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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1894)
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I feat lav laat I krra Uat wowar thou ait When the morning sua creeps over the barren hills or southwestern Mis tosjri. dispelling tbe darkness of Wight Its rays kiss one of tbe most aeaolate and one of tbe wildest re gions of tbe United States wild in its general make-up and appearance and in tbe character and habits of 1U people. To tbe careful newspaper reader who is familiar with the i event of tbe day a tbey are cirooi- j eM by tbe press, tbe mere mention of tbe Ozark mountains suggests stories of crimes and desperadoes of Moonshlning, and horsestealing, leads, murders, and lynchings. The murky waters of the Missouri divide tne State into two territorially equal but wholly dissimilar sections, the northern being fertile, well populated and eivlii ed, while the southern, and parti ularly tbe southwestern, is tillly, unproductive and sparsely set tled and has not yet emerged from that state of semi civilization pecu liar to our southern mountain dis tricts. The entire southwestern section is included in the region known as the Ozarks. These are not a range of un dalating mountains, with broad and beautiful valle.s, hut raiher groups - of knobs and peaks that rise here, there, and everywhere from almost - level ground to heights ranging from 500 to 1,000 feet, crowned by rounded ' summits, the approach 10 which is by gentle slopes on three sides, while the fourth s de is generally a perpendlcu clif cliff an abrupt precipice of sandstone There are forests of val uable cedars, oaks, and pines, while within the bosoni of the bil's often lie rich treasures of onyx and other minerals. The mountaineers are the same simple, illiterate children of nature that are found in the mountains of the Ca.olinans, Kentucky, and Ten nessee. Tbey eke out an existence mainly by sheep grazing, by tliling the soil wherever it will yield a crop f tobacco or some article of food and by illl. lt, distilimir of whisky. As a -role they are indoient men, women, mod children alike Tbe awkward, nag uly young men and boys prefer fcuutibic or s ttiitg on a fen e rail or a tree stump relating stories of adven ture and a i-eussmur the proper man ner of tysng a noose for a lynching tee to following some manly pursuit of lauor ami spending their spare time In gaining an education and etudviug i.oiitics. 1 ne of their chief characteristics is an inordinate love of tobacco, inherited equally from their paternal and maternal ances tors, fo,- the woniiiri of the Ozarks who does . not '-chaw" 1 the ex ception. Among tbe stalwart, muscular, raw-boned and lazy young men of Johosville, one of the mountain towns of Jasper County, was Jim Benson. Jim came no nearer to be ing handsome and was not an iota more ambitious than the boys wnose comrade be bad been since childhood, but be possessed one advantage, He bad a fair education. Jim's father was above the average mounta neer in intelligence. Providence had gWen . him a mind which reasoned that edu ction would bring a new and tetter life into the mountains, and, though himself unabie to set a schooling, he bad resolved when Jim was a mere child that bU boy should be educate .. Accordingly Jim, who was naturally bright; had been seat away to school at Carthage, bad gained a lair knowledge of books and, incidentally, bad become acquainted with the wicked ways of the civilized world. When be went back to the mountains he had learned other things than those taught by the professor of math ematics and grammar, and the spirit of deviltry innate with an Ozark hoy was stronger than ever within him. Jim ' naturally became the leader among tbe young men of tbe neigh- borbood. on account of what he had learned In books (for his comrades had a antipathy for learning , but be cause be could tell the best stories, because he could drink the most moonshine whisky and, above all. be cauee he could suggest the wildest aad most outrageous pranks and bad ; courage faougn to lead tbe way In tbe ; ajerpetration of tbem. t la all that region there was no . falter flower than winsome Madge Wtlana. Madge was not a product of i OeMoan taina, asber feature plainly V jnjiraf She was not, a queen of ' tmvaty, with toe form of a Venus and ft f of a mien, not sne was ' tli'Jil- Twelve yean before she