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VOL. X. NO. 31.
TIONESTA, PA., NOV.- 7, 1877.
$2 PEE ANNUM.
a onymoun communication.
November.
Wlien thistle-blows do lightly float
About tlio pRdtnre-hi'ight,
An 1 shrills tho hawk a parting note,
And creep the front at night,
Then billy ho ! though Ringing so,
And whistlo an I may,
Tlioro oomos again the old heart paiu
Through all the livelong day.
In high win I croaks the leadens tree
And nod tho fading furn ;
'tlio knolls ore dnn an snow-clouds bo,
Ant cold the sun does burn.
Tlion ho, hollo ! thongh calling so,
I cannot keop it down ;
And tears arino unto my eyes,
And thoughts are ohlll and browu.
Far in the cedars' dusky stoles,
Whoro the sere ground-vine weaves,
The partridge drums funtnl rolls
Above the fallen leaves.
And hip, hip, ho ! though cheering so,
It Hlills no whit tho pain ; '
For drip, drip, drip, from bare branch-tip,
I bear the year's last rain.
So drivj tho cold oows from the hill, .
And call the wet sheop hi;
And let thuir stamping olattur fill
Ti e barn with warming din.
. And ho, folk, ho I though it is m
1 hat Wd no more may roam.
We still will find a cheerful mind
Around tho lire at home 1
Atlantic Monthly.
i
Diamond Cut Diamond,
A OUAMFATHER 8 STORY.
About Bixty years ago I was iu Paris
for the first time in my life. Bonaparte
still lingered at St. Helena ; anl tho Ad
venturers, good, bad and indifferent in
character, who had served in his armies,
had 1 ot yet lost all hope of the return
of their idol, and consequently had not
yet thought it worth while to settle down
into thorough peaoe and quietness.
Young Taul Ferraud, whom I fre
quently met at the cafe, and who had
served ns a captain, at Waterloo, was
sure that the Little Corporal would come
back again soon. "You have not yet
beaten him," he would tell me lau ghing.
"You sent hira to Elba, but he returned;
you have sent him to St. Helena, and he
will return again. We shall see.
Ferraud was an exceedingly nice fel
"low ; and although ho professed to cher
ish an unquenchable hatred for England
and everything English, he had, by some
means or other, become attached to Alice
Rae, a young English lady of my ac
quaintance, nnd who had beeu living
with her mother since the conclusion of
peace at Paris, not far from the abode of
the ex-captaiu. And he was always very
friendly with me too. Ho would, it is
true, abuse my countrymen most unmer
cifully ; butjie was always particularly
good-natured, and whenever he found
himself saying a little too much he
would arrctt himself and apologize so
heartily that I never could Jje angry with
him. I was alone in the French capital,
and had few friends there except Mrs.
Rae, her daughter Alice, aud Paul ; and
so it happened that I passed a good deal
of my time in the society of the three.
The Another, a woman still in the prime
of life, and tho widow of a king's mes
senger, was a oounection of mine by
marriage, and that fact gave me a good
excuse for offering tny services as escort
whenever she and her pretty daughter
thought fit to go to the theatre or the
opera. At such times Paul always had
a seat in the stalls ; and between the
acts he would oomo up to my box, to the
delight of Alice, who was in love with
him, and to the no small satisfaction of
Mrs. Rae, who. herself liad quite a ina
torunl affection for the young French
man, nnd did not in tho leuet discourage
his attentions to her dauglAer. If there
were no formal engagement between the
two, it was at least perfectly undeiytood
by all parties that as soon as Paul should
get an appointment, for which at the
time he was a candidate, he was to marry
Alice ; and I, though only a few years
her senior, was to give her away.
One night the opera house was crowd
ed more than usual. A great singer was
to nppear, and a new work by a re
nowned composer was to be performed.
But Paul Ferraud, sitting iu the stalls,
seomod scarcely to listen to the music or
to notice tho acting ; and much more
often were his eyes turned in the direc
tion of my box than in that of the stage.
Alica and her mother were with me, and
as the curtain fell at the conclusion of
the first act Fuul came up to us. He
was iu high spirits, for he had heard
that the minister had decided to give him
the coveted post, aud he expected to
hear iu a few days that his appointment
ha.l beeu signed by the king. We oon
gratulrkted him, and as he left us to return
to his seat I whispered to him : " You'll
bo a happy inaa in a month or two
now.-Paul." He smiled and shut , the
door.
