Two Dollars per Annum.
HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher.
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In the Conservatory.
" But we must return I What will they say ?
Yen, I know it's awful nice
In the "window here, from the others away,
With a taste, now and then, of the ice,
And now and then of Oh, you wretch 1
It wasn't at all required
That you should illustrate thus with a sketch
The speech that of course you admired.
" No matter how naughty. There ! you have
spoiled
The 1 classical Oreciau knot ' "
In which tou like my hair to be coiled,
And I really don't know what
Other mischief yon haven't done 1 You're Just
Real naughty ! You squeeze like a vise !
Why ctn't you men take something on trust,
And he more dainty and nice !
' There ! I'm ready, now. What ! Just one
more ?
Oh ! aren't you a darling tease ?
And love me so? One, two, three, four !
There ! como now, doarest, please !
I'm alumni afraid of the parlor glare j
When they look at my lips, they'll see
The kisses upon them."- " No, not there ;
Uut, sweet, in you're cyos, maybe."
THE FATAL BEQUEST.
A Box cf Diamonds and What Be
came of Them.
In tho yenr 'forty, after roaming about a good
deal in South America, I shipped as doctor on
board a trader leaving liio. homeward bound
for Bristol, with a full cargo and a couple of
cabin paisengeis. We sailed on a blazing hot
day, wit It scarcely a breath of wind to fill the
sails : but the captain was anxious to get away,
as Yellow Jack was in port, and he had no mind
to keep knocking his heels in quarantine longer
than he could help. Fortunately a breeze
quickly sprang up, und wo were soon bowling
aloiin as fist s the old ship could go, and with
a clean hill of health on hoard.
A week later, however, I was sitting forward,
smoking my pipe, when Pete, the steward's
mate, camo iip, and summoned me to sec one of
our two cabin passengers, Mr. Grierson, who
had been very unwell during tbe night, and be
gan to be afraid that ho was in for a touch of
the fever. I went aft and saw him, but there
did not appei r to bo any very alarming symp
toms ju-t at present, so I prescribed some cool
ing medicine and left him.
He was worse, however, next day. and the
next, yet it was not a case of yellow fever, and
there was something in the symptoms that 1
am not ashamed to say fairly bn filed me. On
the third day he was so much worse that I be
gan to be seriously alarmed, and communicated
mv fear to Captain McFitrl'.inc.
'" It is not yellow fever, of that I am sure,"
said T.
" What is it. then, doctor ?"
" Weil, to tell the truth. I can hardly say.
Nothing that I can administer seems to do him
any ;uod, and he h evidently sinking rapidly."
" Humph ! " said tho captain, "mysterious to
say the least of it. Docs lie know of his condi
tion ?"
The conversation was cut short by the arrival
of the negro Pete, who informed ns that Mr.
Grierson hid been seize. I with a sudden and
alarming access of pain, and was apparently
living, adding that the patient w ished to see me
at once and u'mie. In obedience to the sum
mons immediately went below, and having
shut tho cabin 'door and administered the nec
'osHinry renielies, asked the reason for his wish
ing to 'see me.
" I wirh to see you because I feel that I am
dying, and I can put off no longer what I wish
to say. if it is to be said at nil." responded the
patient, feebly ; " fetc h me th t box from off
the ton of ivv sea che-t and listen."
I brought it, a .mall oblong mahogany box,
mid laid it by bis side upon tho coverlet, and
Mr. Cirkrsoi.. laying his hand upon it and at
the same time detaching a key from a string by
which it was suspended round his neck, with
which his fingers played nervously during his
recital, continued :
" I am a murderer. Aye ! you may start and
think perhaps that my liiind is wandering, but
it is the truth. Twenty-live years ago twenty
five years of misery I committed the deed
which I am now, in 'the presence of my Maker,
about -to confess. I was a clerk in a banking
house iu London, and the opportunities for
Iicculation were too much for me to withstand,
nit circumstances occurred which convinced
me that discovery could hardly be much longer
delayed, and I was casting about how to make
my escape while there was yet time. Just at
this juncture one of the senior clerks in the
house had to bo pent down to Bristol in charge
of a very largo sum of money in gold, and I
was deputed to accompany him to guard the
treasure. Iu those times we had to take the
money in a box, strongly secured and sealed,
with iis, by the mail coach, which started from
one of the" old inns in the city, for the west of
England. There were two thousand guineas
in the box, and the idea suggested itself to my
mind that if I could become master of such a
sum I could got clear away by some ship leav
ing liristol for foreign parts' before the hank
could become aware of the fact of my escape.
'J o get rid of my companion, I procured poison,
which I poured into the leathern bottle, in
which I carried my refreshment on tho road,
and, watching my opportunity, offered it to him
to drink. Ho sank back in a comer of the
coach, and in a few minutes was a corpse.
Emptying tho remaining contents of the bottle
out of the window, and placing the dead man
in such au attitude as would lead people to sup
pose he had died naturally, I hailed the guard
with every simulation of trepidation, and stop
ped the coach. The outside passengers got
down, and a scene of great excitement occur
red At the next village, the local doctor, who
as it happened was a man of no great skill, was
sent for, and dexterously insinuating to him
thut I had known my companion to have suffer
ed from heart disease of some years stauding,
with many compliments to the professional
acumen of the doctor himself, that worthy was
not long in pronouncing it a case of sudden
death from disease of the heart ; and I was suf
fered, in view of my representations as to the
urgency of my mission to liristol, to proceed on
my journey. ' I succeeded in leaving England
atid reaching Brazil, where I amassed a for
tune, hat fortune is within the box which
lies beneath my hand."
