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B. T. SCHWEIKR,
THE OOaUTlTUTlOI TEE UHOI-AID THE HT0E0EXE1T OF THE LAVS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXVI.
MIFFUNTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENN A.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 31. 1882.
NO. 21.
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lUt LOVE OF AX llONESV MAX.
There's many a thing that tne maiden wish
A thej Journey aiong to life.
As the-y take """ I" ,n Hl bo"T world,
A ail share In its care and atrtre ;
rerhaps they wish for a oofcj house,
Willi the furniture spick and span
lint to crown the whole they can the moat,
Fur tbe lure of an honeat man.
ei. pretty maidens, where'er Ton are.
In paiat-e or humble cot.
Whether your life U fair or aright,
r ial and toil your lut.
Whither your name Is Flora May,
tirhomeJy Mary Ann,
Yuu win te In luck If yon win the lore
The love of an honest man.
', a ma) Jen mar prize her diamond set,
ir dresses of latest style :
or luft-ibit a home of costly build,
V H h carets of Telvat pile ;
ltut the greatest blessing in woman'a life
Let her pun it while now ahe can
Hum n r goivWn leaks, to her silver hair,
Is the live of an bou.Kt man.
M ABEL MOSTIETH.
It was night in the camp of Maximil
ian's mbt, and Bounds of merriment
were heard upon all sides, for soldier
are ever wont to indulge in pleasure,
regardless of what the morrow will bring
forth.
In a tent in the inner chcle of the
camp sat two officers at a rude table,
upon which was marked with lead pen
cil a chess, or checker board, while,
black and white buttons served for the
'men."
Around the tent were stationed
guards, and both of the officers were
unarm!, w hile not a weapon of any de
scription was visible in their canvas
n-oin.
They were prisoners, soldiers in the
set vice of Jaurez, captured the day be
fore; but their appearance indicated that
they were not Mexicans.
Both men were of tall commanding
forms, and of easy, graceful address ;
but, w here one had dark Idue eyes, and
light hair and moustache, the other had
eyes that were large and black, with
brown hair and moustache.
Both men were exceedingly handsome
and upon their faces bore the impress of
noble soul and. hearts that knew no
fear.
A love tf adventure had caused them
to leave their homes in the nortli, after
the close of the civil war, in which bsth
had fought bravely.and cast their swords
with Jaurtz, to aid m drmug from
Mexican soil a Gorman emperor.
Capoul Monteith, the blonde officer,
was a vouug officer of wealth and good
familv, a New Yorker and a pet in so
ciety.
Garnet Weston the brunette, was a
jkxvt man, a young lawyer in New York
..t r..l though poor parentage. He
C.
was possessed of superior intelligence,
and was fast wianiug a name, when he
crossed the path of Malel Monteith, the
Utr of Caooul. and a beauty and an
heiress.
So deeply did Garnet love Mabel that
he w as miserable when not in her pres
ence, and he believed she cared for
him : but his pride was great, and he
would not offer a pauper hand to a bell
' and an heiress, and so struggled hard
to win fortune and fame in tilfl profes
sion.
One dav. an evil day for Garnet,
pretended triend told him that Mabel was
his promised wife, but that their en
gagement had not yet been made pub
lic.
Like one in a dreati Garnet Weston
listened, and then in despair determined
to ek some more stirring field where
i ;m nf his lost love would not be
ever before him.
later found him a cavalry
captain in the army of Benito Juarez,
where a tew weeks later he was surprised
to be joined by Capoul Monteith; who
had also offered his service to the Mexi
can president.
In an engagement two days before
they are presented to the reader in their
tent, they had been captured and carried
into the lines of Maximilian.
The night in camp they were playing
a came of checkers, j)our pacr U
rn, and Capoul. who was an expert
,ivr was suonsed to see bow readily
r .
l,o was lien ten bv Garnet.
Suddenly a heavy tread sounded with
out, the sentinel challenged, there was
a repjiouse, the next instant three
f -Ui-Yimiliim's officers entered the tent,
one of whom was an American, a repub
lic.,, fUhtincr for Imperial Mexico,
.rrnmst the Republic: another was
rt.,.wiAinff Frenchman, the third was
Arxian colonel
s-w.iman T am sorry to disturb
. l.nr news has come to-night that
Beu'ito Juarez has executed captain of
our ai my, and I have orders to select
, i von. and march you forth to die
in retaliation," ard the American Impe
rialist looked sad over the duty he had
to perforin.
-You cannot mean that one of us
must die for an offense against Maxi
n.n bv Juarez." sail Capoul Mon
teith, rising. .
.tt,. n are mv orders, sir; but
u. - ..t to select, for my duty
fcUU. " "
is most painful."
.i !. gentlemen play a gam
for
i;lhe loser to die," suggested
i, ,nnir Frenchman.
.A i;.Ua mnnsienr. Gentlemen.
I observe you were playing a Jfame of
checkers when we entered, so set to
work and play three games, the one who
. 4i, tr. tm-jipe. the other to
IW U Ol UJC - ' '
dia,'
wt.i is the execution to ir
Garnet Weston.
Within the hour, sir."
"Very well, CapouL I am ready f or
the game of life aud death,
Capoul Monteith paced to and fro the
h mVt nervous stride, lie
lUb Witt xj ,
was young, distinguished, posseased of
ifh and fond of life, and he
dog; but he was a brave man and thought
of Garnet Weston, whom he had always
admired, and half wished to be the loser
rather than to see his ff??nd die.
I am ready." he at length said, and
the two friendH, strangers in a strange
land, sat down to play the game for hfe
or death.
Capoul Mont ith played with the ut
most caution, for "if one must die I have
as good right to struggle for life as has
Garnet," he thought.
