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' All else to thee 111 freely give, \ Ala ciC?iS06 An fWd 1 V*»jtrtw_, Ifthou wilt let the lambkin live, i ^bir.r leave me joyless here below. , Lure not Iris lip* to taste, Dim cot his thoughtless eye, Else soon thy scourge will waste-- . The victim early die. , Ob. pave the mother's bleeding woe, , . Show mercy to the widow now, • i pbr I may bear the long ago, ^ And 'neath hope's altar bow. .,'u .. But spare, oh, spare my boy, ? •_ K Touch not his youthful litidj " He is a mother's joy, That lives when all are deed! •;/ <0fc, guide the fearful shaft away,. 4 .-Hurl not the dart with fattfl aim; ^•.:jJil t'Meb htm prayere to fondly tiajr -In yraiefni thanks unto thy natoe. In virtue.'ways he'll go, Till God shall bid him come-- His heart be free from woe, , And heaven hia final home. THE TWO HUNCHBACKS. A LEGEND BY " BAJDGEB." It was a very long lime ago.' But the sun f-hone brightly then as now ; the trees au^l flowers put forth their leaves, and blossomed in the same old way ; the men swore and drank, and the women gossiped us enviously of their more for­ tunate sisters as they do now, though it •was a very long time ago, and in a foreign country. In this country a queer little city was nestled in a queer little vale, beneath the queerests of snow- tipped mountains. And there were many queer people in this city, as there have been in every city, before or since. Gpttlieb Greed was the chief man in the city. He was the head of the gov­ ernment, and before him were brought all the offenders against the peace whom his six trusty officers could discover. In him was vested the power to punish, even unto death, all who in his judg­ ment deserved the penalty. . So, you see, Gottlieb Greed was a great man, though he did live a very long time ago, and although you never heard of him before. When -Gottlieb Greed was elevated to Siis proud position in the queer little city, he was a poor man, the son of a sausage-maker. But Gottlieb had rare acquirements, chief among which, in the eyes of the neighbors, was the fact that he could preserve a sober identity under a greater load of beer than any of his guzzling brethren. Moreover he was an •orator, and when well filled with the voluble beverage he could out-talk any other citizen, male or female. No won­ der, then, that on -the day of his election, when all the peoplo assembled to listen to the speeches of the candidates, Gott­ lieb Greed ascended the rostrum, and, raising a keg of beer with bis hands, placed the open bung to his capacious mouth, and drained every drop without a pause, and supplemented this feat with the longest and loudest, if not the most intelligent of the speeches--no wonder, I say, the hearts and suffrages of his fel- low-citizens were captured together, and sundown of that day decided Gottlieb Greed to be the Chief Magistrate, as he was the chief of the beer-bibbers of that city. Gottlieb's position was fast gaining him great wealth, and as ho traveler in What beautiful bouquets he has. and let me see them." So Minnie descended from the carriage and approached the singular-looking vender of flowers. 44 Wow <rJn yon «u?ll ynri» bOtKJHStS, wv boy ?" she asked. 44 Please take any vofc wish for one groenhm,"iepUed/tne nimchback, eager­ ly displaying them to their beat advan­ tage. " Why, how cheap they are. Where do you get them ?" "I gather them in the woods near my Louie, sweet lauy, and I arrange theia myself, go that T can afford to sell them cheap, as they cost me nothing but my tune." • 44 Where do you live, my poor boy, and whose child are you ? "I live in the Black Forest, kind lady. My name is Adam Constant, and my father is the charcoal burner ; but I am not a child," he said, unavoidably displaying a beautiful set of teeth, 5 4 for I am 19 years old." 44 Why, you are older than I am," said Minnie, astonished, and smiling in re­ turn, 441 can hardly believe you. * How long have you been selling bouquets?" "Yesterday was the nrst time I bro aght them to town,' * replied Adam. *4 Moths? has been bed-ridden with sickness for some time, and father has neglected his work so much that I thought I would try and make a little money to help us along, and I think I shall do very well. The walking is the worst part of it. It is eight miles from here to our home." '•You deserve to succeed," said Min­ nie. " I will take these two bouquets," she continued, handing him a silver piece," and I don't want any change." '• O thank you, young lady, many times," cried Adam, with joyous grati­ tude beaming from his fresh, boyish countenance, and bright eyes, as Min­ nie tripped gaily and pleasantly to the carriage. 