Ho pained, for a violent spasm seized him,
ai d it was some time before I could recover
him Kiilticiently to enable him to proceed.
liai-ing himself iu bed with difficulty, he
unlocked the box, and disclosed au array of
unset diamonds, whoso brilliancy fairly dazzled
me.
u Here are C50.00S worth of diamonds," pro
cieded Mr Grierson. "I hao converted all
my fortune into these gems and these I intend
to entrust to your care. Take thi.i box at once
to your own cabin and return to mo for your
instruction m to the disposal of the coutuiiti."
I hesitated, but he was imperative.
"Not a word! I am dyiug fast, and I im
plore you to accede to my iast request."
I took the box, lock o J it, and left the cabin.
As I passed along the main deck toward my
own cabin forward, -I met Captain McFarlane.
' How is your patient, doctor'"
" Dying. I fear. He cannot last long."
I passed on, ana, depositing the box in a
place of safety, returned. Grierson was rapid
ly sinking, and in a few broken sentences he
instructed me as to the disposal of his property,
of which .10,00 I was to goto the hankers, Holt
& Wardley, of Lombard street, and the rest to
the family of the murdered man, whose name
was given me, and whose representative I
pledged my word to do my best to discover.
Filially, binding me over not to disclose what I
had Jiist been told, except to the parties named
by him in his dying bequost, Grierson relapsed
iiito a state of partial insensibility, from which
I in vain attempted to rouse him, and before
half an hour had elapsed, the unhappy man was
uo more. Going ou deck I communicated the
news to the captain, .who gave the necessary
directions as to the funeral, which took place
noxt day t and once more we were plowing our
way through the blue water as if nothing had
happened.
1 was au altered mail. The strange commis
sion with which I had been intrusted neighed
on my mind. Over and over again in the still
ness of the night I opened the box and gazed
ou the gems. What proof was there that they
were not mine t the box with its brass plate
bearing the owner's name could be destroyed in
a moment, and theu ! Over and over again
the evil one whispered to me, but, thank God,
I resisted the temptation. I would fulfill the
trust confided to nie. and I prayed fervently
for strength to resist the evil promptings of my
baser self.
One day I sat alone, the 1 ox unlocked on my
table, gazing with an irrepressible curiosity.
which I unable to control, ou the Jewel ,
u-l.i..li u..ititilltf..l l,.,r.,rn iv .lnv.,,1 vi'vw.m Tlift '
door suddenly opened, and Captain McFarlane
entered.
" I beg yonr pardon, doctor, didn't know you
were engaged; but, before I could close the
box or reply, his eye had caught the shimmer
of the brilliants.
"Hollo! what's here?"
With a firm hand ho closed the lid and read
the name upon the plate. Innocent as I was,
involuntarily stung by the remembrance of
what my thoughts had been but a moment be
fore, I quailed before his eye.
' I know all now that man was poisoned
consider yourself my prisoner."
I endeavored to explain. I told everything
as it had occurred, and I appealed to the cap
tain to believe the story, or at least to await its
reasonable continuation, before acting on his
rash conclusion. He was incredulous. One
concession I obtained, and that was, that all
should be kept secret till our arrival in port,
and that I should not be publicly branded as a
suspected murderer before the crew.
A fortnight passed, a weary fortnight, dur
ing which I repeatedly endeavored to shake the
conclusion at which' Captain McFarlane had
so hastily arrived. Buddcnly, without a mo
ment's warning, the captain fell sick. He was
suffering from a low fever. I begged him to
accept my services.
" Never ! You shall not poison me, too."
Days passed, and tho captain grew worse j
he babbled iu his delirium of poison, of stolen
jewels ; and night and day I watched at his
bedside, jealously excluding everybody who
might perchance overhear his ravings and raise
up in judgment against mo.
One day the crisis camo. A fow hours would
determine all. If he died I was once more
a free man. freo from tho imputation of a foul
crime, free to carry out my honest intention
of fulfilling the dead man's wishes, but also
free from the dread of exposure which to me
would be worse, as a baro suspicion, than death
itself.
If tho captain could but sleep, his lifo would
be saved. How easy to make that sleep his
last the.'cvil one was at ,mv elbow, the lau
danum bottle in my hand." But my sorest
need the strength to' resist was given to me. I
poured out the proper dose, and advanced to
ward the cot in which tho captain lay. A
strange light was in his eves, liising suddenly,
and throwing the bedclothes off his tall, Jean,
sinewy form, he half leaped from the bed, and
seizing the box of diamonds, which he had
throughout his illness kept beneath his pillow,
he shrieked :
" Never, never ! Will you allow me to be
poisoned like a dog? Help! some of you."
The effort was too much ; clasping tho box
to bis bosom he fell back on his pillow a con
vulsive shudder passed over his frame he was
dead !
Snatching the box from the relaxing grasp
of tiie corpse, I rushed from the cabin and fell
over l'ete the negro, w ho was just outside.
"ice tothecaptain. He is dead "and I sped
onward ; but the powerful negro had his hand
upon my arm.
Miifsa doctor not go so quick Massa Grier
son dead cap'n die. too doctor got his box of
jewels give up dat box " and the negro seized
me iu his grasp and struggled with me for the
possession of the treasure.
