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THI VOL. V. NO. o< Bide a Wee, and Dinna Frot. Is the road very dreary ? Patience yet! Itest will be sweeter if thou art aweary, And after night oomoth the morning cheery. Then bide a wee, and dinna fret. The clouds have silver lining, Don't forget; And though he's hidden, still the 6UQ is shining Conr&ge! instead of tears and vain repining. Just bide a woe, and dinna fret. With toil and oares unending Art l>08et ? Bethink thee, how 'die storms from heaven descending Snap the stiff oak, but spare the willow bending And bide a wee, and dinna fret. Grief sharper sting doth borrow From regret; But yesterday is gone, and shall its sorrow Unfit us for the present and the morrow ? Nay: bide a wee, and dinna fret. An over-anxious brooding Doth beget A host of fears and fantasies deluding; Then, brother, lest these torments be intruding, Just bide a wee, and dinna fret. A WIFE'S PRATES. For three days a terrible gale drove before it the ship Pembroke, bound to Liverpool from the Sandwich Islands. Under bare poles, with every timber groaning and creaking, with" the hill masts bending like reeds, with heavy seas and blinding spray sweeping her decks fore and aft, the vessel boomed on, rolling, plunging and quivering in cf m rvrtln v*ntli a jam 11CX dv1 mvu nmv ?vua pest. ' At midnight, just be/ore the ending of the third day, a fearful cry, not loud, but hoarse and deep, went through the ship: 44 We have sprung a leak !" Then the light from the two lanterns hung up in the main and mizzen shrouds fell upon the sturdy forms of seamen, hurrying to rig the pumps. Soon the dismal clang was heard, as the stout fellows toiled and toiled, but all to no purpose. 44 Oh, Henry, what shall we do ? The leak is gaining upon us I" cried despairingly the young wife of Mr. Rogers, the first mate. She was a fine, noble-looking woman, and was likrtl and respected by every man aboard ship. A true daughter oi Eve, her love for her husband was so deep and absorbing that she would have followed him through any hardship or r?Aril srwmpr than RPD&rate from him for a long period. Now as the sturdy, good-looking young mate heard his wife's cry of alarm, he flung an arm around her waist and bade her be of good cheer. If it should come to the woret," said he. 44 we will probably fall in, ere long, with some other craft" Meanwhile the leak steadily gained. The captain sent his carpenter into the k hold. 44 Captain !" cried the latter, when he returned, 44 it's all up with us! There must be a big hole in the ship, as the water in her is already seven feet deep." A look of dismay settled on every face. 44 Get the boats ready," said the skipper. While the men were obeying the order, the ship's hull, settling lower and lower, was soon nearly engulfed in the rushing, roaring seas. The sailors had barely time to put a bag of sea-biscuit, & couple of cans of prepared meat and a breaker of fresh v # ii . 1 1 ^ water in eacn 01 uie ooats, wiieu, ?nu ? sidelong sheer, the vessel rolled half way over to leeward, as helpless as a log, preparatory to going down. The mate and his wife, with eight men, took to the long host; the rest of the ship's occupants, amounting to ten sailors, entered the quarter boat. Just as the two light vessels put away from the doomed craft, the latter plunging her bows under, a dull report was i. heard, as the hatches were burst open by the rising water in the hold. A minute later, elevating her stern, the ship sank out of sight in the stormy ocean. In the darkness and amongst the heavy seas, t^e mate's boat soon became separated from the other. At dawn no sign of the latter could be discovered by those who looked for it Keeping the boat dead all day against the wind, the mate with his companions vainly watched for a sail. Thus, dav after day passed, until nearly a week hud elapsed, by which time the scanty allowance of sea-biscuits having given out, there was nothing left to eat in the boat, while in the breaker (a small cask) there remained hardly two quarts of water. Three days later, neither land nor a sail having yet been fallen iu with, the sufferings of the people in the boat, reduced almost to a state of starvation, were terrible. " Ob, Harriet f' gasped thV tnate, on the morning of the tenth day after the ship had been abandoned, ** if I cou^d only obtain food for you?even provided the' rest of us had none?it would be great comfort to me." 44 Nay," answered the young woman, * in a faint voice, while tears streamed Via? liAlIrm- flntlip/l nliPAks "rnii UV U U UV1 JULXJ*. IV ? j v**vw?wj - .? should have my share, Henry. I.could manage to wait for a sail, which I trust we shall soon behold. Later in the day, a wild, fierce expres sion gleamed in the eyes of the men. They exchanged significant glances, but at'the time said not % word. Each, however, guessed the horribh thought that had entered the mind ol every sailor, although they hesitated, a.? yet, to express it At last a man named* Michael Brnnc -a half-breed between an Englishmar and a Portuguese?let loose the dreadful idea. "It must be done," he almos' screamed. "Two hours more without food will put the death seal upon us. One of us must die." " Oh, no. no," cried Harriet " W< cau