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B. F. SCHWEIER,
THE C0IST1TUTI0JT THE TIE10I AID THE EJTOBOEMEBT OP THE LAVS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXIV.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1SS0.
NO. 52.
ISDEPESDfSCE.
Ye depend on one knottier
For each comfort ye enjoy ;
H ere is naught the heart can foster
That the heart may not destroy.
To every mind tbt ponders.
To every he ait that feela,
Tbere is not a day bat something
Ihn hidJen trnth reveals ;
Thus, tbns throughout creation.
The links of life had birth ;
Ye speak of indc pendente.
There is no such tiling on earth.
The seed of friendship blooms not
No laf can it mpait
I'ntil it rinds a we come
In some congenial heart.
The Iifibt of lore can warm not
Till found some kimlred shrine.
And then its springs im mortal.
Ac J shows itaelf divine.
Thus, thus throughout creation.
The ln.ks of life l.ad birth .
Ye epeak e.f independence.
There is no such thing on earth.
The Buried Secret.
Old Jasper Flint had leen stricken with
paralyis, and was now lying at tne point
of death. From his troubled expression it
was eviiieut that lie most earnestly desired
to communicate something to his children
before he died. Laura, the eldest, was
sc-ventetn, while the oilier two, Maggie and
ToniBiy, were of the rcspectives ages of
thirteen and nine.
For thirty years Jasper Flint had been a
dealer in second-band clothing, and al
though very penurious and trickery, and
driving au extensive trade in cast-oil gar
ments, he ptofeSfed to be very poor al
ways crying up poverty to the last. He
had never employed servant or housekeep
er, for the ostensible reason that he was
very poor, so that Laura, from the age of
twelve, had been a perfect little family
Urudge.
tvetylxjdy said that old Jasper was a
miter, lie was near fifty years of age be
feie he ever thought ot marrying : and with
his deposition and habits, it was wonder
ful thai he ever thought ef it at alL
The wife he married was twenty years
younger than himself ; but he starved and
broke her heart bv his meanness in ten
Venn--' time. She was a delicate, sensitive,
and refined woman, and could not adapt I
herself to his miserly manner 01 thinking
and acting, She died, as we have said, in
ten years after this ill-assorted marriage,
leatiug three pretty children with a fair
prosjxct of starving after her.
A careful investigation into the old cloth
ier's aflairs showed but a few pounds of
ready money scarcely more than enough
to cii day the funeral expenses ; and what
rendered matters still worse was, his stock
in trade was destroyed by ore three aayg.jj eituer vf utiUty or on)amenti I
fi-r Hurt hHvinir leen too fitincv in his I . i t :. . j ...
lifetime to pay for an insurance poliey.the
injur cbildreu lost everyunng excepting
the roof that sheltered them. But Laura
was a resolute, self-reliant young girl, and
proved herself, in every respect, equal to
the equivocal situation.
She put out a sn ail signboard, and took
in washing and ironing. Maggie, who was
stout and he althy, assisted her in her
lahors; and Tommy, at her suggestion,
though he was but nine years old, launched
out manlully as a newsboy.
With all hands thus occupied, the mis
er's children were soon living far more
comfortably than they had ever done while
their father was alive. They were able to
supply themselves with more wholesome
food, and in sufficient quantity to appease
their hunger; to clothe themselves better,
and to appear better and more well-to-do
generally.
Laura was very pretty and neat and af
fahle.and this secureu her plenty of work of
the lightest and most desirable description,
and the young clerks and gentlemen of
leisure, who chiefly employed her, declar
ed that they could see their faces in their
fchirtbosoins after they had passed through
the artistic ordeal of her polishing irons.
the was subject, of course, to a good
deal of annoyance from her genteel patrons
in the way of Cattery and compliments,
hut she conducted herself always with the
strictest propriety whenever they were
present, which soon won from them general
respect and friendship. Her practical
Utile head was too strong to be turned from
the piaisewoithy current of her purpose by
any man's flattery. But there was one
voune man who had Insensibly won his
way into her good graces a cleik of
twenty.
Laura, with her practical eye, could
read his puie and unselfish nature at a
glance, and she liked him; but she under
stood life better than he.and when he urged
an early marriage she reasoned.
"Youare just in the beginning of the
struggle," she would say, and with talent
and the good principles you possess to re
commend you, you are sure to rise, if you
do not rush blindly into responsibilities
that are sure to cramp you in the future."
To these arguments Fred Ailston would
always reply :
".Sow, Laura, darling, this may appear
very rational to you, and might to me, if I
did not feel that in your great anxiety for
niv future success, you are too apt to un
derrate my capability of coping with the
world. Now, if we married, I should
feel content, and struggle like a lion to
piace you in that more exalted
social position for which you are so
weil fitted. You can go right on
with your washing and ironing
just the same, if you choose to, till my
saiary is increased, or I get into a bus:ness
o i my own account; and 1 can paund out the
clothes and do all the heavy work for you
w hen I am alone at the othce. You see,
my darling, 1 can calculate in my own
laahioii.if 1 am not quite as wise and prac
tical as yourself."
To all of this Laura would shake her
young head gravely, and maintain her
right to differ.
"If everything was sure of being just as
you paint it,"she would answer, negatively,
"the venture might be safe enough, per
haps. But I am endowed with a greater de
gree of caution than you, and can form a
cooler estimate of the after probabilities,
in the event of my permitting you to
lake this uncertain step.
"Look, as an illustration, at Nancy Ful
some. Mie is only a year older than I,
been married a trifle over two years, and
has thiee babies the first two being twins,
and hardly able to toddle alone, instead
of being able to assist Charley, as she did,
tcr the first few months after their mar
riage, she has to have a hired girl, and is
slatternly at that, although she was as trim
and neat a girl as you could see anywhere
before she was married.
"The first Year of their mamage tney
mi vear OI mcir mmim;' j i auv - , ,
nel well-furnished cottage, sndl the Duke of Brittany, and condemned to
fheir heads as high, as any bodyifbe burnt alive at the stake, a jug"nt
hvp1 in a
tl.i-v h..hi their heads as hiirh as anybody
and well they might, for Charle's salary
was a hundred and sixty pounus j,
and is no more now; but Nancy added
nearly fifty to their income the first year,
but not a shilling since. W hat has been
the result ?
