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"Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Airas't at. be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's.'
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1866.
SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1883.
New Series-Vol. U. No. 32.
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faio?j g'eam?ng
the window of my nm,
offt^?How,
ofwet-pjagwiaow,
gloom.
?maxatleeoeed
f ea?tbe air ?row od,
.
?J bed;
w ?b-aoft, tew cooing,
tteaooibewitfe wooing,
nigh. ;.
lead dreaming*
; ^eaisji* ruf! front ?bore,
wjba tbriH of wonder, fax tog
? ^^4nMAded i ".Who are jon T
fe ^??j&'it? saowy robe of brightness,,
M ^amre?eV' be said, from Aide?,
dS^e-it&Mbeo her-f?ce shalt PT ;
^fe?rtfc^tfcerldwi OM fe Bring,
: ker tboegbts to thet ?* giving,
* Oa a bright and distant aht>re ;
Awd t wt, her carrier-dova,
'vV&jftimMfe (roa thy lore,
< Wae Jr tata* Jofeteinwa,
^ Am>yfWimw?ext?teoV
?ataed, 2nd excited, .
>w/3ird addressing,
wi A farrer! Toke ioquir mg,
vat moat desiring,
to am expreasice,
weald act my {nattes tut
\ lae tarneit is ?j breast,
? that my meide?
* Webed f?r me oa thai shore- '
W*oaM WmSaoJbseruaMwo,
^ Vaai? ? spoke wiib greater terror,
Z\ tae ?tasete rf artet Joter,
r^aaf saw own departed HewT ?.
y ?? bird of wbimnms Bwaa?ag,
? .Wa?t my eager ?feewere glistening,
. .f4r the eos ?er ba shook* girt :
TO? tee,~0 thoa earner oort,
Of my afceeot, che ns bed loee,
^Waoasiaatw jadar**/yore:
Qf sae blessed lead immortal,
?: >^oiaf tbnwgbtb? golden door?
Peet abe more tn iight ?nd splendor,
fia tim graces aft attend ber,
Om that mir and distant shorer'
Wet?? and tone? ead looks revea i i og
AB my depths of inward feeling,
v Mered, aJected bj my plead j ag.
And my a? xioos qaest?ea heed i ng.
Toas the dora, mj tool discerning,
Aasw>f Aa3f. these words ret uro i og ;
?1? the distant fields of Aiden,
Qa a bright, Elysian shore,
dweUt a mir ?ed lovely maiden,
An? her UMBI isR inwt;
f1Bd tbt lowers abont Be? blooming
'IBd tba odors ?weet, perfuming
AH tb*balmy ak aron od
Sbe, ?rrared io robes of whiteness,
Walkte* eaget io ber brightness,
With a wreath immortal crowned
Tbeti toe bird, bi? wings Hofolding,
Left ma, a? I my beholding
XSIed with transport ?od deligh ; ;
Witbeseft, sonorous coo ;
3ftio>f>iddiqg am edita,
Taroofb tba opea window flew
Oat jeto the gloomy night.
Bat the bright, enchanting vision
Of the distant fields of Elysian,
Aad mj cberiahtd Elinore,
A# a feb ead lore!jr matteo,
Dwettiag io tba Und of Aideo,
* It my light forever more.
Tatra shall I, my !~redooe greeting,
?tear Arter*, early meeting,
<fo tbato^nt radiant ?bore,
*- *y.,&alfo joy ced gladness,
m? emf parting, pain ?nd sadness.
Cllta agaia my Eli nore,
Caliber mine forevermore 1
A Worth Carolina Bonanza
Sing.
Sortit Carolina oas a booaosa king
js7* MWila bis wealth bj thc hundreds
of taeasaeds. Toe Iocky mas U John
3ar?te of Monroe Coeoty. A few
. weeba ?go bis earthly possessions coa
aiatod of l?alf a doseo half atar ved coon
?digi mi * twrorj-oeo aera lot of bar
f ra? la*tdi? Monroe Ooontj. About a
r fortnight ago Bar&ee dsaoorered gold on
?ta fra. He prodentl? kept the
j aoerat fte ateseeif, aad mored tbe pre
f ajoam aaaftal aa boat be contd. He ob
taiwed mete toan 100 poecds of golJ,
Ja^ ??joaad of a portion of bte laud
foe |i4?,000f reaoTviog a ? ?rge ibare
for btmeelT Bernes ?a DOW considered
Kfeinest maa ia E&stcrn North
fe Barnes ia preparing to build
?eJf ft baadsoffle residence s
?aaeefroa wbere be diseorered
^mW^^d^Zo^^* wbieh
^;^^w<iT? are to kindly
That Bad Boy
Is Choked* with Emotion-His Pa
Gets to be an Inventor-An Early
Breakfast.
'Ha! ba! Now I have got yon,"
said the grocery man to the bad boy,
the other morning, as he came in and
jumped upon the counter and tied the
end of a ball of twine to the tail of a
dog, and 'sicked' the dog on another
dog that was following a passing
sleigh, causing the twine to pay ont
until the* whole ball was scattered
along the block. 'Condemn you, Tve
a notion to choke the liver ont of
you. ;Wbetied the twine the
dog's tait?'
