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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1874-5-12, Page 1very Tkurdv../.11.0•:0411).4. TAXI 9V7IC33) pPPOSVrg,Q40Q0PANK ZORN'S ;, $1.50 vor, 4,#uwn, payaide &brietly in advance, ta4011 leSe tbeil SiX MOntlia. in4Tra ADVERTIOING, 'rt INeettieN yer , . .. . .. 4q,044Uhaeciaen,t ineertien Ativertieenionfa of braYint cattle. Wrti(10(1. lost or $9444, 49, "t 0,P00diflfi'. ten lilles-Aret Mouth, kettch subsequent rnontli, se gents, NtAmee of births, Marriages and (teethe inserted rqe, A.dVediSetnents WithOnt specille directin.iswifl bc inSerted till forbid, and eltarged accordingly. Advertisements to be measured by a scale Of ^Solid nenPariel, ElerifftLY AtaRgnamns : 'Vie following rates will be charged for yearly advertisements t- oNE sRalt. 6 AEA. 8 mos One Column. .... . $83 . $23 Half " 126 „ 16 qtiarter " 20 12 ..... 8 k.kighth, ' 12 8 5 Posinass garde, six lines smtl under, $4; fii.X to ton UNA, Set Stages leave Exeter daily for Lucan and London 144, am.; arriving in. Inman at 6 am, ; in Loudon at 9 am. LOOTO Lowion for Exeter at 2 Liman, et 5 paii„., arriving in EXe tor at 7p m. Stages leave Excd.er daily for Clinton at 5 arriving in. Clinton at 10 a.m. Leave Clinton at 230 pm. •, arrive in Exeter, at 5:50 pan. Stages leave Exeter on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays for St. Mary's, aRa t 6 o., arriving In 'tiMe for noon trains going east and west, Leave !itarre SA 2.80 p.m • arrive M Exeter at 6;39 1 1 minas Pi/vain/E._ TUNA f) Z. HYNDMA.N, EXETER, MEM - 1171B College Surgeons, Ontario. County of -Huron, 003.ce hours, 8 to 1c a.m.; 7 to 10P.m. MOORE, M.D., C.M. v. onanuATE of McGill University. Mon- treal-, physician, surgeon, &o. Oftice and residence -Exeter. Ont. Office hours -8 to 10 a.ra.,and 7 to 10 p.m. Stgat. WARDING & HARDING, Barris- -LA. tors, ttorners, Solicitors, Commissioners E.16., &c, OFFICE—HUTTON% BLOCE, Witter Street, St. Mary's. Arm E. HANDING. E. W. HANDING, MESSRS. JONES & McDOUGALL, Barristers, Attorneys -at -law, Solicitors in Chancery, Conveyancers, Commissioners in Q.B., and Notaries Public, St, Mary's, OFFICE-Huttou'e Block, Water St., St. Mary's, Ont. 1-1y. LEON K. CLENCH, BARRISTER and Attorney -at -Law, Solicitor in Chancery and Insolvency and Letters Patent, home and for- eign, Plans and drawings executed, and specifica- tions drawn pursuant to rules of patent offices, on receiving instructions or production of model. OPFIon-Hutton's Block, Queen Street, St. Mary's, Ont. 1-1y. W McDIARMID, B.A., ARRISTER, NOTARY, ONYEYANCER, LUCAN, ONT. TOHN MACDONELL, ISSUER OF J Marriage Licenses, Exeter, Ont. 11 C. BOULTON, Provincial Lund Sm•veyor, C FrrlaST A VI) PrttC4GIST. frOne door south of Mr, J. Renton's. MILIUSIMISCARraMiaZI. uttionteri. FT13.10 W iN, Public A.uctioneer, • anacaeitai. aL,.i promptly attended to. Tories ecasona,,10. Wro Oct. VI, j. SPA;IA N, LICENSED AUC.PLONEER V'er the County of 1.111V0,11. RESIDENCE - ExErr,rt, en .ALES PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO CHARGES MOI)EIlA_TE. C te15. ..JJ.. LEAF HOTEL, LIMER- - IC& This hotel has been lately built and furnished by the subscriber and affords every mo- dern comfort for the traveling anc6 farming public. First-class liquors at the bar. An attentive host- ler and good. stabling. M. NEVILLE, Proprietor. Wagon and Carriage Making, Blacksmith - Mg, &c., in connexion. First-class work at moder- ate prices. Call early and often. 14-1y. UEEN'S HOLD.,L, LUCAN. W. BOWEY, Proprietor. This first-class hotel has lately changed. hands (from W. E. Wilkins to W. Bowey), and is fitted with new furniture throughout. Free 'bus to and from the station Office for the new lino of 'busses to London, The bar is repletewith the choicest liquors and frag- rant Htvaints. Four commercial sample room. Good stabling and attentive hostlers. 32-1,y EVERE HOUSE, LUOAN, A. LEVTTT, Proprietor. This Hotel has lately changed hands, anomie present 1 roprietor feels satisfted in saying he can givethe best of accom- modation to man and beast. Choice Liquors and fargment Cigars at the bar. Attoutive hostler employed. 27 -Om TILIMVILLE HOTEL, W. MOF - FAT, Proprietor. Every attention paid to the travelling public.Good stabling and attentive Bestbrands of liquors and cigars to be "he bar. 0,ENITZAL HOTEL, LU CAN, ROBT. aroralaw, proprietor. 'bus ru ns in con- nexion with tue hotel to and from all trains. The choicest liquonand cigars kept constantly at the bar; also samplt rooms for Commercial Travel-. /erg. Good stablint and attentive hostlers. 14-ly ROYAL HOTEL; LUCAN. j. W. CA_RROL, proprietor. The best attention paid to the traVelling public. First-class liquors and cigar.: at the bar. Good stabling and attent- ive hostlers. Cha gee modem e, 14-1y Shwa. Livery and Sale Stables, (In connection with the Central Hotel), VTER o'rikto, 05.4 110ESES AND COMFORT- ABLrE vehicles always On hand. Favorable arrangements made With commercial travelers. All orders le,ft at Bisdett's Tinshop Will be promptly attended. to. R. & T. BISSETT, Prop. utetor, Sep*. 4.1875. EXETER LIViR7. ...sTABL4s ermadetteti with. bre 'S Hotel), E. Chiti Prop. itcy140§ &ha firet-elitaa eofiVeyaneeN etWityi Ori hand, commetafg tigs on it rsciattattmelitil, ititc6f,sept,4 IS Oriultiate Of T nary , OVIV. htla ellP . - &Millet's, ,uCelle,get • , a64,t ''•%.'al on and,' -.0 i 5 b`i:', 1)l'Ild tOt-6 Ottiei etatrilt+tk ' '".1' ' Vatoltifity '40(004 ' r 6 t1ioI ineiis, " 4 kttOtt . . • v :•.