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VOL. 8, No. 4. TDE.R LOn)DGE, MONTANA, JUTTLY 528, 1876. WHOLE No. 369.
POET1IY,
T HOW THE OLD HORSE WON THE BET.
Oliver Wendell Holmes' Companion Piece
to the " One-Hoss Shay."
'Twas on the famous trotting-ground
The betting men were gathered round
From far and near; the "cracks " were there
Whose deeds the daily prints declare:
The swift g. m., old Hiram's nag,
The fleet s. h. Dan Pfeiffer's brag,
With these a third-and who is he
That stands beside his fast b. g. ?
Budd Doble s hose catharrhal name
So fills the nasal trump of fame.
There too stood many a noted steed
Of Messenger and Morgan breed;
Green horses, also, not a few
Unknown as yet what they could do;
And all the hacks that know so well
The scourgings of the Sunday swelL
Blue are the skies of opening day:
The bordering turf Is green with May;
The sunshine's golden gleam is thrown
On sorrel, chestnut, hay, and roan:
The horses paw and prance and neigh ;
Fillies and colts like kittens play
And dance and toss their rippled manes,
Shining and soft as silken skeins:
Wagons and gigs are ranged about,
And fashion flaunts her gay turn-out;
Here stands-each youthful Jehn's dream
The jo nted tandem, ticklish team!
And there In ampler breadth expand
The splendor of the leir-in-hand;
On faultless ties and glossy tiles
The lovely bonnets beam their smiles
(The style's the man, so books avow;
The style's the woman, anyhow):
From flounces frothed with creamy lace
Peeps out the pug dog's smutty face,
Or spaniel rolls his liquid eye,
Or stares the wiry pet of Skye-
O woman, is your hours of ease,
So shy with us, so free with these!
" Come on : I'll bet you two to one
I'll make him do it!" "Will vou ? Done!"
What was it he was bound to do ?
I did not hear and can't tell you-
Pray listen till my story's through,
Scarce noticed, bark behind the rest,
By cart and wagon rudely prest
The parson's lean and bony bay
Stood harnessed in his one-horse shay-
Lent to his sexton for the day.
(A funeral-so the sexton raid,
His mother's uncle's wife was dead).
Like Lazarus bid to Dives' feast,
So lookeds the poor forlorn old beast:
Bis coat was rough, his tail was bare,
The gray was sprinkled in his hair;
Sportsmen and jockeys knew him not,
And yet they say he once could trot
Among the fleetest of the town,
Till something cracked and broke him down
The steedl's, the statesman's common lot!
" And are we then so soon forgot?"
Ah, me! I doubt if one of you
Has ever heard the name " Old Blue."
Whose fame through all this region rung
In those old days when I was young!
" Bring forth the horse!" Alas! lie showed
Not like the one Mazeppa rode;
Scant-maned, sharp-backed and shaky-kneed,
The wreck of what was once a steed,
Lips thin, eyes hollow, stiff in joints:
Yet not witnout his knowing points.
The sexton, laughing in his slecve
As if 'twere all a make-believe.
Led forth the horse, and as be laughed
Unhitched the breeching from the shalt,
Unclasped the rusty belt beneath,
Drew forth the snallle from his teeth,
Slipped off his headstall, set him free
From strap and rein -a sight to see!
So worn, so lean in every limb,
It can't be they are sadlinug him!
It is! his back the pig-skin strides
And flaps his lank rheumatic Eides;
With look of mingled scorn and mirth
They buckle round tihe saddle-girth:
With horsey wink and saucy toss
A youngster throws his leg across,
And so, his rider on his back,
They lead him limping to the track,
Far up behind the starting-point,
To limber out each stiffened joint.
As through the jeering crowd he passed,
One pitying look old Hiram cast.
"Go it, ye cripple, while ye can!"
Cried out unsentimental Dan.
" A fast-day dinner for the crows !"
Budd Doble's scolling shout arose.
Slowly, as when the walking-ibeam
First feels the gathering head of steam
With warning cough and threatening wheeze
The stiff old charger crooks his knees,
At first with cautious step sedate,
As if he dragged a coach of state,
lie's not a colt-he knows full well
That time is weight and sure to tell,
No horse so sturdy, but he fears
The handicap of twenty years.
As through the throng on either hand
The old horse nears the judge's stand,
Beneath the jockey's feather weight
He warms a little to his gait,
And now and thlien a step is tried
That hints of something like a stride.
" Go!"-Through his ears the summons stung
As if a battle trump had rung.
The slumbering instincts long unstirred
Start at the long familiar word.
It thrills like flame through every limb-
What mean nis twenty years to him ?
The savage blow his rider dealt
Falls on his hollow f.it .. L. ,
The spur that prick uii rang hide
Unheeded tore his bleeding side.
Alike to him are spur and rein,
Ile steps a five year old agai!n
Before the quarter pole was passed,
Old Iliram said, "He's going fast."
Long ere the quarter was a half,
The chuckling crowd had ceased to laugh.
Tighter his frightened jockey clung 1
As in a mighty stride he swung,
The gravel flying in his track,
His neck stretched out, his ears laid back,
His tail extended all the while
Behind him like a rat-tail file!
Off went a shoe. away it spun
Shot like a bullet from a gun.
The quaking jockey shapes a prayer
From scraps of oaths he used to swear,.
Hle drops his whip, he drops his rein,
lie clutches fiercely for the mane.
