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1Sp1ASAroIIs, Ind. Aug. 47.-Ex-Senator
Dorsey. Scrrrtnryuf the Republican National
Executive Committee, arrived here to-day,
ANIL attended tie meeting of the Republican
State Committee this evening. The Senator
COMES direct from Mentor, and brings the re-
port that Gen. Garfield feels tirst-rate and
quite confident. Said tho Senator: "Tho
General Is doing Ereat deal Ut work In q
quiet way, especially fn Indiana which no
considers vitality Important to carry" Being
asked aboht the prospects In Ohio, he re-
piled: "EyerytAiug looks favorable, md
our pcoplc tf,ere are not At all disturbed
over tic reports Of Democratic Sic
cess. We sllalt carry New York
By from 3D,0o0 to $1,000 majority without
doubt. Mr. ConkEl.g says he shall he great
~ disappointed II tlle majority Il less than
10000" Sreakfng Ut Mr.. ConkIng, btr. Dorsey
satd: "Thcrc is not the least doubt OF Ills
coming to Indiana. On tho contrary, he l.as
consented to make three speeches In Ohio
I and tonr In indiana, at such polnts rs Cur
trltt Md others desire. 1t Is not yet decfdcd
whether he will open III Cleveland or In
tlianapolIs. We expect Gen. Grant to preside
at the first meeting, and
1T ii tn uE DETERMINED
wlticl, paint he cnn hest reach TINT makes
the delay. Scnator Conkllng Inns never made
| Il poltttcut Spcccl, outside ut his own State.
Even when Grant WIS candttlute lie could
| hot be Induced to go uut ut the State." 1te
ex-senator thought tho Sat1onal Committee
| would 10 nothing In tho South. II AM OPP
| pnsel to IT," he said, with emphasis. ",Vhat
| Is the nse Of onr spending ,Inney and send
| Ing speakers to those States. where 1t Is ad-
lntttetl we ltaye nj show, notwithstanding the
number Of votes we NAV cast. when we can
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flor nonng Readsrs.
DER THE Hills o. Argyle.


said. when a laddie o. ten, as gaed DER the
1.-THE way is sac rocky and steep, 1 am weary
this many mile;
Just leave me- and gang ON yourself; the road
I'm no likely TO miss
Then my feyther stopped down. wi a laugh,
and gied me a tender bit kiss
why. Donald he said. 'be a man, and keep
mind o. the words that | say,
A strong. stout heart and a sturdy step gang
DER the steepest brae.
at isna the steepuess," said, but the way Is
sac wearifu' lang"
Tut tut if your heart GIGS the order, your
body will just haze to gang.
Think, Donald, o mither snd hame, and dinna-
give up foryour life;
Step out to the sang you like best Here's 10
the bonnets o Fife"
Sing lad. though you sing through your tears,
and keep mind O the words that | say,
A strong. stout heart and a sturdy step win
DER the Largest way.
Then said to my heart, "Giethe order" Sing
ing walked or | ran;
Ny feyther stepped. laughing, beside me, and
called me Ibis bonnie brave man"
And sac, ere he stOrm-clOuds had gathered we
were safe at our ain tireside,
And feyther sat watching the suaw-drifts, wi
me cudded close 70 his side.
donald" he said, my dear laddie. no matter
wherever you stray
Keep mind-a strong heart and a sturdy step
gang Der the steepest brae,
Now far from the bonnie Scotch Highlands I've
Travelled full many a mile. 90
Yet always in trouble or sorrow, | think o. the
hills o. Argyle. I.. si l..r =.
Say, Heart, gle the order for marching"
strike up the AMID " BOnnets o Fife"
And then | set dourly and bravely my face 10
the mountains o. life.
For the thought o my feyther is wi me; and,
Donald" ] hear him say,
keep mind-a strong heart and q sturdy step
gang DER the steepest bvHe."
Lille T.. Barr, IN HdryeT'S Young People.
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trees which are the most distinguish
able; the soil in which they are fixed
and in which they grew is a soft,
greasy CLAW, above which is a
stratum of decayed leaves and other
vegetable matter several inches thick.
DR.. de Sara agrees with Dugdale in at
tributing the overwhelming of this
forest to an earthquake, considering it
impossible for the trees and shrubs
found upon it to vegetate so near the
sea. and below the common level of the
water. Another writer, however, sug-
gests that il was probably embarked in
from the sea by the Romans, and that
after some centuries it was again over
flowed owing to the decay of the banks
for want of repairs, and the accumula-
ton of silt, which enriches and protects
the marshes on the shores of the Wash.
Leland says of Skegness, it was once a
great "haven towne," with castle and
surrounding wall. but it was "clene
consumed and eten up with the Sc"
In digging well at Sutton it was
found that the upper stratum of clay,
accumulated by the deposit of the tides,
was sixteen feet thick, resting on a
mOory soil, similar to that in which the
trees of the submerged forest are found.
Canoes have been found near the bed of
the Witham, and in the sandy valleys
between Gainesborough and Barton.
Another account says that Boston and
the neighborhood must at one time have
been sixteen or eighteen feet lower than
at present, and so sound and dry that
large timber trees grew on it, the roots
and trunks of which have often been
dug up in many parts of Lincolnshire.
According to Lyell, at Sheringaam on
the coast of Norfolk, there is now a
depth OF twenty feet of water, where
forty eight years ago there stood a cliff
fifty feet high, with houses upon it. The
ancient villages of Shipden, Wimpwell
and Eccles have been lost. The site of
ancient Cromer is now part of the
German Ocean. the inhabitants having
gradually retreated inland to the present
town.
In Suffolk, at Dunwich, once the
largest seaport on the coast, the loss
has been very great. Monasteries,
churches and public buildings have at
different times been destroyed, includ-
ing four hundred houses at once. The
town is now reduced to a small village
with about two hundred inhabitants.
In the time of Queen Elizabeth,
Brighton, in Sussex, stood where the
chain pier now stretches into the sea.
Part of the town was destroyed in 1865.
and in 1903 and 1705 the remainderwas
overwhelmed, consisting of one hundred
and thirteen houseS.-AU the Year
Round.
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Where the Champion Liar Lives.

