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Fate Was Against Him.
Commander DcLonfs Miscalculations—His
Bonfires Blaze in Vain.
Yakutsk Cor. of tko New York Herald.
The place where the bodies of De
Long's party were found, which I have
visited, is fifteen miles northeast of the
island of Stolboy, the prominent pillar
like rock in the Lena, where the river
branches east to Dikoif. l)e Long had
all along imagined that Stolboy was a
myth, and supposed he had passed it
long before, and two weeks before his
death he said in his note-book : "Quite
believe we are on the island of Titary
and twenty-five miles from Kumak-
Surka." He was bewildered by the
maze of rivers flowing and interming
ling on the delta proper, and in his own
weak condition had put the distances
accomplished longer than they really
were. When he reached the bluff on
which were the doctor and Ah Sam and
under the shelter which was a little way
off, most of the others expired. Then
he must have seen clearly that he had
miscalculated, and that he was at least
a hundred miles from the Kumak-Sur
ka, which a few days before he had
imagined only twenty-five miles away.
Paieseemedagainst uirii. Had belaud
ed thirty miles further west he would
have struck a village of natives who re
side north of Bulun all winter. He also
passed by within twenty versts of a hut
where twenty reindeer carcasses were
hanging for the winter food. He had
unfortunately no shotgun from its hav
ing been left by his orders on the ice
when the Jeanettee went down, and
though deer were rare there was no
lack of ptarmigan, On the day Noros
and Ninderman were sent away by De
Long a large flock of 200 ptarmigan
settled within a quarter of a mile of the
party, but none were shot. With a
single shotgun in Alexia's hands all
might have been saved. The season
was too late for deer. A strange inci
dent, also, came to my knowledge at
Gemovialck. It seems that some lon
guse natives, traveling from the north
of Bikoff, saw the footprints of the par
ly two days old and picked tip the
Remington which DeLong had lett in a
hut half way from the landing place to
the bluff. The natives were frighten
ed and thought that the footprints were
those of smugglers or robbers, and left
the ground without following. On ar
riving at Gemovialck they heard of the
presence of the Mellville party of three,
and the loss of the captain's party, and
they, fearing to be punished for not fol
lowing the footsteps, kept their informa
tion to themselves for some weeks until
too late.
Noros and Ninderman left the party
did not make more than eighteen miles
from October 9to the .'JOth. DeLong's
last effort was to carry his private logs
and charts up from the place under the
blutf, where Mr. Collins ami the others
died, and where they would have been
swept away by the spring floods to the
top of the bluff where the doctor and
Ah Sam perished. But he only succeed
ed in carrying the chart case up. hven
before Noros and Ninderman left Dp
Long was very weak. He used to walk
ten minutes and then lie down to rest,
saying to the men, "Don't mind me;
go on as far as you can. I will follow.''
During his wanderings on the delta De
Long built a large bonfire as high as
thirty feet every nigh t. the last one be
ing a few hundred yards from the bluff
where they all perished, in the hopes of
attracting the attention of parties who,
he kept saying, would certainly be out
looking for him. But the fires blazed
in vain. There wa3 not a human being
at the time of their death within a hun
dred miles. Melville's party at Gemo
vialck were about this distance away?
The tomb and the large cross over the
grave on the mountain, near the hut of
Mutock, may be seen at a distance of
twenty or thirty versts. Arrangements
have been made by Gov. Tchernieff, of
Yakutsk, to have the entire cairn cov
ered with a deep layer of earth to pre
vent the possibility of the sun thawing
the bodies in the tomb. If this be done
promptly doubtless the bodies will re
main untouched by decay forever, as
the ground remains frozen on the delta
all the year round at a depth of two feet.
The bodieß can therefore be removed at
a later date if desired. Gen. Tchernaief
has also caused a Russian inscription to
be prepared to be placed on the toiuh,
and has given orders to the officials
north that every care shall be taken to
preserce the tomb and the monument
in good condition.
