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VOL. IX. RIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA., THUBSDAY, OCTOBER 16 1879. N0. 34.
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The Little Boot.
Dumpy, stubby and old,
The lunnieat little boot
With mended toe and flattened heol,
Ever worn by a little foot.
Within the children's room
The widowed mother stands,
Still smiling down with misty eyes
On a littlo boot iu her hands.
Carefully laid away,
With a mother's yearning caro,
Are toys with which the children played,
The clothes they used to wear.
With loving, longing heart
Her gaze is backward cast,
As she soitly lilts the little boot
From the stillness of the past.
She sees a littlo boy
Thrust out his chubby foot,
And hears his happy laugh and shout
At sight ol his first boot.
And trudging down the road,
. Stubbing grass and leaves and roota,
She sees again the solid form
Ol the littlo man in boots.
A conqueror that day,
Ho made tho soft nirs ring;
Amid the shoeless lads at school
The boy in boots was king.
Oh, the stillness ot the room
Whore the children used to play! .
Oh, the stillness of the empty house
Since the children wont away t
And thus the mother life
" To bear, and love, and lose!"
Till all the sweet, sad tale is told
In a pair oi little shoes,
In a single broken toy,
A flower pressed to keep
All fragiant still the iaded life
Ot one who full osloep.
The boy who wore the boot!
While his mother's eyes are dim,
Amid the world's unequal strile
How lareth it with him T
Are the feet of manhood Btrong
' For manhood's sacred race.
His hand outstretched, securely calm,
To clasp its utmost grace ?
With love her heart o'erflows,
With love "nor eye are dim j
She soitly wraps the littlo ljoot,
And seni's it far to him.
Bolide the twilight Are
The eyes ot manhood scan
The ancient l:oot the lar-olTboy
Talks through it to the man.
The hard woild's vexing read
The boy's 1 oot never pressed;
The boy know not ot manhood's pain,
Nor felt its need of rest.
Tim man sees all things changed
Tho earth, tho heaven above;
One thing alone remains the same
To him his mother's love.
The brtttorvd little boot
He takes as irom her hand, .
And seems nil sweetest, purest thiugs
Bettor to understand.
Dumpy, stubby und old,
The funniest little boot,
With mended toe and flattened heel,
Ever worn by a little foot!
Tet the boot is a band to bind
The man to his innocent past;
To hold its faithful heart ol hearts
To life's first love and its Inst!
Mrs. Mary Clcmmer.
IN RATTLESNAKE GULCH.
Wo had finished the "digging " that
day, washed all our dirt, added the last
ounce bf shining gold dust to the plump
little bags that were buried in the corner
of the cabin, and to-morrow we would
leave Red Water Run forever.
The " spurt " had been a good one for
Tom and me, but we were tired of the
terrible loneliness of the place and the
. constant strain upon our ears for fear
of the Utes, and so we had decided to
cross the range, strike the trail, and join
our old comrades at Poker Camp before
the fall rains began. Two thousand
dollars in glittering dust lay hidden iu
buckskin bags in our shanty, the result
of seven weeks' digging, and for us it
was a fortune.
Supper was over a dozen of hard
tack, a bit of jerked venison and a pot
of tea and with our cutty pipes, short
and black, we sat at the door of the hut
smoking, while the sunlight slowly dis
appeared from tho tall peaks of the
Sierras about us, and tho gray shadows
crept up the narrow gulch, silent and
chill.
After a long pause, Tom took his pipe
from his lips and spoke:
" Did ye see anything oncommon down
the run this arternoon, Dick any
Bigns?"
"No," said I. slowly, "not that I re
collect now. What was it bear?"
"Wuss nor that."
"Injuns?"
"Wuss nor that."
" Outlaws, then?"
" Correct. I figure it was Red Jim's
gang? Ye know they've been workin'
the stage route from Winnomucca to
Silver Cliff, and now I reckon they're on
their way back to the towns to squander
their stealings. Sartin it is thct a dozen
mounted bosses crossed the run, just bo
low the old sluice, sundown o' last night,
fer I saw the sign, nigh about noon, an'
it war fresh."
"That's bad news," said I, soberly.
" If those cut-throats knew that we were
here, nothing would please them bctte'
than to roast us out, shoot us down and
carry off the ' yellow.' It would be a
hard ending to a two months' work."
" Ye're cms to right." returned the
old miner, as he slowly refilled his pipe;
" but they must catch us afore they shoot
lis, and find the gold afore they steal it.
Now I don't reckon on either."
" Well, but how do you know" I be
gan, when he stopped me.
"I don't know,' an' thet's jest it. Bet
ter be sure nor sorry,' the Bible Lays,
an' I propose to light out to-night. 'Twill
be moon-up at eleven. We know the
trail, an' ef we're gone an' they come,
all right; ef we're gone an' they don't
come, we're so much further on our
journey by mornin'. What d'ye say ?"
1 "Agreed!"
