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Year: 1874

l arrived in season to save them from the
fangs of the serpent that would have de-
voured them. The rest you know, my son,
and at some future time you shall know of
my wearisome searches through Great
Britain, and of other things which might
prove interesting to you. For the present
l will only tell you further that the gov
ernor has had the accusation against you
withdrawn, and that you have nothing
more to fear"


80, my fathermy fatherp murmured
Orlando. It was all he could say, and he
only fell upon his parents neck and gave
way to the emotions of his soul. So thick
and so fast had come these strange and
startling developments upon his under
standing, that it some time ere he could
comprehend the full force of their eventful
meaning; but when, at length, they be-
came comprehensively arranged in his
mind, he shook back the flowing locks
from his brow, and turned his wondering,
speaking gaze upon the form of his miser-
able uncle.


Roswell Berkeley spoke not word after
his brother had closed but after casting
his eyes for moment about him, he arose
from his seat, and turned towards the
door. There was a strange CLEAN in his
eyes, peculiar twitching about his mouth,
and his hand trembled violently as he pla-
ced it upon the latch. None moved to
detain him, none thought of it, for his
manner struck them with awe. A bitter
curse rested upon his lips, the whole weight
of his sins seemed dwelling upon his heart,
but above all came the chaotic crashing of
his grasping, unnatural ambition. For a
moment after the villain had passed out,
all was quiet, and Chiron was upon the
point of following his brother, when the
sharp report of pistol broke the air.


The party rushed out from the hall, and
within rod of the door-stone, they found
the wretched man weltering in his own
blood He had carried second pistol, and
that life which he had blackened by his
henous crimes, he had himself taken
"Poor Roswell % murmured Lord Chi
ron, as he stood and gazed upon the fear
full scene. "For all thy sins l could not
have wished thee SO terrible an end as this
But Gods will be done 70


Nolan and his companions were soon
called, but instead of carrying Roswell
Berkley back to jamestown a prisoner,
they carried his body to its burial





A few days later when the happy wife
and mother, was nearly recovered from her
illness, a joyous party were assembled in
her chamber, to witness the marriage Of
Orlando and Ada, and as Sir Oliver placed
the hand of his daughter within that of
Year: 1874

A few days later when the happy wife
and mother, was nearly recovered from her
illness, a joyous party were assembled in
her chamber, to witness the marriage of
Orlando and Ada, and as Sir Oliver placed
the hand of his daughter within that of
Orlando he said, "let each take the other
as the best gift you can receive on earth,
and may God bless us and continue to each
and all of us the happiness and joy of this
hour'
Year: 1874

As an illustration of the power
of one poison TO counteract an
otter Ill the human system, re.
G ent case in this city furnishes a
nighly important and interesting
instance. We give the statement
as related to us by DR.. Harris,
who was called to the relief of a
would be suicide, and who dunn
istered the successful antidote.
The person had taken forty and
fifty grains of opium, and was fast
dying. lie could no longer swal,
low, his extremities were cold and
had turned black, while his respi-
rations only numbered six or sew.
Ell to the minute. This last Of
itself seemed 10 indicate that ell
hope was gone, as anything less
than eight respirations a minute
had heretofore been known rs a
sure precursor of death. As o
last resort the doctor determined
to try heroic treatment, and he
accordingly, with a hypodermic
syringe, injected two-thirds of
drachm of nux vomica, dissolved
in teaspoonful of water, beneath
the skin over the heart, stomach.
spine and ON each arm above the
elbow, ard on the calf of each leg.
The quantity of nux vomica
would have been the death of any
well manin existence, but inantag-
onism to the opium it was in this
seemingly hopeless case an agent
of life, and in fifteen minutes the
man wassitting upi in bedeonscious,
and rapidly recovering. South
Bend Ind. Tribune.
Year: 1874

If We Would.
II we would but check the speaker
When he SpOis his neighbours fame,
If we would but help the erring


Ere we utter words of blame;
If we would, how many might we


Turn from paths of sin and shame.
All, the wrong that might be righted


Il we would but see the way;
All, the way that might be lightened
Every hour and every day,
If we would but hear the pleadings


