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HE MADISONIAN. • ed: the 'en , not s tTERVAY- , Peserssimit 5. I. TERMS Oi = SUBSCRIPTION. One Tear six Months Three Months 85 00 2.O 'o ADVERTISING RATES. THE MADISONIAN, as an advertising 'tedium, is equal to any paper in Montana. r h ; \ :4 n 'P i 41414 . 1_4 zoi?' inch. 9 Inches 3 Inches inches t ; inches ia lac hes Inches .J $3 $51 $7 $S $10415 i $20425 I a 8! 9 10 121 201 301 40 7 9 1 11 12 15i 25' 371 55 8 11 12 14 17 30 45 1 70 10 12 15 18 21 38 651 90 ls 241 30 34 401 55 90 140 101 401 50 55 65 75 15 0 12. 5 0 The above sr ale of prices Is for ordinary sin- 7 1 e ..eo1uinn, display advertising. Solid and advxrtisements will be charged at the Weil rate jôr space occupied. LOCAL NOTICES. Irif!cen cents per line for thst, and ten cents 'while for each additional insertion. CARDS, Onc-half inch. $2 for one insertion; $3 for two itisertioas; $S per quarter; $16 per year. foregoing; schedule of prices will The he ,trictly adhered to. All counted in Nonpareil t elvertisements nteasure. 3o n r ver de,:eription, executed in the best o r y sac, Ir. and on reason able terms. NEWSPAPER DECISIONS. Any one who takes a paper regularly from the rostotlice—whether directed to his name or a nother's, or whether he has subscribed or not responsible for the payment. 2. If a person orders his paper discontinued, he must pay all arrearages, or the publisher :nay continue to send it until payment is made, anti coltret the whole amount, whether the pa- per k taken from the office or not. 3. The courts have decided that refusing to take the newspapers or periodicals from the p os totfice, or removing and leaving them un- :allied for, is prima facaa evidence of intention- al frau_1.__ PROFESSIONAL. G. F. COWAN, Worney and 101111selOr at Law. Radersberg, Montana Territory. HENRY F. WILLIAMS, Atly & Counselor at Law, VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. OFFICE o%er the Post Officer. J. E. CALLAWAY. Attorney and Conn- t_i4elor at 1,a1V. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. OFFICE. adjoining the office of the Secre- - .try of the 'territory 11\ . TOOLE. J. K. TOOLE. TOOLE & TOOLE. .A.ttorneys at iasv. HELENA. MONTANA. Will practice in all the Courts of Montana. :AIN T. SIDOIElt. T. J. OWERLYZ SHOBER & LOWERY, Attorneys andconn- selors at I,aw. HELENA, M. T. Will practice in all the Courts of Montana. SAMUEL WORD, Attorney at Law. VIRGINIA CITY. M. T. JAMES G. SPR ATT, Attorney and Coun- selor . at Law. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. w ill practice in all the Courts of M, oltana R. W. HILL. I Attorney at Law, GALLATIN CITY, M. T. W. F. SANDERS Attorney and. Co1111•• selor at Law. HELENA, M. T. - it'd. practice hi all Courts of Record in 31;;ntana. C. W. TURNER, VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. oFFICE: Adjoining Colonel Callaway's. WM. F. KIRKWOOD, Ittorney at Law, VIRGINIA CITY. Can 1)e f.iund at Judge Spratt's office or Pro- bate Court Rooms. Will practice in all the 'irts of the Territory. GEORGE CALLAWAY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA. OFFICE, at the Law Office of J. E. Calla- way, Esti until further notice. I. C. SMITH, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. VIRGINIA CITA - , MONTANA. Office at the Old Le Beau Stand, Wallace street where he can be ((Aida night or day E. T. YAGER, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. practice in all branches. °Mee one door above the City Drug Store. H. B. BARKLEY, M. D. Physician & Surgeon. RADERSBURG, M. T. 11twenty-one .‘\; had years' experience in in his profession—four years of that time ''Lr=asai in the Confederate army . lie is pre- •rol to perform all kinds of surgery. IN FEMALE COMPLAINTS, his expe- k tot surpassed by any physician in the , TO THOSE WHO HAVE VENEREAL P LA I N TS.—Gonorrhea, if called upon 4 , 31 1111 live days after the that appearance, he IQ cure in seventy-two hours. In Syphilis, ke will cure in five days. Il treatineut is different fram any iihysi- Tel thii Territory. He is prepar ed for i'leautaing Extracting and Filling Teeth. O n . C. S. ELLIS ITAVING taken an interest in the Drug Department of A. _ 4rmtk hat'', store at Silver Star, Montana, can !\utift at all times, day and night, at said . \ r \ , wtota aot absent on professional 'nisi - 1 -28t1' 0. B. WHITFORD, M. D., P ) 1 Ys1ciari a n d Surgeon, at tit I-utif ;E. stwsfa.N.a. V OL, _J. VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1874. 1 = '01E'rTI,N 7- . AUTUMN LEAVES. Fading beneath our passing feet, Strewn upon lawn and lane and street, Dyed with the hues of the sunset sky, Falling in glory so silently, Beautiful leaves! Nevur to freshen another spring, Never to know what summer may bring, - Withered between the dust and cold, Soon to decay in the common mould, Beautiful leaves! So will the years that change your tint Mark upon their autumnal print; So shall we fall from the wheel of time, Fade as ye fade in a wintry clime, Beautiful leaves! But when the harvest of life is past, And we wake in eternal spring at last, May He who paints your brilliant hue Form of our lives a chaplet new Of beautiful leaves. 1114 4 1. 