, -tJ.'1-i '?SVK vt' ? ;r, rf'-"- ,, J,. V" crlr7- ii w 1CS"T - 2-". V sJV 1 , .-' ' ! it ' THE LAKOASWfift tAlLY ttmCLLIQEKCiift, SATUBDAT, fiBBtTAKY 1. 1890. n : ,' v, " -" ' Slim'MK COURT. 1 MA- THE FIIWT CtNTUnY OF THf TKN'6 HIGHEST TRI1UNAL. tmmn,mr at Age ruenHtM assl , by tklf JhUn Jas". SswsT-Ia 1 WJMBtartMiai Aia tt Next completes' the first century of tbe su mm aeurt of Mm trailed State. I wMkljiU luwl space la which, ta Jeecrfcethls body ni te gire Its history tram that February day ta 1780 in which Stint met mthxchage building, la mm Yerk city, dewa te tta pi tat Tha temali4Istery' of the supreme oearl coeM be easily written, for just across tha corridor, ta the old Capitel hufldlag , from the present supreme court ehamber, m she office of tee searetary, anelend away la fireproof vault the eeeaalete minute aad docket record of tee Mbaaal dark the first hundred yean et Me axJetoaee. TUB SNCCIOMT OF TRADITION. Clerk McKenney kindly fished the first of these dockets and minutes out of tliOTault for me, and an hour or two were very pleasantly spent in an exam ination of them. As I leafed through the first minute book a sudden and irre sistible inclination te sneeze came upon see. and when I had resumed a state of calmness Justice Bradley, who happened in the clerk's office at that moment, stop step ped and smilingly remarked! "Yeung man, I see you have found some of Chief Justice Jay's snuff." "What did he mean?" I asked of Clerk .McKenney, as the little old justice, the veteran of the court, passed en toward the court room. "He means," said Mr. McKenney, "that in turning ever the leaves of "the old book you have disturbed some of the snuff which the first chief justice, Jehn Jay, is supposed te have dropped be tween the leaves a century age. I have heard it said that Chief Justice Jay was an inveterate user of snuff, and I knew there is geed old snuff between the leaves of that book, but I de net knew that it is a part of the same snuff which the chief justice carried in his snuff box. Perhaps it Is. At any rate, that Is one of Justice Bradley's favorite jokes, and he never fails te get it off en any one whom he catches sneezing with the an cient tome before him." There was something se delicious la the experience of sneezing with snuff which the first chief justice of the United States had dropped from his box a cen tury age that I eagerly turned the leaves for another dose, and, being disappointed, came te the conclusion that possibly Jus tice Bradley, who is somewhat of a joker, may have placed that Bnuff there himself for purposes of his own. "Here," said Clerk McKenney, "are the minutes of the first session of the court. Netice with what perfect black ink it is written, and in what a beautifnl hand. It is as plain as printing. Veu will notice, also, tliat the first clerk used the phrase 'supreme judicial court of the United States.' In a few days he dropped that word 'judicial,' for which there was no authority in law.- I may add that with the exception of ene or two little things like that the forms new used in the court are substantially these used by the first court a hundred years age. Of course we have a greater variety of forms new, but practically all of the old ones are still followed. There is no depart ment of the Federal government in which traditions are se religiously followed as in this court, and right geed old forms they are, tee." The first page of this minute book reads as follews: At the supreme Judicial court of the United State, tegun awl held at New Yerk (being tbe seat of the national government), en the first Mon day of February, and en tbe first day of said, month, anne Domini 1700. "- Present: The Honorable Jehn Jav, Esq , Chief Justice. The Ilonerablcs Wnxim Cusbine and Jmis Wilsen, Esq , Associate Justices. This being the day assigned by law for com mencing the first sessions of the supreme court of the United States, and a sufficient number of the Justices t being convened, the court Is ad journed by the Justices new present until te-morrow at en of tbe clock In the afternoon. On the following day, Tuesday, Feb. 9, Chief Justice Juy and Associate Jus tices Cushing, Wilsen and Blair were TUX SNCOQEHY AS IT IS. present, a quorum, and the court pro ceeded te the transaction of business. According te the minutes, "letters pat ent" te these gentlemen from the presi dent of the United States, appointing them chief justice and associate justices respectively, were read in open court, and also letters patent et similar natura te Edmund Randelph, et Virginia. I no ticed that in his first spelling et the name "Wilsen" the clerk had used two "l's,"and that he had afterward .gene ever the book with his knife and scratched out ene of them. I also no ticed that Edmund Randelph was the only ene of the justices whose letters patent contained the name et the state whence he came, and tbe thought oc curred te me that even in that early day the Virginians were mere proud of their province and commonwealth than these of ether communities, as they might well have been, considering that it was from Virginia that the chief man et these times and many of his compatriots bailed. Te this day, a century later, the men from the state of Geerge Washing ton are glad te add te their signatures the words, "of Virginia." At this second day's session et the court Richard Wenman was appointed "court crier," and at the next day's ses ses seoa Jehn Tucker, of Bosten, was ap-' pointed clerk. Ou this day the clerk, in entering the minutes, made that mistake which is still se common, of putting down the old year instead of the new, and there it is in the blackest of ink and most legible et writing, "Feb. 3. 