HOW CROCODILES ARK CAUUHT.
Tall VhMH at Walaara < -alKara at a
UrtkM Maa.Kalar.
An Englishman in India write*: The
annual Btilan Pnasa, or Ramadan, waa
being observed, wbeu our Malaya feet
by day, gorge thtmeclvi* at night, and
suffer all the horror* erf dysj opaia until
feeding time oome* again. When the
run sets a gnn ia tired from the piofcvee
qne little fort gnaitling the Klang river
and the British residency. The tint
meal is over, and again at the approaoh
of midnight the faithful wore making
ready for another attack on the good
things provided: when, preparatory to
the repeat, one Hadjie Mahomet Yakirn,
a stalwart Menangkabow man, proceeds
to a large log of timber at the landing
place, at the end of Gelan Malaon—the
Malay street—to perform his ablutions
and add to the long list of prayers ho
haa so conscientiously recited during the
past day.
A scream of terror is heard from the
landing place, and the Hadjie'a friends
rush out of their house, alarmed at what
they hear. A search ia made, but the
poor Hadjie has disappeared, leaving
his turban and marks of struggling in
the mud to show what fate had been his.
A few inquiries soon indicate that one of
the numerous crocodiles in the river
had taken the unhappy Hadjie, and the
usual standing reward of forty cents a
foot was offered for the capture of the
brute. Three days elapsed when a
Pandi-Pahang man offers to the super
intendent of police to " tankup itn boy a "
(catch that crocodile), if the resident
will increase the reward to a dollar a
foot This was readily agreed to, and
within twenty-four hours the Hadjio
eating crocodile was booked literally. A
large iron hook waa baited with a larg.
fowl, a very long rattan, some ninety
feet in length, being fastened to the
(look.
The bight of the rattan is thrown over
the overhanging branch of a tree, and
the bait is suspended on tbe surface of
water. The following morning the spot
is visited, and the rattan haa disappear
ed. A canoe with one erooodile-catcher
and two others search the river, and at
Last the floating rattan is disoovord. A
pull at it soon indioetes what sort of
fish has been hooked, and our boatmen
play the crocodile with a long scope un
til he is qniet enough to get ashore; then
they manage to secure him literally hand
and foot, the jaws lashed together, the
tail, however, being left free. The
brnte measured thirteen feet in length,
and how the three plucky fellows man
aged to fasten him, and anbseqnently
roll him off the bank into the small dng
oot canoe, is beyond my comprehen
sion.
Of course, when tired ont, the croco
dile was pretty qniet, and they conld
easily have speared him; but they ab
solutely brought him to the boom, or
public landing place, nnhnrt. Here a
public reception was aooorded to the
man-eater, and all the boys in the town
fairly towed him ap tbe hill to tbe fort
gates. The superintendent received
him and took him inside his small gar
den—an attention he acknowledge by
sweeping half the flower pots with one
sweep of his tail, and sending an nnhap-
F retriever flying across the compound.
was sway when the crocodile was
brought in, bnt I arrive*] at night to
witness a scene worth sketching. There
the fastened brnte, with heaving
flank, and DOW and then a sweep of the
tail that indicated with what force it
son Id be used.
One of the officer* stepped forward
and gave the beast a kick in the side,
which be resented with a stroke of his
tail that would have certainly pnt a
stop to my friend's kicking for some
time to oomc, had it taken effect The
fort garden waa crowded with men, and
the glue of torches, gleaming of weap
ons and angry glance* from the poor
Hadjie's friends at tbe victim before
them, formed a scene not easily forgot
ten. Speculation waa rife as to whether
the right crocodile had been canght, bnt
all agree he looked fat enongh to con
tain a Hadjie daring Balan Phase. This
was soon set at rest, and I had the satis
faction of potting three rifle ballets in
the neck of the brnte, which settled
him. On opening him, snre enongh
there was the poor Hadjie'a head, almost
cloven in three parts, and other remains
—evidences of a taste for goat*, fowls
and other stich odds and ends.
Ksssith's Presence of Hind.