The boy cooked up with emption,
and tears caine into his eyes, and he
said he didn't know anything about
the twine or the dog. He said he
noticed the dog come in and wag his
tail around the twine, bot he supposed
the/dog was a friend of the family,
and did not disturb bim. 'Every body
lays everything that is done to me.'
said the boy, as he pot his handker?
chief tn bia nose, 'and they will be
sorry %- it when 1 die. I have a
good notion to poison myself by eat?
ing some of your glucose sugar.
.Yes, and you do about everything
that is mean. The other day a lady
came in and told me to send up to
ber bouse some of mj country sau?
sage, done up in muslin bags, and
while she was examining it she no?
ticed something bard inside the bags,
and asked roe what it was, and I
opened it, and I hope to die if there
wasn't ? little brass padlock and a
piece of a red morocco dog collar
imbeded in the sausage. Kow how
do you suppose that got there V and
the grocery man looked savage.
The boy looked interested, and put
on aa expression as though in deep
thought, and ?nally said, 'I suppose
the fermer that put np the sausage
did not strain the dog meat. Sausage
meat ought to be strained/
The grocery roan pulled in about
half a block of twine, after the dog
bad run against a fence and broke it,
and told the boy he knew perfectly
wei! how the brass pad-lock came in
th^ sausage, bot thinking it was safer
to have the good will of the boy than ?
the ill will, he offered him a handful
of prunes.
.No/ says the boy, 'I have sworn
off on mouldy prunes. I am no kinder
garten any more. For years I have
eaten rotten poaches around this
store and everything you couldn't
sdi, but I have turned over a new
leaf now, and after this nothing is ?
too good for me. Since pa has got
to be an inventor, we are going to
live high.'
'What's your pa invented ? 1 saw
a hearse and three hacks go up on your
street the other day, and 1 thought
may be you liad killed your pa.'
'Not much. There will be more
than three hacks when I kilt pa, aud
don't you forget it. Well, sir, pa
has struck a fortune, if he can make
tlie thing- work. He baa got an idea !
about coal stoves that will bring him
in several milli? n dollars, if he gets a
royalty of five dollars on every coa'
stove in the world. His idea is to
have a coal stove on castors with the
pipe made to telescope out and in,
and rubber bose lor one joint, so you
can pull the stove all around the
room and warm any particular place.
Well, sir, to bear pa tell about it you
would think it would revolutionize
the country, and may be it will when
he gets it perfected, but be came
near buming the house np, and scared
us all half to death this morning, aud
burned his shirt off ; he is ail covered
with cotton with sweet oil on. and be
smells like salad dressing. You see
pa bad a pipe made and some castors
put on our coal stove, and he tied a
rope to the hearth of the stove, and
had ma put in some kindling wood
aud coal last night, so he could draw
the stove-up to the bed and light the
fire without getting 'up. Ma told
him he would put his foot in it, and
he told her to dry op, and let ii im run
the stove business. Ile said it took
a man with brain to run a patent
right, and ma she pulled the clothes !
over her head and let pa do the fire j
act. She had been building the fires !
for twenty years, and thought she
would let pa see how good it was.
Well pa pulled the stove to the Led,
and touched off the kindling wood.
1 guess maybe I got a bunch of kind?
ling wood that the hired giri had put
kerosene on, cause it blazed up awful
and smoked, and the blaze bursted ;
out the doors and windows of the j
stove, and pa yelled fire, and I jumped '
out of bed and rushed in and he was !
the scartest man you ever see, and '
you'd dide to see bow he kicked !
when 1 threw a pail of water on his !
legs and put his shirt out. Ma did !
not get burned, but ?he was pretty j
( wet and she told pa she would pay j
: $5 loyalty on the * love and taKe the ?
castors off and let it remain stationary. I
Pa says he will make it .work if he j
burns the house down. 1 think it was
real mean in pa to get mad at me be- '
cause I threw cold water ou him in- j
stead of warm water to put his shirt j
out. If I bad waited till I could heat j
water to the right temperature I
would have been au orphan and pa !
would have been a burnt offering.
But some men always kick at every- :
thing. Pa bas given up business en- ?
tirely and says he shall devote the j
remainder of bis life curing himself of !
the different troubles I get him into.
He has retained a doctor by the year,
and he buys liniment by the gallon.' j
'What about your folks getting up :
in the night to eat ? The hired girl
waa over here after some soap the
other morning, and she said she was j
going to leave your house.
'Well, that was a picnic. Pa said j
he wanted breakfast earlier than we
bad been having it, and he said I might
see to it that the house was awake
early enough. The other night I
awoke with the awfulest pain you
overheard of. It was that night
when you give me and my chum the
bottle of pickled oysters that had be?
gun to work. Well I conldn't sleep,
and I thought I would call the hired
girls, and they got up and got break
last to going, and then I rapped on
ma'a door and told tb*m thal
breakfast was getting cold, and they
got up and came down. We eat
breakfast by gaslight, and pa yawned
and said it made a man ?feel good to
get ready for work before daylight,
the way he used-to do on the farm,
and ma she yawned and agreed with
pa, cause she has to, or hare a row.