Garnet Weston played with indiffer
ence, a quiet, sad scale upon his face,
and around them stood the three officers
and the platoon that weie to be the exe
cutioners of the loeirg ona
Ten minutes passed, twenty, anl the
game won by Capoul Monteith, whose
face flushed crimson and then paled
again.
Garnet Weston's face never changed
an expression, for the same smile rested
there.
The second game passed quickly. Gar
net making his moves the instant Capoul
had raised his hand, and surprising all
by his reckless indifference, but cool
manner.
Five minutes passed, ana the second
game was won by Capoul Monteith.
"My GodI Garnet, old fellow.I feel fo
you from my heart," cried the winner,
the tears starting to his eyes.
Garnet pressed his friend's hand, the
same smile upon his face as he said
quietly.
I was ever a poor unlucky dog,
Capoul, but my friend, when I am dead
look in my saddle roll, hanging there
and the papers you find please deliver to
the proper address, aud and Capoul,
eay to Miss Mabel I left a farewell for
her."
Gentlemen, I am ready."
"Curses on your imperial humanity !
Will you slay a man as though he were
a hound?" cried Capoul, angrily turning
toward the officers, for it cut htm to the
heart to part with his friend.
'I yield to the fortunes of war,
Capoul, and these gentlemen but do l heir
duty.''
'Come, let it be over," replied Garnet
and shaking the hand of his friend
warmly, he was marched away.
Half distracted with grief, Capoul
Monteith paced hi tout, hi thought
whirling and his brain on fire, as he
gazed at the stool where a short while
before poor Garnet had sat.
An hour parsed, and the American
officer of the imperial army stood before
him.
'Well?' said Capoul, hardly daring
to ask the question.
"He is dead."
"God have mercy upon him,"groonei
the sorrowing friend.
'Yes, Captain Monteith he is dead,
and thongh I have seen many men die I
never saw one face death with such per
fectly calm indifference as did your
friend.
'He gave the order to the platoon to
fire, and fell instantly; but, ere he died,
he wrote this note to you, and the
Ameiican imperialist handed a slip of
paper to Capoul, and turning let the
tent
Id aroet's bold hand was written:
"Capon.:
"I cava mv hfe away to save you, for
I loved Mabel too dearly ever to let her
brother die where I could be sacrificed
instead.
"I dare tell vou this now, for 1 stand
on the brink of my open grave.
"Farewell! Gabset.
A bitter night of sorrow passed Capoul
MonUith in that lonely teut, for well he
knew his friend had spoken the truth,
and wh .n mouths after the star of Maxi
milian's crown had set in gloom, and he
resigned from the army of the succesful
Juarez, he wended his way homeward,
with a heavy heart, for he could not for
get that Mexican sod covered the noble
man who had fallen, a sacrifice to save
his life.
Three years passed away after the
game of life or death, and one pleasant
evening, toward the sunset hour, a horse
man was tiding slowly along a highway,
traversing a fertile valley of south
western ttate.
Three years had added more dignity
to the face, and perhaps saddened it;
but otherwise no change had ever com
over Capoul Monteith's fine feature.
TTnon his right hand setting Uacktrom
the road, was a pretty little farm house,
surrounded by iertile flelds.and the sight
promising well for a night s lodging 'lor
man and best,' Capoul turned in at the
white gateway, and rode up to the trout
door and dismounted. ,
The owner of the mansion descended
the steps to greet him, and Capoul Mon
teith stood face to face witu uarnei
Weston,
My God! has the grave given up its
dead 1" cried Capoul, in dismay.
'o old fellow, von find me flesh and
blood ready aud willing to give you a
hearty welcome to this my home,leftme
by an old bachelor uncle, a few months
since. But come in, i win ui j""
The surprised and delighted Capoul
wiliiBgly accepted, and around a well
spread tea table that evening he herd
how Garnet had been carried forth to be
most bunglingly executed: but a squad-
. i annAiired and
ron ol juarea ram": -it
friKhtcned off his executioners, ere the
first platoon had nrea, sua -
ful ranchero had seized him and borne
him to his ranche where through months
of suffering, he recovered, and was able
to depart from the house of his good
friend.
But it was long ere he oeuld gw
strength enough to reach Galveston,
. -.i be met an old uncle,
SZZZM him to his comfortable
home with him.
. i - j i.i KooViolar waa one day
xne auiitx - ... i
thrown from hi. home, and night and
day Garnet had wetched at hit bedside,
until death relieved him of his suffering
and the yonug man found that his uncle
had left him all his wealth.
'But, old fellow, why did you iiot
write to let me know, for you know not
how I have mourned for you?" asked
CaponL
"I did write to my old law partner in
New York, and he said you had moved
away, none knew whither."
"True; poor Matxl failed in health,
and I carried htr to Europe, but we soon
returned, and to effect a change in scene
and aii I purchased a fin farm about
two days journey from here, and there
we now live. Mabel is contented if not
nppy."
'She married "
"She married?" Fiddlesticks! No,
she never had any idea of marrying any
man except yourself, and you went off
to Mexico and nearly broke her heart"
Three month passed and the bachelor
horns of Gurnet Weston had a mistress
to preside over it a queenly looking
woman of twenty-two, perhaps, with
dreamy, sad eyes, and a face of woad
rous beauty.
That woman wa once the heireu and
belle of New York Mabel Monteith
who had, after long years, mat ried her
first and only love through that game of
hfe aad death, in the gulf washed land
of Mexico.
Ihe KIM la HIlorjr.
