The Sully County watchman., August 25, 1883, Image 3

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Moriex of Animals.
Three
a sow
cam?
A
milk-white deerluiverecently
been seen
tlie forest of
County, Alabama.
v
that
As the
look
Washington
dives for
one,
salmon,
and feeds it to her
catches
and and a large raL The turtle who had oeen admiring the marvel
beat.
In the San Diego, C&L, court-house
yard a brood of valley quail liave
made their home, and are quite tame.
In Springdale, Ind., a large timber
dog of Samuel King, a flag-
man at Elizabeth.
N. J.,
with such force that the dog narrowly
escaped choking to death. The bird
was finally taken out.
Near the head of Mtosehead Lake
live« the family of George C. Luce, jesties went on foot
Hearing noise in his pantry at mid-i cone, and halted
night, they went down-stairs and
found a lear helping himself to the
family provisions. After a des]erate I
tight lie was dispatched. He weighed i
400 pounds.
sjmrtsmau sat very still in the!
woods and began to whistle an air to
a red squirrel in a tree near by. In a
twinkle the little fellow sat up, leaned
his head one side, and listened. In a
moment more he scrambled down the
trunk, came within four feet of the,
sportsman, and looked at him with
eyes beaming with pleasure. Oil
changing thetune the squirrel skipped
away.
A crowd of spectators were amused
recently bv the gambols of a large ape
that was lording it over a number of
small monkeys, confined in a great
iron cage in the Jardin des Piautes.
Fruit an many other things were
thrown into the cage, and the a|e was
always the first to seize them. Some
one suddenly threw in a small hand
lookingj^lass, with a strong wooden
frame. The ape brandished this about
like a hammer, but, suddenly preceiv
ing the reflection of himself in the
glass, he stopped, and for a moment
looked nuzzled. Then he darted his
head behind the glass to find the other
ape. Astonished at finding nothing,
he apparently thought
IK*
had not
been quick enough. lie then proceed
ed to raise and draw the glass nearer
to him with great caution, and then,
with a swifter dart, looked behind.
Again finding nothing, he repeated
the attempt once more. He next pass
ed from astonishment to anger, and
began to beat with the frame violent
ly on the lloor of the cage. Soon the
glass was shattered and pieces fell out. Anthropological Institute,
Continuing to beat, he was suddenly
surprised to see his image in the piece
of
glass still remaining in the frame,
Then, as it seemed, he determined to
make one trial more. More circum
spectly than ever the whole first part
of
the process was gone through with
—more violently than ever the final
dart was made. His fury over this last
fail
lire knew no bounds. He crucnhed
the
frame ami glass together with his
teeth, beat them on the floor, and
crunched them again
till nothing
splinters were left.
Governor
When that sturdy Irish
but
SullivAti*
Mother.
Conv^iHinili-uct- Wa*hiiurt
An anecdote which I heard the other
dav of the famous Sullivan family
of New England may not be. uninter
esting here:
women,
whom the Sullivan family
to
may
well
back with pride, was crossing
the Atlantic or. her way to the new
country, and was asfted. "Why do
you
come to Americashe answered.
"To raise Governors for them." little
dreaming that she would live to see
one of her sons Governor of New
Hampshire and another Governor of
Massachusetts, though I am sorry to
say the third (lid not so much honor
to his family, and was known as
"Devil Jim." The story goes that
soon
after John Sullivan rose to be
Governor of New Hampshire, he desir
ed
to give a grand dinner to a number
of
distinguished guests. A member
of
his family at the time was his
mother, and fearing she would not
be
equal to the occasion, he concluded it
would lie liest to arrange for her
non
appearance at the dinner-table.
Approaching the matter as gently
as jKissible. he soon succeeded in mak
ing the quick-witted old lady under
stand the drift of his diplomatic talk,
and in convincing himself that he
liad miscalculated the pride of the
mother of the Sullivans.
liaising in all the majesty of her
Irish wrath. "John Sullivan,
claimed the old lad
toes in the field
Massachusetts by my side, the Gov
ernor of New ilampshire at
my
lady, "I hoed pota
with the Governor of
breast and tlie devil
tugging ai my skirts, but never
Se
Remonstrances
and
home went John Sullivan's
mother in all the
majesty of
righteous indignation.
her
Two Queens Cooking Egg*.
