sm it if in y-%w * ■ * * i gtfrt salisbury n c july 8 1870 vol v iso 27 rijc l'l*lll.lsll|:i wkkki.v v i e u i n hv \ i s . editor and proprietor bates h 81 donil'tion okb ban payaulo iu udviiuce ... h.ou six months " ■• i n 5 copies to ouo address 12,50 10 copies to one address 20,00 hates ft adoerhsmq ue square first insertion ill 00 a_m i a.l.k.i i ;. .:... special notices wtll be charged l per oenl ■ higher 1 1 n ii tin ali.ivi rates court in nl justice's orders ivillbe publish ed at the same rates with other mm ments obituary notices over six line charged as advertisements contract rates i o i-i -: .' - ' a ! 2 ~. -■ x k * \ f * spack _ g s s - & i p :■■ i square 2 50 8375 **- ion >- oil -' filil .! squareb i 50 0 25 _ 50 13 110 22.00 3 squares 0 00 d 00 12 00 20 00 110.00 1 squares r1 00 1 i 00 15 00 25 00 37,50 \ column i i nn 10 00 20 00 30 00 15.00 \ column 18 00 24 00 30 00 15 00 75 ou 1 column 2h nil iii no 50 00,80 00 130,00 a mystery nr the past strange discovery of a skeleton a murder a quarter of a century ago brought to light it is only a few days since llie numer ous ofliciuls of the city hull were thrown into a foyer of excitement by the discovery of the skeleton of a woman boxed up iu a narrow space in one of tbe dnrk cabins of that building the tt-ork i men who had been engaged in cleuni r 1 out tho accumulated filth of a quarter of a century stood back aghast at the spec tacle which met their gaze vividly recall ing tiie butcheries of ( loir l'robst truup lnann and company but tbe horror of the city hall svas as nothing compared with that of a mr frederick hrissel a contractor of no c30 sixth street and bis men nporl boing confronted la 1 oninf l.v 1 u,.l a o ,. mnu si fill ing erect between the weather-board ** d the chimney nl ihe old frame house nto i.r rivington sue t mr b.-is ! was tearing dosvn the botisi in question preparatory lo building a new n ". when the skull .' ii *; el * . and ghastly was suddenly . veal d .- the falling away of some plaster the whole svnll was removed as quickly as tbe fears of the trembling laborers would permit and in a short time the full skele ton wus taken out of a place in which it must have reposed for almost half a cen tury the police on being notified of the case hunted up a colored woman naincd deborah groomor who had burn a resi dent of llie room in one of tho wallh of which iln skeli ton svas found i'm upward of twenly-fivo yeurs she professed en tiro ignorance of its existence and sin wed by ber frighten 1 iippearni ce lo he nn i •• r-ni'jn is 1 lhan the bib u ers she hud often heard strange noises al night about the room but had ahvayi attributed them io rats and mice no fragments of clothing were discov ered on iln skeleton nor eould in j he found to indicate thnl n both i ... - 1 1 put in there with tin id thi ■ in all lhe ciicnmstauci s p dnl nt the ns a murder no in li il .- tmlei i go lo the troubli f bid ig keleli place ss hen its runios ul s i old almost tho tumbling down oi ; he i rivington s tro ; w hi ■ ■ l lit n gung of cul-lhronls s in used lo p.-r an extern ivi ly along the easl rivi r u i llii fuel in iy lo son extent nee foi the pi esence ol the ikeli i n ooroni i lie nan was notified lo bold an inquesl and he may possib y i borne litihi upon sslait is at p i • shrouded in myblei s . i ■ fork ' oinnit ratal mink tu ' ; !. i ii ■■ ' n elect houoi i '■ ret'oi mi ... style ev n ■■ -■-. ' was a aim ind 1 i in will nl , i in that i of evenli en [ wu i iiantcd m ill ull the bestd an r ei diest methods nf ruisi tin m off aroost bj burning lucifer matches under their noses down to lifting them itl'ii fence on n fioi ty nighl by hi ing the end of a wnnn board undei iheir heels i iy i lie time i was twenty years old i really suppose i had rui i i i u poultry than any ono individual in nil tiie section around about there the very chickens came lo know my talent by and by the youth of other sexes censed lo paw the earth for worms and old roosters thai camo to erosv i ; nod to pray si hen 1 pa id i y — .*«». the new york 67 n ■ ' , ■ ' ■ ; .