THE New York Times is at the head of j
♦he Pepublican press of the country, i
Remember this fact whilst perusing the
fullowing from its columns :
An unusual sagacity has guided the
Democrats of Pennsylvania in ther nom
inations. The ticket as completed de
stroys Cameron's last hope, for the ex
pected blunders and quarrels through
which alone General Reaver's election
would have been possible have been
avoided. The nominations seem to be
not only the strongest in a political
sense that could have been made, but
the wisest and best when considered
from the non-partisan point of view.
The New York Su>i may be said to
have a place at the head of the truly in
dependent press of the country, and it
remarks:
The greatest political boon which could
possibly be conferred upon the people
of Pennsylvania would be the election
of Robert K. Pattison to be governor of
the state. We earnestly congratulnte
the Democracy of Pennsylvania upon
the patriotism and wisdom displayed by
their state convention. They have
nominated a ticket and set up n plat
form worthy of the success which they
have a right to anticipate. Rut this
success cannot be obtained without de
voted efforts. Let every patriotic citi
sen of Pennsylvania labor without
ceasing to secure the thorough reform
which cannot fail to follow upon the
election of the Democratic candidates.
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Garfield on "Assessments."
On the 19th of April, 1872, a gentle
man by the name of James Abram Gar
lield, by some believed to have been a
great statesman, rose in the House ol
Representatives and remarked :
"I ask these gentlemen vvhiit they
think of the system of political assess
ments —of issuing a circular calling for
one, two or three per cent, of the sala
ries of all the employes, with the dis
tinct understanding that unless they
pay others will be lound to fill their
places. I call the attention of the gentlemen
around mc to that shameful fact. The prac
tice atl'ords a large so-called electioneer
ing fund which in many cases never
gets beyond the shysters and the mere
camp-followers of the party."
It is presumed that the gentleman
who made these remarks knew what he
was talking about, lie had seen the
circulars, lie knew the men who sign
ed them, and if his "dear Ilubbcll" was
present, unquestionably the mild blue
eyes of Garfield turned upon the Michi
gan statesman such a look as that party
never before witnessed, and made him
wonder if any particulr shyster was in
the mind of the orator. Garfield under
stood the plenary meaning ot tlie circu
lars. He well comprehended the read
ing between the lines. He was no
neophyte in politics, ignorant of the
methods of politicians. He was no
stranger to the voluntary character of
the movements of men whoare persuad
ed by a pitchfork in their rear, the
"alacrity" with which clerks who can
not respectably clothe their children
and meet their doctor's bills, pay their
assessments of two and three per oent.
of their salaries as naively set forth in
some of dear "HubbelFs" circulars, im
pressed the late Garfield and caused him
to inquire of the statesmen around him
what they thought of it. He wanted to
know if that was the most suitable way
to support shysters. He wanted to
know if the poor clerks after earning
their money really found pleasure in
turning it over to bo spent by shysters
and camp-followers. Possibly lie tnay
have questioned the propriety of giving
to these classes that kind and degree ol
encouragement. Perhaps he may have
had a dim idea that a gross fraud was
being perpetrated on Government nlli
cers by the system, and may have had
in view some measure of protection.
V Wrtl to 1 tie Strikers.
What is it th:t drive-.# so many thou
sands of industrious men to leave off
the work on which thoy depend for
subsistence? They do this because
their wages are .insufficient to support
them, and because thoy hope by strik
ing to compel their employers to pay
them more.
Why are their wages insufficient?
Because the enormous taxes which are
imposed upon all the people <#; this
country, and which, last, f.fr with
the most crushing weight upm those
who labor with their hands, -o increase
the cost of the absolute necessaries of
life that work in'.'men ate no longer aide
to procure them.
Why are such enorm nu faxes impos
ed ? Originally they were, imposed to
meet the necessities ol the civil war
which was fought to maintain the unity
of the country. In that war a milium
lives and many thousand millions ol
dollar# were sacrificed < and the sacri
fice was cheerfully borne, in order to
bear this enormous expense, taxes nev
er before known in the history of the
country were levied upon the people;
and, in addition to the money raised lay
taxes, an immense public debt was
contracted, the interest of which and
the payment of which also ha I to be
provided for by taxation.
