The Sully County watchman., July 14, 1883, Image 3

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SIX .MONTHS ASI.KKIV
The Lmr and Inexplicable Nap *f a
t'oiinetlrut !VKan of 35.
[Bridgeport (Conn.) Standard.]—
llful medical me::. deep thinkers,
and even the nsyehologieally-gifted
have lieen called on for opinions as to,
what ails Mr. Thomas W. Pratt, what
then' is no parallel in medical history.
Mr. Piatt is at this time in the house
where he has always resided with his
father, Mr. Wanzer Piatt, a well-to-do
farmer, whose dwelling stands four
miles from Newtown and about the
same distance from Bethel, at a point
known as Morgan's Four Corners.
The sleeper is a well-built man. alxmt
:15 '^ears old. He received a gxxxl
education. atid. in manluiod as in
youth was alsive mediocrity as to
intelli genceand amiability.
8W
a«Hm,S*
tot imlucwl liisdrnwshiww, ami wlu.t "K™« I—w.U-j- He
ha* to Kind and kw]. l.im I ^'n t„ a ,MHon,
lollp in a slal,-. on,,l».lr.l will, wl.i.h I !,ut J"11™
During the spring of 18N2 Mr. Piatt,
to be in fashion with the rest of the
world, was attacked with malaria, and
while treatment of the disease was in
accordance with symptoms.
slowly, and afterward was at 110 tyue
free from its effects. During the sum
mer he continued working on the
farm, but manifested a few comatose
symptoms and during the haying
period he was as active in the field as
any, and conducted himself in all
particulars as he had done in previous
years. One hot day, however, he
was affected more than usual by the
heat. and. while not overcome by it.
Piatt, that he suffered sunstroke, for
on lieing removed to the house he
acted and talked strangely, and was
never afterward really, himself.
Whether it was malaria, sunstroke, or
the two combined that induced his
present condition or not. certain it is
that after last Thanksgiving he kept
hintseIf aloof, remained most of the
time within doors, and
nd tluve t»r f»ur
Wfort. Christina.-
davs before Cltrisunas sstnk into a
de»Mi sleep in his be«l. continuing there
•ill the hitter part of January, scarcely
V
u.ring
gftveil
spring
sl€H'ler
inclination to moy.
nnen
his eves, and during tlu
,s
niore then any one can
•S'l \^th lengthening days he was
to tune bolstered up in lied.
S w i e y e s a n o u s e a e
h. He e.xpresstnl
siee by
alone.
SruSK^ mother were titteml
in vain in his
•a upoti
i Hst he was taken from the led
i i,'u clothes put on. This was
Sm«-ht als.ut witli .iiflicultv, and he
Uke one with no lift* and no mus
,er. In April
Wits
CU: lItKU,igly
:lm\
he iK'gan to
at 'first, lioltlintr on
Wu^rticles of furnitui-e. and afterward |bushels
at first opjmsed to taking tine bitter
drug: in its oats, and consented to swal
low it only after a voluntary fast of
five days, when the pangs of hunger
conquered the objections of his sensi
tive palate. He seems to understand
the purpose of the drug. for when
ever he feels the chills coming' on he
now eats, without winking. the oats
tukl"(f
™,v!'r».1
ine he is regaining flesh ami strength.
When he had the shakes he seemed
dazed by his condition and turned tail
to the warm wind, as though a storm
were pelting him. The fevej* surpris
ed hini equally, and it wits with difli
culty that he could be kept from
plunging into the etsil water of the
canal when the glow was at its height.
THE THIRSTY FLAMES.
They Drink a Power of Whiskey.
CINCINNATI, July 9.—Freiberg &
lietween Main and Sycamore, burned
recovered i afternoon. SOBS. $25,000. Fully
insured.
The Peril of a King.
DRESDEN, July 9.—The king of Sax
ony. who was making a tour, was yes
terday almut to ascend in the elevator
of a factory which he was inspecting
at Milan, when the weight attached
to the car fell, killing the governor of
the district, who was accompanying
hupp
come and abandoned the tour.