He'll lose his hold-he sways, he reels-
He'll slide beneath the trampling heels!
The knees of many a horseman quake,
And flowers on many a bonnet shake,
And shouts arise on left and right,
" Stick oni! Stick on!" Hould tight! I lould tight !"
"' Cling round his neck and don t let go
That pace can't hold-there I steady! whea !"
But like the sable steed that bore
The sp ectral lover of Lenore,
His nostrils snorting foam and lire,
No stretch his bony limbs can tire;
And now the stand be rushes by,
And " Stop him! Stop him I is the cry,
Stand back I he's only just begna
He's having out three heats in one!
" Don't rush in front! hell smash your brains
But follow up and grab the reins " "
Oid Hiram spoke. Dan Pfeiffer heard,
And sprang impatient at the word.
Bndd Doble started on his bay,
Old Hiram followed on his gray.
And off they sprang, and round they go,
The fast ones doing "all they know.
Look I twice they follow at his heels,
As round the circling course he wheels,
And whirls with him that clinging boy
Like Hector round the walls of Troy.
Still on and on, the third time ound !
They're tailing eft I they're losing ground I
Budd Doble's nag begins to fail!
Dan Pfelffer's sorrel whisks his tail,
And stee I in spite of whip and shaout,
Old Hiram's mare is givingont !
Now for the finisahl at the torn
The old horse-all the rest astern- t
Comes swinging Is with easy trot.
Dy Jo-ve4-h4s dlta'nedl-l l. oth '
That trot no mortal could explain.
Some said, " 014 Datessen come again !" a
Some took his time--at least they tried,
, But what it was could not decide.
One said be couldn't understand S
Whathappeaed to hla eoond-hand.
More lihely twenty-two or three.
Old Hhir'h stetled it at last,
" The time was~two-too dee-vel-ish fast.
The parson's horse had won the bet ;
It cost him something et a sweat;
Back In the one-horse shay he went,1
The parson wondered what it meant,
And murmured with a mildaeupruae
And pleasant twinkle of the eyes.
*. That funeral must have been a trick,
Or corpse drive at doable-quick ;
I shouldn't wonder, I declare, t
It Brother Marrap made te prayer !"
And this is all I have to a
Ahont the parson's poor old hay,
The samethat drew the one-bos shay.
Moral for which thbis tale la told:
A horslas trot for all h's ld.
-Odwer Wesdel Ilebss, In the J73y Atsast le.
Prlntar' Momument to reeler.
At the annual convention of the Inter- I
national Typographical Uniuon, in Philadel- I
phiH, the committee appointed on the orec
tion of the proposed monument to' Horace
Groeeley, reported that, in conjunetioanwith
a committee of employing printers of New I
York City, they have bee.attending to the I
onstruotion of the granite work of th,
,base pedest1, and sPItng of the ;~o.I -
ment. The stone work, will be coajsted
by the middle of next m..th, ani thw
bronze fAigure (or colossafl bst) will beast a
by the first of Septemapbaer, r I e. Wood
& Co. of Noew York. The Alit psapsi I
was to make a type-meti statneque tR
wopad isot ,tand exlponr fitap a eu o
stnee Several thebse-wp'd d agp de a
i no iiment
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SEBNATOR CHEISTIANCY ON CUS
TmE.
T. Not a Re,.tive of Mrs. Custer-A Long
Friendship Ended.
To the Editor of The Tribune.
SIR : My attention has been called to the
notice of the life of General Custer, in your
issue of yesterday, in which it is stated
that he married a niece of mine. This is
an error. His wife, who, by the way, is a
beautiful, accomplished, and excellent lady,
is the daughter of the Hon. D. S. Bacon,
deceased, late of Monroe, Michigan. I am
in no way related to the gallant general,
though I should feel honored by such re
lationship to one of the brightest names in
our military history. I knew him from a
boy, was intimately acquainted with him,
and we were always on the most familiar
and cordial terms. Before he had risen to
any rank in the army I ventured often to
predict that he would distinguish himself
and rise to high position if the opportunity
were afforded. And when the opportuni
ty was given the rapidity of :his achieve
ments and consequent promotion outran
even my anticipations and astonished the
country. I felt proud of his achievements,
kept up a constant correspondence with him
during the war, had one son on his staff
from July, 1863, to the end of the war, and
another the last year of the war in his es
cort as private at the age of seventeen. I
feel his loss as I would that of a son. But
his name will live in history while fidelity
to duty shall be honored or gallantry ad
mired. Very truly yours,
J. P. CanisT'racy.
WASHINGTON, July 8, 1876.
Fac-sim'le Telegraphy.
The one thing wanted in telegraphy by
which a message may be practically trans
mitted over the wire and appear at the
distant terminus in the exact handwriling
of the sender, has at last been accomplished
by an American electrician, Mr. W. E.
Sawyer. The field opened to the tele
graphic world by this invention is almost
without limit. The instruments are won
derfully simple in constinction and easily
comprehended. The system is capable of
transmitting over a single wire from 50 to
150 words per minute, against a possible
30 or 40 by the Morse system, which is
that now in common use. But .by this
system a person's own handwriting is
transmitted by telegraph the same as
though sent by mail, and, in brief, simply
accomplishes letter writing by telegraph.
