Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 July 1875 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY. JULY 8 18751

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POOP. LITTLE JOE. BY LELEG ABK WRIGHT. From the Graphic Prop yer eyes wide open, Joey. -Fur I've brought you sumpin great, Apples? No, a derned sight better! ' Don't you Ute no Int'rest ? V ait ! Flowers, Joe-I knew'd you d lle emAin't them cruniptlous? Ain't thembtgh?., Tears, my boy? Wots them fur, Joey? There-poor little Joe '-don't cry t 1 was sklppln past a winder. Where a bang-up lady sot, AH amongst a Tot of bushesEach one cllmbln from a pot ; Every bush had flowers on It Pretty? Mebbenot! Oh.no! t Wish yoo could a seen 'em growln , It was Bich a etuonln' show. "Well, 1 thought of you, poor feller, Lyln here so sick and weak, Never knowin any comfort. And 1 puts on lot o' cheek. "Missus, says I. fclf you please mum, Could 1 ax you for a rose? For mv little brother, missus Naver seed one, 1 suppose. ' Then I told her all about you How 1 brlng'd you up, poor Joe! (Lac: In women folks to do it,) Men a Imp you was, you knowTill yer got that awful tumble, JistasI had broke yer in (Hard work, too) to earn yer llv:n Blackln booU for honest tin. How that tumble crippled of you N öo's you couldn't hv per muchJoe, it hurted when I seen you Fur the first time with yer crutch. "But," I says, 'tae's laid up now, mum. 'Pears to weaken every day ; Joe, she up and went to cuttlu That's the how of this bokay. av ! It seems to me, old feller. You Is quite yourself to-nighf.J Kind o' chirk it's been a fortnit. Hence yer eys has been so bright. Better ! Well, I'm glad to hear it ! Yes, they're mighty pretty, Joe. Smpllin' of 'em's made you happy? Well, I thought it would, you know! Never see the country, did you? Flowers growln' everywhere ! Some time when you're better, Joey, Mebbe I kin lake you there. Flowers In heaven? 'M l s'pose so ; JPunnomuch about it, though; Ain't as fly as wot I might be On them topics, little Joe. But I've heard It hinted somewheres That in heaven's golden gates Tb 1 n gs is ever lastln ' cheerful B'lleve that's wot the Bible states. . Li He wise, there folks don't get hungry; So good people, wen they ales, Finds themselves well fixed foreverJoe, my boy, wot ails yer eyes? 'Thought they looked a little sing'ler, Oh.no! Don't you have no fear; Heaven was made for such as you Is Joe, wot makes you look so queer? Here wake up ! Oh, don't look that way ! Joe! My boy! Hold up yer head! Here's yer flowers you dropped em , Joey. Oh, my Ood, can Joe be dead? NEWS AND GOSSIP. An English, editor calls the American religion "pewianij" In Mexico all the vices are attributed to the bad influence of American example." "Indiscreetly murdered" was the verdict oi a Chicago jury in a killing case, the other day. Juror Jeffreys is a bachelor, but his ideas of the sancity of the marriage relations are fixed. The Japanese government will punish with becoming cruelty aay druggist who adulterates quinine. The great "Emperor" bell at Cologne, made from French cannon, has v been sounded. It gives out the note D. Paper collars is the latest synonym lor interviewers. It is believed that this ap puliation will crush out the industry. Death seems to have agreed with Mrs. Bartlett, of Vermont. She was buried twelve years ago, and now she weighs 500 pounds. Mr. Kirk, an Irish member of parliament, informs the world that "the sword of Demosthenes is hanging over the beads of the Irish people." The San Francisco Post says Mr. Bowers, ol Australia, tas left Jor San Francisco with two famous running horses, to compete for the ?30,000 perse in October. Bank of England notes are made of the strongest paper. Unsized, one of 100,00 will support a weight oi thirty pounds. Seized, it will maintain a whole family lor years. The Bay of Fundy Granite Company.at St. George, New Brunswick, are engaged upon an order for IS highly polished lamp posts, with engraved boxe?, for the White House grounds. Ona ol the curious institutions of Stowe, Mass., i3 a "Three Score-and-Ten" society, composed of 87 members over seventy years old. One ot the members, a lady, is 100, one 93, and another 91, Anything is better than etiquette. Walk on all fours, if it pleases you; take off your coat, your boots, everything you please, only do not recite ready-made phrases. Taine. Harvard graduated its first class in 1637; Willam and Mary in 1692; Yale in 1702; Princeton in 1748; Pennsylvania University in 1753; Columbia 1754; Brown University, 1764; Dartmouth, 1769; Rutgers, 1770. An Arkansas man saw the letters J. C. cut "in a tree, and under them a depression in the ground. He thereupon plied his shovel, and not long afterwards pulled up a pot containing f 1,400 in silver and a diamond. They are discussing what hotel charges should be In Philadelphia next year. Grant and his cabinet want this settled before they assent to attend the centennial. Exposure of Boston tavern bills makes them cautious. One million of dollars have been offered

to the Western University of Pennsylvania by the Hon. William Thaw, of Pittsburg, Si a si miJ ar a mou nt Is collected b j the 1st ot Jal y, The chances are against the university gettine the money. Eeach -hip ot the artic expedition was sup plied with pigeons similar to those used in Prussian war. Part of these birds are to convey messages from the nartie to the Alert, the others to communicate with the Discovery. The old mansion formerly occupied by T.Uratenant-General Scott still stands In Elizabeth, N. J,, and it is now proposed to buy it for a public historical library and defww tnrv or JUS.. reilCS. BOOHS, buu uium antiouarian notions. An unparalleled feat was accomplished wntlv in the district of Sbahabad, India Tn unarmed vouths attacked a tiger of immense size,' and, with tb aid of some Ä. who came UD.8tranj.lea the beast witbont using any other weapons but those given them Dy nature. straved or stolen: A live governor. An the r.amo of Thayer. When last i,arrt from was in Washington trying to get a friend and appointee of liosooe Conkling's oat of a territorial associate justiceship and blsownmanln. Any information leading . - ui w tKankfnllv received ty his distracted - territory of Wyoming, -

AN AFRICAN NDIB0D.

