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THE IDIOT BOY,
It had pleased God to form pour Ned
A thing of Idiot mind.
Yet, to the poor unrcan'nlng boy,
God had not been unkind.
Old Sarah loved her helpless child,
Whom helplessness made dear:
And he was everything to her,
Wlio knew no hope or fear.
She knew his wants, she understood
Each half-articulated call,'
For he was everything to her,
And she to him was all.
And so for many a year they lived,
Nor knew a wlsh^beslde;
Hut age at last on Sarah' came.
And she fell sick— and died.
He tried in vain to wake her.
He called her o'er and o'er; .
They told him she was dead;
The words to him no Import bore.
They closed her eyes and shrouded her.
While he-stood wond'rlng by,
And whoa they bore her to the grave,
Ho followed silently.
They laid her lu the narrow house.
They sung the funeral stave;
And when the fun'ral train dispersed
He lingered by the grave.
The rabble crowd that used to jeer
Whene’er they saw poor Ned,
Now stood and watched him by the {rave,
And not a word they said, .
They came and wont and came agjvln
Till.night at lost.oaino on;
Vet Still he lingered by the grave
TIU every one had gone.
And when he found himself alone,
Ho swift removed the clay,
Then-raised the coflln up la haste,
And bore It swift away.
He bore It to his mother's cot,
And luld It on the floor,
And with the eagerness ofjoy
He barred the cottage door.
Thou out he took bis mother's cot psu.
And placed it In a chair;
And soon ho heaped the hearth,
And made the kindling fire with care,
Ho pnl his mother in her chair,
Aud in his wonted place,
And then he blow the lire.
Which ahpao reflected In her face
And pausing uow, her hand would feel,
Aud then her face behold ;
" Why, mother do you look so pule;
. And why are you so cold?"
It had pleased God from the poor wretch
His only friend to call.
Vet God to him aud soon
In death restored him all.
And when the neighbors on next morn
Had burst the cottage door,'
Old Sarah's corpse was In the chair,
And Ned’s upon the floor.
Ipsteltecous.-
THE WIDOW'S DEBT.
A PRKNCU STORY OP TUB TWELFTH CENTURY,
Jean d’Ostcamp lived near Bruges, in
a manor or castle which has now disap
peared—in what manner we shall pres
ently see. The site it occupied after
ward became part of the city. The events
wo are about to relate occurred in 1114,
during the reign of Baudoin a )u Hauhe,
a valiant prince and a great lover of jus
tice. Although he bad made severe laws
agalust the misdeeds of the loidsof the
different castles, and his lightest chas
tisement was to punish poena ialionia,
that is, bead for head aud limb for limb,
as Oredegherst observes, there were,
nevertheless, many lords who were petty
tyrants in their own domains. When
ever Baudouiu beard of their tyranny,
he quickly put a stop to it. But he did
uot know all.
Lord Jean d’Ostcamp grievously op
pressed his vassals. He did this with
impunity, believing himself secure of
protection, as bis brother Pierre was one
of the count’s knights. He was a miser,
and so wicked that none dared bring a
complaint against him. He had pur
chased many yards of cloth and linen
from a retail merchant of Burges for the
necessities of his household. The price
uf these goods constituted* half of the
meVchuni.’a fortune. The baron refused
to pay him, and consequently tlie busi
ness riffairs of the poor merchant were
cramped for the want of this money;
This slate of things lasted ".ten years,
and then, in the above mentioned year,
1114, the merchant died. In order to pay
his debts to the weavers of the city, bis
widow was obliged to sell everything,
and she found herself left with two little
children of tender age, and nothing tp
depend upon for their support except the
money which was due to her from Jean
d’Ostcamp. Three times she went to ask
him for it. and three times did he cause
her to he turned out of his cattle.
if she had been left alone, the poor,
grief-stricken woman would have given
up all hope of ever obtaining her money,
and found employment in eome weaver's
shop, thus supporting herself by the
sweat of her brow. But how could she
support her children ? Maternal love de
termined her to brave the terror with
which the baron inspired her.
The count of Flanders, Baudouin a la
Hache. happened to'be at Burges, and
she weal to the door of St. Dotfht, where
he was hearing mass, and walled for
him. ■ When he appeared she threw her
self at his feet, and told him.all her trou
bles. Baudouin, while listeniug to her
"lory, mechanically put his hand on his
terrible axe. Then reflecting that it was
not a crime, but a misdemeanor, here
strained himself, and said kindly lo the
window :
'Bend one of the beadles of Burges to
the castle of Jeau d'Ostoamp immediate
ly, and to-morrow let me know the
result of his mission.’
Tlie sood woman wen 1 ; away. But
among all the officers appointed to ad
minister bia laws, there was not one who
dared go to the ouatle of Jean. The wld
ow returned the next day to the door of
Bt, Donat, and related all that bad pass*
ed to Buudoulh.
'Bo they fear a man who does not fear
the laws,’ said the count; *1 shall send
UlryoU, one of my sergeants, and we
shall Bee what this fellow will say to him
°fyour troubles, my poor woman.*
The noble count then addressed a few
words to a little man who was in his.
Butte, and then entered the church.
The Utile man approached the widow,
Qo was a native of Flanders, and was
oalin and gentle in his manners. He
was below medium height; his counte*
Was pale but animated, and his
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
eyes were bright and pleiciug. Uuder
the til Id of sergeant, he whs entrusted
with iheexecution nf the count's rigor
ous orders; in short, hhduliea weresiin*
lur to those or the beadles of (hat time,
□aw ealie-1 lets huMirrs, These duties
were Jmje stilled to his «' etr-r, hut
circumstances had placed t i n In this sit
nation.