Writing in Soribner ot the olergy,
and especially of the eloquence of the
sailor-preach) r Father Taylor, Edward
Egglestpn tells the following anecdote of
Kossuth ; Mr. Emerson c >mpares Tay
lor with Kossuth in this gift of natural
and unchecked oratory. I remember an
ineidenttbat happened during the grest
Hungarian's progress through this
coon try. In Madison, Ind., ha spoke
in the church of which my stop-father
was the paator. After his addreta in
English the Americans were all turned
oat to make room for the Germans, but
I climbed, boy-like, from the parsonage
yard through the chnreh window and
as place on the stefM of the high, old
lioned pulpit, where, banging over
the balostera, I saw, rather than under
stood, the wonderful oratory of Koaauth.
The Germans were wronght Into a
frenzy of excitement, but jnst as the
meeker, depleting the ootaing liberty of
Oermauy, had reached the summit of
his tramemlona declamation, and while
the throng of Germane crowding every
inoh of floor and galleries was swayed to
and fro in excitement aa by a wind, a
child held in the arms of a woman in the
very middle of the church, took fright
at the applause and began to scream so
frantically as to render any further
■peaking impossible, It took some
minutes to get the mother and child out
Of the jam ; the break was depressing,
end I felt very sure the speech was
spoiled. Aa the child's voice at length
went out in the open air, the disappoint
ed and now depressed audience turned
to the orator, who swept bis hand
through the ai sad said vehemently is
Oerman:
"He may cry now for Germany, bnt
when be ia old be will langb I "
The lost grouod was reoovered by
thia single dash, and the audieooe
at white beat again.
Whet is the difference between a
blind man and a sailor in prison ? One
can't see to go, and the other can't go
to sea.
DESPERATE INDIANS.
OtMla •> Tktlr OalkrMk U r*rt MIUM.
Nefe>—Uew Thar r*iati the MlUn.
A correspondent at Fort Robinson
famishes details of the reoent outbreak
of imprisoned Cheyenne*, as follows:
The original programme of these sav
aes seeniH now to have been carefully
prepared by them with an intelligence
and Hpirit which would have been he
roic in the higheat degree if employed
in a better cause. Daring a visit to
this band of reckless wretches, made
by jour correspondent during the past
three weeks, it became evident that tbe
younp backs were strung up to the high
est pitch of revolve ana were plotting
some desperate undertaking. They
freely gave out that they were ready to
die before consenting to be transferred
south, nd said they would bntcber
one nnotber with their own knives.
When the decisive moment arrived for
their desperate attempt, tbe first inci
dent which took place WUH the delioer
ate shooting by a back of Private Rich
ard Smith. Company A, Third Cavalry,
through the window sash, in front of
which the latter was walking as sentry;
after which the Indian sprang through
the window and seised the gun of tho
wounded soldier, as quickly springing
back to his cover. Then simultaneous
ly two bneks ran ont of the door at tho
west end of the barracks and fired upon
the two sentinels there, wounding one,
Private I'eter Halse, Company A, and as
precipitately rushed back. The guard
room close by was filled with tbe guard,
and Corporal Pulver opened tho door
quickly to see what was the matter.
Turning the oorner where the firing
occurred, he too was shot by an Indian,
whereupon the remaining members of
tbe gnard jumped through the windows,
as did tho Indiana, pell mell. and the
firing became rapid and almost in
discriminate. Here Private Daniel
Tornmeny, of Company E, on guanl,
waa shot down. At the lower
northeasterly end of the barracks
a sqnad of Indian bocks, fonr or five in
nnmber, huddled and fired rapidly on
tho soldiers to protect the flight of their
band.
The bucks dashed forward, with chil
dren under their arms, while the
sqnaws followed close upon their heels,
carrying saddles, bridles and provender
for their perilous march. Captain
Wcssells had Company C ont qnickly
from their quarters, which run in an
obliqne direction to the prison honse of
tbe Cheyeunos, and volley after volley
wa* poured into the fleeing desperadoes
and a* earnestly returned by the Indi
ans, who sped toward the saw mill,
which 1 lea south, and their bleeding
bodies, mangled and torn, bucks,
sqnaws and papoose* all together,
literally strewed the road they had se
lected for their mnch-hoped deliverance.
This lasted for miles ont into tbe dark
nesn nntil the neighboring hills, rising
liko giant icebergs, were reached ; and
many a one stumbled and fell dead jnst
as the mountain fastnesses were roach -
ed, where pursuit would tie impractica
ble and safety gained.
Tbe soldiers, who all along, from offi
cers down to the private*, had
treated them wiih the greatest
kindness, were now aronsed to
tho highest pitch of eiaaperation,
ami, where the first shot did not
dispose of tbe victim, s rovp <l> yrarr
was readily given by final pistol charge.
