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AParis

The president OF the republic has de-
parted from his almost mvariabler rule
OF reprieving in the case of Kmnig, alias
'Le Nome" one of the two low young
rutfians sentenced to death at the AS!
sizes OF the Seine on the 10th OF Feb
ruary for the murder OF a dock labor
er on the Champ de Mars. Forget, the
principal accomplish, was re S.ieved.
M. Diebler gave the signal that the
guillotine was ready for it's mornings
victim, and the magistrates gathered
on the Place de la Roquette went into
the La Roquette prison. Kenig was
found fast asleep in his cell.
On being awakened and told his
hour had come, he sat up in bed with
a start, and, turning deathly pale, as
his frame began trembling, he exclaim-
ed in q terrified voice: "But l tell you
l did not commit the murder! To be
guillotined at my age the prisoner was
not yet twenty);it is impossible! lam
innocent!' The Able Faure approach
ed the condemned man and exhort-
ed him to- more firmness. Kuenig
threw theblanket away from him and
jumped out OF bed, saying in tones of
despair: "Well, if / must CO.. Bnt it
is too awful tell you. l am innocent.
In any case Z dc. not care!!" This said
he began to- cry, and as the Able men
toned the name of his mother to him
he exclaimed: "Ah, yes, my mother,
my poor mother. 1t is hard for herto
see me come to, this sad end. But she
won't be there"
The wretched man was then almost
carried into the pinioning-room where
Diebler and his assistants cut off the
collar OF his shirt and pinioned him
from head to foot, leaving his legs
barely free to shuttle along.
At 5:25 the procession issued from
the prison gates. 2he appearance OF
the murderer's features as he APP
preached thefatal instrument was one
OF indescribable horror. ooh, gentle
men," he whined, IL am innocent, yes
innocent. Edo not want TO die. Twill
not die!' He groaned as the foot OF
the %guillotine was reached, and pres
emily his eroans and whines changed
to shrieks, of horror as the execution
er's assistants laid hands on him
to tilt him on the fatal plank. The
emotion among the crowd grew to its
height as KGnig gave a yell and made
a desperate effort to wriggle his head
from the block. Il: a moment all was
over. and the body Of the wretched
young murderer "a conveyed direct
to Gentilly Cemetery and there buried
not being considered of any value
anatomicaliy.
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der the entire social economy is out
OF order, and trickery and misrule sit
IN high places in a nation where rever
ence and respect are out ofdate. Our
grandmothers tell us, as one recalling
the legends Of a forgotten past, OF a
tlmewhen children were taught to rev.
erence the aged, when young men
were chivalrous and old men were
courty gentlemen, yielding a beautiful
Difference to woman as her right,
and to motherhood as the cor
onatlOn that made a woman
Queen Of Heaven. But what achange
the present generation has wrought!
Where is the eye that kindles when the
laugh goes round at the expense OF de-
fenseess woman, Or the jest that
crowns with dishonor the sacredness
Of the hoary head? Did you ever stop
to think of all that is involved is the
term "Mother?" A mother has re-
ceived from heaven heavens purest
gift a precious baby. She has brood
ed over every moment of it's infant
life. She has stood next to God to it's
helplessness. She has nursed it
through terrible illnesses. She has
guided and controlled, prayed away
temptation and interposed her own
bosom between the shafts OF sorrow
and its tender heart. Her. child has
grown to womanhood, dear as her
W soul, as necessary to- her life as
sunshine is to the earth, when 10! up
comes q dapper youth and beckons
her girl away. When love leads, young
fant will f0I10v, onI {ha ,,,oft,n, I,a, ~
is robbed OF its treasure. Given over
to the care Of u stranger, the lamb
for whom the mothers heart
was the tender fold! I declare,
when l think OF it, / wonder there is a
sane mother-in-law in the world!
What is a lioness robbed other whelps,
compared to the mother from whom
the daughter is taken? AS | write, the
vision passes before me of the youth
who shall one day come wooing my
girl. behold his smiles and blandish-
ments. listen to his pleadings, and
am aware OF q subtle change through
all my being. Ferocity springs up
where erst the pale blossom OF peace
shed it's fragrance. A strange pugnac-
ity asserts itself in place of my uni
form lamblikeness, and l feel an earn
est desire to warn that young man to
hide away. 1t will be safer for YOU.
0 youth of the shadowy future, to
stay your hand from plucking therose
that sweetens my bit OF garden. The
world is wide and full OF roses that
CLINT and glow-I pray you leave mine
to me. But if indeed You do tarry to
take from me the blossom ofmy heart,
be tender of the mother you are rob-
bling, lenient with the faults that spring
from a jealousy made sacred by the
mother love that nourished it and al
ways considerable of the heart that
was the cradle OF love that is only APP
preached in its divine self-abnegationl
by the love of God to man.
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A Bride Cheats the .Parson..

