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THE BED CLOUD CHEF.
X. U THOMAS, raklltkcr.
BED CLOUD,
- NEBRASKA.
INSURED AND MURDERED.
Why Joneph Kabcr Friend Drowned
HJni-MM ThoBBd lollara of Iniir
miic3 on a VorthIe Man' IAfeTh
Four Holder of the l.llcl lllre Two
Men to. Commit the Murder The .Six
Men Fouad Onlltjr.
CorreHpondcncc New York Sun.
Lebanon, Pa., April 25. The trial of
six men for the murder of another, an
aged beggar on Whole life they had ob
tained insurance amounting to $30,000,
has j t been concluded here, and the
accused, all but one of them woorfchop-
Ecrs and grossly ignorant men, have
cen convicted of murder inthefirat de
gree. The scene of the murder was Indian
town Gap, lying 15 miles from here in
the backwoods country nt the foot of
the Blue Hills. It is a wild and barren
forest country, inhabited by woedebop
IfeH, backwoodsmen and ignorant la
borers, who burn chat coal for a living.
Jndiantown Creek, a shallow stream,
meanders lazily through a swamp. Kack
of it stands a" high range of hills. Be
tween the creek and the mountains runs
a public road, and by tbia stands a log
cabin, over whoso door are the words,
"SfcJcseph's Hotel." Israel Brandt
wss'ttie proprietor. He is a one-arm d
marrow ith a shrewd face -and
sharp eyes, tall and portly. Back,
of the hotel is a famous well of
water, surrounded by four lofty cedar
trees. This well is known' as " St.
Joseph's Well," and has furnished cool
and refreshing drink for over a hun
dred years. The surroundings resem
ble a scene in the Holy Land. There
are tall cedars all about, and the cabins
have low thatched roofs. Three nun
dred yards further on in the forest
stands the cabin that, up to December
8th of. last year, was the rude home of
Joseph Raber, the man who was nur
dered. It is roughly built of logs, .and
the roof is of hickory poles, covered
with grass and mud. It has no floor;
and a simple board-bunk, containing a
few filthy quilts, is. the bed. Every
thing here indicates the most squalid
aod wretched poverty; yet, strange to
Ssay, this cabin was the home of a man
gupon whose life insurance-policies were
heia amounting at one time to $30,000.
Joseph liaber wa3 about GO years of
age. He was penniless and without
ffiends. He did what work he could at
roil-burning and wood-chopping; but
most of his time was spent tramping
from place to place, begging and in
idleness, ino insugauon io mu mur
der of such a man was this : All abaab
here prevailed a reckless mania for life
insurance speculation. Every body
seemed to be going wild on the subject.
Young men invested their surplus earn
ings in insuring the lives of old people.
And it happened that once a number of
-men came together and selected old
Joseph Raber as a desirable man to in
sure for their benefit.
In the rude inn known as St. Joseph's
Hotel, four persons living in the neigh
borhood decided to insure the old man's
life. These men were Israel Brandt,
the landlord of the inn ; Hi nry F. Weise,
Josiah Hummel, and George Techman.
A number of mutual companies were
found to take the various risks, and at
one time policies were held by the four
amounting to $30,000. These" men had
the policies assigned to them, they pay
ing the premiums, and promlfcing old
Raber that when ho died they would
provide him a decent burial.
On the afternoon of Dec. 8 of last
year, the dead body of the old man was
: found lying in the Indiantown Creek,
near a small foot-bridge, about 125
yards from St. Joseph's Well. It was
given out that, while the old man was
y crossing the bridge, he was seized with
a
fit of vertigo, fell into the shallow
water of the creek, and was drowned.
This was on Saturday afternoon. The
neiglibors saw the body, but no one re
moved it from the water. It was left
there all night, and all of the next day
until late in the afternoon, when the
Coroner came. The Coroner held an
inquest hurriedly, and rendered a ver
dict in accordance with the statements
made, that the old man had fallen into
the stream while suffering from an at
tack of vertigo. The body was buried,
and the holders of the life-insurance
policies had proofs of death made out
and applied for their insurance money.
About SO yards from St. Joseph's
Hotel stands the humble cabin of an old
man named Charles Drews. He was a
veteran soldier in Sedgwick's Sixth
Corps, and was rewarded for great
bravery on the Peninsula. He is known
as Charley Drews, and has a wide ac
quaintance. His wife and six children
lived in that little cabin on the day
when Raber was found drowned. Drews
has a daughter named Lena. She is
married to a young man named Joseph
F. Peters. Peters visited Drews's house
about the first of last December. He
came there on a 10 days' furlough, be
ing a private in the United States Army,
and stationed at Fort Adams, Newport.
On the day that Raber was found drown
ed, Peters and his wife were up stairs
in Drews's cabin. From the front win
dow can be seen the neighboring inn,
the well, and the foot-bridge across the
Indiantown Creek; and from a rear
window can be seen the old cabin of
Raber. Several weeks after the funeral,
the young soldier, Peters, went before
a country Justice, and swore positively
that old man Raber had been murdered.
The people were still more astounded
when they learned that Peters had
sworn that his -father-in-law, Charles
Drews, was one. of the murderers ; and
that the daughter of Drews herself,
(Peters's wife) was willing to corrobor
ate her husband's testimony. The
home Constables took the case in hand,
and from additional evidence were led
to arrest Charles Drews, Frank Stech
ler, Weise, Brandt, Hummel, and Tech
man, all of whom were lodged in the
Lebanon Jail. Drews and Stechler
were charged with having committed
the murder direct, and the other four
(who held the life insurance policies)
were arrested as conspirators and acces
sories before and after the fact.
The trial of the prisoners lasted more
. than a week. .The principal witnesses
v against them were Peters and his wife,
"' the son-in-law and daughter of Drews.