Almost every one is shot through the
head, and the attitudes of the dead are
of almost every variety. Home throwing
their hands in the sir wildly; some
clutching at their knivoa with a last
effort, and others holding their firearm*
in a frozen, helpless clutch. One of
the Indians fought so tenaciously at
cloee quarters that bis garment* were
set on tire by the pistol which killed
him.
Twentr-two braves, eight squaws and
two children were thns killed, although
one of the latter is believed to have
frozen to death. The men, although
frenzied at thia sudden but Indian-like
ingratitude for their kindness, were as
tender in caring for the squaws as if
they had done no harm. Captain Wea
sels himself carried a child Ims than
two years old for a hundred yard* to a
place of safety. Lieutenant Mini peon
brought a wagon and team to pick up
the women and children, and Captain
Weesels says that while it is to be re
gretted that any woman or child was
killed, it oould not be helped, as they
were huddled together so no distinction
oould he made between male and female.
Home very ludicrous as well as tragic
scenes occurred in the bright moon
light. Captain Weasels, with siz men,
was following moccasin tracks, and, dis
mounting. he, with the siz men, crawled
upon the pigh ridge, when hediaoovered
n Kiocbsa squaw whom he knew, with a
bock beside tier. He oalled to her to
snrrender, when the buck charged the
party like an infnnated demon, dtacharg
ing his revolver at oloss quarters, and
actnally drove the captain's party nntil
they oould reload, which done, Private
George Lsvalle killed him. Sergeant
Casey, of the group, says it was the most
astonishing esse of resolution he ever
saw.
An Appalling Record.
In this happy land, my* the Cincinnati
Commercial, 1,182 people were killed
by their fellow-men in 1878. We
briefly summarise the killings u follow*:
Peraona poinoned 26
Persona killed by thieve* 67
Killed in political quarrel* 14
Father* kill none 18
Inaane murderer* 18
Mother* kill their children 87
Men killed in common quarrels .. 268
Bar-room and drunken quarrels . . 74
Wives killed 68
Child mnnler* 9
Accidental killings 69
Justifiable 28
Killings on account of dogs 4
Killings on account of wives 64
Card and gambling quarrels 16
Fend* 66
Parricides. 8
Fatal quarrel* about property 66
Mobs kill 77Z 29
Wives kill husband*. 11
Officers kill persons 68
Officer* killed 86
Fraternal fatal quarre15............ 14
Thieves shot 27
Colored people killed 112
Colored people kill 172
Persons killed on account of laniusge
or opprobrious epithet* need..... 18
Miscellaneous killings 67
1,000 FKET DOW R WARD.
Tfc* TsrrlM* Pall mt a Sail***!* la aa Ar
kaaaa* Taw*.
A Joneaboro (Ark.) paper gives the
details of a balloon aaceoaion in that
plaoe, and the aeronaut's terrible fall,
as follows : Although the weather wa*
very oold and anow on the ground, the
people from tbe country began to come
in early, on horseback, on foot and in
wagons, aud by noon perhaps the
largest crowd ever assembled in Jonea
boro was found hovering around the
fires in the public houses, and standing
about on the snow in the public square
and around the spot where the men were
preparing the balloon. The prepara
tions neemad to progress slowly, and
tbe crowd, oold, hungry and impatient,
clamored and waited until nearly live
o'clock, when all was announced ready,
and tlie balloon, swaying and tugging
at tlie lope*, seemed like some huge
monster struggling to be free, and the
word* " let hor go I" were pronounced,
and *he shot upward with a fearfnl
surge, with Mr. Dirk clinging by his
hand* to the trapeze, bnt aome twenty
feet lielow the balloon. Hweeping
slightly north and west, the huge mon
ster sped rapidly upward through the
chill air until it attained a height of
perhaps twelve hundred feet, and seem
ed almost to mingle with tbe mnrky
cloud* that hnng low and heavy aroanu
it. When some one hundred feet np,
the man made an effort to monnt the
bar, bnt failed;and when abont three
hundred feet np, again essayed to place
himself on the trapese and again failed,
and aa the balloon climbed higher and
higher he wa* still hanging by his
hand* to the bar. To those who took
time to think, bin nituation now seemed
perilous, aa it was evident he wa* for
some reanou nnable to get upon
the bar, and it wa* exceedingly doubtful
if be oould bold by his hand* to the
oold iron at sncb an altitude in *uch an
air, and many an anxious eye looked
longingly for the balloon to oommence
its (leaeent; bnt it still clung with fiend
ish tenacity to it* giddy height. The
suspense now became intolerable, hut it
wa* brief. Tbe doomed man, realising
his peril, now made a laat frantic effort
to gain a hold upon tbe rope above. It
wa* in vain. Hi* fate wa* Healed. This
wa* known to those who looked upon
the distant, diminished form, banging
by so frail a hold between heaven and
earth. He knew and felt it; and who
can realize the horror of that moment.
