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Words Of Wisdom.

The sweetest thing on earth is a little
child when it has learned to know and
love.
After friendship and love come be-
ncvolcncc and that compassion which
unites the soul to the unfortunate.
How contagious is the laugh Of some
people; how Earring that of others, like
playing on q worn-out piano.
In general, there is no one with whom
life drags so disagrceably as with him
who tries to make it shorter.
There are some human tongues which
have two sides, like that of certain quad
rupeds, one smooth and the other rough.
You cannot churn happiness out Of a
chest of gold; it will never come. You
cannot make unfading crowns of fading
flowers.
When people have resolved to shut
their eyes, or to look only on one side, it
is of little consequence how good their
eyes may be.
The triumphs Of truth are the most
glorious, chiefly because they are the
most bloodless of all victories, deriving
their highest lustcr from the nunpcr OF
the saved, not of the slain.
Mems lives should be like day-more
beautiful in the evening; or like sum-
mcr-aglow with promise; and like au-
tumn-rich with golden shcavcs. where
good deeds have ripcncd in the field.
Tenderness is the genius of simple
minds. If passion knows no obstac les,
tenderness knows no bounds. Passion
is the attribute of a soul which no longer
controls itself; tenderness, that Of 4 heart
which no longer belongs to itself.
Contcntment is a blessing, and it is
within the reach of all, but it will not be
found by him who goes out to seek it..
1t is something from within, and until
the heart is right all effort after it must
be in vain.
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An Exciting NTug Of War;

<hAA A-ASAsAA6 Aoo Va
A tug of war" is trial of strength
between two teams of men, who grasp 4
rope and try to draw each other over 4
mark. A correspondent of the London
Ne,CS in Afghanistan describes contest
of this kind between two teams of native
soldiers rs follows:
The tug of war which excited the most
interest was that between the Hazara
mountain battery team, and one from
the infantry Of the Guides. In both
eases they seemed powerful sets Of men.
The tug lasted for about forty minutes;
five minutes being the usual time in
which such trials Of strength are settled.
The bull dog-like lirmness with which
these men held on was an evidence to
any of those who at the moment may
have thought back on the past history Of
India, that if these races had been pro-
perly drilled and led by the right men
"the haphazard frontier" of her ma
jesty's Indian empire would still have
been the river Sutlej. The Guide infan-
try are chiefly Patans. while the noun
tain battery are Sikhs. One or two of
the latter lost their pugrees in the strug-
gle, and their hair fell down over their
face, neck and shoulders in wonderful
black masses. There was one man whose
jet blush black locks were in such 4
quantity that his whole head and upper
part of his body vas completely vailed
Ivy it; so. dense was the mass that he
could not see through it. Although the
skin was coming of his hands he would
not let 20 the rope to throw back his
hair, which hung down so long that. his
body being bent, it trailed in the dust.
If any one can conceive lion with
magnificent black name, he will
have q picture of this hero as he lay
on the ground holding on to the rope
like a wise. Not only was the skin of
his hands pccling off, but he began ut
Jast to spit blood; but not n sign of re-
linquishing his grip was given. The
thick mass of hair hanging round his
face like curtain prevented the air from
getting at limit must have been sutfo.,
eating and when at last his team had
won the victory, this splendid fellow
tumblcd over on the ground and all but
fainted from sheer exhaustion. There
was an instant rush of his comrades, and
the restorative they employed was that
of shampooning him all over the body;
but he was not the only one that re-
ouircd it. About onc-half the team re-
ccivcd similar attentions from their
friends; their exhausted condition will
in itself tell how hard the struggle had
bccn. The Guide infantry, who lost in
this struggle, had nothing to be ashamed
of. They held on manfully, and scarcely
lost an inch Of rope till the end. During
thirty minutes it would have been hard
to say which would have gained the vic
tory, and at the close it became only q
question as to which side could sustain
the struggle minute or so longer than
the other.
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The Light Question.

