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When Yon Were Seventeen.

When the hay was mown,
In he years long ago,
And walle the Western sky was rich
With sunsets rosy glow,
Then hand in hand close-linked We pa
The dewey ricks between,
And / WAS one and-twenty,
And you were seventeen.
Your voice was low and sweet,
Your wavy hair VAS brown;
Your cheek vas like the wild red rose
That showertd its petals down.
Your eyes were like the blue speed well,
With dewy moi~ture's sheen,
When | was one and twenty,
And you were seventeen.
tt spring was in our hearts,
And all It's hoJes were ours;
And we. were lnildren in The fields,
Among TIE opening flowers,
Ave; life was like summer day
Amid The woodland green,
For ] vas one-and twenty,
Aud YOU were seventeen.
The years ave came and ne,
With sunshine and with shade,
And silvered is the silken hair
That DER your shoulders strayed
In many soft aud Maynard tress--
The fairest ever seen
When was one-and twenty,
And you were seventeen.
Though gentle changing time
Has touched you in his light;
Your voice has still the old sweet tone,
Your eye the old love-hght.
And years can never change
The heart YOU gave,I ween,
When / was ne-aod-twenty,
And YOU were seventeen.
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by, 3and guess the graveyard man viii
help us put it up"
''You want the name painted on, don't
you2''
Eyes, sir; we want the board white, and
then we want you TO paint on that that she
was our ma, and that she was forty-one
years old, and she died the second of Novem-
Der, and that she's gone to Heaven, and that
she was one of the best mothers ever was.
md that we are going to be good all our
ives and go mp where is when We die
How much will it all cost, STRIP
.'How much have you got2"
'Well, said the boy, as he brought out
little calico bag and emptied its contents on
the bench, "Bud drawed the baby for the
woman next door and earned twenty cents:
Tack he weeded in the garden and earned
forty cents, and he found FIVE more in the
road; run of errands and made kites and
liked a boys cart and helped carry some APP
pies into store, and / earned sixty five
cents. All that makes 1870 cents, sir, and pa
don't know we've got it, cause We kept it hid
ia the ground under stone"
The carpenter meant to be liberal, but he
said
"A grave board will cost at least three dol
arso
The lad looked from his little store of
metals TO the carpenter and back. realized
how many weary weeks bad passed since the
first penny was earned and saved, and sud
dei ly walked out;
"fhen we can't never, never buy one, and
mas & ave will get lost"
nut he left the shop with tears Of gladness
IN his eyes, and when he returned yesterday
little Bud and Jack were with him, aud they
mad a cart. There was not only head
board, but one for the foot of the grave az
well, anu painter and carpenter had done
their work with full hearts, and lone it well
.Ain't it awful uieenicer than rich folks
have!'' whispered the children, as the boards
were being placed on the cart: ''won't The
grave look nice, though, and wont ma bt
awful glad'
Ere this the mothers grave has beer
marked. snd when night comes the thre'
motherless ones will cuddle close together
and whisper their gratitude that it can no
he lost TO them, even in the storms and drift
of winter.
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Old HornbeDder came in from Sagus
The other day ard took a seat in a Wash
ington street barber shop % "~aar bis
turn" A couple Of 4" sEdart youths be
ran telling sfaries about terrible TRACE
les with BARRIERS IS the heroes, evidently
40 guy the old man. After time old
Harnbender brace himself, and ssid NJ:
Did you ever hear Of my ru5pus with
a crazy barber down u Lynn The
boys allowed they hadn't, and all gath
cred about the old man, who continued;
" Well, | nas down to Lynn once, about
i year ago, and went into barber shop
ID get my baird scraped eH An when
tnak mv seat i'd the chair ! saw TIE
barber didn't look jest right Hia sss
aad 4 kinder CLASSY stare IN 'ero. and he
i3uriss,ed his razor around while be was
/ ron pin Of it in way that made me
uncomfortable, | tell you. Then he grab
bed me- by the nose with one hand and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-09-26
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN NEWS.
Losses Of National Banks.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.-The comptro Ter of
the currency has compiled dividend reports of
nation / banks for the six months ending
March 1st 1878, from which it appears the
banks charged off losses during that time
amounting to $40 90314 OF this amount
g.. 9f3 757 consisted Of premiums on United
States bonds held for circulation which depre-
ciated in value bel : the cost price TO banks.
The losses charged off BY the national banks
during the wear ending September lst, 1876.
were Sl9. 719026, and for the year ending
September lat. 1877, Sl9 933, 5s7, making
total of ov fifty and one half
million dollars losses charged off duriug
the past two aud one-half years. The ratio of
earnings of national banks to capital and sur
plus for the veaf 1877 was 562 per cent. and
it is estimated the ratio for the year 1878 will
not be greater than for the preceding year.
The comptroller has also compiled complete
dividend returns from the national hanks in
sixteen of the principal cities for the year end
ing September list. 1873, from which it appears
that BI1 52n. 1879 of losses have been charged of
nv banks located in those cities during the
present year of which g 100 968 was for de-
probation in premiums in United States bonds
held bv the banks as security for circulation.
The total losses charged off by banks located
in these cities during the three years ending
September Ist 1873 was $50 Ald, 96l. The
losses charger off by banks in New York city
during the past year were IS, 3l9, Bottom,
1890 1877 Chicago 9915.GS4. Philadelphia,
1861 676. Pittsburgh "a 636 Baltimore, $685.
9l5. New Orleans 1898 1896 Louisville, 1885.
ESQ, Cleveland 1922 90s st. Louis. St7l456.
Detroit. @l34617 San Francisco S52 902, Mil
YANKEE s74. 958, Cincinnati, $50, $50, Washing
ton, $50 Gil.
In 1876 the amount charged off by the banks
in he cities above named was all727.47, and
in 1877 the amount was @l9.633.63S.
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here. IS cases and deaths since Thursday last.
Supplies needed.
.AeknoscIed13ss eiass.