Wo watched him as he threaded his
way to his place. It was in the centre
of t lie second row 'from the orchestra,
;.;! Ito had It ft hia opera-Glasses on the
but during his absence a tall, military
looking man had appropriated it, and
had coolly put the glasses on one side.
Paul approached the stranger with the
utmost politeness, and, I suppose', for
naturally I could not hear, requested
him to move. The interloper did not
deign to answer, but sneeringly looked
up at Ferraud, as though to ask him
what he meant by his intrusion. Paul
pointed to the opera-glasses, but the
stranger neither replied nor moved, but
continued to appear as though he did
not hear. I saw that matters were as
suming a dangerous complexion, for in
the new-comer I recojrnizod Victor
Laroquiere, an ex-Bonapartist officer
like Paul, a notorious bully, and one of
the most celebrated duellists in France.
But what could I do ? I could only sit
still, much against my will, and witness
the inevitable consequences. I thought
Alice would faint when Laroquiere iu
the calmest way rose before the crowded
assemblage and struck Paul in the face
with his glove ; but she recovered her
self, and like a statue watched her lover
pick up his opera-glasses, bow to his in
suiter, and, without a word, leave the
building. There were some exclama
tions from the audience ; but the duel
list again rose, and with a theatrical air
gazed round, mockingly imitating Paul's
parting bow, and resumed his seat. This
was too much for poor Alice. She could
not remain any longer ; she must go
home ; and so, with some difficulty, I
got hor and her mother in my carringi1,
told the coachman to drive them home,
and myself walked quickly to rani's
odgiugs.
He had arrived before me, and was al
ready writing when I entered his room.
" Of course," he Biiid, as he saw me, aud
came towards me with both hands out
stretched, "you, my dear friend, will
assist me. It is impossible to do any
thing but light Even Alice could not
make mo alter my couv-ction upon that
point, tho insult was so public."
"S ippose you leave the country," I
suggested.
"Then I should have to give up the
appointment, and Alice, too. No, my
dear fellow, I am a Frenchman, and I
must fight. If he shoots me, it cannot
be helped; if I shoot him, I shall have
shot the greatest scoundrel in Paris. I
beg you to call upon Laroquiere to
night. I have already discovered his ad
dress. Here it is."
uut must you reaily fight ? It is
suicide to fight with a professional duel
ist." "Ah," he said, shaking his head, " I
am. afraid it is suicide; but I must fight !
so please don't try and persuade me that
I need not. Aud I will fight, too, as
soon as possible. You can arrange
everything for to-morrow morning. I
must have the matter over. In a day or
two I might be a coward."
By his looks he implored me to go to
Laroquiere, and, constituted as French
society was at that time, I had no other
course open to me, than to do as ho
wished.
"If Monsieur comes from M. Paul
Ferrand," said a man-servant when I
inquired whether I could see his master,
'fM. Laroquiere has sent to say that he
has not yet left the opera. He has, how
ever, sent this penciled note, which I am
to give to the gentleman who comes from
M. Ferrand."
I tore open the missive. It contained
two cards, one bearing the name of the
duelist, and the second that of M. Fer
naud Delaraie, Rue Vivienue 18. Cer
tainly it was an oft-hand way ofae
quainting me with the name and where
abouts of Laroquiere's second, but as 1
wished to pick no quarrel, I walked ou
to the Rue Vivienne, aud in a few min
utes was ushered into the presence of
M. Delaraie himself. This worthy was
a young man, aged about three-and-twenty,
and dressed iu tue very extreme
of fashion, nis ruffles were immacu
late, and most symmetrically arranged ;
his face handkerchief . was steeped iu
essences; his gloves, which lay on the
table for he bad only just returned, at
Laroquiere's request, from the opera-.
were small and delicate; his fingers were
covered with valuable rings, and the
bunch of gold seals depending from his
fob was unusually heavy and brilliant.
He did not strike me as appearing par
ticularly warlike; but, nevertheless, after
formally saluting me, he at once touched
upon the object of my visit, and before
I had been ten minutes in his company
had arranged to meet Ferrand and my
self at a certain spot, dear to duelists of
the time, and to bring Laroquiere with
him.
" I don't think we shall need a sur
geon, " he said to me quite affably at
parting ; "but if you please you can
bring one. In his last affair my princi
pal shot his man through the temples,
and he died immediately. I Bincerely
hope, Monsieur, that your friend is as
clever."