At thut moment tbe strength of a lion was j
m me. 1 wrestled with my assailant una tree
ing myself from his (,r ,i.p, rushed to the com
panion stairs. I had reached the deck, with
what intention I knew not, but Pete was again
with me. wrestling with the strength of a
demon for the possession of the prize.
The ship was rolling heavily, and, as we fell
together, we slid across the deck toward the lee
scuppers. With a KUtierhuinan effort I freed
my right arsn, and with all my force threw the
box over the quarter deck "railings. It lhw
open, and in the moonlight the diamonds fell
like u shower of stars into tbe black w ater. The
negro, seeing my movement, left his hold
of me. and sprang forward to catch the box.
A heavy lurch, and I was alone ou the deck !
Can I be blamed '.' I held my tongue. The
captain was buried at dawn, and tbe chief otli
cer took command of the ship. It was clear
that Pete must have fallen overboard, mid no
ono suspected thu share I had iu the catastro
phe. Iu due time we arrived at Bristol, and
for my own satisfaction I instituted the neces
sary inquiries as to ttie individual.! named by
the man Grierson. The bank hud long since
ceased to exist. I traced some vague rumor of
a man navmg ctieu suddenly in a stage coacn
while passing through au obscure village in
Somersetshire, but could never obtain any clew
to his representatives. It was perhaps as well
that I failed. I am still a poor man, but I
would rather die so than accept the possibility
of becoming rich at the terrible risk which at
tended the unlucky bequest of the box of
diamonds. "
Dreaming of Home."
The other forenoon a Canadian Indian
lugged a back load of baskets around
until tired out, and then ho sat down on
llautlolph street, back to the wall, and
went to sleep. His legs ttuck out
straight before liini, the. sua beamed
into his face, and lie paid no heed to the
tread of feet around him. There was a
gang of idlers at tho corner, and they
naturally wondered how they conld have
some fun with the red man. Hunting
up ten or fifteen coble-stones, they dis
tributed thein into the baskets until at
least one hundred and fifty pounds had
been udded to the sleeper's loud. That
was fun as far as it went, but it was not
euongh. A saloon-keoptr was out wash
iug his windows with a hose, and the
boys managed it so that he bad to go in
and leave his work. Then ono of them
picked up the pipe, turned the full
stream ou Lo's head, and the effect was
all thnt could have been asked for. The
red man must have imagined that the
Fulls of St. Anthony had been turned
loose to run down his back. Uttering a
wild shriek, he sprang up, fell down, and
then rolled sideways off the curb. The
extra weight of tho stones broke tho
bark strap with which the load was tied,
aud oft came the baskets. The boys had
disappeared, the water was shut off, and
just what struck him the Indian could
not find out. He shook tho water off his
huir, flirted it off his old wool hat, nnd
by-and-bye picked up his load. The
wo:ght astonished him, and when lie
discovered it rock in each basket his
amazement was iutense. His jaw fell, a
cheap look crossed his face, and as he
heaved out the stones ho growled :
'Injun brought 'em stones six miles
and didn't know it! Injun good deal of
drank or elso big fool!" Detroit Free
Pre.
Evil is easily discovered, there is an
infinite variety. Good is almost unique.
But some kinds of evil are almost as
difficult to discover as that which we call
good ; nnd often particular evil of this
class passes for good. It needs even a
certain greatness of soul to attain to this,
as to that which is good,
IUDGAVAY, KLK
ipiuw iiiRMX .1X11 llolM.IIOl.ll. either the partridge, white or black ONE TERMBLE ADVENTURE. ' A
Porta Notes.
I find the following good remedies for
lice in cattle in the Country (Jcnttviaan :
" I once rhl my stock, which was hudly
infested with 'lice, by silting ground
plaster along the neck and back. Two
or three applications did the work effect
ually. The plaster should be very fine
and dry. Another method which I have
used with great satisfaction is with car
bolic acid. One ounce of carbolic crys
tals, one pound of common bar Boap,
melted together by the addition of a lit
tle water. Let on animal be washed in
a strong suds made with this, and it is
sure death to all parasites, and will cure
all skm diseases. Jiotli these remedn s
are simple, harmless and effectual.
Lice will live for a long time iu the
woodwork about the barn; it is a good
plan to whitewash about the lean-to,
aud prevent their spreading in that
way."
The orange variety of quinces is best.
Set them six feet opart, put a pint of salt
around each bush when they begin to
beur, and a little previously; and the re
sult will be fine crops when the climate
is not too cold for this fruit. To pre
vent the depredations of borers, a writer
says: " Bandage the stem with two or
three wrappings of old muslin or any
kind of cloth, as far down in the ground
as possible, as the roots start from near
the surface. Let this bandage run six
or eight inches above the ground, then
pile the soil compactly a couple of inches
around the bandage.and renew this every
spring. Fine, large, golden quinces, ri
valing the largest oranges, will bless
your efforts annually." Quinces may be
grown very profitably in poultry runs,
affording the fowls shade, what they
must have in tho summer. An acre or
more set to quinces adjoining the fowl
house, where 200 fowls might be kept,
would, in connection with the fowls, af
ford a large profit.