1719," ffeeugb, fell WH tsanTfnr. WjacUi IK THE - " sb1Mbt smBBT W bbbbbbbbbbbsbbbbbbbbV w " , mW JmL amBBmwW 9laBmV rx ff'i 1 $-.. wmiateaa MaeuwiDM. a atom It wa ordered that the atalaf the ars "shall be the arms of UstUartei States engraved est a drcukrataea.at steel of the else of a dollar," while tee seek of the drcuh ewsrU were ordered tobeefthesiseof a half dollar, a curi ous way e denoting superior raak aad jurisdiction try tha stm of the neaL Ob Feb. 4 there was ae sessiea et the court, aad I asa therefore unable te see why that day was selected for tha anal-' versary exercises ta the MetropeUtaa Opera haunt, New Yerk city, A mere appropriate day would have beta Feb. 1, the one hundredth anniversary et the' first sneeting of the oeart Friday, Feb. , the oeart reconvened, and the atautes show that Ritas Boudl Beudl Boudl net at Hew Jersey,, Theeaas Hartley at Pennsylvania aad Richard Harrison at New Yer k ware admitted te practice be fore court These three asatliaisa were therefore the progenitors la fork et si noble Hue et ceUaselen aad aster Beys; since It was by them or one of then, or some person who had sua ad mitted ea their recommendatlea, aad se ea la UM,tha4sHtheWwyers bow entitled te appear bet or the court, or who have in the past been entitled te appear, were admitted within the sacred precincts. In this connection Clerk McKeaney pointed out te me that Daniel Webster's name cannot be found upon the records of the court as having been admitted te practice, and the explanation b thought te be that when he first appeared his fame had preceded him, and therefore no one thought of asking him for hta credentials. At thai session et the court an order was entered that "counselors shall net practice a attorneys nor attor neys as counselors in this court," a rule which was followed for many years, and which made it necessary for a lawyer en applying for admittance te cheese which category he would be classed in. ROBINO TIIK LITTLE GIANT. Feb. 8, Fisher Ames and Rebert Merris were admitted te practice and en the following day Edward Livingston and ethers whose names were afterwards conspicuous in their country's history! Feb. 10 the court adjourned te Aug. S without having heard a single cause, and, en reassembling in August, James Iredell presented his letters patent and took his seat upon the bench. Aug. 8 the court adjourned te Feb. 7, 1701, and en that day was docketed the first case in the supreme court of the United States. I give the entry as I find it en the decket: February Term, 1791. i'lchelas Vanstaphent and .'aeen Vanstaphent ta ThePtatoef Maryland. Ordered, that Rutgcr Jan Schlmmolpennenck, Peter Btadinskl, Hendrick Vouenkeven, Christian Van Elghen, Nicholas Bends, P. C. Nahuys and William Wlllinck be appointed commissioners te tale depositions In this case. The first volume of the docket carries the record of cases from 1701 te 1808, and the volume is no mere than two inches thickand net closely written at that. It was with some surprise that I noticed that as long at the court re mained at New Yerk city one Morgan, a lawyer, was in nearly all the cases, either en ene side or the ether, much after the style et the pelice court pettifogger, who hangs about the skirts of justice and manages te get employment en a large share of the cases which the misfortunes of his fellow tnau bring forward. I de net mean te say that Mr. Morgan was a pettifogger. Far from it. Even a cur sory examination of the docket book shows that this old time practitioner wen a majority of the cases which lie represented, and a pettifogger could net bavodeno that Perhaps a majority of the cases which came befere the court in that diy were admiralty cases, and the names of ships and schooners and brig antiues, the "Nancy Jane" and "Betsy Ann" occur with striking frequency in the old records. I noticed, furthermore, that the court habitually spoke of sailors as "seafaring men," while Jehn Tucker, the geed clerk, always spelled trial "tryaL" One extract from the first docket book will show Hurt even in the old days the lawyers and judge3 knew very well by fam'liaritv the traditional delays of the law. In August, 1800, the docket showed Dee Lee, et Lambert, as plaintiff and Reuben Payne as defendant in a- cese which had come up en error from Vir ginia. These docket entries follew: 1800-Aug. 2. continued. ISO) Aug. It, continued. 1991 August, continued. 1B01 December, continued. 1802 August, continued, i 18tXI February, ceutlnued. e.' 1904- February, continued. 1904 August, ceutlnued. 180ft Feb. IS, argument opened 1801 Feb. te, argument ceDtinned. 1805 Feb. 27, argument continued. 