CAPTURING- WILD BEASTS ALIVE. MANNER OF SUPPLYING MENAGE RIES. ADVENTURES OF GEORGE 8CHMCTZER tS THE DESERT CAPTURE AND TRaNSPORTA TION OF ANIMALS METHOD OF DEALING WITH ELEPHANTS HABITS OF THE PEO PLE WITH WHOM HE DEALS. There was a gentleman in thi3 city a lew days ago, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, whose life-yarn is more romantic than that of Sinbad the iallor. But, unlike the great hero ot the nursery, the history of his life and his experience in desert land3 is not mythological. We have reference to George Schmutzer, the celebrated animal hunter and trader or centaai Ainca, to wnom we alluded last Monday. This remarkable man has been in the perilous business for seventeen vears: much of which time has been passed by him In the wilderness regions of the Upper Nile and Us tributaries. During tne vear lust passed Mr. Scbmutzer has been employed by the great showman, Uncle John Robinson. We bad the pleasure, last Sunday evening, of meeting the gentleman and listening for several hours to the wond9rral and inexhaustible narratives of his experience, during almost a score of years, In th9 strange country of Bedouin and the home of wild and ferocious animals. As we listened to the stories told by this great traveler, we ceased to wonder at the spell which came upon the princess of Arabian Nights celebrity while she listened night after nieht to the wonderiui sto ries of her prisoner. Mr. Schmutzer is a German Hungarian, about 40 years old. His English is intelligible to the at tentive listener, but not very smooth, owing to the tact that much oi nis me was spent amocg an uncivilized people. One can readily perceive by the gentleman's conver sation that he is intelligent and well educated beyond what would be expected of a man in his business, ilia Duud is neavy and his manner rather nervous a fact not to be wondered at when we think of the life of almost constant danger which he lives. It was impossible for Mr. Schmutzer to re main standing for more than a lew minutes while talkinst with us. Every now and then he would lump from his chair and stride hastily up and down the room as if anxious to get back to the jungles oi Africa once more. He has evidently inapireu much of THE ROAMING NATURE of the wild animals he has so long hunted. His face is chubby, jolly and full of expres sion, although as brown as a cake of chocalate from enduring exposure to the rays of a tropical sun. In 1S59 he made his first trip to Africa with the great traveler Cassinobe. Since then the larger part of his time has been spent there and on his way hither and thither. Hagenbek, of Hamburg, the noted zoological trader, who supplies all the zo ological gardens and menageries of the Old and New World, has naa Mr. senmutzer in his employ until Uncle John Robinson, bv a more munificent offer, secured his services. During the time he was agent for Hagenbek he made five trips to Africa, and returned to Hamburg with large numbers of wild ani mals and birds. Mr. Schmutzer started Irom New York on the 14th of last October and went directly to Southampton, England, where be took passage on a vessel pound to Suez via the Suez canal. At the latter place he Bhipped in an Egyptian government vessel bound down the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea. His landing place was Soukin, on the coast of Nubia, not far from the north ern boundary of Abyssinia. Suakin is the place whence be strikes into tne interior oa each trip. At tnis point ne leaves civilization behind bim, and turns his face toward the jungles of Khssela and Hamoran. Yet so much of this animal trader's Ufa has been spent throughout this region that it can hardly be Haid that he is a stranger in a strange land. Indeed, be says be is mere at borne with tbe untutored sons or Ainca than witn civilized Cincinnatians. At Suakin he hires six or seven camels and as many servant?, and bovine laid in a supply of provisions sufficient to last a month or more, begins his journev across the country in a south we&tl r .;" I TT ä Ä IL. ern direction. yo nuw uso uio preseut tense, because a description ot one of bis trips is tbe same as that of all tbe rest.) The first objective point is me settlement oi Kassela, on the river Gaza, 350 miles from the coast. This journey is by no means a sinecure, inasmuch as the major part ot it lies through the HEART OF THE NUBIAN ÖESERT. The servants and camels necessary for this trip are hired from Schek Egel, who is the great chief of Nubia, At Kassela the servants and camels are changed for another sät belonging to the Schek Mosel, the ruling magnate ot the country lying beyond Kassela. It would not be permitted the servants or camels o! one of these chiefs to pass through the territory of the other. The next s'age of the journey is to Hamoran, nearly UOO miles lurther toward the southwest. Here ia the first place where the first halt is made to hunt animals. The little village of Doka is the headquarters of Mr. Schmutzer while in this country. This is the land of tbe giraffe, lrge herds of which roam through the neighboring county. Another journey toward the setting sun bring bim