University of South Carolina Libraries
? ? FBANK P. BEARD, Publish >v. VOL, XI. 1,1 ??? ~r TWO DOLLARS A Y?AR W COUNTY, S. |FRAKK P. BEARD. Publisher To Corr4Nip#a<?nto? All ccmmanloAticmi for thl? paper thtmM twao* eominolod Vy the name of the author, wit mm* wily for publication, bat m an t*tdcnc? of goof faith tiw part of thoirriter. Write only <m om aldoof UtapM|>or. B? particularly carufultn giving BUiti ?u4 d*tM toh??o tho Utters plain and Ul? 1 ; Tw?5 Gamtt? \ Job Prujtino Ornci I to ?Moutcttt tt.r iuf t tHmBwrtjrtii?mr4wi1?' tlou of Job Printing, ra?h u Pwifhllt*, 1UU Howls, Utter oixi Koto Uv MA. Pwters tMsw, drouW*. Iltud Itllb. WvMta* Vlt'.llAg w J AddrMaCWtb, Pu51q?mCat<U. Uktll A*?? Work (Sou* lu Driww, lied, Bfue *ua The puWlc most remember Uut tt>o beet Uklnfi y\, ..... ' l'.': "Tyfr ? We do work ?t Charleston Price*. w?d iwntN ' entire ntlsfectlou to our petrol*. Wo keep constantly oc hand tbo Urgeet ?tO?k O# | tkg>n md Ond? in town> jawro, <iuo, suu hiiiu ; -rm not to aak you to come in now, bccauso that would be ? off duty,' you know, but I v found thla on- tho very-top of the treo; and ipa, it haa' your name on V-ihanfl * tnglflm a noat Mttlo package^-" and it's came about, nor no more mat what the change km, but I'd see him when he come home late sometimes, and there was a difference. Be got quieter, and hie * 'Ice when he opt Ice to me wai aa soft and gentle as it used to be when he was a little boy. One night he came home earlier than uauaL and I said to myself that young ' man's in trouble; for he walked right by me, and never looked, nor said good-oveuing, as he always had before. About an hour later, as I was coming down tho street again, I heard Mr. Ohauncoy's front door slam as if a hurricano had blowed it, and tearing down- the steps came Master Frank. > "I don't know how I dared take tho liberty, sir, bqt. I did. I steps right up to him, and fakes hold of his arm. 'Master Frank,' says I, 'there's trouble going on for you. But I've known you since you was a baby, and whatever 'tis, I'm the one as says it a nothing wrong.' '< 'No, Joo,' says he, in a voico as fcaijn't liis ? 'it's nothing wrong.' Ho couldn't stand still, so I walked along up the' street at his side. Suddenly he stopped. tQood-bye, Joe,' said he; 'I won't, be here anymore, I'm married and before t could say a word he -was off ?clean gone in tho darkness, sir. A baby might have knocked me down pa I stood there. My breath was took away. I tramped tip' and down all that night, pondering and thinking, and I could mako nothing out of it. "Aud I $idn't make anything out of.it till phe night I mot tho old butlor, and told mo as how it was, sir. It seems Master Frank had mot a young lsdy and fell deep in love with her, but when he mentioned the matter to hia father, there was high words, for Mr. Chauncoy had set his heart tin seoinghis boy married to a girl ho'd picked out; rich she, was, of coureo, sir, whiio tho one Master Frank wanted was an orphan, and hadn't a cent in the world except what .she made giv ing musio lessons, or something of the sort. The boy didn't say no mure, and kept so quiet his father thought the bus iness was all over, but Master Frank, being headstrong and used to having his own way, went and married the girl any how. When ho come homo that night and told Mb father what he'd done, Mr. Ohauncey just got up, and said: 'You can go, sir, you're no,isonof mine.' Then aftor Master Frank had rushed out of the house, his father told David, who had stood and heard it all, to call Ids daugh ter and tho servants. When they camo, ho . told .'em all, then and there, aa how 'twaB. and said whoever as mentioned Master Frank's namo in his presence would leavo tho house, oven if 'twas Miss Alice herself. Then he stalked up stairs to the boy's room, looked the door, and 8ut tho koy in his pocket. And that's xe way things was going on, sir. Miss Alice, she was orying a'ntt>sfc.jdl thotimo, and she said to tho old butler : 'David,' says she, 'search day and night for my poor brothor, for I never shall rest till I can help him.' Search wo did, David and I, up and down, by night And by day,, I for either ono of us , would 'a died for that boy, and yet qu|okor for Miss AUce. 'But' it wasn't nt> uhq/ sir ; we novor found ; a trace of hiin, and tho girl he'd married was gone; too. > * "Things. went on gloomy enough in ,tho big- house aftor that. Miss AHce she didn't soom minded . to marry, and Mr. Chauncoy. he got sterner and silenter every day. I used to meet jp some times pacing up and down tho walk at night, but 1 never said no more nor good-evening to him, for somohow ho wasn't the samo to mo in my mind as ho Was afore, JIo* hadn't done right by that boy. Not that 1 don't blamo tho boy too, for it* wasn't square fof 1dm to go agin his father to that length, nor yet to bring troublo on his sister; but. bless you, sir, boys doti't stop to think of what's ahead when thev'ro only twenty two yoar, as this ono, \yas; and if they get a pretty face 4n their minds, thoy don't oOnsiaor father nor slstor, nor any body but the girl they want to marry. " More than ten year I went on, and never a word of Mnsfer Frank. Mr. Chauncey and Miss 'Alice had gone travel ing m Jfiuropo, and4 takeh David with 'em, and the big 'house was shut up, when ono afternoon, as I was Cutting at homo, my wife. Hays, ' Joe, there's a poor sick woijnan movod into tho upper floor to-day, and I was thinking if you'd eaf*y her up a bowl of hot broth it wouldn't oOmo amiss.' My ydfo was ailing, fir, ?or she'd gono up hersolf; but ns 'twas, I took the broth and wont. When I knocked, a bright little girl oponed the door, and when I went In I saw lying on the sof* as pretty a young woman as over I sot eyea on . But I saw another tldng, sir, Standing on a little tablo against tho wall, right whoro the sunshine wasftllitig, was apicturo of Master Frank. 