Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 20, Number 4, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 January 1878 — Page 6

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KWi la mmL HMMui jl W l gnt Ma4 wmaVMawa hMKaMHkMdlWlMlMiVM. rMfM H MM, O -MMt. Wl wlMMi A Ut aU rati, wal Y on eartn; Tn. tfM K thy i tr SoU Wrtk IfcwaU H la la ttva Ml ffOWM. Wn iMweAt aiMwe a wroa ta thtmgU tm ataeh; bat wasa. fe hi Waa, M a totMH Wli kiwtim.iii, MmM eoaac tlM naif ha a aoal4. WTa darv Ueur ta haU that Mm Shall kov (A 4a the teatw cet; 11m aattenee ot ta heaven W k JUaolill- aaaa's aMluutktaUMM. rr he who lralM all law taay Mill In Slvaa. mercy to Jortva; tt wr la sarta. at Tint wfen -watt aawr goo, wua in. POPULAR SCIESCI LECTUMK. Ym, I taiak kn ar4T J1 I'm ay I tt awtelly wfce. Whk aiy teewt full et gtaeter aa4 teetr (H cfc a rtdtcirtoas 4ae ; jt tae aiia Mot waat.o.y-eailk? The trt tbat fc er Aat cmm (kiwi ea tae tee to e1r Jersey it ataeC nave bea awfttllyeotd. Ta icws, too. wereat they lorely? K3fHciaIly H&ut Maae maA tae Alps ; . Tkeaffb tin lt a"s were erfeeiy irifhtfitl Taore aMtt'irttti t clob aad sealfw Well, hw- be they rtWn't nave scalp they iriaii4ae4 ae all tfcewae; Ami that aalaaal wn't he borrid? The what-d-be-ay-w-ble-naEBe? Ob? 1 aerfectly itote a scteace; I tbtalc tea ut jolly food hia; Aad I vMi 1 were note on yoar expIM4io. with kaaawack Had rua. Xaatata ay I'm growing srK'HUndea, And should cat ofay hair, aal all tht : ' ThoBkeTt.las would aotbecow me. i Autl now co aid I keep oa my hat? Here' ts ea ot oar walte. Oood nlxht You may call Wedaslar cTealay, Kob, Aad wt-'U talk o the Glacial Epoch Ami the woadertat thlajfuwteb. THE WEODLNU OF THE CEDARS. t t- r v,, ra.'i r I walked rolr one dar alonsr 'l2e streets of the er in the SonthW. which was then mv home and saw that it was noe Sauire Surce, the very last that regiu who, as I would bare wanted any thing waited, woaderinglr, as he harried after me. pumng aou o;owing, ior ne sau hailed mc from a considerable distance and with such a vor of lungs as to arrest the attention f all the paeri-br. The Squire was by far the oldest man ia H t tint .ttri tT liil Wit tdMr nH bears and had fought thes Indiaas there for so many years Tefore cirilixAtion arrived that" in point of age, the Suite might be" considered a son of grandchild of the venerable frontiersman. Xhiring his long life he had never known any thing other than his rough w?J la oLh am ax tiauajf AaV wrAa1.l Vva -aanrlw t gnarled ne was, in fact, " a character." ' I was cowing to see you, Pawn," the eld Squire saw, when, he joined mc ; 44 and she wd me I must fix up first. Bt what k the use? I happened to see mighn- dal of trouble to tell you about k nW, a a not to bar tonxuu at all. Can vou gneen what it kl want with you!'' I could not. The Squire took ou Hs dUapMated old hat, whkh looked as if he had worn it through half a century m Moras, in order to look; uon me wtk the more triumph. Except a ring of kwg white hair, hk head was bald and far from clean ; his bronaed cheeks were stubby with a coarse beard; the comers of his mouth were vellow with the ooae of his tobacco; and, although he -wa broad'Shottldered enough and not without an aspect of sturdines, there wa an aroma of bad whfcky about him which was In keeping wkh'his ap)aranc as being an extremely old and paticularly dMagreeable person, an irupr. 4Qn whieh wa not imrxved by the oaths which Vere as natural to him as

ho sakl, repfacing his hat and laring , ?w ever, for it was out of the queshold upon the M of my coat. But I n for her to be neater than she always .

