Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1881 — Page 3

WOMAN'S LOVE. if A sentinel angel, sitting high in glory, . Heant thia shrill wah ring eut<Fom purgatory; “Have mercy, mighty angel. Hear my story. “I loved, and blind with passionate love, I me down to death, and death For God la just, and death for sin Is well. " -I do not rage against His high decree; Nor, for myself do ask that grace shall be; But" for my love on eajtn who mourns forme! “Great Spirit, let me see my love again, And comfort him one hour, I were fain To pay a thousand years of fire and pain. Then spake the sentinel angel: “Nay, repent ' 1 This wild vow; see the diol fingers bent Down to the last hour of your punishment.” But stUl she walled: ‘h pray you let me go! I cannot rise to peace and leave him so; Oh! let me soothe him in Ms bitter woe!”. rhe brazen gates swung suddenly ajar. And upward joyous like a rising star, She rose, and vanished in the ether far. Bat soon, adown the dying sunset sailing. , And like a wounded bird her pinions trailing; c She fluttered back with broken-hearted ■ wading. . Shesobbed: “I found him by the summer sea * Reclined, his head upon a maiden’s knee! She curled his hair and kissed him; woe is me !”• ♦ '2 . “ . ■She wailed: “Now let my punishment beginI have been fond and foolish, let me in, To expiate ray sorrow and my sin.” The pitying angel answered t ‘•Nay, sad soul, go higher; , To be deceived In thy true heart’s desire Were bitterer than a thousand years of Are.’

HIS OWN DAUGHTER.

. ’‘Dear mother, it is the best .thing, after all, that could have happened; it is so much better than anything I dared to hope for. Because, if I had not fallen and sprained my ankle, I would not have lost my place in the store, and if it had not been for losing my place there I would never have gone all over the city hunting another situation, and if I had not been in so many places, and—if starvation hadn’t stared us in the face, I would qever. have'done so desperate, a thing, and we would still ba trying to keep body and soul together on the poorly paid, health-destroying labor—a poor sales- 1 woman's wages.” “Tell me all about it, dear,” said Mrs. Smith, dropping her thin. 'hands-on the work ovpr which she had bint wearily all day. “First let me put this endless sewing away, mpther. These poor," dear bands may rest a little now, for lam going to get $lO a week, and will only be away from you four or five hours each day. I shall have time for ever so much sewing besides, and you can just rest and grow strong once more. I received my first weekls wages in,advance. See here—” and she cut the cord that bound a bundle, and out on the table rolled several smaller parcels. “I brought the money home in a shape we could anpreuiate beet; at least—all there was left after paying the banker. Now, mother, dear, t amgoing to be extravagant and make an extra good cup of “But, Nellie, my child, you have tfot told me=—” ... “I know, mother,” broke in the blithe voice, “but you «ee, I havens forgotten that it is nearly noori,' and we have had no breakfast yet. There now—” giving the lire a vigorous poke; that set the tea tp steeping, ‘tyou see. mother,'! was just discouraged. I bad been to every store, millinery and drcss-making establishment .that I knew Of, and received the same, answer: ‘No more help needed,’ to all my inquiries, and, as I said, 1 was desj»erate. Just as I turned the corner of Blecker ’street, I saw a man being helped out of his' carriage; such a splendid carriage, mother. He was not a very old man, but looked as though he wAs almost gone with con»sumption.’ 1 went straight up to him. hardly realizing what I was doing,, and -asked hi iu it he knew where I could get employment of, some kind. At first he looked angry, as though he ‘ thought my impudence unbearable, but when he saw my face he stood still* and looked at me ns though he had seen a ghost. Aflena moment he said: “ ‘Yes,' I will engage you to come to my home every day at iO'o’dfock, and read or write for me, as.l desire* until 3. 1 will pay you MO a week for your •er vices.’ “Then he handed me his card, on which I read,“Hon. C. Hewitt, No 42 Leonard street,’ and I remembered, that cue of thegirls had once pointed his beautiful residence out to me. “ ‘Il the situation And terms are satisfactory, you will please accept one week’s wages in advance, and coine to-morrow at 10 o’clock.’ *}Aiid he held out the money, which only t*>o glad to take.” ’ “ Were you not a little hasty, daughter? ’ asked the mother, anxiously. ‘‘You- knew nothing of- this man.” ’ “I know this, mother, that we are starving, and that the money was our only salvation; besides it all occurred so quickly that I hardlv realized what had happened. Some how It seemed . a.** though some overruling providence was guiding me in spite of my self. “G id grant that it may be so,” said her mother. - / And now, while Nellie and her mother an enjoying their dinner, let us cast a has v look Into. Mrs. Smith's past life. Her pa repts having , died when she was young, her obildhood and-girih->od was pa.<fcd hi the drear/ monotony of her aunts house —a home which was grudgingly offered her,*' where-food, clothing and education v. ere dealt out to where never a word or look of love was- bestowed’ upon her. : What wonder that, when CLnml Smith, oi.e •of her aunt’s summer lx>arderi», became interested in girl’s, pretty and shy sweet.face,, and told her the old. old story, her yearning heart responded with a passionate love/ . Her aunt, being only too glad to have, the girl's support fall on other shoulder.-, consented to the union, and on? evening there was a quiet .wedding at ] the little cottage. Then billowed weeks of hanpiJesS : for the jprl whose life Itad been so lonelv ! until one evening her husband eameto her with a troubled look, and told har i that his only relative, a rich uncle ih* England, was very, sick and had sent for him to come immediafely, and, taking hisy< ting wife in bis arms, he soothed her with foud words, saving: “I dare not take yob with me. darlihe. Uncle George was very angry when my mother married a man with such a plebeian name. Of all' names, Smith* he cytirns. stands at the very bottom.- Uncle George never forgave my mother; but when both toy parrents died, leaving me alone, he appointed ajguardian for me,kept me well supplied with funds, aud now .that he •is dying I must go to him;, but I will return soon as possible to my little wife.” - J And so he left her, with plenty of of money w but with an aching heart, and she had never seen him since. Troubles had seemed to muliply after that. .A contagious disease broke out m their town, and carried off whole families. Her aunt fell a victim, but she escaped and came to the city, hoping to hud employment by which to support herself. She had a small sum of money left, with which she purchased a little cottage, and here Nellie was born. .The roses bloomed once more on Ne.lies cheeks, and. her step grew weeks advanced. She hked her employment, and, above all, she liked ber employer. -Many substantial evidences of his kindness had found their-way to the little cottage, and many an extra dollar bicT found its way to Nellie’s pocket. ~ -“ • As his face grew thinner and bis step slower,be teemed to turn to the young gin for sympathy, and the sound of