1BQS March 1, judgment efllruied with costs. Feb. 7, 1701, the court met at Phila delphia, the scat of government having been moved thither by congress. Here the minutes show that the court sat in the city hall, but in New Yerk there was ROBINO THE I1EAL GIANT. no record of the meeting place. Curi ously enough, there is a goeJ deal of doubt as te the chiracter and location of the building in which the court held its initial sessions. Charles McKenney says he has looked with some diligence for luforritien concerning the first court room and the best he has been able te discover is an extract from The. Gazette et tbe United States, Feb. 8, 1790, which says the "supreme court room at the exchange was uncommonly crowded the day before." The following day the pa per says "the court met at the hall of the exchange." This exchange building must have been en or nar Broadway, for it is known that when Justice Cush ing, of Massachusetts, went te New Yerk te take his seat en the supreme bench he were a big periwig, as had been his liabit in tbe supreme court et Uaasarhuvtts. asm ten bnyi lillwnd hlsn ay makiag fan at the wig. . Tteaariwif ssMMTwbaM ssjpranMsr,aatUMffens bmu netns Ms sway. lYebably the gown will be ra. tahted as long as the court exists. It Is better liked ay the las Hernet thepree MitthsmUwMbymaay et their prede tssaara, A number et tsMjasttess from the west, aartteakrly Miller, wayae and Davki; made somewhat vteleat ob jection te' wanting the gown; en tret ashing their seats, bat precedent proved tee strong for their preferences, and after beseming aeenatemed tothelewlag tuba btsUkeaehaad all deetared it a geed aadaemfertabta and dignified thing te wear. The court et appeals et New Yerk baa recently returned te the wearing et thegewa. I had the rare pleasure the ether day of looking upon the Jastlem of the su prsms court in their "inggary, Hav ing Radeerteln telas about thek apart ment, where tradition has M a tea kettle, Singing ever the Ira, cxmtalnlng the het water with which a colored man famous ter bis an mixes the favorite driaks et tbe august Judges, I was prepared te see a number of pertly and well fed gen tlemea sitting about a table ameUag Ions nines and stpfda dsHeieus oeaoQC- tlens. What I dht Had was the chief Justice aad the eight associates, the first In an arm chair nearly a hundred years old, and tba ethers ta quaint old square seats handed down from the first days of the United States senate, chatting ever their attar breakfast cigars. In this room the justices meet every morning before taking their places en the bench. Justice Lamar, an early riser, Is usually there by 10 o'clock, but the majority come In about 11:80. Te show hew strong are the rule of precedence in the court, I need only say that even In this retiring room each man has a certain seat assigned him, and en the death or retirement of the justice ranking him he moves up ene chair nearer the chief jus tice, in the same manner as en the bench itseu. It was also my pleasure te see Archer, the master et the robes, putting the gowns en the justices In the rebing room, the latter a little alcove In which are nine pegs, each marked with the name of a great justice. Here, again, rank is ev erything, and en the occasion of death or resignation these below him in the linoet precedence literally "move up a peg" nearer the hook en which hangs the JtyUe chief justice's gown. Mr. Ful hniamewp is the smallest ever seen in the WanvArcher says, containing but five yards of silk, whereas David Davis' was the largest, at fourteen yards. Archer ought te knew, for be has been here sifice 1849, when he succeeded Uncle Henry, who had been master of the robes since the year 1800. These two men, 'therefore, have practically together spanned the first century of the court. It was with genuine interest that I watched Archer put the gowns en the backs of the justices big, breed backs the most of them are, tee. Archer is of average stature, and yet he is much tall er than the chief justice; but te robe Justice Gray, the giant, he bed te step upon n little box which he keeps there for that purpose, Walter Wkllman. LOUNSBERRY'S DEFALCATION. It Has Caused Lets of EselUssMt In Ifsw Tork and Hackanaack, M. J. New Yerk city's political circles are greatly agitated, and Hackensack, N. J., is plunged in grief, by the suicide of Geerge H. Lounsberry; and about his act and its causes there is a mystery which excites angry controversy. As close newspaper readers knew, he was cashier of the New Yerk postefficc, and shot himself in the head while his ac counts were under investigation. New Yerk, of course, promptly declared it a cese of defalcation and suicide rattier than face the shame of discovery; Hack ensack indignantly repudiates the charge, and declares that the dead man had abundant means eutside of his salary. ' And, strangely enough, this last state ment appears te be true, for he was part ner in a large feed store with ene of his bondsmen, drew profits therefrem which sometimes amounted te $10, 000 or even $15, 000 a year, and at the time of his death a consider censider consider sblesum was due him. His salary was but $3,600 a year at death, and had never ex QEO. n, LOUNSBERBT. ceeded $4,000. His family was small and net extravagant, and, though he was occasionally dissi pated, he spent very little money. There fore, say his friends, some one else boa the money, and when Mr. Lounsberry discovered the less his anxiety drove him crazy. Deceased was about 43 years old, a native of Montgomery county, N. Y., where his aged parents still reside. His , old friends there indignantly repel the charge against him. When Themas L. James was deputy collector he employed Lounsberry, then a very young man in the custom house, and took him with him into the postefilco, where he rose rapidly, and in 1881 was made cashier. Though an untiring Republican, he held en through Cleveland's administration, and when Harrison came in made a great effort te secure the pestmastcrship. Post master Van Cott notified bim some time since te resign, as the former's son, Richard Van Cott, was te have the place. On the day set for transfer of cash and accounts Mr. Lounsberry failed te ap