An liour later, with the gold divided
and safely hidden in the buckskin belts
about our bodies, our tools upon our
boulders and our rifles in our hands,
Tom Blackburn and I looked for the last
time at the dark shadow of our little
cabin, as we mounted the ridge that lay
to the westward.
"Good-bye, old shanty t" said Tom,
waving his gun, "Tell any visitors
that you may have that we're out for
tho evening and ax 'em to await our
return. Good-bye 1"
Our course was nearly duo west, and
for a time through a rolling country,
thinly timbered and filled with little
streams, so that we were able to travel
rapidly; but shortly after the moon
rose we struck some heavily-wooded
ridges, rough and rocky, and our pro
gress was necessarily slow. ' We did not
talk much, but kept a bright lookout for
both outlaws and Indians, and we
marked our wav by the stars that glim
mered overhead.
The night was cool and still, the only
sound which broke the silence being the
grind of the gravel under our feet, or
the occasional cry of some far-away
wolf.
We had proceeded thus for perhaps
four hours, and had covered a dozen
miles or more, when wo found ourselves
at the entrance of a narrow canon,
through whose dreary shadows our
course lay. It was an "uncanny"
place, and instinctively I loosened my
knife in the sheath as we entered its
yawniufj mouth, but old Tom tramped
unconsciously on, and I must need fol
low. Deeper and deeper grew the dark
ness, the towering walls fairly threaten
ing to meet overhead, while more and
more rough grew the path beneath. At
length we were obliged to crawl from
point to point, so thickly strewn with
masses of rock was the uneven floor.
Suddenly a sharp turn opened before
us tho unexpected vision of a broad
park, covered with short grass, through
which ran a little stream, and about
which, sitting, standing and lying, were
a dozen as rough-looking deperadoes as
the border land could produce, while
the whole scene was brilliant ly illumin
ated by tho light of a great hre which
burned near the center of the glade.
We had fallen into the very trap we
were seeking to avoid, This was the
night camp oi Rod Jim's gang!
It was too late to retreat, for even as
we looked, two or three of the men
sprang to their feet, and, with weapons
half raised, cried out to us, "Halt!"
So, with a ' whisper, " We're " busted
miners; ask for shelter," Tom threw up
his hands and shouted loudly :
"Friends!"
Then, with assumed boldness, we both
entered the arena, and were at once Bur
rounded by the scowling, dark-browed
crew.
Tom told our Btory broken-hearted
prospectors trying to return to the min
ing crimps over the range, and traveling
at night for fear of the Indians. Would
they give as supper and shelter?
A short consultation was held, Red
Jim, a brawny rultian, with a blood
colored mane of hair and beard, putting
some close questions t us both ; and at
length, with not the best grace in the
world, our request was granted, and we
were told to draw up and help ourselves
from the open provision pack upon the
ground.
Hungry from 'our long walk, we
needed no second invitation, and were
soon eating and talking with those about
us as familial ly as though horse-thieves
and cut throats ourselves.
We dissembled fear, and made no at
tempt at private communication. Time
for that byand-bye. We must disarm
all suspicion, or our throats would be
sore before morning.
The meal was nearly over, and I had
just washed down my last bite of jerked
vension with a draught ot fiery whisky
from the canteen of a hideous dwarf
who sat near me, when Red Jim again
approached us.
" What's ye'uns namesP" said he.
" Mine is Baldwin Hank Baldwin,"
said old Tom. quickly, " and this young
'un is Major Dick Smith. lie was in
the Roosian war, and is green at this
business; but I'm nn old San Juan
country miner, where I worked nine
years afore I ever seed this cussed
region."
The ruffian looked at him sharply for
an instant, and then said :
" Hold out your left hand."
With sudden fear I saw Tom's face
grow ashen pale, and almost impercep
tibly his hand move toward his pistol
belt; then, recovering himself, he obeyed
with a laugh.
" Thar it is, pard , what's left of it"
there were but two fingers and a thumb.
"I crushed it in Hall's Gulch smelting
works in '72."
lied Jim leaned forward and examined
the member carefully. Then his face be
came lurid, and his wolfish eyes gleamed.
" You lie, you dog! you never saw tho
San Juan country, and you lost those
fingers when you led tho soldiers to my
hidden camp in Arizona! You lost tho
fingers and gave me this to remember
you by," and he pointed to a long scar
that ran across his forehead, " and I've
never forgotten you. I've prayed to
Satan these five years that I might meet
you. and he's turned my friend at last!
Seize him, boys!" ho continued.
"There's no tree handy, but in the
morning we'll try throwing the knife.
Seize him!"
In an instant my comrade was bound
hand and foot, and made fast to an im
mense bolder. He mado no signs of
resistance; it would have been worse
than useless, and I was motionless with
terror.
" Red Jim," said Tom, and his voice
was husky, "ye have got me and ye
can do with me as ye please. " I'm not
a half-breed nor a woman to cry at the
whiz of a knife, but, for God's sake, let
that young man go! He's an honest
miner, and only knows me as such. He
never saw me until last fall. Do not
punish him for my score."
