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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO, S. C., MAY 29, 1879. VOL. 111.-NO. 51. RAIN ON THlE ROOF. Saft falls through the gathering twilight Tito rain from the dripping eaves, And stirs,;with a tremulous rustle, The dead and the dying loaves, While afar. in the m dst of tho shadows, I hoar tilo swoot voicoi of bolls, Como borne on the nind of the autumn, That fitiully iuses and swe.s. They call and they a iswor oaoh other, And atiswor and minglo again, As the de-op and the shrill in an anthem Make harmony still in t oeir strain ; As t so voices of sentinols minglo In mountainous regions of snow, Till from the hill-tops a chorns FLoats down to the vallose below. Tio shalows, the irlright of oven, The sound of the rain's distant chime, Como bi ing ng, with rain softly di opp.ng Sweet t loughts o1 a sha-owy time The slunkberous sonse of soolusion, 1rom storm and intruders aloof, We fool when we heat in the midulht Tuo patter of rain on the roof. The Midnight Cry. lit the early days of it certain Western State a crime was committed whielt hts gained a place aniong the inals of dark deeds. It was murder ; but the circum stttnces surrounding it are so noteworthy that we shall here transcribe them. They present the most remarkable instance of a young nman sealing his lips when his own life was in Jeopardy, in order to conceal a petty vice-the most. remarkable instance of the kind oil record. One night in March, 1831, a farmer na:nied Buskirk left a town where, during the day, he had disposed of a lot of hogs. Ile rode a sorrel horse, and carried the pro eeds of his sales in heavy leather saddle bags. Tie money was mostly in silver coini of the dollar denomination, and the amouit, therefore, was quite weighty. iutskitk, a fearless man, did not go armed, but rode unconcernedly from town, a little under the influence of liutior, but not drunk enough to caii attention to the fact. As lie lived but twenty miles froin the mautrket, lie expected to reach home about midnight. lut when the morning dawned Zimri Buskirk wits still absent from his farm. Ilis horse stood at the-stable door neighing for admittance. The well-known sadi le-bags were missing, which inlunedi ately gave rise to a suspicion of foul play, and search for the farmer was at once in stituted. 4 At i distance of five miles from hoie the body of luskirk wts found lying by the roadside, and not far away lay the saddle baIs, riuled of their contents. The villain, in his haste to get at the money, had cut ils way to it, instead of unbuckling the heavy sthaps. The farmer was found to be quite dead; one side of his skull had been crushed as if by a blow fr un a bludgeon, or soie mnurderous weapon of that sort, and his pockets, like the saddle-bags, had been despoiled of their contents. The excitement from the moment of the discovery became intense. Zimri Buskirk was one of the uat influential farmers of the neighborhood, aad a man universally liked. Ile was not known to possess an enemty, and no one ever dreamed that the murder had been committad for anything but that of subsequent plunder. Though the country was scoured for the perpetrattor of the deed, no traces were dis covered ; but a clew was suddenly furilshed in a startling manner. The body of the farmer had been discov cred not, far from a farm-house occupied by a family named Milligen, which consisted of the piarents and two children, son and daughter, who hadl passed their minority. While the excitement still raged, Ellen Milligan caime forward and desired to make a statement that she said had tortured her ever since the night of the murder. She said that she had been the possessor of a guilty secret which she could no longer keel) ; she could not leep for it, and it w~as the spectre of her wvaking hours. 'The girl then proceeded to state that she was up at the hour of half-past eleven or thereabout, on the night of the -thi, and that she heaard a horse coming dIown the frosty road( from the .directiod of P Not regarding the sound of any mo ment, she was about to re-cnter the house, wvhen she heard an oath, followed by a dull thud and a groan. Then she heard a name uttered twvic'> in a tone of mingled agony and supplication. A moment later the sound of h'oofs came again to her ears, -and the horse seemed0( to be galloping towatrd the Butskirk farm. The excitement that followed Miss Milli gen's narration may be imagmned, for pen cannot describe it. It was believcd that the name she had heard was that of the murdlerer, which had fallen from the lips of his victim before insensibility or (leath fol Iowced the blow. Th'le young girl visibly hesitated when asked by the magistrate to pronounce the name. Sheo covered her face with her hands, and in all prob~ability would have fallen If she lad not been sup~portedi hby her brother Iiam. She did not like to tutter the namie that might doom one of the young mn-of her aequaliance to the gal lows, for she could not believe him guility, yet she had heard Zimri Buskirk call on hhn11 to spare his life on that awful night. Ellen Milligen was