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$5o,o 900 FOR AIDING A FRIENDLEss

Thirty years ago poor girl named Carrie
Roper, in garments tattered and torn, wan
dered to the home of John Potts, village
blacksmith, in what is now known as Brook
lyn, Pennsylvania. Mr.. Potts took the girl
in, and suggested to his wife that they adopt
her, they having no children of their own.
Mrs. Potts objected, feeling it her duty to
take one of four of her sisters daughters, if
it was deemed expedient to adopt daughter.
Mr.. Potts would not listen to his wife's sug-
gcstions, and determined to support the girl
He sent her to school in Bucks county, where
she took up the study of music with her
academic course, and graduated with high
honors. Two years after she graduated
Potts failed to learn of her whereabouts.
His inquiries did not bring any tidings of
the girl, and he gave her up as dead. His
wife died in the spring of 1877, and he lived
alone. He still continued his business as
blacksmith, though unable to save anything
from his earnings with which to pay off
few mortgages on his property. Two weeks
ago strange lady appeared at the post-office
in Brooklyn, and introduced herself as Mrs.
James Rutledge, of Pittsburg, wife of mil
lionaire. She inquired for John Potts, and
was escorted to his home. The old gentle
man recognized her at sight, and was over
come with JOY at her appearance. The lady
had come to take Potts to her home, where
he was to enjoy the freedom of her home
during his remaining days. She paid off the
mortgages on the Potts property, purchased
handsome monument for the grave of Mrs
Potts, and started with her old friend for her
home in Pittsburg. Soon after their arrival
she made Potts a gift of $4,000 in United
States bonds.
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SOCIAL LEE IN GOTHAM.

Speaking of fashionable customs IN New
York, correspondent of the St Louis Globe
Democrat writes Another striking indica-
ton, in a small way, is the hberality with
which the many expensive restaurants,
Delmonico's, the Brunswick, &c, are patro-
nized. The man who has already spent $50
or $40 for a couple of seats to hear Patti or
to see Sara Bernhardt viii, OF course, not
hesitate to wind up the evening with a
supper which will cost So or so head
more. Perhaps no more vivid illustration
of this phase of New York life can be OBJ {
tanned than by repairing, after the theater
or opera, to DelmonicOs. The scene there
Is really extraordinary and unequaled by
anything to be witnessed in Paris or London.
Delmonicos and the Brunswick face each
other, and number of large electric lamps
flood Fifth avenue at this point with light,
while the large electric post tower from
Madison square increases the glare of the
illumination. The avenue is completely
blocked up with carriages, and the shrill
calls of the attendants bawling out numbers,
and the shouts of the coachmen asking each
other to move On, keep up a din till after
midnight, and when there are balls at either
place, such as take place every night during
the winter season till four o'clock in the
morning, the crush in the restaurants is
something astonishing. you do not drive
very fast from the theater, ten to one you
will be unable to obtain seat, and richly
dressed ladies may be seen patiently stand
ing in the lobby of Delmonico's and in
violent draught which must cause many
severe colds, waiting for the privilege Of
sitting down at these festive tables. On
Saturday night, when the many wealthy
Hebrews are out in full force, it is at its
worst The lobby then is as jammed with
ladies as the secret meeting of Fenian society
is with Irishmen, and they stand about as
comfortably in their heavy silks, satins, and
furs as the people riding home do in
densely packed horsecar. And, indeed,
while many poor hungry wretch passes
by casting an eager, hopeless look at the
tempting spectacle within through the
splendid, broad plate glass windows, the
loud chink Of champagne glasses, the merry
laughter and light repartee of the gay sup
per parties afford a striking picture of one of
the bright sides of New York life.
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AmpRIMERY ESSAY ON BONDS.

Is this Bond? 1t is Bond. Why is it
called Bond? 1t is called Bond because
it means Bondage. Where did the Bond
come from? 1t was given by our Good
Uncle Sam. Is the Bond Nice thing to
have Around the House? No, 1t should be
Locked Up in a Big Safe. Do Poor Folks
have Lots of These Bonds? No, My Dear,
they are made only for Rich Folks. Rich
Folks hold Them and Poor Folks work and
Pay Them. Why do Poor Folks work and
Pay Them? Because they are Fools How
did the Man get the Bond? He got the
Bond of the United States. What did He
Give for the Bond? He Gave Hundred
Small Dollars for the Bond. What does He
get for 1t? He Gets a Hundred Big Dollars
for It. Does the Nice Bond pay Tax? No,
it does not Pay Tax. Why does not Uncls
Samuel Pay Oft the Bonds? Damfweno.
The National tribune., 1882-04-22
AN EXTRAORDINARY SPRING.

