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-# ^iB9 V:fe ? .... ?? ?? ? ? ? ? ??-? ?The Beaufort Tribune. VOL. II.?NO. 35. BEAUFORT, S. C., JULY 19, 1876. $1.50 PER ANNUM. Forgotten. Onco, 1 ijkiug throjgh a little sheaf Of papera store 1 Iro n.clul llio id's yeara, I eh mood upon a fad.d loaf, An 1 read, half e ratling, half in tears, This legend on the wrapping Bet Indelicate girl wri'iug tmtll: " Never this day, this leaf forget;" And, lo ! I had forgot it all. Nor tionld t think with all my care What it did over mean, and bo I slowly let the summer air Waft it away, and watched it go With dreaming gazo. And is it tkue, a. I mu-ed, w,th thiH world's joy and grief ? ' Nover forget," it seems to us, k Ab I wrote on my little eheaf ; When, lo ! without our kuowledge, cuiled Our scroll of earth ; its Btory small Comes uot into that higher world ; Besides?we have forgot it all! ? Comtance Fenimorc Woolaon. " CHISPA." In 1865 I was working on the south fork of tUu Yuba, at a point two or three miles below Sierra Uity. I was at work alono in a ravine mukiug down the liver. Half a dozen other miuers had cabins not far from mine, and were .at work in gulches or on bars in the river. All of our eabius were on the south side of the river, and mine was at least half a mile further south than any of the others, which carried it well up toward the main ridge or raugo of hills walling in the stream. Ouo day at noon I went homo to get my dinuer, aud on opening the door of my cabin saw in the middle of the floor a small scrap of white paper folded in the form of a note. I thought this not a little curious, as my door was secured with a padlock of peculiar construction, and no man could hafe entered except through the " cat hole " at tae bottom of the door. As I took up the uote I saw that there were two or three drops of lilcod on it. The note alone was sufficient to startlo mo, but when I saw the blood a chill ran fl... ?-i? ? T ?:j . <.rr ? uiuugu rnjr YOlun IW l BI11U ; " UtTO 13 8 )Oie villainy afoot! Somebody ban been murdered, perhaps!" My next thought was that some of the boys might bo placing a trick on mo. Instead of at once opening the note to read it I began lookiug into all corners of the room, even stooped and peeped under my bed. No ouo was to be seen. My cat, old "Cbispa," was he only living thing in the place. Ho c me purring about my legs, as was his habit when I came homo; though often he wasoutouhisown hook, hunting and prospecting about, for he was not one of your home-staying, lazy kind of cats. After speaking a kind word or two to old "Chispa" I opened the note, and a 41 read began to open my eyes. The little note?merely the folded leaf of an ordinary memorandum book?read as follows : " June 9, 1805?This is to inform the person into whose hands it may come that I am in the old Maldanado shaft. By the breaking of a ladder 1 fell to tho bottom of tho shaft about three days ago. I am almost starved. For God's sake, come to my assistance at once. " Jacob Puitchard." When I had read the note?scrawled with a very dull lead pencil?I hardly know what to thiuk. My braiu was in a whirl, and I made no headway in trying to think. As I turned the paper in my flnufer.3 I observed that Hie lilnrwl nom<. off from it aud stained my band; I saw, in fact, that it was quite fresh. This astonished me not a little, "for," thought I, " if ho felliuto the shaft three days ago and hurt himsolf, how does it happen that the blood on this note is stiil fresh aud almost warm ?" My next thought was this: "If he is in the bottom of the Maldanado shaft? more than one hundred foot below the surface, as he says, how could he leave mo this note ?" Certainly the thing was improbable, and I could make neither head nor tail of the business. Who Jacob Pr it chard was T did'not know. I did not remember having over heard his name, I sat down op a stool and tried to think. " Hero," thought I, "is a man in tho bottom of a shatt, whpre he has been for three days, and where he is now supposed to be starving, who leaves a note on my cabin lloor asking me to come and get him out. There is blood?fresh blood?on this note, which makes things still worse 1" 1 sat and thought and thought till things got so mixed up iu my head that I wivs 110 more capable of forming an opinion in regard to the business than u born idiot. I talked to the cat?to old Cbispa? about it. and the old fellow sr emeil ? i' ling to asni-it rae, aud he got upon my kuoo and snuffed at