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. L1NCK AND CONKLINa.

L1NNA ANO NoNAL1NUs
DspdfcA to Ne1o IG1k lForfd-
NARRAaASsErr PIER, r. l., Aug r4.-The
people at Lakeside cottage, where the couyen-
tent or inconveEient German teacher LInck re-
mained for day or two previous to the alterca-
tion between Mr.. Sprague and hir. ConKling,
affirm to-day that on Saturday morning be re-
cetved telegram, and upon opening it said in
cautiously to tile gentlema1 with whom he was
conve1sing, IS s'Senator Conkfing wants to see
nc; what for, I wonder3" However, he said
that he would 60 on by the next train. Very
soon after the telegram. came Mrs. Sprague
immediately after Mrs Sprague's visit Liurk left
Lakeside and went to Providence, 3where he re-
NAMED for several houra. l have conversed
to oday with German gentleman here who en-
platlcally declares that Lfnck never wrote the
story which has boen published over his sigma
snre. In conversation and in writing Llnck
makes frequent blunders IN English, both in
grammar and pronunciation. When Senator
ConkIing reached Providence he adopted an en-
tirely different course from that which has been
reported. he went to the Narragansett Hotel,
but did not register his name, and proceeded to
private room, where he wrote q. letter to
friend, The Senator remained in this room
some time until his friend called on him. On
lace Committee, but made no statement Of his
trouble to any friend. He; returned here
IL the eFenlntt3z.A::. but when+' SUNDAYS
Norta was received, and it vas
found that tile story had reached New
York the Ex-Governor went again to Providence
and laid before two friends, one OF them law
yer, the draft of statement which he had pre-
pared Tor publication. They advised him not to
act hastily, and to do nothing that he would re-
gret. He was somewhat excited, but more
rational than he had been for many days before,
and repeated his determination to publish his
story. Finally, however, he gave his friends a
sacred promise that he would not publish any
thing without their acquiescence. I am inform
ed by witness that had the statement been
published it was full Of circumstan.ial details
OF the most scandatous sort, which would have
made it seem the work of Il lunatic. Mr..
Sprague has been here for day Or two, but has
not been about much. He is keeping very quiet.
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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-27
A Woman in Male Attire.

Special Dispatch 10 the Cincinnati Gazette
NINCENNFs, IND, August l5.-Last night as
the cIstbOUnd passenger train. ON the Q. and
VI. road came in AT haf-past - o'clock, wO-
man dressed in male attire either jumped or was
pushed of the about one hundred yards
west OF the platform at the Union Depot. The
fall killed her instantly. 1t is supposed her
name is Anna Mehan, and that her home is in
Louisville, Ky. At the Cornerss inquest this
morningno other facts were elected
The story is a pleasant comment on the
exalted regard for morals that abounds here
there and everywhere 1t Is like the lofty vir-
tue which induces bowling mob to follow
after some women of the street who are on
their way 10 the station-house. By the very
tierceness with which the crowd denounced the
sinful ones does it manifest its own morality.
This shows what must have been the viz
tue of the man who pushed Oft the car" this
woman in male attire"
And yet something can be said perhaps in
behalf of that woman.
Because OF her sex woman is placed at quite
a disadvantage in the struggle OF life. She
may be capable of doing mans work But
she seldom gets mans pay. The care of
family may deyolve upon her, but the theory
on which wages are arranged hold that each
woman Il looking out Tor herself alone. 1t is
true that cases are the exceptions when wo-
man has to look out for several persons But
the exceptions to the wage-rule are far less
than exceptions to the other. Such a woman
Will feel that were she man she could earn
mans wages. The next thing to being a
man is to be thought a man. So she dresses
in a mans clothes.
Be sure there is no danger from this The
objections that would lie to a mans thus I'M
sexing himself do not hold here Other mo-
tives than those suggested may have brought
about this change in garb But they can not
be unworthy the motives most people
would at once attribute to a man who made a
change. Shame may come to
the woman who changes her dress, but disgrace
will not come to others. The woman is to be
pitied rather than hated, TO be helped rather
than killed.
Only this morning we find in our exchanges
the story of young girl who left father
less and motherless. Two younger sisters and
Il brother were given to her care. She was
strong and capable, and like Desdemona, often
wished Heaven had made her a man. She put
on boys clothes, did stout boys work, and
was paid for what she did. She behaved mod
estly. She never drunk. She never spent
evenings in saloons She was in all respects
a model young citizen. 1t would be well for
the country if every boy would live as sober
industrious, worthy a life as she did Only ac-
cident revealed her sex. Probably if she had
been on the east-bound O. and NJ. train, she
too would have been driven from the train or
pushed from 1t, and killed-paying with her
life for the outrage she has committed on the
masculine idea of virtue by wearing a mascu-
line dreSs-Cincinnati Times
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WIT AND HUMOR.

