Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 21, 1875, Page 11

SPORTING NEWS. Mhe Fighting Breed of Bull- Dogs. How They Are Trained for the Arena. The Process of Baking, Sweating, Etc. . S . Forthcoming Boat-Race Between Ox- ford and Cambridge. Accidént to Clara G.---The Prize Ring. Shooting Notes. _._, BULL.poGs. ‘ » ‘SHE PROCESS OF TRAINING THEM. Some one nt a very early day rave tos certain epecies of canine the unenviable prefix of “bull,” which it has borne through all the changes of the world, 2nd will bear to the ex- tinction of the femily. Tho title was given, some sxy, from the nature of the inital, and its ‘bullish appearance, and it scema to have been siwaya deserved. Pugoacity bas ever been the great characteristic of that class of tke doz family, and co great is its instinctive antipathy for the ball that at the sight of one for the fitst time G-months’ old pup- py has been known to” leave all ‘ele for the delight of fastening to the auimal’s pose. This doubticss gave risé to tlie popular English amusement of centuries ago of buil- baitig, in which Kings and potentaies took such Gelight, aod which with its demise bequeathed to postenty as a satsti:nte the equally attactive and murderous spbrt of dog-fighting, [hem the historic bull-dox bas alitays largely gu ‘When bill-baiting wad in ilé #enith, dog-fight- ing wae tntmows, but as thé fotmer waned in popularity, the latter gained in favot, until if betaine 'in Ehgland a most fashionable and attractive of eporth. Theii cams the propagation -of the ‘‘ball”~ species, which, in a ventory or moré, gained perfection. Whether one of thé perfeciéd +i bulls” wad & part of the cargo of the “ Mayflower ™ or not is not known, but it is a fact that close upon thé beéld of Columbus came the bull-dog to Ametica, follow- fg which dog-fighting a& an dibiiemént was traueplanted to this cothtty, Aud his flotrished ddwh to the ,résént tims. DOD-FIGHTING . z a8 & profession or ecience may be said to be waning, however, not ouly in Chicago, but in the country at Jarké, which fanciers attribiite to the degenération of bull-dog stock and popu- ic education. A prominent‘ traiuer;” Who caine to this city fron across the iaiere many years ago, azd who has since imported one or moi’ géntine * balls,” 18 of the opinion that thers is not 3 thoroughbred bali-dog m the countrr,—vertainly not 10 Chicago. It is not the thproiphbteds, however, that makd the best fighters,—their neadd are too balsy; noses too short, and teeth too uneven. A cioks of _. BULL AND TEBRIER i most desirable. dad, if gebuind, postestes its ntveksary shgpe sud temper for the * ptt.” YoughbEEd buli-dog bas too much of tht aracter, Bild is devoid of ihe auilliy syle inildbe ths most of opportuuties ii accmbat. Like the s sapping-turtle, be would suffer the Beyerancé of bis Read rether thay Joosen bis hell, gool or bed. A writer bas measured the strength of a bull-dog weightng 40 pounds by stating that oue could worry & bull té death, two could devour a wolf, three could @Suquer bear, aud four coulda manage a lion. The astinction between the tuoyoughbreda and the fighting bulls, theli, is féddily acén, but be- éonits iore apiarent woen ae THEIR MONEY VALUE fs considered. The fighter, even now, hasa value, dependitig Dpoii hin record, ali the Way froit $25 to $300. Tho thoroughbred as no valué, cbmi- paratively epeakiig, ésctpt for breediog put- nud Lunt us etnost wholly confined to the Boab Islhuds. Fuspotalious were monet oe country years ago, but, pro’ unprofitable; thi: inex bébri almost, if hot entirert, abandoned. . 