the note as though ho knew that the cause of my trouble lay in that. He then jumped down and ruuning to the corner of tho room brought me the remaina of a little crippled squirrel which he had lately caught, as I cou'd see, just as if ho thought 1 might be in trouble ou the grub question, aud as much as to pay : " Here, old pard, eat and bo merry I" The more I pondered on tho matter tho more it puzzled mo. At one time I thought that a man might havo been murdered uud thrown into tho shaft, and that his murderers might theu havo left the uoto at my cabin. This would not f do, however, as, if tho murderers wished the body of their viotim to be found, there was no noed of throwing it | into tho shaft alive, and not wishing him t to perish they might have left tho note } for me to find. There appeared to be t some little sense iu this, yet I had no desire to go to the shaft alone ; it might t bo a trick to g< t me out to murder or t maltreat me. Again there was no roa- , son for trying to entice me to any par- , ticnlar spot, as I was living quite alone at my cabin and might easily be caught ( there or at my claim at any time. I Being unable to arrive at any satisfac- ] tory conclusion in regard to the myste- f rions affair, I made up my mind to see some of tho "boys" on the river and f lay the matter before them. j Having got four or live of my neigh f bors together, I produced tho note, told ( them where I found it, and asked them ] what they thought of the "business." After much talk we all concluded that , there was iu it a trick of poino kind ; ] however, wo would see it out. I Wo determined to visit the shaft , named, the whereabouts of which wiis well known to us all, wo having seen it , scores )f times. It was decided that j each man should be armed with a sis- , shooter and that wo should take with us j two or threo candles and a loug rope; also a canteen of water and some brandy. f Happen what would might, we thorough- ( ly examine the shaft. , About three o'clock in the afternoon all was iu readiness, and we set out?set j out on what seemed one of the wildest , of wild-goose chases. The Maldanado shaft is situated on ( tho sharp ridge of a high and steep hill, ( nearly a mile south of the north fork of the Yuba ; also it was about half a mile , above where my own cabin stood. Tho ( suaii was huuk r>y ttaoriei luaiuanauo, a , mau well known to all the early miners of tUo Comstoek lode, but now some ' years dead. The shaft was suuk on a rich veiu of gold boariug quartz. The ore extracted was taken down to tho ( river on the backs of pack mules over a 5 long zigzag trail, and was thero worked { in arastras. Tho shaft at the ' mine was suuk after tho old Mexican fashion. It was about eight feet by fourteen in size, and its ladders of notched poles wore used instead of rope J and windlass or hoisting apparatus, the miners walking up and down the poles j and carrying the oro poised on their ' heads in rawhide sacks. The poles * were placed in tho shaft in such a ' position that they formed a zigzag line, like a worm fence, from top to bottom, ' there being little platforms on which rested the foot of one ladder and the top of the next below. Thus, in desoend- 1 ing the shaft, one passed from platform to platform, and side to side of the opening, until the bottom was reached. When the news of the discovery of silver in Washoe reached Maldauado ho abandoned this mine?which was hardly paying expenses at tho time?and crof-s ing the Sierra Nevada mountains came to the Com.'-tock lode. The nearer our little party came to the shaft the more certain wo all felt that we were on a fool's errand ; for how was a man in tho bottom of that shaft to send a note stating tho fact to a place full half a mile away' It was nonsense to think of such a thing ; yet there we were toiling up the steep face of the mountain for tho purpose of find-, ing tho man?the man calling himself Jacob Pritcliard. Several times we halted and laughed at the ridiculousness of our mission. Arrived at the top of the hill and at the month of the shaft, one of the men J said: "Well, here wo are! Now to * make known our presouce to the mau in u the shaft?to Jacob Pritchard !" "Well, call down to liitn," said an- c other, laughing ; for, now that we stood r at the mouth of the shaft, we felt quite 1 silly, and half expected to see some one f peep out from behind a tree or rock aud ^ " raise the laugh " on us. r The man who had first spoken stooped c over the shaft