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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1883-07-27, Page 3July 27 18f-43.. COWAKDLV VIVIIKTE S. An I-n.diateA'Ocioteaat of tans 'Ouster Mae:swore. -SUICIllt- alif OTHER eURSUED DI AN MASSED A ,$t. Paul Pioneer Press correspoudent Ottempted to ineerview Sittieg Bull cop - peening the Cieiter fight the day•after ,the ' Chief arrived at Standiug fleck, but he was • ietieent. ' Gall says Bitting Bull was running away ,at the time, and the follow- ing incident giVee Oyler tothe suppOintion When :Sitting Bull was sent from Yates to Randall, Col. Gilbert, commandant at the former post, deteiled Lieut. Ogle, of the 17th Infantry, -to make an absolutely accurate reoprd by name of every member of the band of prisoners,. When Sittieg Bull's twius name to be counted their names_ wete given as "The One That Was Taken" and "The One That Was Left," and his oldest wife, acting as spokeswoman, said that at the time -of the Custer fight` Sitting Bull's tepee was hurriediy term dowe and a rapid flight made. Several miles of dietaece had been ,put bet -ween the camp ad the fugitives -when it was_ discovered that 000 of the twins had been forgotten in the hurry. Upon the retain°, which Hems followed, the youngster Was }found uninjured near the debris of the 'lode° fire. - Through the kindness of Major MoLauglia lin, ageut ttt6ta,oding Ruck agency, 'and his wife, who acte'll as interpreter, the tint cousin of Sitting' Bull ant) her husband, Spotted -Horn Bull, tWo of the best-known , Uncapapae, gave the following aboount, which Sitting Bull and other chiefs voueli for as absolutely accurate: Eleven days before the Custer fight- the Sioux were encamped some distauce from. the Little Big Horn, lsuown as the Greasy -Cfrsits, and., a solemn suu dance , was held; traces cif Which - Were 'afterward, seen by troops. Though long ago( abeolved from partaking of its pains,and enaitie, ,Sitties Bull, the mediciue man and noweciffor, more than warrior, was one, of . those tied to the pole of suffering, and the pierced natisclee of hie breast will phow the scars of that dire observance. OLie by ODe theartiaers broke theinbonds or euocuinbeel to paiMand fak- ing, but he, not trying espemelly tatear away, tieerried 'wrapped in study.' days and two nights' went 'by without morsel of food or a drop of water passing his lips, and on the morning of the third day he feinted, Faithful equavie and friends, among them the uarrator, forced food and drink between his lips, and' when be revived he told or A DithAm in which it had beep foreshadowed that his . peopla_were_soon_to-reeet-Outiter,saad-his- followers, and would etinibilate them; Two mornings after this revelation and seveu beforethe Custer fight,' and 'jest as dawn . was breaking, it large fence of Crows at: • tacked the Sioux, and all day' long the battle Meted. Ouly - seven pf the Sioux were slain, and the Crows sticceeded, in.. carrying away all but tem of their deed,, when beaten, as they were, ,..Tewar_d me/ante ing they retreated into the heights of the Wolf .Mountaies. The • n.eXt morning the Sioux encampment was broken /incl. -moved to the fertile valley of the Little Big ,Eforn; to the • .epot now historic about: foerteeo miles south Of the Present FortCuster,and, as nearly as the. vet:time Could 'recollect, about thirty miles from the scene of the,. Crotv fight. The Simix veoman.at thisioiat of the narration drew, an accurate :die - grace of the groi nd, showing Custer'e and Remote poeitione • and the pose time of the Indians. There were seven .tribes ,represented-, 'numbering free thoute. and warriore, and running from south to -- :north. in ehe following ertler UncePaPae; 0 .:allalae; Saris 'A:Y*3, B/111013, Cheyennes and Minuerionjenit: Very early. in the morning of the day of 'the fight, June 25th, 1876, seven Cheyennes' etarted. southeast to juin Spotted -Tail.' -" .Five of them got through all right, but early in , the morning two rode to the -brow of the bluffs and sTgnalletlewith7their/blailietithatt ..White •troops; in- ashirge nuirdaere, vSere adyancing rapidly. The, trocipe seen by, the impute were Ousters,: for immediately after signalling, therettnp waSliu commotion, Reno's command catee up, :unseen by most of the ' Indians, from the eolith, and on the Western:bide:Of, the river,, and opened fire. The white men were dis- mminted, and the narrator 'told hovi one man was left behind to take *care of the horsee, as is the case in dismountedeaValiy on thefrontier. The .cenap, as said, was in the wildest corrirciolicin, end women and children"' SHRIEKED WITH TERROR. 