After breakfast we sat around an
hour, and pa said it was a long time
getting daylight, and biraeby pa.
looked at his watch. When he be?
gun to pull out his watch I lit out
and hid in the store room, and pretty
soon I heard pa and ma come np
stairs and go to bed, and then the
hired girls, they went to bed, and
when it was ail still and the pain bad
stopped inside of roy. clothes, I went
to bed, and I looked to see what time
it was and it was two o'clock in the
morning. We got dinner at eight
o'clock in the morning, and pa said
he guessed he would call up the
honse after this, so I have lost another
job, and it was all on account of those
pickled oysters you gave me. My
chum says he*bad the eolic, too, but
he didn't call up his folks, lt was
all he could ?o to get np hisself.
Why don't you sometimes give away
something that is not spiled V
The grocery man said he guessed
he knew what to give away, and the
boy went out and hung up a sign in
front of the grocery, that he had made
on wrapping paper with red chalk,
which read: 'Rotten eggs, good
enough for custard pies, for 18 cents
a dozen/'
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Marriage With a Deceased
Wife's Sister.
Governor Thompson has received
the following communication from the
Earl of Dalhousie, a member of the
English House of Lords :
LONDON, February 15th, 1883.
Tous EXCELLENCY : In the last ses?
sion of the Parliament of Great Britain
and Ireland, a bill for legalizing
marriage with a deceased wife's sis?
ter was defeated in the House of
Lords by a majority of 132 to 128.
j If I am rightly informed, these mar?
j riages have now for roany years been
legal in every part of tbe United
States of America, ' and you have
I therefore bad ample experience of
their effect on social and domestic
life, and can say from practical knowl?
edge whether morality bas suffered
from the fact that ia the State of
South Carolina marriage with a de
i ceased wife's sister is pennitied by
j law.
The opponents of the legalization
I of marriage with a deceased wife's
j sister in the United Kingdom are fond
i of referring to America as illustrating
j in a marked degree the baneful evils
! which it is alleged must follow if these
j marriages are recognized as legal.
In order to give your Excellency
! an example of the statements that are
j made, I enclose a letter quoted in an
j article which bas recently appealed
i in one of our leading periodicals,
! 'Tbe Church Quarterly Review.'
which is being extensively circulated.
I am anxious to ascertain whether
such assertions as those contained in
j this letter are gene/ally supported by
j facts, or whether the writer has
drawn his startling inferences from an
isolated case.
May I ask that your Excellency
i will kindly honor me with such in?
formation as you can conveniently
give as to how the law which permits
marriage with a deceased wife's sister
has worked in the State of South
Carolina. My reason for making this
request is, that I hope to introduce
into the Houne of Lords ' again this
year a bill similar to the one which so
nearly became law during the last
session of Parliament, and am natu?
rally concerned t^> have all the knowl?
edge of the practical working in
America of a law similar to the one
which I am anxious to pnrsuade the
Legislature to adopt in this country
I trust, therefore, your Excellency
will forgive me for troubling you in
the matter.
I have the honor to be, your Ex?
cellency, very faithfully and obedient?
ly yours. DALHOUSIE.
To HU Excellency the Governor of
the Stale of South Carolina.
The following is the extract referred
to in the above letter:
'It is evidert,' writes an American
clergyman, 'to those of us who are
old enough to remember the state of
things previous to these innovations,
that a change for the worse has been
brought about. I can well recollect
when ladies in the lifetimes of their
husbands used to- feel as if their
brothers-in-law were their own
brothers, and to treat them accord?
ingly, in all the unreserve of domes?
tic intercourse ; wheu a brother-in
law, after au absence, would kiss his
brother's wife in all purity as his own
sister, and she would confide in him I
without a thought ol evil or a feeling I
of embarrassment ; and when, too, in j
case of a wife dying, lier sister would I
remain in charge of her family or
would remove to the bereaved home
to live with the widower and take !
care of his children as a thing of!
course, without a whisper of slander !
or any occasion for it ; when the ch il-1
dren, too, knowing that their aunt j
could never be in any nearer relation |
to them, loved and reverenced ber,
and confided in ber, and yielded rea- !
diiy a most wholesome influence to j
her.
'But since such increased nearness
of connexion has been deemed not
imptoper and even desirable, there
bas grown up in families a percepti?
ble and pain fal constraint ; the chil?
dren learning to look with apprehem
sion on their mother's sisters and the
wives becoming jealous of their in?
fluence with their husbands, while j
familiarities which formerly were
thought to be, and really were, inno- !
cent, have come to possess a con?
sciousness of evil tendency which
itself is of the natnre of sin.
'I know of a wife whose health was
gradually declining, a woman of the !
world, with a husband as worldly as
herself, and in their honse was a
young and attractive sister of hers,
between whom and her hoaband there
had grown up gradually a degree of
affectionate intercourse, which in the
days of the wife's health had been
thought ocly natural. But as her
end drew near, it became on his part
more pointed and drew to it her at?
tention so agonizingly that it became
the one engrossing feeling of her soul
for the last few weeks of her life, ex?
citing in her an undisguised dread of
what she foresaw would, as it did,
take place, and so absorbed her as to
shut out all thought of religion, and
make her miserable to her very death.'
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Swindled by Bunko Men.
A Confiding Ex-Confederate General
Loses Eighteen Hundred Dollars'.
A wealthy ex-Confederate General,
who has been stopping in this city
for the past few days, was on Thurs?
day swindled by bunko men out of one
thousand eight hundred and seventy
dollars. The victim is a roan ot
varied experience, who has traveled
considerably and who considers him?
self well posted on things in general.
