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Early Life In Wisconsin.

Early Life In Wisconsin.
Some one has been writing an history o.
Madison, the capital of Wisconsin. Among
some of the good things told are the follow
ing Nothing is more grotesque than the
United States civil services in the wild
erness of Dane county. In 1887, Mr.. John
Catlin was appointed postmaster of Madison,
under Van Buren,, and his deputy opened the
mails and kept the office - in Mr.. Peck 5
house, his being the only family in Madi-
son" This house was " hastily patched
up log-hut, consisting Of one room about
twelve feet square " In 1911, on the coming
in Of Iiarrison's Administration, Mr..
Catlin was removed on political grounds
with as much promptness as if he had been
postmaster of New York or Boston. How
much the town had emerged meantime from
Its primitive condition appears from an anec-
dote Of certain English doctor, who visited
it in 1872, and after days hard experience
of its rawness, sparseness, mud, and visible
drunkenness, said to his cicerone " John
A. if you tell anybody that err iods
IN Madison, by -, III Kill You -
Many are the quotable stories with which
Mr.. Durrie adorns his pages, and curious
are the personages who figure in them. Not
only was Madison the birthplace 9f Miss
Winnie Ream. but Of Miss Wisconsiana Vie
toria Peck and here also flocrished in the
pioneer days the partners in industry and
IN dram-drinking-J0na Buttertield, Of
Vermont, "a great many of the first settlers
OF Madison were from the native State OF
Fiske). and Pinneo. whose Christian name
Is not given. They carried on together a
shingle factory, and independently stopped
work whenever liquor was obiainable. Near
our house, - says one OF Mr.. Durrie's iufo--
mants, ''stood a large oak tree, the one un-
der which Mr.. Peck's family had camped
when they first landed in Madison. This
was a beautiful tree, valued for Its shade As
well as for its beauty and from associa-
ton. Butterfeld knew how we priced
1t, and when strapped, and his credit gone,
his last resort was an onslaught on the old
tree with an axe, and the only condition on
which he would stop from damaging it was
to give him an order on Nelson's OF ThanS
grocery. Butterfield was bad fellow, and
his partner knew it
"N hen the first minister visited Madison,
and called the good people together on sun
cay, Plnneo was among the first present.
lie listened attertiyely to the opening seryi-
ces, and when the minister began to speak
OF q better life than men were leading in the
new country, Pinneo very deliberately rose
from his seat and electrified the small audi
cnce by saying That's 80, Mr.. Phil0, that,
SO. Butterfeld's got to be saved and You
just hold on till ! bring him in Uponwhich
he stalked out of the room. but, failing to
lind his chum. neglected himself 10 return.
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AB.rn IN 1ur Dr.p srA.-Mr. c.

y BATH IN TIE DEAD SEA.-Mr. c. A.
Kingsbury writes a. follows, in Forest ana
Stream, OF hath in tie Deaf Sea
Reaching at last this most remarkable
Of all the seas and hikes On our globe, we
prepared TO take balh-and such a bath |
can hardly expect ever to take again. had
previously batLed in numerous seas, lakes
and rivers. bgt never did | eniDy such bath
a. this. The sVecifc gravity Of the water is
such from is holding n solution so large
proportion Of salt (26 l-2 per cent that one
floats upon its surface like a cJrk At the
time there was only a gentle ripple upon the
sea, and being good Swimmer | at once
struck out into deep water. soon found
that could not only swim and float with
wonderful ease, but couli actually walk
in the water, sinking only 0, the armpirs.
DISCOVERING this fact, ! isaae for the shure,
and taking Dr.. c., one Of oar party, who
could not swim, BY tire land l-l him into the
sea where tie wuirr ~a- msby titouis deep.