But has not a large part of this debt
been paid? Yes, a very large part of
it. The taxation has proved to be far
more productive than was ever expec
ted. So much money has been poured
into the Treasury that in the short pe
riod of spventeeu years a greater
proportion of the debt has been ex
tinguished than any one supposed
would be extinguished in fitly years.
The Republican administrators of the
Government have made a great account
of this premature payment ol the pub
lic debt. They have been vain, proud
of it, glorified in it, and have never had
a thought about the teriible burdens
they were laying upon the shoulders of
the people.
But is all the money which is raised
by these awful taxes applied to pitying
off the public debt? JJo; it is not.
Notwitstanding the ecormous sums
paid on that accout, there is now in the
Treasury a surplus of more than a hun
dred and forty millions of dollars ; and
this vast snrplus the llepuhlicans are
eagerly perverting to every kind of job,
to every sort of useless and unjustifia
ble scheme.
Moreover, millions upon millions have
been stolen outright and divided in va
rious sums among thieves connected
with the Navy department, thieves
connected with the Wliiskpy Jling, in
the Washington City King, and thieves
high and low, limited and unlimited.
But now when the pressure comes,
and when the people in their distress
are crying out in agony, and even re
fusing to work because their work does
not bring them a livelihood, do the Re
publicans who control all branches of
the Government, legislature, executive,
and judicial, propose to lessen these
burdens and to leave the people a little
of the substance which they have saved
notwithstanding their terrible extor
tions? No; they do not propose to do
any such thing. They look with indif
ference on the suffering mass of labor
ers, those who are striking and those
who yet continue to work in the hope
that thev may be allowed to earn alive
hood. From their burdens they will
not remove a hair's weight; from their
taxes they will not take oft'a penny.
The only safety Jor the people is in
turning the Republican party out of
power.—JV. Y. Sun.
Garfield and His Party.
"Fiat Justitia" writes to the Chicago
News that he was a Grant delegate to
the Chicago convention, and that he
knows .Jay Gould gave $350,000 to help
carry Ohio and Indiana against Han
cook, but demanded and got in advance
from Garfield, through Wbitelaw lteid,
who still holds it, Mr. Garfield's written
promise, if elected, to appoint to the
Supreme Court, Stanley Matthews, who
was pledged to adjudge the Thurman
Pacific railroad bill unconstitutional.
He says further that Judge Robertson
was appointed to the collectorship be
cause the President, was pressed to the
appointment by Whitelaw Raid, who
held the written promise over him by
way of a threat, and that in making
the appointment he was obliged to
break laith with Conkling and Piatt,
and apologized to them lor having
done so. The Cincinnati Enquirer oi
Friday reports Mr. Reid as'denyingthat
lie ever suggested Mr. Robertson's
name to Mr. Garfield. Nothing is said
about the Gould money or the lettter to
Gould by Garfield, or of its being in Mr.
Reid's possession still. Mr. Reid, how
ever, in the interview says that ow
March 2, 1881, two days belore the in
auguration, ho brought Thomas L.
James and Mr. tint field together in
Washington, and pressed Mr. James for
postmaster general, and that the ap
pointment was promised in case Mr.
■lames would promise to support the
Garfield administration. The reader
will ho apt to watch these develop
ments of secret political history pend
ing the inauguration of Garfield. Wheth
er they are true or false, they show a
depth ot treachery on the part of the
party which elected Garfield not previ
ously reached.
Senator llill's Ablution.
A Description of the Cause of His Suffer
ings.
Atlanta Constitution.
As I'or the wound itself, the best
opinion is about as follows: The side
of the face is cut open, and the sub
maxillary glands are taken out. There
is another incision in the chin. The
jawbone extending clear to the chin is
effected and nia-t come out entirely
before there can be relief front the
constant pain or permanent cure. A
piece of the bone and two teeth have
already come out. The vital question
is, what is the cause at work on this
bone? Some think it is the result of
injuries received during the last opera
tion. Others think it necrosis or death
of the hone. Others still, that it is
cancer. If it is tlie latter, it will
seek other parts of the system after it
finishes the hone, and recovery is
hopeless. It will strike a vital part,
and then the end must come. On the
other hand, if it. is the result of in
jura or is necrosis, there is every rea
son to believe that lie will recover.