,;; Peters swore that, on the afternoon of
the day old Raber-was found drowned,
he was up-stairs with his wife. He had
heard considerable talk about the in
surance on the old man's life, and had
been offered money to kill Raber. On
the afternoon in question he heard Ra
ber, Drews, and Stechler leaving the
house. He watched tnem nom ui wui
dow. They went down toward the
creek single -file, Stechler first, Raber
second, andold man Drews last. When
!,. Kxinhod thp. font-bridfire crossing:
the creek, and when old man Raber
was about in the middle of it, Stechler
turned quickly around, caught the old
man by the shoulders, kicked his feet j
from under hin, Mid threw him side
ways into the creek. Stechler jumped
after him and held old Raber'shead n
der the water antil he was dead. Old
Drews was with the party and assi ited.
In 10 minutes Drews and Stechler came
I back from the creefc to the house, and
ms wue went. uuwn-Buurs. oicviuct,
whose clothing was very wet, was given
dry clothes by Mrs. Drews. Both Drews
and Stechler remarked that old Raber
was very strong, and that it required
great strength to hold him under the
water until he was dead. Peters was
asked by the counsel for the defense
why be had not made the information
sooner, and he replied that Drews had
threatened to kill the first man who
dared to say a word about it.
Mrs Peters swore that her father
said, before the death of Raber, that he
(Drews) was to gel 1,500 to kill the
old man, from Techman, Weise, Hum
mel, and Brandt, the four alleged con
spirators; that her mother had told her
father that they might not pay him for
the awful deed, and that herep'icd:
"O 03, they will paj me. We had a
hard bargain, and ws made out that the
first man who would back out or go
back on his promise we had a right to
shoot down." The young woman was
on the stand about five hours, and
half the time was in tears. Her
aged father sat in the prisoner' row,
and lookod upon her with apparent in
difference. When asked why she had
not informed the officials sooner, she
said that the entire family wife, chil
dren, and all were under a threat of
instant death if they told what they
knew.
The testimony developed the facts
that, when $30,000 of insurance was ef
fected on the old man's life, the hold
ers of the policies could not hire a man
lo put an end to him. On several oc
casions they planned to have the old
man pass over a lonely road at night?
but this he did not do. Finally, they
were unable to pay the premiumon. bo
large an amount, and about 9 20,000
dropped through by default of making
up the interest. The men became des
perate, as.they saw a fortune quickly
slipping from their grasp. All .their
money had been paiu over xorpremi
ums, and still old Raber was alive.. Mrs.
Peters testified that Brandt acceeed her
that it was her fault that the old man
bad not been killed ; that the murder
mast be done by Friday or Saturday,
.Dec. 8 or 9, or all the policies would
ceitainly fall. Other witnesses told,
Elainly and forcibly, of offers made to
ill the old man. The plot was no se
cretin the Drews family, and was free
ly spoken of before the children ; but
they were all under a threat of instant
death if they breathed a word about it
"to any one.
; Drews is the eldest man of tM, prison
ers. His head Ad face are a nearly per
fect fac-siuiile of the famous physiog
nomy of G. L. Fox as clown, in full
clown make-up. Drews is yellow, how
ever, instead of white. He is nearly
hairless, has very small blue eyes, large
nose and mouth, round chin, and very
round and smooth head. He is about
02 years of age. His companion in the
direct murder, Frank Stechler, is the
youngest of the six, and is the only un
married man among them. He is about
21. His uncle testified that the young
man was induced to help Drews to do the
deed under a promise of $200.
There are in this region hundreds of
cases where o'd and decrepitold persons
have teen induced to have their lives
insured, under promise that they would
bu decently buried and have a nice
gravestone. The policies are at once
assigned to the person who pays the
premiums, and who subsequently waits
with an anxious heart for the death of
the person insured. All the temptations
for loul play can be readily imagined
especially here in this wild backwoods
country.
An Ancient City.
Ayodhya is one of the sacred cities of
India in the province of Oude, and is
the cradle of the Hindoo and Buddhist
faiths. Three thousand years ago it
was in its glory, but it is now consider
ably run down. Nevertheless some ef the
principal temples and other objects of
interest are kept up. One of the chief
attractions is the Hanomangarhi, or
Monkev Temple. Within its -walls
dwell 600 Disciples of the Silent Sect."
They live as monks do, and pass most
of their time in solid indolence. There
are in Ayodhya seven cloisters of this
order, each of which is presided over
by an abbot. These are the " Silent
Sect," the " Void-of .Affection" Sect,
the "Naked" Sect, the " Ash-Besmeared"
Sect, the " Dumb" Sect, the " Pa
tient" Sect, and the " Provisionless"
Sect. The men who compose these
sects are supported by the revenue of
land set apart for the purpose and by
the gifts of pilgrims. Ayodhya contains
a tomb of Seth, one of job, and one of
Noah. Noah's grave is 27 feet long
and 2 feet wide. The great Fair of
Ramnammi, which is held annually at
Ayodhya, has recently closed. It at
tracted this year nearly a million of
pilgrims. The name of the place
means "The unconquerable city of
God."
Telegraphic postal-cards are an
other new-fangled notion in Paris, that
will be likely to prove a great conve
nience. They are to take the place of
telegrams, and are to be sent almost
instantaneously from one quarter of
Paris to another by the pneumatic-tube
system already constructed and to be
used hereafcer exclusively for town-dispatches.
For 10 cents one can send a
message of any desired length within
the limits of a postal-card, to be deliv
ered in half an hour after printing.
Sealed messages may also be sent for a
charge of 15 cents the forms on which
these are to be written having twice the
capacity of the postal-card. Telegraph
ing thoughont France is dose at the low
rate of about one cent per word, but
the new system will make the average
service in Paris much cheaper.
In China, where the opium habit
ruins and destroys many men annually,
the efforts of the Government to abolish
or diminish the use of opium have re
cently been more energetic than aver.
All these efforts have been ia vain, as
were those of many prevkws years.
