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A RUINED BUSINESS.
END OF THE BIG CATTLE RANCHES
OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN VALLEYS.
Tho Grass all Used Up No More rood
for the Herds of that Vast Region.
The Disaster Crushing and WUliout
Beinedj.
I instance the present condition of a once
famous stock growing valley. Four years
ago tall bunch gras stood in the upper North
Fiatte valley. The low, rocky hills were
covered. The spaces between the tage
bushes were occupied by bunches of grass.
The treeless flanks of the mountain ranges
K were yellow with dried grass, which waved
in the wind. There was grass, and good
" grass, everywhere throughout the valley.
Heavy crops of hay were cut on the natural
meadows. Cattle, horses, antelope and elk
roamed through the valley from Hunter1,
ranch at the bridge over the North ffatte
to fifty miles below Fort Steele. On every
creek which issued from the mountains pros
perous cattle growers lived in log houses.
The cattle were fat, and though the growers
always lied about the per cent, of calves
they branded, it did not seem as though dis
aster were close at hand.
But how is it to-day? The valley of the
North Platte, this famous grazing ground,
is virtually a grasslcss desert. I hao just
returned from a trip through it and the ad
jacent mountains, and I have never seen a
more valueless region to grow or hold rattle
in. The grass is tramped out by the hoofs of
thousands of hungry and lean cattle, that
walked for months over the arid land in
search of food. They roamed for days be
fore they staggered close to the snow in the
foot hills, and then they closely followed the
retreating snow- banks into the down timber,
into the green timler, and finally on to the
buinmit of the Sierra Madre mountains.
VALLEY OK DESOLATION.
While slowly driving down this gray
valley of desolation my comrade continually
assured mo that there was good grass
in the foothills, and that the cattle which
grazed there were fat. Wo left the wagon
ut Grand Encampment river and took saddle
and rode into the foothills. I was strongly
impressed with the imheallhful appearance
of the eutlie. Their hair did not ho smooth.
There was a jwculiar stare in their eyes
which I had long ago learned to recognize
as fateful. The calves sucked the cows, fre
quently and with nervous energy. The cows,
almost without exception, were lean and
weak. The grass, scant appearing to
eastern ej e- at all times, had u queer, strango
appearance. After riding a few miles and
inspecting the grass from the elevation of a
horse's lck, I dismounted and carefully
examined it, bunch ufter bunch, until I had
ins-KH'teJ fifty bunches. The story was told.
In no hunch which 1 examined were there
more than twelve stalks of this year's grass.
The other stalks, from twenty to sixty to
each hunch, were last year's giowth. It is
not ios..ibIr for cattle to sejiarate the good
grass from the poor. Three-quarters of the
food that the cattle, which have grazed in
the foothills during tho iast summer, have
eaten consisted of the weather beaten, rain
hoaLed gras- of last year's growth. It is no
wonder tint thty ventured far into the
mountains in search of fresh and tender feed.
Almost daily, w hile hunting in the Sierra
Madre mountains, 1 saw s.mall bands of
cattle feeding iu tho mountain pai ks or in
the green timler. These animals were
almot as wild as elk. They fed in tho samo
localities as the elk and I ilacl: tailed deer
did. I judged from the frequency wifli
which I saw theso small herds that there
were many hundreds of them in the moun
tains. What will I e tho fate of theso half
wild animals which were grazing in the
lofty, pine clad highlands three weeks ago?
I unhesitatingly answer, not ono in ten will
get out of tho mountains. Before this timo
the' ure snowed in. Instinct, or may bo
bujwrior reasoning power, teaches game
animals to fly out of tho mountains when
heavy snowstorms legin to rage. Cattle
have not this instinct. They are almost
sure to linger too long in tho highlands, and
there they die of cold and hunger. The
nature of the ground forbids their being
driven out, and, indeed, the cowboys have
no heart to enter unknown and intricate
mountain systems in search of these cattle,
as they might get lost themselv es.
A PITIFUL SIGHT.
My hunting camp was pitched on the
eastern slope of the Sierra Madro mountains
about two miles from the summit of the di
vide. Between it and the bare foothills was
a jackstraw -hko tangle of down tiuil)er, and
two wide belts of green timber. A heavy
snow fell steadily all of ono night. Realiz
ing that tho hunt was at an end, we packed
up and tra eled down the l ugged mountain
flanks, now iu down timlier, now in green.
Wo -Kissed many bands of cattle that ran in
all directions, excepting tho right one, at
our approach. It w as evident that that they
had forgotten the trails on which they en
tered tho highlands in early bummer. These
cattle are sure to die this winter. In the
treeless foothills all the cattle which had
passed tho summer there were trailing for
tho lower valley. To tho extent of vision,
both to tho north and south, short columns
or cuttle could be seen at intervals wading
slowly through tho snow. Tho next day,
curious to see what the cattle would do
when they found there was no feed iu tho
valley. 1 rode to tho lowlands. Before 1
got to tho ba of tho foothills I mt cattle
walking up the mountain They had lieeu
down to the alley, and finding no feed had
ascended the hills, prefei ring to i ustle iu the
Miow rit'ier than to starve iu the snow less,
grasJess pi this. In tho valley many hun
dred cattle stood iu lino along tho barbed
w ire fences, or at the banks of irrigating
ditches, waiting until hunger drove them
, back to the snow clad foothills. Preseutlj
they bjutted, singly, iu ptirs uid in family
columns, and Xty night the alloy was again
destitute ot cattle. It was a pitiful sight to
se the hungry annuals resolutely enter the
foothills and the deep snow iu search of food.
As it i in this valley so it is iu mum
titheis. I met mid talked with cattle grow
ers who gtaA th-ir herds in the north,
iu Him south, in the wet ami on the
plains, and. with fe.v exceptions, all told tl.o
same stor". Thut the ;iativc grasses on
closely graA'd grounds were almo-t extinct;
that the grass had been trodden out of many
valleys: that other exten&iv e unu.- had been
almost ruined by overstocking, and that dis
aster, set ions und widespread, menaces the
whole cattlo growing industry west of the
101st meridian.