could not. I hare been married three times," he continued, with increasing energy. 44 My wires are all dead j but my children and tktir child re a and their children's efcildren ever so many of them don't know how many are scattered all over the State half a done a States. Caa you gue6 now what I want of you? Come, give a trr." The conundrum was beyond my power. 44 Perhaps you want me to preach yor funeral," I ventured, the roughns of the joke being adapted to that of the questioner. 44 Not much! No, sir!" he replied, abandoning my collar to seize upon my hand. 44 ou "ain't smart eaousrh,smart as you think yourself, Mr. Nary man " in this town ks smart enough by a long hot to gweas what I want with you. What 1 want you to do is to marry 'me, sir." he said, with an erry increasing with every sentence. To marry in to-morrow night, sir. To marry me at her hoitee, sir. To marry tne, sir, to The enthusiasm of my aged friend cnlurinated mated utn thla anuacmcnt. as well it might. Mrs. McOrgrl I wn. almost a boy myself in those dap, had just got through reading Sir Waiter Scott, and this last-named lady was to tkm volumes Into real life, T hive not the le4 Ilea of how Jd she then wits: nor had any on elfe. She was wki

' haired, with a beautifully etean and 1 efear Mtttlxio, and wn always drMIm tor ckwreh w batterer I bad see her; at km, in km dark stuff, whkn ' iiomed new, with a sort of mob can aad , MTMwMt of muslin about her throat i al Wuw. snowr in hue and full of

