ji) BAIN% trtriiJitittEiVik' Th`o profrietorabavostooltotithopstablilibme with Tim a vario assortmontiir__, JOl3 AND. CARD - ,TYPE AND:X.Oi.i Offsets, and aro.proparedlcietionte Tk'p yaridproliip tly POSTERS, IIANDBILI I S, CIRCULARS, BILL- ItEAPS, • „ , Decds,.MortgaiO s; Leases, and a full assortment of Constabls' andlustlaes' I3lauks on hand: People living at a distance candepeudon hav ing their work done promptly 'mud' sent back in return mail. • rApals, 817, - ,44 I', meete at their Malt over Dr. Dciy's 'drug etore;bn Tuesday event ug, 013 , or before the Full Moon, at 7 o'clock P.M. 7YOGA CHAPTER, No. 194, E.A. - M., meets gat the fill, oil Tbureday evening, on, or Worn the:Full Moon, of fi o ° elock P 2 M. 'IItIGA COUNCIL; N 0.31; It. k S. MABTERS,Ineeta at We Nall, an the third Friday of each calendar month, at 7 o'clock P. 3L". • I VAGAGIITON COMMANDERT. N 0.28, of KNIGIITS TCHPLAR, and the appendant otdoca, meets at the on the Ilnit Friday of each calatalac month; if 7 o'clock.P. M. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. 1V1L14.4.14 . L'ORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW (. I surance o lDounty and Pension AgoneY; Main Street Wellsborp, Pa:, Jan.:1;1868, • , • WM. GARRETSON,' I.'CTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, :lotury Public and Insurance Agent,, Bloss l burg, Pa., over paldwelPs Store, GEO. F. - MERRICK,2I ATTORNEY ANA COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Attlee with W. 11. Smith, Esq., Alain Street, apposite Union Week, IVellstiorp, Pa. July 15, MB. i. . • • - i. W. D. TERRELL & CO., iIIOLESALE DRUGGISTS, and dealers in Wall Paper, Kerosene - Lamps, Window Glass; Perfumery, Paints and. Oils, ao., &a. • Carpi • g, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1:88.-1y. s. F. .ViLqoN. ' " 3. B. Niti WiIF.SOII.I NTTORNBYS. k, co N NsgLpits • ;AT, (First door from Bigoney's, on the Avenuo)— Will attend to business entrusted to their care _ in the counties of 'Naga and pot,tar.. : , Wellaboro, Jan. 1, 1868. • / JOHN I. MITCHELL • .- 4 ITORNEY AND COUNSELOR• AT-LA W, A Wollsboro, Tiogn. Co., Pa: . . Claim Agent, Notary Public, and Insurance' Agent. lio will attend promptly to collection of Pensions, Back Pay and Bounty. Ao Notary Public takes acknowledgements of deeds, ad, ministers oaths, and will act AB CommissionOr to take testimony. Aff-Office over Roy's Drug Store, adjoining Agitator Office.-I—Opt. 30. 13G John W- Guernsey, , 7 ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Having returned to this county with a view of waking it his permanent iesidence, eoliths a share of public)patzonage. All business on. ffmted to hilt are will be attended to with' Promptness and fidelity. Office 2d door south of E. S. Farr's hotel. Tioga, Tioga Co.,_Pft. - tarot. 26:'66.—tf: JOHN lIL SIIAKSPEAgE, i,RAPER AND TAILOR. Shop over John 11. Ilowen's Store. /Or Cutting, Fitting, and Repairing done . promptly'and in best style. lYellsboro, Pa., Jan. 1, 1868—ly --- 7 GEORifIE WAGNER, - I'AILOII. Stop first door north of L. A. Sears's . Anis Shop. ..J.Cutting r Fittlng,and Repair ing done promptly and well.' 0 Wellsboro, Pa., Jan.,l, , - , JOHN ETHER, AMOR AND CUTTER, has opened a tamp on Craton street, rear ol'Epars 4c. Derby's shoe shop, where We is prepared to manufacture gar moats to order in the most substantial manner, f and with dispatch. ' Particular attention paid yo Cutting and Fitting. March 26, 1868-1 y Dr. C. IC. Thompson.' ' [IV7SLLtiIIOdOVOiI 'PA.] Will attend to Professional calls in the village, of WeHaber° and elsewhere. Office and Residence on State St. 2d door op the right going East.- 1868. DBACON, M.D., late of the Pa. Cavalry, after . nearly fouryears of army:service, with a large opulence in field and hospital practicoalas opened an olice for the practice of medicine and surgery, in all as branches. Persons from a distance can find good boarding at the Pennsylvaupt-notel •wlen desired.— Will visit any part of the Slate lu consultation, or to terform surgical operaltofis. No. 4, Unton Block, up iVellsboro. Pa., May 2,1866.-1 y: Wm. D. Smith, KNOXVILLE, Pa, ~Pmsion, Boujkty, 4n4 Immo Agent. CoMmtiniCations - sent to the; above address will receive prompt attention. Terms moderate. [inn 8, 1868-431 • ... - . . • Thos. j3.l3ry . ccon. :• . „ , i " - lIRVEYOR .4. DRAFTAIAisT.—Ordors loft at bis room,' Townsend Hotel; Wellsboio, will meet with prompt attention. , Jan. 13, 1.887.—tf. • ' — l . . . , R. E OLNEY,_ . ' -'.,.../. ,EALER in CLOCtSI6 JEWELRY; SILVER I s I PLATED WARE, pentacles, Violin Strings, Ac,, ae., Mansfield, a. Wittelies and Jew elry neatly repaired. 1 Engraving done in plain 4glish and Gernian. ; • Ilsopi67-ly. • • Hairdressing & Shaving. •• • Saloon over Willcox' 4Barker's StOrn, Welk in°, Pa. Particular .ationtion 'paid ;to Ladiels' Ilair-catting, Shainflooing, Dyeing, etc./ Braids, Pak coils, arid.siviolies on hand and made to or iel.. ' ' • DORSEY. J. .101INS014. J. G. PUTNAM, , li t It Ii T t4c:at AITRZ4IYWHEELS. Ait lit:qcsrart's Oscillating Movement for Gang and Malay Saws. ,• . • , fioga, Pa., Aug. 7, 1868. ly. C. L. WILCOX, fr Dealer in DRY GOODS of nil kinds, Ilarklarnris and Yankee, Notiotii. Our assortment is largo and prices low. Storo in Union Block. Call in gentlornan.—may 20 1808 - -ly. • PETROLEUM HOUSE, • - - • V IISTPIELD, PA., UEOII.OE - CLOSE, Propri tor. A now Hotel conducted on the principle ul live and lot live, for the accommodation of the public.--Nov. 14;1866.-1y; ' • 11 A.ZLETT'S HOTEL, 1.10 A, TIOGA COLT rf.T Y{ PA ~ (lead etakding, . ..2, i ) ',‘,‘lje:tliiit's ntitfer.me r t,saAitinSi,;" , ' . 'Ye egnilia-teutFal stand: j Illes,hurg May '2.(lth 1,5(19. M. MEM 11111 ` li rCllltu ou t Una. LETTER FROMe CoLORADO. J.1.9.1. t .,11Tay 6, 1869 cdn The !Mille by which that . portion of our 'domain lying between; the 37cl =ninl 41°:N. Lat. mid- 25° add :12 9 . W. - lade frio WaShiaglim; , is ItirdWn.la deriwed—frorri •the true Spanish WOrd cot() and cado, signifying red color, and teas applied to all, that country,that feinietl f 'indefinitely northward from posse'ssiiin in old Mexico—a name I doubtless • silggested to them by the masses of brick colored rock that been exposed by the mountain upheav als for hundreds of miles along their base. The first authentic account of disiteveries into this region were made in 1540-42, When a party starting (rein Sinoita penetrated to about the present northern boundary of the Territory, but' tritlspl metal theyeanitk to 41 .