and shouted: "Jacob, are you down there?" i Almost instantly there came up from s tho shaft a faint cjy that was half moan, \ half shout. Wo all heard it, and were 1 thrilled aud startled. Most of tho faces about tho shaft and- I deulv grew pale. We all stood sil^t t for seconds, wheu some one said : "Sure t as fate there is a man down there 1" 1 " Who are you ? Who is down there?" a agaiu called out our spoke.sman, stoop- t iug closo down to the dark mouth of v the shaft. I "Jacob Pritchard 1" was the answer that came up the shaft. Tho name was f so distinctly uttered that all heard it, f and hearing it, turned a shade paler F than before. I " It beats all," said one of the men, C breaking a s mewhat protracted silence, b " That was tho name signed on tho note, g and there is the fellow still in the shaft." n "Ask him about the note," said ouo a nf rmr imrf.c ** r ? v " Did you?write a note?and send it e out?askiug for help ?" cried our spokesman. t " i did," was tlio prompt response I from the bottom of the shaft, and t< again wo all gazed at one another iu ti amazement. b 4 How?could you?send out?a let- s ter ?" asked Bill. * " Geit me out. I can't tell now !" v came from the dark, in a vexed and e gasping voice. li " He is right," said Bill; " we onght v to bo ashamed to stand hero questioning b the poor fellow when there are enough si of us to eat him up without either salt g or pepper 1 Light a oonplo of candles b n"d get the rope ready. Two of ns will go down and see how he can bo got out. b iSome of the bottom ladders must be c bvokeD, or he could come out himself? tl that is, if his legs are both sound, tl Mike Murphy, you are stout and active, si come with me and we'll go and see that e fellow." tl 41 B?but h?how oould he bring up d ho letter ?" stammered Mike, shaking lis head and looking anything but ready o descend the shaft. " Blow the letter f" said Bill; " ho'll ell us all about that wheu we get him >ut. Aro we to keep him there all day vhilo wo stand here parleying like a pack >f cowards ?" " I?I'm not afraid to go down there, if course," said Mike, " but wo all enow that this here is a queer kind of usiness, from first to last?that is, as ar as we've got in it." " Well, then, Mike, you and I go," raw i5? 11. oust urop tne cua ot ttie ope iuto the shaft and we'll work it ilong to the bottom as wo coon it lowu the ladders. Tako your candle, Mike." Miko took tlio candle into a rather mstoady hand, and then waiting until Bill was down a few feet, got noon the op of the notched pole and began descending backward, as a crawfish travels. Slowly and steadily the two men descended the shaft, slipping from notch ,o notch in the long slender poles. As ve stood at the edge of tho wide openug and eagerly gazed down into it, we ;ould distinctly seo our two companions ind mark their slow descent by the flick>rii g light of their candles. Now they vero passing over the west side of tho ihaft ; soon they turned and were seen ;oming back to the east eido, on which vo stood; anon they took nuothcr ladler, and again moved to the west. Each ime wlu-n they thus crossed the shaft hey came to a little platform on which rested the foot o: one ladder and from ivliioh started the top of tho next below; ?nd so they toilsomely zigzagged their tvay down, the light of their candles growing smaller and smaller till all we saw resembled two little stars. Fiually the two twinkling stars went jver to the west sido of tho shaft and itoppod side by sido. A murmuring, as jf the voices of persons in conversation, then came up the shaft. " Pnv mil, nifim runn !" nhnnlp/l Tilll The rope was slowly ran out. " All light! That's enough !" cried Bill. Again a hum of voices was heard, then same the order from Bill: " Haul up; raul slowly and carefully! Slowlj-? ilowly?9lowly ! Holu ! Hold on now; ihat will do 1" There was more buzzing of voices, then Bill cried out: " Hello, up there I" " Hello !'