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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-07-06
Rapid Conversion.


IFrru the Detroit F.se Press
Brother Gardner was yesterday white
washing the back end Of al old house
on Catherine street when the stagic &
gave way and he had fall os atou,
fifteen feet. He was senseiess when
picked mp. but man poured about =
gallon Of water down his back and
brought him to. Mr.. Gardner tina. ex
planned matters 70 the reporters
"Waal. was up dar. an dar was de
house. an dar was de scafold. an dar
we ell WAS. / was jess DRAWN dat
brush eroun' TO kill when feat gone
ness. Seemed was prsncin' aroun on
de air, wid no chance TO dig in my toes
why didn't you fall A. once. and
have the affair off your mind. asked a
policeman
"Wny. didn't I Why. sab. |
vas fallin' all he time. wen. down
bout fifty feet head fust. an den |
changed and went sideways. and den |
struck on one foot and boat ears All
dis time l was doin' some powerful
thinkin'. I was"
yOu tniaA VI tvr-fiS VIVA
crumbs" asked . reporter.
"Doan' 10 sslkin' dat way. boy
'msmbered all my bad deeds while |
vss gwine down, an called on. dat /
would lead better life If de shock
I didn't kill me"
In the group was colored man whose
4 face frightened At these words, aod he
softly asked: "Brudder Gardner. doan'
you member de two dollars You Dor
rewed O meI"
II do"
"Deu pay than it over. DE shock
didn't kill you. and now begin ON that
better life
"Brudder Jones'" solomniy replied
Gardner, de shock didn't kill me dead
but befo' pay out any money lie
gwine To wait de result on my nervous
system. pears to be ali right; but
possibly / may be fatally injured III
some OF the corners and not know it foi
= month. G'lsng Brudder Joaes, an
dosn' rob de cradle an de grave
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-06-09

aglowing obituary notice end in this wise:
He died without an enemy in the
world, we are satisfied that either the
subject of the notice was an idiot, orhis
eulogizer was mistaken, to speak mildly.
People who are envious soon become
enemies. They would be glad to hear of
any misfortune which had happened to
us.
They would be mean enough to rejoice
if the feather on our new hat should be
ruined in sudden shower, and they
would be pleased if our pet dog got his
tail curtailed in a trap. We have heard
such people congratulate themselves be-
cause toad had died in the we'll of some
one they were envious of; and we have
no doubt that they would be tickled to
learn that the family suffered from the
dysentery by drinking the water.
We have got hosts of enemies, and we
particularly pride ourselves upon them.
1t Convinces US that we are of some i'm
portance. Many of them were made in
ways of which we are proud, and, though
they should rise up around US numerous
and annoying as the plaques of Egypt,
we should go right on in spite of them.
-Kate Thorn, in ~ Y. Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-06-09
Halleck'S "MarcO BOzzaris."

Of this famous poem, inimitable in its
peculiar vein, Halleck wrote soon after
its first appearance: "Bozzaris is the
keystone of the arch of my renown, if re-
nown it be-; and he speaks of it being
"spouted on the stage, in colleges and
schools" This was in March, 1927
fifty years ago. The poets words are as
true to-day as then. 1t is still the key
stone of the arch of his renown, with no
intervening " if" to qualify the certainty
of that renown; and it has still this seal
of its immortality, that it is the peren-
NAL favorite of the school-boy. Its in
tense dramatic action has an irresistible
sweep which imparts its own energy, and
makes the reader or declaimer, for the
time, part of the swift succession of
its scenes. They are all as vivid as in
our boyhOOd-the guarded tent of the
proud Moslem, dreaming his last delu-
sive dream; the midnight gatherings in
the shade of the Suliote band of pa
triots; the stealthy ambuscade, the sur
| prise, the sentry's shrek, the death
grapple in the dark, the triple adjura-
ton of Bozzaris to his band to strike for
altar and fireside, for green, ancestral
graves, for God and country, the shout
of victory dearly bought with his blood,
| followed by the plaintive apostrophe to
death, at first like the wall of widowed
heart, but suddenly changing to calm,
clear note of welcome, and the song of
triumph in which, as by swift assump-
ton, the hero is borne upward and set
like a star in the bright particular tirma-
/ D1n of 90 tho fau =
is not too much to say that this immor-
tality, and even our distinct memory of
the Suliote chieftain, is due to the i'm
passioned verse of Halleck Brave and
noble as were his deeds, and lofty as
was The purpose which they served, it is
not because he fought for Greece, on the
old Plateau plain, amid the memories of
Thermopyle and Marathon, that Boz
Zaris is household name with us. 1t is
because, in this far-off hemisphere, in
this new, unCultured mart of trade, a
| young accountant in South-street ship
ping house turned from his invoice and
his book to write for the Grecian
soldier the warrant of his fame, made
authentic by the sign-manual of the
poet. This is the sovereign prerogative
anu ulNlne right VI genius 10 nIt Wnat
is otherwise obscure and humble, or
transient, to its own height, and make it
a sharer of its immortality. The field
daisy, snatched from the plow-share of
Burns, is set in light which no crown
jewel ever reflected; the verse of Gray
has made a country church-yard, in a
quiet English nook, shrine as memora-
BILE as the Pyramids or the Pantheon; to
the sky-lark, which scars and sings in
Shelley's unmatched strains, the world is
listening still; the waterfowl in its lone
flight attracts the gaze of the world,
poised on the strong, serene verse of
Bryant. And so to the leader of a little
band of patriots, in desperate struggle
for freedom, Halleck gave a crown which
Caesar never wore.-W. A. Buffers i'd
! dl1,oSS
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He threw,

