Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 16, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 April 1879 — Page 1

ii VOL.. XXV 111- NO 16. INDIAyAPOUS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1879. WHOLE NO. 278.

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SENTINEL SPECIALS.

More About the Bloody Batch ery , in Harrison County. Dying Statemont cf Mrs. Mauck,Who . Was So Brutally Attacked By Her Husband. ' .' The Citizens of the County Wild With Anger Over the Afiair. Larxe Bnbcr atf Cpn Throw. Ont of Employment at AwteiMB. Tilt MAltK TEACEDV. An Interview With the Dying Woman "My Husband Killed Me," Say the IeMsltioii or Mrs. Mauck A Reward at Lt Offered The TOylnc; Woman's Wardrobe. Special to the Sentinel : ' New Albany, Ind., April U. And now comes a new chapter in the terrible Harrison county butchery. The Sentinel's correspondent to-day interviewed Mr. Henry Mauck, a second cousin of David 8. and Hugh Manck, and from him obtained the following facts: He left the neighborhood of the tragedy Sunday evening. Both Mrs. Mauck and MUs Vaughn have returned toconsciousness. Miss Vaughn's previous statements were ma-le while she was in a. semi-delirious condition. She now says the did not recognize ' Hugh Mauck in the house on the morning of the butchery. She did recognize David S. Manck, and it was with him she had the tesrlble com. bat for her life. Mrs. Mauck says it was her husband that struck her with the ax. Both women have made their dying depositions to this effect, and Mrs. Mauck has given in her deposition the fall details of ber treatment by ber husband for the past six " months, which has been cruel in the extreme. She bas made the request that If be? husband Is arrested before her death he be brought to her, so she can assure him with her last breath that she never merited anything but love and kindness from hiui. Both women will die, the physicians think, though there Is some hope yet for Sally Vaughn. She . received 27 wounds, seven of which were upon the bead, one causing a fracture of the skull three or four inches in length. This latter wound is greatly inflamed, und an abscess is forming from it near the base of the skull. She is a large and strong woman, and had she been aimed with! even a club would have proved too much for -the murderous Mauck. Manck took into the house with him on the morning of the murder an ax, hatchet, oak club nearly three feet in length, part of a heavy oak barrel head and a large stone. On . all these except the hatchet were marks of blood, or hair and blood. The hatchet was not used. The wife's wound was made by the ax, and she was struck but one lick. The barrel head, oak clnb and stone were used on Miss Vaughn, who fought for her life with ter rible desperation. : Hugh Maucfc Is in jail at Oorydon under boud of 1800, and will have a preliminary hear ing two weeks from to-day. His grandmother, with whom he lives, will testify, she says, that he was at . home at the, time of the murder, TTnless there are other developments Implicat ing him, he will probably be discharged. There is deep feeling against him, however, and unless he immediately leaves the county, his life will not be safe. R is said that David 8. Mauck, principal devil, was seen near Mill town, Crawford county, Friday. Your correspondent doubts the truth of this statement. He took a nearly new suit of clothes away with him when he ifled, and no doubt is dressed in them, and has made way with the bloody ones, with which he came out of the butchery. The citizens of Harrison county have offered a large reward for his arrest, and the sum Is being daily increased. If arrested he will undoubtedly be lynched. A part of one of Manck's ears is off. And now the Sentinel correspondent reit erates his prediction that another party to this fearful deed of blood, besides the Maucks, will .yet be unearthed. - . Mrs. Mauck yesterday" selected from her 'wardrobe the clothes In which she desires to ') dressed for burial. She entertains no hope cf recovery. Many persons visit her and Miss Vaughn dally, and the Indignation against Manck is Intensifying. No wonder; the crime .of which he Is guilty has never been equaled in savagery in Southern Indiana. FKEELAXD, ILLINOIS. . A School Teacher Arrested for Attempting to Outrage One of His Scholars. Special to the Sentinel- . Fbekxa-to, 111m April 14. On Saturday night . Charles L. Swimford, who for some time past i has been engaged In teaching school in the Fits William district, about four miles from . here, was arrested at the Instance of Mr. ' Lewis Brown, who charges Swimford with having attempted to outrage his daughter, who was attending his school. Tbe girl, who J about 12 years of age, came borne on Friday .-evening about 5 JO, and Informed her parents that Swimford went to her desk, telling her to remain a short time after school, as be wished to speak to her regarding her stndles. Shere- ' malned after school closed, and after the rest of the scholars had left the neighborhood of the school house he called her to his desk, and commenced to talk with her about her studies, when suddenly he caught hold of her, making base proposals, at the same time attempting to throw her npon "the floor.' The , girl struggled In - the grasp of the vili nan, who attempted - to violate", . her -person.' She fortunately succeeded In getting .io her feet, when she ran from the school '- house, until she met one of the neighbors, who 1 was going to her house. She Jumped into his .wagon, and after arriving home she told ber . mother. Swimford is a married man, bnt his wife and child are living, It is said, at Evans- " vllle, Ind. He has been engaged in teaching - school here for about a year. ' NEW ALBANS". The Superintendent of Schools Stoued . Dying of Glanders and Refused Personal Aid by the I O. O. F. ' Special to tbe Sentinel: ' : New albast, Ind., April 11. Lemuel Watts - wants a divorce from bis wife Lot ta, because . she has been living for the past two years in a . boose of prostitution at Louisville. Quantum snfflclt. ' 7 ' " " ' ' ' The Green backers refuse to go into a mon1 grel arrangement with the . Republicans, and will fight U ont on their own hook. - Wealihy o tizensof New .Albany have. In , the pwt 15 years, contributed as follows to ed