- lhat horace grocly continues to bi seriously ill tin disease with whieh li n turned from the l ihnu till el to him and i.i i by iciai 1 n permission to si - 1 m he has n iron ;, liouvani constiiution and alibni li verely stl'illni fl by fifty years ol i id lull ial and bodily ti line l-i i in lv overtll . '. i ■ ■ ay be eoiihiellod i origin and history of the order of knights templar \ eiy littlo is known by the general pub lie of this tho highest ordor of masonry linda sketch ill the origin nnd history of the sir knights v ill be read with inter est t i in ' nd i nl the temple i i . .- r oi iginu ted mi uccounl of lhe ( i u.-ades nino va haul and pi us knights formed an ussnuhi i ion uniting the characters nl monk and knight 1 voting themselves to n lit t j mplos in lln-ir w<u*d in the i i it f lion . f pilgrims on theit visit lo the ilnh ii ■ their n oltilion nc iminb 1 w i li in ii ii i he i'm lib ■-. in d ■_ ni i d ill in ill ippi'obnl ai i 1 l_i*il kin ij 11 d the piilriinch in the lull h presi i a : in s look three l ul - i rli | itv poverty nod obi dieiieo uud n fiiurth in li ■'■ ' ineess intly in the eiiuso i i the hnlj haail ngiiinsl the - . i . . they i ou id tin nisi h es to i \ e a-i in i - lo tin rules ol the canons i i si augusli ' i el led us lii'bl ran i i ui.mi j !*.■• en ill !!» ihey ».■ hi . i . ii i i e 11-11 fulk ( '■•' i -. i !■■ ■ a | ilgri.u gu in ' jems ii in i offer vi.wb nl the holy shrine impressed *■■■ ith tin ir sincerity ll society and upon bis r turn homo remitted thirty pounds ol silver an nually s.liieli example was soon followed ' by many other noblo print s ofthe west i or nine j i nrs tbe templuvs lived in pov erty and gave ull proems received toward ' ameliorating tho condition of pilgrims wore only such clothing as the hand of j charity bestowed and though constantly engaged in fighting the infidel were bo poor that hugh d ■ payens and bis friend : godfrey nl st diner both rodo lie same war horse iu 1128 i hn order was cou ; firmed by the council of troyes and a uli to mantlo prescribed as their habit to distinguish them from tbe knights of st john or hospitallers ol jerusalem an or der differing from the templars only in their mission theirs beiug to minister to ll.e sick ln 11 16 the templar n ■ re or dered to wear constantly exp is d on iheir j breasts a red cross as a symbol of mm ' tyrdo.n and to cany a banner bearing the bumble inscription nm nobis domine • sctl nomine luo da ../■' riam i i not to us i . lnrdj n j :.. ns l.in to thy name give f ■ or '. '. hn l iln imyetis „!*•** ail 1 d a i e tl * : ■ kn hi li dd be ted to the order except he first settle a,i fi ud aim id his life k . 1 eg m the p i .. ' . in i ■ ■ ■. v iln ii fl ■ ime in from nil sides ln ll 300 . : fu r pi enn 11 d tin ins ives i ndei lhe ti in plars banner and followed hugh do pay ens to ibe holy i ami from this time forward their history lorms a prominent pan of that el iln ( rusades and is famil iar to mosl reader wherever the battle raged fiercest or sword of saracen threat ened a christian there was found a tem plar to avert the blow in lhe latter part ol tho twelfth century the order became demoralized by excess nf wealth obtained ; in iicccssfnl wars against tbo heathen — their annual income in i 175 is slated by | dugdnloto have bi i u sso/ooo.ooo tbe i | n j « i hegitn lo decline in lhe i i , suhn pi ep in il io ri eo or jel u i ii ind f'oiiiid discoid in lh chii ian ci a tin ligbl came — the terrible bat tle . i llillin — « here the ti mplnrs and !! tailors fouglil with desperation h-heiebl il flowed like water nt 1 3 0 iid ji wn iheii lives a ji i nu-v i ■'■ i beta een ill ti n s which li rniinnti d in - pi i i i ion -. a finally suppn s un usure i i he po u h i d must.rs tn ti i irove iii a li i cln tiai 1 - . e the ten pbu id ou ; refuge with li i uni - n ,- i i d aei ■ | ■ . ' i-il.li liu.lle ' i ' il in tl inn - entire extinct . ■ i i ,-'■■■ nee ti a kn in sui vivi il ! an ll et ami thi y with lie re * || niinllei and - tin r ordi rs k , ; , cypi'l i ll ' l : numbers wealil md putt incren i till ihey excited thi ol i p the fair ki ig ol france u in is termed by mills in 1 i ry ol lhe . i u n i ■- . iii monster i the age philip i vai irlifici • . olov lied . ilo iiii nl v to the oflici nf pope and these 1 ivo mined to di lhe order and enn h i ce do m day was sum id in the pri - enco : i ope ' lb mont al paris nsl ibl to con u.lt with refer i ! i crusade but iln real pur pi •■ « am in uli manifest a list oi i ch ■■ ' i re pri fi rred ngainst tbo ordi r and nn i ictobor 13th 07 lie . ■ ul ■ inplars wi re arro ited un der tho most treacherous circumstances nnd cnsl into pi ison their n al crime mill i ",- as their wealth '' they h ere stibjocloil to u mock ti ial tortured condemned and many nf them burned at the ' ' r fif't four nl one lime in paris pope !