"Why they were obliged to give up
their neat cottage a year ago, and sell off
meir nest lurmture at ball the original cost
to pay off the heavy .expenses attending her
ui-m aicanesa, ana bow uiey occupy three
rooms in the fourth story of a third-rate
tenement house. And what makes matters
still worse, Charley has become disoour-
agea at his lot, and has lately taken to
drink.
'This Mrs. Fulsome told me in confl
donee, with the tears standing in her eves:
and she furthermore assured me that she
very much feared he would lose his situa
tion in consequence ol iL Charley Ful
some, when he was married, was strictly
temperate, and looked forward to the
future with as much hope and confidence
as you are; and yet, in little more than two
Veers, all his prospects in lile have been
blighted through the nnited and ill-advised
judgment of the thoughtless couple.."
And with these clever arguments Laura
would effectually silence her importunate
lover for the time being.
Now it was a great puzzle to every body
how old Jasper Flint, with bis penurious
habits, could have died and left his chil
dren so destitute. Sonic suggested that he
must cave hidden or buned his mcney,and
every part of the house, cellar, and baek-
yatd were carefully examined, but with
out its resulting in any such discoverr,
One day Fred A list on was surprised by
the apiarance of Tommy at the office,
bearing a brief and startling message from
his darling Laura. It contained just these
words, and they were very suggestive for
they were first she had ever written him :
"Deak Fkkd : Come to me quick.
"Lai-ra."
When be arrived she met him at the
door, and he noticed that her mat ner was
very strange and excited.
''What is the matter, my poor Laura?
What has happened ?" he exclaimed, pant
ing. "Something very odd has happened."
was her hurried and fluttering answer. "I
have just made a strange discovery, and
have sent for you post-haste to enlighten
me!"
She led the way into the house, and
once inside she went directly, and without
speaking, to an old bureau in one corner
and drew out a carefully-preserved pack
age of papers, and placed them in her
lover's hands.
Fred gazed at them for a moment in be
wildered astoaishmeut.and then exclaimed
excitedly, "Good heavens, Laura, what
does this mean t They are government
bonds. Where did you eet them? There
re thousands, too?
..Are JOU fcure of tha, , Can no
mistake I " demanded Laura, excitedlv.
Ao mistake in the world, my darling I
They are genuine government securities.
But w here in ti.e name of ail that is won
deiful did you get them !"
"You remember the old desk with one
broken leg In the room which my father
used to occupy i Well, I got short of kind
ling wood, and thinking it no longer an
ordered Tommy to lake it to the wood-shed
and ctit it up. lie went out with it, and
began to cut it. In a few minutes he
came running in, bringing a handful of
these bonds w ith hmC I guessed from
their appearance that they must be valu
able, and so I sent Tommy directly for
you,thinking you might be able, with your
knowitdge ot business, to see into this
matter more clearly than L I was almost
sure that such important-looking docu
ments could not be worthless paper."'
"Is o, my sweet Laura, you were right
there ! " cried Fred, gleefully; for he saw
that with this unexpected mine of wealth
in her possession, she could not reasonably
withhold her consent longer to become bis
bride not if see really loved him, as she
had so often assured him in their Under
moments. "There is no better paper in
the country to-day, or in the world, than
these same bonds.
In a word, the miser's children, who
bad been struggling so hard the last year
and half lor a bare subsistence, w hile
there was an ample provision for them
hidden away in the house, now found
themselves independent.
"And this was what so troubled my
father after his attack of paralysis," sug
gested Laura, "lie could neither speak
nor write, in any way make himself under
stood, four father! he must have suf
fered terribly, not to be able to reveal his
secret to his children. But he was very
odd, and when well would admit no one
into his confidence."
As you say, he must have suffered in
tense agony in the end.' returned Fred,
thoughtfully. "But now, dear Laura,you
have grown so rich,you wUl hardly remem
ber your promises to a poor fellow like
me.'1
She looked at him reproachfully.
"Can you think so meanly of me, dear,
darling Fred, after all the proofs of affec
tion 1 have given you, you naughty, un
grateful boy I"
"Forgive me ! forgive me, dearest Laura!
But now there is no longer the obstacle in
the way. will you not be merciful enough
to end this lone suspense, and name the
happy day!"
"It is now the middle oi -oveuioer,
said Laura, archly. "Let us say at Christ
mas.
You are a darline angel I cried red,
rapturously, and they were married at the
appointed time.
Who was Bluebeard.
niiiebeard was the Sieur Gilles de Retr,
of Bnttanv, a great feudal lord, who pos
sessed vast estates and great power in this
neighborhood in the latter part oi tneiour
teeuth and beginning of the fifteenth oen
turies, and was besides a marshal of
France,
This castle was his stronghold, and he
ruled it and the Loire country around with
a hand of iron and a sword of fire.
Gifted in youth with physical strength
and beauty, and an enormous fortune, he
impaired Doth by all sons of indulgence.
When too late, wim aueiucu
body, he found bun sell lasnea oy me
scorp'ion whip that is always sure to follow
sin- ....
Instead of growing penitent, neoniy ue
carne more bloody and relentless.
rieduced by a wicked and cunning al
chemist to believe that by bathing in human
blood he could claim back his vanisned
health, beauty, and spirit, he entrapped
children and young person of DeHh sexes,
murdered them in the dungeon of the cas
tle with his own hand, and bathed in their
warm blood. , ,
It was believed that more than a hundred
were thus murdered.
After years of impunity the matter be
came so notorious and spread so much fear
through the country that the people rose in
a mass against him, made him a prisoner,
and carried him to Nantes.
n.,.M ho wan tried hv his suzerain lord,
carried into execution in iwim " "
now the Chaussee de la Madeleine, on the
Gloriette Island, in front of where the great
hospital now stands.
The annual crop of ?Ja
this country Is estimated at 3,000,000.
The Eimntloa of flood Back, Hell Uate.
The mining of Flood Rock, Hell Gate,
in the East Kiver at the northerly part of
New York city, preparatory to blowing it
up after the manner of the Hallett's Point
work, is being pushed forward rapidly.
