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head, and was soon stretched ON the
floor, in stimulation Of death. Mourn
ers grouped about him, and two IF the
leading spirits sat on either side as
criers, the whole assemblage giving
themselves up to the fun Of this mad
travesty.
Never in my life can I cry well on
this side of the corpse" said one of the
madcaps, rising, and with his heavy
hob-nailed shoes walked on as well as
over the counterfeited corpse.
Nor | either" cried the other, who
walked over the body with even less
tenderness than his companion.
If the object of this mock solicitude
objected to the rough treatment, he
was beaten into submission by the
knotted apron before mentioned.
In the dry recital these scenes lose,
perhaps, a great deal of their mirth !;
but when | witnessed them | could
not resist the hilarity which they pro-
voked, until the little grand-child,
who had been sleeping, amid all this
uproar, in her mothers lap, creeping
to the table on which her grandam
lay, tugged at the sheet, and crying,
''Mahmore," recalled me to the awful
presence Of the dead.
This touching incident did not seem
to affect the rest of the assemblage in
the same manner, for the sobbing
child was sent back to its corner, and
the old women broke into another
verse Of their death-cry, while the
young people prepared for another
game
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columbus Sunday Herald.l
0ur Choice

A constant reader Of the Herald in
formed us yesterday that notwith-
standing all our efforts to enlighten
him, he still doesn't know our choice
for President. Let US try once more
to make it clear
We have our choice; and if the Chi
cago Convention nominates our favor
ite, we shall support him, day and
night, from the time Of his nomina-
tion to his triumphant election. If it
nominates some other than our favor
ite, we shall support him, night and
day, just as long and earnestly as we
would the other, and we doubt not to
the same assured and glorious result.
We don't intend to go back on the
nominee nohow.
We believe, as firmly as we do in
our own existence, that as parties are
organized to-day, the political battle
of the present year will be fight be-
tween the friends and the enemies of
this country. The disunionists and
traitors of the South have abated not
one jot or little Of their pernicious
dogmas, and they rule the Democratic
party more absolutely in 1880 than
they did in 1861. The triumph of the
Democratic party is the triumph of
the solid South; the South is made
solid only by rebel frauds, bludgeons
and shot-guns; hence the triumph of
the Democratic party is practically the
triumph of the rebellion, in one Of its
most sinister and bloody aspects.
To prevent such victory, the Her
aid can cordially give its voice and
vote to the brilliant statesman and
stainless patriot Of Maine, and can
work and shout for Jim Blaine with
the best Of them. And it can most
heartily give voice and vote to that
man who secured for us financial safe
ty and business prosperity, that man
who has been as much the rock of re-
sumption as Thomas was the rock of
Chicamauga, that man of whom as an
Ohioan we are always proud-our own
and the nations John Sherman. Or
it can, if necessary, rally once more to
the the flag upborne by the great
chieftain OF a hundred battles, and
give both voice and vote to him. He
is not our choice; nor do we believe in,
we do not fear, third term
President. But if the Chicago Con-
vention nominate him and the choice
then lie between him and the candi-
date Of the rebel Democracy, we shall
prefer third term of Grant to a sec
ond term of jeff Davis; and we be-
lieve the virtue and patriotism of the
nation will do likewise.
Now, we hope our friend under
stands us. Now, let the Conventions,
State and National, bring out their
Give us a far field and
no favor; and may God defend the
right!
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columbus Dispatch.l
Living Temperance Lecture.