- int 1 MY' discover ed the mineral deposits near where they passed, how different would. ityp, bepn the 'making ;ef"'oar - "nati:O4l7: hiStOry The rs t ' pl ore r •route! e:r that gay - 6'611'63;C lifforifiaticiti 'of the emit) . - try, was Capt. Z. M.• Plke,r - who - under '94lllPXADAntaj,#)»File thflnteS t brn her ,ty'BPl,ino,great. and a consider- Ode ekfent of the mountains adjacent. exiiressedihethellicrlllat minerals existed here, but furnished no proof. In ItOnor of his discoveries one of the highest peaks of the range, then ascend was named after him ; name it probably ever will. retain, and one that was the central point around which thousands gathered when the actual existence of ,the.precions metal WAS made tlintiithe gi'eat iUsh tVflievels Itylfdpdl3 an fr(),Pillikeasterd, cities ;thu E AIME Nom Missouri river towns. , The gen eral,reso t ; .the,,stampede.to 4 Ttif.ke 4 4 1...- 4 Ahlt:me!,,Othey'Wer &then, - 014nt . tekykiinwh,. ):itb; exte4 . 4 . o Ogee need.'be given to it. Until the great railroad made newstart ing points as it was; pushed rapidly westward the,. thi&i' from which trains started , , out were Atchison and Nebraska. Kansas, and Omaha, Nebraska. ( weella for a horse or mule trainoilAwist that length of time for ojcetiovere, required to make the long JointieS9terolas the treeless, dreary plains. Thousands CITM:4 I AnY 4 11 4.;..t0n4P,c_ti ZAvitlk' ( . I figUt Pwritin eilt,,,,Atid - n on to reallie at ing tfiesudden wealth they had believ ed only awaited their coming. But from ithettnulkitiodeci that AO , eotnenhate ore ,nyaittettctAinsoi Wholikei developing I prod oaf nw , Wealth. IA , Otakrt:il culturk.'or other ritskiitlV %that oia , trast! piaeingtAyur yenng'TerritorYltiniong ,- thei older States •in wealth and population. Now obstacles that at times seemed too great to Conquer have been overcome, -the-several- departments of industry have extended, and those who bake endured the hardships of the past sea litigWyture a reward cor all the \t911441140.4t5'0f other days. Nn I - bele:l4 obstacle encountered by .the pioneer the moment he enters the ,greatplainS,,,and,,feit in,efieet through otgrthe wholegreat West; is the savage disposition of the Indian ; that worth less Object that never, seems perfectly, `happy uril6s4 , tol}tlicis:4"i ,01 /IA th.ren.yeare ,reSidarted.aii their coati try,, and frequent intercourse with those who have passed, it greater portion 9f t 111 1 ' . 'liair gi r it.)e • 'ma Y 'ideng • nee ilk= 'lb 'and' though the subject requires a good deal of, space_ to_ even. present its leading points, yet there is so much that is er roneous in the public mind concerning thenohat an atteinpt here to correct nitty,A 41 - 50'6,tikor ace. The idea entertained by many that the Indian, or true American race is _heporning, e,x n el, is one iii k,suppgrted ~hy the ! filets of, the ea s e ; 1 . twhile:- Ft;,is; 4 ttue us, rega rds'eertain trities;;Wwill not apply to them as a nation. They no lopg9; occupy, hrgati, i clornain A. the w il.4„'olikoi!,herclift4y . ";; Oil' 4f ilrfet4ln „ .tixespti oh of '0416 o sphico;. t i, hOdy'Of land _huger A thati' the of the Un pt}t;ancl,f}vhere,from Lrii, attiralL causes, the white man will have no desire to infrade.' Nearly all the region of - the great plains' on either slope of these moun tains wilt - ever remain in their present state, and there the savages will, long remain unless a general effort is made on-the part of otttgoyernment to emu fP)etwtlpi rie.3 top:4l4om lieiiiigifi'orthese nomads of the plains; how, when or where they first (TYPIAO plis.poi‘ntrY, hAcUlAkosjll ever lost: - Tlita they are of Aglafte utl,er savage aegi r t: rlitiT far rc: •tiiihed fitan'each 6 'retain - ft - Ike - ugh tratli 4 9 n an aceonitt, of, a great,/10,0- - WEL& peePTeiii - The earit,' - siiire two :w 11 0 , •-eseoPed- • to winOuntain f :averf, destroyed. Their way of depositing their detatinliieittlittrpokurefittittitiin, rlUtto'petnlitir ''itilliatof the ':MangoL 3 — „many of 414e11y, rites ill l sy, h-Olraboqs Akre' the,erors4ltellf6nhd painted - on•theirshteidliiior , i , vroughtin • F1et.0PP44709 3, g14 0 cnichk , PcP•9 l l44Aut ,cfirfita 41 1 a0 , 04 ,1 94-it•Witi-titAWA4-- atie deeept is, limn t ob`servana of many of the rites ormasenry which in its outlines ; bylliflOtittritiyalliA4 i Ta`;~n:7"ei'Y.b7c~'.l'?'~S?S%'~;i - =:t; - rl..* ' '+,:~i:`L~'fi4i~rs; ~;.'',~;'~;.."~~~.r3~~.'~^^.:~~~~z."~'~n"l.'.~~ia'riQ7'~~,>~ !M gi..tia.,t1.641. ' . ' l l 2 .l:lA*ll •“: u.,'; WELTABGEO .:;,{3{‘ --tmayfasserty'ls‘knciwir to(Many meinn hers,-of - ssi'verat tribes'. • 'Their, ideiia` z df;,ltf, 'filtate'fitateottre-niitiirfill* ':draWn:,frnilli 'their ' f infroutidlida''ligre. - ' The", "o,e4t: spirit Manito presides I over the happy, .hunting-gitundsOishera game is-plenty; 'mid-want neVer, ,tordeSi, i- Tlitre ' 'tile' de green grees - nf'fiappiriesa-t'reilkeo,ulated Apy; . tlie., number of scalps they; have takeii .hire,. from theirenemlea ; ! -IfenCe" . aMitliet;:iti-i eel to'sefid - lhfiticb, n'l ni4i• lic -•ptith.. At the death of a bta - tfe' the band liiirk; hi m•with,"all his' effeCta',''plaCe a quanti-: .ty.eP.l itn nea,tnt.. Ilia bea ;‘,..ki1l and;;; bury' with : h. his finest h l'Etei • helievingall will be needed,,on.this; jouriiCkftok otar-i, riviimiinis Ws .fttture -, kut•me in t the Spirit' -Land:, ,--,• ;,.."..,,,:i 1 ~,,,,,.; :• -,-,' ~., .." •;• , i"-;. - ' , , -, ,c ,, _ ';Thd life' of ' t"he'lfri dlan Wbriitiii'' ia'#ff:e; of unceasing. toil ;.flitit ;t qf man of ' un-: ceasing idlenS - 4.• - Thi one brings wood. , antimiateifi - -cooks the oedilsrepri'reS'Oin! twigWaitstor i retneVitl ,- „of t eirectioh:Niqio-! es the hides of gatile?"dilCa fi s tOiK'inid .hisrrios Iforirtinter i! o.otOikitia l It) itkes! Librig marches hr fpatiti"carrkfriele./eit*Yl load, 'while:tile dthef kills th 6 etinitilindi dads - th6 - 11"All -- ii - g. -1 ' - ' - - - --- ----- --• ' - " k If we believs_the 'rei',lords . left us of the grape 0f:,.m0, tio,ii„Akkd ~ p ewer ;of: ell=; 'clityritlee: X.' AIIN Nvritt,7:1_.018..