44 That is not a boy, he is a young man," exclaimed Minnie to Christian, as she re-entered the carriage. 44 And see what taste he has; he arranged the flowers himself. You wouldn't believe what a pleasant, nice young man he is. What a pity he is deformed," she said, forgetfully. 44 He says he is 19 years old. I am going to patronize him every time we go out." Christian was either angry at Minnie's unfortunate allusion to deformity, or filled with envy and jealousy that this rivaT hunchback should make more im­ pression upon Minnie's sympathies, with his happy face and.good-natured conver­ sation, in three minutes, than he had in so much time, with all his money and advantages. Certain it, is that a white spot suddenly appeared upon each side of his peaked nose, and his eyes sparkled viciously. He said little, but meditated mischief against happy Adam in case Minnie should patronize him. The following day found Adam again at his post, with fresh flowers in his basket, and fresher smiles on his cheer­ ful face. And what a joyous one bloomed on his countenance as he observed the lovely patron of the day before directing Christian to himself. Yes, again she came and purchased his bouquets, and again did Christian find himself com­ pelled to hand over his silver to humor the whim of the beautiful Minnie. But this time he was not prudent enough to conceal his vexation, and he upbraided vagabond. And then Minnie got angry with Christian, and told him if he only had the happy disposition of the 44 vaga­ bond" she should really like him, but that he was a hateful, cross thing, and if crossing the mountains could avoid rest- j didn't like her opinion of him, lie ing awhile in the city under his charge, : needn't come to see her again. And gave him opportunities for fleecing the 1 then Christian endeavored to soothe her stranger, he was not slow in availing ' ruffled temper, and at the same time himself. Still, he did not accumulate ! secretly vowed vengeance upon the un- wealth fast enough to suit him. His : lucky Adam. greatest treasure was his daughter, but! Christian ^owned many houses in the Gottlieb did not know it. A beautiful [little citv, and among Ins tenants were girl was Minnie Greed, with a sweet and ; the rich and poor, good and bad. That confiding nature, and she truly loved her father. , able to cope with the Black Giant. All ho could do was to confirm the rumors of the reappearance of the monster, and to confess that no life was safe unless some measure could be devised to exter­ minate him. As ?_n inducement to this end, he declared that any single man who should successfully accomplish this object, should be rewarded with his tlaughter, who had suggested the propo­ sition, in marriage, and he wished the people to add to this offer that the choice of anfvliome in the city should be con­ ceded^ a right to the conqueror of this formidable enemy. To all of which the trembling crowd assented as they stared vacantly about to discover some one with sufficient resolution and cunning to rid them of the calamity which had befallen them. The men were appointed armed to guard the entrances of the city during file night, and Adam hurriedly departed for home to tell his parents the dreadful news. To save time he left the high­ way and entered the forest, to reach home by a shorter route, thinking of the Black Giant in the mountains, and won­ dering what scheme could be devised to kill him, and thus seciire the lovely Min­ nie Greed. But poor Adam little thought what personal danger he was in himself, for if he. had looked suddenly behind him, he would have discovered two men following closely--the brothers hired to murder him. Adam had no thought of danger to himself. He was now passing a beautiful part of the forest, just as the sun was sinking in the western horizon, and the shadows of the huge tree trunks were stretching their greatest length, 1ilr« ominous fingers pointing to the wicked brothers behind him. Poor Adam reached a spot near the bank of a ravine, through which danoed merrily a clear, pure stream of water. There he paused in pleasure as he sur­ veyed a natural bed of beautiful wild flowers, already closing their petals for the night. 44 Go to sleep, pretty ones," he spoke aloud; 4 4 to-morrow, early, when you awake, I shall be here, and prepare you for an introduction -to a flower lovelier than either of you--the beautiful Minnie Greed. And you, dainty one," taking a splendid blossom of the rose in his fin­ gers, 44 shall be head center of the finest bouquet that can be culled in the Black Forest." And then Adam quickened his steps for home, a mile distant, gaily whistling as hu went. Immediately from behind the trees came, the two brothers, one looking angry, the other crest-fallen. 