Ihaeno doubt that the looses of cattle
now grazing on the raugts of high altitude
will bo sufficiently large this winter to bank
rupt many individual a. well as asxviat.-d
cattle growers. A. id it matters not v hat the
winter may prove l. b", whether mild or
bard, the condition of the grass on the range
tharply iudiit-s that a large portion of the
cattlo cannot rustle through it. They are
doomed to die. There U but little good grass
east of the mountains. Frank Wilkesou iu
New York Sun.
CAREER OF A CORRESPONDENT.
Ab Old .Journalist Tells the Story of
Henry Villartl's Career hltclanr ltcid.
Simultaneously with tho transfer of tho
-Dutch Castle," "which Henry Villard built
in this city, to Whiteiaw Reid of The Tri
bune, the former reappears in New York as
agent of a syndicate of German bankers,
who have emplo3-ed him to make invest
ments here on a wholesale scale. The con
cerns of theso two men have been "remarka
ble and they have been simultaneous and
almost on tho samo fields. I first knew Vil
lard in 1801, in Kentucky, where he had
gono as a New York Herald correspondent,
with tho idea of establishing a Herald bureau
Jn Richmond. His earthly possessions at
that time were his salary and his audacity.
Ifn wnploycd the latter in proposing to Gen.
TVrunivsh Sherman his plan of serving The
jcrnld in the south, and was told that if he
pf.eeiipte-d to ctoss the lines into tho Con
faicfttzy he would be shot as a spy. Tbere
ut1i Villard got out of Sherman's depart
jtft ott'l published the story that Sherman
fiefffty He made another attempt when
Q.), iUi-M was in command of iho departs
KiJ, lilt uover succeeded. As late as 1SC3
j if Tribune correspondent
jrfrl lull" or nothing of him after that
Zt; ftWjl. JH70, when he was getting up a
5M,y:'s.i fr t-niigrant to this country.
pfeyij jjflpi inony then. His accumula
itffi f t7rJ nillHona in bonds and other
frriWiSu '"v" "c'n made between 1575
JSf i&g H jift'l U to be surrendered ex
&fi ibS "Dilkii llW 1" kd fiton his wife,
and for which Mr. Ileid has just paid nliout
$400,000 alKHit hnirtho cost o' the uiilnibl
structure.
I originally met Mr. Reid shortly niter my
first encounter with Villard. It was before
Corinth, and he was there as a war corre
spondent. Ho had some property in Ohio
and owned some stock in The Cincinnati Ga
zette, but I fancy his pay as a correspondent
more tlian equaled his income from other
sources. Ho was Washington correspondent
of the same paper of tr the close of the war
and until about 1807, when he became an edi
torial writer on Tho New York Tribune. He
bought some of its stock at the time. Oa the
expulsion of John Russell Young Reid be
came managing editor. After the death of
Horace Greeley, whose brain had succumbed
at the almost simultaneous loss of his wife,
his defeat for tho presidency and the knowl
nrtcTM ihatThe Tribune had been sold to Wil-
.liaui Orton and a syndicate of tjapitallsts,
- - - . w, A . - Al. - IS
who wished to maKo acnuyier wuas mo e-ui-tor,
Mr. Reid showed me a check for f40,000
paid him for four shares of stock, and which,
he said, represented his dissolution with The
Tribune.
I suppose Reid L worth l,(rVKM or more,
which he has made since 1S77 by iersoRal in
vestments. Unlike tho meteoric Villard, ho
has managed to keep it all in secure invest
ments. There was another thing in which
the two men were in direct contrast. Reid
had a very delicate constitution and had to
take caro of it, and at -W ho is strong and
healthy, if not robust Villard was of mag
nificent physique and hardy constitution. He
has used thorn roughly, and at ."i0 ho has by
no means the health he mice enjoyed. Wil
liam R G. Shanks in Chicago Herald.
GOOD AND BAD LUCK.
gl.tne of tii Suprstition-i of Gamblers
and SnortliiR Men The Black Cat.
Gamblers and sporting men are, without
an exception, suportfit i uj, and nlnnKtoveiy
one has u sign or omen which bjtoiieiis either
good or Iwd lu-k. This i. pirti -ulat ly notire
ablciu Joffersonvillaat present. There are
a large iiuiiiImt of gamblers who are regular
players and muiiugo to obtain a livelihood iu
this way. Tlu-y play ciiefiilly, and noior
venture their -ash without Jiaving Hist felt
the lucky iiispiratio-i. When all of tho signs
indicate that the Sicklo goddess will sinilo
uioii them they play heavily, hut when the
omen of bad or indifferent luek is noticed
nothing will induce them to gamble.
Several mo.iths ago u wealthy denier iu
mining stocks came down to Louisville from
Cincinnati on business, and during the course
of his stay here frequently visittsl tho faro
games in Jortervmville. Ho was kuowu
among tho fraternity in that city as -the
High Roller." on account of the large sums
ho risLeil ami the desolate chances lw tno!f.
One eeniig he h:t c'J.tJO:) nt n single sitting.
Tho no.t night he won ijack ii',0J0. Before
playing ea h time ho would go to u rear
room in the house ami play three games of
solitaire. If h" won all of th.'in he risked all
ho had on tho tlr-t turn of the euids If,
however, ho lost oue out of the nuinlier ho
ventured moderate sums, and if ho lost all
three he positively refused to play.
Another plaj or eousideis it an ill omen if
ho sees a blnck oat oa the way to the bank,
and invariably declines to ply. A well
known gambler, who fonneily operated a
bank in this city, but who has since located
in Hoosiordoin. has a singular superstition.
When he wakes iu the morning he always
puis on his lett lioot first. If by mistake he
picks up tho one for tho right foot, nothing
under tho sua can induce him to play. If
another man sees a rusty nail on tho lave
ment in front of him. and thoiwint is toward
him, he picks it up and considers it a symbol
of good luck. If the head is toward him ho
will step to ono side, and under no circum
stances walk over it
All tho "signs" of good and bad luck are
on this order, and some of them are exceed
ingly alisurd and ridiculous. Every timo a
man wearing a w hite coat passes up stairs to
piny at ono of tho rou'ette tables at a Fi ont
street house, tho doorkeeier remai ks: Tho
house ill lose to-night." Louisville Times.