JACKSON, Miss, Sept. 23.-The following ex-
plains iiself To the Free Masons and Odd
Fellows of the United States: In behalf Of our
afflicted brethren and their families in our fe-
yer stricken communities, and in behalf of
hundreds of Others who have been relieved by
your timely and generous henihcence, ]
return our profound thanks for the
noble response you have sent To
or appeals for help. | have thereby
been enabled to answer promptly every call
from the ten places in the State where fever is
prevailing and with the funds on hand and
coming in will doubtless be able to meet every
demand till the close of the epidemic Shonld
there be any surplus it will be distributed as
indieionsly as possible for the benefit of the
hundreds of orphans bequeathed by the nlague
to our impoverished communities. In their
behalf | would still enlist your
general sympathy. Have received to-day near
" SIS 900 nearly all from Masons and Odd
Fellows. In due time a full report of this
good work which has been my privilege tn
conduct will be given to the generous contrib
utors and to the public. II will be testimony
to the good ess and gratitude of the human
heart tSigredl l.. Power,
Grand Secretary of Masons and Grand Treas
urer of Odd Fellows.
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s' st ',e such = look that couldn't bav,
l..,l ny NY hand to save my life. DID,; nIye
'1's .ime' siht1er, for afore could VIM
y eut my ,''h.,t frol ear 10 ear" III" tbs
,ad one OF the boysxhuuted, How did
5ou get away aliver ~ didn'h' sol-
:anly rcpiiad old Hofnbee.fer lie
iliod me ard buried 4hy body in the
Sller." a mighty si|1nce ensued.
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SILVER MOUNTAIN GAMBLERS
Just IN Idea of Hon. the Game Goes On
At Firgs mia CITY.
TViruipia Chrnpicla


Since the recent healthy rise in stocks the
spirit of gambling seems to have taken an
unusually strong hold the community.
For months past the metaphorical tiger hs s
been lying in his lair in sort of half dor
mant state, as if troubled with torpid liver.
During the past two weeks, however, the
gamblesome gentry who hunt for big game
have invaded his retreat. and he is now on
all tours, gnashing his teeth and thrashing
the Jungle brush savagely with his tail. On
Thursday afternoon there was stiff game
over the International saloon. The first
man who attracted any attention was an old
San Francisco sport, who, after a few prelim-
mary moves, began to prod the 'stiger' up
with bets stacked to the limit all over the
table.
THAT'S Old Moses from Frisco said a
locker on, land when he gets started you'll
see the fur fly
The man was right, for in a few minutes
Old Moses closed with his antagonist in dead
earnest by inquiring of the dealer If he could
be allowed to raise the limit to 800. The
dealer graciously allowed the privilege, and
Moses lost several hundred dollars in a few
turns, at which he asked if he could raise the
init again, and, obtaining the kind permits
lion of the dealer, was soon playing up to
600 bet, being sonnet mes SI,O0O or so
ahead ard sometimes SO mich behind.
Several other parties soon slid into the game.
betting up to the Iir tit and creating consid-
cradle excitement, uotil there was such a
crowd about the table that those on the
outer edge of the spec GATORS could only now
aud then get a sigit of the dealers bald
head. One player drew out 81 eco when he
left. Yesterday afternoon d stranger came
in, made few four-bit bets and then sur
prised the dealer by stacking pile Of $50
pieces IN front Of him and playing up to the
800 limit lie won heavily gil the after
noon and. coming back flushed with victory
in the evening. lost his luck and was badly
mangled by the tiger. To-day the game IS
doing a heavy business. and men who play
there are expected to do 50 on gold basis
He'd and blue chips are the rule, all " which
is considered good, indicating that business
is picking up and MOI eY is getting COZ
siderably easier than il has been for many
months.
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Cincinnati alnstcal Colleee.