He threw.
"Two fives and six-sixteen" said
the planter putting down the number,
while murmur of satisfaction ran
through the crowd.
One of the bystanders gathered up the
dice and put them in the box and the boy
threw again.
1.-TWO skies and five--seventeenw
The excitement now knew no bounds,
and the "bravos" resounded on every
hand. The boy, as he took up the box to
throw for the third and last time, was as
nearly colorless as it was possible for him
to be with his yellow skin.
Out rolled the dice, and up came three
skies, which made fifty-one!
Tommy, my boy, congratulate your
cried the planter. " You are your own
and your mothers master! Fill up the
necessary papers, Captain, and l will sign
them. These gentlemen will be the wit
nessesw
will not attempt to describe the scene
that followed In the general satisfac-
ton, one of the rOughest-looking men in
the crowd proposed subscription for
the freed negroes. The proposition was
received with such favor that in less than
five minutes fifty dollars were collected.
AppEetOnS' Journal for June.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-06-09
Men as Exports and Imports.

A very singular thing is happening to
the United Kingdom. Emigration, which
has been for so many years draining off
her hardest and most adventurous sons,
is now fast slackening, and immigration
is nearly making good the annual loss
The excess of emigrants over immigrants,
according to the returns of the British
Board of Trade, was about $50, 600 for
each of the years 1872 and 1878 But in
1876 this was reduced to 46,575 The
changed relation of the flow to the ebb
is chiefly noticed in the movement be-
tween the United Kingdom and this
country. The net emigration to the
United States for 1876 was not more than
3,473-the emigrants numbering 1888
and the immigrants $4,000. This is very
remarkable as the result of the centen-
NAL year. when it was expected that
there would be an increased exodus of
Englishmen and Irishmen to this coun-
try. AS it turns out we have narrowly
escaped losing more to the United King
dom than we have taken from it, and we
may think ourselves lucky if the statistics
for 1877 do not show balance against
US in this most important item of inter-
national traffic. Canada shares with the
United States in the falling off, the de-
pressed condition of business and the
facilities for recrossing the ocean operat-
ing there as well as here to produce the
changes noticed in the British returns.
Australia is more fortunate She re-
ceived from England in 1876 80, 1872 per-
sons and sent back only 2,579 Times
are not much better in Australia than in
the United States. But the expense of
returning to England from the antipodes
is greater than that of tri p over the
Atlantic, and the journey is much longer.
These facts, coupled with the 1attering
inducements offered to newcomers by
the local governments of Australia, eX-
plain the continuance of the tide of emf
grafton to her shores. Another curious
reversal in the statistics of emigration is
the altered position of the Englishman and
Irishman on the list. Formerly it was
the 1rishman who led off. The proper
ton used to be about 80 per cent. of
Irish to 30 per cent. of English among
the voluntary eXiles of the United King
dom. But in 1876 this percentage stood
English 81, Irish "a. This fact may
be explained by two reasons-the Irish
are better treated and more contented in
Ireland than they used to be, and the
hard times here have prevented Irish
men on this side from paying, as former
ly, to bring out their friends from the
old home. A return of prosperity to the
United States will enable our Irish resi-
dents to advance passage money to their
poorer kinsmen on the other side again,
and the old influx from Ireland will then
be resumed -JOurnGL Of Commerce.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-06-09
Our Enemies.