„14141 1 .on o; i'Oritne'd '',l?Ek.itie;..oaStor,ti t fereat,, we „ pan ; ),le't,'' belieye t .hek. those , of . to tday I di ate! sadly degenerated in every respect: attvb! natural : cruelty ..of,cprittu re, ,- .If the prey-• ! .el 4 adiriiiei, of f 'the ,f' nial - ,019 „red; ; man "! ,:wh' llA6 '‘fq4P s f - ttlin filoi4ll of tetdararof 1.6 reii,ted;tikr.retid l lig:a:bon t ; P.° ea h on ttis or, Viaiviinia._-_,coulfl ,see-him in - whis indtf lence and degr_aoati,nnitin.Wfmt•of every') a:tribute that - rtends, to, eleyatec_the,mind : :fiiid Ifeai;tl,,li§"W"difid sopp conclude.tha.t;. ihie". liC,iiji,ties,,cwii•;A;e,olSeertied.:.oulyt -in the' pages of song,and„story, ; - _ s , , ; Ther'e'itre thesnwhe accuse the, white; ' riiii - ItiV being; tra'pqnSlbln,,fiii;'," their , a li, jeet, conditidff. ~'N'in' -tentliS ' of these' iievbr i4"'"i'v a Sii.i7ago,•:,iislAtieitt,- , ideas of' philanthrophy, are orrowed from the writings of.)Coofier4ii 4 Belti.l. That in if, justico.lips been, d on e thorn, ne,orinwil I ' O6 , 0 ;-, ..0 1 .3,( r,, - . 14, 11 4:''',0, 1 41, `RIM never be 'Ainule eiki,p7e'd , neings and -conform to A-lin la - Ws and:naages-of civilization, - is not fur amoment halieV d'bk those-who ha - Vn long lived ' , Milling ! flfeni,;, and ,the repeated trials of ' iiiir - ovdrninent - ' to better thONte,9 ll oiti94l,•:. proyes'iiv - their 'reanlt The pirr - e,ctitess o • this-belief. (.._ i".! i „ ill t : lip , in 4 la it :Wulf ry, are the-Poi a- wateinie's, choetaws, (I ierokees, ereelca and - Alio:rem - 1M itir:of o ;her tribes that once lived east of the- lisaiSSiPpi, 'end all have inor.. or les." white or negrd blood in their: •eins.';')The'y own large t Iterdo ; of cattl , an a , cultivate ; at little i ground', but th lir labors-in ,that 'direc tion:. - .are.; ,proPortionetlf , "t -on ly - - tiii -, the alumni t of, foreign bldod- tliermay pos sess: , -.Large'sunis of money - . , have•been eXpended oil there -by 't,lie;. G' doleinitleitt in'b - ittrelleita .' to'reelaini - iltOnt"fr'ool - 11', barb:irons' ''Sfat.e,"''init' t4lr ; s'eitipik liiii yes' lit ;the . battle 'ef. Pea ,';',llldge told fife - Glovk3rilineht,iiifw, ; „ ')idle is Any oft tii rt tn in ak'n, ethei: Iliad 'swages of I item, 4 mithe er,ryoneona t-i eais that --the stWei;al",• tribes are:.nt,,i: eace with', each other,. that, they. can - , roam and • hunt ' wlierover,fancy leads , tleiti,' and- that whoinwei, they go to=w r on the:whites' ' the' ceoperation of all 6 - n' 'he:relied inf.' Not•t - InlY 'does 'each 'trili haveits.reeog nixed limit of territory:. CY; 11 1 01 31 12 --a•en• IR' Ufftlra_rylpTPYlNlT4a. 1.) t neir,s rength, t but itew,-. antl:Lnecotidii g hi -4 . adition , reaching . inte the.diin nail, -.bliqi ; there - ; bethi - 'A' derldff - Yeti& e. iSting;` - hetWeEin - matty:4l - ; t,134) tribes: • !-(1 . - casiwwilik two I or _tit ree, ,w ere banded 11, aintit - einselift 41i; i. ilie'Aiiso Of . the i .Slonx's, - . - I . )qeoffea l -tiq 'Aiiijialieds','“which, "ter' .i,gi l ) eccilpy . ing- I separate 'portions of the great plains, readily Ain it el Wh en: ti":"rit id 'is - tiiihe Made ; into :th e_moe p tm n .coun try riga' 4st, their 1 41 : 46 40t ' ll 4 -- ,tP.,tes-11-ieillfltieS. ,, :: The'tname." 1 tiAlfi . .,go4o:Wl-4.11 . • • thelUtea ;Intik°. at de-= 1 cent .amongtheir enemies owtheplains. When women ' or children .1"; aTe:' itak - en 1 thekarre reserved ,- as:slayeShy - the ---; cap 7 . ~ tors; the men if captured; nrealwaysi ; Pti.citokge 9 ol- - , - P.4..f 92P,t,.e Cfkl,q;,',slo.c" 'lO - ' WEIY gets 'tie leatee j - an the sengi of the i victors IS - An:4lo ,kr(npl'ae ',Oily by the ~; howls .of tlftk - yanAtiished. '' '-' ~ ' I.Paid 'years tedwhiler,-eifeintitid• ' tinqt I tributary to tho.Arktinifts, our camp for '. the Wi night was ,rniio,o, nek_t,licit of,a. lip'e. 'nd' - o f: (t(i'lfs) .'frldifd le Vies wile')Wefe. f/ Or 6ll 1 40 r:NOi . Y. 't9TA t: ttiq _SIIII.A;P:.te, ; thn easiti;ii,r,4l - .., j i - 4\ 11 . 4 p/k c leng "around; : 'their "caniPlei yes they 'd need_ and, sang,- ' and'. 4 - daylight:depute -.on:thetawork ofideath...:,,Buttin ale ; dayS 2 abbn - t•alie- 1, h all theirt,inlm hercrun 1- •s Idiylk, i ! back, !having , met: and-been s r dl` defeated 'by itlidse - -IVhetif t,hby wait,. 6 . aerditt. , - , ,l'ii:on ~ tli- e it, m;1bg°,0t,..30.4, , kitiii ftit*ris -ttlr';ndti / it ti n tic' . iiiindf; s'arrOW t : and, ga i rt ; al I . night ')they Imptlip - their.diara The*linge. „ i Not' in - any i years - ag 'a 'severe batt,l,e,. twas fottglitliy - thetin , 'sti ' off tribes", and libithit'like - !result ' n t ed - ' i ttie`6,44 . l.len of ; idle Adds-;..kiiiiiiit;'„glife 0 '03.4',1,1V - 4::,0" A 107; 10 114 '4' I t' 5 t e.i-- bao; './ , Pilf'e :eiill': tWliiite ill ,now; vertical strata. of; sand, Isti_me :roe, s 14.4ye„1509;4, ;worn., t.o, o_.:, e ',111n . 4t, tfintiiStint•fertaa.;,- 0 y,-"thn,laction '.of, iyieter.or,lnovitigt„Jorts.es Of •-..rOC it gaud Icc.F.i . l;;When:tlio,Etes w • re firrally,Trout-: ',ea , • tw cki l'i th efr ;mind) . r; too k''''refti go in, 'a , v,ti,v4Li Ili 0) . iy - rbeld4; wh re; 1 th el ti CiVV' rind' 11111‘.F6W 1 ,#1104.1 - if'66 6fiktil.'4 . -theirr to, ‘ `sue,, 'ee'S'sfotly_ iitirotiTh ilietilS I've - W_f_ii - f..s6itCial days against all. the tie ices_pf,,the . r en !eniies t4o•' diblodge them'. • Sixteen' of f the ti - ' ~ i,',a Pillinl#:,will'n AliliP'i Y -.tile:nrr.olmi of - tho besieged. 419:itheir enemies :passed!. thaientifauce of_theeaV ; 'before tire and faminnhati 'tione itsiw I rk:ON4f)* 'each 3'earthefUtca come' frent , •theitintitiii trtinlidnieS and; 'hold ti.; ow;WOW - athtind )tin!pla66 ,, itiihtinolo - 6f 'in .: departed `-i,ti ' ',Which't li'dir iieitiO''',s(',-0, tetyc‘:firid' - '9l4 l ge, nr , ilefitti - '!i4' - ,0,011d0'i1..-' f3k4nt - 01Y.