The expenditure last year amounted to
$140,000, and a large part of the $200,000
appropriated this year for trie improvement
of East River will go to this work. Em
ployment is now given to 1S5 men, divided
into three shifts of eight hours each. The
central shaft is fifty feet deep.
Running acmes the river are twenty
headings; at right angles to these are eleven
cross headings, none of which have yet
been extended their entire length. They
average seven feet nigh and ten feet wide,
and are situated about twenty feet apart.
Near the main shaft, however, where more
light and space are required for working,
they are larger. Three acres have thus
been undermined, or one-third of the
whole. It is not intended to enlarge the
headings until each one has been carried
out to its full length. Then the chambers
w ill be widened and made higher, so that
the whole excavation will resemble an im
mense cave, the roof being supported by
the rocky pillars which now form the sides
of the headings. The thickness of the rock
forming the roof will then be about ten
feet, varying according to the character of
the rock, whereas it is now from fifteen to
thirty feet in thickness.
The work of tunneling proceeds very
slowly, owing to the hardness of the rock
of which the reef is composed. The rate
at which it is now going on is from 00 to
ti00 feet a month, representing an excava
tion of about 1,600 cubic yards. It is im
possible to tell when the whole will be ac
complished even at this rate. Frequently
a seam is struck in blasting which stops the
work in that heading altogether, on account
of the leakage. In such a case it is cus
tomary to. work around the leak. Accord
ing to the last report, the work done dur
ing the past year was much greater than in
any previous year; 24,000 cubic v axels of
rock were removed, 43,000 blasts made,
and 57,006 drills sharpened. The num-
ler of blasts made each night now averages
150. The rock thus br ken up is loaded
on scows and dumped in the deep water to
the south of the reef. Part of it was also
used to fill up the space between Big and
Little Mill Rocks, which lie to the north.
A Horrible Recital.
vnpr li-oni vs rww-n a r it it Aiirht nr
nine miles eastward of the city of Edin
burgh, of parents who went hedging and
ditching for their daily bread, and who
brought up this their bloody-minded child
to the same occupation; but as be grew up,
bis disposition to idleness not permitting
him to followan honorable employment, he
left his father and mother, and ran into the
country, where, following a most wicked
life, and taking up a woman as vicious as
himself, instead of living, in any city,
fnu-n nr vi1lrn ttiv tunic lin their hwltritiir
- - fc-, J f O ."I
on a rock by the seaside, on the shore of
c-pire Ualway, where they lived lor up-
trarH ' f t-i-ntr fi v TMn liAvinir twkth
children and (rand-children in that time,
whom they brought up so wickedly that
they never separated, kept no other com
pany but themselven. and mipnnrtprl them
selves entirely by robbing, and, what was
worse they never committed a robbery with
out a murder.
They never frequented any market for
provisions, but as soon as they murdered
any man, woman or child, they did not
leave the carcass behind, but carried it to
their den,. where, cutting it into quarters,
they would pickle theui.aud live upon human
flesh till they got another prey of the same
kind. But they had generally a superfluity,
insomuch that they oftentimes in the night
time, but at a great distance from their
sanguinary mansion, threw legs and arms
of some they had killed into the sea, which
the tide cast up at seve-ral parts of the
country, to the great astonishment of the
beholders. Persons who went about their
lawful occupations fell often into the
hands of these merciless cannibals and
never returned home again. This raised a
general cry among their friends and rela
tions, insomuch that the whoie country
was alarmed, and private spies were sent
out in all parts to find out if possible how
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these melancholy events nappeneu. rur
a length of time lhir strict searches and
inquiries were to no purpose. However,
several honest travelers were taken up
nnsm aiiKnirinn. and wromrfullv handed
upon bare circumstances, besides several
innocent inn-keepers, who were also exe
cuted for no other reason than that persons
who had been thus lost were known to have
lain in tbe-ir houses, and were supposed to
h twn rnlilwrl anil murdered bv them
and their bodies privately buried in ob
scure places 10 prevent a uiseoery. aiici
several had been executed, and no one
made any confession at the gallows, but
declared tney were innocent oi me cxueic
r.. m-l,l,h f .t.v Hii.fl thin rifrarous wav of
1UI W, UlM ' , n
proceeding was given up, and the find
ing out of the murderers left wholly to
GikI.
Sawney Beane, with his wife, children,
and grand-children still pursued their bar
barous actions with impunity, and, being
somewhat numerous, they would attack
four, five or six men together, if they were
on foot. As for horsemen, two were the
most they would ever set on, and then
with such caution that an ambuscade was
laid to secure them, ride which way they
would, provided one or both made their
escape from the first assailants. Thus, those
whose misfortune soever it was to fall into
iui, Karhmii handle he or she never came
off with their lives. The place was solitary
. . i . . j i i , i...
where they inuaoiiaieu; auu, ik
Ude came up, the water went for near two
hundred yards into their subteiranean hab
itation, which reached almost a mile un-.-womiiml
an that if the? were seen there
about by any person, it was not in the least
suspected that anytmng nuuuui rou
such a dismal place of perpetual horror
and darkness. The number of people they
bad killed was not exactly known; but it
was reckoned that In the twenty-five years
they had reveled in these iuhuman slaugh
ters they had washed their hands in the
blood of above one thousand men, women,
and children.
The discovery of the canniDa's was mus
made: A man and his wife, who was be
hind him on the same horse, coming one
evening from a fair and felling iuto an
ambuscade of these merciless wretches,
they fell upon them in a most furious man
ner; the man, to save himself as weU as he
could, fought bravely with bis sword and
pistol, riding some of them down by main
force of hi horse, from which his wife, in
the conflict fell off, and was presently
murdered before the husband's face; for
the female cannibals forthwith cut her
throat, sucking the blood with as great a
gusto as if it had been wine, which unpar
alled barlarity made the pot r man make
the more obstinate resistance, is expecting
the same fate. It pleased Provideace that
twenty or thirty passengers were riding
that way from the same fair that he had
been at, and Sawney Beane and his blood
thirsty clan withdrew, making the best of
their way through a solitary wood, and so
retired to their den.