her sweet voices and the touch of her cool hand, had power to soothe him. to rest, when all else had failed. He often watched her aa aba moved about the room, in ber bright cheerful way, with • strange Wist fa 1 look In bis fading ayes- - * One morning,ws she took her seat by his couch, he laid his thin, transparent band on ber own, saying as he did ho: ■ “I feel thatlhave but a few more hours of life,and I wish to' talk to Sou,” and he sniffed almost sadly as e met her startled glance. “Yes,” he continued slowly. I shall soon he gone, and there will be no one to truly mourn for me. unless it be the little girl I have taken such an unaccountable interest in. You will miss me, Nellie’” For an answer she bowed her bead over her clasped bands and wept. He waited a few moments, then taking one little palm in his hands and caressing it tenderly, said: “No doubt you have often wondered that 1, a perfect stranger, should have given you employment without question or reference. I canbardly tell why I did so myself. Perhaps it was a look on that pitiful young face so like a dear face I used to love. “ I have carried the memory of that face all through life. I had only been married a few Weeks when I was summoned to Engl aud, and when I returned I found the house where I bad left my dear one deserted, and Was told that she was dead. “My uncle, at his death, left me his property /providing that I would take his name, but oh !It has been a long, sad Hte without my darling. I have taken a strange interest in you, and my heart seems to cling to you in my last hours. I have taken care of your future, dear, and there, is neither wife nor child, mother of sitter to question theYight of the will I have made in your behalf,. Somehow, since I have carried out my intentions respecting you I feel so peaceful; as though there is nothing left -undone, and I am ready to go.” »• z He wasintenupted by a fit bf coughng which lasted so long that Nellie was frightened. After she had laid him back on his pillow she saw his lips move, but the words were so low that she had to bend over him to hear them. “When I am-gone, Nellie, open this little ebony cabinet. Inside you will find my wife’s picture. You may look at it, but I want It buried with me.” . He lay back on his pillow and closed his eyes wearily. A strange calm stole o>r his features and an icy chill crept Into the bands clasped in hers—a chill thateenta thrill of horror to her heart. She bent over him and spake bis name oh; so tenderly—but he heard not the yofing voice. He had passed forever beyond its reach. The next day. as he lay in his coffin, Nellie opened the little casket and took out the picture he had treasured. ■ Oping to the window, she opened the case, looked upon the sweet, girlish flee smiling One. moment, then a q6lck, gasping Fry' escaped her lips, and she fell into the anus of an attendant. The -face of her dead friend’s lost wife was the face of ber mother. ‘ 1

The Guacho.

San Crauclsco Chronicle. To Paraguay, Uruguay and the ArjjeiitiueConfederation belong the honor or dishonor of having originated the gaucho. In his least mischievous condition he Is a herder of wild in the pampas, living in a round hut,with the skeleton of »-bull,'a. head for a chair a dried bull’s hide for his bed, bull beef toasted at the point of a slick, for his food; His constant companion is a wild horse, the implenjents of his craft a riata and a huge knife, and hjs trade itself the herding, branding, killing and skinning of cattle, now and then spleed by the robbery and murder of a traveler or an associate; At the worst he becomes either a professional robber or a revolutionary soldier, marching under such leadership as the cut-throat Quiroga, or the dastard, Lopez, or the more dashing villain Bosas,to the sack of a city and the overthrow State government. Trained to’acts of cruelty 'and'scenes of bloodshed from his earliest youth,, ignorant of any .alphabet, distrustful of any form of civilization because it restrains hjs brutal passions, he reaches Che years ot manhood as much a savage in all his instincts as the wildes. Indian, and as merciless as a tiger. • ‘ For more than half a century this curious animal hasJtept the etitire region of the Paraguay and Parana In a constant revolutionary ferment under one chief or another. Sometimes be has been formidable enough to threaterv Buenos Ayres. Many'times he has robbed and desolated the smaller cities of San Juan, Cordova, Mendoza, and to this day he is the'terror-cf travelers and isolated ranches all over the great pampas'-Of • South America. It is thought that he could not obtain a footing in-any other country, because bis like had neve?r been seen anywhere else. And the rapid construction of railways on the waters of the Plala, with the consequent great increase of immigrants from Europe, encouraged the hope of the speedy annihilation of bis breed. This waa a" mistake. Like’ produces like.- The same employment which yielded the gaucho .on the Parana and Paraguay has turned out a plenti’ul crop of his kind on the plains of Texas, lhe hills ofrNew Mexico and in the parks of .Colorado/ where the breeding of long homed cattle is thb chief industry of the |>eopje. The Texas gaucho appears to have developed already, though he is as yet hardly out of his first generation, all the worst characteristics of his South American brother. His animal courage is: high. He would rather fight than eat. He ridee miles away to some little railroad town for the sole purpose of fighting, drinking, killing and Smashing thiug’s generally; If he can do no better he fights and kills his companions. Mexicans, Indians, Chinese, and well-dressed fctrahgefs arfe his particular aversion. In his haunts, as at Deming, El Paso and Albuquerque, he is the boss law-giver, aud -wpe unto the Justice ot the Peace or {lie Sheriff or Constable that attempts to curb him.. He herds for another only uatil he can steal a herd of bis own. When, he is on a “spree” and runs short of change, whether in town or country, he puts a pistol to some citizen’s head and de--mands cash. The demand is nearly always honored, in the exceptional cases the pistol goes off and the citizen dies in his boots. He goes by the. name of ‘‘cowboy” in Texas, but his real name is gaucho, and his numbers have so rapidly increased of late that he is about as much above the law in the places of his usual rendezvous as his brother of the Argentines. Quite recently he has been heard from as far west as Arizona, and as far south as Sonora, where the climate has been unhealthy for him. More active railway intercourse will probably interfere with his health in Texas and New Mexico. He will then emigrate into ('hihuahua, Durango and other States of Old Mexico, where the cattle range is good and refuge from justice easy. He is sure, in the end, to become a “revolutionist,” and we shall by and by hear of him as a far more dangerous pest to the authorities of that republic than he can long continue to be on this side ot the line, though where he now is he is the cause of more murders and flagrant outrages than all the surrounding tribes of wild Indians.