‘So this man refused to puyyou?’ said
lie gently, to the good woman.
‘Yes/ said the widow, ‘and none of the
civil officers of Burges dare present Ihe
note to him.’
‘I will go to him myself, J said the little
oian.
The grateful woman raised tier eyes to
Ulryck, 'and said, with deep emotion :
‘You are. very good, but you are not
siroug; . Do you not- fear Monseigneur
Jean d’Oslcarnp ? He is a powerful lord.'
‘Ob ! Ido not apprehend any danger,*
said Ulryck. 4 I shall carry my lion's
stufT,aud the axe of (he powerful count is
embroidered on my sleeve. Ho will re>
sped mo us an officer of bis sovereign.
Return home, my good woman, and af
ter, the holy mass I will deliver your
message, and in three hours at most you
will receive justice.*
The widow thanked Ulryck, and went
away, her heart oppressed with many
conflicting emotions and presentiments.
As soon as he hud heard mass, Ulryck
hastened back to the count’s castle, and
going to the stable, he saddled and bri
dled his little horse, took his ebony staff,
on the top of which was a silver Hon,
and set out for the castle of Jean d’Ost
camp.
Horses of good breed ordinarily have a
quality which, for want of a better name,
we oallinsUnct, and which often stands
them in better stead than our intelligence
does us. A horse will stop at< the entrance
of ,a wood infested by wolves, and noth
lug will induce him to cross a forest if he
seems the presence of a tiger. Min (this
was the name of Ulryck’a little horse)
possessed in a marked degree the tact or
instinct of which we speak.
The ppor animal seemed to foraee per
il, if uot to himself at least to his master.*
The sergeant had never been able to in
duce him. to go into battle. This little
horse did not like danger, but he deeply
loved Ulryck, who returned affection for
affection. He cared fur Min himself,
moiuing and evening, filled his rack,
spread his bed, and groomed him; and
the animal, accustomed to the man,.rec
ognized him from afar, saluting him hy
neighing, turning his head to look after
him, and sadly lowering his ears when
Ulryck was out of sight. If the sergeant
was absent, and a strange hand attended
to him,.he seemed afflicted, and would
not eat. None hut his master ever
mounted him.
Min at liu.es look inexplicable whims;
for instance, ho would often'choose a
longer aiid more frequented roud in pref
erence to the shorter and easier one. Ul
ryck, who had never been able to con
quer the obstinacy of hin little horse on
this point, usually allowed him to have
his own way. ‘Mia knows wbnt he is
about,’ the sergeant would say ; ‘if he
wants to carry me on the right baud
road, which Is longer and increases bis
trouble, it is because lie scents danger on
the left hand road.
But when duty required, Ulryck had a
means of vanquishing the obsliuancy of
Mlu, He would dismount, and proceed
on foot, leaving Min to follow orgo back,
as he chose, and Che poor animal never
failed to follow his master like a dog. If
any obstacle separated them, us soon as
he. could overcome it, Min would find
Ulryck, and rejoin him In no matter how
great a crowd, and if Ulryck ever started
on an excursion alone, aud if any one
during his absence opened- the stable
door, Min would follow on his track to
the half a league from Burges,
for the expeditions of the sergeant never
extended further than that. Every one
in the city knew the little horse, and
could approach him, but he would allow
no one either to catch or mount him.
We mention ail these details.because
they were remarkable; let us also add,
what Ulryck had often observed, viz:
That on every occasion that Min had re
fused to go, Ulryck had encountered dan-
gers. Once during a fight with a rebel
lious baron, his horse refusing to march,
Ulrich was severely wounded. Many
other examples could be cited.
Off tiie occasion of which we write,Mlu
showed, himt-ell more restive than u«ual.
He pranced In a very unruly manner
throuh the streets of Bruges, and when
they reached the outskirts of the city the
little animal stopped, refusing so decided
ly to take the road lo Jean d'Ostcarap’s
castle that Ulryok became angry. Ho
bad on spurs; they were then worn as a
distinctive badge by knights only. But
if ho had had one it would not have
availed with Min. He spoke to him iu
a threatening tone, but the horse only
lowered his head. Ulryck then struck
him with his ebony stall', but immedi
ately-regretted it. Min only lowered his
head still more, and remained immova
ble.
’Min,’said he at last, speaking to the
animal as if ho were endowed with lur
teliigence, ‘we go by the order of the
count of Flanders, and we carry the
black staff of the silver lion; they will
respect us.’
Min’s only response was to return to
wards the city they hod just quilted.
‘This is very cowardly,’ said the ser
geant, 'you show very llttlecourage.Min;
we are under the protection of Baudouin
a la Hache; and, so saying, be dismount
•Go back, my poor Min, If you are
afraid,’ ho said ; ‘as for me, I must do my
duty.'
And he started on foot. Miu reluc
tantly followed, with his head lowered to
the ground. On arriving at the gate of
the castle, of which the portcullis was
down, Ulryck blew a small born which
hung on a post.
. ♦Who is there?’ said a soldier, appear
'Au officer of Monseigneur Baudots a
In Hucliij, the redoubtable count of Flan
ders.’.
