty pounds. Let there
be small hook in each end of the rope,
and hook in the end of the tail at
tached to the block. Manila hemp
rope, being timber, would be the best.
When IN alarm of fire sounds, let it be
the duty of one man to proceed to the
scene of the fire rs fast as possible. If
it should be in high building, and
there is chance to ascend by the stairs,
let the rope be carried up to the mooS
convenient window, shut the room door
to keep the smoke ont, then make fast
the tail-block, and throw both ends of
the rope into the street. Ore end can
readily be hooked around the hose, and
then the crowd below, taking hold of
the other end, could run the hose up to
the top of any building in a few seconds.
There man would be on hand to re-
ceive it, and know how to arrange it for
service without delay. Those who own
high buildings would do we'll to have
such coil of rope themselves indie
pendent of the fire department. But,
as manila rope is liable to swell when in
contact with water, whale line might
be used in preference. This rope would
also be means of escape for the hose
men when they found the place too hot
for them. With the blight of it around
under the arms and the hook over the
rope, man taking hold of the other
part could easily lower himself to the
street, having first sent the hose doWeA
The same process could easily be used
for raising or lowering ladders, or for
taking ont light furniture from upper
stories"
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He wrote to his e ID about
q fortnights time, to ha5 ho
had taken Both his peis %, and
was d married man and intended To-
hrine hiabfiia nome about Christmas.
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Az ihe parties held at Fort Garry, Mani
~ iu' lhekldnappIng Of Lord Gordon, have
y 'd7nittad BY Judge BetournOy for trial
e0aobaE
-aaassoia Agricultural authorities claim
n lla wheat crop Of the state viii yield o
s.a q aaieOO,O00 bushels for export.
-lVaA eseitement prevails in western Tex.
y aeoFnt Of repeated Indian depreda-
= People alongthe frontier are abandon
u lAall h9nloA and nrona.
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aFlal q saieO0,0OO bushels for export.
-sVaA excitement prevails in western Tex.
q 1esopnt Of repeated Indian depreda-
People alongthe frontier are abandon
at' b9nol and crops,
faRkIGN LNTELLIGENCE.
-lA' arrest Of Che brutal italian padrone,
'aal gilione, IN New Haven, Conn, and
alaopnenta 81 his barbarous treatment
aala Bhom he employed, OF, rather,
travel the streets at night with
Yl'llas and harps, has attracted much
The four children have been
ssi ~ y the state rsforn-sehool till the trial
aaaa d October.
-Aat cargo Of war material which the
~ Hfginius aucO0ded in landing on the
v Vaoa tor tho insurgent army, COM
Y following Five hundred Reming.
4N hpanoers one hundred and flfty
saas swohundred thousand cartridges,
IN, q gun powder, two hundred sabres,
sslA iaai0hetots etc, besides large
. @edieines and tholoing.
sA. NJ" hnaunelhasbaon greatly ydisquieted
oaiaoFs Of tho French priests against
sr.a .-asa' q the Papal See. They are ex.
49,. u aellatlonr he told the French minis
h5..., !. departure from Rome, which is in
sch. a.
sss,,' 4s 9hala Of clerical Europe. If they
e.,' Fp5essed he will turn for relief co
R8,T, n asi'h shows the clerioa no quarter,
,,,s " y lQrtunes With hers. This, he sig
~. alaas haoMahon, might result in
nsa, money and territory more tar
shose Of 1879.
stouoA assembly has constituted 4
d ~, committee to sit during the recess
d aed them with extraordinary now.
ss,s !. sisaea government, It seems, has
s. a'o'matlon, which Il regards al
s, WAT instructions have been is-
head Of the intenationals in
wv N saboFdinateg In France ID or
assAB. y, " iApor strikes throughout
Y 6e carried into eject during
ess The bin authorizing the
ssaSs ~ !. Asehuroh Of the Sacred Heart
a'Al enthe heights of Afontmar-
F FAris, passed the assemble
sl',Rg debase, In lho cou,so 81
' a religious partisanship was
NJ. commonly rono,..d -, A..
ssass.soa g VIII retain the presidency Of
NJ NJ " nonshH longer, when se N
~ Fstarp ss hiu Oommsnd II ebs !.
''raasua VI y y .pcoos5e1 ~ sSpG0,,San so ,
aAoa uAo h.s ,yssa ~ s4i,al in,lna.,s, sass
= 2 essaraaaa mon non sbsas,,oo ~ ooos.
M sxtrgns 'is, M, 49, w oosa- $
Aa qasstion " ! 4ss sIs.o,s. S's,
Ars e las provinces durinr
g prepaTations sor w. i Y
Sha aoEls Who soine5 ths
q hi favor 81 ln.lenas,s NJ
sFa abandoned ~ es.,,'a. ,s..s',
e9Mnittsa by TN
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insurgents. During the occupancy of Seville
by the insuTectionists, many buildings in va
rious quarters of the city were burned, and In
y number Of streets every houae and store was
robbed. The conduct Of Gen'l Gontreras IN
bombasainsg lafeHaele# saa 81 spcl1la hi
immense reaction III favor of the national govg
enment. The frigates seized ct Oartagena
are partly manned BY galley slaves The gov
ernment has received intelligence from Mau-
laga that upon the arrival Of the insurgent
frigste, commanders OF the English, French
ard German squadrons held conference with
Contreras and urged him to return the seized
war vesselsto Cartagena. The government is
further informed that the commanders decided
to hold Contreras as hostage until the vessels
are returned,
From foreign files just received are cullod
the following The Jesuits expelled from
Germany have in part found a new home in
Lancashire, England. After they had wan-
dorod through France, Belgium AMI England
the brothers Stapleton placed an estate at their
disposal and the fathers at once established
a convent at Dille-Hlall, with nearly one hun
dred inmates. Other colonies of German Je-
suits have established themselves at Strang-
hurst and st. Buenas in North Wales
The explanation at Berlin Of the story re-
Gently started by Vienna newspaper that
the treaty between Russia and Prussia proyi-
ding for q new partition Of Poland signed in
1868, is to the effect that after the Polish re-
bellion of 1868 had been suppressed the Rus
sian governmentsoffered to cede to Prussia
part of that troublesome and ungovernable
country, but that Bismarck declined the acqui-
sition because he was Of opinion that, with
still greater number of subjects belonging to
a nationality inimical TO Prussian government
on principle, constitutional government
would become an impossibility in Prussia.
The Republicans of Bristol have issued
manifesto protesting against any increase in
the allowance to the duke Of Edinburgh on
the occasion of his marriage anniversary.