It was by a kiss that the dark-browed
Judas gave the preordained siga; it was
by a kits that King Abasneru signified
to the trembling Esther that her for
tunes vere no longer at .he caprice of
the mercurial Haman. A kiss dismissed
the haplcs Eex to that melancholy
death whieh the whimsical love of the
ferocious Elizabeth made a dagger in
her life forever after. It was a kiss that
lulled the victims of Lncretia Borgia's
innumerable intrigues to the neisome
dungeons of Castle d'Estes. A kiss was
the sign that the perfidious Queen Cath
erine de Medici made the token of the
weak King's assent to the masscre of
St Bartholomew. Brutus made hi
treachry to his benefactor more odi
ous by a miscreant kiss at the very mo
ment his dagger was uncovered for the
slaughter of his adopted father. Wil
liam the Conqueror saluted his confiding
kinsman Harold on both cheeks at the
moment he meditabd wrestioj his ki- g
dom from him. The kiss ii quite as
often the sign of infide'iy as it is of the
amenities of love. Th : r. its worst
and most intolerable nv however,
vt wiien it is a mere penuue
tory observance. What meaning
can the fusilade that salutes a
bride have to a sensitive soul? Th
smack of the ininisUr, it is true, give
official or pcrhajis sacerdotal complete
ness to a ceremony now stripped of
some of its ancient unprescriptive pic-
turesqueness. Ou entering battle of
old the knight graciously saluted the
company by a kiss on the blade of the
sword. At the battle of Ivry old chroni
cler relate that the galleni knights of
Franco deliberately drew up in line and
raising their swords, kissed their blades
then set impetuously forward with the
lance. If Homer is to bs taken literaby,
the honest heroes of the Hisd
made the kiss to prof ace nearly every
undertaking from the sacrifice of a bird
to the delivery of a battle Achilles
actually stopped a combat in order to
give Paris time to go back to kis
Helen. Men and women have been
known to risk life and fortune merely to
pledge their truth in the passing ee-
stasy of a kiss. The mew sensual
gratification tolip meeting lip is not the
inspiration that flows from the touch-
init ni tb litis. Kisses are the treble
aud clefs that mark tiis perfuctest
melody in the song aud symphony o
life.
An Encounter With Grlaaly.
Xot long ago B. D. Smith, an exper
ienccd frontiersman and hunter of Burnt
Fork, Wyoming, was out hunting near
the ranche of George Stahl, on curni
Fork, accompanied by his two faithful
dogs. Armed with his well-tried rifle
he was hunting far any game, big or
little, that might turn up, but was not
aware u-til almost too late that one oi
the most powerful and ferocious beasts
known to this continent was carefully
and determinedly hunting for him : but
.m t , fact The criazly stole a
march on the hunter, approaching at a
rapid bound, and was within ten feet
before he was discovered, it was ouij
the work of a moment for Mr. Smith to
get one well-directed shot from his rine
and for the bear to reach him with his
huge claws. At this interesting junc
ture the dogs proved faithfal allies,
doubtless sariug their master's life.
They attrcke J the bear in the rear with
all their power, mometarily draw ing his
attention. This enabled Mr. Smith to
extricate himself and get in a few more
- i i r- c.;th
shots. The bear is ueau auu j. ouuvu
still lives, though he will bear the
marks of the couflict for the rest pf his
days. His right arm aud right thigh
s terribly lacerated anu uo
was
broucht into Fort Bndger, where
the
port surgeon dressed his wounds.
Lavendar.
Lavender, so common bow, also easily
procured, was in ancient limes worm
Ulinc u- - - , - ...
- ih.n IIS e UUL 1U KUIV. - - -
"ppikenard" of tne ancients, auu iumi
the basis of a very precious oimtnen.. m
the manufacture ot wbuh the leaves of
the plant were employed. The great value
of spikenard" ointment is mentioned in
the Gospel of Mark. It is alo known
that the lavender spikes or blossoms sold
tor one hundred Roman denarii, or over
fifteen dollar in our currency, per pound.
Thus it will be seen that lavender ha
known better days.
Tka BaiOo
"The Banjo," teniarked a prominent
young rYofessor of ihi instrument, "or,
properly spe.ikin, the word banjo. Is a
corruption of the Latin wod bamlort,
which mav be briefly, though not deflmleiy.
stated in English as banj i, a stringed mu
sical instrument" -
scientific research has proven the ongic
of the bun jo of a very recent date. -An
instrun ent, bearing a striking similarity t.i
the modern banjo was found u Ey;i
and substq-iently, it is stated, another a
discovered in the Pyramid. Tbe inurn
ment in use to day. however, is en g.-;at
an improvement over that of tie anevat
da'e, that only close comparison woM
succeed in ealablshing their similitu&t.
It Ls 1 owevtr, to the credit of the so'm
itre'gy that the bacjo btcime a popUnr
musical instrument, and its almost excia-1
sive nte from the period of it early sdrtot
was confined to this aew feature in &e
way of musical entertainments. - J .
"How came th banjo to te so cUM'y
ailed wi'h the colored people!" wws a,
p landed.
"Kegarding that poiru," replied tbe iV
feaaor, "it i to be said that tue banjo 'ii
an instruuiant of varied price. '.hetaear -new
of some grades making tlieju r.tj't
a ile by the poor classes, aud the womlir
ful adaptability of it ihuj to the p. auc
tion melodic of the coutuera slaves a
further reason. The banjos used at tbat
time, however, were much inferior to itt
fine instruments of the present." "
.v u I01 U,U annane WM T A resolute oarty of Cannon's coufeder
that the baoji excited the muoic-iovrbt . . .. , -.. . . , ,
weld. The crude and Inferior tuitrumw. ates visited the jail, and by the argn
soon gave place to a better one, and in tfca ment of the revolver compelled the
hand of an aecompiished player at that Sheriff and juilor to lilierate Cannon.
lime, notamy Jpa cwecney, iiu.ik He wa9 aftcrwarils ia prion at Rich
known as 'OMJue. ilia bantu made larru - . . ...
knowa as '-Old Joe," the banjo made is-v-d !
