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HUA-HONKA.
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A LEGEND OF THE 4, ALUM BANKS."
BY HERMAN ROW,
X-
One of the greatest natural curiosities in
Western Pennsylvania is the "Alum Banks"
on the Conemaugh River. They are situ
ated upon the eastern bend of the stream,
about half a mile above the town of Blairs
ville, and consist of a perpendicular ledge
of rocks some two hundred and fifty feet
in height, and at least one hundred feet in
extent along the margin of the river. The
summit is level, and, until a few years
ago, was covered by timber and under
growth of the same character as was that
of the adjacent territory. These rocks are
strongly impregnated with alum, as the
name by which they are familiarly known
would seem to indicate.
Just about two hundred years ago a tribe
of Indians—or rather, the remnant of a
tribe—migrated westward from the valley
of the Susquehanna and located in this
vicinity. Their councils were held upon
the "Alum Banks ;" and the unfortunate
victims who fell into their hands, and were
condemned to suffer death, were also execu
ted at that place. And here upon the
summit of these rocks was enacted a scene
which, for thrilling interest, is perhaps
not excelled by anything in the annals of
the red men.
The chief of the tribe, who bad just en
tered upon old age, was notorious for a
cruel, morose, and extremely stubborn dis
position. Once having passed his word,
like the laws of the Medes and Persians,
he changed not ; and these characteristics
he carried out to such an extent as to pre
fer the sacrifice of his own offspring, as the
narrative following fully exemplifies.
An only daughter, over whose head not
more than eighteen summers had passed,
was all that was left to him of a once large
family. She was the only tie that bound
him to life, and he lavished upon her all
the paternal love of which his nature was
capable. Besides being intelligent beyond
the ordinary standard of her sex and peo
ple, she was endowed with unusual phys
ical beauty. Her form was erect and sym
metrical, and her features were regularly
and delicately fashioned, and devoid of
those distinguishing marks which render
the Indian face disagreeable and repulsive.
Her hair, which fell in rich profusion
around her
.neck and shoulders, was fine
in quality and of alight golden color; and
to this "crowning glory of woman" we are
indebted fur the name of Hua-llonka or the
"Fair-Haired."
A young Seneca brave, who was upon a
visit to the tribe, became warmly attached
to the maiden, and finally succeeded in
winning her love. His suit—contrary to
all expectation--met with the approbation
of the old chief; and. he was entertained
in a courteous and friendly manner, until,
in the course of events, a serious difficulty
arose between his own people and the tribe
which he was visiting, when the old chief
required his immediate'departure, and, at
the same time, forbade his daughter, upon
pain of death, never to speak to or hold
any intercourse whatever with him.
The young brave immediately complied
with the demands of the old chief, and re
turned to his tribe. However, upon some
pretext, he repeated his visit, and the
maiden sought an occasion to communi
cate to him the restrictions laid upon her
by her father, and also warned him of the
danger by which he was threatened by
thus returning unbidden.
They finally separated, as they supposed,
unseen or unheard by any one. But such
was not the case. A spy, appointed by
the old chief to watch their movements,
succeeded in hearing all that passed be
tween them ; and being moreover a reject
ed lover of the maiden, through motives of
revenge, exaggerated his report of the in
terview to such an extent that the old man
was almost frantic with rage and indigna
tion.
The young brave on parting with the
maiden made good his escape and hastened
to his own tribe, for what purpose was
not then known ; but Hua-Flonka was ar
rested and arraigned before the council,
and summarily condemned as a criminal.
Her father, with inhuman sternness and
cruelty, sentenced her to suffer death on a
certain day then r.ot far distant..
In the meantime, every precaution was
taken to prevent her escape ; and ; inas
much as the young ; brave had gone home
to his people. and was in all probability
ignorant of her situation, lltia.Honka did
not anticipate the possibility of rescue.
After several ineffectual attempts to elude
the vigilance of her guards, she resolved
to meet her fate with such fortitude as be
came the daughter of a great if not less
cruel and inhuman chief.
The place selected for her execution,
as upon all other occasions, was within a
few yards of the brink of the precipice
which is formed by the "Alum Banks."