The electric light with which Mr.. Edi-
son proposed to outdo the sun, and put
gas jets forever out Of the question, is not
yet forthcoming. The ominous silence
Of the reporters. or something else, has
had q reactionary effect upon gas stocks.
The theories Of Mr. Edison We're Mt first
hailed by the press rs accomplished facts,
and produced Il nervousness among the
holders of gas shares, which exhibited
itSclfin decline of at least fifty per cent
in the quotation of values, not only here,
but abroad. Scientific men all over the
world have experimental, and nearly all
have produced IN electric light frem
which. at the outset, they expected great
things, but lattcrly have expressed their
inability to divide and make it practical
bic as competitor Of gas. For the
present, at least, our churches must keep
to the chandeliers and ackct.-Etangcl-
act
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BY HUGH WILSON AND W. G. BENET.
Rain and Shine.
(BALLAD.)

(BALLAD.)
The clouds are thick and darkly lower;
The sullen sodden sky would fain
Pour down q never-ending shower:
hear the pattering of the rain,
hear it rattle on the pane.
And then I see the mist entwining
Nor one position long retain,
Behold the gentle sun is shining
AS though exulting in its power,
The storm beats down with steady strain
Upon the ivy OF the tower
hear the pattering Of the rain;
1t swiftly sweeps across the plain.
And then see the sky refining
And molten with golden stain.
Behold the gentle sun is shining!
Beneath the storm the cattle cover;
1t beats upon the growing grain,
And as it breaks both bud and flower,
hear the pattering Of the rain.
From where the clouds too long have lain
They turn, and show silver lining,
A splendid glory comes again.
Behold the gentle sun is shining?
ENVOY.
Although like some far faint refrain,
hear the pattering Of the rain,
The storm is past. No more repining-
Behold the gentle sun is shining
-" Scribner.'
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should have done society a benefit had
shot him as he sat there, but did not.
Perhaps you won't believe that I felt a
sort of pity for the fellow, but I did.
Well, informing came at last. 1 sent
Edwards to get the gate open, and es-
corted my visitor out, telling him that
there was not room for him and me in
that part of the country. and that he had
better quit it for another.
"And did lie ?"
Il suppose so, for he never attempted
to molest me again. Not long after
heard of his death. He met his fate east
of the mountains"
"And what of that pretty Amazon,
Joseph ? am sure she was almost as
good to you rs guardian angel, coming
on horseback to give you warning"
"Was she not /? And I had returned
it by behaving so unhandsomely to her
But now, / just ask you, would it have
been proper to let her come in on that
weeks visit. and u young man with Il
reputation ?"
AT any rate, you did not. But have
you ever seen her since ?"
"Oncc; it was in Frisco, She was
married and staying at the same hotel
with me. Her husband was a tall, dash
ing man, what with you would be called
4 gentleman, and very wealthy. She had
been lucky, you see. l knew her as
soon rs she came into the dining-room,
and in few minutes l saw that she
recognized me; but she did not take any
notice and neither did l. She told me
with her eyes that she remembered, but
there was an appealing glance in them
which interpreted rightly. After din
ner we got into conversation, the
three of us, just as strangers will do in y
hotel, and l found the husband a very in
telligent, wcll-informed man. In parting
l got just word aside with her. am
glad to meet you again, and thus said.
Hush = she answered, | thank you for
your rcticence. In the past of life that
has been composed of ups and downs
there is generally something or other ly-
ing on the memory that we don't care to
erall or proclaim to the world.'"
And about the young girl in the
Wallamct valley 81
81 never found her." replied Joseph.
plaintively. "Truth to say, I never
started fairly to look for her. Perhaps
it's rs well. I'D. c. Mlcdo1Mld..
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A sparkling young dcbatcr, in flight
of cloqucncc, exclaimed: MIR. Presi-
dent, the world is divided into two great
classes, the learned and the unlearned,
one of whom am which,"
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Some idea of the size OF the State
of Texas may be gathered from the
fact that, though the population is mil
lion, there are are only four people to
every square mile Of territory.
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FOR THE FAIR SEX.
A Dressy Trick.