4 1 4-4 \' ---- A VAGARY. BY S. I'. DRIVER. From the American Homes for November. I will not tell how oft I gaze Out through the doorways of a dream, And watch along night's misty ways For her white garment's gleam; But, this my tell -tale pen will ow n,— A secret all too good to keep,— That, nevermore I walk alone The corridors of sleep. I will trace her golden hair. Nor paint the azure of her eye; But, when she leads me up the stair That leads against the sky. I call her angel,and she seems A very Maid of Paradise, Too lovely even for my dreams, Too radiant a prize. Where' er she walks, the darkest gloom Is bright and warm as garish day, And ever, in her pathway, bloom Rare blossoms of the May. She is no myth, this love of mine, For oft her lips and mine have kissed, And troops of elvan fairies twine Gray rose -wreaths for our tryst. And Echo, at her coming, thrills The farthest woodland with his song, While, from the answering lakes and rills, The waiting Naiads throng. Her name is sacred, and her face No curious eyes may hope to see; They who would find her hiding place, Must walk in dreams with me. 110 , 41 -e -- CHOICE OF t WIFE AND HUSBAND. Enough of beauty to secure affection, Enough of sprightliness to cure dejection, Of modest diffidence to claim protection, A docile mind, subservient to correction, Yet stored with sense, reason and reflection, And every passion held in due subjection— Just faults enough to keep her from perfection. When such I find, I'll make her my election. Of beauty just enough to bear inspection; Of candor, sense, and wit, a good collection; Enough of love for one who needs protection, To scorn the words 'I'll keep her in subjection;' Wisdom to keep him right in each direction, Nor claim a, weaker vessel's imperfection. Should 1 e'er meet with such in my connection, Let him propose, I'll offer no objection. A REVERIE. A maiden at her window sat, And gazed with look intent; Her hands were clasped, as eagerly She from the casement bent. 0 wondrous fair! her golden hair Fell o'er her shoulders white; Her eyes were like the dewy morn, Her smile like Heaven's light. But, hush! she is about to speak, Iler lips begin to move; Surely hr voice is music's own, Attuned to notes of love. And symphonies of heavenly spheres Discordant seem to those Which issue from her ruby lips The moment they inclose. \See here, you nasty little wretch, I'd like to pull your hair; Why can't you let that pig alone? You've scratched his back quite bare.\ A SERMON. \Only a flower,\ the rich man said, When he trod it down in his careless walk, But his little daughter raised its head, And tenderly held the broken stalk. And from its place in the dusty way. She carried it home to her garden small, A set it where, from day to day, Sunlight and shadow would on it fall. It lived and thrived in the garden small, And when the autumn winds were chill And the roses died in the frosty air, The hardy wild flower blossomed still. The little maiden often smiled To see it bloom when the rose was dead: And the father, watching his happy child, This sermon short in the blossom read: Too often we crush with our careless feet The flowers of love that blow, And that, cherished, would open full and sweet, When summer blossoms were lying low. IN THE GARDEN AT SWAINSTON. ET TENN YF.ON. Nightingales warbled without— Within was weeping for thee; Shadows of three dead men Walked in the walks with me; Shadows of three dead men, And thou wast one of the three. Nightingales sang in the woods— The master was far away; Nightingales warbled and sang Of a passion that lasts hut a day; Still in the house in his coffin The prince of courtesy lay. Two dead men have I known— In courtesy like to thee; Two dead men have I loved, With a love that ever will be; Three ;lead men have I loved, And thou art hist of the three. SLEEP. From Dr. Holland's new Poem, \The Mistress of the Manse.\ Oh blessed sleep! in which exempt From our tired selves long hours we lie, Our vapid worthlessness undreamt, And our poor spirits saved thereby From perishing of self-contempt! We weary of our petty aims; We sicken with our selfish deeds; We shrink and shrivel in the flames That low desire ignites and feeds, And grudge the debt that duty claims. Oh, sweet forgetfulness of sleep! Oh, bliss, to drop the pride of dress, And all the shams o'er which we weep, And, toward our nat i ve nothingness, To drop ten thousand fathoms deep! JOURNALISM. In commenting upon the failure of a newspaper manager, the St. Louis Globe tells a plain truth in the following words: The business of Journalism will continue to be an inviting field for experiments to those who have a large amount of money and a large amount of egotism. A man, who having edited a newspaper until he was forty, should suddenly announce himself a lawyer, would be regarded as a tool by the legal profession, and yet we often hear of lawyers of forty making sudden pretentious to journalism. Tliere is an idea that editors come forth from law offices and colleges fully armed for the profession, like Pallas from the brow of Jove. It is a mistake, there is not ill America to -day a single journalist of Na- tional reputation who has not devoted more time and more hard work to his profession than, with equal fitness and application, would have made him a good doctor or a great lawyer. And yet nine- ty out of every hundred men you meet on the street will hesitate about carrying a hod or making a pair of shoes, whereas there will probably not be one in the hundred who can't, according to his own judgment, edit any newspaper in the country better than it is edited, no mat- ter in what manner or by whom. AN INTERESTING INCIDENT. An interesting incident has just occur- red at Bucharest, and has created a pro- found sensation in theatrical circles in that place. It seems that the proprietor of the Suhr Circus, anxious to provide amusements for the public, lately pub- lished an announcement that a challenge given by Jules Rigal, a