From the Chicago Inter-Ocsan.
Some znthar odd stories could, bse
told by thetgasn who sies thai knetz.
did he choose to giva.his thoAglta
tongue R,the fee is ssoyor more. che
groom takes. great pleasure il perscnr
ally transasting the. business ,btst is
equallysankious in securing a, srlnsti-
tute when a smaller .priceis,te .he-pRM
for the union. In case he has, mo
brother OF his own..the BRIDES relative
is pressed into service, ii. which in-
stslica.tEat lady is more. or less ofh-
cicns.. At q rether stylish party
which, occurred ON Moaroe-Et..about
two months ages the groom Dt > $40
geld piece in the kidaedthaad Of his
small hrother-sh law, with directions
Tor it's transfer to the, psrsnn. and
hurpisdly left. the ream. The BRIDE
hearing the conversations succeeded
in. OBTAINING the Juvenile, and hunting
up 0ne OF tho SIS coins hsrMother hadl
given her fer s'trareling trsles,'' swap
ped gold pieces andfcailed herself .tjjusA1
Ia husband and Sis ahead Hhel
changed her miA1 very shortly ais TO,
tho monstary gain, for the first thing.
she heard as she emerged from Aar,
room IN her travelling suit was, .a41in&
as bic AS the Nj be gave mn. fri,
6istss kept il and said this Mn a0
we'll enough" Even tho grsAcm mas
| relied 81 The hlushss Of his pretty viz
~ tho nrbane minister Wishad her
good-by and g0dxpeed
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Mr.. Exarts Plays a Little .,Joke:.

None of the senators enjoy a Joke SO,
much as Mr.. Evarts, the statesman,
rom New York. He is almost con-
stantly playing some pranks upon his,
colleagues or associates uponth floor.
Of the senate. He perpetrated n little
joke on Senator Mitchell. OF Oregon;
recently, which he seemed to .enioy
hugely. Mr.. Mitchell has been ona.of
the leading and most oatspoken,ex-
ponents OF open doors OF the senate
during The consideration of nonlina-
lions. Recently Mr.. Rsddlebesger, Of
Virginia. attempted to aall up sorcon-
sideration the resolution to open. the
doors OF the senate, and wasma1ing a
desperate effort tosecarea disposition
OF the measure. A yea and nay vote
had just been called. One osthe clerks
at the desks was reading the names OF
ths voters when Senator. Mitchell
came into the chandler. Is, he passed
Senator Evarts's cesk he looked over
II to the old genblsman, and realizing
that ,she voted at all he must do it on
the instant, otherwisei it would be too
late, as the vote. would be. announced.
inquired:
Chow shall avoteS'
Vote no." replied Sen ator Eyarts,
well, what is the snhfct2"
ooh, you will find ont answeaed
the New York statesman, and Nj,
Mitchell, wsahout further inquiry erietl
out No" His vote was so recorded,
When. moment later, it waa asecr-
tanned by Mr.. Mitchell that he had
voted against the consideration Of the
resolution to open the doors Of the
sfnate he was not a little worried, and
F.! Senator Evarts laughed heartily dur,
ing the rest OF the afternoon,
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SHADY NAVAL BATTLE.
The Brooklyn, sSHtara and Yantic At
lacked by tho Teaanessec and Galena.