No one can tell what it is at present,
and until this is decided the final re
sult must he uncertain.
Mr. llill can walk about anil handle
himself very well. He can not eat
solid food, being unable to chew, but
eats beef chipped very fine. He lias
not lost much flesh, lie does not talk
very plainly, as his tongue in healing
lias adhered to the lower part of the
mouth and lie cannot raise it over his
teeth, llis luoutii is kept full of nb*
sorhaut e ttou, and the doctors urge
him to talk as little as possible. If it
is necrosis that is attacking his jaw, a
secondary growth of hone will follow
the death of the present bone, his
tongue can he clipped and his speech
entirely restored. Mr. Mill has made
an unmistakable gain in strength in
the past month, and in any event
there will likely he no decisive news
from him in some considerable time.
There is a theory that has intelli
gent support, and that is this: that
Mr. Hill has never had cancer at all
—that his jaw hone was diseased, and
the inflammation from this source pro
duced the sore on his tongue. This
theory gets confirmation from the fact
that the hone is now coming out. A
dentist in North Carolina wrote that
he had many cases where the amal
gam in a tooth, or rather the mercury
in the amalgam, had poisoned the
nerves in the tooth, and finally the
boue itself. Mr. Hill had several amal
gam plugs in the jaw that is atf'ect
ed. The pieces of the bone that have
come out of the jaws will be submit
ted to the most careful examination.
Of course this is a mere theory, hut it
has intelligent support. All that the
public can do is to hope for the best.
Selling (• irls in Sheets.
l)p at Clear Lake, that centreof sum
mer pleasure parties and babbath school
associations in lowa, the churches be
came tired of the old stereotyped plans
of raising money, and a new scheme
was evolved from the inner conscious
ness of some bright genius. Tho treas
ury of the CoDgregationalist church be
came rather bare, and so the young
folks got together and determined to
fill it even to overflow. After a long
discussion it was decided to bring about
the desired end by putting all the girls
up at auction to bo disposed of to the
highest bidder. The time came around,
and every young man in that part of
lowa in or near Clear Lake who had
any money or could possibly borrow any
was promptly on hand, eager to bid to
the fullest extent. Hut there were some
of the girls on whom it would have been
impossible to obtain the bid of an old
fashioned copper cent, wbilp there were
others for whom the lovesick swains
would willingly have bid their last dol
lar, and in the spirit of Artemus Ward,
the last dollar of any of their relatives.
Ho to give all the hoys an equal chance,
the girls were wrapped up in sheets, so
as to be completely unrecognizable.
Each young man was positive that he
Ueuth the snowy folds of the sheet he
could discern the outline of the girl on
whom he doted, and when from fifteen
to twenty of the young fellows singled
out one particular ebpsted object on
which to stake their fortunes, excite
ipent ran high, and .money ran out of
pocket hooks, like water down a slant
ing roof.
After all the fair ones were disposed
of, the order was given to "haul up the
sheets," and then ensued and indescri
bable scene of mingled happiness and
disappointment. Maidens who had
been purchased for a mere song, owing
to a lack of bidders, turned out to be
the best looking girls in town, while be
ings whose sylph like appearance under
a sheet excited the greatest admiration,
and drew hard earned money from un
willing pocket-books, were found to be
most common place creatures indeed.
Hut all made the best of it, and the
disappointed ones bore themselves
bravely. Altogether the plan was a
great success; and as long us churches
will raise money by lottery schemes,
why not adopt this method? It is harm
less, and yet as productive of as much
good to the participants as any game of
chance we know of. 11 gives the homely
girls and bashful boys an equal chance
with their respective opposites, besides
resulting in a grand financial success,
and we look for its general adoption.
To be sure it is asking a good deal ol
modest, womanly, refined girls. Hut
the church sociables are always doing
that! — lies Moines lln/ister.
A Farmers', Candidate.
Result of Yoking the Of) Horse on the Sigh
Sale.
liontoi) Pubt.
A good story is told the Dost at the j
expense of Colonel Robie, the ''farmers'
candidate"; tor Governor of Maine.