A thousand eye* were looking longingly,
a thonnand hi art* were praying silently;
but n million arm* oould not rescue him.
He had passed the reach of hnman aid
and the limit of hnman endurance.
What scene* of his past life thronged
through hia brain. What thought* of
home cr mother, we will never know.
The laat hopeless cry of despair wa* not
heard; the last startled look of the eye
gazing into eternity wa* not seen.
Alone and unaided he met his doom.
One arm drops, nevertheless, from it*
grasp an instant, the other loosena its
hold, and he falls down, down. Borne
gaze at the fearfnl night with tlie help
lee* fascination of horror; strong men,
who have braved death on tbe battle
field, turned away with bl nched face*
and sickened heart*. A wail of woe
goes up from fainting women; all else ia
still. For more than half tbe distance
ho dcaoended in an erect position, feet
dowm, and then he awnng over and
dropped rapidly, head foremost, toward
the earth, hi* hand stretched instinct
ively forward, and then with a heavy
thnu he struck the frozen ground, and
the aickeuing scene was over. Tbe
crowd then rushed to the apot where he
had fallen, jnst outside the yard of the
west side of the fence at the residence of
Mr. O.W. Cnberhouse, about 200 yards
northwest of the point he rose from. In
falling, be passed through the branch**
of a small hickory tree, and the limb*
seemed as if hewn off with an sxe; and
where he struck tbe hard, frozen earth,
his body made a cavity aome inches deep
and two feet long, though he rebounded,
and lay stretched upon his breast.
He had evidently bern turned by strik
ing tb* tree, and fell npon bis back and
right side, aa tbe aknll wa* crushed at
the back of hia head. Hia neck, back,
both legs and right arm were terribly
broken np, while his left arm and face
seemed uninjured, and, when prepared
for the grave, bis countenance wore s
remarkably calm, natural, life-like ex
pression, as if sleeping, with no appear
ance of agony or discoloration.
Hi* body was taken in charge by Cor
oner Wren, who snperintendedhi* burial,
and be was conveyed gently to bis grave,
attended by a few humane and sympa
thizing citizens.
< ashing and ( boats.
Tbe late Caleb Cashing and Cboate,
at a trial where they represented differ
ent aides, were both anxious for an ad
journment As this waa an unusual
thing for either, after the adjournment,
Mr. (iernah, a friend, asked Cboate the
reason. This is hia account Baid I,
" How ia it that you were ready for a
continuance to-day f It ia a little odd
of you." Choate replied, " Ob, lam a
little proceed with business, and oan
afford to let this cam stand over." Baid
I, " Cboate, tbis ia sheer nonsense. I'll
tell you what the matter is. Ton are
afraid of Cnshing." "8o I am," was
the reply, "and I am not ashamed to
own it either." " Well, well," said I:
"this ia pretty good. Tbe idea of
Rufus Cboate being frighten* 11 What
on earth do you fear in Cashing F'
" Mr. Gerriah, I will tell you. I am
afraid of hia overwhelming knowledge of
the law." In the afternoon Cashing
oame into the oflloe. I went for him at
onoe. " Caleb, what waa the matter to
day f Why didn't you insist on trying
tbst nasef' "Ob/' he replied; "the
weetber is warm, and we have mnoh to
attend to, end 1 didn't oare to hurry
matters." " Now, Cnshing, be honest;
were you not a little afraid of Choate F"
• Well, Gerriah, to be candid about it,
f was. Are you satisfied now F* I then
inquired what he feared Choate for.
"Do you think," geld I, " that he
knows any more law than yon doF'
" No, sir, I don't," waa the answer;
" but I'm afraid of tbe man's influence
with a Jury, right or wrong."—Albany
Law Journal.
Diphtheria has for two years raged fa
some district* of Hungary. In one
town 2.186 persons oat of 20,000 have
lately hern attacked, ami 037 have died.
