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$50 ingenious, repeated those ", . had
this remark prepared. SO
So appropriate" added their neighbors,
not knowing, however, wherein any special
apositeness,lay
SO touching, !" continued still others,
thinking the remark sounded well.
But at least all agreed that to the third
contestant belonged the prize. To give
great deal, but how much more more wonderful
to give it in single letter! Yes, this was
truly most wond erful, and this would make
"a good story to tell to their grand children.
So everybody was really satisfied except
the two unsuccessful competitors; and the
princess got the husband she wanted.
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The Material Of yanderbilt's New Home.

The Material of Vanderbilt's New Home.
From The New York Letter in Troy Times:
Vanderbilt has been criticised because
he went to Europe with Herter to order all
the glassware. chandeliers, carpets, hang
ings, marble work and much of the furni-
ture Having made his money in America
he ought to spend it here, it has been said.
The only art work done in this country for
the house are the bronze ratings around
the house and the bronze cresting around
the roof. This work was done in nine
months by Philadelphia firm for $42 900.
It was offered to Mitchell q Vance of New
York, who declined it because it was stip-
ulated that it should be done in three
months. The chandeliers, including one
of solid silver weighing half q ton, for the
ballroom or picture gallery, are now being
made by Barbedienne Of Paris. Wander
bilt has two of Herter's men securing Eu-
rope for whatever may be unique in furni-
ture. Cost is said to be of no importance
whatever The more the house costs the
better, I" Vanderbilt is said to have remarked
to an old friend disposed to lecture him on
the sin Of extravaganza. From careful es-l
Inmates it is thought that the three houses
on that one plat Of ground will have cost.
when ready for house warming about 81
SOC, 000-not one years income Of this
same Billy Vanderbilt, who twenty five
years age was hard pressed to pay taxes on
his farm, and, perhaps, wondered why q
poor man like HIM had ten children to sup
port.
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MOTHERS BOYS.

From the Lancaster Examiner
Yes, know there are stains on my carpet,
The traces OF small muddy boots;
And see your fair tapestry glowing,
ALI spotless with blossoms and fruit!
And now that my walls are disfgured
With prints of small fingers and hands;
And that your own household most truly
In immaculate purity stands.
And know that my parlor is Uttered
With many old treasures and toys;
While your own is in daintiest order,
Unharmed by the preeenceof boys!
And know that my room is invaded
Quite boldly all hours of the day;
While you sit in yours unmolested
Aud dream tho soft quiet away!
Yes, I know there are four little betlsides
Where must stand watchful each night;
While you 60 out i'll your carriage, :
And flash in your dresses 80 bright.
Now I think Tn neat little woman;
like my house orderly, too;
And I'm fond Of all dainty belongings.
Yet would not change placss with You.
No! keep your fair home with its order,
lis freedom from bother and noise;
Aud keep your own fanciful leisure,
But give me my four splendid boys!
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THE FkANCKLYNS.

Gossip About the Family Whose Cottage the
President Is Occupying. @
Correspondence Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
Mr.. Charles G. Francklyn, who is first
cousin to. Sir Beach Cunard, b., and is
now gentleman of between IS and 40 wears
of age, had been for many years the New
York agent of the Cunard line Of steamers.
but concluded last winter to resign this lu
crative posistOn on account Of many other
business engagements, chief among which
is the presidency Of the Municipal Gaslight
company and the presidency of silver
mine in Utah, in which he is also q share
holder. MIR. Francklyn is married to q very
beautiful and accomplished American LADY.
a daughter of ex-Govenor Hoyt, from
which marriage two children have sprung,
Gilbert, familiarly called BERTHE, q boy Of
IL, like his father, true John Bull Of the
best type, and who now is being prepared
for Eaton, and Gwladys, young lady of
nine summers, resides or rather does not
reside with her parents, for the Francblyns
reside nowhere in particular, although they
have princely mansion in New York, one
of the old fashioned Dutch houses in Wash
ington square, just fitted up for their use,
and the handsomest cottage at Elberon,. on
the healthiest spot perhaps in the United
States. Yes: I believe as travellers the
Francklyn family will remain unriyaled.
When on the approach of winter they have
to come to town and everybody believes,
them comfortab bly, settled with their twenty
three servants, elegant carriages, and SUI
pe1b horses, they charter steam yacht and
off they are to Cuba, to enjoy tropical
climate for q week or two. Back again,
they give half dozen balls and score of
dinner parties, to every body who is anybody,
but before these h0spitaities can be return
ed they are gone to England, where Mr..
Francklyn, who is very ente1prising, has
no doubt some iron in the fire. Just now
they are out west. bear hunting, with Miss
Gwladys dressed like boy. accompanied
by Sir Beach Cunard and Mr.. Balfour. a
young Scotchman Of noble lineage. But,
although Mr.. and Mrs. Francklyn
having already been here this season, have
no further need of their cottage for the rest
Of the summer, it is no less to tLeir credit
that they have SO generously offered it to
the president.
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Personal.