At first he Wa quite Reluctant 20 Eilos me.
but he soon zlined c,nfieacr on Eldins
there was uu esrgrr cf sinking. aud he en-
loyed the ru.c. h-th aiGca as il he Rad
been an expert - ii9ais-. Should the bather
allow the water 20 get INTO ms eycs OF mouth
he woald sifeg considerable abatement IN
his enjoyment uu sccruni 0s is extremely
salt, bitter aL5 irritating nature. No h>b'
can live in taI- -ea. hut various kinds OF
ducks abo0nd atIr at certain seasons OF the
year. The wafer Was Is clear Us ordinary
sea water, its teal peTsture was agreebie, and
it has nm oily feeling, and altogether Its ae-
tion on the sarfxce Of the body was such a.
to develope those piea-arable sensations per.
tanning b the sense Of touch, accompanied
by the most delightful exhilaratioas. OF all
the baths in the worId, give me q bath IN
the Dead Sea- .ift2-9
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Nemesis and n Watch. Thinker.


Woe worth the way in which the simple Jasez Peter
Jared
Wee worth the day that Jabez went to have hi
watch repaired
By reiAriCus watch-tinker insidiously ensuared
It was ipe chronometer before that wretch hesun
But long bef-re his feats, with its interior wer
Itwas the craiiest 'whirlisig Of time" that eve
run.
vast boots it to retail the tricks Of that artHce-
It's wTetched, knavish tampering with that chro
nOmeter,
Nlci caused J. Peters to become rrtouent cus
toner
How jewels were distracted and their place sup
Pied by paste,
How wheels were bruised and pnions bent and ba I.
ance wheels misplaced -
Who Aith not. by such tinkers had his faith n man
erased'
Sa..;e it, thst with Jabez time was out # Joint
His watch Kept time that tried mems souls, and,
in the shortest dsv
I"sud marx more hours than there are in "a ey Gle
otCathay."
or else twould 'tlLe no note oftim4, but from its
loss Again
l~ou.d stop and Jabez Peters. as he wound i. up
in vain
Would apostrophize watch-tinkers in rhetoric pro
lane.
sled by It's .rices Jabez often missed the train.
couldn't ascertain,
Ana ioks began 10 intimate that Jabez was insane.
Cold 'etaals and protested notes made Jaber drop
ms jaws
Bt; when be missed the funeral Of his d.ar mother
in-iaw,
That was q disappointment that touched him "on
The raw
sun that ne!ari0us tinker with iInpudence sublime
bimh1pzed Jabez Peters and grew rich with spoils
rf time
-il J4osl aud MS watch together were not worth a
cine.
a Jas; that watch-t.uker .ell sick His lie hung by
thread,
"is It a sPee.h providence, OF merely chance that
l.s friends 70 ask J. Peters t. watch beside his bed
once every hour, the doctor said, the potion shoald
be given.
ha1 Jihez timed II by his watch. which IN each
hour made seven -
Thai taiec let Tor parts unknown, soma time be
io-e eleven
IAe eoroueI's Jary argued thus That tinker had
i:he hadn't laadlclJ P.'s watch untl it ba.ely
So they found that tinker guilty Of constructive
-Bur1iy Coufter
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FLEEISG FROM TEMPTATION. "A member o.
the colored church was the other evening
conversing earnestly with an acquaintance,
and seeking to have him change into better
paths, but the friend said that be was too
often tempted to permit him to become II
Christian.
Nv har 5 yer backbone. dat ye can't rose
up and stand temptation? ?'' exclaimed the
good man. Il was dat way myself once.
Right in dis yere town | had a chance to
steal a par D boots-mighty nice ones.
too. Nobody was dar to see me. and
reached out my hand and do debbil said
take 'em. Den good spirit told me to let
dem boots alone
AN you didn't take EN- ~
mo. sab not much. took par 81
cherp shoes off de shelf an left dem boot.
lone ~ Eicks6urg Herald.
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Lost In the B0tt0mle>S Pii---Ihc story Told by Il
bingham BOnnet--Ierriblc Fate OF 4 Mother
aud fhiId

San Francisco Builet.u.
In Bogg7 county, on the road leading
from Marshallville'to Fruwich. Ia. and ten
miles from the former town, resides well
to-do farmer named Myrup.