An experiment made lust year by mo
may not come amiss at this time with
those who grow strawberries. I pro
cured a half hogshead, filled it with rain
water, and put into it one-quarter pound
ammonia nnd one-quarter pound of
common niter. When the strawberry
plants were blossoming out, I gave them
a sprinkling of the solution at evening
twice a week, until tho fruit was nearly
full size. The result was double the
amount of fruit on those whore the
liquid who applied to that obtained
from those right alongside, of those
where none of the liquid wns applied.
L"t all give it a trial. T. J!. Miner,
Lincloi, j.V. ..
Household Ilitila.
How to Usn Lard. Lard for pastry
mtiy lie used as haid as it cttu bo cut
with a knife, nnd will make far belter
paste than if left i.tand to warm. It
needs only to be cut through the flour
not rubbed.
Child in tue Head. This can be
cured at once, if taken cure of at the
beginning. Dissolve a tublespoonful of
burns in a pint of hot water; let it stand
until it becomes tepid; snufl' some up
the nostrils two or three times during
iho day, or use the dry powdered borax
like snuff, tnking a pinch as often as re
quired. At night have a handkerchief
saturated with spirits of camphor, place
it near the nostrils, so as to inhale the
fumes while sleeping.
To Drive off Mice. If you are
troubled with mice, gum camphor placed
about their haunts will keep them away.
To Wash Cohsets. Take out the
steels; use hot water; one teaspooufnl
borax to every pail of water; place the
corsets on the washboard and scrub well
with a clean brush, using very little
soap; do not boil the corsets, but if very
yellow bleach in the suu; rinse well;
rub iu a little starch; iron when quite
dump.
HOAUSENESH OB TlCKLINIJ I! THE
Throat. Take a small quantity of dry
powdered borox, place it on the tongue,
let it slowlv dissolve and run down the
throat. It is also good to keep the
throat moibt at night and prevent cough-
ing i
Hydrophobia. Tho following cure I
forhvlroi.hol.hiisareeemt of Af f'nssnr
a French physician : "Take two table-
spoonluls of fresh chloride of time, mix
it with one-half pint of water, and with
this wash keep the wound constantly
bathed and frequently renewed. The
chloride gas possesses tho power of de
composing the tremendous poison, and
renders mild and harmless that venom
against whose resistless attack the nrtU
lery of medical science has been ro long
directed in vain. It is necessary to add
that this wash must be applied as soon
as possible ufter the infliction of the
bite."
To Clean Colored Silk. Wash in
warm soapsuds, rinse in clear, warm wa
ter, dry quickly, and iron on the wrong
side while yet rather damp; if there are
grease spots on the silk, press with a
tolerably warm iron under brown paper.
locbins.
Of the above well-known breed of fancy
ciucKens mere are lour varieties par
tridge, buff, black aud white, as well as
the so-called pea-combed partridge
Cochins, which is a breed made up by
crossing the regular partridge Cochins
with probably the dark Brahmas. These
mongrels are very much inferior both iu
size and appearance to the regular
Cochins. Tho largo amount of fluffy
feathers on the CochinftLiives them a
deep, full appearance, wlficTi to many is
quite attractive.
The principal superiority of both the
Cochins nnd Brahmas over all other
breeds of fowls is in the fact that they
lay earlier in the season, wnon eggs
bring a much higher price. Early pullets
of these breeds, if well cared for, will
commence laying in November or
December, and, with but little intermis
sion, lay all winter. Some will say :
"Oh, it you give the common hens
the same care they will lay
just the same." How do you know they
will ? Have yon ever tried it ? I have,
and I know that the difference is very
great in favor of the fancy chickens.
The partridge Cochin is probably
bred more extensively than either of the
other varieties of Cochins, although the
buffs are more popular iu many locali
ties, and aro probably gaining more
rapidly in public favor. These latter
are more dilhoult to breed true than
COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 7,
either the partridge, white or black
Cochin; iu fact, breeders t f many years'
experience have told me that tiiey re
garded the buffs as the most difficult of
all the varieties of pure-bred poultry to
breed to fancy points. One of the
prentest disadvantages breeders of
Cochins have to contend with is their
single combs, which in our clitnute are
liable to be frozen, especially about show
time. But the sight of a well-kept flock
of either variety is pretty sure to give
one the "chicken fever;" and he may
consider himself fortnnate who does not
get it so bad as to seriously affect his
pocket. W. li. ltentlcy in Patrons'
Helper. '
A Man Made Hind In a Minute.
Henry T. Ostrander, son of Linas Os
trander, is a young man well known iii
Xewburg, N. Y., says the Journal of
that f lace. He has been iu the life in
surance business for yenrs, and has an
office at No. 47 South Miller street. Ho
lived with his father at No. 46 Dubois
street. Young Ostrander is tibout thirty
years of age, siuglej nnd of an active,
nervous temperament,
For some time back his health has
been seriously failing, and recently he
has evinced indications of au affected
mind. He was in the little store or
office, South Miller street, on a Saturday
eveniug recently, at about eight o'clock,
when he suddenly sprang up and shot
off up through the yard, between the
store and his father's residence, past the
house, on through Dubois street and
down First. He swung his hat in the
air and shouted "Murder!" " Fire 1"
' 'Police!" and the like, while he tore down
First street, running in a zig-zag fash
ion from one sidewalk over to the other.
His yells were heard for blocks, and the
people rushed to doors and windows to
learn the cause of the commotion.
The young man ran into a private resi
dence on his way down First street, and
frightened the ladies of the house very
much. He slung things around gener
ally, and finally made off with a school
book belonging to one of tlje girls.