Some ten years ago, at the time when
the epizootic was generally prevalent,
a certain York county man warfengaged
in hauling goods to and from the freight
depots at Portland, using oxen instead
of horses. All of his own stock was in
use, and ho was obliged to buy several
more yokes in order to keep up with
the demands of his customers. One 'lay
he chanced to meet Colonel Robie in a
railroad car, the Colonel being en rout
to Gotham, where lie resides upon a
large and highly cultivated ancestral
farm. The Colonel and the York
County utan engaged in conversation,
und (luting its progress the former sa ; d ;
"William, what are you paying for
oxen now?"
"That depends," replied William.
"Well,"said the Colonel, "get off with
me at Gorhatq and come over to my
place and look at a yoke of mine; hand
some as pictures ; splendid pullers ; and
yon may have'em at a bargain."
The invitation was accepted and soon
our York County friend found himself
in front of the Robie mansion, most""
beautifully situated in the niidst ot
fields of waving gra.-s, surrounded by
granitoid elms,and itsell an old fashion
ed but sumptuously furnished house,
beneath whose roof its present owner
has passed many happy hours, and en
tertuincd, with genuine iio.-pitaity a
host of ftiends.
"Jim," shouted the "farmers' candi
date," as he drew near the barn, "fetch
out that yoke of datk reds." Now J;tu
had been enjoying him-ell that day and
it was not surprising tiiat he made an
occasional mistake.
"All right, sir," tem itkad the hired
man. and soon a handsome pair o! cat t le
were in the yard. But they didn't show
off well; they didn't pull well; they
acted, in tuct, as though the devil wa
in them.
The genial Colonel was puzzled.
"Jmi" he called out in nungled disgusi
and anger, "Jim, what in thunder have
you been doing to 'em ? "Nothing to-day
but feeding them sir," replied Jim r< -
spectfully. Hut don't leli me that."
responded tile Colonel' "because you've
been licking Vm," Jim indignantly
denied that such was the fact, where
upon the "farmers' candidate" sud :
"Jim give me that goad," and with n
"back up" " 'sli, 'ah," " a gee stnr,'"Jtc..
the Colonel endavored to have the ani
mals show oil to advantage. Hut to the
intense delight of our It lend William,
and to Jim also, lor that matter, lite yoke
of dark reds acted worse than before.
"I don't see for the life of mo what's
got into the critters" chipped in the
Colonel, in evident disgust at their con
trariness. "i never knew 'em to act
that way belore."
"Well Colonel," said the York County
man, "I've seen your oxen, now what's
your price ?"
"Well, being's you," said the Colonel,
deliberately, and with n squint of one of
his laughing eves, "J'U let 'em go for
an even $250."
"Too much, Colonel, too much for n i
pair that don't pull better'n they do," |
responded the York County man.
"Well, Wiliatn," piped in the far
mers' candidate, "what would you be
willing to give tor'm ?"
"I'll give you just $225, and drive'em
home this afternoon."
For a few seconds the Colonel was
apparently buried in profound medita
tion, Suddenly lie broke out with,
"Well, William, being's you, you may
have 'em at your own price. Honestly,
William, I never saw the critters act
this way before."
William completed the trade and
started (or home with his purchase.
When he had got the animals out ol
sight of the Colonel's house he just
changed cm around, putting the off ox
on the nigh side and the nigh ox on tlie
off side, and thereafter, as the story
goes, "they went along b*autifully.'
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HONEST SENTIMENTS. —Hampton L.
Carson, a prominent Independent or
"Garfield" Republican of Philadelphia,
says: "I think thai if, in the necessi
ties of the oasp, in the movement to
crush out bossism and eliminate the
spoils system from the Republican or
ganization, in order that it may live, the
Independents are defeated und ttie
Democrats get into power in tlio State
for the nc-xt four years, there is no man
in that organization that can be more
safely trusted to administer the affairs
of the government tor the whole people
of the State than Robert IS. Pnttivon."
George H. Karle, anolhpr Indepen
dent Republican, says: "Mr. Pattison's
reputation is unsullied, his integrity
proven and his ability beyond question.
Ifis age, his following and his position
Hre all in his favor. Ijisnauje is known
and his popularity extends all over the
State and he will certainly bring forth
the full ftemocratio vote.