'My husband's picture,' said the lady, seeing me stand ing stock still before it. I didn't know what to say. I was so took aback. Strahge, sir, but when you've been long ?ing for years for something to happen, when it docs happen you don't do the thing as would soem natural. So instead tif going to work to flhd out about that boy,. there was I Jftandiug and thinking of nothing except bow out of plaoe I wai brinoihg a bowl of broth to Mrs. Frank Onauncoy I dort'fcknow how long I'd 'a stood thero with that bowl of brow in ttijf hands, if tho little miss hadn't brought a chair nnd asked me to sit down. Then I got sense to ftAy, 'Excuse me, Mrs. Chauncoy, but my wife thought aa how yon Was poo* (oiks Hko us, or she wouldn't' 'a mado <fo bold as to send some broth, thinking vou'd just moved in, and hadn't got a tiro mado,\maybo.' "'Wo aro poor, very poor,' she a^toered me, 'and thank yonr wife very "0&, she was a lady, sir, evory Inoh of hen Yoti didn't havo tti look long to see lat. 'Might I make so bold,' says I, i to ask whoro your husband might be ma'am t' You see, I wasn't a bit I felt kind of awkward be fc and didn't just know how v-r re- ***? questioned. 'Be is : dead,' she answered, 'or at least they tell ! me *6. I can never believe it. Were you a friend^ of Frank's?' sho added, suddenly. Then $?; told her as well M I contd^fiir { was half stunned, ; sir, thlhking of that boy -as how I was only a watchman, and AeouU^'t?dnkofcalling myself a' friend <n tne' iridh Mr. 'Ohanncey's only son, bnt thai) I'd, watched hi.?, and lOvod him ever rin& Mewtfr born; but she stopped me. fathSr when We ie wa? alone 3E1 *wTt n *?ver knew he had Bedn rteh,' Then I saw in * minute as how 'twas. The boy hsdn't sgain too.prOud to acknowledge even to 7# acted i ' any more loplo, bnt 1 out jnst after tljey | mmms Aged, one way and (mother, and wen %M two doves together. . ^hcy d been married seven years, and th? fonnrt ^rv! and ? J>of. when .,Wh6re Master ??k was acting n0 clerk went under. They'd had thOKumption, sir ? Qr sh? hid; her yoiintf husband never'd 'a done it? to lay by 5 penny; so whep he ffot an offer to go what V ,^Brarily ho left fi f?r her' aDd 0fl h? wont. 1 hadn t tho courage to aav no 1 Ef? 'aUL?UgLl lfc W?K my heart to let him go, for ho waa so caircr and mnnrt ?Wn?ud C?m? back withpfenty of nlo ri ?*rky? **?d gone out ex ISLE'S* ? *?r? and making out AnZ* t S?g "^ngs that grow thero i . . ^h? COR9t. He'd been gono Mid h?^nf0ar8^ Cn,Bh0 g?k 4 lGttCr ?S sold be wont out in a boat one day with two mora, and they'd never come back lost* E^nmWiT11'?' atKl an on?y one to got a- d most, likely died off I?nm?^cre ^ the swamp. Still she kept on waiting and hoping ; but her money w^ra?r *n th? ,itt,w p^co h?Sl? lo?t1ho,rJ thero was nothing to gathered counigo and IS? ik hCro agnIn> thinking sho could fo k^m? ^mang tho l>toPlo she used W S2? 7ho,wony "nd the exertion hra broke her down, and there she was sir, too weak to lift a finger. And tho iew?s?j2.aw< iik? sh? waa iiving but 8ho Kot Jhe Cheap, eit she could that was decent, and that's W?S&- You?y think 'it odd her telling wa so much, sir, and I a stranger fomul vAVi clng-man51 but soon as fhe ;?,IdJ d k?own her husband, it seemed to do her good to talk. JUStl" g0ln?' *hen out cara? the little girl from an inuer room leading a Ivirl0Jabo^.!0Ur ywold. Ifthfro ever was anybody repeated over again at hk^ ??b?y thC Ima8o of hi? father liiJ1,. f0?0 TOay cheeks and 2 i^r clustering round his forehoad, I. 8ai?? handsome, willful face. +. w*ie" 1 /?ot on my beat that night I % a" over' *I,8S A,ico was off, and thero was nobody but mo to look SiKtl ia8^f/rank'8 w^ ?nd them two "ywaW C?Uld 1 d? flt girl?and little : Master Frank they SrJnL * me ^t as tholr father em< by little I !?.?>, i*' ^roD K Chaunc?y tho wholo ffhfi1 dM?! Ji?r .hu8band t0 that day, ? k caro Rbout themonov, Sr ??W thor had caat Frank off, that was an , end on't, and never a C6? AitStlSf *MUCh if 'twa8 offored her. thlng8 ??fc awfUl. Mrs. S3** i fflrCW womo every day, till a kind of low fovor came on her. and ovory tning fell on that blessed little Nell. Tt&fnTr for 8uch ? mlto! The way she'd dust round, and tako caro hL? nmr 6r and the llttlc chap too, boat all I ever see, sir. The money gave wav witHI*86'* u?oy ?lways has that ft hS? ,l,8 mo8t wanted, I've noticed. Mrs. Frank bIio gavo me ovorv blessed thing she could spare to soil for aria*? K f V do it( much 09 ifc went nftln fSA 8 Dnv?r droamod how I could^lo. air. m* *** WM th? rn J. 17*? "?ln^ing to-night about Christ i^lnni'S ?T ycar a"?- 1 wn? com wie I t .?ot onrty in tho ovoning, when what should X seo but that little lDg lookln^ afc ft big Santa bmSft iV?3?fUI) window,- It a'most uT tCLHee hor> faster Frank's little daughter, thero all alono in that SownTil' ? i jnlt0 ?h? was novor nt "tr" Cd- W,bett ?h* KC0 com Joe, says she, turning her wiso little faco toward whero I w.vi ? ' Joo wiidmv?he"l00kilU?,0l(1 #0l,6w inth? nl?K* j^0/0' he's vory proud to night, and ho won't look at mo. We're ?ira"#er8> y?.u see, and I can't stop to be w ? t6 ' bccauso I must run homo as ^fa8 J, ca? with tho medicine for > 0 1 could 8fty a word that bravo little thing was off. I went th!?m V-?? 