CINCINNATI. Sept. 23.-In a private letter
from Theodore Thomas be states that the
musical college will be opened the FIRST week of
October and he will be ready TO receive pupils
in the principal departments certainly by the
middle of October Negotiations in pro-
gress with professors in Europe and some ten
days will elapse before the result is known.
number of excellent and important engage
ments have heen made which will be an
nnunced in full shortly. Wilhelmj has keen
secured for two symphony concerts during the
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FEVER'S FLAMES.
IT'S THIRST FOR VfCrTMS GETTING
oUENCHED.

Continued Decrease of the Death Rate at
Memphis, But Approximations of a Revival
Felt from the Change of weather-The
Horrors of Grenada Being Repeated at
Greenyille Miss.-The Situation at New
Orleans, yicksburg. Holly Springs. and
Other Points-Progress of the Relief
Movement.
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ReEia Work.

MILWAUKEE. Sept. 23--J. J. somers, super
intendent Of public schools. to-day turned over
to Mayor Black 500, contributed by the pub
lie school children for relief of yellow fever
sufferers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-09-26

GRAIN Wheat opened steady and AZ higher, and
closed strong Ma. hard Sill; No. /, 1.UI No. ,,
94'a september s2l4c; October ease; November
aSSc; No. 3 Use; M. 4, 6Tc; rejected sic Corn
easie; far demand; No. = 3slsc. Oats higher; good
deman3 No. :, l9tac. Rye firm: No. l. 46c. Bar
ley drn3er aud in fair demand; No. = cash S1.04ss ,
October 1Ists.
PROFISI0NS-wea and aIieF. Mess pork SIS Is
cash or Sc TENDER. Lard prime steam, $3.50.
Chicago Produce Market.
GRAMMAR active; No. / red winter s9a5 cash /:
TO- october, No. Chicago 81 cast;
October; S5ssc November; Ne. Chicsgo 7eeH77c
rejected 59dl6lc Gorn dil and shade lowsrs 354s
@s5sl generally unchanged; some sales higher
i9ssc casa; 2ais October; 2lc November; rejected
l7c. R5e steady 454c. Barley good dema-.d; i.u6ss
cash l,'s October.
PROFESSIONALISM heavy: Ss.25 October. 2.Is1
$40 Ocsober, S.2551s.3a November Land in ar de-
rnanC: 65H cash: 650G5 6.511s October 6.52ss as S.
November: bulk 6.53ss e.55 November. Bulk meats
duh; 4s75Js.759ge 90
New York Produce Market.
GRAxN-wheai, spring dull; receipts Ga. 600 bush
els No 8 spring 2vfs96c No. ? do 1.92aa1 o.; I'M
graded winter red 95olISi 0S; No. do Les; No. 2
do I.O64s tssI .UI9s Ne do LOTS ungraded amber
l.0lSll. SIS; No. amber i.a5& amber Michigag
I.u7ss aagraded white I.sa6sli5; No do LOO. No
do LAX. Rye Eru1; Ne. Z western 6Aiac. Barley
quiet ard firm. Malt firm. Corn Gu It; receipts 81
t0g bushels; unsraded 42I5,c; steamer 49ts6a5ssc
Oats hessSv; receipts iSs,ug0 bushels; Ne. &c:
Nc. white a7Sse: No. = 291@e No. white 2s5s c.
Nc. 1. S9ess Ne. white 27G SIZE: white do sansse
PROFESSIONALISM S90S8S 3. Beef steady
Cot nrIn: western long clear middlss S60aQ5
6-25. Lard, prime steam, S6-945s.
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AUSTRTA'S ARMS.
IMPORTANT SUCCESS IN NORTH
EASTERN BOSNIA.