progression ta tbe musical world '
To what would you ascr.be the banjj's
present popularitjt"
'Listen to tbiv and without troths'
repljiDg, the Professor dashed off a fe
rhapsodies cf low sweet strains, alternated
witn brilliant staccato effects. 'That,
remarked the Piofessor, "is the secret Jf
the banjo' success. Wben it is IhorouhVy
understood and well-played it is onee: In
most charming ol instruments. As al ready
said, it has been only of late years
that it has received its merited recognition J coming hard uushed by the detectives,
in the musical world, la the first plavfi fled to the West, w here he became asso
the minstrelsy appropriated it in their j einted with a band of tbe most des
negro impersonations, aud adapted it to I .H rate traia wret.kers who harassed the
all their song, and dances Principally in j ngeommaulty. Having amassed
their 'Jog dancing, iromlbig latter source J
the fashionable outside world, thoroughly 'ge fortune he retired from tram
appreciative of its varied musical proper- j robbing aud settled at St. Catharine's,
tics, adopted it as a pet instrument." I Canada, as a grain merchant, Spe. n
This appears to be a fine instrument" j ,ation deV(,nroj his ill-gotUsn wealth,
remaraea me reporter, uoiuiux n wua as i
much scientiuc knowledge as a raw re
cruit would a musket at hi first drill.
'liow do they value in price?"
Yes; that is a good insirarueDt, out
there are a great many finer ones manu
factured. They can be purchased at all
prices from a drumhead at $1.50 to tbe
extra superior article, $75 and $1UU.
What are the valuable qualttiai? '
ites ot liantoa, vaJu-
mg fro-n $ to $50. The banjos that aell ,
unuer o, ll may ue saiti, are maue tor bb-u
only.
liie grades or qua.ities nave Mrn
designate! by the niauuiacturcrs respec
tively, 'cloudy and transparent heads.'
Professional banjo players generally perttr
the 'cloudy' or 'milky' heads, which choice
can hardly be accorded as anything signif
icant of superiority over the transpapjnt
heads; for, on the other hand, many per
sons show decided preference for the latter
grade of manufacture. There is, however.
oue slight advantage of the "cloudy' head
over the Hranspartnr drum, and that is
the former' durability, w hich fact is suf
ficient to strongly recommend its use in
the minstrel fraternity.
'Is the valuation of a banjo adjudged
by the quality of its head?"
"Oli, no: it is the Uuisli ol tne instru
ment aud its style of superior workman
ship that fixes its value."
In tbe society world one will oe aston-
islicd to find such beautifully made bf.njos.
nn .na tiuvu thstm aaVakanrrfoai in fa
-.., Za fini.n regardless of cost. The
nickel-plated or silver rim that securely
holds bv the aid ot brackets of either of
lh same material is artistically replaced
by a gold rim, with silver or gold brackets.
Again, the highly polnbed and generally
decorated frame, which serves for the
drum, is handsomely carved or inlaid with
precious stones diamonds, pearls, rubies'
aud emerald wnue me nets is wtu cou
veniently used for expensive and artistic
adornment. These instruments, of course,
are made to order, and command high
nricrs. according t the amount of labor
required in construction and the quantity
and quality of the precious stones used.
These instruments are mostly, if not en
tirely, found in the fashionable world, and
are used by ladies, tfo much care is re
quired in their manufacture that dealers
hold this extra line of goods at not less
than $15, and no instrument is made to
order under that amount.
Observing the awkward manner in which
the reporter held his instruinetU, the Pro
fessor "laughingly remarked: "It ii plain
you know nothing of the banjo. Do not
catch hold of it like you were holdiut, a
crab by the claws. Here, let me show
yeu."
i'be right foot was thrown over the left
and tbe instrument was scientifically held
at almost arm' length. The musical
scale was quickly run, and in a few minutes
the lively music af the "Duquesne Oreys"
made the reporter imagine a brass band
had suddenly burst into the rojm, when in
an instant the loud notes died away in the
distance aDd the low numbers of tinkling
music forcibly reminded hiaa ol a moon
lit-lake and two in a boat.
'Isn't tnat varied musicr queried tne
musician, stopping a moment to tunc-up.
It appears that the banjo has supersedad
the guitar lo a ertat extent as an effectual
instrument, r-frjctive music is prouueeu
several ways. The tremolo effect, wl'ich
gives such a sweet blended tope, is pro
duced bv the lorefineer of tbe ris?ht hand.
The heavy playing, or "stroke" is produced
by the quick movement ol the lorenngcr,
nrotccted bv a "thimble." maae oi suver.
which gives the spirit and musical finish lo
marches. Thi method cf "stroke" play
ing is confined principally to the profes
sional Dlavers. and the effective march
musio bv the minstrelsy is produced by
this means, notably may be mentioned the
"German Fifth," "Duquesa Grey," tbe
"Twenty-second Regiment, " nd many
othea
Language In flowers.
Parisian fashionables have discarded the
name of initials formerly embroidered on
noekethandkerchiefs, and adopted instead
a lower and motto to ornament the corner
f their mouchoirs. Thus one Deauiy
choose a rose with the device, "l am aii
dtart :" another a poppy, with the inscrip
tion, "Beauty dwells in the heart and not
m the face :" above a sprig of mignonette
is the modest remark, My qualities sur
r..u mw rharnia." I chna! or I die" sur-
Biounts an ivy leaf : "Purity and nobility"
written over a lily, while some senti
mental damsel inscnte over a primrose,
I am mhnin deratood.
A lrmg Outlaw.