* cried we. ' I am going to?bring him up? tlio ladders," said Billj sending his mcs*age up in sections, so that it would not become tangled on the way. "I shall leave?the ropa around him. Keep the -lack hauled up?but don't pull hard. Do you understand ?" " All right!" cried I. " We know how ,t is." Then tliey started up the ladders, Tliey halted to r^pt at each platform. \s they crossed the shaft in their slow iscent wo could see, after a time, that Bill was ahead, keeping the rope propory taut; that Mike was " boosting " in ihe rear, while a dark lump was moving lpward between the two. Gradually hey worked their way up, resting and slimbing. Finally, as they approached tho top, ve were able to catch occasional jlimpses (over Bill's shoulders) of a pale ace and a black, bushy beard. Then, rhen they reached the last ladder, slopng up toward us, there was added to he picture a pair of black and eager coking eyes?hungry looking is probddy the better expression. Wo at tho top became so much exsited that we came near " yunking" the nan up to the top of the shaft nt a single laul?would have done so, perhaps, but or the warning cries of Bill, whom we rere in danger of dislodging from the lotched j?ole ouwhich he had a precarims footing. "All this time my candle was stuck uto a bit of clay at the bottom of tho haft. It was fast being consumed, vhicli I could not afford, therefore 1 dew it out and sat down in tho dark, ilv feelings may, perhaps, be imagined, >ut 1 cannot describe them. 1 wanted o thii/k?to do some good strong hiuking?but my thoughts and my >rain seemed to spin around in a circle, nd all I did was to repeat over and over bo one word: 'Lost! lost! lost!' Lost ms all I could say all I could get ray >rain to comprehend. " I lay down und rocked myself to and ro on tho ground, not remaining still or a moment, save when I occasionally mused to gaze up at tho little square of ight that marked tho top of tho shaft. )oco in thus tossing about I struck my lead against the wall of tho shaft This ;ave me an idea that I stopped for a uomcnt to consider; it was that I might t last dash out my brains against tho ock when there seemed to bo nothing ISO to do. This did mejsomo good, and I begun o think again. It appeared to me that had seen something floating in the waer in the other part of the shaft during he time my candle was burning. I tried o remember what it was. There were everal objocts. T'hoy were not bits of rood or bark, but something olse?just rhat I could not recollect. This bothred me so much that I determined to ght my caudle and see what was in the rater. I found two dead rabbits - all loated and green?three or four small tripod nquirrols, one tolerably large ray squirrel of a burrowing kind, and alf a dozen mice. " All these were more or leas decayed, ut I considered that it might yet beonie necessary for me to eat them; herefore I fished them out and placed hem in a corner of the dry part of the haft, where I could find them if my andlo was all gone when the time came hat I must eat them. This done I blew ut my candle and again laid down to roll and tos9, to gaze at tlio speck of day far above me, and groan. " Some one might pass that way and hear me. The moment this thonght came into my head I arose, and leaning against the wall und lookiug upward, I began shouting. Hour after honr I did nothing but shout. I shouted till I could hardly stand. Finally, completely exhausted, I fell asleep. " When I awoke it was all dark above, aud I said it was now dark?no nso of shouting. When daylight came again I resumed my shouting, and kepi, it up until I became very hoarse and weak, when I gave it up as worse than useless. " I studied all uiauner of combinations to bo made with my two pieces of ladder, and two or three times lighted my caudle to look at them, but soon blow it out again, as I saw that they could not bo mado any longer than they actually wero. Tho bit of daylight above did not reach me, and did mo no good j except to let mo know when it was day and when night. " It is useless to prolong this part of my story. 1 soon suffered tho pangs of hunger und thirst. It was not hard to bring mjself to crawl to the water and drink of it, foul as it was, but it was hard to undertake to eat of the dead animals. Several times I attempted it, but guve it up. feeling that the time had not yet arrived. " I found myself taking naps at all times of the day and night. On awakening from ono of these short naps I thought I heard something on the bottom of the shaft?there was a light rattliug of tho little quartz pebbles of broken fragments of rock. I listened for some time and finally became satisfied that there was somothing moving about in the shaft. I 6truck a match and lighted my candle, when I saw near me a striped squirrel. I was delighted to find that I had somo live thing in tho sljpft with me. I advanced and picked up tho little animal, which hardly mado an attempt to escape. As I held it in mv lionda f nnnlrl ifq hoafiim i so rapidly that tbo pulsations could not be counted. 