The man, who was the first that ever
came off alive after falling into their bands,
told the passengers what had happened.
and showed them the bloody spectacle of
his wife, whom th murderers had dragged
some miles off, which struck them all
with stupefaction and amazement. They
earned him with them to Glasgow, and,
relating the matter to the provost of that
city, they immediately sent to the king
about it, who, in three or four days, came
j in person thither, being desirous of seeing
the apprehending of this villain, who, for
so many years, bad been the pest of the
western part of his kingdom.
A body of about f jur hundred men, well
armed, set out on horse-back with the king,
who bad several blood-hounds with him,
and went with the man to the woods
where be was attacked, but found no sign
of any habitation all over iL They then
went through it, which led down to the
seaside, when, the tide being out, and
going along the shore, they passed by the
cave of Sawney Beane without taking
any notice of it as a place of habitation,
of habitation, until some of the blood
hounds running into it and setting up a
most hideous barking, howling and yelp
ing, the king and his attendants came
back and looked into it. Seeing nothing
but darkness, they did not know what to
think. Ibe blooc-hounds contiLued to
yelp. Torches were sent for and a great
many men ventured into it; though there
were several intricate turnings and wind
ings in this private recess from mankind,
yet they at last came to the apartments of
Sawney Beane, where, to their great sur
prise, they beheld the legs, arms, thighs,
hands, and feet of men, women, and chil
dren hung up like dried beef, and some
limbs lying in pickle, a great mass of mon
ey, gold and siiver watches, rings, swords,
pistols, and a great quantity of cloth,
both linen and woolen, which they had
taken from those they murdered. All
these they seized, and took what human
flesh they found there and buried it. They
also brought out Sawney Bean and his
murderous family, which, besides himself,
consisted of lis wife, eight sons, six
daughters, eighteen grandsons and fourteen
granddaughters, begotten in incest. They
were all pinioned and carried to Edinburgh
All the country, as they passed along, flock
ed in multitudes to see this cursed tribe,
who had no sooner arrived it their jour
ney s end than tney were put iuto Tolboolh
for one night, whence, the next day, being
conducted under a strong guard to Leith,
the men, without process or any manner
of trial, bad their hands and legs cut off,
by which amputation they bled in some
hours to death, aud this torture being just
ly inflicted upon them in sight of the wife,
daughters, aud grandchildren. The latter
were then burned in three separate fires,
all dying, like the men, without repentance,
but cursing and venting dire imprecations
to the last gasp.
Some Uari of Cooking Kicks.
A meal ot eggs, w hich are cheap, quickly
cooked and nourishing, and which every
farmer has or ought to have, on his prem
ises, will often save the housekeeper a
great deal of heat and worry, and be as
satisfactory to all concerned, as a more
elaborate meat dinner. And first, as to
boiling eggs, it is true, that most people
i , t . 1 .1.:- ..: !
uou It allow liow vu iciiinui nits siuiji-ej
them into hot water and boll twenty min
utes; they will be just as hard in ten, but
the yolks will be soggy and indigestible; in
another ten they will be mealy and light
To boil them soft, don't boil them at all,
but just cover them with bulling water, and
let them stand for ten minutes where they
will keep hot, but not boil. A very pala
table dish may be made of egs and aspa
ragus, thus: cut tender asparagus iuto
pieces half an inch long, and boil (went;
minutes; then drain till dry, and put intt
a saucepan containing a cupful of rich
drawn butter; heat together to a boil, sea
son with pepper and salt, and pour into a
buttered dish; break a dozen eggs over the
surface; put a bit of butter upon each;
sprinkle with salt and pepper and put into
toe ovej until the eggs are set. Another
easily prepared and really delicious dish is
made thus: provide as many deep saucers,
as you have persons to be served. Warm
and butter them, and sprinkle in each some
finely chopped ham or parsley, then break
into it two eggs, being careful not to break
the yolks, sprinkle lightly w ith salt and
pepper, and drop on them one-half a tea
spoonful of buitcr broken into very small
pieces; place into a moderately hot oven
until the white is set, which will be about
five minutes. A Quaker Onilet is a hand
some and sure disu when care is taken in
the preparation. Three eggs, half a cup
of milk, one and a half tablespoinfulls of
cornstarch, one teaspoonful of bi tter, put
the omletpan and a cover that will fit close
on to heat; beat the yolks of the eggs, the
cornstarch and the salt very well together;
beat the whites to a stiff froth, add to the
well-beaten yolks and cornstarch; stir all
together very thoroughly, then add the
milk; now put the butter in the hot pan,
and when melted pour in the mixture;
cover and place on the stove where it will
brown but not burn; cook about seven
minutes; fold, tuin on a hot dish, and
serve with cream sauce poured around iL
If the yolks and cornstarch are thoroughly
beaten, and when the stiff whites are add
ed they are well mixed, and the pan and
cover are very hot, there can be no failure.
To make a Parmesan Omelet; beat up
three eggs with pepper and salt to taste,
and a tablespoonful of grated cheese. Put
a piece of butter the size of an egg inlo
the omelet pan; as soon as it is melted pour
in the eggs, and, holdidg the handle of
the pan with one hand, stir the onilet with
the other by meaus of a flat spoon. The
moment the omelet begins to set, cease
stirring, but keep shaking the pan for a
minute or so; then with the spoon double
up the omelet, and keep on shaking the pan
until the under side is ot a good color.
Turn it out on a hot dish, colored side up
permost, and serve quickly.
Bow an arm was saved.
At the battles of Anlietam and South
Mountain a colonel was wounded his arm
fearfully shattered and he was borne
from the field by his brothers and a private
soldier. They carried him acvoss the
country a long and toilsome distance, every
step ot which was torture to tne suuerer,
to she house of a Maryland Union farmer.