had iM into the mountain with ber tzM. was then yean old r tJith her parenU, Philadel t pstwbf through the f triat, oC wbeee miBerai. wealth "l tfcst. CtfMM hie war to iK )l Czp,; vrtteti, hbvitf loft 1W BATTLE Hka tar kacw AatS aa u (M aaaaaov Asa aj Mull jfcl'Va'VaaMit Mw'i"'l';J' " hit wife Id the East by death, nearly ail his fort oe by business reveraee and bia friends when bis mooey failed, be was about to seek, a new borne aud another fortune. Un the journey westward he bad learned that there was a chance for profitable in vestment in tbe Ozarks and bad stopped oS bo Investigate. Late one summer afternoon be bad called at the caoin of Jim Benson's father and had been taken in for a few days' stay. Tbe next morning while walk ing alone in an unfrequented part of the mountains, as be entered a deep ravine the report of a rifle rang out and Wilson fell over dead. A moon shiner bad m staken hiut for a rev enue spy, and that always means death in the Ozarks lie was buried with dun respect and solemn mourn ing, while tbe child gazed with tear 01 led, wondering eyes upon the scene Ld pleaded with tbem not to take ber papa away. Letters upon bis person gave addresses of Pbila lelphia parties and they were written to, but no response came; so one of tbe mount aineer adopted tbe little girt, Madge. Government detectives investi gated tbe murder, but were unable , to 1 cate tbe man who did the shoot- j tile and productive, and so is the cat, lng. Government detectives are al- for that matter, but that is another ways sharp and clever In their own I story. Anyway, tbe cat has a vlo eyes. if these fellows bad been as ', lent antipathy for dogs. It will not sharp as tbey pretented, tbey might i let one get near enough to it to: be have learned that tbe murderer I friendly, aud generally runs away who was not a murderer at heart i after enlarging its tall and glaring but who under a mistaken impres sion bad done what every illicit dis tiller believes to be bis duty to him self and bis fellow-mountaineers was none other than the kind hearted old follow who bad adopted tbe girL Madge grew up prettv and as wild as tbe country, bhe was not a typi cal mountain girl she was too bright by far and retained too much of the East but her adventures were more daring than those of ber com panions. Human nature is much tbe same in the mountains and in the cities. What could be more natural than that the prettiest and the wildest girl in Jasper County's back woods should become the sweetheart of educated and reckless Jim Benson? But Jim's heart was that of tbe man of the world, while Madge's was true as steel, full of a woman s trust and love. Madse at is looked upon Jim at 21 as ber ideal. One morning a mountaineer in ; Jim's town awoke to end that two j of his best horses bad been stolen. I You may kill a man in tbe southwest and. under most circumstances, they ( regard it as a manly act. You take part In a lynching bee and they think that your courage amounts to a virtue. But steal a horse and well, you are a most detestable criminal, fit for any punishment. ben tbe mountaineer found bis two horses missing It didn't take him long to create a sensation in John sooville An Investigation followed and It looked as if Jim Benson would have to take a great tumble In pub lic esteem. Jim had not been home since the morning previous. Offi cers were soon searching for bim. But Jim and the horses we e not all that bad gone that night. Madge Wilson was missing. However, she bad been in town the nigbt before, while Benson bad not been seen since morning, so, the mountaineers rea soned, they did not go together. But where was she? It was a thtee days' mystery. Three days later Jim wan arrested near bt Louis and lodged in tbe Carthage Jail. At the same time Madge Wilson appeared before the District Court In session at Carthage and declared that she was guilty of horsestealing. The Judge eyed her from head to foot. Her dress was that of the mountains, but her lan guage and her face were not "Giri, you are mad!" said the Judge, controlling as well as possible the emotion he felt "You steal a horse! The idea is absurd. But where and when do you say it 0 curreag" 'Three days ago. sir," coolly re plied Madge, 'two ho ses were stolen at Johnsonvllle, this county. To day Jim Benson was arrested for the crime. He is not guilty, though cir cumstances point to him. I can prove where