Perhaps the champion liar of Chris
tendon may be found in Colorado. You
meet him in the man who has real es-
tate and wears store clothes; in the pros
pector who has or has not abode to sell;
in the miner digging in the ground
with only pair of pants on; in the pro-
fes> nal man, tradesman and hummer;
nj I c.asses have their champion. They
smile kindly upon the tender-foot and
give him away with a yarn in a manner
that is amusing, if he does not take their
statements with salt or with a mental
reservation. 1t may be that their grand
mountains, vast plains and wonderful
atmosphere expand their imaginations
and widen their views as they do their
lungs and muscles, in a manner I'M
known to. the people of the East and
other less favored regions. Local or
State patriotism overrides National
patriotism, religion or politics, all being
secondary to the reputation and glory
of Colorado. and hence. may be, arises
their inordinate propensities to draw
the long bow and tell fish stories. But.
with all their faults, we love them
So" for ih"v SYN holy ~9.~-S VII -
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The Furr Of the Lake Gale.

Do yon know what il igto be at sea
with gale blowing eighty miles an
hours You may read of the wrecks
which to-day strew the shores of every
4alzei you may read of the rigid bodies
cast up on the sands; you may cast your
eyes over hulk aud Spar and battered
ptank, but yet you can not realize the
fury of that awful gale of SATURDAY..
vessels on Lake Michigan were bowling
along before 3 topsail breeze, when, al
most In moment, the gale came howl
ing down from another quarter. bring
ing a terrible sea with It. Sails were
split into ribbons before a rope could be
loOsened, and mas5s went overheard
ike broken sticks. No man living ever
saw such waves on our lakes before. In
an hour after the gale set in they were
running twenty-five feet high. In three
hours they could go no higher. OF
Frankfort they were fully forty feet
high. and they ran with the speed of a
race horse The gale caught them as
they reared mp, and tons of foamy water
were broken of and hurled down into
the trough, to mingle with the base of
the next wave. One of the largest pro-
pelieB on the lakes, standing twenty
feet out OF the water, had to put about
before the gale was an hour old, and
even while running before it at full
speed the waves swept over her entire
decks. Seamsnship availed but little.
SchoOners were almost picked up bodily
by the wind and flung ahead, and the
biggest harks were knocked about like
chips.
When day broke Saturday morning
those out at sea must have realized the
wrath Of death Every plunge OF an
ordinary schooner rolled floods of water
over her decks, to pour from the soup
pers as she climbed at an angle of
forty-6Ve degrees. Men had all they
could do to save life without moving a
finger towards navigating their crafts.
The loudest shout could not be heard
two feet awavy and the roar of the sea
was awful &c hear. The passengers on
the Alpena were reused from sleep when
the gale reached her 70 brought such
a sea that ne one cOuldbaYe slept longer.
When the four-score souls aboard were
told thai death was near they looked
, QUf on that bowling, roaring. hungry
ses- without a shadow of hope that one
eGf them would ever see land again.
Rats and boats would have been blown
about ike feathers. Life preseyers
1UoyBd up corpses until they were cast
as-aCe to be identified. Those who put
them on in the inal grasp for life could
NO. have lived an hour in the keen wind
and ICY wafer.
Men who lived out the gale still speak
o. It with terror, Only once again will
the door Of death open wider TO them.
Spa s and hulks are beating to splinterS
on the roekJsshores, and beaten and dis
figured corgses are thrown upon the
sslsdy beach, to be wept over and
buried. IL was the wrath of death
turned loose upon wide wastes, and that
3 single vessel escaped destruction
seems almost a miracle. Detroit Free
Press
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The Farmers Wife.