The Brooklyn, sSAtara and Yantic At
lacked by tho TeaAnesscc and Galena.
Pensacola Special to New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The announcement Of the sham bat
tie lat Pensacola by the feet brought
out q large crowd and the excursion
steamers were we'll crowded with
guests. 1t was IL O'Clock when the
squadron was reached, and some six
niles to the eastward of ForsPickens-
All the vessels were undex. steam. A
few minutes after the ARRIVAL Of the
harbor boats the squadron divided.
the Tennessee and Galena standing
out to- sea, heading to the southwest
andthe Brooklyn. Ysntica and Swatara
remaining near shore in echelop, as il
guarding the coast. After ste.eming.
some distance the Tennessee ana!
Galena rounded and headed for their
opponents.
The sky a cloudless, and a light
southeast wind barely rippled thesur-
face OF the gulf. 1t was 81 perfect day
tor evolutions. AS the two vessels
came on it was seen that great activ-
ity was going on, for their decks were
black with men and the ports we're all
open. They bore down about a mile
outside the defending line; and when
opposite the Brooklyn the, Tennessee
fired a gun, and then another. This
was the signal for the opening of the
battle: In % moment the GaIena
poured forth from. her broadside a
heavy fire, and at once the Brooklyn
and Yantic respoded.. The Swatara
was not in position at first to use her
broadslde guns. but she soon swung
and let loose her'rifles..
The atmosphere was vibrant with
sound, and even the decks, of the ex-
curslon steamers trembledi with. the
heavy reports. The scene was agrand
one, and was as exciting a picture. OF
natural warfare rs couldfbe Imagined.
Long darts OF flame would shoot out
from the vessels' Sides. followed by
dense, curling clouds OF smoke, and
then came.the deep below of the guns.
1t was not long before each ship.
was enveloped in a. mass OF smoke,
through which could! be barely dis
cerned her black hull and tall masts.
The two lines were like banks Of
clouds, out OF which, came sharp,
lightning and roars of thunder. AS
h Tennessee and Galena moved,
along by their opponents the fire was.
continuous, but in 25 minutes thew
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-28
Fate of a Bad Woman.

The gilded way OF the transgressor
is hard, even if money remains, writes
the New York correspondent OF the
Philadelphia Record: The jewelry
and plate OF the Cora Pearl OF New
York were sold at auction and bought
by some OF II most prominent and
respectable citizens, realizing the sum
of $4,000. The rest OF the estate Of
Mrs. Feyh amounted to 5000, 900,
and the whole will go to her relatives,
who did not are to own her when
alive, but We're prompt to pounce
upon her money when she was dead.
Fifteen or twenty years ago the dead
oma adopted the daughter OF a
sister who had died, and brought the
child up tenderly and lovingly. But
when sheneared woman's estate other
relatives (who doubtless feared that
the whole estate wouldgo to the adopt
ed daughter) talked to the girl and per-
suated her to run away. The elder
woman's heart was broken. She in
serted in the newspapers the most
pathetic advertisements, and at last
the girl was discovered; but she lefused
to return. and the poor woman lfor
no one could help pityirg her in this
terrible punishment for her sinsl was
left to die alonein the hands OF hirelings.
She found the way OF the transeressor
hard, ever in the midst of her luxur-
ies-and she had every luxury that
money could buy. To be consistent,
the runaway girl should have refused
to profit by money her aunt and ad.
| opted mother had earned at the price
OF her reputation, if not her soul; but
such qualms do not seem to have dis
turbed the conscience OF the youNf
lady, who returned to the house after
her aunt's death and supervised the
sale OF the furniture. It is a queer
picture of city life, but 1t has had it!
precedents.
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Timely Word Fsr. Tcndcr
Hearts,

ANGLER" in the Chicago journal.
Take the mcther-inlaw. Is there
nothing sacred. left for mans venera-
tom Has it come to pass that the
divine love ana the t~ireless zeal OF
motherhoods are without honor in
this land? A nation guffawins over
vile tests az Il mothers expense. Daily
papers, that should be the organs
whereby honor and purity aud probity
are advanced. pandering TO the tastes
that selects ~ oma and a mother
as the target o, its riaicule. No won-
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-28

o. 100000 c -- 49, = 4,
ing could be heard but the reverberay
tions of thegreat guns, in the intervals
OF which sounded, the rattle of the
Galena's machine guns.
The scene was erander than, any.
paintings Of naval battles, and ever
the spectators became excited. Inless
than an hourit was all over, but itiefta
deep impression over all, who sawit.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-28
MAY N JUNE.