pressed to mention the inme, and-fturthei' the ends of justice, in which the whole country was interestedl, and at last her lids parted. "God help him and pity mo 1'' she said. "The niame I heard was Abner Teniney's.'" if a thunderbolt had fallenintotheobreath less crowd, astonishm-ent would not have been more complete. Moun started at the niame, and women uttered cries that added to the confusion. *Standing near the witness was a young man of flye and twventy, the only son of a minister who watched over the little fleck of believers that worshipped in -the church hard by, and a youth of -exemplary habits to the outer world.. Is face was as palo as death, and at the mention of his name lie started back with a cry and found the eyes o~f~all ftxed upon him.. ils name was Aliner Teiiney. He made no afforts -to fly, and when strong hands were t upion hln, he smiled and told the people ha would face thioaccu atJI h oungIi a d*ii1W 1irrste&~ Ellen M~iign stanogi and broitghtne tob roj ie. od le th to the inquiry concerning his whereabouts on the night of the crime. "1 admit that I was not at home, but where I was I will not tell I'' This answer was twisted, as it could easi ly be by the excited community, Iuto broad strands of guilt, and the young man was remanded by the magistrate for a regular trial at the next term of court. There were a few who believed that lie might be innocent. When it became gen erally known, that lie had beeni a suitor for I-va Huskirk's hand without the sanction of her father, revenge was- added to the niotive of the murder. Ellen Milligen's word was believed ; she was a girl of violent passions, but her veracity i this case was not drag ged into question. She acknowledged that she loved Abner Tenney-Ilence her reluc tance to testify ; and after the preliminary examination, she said that she regretted having revealed the secret. But it was out now, and the young m1au, lying in the county jail, reiterated his inno cence, but still lie refused to make known his whereabouts and oceupation, On //th night. It was strange that Ellen Milligen's testi mony should remain uncorroborated in its essential particulars; but there were sever al parties who had seen the iccused near the scene of the crime at that late hour of the night. Ie 1did not deny this, but persistently re fused to explain his presence there. His father visited him, and begged him to unburden himself ; but to himin he invari ably returned he'same reply : 'Were I to tell you, you would feel as badly as though I had committed the imur (er." The young man was visited by many ac qaintiances, to whom lie would not reveal his secret, and it at last became more than half suspected that lie had accomplices who had concealed the money, not one dollar of which had, as yet, been found. Ellen Milligen continued to reallirm her statenient. She was contident that she had heard Buskirk call on Abner Tenney in tones that left no doubt in her mind-that lie addressed his murderer. As the time for the trial approached, she lost her reluctance and openly declared that she knew that the accused had committed the crime. 11er brother, not having been at home on the night of the nirder, was not sumnioned as a witness. It was known that lie, too, had visited the Buskirk homestead as a suitor for Eva's hand, but that of late lie had turned his attention to another lady,Lto whom lie was paying hii' devoirs. The excitement consequent upon the farmer's violent death and Abner Tenney's arrest did not for one moment abate during his sojourn in jail. To a young man who visited him lie said: "Spare ile, John. You know where I was that night; you kn.ow what I was do ing. If I escape this time. I will be a better man. The murder of my honor would send my father to the grave as quickly as the shedding of my blood by the law. Do not come forward and try to save me by sacri Ilcing my honor l" "They will hang you if you. do not tell all," was the reply. "Let us swear to the truth. ~ D'o not let Eva believe that you killed her fAther." The last sentence dtrove Abner Tenney to the wall of his cell with a groan. It seemed to unnerve him. "She will never believe it I" lie cried a moment afterward. "In] her eyes I will ever remain guiltless of her father's murder, even though they hang meo for the crime." The young man's visitor left, and joined two other inen of his age if the corridor of the jail. . "What does lie say now ?" was asked with eagerness. "Ile is still obdurate, -and declares that we must not expose him.." "Can we save him without* tihe expos ure?" ''We muist I We shall I" The trio were youths of respectable parents, but considered fast young men. They had of late been Abnier Tenney's comn panions, much to the regret of the few pious1 peop~le who had noticed the familiarity. "Look here," said one, addr< sing his complanions, "I hold myself in part respon siblo for Abner's present situation. We led him Jnto the habits that have fastened themselves upon us. We must save him I" The spokesman of the dissoltite party was a younig student cof medicine, and it was not long afterward that a learned medhi cal