OF the hearts that go astray.
Let us step outside the stronghold


OF our selhshness and pride;
Let us lift our fainting brothers,


Let us STRENGTHEN ere we chide;
Let us ere we blame the fallen,


Hold the light to cheer and guide.
All, how blessed-ah, g, how blessed


Earth would be if. we would try
Thus to aid and right the weaker,


Thus to check our brothers. sigh,
Thus to talk of duty's pathway


TIC our better life on high.
In each life, however Iowly,


There are seeds of mighty good:
Still, we shrink from souls appealing
With timid "if we could?7
But God who judges all things


Knows the truth is ''if we would"
Year: 1874

The Mobile (Ala.) Register


sympathizingly describes at


length the woes of youthful


lover who was Tilted by his


chosen one but a little while af-


ter she had accepted from him


"a diamond engagement ring
We quote: "He at last asked


her about the matter, and she


told him that she loved another


better than she had loved him,
and, to cap the climax, she re-
turned him his ring. Without


saying a word he pocketed the
ring and walked to the beach,


where he found three negroes in
a sail-boat, and gave them $40
to land him in Mobile. During
the trip he took the ring from
his pocket several times, looked
at it reluctantly, and made sew
eral efforts to throw it over
board, but always changed his
mind before executing his in
tention. The negroes watched
him closely, and being under
the impression that he was era
zy,tAey were terribly frightened.
AS he got to the Government
street wharf he pitched the ring
in the river and exclaimed,
Thus cndeth the first lesson
One Of the negroes watched the


ring sink, and suddenly rising,
shouted, i golly, a catfish done
swallowed dat ringP 1t soo1
spread among the negroes that
a very valuable diamond ring
had been swallowed by a cat
fish, and in less than an hour
the wharves were crowded with
negroes fishing fer catfish. The
moment ore was caught it was
then and there dissected in the
presence of the excited crowd
earnestly watching the result
They fished until long after
dark, and dissected some two
or three hundred catfish, but
still no ring was found. As ear
ly as one o'clock the next morn
ing, an excited crowd of ne
groes were clamoring at the
market gate for admission
When the gate was opened a
tremendous rush was made for
the fish stalls, and some twen-
ty or thirty Of the negroes ex-
claimed; I'lI take all the cat
fish you got Others cried:
I'll take all in de market, and
pay double price for 'em.' OF
course everything in the fish
line resembling cat twas bought,
and butchered in the tWinkling
of all eye, but still no ring was
found. Cats are still caught, |
bought, stolen, begged and
butchered by the negroes fruit |
lessly."
Year: 1874

From the st. Louis Republican.


The Southern people must
understand that so long as they
afford the carpet-baggers pre-
text for infiaming the North
ern mind by stories Of blood
shed and violence, just so long
will the efforts of their friends
in the North to help them re-
gain their privilege of local
self-government be in a great
measure neutralized. The Con-
servative press of the North
and West had hammered at the
Republican party, exposed Its
crimes and annihilated its pre-
lenses, until a healthy reaction
against it begun. To produce
this reaction had been the work
of several years. But it was in
the power of a hundred or sc
of blood-thirsty ruffians in len
nessee and Louisiana to undo
all this work in an instant. II
is, to say the least, discourag-
ing. We, in common with al
fair-minded people in the North
and West, sympathize with the
South and have done all we could
to aid and comfort her. But
the load can't be hauled up the
hill when half the passengers
are blocking the wheels and
pulling with all their might at
the tail-board.
Year: 1874

A Connecticut man who went
West, intending to settle there,
has returned disgusted. He
went as far as Kansas City and
found 100 lawyers there and the
thermometer 115 degrees in the
shade. The combination was
too much for him, and he went
right back home again.
Year: 1874

The Detroit Tribune has just
moved into a bran new stone office.
and prints picture of it, with a
man going up stairs TO whip the
editor, and woman coming down
the street with piece Of poetry
for him to print.
Year: 1874

1t is now time that currant cuttings were


made and planted. The sooner it is done


after the leaves are ripe on the bushes the


better, to insure good growth next season.