THE STATESMAN TABOR.
was «f a scandalous nature.
three
*ss
Ninths since hissettu-tiiieonsc)(.tist.
he has scaively eaten enough to
t-likL lift*- What influence kept
rT
fering. un! 7'1'^^YnVpl v to le left! and barley seem to have sutiered from
that h»s assisted to a «dd and wet.
but the kindest words
ears—thow wcmls fell
the? etiV of on© hcrcft
)US
& could stand and walk alone. No ,„vvetl
LWer of language, however, resulted dalI
Pftiu, rj.plv t»f a syllable. As da\s jier
\vent, lie walked from his
to the rtH'ker, and back again to
Sfbed Dailv. like an infant, he was
dossed and undressed. Evidences erf
Sin
ruin" Strength have Isen marked
he arrival of warm weather,
i'.nonlvn, pur, H.mu.-r
nt«Hl
w,visit memory uituo
ulace of frosttnl oake and
Kvin" the cue and direction,
since, at n.^rly regular interval*.
Z, ill I ed between the chair and the
°f i HI shelves. In transit his eves
£&ned only partially, and lie has
Mtteivd involuntary wonls «»nl\ and
which could Ue
undei-stoo«l»rac-
Si ted as intelligent or with a motive.
S i in the morning after sleeping
Sm lllv all night, he is m»wivgularl\
Sit into his garments like a baby and
lo t\ie
rocker, where lie
W leaning with the left a
™rt on the arm of a ch»»i
while closed.
iinpts.
pr..mm,.'he
mim®"
diately iJ position, gent-J BOSTON, July 9.—Francis B, Web
he inaiivtatn .t i 1
for 8ter t)f
hiseyesatl (-liarge of
When hunger i ami silver
rises, often with eyes whol
eats,
•wVhut. proceeds to the pantr\
to the chair, sleeps, and when
Vouies dismiss and' gtx's to sleep
V winter and early Hprjng,
ti.e
strange uatui-e of his i ase was
e man\
„,.i |1V,. Imt of liile
th» I""'"'1" ,h' ""n"
.1. e
aiaU 1
mendH-w of the family. Tl.e period of
S ethargv at this writing covers 188
dn
better ov
the iwirt of
wjaV live ami
himself again.
for worse, though hois* on
friends is anient that *e
..e^e uuder M. 1 i'V1 k II- o
e e i v e s a o S i n s A k o n
JLI-O of nmkinir .l«-..
A Ml1 M? WITH MALARIA.
Dosed
with tlululne to Ch***
Chill* »u«l Ferer.
{jtckawucrn Or of I'htladelphU Presw.
A
w f.-»- a».v* w
the Delaware
thnaigh this village on
2ul u s o n a n a a w n w o
ejkcli four years old. out
alllicted with malaria. Tlie
MI'tain of the isiat said that the ant
Sn"» ««t«r.•t.itt-
exhibits
all "At*'Ui
a
He Comes to the Front With
Denial-Stopping Scandalous
Pleading.
DENVER. July it.-Ex-SenatorTabor
denies the rumor that la' paid $.".000
to Architect Hill to secure the loca-
tion of Denver jwist-office building.
his position or recognizing He states that he never had any deal
nvliodv""* attendance, and not once i ings with Hill, except, in a most pub
siu"''from his stujor. Meantime lie manner.
fulness and care have I wen i lti the sujx'rior court to-day Judge
him day attd night. Toward i Dawson fined Willard Teller $500 for
w ts a slight change in the contempt of court for filing an answer
which was manifested bv an in the ease of Tabor vs. Bush, that
but he did not
THE CROP PROPHETS.
What They Foretell of Corn and Bar
ley.
MILWAUKEE. July 9.—
Correspond­
ents of E. P. Bacon & Co.. through-
out Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.
motion no evidence of suf-' write that wheat and oat.s are doing
and silence seemed to indicate well and promise
a hirgeemp. but corn
A SCHOONER ASHORE.
Sowing Wheat in the Waves to Ease
the Ship.