Hua-Honks—much exhausted by the close
confinement and the anxiety which she
had experienced since her arrest—with
her hands pinioned behind her back, was
brought to the spot closely guarded by
two warriors With no small degree of
rudeness she was bound and fastened to
the trunk of a tree in such a manner as to
deprive her of all motion, the cords with
which she was secured being E o tightly
drawn as almost to lacerate the flesh.
A glance at the situation, and the num
ber of warriors assembled, revealed the im
possibility to escape, even if the faint hope
of rescue had been entertained by her ;
and the dark eyes of her father, inflamed
by a passion truly demoniacal, told her
plainer than words could have expressed
that neither pity nor mercy was to be ob
tained at his hands. However, she gave
no manifestation of emotion ; but with
characteristic Indian stoicism, calmly sur
veyed the scene around. But as the de
cisive moment drew close to hand that was
to usher her spirit from time into eternity,
and her inevitable doom became more
fully impressed upon her mind, a feel
ing of overwhelming fear crept into her
heart. She cast one eager, longing look
at the familiar faces and objects with which
she was surrounded, and then, turning her
eyes to the deep blue vault of heaven, si
lently but earnestly committed herself into
the hands of the Great Spirit, who, she
doubted not, would soon welcome her to
the spirit hunting grounds of her people.
The preliminary arrangements were
speedily completed. The warriors, fully
armed, were drawn up is a semi-circular
line around her, the empty apace in their
ranks being protected by the precipice,
thus closing up every avenue of escape
even had she remained unbound. Five
young warriors, with arrows adjusted to
their bows, stood in readiness to execute
the sentence of death ; and in the midst of
a profound silence, when every eye was
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1874
intently bent upon the fair and helpless
victim, the inhuman old chief advanced to
give the signal for the murder of his own
child.
But just as the word xra* forwingon his
lips, a wild yell of rage reverberated
through the forest and prevented its ut
terance ; .and immediately after, the young
brave and a band of his warriors, with dis
torted features and uplifted tomahawks,
rushed into the circle.
For a moment the assailed party were
seized with consternation, and stood still
as if rooted to the ground ; but the voice
of their chief soon recalled them to their
perilous situation and their duty, and a
fierce and bloody contest, hand to hand,
ensued.
Although inferior in numbers the ad
vantages gained in the onset remained
with the assailants, who were driving the
enemy before them ; and the young brave,
with some three or four of his warriors,
was rapidly forcing his way to the spot
where Hua-Honka was bound to the tree,
an unwilling and a terrible spectator of
the combat, confident in achieving her re
lease and subsequent safety.
But the wary old cliel no sooner ob
served the movement and conjectured its
object than every other consideration was
forgotten in a savage resolution to destroy
his child, which he feared would be car
ried off by ono whom he now considered
his deadly foe, if she were not disposed of
in a summary way. Raising a yell of rage
and defiance, he rushed forward with the
fiendish determination of taking her life
with his own hand, or of perishing in the
attempt.
The apparent intantion of the, old man
drew an exclamation of horror from the
lips of the young brave ; and furious at
the thought of losing his bride when just
within his reach, with an effort almost su
perhuman, he thrust aside every obstacle
that presented itself and seized the uplifted
arm of the old chief, who was just in the
act of plunging his knife into the breast of
his helpless child.
A fearful struggle, hand to hand, imme
diately took place, ip which the old man
fought with a desperation that counter
balanced the greater activity of the young
brave, and proved himself no mean or
unworthy antagonist.
The warriors, alarmed at the perilous
position of their respective chiefs, made
every exertion to reach the spot and ter
minate the single combat that was raging
with such dreadful fury.
The young Seneca took in the situation
at a glance—the decisive blow had to be
dealt—mot a moment was to be lost, or
certain defeat, and, in ail probability,
extermination would result to his brave
band of followers. Rendered &operate by
this fact and the additional thought as to
the fate of llua-Honka, in case he should
fail, he seized the old chief with a grasp
of iron, and—with a power that astonished
himself—raja him from the ground, and..
putting his whole soul into the effort,
threw him many feet beyond the brink of
the precipice. In a moment more the
form of the savage old chief fell upon the
rocks below, a mangled and a disgusting
mass.
Surprise and horror checked the further
advance of his followers, who quickly
sought safety in flight; but, being eagerly
pursued by the victorious warriors, few
succeeded in making good their escape.