The case Of George Ayers, the young
man from Newark charged with horse
stealing, which was tried this morning
before the Mayor, developed some re-
markable features. Ayers father and
mother reside in Newark. He has two
brothers, one Of whom owns or con-
ducts a farm in Jefferson township,
this county. These brothers were
present this morning. The defendant,
a railroader, came to the city Friday
last, and, meeting some friends, got to
drinking. The last he remembered
previous to his arrest was that he was
drinking in low saloon kept by d
colored man, on Third street.
The evidence showed that Ayers
wandered about in a stupid, dazed con-
dition Of mind, and about five o'clock
in the evening staggered through the
open door Of a stable on the corner Of
the alley running between Broad and
State and Fifth and Sixth streets,
owned by Michael Osborn, drayman
He fell upon his face and lay in that
position for some time, but subsequent
Iy got up, united the halter of a Mex
lean mustang and led the animal out
into the alley. He then opened a side
gate on the premises of Mr.. Henry
Miller, led the horse in, and passing
around the house, emerged through
the front gate on Broad street. Thence
he continued west to Fifth, where he
turned south to the alley, and was
going toward the stable again, the
animal in advance, when John Rolling,
one Of Mr. Osborn's employees, met
and took the mustang away from him.
He could give no intelligent answer
to questions as to his conduct, and
walked leisurely away. He was sub
sequently arrested by Detective Fitz-
patrick and Officers Wilcox and Shan
non. Ayers professed to have nc
recollection of anything that trapspir.
ed after he drank in the saloon unit
he found himself in a cell next morn
ing.
Mr.. Marriott appeared as attorne,
for Ayers, and succeeded in bringing
thc facts out quite fully. TIE Mayoz
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[By Telegraph to n. V Tribune.l
Why COlOred Men Leave Louisiana.

WASHINGTON. March 12.-Henry
a colored woskingman from
the vicinity Of Shreveport, La, was
examined before the Exodus Commit
tee to-day. He is broad-shouldered,
hard-fsted, earnest-loolzing black man,
and gave his testimony modestly, but
with the air Of man who expects his
words to be believed explicitly. He
was one Of a number Of colored men
who, in 1870, formed themselves into
a committee to consider measures Of
mutual protection. Their meetings
were secret, and from them grew Sc
cret societies of colored people, which
are still in existence and number in
membership more than 10000 persons.
His story was told in homely terms.
but for the purpose for which it was
sought-namely, to throw light upon
the origin of the exodus-it was most
effective.
He testified that in 1870 the negroes
in the vicinity of Shreveport organ
lied a secret committee to investi-
gate the condition OF their race in the
South. At one time he was chairman
Of that committee. The mode of op-
Grafton adopted was to delegate mem
bers to locate in different sections of
the country, obtain work, mix with
the negroes, and report to the head
quarters Of the committee whatever
they observed bearing on hesituation
Of the blacks in these localities. At
one time they had as many as 15C
members Of the committee at work in
as many different sections Of the coun-
try. BY the year 1874 the commit
tee had grown into the colonization
council referred to by the witnes:
day before yesterday which was alst
a secret organization, and the obiec
of which was to better the condition
of the colored people. Their plan o.
action was first to appeal to the Pres
ident to enforce the laws and protec
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his watch in sight, they took the
watch from him; but they did not see
any watch on me. They turned our
pockets and searched US for money;
but we did not have any, so they told
us if we ever told any one about it
that they would kill US on the first
sight, and asked us if we had rather
die than to keep that to ourselves.
We told them that we had rather give
them all we had in the world than to
die and go to hell They said that we
were right, to keep it to ourselves.
''The next incident of Importance
that came beneath my observation was
the finding Of ten or fifteen colored
men floating in Red River. This was
in the year 1866. Some Of them was
tied by the sides Of logs, some with
ropes round their necks; some Of them
was shot, and some Of them had their
throats cut. This was between a
plantation called Goldpaint and
Shreveport on the parish line of Cad
do and Bossier. = .
I'm 1870 [ seen a white man buy a
bale of cotton from a colored man,
weighing, 500 pounds, and paid him
only S25 for it, and cotton was then
worth 25 cents per pound"
The above are specimen extracts
taken at random. The document is
voluminous and is accompanied with
afiidavits Of other colored men who
have left Louisiana for Northern
States. The affidavits embody briefly
the reasons for their departure. They
were procured by Adams in his capac-
ity Of agent of the secret societies.
The whole forms one of the most
sweeping stories of political and race
OUTRAGE vet made public.
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Novel Mode of Preserving Mans Rea-