Tho chief turned to me.
"Does he lie?"
"I met Tom Blackburn last fall for
tho first time in my life. I only came
from the East one year ago. I know
him as a miner, and nothing else, and,
as he said, we have been prospecting,
are broke, and want to get back to the
camps over the range, That's the whole
truth as I know it." '
For a moment there was a hesitency
in the manner of my captor, and I trem
bled ; then, with an oath he said :
"Let it go! I will believe ye, for ye
look like an honest man, and they're
gca'ce," and he grinned. " Ye're my
guest until mornin', an' then ye can go
cn. "But," he added, with a horrible
emphasis, "ye'll hev to travel alono!"
I thanked tho brute with the best grace
possible, and turned away. I passed my
comrade, bound and silent, I dropped one
word :
"Watch!"
The night dragged slowly on. One by
one tho road agents rolled themselves in
their blankets and laid down to rest, and
at last, having appointed a guard for his
Crisoner, Red Jim turned toward where
is horse was tethered, there to sleep
with the bridle about his arm. until dan
ger r daylight awoke him.
Then, last of all, I too threw myself
upon the ground ; but not to sleep. I
must rescue Tom, fdr to leave him in the
hands of these demons would bo worse
than murder. With watchful eye and
ear, thiTefore, I waited and planned.
One against a dozen the odds were des
perate, and vet I must save him.
An hour passed. But the skeleton of
tne ure remained a few glowing em
bers and from the sounds about me I
knew that all except the guard were
asleep.
This, if ever, w,as my time. Simulat
ing a yawn, I slowly arose and stretched
myself, then sauntered toward the spot
where Tom lay. As I approached, his
watchman turned toward me and placed
his hand warningly upon his rifle. I
smiled, and said in a low tone :
" Don't shoot, pard : I can't sleep, and
thought I'd come an' talk a bit with
you."
With a muttered reply he made room
for me upon the log where he sat.
lie was a huge fellow, with arms like
a Hercules, and a thick-knit frame that
promised enormous - strength. His
weapons a rifle and heavy knife were
within easy reach, and his keen eye fol
lowed my every motion.
For a time I talked generally of tho
country, the game, mining, and other
similar topics, drawing from him but
few replies. At last I touched upon the
matter nearest my heart, and with care
ful steps sounded him upon the question
of bribery.
He seemed to take more interest in
my words now; and at last, when I
came to the point and plainly asked him
if ho .would let Tom go if ho was paid
for it, he said " Yes."
My heart bounded within me.
"How much will you take?" said I
" Speak quickly. And wo must have
horses, too."
"More'n ye've got, ye cussed green
horn," hissed the outlaw ; " more'n ye've
got! But I'll take the yellow all the
same for safe kecpin', and then turn ye
owr to the cap in the mornin'."
And, quicker than thought, his arms
were about me, and I was borne strug
gling to the ground.
Although a much smaller man than
my opponent, I was no child, and fought
furiously ; but he was too strong for me,
and at last I lay before him breathless,
one of his hands griping my throat, and
the other grasping his heavy knife while
his eyes gleamed with murderous rage.
For an instant we glared at each other,
both panting and exhausted ; then, bend
ing closer, he whispered hoarsely :
" Whar's yer gold? Tell me, or I'll
cut your heart out. Tell me without a
sound, or I'll t hunder and luriosl"
Ho half released his grasp, and, turn
ing, struck at something upon the ground
close at my side, with a horrible oath.
There was the .flash of his knife, a
sharp, metallic rattle, and then a little
something shot like quivering lightning
straight at his face, and two little drops
of blood ran down his cheek. Ho was
bitten by a rattlesnake!
The same instant the reptile drew his
slimy body across my hand. Bnd disap
peared again in his hole among the rocks
near by, from which our struggle had
aroused him.
My captor breathed hard and turned
deathly white.
"Whisky," said he, hoarsely, "I must
have whisky or die."
.He strove to rise, but it was my turn
now. Wrapping my arms about him
with an energy born of despair, I bound
him to me. If I could but hold him
until tho poison had time to work, I
could escape, and Tom with me.
It was horrible, but we struggled life
for life, and I was the cooler man of
the two now. Ills knife was broken
we could only light with our hands,
and all my enemy's efforts were to es
cape; but, with a strength which hops
renewed, I resisted, and dragged him
down again and again. until in his quiver
ing muscles and relaxing hands, in his
distended eyes and out-hanging tongue,
I saw tho venom was beginning to aid
me. Then, redoubling my efforts, with
an almost superhuman strength, I threw
him at last to tho ground, bound him
with his own gaudy scarf, gagged him,
and was free!
For a moment I was utterly exhausted ;
then, slowly recovering, I crept to
where Tom lay. and with a few blows
of my knife released him from the heavy
cords which bound Iiiin. My old friend
had been a silent witness of the entire
battle, . and had seen the snuke and
knew all. As he arose to his fest he
grasped my hand, and nearly crushed it
in Ins expression of joy; then, without
a word, he pointed toward the pile of
rock, not a dozen feet from where my
antagonist lay.