44 Why wouldn't you step in and finish him here?" remarked the first, "we couldn't have had a better chance. Any­ body wouldn't suppose you were afraid of the little hunchback." 44 You know better than that," replied the other, surlily. *4 But I tell you what, I don't like the idea of butchering a helpless object like that, and don't for­ get we owe Christian Cranky a grudge for bundling us out of our old home into the hole we live in now. I propose we give this poor little devil a chance to live, and still secure Cranky's gold. Adam will be here before sunrise in the morning to pick these flowers. Now let us dig a pit fall for him right under this rosebush he was talking to, and cover it carefully. If he gets in, he will never , get out again, and we can tfwear to Minnie as much as lie dared for what he I Cranky that he is safe eij^ht feet under termed her foolish patronage of an idle ground. If he don't get in, he's in luck. uight Christian visited one of the poorest and meanest of his houses, tenanted by The richest as well as the queerest of the ; two wicked, drunken brothers. He citizens was a little hunchback named I f°uud them at home, and after plying Christian Cranky. Christian was the j thfcin with beer, secretly announced the only child of wealthy parents, who had I object of his visit, and as he left the idolized him; in spite of his deformity, : house *a gleam of satisfied pleasure over- -and he had been petted and humored ! spread his otherwise sour-looking face, until, though the little fellow had been j ^-e had hired the wicked brothers to named Christian by his misguided pa-1 mufder poor Adam. .rents, liefvvas a very little devil in dis- j Next day found Adam at his \>ost, and position. But though willful and mean, | ®Sain. did Christian place a silver piece he had a sharper intellect than auy of j Minnie's hand to purchase bouquets, -of his beer-drinking associates, and was i this time he even smiled as he did one of the tirst to discover the beauty | so» as he muttered inaliciously to him- and value of Minnie Greed. He also * • "That is the last Minnie or any had the courage to sue for her hand, y°ue el8e wid give you." well knowing the failing of the fatherfj On this particular day it was evident and the submissive disposition of tne i by the groups of earnest talkers in every daughter. Of course Gottlieb was in no ! portion of the queer little city that some­ way displeased with the prospect ofmore thing unusual and of great importance wealth, and of course Minnit^<fbjected i transpired, or was to occur, affect- strenuously to be thus mated for life, j ing the interests of all, and when Adam but finding that all her arguments and Constant prepared to start on his long 8 pleadings only elicited the decisive reply ; tramp for home, a great crowd was from Gottlieb: 44 Yon must marry the gatheriug before the house of Gottlieb hunchback," like the dutiful daughters Greed, which was not only his private of a bygone age, she reconciled herself ; residence, but the general rendezvous to her fate, to please her great father, and submitted to the attentions of Chris- tian. Christian Cranky had a carriage made yhen public meetings were necessary. And Adam followed with the throng to learn the cause of the excitement. A little listening soon gave him the desired expressly to assist him in advancing his j information, and his happy, smiling face suit with the sweet Minnie, and together became as sober and agitated in its ex- they would drive through the little city, I pression as that of any congregated about •and up the steep mountain roads, where I hhn* It appears that the inaccessible Minnie delighted to watch the' giddy ! fountain fastnesses in the immediate caperings of the waterfalls and cascades, vicinity of that queer little city had, not many years before, been the home of a monster known as the Black Giant. This terrible creature, in the form of a magnified human being, was sixteen feet or gaze downward with from the brink of the precipice. AndW Chris- ban would answer the contemptuous looks he received from the well formed °* the city as he passed them ' iu height, and ot immense brute strength. ,'ii11 his fine carriage with the bewitching i This fact would not have disturbed the ! - creature at his side. His pinched and ! peace of the people, but it was also well wasted face would whiten with malig-1 known that tne giant had a weakness for nant rage as he returned