The portcullis wee Instantly raised,
and Ulryck entered the castle. Passing
through the court, which was narrow,
and surrounded by high walls, he al
most fanotod himself in a prison. The
eoldler or servant, who hau drawn up tbe
portcullis, conducted him Into a large
hull la which was Jean d’Ostcump. This
hall was forty feet long and tweuly-flve
feet wide, aad its only celling wits the
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ro >f, composed of gr-ut Hies laid on
heavy timbers. -A massive table occu
pied the centre, and <*n each side of it
w re deal benches. The hare brick wails
were garnished with arms, net? and wolf
sk » s. On a rude pint form at one end of
the hall was a complete suit of armor for
n knight which was supported by a
wooden manikin. At the other end of :
the hall, before u large chimney, in
which burned the trunk of a tree, was
Lord Jean d’Ostcarap, seated on a stool,
which was painted black, and surrouud
ei by threeservants. He woreacap made
of the skin of a hare, small clothes of
coarse green cloth, and wooden shoes,
and for a coat ho wore a sort of tunic or
blouse, confined by a black belt, from
which depended .on the right a great
knife, and on the left a short but heavy
axe.
A pot of beer and somd slipes of butter
bread wore placed before him on a block
which served as a portable table. The
floor not being paved was strewed with
fresh straw. Under the table were large
dogs, which growled at the approach of
Ulryck, but became quiet at a word from
their master."
This description may give the reader
some idea of a seignoral manor at the he*
ginning of the twelfth century. The
luxury introduced by the crusades just
commencing to be adopted by_ few privi
leged houses.
When the sergeant appeared, Jean
d’Ostcamp, without saying a word, of
fered him the pot of beer aud a slice of
bread, for it was the usual custom.
‘1 cannot accept anything my lord,
said Ulryck, ‘until my message is deliv
ered.’
‘You come from'Count Baudouio,* said
Jean d’Oatcamp ; ‘what do you waul?’
*1 um here,’ replied th 6 sergeant, ‘as a
public officer of justice of my lord, to de
mand payment,of your debt to a certain
merchant of Burges. None of the offi
cers of the city daring to come, it is to
me that Mouaelgneur the very redoubta
ble count of Flanders has referred the
widow of the said merchant.’
‘These things do not concern the
count.’ said the baron, roughly.
‘All justice concerns him,-my lord,* re
plied the sergeant,’ ‘and by the staff’ of
the lion, in th e name of God and of jus
tice, I summon you to immediately pay
into my hands the sum due, or to follow
me before the city Judge,, to be coudemn
ed for the sum, and to remain in prison
until fully paid, for such is the law.
Ulryck had no time to say more, for
the face of the baron became purple
with rage at the first words of the sum
mons. He arose, stammering with an
ger. ■
‘Miserable slave! put him in prison!’
He sprang at thd sergeant, and push
ing him violently out of the hall, shut
the dour and sat down on his stool,
nearly beside himself with rage.
Ulryck felt that ho was performing a
stern duty, and not wishing to return
until he had fully disenarged it, he
placed his ebony stuff in a pocket made
for the purpose in the housing ol Min,
who was waiting for him. He then
took out an.inkstand, a pen and a sheet
of parchment, and proceeded to write
out a summons, for he knew howto
write, which was a rare accomplish*
mont in those days among the officers
of justice.
Before nailing it to Jean d’Ostcarap’s
door, he read it aloud in a slightly
tremulous voice, calling, in the name of
the very redoubtable count of Flanders,
on all the servants, vassals and. peas-,
ants of the castle to assist in enforcing
justice; to apprehend the said baron
and conduct him to prison, under pen*
ally of being treated a* felons and
rebels.
At the moment that he finished his
bold undertaking, Joan d’Ostcamp ut
terly beside himself with rage, rushed
out of the door, nxo in baud, and seeing
Ulryck prepared to, nail the summons
to hfs door, ho split his head. Ulryck
staggered, but he hkd strength enough
left to drug himself to his little horse,
and put the summons all stained with
his blood, into the pocket, and then ho
fell and breathed his lust sigh.
Seeing the fail of the count’s officer
checked the fury of Jean d’Ostcamp.—
Ho ordered his servants to lower the
portcullis, and take Min to the stables.
But the littlQ horse, as if understand
ing all that hud passed, suddenly dash
ed oat of the castle before the portcullis
fell. Tito gates were, closed, and in
order to obliterate till traces of the
crime which had been committed, the
baron’s servants hastily dug a grave
and buried Ulryck.
In the meantime Min reached Bruges
and stopped at the count’s door. Bau
douin was dining with some of his
knights when a servant informed him
that Ulryck’s horse had returned alone,
bringing back the ebony staff and a
bloody parchment in the pocket of his
housing. The count of Flanders, with
much anxiety, took the parchment,
and hoping to find Ulryck only
wounded, he mounted his horse, and
attended by his knights set out for the
castle of Jean d’Oslenmp. So deeply
was ho absorbed in (he thought of his
sergeant, that he did uot observe that
Min was following the cortege.
In less lhan two hours after the mur
der had taken place, the count of Flan
ders was at the gates of tho castles.
The portcullis wits'drawn up; nil traces
of tho crime had disappeared. • Jean
d’Otscamp, who had foreseen this visit,
was prepared lor it; lie had assumed a
serene countenance.
" X come,” said Baudouin, sternly,
11 to demand my sergeant Ulryclc of
you,”
'No one has been here,’ said the bar
on, boldly; ‘your attendants may search
to castle.’
•What!’ cried the conut, ‘did not
Ulryck write you this summons and
order yotj to make restitution to the
widow V’
Jean d’Osteamp cooly took the parch
ment, and seeing it was stained with
blood, calmly remarked:
‘This summons is certainly intended
for me; but you see, my lord, tliut.lt Is
stained with blood. It Is possible your
Ulryck has boon assassinated .on'lds
way hither.’