In order to render its operation fully un
derstood it may be described as follows:-
First, the sender of the message writes
it upon ordinary white paper; the written
message is then laid upon a metallic plate
and passed between two rollers, with the
effect of transferring the copy to the plate,
which may be done any time within ten
hours after writing. Then the plate con
taining the copy is placed upon a semi
cylindrical holder which traverses the little
track, and the instrument is set in motion,
the whole operation up to this point having
been accomplished in less time than it
takes to write it ; whereas, by the Morse
system, quite a number of minutes elapse
before the message reaches the operator.
!The metallic plate is a conductor of elec
tricity, while the lines of writing are non
conductors. Over the cylindrical plate are
carried metallic points upon revolving
arms; whenever the point is upon the
metallic surface, the electric current passes
through to the wire ; the instant the point
touches a line of writing, the connection is
broken and a dot is made upon chemically 7
prepared paper, placed upon a similar in
strument at the receiving point. The two a
instruments operate synchronously-i. e.,
the moment a point is passing over the
surface of one instrument, it is followed t
exactly by the point on the other instru
ment. An ingenious mechanical arrange- i
ment perfects the transmitting powers and t
prevents the possibility of one instrument
gaining over the other. At the same time
the points are moving over its surface, the t
plate is moved slowly horizontally, so that
the entire surface is traversed. The trans
ferred message is, of course, in reverse,
but is brought straight by running the
receiving instrument in an opposite direc- d
tion. Each instrument is fitted to either g
receive or transmit at pleasure. The rate b
6fspeed varies according to the closeness q
of the writing; the points traversing the n
entire surface oh the copy, it is immateri:al
as to the number of words, only the space d
they occupy requiring a given time to be o
gone over. Ordinary writing will be trans- b
mitted at the rate of from 50 to 100 words
per minute.
The message, as received, is ready at
once for dehvery, and appears in close, n
dark blue dotted lines, on white paper. c
There is no loss of time in counting the ci
words at the sending station, as is now the d
case, nor delay in getting to the hand of 0
the operator; but, in a quarter of a min
nte's time from its being received, it is
silently speeding its way to its destination, F
and automatically preparing itself for de
livery. The wonderful facihlities of the
system render it peculiarly adapted to a
large and hurried business. It is the frnit
of many years close application, hence the
perfection with which it makes its appear
The writer of a message is, of course, as o
usual, supplied with blanks. In the sys
tem proposed--and which is now being G
perfected by the company already formed
to utilize this great invention--for what
ever may be written upon the blank he will
pay an invariable sum of money, if under o
950 miles; if overt-d;able that amonat in tl
stamps, to be fuinished by the company, a
and used the same as postage stamps.
Whatever is written upon the blank, u
whether fivre words or fifty, will be sent for i
the same amount. It is so muoh blank
passing through the instruments, and no
cognizance is taken of its contents.
A company called "The United States
postal TelisTph Company" has been in
uorpo 4 onder thelaws of theState of
New Yod for the prposeo'bf constructing ir
line. and operating aunder the lettersnpateat b
granted to Mr. 3awyer.-B.os.. Jovraal •
of Is1mer-d.
` A mammoth Canoe.
An Indian cano. - enormoua sile, cut
out of a single gigantic te by the native.
of Bkiti" oCdumbia, bzew bese nut in the
Vsitd 8Ls.s at ndýioal GOvenmeut
buldMPIs1q h*iWtsfriseaU infest T3b.
,atts satue eeU b .
3_ .'1"EJV NOR'-J'ESZETRS.
-There are 40,000 Turks in prison for
g debt.
-Gambetta is about to resume the prac
tice of the law.
e -P ,ston can run in debt $7,000,000 and
ir not go outside her charter.
d -Whittier's Hymn and Wagner's March
are having immense sales.
6-The Iron Preacher is the name of a
new religious paper in the South.
n -Montana cattle are being shipped east
from Cheyenne.-N. Y. Hterald.
-Southern papers are more enthusiastic
n over Hendricks than they are over Tilden.
a -A son of old John Brown lives on
b Jay Cooke's island, of Gibraltar, in Lake
r Erie.
0 -Mr. Randall ought to be satisfied.
0 Sitting Bull has helped him cut down the
army.
--" old the Fort" and other iooddy
and Sankey hymns are set as dancnig
music.
--The Masons of Iowa have contributed
$1,000 to the Washington Monument Asso
ciation.
--Italy now has the most powerful war
Ilvessel in the world, the Duilio, carrying
100-ton cannons.
I -They expect to make $20,000 worth of
t silk in Kansas in 18760. Last year they
Y made $7,000 worth.
-The Philadelphia Bulletin thinks it
just as nice for men to play croquet as to
drink gin and sug tr.
-Gen. James A. Garfield, of the Nine
teenth district of Ohio, is a candidate for
re-election to Congress.
-Mr. Winter speaks of an actor of some
note as one "whose grammar is bad, and
whose perspiration is fluent."
-A Lowell dispatch says: It is under
stojd Gen. Butler has abandoned the idea
of running for Congress the coming elec
tion.
--It is estimated that this hard-np and
impoverished country burned $10,000,000
worth of fireworks and other stuff on the
Fourth.
-There are so few hens in California
that eggs are imported, and when a poli
I ician wa its to express an opinion he uses
a brickbat.
-"If you a sh to visit the tomb of your
country's father, just jumnp into my car
riage," said a Washington hackdriver to
Dom Ped ro.
-Conway, Mass., has forty-eight sheep
and forty-two dogs. It is apprehended
that the balance of power will not remain
with the sheep.
