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Custer's TraH.

To-day. saws q eespondent with
Gen. Terry's command anxious eyes
are turned toward the East to the
aresides; the memory OF
wife and child comes to sadden the SOL
dier's heart, for who among ell this gal.
LIANT array can say he will return !
Within q few feet of the spot where l
write runs the broad trail marking the
passage of Custer and his men, Gus.
ter's Trail" as it is called, and they went
in far more confident Of success ana
fuller of courage than even the men VINO
follow to avenge or perhaps lie with
them. There is no use trying to con
ceal the fact that the victory, OF tne
Sioux. so terrible in its completeness,
has lowered the morale of our troops;
not much, perhaps, but if one listens TO
the soldiers as they discuss among them
selves the campaign the conviction is
forced that they no l,nger. iook upon aa
victory as certain. Perhaps it is better
go than to have an excess Of confidence
in fighting so willy q foe as the Indian
has always proved himself: To prevent
go lamentable disaster 80 far as can pe
judged the present campaign VIII %
conducted with the utmost caution; IL
NAV be barren, but it is not Likely 70 20 20
disastrous, unless the Indian revolt has
taken proportions beyond all estlmsllon'
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A Case on Trial.

Judge and jury have been worrying
over dog case in Memphis, Tenn.
Nothing could have been. simpler than
the issue of fact. A man stole q, New
foundiand dog; but the law in regard to
property in dogs always has been past
finding out. The prisoners. counsel
argued that under the common law dog
ste:ling was not crime or an indictable
oftense, and that no statute exists in
Tennessee making dog stealing a pun
ishable ofense, such as larceny Judge
Adams held that tho stealing Of dog
was not larceny or an indictable Of
fense, and that the demurrer Of the de-
fendant to, the Indictment on this ground
was good. The attorney general then
raised the point that the collar on the
dog was personal property, and the de-
fendant could be held to answer, for
theft; but the adroit attorney aon the
other side retorted that the man took
the dog, and, that it was the dog, and
not the man, that: aFas Responsible for
the collar. The prisoner was finally
discharged.i . Now the. old question
comes up: II o. dog Is not property, u
the dog tax,eonstituhonl ! 't%, ,
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VIII Not Join the Sioux.

The inspector of Indians IN oanata .Is;th
stated that the Sioux now at war WIN
the United States had sent presents OF
tobacco to the Blackfeet Indians u
Canada and requested the latter 70 }ola
them. The Canadian Indians ,repllg1dd
that they would keep peace and Wouio
not ioin the Sioux. The latter SEM =
message in return that when they mao nad
finished with the Americans they woaua ..0t
CROSS over and cspture the BlecEfees
country. The Blackfeet wan5eo. ~ so
know # they would be assisted y 1e me
mounted police, and the officer IN ltaatgg enatge
assured them they would be ProIec.s.a. PS.or
The Indians say they could nuS'e1
2. 600 warriors if any trouble arose.
MARKING .GooDs.-The foreign g,tod o.
hibitors at the Centennial have aaoP.eu I3:.
a plan of marking the prices OF tIse;r the;r
goods. The exhibitors mark on Insif
goods, first, the price in American ;a, gola, a.
without duty; second, the Pfise s.,oIin n
American gold, duty paid, ana 1,'n nhdGy AZ;
the price in paper, duty paid tne ;.h an
ference between the price IN golu, gnau wiz
out duty, and the price IN cuaset's, aset y
duty paid, ranges from forty per CENT 10
eighty par cent.
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Robbed by Daylight.