The Pekin Government hava at last de
termined to take the final, step in the
business, and an edict has been, issued,
which goes into effect next year, mak
ing the use or sale of opium punishable
by death. It is hard to say how the
edict: will be met by the tarn million
opium victims of the Celestial Empire,
orwhat proportion of them will come
to this country to enjoy their fascinat
ing custom.
Strawrerrv Preserves. Prenare
the strawberies, weigh and use sugar
pound for pound : heat the sugar hot-
before you add the berries. They will
then not mash up. If you wish to can
them, of a pound oi sugar to the
round of berries will be nlentv. Thar
should cook 20 to SO minntesr Grama
can be preserved in the same way.
CAT TALES.
Sot
lUwarkahle Ttru IIlMtxmtlaK
Cat's Teaacltjr of Ufa.
A correspoadent of the New York
Evening Post writes: The interesting
account of the resuscitation of a cat
given recently by Dr. Lambert in the
Evening Post encourages me to relate
some stories which may be entertaining,
although my experiment were not
made from motives of humanity. Many
years ago I sailed from New York in
the bark Black Squall, for the Cape of
Good Hope by way of the port of Balii
more, where we loaded the vessel with
flour and wheat. Before leaving New
York a friend had, as I afterward found
reason to suppose, not disinterestedly
presented mo with a cat. We had
scarcely passed Sandy Hook when that
cat proved to be an intolerable nuiaaace.
Sailors have a superstition that it is un
lucky to throw cats overboard. So as
we anticipated a speedy arrival at Bal
timore I resolved to keep ray disagreea
ble passenger until she could be safely
landed on the shores of Maryland.where
the immigration tax would notiaterfere
with my disposition of her by turuiag
her loose upon society. She was ac
cordingly put upon the wharf at Fell's
Point. But she walked directly on
board the vessel again. She was then
carried a short distance up the street,
but not far enough to give her any trou
ble in returning. As I had taken up my
quarters at Barnum's Hotel, about Uree
miles from Fell's Point, I directed the
mate, when he came to call on. me in
the evening, to bring the cat in a bag
and to leave her with the landlord, to
whom I recommended her as an excel
lent mouser. Fortunately for himself
the landlord had not long the opportu
nity of comparing her good and bad
qualities, for on the next morning she
was on board the ship again. "Kill
her!" I then said to Mr. Crowell. He
did kill her, and I saw him throw the
body over a fence into a neighboring
coal yard. Welsoon completed our cargo
and sailed for Cape Town.
Off Bermuda we experienced a terrific
gale. The ship was deeply laen and
labored fearfully in the heavy cross seas
which were continually breaking over
her and filling the cabin and forecastle.
Worst of all,;she sprung aleak that ia
creased so dangerously that the efforts
of the men, who were lashed to the
pumps, did not suffice to keep her free.
As a last resource I determined to throw
overboard some of the cargo. We took
off the main hatch, and out rushed that
cat, haggard and lean, but with fire in
her eyes, as she took the decks to her
self and flew fore and aft like an incar
nate fiend. The crew were paralyzed,
but our circumstances did not permit
them to remain so long. The pumps
were kept at work while sufficient cargo
was thrown overboard to lighten tne
ship, and as the gale soon afterward
moderated and the leak decreased we
were again in safety. In the evening
our attention was given to the cat. We
chased her all over the decks, up and
down the rigging, and finally out to the
jibboom end, where all track of her was
lost, as she undoubtedly went into the
water, not being aware of the guys,
martingale gear and bobstays, on which
she might have found her way on board.
We crossed the line, and one beautiful
night, as we were running through
the southeast trades, the whole watch
came aft in consternation, reporting
that the ghost of the cat was on board,
for they had heard her familiar, dis
cordant me-ouw ! I tried to reassure
them, and only partly succeeded. Again
and again they imagined the same im
probable thing, andthey were tenfold
more scared than they had been in the
gale when we all thought that the ship
was about to sink from under us. We
arrived in due time at Cape Town and
discharged our cargo. Away down in
the forespeak underneath the forecastle,
as the last bag of wheat were coming
out, we found the cat, more lean and
scraggy than ever, and weak so weak
now that she could scarcely drag her
tail behind her. I was going to Stellen
bosch, twenty miles from Cape Town,
that afternoon to pass the Sunday. The
cat was fed and put in a bag. I took
her ashore, a distance of a mile, in the
boat, then put her on the coach, took
her to Stellenbosch and left her there.
On the homeward passage we kept a
sharp lookout for her, but if she had
succeeded in getting on board again her
previous experience must have induced
her to hide herself effectually and to
make no more noise. The old Black
Squall was sold and was, I believe,
abandoned at sea on her next voyage to
California. If that cat was aboard and
was, as may reasonably have been sup
posed by my old crew, the cause of the
disaster, it is to be hoped thit she was
at last absolutely drowned even beyond
the power of Dr. Lambert to restore her.
I was telling this story with all the
truthfulness with which I have again
endeavored to relate it, one evening in
the parlor of a New York hotel. My
venerable friend Dr. T., of Connecticut,
who.happened to be present, listened
attentively, and then proceeded to re
mark in his habitually serious mood :
" Captain, that was an astonishing cat,
but I have one at N M that is
even more wonderful. She, too, always
annoyed us, but we are now resigned to
the inevitable. It is said that a cat has
nine lives, but some cats never die.
Three years ago I attempted to poison
her with arsenic, and gave her a dose
large enough to kill an ox. It had no
effect whatever. I then tried strych
nine, but was equally unsuccessful. As
to croton oil, wnich was next given her,
she would lap it like milk. In short,
every thing in the way of poison being
a failure, I went out to the pond near
my house and cut a hole in the ice,
which was a foot thick, put her in it
and covered it securely with a plank.
But she swam underneath the ice for an
eighth of a mile and came out where
the water was over the dam.
"At last I adopted a decisive
measure. I took a hatchet and cut off
her head and threw it over the wall.
But the wonderful instinct of that cat!
When I came down in the morning to
my kitchen, there she was, sitting in
the chimney corner, holding in -her
mouth the bead that she bad found."