he was that night 1 stole the horses." His gold-rimmed glasses almost fell from the Judge's nose as he threw up his head at this story. When he recovered from tne shock, the police authorities were summoned and a consultation held. Under the cir cumstances tbey could do nothing but lock the girl up. Benson was su m inoncd before the court on the charge of horse-steal ing. He denied tbe charge and told a plausible story of his doings since leaving Johson ville so mysteriously. He was re turned to jail. There was ome earne t talk In tbe mountain town when t e story be came known. Madge WINon bad stolen the horses, eh? We i, that was worse than they bad expected of her, even if she had been wild. But Madge bad always been full of sur prises and bad done most unaccounta ble things; wh not steal horses? Be sides, Jim Benson told a nice story about bow he bad been called out of Johnsonvllle by a business venture winch he had rec ntly entered into and gave a good account of himtelf. And if Madge d du't steal the horses, why did she say that she did? When the case was again called In court Benson was discharged. Tbe authorities didn't believe the girl's story, but there was no direct evi dence against Jim, while she pleaded guilty. .Judges are kind and sympa thetic tit a rule, but tbe law Is Inexo rable and to tbe girl was sentenced to two year In the dtate penitentiary at Jefferson City. Tbe pretty crea ture never filched when sentence was pronounced, though tbe wiped two or three tears oat of bef eyes and seemed exceedingly thoughtful. Tbe pevtaton thought it Bat remorse and expremed pity for the girts de pravity ,qfc. wjilud.apt.at the court room between two officers. Jim Benson was there among the spectators, but his bead bung low. lie knew who the real, criminal wai, be knew what a sacrifice was being ' made, but tbe man who stole tbe mountaineer's hordes In tbe darkness of night was a coward. Three month's later wnen officers accident ally discovered tbe true story and be i was called upon to take Madge's place In tbe penit- ntiary, be learned to realize that the girl who would give up tbe tree air of tbe Ozarks for a stuffy, narrow 4 ell in a prison, who I would sacrifice sot only her freedom but ber reputation for love, un worthy though it wete, deserved tbe honor and tbe affection ef a nobler I heart that Jim Benson's. I'tica I Globe. JOE PULVERS CAT, Mr. Pnlrar Tnanaat of - ontat Faa with Puaar. Joseph Pulver is a farmer who lives in Walcott, Wayne County, S. Y., says tbe Buffalo Express. He owns a farmaod a cau- .Tbe farm., is fer- greenly at tbe canine visitor for a moment. On Tuesday Pulver Went out to the barn. He saw the cat asleep In a ' barrel, in the course of half an hour , or so he thought out a loke. The i joke wus cn tbe cat Pulver aot down 00 bis binds and knees, tipped the barrel over and snarled . and barked liked a dog He had antici pated much tun for himself in watch ing the cat scoot for cover. At the risk, of getting ahead of the story, it may be slated that it was the cat that had-.tha.fun. When tbe barrel went over the cat came out on tbe floor. It brought with it the inhaled tail and the em erald eyes. Pulver was nil reedy to laugh. He didn't do it, though. He was otherwise engaged. Instead of running, the cat, bys' me strange and unprecedente mental process, de cided to flgbt. Undoubtedly, It thought that Pulver was the Strang, est-looking dog he bad ever seen, but that cut no particular figure. It sailed in and for the next five min utes Pulver was busier than he ever was before In his life Those who know say the fight was a beauty. After the combatants had gone from one end of the barn to the other Mrs. Pulver and the young Puivers, to the number of three, arrived on the scene. Tney succecaca in separating lbe cat and the man, and then the oldest boy was sent for a doctor. The professional man says Mr. Pulver will be out In time to pick bis apples, lbe cat bad no medi al attendance, but is doing ai well as could be ex pected. There is a moral here, hut out of respect lor the cat it will not tie drawn. Critlcl m. Beware of tbe habit of petty criti cism, if it takes possess on of you It will n ake you disagreeable, uncom fortable and a laughing sto k. Such was tbe lamentable case of Cyrus Smal:. His time was largely spent in dis covering the faults and shortcomings of things animate and Inanimate, while Mrs. .small, as it seemed, was equally vigilant in attempting to bring forward something of which she could say, "There! you can't pick any flaws in that!" Once she thought this happiness would Vie hers. A certain man in the town inherited large wealth un der peculiar circumstances It was his under the law. but while the curt awarded it to him he stool up and 6aid that, in view of all the facts in the case, he believed that the property belonged by right to another heir. His a Hon was gen erally looked upon as a noble one. Mrs. small was loud in ber expres sions of praise. 