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0 . 13 r e a - et: •I-- , ke the - the .4.11 if not MADISONIAN. SATFU DAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1S74. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year ,in advance' Six Months Three Months \ $5 Of) 2 50 1 50 ADVERTISING RATES. THE MADISONIAN, as an advertising, cedium, is equal to any paper in Montana. to X2 J.4 ? ? 1 r: • 111 I 0\4 ! in -11 nehes 3 riches . 4 tidies t; nehes Ilehes nehes ... $3 $5i $71 $8'$10:$15 $20!$25 a 8 1)1 10 12 1 :10 30 40 7 91 11 12 15' 25 311 55 10 12 15 18 21' :Ls ica 90 8 111 12 14 17 30 451 70 lA 241 30 34 4o 55 901140 4at 50 5.5 65 75 1501250 The above scale of prices Is for ordinary sin - 71e -column. display advertising. Solid and tabular adliertisements will be charged at the tact; rate ior space occupied. LOCAL NOTICES, Fifteen cents per I nt: for ifrst, and ten cents Der line fur each 1111 , 1a:omit i n ,.. t . rt i on . CARDS, One-half inch, $2 for one insertion ; $3 for tw u inertions; $s per quarter; $16 per year. The foregoing schedule of prices will strIctiv adhere,' to. • a avertisetuents counted in Nonpareil ir j iral.ITS - TINGr, 4)f every description, executed in the best awl :1 . le. :MI I on reasonable terms. NEWSPAPER DECISIONS. ,a eat, taeta p:14..er regUlarly from the • -1.414.e—whether olirecteil to his name or another's, or whether he has subscribed or not re:•ponsibk for the payment. 1. If a person orders his paper discontinued, be nmst pay all arrearages or the publisher may cootinne to send it payment is made, an d collect the whole amount, \vhether the pa- per is taken from the otlice or not. 3. The courts have decided that refusing to take the newspapers or periodicals from the rost4,iiiee, rein( ,v ing leav ing them un- called for, is prima facia evidence of intention- al fraud. PROFESSIONAL. G. F. COWAN. Attorney anti tozill>etor at Law. Radersbem. Mmt,t:tirt Territory. HENRI' F. Atly & Counseior at Law, VIRGOIA CITY, MONTANA. OFFICE os er the Poktt °dicer. J. E. CALLAWAY, Attorney and VIRGIN A CITY, MONTANA. OFFICE. adjoining the office of the Secre- t:11'V of the Territory E. w. r,14)1.E. .1. K. TOOLli.. TOOLE & TOOLE. Attorneys: t Law. HELENA, MONTANA. Will practice in all the Courts of Montana. ions' T. snonEu. T. J. LoWEaY. SHOBER & LOWERY, Attorneys and coun- selors at Laaw. HELENA, M. T. Will practice in all the Courts of Montana. SAMUEL WORD, Attorney at Law. VIRGINIA CITY. M. T. JAMES G. SPR AT T, Attorney and Ct)un- selor at I A.ti VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. erartice in all the Courts of Montana. R W H L . _Attorney at Law, GALLATIN CITY, M. T. W. F. SANDERS Attorney and Coun- selor at Law. HELENA, M. T. Will practice in all Courts of Record in Montana. C. W. TURNER, TA AV 5 'VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. ti.'FICE: Adjoining Colonel Callaway's. WM. F. KIRKWOOD. Attorney at Law, VIRGINIA CITY. ( - an be found at Judge S.pratt's °Rice or Pro- bate Court Rooms. 1% ill practice in all the t•mrts of the Territor.. GEORGE CALLAWAY, M. D. Physician anti Surgeon. VIRGINIA CITY, M NTANA. OFFICE, at the Law Office of J . E. Calla- way , until further notice. C• S711ITI!. M. D., Phvsic!an a:id Surgeon. VIRGINIA. CITY, M. T. orriza- a le a (nil Lc Beau Stand, Wallace ..ere he can be foTtild nittht or slay E. T. YAGER, M. 0., Physician and ET . geon. VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. %vat pructiee in all branches. 011ice one door above the City Drug .' tore. H. u. BARKLEY, M. D. Physician el.. Surgeon. RADERSBURG, M. T. I I Z s i l i w t i Ny e l s I s t ) 1 ; ) .Z i tray tth.iteitti Lreon in the Confederate army. Ile is pre- p:kre4 to perform all kinds of surgery. IN FEMALE COM PLAINTS, his expe- rience not Surpas6eti by any physician in the Territory . TO THOSE WHO HAVE VENEREAL COM PLA TS.—Gonorrhea, it called upon within live days after the first appearance, he will cure seventv-two hours. in Syphilis, e ;yin cure in tive - days. His treatment is different from any physi- rian in this 'territory. lie ts prepared- for; Cleansing Extracting and Filling Teeth. la C. S. ELLA -H A V I NG taken an interest in the Drug Department of A 4 rniiehaer store at Silver Star, Mentana,can be tumid al ail times, day and night, at said 0.)re, when not tibsent on professional busi- ness. 1-28tf O.B.WHITFORD, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, lat..k.lt > / Zrgr.?-ee VOL. 2. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA, SATURDAY, NOVEITIER 21, 1874. PC0]Errit - NT. THE PLAINS—A PROPHECY. Go ye and look upon that land, 1 hat far vast land that few behold, And none beholding understand— That old, old land which men call new— Go journey with the seasons through Its wastes, and learn how limitless. The solemn silence of that plain Is, oh! so eloquent. The blue And bended skies seem built for it, And all else seems a yesterday, An idle tale but illy told. lts story is of God alone, For man has lived and gone away And left but little heaps of stone. Lo! here you learn how more than fit And dignified in silence when You hear the petty jeers of men, Its awful solitudes remain Thenceforth for aye a part of you, And have,learited your littleness. Some silent red men cross your track; Some sun-tanned trappers come and go; Come rolling seas of buffalo Break thunder -like and far away Against the foot -hills. breaking back Like breakers of some troubled bay; Some white-tailed anteloise blown by So airy like; some foxes shy And shadow -like move to and fro Like weavers' shuttles as you pass; And now and then front out the grass Yon hear some lone