'yells of her kindred and the elsouts of the whites, but as soon ive the former grew plentier a,nd the latter fewer she could die- tinguieh little ,eave here and there an animated Musterof men and horses. Slowly her limey jogged downthe stream awl when she reasihed the Minnecoejoux 'camp on the extreme left, not an hour's ride, She Said not one white eoldier was visible on the field: Of- horses there were 4p1enty. These the Indian B epared, of tiour130. Tatouka: himself, deseribing the animals,- said' they ' were 'fat and good- looking. • Otte :officer was the last to live. He -wee mounted on a' splendid horse (the color is forgietten) aind seeing all his comrades dead, started tip the ravine Marked a -in the diagram. Two 'Ogalialas, two.. papas and : a Briile, all well rnoentated. started after him. ,Efe gained on them all, and ODE; by one they dropped off until one Uncapapa, who was unarmed as it turned out, alone pursued; The latter was about to give u the ',chase when - the aoldier turned, saw his pursuer, noted that his own horse was lagging, drew -a revolver from the -holster at his hip, and bMw his owu' brains out. The Sioux thought the dietetic° -ridden by the pursuer and per- sued was about seven miles from the battle -field, but it might have been more. Lieut. Hareington's body was never found, or at least • never, recognized.. and this ,euicide might have been him.' Custer ii-nd his cornMand killed, the Sioux again turned their . tion to the troop e on the hill, and the woman resuming the story laughedas she told what fun the laticks.haid shooting ' at the soldiers as they ran diewn the hill to the river for. water. Ouster's men. were 'soon etripped, and •the only way the Indians knew they had killed the long-haired chief - Was by his 1 -buckskin coat,.- trimmed With. beaver; which: they: found on his :person', The Sioux lost- thirty killed and •morathan twice' :as many-, wounded. Among' the killed were some7boyEi of 12 or 14, who rushed' acroes the rivenon their ponies and into the thickest of the fight. She men- stioned.tvio.boy s who were wounded,, one, a your:1g Aehillesi„ le the heel, and another in the right arm, which was shot oft ' Both recovered . and neither- of them . is yet, .20; , though ,- seven . years' have pp,ssed Since they counted their .first coups, New.s. of Terry's; approach, oumPenea'it hasty -breaking up of the camp the second'• day after the battle. She saysthey marched ,day end night for -several days, and semi the Wheile band was safe in the fastnesses of, the Big Horn .naottntaies; where they renaained some time before a Separation took place, and the Uneapapas arid por- tions of other tribee -went north. The squaw's -story was told straightforwardly, and beyoud.question ehe believes it is true Neither she nor her ' husband. had the Slightest ideathe teecount was to be pub- aud theappearance of a pencil and notebook would have been s signal for a sudden ceseatiOn of talk: The correspon- .dent was introduced: as a frieud- by, Maj.. one. which would intereet, but was of rib special moment to the hearers. . • Wanted to be 'Trusted. • "Are you the man who said towe every- body and. paid. none? ", demandeda little - 'time of a very- tall one,-- as -the wo-met -de • a Fialtoieferryboat yesterday. --saWassalt-itstrue-?-2-1-asked-theatitillamiuri "Don't you • owe everybody. Who will trust you, and- have you paid me the ten:dollarii loaned you. a year ago?" • " But that -don't Bay I , can't pay! growled -the little'Maii, seeing that the • big one didn't Weaken. "The way I heard it,, you, 'said:- I eoieldMt . pay . and.: that is ted don't.belitiee. you can pay a tient on 'the dollar!" retoited the' tall man, eon- teniptuoiaely. . ' Cabe, can't It?"roared the little men, More than hall the men were abient after the pony herd. The story -teller waited excited as she said: "The man :who leds those troops meet have been drunk, or crazy. Efe bad the camp at his mercy, and - could have killed us all or dtiyen us away. naked on tbe prairie. I don't believe there was a shot fired when his men commenced -s teeretreat"--11-ershisishiefiereIffi1ifiTed-this-by ' saying: " Not mueh firing by the Indians ; but when they beganto run away they ran very fast and dropped their, guns and am-:' munition. Our braves were uot, sorprise51., by this time, and killed a good many when, they crossed the plain to the river. While they were fording and on the hill beyond, I saw boy e pull men from their horses and kill them on the ground." Several' time over she repeated her diegast at the action of the whites, and the Only explanation she could give for the retreat was .. that Reno sew when he got into it how large the Indian village was, and Wite)fieezed with it panic greater than that among the Indians themselves. That the \lade; Was very de. aided, however, was proven'hy the fact that the warriere, hurriedly returning with the quickly rounded herds, met; enanylugitives from the camp, and feared the worst on their own return.' The Renn ..retreatewas scarcely ended before the blare of Custer's trumpete told the Sioux of -his approach. But theY. were prepared for him. The men ----------quickly-orossed-tlre-rirer, and 1.3Y hundrede galloped to his rear, out of. range at first, but soon hemmed him in