‘And who would dare to do It if not
you?’ said Baudouin,‘he carried the
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‘lion’s staff, ’ ami ho was under my pro
tection. Knights, search the castleand
question the servants, and all wlio.ra
you may find.’ ,
While tho suite of the count were
executing tho orders, Jean d’Qtscamp
remained with his sovereign, excusing
himself, protesting that he meant to
pay the widow, and speaking with so
much assurance that Baudouin began
to believe him innocent. This belief
was strengthened when the khigh ts re
appeared without having discovered
anytlvng. Baudotun, deeply perplexed
at the commission of a crime of which
he had lost all trace, was about to re
tire. Ho cast a scrutinizing glance on
Jean d’Ostcamp, when he saw the bar
on become deadly pale, while ho seem
ed incapable of withdrawing his eyes
from the must distant angle of tho
court yard. Following their direction,
Baudouin beheld Min, that he supposed
to be at Bruges, busily engaged in
scraping up the soil with bis forelcut;
it had cr idently been freshly turned.
He approached and saw great tears in
the eyes of tbo little animal. , He
ordered his attendants.to dig there, and
they soon found the body bf Ulryck.
Jean d’Ostcamp,, seeing that his
crime was discovered, sought to escape,
but he was seized by the count’s at
tcndants. He then fell on his knees
and begged for mercy. Buttho justice
of Baudouin a la Hache was inexorable.
Ho ordered him to be led out of the
castle, and there on the public high
way he condensed him to d'e. Then,
seizing the'bridle of the little horse, he
said:
4 Be,comforted, ray little Min; thou
shalt avenge thy master.’
Two knights, immediately compre
hending the count’s intention, took
Jean d’Ostcarup’s axe and poignard
away from him, while two others tied
his hands and feet, after which they
tied him* to the tail of the little horse,
which for the first time in his life be
gan to kick; then rushing through
brambles and bushes, soon tore the
murderer of his master to pieces, and
returned to the city the same evening,
bringing only some hideous fragments.
The castle was destroyed by the or
der of the count; the widow’s debt was
paid ; and a mass of one hundred years
was instituted at St. Donat for the re
pose of Ulryck’s soul.
Baudouin had the little horse placed
iu his stables, intending to take care
of him for his master ; but the fatigues
of the day proved to much, for him,
and the next morning they found him
dead.
A NEGEO WEDDING.
' In the Lakeside for January, Egbert
Phelps describes ‘A Southern Christmas
in the Olden Time,’ when plantation llle
and old-fashioned Southern hospitality
bad the luxuriant aspect--on the outside
—that the war and emancipation have
obliterated. The writer saw oue of those
comical negro - weddings which have
been so often described. The bride and
groom, answering to the names Andrew
and Susie, were field bands of unmista
kably pure Guiuea blood, and both of
them hud passed the first half century of
life. Their dress, however, ohdwed that
they had not yet entirely eschewed the
follies of their youth, for, though rude
and cheap, as became ibelr condition, h
was nevertheless not unembellished with
those bits of gewgaw and glaring finery
of bright-colored ribbon and tie in which
the negro delights.
With the moat decorus gravity the
preacher began ;
•Andrew, du/. yon lub dla yere wo
man V
‘I dux so! 1 was the emphatic reply,
‘Will yon promise to stick close to her
from lime an’ ’tardily, renouncin’ all
odders an’ cleubln’ on’y to her for eber
an’ amen!'
'I will dat!’
‘Will you luh, honor an' 'bey'-
‘Hold on, dor, Ole Jack !’ —here inter
rupted the groom, with no little show of
indignation—‘Taint no use talkin' to dis
nigger keyin’ de wimmiu. Can’t prom
ise to ’bey no wimmiu folks, ou’y 'cepl
ole missis!’
' ‘Silence dar! you owdumptious nig
ger,’ roared the wrathful preacher ;
‘what fur you go fur spile de ceremony ?
You done spilt all de grubbily oh de ’ca
sion! Dis yero’s on’y matter ob form
an’ lu’spetisable to de ’casion, now don’t
you go fur to open your black mouf till
do time for you to-speak!’
‘Will you promise to Jub, honor an’
’hey’—Andrew still shaking Ills bead
ominously at the obnoxious word—*dis
yere nigger Susie, furnlahln’ her wld all
things neadful for her comfort an’ happi
ness, cherishin’ an’ makiu’, smoovo de
path ob all her precedin’ days to come ?’
‘I a’pose I must say yea to dat,’ said
Andrew, meekly.
‘Den I pronounce dese yore two coup
les to be man amt wife I au 1 whom de
Lord hab Joined togedder let no mini go
fur to put dem ussuuder!'
Here au uproar arose amoug the
blacks, betokening a dilemma entirely
unforseen by Old Jack. For Inasmuch
as he had forgotten to. require the usual
vows of-t Susy, they Insisted that, how
ever firmly Audrew might be bound by
the bonds of matrimony, Susie was still
single, and the pair were but half mar
ried. The matter was at lust adjusted
by the preacher commencing the cere
mony dcnovo, by which means the cou
ple were finally united to the satisfaction
of all.
Five Steps to tub Gallows.—A
man had committed murder, was tried,
found guilty and .condemned to he
bunged.
A few days before his execution, lie
drew upon the wall of his prison cell n
gallows with five steps leading up to
On the first step ho wrote, Disobedi
ence to Parents.
On the second step, Sabbath break-
On the third step, Gambling and
Drunkenness.
On the fourth step, Murder.
The fifth stop was the platform ou
which the jjallowa stood.
The poor fellow doubtless wrote
the history of tunny a wasted and lost
llfo.
THE LION AND TWEE TEADE.