4... TEE PROCESS oF “ THAINING” dog for the “pit” duters very little in this and other countries. Dog-fanciers seem to tate progréssed 20 slowly as to retain alt of the bar: parities, without adding any eleganctes ,to_the aygiem. Mon who talk *Lo.te have dropped the cudgel; and forgotten the application of tue lash, 2g punishmant in education, just as thé cow- HAP ten, birch, and roler bave disanpeared from the school-rodin. Infact, horse-trgimibg has so, far advatced thet the jockey bas his li- brary a8 well AS thé scieutict. Ext not sp in the Adg-world! Dog-literatu: has besa sadly neg- ; unless the woithlesa verses which are aa “‘dokgerel ” be 50 considerétl What, wets tle procéisé3 of dog-training processes n0W, jonty,, who, as ® class, — Biished scholars, dor poudesied of thos finer instincts and senst- hpilities so névessary to the pertect man. At least thore whb ply the trade in this city are not Fpoked upoh with great favor by the Society for the Provebiion of Cruelty.to Avimals. With fhem * training” means the ieduction of the dog to 3 2 BREDETON;, partly by starvatitn, partly bp & mubbing process, at thd #amb tise baking the animal before a fire. Ganerally tlie Brat Tew mouths of a dog's life de- ‘fatmine bis nitimate usefuloess as 4 fiybter. Bbnet be téll, short-baced, muscutar, lung "- ; indo, parlance, and at the age of Se 10 ese tus nbcess! months weir about 20 pocnds. It all SSQUIELES aie possesed, then follows 7 THE TEST OF Mis aETTLE, sf hii dixpotitii fo figut, for it is oftefi the $¥8 that th tit crossing to prodtice the fades and Thee) nouth che vi.ve pugnacity of thé “bull” DN T6st. The leet id Ads by placing We dog ia a“pit," about 18 by 18 fect, 2 or, 3 fest deep, along witha emailer and. inferior dog—oue that ‘will not fight, excertin self-defenee. Dog No. 1 if then giten every kdvaotage. Ho rashes for- waid, and, in dop-language, . ‘takes a bite.” If thé bite is returned, 2 is at onos .inuzzied, when proceeds, With all ils barbanty. No. 1, if so intlined, is allowed to kill No. 2, and, if still mis thirst for Ulosd ta indatiated, ottier dogs are muzzled or tied, thrown into the “pit,” aud subjected to a gumilar fate. Instdnces are on recora whete 100 dogs have béeb killed simply ib thé test of the fighting qualities of anoiber. Some months ago in thus city thirty dogs were killed in this way io & very Short space of tims. When the test, mith allitsrévolting featires, is completed, then cores A THE SECOND CHAPTER in tho tife-taking pastime. The avimal having reached the age of 15 months, and weighing abobt 30 pounds, the “training is begun. The first step is to walk the dog 5 or 10 miles every morming. which is foliowed by a vigorous rab- bing befots a fire. This is followed day after, dxy, the distance, rubbing. and baking being Eegpeitenataly increased. Tho-néxt proceis i spaning, hich the dog. is seduced into by the siug of a ball ins field from oue to another. The dog” Will. follow the ball, abd exert hitieelf te. bis utmost to- catch it, and will so continud ‘whti he falls to thé ground from exhsus- Got, The rabbing. and baking then fol- ows. A dog refusing to run after a ball npver. {gils.to chase a bladder in which there is abot, and the end—exhsustion=is a it ‘THE NEXT STAGE 5 38 of the “training” is dioting, whiot; in some of its phases, is a pleasavt relief, or change. aud in others the adding of outrage tO outrage, and béartleseness to bar- barity, Imagine the dog breakfasting on fresh-Inid eggs, mutton-chops, tenderloin steak, buckwheats and maple syrup, and toast and fea! * Buch is the diet; and, were it not that the mooie is favored with {castor-oil, _dne would “alijost wish he “were a dog. point sought in the diet is the same as inthe exercise. .The more the dog cau be mada to tat—castor oll—the better, the effect of the food as administered being to weaken rather than strengthen. The-dieting takes the placé, in a tiekinte, of the exercise of the earlier days of: the “training.” - The next , aiter the poor creature bas Fuca reduced to askeleton, and after the bair has been rabbed from bis bods, is — which tak place iad A larg 08 indoors. 