wrestler attached to the circus, had been accepted by a gen- tleman who, wishing to preserve a strict incognito, would appear before the pub- lic in a week. The amateur athlete, who, it was stated, was a person occupy- ing a high social position, was rumored to be no other than Prince Stourdja, a Moldavian noble who has the reputation of possessing herculean strengtn. On the evening when \the great unknown\ made his first appearance in the circus, the stalls were filled with eager specta- tors long before the commencement of the performance. Rigal and his masked opponent having made their bow to the audience, at once commenced the strug- gle, which was, however, of a short du- ration, for the distinguished unknown in a few minutes, amidst frantic applause, floored his professional antagonist. So great was the success of the spectacle that the manager announced to the ad- miring audience that the nobleman wrest- ler had condescended to appear again be- fore them on the following evening, when the performance was accordingly repeat- ed, and was continued for several success- ive nights, until one evening an indiscreet member of the troupe unfortunately di- vulged the fact that the masked wrestler was not a distinguished nobleman, but only one of the clowns attached to the circus. This led to a disturbance, the \great unknown\ narrowly escaped be- ing torn to pieces by his late admirers, the manager and his troupe had to fly for their lives, and the circus building would probably have been dismantled and distroyed but for the exertions of the police, who, with great difficulty, suc- ceeded in repressing what promised to be a serious riot. to•—• --mat A STRANGE DREAM FULFILLED. The Rev. L. W. Lewis. in his Reminis- cences of the War, published in the Tex- as Christian Advocate, relates the annex- ed remarkable instances as literally true. The battle referred to was that of Prairie Grove, in northwest Arkansas, fought December 7, 1862: \A curious fulfillment of a dream oc- curred at the battle under my own eyes. A man by the name of Joe Williams had told a dream to many of his fellow -sol- diers, some of whom had related it to me months previous to the occurrence which I now relate: \He dreamed that we crossed a river, marched over a mountain, and camped near a churc:s located in a wood, near which a terrible battle ensued, and hi a charge, just as we crossed the ravine, he was shot in the breast. On the memor- able 7th of December, 1865, as we moved at dauble-quick to take our place in the line of battle, then already hotly engaged, we passed Prairie Grove church, a small frame building, belonging to the Cum- berland Presbyterians. I was riding in the flank of the command, and opposite to Williams, as we came in view of the house.\ \This is the church, colonel, I saw in my dream,\ said he. I made uo reply, and never thought of the matter again, until in the evening. 1Ve had broken the enemy's line, and were in full pursuit, when we came up to a dry ravine in the wood, and Williams said: \Just on the other side of the hollow I was shot in my dream, and I will stick my hat under my shirt.\ Suiting the action to the word as he ran along, he doubled it up and crammed it in his bosom. Scarcely had he adjusted it before a minnie ball knocked him out of the line. Jumping up quickly he pulled off his hat, waved it over his head and shouted: \I'm all right!\ The ball raised a black spot about the size of a man's hand just over his heart and dropped into his shoe.\ It is a strange characteristic of Russian juries that they consider themselves un- bounded by ally law. and indeed by any evidence, directly their feelings are touch- ed. Lately a private teacher was shown to have stolen to the amount of 100 roubles; the things were traced, and, in short. the man did not deny it. It ap- peared that he had been driven to it by sheer want. and the circumstances were certainly of a pitiful nature. The ma . n was acquitted, and a urse made tit - ! for him by the jury and the public. Such verdicts constantly occur. A fraudulent bankrupts as an excuse for not keeping books in his business, as required by . law, pleads that others do not, and he is ac- quitted. A man hires a piano, and pledges it the next day, plea hug that it was all the same to the owner whether it stood with him or in pawn. and he again is acquitted. It is the same 111 more seri- ous cases. ara - a - salitio NO, 4. LOOK AFTER THE EVES.. Multitudes of men and women have made their eyes weak for life by the too free use of eyesight, reading small print and doing fine sewing. In view of these things, it is well to observe the following rules in the use of the eyes: Avoid all sudden changes light and darkness. Never read by twilight on a very cloudy day. Never sleep so that on waking the eyes shall open on the light of the mindow. Do not use eyesight by light so scant that it requires an effort to discriminate. Never read or sew directly in front of the light of a window. It is best to have the light from above, or obliquely, or over the left shoulder. Too much light creates a glare and pains and confuses the sight. The mo- ment you are sensible of an effort to dis- tinguish, that moment stop and take a walk or ride. As the sky is blue and the earth green, it would seem that the ceiling should be a bluish tinge, the carpet green, and the walls some mellow tint. The moment you are instinctively in- clined to rub the eyes, that moment cease to use them. If the eyelids are glued together on waking, do not forcibly open them, but apply saliva with the finger, and then wash your