MOW TUB MONARCUS OF THE FOREST
AUR BOUGHT AND SOLD,
A writer in the New York Ti)(ics flays:
Id the course of wandering -around the
city I came, the other day, across a mo
nopolist per ct simple, He Is a trader on
a large scale, but Is generally very care
ful not to handle that livestock in which
he deals; nor for that matter, do any of
his employees. .His business is the I De
portation of every variety of wild beasts
and birds—from un elephant to a guinea
pig from an ostritob to a J iva sparrow.
When the proprietorof a menagerie loses
his elephant be repairs, to this geutle-
I Diau'fl repository. He states whether he
would prefer au African or an Asiatic
elephant. He gives his order according
to his fancy, and in due time the animal
arrives, and Is immediately shipped to
wherever his owner's caravan may hap
pen to be.
If an African lion is wanted, a dispatch
Is at once sent to Capetown.’ If horned
horses, giraffes or rhinoceroses are In de
mand, orders are at once sent out to ship
to New York all that can be bought or
found. The fact is this gentleman has
some fifteen employees, who are soattei
ed over Africa and and whose sole
business consists in.collecting rare wild
animals for him. He has the entire trade
t > himself, and supplies’every menagerie
itr this country with such animals as
they need, from time to time. There are.
over thirty menugeilea traveling about
the country every year. Every year
they lose a certain percentage of their
animals from natural death or by acci
dent. Some of .the more rare animals
are generally delicate, and never become
acclimatized, and consequently do not
live long. This makes them very- cost
ly. A year or two ago a well-known
showman, Who had imported four gi
raffes through this gentleman's agency,
but who took the sea risk on himself,
lost them all on the voyage. Ho could
not’get four equally good specimens un
der- Si*s.ooo. But whou a cargo comes
safely across, the profits to the importer
are very large.
It is a great mistake to suppose that
any of these animals are captured when
full grown. A full grown lion, could he
be trapped and put in cage, would soon
pine away and die. A full grown, wild
elephant is the .must savagely treacher
ous of animals, Even when captured
young aud trained in the circus, the ele
phant betrays those inborn
more and more us he grows older. It is
only of late years that elephants have
been imported from Africa. Many per
sons will recollect P. T. Barhum’s ad
vertisement of the first one—a dwarf—
which was to appear in his menagerie.
The animal died on the voyage and con-
nequeutly never seen in this country.
Our monopolist dealer iu wild beasts
so>ui after obtained four young elephants
from Africa, and retailed them hero to
diflerent showman at about $B,OOO apiece.
They were “babies.’' The elephant is
an animal of very slow growth. When
five years old it does not stand more
than three feet high, and one out of the
four alluded to. above was only thirty
inches high. They were however, per
fect godsend to showman iu the way of
.startling novelties. One—the thirty Inch
one—was coolly , exhibited as a dwarf.
Another was shown as the offspring of
an old female elephant, which had been
in this country years before the young
ster first saw the light of this native Af
rican jungle. Three of these young ele
phants are still alive iu this country,
but they have grown out of all knowl
edge, especially the dwarf. The show
man who exhibited the young elephant,
asserted to have been born here, made a
great bit, as it Is pretty generally known
that elephants will not breed in this
country.
Lions breed freely. In fact, there are
few menageries which do nut have a lit
ter of cubs every year. Bui the mothers
always destroy or desert them, and they
are obliged to be brought up on milk
given to them in a bottle, similar to that
used in rearing.babies by hand. The hip
popotamus has also been known to breed
iu the JSooloirlcul Gardens in London.
Like the lioness, she destroys her young
asj soon as they are born. The atten
dants in Loudon did once succeed in res
cuing a young one from its mother and
in bringing it up by hum). But animals
brought up in this artificial way, and
born in couiiued cages, never grow up to
be such Hue specimens as those born iu
a slate of nature.
A a a general thing, all animals are cap
tured .when young, by the natives, act
ing under instructions with the white
agents. If lions are wanted, the natives
sully up the country, and either kill the
parents and then secure the cubs, or
track the lioness to her don, and then
waiting till she |»oes hunting for food,
seize the opportunity of stealing the
cubs. In capturing elephants, they drive
them, old and young, into ah inolomre,
hamstring the old ones so as to disable
them from protecting their calves, and
then easily secure the young ones.
An African lion commands a higher
price in the market than an Asiatic lion,
on account of his more noble and com-
manding appearance. His mane U much
thicker and longer than that of his Asi
atic brother, and is black. The quantity
and length of the mane is (be test of the
value of lions. Au African lion sells for
?3,000; an Asiatic only $2,000. The same
with tigers. Royal Bengal tigers will
command $O,OOO a pair; Brazilian only
S-IOOOa pair. Camels and dromedaries
bring about $1,200 a piece, but white
camels have been sold at $2,500 each,
good ostrich cun be bought for about
$100; elephants from 30,000 to S 8 000 ;
horned horses, so called, though really
only n variety of antelope, sell from
$1,500 upward.
The importation of animals is only a
branch of the business; but It is,-in this
cuse, very extensive. For the last fif
teen years the value of the animals im-
ported having averaged over $1,000,000 a
year. Ol course, the needs of evoiy
menagerie aro known, and when one
wunis lo sell a Bin-plus animal or two,
or repluce them with finer specimens,
they are almost Invariably sold direct to
this gentleman, or through him, on com
mission, to the proprietors of other men
ageries. A very fair paenugerlo may be
stocked for $5O 000. but somo few of the
giant shows value their stock of animals
at two and three times that figure. The
aggregate value ot all the wild animals
in the different caravans in this country
must approximate $2,650,000. In p
other country in the world are there so
in my kept in coolinement. Tho show
b isinuss is essentially American, and,
as a general thing* is a very profitable
one.
A TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
HEART RENDING MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Chicago, Feb, 22.—A special dispatch
from Minneapolis contains on account of
a horrible tragedy exacted in Littletown,
Waseca county. A German -woman
named Mrs. Busen was last week brought
before the Grand Jury, on a charge of
adultery. She had 'for two years been
living with a man who was not her hus
band, by the name of Rufl, hutthejijry
were unable to Indict her. It was this
morning reported that the house lu
which they hud lived was locked, and
that Ruff*could be seen, from the win
dow, lying on hin face, near the bed, and
that blood was plainly visible on tlie side
of the bed, but nothing could be seen or
heard of the woman or child? The Cor
oner was immediately notified, and pro
ceeded to tho scene, and broke in the
door, and there a terrible scene presented
itself.
Ruff lying on the lloor, with his
face Uosvu, in a pool of blood, with his
. throat cut, and upon the' hod near him
lay Mrs. Buseu, with her head almost
severed from her body by a gash extend
ing to the right shoulder, and so fearful
ly mutilating the as to expose the
entire surface of the humerus boue. Tn
her feft arm lay the little girl Annie, on
ly two years old, with her throat cut. 6t».
the body of the Woman lay the horrjd
butcher knife that did the work. Upon
the door, written iu German, was an ex
pression of regret that the other daugh
ter, Minnie, who was at school, could not
go with her, and stated that she wailed
for her till 12 o'clock. The little girl
came from school at 4 o’clock, but was
unable to gain admittance, and went
away.
Upon the table were several statements
iu writing, made partly by berself ami
partly by Ruff, intended to explain this
terrible tragedy, oue of them us follows :
“ Lot nobody oh irao this deed lo Huff. John
DodncUund Alexander Buseu drovo him to n.
I follow him fheurlully, mid thereby .the world
shall see that our uffectlou was sincere.
His statement was as follows :
" Alexander B sen and John DedrlcU nro the
murdo ers of dear. Annie She was ready t j die
ami 1 swore I would follow her. God will Judge,
and the world will set it right. • A. Huff."
The woman seems to have dressed her
self for the deed. She wore her night
clothes, all perfectly clean and . while,
excepting where saturated with blood.
The evidences showed that Ruff killed
the child first, then the mother, himself
standing by the side of the bed. and then
lying upon It. He wore no boots. Hla
stockings, being saturated with blood,
left tracks all over the room and outside
the door; Ho seems to have then boiled
the door and to havegotten into bed with
the murdered woman and child, for the
foot of the bed was bloody with the prints
of bis feet. He seems to have then ar
ranged her clothes decently, put the child
as if sweetly sleeping an her left breast,
and then cut his throat. In his death
struggle he must have rolled from the
bed and fell on bis face, where bo died.
Her face presented' the uppearauco of a
care-worn and heart-broken woman, who
had Jived a cneerless life. The child was
u sweet faced babe, all dressed for burial.
Its little bosom was red with blood to the
waist, and its bauds were convulsively
clasped as hi the agonies of death.
So Nice to bo Engaged
A recent writer says: “Every one
must have noticed the groat difference,
as a general tiling, between, the conduct
pf a betroted man and .the young be
trothed woman. Ho, tno braver and
-tronger of the two, is utterly confused
■and bashful, and seeks to make a secret
of the fact-. She, on the contrary, tries
to parade It, is proud of it, assumes a
certain air of proprietorship over him,
and offers to her friends little delicate
confidence as to how'nice it is to bo en
gaged and how dreadfully jealous he is
if she looks at any one else. The cause
of this is just one thing—the man is in
love the girl is not. I have studied hu
man nature; I have looked into the
depths of hearts, X hive made man and
woman the study of my life, ami I aver
that the girl in love is rarer than a
black rose.' She simply has for her
lover the same feeling that the young
mother has for her baby. She has an
anxious desire to see to him for life, to
make sure that ho is comfortable, that ‘
his buttons are all right, and that his
food is what it ought to he. She under
stands that ho is in love .with her, and
rejoices in the knowledge.. The idea of
losing liia love is madness to her, but
of herself she does not understand it.—
A woman who is not selfish and greedy
and mean, who. does not smile on any
one who can give her fine clothes and a
grand .establishment, overllows with
the mother-feeling all. her life. .She
expends it on her doll in childhood, on
her poodle, and on her kitten, or heV
canary afterward, ami .when the time
comes, on her lover. M&ny a man
would, lose a great deal of his conceit
and vanity if he know how the girl
whom he supposed to ho in love with
him really felt. She also, would bo
suiprised to hear tiiat she was not in
love at all, but only delighted to have
some one in love with her.
An Aliusy Mystery.—Thu Alba
ny Aryus says that on Wednesday an
upper room in tho Exchange building,
occupied as the post ollice, was opened
for the first time in seventeen years, the
koy being kept in an old drawer. An
astonishing sight was presented. The
floor was covered with dusty maps,
piles of paper, old boxes, etc., while
from one of tho rafters a skull was
hanging by a rope.
Immediately under this skull, upon
the floor, wore found a withered arm,
hand and shoulder, while near by one
half of tho libs. Near the door was a
box, in which were discovered a largo
'quantity of cinders and pieces of char
red human bones, showing Hint an at
tempt bad boon made lo burn tbo bones.
A Youncj man who boards for a liv
ing says be found a song in (he bolter
the. other morning. When asked tho
title of die song, hu said it was ‘Only a
Hair.’