A Dallas (Te1as) letter says: Two
robbers entered the Office of the State
savings bank, on Main street, jumped
over the counter and commenced an at.
tack on Mr.. E. q. Gruber, president OF
the bank, telling him to the floor by e
blow on the head with "navy revol-
ver." They then helped themselves to
what money they could find. When
the alarm wasraised they ran into back
alley. where there horses were hitched,
and rode off toward the south. Pursuit
was at once made, but there is very
little hope of the robbers being cap
tured. MIR. Gruber states that the loss
will not exceed 5000, as the roll taken
contained fractional currency alone. He
has offered $500 reward for the arrest OF
the thieves, and the amount has been
increased by othe rcitizens to 81, 500.
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Nor wegian landscapes. Then pass to
the annex, where there are acres of
mediocrity, with here and there good
canvas. The Dutch and Belgian col
lections are perhaps the best, but there
are some American and French pictures
that ought not to be missed. Tho
Italian marbles. will be found pretty and
attractive. r.H =. l.,tn:..., ..., 49,.
Take, il. possible, a half hour for the
Photographic hall, where there are, ad-
mirable displays by English, French,
Australian, = German, Russian, Austrian,
Swedish and American photographers.
:. In, Agricultural hall see first in sue
cession the various foreign sections
English, French, Japanese Dutch,
Venezuelan, Daniah,. Swedish, Norwe.
gian, Russian" Spanish, Portuguese,
Canadian, italian and Liberian. DUR
ing the remainder of the time at your
disposal walk through the sisles in the
American department. and examine the
most interesting exhibits. The aquaria
should not be forgotten, and a little
time should be devoted to the Brewers
building near the ball -Ness York 7r5-
blne, 80. :, s,,..
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A Wholesale Trader In Live Stock.

Capt. Richard King lives on bis farm
(Santa Gestrudes) thirty miles from
Corpus Christi, Texas, and in March
last sold to one party from Kansas 70
600 head OF horned cattle (all out OF bus
own stock for the sum Of 1927, ,5o0, de,
liyerabIe in Hoyt City, Kansas, 800, 600
delivery; aeIH av;I and ID in April he sent off the
stock in thirteen droves, which arrived
ali safe. To be certain to have the re-
ouisite number to be delivered, he add
ed 5000 extra head, and still has lett
some $4,000 head, besides cSS q, 600 head I'd
Of sheep, and 1000 or 5000 head OF
horse and mule stock. He has some
60, 900 acres Of land under fence, and is
now fencing in $4,000 acres more, and
still has 140, 900 acres in and about the
same tract. It took 700 men to drive
this lot of stock, and upward OF $50, 600
for the outfit.
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VERY Fine Work.

Sir Joseph Whitworth recently ex,
hibited three he1agonal steel plates at
the Kensington museum, in England:
which were so accurately planed that
when one was placed on the other it
elided about as if floating, and NWhen
one was dropped on another a sscushion
of air deadened the metallic sound,
while, when the air was squeezed out
the contact was so close that the lower
plate adhered to the upper when raised na0
BE next made measurement OF l-2O0,
OOOth of an inch with machine which,
OF a certain temperature, will measure
the millionth of an inch, and lastly
showed the tensile strength OF Steel q
specimen of which bore strain OF
seventy-fve tons to the square inch,
without breaking. For bridges, etc.,
only five tons strain to the square inch
are required for safety; for guns, forty
tons for shells, thirty-hve tons.
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Growth OF the, United States.

iThaAmerican nstion began Its first
century OF existence with . population
of 2, 750, 900. It has now, by the best
estimates, "A, ,675, 900. The area has
been extended from 300, 900 to 1908, ,84
square miles. The Developments OF sgri-
culture, under the pressure OF immigra-
ton and the stimulus Of mechanical in.
vention, has been utterly without pre-
cedent. The value OF manufactures has
advanced from $4,000, 900 to M,2O0,-
OOO, 900. Foreign and domestic com.
merce has taken gigantic strides. The
development of mineral resources has
not been the work Of q century, but OF
fifty years. There we're few banks in
the colonies in l776; there are more
than 5000 now. Internal improvements
and the common school system have
kept pace with immigration. ~ ........
While annexation has quadrupled our
area since the Revolution, it has con-
tributed very little to the population.
The purchase Of Louisiana, Florida,
California and New Mexico brought
in fewer than 150, 900 inhabitants, and
the acquisition of Texas and Oregon
merely restored to citizenship those who
had immigrsted from the United States.
:: The aggregate area covered by popu-
lation in 1890 was 239, 935 square miles.
The main line, Of settlements ran 1000
miles along the coast from the mouth OF
the Penobscot to the ,Altamaha, with an
average extent inland of from 100 to
25O miles. A few pioneers had made
their homes in the Ohio valley; there
were two or three patches of settlement
in Kentucky; there was village in In
diana and another in Michigan; and
there were bands of adventurous spirits
as fer west as Illinois. The Louisiana
purchase IN 1903, supplemented by the
Oregon treaty Of 1846, added LII, oa
square miles to the national domain; the
Spanish cession in 1919 embraced 49,.
268 square miles; the annexation OF
Texas in 1845, the treaty of Guadalupe
Hidaleo in 1848, and the Gadsden pur-
chase in 1858, brought in 967, Isl square
mics; aud, finally, Mr.. Stewards Alaska
investment involved the acquisition OF
500, 900 square miles. The total area is
now 3,603,844 square miles, or LOAF,
600, 900 acres, one-half of which are
public lands. In surface extent three
nations surpass the United States-the
British, Chinese and Russian empires.
The arabic land under cultivation is less
than one-tenth of the total area.
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Discharging Clerks.