A West African Wirk of Art.
Duke Town possesses one public monument
a somewhat remarkable one. When 3ou
near the w harf of the European trading fac
tory you notice a figure hanging from ono of
the Hsts that support its ample roof. At the
flr-it glance 3 on might take it for the gibbeted
corpse of a very badly dressed pirate with an
unnaturally long neck; but a closer survey
shows it to lc a 'dummy" stuffed with straw
Africa's first attempt at a -GuyFawkes."
Tho head is represented by a round wooden
ball, Minted black, and surmounted by a
gray felt hat, with a verj- dirty white cloth
twisted round it by way of a sunshade. A
brass pan forms the shoulders, two small
lells hang from the arms and a third from
the waist, while a flowing drapery of colored
handkerchief:, makes a gallant but unsuccess
ful attempt to bide the fact that this statue,
like the fabulous bird of eastern legend, has
no legs. Considered merely as a work of art
the figure undoubtedly has its faults. It ex
hibits all tho crudeness of Raphael's early
attempts at painti-ig. A critic who was in
clined to bo cruel might even go so far as to class
it with the statuo of Bums, in Central Park.
But it at least servesa purpose, which is more
than can ho said of many far more civilized
institutions, A large square paper on its
breast keis in countenance another on its
back, aud both display the samo inscription:
"Notice Ii ince l'yambo has owed mo four
(4) pun's (puncheons of palm oil) this last four
U) J ears, and will not pay me. Beware of
him."
This conti ivHiioe shows a genius for adver
tising which is a pleasing surpiise in "be
nighted An-nii." Whether you approach the
wliuif overland or by ho-it. the evidence of
Prince Eyiiinbu's iniquities stares 3 ou 111 the
face, und whenever a breath of wind stirs
the figure the liollshuiig upon it call attentior
iu ringing language to tho fact that even in
this remote corner of tho earth there are
piinces who have learned enough of the wa3's
of civili7cd i'alty to abstain from paying
their debts. West Afiioa Cor. New Yoik
Tina.
UIi Mil! Should he Thankful.
Heie is a storv of Gloucester whKh it may
lje necessary to preface w ith tho fact, familiar
enough to people who live on the coast, but
not so familiar to inlanders, that when a sea
faring man dies uw 33 from home u point is
made of tacking his otiects iu his chest
prompth' and returning them to his family: A
lady, uieased m deep mourning, was riding
iu a Gloucester street cur, when another lad',
bharpof feature and inquisitive of gaze, came
in and sat dor. u by her side. The sharp fea
tured woman fidgeted about for a Minute or
so and then iK-gan oa'eclnzing the woman iu
mourning: "Be 3011 mourning the loss of
leUtives. ma'ami" -Yes." "Husband or
brother:" "ikith." -law Kikes! Was thev
lost at sou f" "They died at NovvOrleausof
t he 3 ellow fever." "Dear ine, siiz! Both on
Vm died o1 the vellow fever, eh?" "Yes.''
The inquisitive woman wiped anay a tear,
uiiKil for an instant, and then resumed:
"Was tho3' hoiefuIi3 pious, uui'ani!" "Yes,
the' wcie." "And (eagerly) did 30 git their
dusts!" "I did." "Oh, well," stid tho sharp
featured woman, witha'igh of satisfaction,
"if they died hopeful' pious and you got
their chists 3ou"e got a great deal to be
thankful for!" Boston Record.
An Infaut'a Iiioftteble Innocence.
Little Dick came homo from Sunday school
last week full of importance. "I know the
Twentj--threed psalm," ho announced at
tho dimier table, "or, anyhow, I'm going to
know it Tho teacher read it and made us
say part of it, but there's another part of it I
can't remember a bit"
"What is thatl" asked his mother.
"It's after they set the table for him; it's
something about putting grease on his hair."
"Anointed his head with oil," sa;d Dick's
father.
"I'll be hanged! That's it," said the boy,
exploavel3'.
"Why, dear!" cried his mother, "don't say
that It's dreadful! Where did you learn
itr
Dick paused a moment, while both tho
maternal and the paternal regard wero fixed
sternly upon him. Then he asked, with an
air of ineffable innocence: "Ought. I to
say, 'I'll bo hungf Isn't hanged grammar r
Boston Record.
Dan Bice's Good Tortane.
A notorious circus clown has discovered
that be is heir to 300,000 acres of land in
Texas cud ilexico, granted to his father,
Genrgo McLnren in 1S30, and the lucky jester
says: "Undo Dan Bice (McLaren), the ex
circus millionaire, ex clown, ox-lecturer, after
having been the possessor of fortunes, will
yet cud his days In affluence and happlcr-a."
ii2velai2l LeatUi--
A WONDERFUL COUNTRY.
HOW A YOUNG ENGLISHMAN WAS
HOAXEO IN CALIFORNIA.
Banker Ralstoa and His Titled Gaest.
Bis Bottles or 'WlBe Marvelous Tales
of Lawlessness Haatlos; and Fishing.
The Victim's Good-By.
In the Ralston days, when Belmont was in
its glory aud ito profuse hospitality was the
talk of the country, a young Englishman of
title called upon the banker with letters of
introduction from the American minister in
London, an old friend of Ralston. Of course
ho was invited to Belmont. He had come to
San Francisco around the "Horn," and, like
uian3' of his order and nationality, had made
up his mind not to be surprised at anything
ho saw in this country.
"Rather a fine place, you know," he re
marked to Ralston, as his host "toted" him
down to Belmont; "but some of our fellows
who were out here have told the most out
rageous stories, -ou know, about California
your bears and immense regattas, and all
that sort of thing eo I' hare determined to
keep my e3'esopen. I imagine, 3011 know,
that they havo been hoaxed. B3- gad, Mr.