their envious human flesh, alid formerly used to amuse glances with scornful smiles, thinking himself by watching the contortions of with satisfaction to himself : 44 If I am a i in tne faces of the comparatively- hunchback, brains and money are too much for you finely-built clowns." One day, while taking the accustomed drive, Minnie was attracted by a singu­ lar object seated near the principal store of the city. It was the figure of a hunchback, as clumsily formed as Chris­ tian himself. Before him was a large basket filled with bouquets of wild ilowers, each arranged with consummate taste and care. But little higher than the hand of the basket was the head of the hunchback, displaying a fresh and ruddy face, as bright and round as the full moon, and looking as pleaamg as one of his own bouquets. , "way, "Uhnstian," excliamed Minnie, towrer saw that poor littleboy before. speaking pigmy residents of the queer little city, whom he captured in his wild retreats, uud afterward gratified hi* ap­ petite by transferring them from their happy homes to a final resting-place in his capacious jaws. This monster was reported to be back again in his old haunts. ̂ No wonder, then, every one was excited ; even the beer was untasted and forgotten, aud/^tty waited anxiously for counsel and advice from their great Chief Magistrate, Gottlieb Greed. Soon a shout of acclamation went up as the portly farm of this worthy- ap­ peared at an open window. But his face was pale, and liis voice faltered, Thmigh Gottlieb was able to quaff a keg of beer in a single draught, he felt he was not We shall get our pay anyway to-morrow, and Christian would dare to-say much about it fr he found out we,had swindled him." This proposition being accepted, the brothers went in quest of spades, return­ ing with which they dug a large and deep pit, wide at the bottom and narrow above, which they covered cunningly with willow twigs, and laid over all the flowers which had bloomed on the spot, so that it would have required sharp eyes and study to discover anything sus­ picious in the appearance of tiie ground, and after concealing the earth taken from the pit in the little stream, they left hur­ riedly, as wild animals, made the Black Forest a dangerous place after dark. Early the following morning Adam arose and wended his way to the trap prepared for him, whistling as he went. When he reached the rosebush he was saved from falling into the pit by hear­ ing unusual sounds, and looking cau­ tiously about he discovered a rent in the ground at his feet, from which the noise proceeded. Though considerably alarmed, Adam cried out, 44 Is anybody there?" 44Yes," said a weak voice. "Oh, please get rtie out, I'm so frightened." . 44 Who are you ?" said Adam. •• I'm only a poor little rabbit," said the weak voice. *• But there's a fox in here, too; and a bear, and a lion, and I'm so frightened--please get me out." 44 Get me out, too," growled the bear. " Go and get a rope," barked the fox, 44 and I'll get myself out." 44 Get us all out," roared the lion, " I won't hurt you, and I'll see that the bear don't" 44 Oh please get me out quick," reit­ erated the rabbit, •• I'm so frightened." So Adam hurried back for a rope, re­ turning with which, he found the four strange prisoners impatiently waiting him. As he lowered the rope into the pit, the rabbit seized it, and was hauled out by Adam, when the frightened rab­ bit ran behind a tree to watch the re­ lease of the others. Next came the fox. •' Tie one end of the rope to a tree," he said, 44and the bear and the lion will climb out." Adam did so, and a huge brown bear shambled out of the pit, immediately followed by an enormous lion. "Not so fast, gentlemen," cried the fox to these two, as they started off in different directions, 44 Don't go off with­ out buying, 4 thank you.' Wait and see if we can do anything in return for this kindness." Adam then asked the fox if he could think how the pit came there, as it was not there the night before ; to which the fox replied that he heard two men talk­ ing in the forest, and they spoke of their landlord, Christian Cranky, hiring them to kill a man named Adam. " That's me," interrupted Adam. '* Then they must have dug the pit for you and not for us," said the fox. "But is there anything we could do for you before we go?" . ^ ' ' ' Adam thought a moment, and then told the story of the Black Giant, and how happy he should be if he covdd rid the people of him, and rescue Minnie i Greed out of wicked Cranky's hands. The fox then consulted with the bear and lion, and turning to Adam, said : " If you will get your father's best