The Legislative, Executive, and Judi
cial Appropriation bill provides for the
discharge on the tenth of October OF be-
tween 700 and 800 department. clerks at
Washington. A circular has beenlssued
in the Treasury department informing
clerks who receive it that If they WILL
resign before the reductions are made
thew will be given two months leave,
with 1,ay. Few if any resignations have
been r eceived. Those who are relieved
viii be allowed 10 draw their pay until
Oct. 10,
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An Offer.

A breach of promise suit reported in
the London newspapers turned on the
question whether the defendant actually
made In offer of marriage. The athrma-
tive evidence was the following verse,
which he sent to the plaintiff:
Believe my sighs, my tears, my dear,
Believe the heart you've won;
Believe my vows to you sincere,
Or, Jane, am undone.
Oh, come, my charmer, lots away
To church and end this strife;
How blest will be each night and day
~-1 When, Jane, you are my wife. -.
-. The jury deemed this fair and square
matrimonial offer, and awarded Jane s40
Q0mASeSs ...s - g.,r ,......,
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Q 3 y Z
Under the Willows.

Meath the willows by the nill-stresm, with the
4, = summer sun above, =
His gold light above me beaming, am dream
ing of my love;
Meath the green leaves, meath the brookside
willow tree, I.sf o..
I Am dreaming Of my true love; doth my
true love dream Of me7
They call me fair beauty, say mine eyes make
others dimis 81 ~ -
II glory in that beauty, Stis for him, it is for
him!
he calls me the bright lodestar, the bright
jewel Of hislife - TE gF$
Doth he think it win he Eden to meto be his
Ny darling, oh, my darling, the world may call
me fair;
Bot tske me, to thy heart, love. and hold, oh,
. hold me there!
Nine eyes to thine dear, lcoking-my hesd
upon thy breast;
80 shall We build together ou- sweet, our own
home nest!
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The United States Senate.

The New York Tribune, in reviewing
the Senate and the political aitua-
tion Of the next body. says: As the
Senate now stands there are seventy one
members only qualified; one elected
but not yet sworn in (Mr. Blaine), and
two vacancies-one in Louisiana, in
place Of MI. Pinchback, and one in
West Virginia, in place Of Mr.. Carper-
ton. OF the whole number OF seventy
four, the terms Of twenty-five will e1-
pire on the fourth ,of March next,
namely Alcorn, Of Mississippi /; An
thony,, Of Rhode Island ; Blaine, Of
Maine Boutwell,, Of Massachusetts !;
Clayton, OF, Arkansas Cooper, Of Ten
nessee; Cragin, of New Hampshire /;
Davis, of West Virginia Ferry, of
Michigan ; Frelinghuysen, OF New
Jersey Goldthwaite, ri OF Alabama |;
Hamilton, of TEXAS; Harvey, of Kansas;
Hitchcock. OF Nebraska Johnston, of
Virginia !; Kelly, OF Oregon Logan, Of
Illinois Norwood, of Georgia /; Ran.
som, of North Carolina; Robertson, OF
South Carolina Salisbury, OF Della
ware Stevenson, of Kentucky West,
Of Louisiana !; Window, Of Minnesota,
and Wright, Of Iowa. OF the twenty
i've, sixteen are" Republicans and nine
Democrats. Messrs. Anthony and john
ston haye already been re7elected. mr..
Lamar has been chosen III place of Mr..
Alcorn; E. q. Rollins in place Of Mr..
Cragip Gov. Coke. in place Of Mr..
Hamilton James 3, Beck: in place Of
Mr.. Stevenson, and Gov. Krkwood in
place of Mr.. Wright, OF those 80 far
chosen for the term ending 1888, three
are Republicans and four Democrats,
being o gain of two for the Democracy,
The terms of twenty-four senator's will
expire in 1879 and twenty. five in 1881.
Of the forty-nine senators holding over
from the fourth of next March,, twenty
seven are Republicans, nineteen Demo
Gratis, and one Independent (Mr. Booth,
of California;. There are two vacancies,
one. from. West Virginia and one from
Louisiana. Adding the senator's already
elected fer the term beginning in March
next, the next Senate stands thirty Re-
publicans, twenty-three Democrats and
one Independent! Counting Coronado.
which is now State, there are twenty
two senators yet to be chosen; de-
pendent on the elections coming of in
the fall. In order to secure majority
of one, the, Democracy must elect 'si1-
teen of these twenty two, and they have
the following States to select from ;
Maine. Massachusetts, New Jersey,
Delaware, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Alabans, Louisiana (two),
West Virginia (two), Illinois; Michigan,
Tennessee, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska,
Minnesota, Oregon and Colorado. p It
will thus be seen that it is almosta Ger.
tainty that the Republicans will control
the Senate for the first two years Of the new
administration, but BY small majority:
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trude Vernon, whose lovely blue eyes
followed him with such a bewtching
and bewildering interest that he could
not forbear whispering: - -
"You'n not refuse to permit me to
escort Won home2'& .: >. :: g .H"''
Certainly not; Mr.. Williams, /" she
replied, with blush and q smile.
"Never, never, Will I repeat anything
that hear again, was Mrs. Lindsey's
oonclud ng exclamation that evening
"particularly to that good-for-nething
Mrs. Vernon, she sdded9 mentally.
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Sufrerings Of the Servian Wounded