wait still. We shall see a sail before long. I feel sine we will." But all ker pleadings ~ere in vain Some paper was cut iato strips,and thes< L being held by Bruuo, the drawing o ^ lots to see who should die was com S BE j ). j menced, it Laving been arranged that be ! who drew the shortest slip was to yield up his life for the benefit of the rest. As pale as death Harriet sat watching j the drawing. A moment later she be- ; held her husband looking at n small bit ' of paper in his hand, while the hoarse voioe of Bruno grated on her ear : 14 Mr, Rogers has drawn the short i slip ! He must die!" i 44 Ay, ay, men," said Rogers; 441 will j soon be ready J" His'wife flung herself upon his bosom. | 44 Never! never shall they tear you j from me!" she cried, twining her arms about his neck. 44 But, Harriet," he said, 44 it is neces Tl _ iL.i T -.1 u )? : sary. n 18 oniy iair mat i buuuui ukj. " You must not; you shall not," exclaimed the young woman. "We can all go without food some hours longer, during which we may see a sail." " No, no, no," oried Rogers' ship( mates simultaneously, " We must have ; food now." j Hunger had driven them to-desperation. Their teeth were clenched, their I eyes wild and bloodshot, their faces more like those of wolves than of human beings. "Let me go, dear Harriet," said the young man to his wife. "Let me bid you good-bye, and may Heaven bless you." Some of the men advanced toward Harriet, who still held her husband in an embrace from which he could not disengage himself. Turning towards the ! sailors, she said : " Back, back, never shall yon tear me j from him. Bat if you must have a hu- I man life, take mine instead of my husband's." At this the men drew back. Even at that dreadful moment they could not endure the thought of killing a woman. The first officer, who had watched his chance, now by a sudden movement taking advantage" of his wife's head being snddenly turned, and nerved to additional strength by the harrowing thought that his shipmates might at i 1 1L 1 J. I j lengm come to tne conclusion 01 accept- i i ing Harriet's proposition to pocrifice her j , life, broke from her entwining arms and ! J ran towards the bow of the boat There he was quickly joined by the j j other men, one of whom now placed ! himself as a barrier between the young | woman and her husband, whom she was [ making frantic efforts to reach. Perceiving that she could not pass the 1 man, she fell upon her knees, and, in a j voice of the most heart-rending agony, 1 again begged the others to take her own ! instead of her husband's life. But her supplications were in vain. She saw her husband leaning back prepared to die, while Bruno proceeded to sharpen his knife for the dreadful work ou one of the hoops of the breaker. Having at length prepared the weapon, j he stooped over the young man to cut 1 his throat, while a companion stood by with a tin cup to catch the blood. "For mercy's sake wait," she cried, j " Look first and see there is not a sail ; in sight." The men obeyed her request. They j scanned the ocean far an near, but no j i sigu of a sail was to be seen, i "How do you know there is not one i hidden by that mist ?" she inquired, j pointing toward a. small fog-bank n j league to windward. . " There is none." cue of the men an- ; i. swered. " I feel sure ; I looked at that ! very spot bafore the fog settled there, I about fifteen minutes since." 44No, no; yon may be mistaken. I conjure you, I implore you to wait till the fog clears up, when you may see a sail." The men exchange glances. 44 It's no use," cried Bruno ; 44 but to . satisfy you, we will wait a few minutes before we take your husband's life." At this Harriet started up. With her hands clasped and her hair streaming ; down her back, she stood, her eyes j turned toward the sky. In this position there came upon her J face an expression that had never been J seen there before. It was almost divine, tilling the countenance with an unearthly beauty, lighting the eyes with such a radiant gleam : ?a look of such strong, concentrated : will, blended with heavenly supplicnJ tion, that the rough men drew back i with mingled respect and awe, trembling I under a sort of supernatural influence, i A moment the young woman stood : thus, and then from her parted lips i came her voice, full of strange, wierd : power, making the blood leap in every i vein : 44 Ob, heaven, a sail! a sail 1" The words were simple enough, but: I the manner in which they were uttered J j thrilled her listeners to the Ijeart. Instinctively they all glanced around upon the ocean, as if expecting that the ; prayer wonld be answered. North, south, east and west they | looked, but they saw no sign of a vessel, i1 When about five minutes had passed, i j however, Bruno was seen pointing toward the strip of fog, which, slowly | rising like a curtain, revealed a sail. Tee, there it was, sure enough, and with a cry of wild joy on seeing it, Har- j i! riet, no longer kept from her husband, | , i flung herself upen his breast, while the i , j others gave expression to their feelings ; 11 by hoarse shouts, sotis and frantic laugh- | ter. Signals were made, the vessel bore 1 [ down for the boat, and the oceupants j l I were soon ?a deck, to be kindly treated ! i i by the captain of the bark Java, bound j : i to London. The half-starved men were agreeably j ' surprised to find aboard this vessel their I k!'inmates of the. nnarfcer-boat. which, it ! , seems, iiad been picked up four dajs j previously, i In due time the vessel Arrived at her ' home port, where the sailors related to ? their friends how Harriet Rodgers had sa ved the life of her husband. > Some of the men insisted that ten or i fifteen minutes befere she uttered her I player, there had been no vessel at the point where it was discovered. Of course k, they were mistaken, having doubtless t- leaked in some other direction; but , this they firmly denied -with the com; 11.on superstition of seafaring men, de' daring that the sail appeared just when i *iid where it did, in answer to the ,? Wife's Prayer." ?! | Never tell a man he's a fool; in the f i first place he won't believe you ; in the - ! uext; vou make him vour enemv, ' " * T * :auj &.ND PORT BEAUFOET, S. C., A REMARKABLE RECORD. An Kpldemlo or Hulcide In New York? The Cauxe Generally Intemperance. Ruslnexx or Domexlit Troubled?Home Curious Cases. The record of suicides and attempt at suicide from August 24 to October 16, says the New York Herald, is remarkable in the fact that the number of cases far exceed those of any like time in the previous history of the city. Many reasons are advanced for the apparent epidemic of suicide, and it is urged that unless some method is devised to check it an increase may be expected. The Jaws of England until within a comparatively short period were very seVere against felo de se. The property of the suicide was confiscated and the rites of Christian burial were denied the body, which in many cases was buried in the open highway with a stake driven through the breast. These laws were confirmed during the reign of George IY., and were continued in force into the present century, when public opinion fr>rr?orl fVioir rPcmftA Tt IS Orfmed that the season known as Indian summer has the effect of stimulating suicide; and indeed the reoords of past years show more suicides during that period than at any other time of the year. At any rate, whatever the cause, the death rate by suicide during the two months has been alarmingly increased. The total number of suicides was twenty-two and of attempts fourteen. It is a somewhat curious fact that of the total number of persons wanting to die sixteen were of German birth. The other nationalities are about equally represented, and, although, in some cases it was difficult to ascertain the birthplace, the following figures may be relied upon as accurate. Of the suicides, ten were born in Germany, fonr in America, two in Ireland, and one each in England, France, Norway, and Cuba. Two persons were unknown. Of the attempts six were of German birth, two each of English, Irish and American birth, and one each of Russian and French. It is an exceedingly hard matter to ascertain the real cause of many attempts, particularly where the attempt is successful ; but there is little doubt that the majority of cases Rre due to intemperauce and domestic infelicities. The classification that follows was made from a careful investigation of the facts in each case. Under the heads of " temporary insanity," which is unjustly applied in many cases, " melancholia " and " family troubles " there will be found cases differing widely as to their nature and yet properly classed under those heads. Of the suicides five were due lo temporary insanity, two to family troubles, ?? V% ?An f/\ IJLiret? VU UIUUUUBB UUUL/1CD, iiavt w I melancholia, two to drunkenness. Of | four cases the cause was unknown, and J iu one case a man jumped from Niagara Suspension Bridge through grief at the death of a son who had some time previously committed suicide in this city. Of the attempts four were due to melancholia, two to family troubles, two jealousy, one to drunkenness, one to unrequited love, and the reasons for four others were unknown. Vaisel Procheski, a native of Bohemia, was at one time a practicing physician and a man in good standing in his nat've town. Some years ago he came to the United States with the desire of following his profession here. His money went by degrees, and as he became poorer he removed to Boston and established himself there. Lnck seemed to be against him. A short time ago he came to New York and, after wandering about the streets for some days, gave tip in despair and took a dose of laudanum. He j was taken to the hospital, and his life j mav be saved. He is sixty years of age. ?