conStantly-narrow: ing circles. Mrs. Tatouka mounted her pony and made te the first bend behind her oarap, where she could get , A GOOD view'. of the hills beyond. She ,B£Oir the troops come up, dismount each fourth man seize the bridles of three horses his own, and the rest deploy and advance on the rein toward the river. She taw the terrible effect Of the withering fire which greeted the approaeh from the willowe theIndian side of the stream, and laughed as she field "Our people,boys and all, - had plenty of gnus and ammunition to kill the new soldiers. Those who ran awaseleft them , behind." Slowly trotiting north along the outskirts of the encampment, the noted the Indiana who had °missed getting closer to the troope. She watched the latter, those wbo'were left of them, retreat to their horses and mount. She heArd the enraged -beyond his 'self-control by the 0,001- ness of his antagonist. "I've got friend, I have, and.don'tyon forget it I 1 can borrow inemey enough in an „hour to get out of debt Meet minute! Understand that!" And the big Man walked, away, while the'. byetanders Smiled softly -.at his defeat. - Brooklyn Eagle.- ,floir Beauty ways 'Dreamed nt Ascot. 4 At Asdot, on Tuesday,. the Princess of Wales. looked charming in .a cream colored gown of some soft .woolen material, and with a. little.. red: iti her betuneta The 'Duchessof ,Albany wore it lovely shade of wall-flowered:red. ..Lady.Braesey 'ware as gorgeous -as usualabut : her gown. 'appeared rather . hot And heavy forthe deye • The, Dticheas Of Manchester looked- spiel:it:R(1'in" black, Made over red. :Mane, Mardnionese'- ,of Aileebirry,vvora the sainee gown She had on at. Monday's wedding. Dudley, "gowned in pure- white.that fitted 'do tha. shape," lopked poetic.- Gladye, Ledy Lops - dale, in gray, suggested the thoughtthat in': smother color could she possibly look -so Well. The eight of her on' it snoceeding day in -mauve totally subverted any each narrerfv.,Idea.•- • But ' I - heartily witiliehat asheshadteot „worn aebonnet made. Of -a seat gull. She can se eabily.set: fashions that ,she.ought to be careful no to set creel 'ones.-Londonk Truth. • The Dishep's Weed. , The 'only crop of , Which a satiefactoey' account Iiits"been reifefired is the Bishop's 'weed, which despite the great . rains; pronaises an immense yield. But awhat is thiirBiehop's weed ? Well, in th'e early part of this century the venerable Bishop MO' Dowell wile struck with a.blue floWer he saw growing in some garden or other, and took " a root" of it home to-; Glengarry. He .plantedifand it -grew • he tried , to root it out, and,it only spread -the more, till now, acc9rthngtoGiengtryrnaYwbowitsin town yesterday, it ca4rs 12 Miles -square of that county aud is irradicable. ,The root is very !sage and much woreof a buisauoe than the detested.mustard plane. It is said, however, that a lean young man of the parts infected .by thesipieeopal Peet is - per- fecting a scheme for its suppression. He purposes prep9,ring an address denunciatory -of the weed, delivering' it, throughout the ,county, and then calling on the weed to surrender -or Spread. It will most likely spread. -7 -Toronto World. TUE VAULODED NATION. Influence of owe ,Example:Ankomr the Peoples es'ilie JEnrill 1 Or rtfiCe. • " OUr Duty in.the Cause of International Peace " was the subject of an address by General Francis A Welker at Smith Col- lege, Northampton, Mass., recently, It. elosed ail follows : "Let ,LIB remain as we are, without weaeene of offence ordefeuee. Let tier title be 'The -Ceara:led Notion.' For one, white respecting the bentlInent of those high officers of array and navy, and. those , members of congressional committees Mini feel themselves eesp.oneifile for the de- fensive condition of the country, and while, eutertaining no strong entipathy to the, building of it few fast cruisers to carry' our, flag upon the-:Bicas,- r thief; peen. tp . see a floating eastle, with a 24 -inch plate and 100 ton guns, built for the service of the TJnited States. It is, I confess, a new thought to reettenditthay appear to many of you; on the 'first hearing, unnsuel , and vide; yet LLB 1 have earnestly 'pondered this subject during the last two months it hes grown to my eiew increasingly clear that, first, the example of the United States -as an unarmed nation, and secondly, the forces of its industrial competition, with the vast advantages which immunity from conscrip- tion- and armament Will give to the people of this country, as to die produotion and distribution of wealth, are to become pow- erful agents in breaking up the war system of the world. Already this contemplation of o'er happier lot is drawing the nacire prosperous and adventurous of the iuhabi-, tanteaof Europe, a million a year, to our- selves. Must not the time won come when increasing intelligence -a,nd streegthening. eelf-confidende on the pert of the people will lead them to demand that .freedom from copsoription and war taxes