Bloomington Courier, Volume 7, Number 25, Bloomington, Monroe County, 16 April 1881 — Page 3

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Bouncing the Gambles ia Vicfesifauigthq Night of July 4tb? 1835

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Philadelphia Times. ;' . ... It is because I was ia Vicksburg when the 'events which lam about to describe occurred that I am able to give the exact facts of what was the most exuitiag epoch in the hi&tory of that city u p to the war. This occurrence, I believe has never been described at leatf I have never seen it and it furnishes perhaps better than an vt bins?

els3 an idea of the state of society as it

existed in that period m the wild

Southwest, On the Fourth of Julv.

"Ij 1835, the was a grand celebration given f I in bono? of the national holiday. The

town was gayiy decorated, bands were on the streets and there were evidences

on every hand that the day was one of

genera reioieing. A barbecue a favorite feature of the Fourth of Julv celebrations in the Southwas the eysnt of the day, and to this everybody ws invited; For the time the utmost good feeling reigned. Even the vengeance, sworn againstthe gamblers was fin gottenfor, if not forgotten, at least suspended. ; Eminent speakers had bean invited from other States, and among those there on that day were Alexander McClung, of Kentucky, with Fqote and Prentiss and others equally well known i a that day, it not so ;well remembered in this. They were all Democrats, and all were noted for their personal bravery.1 One table had been reserved for the invited guests and the other eminent persons present, and at this were seated' some th ; rfcy-fi ve or forty men. In such a xed assem Wage as the barbecue at? . ranted there were not nnnaturally at hu ge number of gamblers -professional gamblers-of whom it was estimated tty rre were not less than 250 in the city a the time. These gamblers had their headquarters in a colony of their own, or rather in three houses known as the "Kangaroos - iSfos. 1 j 2 and 3 With . tb?m in these houses were associated tlio most abandoned wretches ofboch se:ces to be, found in the whole Southwest. Some' of the notorious .amons? th jse gamblers were known! in every St ite along the Mississippi", among j

in m oems ueorge ittaeKtairn, Jj'rank Cooler, Bill Esken, Alexander McCoy,

Jim xxooa ana Tom uarr. The milita) y had turned up at the barbecue, an i were there under arms a3 a part of t&)attraeironsof the day" While the sp jeeh-making was going on the gambler Blackburn, who was present ra company with Cabler, his partner, both being seated at a. table apart from tar speakers, began interrupting, Bl ackburh remarking that he was "goin, r to have some fuu, if he cleaned out th 3 whole table.? Somebody shouted to Blackburn to sit down and! not ca ise a disturbance. It was no use;he; wi s bound, he said, to start the funt and so saying he jumped on the cable. '4 --.. he did so several of the soldiers i juinped from the table where they' Wire sitting and demanded that he aft dc wn. Blackburn refused, and do-" fied-themV Bresemifcg their guns, the s 0' di era jammed them against Black.t rn. and pushed him off' the table. ; If j struggled fiercely, but was finally

: overpowered and cut m the struggle. : Cfc bier, who attempted to assist him, ; Tfi a also mastered. Both men, bleed in but still defian t, were hen bound; 'it anoe was got and they were placed "'in it and pushed off from shore: Irs

ar other minute they were floating d wn the Mississippi, being rescued by i b 1 air fellows som e half mile' belo wi : -jSie barbecue broke uo. It was known f-3verybody felt that the gamblers -infant bus-mess, and that the lives and ! i nperty of all respectable people7 were ! d the mast- im niinen t danger - when

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and with the novelties may be seen what is called and olive green. Ihe green is a delicate shade, and barel v

bdi3tinguishabIo. and not enough to

oltend the most staunch Tory. In regard to shapes there i 3 to be a wide margin to suit the most varied tastes. . Tailors agree that there is at present a good deal of individual sovereignity in dress. A man with thin legs will not unusuallv hold himself

up to ridicule by wearing the old-fa3h-

ionea poniaioons tney used to call 'gun covers." Fashions are becoming more and more elastic, and she time has gone by when any fashion plate will be made an iron rule for

men. Single-breasted cutaways are to be worn, with an occasional three or four button cutaway where the wearer rebels against one button only. In spring.overcoats. the prevailing stylo is loose, buttoned up high with a tendency to roll overr the collars so as to show the silk lining and give

a stylish appearance. Prince Albert coats are to be - a, leading feature, buttoned up high in the neck. The vest will be high without collar. Some of the young fellows shw a disposition to rebel against the Prince Albert coats as better fitted for more elderly persons. Coa ts for business suits are to be made with small rolling collars to a great exten t. Trousers are to be worn ratner close-fttting to the form of the lcars, the bottoms small and shapely. ?oung men who aspire to load

tha fashion favor tight trousers. The tightness will not, however, be carried to an extreme. Tailors say that a custom is rapidly spreading among fashionable men to leave orders " for clothing with merely general instructions to "make it iip abcordihg to the latest style." This leaves it. to the cu tter's option 'or his ku owiedgeof the special tastes of his cus tomer to modify the style to suit particular cases. For exact or extreme fashions there is a tendency to short coats, as. well as to tight trousers, so tbat the young men who follow the latest styles will present a natty appearance. All coats are to be made shorter. There is little change in dress suits, excep t a tendency to make the coats short er. The fact is that so few men can afford to wear out st dress coat in a short

time tbatjthere is positive and effectual rebellion against any sudden or fre

quent changes In that respect. ' Besides the olive green, referred to there are among themovel colors' blue and olive mixed, brown" and olive aiid other novel com fcj nations of shades. Business suits for summer wear are to :be made of blue Scotch cheviots in skeleton form, rather tighter fitting than last year. As usual, most of the finer imported goods are imitated skills fully in cheaper qualities. A suit that costs $50 at a fashionable tailor's may be bought for 15 in a cheap store. There is a greatt rush for clothes made to?order at low rates, and many low priced establishments have sprung uj all over the city. . " r

," uBeg pardtai, judge, did you say the dog herded lumber?" "YeSj sir, eofctonwood boards. We always kept a dog there to bring the lumber in at night." Everybody now paid the closest attention" as tbey knew that the boss was at work. , "It was" this way: Cottonwood boards warp like thunder in the sun. A board would negiu to hump its back

at 9 m the morning, and in half an hour it would turn over. By 11 it would warp the other way with the heat,, and make another Hop, Each time it turned it; moved a couple of feet, always following the sun toward

the west The first summer I lived in

Bronville, over ten thousand feet o

lumber skipped out to the hills the day

before I had advertised a nouse raisnr

I went to the eouutv-seat to attend a

lavsuit, and when t got back there

wasn't a stick of timber left. It had strayed away into the uplands. An

ordinarv board would climb a two-

mile hill dining a hot week, and when

it struck the timber it would keep

wormuv jn and out anions: the trees

like a ffarter snake. Every farmer in

m the State had to keep shepherd dogs

to follow his lumber around the country, keen it together, and show where

it was in the morning. -Wouldn't need

anv flumes there for lumber. We

sawed it east of the place we wanted

to useit. andlet.it warp itself to its

destination, with men and dosrs to

head it, off at the right time. We neve::

lost a stick. Well, here comes the

jury," continued the judge.