In mine near the busy centre of st. Eli
enne, France, French mining engineer, in
boring at depth of 800 feet, is reported to
have come upon a hot spring, whose waters
rushed forth in a column to a height of
nearly 50 feet above the surface of the earth.
1t is similar in height and heat to the So
called Stracke Geyser, and is strongly i'm
pregnated with carbOnic acid. The French
Academy of Science have determined to send
q deputation to examine minutely into the
peculiarities ofthis phenomenon.
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WIT AND HUMOR,

If you want to get rich mount mule
because when you are on mule you are bet
ter OFF.
A piece of bark in sausage suggested to
a Philadelphian to inquire for the rest of
the dog.
The man who stops his paper to economize
ought to cut his nose off to keep from buying
handkerchiefs.
1t rains alike on the just and unjust; on
the just mainly because the unjust have
borrowed their umbrellas.
"The Unseen Hand" is the title of new
book. Probably the other man didn't have
anything better than a pair of trays and
didn't dare to call.
Once they started a girls seminary in
Utah. 1t fourished well, but just in the
height of its prosperity the principal eloped
with the whole school.
A wretched conundrum is floating around
to the effect that Mrs. Scoville was once like
certain insect, because she was a Miss
Guiteau.
"No," said the Cincinnati man, "I can't
become Christian. 1 can't bear to give up
reading the local apers"-LouiSUiUe Courier
Journal
A tailor at Chicopee, Mass, puts the ac-
counts of his delinquent customers cOnspicu-
ously in his window, placarded: These bills
for sale"
History tells US that George Washington
never told a lie so it is very plain that
George didn't Learn to smoke while his par
ents were alive.
Edmund Burke, the Irish orator, was tell
ing Garrick one day that all bitter things
were hot. Indeed said Garrick, "what
do you think, Mr.. Burke, of bitter cold
weather?"
Master" What does Condillac say about
brutes in the scale of being?" SchOlar-"He
says q brute is an imperfect animal" "And
what is man?" "Man is perfect brute"
On Saturday morning the Philadelphia
Press said: Yesterday America had three
poets who were known all over the world;
to-day she has but two" When Walt Whit
man read this he flushed up and asked,
"Who's the other?"
A young lady was showing an elderly
woman beautiful cluster diamond ring,
present, when the old lady dropped her spec
tacles to the end of her nose and exclaimed,
"Lor' sakes, thought it was an old seed
wart !"-C Cincinnati Saturday Night.
He was sitting in the parlor with her,
when rooster crowed in the yard, and lean
ing over, he said: "Chanticleer." II wish
you would" she replied; al am as sleepy as
I can be-" He cleared.
A man at Columbus City, Ind, claims to
have discovered spot where diamonds can
be scooped up by the quart, and though he
has been offered whole gallon of whisky
he won't give the place away.
Why he couldn't accept.-A prorninent
ex-confederate officer, now residing in Wash
ington, started out the other evening to find
a man-servant. He met pretty good look
ing colored man, and asked if he could
recommend good servant. The colored
man regretted that he could not. what
are you engaged at?" asked the ex-confed-
crate. "Why can't employ you?" l" 1 am
not doing anything just now," was the re-
ply; but expect to have a seat in Congress
in few days. My name is Lynch, and am
contesting the seat of Gen. Chalmers"
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the service of her sentence at n convict camp
in Washington county. So famous had this
eir1-wite aud murderess betome-her name
and her deed already the theme in two conti-
nents, that the announcement Of her presence
attracted the largest throng ever assembled in
the city, with the possible exception of one
or more grand special days at the late expo
sition The surging multitude grew wild
over the desire to get glimpse of her, while
she appeared unconscious of her surround
ings, maintaining n detected and listless air.
Her husband and child accompanied her.
The influence of universal sympathy Sc
cured immunity from prison regulations,
and she was allowed to wear her customary
garb instead of the penitentiary stripes. At
the Washington county camp she remained
nearly year, during which she was occupied
in making clothing for the other convicts, her
husband remaining with her and holding the
position of guard over q squad Of prisoners.
She was not restrained in her liberty, but
remained with, and had the privileges Of,
member Of the family of the lessee. AT the
expiration of year she fell to the lot of an
other lessee, whose camp was in Taylor coun-
ty, whittier she was removed, her husband
following, her little girl dying during her
stay at the Washington county camp. After
eleven months in Taylor county she was
removed to Barton county, where the family
of the lessee resided, where she remained in
the capacity of n domestic until last Febru-
airy, when the lessee, Colonel c. III. Howard,
removed to Atlanta, bringing with him the
fair convict, who is still retained as a servant
in his household. Her husband remains with
her and acts as escort, no surveillance being
kept on their movements. They attended
the exposition frequently and alone.
To the reader Of five years ago the name
Of this woman, the circumstances Of her trial,
the trial, conviction, and death sentence will
be familiar, for Kate Sothern" appeared in
the columns of every newspaper printed in
this country, and in many out of it. The
victim of her outraged love was Narcissa
Cowart, OF " Cis Cowart," as she was better
known. Although only twenty-five years
old now, Mrs. Sothern bears the age traces of
thirty. Her countenance wears a shade Of
deep melancholy, and her great blue eyes
perpetual expression of sadness. A visit to
her by your correspondent has led to re-
vival of the tragic history of her life. The
columns of the Commercial are sought with
an appeal to every wife and mother in this
land to lend her name to a petition to the
Governor of Georgia for Kate Sothern's
pardon.-AHantG Cor Cincinnati Commercial
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Hon. HENRY WILSON, Chairman Military
Committee, United States Senate"
"WAsHINCToN. Feb. %, 1872.