be not conditioned upon expatriation? Be, sure the demand will be -made. Be sure when the demand is made in earnest the states- men of Europe will -find a way to 'abate and . in time to abolish the .war system. Will it be long • possible, foe the nations of Europe, unlees ..they can rid themselves of this incubes, to withstand that, competition, as we grow in numbers and productive power, and as.the facilities of communication and itransportation are multiplied and perfeeted ? I cannot think So. Whenwe have. become a hundred• when our agricultural production has Increased two - fold, when - our manufacturing.. production has increased four -fold„ of which will come to pass in thirty years, ,with ' the inaprovernents in' transit and traffic reason- ebly to 'he anticipated- within the same periud, oan the effeee of our competition be less than to compel - the statesmen of Europe to release their people's shackles and the burdens Which cpnscription and alrnostainiversal armament impose 'upon them? And -if indeed America; shall then contribute to the dovvntell of the war eye tern will it not prove the greatest of the: bleesiege which the ' new world has con- -ferred-upen-the-old ?" 1011(1/YEM,113 WE Loio.vi.lE 11101b112. !Leiturn -to the irareisini Itoof 01 One et ' the Ilurolerd Selikeiers. ' The 'following passage from a letter • 1 .i , . . . writteu by One ot the Chirieee noys who Were for SO meny years students in Hart- ford, Conn., gives it piciture of domestic oriental life,. Th`e young mao roaohed home the last of December., Fle - Hayes '" It was disek when \I stepped into the old t'60•11,4Pris Which hae *lterecl. a, very , little' stnee I Saa•6gOne: MX) alailly Wae at eupper, Ittick them by surp Me. - According DO Chineee custom limeif t down to my parents, addressing them by -the:- feruiliae terms, like Po' and ' Ma' at.' -the -stone thus. They were- . and didn't 110001 th litow who I wits 'for it moment, hilt' the ' reserablauce of my face to the photographs which I . hail sent back from America:, and their-recolleetiontif my , (Alit/18h face, ett.onee proved to theni-thet I, was their little 13011 in a antu's gmen. -They' ewere 'So delighted t0 see me that they were unehle to express it in Sviorde. Without 'finishing their euepeetheywent to light up the home, and miner the open sky they re- turned thanks to heaven tor roy safe. aerivale The,ceretnimy was completed by firing Off firartrackere, After Meat the fan:id:ye:old and peens, collected themselves aCoond me; oven our related ereighbore had heard Of nay return, and so they came too to ini4e5ite the eirceenference, of the fannlyloircle. .111any queetioue were asked and many replies Made.- Of the - young folk, not tospeak of those that were bare after 11eft, I did not recognize a single one.,1 Sonae have grown aii tall as I, otbers seem - to heve changed entirely; bet ae time spent., . at ' home . „in- creasedetheir faces all came baeik. to my Mind. In this crowd of young people there iethilielthe funniest and the most charming little fellow you ever -saw.. He is my youngest brother. I noticed him the napreent I entered the house. When he was told thitt I was his brother, who.laad beeo fitr, far away, he came` before me and half bent hislinees. My mother told me thathe is the pet of the family, and when she Wati net en a happy- mood. he would climb upon her lap and begin 16 ,console her. ! Ile sleeps with. her, and often in the Middle of the night, when he witkes.up, he would put both bie lattude tiroued her neck and giV,e.her a kiss and an ' -embrace. `While I was at home (he was bent by the Govern - men e to FoOchiu) he Would come to call me every morning..., Now I miss the little fel- loat ;very much. Instead of his sweet. Childish voice I hear every morning nothing 'bet the disagreeable sotied of 'an old gong.'! t The new extension to . the Kingston Asylutia will be finished about the - middle of July. _ _ The directorse_of-the--Canadian Pacific - /tail way do net anticipate any rivalry from the projected line -from Cornwall to Sault Ste. Marie. . GeorgeRochegroose, the painter. of the horrible picture "Andromache," which has takenthe first prize in • the Paris Salon, is 22, and is said to be crazy. A despatch from Lockport, N. Y., says that Divistou Engineer itvershed with a &rips ef-aseistants, was ready on. 'Tuesday to begin,the stervey of the National Park, Niagara Falls, but the State Engineer sus- pended all operations until further orders. The reason is unknown. Switzerland appears to be a bad place to .bs funny in. A practicel joker ha ii been sent' to jail for a year by a Swim:, -"criminals court for merely having in his possession -a document inscribed -as follows : ." Fool's Bank, doing business in Nowhere, prornises to pay oe presentation a hundred francs. Director, Prince.Carnival: Note Whoever forges bank notes will be sent to a watering place for fifteen years:" . Patti and '.1Eisarnunr. A bright'1 tyea-oaugh er of an English nobleman stopping at the .Windsor Hotel, New York, is a great favorite with the guests. Her autograph album contains the rollovsing, veritten by the great' singer, Music, in the opinion of Many, ranks second ;only to faith and 'religion ; and apart from its Power, its effect and its manyadvantages,. we :may....justly,regard-it-as---belonging--to-heaven, rather than to earth, avakeningand stimulating, as it does, ha our hearts a desire to praise the' 'Almighty with psahns-and thanksgiving.