HE ATTEMPTS TO BUKN HIS CHILD LY
INO SICIC WITH SMALL-POX—HIS AU
REST AND COMMITMENT TO THE ALMS
HOUSE,
On WeduesJay, night the neighbor
hood of Washington street, below Sec
ond, this city, was startled and aroused
by loud cries of murder and police, com:
iug from the dwelling house occupied by
one Wrn. Day, colored, «ud family. The
shrieking was done by his wife, who was’
leaning, from a window, and screaming
ns if being murdered. Officer John Good
hart immediately proceeded to the place,
and on complaint of Mrs. Day, arrested
her husband, and conveyed bim to the
lock-up. It sterns that Day is a lunatic,
and upon frequent occasions has become
violent and dangerous. On the night in
question, he,came home in a paroxyism
of madness, and upon entering n bed
room where was lying a child sick with
small-pox, he proceeded to tearaway the
bed-clothes and mutilate the furniture.
He conlinuod this, aud to perfect ,hia
work of destruction ho seized the sick
child, and deliberately proceeded to
place it on a hot stove iu- the room. Mrs.
Day snatched the body from her crazy
husband’s hands, wrapped it carefully,
and opening the window she sung out
murder ut the lop of her voice. At a
hearing it became known that Day had
been arrested some few days previous, on
a charge of drunkenness and creating a
disturbance iu that neighborhood. It is
also staled that upon a certain occasion,
not very long ago, when he and his wife
were passing the railroad, ho was taken
with a crazy fit, uad in'his rage attemp
ted to throw his wife under a passing
coal train. Taking these circumstances
Into consideration the Mayor very prop-*
erly hud the lunatic transferred to the 1
proper department at the Alms House,
THE HOETHAMPTUH TRAGEDY.
SIIOCItINCI MUIIUEIt OF A UKSPKCTUI)
CITIZEN OF BHTIII-EIIAM.
Bettilhiiem, Pa., Feb. 22.—Tbo body
of Mr. .Muiiroo duyd-r, au elderly man,
a well-known and much .respected resi
dent of Betblebem, was found in tbe
Monocaoy Creek this morning. Tbe de
ceased bad been murdered and robbed.
Ho bad been on a visit to New York and
arrived borne on tbe 9 o'clock train this
evening, and between tbe depot and bis
' borne was waylaid by the Aeons, stabbed,
robbed and thrown Into tbe creek. There
is noclue to tbe murderers! Tbe citizens
are greatly excited over the horror. Au
inquest was held soon after. The victim
baa resided here for eight years, bad con
siderable means, and was engaged in tlie
slate business on a large scale. Ho was
on ids way from tho .depot when mur
dered. It is thought bo was followed
frdm New York, and tbe Coroner bus
summoned the Conductor of tbe train on
which Mr. Snyder arrived, to appear.
ANNIK KITTKIt,
A Man Drawn Feel Foremost Between Iron
It Is scarcely ever within the province
of a newspaper to chronicle a more sick
ening accident than that which happen
ed to James Milligan, on February 17th,
who was drawn feet foremost through
two massive rollers only three and a*half
inches apart, and which are used in bat
tening hors of steel for the plates of saws.
Mr. Milligan was employed as black
smith's helper in the steel rolling-mill of
Wheeler, Madden & Qlemson, at New
burg, at New York. He was climbing
upon a board laid across rods over the
rollers, in order to place in position a
wrench which is used to regulate the
space through.which the heated steel and
iron are passed, when the board sudden
ly tipped, causing him to fall. Ills feet
struck upon the steep side in front of the
rollers, which were revolving at the rate
ot sixty times a minute, and ,wero in
stantly caught between them. The poor
fellow had only time to utter the single
cry of “Oh I” while his body, feet fore
most, was being drawn through a space
of only three and a halfluchos. Hardly
a second hud elapsed before the body was
a shapeless muss of flesh, bones and
clothes, presenting, us it did, a most hor
rible and sickening sight that eyes could
look upon. It dropped from the rollers
a limp and quivering mass, and when
straightened out covered a space of
ground that two men would occupy.
Not n whole or perfect hone remained in
tno body, and runny bones were protru
ding.through tire flesh and clothing at
different places. The head was n fear
ful sight to look upon. It hud gone
through the rollers, face upwards, and
it came out completely flattened and
partially turned. Flowing from the
smashed skull wore the bruins and
blood in a stream sickening to behold.
Strong-minded, able-bodied men, were
horrified and hardly able to stand and
look at tire scone, which really beggars
description. His comrades who witness
ed the terrible affair were struck dumb
with awe, and rendered almost emotion
less, and us silent us the corpse before
them, except when question. The de
ceased served three years in the lute war
was about 33 years of age, and leaves i
wife and two children in moderate cir
cumstances
The Old Time.—There is a straiigo
puin in coining suddenly upon some
relic of one’s bygone youth—some look
of golden hair, cut when your
hair, gentle indy, was golden,
which is so white now—some por
trait painted when life was young,
when the lips’ red charm and the pride
of the brow were in their prime, when
the skin was satin which is now parch
ment. You feci it too, strong man
though you are, and your lips curl half
scornfully under your grizzled mous
tache as you look at the face of boyish
bloom which a wandering artist painted
a quarter of a century ago. Was that
you—that your face, with the frank,
fearless eyes which no care had made
dim, the tell, tale color, the eager
mouth? What were the ambitions of
that old time? How different they
wore, tho-e bright day dreams, Irom
the sober schemes of to day. How you
Imped you trusted—with what sublime
faith you looked on the future! Now
you are old, and the world is cold, and
the* rose color of youth nas faded inlo
the sober gray of middle age. This is a
belter thing you try to think—you are
wiser, you are stronger—but there is a
little pain, nevertheless, a sigh of long
ing for the “something sweet” which
" Followed youth with Hying leet,
Amt cuo never Como aside."