I turned to look. From every hole
and crevice, from every crack and cor
ner, by twos and threes, single and in
pairs, were crawling the most dreaded
of mountain reptiles rattlesnakes !
Tom leaned towaid me and said :
" Yer fight aroused them, and they
will kill every man here! Wo are in
that place I've hearn tell of Rattle
snake Gulch!"
Then, seizing my arm, he led me
rapidly across tho open glade, by tho
sleeping robbers, to the spot where
the horses were hobbled. Selecting two
wo quickly mullled their hoofs, rode
cautiously through the winding outlet
until we reached tho open country, and
then, with a shake of the reins, dashed
away at a headlong gallop. We were
free!
Red Jim, the outlaw, was never seen
again, but five years later a strange tale
was brought iu the mining camps on
Red Water Run, of a lonely ravine in
the mountains to the west, where twelve
bleaching skeletons had been found.
The prospectors who discovered them
would have sought further among the
whitening bones for other relics of the
lost party, but the canyon was so filled
with rattlesnakes that it was not safe
to remain there, and tho simple finding
of the remains is all that will ever be
known
Old Tom, however, said to me.
"Twelve outlaws twelve skeletons!
The rattlers caught them all!"
The Mexican vole no of Orizaba,
17,300 feet above the en level, has been
asoended by M. Ataalza, a resident of
Puebla. Thirteen persons accompanied
him, one of whom died at the top from
rarefaction of the air, and another a few
days afterward froni erysipelas caused
by the reflection of the sun on the snow.
Seven thousand steps had to be cut in
. aln flip summit, and the
expedition occupied four days, one of
which was a blank owing vo
snow. Baron Mulier. in 1859, first made
the ascent, and he has had very few
successors.-
The farmers of Minnesota harvested
this year nearly a oushel of wheat for
every inhabitant ef the United States.
Wonders of New Zealand.
A lady correspondent, writing from
Auckland, New Zealand, says:
Wo have boiling springs, or "gey
sers," which, if once seen, the geysers of
Iceland will ever after seem like the
ebullitions of a refractory teapot; and
vast springs of oil and asphaltum, or
tar, more extensivo than any others in
the world. Trees are here more gigantic
than those of California. All this, added
to a glorious semi-tropical climate, wide
stretches of amazingly fertile soil, vast
herds of cattle, sheep and horses, grazing
the entire year on the nutritious English
grasses ; lovely cities springing up around
the picturesque harbors: mountains of
ore of every precious and useful metal ;
more coal than Great Britain, with the
most perfect rt free governments, , it
would seem that there is nothing more
to bo wished for.
If I could only picture to you the
wonders of this strange country it would
seem like a tale of fairy land. There is
no native tree or shrub in all these
islands that is not an evergreen, still
there are none of our evergreens of
America, no cedars or pines or spruce,
no maples or beeches or birches; but
the boys must not rejoice over tho ab
sence of the latter as we have trees pro
ducing the cutest little switches ever you
saw, and not so merciful as the pro
verbial birch as it is almost impossible
to break them. One feels at first as if
in the moon or some remote planet on
the first walk out to look at the nature
of New Zealand.
There is an endless variety of trees
and plants and flowers, but not one that
you ever saw or even heard of before,
with names and forms most queer and
grotesque. There are no snakes or rep
tiles ot any kind, and hone of the insects
that I ever saw before; there are no
wild animals except a littlo rat (it might
be called a largo wood mouse). No fowl
larger than a wood hen, and all tho birds
are entirely new to me. I will not men.
tion the liames this time, but shall go
into natural history at somo future time.
The British settlers are introducing
all the wild and domestic animals of
Europe Bnd America, nnd without ex
ception they all thrive. In a few years
we may expect to see the forest stocked
with all the game of other countries,
with none of the dangerous or trouble
some animals, reptiles or insects.
I saw a number of men digging in o
barren spot of ground a few days since,
and, on investigating, I found that they
were digging for "kauri gum," which
is found several feet below the surface
in large masses moro than a man could
lift. The substance looked (when broken
off) a littlo like resin, and how it came
buried in the er.rth was a mystery tome,
but my companion, who is a young lady,
" to the manner born," told me all about
it. Ages ago this barren land was cov
ered with kauri trees, and a kind of
borer attacked tho roots of tho trees,
making incisions through .which the
gum exuded (as the turpentine does
from the pine tree), and it forced its
way into cavities formed by insects or
Email animals in the soil and there be
(a.no hard; the trees .died, and the
fpocics is nearly 'extinct at present.
Where these kauri forests stood the land
Le 3ame barren, and no other trees grow ;
so now, alter a thousand years or more,
the emigrants make a good living dig
ging this wonderful kauri gum; its al
most indestructible character makes it
exceedingly valuable.
A Menngcrio Lion at Large.