Friday, the 22d, was a gala
day
on
the Vesuvian Funicular Railway. The
flag of Italy and Portugal were to
IK
seen
all along the line. The national
hvmns of both nations were being
played by two royal big bands, while
night was turned into ttay by aid of
electric lamps, and around the station
a
fragrant flower garden had been im-
{ava.
rovis«Hl
amid the rugged masses of
At 8 o'clock in the evening
twelve royal carriages brought the
Queens of Italy and Portugal, and the
royal Primier, attended by a numerous
suite, to the station of the Funicular
Railway.
qeived by tlie directors of the com
B'Aniico.
ing. rested a while* and partook of
some light refreshments in the buffet
Vf tin- station. Shortly after their
I aecompamed by the Princess
r, i i .. and the ladies and gentlemen in wait
A man in British Columbia
has now
I ^.entered the car. Commodate re
I) Amieo
ounjf,
took charge
A Clinton (Ind. eat with a family the nipid upward motion began. Half
of
three kittens has adopted three way up the roval train crossed with a
young
coons and a flying squirrel. descending car, occupied by a band
John Gamier, of Lawrenceburg, playing the popular local air. "Kuui
Ind..
saw a fierce fight between a tur- cull Funiculia." Their Majesties,
tie
of
the brakes
and gave the order for starting, and
Ions panorama unrolling itself below
their feet, expressed their pleasure at
these harmonious sounds in the all
but jierpendicular mountain side.
The summit, 1.7H0 metres above the
wolf attacks ,i Norwreian girt, but Vavhi* Inkeli 'tw!'.! J'"'1'/"0'"1*
i2s: i "v i
I'r'" "f th"
tf" •ir°
Queen of Italy was attended by
was trotting niendatora IVAmico,
along the road, a swallow flew so low Piccoili actetl as an escort tocher
that it went into the dog's open mouth Majesty of Portugal. The princes
and ladies in waiting followed.
an effort of indescribable granduer.
The (^ueen of Portugal was in
ecstasies over the scene and Queen
Margaret, while expressing to all, her
admiration, amused herself by push
ing her alpenstock through the thin
crust, on which she was standing,
into the burning lava below, until the
point of the stick took tire. Eggs were
cooked on the hot lava and eaten with
evident pleasure by their Majesties.
and the royal princes, who first.
however, demanded permission of
their mother. The royal party re
mained oil the summit for nearly two
hours, during which time the princes
amused themselves in examining the
dejxisits from two small orifices,which
had only become extinct the previous
day. Just then a change in the wind
brought the stones thrown by Vesivius
into rather too close proximity, and
the order to return was given. The
whole extent of the crater was illum-
material no difference ui the groove
being perceptible, although it passes
from a substance into quartz, subject-
ing the tool to an enormous strain.
In plane surface the depth and width
of the cuts indicate the successive
stroke of a saw, ami the use of the
cire
1^
tools
has sanctioned at the present time.
The scarcity of the diamonds and the
lack of strength in the sappire and
beryl lead to the consideration of
corundum. Nothing has been found
about the metal of which the tool waa
made or the method of setting the
troke ot a saw, am tlie use ot tne .After^u.d
•irc*lar saw .* proved by the regular- D)
y curved lines. The forms of the
ools were the same that experience,
A tiander Pulling Match.
On the programme of an afternoon's
frolic at Prewidio del Norte. Texas,
was a grand "gander pulling" match
in which everybody participated. The
gamier, a very venerable bird, pur
chased from a neon, was hung from
a tall fx»le by his legs. so. that when
fully extended his head could easily
be reached by a horseman riding un
der the pole. The feathers were first
®x" carefully removed from his neck, and
when rendered perfectly bare the ver
tebral elongation was liberally smear
ed with grease. "The pullers" were
ranged in line, and at a given signal'
leader spurred forward his horse
th.
and dashed under the jnile from which
et have I allowed one of my sons to dangled the patriarchal bird, at a mad
ashamed of me. Order the chaise gjdlop. As he passed he clutched at
Mid send me home." the slippery neck of the bird and—
were of no
avail, missed it. The next man did no bet-
ter, neither did tthe third, nor the
fourth, nor the fifth. One after anoth-:
er the riders essayed to grasp the slip
pery prize, but all signally failed.