A Boston correspondent of a Western
paper says: "There is certain fashion
able nodiste up town who has among
her Customers large number of ladies of
our very best society," Carriages are
continually before her door, and such is
her success in business that she is the
envy of the tlrong Of less successful
naodistes who cannot see how she does
it, This is because they do not under
stand the double role she plays. Very
many Of the large flat-tops in which ele-
CANT costumes are sent home come back
to the dressmaker q few days later; but
Of course that is all right-changes are
needed. But when the changes are made,
the costumes 90 out again to different
addresses from the first ones, and again
they come back. In fact, the principal
business done here is that of letting CO.'S
tunes for balls, weddings and other af-
fairs. Even black silk visiting dresses
and street suits may be hired, and are es-
pecially made use Of by ladies who are
going ON visits for a few weeks to other
cities or the seashore. But the business
is so carefully arranged that nobody
finds it out, and even the ladies who pat
ronize the establishment seldom Sc
their dresses worn by any one else, for the
madam always keeps strict memoranda
Of the places where the dresses have
been worn, and never lets = costume go
twice into the same circle Of society; be-
sides such alterations are made every
time dress comes back that it would
not be very easily recognized. Consider
ing the secrecy which is maintained re-
garding this branch of the business done
here, it is rather surprising how the
madam ever secured the large list of
patrons whose names are on her book.
Think what a futtering there would be
should these private books be by any ac-
cident made public"
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The Gun that Cheers.

Queer stories are told of the advent of
ten in the fashionable market. The
ignorance of its preparation was illimita-
bic, and line ladies, determined to tread
loosely on the heels of fashion, were
compelled to take lessons in the art of
brewing it. One lady, before consenting
to become a candidate for culinary hon
ors, boiled several pounds and served it
as vegetable. Another, equally stupid,
set forth her table with it rs dried fruit,
and naturally failed to relish it. At the
tea parties in the seventeenth century,
the leaves from which the tea had been
drawn were handed around to be eaten
as a great delicacy, with bread and but
ter. To refuse was to affront the givcr
of this odd entertainment and to stamp
yourself an "outer barbarian" in the
realms of gcntility. Not so very long
ago it was the general custom to carry to
New England tea parties ones own cup
or tea dish. The latter curious vessel,
by the way (from$eight to ten inches
sqarc and an inch deep, gave rise to the
phrase. "a dish of tea. sThere is one
vcritablc tca-dish in this city to-day,
which has descended in 4 direct line to
its present owner, a lineal descendantso sof
Governor O'Reilly, on whose table it
rested hundreds of years ago through
many high teas and official frolics. This
whim Of carrying ones own teacup to
"tca fights" had its oddities and incon-
vcnicnccs, for how did these guests dis
pose of their solcd china The chroni-
Gle is as mute as n fish On this point, and
we are left to infer that they either car
ricd the sticky articles home in their
pockets, or dispensed with the cups be-
fore the reign of crockcry- breaking
Biddics began. No guest of a nineteenth
century "kettlc" would invite annihila-
tion to his cherished heir-loo through
the muscular mauling practiced imparti-
ally in our modern kitchens on iron pots
and china pans.-Philadelphia Times.
"There would be more houses in this
town. said a native, "if it wasn't for
one thing" "And what is that?" asked
the tourist. faint any more people,
replied the native. And the tourist
I l. l,
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Il Glimpse ut the Empress Eugenio and
Her Son.