MILWAUKEE, July 4k Glen Ha
ven, Mich., dispatch says: Tlie
schooner ashore on North Manitou I
Island, was the Golden West, of Chi- i
cago. Ater throwing overboard 5.HH
of grai0 she got off and was
to S»uth Manitou. The only!
tillage ap|tears to be the breaking of
shoe, i«udering her ttteering g*Ho
useless.
A TIME LOCK.
Falls to Come to Time on OR* of
Uncle Sam's Money Vaults.
NEW YORK, July 9.—On Friday the
time-lock on the vault in the sub-
40 the household jwintry. some i treasury building got out of order and porters of the different candidates for
the NNU IT may be of theliiding- it was not until Sunday morning that'
mince pie the d«Mrs could be opened. Mean
and he while |:2t,(HH).(KMI in cash were with
held from the business world.
THE BULL'S EYE BORERS.
The American Rifle
Work.
i
The Soldiers' Home at Bath.
BATH, N. Y., July 9.—The soldiers'
home investigation committee meets
to-morrow. A large numlier of wit
nesses have been summoned.
A SWINDLE.
None of Your Petty Peculations
Cambridge was arrested on the I
swindling the Alta gold
mining company of New
Mexico out of (HHt. He was com
mitted in default of $15.0^0 hail.
Bicycle Race.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., July 9.—H. W.
Highnuin, English bicyclist, defeated
Jno. S. Prince. American champion,
iii'inv nersoii ill a twentx mile rsict^ to-dej. Ih
pi-rson who could sieep.Mong time^nade wa^ 1 hour. 9 muiutes
nerso.ts wetv admitted
un^
i »i ids
Hotel lievlee.
Exchange.
I A device has been introdaced at a
Chicago Hotel for the pur[iose «»f cir-
"oiit of it and cuinventing swindlers.
Fleming, of Nashvill*. J*"* marked. This he is obliged to present
«lio was assistant Treasurer of ren-at
thll ollk.e
uuder M. T. Polk, was arrested |.(.v Another canl, on which the
.L.t.^.tives at
Hot Springs. Ark., on
ui nu
ffi^n^ngs aYuYcted with" Oie same
Siiease. The mule has been nearly west would not, pay
cured by W diet of «iuinine. the toilers who have mined it.
whenever lie desires his
the bearer is written, is a
imss for the elevator, and it is essential l,n,Il.i
for a ride. Both these ehceks have to
be returned to the cashier *wh©lt tlie
departing visitor jmys his bill.
The Races.
NEW YOBX. July 9.-
A
from Brighton Beach says
dispatch
the races
have been postponed untif the 11th.
GEOIMIE W. PPA*K, along with a
of mass of readable nonsense, Is telling,
his letters from Colorado, some
sensible things. He fovcibly il
lustrates that all the gold and silver
raised from the mines of the great'
day 's wages to
Team Get to
LONDON, July 9.—The American
team began practicing at Wimbledon
to-dey. Two series of prizes are insti
tuted which will be open only to
Americans.
yards made :i| and Gratwiek
'.KM) yards McKerrell made
Bates at 1.000 yards mado 31.
in perfect order, and
established at Aquiu.
TUB NEW HAMPSHIRE
LOCK.
LoN!oN, July 9.—The Daily News,
commenting on the practice of the
Americans, says the visitors did i»oor-1 carH containing the baggage and tiek
ly at the firs!, but when thev had
O,,.-,. K,it tl«. ,.f til.. bulVs-4'ye wa(to"s, were tlrnwn fmm the
thej* clung to it with much tenacity. 1 track by a defective rail, four of them
On the British side the following being badly wrecked. Assistant Man
scores ma v be noticed Lowe, at HMI
Affairs In Haytl.
PORT AU PRINCE, June 26.-
and the revolutionists continue, with
Worktiiu's distillery, on Kirby alley, considerable losses to both sides. Jer
emie has been completely subdued.
The government troops reached the
limits of the Grand Anse and Tiburon
have been re
The president
has grunted a pardon to all the rebels somewhat uncertain, internal ruptur*
at Apuin, except twenty of the ring- being feared. He will at least le un
leaders. All reports assert success on able to join his company for souu
the part of the government forces,
but according to the latest advices
from the government, the revolution
ists aiv within seven leagues of Port
au Prince. Refugees from Mirajfuuc
report a famine in that town.