-A Western paper coarsely calls the
Chinese emigrant a beat. Regarding him
as a vegetable, we would prefer to speak
of him as a queuecomer.
-George M. Pinney, the San Francisco
defaulter, connected with the pay depart
ment of the United States, is at Valparaiso
with $20,000 in gold coin.
-General Custer had a life insurance
policy for $5,000; Captain Yates, $5,000;
Keogh, $10,000; Lieutenant Calhoun,
$5,000; Crittenden, $10,000 ;Porter $5,000.
-The Brooklyn Argus stands up on its
hind legs and asserts that "it takes fifty
New Zealanders nearly a whole week to
eat one female missionary from New Eng
land."
-William I. Fordham, a man sixty
years old, and weighing 200 pounds, climb
ed the liberty pole in Buchanan, Mich.,
and put up a rope through the pulley.
The pole is 104 feet high.
-An official report states that during
the Servian attack on Nava Varosch, the
Turks placed Christiau women and children
in the entrenchments: many were killed
by the Servian army.
-The Young Men's Christian Associa
tion International Convention, held in
Toronto, voted it inexpedient to admit
women, and decided to hold their conven
tion next year in St. Louis.
-The other day a Black Iliils stage
driver undertook to horsewhip his passen
gers into getting out and pushing up hill,
but the gold seekers held a coroner's in
quest and found that he died of pneumo
nia.
-Ex-Governor, Leland Stanford, Presi
dent of the Central Pacific Railroad, was
once a small lawyer in northern Wisconsin,
became a California mining town merchant
and made a great deal of money.
-Mark Twain, speaking of the new
mosquito netting, writes: " The day is
coming when we shall sit under our nets in
church and slumber peacefully, while the
discomfited fliis club together and take it
out of the minister."
-The fact was made known to the pris
oners in the Pittsburg Penitentiary on
Friday that they would be permitted to
subscribe for such periodicals and newspa
pers as they desired. Twenty-two of the
number subscribed for daily and weekly
newspapers.
-The press in Turkey, at the beginning
of 1876, comprised sev ntj-two newspapers
of which twenty were in French, sixteen in
Turkish, thirteen in Armenian, twelve in
Greek, four in Bulgarian, two in Hebrew
Spanish, and one each in Persian, Arabic,
Italian, German and English.
-The first legal battle over the estates
of the late A. T. Stewart has been won in
the Surrogate's Court by the executrix
and the executor, Mls. Stewart and Judge
Hilton, as against the alleged heirs-at-law.
who have contested the validity of the
probate of Mr. Stewort's will.
Agreed on the Army Approprlaon.
WAsRIa.TOx, July 15.--The Committee
of Conference on the Army appropriation
bill reached an agreement;to-day and their
report will be presented on Mouday, or per
haps this afternoon, if it can be Arepare{
in tim.. It Will recommend that al I.ous
legislation for the reo*ganisation of the
army and reducing the pay.otp. oers,; shall
be omitted from tbe bpka, a prorision
-Inserted for the commisslon to investigate
these subjects: aturaport to Congress at the
next seseion, tRe &seati increased the
atrsent -the Iottso$ot aes ly14OO,0O0
eat, aeooandi th o eoms tablee the4bIl weas
dai sbst ;+E;lBI~41, 1,instl · ti
sawd ISa u, 6h Ma u sista
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
)r From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Who was Melchisedec? The Scripture
s. nays King of Salem, which is King of
Peace.
Id Ans.-It is not known, and the subject
has been an unending source of discussion
among theologians. Modern writers have
held variously that he was Ham, a descend
ant of Japhet, of Shem, of Job, and nu
a mcrous others.
it I want to ask a question. Is Rutherford
13. Hayes, the Republican candidate for
ic President, a Free Mason?
Ans.-He is not.
n
e 1. What is the expansive force of gun
powder, or in what ratio to the quantity
used is the force of expansion? 2. Is the
1 gas or vapor produced by subjecting gun
powder to the influence of heat elastic ?.
3. Can the gas be confined in a closed
vessel without condensing ?
y Ans.-1. It is calculated that the gas set
g free in the burning of gunpowder occupies
about 2,000 times the space of the powder.
d 2. Yes: all gasses are more or less elastic in
. their character. 3. We think so. If the
retorts be large enough to hold the gas
r without bursting.
1. Please inform me which has the best
navy, England or Russia. 2. What is the
f meaning of the characters "grs. viij."?
3. Why is not " Puzzles" revived in the
Inter-Ocean? 4. What was the cause of
the defeat of the French at Sedan? 5.
t What has become of Keeley's motor ; would
it work? 6. What caused Napoleon's
death, and where did he die ?
Ans.-1. England's navy consists of 239
vessels, and Russia's of 202. 2. "Grs."
means grains; "viij." means seven drams.
3. Because our readers did not take interest
enough in the department to sustain it.
l 4. The superior forces of the Prussians.
5. We do not know. It appears to have
sunk out of sight. 6. Disappointment and
t chagrin. lHe died near London, England.
Was there ever a National Presidential
Convention when more ballots were taken
than in the Republican Convention at Cin
) cinnati?