1 got What I could to give ?k^ ohildron iri the morning, but the n nXIfL h * Afnstor Frank's son having S? fer ik" , f horue worth ten ccnts ^?t?naa, and that, to., coming 2S r r mo hldw tho t>Jn^ rtway Kg0t homo- 1 couldr i givo 'em next day ^ "ho ca rlod'omup F,*'^Jiat a^,Ra a hard winter for Mrt. Frank. Sho couldn't got her strength, but she nevor lost couraffo, and alwnva w2s6awn thlngfl . WOuld hold out till she to w0rk| and thou all Would go know'i ng*wMoh wft v to C*' ? night in tho spring, when I for the nVit thing ho did after he uot into the house was to go up to that boy's i^om and unlock tho door, which hadn't been opened summer nor winter all them btit that's the way fofks docs mostly, sir; when thoro's no mortal good in It, thoy comes around right. Master Frank was gone, but them a? belonged to htm was ere, and the thing to bo dono waa to tske care of 'em. And Miss Alice wont about it without stopping. 8ho's a big hearted llttlo woman, if evor thore was one. Mrs. Frank Joved her right awas. flhe didn't want to tako k thine from her at first: but thero's no standing ftftt against Miss Alice. Bho always has her way somehow, and she took 'em to sotrii nioe rooms she'd fiked up, ? and there Wasn't enough she could do, espeolnlly for them children. Bho WtfAt and t^ld her father ait about 'em, too, and how Master Frank was dead, no body knew when nor whoro, Tho old man tust hid hts faco, David said, and aldn't say n word. Aftof k while, 1 Alice,' says ho, ' thoif home is here. But not yet. I couldn't boar it tit.5, IJWMrs. Frank sho couldn't bring herself to go thero neither, till, just ? little while boforo Christmas, without iAg a word he just sent Mrs. Frank a ? and beggoa her for her husband'* ' for the sako of his old father, jjd Kttown * happy day since he ut boy away from him, to come hwo tpttMesstoh of What Wife her oWn. would hav* been her husband's, ana What with tho letter and Miss * m sako a boy, and Miss Alloc couldn't make Ik nice enough to suit him. Lest night when I was passing he come to the door. 1 Joe.' aut he, taking hold of my hand, up watching my houses as I've taken caro of this mauy years, I couldn't do it? not till I am forced to, "sir. But if Pa been dressed in purple and fine linen I couldn't felt prouder nor happier than I did when he Bpoko to me that way. '?When, Mrs. Finnic and tho children wer? coming, it soemed as if the 'old mau couldn't boar it, of tor all; and up he. went to Master Frank's old room,' and , there ho staid. Bvtf whetCj thoy . got there, what did Miss Alice do ttat take : tho little chap ? ho was dressed in : a little black velvet suit, with a plaid scarf over his shoulder, just such as Master Frank usod, to wear, and lead* p him inside, anu cajho nway'.iSifnst as she j could. They waited and waited and Miss Allco she wanted to llght^ttte troo; and the youngster didn't come. So sho told David to go and got him; When David Wont ho saw little Master Frank sitting on his grandfather's kneo, right there in Ms father's 'did rodrn, and the old man wqs crying Ji^e a baby; and that boy he waa patting hia chcek with his little hpnds. When David e Sid Miss Allfo 'wo# {jigbtip^ \tho tree, the little fellow jumped to go; but his grandfather ho seized hold of him, and y'd; f jy'd g? t??: '' So down .the$wlptj tuo old man ana tno , boy, ijatra-^m wma>' DtMd couldn't stand it no longer, sir, and, out ho came to talk to mo. 1 And Aow they're all there together, Qod bless 'em, and there's rest in iho big' house to-night such as j there hasn't been this many q year, be causo the right thing ha# boon done at last." .?mV.-.'., ! ? Wo wore again opposite Mr* Chaunc^y's* mansion, The bright lights wero ex tinguished, and tho calm moonlight flooded itsjsiletit front. Both of hs were So absorbed for thought fes not to notice the approach of a gentleman, until he laid his hand familiaift' tipon the old watchman's arm. ,1 was amazed at the strange expression jthat pajno over the old man's face, and still more was I startled at his sudden exclamatiou. ' 'Master Frank ! " said lie, in a hoarse whisper. "Joe," said thestranger, eagerly, "tell me, for , God's sake, are my wifo and children In my father's house t I have traced them thore, but I. cannot bplieve :lt" si ? 1' .? "Yes, my boy,?! answered Joo, ''they are .all there together.* Tho Lord be praised for this .night,, of peaco And fob giveness!" , .. vl. With one bound the young man via at his father's door. We hoard tho heavy night ,bplts drawn buqk, and the flguro of thp old butlofc a(>pctt^d iity tjio doorway. Instinctively wo turnoa away and walked down the street. At that' moment mid night chimed from a neighboring church, tower,' and merry peals of bolls rang qu^ a wclcomo to tho ' glorious Christmas morn. ? jHarjwr't Weekly t j j" . ^ / An Eccentric Lord. , Tho late Lord Kilmoroy was over ninety when ho diod. Ho had boon in tho Goards, and " was with Sir John Mooro's army in ttio advance from Salamanca to attack Boult, and in tho subsoquont dis astrous rot rent to Corunna,'' and ' ' had boou, as much of vtravql,. yjort.. -and ad venture, as much ' of life *in* its various phases, good and ovil, as any man of his generation." But it was not ndvisablo to dwell; up?1* ) tho ?, earlier, part of his career." Tn later lifo he h&d ft passion for buying places on tho Thames, im proving and then polling them. On one occasion, it being