pear. The safe was opened and while the cash account showed that $27,708 should be en hand there was really less than $4,000. Missing stamps brought the deficit up te $48,000. Three inspectors were at once sent te Hackensack te bring the cashier, they having power te arrest; but when they reached there he had just shot himself in the head. He died in a few hours. There is much talk of do mestic trouble, but hia friends deneunce it as false. Fer his second wife Mr. Lounsberry married Miss Carrie Wyatt, formerly en actress in San Francisce, who came east as the first Rebecca in "Sam'l of Pescn." They had ene child. His first wife left two. Tbecaseisas vet involved in much mvsterr. Xne Celuiubus Kxploslea. Here is a cut from the Columbus (O.) PeMt et the ruin wrought by the recent explosion of natural gas in that city. It will be remembered tliat this was one of the meet disastrous explosions of the sort en record, three being killed out right and between thirty and forty huit. Dcr wlcisltoeU of dis erldt van some dimes bring chey te der auliclted und much many troubles te der brosbereus, -SZ&fxqijjS GOLD IN PAVING STONE'S, THERE MAY BE LOTS OF THE ' METAL IN NEW YORK STREETS, u rieka by a Uertrm rS Pile-M Start TaM risisili sVaelU ta ta Catshllt aaa aMiSir MMMtelns, (Special CoTTwipeodfDce.l Kiw Yebjc, Jan. 80. "De you seri ously mean tliat valuable specimens et geld have been picked from piles et rocks lying around loose in the streets of New Yerkr "I de most seriously, and if I could have found the source from which they came, 1 would today be twenty times a mUUenalre." The sneaker was an old and well known resident of the city, and the facts men tioned by him ia the following narrative are familiar te a number of persons. "Five or six years age," he continued, "1 lived ea one of the up town streets near Central park, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. Repairs te the roadway being necessary, a portion of it had been removed preparatory te laying a new foundation, the base et which was te consist et pebbles and crushed stones mixed with a species et composition. Day after day cartloads of this material .were brought there and dumped in piles while the process of improvement went en. "One morning a young son coming in from play his metlicr discovered that hU pockets were filled with these pebbles, which, boy like, he had gathered because, as he said, 'they were pretty.' 'Yeu must threw these things away instantly,' she exclaimed, 'because I don't want the beuse lumbered up with such trash, and besides, it will ruin your trousers.' The lad obeyed, but obtained permission from his mother te rescrve a tow that he particularly fancied by reason of their shape and attractiveness. Among the latter were bits of quartz containing crystals, a number of small round stones that evidently liad been subjected te the action of running water, and oiher speci mens such as a 10-year-old geologist would naturally select for a place in his cabinet On returning from business that evenlng, my attention was called by tbe boy te his 'una,' and particularly te two or three irregular fragments about the site of Brazil nuts, because, as he said, 'they were se bright and yellow and looked just like geld.' Te me, however, they were only bits of quarts containing iron pyrites presenting the usual yellow ish metallic luster, and I read te him from an encyclopedia a description of the manner in which they are employed ia the manufacture of sulphureus acid. "In order te satisfy him still further I cracked a specimen in a number et pieces, but rich, glistening flakes te", in such abundance upon the hearthstone where the demonstration had taken plant that even my own curiosity was new aroused, and I determined the next morn ing te Investigate further. On going down town I showed the fragments te a number of friends, among ethers tbe late F. B. Wallace, tbe Bread street banker, and explained the circumstances under which they had been found. All agreed that they presented such a remarkable appearance as te warrant an examination by an expert, and they were accordingly carried te the United States assay office in Wall street. Te the official there, however, nothing was said as te the lo cality from which they had se recently been taken, Q lancing at them for a mo ment, be said: 'It isn't necessary te test these specimens; they are simply samples of California ere, very rich in geld. I Ivave handled thousands of pounds, but very rarely ero se valuable as this.' " 'If this is geld, it nevcr saw Califor nia,' was the reply. 'It was picked up in a pile of paving stones in the upper part of New Yerk city by a boy 10 years old only yesterday morning.' " 'If that is true, it is either an accident or a revelation,' returned the official; 'but in order te bosure I'll niake a test,' and thereupon he retired te a rear room. When he came back it was with a leek of surprise en his fare and the remark: 'Just as I told you, sir; that is free bear ing geld quartz et the richest quality. As nearly as I can calculate from a cur sory examination, it would assay from twenty-five hundred te three thousand dollars a ten. Under the microscope, however, the quartz presents a different appcarnnce from that which is most common in California. It mero closely resembles that which has been found in Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. It Buch a specimen is a natlve of this neighborhood, it will be a marvel. Yet the discoveries of geld in Califor nia and Australia