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If.
tr. A latst. . a. aw.
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TX02TX3TA, PA.
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ivara engaged in the prosecution or aoi
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ale Uaue. J. fi. A U N EW.
altf.
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- TJONESTA, PA.,
PISTOLS FOR TWO.
While the nld frigale Brtndywin
lay at Oibraiter, the American Con
sul Mr. Bprague cam on board with
a nan whu wiahed to join the ship,
and after soma consideration, said
man was received bj tho captain as a
sort f steward, ha having agreed to
work for hia passage and board, and
some alight consideration besides. His
name was Ja Lattit, and he was a
regular rpecimen of the strolling Yan
kee; but ha dressed well and was re
markably good looking, though in his
face there was a peculiar look, which
indicated that he preferred fun to
sound sense, allowing however, that
the fun bad some sense in it-
The moment I placed my eyes upon
the man I knew I had seen him be
fore, and when I had an opportunity
to speak with him I found that he had
been a performer of legerdenain and
ventriloquism in the United States,
and there I bad seen him. He had
traveled through England, Franco ant'
Spain with his implements of deten
tion, and had just brought up at Gib.
raater when our ' ship came inl He
brought his whole kit on board, in a
large chest which he got permission to
stow away in the bread-room where it
would keep perfectly dry. .Ho had
quite a cum of money which he plac
ed in the purser's hands for safe keep
ing, but he would tell uone of us how
much. But he was liberal and open-
hearted, and it was not long before
the crew blessed the hour that brought
him ou beard, for he was the very soul
of wit and humor. At length our ship
went to Port Mahon, and here our
Yankee tars were at home. One pleas
ant morning a party of us went on
shore, and Joe Lattit was among our
nutnoer. joe was dressed tu a per
fect ehore-goinii rie and appeared a
gentleman of consequence. Near the
middle of the forenoon a few of us en
tered a cafe, and the anlv occupant
uesiae ine Keeper was a Spanish oca
cer, evidently an infantry captain
irora ins dress. We called for wine,
and had it served upon a table next
to the one at which the officer 6at, Joe
seating himself so that his back came
against the back of the officer, but he
did not notice how close he woulJ be.
Our laugh and jest ran high, and
just as Joe said something moro' than
usually funny, he threw himself back,
and thereby hit the Spaniard with such
force as to cause bim to spill a glass
of wine upon his bosom. The fellow
leaped to his feet and before Joe could
beg pardon far hi unintentional mis
take, he commenced a torreut of oaths
aud invective, partly in Spanish and
partly in broken English. His lan
guage was so abusive that Joe's tem
per was up iu a moment, and instead
of asking pardon, as ho had intended,
he surveyed the raving man from head
to foot, ami then said :
'Go on, sir, your language is beauti
ful, very beautiful lor a gentleman.'
'Ah ! you call tae no gentleman eh!'
uttered the officer in a towering pas
sion. If I were going to call you any
thing, I should call you a jackass!'
calmly and contemptuously respond
ed Joe.
Aha a-ah!' halt growled the Span
iard, rolling his black eyes wildly and
furiously. 'Now, by Santa Marie, you
shall answer for that. I am a genteel
man 1 But you, you one leetle cursed
puppy ! Aha-a-aha ! Now you shall
6ght !'
Joe would have laughed the matter
off, but he saw that the captain was
determined to fight, and at length he
resolved to accommodate him. The
keeper of the cafe called me on one
side, and informed me that the officer
was Captain Antonia Bizar, one of the
most notorious duellists of the place,
but he was always quarrelsome when
under the influence of liquor, and that
his companions always left him alone
rather than have a fuss.
'Not rive minutes before you came
in,' added the keeper, 'four of his fel
low officers left hira because they saw
he was ripe for a fuss. So you had
better get your friend out.'
I pulled Joe away, aud told him all
that had just been told me, but he on
ly smiled nod assured me there was
nothing to fear. I lelt sure at once
from his very manner that he had
some fun iu his head, and I let him
go.
My same is Jaseph Lattit, sir, a
citizen of the United States, and Gen
eral of the Order of Sublime Dark
ness,' said Joe pompously. 'Your
name, sir?'
Antonia Biiar, Captain ia Iler
Most Catholic Majesty s seveath regi
ment of infantry. But your office, sir?
I doa't comprehend.'
Oh, you wouldn't know if I shcnld
tell you. I am simply general of a
body of men who have sold themselves
to the gentleman who burns sinners
and heretics down here.' And Joe
pointed mysteriously down towards the
floor as he spoke.
