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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1879)
C . '& . - 1 . n- - " : Tf .- &. -2. i" F - I?VW! 9 I kPt THE BED CLOUD CHEF. - J 1 - i T J r T ' nw uuut4j H. L. MOXAR, PiMUSer. RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, j HOME ASD FOREIGN GOSSIP. The debt of New York City, on Jan uary 81, amounted to114,S02,291.S7 A max living 4tf Battle Creek, Mich., by smoking, 20 or 30 cigars a day has become a victim of delirium tremens. One night recently atAndover.Mass , a woman OT3bmitrip!etfl, and one day after, in-the same house, her mar ried daughter followed with twins. Mrs Dr, Ames,oi Minneapolis, has a lemon tree planted in 1857, in full bloom, and bearing 30 full-grown lem ons of fine jqualily pendent from its branches. Miss Mahy J. Wadleigii, of Sutton, Mass., has no fewer than 100 pet cats, und when 'one of them dies she has it buried, and its grave marked by a neat monument. A lady in Hungary has the distaff used by Marie Antoinette in spinning during her imprisonment. Itisofwood and ivory, inlaid with silver, and still bears the hemp left upon it by the ill fated qu-.en on the eve of her execution. It is a curious fact that no attempts Tmw hocn made to tame and utilize the African elephant for draft purposes. It is now proposed to import trained In dian elephants and experiment with a herd of wild elephants which are now in the neighborhood of Port "Natal A buckskin pony, which, it is said. Gen. Cushing rode dn Mexico -and brought back with him to Newburyport, is now owned by a resident of Ipswich, Mass. He is represented to be 44 years old, and still roady for hisshare of work when called upon. The World's Fair at Sydney, Austra lia, to be opened on the 1st of next August, will be chiefly contributed to by the mother country and the United States. Two ship-loads of American machinery and products are to be ex hibited. Canada has abandoned special efforts to induce immigration, and her agents abroad, who have for years been hold ing out all sorts of inducements, are to be recalled. The trouble about the bus iness has been that, while Canada paid the heavy expenses, the United States received a large share of the benefit. Miss Cbloe Lankton, of New Hart ford, Conn., has just completed the col lection of one million canceled postage stamps. She began in October last, a gentleman in Philadelphia having offer ed her 200 if she would get the stamps for him, the money to be used in getting for her a life residence in a home for the friendless. The Sultan's private palace is the only part of the Turkish domains in Cyprus which the English have not purchased. This will be a good place of refuge for the owner when Constantinople becomes too hot for him, as is likely to be the case if the recent reports of conspira cies be true. New Orleans is happy over the es tablisnment of a line of fruit steamers to the Mediterranean. There will be four steamers, which will land their car goes in a month after leaving Messina and Palermo, and will restore to New Orleans her old supremacy. in supplying the West and South with fruit and Med iterranean produce. ,. The Society .of Adventists at Battle Creek, Mich., purpose to set up an inde pendent kingdom. They are building a paper mill, and already possess a san itarium costingS 125,000, a tabernacle worth $50,000, a college worth $40,000, and a printing-office and bindery worth $25,000. Hardwbrk and freedom from fashionable expense have made them rich. The ladies of Virginia are to erect at Winchester, June 6, a shaft memorial to the Confederate dead.. It will be" in height 22"feet, the base four feet broad. The column will be made of the finest Italian marble, and surmounted by a funeral urn and drapery, and the base of Richmond granite. On its front will be the coat-of-arms of the State, and on the different panels will be appropriate inscriptions. One of. the merchants of Bartow, Ga., recently .contracted with the son of a farmer to deliver him an unlimited sup ply of 'possums at 50 cents a head. He thought the boy could not capture more than two or three at the outside, but what was his surprise when four days afterwards the young man drove up with 80, and excused himself by saying that he had only hunted two nights, arid they were not good nights for catching 'possums, either. The contract was . forthwitb-rescinded on the ground that the market jva&already overstocked.-' " Mrs. Elizabeth Leonard, widow of Thomas Leonard, lately died at Granite ville, S. C, at the great age of 107 years. At her funeral Vas her only surviving son, over 80 years of age, and there al so stood around the grave a grandchild 56 years old, several great-grandchildren over 40 years of age, great-greatgrandchildren 25 years old and a num ber of great-great-great-grandchildren five generations in all. There are liv ing at present 80 of her descendants and 210 have died. Gov. Jarvis, of North Carolina, thus describes himself: " In my childhood I read about the Governor of North Carolina, and invested him with the highest honors that befall mankind. As I toiled and labored on a little farm by the side otf the sea, in noble old Curri tuck, I wondered if it were possible for me to reach that high and exalted po sition. The prospect then -seemed gloomy, but I said I will try. cfiuided in all things by the lessons of '".honesty: ana integrity taugnt me oy aipinusJ mower ana a noiy lamer, aided by de- voted and generous friends, and favored by a noble and chivalrous people, I have to-day reached the goal of my youthful ambition." The Prates believe that a physician ought to be killed as soon as five of bis Eatients have died. A few years ago an adian named