Ans.-Yes; in the Democratic National
Convention of '-14. Nine ballots were
taken. Mr. Polk's name was not mention
ed in the convention until the eighth, when
he received 44 votes, and on the ninth 233,
and was nominated. At the Democratic
Cotnvention of 1852 forty-nine ballotings
were had. Mr. Piercc's name was not
brought for.ard until the thirty-fifth bal
lot, when he received 15 votes, and on the
forty-ninth 282, and was nominated. At
the '\ hig National Convention the same
year Gencral Scott was nominated on the
fifty-third ballot. On the first had 131
votes. At the Democratic Convention of
1856 Buchanan was nominated on the
seventeenth ballot. At the Democratic
Convention of 1860 fifty-seven ballotings
were had, when, without nominating, the
convention adjourned to Baltimore, where
Douglas was nominated on the second
ballot.
1. By whom are the electoral votes for
President and Vice President counted?
The Constitution says the President of the
Senate shall open, but does not designate
who shall count them. 2. Why is it that
tle " popular vote" of the people does not
always elect the President ; take A. Lincoln
for instance, who was elected by the Elec
toral College, but did not receive a majority
of the popular vote in 1860 ? 3. In what
battles did Governor Hayes distinguish
himself? He receives no mention whatever
in Greeley's "American Conflict," an
acknowledged authority on the rebellion.
Ans.-1. The Clerk of the Senate, in the
presence of the Senate. 2. Because the
popular vote does not elect. Take two
States: Illinois has twenty-one electoral
votes, and casts about 450.000 popular
votes. Ohio has twenty-two electoral
votes, and casts a popular vote of about
518,000. Suppose the vote of Ohio was
two in a majority for the Republican elec
tors; that is, received 259,442 votes, and
that the Democratic vote was 259,440; and
that in Illinois the Democratic electors le
ceived all the votes. This would make in
the two States a Republican popular vote
of 259,442, and a Democratic popular vote
of 709,440, which would give a popular
Democratic majority of 450,017; but in
the electoral vote the Republican candidate
would have a majority of one vote, although
largely in the minority on a popular vote.
3. The battles in which General Hayes
distinguished himself were Carnifex Ferry,
Giles' Court House, South MIountain,
(where he was severely wounded) Cloyd
Mountain, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar
Creek (where he was promoted to Brigadier
General for gallantry), and other conflicts.
Greeley's lustory, which is a valuable work,
could not in its limited space mention any
large number of officers, even those who
distinguished themselves,
---7t-k- -
Fronl Terry's Command.
CHEYENNE, July 15.-The following is
from Fetterman to-night: Three soldiers
caniers from General Crook at South Big
horn, have just arrived. Gen. Terry's
dispatch to Crook confirms Custer's fate,
and imnplies, very plainly that had Custer
waited one day longer Gibbon would lave
joined him. Terry is anxious for Crook
to join forces, make plans andexecute them
regardless of rank. The Indians are still
hovering about Little Big Horn, one day's
hard march from here. They fire into
camp every night of late, and try to burn
us out bysetting the grasson fire all around.
On the 6th Lieutenant Sibley, Company E
Seventh Cavahlr, 'with twenty-five men,
Frank Gruard and Baptiste Currier as
scouts, went on a reconnoissance, but were
discovered and surrounded, and followed
into the tifbeý ptli~Btig oprn mountains,
where by hitching the horses to trees an4
abandoning them, the men were enabled to
escape on foot by way of a ravinein the
mear. They all got back alive, and proba.
bly this diversion saved the camp from a
grand attempt at stampede or capture.
The Snake IuJians, 200 strong joined us
htre yesterday, .ut unless tpe ttes also
c.um soon, no offensive operations Will
ibefy tak~ plaee until the arrival of the
Filth 4'avalxy from Ci beyeqn4e Additional
infantry aredue from Fort Letterman te-
day. The health of the compmap4 is g
Gen. Gibbon's"ziserve;l ,rco were dtlby
victorious BSili3tjd~~ed4 in Custer's mne's
clothes and mooated. a4h~irtM- fra t.-sg
iate th.e.ldlem,-.l TYFhe i.lan
gosead tdmetasea lsisdie k e'sp:woie
.ba lid -10 lid
I 1II4 TILE 17TiS Sli.
Dom Pedro visited the stars and stripes
'" yesterday--the theatre and Blackwell's Is
of land.--N. Y. Graphic.
Mr. Evarts spoke in his oration yester
lt day of "our debts to.the men of 1776."
n Ahi would that all our debts were to men
Soi 1776.-Turner Falls Reporter.
d
There are only two gallons. of whisky per
year manufacturen for each inhabitant of
the United States, and it is a clear case that
rd somebody's got to-go without.-Cincinnati
or Tis.
Washington's shoulders were high and
narrow, and his hands and feet were enor
mously large. Besides, he was corpulent.
n- This is the testimony of an eye-witness. O
ty George ! George I-Courier-Journal.
e Mr. Bergh proposes to put a stop to the
? transportation of turtles on their backs. If
we understand Mr. Bergh's position cor
rectly, he insists that each turtle shall re
et pose on a padded silk cushion and be es
corted into town by a brass band.-St,
r. Louis Republican.
in A young man who started for the Black
Lo Hills, halted twenty miles this side of the
objective point and commenced to dig, and
the result was a quarter of a pound of lead
inside of fifteen minutes. Ile dug it out of
t his leg, where it had been deposited by a
2 Noble Red Man.-Noerristown Herald.
te Thurlow Weed steps to the front and
tells us that riotous living and lax morality
d are the reason why our country is squirm,
's ing around to-day like a worm in the mud.
Nations are like hair mattresses-theJ want
jerking apart and making over every now
and then.-Brooklyn Argus.