About 10 o'clock in the morning he
started for a stroll up town. Ile
walked a considerable distance, when
he grew tired and halted a passing
hack. The driver dropped his fare by
mistake at the corner of Fourteenth
street and Broadway, and the passen?
ger, who desired to go still further,
was about to re-enter the vehicle
when a well dressed, gentlemanly
looking young man approached, and
exclaimed :
'Why, General, I'm delighted to
see you I'
The general looked in amazement
at the young man, but politely ac?
cepted the proffered hand of the
stranger.
.Really,' said the General, 'you
have the advantage of me.'
'Why, you don't know me ? Well,
you know my uncle,' and the young
man named-a prominent banker doing
business in the city from which the
General hailed.
'I know your uncle well,' said the
General.
They then conversed on different
matters.
The young man seemed to be
thoroughly posted about the general's
affairs. Suddenly he happened to
think of some elegant pictures which
he bad purchased while in Paris, and
which certainly must have arrived by
this time. A friend of his around the
corner was to look after them for him,
and if the General would* only trouble
himself by coming a little out of his
way to see them he could acquaint
the young man's uncle of the pur?
chase upon his return South.
The General consented to go with
his newly discovered friend, and was
led into a place about fifty feet off
Broadway. The person they called
on was very sony, but the pictures
had not arrived ; it was owing to the
young gentleman's own negligence,
he said.
'But you need not feel entirely dis?
appointed,' added the genial store?
keeper; 'I have good ne ws for you.'
'How is that?' asked the polite
young man.
'Why, that ticket you bought when
you were here last has drawn a prize
of $500.
The usual game was then played
on the unsuspecting stranger, who
first lost his cash, amounting to two
hundred and seventy dollars, and then
a check for one thousand six hundred
dollars. Even then he had not the
sligbest idea that he was the dupe of
his young friend. As the pair stepped
into the street the young roan cau?
tioned the General not to mention
the circumstance of their lons to bis
uncle. If the affair was made known,
be said, it would ruin his reputation.
The General promised to keep si?
lent and they separated. Several
hours afterward he began to think
the whole matter over, and the more
he thought the more he became con?
vinced that he was the victim of a
party of confidence men. Ile made
the fact known to a friend and was
advised to acquaint the police with
the whole proceedings, This he did,
and Inspector Byrnes sent out a eou
pie of detectives to investigate the
case and capture the swindlers. It is
understood the raen were found and
compelled to disgorge.-New York
Herald.
Thad Stephens' Hair.
John L. Thomas, ex-Congreasman
and now Collector of the Port of Balti?
more, tells ibis good story about the
great commoner of Pennsylvania:
When I was in Co og rea a I used to be a
frequenter of the rocoi of old Thad Ste?
vens. One day, while talking togeth?
er, a visitor entered unexpectedly.
She was a tall, raw-boned woman, with
ox-bow spectacles on the bridge of her
nose, and a bulky green gigham um?
brella She handed Mr. Stevens a
card with the words : 'Abigail Meec
hum, Kennebunkport, Me.' and said:
'Do I have the honor of beholding
the HOD. Thad Stevens, of Pennsyl?
vania V
Somewhat embarrassed, Mr. Stevens
acknowledged his identity and asked
his visitor to bc seated.
'Thank you, no*' was the reply,
'but I wish to say, sir, that in my
quiet home down East I have heard of
your glorious efforts in behalf of the
emancipated slave, of your heroic treat?
ment of the Southern question, and of
undying hostility to the enemies of my
country, and I bare travelled hither,
sir, to ask the privilege of shaking your
haud.'
She fbook it.
'Now, sir, I have one moro favor to
ask. It is a souvenir for this interview
-I wish to take borne with mc if I
may be so bold as to ask it, a lock of
the great commoner's hair.'
Old Thad was for a moment more
embarrassed than I ever flaw him be
fore ; ; lieu be smiled faintly ; he put
hip ti md to bis scalp-lock and, lifting
bis brown wig bodily, laid it upon the
table leaving his pate as bald as a bil?
liard ball 'There is every hair on my
bead, madam ; make your own choice
of a lock.' r ;
Need it be added that the Maine
woman did it?-Washington Repuhjk
ean. ' j f
A Perfidious Lover.
Abandoning a Young Woman at thc
Moment of Her Wedding.
From the Philadelphia Press.
To-day (Monday) the doors of the
Pennsylvania State Lunatic Asylum
will open to admit a young lady
whose intellect has been dethroned
by the perfidity of a recreant bride?
groom. The name of the demented i
girl is Anna Peterson, a member of|
one of the most prominent families of
Harbor Creek, near Erie. Miss Peter?
son is 19 years old, and has been most
liberally endowed by nature with a
handsome form and sweet disposition.
About year ago a young man named
P. Duilea paid her marked attentions,
and in due time she promised to wed
him. Bullea is possessed of con?
siderable property, and the match
I was generally considered a most hap?
py one.