witnesses lied, so 1 guess wo will otrraa

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? . Savage an a Ball-RoQni. Ijdndon. Glebe." . Deutehes Moutagsblatt relate a cruel hoax which has just been played oft upon a German painter, who is well known both in Paris and Berlin. This clever man affects to be blase, an d at a New Year's gathering of journalists j artists and actors in a very popular house, 4tUnter den Linden," refused a pressing invitation- to the so-called "Elite balls" of this month on the ground that he had ceased to care about dancing. When he had left a motion for his punishment was made and carried, and the ministration of the vengeance of the company wa3 committed .to a witty and ingenious comedian. He called the

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nirfitcame. Jooodv thovght of anv r.rt'T ieiusai,lu fKS V11

rh in, rxr u ni. jls in tne siuw ano conventional uauoes

uuHscuvvj, auu uc nuurab trjw-

VsMlt '' thing but safety, and the

uiment prevaiiect. viuzens evtry?v 1 w here were seen arming themselves to ' ui rait the struggle that all felt was at '.M- hi md. ' la the midst of aH the com- ... ;.ttjotion; however,, there were some . $ piiople who did not lose their heads. uae of these was Br. Win Boiley, of i f Kentucky:- He quietly selected .& p f a amher of men , formed them in to a ' , h 1 . r vigilance committee, and placed him'eJ ' : at the head. This done, the vig-J-i Oance committee assumed the offen:i V 3$ ve, and-sent word to the gamblers gh -: that they had only five hours to leave 5: ? leksburg or ! Shiny of them ' d id sd But in the meantime five "li gnbiers were not Idle., They were ". Vft- rTorth Helms; Dutch Bill Haines, S-. ' John A. Murrell; and another man

J ; b len hadf gathered at North's gambling I I,oms hear th3 river. Here they barip'. rcaded ihemselves, an-1 to the" com1 - ; Eiand to leave swere that they would I . il ' cot move and would kill any man I 'il w T'no interfered with them. Br. Bod -I liy, hearing of this, went down' to , ! North'splacej as hesaid to make one g j it effort to convince them of their

; f illy of resistmg the people. He made f lis last effort he had hardly got t -TTithin speaking distance when a shot; ' f m one of the gamblers was fired f end Ite. Bodly fell" dead in his ; 1 racks: ? He never breathed again. The 1 1 esul&m&v be imagined. The peacel4 loviug citizens; who but 3 an hour 4 1 1 efore were simply bent on self-pro-, .""V 'teetion, were transformed for the time i i i nto a bloodthirsty mob, and reckless 'if danger they charged on the house, 1 ndr breaking down the barrieadesV "ti jiaptured the five gamblers. :. ',. i IT - The, 1 KfmgaroosF. were separated ! n''3ftom the city by a bayou, which Was I ffH crossed by a wooded structure known

iiytne suggestive name of "Bridge of

i-iighs." Acrossthis the now frenzied

of the ordinary world, and after a pause invited f am ; to attend a udivinely amusing entertain ment, " and he phrased it. got up by the artistic coterie called the Ulk Club," and consisting of a Carnival, at which every guest was obliged to array himself "in a really piquant costume." v'Iiast year," said the inviter, 4 1 we were all "pirates and sailoi-s, but this year we are resolved to; be savages, red skins, Kaffirs, cannibals or whatever a man wifis of that sort." The artist thought the thing would, be

worth seeing: but his friend told him

.German Preparations for the Millennium. Berlin Letter. The following figures taken from the official Army .Register of this year, will show the amount of confidence felt op. the? other side of the Rhine in the proximity of the millennium: Peace footing, 18,128 ofiicers, 427,274 rank and file, and 81,629 horses, which are an increase on last year's estimate of 9C1 officers, 25,616 men, and 1,726 horses, forming eight additional regiments of infantry for Prussia, and one regiment of in fan try for Bavaria ; one regimen t of artillery,. of twenty-four batteries, for Prussia, and four batteries for

Bavaria. The Prussian heavy artillery has been further strengthened by oils new regiment an d by t h e addition f

215 officers and5G02 men to those regi-

ments already existing.' Finally, an additional engineer regiment of 18 orrjcer3 and 603 rank and file is being organized. The war establishment shows 779 battalions, of which 503 belong, to the standing army, 12$ to the mobilized landwehr, while 148 are "fourth, battalions." To these must be added 131 garrison battalions and 190 depot battalions of the new regiments, as well as the depot formations of the mobilized landwehr, making in all 324 battalions which, at the commencement of a campaign, would not take tha '.field. -.Probably the. field army may detach about 40 battalions to strengthen the garrisons of those fortresses most exposed to attack, wlere, on and after the 1st of April will so be siati.tioned the new thirty-one battalions of heavy artillery, as well as the twenft'nine battalions of landwehr belonging to that arm. With this detachment made, there remain, reidy for immediate field service, 738 battalions, 276 of which are landwehr or ''fourth baits lions, "and will only , be organized into brigades, divisions and corps after a declaration of war. Wo know nothing precise concerning the principals pa which will be based the organization of this reserve; in 1S70-71 the brigades of mobilized landwehr were composed of sis and its divisions of 12 battalions each, and supposing the plan now adopted to be similar, we may calculate that there will be a reserve of 12 armv corps, each of two divisions of from 16.000 to JS.00Q infantry.

Bye, Fra rio Farmer. Cultivation has given two varieties of rye, i that is, spring and winter, but there is but one specie. As in the case with wheat, these varieties are easily transformed into each other. Spring rye, like spring whe.it, has been produced by sowing the winter variety

later tnrougn successive generations,

successive

he only would be admitted by coivh thus changing it in to spring grain, fhrrrrmc fn the rate. 5inrl wAarinn- a The soil best adapted to rye is a rich

sandy loam, though it grows freely on light sand and gravels. Neither strong clay nor calcareous lands are suited to

it. Kicli sandv loams produce a strong

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T ttnd in less than an 'hour after the mur- ' tier of Dr. Bodley, the five gamblers J were swinging by the necks dead. But T rJbis was :aot the end: it was only; the ' v' beginning of the terrible retribution to ic exacted. The mob advanced on the i riiree he-uses known as 'Hhe Kana-a-i ooh;m and found that there were still I many of the gamblers who had' not j taken flight while there was yet time. :i ' fhese were sefeedr some of. them shot V ' down, ethers driven into the river, m " and two of then taken by the mob f and thrown from the 4 'Bridge of 3P:: Sighs" mto the stagnant waters of the v bayou below. -For over an hour this terrible scene continued before the vengeance of the mob was satia ed fid ( their work cohsiderecf. done. H yx many men nerished that night ivU never'jbe know; but I have he a

between nfty Tjid sixtv who . we

uw, igwui" ,Qu me cur July,!and2Who were never hea afterward. The bodies of the live gamblers who were haneed were kept iswinging for two days, a guard stand-' ing by with orders to shoot down any one who should attempt to remove them. Nor were the peonle of Vicksburg even ibex satisfied. They followed the most notorious of the gamblers into adjoining States, and more- than one fell a victim to then? vengeance. But' they did their work thnrwcui

they-rescued their town from the dW- i Kiation of the cut-throata who had rated i and thereafter. Viekbwrg was never called as she had been before that memorable Fourth io? July the -gamblex paradise. ' ' -V

