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He Wanted Music.
I3osfOn CoIirier


would you like to have US sing something
something sweet and low7" said the minister to
the dying Scotchman. II wad like to hear some
music, the dying man feebly replied '.but I
dinna care for singin. Ye MIGHT send for Dom
aid and get him to play me a tune on tho bag
pipes -
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mouse. Oh, yes, you are quite sure you havs
wit enough to keep out of danger. You are too
sharp. so you think, ever to be caught in g trap.
Take carei The oyster looked very tempting
and harmless to the little mouse, but within lay
danger-deathl
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What the Subscriber Said.

Pittsburg Chronicle.
Jimmy does the brains and I get up the
paper2" said country editor, in explaining TO
subscriber how he worked things ut is pity
Jimmy has been sick abed so long" said the sub
scriber, as he counted out the last cabbage on
that years subscription.
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Full OF Meaning TO the Initiated.
Boston Transcript.


The fashion papers shout in sweet accord that
ali the outside garments worn this winter will DO
either short or long If not long, they will be-
short; if not short, long. Strange to say, women
statement To man it means absolutely noth-
ing.
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THE YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
Family Government.

Beachnut's five rules for the government of
children:
!. When you consent consent cordially.
g When you refuse, refuse finally.
g. When You punish, punish good naturally.
4. Commend often.
5. Never scold
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which had been examined in the package under |
the straw in the barn. A quartet of surprises |
like these seldom comes into the experience of |
families
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Mr.. GIadstOne's Parish Church.

Sunday School Times.
During fine recent stay of two days in Chester.
England, took "fy" and drove out to Hawar
den Castle the country home of Mr. Gladstone.
1t is an ancient estate beautifully wooded, here
and there artstically thinned by the sturdy
strokes of the Premier's renowned ak But
what interested me most was visit to the little
parish church where the great statesman wor-
ships, and where his son Stephen has been the
rector for seventeen years. Mr. Gladstone him
self often 'reads the lesson" on Sundays. When
ever he is at Hawarden Castle he walks, every
morning in the week, to the little church. where,
at o'clock, there is held daily morning serv-
ice. Although stupendous empire is his
hands. he finds time to go daily to church and
worship. What model for American states
meni
The church is venerable little structure, ut
terly unpretentous. But the spirit of worship
is everywhere evident. One of the notices" in
fhe porch so impressed me that l subjon
transcript
ON YOUR WAY TO CHURCH
On your way to the Lords house be thoughtful, be
SILENT say but little, and that little good. Speak
not of other mems faults; think of your own for you
are going to ask forgiveness Never stay outside; go
In at once; time spent inside should be precious
IN CHURCH.
Kneel down very humbly, and pray. Spend the
time that remains in PRAYER; remember the awful
presence in which you haN come Do not look about
matters nothing to you what others doing attend
to yourself. Fasten your thoughts firmly on the holy
service. Do not miss one word this needs severe
struggle: you have time for vain thoughts. The
blessed Spirit will strengthen you if you persevere.
AFTER CHURCH
Remain kneeline and pray. Be intent; speak to
no one until you are outside. The church is Gods
house even when prayer is over Be quiet and
thoughtful as you go through the church-yard
ON YOUR WAY HOME.
"Be careful of your talk. the world will slip
back into your heart. Remember where you have
been and what you have DONE Resolve and try to
live better life
Is there no hint in the above for American
worshipers9
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The sunday-schoof, for Sept. 81, 1885.

