Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 7, 1881, Page 5

4 4 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JULY 7, 188I-TWELVE PAGES. THE ONE CHANCE. Page) (Continued from the Third i jowing resolution was unaninonsly adopted and telegraphed to Seeretary Blaine: Resolved, That tho Amerions Club of Phitndete phin ronounce thelr emphatic dotustition of the atructous attoript wala to take the lifo of the Prosident of those United States, and that wo tender to his wife and ifiiieted family our ‘Heartfelt spmputhys, gud oxpross our carnest hope for his spuctly recovery. | ~ .OUICAGO. Ga _ TRE BUEN LIFTED, ‘The welcome and reaysuring news of the President's’ favorable condition conveyed through yesterday's bulletins lind {ls effect, ‘on the crowds which lave been Mngering off and on during the past thres days around Tus Trmuxe and othor places where the nows was posted. ‘hare was no longer the suraing mass, no longer the sen of anstous, swatting, upttirned faces that-lave character- ized the bulletin-gazers for the past few days, ‘Men stoppott a moment to read tho glad In- telllence that tho favorable symptoms con- iihued, “and = then, ons if a heavy lond had been Miftett, from thelr ininds,: brightencd up, passe on, and went about,thotr daily avocations,. Some, however, walted about In the very excess of tholr foy, reading and rereading tho glad news is §t came from the wires. nud was posted In Tas Trinuse ‘windows, But there was t stenfficant falling off In tho sla of the crowds as hope Incrensed and tho chances of tho Preaident’s recovery, 80 carn- estly and uneoasingly nrayed for during the preceding days of gloum, grew brighter and brighter; and tho siniting, beaming coun- tenances of the pussers-by,. ts they wero auiccessively rensstirei that tho dancer might be sald go have passed, told the story: of a burden ited from the public mind. - “QUITEAU, HOARDING-HOUSE BEAT, Mrs, Barnes, who resides at No. 304 West Washinutow street, had an unpleasant and expensive experience with Guiteau, which sg dutalled ton TumuNe reporter, 28 fol- lows: + B i oT About. four years ago Lhad 9 room to rent in my house, next door to this ote, and | Oharies J. Guiteau engaged it. Ho camo on # Saturday evening, amd sent in nis card, which represented him to be an allorney, Fie elalmedt to be connected with the Firat Congregational Church, and to boa member .of the Bible-class there, and sald ho wanted toget nenrto the church. J took him asa boarder, although some gentlemen Hving in the hose suspeated that he was not proper person. At the end of tho Hirat' week, my stisplcions having been aroused, Lasked him if it would be conyen- fent for a to pay tbe $8 for his bonrd, Te sald he always paid by thejmonth, but if L wanted tho money. weekly Lconld have It, Buthe didn’t pay,‘ and, after he had been “with me. three weeks 1 demanded his key. from'him and told him he could stay no Jonger. * He left hls trunk, and It ts here yet but it wasempty, and [never got a cent o money from hint. ile behaved all rightwhils here and did not act. in any way Ikea lunn- tie, ? Tha. way hoe imposed” so on ine was. by. his professions: of — religion, and pretending to belong to the Firs Congregational Churoh. After he left here ono of my bourders, who Js connected with o « mornin hewepnpar, wrote a pieey warning the public against him; and after that, when he heard of Guitean anywhere, he used to follow him up and expose him. While with -mme Gitlteau used to read a geod deal, and after he had gone the boys fram the different newspapers- called several times to get thelr pay for papors stipplicd him. REMINISCENCES OF-‘1HE ASSABIN. ‘Mr. Charles M. Hardy, tha well-known -Jawyer, ling 0 reminiscence of the wretol Guileau which will be worth roprodualig, ng throwing, perhaps, some additional light ‘upon the character of tho follow. ari “LT havea very tlstinet recollection,” sald Mr. Hardy, in conversation with some frends yesterday, “of this fellow Guitean, and particularly of one transaction L Hatt with him,-whera he became tite cause of. m: committing what Iclaimn to be a justifinble breach .of the peace, Some years ngo there ‘was a law attorney of tho name of Joseph Sehlernitzauer,.. who. .was-a nelghbor: of Mine,-nn -Alsatlan Frenchman, and a good fellow. He was strugeliag. hard, for a1 ving around the Justice courts, and was in poor health, . Many a time have £ carried through a- case” for him when . knew, le was » too sick ‘to attend to if himself. Well, this Guiteau came bore, and, having 9 smat- toring of French, set himself to. work to un- dermine poor Joe, by trylng, toscapture the * French business ? in three courts. One day Joe had a ease comlng up before Justica Hatines, and 1 knew he was too il to attend to it, a0 -I went down In tho morning and presented to Haines a statement of his con- ‘ajtion, well authentleated, adding my own testimony In the matter, f found’ this Gule ~ teau to be the atlorney on the other side, and when I got through stating the fneta, he got wp and in some manner intimated to tho Court that 1 was lying. “TL walked right up to him, and dellher ately gave him a resounding slap on the Jaw with my open hand, which sont hin stagzor- fing back a step or {wo _ When he recoverad his equilibrium o little, T satd * You d— cur, if you don’t retract that DIlknosk you down, and LE keep knocking you down till you do it?- Well, ho, retracted inn mitute, for ho saw the second blow coming right down on him, and he concluded not to walt for ft. Vm mighty sorry now he did tuke it back, for Lthink Lwoild haya given hin a chucker for the second slap, ~ <*: “Justice nines fined me $5.for contempt of court,” continued Mr. Hardy, and L paid. itover promptly Jikan man, 1 expected It, and, In, fact, would shave been dellzhted to pay anton just at that moment for the sutis- faction had. After the case wis disposed of Ualnes quietly handed me back the tine, - boylng, * Hordy, 1 had to do that to satisfy fav, but allow ma, inofleially, to re- i mar that you sorved tho fellow oxnetly Commenting unon tie lueldent, Mr, Hardy remarked; “Tdon't, take any stock what ever in tho talk of this fellow Gultenws In- fanity.” I know protty well, I think, whit his ruling motive was, and iy, © He was erazy _ to seo his name fn the’ newspapers, and he was ulterly reckless antl. viclous. 