, (ruling and plait. Bot this vtm merely tlM framing for the lady hrlf. She had such a brig bt eye and quick tongue, was so dsisd in her opiatou upon all ? subjects and bad so erfep a way of Mating :hm' ma tbt saw lasting itnpfesekm upon my memorr that a new and sharply cut 4om when it is smauted upon wax. Aad there was an energetic ssdorcement of ber9Jf upon ycm which vou bad no wit to resist. Mrs. MeGwfor bad com from Seodaad to tbat frontter cotuiiry tbr wm no telling bow long Wfore; &b bad Wn marrkd lni waa ho saving bow often; sbe was pod f . . r , t i i i ft besides the home sbe lived in by herself . Owing to long separation from the church of her childhood, sbe had, I fear, : become somewhat negligent as to her religious ditties. A fact nWhe npon iu this tiwment which I had forgotten since , the dar it occurred. Happening to attend the funeral of a friend, sh had i bees so affected by the solemnities of t the occasion that she had united herself to my church, aad the week after a eerf tain ladv, also an old settler, had asked me : 'ZHd your rotce trenwie, sir, wnen 1 you read out her name from the pulpit? People say it did." And then, with mysterious meaning: "I woukia't mysterious meaning: biarae you!" But this makes it necessary that I saouiu iuae a woru oi .Paaiiun ri .1 t I t . ? I. , far firo&etMiiBfr. a certin eaiimauic . . t t 0i - fned of mine, General Murdock, had ealimauie introduced me, on my first coining to tk J,. to almost ererr inhabitant in T" r ii" " v : 5L. -V?L?r rL,T4,nJ um.uu,n,., v - V" as we were out of bearing: .now, r m a: wanaw nwL "A aiatnrr. T tU to. sir!" I was irtl in the dark as to details. He had cer r, . "r: ' . " .i-u: Vi ; uv.,;i tainly had At3 history before coming I Uappeneu to Know most o: tne peopi "er worth knowing 01 acquaintance sir? In the case, however of Mrs. Mc - firrnrnr the reference was .P"IvL exercise of a certain vigor on the good lady's part in days -past, for which she was not more "to be blamed than are her countrymen for Bannockburn. It was lnsDOJ-siole not to become very much attached McGregor. "Certainly a more to Mrs original person one does not often nie-it. She was so shrewdly sensible, striking at the very heart of matters in all Jshesaid. It was an event to dine with ber, after special invitation. She lived in a double log cabin, it is true; but it was white 10e washed until marble could not have been whiter and the prim yard in front was radiant with flowers." No other housekeeper conld make the oaken floors so ciean ; the reddened fireplace so bright, tilled as it was in summer with ever- ; the rag carpet and c WOVt'a. of many-colored s oval mats. trips, so smooth, as was the case in her house. Aboard in the von eould e The door ot the corner cu ir,,rr Zl aW thaTu nhTUble. , i AHU wuat a umner is ws i oo grewt wa? the variety, every thing was cooked so much better than anywhere else. She was so importunate in her hospital! ty that the choice was a hard one to make between an Dines? from having already indulged too freely and the rusk of offending her by decling to eat any more. But the best of the, feast to me were the Scotch words, which I had never before met with outside of Scott and Burns words treasured by her during all these years, like old coins, more "carefully than were her teasooous and the fissions of her caps and frills Mr pleaeantest surprise was the night of her marriage. She was about the . . .... T .-..1.1 i II v. . . n as; om j. v.iram aacuij ursirc3 m cjess , beside got him L 't - her. It was plain that she bad ready for the ceremony hersel could not hare wisned to bare seen a more decent, even venerable man. He was cleanly shaven, for the first time in 20 years, and stood, with his flowing white hair, erect, triumphant In his character of a somewhat suddenly made "Juhn Anderson, my Joe, John." Immediately affer the marriage they j went on a bridal tour to Scotland, the , bride promising to bring back, if she j ever came back, a Highland plaid for my little boy. She exensed herself, on her return, " so much sooner than was ' expected, for not doing so on the plea that she hail left Scotland suddenly. Ye war sav so," her husband said. niticantly. 44It was in a hurry, sure ,:-. tinn "Hr.U voMr tonn. ndeman." the lnrlv lntirriteil a.t)d with ituiiflmaiirra. and You should be as-t hamed to mention It l im not asnH;ii, in innsveu. "ii -aa!ntVt ka r!jt,ntijt w wife got up and withdrew in some heat : "he told me so mtch about Scotland,

e tnere, tnai muCtt tn , MkMUulf. Thn wa-aaWVri(s in the ! . i Tt: .. , -t tniiA irut tunutit -

1, at teast, came to liKe Muscovy duclcs, a decorum in th very wjm fmm th -treat on noles. 0Yleibv. wootlen English cottage, finished off in

. I tttrned, Vs louer e.lc pigs, telling of the hand of their mis-, warrior of Illinois snake

Ttrnhi rnAP vara irnnwn . u . i . i -1 - l o. .

other than a rule, tne pa wasit aione tnere. treg. jj the ?lory o the place was in (1,,ar:n lUntr.- of his dea

man in all i wcl,u. ,U4f"""rni " the transformation sbe had wrought m Pn,, "Vhom he did all his

had thought. "fe . tne old fequire. ne was as scrupulous- to ridiculous, till the

Of me. I iou r . " 5 J Iy neat and clean now as berseu. hen ate ianhed. and even Koseoe

,toaaa: AauwnaLwasit youatuinere, T add that he was a Darbv n oerfect . '-.ii-.i, ,

hcotiantl, bcotiaau; aoout the lateen, 1 to investigate the practical workand the riches, and the duke, and the ings of the game, which resulted in his great cities, and the good eating, and arriving in this city minus me sum above her kin, and her clan, that I agreed to , mentioned. For obvious reasons he

go. I had a nephew, too, in Liverpool, Well, not t I, wc vent to Liverpool, and it is much for a town nothing but big dock?, that I could Me. From thsrt we

wtM to ScotUad. Wkw ! Sotlaad! It U a littW bit of eottatrr, not as larg as om of Mir eowiCMM. IJknit! Wbai was tbwt to Hk?" And nty frkad ratarad non a vfUtrtkm of food, touting, aad clothing tbr, of town and country, mountain and taltey, cmtonM antl paopk, from bia point of view as an. old bakwoodiaa, which was as ludicrous a it was violent. No, sir!" be addd, at last. " Yott donh.catek mi! I wouldn't lire in