" Confound the fellow," I said to rny-
residence of my own medical man. " I
am afraid poor Ferraud is not such a
consummate murderer ns Laroquiere. '
After seeing the surgeon, to whom I
briefly explained matters, I called upon
Mrs. Rae. She was doing ther best to
comfort her daughter, who was iu the
greatest possible distress. "Arc they
going to fight ?" she asked me.
"My dear Alice," I said, " they are. I
have done my best to dissuade Paul,
but he soys, and I am obliged to agree,
that he must fight. Let us hope for the
best. He has a sure eye aud a steady
hand, and he has right on his side. The
other man is a rcoundrel. And you
must remember that poor Taul is not on
Englishman. If I were he, I would not
fight; but as it is, the matter cannot be
overlooked, and indeed everything is ar
ranged." " You are to be with him ?" said Mrs.
Rae, looking as white as a sheet.
" Yes ; they are to meet to-morrow
morning, and by breakfast time Alice 8
suspense will be over. She must lear
up."
" You must prevent the duel," sobbed
the half heart-brokeu girl. "Cannot
Paul let the insult pass ? But no, it was
so public."
"You cau only hope," I said. "I
will see you in the morning; but now I
must go back to him and see that he gets
some sleep."
" Tell him," cried Alice, " that if he is
killed I shall die. Come here directly
it is over. Come even if he falls; you
must tell nie about it. I must hear
everything. " She buried her lace in her
nanus ; ana i, escaping from tue un
happy girl, hurried to Paul.
He was still writing, and his hair was
in disorder, and his face' pale when he
turned towards me. " I am no coward,"
be said, "but I am saj'iug good-bye to
her, for I shall die to-morrow.,'
" My clear fellow," I exclaimed, " you
will shoot Laroquiere, nnd be marriod
next month. Yon must finish your writ
ing at once and go to bed. I will sleep
hero to-night, for I must Bee that you
turn out in time to-morrow morning ; bo
be as quick as possible. "
He wrote for another half hour, ad
dressed the document to Alice Rae,
placed a lock of his hair within it, and
after sealing it up gave it to me.
" Give that to her," he said, "if La
roquiere kills me outright and I know
he will. If it were not for Alice I de
clare that I should be quite glad to meet
him. Now for bed."
He undressed, whilst I lay down on
the sofa in the next room and lit a cigar,
for I could not afford to Bleep myself.
Soon, all was quiot, aud I stole in to see
Paul, lying as quiet as a child, with a
smile on his face. Probably, nay, as
suredly, I passed a more uncomfortable
night than he did. Only with the great
est 'possible difficulty could I keep
awake, and the hours seemed to linger
for ever. At last, however, daylight
dawned; aud I called Fearand, who awoke
refreshed and in comparatively good
spirits. After a hurried breakfast we
muffled ourselves up, and sallied forth
iu the cold n.oining air. Scarcely any
one was abroad, except a few eleepy
watchmen, who Beemed to make very
shrewed guesses at the object of our ex
pedition ; and through the Bilent streets
we went for a mile or so, until we reached
the meeting-place. "
Laroquiere and Delarie were there be
fore us, and my friend, the Burgeon, ar
rived immediately afterwards in his car
nage, wuieli waited near at hand. The
pistols were produced and loaded. La
roquiere chose nie, and I gave the other
to Paul ; and then tho two men took up
positions at a distance of twenty paces
from each other, and waited for Delaraie
to give the signal to fire.
" Stay !" cried the bully, as his second
stepped back; "let the young hound
listen to this. I am not trifling with
him ; I shall shoot him only where he
wishes, for I am generous, parbleu !"
"If I do not kill ,you," said Paul
quietly, "I prefer to die."
"Then 1 Bhoot him through the
heart," coolly observed Laroquiere.
"It will teach others uot to challenge
me."
There was something to me unspeaka
bly horrible iu the way in which these
last words were pronounced. I shud
dered, and looked at Paul. He smiled
at me, and at the same instant Delarie
gave the signal.
There was bnt one report for Fer
rend'a pistol flashed in the pan. The
poorlfellow turned round towards me
with fixed eye and pale face, and with
the name of Alice on his lips fell dead.