to the Chebel Gallas Mountains, the home of the finest specimen of antelopes in the world. They are called the horse antelope, and are very hard to keep alive after they are once captured. During the last trip his servants trapped twenty-two of the beautiful animals, all but one ot which died before they were gotten out of the country. Mr. Scbmutzer has thirty-five natives constantly in his employ in different sections of this country. So that even while he was absent on one of his periodical trips with a cargo ol beasts to America and Europe, his men are busily engaged hunting for a new supply. Alter an animal Is captured it is confined for a year or more to tame before an attempt is made to remove It by a journey to the coast. The natives who are in his employ capturing the animals each receive $3 a month, which is considered "big money" over there. Besides this they received a fixed premium on every animal they capture and bring into camp. For a giraffe they receive $50, for an elephant $60, and for a rhinoceros $&0. Mr. Schmutzer, when he left lsst spring, promised his men 520 each for every rhinoceros they caught in his absence, which they would be compelled to keep over three months. One can buy a lion over there for 3, but even at that price they are oilen yery rtear. A lion eata a great deal of meat in a day, and meat In those diggings costs eighty cemsapound. Mr.8chmutzer takes from $10,000 to 120,000 with him on each trip. At Cairo this money is exchanged for Matia Theresina silver thalers, each one of which Is worth one of our American silver dollars. Brides THE PRICES PAID f or captured animals and the monthly pay ot his servants, it costs considerable to transport the drove to the seacoast. Each expedition from the interior necessitates the hiring of 30 to 100 camels and as many Uvea. These are obtained, as on the journey dowD, from the respective bcheks. Going from Hamoran to Kassela he pays $G a head for every , camel and the same for rv a'are. From Kassela to Suakin they cost 'Si apiece mors. Soma of tfc animals,

eu-h as the giraffe and elephant, are led or driven, but other species must be carried, particularly the antelope and rhinoceros. They are put upon the Inside ol a leathern net. A pole or young sapling is suspended between two camel, one in the rear and the other one in front, and upon f Kin rv1a la awnti fr Vi a IfiOf ViAPri torra Kam-

mock fashion. In this manner the line of march is taken ud and the journey to the sea began. It may at first thought seem queer that the two camels carrying the pole should be placed tandem, and not side by side. But it must be remembered that much of the journey lies through the jungles, where the only paths to be found are narrow, and permit of the passage of only one animal at a time. The above mode of transportation is very destructir-3 to the lives of the half-tamed beasts. It not unf requently happens that most of them die on tbe way across the country. On his visit to Africa last winter, Mr. Scbmutzer fourd his men in possession of two fine rhinoceroses, but one died before he started back, and the other died on the seventh day of the journey east. The journey from Hamoran to Kassela occupies about six weeks, and from Kassela to Suakin nearly five weeks. Last spring Mr. Scbmutzer left Hamoran with a large collection of animals, and made the journey to the coast with remarkable good fortune. He had 37 camels and 75 men with him on this trip. A little over half way between Hamoran and Kassela the water ran short, when part ot tbe men and seven ol the camels were sent ahead for a fresh supply. They were compelled to go all tbe way to Kase!a for the water, but returned and met the main part of the caravan in time to prevent any Buffering from thirst. Inttbis connection we might mention that Mr. Scbmutzer inlormed us that tome ol his camels bad gone . SEVEN DATS WITHOUT WATER on one of these journeys acioss tbe desert. At Kassela the party was compelled to wait twelve days for camels to arrive from Suakin. The caravan that brought them to Kassela had reached the confines of Schek Egel's territory, and could go no further, Duritig the twelve days he was waiting, Mr. Schmutzer drove his collection of animals back three miles into the country and built a corral of thorns around them to piotect them from beasts or prey, riotwith standing this precaution, a lion jumped over the corral one nigni ana carried on a fine specimen of Caffer sheep. Tbe region about Kassela is infested by great numbers of lions, which renders stock-raising very precarious business. Sev era! days out from Kassela, while encamped oue night on tbe edge of a jungle, the camp was attacked by another lion. It sprang upon a camel and lacerated the animal so badly that it died tne next aay. The men fired eight shots into tbe lion, and still it lived and clung tenaciously to its prey. It was only when the grass in tbe vicinity was fired that It slunk away in tne darkness. Tbe following day its dead carcass was found not a hundred yards from tbe camp. The coast of Nubia is unapproachable by large vessels. Tbe ships which land or take on freight at