gentlemnan of Clincinnati came to the~ county. The body of Zimri Buskirk was exhumed and examinedl. Jlohin French stood by ad watlced the professor. "Well 1" lie saidl at last.. "You say that she swore to hearing Mr. Buskirk cry out after -the thud of two blows?" "So she swore." "The first blow must have produced in stant death. It drove pieces of skull into the bi-ain. A stab in the heart could niot prove more instantly fatal than the initial blow." "Trhat is y'our op~inioni ?" "I will swvear toit." The young man was satisfned, anid the body, minus the head, was returned to the grave. "If lie will not sacrinice his honor to save his neck, I will save it for him, and his father need not know the truth." These wordhs passed from John .French's lips as he passed from the house with the Professor. Firoin that day the young student and his two frienids were not idle. They made many trips from the county, and compared notes on their return. . The trial came at last, and the accused plead "not guilty," in a firm voice. Ellen Milligen repeated her testimony so datnaging to the defense, and adhered to it through a rigorous cross-questioning to which she was subjected. She had heard the ories After the blows ; she was positive of this. The ether dvidence offered by the State was merely circumstantial. Trho defense introduced the Professoi', who explained the nature of the wounds, and swore that the firat blow had produced instant death. This p roduced a pensation in court. It staggercd Ellen Milligen's testimony, until that hour believed invulnerable, The blows that now followed from the defense were hard and 'telling ones. No alibi was attempted. The accused had forbidden such a plan, on the gr'ound that it would reveal thet secret that he was guarding so closely' .m the d nee be came aggressive; it ed ti ira 'Wl igoe, Ellen'S brohewas .twhere ho sai oe#ag'on the night of th~ autuder. As t#otgman was not under arp-the 4urt feA4* th introdntcton oft timidny, %w hen John French arose, and ex claimed : "1 (10 now accuse him of the. murder of Zimri IBuskirk ; my allidavit is in the room; the Sheriff holds it at this moment. Look at the man I Guilt is written on his face. le is trying to leave the house. Catch him!" The confusion that now ensued was in tense. Ellen Milligen, with at loud shriek, fell forward on the floor, where she was permitted to lie, for all eyes were turned upon her brother. Pistol ill hand, the young man wfas clear ing a path to the door. No one dared to lay hands on him, for lie threatened to shoot the flrqt one who touched him, 1d thus lie reaiched the do->r leading to the street. On the threshold Ie( paused and faced the excited occupants of the court room. "You will never put me in Abner Ten nay's place I lie cried. "If I did kill Zim ri Buskirk, you shall not prove and hang mle The next moment there was i loud re port, and a human body, after swaying for nll instant, fell heavily upon the Iloor. Iliram 3Milligen had taken his own life I This tingic occurrence, as might be sup posed, put an end to Abner Tenney's trial. It established his innocence in the eyes of all, and the guilty was beyond the punish ment of an earthly tribunal. Upon her recovery, Ellen Milligen un folded one of the darkest plots on record. She confessed that her testimony was but a tissue of falsehoods ; that she knew that her brother had killed the farmer for the purpose of getting his money, and accused young Tenney, in order to prevent him fron winning Eva luskirk. Ellen, piqued at Tenney's refusal to court her, had enter ed into the plot with revengeful spirit. But the game had failed. Of course the mniister's son was released, and Ellen Milligen left the'country between two days. She died several years later ti a den of infamy in the South. Abner Tenney led Eva Buskirk to the altar several months after his release, and became one of the solid men of the South. I believe lie is still living, but his father, the minister, is dead ; and the secret which lie guarded so zealously at one time is no longer one. It was simply this: Despite the holy in fluences under which he had been raised, he had departed from the paths of rectitude and became a gambler, along witi John French and his companions. On the night ot the murder of Mr. Buskirk, the quartette were in the inidst of a carouse which the youth refused to confess for the sake of his father, who never dreamed of his wild life. But John French had saved the young man. whom lie had led into vice, and kept hin from the gallows. Tenney's secret was told by him after lie had made a man of himself ; but it puzzles many people who know it not to this (lay. The baby carriage made its appearance recently for the season of 18979. It was oC cupied by the usual baby, and it was pro pelled by the woman who looks into all the store windows as she goes along. A report er who followed the carriage for an hour found that it collided with live women, ten men, six curb-blocks, four boxes and a street car, and every collision only made the woman more determined to occupy two thirds of the side-walk if it took all sumner. She succeeded. They