Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1875 — Page 1

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THE NEWS.

VjLjT. Webb, the English champion, succeeded in swimmingacrfisd the English Channel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, on the 2&tb, without float or life-savinjr apparatus. According to an Alexandria (Egypt) dispatch of the 25th, the Khedive had sent a large forte to the Abyssinian fron tier with instructions to exact full satis faction for recent trespasses upon Egyptian territory. . ... The average condition of spring wheat, Adg. 1, in all the States producing it except California, as reported by the Agricultural Department, was 87.6 per cent. The extremes are 99 in Wisconsin a»d Minnesota, and 60 in Nebraska. In corn the highestaversges reported are: Kansas, 110; Tennessee, 114; Missouri, 112; Mississippi, 111; Nebraska, 105; Illinois, 99; Ohio, 91; lowa, 87; Wisconsin, 89; Indiana and Minnesota, 89. The average condition of oats was 91. Potatoes promised an extraordinary yield, the average being 104. The receipts of the New York canals this-year up to Aug. 15 were $704,247, a decrease of $706,850 as compared with last year. In a recent swimming-match at Philadelphia between Coyle, the American, and Johnson, the English champion, the latter won the prize. . <3 On the 25th the National Greenback Convention met at Detroit, about 1,000 persons being in attendance. Thomas J. Durant, of Washington, D. C., was made President. Addresses were delivered by Judge Kelley; James Buchanan, of Indiana ; and Messrs. Daniels, Mahony and Allis. Resolutions were adopted favoring the Kelley currency plan, and opposing the law providing for the resumption of specie payments in 1879 as being impracticable and impossible of execution, and disastrous to the business of the country, and demanding its repeal. A cATiT, has been issued for the fourth session of the National Agricultural College, to be held at Cincinnati on Sept. 22, 23 and 24. The congress is said to be in no sense a sectional or partisan organization, its object being the discussion of questions in which the agricultural class in all sections of the country are interested, with a view to securing the best permanent prosperity. The approaching session will mainly be devoted to addresses and discussions on political economy in its. special relations to agriculture—the production and distribution of agricultural products; education, organization, co-opera-tion, transportation, finance and taxation as affecting agricultural prosperity. Agricultural and Horticultural Societies, State, District and County Agricultural Colleges, Granges and Farmers’ Clubs and other agricultural associations are invited to be represented by delegates.

A London dispatch of the 26th says 500 Turkish soldiers had recently been captured by the Herzegovinian insurgents. A Belgrade dispatch of the same date says the feeling in Servia had become so strong in favor of the insurgents that the Government would be unable to prevent trouble with Turkey. On the 26th the failure of Sterling, Ahrens & Co., of Baltimore, said to be the largest sugar-importing house in the United States, was announced. Their liabilities reach about $2,500,000. The Republican State Convention of Mississippi, on the 26th, nominated Geo. M. Buchanan for State Treasurer. The Republican State Central Committee of Minnesota on the 25th accepted the declination of Charles A. Gilman as candidate for Railroad Commissioner, and selected in his seat ex-Gov. Wm. R. Marshall. The Bank of California closed its doors in San Francisco on the 26th. It had paid out during the day about $1,400,000 in gold. The President stated that the bank would be able to meet all obligations, but business would not be resumed. The excitement in San Francisco over this failure was intense. A run was made on the National Gold Bank and Trust Company, but it continued paying up to the close of business hours. A dispatch from Macon, Miss., to the Vicksburg Herald of the 26th reports a riot at New Hope Church, in which eight negroes were killed and several wounded. A Perpignan (Spain) dispatch of the 27th announces the surrender of the Carlist citadel Seo de Urgel to the Alphonsists. The British Foreign Office was advised on the 27th by the Minister in China of probable complications with the Chinese Government arising out of the Burmese difficulty. Tripoli has apologized to the United States Consul for the insult offered to him and his wife. New York and Chicago bankers on the 27th were unanimous in the opinion that the.panic in California would have no appreciable effect upon business interests East or in the Northwest, but that it would be very disastrous to business throughout California and adjoining States. At the fifth annual convention of the lowa State Woman Suffrage Association, recently held at Oskaloosa, James Calla* nan was chosen President for the ensuing year; Mrs. M. C. Callanan, Corresponding Secretary; L. B. Read, Recording Secretary; C. Pitman, Treasurer, and Mrs. J. C. McKinney, State Agent The platform declares that women are citizens and entitled to suffrage; makes the perfection of human government, through woman suffrage, the paramount issue of all true Americans; calls for the co-operation of women in legislation, to enact laws to protect women against the brutal assaults of men; deplarei that the co-operation of men and'

THE JASPER REPUBLICAN.