Klias P. Nmithers, another Indepen
dent Republican, says : "1 don't think
the pemocrnts could have found a
stronger man in their organization than
Mr. Pattison. His name is one that
has made the bosses tremble in this
city before now, apd at this time, when
the war has come to he strong against
borsism, his nomination, I think, is the
best that could have been made,'
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Ti GENERAL NEWS.
A thirteen-ycar old Louisiana girl has
growing upon her face a brown beard,
two inches long and very heavy, except
upon the upper lip.
A sunflower was sent to the office of
the Buinbridge County (Ga.) Democrat
la-t week which measured forty two
inches in circumference and fourteen
in diameter.
The Eleventh Congressional distriit
of Texas is larger than the combined
States of Alabama and Mississippi. The
candidate will make a big run who gets
all over it before election day.
The Greenbackers of the third Dis
trict of lowa, have nominated Rev. Ro>-
w-11 Foster for Congress. 110 is of Re
publican atilecedants and an able man. j
The ex Confederate soldiers of Mis
souri will hold their annual reunion in
Sedalfa August 15th, and 15,000 or 20,
000 are expected to be present.
A Baltimore street car company has
just had $1,500 added to its"conscience
lund" by one man, but no particulars
are given.
'1 lie London Daily 1 elegrayh got wind
of the meeting of twenty thousand Dun
kards in lowa, which the cable trans
formed into twenty thousand drunk
i ards, and forthwith, rushed into hys
| lerical editorial on the honor of sucli a
j spectacle. Plainly, the newspa; er men
don't know all about everything.
A new revolutionary society has been
. formed in Russia, The members of the
| society are to be associated with the
people and industriously inculcate rev
olutionary ideas, but are to attempt
no revolution without orders from Ibeir :
leaders. One of the revolutionary meas
ures to be advised is a refusal to nay '
taxes.
AN old elm stands near the depot in !
Fair street, Kingston, N. Y., which is j
a favorite building place for birds. 1
More than 200 nests have been counted
among its branches this season, and the
birds fill the old tree with their song. :
It is the admiration of everv visitor. 1
Many go to hear the singing of the birds
in the morning.
SENATOR LOGAN said to a Chicago
Tribune reporter on Monday, in regard
to liis position in the Senatorial con
test in Illinois: "This Senatorial ques
tion is a thing I don't intend to have
anything to do with. That is a matter
for the people to decide, and not for
rne; and no human being will ever
know that 1 have any preference, if I
have any."
There were ninty-nine failures in the
United States reported to Brndstreets
during the past week, a decrease of filly
four from tbe preceding week and fifty
four more than the corresponding week
last year. New England had 14, de
crease 11; Middle States 21. decrease 13;
Southern States 17. incrense2; Western
States 34, d< crease 13; California and
Territories 13, decrease 13; Canada 7,
decrease 6.
Little Rick Ark., July—A woman and
two children were found starved to
death in a lonely section of Van I'uren
county, In the mountains. It is heliev
ed the woman fell sick, and the children
being too young to seeute aid for her.
jieri.-le-d mi.-erably. A third child wn
still alive, and had gnawed a piece of
flesh from the arm of one of h"r dead
sisters. It died soon after the discovery
was made.
The 1 argest llowi r in the world is now i
being exhibited at the Berlin Botanical !
Garden. It is known to scientific peo
ple as the Rafllesia Atuoldi and is
over a yard in diameter, and weighs
about fourteen pounds. The Raffiesia
Arnoldi is found only in -lava and Su- ;
tnatra.
Said an Austin teacher to one of his j
highest pupils ;
"II yoWr father gave you a basket of
peaches 'o divide between yourself and !
little brother, and there were forty j
peaches in the basket, after you had j
lak' n your share what would he left ?"
"My little brother would he left,
for I'd take all the peaches. That's the
kind of a Congressman I'm going to be
when I grow up."
What a Blind Colored Man Can Do.
Selnin (Ala.) Tim vs.