His amiable and loving wife. early after
breakfast, had taken her infant child about
nineteen months old, in her arms, and had
gone of in search Of fine and fayorite mich
cow, that had for the first time failed to
come home the preyi0ls evening.
On coming home from tire field to hi,
dinner Mr.. Myrup learned that his wife and
sweet little urattler had not made their ap-
pearance Almost frantic with fear and
excitement for their safety. knowing that a
very large bear had been seen in the swamp
near by only few days before, he put out
Immediately in search Of the missing ones.
All the hired men OF the place followed, and
each taking different direction, the whole
country was ransacked for several miles
around. The neighbors, also. as the sad
news reached them, joined in the search
Tie sun was just sinking behind the
western hills. When, As the miserable hu>-
band was returning up small branch that
had it> source at his spring, and As he was
still auxi0usly, but almost hopelessly. look
Ing in every direction, while passing along
he deserted in patch Of luxuriant grass in "a
marsh a few PAGES off something ike q
piece Of gingham lie stood horrihed and
motionless for moment or two. and his
heart almost stopped pulsation as the
thought rushed through his irenzici brain
that the object he saw might be bis wife'-
bonnet. and that both she and his darling
boy might be buried in the idthomies- quag-
mireS over the centre of which lay this
relic
Approaching to within safe distance Of
this miry pit, he discovered the gra,s turn
ed downward and the surface OF the slough
broken and depressed, showing that some
living body had fallen in and been struggling
greatly to get ont. Very soon one OF the
neighbors and two Of the freedmen came up.
Mr.. NJ. had already explored to the depth Of
his arm in the mire, bat found no traces Of
the unfortunate ones. 4 pole. twelve or
fifteen feet long, was now obtained and sent
down it, full length, but neither could any
thing be felt nor the bottom touched.
Another rod, longer than the first, was then
fastened 10 it, and like examination was
made with a like result. Any further at
tempt TO recover the dead bodies was, there
fore, deemed useless. IL was accordingly
decided To de>ist, and the party. which had
hy this time increased to thirty-tiye or forty
persons, all set out for their respective
homes, just at nightfall.
This quaGmire tai been known to all the
occupants OF the farm from its earliest settle
acnt, bat never till then was any coucep-
tion formed of its immense depth. Fail
thirty feet Of it had been sounded. yet its
lowest part, if any it has, i still to be as
certained. The mean diameter Of the uit
proper, for some fifteen feet down, is about
three and half feet
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Il IOHN e.. sAAE.
Choosing 81; names 70 call nay leman By,
Mnen regard her majesty O. mien,
And marx how pr0ad she is / saw my lueeu
Ia loyal lowlness and marvel why
n love dd ever dare 10 look so high.
But when, anon, feel the soft caress
oi Ter dear eyes, iI1illed %. tenderness
And pass 'Du4te desire. Darling cry
A. one - l1 sees n last his ion--sous lit mate,
Nor thinks 90. high or low, but only this
40 love aud o. be owed, now sweet u j.
When, -az.ur on her beauty. all elate
" "a gla1uess, I eXclaim. " Mine. nine alone
Ny love, ny lie. ny beautiful, my own "
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The Lnp-Dog.
80 " 90 huN Ellis.
From the TIA ian o. Parln.

From the TIA ian o. Parn
luas BE scourses. and q gentle tear
Springs, y hlIe lie speaks, lHt0 the lady 5 eyes
she recalls the day
A'aS the a-uc. DAY what time her lap-lo.
Her heautru1- lap-io-. darling OF the traces.
sporting % yuutii u gayety, impressed
Tie lit marx o- her ivory tooth upon
The rude -uot ot a iuen.aI; he, with bo.d
And s8cr. .t-- us toe, flung her away.
over ana over thrice she rolled and thrice
kumpled Do = sllken coat, and thrice inha ell
i1 ten TO uu>t-l the thick, chok M dust lUe.p %
Then IA sed lmpluring cries, and Help help
she seemed 10 call while from the -u- lded vaults
Compassionate tcho ans Eered her again,
And from their clo'stral Easements IN disnaV
The servants rushed and from the upper rooms
The p4.ld maideus trembling few; al came.