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tormmfif to tne rule, ana wean n r a

costume suited to the company. ''That will be easily done," h added; "you can take a lew thi n gs out of our t heatncai wardrobe." Accordingly the actor dispatched to the painter's, house the complete ou tt.fi t of a savage chief a brown skin, diadem of feathers, earrings and nose rings, and elaborately tinselled hatchet, while he promised to eall an d " tattoo9 7 him on tile even ing of the festival, when the came to ride to th?? meeting place in the same cab; On the fated day the actor drove upfoimd his friend equipped in his mass querade, put a few finishing touches to his appearance, and then drove 'off together. "I shall introduce you to our party," he said, "and then hurry

across to my rooms to costume myself." The coach stopped, the actor helped the "savage chief I to ', alight, , went up the stairs with him, whispered in trie ear of the liveried attendant, and then hurried back to the cab, saying as he went, "Good-by for half ah hour !" - The servant threw open the double doors, and shouted in tremendous tones, "King Na-buk-di-Nitsa, of the Volcanic Islands!" . The artist shouldered his hatchet; and stalked proudly into the great salon', when, to his horror, he discovered that it was filled with ladies and gentleman m nineteenth century evening dress. He turned and fled down the steps, where he found the actor considerately hold? ing open the coach door, : V.

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. fashions: For Men. .'1'r -..New York Sun. si 4 The tables of tailors are laden " with the newest sroods, and the mr date has gone forth thaj theie is to bt- an , approach to more plamnesa of srvle Notnnig that may toe cidfed loud -M to be tolerated. x to materials in- imported goods, "ISnglish and Scotch uuitiogsape to Jiiv plentiful. The latest samnteSTfrow greac , varieties of Meltons, woMicns; Scotch chvMs, baalcet goods anir diagonals. Mcitonsiaro in r all col ors, and there arc ruanf sly 'ee .ormjsed sz&c&v from whier. to-chroe, Iheccirs are to bo genially more sombir and certainly not "SOL n re

) fagp ggoasarjntexed Mt :4 J!k : - - ? ' i m ; ' -; -i

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ROBUST IMAGINATIONS. Some Very Able Stories Alleged- to HavaBeen Told in Nevada Corsou City Appeal.f Yesterday afternoon, when .the7 officers and lawyers in Justice Gary's court were waiting for a verdict i n a petty larceny case. Attorney' Sodenberg related an incident of his early childhood in Minnesota, illustrative of the peculiar customs in vogue in that

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"I knew an old farmer there who owned ten acres of timber land where millions of pigeons came each year to roost. ; They deatated the wheat fields, and the old coon used to catch the birds in nets and thrash them cut on the barn floor. Each bird had three ounces of wheat in his crop, and it was a bad year for 'Old Thompson' when he couldn't shina thousand bush els of wheat to market at $2.60 a bush

el, and it ranked A No.l when it reached the Chicago elevator. If there had been a few mi lions more of pigeons he would Come pretty near getting a corner of Minnesota wheat. crop." -f '' "I know a planter down in Al

abama," said KitralJ, "who was folly as sharp as that.-.- He trained an alira-.. to- to work nt ivn d 'down the river art d

eaten the little piCaninniea tba'tplayed along its banks. The aligator would' take the little. kips in lxis jaws and swim back to the plan tntion. it' was a dull day that lie couldn't corral three or four. The planter raised 'eui care fully, and when tbey. go, big sold 'em in Kew Orleans, prices ranging from three to ten thousand apiece. He was rolling in wealth when Xincoln's emancipation proclamation was issued, and after that the alligator never did

any more work. The; man is men ly.

Keeping-.... soul, ana body toicether in

-Washington,' clerking in one of the gcTverament bureaus at 8,000 a year. -Judge" Gary evinced the greatest interest in these weird tales and edged nn to the group. . ; :4K . Theso are cu rious yarns, gm tlem ei but I believe t hero all. ' 1 had a dog once, back ia Ncliraskathat I kept to herd lumber," V

growth of grain ami straw, the strengt h of the stem enaoling it to sustain the head, where wheat would be almost certain to lodge. The preparation 'of the land for either spring or winter rye is similar to that required for a crop of wheat. The land ought to be. plowed in the fall, and the eraih sown asewly" in the spring as

the weather ana the condition of the land will permit, from one to two bushel3 per acre: the quantity depends upon the soil, rich land demanding the most. , The object our friends have in view is to obtain a good crop of grain, as well as a large yield of straw,for a pour crop, even with a. large- product in in straw, at a reasonable price for tae latter, Wil hardly give satisfactory results. A fair or good crop of grain is the fi3t consideration, and the straw a secondary matter, but generally the se go together, as a large crop of grain presupposes an amount of straw in proportion to the yield of seed. Spring rye is grown to a small extent only in this country. Some ears ago it was cultivated 10 some extent in a few localities, but it has gradually given way to the winter variety, which gives greater satisfaction, Mexico's Yankee Population. Mexico is filled with "Yankees," as all people from the Uuited States are called. These ' 4 Yankees1? embrace engineers, capitalists, -tourists, speculators, "drummers and adventurers. The last-named," however, are a disgrace to our nation, as they comprise gamblers, tramps and other high personages of ho th sexes, who, travel incoicnitb! This country'- abounds iu

Vast natural resources, but is almost entirely undeveloped. The gold - and elver mines are worked vn the ea nie plan as 100 years ago. Sugar is ground, wheat gathered and threshed," cotton spun, paper manufactured, liquors distilled and clothes and textures o all kinds woven in the most primi ;ive style. In fact, foil labor-saving .machines and the latest inventions and improvements of manufacture and agriculture arc just being introduced, hence the pro tiifie abundance of the

Yankee; who, with his usual foresight.

and enterprise, sees an immense traqe

to bo developed with his own country.