(),L • :11 vaitoPYOJ Jen oAlitINF,W04Eiv Sr nuoVIMI, How ikear to my heart is the Lodge of Free- maeens, Where oft I have met with these brethren so dear, Ind -where 1 have witnessed, withpleasina Bonsa- tione, The emblems a:ad, badges that there do ap- pear ; The epron m lambskin, the tools hi their order, Thy numeroas jewels, the furniture toe, The 111aeonie pavement, with treeselate border, And won the groat light that is always in view— The great Holy Bible, the Lodge -honored I3ible, The soul cheering Bible that's always in View. That sacred retreat 1 do hail as a xnewaire • For often l've met, and when there' with the craft, Have frequently sipped from the Cup of true pleasure, And taken from thence a most beautiful draught. How kimdly the craftsman receive a new bro- ther „(Provided he's worthy the honor that's due) And quickly he's brought from one place to an- other, And sees the great light that is always in view— The great Holy Bible, the Lodge -honored Bible, The soul -cheering Bible that's always in view. How grand and sublime is the reglar employ- ment Pursued by the craftsmen, when in Lodge they do stand; Not wealth, or the hope of an earthly enjoyment, Could tempt me to leave that time-honored band. And though by mischance I may leave friends now near me, And 'mong total strangers my labors pursue, Yet, there I'll be happy, and these thoughts shall cheer me, The thoughts of the light that's always in view The great Holy Bible, the time-houored Bible, The soul -cheering Bible that's always in view. 72===ruscarramzetsmcem A WESTERN DETECTIVE'S STRA- TAGEM. The Central Pacific had been com- pleted, and now an iron railway echoed to the tread of that mighty monster, the locomotive, as it plunged madly across the prairie but lately almost a wilderness. The telegraph had been put up, and with the Atlantic cable, we had, indeed, a girdle around the world. In short, the two great forerunners of civilization had penetrated our bound- less western plains, had crossed those majestic hills of the Pacific coast, and carried their blessings to that far off State, old California. " Message for Captain Kyle, charges paid," cried an urchin, slapping a tele- graphic despatch down on my desk, and hurrying out of the door. I took up the yellow envelope, broke it open, and read the following :— San Francisco. 10th, ISO-. To Col. Tom Kyle, Broadway, N. Y. Come on here immediately. Trouble with gang of robbers called Swinney's band. Raising " Old Harry" herea- bouts. Seven hundred. dollars for you when done. l3rrz DAVIS, Dep. Supt. I. A. Davis was Deputy Superintendent of the International Associa,tion for the West. I prepared to start at once. By noon I was ready for the journey, and fairly under way. On the train I inet a gentlemen just from San Francisco, who told me about the Swinney gang and their opo rations. Their band numbered about seventy-five members, and were operat- ing all over the more thinly settled por- tions of the State. Just before he, Mr. Boyd, left there the gang had stopped a train and robbed the passengers, and took four soldiers out and killed them for threatening to bring the military down on them. They were all desner- ate men—bla,cklegZ of the worst char- ter, and no train or traveller was safe while the band existed. At the first place where we stopped for dinner, I telegraphed to different officers of the Internationals to meet me with forces of our men at Cincinnati, where I would wait oue day for them. I also directed to have arms, ammuni- tion, and disguises, so as to work more 'effectively. I reached Cincinnati all right, and before the oppointed time expired hal thirty men ready to accompany me: We had all obtained free passes, as the officers of the road were very anxious to extinguish the villains who had stop- ped their train; and they had further promised to add a thousand dollars to the amount already offered. for the cap- ture or death of Swinney's gang. Here, too, I received 0, second despa:ch from Bill Davis, informing inc that a bank had just been broken into by the tal- ons, and its stockholders had put 012 a reward of twenty-five hundred, dead or alive, for their capture. We took the first train, every man disguised, and his weapons concealed. The whistle shrieked,' the iron horse began to puff and hiss slowly as first the wheels revolved, then faster and faster, until we were flying on our way, On, on, on; the sunlight faded, night threw her cable. mantle over field, forest, and town, Still onward toward tlx blue Pa, cific did we tear over the iron rails. 'We were not far from the section of the country which the gang' infested, We had stopped to wood, water, and switeh off fit a coming train. Afreight train stood on. side traelt, also witit lug to be pffiesed, before eontirming on its way, I Went into the deeet, and conversed with the ticket agent. While there a despatch arriVed which inter, eeted the not a little. It ran its ,16ws Switney's gang have run the bad. ern bona train off the track nine miles, ltoin here, and taken all the, passengers, prisoners', They intim leaned that Col, the detective, is coining west ein the nett train, and ttre intending to kin httm, Watn' the passengots oft tho ttain that ft will)* stopped, We got 4tih eflpott hetil Ile conductor of --wd bound iratik who •htta jnst arrived, out of breath, having slip- reaped a rieh harvest a death, and the pea away and come afoot all the way robber ehief Wflii$ Among those en.kflown. Imre. SPIATs." 