`,.,T4, , •,.,61,'I;leeq.,:,4 1 % . ;vny,ing,°.ro - rnin or. ' the ilanCe.r. wfien seen by the light of the flickering t(n . c,l4. .tbiti , iM,Ketieeted.from;thered rock hf wall ,and reof i . and I he - wild unearth:!' )y wail or shriel of the savage- gives• them, the- appeari -lice ;if- ILA en lof ; fiends liteartate::t I' , ''' - ''f , ; . ... , .;' , - - 'f, i ' Thilt - tVe"' Itid I n is - : dt; ' waytaili ~.in, i pre'setien of m 111 'ineaS OD a Ofi.;great, peril is prov,e4 ; „ii ; the, following rinee dote; related 46 - me , by no of the; early Settlei.s who saw-of wh t he.speeke : . An 1.1 tn i was i t Aiding), leisurely : ;,alon g without 06iiirpokfpkt . , inn liishOw and arrows,' Wl'fbh - lie wits made' aware of the L)resenqvt" 'a,' foe 11 the - whistlnof a build that- pathied •CI se• 'io hiShatid. Instantly,,, foiling, ,to.. ; Ile ~grengd-, ,, kke I awaited - the: approach of ' his ,enemy, who, without taking tl e precaution to load his priteVand - r• fining'up with loud whoops to get'his scalp. But when bnly- itlewl'ards - off'''tl'in-Ute"-l r ititidelily' Caineitntlife,,ilip'rmig up,'Sticl" drotiii - 'an' tirroW-trgh•;the'Afti)piaide 'het' flint lofitli ja7 ii;t6o'.!,,lifii6Vll44l:cr,.,q4p,iiy 7 ineatfo lietfti. ,l' - '_____'- A : ----- Z-- 1 .--:---- -- 1_ The i most' sesfqykfutalifind I ever heard Is that made by the Indian moth- . Orii•When - She m'onfris'f r`hettleat t l. The. het pen't- hp'enicitionS", f".P - dihaps I,lf n . • info lina-J - -p - r6ggion , i),°,4l,..*nor.nr,'An'' ~')lisp') . iXev,er' Iferir(l,:f ),n' A, pl. ) ro t tEip,oo , lvath4 l ,ir: - I!pe6 t 1 4:0: 4 ''. o 4 ‘ rs..fla!:ll l l , .l) l tPfl { alone on A ii -long n 'rtin tile - among the mountains and -,:tjy - e,r 4,er - ;;.theU,Pacill6 Slope,- Ono night-I w sawakened from a deep sleep by,a - Vei. Mthly sound that 'proceeded fiom,th center of tkainall, kJ - Lida n'F.Miefillig I if -the" forest 'W.lfete IV tinialEblind,fitFi'Ut'patid Lthat !ti' i ve,tligg, - trititl.d ticitirlaaki." ° ;'-°'... —, -.7. ‘ - ..-..--,.,‘ „..,,, ~,,, ~, .. ..„,,,, ~,,,,0 ~, •,,, TriciAPWl'Aft.44fi - WelffAhetery,of the • fialither; i thQ4llottiiingorthe;windithrot la ',narrow canon- wore' rill - cOdsibinediti ene-continued - sound" •- that - yeamr,suilk - 07 4 low'miirmur t or rose tilnioglis'd tittkieV timtligtobtriid•NOtti a dozen voices from utzta2 • , !! • ,/ .1!," , t . : AT ",; "Viirati4cl,cbmas.'v , • • ~t ' .~' i~: ~.z e!WI=MIMMBI i ivi -1 4 TWE 6 1.8 9 , f„, • the Inan)iwags and chasms of the tnoun tains.,; . I, ap&attehed the spot, and by the lig ,trflff 4 ; ll l:o4oPa i qunP#M- @PM ereAr 'in tani•Vern9n,-.,snteil l on the ground, WI 61 4 /Atlf::"lfraS,lng / broil - lel butr.-.Andim medrey,4,oCi.expre'.4oi-oh, to;thehe sor row for,thogost one/Nfirlfieli'wiappedip its robeidElziehVer , and having a basket, of metit r ly its head to keep cold and, hunger:Uway. while on its way - to• the happyl;huttting-grounds, , lay - by • the side etVaTudely made grave having a 14.1,k9C0t evergreen •-, s. f TID - notice. was, Ihtlen of th - 04)(0.-frwea _l.,lfriideV l , -Who stood )1,01 ill'. the.ll4;4o.ed. :the ' body down loAtS'len,- - r Sq twit' whoa - few hOursliiiinf fin* Old Mother ilepart with the batniOilever:again,; perhaps, to look on. the:spot , wheye,her,Offspring lies burled.:. Strange. and. •..weird was the scene ail - those dusky children of the' I forrest lielditlfelr- midnight -' ivatelf-rhe side the 'form- of a little Indian. 'child that sleeps, in'an unmarked grave on the,,b4n4 . 4 9e tbo TAIAP,4tv.O. , ; -, . I. i. Thetesult of every effort of whatever kind as'yer httempted by our Govern nuent In' bettoii,,the •coilditien ef,the„saVL age •tribeS'lltis' Veen 'onedf---Thiture - in every , lnetattee,,,, This is due partly-t. the Wsllonei3t; Metie of deAdirfg,pn, the part of those .empowered, teLpaithem their annuities, r protect them against the eflifffelltkof the.thide Glad iy - horn if as , Ciftfl4-hd &Tater' itisehis "ever' liiied, but mainly due to the fact that . they are savages, . alwivs.,Were.,4ll(l IflwaYs' will be. • Trinities tinie-luid again have been made' with them at which they bound themselves by the most solemn pi oinises'te observe peace ; but no soon, er are - they in want of any. material possessed by the whites, then their say-- hgo nature throws off all restraint, and Witllilltlyarnlng 1 the isetliers,, Op, , eiffi grnitt - Crailis itrelnade to endure — the horrors of an Indian war. Military posts' have been established, and are nutintained ratan enormous , ;expe - m(e, but the nomads, -mounted on tlfeirhar cly ponies will swoop down on a train, perhaps in sight of a Government fort, secure scalps and plunder, and laugh with derision at, the ~puny,' efforts of thosb''Aviid's may atteMpt"to' - overtake them. And' even if an opportunity is given any of our post commanders to severely punish the maratiders 'it is not em Weed, for if,' !IS the result Of a fight a few more or hundred of the - Aiend4 .should be exterminated, a cry would at once,bsFaised :in Oho east tlfat , irctuld result ni, a Conti - bitirthil by eastern gen erals, the offender would be cashiered and perhaps dismissed from the ser vice. Such,-at least has been the fate of Harney, Chivington, Penrose, and every officer guilty of a like - offence. Lott whiten ).SheridatOs ~ troops at-. the battle of Washitaidisposethofune hun dred and two. hostile - Arapahoes, but the fact that they were tlien .on the whr-path, that scalps taken from mes sengers and pot, yefi „dry were found 'in their camp, was not sufficient to con vince the eastern Indian worshipers of their hostile natures ? , but who thought IS,heridali" WAS an mhinnalr monster,' and should 'be relieved at least: It Was due only to his.popularity and the in fluence of,Bherman-and , Grant 'that he was not thus disposed of by those who besiehed__the officials at Washington With. the satue,old storrot.`` poor •per secuted-.red.'man.".lf a - few hundred of :- these ' would-be philanthropists would - v. , ...---.- , ,- , ,A. , . 4 )41.,tbetr \neteand-,lose: - their ,sealpS--it -wounr be a - nieserag to -toe icountry at large. , A„, single ease -will; ill ustrqt?, th donileingi of-Ithnse sent hero to protect (?) the whites. Six ty miles down the Platte Vt'lley, at the mouth of Cache Le Poudro ,River, are ,residing several families In what is known as the Latham settlelment, thpir principalWealth' codsfsthiglin herds of ;horses, mulee - Mid Cattle.' in.:ring the ,past season the Indians made several' rancheriled, thrift finally succeeded in running off nearly every :horse'and mule from their owners..ll,e -4)eatqd were made by' . the : ' . :,piti tneers Ltitri" Teceiva• authoritY iwltierebY' their, actions ''Woulfi',lnet[be 'ecinOidereCasthepe'"of..nutlanze, theled b„ :wishedlO icgam, t 4,0 4. prop y ertY. i-F,lnalr ily an order 'from the commander of :the district Waapsil9d ,directing cap tain then statioried'at 'ort`D. A. Rus near, phgenne v to:proceed lcomrnand, reinfor@e_Chy one Hundred ,men from the settlement, to the head Waters •of...the Republican;:or , •wlierever could be found; and efleaV;' or-tbVecover•the stolen'horseg•=lthelild- nears were required to obey finl'Ordeird of the comnytudipg , ,qfticer. ;• the same as ',enlisted rnen,s.'itt.. l :setv . marching cover the plains to the south-east-brought (the' ecitn'mandter the n ify; of large, ,Indian villa e. 