- ' ADtLINA PATTI. .0n the next page of:this album is the - following, in the handwriting of -Barnum: "Of Such is the kingdom of heaven." • To MO there is -no picture .so beautiful its ten thousand i•iniling, bright-eyed-, happy children:: no music so-seveet as their clear, ringing laugh, ter." That rhaVe had power, year after vette, by providing innocent amusement forthe little Ones, to. create sueh' pictures,to .ovoke such iS ray proudest and happiest reflection. . . • P. T. BADIMAI.- No Troni..le in the Choir:, (Brooklyn Eagle.) " I thinkye treated us very Unkindly in say- ing that we had it fight in our Choir -l" mur- mured the Contrelto, taking the cheir the religious editerplaced for her and straight- ening her hap: " You laurt.the feelings of everybody and I dotiet see any geed of it." --. -fluted id ne-youth-a-ve-a-teght-?"-pro teeth el the religious editor. "Didn't the tenor say the Cuprite° 'didn't kuow aey, mote.abuut runsic than a logarithfe does aboutthe doc- trine of infant baptised V' .- : . - - •. : , ." I knew. that,' coueeded. the contralto,. "And he Was right. 'She don't. ',Bat She leTit-eross-grained old 'Maid andib-e-7-60tiiier. we get rid of her the better.", . "'And didn't tbe basso take the Soprano's , - - s• • - . ,., . side and hit the timer on the ledee-?" cells tinueel the religious editor. • • :.' ' ' - - ' . " I knew he did,".reelied,the 'contralto.' "And.he Was all in the wrong.' .That tenor is perfeetly lovely, and thesoprano got mad' beceuse- he' wits to Sieg..a duet with ineeeleet.I.don't-sed-why-youtewented. to pear into him: . Why didn't you say • the soprano hed been flirting -with the baritone for six Mont/Moe spite of luebeing a mar. 'ried than? ,What did you Want to put it all ozi the tenor -for ?." ' • . . "I;dideR't know anything about that,". re- torted the religious editor. "Somebody told Meithet the. tenor -took -you to the f wohiftier.8"h..p ic:iact that the soprano told his ie, andt.li at, all -the .row: grew. . out of the .. - "So she *did the:meddling old maid. It was none of her businese. He didn't take, her, and' he tsza't likely to. We, never -had any trouble in that choir until she got -to pelting her nese into eVeryhedy'e''husinees. Say, I wish you evotild me out and state -that the elaisir is Perfectly harmonious, and '.tihd: oaoet -tc9.Eilipats:I.en tn. its, report.a.bout. the diffieuitY."- '- '':: s ' i, a .- . • - , ' ' .,,'"•:-Of eourse I Will, if 'there is anyereth in , iteespended the religibin, edithrte "-Is-the . diffieelty-allover ?" ' ' , .. ',.' .' "It Will beam Soon as ,the :tenor 'gets -his hands on the oiganistl Hehas been giving hie month a holiday. and saying that :the tenonwants.tragetathestipprano out ed he --Oitrig-et-anOther one'who' used to sing in the-- sahae Church iiiethe conntry. As soon as I heard of that 'I told Ilie• wife she had better ,keetee, leek out for.her husband. She told hind Acne ie. and he said 'there -wesn't 'a •word ;of truth in.it, and now she's ,keeping ii.W.ateleen,laim and he cant go home from Ohoie' Preto:thin with me mete! 11 blows over. '.1 don't See 'why a tenor's Wife: shouldbe iip jealous a him.". ' ,. '....- . ' . , , "Sb, he's going to thump the organist, is he inqiiiredetheeeligious editor. . e; Ifi he cap °etch him before he gets (wee -ens Masi, heeitill, twieheyou 'would gay. thatall-tiiii.differenees' in the choir -have been eettled, and that the congregationtare. anxious to have it now soprano. -Will you do that for Mel'''.. . , e ,- , "Certainly,"" smiled- the the 'religious editor'. " Dili:Ali beer something .,aloont. ;the alto leaving.the choir ?" . . • ' . , , "Nei each leek as•that I" Sighed' the con- eralte4" She's as mueh it fiXture as thecon,... itteibiation box..Slielendthelaitld-headed base() -are'Saitlilek itethe note ia inht leingrim, but I - have put a spike in. her wheel by telling his Wife,that he held her liabd-all day when we were praiiticing the Easter MUSIC. She weal bother, me and the tenor any more until she gets out Of 'that scrape. I wish you would oriticien that basso's voice. He can't sing ' anymore than a lobster, and when he puts - 'me ea the le9,der looks hardat me and says I will beet) to do better,if I am going to stay in that choir! I'd like to see him try to put me but! My husband would wringlie neck •f°.rhi4cintal' .rn..' seeter.tthied,_o,..are4to' C-Te-Mure - mure-d the 'religious editor. . • " . " De course, I am," replied. the