Finally Mustang Joe, the last man in
line, galloped forward. As he neared
the pole he raised himself in the stir
rups, and. although his horse passed
under like a flash, lie seized the gan
der's neck with a firm hand and tore
it from the body.—Correspondence
PUiiiultdphia Times.
French Commerce.
PARIH.
Aug.
16.—French
Their Majesties were re ports decreased r»o,000,000 francs. The
the directors of the coin- i increase in the value of inqHirts is due
my, the managers. C-ommendatore to the demand for foreign raw luate
and the Sandics of liegina rials. The decrease in exports was in
and Torre del Greso, and. after alight manufactured goods.
40HN BROWN'S FRIEND.
The Woman to Whom the Old Hero
Mi, "I
WIMU
i
api.rHm.-h.-d Hi* miter. Th-
while
Sig
i
1
and a magnificent baud enlivened the
scene with a selection of airs. Queen
Margaret led the way, marking the
time to one of Strauss' delightful
waltzes.—Italian Times.
iiiiiti-d liy niuneroi.N flaming t-xyhes. ,lor .return with it. Her
Tools I'set! on the Pyramids.
During a residences of two winters
a tomb at Gizeh M. W. M. Flin
ders Petrie collected evidence show
ing that the tools used in working
stone 4.U00 years ago were constructed
with a jewel at the cutting edge. He
stated reasons for coining to this con
clusion in a pajier read before the
a
resuim
of which is published in a recent issue
of Engineeringof London. Solid and
tubular drills, straight and circular
disk saws, and lathe tools were made
with jewel set in metal. The lines of
cutting on a granite con' made by a
tubular drill from a continuous spiral,
the grooves being of a uniform depth
and width, throughout, showiug^that
the cutting |Miint was not worn as the
work advanced. The regular taper
of the core would indicate that jewels
were also set upon the outside and
inside of the drill, thereby faeiliating
its removal. In some specimens of
granite the drills sank one-tenth of an
of the tools, are illustrated bv theih will lose your life.
clean path through both soft and hard }. Ufe/he replied,
Yon Were a Man.**
from tlw» New York Sun.
Mrs. Elizalx'th A. Gloucester, said
to have been the wealthiest colored
woman in America, died at her resi
dence. the Remsen House, at Clinton
and Kemsen street, Brooklyn, on
Wednesday. The ho.ise and grounds
were formerly the property of a poli
tical club, and when the club disband
ed Mrs. Gloucester bought the proper
ty. Her husband, lr. J. N. Glouces
ter, practices medicine, and is the
owner of several drug stores in Brook
lyn.
Mrs. Gloucester was born in 1H17 in
Ya. Her mother was a
freed woman. At her death Mrs.
Parkhill. and when
to look
by.
M,
aW 0
year old
wag plaw1 by Mr Pa,khln in t)r
Gloucester's father's family. Tlien
I)r- (J1,,,u'esU*r
while
successive trains brought up the rest
of the royal retinue. The level of
the crater being attained, their Ma-j
to the central
on the verge
of the crater. Vesuvius took part
in the show, sending up a shower of
enormous nicks and red hot lava, with
s
father hed, and the
service
cester was 2 years old she was a
domestic at the residence of a quaker
lady. Mrs. John Cook, who taught her
how to save her earnings and keep a
bank-book. Mrs. Gloucester has pre
served this bank-book for thirty five
years, and lias always kept a balance
in the Philadelphia savings bank
wh*e she made the first deposits.
Mi Gloucester was a minister in
the p^esbyterian church. They were
married and came to New York. Mrs.