The Spaniard f mileJ vsry bitterly
AUG l ST 1.1877.
and sarcastically, and thereupon Joe
took two large knives that lay upon
the bar, and tossed them one after the
other down his throat, making eoversl
wry faces as they took their passage
downward. The fallow had evidently
never seen anything of the kiud be
fore, for he was astounded.
'Now, sir,' said Joe, making two or
three more grimaces, as if he still felt
the knives somewhere iu the region of
the diapbram, 'you shall wait here un
til I go and bring my pistols and you
shall have satisfaction. Will you
wait?'
I can procure pistols,' said the offi
cer, forgetting his astonishment and
coming back to his anger.
'I shall fight wilh'-hiy own ! If you
are a gentleman you will wait here.'
Joe turned to us and bade us wait
for him.
'Here ! hare I 0 criez V cried the
keeper, 'where he mine knives ?'
I'll pay you for. em wheu I come
back,' said Joe, and then he beckon
ed me to come out. I did so, and he
took the knives oue from his bosom,
and one from his sleeve and gave them
to me, telling me to keep them until
he returned.
It seems that Joe found a boat
ready to take him off to the ship at
once, for be was net gone over three
quarters of an hour, and when he came
back he had two superbly mountal
pistols with him. He loaded them
with powder in the presence of the
Spaniard, and then handing him a
ball, he asked him to mark it so that
he would know it again. Tho fellow
hesitated at first, but at length ho took
it with a mad gesture and bit it be
tween his teeth.
, I shall know that,' he said, 'unless
it is battered against your bone.'
'Now, select your pistol,' said Joe.
.The man took them both and ex
amined them, but he was satisfied that
they were both alike and both good,
and he told Joe he had no choice, so
our steward put the bulls in and ram
med them carefully down.
The whole party now adjourned to
a wide court bark of the cafe, where
twelve. paces were marked off, and tho
combatants took their stations. I trem
bled for poor Jee, for I saw not yet
how he would make fun out of this.
'Couul !' cried the Spaniard impa
tiently. 'One two three !'
The captain fired first and with a
most deliberate aim. Joe- fired into
the air. Then the latter walked de
liberately up to his antagonist, and
taking the ball from between his teeth,
he handed it to htm :
You can use this next time,' cried
Joe.
The officer looked first at Joe's teeth
and then at the hall. It was surely
the same one he had seon his foeman
put in the pistol, and now he had seen
him take it from his mouth. He was
unmistakably astounded.
'Come,' cried Joe, 'let's load again.'
fcan Pablo !' exclaimed Bizar, 'you
use some what you call him some
trick'he! By San Jago, I shall load
the pistol myself.'
.'Da so,' said Joe calmly, and as he
spoke he handed over his powder
flask.
The Spaniard poured out an extra
quantity of powder, and having pour
ed it :nto the pistol, be called for the
rammer. He then put in the same
hall he had used before. Meanwhile
Joe had been loading his own pistol.
' One moment,' said Joe, 'the caps
are in the butt of your pistol, let me
get tbem ?'
The fellow passed over bis pistol,
but he kept his eyes upon it. Joe open
ed a little silver spring at the end of
the butt, and true there were some
percussion caps there. He took out
two, and having capped his own pis
tol he gave it a toss in the air, catch
ing it adroitly as it came riowd, and
then handed back the other to the
Spaniard. I had watchod Joe mo6t
carefully, but I saw nothing out of the
way. And yet he had changed pistols
with his foe.
'Now,' said he, 'I'll put a ball into
my pistol, and then we'll be ready.
He slipped something in which look
ed to be like a cartridge, but no one
else saw it.
'Now,' cried tho Spaniard, 'let's seo
you hold this in your mouth !'
Again they took their stations, and
again they were ready.
'One two three V
And the Spaniard fired first hy aim,
Joe fireing into the air as before. Aud
again Joe stepped forward aiad took
the self-same bullet from his mouth
and.haoded it to his antagonist. The
fellow was completely dumbfounded
and so were the rest.
4 You no fire at me !' gasped the cap
tain. "-
Tll fire at you next time !' said Joe
in a tona of thuodei. 'Thus far I have
only shown you that powder and ball
can have no effect upon me. Twice
have you fired at me with a true a
pistol as ever was made, and both
tirnw l$ve I carht yeur ball btwm
$2 PER ANNUM.
p
; if .
my teeth, while I havt tf in the air.