The 17th of March was set for the
wedding day and many friends and
relatives were invited to be present
at the ceremony. The bridegroom
was very zealous in making the prepa?
rations and left nothing undone which
would give eclat to the affair. The
eventful day arrived at last and Anna
Peterson arrayed herself in her bridal
robes. The morning trains brought
many friends, who assembled in the
handsomely decorated Peterson par?
lors aa the hour drew nigh. The
marriage was to be solemnized at
noon. At ten minutes of twelve the
bridegroom had not arrived. The
minister was in waiting to perform
the ceremony and in au upper room
the bride sat among her elegantly
attired bridesmaids. Just before
noon a stranger rang the bell and,
handing the servant a letter addressed ;
to Miss Peterson, hurried away. This
excited considerable suspicion, and
not without forebodings of evil did
Mr. Peterson deliver the missive to
his daughter. She tore it open hur?
riedly, glanced over its contents and
then, with an agonized shriek, fell in
a swoon. The fatal letter was picked
up and read to the guests, lt was a
curt, heartless epistle :
My Dear 3iis$ Peterson : Circum?
stances over which I have no control
compel me to forego the honor of
wedding you to-day. This morning
1 was informed of great necessity for
my presence elsewhere. At some
future time, if all goes well, J may
see you, and then, if our feelings for !
each other are unaltered, our relations
can be considered the same as though
this little hitch in our arrangements
had never happened. Yours truly,
P. DULCEA.
P. S.-I am going to travel.
Restoratives were applied and the
deserted bride regained consciousness
When she came out of the faint she
astonished her friends by quietly re?
adjusting her wreath of orange flow?
ers, and, taking the hands of an aged
neighbor, addressed him by her false
lover's name, and announced herself
ready to repeat the words that should
make her his wife. Then li flashed
en the minds of all those present that
the shock had deprived her of her
reason. They led ber away, like poor
Ophelia, smiling and chatting in an
artless way that was heartrending
to see and hear. The house of rejoic?
ing was changed to one of sorrow.
During the night Miss Peterson was
attacked with violent paroxysms, suc?
ceeded by periods of insensibility.
Her parents are prostrated by the
weight of sorrow. Nothing further
has been heard from Duilea, and the
community is wild with excitement
over ins perfidious action.
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A Bear Hunter's Peril.
Although now over 80 years of agc,
'..Tim" Jacobs, a Seneca Indian living
on the Cattaraugus Reservation, near
this ph.ee, has returned from his annual
encampment in the Pennsylvania wil?
derness, where he has roamed ' very
winter for sixty years hunting bear and
deer. His favorite story is the oue
which gives his experience with a
whole family of bears and a three days'
snow-storm in the wilds of southern
McKeau County twenty-five year? ago.
He had been hunting, with very little
success, for several days wbeu, near
the head waters of Sogar Creek, he
came upon sigus of bear. With pro
! visions sufficient for himself and dog
I for two days, he started for a rocky
ridge. Along the south side of the
ridge a ledge of rocks twenty feet high,
and crowned with a gnarled growth of
dwarf evergreens extended for nearly a
mile. The ledgo was broken into wide
seams in places, and in others shelving
rocks protruded and formed caverns or
cavities that extended back in the ledge
from ten to twenty feet. By the time
thc Indian and his dog reached this
part of the ridge the snow bad fall?
er, to a great depth, and was still fall?
ing heavily. The seams in the ledge !
and the mouths of the caverns were j
here and there almost closed by the
snow. At the mouth of one of these,
however, Jacobs discovered the inevi?
table indication that a bear had sought
refuge within-the presence ot a small
depression io the snow, as if it were
being melted from the under side.
This the Indian knew was caused by
the breath of one or more bears lying
inside with their noses toward the
opening.
Jacobs knew that no bear would
make its appearance oa the outside
until the storm was over, and the snow ?
was so blinding that he concluded it.
would be better to wait until it had I
censed falling before making on attack.
Jacobs sought the summit of the ledgo,
where he made a snug place of shelter
for himself and dog by roofing over j
with hemlock boughs a larg** crevice i
between two hu?re rocks, and closing
up the front of tho opening in the same
way. Late in the night of the second
day the wind commenced blowing a
gate, and continued blowing all night
and the greater part of the next day.
When it ceased Jacobs made up bis
mind that the storm had also ceased,
and that he must loose DO time in find?
ing a way out of bis position, for he
was shut in by the drift t he depth and
extent of which be had no means of
knowing. Fortunately, the position of
.
the rocks around him had confined t
drifting snow to the ioelosure tl
formed, and Jacobs emerged into I
open space beyond after tanneli
about forty feet. The wind had SW?
the snow almost clean from the slope
the ridge and in patches from the fi
of the ledge. Jacobs had a good vi
.of the cave where the bear had tak
shelter, and was preparing to go do*
smoke the game out, and kill it, wh
bc was attracted by the yelping of 1
dog. which had been running abc
after merging from the snow tunnel
Thc indian hurried to the spot a
there discovered a large she bear star
ing on her haunches, defending t
cubs from the dog. She was furic
with rage. Jacobs stepped aroui
from behind a clump of dwarf ced?
in order to get a better sight of t
bear, and in doing so stepped on
! small stone that was bidden under t
snow. The stone turned and the 1
dian fell headlong within ten feet of t
j infuriated bear. His gun fell from I
i hand, and before he could recover itt
1 bear sprang toward him. The be
j paid no aft- ntion to the dog, whi
harassed it from behind, but seemed c
tennined to make an end of the hunt
at once. Jacobs' agility enabled hi
to regain his feet however, before tl
beast was upon bim and at once begs
to retreat, supposing that the be
would remain with her cubs and attat
the dog. With a fierce cry, boweve
and followed by ber cubs, she hasten?