Gloucester kept a furniture store and
made money. She bought a house in
l(
The Adams Express
Company wanted to build on the
spot,
and they payed a very large sum of
money for Mrs. Gloucester's house
and lot. The sum she reinvested in
real estate, and continued as money
came into her possession to buy
prop­
erty in the city and in Brooklyn. It
is believed that she never blundered
in her investment.
Mrs. Gloucester's energy and execu
tive ability wen praised by all men
who had business dealings with her.
She was a member of the St. Marys
Street Presbyterian Church in Phila
from girlhood, and never
I wish vou were a man,'
h: Fm ftn old man In
K s tW
flew aroum1 mv head
hi k as hail Fm nevep U) kill.
If full ru opeu u baU
in this country which will never stop
until every slave is free
Afterward Mrs. Gloucester gave
Mrs
Gloucestei
Brown w£h #10 in it.
,n
trade re­
turns for the ttrst seven months of
18K,'l, show that the value of imports
increased ."iS,000,000 francs, compared
with the same {teriod last year. Ex-
John
letter U)
^iv,.to
tter was
The lett*
a u) Jo}m BroWn s
umg
papers
Governor Wise,
after his death, and
of Virginia, had it published."
Three daughters of Mrs. Gloucester
I were graduated from Oberlin Col
lege, Ohio.
THE SLAYER OF CAREY.
O'Donnell to be Tried In London.
IjONDON,
Aug. 1(5.—The government
to-day decided to refuse to allow the
authorities at Port Elizabeth, South
Africa, to try O'Donnell for the mur
der of auieii Carey. The justices
at
Port Elizabeth, during O'Donuell's
preliminary examination, went care
fully into th*' question of jurisdiction,
ami concluded that the assassination
had occurred within the legal limits
of the district. Accordingly on
the 4th instant, after hearing
all the testimony relating to the
crime, tlie court committed O'Don
nell for trial at the Port Elizabeth
(ctober assizes on the charge of hav
ing willfully murdered James Carey.
The commitment had no sooner been
made than defense subscriptions were
started among the Fenian societies all
over the world. These defence move
ments were carried on with such os
tentation in England and Ireland as
to attract the serious attention of the
government. It was soon learned
that there was absolutely no chance
of securing either a fair trial or con
viction in Port Elizabeth, and the
crown lawyers were requested
look into the question of
*o the question or
the government s right to change the
venue. Yesterday they advised that)
portance, heroi/.e him, and really in
crease his chances of escape. The de
cision of the government occasions
much surprise and comment.
CAREY'S
Dl
nished by the crown lawyers for this representing Raphaels Sons, busi
position as the question of colonial*'
Jurisdiction was decided at the time
of the commitment in favor of the
South African authorities, and they
will, its believed, contest the home
government's present position. A
majority of the cabinet stoutly op
the case a state trial, surround the
prisoner with a fictitious and evil im-
DESIGNS ON FOR8TER.
HUN.
Aug. lf». It is learned the
assassinated informer. James Carey,
early in 1SS2 sent two men to Ixindon
to shoot-William E. Forster, then
chief secretary for Ireland, but their
courage failed them.
SECRETARY FOLQER.
Wined and Dined in Milwaukee.
MILWAI'KKK.
Aug.
family WHO scattered. By accident. i City, Col., was lynched by a lot of
Dr. Gloucester met his fortune wife cowboys. He had fenced in a large
in Philadelphia after they had grown tract of land which prevented the
to maturity. Both were at
17.—Secretary
Folger arrived here to-day. from St.
Paiu. He was t-aken in charge by
Edward P. Allis an old classmate
and friend, who showed hi*i the city.
He was then lunched by the Milwau
kee club in grand style.
Lynched by Cow Boys.
DENVER,
Col., Aug. 17—On
in cowboys from roaming at will, a right
private families. When Mrs. Glou they claim. They first trumped up
lie
visitor.
used to say to Mrs. Gloucester, 'fo*
I'd like to have you invade the South
with my hand.' I first saw him at a
lecture he gave in a little hall in
Leonard street, and after the lecture I
invited him to make my house his
home when he came to New York.