W. W. Cole's circus was in Defiance.
Ohio, recently, nnd at night, about ten
o'clock, just after they had got tho ani
mals loaded on the cars and tho train
started, and as they were passing the
coal shutes one of tho ropes from tho
shutes caught in one of the cages and
nrougnt down me apron tnat lets down
the coal, which struck the cage contain
ing two lions, throwine it off the train.
opening t.:o door of the cage and letting
out the lions. Tho small one was got
back at once, but the large one ran off
down the track, passing several men at
a distance of about thirty rods to a barn,
where he spied a door open. The door
was double, nnd tho bottom was closed,
tho top part being open. He bounded
over like a kitten and grasped a cow by
tho nose, and in two minutes had suck
ed her blood and tho cow was dead, the
lion going into tho other part of the barn
and lying down. His master came, and
leaving several men outside, went un in
the loft and came down where the lion
was. Alter talking to the lion some time
he laid down by liim and played with
him, and after two hours' work succeed
ed in getting tub lion back into the cage,
wmcu .was nrougiit to tne door.
A Caution About Shot in Game.
This being the season when game
killed by shooting, and probably con
taining the pellets, is eaten, it may be
worthwhile to caution those who con
sume the flesh of birds with avidity that
the proportion of instances in which
shot is found is probably small in com
parison with the number ef cases in
which tl'e pellets are unwittingly swal
lowed. It is a matter of speculation
how much mischief a shot may do in
passing into tho intestines, but the fact
that anomalous diseases have been set
up by the presence of very small bodies
which have becomo entangled in folds
of the mucoi s membrane renders it de
sirable to put the public on their guard.
Occasionally the most disastrous results
have followed such small causes. We
have in recollection the case of a physi
cian who died alter prolonged ana unex
plained suffcrinirs. from the ire-naction
of a very small nail which had found its
way into a pudding, and was inad
vertently swallowed. A littlo care will
avoid this contingency, but, remember
ing that the bird had been shot, some
pains ought certainly to be taken to
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ovuiu cnuiuwjug mo uiiBSiie. cancel
. Averages of Crons.
The Borsen Zt.Uu.ng gives a table of the
litii-vncta nf 1B7Q .ml 107O . K-., . t
Europe and America, the average being
reprreeuteu oy me numoer iuu;
. L , 188. . lh9.
Austria-Hungary .... 109 78
Germany 104 85
France.., 80 79
Switzerland SO 80
Italy 103 83
. England 105 76
Russia 100 79
Roumania ,....113 80
America. 110 ins
The United States, it appears, alone
shows a good harvest in the two sue-
PPBfiivA VIlaHi Wat1SA nlA finritaa.lJ
show two successive bad ones, while
England has the melancholy honor of
producing the worst harvest in 1879 of
all the countries. America stands in
the proud position of being able to foed
us rrviiu.
TIMELY TOPICS.
According to private advices recently
eceived bv a gentleman in Washington
from one of the officers of the Gotthard
Railway Company, the work upon the
irreat tunnel through the AIds. which.
when completed, will be upward of eight
miles long, is progressing favorably,
some 10,000 men being employed on the
line and a distance of less than 1,000
yards remaining to be pierced.
California has other phenomenal rifle
men besides Dr. uarver. vnaries
Emach. a voung man in Sacramento,
considers it a not extraordinary feat to
hit ninety-eight out of 100 small apples
thrown into the air, and John Ruth, of
Oakland, is about to depart for Australia
to give exhibitions of his skill. Among
bis teats with tne rule istnat ot snooting
a cigar from the mouth of his assistant,
with the rifle held upside down on top
of his head, and with a mirror to take
sight in as he stands with his back to
tho maik -
A writer in the Galveston News ex
presses the opinion tnat a rtver ot
petroleum is flowing through: the sub
terranean cavities of Texas. It takes
its rise in the carboniferous strata north
of the Colorado river, and may bo traced
at various points on its course to the
Gulf of Mexico by oil appearing on the
surface of the springs, streams and lakes,
while at what, is known as UU bay, on
tho gulf, the water is so covered with oil
that the waves have no effect.
Miss Minnie F. Austin, for many years
teacher in Chicago and San Francisco
high schools, also principal of Clarke
Institute in San Francisco, from failing
health turned her attention to an out
door life. She now owns a fruit farm of
eighty acres in Fresno, Cal., and last
spring set in the ground, by the aid of
one man, over 600 fruit trees. Miss A.
conducts her farm with as much system
as she did her school. She has twenty
eight acres of the best raisin-grapes,
from which the yield will be between
thirty and fifty tons of fruit; about 300
apricot trees, 100 nectarines, 4P0 figs, 400
prunes, and all ordinary fruit trees, she
ias this year nearly two tons ot pcacnes
alone, which she has dried for the
market.