DEAR SIR: / have been requested to
make brief statement Of what | can rccol-
lect concerning the claim of Miss Carroll,
now before Congress. From my position rs
chairman of the Committee on the Conduct
OF the War it came 10 my knowledge that
the expedition which was preparing, under
the special direction of President Lincoln.
to descend the Mississippi River, was
abandoned, and the Tennessee expedition
was adopted by the Government in pur-
suancc of information and plan presented
TO the Secretary of War, / think in the lat
ter part of November 1861, by Miss Carroll
copy OF this plan was put i'll my hands
Immediately after the fall of Forts Henry
and Donclson. With the knowledge Of its
author, l intcrrogatcd witnesses before the
committee 10 ascertain how far military men
were cognizant Of the fact. Subsequently
President Lincoln informed me that the
merit Of this plan was due to Miss Carroll:
that the transfer OF the armies from Cairo
and the northern part of Kentucky to the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad was her
conception and WAS afterwards carried out
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THE GARFIELD TRAGEDY IN NINA
TIRE,

A jeweler and matchmaker of Middlebury,
Vermont has recently constructed a curious
clock, which acts out to perfection the assas-
sination of President Garfield. The machine
is a common cuckoo clock, under which is a
miniature depot. At the window is ticket
agent dealing out tickets, while at another
telegraph operator is seen busy at his work,
and truckmen, porters, train dispatchers, &C.,
are all flying round as natural as life. All
of these figures are of wood, about two inches
long AT the end of each hour the cuckoo
announces the fact, and Immediately Garfield
appears on the platform on which the scene
is enacted, accompanied by Mr.. Blaine.
Guiteau is seen to follow him, having Just
alighted from truck wagon, and as he fires
at the President the latter falls. Just then
train of cars comes dashing in, and in the
confusion all the principal actors are carried
into the depot out of sight. After the train
dispatcher has given the signal and the train
has gone, small door at the left opens and
priest appears, book in hand, in the act of
reading funeral service, while at the same
time another door at the right opens and
Guiteau appears on the gallows. The priest
retires, and shortly after the gallows disap-
pears with Guiteau, and the doors close. This
is acted out at the end of each hour, and
takes about three minutes.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

I0UIU'IIy 70, INO-.
"This viii accompany copies of two letters
written by Miss Anna Ella Carroll to the
War Department Having informed me of
the contents Of the letter, requested her to
permit me 10 copy her duplicates. When
The National tribune., 1882-04-22
TACTICS AND STRATEGY IN MODERN
WARFARE.