If made now and planted in well prepared


soil, new roots will be produced before cold


weather commences, at which time the cut


ting bud should be covered from three TO


six inches deep with some straw, leaves or


similar material, to prevent the frequent


freezing and thawing of the ground during
winter and early. spring. No matter how
hard the ground freezes, If it remains in this
condition until spring, or the time for growth
to commence, but the changes in tempera-
ture, which usually occur during the late fall
and winter, are what injure the cuttings and
not the severe cold. The cuttings should be
made of the present seasons growth, and
about six inches long, then planted their
whole length in the ground, or leaving not
more than an inch above the surface. Pack


the soil firmly about them, and then cover
when the ground freezes. In spring uncover,


leaving portion of the materials used for
winter protection between the rows as
| mulch If there are any fears in regard 10
| want of moisture in the soil. This Is the


usual mode Of mode Of propagation prac,
ticed by our nurserymen, and when planted
| in rich soil, vigorous, large plants are pro-
| duced the first season. III any Oh our reauets


have failed to obtain large, strong plants
from cuttings taken off in the spring, we
would advise them to try tall planllnS @
| far preferable season.-Moore's Rurdt'
Year: 1874




A writer in the National Lice Stock Jour-
nal thus dwells upon the Importance OF train
ing horses to walk fast:


One of the most desirable and valuable
gaits for horse Is walk, and it should be
the aim to first develop this gait in the hand
ling of the colt. The good walker will always
make good time on the road when a days
Journey is 10 be made, without wearying HIM
self, while the slow NOPE must be constantly
kept on the trot if time is to be made. A
horse that will walk five miles per hour will
go as far in day, confined to this gait, as an
ordinary horse can be driven when kept hall
of the time to the trot, and with much great
er ease to himself If Ifone-half the pains were
taken by farmers boys to make fast walkers
Of the youngsters on the farm that is usually
taken to make them trot, the result would be
much more beneficial, and we would find
plenty of teams that could do their five miles
an hour with ease. But instead OF this, as
soon as the colt is bridled, the sole aim OF
'sthe boys'' is to make a tIotter OF him, and
both gaits are spoiled.
Make the colts walk boys; make them ex-
tend themselves in long, sweeping, square
walk.and cont be satisfied with. anything less
than five miles an hour. When he gets to
trottinq he will 60 all the faster for this pre-
Iminary training to the walking gait; and il
he cannot trot fast enough to beat Dexter Oh
Goldsmith Maid or Occdent, he will have g
oait that is invaluable for business purposes
We hope to see mere attention paid to fas
walking than heretofore, and we respectfully
urge upon agricultural societies the impor
lance Of offering liberal prizes for walking
horses at the fairs for the coming year.
Year: 1874

People who remember how their fathers
used to tie up oxen and cows in stanchions,
and who have seen these instruments of bo-
vine torture banished at the dictates of hu-
manity and their places supplied with chains,
are In a degree excusable for thinking that
our present stable arrangements are all the
most gentlemanly OK or most fastidious COW
could desire; but those who stop and think
moment will see that there is chance for fur
ther improvement, in fact that the present
practice of tying up cattle does not meet the
requirements at all.


Cattle are naturally among the most clean
ly of animals, fastldous as to their food,
drink and lodgings. They never seek of their
own accord mud-hole to lie or to wallow in.
Their toilets are made with their tongues.
with which they remove impurities, comb
their hair, allay irritations of the skin, and
perform other offices. When they lie down
they naturally spread themselves over con-


siderable ground; when they get up they
want room to do it in. But when tied up by
the head, they are compelled to stand and lie


in manure and filth, they are unable to reach
many parts of their bodies with their tongues,


they are confined in one position, can not lie


down with comfort or get up without viola


lation.


These considerations suggest that cattle


should not be tied up at all, and we ask our


readers who own few or many cattle and es-
pecially cows, and who can by any reasona-


BILE amount of labor arrange it so as to give


each one an apartment by herself in which
she can stand, lie, turn around and move
about naturally, TO do so and note the result.
1t will surprise people who think that a
COW don't mind having her sides plastered
over with manure and filth all winter, to see
how clean she will keep herself when she has
a chance in box stall.