A curious story is going the rounds
of the English newspapers of an exhi-
bition in the show windows of one of
the leading jewelers. of Vienna. The
object of attraction is brooch mag
nificently studded with gems, in the
middle of whose chasing is inclosed
the most singular of centers-four
common, old, bent, and corroded pins.
This brooch is the property of the
Countess Lavetskofy. The pins have
history, Of course. Seven years ago
Count Robert Lavetskofy, as the story
runs, was arrested at Warsaw for an
alleged insult to the Russian Govern
ment. The real author of the insult,
which consisted of some careless words
spoken at a social gathering, was his
wife. He accepted the accusation,
however, and was sent to prison.
In one Of the ightless dungeons in
which the Gar is said to be fond of
confning his Polish subjects, the I'M
fortunate martyr for his wife's loose
tongue spent six years. He had only
one amusement. After he had been
searched and thrown into cell, he had
found in his coat four pins. These he
pulled out and threw on the floor,
then in the darkness he hunted Gor
them. Having found them, perhaps
after hours and even days, he scatter
ed them again. And so the game
went on for six weary years. But
for them," he writes in his memoirs,
Il would have gone mad. They pro-
vided me with purpose. So long as
| had them to search for, l had some
thing to do. When the decree for
my Liberation as an exile was brought
to me the jailer found me on my knees
hunting for one which had escaped
me for two days. They saved my
wife's husband from lunacy. My wife,
therefore, could not desire prouder
ornament" . Scientific American.
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Tobacco Chewers not Wanted.

1t is a well known fact that tobacco
juice contains nicotine acid, sort Of
tannate, very refractory in dyeing.
The Textile Colorist says: 1t has just
been discovered in Europe that stains
and imperfections, unaccounted for so
far, on various goods submitted to
careful dyeing, were caused by the
salvation of chewing workmen, es-
pecially weavers. Any moisture con-
tanning tobacco extract falling upon
tissues Of mixed materials, such as
wool and cotton, notably in raised
goods, as velvet, plush, blankets, etc,
will create spots deeper in shade than
the ground color, as if acted ON by
stronger mordant. Manufacturers
have been obliged to apply on an extra
tannin mordant and redye many pieces
Of goods on account of this defect.
Strict regulations against this i'll use
Of tobacco salvation have been enact
ed in several establishments as a rem
edy for this curious inconvenience
Scientific American.
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WHOLE NO. 1903.

in summing up the case, said that
while the act Of horse stealing was
shown, the element of the. crime, the
intent to steal, was not shown. He
discharged the defendant.
Ayers was greatly agitated, and
seemed to realize that he had made a
narrow escape from the Penitentiary.
He has heretofore borne good char
acter and is respectfully connected.
He said it would be salutary lesson
to him. He would let liquor alone
hereafter. His case constitutes a first
class temperance lecture.
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w. J. P. writes: In your issue of
February %, in Notes and Queries"
No 10, w. E. K. asks how to take a
large coal oil spot out of a carpet. If
it is of any value, | give you my expert
ence. A kerosene lamp was careless
ly dropped in the center Of my parlor
carpet. | drew the tacks nearest to it
and drew out the paper under the spot
and put in four thicknesses of news
paper. | then strewed over the spot
common whiting to the depth of about
half an inch, which covered with
large paper to prevent tracking, etc.
| left it a week, and then scraped up
the whiting and raising the carpet a
few inches from the floor | whipped
it with light switch to start the
whiting, after which the spot was
carefully swept. The oil had disap-
peared. This was four years ago, and
no brighter spot is on the carpet than
the place so treated Scientific Amer
lean.
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To THE sluggard every year is sleep
year.
HIGHwAYMEN: elevated railway
companies.
THE hotel chambermaid thrives by
her inn-dustry.
ADVICE to persons thinking Of di-
vorce: Never dis-pair.
IT is the man with the rheumatism
who is every inch king.
A COMPETING hotel out West says
generously of another that sit stands
without arrival"
WHAT struck you most in Italy?"
newly-returned traveller is asked.
The sun, says he.
WE have heard of some people who
say they could live on music. Then
it must be on note-meal.
The Western lady who read in
newspaper the baking powder was
good thing, thought she'd bake some,
and her old man, on arriving at where
the cabin had stood, said he wouldn't
mind the affair so much, If she'd let
TIE dog out.
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Protection to Young Trees.