He had a smooth-shaven face then.
He looked like a farmer. His cloth
ing was of a coarse, brown stuff made
in Pennsylvania. His shirt collar
rolled down over a black necktie,
and he wore cowhide boots. He said
little, but his eyes bhized when he did
speak. If anv one said they believed
in his doctnnes, he looked them
through and through, and said, al
most dcubtingly. 'Do you really mean
it?'
On the dav when John Brown
TIKE
lOth »f August, L. E. Watkins, a
prominent cattle raiser near Canon
an accusation against him that he had
stolen cattle, and upon this charge
he was arrested. He gave bond and
was released. A party of five men
were also accused of stealing cattle
from his ranch, and they were ar
retted. When Watkins went to
Canon City to stand his trial on the
10th, he was taken from the sheriff by
the cowboys, shot to death, and after
wards hanged from a bridge. Yes
terday the trial of the Mullocks and
others took place at Salina, when a
band of cowboys, numbering twen
ty-five, armed with Winchester rifles
and pistols, visited the town and
for a time took possession of it.
Their purpose was to compel a divi
sion of the court in ther favor or re
lease the prisoners. The citizens or
ganized, armed themselves, and went
to the aid of the sheriff, and succeed
ed in preventing a terrible riot. The
trial tlien proceeded with good order,
and the prisoners wen* removed for
trial to Buena Vista at the first term.
The governor was visited to-day by a
delegation of Fremont county citizens,
and at their solicitation ottered a re
ward of $500 for the capture of each
1
ifts to small churches in the South
were large and numerous. She was
foremost in the late civil war in rais
ing money for the freedem by organ
izing fairs.
"One of the most remarkable events
in Mrs. Gloucester's life," said Mr.
Gloucester last evening," was the
farewell visit to our residence of John
Brown as he went with sixteen men to
invade Virginia. He was a frequent1 structures is 3,000,000 bushels.
and every one aiding or abetting in
I the lynching of Watkins.
A Big: Elevator Company.
F.vnno, D. T., Aug. 17.—The Uforth
ern Pacific elevator company has in
creased its capital stock to half a mil
lion dollars. It now controls sixty
elevators and grain warehouses on the
line of the road after which it is
named. The total capacity
Hanging Day.
GREENVILLE, S. C., Aug.
Ben.
Perry, alias Perry Cely, coloi-ed. was
hanged to-day for the murder of Perry
Anders*in. also colored. The execu
tion was private. Perry said he was
prepared to die, and forgave the false
December, *81. Only 2" persons wit
nessed the execution, but fully 8,000
came to town. Banks confessed that
he muixlered Woods at th**solicitation
of the latter's wife. He said he felt
tture of going to glory. Mrs. Woods
was sent to the penitentiary for life.
The victim owneu two farms.
The Yellow Fever.
WASHINGTON,
'is
not
Aug. 16.—The
acting
secretary of the mtvv received a tele
gram from Commander Welch, com
manding the navy yard at Pcnsacola,
as follows: Surgeon Owen reports a
case of vellow fever in the marine
yard. T*hc man is in the hospital.
\Ve moved the quarters to the second
story of the building, and relieved the
Sutv
•1 I itnttk i k/kMi»»cw (W itt kin •alii.
men. from all
isolate them from
uard, numbering
in order to isolate them from and then
other persons. 1
lie surgeon w ill trans- jovvj
fer the gHard north ass*mn as possible
The case was decided last evening.