VOLUME I.

women is the law of nature, of civiUza■fton, and essential toa happy homf?, fi ro;; fined society, a Christian church andareaid- tbe-Cnntnnnjsl until emwmb mhAyb equal,consideration, men in the Exposition,-, r, y iV «i Rf?B W panic in aumented on the 27th by the sudden death, by drowning, of Mr. oj the Ban-For ‘ Who W6ht seabathing opinion prevailed that he committed suicide, and it was reported previous to going into the water he had taken a dose of poison to make his death certain. The bank’s failure was occasioned by illegitimate banking and outside speculations. Owihg to hpavy runs the National Gold Bank and Trust Company and the Merchants’ Exchange Bank, of San Francisid, were forced to close their doors on the 27th, but if was thoUghVthey would resume on the 30th, heavy transfers of gold having been made by the Treasury Department at Washington. The steamer Manitoba collided with the propeller Comet on the evening of the 26th;above White Fish Point, Lake Superior, and the latter vessel sank. Ten lives were lost. A London dispatch of the 28th ult. says a majority of the jury of inquest upon the bodies of those drowned when the Queen’s yacht ran into the Mistletoe had recommended that the officers .of the royal yacht be prosecuted for manslaughter. The foot and mouth disease was spread, ing among the cattle in Cumberland and Aberdeenshire. • The representatives of the foreign powers assembled in Mostar on the 28th to attempt to effect the pacification of the rebellious Turkish provinces. Over 3,000 Thrkish Croats had crossed the Danpbe into Austrian territory. • Military preparations were goin£ bn steadily In Servia. A Belgrade dispatch of the 28th says the inhabitants of Novarosch had revolted and burned the chief town of the province. According to a Ragusa dispatch of the 29th an insurrection had broken out in Albania. One thousand Servian volunteers had entered Herzegovina to aid the insurgents. The insurgents had rejected the advice of European powers and demanded the independence of Bosnia. A Madrid telegram of the 29th ult. says the Ministerial Council had decided to send 12,000 troops to Cuba by Sept. 29 and 10,000 more in October. A dispatch to the London Times of the morning <of the 30th ult. says a force of Russians had taken the field against Khojend. The rebellion had extended to the southern districts.

A girl named Jessie Yorick, of Pittsburgh, attempted to start a fire a few morfiings ago by pouring coal-oil from a can upon smoldering coals. The usual explosion followed, and the. girl was burned to death. The building was also entirely destroyed. The business portion of the town of Reynoldsville, Pa., was destroyed by fire on the morning of the 29th ult. Loss over SIOO,OOO. The business of the Postoffice in New York city was removed to the new building on the 29th. *“** r A statement made on the 29th was in substance that the liabilities of the Bank of California were $14,000,000, with assets at less than $6,000,000. Another statement was to the effect that creditors of the bank would eventually realize eighty cents bn the dollar. Confidence was being rapidly restored in business circles in San Francisco on the 30th-ult. On the 29th flags were at half-mast In San Francisco on account of the death of Mr. Ralston, and expressions of regret, and sympathy for the deceased were freely made. The theory of his suicide was strongly, disproved by later developments, the statements of his attending physicians seeming to show that his death resulted from apoplexy.

According to a Berlin dispatch of the 30th ult. Bosnia was full of rebellion. The Herzegovinian insurgents had established a national government A London telegram «f the 30th ult says advices had just been received from the British Polar expedition. The Alert and Discovery had sailed for Upernavikon the 17th of July. All well. The Secretary of the Treasury has decided that pine timber, known as “squared” or “sided,” is subject to duty at the rate of 1 per cent, per cubic loot, and not 20 per cent, ad valorem, as heretofore. The publishing-houses of Lee & Shepard, of Boston, and Lee, Shepard & Dillingham, of New Yosk, have failed. The liabilities of both houses are estimated at $1,000,000. At Philadelphia, on the 30th ult., the trial of Westervelt, charged with being an accessory to the abduction of Charlie Ross, was commenced. The funeral of Mr. Ralston, at San Francisco on the 30th, was largely attended, at least 20,000 people being present. The trial of the negroes charged with insurrection in Georgia commenced at Augusta on the 30th ult. The yellow-fever had disappeared from Barrancas, Fla., and the city was pronounced perfectly healthy on the 30th ult. * ; / An examination of the books and assets of the National Gold Bank and Trust Company of Ban ,' Francisco, made by ■ Dr. Linderman, Director of the U. S. Mint, now in that city, was satisfactory, And a dispatch of the 80th ult. states that the bank would be left free by the Government to manage its own affairs. San Francisco dispatches of tbe 80th say the more the affairs of fee Bank

OUR AIM: . JQ fMLAR GOD, TELL THE MAKE MONEY-

RENSBEDAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER .3, 1875.

of California were investigated the worse, $1,500,000 were gone. The depositors wmnld nmlwhly lna» nothing hpcanae nf the individual liability of the stockholders. Trust Company remained closed on the

THE MARKETS.