Then in one COW cannot hook or rob an
other; she will not strain herself getting up
or reaching for food; she can lie down nat
urally and get up easily; can be fed to better
advantage, MIXED with less trouble, and is
better off every way. You who have barn
room, try it and see.-Mirror and Farmer.
Year: 1874

quiringly, as veil as he could in the
dim light of the early morn, and then
responded that he thought fifty cents
apiece would not be too much.
This compensation was immediately
agreed to, and then the mOney-get
ting gdmia said he must have 1t in
advance. The shrewd boy suspected
the two men calling for row-boat
when the ferry y-boats were plying be
tween the shores, and the informa-
ton that he gathered cost subsequent
iy some money and no little blood
shed. The only track the authorities
had of General Morgan, after he left
the penitentiary until he struck the
Ohio, was from this observant little
Yankee, and the proof of his shrewd-
ness was in the fact that he collected
his fare in advance.


The boat was small, and the two
heavy men sunk it to the gun'els, but
it carried Caesar and his fortunes, or
rather, l should say, carried Caesar to
his fate. Could the daring raider,
who sat with arms folded in the stern
of that frail craft, have had the pres
ent darkness suddenly lifted and the
future revealed, 1 doubt if he would
have cared whether the boat sunk or
1oatedl He would have seen that his
brilliant career had already ended,
and in the future was only the ap-
plause given a popular actor as he
leaves the stage, while the ignOble
death that began with treachery and
ended in a few shots, and q body
thrown upon wagOner's horse,
would make that found in the quiet
waters of the wintery Ohio far more
pleasant and dignified.


While slowly breasting the swift
current the ruddy cOuriers of the
early dawn began to brighten up the
east, while night hung dark and
gloomy in the west. In this dim and
cloudy quarter, high upon the Ken
lucky bank of the river, Morgan saw
bright light and asked the boy what
that was.


"That," answered the little boat
man, looking over his shoulder with
out ceasing his efforts, "Why, that's
widow Ludlow; she keeps her house
lit up all night, cause they say she's
feared NV ghosts"


'Land me there and FIJI give you
another dollar"


"Fork Over," was the briefrespOnse,
and getting his money, he turned his
boat more with the current, and in n
few moments landed the fugitives
near the widows house.


Getting once more upon Kentucky
soil, John Morgan drew long breath,
filling his lungs with not only to him
free air, but giving to his heart q
fresh impulse of courage for the
cause he had helped make immortal.
He and his cOmrade found refuge in
Mrs. LudlOw's house. What followed
| have not the space to tell, nor is it
my province. / sat down only to de-
tail the heretofore unknown history
of his escape from the Ohio prison.
All that followed is already known
and belongs to the history of our
country.
Year: 1874

would appoint him their officer he
would arrested them and have order His
proposition was readily accepted. jackson
seized one Of the Kirkendalls, who was
terror to The country. They clinched and
got outside, and being on the edge of the
bluff, the bully threw jackson, and rolled
over and down the bluff into the creek.


When the bully thought he had conquered
Jackson he left him. But the old game
cock came rushing up the hill, as wet as an
otter, in search of his bulldogs. He gras-
ped them, and pointed one at each of the
bullies, arrested them and brought them
before the court, They were heavily fined,
and order was restored, and the thanks of
this court were extended to Gen. jackson.
Year: 1874

"Cooper's Battery" who was the Demo
cratic candidate


In May, 1872, Gen Beath assumed the
duties of his Office, to the performance Of
which he brought to bear those quick
perceptive qulities of mind and that active
energy and strict integrity that had
characterized his previous course, giving
him position and making for him powerful
friends


That the confidence reposed in him by
the people when they elected him to this
important position was worthily bestowed
the high character which the office sustains
to-day, as attested by the legal professin
and all who are acquainted with the very
satisfactory manner in which the duties
thereof have been discharged, is the sure
guarantee And not only have the duties
enjoined by law been faithfully performed,
but the experience gained during his term
of Office has enabled Gen. Beath to discern
many of the wants Of our peculiar land
system and to suggest and secure such
legislation as will hereafter render the
landed interests more seure from the
adventures who made business Of taking
out land warrants for the purpose of max
ing money out Of the equitable owners.