bird cluck and call A sharp, keen call for her lost brood, That only makes the solitude se e m d ee o e r still, and that is all. That wide domain of mysteries And signs that men misunderstand; A land ot space and dreams; a land Of sea -salt lakes and dried-up seas; A land of caves and caravans And lonely wens amt. pools; a land That hath its purposes and plans, That seem so like dead Palestine, Save that its wastes have no confine Till pushed against the level skies; A land from out whose depths shall rise The new -time prophets; the domain From out whose awful depths shall conic, All clad in skins, with dusty feet, A man fresh from his Maker's hand, A singer singing eversweet, A charmer charming very wise; And then all men st not be dumb— Nay, not be dumb, for he shall say, \Take heed, for I prepare the way For weary feet ;\ and from this land The Christ shall come when next the race Of man shall look upon his face. —Joaquin Miller in Harper's for November. GRANDPA'S SOLILOQUY. It wasn't so when I was young, We used plain language then; We didn't speak of \them galloots, \ When meaning boys or men. When speaking lf the nice hand -write Of Joe, or Tom, or Bill, We did it plain—we didn't say, \He swings a nasty quill.\ And, when we seed a gal we liked, Who never failed to please, We called her pretty, neat and good, But not \about the cheese.\ Well, when we meet a good old friend We hadu' t lately seen, We greeted him—but didn't say, \Hello you old sardine.\ The boys sometimes got mad, and fit; We spoke of kicks and blows; But now they \whack him on the snoot,\ And \paste him on the nose.\ Once, when a youth was turned away Front her he loved most dear, He walked off on his feet—but now \craw16 off on his ea, .\ We used to dance, when I was young, And used to call it so; But now they don't—they only \sling The light fantastic toe.\ Of death we speak in language plain, That no one will perplex; But, in these days, one doesn't (Ile— ne passes in his \checks.\ We praised the man of common sense; Ilis judgment's good, we said; But now they say, \Well that old plum Has got a level head.\ It's rather sad the children now Are learning all such talk; They 've learned to \chin \ instead of chat, And \waltz instead of walk. To little Harry, yesterday— My grandchild, aged two— Said, \ You love grandpa?\ Said he, \You bet your boots I do.\ The children boWed to strangers, once; It is no longer so; The little girls, as well as boys, Now greet you with \Hallo!\ 0, give me back the good old days When both the old and young Conversed in plain, old-fashioned words, And slang was never \slung.\ TRANSFUSION OF LAMB'S BLOOD. The Fall River letter in the Providence Journal of Saturday says: \The expeti- ment of a direct transfusion of the blood of a live lamb was pet -thrilled upon the person of Herman Dubois, residing at No. 44 Globe street, by Drs. Julius lIoff- man and Weyland, of New Y ork City, this afternoon at five o'clock. It took one minute and thirty-three seconds to make the transfusion, about six ounces being transfused within the time, and it proved an entire success. It took nearly an entire day to prepare the lamb for the experiment. Every vein which was con- nected with the jugular vein wet , : severed and securely tied by the physicians, so as to allow the blood free egreas to the arm of the patient. Dr. Hoftman used a small glaes tube, about two inches and I one-half long, slightly curved for the op- eration, thus bringing the neck of the lamb in very close proximity to the pa- . tient's arm. Mr. Dubois has been :Whett- ed with the consumption a little more than two years, and as a last resort for relief, it was thought best by his friends to try the experiment. At last accounts he was quite comfortable. Immediately after transfusion the patient experienced eharp pains throughout the back, chest and limbs, together with a shortness of breath for about fifteen minutes, then he became quiet until a little after six, when he exhibited the same symptoms, ac- companied with chills tor about half an hour, then he became quiet, and remain- ed in that condition at eleven o'clock.\ --ewss-se-wasse A youth who attended a Scotch revival meeting for the fun of the thing, ironically inquired of the minister--\ Whether he could work a mirade or not.\ The young man's curiosity was fully satisfied by the minister • kicking kiln out of the church, with the malediction : ••We can not work miracles, but we can east out devils!\ AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY. The Wonderful heart Attaehment of an English Girl and Her Sad End— In Death Is Peace—A -Blanche De Chelles\ In Real Life. [London Correspondent of the N. Y. Graphic ] A very strange story was told to nte the other day. In a town not far from London there lived a young lady who was handsome, and tolerable wcathy, and more than usually well educated. Her father was an invalid; her mother was an insipid, cold, and and heartless woman. Two years ago a physician ef London was called to attend the father; this way the young lady saw him. He paid no attention to her—his mind was engrossed with his professional duties. A few weeks ago this (lector after paying a. visit to his patient, was somewhat_ sur- prised after being asked by the young lady to give her the favor of a private in- terview. She took hint to the drawing - room and led him to the further end of the apartment. \Doctor said she, \I suppose that gentlemen of your profes- sion are accustomed to receive strange confidences. I have a confession to make to you.