0 tick is se- cured « -gmd' : ‘bod | 8 lobg Piece of lond-smelling fur. The machinery is now complete. The dog is placed upon the tickicg, which is to protect bis feet, and the pole 1s rap- idly paseed over and acioas the ticking, but ways kept out of reach of thedog. Inthe dog’s efforts to catch the furhe jumps and runs, and rings into vigorous exercise hie entire muscular system. This is varied aometimes: by ‘filling a bag half-full of straw, and lotting the dog see you place a oat on top of the straw. The bag 18 then hung up at a convenient height, out of the dog's reach, The cat is frightened at the doz’s jumping at and biting the bag. which only fervés to ineréade bis ferocity. Either of these exercises is continued Zor several hours, | varied every few days by the moet exrert “trainers,” by tossing several defenceless pup- pies, or worthless dogs, to the dog in training, to be killed and eaten, 4 b ‘fhe various processes continae from one to two months, the length of timé depending very largely upon the constitution of the dog. The dog is considered *trained” and in ghting tum when Le bas beet! REDUCED IN WEIGHT 2. by the processes to the lowest possible point. A dog weighing from 30 to 35 pounds is e: to be reduced from 15 to 20 pounds,—the lighter the better. A dog filing to yield to any of she many procesaes of “training.” which is a rare case, although having wishstood the se- yeres: of teats, is not regarded as available for the “pit,” and is one on which no fancier would dare taxe any risks, or on which hé would stake any money. When the “training” is complete,. which is ouly ¥heh the poor creature bas suffered near unto death, bé is WEIGHED AND “ MATCHED for the horrors of the ‘‘pit." If he is found to exceed in weight the dog agmnst which he is “matched,” a furthér reduction of teght is resorted to st onco, which is accomplished by administering purgatives, even to an extent hor- rible to convetnpiite. “The ‘'match” being obce made, the last stage of cruelty is reached in the “pit,” around which are clustered men with seared congcieaces, and the rubbish of society. Simaltaneous with the fight inthe “pit” gen- erally commences the fight among the spec‘a- tots. The death of one of thé dogs, the pound- ing of one or more of the lookets-on, and a black eve for each etakebiolder, is «fitting close to the scene #0 wicked in its conception, and so bratish 1a its varions siages. a ‘THE TURF, HORSE NOTES. ‘The trotting mare Ciara G., who broke herleg at Barnum’s Hippodrome about two weeks since, is improving rapidly. The limb is petfectly sttaigbt, there is no swelling, she evinces no pain, and ber appelite is good. Dr. Cattanach took the mare in charge. soon after the accident. He found tha upper pastern bone fractiretd at its centre, which is midway between the fetlock joint and the hoof. The doctor set the bone in its proper position, ucing leather splints, mold- éd to the leg with starch bandages. Two hours afterwards the mare was let loose in a large box stall, we bedded down With sawdust, and al- lowed to take care of the limb hersélf, and it was interesting to observe the care she took in getting up ahd down and fiovibg about. The mate wil! soon be entirely well. ‘The famous four-mier..Thad Stevens, was sold at Auction in Ban Francisco: last week for the moderate sum of $1,100. His history hea been an eventfal one. In his younger days he was broken to harness, was used as a road horse for some time, and could trot in 3:10, He did not gain much fame until! he was 5 of 6 years old, aixicé which tinie lid victoriés have beva numerous, In a race at Sacramento, mile heats, three in five, with Nell Flaherty, Thornhill, and others, he made the fastest time ever recorded in a third héat—1:431¢. At Oakland, ip 1873, in 4 fodt-mile-and-repeat race, hia record of 7:30 ia the fastest second heat ever mads: His four- mile-and-repeat .facé, wheh. he defeated Joo Daniels and True Blue, showed him to be 5 horse of remarkable power and endurance, and he had to run 16 imiles before victory chad on his banner. Atove time Thad could bave been sold for $12,000 or $15,000, but since his deteat by Katie Pease last yeat it was plain tu be seth higrunoing d&ys wets over, and_conse- quently bis value hes decreased. He will probably now be kept exclusively for ‘breeding purpotes. Y BILLIARDS, BILLIARDS IN ENGLAND. Advices by the Adriatic bring the results of the final games for the billisrd handicap plsyed in Londoi from Jan. 25 to Feb. 4, both days iti ciidéd, durifg which twenty-aine games Were played, of whith J. Robetts, thé ex:cham- piob of Enigliad, woh bit games; A. Bennett, the Midland champidn, won five games; W. Cook, the present champion of England, and 8. W. Stanley, of London, and T. Taylor, of London; ezch won four eames; L. Kilkenvy, champion of Yorkshire, threé games; W. Tim- bell, of Liverpool, two games; and Joséph Bennett, ex-thamploh of England, one game. The interest in the playing con- tinued tp to the last gahis, the toom beicg érowsed every afternogd’ and éven- ing. Tho déciting pantie for the Brat prizé be- tween Roberts and Bennett, after a tie of five mes tach, created immerisé intérest. At first ebnett lev, but, leaving the balls well topether, Roberts, mades run of 314 poiots, which gave him euch a lead that he finally won the game by 140 poidis. 