The work of the iarmer'5 wife is in
tellectual, sympathetic, artistic and
moral. In.order to secure the best re-
suits she must be exempt from excessive
manual labor. When the mental ener-
.gies flag and the courage to engage in
social duties waivers, whenit requires a
great effort to read the family paper,
magazine or the Bible, when the smHe
that starts from the heart does not reach
the face, when one. is more inclined to
seek the lounge than the open door, then
know that you are working too hard and
that a diminution of that work is i'm
perative. know we cannot make or
save so much money; the last payment
on the farm, perhaps, will not be made
quite so soon, yet it may much sooner;
that does not matter so much. These
results can wait, but a neat. beautitied,
happy home cannot be dispensed with.
The farmer does not say, "when l
have so much money in the bank, or
when have paid the last dollar on my
farm, then, and not before, will | have
a good pillow, strong horse, tight,
warm barn" These are means to the
Gnu VI DOSSCSSll2 llCO lIOih
debt andthe road tOa competency. And
it is equally true. that exemption from
excessive work in the house that there
may be vigor of mind, readiness and
fullness of sympathy, is very import
ant means to. the same end.
Many sad illustrations confirm my be-
lief. Husband and wife toll early and
Tate, DENY themselves many things that
their starving. intellectual, social and
spiritual natures cry out for; and to each
and every piteOus cry of the enslaved
soul, the answer intended to be cheer
fully given, was, " by and by, when we
are better off D" That by and by is in
definitely deferred Incessant work
tells its sad story. The cry is weaker.
At length, Just as the prize is within
reach, Nature, calls for her dues, the
payment of which cannot be postponed.
That home. is bankrupt, robbed of its
queen, its, presiding genius. the cheer
ful life that has fiickered so long has
gone out The husband is bereft OF a
help so. meet for him, so efficient and
appreciable now. Those children are
motherless, bnt the weary is at rest.
The spirit ROW feeds upon that food
which it so longed to find. Those feet
now walk beside the still waters, or
lightly, leisureIy tread the green pas
lures. She tarries beneath the trees
along the river of life. there she sings
like the birds of Paradise. The home
she has left on earth was 1he material
expression, a prelude to her present
surroundings. Her mission was to spir-
itualize that; read and interpret the
heavenly in the earthly, pastures. fields,
trees. o. it mad been far better had
she taken time, reserved strength to
work amid the earthly plants. flowers
and trees and poured out there that
music of soul where and when husband
aRd children could hear and be brought
on their way thi1her Alas! There was
TOO much to do and now whose shall
those things be that she prepared and
hoped for all 50 faithfully and patientlys
From a. AlErsss ri the BF1gdOn ( "a. J
Fair, By Rec. Waiter Rice.
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What One New York Girl Did.