VINO shalIAay that May is sweetest
or the royal June completest?
Zines crowned the May Queen fair,
June has roses in her hair.
Nays white drifts OF apple blooms
Dripping were with Loves perfumes,
June has honey hearted clover
That the bees kiss DER and over.
Whoshall say that May is sweetest
ur the royal June complctest?
May blew bird songs from her mouth,
June has joy-winds OF the south.
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Then Mr.. Jeffreys left, and came
back accompanied by one of his cash
iers. Then a bell was rung and Mr..
Crump was sent for.
With a beating heart and cold sweat
on his brow the cashier obeyed the
summons.
Bring your check-book Mr.. Crump,"
said the senior partner.
This was done, and a tall man whom
Mr.. Crump had not noticed up to this
time, stepped up to the table and
glanced at the check-book along with
MIR. Livesey.
81 thought So" exclaimed the old
gentleman. "Here's the place from
which the check was taken; hereis the
counterfeit. The numbers correspond.
What made you do it, Crump2 You
are the last man in the world from
whom l would have expected such
conduct"
do what, sir" family uttered Mr..
Crump.
"Do what" echoed his employerwith
a contemptuous smile. "Who did
you get to do this little bit ofwork for
you?"
AS he spoke Mr.. Livesey tossed a
check across the table. Mr.. Crump
took it up and read: ''The London
and Lancashire Bank. Pay Jos. Beck
man, Esq, or order, three thousand
" hundred and seventy-two pounds
fifteen shillings.-Livesey and Mason"
He looked up b%ewildered. The tall
man in the frock-coat watched him
narrowly.
"Who is this Beckman?" asked Mr..
Livesey.
Il don't know. sir"
"Iou don't know? You see that
check has come from Jour book"
Eyes. sir"
odd you give it to any one?"
"No, sir"
odd youmiss it?'
eyes, sir; l missed it Yesterday, and
| wrote to Messrs. Marshall, to whom
| had sem the one before that, think
ing that l had torn out two by mis-
take"
THAT points to his innocence"
whispered Mr.. Livesey to the tall man
at his elbow.
at may be only a cleverplant, SIR"
returned the other.
"Iou didnot put that letter among
| the Others to be copied in fine letter.
| box" nut IN Mr.. Mason
Crumn hnnu his head
as the check he began, after Il
pause.
"Of course it is forced" answered
Mr.. Livesey.
"And was it paid?r
eyes, il was paid yeste2dayn
Mr.. Crump shuddered. took q. lono
breath. and waited.
"Now. Crump, YOU had better make
q clean breast OF it, said Mr.. Livesay
after a few moments silence. ..Tell
us who this man Beckman is: tell us
where the money has cone-it can't
be all spent alreadv-and it will be
none the worse TO-. YOU"
Mr.. Crump felt a choking sensation
in his throat; but he plucked M rour.
age enough to say, II have told YOU
alreadv, sir, that | know nothing
about it. 1t was only YESTERDAY
morning that | noticed that a check
had been torn from the book"
'Nhy did YOU not mention it?r
asked MIR. Mason.
II thought | had torn it out myself
along with the one I sent to Mr., Mar.
! shall"
"But it NAV have been torn ont bv
any one in the office during the day
beforc9".
Eyes, sir" replied Crump. "a
don't see how any one could have oot
at the book, for | am very careful;
but it is possible"
1.-THE thief has probably got q pro
fessionaI forper to COPY the Signature
, from an old letter." said Mr.. Mason,
taking up the slip OF paper. at is
beautifully initiated, would not
have detected it myself."
at is plain that the thiefmust have
mean some ona;n +ba on;na bo,,,L
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-06-18

The following story from the Penn Month
ly is related Of Agassiz, and it is sufficiently
characteristic of this remarkably accurate OBJ
server to have the merit of probability. We
are told that once upon q time the professor
had occasion to select an assistant from one
OF his classes. There we're a number of can
didates for the post of honor, and, finding
himself in a quandary as to which one be
should choose, the happy thought occurred to
him OF subjecting three of the more promis-
ing students in turn TO the simple test of de-
scribing the view from his laboratory window,
which overlooked the side yard OF the col
lege. One said that he saw merely board
fence and brick pavement another added
stream of soapy water; q third detected the
color OF the paint on the fence, noted a green
mold or fungus on the bricks, and evidences
OF "bluing" in the water, besides other de-
tails. 1t is needless to tell to which candidate
was awarded the coveted position.
Houdin, the celebrated prestidigitator, at
tributed his success in his profession mainly
to his quickness Of perception, which, he tells
US In his entertaining biography, he acquired
by educating his eye to detect large number
OF objects at a single glance. His simple
plan was to select shop window full OF a
miscellaneous assortment of articles, and walk
rapidly past it number of times every day,
writing down each object which impressed
itself on his mind. In this way he was able,
after time, to detect instantaneously all of
the articles in the window, even though they
might be numbered by scores.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-06-18