1a would do anything—commit murder or arson—for the sake of notoriety, . ‘That's the only kind ofingamty Dean seo about the man, and there are hundreds Uke {in—Irresponsible, reckless, dungerois fools, whonre capable o Wreoking trains, killing Kings, and firing Ephesian domes, shuply: with the idea of haying thelr names handed down to pos- yortty one bo doubt ei thts Guiteat is Ing the supreme happiness of iis Mie 1 Fanaa hiinselt in the x jo is in some : dno tatk of the world,” ay OFFICIAL ACTION OF ‘THE COUNCIL, The following communication from Mayor Farrison was submitted at the Council meote Ang Jost night: é ‘To the city ‘Counotl of the City af Chicaga—GEune Thee: Sinco your lage avasion tha band of an assasin has been lifted against tho tise ot tho Prealdent of the United Stutes, It has cnuecd A ‘thrill of horror to fill tho hourts of ull good men, throughout the elvilized world, and the peo pe , Of tho United states have boon inoxprossibly shooked that such un attempt should have bec Asocond thing made ayulnst tholr first magise ;trato and tholr most exalted servant. - > "Pho citizens of Chicago have bad but one fool- aroused by this horrible decd—a foavln milogled with detestation of the wrent crime ans hourtfalt symoatby with Prosident Garteld .and re While Let deeply deplore that any one could odnoaive und execite so dnstardly & deed, thoy yot know that it wusthonct of tt * single man, dnd not the conaplrauy of othors, and they earnestly condomn the rancor which could oven sumgest that Guituau’s criing was the pbmadiated uct of my Sotion tn, the country. ‘i i a ‘hoy - reoognizo- — thal HINALON ne moans of. removing a public — servant can’ never st rowth on: free eA BI Amorivan soil, ‘The assavin may shock tho sen+ Ument of Araoricans, but cannot caugo thom to doubt the eafoty of the Republlo, nor vay ho materially disturb tho equiposo of its jnatitue ons. Chicago now rojoices that the condition of:the Presidont gives hoves of bia recovery, 1 cecomimand that you pass resolutions of sym- ‘pathy with biw and bis family, pop Oaurzit UH. Hannison, Mayor, + Ald, Burley moved that a camnittes bo ap polnted to prepare sultablo resolutions, ‘The motion was agreed to, and the Mayor named Ald, Burley, Wickersham, and Hil- rath, * ea ‘The Committee subsequently reported as Tollaws, ‘the resolutions bulug adopted by a rlslng vote: - 5 Sirk itesolved, That wo, the Common Council of tho City ‘of Chicago, deeply deplore wud omphatl call condemn. the recout attempt to assusinute the Prosidunt of this Itepublic. ete Revlcad, Vout tho aot was ono of unequaled Bod Unparalleled atrocity, duasmuch ua it was #n attempt to destroy n Chicl Executive who Dleudsin bimaclf the quulitics that distlnwulsh o “T'yesidout aud 4 atatesinan, and adorn 4 snun. {feevived, we trust Coat God In His moroy Will aparo his life for bis country’s sake, {extended cae Penida bietaaliye resident and bis fainlly, Hesoloed, That these resoludons be spread upon our records, and that a copy be telor graphed to tho Honorable Secretary Of State, TNE DEMAND For NEWRPAVERS, One of the most striking features of tho recent exciting they hing been the avidity with which the public unit for newspapers containing the Intest {ntellizenco of the wounded President's condition, atid neces: sarily coupled with this ns bean the re- markable energy with whieh tho nowshoys hava conduetet thelr Dusjness, ‘These iniddlemen between tho publishing houses of, arent newspapers atul the public who real them re not less allye than the publishers themselves to the necessity ofgrent exertion on great oveasions, and while the working forces of a towspaper are straining covery norve to keep thalr readors sipplled with the Intest news, every newsbpy {s on the alurt to suctire success for the sefiume by whict ho hopes to be ‘onthe streat?? with the earliest newspn Not since the Boston fire has there been sitet a demand fy Chiengo for nowspapers as within the pust few days, and, {horder to fears to. what extent tho news- Boye hil profited by tha stududen inerense tn tholr sales, and tho tanec; prices which many of them (ere able to obtain for early tuples of apirticularly Interestin, edition, a "Crt Usk reporter euled yesterday evening at the Newsboys’ Home on Quincy street in order to seetre from the Matron of thy establish- mentand from the boys thomselyes some faels upon the subject, ‘fhe Matron stated tnt. the boys had, over since the opening of the Silugurfest, and especially siuce the asgnsination, beot make ing mitch more monoy tin asia, “Then Csuppose that the savings bant whieh yout are running for tho benelit of the boys fing td Its deposits considerably swelled 2”? “Y's, tho boys, ay a rule, have inde larger deposits, nit sone new aecounts have been opened, but tie Increase Tins not been so irgo ns it would have: beon but for the Fourth of duly. Many o€ the nowsboys are very improvident, and on that day many of thom spent large amounts of money wpon fireworks... 1 know of one boy—n Ind who Is, perlinps, the most ragged newaboy in thecity — who spent over.s3 on firecrackers on, tho Fourth. Others spent even lnrger sims.” Mid the number of your guests Increase ¢ the time of excitement?” Yes, wo had froin seventy-five Lo elghty- five in the: Home, A ntinber of boys came from other citids—St Louts, Clacinuati, and Cleveland,—and of these several came, aud staid in the Home, ‘They had no money when théy camo here, but the boys here ree celved them with 2 welcome, and helped thoin to do business, ‘These boys went home yesterday, after haying made. considerable money ott of thelr trip abroad.” AMONG THE boys. Tho reporter then went in search of the nowsboys. A knot of about a dozen of them were congregated in. tho alley east of tho Tome, discussing with evident feciing the condition of ono of their number—n colored fad—who was lying sick In the hospital de partinent. . : “Pm mighty seared he's 8 goncr,” one of the larger Inds said. “ie ain't eat nothing for four days, gn’ they siy he's mighty weak: Tits clreumstantin! statoment of the sick newsboy's condition had a momentarily de- pressing effcet upon them, and while they were this thoughtful and quict of word. the roporter took hls seat In thelr midst, and once broached the subject upon which hoe was desirons of Information. “Well, boys, how hns business been tho last few days ?” A perfect chorus of answers chm fn re- sponse, stiong which were reconnizad: “ Best we ever hnd—d—d good—lmmense— fine—d—«l fine ?-—and others which were even more forelble, but whieh, being ‘also more profane, may ns well be tolt unrecorded. Yes} bub how much better?” “A hundzed per cont,” one 'of the Inds answered, and this scomied satisfactory to the remainder, who folt that they could not better the statement, Wiints wag It only twice as good 2” “Doves 100 per cent better mean only twice as goud? ‘That so? U—Il, 1 thought It meanta hundred times. D—d ff you report. ers don’t ‘know averything, but 1 ’sposa you've gotter bo sllek. Well, L toll you, it Was ubout this way: where a boy'd make 0 nurter other tines he'd make # $5 bill since Snturday, --1t’s fell off to-day though, aud L guess the rush 1s about over’? “What was the biggest day’s work any of the boys did? ¥ “Nineteen dollars and a nutf, -Lots of *em qens m tLIO ove slo, aud $5 didw’t amount nnything Saturday.’ os “ What paper was bought most readily?" Lnrmontous chorus—" Tins Tamune ! “Tfow much, wore you able to get for bat tho tine the oxeltement was greatest?” “Vifcycentsand a quarter, ‘There was ono Ind got $5 for an cventng paper, but that was ainiatake. ‘Lhe man gaye-him a $5 gol plece, und the boy took it by mistake fora cent bit, amt gave the man a cent back. ‘The man hover che back, nelther.” “Great luck??? exclilmed a thoughtful youngster astride of tho fenco who find not brid a word hitherto, but whom the thought of so erent a piece of fortune aroused from higanathy, J T got n dollar for a Trmune oxtra,” an- other Ind chimed ine “1 was first on dig strevt with ?omsan’ an olit: feller just ripped one out of my hand, chucked a dollar Di! at me, an’ rant for the streetcar. tint'd jost worked through the crowd." “Lots of peoplo gave ws: 50 cents and S quarter and never sald nothin’ about change, “ham was great times, Mister,” romarked the thoughtful boy on tha fence. min Dhnes was of no account, was thoy, ? Unlf ‘a’ dozen volecs as‘ well as BIl’s united In the opinion that during the busiest season of -the lust few days.the dime dwine dled Into actual insignifiennce. P here was thines L wouldn't have blacked