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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS a
garrison town in England, where one Of
the finest regiments in the service was
stationed, II soldier had been placed in
confinement by an officer of the guard for
misdemeanor, and his name sent in to the
Commandant.
"Whatw aaid the colonel is Now
bray up again? What has he been doing
now?"
"Tipsy and disorderly as usual, sir, re
turned the officer who had reported,
"In mercy's name! what shall | do
with him? believe have tried every
thing in his case which can be done with
out court martial
At this point the chaplain of the regi-
ment IL kind-hearted man, spoke:
at was Mowbray who captured the
Russian Standard"
Yes"
d" He is brave soldier, and true?"
Yes"
"Well, colonel, if you will permit me,
think | can mention one thing which
you have not tried:'
/" All, chaplain, what is that"
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

Short of Il moral crime, nothing is more
offensive in a minister than vulgarty, un-
less it be Il pompous affectation OF high
breeding. An independent minister in
very fine gentleman, with his
ring and well arranged hair-deeming
meal II very vulgar word, always spoke
of the widows barrel of four" when
referring to her who had the cruise OF oil
and barrel of meal. Another youthful
aspirant for refinement went so far that
while some of his worthy predecessors
would have called children bdirnS, he
spoke of them as "Mose Sweet and inter-
CSting JipldS that calt man tdtber"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

WOMAN's LOVE ABOVE ALL. Recently
in Il western city, Il young woman with II
babe at her breast, walked into he police
station and asked tor lodging. She was
thin and poor, and the frozen snow hung
in masses about the skirt of her dress.
" walked in from the country" she
said, when the usual question was asked
her. "My husband came in to look for
work, and, us he did not come back, [
made up my mind that he had fallen in
with some of his old cronies, so came to
look him up. Mother offered to keep me,
but know she has no more than she needs
for herself. have walked ten miles since
breakfast. Can l stay until daylight?'
The officer said she could. AS she was
passing through the corridor she caught
sight of man standing behind the bars.
He was unshaven and haggard, and his
red eyes told the cause of his being here.
Why, Jim!"
The man glanced up. He brushed his
hands across his eyes, and his voice trem-
bled when be said:
How came you here, Marthy?"
90, Jim!" and the poor young wife
began to sob. 4" was afraid of this, and
came after you. I knew you wouldn't go
to do it of your own accord. But them
cronies, Jim them cronies! knew what
it would come to-"
Yes" and the young fellows eyes filled
with tears; " know it's so but | never
knew it so well before. But if | get out oi
this, I'll give You my word, Martha, it's
the last time It's the last time, and
never promised you that before, yor
know"
The wife leaned against the bars anC
let her tears flow for moment. She
then Strengthened up and immediately
walked to the clerk.
How much does he owe?' she asked
"Three dollars and forty cents"
The woman took from her pocket sol
itary five dollar bill, and paid the fine with
out murmer. The door was opened, the
young man passed out, and in moment
was marching down the street with the
babe on one arm and his wife close by hi:
side.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

That is not bad joke, says the Nea0
York Independent, which DR.. W. NJ. Tay-
lor perpetrates at the expense of Professor
Huxley, when he quotes his sneer at the
marvellous flexibilily of the Hebrew Ian
guage, which is claimed to use the word
dag in the sense of period. DR.. Taylor
says, :" If should say TO him, the day
las gone by when a foolish snecr can be
accepted as forcible argument he would
understand at once that | was not speak
ing of any such definite period as twenty
1our hours.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02
THE STRIP OF Blue.

by LUCY LARCoM.
do not own one inch of land:
But all see is mine,-
The orchard and the moving fields
The lawns and gardens fine,
The winds my ollectors are;
They bring me tithes divine,-
Wild 81 ents and subtle essences,
A tribute rare and free.
And, more magnificent than all,
My window keeps for me
A glimpse of blue immensity,
A little strip OF sea.
Here sit | as a little child:
The thrcshhold OF Gods door
Is that clear band of chrysoprase
Now the vast temple floor,
The binding glory Of the dome,
bow my head before,
The universe, o God is home,
In hight or depth to me;
Yet here upon thy footstool green
Content am | to be,
Glad when is opened to my need
Some sea-like glimpse of thee.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