She: "Ephlum, what makes so many cat
tails grow in dis heah pom p He: "Well,
l should say Doan you know? Why, dey
grows up from kittens dat people has drown
ed in de pom, of course. Pears like you
women folks don know muffin bout sglcult-
sab"
The New Haven Register says 'In arii-
Gle on Yale yesterday, for alum water read
alma mater.'" This is as bad as the Iowa
editors erratum; "In poem on our first
page, for dirty shirt read duty shirk. 4" -
Washington Post.
There's a new baby on Deer Hill avenue
it arrived the other day it is a small one
It's five-years- old sister watched it carefully
for few minutes yesterday, and then turned
to the maternal head of the family and said
Mamma, couldn't papa have paid another
dollar and got larger one Y"-DdnbUyy Dem
OcrGt.
Rev. Mr.. Carroll (colored) of South Caro-
lima made begging speech at Asbury Park,
in which he said This is my first visit to
the North. / have always been told that
Northern men are more generous than South
ern men, and that Southern women are more
beautiful than Northern women" The men
laughed, but not a woman gave him cent.
Richmond Religious Herald
A negro who borrowed money enough from
Raleigh merchant TO get marriage license
explained his action by saying that he had a
pretty good sized cotton crop, and had heard
that the farm hands talked of demanding
more wages. He had therefore looked about
and, having found healthy widow with three
able bodied children, would marry her next
Sunday and put the children at work on the
farm Monday.
In leap year our Japanese girls who want
husbands set out flower pots on the front por-
tico as an emblem Such a custom in this
country would exhaust the floral contents Of
many oonservatories. At present all young
man wants to know is whether the young
woman has Auemone. He is always ready to
marigold-but not quite 80 much so, perhaps,
as the young lady. NOrristO'on Herald.
hungry lion once caught a Wall street
broker and carried him into the woods, in
tending to eat him but, before beginning
his repast the royal beast laid his lunch on
the ground and took nap. While the lion
was asleep the cunning broker took out his
pocket knife, carefully skinned the lion with
ont waking him, and then carried the skin
of and sold it for a buffalo robe, Moral
This fable illustrates the uncertainty of tho
stock market, besides showing how easy II is
for a man to kick the cover of the bed while
he is asleep. - Life.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-06-18
NO. %.


Still, with all his grufness, Stanton had a
very tender heart. A wounded soldier never
got rough words from him, aud soldiers
widow or soldiers mother seldom went away
without getting what she wanted. story
has been told of little wounded drummer
boy who was disabled in the army and went
to Washington, having been discharged for
disability. He worked about the city in diff
ferent ways az far as bis health would permit,
and waited for his papers by which he could
get his pay and transportation home Day
after day he called at headquarters, but the
army was on the move and the papers did not
come. The official in charge said he could
do nothing until the papers came, and the
ragged, barefooted, sick drummer boy would
walk slowly away, with a heart like lead and
with tears rolling down his face. At last a
man to whom he told his story advised him
to see the Secretary Of War himself The
boy was suffering and desperate. Hs went to
Mr.. Stantons house and rang the door-bell.
The servant told him he could not cSme in,
aud that he must go to the war department.
The boy replied that he had been there, but
could get no one to listen to him. Just at
this moment Secretary Slantons carriage
drove up and Stanton got out. The boy APP
preached him, aud S,cretary Stanton listened
to his sad story. He was doing 80 when Sen
atOr Sherman came up and was about to ad-
dress him, when Mr.. Stanton said Senator
Sherman, l have no time to attend to you
now. See this poor drummer boy. lie has
been In this condition for weeks. He has no
money, no clothing He has been discharged
from the service, and has been waiting here
for his pay and transportation to enable him
to gel home to bis mother He says that the
officials at the war department wont give it
to him" He then took the boy in his car
riage back to the war department, where he
wrote an order that the boys money should
be paid at once and that he should be sent
home. He then asked the boy to give his
(the Secretary's) regards to his mother aud to
all good mothers who had sons like him in
the army, and with "God bless you" bade
him goodbye. - Cor. Cie5eldRd Ledder.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-06-18
A woman Win a yT,..,o,.

She declamed with feryid yigor the misery of the
Digger, cut most dramatic figure while lament
ing his condition.
And she said the bare Numidian and the much-tanned
Abyssinian and the Cannibal and Guineau over
flowed her with contrition.
And her deep sighs weighed the breezes for those
lands where bread nor cheese is; for the Turks
and the Chineses she was filled with deep emo
ton
And her ardent love greater all the more she
strove to cater to those tribes beyond the equa-
tor or across distant ocean.
And like Rachel that sweet Jewess she wept tears
thick as glue is at the action Of St. Louis and
Chicago's degradation.
And that these towns where such sin is such race
for golden guineas might be made as good as
Lynn is, was her prayer and supplication.
For the wild man of Alaska of barbarous Madagas-
car, she would say, If you should ask her, that
her love was deep and tender.
While her husband, luckless victim, looked II the
Fates had licked him, aud through back streets
where they kicked him, walked about with one
suspender. Lynn, Mass, Union.