■::*' - mbled tbe cardinal a id in t consist i i \ nnd si . mi his own aullioi ii is u 1 n bill ttboli i.i . - tb ■ oi'ib ;■■ i le mo lav was burned al tbe t tuke on march l.'.ili 13 11 aud with him it wa uippai , ,.. | , ! d tli ■ ortb r . but notw ith land ing tbo ci ts of tho king nnd pope the . f ivni n il exterminated 1 lo molay ip n ol hi fate i ppointi d 1 li slni-k l.ii li it i ucci i nr in i iii i to the pre i nl ilar i ii'-ia . a ■ fjrand and ranks among its members borne of tbe most influential noblemen of the empire in portugal the namo of tin order has been changed to tliui of tbe knights i obrlst and its cross is frequently con ferred by tlm government nn a reward ol distingulsbed merit in england tho en i*;iiii|iiii.-iii nl baldwin wbicb was estab lished nt bristol iiy the templars « bo re turned villi p i el inn i from palestine btill conltnneh lo bold tegular meetings uinl is believed lo have preserved tbe nu i'ienl cot nun ■ nnd ceremonies nl iln or ilir 1 li r in im i ,'■ 1 ■*•'• ■ ilni-i original ciii*h fnpmenls ol fnglii.id i l'i in tliei i huve i iiniii.-iii-il the existing cncampmcnib i ( ironl britain and ll.e i nin il states bo tlinl tbe nrdor as ll now exists is a lineal descendant i tbe ancient j ordei nl iln temple in clin ingham's i h i 1 tin templni -' hurl m .)' he i it 1 1.1 ii list 1)1 tin 111 1 mllstl i f imii 1 1 u _• 1 1 lie p.iyens to sldlu \ su-illi eb'i'ti tl in 1838 mil iln dales of iheir eh ellnii i inl.iu-ii g ri pri -. ninth es ol the nublesl j ainilics iu europe ol all ages since the l'i uud it ion of the order i'll ipl thi prole bioual objeel of lh . i i i'c t pi igri uis o n i bei i | , ll'l i ■ il i int ihui thu chii i nnd primary intent was to practice und preserve the rites and mysteries of free nini nui'3 11 id their reulubji ci heen ni.ule public lhe antipathy t the masonic or der wbicb waa then considered antago nistic to the doctrines anil principles of tbe it in in . ntholie t llinrch would have i excluded tli-m from papal favor and prevented their attainment to wealth and | power tbo surpassing skill displayed by both the templars and the ii.bpital 1 rs especially tho former both in f.ropc and asia in tbe construction of ivonder ful architectural and engineering woiks attests their knowledge oi the laws ot beauty and just proportion buch a al lhat time waa not imparted from any oth j er than within tho body of a duly titled lodge other evidences establish tbe fact he end a doubt that ibe mysteri is nl free mnsour were known lo uud transmitted by iho templars tho order of the knights of tho red cross tho first conferred in masonic knighthood is on account of its intimate connection with symbolic masonry joined ! ' with those ofthe temple and malta and j each candidate after intermediate proba . a got n i ■- •'- *•• .-• - "' ■ ' i i ir'a asylum it is conferred only upon m isonb wl n have taken tbe entered ap prentice fellow graft master mason murk m ibter past master mosl fxeel letil muster and royal arch d n i i and is founded mainly upon incidenti connect ed h ith the r building f tho temple nl jerusalem it relates the circumsiance .,:'/.. iul.il iln-1 prince ol budah prevail ing under cyrus king of persia i re store lhe lew .-, to liberty and permit them to rebuild the city and temple in the ceremonies of conferring this order tbe trials and difficulties encountered in tbo work are illustruled in a very forcible and impressive manner it liibtory dates back to that event and is found in joso phns ami in the third and fourth chapters l the first book i eadras a pr.ohin s i'odtii h m'i fl poison ,,; s liei-tii.es wri ii i ii mn v for llie i ni li i ill iih world we li ivc in ml ni record lhe lacl ihut in our isl mil eiiv there lives a youth who in himself is one among ll.e great phennmenns ol the g .. |. i a nnd lie the jura y i irsi il : if in ikes pets and pi iy fi ii '•'• - i til inig.