Laroquiere turned on his heel and de
parted quickly, in company with De
laraie, while I aided the surgeon in his
brief examination of Paul's body. Sure
ly enough, the bullet had passed
through his heart. He must have died
instantaneously for he did not move"
after he fell, and the last smile which 1
had looked at me was still upon his face.
spect. I had to break the sad news to
Alice aud her mother, and the two ladies
were so terribly overcome that I feared
the shock would have Borne permanent
effect upon their health.'' For my part
I was obliged to hurry to England as
soon as possible : ami Laroouieve. 1
heard, also got away, and remained out
of France until the affair had blown
over.
I kept up a correspondence with Mrs.
Rae, and was glad after a time to hear
from her that Alice, though still terribly
upset, had learned to look with a certain
amount of philosophy upon her misfor
tune, and had to some extent recovered
her usual health, if not her usual spirits.
Meantime I settled down in London,
and unable to forget my Parisian habits,
usually dined at one of the then much-
frequented taverns iu Fleet street. The
Cheshire Cheese, which was then in
much the same state as it is now, was
my favorite haunt ; and there as months
passed by, I gradually picked up a few
pleasant acquaintances, cmei among
whom was au extremely well-mannered
young gentleman named Barton, a man
of independent means, good family and
first-rate education.
- One day after he had been dining with
mo the conversation turned upon Con
tinental manners and particularly upon
duelliug. As an illustration of my ab
horrence of the system I told my com
panion about Paul's death, a matter iu
which Bartou appeared much interested.
He asked me a good many questions
about the parties concerned, and after
expi easing a remarkably strong opinion
to the effect that Laroquiere was a black
guard, bid me good-night. I went home
to my rooms in the Temple ; and next
day, ou visiting the Cheshire Cheese,
found no. Barton. He had Jeft word
with one of the waiters that urgent busi
ness had called him away, but that he
hoped to see me on his return. Weeks
passed.jand then months, and still Barton
did not come back ; and I confess that
I had begun to forget him altogether,
when one evening he dropped into din
ner as though he had not been absent
for more than a day or two.
"Where have you been?" I abked,
after I had heartily shaken hands with
him.
" I have been to Paris," he said. " On
arriving there 1 found out a little more
than you told me about Laroquiere, and
when I had thoroughly convinced my
self that he was the blackguard you
painted him I arranged for a series of
lessons at a pistol gallery. Every day
for a month I went and shot for an hour
or two, until I was s- perfect as to hit a
small coin every time nt a distance of
twenty paces. After satisfying myself
as to my proficiency I took a box at the
opera. X t may Have been tno same dox
tliat you used to have. Laroquiere was
pointed out to me. . He eat in the stalls,
and between the acts he left his Beat in
order to speak to a lady in another part
of the house. I descended as quickly
as possible and took his place. He re
turned, and asked me in an overbearing
tone to move.- I refused. He persisted.
I struck him. He sent me a challenge,
and we met upon the same spot, curi
ously enough, where he had killed your
friend Ferrand. Before the Bigual was
given, I said : M. Laroquiere, listen
to me. I am not here to trifle with yon;
but I am . as generous as you were
with Paul Ferrand. I will shoot you
only were yon wish.' He turned deadly
pale. We will bcc, he said, whether
I shall not make you a second Ferrand !'
'Theu I will shoot you.' I returned, 'as
you shot him through the heart. 1 1
will teach other bullies not to challenge
me.' Whether he was so upset as to be
incapable of aiming or not, I cannot say;
but, my dear fellow, I shot him as dead
as a dog, right through the heart, aud
avenged your friend, nt the same time
ridding Paris of its biggest villain. It
was a case of diamond cut diamond."
"Well done, Barton !" I exclaimed.
"Wait," he said, "and let me finish
the drama. We managed to keep the
matter very quiet, and before leaving
France I was able to cnll on Mrs. Rae,
who is now at Boulogne, for I had a let
ter of introduction to her from a Parisian
acquaintance. When I saw her first she
knew nothing of the affair, but nt last I
broke the intelligence to her and to her
daughter. I found Alice to be a pretty
girl, somewhat spoiled by her long
mourning and not very much inclined to
listen to me ; but, my dear fellow, after
three v .-eks of hard persuasion Bhe gave
in, and now fhe and her mother are
coming over next week. I believe you
were to give Alice away. When Bhe ar
rives you shall have a capital oppor
tunity." "Aud," J added, shaking my friend's
hand warmly, "Ibhull be delighted to
do so."