Among the dead were the five young men,
struck down at the time of the assault, who
had so readily consented 'to become the
executioners of a helpless female but afew
hours before ; and, when night closed in
upon the scene of the numerous tribes who
had that day assembled upon the "Alum
Banks," to witness the execution of the
fairest and best of their number, less than
hall a score remained alive to tell the talc.
The young brave lost no time in sever
ing the bands which bound his bride to
the tree, and she soon recovered from the
effects of the terrible ordeal through which
she bad passed. Without regret she bade
farewell to Ecenes where she had passed
many happy days, but no longer to be re
called but with feelings of horror, and was
carried by the,young brave to his tribe on
Lake Seneca, where they and their
descendants engaged in agricultural pur
suits. They lived happily together to a
green old age ; not many years since,
when the young brave died, there were
many among his acquaintances who
mourned the death of "Cornplanter," the
celebrated old Seneca Chief.
gitadingtor Ottpinion.
Mr. Cooley's Hat.
When Mr. Cooley came into church last
Sunday, he placed his high That just out
side the pew in the aisle. Presently Mrs.
Pitman entered, and as she proceeded up
the aisle, her abounding skirts scooped
Cooley's bat and rolled it up nearly to the
pulpit. Cooley pursued the hat with feel
ings of indignation, and when Mrs. Pit
man took her seat, he walked back brush
ing the hat with his sleeve. A few mo
ments later, Mrs. Hopkins came into
church, and as Cooley had again placed
his hat in the aisle, Mrs. Hopkins' skirts
struck it and swept it along about twenty
feet, and left it lying on the carpet in a
demoralized condition. Cooley was sing
ing a hymn at the time, and he didn't
miss it. But a moment later, when be
looked over the end of the pew to see if it
was safe, he was furious to perceive that
it was gone. He skirmished up the aisle
after it again, red in the face, and utter
ing sentences which were horribly out of
place in the sanctuary. However, he put
the hat down again and determined to keep
his eye on it, but just as he turned his
head away for a moment, Mrs. Smiley came
in, and Cooley looked around only in time
to watch the hat being gathered in under
Mrs. Smiley's skirts and carried away by
them: He started in pursuit and just as he
did so the hat must have rolled against Mrs.
Smiley's ankles, for she gave a jump and
screamed right out in church. When her
husband asked her what was the matter,
she said there must be a dog under her
dress, and she gave her skirts a twist.
Out rolled Cooley's hat, and Mr. Smiley,
being very near-sighted, thought it was a
dog, and immediately kicked it so savagely
that it flew up into the gallery and lodged
upon the top of the organ. Cooley, per
fectly frantic with rage, furgot where he
was, and, holding his clinched fist under
Smiley's nose, he shrieked : "I've half a
mind to bust you over the snoot !" Then
he flung down his hymn-book and rushed
from the.church. He went home bare
headed, and the sexton brought his humil
iating hat around after dinner. After this,
Cooley intends to go to Quaker meeting,
where he can say his prayers with his hat
on his head.—Max Adler.
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Old Men in Nem York—Bri(f ,S"keteles of
Some of Them—Business.
NEW YORK, June .;, 1874.
OLD MEN
New York has fewer old men in propor
tion to its population than any city in the
civilized world. The poor die early, of
course, for the poor in this city have not
the comforts necessary to the prolongation
of life ; and the rich, or those aspiring to
be rich, by which I mean the business
men, live altogether too rapid a life to last
long. The man who commences at twen
ty-three with ten thousand dollars or its
equivalent in cheek,- and on that capital
does a business of half a million per an
num, is not going to live to see fifty, un
less, indeed, he has extraordinary luck or
an extraordinary constitution. His life is
one of the hardest kind of work, and of a
most consuming excitement. Plethoric
to-day—on the verge of bankruptcy to
morrow; with nothing in the morning with
which to pay a hundred thousand dollars
in the afternoon. It is a life that wears
faster than any other labor in the world.
It is one everlasting, never ending strain,
from morning till night, and if the cares
of the day enable him to sleep at night, he
is lucky.
But, nevertheless, there are a few old
men in New York, who have survived the
strain and wear or tear of business.
MAYOR HAVEMEYER
is over seventy, and bids fair to live twen
ty years yet. He is of German descent,
alai though he has lived through all the
exciting periods of New York history, has
persistently refused to get at all excited.