engineer running into Washington so avorably known as Harry Freeburn, and certainly there was none in the country who had so long a list or unhappy accidents upon record. Freeburn has been railroading, up to the time of his death, about twenty-two years, and he has always been considered one of the most careful and competent of employes. The word fear

was not known in his lexicon of life, and in his long experience and many fat'il episodes not once was he ever kuown to leave his post or swerve one moment from his duty. It was he who stuck so firmly to his engine on the occasion of tile accident caused bv a

misplaced switch at Ben ning's Station, about two years ago,, when a postal-car was burned, and young Fay lost his life. He was the hero of the hour when the collision occurred in the tunnel at the eastern limit of the city, some years since, and on many other occasions he lias shown nerves of steel and manhood

worthy of exam pie. If the trying episode s of his life were collected and written out they would fill a volume, but the last act of his career fully illustrates the heroic course which he uniformly pursued. Coming swiftly around the curve at Severn, seeing the other engine almost upon him, realizing what must inevitably conic, he reversed his engine, turned to his fireman, George Fret, and said: 4 'We have got it this time, Georce:

jump!" "What will you do?" came

the query in reply ; and he answered, "JTever mind me, you have a family; jump." The fireman did jump, as Harry might have done ami saved his life. Freebinn, poor fellow, was found mangled, crushed, and bruised, his hand still upon the throttle of the engine. For three days and night he had, in common with the other employes of the road, been worked almost continuously in bringing in the great number of visitors, civil and military, coming to attend the inauguration ceremonies. Even under the circumstances there might have been some excuse for forgetfulness. but Free burn's friends, and those who should know, say that he had no such orders as the railroad com

pany claims he had. The'orders were, it is 'said, tolgo ahead for Washington, use

all possible haste, ami await orders en

route. His last conscious words were.

"It was not my fault."

The Game Laws.

N. W Graphic.

It is high time that soma other

interest besides a ,4ring," composed of

half a hundred sportsmen, has a sa v

regarding the game laws of this

State. Game is something in which

all are interested, and any law on the subject should serve all alike. The

present .Legislature will be asked to repeal all laws and provisions, and

substitute the following.

Anv keener of a hotel, restaurant or

boarding-house who substitutes mut

ton for turtle in making turtle soup

shall be fined not less than fifty dollars, and iu deaf ult of payment shall

stand committed to the cooler for the

term of thirty. days.

Any public eating-house keeper who

ad verts ies email on toast, and then.

substitutes ham on biscuit, shall ba

deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and

punished by a... hue of not less than

tweuty-five dollars.

j. t shall he unlawful for more than five

men to pursue the track of one poor

one rabbit with evil mteni. Any duck hunter who ..buys birds

ana passes memoir on toe dovs as

having been killed by himself shall be

deemed guilty ox piracy, and punished

accordingly.

Any person or persons discovered

capturing a deer or elk by means of

pound-nets or seins; shall le liable to a

fine of not less than twen ty-five doi-

ars nor more than fifty dollars. If a fox, on being routt d from cover

and persued, takes refuge under a school-house, it shall be lawful for the

eacher to dismiss the school ana lend

his assistance in the capture.

That section in the amended law o

1S79 requiring fill

coons four hundred

before pursuing with

lereby repealed. Any person or persons guilty of

firing over twenty consecutive shots

mto a nock of decoy ducks shall be

deemed guilty of st misdemeanor and

punished by a fine of not less than

nve dollars.

Any person who shall, alter the

pasage of this act knowingly falsify as

to the nurabar and size of fish taken

by him at any time within the past

two years shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and punished by thirty days in the County Jail Without

relief.

BAIL WAYS IN JAPAN .

What an American Engineer Has Accomplished in Two Years.

persons to give feet the start intent to kill is

are, as richly winter

Sotting Broken Logs.; A correspondent of the Rural New Yorker advises etock-growers not to be in haste fodestroykny animal that may

break a leg, Yor by means of plaster of Paris and some bagging strips the limb may be aes and supported until the. fractured bone unites qgain rilia plan has been, both with calves - and sheep; to wind she stripy, of bagging aboutHhe broken Hmliplaster- over with ealcln ed piaster mixed to a 1 hi n paste, and' other strips w.sunrf over that and more plaster applied, the leg fastene'd tb'apHhIS' of wood until the

plaster set:i. Tne animal wouiu. nmp

around for a few days on three 'bufcxeeovei' without blemish.

legs,

-. A' special fhrrti Washington says: Hht j y Freclura heVngineer on hoard the isontttbdu lid? 1 train wl ueh collided, with the fr&u!b$nritig! the presidential imrtv oil Safuidav, died : at- the rest-'

dencVof his sister? on Fourand- a-half

street, Houth VVnshmgtoa, yesterday morninK about 4 o'clockf ' ...

Probably ;here.twas na- XocoJJaotiYe

Ann .rbor ijotter In Chicago Times. Col, J. N. Crawford, an American civil engineer, who has been engaged for the past two years in introducing the American railway system into the

Empire of Japan, has just returned to

this country. Mr. Crawford has been

in the employ of the Japanese govern

ment since the autumn of 187S, when Col. Thomas A, Scott, of the Pennsylvania Central railroad, rectom mended his services to the Japanese ambassador at Washington. The scene of operations assigned to Mr. t rawford was the island Yezo the northern of the two large islands belonging to Japan, He planted a line fifty-four miles in length, which has for the principal terminus the largest sea port on the western coast of the island a town

some :200 miles north of Hakodadi, the large city in the extreme southern portion of Yezo. During the years .187980, twenty-three miles of this projected line w ere comple ted, and are now in actual operation. Everything used in the construction of the road is of American design and manufacture. All of the machinery and rolling stock is givi ig great satisfaction to the owners of the road, which is already paying running expenses, in spite of bad weather, the snow some of the time being live feet deep. This railroad In Yezo, nowever, is not the first road ever built m Japan , for Ihigllsh engineeni had previously constructed fifty mi ies on the island of Niphon, consisting of two lines, one, seventeen miles in length, running from Yokohama :o Tofiio, and the other, thirtyth ree 1 n ilea 1 oug, from Kobi to Kioto. The construction and running of

these faw miles of railroad have demonstrated to the Japanese that a great future flnaueiaHy is opening up to them. They begin to see how great a loss UtLy sutler annually from lack of proper mean? of transportation with which to move their products. Private cluneal is seeking investment in railroad stocks. When Mr. Crawford left Japan, it seemed very proballe that the govern ment would charter a

private company, made up the u; hie who are the

ther

cnlii:-nce

those vest hi em mei

KKhertn,

from the

having money railroad entcrju'ises, has been obliged to

chiefly of capitalists lick of part of to inthe govbuild all

Scene in Quebec.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Canada has. many pie uresquc scenes and some beautiful towns and cities, but she has only one Quebec after all, and all the quaint picturesqueness oi which her other cities can boast, if united in one, would hardly equal that of a single street in grand old Stadacono. In the afternoon I visited. St. John street, the Fifth avenue of Quebec, to have a glance at the fashionable turn-out s. One accus corned to the broad streets and avenues of Western cities, or even the streets of Toronto, .would be apt to think that we could reach over and shake hands with a friend across St. John street, which, when the ice and snow are piled high on the narrow sidewalks (as they were at the time of my visit) looks more like an ice-bound gutter than a business street, and yet the grand equipage of the Quebec people manage to pass each other at all points without accidents, and when they do occasionally lock runners for a few seconds it is seldom or nev?r attended with anj' serious consequences. The long winters here make it worth whiie for the fashionables of the city to invest liberally in winter outfits, and the result if? suoh a display of elegant sleighs, rich robes, and fine furs, as would be hard to equal anywhere this side of Bt.