Nevada’s Natural Phenomena.

Eureka Leader. Nevada is a land of carious natural Snenomena. Her rivers have no visile outlet to the ocean. She has no lakes of any magnitude. She has vast stretches of alkali deserts, however, that give every indication of having been the beds or bottoms of either scm or lakes Down ih Lincoln county there is a spring of ice cold water that

' bubbles up over a rock and disappears on the other side, and no one has been able to find where the water goes. At another point in the same county is a largespring, about twenty feet Square, that Is apparently only some eighteen or twenty inches in depth, with a sandy,bottom. The sand can be plainly seek, but on looking closer it is preceived that this sand is in a perpetual state of unrest. No bottom has ever I been found to this spring. It is - said that a teamster, on reaching this spring one day, deceived by Its apparent shallowness. concluded to soak one of his wegon wheels to cure the looseness of its tire. He therefore took jtoff and rolled it into the, as he thought, shallow water. He neves laid eyes on that wheel again. Her mountains are full of caves and caverns, many of which have been explored toa great distance. Speaking of caves, a redeo was held last spring over in Huniiagton valley. During its’|>rogrees quite a number of cattle were missed and for a time unavailing search was made for them. At last they were traced to the mouth of a natural tunnel or cave in the mountain. The herders entered the cave, and following it for a long distance, at last found the cattle. It appears that they had probably entered the cave, which was very narrow in search of water. It had finally narrowed so that they could proceed no further. Neither could they turn around to get out. They had been missed some days, and if they had not been found must inevitably have perished in a.short time. As it was they were extracted from their predicament with difficulty, by the nerders squeezing past and getting in front of them and scaring them into a retrograde movement by flapping their be* into the faces of the stupid bo vines.

Garfield Tells “A Little Story.

Providence Press. In 1875, when the Democrats organized the house of representatives for the first time after the war,there was a general clearing ont of old clerks to make places for the friends of Democratic congressmen. Two old attaches of the-house, who had held their places through many administrations, Mr. Barclay, the journal clerk,and Dr. Mahaffy, one of ths reading clerks, supposed that Congress could not get along without them, and that they were not, therefore, in any danger of removal. Sitting in their arm-chairs in their office, General Garfield said, as they blew .the smo|te from their cigars, they congratulated each other: “Well,it was to be expected that these poor devils of under clerks would lose their places, but we are solid. Adams, the new clerk of the house, will never be fool enough to turn us out.” But one day as unexpectedly as a thunder clap from a clear sky, came the announcement that even Barclay and Mahaffy had been removed. Both men immediately put on their hats and went over to Sanderson’s in search of liquid consolation. They drank confusion to Clerk Adams and the whole Democratic party, and they chuckled and laughed as they called up in imagination the inextricable tangle into which Hie busiuesaof the house would get as soon Ua they left their desks; aud finally when they were pretty full, they started back to the capital arm-in arm. As they beat up against the wind across the piazza, Dr. Mahaffy burst into an immoderrte laugh. “I shay,Barclay,” said he, (hie), “won’t it be • good joke when they come (hie) to us on their* benued knees and beg ua to come back and straighten things out.” Just then Barclay, who didift seem to appreciate the joke much, stopped,straightened himself up, and, pointing at the Goddess of Liberty on the dome of the capitol, he shook his infirm finger at it aud said; “D’ye see her (hiclMahafly? She totters! she totters!” Well, Barclay and Mahaffy have almost been forgotten at the capital,but the Goddess of Liberty’still stands at thfe head of the dome.

The Horrible Fly in India.

One of India’s pests is the metallic blue-lly. You sink the legs of your furniture int> metallis sockets filled with salt and water; and pack your clothing in tight tin boxes, to prevent the incursion of white ants; but you have no remedy agaiust the metallic blue-fly, which fills every crevice, every keyhole, and every key itself, with clay. This fly is an artistic as well as an industrious worker, and he works always with an object. He first selects a hole, a keyhole or an empty space ru any metallic substance is preferred, but, iu the at» euoe any such material, the holes in the bottom of a cane-seat chair or any perforates! wood, will answer tlie purpose. After seeing that the hole is clean and in good order, he commences operations by laying on the bottom a smooth carpet of clay; then the bodies of several defunct spiders are triumphantly placed upon the clay carpet On top of these spiders the eggs of the female fly are deposited. The tomb is then ready for closing. The top is neatly covered over with clay, but it still has an unfinished look. This Is remedied by -a thin coat of whitewash, and then the fly looks upon his-work and pronounces it good. When this tomb is opened there are more metallic blue flies in the world than there were before. You are anxious to examine or wear some of your valuables, which you always keep under lock and key, aud you take your key and endeavot to unlock your A trunk, but it is only an endeavor. There is resistance in the keyhole. You examine the key, aud find that it is nicely sealed up with clay, aud the keyhole: in the same condition. It is a work of patience to destroy the nursery of the. poor insect, and lay his castle in ruins; but a determined will can accomplish much. Cane-seated chairs are someti toes so occupied by these clay homes as to make it hard to determine what the original substance was’.

Bigger Than Our Army.

Denver Tribune. •'The force of men now at work on the Denver and Rio Grande railway’s extensions is larger than the United States armv!’ r The speaker was exGovernor Hunt, who has just returned from old Mexico. *.*Hqw many men are there?” asked a Tribune reporter, a little awed by the statement. “More than 32,000,” returned the Governor, laconically. “Nearly 19,000. of this number are at work in old Mexico. There are 3,000 or 4,000 in New Mexico, 5,00 p or 6,000 in this state, and the remainder are scattered through Utah and the other localities where we are doing work.” “Do you find any hinderance to your work from the people of old Mexico?” asked the reporter, remembering that several correspondents from that old country had recently said that the the natives were suspicious of all new railroad enterprises. “The only hinderances we find are in not getting the supplies we need. Toe people are all right, but timber is so scarce that we have to transport all. our ties from Louisiana or Florida. There is a lack <»f all kinds of railroad material down there except men to do the work; we can get all of them we want. There is no troth at all in the statements that the Mexicans regard railroad enterprises with suspicion, or that theyopenly or otherwise oppose them. Why. we are giving bread and butter to 10,000 of their people—sometkiog they never had before. They haven’t got any very good reason' to complain, and they don’t seem disposed to. I wish the people of other regions we have gone through had treated us as well as they do in Mexico. The leading and influential men do all they can to aid the enterprise, and no difficulty has been experienced in getting all the depot laud we want donated—and the best kind of title at that. We found it harder.to go through Colorado than any where else. Even in Leadville we had to nav SIOO,OOO for our depot land.” /