Then came the ubiquitous Yankee surgeon
with his glittering knives and cruel saws,
and made hasty preparations to amputate
the ailing member. The farmer vehement
ly protested, dlanng that the man would
die if the arm was cut off. The surgeon
insisted that the patient would die if the
arm was not taken off, and the Colonel's
brothers coincided with the surgeon. But
the determined old farmer dispatched his
son on bis fleetest horse across the fields to
the other side of the mountain after his
friend and neighbor, a country physician,
and a rank rebel. When the rustic Escu
lapius arrived there ensued a long conten
tion with the Yankee hewer of bones ova
the sufferer, but the result was that the
arm was saved, and after some weeks of
careful nursing, the Colonel galloped off to
join his reguient, a comparatively sound
man. lie subsequently became Governor
of Ohio, and now fills the Presidential
chair.
A Grizzly Bear.
The train was delayed several hours.
There was but half a dozen passengers all
told, and they all got out on the station
platform, in looking down the valley
from the station (Truckee is away up . in
mountain on the main line of the Central
Pacific Railroad) we could sec some kind
of an animal coming down out of the tim
ber and making its way over the top of the
snow toward the river. It look eel like i
steer or a mule, and none of the passen-
gers thought it was anything else. The
snow was four feet deep aud frozen so hard
that one could walk over the top without
breaking through. Captain Vincent Yore,
of SL Louis, a man well-known in steam
boat circles both in SL Louis and Pitts
burg, and in fact all along the river, was
one of the passengers.
The station gent, who was at once the
express agent, ticket agent and baggage
man combined, went into his little office
and brought out a beautiful breech loading
rifle. Handing it to lore, he said sar
castically, "Here's a gun." Captain Yore
took the gun and started toward the end
of the platform. The passengers, of course,
never dreamed he was in earnest.
The station agent called him back when
he had gone down one of the steps, and
bringing out a rat terrier dog of the light
woolly Scotch pattern, said :
'Here, you'll wart a dog when you go
bear hunting."
Captain Yore turned back, picked up
the dog, and putting it under the flap of
his coat, started down toward the bear.
The grizzly had by this time got out far
enough to be plainly seen, as lie made his
way across the narrow valley. He looked
to be the size of a horse, and did not seem
to care whether there was anybody within
a short distance of him or noL The Rocky
mountain grizzly is the largest and when
aroused the nijst ferocious of all animals
in western North America. Travelers on
the Union and Central Pacific Railroad are
jamiliar with the specimen that is caged on
the platform at Lalhrop, an eating station
on the California end of the line. It has
a foot like the "fifteenth amendment," and
is as large as a Kerry cow.
The bear kept quietly in his course, and
Captain Yore went straight toward him.
The station agent realized the danger Yore
was in, and his anxiety was quickly com
municated to the passengers. They got
closer and closer until they were only about
the length of a train apart. Yore stopped,
look out the little dog and set him down.
The terrier made for the bear at once, aud,
going behind him, bit him on the heel.
The bear turned round to see what had
scratched him on the foot, and the minute
be turned Yore, who had been standing
motionless, watching the bear as it came
face toward him, brought the nil; up to
his nose and flashed it at hiuu The bear
immediately slapped himself on the
shoulder with his paw aud went toward
the captain. The passengers, who were
watching him, were now wild with excite
uieuL "He has hit him," said the old
Californian on the train, "and now he must
look out for him." Yore never moved.
The little snipe of a dog bit the bear on
the heel again, he turned ouce more, and
' again Yore unloaded on him.
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The bear
aiappwl himwlf nn the ahooldwr aud
straightened up as if to go quickly for
i ore. Then the beast broke throui:h the
snow and almost disappeared from our
sight He tumbled and rolled and waltzed
around. The Old Californians were almost
breathless with fright. "The bear is
trampling out a place to fight, run, run,
run !" they screamed to Yore ; but he stood
motionless as a statue. The little dog Hew
around the top of the pit the bear had made
and barked.
Presently the bear put out his head to
get his assailant's position, and, fixing his
eyes on Yore, he crawled out of his hole
in the snow. He had just steadied himselt
on his four legs when the dog bit him once
more, and Yore let hiiu have it again,
quick as a flash, the moment he turned.
Another time the grizzly slapped himself
with his paw, indicating be had been hit
He started on a trot toward Yore, who now
had four loads left in his ntle. Twice
again the dog bit the bear, and at each
time when he turned Yore unloaded iuto
him, bringing the rifle up to his face as
quickly as if he threw a weaver's shuttle.
After he had fired the fourth load the
.grizzly's pace was not slackened up much,
as you could scarcely notice him limp.
Yore turned to move back a few paces,
and as he did so he broke through the snow
and went down to his armpits. The pas
sengers, expecting every moment to see
the infuriated monster crush poor Yore,
covered their eyes in perfect terror.
The bear had got within a lew yards ot
Yore, and but a few seconds would decide
it. The dog bit him again, and Yore, who
bad the rifle firmly sighted, poured it into
him. two loads in quick succession, aud
stretched him as he was almost at the end
of the rifle. The whole thing occurred in
less time than it takes to tell it. The pas
sengers rushed down with a shout. They
brought the immense bear up to the station
and clubbed together and bought the nile
for Captain lore, and the captain laid
down a $'20 gold piece for the Utile dog,
which he brought back with him to tu
Louis, for, said he, "that dog saved my
life.
Italian Oraneee.
A full-grown orange tree yields from
five hundred to two thousand oranges an
nually, arriving at the bearing state in
three to five years, as does the lemon tree;
in proper climates both erow luxuriantly
in most soils. In the Mediterranean coun
tnes, whence our principal supply is de
nved, the plantations are called gardens,
and vary in size, the smallest containing
omy a small number of trees, while the
largest numbers many thousands. The
fruit is gathered in baskets being held by a
strap, attached and passed around the nec k
or shoulders. From the garden the lrult
goes to the packing magazine, where it is
removed from the boxes in which it was
placed in the gardens, and repacked for
shipment by experienced female packers,
after having been carefully assorted by
women and wrapped in separate papers by
young girls. The box of oranges contains,
on an average, two hundred and twenty
six specimens of fruit As many as five
hundred persons, mostly women and chll J
ren, are employed by some of the fruit
growers in their gardens and magazines, in
gathering, sorting and packing for ship
ment, the wages paid them varying from
nine to sixteen cents per day. The boxes
are then securely covered, strapped aud
marked with the brand of the grower, when
they are ready lor shipment A very large
proportion of the boxes of this vast trade
are now made in the state of Maine, prin
cipally of birch and mapl", cut in thin
sheets, put up in lorm of shooks, and
shipped from Bangor to Italy. Twenty
years ago the orange trade was trivial in
"its conime.cial importance or in the in
ducements to capitalists. Now it assumes
great prominence, and is a source of con
siderable revenue to the Italian govern
ment Th cue U not much danger when It
"raina cats and does." but when it
Spiu dogs, look out.