Scotland not for Scotland couldn't stand it Sbe said told her I wouldn

. ci t i creutt on tne ones wiki unie imw. Hiiviw( : . 't stand it. bhe said JT111 Jf' th United States Sen- cull, atnl sheep, ami bor, their starveil. I wrote to my 2ieTcm not be wiped out, that if del and frightened looks as the steam1XX). ami found OUt ' ,. s :. ., .i Vwilin lain tWir

I should. Verv w nephew in Liverpool, ami found out when the next teasel was to cros the the "JVVr. Cl

Su , mr - "v"' neers. If we neetled any aUtfsu prooi ; hocks aim uing see, to my nephew. Of course, she left , Walrwl1 y too evident fact that , a an j herdsmen, almost avagelr reseating her tbtngs; but I had all mine. As soon tJ4 Congress of the American ( our abruH iatrueion-but the jen can asl got toLirerpoolI snt my trunk fot of gentlemen, f scarcely do justice to the subject. It on boart and bought a ticket One hour I tone., words and! was late in the evening when we rebefore the ship saded I said to her: t M when tber present a woman's turned, ami yet the circuit of that fence Look here, ok lady, I'm going ck j jX7blv thsse, you must had not bn half completed. Santa home. If you'll come with me, well ; if tKa:hin? 'on earth is quite so Gertrude is a paradise wnen compared not, good-bye.' You . see she W to . V- citizen- with the largeHnajority of ranches ia come. SW.' with speWe ; Jj-J. owed beiul f family, an thb section of cpuntry, and iu complete disust. "o,sir. -Not forme. -N ; intelligent, educated, thoughtful bein and elegant appointment contrast if know it!" should ask that she hava some voice strangely with the rude surroundings of And so they settled down. The one jR tjw jaws tt overn hr. most of thereidece of the inhabitants weakness of the Squire w for drink. portT Senators presented, petitions, i of the border. Starting from any of the No wonder, after a half century of in- j sj?n"br thousmUof men and womea, 1 towns on the Rio Grande, from lirownsdulgeace. Excellent Mrs. Surge ex- i ;B f(r a constitutional amendment f ville to Lerdo or Corpus Chrtstl one changed her town property for a small enfraachiiincj women. A fev read the journeys for days over a region sparsefarm a few miles out, so s to keep her ' u, t,v wild anv other, with - Ir settled, and containing fer.- of the

f huribaad from temptation. supply of spirits; but she ker Ererr dar. at a cer She kept a also kept the kers. Everr dar. at a certain set time, she gare. him exactly so much, aad never A . ... . - .1 siiiuu wuie. a 'o! -Tideman." sbe would sar. in n:nr fn kia nla inc. Art'" And rr . ' naarA- u; innrf 44 vv" Abi iwn fcvr nia unwuiut B 0tBe Scotc bcotch grauite was in Kat naoknnni' r. It was the same v.. . F. -,-;. i,ui ' """ " , t'c?-so iar, at leaai, mat tnere were no ioner traCfrj o -a on chilJ or bosom. The ? " ""I1 m v.;, i: .t.i.kl i v "t" '" - . kwDiH- witb his Joan, what more can be said? And not merely was Mrs. Serge as simple and wholesome as oatmeal. She , rose instantly to any emergency. It was being the topic, by boxing the ears of

rew tnins were more uelisrnutu to us t i t..,A,i t:r.i-nir tn ktc vn ' tv. st of eltMrant hoaoitalitv. where

- - d - - - o f UUIIM, UUUliunt i IUIU1VI V".. , o . . - , , f .