simultaneous Advance of the Army of oc-
cupafion--severaI Bosnian stronghoits
Oeoupied-Ihe Porte Declares Its Inten-
ton Of Honestly Executing the Treaty Of
Neutrality-suspicious. Gets Up Lively
ERUPTION miscellaneous.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-09-26

You cannot build house on the tops
i trees. and you cannot build up D
church thar symboiizes the real church
idea that rests on Inc upper level Of fash
To represent Gat, then must i DBL its
bosom will affection Tor the loWiy, and
with anxiety Tor these alsat are morally
lost.
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A schooi-teacher ID New Jersey, in set-
ting dtlwn b ack marks aa ainst TIE boss,
puts ths M town under the head OF Hop
Statistics
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-FOUR BUILDINGS BURNED At ROCHESTER,.
ROCHESTER, Mimi, Sept. 23.-At ! A. NJ. the
fire alarm sounded and though the fire depart
ment responded promptly before the fire was
under control four buildings were burned
They were owned by Moses Tyler, Rommell
Bros, Thos. Hunter and David lie Suenr. How
it originated is vet mystery. possibly from
lightning as it was raining at the time. Loss,
"a 600. A strong Wind was blowing and Gin
ders were carried half mile There was a
small insurance on the personal property.
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FATAL FALL.

wrSoNA, Sept. 23.-About o'clock this af
ternoon the dead body OF man named Richard
Parry was found at the foot of the basement
steps. near Ely hall, this city. He was roof
err and in some unexplained way fell from
the roof upon stone steps killing him instant
ly Parry formerly resided in Cincinnati,
Ohio.
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THE FIRST sTEABOAT VOYAGE.

still, you boys, and LET me see if can
hear cIocsery bang against the walls.
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MURDER AND SUICIDE.

Cincinnati, ONO, husband kills his
wife ard himself He was % years old, his
wife six months older They had been mar
ried 4 gears. had had three children, none OF
whom were living. They had had quarrels
and discOrd, ana had met in the parl r OF their
parents to talk over aud adjust their difficult
ties. When he came into his fathers parlor
and met his wife in the presence of his father
and mother and sister to hear the parental
overtu res for reconciliation he exhibited no
condust that attracted the attention of his pa
rents. For awhile he sat upon the chair and
quietlY listened 10 the talk, saying nothing.
At last re rose aud walked the floor with his
hands in his pockets. Finally turning around
within three feet Of Carrie. his wife, he halted
and drew his hand from his pocket, "Banp,
bang, went two shots from a pistol and
down fell Carrie Prehn and Chris Prehn, wife
and husband, side by side, the bloody corpses
surrounded by the father, mother and sister
Of the murderer and suicide.
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BODY sNATCHING.

Edwin French, an old and wellknown
citizen Of Ohio, died at the residence of his son
in Wiiioughby, thirteen miles east of Cleve-
land. The funeral services were held next day
snd the remains inferred in Wilioughby GENE
cry. On the 27th inst, it was discovered that
The grave had been robbed Detectives were
once SIT ut work, and the body was found in
1 trGuk underneath the floor in the
Homeopathic Medical college Cleveland. The
grave had been robbed between l and 2
o'clock at n ght, ana the body taken to the
city in a car ia -ee and thrown into the trunk
The floor was at back and nailed down. Mr.
J E. Ere h s.n Of the deceased, immediate
" swor" our warrants, and nearly a dozen
PEOPLE, including the dean and members of
hr faculty, ianiior and several students were
arrested. The facu5ty disclaim all knowled q
of he bedy-snatehing, and say they are entire
" ignorant of the whole affair.
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THE NEWS CONDENSED.
EXPLOSION.

A still in the Green company s oil works
Flushing, L. /. exploded on tie 2O,h inst
and two men were terribly, probably, fatal,
burned,
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sRANp JUNCTION.