Petersburg. The horses, too, a rule, of a high class, and with plated harness and gay colored

tiappings, they are admirably suited to

-the splended sleighs whose heavy

swathings of musk, ox, tiger, or beaiskin robes almost sweep the suow. But the splendor of the. out ensembly does not end with the robes, for the dainty occupants of the sleighs are so wrapped in fine furs that only here and there a pretty face can be seen peeping out of a thick, soft border of rich sea otter, Shetland seal . or grey fox. Those fashionable outrages upon common sense, "Winter bonnets," are not to be seen on Quebec's afternoon promenade, while in most cases their places

are supplied with big fur caps, little, if

any, smaller than those worn by the

tcoachmen.

An African Pompeii. -ew York World.

A discovery of much archaeological

interest has recently been made, in the

'Algerian Sahara. M. Tarry, who has

been carrying on worm m connection

with the proposed Trans-Sahara rail

way, havmg noticed a mound of sand

insthe neighborhood of . Wargta. had

ilie sand dug. up and discovered the top of a spherical dome. This naturally'aroused his interest, and getting his Arabs to dig still deeper, he found underneath the dome a square tower, then a platform of masonry, and then a complete mosque. Continuing the excavations, M. Tarry soon unearthed

Seven. houses in perfect preservation, and came upon a subterranean water

coma-, which hcie?cnbes as snlument irrigate a small forest of palms. It is well-known that Sahara was at one "time much more populous than it is now, aud its trade much more extensive, but no one seemed to suppose tl at any cities has been, buried under its sands, at least so recently as since the introduction of Mahometauism

that hi so far been nonstvueted. One of the tau-cs producing this change in the lack of faith which the moneyed men oi' Japan have previously had in the sin cess of railroads is the great eeonomv of American roa'H as com

pared with lliose built by the English riuriners. Bo expensive were the lines built uider the supervision of Englishmen that the Japanese government had about concluded that, however advantageous railroads might be to the commercial development of Japan, when fifty miles of railroad cost $150,000 a mi ie i u sold , an d represeu ted a capital of $15,000,000, they were most too rich for their. Wood, On the other hand, the American line, much to ti eir delight, has cost but 20,000 per mile in silver. When railroads can be built fcr such an amount , of money, the rich nobles of Japan begin to look for an investment in railroad property with more favor. This great difference in the cost of English and American roads is? largely due to the extravagant salaries) paid the former engineers, and the large numbar of assistants required by them. Consul ting-engineers in London, at salaries of $35,000 a year,are not worth much to a railroad which is being built in Japan. The same system of extravagance is displayed , in the management of the roads which the Englishmen have constructed. It costs them $10,000 a year per mile to run them, hat, in spite of this, the earnings ara $30,000 a year for each mile, and that, too, with almost no freight business. The object of Mr. Crawford's present visit to America is to purchase the necessary plant for the remainder of his ro.id to Yezo, which is to be finished during the present year. So popular has the American system rendered railroads in Japan that some 570 miles of new road are being talked of, A line from Toklo to Awomon is considered with much favor. This

would be about 430 miles in length,

and would touch many large towns in

the i n t enor of Niphon .

A FATHER'S VENGEANCE.

to an inquiry, said he would give the

facias as he understood them regarding

the chase after (Jen era! Butlers yacht.

America, after she had been hauled off L'Horamedieu Shoal' by the wrecking

steamer Hunter, of New Bedford. He said that on Saturday, 20 th ult., the

Dexter was ..cruising on Vineyard Sound, and was spoken by the steamer

Hu n ter, o f Ne w Bedford , th e m aster

stating that he had. jusl; .hauled ofr the America, formerly belonging to General Butler. fromL'Hommedieu Hhoal.

and that the vessel had gone off without settling; t hat; she had a large crew on board 14 men on deck uud was a suspicious craft and would bear investigating. He wanted Captain Irish to bring her to, but feared she could not be caught, as she was crowding sail on and there was a good breeze. He said that the master of the America had stated that she was an oyster man, and in reply to questions as t where she was bound had given the names of five difFeren t places to the West In dies for oysters, to Norfolk, but did not know what he should do there, etc, Pursuit was made by the Dexter, and when off Quick's hole the steamer, then a mile oft the America, fired blank, The Amei ica hot heaving to in five minutes, a shot was. thrown across her bow, when, she rounded to and was

spoken and boarded bv the Dexter. 1 1

was found to be the yacht America, from Boston, via Norfolk, for a cruise

to Windward, West Indies, on pleasure. Captain Reid, of the yachts tated

he thought the first gun fired was for

practice on the Dexter. In explan

ation, he further stated that he had

jokingly given evasive replies to the

captain of the steamer Hunter as to his immediate destination, and he presumed they might visit all the places he

named. He said the yacht had touch

ed lightly op the shoal. The Hunter

coining up he ottered her captain 100

to tow her, the America, on, but that Captain Davis asked $400, which he (Reid) refused to give. He says that Hunter took a heaving-line and started to haul her off, but parhed it, and then took a small hawser to.. the America, and In) (Reid) went on board the Hunter to make a bargain, when the latter5 s captain told him to go back on board the yacht. The Hunter started ahead and the yacht came off without any trouble. Captain Davis theu wanted Reid to come on hoard and pay him $400. Reid offered him the $100, which was refused, and the Hunter left, steaming toward Vineyard Haven, and he ( Reid) proceeded. He offered Captain Trish the $100 to give the captain of the Hunter, which the captain declined, having no. authority. to receive money, and to refute the charge that he was trying to run away, he (Reid) gave Captain Irish for the owners of the steamer Hunter el: order on General B. F. Butler for f 100 for services rendered in towing the yacht off the shoal. The yacht proceeded and the Dexter returned to the eastward. When off Wood's Hole the latter spoke the steamer Hunteiyaud Captain iri3h sent the order he. hail received (rom Reid on board, which Captain Davis declined to receive, saying he had made a fair bargain for $400, and the owners would have to settle- Captain Irish found the America's documents in force and the vessel all right, and did not find the charge of Captain Davis sustained of any wilful intention tc deceive him as io the true character of the vessel. TBS KILMNG.) CUBRXB.

Scones Attendant on the Murder of the Notorious Desperado.

He Hunts Down the Murderers of

His Sons, and Slays Them One by One.

beaver special.