-j load ol ni'llesi akes twisting ihem uound liim nnd dallying « ill tin ir fork , i mi gin - and iheir ten or lv olve rntl li l lte in tiuilly li i <■ inn i i rp mi in hii ! o-.i.n ami wasps and born is iu his 1 i vi ami pock b « iihi i . icivi il ling hi lhe inni ! ess nl lhe i 1 1 r fo res t , n r i 1 1 any see i ll i dpi ei i | with - uki s lie can bj li m i ; m a ■ v i a i 1 1 1 d h i in a 1 1 v i ut s ile-s « lioin in '' . i i'hai in ,, | „|, a ie co to nl ilia a ind ites — i | i ni i | li ni up and lay ihem down nt an • '• "' '■ anil nt his bidd ii .- « il roui ii ill to until his ruin . in . - nies i i hou i lie i ,, ; ii mi - - a in n • ■ and bo in ii uuhite il — i pul tlial inexplicable tyrnnl spell upon i i hut it nt one hecotnei n inuto supplinul f ii i >'■ or is qui . i cut and may bo tumbled about al ph ai ure the young magician bvers thai this iiiirnculoua power is given him iiy spirits — whether a i in evil he knows not wo could rehil ■ in my incidents in tin connection illustrative i our little frieud'i tu crom faculty of subduing iho reptile creation but the foregoing must b.iffice key i pi st disjmtclt a country pedagogue li id two pupils iu one of whom in was partial and to the other severe quo morning it happened lhal these two boys were late and were called up to account for it vmi iiin.-t havo heard the bill boyb why did you not come '." plea i , sir said iln favorite 1 was dreamin1 thnl i ivaa a in to oulifor ni i aad i : li tight the i rhool bell u as iln steiiuiboui bell a i was goin in •* very well said tbo mu ter glad ol any pretext lo excuse his favorite and now sir turning t lhe oilier whai have you to suy 7 pleabo sii ," said the puzzled boy 1 — i was wuiiing i ii o tn n off ' 1 un bug soup is actually a new i i ' j ti * nn in term my it is said to i perior lo er lb loup « inch mi in i a i ib i ii u terrible circus occident panful and anful affair — three xmen i t it met by lions prom iln miililli-lonn mo iliumcr the unusully quiet little village of miildleiown was lately thrown into ii piliuf.il i'.-vi i nf excitement ou lhe morn 1 ing nf finn i2lh by un m ul catastrophe i which necui'led to the feuji lately nttuched lo lann s itobinsim & v'n.'s circus and iiuvin.il show anil lei by i rofessnr m c « ... • - . ; .,. irfifo i n -* nn in mmi'i vt^u .. . ,„ , i p^iww^1 a band cbui lot ami laiiii id mi the idea ni in limine iln bund u|i"ii lhe colossal dan ..| performing nurajdhin linns and which « iiilil im in one nf tbo principal j nnd most imposing fenlurt's of the show lil ough repeatedly sv u m d by pro i i i si ton that he il . load ihe coge insi i 1 1 1 . ai 1 dnngitons it lhe extreme iln inaiiugcrb s'ill persist d in compelling ih i'aiid to ride upon ii nothing how i sir occurred until the fatal morning of iln i ill tin hand took iheir places and the ion commenced n uioi o amid the in in i f he multitude of rustics who hud . ml lad to witnesi tho grand pa unit and hear i he i nliv mi g strains of uiii.ie x.'i a thought o danger svus en [ tcrlnini il i.s an oui . but lhe ass ful catus i trophc w a about to ie as tbo ih ivcr endi - j it ed to make u turn in the streets the i u a . became en i.iiigleil and threw tin entire team into confusion and ho lost control of ihem and becoming frightened they broke into a vnilonl run upon ihd opposite side of th li'.-et the fore wheel if the cage came in contact svitli a largl rock svith such force as to cause the bniccs and stanch ions which supported til roof io give way thereby precipitating the entire baud into the awful pit below fur an instant the cosvd was para lyzed svith fear but for a moment only and then arose such a shriek of agony as was never heard before the awful groans of terror and agtny wbicb anise from iln piau s'ie'iius a im svi re torn lacerated by the monsjirs below was heartrending and sickcting to a terriblo degree . evory momont siunfac of lhe band would pxtricnte th'-ti"(".mes from the ih l.-i 1 i 1..-iw ,. ,,(' ll cj.u'qj io lhe ground with a wla spring una aint away upon striki i lhe earlh bo gro i h-iis their terror jut human na ture ci aid i ijee men literally , dovoun d hi i tin ir very eyi s for ..'