His cries of the started an alarm, adit
ing greatly to the general excitement and
confusion. He eluded all efforts to cap
ture him, and hurried on to the police
headquarters. Marshal Bancroft was
going to the door to see what the noise
was about, nnd young Ostrander ran
right into his arms. He was taken into
the back room and sat down. He talked
in au incoherent way for some time, and
then grabbed up a slate and pencil which
were lyin on tho table.
Iu a trice he had written ono side of
the slate full. He then flung it on the
floor, breaking it into fragments, smash
ed one of the lurgo spittoons and cuffed
the officers and one or two friends of his
who had come in, right and left. The
paroxysm lasted several minutes and it
took several strong men to hoid him,
although he is a little bit of a fellow,
hardly weighing a hundred pounds.
The unfortunate man was at Inst cor -veyed
home iu a carriage. Hi! wiu,
however, very violent at frequent inter
vals throughout Saturday night and Sun
day, and it was necessary to keep four
or live men at his bedsida all tho while.
Monday morning he was quieter and was
enabled to sleep some.
1'igs mid Snakes.
A farmer living on the west eido of the
Ohio river, in walking about his uirin,
discovered a nest of rattlesnakes in the
hollow bark of an old tree, about which
several large pieces of rock lay scattered.
Having heard that pigs were hostile to
snakes of all kinds, and not caring to at
tack tho nest himself, he thought he
would try the experiment and see a fight.
He drove several pigs in the vicinity of
the nest, and watched the result. The
pigs soon seemed to scent the reptiles,
nnd commenced rooting eagerly about
tht, spot. In an instant half a dozen of
the vicious fcerpents emerged from thoir
l.iding-plaees to attack the intruders,
who manifested a zealous disposition to
give battle. A make would rear himself
to the height of the back of the pig.shnke
llis 1,attle. nml phuige his fangs into the
animal with lightning-like celerity, and
ihfn V' l"?!?"?!,
w" rVu-iy -'" l" " " P
tho fleshy part of the jaw. Over and
over again this would be repeated, until
the pig got his forefoot upon the snake,
when he would deliberately rip the rep
tile in twain and then devour him. This
blaughter continued until all tho snakes
wero disposed of, when the pigs granted
conteute.1ly, and without any signs of
be'ng disturbed, waddled off in seurch of
other provender. The eye-witness to this
singular contest, which wa not without
its exciting features, declares himself
convinced that a pig is impervious to the
poisonous bite of any kind of serpent.
The Cossacks.
The Cossacks, or irregular troops, form
a very important portion of the Russian
army. " Little men and little horites,"
although of minor value in a general
Al- .1. I" 1-A
cnarge, uie.y uro luimiruoio ns iif;ui env- j
ally ami scouts ; carrying little or no
baggage, and foraging entirely for them
selves, they form an invaluable advance
guard, make splendid skirmishers nnd
harrass au opposing army witli incredi
ble skill. They mostly provide their
own equipment for war, and possess cer
tain privileges w hich they hold by ten
ure of military service. They ore not
subject to the usual military regulations,
having even a different system of out
post duty, but fight in their own wild
way, as their ancestors out, neing greatly
aided by the superior breed and intelli
gence of their horses. These mere pon
ies will gallop for miles over the rough
est country with Huerring sagacity, and
with their noses to tho ground like a
pack of hounds, while at the word of
command they will stop suddenly, and
remain immovable until ordered to
proceed.
It Took Heb Fascy. We stepped
into a milliner shop the other day on
business, says a Western joker, and
accidentally sat down ou a bonnet; that
some one hud laid on the chiir. We re
mained there until no ono was looking
in our direction aud then quietly got up
Knd stepped to one side. There was a
lady in at the time looking for a bonnet
shaped to suit her. She finally found
the one we had put in shape and it just
took her fancy; it was just what she
wanted, so she said.
Keiitrltr Anib-liel, Phot, Hiuleed
bin! .Hullluled.
The Chicago Time says : Ou April
Cth, last, a train left Cantonment llouo,
Wyoming Territory, for Fort Fetterniau
for grain. They encamped at the Dry
Forks of Powder river, about sixteen
miles from the cantonment, the first
night out, several citizens who had been
working at Reno, and who had been dis
charged, accompanying the train.
Crook's trail runs in at the forks, aud the
next morning the citizens left tho train
on the Fettermnrt rood They started
for Deadwood on the trail via Pumpkin
buttes and " Inyau Kara," a soldier of
die Ninth infantry accompanying them,
ho having left the train without author
ity. On the second doy out, about four
miles northeast of the buttes, about five
o'clock in the afternoon, they were fired
upon by ombushed Indiana. To use the
the survivor's words : " The first I knew
was like an explosion, crack, crack 1
Smith and I were walking side by side,
and old man Rand was lending the pack
ed animal. Smith was killed instantly,
the shot striking him iu the back of the
head, coming out of his forehead. Tue
old niou was shot iu the left lung, aud,
wonderful to say, the shot struck my
gun just back of tho head, glanced down
the ramrod, struck the trigger guard,
and entered my shoulder, inflicting a
painful wound. As soon as I could realize
my position, I immediately fell flat
down and loaded my gun. Unfortunately
for the old man, he was in an exposed
position, and being severely wounded
could not crawl to the buffalo wallow
which, fortunately, was only o few feet
to the left. When the Indians first lived
they were only about two hundreds yards
from us. As soon as tho old man had
been killed the firing ceased, and, think
ing that they were trying to surround
me, I ran about forty feet further to a
ravine, which subsequently proved to be
the only possible safe place for me. The
sun was now nearly down, and I was
very faint from loss of blood, when,
providentially looking around, near my
feet was snow water, from which I re
freshed myself.