Few criminals have passed a more
adventurous life than John Cannon,
alias Davis, who was shot by Detective
Gray several nights go in Philadelphia
in attempting to escapt, after being ar
rested on the charge of robbing hotel
rooms at Fanisburg. His real name is
m ither Cannon nor Daui. but he is a
Canadian by birth aud a man of great
dari g and remarkable resources. His
line of operations haj always been the
robbery of hotel rooms. H was heard
of before the outbreak of the war, when
the Mississippi steamers, which were
patronized by wealthy planters going to
and returning from Xew Orleans, and
the high-toned gamblers who fleeced
them alike became victims for the ngile
"room-worker." Cannon, Dave Coin
mings and Billy Forrester are said to
have liegun their life of crime on the
floating palaces of the Mississippi, and
each at times had narrow escaiies from
the vengeance of the plundered gam
blers. Cannou was the object of at least
one daring rescue from prison. He had
been operating in the South and had
been arrested at Mobile, Alabama, for a
h avy hotel robbery. The ShenS aud
jailor occupied quarters at the prison.
moud. lrgima, anil then went soutn
ward again in company with George
Dubois, a'ias Henry Bnrtoa, who was
afterward captured here, tour years ago,
while breaking into a silk store ou
South Eleventh street on a Sunday.
They committed" a Heavy robbery of a
jewelry salesman at the Planter s Hotel
ia St Louis in 1872, and after another
heavy job at Xew Orleans, Cannon be
but he saw au opportunity to recuperate
and came to Philadelphia during the
Centennial. Tillie Miller, alias Mrs.
Koliert Howlaud, a notorious New York
thief, obtained the trauks of a lady who
was staying at thtf same hotel where
i Caimou had his family, and this cirenm
I stance and his inexplicable identitica-
tiou bv a trentleman
1:.rmed Lml t,.st Le
niight iie susiiect-
ed of haviujt a hand in Mrs. Mdler's
work, and ho shook the dust of Phda
delphia precipitately from his feet, find -ing
the sands of Cape May a tar more
agreeable footing. A few more years of
criminal adventure andjCanuou's career
had a three ye tr's blank introduced into
it, when he went to Trenton for a jew
elry robbery at Newark. After his term
expired he returned to Philadelphia with
his family and established himself on
South Eighth street as a dealer in
watches, a thin disguise as the detec
tives now believe for a -'fence" or a
place for receiving stolen goods, in
partnership with a man who had been
driven from Chicago and Tittsburg by
the authorities because he was oue of
a i the most notorious receivers of plunder
'from the more successful class of thieves
who rob hotels and jew elry houses. The
expedition from which Cannon was re
returuing when Le was overtaken by the
detectives indicates possibly the deriva
tion vl mnch of the plunder which pas-
! sed over the counter. Billy Forrester,
who is fully as desperate aud ready a
villain as exists, was an ajcompliee of
Cannon in many of his South western
exploits.
tree Masohry.
"Was Uncle Paul a Mason ?" Ike asked
of airs. Pattirglon as he stood looking at
he ridd profile cf the ancient corporal oi
the " bloody Leventh" that hung on tlic
wall.
'Xo, no he was a veteran sinrent natu
rally, though he took to garden.ng alter
warls, and raised the most wonderful
squashes that always took the primer at
the iloiticulturai Anair."
"1 mean was he a Free Alavm, con
tinued Ike.
' O, dear, no,' replied she, "and 1m
glad of it fcr ihey are a (treat deal too
tree ia throw in' their plastern round,
which is very mortarlyine, and takes the
color out ol t!iincs so.and when thep white
washed the kitchen didn't they make tree
with tbe balmy bud rum which they mis
took for cordial ! And I wish to gracious
it had been a 'luetic to have taught 'cm a
It son to U les free the next time.'
15a. Free Masons," said ike, petulant
ly, ain l masons; i rmao wem
that built the temple, '
O 1' she exclaimed, "them? ell.
dear, I have heard a good many good
things they did, aLd men l nave nearu oi
a sood many tain&a they didn't and so
between 'em both 1 don't believe neither.
A tubmariue Volcano.
Captain Horn, cf the German ship.
Stella, reports thai on .March 18. in lati
tude 87.21 north and lonpitude 23.61 west,
his vessel was shaken by what he supposed
to hive been a submarine voicanic eruption.
It occurred about 5. SO o clock in tbe morn
ing. The weather was clear, the sea
smooth and the vessel running by the
wind two miles an hour. Chief Officer
De B er had the morning watch on deck,
and at the time mentioned he and the look
out man felt the shock violently, the ship
trembling ail ever as though it had struck
a rock. Captain Horn, who was examin
ing his chart ran on deck, but couid see
nothing resembling a rock, nor could any
thing be seen Iiom ine ma-tceau. iie
hove the lead, Dul iouno. no ootuim a jw
fathom. The pump3 were rounded and
aicitained to be ad ngbt The shock
lasted half a minute, but did not stop tbe
eerage of the ship. A vessel that arrived
in New York also reported haying felt a
shock similar to the one described by
Captain Horn.
A grkzsback with a hole in it will be
received wnerc a silver doller having
hole in it wut be retused. This i an ar
gument in favor of greenbacks.
Tha Arlxnca Cowboy.
The outlaws ot Arizona are known is
rustlers. They are the same breed,
however, as the cowboys of Colorado
and Texas. Being further away from
civilization and in a country singularly
well adapted to business such as theirs,
they have become habitually vicious.