BORROWING TRoUBLEs.-We have real
troubles enough, most of us, without bor-
rowing any from the future and the past,
and why not borrow joyP The skies will
always be blue though clouds may over
cast them mt intervals; the spring will
never fail to come, with its wealth of
growing green, and we have the promise
that, while the earth remaineth, secd.time
and harvest shall not cease. So will there
ever be reason for thanksgiving, causes
for satisfaction, sources of joy in even the
coolest dreariest life, if SO be the eyes arc
open to see them and the heart to feel
To illustrate: Not long ago we rode
through II charming section Of country
with an intelligent and cultivated lady
whose conversation was not about the pic
turesque landscape were passing over, the
bewitching melody of birds that sang from
every bough, the vernal airs that playeC
about us, the wealth of blossoms that re-
minded us of the Garden of Eden, but O
petty housekeeping cares and small domes
tic lroubles-the little foxes that spoil SC
many women's lives, She was borrowing
trouble from the past instead of opening
wide her heart to all the beauty and fra
grance and melody that sought an inter
prefer. Was that wisdom ?
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-02

Same hygienic writer says: Let your
children eat all the salt they want. Bless
you, it isn't salt they want-its sugar.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-16
THE SIOUX.

n. Hull VIII BE Allowed u PeaceabIe
ReIurn-Uniess He Does the Cana
dian Indians Win whoOp Him Up
A New Indian Policy.
OTTAWA, Canada, August 10. The
commission appointed by the United
States government to proceed to Fort
Walsh will be afforded every facility
for makinga treaty with Sitting Bull
for his peaceable return to the reser.
walton with Lis tribe.
While In Washington lately Hon.
Mr.. Mills fully explained to President
Hayes the Canadian system Of dealing
with Indians. The president expressed
his intentions of adopting similar
line Of policy, and give the manage
ment Of ontposts to experienced army
officers, and do away altogether with
agents.
The Canadian Indians OF tie north
west are fiercely Jealous OF the advent
OF the hostile Sioux, and 1t is feared
by maAy that at any time they may
make war on them II their removal II
not secured. 1t Is expected th.t thu
new policy towards the Indians abou
TO be adopted by President Hayes will
bring about the withdrawal Of all th'
American Indians from Canadian ter
| ritory.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-16

LONDON, August l5,--The special to
the Daily News reports that at Lopo
kas, Monday, the Russians were de.
feated and lost five cannon, instead OF
the Turks, as previously reported. II
this account is true, ii IL probably
some operation IN the direction OF
Osman BaZoor,
BUCHAREST, August 10. The Rus
sian batteries AZ Slobosra bombarded
Rustchuk last night causing a con.
tlagration which lasted until midnight.
The Turks have been bomharding Gui
gevo since 5 o'clock this morning.
The Russian batteries are not replying.
SHUMLA, August 10. The Russians
yesterday completed the second bridge
over the Danube at Pyrogoso. Troops
are now passing over.
II is stated that Turkish recon.
noitering party found KustendJe evac-
uated by the Russians, The Turks
reeonnoitered in several directions
from Kusteudje without meeting the
enemy.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-16