A woman writes that "a man can hold
his age much better than he can hold his
youth." To which a man might add that a
woman can hold her age much better than
d she can hold her mouth, but a respect for
our hair prevents us from making the re
mark.-Norristown Herald.
Ll A Western tailor advertised, " Wanted
n Two or three steady girls to put on pants."
Dr. Mary Walker called next morning, and
said, "Now bring on your pants and don't
L1 look." The tailor explained, and she left
with a sorrowful air, vowing that she would
send him a grammar as soon as she got
n home.-Norristown Herald.
" The IIoosaac tunnel and an average pres
idential message are mighty bores, that
even a locomotive headlight is insufficient
to lighten. The Beecher harem business
and the presidential whisky ring disclosures
Sare hideous bores. And the remote ances
tor of half our model statesmen, whom
e Hercules once slew. was a horrific, tusky,
° bristly boar. But all the bores beneath
the skies dwindle to pigmy eylet-holes
beside the exaggerated hippopotamic ones
that swarm in editorial sweat-closets and
° torture-chambers. The loafing interroga
tion points in breeches ; the idle, lounging,
ceaseless gab-syringes on legs ; the brazen
thumbers of exchanges, without so much
as "by your leave ;" the self-constituted
advisers and inspector-generals of proof I
and copy; the fumblers of private manu
scripts and muddlers of type-Ugh ! from
a plague, pestilence, and famine, all in one
such loose-fitting, slouchy human hide,
good vagrant laws, deliver us!- Weekly
News, Danville, Va.
First and Second Honeymoon. 2
The real honeymoon is not always a de- i
lightful mement. This, which sounds like a
heresy to the romantic, and blasphemy to fi
the young, is a fact which a great many t
people acknowledge readily enough when
they have gone beyond the stage at which .
it sounds like an offense to the wife or to
the husband who is supposed to have made
that period rapturous. The new pair have
not the easy acquaintance with each other A
which makes the happiness of close com
panionship; perhaps they have not tuat
sympathy with each other's tastes which is d
almost a better practical tie than simple
love. They are half afraid of each other, ei
they are making discoveries every day of j
new points in each other's characters, de
lightful and undelightful as may be, which
bewildered their first confidence of union;
and the more mind and feeling there is be
tween them, the more likely is this to be
the case. The shallow and superficial "get
on" better than those who have a great
deal of excellence or tender depth of senti
ment tobe found out. But after the pair
have come to fill acquaintance; after they hi
have learned each other from A B C up to
the most difficult chapter; after the inter
course of ordinary life has borne its fruit, i
there is nothing in the world so delightful
as the honeymooning which has passed by
years the legitimate period of the honey
moon, Sometimes one sees respectable t
fathers and mothers enjoying it, who have
sent off their children to the orthodox hon- I
eymoon, and only now feel with a surprised
pleasure how sweet it iwto have their own
solitude a deausz, to be left to themselves
for a serene and happy moment; to feel ni
themselves dearer and nearer than they t
ever were before. There is something infi- gl
nitely touching and tender in this honey-· t
moon of the old.
A Miner's Story-Gold Plenty and so
are Indians.
Bon.LINeTON, Iowa, July 15.-C. W.
Hanscome arrived here from Custer City
to-day. He says he left there on the 28th
of June, and has come direct through. He
says the company of Hanscome, Cook &
Carter were at work on a dry gulch claim,
which was paying 40 per lay to the man.
On the 20th of June the party were at work
in the gulbch, Aod liai just received a neW
hydraulic engine, which they were fAxing,
when the claim was jumped by Indiana,
who captured nine horses a4, killed the
following of the party:, Carter, W., A.
Brown, Wm. Brown, Henry Brown, Lowell
Valentine, J. H.i Huf and Page.: HRajs
come and Cook cut their way tbrqugh, the
Indian circle and escaped. o, eturing
next day they fotna their compepi.s ter.
ribly mutilated and ocalped alm4a and lhe
absence of 000 poesnds of prorueins. The
muahiuery wa buried in thegatnir , and MI.
Hanseie' started out with the renimu of
Mr. Carter, and ba ifbatded ^ heih to
Liverpoo;~ g. Cook tOaaes tie g.-.airdi
atheproperty until bB irat.
rMt' so e'bajythe hla atre fWU of
ktrade and meelam i k*h C t*P te as
Sa bibu s tbsisn t bt l li asT
.c."al ni, ise - ii
~i b~i~isals¾uttr ~YI4'4 £ 4ir~_~ib·~~i~~
INDIAN WARS.
Previous Defeats of United States
Troops by Savages.
In its magnitude this is the moet crush
ing defeat that the American army has
sustained at the hands of savages since the
United States became a nation, if there be
excepted St. Clair's disaster. This took
place November 4, 1791, when the Miamis,
led by Mishekonequob, better known as
Little Turtle, utterly routed the American
army under General St. Clair, who lost 39
officers and 593 men. One of the few oc
casions on which Washington, himself
versed in' Indian warfare, and remember
ing the fate of the regulars under Brad
dock, lost his self-control was when he
received the news of this calamity. The
news was brought to him by a special mes
senger while he was at dinner with com
panfr. He -went out to speak with the
me>fenger, returned to his seat, went
through the dinner with perfect composure
and immediately attended Mrs. Washing
ten's drawing room, speaking courteously
with every lady. When the company had
gone and Mrs. Washington had retired,
leaving the President and his Secretary,
Mr. Sears, alone, Washington broke out
again and again in terrible explosions of
wrath. "Yes," he exclaimed, "here on
this very spot I took leave of him ; I wished
him success and honor. ' You have your
instructions from the Secretary of War,'
said I. 'I had a strict eye to them, and
will add but one word-Beware of a sur
prise! You know how the Indians fight
us. I repeat it-Beware of a surprise.'