ncational and other institutions Indiana:

W. O. DePanw. to Asbnrv' University. Greenoastle; State University, loomington; De Panw Female College, Kew Albany, nn otner educational establishments, ver 1125,000. Jesse J. Brown, to Wabash' College, Crarfbrdsvllle, and other institutions of learning, 133,009. The late Mrs. Mary A. Lapsley, to Hanover College, and other 'Presbyterian colleges, iTb.000. Silas C. Day, to Hanover and other colleges, (20,000. The late John L. McDonald, to Methodist colleges, 130,000. W. 8, Culbertson, to Widows' Home in this city, building, 120,030; endowment, (100,000. Mrs. W. C. DePanw, to Orphans' Home in this city, building, tlO.OOu. W. C. DePuaw, to Methodist churches and charities, at least (50,000. All the persons above named have also con tributed liberally to churches and other be nevolent institutions. James Hare is dying of glanders he contracted from a hone. The disease Is so contagions that the Odd Fellows reluse to go and nurse him, but have hired a nurse to do so. John Ringerberg, a butcher, has joined the innumerable caravan of the mysteriously missing. Over (300 was collected in the Catholio churches of the city yesterday for the benefit of the diocesan seminary at Vlncennes. The superintendent of the public cchools of the city was 'stoned to-day on the street by boy he had punished In school. Lawyers in this city say the superintendent can be prose cuted for assault and battery In every case of punishment he inflicts npon the pupils of the schools. , LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. ' Harry Kane Fractures His Brother's Skull John s. Cain Charged With Ertibexrlement. ' Special to the Sentinel : LjorjrsviLi.E, Ky., April 14. Louis Able was held to-day for further examination on the charge of murderous assault upon his wife, who will probably die. Harry Kane fractured the skull of his brother, Mike Kane, in a fight last night, using a bowlder. , -i The grand Jury of the circuit court found 15 true bills to-day. ' John S. Cain, clerk of the circuit and com mon pleas courts, and former cashier of the Gas company, is "charged by a special com mittee of the Council, appointed to investigate the matter, with heavy defalcations. Cain retorts, accusing the present cashier of the Gas company ol hog stealing. From this point it Is anticipated that things will get hotter and hotter. , G. W.Barrow and T.J. Commerford, man agers of the Commonwealth Distribution Lot tery scheme, are again in trouble, having been arrested on complaint of William Craft, of Henderson, for lrauds on the tlcset holders, by drawing their so-called distribution In secret. '- OXFORD, OHIO. Items of News From the Oxford of Ohio, Special to the Sentinel: O-V'ORB - April 14. Eev. Mr. Stewart, of Mil waukee, who is visiting his brother-in-law, Rev. Mr. McGregor, occupied the Presbyterian pulpit Sunday. : . tThe funeral yesterday of Warner Freeman one of Batler county's pioneers, and very wealthy, was one of the largest Oxford has seen for some time. Fifty-six carriages were in procession. The casket was nn usually fine, furnished by that prince of undertakers, Mr, Samuel Uath. . The pedestrimonla fever has struck our lit tle village, and next Saturday will witness a contest between six young men for a (10 gold prize. It is a novelty, and will draw a large crowd. ' ' ' - : - ... - . Thursday evening Dr. Rldgeway, of Cincln natl, will deliver his lecture, "What Shall We Do With Our Girls r' in the M. K. church. The proceeds are for a worthy cause. GILMAN, ILLINOIS. A Lively Time Expected at the City Elec tion. Special to the Sentinel: ' Gix.sc ak, April 14. A most determined and exciting strife has sprung up here over the li cense qnestlon. The anti-license party opened the contest by nominating a full ticket for city officers, and the. license party followed suit and did the same, the former presenting Charles P.- Kinney, and tbe latter D. J. Watkins, for mayor. The contest culminates to morrow in the city election, and it will be a hot one. - v : . ItWIGHT. ILLINOIS. ; " Arrest of Three Barglars. Special to the Sentinel: ' ' i Dwioht, April 14. This morning three bur glars were caught while In the act of robbing the safe in the postofflce and store of Silas Ellis & Co.; of tuls place. .They gave their names as Henry Warden, John Dawson and H. C Walt, They were locked in Jail to await their examination-- to-jnorrow. . Walt has served one term In the penitentiary before. ATLANTA, ILLINOIS. Fatal Shooting AffrnvSpecial to the Sentinel: ' Atulsta, lit, April 14. On Saturday night George Mcintosh and Jerry Cunningham got into a dispute about the result of a township election which was held last; week. Cunning ham, who was armed with a revolver, drew the weapon and shot Mcintosh twice, both balls taking effect in the left shoulder, Inflicting probably fatal wounds. Cunningham has not yet been arrested. JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS. i Fears of Fool Play. , - i ' Special to the Sentinel: v t . - Jacksonville, April H. James8rlllngton, of. the firm of Spelllngton Bros.' Murphy, wholesale dealers in harness and saddlery, left here some time a o intending to go to New Tork, since which time nothing has been heard of hfm.' He carried with him about (1,000; and it Is feared that he has been made the victim of foul play. MASON CITY; ILLINOIS.; Arrested fur Bastardy. , r Special to tbe Sentinel: . . Mason City, 111., April 14. Officer Reynolds this morning arrested Alexander Morgan on a charge made by Clara Henry, who a leges that Morgan is guilty of the crime of bastardy, He will hsve his examination to-morrow. Miss Henry Is a daughter of very respectable parents, and the community was greatly startled when they learned of the arrest. . NOBLESVILLE. A Barn Uestroyed by Fire. '- Special to the Sentinel: , Koblesvillk, Ind., April 14. A barn be longing to Isaac Haworth, living three miles west of here, was b tuned .last night, together with its entire contents." It was valoed at 12,000.. "No Insurance, The work of an in-