Ofticsrs from this State have just returned from Texas with the old man

Dahlgreen, arrested on a charge of murder, who has a most remarkable history. Io lived before the war in the n or th e rn part of Ten n eesee. His home

was a nleasant one, and with his wife

and two sous he lived very happily on

his farm until a quarrel arose between neighbors. The difficulty was patched, but one of the sens both of whom had grown to man's estate conceived that he had beeu. wronged, and one day while he and his brother were passing along the road in a wagon they cam.up with five men, their neighbors, and the quarrel broke out afFesh. The younfl men were courageous and would not be intimidated by their opponents.. Hot word:-; led to blows, and the five men, pulling pistols, fired upon the Dahigreen boys and killed them. They ran away, and,. fearing the vengeance of old man Dahlcreen, for ho was even then considered quite an old man, disappeared from the oomnrtnity. Ql course Dahhpeen and Ins wife were nearlv distracted at tha sad death of their ''boys," of whom thy were very proud, and Mrs. Dahlgreeu never recovered from the blow, but about tht time the war broke out died, and the husband was left to lament the separation of his family. He conceived the idea that nothing was left in this life to him ex sept to ob ai a vengeance on the men who had robbed him of his sons. He devoted the remainder of his life to this purHe heeran svstematicallv to

search for the five men, whose names were Gridley, Black,, Hewitt, Meyers, and a man called "Black Tom bin wkoNO true name was Lurdy, and one after another was met aud killed. He had no scruplts, no conscience. Hisiole object was to put the villians who made life no object to him oat of the wav. He took no iuterest in the war. It mattered not whether the North or South were victors. He shot Meyers aud Lurdy in Tennessee, and escaped the officers who were set upon his iirack. . ... .. The old man disappeared from his country, and no traces of him were heaid lor several years. The man Ghidlej died, of, pneumonia in Cincinnati, and Black is serving out a term in the State Penitentiary at Columbus, O., for burglary. WliA loaf tf fUncQ mon Wouift' wftfl

iwoi .n I'Mta wjvI a'" " slowly but surely tracked by Dahlgreen to Colorado, and in a little town on the frontier of theStalc, at Coyote, became up with him and shot him in cold blood, after .lie had thrown up his hands and asked for mercy . The little community was terribly excited about the matter, and started 'officers on the track o Dahlgreen, who threw tVem Hi the seen r. No more was heard of

him until last montb, when informal tion, was received that ha was in Houston, TexaSj and thro he was arrested. Butler's Yacht America. Providence Joiirmil. (lap taiu. Joseph Irish, of the revenue cutter Samuel Jexter, was in port at Newport on Tuesday, and, in answer

Las Vegan Special to Globe-Democrat. . For some months past he had been freight conductor on th3 southern division of the Banana line, with headquarters at Las Vegas On the day he was killed he had just been paid hi monthly wages, and had been drinking all clay. About nine o'clock he went to a dance-house on Center St., kept by Bertha Wells. He entered the bar-room and got into a dispute with one Joe Ebright, Jim Thora, a shoemaker, being in the room at (he time. The latter made his exit just when Currie and Ebright had drawn .pistols. He ha.J barely cleared the door before he heard the report. of the revolver, a scuffle inside the building, a piercing cry, and a heavy fall. He turned back, and pushing open the door a horrible sight met his gaze. There, in the doorway, with his body half across the threshold, lay Currie, with a bullethoie through his head, from which the blood gushed in a crimson stream. It could be seen by the frightened Thora that Currie was dying. His eyes roll

ed iu his head, his features twitched

convulsively, his lips moved, .as.. to speak, and then souland body parted. It was a frigh tful drama a life trag edy, once seen never to be lorgotten. As if bvmasficthe news spread through

the little town, and in a moment the wildest excitement prevailed. A crowd gathered in front of the saloon and gazed in amazement on the dead body of one who was known to almost etferymau inthe place. Ebright stood over the corpse, his own countenance as pale as ths.t of the dead man, explaining, in a tiembling voice, the causes which led to the shooting, aud protesting his innocence before heaven. By this time several railroad men had arrived, who were not inclined to accept Ebrighb'a version of the affray believing that he had murdered Cutrie in cold blood.. "Let's hang him!'.' said someone, and the words ran through the crowd 1 kc an electric shock, and were supplemented by the cry of "rope I rope I" as the eager throng closed routtd Ebright. Another instant and his fate would ..have been seated, but, ortun&tely, Judge Steele appeared up3n the scene, and forthwith arrestei the" man, assuring the mob that exact justice would be dealt out to him, and that if found guilty he should swing for it. His words had effect, and Hbrighi washed. away and is now iu jail, securely guarded. The mob threatened to tear down the building in which the tragedy occurred, but in this matter, as iu the case of the alleged murderer, better counsel prevailed, and the intention was abandoned. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide, but the verdict .is not at all satisfactory to the oeople; and it is feared Judge Lynch viU" avenge Currie's death in a speedy and terrible manner. ,r Dispite his faults. Currie made friends wherever he went. He has scores of them, not ouly in the city, but also throughout the State and all over the South, who, while deprecating his vices, remember that thev were counterbalanced by

generous qualities, He often predicted that he would die with Ids boots on, and the prediction has been ful

filled.

Down in Tennessee, A Hoosier boy indites the following breezy and interestpg le tor to friend n the STorth, from Efashviile: T have nover learned -.whether you receivec- a postal dated New Madrid, Missouri. With the exception of Cairo, ILHnois, iis the worst muJ-hole extant, The old town was swallowed by an earthquake in 1802 Nothing was .left to tell the tale, bi t a lake, with the1 top5 of the trees protruding just above the surface of vhc water, serves as a gentle remainder. : Memphis, or.ice the hot -bed of pestilence aiid death, is situated on a bluff about eighty feet high, on the east side of the "Father of waters." called

j Chickasaw BlafFVroin the Indian tribe j of that name. The city is, one might j fcay, but a ghoifeof its former self- -you

well Know tne nmory, or me ravages of yellow leycr. .During the past eight 'ears, the nonulatiou has. decreased

! over one-tUiixl, and the number of di

lapidated btuidinge is .woeful to u;liouu. But there is a largo business (in cotton especially) done in Memi)his, and now

in that one respect only and the advantage of location is it the chief metropolis of the Mississippi valley, be tween St. Louis and New Orleans. Outside of that, the impressions I gained of the place; are not favorable ones, by any means, and I have heard prominent business men wish the place in h 1 or Chicago. . There is at the Bluff City, however, a large and unoccupied field for manufacturers. The coal mines contain an mexhaustble supply of the best article, and the mines or iron ore and potters clay, etc., and the giant forests,' as yet un worked, only wait for a toner, from the magic wand of the capitalist for

development. Northern brains and energy .is the one great need of t he South, and I believe she would, gladly welcome" them. T wil I now speak of . the "City of Itoeks," the capital. of the State, and one of the finest cities in the South, ulthfliuarh. strict! v snenkinff. not a

"Southern'? city, "a city set on a hill connot be hid." This is especially true

of Nash ville all hills surrounded by

two other ranges, one within the other,

and. with the ever windinir Camber- j

land wend in tr its wav between banks

that are veritable biuns, presents one of the truest panoramic views iaiagina-

ble. "... .