NBW YORK. v Hogs —Live, $8.25©8.50. Sheep—Live, $4.5006.75. BBB4ria»uw»r-FIW-Gdoclto choice, >6.06© 6.50; white wheat extra, $6.50©7.50. Wheat-No. 2 Chicago, No. 2 NorthweaOern, $t.85©1.36; No. 2 Milwaukee Bpring, $1.36© State, $1.0801.10. Bar 85c. Oats—Mixed Western. 60@63c. ~ Pbovibionb.—Pork—New Meas, $20.8Q©2Q.95. I<ard—Prime Steam, 13%©13%c. Cheese—s© 1011 c. Wool.—Domestic fleece. 50@63c. CHICAGO. Lm Stock.—Beevee—Choice, $5.75©6.25; good, $5.A0©6.(»; medium. botchers' stock, $2Y5©4.00; stock cattle, $3.00©4.00. Hogs—Live, $7.65©8.25. Sheep—Good to choice, $4.0004.50. •’'!/.!/ :'u. r.l ..C’?£ PSOvisioMs.—Butter—Choice, 24@28c. Eggs— Fresh, 13%©14c. Pork—Mess, $20.00©20.25. Lard -$12.85012.90. T BBKADSTOVrs.—Flour—White Winter Extra, 6.5008.00; spring extra, $5.50©8.37%. Whekt— Spring, No. 2, $1.15%©1.15M. Corn—No. 2, 65 ©66% c. Oats—No. 2, 40©40%e. Rye—-No. 2, 82©88%c. Barley—No. 2, $1.0501.(8. Lumbbb.—First Clear, [email protected]; Second Clear, s43X)o©4s.oQi_..Common Boards, slo.oo© HAO: Fencing, [email protected]; “A" Shingles, $2.5003.00; Lath, $1.7502.00. CINCINNATI a'--Bbuadstopfs.—Flour—s6.7s©7.oo. WheatRed, $1.3501.40. 88c. Oats—4s@soc. Pbovisioms.—Pork—s2o.9oo2l.oo. Lard—l3%© 13% c. ST. LOVIS. -- - Lira Stock..—Beeves —Good to choice, $5.35© 6.37%. Hogs—Live, $7.2507.80. Bbkadbtufm.—Flovr—XX Fall, $5.7506.25. Wheatr-No, J RM $1.4831.48%. CornNo. 2, 67@68c. Oats—No. 2, 38%@40c. RyeNo. 2, 77©78c. Provisions.--Pork—iHeiis, $21.50021.75. Lard -13014 C. Bbnadstosts.—Flour—Spring XX, $4.7505.00. Wheat-Spring, No. 1, $1.28%©1.29; No. 2, $1.20% ©1.21. Corn—No. 2, 67%©63c. Oats—No. 2, 39%©40c. Rye—No. 1, [email protected] Barley—No. 2, $1.0931.10. ' DETROIT. BRNADSTirm. —Wheat— Extra, $1.44©1.45 Com—No. 1,74075 C. Gate—No. 1, 43@43%c. TQLE.DO. B&aaDsrtrm. —Wheat’— Amber Michigan, sMl@li4l%; No. 2 Red, $1.37%@1.42. CornHigh Mixed, 73%@74c. Oats—No. 2, 45©45%c. ia - ' OLEVBLAND. '■ BbnadStuws.—Wheat—No. 1 Red, $1.45%© LSO; No. 2 Red, $1.32%@1.37. Com—High Mixed, 78@79c. Oats—No. 1,49@50c. BUFFALO. Livb Stock. ftefeves—ss.2s©7.oo. Hogs— Live, $7.3008.35. Sheep—Dive, $4.50©5.00. BAST LIBERTY. Lira Stock.—Beeves—Best, $6.7b©7.20; me dinm, $6 [email protected]. Hoge-Yorkers, $7BO©8B0; Philadelphia, $8.50©840. Sheep—Best, $5.25© 5.50; medium, $4.7505.00. s J. , Failure of the Bank of A San Francisco dispatch of Aug. saysi “ The failure of the Bank of California, while fomiediately caused by a depositors’ run, was directly the outcome of a conflict between;two classes of California speculators—one of the Bank of Calir fornia party, headed by Mr. Ralston and Mr. Sharon, aijd the otfier lbeaded by Messrs. Flood, O’Brien andJTidenfeldt. The latter party have established a .bank in San Francisco. called 'The .Bank of Nevada,’ with a cash capital of $5,000,000 gold and the right to increase to $20,000,000. Incidental to this fight there inrve been the mining, properties known as the Savage, the Caledonia, the California, the Ophir and die Consolidated Virginia. The threelatferarewnown as the 'Bigßonanza Mine,’ and the Bank of California party obtained control of them. In getting this control the stock of the California was run up from 60 to 800, and waft-tEen multiplied by five, which would make ‘the highest price 160. It has since declined to 53. The Ophir stock, while they were getting'control, advanced from 80 tb 700, arid was multiplied by five, making 700, representing 140 in new'stock. It has since declined to 46. The Consolidated Virginia, dating the process of getting control, advanced from 86 to 780. It was yesterday 267. That the bank had been strained of late and pinched has been evident to bankers here, who have shunned their bills from the fact that in the last sixty’ days most of the bills offered ih this market have been those of other institutions indorsed by the Bank of California. The inference has been that the Bank of California had hypothecated securities with those who lent their bills, and that this borrowed exchange was used to obtain funds needed to carry on the large operations of the bank. The borrowed bills which have so appeared were those of the Bank of British Columbia, and the Bank of British North America.’4 ’.