. i : ■ - ng li in d st ro y o roi ier i ■• n a » : nice neei ssary n rescue ll l victims of thii sbocki ty a hard are store is lleli happened lo stand oppi i ■ was in vi ued at lhe request ol the noble-hearted proprietor and pitchforks crowbars mil h>ngr bar of iron and in fact every jvnilablc sveapon svas brought into requuliion the aide i b of the i ige wi n i h kly torn from j their fastenings and tin i a horrible sight was presented tn view mingled nn.ong the brilliant uniform ol the poor unfoi tunnies lay legs arms lorn from their sockets nnd half devoired while lhe c brnli glared ■' roeiously svith iheir sickly ki-eeiiscoloriil eyes upon the pelrilied ci isvd i'jol nr charles white arrived al bis nonnni and gave orders in l'i p nil to i * ' g lhe dead ' md h nuiiib d lie « i ii k loss ■;.._ il would be a .': flic i alms in di i iking i removi hem tn in thi iiifurialed un ■ ■ ■ siul men svith foil nnd bars al . -.-, iy hv lil.ilil a.l ■ prang fearless ly ii.tn - d i mi id ■ nan *. rs and commenced urns iijj i i « oui tl d and ; p i — i - 1 ■ upon ih • i their fi ii nils 1 la b id sin ceeded ri nun ing the . , uinl u p ding lo gaila r ins of til . w hen i in ' ui innniiii i known to showmen n - n ro sprang si ilh a fruhlful mar upon hi keeper fastening '■ u eth and claws in hi - neck and shoulder lnceriiling him in n horriblo manner nf white made tlireo hnreulean • fforts li .. hake the moll bier off bin i iii.nl d ±} and gave or | del to lire upon him "' th co ileul.,1 of foul ' f i lolt'a navy v ere i inni ■■ ilely pour d into the carcass nl the ferocious mini il fid he fell dead n i ihe has .- little in h nol . ithstnnding tho i ni ful in in ier in which ho wn wounded in vei th . i until over ve li of tin carofully guth , | to her and ; inced upon a bheet pi paratory for buri il 1 1 was found thut throe of tho ten who n ted the c ige a ' short time before w ro killed outright and four others terribly i iccruted tho names of the killed are august school conrad frceiz and ' i nl . ireiner ( lof fiiia wen procured and an iinmediato bu rial determined upon us tbo bodies svere so frightfully lorn anil lacerated us to 1 unrecognizable to their most intimate fi iends a cull ok ' i'1 l '■• bi in'ii — tin ni ..' l'ork sun radical authority of a late date sa • i walter butler n nephew of the can eral h is be n captured in i'oikvillo at the n idauce of his alii in i it was charged ,;, i e had . tolen 68 from miss liitliy of no 90 wi si hon ton street liutlcr nttein iti d to ui hi throat before be was ink m from tho bom - , 1 i that blows the i i in qu ■ r is be a liing to do « itfi has no ri i i i nipl.iiii if tl p.ul lly in bi liu trials and tribulations of a candidate for office the following journal of n defeated candidate sve recommend lo the conside ration of those gcolledien who are denir oii-i of serving thier country -. thursday — received the nomination for an oliice surprised and indignant uemnnstiated with committee was told i must p i ice myself in the bands of my friends eventually did so friday immense poster on n brick pile opposite bouse ; my tiniuc iii iwo-foot nilfce'r in .!..■ rrw-ik-m^f^th to law is indicted uud tried ut the end of his term friends meeting me ill the btroet say there is a rumor about town that i am up lor oliice a minor which ought to la contrudic'cd other friends offer ironical congratulations and h-uvc nie in ih 11 hi whether the oliice is unlil for nn i r i for ihe oliice old gentleman won't believe il for lie knew my father and he was a vary respectable man saturday — man on iho sloop nf my house svith big whip und tarrier proud shouldered slovenly person svitli sanguin ary eye coin to advise nn lo beware of ruffians that go around election limes extm ting money from candidates offers his servixm s to attend the polls custom ary he says to pay ill ad sauce i refer liiin to ray committee he whibtlcs to bis dog f.n gage him for 5 cash dosvn we part svith mutual expressions of es teem lining in lind six nun smoking in my parlor delegates from ii target exclusion customary they say for candidates to give prizes on these occasions refer them to my committee captain very polite — tells nn ha will give mo time to think about it and will come on sunday with tho whole guard in to let me sue what n line-looking set of fellows they are result 810 for a prize evening — fxcited persons call for a subscription for a banner man comes svith a wooden leg wants a new one — three more banners clergy man for a subscription to a deserving charity sev enteen men to attend the polls more cripples delegation want their fire-en gine painted men without arms to post ihe bills a woman with subscription for a coffin children all crying up stairs — my wife in hysterics great terror and midnight — torchlight procession ; ket tle drums ; bcrenado ; make a bpeech ; rotten egg hits me in the eye ; general fight ; brickbats clubs banners torches and lists tuesday wake up defeated tell my tn nds i don't care lor myself but feel sons for the city my svii'e goes home to her mother iln children are sent where they cannot bo under ray influence no • home — 110 friends uo svib — no money — no oliice a question answered can any reader tell svhy when eve svas manufactured from one of adam's ribs a hired girl wasn't made at the same time in svait on ber i we e in easily because adam never came whining to eve with a ragged stink ing to bo darned a collar suing to be sewed on or a glove to be mended right away quick now i because ho never read the nett spuper until the sun got dosvn in hind lhe p ilili tn • s and ileal btl'clcbl d himself yusvniiui mil ain't supper most ready uis de ir i n il ho he mad the fire and bung over tbe lea-kettle himself we'll venture and pulled the raddisbos and peeled lhe bananas and did every thing he ought ile milked the cosvs and fed the chickens nnd looked after the pigs himself iln never brought home half a dozen friends lo dinner « hen eve hadn't my fresh pomegranates and tho mango season was over he never slaved until eleven o'clo !. lo a svar meeting hur n.r i in i ut and nut candidates and hen scolded because poor eve was sit ting up and crying inside tbo gales to be l ura in acted rath er cowardly aboul npj le gathering lime bul then that don't ih | ri ate hid general helpfulness aboul tho garden ho never played billiards nor drove fast horses nor choked eve with cigar smoke lie never loafed a ronnd corner groceries while solitary kve svas rocking little cain's cradle at home in sln.ii he didn't think she was special ly ore itod for lh i purpose of vailing on him and wasn't under the impression that i disgraced a man to ligb'en awite's care a little that's in re is n thai eve did not need a hired girl and wo wish il svus the reason that none of her fair descendants i'd npi what a man does is hsu a ckn i ..-. accoriiiug to a froncll slalici.m taking tbo mean oi many accounts a man 0 fifty years nf age has slept 6,000 days worked g.soo days walked 800 days a l 1 himself 4,000 days was eating i 600 days was sick s00 days etc he ui 17,000 pounds of brc ul id linn pounds ' of meat 4,600 pounds of vegetables eggs md fish and drank 7,000 gallons of liq nid viz waier coffee lea beer wine etc all together this would mnko a respectable lakeol square feot surface and three feel deep on wbicb a small bleain 0 ,! could navigate and all this bolid and liquid material passing through a hu man being in fifty years ! the new york l'ost thinks thero an on ibe whole fi w things a woman can do . . iv 1 11 as marry death in a frightful shape a msn i a i i.s i'ko.m thu top of a eniiieil sn-:t:i'i.k * d1stanch of 180 i'lcict from the ciuoimiali enquirer june lu it has more than once occurred to those svbo have watched the erection ofthe tall and shapely steeple ofthe nesv st paul's fplscopal church at llie corner of hev enlli and smith streets that it would he almost providential if that beautiful work reached completion without an accident of soiii bind towering above all sur iiiul as the during workmen fivtl1 liptm f it the finishing touches which wore to make il for time to come a tiling ol beau ty a shuddering feeling always found a place iii tho breast of llie spectator who ' eoiiteinplateil how near they stood to death's door and considered tho fragile thread upon whioli their lives hung this svus truly the case in a sense anything but figurative as svas demonstrated yester day in an accident of the most horrible kind resulting in the death of one of these same workmen a man named george jayncs a blatcr iu the employ of messrs dunn & witt roofers of third street svas engaged sla ting the northwestern steeple about half-past eight o'clock he svas swinging in his little basket near tho very apex of the spire engaged iu his precarious work the basket svas suspended by a rope which pa.