Ralston, I have been all over the world, and
it would take a .pretty wideawake fellow to
hoax me, dont you know V J
During this conversation Mr. Ralston regis
tered a mental oath that if money or influence
could produce that wideawake fellow be
would be forthcoming before the termination
of tho nobleman's visit At Belmont wore
a-wmbled a fow choice spirits. Leaving his
guest in charge of one of them, Ralston at
once called a council of war.
I-UTTISG THKin HEADS TOQETHIR.
"This Englishman must be fooled," he
said." "Now let us put our heads together
and give him something to talk aliout when
ho returns to the London clubs."
Tho private wire was busy that evening,
and a clas carriage was sent to meet the
next train. No expense was spared to make
tho Britisher's stay in every Kemw delightful.
When Ralston and hi guests sauntered
Into the dining room the Englishman opened
his eyes and stared in bewildered astonish
ment at the table service. And wll be
might. Tho bottles were of that colossal
size, holding half gallons, which tho beer and
wine men use for advertising purposes.
Now, by jove, j'ou Californiaus must lie
a thirsty lot," said the Knglishman. "I never
saw stii h M)ttles in my life."
-Oh, nonsense," said Ralston; "don't you
h.ivrt that sue in England! They used to
have them wheu 1 lived there, nmny 'ears
ago."
-That size! great heavens, no."
"HVII, here goes, an3how. Peter, wuie
champagne;" and the butler piocoeded with
inqtussivu face, opened a half gallon lxittle
o flu, the cork going oft like the explosion
of a rifle. As tho dinner progressed the
guests plied tho Britisher with the most mar
velous tales of the lawlessness of the couutry ;
the U'-u-s, lions, and antelope that roamed
tho neighboring hills, and everything, iu line,
tlwt the fantastic imagination could invent
It was arranged to have the bouse attacked
that night by outlaws, but tbej" feared tho
lord might get suspicious, so that scheme was
abandoned. A deer bunt was decided upon
for tho next morning, and a fishing party
for the next afternoon.
HUNTIXa AND FLSHINO.
The arty were out before daybreak, and
the lord was stationed near a milk much,
and instructed not to stir until one of the
hunters camo to fetch him. When he was
properl3 planted tho others returned to tho
houso, for the hunting grounds were not a
mile away, and amused themselves until
noon w ith la3'ing new plans for the delecta
tion of their victim. Meanwhile, though
the oor foreigner did not see a deer, lie
heard shots about him at intervals, and
when ho was informed that the run was
over and that there would be no more shoot
ing that day, was taken liack to tho house.
"I am awfully sorry 'ou did not have
tettor luck," said Ralston, when tho dis
gnstvd Britisher apjieareii. "Our fellows
did fnirl3 you seo," and be pointed to the
onrcuKses of half a dot?n deer lying on tho
niazta, which had ariived thetdnj- from the
mat ket b3' the morning train.
"Didn't -ou realh- get a shot.' Confess,
now, 3-0U blnzed away at a stag or two, and
missed 'em."
"Stag! I assure 3-ou, nrj dear fellow, I
didn't fee a single lieast," piotcsted the mor
tified nobleman.
"Well, never mind, never mind," said his
host; -wo'll sec how the fishing pans out"
The fishing took placo in a pond near the
house. But while every ono else pulled out
ti out, salmon and even 10-k cod, not a fish
o-mie near tho .Englishman's hook, though
he nitgkxl with tho most industrious persist
ence. Of course, the San Francisco fish
market had Ikjo.i gutted to permit tho buj
piy, and so elsvcih wore the fish attached to
the hooks uud hauled into the boats with
shouts and spiaslnngH that his lordship had
i.ol the faintest idea that bo was being most
unme tifullv hoaxed. Tho rock cod stag
gered him a little, but Ralston explained
this by tho statement thut the lake was con
nected with the ocean b3 a subterranean
stream. Wheu every fantastical hoax had
Uen exhausted, RaLtou accompanied his
victim to tho city uud saw him homeward
bouud.
'i$3- jove, Mr. Ralstou, you have a wonder
ful country," said the Britisher, as ho bid
his host good-by. "I tell you, it will open
tho 03 cs of thos- follows at homo wheu 1
givo them a history of this visit Hau Frait
oisoo I'ost.
GEN. GRANT'S LAST REVIEW-
An KntbimlMstic lteceptlua Nlmklnj
Huuds wittt "the Bojs Iu Blue."
I heard last night the story of Gen.
Graut's last review in Washington, and I
think it was the last review of his life. It
was a few mouths before his death. Ho was
tho grand commander of un organization
here composed of old veterans, and kuowu
a "The Boys in Blue." This organization
met during his Inst visit here, und the3' in
vited him to be present There was a full
attendance of the veterans and their wives,
and they were having a Jovial time whui
Gen. Grant arrived with Gen. Edward Beale.
Maj. J. J. Noah presided over the meeting.
He received Grant as he oauie iu. 'lhe gen
eral was not feeling well, and he looLed
upon the large assembl3 with dismay. Uo
saw tho enthusiastic spit it which animated
them, und feared he would be shaken to
pieces. He had but u few moment to stay,
and he was much troubled as to how to
get awavr from the crowd.
Maj. Noah, however, is a man of consider
able oratorical talent. lie introduced tho
general iu a tin tiling speech and held the
audience in hand. He told them that they
might be looking upon Giant for the htst
time, and that the geueial wanted to
take each of them by tho bund and
bid them one ami all God speed lieforo
ho left. Ho then organised the compan3
into ranks and had them come one by one
and shake hands with the great general. He
described the scene to me last night and ttie
tears stood in his e3-es as he did so. "It
was," said he, "the most affecting sight I
have ever witnessed. Many of the veterans
had oue arm gone, some the left aud others
the right; and Grant had to be continually
changing bauds iu order to suit himself to
the occasion. Some hobbled up on crutches
and others lifted up their sleeveless arms and
gave Grant the stump or the coat sleeve to
shake Some of those who had no arms at
all, Gen. Grant grasped about the waist nud
said a pleasant word as they passed by.
