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, 1880-08-12

Capt. Boyntou. who haa bepn the keeper Of tho
lighthouse snce It's erection Ou Crosse Point,
has resigned, aud the Captain Of one uf the like
schoouslr has been appointed iu Ills place.
, 1880-08-12
A. NEW ROAD.

Hpeetdl Dtsoateh to 1hs CAted1o Tribune.
SrR1NaF1ELp, ILL.,, Aug. 11.-Articles Of
incorporation OF tho Strawn & Indiana State
Line Railroad Company were today filed
with the Secrerary Of State. This Company
proposes to construct rond from Strawn,
Livingston County, cast through Ford and
IroQuofs Counties, to tho 5tate liMe. It's
capital stock is fixed at sloo, ,ooo, md the III
Gorporaters are Aylll{am cesspa, Ash Grove;
sna %1a Wiia@y atHsyh hii & 6heaso. hnass' i''!o "u0
ITEMS.
Mr. L. T. Sntyely, Gencp1 Freight Agent
Of the Chicago g. Grand Trunk Railway. an
nou,,ces t},at Mr. Il. G. Bird Inns been ap-
pointed Chief Clerk Of his department in this
city, and will have full authority in the Gen.
eral Freight Agents absence, aud his lnstruc-
tlons to road and llno agents must bo re-
spected accordingly.
A report Is current that Mr.. r. D. Stahl-
man,, Traffic Manager Of the Loulsytlle s.
Nashville Railroad Company. has resigned,
or Is about to do SO. Nothing authoritative,
however, has yet been learned regarding tho
matter.
The Rock Island Railroad Company has
ng ear at Is oo s sf e te aest td ad Sst SW
eieRai,t ever congtrlcted in this country. lis
interior Is richly decorated, the woodwork Of
t1ot tin wije ,end n m!l;j To- tha AMI cnn.
voninnsa IT tl,e ms rmssenr.,rs sg u whn nat1oniza
tSat ,1nici rontis 'Thn ,,s,,v ror il cnsie,i tHe
citv nna fnnSi, 1i1'trs t w. sua p's"ee" ''1's
s'1y ss'a Recommendations. Soa.'s.t .."M' nr.;,.
nov announced t1at tno Itank LING
Afnltsato1s Mave coniaetti thelr task OF IT.
east i,om , Citcag9' inelau!nH , he chicago y y
usanu @ ltunK: nv r,, uiole aeGsSloil 1 Is 70 nG
naaH knoWh next H FIHy. tt u Ga'lnen tnas
tne Cil!caEo ~ dIaiiA illHk VIII! Eet icss
tna!l y pet Goht, ai9u tlleIe IS c9nstaelnnt!e
nnxiety 10 kno" "houlor ILLS Foau wall aoldo
~ o
A. rue Ganclinatl enquirer says; Jnst WItat
ne inaa,.ashapoils ~. b!o9im.inEt9n g WtGsterh t,a
1olRs WIZ 10 TOT SUBSTITUTE 1GT tho Cln1la-
pa'gn, llnyan9 Y western, Which tMe Wn-
DASH has ' abs3roed' IS pro0lem no one, not
tfct uloLdclFtss chh bu4Sts AAu ~ L1clF
, 1880-08-12
4 SPECIAL TRIM

will icnvo tho Contra! depot, yin G., q. 4Q.RR.
at 11!4o p. IN. every evening, from Aug 10 toH'
inolnalve, and run through to Aurora
, 1880-08-12

GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS.
Tho Western Association Of General Pas
mnger md Ticket Agents was to have held
its regular meeting ycsterday at the Grand
Pacific Hotel. When tho meeting should
hnye been called to order, ut II o'clock a. H..
1t was found that there were but nineteen
n.cmbors present, while It takes twonty-ono
to mako quorum. Consequently coul-
mittees were appointed to hunt up two moro
members, md ali adjournment was Ind until
2 o'clock. Thu Committee secured the city
from ono end to anothar In search OF strag.
glsrs, but when the tln,o for reconycnlng ar
rived 1t was fouud that only sixteen ncl,-
bers were present. An adjournment
was then taken until I O'Clock D. H.,
but at . tut lime still! fewer
members 1nndu their appearance. An infor-
mn! discussion was then lad regarding the
knights-'reMplar rater. which. aro 6ulng
butcliered H. l. horrible manner by o number
OF roads. TIIe question Wns discussed
whether 1t would not be advisable to mako q
general reduction " meet thu rates tnado by
the fa!thlcss lines. No result was reached,
however, and the meeting adjourned.
OF the. roals vii! b.! rahlo, to lnalutatn tha
agreed Knights Templar rates, anl that be-
body for htM8Glf,h
, 1880-08-12


There Is nothing now In the express war.
The situation relnnins tho same rs noted
yesterday. ALI the business for points be-
yond Council Bluffs. reached exclusively by
Gonld's Pacific Express, goes by tho Wabash
IL Rock Island, tho Pacific Express taking II
over tho former and tho United States Ex-
prcss over tho lnttcr. The Pacific md limited
States Express Companies occupy the same
Office, aud, a9 heretofore stated, mako an
equal division Of tho business, Que connpaiiy
taking it for twelve hours and the other Tor
tho Same time alternately.
Neither tho Alnerican Express Company
hero nor tho Burlington and Northwestern
Railroad Companies Will taku any furthor
from Mr.: Fargo, Of tho American Express,
and Mr.. pltk!!!, Of the Burlington, WHO arc
now in New. York, and to wsieli1 statement
OF the situation llas been sent. Il is pre-
and Try to effect compromise; and It Is be:
be lilo result, unless Mr.. doltd's deslglis
should be d!tterent from what Is claimed by
clfic Express Gneat fear Is expressed by tho
managers Of tho three Iowa lines that Goild's
renl design Is to break up, tue Iowa
pool, and Tint Ito started this express
him MI opportunity to. extend the troubls to
the regular freight business. 1t has been
known for some time pnst that GOULD has lio
desire to break 1t up. flo lltlS tried OIL sew
ersl occasions to create troubla nnd dis
scnslon between. tile ltnes composing tho
that Gould Ind to give 1t UP until ho lind a
line to tLss city which le could control. Tho
opening OF tho Wabasll's Chicago Branch
gave Him that opportunity, md It is feared
until tho pool has given. ,up the
ghost Tho fact that tho Wabash has thus
fur .stcatlfastly refused to join tho Iowa
pool, although the pool lines were willing to
proof that Gould wants tho pool .dlscoi-
tlnucd. The pool could not possibly bo
maintained with MI independent orgaIllza-
tion lighting II: The rcal Intentions Of Gould
yelopul within few days.
, 1880-08-12

These nre tho first reliable stntstics eyor OBJ
tnlncd of tho number OF letters, etc., passing
through the 1nails, md Tho count to 10 luHde in
November OF e,ch ycnr herentter vii! ghow OK
nctly Whnt tho Post Office Department Is doing,
mud hnw Its business is increasing With the
growth Of tho country.
, 1880-08-12

tPpWEnR-nRADY-Aue.l 70. By the. Rev. Father
H. Povars Bnd Miss R1to a. irady. butt, Of this city,
, 1880-12-31