The malady alao prevails in Vienna.
COLD WATER.
•' l *mm— Wkltk PraSaaa Ttiiw
Bmalai Mar* frtaMiu
The climate of the United Btales, ud
Meilljr the eastern portion of it, in
mbjeot to grnt and rapid change*.
Theito are canned, in many instanoes, by
the large extent of land aorfaoe over
which it* territoryextenda and thediffcr
ence in the amount of nolar heat received
in different part*. When large bodiea
of anow have been deposited in the
north the wind sweeping over them ia
deprived of ita heat, and a lower tem
perature ia the rcan It When winda
from more southerly latitndea ooonr, the
reverse takee plane. Tlie vicinity of the
large ooeana which margin the continent
of North America on the went and east
alao tend to produce a change water
parting with it* heat leaa readily than
the land. In addition to theac the cur
rent of warm water thrown along the
ea*t coast of the United Btate* by the
gulf Ktream, and in the Pacific by the
sea of Japan, alao exert a powerful in
fluence on the climate of the United
Btate". Tliat wave* of heat and oold
travel in oertain direction!, and often
with increaaing rapidity, ia generally
canned by the course of chains of moun
tain* and the vioinity of ooeana and
lakes. In the Htaten east of the Alio
ghanie* cloud* loaded with rain or *now
generally ooroe from the cast or north,
while in the great valley of the Missi*-
sippi the oold wave usually ha* it*
origin in the ice and enow covered conn
trie* directly north, and period* of
dronth by winds from the aonth.
In Rnropean oonntriea the cnltivmtion
of the soil and the removal of timber
have produced important climatic
changes, and tlie same ha* been notieed
in the United Btate*. Our winter*,
probably, have not *o much severe
weather a* occurred in the early settle
ment of the oontincnt, bnt it taken place
more nnddeuly and to a greater extent.
Thi* ia easily aooonnted for, a* the land,
when denuded of timber, preaent* Icm
obstruction to the advance of *torm*,
and alao afford* a greater diversity of
expoMnrc in ita surface to the ray* of
the nun and become* more readily and
differently heated. An i* well known,
wind in nothing more than air rnahing
in to rentore the equilibrium which ha*
been disturbed by expansion canned by
heat, and when the air thna moving ia
loadfx] with snow or other vapor, una,
when meeting with air of a different tem
perature, condensation take* place and
rain or anow ia deposited.
The influence of these sudden change*
<m health is a subject for the investiga
tion of medical men aud philanthropists.
That it has mncb to do in causing phva
ical infirmities cannot admit of a doubt.
A change of forty degrees of tempera
ture, *nch as occurred on the 2d, roust
aggravate all diseases of the pulmonary
organ*, and hence, perhaps, the extent
and fatal effects of consumption in the
Kastern and many of the Wentern Bute*.
• Countries in which the temperature ia
nearest uniform, whether it be of a high
or a low temperature, are generally
least afflicted by disease* which arise
from exposure to the extreme* of heat
and cold; while almost every portion of
the habitable globe ia subject to visita
tion* from maladies which produce dis
ease ami death. These generally arise
from local causes, sncb as stagnant
water and large quantities of animal and
vegetable matter undergoing deoompoai
tion. They do not extend to large arias,
and insUnoea of longevity in sneh coun
tries are not uncommon.
The lengthening ilsy and the restora
tion to a sUte of rest of the disturbed
atmowphere will cause ths present oold
wave to be in n manner temporary, bnt
so long as large Ixtdies of ice ami snow
are spread over the great lakes aud
large portions of the east and west, the
recurrence of similar wave* of oold,
though not of eqn&l intensity, may be
expected to prevail.— Fhiladrliihia
Ttmr*. '
John Mangers.
A Japanese boy named John Man gem
wa* wrecked ofiT the island of Niphon in
1840. He was reamed by CapL White
field. of a New Bedford ship, and car
ried to Honolnln, from tbenoe to the
United Bute*. Capt. Whitefleld placed
him ia a school in Fair Haven, Mas*.
He made great proficiency in the lan
guage* and other branches of study.
After leaving school, his enterprising
spirit led him to California, theuce to
toe Sandwich islands; hero he sought
the aid of the seaman's chaplain, the
Rev. Mr. Damon, by which he secured
a passage to Japan.