all succeed. A womani pushing a baby carriage in front of her on the sidewalk is as dangerous asseven roller-skatcra and' four velocipede riders combined. She can't kill a full-grown man quite as proii)tly as a runaway team, but she can knock his shins to picces, tumble him over, upset all his good resolutions and leave him flint-hearted and evil-minded. You can't dodge a baby cab. Your only safe way is to jump from the curbstone or climib a ladder. They go on wheels. TVhey are sup~posedI to be a convenience which no respecctable baby can (1o without. No mat ter who first got the Idlea that jolting a ba by aroundl town, bobbing him over curb stones andl bouncing him over crosswalks would sweeten his dtisposition-1-the. idlea Is correct. Put a man in a vehicle of the sort amid his back would 1be broken in an hour, but babies have no backs. Theiy arc sim ply great big hunks of sweetness. The only reason why all the Union regiments i thea late war we're not armied wvith baby car riages wans blecauise the factories couldl not supply them. Tlhey would have endeld the war In one year. Th le woman with the ba by carriage needs no0 advice. She knows enough to heed the vehicle towards every crowd she can see. Th le thicker the crow'd the more busmness she has there. It Is her duty to run to all fires with it, to select the busIest crosswalks, and to get in front of all runaway teams, and she perfectly under stands It. If there Is-any country on earth where these vehicles are not in use, It is n10 country to live in. -.A Figh~tful Scone. During an exhibitilon of some wild beasts a short time ago at the theatre of a small towu in Thutringia, a frIght ful scene occured. A leopardl was not nearly so submnissive to the taimer *as ugual, and dashed wildly about the cage. Suddenly two of the bars gave way, andi the animal sprang wilth a tremendlous bound amonig the spectors in the pit. Trhe terrified peop~le rushed poll-inlh to the door, but the beast at taoked the hindermnost or them furious ly ~with teeth and elawvs, andt in four minutes had killed a womnan and chlk1( and fearfully lacerated four other per sons about the face and. neck. T1hie moment the leopard escaped from its eago, the beast tamer andl his asslstants hurried after it, armed with spears bit wvere unable to overdome it until it dropped dead from its wounds. On examining the broken .bars of tne cage it was dilscored that they had been Jiled. A n attendant, lately dismised for drun ken ness, lias been urrested on susphcion of being the author of this atrocous act. 1lvert ldtdg Chieat. It has bume so common to wrIte the beginnin(,f an elegant, .interestng artlole and thon rud It Into some adver tisdment that we avoidi al'l Suoh cheats and simply call attention to thfinnfit, of floeg Bitters in it plain hoet imns esposuible, to iddb1tos jep a jtin oditria a* od io kaW *s thiib' Y~tilu 4% ee 4n7Ith6%lse. Noxe-lPailug. A leading artist of St. Louis recentil said "you cannot imagine how many of oki nice society young metn, who figure in ti most aristocratic circles, come to artists, 01 occasions, to get covered up the traces o an all-night frolic left on their faces In th shape of [)lack eyes, bruised noses, etc. remember, not long ago, i clerk at one o our leading hotel-1 won't iention hi name, because it is not necessary, in th first place, and in the next lie's a friend o mine-came to ie in great haste one after 110011 an11d said, 'D) you ever paint ove briuised flesh?' I said yes, and then ie in forined me that he wished to take a lady t a ball thit, evening, bit Ihat unfortunatel a few days before, while out riding witI her, the buggy had been overturned, an< her face and arm were badly bruise-se badly, in fact, that, unless tihe traces couh be covered i) ii some way, it would be in porssible for her to attend the ball. I toh him to bring her up to the studio that after 11o11, 80 that I could do the work in flay light, but they didn't inake their appear aice until alter supper, Jmst as I was leav ing for. the theatre. I said to her 'Now caln fix this.so that no one can tell the dif ference in the gas-light, but it will shov plainly unless you come to ie in the morn ing and get it painted over." "All right, she said, and I went to work. IHer arn near the elbow-It wias a beautiful arm, tell you- as bluish black, as was also hel right cheek, but the swelling had gone down After I had Iinted her up and added a lit tie pearl powder to hide the gloss of the oil she admitted the deception was perfect. met the clerk the next day and asked hin if anybody had discovered that her face anl arm were painted. 'INo,' said lie, 'not i soul. But I tell you I took her houre i, : hack; she lives in the western part if 'h city, and this morning I discovered ,on streak of white paint and powder on m coat collar, and I want to know now what, will take it off.' One imorning a younf man engaged in the banking busines caime ip to iny studio witi his eye bandage i). 'Oh, you need not make iny explana tion.' I said, as I 'saw himt stammer oul something about being out the night befor< with a few friends. I understood all aboul it. I fixed the eye up. A few (lays after wards we met at the Lindell. le shook im warmly by the hand. 