>uring the month of August Dr. Ed- j ward Stein committed suicide at French's ! Hotel, in this city. His father, Dr. ! Lewis M. Stein, a physician of estab- i lished reputation in this city, was bo i overwhelmed with grief that lie could j .not remain in the city where his son had died. Kestless and apparently heartbroken he wandered from place to place, at last reaching Niagara Falls. On the 1st of September Dr. Stein went out on the Suspension Bridge. After remain-: ing there some hours he was seen to clasp his hands to heaven, and a moment after went plunging down to the water, j Geneve Kaiter o the 7th of Sep tern- ! ber died from a dose of Paris green, J which she took intentionally. The cause, j as given, was that she had considerable trouble with her husband,brought about by his jealousy. Not wishing to prolong the struggle, as she expressed it, \ she put an end to her existence. Catharine Stines was forty-eight years of age when she died, on the 8th of September. She was a drinking woman, : and when under the influence of liquor i evinced an almost insane desire to destroy her life. On the day in question she found her opportunity in a fourth story window, through which she jumped ' and was instantly killed. The case of George Geier, who was an old man of seventy-two years, and whose ' suicide was as deliberate as any in the ' list, was due to a somewhat curious cause. He was a man of considerable r?r at least had been before his business misfortunes. Bogus insurance companies were his financial niin. After having invested his money in them aud losing it, he decided that he had nothing further to live for, and so he jumped into the river. Andrew Nelson died on the 5th of October from a dose of two ounces of prussic acid administered by himself. Just prior to his death he explained at length, in a letter to the Herald, his reasons for his taking off. A charge of improper conduct, brought against hira by a former servant in his house, worried and annoyed him. He appealed to the law, which he thought was too slow, and harassed and despondent he left his case unfinished here and went to plead his cause in the Court of Courts, i Henry Roseman was fifty-four years age and a cartman. Iu his younger days 1 he had amassed considerable property in ! his business, but acquired with it the I habits of excessive drinking and gamh; ling. He drank away his health and | gambled away his property, and on the I 7th of October hanged himself to a beam i iu the cellar of his house. I Andrew Cooper was seventy-seven years of age and ailing?an old man, I with scant and whitening locks?and yet FOR1 ROYAL C< THURSDAY, NOT lie was impatient to meet tlie dread destroyer. On the 9th of October the old man took his way to High Bridge, and walking to the centre gazed for a time over the parapet. The distance below was nearly two hundred feet, but it seemed to have no terrors for him. He carefully laid his cap upon the stone, and as carefully mounted and stood upon the parapet, his while hair streaming in the wind. A moment and he was over, and a splash below announced the reception of his corpse by the river. Charles Martin, a Frenchman, fortyfive vears of age, lived for the nine years ' J* !- ? J ? 1L LLL lmiueoiaieiy preceding uu ueaui, wmuu occurred on the 24th of September, in a small back room in the llouse No. 156 Forsyth street. He lived as a hermit, and for a living made children's toys. He had no friends and made no acquaintances, and the sole desire of his life seemed to be alone. His business was a good one, even - during the financial troubles, and after his death orders for hundreds of dollars' worth of toys were found on files in his rooms. His wes certainly one of those cases where " unknown" might be justly answered when the question as to the cause is asked. He was found dead with a bullet wound in his head with the pistol on the floor beside him. He died as silently as he had lived. A Sister's Deration. Never have we beep, called upon to chronicle a more heart-rending accident, nor one which has enlisted a more general and genuine sympathy with the afflioted family, than that which occurred at Union Mills on last Friday afternoon, says a recent issue of the NicholasviUe (Ky.) Jessamine Journal. Misses Blackford, Misses Bourne and Charley Bourne composed a party at Mr. Claibourne Itutherford 8; hat day. In the morning some of the company attended the protracted meeting in progress at East Hickman, but they all met a,t die dinner table, when one of the youngladies proposed to go to the the flouring mill, stating that she had never seen one working. Consequently the party named above, with Miss Julia and Miss Annie lintherforii, want down to cneeie s, uroil augli'e mill, and Captain Steele, with his usual urbanity, was showing them around. They had been looking at the bolting-clofhs, and passed over some shipstuff. Mies Annie Rutherford shook her skirt to rid it of the dust which had adhered to it, when it caught in a mitre cog-wheel, about one foot from the floor, which drew it into the machinery, and there was a similar wheel about threrf feet higher, in which her left arm was caught and was taken clean off, together with the flesh and bone off her breast. Clinging to the shaft, her skirt fast in the bottom wheels, .she was whirled round at the rate of thirty-four revolutions per miunte. Frautic with excitement, Miss Julia Rutherford rushed to her sister's assistance. Charley Bourne did liis best to keep her from the danger she was exposing herself to, and at the same time doing his utmost to qjtricate Aunie, but Jnlia persisted that she could not stand to see her sister in such a place, and putting her arms around h?r, had her right arm taken off by the same wheel. Annie's clothes were so twisted that it was impossible to pull her away until the engine was stopped by Captain Steele, which took about one minute to do, and Mr. Samuel Gosney, perceiving