'A close inspeetio'n,;hy ;the scouts proved it was occupied 'only by old men; fiquar , ,and, „children who !were left in thatge - 4 -Of 'large' herds of horses, taken atslifferent-.tinles , from the whites, whild'•the'„warriptS were away , oir the: warpath, obserV ngtheirtreaties's made 'a -.few :Menthe' , 'before by stealingandl kealphig-when•L• 1e.yer! . .,1111: ifvp.oxt , truity::l='; waa I 4AL:6s et te EL Not c./nly.,was:_the'dafenee.leas';condition, !of , camp ascertained . 411'4 hi" - seoute;i but therevelt -Iy4 t• se. el os , :t If at th4y -reeognizeil many of oWn.:lliarijos faken`blit• 'kW,' weeks 'Pafere . ..," Xeti* they thtiuglifthey would tid 'paid for their horses,. and tkeiible..,lnit, judge, : if possible; of - their. &litho islime and augerWhen' the' ollidee, any deefded it was" , :nntli . attiteit.abd,g4Vd,tho ordertOto4o4:, Vq is 0t• expimtillat"op y , and:,,ent,reaty from._ the farroerS ,•):4,erei duavailiug their9eadereven offered him one thous; and.dollars for thense,of : ten •:tnelii* for ye hourst l heywas 'only-answered hra , peremptory cenimand -;•to; return-with' t , ne,So• hack; , they.' eame Without having fired a gun-or: captured , it horse„their pusillanimons,lcoininarr der doubtless congratulating himself-on pot having' , been - It'll (k J ' of 'fitly' 'act whereby his would •"he; endaii;• gered; 'hy 'WhiCh the: : theinnee in 61110 e to he 'c,'Wba.:hls appointment eon I raise 'it . ' louder hoWl bee:insect the;W:rcings'iliffiated - of( the' Igneble;"red by, :the, barharotle: rf,l6`,tl;:la .11e,,mighf, have , .en-1 o ableclth,e,settlere,t2o F 04446 )lundTeila flicil'soa, , )in tr,th have hurt some of the 'lndians , . bad Alley, got, in, the way,'and that would never, do • if there weratikujnyiaps th4roilivpad 'be ito furtlYer.nedir6 leeephig, him in com !Missiooo,4o34wouldhe.;ohliged . tongo to w.erkt fun a living; and, that would-never,. 'do: ThtiltrtitimottiToti g httv tha = t-'doubt=' leesiliitutifedthle•officer wire' ti '' - indei ,- -fildic , l'ot , 'lonr-lifths 'nf 're` nlar army officers now. stationed' `on-- - the Plains ! c.i r et ' Apy ,is.9ppl-113,r9pPgAil;.' r; ,1) 1 !, desire, adA`r,aheel the,inferests, of the :whites,,but't(l ethitintitli In existence a, great evihtvldchy-ftinitsltiliparentr•-siip zpression, • must cal acid 'give em 'ploy Inept to many who are now enabled to piay the' petty; tpniint fn ' ; ( T TC4e opwinree.d4 is ne, , ore respectable than kompg 4;._.A. young man clams by the pailful than übl cresorts murdering t„, • Any businei *but is terme r bad better sell hang arqund titne,arid Thereist a , mareso . inten • •aS he passed hen R 4 .1 1! rise Paa'arn;' ' MEM ~', ..1; ~ , ti.~, .; MEE A - Stery for the'tittl • 'nip rnmitin.nowl - : A little brown logihouse, on a,gneat, wide stretching , praidO, waii the home Of Ilainin and - Kitty Clacton:' Mamle Wad seven and Kitty a: little over four, they.werp as.sweet a little_ pair as ever you, saw. They bad never seen country :With 'hillS and valleys, - rocks and 'rivers: All- , the landscape' they knew, anything abort was the , whle plain.reaching afar io the_ horizon, wheee it seethed to blend with the sky, only dotted•here and Vlore with ar clus ter of oak trees, which we called '!oak openings." One (Inlet Sunday Altai" 'ter the two little girls were home with. their mother. , and brother John had :goi e to church in - the little' fog 'meeting honSei three diatant ;• but Mrs.- z Clayton: had not felt:well:enough, so,-.theAittle girls had" been keeping very quiet,* home, It < was a colt( .af;erociop; - and the SnowVthiCk and WllitC';' Coveredithe face of the prairie.•-• .;:„... i : iv,,..the open tireplace, Where the e burny, read : - aloud from her little Teatatnent and7Kltty was listening eagerly to , the story ,of- lliktempest on..tholwater which grew cairn whOn JrausL3a,id unto 4, "Yeade; still:" = "The' twilightiwris deepening so.rapidly. that 451arnie-•Wa-: Obligpfl.to stoop forward,, that the light might fall on the page other hook. Suddhnly: she' stopped , reading, and seemed to listen. Manuna,".she said, "1. smell some thing hn F ning, and the room is all §thokst: '''" Doesn't the'fire Smolio - V, asked lihr Mother, ,raising, her head a little anx.l ipusly froiii the lounge where she . was " thelike doesn tsmoke, I think," answeredManiie. gb"gut• in the kitchen: , mamma, and- see f there" is auy:fire in, the stove which can make, a smoke." .. Afire - on the 'Pairie was something theyhad all learned - to fear. Even the children - were. taught early' t o dread .it. ic They ; kneur,if.once a tire bro e out there , was Demeans to check it;; and they had All heard many sad stor ies of fam ilies Auddenly,dri ,who had' found themselves treti out f doors by the dames, hom e less and destitute in a re \ V hours., Mamie ran out Into thekitchen, and, a meinent,afterwardsrushedback, with her eyes wild with horror. "0, mamma, mamma !' she cried. "our shed is all, p n fire!". ~ -, Forgetting in that moment the blind-, ing headache, which had been torturing her all day; Mrs. Clayton . rang from' the lounge. and rap, i into t le kitchen,. whbse little window. Tooke l out upon the Sheet Where the_grath it d straw for - the; cattle , Avas stored.' '4 hat Mamie :had said was too,true. .Great curls of 'cracks, wore Wreathing out through the 'cracks, and now and then b{little sharp jet of flame was plainly seen . Both the shed and house I were built: of dry.logs, which burned aS radidlyAne fire Wood, and the two buildings §toetel close together.' Mrs. ' Clayton lookkid` about her almost distractedlY, and the& to think what could be done: . The chil-, `cireii . Were her first thought, `They intbst be put' iii':a. - Safe pia' e,_ nnd the !nearest neighbor's hoUse wa a mile and :a half away—too iiir toetrus them to go 1 -....... , ...i..thii5ti0wv traelvless prairie. illbstily taking then!' ilttiewpmerietwoom And cloaks from the peg on 'which they hung, - she wrapped the 'tA o.r children warmly. : Then she, took - a; feather-bed 'from - th high-Post bedst ad in tlio ,front room, and began drag 'fug it out ithe front door. ` ' :q ‘‘,Coine, childreri,l? She ca: after me as fast as yoi.i, can, JO do exactly as I tell yoti. , • The children followeddie :siderable distance from the !enough to, 1.3.