The LADY E face was with rev!ying essence
Spr mixed, and she awakened from her sw0on.
Anger aud ~ e.. couyulsed her stIIl; she cast
ll-ttnuz glance upon The sUllty menial
Aud Thrice W ia lau-uid voice she called her pet
Who rushed 90 her embrace, and seemed 10 invoke
Vengeance with her shrill tenor. And revenge
Thou iaast. f4.r poodle, darling Of the Gracts
The "a lty men al trem led aud with ewes
IuWucast received hls doom. Naught him avail et
II twenty years desert, uau zht him avAlle
IT, yea. .u Sc ret serN ces for him
In vain we're prayer aud promise. forth be went
Spoiled oi TIE ] very that .lli now had made him
Env able W ia the vul-ar And N vain
tie hoped another lord the tender danes
Were nurIo struck at bis atruc.pus crime
Ami -uatlei the aurhor. The false wretch su,cuahe
v ia sll bis -Iual.t breoi, aud ia the streets.
" "a Iis lean wife "a tatters A. his SIDE
a.nl5 4aul-uted % the pa-ser-hy.
fiaufir 1Ig,tlf,.
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ihA LA,t VI ifAi
TIE FAMOUS CRUISER DIES At TIE RAREY FAKM
II ONO, At TIE ACE OF TwENTY-Two YEARS
Probably no horse was ever more gencr
ally known than the celebrated horse Graf
ser, imported from England in 1851, bJ
John ;. Rarey, whose system Of horse-tam
inc was FOR some time the sensation in thi
country and England. When Mr. Earcl
went 10 England his system was thoroughly
put to the test by contact with Cruiser. Al
animal that was 50 vicious that he was close
" and continuously confined IN . stable. il
such way that he could by no possibility
reach anybody, either with his mouth Oh
heels Ills food was delivered to him
through a sort Of funnel, and he seems tC
have been keptsolely as an extremely wicked
curiosity. His splendid muscle and acti-
yity gave him the widest scope for the ex-
ercise OF his incorrigibility, and he is said to
have kic3ed 80 high a. To strike a board
floor fourteen feet above the floor on which
he stood. Ordinarily. it was only the work
of a few inmates for Mr. Rarey 10 tame a
horse. but it took him three hours to sub
due the terrific Cruiser. After putting
Cruiser under control, Mr.. Barey purchased
him and brought him to this country. and
placed him on the Rarey farm, at Grove
port. in this county, where he became popu-
lar among breeders lie became so gentle
that the people about the Rarey farm could
fondle him as they would a kitten, and his
colts were noted for their kind disposition.
Strangers, however, were not permitted to
have much to do with him. This was to
prevent teasing and the revival of the old
propensities.
Cruiser died at the Rarey farm On We'd
nesday last, in the twenty-third year Of his
age. His teeth were worn 81 much
that he could not eat hay, and proyender
had to be specially provided for him. As
content plated by the will of Mr.. Rarey, he
received the kindest care in his old age, and
it was only recently that he fell into a de-
cline From bill dated May +, lS6l, we
take the pedigree OF Cruiser, as follows
Cruiser Is of the celebrated Nenison
stock OF England, and assired by old Veni-
son, the winner of the Derby race in 1878.