\ He supposed the impending confession had something to do with the state ot her own health or with that ot her father, and he begged her to proceed. \You will, however, be scarcely- prepar- ed !Or w hat I am about to say,\ she con- tinued. - But I wish you to hear it. It is now just two years since I first saw you. You have scarcely ever exchanged a word with me, but I have learned much about you. I am not mistaken in be- lieving that you are unmarried?\ ••No,\ said he, \I am not married.\ \Aud your affections are not engag- ed.\ \You scarcely have the right to ask that.\ said he. \Well then,\ she replied, \I will not ask it; but I must make you my confes- sion. Hove you with all my heart. 1 wish you to marry me. I have loved you from the first time I saw you. I said to myself, I will wait for two years. If he then speaks to me I will know what to say. You have not spoken and now I speak. I say 1 love you with all my heart; you are necessary for me; will you marry me?\ The doctor, who, although not a very old man, was twice the age of the young lady, recovering a little from his sup - prise, tried to turn the matter Off as a joke; but the young lady was very ser:- one. • \No said she, \I am in very sober earnest. I know all that you may say or think as to the indelicacy of my propos- al, but I can not help it. I ask you once more. can you loye me, and will you marry me?\ \In sober earnest, then,\ be replied, can not marry you.\ \Then I shall die\ said she, very calm- ly, and she lett the room. The doctor had heard people say be- fore this they should die, and he lett the house without attaching much import- ance to the prophecy, although wonder- ing greatly at the other portion of his in- terview. A few days after this the young lady was found dead in her bed. Two letters laid upon her dressing -table. One was addressed to her flunily solicitor. It re- called to his mind a promise he made her. She had gone to see him, and had asked him to make out for a paper trans- ferring the whole of her property to a person whose name she would not give him. He was to prepare the necessary paper and send it to her to till up the blanks and to sign. She had done this, and she now inclosed the paper, tilled up and signed. Every penny of her property was given to tile doctor, and the solicitor was instructed to make the transfer to him, to ask no questions, and to take no receipt. The ot.,er letter was to the doc- tor. \I told you I should die,\ said she 'band when you receive this I shall be dead. For ten days I have had no food or drink; but that does not kill me, and now I have taken poison. I have no reproach to make to you, but I could not live without your love. When I am dead look at my heart. You will see your name there. I have two requests to make of you. Go and see my solici- tor and take what he has for you, and then go oil on a holiday to Italy for a few months. The other request is that you never ask where I am buried, and never come to my grave.\ There was a poat-mortem examination made of the young lady's body. On her breast over her heart, deeply imprinted in the flesh, were the initials of the Doc- tor's name. The characters seemed to have been made there two or three years before. They were probably imprilited by lier own hand on the day when she ) first saw him. AMERICAN WOODLANDS. In discussing the distribution of Ameri- can woodlands, Prof Brewer said that thotten Maine is the great source of pine and spruce lumber, the hardwood species predominate ill that State. The wood area ot New England is not diminishing, but the amount of sawed lumber is les- sening,—an indication that the trees are cut younger. In the Middle States the wootien ie sensibly and rapidly becom- ing smaller. The New England and Mid- dle States furnish hard -wood trees; in the South-eastern States. from Virginia to Florida, is a belt of timber which sup- plies the hard and yellow pine; and the North-Western reeion contains immense areas of common pine. From the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean stretches a treeless area three hundred and titty miles wide in its narrowest part, and eight hundred and fifty miles wide on our northern boundary. West of this re- gion is tile narrow wooded Rock Moun- tain region. and west of this is the barren regions of the Great Ba : s a i l n. On the Pa- cific coast are some of the noblest forest d Official Gov - regions ot the world; eminent reporte say that the forest in some parts of ‘Vashington Territory arc heavy enough to b•cover the . entua2 sur- face NVitil ietrd-wood tea feet in height.\ —Th e Galaxy. TIIE MODERN PULPIT. Many ministers hold their pulpits dur- ing their good behavior. Yet when good behavior means fidelity to the deepest convictions in their souls, that may insure their dismissal. Con eregations covenant for what they want to hear, while what they ought to hear may be quite another question. They want to hear predesti- nation, free grace, universalism, partial - ism, rationalism, and whatever else they choose, and they don't want to hear the other side except as religious tracts are written in the form of a dialogue in which the other side is sure to get the worst of it. They want to hear as mueh of science and the new revelation as will accord with their old creeds, but not one word more under pains and penalties. If they have some darink ells or deep-rooted pre- judice they will let you traverse every- thing but that. There you must stop, or they will stop their pew -rent. So, there is an inquisition in this republic too. Its agents are in the vast majority of churches, every Sunday. lt does not resort to its old brutal methods of tortue, but it has other methods that drive the thorn. home and serve its purpose very well. All this brings fatal unreality into the pulpit. Outsiders say to such preach- ers: You are special pleaders for a fore- gone conclusion. You are bound over to your good behavior. \And made for the universe Narrow your mind, And to party. given up, What was meant for mankind.