4 On the evehing of Feb. 8, W. Cook, thé Eng- lish champion at billisrds, defeated T. ‘Laylor in a match of 1,000 points up for £100 a side, in the Bentiett Rooma, London. Cook gavé Taylor 200 points, and won the gine by a score of 1,000 td 526. Cook's average was 3{ 14-29, and his best runs 96, 109, 191, 99, 198. «majority of which wero Bpot Hazards. Taylor's best ron was 115. ‘The thatch tas played in on Honk and fifty- seven minutes. TRE PRIZE RING. AbLEX aXp BDDKE. A. Bfizé fight betwebi these Worthiés tay bo coneidered one of the certainties. Rooke's chal- lenge to fight any mbn in America was accepted by Arthur Chambers in behalf of s max not named, but understood to bé Tom Allen. Ths latter, being interviewed by a St. Louis reporter, and having thé fear of the Mibsouri law béfore his eves, was very cautious in bis talk, and, thongh he left it to be inferred, would not admit that he was the man chosen by Chambers to fight Robke. Ths match has beeb made for $2,500 & sits, atid the parties met Inst Wednesday at Hatry Hill's, in New York, to put up the pre- liminary installment of @250 each. in thie courte of the talk, Joe Coburn, on the part of Georg Rooke, said that he was ready to make the ma’ Aithor Chainbera, who répreseited Tom Allén, was ob hand, saying forthe :nfo:mition of those who were présent that bis unkoows was Tom Allen. Coburn then stated that Rooke’s backer could not get to New York before to-day at1 o'clock. He wished to easy, however, that he would have the requisite amount of fands—$250 —resty to make the match if Chambers would agree to the Proposition, Chambers responded bnefly and to the point, saying, ‘All right, Coburn, I'll bs bere ready to put ap for Allen, 8 time will show.” Booké, in » chatacteristic spedch, éald, “Gentlenich, I'd rather ight Allen than any man living.” Rooke .was loudly ap- plauded. : 2 _ AQUATIC, .., THR OxXFORD-cAmBnMGe BOAT-RACE. With the receipt of s challetige from the Ox- ford University Boat-Club by the Cambridge University Boat-Clob, and the fixing of Satur- dar, the 20th of March, astheday for the an- sual racé, the interest in the tniversity rach for 1875 may bé said to have fairly began. i CAMBRIDGE. _Again, as during thé 1a8t fow yoiits, the Cam- bitdge cre was the fret to také to the water, a crew first appearing on the Cam on the 15th of January. Nor did they begin aby too soon. as in every probability the boat this year will have six znd perhaps seven new hands. Thétrew at present is cotistituted as follows: B Briscoe; St; Catharines, 154 ths. 2—W. G, Sishel, First Trinity, 173 Ths. BY. <6. 5—A. E, Phill i, : RS 6—J. Aglmér, First Trinity, 161 ths, No. 7G, G. Dicker, First Trinity, 163 Ite. Biroke—A. B. Woodd, First Trinity, 149 tba, Coxawain—G, A. Davis, Clare, 93 Ihe. Of these only Mr. Aylmer rowed in the vic- torous crew in 1873, abody toring in the victoricus crew of 1873. It is understood, bow- ever, that Mr. Rhodes, President of the C..U. B. C., who etroked the crews in 1873 ‘and 1874, will again go into the boat-rowing at 7... The stroke, Mr. Woodd, is a new. hand in the university boat, but ‘tn old bafid at the position, Hs stroked the auccessfal trial éight in 1873, as yell as the first Trimity crew, which was at the hbad of thé river last year, which crew _subse- quently carried on the reat Healey He seems to give the critics lon Cy gr steady’ stroke a8 26..t0, the zinute. Tong, steady stroke ‘: ati wey fod Ta . with the | and sliding of the crew a8 & wholé, falta thht will THE CHICAGO, TRIBUNE: SUNDAY: FEBRUARY 21 SIXTEEN. PAGES W no