Wherever the cowboy may be put and
under whatever circumstances he may
be met, he will be fannd to be the sam?
animal; lazy, foul mouthed, desperate,
intemperate full of swagger and brava
do and careless as well of his own life
aud property as of those of others. He
wears a buckskin suit, wilh a hat hav
ing a rim wide enough to cover bis ears
and neck and tuck it in at the collar
bund. In his leather belt hang two large
and fine revolvers, generally self-cockers,
and in one boot leg, held in place
by two slits in the leather, rests a knife
of murderons pattern. The cowboy
range in age from 18 to 3d. The life
which they lead is not conducive to lon
gevity, and it is therefore very rare that
a genuine cowboy more than tlurty
j ears of age is found. It one succeed
iu dodging the bullet of Depnty
Sheriffs and the gibbet of Judge
Lvnch until that period is pissed he
geuerally abandons that trade and takes
to train and stage robbing ss a profes
sion. The cow boys who make their appear
ance occasionally at frontier towns in
Nebraska, Kansas aud Colorado, devote
the greater part of their time to the cat
tle which they are employed to herd,
and ia the shipping season drive them
to the nearest desirable railroad sta
tion. On the great raucnes tney nna
no opportunity to indulge their lawless
propensities. They literally live among
their cattle, faring but little better than
the brutes which they are hired to
guard. The little cooking whicu is
necessary they dc themselves. Ihey
are their owd tailors and doctors, and
once or twice a year, when near a fine
stream, if the weather is not too cool.
their soli ary shirt is washed after a
fashion. When the round-ups occcur
and the great cattle drive is begun, the
cowboy's lift' liegins to take on a differ
ent aspect The drive is oftn long aad
always dangerous and laborious. Tne
boys are splendidly monuteil, their
horses and saddles being, with the ex
ception of their revolvers, the posses
sions iu which they take the most pride.
They ride among the cattle at imminent
lisk of being trampled to death aud at
night sleep on the ground. Whea the
herd has been delivered and the boys
have partaken freely of frontier whisky
the trouble begins. If there is a dance
house near at baud they head for it and
sitrnalize their presence by attempting
to "shoot out" the candles or lamps as
the case may be. As a rule, they aie
not disturb in pastimes such as this;
if they conclude before morning to
"take the town," then war is declared
and somebody will be killed.
The Arizona rustlers are imply north
era cowboy on an unending spree.
They are wild mn. Xo Apache that
ever lived ha less regard for life than
they. They pretend to pay some atten
tion to cattle, but ae tnat industry iu
Arizona is not vet a lares oue there is
not mueh in that hue for them to do.
Their occupation is pillage and murder.
Thev travel in small parties and rob
everybody they meut The other day a
cowboy entered a little se.tlemeut and
purchased a can of corned beef. Tak
ing the meat and a keg out in the road,
he sat down on the keg and opened th
can. When everything was ready he
called to a man, a stranger standing in
front of the store, to coino aud help
him eat it The man was noU hungry,
"lou've got to eat," came the com
mand, accompanied by a movemeut of
the hand, which rested ou a revolver.
The strnnser advanced slowly and par-
t ok of the meat, evidently in an uuliaji-
py frame of mind, but bis host seemed
to enjoy the repast and the society of
his newiv made acqnain auce not a iii
tie.
A cowboy entered a fcotel dining
(room, sat downoppositojtoa young man
whom be addressed as a tenderfoot, and
lx-"au to throw the dishes and their
contents on the floor. The jouug man
endeavored to remoustrate with him, but
before he could finish his first sentence
he was pierced by a bullet from the
desperado's revolver. Events like the
abovenro of diuly occurrence iu Arizona,
1 ha Flood la th Morth.
A writer from Aew Orleans says a
picture at the eottoa 1 mding recalled
stronclv the fruits of oar early pioueers
moviiijt out into the far West The tall
gum aud oak trees ran aloft some fifty
or sixty feet where the foliage shut out
the sunshine, making a green roof over
head, through which, here and there,
iu an interstice iu the branches, a soft
ened light would enter. Down these
aisles of shadow, to the regular splash
of slowly moved oars, there moved
along a little Cat or barge, about twenty
feet in lenath by nine in width. In the
centre of it there was a heap of plain
country furniture a bedstead, table and
and two chairs and over all two mat
tresses. Behind this there were piled
pots, kettles and pans, representing the
4 , - - -
culinarv department In the bow, in a
chair with rawhide bottom, a young
wife of twenty, with a little gitl of eight
months on her lap. On her right, with
sad features and doleful faces, were
fonr deer hounds, and behind them,
resting on the beds, an old shotgun and
rifle. Pulling at the oars waa the
husliand,
Hardly two inches out of water, the
flat moved along and passed out of
sight. It represented all the worldly
goods of a young piantf r saved irom
the fl.iod. He had some forty-five miles
to go to reach his former home, and yet
the wife sat there composedly, satisfied
because she had with her all she held
Wear. It looked a picture on the Ohio
river, perhape. some eighty year ago.
Fanioaa Crimea Retlad.
Durice a late recess of the Essex Market
Court. New York, Justice Pattersou stid :
"Well, crime is cot what it was in this
city before the appointment ot the board
of police justices. The city then was in
such a conditicn that a man who shot
a lother gave as his excuse tht if he nad m t
done so I e would have been shot himself,
and everybody seeuied to think he was
justified id the act. I remember a man
who was shot down wmle standing in a
doorwty, in broad daylight, by two men.
Tbey dcibcrately stood in front of him and
blazed away until he fell a bu l.t-rlJUled
corpse. Thefe nitn were In with a gang
of politician?, who took good care that
they were never brought to justice. It
wa4 irrp s.b!e to get tbe men convicted.7'
''It is a strange thins;," remarked one of
the repoitcr-. "that the murderer ot eld
Mai ban was never discovered."
"Every bidy has bis suspicion,' suggested
another.
'It is a common faying that murder will
out and the truth will be told," interrupted
the justice.
"The Morgue belies Ihe ssying," inter
jected a hearer.
"I doa't believe it," added Justice Pat
terson. '-I don't thi'ik tbe truth will come
out a'xmt the Mathaa murder, as th men
who did it are dead. I mean Msaher and
Doiiglesj, who were shot by Juage Van
Brunt at Bay Ruhre. I'll tell you how 1
came to that conclusion. I attended the
funeral with an old friend, and he told me
that Washington NMnan never committed
that murder. I asked him why he was
so positive, and he replied that the iron
dog found in the bouse was the same one
he saw in Lewis street the day before in
a carpen'er shi p, and Mosher and Doug
less were in Lewis street on that vert
day. 1 did not question him further, but
tbink he has good reason for sayiug w hat
he did."