Without a word of reply I took my
hat and left the room.
At breakfast in the morning the Doc
tor called me over to his table, and ex
pressed his regret that I should have leJt
so hastily, without waiting for the
moral ' of his story.
"Moral?" I asked. "What moral?"
"I'Jltell yoo," he replied. "Over
there at N M wenave an oki
fellow they call Uncle Ben.' Oneraiay
day Uncle Ben, who had been lieteaiag
at the store1 to some remarkable his
tories related by other gentlemen sit
ting around on the counter and on flour
barrels, was remiadsd' of something ia
the range of his own experience. Waaa
he had wound ud his exceedinfflv touch
yarn, some one exclaimed: 'Why, Ua
cle Ben, you know that is an infernal
lie!" 'Well, what of it?" heianocenUy
replied; a thought yoa were alllying!'"
BCSSU'S BEIKX OF TERROR.
fctow a DaUetlva Wa r.ntnpf-4 by III
anattisc soeri.
From tae Loniloa Tctetrrspb.
A few weeks ago SeTga I,awrowiki,
one of the ablest detectives attached to
the Third Department, was sent from
St. Petersburg to Poltava with instruc
tions to get at the secrets of the Nihi
listic organization there established. Ar
rived at Poltava, Lawrowski displayed
great activity in guiding the researches
with the object of bctravini: him into
their hands. After a fortnight's ardent
courtship, Mile. AchriatolT allowed her
self to be persuaded to give her admirer
a rendezvous by night in a garden just
oatside the lawn.
When Lawrowski reached the trysting
Slace he was surrounded and seized by
ve masked men, armed with revolvers
aad knives, who bound him to a troc
and then cut off his nose and ears
open letter in his pocket contained the
following ferocious announcement:
"We cut off his noso be
cause he is a slenthhound,
and his ears because, he has proved him
self to be an ass, in that he paid court
to one of Ua!" Mile. Achristoft" has
vanished from Poltavs, and all the ef
forts of the police to track her to her
hiding-place have proved utterly inef
fectual. Meanwhile, Lawrowski lies in
a hopeless condition; and even should
he rallv from the utter exhaustion in
The 81. Petersburaer ZeUunn reports
four attempts at assassination committed
at Kasan, the victims of which have one
and all been State officials of hkh rank.
Three of the four persons attacked have
died of their wounds. One of these lat
ter, Novikoff, tho President of tho dis
trict, walked into tho principal restau
rant of Kasan a few minutes before he
was shot, and said to one of the waiters :
" Friend, give me a dram ; perhaps it
will be the last I shall ever drink." A
glass of vodki was brought to him, and
the waiter noticed that Novikoffs hand
shook as he lifted the liquor to his lips.
Immediately afterwards he left the res
taurant; but, as ho opened the door, a
bullet struck him full in the breast, in
flicting an injury which has since proved
fatal. The agents of the committee ac
tually engaged in these outrages have
been arrested. Two are workingmen,
one is a Boyar, and another a handsome
and highly educated girl of 17.
The latest news from Kieff indicates
that the revolutionary propaganda is as
suming extraordinary dimensions in that
province. Eight peasants were brought
into the provincial capital in chains
from a village named Chramowko, about
16 worsts from Ktew, accused of dis
tributing Socialist pamphlets and in
surrectionary proclamations at the fairs
and markets of the district. These men
confessed under pressure that they had
succeeded in circulating some 40,000 of
these publications among the country
folk. In another village, Toporowko,
a secret printing press was discovered
by the police ia the schoolhouse of the
commune. Their search was instituted
upon the strength of information sup
plied by the scribe of the Mir, a man
named Koprowski. Next morning ho
was found dead in his bed with a knife
plunged to the hilt in his breast.
Seatence of a Young SoclalUt.
From the I'all Mull Gazette
The Russian revolutionary journal,
Land and Liberia, reports that on the
12th (24th) of March sentence of death
was passed at Archangel on a young
subaltern in the army. Bobikoff, though
ouiy &J years ot age, uuu uireauj, ior
some offense unnamed, been sent to
serve in a penal or disciplinary battal-
ion, somewhere in Western Siberia; and
his indignation had been roused by the
publication of an order to the effect that .
desertions from the disciplinary battal-'
ions in Western bibena should, be pun
ished by exile to Eastern Siberia for life.
He himself deserted, and, an attempt
being made to recapture him, he defend
ed himself, revolver in hand, agaiust his
would-be captors. The court formed
CO try tne young man was compuseu oi
military officers, under the presidency
of (Sen. Mordvinoff; and Zand and Lib-
trty declares that as the members of the
special tribunal were leaving St. Peters-
burg, the Commander-in-Chief, Nicolas
Nicolaievitch, said to them: "I hope
you will not sentence him to an honora-
ble death." "The slaves," it adds,
- uiu nob uisappuiui. i.ucii uuawi, oiuw
they sentenced'Bobikoff to die by the
rope." Only high funcUonaries were
admitted to the curt, which was sur-
? 2ttZ!. ??iS IT.
soldiers, so that the whole street was
crowded with them.