A party in Illinois recently applied to
the Secretary of the Treasury at Wash
ington for the redemption of five coupons
of United StateB bonds representing sev
eral thousand dollars. The applicant
alleged that for safe keeping he had
placed the coupons in a tin Lox and de
posited them in a stovepipe: that sub
sequently a fire was built in the stove
and the coupons destroyed, ihe ashes,
however, were retained in the box and
were presented with the application for
redemption. The matter was referred
to First Comptroller Porter for his de
cision. A scientific examination satis
factorily proved that the contents of the
box were the remains of coupons, as al
leged . The decision (riven in tho case
is quite important from the fact that it
holds that the statute authorizing the
redemption of called bonds, where clear
and unequivocal evidence has been fur
nished that they have been destroyed,
does not apply to coupons which at the
time ot the alleged d struction thereof
have been detached from the bonds.
Tho coupons in question having been
detached from the bonds, cannot there
fore be redeemed.
A Dog's lmplncnble Hatred.
Among somo reminiscences of dogs.
given by a writer in Forest and Stream
the following appears: In my early
youth I recall a dog owned by my
grandfather who afforded an instance
of a temper resentful and implacable..
Marquis was halt hound, halt inastitt as
we believed, but we only knew her
mother, and she was a fair type of the
well-bred southern hound, lie grew
larger, heavier and handsomer than the
average hound is with us, nnd was so
heroe that he had to be chained du .ing
the day.' -Once a cousin and I were
amusing ourselves with our bows and
arrows about tho yard, both of us about
six or seven years old. In fun I pro
posed to have a shot at Marquis, who
was 'chained about twenty . yards oft'.
Cousin John was wiser than I, and
would not shoot; but 1 let fly an arrow,
which only grazed, and surely did not
hurtJiim. He flew at -me, and break
ing lopsrr.-would doubtless have handled
me roughly had 1 not darted up tho pi
azza steps, and thus escaped his rage.
Months elapsed ere I saw this doe again.
and then it was at our summer house, a
seaside village twenty miles away from
whre I had shot at him. I tried in
vain to overcome his animosity to me
by feeding him twice a dav. It was
agreed, in fact, that no one else should
toed him while 1 remained. He would
not attempt to molest me till ho had
done his breakfast or dinner, and then
only the length of his chain limited his
angry spring at me. lie seemed to love
and respect my grandfather, father, sis
ter and cousin, and the butler nnd
coachman; the other members of the
household, white and blaik, he toler
ated : but me he hated to the bitter end.
Six years after ray childish insult to him
he would gladly have torn me to pieces,
if opportunity had offered. When the
tidings ot Marquis' death were brought.
belike me, I rejoiced that he had been
gathered to his lathers.
Grapevines in Pots.
Speaking on the culture of grapevines
in pots as practiced in England and
other European countries, the Rural
New Yorker says: "In this country
an-ape culture in pots is still in its in
fancy: but as a healthy, well-trained
plant is a combination of both the orna
mental and the useful, anybody who has
the requisite facilities will be well repaid
for the extra troublo this culture may
occasion. The plants can be most easily
grown from cuttings or single, buds,
which should be set in small pots in
March, and if placed in a green-house or
hot-bed and given proper attention,
nearly all will take root. Larger pots
should be given as the growth of the
plants may require. Well-grown speci
mens may bear fruit the second year.
The vines can also be raised from seeds,
and thus, perhaps, give rise to new and
valuable varieties. The present is a
good time to plant seeds of grapes for
cultivation in pots. If planted as soon
as taken from the grapes, many will
germinate in three or four weeks. Sow
the seeds in boxes, and of the young
plants select only the strongest, which
should be transferred to small pots, and
trained to a stake. By pinching back,
careful training, and repotting into
larger pots and richer soil, when neces
sary, we may in three years be rewarded
by a beautiful plant loaded with fruit."
FOB THE FAIR SEX.
Fashion Rotes.
New round hats are of fur beaver of
the softest and finest kind.
The designs in new satin brocades are
very largo. Tho larger the flower, tho
more expensive the material.
The dresses trimmed ncross the front
with narrow flounces have appeared in
the patterns and are very ugly.
The new materials for combination
costumes have exactly the coloring and
designs seen on Japanese bronzes.
Shirring is seen on nearly all the new
dresses, on the waist and on the skirt,
and even on the sleeves sometimes.
Flounces are not so deep as formerly.
the fashion being to show part of the
plain underskirt below the overskirt.
The wide white belts have almost
vanished from street costumes. They
were ugly enough to be long remembered.
A novel absurdity is the hand-painteU
lace tnat is Been in late importations. It
is in both black and white web, and is
delicately tinted by hand painting.
Old-fashioned sateen is seen in many
of the lately imported ctstumes; but it
will not find much favor here as it
is neither very handsome nor durable. ,
Russia leather belts ornamented with
brocaded silk, having solid silver clasps,
are the latest importation. They are
certainly much prettier than the horse
articles worn this last summer.
Tho newest freak in the manufacture
ofaitificial flowers is the introduction
of a few velvet leaves into largo silk
roses. Sometimes these leaves are of
the same color ns the other petals, and
sometimes they are of a contrasting
Will,.