On the Boulevard des Italiens, in Paris, the other day, a well-dressed man was observed walking alone, but with his left atm extended and curved as though he had given it to a lady. He looked around with an irritated air and suddenly addressed a person who had in passing almost grazed him. “ Look out, you blockhead, or you will hurt my wife.” “ How, your wife!” said the other, astonished “ Yes, my wife,” was the reply, accompanied by a blow. On being arrested and taken to the station-house the assailant explained that he was a Spiritualist, and that his wife, who died tenyeafs ago, was nowin the habit of taking a walk with hintevery day. The passer-by had collided with the spirit. ••. —To make rice muffins, take one-half cup of boiled rice, boiled soft; add to this three spoonfuls of sugar, a bit of butter the size of an egg, one pint of sweet milk, onehalf cup of two quarts of flour and a pinch of salt; let if rise over , night, if necessary; add in the morning a little soda. . , f. -Ex-President Johnson was a believer in life insurance, and illustrated his faith by his acts to an Extent that is rare indeed, even nowadays. The aggregate of the policies on his life is said to be no less than 1860,000,

The National Greenback Platform.

tne recent au£n<G jnass vonjnent at all times and in all emerg<ewHra Mm w riafly Afferent from that<ntt#r eiviliaed natiunfc that the Gaveranientof the United States ttkllpwforin thia duty in such manner aa to furniah the public an amount of currency adequate to the ouaineas roquirementa of the country and intlependent' of the action of banka or other private corporationa. 4. That we are neither repadtattoniate nor inflationiats, but the Menda of. a aafe, aonnd and reliable currency; that wd propo”* J^ deejn i J£ e greenback circulation of ttie United States a* the pleasure of thh belt— thereof, in bonds if the vertible at the nleaL backs, thus redeeming the original promise of the Government when it first issued greenbacks, to fund them when deaired into Interest-paying & That we are in favor of the Issue of United States certificates or bonds bearing interest not to exdeed 3.66 annum to an amount equal to the whole Government debt, said bon© or certificates being changeable and interchangeable with greenbacka at pat on demand. 7J. debtedness specifically made payable in coin. % That as the enacQnent « the last Congress providing for a resumption of specie payments m 1879 ia impracticable and impossible « execution, and disastrous in its geffects upon the business of the country, we demand.its immediate and unconditional repeal. & That the plan of Government currency proposed by flhis convention would, in pur opinion, tedd to render our Government and people independent financially of foreign Influences or complications and not subject hereafter, as heretofore, to the disturbing control or influence of foreign countries. 9. That we recommend the organization of Greenback Clubs in every State of the Union for the purppee of carrying out the principles and moasurea set forth in the foregoing resolutions.

A New Game.