were also marvels. We ceme upon it when it is least ex pected. Marshall found it originally while digging in a mill roce en the estate et Capt. Sutcr, en the Sacramento river. It was found iu digging a well at San Francisce, and then again a hundred miles off, where it was dropping from cliffs into the sea and slowly settling through the sands of the shore. Seven Mexicans discovered geld in soft clay and slate that could be crushed between the fingers, and keeping their secret eight da) s, made in that short time $217, 000. The I'lue Ridge region has yielded a solid specimen weighing twenty-eight pounds. If we could easily lay our hands upon geld, we might all be rich, but it is a fact well known among miners that the jleble metal is net generally found in the position in which it was originally de posited. Fer these reasons, I say again that the finding of these secimens is a revelation if net an accident, for they in dicate a net distant seurcu of supply. If that can be discovered you may make yourself a rich man in forty-eight hours.' "These suggestions by an expert were naturally exciting," continued the nar rator, "nnj te none mere than te Mr. F. ILVfEcu, who promptly declared he wrfuTd invest a million of dollars in the event of the discovery i& begin with, and as much mere as might be necessary. Ne gross grew under my feet while hur rying home after that interview at the assay office for the purpobeof further in vestigating the pebhlu piles in the street, but you may fancy my dismny en find ing that net a vestige of them remained. The repairs had been completed, and carts, contractors and tar kettles had alike disappeared. Net a clew was left te work upon. "Then began a fortnight's search for a thread. I visited all the dumping places of such material In and around the city, talked with the agents who supplied it and the men who bought it, talked with captains et the beats and, in short, with ever body connected w ith the business, but the result was nil. Ne ene knew where rock of that peculiar color was obtained. It might ceme from anywhere or everywhere. Many of the pebbles were found along the shores of New Yerk, New Jersey, Staten Island and Leng Island; seme were found iu tbe beds et streams, and much of the ma terial was the result of crushing by ma chinery. One of the contractors ut last suggested that I might be rewarded for my geological researches by making a trip up the Hudsen and inspecting the outlets of the streams sweeping down from the mountains, for, as he observed, most of thoieugh mid irregular shaped rocks being broken up by fu-heU would mere likclv be found in such localities, than where tfcey were continually sub jected te. the pulverising action of tha saai i 't , "Wei, de you knew I was just feet enough te act en that man's hint, aad equipped with a pair et high top beets, a hammer, pocket microscope, bottle et nttrfe acid and a haversack, I spent the next two weeks as a tramp among the streams en both sides et the Hudsen. I bad a let et fun and fatigue, chipped stones by the hour, pounded great rocks and 'attacked every suspicious looking vein, spent $50 aad caught a cold that lasted me nearly all the next winter; but that was the sum total of my labors, and that ended my search for geld In and around New Yerk. I came home a sad der and wiser man, but no ene can make me believe that the specimens which gave me se much trouble are net part and parcel of a monster stere which Dame Nature Is keeping la hiding for some lucky mortal, who one of these days wlH, aeeideatally drop upon the spot, and by his dlseevsry startle the world. Rew much et the precious stuff has gene' lata tha pavements et New Yerk, just as these pieces, easily worth three or four dollars, might have done, is beyond the ken et man, and t this day I nevcr see a pile of rocks in the street, waiting te' be turned Inte concrete or somethiagef thekind, without regarding It, as Charles A. Dana says et his eon temporaries, 'with the most distinguished consideration.' " Be ended tbe story of the old gentle man. The manner in which it was elicted Is explained by the following In cident in the experience of the writer. Meeting Mr. Edward H. Underbill, the well known official reporter of tbe sur rogate's court, and another friend, a physician equally distinguished, but who might net care te have bis name men tioned, the conversation turned upon the remarkable display of geld nuggets and rich pieces of quarts which the latter were in various places. They were of different sixes and shapes, ranging from the size of a pea te that of a filbert They formed a long neck chain for his watch; constituted the row et studs in his shirt besom and tbe buttons en his sleeves and vest, and several rough but valuable rings were en hia fingers. ' Al together the "get up" was unique and attractive, net tbe result, however, of any eccentricity en the part et the physi cian, but for the purposes of a visit which the gentlemen were about te make. The writer jocosely made tbe remark, "Why, doctor, you must have been In California and struck it rich." "Ne," he replied, smilingly, "all this geld that you see, and mero that I have In my pocket, I gathered with ray own hands within 150 miles of New Yerk." "Wall street, or possibly seme of the curie shops, ehr "Ne, sir; I am net joking; it is geld picked up by me in the moun tains and along the streams of the ranges chiefly en the west sldoef tbe Hudsen river. I have long entertained the theory, verified further south, tliat