: DUE e Was, Use a, tVupirf-irm. pfcith was nrttar and neat- .l..ty i i . nh t a.tt inil -t ktarfi fietlf'r iif

nnwi i.v jn-T-cfrk .u liitiLAtiuii iui ? , nirlnr. ami barrjcjuietl anotner oescentl- f ins uoua an arvunu mm irrc : iireuv:.-.'5 i

iing jean, CQW a propnety m the conduct of the . u? from stirvatinn. food wai lifted to f Tht Mansion Houe Is a large double

during tne oavs ot tne uoaieueracr,and petitions be referred to the Committee : omit, surmoumeu oy large, roomy cu

stie was said to nave Closed a uiscussion ( on Public Lands, of which Oglesby h poias, ustm lor ouwooks, anu aiiuruitig with tk wife of a ki"h mtiriah rtoliti! Umiin At tK, nrrt-irtitinnln. n commandinsr vi.nr of the snrnmndin?

that respectable lady very soundly. Be- temptuous the whole Senate laugh- rectlons. Une ofth?ei5 used as asta- , fore her marriage, ihe had entertained, i ed aloud. There was one Senator ble, while in the other are the offi'v, at my request, a very eloquent minister, man enough anil gentleman enough ; store, harness and carriage shop, and on a visit to us. and 'who professed to be ! to lift the petitions from thH also other shops for the manufacture of of our denomination and from Scotland, j insulting Droooiftion. It was Senator snch tools and implmcnt as may be

imnostor. and disappeared. And now he

returned again,under the wing, this time, wife, is bravj enough to bo the Presi-i are inclosed by a tasteful fence, an mof a certain Bishop, whose Church ho dent of the Woman's National Suffrage i closure within the great incloaiire. Capt. had joined. With that individual he ; Association. He turned to Mr. I'hur-, King is punctiliious a to etiquette in his called on the old ladv at her farm, ex- man and demanded for the petition of house, and courteous in hi- demeanor to

peeling to be entertained, as usual. But she saw the wolf through all his wooly fleece, and literally ran him and tne astonisnca prelate on cer place, wUa tonfuc wnich 4ho WfluW have re iidorced witli a broom-stick had it been . necessary. . An intimate friend of her.

Committ on" Public

was said, for the transfer to him of her property, he was to pay her an annuity for life. But, as the years rolled away,

it was evident that the annuity woukl ; recorded of the Senate t the United . aires of the Northern cities, the titled consume the property over and over ' States of the forty-fifth Congress that i foreigners, officers of the army, and again the old couple were growing the one petition which h received a a young men seeking their fortunes" in this younger ever.- day and the lawyer ; preposterous joke and treated with ut- new country and aid and advice from canceled, with ber consent, the contract t ter contempt and outrage was the pe-i the Captain, invalids seeking health in in despair. It is impossible to say hvm tition of tens of thousands of the moth- this invigorating climate all received old her husband waa when sbe led him r-j, daughters and wives of the land; with the same hearty welcome, and enat la-t into the communion of the that the one oetition which thev receiv- tcrtaincd with the same srenerons hos-

, Church, to live and die e therein, respecimen of a s peeled of all, as fine a Christian patriarch as I ever knew. .Nome people pay enormous prices for a rare old painting; it may be for an antique in coin or pottery. I confess to a paon, instead, for this old couple. &ne is aiire to4ay, aad is, I am told, as: f hrWbt ui?r . !i rPfat. rgetc, I want her to know and fresh, as original, iade - and young as ever. fall upon these lines, ' that 1 will ladlv