eyes and face with water. between THE SILVER AGE. The beauty of the ordinary American table, with its snowy damask and china, sparkling cut -glass, and lustrous utensils of silver, all disposed in the tasteful sym- metry native to the - American housewife, is a power, and one that goes too near the springs of moral as well as mthetic culture to be lightly esteemed by the most serious observer. The develop- ment of this crowning symbols of domes- tic refinement is worthy of our attention. A critical journal has remarked that an American lady's idea of a dinner is a handsome service of silver and ch ina,with two or three vases of choice hot -house flowers. I suppose it was a typical Amer- ican lady, among the \plain people,\ too, who stated to me the elements of a meal as she understood it. In the follow- ing series:—first, order, (including ele- gance and good attendance;) second, in- tellectual 'conversation; and lastly, some- thing to eat. Plated ware originated in England about the middle of the last century, the first application having been made to small articles in '1745, bt Thomas Bolso- ver, a Shiffield mechanic. The new ele- gance brought within the means and sup- posed proprieties of the middle class, took the name tat \Sheffield Plate,\ not from the process of plating, but from the silver ware of which it was an imitation. Plate, in this secse, is not our Saxon word with fiar, but was borrowed from the Spanish plata (silver,) and applied to all utensils made of the precious metals, in whatever form. To our elderly readers \Sheffield Plate,\ will still have a familiar sound. for under this name the beauty of silver was first popularized in America, and to a far greater extent than even in Eng- land. Probably the Sheffield and Bir- mingham manufactures of plated ware at one period exported more goods to this country than they sold at home. A further and greater advance was made in 1838, by the invention of electro- plating. or rather the practical applica- tion of the method which had been known, but strangely neglected, for thirty years. At one stroke plating was generally reduced in cost, its applications indefinitely extended,Imd its effects incom- parably improved. Everybody in Amer- ica is now familiar with the ordinary wares of our numerous electro-plating companies, and there is hardly a cottage worth two hundred dollars in the coun- try where such wares are not found. It was but a little before the American revolution (about 1760) that silver table- spoons began to exclude those of wood, horn and pewter, from the tables of the quality in England, and even tea -spoons of silver are said to have been rare before the time of Qncen Anne (1691 to 1713.) To this, if I am rightly informed, no spoons of solid silver, large or small. much less silver forks, are to be found in common use among the \plain people\ (with rare exceptions) of any European country. In the United States, on the contrary, it is unnecessary to inform the American readers of Scribner that, as a rule, the farmer is but thriftless and the mechanic but a journeyman, whose spoons and perhaps forks are riot of solid silver. The journeyman furnishes his table with plated articles of this class, or at worst Brittania, and only the rude day - laborer contents himself with tinned or pewter ware. Plated tea -services, Cas- tors. salvers, pitchers, ladles, cake and fruit -baskets, etc., are too common to be noticed, unless wanting, on the tables of those in easy circumstances, and it is no rare distinction if they are of solid sil- ver. In tact for bridal gifts nothing less than solid silver is thought respectable, and in this way, so universal bas the cus- tom of bridal gifts become, hardly any comfortable young couple now begin housekeeping without a fair show of genuine table silver, as far at least as res- pects spoons, forks, butter, fruit, pie and fish knives. napkin -rings, and such tri- fles.—Scribner's Monthly. —son -4-11 . Recently the Paris police issued this funny advertisement: \There was found yesterday at midday a bride, eighteen years, blue eyes. black hair. Can be ob- tained on application at Police Head- quarters.\ She was a country girl, who came to Paris with her betrothed to get married. They took a cap at the sta- tion. On the way to the church the man got out to make some purchaser. The driver was tipsy, and. instead of waiting, drove on, so they were separated in the wilderness, and the police found the girl weeping in the cab. judgeships fer a decision which many of our most enIghtened and ablest states- men and jurias regard as unconstitution- al. There cal be no more dangerous, no more detestable species of corruption than this. Gen. Grates personal associates and intimate &lents since he became Presi- dent have not generally been of the bet- ter class. Tits fact has given rise to the belief that his tastes are low. There is much evidence that h has grown greed: and miserly since he came into office. le is as ambitious as he is avaricious. la grasping at a third term, who shall say that he did not aim at em- pire? He woships with equal devotion at two shrine,—Money and Power. The peoph in their might have now visited upon grant their censure, and we do not believe it will ever be changed again to approbation. So may all selfish, designing, amid traitorous rulers tall and perish! SOLOMON IN MODERN LIFE. Sometime a good rule does not work. Two woman came before Alderman Dobbs, in air village, the other day to settle a distaste about a child. Mrs. Mur- phy claimedthe boy as hers, while Mrs. Doolan iusited that it was hers. As the alderman cculd not obtain any decisive evidence bearing upon the case, it occur- red to him to try the plan once used in a similar ease by Solomon. He sent out to the kitchen and got a carving -knife, and then placing the boy on the desk, he said to the women. while he sharpened his knife on his boot: \I'm a goin' to cut this yer youngster in half and let Mrs. Mur- phy take the body, while Mrs. Doolan goes home with the legs.