Everybody of any account in the world
has enemies.
If there is such thing upon the face
of the earth as man without enemies,
he must be nonentity so insignificant
that his birth is not registered above or
below, and he can shuttle off this NOR
tai coil" whenever he chooses, and no.
body will be the wiser for it.
As general thing the more distin-
guished an individual is the more enc
mics he has. People are jealous of sue
cessful men, and they are tickled to
death when they hear anything to their
discredit. Why this is so, only the
original doctrine of total depravity can
explain.
Plain John Smith the cobbler, has
friends in plenty, and John is instanced
as Il model husband" so kind to his
wife" and $50 thoughtful about the kind
lings, and washing the potatoes, cold
mornings"
Now let John, by turn of fortunes
wheel, be elected to Congress, with all
the perquisites which go to make rich
men of paupers in few years, and be-
hold the change!
1t will not be a month before it is
noised around that John drinks, and
swears, AMI cheats at cards, etc.
And why is it?
Simply this-his popularity has
brought him enemies.
The higher we rise in the social
sphere, and the more the world thinks of
us, the more enemies we shall have.
Whenever we see, as we sometimes do,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-06-09

A little episode occurred in Atchison
yesterday that will be of interest to some
of our readers when they read the de-
tails of the circumstance, and will fur
nish few brief ideas for the considera
ton of ambitious fathers and scheming
mothers who think their daughters are
throwing themselves away when they
trust themselves for their whole lives to
a young man who has never clerked in a
dry goods store and can't skate on roller
skates.
Ed. Latenzer, who is sole proprietor of
the popular barber shop under Hether-
ingtOn's bank, has long been enamored
of very sweet and pretty young girl
named Annie, daughter of Mr.. Myers,
the carpenter and contractor, who lives
near the West Atchison school-house, and
for year past he has been paying her
assiduous court. The young maiden
smiled upon the barber and returned the
love shed so lavishly upon her with COM
pound interest, compounded every six
months.
But Myers, the father, was of differ
ent temperament, and what was love to
the daughter was gall and bitterness to
the father; in fact, he hated Ed. with a
hate that was refreshing to see, and he
ordered him out of the house and away
from the premises with a systematic reg
ularity that was at least commendable
for its promptness and punctuality, if
not for its good taste. This cooled the
ardor of the young couple about as much
as it has done in thousand similar cases
before it, and the unquenchable fire of
affection roared and burned in their hearts
with an intensity that demanded an i'm
mediate action.
Yesterday long matured plan was
put into execution that put the fathers
interference out of the question. About
four o'clock yesterday morning Annie
dropped little bundle of clothing out
of the window, that fell directly into
Eds hand, he by wonderful coinci-
dence, being directly under her window
Then followed another larger bundle that
was caught in the same way, which, on eX-
animation, proved to be the young lady
herself, she having accidentally fallen
while looking out of the window. 1t was
but the work of a very few minutes to
get to carriage that fortunately hap
pened to be near, and they were driven
rapidly to the Hannibal 81 st. Joe depot.
Here, fortunately, there happened to be
train starting to St. Joseph, and they
stepped aboard with tickets for that city.
Yesterday forenoon they were married
and last night returned to Atchison, go.
ing directly to a snug little home that
Ed had prepared and furnished week
ago, in the hope that some such provi-
Dental circumstances as have occurred
might take place. And now they arc
living at home as happy as two doves. Re-
member the place, under Hetherington's
bank. Single shave, ten cents; twelve
tickets for ollars.-Atch5sOn (RaR)
Champion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-06-09
How n Picture Was Stolen.