Nashville as a business noiiit and

manufacturing. center, has made extraordinary progress during the past five years. One of i;be largest cotton factories in the world is in oneration

here, aud the busy hum incident to all

kinds of business and manufactures is

to be heard everywhere. During the

period mentioned, many internal improvements have lieen madeso ex

tensive, in fact,, that; a resident, absent from the city that space of time would hardly recognize the pi ice on returning. I am greatly taken up with the city, and having

become pretty well .acquainted: vcaa

it.:

'ii.

tle&" not excepted, some of which are the finest in the land. At present, there is nothing of special interest transpiri ng in amusemen t circles. Of couie, Bernhardt was here, to the grief many speculators on seats to see Slim Sara. Selviita, the eminent Italian tragedian, is announced for a visit; and his appearance will no doubt prove a rani treat for theater goers. J ohn McCu Hough, on seeing him in "Othello," remarket!: 'There are none of us that can play 'Othello.' . The other Sunday I attended a eolorod baptismal service. The crowd present was large and disposed to shout. The first three for our candidates for immersion indulging freely. The next was an old manvery quiet, exhibiting no signs of being moved by the spirit, who h&d evidently been baptized several times during his Jife. Following him was a .strappllng young buck negr , so lively tbat the strength of four of the brethren was required to hold him, who ..emerged from the water shouting with aU his might: ,4I have seen my 'Lord! I have s een my Lord !" The old! man, who had assumed a thoughtful manner, turned, exclaiming with a fierce gesture: "It's a lie! JVs a M I -saw it myself, and it was a turtle." Nashville, Tenn., March i8 188k : BGSAVB. A daughter of Mr. James Yancey, of Putnam country, 6a. . seven months old weighs fifty-nine pounds. r Anna Dickinson's sister Suaan wi il deliver a course of parlor lectures in Philadelphia on English literature. The up-town streets of New York are thronged every pleasant afternoon with boys and girls on roller skates. There is a mania on the subject. Ex-Vice President Wheeler h expected at his home at Malotu , N. Y., at the end. of the month, and the citizens are taking measures to give him a reception. Spiing is here. .We. know :his to be a fact because restaurant keepers, are beginning to subtract six years from the ages of old hensi Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald. ., ? 'The delinquent tax listofgau Francisco" comprises 170 pages. The Virginia (Nev.) Territorial Enterprise soeaks of it as a new, complete and invaluable directory of the great .city of the Pacific coast , . . Thirty days after a Michigan man iiot a divorce from his wife to- marry one with a handsomer face, the woman fell heir to $2S7,O0C. You be1 that exhusband feels like a man with the jump:ing toothache. Detroit Free PreSS. . ;:. A poor excuse is better than none. We near of, a man who Jcuitifies his meanness toward his wife by asserting that he and she are one, and therefore, by refusing to furnish her with money, he practices the heroic virtue of self"

denial.--Boston Transcript; , w Miss Simmons, niece of fcrJamuel J. Tilden. hss made herself famous by composimg the uracque fjalop," to whose music all the young people are dancitng both in tthe United States and Europe. Miss Simmons is about 22 years old. and has a snug , -fortune of 200,000 in her own right. "A scientist named Milvart will soon issue a work on the cat," says the New Haven' Register. We've done that alreadv. It was a heavy copy of Sliakespeai:' plays, and wi issued it 1 rom a third story window, and it took

viffHt hflkwon ihf snouluers, ana

we hope it broke- her blam id Boston Post,

Interna tionai Payments; - : During the century cf our national existence there have occurred twd chief instances in wblcH the Clovern? men t ha3 en tered into llsca! rclat ions with other Governments and nations A comparison of the tw$ .casessr lu? teresting. . s-. "is " The first was the payment of the legacy left by .Tames Bmithsoh in Kngs land to the United Stated for the adf vancement of .knowledge- The' esi tatehavinsr drifted intov the Court of OhauceryTin 1836 Riohar d Bush way sent over as a special agent to receive; and bring it over. ; ? He found tliat it consisted' of 44,535 in console. 12.000 ins three -ner cent.

annuties, attMLOOQ' iff atock of the Bank of England. . Bavins: recovered these he sold them, and- received fog tnem the sum of 104,980 8s. 6d." in . English currency. Bringing this home with him he banded it over to th? Government, and oh August iRkR ir wjifi dpnositerl to the ere lit of

the United States in the Philadelphi V . ? Mint, to be melted amj. coined wtqi: Ameiican gold currency. When this - ; - was dor e it was found that itTamoufti.: 1 . s ed to $503,318.46. . i This mass of gold amounted fito , about, a ton, and the expense of trans- f portation , its melting and recoinage? j f was, o f. course, an appreciable item tp ? . ' be taken account of; and especially ;sq v ; . when the lefiracv was intended for o i? "

:-4h

-.it.-

admirable a purpose, and was . used

with such large-hearted ana juuiciou-i -economy as the foundation . bft the ;s Smithwnian Institution. : The next instance ; wls the settle- ' ;; ment of the Alabama claims. The! ; i " agreement with Great' : Britain that , claims for damages" by the Alabama j v should be settled by -a commission wafe . ; smade on Sept. 17, 1865. Tho commts-,. sion which sat in Gneva having awarded the Ssum " of 15to00iC00 for, ; damages to tlie United Sjates, thte amount was oaid Sept. 0.187S. 1 . ' Mr. Bontwell having informedtlwi ; Senate, in a speech delivered Jan. 22,v' 1874, , that the British Government . . v-:' would not and could not consent to " the withdrawal from the bank of Bng-1;

la.nri'-nf-fto onniiidurable an amount or

gold as fifteen millions and a half, be

cause such a course wouia prove verj disastrous to the business interestBr6f London and of the whole country. 'a method was devised for making the navment without touching or. moving

a single gold coin. , -, . . The Treasury Department, having no bonds on hand for such large derv

nominations as fifteen nulhonsnna a

half, had a special bona Tor tni3

amount prepared wita a pen ny a wu;

ful clurograpner, aa, puiuug . envelope, paid for its transmission)

the American Minister in ionaon,

jxrith a vmstaire stamn. throuizh the

Awiinarv n.hannel ttf the regular mail.