Contralto. "tYetuneedn't say anything abritit" that iti your old 'paper, because I never allude tO my husband unless he's around: Now I Went you lee write a Dice article abeut us, and day thattof all the church ehoire in Brooklyn there's,' not one so perfectly harmonious and deviated to :itsduties as .oV-Wilryou, that's a dood man ?" . : , , ' And the religious edidor hadn't the heart ,.to refuse her. . . , ' e • ' ..ftis ,bedeved that the-Marquiti of ;Lans- downe Will report from the Joint Commit- tee Of the Imperial,. Parliament en favor of Cle'ChatinelTurinel scheme.:_t.,-------- ,--• . , . --The:Winnipeg Free Press says :, Rev. W. L. Rutledge,.,Mee. Rutledge, •Miss -Lister, and Miss ,Carn_ ell, leave by this evening's ;train for' St. aul. ' From the latter ' city the ladies will - continue their , jour'nest to -Hamilton, Ont./where they will -visit during' the 'innamereltev. Mr. Rutledge returning to -Winnipegs'a - - Luck lna Pin. • " Don't pick up that pin. Let me," saill a lady to a young man who stooped to pick up that useful article from the carpet. " Whynot, pray? ". e Why, man. alive, don't you see ite head is toward you? It's bad luck to piok up a pin when the head is towerd one. I remember old Cy Elender- • son;who teed to work for Us, would come home from the church of. which he was sexton, and his coat lapel would fairly bristle with the pins he had picked up while sweeping. He always said that he could get as many more if he hadn't been afraid of bed luck that might follow hire if he picked them up wrong end -to. Now, then, while you are standing there you are just drawing bad luck to yourself. You are turning the chair round on one leg 1 sup- pose, if you had the chance, you would just as lief carry -a rake -or hoe through the house ef3 not. Everybody knows that brings the worst kind of luck." Trifles and Details in Intellectual Training. ' One of the first essentials iteeithormigh intellectual training is to learn instantly and accurately to discruninate. between trifles and details. It is precisely the careful, p tkent attention to the latter, as it is igno ng of the former, thatroarke the we11devefkpod man. Genius is morothan half a per° ntion of relative velues. The greatest scientists and the greatest artiste alike have been. the men who knew precise- ly what to slight and upon what to lavish the closest attention ; and the sin and weaknesie of modern literature lies in it lack of this essential wisdom. No detail eau he BO . slight and insignificantaimia_ba_ trifling, and on -the othenhand, no triffalian be of sufficient importance to, be ranked and considered with the details. -Boston Courier. • . A despatch from MonetoneN. B., states that Sir -Albert ' Smith is very low and 111100aliCioUll. 1 Ire Won. A lot of old °haps were sitting around the other evening telling stories, and one bet the treats he could tell the biggest lie. The crowd got -ready and the first man led off It happened this way boys,", said he, "away out West. In those days I was a gentleman, and-" "Hold on," interrupted the entire gang, "that's enough. We'll pay for the drinks. What'll you have?" And it was see -Cincinnati- Merchant and Traveler. -London World : "The vital element -effee'RE-gligaaares-creed- fit-n-ot What-liee be I ie ve e, or the mental reacirees with which he belieVes it, but the manner in which he expresses his belief or disbelief. He may think anything and he may say most things, but he must say them in such a way that they will net outrage the natiobal seliSs of demi:Mt." %F8LEEp UP. The New York li,odzinu-ilionse in which , the Beds' ore 0iklairg. The New York :police are eu forcing a rule againee sleeping 10 toe pealte parks. This drives the hoontke. iuxttwerii into chest) lodgingThee placre ttr• being inspected by aSeute of Dr, Crtaihs'e Anti-Crinae Society. They weet um it Chatham etreec ietlooe, whieb did not outwardly differ- from bemire:de 01' low groggeriea. Nye on..enteriug Wati *1'..1.!!...,f1 t_ room any. more them ditto id Ilt ep Qioted. 'A dozen ma!! rilld WO Cla eV, no w-negone for the suermition that they wi-re there for the purpese of mere cerousel, were in various - stages of the process of driekieg at the bar. Most. of them -ft.st as they had swallowed, their potions and put down their 5 -cent pieces, went through, an open -door hate:a-rear rpm. This eeeud apartment wee,ab,out 25 feet by 40 to -size, and had it ceilinii eredisproportweately low that attalt LIMO D3V ,s peeped to SaVe-hifl hat from wipiug.eistue fiona the half -exposed hath. Around the sides eed scattered about were.fieketty chatre end settees, the letter divided into sections by ;crate, so that they °duke not be lain upon. The privilege of silting here all night weo ..t,quiced by buy. ing it drink. It was nearly midnight at the time.of Mir eisit, aua the sittings were almost all taken. The lodgere Were a unser- elate lot, ani yet they Fibtowed cousiderable dii ersity of raisfortue e. The m ajoritti