He went off with that, my last warning,
thrown in his ears. And yet, to suffer that
army to be cut to pieces, hacked, butchered,
tomahawked by a surprise-the very thing
I had guarded him against. O, God! O,
God ! (throwing up his hands and shaking
with emotion) he's worse than a murderer.
How can he answer to his country? The
blood of the slain is upon him, the curse of
widows and orphans, the curse of heaven!"
The war of 1812 witnessed no serious
defeat, the massacres of Chicago and De
troit having been wrought on defenseless
prisoners. In 1835 came the Seminole war.
General Thompson, the Commissioner,
when the Indians refused to emigrate,
denying that they had signed the treaty of
Fort Gibson understandingly, put Osceola
in irons and provoked a war. On the 28th
of December Osceola killed Thompson, a
lieutenant and several others at Fort King,
and the same day, in the Wahoo swamp,
fell on Major D1de and a body of 110 reg
ulars and destroyed them completely ; in
deed, the bodies were not found for a long
time. Thus began a war which cost the
United States 1,466 lives and ten million
dollars.
The next great Indian war was provoked
by the massacre of some five hundred In
dians, principally women and children,
November 28, 1864, at Fort Lyon, by Col.
Chivington, after they had been induced
to go into camp in the vicinity of the
troops. The Indians had vengeance for this
in December, 1866. The government had
been constructing a new road to Montana,
which the Indians claimed would drive the
game out of their best hunting grounds;
accordingly they opposed its making and
use vigorously. From July 26 to December
21 they attacked every train that passed
over the road, and fifty-one times appeared
in a hostile array before Fort Phil Kearney
and killed five officers, ninety-one men and
fifty-eight citizens. December 6 they at
tacked a wood train two miles from the
Fort. Colonel Fettermen, with fifty men,
sallied out and rescued it. This gave the
Indians the hint, and on the 21st they
planned a similar attack, preparing an
ambush. Colonel Fetterman, Captain
Brown and Lieutenant Grunmmond were
sent out w ith ninety-one men, when the
Indi:in~, 3,000 strong, fell on them and
·destroyed them. Sixty-seven corpses were
found in a space thirty-five feet in diam
eter. Colonel Fetterman and Captain
Brown blew out each other's brains to
avoid being taken alive.--I. Y. World.
A Tradition of Saratoga Lake.
There is an Indian superstition attached
to this lake which probably had its source
in its remarkable loneliness and tranquility.
The Mohawks believed that its stillness was
sacred to the Great Spirit, and that if a
human voice uttered a sound upon its wa
ters, the canoe of the offender would in
stantly sink. A story is told of an Eng
lishwoman, in the early days of the first
settlers, who had ooeasion to cross this lake
with a party J if Indians,".who, before em
barking warned her most impressively of
the spell. It was a silent, breathless day,
and the canoe shot over the surface of the
lake like an arrow. About a half a mile
from the shore, near the centre-of the lake,
the woman, wishing to convince the Indians
of the erroneousness of their superstition,
uttered a leud cry. The couantenance of
the Indians fell instantly to the deepest.
gloom. After a minute's pause, however,
they redoabled their exetlons, and in
frowning silence dro've flt6 light bark
swiftly over the wati7. '" They reached the
shore in safety, and drew up the canoe,
when the woman rallied the chief on his
credulity. "The Great Spirit is merciful,"
answered the seornful M.L.k; " he knows
that a white woman anmot hold ler
tonguer"'-- arper's Magazine fer August.
Reported Strike in the Sutro Tunnel,
The Virgnias aureMtnleof July 0th says
the reported strik.in the Stro tunnel at '
point 18,'50 feet from the mouthh bas oee
sioned a good deal of eteitmaent in mining
circles here. There is a generally express
ed belief that theft is some truth in this re
iortnas miningedipirtshavebeenpredieting
a strike there, fo~ the p.st two months.
Wen liet dr iof t4 t.uael ased shaft,
`o. 3 wi it iraching his 6re body it was
leved " that all linnieiate btpes o.
reachin g lre bbe.e{ aba ndond, but'
ip heths lt aid~
"aswane oo4naandi a ih red, fesw
to d iu b t, tot i s el
WNVI
DEER LODGE, MONTANA.
TWi-=ayable inhwadsy 3a avant
One Year ..................... ....................... 00
Six Months ................................ ................ 0
Three Months........... .................................... 1 50
NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.
1. Any one who takes a paper regularly from the Post.
o.!ce-whether dlr eted to his name or another's, or
whether he has abemihea or noo-ds responsible for the
payment,
a Ifs persu e alde his paper disoontnued, he mest
ay all ar sea , or the pbiherwill oatsano to send
t unti payment i made, a colect the whole amount,
whether the paper I. taken from the once or not.
5. The courts have decided that refusing to take the
newspapers or periodicals from the P.at-oee, or remov,
Ing and leaving them ncalled for, is pritafact eridence
of intentional: fraud.
Papers ordered to any addrese can be changed to naeth
er address at the option of the subscriber.