Venison proved himself the stoutest horse
of his Gay, having travelled on foot in one
year, when only three years old, nine hun
dred miles. and run fourteen races and won
twelve Cruiser was bred by Lord Dor
chester in 1852. sired by Nenison, by Par
tizan, by Walton, out of Parasal by Pota-
toes son of Eclipse. Cruisers dam was Red
Rover by Tramp, ont of Syntaxina, sister to
Syntax sire of Beeswing, the dam OF New
Minister, the most valuable stallion now in
England"
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becomes trifie monotonous, and the mono
tony is not satisfactorily relieved by ocea.
slonal shouts of - LIE me up behind, ''Yei
horses tails loose. " Droppin' y're vail, ,
etc, etc. Our correspondent then remarks
that the ladies of Pittsburg cannot be ex-
pected to take horseback exercise when IT
subjects them to this ordeal every time they
make their appearance en- equestrieRne. and
urges that measures be taken TO suppress
the nuisance, that practically debars them
from this most healtbful and pleasurab)e
recreation PltsJurq Leader.
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Sonnet.
I't, -.4-i.e H. o.. Esqlf,Hou's Olt tJ .ss ssisls.a
Class of T..
Our gracious poet Thou can'st ueverdie.
Thy lace which have never seen, may pass
From any earthly -ht and lie
Beneath cur green NeE England wears.
While upward rises that most Holy Mass
The s'ittne1 -lnhlnS ut people who sha.! s..h.
His zee shall ueverm0re be hea I'd, ala.
Our household friend hath zone We t1Yurn
u4spe4kahiy.
But We, the ch dren oi later year,
Whom thou hast stren-theled our cli.1reu's
c-llcreu. unto whom
ShaA everml7e he taught with voice unanimous"
r he va, our greatest re-. Little children, hear.
lIese answer t!as 20 Wofd, outside the doom
" death Oh Poet, iitiHg, thou sAlutest US
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GFN. SAM HoUST0N's LAST PARApE Gen
eral Houston. whose name the city bears,
used To reside in is vicinity during the war
of the rebellion, and was that rdrd ans, a
/ southern Union man. lie fought secession
until Texas had seeded. only seven dele
gates in the State Convention having voted
nay" and never failed to express his re-
Erets that she had left the | nion to which
he was 50 devoted Among other anecdotes
( illustrating the contempt which the Hero of
san Jacinto entertained for those who had
dragged out OF the Union the State which
his valor had be. n 50 instrumental in Great
ing was this:
Dr. Ashbel Smith. who was the diploma
tic representative Of Texas. when she was
an independent nation, at London and at
Paris. and wha was rather too old to take
the field in 81, raised company for home
defence. which he called the " Belan
Guards " General nuustou's son was one
of the members, und persuaded his father
to witness the first parade, which was at
tended by all the people for miles around
especially the ladies. DR.. Smith drilled his
men for some time, and then, IN accordance
with a generally expressed wish. asked
General Houston il he would not take com
mand tor a while.
The martial music and the clang OF arms
had stirred the blood of the old hero, and he
came to the front erect as a drill ser
geant Looking up and down the line be-
fore him, he commanded in Il stentorian
voice
'-Belan Gaurds Attention -
THIS was different from the mild and gem
tleman-like manner of DR.. Smith, and the
command stood motionless, while the gossip
among the spectators was hushed Soon
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4 Queer Matrimonial Bargain.

From tie Al anita Ca Constitution, June 30.
Some months ago young man and his
wife reached Atlanta from their old home
in Mary land. intending TO cast their lot
among our people. Not succeeding in find
ing employment. the husband made up his
mind to try his fortune in the Black Hills.
and SO told his wife. She objected most
strenuoGsly, with tears and lamentations.
and begged him to desist but he argued
the case 80 earnestly 10 her that she finally
yielded to his plans. After II was settled
that the parting should be had. it was
agreed that the >tipulations should be re
duced to writing. An attorney of this city
was accordingly visited and singular doc
ument drawn up. Ii was made mutual
bond between them t. keep before each
their respective duties. The terms we
synopsis IS follows
/. lie Is 10 be absent not more than two
years. whether good or i'll fortune b5tlde
MN, unless by unavoidable causes.