\ It was a clev- er idea, but it failed. Mrs. Murphy step- ped up to him, and doubling up a fist that looked like an under -done leg of mutton, she shook it close to his nose and said: \Et ye do, ye spalpeen, oi'll murther ye with me own hand;\ and Mrs. Doolan seized him by the hair, threw him to the ground and exclaimed, while she bran- dished the knife over his prostrate body, \Gimme the legs! Be me sowl oi've a mind to kill ye and ate ye.' Then squire Dobbs adjourned the case, and while Mrs. Doolan retired with the boy he went out to limit up a Bible commentary, in order to ascertain if there was not some- thing about Solomon's proceedings that he didn't understand.—Max Alder in Danbury News. TIIE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL- ROAD. Hon. Henry M. Rice writes a letter to the St. Paul Pioneer—which we print ULYSSES S. GRANT—WHO AND WHAT IS 11E? From the New York Sun. Gen. Grant may, without much doubt, now be looked upon as politically dead; and it. is proper and appropriate to .com- ment on his history and character as ot one who has passed away, not praising unduly nor censuring inconsiderately, but fairly, impartially, and justly.. Grant was born in Ohio. His father was a tanner by trade, and rather an un- common man. He possessed by nature something of the poetic gift, and a bright imagination. Ills opportunities of cul- ture were extremely limited. Had he en- joyed the advantages of a good education we think he would have distinguished himself. His natural endowments were superior to his son's. Young Grant, when a boy, - manifested a good deal of fondness for horses: We look upon this as the most favorable . in- dication of character which his youth af- forded. He taught a horse named Dave r h i os e v r. to pace, and excelled other lads as a d When his father called him one day to discuss the question what he should be, and to determine his future destiny, and told him that he could be educated at West Point at the public expense, young Grant promptly responded: \I should like that.\ \The idea,\ said his father, in relating the incident, \seemed to please him.\ The name bestowed upon young Grant by his parents was Hyram Ulysses. But when he entered West Point the member of Congress who appointed him, by mis- take registered his name Ulysses S., un- der the delusion that his name was Ulyss- es Simpson; and this name he has borne ever since. Could some friendly fairy enable him to change his name again at the close of his term of office, it might be regarded as a renewal of the remarkable good luck which for a long time seemed to attend him. At West Point Grant did fairly, though below the average. As he himself once said, out of a class of thirty-eight he stood thirty-second in French. But like the late George Vanderbilt, he excelled all in horsemanship. elaewhor o -M l owinertho itiOnetiSP.bnsi- hdustrieS which have been develop- ed by the Northern Pacific railroad, and which are contingent upon the prosecu- tion and successful operation of this road. There are other reasons which he gives to show that this great enterprise is a necessity to the country, and one which should receive every reasonable encour- agementat the hands of the government. The British government has been quicker to see the advantage which must result from the development of this rich North- western agricultural region, having al- ready projected lines of communication with Monitoba which are scarcely known to our people. The views of a person so well known and so loyal to tne interests of Minnesota as is Mr. Rice are entitled to careful consideration, and are sure to receive it at the hands of thoughtful per- sons. Nothing Congress could do would so stimulate the languishing industries of the country as to give needed encourage- ment to this and kindred enterprises. Thousands of persons now idle would find remunerative employment, and by becoming consumers, would stimulate all other branches of industry. A great de- mand for iron, coal' lumber, etc., would be at once created, and these great indus- tries being in successful operation would set moving the wheels of all other manu- facturing enterprises. Something must be done by the government to give em- ployment to the idle thousands in the land, and nothing will contribute so ef- fectually and so easily to this end as granting the aid which the Northern Pa- cific railroad asks of Congress.