I meant that you boi,d live lonr
enough to know that for ence in your
lite you had seen, if not the old fellow
himself (pointiug raeainngly down
ward), at least one who ia in hia em
ploy. The old gentleman will like the
company of a captain of Spanish in
fantry, and I'll sond you along. Come,
load up again.'
But the astonished Spaniard did net
seem inclined to do so. A man who
swallowed carving knives as he would
sardines, and who caught pistol balls
betweea his teeth, was not exactly the
man for him to deal with. While he
was pondering upon what he bad seen,
Joe took a haudful of bullets eram bis
pocket and began to toss them rapidly
down his throat, and when these were
gone he picked up half a dozen good
eizod stones and sent them after tho
bullets.
Holy Santa Marie !' exclaimed the
Spaniard, whiio his eyes seemed start
ing from theirockots. 'What a man !
By my soul 'tis the davil.'
And as he thus 6poke ho turned on
his heel and hurried away frtmi the
place. After he was gone Joe beck
oned for roe togive hira the knives. I
did so, and saw him slip them up his
sleeves. When ho returned to the cafe
he approached the keeper.
You waut your knives?' he said.
But the poor fellow dared not speak.
Joe put his hand to his right car and
pulled out one of hid knives, then from
his left ear lie drew the other one.
The keeper crossed himself in terror
and shrank trembling away. But we
fioished our wine and having paid for
it turned to go.
'Here,' said Joe, 'I haven't paid for
tho use of the yard yet .nd as he
spoke he threw down a piece of silver
upon the counter.
No! no I no!' shrieked the poor
fellew. 'O, don't leave your money
here, don't 1
Joe picked it up, and we went away
laughing. When we were alone he
explained to me the secret ef the pis
tols. They were a pair he had used
in his legerdemain performances, and
such as all wizards ujo to perfotm
tricks of catching balls, etc. The main
barrel of the pistol had no connection
whatever with the nipple for the cap ;
but what appeared to be a socket for
the rammer was in fact a second bar
rel, to be sure, smaller than the other,
but as large as the bore of any rifle
pistol, and with this secret barrel the
priming tube was connected. So the
apparent barrel of the weapon might
he filled with powder and ball and no
harm done.
When Joe returned with his pistols,
of course he had both these secret
bores loaded with powder and blank
cartridges, and then the other load
was nothing but effect in appearance.
At tho second loading Joe bad charg
ed the secret barrel of his own pistol,
while the Spaniard had been filling up
the main barrel of his. Then of course
it became necessary to make an ex
change, else Bizar would never have
got his weapon off. As soon as Joe
got the other pistol in hia posession,
and nade the exchange which- we
spoke of at the time, ho had only to
press smartly upon a secret spring on
the side of the stock, and he had the
whole charge Which the other had put
in emptied into bis hand. So he had
the marked ball to dispose ef as he
chose.
Ever after that while he remained
in Mahon, Joe Lattit was an object of
both dread and curiosity on shore, for
an account, all colored to suit the ex
aggerated conception of the cafe-keeper,
had been spread all over the city,
and the pious Catholics wanted noth
ing to do with such a man. only to
keep on his good humored side.
A good mnny people are puzzled
whon asked the reason why tho Presi
dent's residence at Washington is call
ed the "White House." The origin of
the name is as follows: "When the
British ia 1814 took Washington, they
destroyed the public buildings, includ
ing the President's mansion, which,
like the Capitol, was built of a gray
ish sand-stone. Tho burning of the
wood work smokod and discolored the
stone walls, the natural appearance of
which could not borestored. Uniform
ity was secured by tho application of
white paint. The changed appearance
from gray to white attracted attention
and gave it the appellation of the
White House, which it has eiDce
borne. ,
'Mamma,' asked a littlo hoy, is our
old hen going to be sent away for the
summer?' I guess not my son,' she re
plied ; 'but why do you ask the ques
tion?' 'Because I heard pa tell eur
new hired girl that they would have
such a sweet time when he sent his old
hen away for the summer.'
A Westera editor says : "The Ne
braska Legislature sits during the win
ter iu order to prevent its members
fro as attending the session ia their
Kate fet and shirt ilssrs.i-
One P" ('in ( i .
Oneuara ' ,
One Pquaj-e threa i
One Square on ytur -
Two Sqnarea, one vear .
Quarter Col. ' " . . .
Half " . .
Ona " . . . . . .