Ought baker to drive a thorough
bread horse?
Whenever lightning begins to play it
raises thunder.
Temperance advocate takes drinking
as his spree-text for a sermon.
What is it that a man with two eyes
cannot see with one? Tother eye.
Nothing for the waiter, sir ?" ''No,
| don't resume until next season"
Better bare feet and contentment
Herewith, than patent leather boots and
a corn on each toe.
1t was an Irishman who said of an
enemy, g he would spit in your mouth
when your back was turned"
The poor chap who was lost in con-
temptation was afterwards found in cold
victuals by his charitable neighbors.
Song of the Harvard graduate-The
last examination did so much for me,
that now [ am owner of the big A. B.
An Iowa preacher prayed for rain,
and next morning found six boxes of
paper collars in his yard. Faith is its
own reward.
Whisky is now made from leather,
and this may perhaps explain why so
many persons who drink it are always
strapped.
A termagant with large mouth was
to silence by being informed
that it would make good model for
a coal hole.
A great many men look at themselves
through the little end of the worlds
Opera-glass, while the world looks at
them through the big end.
Not one person in hundred can tell
new flour from old except by observing
that the cooks hairpins stick tighter in
the new biscuits.
Camping-out parties often become
parties. This is some
times caused by damp weather, and
sometimes by the food they carry in
BOTTLES
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Josh Billings, Philosofee.

Mr.. Josh Billings, who Is, as usual
spending his summer in the White
mountains, has put it in the way of the
editor of the White Mountain Echo Ia
/ print few component parts Of his new
book, 10 be published in the Fall It's
title will be, ,Old Probabilities Per
haps Rain-Perhaps Not" and its
leading motto. Truth IL sed to be
stranger than fickshun-it IL to most
pholks." The selections are these:
About the hardest thing\a fellow kan
do IL to spark , gals At one time and
preserve a good average Try it.
Don't dispize your poor relashuns,
They may be taken suddenly ritch
sum day, and then il will be awkward
to explain things to them; undoubt-
edly So
Next to a klear konshience for
solid eumfort Gums an easy boot. Try
both.
If young man hain't got well-bal-
lanced head, like to see him part hiz
hair in the middle Don't YOU
/ don't take any foolish chances. II
mule, | should stand in front ov him and
do mi weeping.
There IL no man so poor but what he
can afford to keep one dog, and | hav
seen them so poor that they could afford
to keep three.
l say to 2-thirds of the riteh people in
this world, make the most Of your mon
ey, for it makes the most of you. Hap
Ply thought.
| never argy agin success when |
see a rattlesnaix's head sticking out
ov whole | bear off To the left
and say to miself, "that whole belongs
to that snaik.
The infdel argys just az bull duz
chaned TO post. He bellows and saws,
but he don't git loose from the post,
notiss. Not much.
thank the Lord that there IL one
thing in this world that money kant
buy, and that IL the wag ov dogs tail.
Yure unkle.
/ have seen men so fond of argument |
that they would dispute with guide
board at the forks ov kuntry road. |
What fools.
There are but flu sights in this life |
more more sublime and pathetik than
to see a poor but virtuous young
man struggling with a mustach. 1t IL
thus.
notiss one thing the man who rides
on the kars every day IL satisfied with
one seat; but he who rides once a year
wants 4. That's so.
Flattery IL like cologne water, to be
smelled ov, not swallowed.
The man whom you kant git to write
poetry or tell the truth until you git him
laff drunk, amt worth the investment
Whenever | see real handsum wo-
nan engaged in the wimmin's rights
oizzness, l am going to take off mi hat
md jine the processhun. See if don't.
JOSH BILLINGS.
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NUAIBER 30.
Falling Asleep Together