'You see,' lie re marked, '1 got on a little spree that night, and got into trouble somehow, I don't know where. It was absolutely necessary for mi to be down at the bank that morning. Mi partner did not discover anything. If hI had, lie would have dissolved partnershil with me in a moment. The few daubs o paint you put oni saved me $5h0,000. WhIka artists, asi a rule, are ready to oblige thei friends by covering up traces of their dis. sipation in this way, theii generosity i sometimes imposed upon. Apropos, Mr. Miles remarked that while Iii New Yorl several years ago, a bunmier caime into lih studio one morning with a black eye, ant aL C,- ---I r ..., )f s et ior.-l n 1.1d) nr hel Lhan anythiig else, ho painted his eye over The next'niorning there was another bum mer with his face in a similar condition, and the next a third. The artist generally put tieni all i a presentable shape, free of -harge. Before the end of a week they be gan to come in at the rate of two or three t Jlay. One morning in came another. 'Sit-a-y,' said lie, '1 collared too niucli budge last night. Out .on a lark with c frienid. There was a little scraping matcli 'twixt ie and a friend of mine, and lie pul a head on me. What'll you charge to th me up. There's a fellar- down here thal only charges two bits. What'il you charge? The nonplussed artist turned to him. '11crt is half a dollar for you,' he said. Take il down to that other 'fellar,' and have tih< kindness never to darken my doors again. How to Pint Nervous Babies to Sleep. A biby Is a very iender thing, peo p)Ie say, bunt most of them. are very fi from knowIng how tender. Imnagiun how nervous y'ou are in certain staten -when recov'ering fe'om Illness say wheni thne faill of at book or a slam of door makes 'you quiver and feel faInt It Is as if some one gave a blowv. A puf1 of wilnd will set it gasping, It's little breath blown quito away. A noisn nakes It shiver, a change of' suimme: nitr makes It turn (leath cold. A babyb is tine most nervouns of beings, and thn tortures it suff'ers in going to sleep n being awakened by careless sounds when "drcopping ofi," are only comnpar able to tie same experience of aii 01(de1 persoiinning the acute nei'vous head niche. Young biabies otight to p~ass th< Ilrst months of their lives In the coun, try, for Its stilliness no less than iti fresh air. But where silence is not t< be commandied, banby. may be soothet by folding a soft napkin, wet in wyarmi ish water, lIghtly over thne top ot Iti head, its eyes and 'oans. It is tine besl wvay to p~ut nervous babies to sleep. have tried it hundreds of times witha child'so irritable that paregor'ie and soothing syrup only. made it wide, awake. A fine towel would boivet ani laid over its head, the ends twisted lttle till It made a sort of sknull cap anid, though baby sometimes foughi againist being blIndfolded in this way; five minutes usually sent him off nt< deep and'blismsfuul slumber. Thfe com p~ress cooled the feverish little .brain teadened sond ini his ears, and shn un out everything that took his attention, so that sleep caught him unawares Teething babIes find this very comfort able, for their heads are always hot antd there is a fevered beating of ti< arteries on eachn side, Cannibals. A curious story comeis to us, upon tb< authority of the Prefect of the Dlstric of Caqueta, ini the State of Cauwa on the borders of the Brazilian Empi'e of hostilitles betwveen savhtgo Inyial tribes whnich'are marked by the tr'oel ties common to Central A frion, or th islands of the 8outht Sea, On the dear late sands of tine lower parts of th river Cnqueta, liva two tribos of Indiani --the Hlul6tes And Gasques-."betgeel whomi appears to be an endia~ tued What theorlginal cauwof the sanguin ary wars betwo n he4 wo jrihoen wena . tha $y I9o 4?I t tht I destroy and annihilate each other in the most horrible manner in the most . horrible manner. Althiough the tribe e of the Guvmaques engage in commerce I with any who may visit their territory, f they are nevertheless, veritable canni bals so far as the 11 tiltotes are concern ed. wvhom they hunt as they would wild beasts, wiit the oulect o' making pris ouers, whom they sell as slaves in Bra zilian territory, or reserve for a worse ifte, servinig up tihe still palpitating 1r bodies of their victimis as an article of food in thoir horrible and disgusting feasts. Tie 'rightf'ul orgies practieed at these barbaric rites are deseribed by a gentleman namned Guizmnan, a Colom blan, who, for commercial purposes, visited the conmitry inhabited by these - tribes. The buildings or temples in which the victims are sacrificed are about thirty metres smiare with several doors on either side, and will ac coimodato about forty Individuals. I lie victim selected Is led by the hand by i chief several times up1) itid down before the assembled savages amid shouts and laughter the most infernal; the trenmbling captive is obliged to pass out and in through the various doors, and at last is allowed to stand for a few