After suffering various embarrass
ment* through suspicion of those in au
thority in his native land, be came to
be repected for his intelligence and in
tegrity.
He was sought for especially on ac
count of bis knowledge of American
affairs. When Commodore Perry visited
Japan with his fleet, and made hla fa
mous treaty by which the porta of the
country were opened to the world, John
Mangero was the medium of communica
tion.
He translated the communications
from the Japanese to English for the
commodore, and his reply into Japanese
for the Janarese government. In various
ways, by hi* influence in no small de
gree, Japan haa emerged from a condi
tion of medimval stagnation to that of
the magnifioent enterprise she now ex
hibit*.
John Mangero ia now a man of lead
ing influence in public affairs in Japan.
The partiality the Japanese government
has manifested for the United Btate* ia
donbtleaa dne in no small degree to
him.
He Pat His Head la.
Of the Prince of Wales and Dr. Lyon
Play fair, it ia told that they were once
standing near a caldron containing lead,
whioh was boiling at white heat. '• Haa
your royal highnee* any faith in eel
ence I" Mid the doctor. " Certainly,"
replied the prince. " Will yon, then,
plaee your band in the boiling metal
and ladle out a portion of it?" "Do you
tell me to do this t" asked the prince.
" I do," replied the doctor. The prince
then ladled out some of the boiling lead
with his hand, without sustaining any
injury. It ia a well-known scientific
f<>v that the human band may be placed
uninjured in lead boiling at white beat,
being protected from any barm by tbe
moisture of the skin. Should tbe lead
be at a perceptibly lower temperature,
the affect need not be described.
FOR TBI FAIR HEX.
News as* Nmm fmr Wnn.
Four Hindoo women have been grad
uated lately from the Madras medical
oollege.
Oueen Victoria and tbe princess of
Wales wear their hair parted plainly over
the forehead.
Red is so popular that the Paris
fashion writers feel compelled to My
that it is worn with frenzy.
In aoecnlance with a custom of the
country, Uie king of Rnrmah has lately
married hi* own half sister.
English ladies still wear an ornament
al smelling-bottle banging from their
girdles or bells, with a few charms at
tached.
Twenty-five native atndenta in Cal
cutta have pledged themselves not to
mairy until they have reached tbe age
of twenty-one.
The Ladies' Work society of London
has received a prize for the embroidery
that it displayed at Paris. The Prin
cess Lonise is president of this organi
sation.
" I am almost seventy-one," said Mrs.
Myra Clark (Jainesto a Washington cor
respondent, the other day, " and I ex-
Fect to live till I am ahnndred and fifty,
come of a long-lived raoe. One of my
annta lived to i hundred and fifteen/'
Boeing the correspondent scrutinizing
her hair, "It uuft dyed," she said
" and it is very abundant, falling below
my waist."
At tbe Brazilian minister's re.-ption
in Washington the wife or the French
minister wore a dreaa which a writer of
the Star of that city describes aa fol
lows : "No toilet worn in Washington
in many years surpassed that of tbe
A UK-ricaa wife of M. Outray, tbe French
minister, who wa* preaent with her
husliand. It was a superb robe of gar
net velvet, a court train showing a
creamy brocade petticoat, and a waist
with s Marie Btnart collar embroidered
in pearls. A diamond necklace and
earrings were worn, and stars of the
same jewels and ruhie* in her hair;point
lace filled in tbe neck and finished the
sleeves."
V■**!•■ Smm.
Coiffure* arc as varied aa ever.
Cameos* are fashionable again.
Btreet dresses for walking are all made
short.
Bangle rings are among late jewelry
novelties.
Pi ethers ai j again worn in the hair
in the evening.
Olluloid coral i* always fashionable
for young girls.
(fold bead or gold ball necklaces have
not gone ont of fashion.
Both real and imitation jewelry is
mncb worn at the moment.
The newest fsns are made of fine wire,
delicately painted by band.
Bqnare jabots of plaited muslin aud
lace are the most fashionable.
Boft black velvet cajsi are much worn
ont -of-doors by English women.
Panier* are beooming matters of
coarse on fall dress Paiia toilets.
Scarfs of India mnalin trimmed with
Breton lace are worn instead of fur.
Panier* of watered silk or brocade
are used on plain silk and satin Unlet*.
Overdresses of satin are worn with
nnderdrtwse* of plush, and rice tvrta,
Dolman riaite* fit closely to the
figure, and for the most part have elbow
sleeve*.