napnir of bodts for n dollar’, “Tt wouldn't have paldwiien papers was goln’ like hot cakes nt. tiem prices,” slowly Yemarked the pensive youth; ance ‘nore aroused from his apparently Ayphargie condl- jon, el 2 “T hear there wore a lot 6t/twsboys from other elties cane here to help In the hnrvest. Tow do you like that sartof thing vr Pats all right; we're gid lo seo tem, Newsboys is giud to help nowsboys wherover they como from, Wo treated em good when they was here; introJeweed ’em to the Toma an’ showed ’em rou town all we could, that was, all excep’ the Springfield niggers.” “Surely you don’t object to nowsboys who happen to be colored 2” No, sl, It’s the Springfield niggers only, You see, one time a Chicago paper took-n special edition down to Springhgld, an’ took seven Chicago mawabows along to, salt 2am, an’ when they got there the Springtiold neers hunted tem and nigh killed "em, an! wouldn't let tom sell,” A og “Did the Springfield niggers’ show up in Chiengo lately?” “Yes: they enme when tho Singerfest operied, but they didn’t do no business; we Hunted tem off the street. ‘Chey won't como agin, Din thinkin? © Well,-1 suppose you all have ble, fat sav- Ings necounts In tho Home ns the rosuie of 8 Jate good sales.” ‘ “Song of us has and some of us hasn't, There's some boys spond: all thoy make, no matter how much it ly; others save somo of, it, P39, minttor how sinnll (tis, Boys ts diifer- ent ahout that? al How do-you feel about President Gar- "Wo want: him to’ ‘ot well; there ain’t a powstoy byt. wants qn im tor; Isu’t that so, m the onthusinstlo chorus of afirmation which. followed tho reporter bade the boys good ovening, and took his doparture,-- ) SNATONED FROM DEATH. ANOTHER: NECOVERY FROM A GUNSHOT i PY, et. WOUND, * ; Remarkable instances of recovery ‘from’ gunshot wounds are coming to Ilglt evory day, now that public attention is belng drawn to the matter, ‘and every such instanco, le holed as duother preclous bit of oncourage- ment that. the, President, too, may, pass through ‘his torrible ordeal and be restored to health and strength.” “Cha Inst one. ro- ported Js the caso of Mr, C, 'T,. Barnes, of No, 835 West Monroe street, this elty, Licutenant of Company O,. Ninety-third Now. York Volunteers, who was wounded. Jy the Battle of tho ‘Wilderness ou «the Sth of May, 184, fn hla: ‘case , the. ball struck’ a Ilttle to the. jeft of the lower abdomen ‘and passed diagonally through ging in the the boty, lod right hip bone, near tha splig, After’ he was wounded lie: was jolted over a plank-road, which the: Rebels ad tried to wake luipassuble: by tal ng up eyory-fourth plunk.. Inalead of ridlug th an ainbitlance he was moved In au arny-wagon drawn by four mules that could ‘scarcely mako five wiles an hour over such roads, ‘The distance to Fredericksburg, ns ho says, seemed ta be fully 100 miles. Arrived there, hfs couch consisted of the soft side of a phuvk tu an old church which Burnside had riddied the year previous, ‘The ball was _ ae ne our rio 8 Fick in sixteen days from the time he was wound- ed, Tho surgvons themselves were unable to lorate It, but tha sensations le experlenced assisted materially in traeing its position. Ln order to better Instruet then where to fd It fie took neither chloroform nor ether, ‘The palin of entthig, Ie says, was ns nothing come mired with the pan experienced when, have lng found the bull, they extracted it fram the hone. ‘The wornd wits subsequently, sprite for Inose hones and nt but in Me. Sarnes? oplufon, Nature dovs her work better than the physicians, for, alter peing In the woul for ten years, the wad of Tht finally: caine out Jn pleces, Mr. Barnes was recently troubled fora few weeks by nn nbeess, nt tha resulb was ‘the AEA of it sinall flake of lead. At present hels in good health, though not entirely over his iri. ts wotnd, white ditfering from the Fresident’s, was looked Upois th st alist hopeless one, ant his esenpe frowdeith wis as: surprising: to the stirmeons ns to n FIRL-RECORD. AT FORT WwW. AYN. IND. IMapateh to The Chicazo Tribune. Fonr Wayne, Ind) duly 6.—Thoe Grand Opera Mouse was’ enfifely destroyed by tire Inst night, caused by boy firlug a skyrocket {nto tho wintow of ih aelfotntise Ueeibeliansg, which was ttsol’ asi Wool and rng factory, ‘Che fre did not break oat until 2 o'clock this morning, bat the rocket lodged among the rags at 1 ofelock. It was owned by J. 0. White; toss, $18,000; Ingured for $8,700, ns follows: Underwriters’, $1,400; Home, Etna, and Northwestern, each, $2300; Com: monwealth, $400, ‘Towers! three-story brick, where the firestarted, was entirely destroyed ; Joss, $5,000; Instired for $2,000 [nthe Roches. ter German, Thwasoccupled by Oppentelner, wool and ragss loss, £0,000; Insured: bn the Manhattan, $1,l00; Phenix, Ne. Y., $500; olher compantes, $4,000, M,N, dacons, in the bultding adjoining, stock of hides and leath er amuged, $1,000; fully Insured I the Im- perlal Northern Fire Association of Philit- delphile, Liverpool & Loudon & Globe, and Hoyal. Becker & Wile, hides nnd rags, same building, damaged by water, $2,000; filly insttrett In the Phanilx, North British, aud Mercantile. CHICAGO. The Gardon City Distillery, on Canalport avenue. nil Morgan street, furnished an- other item yesterday ‘afternoon, About $220 o'clock an alarin was sont in from Vox 864, 'wonty-sevond and Morgan streets, fol- lowed a feW momunts tater by n second, The reason of this was that a fire was discovered {nthe upper part of the rectifying house. in tho enst end of the building, near the alcotiol tubs, and there was grent danger of sn explosion. ‘Pho men bout the plice acted with grent coolness, and assist- ed the fire Department. ‘Tho | blaze was pt out with but Ittle damage to the building, but x great deal of copper-pipe mid. the’ “goose-neck” of the rectifying tank ‘were destroyed, involving # loss of saveral thousand dollars, whieh is fully covered by insurance placed by the agency of W. Ge McCormick & Co, Tho alarm ftom Box 857 at 10:10 yesterday: forenoon was caused by a Wide Syear-old ehild of Denis Kannedy, of No. 60S Morgiut street, aceldentully setting fire. to a. table. cloth while playing with niatéhes. Damago trifling. AT FULTON, ILL, Spectat Dspateh to ‘The chleago Tribune. Dunuquy, In, June 6—The Fulton depot wits burned to-day; loss $1,500, ‘The Chica- go & Northwestern will now erect a first- class passenger depot, —<—<—___ ASSASINATION RECORD. Attompts upon the Lives of Rulors Durlug the Lust Thirty Yours. Tho following ts a list of attempts upon tho, Avos of rulera sinco Ista: 1818—Nov. 26—Tho life of tho Duke of Modena was nitemptod. 18¥—June 21—Tho Crown Prince of Prussia wis uttioked at Minder, 3 1850-—Juno 28—Itovert Pato, an ox-Liouteunnt in the aemy, attempted to nesasinute Queen Victoria. 1Sil—May 2--Sefoloque, Frederick William LV., ‘broko hig arm. 182—Sopt. 2t—An infernal machine was found at Marsoiltes, with whioh tt had beon intended. to destroy Napoleon Wl. - ° r 185h—Fob. 18—Tho Bperor Francls Joseph of Austria was gricvously wounded in the howd while walking on tho Pa narty at Vienna, bya Anpariaty tilor named Libzens, 1i—Aprh W—An attempt on tho lifeot Vietor Emmanuel wns reported te the Ltalinn Chambor. 1ks—July B—An attempt was mado to kil Naw poker, U1. as ho was onturing tho Opera Comique, . id starch 26—Fordinand Charles It Duko of Parma, wae killed by wn unknown man, who stabbod him in the nbidamen, 185—April 28—Napolvon LT. was flrod at in tho Champs Eyated ‘by Glovanal Pinnerl, J850—-A pril 28—Raymond Fucntos was nerosted Mn tho uct of firing on Isabveilt, Queen of Spain, 1856—Dec. 8.