were sins, of course, and their discolored faces were in harmony with ragged and filthy clothing. But here and there was -it'man with remnants of recent gentility in man- ner and raiment, •to wheha the upright poiiture Ocaild not blies peaceful slumber; and who -wriggler:laud muttered in his die- cemfort. The, spectacle was -about as ludicrous as it was pitiful.' Some slept soundly whileeas rigidly etraight as though' stiffened by itscittalepticafita -.others found apparent ease by lopping over, and a- few were bowed forward., until their bodies lay'en their 'own lape, . with their heads dangling. It was agaiust :the rule of the place to lie on the fluor, and when it weinan fell off her chair, stretched herself out with- out waking and drew one arra under her frowsy head for to pilieweehe was quickly and. eudely rouged by a eteswart attendant. She marina hen glibly, but submissiVely reseated herself aed f ell asleep. Rattier, a promiscuous hotel ? An fnteIIig,r 10141 stilil• A. Bordeaux pierchent his ineatiff !nailed Lion., Which was the ee titer - of the Patin' dog show.A few years tv,o, as Lim., was wsTheing with his .masteealo-le the quay; they toet it little 'dog showing OVidt'LlG symptoms of riettleess and fullowed by au 'excited crowd, among whom were two itergeauts de ville with drawn 'swords. Liou, quick as thoeght, pounced upon -the- /mid dogeseizedtit . by the ueck with. .his, csplicious jeWeeecierried it tie the water's edge, jumped into the cause, and---held-it under water untilt wee drowned—On or eiiti vt lae, t.hcer;:wh''d'i.ea,i!c6orreiivedquitehiriihonitiae, where hie triestee geve bun ten extra -feed. The ii,s,stiff iteettlial eta- 'delighted 'at, the. reSint of kmeexplort that when he, alter - ward Lei:teeny litele dogs in the street he: -seized-eueou awl drowned -timid in the, Same Manner, mail he 'fba' kept•cotiatantly mlizzled.'-iletterinaer-Rege ter, ' -4 quadrille danced by four couples to slew vatse: music, "combining the grace of the minuet with , the ellen:need the wise," is the inventor describes it, is the new daisee,_ ti Le •National,"..whieh_.an, enter. prising maitre cle dame is about.to introduce to British society. It is, however, a.ques- tion whether -Peoph3 want new danceee. If they do, no doubt " LeNetionel" rna,y be adopted; but T fear its reheitreal. will be generally'voted it bore.' Whe,n to look for a risc le- gas -.--When balloons begiu tego up. Men who always give down weight -Pile drivers. ,Wood cuts -Well, they always Bald he would. Why is the boerding of it ship at sea by pirates -like a tower lee a high- handed affair. Sir Charles Tupper, Sir LeOnfod.TilleV and Hon Mr. Maephareon have ail arrived in London. , ' .IP rile BOIriE'4` " ..,,: "sco.i.0. Dlr. debn:ennn.10,3rphe:1;411::::: „10,,,2..1.1E-,,,11de.c i r felt y to been Itiotiffneorte do I tthe nth e op la o'' r,',..;1',L.,: .,it."; /.r,t_t To listening ornth o to seienteee teitryeie le ft-..,.;c4z, i of lecturieg, but last /light the a :eiiterte el! the -Queen City were treated G1), .6 (.171,S.,Olt.94.1.0 ou the - ., '- c,. " ehoching " subjact of aleesrici ye which Was suffieiently brit:13,A 14 , t .1 ,7,..!,.-,t, vela the hanoieowe sublect into ttei sea e. The narne.ef thetaleeted leeieeer :i!.., el .e„pro0. A. johnson, the well-V-ittsv--isellered fessional de tronorn luli.dit, .7 .4.47 .r, Literary and Bducatietial WF7.4'.77. riAiter and Pub- s lisher -Of .-the-B-ititeserteteeet teed American:, - 'Eeit:ige49' owthEd el'itlInirilli;:st--"It' Li ).'il., :t.'`.•'''cl°0trtirnidn,aitlifale- United States and Catiitana thiliappily for ' Mr.; Johnson's reties:rid:see iii hie mysterious al:abject, he was lamlo fo edify but a .., le*, as fiftheneieclue iite einte"elf; -Were the . sole,occupktAts of the Ateeie eeli, He isms not discouraged; however, 'i.1.4,. Y...1:1.1ug his shin- ing beaver, and wipes lie, .-aseetache with an immaculate heed ii eree isr , 'es proceeded. The- 'first principles ,e. sitietTroity Were deftly, dealt witheLeurei :te . t ' g.,. stroking 9, cat's back and-rubbieg it am .:::pc-ircha but.. . ton.: He plunged deeJj P...i7. the secrets of the telephone and t.,...-Jj..,1„ a,nd extri- cated -himself gracsf -trey e,..- esiferrieg to amber mines, but the -.. i., -f. ',./e emee Was . 'delivered to his audieuee ..-,- no iie said that his EtESidUOHEi pUrsUb.ouv ni.' tn9 eubject had revealedo him the tee, ....le ft:it that inside . of fifty years the . eletatiaity-ei his earth, ' this earth ...which is the p4r.,./..ui:1 , reservoir oi . eleeteieity, would come in c.riiii,'it With the - fire which eireeed heti, t is eete.t. eis t bowels of' ealLeaglo.. bTeh, ea nadi:doperns k:lee: heit,T.,e;.7vuv/f.idylzi tsoexa. ese loll.. alarm, the lec6nier re1,1.74:ile1;.fron., allud- ing any Inreher. to -the “ peeter of .eleo- tricity." ape timid:tad SI i',e audience; at • least, Ruth aii were aeisa, f ee their, diligent attention and ended - a v -salving thatlio - was going to repeat ties 1.10:. V.I.F•'.., 9 ery. shoitlY in New York, and .1/11W,q). .G'110 wisted to 49941.7 it aeain could'UV7A;) tsin solves of.the opportunity offered. there.