“It has been said by one of the correspondents who was with Grant that the people ofMexfco were HfiMltbraWe to the,Unitad Rtatra railroad ion?”sugg|rf|e<lth| werSGoJ! Hu Sj^j^y ‘‘ most Hkelyaaid to hurt out Xoad. As I said JteforeAhe leading * men want the rOSa. theff government is glad that M is coming, and why should the people who are making bread and butter by it eomptainT” '-'JRPB •Rh FW “We wfli soon have a good deal of road inccndltiofi for travel in Mexico,” continued the governor. “We will have 2,400 miiee of road in old Mexico •nd this added to that in the states and territories will make a total of over 4,000 miles of nfiL The work it progressing rapidly, and it is being pushed with great energy. Yes*” concluded Gov- Hunt, “old Mexico is going to be a great railroad country, and it has treated us better tbaa Colorado did.”

A Story of a Ring.

Detroit Chart. We hear a good deal about rings newadavs, and nothing very good bf them either. I heard of a ring the ojher day that told a story—in 'act its own story. The ring glistened on the finger of a washwoman through the suds in a tub,and thus betrayed a secret. The lady of a certain house in this city had advertised .for a laundress to come to her house on certain days. The advertisment was responded to by a neat rather refined looking woman. When • the laundress had begun her work the lady saw, shining on a shapely hand, a pretty and peculiar ring. She requested the privilege of leoking at it. The woman hesitated a moment, and then nervously held out her hand. “That Is a elaas ring,” said the lady. “It is,” was the respbnse of the laundress, as she turned her face away. “Where did you get it?” asked the lady, emboldened, porhaps, by the manner of the wearer of the ring. “It is my husband’s.” “At what college did ho graduate?” “At Yale.” JX “In what class?” “The class of ,75.” That ended the interview for the time, as the lady could by no means get from the washwoman the name of ber husband. The lady had thus been unladylike, perhaps, aud curious be-cause-her sou wore a class ring fxaotly like die one Jn question, and was a graduate In toe class bf ’75 at Yftle. She told him the story, and one night he followed the laundress to her rooms in Michigan avenue; where hp found classmate and college chum poring over some second-hand law books. He works in the day time and *so does his trump of a wife. One day he will be admitted to the bar, he will work hard, she will help him, and when they are rich they can afford to smile at the afory of the ring—which is strictly true. .

What the Defeat of the Land Bill Will Do.

New York "World. If the lords, by rejecting or mutilating the land bill, force a battle, the ligating will be short, sharp ana decisive, and the result never for a moment in doubt. They and the squires and the established church will stand alone. The radicals will not only muster every man of radical tendencies in the three but draw tens of thousands of recruits from the farmclass, which have hitherto been as loyal to Toryism as to beer and the : bible. They will sweep Ireland as with a "broom, the Orange yeomanry of Ulster, as well as the disaffected tenantry in the other three provinces. The fact is, American competition has made radicalism irrepressible. Farmers can not live against your exports ' under entail and primogeniture. They must have free trade in land or ten years hence they will. be >es extinct as the archives of Crecy. Under the present land laws estates are tied up in one family. Imprdyements are in many cases impossible; jointures have to be paid to a horde of heirs out of the annual rent: purchase and sale when permissible are hampered by costly lorms and processes; the occupier, in short, has to carry on his back the owner, the owner’s kin, the middle men aud agents, and unless* he can throw ofl his loaa and became his own landlord, it is manifestly impossible for him to face his transatlantic competitors. *

Street “Mashers” Egged by Ladies.

Omaha Bee. A couple of mashers met with their just deserts on Saturday evening. Two highly respectable yonng ladies were walking down Capitol avenue shortly after twilight, unattended. They had net proceeded very far when they noticed a couple of young men following them. Both of the young fellows were gotten up in a regardless fashion, with immaculate shirt-fronts an<f lavender pantalo ms. Both, no doubt, considered themselves the observed of all observers. Soon after the young ladies discovered the real state of the case, they quietly dropped into . a grocery store and each purchased a couple of eggs. The walk was resumed the mashers following and ogling until the Masonic hail was reached. At that point the two fellows stepped up to the ladies, and, with many profound bows, asked them if they wanted-to take a promenade. Both ladies at once straightened up, and without a word each selected her man. Four eggs immediately, flew with well-airec.ed aim. Each of the mashers got a mouthful* besides which, the lavender, trousers, the pride of Jh«ir hearts, were bespattered beyoud all hopes bf repair. The affair happened to be witnessed by only a few people, but the dignified young men retreated in vast disorder to repair the Wreck to their* stunning attire. .

A Hueband’s Revenge.

Free press. A Detroit man detected his wife and a neighboring man planning an elopement. He allowed them to proceed undisturbed to a certain point, and then called in a policeman. The result is thus related; 'He took a lamp and led the way to the vkoodshed. The neighbor, dressed in his Sunday suit, was tied up in one .corner, and the recreant wife occupied an empty dry goods boy in the other. «“Got ’em last night at 9 o'clock,” said the husband, “and I’ve put in the whoi? day telling ’em what I think of such business. Guess I’d better let ’em off now, hadn’t IW Tile officer thought so, and the neighbor was released, led to the ddor K and the husband said: “Now you trot, and if you ever try to run away with my wite again I’ll—l’ll be hanged if I don’t go and tell your .wife about it!’.’ He then*turned to his wife,\untied the cords, and said: “I guess you feel ashamed of this, and there ain’t no need to say any more about it. I ain’t very mad this'time, but ifyoutryit again there’s no knowing what IJ® ay do.” “Well?” gasped the officer, as' he drew a long breath. “Well, didn’t. I git ’em?” chuckled the husband, in proud delight. “I may look like a spring chicken, but I’m no fool, and’ don’t you forget it!” The Indian Method of Treatment. Enreka (Net.) Sentinel. On Tuesday last, early in the morning, four bucks were seen carrying a comely squaw over Clark street hill. The squaw was tied hand and foot, and appeared as recounciled to her fate as an Egyptian mummy. In answer to a question as to what they were doing wjth the prisoner., a sturdy buck, whose cheeks were daubed With’a brilliant red, replied; “Bad squaw; heap ruif away from husband for some other fellow. Take him back to camp and whip him. He po run away again.”'