Suferings of the Servian Wounded.
MIR. Archibald Forbes; writing to the
London Daily iMesos from Paratzin,
says II is well that the Servian wound
ed do not nttSbxpect much or to
care for neglect: r never saw Amer
stoicism. Not q gr6ap was uttered as
the rough carts bumped dSyer the Jagged
stones, not murmur Initiating thattEe
fierce sun beating down on the sufferers
was an inconV nVsnienoe, much. less an in
supportable anguish. They are flesh
and blood, of. course, and one. would
imagine that flesh and blood Of one race
must feel physical suffering as acutely
as the flesh and blood of another. But
we have evidence that this is not 80.
The Hindoo endures without apparent
serions Inconvenience wounds! under
which the British soldier writhes In
agony, and the former RECEIVERS easily
and speedily from an operation after
which tho latter will for weeks and
months be PROSTATE. I $50 l.j| (
/: The Servians say of themselves that
they are "hardy," but 7 cannot but
think that this hardihood in making
light Of wounds and suffering is to be
ascribed at, least in,part to less acute
sense OF physical pain than: is the char
acteristic of people living under less
primitive conditions. God knows it is
a good thing for them if this is so, for
there is small appliance for mitigating
the anguish ors promo oting the recovery
of the Servian wounded. I have seen
nothing used, for the, cleansing and
dressing of wounds but jet OF cold wa
ter, a tuft Of lint, oftener OF common
tow, and an insufficient ibandage.
Splints are made as they are wanted, OF
bit of bark, or the idtof hox. There
is no chloroform, and there are no hos
pital comforts. L; saw o man with q
smashed elbow, whose bandsge was ili
an indescribably loathsome state, get out
ofua wagon, enters public house, buy
for himself some bread and wine, and
consume the same on 81 settee outside,
with serene indifferenceto, the, ,condi-
ton which, I am bound to state, was
shared by sthossabouthimugs j.
But this Sindiffefenceyl petsonal and
general as it is, cannot wholly cope with
the inexorable conditions which nature
enforces. Z Hospital aga6grsne follows
swift on neglected wounds, and the man
who survives hospital gangrene, even if
he be d servian, is exceptionally fortu.
nate. III hospitals here-if you can
apply such q name TO the placesin which
the wounded. are aitteredI1thereE are
]tgangrene wearas (which, although the
drain of death is steady, are peverthe.
less always full. D., iqHJ r..; 80 .,,s,i
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EMp1oYMENr.-It is something new,
says the New York Herald, for Scotland
to send to America for workmen. One
hundred stone masons in. New York
city have been engaged to go to Green.
ock. Novel as this seems it Is not so un.
reasonable as coming from the West to
seek employment In Now York.
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WHAT IT Hoprs.-Speaking of Stan
lev, the African explorer, whose letters
are now being published, q religious
journal earnestly hopes that he is LA,
and asserts that, in casa he ~ nof' ne
ought to be hanged.
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A Colored Camp Meeting Hymn.