Bobikoff was brought into the hall by
12 soldiers. " His young sympathetic
face," we are told, " . careworn and
pale. On each side of him stood a
rendarme with naked sword; whilo he
aenaraied from the public by six
soldiers with loaded muskets, and from
th Jndcrea bv five soldiers similarly
of tne local ponce.maue many acquaint- mtanres more tnan ;vw goofrrapnj cuir oi, ctnjht la arc,
ances in different characters, being an miles; from th King's Pav. to the Pelly klllc! r the polwatd bail.
expert in changing bis appearance and Banks is farther than from Pa'i to j Toward the laUrr end of March the
his mission, when his evil foituno der its immoJiate influence w about t,- ndlt $ raafce m Ion?cT to the 1
nRnnt J dim In full 5n lnvn writh thp .VSO iWl tnirn miU nr mnm ihjn nnfl. b L . J .r !....... J
pretty daughter of a priest, named Ach- third greater than the whole extent of H Hcw eoma m0viBC thrma
ri3loff,.T6i? gir1, vnly 17 " f 8gCJ rMS , . . . . , ; the 'fore.! a motley Ihroti. The brac
was affiliated to the associations a-d For purposes of trade the original mjircjl in front, too proud aad lxy to
had been planted upon Lawrowski chartered territories of the Company, w MV ajB-but tlwir a. aad aot
by order of the Poltava Committee, and the vast outlying circuit of com-- . ? , lh.. After thm
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Dieeomg aim unaoie io miouv icras- h esiern cmipiKus mo reiuui iii v .... tf-jj. separates the
sutance, as fee baa been gaggca uy ins tne kockv Mountains, inrse iour ue iw tj,0 5tandin! v
mutilators, ae remained woere mey leu parinieau are aain umueu inu iui - . Then he adds
himtn an sgonv of pain until eny three smaller portions, cailea uisincu, . -m inoro-the
muriiiuK, wai bcv.i v ,. ,a ,. -""V i V has got CO or 70 'Milns."
anu all uufc ubsu iiulu iuss ui uiuuu. nu kulikiiuicuuuii; vkiuci. aui ik a m.u. . -
1mmm1 kt 1a Itnmfiiliarvn cttfTVtrnrl ftflt- I ar 4tta tltl rtl itVtUtd tlitt trn rt f h(l
uucvi uj fcUD UI.UIUIHIKII ""y: "m ' " " w.r.. .. -w.. ,w wood, then looks abjut him lor
ing that terrible night, ho will pear . three thousand omeers-coramissioneu M j th, c&rc(ujiy
Miueous witness on nis msngurea coun-1 anu non-couiini.sionuu vojagcure, aim ttlnin'l!d' ami with each imrchane
tenance, as long as he may live, to tne. servants sucn as is omy to no lounu in . h Bpparcnl lnCo
iiiIau aiiMf ri tKAprkirtiva r?rifnmfttrft I th firmv. nr in fin nniriftnt iinil honor- . ..
uiutoao biukvi irifaviifw -ww . v w - HJ " - -, ..v...
armed." The act of accusation was I and expectoration going on all around
read. Based on BobikofTs own avow- f one there are sickening. The band
al, as made at the preliminary investi- , might be termed a performance on
gation. it was conclusive, aad left him ' drums and cymbals, with an accompani
no opportunity of exculpating himself, ment of wind instruments, for the Por
"l belong to the Kussian Social Kev- taguese love a noise. Temple Bar.
olutionary party," he had said, " and 1 1
kam inn iv best to serve it. But I Ccbeast Jellt. Scald the currants
should aot have committed the act now '
Chargwq against me naa l no, ueea unv
en to it by the harshness of the Govern-
mtnt and ita officials." '
ment and its officials
Called upon for bis defense, he was
proceeding to give instances of cruelty
" W-r?."" rr" .v. d "
authorities, whem
toat stopped him, saying that .his state-
ts had nothiag to do with the of - i
eofwhichhawaa accosed. Bobi-
kofftheaaxclaiaaed that he had never
expected justice from such a tribunal;
that he had to deal aot with Judges,
bat with execatioBers; that he did not
ask for mercy at their hands, but that
his death womld be avenged. Seateace
of death was the passed upon him.
The tribaaal, however, recommended
cim to merer oa account of his extreme,
yoath, aad it was uncertain, when the
number of Land mud Liberty contain-
iac these particulars was published,
whether ba would be executed or sent to i
thaSibariaaaiasiorliie. j
A Uad af "Jlapallcral HUtaacfV
The cadraxHM extent of ike mfritory
over which the Hdo Bay Caaapaey
camf5 on lis irauc,
which depots aad poH
can scarcely be com
merely carforyclaactj. trom I etaoisa,
on the Red Hirer, to Fort Aadcrwn. on
the Mackenzie, a- great a distance w
from London to Mecsa; the apace be-
tweea the Corapaay'i post at Sialt Ste.
Msrie and Fort Simnwn, on the I clc.
.-- a tr" ..l..t
mcrcial relation!!, are dintletl iulo sec
tions called the Northern. Southern,
Montreal, and Western department.,
Ot these, the Northern Deoartmrnt is
situtsd between Hudson liay and the
1 lucky Mountains; the Southern be
tween James Ba and Canada, includ
ing aho Kast Main, on the eastern shore
of Hudson Bay; the Montreal Depart
ment comprehend.- tbu extent of the
business in tho Can ados; whi'e the
fo rt, to which all the supplies for the
district are sent for shipment to En
gland. Those district are again sub
divided into numerous minor establish
ments, forts, posts, and outpow. Over
, each of theeo there U an oflber and from
two to forty men, mechanics, laborers.
and servants. Besides, the Company
., .. ' r, '
aide, the Company
m of men as yoya.
rftlnelS!
employs multitude
geurs, manning ana
' and canoes in oven part
, tory. Tho discipline and etiquette t
i maintained are of the strictest kiud, and
able service
The forts and
.,. . . . ..
irauuitr iosu ui iuo
Company ro scatterec
ed over iU im-
asrininr mo uroau a:ateoi unio liiauiou
. . .. . ..... . yv. . I 1
in the middle of the fur cjiintry. In
that event the Company would build one
trading post m it.-. M. llobuuon, in
Ilancr's Magazine or Junc.
Voltaire's Kemahis.
Mr. Stewart's remains cm hardly
have a more checkered career than
those of a very different celebrity Vol
taire. When he died at Paris in May,
rl-,y
pagno; During tho revolution the Na-
Z nSffKrrtolSkand
!- . Ii I 1 T - --. --w-, - .
I !"r "" 'lu 'M '". " -i' - j - j . ho lttU,,r mav bj. And ho
r j kw t .a (it JiklimniiJ wi ! ! i-
".y,""; upon selecting the .kin.