Mioses learned to -write his own name,- and that accomplish ment was so highly regarded by bis tribe that he was made a medicine man. His practice, -however, did not prove satis factory, for bis fourth patient died re cently. This last victim was a chief, sad it was thoughtthat ndose of poison ous herbs killed Mm.tfcerthecir- cumstances, the Prates deemed it just to Ttone Mm to death', without waiting for the fifth patient to die, tad would have done so if ; some white rneniad not res caedhim.jg , . Pktnce Bismakci: is .IT' eater, ki ii.fn nrtfbo eajjea a aencw or scientific rHtF.3:Beer, champagne, tur - fi udin 1-w.ar'fl head, ana a mess of mustard andraspberry jelly formed only a part of a repast in aday when he when he SJSSSPIMMnmM cotitdat one time, dispose of 11 hard boiled eggs at a sitting. He is fond, of middle-sized troht. Besides bisfcvorito drink porter mixed with champagne- be strongly recomnrenns anuimar; w pound, said to be the invention ef FieW Marshal Molttc, conMurigoi not xe, ehr-rrv. and chamDSinie and chantDume. ne emovs good mutton, but he nas little appetite a,v - - ' r wm v w for filets ot oeei or Deei in general. The Indian Territory contains a vast extent of the best agricultural lands. It embraces something over 41)00,000 acres, 20,000,000 of which have been surveyed and set apart as reservations ior the Jive.Nations, leaving more than 15,OO0iOOO acres unsurveyedand belong ing to the Government. The popula tion iucludes 48,736 Indians.8,767 white 'and negro members of the tnbes, 5,000 negroes not members of the Chick asaw or Choctaw Nations, 1,200 rail road employees, and 5,000 other white residents of the five civilized nations, making a total population of 68,708. A very singular shooting accident occurred in Macon, Ga. As a gentle man was walking along the street, car rying a double-barreled shot-gun with the muzzle down, the gun came to pieces, the barrel falling on the ground and the stock remaining in his nands. As the barrel struck the bricks the caps on the tubes exploded simultaneously and the double charge of buckshot took effect in a group of convicts working not more than thirty leet away, ana iwo of them were severely wounded. Med ical aid was summoned at once, and so great sympathy "was felt for the unfor tunate men, that on account of this mis hap, an effort will be made to effect their release. A makked effect of the failure of pub lic life insurance companies is the in crease in the mutual beneficial associa tion among secret societies. As a rule, the assessments per death amount only to one dollar. Some of the older asso ciations, having a considerable fund in vested, pay stated sums at death, from $500 upward, the average being 81,000. A compilation of annual Teports for the year 1877 places the number of such as sociations in the United States in that year at 204, with a membership of 155, 086, divided as follows: Masonic, 55, 758; Odd Fellows, 38,280; other simi lar societies, 61,648. The total-num-ber of deaths was 5,476 ; the death rate per cent., 1.03; average amount paid by deceased members, $18 02; average . r ij arm oi ,! amount oi insurance paiu, i?uu., mm average cost of insurance, $6.93 per $1,000. The sum paid to beneficiaries by Masonic organizations was $3,996, 704.85; by Odd Fellows, $1,457,400.50, and by others, $2,113,136.74 making the handsome total of $7,567,332.00. Tire wife of a miner in Hopewell.Pa., had yellow liair of wonderful length and abundance. It was so heavy as to be a bother, but her husband would not let her cut it off, even when offered a good price by dealers in hair. Lately work became scarce with him, and he did not know how to make a payment soon coming due on his little house. The loss of his home seemed probable. Then a stranger came along and offered $200 for the treasured yellow hair. That amount of money would raise the mort gage on the homestead, and thejius band reluctantly made the sale. He could not help shedding tears when he saw the stranger's shears despoiling his wife's head of its beauty, and she wept when she looked at herself in the glass; but they consoled themselves with the crisp bank notes, and the buyer went away with the hair. A few days after ward the miner went to pay the debt, and learned that the bills were all coun terfeit. TiiElndians of Nevada rely mainly forfood on the pine cones, or nuts, that grow in great abundance in the pine forests. The trees are small, rarely ex ceeding 15 feet in height when full grown, but in fruitful seasons yield enormous quantities of cones. These are dried and made into bread, or roast ed whole. The Indians go to the har vest in large parties,mounted on ponies, and make a pleasure excursion of the work. "Arrived at some central point where water and grass arc found," says a correspondent of the San Francisco Bulletin, " the squaws with baskets, and the men with poles, ascend the ridges to the laden trees, followed by the chil dren; beating begins with loud noise and chatter; the limrrs fly right and left, lodging against stones and sage brushes; the squaws and children gather them with fine natural gladness; smoke columns speedily mark the joyful scene of their labors as the roasting fires are kindled, and at night, assembled in cir cles, garrulous as jays, the first grand nut feast begins.11 Sufficient quantities are obtained in a few weeks to last all winter. Population-Density and Rates of Mor tality. Some curious and interesting results are developed by Dr. Farr, F. R. S., from a study of the rate of mortality in connection with statistics of population density. He finds that the rate of mor tality increases as density of population increases, and this he proves by arrang ing the 619 