Black cashmere costumes for common
wear will be trimmed with colored
cashmere this winter, or else with black
embroidery in openwork designs. The
underskirt will be composed ofcashmere
only and the trimming will appear on
the polonaise.
. Husbands.
A clergyman, a few solemn words, a
prayer, a blessing, and behold husbands,
thoso crowning joys or fatal curses of
women, those potentates of the fair ones.
claiming some lx absolute sway, others
wishing to gently guide ; those superior
beings, charming addition to houses,
beautiful adornments of homes (when
not enticed away by Miss Folly Tics .')
hardy p Lints that, if well cared for, will
thrive in any clime, provided tho soil be
love, and though oftnnesreputed to be
wild are susccptiblo of kindness and
seldom attempt to escape from the cages
of matri iiony that are encircled by the
: r tx .
wiifs oi uueuuun.
Husbands have peculiarities to be
sure; little faults, though these little
uuits are not always visible unless
viewed through the microscope of sus
picion, requiring the angels of forbear
ance in the guise of wives to minister to
them. Thcif possess sufficient vanity to
preserve their full state of inflation, are
wise diplomats in their families, usually
striving to maintain peace therein, while
siy uiey will no (it they can; and stories
they do tell (when thev can.) Yet do-
spite all. these creatures are, many of
them, kind, devoted and tender, sought
after and desired by damsels (though
none so wonneriui that lemmines need
f..- .i m i. ..i j .
pmc un Lui-.imi'- ji luKiu y uuiuveu part
ners through earth's pilgrimage, serving
as broad wings under which raav nes
tle life's brood of troubles. Yes, surely
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uunuiiuus me uivmunuie, 11 nuiceti uiere
be no mortgages of old loves attached to
them! and wise aro tin y who, being in
complete possession of these dear mor
tals, seek to retain them by loving them,
cherishing them and forever twinkling
in their hearts as do the stars in the
firnianent above. Cauhie Ramikkz.
A Girl Thrown into a Well.
Mr. Jacob Fike. a wealthy farmer.
lives on what is know as the Barker
farm, ten miles north of Marietta, Ohio,
on the Ohio river. His house is a large
brick structure, well calculated to attract
tho attention of tramps and idlers. One
atternoon recently Mr. Fiko and his
wife came to Marietta, leaving their
daughter Mary, aged sixteen, at home
alone, her two brothers being at work
in a distant field. About three o'clock
p. 'si. Miss Fiko went to the well for a
bucket ol water. J. he well is under the
roof ot a Bide porch to the house, and
lustas tne young latly stepped out of the
aoor two tramps accosted her and asked
iicr 101 Boineunng to eat.
She was alarmed at the rough manner
of tho request, but with great coolness
torn incni sne naa no time to wait on
them. She then proceeded to lower the
bucket into the well. One of the men
grsisped the lady by the arm and in a
threatening manner said they would
nave something to eat or she would suf
fer for it. Now thoroughly alarmed th
poor girl struggled to et-t free. hut. the
rascal said something to his confederate
and each one grasping her by an arm
and her dress, they crowded her through
me nox oi uie wen ana down througb
tho opening into the darknesss, and then
fled with all haste.
In her extremity the victim irraqnnd
tho rope, and there being some twrnty
fivo feet yet on the windlass, this ran
rapidly off and with a sudden jerk left
suspended twenty-five feet from tho top
and thirty-five feet above the water.
The sudden ierk of the rone, while it al.
most tore tho gin s arms oft, probably
saved her life, for by some strange twist
it threw one or two coils ot the rope
around her ankle, and this enabled her
to relieve the terrible strain on her arms
until she could find a foothold in the
wall. In this terrible position the brave
girl stood for one hour and fifteen min.
utes, not daring to cry out at first for
fear her would-be murderers would
know that she was still alive and finish
their fiendish work.
At last she heard the joyful sounds of
me Darking oi ner iavorite dog as he ac
companied her brothers home from the
held, and she o: lied loudly for help.
After some littlo delay a rone was low.
ered with a noose knot, into which Miss
tike willingly sank, and she was drawn
to the surface.
A woman in the almshouse at Dublin.
Ga., who is sixty-five years 'old, pre
sents a remarkable condition. Her skull
bones for years have been gradually
gaping open both at the longitudinal and
the transverse sutures, leaving the brain
unprotected save bv tho skin of the head.
By placing the finger in the fissure the
throbbing of the brain may be plainly
felt. She keeps a handkerchief bound
tightly around her head, complaining
of great pain and dread thatitwill burst
open when the band is removed for a
short time. In spite of all this she is
very cueonui ana active.
Shared.
I said it In tho meadow-path
I say It on the moiiiilnin-Kai'rs;
The bout things wliioh a mortal hath
Are those which evory mortal shares.
The air we breathn tho sky the broe'zo
The light without ns and within'
Life, with its unlocked treasuries
God's riches are for all to win.