VI r..Yl-v A- ; "T". V .k7. nd weighing balance am
ui tuu.i ,-" !--.". " - . objects of dislike. Ho docs
isoiaica uvea oi uieir kti9uu.i, uv uu-. .- : ..-, i- Tk
e brought to Pari, and l.i,YneVine , Pl , i TiTl,
lingly deposited in the ll,c P o of wcod, and aiks for fur
L'reat pomp in 1791 ther ,ldv,inccN ho s owud to draw
Lk. .. ti,hiJany reasonable amount; for, contrary
I they wore accord
. Pantheon with
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. ...7 ...i. .... . .t t i
i xuuner, too, presently came mo oouy
. ..! ' ... .i:.i. t..i.. : t..
' 1814, when the Bourbons were enjoying
I their own again.somo of the fa tfifufc
indignant that tho bones of such cue -
: . ..i:: .,i...i.i :
o.l r,m,r.A tkttlur , r.!l .nlt Jn-
imi'ft ui iiTiik'iitii niiiiuiu ii'il in L:ifiiu.
tn f, &. Rnrn.irriRd them to ,t noint
: u ..u...t.r. nnn i.. ...i.A u...
IU IUV9UUUIV3 I1U31 Uliibji nilLlU lUViS
was a large vacant lot belonging to the
city. Hore a holo had been already
dug, and the contents of the sack were
shaken into it and covered with quick
lime. The hole was then lined in, and
the conspirators trampled down the
earth. Voltaire's heart had been saved
bj a friend, in whose family it remained
I until 1864. On it then being offered to
me uovernmeni, rtupuicun 111. ueuiueu
that it should be placed with the Indy.
On consulting the Archbishop of Pans,
that functionary suggested tho expo-
J diency of verifying the actual presence
0( Voltaire's remains. An investigation
followed, and the truth came out. The
( uCart wa3 then placed in the National
j propriated by the surgeons at tho au
topsv was publicly sola, its present
whereabouts is unknown. New York
Sun.
Some Habits in Madeira.
The Portuguese are not a clean pco-
&:T 11" "2 rrt,"U "" r
i.?i- 1 I .U .."- t
""-"'vf"o --
meir cusioms are very nssiy. xaav ex-
"A;;;art nnl;,n; nn, Utn .,,
zrzrx: vriTi: i;r" , ". i.r.
Olf LiiaiVU IIU11IUIG lUTl.nil .-
iaKe a horrible, o"gjn, wain-
noise up the throat, which is very
Dying. 'Ihey seem to do this once,
i-iTtf two nr three minutes, and make L
ing
annovincr
I in everv two or three minutes, and make
quite an art of it; for little boys practice
it, and young men seem to take pride in
doing it well. There is also a great deal
Qf hat lifting to one another among the
men, and from observation I should say
J that the art of expectoration, with the
proper noise, and the art of lifting tha
i nai, were two inings mai mu uauu
male youth of Madeira first learned.
The presence of a lady docs not deter
Se men from the f ormer nasty habit,
?nd the. n J"?, "!. T:"
known to indulge in it also, as they
hang over the balconies, so that it is
well to keep the middle of the street in
walking. There Is a small public prom
enade called the Piaca, laid out with
trees and seats, where a band occasion
ally plavs. The English seldom fre-
, cuent it, but the Portuguese gather there,
the men in groups together, and the
women in groups. The horrible noises
and let simmer until quite soft; then j
strain wiuiouw sucwujg; -'s"
flannel jelly-bsg; when the juice no
longer runs squeeze what is left into a
separate vessel, and finish separately, as
it does aot make as pretty jelly, thosgh
it is equally good-tasted. Put the juice
n nn t& fi and let boU 4 or 5
minutes, removing any scum that may
rise to the top. nave reaay in a dowi
1 pound white sugr to every pmt ef
julOB, -pour urc uuuiajg jaxuo usi u,
stir till it is dissolved, and poar at oace
into molds. In 24 hours it will probably
be ready to paste up. This is an easy
way to make currant jelly of a very
pretty color and excellent quality.
; -
Thk puzzle whica careful mothers try
to solve is how to team the girls, and
how to restrain the boys.
-
It only costs 28 cents a week to feed
a prisoner in the Western Penite&tiary
c4 Pennsylvania,
larflaa Traafff, aMjf.
il tka fra n X(tTmhet. wfoft
,. ...-u km ni tWir winter teal,
W)1 u . jeaaon. UdU trap
-. r , . -.k w- ! the
A of lkls wak u ach
f -j of lha
fin;r faw
, . , f ., . lFnf ot t
. . . jrr fttr.hr aria
. J vw - ' '.-- . rm
Mime the douaws. beodin under lod.
a. m n uuiuw
driving dog, or hauling hand fled
laden with meal, ur, tanned dr
skins, and inf aula. The puppy d- and
inevitable babr never fail in IaUaa
lodge or proccaalon. The cheerful spec
taclo of the two picked tgcLber upon
the back of a wnmsn U not of Intro
qucnt occurrence. Dy alter dav the
muugrcl party jiurncya on, until tha
iort is reached. Then comes the trade.
furs into lot.
aluatlon upon
the amounta to-
trappcr that ho
At the ini
he bands his cutomcr Wor iU
litlld bits of wcod, io that the
Utter may know, by returnlg
these In payment for the good for
which he really barter.4 his furs. Just
how fast his funds decrease. The flrai
act of the Indian Is to cancel tho debt
contracted for advances at the begin-
coniracieu ior wivauccs ai
. f fa ie then he la
J5 bU
- !
then he looks round
kcts, eta.
lodes to have
a small white caputo for hi toddling
bov. The price is told him, ai d ho
, hands back ten of hi little piece of
soma-
irx-
there
uali
ty between the amount, reccivou anu
that irtven
in tne Indian" opinion, una
... , ,., . .. :..i- ......