doubt be remedied before the crew appear on the Thames. Waites, of Cambridge, has been commissioned to build the boat for the race. It will be remembered that the crow rowed iu a “Waite” boat lsat year, the new one by Clasper not giving eatistaction. OXYORD. Oxford seemsto bé worss off than Cambridzo in getting together a crew, only two mon who were in the boat last year being at present avail- able—). P. Way, who rowed stroke, and H.J. Stayer, who rowed.at7. There is even somo doubt as to Way's rowing. On the i%#h of Janu- aty the ‘drat crew went down tbe Isis. It was composed of: Bow, Courtnay, of Pembroke; No. 2, Marriott, of Brasenose; No. 3, Tancrod, of Brasenose ; No. 4, Bowstead, of Universiiy ; No. 5, Law, of Oriel; No. 6, Mitchison, of Pem- broke: No. 7, Bankes, of University; stroke, Way, of Brasenose. Next day Edwards-Moss, of Brasenose, tovk his place in the buat at G; Mitchison was moved to 5, Law to 4, Bowstead to 3, and Tancred to2. Thus constituted they rowed twice to Iffey. and, and, as the Field pays, ‘though the time was not good, the boat seemed to travel fast.” On Thursday (Jan. 21) Marriott rowed at 2, and Bowstead took Law’s place at 4. The Field again says: ‘+ On the sec- ond journey to Iffiey, a very important change took place, Moss rowing stroke, and Way taking his piace at 6. change seemed’ to throw the mon out, but no doubt ins day or two they will get into Moss’ slroke.” The Sporleman says of Moss: ‘‘ Edwards-Mosa iss great addi- tion to tho boat, as he rows in neatly perfect form, and has great power. All that we havo said on the subject of lis rowing was thst we thought by his keuping himself -for-a year he would havé a much better chance of tarning out a better and more powerful oar, which, a4 ina very notable instance, was entirely spoiled, wa mav almost say, by top bard rowing and train- dig in the first year.” i —_—-— THE TRIGGER, | THE GUN GLUB sHOOT. * ‘The Gun Club have s Club shoot on the 22d at their Club grounds, commencing at 10 a.m. The Club has been divided into thrée grades, as fol- lows: First Grade—H. N. Sherman, E. T. Martin, J. J. Giltespie, F. W. Tapiib, 8. H. Turrilt, FL. Indd, W. H. Brice, A. H. Hofman, J. R. Clarke, A.M. Deoker, Thomas Stagg, 0. Morns, H. F. Orvis, W, B. Wilcox, H. J. Edwards, N. C. Hins- dalé, R. Phillips, Ri Kennv, H. H. Hawkins, J. D. Watson Greene Smith, H, Phillips, L. C. reiay. Second Grade—John Ennis, A. Smole, Leo Meyers, G. D. igen, Wm. Morgan, 8. P. Crumb, M. Batoa, 8. H. French, Henry Hamil> ton, H, BH. Pickett, F. A. Howe, Willisin Porter, T. C. Wilson, William Turt!e, Wiggins, Jo. Thompson, E. S. Jordan, E. Shipman. Third Grade—M. H. Guctin, G. E. Wiley, R E. Williams, C. F. Smale, J, Stockman, A. Will- iama, T. 5. Sprague, G. M. Gross, B. F. Davén- port, William Lowo, M. R. Willard, T. C. Cott- tell, William Bollett, J. Heiland, Dr. Coyne, Charles Petrie, F. A. Bowen, T. C. Banks, Mau- rice Prindiville, O. McClintock. Each gtado will conténd for a silver cup, threo of which have been farmehed by Watson & Co., aod are valued at $35 each. The shooting will be at five single and five pair of pigeons. Therb will also bé sevétal imatchés ehot at snow-birds doritig the day. GOTHAM. Tho Sale of the Goods Smuggled by Mme. Leonie Juvin. Srenaking-Up of a Gang of Youth. ful Criminals. Spectal Corredpondente of The hicdgo Tribane, Nxw Yort, Fob. 17.—Saturday last witheseed an unusial commotion on the narrow, little, dowh-town thoroughfare called “ Burling slip.” Stylish carriages, with their fashionable occu- pants, quite filled up the little stréet, and » vast crowd of atiitocratic tadieg, and respectable ol- darly gentlemen, jostled and crowded their way into tne dingy salesroomn of Messrs. Burdett & Debris, Auctionverd for the United Stated Mar- shal, It was atndunted that the goods to be Sold were thé velvet, silk, satin, and woolen- goods, suits of black silk for etreet-wear, party And ball dreageb, and sacques, tioaky, laces; and Lingerié, SMUGGLED BY Mite. LEONIE JOUVIN for He Yetntai New York world that centers around “‘Muraay- Hill” and Madigon and Fifth avenues, up town. Since some of the names of the wealthy