Ou its reception 111 juor.uon ine unm n , , 4 : thebond, and. presenting it to xhe .3

officer of the English Government, M -r,

sold it at its face. Inp3C?menttorita j tu. forthA TTnUfed Bfcitea Govern vli s .

ment was opened in the banx of Eng? .Xi 4&'

land by tne Britisn wvwaaieui, wuw -1 .via WAminir the- owner of the bond X"i ? :

paid the whole indemnity by handing :J

tne Dona oacK 10 xne Aiuenwii mmo-

velone, paid for its tiansroissioii to the ;.y 3yH Treasury at Washington with another $:- m

claim was settled without the use of : ' v AM

single gold coin. : s:. .. - ' r.?. .g In its turn the American Govern-,, . ,,. vp ment, by selling bills drawn ; einst. ' : m its credit in the bank of jBogland. :y&m placed itself in a condition to pay, in t f$ .? -SSfflj cash, the claims which ere aiijudica- .5 ; ted by the., commission established pbt" 1 . , ; j 4m this" purposes ' . , 7'. -; Z'r 'y J.-v .t- ' ? 1I By this simple i means the? - it m saitftfjiPfnrv settlement was made- ' .Mi

of the whole matter, and tue y , ; m derangement to 3e? regular business' : t .j of both EnglandN and liiis country . , , . f ;j which would have been inevitable f. : -'s . from sueh an ex;eptional drain of gola ; . f

from the banK- ot -tungiiino w--uwm have occurred had the whole indemnity been drawn out ill a single pay ment in gold coin, was avoided. ;j At the time -that ttuV was done it was justly considered so admirable a of nnneial .dexterity that a

1 photograph of the bond ras made, and v I a fac simile of it aa published.- 1 , '.1 . ?

A Bide on a Wild Biill. T The Jacksonville, (Ore;) Sentinel; ina recent issue,, says': 4eA year or so.., g since there was a 'rodeo? out on Xstr. river, in Lake county. Ranchmen jehad gathered for a circuit of event five miles to claim and .brand their . ..j voung cattle, and when a cordon' 'cf " f men had surrounded a large bai'd,

among which was a Spanish bull, a i

dispute arose about a miaiiet-neau,'; cr calf that had escaped the Spring branding. The discussion grew warinr none of the stock owners being .able to set up a valid claim or establish an undoubted title. At last, in a spirH of bravado, a rancher proposed that whoiiiH -ridft rhev bull- Without sad-1

die or halter should be declared ownrr . ? of t ie call. There was a ydl of noval, but not a general sfaunpede of ' volunteersor. taurus was in ill humo;', and his foaming mouUv and bloodshot gs os gave token' that whoever rode him would have a ride as wild m M?ij - .4 zepna's. ana one that might, not end so well., Atlast a vyaquero' narajd: ...

wild bull .was immediately lassoed &lv , M br.iri bv a lariat round horn and ..tooti y . ;

''nkHtimfinrf fmm horse . the V.l-

back.

Styla in Paris. tiallgnani's Messenger. One can fancy" a gen lie man recently landing from either of the poles and suddenly oast on tbo Boulevard des Italians'. Whal his iirst impression wouk! b facing a Mother sHubbard cape, a poke bonnet, a panned face, low shoes and worked stockings, short, scanty, trotteuso petticoats and a floral miuT, really i b-nd to imagine. People have to see ttsese innovations introduced ov degrees or no one could talk without laughing to a friend thus attired;. The waved scalpetle ou every 1h1vjk ffiwfhead. is another comi; al aux-

IJarv. Togo out without a reticule and it sea nel 9tte;is to be backward in social actjuirements and in . politics Men. of the world take every tlrrfngdovy n they are obli seed to; they' ietiy stop over fish tail trains, sympathize with nerv-ous bwulacbes in front of nodding ostrich tips do not screen their eyesight in a satumnliaoi gole; and yellow and copper au'd giroflesati'ii and finally thev behave .themselves before folk;

but if huhes knew what a?e the comments made eiitre .s i, thy would endeavor to remain within the limits; of quaint dressing, not to outstep tnem. . u

queroo fastened nis ioiik rpweieu .ui.. . : , securely, tied a handkerchief rouna his .m&., v-it j head, approached the infuriated .an i--- - ! mal. ami ffrasning the tail in his haiidv mt

s OTP i

miio lisrhtlv on it, seltiug the: spurs

deeply in its flanks ai he Settled ie Aiiiv in its seat The lariats were

slackened; the bull gave a roac : and terror, and flung ms head toJe m ground', but the rider had his ,bse W'y1-t M the horns and a firm grip to the .tail :V

5 m

SJ5

and kept his seatl Another roar ,uk v shook the ground, a wild plunge, aad ;- the now maddened bull hot out across, i ths sage plain with . lightning sp, r u&, ninnirtf rifiT twisting the tail tfcat r

to-him was a sheet aaohor until th be Jowings wore lost M te dfetai; V Vov over a mile writ $ half tto'.w.i oontinued, amid the excited cheere ofc

i he vaquero's conirsnes. . wwivuai- . v the bull gave a desperate plni.ge.

vain attempt to lid himself of thistar mentor, but the h ngrowels wily f i ;:v. Jfil clung more fivmlS to his flanks. Some timeS the animal and its .rider were - :

and bets were even matie that Witt; would be thrown aiul gored ; but at rs- ,r , last the bull, exhausted, fromv, sheex . s , :. ..

friixht, fell.HnU rue pmcivy vuii .

; "ml

Sweet Potato Cmtnre. f VioU'e MontblHlV Having prepared a goo-1 hotbed with a rich, flue soil, early in. Spring, sound, smooth tubers are selected and laid evenly over the surface of the bed, an inch or two apart, ind ttien coVeitd with three orfour inches of line soil, .Here the potatoes will sp rent., and when these have made a few inches in growth they are carefully separated fro pi i he tubers Threo or four crops of flips or sprouts may usually to talieu from-one set. of tuber Tne cultivator must manage his hfc-beds so as to bring the slips along to a propel -size for removal at jl time whan frosts mo .no, longer feared, as th&y should be tTansplatvted to rows, in . tlie Held whera I they are to grow, immecBately alteif 'renioval from the bed.. . ' Tho plants require a wr-rm, mellowj ani rich soil, and may be set in rows four feet aparr, and fifteen to eighteen ittbhe apart in the row. , or iu hills four or five f!ot apart each way, wi th three pirn is in each hi) . ....oca cultivation duruig suanne will insul a air qrop. ; . r-

1 ,w,iimr a man in

i2EriSFm oninions

that no scene in- Jw-.'sp'ji 14

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ing.

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Was All Bight;

Detroit Free iers&.' ' vM' Several iteople wer 3 making pur-v ;: chases in a Wohdvrarct avenue grocery. 5 vestexdav when ah olds man ithn, - . eauo in oiie hand and a bundle ins mm other stood in the door and asked : ; , f : .

ulid any of ypn clrivc up cre ri

"Yes, Inid, xeplied one. . -Was it ah 0I& whice hoss J

"And an oid'Womanin.tl 11 Ami can she roarge tUehf 41 Kueaa she e&n. "-y-u-. VTheii it's all mm ; fm i of the can aud bundle, JMft old Mom v,. v ftT.mv;wi the. old woman m

namcing . the diilard audli Sler wifch 11 her raicht, hut :ttr,,r?j can raanago hinvtheiee noiiseof an ; vf

iuquire what Jty drill 'NS..--i ' . i M

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