STRUCK BY A CYCLONE.

Collinsrille, Illinois, Tisited by a Fearful Wind Storm Yesterday. , ; . . Ten Houses Swept Away and Many . Others Greatly Damaged. , ' One Person Silled and a Large Humber Patally Wounded. f Another Attempt to Asaasalautte the Csar ot Russia. A BIG BLOW. A Terrible Tornado at Colllnsville, Illinois One Person Killed and Many Wounded Ten Houses Destroyed. St. Locis, April 14. The Globe-Democrat special from Colllnsville, 111., about 11 miles from here, says that a terrible cyclone from the northwest struck the city at a quartet to 3 o'clock this afternoon, and taking a zig-zag course with the general direction almost due east, tore through the place, demolishing 10 buildings and ruining about 30 others, and damaging more or less . of 'some 75 residences and - business houses. A slight rain preceded the storm and nearly everybody was in doors when the cyclone struck, but notwithstanding 10 houses were leveled to the ground only one person was killed a little girl, named Annie Reynolds. One or two persons were badly hurt. The storm lasted but two or three minutes, bnt was frightfully .severe. After It passed, the people rushed ont of their houses In all directions mothers looking for their children and hus bands, fathers and brothers, who were away from home but hastening to their houses to see who were . killed or hurt. The greatest excitement and confusion pre vailed for some time, but upon the appearance ot Mayor Wadsworth and several other prom inent people on the streets, quietness began to prevail, and ready hands and strong arms went to work to search tbe rnins for those who might have been caught by the falling houses. From a double tenement house occupied by John . Reynolds and Pat Doner, six-year old boy of the latter was taken out in an unconscious .condition and with a broken leg. He was soon removed and placed in charge of Dr. Little. Annie ReynoMs was also taken from this house dead and crushed almost out of resemblance to a human being. Mrs. Jacobs, aged 70, and two children of Thomas Nelson, aged 12 and nine years, were quite badly hurt, but beyond these no one is now known to have been hurt. New Bills Filed In the House Yesterday. Washington, April 14. The following bills were filed under the heads of petitions in the House of Representatives to-day: ': By Mr. Vance: Providing for free coinage of standard silver dollar of 412) Z grains, troy, of standard value, the same to be legal tender at its nominal value for all debts and dues. publio and private, except where otherwise provided by contract; ana further, that any owner of silver bullion may - deposit tbe ' same at . any United . States coinage"- mint ' or assay - office, to be coined into such bullion as deposited under existing laws. By Mr. Springer Authorizing an it requlr lnz the secretary of the treasury to nurchase from time to time, silver bullion at the market price thereof; that the amount of such bullion may be offered, provided such bullion is the product of any mine within the Jurisdiction of the United States. He shall cause the bul lion so purchased to be coined Into standard silver dollars to the capacity of the mints in connection with other coinage. He Is also re quired to issue silver certificates In denomena tlon corresponding with the denominations of United States treasury notes to the amount of sliver bullion purchased as : provided by bill. - Such: certificates .shall be deposited In the treasury and shall be deemed a part of the current revenue of the United States, and shall be a legal tender at their nominal value. They shall be redeemed by tbe United States on demand, on silver bul lion, on standard sliver dollars, at the option of the government, and on amount ot such bullion and coin, equal to the outstanding sll ver certificates, shall be retained in the treasury for such redemption. It 'authorizes the secretary of the treasury and director of tbe mint to make such regulations for carry ing this act into effect as will best protect tbe Interests of ' the ' United States - and tbe sum sufficient to ' purchase ' tbe bullion authorized , is appropriated A petition signed by Messrs. Warner, Atberton and Geddes. of Ohio; Manning, Money and Muldrow, of Mississippi; Land, of Maine; Steeler, of North Carolina; Speer, of Georgia, and Young, of Tennessee, was filed embracing a bill authorizing owners of silvef bullion to have it coined Into standard silverdlllars, the provisions of which are substantially tbe same those contained in the netltion of Mr Springe.. A petition embracing a bill, presented by A. J. Warner, of Ohio, asking that the Revised Statutes relating to ' coinage be amended so as to admit 'silver to coinage on the same conditions wlh gold. All the above measures were referred to a committee on coinage, weights and measures.who, nnder the rules recently adopted bx the House, have leave to report at any time. Among other petitions filed to-day by Representative Reagan were the following: To regulate Inter state commerce and to prohibit unjust dis crimination by common carriers. - , To amend the revised statues ponceming commerce and navigation, and regulating 8 team vessels. - " '' - Authorizing the immediate payment of money appropriated in 1877 to pay mall con tractors of the following States: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Missouri,' Louisana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. ? With the exception of the committees on coinage, weights and measures and foreign a Hairs, the House committees hsve not yet been formally organized for the transaction of business. The two mentioned were organized this morning. The members of the commit tees on accounts and epidemic diseases held i informal conference. Those committees. together with the committees on appropria tion and agriculture expect to organize to morrow morning. ; 1 ST. Louis, April 14. Mv Leon Chauteau, repI resentatlve of the French ' committee to effect I a treaty of commerce between Franca and tae