A SEA MONSTER

Savage Creatures That Bise From the Bottom'of the Sea Onlylwhen . They are Mutilated Scientific Information About Them. ) New YorK Baa. “Weli, Uli b®'blowed,” said a redfaoed, jolly-looking peisonage, who was gazing at a diminutive squid advertised by a Rockaway showman as a “Monster of the Ocean.” . “You have seen.larger, then?” said a Sufi reporter, who had also been attracted by the announcement. t “Well, I should say so,” replied the -red-faced man. “Let’s see; this one here is about eight inches long. Well, I’ve caught squids whose eyes were just eight eight inches across. That’ll give you an idea.’* •: > “They must have been ten feet long, then?” . “Yes, if you add forty feet to it 1 suppose, you think that a pretty tough yarn, but it is a fact You see, lam a Grand Banks fisherman myself, off on a sort of vacation. I’ve heard about the games they play on a green hand here; but I wouldn’t want it to get out in Gloucester how I paid a quarter to look at a cod bait. We use those things for bait—catch them by thousands in nets and with jiggers and salt them down. I’ve carried fifty thousand out on one trip, and then to come away down here and pay a quarter to look at one—it’s astonishing how fresh a man can be who has always been around salt water. I’ve tackled a squid three feet long by actual measurement, and have seen chunks of others that I

guessed were from sixty to seventy feet long. You can’t get any idea of a big one from that little thing. I’ve been round the world, seen sharks, whales, and big snakes, but a big : equid when he’s cornered is about the worst looking creature you want to see. Generally their body is about ten feet long, looks like a grayish-white bag, with a tail like a big arrow head. The head is' small, but the are about as a large saucer or plate, and black and staring. When you catch a glimpse of them eyeing you out vom among tneir arms, I tell you it makes a man wish he hadn’t come. The arms, ten of them, branch from the head, eight short ones about fifteen leet, and two long ones from thirty to forty depending, of course, upon; the size of the squid. Eight of them are lined witkjpckers) each one ranging in size from a ten cent piece up to a half dollar. They are like so many air pumps. In, each one is a ring of bone witn edges like a saw. These are pressed into you, and the air is sucked our., which, of course, forces the teeth or the saw in, and you cau imagine the effect of hundreds of these flying around and striking ou all sides. The long arms only have their suckers confined to the ends, which are flattened out. Between all these arms is the mouth, which has two beaks just like a parrot’s, only larger, and the upper one sets into the under so they can nip a piece out of an oar blade as easy as to say the word. “Do they swim?. Yes, and backward, too, dragging the arms alter after them, aud going like lightning. Sometimes they jump right out of the water, and come down as slick as a flying fish. The first one I ever tackled was just above Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. We saw something in near shore, and a couple of us jumped into a dory and pqlled over to it. When we got near a big wave tossed us right on top of it, and the first thing that I knew I got a shot of water and ink (you Know they spurt ink from an ink bag) fair in the face, and by the time I wiped it off the squid was half aboard us. It flung five of its arms over, and one struck my mate on his bare and nearly hauled him over. I grabbed the ax, aud managed to cut two of the arms, when another got around my leg, and hauled me ofl my feet; down I went into the boat, and I believe that’s the only thing that saved us, as my hand landed on a big boat hook. 1 lay on my back, the boat half full c f water, and jammed that hook right through the ugly creature’s eyes, aud, as my mate bad put an oar through it, it slipped into the water. All this time, mind you, it was fuming •and spurting water and ink; but it was only about a half a fathom of water, and I stuck the. boat hook in it again. After we had bailed out the boat we rflade the equid fast by the painter, towed it aboard, and cut it up lor bait, after we had measured it. From the tip of the long arms to the end of the tail the line gave fifey-one and a half feet. We packed it in a tub that was made to hold exactly 900 pounds of cod, and it filled it. I wouldn’t tackle one again like it for the proceeds of a whole season. “Why, everywhere a sucker had struck my mate’s arm it looked like as though a red-hot iron had been pressed on aud sunk iu, aqd where they had beeu torn afcay the flesh had ’ gone, too. He was laid up a month. I had a heavy pair of boots on, and the leather showed the marks, as if they bad been cut with a penknife. “Yes,” (in answer to a question), “most all the Gloucester men can tell big stories about squids. Captain Collins, now one of the United States fish commission, used to run the schooner Howard, and they caught five in one day, averaging from thirty-five to forty-five feet on an- estimate, and weighing about a thousand pounds apiece. Some difference between them and this monster that we are money out on.’,’ .

This account was not exaggerated, as any may prove by paying a visit to the zoological museum .of Yale college, where Professor Vernll has the finest collection, of these creatures in this or any other country. A few years ago they were nbt beTlrveJ in'. «nd the stiange tales ofHugo were the only hints of their.cpcistence; but one was washed ashore on the Newfoundland coast, and fortunately ' fell into the hands of the Smithsonian Institute, and thus their existence became assured and credited*+>y many who some years-back classed them with the sea-serpent. At certain seasons they are more frequent than others, as they are only round or seen mutilated, living at other times in the deep Sou, it is supposed that they become injured ih the breeding seation; or perhaps at certain times parasitic animals are more frequent. 187$ was a season extremely noted in this respect, and numbers were seen floating on the surface, food for birds, or partly dead and mutilated. Others Were? fount! "along the coast, washed among the breakers, where they swung, hanging by their two long tentacles, which, were fastened to the rooks,, answering the purpose of cables to the living ship on.a sea shore. The greater number were observed between north latitude 44° and 44° 30 / . and between west longitude 49° 30' and 49° 50'. From this tract over thirty gigantic squids were taken by the Gloucester fishermon" alone, and cut up sot codfish bait. Along shore on the Newfoundland coast, the neople either sell them to the cod fisherman or cut them up for t dog meat. The schooner Sarah P. Ayer, Captain Oakley, t>f Gloucester, waap S ,HouUity tortunate. The E. R. Nickerson, Captain McDonald, harpooned ope and secured it, alter a struggle, the arms of which, were thirtyrfive feet long; and Captain Mallory, of the schooner Tragabigzanda, captured a number with bodies over twelve feet long without the .arms. . • . r. A famous place for them seems to be the Flemish Cap. a bank to the northeast of the Grand banks. Portions of these monsters have been found in .whales, that indicated animals nearly one hundred feet long and twenty-five hundred poundsdn weight Theeeani- ! mala are, not near to the geologists. Their fossil beaks* and ink bags are frequently found in the strata of recent