After the handshaking was over three times
three cheers were given in Graut's honor,
and he left for the home of Gen. Bealo, and
a few days after left Washington never more
to return. Frank G. Carpenter in Cleve
land Leader.
"Marios Harlaad'a" Literary Success.
The authoress known as Marion Harland
she was Mary Virginia Hawes, and is the
wife of the Rev. Edward Payson Terhuue
drew attention, particularly in Virginia,
where she was born, by her novel "Alone,"
published thirty-two years ago, when she was
but 19. The south regarded her as a rare
genius, and she believed she bad struck the
center of renown, judging by the resonant
echoes that reached her of her work. She
wrote some twenty novels, aud Richmoud
rang with praises of the gifted daughter of
the Old Dominion. Nevertheless, her hit had
not been made. She could scarcely have
imagined in beryoonger day how it would
be made. Not by skillfully dev bed plot, by
1 novel sbaractsn, h; dramatie 4anouemcnt,
by sparkling dialogue. Ou the contrary, 03
the plainest facts, 03 prosaic experience, by
the practice of rigid economy. What sort of
a romance would it le into which those
things could enter.
Not a romance, but a sober realitv, "Com
mon Sense iu the Household." That is the
book which has given Marion Harland her
national reputation. Fully 170,000 copies
have been called for, and tho demand is not
yet satisfied. Its success mny not have grati
fied her literary ambition, but it must have
gratified her pecuniary needs. Tho wife of
an evangelical clergyman, wit li a considerable
family, ought, if any one, to have learned
bow to adopt small means to desirable ends
to compel ?1 to fill the place of 83. She has
learned it tboroighly, and ber cook book is
the outcome. She has followed un tho vein
with ample profit Her culiuarv- works have
boon of more benefit than an entire library
of representative uoveLs.Chicago News.
Gathering In tho Nlcke!.
Ibupposothct mniry persons have noticed
in the famous barroom of th: UoTruau
house, commonly called an 'Art Cafe," the
miniature marine engine, which works for a
few second:: whenever a five-cent piece is
dropped into the proper channel. The affair
is an ingenious bit or mochauum, and it is
surprising to see tho amount of woik which
tho small weight of a nickel will accomplish.
Tho other dn3" curiosity impelled mo to ask
ono of (ho attendants how much money tho
apparatus earned for its inventor: and those
who have watch. d artics of men standing
over it bv- tho half hour at .1 time will not be
surprised to lcani that the ivc!pts acrag
$5 a dav-, ha'f of which gc; : ::o UoiYaiau
house.
As mux' bo supposed, it is tlsa uuuo in
genious inventor ho is reapoi:sib!o for the
weighing automatic machines wlnc-h are to
U found in so many of ot'r hotel, You
stand on t!. t-nles and put fi' ccts in tho
box, who: 1, und onty whey, 1 he jointerwiJl
ut oaco Indicate thj 1 ight vveijht Tho r.um
btrsofsuch machines and other devices of a
similar kind might lie expected to increase
wondei ful'y wore it not thnt 0:10 drawback
to tho business has alread3 been dwovered;
it is found that so n:an- peo; !o attempt to
defraud the i.ppura?us b3' inijxiug ujon it
bits of eardli'jard. lend, buttors. and especially
countoifeit ioin., that it reipiires tho cou
btont so:", ices of a machinist to keep It in
running onlcr. Brookh n tjigle.
Muck in Coupilug Cant.
One of the interesting subjects touched
u;xu dm ing tho recent railway brake touts
ut Buriingto'i, lu., w.'u: tho question of the
vulue of slack in coupling cm s ks a h lji in
stilting, thv? u.e of loov coupling, of course
allowing the engine tostait each "ar seja-r.iu-:y
in rupid -uo -ot-sIoii Th. results of the
e-jp-rimont, how eve. Acre not iu favor of
this, ihough lii.'i" showed tho U'liellcial
enV"t of sonu slight elasticity in tho oup
Ihig. A ttnm of tift.3 hmdeil oars was given a
contimio.is rlovj coupling by driving iron
wciiges into the linL.-,, thus taking up all the
Iijso ..lack and leaving only "spring" slack
or that !n h iigivt.it ! I ho compression of
ths draw bar springs when the train is
staittil. It was found neetssao to drop one
. iir before the losouiotive could start the
traiu 0:1 a lev el. Wiiuojt. the wedges that
is, with about three Kii'hes of loose slack ut
each coupling the s imo Incomotivu was able
to stmt but foi 13-1 ight curs. Tho experi
ment wait repeated 0:1 tho grade, whore the
highest iiuuihor of ears which tho engine
could :.tart cither with close or open coup
ling wa.; thiity-cight. It oeiiLs thus to bo
demopstrated that tho loose sluck gives at
least no uid in starting 0 train, but that tho
slack given b3 tho butfor spi ings is leno
ticiul. Boston Transcript
K-idir.tt Lxjioi Imonf in Ocntlstrj.
If e"iciiuients which have been made by
a dentist in San Francisco liear the test of
tune a radical change iu dentisny seems im
pending. Dr. Younger, following tho lead
of tho great John Hunter, has found that
teeth fresiil3' drawn can lie transplanted to a
cockscomb and retain their vitaht3 for a
month. They w ill also livo in warm water
for aUiut two da3s. Those plaed in the nat
ural sockets from which other teeth have
licen taken, and then temporarily secured,
become fixed and grow as it indigenous to the
soil. But more than this, new sockets can be
drilled and teeth inserted within them, and
the result shows that here again tho new
comer takes firm hold of tho adjacent bone
aud becomes a strong and useful masticator.
Boston Transcript
La)in( the Dust In Mines.
A well known mining engineer has brought
into notice the successful use of watering the
floors of deep mines to allay the dust and
thus prevent explosions. A slight dampness,
such as prevails in shallow mines at all times,
is, iu his words, sufficient to lay the dust
effectively; and the systematic vvateiingof
deep mines has lieeu introduced at tho Llwvn
fria colliery and at tho Standard colliery.