When a girl concludes to put up her
hair and make herself look sweet, the
best policy is to let her have her own
way She can't be drawn away from
her mirror by any of the ordinary things
OF this life. A fire will sometimes do it,
but it has been shown that even a. fire
may fail to excite some girls. The other
night New York lodging house took
fire, and at a most uncomfortable hour,
when most girls probably have. their
back hair down. One of the Young
ladies heard that the place was burning
down, but she didn't feel like making
her appearance before the crowd which
had gathered in the street looking like
a perfect fright. She, shut the, door
leading into the hall to keep out the
flames and went to her mirror to Ak
her hair Anybody who has waited for
a girl to fix her hair knows that it takes
time and great deal of it. This girl
wasn't any quicker than the average
and she was very particular. about hav-
ing her hair done up exactly asst shonld
be- The fire had cut off her chances OF
escape by the stairs and hos lover. after
appealing to her some time. finally lost
his patience and got away without her.
A fireman got up to the room on a lad
der and she made him sin on the edge OF
the window and wait until she had ar
ranged her hairpius and ribbons for a
right sort of public appearance, then.
she threw herself into his arms-it was
so romantic-and slid down the ladder
with him, looking just sweet. The
whole thing was tremendous success,
but when the careful young girl was
safety landed OH the paYemepi she
found that she had forgotten her stock
ings. -PhiladeIpijd Times.
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A ozEER lawsuit will shortly cVme.

A QzEER lawsuit will shortly come.
before the Paris courts. A lady we'll
known in the world of finance was mar.
ried several years ago to, the Marquis
de Y Some time after his MARI age,
the atter appeared to be suffering from
weakness of the brain, and on a simple
certificate signed BY doctor be Was
shut up in a private lunatic asylum in
the suburbs of Paris. He had been
there nine years when ne WAS at last
helped to escape by his brother The
Marquis has freaehed the German from
tier. and is nO1 awaiting the result OF
the inquiry watch has been Instituted
by his brother. The Marquis viii then
demand a separation in order to de-
prize his wife of the guardianship, of
his children and Of the management of
his fortune, of which she b 5 become
possessed owing to bis seguesf alton.
This case will probably ca pubic at
tentiOn To the ridiculous law which es-
ables man to be shut up innasic
asylum aud his property 20 be se9ues-
trated mere on the presentation of q
certificate si.nel by 4 medical ran.
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"A moter yacht without steam now
makes her way about Boston harbor.
1t iilu trates the work ing of a conf
pressed-air petroleum engine. No
smoke-pipe is visible, for there is none;
nor any need of any, for there is no
smoke, and not 50 much ire IS the lame
of an ordinary kero~ enc lamp. The
whole engine and running machinery
are contained in long, low box in the
bottom of the boat, occupying scarcely
more room than would BE- required for
the ballast OF sailboat of its size. The
peculiarly of tn S engine IS that com
mon match brings it instantly into full
wnrkiuT pOWer
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The troubles of Turkev cannot end
before Thanksgiving day.-N. o. Picay-
gtss0
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A Boston lawyer advertises. 'Di-
vorces legally and promptly obtained
upon the lowest terms and on install
Richland beacon., 1880-03-06
Preserving the Dead.

A German process for preserving
dead bodies is thus described: "The
dead bodies of human beings and ami
mails by this process fully retain their
form, color and flexibility. Even after
a period of years such dead bodies may
be dissected for the purposes of science
and criminal Jurisprudence. Decay
and the offensive smell of decay are
completely prevented. Upon incision
the muscular flesh shows the same ap-
pearance as in the case of fresh dead
body. Preparations made of tho sew
eral parts, such as natural skeletons,
lungs, entrails, etc, retain their softness
and pliability. The liquid used is pre-
pared as follows: In 5000 grammes of
boiling water are dissolved 100 grammes
of alum, 25 grammcs of cooking salt,
II grammes saltpeter, 60 grammes pot
ash. and 10 grammes arsenic acid. The
solution is then allowed to cool and
filter; to 10 iiters of this neutral, color
less liquid, 4 iters glycerine, and liter
methyGc alcohol are to be added. The
process of preserving or embalming
dead bodies by means of this liquid
consists, a. q rule, in saturating and
impregnating the bodies with it. From
II to 5 iters of the liquid are used foe
a body, according to its size.
Richland beacon., 1880-03-06
Tho Longevity OF Icebergs.