'Yes, I know," said ber husband; 'twas a line thing. Few men would have done It; and that's why he felt so awkward to stand up there and say what be did He showed that he felt embarrassed by the way he stood." "Cyrus Small: I should hope you wouldn't And fault with bis attitude when he was doing such a grand thing " b, no, I have no wish to criti cise." said Cyrus; "but if 1 bad en on ibeplatb rm. facing all those peo ple, I should have tried to toe out a litt'.e more." Convenient Fishing. In VAllt.iaafstna I air . un rwrf angler can each trout and boll t ti.-fl.i, r h h ,.i, Wild as the htat ment seems, it Is absolutely correct, and I nave done It myself more than once There are in the lake several small basins con taining boiling springs, although the water in tbe bike itself is almost icy cold. Trout abound in every art of j the lake, and a man can, by stand- ing on the ro ky ledge around one of the hot springs, catch a trout with a line an t transfer the Hah tinik- in in muutb, to tbe hot springs him. It will die few seconds and he behind in a fairly well boiled in half an hour. The number ot anglers who have a1 tually caught an 1 boiled i sh In this mirac ulous manner may not be very large, bnt there are at least 100 reliable citizens with whom I am acquainted who are prepared to make affidavit that tbey have done so. . I As a raw, either tbe wife goes away for few weeks' pleasure, or else It ie tbe hut tend. You will Ml - do. HI 1 dentted that ana. tAMthee. . -, THEV TRADED MONSCftV awaaa4 a Craay fWi Btef far a Jim McCoe and a stranger traded saddle horses at San Rafael. Cel., the other dar, and, according to tne evi dence of reputable witnesses, the bargain was consummated in this way: Hiah, stranger?" 'Hiah " responded Ue stranger, dismounting. "Likely looking bonus you got there" 'They an't raised no better. " 'Lookln' for a trade?" "Swap anything I got but the old woman." Jim commenced examining the horse critically. After be had walked around the animal he gave tbe stranger a cham e to lie a little by Inquiring: "How old is he?" "Five year old." Jim grabbed tbe horse by tbe uoe and pried his jaws apart with his thumbs. " His" teeth tell me he is ,' said Jim decisively. "Well, he's a January colt." "He's a mite thin. An't hide bound is he?" And Jim prodded the boise in the ribs with his thumbs. - "No, I have been cbasin' stock on him for two months and stakln' him out on grass." "Must ha' been ruenln' h m pretty hard, judgin' from tbe windgalls on him. He's got a ringbone comln', too," remarked Jim, as he rubbed the animal's astern. "Is that a splint on bis off foreleg?" No, that's a rope burn." "Is that sweeney or a collar burn?" and Jim examined tbe h irse's shoulder critically. Muet scratched trom ruunln' through the brush." 'Must a been Jumpin' him consid erable. Hes showing a little curb Hello, he's stilled or badly sprained." "No, sir; he's as sound as a dol lar." "Giod stock hone?" "You can turn bim o a sheepskin. What kind of a plug Is that you've got?" And the stranger examined Jim's horse as critically as Jim had scrutinized his, and found all the de fects and diseases that a veterinarian ever beard of. "Well, bow'll you swap?" Inquired Jim. The stranger dropped a freh chew of One-cut In his jaw and Jim got out his jackknife and went to work on a shingle. Both sat down on a dry goods box. "I'll take boot," said the stranger, as be killed a fly at three yards wl b a stream of tobacco juice. "You won't take it from me," said Jim, as be cut a long shav ng from the shlriirle. 