ber ." Ue members of the Merchants' Ex-

change' this afternoon, upon that subject, and was attentively listened to. Emlle Kant, French eoCuIat this city, also made an ad dress on the present condition of trade between the two countries. Resolutions were then offered by George Bain, and unanimousy adopted. ,ui, : That it is of t he Erectiet lmnortanee to the producers of the West, t&at an unhindered outlet for our exports he fonnd for them in Frauce, as well as in oter countries, and that an equivalent concession In our tariff may fairly be granted to France by onr Government for that privilege. That a treaty of com merce witn r ranee wonld greatly increase our commerce with that country, and we respectfully nrge our senators and representatives in Congress to use their Influence to aooompllih this object. ... TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. A hail storm occurred at Pensacola, Fls-, yesterday, a thing unknown before. Hail fell as large as an egg. The anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth day was celebrated at Charlotte vllle .yesterday n an appropriate manner. John P. Phalr, hanged in Vermont on Thurs day last, left a statement declaring bis Innocence, and that Justice was not done him. ' The directors of the Scranton Trust com pany and Savings bank, of Scranton, Pa., have made an assignment to President Pierce for the benefit of its creditors. D. J. Williams, a merchant of Laurenbnrg, N. C, while closing his store Saturday night, was shot dead by H. Oglesby. The shooting was the result of an old grudge. Oglesby was arrested. Madame Berber, of New York, convicted of causing the death, by malpractice, of Cora Sara mis, in Feoruaiy last, bas been sentenced to 12 years In the State prison. Her counsel will move lor n new trial. - ., ; r. .. Supreme Court Decision.. : Washington, April 14. So. 203. Wheeling Parkersburg and Cincinnati Transportation company, plaintiff In error, vsj the city of Wheeling. In error to the Supreme Court, appeals of the State of West Virginia. This is an action for the recovery of taxes paid nnder a protest by the plaintiff in error, to the city of Wheeling, upon four steamboats owned by it and plying on the Ohio river between Wheeling and Cincinnati. The plaintiff in error de nied the right ot the State to impose taxes upon such vessels, and argued that such taxa tlon was not in violation of the constitutional provision that "no State shall levy an y dnty of tonnage." This court holds that the taxes levied nnder this case are not duties of tonnage within tbe meaning of the constitution, and that the enrollment of a ship or vessel nnder the laws of the United States does not exempt its owner from taxation thereon as personal property. The Judgment of the lower court is affirmed, with costs.. , Was He Murdered? San Francisco, April 11. There is some ground for the opicion that the tragedy at the Bilwin Hotel yesterday was murder. Tbe clothing of the deceased was. not burnt where the ball entered. A stranger inquired for Bacon's room, and presumably went there during the morning, since which nothing bas been seen of him. Bacon's business here was to look after litigation on behalf of patent rights of the company he represented. . - Crop Prospects. St. Louis, April 14. A dispatch from Topeka, Kan., says reports to the Commonwealth from the heaviest wheat producing counties In Kansas, say a fine rain has fallen within a few days, and the wheat crop?, both spring and fall, are fully assured. Farmers are alljubilant oyer the prospect for a great yield. Corn is being planted rapidly, and the acreage will be large. An Attempt to Kill the Czar of Russia. Washington, April 14. The department of state to-day received a telegram from the United Btates charge de affairs at St. Petersbnrg announcing that this morning an at tempt was made npon the emperor's life while he was walking near his palace. The assaa discharged five shots at the czar, but none of them took efleoU The assastin was arrested. Attempted Suicide of a Murderer. . Chambkbsbcbu, Pa., April 14. Hezeklah Shaffer, sentenced to be hanged on Thursday for the murder of his wife, opened tne veins of his legs and arms to day with the wire of a broom handle, and his recovery is doubtful. ' No Action Taken. - . .' ' Richmond, Va April 14. The grand Jury of the United States circuit court adjourned to day sine die. No action was taken in the matter of indict lug county Judges of this district for not haying mixed Juries.. FOREIGN NEWS. AUSTRIA. . IN A WORBB Tlx THAN ITER. Vienna, April 14. Resumption of negotia tions relative to the mixed occupation of Eastern Ronmelia has only served to increase the confusion prevailing wheff they were suspended a lew days ago. Germany refuses to seed a commander-in-chief and staff, and another power which had a leading part in the whole business rejected the offer of chief command. Russia also raises new difficulties. GERMANY. MEETING OF CHIEFS. Berlin, April 14. The chiefs of the different branches of the Imperial German adminstration have held their first conference nnder the presidency of Bismarck, for the purpose of bringing about a more direct' connection among tbe administrative deputies. A Paris letter points out that this amounts to nothing less than the first step towards a Joint minis terial responsibility.. . - ', l , ', v. . RUSSIA. ... : . . -... AN ATTEMPT TO KURDEK THI CZAK. St, PrrKRSBtTBG, April 14. Wulle the czar was taking his morning walk early to-day. aeir the palace, four shots were fired at him The ezar was unhurt.' The man who fired the shots was arrested by the crowd which the firing attracted. The oity is now being decor ated In thankfulness for the czar's escape. SPAIN. A rEABFUI OUTRAGE. Madkid, April 14. Two bombs were yester day thrown into the church of San Antonla, Zevllle, with the object, lv Is supposed, of creating a panic and the stealing of the valuable sacramental plate belonging to the church. Several persons were injured by the explosion. GREAT . BRITAIN. I ' given xn to tbe men. I London, April It In the Midland counties f the master glass' makers have accepted the

AN EXCITING CAREER.