\ Finally it is still as true as ever that preaching is one of the divine forces of time world. We need it to -day as much as the multitudes did that gathered about a mountain when Christ opened his mouth and spake the beatitudes. To hear the tones they heard, out of the very heart of realities, to feel that every move- ment of the man is the unstudied expres- sion of a nature all on fire with the word of God, and that this soul of a man we sent up to be the medium, so far as it may he, by which the truth shall come to us fr om Heaven shall never be covered by the films of our prejudice or selfish- ness, lest it become like a mirror which is so clouded that it cannot reflect the image. I think I tell the simple truth when I say that to preserve the pulpit pure and strong and free is one of the most mo- mentous things we can possibly do, and it is just as much the business of the peo- pie as the preacher to see that this is done. for while there will always be here and there a man in the pulpit who can hold his own against the pews, the great majority of us sooner or later take the image and superscription of our particu- hir communion and work within certain large lines. A e a wo azood to topt that we have all about us honest, earnest, fearless men and women who will hear our word and heed it, will stand by it and help us preach it afresh through every channel of practical Godliness that is open to our daily life.—The Rev. Robert Collver. tegommo-lb-i A RAILWAY UNDER THE SEA. For many years European people have talked freely of some way ofgetting them- selves and their freights from the conti- nent to England, and back again, with- out the delay and discomfort of that hor- rible two hours' passage front Calais to Dover. Swinging cabins have been pro- posed—tried, if we are not mistaken—to relieve passengers of the prostrating nau- sea that they feel there, it nowhere else. Immense steamers were planned—we be- lieve their building commenced—which should ferry over railway trains. One intellectual idiot spent much money in perfecting . plans for a bridge to be erect- ed on immense piers resting on the ocean bed rock, aud filially the wild chimera . (as we then called it) of a submarine tun- nel was projected. But the world has advanced since then, and the chimera has assumed a realistic appearance. We have forced a hole through the Hoosite range; we have tun- neled Mont Cenis, we have run the sea through the Isthmus of Suez; we have stretched a telegraph wire round the world; and finally, we betsin to imaeine why shouldn't we tunnel the British channel? It is only twenty-five miles of boring. And so work, in the first stages, has commenced -quietly but understandinely. Eminent geologiet are making explora- tions to discover whether the rock strata are of a character to sustain the weiebt of the water above, without too much masonry. Upon that rests the whole question. If, as believed, it provea that the gray chalk which forms the channel cliffs stretchea across the channel bed in sutilea•nt thickness to encase the tunnel in its waterproof armor, the scheme has no it:sl tperable mechanical obstacle. The expense is then the only question; plid it is believed that can be really provided tbr.—Cineinnati Times. • 1/0.---9---01• HIDDEN TREASURES. A few days an two young Mexicans. by the names ot EtnIllo and Jose Garza. while excavathw a ditch near the Mission Espadit had the good fortune to unearth two oid copper kettles containing, ac- cording to some accounts. $9,000, and ac- cording to other statements, as mulch as S15.000 in \Carolus the Fourth\ silver dollars. It is by no means an uncommon occurrence fi - ir money and other valuables to be diseovered in San Antonio, quite a number of such instances having come under our observation, but this one pans out better than any we have ever heard of The early history of our classic city is remarkable for the number of civil commotions that took place between rival tactions, or between the Spaniards and their Indian subjects. and as there was no other kind of money known in those days except coin, it often happened th:it wealthy men were obliged to bury their caah before engaging in battle, from which in many instances they never re- turned, and, the exact locality being un- know:e the valuable deposits remain con- cealed to this day. From 1811 to 1813 this section was in a constant broil, and there ie good reason to believe . that a Spanish general by the name of Eheonda . buried his military chest. consisting ot two cargoes of reals, somewhere in town. amounther to about S-1.000, and the same has never been recovered. ---San Antonio (Tex.) Herald. ANIMAL AFFECTION. The contractors engaged on the Boston water-wolts had a, yaluable cart horse in- jured some time ago. The animal was led home to the stable, where about fifty horses were generally kept. The hostler lud a water -spaniel, who for some montas had been among the horses in the stable, living on great terms of in- timacy with them. Immediately after the disablei horse was led in; he lay down and began to exhibit signs of great dis- tress. The spaniel at once ran to the horse, ape commenced fawning around him, lickhg the poor animal's face, and in various )ther ways manifesting his sympathy eith the sufferer, The strug- gles and gtoans of the horse being con- tinued, tht