and commonplace aS they had appeared
to her uusympathctic vision. seemed sud
/ denly tran,tigUrcd by their partnership
of common childishncsS with the Babe
Of Bothlohcm and her heart turned ten
| derby toward them in spite OF their un-
attractive exterior, as, the services ended
she watched them lille hulTiedly down
the aisle, their eager little faces scarcely
yeilcd under the prescribed look Of hum
bic decorum That could not completely
hide all their glad anticipation of the
coming Christmas feast.
"IhOSe snawls are tiln and Scanty;
they shall have some new ones before
next Sabbath, wrote Loves finger on
the secret tablet Of her heart; and with
an answering nod and smile to the mod
est SALVATION of the minister's sister, she
was about to pass through the door into
the crisp outer air, when cloud Of
faded black drapcry barred the way, ana
hand, small, pinched and bare. caught
tremblingly at the fringe of her mantle,
while a voice, broken and weak, yet with
an only too we'll remembered thrill in its
tones, whispered the timid inquiry,
Helen, sister, don't you know me?"
An hour before, Helen Thornleigh
would haye torn her garments from that
woman's grasp, and with coldly unre-
cogni2ing eyes have passed silently on
her way, but now gentler mood swayed
her, and trembling from head to foot,
with thrill of womanly tenderness, she
looked down into the wan, Sunken face,
from which all the old fatal beauty had
long since faded out, the once 1.-the and
graceful form now bowed and angular
with suffering and want, and the mean,
scant garments that scarce kept out the
winters cold; and never was music
sweeter or more in harmony with the
blessed spirit of the day than her words:
Come home with me-" And as she saw
the look of painful uncertainty upon the
wanderers face, she added, with a closer
clasp Of the trembling fingers within her
own softly-gloved palm: ".The past-our
past-is dead, sepulchred beyond resur-
rection, and now let this day of universal
love and goodwill be the sealed
stone at its tomb's mouth, that neither of
us shall ever seek to roll aside"
A rush of grateful tears was her only
answer; but it was enough, and the re-
united pair, for the first time, perhaps,
in their lives, thoroughly comprehended
and understood each other.
There were 40 wordy protestations OF
repentance, no well-rounded sentences
expressive of forgiveness and mag
unanimous overlooking of past sins and
treacheries. The past, with its bitter,
bitter harvest, was literally and truly
dead and buried, and never. by word or
look, did the reconciled sisters, now
happy and content in their chastened,
wise-directed lives, ever refer to that
darkened blank whose heart pangs God
alone may know.
And Parson Soulbridge still prepares
his annual Christmas sermon with the
same prayerful care, the same scholarly
research, the same earnest faith in It's
possible usefulness, that even the thinly-
filled pews that still meet his now failing
vision cannot dim; for who knoweth
which shall prosper-the late or early
sown? And even one appreciative hearer
may bring forth wain-load of golden
sheaves to bless and crown his harvest
hour.
, 1880-12-31

GRATING IN WINTER. Some horticul-
tlral wiseacres have discovered that
fruit grating can be done in the winter
season nearly as successfully as in the
spring, and regard it as discovery OF
vast importance. W" should suppose
that, as This work is by 80 means aSreea-
BILE when the mercury snnds below the
freezing point, the tlI,t spring months,
when grating is sur 70 be successful
when done with any = gree of care,
would be ample time fol the labor to be
performed, even in the most extensive
nurseries. Those who may like it and
are willing 10 run the risk OF winter
graftins, will of course exercise their
own wish about it; but we would sug-
gest to those who have valuable apples
or pears that they are anxious to propa-
gate, to adhere to the more favorable
seasons for doing the work.
, 1880-12-31
Love aud Politics.

Not far from Lackawanna, Penn, is
the some Of two young ladies', sisters,
aged respectively Is and and 20 years.
They were each receiving the addresses
of lovers, who were brothers, and both
couples were engaged to be married 1t
was their intention to celebrate double
wedding about the holidays, but now
matters have changed. A few days ago
the four were sitting together in the par
lor at the girls home when the elder
lady expressed n desire to attend u po.
litical meeting in near by village. She
asked her lover to accompany
her, but rsfused point blank, Civ
ing as a reason that he was
not Democrat. The young lady in
sisted, but still he refused. Finally she
turned to his brother, who it seems was
Democrat, and asked HIM to accom-
pany her. To the surprise of all he at
once consented, and they went to the
meeting. The two who remained at
home were quite indignant, the one at
the conduct of her lover, the other at the
way his sweetheart had acted. The
more they discussed it the angrier they
became. They discovered that they-the
ones at home-were both Republicans,
while the other two were of Democratic
proclivities. They talked on, discovering
little similarities of tastes and habits, and
finally resolved each to break with the
old love, and form new alliance. No
sooner resolved than the compact was
ratified with kiss, when by chance the
others entered. The gentleman told his
brother at once what they decided to do.
To his great surprise no sorrow was
shown, no anger manifested, and his
wonder was increased when he was in
formed that the other couple, while on
their way home, had resolved to do Just
the same thing.
, 1880-12-31