Iu France architects and contractors
are legally held responsible for a period
of ten years lifter the completion i f a
structure, fur total or purtiul loss ,-ed-
.!'.!'. ljli U-tive i ' "m vt w.hh,
A MIDNIGHT MURDER.
An Old f oople Nhot lrrt In Their Hnmbl
IIiiiiieNnrraw Kncnpe faUltle tilrl.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.J
A recent letter from Circleville, Ohio,
tells the following terrible story :
One of the most brutal and pitiless
murders ever perpetrated in this vicinity
was committed near the county line of
Pickaway and Ross counties, between
Circleville and Chillieothe, about mid
night. The victims were au aged couple,
named Edward and Ann McVey. The
object of the murder was money, and the
amount procured was $2.
The couple were aged respectively
seveuty-eight and seventy-two years.
For some years they have had charge of
the toll-gate on the old Columbus, Cir
cleville and Chillieothe pike, about
twelve miles below this place. They had
saved some money, and it was known in
the neighborhood that the old man, who
was afraid to trust the banks, had his
small earnings hidden about the house.
He had for a long time had a present
ment that he would be murdered for his
money. Recently he called in Jack
Brgg's, a rich farmer on tlfe Pickaway
plains, and told him that something
might happen along the road, and he
would show him where he kept his
money, bo that if ho were killed he
would know where to look for it. There
was living with the aged couple n grand
child named Alice Dean, aged fourteen
years. The place where the tragedy oc
curred is an humble house, with barely
rooms enough to n'nswer the needs of
the little family, The south end of the
house wns used as a kitchen, and the
middle was divided int ) two bed rooms,
the old folks sleeping in the front room
and the girl iu tho ba''k room. A door
opened from the kitchen into the old
folks' bed chamber on one side and an
other into the grocery on the other
side. The nearest house, occupied by a
man named Cryder, was a quarter of a
mile away.
The story of the murder, as gleaned
from the young girl who escaped, aud
from the surrounding circumstances, is as
follows : Two men forced an entrance
to the house through tho kitchen win
dow. They passed through the bed
chamber of the old folks into the grocery
without distu rbing the slumbers of the
occupants. Here they lighted a caudle
on the counter, and began a search for
money. While thus engaged, the old
man was aroused and went to the grocery,
room to see what was the matter. As he
passed through the door he was met by
one of the robbers and shot through the
heart. He fell dead, with his feet toward
the outside door and his head by the
stove.
The- shot awoke the wife, who did not
comprehend the situation, but, half
asleep and bewildered, she left her bed
and followed her husband to the grocery
and to death. As sho passed through
the door the murderer coolly put his
pistol to her head and fired, no aimed
too low, however. The ball entered the
face near the right cheek bone, passed
through ahd came out oa the left side
under the temple. The shot was not
fatal, and the girl heard her grandmoth
er cry : " Save me, for God's soke 1
Save me !" The venerable victim was
seized by the ruffians and forcettMnto a
chair near the stove. Placing the pistol
about the right breast the fatal shot was
llred, the ball passing through a vital
part and silence ensued. The fiends
then deliberately continued their search
for money.
The poor girl, aw akened ami alarmed
by the shots and screams, jumped up
and crawled under the bed. In a mo
ment aftr her . concealment she saw a
tall man, wearing a long coat and blue
jeans pdhtaloons, enter the room with a
candle nnd begin a search for money.
He opened and ransacked the bureau
drawers, and, failing to find what he
sought, he pulled the bed-clothes from
the bed, set fire to the bed, piled the
clothes against the door, set them on
fire, and left tWrpom, closing the door
behind him. VJl"1 juncture the girl
left her place oT'coiicealmeut, and, es
caping from hor chamber, fled ou the
wings of fear to Cryder's house and told
her story.
There were six men at Crydti's house
who immediately hastened to the scene
of the murder. On the way one of tliem
fired a Bhot-gun, and this alarmed the
villains, who hurried to the woods. The
door was on tire and the bed was nearly
burned. Among the bedclothes was
found a watch and a pix-ketbook contain
ing $38.60, which esenjwd the notice of
the thieve. Tho alarm . was given
throughout the neighborhood, and men
started iu pursuit iu every direction.
About daylight this morning two men
were seen passing down the road toward
Kingbtou. They were overtaken by a
pursuing party from the sewne :f the'
murder, arrested and placed in loitine
meiit. Examination showed tht s uie
trumps had beeuean'ptnfj hi V n; '
The two men, when arrested, were both
under the influence of liquor, aud told
conflicting stories.