dog sought his master, and drew Ws lttention. to the wounded ani- mal, and snowed great satisfaction when he found his master employed in bathing the wounde and otherwise ministering to his wants. The hostler continued his care of the herse until a late hour of the night. Forty-cight hours after the horse was injured, the Isithful dog had not left the stable, day or night, for a moment, not even to eat; am' from his appearance it was believed thathe had scarcely slept at all. He was constantly on the alert, not suffering any me to come near the horse, except those attached to the stable and the owner of the lorse; his wl tole ap- pearance was one of extreme distress and anxiety. lie often 'alit his head on the horse's neck, caressing him, licking him around the eyes, which kindnes the poor horse acknowledged by a greatful. look and other signs of recognition This fact furnishes a remarkable and affecting exhibition of animal kindness, and should cover with shame the un- feeling men who beat and abuse that noble and most useful of animals, with- out stint or remorse, and are utterly des- titute of sympathy for the whole brute creation.—Exclialige. FOUR DisTINGUISIIED M EN PRE- DICT A EUROPEAN wAR. Father Hyacinthe and Victor Hugo have joined Mr. Disraeli and the Pope in prophesying the approach of a, tremend- ous war, which shall rage all over Europe and elsewhere. Mr. Disraeli predicted that the war would be a religious one, and that it would convulse the globe. The Pope described the impending strug- gle as one between the armies of the Archangel Michael and the hosts ot Sa- tan. According to the prognostication of Father Hyacinthe, the coming war will be three -told, and will include a fear- ful conflict between popular right anti the power of capital, in which the com- batants will tear each other to pieces. According to the vaticination of Victor Hugo, the great and inevitable encounter is to be \between two principles, Repub- lic and Empire.\ He says that \we have before us—in Europe—a series of catas- trophies which engender each other, and which must be exhausted,\ and that\we can get a glimpse of peace only across a shock of arms;\ that \between the pres- ent and the future there is a. fatal inter- position; that the \Kings must expiate their crimes,\ and that the separation of the people will result In federation and fraternity. • lie thus closes his prophecy of the \Universal Fatherland\: \The solution is this: The United States of Europe. The end will be for the people —that is to say, for liberty; and for God that is to say, for peace.\ There must surely be something in the atmosphere of Europe that leads so many prophets to prophesy the approach of war—war about religion, republicanism, and the rights of human nature. av.--•-•-wie • THE FIRST MODERN FLYING MAN. NO. 2. THE CONTEST BETWEEN THUGS. The conflict between barbarism and civilization, which has been wkring in various forms; for a long time, in the Ter- ritory of Utah, grows sharper as civiliza- tion draws its cordon of outposts closer about the city of the barbarians. At the opening of the session, which is now holding of the United States District Court for Salt Lake City, Judge McKean directed the special attention of the grand jury to that crime which is the distin- guishing feature of Mormonism and the chief bond that holds the thing tOweth- er. Of course, we allude to polygamy. The Judge charged that pers.ons practice - ing this monstrous system, whether they do so in obedience to their religious be- lief or not, are guilty of a grave offense against the laws of the United States, and should be indicted accordingly. The first indictment presented was for this crime, the defendant having five or six concubines. The trial has not yet come on. When it comes there will be a gen- eral uproar iu the Church; that is, in that bedlam which the able and infamous Brigham Young has built up under the social name of a church, for the glory of himself and the devil. There will go up a great cry against the interference of the civil authority with the freedom of worship. There will be dissertations without stint upon the right of every American under the Constitution of the United States—which by the way con- tains no such guaranty—to \worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience,\ whether by ranting on pub- lic highways, throwing girl babies to the crows, or keeping a harem. Such shallow nonsence has shielded the Mormon ban- ditti for a long time. They have mur- dered Gentile emigrants and divided the plunder taken from the dead tor a gen- eration, and been saved, from punishment throuell the machinery of the Church. And it is coming to be well- underatood that the only way to bring this infamous organization of thieves and murderers into obedience, is to strike at the one in- stitution that makes it what it is and makes it firmly knit together. So the at- tack is centered upon this pOint. Let us hope for the good name of our country, for the sake ()flaw and order, for the sake of civilization and Christianity, that there will be no further comprom ise.— Portland Oregonian. If the fabulous stories of antiquity could be credited, it might be believed that a method of navigating the air was known to the ancients. The axonautie flight of the Cretan philoaopher, and the luckless fide of his son in the Icarian Sea, is a tale well known to all school boys. Strabo tells of a people of Scythia who had a Method of elevathig themselves in the air by means of smoke. although he does not mention in what manner, or whether by the intervention of any me- chanical contrivance. Rodger Bacon al - hides to a flying machine, althouoli he confesses that he has not seen it, and seems to have known little of it beyond the inventor's name. The first historical flying experiment was made in Scotland, by an Italian friar, whom James IV had made Prior ot Tongland. The man, who was a great favorite of the King's from his presumed scientific attainments, and his supposed success in alchemy, was commonly believed to be in league with \Auld Hornie.