, ,. . r.. .. ... ,.-i..-
ininuuK. mi luauvr wuifc vuu nuuo
insll, too,
Tho Btenlyanl
hi especial
not know
i.t h(m Iah
WI11L IUCU I IID .U.b n. M
and sugar should bo balanced agaiiut a
Hd merchandTc
,. fat mM thJ
j gfl wm haa lho Xrlvr'n
bit of iron, conveys no hlea oi tho tola-
I goods and his own furs, until a new
1 light is thrown upon the question of
steoh ards and scales by tho acceptance
fof the proposition. Then, when he
finds his tine furs balanced against
, heavy blankets, he concludes to abide
I bv the old method of letting tho white
. ... . ....
"ediciuo, which no bravo can un
.. When the trapper has spent all his
nnv
i ;. , . . ... , ,. , .., f
I to tho rule in civilized life, a debt Is ael.
I dom "avo b.y lho d.tJatlJ of llf' n'
, Slrt "
. "", " , "' , ". . I . . ,J
' a Company's post at wbl-jh to trade.
.
I 1 hU COtUpaU
The Company has always been a good
' fricnd lo bm .ttnd his. and ho pays when
and his, and ho pays when
knows that when ho Hqui-
I ho can. lie
uates his out ueut, ho can contract a
new one jut as big. No attempt win
ever made to cheat him, and there nover
will be. When he is ill he goes to the
nearest fort, and is cared for and at
tended until ho recovers. When he doe
his duty well ho gets a present, and ha
never- perform any labor without re
ceiving fair compensation. Such hu
mane treatment strongly binds the In
dian and half-breed to the Company.
. iSx. Jloomson, in Harpers Magazine
Jor Juixc
Thc Boy Who Would Trarel With a
Circa.
The boy who woulil travel with a cir
cus ba) been out about thrco weeks
now. He ia homesick, and would like
to get back to the old home again If he
could, but he can't very well. They
ain't paying boys much to go along
with a circus this year, and he isn't in
funds. Beside that, he dooon't know
exactly what direction to take to get
hrtrnn hui n tr m r - I mt tt At uia 1.
'i. viut wuisxuw. wnimwcu WHU
the zig-zag route they have been taking
Things haven't
turned out precisely
" no Pcu wncn ne ran away irom
an a
homfi J,n l bow.
His ambition
to a cfrcus hov wafl inflamcd hen be
fi h displayed on the
oM black,mhTshop J tho corner;
,. .. . v . . ....
while on his way to school. Then the
procession on the atret added lo his
yearnings for the circus, and by the
time the canvas was spread on the vil
lage common he was satisfied that
nothing but a life of mingled spangles
and sawdust could ever satisfy him.
TT . ? l.. f t . , ... . " ...
ue goi in ujm nignt uy uomg some lit
., i h f .. - n..l', ..
Li thi? JuUed w-XY rtf
252rm.7rP-t!!ir?, Vi.
E?- hM af Sli&B"t
on a Wagon and was carried lawaywith
the rest of the paraphernalia. But be
hasn't hat a pleasant time altogether.
He has been kept at all manner of drudg
ery ever since his presence along with
the show was detected. He has been
enffed about by rude hostlers, bounced
off wagons by grouty drivers aad or
dered around by every body. Once he
was jolted off the pole wagon while
asleep at night, on the road, aad near
ly killed. He expected when he joiaed
the show that he would be dressed ap
in spangled tights at oace and be tasght
to ride in the ring, having " the old
clown" fling all manner of futtBy say
ings at him for the people to lasgh at
and applaud. If not that, hewoaldbe
set to play the saara drasa ia thebaad.
Butaoaeof these thiags casae. His
chief duties were to assist the cook or
carry water to tne elephant. Three
weeks with a circa aad not yet ad
vanced to the pcekioa of property boy.
Poor lad! how have his aallaciaationj
been dissipated! Actaal show life ia
very far from hiswiee-eyed dress of
it while atadyiactbe ctrces poster. We
hope he will getThoaae all right at ks..
bnsring some netf al lassoes from his
rough experieace. Bat the boy who
ran after the show is but aa niastratioa
of hamaa life, after all. How aaaay
men have beea deladed by spaagka aad
fouad that they were oaly carryiag wa
ter for the e2epbani.--CtJiei4Mtf &vr
day Night.
a
Thk British Adauralty hare iseued
regulations that all caawrdetse for the
naval service, whether oCcers, sees,
boys or auriaes,aet produce acertia-
c? are W to wim,or they
willbeiaelipbk.
u uik r u otlt hl irappins walk for i
art. ub.i.5J, l , alfl whJck k i a Ha of
prcetii ai , l0 . 1A miIe, ja ,
aat-J
LIIUU
' WI13L luvuivinu m.w n. .
ITStiCVr PARAGRAPHS
A.h " old aW"th flood.
A Nkvaia .ugmfcr y h
ttpt on, of anT i: at of (roh v
' (
oaly ha a tnaj b11 aaI a v
n jtpOOtt.
Thk piacWity of rtprr-4on vnra '
sru wko ii " Rett ' in Ml Mt "
I hop caa ik4 fc cronitf vl. tn
faa old wali with hr fiy5 Jt ut
i- Wiiw joa obrT ami :r i!t r;
knr.r4Uk ao la upaa .
tJwtl Times
P a ....m !.1 MMVmtni a .ai t -
church la IjncaSr, Pa.. r.
ffi, wa. latnUad by a wH dfeW a
aad bit MM ia the fac w r r
book with forc that seal hsai rr
lato the pallr.
Look not apoa the irawbrrT -
' U U red. whrn It irvth IU c-.r - -
; iKmi run: mr a.un - -
t - ....k.t..f t l .'-'Vi
. t, w - .,- '-". .
' a jierrx'nt aal l lcdtptlbl? Wt, ,
W'fUh rarebit eaten at wwa.