‘ Since the recent deal in which clubs turned trumps, and the gay and festive bunko gang were obliged to leave town in coisequflnce, they have been obliged to report to other means of earning a livelihood,. and they have found them. Upon neflrjy every train leavingthis city go two or mort kard-shsrpere. The jpembers of this ancient fraternity work in pairs. Apparently ignorant efich of the other they play their cards well, and are . as'anxiaus to “ work” the train thoroughly as is the conductor, only, in a different and less authorized riianner. They ere on the lookout for “blokes” arid “softs”--inen that are'possessed of money and who Save a high estimate; own acuteness. And these “ mokes” are shrewd observers, and usually accurate judges of phyejognomy, too, and they can frequently estimate a man’s “ pile,”; too, within a few dollars. They Are proficient in “ stocking” cards, and in case of an emergency will * deal “ monte,” though that is not their ° lay.?’ They play a gentleman’* game—euchrem a game understood by every tyro in cardpfoying. And these euchre sharps have two'tricks, either of which is calculated to win. One is the “ poker” hand and the Other is the “ euchre” hand, and they play them «s follows? Deciding upon the Ydute the sharpers are at the depot promptly. Their makedp is unexceptionable, they are not flashy in their dress; and are, as a rule, genteel, in appearance, and there is little in externals to mark them as different from their fellow-travelers. There are two of them, but they pay little attention to each other. The casual observer would imagine them strangers. They ana, say, to. work the Michigan Southern to Toledo and return, and are impatiently awaiting their opportunity to begin business. Scarcely has the smoke and noise of the city been left behind when “time” is up. Two .seats facing each other have been secured, and one of the “ mokes” occupies them; the other saunters down the car aisle and, selecting his man, asks:

“Do you play euchre?” “ Sometimes,’’ “ Come and fill out a four-handed game, just to kill time.” • The invitation is accepted; another player is secured, and the game begins. Anything will answer as a table—a laprobe, a duster or a newspaper. Scarcely has the second hand been dealt than a dispute occurs between the “ sharps.” It is a good-natured dispute, however, one having asserted that a certain hand, both bowers and two other trumps, could be euchred. No decision is arrived at, and, the ice being broken, the vital point of the “ game” is reached. One of the sharpers deals, and hearts are turned trumps. The first man passes; so does the other sharper. The third man, having both “bowers,” queen and nine-spot of trumps and the ace of clubs, “orders it up” and “ plays it alone.” This is as was expected, and the dealer offers to bet twenty dollars the hand will be euchred. The parly folding it looks upon his hand as invincible; he has seen, the hand being displayed through carelessness (?), that his opponent’s partner has no trumps, and he accepts the wager. The first player leads a spade, which he trumps and the dealer over-trumps, providing neither “ bower” is played, and leads back. The result, whichever way the play is made, is the same, and he, with both bowers, queen and nine-spot of trumps-,and ace of clubs, is beaten. This accomplished, the game is certain to speedily end unless one of the strangers will bet on a “full hand” at poker, the dealer giving himself or partner “ fours.” In this event he or they ate good plucking. . • „ i r . "J • ° »■/ A. . J -jv UThis- simple game is played every day, d many times a day. It counts ite victims by thousands, and the Time# reporter was assured by a “ sport” who thus Works the Michigan Southern Road ttud he not infrequently made a couple of hundred dollarsaday. st mi Amateurs at card-playing will, therefore, do well to think a second time before accepting an invitation to “ take a hand” in a social game on the cars,M7Awopo Timet. . ’

) | THE REAPERS. HBioufidfog sicHM swr At every stroll "Ofc Htw < ; , JReoedefi to gfcve them way; i x n . The fall bowing down,„ * Arid nestle at their feet: win, sucri w6rk ah theirt, perforce, Mnbtwin—must homage meet; ci H 8o darMess oft fatigue they go, ' & ’ 1 ' Sptfue.sohteadily, . ■<>' > The admiring traveler on the road Leqns o’er the gate to seq; With marvel of thd soon-fallen breadth, S The loungfag gossips tell; But the reapers labor torus all; mr, j i ’Ds need they should work well. a . Eye,the great sun that btfrns above t ■ r«, t 4 ■> Shall thereat, And the children’s poppy npsegays fijde, . A|ad they lie dows to rest, Each upward points Shan bllripofr the field, : ' 1 And the farmer drain a sparkling glass, 4 Rejoicing o’er the yield. Hy, bonny men, your pickles bright, And give the people bread! ~ . - nt < At every conquering stride you take, On want and woe you tread. -Drop, heavy ears, and give the strength You gathered from this plain, That man may rise refreshed and firm, And do great things again. God bless the hands, all hard and brown, That guide the cleaving plow, ~,, That cast abroad the shining seed, And build the wealthy mow; * ’ They rear the bread our children eat; i ’Tis by their toll we live; Hurrah! give them the loudest cheer ' That grateful hearts can give! —Chambers' Journal.