districts of England and Wales in groups according to the rates of mortality, and showing that all 'the groups follow this law. Tfius ia the 10 years 1861-',70, at one end of the scale the deaths per 1,000 of population are 15, 16, and 17 ; at the other end, 31, 33, and 39. The acres per capita in the cor responding districts are 12, 4, and 3, and 1-01, -05, 1-01. The intermediate rates of mortality are 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24, and 25, while the acres per capita are 4, 3-3, 2-9, 2-1, 11, 05, and -02. Now, excluding the London districts, about which there is some difficulty, we have 7 groups of districts where the mortality ranges thus: 17, 19, 22, 25, 28, 32, and S9.. In the same districts the number of per sons to a square mile is 166, 186, 379, l;718, 4,499, 12,851,' and 63,823. Thus, in Liverpool, the densest and the un healthiest district in England, there were 63,823 to an acre"; of whom 39 per 1,000 died annually. This series of facts maybe put in a different way: The nearer people live to each other the shorter their lives are. Thus the prox imity of people in 53 districts is 147 yards, the mean dura tion of life is 51 years; in 345 districts the proximity fc 139. yards and the mean duration of life is 45 years ; in 137 districts the proximity is 97 yards, and the mean duration of life is 40 years; in 47 districts the proximity fc4 yards, and the mean duration of lilt fc 35 years; in 9 districts the proximity is 28 yards, the mean duration of life is 32 years. In Manchester district the prox imity is 17 yards, andthe"mean' clura tion of life xyears; in Ltaerpooldis tncttneproximityis-7 yards, aM:the mean duration of life k 26 years. This Ks - ji determined lawand, the duration of life'being given in one set of condi tions, the duration of kfe in another set of conditions is oetermiaed from the proximities. .PbpwJer Sdmee Mutikly, 9MMMf IHH win ""2 THCCOSTICPSTALE. A-olM WaaderlH Jiw-A LBSTrmTi t, laMearcfeaciie!' - ritmtbeDeMoinaa(iowa) Bejtcr. ;t A year or so since ft well aresseB, bred vatm. came tr'Des Moines -" m M and sought employment as a teacher of music or organist. He was a skillful perform er on the instrument as well as a com petent instructor. He secured a few scholars and had about concluded an engagement to play the big organ at the Fresbytenan unurcn wnen, auuucmji and without giving any warniag or reason therefor, he removed to Council Bluffs. There his career was about the same that it had been here, andafter a brief stay he left the place and-weat to Atlantic. There, too, he remained but a short time and then departed for St. The spirit of unrest seemed to possess him. He paid bis bills promptly and was a man of excellent habits. No scan dals attached to him, and to those that learned of his frequent migrations the cause of them remained a profound mystery. A few weeks or months since it mat ters not which a citizen of Des Moines happened to be called by business to the town in which is located one of the Iowa penitentiaries and while strolling along the streets, killing time until the depart ure of a railroad train to bear him home, he chanced to meet the mysterious mu sician. Tbe gentleman is himself gifted with no small share of musical culture, had frequently admired tbe skill of the organist as displayed in thi3 city and was personally acquainted with him. He also knew something of his wanderings. A conversatson took place beteen them, and during it thoor ganist unraveled the mystery of his frequent change of base. He had been convicted on doubtful, if not entirely false testimony, and sentenced to the Penitentiary in the town where this con versation took place. There ho had served a term of impriaonmenUThe Warden was kind to him and gave him all the liberties consistent with his-situation. Learning of his musical skill, that officer detailed him to play-the or gan in the prison church. His execu tion was so excellent that it attracted the attention of the other musicians in the town, and when his term of service had expired they offered to procure him a situation there and a class. He, how ever,remembering the convict life, could not endure the thought of remaining in sight of the Penitentiary walls, and de clined the proposal. By the aid of some friends he procur ed enough money to supply himself with suitable clothing and came to Des Moines, where he engaged in teaching, as before related, and was in a fair way to thrive and prosper in his profession when one day he met on the streets a discharged guard from the prison, where he had been confined, and learned that the latter had becomo a resident of this city. Then the dread of exposure oppressed the organist and hastily settling up his affairs he fled to Council Bluffs. There he was again recognized, and at every place some former acquaintance that had known him during his dark days would appear; and he would abandon all and attempt to escape beyond the sphere of recognition. In no place did there appear to be any unkindness shown him'by any one of the discoverers, or any indication of revealing the mystery of his past life, but ever before him rose the specter of that past, and he feared exposure. At length he abandoned the vain wanderings in search of a place where acquaintance could not reach him, and determined since he could not es cape exposure to return to the Peniten tiary town where his history was so well known that he would be free from sus picion. He did so, established himself as a teacher of music, was engaged as organist of the principal church there, and is contented and hap py. All that ever was bad about him is fully knbwn where he is, and his life since he became a free man is substan tial proof