Rerieao for the Quarter.
Lesson l. REVOLT OF TIE TEN TRIBES. /
Kings IL: GIL
Golden Text: He that walketh with wise men shall
be wise; but companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Prov. 49, 20.
Lesson 2 IDoLATRY ESTABLISHED. l Kings
II: 25-33.
Golden Text: Thou shalt have no other gods before
me. Exod. 20: 3.
Lesson 3. OMRI AND AHAB. Kings Ii:
1884
Golden Text: The way of the wicked is an abonina
zion unto the Lord. Prov. Is: g.
Lesson a. ELIJAH THE TIsHBITE. / Kings
IL: 1-16
Golden Text: So he went and did according unto
the word of the Lord. l Kings II: 5.
Lesson s. ELIJAH MEETING AHAB. kings
18: 1-18
Golden Text: Ye have forsaken the commandments
of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalm. 1 Kings
IS: IS.
Lesson6. TIE PROPHETS OF BAAL. l Kings
10: 1929
Golden Text If the Lord be God. follow him; but
Baal then follow him. 1 Kings 1921.
Lesson 7, THE PROPHET OF THE LORD. l
Kings 49, 30-46
Golden Text The Lord he is the God; the Lord he
is the God Kings 18: 80.
Lesson s. ELIJAH AT HoREB. l Kings 49,
lib
Golden Text: And after the fire, STILL small voice.
Kings 10: II.
Lesson 9. THE STORY Of NABoTH. l Kings
81 4-19
Golden Text Thou hast sold thysef to work evil in
The sight of the Lord. l Kings 81: 20.
Lesson TO- ELIJAH TRANSLATED. 2 Kings 2:
Ills.
Golden Text: And Enoch walked with God; and he
not, for God took him. Gen. 5: d.
Lesson II. The SHUNAMMITE's Son. 2
Kings A. 1887
Golden Text: am the resurrection and the life.
John IL 25.
Lesson H. NAAMAN, THE SYRIAN. Kings
3: 1-16
Golden Text: Wash me, and shall be whittier than
snow. Psa. 81: z.
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here, and were debating whether is would not be
better to continue down and make landing.
when we were caught in whirlwind and carried
right into the darkness and storm Then began
what seemed hours of terror The rain was
pourlnCtn on rs in torrents. 1t came at us from
all side from above and below-being. forced
up tht6ngh the bottom of the basket by the
changing wind. FOrked tongues of lightning
severed the clouds on all sides of u.s. each flash
followed Immediately by sharp swapping
thunder. The balloon trembled and
sometimes stood still for a second or two
then swung away, to be again brought to q halt
by cross current; the netting would occaso n
ally shift from its position with grating sound
while we held on as hest we could until the wind
began to whistle through the cords. when we
Immediately dropped to the bottom of the bas-
ket, knowing that our course must soon change
and the basket go swinging around ike school
boys playing snap the whip
1--WE were travelling at what seemed better
than mile minute, in total darkness, some
times IN one direction and sometimes in another,
when we began throwing out ballast in hopes of
rising above the storm; but after having thrown
out l65 pounds, and having but ten pounds left
with which to manage our landing, and being
still in the storm. we concluded to return to
mother earth We were still $500 feet from the
ground. as shown by the MISUNDERSTANDING
gone ZOO feet through that one cloud. The
thermometer marked 45o
Throwing out ballast was stopped and we
started downward. When we left the cloud the
thermometer and watch showed us that we We're
going down at the rate of 100 feet every four
seconds. moment later We heard the voices
OF men, and looking down discovered that we
we're nearing some farmhouses and that the
people were out watching US. Many of their
remarks could be plainly heard; and when within
about three hundred feet of the ground we
dropped the graphing iron, which dragged safely
through herd of cattle in a pasture without
catching on to anything that could stop u.s.
Brooks called out to to pull the rip-cord
which did, opening hole forty feet long in the
side of the balloon and letting in gust of wind
which turned it inside out and dropped the whole
thing on Barn-door Hill, in CRANKY, without
iniuring either of We up ftty-four
minutes and landed sixteen miles from the
starting point
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Murder in Tennessee.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Aug 16-At 4 P NJ, as
the south bound train on the Louisville 4 Nash
vile railway was pulling out from Edgetied
negroes got into an empty box car for the pur-
pose of stealing ride. They were ordered out
by the brakemen, when ar alteration ensued,
one Of the negroes throwing stone, which hit
one of the brakemen. The latter chased the
negroes up the road and into corn-feld, one of
them following into the field, when he shot
and killed by the negroes, both of whom es-
capped. The brakeman killed was named |. B.
Luddinc. His body was found in the corn field
few minutes after the shot was fired. The
sheriff and posse are out searching for the
murderers
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Special Observation-Disclosures SaIe