there was something wrong, instantly lowered the stones. The scene now hofflA<l dAAPrintion. There were the cocrs tilled with flesh and bones. An arm lying on the floor, the glove still on the hand, two lovely girls prostrate in their blood, Charley Bourne with his left thumb cut off, from which he has suffered intensely, and was threatened with lock-jaw, but is now probably out of danger. Mr. James Bronaugh, Jr., took Julia home in a buggy, and Mr. Steele fixed Annie on a board and presented her to her distressed parents. Thus the company who, a few minutes before, were happy and joyous, were plunged into inexpressible grief by a shocking and deplorable accident. Dre. Jasper, Welch and Skillman have been indefatigable in their attendance on the sufferers, and at last accounts they were improving. Miss Annie did not rally from the effects of the shook for forty-eight hours, but since reaction has taken place fully she bids as fair to recover as Miap Julia, whose arm was amputated on Saturday. A Robber's Wife Suing a Sheriff* The wife of J. M. Berry, the Union Pacific Railway robber killed by Sheriff Glascock, of Fayette county, Mo., has brought suit against that officer for $20,000 damages. Sheriff Glascock, after the wounded robber had been brought into the town of Mexico, where he died, stated that he tirst called upon Berry to surrender, and only fired when he attempted to escape, thus committing an excusable homicide by the fact that it was committed in the lawful discharge of official duty. Jt is stated that the real fact is that Sheriff Glascock cropt up on Berry while he was asleep in the brash, and tired both barrels of nis gun without calling on him to surrender. This statement is made the more plausible by the significant circumstance that eighteen buckshot entered the robber's leg jufct above the knee, ranging upward, and lodging in or going omt through the hip, thus showing that lie must have been in a recumbent position, with his feet toward the sheriff when the gun was discharged. It is furthermore stated that the sheriff, and one or two of his posse a*lmitted this to be true, and justified the act by the fact that Berry was a desperado of the mo6t dangerous and savage type ; that he had sworn never to be taken alive, and that, being a dead shot, lie would certainly have killed one or more of nis pursuers had he received a moment's warning. It is also charged against the sheriff that he permitted the wounded robber to bleed to death ; and that with timelv medical assistance, which was available, he would have undoubtedly recovered from his wounds. * A man near Winsted, Conn., while hunting recently, saw a gray squirrel high on the limb of a tree. As he was about to fire a hawk pounced upon the squirrel and #was bearing it away, when > the man took a second aim and brought them both down. T T DMMEROIAL. MEMBER 15. 187-7. ! BRIG HAM'S "AVENGING ANGEL." i A Pttut* of Hecrft Mormon Iliatorr Kail of Interest. ( A correspondent writes to a Cincinnati : paper. " What I have told you must [ not find its way into print while Brigham 'Young lives?" These words were adI dressed to your correspondent in Decem| ber, 1871* at Omaha. The man who ! spoke them was George P. Case, for ! several years a resident of Bay county, Michigan. I found him in Omaha at the date mentioned, sick, penniless and seemingly about to die, and it was only when he had become convalescent and was about ready to start for Mexico that he gave me the information used below. I had heard rumors that Case had passed several years of his life in the employ of Brigham Young, but he denied these rumors in the most positive manner until he felt assured that he would not be betrayed. Partly because I- pressed him to, and partly from gratitude at the little I had been able to do for him, he gave me such a history of five years of his life as made me almost hate the sight of hiin. A year ago, when the John D. Lee excitement was at fever heat, certain officials were informed where Case could be found, and were given an inkling of what he could swear to if he would, but he left Vera Cruz about that time and sailed for South America, where he now is, if living. George P. Case was no more or less than one of Brigham Young's paid assassins or avenging angels. His acquaintance with Young was brought about rather curiously. He was at Salt Lake City, on his way to California. This was in the spring of 1866, and the Gentile population of Utah was fast increasing. Being on the street at a late hour one night, the prophet was recognized by three or four boisterous chaps, $od they were ready to give him a rough handling, when Case came up and took the old man's port and beat them off. He was asked to call on Young the next day, and before the interview closed Case Iwd hiredto the prophet as a detective. He was led to believe that his duties would be the same as those of an ordinary detective, but it was not long before he discovered that his associates were assassins, and that assassination vrould become part of his duties. Case was rough and reckless, but he was neither a robber nor a murderer. When he found himself pointe 1 out on the streets as an avenging angel, he sought an interview with Young, and s Li ted liis