among the citizens where he m Three Sisters Married at One Time. The village of Greene, Chenango County, N. Y., recently wisnessed the marriage of three sisters atone time and in the same church. Two of the bride grooms were clergymen. The triple ceremonies were performed in the Con gregational Church in the presence of a large number of guests, a number of whom were New Workers, and parties came from the country for miles around to witness the scene. The brides and bridegrooms were Miss Mary H. Grant and the Rev. Smith T. Ford, pastor of the Baptist Church in Greene; Miss Flora R. Grant and Mr. H. H. Scott, a New York shoe merchant, and Miss Jennie L. Grant and the Rev. William N. Ritchie, of the Forty-fourth Street Presbyterian Church, New York. The three sisters, standing together at the altar in their bridal robes, made a strik ing picture. After the wedding there was a brilliant reception, and then the three bridal parties started together for the East on an extended tour. The Shock of a Railroad Acci dent. Accounts of railroad accidents frequently state that although the en gine and cars were much damaged, the passengers escaped without serious in jury. Yet many pereonscanrec6TIect instances of men whose health steadily declined after they had passed apparent ly unharmed through someinisnap to a train, and whose sufferings were termi nated "by death more or less sodden. Some light has been cast on cases of 'this kind by a paper read last month, before the Medical Society of the King and Queen's College of Physicians, Dublin, by Dr. MacSwiney. In a railroad col lision there may result to a passenger (1) spock merely, or (2) concussion, or (3) contusion of the cerebro-spiaal sys tem. In shock the functions of the nerves are impaired, and the action of the nervous system thus lowered. It has been found that great confusion and injury, either temporary or permanent, to the nervous functions sometimes fol low from1 a shock, to the cerebro-spinal system, when the soft cerebral and spinal mass is struck -violently against tbe bony case in which it is inclosed. That slight blows often cause serious re sults is now well established. An ap parentlv trifling injury to the back or sacrum may give rise to an inflamma tory process, which may, after the lapse of years even, end fatally .And often a slowly oreeping-on paralysiswffl ensue upon a shock to the cerebro-spinal cen ter, when at first no OI result was ap parent. Irnsveh eases the seeming eoa tradktioaBaay sometimes he .noticed that, whoreas,the mora severe aad dan gerous phenomena often result, in the Terr1 cases in which the injury appears .tobetriflisg, on the other hand, it oc casioaally eecura tnat tne severe pn mary lesions.present to observation on lyslight and unimportant symptoms. mm It costs about $1,000 to give ft "rpse btL party" in New York, MjwKt-41""'1'1 "ir1 J1 "ir 'w'"' THE PLAGUE. thmfImtrdctlon2Lt Dif Dmrngmr m 1 r'UiU gutu StC im PaSSt .9 , m rr .rfcn :M. welworui burgeon . j t -v . - , . w . . -v.Tct Generalfof fie Urftc4vStatl Marine r "Hospital Service, says in an official re port to ine senate wmmiuwuu .epi demic Diseases: I am constrained to invite your atten- : trx arkktl mtlMlTi ft D a mattST of sufficient importance to claim the at tention of the Committees of Congress on Epidemic, Diseases. From tbe im perfect accounts wnicn come wr u.i sottsAnLof the)pvBvatua . j4rtsae. w the Province of Astrakhan, thero seems to be little room for doubt that the dis ease which has broken out there with such deadly effect is the plague, a sin gularly fatal infectious disease, accom panied by swelling and sometimes gan grenous condition of the glands of the body, and in many respects resembling malignant typhus fever. The account of the outbreak, which is reaeraHy credited in Europe and in this COUnwT, IS U IOC CUCCl lUM a uuasiau soldier returning from the war brought a shawl with'him and gave it to a girl, who sickened and died two days after from this supposed infection. The dis ease spread with great fatality. About three weeks elapsed before the Russian Government was officiallv notified of the facts, and another week passed before any measures were adopteoto check its mread. The Russian Government, as well as the people, are .now v thoroughly I aroused. Sa&itary lines ana quaran tines have been established, and cordons of soldiers have,been placed around the infected villages. Europe has become alarmed, and commerce with Russia has been interdicted except under "strict qurantinc"rules, but in spite of the ex penditure of money and tne strong mil itary arm of the Government the meas ures of prevention appear to have been too long delayed, and the plague is rapidly spreading. -1 Should the. plftgus: appear in the countries of Europe with which the United Stated ha3 commercial inter course, there would be great danger of the disease reaching our shores. In fact, the danger exists at present through ships from the Caspian and Black Seas. The latest arrival at New York from the Black Sea was in Decem ber last. Considerable danger may be appre hended from the introduction of infect ed clothing into this country, brought by Russian emigrants, especially the Mennonites from Southern Russia, large numbers of whom ship at Liverpool. The board of yellow-fever experts were unanimous in opinion that United States medical officers of -health should be stationed at Liverpool and at some point in the Mediterranean, and that' they should be subject to orders to visit places of outbreak of infectious epi demic disease, jio that definite, reliable, and prompt information may be given to tbe health authorities of ourseaports. Twelve thousand dollars per year would maintain two such