—Minne- apolis Tribune. a•--o--Na• A TROTTING TEAM. Trotting horses are to New York what race horses are to London. If a horse has speed he will bring any price. The arrival of a fast team produces an im- mense excitement on the street. The men who keep the market in a turmoil are the men who buy the fast trotters. It is not difficult to buy a single team that is fast. The story that Vanderbilt kept a standing offer of $10,000 for a first-class horse is a canard. He could get speed at any time if he would pay for it. The old commodore wants something besides speed. lie wants a fast horse—a horse kind and quiet—that will drive on slack rein—one perfectly safe—and at a low figure. But to get a fast double team is a difficult matter. It is so difficult to match horses in the spirit, and motion and bottom. Teem is one team in the city that always produces a sensation on the road; one of these is the horse Con- nors. owned by J. F. Merrill, of Boston. This horse is black as jet. The other horse is St. James, belonging to Roches- ter. He is mahogany in color. The two horses are of tne same height, aliout fif- teen hands. The recorded time of the team is 2:22 1-2. Connor's time is 2:19 3-4. St. James' record is 2:18. It i.s said he has shown the speed of 2:17. This team was sold last week and Bud Doble was the purchaser. Everybody knew that he did not buy it for himself. It turns out that the real buyer was a California min- er; Inc made an immense fortune in about ten days by the rise of the Ophir mining stock. It is said on the street for an hour or more he made a million a minute. The price paid for the team was $40,000. The team lett yesterday for the Pacific coast.—\Burleigh\ in Boston Journal jof the Supreme Court, and bargained In the Mexican war he distinguished himself somewhat by personal bravery. After that he ran pretty steadily down hill. He resigned from the army because of his habits while in California, and then roamed about, and was unsuccessful, and got pretty thoroughly broken down. At one time he kept a sort of real estate of- fice, in partnership with another man, in St. Louis. He had a farm near St. Louis, and used to haul cord wood to market; but the water of the eity did not agree with him, and it is reported that it fre- quently made him so sick that he would lie down by the roadside on his way home. This water, besides being un- wholesome, was very expensive, so much so that it is said frequently to have con- sumed the whole proceeds of his load of wood, and he often returned home, not only with his shoe leather worn by the travel, but without any money in his pocket. Some time but not long before the war broke out, Grant engaged as clerk or salesman in the leather store of his broth- er at Galena, Illinois. Vhen hostilities commenced he volunteered for the war. We think he was actuated by patriotic motives, and looked upon this offer of his services to the country as one of the noblest acts of his life. During the war Grant received more support from the Government than was accorded to any other officer. No other man had so good a chance. It so happened that this war did not develop any remarkable military genius. Never, in the history of the world, was there a more glorious manifestation of patriotism than by the volunteering of the masses of the people, and we had a plenty of good, faithful officers; but from the beginning to the close of the war, no such prodigy in millitary affairs as Na- poleon Bonaparte arose. Toward the close it came to be a brute contest of physical forces, unaided by any wonderful capacity to command. Under these circumstances what was required was a man who could coldly and deter- minedly sacrifice liuman life. This Grant could do, and he became the leader ()tall our armies. What was required was the stolidity of a butcher and the tenacity of a bull-terrier—the least intellectual of the canine race. These Grant possessed. Northern blood was to be weighed against Southern blood. Ile had the coolness and nerve to paur Northern blood into the scale until its weight pre- ponderated against the blood shed by the South, and in this way the tinal victory was won. After the close of the svar a dispute arose between Gen. Grant and Andrew - Johnson, the President of the United States, which closed with the funeral of one man's veracity, and it was not that of Mr. Johnson. A generous people, grateful to the man who, if he had spilt the blood of their sons and brothers freely, and sometimes perhaps recklessly and wantonly, had, at all events, ultimately conquered, elected him President. The first act of his ad- mnmnnstn was one than which none since has been more censurable—none could be worse. He selected for the members of his Cabinet men who had given him costly and valuable gifts. Had he done this secretly, which he did open- ly, and had the secret afterward leaked out, it would have furnished conclusive ground for his impeachment and removal. Gen. Grant started out with the novel A HISTORIC MANSION BURNED - A few nights ago the old Minot House in Chiekatawbut street, Noponset, Dor- chester district, was burned by an incen- diary. This venerable structure was one of the historic houses of the republic. It was built in 1636, fifteen years after the landing of the Pilgrims, and when its limbers were raised a goodly crowd from Plymouth colony were present, for the occasion was one of feastiwr, ard such mirth as the sombre -minded Pilgrims permitted to themselves on rare occa- sions. The builder of the house was George Minot, who died in 1671. An in- teresting anecdote has come down re- garding his house. It is said that a party of hostile Indians who were limiting the banks of the Nepoeset river, called at the house and asked for food, which was refused. This greatly enraged the red men, and one of their number was left behind to execute vengeance on the faintly. Soon all the adult members of the holuehold went out, leaving in the house a sirl and two small children. The Indian.' left to Watch the house bore the name of Chickatawbut, - and for him the street on which the house fronted was afterward named. Percefying his opportunity. the Indian crept up and fired at the girl, but missed her. The brave girl loaded Mr. Minot's gun and shot the Indian in the shoulder. He then endeavored to enter the house by a window, when the girl ran up stairs, opened a chamber window, and threw a panful of live coals front the tire -place into the enemy's bosom. Chickataw- but thiew oft his blanket, which was on fire, and ran to the woods, where, over- come by his injuries, he died, and his corpse was found the next day. The Gov- ernment, in token of the girl's bravery, gave her wordss: Hunter.