€ .safe from all ill Then she th raw - '_down 'th ,placed the . chldren on it: ' Stay hei , till 'I come 'said. . Then, ret ruing, l ,tp the 'house, she. ' l3 eiied'iiiiotliei. lied ; And, 'dragging , it after'her, in-the 'same wa ,`'she' came hack to the children again. '.':, ." ,Now, Manila Etna Kitty i , she :said, laying tliein down in the a ft feathers, I Shall ciiveryou all over with this other lied ;,,. and. you ; milat: mot g.t' - up -till I eotne:tbryon, else yon, mig k freeze, to 'death tiig. cold night. So lie still, and p'tvill't'ry''aiid lint the fire omit."` , The.children, who - were filled 'with. awciakthe situation ef_afiliirs, lay doWn obediently,, and , their, inoti l er covered ,them snugly', even ,to the tips of, theft', noses.: -Then slii,vriin back 10 the hurtl ing house, ; %I ~ ...:, t, : .., , - • .-. By this time the.sparks from the shed had fallen on the roof.- and side of the liouse, , and,it liail i ,begun l I. take fire. 51,f:l'.!,Clayton ran mu-doors, hand taking n 'Cheat, W:lileli'contiiiiied• ninny 'of her MostNalutible pbssesakiiia; a lie 'drew it" outditito a snow-hank. 'She ian. -to her, 'cupboard and took a little tray of sliver Spoons and placed--them i, beside the idlest. Then she seized. et e',_ water-pail from the!ltifelien . to see' it' lis could do anything ttiyard s ten pin g: , he - flames. 1,) The 'place,l4 draiying W ter was sev eralyards:from the house';, ut; dashing over-the-sinoking logs- ,the • contents ;.of' her,pell;, she i'.;i a AO, theivel , , "drew : , one , pailful, and running soun . the-liouse dasitedit on the - flames.' Th, sr seemed to be checked foraMeinent, and She : 'has-. tetied.tO 'repeat. the - delug .: :So back and forth, unconscious 'of fatigue;' or headache, , or: ! the', niercin ' cold; ,slie worked AD:di - fat' the lire. B t the strong element halliedher weak,. unaided of torts,' and,lie, Saw the fltimea.,constatitly, gaining - 4M her... rli' her exeitement'she bad forgotten to' pu t on - either hood' of allow% Her long, 'thick hair had 'fallen from its fasteitingA, innt, drenched with the water, whichhad frozenon-her dress . and person, it bung 'a 'sheeted. 'masa of ice over ; „ her ,gliduldera: :1 isensible to all this, she was preparing- to dash on last pailful on what-was 1) Q:little ni.OYO than a smoking thin, When she heard A voice close_ .behind lier.•‘• It was; her husband, rettirned frolic' el tirehl, and, overcome now . 41M- tett. ble excite, meut of the last hbur, Mrs. layton fell into his arms p,erfectiy•inasible'.• ,', .• • When the, afterno•orf, ~ Cetiug was over, the iiiit thing , 11r. .Clayton had seen, on coming' 'Pitt •of the- nli dreh - door was a bright light,gloWing I lii, the dis tance across;the prairie: • , - 1- --- , - • " I fear the ptturie is oil fire;',' tic said,' :fuming to the nearest' neiglitier "..!."!iiiid ivy wife and.ohildren are IMF al i one•.•iit• ,home." -•-" ,:-- • " - "'• -• ~ • ..:- "That isn't a prattle fire;9... answered ,Mr. Harkitis. ,, It: -don't- spread -- rota ritt 'enough. 1t is a'. - house '"it-tire..,•_l4l the direction of your ; house, :too, :isn't- it" :Brother Playton ;; •.l.- teclion three 'or, four Of us will' drive' round. :With ,YOu, and see if, any_thilig is. the matter." " Mr. Clayton 'tun' John - • umped, into 1 1 their sleigh, - 'and' • s lialf;ii i ,dezen ' other. stout MOD' ail (1 boYs preliadd to ° foHoW' ,this - read:. .;EVery man-in tills 'country "stood ready to help his neighbor, for he _knew „not how, aeon he . lnight need help himself.' _. , - i .;.,. ; ::,- ;• 1 , - :', ~,:„ ~ • ti's ,i,hei'di,ew nenrOr ‘ , they ,ciialct see .it was Mr.•:Clayttinqi,liobe _which the "-flames were - -' devouring: • 'Only one thought, possessed' blin---to' find, if -liii. TOP:and childrenweresafe; -and when,' jumping from his sleigh and running arounil-the houSe l he saw his wife ap- lEEE ay polite that, ?PRA T 49figt4' ME MI Folks. son in Win , spending' at heir father led ; "come and mind, • •to 'a eon - house-4-far pger of tire. bed, and baeli - ;" • sh© ~ ~. ~~ parently unharmed; his heart was, too Iliankful for' woids. =.=• • Mrs. Clayton :was immediately :wrap . - eyerepats apd Mp Mess, ,I",liich the 'men were - ready to talce ofr, their OWil persolig to' shield her :from ' thel cold,; and' fitill almost. insensible, she was lifted Into a sleigh and driven rap idly to the shelter and warmth 'of the nearest, house,. Then Bin Claybou be gan to 'look ' eagerly for. Mamie and liitty. -He ran , from one side to ." the other, of, the, house, which now, lay= flat, a confus - 0.1 mass of burnt • and,,pharred Idg:s, 'searching "wildly'for . the . 1111 - dreri -. ; while John, • the ''Oldest, h rdlyless anxious than his :father,' aid 4 in his search. "Mamie!" they both Cried again and again. • • .One of the.neighbors at that ..2noment caught sight of a'confus,cd, mass of some.. thing a rod or, -two: distant- frOm, the iidiasi'and pointed it . entio the' father. Mr.•Olayton rah hastily , to the !place, and found the feather-beds piled one: on the other. ~ Just above the edge of the Upper °Lie peeped' the 'scarlet border of a tiny hood. Turning down the bed, he beheld the two little girls cuddled close to each other and fast asleep, the midst of all the noise and confusion. Never did father clasp his. children more joyfully in his arms than , did Mr. Clayton that •moment2_. The loss_of hoit and of his stoe,k•Of worldly g" g oods" seemed no "ng in ,comparison , with the joy. of _finding all, his dear, ones alive and safe.. Getting into the,sleigh, they all 'drove to join Mrs - Clayton "round their friendly neighbor's warm fireside; and that nightthey all thanked God With fUll 14artS••that• their . ' lives had been spared,i,i _ , • Now a pretty white cottage, surroun-, detirbY a blooining . garden, :stands in' the place of the little' log house. btaraie and Kitty tue.growing to be youngla:.' dies; but they will never forget that,' night when their prairie -home tookllre.i —IV. Y. Independent. ' " The Difficulty About That Dog. This was the eatifie of all the eiouble LOST.