Eli Perkins father has been discover in
one Of the West India islands. He sWears ne
is 1872 years old.
Ex- Secretary Ramsey has gone to
Washington, having finished his San
Francisco mint Investigation.
Princess Maud, the youngest daughter of
the Prince of Wales, is described as a Imu-
steal genius. Although OILY - years old, she
shows extraordinary vocal powers, and is SO
devoted and persistent student of music
that her parents have be 81 obliged to restrain
her enthusiasm.
The late Governor Bagley of Michigan en-
trusts the education Of his children to his
wife with this sensible proviso: That they
one and all shall be educated in this coun-
try and notabroad. as it is my sincere desire
that they may grow up to be sincere Ameri-
cans and lovers of theil native land and her
institutions. . IN
The brother in law of Guiteau, George
Scoville, says: The only interest I have felt
or expressed in the case is that which I .sup-
pose every law abiding citizen feels-name-
II, that he should have fair trial. On that
trial there can be but one question, and that
will be the question Of sanity. believe him
to be insane, and consequently not guilty Of
the crime as Charged"
WI JaueS ~. Fargo, WIZ Ma6 6IoCCcO pros.
dent of the American Express company on
Thursday. vice Hon. William G. Fargo, de-
ceased, is a BROTHER of the late president Of
the company, and his junior by about IL
years. He was born at Pompey, n. J. ,on the
5th Of May, 1929, ana began his business
career in Buffalo in 1874 as clerk in the
Office of Wells & Co.'s express. He has
grown up in and with the express business.
and has long occupied a place in the front
rank of e1pressmen.
King Kalakaua, M. D. Conwny says, has
q look of injurious inapprecation" which
shows the anthropologic eye" that he is still
on the abarbaric side Of civilization" This
look of injurious Misrepresentation was
frequently noted in Kalakauas eye by re-
porters in New York; but as they were more
familiar with the injurious look which
follows gin-sling and whisky sours than
with anthropology, they laid it to the adequ-
ate and sufficient cause that Kalakaua's
esbarbaric side" had given him keen appre-
citation of civilized drinks.
Queen Victo1ia,at Osborne on the 18th OF
August, presented to six soldiers who fought
in the late Afghan campaign medals 70,
distinguished conduct in the field. Five 81
4 the men belong to the late sixty-sixth regi
ment, which vas nearly annihilated ct Mai
wand, their names being Sergeant Williams
4 Corporal Lowell, Lance Corporal Martin
private Battle and private Clayton. a colo1
sergeant Of the Fifth Fusileers was also
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WHERE BIG TREES GROW