on after Jacobs. Owing to the stee
ness of the ridge, the Indian did n
feel that he could safely engage in
hand-to-hand fight with the bear tber
i so be concluded, if she pressed him,
drop to the bottom of ledge, where,
the bear leaped after him, he would 1
i on good footing, and could bring to h
service tatics that had never yet fail?
to give bim the victory in fights of
\ ?imitar kine.. The bear followed hi
j closely, and as he turned near the ed?
of the ledge to let himself down an
drop, his right foot caught in under
root, and the next instant he was han?
ing head downward over the rock:
The bear leaped to the ground belov
and before the Indian could draw hin
self upward or release his foot be sa
with dismay that the she bear had bee
joined by a huge mate, evidently tl
bear Jacobs bad set his watch fe
The position of thc hunter apparentl
nonplussed the bears for a momeo
for they both stood motionless lookin
up at him. Then suddenly they bot
started toward him. As his hea
hung within easy reach of them, th
Indian saw at OD cc that it would be tor
off in short metre unless he could diset
gage himself. By a great effort h
drew himself upward by pressing bi
hands against the face of the rocki
when suddenly the root broke and h
fell headlong into the snow beneath
His unexpected appearance at their fee
seemed to startle the bears, and the
both retreated several steps. At tbs
moment, also, tb? two cubs appeared a
the top of the ledge, with Jacob's do
fighting them. Their cries were to?
much for their mother to withstand, an
she hurried away to join and protec
them.
By this time thc male had recovera
himself, and made a savage rush fo
Jacobs. The Indian had also now rc
covered his equanimity, and stood will
his long ii un ting-knife drawn, waiting
the attack of Bruin. The bear graspe?
Jacobs with a paw on each shoulder, bn
the next second the knife^was buried t
the hilt in thc brute's heart, and he fel
in the snow and soon died. The bear*
clutch on Jacobs' shoulders, however
was d- ep and severe, for thc indian car
ries tbe scars to this day. The strair
on his leg and ankle, as he hung ove
the ledge, he had not noticed until aftei
the excitement of the fight was over
Then be found that he was unable t<
walk. The she bear had defeated thc
dog, and sought safety for herself and
the cubs in flight. The Indian remain?
ed two days in the dead bear's cave
subsisting on ;ts carcass. Then he
was able to get about. After recover
I ing his gun, he started in pursuit of the
she bear and her cubs, and two days
afterward had all their skins.-Detroit
Free F ress.
A Noble Dog:
A crowd was seen, one day last sum?
mer, gathered near a heap of stones iu
Ceutral Park. N. Y. A number of
policemen stood in front, and on ap?
proaching, thc attraction was seen to
be a drunken mau, lying utterly sense?
less on the stones. Of course bis pres?
ence there was an offence against pub?
lic decorum, and the blue-coated police?
men found it their duty to remove
him.
But though there were spectators and
cmcers iu plenty, the man could not be
removed. He had a friend more re?
spectable than he ; a friend who stuck
closer than a brother, in spite of his
degradation and shame. ? noble
Newfoundland dog stood over the help?
less man, looking down into bis face,
and suffering no one to approach his
unconscious master. He did not like
thc looks of thc policemen, and the
policemen did uot like the looks of the
dog. Twenty feet was about the prop?
er distance the dog had settled upon,
for them, and any man who came near?
er came at his peril Pails of water
were brought and thrown over the
faithful animal, but steadfast amid storm
and gloom, he only drew closer and
closer to his unworthy companion.
'We cannot take the man unless we
shoot the the dog,' said one, 'and he is
too noble an animal to kill.'
'Which is the brute ?' asked a passer,
as at a glance he took in the seen.*.
The dog was at bis best, and doing
his best, with a more thau human
fidelity. The man, at his worst, de?
graded and disgusting, lay helpless,
under tho care of the brute. The
policemen left the man in charge of his
dumb friend.-Exchange.
- . m ? ?
A well-known Presbyterian clergy?
man from one of the lower Delaware 1
counties, somewhat famous as a wit, '1
wa* approached by a Baptist clergyman 1
with thc question : 'Well, brother, we
.*re going to have a new bell for our
church. What sort would you recom
mend?' 'There was a twinkle behind
the Presbyterian parson's glasses, and
he answered promptly : ?By all means, !
Itt it be a diving bell.*-Stamford, N. j
Y. Mirror. \
UHHaaHIHHHi_HaHHBVMBBH,
He Struck Billy Patterson.!
Why George W. Tiller ion's laughter \
Claims a Reward cf$l,000.
The Franklin (N. Y.) Register has '
discovered who struck Billy Patter
Bon. Mr. Patterson, the fathpr of j
Mme. Bonapart, was a wealthy Balti
morcan. Upon one occasion, while ?
Mr. Patterson was in Franklin look- j
i*Ug after his property, a general row
occurred among the boys, in which
he became involved. In the confu- j
sion, indeed, some one struck Mr. !