moments in the centre of the build - Ing, In the midst o1' his savage destroy ers. Then, without a word of warning ithe savage chier attacks the helpless creature with a club, knocking him senseless or dead with the first blow, and proceeds to dismember and divide the body among those present, who do Your tihe remains even without the for mality of subniting them to the fire. Like wild animals, crouched! upon the mud floor, they procced to their unnat ural and horrible feast. But the Gua . ques are in turn exposed to the attacks 14 wandering partIes of Brazilian ne 3 groes, who at certain seasons of the year ascend the Caqueta River, attack d wellings and vilhges, making prison ers of muen, women and childreni Indis criminately, whom they carry off to their houses and sell into slavery every year, without protest on the part of the local auithorities, or steps being taken to put an end to the lafernal traffle. Seventeena Sermons. The perfectly contentedi man is also per fectly useless. Try to see yourselves through the eyesof those around you. The ideal saint of the young moralist is cut fron sappy timber. The vigorous idea keeps warm though Y u UUIhunnllo tu millionaires and hogs. Faith that asks no questions kills the soul and stilles the intellect. lie who thinks poorly of himself cannot win the respect of his fellowd. Ilappy is the man who has neighbors will Ing to forgive his mistakes. Appear to be better than you are, and ain to be what you appear to be. The trouble with many communities is that their dead nii refuse to be buried. Only infinite wisdom can distinguish the difference between some mni and beasts. Man believe that to be a lie which contra diets the testimony of his own ignorance. The gilded calf, having wealth without soul, finds more worshippers to-day than in the days of Moses. Ie whose only claim to the title "gentle man" is in his clothes, mud necessarily be careful as to what lie wears. Whether lie Is groat or si.nall, set that man down for a fool whlo boasts that lie does iiot read the local papers. Trhe Lord call more easily have faith in religion that wears an old coat. to church than the man ini the coat can. It is better to aiise-from your knees, and shut your henls out of your neighbor's yard, thtan to indulge in long p)rayers. A itogm For Muiciden. The stories of ruin every day at Monaco, Italy, sometimes oni good authority, are horrible. Fortunes, trust money, provision for children and widows, the sums acquired by the sale of commissions; sums raised. oii house and land, have dlisappeared in a few dlays or hours. Often It is the extravagance of the companion that drives her victim back and back to the tables, deeper and dleeper. But women themselves are the most reckless gamblers. TVhe common computation is a suicide a month, anid there sometimes come three or four together. On the ramparts, or thie.garden of Monaco, there are several p~oints from which ruined gain blers have thrown themselves into the sea, 800 feet belowv. Only the other day a "lady" threw herself out of lier third floor chamber into the road. Tihere have been incidents in the roomns of the basino, and one at the table iself. IHaving staked and lost his last franc, a gentleman stood up and I dhrew a pistol and discharged it in his mouth. For the-reception of such scandals therm is provided a room, handy for the railway whiieh passes almost directly under the Ca sino. some inquest thier'mnust be, and It is performed by the servants of the estab hishment, But most of the victims go away - and hide themselves and die like a sick dog, ,n some corner, where they hasten death or t let a broken heart take its course. It is impossible even to conjecture thue total anmounit of the annual ruin; nor is that an importanit matter, for the loss of a fe-. hun brcds is as utter ruin to seine people as tens of thousands Is to others. Wheon a man 'cannot meet his creditors, or even his wife and children, it is all over with hhii, unless lie is devoid of natural feelIng and lost 'to shame. The mere excitement of a day's 3 gambling has boen known to kill people con t stitutionally weak of heart or head, whether they have w~on or lost. Ecstasy works the effect of despair in such cases. People have b;een known to go to Mfonte Carlo after b* inlg assured by friends tind doctors thart ~ - will be their death ittheoy do, returnybiotni e late, and die in a few: hotfrs. The tratic .tion once. glen way to beconies irresistable. o It is on this fact tlhat the bank chIoe y standh. SIf a visitor loses, he leaves, the able 'and their is aul end of hin. If he gains, he al *ways returns and play's till he has lost ovet thing.. VThe Prinoe la Wl ~reached u ZhAadqd take~ 11~i64 t thE ~ elw A Wolf-Slayer. William Wall, a veritable wolf-slayer, lived recently in Eaton county, Michigan. An interview with one of his sons disclosed some very Interesting reminiscences of early pioneer life In Eaton county. For several years but. few settlements were made in the county, but In 1842 Mr. Wall could boast of quite a "clearing," and four neighbors in a radius of as many miles. In that year the