TheJEsterly & Son Litigation.
NEW YORL, July 9.—Eiterly & Son
say, regarding the suit of Osborne &
Co., of Auburn, N. Y., brought at
Whitewater, Wisconsin, that they
did not advertise that Oslwirne «Sc Co.
were infringing on Applebv's patents,
but on the contrary that tiiey had in-
Esterlv & Son commenced suit on
July ath, against D. M. Osborne «Sr
Co., for an injunction restraining
them from manufacturing the Esterly.
Outlawry In Arkansas.
LITTLE K-K, July 0.—Portions of
Garland, Yell and Montgomery coun
ties are still under the control of out
laws who defv the local authorities.
DEAD
It is Hardening to Granite in Party
Obduracy and Helpless
Division.
The
CONCORD, N. H., July 9.
suj-
senator scout the idea of any break or
material change in the situation to
morrow as predicted. Merton, Stevens
and Briggs had a private conference
and stated an agreement had lieen en
tered into by tlie senators to support
whoever may lead when it shall be
deemed advisable to change the pres
ent tactics. The Rollin's men say
then* will lie a full
(treat (Jims.
Attorney-General Brewster is a con
noisseur in shrimp-salad.
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, now
temporarily hikes his whiskey in Tex
as.
Senator Bavard is a
LL. I).
failure.
DITCHED A CIRCUS.
The Cole CircusTrain Wrecked Near
Bralnerd, and the Assistant Man
ager Badly Hurt -The Experi
ence of 1 88O Repeated.
BRAINERD. Minn.. July i».—-W. W.
Cole's circus train met with a serious
railroad accident at 9 o'clock this
morning, about five miles east of
Brainerd, en route from Duluth. Six
Ilfrwr
Hostili­
ties between the government forces
To-day Gov. Berry wrote a letter to' collided with the steamer Sultan off
the sheriff of each county saying he
had been urged to call out the militia
but saw no necessity for doing so and
urging the sheriffs to call out a large
posse and hunt the outlaws down.
The country infected is mountainous I
and wild, and through terrorism mauy 'j
farmer* are compelled to shield them
i»y refusing ammunitatiou and giving I ^n' .!l
supplies.
Fresh Air for the Children.
NEW YORK. July 0.—Nearly !WH)
children tit the expense of the Tri
bune fresh air fund left the city on a
steamer this afternoon. They are
under the care of missionaries and
school teachers who assisted in select
ing the children. They expect to make
the landing at Troy at i* a. m. to-mor
row, where they will take a s|ecial
train for the I^sike Champlaiii region.
Arrangements have lieen made for the
reception of the children at different
towns along the hike.
some fmm Patterson. They will orders of the house. Gladstone said
hold a conference to-morrow evening
as also probably the anti-caucus men.
That Delaware crop is not a
James Pavm
1*1 SI
retell guest
receives a siuall, mund piece »f card
board, on which the numlier of the
rotiin he is to occupy is plainly
the novelist, is an in-
•l-iiterate pipe-smoker, and looks like
TaImage. He ought to lie happy.
.lay Gould thoroughly understands
the art of makingelrgant sandwiches.
He is an oasis in the desert of cookery.
General Spinner savs it took him
three months to get the hang of his
wriggling signature. It certainly
looks so.
Ex-Khedive Isnmil Pasha is enjoy
ing the sights in l^mdou. He consid
ers Eygpt a very unhealthy place at
Star Iloute Dorsev has gone to New
Mexico. The woodbine twineth there
luxuriously, and the voice of the
whangdtMRlle is heard in the land.
Ex senator Tabor has had a quarrel
with the Denver Gaslight Company.
and will put electric lights in his opera
house. Talior isamusical instrument
that will not IK* played oa by gas.
General Grant says h* will have
nothing to do with Iwissing the scrv
ants in his house. He lielieves in
ihimestic w arfare4 that discretion is the i
better iiart of valor.
Prince Krapotktne, the Nihilist,
teaches his fellow-prisoners mathema
tics. He tells them that they caa
square the
v-ircle
by smashing a bomb
under the Csar's chair.