The above Institution having oeen placed oA
permanent footing, as the United States Hos
pital for Marine Patients on Puget Sound, the
proprietor takes pleasure in announcing that
no pains or expense will be spared in minis
tering t. the comfort and convenience OF pri-
vate patients
This is the largest General Hospital north OF
San Francisco, and by far the most complete
In equipment. 1t has been thoroughly retitted
and refurnished, Its general wards have &C.
commcdations for about one hundred patients
and are peculiarly adapted for cases requiring
tie most careful treatment and constant SUI
LyTvision at limited expense. Those who de-
sire them will be furnished with private rooms,
entirely separate and distinct, at slight addi.
tional cost
fS-The attention OF Mill owners, and those
interested In shipping, is called to the fact that
seamen suffering from contagious diseases will
be treated outside the Hospital Without ex.
penBe TO the vessel.
Thomas Il. Minor, NJ, d.,
B-tf Managing surg on.
, 1880-12-31

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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-04-28
Connecticut's War Governor

This characteristic story is told of the
late Senator Buckingham of Connecti-
cut, the famous :swar governor A num-
Der of gentlemen from various parts of
Connecticut met at Norwich during a
critical period of the war to consult with
Go 7ernor Buckingham. During the in
terview the colored attendant ushercd in
to the room an old and feeble woman
dressed in simple mourning. Excusing
himself to the company, the governor es
corted her to a seat near his own, and
asked, "What is your wish, madame"
Her story was soon told. An old woman.
farmers widow, her only son had gone
as private in the fourteenth Connecti-
cut regiment. Within few days he had
dled from wounds.
No one was now left but herself and
her grandson, his boy, three years old.
She drew out roll OF bills from much
worn pocket-book, and asked the COVER
nor to take from it the value of her sons
rifle and give her an order for it on his
captain. "John didn't have much to
leave his son besides good name and a
patriotic example, . said the old lady,
'but l want to get that rifle, so that the
boy can be reminded often Of his father
while he is growing up" The Governor
was deeply affected. He refused the
money and told her she should have her
sons rife, even if he had to go in person
to the regiment to get 1t. After taking
the necessary directions from her, he
gave her his arm as she rose to go, escort.
ed her to the door, and then with court
u bow babe her goodbye, and returned
to his Office. ssGentlemen," said he
sswhat are our labors and sacrifices com.
pared to hers2 The daily evidences j
receive of the heroism of our Connection
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A Thrilling Experience.

A Rockford, Ct, gentleman went to
his barn the other evening to feed his
COWS. As he lifted the cover of his meal
bin, he noticed several mice inside.
Thinking to be rid of the mice and give
his cat a good meal at the same time, he
put down his lantern and went for the
cat. He brought her IN his arms to the
bin, lifted the cover and dropped her in.
She, not Immediately taking in The stu
alton, bounded out, hit his lantern and
knocked itupon the floor. The lamp
fell from the glass, and in less time than
it takes to tell it the oil was on fire and
running over the barn floor. The gentle
man tried to stamp the fire out, but it
would not 60 out, so he managed with
bis hands and feet to keep it from spread
ing. The bin was but little way from
the haymow, and if he should go for help
the hay would certainly take fire. In
this dilemma he happily thought Of the
smotherlng process, and taking of his
coat, threw it upon the fire, and by dlnt
OF hard work, succeeded in putting it
out. His coat was ruined, and his
hands and arms were considerably burn
ed but a large barn, FULL of stock, was
saved. The moral of which is: Be care.
full with lanterns and wary of cats.
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A Ghost Can't SneeZe.