A Tattoolmj academy.
"Andre Galliot, Artist in Tattoo Work,"
is upon the door of one of the houses in
Depau row, New York. A knock upon
the door is sufficient to get admittance,
and a gentleman In a short brown velvet
jacket will usher you into the studio.
" lib me I find at present more than
really can attend to," said he. "You see
I have paid more attention to the business
than many would imagine it deserves, and
I intend before I leave to see it placed
among the lines of art in which color has
a representative. It takes steady experi
ence to become an expert with the use of
our needles and colors, and L like others.
have in my day been only a beginner, and
every person who got me to do little jobs
also gave me a good chance for practice.
My first inks, tools, and colois were given
to me by my tutor. He was a seafaring
man of very limited education, and knew
lit le or nothing of art. Money was all he
worked tor, but what work he accom
plished to secure this was remarkably fine,
lie would tattoo anything from a compass
and square to a Madonna. I have got
nearly that far myself, and am now teach
ing others the trade."
'Have you pupils I"
"YeIhave at present fifteen under
my instructions ; three are females and the
remainder are young men, one of them a
Chinaman. All of my pupils have had
some experience with the brush. I have
a young Cuban gentleman, who just left
before y hi came in. tie is the son of a
wealthy sugar and tobacco plantation
owner, tie lias been to Rome, Florence.
Milan, Berlin, and Pans studying art. He
was a pupd in some of the studios for
m arly two years, and can certainlv make
excellent drawings in the nude, and can
paint a most expressive face He says
there are too many men doing work on
canvas, and he thinks there is a better
field at present for human skin work in his
native place, where he is shortly to return.
My ladies have nearly ail had practice on
caavaii, and a couple of theia are first-class
crayon artists. One has been for some
time in the School of Art in the Cooper
Institute. She is good at natural history,
birds, fishes and animals. Then I b ive a
young woman good at profiles and busts.
One of the young nin is also fine at deco
rative and landscape work.
I have tattooed a great many ladies.
They like flowers, euch as a bunch of
three roses or daisies. The men always
order useful tattooing as a rule, such as
their initials upon their arms or some
fancy designs uK)n their breasts. The
Crucifixion is not uncommou among sailoi s,
and many have the emblems of Free
masonry, Odd Fellowship, and other secret
socie-tles.
"The French women in this city have
had Some good work done on them. One
of the chorus girls in Maurice Grau's Opera
Company, before returning to France last
season, came here and had the Cuban
young man tattoo ever her heart the full
picture of 'The Sacred Heart' seen in
Scriptural paintings It tookthe Cuban
just two hours to complete the subject
w ith its fu.l colors, and it is the most beau
tiful thing of its kind you could look at. I
offnvd tti ynung woman $10 if uro'ili!
only let me have a photograph taken so as
to show it to my customers, but she re
fused. 1 do not know where she go. the
idea from, but I know many women
,f 1
they saw the picture would have one made
at once. A m isician had the full portrait
of oue of the seven Muses put on his breast
the other day, and nght after him came a !
M..tiNn nulo vhmminvtnnuttl
a subjeot of lassoing of cattle on his breast
I let oue of the young fellows do the sur
roundings, and it made one of the prettiest
things with India ink and colors you could
see.
"Not long ago I had a visit fiom two
doctors, who bought some of my tools and
inks and had a little practice in tattooing.
One of them said that he was connected
w ith a lying-in institution and always made
a mark on every child so that be would
know them hereafter if they came before
hiin. My young men and women pupils
tell me tney are beginning to do some
work among very respectable ladies, such
as putting in some special marks on the
arms. Many choose carefully drawn
monograms, coats of arms, and crests. The
tattooing of children is certainly very use
ful in its way in case they should be lost
stolen, or abducted from home. A small
star, its initials, or even full name would
not do injury when located on the back. I
have done some nice, difficult work in
Tin key, Hindoostan, Egypt and Arabia.
There they demand fine coloring, and the
pav is good. While the operation is going
on they enjoy the pricking sensation with
great pleasure. 1 have done a good share
of work along the Liverpool docks, and
there is hardly a jckey that is well known
in London that has not come under my
needle."
A Female Hermit.
A wood teamster named McCausland,
who was hauling wood in the mountains
about twenty miles east of Virginia City,
Nevada, saw a woman ruling astride ol
a goat on the side of a mountain. She
seemed quite at ease on her improvised
courser, and was nding along at a last
gait but as soon as she saw she was ob
served she jumped off the goat and ran
out of sight on the further side of the
mountain, nanny following in her tracks.
The teamster is at a Iocs to account for
the presence of the woman in that neigh
borhood, as he is sure that there are no
families residing there, it was probably
"Old Mother Uildino," who has kept a goat
and sheep ranch for the past twelve or fif
teen years, on the eastern edge of Twenty
one mile desert, and whose peculiarities
are well known to the residents in that
part Carson Valley. She lives alone in a
small cabin with her goats, sheep and fowls
as her only companions, invariably avoid
ing all intercourse with white ptop.e as
long as she can, hen her stock ol the
necessanes of life is exhausted, sue visits
Sutro and Dayton to sell a few dozen of
eggs and chickens, wiih the product of
which she replenishes her store. She is
quite sociable to the Indians, who wander
in that direction, and treats them kindly
always, but especially when they are ill.
At such times she prepares irorn mouutain
plants, wfth whose pioperties she is well
acquainted, beverages that the Piutes be
lieve to be all potential in restoring meui
to health. Her Dearest white neighbor
lives probably fifteen miles away, but she
does not only not regret her iso.ation, but
she rather likes it, aud the chauces are that
she prefers her mode of life, in her wretch
ed hovel, to a residence on Comstock row,
or in a more civilized vicinage, bhe is
said to be the wife of Samuel L. Oildino,
surveyor ol Lyon County, from whom she
has lived apart for years.