Suakin anchor, about eight miles out in the sea, and communicate wUh the town by means of boats. Mr. Schmutzer in taking bis animals to the vessel is often compelled to use three or four boats fas tened together arter tne style or a noatmg pin toon. There are no single boats large enough to carry a young elephant or giraffe. This mode ot getting his animals aboard a ship is dangerous, and often results in tbe loss of some ot them. Throe years ago a valuable portion of his shipment was lost overboard in tbe Gult of Suez, during a violent storm. He had shipped at Suakin three elephants, sixteen mayflown goats, a wild Abyesian donkey, six giraffes, thirteen antelopes, and about thirty-eigut cag& of other beasts and birds. The elephants, goats and donkey were tied on deck with strong ropes. A few days out from Suez and a tearful storm came up, during which all the elephants and goats were WASHED OVERBOARD, the donkey alone being left of all the ant ra t'.s on deck. Two years ago be brought to Europe 26 giraffes, two large elephants, five large antelopes, two large ostriches, and 72 c.'.ges of different birds and animals besides. That trip occupied li months, while on the last one be was only absent eight months and ten days. Mr. Schmutzer. to give us an Idea what it really costs in tbe long run to Dring one I inehe animals to America, took for an example the expense cf importing tbe giraffe, which be just landed safely In Cincinnati. From what we have already told of the money p-iul out among the natives, it may txj fairly said that it cost at least S100 to get him to Suakin; the freight vessel from there to Suez was 80, and 19 duty v as paid before it could be transiered to tbe English vessel at that point. Tht Irelght from Suez to London was xib'i, arte: which it cost 32 to transport him to Southampton. Tbe trip across the Atlantic cost 30, and from New York to Cincinnati, cor express, ?100. Foot up those sums and it will be discovered that tbe shipment alone of an African giraffe to America costs over 1,600. This of course does not include Mr. Schmutzer's individual expenses, nor the recompense for bia perilous services. It will therefore be perceived that itisn'tevery man who is able to keep bis toam of giraffes. As may be imagined, it is not as easy to catch an elephant as it is to ratch a rabbit. Even a baby elephant is a "big thing" on legs and combines as much strength as bodily bulk. Mr. Schmutzer's description of how various animals are caught was interest icg and will well pay to recount. Tbe African elephants go in droves from twenty to fifty. While thus herded together tbey are safe from the attacks of tbe natives. They must be separated from the herd before there is a chance of capturing tbe young. The elephant calf, like tbe young ot all animals, follows its mother wherever she goes. So the only way to get the calf from the nerd is to entice Its mother away. The natives do this making feints at tbe herd on horseback and by provoking tbe female to give chase. Once separated from the herd the greatest trouble Is overcome. While one man is attracting the mother's attention from the front another native will ride up in tbe rear, baetily dismount, and by tbe powerful slash of an instrument made for tbe purpose, hamstring the huge, unwieldy beast. There is GREAT DASQER In doing this, but once the elephant is hamstrung the remainder ot tbe job is comparatively easy. Tbe old elephant Is killed and the young one fastened with ropes. The elephant calf feeds on its mother's milk until it is about Eix years old. It is therefore not desirable to capture them nnder four or live years ot age, and by that time tbey reach a pretty large size and combine a good deal of strength to their avoirdupois. It required the united strength of twenty-six men to overcome the last "baby" Mr. Schmutzor captured, after its mother bad been killed. Ropes are tied to its legs and made fast to trees, and the young monster is then left for several days, and sometimes weeks, to starve and get rid of some of his excessive strength. In a few months he Rostnmaa Amawhlt1 tam A Rf tame that it la possible to drive and lead bim j across the country to the coast, A camel is caught differently. The natives on horseback pursue the long-necked beasts as tbey flee In herds and lasso the young. 4 The lassoes ued for the purpose are made of tbe tough and pliable inside bark of tbe breadfruit tree. The young camel is much more easily captured, and is leas troublesome to

keep than an elephant. It soon becomes tame and can be led about without much effort. The hippopotamus is an animal that has not yet been added to the collection of