Patterson a tremendous blow, and !
this so angered him that he walked I
through the crowd, inquiring in sten- ?
torian tones: 'Who struck Billy j
Patterson?' Mr. Patterson was a
large and powerful man, and, under
the circumstances, no one among the
fighters appeared desirous of holding
himself responsible. The inquiry
passed into a by-word and even to this
day the inquiry can be heard : 'Who
struck Billy Patterson V The origi?
nal Billy pursued the inquiry with as- j
tonishing vigor, but without avail, and |
at his death, curiously enough, inserted j
a clausein his will setting apart $1,COO j
to be paid to the person who should j
give to his heirs or executor the name !
of the man w: o struck him. The
fight in which Billy Patterson was
strack occurred in 1783, and it is !
passing strange that just one hundred
years after a claim should be put in
for the reward. And yet a corres?
pondent of the Register says that such
is the case.
A Mrs. Jennie G. Covely, of Athol,
New York, daughter of George W.
Tillerton, has written to the Ordinary
of Franklin County, claiming this
legacy of $1,000. She states that she
is an invalid, aged and infirm, and in
great need of the money. In 1783
her father was a quite young man,
and being in great fear ot Mr. Patter?
son fled the country at once and never
heard of the reward or legacy. She
says she has often heard her father
speak of the fight and the blow he
gave Mr. Patterson and the fierce !
anger of the latter. The thumb of j
Tillerton's hand was disjointed by the j
blow and was so severely injuYeti that
it remained a useless member to the j
day of his death. As the facts she ;
gives correspond so exactly with the j
facts of the case, the correspondent
presumes that Mrs. Covely will re?
ceive the legacy without delay.
And he Was. Glad of It
Almost every night of his life for j
the last twenty-three years a Detroiter
has been aroused from his slumbers
by a poke in the ribs and a voice
whispering: 'John ! John ! do you
hear that V
On such occasions the conversation
has always run in one channel, and
about as follows :
' Whazzer want I'
'Don't you hear that noise V
.No.'
'Listen ! I tell you some one is
raising a window !?'
'Oh! boahV
'For Heaven's sake, John, get np j
or we'll be murdered in our beds ? ? j
hear some one moving around in the
dining-room !'
'Let 'em move !'
'There it is again ! If you don't
get up I will, for Pm all in a chill !'
There was no peace until John got
up and stumbled around the house
with a rusty old revolver in his grip.
Ile never expected it was anything
more than the wind or the frost or the
cat, but almost every night brought a
repetition.
The other night ushered in an en- j
tire change of programme. Just be- i
fore midnight the wife elbowed his ?
spine and whispered :
'Mercy on rae ! but I feel a draught
of cold air I'
'Nonsense!' growled the sleepy
husband.
'And I hear some one walking
around !'
?It's the cat !'
'Get out of bed this minute, or I'll
yell murder and arouse the neighbor?
hood !' ?
John obeyed. Ile felt the cold air \
on his legs as he tramped through ;
the upper hall, and when he was half!
way down stairs a dark figure skipped
ont of the open front door. When he
reached the threshold he saw a man
running across the street, and he |
called out :
'Hello ! there-hold on !'
The man halted.
'Come back here, you burglar ! Come
back and I'll give you the ruu of the
house' I've been waiting for andi
expecting you for over twenty years, ?
and now 1 don't waut to be shook in \
this manner V j
'You go to South America V shout- j '
ed the man. .
'Well, I'll leave the door or n for i :
you, and you can enter and burglar j I
around for a whole hour if you want I
to and I won'* hit a finger I'm glad j '
you got in-powerful glad, and sorry j,
L drove you out before you had loaded ?
np !' I.
Ile left the door open and walked | j
up stairs and jumped into bed, bath
lu's wife threw up a window and whis- j ]
Lied for the f olice and raised such a !,
racket that the neighbors w<is aroused \
It was found that the robber had <
opened the front door with a false ! i
icy, but had been driven away before j ^
fie had time to secure any plunder. !,
.I've just got tired of poking around | (
for burglars when the e are no bur- j,
?lars/ exclaimed thewan a* he waved 1 j
Lhe crowd out of the hall, 'and ii this . <
?hap had only stopped long enough j ?
io fire at me a couple of times hanged j t
fl wouldn't have bought him a new j i
overcoat !*- Detroit Free Press. \
A new rival brass band was hired to j j
May at the funeral of a Connecticut j (
leaooo. They were playing a sbw j (
in? solemn dirge at the grave, when | ?
suddenly the trombone mau shot out a !,
Mast that started thc hearse horses sad j ]
broke up the whola proeession. The . ?
leader, turning opon him fiercely, asked |,
3im what in. the name of all ha places ! <
it once was he doing thai for ? Be aa- '
?wered wita a smile r "Gosh ! I thoogb* j (
it wa? foote, and it was a boa? fly ? bttfct.j
1 played it all tbs samey^gaLgaa?
News and Gossip.
Two-thirds of the 19.500 inhabitant*
of Jaffa go barefoot the year round,
dress like the Philistines of old. and do
not yet kuow the decent use of a pock?
et handkerchief.
In paying out ?700 in wages io his
workmen a manufacturer at Marseilles,
111., privately marked all the bills.
Within two weeks ?3*2 of it was de?
posited in thc local bank by saloon
keepers.
An Ohio pastor had to announce to
his congregation that the marriage cere?
mony announced for that morning was
postponed, as the prospective bride?
groom was iu jail for larceny. Then
be preached a sermon from the text,
.Thou shalt not steal.-Exchange.