-sed over a pujly nt tho top of the steeple — a fragile coin indeed the man had just received a new supply of slate and svas ssvinging on the west side svlien the rope on one side of his diminu tive coiulle snapped all of a sudden and he svus thrown out with his leftside down ward lie svas a hundred and eighty feet removed from llie earth and the naluroof tho fall may be imagined lu falling he siruck head first upon the cone of a lower turret nearly seventy-five feet below and glancing off at a tangent alighted upon the seventh street pavement several feet from the building the frightful scene paralyzed every witness for tho instant uud when his fel low-workmen reached him ihey found hiui a lifeless mangled corpse jlis leg was broken his neck dislocated one of his arms broken and his held and body fear fully cut and gashed dr conu-gys sv .- e(te-*t.rt*':fuv'vi-,ifr i rliv vj . i*'1 t h-ll..*«*tvltl th s picked him up and carried biminto the vestibule of tbe church there to await the coroner heath's outrider enmo ai d bold bis inquest and while there was much said about tbo three-quarter inch rope upon which the nniii suspended his life and its general frailly there svas no blame to bo attached to anybody and ihe jury returned its commonplace verdict of death by accidental fall c i love vol a tired woman bushed to sleep her babe beauty once made her face radi ant perhaps but all that beauty is gone nosy the blue eye is dim and faded — the pule brow is covered with lines of cue perhaps svith that far off look of hers she sees lirle graves green svith many summers her iiume is very hum ble—all day she has toiled and the faint ing spirit almost surrenders to fatigue the , dnwiieast ryt trembling svith tears she is so weary — and every nerve tingles ; vlien these boys come hungry from school ; some wiih a tale of borrow lhat mother must bear and af't.r that they were hushed svilh ■ kisses or bindings li is time in sei sup ' '■ per for seven hungry moullis and the ae i customed never-ending of putting awaj and cleaning np till the worn out creature wonders with a sigh if there really will eonie n n si for her — an eternal rest at last she cun rest her wi h weary limbs in | ho corner rocking chair the bnbo whose eyes close fitfully to low lul ; laby lies in her father's lap ho is a : plain man that good father with an linn est face and a great heart that would ; lake in all lhe care and sorrow of the household tho babe bleeps with rude gentle in ss he lis a it on its mother's bosom and lis the ruddy lire-light plays over the eaie-smini features lie looks upon her sviih eyes suddenly growing lustrous and beautiful he lifts his gnat hand softly i till it rests ou in i shoulders as lie bltyi : i love you dear mary j how the poor heart i iq-s into love light and rest how vanish tho carob llint trod upon her weary bolli ! sin 110 ' mine renminbi rs lhe toilsome watching — she rcfl cts not now thai the pretty babe with flushing cheeks against her breast has worn her patience threadbare svith constant tears and unrest she forgets that the lire would smoke the broth burn and tho children tease her that tho clothes line broke and that every limb of her frame ached svill faligne _ \\ hat were those iii compuyil ii tt ith the steadfast hive that has burned for ! eighteen years in tho sunlight of happi ness through the clouds oi despair when beauty mode her winning and when her | charms of loveliness had gone and lhe freshness nl youth had departed foreverl whai can 1 she for aught outside bei home though bbe had many sorrows mil a thrilled her whole being i love you mary .«_». a hackmun at nowport gained tho cm . in of the ni n da at tne i it yi ai i ravel i v -. ing ih . bill i uim d hit than , , hv i kine whi r '■■■ thou i i blowing — theroare many kinds of blowing as ibe blosving'of glass which is useful thr blowing of soap bubbles by children which is amusing and harmless the blowing ofthe wind which when not too voileut is healthy and invigorating there is the blowing of the horn which can make melody of itbelf or harmonious sounds in its part of a grand orchestre a blow of tulips or the blowing up of a magazine as wo read of in the taller and the losing of a province at blosv as we read of iu the peotry of dry den all these from history to flowers from drafts of wind to he scattering of pull-bulls and ril u i.ivni i » i i(id i___hu ijo b - is a blowing beyond all this and more common lhan all this which is without graie decency self-respect public or private utility it is the blowing brag gart - of the man or men svbo