necessary for his pro* jeetod improvement that ho should add a sciap fit, waste l^nd to his property, ho at onoo foncod it in. At night the fenco was pnllicudown. vr| /. y . He put it tip again, antj again, ftwas laid low, the wovk at reparation and vomoll tion being repeht<tfl SeVeral times. At length ho ddV&ttd a plan of nUjM>tfn;tov< paper, " Lord Kilmoroy' proposos to giyp ,n?xt Christmas to |ho poor of tho parish j?200." ?,Th<jso t$o?tn jp q,p$r ho dis trlbutecr about tlio parish, Ono shoot at' tho publi9 hou.se, anpthor at tho butcher's, a third ot the chemist's, and so on at othor places of resoitV IIo then pro ceeded to put up th^ fencoiigain. That night it: was-agaiw lovelea as usual. Tho no^i mining ho wont the round h of .jteploo** whoto tUe;fOokMi) ?luota had boon lodged, and made tho foil owing' entry in each: "To cost pr potting up to - A .disturbance tho next /flight was treated in the same' w ay, and then tho fence was allowed to romain, and at Christmas the oarl distributed the ?200. without doduotlon. L'Atiothor coveted corner ho wM unable to obtaip, though he tried oven moro high-handod measures. The ploce of lrtnd belonged to a laundross, who rof used to acoept another pioce in eXob*ngo or double its value in money. roiSmwt: wind blew offhis own land towards tho drying ground, and then ho lighted a b6Hfiro of gtoett woo<l and kept tnc dense smoke blowing upon jibe linen for many hours. But "tho laundress held to hor own, and the earl's *quick resentment ero long cvap6tatdd with tho smoke of ^Ij owq (ThO eat\ wfr* equally unsuccessful in his attempts to forced charitable institution for. female orphans to sell him ? Poland which he eft WoTir r 51 1 & Wrf j t rbpc rty raft oloso Up to th& entrance gate* of the iHtMtttfl&ftf-anriinHNMte established a warino1 store, T<frtooned Vith unsightly vewfcflt,'!! h<4vaa*|finrtoy tho governors into submission. When he Mm nearly eighty he had a fall at a wayside railway station and broke two ribs, hot tos in sisted on oontinuing his Journey. At the terminus he refusod to leave thi? carriage. 1 which was shunted on to a siding, ana thero he remained Ion tnofo then a week. Borrto of Mc6ajf Wife a^rj^bir having risHcdhim in ms extem^Rmzed nospitaf. At the authors office, in Lincoln 4 Inn Fields, the earl ono day mot another ollont who was oighty-two, snd as proud of hli age as the iraftkimvelffwhp was then eighty-fire, The solicitor said: "Let me introduce a gentleman 6t eighty-five to a gentleman of ci^ty-two.'' , ^Bighty-two,sif 1" echoed tnoeari,s1ightly raining his hat to Mfr. jUvionf "I'll ran you around the square fot a fiver,'.' 8omo dare afterward Mr. Levien catled on the writer Again, and remarked slowlv and With much soleihnityj 'Tre been thinking a great deal a boot that lx>N I wish I had taken \t. "--London Ath?n<*;ik> j yy % I " HA)dne?(ailfMW^UlVi^t%lkolentist. ?HHUHni ON ACCOUNT OF A COW. Am KWbIIm A??it*a If?rnUlre ?( . Ifc* M?ta War ? The Outer 9Xa*? . were. ""Yes, air,' Mid> Mr. Newell, as he leaned fmpefiilly; against the window near the plrttfoimin Ifarris' museum con taining his Indiati exhibit, "1 presume I can give1' ybii some facts oonoernlng the ttrigwof tho Sioux yrryr, or at least the story the Indians themselves tell me. I was sent, out there about five years ago, and placed in tharge of the reservation M the Brule Bioux, and from the chiefs 1 hoard many interesting things. > " Prior to tho year 1854~" these Indians had been' friendly to tho government, and emigrants passing through r. their country "we're never knbWii to complain of ill-treatment. , At times the young ; would' feteal Articles of sOme sort or jther, but*1 thp property was always returned or itn lops made gopd'by the tribe as soon as complaint was imuic. In tho year named, tno governmont'told the ,t|ibo 41 > thoy would come -down to Laramie, oh the Platte rivor, they would ? ; grant them annuities ana other favors, and about .3,000, under the leadership . .of Black Bear, re sponded to. the invitation and sot up their topees on tho banks Of the stream about four miles from Fort Laramie. Near by was a big wagon train preparing for. its tripaoross the plains. Qne day .one of , the boys; from ? the train met a young ijioux, and he had. a stfck,in his hand that by signs, ho told the Indian wotild make a good bow, and proposed to barter it for tho iattor's moccasins. 1ft, nothing loth, consented; but had no sooner tried tho stick than it broke, and then he vory naturally dosired a return of his property, .but instead received a thumping. He ro turned home, secured his bow and ar rows, and started out resolved to oet even. Whllo hunting for his enomy ho foil in with two of tho emigrants who woro trying to lend a weary cow into camp. Tho animal had completely given out and laid down. Tho young Indian, boy liko, desiring to vent his spleen on Something, stuck an arrow through her body and went his Way. The whites, who disliked tho Indians, complainod to the commandant at tho fort that the Sioux ;had killed a,oow, and a young lieuten ant, whose name I have somewhere among my papers, was sont out with a detail of twonty-nino men and two piccos of artillcrv to sot tho matter right. On tho way tho troops halted at Bordeaux's ranclio, where they fortified thoir courugo with liquor, and then moved down on thy .camp. ?; They arranged themselves, and then sent for Black Bear, to whom tho officer stated t^at tyo wanted the pian who killed the cow. "Tho chief siiid that, in compliance with the laws