formation, the ink being so well pre* served thafaltwM formerly used as the •cpia of commerce, and a writer has penned the history of living squids with the ink of one that perished tens of thousands of years in the past Earlier forms of the squid appeared in shells*, and these fossil coverings are frequently found almost as large as a cart wheel, while some of the straightshelled varieties reached a length of fifteen feet, and according to some authorities, thirty feet Imagine a shell thirty feet in length propelled like a battering ram through the water, waving Its snake-like arms; a fitting forefather of the giant squid of to-day, the architenthls of the scientific world.

Doctors Greatly Puzzled.

New York Sun. On the afternoon of Jan. 26 Mrs. Catherine Crave of 4 Charlton street was sh,ot in the head by William Sindram, who had been compelled to leave the house for non payment of board. The ballet entered the left temple and remained in the wouiid. She died last Sunday evening at 7:19, 4j months after the shooting. The case has attracted much attention. Dr. W. E. Forest, who attended Mrs. Crave, says that although some surprising recoveries from wounds to the upper portion of the brain are recorded, yet he believes that so long a Kriod of vitality after a wound in the se of the brain is unparalelled. Dr. Forest’s office is directly opposite Mrs. Craves dwelling, and he saw her immediately after the shooting. He says: “There was a remarkable absence of prostration from the first She did not fall when shot, but leaned her head in a corner, and, if she lost consciousness at all, it was only momentarily. At least two teaspoonfuls of brain matter oozed from the wound, but her control over her motions was not disturbed, and she could talk rationally. The fever that followed was not greater than always follows a gunshot ’ wound and this gradually abated, and her general health and appetite returned. During the first two weeks there were some indications of a shock to the brain —manifested in the dilation of the pupils of her eyes and in'a nervous irritability—but there were never any symptoms of paralysis, such as would follow compression of the brain. She was thoroughly in the possession of all her faculties, and after the first shock was over all htr bodily. functions went on with vigor.

During the first two weeks she partook of moderate nourishment, such as warm milk with a little brandy, beef tea, &c.,and the treatment was similar to that adopted in cases of congestion of the brain. I put ice packs to the head,' and combated the fever. Afterward, when her digestion seemed strong and her appetite was restored, I administered remedies calculated to support the system, such as iron and beef. The treatment of the case has no significance. It was her extraordinary natural sustained her. Her appetite was She could eat oysters by the quart, and would consume a bottle of wine a day. Meanwhile there was an orifice three-fourths of an inch in diameter In her temple, and a strong light directed in it disclosed the surface oi the brain. The wound suppurated freely until about four weeks after the injury, when the wound on the temple ceased, to discharge, and the flow came from the ear. Water injected into tbe ear came into the wound in the temple. “Notwithstanding this evidence of the spread of inflammation and the breaking down of tissue, her mental power seemed unimpaired. About two months after the shooting she complained of intense pain in the right side, and about three weeks latep an abscess was developed. The immediate cause of her death was the exhaustion of her physicial forces from the wasting effects of [the abscesses.” The autopsy increased the surprise of tbe physicians that she should have survived so long. Tbe bullet, ragged in shape and broken into three pieces, ’ was found lodged just in front of the spinal column below the base of the brain. It had perforated the base of the skull, close to the interior tube of the ear, scooping out a portion of the base of the cerebrum. The brain was found to be in a healthy condition, except in the portion immediately surrounding ihe bullet hole. The ordinary result of suchk wound, iffnot immedi-* ately fatal, would be for the inflammation to spread through the brain substance. In this the inflammation had extended downward the whole length of the neck, but had not yet entered the cavity of the chest. This abscess would soon, of .itself, have E roved fatal had not the other one rokeu out. The latter abscess was found to extend from behind the kidneys on the right side, down into the right thigh. The abscess in the head and neck was the di ct result of the wound. The lower abscess were the result of septic absorp n. Thesurvival of the patient for so long a time with such Injuries makes the case one of the most extraordinary on record. A member of the family said that until recently Mrs. Crave expected to get well. Toward the last her appetite failed, and during the last three days she took very little nourishment. She remained conscious until Sunday morning. She was 51 years and 5 months old. She had been a very large, strong woman, weighing upward of 160, pounds, buthad become emaciated. She was of German nationality. A Coroner’s jury will probable be impanelled this morning. Sindram, after shooting Mrs. Crave, ran into the street pistol in band. He was collared by a little man, and held despite bis threats and remonstrances until a policeman arrived. It has never been found out who this man was, and he has not been seen since. Sindram uas committed to the Tombs to await the result of Crave’s in juries J

Two Dollar-and-a-Half Christians.

Louisville Christian Observer. There are a great many people in their religion that remind me of “Uncle Phil,” a pious old darkey of the old times in Texas. Well, Phil was a fervent Christian, with a great gift of prayer. He attended all the Saturday night prayer meetings on the neighboring plantations, and could pray louder and longer than any of the bretheren. But Phil had one weakness —he dearly loved money, and, different from the negro generally, he loved to hoard it. Near by us lived a man, whp, not troubled about any scruples, would pay Phil a dollar to work on his field on Sundays. One Sundav night, as Phil came home after dark, I accosted with him: “Where have you been, Phil?” “Oh, just knocking about, massa.” “You have been working for Miller.” “Well, you see, massa, the old fellow is in need, and he jest showed me a silver dollar, and I jest couldn’t stand it.” “Ain't you afraid the devil will get you for breaking the Sabbath?” Phil scratched his head a minute,and said: “I guess the Lord’ll ’scuse me, massa.” “No. * He says, remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.” and it was not long before I heard his voice in fervent prayer back of the barn, and so I thought I would slip down near enough to hear. “Oh, Lord,” I heard him say. “I have this day ripped and teared, cussed and sweared at them confounded oxen of Miller’s, and jest broke the Sabbath day. Oh, Lora, please foigive me; please forgive me, for I’s nothing bat a miserable heathen anyhow. If you’ll {eet forgive me this time I’ll never do t again as long as I live, ’cepting he give me $2.50 a day.” At this point I was obliged to beat a hasty retreat, but I am thinking that poor Uncle Phil isn’t the only $2 50 Christian in this world.