The grass is softer to my tread
For rest it yields unnumbered foot;
Sweeter to life the wild-rose red,
Because she makes the whole world sweeU
Into your heavenly loneliness
Te welcomed me, oh solemn peaks !
And me in every guest you bless
Who reverently your mystery seeks.
And up the radiant peopled way
That opens into worlds unknown,
It will bo lile's dolight to sny,
" Heaven is not heaven for me alone."
Rich through my brethren's poverty!
Such wealth were hideous! I am blest
Only fn what they share with me,
In what I share with all the rest.
Lucy Larcom, in Good Company.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The registered vote of Philadelphia is
193,471.
Is a school examination a skull race P
Lampton.
American life-boats are found on
steamships in every part of the world.
The oyster dealer can always get up a
furore in his business. Sornerville
Journal.
Large numbers of Chinamen are on
their way to tho Atlantic cities from
California.
The last two years have been remark
able in chemical annals for the discovery
of new metals.
Because soap comes in bars is no rea
son why it should be a bar to cleanli
ness." Statesmen.
In the whole United States there are
4,400 banks, with 8505.327,832 capital
and $ 1,242,773,903 deposits.
Average arrival of emigrants at Castle
Garden, New York, is Bix hundred per
day at this season of the year.
A man never has a correct idea of the
world's opinion of him until he under
takes to borrow ten dollars. Mcridcn
Recorder.
Monclar. an eminent French agricul
turist, proposes to feed cattle, sheep and
fiigs on provender containing savory
lerbs, to give flavor to the flesh.
TVml ! .1 n-a nimn anil rrn lilra lirrVit.'a
troops following the victory of the
present; but principles, like troops of
the air, are undisturbed and stand fast.
An Elgin (111.) man is in his third
year of frog farming, and his first crop
is now being marketed. Ho has an
acre and a quarter devoted to the frog
industry.
P.onaeating sponges bv cutting the
live ones into small pieces, attaching
them to lumps of rock and sinking them
to proper depths in suitable phices, is
proposed by Prof. Schmidt. lie thinks
in three years they will be marketable
and yield a handsome profit.
Colonel McClurg kicked a man out of
nn Alabama hotel for a personal affront.
Six months after ho saw the same man
kicking another poor fellow out of an
other hotel. "Tush, man," said tho
colonel, " hold, but ain't you the samo
man I kicked out of the Nassau House a
little while ago?" "Keep still, colonel,"
was the response. " Don't you say one
word : you and 1 know whom it will do
to kick." Hotel Gazette.
Importance of Cleansing Beds and
Pillows.
Two little children were almost simul
taneously attacked with canker rash in
its worst form. There had been no
cases in the vicinity for years, and they
had been kept entirely at homo for the
wholo winter, so there was no possi-
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unity oi iiii'ir Having ut&un tne uisuusu
from any outside exposure to contagion.
It was a mysterious Providence, the
clergyman said, when he was called to
pertorni the burial service. Atterwara
it was ascertained that the mother had
bought a feather bed ot a peddler a few
weeks b fore and used it on tho trundle
bed for her littie ones to make them a
comfortable nest for the cold weather.
Upon further investigation it was dis
covered that the peddler had bought it
at a house some twenty-five miles away,
and that two children had been sick and
died of scarlatina upon the same bed the
ye:.r before. The bed had been laid
away in an open chamber till the family
sold out their place io move away, nnd
they sold the bed to a traveling pedder
for a trifling sum, thus distributing
sickness and death through a distant
town, for tho disease spread in every
direction and became a regular epi
demic. Had that bed, immediately
after the dftith of the first children, been
washed thoroughly and soaked in water
with either a little carbolic acid or
spirits of ammonia added to it, nnd then
dried in the sun, it would have been safe
to be used by any ono; but, as it was,
it earned grief and desolation into many
households. Of course, it was not a pre
meditated wrong; it was a case of igno
rance or carelessness.
Diphtheria has been conveyed by use
ing beds in the same manner, and, if in
dividuals would only consider for a
minuto how much suffering might be
prevented, they would be more careful.
There is never an effect without a cause,
but perhaps the cause may not be dis
covered till too late to prevent tho evil.
It is very little labor to cleanse pillows
and beds, if dono in a proper manner,
and common sense will show that it is
advisable to have it done often, even if
no sick person has lain upon them. A
day's exposure to the hot sun turning
over and shaking them up often i3 a
great benefit, ana makes them sweeter as
well as lighter. An occasional washing
is a sure purifier. Carbolic acid is a
powerful disinfectant, and it sweetens
beds which will accumulate a disagree
able odor if not thoroughly cleansed and
aired. Pillows can be washed without
ripping so that they will be delightfully
renovated. Use scalding suds in a wash
tub to soac them well, and then pass
through rinsing waters till the water is
not colored at ail. This is all that is re-'
quired unless they reaily smell badly.
In that case, either carbolio acid or
spirits of ammonia should be added to
the rins;n water. Let them drain wel ,
and then hang them where they will g (
air and sunshine. Country Gentleman j
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