The Messrs. Breslin have in their em
ploy as hostler, gardener, and general
workman, a negro man named Dick,
twenty-four years old, who since his
fifth birthday, has been as blind as tbe
proverbial bat. The amount of work
he does, and the neatness, accuracy and
dispatch with which all his chores and
odd jobs are done are simply marvelous.
He attends to several horses, cleans
them, feeds them, washes their harness,
and when occasion demands can hitch
up a team us well as any one. His
stableyard is a model of cleanliness, and
the garden is well worked. He washes
the carriages, horses and wagons, oils
vehicles, and sees that they arc all right
before allowing them to be taken out
of the lot. He is as light hearted as are
most Africans, nnd can enjoy a joke and
laugh at it, though he wastes but few
moments in idleness of any variety, his
whole mind seemingly being bent upon
a careful discbarge of bis various du
ties*
He is as stout as an ox, nnd is a bad
man to tease, as a bantering loafer found
out to bis sorrow not long since. He
had been tormenting Dick until tbe lat
ter's stock of patience gave out, when
be turned furiously on bis tormentor,
nnd tbe first tiling that individual knew
lie was landed all bruised up in a heap
some yards away. Perhaps the most
remarkable gift the man has is the abili
ty to tell within a few moments the
time of day. Day or night, when asked
what time it is, he replies without hesi
tation, and is rarely further off from the
exact marking of tbe dial than ten tnin
qtes. To test this gift, after having
talked with him about his work, the
reporter quickly alked : "What time is
it, Dick I" "Half-past 10," came the im
mediate response. A look at the watch
showed that at thatinstantit was 10: 26,
within four minutes of the time guessed
by the man who probably knows not
the appearance of either watch or clock.
He goes to his home, some blocks dis,
tant, to remain during tbe night, but
is always on hand bright and early as
the morning sun to commence his day's
work. In all sorts of weather be never
fails to be on time. lie it seldom sick,
and then only slightly indisposed.
A Cut Whipped by UlnckliirdH.
Loudon News, June 7.
I lie following extraordinary and
touching Hcene was witnessed hy a gen
tleman in bin garden at Mnldon:
"A fledgling blackbird, evidenlly just
escaped l'rom its nest close hy", had
with some difficulty fluttered from a
fence into the overhanging branches of
a lime tree. A cat also had observed
the young 'flyer' and immediately gave
chase, rushing up the stem of the tree
with the intention of getting on to
the branch to obtain her prey ; but
meanwhile the parent birds had come
upon tha scene, and seeing the situa
tion of their nestling, attacked the cat
with the utmost bravery, trying to
prevent her crawling on to the branch.
They kept alternately flying at her,
using their beaks anil wings incessant
ly with the utmost fury and getting
fearlessly within the range of the cat's
claws, and while one was pouncing at
her head the other would execute a
'flank attack, both of them keeping
up all the time that continuous, noisy,
angry chatter which blackbirds so
well know how to make on occasion.
1 liese bold strategic movements con
fused the cat very much, as her posi
tion in the tree was not advantageous,
but she kept snarling and striking out
with her talons whenever au opportu
nity occurred. The interested observ
er tried to help the birds, but from
the lower branches of the tree inter
vening missiles were not of much use.
He was obliged, to leave the exciting
scene, but after a long absence return
ed and found the combat -till going
on, and a person who had watehed
during the interval said the birds bad
kept up the attack without ceasing,
forcing the enemy to keep on the de
fensive only ; and this desperate strug
gle kept on for two hours till the
birds were completely exhausted, an 1
sat 'all in a heap,' looking as though
they had lost half their feathers, liut
they had kept the destroyer from their
little fledgling, and their friend at la.-t
managed with some truuble to dislodg
the cat. In the afternoon the birds
seemed quite to have recovered them
selves, and were singing victoriously
in the garden.
Tin; parties in Maine are now en
gaged in a hot fight for supremacy be
tween the Fusiouists headed by Gov.
I'laisted, ami the Republicans under
the lead of Col. Kobie for Governor
with about equal chances. It is an
important contest involving the elec
tion of Governor, four Congressmen,
the Li gislature, the Supreme Court,
and all the offices in tlie state. Gov.
I'laisted who represents the Green
hackers and Democrats is hopeful < f
success.
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