History of a Man Who Has Been Knavta-ed a Keeper of Wild AnimalsCincinnati Commercial. Manj of the readers of the Commercial aw Molly and Pongo, the far-famed chimpanzee and orangoutang, that were exhibited at tne Zoo last summer. Of these net few will remember the quiet, dark-complexioned man who was their keeper, and wore the Uniform cast Of the New York annaWnm This gentleman is now m the city, after some months' absence, during which time he has been rather unfortunate- In loainc both Molly and Pongo. x naa an extended conversation with him to-dav. and hliAvinp th,, h. t.iann i a Y I ' t au3.ua J 1U1.1U be of general interest, I send you a few scraps of it: Richard H. Drisco is a native of the city of London, being born there in 1S31 His father was a quartermaster on that one of her maj esty's ships which was under the personal command of Lord Nelson In the battle of Trafalgar, and which was afterwards chris tened Trafalgar. It was in this memorable battle that Mr. Drisco's father was disabled for life. He came home and died soon after, end his wife having died before, Richard, tne youngest of the family, was left at 11 years. He was naturally of a restlest, roving disposition, and, when he was 14, struck out for himself and started on foot for Liverpool. In the earlier part this tramp he fell in with a forlorn shepherd dog, and it was the affection and care shown by him to this animal that attracted to him the attention of the naturalist Cros, who persuaded him to return to Lon don as an apprentice to the Royal Zoological garden to learn the bturness of keeper. He served out his apprenticeship of seven years here, and then went into the employ of Charles Jamrach & Son, who were extensive importers of wild animals, and with whom he was long connected. It was durine his stay in the animal yard of these gentlemen mat ne met witn nis nrst serious adventure with a carniverous beast. It was a female tiger, and his description of the a flair is ma follows: "I had orders to go to the East India dock end receive a tier off a ship, just come m from India and place it in a csj;e mounted on wheels and bring it to the animal yard. On . the arrival at the yard we found the cage was very old and rotten. We got the tiger in all safe, however, but in taking the cage of the wagon it slipped, broke and let the tiger loose in tbe streets of London. I stepped to one side and let tbe beast pass by me. Then what was my horror to see her seize a small boy in her mouth and carry him four blocks alone lUtliff highway ! Then came the question, "How are we to catch her and save the boy's life?" At first we were hopeless, but the idea seized me the only way to do this was to attack and down her with a crowbar. This I did. The boy wag got clear from the tiger, and placing a rope on ber neck we dragged her home victorious, f or this 1 was always known as I leer Dick," and my employers ' gave me a 10 note. "After we got her back to the cage that night I heard a noise in tbe yard and wondered what it was. - Presently I heard the watchman cry out : 'The tiger is loose again!' It was very dark at the time, and no lights were handy, and I was kind of afraid Ho venture out, bat went--outany. bow. There was the tiger lighting a lion through the bars of his cage. She had torn him to nbbons, and he was bleeding badly, The head keeper asked: 'Where is Tiger Dick? He will get her back. . When I got out and saw the situation I armed myself with a heavy rawhide whip, and walked to the scene of the battle. I stood firm to her and fought her back to her cage, leaving the lion to be there and die. It