The water can either be brought into the
galleries bv tanks or by pipes from a re&crvoir
tibovo ground. A pressure of fifty pounds to
tho square inch is considered sufficient at the
Standard colliuy. Tho water not 01113- puri
lies tho nir, but robs it of the inflammable
coal ihist which is so dangerous u factor iu
great explosions. Boston Budget
(juror Storloa About Uenttor.
Mine. Gcr&ter is now in Paris, but nothing
is soon or heard of Dr. Gardini. People tell
all soi is of stories about the prima donna's
condition, some asserting that her mind is
permanently ailccted, others that her voice
is gone, und others again that sboand the
cavaliire dottore "are out" A friend of
initio caught a glimpse of the prima donna
tho other day at a French railway" station.
She r.as attended by a tall, middle-aged
Italian, and a little 3-3-ear old girl stood bo
suloher. Mmo. Gerster was the picture of
health, but she wore a combination of l'nis
sian b!.:e and cihnson that suggested that the
itiMJii- v.hosoid that she was not quite her
v If iiRiituliy might not bo so fur f 1 om the
truth -Tor. u Topics.
A Now Industry lu Delhi.
A ucw i::du:.trv' has sprung up in Delhi.
Some enterprising natives are taking ad
vantage of tho government offer of two
auuas for eer3 snake killed to trade on the
old traditionary tree and serpent worship.
Aug. 4 is tho great serpent worshipping day-,
and every Tuesday tho pipal tree is wor
shipped b' Hindoo women. Taking ad
vantage of tho reverence jid to snakes, a
largo number of men havo set to work oatcli
ing these reptiles. Then, taking them into
the streets where pious Hindoos moat uljound,
the3' announce that they are on their way to
claim tho reword, but that they are quite
willing for a pico or two more to release the
reptiles mid to save themselves fiom the sin
of snake murder, vi Inch their poverty would
otherwise drive th'iu to commit. '1 ho iippeul
is invariably successful. London Graphic
Dick Turidn's Home.
The famous Dick Turpin, tlieliiiiunvm.ui.
ouee resided ut SI Rroadwaj', Westminster,
London, that is a well authenticated fact. In
pulling the house down recently, it was dis
covered that there was a broad space between
the room walls and tho main wall, fioui top
to bottom, as well as other artful devices, nc
doubt arranged to enable the wily and his
torical Dick to dodge tho police, or as they
were called iu his day, the 'runners-." Bos
ton Budget
Slovenly In Speech.
A lady holding a responsible lusition hi a
large dry goods house 011 Chestnut street, in
which she is obliged to come into business as
sociation with the fashionable ladies of Phila
delphia, said it was incomprehensible to her
how they could bo so incorrect in their speech
and slovenly in their grammar as compared
with tho same class of ladies in New York
and Boston. In Boston, for instance, it had
been ber experience that many of tho sales
girls, through the excellent influences of tho
public schools of that city-, spoke English with
more simplicity, directness, and purity than
not a few ladies in Philadelphia who were
proud of their social distinction and their
education. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Slialnff Catnp Sobriquets.
In a miring camp sobriquets stick when
names are long forgotten. Cataconiers
Ketchutu was a curious one which attached
itself thus: Catty- had n partner, a pious chap
who "lit out" suddenly, why was never known.
"If I ketch that sneak he'll get a Bible
crammed down his throat, catatorners," was
all Catty would say. Detroit Free Press.
A PLUCKY SOLDIER.
DRAGGING A WOUNDED COMRADE
OFF THE FIELD AT GETTYSBURG.
A Drummer Boy Who Had to Shoulder
a Musket His Excitability While Un
der the Confederate Fire A Perilous
Journey.
"Speaking about pluck," said Col. Higgins,
of Waverly, of whom a reporter bed just
been making inquiries, -tba-o goes a fellow
whom I saw do as nervy a thing as I wit
nessed while I was in tho sorvice."
The reporter looked across tho street In the
direction in which tho colonel had nodded,
and saw Dick Euderiiu plodding along, hands
in pocket, hi his matter of fact, indifferent
sort of a way.
"It was at Gettysburg," remarked tho
colonel, knocking tho ashes from his cigar.
"You probably knew that Dick enlisted as a
drummer boy. He was in my company, and
he boat a drum for all that was out; beat it
so bard that you couldn't find drum heads
enough in tho army to keep him supplied,
and a short time before tho Gettysburg fight
he came to me for the sixth or sovouth drum
bead, and I just gave him a gun. He kicked
a little, but took it, uud made pretty good
uso of it afterward, too.
IN TIU: WHEAT FIELD.
"Toward the close of the first day's fight at
Gettysburg our regimental line was stretched
aloug the crest of the ridge, adown the side
of which was a field of wheat almost ripe
enough tor tho rcapor. Much of it bad been
cut that day, and more was destined to be
cut 011 the morrow cut by shot and shell
and swept by tho musketry of the two
armies. Ou tho opposite- side of the field,
and but a frightfully short distance away,
were tho rebel lines. Twice that afternoon
we had charged across that wheat field in the
effort to drive the enemy from their position,
and twice had wo been driven hack, leaving
many a dead aud wounded man among the
standing wheat, The wheat was so high that
when ly'ng down 0110 could not been seen by
the enemy, and for somo time before the
charge was ordered we had occupied tho
position described, keeping up a sharp fire ou
the enemy; and receiving as good as wo sent
iu return. I couldn't help but bo amused at
Dick. Iu order to save the men as much as
possible, I directed them to lie down to do
their loading, and only rise to deliver their
the; but Dick insisted upon standing up all
the tint". Three or four times I 3-elIed at
him to keep under cover or ho would get hit,
but, iu a few minutes, excitement would get
tho lietter of him uud he would be on his
feet again, loading and firing us rapidly as
he could handle his piece.
"Wheu tho siui lutd gone down and tho
shades of night had checked the firing con
siderably several of us were standing
grouped together, looking out over tho field
of wheat, wondering what luid been the re
sult of the diiy's Morkand what would be the
result of t bo morrow, when we heard some
wounded man. way over in the wheat, groan
ing tei rihly. His moans were sickening to
listen to, and it got so after a whild that I
couldn't stand it airy longer. So, taking off
my haversack, I handed it to Enderlin, who
was standing by, and remarked that I was
going for that fellow.