the Appalachian chain of mountains, extend ing from Canada te Alabama, is a geld region containing the metal in mero et less paying qualities. In North Carolina there are places where a man may fill s quill in half a day's walk along the mar gin of a stream, and ether spots where s search is rewarded by large nuggets. Before the war a branch mint was estab lished at Charlette, In Seuth Carolina mines are even new worked with mero or less of profit. "Ten miles from Fredericksburg, Va., en the Rappahannock river, geld existed in paying quantities; and coming bUU tut ther north, even te Neva Scotia, you fre quently find the precious metal in quantl Uesmoretangiblethanameretrace. Yeu need net be surprised, therefore, whe.i I repeat that I picked up this geld en my person with my own hands. Seme of it ia in a pure state and remarkably rich; ethers of the nuggeta were originally in flakes, or small particles found in bits et loose quartz, and have since been fused. Every year for years past I have de voted a part of my summer's vacation te a long jaunt through the mountains, hoping eventually te strike the vein or veins that have yielded these fragments; and, mark my prediction, some time the source will be found. It may be struck in New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa chusetts or Connecticut, but I believe it will be first found in the neighborhood of the Catskills." "Why seT inquired the writer. "Be cause it was in that neighborhood I ob tained the specimens you see. Some of the richest I found m streams net far from 1'eeksklll. There is geld in Put nam and Dutchess counties in what is known as the Fishkill mountains, and geld in the range which enters Orange county from New Jersey, The boy la yet alive, in my judgment, who will stumble in his search en the deposit In its natlve bed, and we may then be able te trace its trend from northeast te southwest." Putting the remarkable statements of the doctor with the curious experience of the old gentleman first referred te, is there net something in the idea that New xerk may be "paved witn polar F. O. Dk Fontaine. "Old Silver" Flint, Ilere Is a picture of "Old Silver" Flint, one et tbe greatest of ball players. After s period et lit teen years en the ball field, bt bas decided te re tire, leaving btblud him a record that many catcher would be proud te claim. He was con nected with tbe Chicago club for eleven years, and helped te win tba peunant live times. Ne man living ever caught as many flitt clam pitchers "old siLvxn" rx.iNT. as "Old Silver'' Flint The cattblng record made by Flint will probably nevcr be equaled again, and bis crooked fingers and swollen joints will show what a player was obliged te put up with be be be eoeo gloves and masks were Introduced. Tbe following Uir record of tbe games he caught! In 1RT7, wltb ImllanapelIt-ISO out of 121 games In 1878, Itli Indianapolis te out of CO game. In 1879, Willi Chicago 74 out of 79 games. In IfMO, Ith Chicago K! out of Bl games. Is 18HI, Willi Chicago 77 out of 81 came. In MKt, with Chlcage-79 out of ttl games). Ia 1883, with Chicago 85 out of 95 games. In 1881, with Chlcage-CI out of 99 games. In 1883, wltb Chicago t4 out of 119 games. In 1880, wltb Cblcage-tl out of 1S7 game. Ia 1887, with Chicago -415 out of IS games. In 1888, with Chicago-Clout of 110 gemes. Ia 1689, with Chicago 14 out of 133 game. Tbe foregoing record shows that Mint caught In HJ5 out et tbe 1,325 games playful by bis club in tbe last tlili teen years. Hit first year out as a full nedged professional was at Indianapolis Iu 1877, whei. hecaaghl 130 out et 1S1 games an unprecedented rec ord, and all the mere reumrLabla when th style et pitching be bed te bundle Is taken Inte comidcratlen. Last year Flint went bebtud the bat but fif turn time Cups for tha Harvard I'oetbitlt Team. At a meeting of Harvard's freshmeu class It has been voted te purchase cup-i for tbe football eleven souvenirs et tbelr victory ever Yale. The receipts of tbe eleven for tbe fall carupalgu were tT.-SI; expenses, ?.7.00. The class has eted te petltleu tbe faculty for leniency te C. K. Cumuilng, en of their members, wbe made hlunelf obnox ious w blle celebrating tba Crluiseu's victory. A Clear Waste of Time. "What nonseuse'." "WliatV" "A Ilechestcr man hai jut patented a voting machine. It can't etu until it's twenty-one, und then the patent will have expired." Puck, t K TIUP ON A CAntli BOAT A CURIOUS EXPERIENCE ON THE RAGINQ MAIN. Resa Information as te th Mannar la Which Mr Cattl Ar Transported fresa Aanarlra te England A Ills Wr aad th Havee It Wrought. f "Early in November," said an ac quaintance te me the ether day, "I found myself a man of leisure in New Yerk looking about In quest et seme form of occupation. One morning 1 picked up a newspaper and read the following ad vertisement, under the heading of male help wanted: "A firm of stock shippers require men, for a cnttl bout. Kree paraage te England, beard In cluded. Apply . "The opportunity struck me as being a novel one, te sny the least, and hurry ing across the ferry te the Jersey City slde I reached the thurlfereui precincts of the stock yards. "I was 'received' by a beetle brewed fellow, with fnt, dirty hands and muddy beets. WK MAO 050 CATTLE OX BOARD. " 'Geed sailor? he asked, after I had told him that I had ceme In answer te tbe advertisement. " 'Fairly geed, captain,' I replied. "'Don't ye call me "captain." I ain't get nethin' te de wld the sallln' of the beat. I'm db boss of de rattle gang.' "I