was one of the hardest sights I ever witnessed as a combat between two animals." Jamrach & Son afterward sent Mr. Drisco to India with numerous European and American animals as a present to the king of Oude, and he received in return Asiatic wonders. He was nearly six years in India, and secured many valuable and interesting specimens ot animate nature. The adven tures ne nao and observations ne maae tnere are ol course very numerous, and would take long to tell. - : Mr. Drisco came to America the first time in 1862, to bring over the elephant ISmpress. Some years later he was employed to obtain specimens of the orang-outang and chimpanzee for the aquarium garden of Kew York. In order to do tbis it was necessary lor him to go first to Central Africa, where, after months of painful, patient endeavor, six young chimpanzees were captured. Tnen he most go to tbe island ot .Borneo to capture an orarjg. This was infinitely more dangerous and difficult than tie last job, and when at last one specimen was captured, he congratulated himself on his good luck and sailed for Kew York. Molly Tuck was one of the chimpanzees. and Pongo. of course, was the orang that bothered the traveler ana nis Borneo assist ants so to catch him. When their exhibition closed at CI net n nati, Mr. Drisco, nnder the employ of the aquarium garden, took the animals on a Western and Southern trip. Dayton. Terre Haute. St. Louis. Galveston and San Antenia were the chief places visited. At Dayton Molly Tuck was unfortunate enough to get hold of a green apple, which a soldier from the Soldiers' Home of that city gave her. She immediately put herself on tbe outside of it, and was consequently very soon on the outside of a severe colic, which undermined poor Molly's constitution, and she died in St. Louis, to the great grief of Mr. Drisco, who had come ta feel as af fectionately toward her as a child. At Galveston the orang managed to escape from bis cage one night in the presence of Mr. Drisco and two other gentlemen. Knowine? the danger in which they were placed, there in the presence of the power ful and fierce ape,, ne quietly requested tne gentlemen to keep very still so as not to excite him and then slowly crept-on him from behind. He made an effort to get bold of his arms and bring them up behind his back. Had he succeeded in this the animal would have been - powerless, bnt the muscular and agile fellow was to much for him and a straggle ensued, in which Mr. Drisco wes worsted. He., got two bites in the lower part of his right leg, one on his shoulder and ' had his clothes literally torn off of him. The wound on his leg laid him np in Galveston three months and a half, while the orang was taken on his trip. At St. Louis Pongo was taken sick from a cold he bad caught. for the want of care of the kind keeper of whom he bad deprived bimcelf, and he had to be sent back to Kew York, where he died in five weeks of consumption. Are We to Blame for What We An-? In view of the evident fact that in a life o virtue man finds bis greatest happiness, it becomes an interesting question as we look upon tbe vast army ot apparently hopeless wrecks in moral character. "How far is man really responsible for his depravity?" It is certainly impossible to account for the emnity of human nature to its own best interests, to its own happiness, on any principle other than it least its partial unaccountabilltv. ' How far the imperfections of preceding generations may effect those that, follow, tber is of course no way to determine; but the moral nature appears to be so intimately connected with tbe physical, and