Q. W. Hart, who occupied the
al)OUt the
*11 at' —1 in the suburbs of St. Louis. ^he wife
'l* and wagon, which was completely and mother had lieen dead some years.
demolished, was at first stipjiosed to and it had Women mutter of general
be killed, but on digging him out of understanding that the father was to
,, rentalu a wmower.
the debris he ^as found onlv liadly Three months ago, to the surprise
bruised, his principal injuries being and consternation of the son and
con- daughter, the head of the house an-'
nounced his determination to take into
i him a second wife. Objections were,
raised, but thev were of no avail—and
hips, which
i sjlerably
jammed, his hip bones
only saving him from fatal injuries.
He was removed on a stretcher to a
room at the Headquarters hotel.
where he is resting quite comfortable
and Drs. Biggar and Rosser in attend
ance. No hones are broken, and his
recovery is quite probable, though
weeks. The wrecked portion of tin
train reached town this afternoon,
and an evening performance will lie
given. No part of the menagerie was
injur.HL, A singular
the fact that
wrecked at tlu
last trip through here three ye ui» ago.
uno'ttlar
Tltre* Thousand Lives Lost Within
Six Months' Time.
NEW YORK, July 0.—-The Herald,
this morning, publishes a long list of
disasters which have occurred within
the past six months, and by which it
says nearly 3.0)0 lievs were lost.
When el assified according to the
mouths in which they were reported,
the deaths are divided as follows:
January, number of deaths, 9(W: Feb
ruarx, March, April, 551:
May. 254: June. 341.
The greatest number of deaths at
any one distaster was 398. being that
of June 19. when the steamer Chnbria
Barkum island.
IT WAS THE CAT.
Robert Wilson Confesses that he Cut
It's Tail Off.
NEW YORK. July 9.— Roliert Wil-
C0^01^
porter employed in tin
ing, 109 deaths from cholera iccurred
at Painetta and t»S at Man-surah. Tlie
lazaretto at H«'yi*out is crowded with
fugitives from Egypt. The officers of
the institution refuse to admit any
more persons. Then1 were ten deaths
from cholera at Samanoud yesterday.
em in cither the Egyptian. «tr the
English army in Egypt.
THE PEST OF PARLIAMENT.
the government had promised a
method of meeting this dilliculty
which had leen rejected. It now re
mains for the house to act. North
cote said he regretted the necessity of
protecting the order which was due
the prime minister and would suggsat
that Bradlaugh be excluded from the
precincts of the house until he agreed
not to disturb its proceedings. The
triple-plated motion was adopted by a vote of 5?.*W
to ti-l. Previous to taking the vote
Gladstone and several other members
of the government withdrew from
the house. Other members of the
ministry present voted with the mi
nority.
Ocean Newe.
NKW YORK, July 9. Arrived:
Steamer Illinois, from Liverpool.
A MANIAC GUEST.
A Jl'NK KLOI'K.M EXT.
A M. Loafs You ns HMIandHIN Hand
Nome Stepmother.
The career of an eloping St. Louis
couple was brought to a sudden end in
i this city to-lav by the ap|»earunee
ujmn the scene of the wronged hus
band, who caused an interruption to
the blissful life of a strangely-mateli
ed couple.
The ease is an unusual one, and has
a number of striking features. Six
months ago a family consisting of the
father. John S. Webber, a tanner, ail
onlv son. 27 years old, and a daughter
still younger, lived in a prettv cottage
The Cholera. jg neither necessary nor desirable that
LONDON, July -Duriftg the 24 the incisions le made at ail deep,
hours ending at nine o'clock last even-
One death from cholera is said to have embroidered in narrow rope, are
occurred in Alexandria to-day, but very unique and lovely.
Lord Edmund Fitzinaurice, replying It is generally k^iown that girls who
to a tptesfion in the house of com- are the greatest flirts have most of
mons, this afternoon, stated that there their dresses made of nun's veiling,
was every tvason to suppose that the Oirln who refuse men are obliged to
death re|Hirted was not from cholera.