00easional atteMpts were made to ru,511 It was i weuty-six, mileto the place from *Well the despateh dat- ed. I hail a plan of action at onee. The passengers were all ordered to got off the braid?, and wait in the depot till we returned. Many were armed, and to those I eomintuncated my inten- tions. When I disclosed my narne, and they found 1 liad a force of inter- nationals along with me, the fear and consternation previously existing par- tially subsided, though all Wft8 excite - Ment bad the passenger train pulled on t6 the main track. ' Next, two freight cars 'were eoupled on each end, and the mail and. baggage coaches- taken, Lastly, I had the freight engine PHI; ote behind the train, making two locomo- tives to pull us. The boxes were occu- pied in the ordinary way ; but in addi- tion to this, each car was also chained to its fellow, so that if the pins should be withdrawn, the fastenings of the train would still be complete. Now, every light in the cars was extinguish- ed, and the doors left ajar, for the fas- tenings consisted of spring locks, and if closed no one could get either out or in. The conductor alone knew how to set these locks, so that they would not spring into position. My boys swarmed to the top of the train, leaving the freight boxes and pas- senger coaches empty. Once in posi- tion each man laid flat on the roof, with pistols and rifles bandy. These later weapons we had procured in the village belore starting., through the agent of the railroad company at that place, together with plenty of powder and balls. Thus strangely did we start out— Cook, the driver of the engine in front of our train, was concealed in the ten- der, under the wood, and Settle. the engineer of the loconaotive in our rear, was to pat us through. In selecting the fia ight cars, 1 had been careful to take only such ones as were without ladders, so that no one from below could climb on top of them, unless he did so from the railing of the passsen- ger coaches, or from the engines. On we went, one of my own men standing up on the train, and looking out ahead to signal when to stop. It was an intensely dark night, no lights being visible, except the head -lights of the two locomotives, for in both cabs had the lanterns been extinguished. We could at last faintly see lights far down the road; then all was dark- ness. Evidently the robbers had pat them out, to prevent our taking the alarm, and going back. Still we dash- ed on, until we thought we were pretty near the dangerous ground, then the locomotive began to puff more rapidly; we were sent over the road at a terrible 'ate, and the engine in our rear couli have been seen leaving us. This was the plan. Settle's fireman had uncou- pled the train and locomotive, and now, that huge machine was tearing along the road on the beck trip. We glided along a good way, then came to a perfect standstill. We had stopped, and all was silence on that vast prairie. Suddenly there rose a yell of demoniac harshness, and tbe train was surrounded. Two meo m3unted the cab. They found it emp- ty. " Cook has sloped," cried one. " He smelt a mice and cut out. So much We better, for we can now take a hand in the game which will be played in the cars." "But why are all the lights out ?" said the other, as the two had left the engine. "Let's go and see, as we are not needed here, there beineno engi- neer to guard." " What do you suppose that engine meant that just went up the road? It mnst be that. they had one behind, and that went off and left them." " Kyle! bring out Kyle 1" "Kill the d meddling detec- tive !" " Out his heart out !" These and other cries were heard as the band swarmed into the oars; now came Phouts of enquiry: "What are alt the lights out for ?" " Strike a match and see what's up." " There ain't any matches in the crowd." " Better keep out of those cars, then." " So I say, some of us may get shot," Here an authoritative voice was heard, causing the babel of tongues to cease. "Are you a pack of cowards or nob? Into these cars with you, and drag out everyone thee. I'll head you as you t' are afraid to a6by-yoprselves. When we get them alt out we'li build a fire to see their faces. If Kyle's 1`.i:nrid we'll kill him, and give the papers 'an item. Come on," It was Swinney himself who hal been speaking, and immediately the gang commenced work. All but four fellows went into the coaches and be- gan to feel about in the darkness for the passengers. The four who remain- ed mitzle had started to get wood, in- tending to build it fire with lights from the locomotive. At this juncture some of the then de- ptited for the, purpose sprang lightly from the tops of the cars onto the plat- forms, and slid- all the doors.' Then as quickly, they clambered back to their plades, the signal for Cook VAS given, [mil we were immediately under way, go- ing at therate offorty miles an hour, on fife back trip, The fourrnen Who were hunting fuel, whet we began to 1110Ve tipeit)iid dashing towards the engine, but fotir rifle halls pierced their bodies. and they fell to rise no more, Soon a car door wasda,Shed,oPen, and the rob - ben began to rush onto the platform, Shot after shot sounded bent thetitr end thiqe dead lay i1it ori tbe Owe where. they lad to lately :Stood, This had the 0666 of causing them to leo inside the' coach, and thottah 'they tred 6666,siona1 shots at nay We foninitied utthtirf home they e Act itot,Seet1 8,84 Shot by guess, ' Anotherdoor,went down and media withering volley was poured into them,' 13aek lot your lives t" yelled A. it* fitted OM 0,8winney,fattlet, and we, areLin trap," ' • Thawas .004 tom, baltS latd V I upon the platforms, andonee fellew J seeceedea in 'turning the brabes Onee raandi but lietttil theCertain, p0',, tion of ail those daring ones, and the, rest held back, One poor devil crawled out of a window in a dosperate attoinPt to get away, but he was knookod in the head with the 1)310 of it rifle by to '61 my men, andfell lifeless to the groundi 'We reached our destination all right and stopped at the depot,. My men re.' tallied their posltion. rsi gond o' 3Q Irc,0 AfitrO! 