He has had a steady, standard business—
sugar refining—and has followed it with
all the steadiness of the German. He has
taken active part in politics—he was May
or thirty years ago—has been and is a
bank President ; but in all he lives quiet
ly and modestly, goes to bed regularly at
night, uses stimulants with great modera.
tion, and always sail: on an even keel.—
If his house should get on fire, Mayor
Havemeyer would walk out of it deliber
ately ; and if his refineries should burn,
the loss wouldn't bather him a particle.—
He would go to work, rebuild, and go on.
He will refine sTrar till he dies, and then
his sons will do it after him—not that
they have any need to do business, but
because they have a habit in that way.—
Sugar is their mission.
PETER COOPER,
known the world over for his benevolence
—and his glue, is another seventy-five
year older. A man of little inure than
medium height, with gray hair and spare
face, there is nothing in his appearance
that betokens the powers he really possess
es. Ile is one of the strongest business
men in the city, and at the same time one
of the most progressive and liberal of the
citizens benevolently-inclined. Having
made an immense fortune out of glue, he
determined that the public should have its
full share of his money. Sa he built an
"Institute" in which instruction in the
practical ads and sciences should be free
to all, and gave it to the city. The prop
erty is worth over a million, but it has
done millions upon millions of good. Girls
here learn telegraphing, wood-engraving,
and a number of other professions that fit
them to go out into the world armed for a
strife. Young men are instructed in metal
urgy, engineering, etc., and all the expense
is paid by the property. Peter Cooper is
not catctly a great man, but be is an
exceedingly good man. Everybody loves
him, as everybody ought. He looks and
acts as though he was good for twenty-five
more years. May he live to enjoy them.
DANIEL DREW
has passed his seventieth year, and is so
tough and wiry in his texture, that he bids
fair to live many years longer; though
possibly could a vote be taken among his
associates, his decease would not be long
deferred. Daniel began life as a showman,
was promoted to be a tavern-keeper, and,
following his instincts, drifted into Wall
street, where he has been, for many years,
the most feared operator of the street. He
is extremely religious—is a devoted mem
ber of the Methodist Church, and has built
a Seminary; but his professions or his giv
lugs have never yet prevented him from
shaving his associates most unmercifully
whenever he had them in a tight place.—
Nothing so delights the old man as to get
his rivals in a position where he can
squeoze them. Ile shows them no mercy
—he destroys them utterly. It is related
of "Uncle Dan'l" that once on a time he
advised the pastor of an M. E. Church in
New Jersey to invest in a certain stock.
'•But suppose I should lose ?" queried
the preacher.
"I'm so certain thatyon will make mon
ey," was the reply of the good Daniel,
"that if you du lose I will make it good to
you."
Thus fortified the preacher did buy a
trifle of the stock. And having so good a
thing the good pastor confidentially told
thirty or forty of his flock. all of whom
made haste to invest in a stock which the
saintly Daniel had as good as guaranteed to
go up.
But contrary to expectation the stock
went down, down, down. The preacher
rushed to Uncle Daniel to redeem his prom
ise, which the old man did by giving !the a
cheque for the amount of his loss.
"The thing didn't work, did it," said
Daniel.
"Indeed it did not."
"Well, you havn't lost anything."
"But, my dear sir, I am distressed not
withstanding. Being certain of what
you said to me I confided this good thing
to my parishoners, and they—"
"'ley lost, hey they. Well people should
never tetch stock onless they know the
market, or hey some friend like me to make
'em good et' they lose."
The joke of the thing lay in the fact
that Daniel finding himself oaded with a
stock that was sure to go down took this
way to unload. lie told the preacher,
knowing that the preacher would telt his
parishoners. It was he who sold them all
the stock they bought. Ile could well af
ford to make good the preacher's loss, if
thereby he could unload the remainder
.upon the preacher's friends. Daniel was
handled roughly by Jay Gould and Jim
Fisk, and he was hurt severely 'last fall,
but despite all this he is a rich man and is
a power in the street. But his riches can
never make him friends, for he is too
selfish.