A few w or Js ot argument followed, but
the justice maintained his original belief.
The 3ubject drifted t the burdell murder
in Bond street in 18-56 when his honor
Said :
"Sow, it would neyer have been known
who commuted that crime if young Jef
fries had n it told a fellow convict while
in stii.e priron. Jeffries was killed in Hie
prison by another convict whom he threat
ened t murder at the first opportunity.
There was do reason t doubt that Jeffries
tcld the truth ; it was consistent with Ins
charact'.r. He wai a ptr'ect devil of a
man. Jtff iwas about 19 years of ae
and wa- a lover of Mrs. Bunlttl or Mrs.
t'unninihaii), Dr Burdell was often out
at all hours of the n'ght on profession!
bummed. On these occasions Jeffries used
to visit the bouse this is wbat he told
himself. Several tiin'.-s when he called be
tound Mrs. Burdell crying and askel her
wbat was the matter, biie told him thit
the doctor had been abusing her. Oa one
occasion he replied : 'I'll fix the old maa
it yuu far.' The last time he called he
found Mrs. Burdell weeping. She told
him the same story. "I'll fix the old 1
hi re is he V be exclaimed, with great
auger. "'He's dowa in the effice,' she
rrp led. Jeffries went down siairs to the
otlice with a knife in his hand. Open ng
tbe door cautiously, he saw the doctor
seated at a desk. With his back toward the
door, lie crept quietly up to bin and
plunged the knite into his neck. The
doctor sprang up instantly and caught
hold of the young man, but at the same
was received teveral more stabs, lue
octor was a large, powerful man, aud
ung (he youth about, but could not get
Poseefsion of Ibe knite. Tbey struggled
ound the loom, tbe doctor ail the time
receiving tresb stab-wounds, lie finally
became weak from the loss of blood, and
Jeffries made bur escape. When telling
this storv Jeffries said.
'At one lime I thought I was a goner.'
lie killed two men after this the last mau
was a relative of his for which he was
sentenced to imprisi nnieut for life. He
made the confes-ion in confidence t a
fellow-en vict. Jt tines threatened to kill
another convic , aud oue day when Jef
fiies was reading a book in the hayloft,
tbe uiiu he threatened came up behind
him wi:L au axe and stnele htm dead. For
this he was acqu.lted."
The subject again changed to the Fk
shooting by Stokes, and to ki.okcs new
hotel JU4 opened.
"Mokes was picked up by the nul'ion-
aire Maekey of California, and the half
interest iu tbe Huffman house was bought
for him, "' was the iuforuiat.ua impart jd
by r;n-j of the SrouP-
hat shooting ol r uk was tue most
open aud daring case of murder committed
in this city for some time, urged a
patient listener.
"Aell, now, one must kuow tbe cir
cumstances to judge properly of that
case," spoke up the justice, adding :
Stokes u.id to shoot r isk to sav hiinieif.
At that time Fidk aad Tweed had every
thing in tue citt pretty much Itieir own
w nr. Munv a mun waa rmlrtiadej! inta
state prison by those men for noUunt: at
alt blokes knew that about a well as
any man In tne city, aud when Juaie
Mansfield was taken a ay from risk tbe
latter would stop at nothing lo gat even
with Stokes.'' Veiy little discussion was
held over this subject.
The q iestiou ot whether crime was
hercdi'uiy cirue up, and Justice Patter
son recalled two instances as follows :
'I kue w a gentleman who was well to
do in business, lie was a church mem
ber, aud stood hih in the c immunity. lie
had a most excellent wife, aud one am and
a daughter. After the birth of the
daughter, the father toik to drink, left the
ctiuicii aud became an inveterate drunkard.
He had six cl.ilnreu after this three sons
and three daughters. All six turned out
bad. The- three sons were sent to state
prison, aud two of the daugcters' hus
bands w ere also sent to state prison, and
they were bad ibuuiseives. Tue first son
and daughter were model of rectitude,
and the son did all he could for his un
fortunate brothers.
"The oth r day I had 'Red Fogirty' and
ilaati
JcUeijoa .Market court about a aiik dress
which bad been stolen fiom a house and
sold by Mis. 'oi;arty to the woiua who
was arreted ia lue street with the dress
on. Well, Mrs. rogarty earned a bonne -
ing boy with her, a chiid of about two
jrears, a u'jisj ieiivv. 11c Uiu ujv eaj,
- i QJ ,f 1 K.... 1 l
feilOW.
uui 1 JW tu, ac it au.j,
and chattered. 1
was passiug through tbe examination
rooui; Mis.tFogarly was standiLg with the
boy in her arms. As 1 passed my dia
mond stud tclisteaed a htlie, and the l.ille
fedow made a grab at my shirt front. 1
caught his hai.d aud pui it way, when he
grew pcriecliy ill natural aDd mad be
cause 1 did so. The badness was born in
him.
Cement for Glast and Metal. Every
one who uses bras letters on glass win -dows,
and know? how often tbey tumb'e
off from unequal expansion, or from the
loo energetic efforts of window-cleaners,
will be giad to have Ine following recipe:
Litharge, 2 parts ; white lead, 1 part ,
boilid buserd oil, 3 parts; gum copal, 1
part. Mixed just before using, this is
said to form a quick drying and secure
cement.
NEWS IN BRIEF
The Egyptian physicians of old
were paid by the stat.-"
Mr. Emerson aiumiej a fortune of
something like SMO.OUO.
The main facts of circulation have
only been kuowa ijO year.
Ex-GovfrnorChamlerIain,ofMiine
is tlneatei ej with paralysis.
Mexico has appropriated $1 00,000
lor a military pwst at Laredo.
Six hundred lions were killed at one
show given by the Roman Pompey.
Spain h.is determined to snppresa
th autonomist agitation in Cuba,
The Imperial Library at St 1'eters
bnrg contains over 1,000,000 volumes.