the good, and bad points ol the latter being - -; " "

so readily, and as a rule, so unerringly traSS-' mitted, that there seems to be little room ftrr" doubting that ' tbe good and bad poinls of the moral nature' are equally capable of easy transmission. Tar face is an nerring indexv of the heart, and generation after generation' of the same fain i!y carry tbe acme face in all that roes to mase np the family resemblance. It is true a rvrv bad face marv index

an apparently very goc-d heart, and tbe life of the owner may ntit be Ions enosuh for tbe heart to show what tbe face wajw it contains. But this is the remit of osoeeiall-r form nate cinmmetancsa, and it is an- exception to the rule. The miser Barries-tbe sign of hie propensity in his face; sodootne selfish, treacherous mr dtahanei snsn . Every one has noticed the very marked resemoiance ol some co-nntenaaces ta those of different animals. The fox. thedoavthe wolf, tit bear and the boa find their nhntographa tot the human face; and whenever the face bean the resemblance to an the nature will bear inst aastrikiat; a leseablanoe ttbe nature of tbe animal repsseeated. Eves the hand is an indication of character. "Every finger, every line- and every tneeion tells of the 'Jent of the raind and of the natural promptings of Ue- heart. If these things, therefore., are truev t what extent is man responsible for Itis moml character and bis actions? I Schard IIL was not responsible for bis physiaal deformity," but how farwas he responsibl for hs-ntorai deformity?' The man who wears tho- countenance of a mastiff is entirely blameless for his disfiimremient. and if so. noon what princiDle oaa we hold him rcamonsiblo for the nature which seems either to' have beers produced by these physical cLniacteriBtics. or is the cause of those characteristics? That the moral nature is susceD'ible of culturecan not be doobted, but character; being- toa very large degree developed before--tbe individual arrives at an age, when bei likely to take any interest in himsslf in this respect, this subject of hereditary me rat deficiency, is at least of sufficient importancaio ciaim tne earnest attention of parent guardians and Governments that have the care of the lu ng generation. The reforma tion ol men who have started wrongtn titsroad of life is at best a very uncertain thing. Indeed, looking at its results upon thr m asses who need reformation, it is an utter failure. For every one who is rescued front the thraldom ef vice, hundreds, and nerhana it would not be over-stating it to say - thousands, are engulfed in the vortex.. The child 8 nature should be carefully studied by the parent or teacher; its ancestry should, as 1 lar as possible, be examined, and tbe moral deficiencies which the child is perhaps in danger of inheriting, learned and warned against. We are largely the creatures of circumstanees, and the fact can not be toostrongly impressed npon the minds of those who have the rearing of children. Moral principle needs to be strengthened, and sometimes wholly created, and with, tho most robust of moral character, men often quiver in the presence of temptation like a leaf in the wind, and not nnfrequently go down before the storm. But if such results are possible in the case of those who have no moral taint to begin with, or whose moral characters have been carefully constructed by judicious training, what can be expected of those whose parents may have infiioted them with moral weakness, and who - have been permitted to grow np like a weed by the roadside There is a fearful responsi bility npon parents and teachers, if there- is any truth in this doctrine ot heridity, and It is too deep a subject to dismiss-lightly, and the truth or falsity of it is too impossi ble to satisfactorily demonstrate, to allow ns to netrlect our dutv to