settlers were annoyed by a mad wolf, which would attack the stock in the night and bite promiscuously all within reach, the victim of the bit, invariably going mad, and suffering terril a: igony until relieved by death. It seen s peculiarity of the mad wolves, that t1e, teavo the company, or flock of wolves, nd, with remarkable persistence bite and destroy every animal within reach. The wolf in question had succeeded li doing considerable da-mage, and numerous attempts had been made to destroy it to no purpose. One night in the middle of June Mr. Wall was awakened by the squealing of his pigs and bark of his (log. Jumping out of his bed he ran to the pen, which was made of logs, and saw a wolf chasing and biting his hogs. le leaped into the inclosmt, took the wolf by the hnd legs, and attempted to dash its head against the logs. The wolf had a firm hold on one of the hogs, and would not let go. Wall ran to the wood-pile, got a club, and succeeded in killing the wolf, which proved to be mad. 'T'he dog had taken active enough part In the affray to get sev eral bites, and with-tlre of the swine, went mad and (lied. This adventure gave Mr. Wall the name of "William Wall the wolf slayer," by which he was widely known. Another time, while after his cows in the woods, he lost his way and wandered till dark, when the wolves commenced 1o howl and had soon surrounded him, and began closing in from all sides. lie could hear them running through the underbrush and howling in a frightful manner. The pros pect of being compelled to spend the night in the woods with these halt-famishe(d 'wolves was anything but pleasant. 'Tihe wolves became more and more daring, and occasionally one would dart past him and snap at his legs in a very suggest ive man ner. At length ho was compeled to take refuge in a tree. lie climbed to a goodly height, and was trying to settle himself idi a secure pcsitlon for the night, when lie noticed a light not far distant., and after a littlie cog itation convinced himself that it was made by a burning log-heap in a clearing, where lie had been at work during the day. lie decided to make a break for the clearing, and for his protection cut a limb from the tree and made a very formidable weapon in the shape of a large club. The wolves were howling and digging around the foot of the tree in almost endless numbers. Taking off his coat, lie made a bundle of it, and when lie had descendcd near the ground threw it as far as possible. It hardly touched the ground before the wolves pounced upon if and began fighting, each attempting to ning for the clearing had gained considera ble ground before he was discovered by the pack, when they all sprang after him. It was a hard run and a close race, but lie suc ceeded in reaching a large burning log-heap built around a stump, and jumping over the smouldering logs reached the stunmil. The wolves came withini a few rods of the fire and began circulating around it, keeping up always their unearthly howling. Mr. Wall passed the night perched on top of the stump, but found no time to sleep, as he wats kept busy poking up the (lying embers in order to keep the wolves at a respectful distance. At daylight they dispersed, and the prisoner hastened home to his family who had expected to hear that. "William Wall, the wolf-slayer," had been slain by the wolves. O ills Mind. Hie mIght have been drinking a little -Just a few drops of weak lemonade or soinethfng of the kind-but yet he look ed like a very resp~ectable young man11 as he leaned over the counter anid in qutired for a diary for 1879, "We have all styles andl prIces," reC 1p11ed the dealer as he displayedl th'e tot, and in a short time a sale wvas alfeetedl. Th'le buyer askedl for a peneil, and standing at the counter lie Openied his~ diary and wrote: "Jan. 1-Begin to save $10 a week. "Jan. 2-Love your enemies and be soft with everybody. "Jan. 3-Give liberally to charity. "Jan. 4-Pity every body's sorrow. "Jan. 5-Set everyonie a good exam ple. "Jani. 0-Don't snmoke, chow, dIrink, play cards, swear, stay out at nights, lie, steal, borrow mtoney, speak uross words, get in anyone's way, or talk polIties.' "Jan. 7-Buy a p~air- of wings and fly to the better land " "Thanks for the pencll," lhe said as lhe folded the book. "Now that the af fair ls off my mind for a year to come I feel thirsty. Won't you go and take somhethinug. A Vandild OpInion. A Detroit lawyer, famuous' for his wise and candid opinions, was the other day visited by a young attorney, who explained : "I was admitted to thme Bar two years ago, and I think I otught to know something about laiW, yet the minute I arise to address a jury I forget all mny points and can say nothiug. Now~ I want to ask you if this don't slhow a lack of c:onfidence in myself, and how can I OvercOme it?" The wise attinny Ahut his egos and studied t~hecas6 before uanswerilk: "My young frjen4,ik its Iacit of dn~ fience in yourself it will somne day vanish, but if t ils lack of brains y'ou had better 261l but your ofies effects and buy a piokax and lo0n tandled sj ovl" " utho~yk a e4 As gnM(~i NEWS IN BRIEF. -Simon Gonhil and