A TICKLISU UNDEUTAKI.NO.
"This, as every one know, was a prett3"
ticklish piece of business, for, although it was
then night, the moon was shining, and at
every rustle of the wheat that indicated the
possibility of its being moved by a human
being tho Johnnies would send their musket
and riilo balls thiough it in u wuy thut made
it very unhealthy for any jiersou that might
bo concealed there.
"Still I resolved to chance it, and getting
down ou my hands aud knees I began to
worm my way through tho wheat in tho di
rection of tho groans. 1 had got but a few
yards, however, w hen I felt some one grasp
me by the leg, and I heard Dick's voice:
u 'Look here, major,' he said, 'you mustn't
go out there. You might get killed, und we
can't spare you; let mo go.'
"Why, I don't lieliove you could get the
fellow in. Dick,' I replied; 'he is probably
hurt so bad that ho has to be carried, and I
don't lielieve you could carry a man in that
way and through that wheat'
" 'Well, 3-ou just come back and let me try
it,' said Dick, 'I'll bet 3-011 that I bring him
in.' Saying which, Dick bolted ahead,
wonniug his way on his belly through the
wheat, us carefully and cautiously as possi
ble, so as to uvoid attracting attention,
while I returned to tho lmo and awaited
results.
"He wa gouo a long tune, so long thut I
began to grow uneasy, but finally he made
his appeal ance, crawling on his stomach
through the wheat, and ou his back, with his
arms clasped around his neck, was a poor
devil wheue hip had been shattered by a
musket ball.
" 'Where did 3 ou find him, Dickf I asked
hun, us we lifted tho poor fellow oil his back.
'He was within a couple of rods of
the reliel lines,' was Dick's reply, as he
crawled to his feet and stretches! bimsplf after
his long t lip.
"'Dick,' said I, '30U are a sergeaut' Of
course I meant in embryo, for at that mo
ment there wasn't any vacaucy, but there
were plenty of them within twenty-four
hours." Chiilicothe lA-uder Interview.
SOCIAL LIFE IN ENGLAND.
The Kv. Uonry W.ud Ueei-lier Expresses
Uis lows What He Saw.
Tho Rev. Henry Wnid Beecher, referring
to his last visit to England twenty-three
3enra ago, said: "The conti ast between
the attitude of England then aud uow
toward America was striking. Then Eng
lish public opinion was against tho United
States. The largo factory population of
Lancashire, although suffering from famine
for want of our cotton, sympathised
with us hi our struggle; but the influential
people of Great Britain were not onl3 opposed
to the sentiment of tho north, but to a very
great extent supported the south. That has
uow been so changed that it may be caid that
there has been a complete revolution in the
thought of the people in that respect. I think
that this has been largely brought about by
the increase of travel between the two coun
tries, enabling us to get better acquainted
with each other."
"As to the political and social condition of
the English leople, Mr. Beecher f"
"The answer to that is found iu what Is at
the foundation of all material prosperity,
namely, the land. In tho relation of the peo
ple to the laud, great and fundamental
changes are going on that are affecting their
social condition from the top to the bottom,
aud which will also affect their political con
dition. For example, land owners who
would formerly obtain from 7 to S per
acre for the rent of their land are glad to let
it go for thirty shillings, and sometimes can
not get that The consequence is that the
owners of the land, instead of renting to
farmers, to middlemen, or to their stewards,
are farming the land under their own direc
tion and are selling the produce direct, either
to tho retail dealer or to tho consumer. Facts
of this character have forced upon the publio
mind questions in relation to land tenure, to
the law of entail and primogeniture, that
hitherto have aided in the intreuchment of a
lauded aud privileged class,' accustomed to
separate itself to a very great degree socially
from the bulk of the people. Then I noticed
there is a growing discontent in regard to
the public schools, or board schools as they
are called in England. It is true that these
schools give a free education, but it is doled
out more or less as charity.
"When I looked at tho population of Lon
don, and caught a glimpse now and then of
its lower strata, I was lost in such amaze
ment that I was almost dazed. There is a
largo population there of which we have no
type here men whoso fathers and mothers
were evidently starved, and whose children
havo grown up starved; whose lives are of
the most tentative kind; whose existence is
not only a struggle, but a perpetual fight
with famine. New York Letter.
An English Family at Home.
An English husband and wife at home, M.
Narjoux tells us, are an amazing pair mar
tyrs to tho spleer. and addicted to overeating.
The mother concerns herself very little with
her children. Immediately they are old
euough, thoy are sent to boarding schools.
When tho loys grow up they go to tho colonies-,
uud when the girls leave school thoy
start in chose of husbands. It is because
English parents see so httlo of their children
that th"3' feel no pang when their offspring
depart for the antipodes; hence to the board
ing school system are directly traceable the
colonizing propensities of the Briton. Even
when ber children are -at home the British
matron has very little time to devote to them,
rince she has to attend tho meetings of in
numerable philanthropic societies and to
listen to the sermons of the fashionable
preachers.
Dinner is always eaten in melancholy
cilenco. "If the children speak the mother
corrects them; the father feeds calmly on.
From time to time one or other holds his or
her glass or plate with a 'please, 'thank you,'
or 'more,' and that is all." After dinner the
ladies and children retire. The gentlemen
remain if there lie only one, he stays by him
self and to them or bim are served "fleiy
wine, such as sherry or port, spirits or
sngared wine, in which ginger' and cayenne
pepper have beeu infused.'' If the hard drink
ing Briton takes, as be usually dues, more than
is good for him, his wife makes no remon
strance. She is "so accustomed to this
"natural accident" that she thinks nothing
of it Boston Ueraid.
t Indian Girls Badly "Smitten."