The Forests of Oregon and Washinsf
ritory.
Correspondence Of the New York Times
In the Blue Mountains Of Easter
gon, and in the Cascade Mountains
the Takima, Clearwater, and other
in Eastern Washington, there is 81
quantity Of timber to supply all lod
mands and leave large surplus fol
ment to the prairies Of Nj
Idaho, Dakota, and other markets.
is to Puget Sound that the lumberI.
the future must look for the emateria
which to supply his mills. Therei is a
of country extending from the Cd
River north to and into British Coll
and from the Pacific Ocean to the q
range, and surrounding the waters of
Sound, which is almost entirely q
with one of the finest bodies of timber
world. There one can soc q whole I'd
such tall, straight, gently tapering 81
as would gladden. the heart of aship- d
and can travel scores Of miles I'll
gigantic lumber trees, ready for the Il
axe and saw.
The sound district compriees
about 200 miles in length with an a
width of 100 miles. Estimating on
the growth to be lumber trees, and to
5000 feet of lumber per acre, Civ
approximate orional amount Of ste
timber at 100, 900, 900, 900 feet.
The timber consists chiefly Of pine
considerable quantities Of FIR, spruce,
and redwood. and small supply of
oak, hemlock and maple. The yelld
frequently attains height Of $50 feet;
100 to 100 feet; silver fir, $50 feet;
cedar, 100 feet; white oak, 20 feet
black spruce, go feet. Ceders have
found to measure 63 feet in
with q height of 40 feet u
pine tees are known to the lumberme
of two varieties -''sap" and 'overgr,
The ''sap' tree yields 5000 to 1000 f
lumber, and the .tovergrown" Z 600 to
900 feet. Ofthis timberis made all &
of lumber 8 hip timbers, fencing, pi'
railroad ties, barrel slaves and heat
household furniture, &c. and the pr,
lis shipped in large quaint titles to the Z
coast of South America, the Sandwich
lands, and Mexico, while some trade is
with Australia, France, and England.
Everything here seems to favor the
herman. He has no severe winter VIZ
to contend with. The forest reach,
the shores of the sound, which are N
rupt or preciptious, but inclines graz
to the water. Numerous streams flow
the sound, the waters Of which have n,
rent except such as is caused by the ,
of the tide, and logs are easily towed I
point. Thus is avoided the delay, da
and expense of a severe winter season
in the woods, and the driving" down
and swollen streams during the sprine
ana with no danger of a sudden rise
ing the boon" and scattering the lab
months.
In this description the heart only
lumber country has been taken. Z
north it extends into the British posses
although after passing Frazier Rive
growth is not SO good. Taking into
sideration the vast quantity Of materif
excellence of harbor, and the econom
which mills, factories, and ship yart
be supplied, it is no wonder that D
Sound is called the future great l,
treasury Of tho United States.
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sU.MMEEA Nd AUTUMN

Gorgeous leaves are Whirling dow
Homeward somes the scented h,|
Ger the stubble, scar AMI brown,
Flaunt the autumn flowers gay !;
All, alas!
Summers pass,
Like our joys, they pass away!
Tanned by many balmy breeze,
In the spring loved to lie
Meath the newly budded trees,
Gazing upward to the SLY;
But, alas! 4
Time will pass,
And the flowers of spring must
OFT my maiden sat with me,
. Listening to the thrnsh's tone,
Warbled forth from every tree
Ere the meadow hay was mown !;
{ But alas!
Summers pass
Now I wander all alone!
Love, like summer time, is fair,
Decked with buds and blossoms
But upon this autumn air
Floats q voice which seems to ga
Loves, alas!
Also pass,
AS the summers pass away
George a
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Sickness a Disgrace
DR.. Felix L. Oswood in Popular, Science
y $50 In,

DR.. Felix L. Oswood in Popular Science
Monthly
All bodily ailments are more or less urg-
ent appeals for help; nor can we doubt in
what that help should consist. The more
fully we understand the nature Of any di-
sease, the more clearly we see that the di-
coyery Of the cause means the discovery of
the cure. Many sicknessess are cured by
poisons foisted upon the system under the
name of tongue beverages o: remelii al
drugs; the only cure is to eschew the poi,
son. Others by habits more or less at va
rance with the health laws of nature; to
cure such we have to reform our habits.
There is nothing accidental and rarely any
thing inevitable about disease; we can
safely assume that nine out of ten COM
plants have been caused and can be cured
by the sufferers (or their nurses) them
selves. God made man uprlght;" every
prostrating malady is a deviation from the
state of nature. The infant, s'mewling and
puking in its nurses arms, is an abnormal
phenomenon. Infancy should be period
Of exceptional health; the young Of other
creatures are healthier, as well as prettier,
purer and merrier than the adults. yet the
childhood years of the human animal are
the years Of sorest sickness; statistics show
that among the Caucasian races men of 80
have more hope to reach good old age
than a newborn child has to reach the end
of its second year. The reason is this:
The health theories Of the average Chris
tan man and woman are SO egregi ously
wrong that only the opposition Of their
| better instincts help them against their
conscience as it wereto maintain the
struggle fora tolerable existence with any
thing liks success, while the helpless in
FAINT has to conform to those theorles-with
the above results. ] have long ceased to
doubt, says DR.. Schrodt, that apart from
the effects Of wounds, the chances of
/ health or disease are in our own hands; and
If people only knew half the facts pointing
that way, they would feel ashamed to be
sick, or to have sick children.
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A Suicides StrangeL Letter.