come any distance to marry her again 1 iB a delegation of pretty Treasury clerks, drea. Those who have attained sufto any body worthy of her. The iter 'the venerable Solons would have soften- ticient age have been or are now being of sach a woman k wonderful. It is'ed, and thrown open their doors zs ' educated at Northern schools, as aromatic and lasting as cedar. v. j readily as their hearts." It seems an ' Capt. King, though extremely liberal, Wm. M. Baker, in the ImUpemUni. f ungracious thing to say; but it is the is not careless in his business habit or truth. The woman who wins her way reckless in his expenditures. No man The Minister ana the Xente Men. witk th majorttyof thmea is not tli ; controlling sucn extensive interests plain, earnest-eyed woman, with a small looks more clescly alter Its details than A minister on his way from Columbus : hair a.t the back of her j he. He possesses a keen insight into to New York was fleeced out of fifty It is the siren of tne gallery aad ' human nature, and U the lat person in dollars yetenlay morning while en tB ante-room, who send in her card i tlve world who might be expected to be route to this city on the Panhandle Rail- an ta nritation to the Senator at his , deceived in any business transaction, rOatl An individual dresed as u Sh neTr of "rights." and those who know him may well be countryman, came into the car and took . Sbe caiT3 for n 44 UC! bl Gr 0wn i ncrwlnlous as to any report to the con a seat near the minister. Entering into s eU!! Dd P" She shakes her I trarj'. nvMsuiit, tiu mtlm iJim. trer, 44 banged" and Usually blonde: If a war should ever occur between

k&i m lu-- Wm a&il Kamm striHil Ijiil . rv.lr,W t- t,r-v.i.fJ a m' nvnsLcWi tn T-nlatn V aliu n. ; anmdi of the operation. A second courttryman put m an appearance at this 4 interested in the juawere ww eeae interoMeu in uhs; ' itmkn!). lloon-,- k. rt,,u r- , be cheated by such simple subterfuges, The clergyman was thus induced! declined to take any steps toward the recovery of his money, but proceeded : on hi journey rejofcing. Wrv? 1 Xsodsr.

" WOMAN'S HIT' IX THE SEX-ITH. Mary Clwr AwH ?h,

iWiuiittaftOM Letter to the I4efMM4et.l j r- 'i u Hnmiiiv bkHmais aa.t BMiaad Mineed that wonW b "Woman's Day" in the Senate. The announcement in tW ioamak ku made with dignity and without comment. In the Senate the petitions were presented without dignitr. and. with a few exceptions, with

t ,lJu 1 1 tr. and. with a few exceptions, wkh tnfrgait, and won.ieriul powers (A enT waat I comments which renected wtthdep dis-1 durance ; the beautiful lduw. valley.,. I mttot. i .w ,trMl thtu. andrrores: the graamr thousands of

: Mt m t -.u-. fr6B,t ",''.:,; .,t wJm wn.u T the withotn laughter, ridicule and Qity and without comment; but the ,.,4 if.ir eon;ios of i kiT-r t.t ..nurlor-HU- funnr! tfti hacds. Tber appeared to con! rsutorit. a htieri lOKB. lfte entire ani ;w nf presented t t .r o:tn. ate eji i "luicu 4.ira w v - . . - -j . ,n45e3trfeXtending srins. Mr. Wadlelgh leaned back in his chair and shook with I BeighW, Pinkne'y YThfrlt Maryland, nf Pinknev'A antlladv UiceiMlinirunon tbe iolU like a woif on the fold, toann Mate I inkiiey s election ipate constituwit could do whole SenConklin". at"a ' Z .1 " t- ,ZZx vl.Z J antl smiiea his most sardonic smile, Then Thurman blew his louden resmla I tion blast sure portent of approach ! battle and rose audmovetl that the tended to be equally humorous and con- . the mmn who. thonsrh a Senator's ; more than ten thousand women at lean the courtesy that would be given to any . other petition. Whereupon Thumun, t with a flirmancv of wh ch I would not have believed h"im capable, if f seen it, blew his noe anew, : n l nad not and declar- ; e,i that he 44omv wished the petition &irin :o thir Iww." Then the craven ' Senate declared " the motion." which was onlv an inult. carried. Let it be ed and dropped with utter indiflferrnce was the petition against intemperance the petition that seeks to lighten the hearr load of degradation, misery, mar . . der, that lies upon the land and most hearily upon the betrt?f the lives, the I homes of women. In its UHmirvcing utterance, the Cm- , ittd of Sundav w.t-t nrfetlv r-onw.t 1 : when it said: 'Tha ladies manafna? the business managed it badly. If they had emmoved the femal lobbv or sent she lifts hor alluring eyes, aad nine times out of ten makes hire do as she; Ibteth. No woader, when the earnest fPP1 ,of, honest women reaclu hU nxIJi h&i neither response, hone.ty, l,onor nor lattice to givo it. The tTQpic& 1'eieg rKngnc was nunc i when - A lona a men arc bo.e. Thfr L tfaMin toiU-ctnr'. Women -work will be a probtem Still of lipn and ej w ami hair. A 4-ycar-old daughter of George Miller, near Nevada, 0., was burned to death by her i'clothea taking lire from a (store.