'Gimme J0 10 boot and we'll trade." "Twenty dollars ought to buy that pinto plug of yourn, but gimme tfl, to liooii aud the horne is yours." The stranger a -owned a whole bunch of flies that had congregated on an apnle core and Jim shed three shavings in succession. ,.'TI1 tell yoi what I'll do. I'll spilt tne diacrence. You gimme 160 to boot and take the nil v." "Never gave boot in my life and ain't goln' 1 1 git Into the habit of it n w." said tbe stranger de lslvely "Guess we can't swap thea" Jim was getting in his fine worK and cut fine shavings to correspond. "Gimme $5 and, we swap." re marked tbe stranger after a long pause. "No, I'll be demmed If 1 da Whit's cattl worth up your way?" Jim had evidently abandoned all ide 1 of a t ade. "Fou.'n a half on foot for steers. Say I'll trade you even up ' Jim shut one eye and cut a long shavin .'. examined the horse again, and dashed his hand in front of each of the horse's eves to be sure that he wasn't blind. "Is he well broke to the saddle?" "Never bucked a lick in his life. How's yourn?" 'Gent e as a kitten." "I'll go you if you'll treat" 'No, I'll shake vou for the drinks." "It's a go," decided the stranger, throwing his Hne cut against the side of the box. They shifted sad dles, took their drink, and each we t around blowing abo?t how he had j swindled the other. Th it night the horse backed Jim j off on tbe way home, and tbe pinto ; Ally kicked in three of the stranger's j ribs. TWENTY BRAVE WOMEN. Thrf Tpnrt 1.1 bta That Warn ,Urln-ri of Oangnr. An official list of women who are light-bouse keepers, which tbe Gov ernment has furnished the New ork Marine Journal, shows that there are twenty of tbem in alL home oi the , BKbt-houaes which they take care ,of are at itobln's Beef, New York har- bor; Stony Point, on tbe Hudson Klver; Elk eck, Md ; Blloxl, Miss.; Port Pontchartralo, New Orleans, Pass Mancba, Pontcbartoula, La ; Harbor Springs, Mlcb.; Po nt Plnos, CaL, anJ .Santa Cruz, Cal. The most famous of all these sturdy women Is Ida Wilson net Lewis), who is in cnBr " . i k . . , , 1 9WW"- ' m uuti v.. v. ,.t. - bouse service, as the following report of an inspector shows: "At mid night vesterday, August 21, 1HMM, while blowing a gale from the south west In Charleston harbor, with a heavy tea, a boat containing three men and a boy was swamped some distance from tbe wharf at Castle Plckoey. Tbe boy, llng a good swimmer, struck out for tbe beach which he finally reached In safety. Meanwhile one of the men cluog to the boat and tbe other two managed to reach tbe piles of tbe wharf, ' WDera, owing le mm neavy sea ana Ode. the -or. barelf able to owawh themselves above water, and I all were crving loudly for help Mrs. Mary Whiteley, the sister-in-law of the keepei. J. W. Whiteley, od . Maud Kiu; aged la. tbe grand daughter of Henry Brown, the master of the light boose tender- Wisteria, having seen the ac Jdent, lowered the boat belooglug to the station, and. at the imminent risk of their lives, pro ceeded to render tbem assistance. ' When they succeeded in reaching them the men were so over ome that they were unable to help themselves, but after great exertion, attended by no little danger, this young woman and roung girl, unaided, got tbem , safely ashore.' It is from tbe house -' holds of such men as Whiteley that the women who bold positions as keepers are drawn. On this bead tbe Marine Journal says: "Every widow and orphan daughter of tbe mariner who has the proper qualifications should be provided for in such posi ; tions in all light-bouses where tbe : work does not require the services of men." Why Thejr Wrack. Il lias been customary for many people to consider the Southern laborer as slow, lazy and shiftless, yet a writer in tbe Engineering Mag azine says that no stranger could en ter ooe o( tbe mills or pass a day in the pine-timber woods without being surprised by tbe vigor with which work is performed. Work baa become an instinct: tbe laborer knows but four conditions eating, sleeping, working and, after pay-day, a carousal or absolute Idle ness, A curious story of a strike Is told i at one of tbe mills. Tbe hours ot i labor are long from dawn to twi light. In tbe winter tbe hours are fewer, but in sum oer tbe saws a e buzzlog and tbe whole community alive and at work before the sun has . touched lbe tree tor, i A Northern foreman'" philanthropic principles took cbai. t a certain mill, and sorrowed 11 his heart : for tbe poor fellows w. , ring out their i lives with tbe cant-book and saw. ' So be decreed that from T oMuck in ' tbe morning to ti In tbe afternoon should constitute the labor pf a day. There was a murmur in tbe 1 amp, aud in two days there was a general