desire to resign liis position. I "It ^ould be safer for you to continue on," wasthe prophet's reply. " But 1 don't want to," protester uase, "I want to go on to California." " Men who leave our service after being entrusted with our secrets do not always get along finely," continued Young. He spoke very pleasantly and he seemed very friendly, but there was something in hiB look and tone that gave Case a feeling of uneasiness. He was given a dav or two to reflect, and he finally decided to remain. The mystery and adventure of the new calling were a great temptation, the pay good, and the Michigander weDt back to duty. Case had 110 incentive to deceive me in sdv particular. He was then free from Mormon influence, about to leave the county, and he was giving me information which he knew would be locked up for years; and he made no statements which he could not back up by dates, nanree, personal descriptions and other incidents sufficient to prove that he was j telling the truth. He said that when once a Gentile had been given over to the avenging angels he was a dead man. They might put him out of the way at once or might delay a month, according tr circumstances, but the shadow of aeath walked beside the victim from the moment his name was handed in to the u Angels." In some cases the victim i wna imnrisoned for a time, in order to extort information, or for reasons beBt known to the Church. When once the dungeon doors had shut behind him, no man came ont alive. In some cases the dead body would be left on the street, aud it would be made to appear that the man had been waylaid. In other instances it would be carried ont on some liighway or flung into the lake. Many of the Gentiles, and more particularly those of wealth and standing, had nothing to say against the Chureh, but in many cases gave it more or less support. Such people had po cause to fear. Other Gentiles were fierce in their denunciations, and sometimes provoked quarrels; but unless they heeded the contents of a warning letter their tongues were soon silenced. One day in 1867 a man named William Foster Ikickley, a resident of Birmingham, England, arrived at Salt Lake in 'quest of his sister, a girl of nineteen, who ran away from home and joined a : party of Mormon converts ready to sail ' * *-?-;?<> An orrirol nf. Srt.lt Jur AJUCI1W1. V u uti IUK.? ... ? Lake she married a Mormon named J. Y. Thomas, living about fourteen miles from the city. She was his fourth wife and was by no means contented with her lot. She ran away from him two or three times, and was once punished by being shut up in the cellar for two weeks and fed on bread and water. No one knew of Buckley's presence in the West*until he had reached Salt Lake and begun making inquiries about hia sister. He found out where she was and rode out to the house, and, when he learned from her own lips how she was situated, liis hot English blood fired up to the boding point. He returned to the city to secure an interview with the Prophet. At such i interview he was plainly given to underI stand that liis sister must remain where j she was, and that Salt Lake City would not be a 6afe place for him after cwenty! four hours more. 1 Buckley purchased two horses, additional fire-arms, and at eleven o'clock 1 at night set out for the ranch, his object I being to rescue liis sister from the house aud ride away with her. Spies had been 1 watching all his movements. When he i left the oity three avenging angels, one of whom was Case, rode after him. In mentioning this affair, Case said : "He fought like a tiger. As soon as he knew we were after him he dismounted, let his i horses go, took cover behind the rocks, t and we did not get the drop on him till i one "of our angels had been killed and . another wounded. We left his corpse in [ the road and it was generally believed that he had been killed by robbers or Indians. Rim $2.00 ier i Buckley's sister knew enough of Mor-! monism to suspect who had murdered j her brother, and the tragedy preyed j upon her mind till she became a lunatic and one day destroyed.her own life. In the summer of 1868 one of the wives of a Mormon, named Johnson, a ranchman, fled from his home on horseback, leaving the place early in the morning. Word was sent to the city, and Case and five other " angels " were * ' " ? ' 11 it. 1 'i_" __ J detailed to oreime iuo m^iuve muu bring her back. Tlie woman had made considerable trouble for the Church one way and another, and it was the intention to put her out of the way after she had been recaptured. The "angels" found her just at dark in the camp of four hunters, where she had taken refuge about noon. A demand was made for her, but the borderers refused to give her up, haying promised her that she should be taken to one of the forts in Colorado. Arguments and threats were of no avail, and the avengers drew off and began an attack on the hunters. They soon discovered, however, that they had more than they could handle. Two of them were killed and a third wounded, and when th'ey drew off and despatched a messenger for reinforcements the hunters broke camp and made a safe escape. Hotel Bents in New lork. Fully a score of hotel failures have occurred in New York since the panic, writes a New York