1.1vaa' ag tworitY thirtY' i91 0W Ettgland5 t tace of .r Ainericanhein, and. who, .having he: , ..tWo• winters' .cotiree''of dirtriet soli,00l ciphering •and reading,' ,beeaint" the ;,indeftitigable aed in, ,goUioita noir, 14: wite •'they Oonla tntzke 411 4-yoio to an on' raioy ilays;- by. 0433 Maninillation, they V,Oeld'"relieve.',4, *king ee*, ita •:leftly hive eWftrtn pf bees. Their merit," I cried Out, when all ‘N ,still; .4en Was. a ,Miracle Of guidance.' They <i Now if you °wises, will listen it 100,1:1'64;J°' trt%1116Otf c'afdttiegtelaari,ii will lot you know just how we stand,' May havcH, carried .ft • 'bit ,of.Qavoodish your tate leader, ,aseertiuned seniett ost in their 'v4000 poelccts,.; they , that r was eolnin'' oPt ,rfsaay (la Wit, 'WhatO larlotiOn0 look, after ins band; an laid a plot to nit as taro" workers they had rare ap- murder me. •learned what that titude ; no tool seemed amiss to them; scheme was, and instead of being caught they cradled, they churned, if need myself, I have rather come the 'Abelian- were; they chopped and piled their egan over you. Thirty of my tried and three cords of wood between sun and trusty detectives are on top of these sun,. *With bare feet and keen -whetted cars with me, besides ten of the em. Blanchard, they laid such ()lean and ployees of the railroad. They are all broad s writhes throngh the fields of dowy Watching every avenue of exit from the bord-grass, as made "old country -men" train, and the first man of you who stare.ft, By a kind of intuition, they tries to come out without my leave, knew the locality of every tree and every 'goes under.' I cover every opening of medicinal herb that grew in the woods, egress from the cars, and we are old and Rarest of all which they possessed Ilractised marksmen. About two hun- ‘vas an acuteness of understanding, dred men he in ambush around us, which enabled them to comprehend any ready to mow you down like grass, ;.f order before it was half uttered, and to necessary. Therefore, if you value your meet occasionally any unforseen diffi- lives, do just what I order." culties with a steady assurance, as if At this moment blue fires began te they had seen an accepted part of the blaze all around us, kindled by the peo- problem. It was possible to send such pte of the town, and everything was as a man into a wood with his team, to light as day. select a stick of timber, of chestnut or I now ordered the robbers to file out, oak, that should measure a given one at a time. As each man reached amount; he could be trusted to find the platform he was compelled to walk such—to cut it, to score it, to load it ; into the depot under cover of' four ri• if the gearing broke, he could be trust- fles. Inside of the building my friends to mend it ; if the tree lodged, he eould received them and tied them with ropes. be trusted to devise some artifice for bringing it down; and filially for its Thus all were secured, each car being empticd separately. When this was sure and prompt delivery at the point indicated. over, lights were brought and we sear- ched the coach for skulkers. Four on- Your frishman, on the other hand, ly were found. We had cleared the balks at the first turn; he must have a train. multitude of chains ; he needs a boy to All had been secured, and Swinney's aid him with the team, and another to gang existed only in history. It was a carry a bar; he spends an hour in his thing of the past. The dead were doubtful estimate of dimensions ; but brought into the freight room and laid " begorra, it's a lumpish tree," and he side by side. There were fourteen in thwacks into the rind a foot or two all the train, among them Swinney, the from the ground, so as to leave a "nate" much -dreaded far-famed outlaw. In Irish stump. Half through the pole, the face of thet corpse what was it that he begins to doubt if it be indeed a reminded me of tin past, ? I thought. chest, int or a poplar ; and casting his for a moment, then it became clear to eyes aloft to measure it anew, an an - me. Swinney was the same fellow who cient woodpecker drops something Ltd baffled me in Boston harbor, just smarting in his ea e, and his howl starts after my promotion in the squad. the ruminating team into a confused en - He had returned to this country after tanglement among the young wood. the war, and gone to California. Thus Having eased his pain, and extracted ended the career of it criminal who had his cattie, be pushes on with his ax, begun his life of crime 12y successfully awl Tresetitly .with It arach of defeating the int ntions of justice. pliant boughs, his timber is lodged in My adventure was at last over, and the top of an adjoining tree. He tugs the West freed from its reign of terror. and strains, and swears, and splits the I returned to New York accordingrly, helve of his ax in adapting it for a lever ond devoted myself' to the cases I had and presently, near to noon, comes left unfulfilled when I began this one. back for three or four to give him a hoist with the tree. You return—to find the team strayed through a gate left open, into a cornfield, and one of your pet tulip trees lodged in a young hickory. " Och and it's a toolip—it is! and I was thinkin' twas niver it chest- nut; begorra, it's lucky, thin, it didn't come down entirely." These, and other Rich, replace the New Englander born, who long ago was paid. off, wrapped his savings in a dingy piece of sheep -skin, scratched his head reflectingly, and disappeared from the stage.