an arenging lantllaclr, of tembie re-1 euuueiiiy unoaBimeeu nurwiua-a mte for executive temper, who, it is de- to a home which would grace any socic-

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Caatal King's Cattfc laacb. A Chicago corrapondat wriw At tb inritation A Capt. K, tb wrfcr of tafa kartell wilb Mm ona Aim morninir. after an earlr braakf4.

to ride arotind the inclosttre. carriage was drawn by fmrHet,wiid scribe tbat ride and the team by which w wru drawn, their small, lithe limbs, srlowy coats, extended nostrils, pank- ? horses came boundimr into their tnSlt: the wonderful care and sagacity of tW shepherd .io wtchhjg their conveniences aad Iuxur.es of modem civilized life. Tbeir are no Ivotels or ulaces of entertainment en route, and the traveler is obliged to camp out by i.en. unit, juvu - juut'rtJi one at last reaches Santa Gertrudes, or King's Kanch as it is called by luany, the traveler feels as if he had comu to an oasis in a desert. The country he has just parsed over is not well calculated to please any but the rough and lulfcivitized frontiersman who delights in danger and Adventure, and ha.? no taste or ine s sweets of civilization, but here suits of roomj, and surrounded ncarir on all siue oy a piazza, m soutnern style. The guests' moms, dmmg-hall, kitchen, and store-rooms are in a lonr brick building, situated about 10U feet , in rear of the mansion. The whole is 1 ft,?!,! riohlr. mw lit be expected irora the great wealth an anil rnrwl t-nti ni the owner. The other buildings of imparlance are two very large tw.vtory lanre minding,, strongly and handsomely country and the approaches from all di newled to carry on the extensive busines of the Ranch. All these buildings ladle, both those of hi own household as well as strangers and guests. Members of his family and guests are always expected to appear at Ms table in dress suitable to the meal, and at all other times to display and exercise the courtesies of polite and refined life. Cap:, and Mrs. King entertain with the grace of the olden ume, and have the ready tact to make their guests feci at home. In winter it i3 not unusual to Snd here a large companythe trareled millionpitality. In thei ? King and famlly In their religious views, Capt. are rresoytenans, Mrs. King being the daughter of an eminent clergyman of that denomination. Though the distance of Santa Gertrudes from Corpus Chris ti, the nearest settlement, preclude its inmates from regular attendance upon divine worship, the babbath is nevertheless Kept strictly sacred, and work is wholly suspended f by the hundred of employee-;. Two sons and three daughters comixise the chtlthe Catted States and Mexico, Captain King would occupy a prominent posi- . tion, if in hi day. The location Ot his 1 estate, between the Rio del Bra.no and ' the he:vl of steam navigation at Corpus 1 Christt, would place him directly in the , uircn oi our .aciay, wno woum ttouutlro4 V4 w in d-s P'5 iromniswme-anown iwerawyanu tt . a , nospitamy. lie is no politician, anu seeks no political notoriety, but few nfen have a stronger lovo for hi country and its institutions than ho. Tlve reported failure of ft Chicago pawnbroker raises a new question for f the Indian Bureau What's to become

t of the Pawnees?