wife, of Montpe IlIer, Vt , are 98 aid 95 years old respec tively, tani have beciiiarried 78 years. -Dir. Gerhoard Kohles, the young explorer lin Africa, who It was fearea was lost, has been heard from In perfect hlerth. -'The jtiaity of logs ad sawed tIm her lying IaIong the opper waters of t he Delai ware is said to be the "largest since tho paie of 1873. -Re1presentati ve Newberry, of Mich iganii. Is said to be the wealtifest main lit Congress. ie haid anl income last year oi $250,000. -Mr. S:tmiuel L. Clemens (Mark Twaii), who Is now in Paris, will re tiri to Hartford, Coini.. about Septem. ber It. -There are over 07,000 Stnday 8elools in the United States, with an aigtgregate attendance of 3,000,000 cli dren, -Mr. W. W. Corcoran will purchase from Mrs. Fletcher Webster the por lraits of Daniel Webiter and of Lord Ashburton, which were saved from the Marishiled fire. -Tile Germans, Italians,and French are preparing for extensive exhibits at tle Me.xiclan Exhibition of 188O, with a view of iatei'rrpting the growig trade between tihe United States and Mexico. -Peas and beans contain nearly doeble the lesh-forming matters that are fount ili wheat, corn, oits or bar ley. but far less starchy and heat-giving matters, or fat. -Cream Is composed of 2.7 Der cent, tislh loriting inatters, 20.7 'per cent. fatty matter, 2.8 per cen t. lacn, 1.8 per cent. saline matter and 0 per cent. waier. -Tno Anatnal business meeting of the Anmeriean Bible Society was held in New York on May 8, The-.sixty third anniversary was helhi in the oven Iing. -in 1856 the translation (if the Bible into the Rissian langiuage was begun. It, was finished in 1877, and last year ii-w firAt. edition of 24,000 copies was exhausted. -T'he 1mpress of Attstria hits ex piluied $10,000 on the house and stables of Lord Laugiord's Sumiierklil man .loi, 1in Ire in111d, widch she hits leased for next year. -In twenty years the United States has increasedi 130,000,000 bsithels in Its produonoit of wheat.; while the' Vaiue ofits atrieuitural ipl l)emelit In uso u1ponl farin hats u1creased1 $185,000,000, and iti live stock $1,081,000,000. -In Me)ifile, Ga., there was dug Up a few dt ays ago a sweet potato, whlc ai wheii sinail haid grown through an iron ring in Ite ground, and - then had in creased ini sizo uutil It completely sur ronided It. -Umlor a pew enactment of the iia neti ly setlled. are taxed $50; each hiorse eiered lIforia race, $25; each hull fIrih . $50o; and life hisnraince comnpan les, $1,000. -Mai y Paul, a granddaughter of tile famnous privateer, John Paul joies, lately died in Scotland at tile age of seventy-ilne. Ie'r ancestor's nane was realily John Paul-when ho-enter ed the pirivateering business ie added the "Jones." -The Union Paielfle R:dlroad sold duiist the first four months of this yar 1 108,418 acres of land at ani nverage of' $3.03 per acre the Kansas Paollie, 127.721 acres at an- average of $3.38, and the Denver Palfie, 18,500 acres at al average of $3.37 por acre. --Tie recolpts of flour at Chicago ilrinir the year 1878 amounted to 3,120,000 barr ls. - Tills is unprecedon tad in. her istory. The aime may be iaid of' wheat and corn. Of' the former 3J,000,000 bashiels werte rLeoived. anid 'of ihe latter 63,000,000. -Illinois has 800,000 t'nllch cowvs. To pr'operly care for thIem and their' products re~quires the labor of 40,000 menx and 00,000 horse<; while they do mandtc hfor' thair subalst'nee the use of - over~ 3,000,000 acres of land. 'TheIr to tal money value Is placed at $124,800, 000. -In 1800 Boston consisted of only 783 aceres of solid laiyl. Tlo-dity, It coy er's 20,100 aceros. T1he nlflnnlationl then was 23,00'); nxo' It is 360.000,'ahu 625, 000,people live withiin a ciirce of twveive imiles 110rom the City Ihall. TIhe, total valuation hias increased from $15,000, 000 to $030,000,000. -Queen Victoria travels ini a railway carr'iage whlieb' cost $30,000.' Ascorresi puoident of' The Chicago Thnea says thxat its wlndows are shaded with grein silk earitains, timmeind wIth costly white lace; 'Its ottomans are covered With creamn-colored sik, embroidered with the royali arms pnid mnoi.ogram, Ii; pur~ ple axmu gold, and a carpet, which cost over $500, covers tihe floor. -Thelx number of children in Banl FranlcISCO bat ween the ages of five an d seventeen is 55.800, of whom 283 at'e negroca' and four Inxdians. Tue.inm lbar unider live yeara, of all classes, Is' 80,288, of' whom 1505 are Mongolians. Of' tile wvhito chlkiren of scho061 age,. who have nxot attended any school diir lng the p:ist year, ticeax are 10,147. TViho retiurns do not mention any Mon golian children as having attended any school. -John C Hamilton, a St. Loui6 look simihl. 13 8sa1d to have the jeysqf the old Frenxch Bastlle. ' ,Yhtet,~ mob toire Dc Lan'ney, thaflkfvernlof, to 1eoes, one of tile revoluitionists, Leoich e by name~l, scoured, the ke 'rThey .were kept lIi thle Leheta 1nhlvl9 1852, w h6n. Anitoine' Lehiid~ fil 94t to~ froin Lechastol; the ae be g A .iteediA Qt 'ie jdltfa thtsih , n~k L~il r~h~~ lya iU11i be s6a Th"ili0b . hxnihes long, ismt deo ofi A p Auglittl 18780xW0$, d~4bi)~~ hy ".t