~. Louis Republican There was
brilliant drowning scene la the Della
ware river the other day, for aa man
went down 20 death, he sent 10 tho
surface a heroic character II was
Dwight ID, Willard, the proprietor Of u
steam forge nj Bordentown, n. j. lie
took his dive children, the oldest OF
whom ID oaly eleven years, % hatho la
the rlyer on the Pennsylvania side,
Just opposite his nne mansion la
Bordentown, A row.hoatman had
taken them over and was lying on his
oars waiting until they were ready u
20 back. One Of the children wan
derod away nom the others out IN
the shallowu, and slipped into
deep hole, The father hastened TO
save the child. lie WAS n poor SWIM
mer aud could not sustain himself
with the child. Both were ilounder-
Ing helplessly In tho water. Their
rowhmtman swan to their aid, aud
managed 20 keep Mr., Dwight and the
child and himself above water, Then
the boatman saw the other four chill
dron approaching the deep water,
screaming "Papa II drownlngh AZ
the same time seeing another boat
man approach no LETT Willard and
the child TO the others care, while
he went TO prevent disaster
TO the four little fellows, who
were wild with fright rushing
into danger He stopped them In time.
The other boatman took the child out
OF the fathers uplined hands VIII
lard with last effort held the child
above water while sinking himself.
He did not rise again, and his body
was not recovered until an hour ard "a
half afterward when life was extinct.
That act OF Wizards was equal In he
rolsm to that of any OF the old Roman
fathers. Willard's wife died ab ut u
year ago, aud there are five fresh little
orphans In pordentown, They were
all witnesses OF u rare nobility Of char
acter and their father's example will
never be forgotten. He died for his
children.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-16
Lamar Rinen.

This company held uniform drill
last night, and afterwards u business
meeting Several new members were
elected and reports of committees
heard, The committee appointed to
act with the Gregg, in regard to the
formation of the Third regiment, re-
ported that the Paris, Denison and
Fort Worth companies had written
that they would be glad to enter into
u north Texas regiment. The Lamars
then by u unanimous vote, resolved to
withdraw from the Second regiment
and enter the Third, II II could be
guiteu up. The committee were also
empowered in connection with the
committee OF the Greys to call Il mill
tary convention, to be held in this
city next October, during the fair anc
that the several companies in NORTH
Texas who desire TO join the regiment
elect five delegates from each COM
pany TO attend tho convention and 90
into permanent organization. This
begins to look like business, aud il
will not be long before north Texas
has the finest regiment IN the state.
One great benefit Is 'that all the com.
panies now IN existence In north Texas
can concentrate 10 twelve hours should
their services be needed.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-16
Caves i'm Kendall County.

The editor of the Land Register visS
tied the natural curiosities in the east
ern part OF tho county, and says; We
lighted our lamps and proceeded
through an extensive, dome.like apart
ment in series of alcoves and stair
ways, each ending in some fresh sur
prise As we proceeded the air contin-
ued to get colder, until we could ace
our breath gathered in mist Tho pas
sage is from seven to ten feet high, and
the same in width, About ono hundred
feet from the entrance We arrived at
u stream of running water, Only two
of the party yentured in, il being too
cold for the others, aud proceeded about
five hundred feet through about three
feet OF water whom the bottom became
boggy, which caused them TO retreat.
Elevating their lamp, as far as the eye
could reach the passage extended; how
ever, further penetration could only DO
made with skin, The water runs
toward the entrance ami disappears
within ten feet of II,
Again visiting the spring and refresh
ing ourselves, we proceeded to cave No.
2 which must be entered on all.Iours
However once within, the apartment
stretches and widens into huge dimonN
sions, and is half taken up by q stream
of water Here were seen number of
bones, whether of humans or animals il
not known, and an examination Of tho
ground showed the tracks OF a bear.
They were fresh, and indicated that the
bear had recently entered No return
tracks could DO found. Soon the land
gave out, and nothing hut water, water,
water was before us Three of the
party resolved to go through the water,
with lamps in one hand and sixshooters
in the other, in search OF the bear But
after lew steps the water became so
deep that their ammunition became
soaked, and further progress was impos-
sible, aud not liking to bid defiance to
bear in his own domain, on Sunday
morning, without arms aud inn strange,
dark cave, they returned A thorough
exploration has not been made, but il is
proposed that an expedition be gotten
up. Nothing further could be done,
but we went home with the resolution
to return some future day, when y skill
viii be on hand to proceed to the end
of the cave, when perhaps some great
discoveries will be made.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-16
COTTON CROP.