HOLLY srRINes Sept. 2s.-Grand junction
appeals to us for aid. Over 100 cases and no
organ cation for relief until to-day. They
need nurses. money and supplies. Do what
you can for them.
(SIgned1 W. Il. y. HOLLAND.
The Towards have received dispatch from
Yickshurg announcing the arrival there Of the
steamer Blanche Porter sent from New Orleans
with doctors. nurses and supplies fer Green
Vi le. which point she viii reach at 5 P. II. to-
morrow.
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vIcxsBuRs Sept. %. The 70 yard assoria-
ton will send tomorrow the steamer Kate
Dixon to GreenviIie, Miss. conveying money.
contributions. ice. provisions, doctors and
nurses.
The fever has decreased 50 much here that the
Vi ting physicians and nurses are going to
other potn $.
Yellow fever is reported at Delsa, Louisiana,
below VlrkshuFg.
President lockwood. of the Howard associa-
tion is ts-night reported IN dangerous cssn-
ditian. Among the deaths to-day il Henry
Locke, 4 q aher of the Howard association.
EF1DENIc.
WArEayuIE, Sept 2s.-The fever Is epidemic
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SUICIDE.

Leonard slhlcr, German butcher who
has been drinking heavily for two weeks past
shot himself through the heart with revelv-
er in saloon, at Toledo, o., producing in
slant death.
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WIFE MURDER.


The woman and cn'ld, found murdered
West Of the city of Indianapolis, Ind, lately,
proves to be the wife and child Of man
named VIM NJ Merriek who keeps livery
stable al the corner Of South and Illinois
streets. Nerriek has been arrested but denies
all knowledge Of the crime. He cannot give
any definite information as 20 the where
abouts his family; says he sent his wife be-
fore confinement 10 some place in the city,
but don't know the street or name Of the per
sons in whose charge she was.
THE PRESIDENT IN TOLEDO.
The President and Mrs. Hayes arrived
in Tole6 }, O.. from Fremont to attend the
State Fair, on the 10Th inst. After lunch at
the Body house, under the escort of Mayor
Ioues and a reception committee, and the
sixteenth re4iment 0. n G. they proceedea
IN tn fair grounds, where fully IS 0U0 people
were assembled. As the head Of the process
sion entered the grounds the natioral salute
was fired by the Fourth Battery o, N. G.
President HAYES was welcomed IN speeches
nv Navor Jones and President Boumgardner,
If the Tri-State Fair association, and in re
Spouse spoke briefly.
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TORNADO.

Sherman City, a small village in Tsa-
bella county, Mich, was ann'hilated By ter
rifle tornado on the goth inst. Every store,
dwelling 1use and she in the vill,ge was
swept away, except one frame dwelling which
was partially destroyed Tae air was thick
W til timbers, boards, brick and stone. The
inhab tants took refuge in cellars, Mr.. Tryo,
his wife, little girl and baby were badly in
jured at Colemaus, Michigan, consider able
damage was also done C. Dean having his
skull broken by falling tree
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An old lady named Farmer, age 80
was murdered in Clayton county, Ca, lptely
Her daughter who lived with her had hei
skull fractured. The house was sci
on fire.
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United States commissioner HalIet has
given a decision in Boston, Mass, in the c. Sc
of Henry A Parr, arre strd some time ago on
the charge of beiI = engaged, with others, ih
the capture If tie steamer Che>apcitkr, in
the name Of the confederate government.
The commt sloner ordered The discharge II
Parr on the ground that his ease vas covered
by the general amnesty proclamation Of
December 25tb, 1873.
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W. S. n. Wills n. assortii g letter office
clerk of the redemption divi ion OF the treas
ury department, was arrested defaulter.
Wilson had been recommended on the 10 h
inst, for dismissal by the chief Of his division
principally on the ground of general indie
hcirncy. The examination Of his books shows
that on the 9th inst, he distracted $1,000
from package consigned to him for delivery
to the castodiaus of the vaults in the general
order OF business. Wilson has been fifteen
years 10 the department. He admits the theft.
He gaxe bail.
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HOLLY SPRINGS, Sept. 23.--We have scat
terei the roses over the grave of Col. Kinloch
Falioner, secretary of state of Mississippi His
reputation is too we'll known to need any eulogy
from one who has seen him in his terrible
trial. The fever on the increase and those
who staid here to aid the sufferers see hourly
the best and trpest stricken down by this
frightful plague. There are Al new cases to-
day
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-Four buildings wer-. buried in R1chest-
er, Mimi. Monday morning Sept, % They
were owned by Moses Tyler, Rommen Bros,
Thos Hunter and David LeSueur. How it
or giuated is a mystery, possibly from light
nlng as it was raining at 9be time. Loss. 49,
COO. A strong wind was blowing and cmders
were carried half a mile. There was small
insurance on the personal property.