" As soon as the sun had gone down I
mode all preparations for my escape, but
something told me I had letter stay.
About eight o'clock that evening I saw
two fires about 100 yards on tho knoll
from me, and twelve Indians came down
to where the bodies were, carrying the
fires, which seemed to be composed
of some resinous matter. They all car
ried their guns with them, and "were on
foot. Ou coming to the bodies, they set
their fires down, aud proceeded to icalp
and mutilate the bodies of my compan
ions. All this time I was only fifteen
feet from them. I could have killed two
of them easily, but I knew that would
be sure death to me, us they would have
held a council and starved me out. Af
ter cutting and hacking the boibes for
about an hour, they retired behind the
knoll. I now began to feel very old
aud weak. I had u ) coat on, aud only a
government shiit on, and I was afraid 1
. would catch cold in my wound. I be
gan to consider what I had belter do. I
had fifty miles to wulk to the fort; the
nearest place, of civilization, with uoth
iug to eat nnd a pitnful wound. I con
cluded, finallv, to stay until early day
break, and theu take my chances. I ac
cordingly waited till about four aud a
half o'clock, when I crawled out of my
hole that I had made, aud cautiously, ou
biuids and knees, went to the brow of the
hill. To my intense delight, I saw. the
lndiai.s about a quarter of a mile away,
going away in the direction of the lied
Cloud agency. I have no doubt tho In
dians were Chevenues, for tlity were
very large men. not one of them being
less than six feet high. I started for
Reno right away, and met the mail party
that evening at eight o'clock, at the Dry
Forks, and got into Reno the next day
at twelve o'clock, nearly dead with pain
and exhaustion."
Destruction of Young Lotusls.
Among other recommendations of the
omuiissioners selected by Congress to
nvestigate aud report on the best means
of destroying and preventing the ravages
of the locusts, is the following:
" One of tho most effectual means of
destroying tho young locusts, and one
which is too often overlooked because its
effects are not so directly apparent, is
the preservation and multiplication of
the native birds. Without undertaking
at this time to specify the species which
should be especially protected, and
about which there is yet some difference
of opinion, we feel warranted in stating
that until the useless species in this re
spect ore distinguished from those that
aro beneficial, it is best to protect all insect-eating
birds; and if the laws of the
State ore insufficient for this purpose,
let communities, townships und counties
use all their lawful powers therefor.
Chickens, turkeys and hogs devour lo
custs iu immense quantities, and thrive
during years of looust invasion or when
ever these insects abound. Prairie
chickens and quails devour thein with
avidity, and even hunt for their eggs;,
swallows and blackbirds pursue . them
unrelentingly; tho little snow birds de
vour great quantities of eggs when these
are brought to the surface by the freez
ing and thawing of the ground, nnd the
same may be said of almost nil birds
inhabiting tho Western country iu winter.
The good offices of birds were every
where noticed in 1875."
What a Woman's Common Sense Did.
On a Suuday afternoon, the resilience
of William Finck, of West New York,
was discovered to be on tire. Miss Iua
Wolff, living in an adjoining house, fiist
saw the flames. She summoned her
father from the fields, and then, ac
companied by him, ran to the engine
house to notify the firemen. The build
ing was locked and no one was there.
Having forced the doors, her father and
herself drew the engine out, anil unaid
ed pulled it to tho scene of the confla
gration. Miss Wolff adjusted the watt r
connections, and held the hose, so as to
direct the stream, while her father
pumped the engine. They succeeded in
putting out the flames before any con
siderable damage had been done. Whf n
there was no further use for the engir.e,
a party of men arrived, and, still aided
by Miss Wolff, drew it back to its house.
It.illUI
1877.
TRAMP'S HISTORY.
I'uiiablllllra, Device nnd General
Achievement In l.ll'e.
He stood in the dusty road for some
time, apparently reconnoitering, with n
view of 'ascertaining whether the slight
hedge which inclosed Mr. Jones! place
concealed any lurking bulldog or spriug j
guns. He was a tramp, and bavii'g i
satisfied himself that there wero im
death or damage-dealing engines con
cealed in the shrubbery, he 'opened the
gate and proceeded to the back door, ui
which he knocked as one having au
thority. Mrs. Jones responded.
" Flotise'ni, could you give ti poor
man who has walked seventy-eight miles
Biuce breakfast something to eat ? I
ain't particular, so long as it ain't cold;
aud I can't a' bear coffee with more than
two lumps of sugar in it and too much
cream; It makes me bilious. I'll sit
here iu the stoop while you're getting
the things ready."
Now .vlrs. Jones is a very nice littlo
woman, but she was alone aud naturally
lacking in nerve, and presently the tramp
was discussing a bountiful repast, while
she, takiug up a position of strategic
importance, prepared to fall back upon
the sideboard and defend the spoons, if
necessary. But the peripatetic was not
pugnacious; far from it.
" You don't know," queried the un
welcome visitor, ashe munched a dough
nut, " you don't know of any man
round here who would like to hire a
gentleman to look after his horse or take
care of a garden or act as private secre
tary, do you V"
Mrs. Jones shook her head.