Its Condition Continues Favorable
The Caterpilisrs Doing considerable
Damage la Portions of Texas and
Other states.
WASHINGTON, August 10. The cot
ton report Of the department OF agrl-
culture makes Nh unusual showing OF
the condition for the month Of August,
no material decline being apparent
from the status in July. The general
average for July was "a 4SSl00, in
August 80. No state averages stand
higher than In 1875, except those OF
Louisiana and Florida. The states Of
the greatest production, especially
those west OF the NJ lssissippi-those re-
porting highest estimated condition,
are IA follows: North Carolina, 80 !;
South Carolina, SS; Georgia, So; Flor
ida, 90; Alabama, "a; Mississippi, 80 /;
Louisiana, 1905; Texas, "a; Arkansas,
! 90 Tennessee, 80. On the Atlantic
coast there Is frequent mention of In
ferior fruitlng. In the Carolinas there
has been too much succuleBce Of
growth In consequence Of abundant
moisture.
In Georgia and Alabama there has
been some Injury from drought, but
the weather has lately been more sea.
sonable.
Ii has been too wet Ia much Of Mis-.
sissippi. some cotton on bottom lands
In Tippah county has been abandoned
from this cause.
In Louisiana the promise Ia extra
ordinary, aud IN Concordla parish the
best crop since 1870 Is expected, and In
Union the beat since 1860.
The prospect In Texas Is married by
the appearance Of the caterpillars.
More than half the counties reported
are infested not seriously yet, except
In few cases. In Lavaca, the bulk ol
the crop IL destroyed aud 10 Gonzales
seventy-tve per cent. The crop Is 9
complete wreck where prevention
was not used. Preventatives have
been successfully applied by prudent
planters.
The caterpillars have appeared In
the parishes Of 81. Laundry, Rlchlant
and Claiborne, In Louisiana; In Perry
Wilson and Coneugh, Alabama In
Columbls, Florida; aud in Brooks
Georgia.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-16
The Turks Treat 6ulruevO to Storm Of
Shot and Shell Families Fleeing TO
the Danube for Protection.

HeFOism OF - Russian Dragon ON.
GER uleiman PasbA Iecis Little ae.
sistAnee- Another bridge Across the
Danube.
moon Associated Press Reportl
LONDON, August l6.--'rhe Vienna
correspondent OF the News reports that
ut kustendji, there 10 u panic, owing
to the BON bardment OF that place by
the Turks. Kustendji was occupied by
only two regiments OF the Fourteenth
army corps aud one battery, The Rus
SLAMS will evacuate the town. Mean
while, for the protection OF foreign
subjects, an English steamer has ar
rived In Bulgaria. Families are leay-
ing Tirnova in large numbers for the
Danube, as an attack on the place by
the Turks is daily expected.
The Times Bucharest correspondent
telegraphs that Prince Eugene, OF
Lu hteuberg, who commands force
OF Dragons aud Bulgarians under
General Gourke, had great difficulty
in eXtrioatlng himself when the Rus.
SLAMS We're compelled TO evacuate Eski
Saghra. He was surrounded, but cut
his way out with u loss OF eight hund>
red men.
The Times has the following, dated
Shumla, August IA: "Suleiman pasha
announces that his vanguard has, with
out any opposition, pressed forward rs
lar AS Fefdlnaking, on the road to
Elena, and the entrance TO the detile
of the same name, and that II seems
rs If the Russians wish to abandon the
pass
The Times Adrlanople special con.
firms the foregoing
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-16
Poiiicai mob. Dangerous,

Philadelphia Times The result of
the election in Louisville for members
Of the legislature shows what the dem
agogue can do in times of public excite
ment Those who called themselves
workingmen nominated ticket and
gave the public to understand that its
success would cure all the ills from
which the workingman has been suffer
Ing. The democratic ticket was cons
posed Of exceptionally good men, but
only two of the seven candidates
running on it were elected Five
OF the workingmen's nominees
were successful, having been supN
ported by the republicans who had
no. ticket Of their own, and by every.
body who wa ted the democrats beaten
II was an election conducted in whirl-
wind, when the conservative elements
were caught mapping. In little while
the gale will subside and there will be
chance to view the wreck, which is
not great in this instance, but which
will do a. a warning TO those who lose
their heads in a storm and enable US TO
congratulate ourselves that there is no
important election 20 be held for some
time vet
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-16
BURNED 10 DEATH.