| Syracuse Herald
About SIX years ago a certain promi-
nent man died in neighboring Village.
leaving Is the only survivors Of the
highly respectable stock represented by
his family, his mother, aged about ninety.
and an invalid sister. aged about thirty.
There also survived him iSsecouj wife.
about forty wears Of age. The deceased
left his mother. sister, and Wife, COM
tortahly well off in nice home This
spring the wife turned the aged mother
and the invalid sister out of doors.
NANNY. aS the old lady was familiar
~ known by the villagers and "Iibbie.
the daughter, We're both ON the very
verge Of the grave, Nanny from old
age and "Libbie from the ruyages of
consumption. They were beloved bv
all ot the villagers on account of their
purity of heart and beautiful characters
The kind hearted neighbors secured an
upper room for them in a house near
their old home and contributed articles
OF furniture food, medicine and anything
else which love could suggest to make
as comfortable a. possible the few re-
naming DAYS which they might have
oI cal III / il4 III separate htl~ IT'D
the same room the last DAYS were pass
ed by the mother and sister. The wish
Of each was that they might enter the
dark valley together. Libbe could not
be moved, but NANNY" would insist
on being taken over 10 Lbbie's bed
every little while to assure herself that
her daughter was still alive. The con
versations of the two were most affect
ing; they were of resignation. hope and
mutual love. One night while "Mam- .
my was asleep Libbie breathed her
last. When the old lady awokc her
first question was concerning her daugh-
ter. When told she was dead she said.
I'm SO glad she is out of pain. | =Nish
now that could 90 to sleep and not
wake. And her wish was gratifed, for.
closing her eyes in peaceful slumber.
she soon passed into that sleep which
knows no waking. \ single funeral
sermon was pronounced over mother and
daughter.
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A BLIND MANS DUEL.
A Romantic Scene on the Deck of tn
Mississippi Steamer.

From the New Orleans Picayunel
1t Is doubtful if any theatre offered
such volumes of romantic incidents as
the deck of the old-time Mississippi
| steamer In the old days before rail
roads traversed the continent in every
| direction, and the West was wilder
ness, New Orleans was the Mecca for
travellers, and the feet, wave-borne
palaces of the inland sea carried thous-
ands Of pleasure seekers 10 the South.
1t was then that life was carousal.
and men and women gave themselves
up to the most lavish enjoyments. Men
We're as prone to brawls as the sparks 10
fly upward. Conspicuous among the
fierce and rollieking habitues Of the
steamers was Capt. West, noted duel
ist. On day he engaged in controversy
with a gentleman with whom he met on
deck, whom he accused Of staring al
him impertinently.
"Nhy do you stare at me so intentlv?"
demanded the Captain.
Il am not looking ut YOU" calmly
replied the stranger, his eyes meanwhile
fixed in stony glare upon the duelist's
face.
''But you are, sir"
81 am not.
The Captain turned away, but a short
time afterward he felt those stony ewes
were upon him and following all his
movements with pitiless ferocity. 1t
became inexpressiblv annoying and the
Captain at last determined to make an
end Of it. Stepping up to the stranger
he inquired, with suppressed passion:
"Can you fight as well as look ?"
perhaps SO. never triedit. Place
me, however, in position and | will do
my best"
The singular conduct of the stranger
had by this time attracted universal at
tention, and whispered conferences re-
garding his remarkableIappearanee agi-
tated the little groups of persons all
over the boat. In short time, how
ever, the boat rounded to a landing for |
wood, and then the parties to the i'm
promptu duel went ashore. The pas
senger was led off by a negro servant,
who seemingly picked his way. Indeed, |
from the intense interest he was mani |
testing in the encounter, the colored |
servant was apparently more interested |
the time allowed for preliminaries was
brief, and the men were speedily put in
position and pistols placed in their
hands.
The word was given, and two ringing
reports flashed out on the air. Capt.
West fell pierced to the heart. The
stranger stood erect, calm and dignified.
His second rushed up to him:
"Are you hurt, sir?'
mo; how is it with my antagonists"
Cant you see? You have killed
him ?"
"No; | am unable to see"
"You can't see?'
"No; | am blind"
And he was. The tragedy was
nine days wonder, and all sorts of ru-
mors were rife as to the identity Of the
fatal stranger But who he was and
whittier he went was a mystery never
solved The circumstances went to
make up an incident in the dark and
bloody memories which made famous
the olden time.
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His Mind Wanders.