Peter Cannon, the suicide who died in
the Roosevelt Hospital, New York, last
week, after opening a blood vessel in Cen
trail Park. left remarkable letter, in which.
after describing an attempt to kill himself
by morphine. and writing at considerable
length on the subject of intemperance, he
declares himself spiritualist and says;
IT think my mind is we'll balanced, and
have no fear of death. What little fear I
Of spiritualism. The mere act OF dying is
nothing to me, if there is not physical pain
and I think know somewhat Of the coun-
try to which am going. / know many
good men Who would leave the world to-day
if it were not for the fear of death; and
this same fear is the worlds greatest
benefactor, for without it the world would
lose many good men long before nature
claimed them. I almost hear men say
What fool to de- How do you know,
you little atoms. groveling in the sand for
jewels, cropping in the darkness for essence
of light, searching in the hay-stack of
selfshness apd dissipation for the needle
| happiness? How do you know lam a fool?
| Do your days of dissipation produce happy
dreams for the night or Joy for the morrow?
Can the rich man extract happir ess enough
for his millions; or does the thought that
for every dollar he possesses above
his actual needs some other human being
suffers embitter his luxuries? Bah! this is
making considerable Of a time over the
4 dropping of an atom into the limitless ocean
Of eternity. Iselect this place to die in,
first, because want to die amoung the
trees; secondly, because don't wish to be
disturbed, but to die alone; and last, but
not least, don't wish to put any of my
friends to the expense of a funerel OF the
trouble and bother Of an inquest. would
like a lock of my mothers hair, in my
pocket, buried with my body, and the letters
mailed to the persons addressed.
There is something fascinating in the
idea Of dashing headlong, in the full vigor
of youth and mental power, across that
gloomy, mysterious boundary-the valley
of the shadow of death, with the charming
uncertainty whether one shall find a par
adise, beautiful and happy beyond human
} conception, or desolate bowling wilder
ness. or nothing" In conclusion he writes:
what beautiful evening! just the
. time to die. So by your leave, gods,
! will make another assault on the affections
& Of that coy damsel, Death thorough
coquette, who forces her favors on those
that do not want them, but ever flies from
J the ardent, earnest wooer. But will
(; court you in so bold fashion this time you
;; must yield. How one hates to inaict phys.
!. ical pain on oneself! It did not bother me-
: a particle to inject and swallow morphine
s but I do hate to slash into my arteries
! Well, bye-bye old world, believe hay,
had. enough Of you!"
I H---------sr--1----1l-------
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The boiler of threshing machine in use on
the farm Of the Tracy Brothers, ii the north
ern part Of Big Stone county, exploded last
week. Several nien were more OF less injuted.
among whom are VIM Geer, Nathan Warning,
who were severely bruised and lacerated about
the face, breast and other parts Of the body,
besides beng scalded Mr.. Depalter, the en-
on which the engine rested, but was not injured
in the least T. b. Warning was feeding the
separator at the moment Of the accident, and
another man was on the top, when the engine
and boiler passed over them, without doing
any injury. The separator, one wagon and
about So. OOO.
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corners in grain, and that sort of thing, we
presume it might be regarded as siding with
the bears against the bulls. Proverbs XII,
20. says: .'He that withholdeth corn, the
people shall curse him :but blessings shall
October
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Horseshoe and Luck.

vs. The belief in witchcraft, which in years
gone BY was SO extensively entertained, has.
not yetdied out, and ID many Of our country
villages it is regarded as one OF those secret
dangers to which every one is being more
or less exposed. Hence We find various
devices still resorted to Tor the purpose Of
counteracting the supposed hurtful infu-
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A friend [ said above
But that / do not mean;
1t you will put it IN the reverse