\ Thinkine that he had discovered a method of ing• through the air. the Prior appointed a certain day, in 1510, for an atrial ascension. and invit- the King awl his court to witness the feat. At the appointed time the Italian, bedecked with an enormous pair of wings, ascended one of the battlements of Stirlim Castle, and in the presence of KingJames and his courta spread his, plumes, and vaulted into the air. Untbrtunately for the Prior's reputation, the experiment was a complete failure. Amid the laugh - tea and derision of the whole assembly, the would-be aeronaut came tumbling down, and althoueh a manure -heap luck- ily saved his neck, his thieh-bone was broken. As is invariably the case, the hapless experimentalist had an excuse for his nou-success. It is reported that the emissaries of modern civilization are going to run a railroad right through Nubia. This is to be regretted, more particularly on ace count or Coleridge's ••Abyssinian Maid,\ who might be banging around that neighborhood tvith her dulcimer, and eventually subjected to so nmeh \spark- z i t iil t g d \ K as ub t i o a t K br h g a e l t h all about Mount Abora • Mobile is almoat entirely supplied with coal from the mines in the northern and central parts of Alabama. ALONE ON THE OCEAN WAVE. It is now more than a week since Mr. Paul Boynton sailed from New York, in a trans -Atlantic steamer. It was his pur- pose to put on a neat suit of India rubber clothing, inflated with air, and to leap overboard when three hundred miles from land. It he adhered to his resoiu- lion, and not to his ship, he has been floating about in the Atlantic for the last week. There is no doubt that his Me - preserving garments would keep him on the surface of the water for an indefinite time, and as he was to take ten days',pro- visions with him, it is barely possible that he is still alive. Still, few men could be continuously soaked for ten days without having their vitality soaked out of them, and it is exceedingly im- probable that Mr. Boynton is so consti- tuted as to be able to be so largely dilut- ed with water and yet preserve strength enough to retain his hold on life. He is doubtless still floating on the uneasy waves of the Atlantic, a ghastly corpse, and disappointing the sanguine expecta- tions of the company whose life peeserv- a rs he attempted to advertise. me-• Men often speak ot breakine the will of a child; but it seems to me that they bet- ter break the neck. The will needs reg- ulation, not destroying. I should as soul' break the legs ot a itOrAC in training him as a child's will. I would discipline and develop it into harmonious proportions. I never heard of:t will itself too strong, more titan an arm too mighty. or a mind too mighty. or a mind too comprehensive hi its grasp, and too powerful in its hold. The instructions ot children should be such as animate, inspire, strain, but not to hew, cut, or carve; en. would always treat a child as a live tree, which was to be helped to grow, never aa dead, dry timber, to be carved into this or that shape, and to have certain moloings erooved upon it. A live tree, and not dead timber, is every little child.—Theo- dorc Parker. THE FOES OF Tim CABLES. Robert Stephenson is on record as say- ing that the life of a submarine cable would not be more than eight years. The cable between Dover and Calais is, how- ever, 23 years old. The cable from Spez- zia to Coreica lasted from 1854 to 180G, 12 years, and then made no further sign. The cable in the Persian Gulf is already 10 years old, and several minor cables have likewise existed for from 10 to 15 years. The Atlantic cables have been less fortunate. The wire laid in 1865 has been broken since March 11, 1873. An unsuecessful attempt to repair it last fall cost the company £70,000. A paper on Engineering remarks that there are few cases of cables which, after being sub- merged safely in deep water, and lasting tor years, have then failed and been re- paired. The Falmouth and Gibraltar. laid in 1870, and repaired this year, \was found chafed through at a distance of 1,000 fathoms.\ The teredo is now the great foe of the suhmerged line. His in- veterate curiosity leads this animal to bore through the gutta percha or other covering - , and so destroy the insulation. Cables in the Mediterranean and in the Irish Channel have suffered from the same cause. Two wires in the Dublin and Holyhead cable, laid in 1871, have already been rendered useless by these borers. Should this ship -worm take it into his head to go down among the deep sea lines. a revielon of all present pat- terns of cables will be necessary. Mr. Stephenson, incorrect as some of his pro- fessional opinions were, is not very far out ot the way in his statement in regard to the Wit of the submarine cable. TRUE LOVE IN DETROIT. Mr. and Mrs. Corkery occupy rooms on Michigan avenue, between Seventh and Eighth streets. They do not live as happi- ly as two doves in a cot; on the contrary, it's an every -day occurrence for one or the other to 'wish that he or she was dead - Yesterday morning they had a \jaw\ and a fight, and Mr. Corkery remarked that he would rather bang himself than live with her another day. Mrs. Cocke- ry replied that if he wanted to hang him- self she would offer no objection, and this made him madder than ever. \I will hang myself!