of his nation, he would first have to call a council of the pHndljml hien to learn if it was their desifo tq dolivor him over. Tho lieutenant peremptorily refusod to <waip ipr',, any <%? ?upn, , aqtion, ana "likewise v doclmbd ' -tho ofTer of fthree bpofttid * ^ponios for tho "fcovfttflcss epp^i ; Tphc man ho would and must have, and at once, else would ho fire upon the camp. Black Bear, with tho rcsponso that he had given his an swer, turhed on his hoel and started toward his lodge, when a reckless trooper shot hi in in tho back, killing him in stantly. Then they opened fire on tho camp. Tho Sioux braves rushed to thoir horses, and leaving thq tepees, rushed round tho whites and mussacrccd t)iom all. Thou thoy loft for homo. From this trivial causo sprung tho Sioux war, which lasted until 1808, and that cost tho government millions of dollars. There are' records ot? file which show that it cost on an average nearly $4,000, 000 to kin one Indian." " What can you tell mo about the Custer.fightV" : ''Tho most, auth<?jn 10 . account I over re ceived of that aiTalr I gained from young Thunder Hawk/ 'Who was ono of my sergeants of polico on tho reservation. Ho was in that? tlght.t The previous summer Ouptor and his mon, whilo hunt ing up through th6 Sioux country, dis qovfrod fhe cntnppf old 'Spotted' Tail' on the banks of the Wachita Creek, and possibly with tho general idea of exter mination, entered and massacred the old men, *omen and children. Qf' course, wheh tho hunters retumpd and found the bleodlag forms of theJjf wives and little odes, they swore to got even. ' ' ? . "Each season when the buffaloes maxo thoir run* idUth thft IndfanS Are crazy to go on a hunt to secure fresh meaty At ^snch' times tho agent ,0b oach reservation is allowed to give two or three hundred of the young mon leave of absonco to go on a hunt. They had arranged it all beforehand that on this occasion tlioy should all moot and help <old SfMt' 'Ih1 Wi row With Ouster. ' The various di visions mot near tho banks . of the Wachita, forming a band of nearly , iittlo timo thoy Iaarn6d;<?[t1w approach 0t Ouster and hw ttftnthfiftd. The Tndlanrfrordodtttln single fllo, and awarmcd around tho troops. Thunder Hpwk told mo that tho soldiers fjftiWd lira' hollow snuare, standing bo* hind their 'hortes. Timo and again they mou'Medfcqd t|i4 >4 J>Mak through, but, oach timo tno Sioyx would give way on . that side and close In behind, thus bring ing tho whites again to bay. Thunder Hawk was in tho crowd that mado the rush to scalp tho last squad around Ouster. In tho rush ho received two bullets, one In tho shbiilder ?nd another through the lung. They made no attempt to fcm tilafo thp body of Ouster, Whott they eon-' sidorod a great brayo."? Oindinnati JSta qxiirer. ?" <> ,? t ? ?. , , Mali himihu? of tim WoifM. The statistics Of . tho Universal Postal union for tno year lf?81, published by the IntcThatlqflal bureau at Boini. show that the United State* rank* AM in num l>er, with 45,518 offlcci, Great Britain St pMmrka average of ?85 ?v v?u? |n?? r office. In tho number of tetters carried Great Britain ranks flrtt with l,ft&0,854, 800; tlio United States next with 1,046, 108,647 ; then Germany with 508,235,700. The Afcrehtlnn republic stands at the bottom Of thp list. The United Statoi and British ,-. -,-rrT-, J8rtt in th* b ft worn the nutpbtjr. lounWtloni having an ftbltanfct to esoh post ured th? most pdstfrl card*. 'A t)?e number of litterl and .. to each inhabitant, tho countries tanked an follows: Girflat Britain 88.7; United States, 97.S? Switzerland, 10.9} Get many, 16. ft. Tho Unltod State* rnnks first iojiM 13, m with 48o,o8t>; 000* Franco, 840,188,680 ; Groht' Britain. . 140,780,100. wtfermnny leads In respect In fespoot postal rnrds irs con CALENDAR FOB 1884. >1**7 ij'i |W 17(18118 123 2 1 24 2*? jAptil .J?.! "il'sj ' r 6 7 ?| 8. 13 H(l5 1#; 17 1# 111 6 I'iK ?' 5; to 11 12 U 14 u!ld 17 Mli9?,2i w 21 &} *7,28120 80,31 21 22 ?, 21 24 20 27 j 28 SB JOj... Z ... ... ... ... ... ? 1 S 4 6 6 7 8 9 1011 I'iU H Id 16 17 1 18 , ,1U 20 21 22 23 .dl 24 ! teasfl-.i 2 3' 4 a 6 7 8' , !> 10 U|lt 13 14 131 10 17 18)10 30 21,22 23 21 25 20.27,28 29 M-i-. 7 ?! 010 11, ,11 1ft 10. 17 , 18', 19 20 21 22 23 21 84 28,27 ??S>-Bl?...i..-.L.j "S:"a 12 18 Ecllpsca for the Year 1884. There will be flvo ecltpsen tbls year? threo of tho ?un and two of tho moon. j 1, A partial eclipse of tho sun, March 27th. In visible in America. ' IL A ?otal oelipso of tho moor, April 10th. Vlsl ble at Boaton, Now York and Washington. Invisi ble at Charleston, Chicago and St. l.ouls. Will be partly Vulble-beforo tbo moon rota In tho morning. I1L A partial eclipse of tho aun, April 86th. In vlalble lniho Unltod States. ?IV., A total eclipse of the moon. October 4th. Vlslblfe at Boston, ch. Mm. evo-i at New York, ?h. l#m. ere.; at Charleston, 6b, 65m. eve. When the nyxm rleea at Chicago and St. Loala tho eclipse haa p>wa. ? V. A partlaL ocllpse of the sun, October 18th. ? op this contlnont. Invisible i I*1V. EcUpao, October 4th, at Washington. Oh. 3m. ?to,) , JHoralni Start, Venna, after July 11th. Mara, not this year. Jupiter, after Auguat 7th. Saturn, after Juuo 8(1, un* til September 16th. Kvonln* Stars. Venus, until July 11th. . Mars, for tho wholovear. JtiplWr, until August 7th. Saturn, until Juno 8(1, af ter September 16th. Planet* Brightest. Mereury, February 14th, Juno 19th. October 4th, December ITtb, rising then just boforo the huh. Also Jannary 4th, April S.'ith, August 23d, sotting