—Auesllis Milo, a gulliur, stabbed Ferdinand If, of Naples with his buyonet.. ‘i . 1857—Aug. 7—Napoleon IT. axaln, Barcolott!, Gibaldi, and Grillo were sentenved to deuth for _ coming trom London to asgasinate him, 1858—Jnn. H—Napoloon I, for tho fifth tine, Orsini, and his asgoolates throw fubiinating bombs nt him ng he was on bis way to the opera, —July 14—King William of russia wie for the lIrat tino shot ut, by Oscar Hecker, n ott. dent of Baden-Baden, “Becker fred’ twice at him, but missed hint. °° 1861—Dee, 18—A strident named Dossios fred 2 pitsl at Quosn Amulin of Greece (t'rlncoss of Idenbury) at Athans, 18}—Duc, 2i—Four more conspirators from Lonton ayninat tha Hfe of Nupoloon JI, wore arcestod ut Parle, 5 1805—A pril 14—Prosidont Lincotn was shot by J. Wilkes Booth, 180—April i—A Russtan named Kavarasom at- tompted Czar Alexnndur'a lifo nt St, Potoraburg, Tio wna follod by u peasant, who waa enuubled for tho daod. < t 18Uj~Tho -Czur's lito was ayaln attompted during the great Exposition, at a roview in the Bols do Boulogne, at Paris. 1867 uno I—Maxlufilian shot. 188—Juno 10—Princo Michuol of Bervia was Aillod aa brothers Radwarowitch, 1871—The {fo of Amadeus, thon nowly King of Spain, was attempted, mz — August — Col. Guttorloz nssnsinatod Preaident ialla, of the Republic of Peru, Ww—Jan, I—lresident MMorates, of. Bolivia, Was ausasinnted, Wwi—~August—Lreakiont Garola Mnono, of Eouador, was nesusinated. Is77—Juno—Vrosident Gill, of Paraguay, was assusinated by Commander Solas, W—May M—Tho Eniperor William, of Gor- many, was shot ut again, this timo by tnile Hontl Max Hoedel. nag Lehmann, the Bootal- ist, Lohinnnn fired throo shots at the fimporur, who waa returning from adrive with the Grand Ducheas of Baden, but missed hin, Isd—Juve 2—Kiaperor, Wiliam “bot at by De, Noblling, whilo out riding, Ho received about “thirty sinait shots in the neok and face, + id—April H—Attompted assasinution of tha arat St. Petorabury, by ono Soluwjew, Ho wus oxovutod a a 1879—Dou, I—Tho assasination of the Czar nt- toniptert by a mine under a traiy noar Moscow, —Due, The King of Spat wid shot at while driving with the Quevn, 180—Feb, I7—Attumpt to kill the Royal famt{- Iyat Kuala by blowing up tho Winter Paluce, gt soldicrs killed and forty-live wounded, t—SMureb 1—The Czar killed by a bomb, 1661—July #—V'resident Gartiold ebot. ——————— - A TRUE BLUE:ON CONKLING. * To the Editor of The Chtcuge Tribune, Croan Itarios, fa,, July 4.—-"Tie with the doop- ost sorrow and solloltudp for our deur Proalident that I weito you, I willsay at tho outset that I Bm ono not onlywe the first, but one of the true biuo Nopubticuns, ‘That {sa Scotch oxprossion nucaning stauch, and Alf tho timo uvery-day Ko- publican,—not ono whots 1 got ollice, und overy> thing gous to sult mo, but under all olroum- stances opine to submit, to the will of the pons Be ; aad work for tho post Jutoruste of aur thy Bate ees I Wave round {n our papor and In THe TatwuNe dally with amazumont with regard to tha Conk- ig mative, and Tam ustonishod that tho poopie busged so by Conkling and bis frionds--and will Enay Gou, Grant. . 3 A 1 have always stood up for Got. Grant, but 1 think bis Intorviowg in the nuwspspord with ros gant to the Conkling mutter were uncalled for, and do not add anything to bts oud IMIG, Ldomut way that Congling bad unything to do with the shooting of Prealdont Garitcid, but Ldo say that judircutly” by his nttitudo and oppoate BHO Lae aR Od a vers oO Oho wat Tbavotulkod Withee hee Ifthe Btate of New York duos not give br, Conkiag 4 tlokot-ofsloayve.—a leave Of abscnco for tho romaludor of his tlfe,-then 1 will repus diato my old Btata.. Very Cry cod 5 et AMUBL COOPEIt, CONKLING‘AND GUITEAU, ** ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tribunes * Cimrcago, July Sf’ do sot suppose for one mowent that Conkling had‘ any-cunsolous coins pilcity with Guitoay ja bis ;bosrivlo. orlma, a workinan, shot nt King of Prussia, and But tt ts curlous to obsorye bow often the | minds of -self-conoolted . and , would-be-great mon run tn parallel grooves. rar na You and allthe reading public will rocoltect a peculiar remark mado by Conkling before bis | oon-" resignation, and while’ “Robertson's Brmation aa Collector -ywas pending in the will allow themsolyes to ba bum. euco after: Hennte, which remark wat, substantinily, that. he whould realist Ttobertson’s confirmation to the litter end; that mutters had coine toa pied where It had got to be murder of sulelde, and ies" preferrod it should be murdy You will Hod this expression of Conkling’s tn Washinton intelligences in your own Uiles of a few weeks nyo, In the inatter of being dleappolnted in being able ta dictate nn olntmont ty un office Mr. Conkling & prefer nurdor, to nufiolide othor Fellow, fulteat, fallynse’ to obtain an attice for bimaalf, attoninl commit ntnurder, What Conkling xatd in auch bidste nnd elegant lan- guage the other follow nttompted to carry Into Brecution. Eeuiy, the ininds of concelted would-be areat ‘men rin In puratlel grooves, Of the tw6 L would ng soun ec elther one in the Scuato as tho other, : T.D. ie ————_—_—- THE COMET. It fins Now Reprrated Into ‘Tivo Parts, One of the Picces Carrying All of the ‘Vail with It. Speetat Duvateh to The Chteago Tribune, Ciserssart, O., duly 6&—Prof. Stone, of tle Cinelnnatl Observatory, has discovered since 10 o'clock to-night that the comet ls sopnrating Into two parts. ‘The Ine of sep- aration jy horizontal, and divides the tucleus into two equal parts. ‘ho upper half ls the part to whieh the tall Is attached, and ty carrying the entire tall off with It. ‘The low- er portlon appears Ike st half-moon, and Is slowly falling away, 1¢ 18, of course, too carly ng vet to speculate as to what track the two bodies will pursue, or whut thelr destiny will he, Prof, Stone states that, when the separation was first observed by him, jt appeared 9s though a dark fine hin been drawn -through — the nueleus, Cho diviston is iow. very manifest. ‘There Isa precedent for this be- haylor of tho present comet In that of Biel's “lust comet,” which in, 1845 suffered a slut Jar neeldent, for which no’ explanation has ever been given, ‘The comet separated tn two distinet parts, of quite wueanal bright- ness, so that thore were two apparently com- plete comets, Instead of one. During tho wanth following the lesser of the two con- z é finually inerensed, watil it became aquil te ity companion, Then ft grew ainalier, and-in’ March vanished entirely. though Jt companoin was still: plainly seen for nimonth Jonger. ‘The distance apart of the two portions, aecording to the computa tions of Prof. Hubbard, was. nbout 200,000 miles, ‘Tho next return of the comet tovk place, in 1858, and was Jovked for with ‘great’ interest. It. wis found still divided," and the two parts were fir more widely divided than in 185, the distunes be- ing increased to bout 1,500,000 miles, Some- times one part was the brighter aud some- times tha other, so that It was impussible to decile which duzht to be regarded as repre- senting the principal comet. ‘The pair mssecboutof view about the end of Septem- ur, 1852, and have hot been seen since, MASSACRED BY INDIANS, A Stage Atincked and Mtn Occupants Slain by Apaches=A Large Surveying Party Beported Killed. Eu Paso, N. M, July &—A dispateh dated Los Cruces, Mexia, yesterday, says; Advices recelved here to-day state that the south- bound stage on the El Paso and Chihuatitas Line was attacked .by Apache Indhins about 100 miles south of Et Paso, and its four-pas- sengers and two drivers killed. One pns- senger escaped wounded, AL report hits also reached Los Cruces to the cect that the entire surveying party— thirty persons—of the Mexican Central Rail- way, have been killed by Apache ladlans: in ott Mexico. A company of Mexican en Hh lis been sent out from Chihuahua to investi gate the report, ‘ STREET BULLYISM, ‘To the Kilttor of The Chicago Tribune, . Cir0aco, duly 6.