any menagerie in Europe or America. The reason or this is that no plan has vet been devised by which it can be captured without Injury. Mr. Schmutzer says that his men have on several occasions disabled one ot the "river horses" by means of harpoons anu men tasen it anve. nut between its amphibious nature and the Injuries inflicted in capture, it soon afterwards died. The first man who succeeds in capturing one ot these strange animals and landing him safely ia a European Zoological Garden will be rich. There is a mistake here. The British Zoological Gardens have a pair of hippopotami. Ed. SentiseuI Mr. S.hmutzer has a plan in his mind by which he intends to make another attempt to capture one of the beasts on his next visit to Africa. He has designs and traps now being prepared in Eurooe which be will take with bim on his return to tbe jungles next August. We asked the gentleman whether in any ot his travels tnrougn the forests and plains of the elephant country ns, naa ever encountered one or the Vamocs wnrrE elephants.. V. about which soma travelers have written He said he bad not, and what was more, be didn't believe the animal had, or eyer had an existence. , Some elephants, on reaching an extreme old . age become gray, pretty much as a man does, but while , young ' be had never yet seen one, nor had he ever met a nctive who had seen one of them "But," said Mr. Scbmutzer, "If there are any In Africa Til fetch one to America before many years, and on that .you may depend."1 We made some Inquiries about the nature of the people with whom he associated while in that uncivilized country. They are all of the . Bedouin or Arabian race, but very savage in their naous or natures. A. scneik or enter Is tbe supreme ruler ol a certain territory or tribe and his word is law for either life or death. Like the inhabitants of all savage lands, the women are the slaves of tbe men. and do most of the manual labor; at least the older and uglier ones do. but the vounsr and mors comely famales are shut up in the rich men's harems, and do not see a day of ireeaom lor years, a handsome girl as a concubine commands a princely price, and none but the rich deserve, or, rather, can buy the fair over there. Just as in this country, they are very dear In' the Nubian country, only in a different sense. They never inquire now ncn a man is la that section, nor bow many corner lots or government bonds, or how mnch gas stock he owns. The question arises "How many wiyes has be?" If a young man's rich uncle dies over there and leaves bim a fortune tbe first thing be does is to go to town and Invest in a team of thorough-bred, full blooded, fine-haired wives. Whenever an old sinner "in the land ot Caffera" draws a 1100,000 prize in tbe Louisville Lottery, be goes straightway and squanders it all in a good supply of young wivei. It's very queer, but we know men in this country who have only one wife, and yet would be willing to squander all their own fortune and the uncle's wealth to get rid of her. That's the way we differ from the Bedouin. They are not epicurean in taste, if we may judge from their DAILY BILL OF FARE. Their chief food consist of a cake made from a mixture of salt and meal and water. The meal i3 ground by the "women folks" from a grain resembling our Indian corn. To be a chief or ruler in that country is to do nothing. Mr. Schmutzer Informed us that while there he would never dare to raise bis hand to help himself to anything, or be would lose tbe respect and reverence of tbe people. It a cup of water sat within reach, he must call a servant to hand it tö bim.' If be wished to smoke, a servant must light his cigar. The men and women wear no dress except a small strip of cloth about the loins, and many of them are -without even this covering. During one of his inland trips Mr. Schmutzer met the famous explore3, Capts. Speke ftnd Grant, at Berber, a town on the Blue Nile. Her Der is a town of some importance. and is connected with Kbartoom, several hundred miles further up the Nile, by a small steamer. Yet tbe vessel had little or nothing to do in the way of carrying passengers. The Nubian is careful ot hiä money, and often goes to great sacrifice to save it. Two ot Mr. S.'b servants, who accompanied aim on one of bis homeward trips as far as Alexandria, walked the whole distance back to Khartoom, nearly 500 miles. It took them three months to make the journey, but tbey preierred to walk to spend ing any wealth in paying their passage. Two or three dollars in that country is a pretty fair windfall, and will supply a fast young native with a high old time for six months. If one ot them succeeds in capturing an elephant for Mr. Scbmutzer he is enabled to retire from business and loaf all the rest of his life, if be isn't robbed or does not conceive a foolish notion to buy a bran new wife to wear every day and Sun day too. We don't want to interfere with the good advice of the lamented Horace ureeley, but we do say, with an due deference to the dead philosopher, "Young man, go to Africa and catch elephants." Mr. Scbmutzer, with a fund of f 20,000 from Uncle John, will sail from Southampton on another trip about the middle of August. He expects to be absent a year. REVOLUTIONARY RELICS. A FEW ARTICLES NOT OJJ EXHIBITION. The Boston Commercial Bulletin gets off the following: The museum of revolutionary relics exhibited at No. 56 Beacon street, although rich in objects of interest, is marked by the omission of a few which we cite below, viz: Fragments of one of the snow balls thrown at General Gage's soldiers by the Boston boys in 1775 on Boston Common. Contributed by