Where it is desirable to pasture
sheep or hogs in orchards, or where
rabbits make depredations, the bark of
young trees may be successfully pro-
tected by washing the trees in spring,
and again in midsummer, for sheep,
and in late autumn for rabbits, with
soap suds and carbolic acid, or solu-
ton Of coal tar and whitewash. Both
are sure in accomplishing the end in
view, and are valuable in keeping off
the borer and in giving a healthy sur
face activity to the sap, which will
make the bark look fresh and healthy.
An ounce of carbolic acid to a pail of
soap suds is sufficient Scientific
American.
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Each package contains DR. Sanford's Improved InhaI
ing Tube with full directions for in all cases. Price
S1OO. For sale by all wholesale and Retail Druggists
General and Wholesale Druggists Boston, Mass
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MEDICAL.
sworn EVIDENCE,
Nj DICAL.
The following Cure ts probably the most re-.
rr1arkabIe ever Effected by any medical
preparation for the treatment
Cs Casarrf1:

eptlesnC2.T her by certify that have had Catarrh
for years and for the last six years have been
terrible Sufferer: was rendered partially deaf, had
buzztng in the head pains across the temple, dizzy
spells weak and painful eyes, swollen and liberated
tonss, hard and constant cough, pain across
the chest and every indication OF consumption. MY
mead achcd all the time. The matter accumulated
rapidly in my head and throat that could not keep
them free. Frequently at night would spring of
bed 1t seemed to me, at the point of suffocation
would then nave recourse to every means in my power
to dsodse the mucus from my throat and head before
pelng able sleep again. For period of six my
tonsis were liberated and SO much iname could
with dlfhculty swallow. finally consulted eminent
surgeon in regard t. operation them, but his
request postponed IT,. The constant Inflammation and
ulceraton in my throat caused by the poisonous mat
ter dropping down from my head had irrtated and
infamed my lungs that coughed incessanty deep,
hard cough Meanwhile my system began to show the
showed every symptom Of carly death by consump-
tion. When matters had reached this stage or about
six months ago, began the of SANFoRDS RADICAL
CURE FOR CATAREH After using the first bottle be-
my head as had not known it to be for years. It
seemed gradually to arrest the discharges Stopped
my cough in three days. By using it a gGrgc soon
reduced the Inflammation and swelling of my tonss,
across chest disappeared, the buzzing noises my
head ceased my senses of seeing and of hearing
completely restored, and every symptom disease
had reduced me to the verge of the disappeared
have been thus explicit because, druggist, 1
have great deal of suffering from Catarrh, and
hope to convince many that this is great remedy.
am familiar with the treatment of Catarrh prac
most eminent about my case. have used every kind
of remedy and apparatus that have appeared during
period of six years past and have while following their
taken great care of my general health but obtained
Boston, Feb. %, 1875. GEO. F. DINSMORE
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SUFFOLK, S. FEB. 23 1875.
Then personally appeared the said George F. Dins-
more, and made oath that the foregoing statement by
him subscribed is true. Before me,
SETH j. THOMAS, Justice of the Peace,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-10
Courbet's Prison Picture

The Globe relates the following story
about painting executed by Courbet in
the prison Of St. Pelagie while he was
undergoing sentence Of six months i'm
prisonment passed on him by a court
martial for participation in the acts of
the commune. "On the dull, yellowish
wall against which his bed stood, - says
the journal in question, she depicted a
woman's head, with a flower in the hair,
which seemed-so well had the laws of
perspective been observed reclining on
the bolster of the couch. At five or SIX
PAGES distance the illusion was complete,
and at the first glance it almost
seemed that living person was taking
her siesta. The director of St. Pelagie,
NJ Lassalle, heard of Courbet's attempt
to beautify the cell, and on going TO in
spect the mural decoration he was so
struck by it's excellence that he ordered
it not to be touched. After the artist
departure, however, theinternal arrange
ments of the cell were modified, The po-
sition of the bed In particular being
totally changed, and IN consequence the
head on the wall was no longer set off
by the juxtaposition of the couch, and,
instead OF appearing natural, presented
an almost ludicrous aspect, 10y being
isolated on the wall. Shortly afterward
the cell was cleaned, and the painting,
which no longer possessed its original
charm. was erased.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-11-10
SINGULAR Railway Accident.