—Last Saturday, white walks ing along Clark stroct on a bustuess errand, 1 saw Just ahead of me two staggering and swar- goring rowdles yo Ingin tho same diroction with: myself. Thoy were arm {n Arta, and were closely following two respectabsy dressed and behaved young lidies. 1 noticed that these rowdles wero intentionally nunoying tho yours Jadles, for one turned around and facing tho scoundrels Do -you stup fulldwing* us, you dog." For a inoment tho follows cowed and turned one Bile, standing on the steps at a shop window ull tho young ladies hed gone a quarter of a block, ‘Thou thoy went on again, overtaking the tudios, who, whenever thoy gopher a moment to look at souls displayed ut windows, thotr followers niso stopped Immediately behind thom or at their sila, i ‘Kho ladies goon crossed thy streot avout the middlg of tho block, evidently desiring to es- oy tho insults, ‘Tila was betwoun Mndison and Monroe streots, Figullux angry Wt tho performance of these fale lows, [ tooked about for a policeman, but, of gourse, none wero to be son. then, on the fmpulse of tho moment, went up te the fellows tund told thom If. thoy did not stop that business J would have thon arrested, T thon wonton, aud thoy geomed chooked tor the tine, After I had rouched the old Post= Olive bullling on Sonrac vno of thom came running after monnd shouting, "Did you say that tome?" began to crowd tno off tho sidewalk, trying to get tp tt fight. ‘ Je thon kicked ine, and, ou my turnlpg about, he mado some Insulting remark and struck me In the face, onuslig twosovers. bruises, AL this moment, considerlug that F bad been moro patriotic thin wise In preauming torebuke acouple of drunken scoundrels on tha strect “In walty no better governed than this, with no olfl- cor within balling distance, 1 wont along at 9 rathor brisk paeo without ret linting In kind, What the fellow would ‘lave ‘dono had not sour. one on the sidowalk shauted out to him that flit not wish to tight, 1 do aot know. But it was pula tu sve that the zentloman's tro was oxcoadingly nroused, In fut, be would have been glad to kill me on tho spot. Tt wlll bo wall that 1 was Inilgcreet, 1 learned that to my cost. But has It come to this, that a Dusinoess-inon in this city, or any othor respoct- ablo citizen, wittrossing such scandalous tusults trom tle to time on our streots, cannot with oy safety to himself eithor rebuko. these lowelived rascnls of tho class referrud to or without groat dilcalty socure the oporition of Justice fu babalf of the injured? If euah scones fro allowed, who can know whother his own daughtora enn safely pass along oven somo of our princlpal thuroughfares tn midday? Justitia Frat, —————— RECOMMENDS ICE TREATMENT. © To the Editor of ‘The Chicago Jribune, Exaiy, Ith, July 6.—As stated In your paper of the Bth, tho troatmont of the Presidont cansista Ingold compress, hypodermta injoations of morphing to allay nervousness, and milk and Amu-wator for nourlshmout, and toallay vomit fuge Yor twenty days the Prosident will not bo out of danger, and the great dangor now consists Jn 1 nudon of the livorand poritonoum aud hood potecriitar, 6 Thavo bud experience in gunshot, wounds of sho fangs unr abdominal orgaius, and’ trons other cruises, tnd L uahesitatingly sa) it there is no Treatment in het weathor equal to the [ce troat ment, J should haye apptied poundad ice to the whulo region of the liver, and wholo oxtent of tho abdomun, In the President's case in twenty. four hours or loss time wftor be reculyed tho wound, and without any tutermission kent it up for two ar throo Weeks ut least, «1 bayo treated the worst charactor of wounds in that way, Kouth, when moreury stool at 05 and 100 degrocs peruabeltc an auvad bay patients when it was thouwbe U oy could not possibly live, Such treatment. wlll keop down Inlammatvion, a H, Hosesonans, M.D. How Oll-Cloti Made, Burdette, = Thon I went down to tho ailoloth manufactor; wud [carued Low to make oll-cloth. . All tho burlaps on and of which oll-oloth fe mide ts manufactured tn Dundoo, Svotlund. It fa nado from nn India xrass,, 16 |e sized lrst won it fa rondy Cor painting. tt fen't painted with brushed, but witha knife, A proag lone ‘Tho cod of tho burlups is passed under the Dinde,” When paint fa lndled on the burlaps by tho millon, muublnory tukes “hold of it an draws It between a roller aud the kuifo, and the Dinde serupod off all the sunariiiious putas ag it passes through. No brush could lay tho calor ons evenly, Thoy pulut sixty qaniser bur laps ina minuto, ‘Then when: tt Is dry, tt is guntdepaperod oY machinury, and other coate of Paint ge on. “From foyr o-ning coats of paint arp put on, Rovording tu the quality of the alle cloth. © It dries tua wouk, when itis roady for printing, ‘Chis Is the most Interosting prowess, All the plocks from whic otl-cloth is printed [a these, and, with fyw exceptions, all tbo man fautories In. tho United States-aro inade io Hullowell, Blo. ‘Tho block Is-about vizntoow fnehos square, and ls made af threo pieceee tho fnside dloek Is pine, aud Cutsido blocks ara maple, ‘tho printing surficy 1s sawed across ut right angles wi vory ‘tine 6aws, whlch work aujomatically and don't seed any auperincend: 8 buon. aried, | eon it hes tho faa! tooks Iiko y box uf matches; tha 'deslgnor thon dined re in tiny ‘squares, a: porfect duplicate of tho block. Ji copying tho dealga of tho block tho operator fuck for vacb colur, and the copying is doug with w oitael, the opemtor cutting away all the little squares made, by tho saws wxcopt those covered by the patterd. It lsdlko worsted work, ** four squares to tho right, three straight ok ive a tho right, threo duwa, and four to the Oo! wy culore, aud bas to make the most of biscombina- tons; those Dlocks are thou fitted with handles, and the printers go to work. Tho palct. ia a arent reeniving table with pads of tho different paints tatd on lt. ‘Two men work atench table, and the operation of printing Is Iike stamping letters at the mailing table In tho post-oftice. Tho printer slaps tho Vinci on tho pnd, then strikes iton tho oll-ctoth. An thors [sa scattering, meaningtess picture of Ittlo white squares. ‘Thon the red Is struck un. more little red dots that look like nothing. ‘Then tho wreen, and you think you can sco - suinething like a teat, Thon another shude, and qnother, until you seo a cluster of lenvea and birds ina figure ontitned by n veryAtistinct col- or, and tha printing is ready for tho * masher,” a Mock juat liku the othors, only ali the, squares Jott ot ual Is pressed down on the Agures hy And pres . Ani. Ifyou want to know any mora avout ofl- ctoth, write tu Sulu. J ean make It Ppenthy but Thaven't Uine to write any more about it. Firat tho white, pay. CURRENT GOSSIP. THE STORK'S JEREMIAD, From an Unknown Source. Onc-legged stork, thou