IxCT SOhs
A letter from Olive Logan to the Gin
cinnati enquirer gives the following
glimpse of the Empress Eugene and the
plInce: " went to Waterloo station to
see the last of young Louis Napoleon,
who is off to the cape to have look ut
the Zulus.. He was accompanied by Eu-
genie rs far as Southampton. It really
gave me a pang to behold this once-peer-
less beauty, to whom I was presented in
the days Of her utmost splendor, both of
fortune and of fame. Her appearance
was so pathetic that it made the tears
spring to my eyes. She was attired in q
style which we ladies understand as half
mourning, and carried in her beautifully
modelled hand large bouquet of early
spring violcts, the chosen emblem of the
Napoleonic dynasty, and the odorous
harbinger for us all Of lovely days to
come anon. Her hair is still the beauti-
full blonde so inseparably connected with
her name, and this is something that
puzzles me, unless l accept the explana-
tion which has been given by some OBJ
scrvers-that she wears wig. Certain
ly there is not thread Of gray visible.
Otherwise she was aged indeed. She
looked positively hnggard, pale as 4
ghost, her dropping, fatigued eyes encir-
cled with the blue rings of care and anx-
iety. Her faded appearance formed a
great contrast with that of her son. n
rosebud of a young fellow, in the first
blush Of Joyous youth-up to anything
you like, you know-and evidently just
bubbling over with pleasurable excite
ment ut the thought of going out to the
seat of war with numbers Of the greatest
swclls in the British army. One has
only to see these two relics of the impc-
rial shipwreck to fully understand what q
fearful sacrifice it must be to Eugene to
give up her boy, even for the short period
of four months, which is supposed to be
the length of his stay in Africa. She is
the French mother to the very letter;
quite different being from an English
or IN American maternal parent. She
has no sanqfroid with him; her eyes are
necessarily upon him; idolatry is legible
in every glance. Since his departure her
condition, / hear, has been really alarm
ing. Tears, sobs and fainting fits have
succeeded each other almost uninterrupt-
edly, cries of Oh, my son; my dear
son" have wrung the hearts of her list:
cning attendants"
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"There would be more houses in this
town." said native, eff it wasn't for
one thing" "And what is that?" asked
the tourist. faint any more people"
replied the native. And the tourist
opened his notebook and remained ab-
sorbed in thought.-Gold Hill (Nev.
Ne7Us.
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prompting some action in this matter
among our readers that the above is writa
tcn.-New York Sun.
Recipes.
GooD BUCKwHEAT CAKEs.-Stir up
about half a gallon of batter. with warm
water; then add little salt; also, half 4
cup of yeast; next morning add a little
soda, and bake.
FRIED LIVER. Cut into thin slices
and pour over boiling water, turning it
off at once. Have prepared some cracker
or bread crumbs; dip in the slices of
liver, sprinkle in pepper and salt, and
fry in hot beef drippings until both sides
are of dark brown.
MEAT LoAF.-Chop fine whatever cold
meat you may have. fat and lean to-
gether; add pepper and salt, one finely
chopped onion, two slices of bread, which
have been soaked in milk, and one egg.
Mix well together and bake in Il dish.
This makes a nice tea or breakfast dish.
PRUNE P1E.-Wash the pruncs through
several waters. Put in q preserving
kettle in the proportion of two pounds of
fruit to one pound Of sugar. Pour q
quantity n boiling water over them, and
let them boil at least two hours. When
they are thoroughly done and the sirup
thickens, take them from the fire and
pour into tin plates lined with paste.
Add one teaspoonful Of butter; cover
with q rich paste.
FRENCH TAp1ocA PUDDHG. Take
two ounces of tapioca and boil it in half
a pint of water until it begins to soften
then add half a pint of milk by degrees,
and boil until the tapioca becomes very
thick; add wcll-beaten egg, sugar and
flavor to taste, and bake gently for three
quarters of an hour. This preparation
of tapioca is superior to any other, is
nourishing, and suitable for delicate
children.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-11-05

London, Nov. 4,-Commander Grau,
and both his lieutenants, were killed in
the engagement with the Gillian fleet.
Many of the crew were killed and
wounded. At the close OF the action
the Huascar nearly sank, and it was
thought doubtful whether she could
reach the port.
The Chilian army, numbering 1S, 600,
is reported marching upon Iquique.
Peru. Mrs. Grau is reported dying,
soon after being informed of her hus-
bands death. The Huascar carried
21O men, officers, sailors, marines and
engineers. Her plating amidships was
Al inches, tapering off to 2t inches in
the bow and stern, and her measur-
ment about 1850 tons, with two Arm
strong rifles 300-pounders in turret,
and two 40-pounders on deck, which
probably could not he used from the
height of the Chilian vessels and the
extremely short range, sometimes 800
metres-a stones throw.
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MILITARY MArrERs.
Gen. Sherman's Annual Report TO the
Secretary of War.