J. Frost. A piece of Continental blackstrap, preser ved in spirits, by Mr. Swallow. Brandy made from cherries on tbe tree cut down by George Washington, contributed by Professor Lie big, Portrait of a Boston gentleman who did not have an ancestor at Lexington, Concord or Bunker Hill very rare. Portraits of colored men who have been body servants of General Washington. catalogued up to 1,081. (Tbe committee gives notice that no more apace can be al lowed for these contributions.) Protest ot Mr. Breed a&ainst tne taking or his hill in 1775. Bunker'i offer to part with bis at half the expense. Shells thrown from Long Wharf during the revolution. Recently discovered by dredg ing pear where stood an oyster shop in 1776. View ol tbe second haul made oy a aneull. with the lucky number quite distinct on the (lottery) ticket. Backet lrom which Paul Revere's borse would have drank it he had stopped at Captain Peletiah Hornblende's, two miles from Boston. . .' - ' ' Specimen of the "spirit oi 76," in a bottle -It is recorded that M. Thiers 'once had his hat knocked off by some fixtures In front of a shop in. Paris, and he was so pleased with the fact that he was too tell for once in bis life that he often revisited the shop and became a regular customer

TUE FAT MISSIONARY. I From the Capital. It was In a fore-and-aft schooner That he aalled to that far countree, And, according to Captain Simmlnson, It was beautiful for to see How warmly those heathen welcomed him, And how grateful tbey seemed to be. And how, in their simple, Innocent way They patted him. now on hu knee. And now on bis cheek, and now on his chin. And, in short, made only too free W 1th the Reverend Oleus Bacon, As was sent upon a mission To the Inlands near Feejee. Bat 1 have an affidavit Captain Simmlnson took afore me, (And BlmmlDsoD la a Corlstian man) How siandm' that night on his lee, And a-swearlng up his canvas All ready to put to sea. He noticed a fire on the island As was burnln' remarkably free; But he had no idea thoBe devils Were matin' a fricassee Of the Reverend Oleus Bacon Aa was sent upon a mission To the huauds near Feejee. But so it turned out; and therefore I say As Hlmmlnson said to me. If the Board of Foreign Missions Had any eyes for to see They'd never have sent a man out there A missionary for to be, The make of whose person was tempting in the very least degree, Or one as was anyways bulgy at all, Still ls one ns bulgy as he: This Reverend Oleas Bacon ; as was sent upon a mission To the Islands near Feejee. However the Lord was in it, At least so it seems to me; Or something was in Mr. Bacon As didn't at all agree With the stomachs of those heathen men,

And I happen to know what that something It was cavendish and tappee! Nevertheless, it was somewhat unfortunate, As most any man may see. That the Keverend Olens Bacon liver started on that mission To the Islands near Feejee. THE WAY THEY WON, AMERICA'S VICTORY AT DOLLYMOUNT. FINE BHOOTISQ AT 900 YARDS INDIGNATION OF IHK IRISH WITH THEIR TEAM BODINE S GALLANT WORK TREMENDOUS AP PLAUSE FOR THE AMERICANS. ' Thefollowinz is the cable special from Dublin to the New York Times on the iifle match: The day for the great International rifle match between the Irish and American teams opened unfavorably, tbe weather be ing nazy ana a low, shifting wind blowing. A great throng from the city and tne neiitnDorine country. witn manv prominent personages from all parts of the United Rlnedom. including the lord mayor of Ixndon, the lord mayor of Dublin and the lord mayor ot York, and a large number of Americans came here purposely to see tne great contest or on yisltinz tours. The firing began at 800 yards, and Dr. Hamil ton, of . tbe Irish team, opened witn a center shot, scoring three. Col. Gildersleeve, of the American six, followed with a shot in the center also. Tbe next two shots on tbe Irish side went for nothing, McKenna and Milner making misses with tbeir first shots. The dissappointment of the Irish at this incident was openly expressed. Bodine's seventh shot was a miss, which caused some nerv ousness among the Americans. At the close ot the firing at tbe 800 yards ranee. however, both Bides were confident, tne score beicz so clos9 that liodine's lost ballet would have given the Americans the ad vantage. As it was tne Irish gained tbeir only success ot the day, and that by a single point, the score showing 33S for them, and 337 for the Americans. The crowd constantly increased daring the firing. . At two o'clock the wind rose slightly and tbe Americans entered into the contest at tbe 900yards range with high hopes, while tbe Iiish began to t4funck" under McKenna's two misses and Milner's first, second, sixth, eighth and ninth shots, -which were all misses. The crowd was In a state of con sternation, threatening a disturbance. The first and second shots of Coleman, of the American team, were mieses. A queetion arose, which was decided by Mr. Rigby in a manner to excite tbe dissatisfaction of the Irish. Gildersleeve, Fulton, Bodine and Dakin were THE PETS OF THE CROWD. At tho close of the firing at 900 yards the defeat of the Irish was acknowledged, and