What was loriuerly known as the
Chicago and Paciuc railroad, now a
branch of the Su Paul, has been com
pleted to Lanark, on the Mississippi.
Salt boxes or troughs in pastures
are economical in saving much salt
that would otherwise be wasted.
Pioneer Life Forty Tears Aro.
Robert Dale Owen, says: "1 have
sojourned ainoiuz the laborers of England; I
have visited amid their vineyards, the
peasantry of France; 1 nave dwelt for
years among the hardy mountaineers of
Switzerland; I have seen, and conversed,
and sat down in their cottages itu them
all. I have found often among them sim
ple goodness; ignorance, oppression, cannot
trample out lhaL 1 have witnessed pa
tience under hopeless toil, resignation beq
ueath grievous wrongs; I have met with
civility, kindness, a cheerful smile, and
a ready welcome. But the spirit of the
man was not there the spirit that can lilt
up the brow with a noble confidence and
feel that, while it is no man's master,
neither is it any man's slave. Between
them and the favorite of propitious fortune.
one felt tit u felt that there w as a ureal
gulf fixed, broad and impassable.
Far other is it even in the lowliest cabin
of eur frontier West. It is an tu.ua! vou
meet there; an equal in political nhts; oue
to w hom honors and oflice, even the high
est are as open as to yourself. Vou fee!
that is an equal. The tone in which hos
pitality is tendered to you, humble thouth
means aud forma may be, reminds you of
iL The conversation, running over the
great subjects of the day, branching off
perhaps to questions of constitutional right
or even of international law, assures vou
of it. 1 have heard in many a backwoods
cabin, lighted only by the blazing log-heap,
arguments on government, views of na
tional policy, judgments of men aud thiius
that, f jr sound sense and practical slirewu
uess, would not disgrace any legislative
body upon earth.
lhe early settler was Arabian in hospi
tality. Houses ot entertainment were ui-
irequent; the farmer was often compara
tively isolated, and though scant of cash.
he had usually enough, and to spare, of
plain provision for man and beast. Thus,
as a general rule, the chance traveler found
welcome and sheltei for himself aud horse,
if he knocked a- any door which he chanced
to approach toward night-falL Payment,
commonly offered, was almost alavs de
clined. " hat do I oweyoul" I asked a fanner,
to whom I was indebted for a comtortuble
supper and breaklast, and plentiful provis
ion tor the nmnl i rode.
"Well," he replied with a smile, 'I
haven't lime this morning to make out the
bill; but I'll tell you how you can pay it
Promise me that If you ever come within
striking distance of this Utile place again,
you'll give me a call, so we can have
another good, long talk together."
'l he only hesitation seemed to be when
they feared the stranger might be dissatis
fied with such fare as they could offer. On
one occasion I encountered a tempestuous
snow storm during a h jrseback journey to
Indianapolis to attend an eighth of January
celebration, and espying a decent-looking,
double log-ca'jiu, 1 resolved to seek shelter
there.
'Can I put up with you to-night, mad
amei" I asked a patient looking woman,
w ho came to the door at my call.
"Well." the said, hesitating, "it don't
seem like a body should turn a stranger
from the door on a niirht liho this, but w
aiu't hxed to keep travelers. We hain't
got no meat in the house. "
1 he snow was drdting right in my face,
and it was getting colder every minute.
"Have you bread and butter aud tea?' I
asked.
No tea, but coffee, and plenty of bread
and Gutter aud eggs of course." Great Britain owns nearly nine
belter fare than that.'Mniiiiioii square miles of the earth's
said I about to dismount
"But he aiu't at home," she objected,
'and there's nobody to take your critter."
"Never mind. Vou expect him soon?"
"Within au hour, 1 guesa."
"AU ngliU 1 can take care of my own
horse."
in the stable I fouad corn, fodder and
prairie hay in abundance; aud 1 bad fed
and curried my horse before it came back.
hen 1 returned to the house, my hostess
renewed her apologies.
"I most wish 1 hadn t let you stay. I
knew we huin'. nothing to give you like
whut you've been used to at home."
1 repeated my assurances that I should
be quite satisfied with what she hath Then
happening to cast my eye around lhe
room:
'JIadame," said L "I thought you said
you Lad no meat in the house, but surely,
these are praine-Iowls, ' pointing to three I
or lour that hung against the wail.
"Oh. sir, said she, "would you eat a
prairie-fowl! Then I can make you out a j
supper.
ira, iass.eu, -what made you sup-, (iot,arci tunnel. iWO.OOJ pounds of
pose 1 UkJiked praine-fowL" dynamite eousumed, and 1.650,000
"Ah," she replied, "if you had had them i drills worn out.
morning, noon and night as we hare, you j Estimates based npon reports from
wouldnl wonder. We can shoe them, a!i tne psruhes of LouUiana give tha
most any day in our barn-yard; but it's all I total suar crop of the state as 237,000
right hogsheads, and tue yield of molasses
And so it was. llr made his appear- j as 13,OtO,eHX) gallons,
ance in time for supper. The broiled prai-1 Tne pOI)Uiat,on of Baltimore for
ne-fowl was done to a wish; the bread was j l!W0 8j correcteil, giVes a total of 332,
excellent the coffee fair with cream, and 1 1. Ttl lu lltf9 nuUiber 157,361; fe
me cmnerauci ck eicepuouaoie. i nave
seldom eaten a belter supper with better
appetite, if it was in a Louse where there
was no meat to be had. My hostess felt
quite at her ease when I explained to her
that 1 lived in a heavily timbered part of
the country, in which prairie-fowls were
not to be had for the shooting, and where,
in consequence, they were valued as a ran-V-
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prvaeaee off Mind.