—My Farm of Edgewood. Harnum7s Roman Hippodrome. New York Times, April 28th. Mr. Barnum's Great Roman Hippo- drome was opened last night, and. was crowded by a truly Metropolitan audi- ence of vast numbers. Every entrance to the building on Madison and Fourth avenues and Tw nty-seventh street was rendered unapproachable by those per- sons who had not had the good fortune to arrive before 7:30 o'clock ; all who had to purchase tickets managed, how- ever, with few exceptions, to effect an entrance in time for the first feature of the entertainment, " The Great Con- gress of Nations," respecting European and Eastern countries. But the holl- ers of admissions bought in advance were obliged to invoke the aid of the bought three hens on Saturday night, and put them under a box until he could police to reach the building before 8 o'clock. This couln only be done build a coop. Sunday morning he saw through the Fourth avenue doorway. one of them in the street, and bestow- ing a brief curse on the somebody who Promptly at 8 o'clock the show began, the display of the pageantry above had overturned the box and jeopardized named, occupying more than an hour. his property, he started out after it to Each addition thereto and change divert it into the yard. It took fif- therein elicited hearty applause. But teen minutes to convince him that the the features of this highly entertaining hencould not be driven into the yard programme which appeared to afford and then he attempted to catch it. most gratification to the spectators Three times he rose up with his hands were the flat race by six ladies on Eng. full of feathers, and his chin full of sand lish thoroughbreds; Roman chariot but still the hen eluded him. Once he race between three ladies driving two got it cornered, and, thought sure he horses each; exciting scene of las- had it, but it flew straight up over his sooing Texan cattle, in which a Coman- head, and flapped its wings in his face, and filled his eyes with dust. Oh, how ole Chief and. three Mexicans partici- mad Mr. Gobleigh was It was Sun- horsespated; a flat race between six English day morning. The bells were ringing, ridden by six English jockeys, people were starting to church, and and a hurdle race between six ladies on there ha was in the streot, with no coat fast horses. There was such an air of or hat on, and with nothing but slip - reality about these contests, into which pers on his feet, and every once in a the riders entered with great spirit, that while one of them would come off and the audience soon shared the excite - fly through the air, Bald his naked foot ment, and rising to their feet toward would come in contact 4ith the cruel the close of each race, shouted and act - gravel before he could stop himself. ad. as people do on the grand stands and Then he would have to hop back on quarter stretches of Monmouth and one foot after that slipper, while the hen Jennie 'Yorks at the Spring and Fall stood on the walk and °located, and the meetings, ' contestants, though little Sunday school children laughed, trained and experfeii'mgrriorme,rs, ran and their parents roproved them , and considerable risk, espetalli m the, imigbea too. Finally the hen get away chariot and hurdle races, on ac0941,1t the restive dispositions of their st4 from him and started down the street corapetion, succeeded in saving a tremendons t wonderful speed for a hen, and hd Indeed, it was only by tatted after, his &CO redder then ever, Miss Mattie Lewis, the two horse sAid every time he cleared a rod he effort and the exereise of great skill that, herself from injury by the overthrow cif her vehicle ; in the bindle race Miss Casteveroawastossed'violettly from the bay mare she rode, and was unable to hake part in any of the after sports of the evening. The lamming of Texan cattle Wits it very savage scene, but, al- though it was an exhibition of genuine skill, and had it§ admirers, it seethed to be distasteful to it portion of the asseth- blage becaoss of the rough map of the PM' stets t110 1111114.8 of a l'a?iditeOf Who rode down on one now and then, 8erzer1 it by the tail, and itexteroasly rolled it °vet and over on the ground, A etv Tpitif,o participated hi by alt tho -riders and a pack of hounds, concluded. the evening's itiiillgehletit81 Whiell pro. deeded with. marvellous sinoothness for a first night; ' Good .Ruft. Aix tislitrati bhgagod 18 fighting A duel iiisistedr as he was near,sighted, that he slietild 'Statia aik toot tiotttot his fintagonist than his antagonist dia O itti* onld stop and hop b,,,ck too, after one 11 those slippers. When he reached Cle corner of Essex street he :jumped ut of both slippera at °nee, but inatead Offrolft Pueging, If was cliallenged to rise at dity` light, ricle ont into the country, take any position at ten paces and'kill my rutin shouldn't waver n,Iiesitate a bit. Of Nurse, being 4 of peace- ful disposition, and always willing to abide hy the law, I slioeldn't want to without,cl)ltt If a Alan sent me a chatlenge througli it mail, I slionla carefully Seal„ it up again, write "dleinoved" on the env°, .,107pe, and send it back. Tiiia•• WOO1 tune to ponder ovor'„theLmati„..