=. The wife J. to return 10 her home in
Mary yland and maintain herself from the pro-
ceedS OF her own services to her family and
the rents Of a piece of property belonging
70 her husband
,. The property Of the husband is convey
Cd to the wife in a seperate deed OF gilt, and
IN case Of death to revert 70 the husband ;
IN event Of hi- death before his return. 10
be subject to her disposal
1. Should their separation exceed that
time OF the statutory laws of the States
where each NAV be living wherein an ap-
p.lcatlon for divorce on account of des.r-
ton or failure to support to be made,
neither Is to lake advantage of the fact.
,. lie. il successful, i t. remit t) his
wiie all the money over and above hi needs,
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The Graves Voices.
by As7oSIA DICKSON.

From the German.l
Sunk as in dreams. aud lost in anxious thought.
Wy ieoisIePs n7u<ht me 70 tlis lonely spot.
I" rh ia belgn-- the felo this aowery bed,
lhe dead"
Ent'r thou T.. ny scul; why shoulist thou fear,
Ho1-It oaa sweet uuds and aDwers are blooming
"aenee come he essence ffOm these sweet per-
''Ffom tonbs"
See here, man where all thy paths must end,
However varied be the way they wend.
Lss,nl the deii leaves speak, ay hear thoE must
"TO dust
Where arc the careless hearts that on the earth
Iremhled n pain. or beat 80 h gh in mrthr
Ihose in whose breasts the dame OF hatred smold-
ered'
''Mouldered."
where are the mi -h-y who take lie by Storm
VINO cen TO heavens hei ights wild wishes form.
"hai e-cak the ravens On yon mpss-groxn wall,
Buried ALL"
Nhc-e are the dear ones in DeatL cold sleep " lng
TO whom Love sw0re memory undying
hha; wall ou ci ess-tIee oh hear st thou not
Forgot"
To see where these ones passed. did no eve craves
May no wild longing pierce beyond the grave;
Ihs h--;rees shake their weird heads one by one
none, noue.N
The evening siud amid The tree. is sighirg,
Fettercd in dreams, my saddenei s,ul i lyin-,
The Wight falls, the red glow paleth flst-
"'fs past"
-cAanassr,' Josrsaf
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Oliver Wendell Holmes says kiss is "the
twenty-seventh letter of the alphabet-the
loyelabial which il takes two to speak plain
ly." This i the kiss alphabetical, and it is
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from "Qlss1 Marg."
1ilE MlLEu-lu'S SuNo.
Slama upon You. Robiu.
Shame Ul.n y u u0s
ss ms would you WIKI my aafds
Mil- iu- the COW.
bIis.es -ruW gIln.
King cups blow sElia.
aui you c-ms and ki-si me milking The CIV.
Robin came behind me-
h ss'd me well Vow
tlI him could " vtn ny hauls
Milking the Gov
swallows ty a-a n,
tuctoos cry a-flu.
flG geu came aL1 Siss't me ~ s a . the ON
t.ll1. Robin. T. bin.
Come lun ki.s me % S..
4lslP .5 can 1 with ms hands
III j n the COW
h.n-ceves % a-aiu.
All tl'n-- W 90 a-iln
Come behind aud Is, iue mi ain the CO
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One hundred and fifty kegs of gunpow-
der were discovered. after the races were
over, under the grand stand at the Match
more park in Canada, divided from tho
smoking room only by thin board psrti-
ti0n. rrr
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LIE IN PITTsBuRG.-A correspondent
writes 70 Us In answer to the question whv
the ladies in Pittsburg do not ride as much
on horseback as they do in other cities. He
says that any one who takes lady out
riding on horseback will speedily discover
the reason. At every sireet-cros=ing the
boys, big and little. will cease their games
to chant in chorus the following elegant
doggerel:
Lady on horseback,
Can't count eleven;
Put her in a handbOx.
Send her up TO heaven"
Or this
I" Lady on horseback.
Don't fall off;
Tie her 10 the saddle
Ana ride along SOFT
There is no great harm in this, it is ad
mitted, but droned ont at every corner it
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A Pulaski (Tenn.) farmer was attacked
by a snake, the other day, which came for
him with its head three feet abJve the
ground, and measured IL feet in length
and IA inches around the largest part Of the
body