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STARTING A FRUIT FARM.
Some readers might like to know
what outlay It would require to start a
small fruit farm. If so, I can give
them some figures which may be of
service.
A man engaged in general farming as
hie main business should not attempt
much in the fruit line unless ho has
plenty of capital, and also the requisite
tact and energy for pushing both
branches. He will find that they in
terfere with each Other, and the de
mands of fruit are inexorable. When
strawberries, for instance, are ripe,
they must he marketed, no matter how
many tons of clover are ready to be cut.
The reverse is also true ; if fruit-grow
ing is your main interest, do not sup
pose that you can readily attend to
farm crops at the same time. They
will interfere,more or less, and the man
who attempts this sort of mixed farm
ing must ho'prepared for extra expense
md extra care to conduct both success
'u My.
Ton acres in fruit, so divided that a
succession of crops will follow all
through the season, will furnish regular
omploymenttoat least three grown per
sons, and if sovnral children can bo
added for the lighter work of pulling
iimuers, “snipping” raspberry aud
blackberry canes, picking up stung
fruit, assisting in curculio hunting, &c.,
so much tlie belter. Fruit-growing has
no luck of work. During the market-
ing season of the small fruits and
grapes, of course a large extra force of
pickers is needed p. peaches, pears,
quinces or apples on such a farm cm
generally be marketed by tho regular
force.
A man with moderate energy, with
all tho capital that he needed, would
Hud that a farm of lo acres would an
swer him very nicely. Ho could then
put 10{ acres, (divided us below,) have
plenty of space for ornamental grounds
about his buildings, and use 2| or 3
acres for raising clover, fodder, corn,
vegetables, &e., for family use, and for
his horse, cow and pig. Tho propor-
tion of land for tho various sorts of
fruit which succeed well here, with tho
distances to plant, and a close approxi
mation to the cost, are indicated as fol
lows :
I'j acres of Htrawberrles. 3 feet by 18
Inches ! i.WJ plants, at S2oU per 1,100....
)•;, acre Raspberries, 8 by 3 foot, UO7
plants, at 513 per I.mOO 18,00
I’j acres illackberrles, 0 by 4 feet, 2,120
plants. atsis per 1,001)....,
I acre ol Peaches. 13 by 18 ieet, 131 trees,
at Uc each
3 acres Grapes. 12 by lu feel, i,(J&9 plants,
at 830 per l.oou 3207
3 acres l year old standard Fears, KJ.by 10
feet, 510 trees, at 2.3 cents each 127.00
Total,
The nursery stock thus needed for
lot acres would cost less than $26 per
acre. Plowing would cost (lured)
about SI per day ; wages for laborers to
assist in planting, $1.50, without hoard.
What the total expense for planting
would bo I cannot say—it would de
pend very much on the proprietor’s
tact for getting work done’ rapidly and
well. The largest item of labor con
nected with this estimate would bo for
digging holes for Off pear and peach
trees, but it can bo done rapidly in our
genial soil. ’
I have assigned only half an acre to
raspberries, because they have steadily
decreased in profitableness for three or
four years past and though mine were
tine in 1872, they did not pay nearly as
well as strawberries. Blackberries
have their seasons of depression, but do
fairly on the average. A neighbor of
mine sold 5022 worth from two acres
last season ; and from one acre I. sold
S2IS worth (freight and commission
out) tho same season, and with nq
manuring for several years, though
they were wefl cultivated. Strawber
ries are about as reliable its any crop I
can raise, taking the average of a series
of years j last year loss than 1,100
quirts returned meaboiitSlSS. Grapes
did not do as well last year as in 1871—
cause, llirlps, rut, low prices, and an
unusual tenderness of the skin, which
caused many to spoil on the way to
market. They had more competition
with peaches, also, the latter ripening
later than in 1871, and grapes earlier.
Nursery stock generally—pears ex
cepted—costs much leas now than when.
X negan here in 1800, while tbe prices
for fruit average about tho same; hence
a person desiring to go into fruit cul
ture now will have some important
advantages over the rest of us who paid
lull prices. Tho advantage of our ex
perience with worthless and'unsuitable
varieties, will also bo worth some dol
lars tier acre to a man who makes it a
point to inquire into such matters.—
Cor.. Countr;/Gentlemen.
How to Feed Cattle.—Mr. Law
rence, the head farmer of the Illinois
Industrial University, has, during tho
present winter, been making experi
ments in feeding. Ho bad seven lots
of cattle, each differently fed, but all
fed tho same amount o( corn. One lot
was fed cooked meal and steamed fod
der and carrots ; another raw meal and
hay; another meal out of doors, and
still another, corn and corn fodder out
of doors. Well, tho result has been
that the steers led corn and corn fodder
out of doors, have done b aler, made u
larger return lor tho tim ■, money, la
bor and fodder invested, than any
other lot. That is, tho results of this
careful experiment have demonstrated
that, during this dry and cold winter,
cattle fed out of doors and unprotected
do better than cattle housed, coddled
and comforted with cooked meal, roots,
shells and currying.
Farming in New-Zealand. — In
NCw-Zealund an important use is found
in tho ricotch thistle, In farm economy.
It spreads over tho rough fern hills
takes full possession of tho ground, Is
mrtlyeiten by domestic animals, and
n about four years is exhausted and
disappears, having in tho mean time
nursed and protected a growih of
cluvi r and grass, which spring up and
take its plaeu, the long lap-roots of the
thistle having opened and pulverized
t' enoll and fitted it for the growth of
the grasses; so says a correspondent of
tho London 7ima,
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