SccHctaEy VI w saH-
Washington, Nov. 4.-Gen. Sher-
mans annual report to the secretary of
war was completed to-day.
1t is prefaced with the usual tabular
statements and returns comgiled by the
adjutant general commanding, on
which Gen. Sherman says: "The eleven
generals, l, ,559 officers, 20, 566 men and
233 Indian scouts, together with such
officers of staff as are assigned by the
war department to duty with the
troops constitute the army proper or
the combative force. All other parts
of the military establishment are pro-
vided by law for special service more
or less connected with the army or
militia, but are not available for from
tier defence. Thus, for instance, the
397 enlisted men of the ordnance de-
partment are in fact workmen at arsen-
ais, the 1872 enlisted men of the engi-
neer corps are at Willet's Point under
going instruction in torpedo proctice
and are not subject to division COM
mands; the 456 men of the signal corps
are employed in observing weather, or
in working the telegraph. The 115 ord
nance sergeants have charge of the old
forts or fixed magazines, etc. The var
ious detachments aggregating 3,463
enlisted men of the highest grades COM
pose about one sixth part of the enlist
ed men provided by law for the whole
army, leaving but 20,799 for actual
service.
/ mention these figures In some de-
tail because 1 know that it is popular
belief, shared by many members of
congress, that we have $4,000 men on
duty. have done all in my power to
reduce these detachments to the lowest
number possible so as to afford more
men to our skeleton companies, but
have found it impossible, and 1 notice
that similar detachments are reported
on all army returns for fifty years back.
There are 430 companies in the regu-
lar army; $4,000 men would give SO to
each, which is as small as any CON-
pany should be and earnestly recon-
mend that you ask congress to so legis-
late that the $4,000 men provided by
law may be allowed exclusively for
regiments of the line, and that special
provision be made for these several
detachments as has already been done
for the signal service.
The army cannot with justice be
held responsible for the work of 25,000
men when so large fraction is neces-
sary diverted to other uses, perhaps of
equal national Importance.
The tables above referred to show
that the grand aggregate of the army
roll is 2, 1877 officers, and "a, 262 men in
the service. and 1888 officers retired
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DOWN TO DEATH.
A TRAIN rnRoUGH a DRAW.
An Engine and Coach HUN Into the
Rfver-One Person Killed and
Several Wounded-Mirac-
uious Escapes.

Hackensack, Oct. A passenger
train, this morning, on the New York
& Greenwood Lake railroad, composed
of one engine and one coach, ran into
the Hackensack river owing to the
draw bridge being open. The engineer,
Dexter, was wounded by jumping be-
fore the locomotive reached the edge of
the chasm. There were about twenty
persons in the coach, mostly business
men living at Arlington, Montclair and
Greenwood Lake, on the way to New
York. j.. d. Wood, baggage master,
was sitting on the front seat of the
passenger coach and saw the fireman
leap on to the front platform of the
coach, and running to the edge jump
into the river. He then rushed out of
the doorway, and seeing the forward
part of the engine just going over the
draw, jumped himself into the river.
Full particulars have not yet been re-
ceived.
Only one person thus far Is reported
killed, Dexter, the engineer, aged 40;
his neck was broken and head crushed;
he resided in Jersey City with his wife
and family. The wounded as far as
known are ]. d. Wood, baggage mas
ter, injured internally; F. B. Tuttle,
of Montclair, a merchant in New York
city, badly cut and bruised; he was
taken back to Newark; Harriton, of
Woodside. head cut and injured inter-
nally; he swallowed quantity of salt
water which he vomited with blood he
was taken to Newark; John Masker,
fireman, seriously strained by striking
the bridge; VIM. Stark, conductor,
badly bruised but not seriously hurt;
Jessie Williams, brakeman, bruised
about the head, side and arms. Others
suffered from the drenching and expo
sure of fifteen or twenty minutes, in
cold water.
1t seems that the bridge tender is
to leave the draw open all
night, and did not arrive in time to
close it. The train, comprising an en-
gine and tender, and one passenger car,
with one hundred and twenty passen-
gers, all males, approached the draw at
the rate of about fifteen miles an hour.
The engineer not discovering the alarm
signal until too late to stop the train,
jumped on the bridge, striking head
first, and died in a few minutes. The
others, except those previously men
toned, escaped with more or less fear
full bruises. The passenger coach float
ed on the water and the passengers
were taken out through the windows
and roof by men in small boats. None
of the passengers were killed, and only
one or two were seriously injured.
They were all transferred to Newark to
a branch train and sent to New York.