Two other men were sent to the hos
pital to-day. The cases were not de
cided. They would like another sur
geon ordered or authority to employ
a civilian from Pcnsacola. Instruc
tions were telegraphed Mie colonel to
transfer the marine guard to Cajie
Anson, six miles from the navy yard,
and
make all sanitary arrangements
necessary for health at the yard. Or
ders were also issued to Surgeon Mar
tin, now at New Orleans, to proceed
to Pensacola ami render
all the assist
a nee in their power.
lteware of the Fast Horse Manl.a
Nothing is more ridiculous than the
effort some people put forth to make
a trotter out of a draft horse. It is the
silliest kind of ambition to want your
farm horse or family horse to take on
an unnatural and artificial gait. The
effort generally ends in failure so far
as sjK'etl is concerned, while you are
in great danger of entailing perman
ent injury to the breathing functions
by straining and excessive worK in
your foolish undertaking. A "trotter"
is a good thing in his place, but what
would you do with him before
Do
not cultivate the trotting horse
passion if you have any other use for
horses it is a most delusive and dau-
posed the trial of O'Donnell in Lon- Tolstvi, Russian minister of the in
don, upon the ground that such a pro- terior, has ordered the enforcement
of
ceeding would virtually make of (the decree forbidding Jewish mrnu
gerous business, and if you don be-
rcwan|
yOU with his
the trial could be had in London. Itj The Persecution of the Jews,
is not known what grounds were fur
LONDON,
isiying labor.
Aug.
16.—A
facturers from
workmen.
British Jew,
1
deutials to the leading firms, has
KNOCKED OUT BY WOMEN.
Armed to| the Teeth They Break I'|» a
Prize Fight.
A desperate prize-tight was fought
this side of Nanticoke, on the Mats
i near the river, to day. The principals
were Paddy O'Brien, a saloon-keeper,
and Mike Breeze, a miner. Both men
entered the ring according to the
Marquis of t^ueensberry rules, and were
stirpned to the waist. They shook
hands and went to business.
O'Brien held his left well up, de
i
termined to protect his physiognomy
at all hazards, though Breeze quick
ly planted his right oil the left cheek,
almost sending him to grass. The
latter's blood wits now up, and he let
drive a sledge-hammer blow that
landed on Breeze's lower jaw, and
rocked him to and fro.
Breeze came up smiling and band
ied awhile, when he got in a blow
that would have done credit to a pile
driver. O'Brien landed on his back
I with his feet pawing the air. This
was first blood for the miner and the
crowd cheered.
The fourth round was a savage one,
and Breeze's proboscis commenced to
The eleventh bout was
when a crowd of
The Love of Bears for Melons.
I once worked on a watermelon
plantation where we had
whUe l(.lulHls gij8teiied
looked mighty purty.
V(i
far flit* nru:i n\ mirth hifV i ..
Eead
like silver,
we beard
a
c()me out of a bath
was
lieve it ask your friend who is engag i juic*v part, when crack went Josh's
ed in it. After all, the steady plodder
is the horse that helps jou in the
ness firm of Ixmdon, and who arrived sitting in one field waiting for them,
in
St. Petersburg yesterday provided th«-y be nosnorting away at the
with a projw*r British jassjH»rt and
ere- fruit
been
from Russia bv order of the authori-! Bears
ties. Tht newspaper Jewish World,
of Ixmdon, announces that Count
employing Christian
screech
Jin^r down in the woods, but
A.
wouldn pay no attention to that
and presently I saw a bear come out
and walk slowly into the field. He
was a big fellow, as black as coal in
the moonlight, and he wasn't in any
hurry, either. He sauntered along
as slowly as you please over
to a big striped Georgia melon, and,
settin' down on his hams, he just
picked that melon up in his two fore
paws and smashed it between 'em like
aper. In half a minute his whole
was dripping with juice, and I
could hear him smacking his hps like
a
hog.
We let him alone, according to the
old man's instructions, waiting until
there should be a bear apiece for us,
for the tracks showed that at least six
of 'em had been around the night be
fore.
In a few minutes along came anoth
er one, and then there walked in an
old she with two little ones at her
heels. We had three bears now. but
nary one of us fired. Watching
them beai-s was the biggest picnic
ever I saw. Sometimes they'd catch
up a melon just as you'd take up a
I baby, and, holding it close to 'em,
travel across the field on their hind
you do witti mm beiore legs until they'd see a bigger one, and
plow, your horse-rake or your drill,
tjien smash
ju
"would go the rind, and
oe wouid
drip off 'em
like they had
watching the old she teaching
vou„g
rjue J4nd
run
ones now to break into the
the whole gang started on a
«p|le
vjnes
bread and butter line lie is worthy of they couldn't go very fast, and
all tlie care you can bestow, and
Wl*l we each
ono uf tjie
ed
tripped 'em up so
bagged one of 'em, minebo-
youngones. We watch­
every night after that till the sear
son
was over, but they were kind
woman, accompanied by a noisy boy,
sat two fashionably dressed ladies.