Btreet wrsj* are either long aaoquea,
heavy nlsters, or fur lined circulars and
dolman visits*.
Masculine looking, rough gray mixed
ulsters are worn, with rongb gray mixed
felt hut* to match.
A light ro*e pink ia the choice*! color
for ladies' glove* at tbis writing. Pure
white kida, of course, are indispensable
on wedding occasions.
A laiaami llaairr**.
Mis* Bnsie Jones, daughter of Captain
Jonc*, a pioneer settler of tbe oounty,
last week noticed that tbe dog* had
" treed "tome animal near the honse.
armed beraelf with a gun and proceeded
to investigate tbe matter. No sooner
had she approached the tree than
a gigantic catamount sprang to the
groundL The dogs followed in cloae
pursuit over tangled weeds and through
the dense willows and foreeta of the
Tnolnmne for near a mile, when the ani
mal again took to a tree for protection.
The brave girl trudged on alone, with
her gun on h<r shoulder, and on oom
ing np with the dogs soon discovered
hia ratsbip in unusually cloae proximity
bnt not denoted by hia glaring eye* ana
ferocious appearance, took deliberate
aim and fired. Tbe cat made a spring,
bnt fell to the gronnd dead. Bwinging
tbe mi nster over her shoulders she car
ried him home in triumph as a trophy
of bar prowess. A friend sent us the
animal, ami we found it to be one of the
largest of hia specie*. The young lady
hunter has only aeen aome fourteen or
fl fteen summers, and ia a native of our
oounty.— Modesto (OtU.) AVim.
Bret Hart*** INpleuatlr t'errespead
ear*,
" tUka I 00l blaas* my skin, I should say so!
Why. partner, yon Jsat bst rer Ufa
Here's more u'm made in this plaoe ho t
_ There's morn yon oould crowd on your wifs
Ef yoe was s Mormon • An sat e.
An' rtbbtoa, an' re Wits aa' Web -
P'raps, now you've read In ysr Lat'n
Boot Orwaa, who struck It so risk.
W*U. Qreesos would be—so I mm. Or—
Haired out by a bet of tha oLps
KrpsrsaoUn' tbarn fur by blows- yas. sir,
1 batr vale* hla ptla would •chpaa r
The oon tin nation of this interesting
statement can be found in the offloial
report os the manufacture* of 0 red field,
Germany, by Mr. Bret Hart*, United
Btate* onmmereial agent in that city.
Tbe beck of tbe document bean the
following indorsement, in the writing of
Mr. Everts:
" This report ia instructive in matter
and noble in manner, but it is thought
by Mm secretary of state that in aolar
throwing over tbe traditions of tbe de
partment m to state the vain* of the
goods manufactured ia hla dhrtriot in
poette number* and figure* of rhetoric,
instead of the numbers aud figure* com
monly employed, Mr. Harte he* perhaps
not imparted the information asked Tor
in hi* inatruottona with such deftness
and praotakm a* might have bean da
■died. Washington ftrpubUc.
They Killed Hi*.
The other night, m old Blinks net lis
ten ing to the various cpiniooa exprteaed
about our Indian txmlilM, be felt 000-
Htrained to relate aome of hia own ex
perience* with the Indiana, prefacing
hia remarks with the aaaertion that not
one man in ten thooaand knows anything
about the subject Maid he: Yon give
me one hundred men aa brave aa myaelf,
who would rely on me for strategy, and
follow where I would lead, ami we'd
whip all the tribes between here and
Alaska I"
Blinks proceeded to state that in the
early days of Texas be commenced the
subjugation of an Indian tribe all on hia
own hook. Be was both infantry and
cavalry, and hia courage and wily Uotica
appalled the Indiana more than an ordin
ary army corps would have done. He
maintained hia uneven warfare for several
month*, until one day he found himself
some three hundred miles within the
Indian Territory, where no white man
had ever been before. Aa be waa pass
ing through a defile in the mountuins,
fifteen hundred Indiana surrounded
him. They bad closed every avenue of
escape- abrupt mountains towered on
either hand, their aides lined with sav
ages; several hundred guarded the paea
ahead of him, while an equal number
had closed in npon hia rear. To escape
wa* impossible, the odda were too great
to give battle, so he majeetiaally surren
dered and defiantly told them to deal
with him aa they pleased. The delight
of the Indiana at capturing such an im
portant and dreaded enemy prevented
them from killing him at once, and they
were two days in oouneil trying to invent
some more horrible torture and
*f death than they had ever practiced
before.