then ln?t after tho ?un. Venus, Ancust 17th. Mara, Febtunry 1st. Jupller, January 19th. Saturn, December 12th. The Four Mentions. TVlntor begins 1<*S3. Decotnbor 21, llh. 2m. evening, and latti OOd., lh. 18m. Spring begins 1844, March 20, 12h. 80m. morning, nnd lasts 9ld., lull. 13m. Sanmor begins 18&1, Juno 20, 8h. 8m. evening, and laata 94a.. Kh. 18m. Autumn begins September 29, 10h. 19m. morning, and lasts 89d? l?h. 80u). Winter begins H8i, Docomber 21, 6h. 12m. morning. Tropica) year, WWd., 18h. 10m. Church liny* nnd Cycle* of Ttinc. Soptuagoslnm Sunday, Feb. 10 ; Soxageelma Snn day, Feb. 17 ; OulnquiigcHlma Sunday, Feb. ?4 ; Abu- Wednesday, Feb. 97; Quadragesima Sunday, March 2; Mid-l ent Sunday, Mnrch 2H; l'alm Son day. April 6 ; (jood Friday, April 11 ; Kafter Sunday, Aurll IB; J.ow Sunduy. April 20 ; Negation Hiindny, May 18; AaLemlon J)ay, Mny 82) Whit-Sunday, Junol; Trinity Sunduy, .Tuno 8; Corpus Chrlail, June 19; Flrut Sunday In Advent, Nov. 80. Lively Times at a Cowboys1 Dance. A correspondent of tho Now York Sun narrates tho following cxciting sconos at a cowboys' danco in an Idaho town : . By the lime tho danco opened tho boys were all in a condition of pronounced exaltation. T-hodanco was. held- in tho rear room of a saloon, and while ono half of tho crowd danced the other half drank. There were not moro thnn six woraon present at any ono time, and sever al men were selected to assume therolo of women for tho occasion, and they were distinguished from the others by a cheap lire-red ribbon worn on tho left arm. Tho music was furnished by two men, ono playing a cracked violin and tho other a prodigious bass viol which had two or throe oullot-hsles in its sides. The danc ing wont on satisfactorily, though bois terously, until somo time nfter imdipght, and tho old citizens of tho town wcro congratulating thein.solves that tho bovB wore going to have a quiet night of ft, when all of a sudden thoy were startled from their bar-room reveries by two shots in *rapid succession in thr ball-room. The music had ceased, and all hands rushed to the scene. The bass-viol man, a hard-looking fellow, was standing on a stool, with a big revolver in each liand, daring tho man who had fired a shot into his instrument to show himself. Nearly overy man and woman in tho room had a pistol or a knife in hand. The proprie tor of the placo, with a Winchester riflo in hiB hand, pushea through the orowd to tho sido of tho bass violinist, and learned from him that two bullets had been lirod into his instrument by somo* body in the room, and that he did not propose to stand any more fooling. Each shot, after passing through the shell of tho bass viol, had hit a dancer, causing painful wounds. The proprietor had lust succeeded in calming tne musician, wnon ' one of the men who had boon shot stepped up and offered to fight the man who did the shooting with revolvers, Winchester?, knives or lists, just as ho pleased. This caused great exc itement, but M no ono appeared to take up the gauntlot tho dance was resumed. Toward morning two of the men got into u rtUMTCl Over a question of etiquetto, and exchanged shots, doing some damago to two by. standers, but not hurting each Other. With these exceptions tho dance passed off pleasantly, and to-day tho town is as I ?quiet as a burying ground. I W City. On the twenty-fifth day after leaving the Brooklyn wharf we enter tho harbor of Balda, and at 8 p. m. tho anohor is dropped. From the ofttng tho city of Bahla, or ftan Salvador, as it is called in some maps, presented a most oharming aspect, not only beCauso wo had become 00 heartily tired of the weary waste of waters and wore over ioyod at tho near proximity of land, but because it was real ly a pretty view. Liko Quebec, this cit consists of an "up town " and a down town." The latter is the row of houses on the bench, and tho former, whioh is the larger purt of the city, is on the summit of a high, preoipitous bluff. An olovator connects the < two ?' portions of tho ci*y. Tho houses are ! all of a ? glar ing whiteness or 'colored In light tints of funk and yellow, and the contrast with ho abundant tropical verdure plentifully tnterfnixed with thq buildings, thd har.y atmosphere, the shimmering siirfaco of tho bay, undisturbed safe by tho ripples caused by the little boats speeding hither and tfiithor -verily It was a scone of rare beauty and ample recompense for any unpleasantness Are had experienced en voyage. > i Tho city of Bahia Is the second in size and importance in the ompiro, and Is the seat of the i iligious government, it l?eing ' the residonco or the archbishop a func tionary who il in reality higher in author ity than tho emporor himself. I've often thought tike to t>o an archbishop. Kotwithstaiidtng fli* city Is nearer the equator, It |s.iaTd to bq touch healthier than Bio dd Janeiro, Owifctf to its elevated TtoSHioh, -"KxiU in l>r?*u." ? ? ? uiaMM ? Governor Mwtny, of Utah, estimates (hat rif the inp,000 people in thst Torri THE GREAT ARMY OF WORKERS. Different Occupation* of Americana, and the PTuiubev Engngvd in Each. The following list shows the priucipal occupations in which the American peo ple are engaged. It is compiled from the lust census report, and may bo accepted us correct : . In Agriculture: Partners and planters 4,22\9tS Agricultural ami laborers. 8,233,878 Dairymen and dairy women 8,943 Gardeners, nurscr v and vino-growers 51 ,482 Ntcok-drover* 8,449 Stock -herders 24,098 Stock-raisers . . . 