-, Who pqiieted, and aeut 'ithack fiiond, '1 should Say that WaSie.t the: inanthitt it W}ti.' UV' 0118111 ho wanted to see. This would give hun still further time to ponder over the matter, But, if be sent ,it the third time, .1 should accept, and should go and state to his friends how I had kil- led fourteen men in Alabama, three in Texas, five in Nevada, and it dozen in other Sates—each one falling in it duel he had provoked. If this didn't put it step to proceed- ings, I'd agree to go out and revolver the fellow, on any morning he might name. I wouldn't go on the morning agreed, preferring to give him it little longer to ponder, but if he pressed ine five or six times more, and was deter- mine'. to fight me, I'd be on hand to the minute, and as he came upon the ground I would remark :— "Mr. Jinx, I have incidentally learn- ed that you are the sole support of an aged mother. I don't care particularly about killing you, and if you'll apolo- gize I'll call it square." If he didn't apologize, but insisted that the duel should go on, I'd wait un- til the seconds had measured off the ground, and then I'd give the rash young man one more chance for his life. I'd say: "Mr. Jinx. I understand that you are the sole support of an aged family, and that you are engaged to be mar- ried. Under these circumstances, and after much persuasion on the part of your friends, I have concluded, in case you apologize, to let you off this time." If he demanded that the revolvers should be loaded, and the ground mea- sured, rashly rushing headlong towards his death, I would make up my mind to hill him and be done with it. Then as the vision of his aged family rose up before my eyes, I would repent and give him a last chance. 1 woual say: " Mr. Jinx, you are standing on the brink of your grave. You will make the fortieth man I have shot in affairs of this kind. Owing to your, extreme youth, your rashness, and the pressing demands of your friends, I have con- cluded to let you off with an apology, but it must be an ample one." If he refused to apologize, I would take my position, remove my boots, hat, and coat, and prepare to kill him at the word. I would feel at first as if nothing could move me fror- my pur- pose, but as I remembered his poor old mother, and seemed to hear her wails of grief, I would falter and break clown, and offer him one more chance. If he refused to accept it, madly iushing to his fate, I should go over to the farm- house half a mile away, to see what time it was, and probably allow the wo- man to prevail upon me not to shoot Jinx, but give him a little time to pon- der, repent and apologize. ° f t t a 0 a opping o go ac t piece Up a g tiek and W611t Then as the bon otigeti into a gateway he hurled the o tick and broke the leg of a strange dog hien added its piereing to the e ntertainment, But Cobleigh didn't O op. HO tOTO into tho yard after his reperty in his bare feet, and ohrtsed Iso ho8 hito a woodpile and eatight hst the owner of the premises came tit mid Wanted telcinivt what edbleigh al doing, was going to do with his 01'4 and what he Meal% atlyWity, by Wing drunk and kicking an stich it ullabaltio in a peacefal neigilborhood5 obleigh first thought be would knock he man attVifil With an atte and what eeotild not eat of him bury' under tt arnj ib now de eV SUedee e Sto teltra, and litriped bit& Where 'e_fotina the tilt 60 Iloilo tinaor boxv roving to Coeleigh that the hon Was' iSt ition the mistral& man tintst t riii4A0Pit MObei ARKANSAS. THE BROOKS -BAXTER WAR—CONCILIATORY MEASURES. Washingtsn, May 11.—The follow- ing telegrams were sent from here to - dap: "Washington, May 11.—To the Hon. Joseph Brooks, Little Rock, Ar- kansas.—I have saggested to Mr. Bax- ter that the General Assembly, now in Little Rock adjourn for a seasonable time, say ten days, to give you an op- portunity to call in those members who may not respond to his call, so that there may be a full legislature. The United States will give all necessary protection to the Legislature in meet- ing, and transacting its business as usual at the State House, and prevent as far as practicable, all violence and disturbance of the public peace. I urgently request that the military of both parties be at once disbanded, is the first step towards a peaceable aettlement. (Sinned), U. S. GRANT. " To the Hon. Elijah Baxter, Little Rock, Arkansas.—I recommend that the members of the General Assembly, now at Little Rock, adjourn for a rea- sonable time time, say for ten days to enable Brooks to call to the body 'his siippoaed adherents soliat there may be a ftill Legislature. Any hasty act- ion by a part of the Assembly will not be satisfactory to the people. Brooks' friends here agree that if this course is pursued no opposition will be made to the 'fleeting of Assembly in the State House as usual, arid that he will at once dismiss his forces if you will do the same. I trgently request that all armed forces on both sides he disband- ed, so that the General Assembly may act free'frotn any military pressure or influence: The United State a forces will give all necessary protection to the Legislature, and prevent, as far as plmetiCahle) all violente and disturbanoe of the public, Answer, ' (Signed); Gamer. Lime roar Pero*. ^-enie rersens seem, to have the iin. pressiou that hens need no other food but eon' soineof its forms, 13ut we ought inat to forget that "food" means the material for evei'ything that conies ()At of the, system, and that if any par- tionlar Mee 4t1C.08 up any special branch of manufaetnra, they must '401,Vo th saw . Material. All animals consume' vaoro or less of,lime; it is one a tbk,, ,nriticipab eleinente ,eutering into the OtuP.9,sition ofthe„benes, but the hen eds44'elit01,441)PlY. The' deme.4iiiited hen also needs More than 'Wild Stook of any sort, since she is 'stimulated to a,' greater, Produc- tion °f oonseenenee, unist give her More than is contained in the various grains. The most usefol forms in which to give lime are pounded shells, pulverized mortar and crushed bone. One of the whole, we prefer the former. Its pre- paration makes a good stint for the boys. We object to bone meal if not perfectly sweet, but a good, sound arti- cle is a first-rate thing for this use. Feed lime most abundantly at the time when hens are laying most free- ly, and anticipate, if possible, by begin- ing early in the season, lest your fowls eat a shelless egg and acquire bad ha- bits. The Jugglers of Siam -04 449 WIW 4# 2:114):301,01:11:fr fiP1 paii9;: :0; xlletf.CTA'1: js °I6:Y 8 IX)itqA4.)) fCR' OP() NITIAP, , is. 