accepted his apology with a mix ture of grace and disgust. The fellow was repulsive te me, but necessity kicks aslde tlie pangs et sentiment. With me work was a necessity. All of the ether avenues were clogged, nnd I was deter mined te seek my bread by the reute et the high seas. " 'What are the duties?' I asked, after he had intimated that I'd de. "You'll be put In charge of twenty twenty flve head et stock. Oe aboard and stand ready te tle your cattle when thoy're leaded. After we set sail your werk'U be te feed and water the brutes, and poke 'em up if they all get threw 'd in a heap. Four cattle go Inte each pen. Never let mere than two of 'cm lie down in a pen at ene time.' "I will first explain that the cattle are carried from the yards en lighters which drift alongBlde tha steamer, where they are driven aboard. The interior arrange ments of these cattle beats are practically all alike. Berne of the largest vessels in the service are devoted exclusively te this business, although none of the pas senger beats carry live 'stock. The steamers are usually divided by two deckr devoted te penning thq cattle a main and an upper deck. Ilut in some cases there are three decks, as there were en the beat that took me ever. Fer the cattle that are quartered en the upper deck the space is bearded ever and mads perfectly safe. In the winter time the stock is usually confined te the lewct decks, although certain steamers carry their cargo en the upper deck, even dur ing the cold weather. "A tow details ever, I bearded the lighter and dropped down the bay, where the vessel was lying. "The moment that I stepped upon the deck I was impressed with the fact that I had net fallen into any sinecure, A great number of cattle were already en beard, it is true; but hard work was ex pected of all hands, and every man knew that he liad te de his duty. The lighten kept up a constant coming and going all day. Officers and crew were actively getting ready for the start, whlle the foremen nnd cattlemen had all thai they could attend te in receiving and 'stewing away' the stock. "Weary nnd dragged out, dirty nnd hungry by the clese of the day, we had 500 cattle en beard iu the hands of forty four men that is, a deuble or relief watch under orders et the foreman nnd his assistant. Twe hundred and fifty head of stock were placed en the uppct deck, 200 en the main deck and 100 ou tbe deck below, each man having found his fate iu the forms of twenty flve of the four legged pets. Four of the animals were ullettM te a pen, each bo vine taking up 3 by 8 feet, and all being securely haltered aud fed for the night. ATTHNDINa THE CATTLE, "The men weru assigned te their quar ters a room by themselves In the steer age and by the liberality of the beat company we were each supplied with bedding nnd dishes and expected te make ourselves mero or less hugely comfort able en Etcerae rations, all messing to gether. Our duties were divided into watches of four hours each, "Everything in readiness, we set sail en the fellow ing morning, ut high tide, and in a little time, as the beat sped ou, the gray shores of America faded in space and I found myself upon the wetted breast of the reachiug ocean, far out amidst the thumping waves, and every bit of the poetry knocked out of my soul, as the atmosphere became heavy with the commands of the officers, tbe bjmcslck bellowing of the brutes, the oaths of the foremen and the piercing, sharp 'hit' 'hit' 'hit' et the cattlemen, all w ith long sticks in their bauds, pok ing the stock in the ribs te keep them en their legs the first few hours out, and thus enable them te catch the swing et the beat at an early stage of the trip. "The first three days out were passed in routine duty beneath a cloudless sky and ever the most beautiful, the smooth est sea that I hae eer sailed. Each day and night we fed and watered our charges; the idle watch, at of. hours, al ways finding seme slight means of diver tineiuent. Heme read; nthcra told tales of sea and land, while tbe rougher ele ment of the men killed time ever the mreasv card table, and Quarreled and, lsSIIIk U(HHBHBBSSSSBSSSSSsVBaSSSBSSkBSSSSSSSSSBSSSSral ssssssssV aJPJsTWHaSBssssssssssssH CtSBSSSSsLltdMffsjQlEV sflfllBlB Sr r3KBSSSSSSSSSSsW ASSSSflBSSSSSSSSSSst putted each ether1 eyes nm of tfeasta et bad tobacco. xSi "Oa the fourth morning I laekstf, escaped the deg watch. Bat soets afssfy. the 7 o'clock breakfast I was at ray past t again. My cattle seemed te wegalae , my approach and evince a token of glass ' tude. Ne doubt they realised that;';lA treated them with kindness, while It aa- -'- pcared te be the hankering desire of tha M majority et the men te be mere brutal -towards the stock than the brutes theas- I ft.. J I......1 lt-- . m i eivre. a uwi uniciy nmanix my reusHs it of dealing out hny and water when sad- beat. "My cattle were en the upper deck, and I realised the fall force of the hurri cane, as its battering rams punched ear ribs. Quicker than I can write It, an other breadslder struck us. filack Clouds Instantly blotted out the sun. Tba sky grew as dark as night All hands wan called en deck. Coming up from tha southwest, we could see a hideous moun tain of storm rolling towards us, boa&d-' ing at as, and the dense, frowning clouds split by blinding forks of lightning. Ia' a moment tha storm steed like a towar tewar ing wall of death before us. The treach ertus sea reared and bucked and pranced likiamad monster. The winds raved and tore and ahoek the beat as if it had been