A. T. STEWART
is another lively old fellow. He bas reach
ed seventy-five, but is as active as a man
of thirty. He is the best preserved man
of his ago in New York. Every day finds
him at his business, which goes on, enor
mous as it is, with the regularity and pre
cision of clock-work. Ho employs in his
business $20,000,000, and has real estate
to probably three times that amount. lie
looks like a man of careful thought, and
might pass for a phy.•ician or a clergyman.
His hair is auburn, and approaches red.
and retains its original color. his counte
nance is of light complexion, and is so
smooth and firm that he might pa=s for
fifty. His dress is plain and neat, all dis
play being studiously avoided. Ile stands
five feet six. Forty years as he com
menced trade in this city in a very small
way; but such men could no more be con
fined to a small business than Napoleon
could be kept on Elba. lie has thousands
of employees, uses millions of dollars, and
deals in an enormous variety of goods ;
but so perfect is his system. so complete
his method, that I doubt if he ever loses a
dollar. Each clerk has his special duties,
and those duties are so interwoven with
others that the slightest sin of omission
or commission must eventually be discov
ered. Ile lives plainly, though well, and
has, doubtless, many long years before hint.
Where his money will go to, no one can
form an opinion. Ile has no relatives on
this side of the Ovate- ; and with those on
the other side he had no connection f.,r
years. lie ;s building an enormous insti
tution uptown, which, it is supposed. he
intends to use f9r a Lodging-
House," but this is not certain. The prob
ability is that he will keep on, intending
to do some great and good thing, but die
suddenly before his plans are completed,
and that his enormous fortune will enrich
his Irish relatives. Our only comfort will
be that the estate will have to go through
the courts in New York, which will keep
the most of it in this country.
VANPERBILT
is another man who has seen eighty, but
who enjoys vigorous health. Old as he is,
it was only a few years ago that he married
a young wife, and notwithstanding he at
tends to the details of his enormous rail
road business, and plays whist as regularly
and methodically as ever. lie controls
more miles of railway than any other loan
on the continent, and his lines are
all important_ lie is an iron-gray old fel
low, who worked up to his present position
from nothing, and who bids fair to double
his already colossal fortune before he pass
es out. But I have gossipped long enough
about the old men. It will be noticed that
every one of the rich men in the city com
menced very poor.
BLAINESS
Is horribly and fearfully dull. so dull in
deed as to be no business at all. The mer
chant looks wistfully out into the street.—
The salesman wears a pained look. for his
occupation is gone, and the book-keeper
balances himself and reads the newspapers.
The West is not here, and the South stays
away, and the North refuses to incest.—
The theatres are losing money, the hotels
are well nigh empty, and the barkeeper•
mourn as those without hope. Let us hope
for a revival. PIETRO.
Confidence Men.
All the teachings of experience and all
the daily clamor of the previ seem to be
unavailing to convince a certain class of
visitors from the interior, that if they make
sudden friendships in the city they will re.
gret it. 'Mere is hardly a day in which
the police are not made the recipients of
a tale of woe founded upon spontaneous in
timacy and misplaced c:infidence. Some
times a gentle stranger accosts the rural
visitor as Mr. Huggins of Utica. Lie re
plies, "You are mistaken ; my name is
Muggins, and I live in Skaneateles." The
stranger apologizes and disappears. and
just around the corner a confederate comes
up, calls Mr. Muggins by his own name.
and is voluble about matters and things in
Skaneateles. This is a plan bywhich even
municipal dignitaries from the interior are
sometimes beguiled. It was practised a
few days ago in Boston upon a New-Eng
land Deacon, who owns a stocking-mill in
Massachusetts. He came to the city. sold
his wares, and met a man who accosted him
as an old acquaintance, and in the flush of
the renewed intimacy, got all his money.
But a commoner and coarser method ;f
the predatory class is to approach the vic
tim with frank and honest sincerity. say
ing don't know you, but I like your
looks." This seems universally effective.
A day or two ago, a singularly striking in
stance of the efficacy of this plan of plun
der was seen in New York. An Indian
trader from the Far West, one or theme
men whose life is a continual strug7le for
existence by means of the exercise of the
sharpest and strongest faculties olobserva
tion and judgment, a man who had gain
ed a fortune by sagacious trade on the bor
der, risked his life and lest his property
by means of this idiotic confidence. A to
tal stranger accosted him on the ears anti
entered into conversation with him. He
opened his heart to him instant'y. and on
arriving in this city they had already be
come "pardners." Instead of spending
his money at hotele, he went to the house
of the ostensible "Sister" of his new Py
lades. As a matter of course, he was found
the next morning wandering half-naked in
the streets, drugged almost to uneonscimm
nese. His trunk and his money are in the
keeping of his friend and his friend's sis
ter wherever they may be.