"I should like," remarked the gentle
man, " to find some nice ol' man who
would wont a gentleman to read the pa
pers to him. I know all about the war,
I do. I can wrestle with the Turkish
names and throw 'em every time. I'm a
horseshoer by trade, but Lor' bless yer,
what can a mau do in these times of
general depression and business stagna
tion. I tell yer I can just sling them
Turkish names; been there myself."
"Have you?" said the unfortunate
woman, beginning to look upon tho
tramp as a possibly meritorious traveler
down on his luck, or n Russian grand
duke taking a pedestrian tour ineor.
" Yes, I wns in the Crimea. I fit nl
through it, and wns twice mortally
wounded. 'Spose you've heard about
the six hundred ? Well, I wns one of
'em. Saved Lord Cardigan's life. Tell
you how 'twas. When we rode into
the Russian battery fourteen o' the
Cossacks made straight for Cardigan.
Me an' him were great friends; brought
up from childhood together, an' when I
seed the Cossacks going for him I went
for them. They was altogether in a
heap. I was a lancer, nn' I run my
lance clean through seven of them;
strung 'em like herrin'. Lord Cardigan,
says to me, says he : ' Tom, ve've saved
my life, God bless yer.' He aud mo
alius called each other Dick und Tom.
Well, yer never see a man so grateful.
He wanted mo to marry his oldest
daughter, but I told him I was married
already. ' Get a divorce,' snys he. No,'
says I, 'I can't do that.' Yer never see
a man so mad as Cardigan was then. He
thought I was slitin him. Fust he
raved, then he wept like a child. But I
see a mnn coming, and I may be in the
way." And he dodged round the corner
of the house and was off just as Jones
and the dog entered it. Jones subse
quently remarked that you could make
a woman believe most anything. JSot
ton Traveler.
The Horrors of Chinese Warfare.
A correspondent of the London Tinu s,
writing from Shougline of the Chinese
rebellion, gives a thrilling account of
the capture of Manas by tho government
troops and of the terrible scenes of
bloodshed which ensued. The Moham
medan commander of tho insnrgents
sought and obtained permission to
surrender, and inarched into the govern
ment camp with 3,000 lighting men arm
ed to the teeth. The government gen
eral ordered them to throw down their
arms, when they suddenly made a rush
upon tho besiegers, who had, however,
been suspecting this movement nnd soon
repulsed them. The insurgent leader
was captured aud beheaded before his
lino of battle, and his troops were all
finally captured and killed to a mau.
Another body of the government troops
had, meanwhile, captured thu city and
put to death every one of its inhabitants,
sparing only the old men, women and
children. Hni-gen and other insurgent
leaders were captured alive and put to
death with extreme torture. The corpses
of various other leaders, together with
the remains of the " Prince of Pure Re
ligion," so-called, who had died or been
slain during tho siege, wero sought out
and exhumed nud cut to pieces before
the troops and the survivors of the rebels
ns a public example. In short, all the
nble-bodied males in the city were
massacred, to the number of several
thousand. The account of this affair is
not taken from rumor, but from the
official report of the imperial viceroy
and of the commander of the govern
ment forces, General Kin Shun.
(tsmnii Puslm's Headquarters.
Osrn'an Pasha, the commander of the
Turkish camp at Widdin, is a genial gen
tleman, short and stout, about fifty years
of age. A correspondent of the London
Telegraph, who called upon him ou
May 8, found him sitting cross-legged
ou a long sofa and clad in a drab suit of
European clothes. The room was white
washed, no pretense of any ornament in
it, no table but one little ouo for his ink
and tobacco. The windows looked upon
the Danube and Kalafat, und one could
see the Roumanians making batteries
and earthworks opposite without the aid
of glasses. Two or three officers were
sitting on the opposite side of the room
on chairs put in a line against the wall.
Whenever a servant brought the gener
al any paper to sign, he did so by ink-'n?
a little fceal or stamp which he kept in
his pocnet. When the correspondent
hinted that it seemed strango that tl
Turks did not cross the river and occupy
Kalafat, the general replied that they
were acting in self-defense and were not
inclined to invade Roumanian territory.
The number of troops in and around
Widdin at that time was 46,000, and an
additional force of 30,000 men was ex
pected from Sofia,
NO. 10.
Items of Interest.
How.to lake life casy-Be carelesa with coal
oil.
.i::.,u i,.v in nick One from a
bald
n. u iiiii. in . .u i
hert.'oNcw York'atreet oar. carry 166,000,000
paHHengerH a year.
Whv is the letter "" like a lamb?
Eccan
it ia the beginning of a Hheep.
A Boston tlogato aixtv fhingle ail, and, if
course, is as dead as a door nail.
Oriental windom-Beforo a Turk (rets married
he asks all good men to pray for him.
Vhon is a dog most liko a human being ?
When he in between a man and a boy.
When in a enndlo like a tombstone? When a
woman puts it out for her Into husband.
A worn out parent has named hor first habj
Mclleth, because he his "murdered sleep.
Whv i a young lady of seventeen brief sum
mora like the sultan's Asiatic possessions ell t
Itecanxe she is a she minor.
In Trussia. amoiiR 6,000,000 births, there
were seventy-nine cases of four nt a birtH and
one case of five at a birth.
Two men traveling on foot through the Bin
conada valley, Cal., April 30, ate some wild
parslcj and died in an hour.