At a convivial gathering, after the
theatre, Mr.. Barney sMacauley related tc
aapartysof appreciative young men many
amusing stories of his experience on the
stage. ~
II used to be in tragedy said be-
Sand for a long time played the Ghost
IN Ned Booths Hamlet We were IN
Cincinnati, on a gorgeous stage and be,
fore a great audience. AS stood drop
ping into the attitude and sepulchra]
tones of the 'Ghost,' and was saying, My
hour is almost come, when to sulphur
Gus and tormentiBg flames must render
up myself was seized with desire to
sneeze; there seemed to be thousand
sneezes gathering in my nose. Now, if
there is anything ghost can't do, it is
sneeze. My position was awful. To
sneeze was to be ruined, once and forever
l never went through such torture before
my frame shook like lcaf.'
"And did you sneeze?' asked one.
"No; bore it like soldier, but the
faces made completely paralyzed Ned
Booth, and the scene came near being a
failure. He afterwards told me that he
thought I was going mad, and never in
his lite experienced such sensations on
the stage. Gentlemen, pray that you
may never want to sneeze when to sneeze
is ruin" And from the tragedy Of the
situation he fell into the comedy of the
''DeputY Sheriff of JARVIS Section"
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Miscellaneous CIeaninoa

The county commissioners of Nicol-
lett county, Mimi, April %, awarded the con-
tract for building the new court house for the
sum of $22,S90.
The Shoshone and Bannock Indian
now in Washington express willingness to
settle in severalty and adopt civilized meth.
DDS of procuring living.
The Harmony mills and striking COOP
erations at Cohoes N. Y.,have settled their diff
ferences, and work has been resumed. The
strike continued for over three weeks, and in
wages the striking operators lost 100000.
Profitable.
The interior department April 90 teie-
egraphed Agent Miles at Fort Reno, to sus.
pend the order in regard to putting Little
Chiefs children at school until he coulde re-
port to the department fully all the facts in
the case.
Much excitement prevails in Ashland
Wis.,over the reported discoyeriesst gold and
silver in paying quantities ut Brill ! fowler
and SilveTCreek, fourteen miles below Ashland.
1t is claimed the assays are satisfactory.
Land is being rapidly taken.
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women, inspires me with confidence q
nothing else could do
What Shall i Do?

In general, the well-balanced man 81
one who finds it most difficult to ascer-
tain where he belongs, because he is like
marble, he will roll east, west. north
and south equally we'll. Where this is the
case, and the man has no prepond erating
wish or taste, but vague state Of mind
to which all professions are alike attract
I've OF alike Indifferent, he must either
adopt the advice of others or take the
hrst opening that presents itself. The
mlshttlng OF men to their vocations is
among the most mournful incidents Of
human life. Hundreds and thou
sands OF noble men 90 through life.
doing respectfully we'll that which gives
them livelihood, without finding. once
in their whole life, opportunity to de-
velop that fol which God really sent then,
into the world. There is many a man
preaching respectfully poor sermons
whom God has sent into the world TO be
an inventor and mechanician. He has
abandoned that for which he was bu,lt.
and is as ABSURD in that which he has
taken up as duck waddling along the
ground-being made to swim-or locos
motive of the track. E,
AoAS olo great many men engaged
IN farming who are fit to be Judges, and
who are indeed the natural Judges Of
the men among whom they live, and ac-
cepted by them as such. A great many
who are born for fine art and taste.
suffer hunger and thirst ali their. lives
long, while they are steadily, if
not resignedly,, performing mechani-
cal drudgery for which they are ILL
fitted or not so well as an ordinary emf
grant would be-. Notwithstanding this.
man ought to be sufficiently versatile
to follow and bend to the law of necessi-
ty.
We once met hostler and gardener
studying a geography OF such obstruse
type of instruction that we could not tol-
low it, though we had college diploma,
and on questioning him found he spoke
and read Latin and read Greek, though
he could not speak it. He was adapted
to something higher than the work he
was engaged in doing; but it was infinite.
ly more creditable to him to take it up
and Go it well than to 90 about the
streets soliciting charity.-UnSon. 8
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SIate-PenciIs