JOCOSITIES.

The editor of the Oil City Derrick claims to have a country-seat It is a stump. An up-town grocer has a strong run on tea, and he calls his.scales “ambush” because they lie in weight It is the thing now to serve coffee with whipped cream. Cream, however, that has been licked by a cat will not dq> In Texas lived a? fair maid And a tellow*be called her a Jade; Bhe grabbed for a gun,/ He started to run, But was neatly and instantly stayed. A cross-eyed man who said £thatjhe was going to “vote as he shot,” had his ballot carefully 'put among the “scattering,” by the judicious torA married woman said to her husband: “You have never taken me to the cemetery,” “No, dear,” replied he “that is a pleasure I have yet in anticipation.” A new style of boys’ trousers has been invented in Boston, With a copper seat, sheet-iron knees, riveted down in the seams,and water-proof pockets to hold broken eggs;

Young lover asks: “When is the best time to travel?” When you see the old man and his bull dog coming round the corner, sir. Travel for all you are worth. An exchange says: “A beautiful example of ‘force of habit’ is to see a disciple of Murphy fill his glass with water and dreamily blow froth off’the innocent water before drinking.”’ “You wouldn’t take a man’s last cent for a cigar, would you?” “Certainly I would,” remarked the proprietor. “Well, here it is, then,” passing over a cent, “give me a cigar.” Edison has perfected a fog-horn that can be heard ten miles, but when it comes to an invention for getting his hired girl up in the morning, he smiles sadly and falls to musing on the infinite. "" “More puff’s than anything seen for years are the backs of some new skirts,” says a fashion exchange. The writer probably never read a country newspaper when the first crop of pumpkins began to come in. A painting, the prodigal son, on exhibition in one of the Paris galleries, si designated as follows: “The prodigal in watching the hogs thinks of his parents.” “Rather rough on his parents,” says Guibollard. The following is the Chinese version of Mary and her lamb: “Was gal name Moll had-lamb Flea all samee white snow, Evly place Moll gal walkce, Ba ba hoppee long too. A good churchman was commenting ab the breakfast-table on the conduct of one of the vestry when he was suddenly interrupted bv his hopeful, aged* 7, exclaiming; “Papa, why don’t you pull down your vestry-man?” Little Jimmy is laid up with measles and suffers a great deal, but when he was asked how he liked the measles he he brightened up and exclaimed: “The doctor says I can’t go to school for a week. That’s how I like it.” The Buffalo Express gentle chides a Buffalo bride who got married in a pair of stockings valued at $l5O. One aundred and forty-nine dollar’s worth of bonnet and sl’s worth of stockings would have made more show. Vassar has one smart girl who will in the hereafter be heard of in women’s rights societies. She described straw as being a hollow thing with a ten cent m«n on one end of it and a twenty cent drink on the other end. A certain little dainsel, being aggravated beyond endurance by her big brother, fell down on her knees and cried: “O Lord,, bless my brother Tom. He lies, he steals, he swears. All boys do. Us girls don’t. Amen.’\ “Is ft true, Harry, that you have broken off with Marks way’s daugh-" ter?”. ‘Alas, yes! I was forced to, although she is a charming woman.” ‘‘Why?” “Incompatibility of complexion. She does not suit my furniture.”

Dore lias just finished a new picture entitled “The Vale oi Tears.” He took the city of Chicago, after an exhaustive wheat corner, as a model. The piclure is so natural that one can almost detect the smell of the Skunk river. , The cashier’s In the corner Counting up the money, £ • The editor is writing Something awful fuury. A maid in the hallway With a poem sweet; She is dressed in sealskin •From head to feet. Doctor: “Oh! there you are, Smith. How’s the wife?” Farmer: “Wuss, I’m afraid, sir.” Doctor: Indeed! Is she wandering?” Farmer: “No, no; she’s sensible. That’s what I’m afraid of. L never knowed her so sensible. She’s onnaturally sensible.” Snooks went home the other night afflicted with double vision. He sat for some time with his sleepy gaze rivited upon Mrs. Snooks, and then complacently remarked: “Well, I hope t’holler ’fyou two gals don’t look ’nough alike to be twins.” A maiden who lived at Accord The sight of\a spider abhorred; But herlbver, made bolder. Brushed one from her shoulder, ind she gave him a kiss in reward. Next night as he sat by her side. And let his fln artfully glide ’Round her trim belted waist — “(XGeorge now make haste And pretend there’s a spider,” she cried;

TABLE TALK.

Philadelphia is to have several negro policemen. Pastor Sale, of the Baptist church at Mason City, lowa,- has been deposed for Beecherism. The Egyptian budget for the year 1830, approved by the Comptrollers, shows a surplus of about $5,000,000,arising from improoved revenue and decreased expenditure. Henry E. Dixey.the comedian,points with pride to the fact that he made his first appearance on the stage only four years ago as the hind legs of the dancing heifer in “Evangeline.” Flies are said soon to disappear from a room containing a plate of the following mixture: Half a teaspoonful of black peper in powder, one of brown sugar,and one of cream mixed together. The will, as contained in eleven different papers, of the late Pope Pius IX who died on Feb. 7,1878, has recently been proved ip London, the personal estate in England being sworn under £BOO. Mrs. Logan; a Millwaukee widow, received a legacy of $175,000, and at once became an object of matrimonial interest. She seems to have become a little contused by her suitors, for she promised to marry Mr. Kelly, and then married Mr. Spencer. The consequence is a breach of promise suit by Mr. Kelley for $25,000. The other night M. Gambetta attended a fete in one of the laboring quarters of Paris, in aid of a local popular library. He made no speech. When the enthusiastic spectators greeted him with “Vive Gambetta,,’ he said ‘fbiftraPro^PJJSL®!! ‘Vive Gambetta.’ greeting. I prefer to near you ‘Vive la Republique.’ ” The Golos (Russian) said in a recent issue: “The last five oi six years have produced a very unfavorable influence on the finances of the State, and the economic position of the country. Trade is at a stand still, there Isa great fall in our securities, and a deficit of fifty millions. Since the catastrophe of March 1, matters have become worse. All activity on our markets, and bourses is paralyzed and confidence is at an end.” At the recent peace palaver at Elmina between Sir Samuel Bowe and prince Buaki, step-father of the King

the Ashantees, the neighboring WMgspri nhiwfti, with their followers, were also present Each king had an enormous umbrella of bright colors held over turn, while he himself was covered with golden ornaments, Prince Buakibavingthe most. His arms were so weighted with the golden bracelets that-tney wfere supported by a man on each side. z *~ Lord Dunmore has been giving his concerts “for men only” at Aberdeen House. Nothing can be more free and easy than these musical gatherings. The audience is permitted to come and go between the performances, to chat together, anft hold discussions from bench to bench. Here assemble the different members of the aristocratic London World who prefer good music for nothing to bad for which they must pay.