medical oulcers abroad and pay their traveling expenses, and in my opinion it would be an in vestment worthy of a great commercial nation. The people of this generation have considered the plague a scourge belong ing only to the past, and a few words in reference to its former ravages may be of interest. The great epidemics of this disease have followed as a sequence to wars in unsanitary countries or to great religious pilgrimages. The plague pre vailed in earliest historic times. The first epidemic of which we have any definite record occurred nearly 3,000 years ago, in the time of David. Next is the great plague which commenced 767 years before Christ, whieh is said to have spread over the whole world. The epidemic which commenced in the time of Justinian, 541 or 542 years before Christ, is said to have almost con sumed mankind." It commenced in Egypt and spread to all parts of the then known world, " making destruc tion its only business, ana sparing neither island, cave, nor top of moun tain where mankind inhabited." When the.pestilence was at its height in Con stantinople as many as 10,000 perished in a day, so that tnedead lay.without burying. Procopius compares the num ber who perished to the sands of the sea. Another general epidemic of the plague prevailed in t .-v. . -. . . thnnino.lVII U f' ana was esDeciallv severe in Athens. UWJVl "" v-., During the Christian 'era the plague has frequently visited Europe with great fa tality, unequaled by any other epidemic disease. It is estimated that there were 45 epidemics of the plague during the seventeenth century. Fourteen of these are referred to Holland and 12 to Eng land. The one which occurred in Los don in the year 1665 was as terrible as the great fire of 1666, which put a stop to its ravages. The lowest estimate of deaths in London alone in 1665 is given as 68,500. In the present century the plague has occurred chiefly in the countries of the Lower Danube and the Black Sea. The last epidemic in Westefmrepoe curred at Marseilles and vicinity in 1720 and 1721, causing the death of 200,000 people. The same year it prevailed in the Island of Majorca. Europe has been free from the plague since 1841, and it has not occurred in Asiatic Tur key since 184S, nor. in lgypt since 1844. In 1858 and 1859 the plague prevailed among the Arabs in the vicinity of Ber razi, a seaport of North Africa. In 1857 an epidemic occurred' in Mesopotamia and one in Persian Kurdistan in 1871. These are hot sr-few' JBStanres in the long catalogue of the swift destroyer of human,life with which we may have to deaL Viewed from our present stand point, it may be said thatwhile on the one hand the improved condkiomsof liv isg which prevail among the Christian nations makes them better able to con trol the plague, on the other hand the increased facilities for commerce and trawl which steam has brought about increases the danger of its spread. AccOKonroto the litest sritisriea of the Holy Synod there were founded in Russia last year 1S7 new sects, of which by all odds the most remarkable is thai of the Leeches, which exists among tbe peasants of Gojasowetz, in the Govern ment of Vologda. Infants and those in riper years received into fc aw baptised in biood drawn frees n wvaan, and draughts of warm human blood are giv en, to the new-born children of members. The officials of the province declare that owing to these practices the mortality amo-jg the females in the districtr has greatly increased. Ewolish Flux Bcmhxg.T pound stnMbres-nmbs;iino4mdUudiM nofMkd currants, 1 pound brown sugar, 4 pounds suet, a,ponnd:citrour 1 pinch salt, 5 eggs, 1 nutmeg, plenty of good brandy; boil 15 hours. Ah English botanist and chemist cal culates that to produce a pound of honey from clover the bees must visit 2,700,000 flowers. X Hi? Saakc Story liome scvesfor eight years ago. sayaa J? J W niirhkcensst (S. IU Icttl the Stw Ynrk irorftAuch-niann ?w rsi ImanJist- id alonir theline of ilce sltusasfftic Railroad by the appearance of a tre mendous snake, but of what ophidian species.be was a, sample ..no one could tell. The reptile msJe its home in a dense swamp in .the vidniry, of Us rail road track. Timo and again tbe reptile was shot at by hunting parties, but it always managed to get awty Mftlj The track: of the Houatonic Railroad iwm dirtetly threra the vwimp -ed. Early ono morning the engineer of a passenger train snddcnly discover ed a long black object lying across tbe rails and he shut off steam and whistled for brakes. While the speed was slack ening the engineer saw that it was the veritable snake, about which so much had been said, and he pulled the throt tle again, inttwdtof , if possible, to mn it down and entiviu two, but jnstbe-, fore the engine reach U4he endof -the tail slid off the rail and almost immedi ately the entire snake disappeared. Four or five years ago two men riding in a bturgy along a road which skirts tho swamp say they saw the now famous snake wriggling slowly across the road. They were certain, from tho measure ment of the ground where they first saw it, that it was over twenty feet long. Again tho snake excitement broke out in the neighborhood, and parties were or ganized to hunt the reptile down, with out success, and the interest ia the mat ter soon died out. The cauM) of the dis appearasce of the snake for the last four, rears has been a irrcatniystery.hutit has been completely solved in an ertraordf- J narv manner, borne imagmcu tnat uie snake has found his way to the Houhu tonio River, and; escaping death by drowning, thence to tho ocean, and be came a veritablo sea serpent. Others held that he had taken to the mountains. Really he never left the swamp of his .birth, for his colossal