Another days mail contained pos tai
card dated aHades, August %. 1881, which
reads: aComrade Guiteau: How ] long for
your arrival. Never, when you shall have
been pitched into the bowels o4the eternity.
will there be better piece Of fre-wood for
the never quenching furnace. shall be
ready for you on or about the day of your
trial. All orders received will receive
prompt attention. Satan. This is post
marked Harrisburg.
YOUR TIME IS SHORT"
Another postal card from Lanpdon.
Atchlson county, No., is as follows: Con
temphble wretch. deceive not yourself
with hopes Of life. We firmly believe tha
verdict Of the court will be- death by hang
ing; but that is immaterial; die you shall
and dse you must. You want to lecture. I
expect you would draw like sticking plas-
ter. Well, you will soon have superior adj
vantages for composing lecture on the
difference of climate between this world
and hell. Infamous coward, william and
traitor, enjoy yourself while you can. You
have no feeling or heart to bother you and
your time is short
IS THIS FROM THEs sweet sDGER OF MGHIaAN??
Another reads:
Vile man. cold FLOODED knave,
The scheme that you expect
To keep you from the hangman's power,
And save your guilty neck,
Will not avail you iii the least,
Should our brave chieftain die !,
Net all the guardians in the land
Can keep you OF from Justices hand
50 now prepare myself for death,
If hOnored Garfield is no MORE
@ No man on earth Or power, of law
Can save you from deaIh's clamv claw.
PUBLIC VENGRNcE.
GUITEAU WANTED IN RICHMOND To-
TACKLE MARVIN.
One from Richmond, Va, reads: .sDear
old Guilty. want you to come to Rich
mond Immediately. have q JOB lot for
you, commencing with Marvin. rs
oHIo's CONTRIBUTION OF DoaaERRL.
One from Mechanicsburg, Ohio. has the,
following:
Iowa speaking OF night-cap strings
That round thy neck should g.ido
And rid ua OF monster
By choking till thee die,: {.
We would that we might hug thee,
With a love that would notfulter;
Our love shoull be grim death to thee,
Assisted by q halter.
Or. il Plan to torture thee
Our wits could now devise,
We'd cut of thy ears, pull out thy tongue
And with vltriol burn thy eyes.
Nay! monster, do not hold thy hands
lu holy horror up;
Gaze on thy lot, then, Gar6eld's,
Whose is the bitter cnp?
soMEPOETRY FROM LYNCHBnRG.
A lostal from Lynchburg, Va; address
ed to Guitteau, the assassin, is embellished
with sketch of y gallows with q man
hanging on it, and conveys the following
message: 1'All's well that ends well. Thus
do you end. Charlie, you are bad Boy to
shoot the president SO, for you know he
might die, then to hell you're sure to 60.
If the law dent take its course and should
let you go free, an angry mob will take you
out aud hung you to y tree. Thus always
with tyrants and murderers."
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a Story of London b ,idge.

So far as the Bible can be considered as
expressing On opinion on stock operations,
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AT Troy. N. Y, q fire at Bussey Il Mcleod
oundry destroyed property valued at $50, 600.
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GUITEAU,S iNF1lMY.
Samples of Mail Matter Daily Asl,lresse
the Assassin OF President Garfield.

III
Numerous epistles are received daily,
says the Washington Stay, addressed to
Guiteau. One morning, among the many
postal cards received, was tho following
Dated Baltimore, Sep. 2: Your old
carcase should be donated to some medical
college for dissection, and Joint by joint
taken off until life became extinct. Justice
would then be done.
%. II" writes from Baltimore: {. Guiteau,
We are waiting for you. We just want to
got our hands on you and to kill you.
Well get you, you dirty wretch. =
"a GLORIOUS CAMP MEETING"
A. Bullet writes from Will mantio as fol-
lows We are having glorious camp
meeting here, and thousands OF prayers as
cend to the throne Of grace that our dear
president might live, but not one Of all
those praying sainta think it worth their
while to insult God in praying in your be-
hall, and don't think your life would be
any more safe in the praying circle than it
would be on the streets Of Washington or
in dark corner with me.
AN EQUIvOCAL INVITATION TO ANNAPOLIS.
Annapolis, Md, says: After you are
hung will you be kind enough to pay the
city Of Annapolis visit. A delegation
will meet you at the depot. /"
DANvHLE DoGGERE1.
From Danville, Va, comes the following:
How are you my viper
How Is your guilty throat
Do you think it is ready
To accommodate tie rope,
Because il 1t Is not
The advice from friend
Is to hurry and to Tx it
For the world without end"
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