\ The ancient mansion has been in the possession of the Minot family ever since it was built, and its loss, which cannot be estimated in dol:ars and cents, %ill be felt almost as a national one by those lovers of antiquity who would fain see preserved the few remaining relics of the nation's early (lays. A POLISH WEDDING IN WISCON- SIN. a silver bracelet bearing the 'She slew the Narragansett When a Polish maiden gets married, the more noise and excitement there is gotten up for her amusement the better she likes it. Yesterday a wedding, after the Polish style, was celebrated in the First ward, at St. Hedwig's church. A procession was formed and marched through the principal streets of the local- ity to the tune of national airs and Hip firing of guns. First came the band (which in some cases, minks according to the old gentleman's purse); second, the bride and groom, followed by the brides- maids and groomsmen; then the parents, relatives, and invited guests followed in couples. A number of boys were scatter- ed from the house to the church, and they kept up a continuous tiring of guns and pistols. When the procession ar- rived at the church the band stepped aside and the party entered and was seat- ed according to marching order. The bride and groom then took their places in front of the altar, attended by the bridesmaids and groomsmen. The cere- mony was short, and at the close the young man put his arms around the young woman's waist and gave her a squeeze and a kiss. At that moment some one inside gave warning to the boys outside, and a fearful discharge of light artilery ensued just as the kiss was given. The band began to play, alai all marched out of the church and through the streets to the place from whence they started, and the band playing and the boys tiring during the march. All of these weddings are alike. Tine bride Is generally dressed in white. and if there is not a veil in the family she buys or borrows one. The men wear long serge coats, doubtless made during the reign of John Sobieski, and some of the vsomcn wear dresses of the same ma- terial. The young married man, it he is able, has a store coat. After dinner the drinking of beer commences, and then dancing ensues. On a table in one corner of the room is a dish into whieh every one who dances with the bride is expect- ed to deposit a small sum of money, gen- erally twenty-five or fifty cents, which is the bride's dower. The fen is usually kept iip until morning. 'Y.& was the case with yesterday's ceremonies.—Mil- waukee Wisconsin. THE MADISONIAN PtIlliLISiZZO EVERY SATUIDA# - Montana; TKO& MARMON, Editor and Proprietos. J. R. WitisierAi Associate and Local Editor. Papers ordered to any address 6atii be changed to another ad4,fvet04 *tithe Option of the subscriber. Remittomee by, draft. cheek. money Order or reg - istet : e0ile'tter may be *en at our risk. . • THE MAD1SONI ti f.s' &voted to the advocscv of the principles of tht Dkuocratic party and to general and local news. EPISCOPAL CHURCH ON DIVORCE.' The Mutt of Bishops of . the Frrrtst- ant Episcopal Chnieh, in their pastoral letter delivered at the close of the recent General Convention, speak in no uncer- tain language car the subject Of divorce. The following passages, incorporated in that document, are worthy of serious con- sideration in this day of the easy sunder - lug of the mar iage relation: . \It is a part of the liberty Wherewith . Christ has made us free to lift up all our domestic life into the pure atmosphere of spiritual thought and feeling. Marriage • is no longer a union of convenience or a matter of civil contract. It is the one blessed heirloom transmitted from the days of innocence; it is the type and em- blem of that union which is between Christ and the Church. The freedom of the chaste, pure Chriatiffn house stand's' preeminent among the earthly blessings bestowed on us in Christ. -How is it, then, that some among you have presumed to put away a wife estssept for the cause of fornication? We are dis- tressed to know that some, under pretext of a civil divorce, have, without adequate . cause, dismissed an uncongenial wile or husband, and after marrying another have profaned the Holy Sacrament by coming to it with a body thus defiled. \Be ye well assured, brethren beloveds that whatever license may be tolerated by society and by civil courts. if any per- son be joined together otherwise than as God's Word doth allow, their marl iage is not lawful. Be admonished that if any cleave riot tO . his .wife, but unlawfully marries another, and then comes to the table of the Lord, - althotrgh he (10th car- nally and visibly press With hls teeth (as St. Augustine saith) the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, yet in 110 wise is he partaker of Christ, but iathers to his own condemnation, doth eat and drink the sign or sacrament of so great thing.\ These are grave and earnest words, which might commend themselves to many 'persons outside of the Episcopal - communion. o• -•-•--ma SPIRITUAL WONDERS. A large gathering was present at the . meeting of the Baston Spiritualists' Union Sunday evening, over 400 findiug seats in the hall. Mrs. Crosswell and daughter sang . several selections. which - were well received, after which Lizzie . Doten WaS moved to speak. \Once in the slumbers of midnight.