In the Circuit Court of the United States for the
Western Division of the Northern District of Ohio,
Illinois.
George J. McGourkey vs. The Lake Erie & Western
Railway Company In Chancery.
Pursuant to the commands of three concurrent Or
ders of sale issued from the Circuit Courts of the
United States for the Western Division of the North
District Of Ohio the District Of Indiana and tho
Southern Districts OF Illinois, in the above entitled
causes, directed TO me Special Master Commits
soner shall offer for sale, at public auction in this
of the United States Court in the Toledo Pro-
duce Exchange, Madison street in the city of
Toledo, Lucas county, Ohio, on
WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF SEP'rEM.
Der, 1885,
at IL o'clock noon, of said day. the following described
property, tOwit:
The railway of the Lake Erie & Western Railway
Company and being continuous line of railway ex-
tending from the city of Sandusky Erie county Ohio
to the city of Bloomington, Mclean county Illinois
and branch road or track from ST. Marys on said
main line, to New Bremen and Minister in Auglaze
county, Ohio and in all distance of about three
hundred and eighty-seven miles, together with the
appendages and appurtenances thereto belonging and
now being used in and about the operation and
agement of said line of railway, together with the
sidings turnouts depots, stations warehouses road
bed and right of way, eng and rolling stock and
equipments iron and steel rails ties and timber and
large amount of supplies Of every kind for said rail-
way pertaining to line of railway.
The said property, herenbefore described, is to be
sold for not less than the of two hundred thou
sand dollars subject to all membranes valid and
prior compainants judgment lien, and which said
membranes are stated in the petition or applca-
ton for order of sale filed in this cause and to which
reference is hereby had and bid shall be received
from any bidder who shall not first place in my hands,
deposit with me guaranty that the bidder will
make good his bid il it be accepted by the court the
of twenty thousand dollars That of the purchase
money price bid not less thar the sum of fifteen
thousand dollars shall be paid in cash. and such fur
Their sums shall be paid in cash as the court shall from
time to time direct in order to pay costs and meet
claims which said court may from time to time order
to DO paid and the balance of said bid not required to
be paid in cash may be paid In cash. or the purchaser
at said sale shall have the right to satisfy the
mainder of his bid by creditng or procuring to be
credited upon the judgment of the complainant by
producing and fling with the clerk of this court CONF
plainants receipt therefor.
WILBUR r. GOODSPEED.
Special Master Commissioner.
Juo. M. Lennon Compliments Solicitor.
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TELEGRAPHiC BREVITIES.

One of Sells Brothers circus wagons tipped
over at Sandusky yesterday, killing Edward
Fuller the driver
Philip Easterbrook, of Gambler O., was killed
on Saturday night while walking on the railroad
in an intoxicated condition.
Dr. Metcalf, superintendent of the lockwood
Asylum, Kingston Ont, who stabbed by a
lunatic on Thursday, died yesterday afternoon.
Lawrence, Kas, special says that Miss
Adelaide Rudolph, of Cleveland, niece of Mrs.
Garfield, has been chosen professor of Latin in
the Kansas State University.
Louis Henke, of Cincinnati, first baseman of
the Atlanta base ball, club died on Saturday of
injuries received in collision received at first
base on Friday, at Atlanta Ga. His remains will
be taken to Cincinnati
Special officer O'Connel, of Bloomington, Ill. g.,
was present in jefferson Market Court, New
York, yesterday, with requisltlon papers for
George Jones, a h0rse-t thief from the locality
nar~sd The prisoner was turned over.
John Carney, aged thirty, Benjamin Norton,
aged twenty one. and Mary Gregor. were killed
OF Saturday night by being struck by an engine
on bridge on the Housatonic railroad near
Pittsheld. All were mill operatives, and were
going home late from picnic.
Fritz Fien and julius Wolff, from Hamburg,
fought on Saturday night on board ship in
New York harbor. Fien stabbed Wolff with his
sheath knife. Wolff In turn opened wound a
foot long across the abdomen of Fien,. killing
him instantly. Wolff will also die.
A double killing occurred in the Kickapoo Ma
ton on the 18th Murray & Williams, partners
in a ranch on the Washta river, disagreed
corning the payments of their debts. Williams
sent two cowboys-Dick Jones and Dick Cavett
to bring his share OF the cattle from the ranch.
Murray's men resisted and killed both Jones
and Cavett Further trouble is apprehended.
The steamer Alpa, from Bermuda, brings in
tellgence of tragedy there. pilot named
Pitcher was jealous Of girl named Clementina.
He murdered her by cutting her throat, then
going to his vessel and keeping everybody at
bay with a revolver, adjusted moose around his
neck in plain view of his pursuers, tied hun
dred pound weight to it, jumped into the sea
and drowned
The Denver Chamber of Commerce publish an
official contradiction of the report that Denver is
suffering from stagnation of business and is de-
elinine in Importance. The census this year
shows the population to have increased GO per
cent. since 1880 Two hundred and fifty building
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The Princess of Wales and Mrs. Langtry.