ga good name is rather to be chosen
than great riches" 1t IS, it is And
when we reflect that Solomon wrote
that he was the richest man in the world,
and carried enough money loose in his
pockets to pay the national debt, and
silver was accounted as nothing in the
days of Solomon, and he wouldn't sit
upon, ride in, or eat or drink from any
thing but pure gold, and was raising
family of the worst boys that ever
troubled Israel, we-but this is not the
sermon department of the paper, what
we were thinking was that-perhaps we
don't make it very clear, but Solomon's
head was level, after all. That may
not be what we started out to say, but
it's a great deal better.-Burlingto
Hawkeye.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-27
A Glass of Water Wins a Husband
From the Jersey City Journal


During the Sunday Convention which
was held in the Bergen Reformed Church in
1877, there sat opposite each other at one of
the tables young man from Greenville and
young lady from Jersey City, both Sunday
school teachers and both delegates During
the collation. the young lady, who was possess
ed of remarkable beauty, raised her ewes to-
ward her yis-a-yis and politely asked him to
procure her a glass of water. The grace, the
winning smiles with which she acknowledged
the favor, made decided impression on the
young man, and he loosely remarked to a
friend would like to take life contract to
carry water for that angel" Before the con-
vention closed they had so far forgotten their
positions as Sunday-schoOl teachers as to in
dulge in Irritation, during which they exchang-
ed addresses. This emboldened the Young man
to make an attempt to open 4 correspondence,
but by that time the young lady had seen her
folly, and she returned the missive unanswered
They again became as strangers, and This state
of affairs continued until early this summer,
when fate brought them together on Sunday
school excursion, and they we're then introduce
ed to each other by mutual friend, lady
That meeting settled 1t, and the young man
has made every arrangement to sign that = life
contract" Both parties are well known in
circles, and when the engage
ment becomes public there will be great sur
prise.
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Why She Didn't Try II.

1t was plain enough to all other pas
sengers on the ferryboat that the two
were in love and engaged, yet the girl
seemed to doubt his fervor Just little
Therefore, as the boat reached mid.
stream she leaned over and tenderly
said:
Johnny, 1 am going to test your
love. | am going to jump overheard,
and if you really love me know you'll
Jump after me and save me-"
Yes, III jump after you" he slowly
replied, but, but"
!" But what, Johnny ?"
- But if were YOU Ia take off my
shoes first. just the minute they haul
you out Of the water every woman in
this crowd will rush to see whether you
wear No. Is or No. 5s, and if you are in
your stocking feet they can't get the
size"
The girl drew her feet under the chair
sighed once or twice, and did not regain
her old enthusiasm until the boy came
along with peanuts. Detroit Free Pres.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-27
Effects of Perfume on Health.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
An Italian professor has made some
very agreeable medical researches.
resulting in the discovery that vegetable
perfumes exercise a positively healthful
influence on the atmosphere, converting
its oxygen into ozone, and thus increas-
ing its oxydizing influence. The
essence found to develop the largest
quantity Of ozone are those Of cherry.
laurel, clover, lavender, mint, juniper,
lemon, fennel and bergamot those that
give it in smaller quantity are anize,
nutmeg and thyme. The flowers of the
narcissus, hyacinth, mignonette, hello
trope and lily Of the valley develop
ozone in closed vessels. Flowers desti-
tute Of perfume do not develop it, and
those which have but slight perfume
develop it only in small quantities.
Reasoning from these facts, the professor
recommended the cultivation of flowers
in marshy districts, and in all places
infested with animal carnations, on ac-
count Of the powerful oxydizing inAu-
ence Of ozone. The inhabitants of such
regions should, he says, surround their
houses with beds Of the most odorous
flowers
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Subjects Of Converaation.