luncheon was taken in chagrin, gloom, outspoken dissatis.'action, and symptoms of disorganization among tbe Irish team. The crowd, which ' manifested in tense anxiety as to the result, bad now grown to about thirty thousand. Every Irish bull's-eye was cheered, and a disturbance was becoming mmlnent. The police were powerless, and Dr. Hamilton addressed tbe crowd, standing in a closs shooting position. The Americans refused to proceed with the firing until order should haye been restored. Every gentleman on the ground now became a policeman and with tbe hustling confusion, the disorder can hardly be exaggerated. A delay of thirty-five minutes resulted, when partial order was restored. At the 1,000-yard range the Americans started badly, with tbe exception of Bodine. The son, which up to this time had been obscured, burst suddenly out, sweeping the clouds and mists away, and leaving perfect Creed more weather. - The Irish, dejected and nervous, shot wildly, and a succession of shots proved to be mere random firing. Milner missed his third shot, the crowd groaning vociferously. When he missed his ninth shot the uproar on the Irish side ot tbe ground was tremendous. The eleventh shot be missed also, producing consternation. Hamilton scored a succession of threes, and blamed tbe crowd tor his lack of success. Everybody seemed to be in bad temper. The Americans were cooler than their competitors, though complaining of the uproar and contusion. Gildersleeve's score was splendid, comparatively, though inferior te Wi'soi: and Hamilton. Bodine was constantly reliable. As the day closed tbe Irish "t?r.m began to yield manifestly. The men seemed to lose their beads and tremble, and stuck at centers and outers, which, running side by side, bad THE EFFECT, the one to encourage and the other to dishearten. Hamilton, McKenna and Pollock closed with bull's-eyes, Wilson with a center and an outer, and Milner with centers. Jobnso? scored eight centers in succession, and proved himself the best ot the Irish team at the 1,000 yards. Tbe ropes were broken by tbe Irish near the close. Fulton and Bodine not yet having nni&ied. Fulton missed the target through the disorder. The crowd, cheering, rushed across the ground, causing great confusion. Bodine quietly takes bis position for the leet shot, and tbe crowd ranqes itself along tHe line of fire, leayiDg an opening widening toward the targets, but only wide enough to expose two of the targets to the view of the firer. All control has been lost over thim, but Bodine lies still and silent. A puff of smoke, and the crack of the rifle is heard, and his bullet flattens In the bull's eye. A tremendous cheer, ia given? lor the Americans by tbe crowd en masse. The police stand firm around tbe teams, with the crowd on the outside standing sturdy and ill-humored, but not toward the Americans." , Major Leech addressed tbe Americans and the surrounding mass, and declared himself beaten, and the Americans the. first shots in the universe. He then. called for cheers tor Colonel GlWersleeYQ anl nia men, wticli

were not yery heartily given; but when called for by a man in the crowd they were given with tremendous enthusiasm, tne crowd bursting in to shake band with the Americans and tbeir ladies amid vociferous cheering. Col. Gildersleeve replied, returning thanks to Ireland for her Inexhaustible hospitality, and acknowledging tbe entire fair play and open field that was shown them. He was proud of the victory gained, and conceded that he could pot have lost to better men. This was followed by GREAT CHEERING FOR AMERICA. CoL Gildersleeve called for cheers for the Irish team, but there came no response, except from the Americans present. The journey homeward was mostly among the pedestrians. The Americans were everywhere praised for their Industry, self-denial, resolution and discipline. CoL Gildersleeve Is ereatlv il m i raA sni r -. i -

exceedingly popular. In the ho tels ana the clubs the Irish defeat is admitted as thoroughly deserved. The constitution of the team Is condemned, together With thAir nAfflcu rst n-an joy festivity. It is a lact that the Irish team Keiner ior tne nret yesterday firing Just five shots each. Milner lays the blame for his failures on a foul rifle and says that be nvr . w more carefully In his life. His companions agree with him there, and blame John Rigby. who coached Milner. Hamilton blampa tfiA hnntlin declares that while firing at the thousand yard range he narrowly escaped shootine Into a DOlioemsn'a lacr All f,l. thing or each other, and the whole populaiwiwYtjiy uerce wun toem. The lord mayors of I .ofi, inn Dnhiin -v.i J? the ground congratulated the victors. Americans were extremely popular before the Contest and am mnnh mnwi and their calmness, modeaty and self-re lij every woere. me stars and stripes are displayed from a thousand bOUSea to-nicht nr? tha atKut. oa I -J as though it were war time. The hope is inwuiou mat me Americans will make a clean sweeo of thm VnoiioK -, to wipe away by fuitber prowess the disB.ouout tua irwo aeieai. xnere is unmistakable deinotion In avoi-v f.u lutu i i. -1 " v.v.j lav?, AAvhiv