'Here,' thought I, 'are a few mouthfuls of food that may be eaten without loathing.' As I held the squirrel in my hand, thinking whether to kill and eat it then, or to await a still more diro extremity, I happened to cast my oyes upward to the ladders, when, 4 now,' thought I, 4if this were a carrier pigeon, a sparrow, or a bird of any kind, it might be the means of saving me.' Then it occurred to me that I might make a better uso of the squirrel than to eat it. 44 Taking out my memorandum book I wrote the noto you found on your cabin floor, and wrapped it about the body of the squirrel, tying it there with a bit of thread drawn from my handkerchief and wound many times round the little animal. I then tossed it up to the platform which I longed so much to r?.ach. I saw it land ou the platform, and then saw it make its way of up the first ladder above, after which I saw nothing more of it. I prayed most earnestly that something might come of this silly looking experiment, then fell asleep, and nwoke and prayed again. 44 All seemed of no use, however, and I was on the point of trying once more to eat one of the disgusting dead squirrels in the shaft, when a voice?itseemed from heaven?said : 4 Jacob, are you there?" and you came and found me." 44 All is now clear as day," said I. 44 The squirrel with your note tied upon hi^body wandered down the side of the mountain, was seen by my old eat 4 Chispa '?the greatest hunter in the State?who pounced upon him and brought him home to show him to me ; fooled with him about the cabin and filblllv Irillrwl liim ntt<l lwnrnit /.otiurr li im J ...f, , when tho note was dislodged and fell j upon tho floor, where it was found by | me. Yes, and old 4 Cbispa' even had i the sense to bring mo the remains of the squirrel when ho found me wondering about the note?as much as to say : 41 ! found it stuck upon this fellow.' " 4i Why, that's tho simplest thing in ; the world, after all," said Jacob ] Pritchard, and all bauds said : 41 It is no j mystery, after all." A Cod's Stomach. Mr. Frank Buckland publishes in Land and Water an account of a mass taken from a ood's stomach consisting of horsehair and string, the tibers of which aro matted and intertwined well together by means of no less than ten fish hooks. All are small hooks except two; these are much larger. It is a remarkable thing that ! the points of all these hooks are turned j upward. He cannot quito account for the presence of so many hooks in the stomach of this cod, except that tho cod who owned the stomach had somehow ; or another managed to get hold of haddocks or whiting caught on hooks, and in whoso bodies tho hooks still remained. Tho flesh of tho whitings or haddocks had been entirely digested by the juices of tho cod's stomach; tho horsehair ami metal of the hooks, however, resisted its action. That whiting and haddock have frequently hooks left in them is well known to all those who have the care of seals. Sea fishhooks are very cheap; and the fishermen, rather than take tlio trouble to extract tho hook from the fish's mouth, very frequently cut oil the " snood " or line to which the fish is attached, and let the hook remain in sutu. The seal swallows the fish, hook and all, tho hook gots entangled in the poor seal's intestines, and of e ntree proves fatal. The cod is what is generally called a ! voracious fish. I have now in my museum, says Mr. Backland, a poition of a tallow caudle, about seven Inches long, also a pair of sailor's mits, both taken from a coil's stomach. . 4 The Origin of the Names of States. Maine takes its name from the pro- l viuco of Main, in Franoe, and was so' 1 eallod in compliment to the qneen of Jj Charles I., Henrietta, its owner. Now ifnmpshire?first called Laoonia ?from Hampshire, England. Vermont from the Cireen mountains j (Frnuch, vrrd mont). ] Massachusetts, from the Indian language, signifying the country about the great hills. Rhode Island gets its name from the fancied resemblance of the island to that of Rhodes in the ancient Levant. Connecticut was Mohegan, spelled ] originally Quon-eh-ta-cut, signifying "a long river." j Now York was so named as a compliment to the Duko of York, whose . brother, Charles II., granted him that i territory. New Jersev was named bv one of its original proprietors, Sir George Carter, 1 after the island of Jersey in the British 1 channel, of which he was governor. Pennsylvania, as is generally known, 1 takes its name from William Penu, and 1 the word "silvauia," meaning woods. Delaware derives its namo from j Thomas West, Lord de la Ware, gov- j ernor of Virginia. Maryland receives its name from the , que.en of Charles I., Henrietta Maria. Virginia got its name from Qneeu Elizabeth, uumarried, or virgin queen. The Carolines were named in honor of Charles I., and Georgia iu honor of ' George II. Florida gets its name from Kasquas de 1 Flores, or M Feast of the Flowers." Alabama comes from a Greek word, i signifying "the land of rest." I Louisiana was so named in honor of < Louis XIV. Mississippi derived its name from ( that of the great river, which is, in ] the Natchez tongue, " Tho Father of ] Waters." t Arkansas is derived from the word Kansas, "smoky waters," with tho j French prefix of "ark "?a bow. Tennessee is an Indian name, meaning " The river with a big bend." Kentucky also is an Indian name? " Kain-tnk-ae," signifying "at the head of the river." Ohio is the Shawnee name for " The f beautiful river." Michigan's name was derived from 8 the lake, the Indian name for fish weir 8 or trap, which the shape of the lake 8 suggested. * Indiana's name came from that of the 1 Indians. c Illinois' name is derived from the In- 8 dian word " Ulini " (men) and the French affix " ois," making "Tribe of i men." I Wisconsin's name is said to be the In- f dian name for a wild, rushing channel, f Missouri is also an Indian name for t muddy, having reference to the mddiness .< of the Missouri river. i Kansas is an Indian word for smoky t water. c Iowa signifies in the Indian language ? " The drowsy ones," and Minnesota "a i cloudy water." t The Votes for United States Presidents. JVpu lar Electoral Year. Candidate). Vote. Vote. 1789? George Washington Unanimous. 1790?John Adams 71 8 Thomas Jefferson 69 c 1800?Thomas Jefferson 78 r Aaron Burr 73 John Adams 65 f 1804?Thomas Jefferson 148 1 C. C. Pinckuoy 28 ( 1808?James Madison 122 t C. C. Pinckney 47 v 1812?Jamos Madison 128 Hewitt Clinton 89 { 1816?James Monroe 183 h Itnfcs K-ug 34 I 1820?James Monrce Only one eleeto- o ral vote 4in _ opposition. . 1S24-John Q. Adams 105,821 84 1 Andrew Jackson 106,872 99 6 W. H Crawford 44,282 41 B Ifeury Clay 46,587 37 t 1828 Andrew Jackson 647.231 178 l, John Q. Adams 509,097 83 i832?Andre ? Jackson 687,602 219 9 iloury Clay 530,189 49 il John Floyd 11 o William Wirt 7 i, 1836?Martin Van Buren 761,549 170 Wm. II. Harrison 730,656 121 a 1810?Wm. H. Harrison 1,275,011 234 8 Martin Van Buren 1,135,701 60 it 1844-James K. Poik. 1,337,243 170 o Henrv Clav 1,361,362 105 ? 1918-Zioharv Taylor 1.360,099 163 " Lewis Cass 1,220,544 127 n Martin Van Buren... ... 291,263 ? ? 1852?Franklin Pierce 1.601,474 254 it W infield Scott 1,542,403 42 t! 1856?James Buchanan 1 838,169 174 n John C. Fremont 2,215.798 122 186)? Abraham Linooln 1,866 352 180 ?l J. C. Breckeniidgo 2,810,501 123 CI 1864?-AbrahamLinooln 2,216,067 213 rt George D McC.'ellan.... 1,308,725 21 8] 1863 - Ulysses S. Grant 3,016.071 214 , Horatio Heymour 2,709,613 80 1872?Ulysses S Grant 3,597,070 300 ? Horace Greeley 2,834,079 66 W Tbo above table should bo kept for reference. 11 Washington's Temper. ri t? \<?:i c? t?i_ rv tUIOO tFUMU UiUUll, 111 ?J(// M//ir / 1UI UUiJ) tells the following story of her father, M the celebrated painter, and General tc Washington : When talking one day to General Henry live, my father happened to remark that Washington had a tremendous temper, but held it under wonderful control. General Lee breakfast- h ed with tho President and Mrs. Wash- E ington a few days afterward. w "I saw your portrait the other day?a w capital likeness," said the general, "but st Stuart says you hnvo a tremendous tem- e? per." it "Upon my word," said Mrs. Wash- tl ington, coloring, "Mr. Stuart takes a h great doul upon himself to make such a ti remark." w "Hut stay, my dear lady," said Gen- g eral Lee, "lie added, that the President h had it under wonderful coDtrol." e< With something like a smile General b Washington remarked: "He is right," " My True Lot*. kly tme love bath my heart, and I have life. By ju#t exchange ooe to the other waa given ; [ hold his dear, and mine be canoot mica, rhere never waa a better bargain driven ; My tine love hath my heart, and I have hie lis heart in me keeps him and me in one, klv heart in him hia thoughts and senses guide; He lovee my heart, for once it was his own, [ cherish his beoause in me it bides ; My true lovo hath my heart, and I have his. Centennial Motes. Of all the buildings the Main is best