'a Slap OesAgi)4tecl: " sloe - In,,;(j',0,81.16'alWity$ 10801)8 1.4, 041,11, t113 et the. irapers eity they se erptiael„.. inflation anti' yet they 04e goriataqtly and no eoiw1' aSeigned, Ciery, oTio 1.zttetic491,4t aAat rtipe was the cause.. A lady asked. It veteran tvItieli rifle gqrried the niaxiiinim '7C4 44. ohikp anti'sverocl, 1103 fill.A)ird, ' go to 1114170pe.," , 1*'" what became of men Who deceive their Sunclay-mehool scholar being aelgeil h 1 Q (I t( fellow -met), promptly excUiro04, ,9210Y „ if it was t3easiekness that made theiiidfl it, • ' ' A country boy, havingheard of sail- ors e ving-np t wan -V ) tuotv . "Rind words ere 'wendqfiryi*their ewlaiiy41'esnaYg900,41te`xbeOhoat•-741i'' 4 *1;1'1 'powerful iuthiso9u4,0, A lady aSked Mr. Johnson if be liked children, "Don't know, ma'am," an- swered that crabbed old gentleman; never tried 'eni ; am not an ogre." " so thirst !" said a boy at work in a corn -field. " Well, work away," said his industrions father. " You know the prophets say: Hoe, every one that thirsteth.' " Taking care of a baby and sewing buttons on it wife's shoes were adduced, in a trial the other day, as evidence tending to show a husband's affection for a wife whom he subsequently shot. In Truckee, Nevada, the other day a gioup of five able-bodied individuals were conversing about fire -arms. One offered to wager the drinks thLt there A letter writer in Siam who was al- were not three revolvers in the crowd. lowed to witness thu tricks of "The The bet was taken, aud the result was Second Troop of Jugglers" attached to six revolvers, three derringers, and a a pagoda, thus describes what he saw : horse pistol. The place m which the ceremonies were An arden lover, pouring out his pas - held was a square vant, so lofty that I sionate devotion in verses, spoke of . could not see the ceiling, and I should that night when, waiking with his say not less than a hundred paces long sweetheart, he " kissed her under the and wide. All around the sides rcse silent stars." In print he was made to gigantic columns, carved into images of say that he "kicked her under the eel- Boodha always, yet with a thousaad lar stairs." variations from the central plan, a thousand grotesqueries, through which shone, the more effectively for the de- pa,rtures, the eternal calm, the stagnant imperturbed ecstasy of apathy of Bood- ha's remarkable face, with the great pendant ears, and the eyes looking out beyond you into the supreme wistful- ness of Niebv,h—a face that once seen can never be fcrgotten. By degrees I came to see the plan of this evidently subterranean vault, and to look with wonder upon the simple grandeur of its massive architecture, which was severely plain, except so far as the carrying of the carrying of the great columns went, At the farthest end of the hall, resting against the columns, was a raised adios platform, covered with red cloth. This stage was raised between three and four feet of the vault, and was about.thirty-five=, forty -feet deep, and one -hundred and fifty feet broad. Behiud it a curtain of red cloth hung down from the capitals of the towering columns. In front of the stage, just about the pulpit of the orchestra in a Greek theater would be, was a tripod -shaped altar, with a blood censer upon it, in which was burning a scented oil, mixed with gums and aro- matic woods, that diffused through the whole vault a pungent, sacramental odor. Suddenly there was a wild and start- ling crash of barbaric music from un- der the stage—gongs, drums, cymbals, and chorus—and with wonderful alert- ness and a really indescribable effect a band of naked men came out from be- hind curtains, bearing each a scented torch in his hand, climbed the columns with the agility of monkeys, and lighted erch a hundred lamps strung from the base alinost of the eLlumns sheer up to the apex of the vault, which, I could now see, rose in it lofty dome, that. pierced far up into the interior of the pagoda proper, the appearance of which outside I have described. The illumination from there multitudinous lamps was very bright and brilliant, too soft to be dazzling or overpowering, yet so penetrating and pervasive that one missed nothing of the perfect light of the day. I could distinctly trace the ascending and diminishing rings of the cupola above us, and the rows of brick• work only thinly whitewashed, that supported it. The din of the horrible orchestra in- creased and the band of old women came out from under the stage singing (or rather shrieking out) the most dia- bolical chant that I ever heard. The red curtain fluttered a little, there was it dull thud, and there, right before us, alongside the censer, stood a very old man, but, wrinkled, with long hair and beard as white as cotton fleece. His finger nails were several in3hes long, and his sunken jaws were horribly di- versified with two long teeth, yellow and ogreish. He was naked, except for it breech -cloth, and bis shrunken muscles shone with oil. He took the censer in his hand and blew his breath into it until the flame rose twenty feet high, red and furious; then with a sudden jerking motion, he tossed the burning oil toward the crowd of squatting spec- tators. It shot toward them it broad sheet of terrible flame—it descended upon them a shower of roses and ja- ponicas, more than could have been gathered in a cart. Turning the censer bottom upward, he spun it for anainute upon the point of his long thumb nail, then flung it disdainfully toward the audience. It struek the pavement with a metallic elang, boonced and rose with sudden expanse of wings, it shrieking eagle, frightened horribly, seeking flight towards the summit of the' dome. The old man gaged a moment upward, then, etiaing the tripod upon Which the eon, sot, 1,4 steed, be Sent its legs apart With ft 1101/011S straightened them against his.' knee; and hiirled them dart. like toward the ettglow they ghtneed upward With it gilded flash and instant- ly the eagle came flattering tietV11 tct ftic paVenietit our midst, dead., ma three liOrrible Cobras Coiled abed illim and lifting their hooked had defiantly, arid iladiing anger out or 'their glitter.: nig eyes, Theimuile shrieked still wilder,. tile States. 