ia Li k: LI - ing and heavy drinking. The popular ioke to-night is that England is right In not allowing Irishmen to carry arms. nin- thav can make such poor use of them. The lord mayor's banquet to-nlght was a brilliant success, but although poor spirits were more than ftrofllRA. tha rinnlni, um V splendidly. "HAVE YOU YOUR DISCHARGE?" THIS 13 THE DISTRESSING QUESTION AT THE DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON THE NEW TREASURER REDUCING EXPANSES. The Washington special to the Chicago Times of yesterday says: There was sadness in tbe treasury depratment to-day. In nearly every division of the department there was the greatest possible confusion. The reorganization bill called for nearly 400 beads, and the chiefs took advantage of this cutting down to get rid of more even than the law required in order to make way ior other favorites. Throughout the hallways to-day clerks interrogated one another with pale face-, "Have yoa your discharge yet?" and "How are things up in your room?" were the queries that were asked of one another a thousand times by the excited clerks. As soon as a removal was ordered there wore alwT3 some dozen or so to carry the news to the unfortunate. Some of the scenes were ludicrous, some pathetic, and some awakened no sympathy at all. Some of the clerks tried to carry off their mis fortunes with a jaunty air. but with most of the deserving ones the attempt was a miserable failure. The greatest distress wa3 in Spinner's former department. Here some SO p)ople were discharged, 60 of whom were women, lrjciudlng some of Spinner's great est lets. There was weeping and wailing anions tbe stricken ones all day. bemoaning their sad fate. Some of tbe brazen ones, . . .... i wno gained their places by their charms, did not murmur. Tbey - felt certain that their occupation would not be seriously disturbed. The 'changes made here were of the preemptory sort. and said to have covered some of the worst cases of inefficiency. It has been a notorious fact that this department has for along time been the haven of conereat-ion&l mis tresses. Tbeir presence in the department has dene much to cast discredit upon the many worthy women who have been obliged to work here for a livelihood. It is underStood, now, that tbe most of the questiona ble characteas are dismsed. As one obser ver 'said to-day, 'spinner's harex is considerably THINNED- DOWN." There were some really pitiable cases among the women dismissed to-day cases of poor widows, with children dependent on them for support, and of penniless, homeless girls, struggling with the world for an honest existence. Some of them wept silently and went away despairing when informed by tbe officials that there was no hope for them. Dismissals from the departments are always productiveof very distressing scenes The clerks, in general, live up to the limit of tbeir meagre salaries, and aretrained in a routine that unfits them for ftractical life. The greatest confusion was n Mr. New's department. He has gone vigorously to work this morning, and proposes to put the whole business in "shipshape" as soon as possible. He was accosted by a gentleman this morning, after he hadbegun work, with, "Well. I see you are Ir the saddle." -"Yes," replied Mr. New, "and I find it a very rough borse." He has nothing ot tbe politician about, him, and he will have trouble. Ue starts out with the idea that men are to be appointed and promoted according totheir merits an idea that has never prevailed for any length of time here. Men have been-appointed here for years parely upon the influence of the politicians, and have held their places regardless of their merits. Mr. New has to-day dismissed a. large number of ' congressional pets, and this aloae will give him no end of troublebefore the month, is over, and it he !s not .heavily backed he can act carry out any such line of policy. To day a young man in bis bureau came to him with a request froau several very powerful politicians asking that be be ' proraoted. Mr. New received him very steraly, and told tbe young man very sharply that if he deserved promotion, be woa id get it Intime, and for no other reason.and yet the politicians back of this young man combined are strong enough to secure New's removal. He will find it very hard to conduct the office upon the principles of bia private banking bouse in Indianapolis, though it is to be bopöd that be may succeed. ' Mr. Daniel Morgan White has presented to the state library a door-key which he found in 1S67 among the ruins of Blennerhaseett's houee, on B!ennerhassttl's Island, In tbe Ohio river, three miles below Parkersburg, W. Va. The Blednerhassett bouse was burned down about sixty years ago, and tbe key ia marked with every evidence of having been sutjected to ac intense heut. The Blennerbassett mansion was much like a feudal stronghold, and in its time was tbe wonder of the Western country. It was here that the Blennerhatsett's and Aaron Burr, dwelt in almost princely magnificence, and indulged thoEe dreams of empire in connection with Mexico that caused the arrest of both and tbe trial of Ban for treason-Richmond wmg,