John Wilkes was not a great genera, but
he might have been one had bis tastes led
him into military life. His presence of
mind never deserted him. lie held many
places of trust and responsibili
ty. He was alderman, chamberlain of
London and member of Parliament, aud no
man was more outspoken and daring in his
criticisms upon the uovcrnnieni. unce
upon a time, w hen Wilkes had been more
severe than usual, and had reflected keenly
upon the King aud his chief Ministers, a
warrant was issued from the Court of the
King's bench for his apprehension; also of
the poet Churchill ( Charles), Wilkes's :
bosom friend and supporter. The chief
culprit knew that the warrant was out, and
that his friend's name was on it, but he had
not thought to speak of it The King's
messenger, with the warrant in baud,
found Wilkes in bis ebauiber; Churcluill
being at the time with him.
"Ah, Mr. Wilkes, I must arrest you in
the King's name."
"You have a warrant?"
"les, here it is."
"And you've got Charles Churchill's
name down alsof"
"Yes."
"Thompson, my clear fellow," said
Wilkes, turning to his companion, "do you
rua around to Churchill's rooms and tell
him what is coming. Tell him to be off
for a few days, and I'll have it all right for
km. '
Churchill nodded to his friend, and at
once hurried out, the officer of the law little
dreaming how the fish was nipping from
his net before his very eyes.
Th butterfly never aoes back on its
grub-
NEWS IS BRIEF.
The military reserve of the United
States reaches 5,500,000 able-bodied
lien.
The province of Quebec Is sending
numbers of laborers iuto the United
States
It fs said there are 500 Chinamen
who have become Roman Catholic
prit-sts,
Our four great timber states are
Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin and Min
nesota. Twenty mills to make paper out of
palmetto are to be erected in Florida
shortly.
The Holyoke manufactory deliver,
ed 15,UiO,uuO po.-tal cards in one week
recently.
The Moravians have sixty-five
churches iu America, and about 150,000
members.
A n a-red female servant at Wind
ermere, Englau 1, has fallen heir to
1,5U0,U00.
The foreign trade of the United
i'ates has increased thirty percent,
siuce IST'J.
The trotting horse St. Julien has
made a profit ol fJS.OOO for his owner
this season.
Louis Napoleon was the ruler of
France from Iecember, 1st, to Sep
tember, 170.
The territory of China is nearly
"ix times greater than that of the
United States.
The American Union telegraph
company has contracted for two new
tlaatic cables.
The Philadelphia mint has been
ordered to coiu $10,0u0,000 monthly iu
to anu i iu pieces,
Sin Fraucisco has newspapers
printed in le-u loreigu languages, iu-e-liuling
Chinese.
The first bankrupt law enacted by
an American Congress was in 1800; it
was repealed in lSllU.
The activity of Mount Vesuvius
increases. Liva flows abundantly on
the s.de towards Naples.
To the census bureau from Idaho
are reported 60.000 sheep, 60,000 horses
and -4 jJ,U00 head of cattle.
Oa the 6th of August 1760, three hun
dred of Frederick the Great's soldiers
died ol sunstroke iu oue day.
Q jeen Victoria is having a lonely
visii. at Balmoral, w hence cold weither
das driven all bui her household.
Two hundred and fifty different
kinds of tacks are manufactured from
brass, copper, zinc, iron and steel.
The total value of the property oc
cupied by the religious orders in Paris
amounts in all to 116.50,000 francs.
The Furni-di liet has voted annual
subsidy of 60j0 rubles lor five years to
establish au Italian opera at Helsing
lors. Chicago his a sensible ordinance
requriug the use of irou vessels lor
ashes, under a ien.ilty ol $5 for every
violation.
Xiiiutoen pprsons are held in the
Cook County Jail. Chicago, on the
charge of murder, ot various degrees
of atrocity.
The annual production of kerosene
N now about 15,000,000 gollons. The
first oil well was sunk nearly twenty
one years ago.
surlace. the I niied States own about
three millions.
According to some statistics pub
lished in a French journal there are
1,$7,350 married men iu France, and
l,567,OiHl married women.
The annual report of the Commis
sioner of Pen-ions shows that there
were on the of June last 250,800
persons on the pension rolls.
Reuben R. Springer, of Cincinnati,
who contributed so liberally to the
touudatiou of the Music liail has just
celebrated his SOth birthday.
During the month of October, the
day decreases in length 1 hr. 31 min.
the sun rising on the 31st f0 min. later
nel selling 51 mill, eariier than on the
L-t.
The old woixlen Putney bridge,
the oldest bridge on the Thames, is to
be replaced with an Iron structure. It
was opened for tratllc iu November,
172'J,
It is reported that 320,000 holes
were b red in the execution of at.
,aIes. 174. Si'J: native. 276.176: foreign
oo,01t; white, 2(3,4s ; colored, a3(bS'J.
There are 227 students In the col
legiate department of Smith Female
College, at Northampton, Mass., of
whom 3i) are seniors, 50 juuiors. 72
sophomores and 75 in the entering
class.
The richest men in Germany are
the Rothschilds of Frankfort; Krupp.
of E?seu, and B eich bidder, of Berlin;
and Prince P.ismarck is also reckoned
among the millionaires. The number
of Prussian millionaires is only 1195.
lhe population of New York City,
iccordinar to the official census report,
is 1,216,57-, of which 500,762 are males,
61515 females, 727,743 natives, 473.-
1934 foreign born, 1,1S6,I44 while, and
jxi colored.
The house in Woodbury, Conn., for
meily occupied by Elijah Sherman,
was shingled recently tor the first time
since it was built in 17'Jl. Theshinles
were ot pine, and soino of them was
in a fair sute of preservation when
uiken oil.
The Rev. Charles F. Penney, of
Maine, the leading Prohibition Slate
id the Union, has compelled siatutics
showing that in 40 years there have
been 5356 patients received at the Suite
Insane Asylum, one-third of wuutu
were suderin from the effects of
uabitual iroxication.
The Orecon Salmon fluherte.
From the annual report of the
Oregon Board of Trade we learn
that the salmon catch of the past
spring aud summer has exceeded
anticipations yielding 5:j0,000 cases.
In ltiT5a catch of 231,500 cases was con
sidered enormous; lt77 yielded 400,000
cases, and lbl'J as many as 435,000 cases.
This rapid increase shows the vast extent
and financial value of the Oregon salniou
fisheries. Of the half million and more
.cases packed this year, 211,522 cases were
sent to San Francisco, and 23!t,241 Casta
Wkre shipped direct to Great Britain.
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