6.011eit ittla ' plitheit alba, 1161t#a together in a thymatie lifting the dead eagle upon their heads and' peak t right th thidat stood did *84 again, with its Aida, ins dame' and ilidenSe,IitVered tittle Bock, Nay 11.—In the shir- tnisli morning qtute a number are reported killed and weeinded tiro:Ate side, While Baxtera admits that he, lied only One man wotilided, BaXter'S forces didn't that at the ttme of the itt- terferonce of the United States: troops they had IIrootts' forces surtorindetlf and woald have eaptared the whole party, Itingstori merchant and his assi, gtioo are lieVing lively time about the stoek, k pigot has boon liSed and tWe ati'614 tg. made, Nte, 'wirtyrittrg new position i'aio in, (info:irate 6, sysittn. ofinanageirient ter, the railways dont bo t.sitotitott: PAW% r An Ottawa drelt $1,066 Itoin the Union tholt and shortlY afterwards' tettirtted to the Wail; itta 'tinflOtitiog breath, A,' intike r petted 'Musson %WAS. 1ii bit& bring* t put tO. tho lam ot novo toot, hitit ttoYttt bi krisioniA#4" Reuben Smith, of Northfield, Vt., wanted to die because he thought his wito was unkind to him. He took mor- phine, but the wife was prompt enough with restoratives to keep him alive. So he watched for another chance, es- caped to the barn and there hung him- self. Chubby, a three -)ear old boy, was much puzzled to know what made it rain, when his orthodox mother told him that God made it ram. A few days after, Chubby was discovered amusing himself by throwing water from a two-storey window ou the heads of the passes -by, and, on being remon- strated with by his mother, said :— " Why, mamma, I am only playing God." Of course the mother was hor- rified at the comparison. The queerest object in nature is a Spanish beggar, for these beggars beg on horseba3k, and it is an odd thing to ROE O roost man poor Alai. passenger and asking alms. A gentle- man in Valparaiso, :being accosted by one of those mounted beggars, replied, " Why, sir, you come to beg of me, who have to go on foot, while you ride on horseback !" "Very true, sir," said the oeggar, "and I have tha more need to beg, as I have to support my horse as well as myself." Said a great Congregational preacher To a hen: "You're a beautiful creature 1" The hen just for that Laid two eggs in his ht— And thus did the fieu-ie-artl Beecher. —Boston Advertiser. "Pa," said h young hopeful to his father, a prominent citizen, "what is meant by a chip of the old block ?' " "Why do you ask such a question, my son ?" "Because I was hunting this morn. ing, and after returning home toil some gentlemen that, while, out hunt- ing, I saw fifty sqirrels up one tree. They kept trying to make me say that I did not see but forty-nine, and be- cause I wouldn't say so they said I was a chip of the old block.'" "Hem I Well, my son, they meant that you were smart and honest like your pa." A hater of tobacco asked an old negro woman, the fumes of whose pipe were annoying to him, if she thought she was a christian. "Yes, broader I spect I is." "Do you believe iu the Bible ?" "'Yes, bruchler " "Do you know that their is it passage in the Scriptures that declares that nothing unclean shall in- herit the kingdom of heaven ?" "Yes, I'veleard of it." "Well, Chloe, you smoke, and you cannot enter the lung- dom of heaven, because there is noth- ing so uncleanats the breath of a smok- er. What do you say to that 2" "Why I spects I leave my breff behind when I o dar." "How many deaths last night?" in- quired a hospital physician of a nurse. " Nine," was the answer. " Why, I ordered medicine for ton." "Yes, but one wouldn't take it." The gallant eoursers of that little e of the sea, Nantucket, are not- remark- able for bottom or speed. One found his way into the Massachusetts Cavalry during the rebellion, being recommend- ed as an excellent war horse. When the soldier retianed he weiit into a tow- ering passion bemuse he had been swindled. "As how inqiiiired the is- lander. "Why you warranted hiin a good war horse and, there is not 0, bit of g� in him." "Yes I did ; and i re- peat he is it good war horse, for he'd sooner die than run," "A noted hunter of South Hero feerS that he has been the victim of a "sell." He has a g1III tilt)/ scatters shot badly, so that is 110t 111delk aecohllt. 'vviiiksi ago he saw an itChVertisetnelit in a city paper, offering to send information whereby such Sillataillg couM be prevented, on ree,eipt, of fifty cents. Ile sent the Money, and hi dno thin) *ea infofined that to preVent his gun from " scattering," he should ',put in but one shot," ' dertheil wha h� a 'hot paid attention in, learning trighsh, had a horse stolen from his bon the other night„ whereupon ,hb ttaVOiiigda, ti,S lows':"a"" Von iiite, it'd oder day., Veh I . Vas bin aValte in my shleep, I beat anineg ' links vas hot yttst tight in iny barn, and yitst blit to bed ittut ruts' Mit de,liatii ontl• and *on VaS,:dere, tibeint'Iieeg itat by pig gray irda two, lie WO tiedj,lentie ICA itid de stable eVOLIfitito**111.