ax, and have the courage to use it, you whall kill the Black Giant to-day! Then spv- *"6 UCIUUU UW lie continued: "We shall need you, too, Mr. Babbit." " Oh I don't want to go," said the rabbit, 441 shan't be of any use, and-- I'm so frightened." "Be quiet,"replied the fox. "You are more troublesome than old old man's nose. You must go, though, and you will have nothing to do but to see how fast von can run." Then Adam again went home and re­ turned with the ax, and soon the whole party were conducted by the fox through woods and mountains to the giant's cave. It was a dreadful looking place, littered with bones on the rocks outside, and the entrance to the cave was low and small, forcing the giant to crawl in and out on hands and knees. A loud, monotonous sound issued from the cave. The giant was sound asleep and snoring. Soon the terrible roar of a lion was hecard, waking the giant from his sleep. As he thrust his huge shaggy head from the mouth of the cave into the open air a rabbit darted by him, quickly followed by a fox, and after the fox a bear, and after the bear a lion. 44 Well," ejaculated tfie giant, 44 that is the strangest thing I ever saw in all my born days!" After looking about him in wonder for a short time, he again retired to sleep. In a few minutes the roar of the lion was heard, louder than before. Again the giant thrust out his huge, shaggy head; again the rabbit darted past his face ; again followed the fox, and the fox by the bear, and the bear by the lion. " Well, that bifeate lill that I ever Sid see !" said the astonished giant. " But I'll put a stop tolyour little game if you come again." So saying he drew back his head, and held up his great hands in readiness to pounce on the rabbit incase he should again attempt to pass. Soon the roar of the lion sounded close to the cave; the rabbit was flying past, and the giant in his haste to catch him was sprawling upon the ground, when from the sides of the cave sprang the bear and the lion, each seizing an ear of the giant, and pinning him firmly to the rock. Immediately Adam appeared with his ax, and climbing upon the giant's neck, dispatched him without much trouble. How proud Adam felt then, and how pleased was the cunning fox at the suc­ cess of his stratagem. /') . " Please let me go no#," said the rab­ bit, 44 for I am so frightened." 44 Yes, you may go," t^id the fox. So the rabbit sought has burrow, and the fox, and the bear, and the lion went their several ways, while Adam, after severing a finger of the giant to get his ring, hastened full of triumph to the queer little city, with the ring carried about his neck. Another meeting was assembled be­ fore Gottlieb Greed's house to devise measures for dispatching the Black Giant. The beautiful Minnie herself implored the people to be valiant and brave. Mingled with the crowd, Chris­ tian Cranky was just about to pay the two brothers a sum of money for the supposed death of Adam, when his eye caught sight of the radiant face of that worthy himself, and with a stifled cry of alarm Christian hurried to his home. Adam edged his way to the house of Gottleib Greed, and in a firm voice an­ nounced to the crowd that he had him­ self killed the giant, that he might be rewarded with the hand of the beautiful Minnie, whom he truly loved. The people were incredulous, but when Adam confidently took the ring from his shoulders and presented it to Minnie as a trophy, and declared himself ready to escort Gottlieb Greed and all who would follow to the dead body of the giant, all felt that he told the truth, and a tre­ mendous shout of acclamation went up from the multitude, who were speedily on their way to the giant's cave. Here the truth was fully realized, and after all had satisfied their curiosity with a sight of the monster, he was dragged into his cave--never more DO awake with the roar of the lion--and the entrance closed with stones. Then poor little Adam Con­ stant, the hunchback conqueror, was elevated on the shoulders of stalwart men and carried in honor to Gottlieb Greed's house. That evening Adam related the Story of Cranky's treachery to Minnie and her father. Gottlieb's breast swelled like a pigeon's with indignation, and he imme­ diately gave orders that Christian Cranky should be arrested as a would-be mur­ derer, and brought before him for trial and punishment. Then Gottlieb ex­ pressed his satisfaction to Minnie with the remark: 441 am thankful, my daughter, for having been prevented from sacrificing you to that little wretch. Cranky." 