remains have beun discovered." On Saturday last two men named Kelly and Smith, both well and favorably known in the neighborhood, went into the swamp with a sled to get a load of wood. Alter a while they came to a large buttonwood treo which had fallen to the ground. They discov ered it wns hollow, and in order to han dle it easily they attempted to saw it up. They had sawed noarly through one part when suddenly the saw grated as though it had struct a stone. Think ing that it was a curious place to find a stone they at once went o work to in vestigate. They plieu tneir axes ana oy dint of hard labor split tho tree, when to their astonishment the obstacles which the saw bad struck proved to bo bones. Then they opened the tree as far as they could find bones, some 21 feet, and the remains proved to be thoo of tho monstrous reptile so often seen but never captured. The rib3 measured six inches inc diameter and from that ta pered down tojsnialler sizes. The tail of the snake was found imbedded in the upper part of the treo, and both men believe he went in backward. It is be lieved that the last time he was chased, some four years ago, he sought refuge in this tree and never came out again. The bones and other remains have been preserved and will be sent to the Socie ty of Natural' Science, together with a history of thease'. i .... A Bequest "for. the Benefit of Herses. The will of Mis3 Lisetta Rht, late of Odessa Road, Forest Lane, near Strat ford, Essex, who died on tho 1st ult., was proved on the 14th ult. by Mr. A. G. P. Allt, the sole executor, the per sonal estate being sworn under 1,500. There are several small legacies, and the residue of thTproperty 'Is to bo realized by her executor, and invested, aml'he is then directed to, transfer such invest ments into the names of four of twelve carmen mentioned, the whole of whom are to be the, trustees of the said funds, and are designated li mysaidraYcUsg trustees." Jlheyare to apply ,thc in come from time to time in purchasing gravel and sand, "which is to be applied in graveling or sanding, when certain roadways inthecity ana east end shall be slippery, to enable horses or other animal3 to betterjkeep their footing. The testatrix provided" that her gravel ing trustees shall in the case of violent snow-storms and heavy frosts apply such part of tho income (when gravel or sand wohld not "be properly availa ble) in aid of cleansing, or otherwise making the said carriage roadways as easy as they reasonably can, for horses and other animals to pass up and down; and that they shall cause tbe graveling or sanding to bo commenced at the be ginning of November and terminate at the end of April each year; and it U to be done either at night or early in the morning, so taat tne cnier aangerous places may be always graveled or sanded by 6 :30 or 7 o'clock, first doingthc most dangerous parts where the early traffic beguis. Zowton City Press. &- A ew Isclnent Iii9fekens's Early Ch- S--Teerj There is a very aUractJvetnotn at Ips wich, to wit : Mr. Pickwiek's room, at the Great White Horse Metal, the true history of whicb!is curisejs and hitherto nnnnblished. .WhSSI CheVJe JMeessof was a very yofBgnan, tn f&me. he resorted -fe" art-whiejenl hehc she ices of tbe fatnrnoreisjnne Chronicle, on thh e)eenesc)hof tsw e.4MEA. Arrivihs? nt Mi vounsr uressmssl eWCTCSd the eoBsfcrtsv ble best rooni nf- White Horse.' 'L;- ni.,. : ' il1.. dux. istcr w wmo mji visitors became lord, named VO!d Billy respect for! ideas as to Us ens's bedroom ts -amim-.mmtn one far less J placed, in fjsinsi THrkens waASStvVrnl hnt wt little, Wdincr his ties. When "Pickwick" took she literary world by form. Its IndicTous and scarcely exag gerated description of the White Horse, "where they sold the wet possiWe wine at the has possible price," assurers- altered Mr. Brooks's notions as to the power of tne pen. and much of his lexer life wssTspent in "nrrlsg'abowt the iajmy Dickens -wssTdoing Km. Sol long afterwards Brooks died, and the betel changed nands. But as the yeass rolled by thnlandlords began to discsVverthat the brilliant hnsaonet had dene ssr men good than harm by sank ingthe hotel one nf Mr. Piekwiek's re sorts. Tourfstv and -travelers -of nil kiads especially AsMricssEStoeked fcxthe White Horse to view the scene of Mr. Pickwick's startling ad venture with the middle-aged lady. Whether "the at tendants always "point out' the same r om we can norsay clearly one room will do just as well as another -but it is certain that visitors keep coming to see it to the present day. notes, wetness sjmA nuns en -- ZTtSK. MN UBBi mm "? Wkin 4"t""" 7mmmrr. mx twsrsnjmmnnnmsj. mii ssmsftsK VMBttrVsHSssfMnr sBftmssrW "'rTT.-r.T': . m "-ter I mji neneh asmeTsel, THE ALLHSATOR AT MO)ir,F ttA tr 1rtM L2f; f - - TT- 22 B.l to Bh Sr W mm rr, u SW Sk WtuiM mm m itfacKSOXviOJe, Ha., Kcb& W. Hreo rue are batiin to nni Amonff the throng of people travelled f from uader th MoTin llaarJn Tfe southward to escape our northern win- U a wrt ?jn that pnj: h cmatez tcr may be found many sportsmen, arm-. IiocSxUr Ksprexi. cd with rifle and revolver and wits. Tiik MArtrabof Lomeofrt arnriM plenty of ftted ammunition, cberihiag 0f 1 to every Canadian woman & one hope above others of hooUng an sji acfejere tripte. A! how vS alligator. Large are the numbers who gobJcrit l to compel for Urnl go forth t ahoot, but few are the aUi- u atragsle for th nspty hoor gators slain. Tho rivers, bavoa and of peJeAtrUnUm. CMeoo 7ViWe ye.lshedlhsssMsnnf itcmta v&er fTtim thmn! thickly populated with alligators, or imm njonJ jpj, u Jrutl la lagartos, as they are kaf ?Vlthts world. Tl y b. it i not Spanish-tpeahing nerfim 4 isinnaJbf rf,Tide4. Some psopl tT itantt. On sunny days Uey may J j yVty-nins pr cu l th ??. seen stretched uponlhe slopiar banks ua j nt0fftJ,RjM pr c&i. of Uv ol streams or floating idly on the gliwsy lroob mm lttrtiUL balls. Theft art but two plaos tn an alligator where f. PVLJ1 in the eye and directly under the !ors arm. fho first, being very small nd protected by a heavy csMmenl ur- mounted by a projeckng cap. can be struck only by the b-t marksmen ; ; . i .