correspondent. Among the principal hotels which have changed hands from this cause are the Sf. .Taitiar th* Alitor House, the New York, the Grand Union, the Winchester and the Coleman. The Rossmore may be added, with the explanation tliat the lessee, Mr. Leland, surrendered it to the owner because he oould not make it pay, not in consequence of actual failure, for he has not failed. The transfer of the Metropolitan and the Rossmore took place on the same day. In almost every instance of hotel failure within the time named the chief cause has been exhorbitant rent. Managers have tried to push on under leases made at war figures, and many have finally had to succumb. The rents still paid by the principal hotels are decidedly steep. The Fifth Avenue Hotel property, including the six stores fronting on Broadway, brings an annual rental of $200,000. The rent of the hotel proper is about $150,000. The rent of the stately Windsor, which had just been brought up to a paying point when the owner, Mr. Daly, wandered off to a desolate spot near Cavalry cemetery, *105 000. Next to this in steepness was the rent of the Metropolitan before the late reduction, namely, $110,000. The proprietors of the St. Nicholas have been paying $80,000, bnt I understand the figure has lately been ont down somewhat. Mr. Breslin pays $40,000 for the handsome Gilsey. The Lelands pay the same for the Sturtevant, which, though not so stylLh in its structure, is considerably larger than the Gilsey, and the Hoffman, about the same size as the Gilsey, also rents for $40,000. The New York and the St. Denis are each $35,000, and half a dozen others, including the Coleman. Albemarle, St. Cloud, Grand Central and Continental, range from $20,000 to $30,000. A Wild Pigeon Koost in Missouri, j Timid and harmless animals become i formidible and even terrible when con-1 gregated in great numbers. They take | no notice whatever of man, and in their congregated capacity become his foe. A herd of buffalo on the plains is a terror in its march ; a drove of rats in Northern Enrope attacks all living things that come in its way, and even a dock of j pigeons, if big enough, becomes a great ; nuisance, if not a danger. A pigeon ! roost is a big thing, and they have a big pigeon roost on the Auglaize river near Dodson's camp-ground, Camden county, i Missouri. It is an annual roost, and j I disturbs the quiet of the people of the I I section. The newspaper man finds it, ! difficult to edit and print his paper in a pigeon roost. Millions of pigeons cover the trees and sometimes break them down. There is a frightful confusion of * * - ? - ??? nAn^Amnninm ftlA D01868 111 UIW'pi^CUIl pouKcmvmuiu crashing of limbs, the roaring of multitudinous pigeons, and the ^cracking of shot guns sweeping the birds down by hundreds and thousands, all night long. Nobody can sleep in such an uproar any morejthan they oould amid the thunders of a raging battle. Besides this, there is a darkening of the air by the birds in their flight, which makes continual cloudy weather. But the people of this pigeon roost are making the best of the situation. The pigeon lias i become a leading article of commerce in | the country. Last year over 100,000 i pounds of pigeons were shipped from j Stoutland, and the pigeon yielu this year , promises to be as good. But everything ! else stop8 in the pigeon-roosting season except the newspapers.?St Lmiis Democrat. Sew Tork Fashions, ' The princesse dress, with waist and ; skirt in one, is the popular style for i wedding dresses. Newer than this is the j empress dress with the brocaded back i ami train, having side gores added to ' the waist that extend upward to the neck, i while the plain satin or gros grain front ; is made to represent a vest and apron I drapery. i The black silk house dresses are in the new empress style, partly of brocade or of embossed velvet, or else satin. If they are entirely of silk they are made dressy by having plastrons or vests and ! sleeves of jet or of clair de lime beads. Embroidered gloves are o iered, but the refined choice is for plain, untrimmed gloves without ornamental stitching and with the long wrists that make the hands look slender. Those fastened by three or four buttons are most used for the street. Old-gold-colored gloves are the dressy choice for wearing with black and dark dresses. Undressed kid gloves are more fashionable than at any previous season. Bonnets are chosen with reference to j each dress, but there is more latitude and less strict matching of bonnet and dress than formerly. Coronet bonnets are suddenly restored to favor. The coronet is* very high in the middle, very plain and very close on the sidee. The jet aud clair dr, lune coronets with a drooping fringe on the edge are very handsome for Mark bonnets, JNEv . ? .> . 