atandeat sal and lone- ys A toar, inothinks, I notice in thins exe, Of tell no—yea, whisper to ma only— What js tho sorrow which I think [ spy?” And; lo! from out tho meshes of tho thiy: Thoro came a techie, mournful sort of squeak; Anil while, amazed, J opened my oyes wide, he Opened his mouth and thus began to speak: “ Taman very tired of being artistic; * My life $3. ono tony, patient, painful aches Tat go weary of those wolrd and mystic Positions which they force my form to take, “They've worked mo In all kinds and sorts of stitches. - High art and button-hole, outline and cross- atiteh, Standing around promiscuously in ditches, and looklug tke a buzzard or an ostrich. “They've worked mo frequently on Jaya can- vas, 3. On momile-ctath, on flantiols thi and thick; In tuct, in every single way they can fuss, Thaye appeared, uutil Um realy sick. “In crowels, tu silk, in worsted, and In cotton, Now black, now white, now graye, now madly uy? Many 9 worked mo; and one wrong !s unfore en— Thoy’ve done me most and worst in applique. “Sometimes thoy plant mo ‘mid some rushos in attitudes nowell-bred stork would tako Holding up one leg ttl F get so weary I poptnes think my poor strained back will “Thoy'vo worked me standing, running, aleep- Sometlines I'm gazing nt a worsted suns Thoy've worked we cvery way, I think, but dy- ni, And O { wish they'd do that, and bo done! “7 could forgive them nll this cruel wronging, If thoy would grant one Cavor which I hew, Would gratify but once my soul's deep Jonging— Just tu put down ny ofdinped and unused lez! “ Know you of any ono with sorrow greator— A creature witha life that's more torlorn? Hounded forover by tho decorator, v7 T wish, 1 wish [ neverbad pecn born!” Aailence foll. I ynazed; he bad subsided, Tistened vainly, All was dumb and stilt Upon the tidy whore the stork resided, Vith upheld log, und red and open bill. A SMART ROY. Virginia (Nev,) Enterprise. “fumble down outn dat cheer, sald Uncle Mose, addressing lilinself to 9 5-year. old boy lolling in the chair of the bootblack sland—“des git right down out’n dat stan, You aln’t got no bustness up darnohow, and hyar’s a cash customer, L specks,” sald the old fellow, cockiug n somewhat doubtful eye upon the reporter, “Tavs a fine boy, uncle, is he yours ?’? sald the reporter, ns the Hinber Nmbed young monkey swung iinself, out over the side of the buotbiack “stan,” and dropped to tho floor. o “TI speck so, leastwise dat’s wat de ole woman gry. You Abum Linkum,” address ing himself to the boy, “ what fur yo’ set dar on do ‘fio’ rollin’ up yo? eyes dat away? Get up on yo’ stool dar in de co'ner dis. mintt, an’ *have yo'sef, ‘Take dem fingersout'n yo! mont an’ quitter pul-, lin’? dem diek"us faces, Yas," turning to the reporter, “dat’s my boy, an’ holsa chip o’ de ole black, Spec 1 Awas jist. such an anudder Iitls Imp when 1 was his slzo,” “lel have a much better cha in life than ever you had, Unele Mose. Nu slavery now, Re enn go to school and have as good a show us the white boys.” : “Pat's so,” erfed Uncle Mose earnestly, an’ you bel L keeps hint down to his wuk at tho eddication business o? nichts when 1 nmathone. He's fot achance’wot | never had, an’ specks 111 make sulla’ ont him yit.’ Yo’, Abum, don’t_l tole yo" stop pullin’ tem ar’ sorbo' faces? Patty fix yo'd be in ef yo’ face stay dat ur’ way.” Can he read, Unele Mose?” “Can hu rend? Ya reyes good. Can dab boy rend? Yatyal What ho bin gol’ to skyule far dese free youre? ie renis to his ole fadder and mudder every night ol darilte. Doesn't yer, Abun?” “ Yos, dadily.? “TL tell yo’, aah, dat boy’s a rent comfo't to me an" dw ola woman, lung” his. readin? touso’ nights, Hits compuny for us too, Lor’ breas io sah, we sets fiir hours an’ hours a-listenin’.to dat boy while ho real, Ho never gits tired ‘0’ yearln’ 9” hin read, Wits great comfo'l an’ 2 blussii’ to have one in de family wa't kin read.” “Does he rend the Biblo to you, Uncle Mosu?? “No, hits not tho Bibles leastwise he hasn't tone read hitto us yit. Ie reads us de wat-you-call-um 2” “Nog nut de Kus’ Reader, Its sumfin ikodo Fus’ Reader, still hits not zackly de Fus' Reador, but after all 1 specks she’s putty inte the same,” “O, It must be the Second Reader; Is that {Ls-f8 1b the Second Render?” "Well, sal, hit soun’ alittle dab ar ways it’s soietin’ Hke de Secum ender, at fi} hit’s not porzactly de Secum Reader.” “Is ttn primer, unelo 2” “Dat do soun’ sometiy Ike it, sal, We're nalttin’ neal It—we'rs a gittin’ nea It, sah Spea we'll foteh her de next clatter, Cat bo fur off now. It must bo next donh tode— what was do nunte of dat las’ one what ye Toff, sal?” “Primer.” © Dats do’ feller, Hit niust be next donk to hor, Anyhow hits right long dar in do sme row an tebe half a block away ut the very fuddorst, Blame luny ole buttons wat now Is dis yer wat he reads to me an’ his old nanny ever blessed night? Geurlicing his elenehea fist upon his forehend.) Sst knock dis ole foal head off, 1 get so mad cos Tenw't fink of dat wat do boy read so fine all do tha, Wat isdis, abun Linkuin, wat yo reads lo yo ole paronts over night?” “Pho alfabut, daddy.” “Dats her! Yaht yah? L know'd word focth her paoty soon, “We was jist-a geazin of her when wo struckde primer, Dat's hit, do alferbeck! LT hatn'tgot him onto de Bible an’ dem odder ones yit, but Dapecks will tackle em fo long, won wo pits roady, But ‘o aln’t got ne hankerin’ for dem yot, De alferbeck’s go fine, and comfartin’, nn? moov= ing like, dat we don’t Ike to part with hor, Bless yo, sah, wo's gol so used to her dat we deg nat'ly goes asleep over her every night, —maimy and ne.” a s¢PRUSSIAN LEDDER.”* New Orleans Times, If thore fs a morchantin New Orleans who can sell goods at any price he chooses to fix on them, Rubo Woffensteln, who koeps: 9 clothing and shoo store on Poydras strevt, is the man, A-tow days Ago o customer entered his establishment and Inquired: “ Huve you got any luw-quarter gaiters 2)? “Cortainly, my front, That any sdyle you wish, und someding dot vas nent, Naw here yas a pair uf galters vat ts mudo uf Prugslan Joudor, do pest kind dat vay known, und L dinks dey vill sult you, Subbosa you dry demon,” ‘ “Allright,” replicd tho customer, “Vatt, my trent, nnd Wl put a leedie bowder in, Now dry dom, Alt vat potter show you vant dan dot. It vity shuat ts IC sumepody: takes your moasure.” pani iea ie sald the pil tao tight neross the Insle customer, My bing the spot yet ingers, “it villadreeh, my dear alr” replied Hof- fenstoln, persuasively, dat ledder yas indo proualy for sdrotehiing,’? . : * But the show pinches my toes also,’ # Dot is noding, $4 vill go yay de fret dine {t gets vot. You ‘don't vant to buy a palr uf shues wore as dree sizes too big wn £2 around de ladies mitt your foot looking like 7 8 gouple uf rallro serapers, It vould baa aie, you Know,’ a Whit do you ask for the shoos?” ‘| Only sex dollars.”” t's too much,” WS Nein } ‘Thi “ Vou my < ee alr, you must recollect dat « rt deni shoes vas made of Prusstan ledder, and ledder dere vag scarce, My unele yas Its. dere write me Iast veel und said dat ledder yas so searce doy con't make harness mit tt any longer. Alf de harnessdere 1s now tande of ‘wool. you what Il do,” said the custo- mer, examining the shoe closely, “ll give you four dollars.” “My errnelons! a Prussian ledder shoo for four dollars ven it costs ine more as five dollars. und fifty: cents Inld at the depot down, und de profit on dom don’t pay for