A strange railway accident occurred
recently in England. The Scotch Ex-
press left st. Pancras for Edinburgh in
good time, and proceeded on it's way
without any nnishap until near the Kib-
worth station, when the engineer had
occasion to fear that something had gone
wrong with the driving gear of the en-
CINE. Applying the Westinghouse brake
he pulled up the train, but on examina-
ton nothing was found to be wrong.
Upon this the train WAS put in motion
again, but from some unexplained cause
the driving gear was reversed, so
that on steam being turned on the loco
motive instead of going forward, sent
the train backward at rapid rate, the
heavy engine soon developing speed.
Neither the engineer, stoker, nor guard,
all of whom are said to have had perfect
control over the train by means of the
continuous brake, discovered the terrible
mistake that had been made until it was
too late to prevent {. collision. The
blunder was detected in time to effect
considerable reduction in speed before
the train crashed into another. AS it
was, two Pullman cars were smashed III
and five passengers injured, one SO seri-
ously that his life is in danger.
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Test of Merit
IFrom Chambers journal.

Edmund Kean once heard stage-car-
penter thus settle the pretensions Of i'm
personators of Hamlet: ''You may talk
Of Henderson and Kemble and this new
man., said the carpenter; But give me
Bannisters Hamlet. He was always
done twenty minutes sooner than one of
'eml'' Self-interest is a sad warper of
the Judgment, and devises very strange
tests. Going over the graveyard of the
cold Meeting" at Birmingham, with
the clerk, Joshua Vernal asked him who
was the greatest man buried there.
"This is he,' answered Mackay, point
ing to a grave; 81 get s5s. a year tokeep
it in order "But what did he do !?
what did hep" inquired the incredulous
Joshua. "Why," said the clerk, che
invented the holeing of thimbles!" Yer
nal thereupon pointed to the grave of a
distinguished scholar as being that of
the greatest man there; but the clerk
pooh-poohed the preposterous sugges-
tion, saying: Ono such thing; I only
get paltry two shillings for that grave. !"
His test of greatness was a purely pro-
fessional one, like that of the Norwich
barberwho confdentially told the mayor
he did not think much of this British
association; nine out of ten of them don't
shave at all, and the others shave them
selves -
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was OF no small assistance to him in his
future professional advancement. She
became, in fact, quite mother to him,
though not mother-in law.
/ really do not know what befell the
girl, except that, at her own desire. the
lady obtained for her ga situation in the
country, out of the way of temptation:' p
and that she proved to be faithful SER
want.
l am sorry to have to state that public
interest in this case at ST. Michael's
somewhat rapidly declined after Mrs.
Stead's visit; perhaps because, as the
Lancet said, the interesting symptoms
had all disappeared. But I said then
say now, and always will say, that it was
from all points of view, "a very good
caae -
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Genuine Esuuimaux Dous.

Lieut.. Deane, of the army, who went
out with the Gulnare, brought with him
two cute little Esquimaux puppies, which
he has presented to Captain Howgate.
They are interesting little creatures, and
as frolicsome as kittens. They are COW
cred with fur, as soft and fine as Saxony
wool, and they are as fond of petting as
children. The heads are black, and the
bodies dingy white, which is, however,
gradually yielding to soap and water,
and promises in time to rival the SHOWS
OF their Arctic birthplace in whiteness
Their eyes beam with intelligence, and
their ears are pointed, like those of foxes.
They are extremely good-natrred, and
manifest great fondness for human So
clety, which proves that they are an i'm
portant factor in the domestic circles of
the frigid zone. They were fed meat on
their arrival, and, not being accustomed
to diet of that kind, it nearly ended their
lives. Then the weather has been very
warm In the middle of the day, and the
poor creatures painted as vigorously as
United States member of the genus
canine III the dog days. When [ saw
them they had just dined On raw oysters,
which they had enjoyed immensely, and
were triAing over their desert-a twenty
pound block of ice, that they caressed
with all the apparent foDdness one be-
slows on an old and familiar friend If
they survive such extremes of climate
and are not SO many pounds of hydro
phobia to the square inch, fine sledges
drawn by Esquimaux dogs viii be one of
the vagaries of fashionable metropolitan
life in the near future. = Washington
Exchange.