Why dou't' you do as Peter did, J q ",fh y
A-walking on the ses2 !, 'ataf1,i. ~
he throwed both arms above bis head, u
Crying: Good Lord remember me-
Then remember the rich aud remember the
''" poor, 49,. -..s..al
And remember the bound and the free, a,
And when you are done remembering around.
Then, good Lord, remember mo-
II I could stand where Moses stood, -. -
And view the landscape DER, ~
I'd throw these legs as fast ss I could
And I'd go to that pure white shore.
Then remember the rich and remember the
poor, H. - .Ef~ii3E .W II
And remember tho bound and the free,
And when you are done remembering around,
Then, good Lord, remember me- :
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THIRD DAY.

10 Divide the day between the Art gal
leries and Agricultural hall. In Me-
mortal hall see the Castellani collection
and the English gallery pretty thor
eughly;islook at Makart's ! Catherine
;Oarnaro in theaAustrian gallery; pass
rapidly through the French, German,
Swedish and American collections, not
forgetting, however, to notice In the
former the Gobelin tapestry see the
Spanish and Russian pictures with more
car, care. and do not overlook the mosaics
ient by the Pope, and . few really good
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-15
Weaverville, - January l5, 1876.

A DIAMOND WEDDINq.- Tweed in
1871, amid all his glory, and Tweed in
1875 form an interesting contrast. A de-
scription Of the wedding Of his daughter
in the first named period recalls one of
the most magnificent displays of modern
times. Trinity Chapel, where the we'd
ding ceremony occurred, was crowded
with fashionable people, all aglow with
rich silks and satins and flashing with
diamonds. These We're all in full dress,
and the confusion of white arms and
shoulders, elegant laces and valuable
jewelry was perfectly bewildering. The
bride was dressed in white corded silk,
decollette with demi-sleeves, and i'm
mense court train. On her bosom flashed
a brooch of immense diamonds, and long
pendents, set with three large solitaire
diamonds, sparkled in her ears. Her
shoes were of white satin with diamond
buttons. Mrs. Tweed was richly attired
in a saImon-colored silk, elegantly trim
med with deep point aguille lace. She
wore splepdid diamonds. Mr.. Tweed
himself Wore Black evening dress, and
magnificent diamond flashed on his bo-
som. After the ceremony all the invited
guests entered their carriages and were
driven to the residence of the brides
father. Inside the coup Doll was simply
gorgeous. From roof to hallway the in
terror Of the house was flowers. The
presents were displayed in the front room
on the second story, and occupied the
entire four sides. Such wealth Of bri-
dal gifts was never before seen at met
ropoitan wedding. They represented
over half n million dollars in Value
Laces, turquoises, pearls, diamonds, gc!d,
silver, and everything else of value, re-
posed in satin or velvet on every side,
vying with each other in brilhance and
beauty. This room was crowded all the
evening with enthusiastic looker-on, and
an involuntry outburst of admiration test
flied the astonishment and pleasure of
the gazers. There will be no more half
million weddings in that family very
soon.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-15

A STRANGE SToRY.-They tell this
story Of man in London, who, some
years ago, lost, then found, then lost
again very respectable fortune in n
most romantic manner. lie was sailor,
and engaging in the Napoleonic wars,
was one Of the crew which took very
valuable prize. His own share amounted
to a large sum. lie went to the proper
office and received his golden guineas in
large leathern bag. Proceeding along
the street, he noticed that his shoe string
was united. He put his bag of gold coin
upon n post, and bent over to tie it. AT
that moment he was seized by press
gang, hurried off to the war ship, held in
service, taken prisoner by the Moors, and
kept in bondage by them for many years.
His story Of the bag Of gold was laughed
to scorn. Meanwhile man came along,
found the bag, advertised it as found,
and having no satisfactory response, used
it to set himself up as a banker. He
thrived; time passed on in forty years
he retired, rich. One day an old man
called upon him and claimed the bag of
gold. The sailor had returned and heard
by chance Of the advertisement, had
hunted it up and found the finder. The
latter told him that il he would come the
next day he should have his money with
compound interest added. The sailor
went away and never returned and to
this day it is a mystery what became of
him, or why he never went back to get
,his own. h Hh