I Vork MaL
I GlKl. (to hopkpr) " (an " w '
mocaangB of a Unxif --,.
tar (to vni(hlng clrl with rHv . $
-
nrt JvnRi-. niv Ctrl
T
tjH;ncl" (;iri "My mhhrr4
' gio It lo you V thn mominj; "
; PAKTrCwhodewn'tknowmttrha
j'oM) "And what do rtni ta.
I horM on lh lrft hand id tint t L
hookagKxliirt." lilvr "Uh.f
I the off UH." Party "U i
dear ntel It both fcM partf;,,
'Ioel"
A max and hi wife can nrvr .- .
ujon what oitwUtuu- a tidr .
room; a woman will giw '
wken hn find hlf a iUn s
ntump sticking to the ivtl
niece, ana he can l ho exjnj?i"i i
kit
calm when ho find a bunch"!
" cimblnga" iu hU havtng m
PtiCk.
Extract from young latly' Sc'
Am! tlrt von know. Mcsd ! ! 'i
' quite nuro that Capt. Popplu hrl 'U
far Uk much chiupKnB xu f " '
ho UHk out hi watch and In k i -. '
at the back of It and then nw .
. Blesh myahoull I hadn't an !
wa that time o' night.' "
A 1'ROMiwr.NT attornoy r-. ' v
Syracmo, whll ll-htug dy r f
since, pointed out to hi cijn'
slgn-bonnl, remarking. Th U
who put that up I a lHr " U
anked hi companion. "lWmt
Mjn rrad. No tlhing in thi !
nnd I caught tho Wt trout m nn
directly under that boanl." . k.
Union.
" Wiikkk to strike an attark'n ! .
Is thu told by iMmlnml H'ir
roti hava tha irool fortune to w n' : 1
with a ahilhdah, do not, ny r
Hutchinson, hit him am tin N
A
and eyes bear in mind that tlJ
part of hU foruWs I a far n. -rr
ncrable and itcnUlvc Mt On r t
well appllotl blows upon that unpr-v
ed place will geuemlly dim! -,r
strongest dog."
A pkiwmrtkk U a machine t-i a
rarely measure tho dlstancii a p-' i
walks In a given lime. Wl-.r-i -x
ness man, nfmr supjMir, Saturily .
ing, told his wife he w ' or I. .'
down to the oflice toquiri lho ik . '
heriyly attached a je!'iiirr t t
leg, anl when ho returned hi t "
(Hllhat tho ollke wn Hi nln It m ! r
house. P. S. -A night at hilinr U -'
tails considerable pedolrianitm
MhlHtrr irenl Orrhanl.
The largnt orchard In the wr !
doubtlc triat owned and wi rr !
successfully by Mr, Hubert l K
of Hudson, Columbia County,
Tho orchanl la situated on the V
of tho Hudson Hlver, on hj?l'. r- :
table-laud, and contain ii'r- ' v l
OOOapplo trerj, I.7U0 pnar. t
riu. &J0 peacho. 200 plum, 2" .
1,600 vines, 0.000 currant, an-5 .
chetnuUi. Tho varieties vvttn a
Khoile Nland greening. ". H !
wins, G.000; Kingof Tompki . (
4.000; A-itrachann, Wfi; .V.irth"
600; Wngener, 600; (;rav'i wu
Cranberry Pippin. M, H" 1-
'200; Duchew of Oldenburgh, I , w
Jonathan), Hubbardton,
Vandervccr, Pearmaln, lVrk' 1
ant, UOouncu Pippins, Kow'J, r
others in le number.
The peara are Hartlett, It d'V .
Sheldon, Shekel, and lwren-e t
Of cherries there are 'JH vantm
orchard are remarkably thr Vy,
the oldcwt trey are about -" renr
a-.l
1
Tho sol! is dry, rolling grarr', w h
some limestone; the Uw are af.' "
20 feet apart and do not by any ixjaj:
seem to be crowded. The grjr.;l
year and knt fallow; exrept "Vi
thought advUable It U wlrl
clover. The orchard i inr'-' !
by roads over six mile In leng'h f rt
passage of wagon, and U buf;icl y
a contJnuoua row of apple trf et. ' 'i
feet apart for four milt and a bf f
apple crop of laat yeari 30,CW tr'r
Tweaty-four men and fourteen a '.c
are employed hauling out the crop ' J
plowing.
The success of this orchard ha c t
besa achieved, nor i it niamta.
wltltOBt the cIotupervUlon an I rx. '
indatriou work. Sucker and up' -
are removed a soon a ccn , th
era are watched and followed mtb . ' '
Wirea are ucd to reach them a "
burrow., and the damaged bar r
moved with cawwl. As tra fa., ' ''
are planted in their place.
As the market for good fruit .-
tending every year, and foreign ra
era are seeking tupplie. the bu v
growiag fruit can aot fail lo be y
ble anapermaneat. Ko other ti
1-
pay a bettor than this for the mot
fol attention and management, is,-t -
without tbe. it L vain to czp
crop that will sell in the market '
BBunerative price. Good freit - '
self, and the grower U soon soagt: J r
by the parchasers. Thoe who des "
to take a lewoa la thiaga appena-
to the buaiae-w, and to prove the '.--
of these facts, may well study the "
aad meaas aad asethod of Mr. MK:
try nod his orchard. Sural Uotm
A Ckaaplea Whar.
Spriag overcoats gaTe way to o-w
yeaterday, aad at oae resort the gentry
coaversatioa turaed upoa thecxtri
severity of the past wiater, wbea -'
gray-haired veteraa chimed In . " W ts
erjsrtalkia about? Wheal was a'
ia 1717 there was sixtees fsetot o
oa Fiber's Ialaad, aad Joha Winthrop
lost 1,100 aheep aader it whit er
drowa-dead; aad ia April, mi. it h--ed
blocks of ice three inche si-ar
LoaJAaaa, aad killed animals browg
ia the peatnre." The ceaversa:!
ceased, and the oaly rtspottfe i
" Let's take ap a sehicripuoa to gtt
asedal for the oki man with a bU -ea'
ory." Itwaadoae. Xorvkh &X1'
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