\ he exclaimed, striking the table with his fist. \Do sot\ she re- plied kicking over a chair. Ile Avent out on the veranda overlookine the back yard, unfastened the clothes -line, hitched it overhead, made a noose, and when he went for a chair to stand on he -said: \In five minutes I shall be a dead man?\ \And I shall be a happy NV011iali:\ WaS her reply . This made him madder still, and he Nvent out with his chair, put his head in the noose, and there was a real ease of hanging. The wife must have heard him kick over the chair in Ins struggles, anti heard his gasps and groans, but she kept on washing her dishes. A man named Patrick Dorsey, who was sawing wood in the next yard, saw the wole thing, and he rushed around and sprang tip atairs, aml t when he saw Mrs. Corkery washing cups and saucers he shouted: \Your husband is hang•ing himself.\ \Yes he said he would,\ she answered. giving the dishcloth a wring. Dorsey grabbed for a knife and run out, and after a moment had Corkery down on the floor. It was in good time. The old man was as black in the thee as a horse plum, his tongue protruded, his eyes hung out, and another minute would have made a dead Corkery It was a long time before he could speak. and they had to bathe hint with whisky and get hint into bed. Dorsay obedaed the assistance of two othar men to do this, and during ail their stay Mrs. Cork- ery never gave her husband as much :is a. look. 1Vhen she had finished washing her dishes, she sat down and went to sewing, taking no interest whatever in the case. When Dorsey reine:ked that her conduct was cold and unchristian, he touched a tender chord, and she said: \It anybody wants to hang themselves, is it any of my business?\ Colliery said he would do it, and he tried to, but he still lives, and it is not impossible that the day will coal(' when the two will be happy and sing like blue - jays on the top rail °fa pasture fence.— Free Press. THE C ---\Iiii.\4-\1112 0UKTS21.11' .11 4 7 — OULS NAPO- LEON. At a ball given 1 - i - y — Preshient Napoleon tl:c Elysee, before the coup d'cte, Mile. Eugenie met her futore Emperor and husband. The manner of meeting was somewhat romantic. LolliA Napeee- on did not care much for the riish of ball- rooms, and he had chosen a propitious moment to escape with his friend, Ed- ward Ncy, the Duke of La Moskowa. into the Elvsee gardens, when he sudden- ly came upon a radiant, blushing girl, who was tying up her hair alone oppo- site a glass in the conservatory. Her hair had come down during a waltz, and the crowd was too great to admit of her reachintr the ladies dressing -room; so she had glided in here, hoping to be unob- served. Louis Napoloon, seeing her in this strait, gallantly gave her his arm and led her round, by the private apartments, to the dressing -room in question, and from this time there was mutual regard between the President airl the fair stran- ger. During the following twelve months Madame de Montijo and hel- d:me - liter were invited guests at all the Presidential residences—Fountailiebleate Co mpaigne, St. Clouds and it escaped nobody that the Prince paid Mile. Eu- genie an inordinate amount ot attention. No One supposed, however, that these attentions could end in a marriage, for the President, having pertanned his coup d'etat, was on the point of becoming Emperor, and it was no secret that his Einbassador at M unich was trying to ar- range a match for him with a Prineess of Bavaria. The King of Bavaria refused to give away his relative to a Prince whom he styled an \adventurer and then it was that Louis Napoleon. much inortiiied at heart, resolved not to ex- pose himself to further rebuffs in court- ing royal princesses. Possibly Madame Montijo had been waiting her oppor- tunIty, for two days after the 11CWS of the Bavarian snub had begun to get bruited, she beved a private audience of the Prince, and told him that, as his atlen- tions ofher daughter were beginning to excite comment. she had the intention of leaving France. This was at St. Cloud, where the mother and daughter were both staying. The Prince asked Madame de Montijo to tarry one day more, for he might have something to say to her, and he employed these twenty-four hours in acquainting his ministers of his intendiug to marry Mlle. Eugenie. The rews fell upon them like a shell. Nothing of the khid had been apprehended by any of them, and both Count de Morney, M. de Persigny, and Edward Ney implored the Prince not to contract such an alliance. The communication was netile to the Cabinet on the 25th of November. On the 2(1 of December the Prince was pro- claimed Emperor, on the 2d of January time coming marriage was officially noti_ tied to the French people, and on the 30th of January it was solemuized at Notre Dame. Marry for love, young man, but re- member that it is as eaay to lave a girl whose pa is worth a hundred thousand dollars in bank, aS one whose old pap sits up behind a pair ot mules and yells: \Whoa! you Pete, or take your ears off.' asa-o--eat- An expert lawyer estimate:: $1 550,000 as the amount so far involved in the libel suits growing out of the interminable Bcecher-Tilton scandal. PUBLISiTED EVERY SATURDAY Virginia City,. - - Montana. THOMAS DEYARMON, Editor and Propriotor. Papers ordered to Any 2%4dg-es% ear, o b p e i t i li 4 t a n n ( g ot e t t e to m :Lo c t .r h i g a s:; .r o . d dress nt thtr a t R o e u n i t r i a t .i ta sk n . ce by draft, check. III 011 fly order or registered lettcr oda:3 be sClit MAD1SONIAN is devoted to