I The gravel train that left here a short time
ago had a thrilling experience at Indian
Town. It appears that tho good looking old
and young fellows on the train have been
flirting with the gay young ladles of that
burg just the same as they do with all young
ladies that will flirt with them. From a suc
cession of waving of 'kerchiefs, etc. , tho Indian
girls become "smitten,"' just like many of
their fairer sisters do, and thoy wanted a
"talk" with tho train boys.
But they wouldn't talk. They passed to
and fro daily, but thoy had 110 timo to talk.
In fact, tho cast iron rules of tho Central
j Pacific prevented such foolishness. However,
1 the "maidens" were determined that thev
should stop und have a friendly "talk," and
did stop the train, all orders to the contrary;
and this is how they did it: The train went
down to Sunol and came back iu a few
minutes. It was backing, and as it ueared
the home of the dusky maidens the conductor
saw albt of ties and lumber piled over tho
track. The airbrakes were put on and the
train stopped just in time to prevent it from
being ditched. On each side of the obstruc
tion the maidens had gathered, and their ugly
faces smiled when the train came to a halt.
Fleasonton (I. T.) Star.
They Made Uliu Kxplaiu.
A man and his wife, with eight children,
running from a babe in arms up to a boy of
13, crossed on the transfer boat recently to
take the Atlantic Express. The children were
chubby, healthy and sunburned. Tho man
jakl he was going back to Kansas. In answer
to inquiries he said he had been living in tho
state eight years. Some surprise was ex
pressed by bystanders that a man should wish
to return to Kansas after being so long here,
and he was asked in what part of Oregon ho
bad been living. Ho said at French prairK
"Good heaveiLsl" said a man, u what do you
expect to find in Kansas better than French
prairie?" "Why, that is ouo of tho finest
portions of tho state," said another. "You
will never I contented to livo in Kansas
again." Tho man looked a little sheepish and
said: "Well, you see, my wife's relations live
there, and she kind o' wants to Ix: with them."
Tliat settled tho matter. I'ortlund Oresjo
niab. Taxation on Personalty.
The late William II. Vanderbilt, tor some
years after he inherited his great tortune,
paid no taxes oa his personal estate. He
swore on"" his taxation on personalty. That
is to say, he maintained, when appii-d 10 for
an inventory, that his debts exceeded the
value of hLs personal estate. This became
such a scandal that in lViO he confessed to
owning personal propert3' in excess of his
debts to the value of $1,000,000, and on that
amount he paid taxes each year until his
death, aud on that amount only. It is now
known that he left at least $33,000,000 iu
taxable securities, of which all but S3,O0u,u0O
has escaped taxation. Chicago Tribune.
A law agrmi ujoii by lhe proprie
tors, ficeliohlots. unci inhabitants of tiio
province of West New .Jeiney in 1G7G
reads as follows: '1 hat men mny peace
ably und quietly enjoy tiieir Estates. It
is agreed if any Poison or Persons shall
Steal, rob, or take any floods or Chat
ties, from or belonging to uny Person
whatsoever, he is to make restitution
twofold out of his or their estate, and
for want of such estate, to be made to
Work for his theft, for such Time and
Times as the Nature of the Offense
doth require, or until Restitution be
made double for the same, or as
Twelve Men of the Neighborhood shall
determine, being appointed by the Com
missioners, not extending cither to Life
or Limb.
A French musical journal says: Dif
ferent people sound different vowels
when laughing, fiom which fact a close
observer has drawn the following con
clusions: People who laugh iu A (pro
nounce ah) are frank, honest, and loud
of noise aud excitement, though they
are often of a versatile and tickle dis
position. Laughter in (pronounce
ay) is peculiar to phlegmatic and mel
ancholy persons. Those who laugh iu I
(pronounce ee) are children or simple-
minded, obliging, aficctionate.timid and
uudecided people. To laugh in O indi
cates generosity und daring. Avoid all
those wiio laugh iu U, as they arc mis
anthropists. One of the inmates of the Ocorcm
state iusaue asylum is Judo Fletcher,
who has been au inmate for thirty
seven years. He is 86 years old. In
conversation with a reporter, a few days
ago, he said: "I am tuc sun. Wheu I
ariso in the morning there is light
When I retire iu the evening there is
darkness. This house is built upon a
rock of gold." he continued. "I will
find it, for 1 am going to live forever."
Robert Toombs is to have a monu
ment a plain, draped shaft twenty-five
feet high, which is now on the way
from Italy. It will be above both
graves, that of the (General anil that of
his devoted wife. On one panel is in
scribed "Robcit Toombs, born July 2,
1810; died Dec. lu. 18S5. On another
Eanel is inscribed "Julia A. Toombs,
orn May 15, 1813: died Sept. 4. 1883."
The San Jose (Cal.) Herald tells of a
mau who weighed 4oU pounds. When
he sat down li bad to put another
cbair in front of him to support his
enormous abdomen. His breakfast al
ways consisted of a quart of milk in
which sugar and a dozen eggs were
itirred. He was the father of the out
law, Pedro Pachceo, aud has been dead
louie years.
Very little of the street paving in Do
troit is done with ttone, but with cedar
blocks about six inches long, stood up
edgeways. The blocks make a pretty
good pavement, out iu some places it
becomes rough by the blocks sinking or
wearing off faster than others. When
smooth or when lirst laid, it is a very
desirable pavement for driving.
There are 140 farms on the Fort
Hill Reservation, Idaho, run by Indians,
and 787 acres are under cultivation.
They owu thirty-seven mowers and two
reapers, bought with their own money.
The average red man can be half way
decent if he wishes to be.
A San Leandro, Cal., man hid a
loaded revolver in a stove oven so that
his boy might not lind it The boy
afterward built a fire in the stove, and
in a short time the pistol made its pres
ence known by exploding aud sending
a bullet through the youth's hand.
Mrs. Custer has taken no summer
outing whatever, but has been busily
occupied at her home in New York
writing her book on Kansas life during
and after the war. The general and
she spent several years there during
those trying times.
I m mm
A family doctor writes that the first
sign of failing hair growth is the loss of
rery short hairs that have "root" and
point, and that attention in that case
should be paid at once to the general
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