Tweiify Bostociiuis born in 1S04,
died together in that city recently.
Embalming was in use among the
Egyptian at least 3.000 years ago.
MoLtgomerv, Ala., has a new cot
ton mill with a capacity of 1.500 bales.
Lady Duff. Tin's sister had a Persian
girl for one cf h.-r bridesmaids at Pera.
Queen F.lu ibi th granted til 3 first
ro;nl patent c-juct-ded to plavers in
l.-,7t5.
The Assyrians aud Greeks bad tri
monthly festivals as well - annual re
vels. Gibbon begau to write his "Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire" iu Lon
don, in 1872.
W. W. Asfor's lx.x at the Itnalia
ojra, for a season of 120 nights, cost
$37,000
- -Wr.-n,t!ie architect of Sr. Panl s.de
signcel more than forty public buildings
iu London.
Sarah. Dutfht-s of Marlborough,
used to say she was born before nervea
came into fashion,
Charles lirdlan;b is said to have
declined an off r of 10,d0:) to com to
America as a lecturer.
Gereral Rotie-rt C. Sclieuck proba
bly will run for Congress iu Dayton,
Ohio, district this year.
Ex-Governor Stanior.l.of Cahfonda,
is forming a viueyard of 2iR0 acre near
Chico, iu that Sti.te.
. The four passions of John of Frauce
were raid to b novel rea ling, muaic,
chuss ami baekgaiumeni.
Lot M. Morrill, the ex-Se-crctary
and ex-Senator, who is now Collector at
Portland, is iu f ulii g health.
Th various Indian triiies have
"claiais" against tho United States go
vernment to lie amount ol $20,000,000.
The largest acMimulaheti of money
ia Ilia savings banks .f California waa
in 1377. when the line reached over
S76.0OO.00O.
During to mouth of April the
coiuage struck at th Philadelphia mint
aggregate! 4, 11,000 paves, valued at
i,0J7,:)JO.
A Northern cempany hs recently
nai l $30,000 for property near Athens,
ii(Hu which it will erect factories cost
ing $700 00;)
A petrified fish, jierfect in form and
nearly rive fee: in length, f ud several
petrified snakes were recently taken out
of a coal bank at Marion, Pa.
Charles Francis Adams, since hi
adventure with the buuko men, has
given entire control of his business af
fairs to hi sou. Johu Ouiuey Adams.
In two-thirds of the French village
there is only tbe communal school. The
smallest Belgian village has a church
school, as well as a commuual school.
The Du Sartel collection of Chinese
porcelain sold iu Paris the other day
brought llO.OOOf (?2H,iHK)). The Sevres
Museum was among the pure-baser.
Alfred Tennyson is bus ly writing
at one of bis country places. He baa
finished his new play, and Mr. Irving
will soou bring it out at the Lyceum.
The new German test for petroleum
la equivalent to 115 degrees burning
test. KetiiH'.l iK'trolenm for the Ger
man market has hitherto been tested at
110 degrees buruing point
Mr. Aldermau Fiu'sius, who would
have liecome Lord Mayor of Loudon
next November had he remained iu the
Court of Alderiusn, lias just resigned
from it ou account of ill lieuhli.
There nre six largo ottou mills in
aud around Petersburg. Va., having iS,
000 spindles, consuming last yar about
11,000 bales of cotton and maunfactur
uig over 1 1,IHH,0M y:inh of cloth.
James Russeil Lowell is. a an
author, intolerant ot autograph-hunter.
He drops the stamps enclosed by collec
tors lut his stump Imx aud fosse's their
letters into bis wast-i-patier banket.
O'.i tho auaiversarv of Lord Baa-
' TO1B1U -' .wajeniv eui
1 wreath of primroses, the Eirls' favorite
c.t i. - -.1. ir At.:.- &
He
flower, for hi tomb in llughenden
Church, where, in addition to the royal
ninuumcLt aud the banner aud insignia
ot the Gar'er. a memorial window ha
been dedicated.
The l'riiiee- of Wale-s' eldest son has
linlshcil his seafaring life and will enter
the Military Academy at Woolwich ia
the Autumn, lb; is iei erect and hand
some lad, with a face that has not yet
put on the heavy outlines of Hauover.
Iho gales which prevailed last win
te' iu various parts of Scotland, mails
sad work with tne trc-5. Ou the shore
of Loch Lomonii, some C'VM were blown
down. Parts ot the Queen's i-state at
Balmoral lost some of tneir finest one,
and at Ballochome Forest nearly 2000
fell.
Mr. I'. jbert M. Vail, of New York,
who was president of the S Kiiety of the
Crescent aud Cross during tha Russian
Turkish war, has received tbe decora
tion of the Order of Cuetket from the
Sultaa. in recoj
tiii country during that war.
The Hudson River Tunnel has now
reached a distance beneath the river of
. fwt in t!iH North Tunnel and in tha
; Semta Tunnel 700 feet. Tne worr b
; progressing at the rate of i feet per
! .lav
: J'
The jury of paia'ing of the Salon
acocepted2,'ill paiutiug and 1,202 draw
ing, ennfU'jN, water colors, ii!. Of the
latter 723 are drawings and 5:59 porce
lains. Last year there were 2,111 paint
ings and 1,110 drawings, water colors,
lc.
Mt latna Ndssoa has resumal her
own name, and wheu visitors ask for
Madame Rotizaud the servant says,
"Yon mean Mielamo Xil."Wn, do you
not?" She says she determined on this
courso shortly after her husband's
death.
It is stated that experiments at
Messrs. Krupp's great shouting grounds
near Meppen havd afforded a practical
solution of the problem how to construct
aiissiles which, al ter piarcing the object
aimed at, shall explode with torpedo
like effect.
i
J5
cared not to be thus shot down like
a