44 Yes, father, so am I; but recollect your vow--I must marry the hunch- Gottlieb's officers departed to execute his orders. As they approached his house Christian appeared driving hia carriage. Apparently divining the intention of the officers, Christian turned from them and lashed his horses into a gallop. The officers procured saddle horses and quickly followed him. A^-ay they rattled along the highway to the mountains, over which Christian had so often escorted Minnie Greed. Faster and faster rode the officers and more wildly and furiously did Christian lash his horses. And now, at headlong speed, the carriage was nearing a point in the highwav where Minnie ahvays wished to stop. Here the road made a oharp curve around a spur of the mountain, leaving upon one side a perpendicular precipice, extending a thousand feet below the nar­ row road. Bent only oh escaping his pursuers, Christian made no effort to check his dangerous speed, and in an­ other instant the carriage went whirling over the precipice, dragging the horses with it, and all were dashed to pieces on the rocks below. The next was another day of excite­ ment in the queer Utile city, for the beautiful Minnie Greed was to be mar­ ried to the hunchback, who would select any residence he chose for their future home. Adam chose the house of Chris­ tian Cranky, and the marriage took place before all the people, who drank long life and happiness to the victor of the Black Giant and the lovely bride. And as Gottlieb Greed proposed his toast, he performed the famous feat of drinking a keg of beer from the bung-hole without pausing, and then danced in the giddy waltz, with his load and his daughter, amid the huzzas of his admirers. Bo Minnie Greed did marry the hunch­ back, and peace and happiness reigned ever after in the queer little city. .^^ROOKLYN'S SCANI>AX» 4'v- The Tlltoa-Heecher Trial to b« Re-opened _f! In September. [From the New York Herald.1 Yesterday afternoon ex-Judge Samuel D. Morris served the following formal notice on Messrs. Shearman and Ster­ ling, Attorneys of • Record for Mr. Beecher: City Court of Brooklyn--Theodore Tilton against Henry Ward Beecher.--Please to take notice that the iasue of fact in the above action will be brought on for trial, and an inqueet taken therein at the next term of the City Court of Brooklyn, appointed to be held at the City Court-Honse. in the city of Brooklyn, in said County of Kings, on the lirst Monday of September next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, or as Soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, unless sooner tried. pated the 2d day of August. 1875, Youra, etc,, MOUBIS & PEABSALL, Attorneys for plaintiff, No. 193 I&ontagae street, Brooklyn, N. Y. To Shearman & Sterling, attorneys toe de­ fendant. The date thus fixed for the new trial demanded by counsel for^ Theodore Til- ton. was the earliest that could be select­ ed, for the" reason that all the courts in Brooklyn have adjourned until Septem­ ber. Mr. Morris declared that it was his intention to place the Suit on record in the city court, and hoped that it would find a leading plaoe in the calen­ dar. He took this view because the issue between Theodore Tilton and Henry Ward Beecher is yet unsettled, the jury having disagreed and failed to bring in a verdict In the meantime speculation is rife among people as to whether the plain­ tiff, Theodore Tilton, really is in pos­ session of any new evidence upon which to seek a verdict. Ex-Judge Morris claims that he has some new evidence to bring before the jury, and Gen. Tracy is of the opinion that, in the event of a new trial, the defense will not be a long one. It is also argued that it will be almost an impossibility to find twelve men in Brooklyn who are not thoroughly "read up" on the case and have formed an opinion on either one side or other. There are very few citizens of Kings county who could relish the idea of being forced to take a seat in the jury- box on a trial like the last one in the scandal case. Brooklyn jurors will not be likely to forget that the Tilton- Beecher jury were taken away from their legitimate business for half a year at a stipend of $2 per day and a dinner. That they were voted aii "extra" compen­ sation by the State Legislature, which act raised their expectations of reward, and the Board of Supervisors failed to give them the money; that finally they were locked up in a court-room, and after eight days discussing the testimony, failed to agree. Ail these circumstances combine to create a natural abhorrence to jury business where the principals are the same as appeared in the great scandal trial of the age. The defendant's counsel took the matter very coolly, and they declare themselves quite as ready fot trial as the plaintiff could be. They will take the usual steps, and if the case comes to court, fight the issue to the bitter end. Judging from the statements made by the counsel on both sides, quite a liyely contest will be the result, though it is evident that the proposed trial will not be a very long one. ^Kentucky Tragedy. (CynthiaoaSlKy.) Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.] A terrible eiouble tragedy occurred here this evening, in which Dr. E. J. Peckover and Dr. C. L. Donnally were both killed. It seems that they had an altercation yesterday about some pecuni­ ary matters, and Peckover called Don­ nally a liar. But nothing serious was thought of the matter until this evening. About 5 o'clock Dr. Donnally was near Dr. Peckover's office-door, when, Peck­ over coming out, Dr. Donnally called to him and said: "You called me a liar yesterday," and as Dr. Peckover turned around facing him Donnally deliberately shot Peckover, the ball passing through the heart, killing him almost instantly. Donnally immediately gave himself up, Deputy-Marshal H. T. Hoffman and Constable James Ewalt taking charge of him. About a quarter before 6 o'clock, while he was still in charge of the officers in the County Judge's office, awaiting his preliminary trial, B. H. Ridgley, a brother-in-law of Dr. Peek- over, rushed into the room, drew a pis­ tol, tired and killed Donnally instantly. Bidgely is now in custody. Peckover, when shot, said to some one near by, "Donnally has shot me." At the shooting of Donnally there were but three persons in the Judge's office--the Judge himself and the two officers above named. The crowd had gone out, and were standing around in the yard. Donnally was shot in the left side of the upper part of the abdomen, 4 inches from the navel. When shot he fell over out of the chair he was sitting in, exclaimed Oh, God !" and died. Both of the victims were men highly respected, and both were Masons, Peck­ over being a Knight Templar of the highest rank. Yast Industry of Birmingham, England. According to a statement in the En­ gineer, a week's work in Birmingham, England, comprises, among its various results, tiie fabrication of fourteen mill­ ions of pens, six thousand bedsteads, seven thousand guns, three hundred millions of cut nails, one hundred mill­ ions of buttons, one thousand saddles, five millions of copper or bronze coins, twenty thousand pairs of spectacles, six tons of paper mache wares, $150,000 worth of jewelry, four thousand miles of iron and steel wire, ten tons of pins, five tons of hair-pins and hooks and eyes, one hundred and thirty thousand gross of wood screws, five hundred tons of nuts and screw bolts and spikes, fifty tons of wrought iron hinges, three hun­ dred and fifty miles' length of wax for vestas, forty tons of refined metal, forty tons of German silver, one thousand dozens pf fenders, three thousand five hundred bellows, eight hundred tons of brass and copper wares--these, with a multitude of other articles, being ex­ ported to almost all parts of the globe. THE AULD FIRES1DB. Though oold 1a the health of c=r childhood •Tin nearer and dearer the farther we roam Vee, go where we will, be it near o ifar. In the calm of peace, or the storm of war, We fondly recall with a tender care jij »auuMnd memories that centers there. i«f. ̂ ou8htte»^ may laugh, and the haartlesa chid* Still dear to the heart 1B the auld flreride. (fTwas there the bright beams of young ""tirifft . ii»y » ? 8?Iden wreath for the brow of day, Ana ula from our view with a yell of light l'he darkling shadcr. of approaching night. And'taught UB to sing as the songsters sing In the jubilee of rcttirEing sprint? The head may be gray, still the heiuri has a pride In singing a eoug of the auld fireside. TWM there the soft liand of affection twined The tendrils of love around heart ami rnina £_ i And bound us together and the old heartlTso" " ' * That we yet can feel its heart-warming glow - And the pang we felt when '.vith tear-dimm'd - We left it, our luck on life's ladder to txy. Ah, oold is the heart and of feeling void - * That feels not the warmth of the auld fireside. And there we were taught with a mother's lore And a father's care, of a home above, And learned the Btory of love divine, With its cross and crown, and the countersign To that happy land on yon sunny shore Whorp departed friends meet to part no more. Oh, who can forget, whate'er may betide, The dear ones that circled the auld ficeude 1 • The faithful father, the loving mofchap, The gentle sister, the manly brother, j ^ Now Mther and thither asxinder torni " r i'&r, far