a toy, heaving her high ea the erect of n frantle wave. Back we sank, with a swift and sickening lunge, into tha valley of the waters, and tha sea that had reared new pounced down upon our deck and broke with the thunder of a million guns. , "I have seen animals panie stricken la a billow et flame; but nevcr before had I witnessed a scene such as this. Never de I want te see another ene lika it. My heart wept for the peer brutes aa, they caught the spirit et the coming disaster and bellowed and moaned in frightful distress. &h T TIIK BEA KOW FOUNCBD D0W5 OTOH OOT ff DECK. Wj iuvii, su lira iiuwiaw, usutv smv & command of officers te crew. EverjJ-jJ ventilator was rerceu uewn air ugafe. Dut the work seemed like driving nalh into the face of providence. Anether ', wave, almost scaling the sky, it appeared, V-. d M.I.A.1 MM.l ..11 M ntlWUUi -HMMltMbVy V, M1IVU UJI wiu mi V IKW VU WHS . j crashing tnreugn ail Darners, xesavt- my own life I climbed 1 IntetnelKWaaevr waited rer tne storm te die away. vm oearceiy uve utiuuic uiu u hut",?' cane last before it dashed off In a nerth-f 4 erly direction, permitting us te speed esst rj, irem Deneain tne cxoek'oi its eioew.-. TV HUB lUUURIMtUtmuifj WVUrfm WUIinsaaj js the foaming sea with its hideous tail. r "Strewn upon the deck were tha daac. forms et three of our men. The traced S, .asU..A. t A ;f! 41Wr' I iMBPsmi. 'i ims2ssssWSSErssssmiari. '-' A VWlCrssss'sssssssBBLsssssamaR907. 4 -H VlmlggKaBBBBBBBBBBBBQfcL M fxKJmmmBSm I. m m threw a pall ever the entire ferce,"ai!s) ; with all of the mercy of humanity, wfe lowered the bodies et our luckless matty into the sea. upon tailing an account ; of stock we found sixty-seven dead cat tle en the upper deck and twelve twtvSV had died of suffocation en the Iewery deck. We stripped them of their hldeiPP and threw their carcassea te tbe Ashes.' , 'Tills was the most exciting- incident;1.'- my friend's trip. In time the ship arrived ;1 en the ether aide, nnd he returned si.";-HJ America satisfied with his eEpeittelf j xtmft .lAiniHnlnAll d AltOH Itf lts)lMS SBLASSSiS "4' and determined te earn his living aOBM etlier way. After all, the vocation of la cattle beat man is net ene that I would be likely te heartily recommend te any person pos sessed of a delicate (or a sensitive) phya li-iil nrmtnlrnttati. At: Hia aenut ilaa there are many men who de try it, and M apparently it agrees with them', for they -m stick te 'it. And the demand for this . .sa .lnea rt tintii lina iiiftmnuul until ill mt- 31 rXl t 1 j 1 r. ero new i,uuu iucu rrgutexiy ciupieyea us ;, tnkrine. i-nrA fir rAttlA Anerncrmf 1st taum t1 beat traflle between this pert and Eng land. In fact, with the exception of ' cm steamship line running from Canada which carries cattle, New Yerk is tha sole expei ting point for 11 ve stock te Eu rope. There ere only about four firms engaged here In the business and eat Baltimore house, which ships from New Yerk. Liverpool and Londen are the principal destinations. LOUIS CYR, THE LIFTER. A Mnn of Hagnlftcant FroyertlsM Challenges All Cerner. j Leuis Cyr is one of tbe greatest known pre 43 fefisleual lifters of Iwavt vaiarhta U Ska E8 T , .. -w ?--., world. His nays- leal dvslessasat excls that of hath Bampsenaad 8sa 8sa dewr, whoa teats at tha ",- ' t- if aquarium, Londen, v41 England, ersatsd ' Hm sucn a sanssuea 5 there. Cvrtnavs- Cfif, leal masruremsass are as follews: Height. S feat MM uiuu cni. iuches; cum ia- Hated, M inches; waist, 19 iucbes; 21K Inches; thigh, S3 Inches: calf. 24 ; cellar, 23 inches; weight, 33U pounds. He tt a French Canadian, aud was bera at M Jehns, Quebec, en Oct. 11, 1803. lie bes been befere tbe public but a few years, and tbe feats be has performed la dif ferent parts et Canada have excited te wet. , der of all beholders. Ou Oct. 1. 18s at Bsr tblerville, Cauada, be raised 3,334 psnad eC ' pig Iren, placed ou a platform, pushing asj with back, arms and leg until the plank WM lifted clear of ten trestles upon wnieh M rested. On Nev. 8, 18S9, at St Henri, Bear' ; Montreal, he lifted a dumbbell welghhsg MS pounds with ene baud from tb greuad tema shoulder, nud then pushed it slowly up from 1 tbe shoulder te arm's length above the ssaul der, tulug only eue hand; saaia me aad place lifted a ialr of dumbbells wtlgbisg 44s) 1 pounds, attached te a cord about three fast long, with one finger, Cyr bas issued a challenge te all weight lifters, Bompseu and Baudew prfrra ta compete with him in a series of Isgitlmsta feats of strength. Tha result would ae dea ' place Cyr bead and shoulders above Ibssa alt. Be far neither Samlowuer Bem renbaassassV tested any desire te make a match for Mines. , There is another weight lifter who i -,, titled te notice, and wbe probably is tha equal of either Bau Bau eow or Sampson. Bebastiau Miller is uu name, lie 11 at BBBBJ ' present Ulling an engagement In New Yerk city. He give nightly exhibitions of his skill. Oue of his feats is that et breaking oebblei stone with his bar fist There is ap- SXBAMlAJf kUXiaa, parently no deceptlea la th matter. He issued a challenge recently te trek with his (Ut six stones quicker than any ataa niH da with a hammer. A number et raterprisiM men attempted, te wla th twirling parse, but wcAMuhr was Im victor, . JLbbbbbbbbbV am tsMsw. bbbh iasM,': T S . pwvs q M i J .til f p. &1 aa V. .m ! m i ;lfi Sf- w :M 9SA m V ,t1 - , ,j-,ra&KrKS8 TtiFW'U .,.- ; ft .. V - rtviir , x jr . JU v X g && . i tVi fct" ft-- if . -.A-"5
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