He also state,I that there was no chol- whit(,
He Raises a Fearful Racket in a Oes
Moines Hotel. Hannibal Hamlin's Ear-Laps.
DEH MOINES, July 9.—A stranger Boston Herald.
came on the one o'clock train. Sun-1 A gentleman has recently lieen vis
day, and registered at the Morgan' jtiug at llangor. Maine, tells the fol
liouert1. He t.M.k u room,
»„a
1
a frenzy seized lum. he stove up all
the furniture and crockery in it. He I wears the same style of old hat and
stampeded a large crowd in front of! Mm' coat with brass buttons that he
the iioU'l by the free use of a revolv-1 fll{ \wy»|.v-live years ago. He is very
fond of tlie young iioys, and goes a
er. He pursued an occupant' fishing with them with all the ardor
o a n o e o o o u o e u i i n o a w e v e- y e a r- o a i n
and tin to the rtiof of the addition. He usually sjiends some part of tlie even-
wells with bullets. He was stark mad in and immenced one
and was taken the hospital pid aftei he had been
A
^•4
as a last resort the voungtieople deter-: ,\.,
i
*otncidenc%
1
RECORD OF DISASTERS.
4 e
mined to wage a war of extermination ..
against the woman. However, when
1 1
Thev were traced to Chicago, and
from that citv to Milwaukee. Here
is 1.1. e i .. River Magdalena, at these
MM o.u louuuniin is thpy were found occupying apartments
COles ciix-us train was n i- i i i w, followed b\ a sliartwr
HIT ««ts
on
His street .in a disreputable l«»cai
l- i_ ...
e verv sjime place fn his i »i i I 'lie slnK'ks vert' also felt at
.. /i
«tv. and the son and wife were faced
by the wronged-father ami husband.
An amicable agreement was finally
arranged, and the woman will return
to St. Louis with her husband, while
the son goes to Chicago, then' to en
in business. The party left for
•ago at 11:15 this morning.
The New Made of Vaccination.
lately had under notice Dr. Moore s
new method of vaccination. Hisplau
is to make, with a perfectly clean,
sharp lancet, five or six single scariti
i cations, holding the lancet as a }en is
held, resting securely but gently on
I the arm of the jterson operated on.
which is held \S4th the left hand. Thus
performed, the operation will occupy
scarcely two seconds, and when done
lightly, but sntliciently. does notwak
en a sleeping infant, nor cause a wak
ing child to cry. providing the atten
tion be diverted by gently stroking
i
the arm, or otherwise engaging the at
tention. The lymph from the arm of
another child, or preserved tulH's
or on pottit.s. is then p-ntly rubU't
Manhattan hotel, was arraigned in the
Harlem police court this morning on
a charge of wantonly cutting off the
tail of a pet cat domiciled in the hotel.
He pleaded guilty and was fined $5U0 and one at the siteof the single scratch,
fortheoffen.se. or more if six were made in
they were made longer than usua
with the flat of a ancet or charged
of this mode of ojierating is found to
Fashion's Follies.
Huckleberry pudding served up on
a dish lxtrilereil bv hu-e is fashionable
at present.
Young ladies who wish theirfriends
to stay longer, tie them in their chair
by yards of gold cord.
Yachting dresses, made of sail cloth
work lhem a
A young lady win
tile 'acquaintance of a
1 lies a little silver sickl
bodice of her dress.
Tlie Bold, Bad Bradiaugh. Cow-bells are hung over the garden
LONDON, July 9.-In the house of
1
w*re
a
desires to drop
oung man ear
stuck in the
in/n a,il1
w,lh
i bows of blue ribbon when the
commons this afternoon. Gladstone ladkvs aiv at home ami pa away' -the region, but the law and tiles pre
in reply to Sir Stafford Northcote, Sheepskin fans, hand-painted, are
vote to-morrow telegraphed he had received a letter very popular. A young lady remark
and then the candidate will sustain no from Bradlaugh announcing his in-' od they warded off young men who
relative loss but may possibly gain tention to take his seat in spite of any
bi*i
A Close Encounter with a IJBX.
Detroit Kn*e IVetM.