from tho home of life's inirtUfttl tnorn " No more to meet an unbroken band, liniil we meat in the fatherland, When death nor life shall again divide United friends of the auld fireside, a A--monynwm. , . « • .»' Pith and Point. A. POPTTLAB brand of cigars--Contra band. THB cost of remembering a man can be counted by t he price of his monument, IT is singular that some of the " boys" get np just as tired Monday morning as they retired Saturday night. THE Blackfeet Indians cannot divorcfe a wife, but they can lead her out on the ^ prairie and club her to death. x AN Englishman was lately struck by lightning out West, and they spoke of him as a " blarsted Britisher. JOSH BILLIKOS says : " Inever knu a man yet who lived bi his wits, but what spent Ids old age at somebody else's ex­ pense." WHESJ an editor publishes a libel in Peru h® is made to eat his own words by swallowing the pap«r in which it is printed. h REOTOR--Those pigs of yours are ia fine condition, Jams. J arris--Yes, sur, they are. Ah, sur, if we wos all on us on'y as fit to die as them are, sur, w<Fd do I--Funny Folks. "GIVE the devil his dew," said a pretty young lady who had spoiled her new bronze boots playing croquet in the morning. IT ie now proposed to enlist men in the army as cooks, and at each recruit­ ing depot to establish a school for their training. Aui boarding-houses should be built with bow windows for the accommoda­ tion of the landladies' daughters a&d their beaus. Nearly 100,000 people have been killed by violence during the past year, and yet women will stand on the back of a chair to reach to the top shelf of the pantry. WHEN a Cass avenue husband , went home the other night agd Jianded his wife a gold locket she reached her arms around him find exclaimed: "Oh! you dear old pippin I there was never another man like you !" Next day he went honjfi and found her getting ready to go on an excursion, and lie put his foot down and ! told her to remain at home. She threw her bonnet on the floor, kicked over a chair, and remarked : " Mother always said I'd marry the meanest man in, Michigan, "--Detroit Free Press. An Affectionate Brother. A couple of enterprising Israelites, do* ing the clothing business in Atlanta, are interviewed by a customer in search of a coat. The senior member of the firm liandles the new comer, and soon finds "a first-class fit." In answer to the price, the response is, "$1S." • ••Well, sir,I like your coat very mucn, but don't like the price," "Well, mine frent, ze price is nothing so you like ze coat We let you take 'em at $15." The customer still complains of the price, saying that $15 is too much. The dealer takes his custoifier to the ex­ treme end of the store, and, drawing him into a corner, whispers in his ear : "Mine frent, I let you lmve zat coat for $12.50." x " Well, sir," says the customer, "I : like your coat very much, eand am satis­ fied with the price, yet I would like to know why this mysterious perform­ ance?" "Yell, mine frent, you see dot leefle man dare ? He was mine broder. He got ze heart disease; and so help me gracious, if he was to hear n*e tell you I take $12.50 for dat coat, he drop ded mit his track." * A Three*Minute Horse Thirty-Three* Tears Old. There is a horse here who is a subject1 of interest on account of his age ; he is thirty-four, and sprightly as a kitten; he belongs to Col. Bichardson, of the ; Geneva Bank, who has owned him for tenVears, and can trace his genealogy-] back to his Morgan sire. He is a bright _ bay, pretty as a picture, intelligent, j gentle, and as particular about his oats- as ever he was. His eye is bright and< his teeth good. He'was the leadingi spirit in one livery stable for ten years, t and tnere is work in the old horse yet. Mr. Buell, the Postmaster here, and son-|| in-law of Mr. Richardson, took us out/ for a ride after him ancl he gave us y three-minute gate without any coaxing. He will go jusfc as faith fully with a driving him, and if the lines are dropped,! he will turn out as if guided to his side of the road.--Geneva ( Wis.) Cor. Chi­ cago Post. A Sew Danger. It is said that marble-top tables are tol be avoided, because they are cold, andfj r a p i d l y a b s o r b t h e h e a t a n d v i t a l i t y o f t the body, robbing it of its life. Wer haw* heard of one invalid whom the doctor could not cure, until one day liei noticed she used a marble stand, audi suspected it had something to do wittU her ill health. So he forbade her touch­ ing it. Soon she was cured. We knowj healthy people who feel twinges of pai in a shoulder by sitting nearone. The^ are haadsosa»» Irak unhesltigr for that.