A trunk lma remained twentv-five years iu
the depot at Bridgeport, Conn., patiently wait
ing lor HS owner to recmnii ii.
Why is an old n an's farm in Texas liko
the focus of a sun glass? Because it is tno
place where the sons raise meat.
Pan Francisco has a grand Chinese orchestra, .
whose music resembles a gigantic cat fight dur
ing the progress of a thunder storm.
Strawberry shflrt cake this year contains a
good deal of cake, as usual, and is dreadfully
short of strawberries. Hence its name.
A Milwaukoe man io had been nnablo to
get work for a long time was so overcome with
joy when he got a situation that he died.
"I have turned many a woman's head,"
boasted a young nobleman of France. " Yes,
iir," replied Talloyrnnd, " away from you."
Mrs. Millr Pago, of Burksvillo, Ky., is one
hundred and two years old. She has twenty
two great-great-grandchildren, and innumera
ble " intermediates."
In some parts of the world the days are four
months long, and when a lively boy of six years
accompanies his parents to church for tbe first
time, he thinks he has struck one of those days
sure.
A dog with a tin pan attached to his tail is
rarely willing to depend on the slow process of
evolution for progress. He will usually take
the middle of tho road and spread himself, no
matter what happens to science or to the
basin.
A pretty girl whose Christian name is Anna,
took a cigar from a young gentleman who had
not pluck enough to sny he wished to marry
her, twirled it playfully beneath his nose, and
looking archly at him, popped the question
thus : " Havo'AnuaV"
A bov five years of age having stolen a can
of milk, his mother took him to task with
moral suasion, and wound up her discourse by
exclaiming: "What in the world were you
going to do with the milk ?" "I was going to
steal a dog to drink it," was the crushing reply.
Said one fellow to another : " If I was as flat
footed as you aro, I would not be afraid of
slipping on the pavement." " Yes," was tho
response, " some people are flat on one end,
and some on the other." And the first chap
looked thoughtful, and went ou down the street.
"Jessie, what was Joe's arm doing round
vour waist when vou were at the front gato
last night?" asked a precocious Aberdeen boy
of his sister. " His arm wasn't round my
waist ; I won a belt from him, and he wns
taking my measure," replied tho indignant
young lady.
" Mary, I do not approve of yonr entertain
ing your" sweetheart in the kitchen," said a lady
to her servant. "Well, ma'nui, it's very kind
of yon to mention it ; but bo's from the coun
try, you see, ma'am, and I'm afraid he's too
shy and orknrd in his manners, ma'am, for you
to'like him to come up into the parlor,'" replied .
Mary.
A good st'ry is told of Berkeley Craven and
Lord Alvanly, when an accident happened to
their carriage. The former getting out to
thrash the footman, saw he was an old fellow,
and iaid: "Your age protects you j" while
Alvanly, who hud advanced toward the postil
lion Willi tho same intention, seeing he wns an
athletic young fellow, turned to htm, saying in
bin waggish way : " Your youth protects you."
A Presidential Iiulorser.
The keeper of a boardiug-houso here,
says the Washington correspondent of
the Boston Journal, when Andrew Jack
son was President, waited on him one
day, and complained that a TenneBseau,
who had been appointed by him to a
clerkship in one of the departments,
would not pay a bonrd bill. "Get his
note," said Old Hickory, " for the full
amount, interest included, payable in
sixty days, and bring it to inc." " That
will be 'ue use," replied the boarding
house keeper, "for he never pays his
notes." "Do ns I tell you sir," said
Jackson, nud turned away.
The next day the bonrdiug-house
keeper reappeared at the White House,
aud handed the note to the President,
Ho took it, read it, wrote "Andrew
Jackson" across the back iu his well
known autograph, and handed it back,
saying: " Take that to the Bunk of the
Metropolis, and tell them from me that
at its maturity it will be paid by either
the drawer or indorser. They will dis
count it for you."
A few days afterward the man who
had given the note met his creditor and
tauntingly said: " Well, I don't suppose
you have been able to negotiate my
iiaper?" "Yes," replied tho bomding
louse keeper, "I had no trouble in
getting- it discounted at legal rates of
interest." " Who in thunder is willing
to discount my notes ?" asked the Ten
nessean. "The Bank of the Metropolis
discounted the one you gave me, upon
the assurance that if you did not pay it
the indorser would." " But who would
indorse my note ?" "General Jackson.
and he sent word to the bank that if vou
did not pay the note he would." It is
hardly necessary to add that the note
was promptly paid by the maker.
A Farmer Who Dabbled in Wheat.
An old farmer down near Milwaukee
made up his mind that he'd have to dab
ble a little in wheat with the rest of the
boys. So he sailed in, operating through
a commission house. His judgment lod
him to ." go long," and he bought for
June. A few days afterward came the
war news, and the market began ' to
bulge. It jumped up so fast that it
made the old man's bead swim. He
couldn't figure fast enough to keep up
with the profits; bat he trusted to his
commission house, and went in the other
day to settle up. His astonishment waa
nnoontrollable and he could hardly be
lieve his senses when he found that his
profits amounted to 833,000. Of course
he felt good. Said the commission man:
" It's the worst money you ever made."
" What do you say that for ?" asked the
farmer, with some surprise. " Because
it will end in your losing the 86,000 you
started iu with," was the significant re-
Ely. The old gentleman looked Pad,
ut he put the $33,000 in his pocket just
the same,
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