William Crawford, of Parkerville,
near Sault Ste. Marie, was walking
a o n e o a o n e e v e n i n a u i a
week ago. when au ugly-tenipered ^or
the abruptness of things gave liiin a
chance. With the club he and the
lynx made things lively for some min
utes. till finally Mr. Crawford got in
a whack or two, whereupon the lynx
lied down the road and escaped.
U a n n i a
i n o u a n s e e a i n a o s
auv
day in Bangor. said he. He
then fired the revolver at his own ing at one of the stores, where a crowd the bit place. It is said that Mr. M.
head. The bullet glanced and did not of his old cronies come to hear him ate alsiut one pound of tobacco and
penetrate the skull. His battle with teilk. Among them is an old fellow drank one quart of whisky. He is
the jMilice lested for half an hour and i named Stearns, who is immensely i yet alive and is improving very fast,
attracted a crowd of L'.OtM) m*rsfins. He I wealthy, but very long-winded anil and it is thought by those who have
smashed the furniture ami door nan-1 as a r«le his stories do not pan out
els to kindling WMH1 and peppereu the very well. Some time ago he came
of his yarns, live feet
talking about ties.
fifteen or twenty minutes.^and I here
did not seem to Jye any point in sight,
Hamlin with a perfectly sober fan*
reached down intohispocket iinddrew
out a pair of ear-laps, which lie put on,
and a cork stopper, which lie gave t»
Stearns. The story-teller made a dash
for the door amid screams of laughter
from the crowd.
THE NEW WORLD.
A South American Volcano Nurfdenlr
Active and ttrnd* Fortfc
Buruliitf Hand.
The Pa ttama Star and Herald says
the volcano of Ometepe. Lake Nicar
agua. is in eruntion. When the crater
first broke forth the people lied to the
churches, fearing the whole island
would le destroyed. The valley of the
Atrats. in the state of Cauca, contin
ues to le the center of volcanic activ
ity. At Rio Sucio, forty miles from
the Atlantic, the earth ojiened in many
places, throwing out very fine sand in
a heated state, while a subterranean
noise was heard resembling that made
by boiling water. At Turbo, on thft
and
to
_» »i i i »v ooiiiitLf water. .At mruo, on
mm i \t i- i i of George C. Luce, living about two
ie British Me,heal association has
4l 4l
Gulf of num. the earth oiwited a
miles
be one or more, usually two, separate mIV
vesicles, or an oblong compound one
at the site of each pair of scratches.
1
ti i water issued, flooding the streets
e
.fe
V
,i the ilentfi of two feet. Manv houscA
she came as the wife and step-mother i i i
i i i i w e e s a k e n o w n e v i a e s o
she was found to be voting and hand-. i.-- i x-- i i
i.i i- i 1 Uujies and Ntcurtowere completely
some, and the sou changf'd his tactics i »i r»
-,i ."T i i rr. ingulfed. The mouth of the River
by falling love with the lad v. I he i i ,•
f. i i i I-eou. which emptied into the Atlan
attachineiit was mut a as latter de- i i i i in
I. rp tic. is completelv closed up. and all
velonnients sltowed. and on Tuesday *i »'.i ,i
,i .. i v over the district the movement of the
last, during the temporary absence of »i
s earth is so continuous that the inhabi-•ii•
W eblier. the couple eloiHHt, .• i• i
i
fants are emigrating. A slight earth-,i.
?{ivc-r,
iuake was l'elt at Manipas, on the
Magdalena. at the seat of lioliv
»r one, when
at San Salva-
dor ttild Guayaquil.
Some Maine Bear Stories.
Bears are getting so uncomfortably
numerous around Mooschead lake
to alarm even the old Indians old
other settlers by their frequent ljold^
ness and surprising cunning. Til®
other night, members of the family
^.west from the head of the
lake and near the west branch of tlie
Penobscot river, were amused by Joint
Ahho, who had heard an unusual
noise in the pantry, and coming down
i stairs they saw a light shining from
Mr. Luce's bedroom a large bear hclp
ing himself to family provisions. AD*
bo's gun was standing near the pantey
door and within a foot of the beaar,
which unconcernedly watched the ap
pmaeli of Abbo. while he tested the
various articles within his reach. All
this was going on while Mr. and Mi*.