\ she said, \I seemed to be walking along inn a narrow, dark place . ,- as I rfsiked , along, feeling somewlea afraid. suddenly the_ re canto a bright light, and there stood before me a figure; it had a glowing conntenance—a face which I might describe' as ers . 'staliz ,- ed, in astonishment; I was not afraid, the influence was so attractive. Who and what are you? It said. I am a spirit, it said; you have seen spirits iv tt past aa' they appeared in earth life; this N it 1L 444. said. Niz y I touch you? and then it Ns \. ; : i seemed that I put out my arm and that a thrill shook me from head to foot; it Is . impossible to describe it. I could not lay Inv hand on your head and you live, said the figure, for you belong to this material sphere. I now seemed to be retracing my steps ; when it said, don't lose your presence of mind. I walked back and into my room.. I touched the face of any material hody;. it was a matter of fact -1 touched the face' of my material body. The form said, don't be agitated, and I remember the feeling of anxiety that then pervaded ine. as I became absorbed; the next thing 1 recognized I could not stir hand or foot. It was a moonlight night—every article of lurniture was visible. Don't be agitats ed, said the voice, and I could feel the• perspiration from every pore. I never shall forget that experience, for I know that I am an immortal soul, and the time will come when, beyond the bounds of immortality. I shall have that beautiful spirit form.\ Prof Carpenter related an occurrence which happened during the week in Lynn. At a private circle, immediately after a funeral, which had laid away the earth form of a husband, the widow was convinced of his presence by appearance of a rosebud, and he (the husband) con- trolling, the medium said that this rose was in his hand when the body was laid in the tomb; he was enabled to bring it because she had touched it previous to its being placed there. Prof. Carpenter said an investigation proved the truth of the story. The undertaker and assist- ants were certain that the rose was there when they rocked the door, but it was not when they opened it. Henry Purry, of Murray county, Minn., says the Marshall Prairie Sdmoner, adop- ted a new plan for killing grasshoppers, which we think is a very good one. Mak- ing a wooden roller he loaded with about a ton's weight of stones and ran it over his grain—as he expressed it, ‘.1 just smashed 'ein right into the ground grain and all.\ A rain coining immediately after brought the grain lilt all right, but the hoppers were completely demoraliz- ed, in fact were nearly all killed outright; and none have since been upon his grain. Mr. Purry has as good a crop of wheat as any man in the county—thinks it will yield not less than twenty-five bushels per acre. He thinks that wherever the grasshoppers hatch out upon grain they can easily be disposed of by rolling them into the ground without injuring the grain. Here is a valuable hint to farm- ers. An exchange speaks of Miss Susan 1!1. Anthony's \matchless eloquence.\ If Susan is really possessed of matchless idea, before unknown in the history of eloquence, how is that with the addi- this republic, that the President's Cabi- tional advantage of forty-seven leap years, net were just like the staff ofa general, during which her matchless eloquence and he has always seemed to regard him- was licensed to woo and win,, she has never been able to induce one . iongle, self as the sole embodiment of all excens aohtary man to join her in swappnig her five authority. lounge for a double bedstead? He has done more than any other man to degrade the highest offices under our Rafpl't Waldo Emerson can stay at home. Government. as the students of Edinburg University He even traded away seats on the bench have declared a preference for Earl Derby as Lord Record. - WANT OF PURE AIR.. The problem of warming and ventilat- ing is easily solved by those who desire its solution sufficiently to make the nec- essary appropriations. One quarter of what is commonly spent for vanity and deceit, will he ample. Most men and Women, at least the unthinking prefer fashionable show rather than health! . A fearful statement, but sadly true. There' is doubtless more danger from impure air than from cold. Our senses warn us quickly of the latter, the prompting of knowledge 46 needed to guard us against, the former, of a praetical knowledge ti fortunately rare. Men, women and chils dreu are dying daily through ignorance and indifference on the subject! There is hardly a school house to be found its which the rantder of the innocents is not continually rehearsed ; hardly a church in which the spiritual elevation resulting from attention therein is not counterbalanced by an equal physical des press -lens and rarely a hall or lecture nom wherein an audience can even lie - ten to a physiological discourse upon the fatal efli.ets of impure air, Without ex- perimentally knowing that they are lis- tening to sokurn trath: while as to the dwelling houses,- the homes of the clear people, it requires no bloodelsonnd's scent to distinguish them one from an other. The moment the front door is • opened to me. I am assailed by the odor peculiar to the establishment. It may be tuberoses or garlic, mould or varnish, whitewash, gas, lamp -smoke or new car- pets,. a definite and describable or an in- definite or indescribable fragrance, but it is sure to be something besides pure fresh airs—limes and. Row to Make Them. 1 1