A very curious theft took place the
other day, the perpetrator of which has
not yet been discovered. NJ de v,
well-known and wealthy Partisan law
yer, who inhabits superb hotel on the
Boulevard Haussmann, is the possessor
of a fine collection of pictures by the old
masters. He purchased last week, at an
important sale at the Hotel Drouout, a
picture by Jan Steen, for which he paid
5000 francs. 1t is probable that he was
followed by some person or persons when
he went to the office to pay for his piCt-
ure and to have it sent home, and that
thus his name and address became
known. AT all events, few days later
well-dressed and gentlemanly indi-
vidual called on him one evening, and on
being shown into his salon politely
begged that NJ. de v would cede to
him the Jan Steen for the sum of 1000
francs. interrupted by the prospect of
1000 francs profit on his purchase, NJ.
de V refused. The unknown en-
treated him to yield to his wishes, but in
vain. Thereupon, raising his cane, the
head of which must have been loaded
Win lCdItI nO SUI uoh w. uC ' - SuCu d
blow on the head as felled him senseless.
When he came to himself the stranger
had departed, taking with him the COW
eted picture, while on the table, so dis
posed as to meet his eye at once, were
spread out seven notes of 1000 francs
each. No clew to the perpetrator of this
outrage has yet been obtained, though
NJ. de v has given the police full
and minute description of the dress, per-
sonal appearance and bearing of his mys-
ferrous visitor Paris Letter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-06-09
A Strange Recovery.

A strange cure of an infrmity which
had afflicted for many years lady of ad.
vanced age, effected, it is supposed, by
the action of electricity, but without
scientific or medical Intervention by ply.
sicians, took place in Hackensack, N. j.,
about fortnight ago. The person in
whom this affection resided and who
was so suddenly and agreeably affected,
is lady named Mrs. Quackenbush, liv-
ing on State street. She is now ninety
two years and six months old. She was
born in Pompton, N. j., where she lived
for many years, and in her youth and
middle age was woman of peculiar
comeliness. Old age has not destroyed
all the former lines of grace in her feat
ures, and it has spared to her many of
her faculties. For six or seven years
she has lived in Hackensack, at the
house OF her nephew. About twenty
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-06-09
Speedy FulfilIment Of Presentiment


Mr.. w. T. A, well-known and
highly respected citizen of Okolona,
called at our sanctum last Thursday, and,
in the course of conversation, said:
On the 21st Of July, 1871, | was in
Cherokee, Ala. 1t was sultry day, and
l left my work for awhile to lie down in
the cool shade of large, leafy tree. l
had been there but few moments when
something seemed to strike me over my
heart. 1t was a quick, queer blow, and
l sprang to my feet, when right before
me-scarcely six feet Distant saw my
little boy, then about nineteen months of
age-saw him as distinctly as do you
now, though | knew he was at home with
his mother, at RienZi, Miss, at the time
| was stricken dumb with fear, bewilder-
ment and awe. He stood there for full
minute, looking as life-like as he did
when | kissed him good-by at the garden
gate in Rienzi one little week before. He
stood there for full minute, looking me
straight in the eyes, and then he van
ished from my sight. The moment he
was gone l felt presentiment that he
was dead or would die before l could get
home. / hurried with swift feet to the
telegraph office and dispatched the fol-
lowing message to my wife:
CHEROKEE, Ala, July 81, 1871.
Mrs. S. C. A, Rienzi, Miss:
How is Jimmy? Is he well? My love to
you and the babies. w. T. A.
! received the following message in
reply, from friend who was looking
after the welfare of my family while l
was absent
RIENzI. Miss. July 81. 1871.
Mr.. W. T. A, Cherokee, Ala
All well to-day at eleven o'clock.
NJ. b. ARMER.
Later in the day the following dispatch
came to hand:
RIENzI, Miss, July 81, 1871.
W. T. A, Cherokee. Ala:
Come home. Your child was choked to
death this evening at four o'clock.
NJ. B. ARMER.
Several different persons heard me re-
late the fact of having seen the vision,
felt the presentiment, and predicted the
death of my boy before receiced the sec
ond telegram.
Mr.. A closed this singular nara
tive with the remark that we were at lib
erty to lay it before our readers, and that
Mr.. James Polk, the telegraph operator,
and other citizens of Cherokee, Ala,
would verify every word of it, OkoIOnG
Miss Southern States.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-06-09

IT is not yet known where she lives
this year, but don't let us worry; she
will surely appear in the newspapers
within the next three mouths. We al
lude to that farmers daughter of seven
teen who plows twenty acres of ground,
cuts fifteen acres of grain with a reaper
and mower, threshes all the wheat, cult
Yates one acre of cabbage, milks twenty
cows every morning before breakfast,
and does nearly all the housework, while
her father lies abed with the inhamma-
tory rheumatism all summer.