Luce slept, oblivious to the intrusion,
within a feet of the scene. Ahbo
{hmIlv SU(.(.(,h1(h1 in 1ViU.hin^
t]lo
ilis
,)east
points across the little wounds, which an Indian sleeping in an ad
may Is- made to gajH- by slight tnu-
tion on he adjacent skin. Ihe result, Jinl
w niu:ii,
ffua,
n.|r,.atwl
through the
ntry wilulow hil.h hc hu(1
Muajh.
on* ttil hlto thp ]unm, Mitch«U
inin b(,a was h%?th(. bmik.
the( with Ahbo
t]w int(J hut
h] (o shoot
with any cer-
oll acrount of
the dark
Finding himself cornered. Bruin made
a
!l
plmio-ojm,] went completely through
T* t^u' rear tf the shed, which wasstrong
tsua it jy
and (scniM'd
antj tj1(
4"
1
hatband in black and
a siffn that thev are sorry
mooso
addicted to casting sheep's
eyes.
"(Jossip tea" is a beverage much
indulged in by ladies these summer
afternoons. It is of the most mixed
variety and comes from all over, the
world.
.tmi
voung
1
in the dark­
ness. In about au hour, however,
Abbo found the brute in the pantry
again, as did Luce. This time Abbo
went to the window just in time to
save the retreat, and without stopping
th,, window, took aim, lire£
lx»ar fell, though lie was not
finally dispatched until he had made
a desperate fight in the dooryard. His
weight was iM'tween three* luindi-wl
and four hundred pounds. Thursday
night, just after the Brattleborougb
lishermen had come off the lake^
Mitchell Francis discovered a bear in
tlie middle of the road near Savage's
hotel, where the narty were stopping.
Three shots killed him. He weighed
over three hundred and his head and
paws were divided among the party.
The following day another was seen
by one of the guides who was unarm
ed. A bear broke into one of the
storehouses on the Penobscot the
other night and carried off hams, fish,
and a quantity of either articles. Sun
day three sizable bears were brought
into Kineo by the guides. Deer,"
varUin. nM. V|M.V u]ntltviw:
tariisiu are\er\ plenty
vent the hunting of them.
Married Men's Menngerle.
The furniture dealer knew that she
had not been long married when she
inquired for a matrimonial fruit IMIS
ket. And being the father of a fittn
ily himself, he knew that what she
wanted was a cradle. Boston Star.
Thursday is clean-shirt day with
most men. and it completely knocks
I out a woman to have her husband ask
befo're company Wednesday night,
Mother, is my other shirt done up?"
i Feu tided on fact. Exchange.
Canada lvnx suddenly sprang at him Shell probably bcMuse husbands
from some wavside buslu%. Mr.
a,ltl
Crawford brought his rifle hastily money for it.—Norristown Herald,
from bis shpuldcr and tried to shoot, "Well," said a jaunty son-in-law,
but the cap failed. Then he dropped lounging in from the office with his
his rifle and grahlied a club as soon as father's mail, "you've got a postal
s
's called the
fathers must shell out. so much
heiv from ma. and *he says she's met
a cyclone." Pity flie cyclone." was
the old "enth man's crusty ivply, as
he jabbed his pen into the inkstand,—
Burlington Free Press.
And .Mr. .Hussehvbite Still Lives.
Snvanuali NVws.
Mr. William Mussel white, who lives
•bout ten miles northwest of TateviUe,
while cutt ing oats on last Fritlay even
ing, 5th. was bit by a large'rattle
snake. He was bit on the leg just
above his shoe quarter, only tine of
the snake's fangs entering his leg.
The snak e was intnu diatelv killed
and his eml cuf off and the cut end
iMinnd to the bit place. This was
done by Mr. Mussel white himself
his motlier being present, she cut off
one or two more nieces firm near the
snake's he ad and alw» hound thou to
seen him tlia he will seen be siblc to
go t» work. The snake muisurcd
long and sported seven rat-