The old-time Texan believed that ho crops could be successfully grown in his State west of the Colorado River. The Rev. Adirondack Murray, who is farming in that region, writes to the Boston Herald that such is far from the fact. He instances the Capota farm, the largest in the Southwest, which is owned by Northern capitalists and worked according to Northern ideas. This year’s crop is as follows: Indian corn, 350 acres; rye,4oo; wheat, 20; barley, 150; oats, 250; alfalfa, 50; millet, 30: sorghum, 10; artichokes, 10; turnips. 200; hay,* 200. But Mr. Murray thinks that greater profi Leonid be made out of cotton and tobacco, under energetic management. New Hampshire has anew law taxing church property when it exceeds $10,003 in value. The Congregational Church ot Manchester refu ed to pay on the ground that the act was unconstitutional; but the Supreme Ccurt has decided that, under the Constitution of that State, it is compstentfor the Legislature to treat church property like any other in the matter of taxation,and that the fact of long exemption does not affect the question. Nobody can conceive what motive James Daly had for the mischief which he did at New Haven, where he was employed on a steamboat company’s wharf. A number of new carriages were shipped every day by that line, and Daly had charge of them, ft was found that imnearly every shipment one vehicle had a small' piece cut out of one spoke. The damage was not heavy, yet was troublesome, for it necessitated the return of wheel to the factory and the insertion of a perfect spoke. The whittler was Daly, and he was caught by a detective, who watched through a hole in the roof of the wars shed. He says he has no idea why he did it. V . ? A Toronto baby, left by itself, perambulator while asleep, fell out firsuch away that a strap suspended it by the neck, and it was dead when discovered. A. Sacramento baby’s hands were tied to prevent it from scratching its head, which was affected with salt . rheum, and while thus bound it fell with its face in a basin of water, which , drowned it. Much more horrible was the fate of the Philadephia baby, who was left to sleep in a room infested by rats. The mother was careful to spread a netting over the little one as a protection against flies, but was not miiidful of the ravenous vermin. When she returned, the infant had. ceased to struggle against the rats, its face was gnawed away, and death ensued immediately. ' ' A woman appeared at a Rock Island hotel, engaged a room, and asked to have her brother sent up when he arrived. A sleek young man soon came, inquired if his sister was there, and was shown to her apartment. A bottle of whisky was ordered, "and the . next thing heard from the pair wus the noise of boisterous revelry. The landlord interrupted the diversion, and 8 threatened to turn the disturbers out. The young man, who was very drunk, sobbed out in a maudlin way: “For God’s sake, don’t do that; I’m a Methodist preacher. lam really; my . name’s Meredith.?’ He told the truth, for he was the George Meridith, a remarkably popular pastor of a church at Kansas City, and the woman was a deacon’s Wile. • • • T

An Unfortunate Suitor.

In the early days of Indiana, one of the Slate Senators was a good-natured giant, named George Bopne. When he stood up, his height attracted attention, for he measured nearly seven feet. It he made a gesture, his hands were noticed as the largest ever seen. But it was his feet that amazed his colleagues.. One day, when joked on his big hands and feet, he told the story of an early experience which a brother Senator, in his “Sketches of Early Indiana,” reports as fbl’ows: When about ’ 18, young Bound thought he would . call on a neighbor who lived a few miles oil. Sally, tho neighbor’s daughter, was large and pretty, and the youthful giant thought she would make him a suitable wife. It was Igte in the fall, though too early to put on shoes, so he started bare-foot. His best butternut-colored suit had beep made some six months, before, and was much too small for him. The pantaloons reached only just below bis ka<?es, while the coat stretched as 4igfit oyer his body as an eel-skin dried on a hoop-pole. After-wading creeks and muddy hottoms, the wouldrbe “sparker” arrived/ at the neighbor’s log hut juSt\s the! family were sitting down to the supoer of mush and’milk. Being inviuted “draw up,” he sat down alongsidef.f Sally. The old lady offered himfta a rge bowl,which he stretched forth his hand to take. Not making sufficient allowance for the size of his hand, he struck the’ big milk pitcher. Out went the rhilk over the table, and odt went Sally from the room, roUring with • laughter. The old lady kindly remarked, “It will rub out when it dries;” but the youth knew he was already rubbed "out, so far as Sally was conct rued. He saw nothing, more of her. t The clock struck ten. “Mr. Boone,” asked the old* lady, “won’_tywu wash your feet and go to bed?” “Yes, ma’m.” “Here’s an iron pot; it is the only thing I have that’ll do.” ( The pot proved too small for his feet to enter, except by sliding them in sideways. When in, they swelled so much that he could not get them out. The pain was intense. As the clock 11, the old lady asked: “Mr. Boone, are you done washing your feet?” “What did this pot cost?” he roared; “I must break it.”. “A dollar.” “Bring me the ax.” Breaking the pot in pieces, he handed the old lady a dollar, opened the door and started for home. Several years after he met Sally at a husking. As soon as she saw him, she burst out laughing.

The Army Worm.

Joliet, HL, July 19This morning’s Joliet Republican says: “The dreaded army worm has made its appearance in Will county for ■ the first time, and in the northern portion of the county is committing great depredations in the oat fields, Farmers are beginning to niirvesv tifen oats green, to save a partial crop. The much-dreaded worm is about the same size and shape of worms which rest in webs on trees. They work nights by cutting the heads from off the straw, and burrow in the ground during tho day.” •_ An Arkansas girl refused to marry her lover unless he performed some heroic deed. He eloped with her mother. , 7 » Better be right than conquer in an argument Better bear the assumptions of ignorant - men than waste your dearly bought experience on fools,