MRS. POPE AND THE BEAR.

BY FRANKLIN B. GAGE.

“You must look out for the sheep, wife. These warm days will bring the beats out of their dens." They will be ravenous, and not tbey will breakinto the and carry off some of the sheep. I saw bear-tracks .up the mountain this morning.” / . “ Well,” said’Mrs. Pope>“they needn’t expect to get any of ■come prowling rOuhdhere I’ll drive them off in some WayJ We ndfed'tlie sheep tbo much to have them carried off by bears.” “ I wish you understood using the gun, wife.« When lam gone I* worry about leaving* youand the baby ail day alone. The woods are so nearlcan’tbelp thinking some wild aninuda may come dpw% from the mountains and attacfcyou.” ‘‘You needn’t fear about that,” answered Mrs. Pope. - ft To be, sure, it is lonesome with neither nor dog about. I pre’ Slime I should feel safer if I understood .handling a gun, but I don’t believe anything will home near us in the day-time. So don’t worry about us, only be sure to get home before dusk.” ft Well , good-by, r then. Don’t expose’ the baby or yourself to any danger; , and I’ll be back before night. ” • d ■ iSo* saying T Mr. Pope, with a bag. or grain on his horse, startedoff to mill, leaving his wifr and baby alone in their solitary log cabin the wilderness. .. This conversation occurred in the. town of Kirby, Vt., in the spring of the year 1811, when that region was but little settled, when even women understood they were in constant peril from wild beasts Jesse Pope’s cabin stood close to the foot of the Kirby Mountains, in whose rocky fastnesses bears, catamounts and wolves had their inaccessible dens. Bears, especially, were so thick as to be a source of constant dread to those who had flocks or were compelled to leave their homes unprotected while they went to the larger settlements on necessary business. Mrs. Pope fully understood the peril that surrounded her during her husband’s absence. Her cheerful talk with her pusband was not mere bravado. She' said what she did as much to keep her own spirits up as to dispel her husband’s anxiety. She knew that he must go to the mill, and there was no way for her but to stay at home and be as brave as possible. She was a brave woman. Nature had endowed her with courage, and the surroundings of her early life had all tended to foster and strengthen it. She fully understood her situation, and when her husband passed out of sight she knew she 'and her baby were alone in the great wilderness, beyond the reach of help» should anything serious occur. But she had always lived in the wilderness. The howl of the wolf and the growl of the bear were familiar sounds to her, and she had become accustomed to a lonely life in the woods. So, instead of shutting herself in the house, she went on with her work as usual. After the breakfast dishes were washed, and put away she brought out her little “ linen wheel” and went to spinning flax. They must have clothes for summer wear, and that was the season to spin and weave before the summer fully set in. I can remember my mother and her spinningwheel, and I can imagine just hoW Mrs. Pope looked, sitting with one foot on the treadle. I can hear the buzz of the Wheel as it flew round; I can see just how often she dipped her fingers in the little cup of water, as she drew out the fibers of flax, and dexterously shaped the strong symmetrical thread*- tel a manner that would astonish modern housewives. All the long forenoon her musical wheel kept humming, ite.pleasant tune, stopping only now and then as ite mistress either crowed to the baby in the cradle or looked out to see that no wild animals were prowling about. Noon came and went, and nothing disturbed them. The baby in the Cradle went off to deep and sh# kept on with her workAfter at into rite rose and looked out again. This time &W an astounding sight! Coming down the mountain-ride from the woods she beheld a foil-grown bear, pot a hundred yards distant, He was tm his