Such is the man whom the Republican
party, through their convention Of 250
delegates, many of them the ablest and best
men of the State, have unanimously
presented to the people as their candidate
for the Office Of Secretary OF Internal
Affairs, under the new Constitution That
all who know General Beath his rare worth.
his high moral character, his private life
unspotted, his whole official career unstain-
ed, will we feel assured, agree with us, that
this honor was well merited, while it was
thus gracefully bestowed. And we con
gratulate the people of this State that their
interests in the new Office, will, next
November, be confded to this faithful,
experienced and tried public servant.
Year: 1874

the others In such case one would
naturally fear being made victim himself
Even if Packer had taken the responsibility
and shoS down one Of his party, that the
others might have food to eat, it il likely
the others, fearing their turu would come.
next, would have killed Packer. We read
of lots being drawn IN such Emergencies to
determine Sho shol.ld die, but never
believed these tales. and here Is Il case in
proof that the old taw of selt-preservation
stands first and there is no romance.
except in BOOKS, for ones dying that others
may drink his blood or est his fcsh and
live.


Packer, probably, would have preferred
to kill only one or two Of his companions,
but he had to Kill all or none af5l 50 killed
none but God and the murderer knows,
but it is probable he took away their arms
in the night aud tier bGgsr. the nlassatrc,'
with the bloody hatchet This theory is
sustained by Captain Graham, who says
''the bodies, except one, lay as if sleeping.
The breaking in Of the skulls was likely
done first and the shooting afterwards.
One man walked and sprag up, only to be
shot down like dog and then finished with
Il hatchct


is dreadful to think Of this man
camping near by and going every day for
two weeks to cut horrid meal fiom the
bodies Of his dead comrades What were
his thoughts through the silent watches of
those long, bleak winter nights, with his
dead companions, slaughtered by his own
hand, lying cold and stiff near him. none
but the al Seeing Que aud himself can
ever know. The savage canulble may not
know Of God CT reason, but the civilized
cannibal has all the knowledge and rea-
soning powers which Should lH;dc such
horrors doubly horrible,


The murderer is reported 10 have told,
while in custody At Sagparhc. two different
stories about tie tr;,eesiy.. First he said
the men had gone back to Utah, and then
that he had killed and eaten them to save
himself from dying by starvation When
he came in lie I'D good Henry rife and
some ammunition.


The full name Of the murderer and
cannibal is 4. c. Packer. and the descri,,-
ton given of him by Sheriff Wall is az
follows He is five feet eight inches tall.
heavy set and has lost two upper 'front.'
teeth and the first and fourth fingers on
the left hand he Is about thirty years Of
age.


The man can be easily identified by the
loss Of his fingers, not one in 10000 being
so marknd. As before stated he was last
seen near Del Norte, but one person is sure
he saw him one night at the Criterion Hall,
in San Juan, Colorado, and he IS believed
to have fed into New Mexico and to be
hiding in the mountains Wherever he
may be, q man SO marked cannot escape
when people are once thoroughly informed
of his crime, and in a few days, when this
| terrible story shall have been read in every
part of the civilized world there will no
longer be hiding place for the criminal.
Year: 1874

A young man living in Randolph, n.
j., became enamored with the daughter of
a neighboring farmer, she being under 15
years of age, and his love was reciprocated
The man was about to start for an adioin-
ing county, saying that he would wait for
her five pears if necessary The girl could
not bear the thought of separation, and az
length agreed to elope. The pair walked
seven miles through the pines and sand to
his father house and early the next morn
ing we're taken to the railway station and
thence to Philadelphia, where they were
married by an alderman, the girl declaring
her age to be eighteen.


They returned to the house of the
groom's sister at Haddonfeld, where they
were confronted by the father Of the bride
and officers. The groom was arrested and
committed to jail on charge of abduction
Subsequently he was indicted by the grand
Jury, and on Wednesday last arraigned for
trial. The court room was packed by an
audience whose sympathies We're centred
upon the couple.


The girl, like true heroine, assumed
her share Of the blame, admitted her af-
fection for her husband and her willingness
to quit her fathers house, and asserted
her belief in the honor Of her husband


g. S. Cannon, formerly Attorney Gen
eral, delivered an eloquent defense, but
Judge Woodruff charged that the law had
been yiolaed, and that the jury must not
be influenced by appeals to their sympathy.


The jury was out all night, returning
five times for instructions, and at length
rendered verdict of guilty, with recon-
mendation for mercy.


On the rendering of the verdict the
prisoner was seized with commissions, which
continuing, sentence was deferred until the
December term, Much sympathy is enter
tanned for the defendant, who is esteemed
an honorable, upright man.