1 f vK $ \ f t - - w ' * ' ft. . ,* ftf M Idoh. Single Copy S Cents. Items of Interest. The young Prince Napoleon resembles his father, in the ends of his mustache. A man in Hartford, Ky., has a watch three hundred years old that is still a limcrvi/VMi gwu LLLUCT^/IVX^V. A woman in New York recently dropped dead on hearing of the arrest of her son for burglary. Yon Moltke says that it is not possible to form any just estimate of the German army, because it has not been beaten yet. It has been discovered that the higher up you go the further you carf see down into a body of water. Victims of the last steamboat explosion will please write out their observations. y The way we see now to get rieh, is To follow the style in vogue, which is Peculate with propriety, Till you're bonnoed from society? There's where the only real hitch is. A newspaper thus heads the report of a fire : " Feast of the Fire Fiend?The Forked-Tongued Demon licks with its Lurid Breatn a Lumber Pile i^-Are the Scenes of Boston and Chicago to be Bepeafced ??Loss, $150." A farmer's wife in Jay, Vermont, awhile ago became displeased with the hired man of the place, and while her husband was away discharged him and did all the household and, farm work her self, diggingHTfcv bushels of potatoes in A Net; York jeweler, irotA whom * stranger ordered $800 worth of watches in the name of a well-known man in Stamford, Conn,,* took the goods to Stamford instead of sending them, because he feared a swindle. He found his suspicions verified, and felt so good to think he had not been cheated that he got drunk and was robbed of his $800 package by a thief. As near as we can ascertain, there are in the States of Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia 80,000 more females than males in a total native population of $,000?000, and in New. England a like* overplus of 20,000 in a native white pdptuation of 2,500,000. These tacts indicate that we shall, perhaps, by the time we write 1900, have a two per cent surplus of females as an aggregate of the whole population (in 50,000,000, 1,000,000).?Ginc i nnati Commercial There have been fifty-three steamers And seven hundred men engaged in porgy fishing on the Maine coast this season, but fewer fish than Usual have been caught, as the fish have been smaller and have escaped through the net meshes. The largest school seen was five miles long.and a mile wide, and was estimated to contain millions of barrels, but the largest single catch was fourteen hundred barrels. -There are sixteen porgy oil-factories in the State, each employing from twenty-five to sixty men, and involving a capital of over one million dollars. | Words of Wisdom. In being angry we punish ourselves, j The only way to make a friend is to leone. Men ore like words ; when not propi erly placed, they lose their value. Let no one descend so low. as to con- . aider money to be the chief good. I Men are never so ridiculous by the qualities they possess as by those they affect to possess. " Live on what yon have ; live if you can on less ; do not borrow, either for i vanity or pleasure ; the vanity frill end in shame and the pleasure in regret" 1 1?? - -1?* wirtmif. fin Lmveirai wve is ? ^ivtc mwu.. 1 gera, which fita all hands alike, and none I closely ; bat trae affection is like a glove j with fingera which fits one hand only ! and sets close to that one. 1 The reason why great men meet with j so little pity or attachment in adversity ; would seem to be this: The friends of a great man were made by his fortunes? his enemies by himself; and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude. Every man stamps his valne on himself. The price we challenge for ourselves is given us. There does not live on earth a man, be his station what it may, that I despise myself, compared with him. Man is made great or little by his own will. The Sequel to an Elopement. j A line-looking, middle-aged lady of I Philadelphia recently called npqn the I overseer of the poor at Newark, N. J., and told the following story: u Eight I years ago my daughter eloped %ith a married man named Giese, and her whereabouts I was unable to ascertain I until a few days ago, when I was inI formed she died in the poorhouse of 'this city." Inquiry was made,Which? resulted in finding that the young lady j had died a year ago at the hospital, ana ; at the time of her death Giese was an inI mate of t e city prison on a charge o. drunkenness. Further, that she had two : children. The eldest child was found at ; the orphan asylum supported by the ; German residents of that city: th^ other ! was found in the possession or a woman, who had had the child since ft iHls six months old (it is now two years of fcge), _ j and implored the sverseer to permit her to retain the baby, as she had become : much attached to it Notwithstanding her tears and exhortations the little girl? for such it was?was torn from fcer and ? ?:*i. Hin ntiior int/i the keening j g?V.Ml, W-I rrrw ^ ~ ? I of the grandmother, who returned to Philadelphia. j Slander.; -1 Anybody can soil the reputation df an individual however pure and ohaeto, by uttering a suspicion that his enemies will believe and his friends never near of. A puff of the idle wind can take A million of the seeds of s thistle and do a j work of mischief which the husbandman I must labor long to undo, the floating particles being too fine to be seen and too light to be stopped. Such are the seeds of slander, so easily sown, so difficult to be gathered up, and yet so perniiious in the fruit. The slanderer knows that many a mind will catch np the piague and become poisoned by his I insinuations, without ever seeking tte I antidote, and the mischief is done, ?5r