In society one must talk about some
thing, and "a little nonsense sometime
answers good purpose If you read
the newspapers, magazine, and some
new books; if you ~ % lectures, tY
church, 10 balls, 10 parties cor any places
Of amusement such as ladies and gentle
men resort to, you viii not lack for SUBJ
ject7 Of conversations Personal gossip
Of an innocent nature, that which does
not involve scandal or wounded feelings,
is equally, with the curret events Of the
day, n legitimate subject of couyer-a-
ton. Moreover, il is always safe
While you may be well read Yourself
and acquainted with the current news
Of the day, all persons that you may be
thrown in contact with may not Dr. a-
well informed. TO dwell Oh the topics
with which YOU are familiar at the rx-
pense Of others is not polite or Kind.
At the same time duty or p9liteue-- do
not require such complete -clfsareifca
a to demand that you shall devote your
self 10 the ignorant and uniformed.
A passing recognition and few words
adapted to their range Of culture and
thought are all that a well-bred person
is required 10 give 10 such.
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SELECTED MISCELLANY.

Open your mouth and purse cautious
| Zimmerman.
The secret pleasure of a generous act
is the great minds great bribe.-
Dryden.
There cannot be a greater treachery
than first to raise confidence and then
deceive it.-Spectator.
From Incidence, dependency and
indiscretion may | specially be pre-
served.-John Quincy Adams.
Let friendship creep gently to a
height if it PUSHES to it, it may soon
run itself out of breath.-Fuller.
As we must render an account of
every idle word, so must we likewise of
our idle silence.-Ambrose,
A handkerchief Irritation is a very
simple thing. 1t only requires two fools
and two handkerchiefs.
Every person has two educations-
one which he receives from others, and
one, more important, which he gives
himself.
He who spends all his life in sport is
like one who wears nothing but fringes,
and eats nothing but auces.-Richard
Fuller.
The greatest evils in life have had
their rise from somewhat which was
thought of too little importance to be
attended to.-Bishop Butler.
Education is the one living fountain
which must water every part of the
social garden, or its beauty withers and
fades away. Everett.
The foundation for the meanest man
is laid when a small boy turns the
worm-hole in an apple for his compan-
ion to bite from,-Fayette (O) Record
Our striving against nature is like
holding a weathercock with ones hand
as soon as the force is taken off it veers
again with the wind.-Thomas Adams.
knowledge is power" 1t is a truth
that is glorious, but at the same time
terrible. knowledge is power, for good
and evil.-F. w. Robertson.
Our system of thought is often only
the history of our heart. Men do not
so much will according to their reason
as reason according to their will
Fitche.
Wisdom is better than riches. Wis
dom guards thee, but thou must guard
thy riches Riches diminish in the
using; but wisdom increases in the use
of it.-Arabic Proverb.
Thousands are hated, whilst none are
ever loved without a real cause. The
II i T..
situations of life the consciousness of
innocence is our best shield and our
irmest buckler.
Joining in the amusements of others
is, in our social state, the next thing to
sympathy in their distresses, and even
the slenderest bond that holds society
together should rather be strengthened
than snapped.
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Travelling for Pleasure.

Burlington Hawkeye.l
"What place you call this? he asked
native.
''Gorham," said the native.
''What does it amount to-" asked the
passenger.
The native said it was favorite sum-
mer resort. The passenger stared at
him In dumb amazement, and then he
looked around him at the beautiful pam
Drama of sloping hills and climbing
mountains bathed in the morning sun
light, white mists curling about their
heads, cloud shadows sailing across
them swiftly and noiselessly as phantom
ships, gray rocks, messy slopes, signing
pines, the soft blue of the summer sky,
the changing greens of meadow and
mountain, the faky white of the sum
mer clouds, and, yawning YEARLY,
stretched himself out and said: 81 don't
see the attraction" and went back into
the car for little nap. | saw that
same man when we were on the boat.
He was lying on a sofa reading, when,
suddenly looking up, he noticed that
the cabin was deserted. He came out
where the crowd was. and asked:
whats the matter ?"
Somebody told him we were passing
through the Thousand Islands" He
looked around for about fifteen minutes,
and said
There don't appear to be many of
them ?"
Then he went in and resumed his
book, and when We We're all going ashore
at Montreal heard him asking when
We would come to the Rapids. And yet
this man was not travelling ON business.
He was travelling, we heard him say,
simply for pleasure and to see the coun-
try.