It is hard to be compei!ed to preach a
sermon of cynicism. But unless every
stranger learns the lesson of wholesome
distrust, he would do well to stay away
from large cities. A man who fotets him
sell' upon your acquaintance with offers of
friendship and service, intends to rob or
swindle you. No one will fall in !ore with
you at first sight, and if he tells you so.
he is after your pocket-book. But this
may be said and repeated to flit; euil of
time, without putting men and women on
their guard against swindlers. Vanity is
stronger than common sense or experience.
No one is safe from the confidence man,
unless he is convinced of his own ufsliness.
To say to the average mortal. • I like your
looks," in the phrase and manner suited to
his degree of cultivation, is the surest way
to convince him of your own taste and can
dor. There are few men living who are
not more pleased, in their heart of h?arts,
at a personal compliment than at any eulogy
upon their goodness or their righteous
fame. The confidence man's whole stock
in trade is this reliance upon human van
ity. His only chance of a livelihood is
making people believe that their prepossess
ing appearance has attracted him. And
every day shows how easy a task it is. A
man of ordinary ignorance may hold the
severest views of flattery in the abstract.
but he bears nothing but truth awl dis
cretion in the voice of the concrete flatter
er. There would seem to be no remedy
for the confidence game, except to adopt
the English religion which has been so
much laughed at, and never grant your
acquaintance except upon a proper intro
duction ; and if any man or woman tells
you he likes your looks, the best way is to
call the police.--AVer York Tines.
Pleasing Interview with Nest.
.‘ reporter of the Chic-aro rinses moot
lv interviewed Thomas Neat. sod famed
bins speeehlets 34 .t mat und melt of bin
extended lecture. 31r. Nast, bow ie.
made out, with the aid of his crayon. so
make himself understood. anti a lively
conversation was the melt. We T uve:
"Would you have any objeetttros to be
ing interviewed. Mr. Nast
_ _ _
A Apa.m of pain rrossesi the artist's fare
fur a moment, and then melting to the bed
he dived down under it. stud heoweht out
a large blackboard. Seising a pieee cl
crayon. he vigorously eommesesd sersteh
log upon it. and in a few seems& the re
porter beheld a prostrate figure of Nast
writhing in the agosies of death, while
upon his body sat six able-bodied Imes
poking him in the short ribs with lead
pencils and note books. This tell the re
porter to infer that Mr. Nast did sot ilk.
being interviewed.
Reporter--But why. Mr Nast What
do you think of reporter.'"
The ;raresturist here drew a pomp with
a 'vigorously workieg the losavile.
think they ask too neeny
question.. !Int do they sot always tell
the truth it: rerard to their interviews'"
The figure of•;,-orr Washington armed
with his litt.e hatchet wze hastily sketch
ed upon the board. and underneath It the
single word -Reporter. -
R.-- I see you appreciate their veraci
ty. Pray, tell me. do yoneejny Vhiesgo '-
A picture of a boned turkey. ebassipegye.
gin cocktail.. and calumet 'nip.. fried.
hastily followed.
After remarks as to 4.410 e heal celebri
ties, the conversatio• mended.
R.--Are you nasetiag with much tow
man in your entertainments 7 . •
A picture of a railway train Untried with
greenbaeki an-I ear ticketed.. -lb.
Nast. - follower'.
R.—“ How lunch elk you eipeet to nob,
in Chicago
A Masonic eye with a wen tievelopri
wink was drawn.
R.—" De you really labor frum patriot
ism. and do you think President Great the
tmdern coodensation of Achilles. Cats sod
Caesar ?"
The artist here drew a nine that laelted
a great deal like his own. and apes the
end of it a thumb with fear lingers es
tended at a wiggle.
R.—"l hare been much pleased with
you. Mr. Nast, and should like In know
you more intimately. I shall take pleas
ure in calling again ttf enerse it will be
agreeable to you ?"