strike. Called upon for reasons, tbe spokesman staled the (rase of the men. "v e ail jus' doan like dls yargwlnc ter wuk at sein o'clock What's de use ob sittln' aroun' fer two hours in , the mawnin' 'fo' gwlue to worn? : We jus' ain' gwine to sun' it, dat's j alL" ! So the strike was declared off by the superintendent agreeing to allow ' all hands to go to work at dawn and ! keep at it as long as tbey could see. ) I'rluiltivo People. i The man weary of railroads, the telephone, electric lights and all the ! noisy and dazzling conveniences of I modern progress may find an absolute change aud all the seclusiou belongs tor In the heart of the Ozarks, which lie on each side of the Arkansas Mis- ' sourl Uirder in this region, settled sixty years ago, some of the pioneers still survive, surrounded by cbildien and grandchildren who know scarcely more of tbe world than they them selves did when they first swung lbe ax in the Virgin forests. Scores of people Hviug in Marlon tountv, Ailc, past the aje of -r have never lookel upon a train of cars. Few of the in habitants have ambitions beyond a window ess log cabin, a patch of corn and tobacco, and a shotgun. They care cot hi iik', as a class, what tbe world Is doing outside of these hills. The bowl of a coon dog away back in the timber Is about tbe only thing that will arouse their enthusiasm. The distance from Yellville, the county town ot Marlon to the near . est railroad station, White Plains, ' Mo , Is seventy-live m.les, and the only means of travel Is a lumlerlng stage coach. Yellville is named after i one of the earliest Governors of the 1 Slate, and the town Is the oldest in Northern Aikansas. Many of the houses are bunt of logs, unpainted, and with immense fireplaces and j chimneys. The Ozarks have a no ! torety for lawlessness, which a vis- itor say9 is undeserved, its people be i ing scrupulously honest, home-loving, j and religious to the point of fanall j cisin. -'Bad men" have always ex- Isted In this primitive reg on. b;.t ! tbey are the ex option, not the rule. New 101k Evening Post He W in Kmart Knuugh. "I witnessed a very interesting n rident when 1 was in Washington a couple of yea b ago." sid Francis T. Gray of St. Louis, "and I have fre quently laughed over the lesson it taught. I was strobing out ooe cf the broad avenues lu the residence pa-t of the town Connecticut, 1 think it was we.l.a couple of China men, attired In robes and i-atin of the most go geous description, ame pushing along at tbe c laiacteristic gait of tbelr race. The superior ap pearance of the celestials did not ap pear to a(Te t a number of small boys who were loitering on a coiner, for there was an 1 mined la e cnorus of 'Chinaman eat rats' as tbe men ap proached. Tbe Chinamen took no notice of tbe juveniles, who followed in tbelr rear, continuing their shott ing. Furthur up the t eat a youth was stan ting on the sidewalk, and as the Chinamen passed bim he, evi dently inspired by the boys, asked tnem what shirts were lie ing washed at. He apparently thought the Chinamen did .'t know a woid of En glish. You can Imagine his discom fiture thea when one of them turned ts him with an expression of tbe deepest commiseration on his face and remarked In excellent United States: 'You seem to be a very ot e-looking fellow. What make you aucb a fool?' "Washington Star; i f A mam known to be a tool t bow Id excite more pity than anger. SAVCO AIM MARinCO HER. la Ntaaraa-aa. A very romantic . wedding wae ioleuwized at liiueiieida, in Nicara gua. Tuesday, Aug. 2N, ie which a su Loui boy. widely laown in toe best circles ot tbe town, lu Ji. I'euanet of 4U Liodell boulevard, was united to a young lady whose life tnd whose sister's life be bad gal- . . . . Jk J.i.lna iK. mi ..ra t ianiiy prutccv uuuur iuo limes io the recent revolution in Nicaragua, says the SU Louis Globe Democrat. Mr. Peugnet went to BlueCelds iotue t me previous to the uprising and was engaged in business for St Louis bouses tbrougboutthe Isthmus. When the trouble came on and tbe rioters seized tbe town young Peug net and several other Americans armed tbem elves to protect tbe ladles, who were exposed to the most appalling perils. en. Le ayo, who commanded the Nicaragoan troops, bad left bis wife and berslstcrln the village, not anticipating any emeute, and it was these hapless women who fell to young Peugnet's charge. He got tbem safely Into a stone