Mrs. Langtry was subjected three days after
[the Lonsdae Chetwynd AFFAIR." to the greatest
slight that could be inflicted upon a woman in
her position-a deliberate 'cut" from the Prin-
cess of Wales, who is not the plastic doll in the
Princes hard that some people imagine. This
episode occurred at the Coombe House, where
Lady Archibald Campbell and her pastoral play
ers were giving their last performance of THE
Faithfulle Shepherdesse." The Prince of Wales
entered into conversation with Mrs. Langtry
who dropped the usual quaint courtesy with
which royalty is received; the Princess of Wales
had turned her back and was talking to some
one else. hundred eyes watched the group
1t has often been said and not uniustly ii at the
Prince of Wales is remarkable for his tact, but
even the most distinguished social warriors
sometimes lose their heads where a pretty
woman's interests are concerned and at this
moment If any, Mrs. Langtry needed the eonso-
lation OF royal favor. The Prince plucked the
Princess by the sleeve, after saying to Mrss
Langtry in quite loud voice, "Oh, the Princess
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BALLOONING IN A STORM.
Riding in a Thunder Shower 5000 Feet in
the Air.

the Air.
Hartford Conn Times.
On the Goth of July, Capt. A. E. Moore and
Prof S NJ Brooks made a balloon ascension
from Winsted, and four hours later returned
home by the Hartford & Connecticut Western
railroad. Captain Moore gives this account of
the trip:
You will remember that we started at 1894
o'clock, when we were advertised to start at pre-
cisely l. The reason of our early start was to
avoid heavy shower of rain which we saw com
ing, but We were disappointed for it struck US
in less than three minutes after we cut loose
but with not sufficient force to cause any trouble
more than to bring us down about 800 feet We
were at height of l. 800 feet before encounterlng
the rain. We then threw out twenty five pounds
of ballast and Immediately rose to our former
altitude where we were caught by light breeze,
which carried us in a southeasterly direction,
giving beautiful view of panorama which
is never seen except from balloon. There were
dozen towns spread out beneath MS, some near
enough to be recognized, while others were so
far away that the houses looked like white spots
on the broad green fields. Winsteds two lakes,
West Hill Pond, in New Hartford and Otis
Pond over in Massachusetts, shone in the sun
light like silver shields. The cackllng and
growing of hens and roosters. the shouting of
boys and men, and the rumbling of the Manga
tuck railroad train could be heard when all other
sounds had ceased to reach u.s. The sight was
wonderfully grand, but we did not enjoy it very
long, for on looking up we discovered that we
We're being borne toward what aeronauts call
a cumulus cloud-or, to make it palmer,
what was apparently a bank of fog,
dark and heavy, and about 400 feet
through from the top to the bottom. This cloud
was continually moving in andsout seething and
boiling like the ocean in storm, while cold
breezes swept along its face which chilled US and
caused the thermometer to drop POP in a few
seconds. Large blocks of cloud would break
away from the main body, sometimes passing
over US in such darkness and rain that the bal
loon was scarcely visible from the basket After
being buffeted about on the borders of this cloud
for few minutes, we were carried away into
the sunshine again, with clouds beneath u.s. but
the earth visible on one side.
Here another trouble beset u.s. for though
the sunlight was a comfort. yet its heat together
with the iightness of the air, which relieved the
pressure from the outside. caused the gas to ex-
pand to such an extent that it passed out at the
neck Of the balloon at the rate of thousand
feet minute.
The stiffness here was oppressive. I could
plainly hear the ticking of watch in my pocket,
and our straw hats made such cracking sound
that thought they were going to pieces. Brooks
opened the valve at the top of the balloon, and
We dropped down few hundred feet, and came
back pretty close to our old enemy the heavy
black cloud. We did not like the looks of things
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GRANTS BOOK.
The First Edition of the Generals Memoirs to
Reach coo, OGO Copies.