WARFARE.
Should there be war in Europe, says q
writer in Demorests Monthly, it will be fought
under far different conditions than any pre-
vious contest upon record. The breech-load-
ing rifle has made even o more marvellous
revolution than that effected by the use of
gunpowder. In our civil war the armies
fought with smooth bore, muzzle- loading
muskets, which were destructive only within
range of two hundred yards. Then the
reloading took time; but the breech-loading
rifle will kill at q thousand yards and can be
discharged with marvellous rapidity. This
renders the bayonet an obsolete implement
of war, and charging column is now out of
the question. Troops can be no longer used
in mass to hurl against an opposing enemy
as they would be killed to the last man be-
fore they could see the faces of their enemies
Hence the battles of the future Will be be-
tween armies distant from each other, with the
troops under cover or protected by rife-pits
and entertainments. The spade must accom-
pany the rifle. This will prolong battles,
aaasb armies may be fighting literally for
weeks before conclusion is reached The
strategy as well as the tactics of armies must
correspond with the new conditions, for vast
bodies of men can, by means of our improved
transportation systems, be concentrated in
great numbers upon important points Hence
we get the curious result of battles long
drawn out with comparatively short and
decisive campaigns. All recent European
wars have been remarkably rs well as
decisive. War hereafter Will not be so pic
turesque, for gay uniforms are being set
aside for clothing the colors of which will
not afford an aim for the distant marksman.
They are also getting rid of military bands
and drum corps, which are useless when
there are no charging columns to be inspired
by martial strains. War hereafter viii be
very mechanical and scientific business, and
these vast changes are nearly all due to the
repeating rifle, the railroad, and the telegraph
system.
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generally. and very much in detail, accord
in- 10 her suggestions. Secretary Stanton
also conycrscG with me on the matter, and
fully recognized Miss Carrol's services TO
the Union in the organization Of this cam
paicn. Indeed both Mr. Lincoln and bir.
stanton Otae latter only few weeks before
his death expressed 10 me their high ap-
prcc'aJ:gn of This service and all tho other
services she was enabled 10 render the
country 10y her influence and ability IS q
writer. md thcy both expressed the wish
that tho Government would reward her
libcraliy for the same, in wlicb most fully
concur. T. I. WADE.
'' To the CHAIRMAN Of the Military Com
mittcc of the United States senate
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Wall Street To-day.

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NEW YORK, April 3-The Posts financial arti-
Gle says: The speculative markets at the Stock TX
change this morning took a turn which was as
sky. Lake Shore stock, which closed ON Saturday
at 11Sh Sex the quarterly dividend OF per cent
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me week opens on an easy money
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States bonds at per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per is 81 a6 per cent. The leading drawers OF
foreign exchange before noon advanced their
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DIED.
BALL. On Sunday, April 81, 1882 at IL O'Clock
noon, Mrs. TABITHA BALL. in the ii hty hrst year
Of her
Jesus can make dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are,
While or his breast lay my head
And breathe my life oUt sweetly there
Relatives and friends invited h attend the funeral
on Tuesday the 4th instant at O'Clock D. M from her
late residence. No. 3237 street, West Washington.
CLAUGHT0N. On Sunday night, April 2 1884 al
MS late residence, 2V7 street northwest p G.
ClAUGHTON, In the eightieth year o his are.
The funeral viii take place from his late residence on
Inesday morning. April 4th at eleven O'Clock. Inter
ment at Alexandria, Va
q McDoNALD; On the morning Of April Sd. 1882 st
y O'Clock. ROBERT d., the son of Robert and Della
Med Maid. aged years, 3 months and 20 days
The funeral private.
,, sTowEIL April 3. 1882, Pisa: m. at Children.s
Hospital, this city, MARY AGNES. daughter OF NJ.
years and months.
,,r WOOD After lingering Illness April lst 1881,
VIM. H. WOOD. IN the fifty eight year of his age.
Dearest father thou hast left u.s.
We thy loss most deeply feel;
But tbs God who has bereft u.s.
He viii all our sorrows heal.
AZ is dark within dwelling,
Lonely is our home to-day,
For the husband we loved so fondiy
has forever passed away.
Funeral viii take place from hts late residence 9os
18th street northwest Tuesday April f. at 10 O'Clock a.
m Relatives au friends respectfully invited at
tend