By this time Old Blink* bed got him
self hopelessly entangled, end the crowd,
seeing hi* dilemma, demanded at onoe
to know bow be got out of such a fix.
Blink* roughed and " sparred for time,"
hoping to invent aome way to wind np
the story, bnt hi* imagination " fell
down " on bim and the boy* kept preen
ing him. He told of hia thirst and de
scribed hi* thoughts, trusting that aome
idea would oome to bia rescue. The
crowd, brooming more and more aware
of bis predicament, interrupted, dis
tracted and confused him ao much be
could think of no way out, ao bringing
hi* flat down on the table with a thump,
and with a look of earnest sincerity,
"aid: "By George, boys, they killed
roe."— Oaron <Ntv.) Apprai,
The Beggar Child'* Charity.
The following little story is s touch
ing one, and the hero thereof is s well
known young gentleman of this city:
He has been somewhat wild in his habits
in the past, but for four mouths be bad
utrntained from drink and spent hia
evenings at home. One evening, three
weeks ago, he went out calling, and
some one gave him a glass of wine.
Tbia aroused the sleeping fiend, and he
went off on a grand oarouae. For three
day* be lost all maatery over himself,
and scarcely knew where he was. On
the morning of the fourth day he WM
comparatively sobered up. He'wander
ed into the reading room of one of our
hotels, where be was well known,
sst down and stared moodily into the
street Presently a little girl of about
ten years came in and looked timidly
around the room. Hbe was dressed in
rags, bnt she had a sweet, intelligent
face that oonld scarcely fail to excite
svmpstby. There were five persona in
the room, and she went to each, beg
ging. One gentleman gave her a five
cent piece, and she then went to the
gentleman spoken of and asked him for
a penny, adding: " I haven't had any
thing to eat for a whole day." The
gentleman was all out of humor, and he
said crossly: "Don't bother me; go
sway ! I haven't had anything to eat
for three days." The ohild opened her
eyes in shy wonder and stared at him
for a moment, and then walked slowly
toward the door. Hbe turned the knob
and then, after hesitating a few
she turned q sickly and walked straight
up to him who had spoken so ill
naturedly, and gently laying the five
cents she had received on his knee, said
with a tone of true girlish pity in her
voice, "If yon bsven't hsd anything to
eat for three days you take this and go
and buy aome bread. Perhaps I can
get aome more somewhere else." The
voting fellow blushed to the roots of hia
hair, and lifting the miniature sister of
chanty in his arms be kissed her two or
three times in delight Then he took
her to the persons in the room and to
those in the corridor* sod the office, and
told the story and asked contributions,
giving himself all the money he had
with him. He succeeded in raising over
S4O, and sent the little kindly hearted
one on her way rejoicing.--Pittsburgh
Trl'-ffrapK.
Tales ef Old Ostaa.
The trade in old coins is not a ligfct
one, nor are it* profits small. Fictitious
values have advanced 100 per oent in
five years and the tendency is still up
ward. In England there is much de
mand for old Amenosn coins, and
collectors average 100 per emit, profit
on their sales. In this country these
coins are becoming vary scarce indeed.
The mots and halfoaotsof 17W, which
belong to the fink aeries of eoppsr cors
age in the United States, an in great
demand. A coin of 17K7 waa draigDad
by Franklin, and is extremely ran. One
of the silver dollars made in the old
Philadelphia mint in 17M to in the
British museum, and east tint institution
SI,OOO. Stiver quarter dollars mined
in 18U "87 are worth SIOO wk Silver
hair dimes, issued from the mint in
1808, are also at a premium, and all
efforts to obtain any of them to complete
seta, even at the figure of SIOO, have, it
ia said, proved futile Silver dollar* of
1804 era extremely scarce, only five, so
far as known, being in existence. Three
of these are owned in England, and am
valued at SI,OOO each. Half dollars of
1790 and 1797 coinage are worth $$Q,
and the net to offered for a 1790 oent
or a half oent of 1790. In Philadelphia
lives a numismatist who has been in the
busteam for twenty years. Every sum
met he goes to Englehd for two months
and sells the coin* be has oollrcitKl. His
nsros to well known there, and be visits
all tba principal towns where be finds
ansa of wealth willing to pay HTitifimint
prims to add to their store of old Mi