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way to the y&rd where the sheep were' IB fold, and she knew he was after the sheep. She'had a gun, but that wcmlft not avail anything, for had never learued to hse it. . She ha<j <an ax, but she knew an ax a poor weapon to fight A bear with. The next thing she thodgfrtdf A pitchfork. Their- few sheep were, a treasure, so the family. All their winter clothing was to come from the sheep, and now that they were in peril she was aroused to instant action. The one absorbing thought of saving the sheep bauished,,sH sense of personal danger. Instead of shutting herself up in the house she, darted out and closed the door after 1 her,' lest anything should, molest the baby. Then, running into tht log ■bar*, she . snatched up the pitchfork, rap around the barn, and pi^Utedherself directly in the bear’s path. Brandishing her pitchfork and screaming at him, she attempted to scare him back to the woods. But the bear was ravenous with hunger, and he came straight down the hill at her, showing his teeth and growling fiercely. As he approached Mid sprang toward her Mrs. Pope dodged and dealt Jiim a blow, the iron ring of the fork striking him exactly on the end of the hose. The shock stunned the bear for an instant, arid during that one iiistant, with almost superhuman strength; Mtri. Pope plunged both tines of the fork into the bear’s side,' where she supposed the heart to be. Either good fortune or the hand of Providence directed the weapon, for one of the tines passed clear through the bear’s heart, and he fell over dead, leaving her not only victorious, but unharmed. After the excitement of the contest was over Mrs. Pope went back to the house, shuddering at the extremity of peril she had been in. But after a time her nervousness passed off, and she went on with her work again, and so the afternoon wore away. At length, when the sun was about an hout high, she saw her husband emerge from the Woods near the house. She left her spinning-wheel and, with the baby in her arms, met him at the door as if nothing unusual had i - . As he came up to the door, leading the horse with one hand and holding on the bag;of flour with the Other, he spoke out: “Wellj wife, I Am thankful nothing has happened to you while I was gone. I Bupbose it was foolish, but I couldn’t help the time.” ■ “I don’t know as it was foolish, husband. But hitch the horse and bring the bag in. I want to talk with you.” : When the bag was. deposited, in tlte house Mrs. Pope said: “Sp you were nervous about us, then ?” “ Yes. I don’t remember .ever ! being so nervous before in all my life.” “Well, husband, I'Was nervous, too. I couldn’t help thinking, jwhat could I do if , a bear should come . down from the mountain after the sheep.” “ t Why, commoi sefise would tell you whit to do; shut the door, take care of yourself and baby, and let the sheep go.” “ Do you think so, husbajid?” “Of course I do. What else could you have done?” “ You will see if you go out behind the barn and look.” : “ Behind' the bam! What do ; you mean?” t ■“ I mean what I say. Go and look behind the bahi.” Mr. Pope started out in the greatest wonder, while the wife buried her face in the baby’s apron-to-smother the womanly tearsrehe could no longer restrain. To his utter astonishment Mr. Pope found the dead bear behind the barn, with the pitchfork sticking ni its side. When he went in arid heard the whole stbry from his wife he fully realized that something had happened in his absence, and that he had more reason than ever to be thankful. 1 am indebted to the wife of James Harris, Esq., of St. Johnsbury, for this history of Mrs. Pope’s encounter with the bear. Mrs. Harris’ father—Rev. Timothy Locks—lived not far from Mr. Pope’s house at the time. Mrs. Harris still distinctly remembers seeing the bear’s skin nailed on the outside of the barn, where ‘ it remained all summer, while Mrs. Pope became famous throughout the neighborhood for her heroism.— St. Nicholas.

Blindfold Chess-Playing.

Some of the strongest chess-players have been unable to play blindfold, precisely as some of the greatest mathematicians have been unable to deal mentally with any but the very simplest problems. Philidor and La Bourdonnais could both pplay without seeing the board, but McDonnell, St. Amant and Staunton never accomplished the feat (at least in any recorded partie). Harrwitz could play blindfold; his rival Horwitz could not. At the present day Blackburne and Zukertortcan play ten or twelve games blindfold, but several of the strongest chessplayers living do not, we believe, possess the power. We must, therefore, find an explanation which shall not require the blindfold player to be superior in chessstrength to the player who is unable to carry on a contest without seeing the board. The explanation'is simple. The blindfold player is aide to picture to himself the boardand men, at any stage of a game, and thus plays mentally with as much ease and confidence as if he had the board before him. If he is conducting a dozen blindfold games siifrultaneously, his method is the same. We are unable to way, however, whether he pictures all the games at once, as though the boards were ranged before him; or calls up=a mental of each board, with the meh properly placed for that .game, as its turn copies round. Probably, in most cases, the jatter is the method adopted.— OemMUJMtanint. . 'J' .1 .o -J