The boy was given to asking all kinds
of foolish questions, and occasionally
he would whine like a cub lcar and
twist himself around and fret.
"If I had hold of him a minute I'd
bljster him till he couldn't, stand up."
said one of the ladies.
"Here then." replied the motherly
old lady, "you may take hold of him.
If you want to slap him, slap him.
swell. (I'Brien's courage was up and
his friend's pointed to him as a second after I put him to bed company came,
Sullivan, but the miner was not 'and while we were talking the little
daunted, for he danced about manag
ing his bunch of fives in tine style.
The tenth round had the merit of
being nip and tuck. Blows were'
given in rapid sucession until the
saloon-keeper went over with Breeze
on top.
1
under way
women broke into
the ring brandishing knives, clubs
and pistols. They shouted and
shrieked at the tops of their voices as
they seperated the combatants, and
dispersed the spectators. The fight
was then declared a draw. The men
were very evenlv matched, and both
displayed considerable science and a
great deal of pluck. An old grudge
was the cause of the mill. No arrests
were made. Considerable money
changed hands. iW lLKELBAHCK,
Penn., telegraph.)
100 acres
nder vines- at one time. The curious
tiling about the business was that our
hardest tight wasn't agin weeds. It
was agin bears—black bears. We'd
got the vines all shooting along, some
of them with melons on 'em as big as
a pumpkin, and the old man was get
ting the road to the river cleared out,
so as to lie ready for shipping, wheu
one morning iu came one of the
boys, and says he:
of these "Something has broke down the
worm fence and battered up aliout an
acre of the vines in the clearm'."
We'd just cleared about ten acres of
woodland the past winter, and melons
were doing amazingly well in that
field. So you may know the old man
was mad when he heard this. Him
and I went down to see what was up,
that it was
and
witnesses against him. bears.
STOTTSWOOD,
Ala., Aug.
17.—Tavlor
we saw in a moment
Banks, colored, was hanged to-day mad« by men walking on their hands
for the murder of Turner \Voods in the soft earth all over the field.
There were tracks, just as they were
and the vines was torn up, and the
ripe ami green melons mashed to
flinders in a way that nothing but a
bear could do.
"They'll
be back to-night," said the
old man. "You and Joan and Henry
clean out your rifles anil be ready for
'em."
Then' was a full moon that night,
and I tell vou things looked purty.
Josh and itenry and I settin' behind
stumps, with our rifles across our laps,
waiting. The fence was still tore
down at the point nearest the woods,
and the moonlight shining on the
dark forest, where we expected the
bears to eonie from, and then ofi the
field of watermelon vines, whose
of
wary now, and we never shot more
than one in a night. While we'd be
on
the other side of the planta-
are keener after watermelons
tlian a negro, and I can say
no more
than that.—Denver Republican.
Coo 1*1 n't Slap Him.
On a railway train, just behind
plainly dreeeed, motherly looking i troops in Egypt is 125.
I
haven't the heart to do it."
"Excuse me." faltered the aunoyed
lady. "I did not think that you could
hear my remark."
"On no harm done, for I know lie
is enough to annoy any one, and it
may seeni strange to you that I do not
slap him, but I can't. Once I had a
little bov that I slapped. Every time,
he would ask foolish questions or
whine I'd slap him. I was determin
ed to bring him up rightly, so that he
would please everybody. He was the
idol of my life, and I did so much
want to see him resjected. Every
body said that 1 was a model mother,
and that my son would be a great
man, and I was so flattered by these
remarks that I was even more strict
than ever with him. One night just
fellow awoke and began to cry. I
told him to hush, and when I found
that he did not intend to oliej me, I
went to the bed and spanked him.