house, with a large, well guarded cellar, on ooe of tbe side streets, and there dur. Ing the whole ot tbe sack and tbe fighting he kept guard over them, gun in hand, permitting no one to enter the premises but known frleuds, and frequently having to face desper ate, drunken rioters, who were seai china for Mme. Lecayo every where. W ben order was restored and it was safe tor the ladles to reappear Mr. Peugnet evidently found that the close association of three days with tbe pretty oung donna had sealed his fate, and he proposed and was ac cepted upon the raising of tbe state of siege. There were paternal and maternal consents and blessing to be secured both in Nicaragua and Missouri, but the gallantry of Peug net's defense of tbe ladies In the one place and bis father's pr de in tbe young man's pluck and endurance In the other made all this mere formula Tbe wedding was fixed for Aug. 21, and the Biueflelds mall, which is now due, will doubtle-s announce the mar riage. Ihe new Mrs. reugnet conies of one or tne oldest ana weaitnieit Central American families. fhe Is an ho ress, and Is connected in that carefully guarded line of the "genie line" with most of the Span sh-Ahier-Ican aristocracy between the City of Mexico and Bogota. :hc was edu cated at .New York, at 1'aris, and at Madrid, and, besides tbe usual ac complishments which young ladies of her station have, she N a finished linguist and a highly trained musi cian. Louis D. Peugnet bears a cume equally well known In Sb 1 ouls aud New York. His greatgrandfather was an n t cer in the Imperial guard of Napoleon, and fought under the Emperor up to the crash at Water lo - Being thoroughly trusted by the Bonaparte family, It was he who ar ranged all tbe details of the es ape of Joseph, the ex-king of .spaln. In (ompany with Joseph Bonaparte who was, of course, traveling incognito, he made bis way o Canada, .and thence Into New ork, where, near the ( ape M. in cnt, they built the quaint old house which was intended to bi tbe refuge of the Emperor him self, if he could be rescued trom ht. Helena. It was a large mansion with sixty rooms, with an odd observatory on the top that gave it among the sailors un tbe St Lawrence the name of the "Cup and Saucer" house. Na !poleon, of course, never escaped, and the house was the home of two. gen erations or the Peugnet family It wjs built about 11 . it was burned 'to the ground a lew years ago, shortly tietore the death of Mr. Peugnet's uncle. In the family there are re tained many pr.celcss moment s and documents of the Bonaparte lamlly in America, and the Napoleonic i ult, so called, Is stilt strong upon every member. America's Dead He a. Medical lake, so-called on account of the remedial virtues of its waters, situated on the Great Columbian plateau, in Southern Washington, at an altitude of -Vl'w feet alxivc the level of the Pacific, Is the Duau . ea of America. It is about a mile long and from a half to three fourths ot a mile in width, and with a maximum depth of about sixty feet. The composition of the w ters of this Alpine lake is almost Identical with that of tbe Head Sea of l ales tin;!, and, like the Oriental counter part, no plant has yet liecn round growing In or near lis edge . It Is all but devoid of animal life, a species of large "boat-bug." a queer little terra In, and the lamous "walking fish" being Its only Inhabl. tan Is. This walking fish is an od dity really deserving of a special "note." It Is from eight to nine inches lout, and has a tinny mem brane on ell sides of Its holy, even around both the upper and lower sur faces of tbe tall. It Is provided with four legs, those before having' four toes, the hinder five. St. Louis l.e public. ' Mome OlNto'a Villa. ' Monte ( risto's villa, once the resU denee of the elder Dumas, haa again passed into tbe bands of a new owper, says a correspondent It stands on a slight acclivity above the road at i or Marley, near SL Germain, and Is well shad'sd by the summer heats by treea Dumas but t It witb money accruing to bim as author's rights from . tbe ale of the famous novel, wbl h bat Edmnnd Denies as hero. Tbe new owner only gave :0,0" for tbe prop erty. Tbe lowness of the price is at tributable to tbe fact that summer ing In tbe rural uuuklrte of Paris la out of fashion, most t ple now pre ferring tbe seaside, the spi lugs, tbe Tyrol, SwIUeviaod and the Pjreaeee to pUoee Rearer borne. 1 ';',v,