patronised. There is no probability of the opening of the Exhibition on Sunday. In the Egyptian exhibit is a statue of Rameses the Second, dated 1850 years B. C. Russia, though she was late, will xiako a better display than others who svere oarly. A great attraction at Horticultural ball is the organ. Large crowds are always in attendance to bear it. Italy makes a beautiful display of jewelry. Tho ladies go in raptures over the exquisite mosaics exhibited. The Wisconsin eagle in Agricultural iiall holds levees continually. A great many foreigners mistake him for a parrot. Tho Japanese have learned to say " Dis fan, five dollar; datb fan, ten dol ar, etc. JL'recocious people, the Japanese ! The antomn will be the best time during whieh to visit the Exposition, and the leading hotels have large numbers it engagements for that time. The guards are much more civil than ;hey were at the beginning of the Exhibition. It is currently reported in Philadelphia that several have been ihrashed. The collective display of machine ;ools by the manufacturers of New Engand cannot be surpassed in value and excellence by any other class of exhibits n the machinery department. Ohina and Japan are the mostwonderul workshops of the world in their line >f wares and merchandise. They know low to exoel when they do work. There ire tables in ebony and china, gold, moaio, exquisite ohess tables of pearl and (bony, and yet more vases, desks and ables in mosaics, and a large case of reavily embroidered crapes, shawls in ill colors, which used to be so fashionable some years ago. In the Exhibition you will find alnost all the appliances used for the rropagation of fish. The pans, the rails, the spawning vats, the fish nurteries?in fact, all the numerous inveniions of distinguished American fish mlturalists. Just such apparatus as vou nay see here was used to transport live isli from the Atlontio to the Pacifio mast, which, whon perfected; may entble ns to introduoo our own fish alive nto European waters, and in retain to ake the best of their fish. A New Enemy. Down at Eacnmmao, which is on the tontheast side of the Mirimiohi, there is in oyster bed known only to one Harington, locally known as Stormy, on locomit of dirty weather invariably folowing his visits, with oysters to sell, to Chatham. He had gained a great repuation on aooonnt of the superiority of lis oysters, bnt during the past two 'ears those he lias brought to market iave not been quite up to the mark, jast season, however, he $ave his theory >f the cause of the deterioration. He ays that not far from tho oyster bed here is a gravel knoll formed by an ddy on the edge of the channel of the ilinmichi. Happening to scan the botom of this knoli with his water glass, ie observed several largo lobsters. Two f them were just leaving it, eaoh havDg in one claw a pebble about the size >f a small hen egg. He directed the id who was with him to scull the boot long in tho direction taken by the lobter, and one he was particularly watchug crawled directly to and upon the ystcr bed. It appoached a large oyster, rhich, on feeling the water stirred, im-lediately closed its shell. The lobster ly, however, with the pebble poised in is claw, and within half an inoh of the iiin end of the oyster shell, and in two r three minutes the latter began to open gain. As soon as it had opened suffi iently, the lobster, with a quick movelcut, darted the pebble into the open bell, rendering the oyster powerless-to lose it. The animal's feelers were then sed to extract the contents of the shell, hich it ate quite deliberately, and then iy on the spot as if digesting the sweet lorsel and contemplating a similar peration on the next oyster. Mr. Harngton says that nearly all the largest peters are destroyed in this way, but le smaller ones cannot open far enongh ) permit the pebble to be inserted. An Ohio Snake Story. Horace Shipley, of Berlin township, ad an exoiting enoonnter with a sniVe. [e saw tho snake in the field where ne as at work, and attempted to kill it ^tvi a fence at air a A a ko MIOivl ako the (make darted at him. and oodl1 itself aronnd his legs. He reeohed i his pooket for his knife; it was not lere, and no stick or stone was within is reach, while the snake was coiled so ghtly aronnd his legs that he oonld not nlk. He threw himself upon the round and rolled over and over until e reached some stones, when he smaah1 its head with one blow. It was a 1 acksnake, and measured six feet eight lohea in length.