'That's what I call discipline,' one of
the company remarked, and I assure
you that in after years you will not
regret the strict measures which you
have adopted.'
"The next morning my little boy
was too sick to get up. and all day he
lay in bed. At night I sent for a
physical!, but liefotr morning he was
dead. I don't think that there was a
more miserable woman in the world.
I took his little lioots—boots which a
few days before I had whipped him
lor getting muddy, and I put them on
my bureau. I could not bear to live
in the same house where lioth my
husband and little lioy had died, and
I moved away. One evening while
walking along a lonely street I saw a
little boy—a very small boy—stand-'
ing among some tall weeds. I asked
him where he lived and he plucked a
blosom and held it out to me. I
asked him where was his mother and
father, and with curious intelligence
he replied that some big men took
them away in boxes. I knew that he
was a waif, and 1 took him home with
me. In the night he cried, and I got
up and sat by the fire with him and
rocked him. He was very delicate,
but he was a light that shone on my
withering soul. This is the child, and
he's wearing the little boots that I put
on the bureau. You may slap him,
but I can't."—Arkansaw Traveler.
She Dried Her Tears.
He came home with a serious face.
She, who was all love and smiles, saw
in an instant that something was the
matter. He turned his face when slie
attempted to plant the warm kiss trf
greeting on his lips. Her soul sank
within her. It was the first time thaA
he had refused her. "George." slit
said eagerly, "tell me what it is. Hair
your love* growu coldTreat me
frankly ft is better to know tine
truth than to be kept in suspense."
He kept his head averted a minute,
his lips trembled, then he said: "Oh,
heavens! Florence, how can you wear
that mask of deceit when I know
all!"
"All!" she repeated as her face
grew white. "All what?"
"Spare me the sad reci w.
he con
tinued. "Then' are some things that
are better left unsaid."
"I will not spare you. I insist
upon knowing what it is yoa mean.
Tell me, and at once. Some perjured
villian has abused your mind."
i "Alas, no!" he said. "I was an
eye-witness of it all. Do not add de
ceit to your other crimes. I was there
and saw it."
"Saw what r" she cried.
"What
i have you seen.' Are you mad?"
i
"Calm yourself, madame. I
saw
you—you the wife of my bosom
when you did not think my eye wit
on you. You werv on Broadway,
mingling with the giddy throng.
Then she sank upon the
He
was hurrying on. You beckoned to
him. You made telegraphic
signs
until you attracted his attention."
"Merciful powers!" she gasped.
"You see I know all," he continued.
"Y'ou did this on the public street.
At first he would have gone on and
disregarded you. but you beckoned.
He smiled, and you went down the
thoroughfare together."
"Tis false, as false as"
sofa.
Again
he turned his manly head to hide his
emotion. The diamond tears began
to
come through her fingers. Help
lessness, indignation, and shame
weiB
struggling together in her soul.
Suddenly she looked up. "Pef*
liajps, sir, you well tell me who be
"Certainly," replied the brute.
"lie
was the driver of a Madison avenue
omnibus." Then he went suddenly
out of the door as if fearful that one
of the statuettes would fly after him.
And she dried her tears ami said
somebody was a fool.
She was right, only she got the
person wrong.—Chicago Inter Ocean.
Cholera In Egypt.
LONDON,
Aug. it*.-
From a card
dated Wednesday night says there
were sixty-two deaths from cholera
In
Alexandria during the past twenty
four hours. The Times Cairo corres
I pondent says there were fifty-five
deaths from cholera at Damanliauer
Tuesday.
AI.KXANDRIA, Aug. 16.—It is aa»
nouneed that the number of deaths
from cholera here yesterday was forty
four.
CAIRO, Aug. 15.—The number
ot
deaths here yesterday, from cholera
was five.
'ALEXANDRIA,
Aug.
15.—The
dive to day visited the hospitals
khe-
here,
i He spoke words of encouragement to
jthe patients suffering from cho.era,
(Tlie total number of deaths thus
far
from cholera among
tbft British