Romitances by draft, check money order, or regiatered
lettee may b aent at earl d. dl PbtamLstc are r-.
iulred to register lotters on ailkation.
EVAYGELWCAL CORNER.
Extreme beauty is said to be expression
less.
Cardinal-coloyed ribbon is entirely out of
style.
Thick pearl buttons are used on linen
dresses.
Harriett Prescott's hair is getting to be a
twilight gray.
Sashes are but little worn, excepting for
evening toilets.
It is now the sensible fashion to have
children's shoes without heels.
The House has granted a pension of $50
a month to the widow of Custer.
The girls during Leap year should alter
the song "Darling, I am growing bold."
Mrs. Abigail S. Griln, aged 90 years, of
Boston, Mass., earns her living carrying
newspapers.
Why is a young lady like a bill of ex
change ? Because she ought to be settled
when she arrives at maturity.
The hair is worn in two braids, twisted
together and turned up in the back with
crimps or "beau catchers " in front.
The new Sultan of Turkey has but a
single wife. He paid $60,000 in gold for
her, and pron ounces her a bargain at that
price.
Velvet belts from two to two and a half
inches wide with silver clasps are worn with
light colored dresses. Russia leather belts
are also popular again.
The custom of throwing a slipper after a
bridal pair which now means a wish for
good luck, originally signified renunciation
of all authority over the child by the par
ents.
The belles of Seville keep long rubber
speaking tubes in their rooms and drop
them to their lovers, who are thus enabled
on the lower level of the street to feel their
dames' breath on their cheek and to whis
per soft nothings into the fair ones' ears.
The following is a letter from a young
girl on a visit to the Centennial:
PIILADELPHIA, June 1, '70.
DEAR MOTHER:-Oh!oh !! oh ! ! !oh !!!!
oh !!!!!oh !!! !! oh!!!!!!!!
MARY.
She had been fishing for trout very long
and patiently without catching any, when
her husband espied her, and asked her what
sort of flies she used. "Oh," she answer
ed, "some nice ones that I bought in Paris
on purpose." " But," exclaimed her hus
band, pulling out the line and looking at
the flies, " these flies will never catch trout.
Who ever heard of anybody fishing for
trout with flies of this color?" " Why,"
replied the wife, " they ate all right-they
match my dress, you see !"
Friday m America.
Attention having been directed to the
fact that Mr. Hayes was nominated for
President on Friday, an exchange newspa
per says:
" Mr. Hayes has reason to congratulate
himself upon the day of the week on which
he was nominated. Friday is regarded by
some vulgar people as an unlucky day,
whereas-for Americans, at least-it has
proved itself to be the most fortunate of
the seven. It was on Friday, the 3d of
August, 1492, that Columbus sailed from
the harbor of Palos for the New World.
It was on Friday, the 12th of October, 1492,
that he first saw the land, after sixty-five
days of navigation. It was on Friday, the
4th day of January, 1493, that he started
on his return trip to Spain, to announce to
their Catholic Majesties the glorious result
of his expedition, and on Friday, the 15th
of March, 1493, that he disembarked in
Andalusia. It was on Friday, the 13th of
June, 1494,'that he discovered the Ameri
can continent. On Friday, March 5, 1497,
Henry VII., of England, gave to John
Cabot his dispatch for the voyage which
resulted in the discovery of the continent
of North America. On Friday, September
6, 1565, Mendez founded St. Augustine,
the oldest town in the United States. On
Friday, November 10, 1620, the Mayflower
-first disembarked a few emigrants on
American soil at Provincetown, and on
Friday, December 22, 1620, her passengers
finally landed at·.Plymouth Rock."
"It was on Friday, February 22, 1732,
that George Washington was born.' It was
on Friday, June'l16, 1775, that the battle
of Bunker Hill was fought, and on Friday,
October 7, 1777, that the surrender of Sara
tega took place, which event decided France
to give her" aid to the Americans.: The
treason of Arnold was discovered on Fri.
day. Yorktown surrendered on Friday,
and on Friday, June 17, 1776, Richard
-enry Leoea4bd the Declaration of Indo
pendence to the Continpatal Congress."
Sitting Usal asi the aeous
Extract from interview with J. D eller in St. Louis
Ulel6-Demecre
Mr. Keller Was from 1868.to 1873 clerk
of the agent at Standing Rick, and had
ample time 'to get acqaainted with this'
tribe of bloodthllIa ges. In fact he
lived among them ao long that he learned
to speak their languag. '"like a native,"
and-was a great favorite among the chW"
who came into the agency. . *'
Tatonak Otank$ (Sitt Blthu who led the
savages in the fight-aganstCust r, belongs
to the Unkapapas (.dd ef eaters.) Mr.
Keller knows hliawa r, d4eseribse him
tobe about five feet fti t , Ha 'di4 a
large head, eyes 5a4usdXdgke heek bones,
and one of his legs is erithan the other,
from agun-shot woud. in the left knee.
is countenan~e isa that of as extremely
vage type, betraying that bloodibirsti
aeas and brutality for which behas been so
long notorious. He has the ao ofpf being
one of the most suoeusleiapers iin, the
Indian country, Thse hb s bem a stand
ing reward of $1,000 oilead for his head
oethe last eight years, by tbhe . ana
peRple. who hpve specal cause to hnoa his
eqeounptur some, 9-fhiMs :wrs deeds
lp g been p: et that erritory.
The aw ;h am P ear black
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