--- •,Litiieilig grades. fully te - the ,itudieecti, ei 'thee had now diminisbed to seven, be peleid it bundle Of papers from his 'Deceits., ,,esi iiaid .thee he • wouldyre.sent each 01.10.0.4.4-42n:: with a copy of the "British Leine' -Eh erder to show them that extraordinery teiee1. existed in . itscolueerie, he wouiet tv.ad:'," a few 7.to convinee tbem that is te:ti.e sseely a /japer of ueuenel brilliancy. Tiii.i vets the _finishing ." shook," ehere was a ib "7.e:to to the Icier,. and the lecturer. aidjenzeell . till. he . met at New Yerk.---. Toronto Alai /.. • JENNIE LIND IN 11E1 6L0 AGE. , "Not singing at All, attle.?"1 , " ' Only zit the rareet ter .SA:ls forthe Bach ohoire ofavslaich 11)7 Coudector and founder. 'have attic) Sung at. -thea conam and of ''Eler 1.0:Itiaby, and eometemete ,for .the le sieitiecit of my frluda." . 1 'Yte' thehole e- yon?;' I ventured. - . Yes, if .3,00 like Lt.° 'objections to sioesa httle. What's that see are hunting titter, Otto?" (This hamband, who , . was hangieg over the wat)) ) " "-he ." Then, play -ties arit, . Qui In epee." . He immediately Sat :do we -and she sang as she sat in her ehair; end charmingly she did it, to:ie.:Bet I wainty. lietened for that divine tone and note :which had thrilled the heart -of .thousande Itelee.0 Was boen . . . The lines of age on herleee have' thetr come plemene-in the voice that hall grown old w . , „ itn Ite_p0fleeeBer.-nLencL,4,_Clorrespondence Philadelphia Times. " - • -Mr. Allan T..lietalteetei, of Wallbridga, says'his orchard; which -had millions of caterpillars on the trees, was cleared by the followingereetmeni. : Ectook a five - eighth bit and bore to near the centre of the tree. In trees five iisolies andupwards in diameter fill tightly lettes sulphur - by. using a tithe and retainer: then plug with * a thin piece of besswond so when damp- ness comes to it it Will re;cct water by easily swelling. . • As soon as a issornata- begins to dies!' "loud" her mariners arid conversation 'partake of the same chi:teeter. ' vows emtapii=111111MNINI.101 WHO IS UNACQUAINTED WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THIS COUNTRY, WILL • 'SEE -BY EXAMININC THIS MAP, THAT -THE .• . "77 ro'f"\"•"'" at/ • 41. Chl_ppra3)/48 .47 6Mecns Xpin !rip. Crrera ' Fa 7;feriina-n;' % T A ii1071a !., lienaSh. I lf,Sfa Matontr. omr N OB9 rse„ La Cud eesa *-b-e sspir'2 L, • . • -"":"'" „.• CHICACCOi.RQPIC ISLAND PA.CIfie Being the Creat Central Line, affords to travelers, by reesoileof its unrivaled ece- araphicai position, the shortest and eest route between the: East, .Northeast and. Southeast, and the West, Northwest and'Southwest.. ' It is literaret and strictly true, that its cortneetions ere all of the princinal lines • ef road between the Atlantic and the Pacific. - By Its main fine and branches It reaches Chicago, Joliet, Peoria, Ottawa, La spite, Ceneseo, Moline and Rock Island, In Illinois; Davenport, •Muscatine, Washington( Keokuk, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Fairfield, Des Moines, West .Liberty, Iowa City, Atlantic, Avoca, Audubon, Harlan, Guthrie Center- and Council Bluffs, In Iowa; - Trenton, Cameron and Kansas City, In Missouri, arid Leavem-,.. mworth-and-AtchiSon--in-Kansas;-and-the-hundrodirot-sitleirrvIllages-and-town-s--- intermediate.. The: ,. , '':`CREAT ROCK ISLAND, ROUTEI'l 4. itis farnillarly called, 'offers 'to travelers all the adVantagee: and comforts'. . , . . Incident to a'amoo•th trackoafe bridges; Union Depots at all connecting points, ' Fast Express' Trains, Composed' of COMMODIOUS, • WELL VENTILATED, WELL , HEATED, FINELY UPHOLSTERED and ELEGANT DAY COACHES; a illne of the. • MOST'MfiCNIFICENT HORTON RECLININC ;CHAIR -OARS eVair hunt; 'POLLNOW'S Iatesc designed arid 'handsorneet PALACE SLEEPING CARS, and DINING GARS that are acknowiedged by press and ,peeOle to be the orgEsT RUN UPON, ANY ROAD- IN' THE COUNTRY, and In which superior,' meals are served to travelers at the lew. rate of SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS EACH.' . , , • THREE, TRAINS -each way hetween CHICAGO and the MISSOURI RIVER. TWO 'TsAiNS each way betweee CHI.CAPO and -MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL., via„the famous , , " ALBERT LEA ROUTE. ----A-NeWitirid-Direet-LlrieTVIre'Serfeca-affd-Kankakee;, has 'recently been opened, between Newport 'News, Richmond, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and La Fayette, and Council Bluffs, St. Paul', Minneapolis and intermediate points. • ' All Through PosSengers carried L On Fast Express Trains. For more detailed information, see Maps and Folders, which may be obtained, no emu as Tic-kets; at ale ermeipai Ticket Offices in the United statmeand Canada, tarot . IFi. R.. CABLE,C ST: JOHN f Vice-Pree't & Cen'i Manager, ' Cen'l T'k't & Pass'r Ag'io CHICAGO.