New York Special.
The first edition of the personal memoirs Of
y. S. Grant is 900 copies. The publishers
say they may add $4,000 copies to it. A second
edition is already made necessary by the large
number of subscriptions received. The presses
will be set to work upon it just as soon as the
first edition is completed, which will be in about
three weeks. The second edition will be quite
as large as the first. The first volume of the
first edition will not be delivered until December.
The second volume will be ready in March
Orders for the book have been coming in very
steadily, at the average of 5000 day The
South is doing its share of the ordering. AL
ready 100000 sets of two volumes have been
ordered. This does not include foreign orders.
The book will be translated into French, Ger
man, Spanish and Italian. The entire manu-
script for both volumes was in the publishers
hands on Friday before General Grant died.
Mr. Webster took the galley proofs of the last
fifty pages to Mt. McGregor on that day and
showed them to the General The manuscript
brings the story down to the close of the war
and not to the day of the Generals death, as
reported. Mrs Grant is to receive 70 per
cent of the profit on the book in America, and
So per cent. on that abroad
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Louisville. II: Pittsburg, 10.

LOUISVILLE, Aug. 16.-The Pittsburgs and
the Louisvles engaged in a smuggling match this
afternoon, which. though loosely played, was
interesting and exciting throughout. Both
pitchers wero heavily pounded, and the home
club, at the last moment, won a game that
apparently they had lost in the fifth inning.
When. in the eleventh inning. Maskrey run in
on Cross hit. $500 spectators went wild.
Dyler's umpiring was very rank. Following is
the score:
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would like to tell YOU" The Princess turned
around, surveyed Mrs Langtry quite as though
she did not see her, gave SO slight bow that the
inclination of the head was almost imprecepti-
BILE, and then deliberately turned her back and
resumed her conversation with her friends 1t
was the hottest day of the season, but the Their
mometer seemed to drop hundred degrees;
the Prince looked exquisitely foolish. Mrs.
Langtrys confusion was painful to behold, and
the social AK had fallen! But this new scandal
may help the Lilys theatrical interests, which
have of late begun to languish.
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A Revolving Crime.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Aug. 15-John Har-
rs (white). policeman of Gordonsvilie, Orange
county, twenty seven miles from this place, was
yesterday found on the railroad track, with his
throat cut and his body terribly mangled by a
freight train, which had passed over it. Ed
Harris and George Campbell (cooredl were sus
pected, arrested, tried, and proved guilty Of the
crime by coored woman, who stated that the
parties, through jealousy, caught Harris, carried
him few yards from the depot, cut his throat
with butcher knife, and laid his body across
he
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Attempt to Assassinate a Family.

COLUMBUS O., Aug 16.-The State Journals
Shawnee special says Between l and O'clock
this morning an effort was made to assassinate
the family of Hugh Kinney by throwing hand
grenade or bomb into the sleeping chamber The
windows were shattered, walls wrecked, and
large holes torn in the floor. Kinney was found
lying at the foot of the bed badly mangled and
bleeding Mrs. Kinney had run into the yard to
give the alarm and was badly wounded. The
village council held meeting this afternoon and
offered a reward for the apprehension of the
nernAtratOrS
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Suspension of a Texas Newspaper.

Worth Daily Gazette, leading paper of this
section. temporarily suspended last night, owing
to old embarrassments A movement is on foot
headed by the City National Bank, looking to
the reorganization of the Gazette Company on a
sound financial basis, and the immediate re-
sumption Of the paper.
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DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Indications.
WAX DEPARTMENT.,
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, Aug. II, l A. NJ.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, Aug. II, A. NJ.
Special Indications for indianapolis and vi
cinty, for twenty-four hours from A. M.
August IT, 1SS5-Warmer fair weather.
For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee-Local
rains in Tennessee, fair weather in Ohio valley,
followed by local rains variable winds, nearly
stationary temperature.
For the Lower Lake Region-Fair weather
southerly winds, becoming variable, nearly sta
tionary temperature.
For the Upper Lake Regon-Light local rains
in northern portion, fair weather in southern
portion nearly stationary temperature, southerly
winds, becoming variable.
For the Upper Mississippi Valley-Light local
rains, variable winds, stationary temperature.
For the Missouri INDEPENDENTLY fair
weather, followed by local rains in northern
portion, variable winds stationary temperature