Local notice at eetafblQiad rv
100 00
Mrri;e aad death notieea, gratia.
All bills for yearly adrerUaemeDta cnl
lirtM quarterly. Temporary advertUe
tnenta muet be paid for in advance.
Job work, Caah on Delivery.
Gen. Taylor and the Mexioin Spie.
In the course of Ms lactur on " em.
iniscences of the Mexican War," de
livered at Auburn, General 6hields
related tho following incident :
After dinner, while we were sitting
by the door of the tent emokicg, a
guard brought in two roughly dressd
Mexican peons. They had been about
the camp for two days selling oranges
to the soldiers, when one of the guards
accidentally noticed that one of them
were a fine linen shirt under his rag
ged peasant'! dres. This excited sus-
nicion thv irur. i.i?. J n ..L.
revealed a number of papers, includ
ing a fcketch of the ramp, with loca
tion of its defences, the number of bat
teries, strength of the force and some
notes, showing how the army could be
successfully attacked by surprise.
They wero military spies, of course.
The general sent for ins interpreter,
for he never mastered the benutiful
Spanish language, and deiuauded their
names. They gave them correctly, I
suppose. He asked their profWbion.
They saw concealment wauseless, and
they answorerWike bravo men, they
were soldiers. Thoir rank ; they were
colonel of the Mexican force at Mon
terey. "Ask them," thundered the general
"who sent them into my camp in this
cowardly, sneaking way ?" The inter
preter put this into Spanish as well aa
he could, and they answered, "Gener
al Ampndia ;"they were sent to ascer
tain the strength of tho araiy, etc."
"Tell them," said the general, "that
Gen. Ampudia is no gentleman. If he
had been ho would have sont to mo
directly, and I would have given tho
imformation he desired." Laughter.
They smiled, for they were evidently
men of courago, aud the general ask
ed if they understood their situation
that they would be shot as spies.
"Yes," they answered, "they expected
to be shot, and hoped to meet their
fato as brave soldiers." Gen. Taylor
saw that they were brave fellows, and
this touched him, I thought, as I
watched him. His great, noble, gen
erous face showed his emotion. Ho
considered his duty under the circum
stances. At last his face lit up with
a bright smile. "Tell them," cays he,
that I will not shoot them this time.
I... i .
uui ii may come sneaiung around my
camp again I will make short work of
them. Tell them to say to Gen. Am
pudia that I have six thousand men,
that we are agoing t take Monterey,
and that I don't care a how
many men he has." Applause.
There is an almost complete equali
ty in the world's sexes. In France
this balance is most nearly attained,
where for every 1,000 men there are
1,007 women. In Sweden to 1,000 men
there are 1,064 women, while in Greece
to the same number of males there are
but 993 Greek women. In Paraguay
there are only 1,000 men to every 2,
080 women, a state of things mainly
due to the ravage oi the Brazilian
wars. -
A weBtcra editor received a letter
front a subscriber asking hira to pub
lish a cure for apple tree worms. He
reDlied that he csuld, uot suggest a
cure until he kntw what ailed the
worm.
Cleveland young women write com-
ments on the margin of the library
novsls they read. One emotional crea
ture writes: 'The pangs of love are
grate, fur I have beeu there myself.
Col. Gildersleeve is going to pub
lish a book on "Hew to Shoot." Then
; ri l ..... -m . i
ii ouiuu Kutcu iicaauij pill wilt ODJy
write a supplement on "Who to shoot,"
the world will be satisfied.
Young Miltiades Spilkins promise
to become a joker in time. The otbe
day he labelled a privnte bottle lb'
his father keeps in the side board,
'Tar'snips."
A proud and devoted wife who
husband had got a job on a cellar ex
cavation, explained his absence from
home by saying he had gone t
Wheeling.
A tart temper never raellaws will
age ; and a Bharp tongue is the on: ;
edged tool that grows keener with cc
stunt use. Irving.
Mr. Furlong id tho uame of aschn
matter out West. The scholars dot
liko him, perhaps fer the reason tU
a furlong has forty rods.
A murderer escaped form the js
at Somerset Ky., by eloping with t!
sheriff's daughter.
The American potato bug has
rived in Ireland. Like patriotio Id?'
men. he'll soon be wearincr the ere
the Pari green.
The beat summer resort for la'
-Rockaway. The bast for bad I
Long Braoch.
Isabella, ax-Queen ef Spain, Im
most valuable collection of lfu
the world.