having no capital of their own contrive lo live upon the capital of others the very abund ance of their superfluous breath serves them in place of truth integrity fair dealing honor justice magnanimity and all tlu.se virtues and qualities of character svliicli adorn human lire on the smallest possible capital they mnke the greatest possible parade in journalism as wo daily sec they substitute blowing for new s pretensions for substance inven tion as in the wicked roumania hoax for fact if as mr lord l'aley says a lie is an invention to deceive wo unto them for though untruths which they write and print are legion and of all the hues be tween the white lies of mrs tlpie and the black lies of jtlier people and of oil the varieties painted in detail bv shake peare be all and end all of this clamor amounts to blowing sometimes it is malicious blowing ns in bearing fulso witness of others sometimes it is decep tive as in pretending to osvn what you do not possess sometimes it is harmless and ridiculous as in the ease of tbe climb ing monkey sometimes simply silly as in the case of the ostrich svbo thought that the hiding of his head concealed his whole body intelligent sensible read ing people always see where the body of the bird is exposed it is as easy to ex plode such bladders as it is to scatter a bubble of water within there is noth ing but air and without nothing but wind those tt'ho have real merit don't blow blowing is not necessary to their buccc.s is',1 h'.-'oi-'jil . u ii'i , l.'wl . h--wui lion they are disgusting a youth of folly an old age of cards in print they are always assailants and just what we bee tl.iin men of svords words words vox et 2»'ti'lcrte nihil tin woods 1'ortiik cask — the fol lowing is the report of the judiciary committee ofthe house in the woods porter case ob presented by mr bingham on saturday whereas patrick woods on the 20th day of may last past at richmond did make a violent unprovoked and felonious assault upon hon charles 11 porter then being a member of tho house ol representatives on bis way returning thereto from n leave of absence and did cut bruise and disable said porter being then a member of the house from at tending to his duties therein woods ell knowing lhat mr porter svas then a imbor of congress and on bis way to washington and making such assault ; because nf that knowledge and whereas i aid woods being brought to the bar of ' tbo house and being fully heard in his i deli use by counsel uud witnesses be , fore the committee of the judiciary all the facts before recited fully appeared i therefore resolved that patrick woods now held at lhe bar of iho house to answer . for a breach of lhe privileges of llie house • or 1 i ofii nee be nnd hereby s ordered lo be imprisoned in the jail of the his ! trie ol columbia as other criminals are for time months and that a warrant in ilne form under the hand of the speaker ' be issued io the scrgcnnt-at-arra direct ing lhe execution of this order a luvbk ui llattlissxakks tlloi'o is in ha crosse wisconsin a certain john mck.cc who has a singular fond for rattlesnakes lie has made lys the jtepailiccn of that place a a ih ctly square den about five feel each way and as many high open at tbe lop and then in are i liven rattlesnakes from i eigbtei n inches lo three feet in length — a sight to behold writhing twitting turning and folding upon over and un der each oilier or with heads orect svith ki en eyi s glistening and wicked looking ■ serpent tongues protruding from their ugly mouths with lightning like ssvit'tness ■ there they are a moving twining hideous j looking ones of serpents it is a tcrri ■ hie bight and then to see mi-kee coolly and deliberately cuter among ihem and | lake them each in bis hand call it by inline open its mouth and while lie is giving you its history lo see the reptile lay its bead upon his cheek and run its devilish tongue at you while its eyos boom lo emit sparks of fir — ugh it's too horrible and nil the while tbe ntln*rs at u'ti del nie keeping up a continual buz zing rattling bumming which fill the nil v iili losv murmurs and causes a cer tain en '*| ing of th - fi sh and shuddering ai the heart which is not at nil pleasant mr mi'kee caught them on the bluffs near lhe e s . from n in ■ i ol ovei oi i j bund i il ii ii.iiul • i . ind trail ne i hem • i exh l it ion