the izas, My e-r-rnclous yal's de matter mit de beople?" “Well, Pav not going to give six dollars for those shoes,” sald the customer moving towards the door,“ they are not worth it.” “Vell, my frent, take them along for four Hollars. une call around again some oder The customer patd for the shoes and tak- ing lifs pareel left the store, Herman,” inquired UHotfensteln of his clerk, “vat vas the cost brice of dem shlit horse-ledder shoes I.shust sold de shentie- an? “+ Von dollar til a half, sir? “My ger-t-nciotts, Herman, dink how amatl de broilt yas, Ie pisness, you know, Here ina, don't get patter {evil preak all do store Up,” - : —_ JUVENILE SAYINGS, San Franctaco Past, Ly 1857, durliag the pioneer days of a sinall villaze, now 1 flourishing commercial West- orn city, a teacher, wearled with the duttes of .the day, returned to Jer board fuehouse, ont twilleht to find Lil- Me, a child of i summners,—the pet of the household—tu bed. The question was asked, “Tlille. have you sald your prayers?” Yes.” “Who dll you say them to, Lillie ‘here wasn't nobody here to say en to, su 1 salt ’em to Cod!” A. grandfather, coming to read his paper, found that he had nisinid hls specta thereupon declared, “1 have lost my somewhere and can’t read the paper’? Httle ig-venr-old giri, desiring to nssist hin, answered, “Glan pa, vou go outside and look froo ze whidew, and P11 hold 20 paper up, 80 you can read It,” A MMe girl’s mother had told her that even If no one else sw her, God-did when sho wis naughty, Some aye after she was found wrongfully. nimancking the bureat drawers, and was overheard to say: “Go ?way, Dod, fv ‘way! don’t look!” “What will yor do when Lam dead 2"? asked un tother fondly of her little girl “Sat up all the sugar,” was the reply. Johnny's mother was reading to him about cleanliness, “In Africa,” she read, “it ig drondiul to think therenre many be- Nighted tribes whe do not know wiiat soap Is, and who do not wash fram one. year's end to another? “Wiss Twas a‘nighted tribe, sald Johnny. Tercher—*Why did Eve eat the apple?” Child—“To make her fat.” “My aunt, while bralding the hatr of 1m cousin, aged 3 years, toll her, about God. When her hair was dressed. she ran to join her brother, aged 6, who was swinging Inthe garden.“ L know who made you, Buddy? ghe ered. “Who was it, Sissy 2?” he. added, feeling his su- erior age and wisdom, but grandly humor. ng her desire to give information. Dodi" sald she, "Yes, but who made God?” he inquired, She promptly and confidently re- plied, “Ie made hisself!? PARIS NEWSPAPER-WIT, New York World. Lady, hearing 0 orash In the dintug-room —“Ha! Jehn, another goblet broken!" John—" Yes’m, but L’ was lucky—Iit only, broke in two pleces.””) Lady—" That Is what you ‘call belug lucky?” John—" Yes’m! Ah, madain, you don't know whint trouble It fs to pick up the pleces when a glass smashes to sinithercenst” The old gentleman ls snoring the snore of the virtuous In his easychuir, Ils youthful grandson rushes tu his mother, “O, mal ralpa. fs in the parlor—slecping right out lo Gallic grief: At the club an acqualntanes beltolds the young Ralph, who buried his grandmother only three short days vefore, playing with his usual Indifference to every. ring else in the world, “ANT Ttalph,” ho Buys, reprovingly, at it again alrendy e” ‘vu, responds the yours mat. SL don't play any blue chips, ay you see,—no big ones, ,respect for the poor old duffer'’s he xame theme continued: ‘Phe Vis- countess, on the eve of the Grand Prix, re- celyes the news of her tunele’s atuath. | Not to display her now toilet would be terrible, unbearable, and then no one ws yeb knows of the old gentleman’s — death, so resolves tog While she bs sitting = there radiant, resplondent, wp comes 0 female friend—one of the sort that know all the nuws—somettmes more, “Ant my love, how charmingly you are louk- fags yor quite recouelle us to tho triumph of that barvarian horse from the septentr oun America, [inlifax. You arg not mourning, ydeur? 1 thought | had heard that7—— es, he died yesterday, but—you see—he was only a very distant unele, on themother’s side, and 5@ —" Ry ‘The excellent liusband ‘arrives, palo and flushed,“ Woil, what is wrong?” asks his friend. “Wrong? Everything Js wrong. Here is my wife who has run away with her cousin, and left the hase and expense-buolk nut written up, .Just ns likely ag not L shall be cheated by the couk.”” { An tlderly gentleman hina Just confided his domestic dimeutties to a friend of 50-add, who says bilthely: * Well, old fellows it is 0 protty hard ense, but, you see, you are be- yond tho consuniing agontes of doubt, and that fs always so much.” AN EDITOR'S DEBT. Detrott, Hee Pres. Tn the yenrs ngone, when De Witt, Clin- ton County, was the county seat and aright smart village In the woos, or on the way to be, the editor of its weekly paper had some aubserlbers, who paid In wood, others In produce, others In fur, and others yob who didu’t pay atall, Onvof these Intter cing was named Lemon, but to squeeze any- thing outof hin: was next to impossible, Ue had excuses at his tongue’s end for not paylng, and the longer the debt. stood tho moro reasonuble his excuses seamed: to his creditors, One day the editor met him on the streat Any aftera gonoral greeting bogan on hin with; ts Leman you have been owlng me for two years,” ae but 1 had bod luck with my sugar- ish. “But Por nila have brought wood.” “So L should, but I broke two now axes and _coutdy't buy another.” “T offered to take Jt out in turnips and orn, “T know; but the crows ate my corn up and the [njuns stole ai} iy turnips,” “Well, how ure you getting along now ?* asked the cdltor, “ Wirst-rates” at Aleve yous ‘A good run on sugire” ‘es, Jorn doing woll ?” nap lene Ua “Wheat ull right? “You all right” <“ Well, If corn, wheat, potatocs, and ture nips turh out good, and you keep well, and you have no Josnog, Wil Fou ay inthe fale! ‘The farmer serntched his huad and toak a full minute to think over It before he replied: Thats an honest debt and orter be pated, but £ won't positively agree to square up this fall ntl L know whit soct of a corn season to say thot Ne neyor squarad, — Quins, | A protty fematy kloptomaniag reminds one of Shakespeare, Sho is a doar stealer, ‘A fly ta anid to have 18,000 oyes,. No woe der hols cureless where he leaves ils specs, ‘Tho man who 1s bitlen by moxquitovs ts Nke natatuet, because he Is rently fora niche, Why ts a follow with ‘a cold inthe head Ike Niagara falls? Because ho's a catarrh- racked, i One swallow does not muko & auuier, “but,” says Snifking, it hnparts o ‘ploagant warnith,” f ; rer: ‘The quickest notion known to eoteuva ta tnt oe eanan who has put lls hand ona hornet, ; sy g ‘Yho man who was walling for, Bomothing to turn up’? was rewarded when he steppe on thy edge of a barrul-heop, aes Mr, Barnum writes from England that he has gecured 8 novelty ho has, ong gen after, It ls 4 dorew-driver that wou't allp, i a " ¢ is biased asked pou tl Sones, aa Robinson, “E never heard that ie had ony.”—-Hostow Manele Bie De Smith why Jt Uncle Bose asked Gus De Smith why that the weather was so much warincr inanmmer than in winter, " J thought every wo are lo, linve Jt fs needless she. ue ricll foot now that” 4 dtd f. boss, Thats why £ puts de questt to you on DUEpose. Teras Sif tinge, ia The Government has snent $230, vestignting the locust, army worm, and grass: hopper; and the only result thits far r is that none of ‘hen wont aula Ct TEpOrtad A Daniel come home’ to judgment: (Uilsoner, have you ever been ectinictad get No, your Honor.” “Well, youre going to be, Sit down till the case hus been decided.” “Did he teach you to Mo?” K the boy concerning his cunplevere iy Cratty Ind draw himself up proudly and sald: growled Gus. "80 in In- Oy sir, Jocoutdn'tuo it, lm the Coneressina? 