In making slate-pencils, broken slate
IS put into mortar run by steam, and
pounded into small particles. Then it
goes into mill and runs into "bolting-
machlne,' such as ls used IN Touring
mills, where it is 'sbolted,' the fine. al.
most inpalable, -four that results being
taken to mixing, tub, where small
quantity OF steatlte flour, similarly man
utactured, is added, together with other
materials, the whole being made into a
stiff dough. ~.
This dough is kneaded thoroughly by
passing it several times between iron-roll-
ers. Thence it is conveyed to a table
where it is made into sscharges," or short
cylinders four or five inches thick, and
containing eight or twelve pounds each.
-Four OF these are placed in strong iron
chamber, or "retort," with changeable
nozzle so as to regulate the size of the
pencil, and subjected to tremendous
hydraulic pressure, under which the
composition is pushed through the nozzle
in the shape Of q long cord, and passes
over sloping table slit at right angles
with the cords to give passage to knife
which cuts them into lengths. They are
then laid on boards to dry, and after a
few hours are removed to sheets of cor
rugated zinc, the corrugation serving to
prevent the pencils from warping during
the process of, baking, to which they are
next subjected in a kiln, into which SUI.
perheated steam Is introduced in pipes,
the temperature being regulated accord
ing to the requirements of the article ex-
posed to its influence.
From the kiln the articles 60 to the
finishing and packing room, where the
ends are thrust for second under rapid
~ revolving emery wheels, and with
drawn neatly and smoothly pointed.
They are then packed in pasteboard box
es, each con tanning one hundred pencils,
and these boxes are in turn packed in
wooden boxes, containing one hundred,
each, or ten thousand pencils in ship
ping box. Nearly all the work is done
by boys, and the cost, therefore, is very
lipht
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WHAT THE SAVIOR SAID TO ME.

My child, my sorrowing one, why yearn
For human sympathy?
Why wilt thou to the cold wind turn?
Why CONTEST thou not to me?
Tou'rt weeping, and thy heart is torn
: To see thy hopes depart,
Can not comfort those who mourn,
And heal the wounded heart?
Thou'rt anxious, troubled, filed with fear
Anticipating i'll,
Can not make the tempest hear?
Can not say, "Be still?'
,Thou'rt thirsty, and thy earthly cup
Hath failed thee in the strife,
am the fountain springing up
To everlasting life.
Thou'rt sad and lonely, come to me,
10 my fond bosom cling,
III fold thee, oh, so lovingly
Beneath my sheltering wing.
The ,day-dreams Of thy youth are fed,
Thou'rt signing now for rest:
Come lay thy weary aching head
Upon thy saviour's breast
Whom hast thou now in heaven but mes
There's none on earth beside;
What good can withhold from thee.
Who for thysef hath died?
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Every Man to His Trade

A wealthy English parvenu, who be-
gan life with a lapstone on his knee, in
vited Kulak, the great pianist, to din
ner, and Immediately after the meal in
sisted on his playing for the company.
Kulak complied, and invited the snob
to dinner at his residence on the fol-
lowing Sunday. After the meal Kulak.
astonished his guests by placing pair
of old shoes before his rich parvenu
friend. what are these for?" queried
the latter. Kulak replied: @Last Sun
day you did me the honor to invite me
to dinner, and insisted upon my paying
with music. have returned the COM
pliment, and require my shoes to be
mended. Every man to his trade"
The Ihenter