—On the '.loth instant, a small Terrier Dog, with a brass collar upon his neck, and the tip of his tail gone.. 4nswerS to the name of "Jock.'' Five dollars reward will ise 'given to the pesson_ who returns him•td - John Quill, No: S-t, Rickety Row. . I . inserted the aboye , in the • Daily litipattp, in the hope that I might re cover the animal to which I was much attach d. The Fliplicip goes to press at SA. M. At half-past six I was awak ened byr a pull at Igot out of_ bed and opened the window. -- • A,s I,lookea out I.sa.w a man standing in tiny front yard wither mongrel dog :tied to a rope. He gazed up and ;oli! served ;' Hello !_are you the fellow who lost a dog?' Yes I tun.' \Val, then, I've fethhett him," said the man. I then explained to this wretched hu man being that my dog was a terrior, while his looked ,more like a 'log of ;wood with half the hark air and -prop ped op on four sticks, than a dog of any kind. ain't yon a going to take him? • I wouldn't itave.liini (cs a gift. And I - Want you to 3novil off 'now or I'll call the 'police.' • ' Now, I guess you' think you're smart, don't ymr? I'd bust you' over ,thejaw for five cents, I would, You don't know a good dorg when you see hiM, you don't," and he went, out, af ter ripping the palings off the fence. - • In about a half hour there wasb.noth er ring at the bell. I went down.-,,L There was a man with six dogs of a.va! 'riety`of breeds. Wh-wh-which - of ' 'em's him, b-b -boss,' said this feller, for he stuttered as if he, Would strangle on a small, sylla ble. • k N - either of , Y-you said h-his n-na-name was Jr Jack, d-didn't you ?' Yes; that'b it.' W-well then, wh-wh-What d'yo call that ?' ; says he, as he sung out 'Jack" and the whole shx - dogs looked ,up and wagged their taila like a lot of spavined oxen in fly time. • • Why, t call it confounded nonsense to expect me to. take the; whole six degs because they're named Jack. don't want to start a sausage milt, you' understand.. Mince meat isn't - ir,•my line.', - ',\V-w-well, - ain't you goin' to take ' • `Certainly not, do yen suppoSe I am it, gi bberhig idiot?' . ••• ' W-w-w-well, you sh-shant._ have him now, if you want him. 'I , w-w -wouldn't trust a decent d-dog, with a m-m-man like you, anyway.'- ' : • • - And the six canines tea into fine and trotted down the Street after him.... , I hail not got 'fair** into the ouse, *before there-Was another ring: .'geedy looking man with a semi-decayed yel low dog. His ribs stuck out so, that he loOketres if he 'had gorged himself wi th'a Spiral spring: . • ' l' You. advertised fora dog, I believe. Well, I caught him arodnd here in the alley, after a desperate struggle: Fine dog, sir."' '. :. ' 'Well, I don't think'he ii. -He looks tome as if he wasn't, well. •-He is too, ethereal for this world; yenfig, man, de pend upon•lL' ' :Oh, net; at all, sir. -Only shedding 'his coat, sir ; , all good dogs,do it at this .time, of year. See that, -- slr,' said this seedy Caucasian, holding the dog by _the cull! _of the heck. • ..•See how' he yelps ; that's a sign of pluck ; that dog would fight a million . wild, cats, he would,'Ked lick ''em too, sir.' , ' Oct Out It I exchihned„ and the dog put his tail - .between his legs . .and, ran for the gate.', -, • , , . ; 4 gee- that, sir 2 1 S(Ie that?". said the man, as lti seized-' hint, "Mats a 'sigt he's well trained ;:n6 raw dogAchaves like that, 1 want you to hnow.., Now, ti i pose you fork over that five.' ' • 'Not Much ! I- don't want "hini, my friend... -' - - ..,•,n :, --=, .t - • ' Yen won' t , do, i t . , , Woll - . hen,take, k hfth for severity-tive cenhi,,a 4 say'no nioWabou t' it: • •He's a Valuableaninial. You'll nevergetanothor-suWatliance." ',I , tell you I won'i. haveltinl.'-:!, .._-.••- ' Well, don't then,' said the Mau, iel to kicked theintiinal_over ()Willy low. rpots iiildbroke . three of them, while he,brute rushed madly down the mid le, of the street, ...-- „ : JiiSt, then a big - ruilia'n v iii a SleUeli hat itnienp :With' a hull dog, sprung in the trees; And lamenting .the entire loSs..or its tailc, ,When, ,the radian spoke - to i i ii i i :Ic e - yi• agi!; :ed th e _ whole of the last !lair of him. ' ' - .. 4 Vro•.=brought - tha there dog,' , Was he , observation made, by ,the- ruffian; rand pi] 'tipg6r them ; there stamps, I . , . . keckoti.' ' ' ' ' ,my . friend,' said 1,-' that is not my og.' • ' - • Yes, it is; though.' - . . 4 But it la not.' , . ' Don't 1 tell - you it iS?: Didn't3'ou ny the tip of:his tail waS gone ? Well, i est look at him,, will you 2' -.. ! : . 1 , ' Well, I won't havehiin;,ai4how.' 'Neu' watifto elieat me,' do ychi ?I'll zu.'you,lielok , hitm, - :Bull V- said - WS idrageous ruillan, as the dog new at * - NO: 24 • BY JOAN QUILL. , ortc.eiloga piablishtd cyclry '4,94,l2es(bxy fer year + invariably COBB. & VAN:•Gti, , . E .A.,ryv-ixtrx , rd-srlev R TZII3 . ..• •EN LINES op iitIAION,OZ IN* 461111 !NE SQUI3IB. o. cif Sirre. 1.1 In. 81no. 7.ne. 8 Mos. )100.1Ii — eur -^ ..... $l,OO $2,00 — 52,601 f "AO '3,00 4)00 nn. ,l'Squirr7,l $l,OO $2,0042,801 $5,00 2 Squarei 2,00 3,00 j'4;00 ' 8,00! 11n1fC0t:......40,00i-18,00111,00i 22,00! Ono 001.—....1 /8,00 1 -20.001 soot 40,00 • 'Speoinl Notice's 15 cents per Hue,' Local 20 cents per line'.