Karl Weyprecht, in his work on the
Polar sea, discusses the longevity of
icebergs. Icebergs are subjected to
disintegration after somewhat the same
manner as rocks. They are full of Gre
vases, into which the water formed by
melting penetrates. In winter this
water freezes, and by its expansion all
through the glacier rupture of the
mass ensues. at is highly probable, /"
he says, "that most Of the icebergs afloat
in winter ore in such 0 condition that a
very slight cause is sufficient to make
them burst because of their state of in
ternal tension. Every polar traveller
can tell how Q shot, the driving in of an
ice anchor, or any other sudden vibra-
tiOn has brought about the catastrophe !;
cases have even occurred in which the
sound of the voice alone was sufficient.
An iceberg is always an unpleasant
neighbor." So many are the causes
which tend to destroy icebergs that the
author concludes that mo berg exists
which could Withstand them more than
ten years, and that commonly the life
of borg u much shorter" However
this may be, doubtless the much larger
Antarctic bergs Last very much longer,
- must necessarily occur, because OF
the greater uniformity Of the climate to
which they are exposed
Richland beacon., 1880-03-06
VOudOuiSm.

Dr. PEBBLES, the lecturer, says that he
saw salt copiously strewn on the door
steps in New Orleans. He asked what
it meant, and the reply Was: st is
consecrated salt, to ward of the de-
moniac charms Of the voudous. There
are 10000 of them in New Orleans, and
they work magic, put spells ON people,
produce bad luck, and even death"
He made some investigation of the sub-
iect. and among the professed voudou
priests whom he found was an old, odd
ly-tatooed negro, called DIR. John.
"This man," he says, left Africa in
1889. He confessed to having had
twenty wives. Previous to the civil
war lie WIS rich, owning at one time
fifty slaves. Many prominent men of
the South had faith in his magical
powers. Such men as Slidell and Gen.
Beanregard used to consult him. When
ignorant people came, he used cards
and crystals; but with the higher classes
he simply employed his 'second-sight'
gift. making at times startling revela-
tions." DR.. PEBBLES describes how ne
visited a voudOu camp, where negroes
danced and chanted around q Gagged
serpent, and boiled the claws of birds,
the scales of fish, the fangs of snakes
and other things for charms. He is q
Spiritualist, and believes that vOudou-
ism is low form of spiritual mani
festation.
Richland beacon., 1880-03-06
Pay OF French Legislators.

/ 1t may not be uninteresting to our
readers to give glance at the different
deliberative Assemblies which have sue
ceeded each other in this country since
1888. In that year the number OF
representatives was 774-nine per de-
partment and three extra. Each men,
Der received 18 francs a day, and thus
the Assembly cost 1882 francs daily,
or 33l 1868 francs a month for twenty
four sittinss. The whole session Of
nine months, therefore, required 9, $751;
622 francs. In addition, 81, 300 francs
was allowed for the Bureau, making a
total of 3,038, ,922 francs. The members
of the Corps Legislatif, which came
after the Representatives of the People,
had 10000 francs each per session, with
the obligation of having a carriage for
two legislators. Under the Restoration
the Deputies received no pay. The
President alone received 100000 francs
to meet the expense Of receptions.
Under Louis Philippe the members
did not have any salary, but the Pres
ident received 10000 francs. la 1S4S
the Deputies of the Second Republic,
who were 800 in number, received %
francs day, or $4,000 francs
per month. The session lasted
nine months and cost 1905, 600
francs, including the President and the
Questors. Under the empire, that is 10
say from 1852 to 1870, there were 2S3
Deputies. They received at first 1900
francs a month during time of the sos
siOns. Afterward they had fixed sal
ary Of 1880 francs. The President Of
the Legislative Corps had fixed allow
ance Of 100, 900 francs, and 10000 francs
for costs of receptions. The sessions
of the second empire absorbed $780,
600 francs. In 1871, the Assembly at
Bordeaux was composed of $50 mem
bers, who were paid $50 francs month,
or 5000 francs a year. They had their
salaries even during the months when
they did not sit. The allowance of the
President was reduced at this period to
10000 francs, and the Questors to 15,-
600 francs. Since 1876 the Chamber
is composed of 548 members, including
the representatives of the French colo.
MES. Each member has a fixed allow
ance of $50 francs a month. The Pres
ident's salary is 10000 francs, and that
of the Questors $4,000 francs. Inde-
pendently OF their salaries, these three
functionaries have numerous privileges,
such as lodging, firing, lighting, attend
ance, etc.-Galiqnani's Messenger
(PGrtS).