Complaints are now made that many
newspapers give too much reading mat?
ter. Or rather too ??rrfact in too
nsany words ; too much verbosity and
fine print ; foe ranch taxing of the eye
to ita atuso?* power of visi to to read
wbn: is printed. People are dismayed
at the amount put before them in the
morning to read. It is predicted that
the oewspaper of 1000 will bc smaller
than that cf to-day, of larger type,
fewer words and more idea and facts
to the line.
The "lame ducks" of the Republican
party, that is, the Senators and mem?
bers of the House, whose terms have
expired, are being tenderly ca?-ed for by
President Arthur. Russel Errett gets
to be pension agent st Pittsburg, a
place of great importance. Paul, a re?
tainer of M ahooc's, is made a United
States judge ia Virginia. Page gets
the San Francisco mint, and Roberson
a foreign mission. The "lame docks,1'
quck, quack, with a great degree of
satisfaction.
George Davis Williams, 35 years of
age, who was committed to the county
jail at White Plains a month ago as a
tramp, aud Kate Levine?s of White
Plains, aged 20 years, who was also
recently committed to the jail for dis?
orderly conduct, fell iu love at first
sight, and agreed to marry on their re?
lease. Hearing this. County Judge S.
D. Gifford granted their discharge, and
Justice of the Sessions John H. Baxter
married them in the presence of a num?
ber of the county officials. Thirty dol?
lars was then collected and presented k>
the happy couple, who shortly after*
ward took a train for New York.
The seven teeth body cremated in the
Washington (Penn ) furnace is that of
Henry Seybert, a wealthy resident of
Philadelphia. Mr. Seybert was born
in 1801, was without relatives, and his
vast estate, amounting to over $1.200,
000, has been left to charitable and
educational institutions. The total
number of bequests is seventy-nine,
amounting to ?1.246,000. the largest of
which is $Iito,0C0 to the University of
Pennsylvania for the endowment of a
chair of mental and moral philosophy,
andtheendowment of a ward of chronic
diseases. In 1876 Mr. Seybert presen t
ed Philadelphia with an elegant clock
and bell, which, which were erected is
the steeple of Independence ball at a cost
of $20,000.
Henceforth a yorong woman in Pat?
terson's mills, Washington county, will
lead a solemn, stately life, free alike
from smile or je*t. A week ago sbe
was happy io the thought of her mar?
riage ; now ber life is dark with regret.
In a thoughtless moment sbe. permitted
aud even encouraged ber younger bro?
ther to play a joke upon her lover.
The young woman and ber lover spent
Sunday night in talking of the future
and wheu the young mao went to
mount his horse he was unmindful of
his surroundings. Within two miu
utc>, however, he discovered that hie
horse bad been exchanged for a wild
and viscious bullock. When the young
man picked himself together with both
hands and crawled out of a fence corner
he found that the yoong woman was
laughing at him She will not laugh
at him again, because be meets ber
only as a stranger. Love may be tram?
pled upon, but it will not be ridiculed.
Cox was sentenced to a month's
imprisonment at Rutland, Vt, for
stiling alcoholic beverages, but had
the alternative of paying a fine in?
stead at any time within twenty-four
hours. Ile refused to pay for his
liberty until he found that, as a prison?
er, he must part with bis beard,
which reached to his waist, and had
been twenty-five years growing. The
Warden said that it was then too late,
and ordered the barber to do his duty.
Cox was held fast and bis face rough?
ly shaved, without using any lather
or first clipping off thc whiskers with
the8cis8or8. Ile caught cold and
nearly died, as a consequence of thia
treatment. He ??ued for damages and
two trials have resulted ;n verdicts
of heavy amounts against the War?
ien ; but each time there was an in?
formality, and a third jury will hear
the case.
Twehty-five earptaila all in a row I
That is they were onee in a row ; but
30w they are gone-hidden in the
stomach of the remorseless terrapin.
And, unlike Jonah, never toc?me forth
igain. Some time lasi sommer the
?arp madness seized opon our ol 1 friend
Lawrence Johnson-you all know him
rel]-and procuring twenty five small
?sh of this fashionable foreign breed, at
iontiderable expense, be niaceA theo?
n a small natural pond, which he pre
riously cleaned out very cai ef ally, re
noviog ali vulgar fr illies and noxious
>ccupants But, aias! e?. :.n : and
:ruel terrapins hld themselves securely
md escaped the Day of Jadgo>e? t. As
?old weather came on, thc voling carp,
is is the habit with ?ur Gierman pets,,
itock their hcaand haVf their bodies
ntothe gentle rottd. i-nd wnr>t into win?
ier quarters. Bu' tb.:r luckless tail?
?tuck out in bold relier. And now came
,he terrapins, sec' ing whom khey might
le voa?. And forthwith tkey nibbled
>ff t^e carps down to their vita) pa; ts.
:\nd w: ea the peach bfeoms brew, the
>arps emerged with half their lovely
tooles ?eee. And although they are>
?till frisky, Lawrence thinks- there is
aot en?ugh of their proportions left tc*
*ncourv:e ike hf^r*Q of predation.,
rherefoie. in constr e^m? e* ^knndin?
aut a pond for carp. b>ve? v* K?\
th? TOflKrsefcft* mn^ml-Mdge?eU