SIN Men Envetop a ia the PLANES OF
an al weli-fhe Fatal Kerosene
tan,
CINCINNATI, August 10, "A special
dispatch says the new oil well ut
SmlIh's Ferry Point commenced to
flow on Monday, throwing oil over
the men working about the derrick.
The gas Ignited from n blacksmiths
forge, aud the men were enveloped In
DANES. w. $. Royl and Charles
Amman died In few minutes John
Boyle aud VIM. 4, McCready, cannot
recover and John Clinton aud son,
were seriously burned.
FLUSHING, H. L., August To-
Thomas q, aud Frank w. Levally,
aged ten and seven years respectively,
were burned TO death near the River
Lead house. Their father, j, q, Lev.
ally was lighting fire With kerosene
when the oan exploded.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-16

The murder of w. p. Hickok, known
as Wild Bill, frontiersman, whose
fearlessness, skill and manly beauty
General Custer had praised in maga>
2ne article attracted wide attention
about year ago. A Cheyenne CORE
spondent of the World gives this new
account Of the killing Fate brought
him TO the same card table with Jack
Mccall, gambling sharper. On the
last hand Mccall bet $40 and lost, and
when he came to settle found that he
had only 81 SO, Bill, remarkiug, You
oughtn't to overbet your pile-thats no
way to play cards, handed him back
81 to pay for his lodging and breakfast
Next morning Bill was in saloon,
when Mccall came behind him noise
lessly. placed the muzzle of his re-
yolyer to the back Of his head, and
killed him The same writer sketches
the widow Of Wild Bill She has had
two husbands, both public characters,
and both doomed to violent death.
In 1917, at the age Of fifteen, she mar
ried William Lake, clown, OF whose
circus she became financial manager.
In 1869 while the circus was at Granby.
Missouri a loafer named Jack killian
slipped in without paying. Lake eject
ed the dead.head. who armed himself.
returned to the tent paid his way in,
and, seeking out Lake, shot him dead.
After her husbands death Mrs. Lake
took the management of the circus.
which she conducted for three seasons.
visiting all parts of the Union. She
then sold off her menagerie, apparatus
and stud, and in 1875 went TO San Fran
cisco. There she remained but few
weeks, going to Cheyenne year ago
last April, where \ little while after
ward she married Wild Bill.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-16

lNihhN AAN!NlNl'N AonH hNlhlfl
WASHINGTON, August l5.--Thc SELF
ure of the steamer Denmark at New
York, on the charge OF smuggling by
the officers aud crew, has not been re-.
ported, Assistant Secretary McCOr-
mick was called ON Tor the report, ~
an agent of the steamer here ia pre-.
pared to give bond,
Ex-Governor Sam Bard Is here on
route to New York, to buy u new press
for his Pensacola Herald. He en-
dorses the presldents policy, and says
he don't want u postoiiice.
Either pevins or Key will remain
with Hayes during his New England
trip OF two weeks, Tyner will run the
postoilice department and the bureau
of justice will run itself in the mean
time.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-16
wholesale Aecapiiation Of Govern
ment Employees.

BALTIMORE, August l5.-The reduc-
ton for the customhouse was made to-
day by the dismissal Of nine clerks,
four messengers, two assistant weigh
ers, two guagers. one special inspector,
thirteen day inspectors, eleven night
vatebmen, two examiners, and at the
appraisers office, two samplers and
three laborers. There were also few
removals and others appointed 10 theft
places, including one clerk, one exam
liner and one storekeeper, the Others
beipg principally waichmen.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-16
a nermI,in ,I,lliIniI,on.

The Jefferson Jimplecute givesan acs
count Of an cid man living on the state
line, half in Texas and balfin Arkansas,
who settled where he now lives when
Texas was a Mexican province lie Is
seventy-fye years old, snd though
living near a railroad mas never seen a
train Of cars. aud though he has often
hea.d The steamboats, whistle as they
passed close to bis cabin, he has never
seen one Of them The name Of this
curiosity Is scaggs. Il % said he Is and
always has been poor, and no wonder.