10,6 38 Florists 4,5.">0 All others 11,017 Total in agricultuio 1,070,493 Iu Manufacturing aud Mining: Blacksmiths... 172.730 Boot and shoemakers 194,079 Butchers 70,341 Cabinetmakers &>,054 Carpenters and joiners 873, 1 13 Carriago and wagon makers 4U,sSl Cigar makers 55/>99 Cotton-mill operat ors 1 0'.',77 1 Engineers ana firemen 79,025 Fishermen and oy?termon 41,350 Glassworks operators 17,034 Harness and saddle makers 89,900 Iron and steel operatives 114,589 Lonthor curriers, tanners, etc 39,813 Lumbermen and raftsmon 80,051 Machinists 101,180 Manufacturers 4-1,019 Marble and stone cutters 82,S10 Masons, brick and stone 102,473 Mill operatives, not specified 80,830 Millers 53,440 Milliners, dressmakers ani seamstress es 285, 4?1 Miners. 234,238 Painters and varnishers 128,6.50 Paper-ipHl operatives 21,430 Plasterers 22, 083 .Plumbers and gas- ft tt^rs 10,383 Printers, lithographers, and stereo ? ? type re 72,736 Sow and planinz-mill operatives 71,950 Ship carpenters, oaulkei-s, riggers and smiths ? 17,453 Silk mill operatives 18,071 Tailors ana tailore-ssos 138,750 Tinners atld tinware workers 42,818 Tobacco factory operatives 20,440 Wheelwrights , t 15,592 Woolen mill operatives 88.010 All others in iniues and factories* .... 764,888 ? Total* 8,887,113 In trado and transportation : Clerks in stores 858,444 Draymen, hack men and teamster*. . . 177,580 Employes of railrca Is. not olorks .... 280,058 Telegraph officials and employes 22,809 Bailors.,,.: 00,070 Salesmen and eak^pmen 72,279 Saloon-keepers and oar-tenders, bo slde 18,074 restanrant-keopers. . . 08,401 Traders in cigars and tobacco. ...... 11,800 Iraders in clothing . . '10,073 Traders in coal aud W6od . . r. . 10,871 Traders in drugs and medicines 27,701 Trader* in dry goods, fancy gocds,etc. 45,831 Tradors in groceries , 101,849 Tra lers in Iron and copper wares. . . . 15,070 Traders in liquors and wines 18,500 Traders in live stock. .'J 12,590 Traders in lumber ?. 11,208 Ti aders in produce and provisions. . . 85,129 Traders in roal estato 11,258 Traders in sewing machines . . . 0,571 Traders and dealers not s|>ecifled . . . 112,812 Undertakers 5,118 All others 837,000 Total in trado and transportation 1,810,356 In professional aiul personal serviods ? Barbers and laundresses 44,851 Clergymen 04,008 Dentists ly.,814 Domestic servants 1 ,075,058 Employee of hotels and restaurants. . 77,413 Hostlers ?3,097 Hotel Keepers : 82,468 Journalists 12,808 laborers not specified 1,859,223 Iiaunderers ana laundresses 131,942 Lawyers 01,137 Musicians 30,477 Oflloials of Federal and State govern ments 67,081 Clerks of Federal and Stato govern ments * 10,840 Employes 81,401 PhvHlciarm and surgeons 85,071 Soldiers of U. S. army and navy. . . . 24,101 Teachers and sckntiflc porsons 287,710 Other professions 2,204,109 Total in professions and transpor ts! n .4,074,233 The total number of persons in the United States reported ns employed in gainful occupations in 1880 was 17,893, 099, out 'of a total population of 50,185, 883, being 84.08 per cent, of tho popu lation of all ages, and 47.81 per cent, of tho population ovor sixteen years of ago. Of thedo 14,744,043 were males and 3.047,157 wero females. Of the malen 825,187 were between ton and fifteen years of ngc, and of the females, 293, ?109. Presorting Tropical Fruits. The Queensland Planter and Farmer flays*. A very novel and interesting in dustry has been Btarted in tho South seas by an American firm ? tho drying and preservation of local-grown fruit. The process used is called tho Aldon process, of which wo have no dentils. The firm has fifty acres or more of ban anas nndor cultivation, nnd intend also to buy from outside planters. The ban anas are 'first thrown into boiling syrup, and then pttbjcctcd to the drying process, the sugar crystallising upon the fruit and imparting a dollcious flavor. If this plan of utilizing this most nutritive and wholo soihe of fruit (i could be introduced, into Queonland, thousands of acres might Do grown for exporlj, and tho industry bo come most lucrative. , , How Colonel Oroekett Died. The sceno is at tho Alamo. Tho Alamo is surrounded by tho army of Santa Anna, and but six of the Texan garrison aro left, alive. Tho garrison has sur rendered, Crockett stands alono in an anglo of tho fort; tho barrel of his shat tered rifle in his right hftnd, and in his loft his hugobowio knifo dripping blood. Thero Is a frightful gash across his fore head, whllo around nlm 1b a complete barrlor of about twenty Mexicans lying >oll-moll, dead and dying. Crockett's ook and stop are as undaunted and de? ti? nt as over. Tho word of donth in Riven. A dozen ^words aro sheathed In that bravo heart, and Crockott falls and expires without a groan, a frown on hla brow, and a smllo of scorn" and defiance on his Hps. A fitting end to his heroio life. ? Maga*ine of Amttidan UUiory. Criticising an Eagle. Entering the roomr of a friend, who had a collection of stuffed birds, a crltio proceeded to pass very unfavorable judg ment on a stuffed caglo he had nit sccri before. The bird did not look nt all natural, and he noticed that tho hoad was not in the right position. '?Supposo you ' ptit tho head in the riffht position," Suggested the proprietor or the establishment. The crltio attempted to do so, but tho Btuftod bird took a liberal bite out of his finder. He had been criticising a live It Is estimated that thero is ono sheep in the United States to ovory thirty- four acres of territory. In England the rr.te iM one to ono and a half aOros. And y t wo think this is a great sheep country. <? \ K ' ?