5 Blood will, ee zoeton + X—, a very good, but rather stupid fel- low, meta frien: the other day whe, eked kindly after. his family, “Oh, they are all well enough.” he remarked, “I only ask one favor of dleaven: that they may none of thein be more fooltsh than their father.” pL my. friend Heaven may your prayer, You are not asking for the Inipossibles—Ereneh Journal. 3 Famol—Kvans Evans, i A., the famousart- * Int Kulxhtof the Order of Merit in Germany, Oflicer of the Legion of Tonor in France, ete, ele, visits Ids native place in Walk and’ meets bis first and only lave, who. an led (last) the village doctor, She: “Dear inet Fo think of our meeting after so many years! How well T remember youl Yott Used to go In for paluting and sketching, and al Mat, anddg you go in for it stille’— a FORCED INTO THE GERMAN ARMY, Iiantronp, Conn, July 6.—The attention of the Sceretary of State has been called to the fact that William Brink, for four years a voter here aud a member of tho State militia, has been seized wiille on a visit to Germany,’ Is native fand, and forced into the Sixteenth Infantry. Itis expected the German Gov- ermnent will promptly order the release of Brink as soon as tho {nets are presented. ——— SUICIDE. Spretal Diroaten to The Chicago Tribune. Rockvory, ll, July &—Conrad Schnell, a Tesilent of this city, committed sufelde last night- by taking strychnine. Faniily difi- aulty is the cause. te had the duy before driven his wife and children from home by his continued abuse, and, after getting rid of them, ended his mad career, This makes the second sniclde in’ this locality within forty-eight hours, rr LABOR AND CAPITAL. * Special Dispatch to The Chicaco Tribune, Orrawa, L]., July &.—The striking tallors employeil by Fisk & Beem, who went ont a week ago because the firm employed a man they dit not like, haye come around and want work again, ‘Tho firm now refuse to give them work unless they sever their con- nection with the Tailors’ Union, this decision being ng a protection agalnst future strikes, A FEMALE OFFICEHOLDER, Speciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Sourn Exais, lL, July t.—Miss Jennie ‘Toft was elected School Director at a recent scliool election in tho Wheeler District, east of here, and was also chosen Clerk ot tha Board, ‘This js the first instance {n which a lady has been elected to a public office in this locality. a “ Portuguese Shopheras and Improvisa- torn. L. 10 Champney in Harper's for July. On tho bill-side undor tho Bonketrocs wo seo # child tending hur flock, and spluning with distafi and apludic., Such a aight is vory common; lit- Ue girls have much to do with the domestic ant+ mala; they run fearlesly between the foug horns of tho great tawny oxen, and guide them in thoway they should so with a. shower ot blows on thoir lonsr-suffering foreheads und muzzies. Thoy milk the «onts and herd the swing, and grow lithe nnd strong of ilmb and nut-brown of fuee Intho waemeun, Tho herds- men and shepberdesses beguile their lonely wateh with the peculiar antipbonal sungs of the country, which often display remarkable wit in repartéo onthe partof the Improvisatores, as well as a ready talent for rhyming, ‘Thesv songt are composed'ns well ty Spain usin Vortucal. One shephord challonges another to tt touria- ment in verse, and beulns by singe a etinen ° which isto serve aga keyenote for the whole production, as woll inthe kind uf measure to be used as in tine. «In one of those lyrical batinds, which, so farus ft know, bas never crept inte print, Anan begins a sone half In banter, ball jn earnests— : “It Is better to love a dug ttinn to love a woman, For for plece of Kull w woinan will fenve you to ret, hot the affection of » dog Is enittoss." aL woman, who porhaps ins bad Rome experience of the improvidenco us well as of tho yorucity of mankind, replies, in roudy caricature of the other— “Tia batter to feed a dog than to food a man, Ker watt y pluco ar ment w doy will Teava you In peace, Mut the hunger of # mau wil inst forever.” And the keen abarp-shouting Ia kept up through along range.of tuples, the ball tossed back and forward frow one skilled composer to unothor, and when hnprovisution falls traditional bad- inage 1s remombercd und sung with equal gusto, —<—<—<———__—_ Curious Facts About Fisues. Much intorest is now buing tukon by scrontists {n regard to the hibits, Instincts, and omotions of tial Naturallats. have generally accepted Cuyles Jow thatthe uxistenco of fishes Is a silent, emotionless, and Joyless ana; but recent observations tend to abow that many fishes omit vooal sounds, and that thoy are auscoptibie of specini omotions, particularly such as regard for tholr young, altachment between the aexes, und for lovulity, Among monogamots tnhes thore is often scun docided evidence of watchfulnoss over thoir souny, In whieh tho moles not infre- quently act au itiportant part. Among nest buflding fishes the malo often prepares the nests, Soe neue who do not build nests the eggs ure carriad about inthe cheok hollows af tho into. Cases have bean noticed whero male fishus have remained in tho same spot in the river from whivh the foinale had been taken. . A cuso is noted where, after a palr bad been sepa~ raved, both appeared miserablo and scemed nigh unto denth, but on being united agaia both bo came happy. In tsb battles tt 1s sometinos No teed that tho conqueror usstines Driilinnt bues, while the defeated ono suenke of with faded colors, the chango ovidently being brougbt about by. omotional feelings. ‘There ure certain cligsos of fish thut are capable of a kind of or wanlzation for woting In concert for curmmon do- fensv orto altnek common onemy, Tho ree tuarkable success which bus of Into attendod the rooding of fh hus ahown tht ns a matter of ecnnomy an acre of good water Is worth inore to a furmer than tho sume arca of the best urablo land, ‘This subjcut, iu all tte bearings, 6 ove thot deserves oven moro attention than it bas hitherto received, Horses sae ee Grane Newbury (N, ¥.) Journal ‘Two handsome Tay horses, for Gon, U. 8. Grant woro Nipned io Now York by tho Now- burg barge ounosdny evening. Thoy wero from Goshen, and will bo taken toGrant’s sum mor roaltence at Long Branch, Thoy wore jn charge of Mr, A. P, Hoatty, an oxpert horseman, and ono of the oldest cnyinoors on the Eric, who, with A.J. Sith, ot Goshen, was comumis- aluned by tho Genvral to purchaso ateam of fine. penne ourringo horses for Mrs. Grant. ‘Tho orecd purchased tro Humbiotontan goidinys, aixtecn hounds and aixtoen hands and once quarter ineh tn bight, respectively: 6 and 7 yours oli, Ono nas white bind fout: the othor ts Wark all’ around. ‘They are very beautiful horves. gontte, kind, and porfeot in appearanoe, Gon, Grant pays $1,0W for them. BUSINESS NOTICES, Buck & Wayuor’s Moth Powder isthe surest Inacct-killer, It makes short work of ches, fleas, thos, and bedbugs. Also preserves | Valuable fura and woolona fram the ravages of moths. Buok & Raynor, makers of the * Siare Cologne. ¥ FLORIDA WATER, ew * IMPERISHABLE. 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