the' advoesQ of the principles tot the Democrati. part v and to general and loyal news. FASHION'S FREAKS. Ladies are now wearing Scotch welts on their boots, It is also a notable fact that French ealfakin is largely employed' in making winter boots tor Women; ale° , French goatskin. But the best of all are the thick soles, which fashion has at last indorsed. Shirring on dresses 1 - eat's sfylisfe- Some have the whole front ot skirt and corsage gathered in close rows, forming elaborate designs. It is very much in' vogue, too, for sleeves tor slight figures. At an opening ofdresses and garmenta, foreign and home made, held la.st week / - sonic beautiful silk circulars and cloas e lined with squirrel and coney fur, were' exhibited. The former are splendid wraps for tall and stout figures. Feather trimmings of ail kinds is in de- mand. It is one of the most elegant gar- nitures tor outside germentas Standing collarettea, slightly flaring, have displaced the ruff. Handsome sleeveless jackets of jetted lace, or cashmere embroidered with jet and blue steel, are among the elegant trifles of the wardrobe. Stylish wood buttons ad'orn the im- ported worsted suits. Sleeves trimmed diagonally with alter- nate folds of silk and velvet characterize some unique basenes. Clos hats will prevail when the cold weather sets in. Skirts are often made with only the troet breadths trimmed on the bottom s the back breadths being plain and plait- ed into the binding. An old style fcr camel'S hair goods fs an overdress, plain in front and kilt plait- ed on time sides and in the back. Pearl buttons are exquisite this season. - They come in deep blue, plum, purple - and green, and are shaded so variously that they harmonize with both silks and velvets. New wraps for the opera and the re- ceptions are Dolmans of white mate- lasse silk, bordered with s lver-fox-fur.- There are also white Sicileinic Dolmans, with raised white floss needle -work al- most eoverine them. Creamy :white Dolmans of camel's-hair are wrought with wool and silk embroidery, and are richly fringed. Marguerite, or Wa' - teau 1 a .ks, with loose fronts belted in from the side: are. the favorite modes for morning wrap- pers. Taffeta silk or cashmere are the most desirable materials. Handsome braids ot the same colors trim camel's-hair suits and cloaks-. The arrow braids are put on in medallions and the wide in graduated rows. -1306 - ton Herald. A --n.tori - -2 - 1 —. anno Wow • .11100010 CAUSE OOTS 11Elit tUGHTER. [FrOni the St. Joseph Ilerabli.: Our reporter yesterday learned the facts relative to one of the most mourn- ful tragedies which have ever been com- mitted in the young - State of Nebraska. Near Humbolt, a town on the Atchi- son and Nebraska Railroad, lited a wid- ow woman and her dauelder. Some days since a man, who claimed to have just arrived from Kansas, stop- ped at the house, and durieg his visit. made insulther propositions to the girl. The mother being called, ordered hint to leave the house, which he refused to do. She then armed herself with a pistol, and endeavored to frighten him , by point mg it at him. Ile, however, refused! to with- draw. She thereupon lired two shots,. which passed under a chair. lle still re- fused to comply with the demands 01\ the women, stating in a jocose manner that lw thought she did not mean to hurt any one. Time girl then stepped up to her moth- er and remarked that she had better put the pistol up or some one would be shot, at the same time desiring the man to withdraw. The woman :erain raised the . pistol, hut before she could pull the trig- ger, which would undoubtedly have sent the bullet speeding - toward his body. her daughter caught the barrel iii her hand. Unfortunately the NVeapon was furnishi d with very fine springs, and required but. the gentlest touch of the trigger to dis- charge it. The woman's finger wa.s on the trigger at the time the girl caught. bolo ( ) fie and by some accident the pis- tol was discharged, the ball entering the girl's breast, and, passing through her body, killed her instantly. The sad ocourrente occasioned consid- erable excitement in the neighborhood; the man was arrested 1hr using indecent and boistrous language; bin what further %till be done hi the case our informant could not say. MRS. TILTOX. The greatest effort has been made tc, get a correct likeness of Mrs. Tilton. One house offered a thousand dollars for a photog,raph. There are but two known ones in existence. One of them Mr. Milton has, and keeps on hia parlor man- tle. When any one speaks of his wife he takes it down and shows it. The other is held by a distinguiahed New York photographer. He has resisted the glit- tering offer tor the picture. Ile regard- ed the disposal of it as a breach of faith that would hurt his business. Nothing that has appeared gives the slightest idea. of this now famous woman. She is a small, fragile woman, dark complexion, low in stature, girlish in look, her halt - parted in the center and falling in ring- lets behind—looking more like a school- girl of 18 than a matron of 40. Up to the publication of the letter to Dr. liacoa Mrs. Tilton moved in her accustomed sphere. Every Sunday afternoon she led the singing at the Christian Association rooms, beaides engaging in general Christian work. Since she left her hus- band s house she has lived quite retired. During time summer vacation s! e wee greatly annoyed by the eurpons who eroWed on her in•ivacy. Site went front pl ac e to place, and was eVen called ha another name to eseape attention. But a in vain. She Caine home early from r suitinier trip to enjoy the quiet beeluaiott of a trieuira hottec.