Items of Interest.
Spring openings rat traps. Fall
openings chestnut burrs.
Some sixty Indians are still prisoners
in the old fort at St. Augustine, Fla.
A Chinese baby was refused as a com
petitor in a San Francisco baby bIjow.
" I say, boy, is that the fire ?" asked
gentleman of a raggcu urcnin, ana
pointing to a dense volume of smoke
that was issuing from the windows of a
warehouse. " No, sir, that is only the
smoke," replied the boy.
Prof. J. E. Todd has critically exam
ined the " petrified man " with a stump
nt tail that is said to have beeu found '
in Colorado. He says that it is clumsy,
hewn out of stone, aud that it is prob
ably not more than a few years old.
A collegLui interested in the subject of
civil service reform suggests that all the
clerks iu the department of the interior
are under Schurz, and that they ought
to be changed at least once in four years,
iu the interest of purity iu tho service.
According to the New York Republic,
the hard times have given rise to nt
least a score of restaurants iu that oity
in which the needy classes can obtain,
foi the small sum of five cents, a meal,
consisting of bread and coffee or ten,, or
bread aud soup, or beef Btew, etc.
The wife of Ah Fat was tho belle of
Chinatown in Carson, Nevada. Quong
Hing coveted her, and to get her he
hired five Chinamen to make a pretense
of fighting in the street when Ah Fat
was close by, and to kill him in a way
that would seem merely accidental. The
plan was successful, and the husband
was fatally wounded by what Beemed a
stray bullet.
Little anecdote of Papa Wrangel, the
oldest soldier in Europe: When in 1813
he had to put down the insurgents of
lierlin, tney sent mm woruiuas at
first shot they would hang his wife.
For an answer, he opened fire. When
he hod got the upper hand of the rebels, ,
he remarked to his aid: "My wife. Do
you know I am curious to see if they did
hang her ?
A woodpecker bored R hole, iu . the
spire of a church in Jackson, Mississippi,
last spring, and made his nest within it.
In tho sxlmmer, however, a swarm of
bees flew to the spire, drove out the
woodpecker, and have since filled the
interior wi h honey. And now man,
the sovereign despoiler, has discovered
the hoard, and resolved to exhibit the
spire, with its novel contents, at the
State fair.
A singular rumor has gained currency
in LimericR, Ireland, to the effect that
the late Yiscout Fitzgibbon, a gallant
cavalry officer who was supposed to have
fallen in the celebrated charge of the
six hundred, at Balaklava, did not meet,
that fate, but is at this moment on his,
way home to claim ins estates, a is
stated that when last seen ho was lean-.
ing, apparently wounded, on his horse;
that he was taken prisoner by the Rus-
sians, and shortly after, for ftome insnlt
alleged to have been given to a Russian
offloerj Mas transported to Siberia,
when, his term of exile having expired
he is returning to Ireland. A statue of
him adorns the Wellesley bridge. '
n lii-vi-ilr vurtiinllv linbliullAd IU
A. 1 I'll. it Kuua ivuvu.y J '
Berlin it appears that not longer ago
than the middle of the last century no
German could leave his country without
a permit. If he did his property was
confiscated. A little boy, ten years old,
being accused, and perhaps justly con
victed, of stealing a lantern ueed for
lighting the streets wns hanged. If a
person displeased the king tho king
forthwith might imprison him. If a
man drove a horsd" too fast his sovereign
beat him with a stick of white tliorn.
Princes and princesses were no excep
tion to such treatment. The civil ser
vice was conducted by. officers who had
purchased their appointments. Lieu
tenants thrashed sergeants, Borgcanta
thrashed privates, masters thrashed ser
vants. A deserter from the army had
his nose aud ears Bliced off.
Blackmail la New York.
According to a correspondent, black
mail is carried ou in New York to au
enormous extent. There nre jwrsous
who may be said to live by it- They
watch and wait till they find some ona
slipping, and then, like that horrible
devil-fish at the Aquarium, they.pouiu o
upon their prey, fasten their cold, paw
lyziug tentacles about it, and suck, biu-V,
nick, while a drop of blood remui s.
Women are the victims nearly as lt n
us men; aud there are poores of :
iu New York to-day who yield t t'
mauds of blackmailers hh .:!
mouth, and even year nft-r
live in daily toi tum '" 1
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