(,:.. . .- i t k !mtr rmTM wrian iskiiiy vuu-wcii w vr-w spot under the shoulder is never ex. poseu. iDocnwuy-jj..--. gator, especially by a novice, U there- fore not alarmingly great. Although very chimsy, their quick nans in some eases is wmarkaaie, as when in tho water a speed of lrotn five to eiirht miles an hour is made, and en land thov are able to throw themselves tnoy are aois uj " , ZTi . half a circle, usm g the fornM or nvr half A circle. USI a fulcrum, sinking an eseay with their tail with treinendotH lores, in gcuiag footl tho alligator displays a remarka ble degree of cunning. KUh U acccpU blc, and to catch theiaaawnber of alli gators form in linodriving tho fish oe fore them into a cove or inlet. Then e:ich alligator makes a rujh, catches a fish in his open mouth, tines to the sur face, tosses the fish iato the air, at the same timo expelling tho water by a cur rent of air drawn through the noc, and ! riyidv to bolt the fish when it falls. Owing to tho formation of the Uwlh, tho t alligator can not saasucaie aw iswu, m bolu it in small chunks. Thfrgullct Is not largo. Prey of sbse is conceal! un til it begins to putrefry, when it i sought and devoured. The largwat aui malsaru attacked, if they get into the water, dragged down and drowned. Lnt spring a largo ox went into the waters of Lake Jackson, not far from Tallabaiuoe, to drink. Jkn alligator fastened to the foreleg ol. tha 'animal crushing tho bone. Thoa struggled to tke shore, dragging Ids antagonist with him. At this time the shore wan black with alligators, attracted by- tbe smell of blood, and some crawled apon tho bank. The ox fought valiantly, tossing one of the monsters high in tho air, from which fall ho lay on tke grousd stunned a considerable time. But the wounded ox again got in tho water, and a mammoth alligator closed on his nose' and dra?ed him Ulder. Not long ago a r'lorida paper told a J story oi me cuarmino! umgmur uy a rattlesnake. The latter noon discov ering tho former attract ed. attention by souding an alarm. Tho alligator turn ed his head several times as if he want ed to get away, but as often faced the snake again. "Toward the end of half an hour." said tho napar. "with fixed eyes the alligator moved slowly toward his terrible enemy, until within striking distanco, when the snake eurita nunteil more compactly and struck tho alliga- tor: rFor a moment tne aingaior noox . 1 ! .a . 1 . . L. iremendooxly, and thon as if by magfo made a semi-circle backward, and brought his tail down upon ,tho would be assassin with fatal result." On aef eral occasions captisred alligators and rattlesnnkes havo been put in an en closure to fight for tho benefit of spec tators,and in a majority of cases the snake has bscn victorious, having suc ceeded In striking his fangs into the al ligator's open mouth. Alligators are oviparous, tho females laving as many as two hundred eggs, somewhat larger then goose egga, in a nest scooped out of the soil near tbe water. A thin matting of leaves and twigs separates the layer of eggn, which are left: to hatch in the sun's heat. When the young alligator breaks its shell It is from eight to ten inches in length, and at once takes to the water and the established ways of getting foodl They may often be seen playing together like young kittens. At this stage great numbers are captured by Begro boys, who sell them in the towns to northern visitors to carry home as curiosities. jl i . Up to a year or two ago the war on alligators came near to exterminating them. The skin and teeth are the only pares ed.valae. For several years from twenty to twenty-five thousand of the former were annually taken, the 'hunt ersreceiving 50 cents to fl apiece for Them." The greatest hunter of Florida got one thousand skins in a five months' campaign. The skin from the sides and belly was stripped offand shipped north, and made fine leather for boots and shoes. These were once quite fashion- lable, but are seldom seen now, and in consequence the alligator lives in great er security. The demand for jewelry nod ornaments made man Tthe teeth I jeems to have been pretty thoroughly .nuppiieo, ana lew are nunieu ior mis jacpofte. Occasii onaHy an alligator from ten to meet t in length is wanted for,n ,and there fc no 4Httewkj f m the contract to a colored caught his feet are tied over his , and tbe powerful jswsmstened manv wraos of Ttrmf; Re-is shcsi sjMpped to his destination in a strong btusea auigaiors are iar ot tener bited, the moisntiwr being a oesn- nssmtiyely easy aad iBexpensive process. of the most valuable constitn- ectsof the wheat are left in the bran. and the fiae fenr fc not senlssentJy lax ative to meet the requirements of most systems, so it is advisable to take fre quentiy or jwimttimllnconrsncdieC, Graham, cracked whentor ryw will gen erally meet this want, or a fatrsnpply of berries or fruits will answer n sut ilar ouTDose. Proper attsnsssm in she diet will generally obviate the nnonsstty or a resort to pnywc, ana is oy jar inn preferable course in every aspect of the case. Jx Paris, enrrasjeen, or Irish has been need as a substitute for Unseed men! nod other kinds of poultices, with good results. It does not ferment, aad 1 1 me.ii ii moist and inodorous for JJ or 18 hours, when properly ntnphind by chopping and soaking. - Dn. Blacuek. has recently,. reported (tn the Courier Medi&U) somn exeeoen results from treatsoent of pnlmonary consumption in its first two periods, with gly cerin instead of cod-liver oiL " L, rim A5ti rot.rr. Til saan who wt to? over lit k f , t Kaji rrt-r.rvrf f I aH da, ht only go bf oV fp!Ill? iMT klKtu Iterrv. f a reverend gUeinan Twain g f M , j fLu J "Mr w j J or r on ORO h! 4ff Ug?.. Why? what do Vm your , JJJ aean?" akel be, N hT. ma t ouvo alwny got the yc on tho wp t ..Meof your fee on her In chor . lhft abomln!tdc,M oI olallon seenwdtohav cUll tn her in cborri. o(d' that chiUr heart. 