the risine genera tion, and to future generations whioa may be affected by such neglect. . . The Life to Come. James Freeman, Clarke., If we were able to' look into the great world beyond, ; we might repine at being obliged to remain here so long, ioat a God has placed great gulfs of space between tne planets, so that the inhabitants of each shall only know the affairs of its own globe. He bas also placed a gulf between this worid and the future life. Thus, He makes it our duty to think, not of dying, bnt of living;- not of the hereafter, bnt of here; not of the-world to come, but of the world that u. X very day we are to prepare, not for death, bat for life; for if we live well and wisely here we may certasnly trust God as to oar hereafter. This, however, I think we may say, that death, when it comes, must be-considered not a bad thing, but a good thing. Since the Almighty sends death to every one of His creatures to whom He has given life, since death is as universal as life, death must be a blessing as well as life. 8ome great advantage must be connected with this event which we call ueatn. it is maon leanni when we look forward to it from a distance, that we may: not too rashly seek it. before we have had enough of tbe discipline of tbis world. , But when it comes it nsually is welcome: it may be that, when we look back npon it from the other world, we shall smile to . think that we should ever have been afraid of it. This also we know of the other world: That it ie created by the same Beine wbo has made this world : It is another mansion in the house of onr Father. Con sider, then, what He has done for as here, if you wish to know what He will do for ns there. If there is infinite variety In this world day and night, sleep and waking changing seasons, flowers and trees, lakes and rivers, mountains and plains a vast flora and fauna then there will, no doubt, be an eonal or a greater variety there; for surely the Creator has not exhausted Himself in making tbis world. There, as here. there will be beauty tor tne eye ana ear; problems for the intellect to investigate; work ta do. full of utility: society, inter course, affection; the power of progress, the sight of goodness and greatness above ns to aspire to and reverence. There will be enough to ponder, enough to do, and enough to love. , N . A Iiscriinination Against the Fair Sex. Cincinnati CommerciuLJ .' Afunnv story comes from Boston. A. number of high nosed Yankee gentlemen. representing the bluest "cuicnan," aeciaea. to erect a statue to Charles Sumner. Designs were solicited, accompanied by the ' sealed proposals oi we sum purs, inwu the models were all in, the committee eat on. the weighty affair, and with all the solemnity of a "crowker's 'quest" : These was one statuette that unanimously pleased these gentlemen, who were so proyer mat they never said "goll-darn" in their lives. It was at once artistic ana "cuicuaoeu in the extreme. It was fully up to ail the demands of high art, even in BoetorlThey accepted the design, and blessed themselves they bad got SO gooa a one. j vinuni the sealed envelope to find the address of the gifted artist. When tney ca iouna it, they came nearer saying "gatl darn" than they had ever done before. The sculptor was a woman hub nitsey, . oi djbiuu town. They were nearly, e'jocked out ot their cod fish-holding skins at the discovery. They couldn't think of enreating the statue of Cnarles Sumner to a woman. Oh, nol it would shock the moral aanse ot a w joib baked-bean oommunity. So. although they had al reads -singled out Miss Whitney's model as the best one before tnem, iney declined to give her the commission. They remed to think f.'t wouldn't be exactly modest in a woman Somehow, to "sculp"1 a man, wUhlegs. ti , ' . .''.

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