* 'ifc 1 iV 1 1 to* \ y, ' ? .'*? Always eat salt with nuts. ' It renders them war of dlgeatton. ? year rountf. T^y uso nombreolothtnj CHRISTMAS DELLS. ? * . Ch I The ohlmlng of thw bolli The eoi-apblo stoi y tell*. At It strikes the listening oar of ChrUtniii ...>$ mom, '? Of Him who oaro > to wo buauli vlct'ry frvi \\.a gr^vo, And sainted rnako of ml of womun bonu II. V Oh! The eoundiug of tho bcllil ? With ?very cadenco swells - ;ty ? y Tho human heart in gratitudo to OoJ. For tho prlceloM gilt ho gavo,?~'*f. To iruiko men pure and brave, * '< Whllo tho smirching, rugged patos <Jf AAKH tro trod. m. Ohl Tho music of tho boiia, That, In all tho towns and doiii, Brings down tho Christinas joy to cv*ry honrt ? ;> r Puts nil passions vllo to flight, And tonils sorrows.out of sight. And bids man from his dross to stand rlpflrtt XV. Ohl Tho clangor of tin b^i That sin and 6orrow /oils As with a hand of moro than mundane might, . ? Through all tho chansoful year* Of smiles, or of raiuiiig tears, It arms t ho soul of man for an end'drfog fight. v Oh! Tho tINJmor of tho bolli I From their vibration wolls Tho creed of "peace on earth, good Will td Mon ^ And with all tho swollliig noted) Tho forgiving Kindness floats O'er the hills, thro' valleys, over Bward and fen. vi. ; Oh! Tho glitl'ring, guiding stal*, . That in Judoa soon afar, Was boacon to a lost, yet hoping And still sliining on Its way, ' > , To gild, roflno tho clay, And to tho human, grant angolio graCft. \ ? Edward Craps4\)i PUNOENT PARAGRAPHS Highly gifted ? Santa Clnus. Tho first wager ? Tho alphabet. A poet semis us a pocni called 1 "Tho Sweets of hove," ana it doesn't contain n single allusion to tlit* earamol. ? Puck. A Western town recently had a slower of snails, and a mpau editor in an adja cent county said ho guessed thoy'd fixed on the' light place tocomo to. ? Burlington Free Pre ne. A woman may bo perfectly angelic and as patient as patient i an be, and etill not be able to look calmly on whllo her hus band draws a match along a pioture frame to light his pipe. ? Puck. Thoro.was a young girj at DeL&, "Who Jo . vd a youn? man in tho bSc And promised to bo his wife; Pho said to hen??) Wear n. tmilo bof And cJ<emh| Kilsson says remarkably well Pattl only" hones as well as Isilss Gorster rcmeml these singers gr little girl. ? Picc\ An excliango | shows that a I stands his bush ordinary wages, llo can. . _ a man hate hlnri worse than he hates i man who tramps IiIb pot corn. The book agent can make lots beside ordinary wages. ? Oil City Blizzard. * t v : -v Fast to tho crimson c ishionod chair Tho dentist strapind tho trombling Youth, ?ked, "Wo'll now prepaid And then roninrl To rid you of that aching tooth.*. ?: \ To pull tho dentist did bogin; , V Tho youth f^avo utteranco to a shout; The dentist Crlo:!, "Coim, that's too thin,M But quickly addod, "No, tooth's out." ? & 'omervillo Journal,' . Voung Spoonbill : "Au, my dearest Miss Shillinworth, if I may-^-I haye long wished for this sweet opportunity, but I hardly da"ro trust myself now to speak the doop emotion.? But, 'n short, I love you I ? and?your ejnilo wCUld shod ? would Bhcd ? would ? " Miss S. : "Oh,1;'' nevor mind the wood-shed 1 IIoW's your aunt's monoy invested? And whero are the securities 'deposited ?" ? Punch, "My dear, I am shocked that you /.;* should invite thoso young ladies W party.'? J'Why, mamma, how you ^ilk ! Thoy havo always been In society. Their father is tho postmaster." "Vory true, my . ohild, but you forgot tho change^ which 'A has recently ocv.?*red," "Wliat qhangj^i|&j mamma?" "Why, tho rates of .postage^ havo beon reduced to two cent*. delphia Call. ,? > . A lady writes to know how im the best way to presorvo a piano., Tho best way to proservo tho piano is to cut in quarters, take out the coro, and boil tho pieces until thoy aro about half done, thon make a syrup of Bugar and pour it, Over the ; ^ pieccs and sot tho wholo in a cool place, ' after which they can bo put up in tana or jars. Pianos preserved tM? ^ay keep all winter. If thero is anything tho Bun knows moro about than another it is how to preset to things.? rPecVt fan. " The Pataju^STans. ') A oorrcspondont, writing from Pata gonia, mays of the native* of that coun try : " It is strange how, theeo creatures , manage to exist in this sovoroly inclement . H ?n, .n it,. their hutrt Are' nothing hut a few sticks tied together, whh ft, few skins and somo leaves thrown over the 'top of them, 'and their canoes aro alwajrwhalf full of water. The weapons used aro bows, AflrowS and spears. Tlipy cat the flesh of ^anlmAut tney kill In the chase, And somotimos they cittch flsh ;7>rtt thcif principal Afti- . olo of food JU mussels, ot Which there are millions Around there. They have nothing in the shade of ' corn, whoat or coroals of any kind, as noho grow Any noarer than 1,2Q0 tnii^s away., Thoy will not t queli liquor of any kind. They are in appearance something like tho In dians one meets in tho altos in j Guate mala, but aro a smaller and shorter race, ' and very much mote degenerated. I should Imagine them to bo the teiy low est apeohnon of humanity existing, and only one llnk short in the chaj|n to odn nect them with ti^e monkey tribe. About t^OOO bills wero introduced dic ing the last United state* Congress, . most of whlott wer# passed? Into the waste1 basket. ? ? jijyi .-r ?v Indrapura, the loftiest VoleAnoo?,|a?ll,^0 th* ihaB^Ssi^ik' iiik-'K1- f Sf^ik