1 onkers (kutU. LiTtux NcUlewx4lookini:t"V. f't WUU Animali" when Mr J'TV.n called, aad nmxMiled U that j;9Uai 1 to explain ono of th pleturn Vhv ruoar." aai.1 be and he mu lady looked Rt t IhouchUully anl n plletl : ' It don't look like ywi, d j Mr, .lorkinji?" I hoponoi," rwjH.id v tho guwt. Why?" !Watt, iald tho artless innocent, raainms -u-l whsa your oanl wjw Mint up, Dw Ihatohl boreJorkiae agln.M And t was a full minute Iwforo mamma' trwn lips thawl sufilcientlr W Inform tbe nurse it was Nelliu'd bedtime. iAu Ootrwurcvtl llulUUn. A woma in a nc.t little suburban vlllngt) hat not been vUllcd by a in)io trassi during tho winter, nor hat br kaband hsd to buy hor a rovolvrr nml feel alarmed lot he hould road In tl.n evening patnjri on hti way Uoiuo ai evening paperi on hi night, " Another Hellish ered by a Tramp." H a IWl IJUU'li- 8hl had Is all n Urn of coal dumped In a couapiouuu p vn in tho yard, and crfiilly bruhM uS the anow whenever there wjw a Urni, and the coneounce wjm tUat whnr.rjr an abent-mludM or hort-pijtWI tramp did getpo far m to open thecal. kU nve fall on the coal aad he Uk Ht hank-track oa l no hii forgotten some thing. Chxoigo Tribune. aUttrbftitft Httl chill Which Kr hr" hfi of pain. Jllid wbm aim trt'l to hakn IttAl chill It hWW hrrhtcV Hifntn, It f)llwpa hor to chHl unn ljr. Which m ftlnt tht ruJ; It matlo tho ahlldtrn Uush t I'iMr Mary lika In hol. Ant thn twchcr anl hr Rmoi Ail bml hnr to tk II", To r9ivtnirt hrr yitm miU TeUiuldati tho hit 51. L"U T" JurtL Mirror VTorKlilp In Japan. Prof. Ayrton lectured lait wmk nt tho Koyal Institution, hU bjvt tain The Magic Mirror of Japan " I J Ean there is, he said, nn ah-Min- f ouse wall, interior and exterior, h houses consisting of a roof rapport" In only a few poet criclolng vnry !tl ' ' empty npucc, n miumK win, divide offcosepartmoata. V hy. In i rrtmtifirntiVfi sJxnn(? of All that should call furniture, now one ri pcrtAining to Uo ladles' til- "" bronze mirror with iti Htand hoid prominent a portion? Thw mirr-r n wv..r.. - - usually circular, from thm inchfw twelve inched in diameter, made f bronze, and with a bronzu handle cover ed with bamboo. The reflecting ftw i generally more or less convex, pohhr 1 with a mercury amalgam, and the bv is beautifully ornamented with a Kri4 fully executed raised dclgn. Ijomo f r tho rustic population have abw polish" 1 letters. Tho explanation of tho fact that tho mirror is almoit par excellent. th? m tire farnituru Li fouad partly IntheclaV orate henl dre of the Japn-t larlies and the painting of their faj,an I partly from tho belief that a the w.rd was "tho oul of the Samouri," i the mirror tho "soul of woman" It therefore constitutes the mot vIuaLi of all her pocinlon, and two iiiirro- form part of tho trouaicsu of evrry bride. The characterinlc qunitti- of the mirror must, it U beUrrwl, by in ar cerdance with tho constitution of the possesior, and "second sight" re sorted to in the selection of a mirror. But why Is the mlrrer so Important In the Imperial palace where the Court ladies, still presnrvMg the fashion of old days, comb hack their hair in the sim plest style? Why dees the fortnae-tel-lcr, instead of lnoking at a girl' palm, regard the reieesJesi Tn a mirror? Why. instead of i tmvriag to the book of the recording ansjsl, dees the J&pxw: II tohrmgbefesw she boatman kb evil deeds reflfcctedin ft mirror? And why does tbe mirmr held wo Important a place in Japanese hssllij than ha bees supposed; it, in fast, takes the place of the cross In Christian eynmsries. Prof. Ayrton read the myth of the origin of the worship of the mirror The main points In k are that wb3 j-ods alone inhabited the earth, th; n Lsjodfiats one day hurt her hand whh hr t fshwtffc having been suddealy fnht- ened by a practical joke of her Drainer, the god of tbe sea- She iadisaatlr re tsrnd to a cave. Darkness followed. ar.-l khsr goddess had lo hm appeased. Tbn wisest oi tne feels snggnrtel maamg an image of her more beaaiiful than hr self. The Japanese Vnlcaa fJMhloce! mirror fa the ehspe of the san, ad i ' the gods langh&l, and shouted, " H k a deity wns snrpnesc ereo your gkwy." WomanS curiosity could cv. stand .thi The, goddess peeped oat, and while adsssringhefsnii in the ssirror . was canght and dragged owt by a nee rope. The natiensi trndkions hare it thsithis-snn saddens (Amaierso o ax Kami), sendinsr her adosted rrasdon. who was also the nisei jtrsadfrwer ol the Ssm Enmnror of Jaoaa, so abiae world, made him three pretest. the the maylama (tSm prncions stooe, em- blemsTlcal of the spirit of woman), tne sword (emblematical of the spirit of man), and the mirror (emblem of her ownsonl). "Leok,"shsatf, "oa thu mirror of my soirk, keep it in the sasce house and on tin tame floor wish jour self, and worship it as if yon were were shtptnc sbt actual presence." i' TuJu47- ' Ohk hnadred aau twenty-five families from Sharon, I'h., will foeato in the spriag upon Goveraeseat land near Glyadon, Iowa. The heads of the fami lies ware former employees of the large iron-mills nnarPktsourg. 5." 3L - .. 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