The artist hastily drew a neuiuer ten
b'.t. elevated at an angle of forty five de
grees. and hastily nestled its extremities
under jts , :t such a coat is the reporter
wore.
Inferrinz frao thit that Mr. s::et
be t) see hi= spin, the reporter
relived the kind ,)Ifer of a down paninw4te
reierved ' , eat tieket4 and withdrew,.
Scenes in a Sook;ag Car.
An amuAng, ineistent .iceurred remissly
in the smoking ear of 2 s'. C sod I.
Railroad train between :4helby sad this
city. sop the Clevelind news. A weans
with a poodle dog entered she ear jest pri
or to the itepartore of the train from the
former feint. and after depositing her •irir
in one se.it. tensed over the inset of m
other. Tepther sea her esaine ems.
panion thus asonopolined twe 111.6111 seals.
Appearances weasel to inches'. that tie
ea: was one esehrively for theenirrenienee
of those addicted to the we of the --witoir
and of this fact she was sons apprised by
the eonductor. who advised her le skein
a seat in another ear. larwrnrisir her at the
same ti MI that the 5ea11in.2411161421 in tie
way of seats in the other maybes awe ow
perior to three where she wits thee. illeur
ever. she insisted on ressaiwieser. omit%
that her presesee woad deter the ISM
pants of the car from seeking, sad oho
would consequently esperiewee M siastalm•
fort from tobacco Noes. Los" be the
train reached this city. however. s misside
man Pitting directly in &owe 4 her pew
&iced his tax. and. tabling 'Wren= •
cigar, began puling Tway se it its arsomer
which seemed peculiarly edeulated w. alp
rravate the woman hack 4 him. Its its
instant, !strategic movement. she wrested
the obnosious eiTrsr from his wench sad
threw it one of the wiwinw. eselesimpies.
"if there is algal's% I tkp We. it is ow.
baser stnesite:" The paniensrers who had
'sitnessed the affair were enmeshed with
laughter, bat the eleusling smoker its*
prose,' whatever esseenims may halve bow
struggling for reprising in wade eV se
lion. and maintsioed thrweshmat dm tame
imperturbable entity which land ethan►
terised hies from the Int. Calmly slag
from his seat, he °reed the Wiii‘PW ea*
est him. Fauteuils% it sp. sad esashaisett•
the mat back. took that weessmet psis
deg and threw him out of the wines, at
far kerma as pessible, st the mom time
sayiag, there is anything 1 de has..
it's a poodle deg 7'
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New Minium /l!-Zillers.
The people of New MetierHo etrigiNeato
some curious societies is Moab mg
Los Cruces they Levu- - yr it is said they
have—shat are kern,* s -Pits.lifsero.'
composed of petrels psonioustely lewd
pies. $o Arnim has the rivalry be
tween the two societies that a e re..
puked, and the contest la reverted to he..
been as Adios,* ‘•The pica were to be
mince and one inch thiek. Needle be bits
first. and no bite to sour. aspire is reseal
the centre of the pie. Marina piled i m p
nine pies and ghat (bora ow them without
an evert. Las Creme elevated the asp of
his head and rinsed his jsies over ohms
(Great enthasiasin -most his frismit.)--
Melilla Came to the scratch. or bite. mew.
fally. and Hopped his lip over a alPilee MO.
cr ssfully. i Odds aimed on Lae'
Croce, at this point. said. -Wed. is is I
time to stop this sousases ; bawd we fit
teen. - They were gives him; he seneled,
laid the back of his head es his Out.
and came down ow the bundle of pies lA*
an alligator as a niesathfai of trieri
his teeth did net enure tardier. He emit
gird and jerked, but it was se use. Thor
of his teeth broke, sad his held gam ;
Os es:noising, a alsg-410116. NN lima ND
the caster pie, sad Lin Crises bad got bin
teeth tangled is the freckle. Ana Ihrertis
the referee. decided is haw 0311entlia. as
the ground that everything Ins fair in
mince pie.
A Foos family is Desires. fain, eon
siatiag of a $ wife, said meow
children, were ea the point et mereatises
Somebody ranted slo* for thew, and who
did the wife de with it Abe betegbe a
sew silk ewe far Ea. sad hope Ss - taidt
simis laws.
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doe rest F.O is yams
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NO. 23.