• • me, giving me barely time ,1,,k, 1 and shut the door on his•fron rgtiess I squeezed the nose dog. - But the man .ottped iric five minutes, and then 'Mini the door and went'away, - ? - -- •ltt.less than twenty Minute - Smell pock•marked red shirt;this time. - Had a dog that looked as if he had without an tithbrella When ing ink. Saysthli victim of pox You know thatfiog tised for? jWell, .here he is.' • 0 pshaw said r; you k isn't my dog.' • 'Your name's Quilkain't Ii It is,' said " Well, then this hlre - is• 1 He's the ' best ratter you evi Slings them around like he tirf himself he does,'and—" • - Butbe ,is not my deg.' • And'he' is a bully watch dc at, him ! Look at him now—hi ing now ! Why, - kit 'I watch and watch, until .he g blind, he will: He'll Watch If you only-let him. You :n watcher like him. 1 . guess chain him up while you go h the V.' • -` No you needn't,' igaid MO brains out if you don't away.' Well, say, stranger, strapped to-day . ; jest lend hlin this morning, will you? you to-morrow,' , , • - ' See here; now, you just I?: i here, or I'll take the hide off said,, for' I began to got ex know. • Aw ! you ain't worth a .4 actually ain't,' said the poc! man, as he walked off; afte the dog over the head with - • fence palings, and then p fingers up to his nose. Not a minute after, up co II with a mastiff as big as a sin 3 'Say, boss, I want that iis' : he remarked, by way of in the subject. ' Well, you can't get', it, a 1,, don't leave I'll call the • - polil claimed in despair. 'rah him, Zip!' said th stn. ly, and the dog flew at : c me win, Mid bit a slice of 411 of my leg, and disfigured ni life. Then the assissin vti, w him called him off and t. laughing. :: I didn't answer any more .day, but about four o'clock in n on I looked out of the sec 4 w ndow, and the yard was f w th all kinds of dogs. - Bb iw its dogs ! yellow • dogs, d s, flea-bitten dogs, dogs d s without tails, rat ter pups, poodles, fox hounds, Newfoundlands, mixed bree u ers, _setters and _a multitude Varieties, all growling yelp lug, snapping and jumping a I there- wasn't a flown pot le place, and the noise was wor menagerie at meal time. I haven't got my dog yet. want him either. I I don't Tiever see another dog betwee 'the silent grave. I only NV's the dogs from• hero to-Russian were collected into a Conve had hold of that man with th that they might gnaw on hi hadn't a morsel of meat le skeleton. That is all I want i line in this world. A BASHFUL BRIDE ON II it ' WED DING TOUR.—While we were making arrangements 'to pass J the fight' (we -, cannot say sleep) in the 8101:king car which carried us from Macon to Mont gomery, Alabama, - and just as-we had, begun to wish for a better be , the cars stopped stopped at a selt station ,• an •a blush-: lug couple, "bold-olhands," amninto. the.car. - -Their appearance as hey stood, hesitatingly in the doorwa, showed that meant ` 4 -mischief i ": and were just starting out on their wed ; ing tour. t -`.`Would you like a berth s r?' said the lively jolly-faced conduc or of the miserable sleeping icar. "NO, sir—l reckon—as may be-- , that iain whetwe want;" ,stammered the brill groom.-,- ``Haint you got no bridal eh tuber on this - ero kear ?" •• • - "Oh, the bridal chamber VI the conductor, Come this N' The couple went treroblin,, the car-to the 4 statejroom; 4 'w ed about as ranch like a state a northern sleeping-car - as a county_, jail appears - like •th House parlor. ' Does that door shut up ?I inquired the bridemrobom. , Oh, yes. See lil4 it slides Conductor. • But I'm dogged if I see an sleep,' suggested the applica chamber. Oh, 'we'll fix - that, if ye I seated,' said the' conductor, ti loW,lard sofa on - the oppo the car," 'close to the head o tamed cotielL"' 4, 1. '1" dcn't like it; So there pered the bride. • Don't like what?' Said the won't go no further, I you keep talking so.' J What have I done, I'd like tA You told him you didn' place to sleep, and I don't thi usin! me right.' Well,' •I don't:, see no pl' neither. If we've got to away in that 'little hole; Wel sten' up all night; that's sarti Let's go back, Johnny ; I to go any further.' '• • - - ` 9h, no, don't let's; go ba 6: stick er eout.' I can't, I won't,.l don't 11. can't stay here. `t'her'e lots .1 bind those curtains. Vm sic go no further. Say,johnn (Y o borne. Do, I want ter so . And the' fair one 'began to though her heart would brea don't cry, •Mollie, right eout-at .the next place. hadn't. orter be so fraid 'o we're married.' This seemed to quiet her •at the next station the ad:Hat:, left the cars; having paid fort, room ''and WO heard hini,"al on th e platform outside, rema, Tl at nr Sleepi'n , ltear was t, small quarters for marrietili., respo , clence of the Poston Tr gl WA TED-AN EASY .PLA Henr Ward Be 'cher. soine t received ',c; letter .froni a .yet• who recommended. himse:lf ly as being honest,'and close , request. ` Get ' - "an easy ; that„honeSty inity, be ,easy Which Mr. 13eeelier replied,: Don't Num - editor - if you easy. - Do not try', the la School-keeping. Keep out o' pit: Let alone all ships, sto, and merChandize., .Abhor H Keep away from lawyers; Lice medicine. .:Be not a far mechanic; 'neither a soldier 1 .or. Don't study. - Don't thinl - work.. None ' of them are: ea: , friend, you are in a bard werl of but one real eaSy place in that Is the grave;' ,",' - Is easy to sit) , easy to posses it. gliator oitiing 14E4 ER. ' . 1 74110MLDEU. 1112,1 • 18 4:,; (* 6.. -gdito'rial or JIL- 1111 get inside isplece.— fr of that :for about j a brick at #►notber an In a speckled been out was raln thesm'ati- au now that = Ire dog.= •r eeen.— s'arausin' g. took t' Watch there' and Des stone lan night ever see a I'll jest 4 and get I'll Wit:lw i ire him a little five on I'll pay t out of f you,' I iteci,you • nt, you • -marked clipping no Of my qing his es a man I horse. was all rodueing d if,you e,' I ex- 'man, in s e, threw uscle out nose for o owned , snt away ings that the after nd story 1 of men ek dogs, ariegated ith tails, lore, bull spaniels, s, point of other ng, bark- out until It in the e than a I don't care if I this and that all America t tion, and mastiff, until he on his the dog • , • xe aimei ayi fir.' 1 through ieti look roni on ,eIII hi the isiously. said the plaee to b-for the . will''be °luting to :kte side of our our- " partnot. won't, if • r know?' t see no :n4. it was ace now, tftoked j haft ter ira afraid 'k. Let's e ter.. f men be ! . I won't , let's do :much.'-- weep as we'll get But you • lks, now aii'a d couples le ' state he stood k that og goned I—Cor tveller. IBA Rev. We since lug :man, ;ory high with-the ituratiou, !I 6 T . - o Iwould be I. Avoid . the pul vsirshops )Duties.-- : n't prao . er nor a. I le or a sail -1?. t Don't , , 0 thy I !, I know it. And of half ea race; but