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r “ Pay Up” is the Uue of a new settlemenitout in Oregon. 9 LiRGK cloaka are oftentimes the husk of a marvelously small grain of religioL. Within a few weeks discoveries of silver deposits of great value have been .wde in Arizona. - ... , . /( Foreign fruit is rapidly disappearing from the United States markets arid fruit of domestic growthr is taking its place. English gardeners now gladly pay four shillings! each for toads. They find them t the Cheapest and best'destroyers of insects which infest their plants. The street-sprinklers of Cleveland are in danger. The mortality among children there is chased 'to the continued dampness of the paved streets. <‘ A statement of. the liabilities and assets of most of the suspended firms, might be summed up in the words: “ Much ’due, about nothing.”— Commercial Advertiser. A little Harrisburg (Pa.) chap found a hook and line and went fishing in the yard. He caught something—bis younger brother—and a surgeon got a job of cutting the hook out of the youngster’s nose. ”' The little thirteen-year-old girlwho was recently sentenced by .an English magistrate to fourteen years in prison and four years in the reformatory for plucking a geranium has been released by the Home Secretary. The problem of education becomes for a man the problem of self-education. He who supposes that, at. twenty or fifty-five years, he is a finished man has not conceived of the nature of education or the’ purpose of life. „; .. , Don’t, says the Louisville Courier-Jour-nal, sneer at the bad writing in newspapers, It is often done in a rooiri'where four or five mten are disputing abdut the last great game of base-ball —a state of affairs vastly worse than.the toothache. A tramp called at a house in Norwich, Conn., the other day, and, after being fed, asked if the riian of the house was at home. *' N6,’»- replied she who had served him, “ but I’ll let you know, mighty quick, that the woman of the house is at home!” and, taking down an old sword, she started for him, but he escaped. She fanned herself with her handkerchief as she sat down on the stool in front of the soda fountain, and as the clerk was drawing the sirup she turned to her daughter, A girl of fifteen, and remarked: “ Now, Mary, be careful. Don’t gulp it down at three swallows and get exploded all to pieces by gas, but sip, sip, and don’t run any risks.” Yesterday, during one of the numerous showers, a petroit lawyer walked four blocks through the “ drips” to reach the office of a Justice of the Peace and say : “It rains upon the justice well’s the unjust.” His Donor removed the pipe from his mouth, looked out of the window, and replied: “ Grass needs it.” And the lawyer went out and kicked At a newsboy to relieve his burden of madness.— Detroit Free Press. There was a big rain in Providence, R. 1,, on the 12th inst. A scientific obsef'ver, Dr. Caswell, says that but one rain, in forty-one years has ’ fallen at so rapid a rate; and then the amount was less, being 8.15 inches, while on that day the fall was 3.47 inches. In the first case, July 17, 1820, the whole amount fell in an hour, and on the 12th it was about.au hour and a half in foiling. A man who had been feeding a threshing machine in McMinville, Tenn.,* the other day, felt his pantaloons catch in the machinery, and had just time to brace his feet and hands against some firm object near by in order to save his life. Fortunately the pantaloons were of thin material find gave way easily; the shirt followed, and he was left standing with nothing on but his shoes. Threshing machines, like time and tides, wait for no man.

A lady residing in Lansingburgh, N. Y., hailed a passing car, with her little son, the other morning, to see him safely on the horse-car for a trip to Tr<Ty. He stepped on board, and scrambled for the front of the car. As he was going his mother said: “ Why, aren’t you going to kiss your mother before you go ?” The little fellow was so delighted at the prospect of a ride, and in such a hurry, that he hastily rejoined, looking back excitedly: “ Mr. Conductor, won’t you kiss mother for me ?” A youth of a highly-imaginative nature in New Orleans recently saw a red-headed female of uncertain age standing in front of a mud-puddle in the street, and he thus pours himself out in the New Orleans Bulletin: “A fairer picture never haunted the dreams of Raphael, and had she but glanced downward and caught in the shining water the reflection of her perfect face, made lovely by dreamy, azure eyes, and a crown of such exquisite auburn hair as'one rarely sees, save on canvas, surely the fate of Narcissus had been hers.” Our own country is not alone in its affliction from the grasshopper plague. A Roumanian correspondent of the London Timet, writing from Galatz on Aug. 1, describes a swarm of locusts which he had witnessed that day that was from three to four miles wide, fifteen miles longhand was about five hours in passing. The Correspondent says: “All over this part of the country lately all the horses in the village have been kept saddled, and the instant the locusts are reported in the neighborhood all the people turn out and gallop after them, and raise an awful din with pots and pans, and so on, to prevent them from alighting. If once the flock All up; but by this means they manage to. frighten them from alighting, and cause them to move on elsewhere.” This is a remedy for grasshoppers our Western farmers have never tried .—CZWMjW Tribune,