families who patrodized simo. Jou- yin’s establishment havo crept into the papers, thébe Satie aristocratic belles have been very ib- dignsnt over their uveuviable notofiéty, aud hays uttetly denied aby complicity with the French moiiste of intended smuggling, claiming that they had only given the Madamo various or- déta for thi Articles néedéd, And that they bad no knowledge of ber intention to smuggle them torged Ordo of 4 théatrical-tioupe But, be that ad it may, thé names ri all the garménts, and under- clotbing eéspecially, sold as emuggled, had been all defaced oor obliterated, 80 that even the tHousinds of bright paits Of fetinine eyes which pooped; and pulled, and twisted, to decipher tie names, were foiled in the attempt, atid could not alcer- tain the real owners. As nearly the entire con- tents of ths sleven tronks were intended for Christmas presents, and 48 the almanac prom- iges us spring in acouple of weeks longer,—al- thongh the teattiér, as yét, protest8,—the goods, being intended for winter-wear, were not BO eaiable, 2s Damé Fashion, before another win- ter shall roli in upon u8, will probably change her entire programme. ‘The. dresses sad suits were all made in the latest Parisian style, and were yory elegant and beautiful, and Frenchy, although non-professional hands had huvg them Up againaé a dibgy background of cheap muslin, lttla calculated to enhabea their merit or show of ther beaity. The Yair fashionables who had grvén the ordert for these beauthul things, ashamed 6f thé notoriety, were not present; but liad deputized sundry Bpinster Aunts, and apeo- tacled old gentlemen (looking like the gebuiné family lawyéet in ad English dramié), to attend for them, and bid in the smuggled garments, which ruthless hands had confiscated. The goods were appraised at over $8,000, and were sold for more than the value set upon them. ‘The Iscea (Valencicaues and Duchess) were yeryine, and brought theif fail value. Mme. Juvin, .who stil) languishea fh thé Ludlow Street Jail, sent mumerous _litcle pitiful notes to the Custom-Houst officials, Claiming thé contents of tiany of the trunks aa her own private weating apparel, and a black silk euit and merino wrapper, that bad the &p- earance of having S¢en worn, were reserved for er; butshe has icarned the bitter lesson by this time that “' Honesty is the best policy,” and that emuggling goods, even for the wealthy New York aristocracy, canuot be permitted. é ‘The police succeeded to-day in breaking up the headquarters « a : ‘THIEVES AND BURGLARS, ‘Sofa _ GANG OF YOUTHFUL TI hi Organized aud in operation for many months, at 5ii East Sixteenth street. Thess youthful of- fende.s were none of them over 14 years of sxe; atid some thiity bovs, formiog this gant, ere arrested and imprisoned, They were origioally. (many of them) cash and theck-boys, bootbiacks, and newsboys; but, keeping up a system of pet- ty pilferings, were gradually driven from. the society of the decent aad hard-working members of their clase. All winter théy have prowied around thé Dent in tho. early mornings, s:eal- ing milk-tans set out by expectant hitchen thaids, Coal-hoda, and striy Boke; nd, by day, Fatching loaded wagon’, dnd snatébing from them articles of every kind. At night, over a tallow candle, in # dingy room, they, gambted for candy, oranges, or whatever they bad been abie to fetch from the atunds or steal from the veu- dors’ wagons; and they bad become at onca + tetror ana disgrace to the Eighveenth Ward, wherd they were domiciled, But, behind iron vara, these young —_—eriminala can havé sple time for repentance; although the discipline of prison-life; amdng so maoy sa hardened convicts, can hardly make them honest members of society. They thould go into a reformatory asylum until they had mastered some trade and were 21 years of age. “THE COLDEST WEATHER FOR YEAHS”. . is upon ua, and seems inclinad to sty. To the rich, it means numerous Aleighing parties, well wrapped in costly robes and furs, behind nimbie- footed horsés, and with tinkling bells ; stpopsges at GOsy country Inns, where hot panches and oysters invite the sleighrider. To the destitute it means fredzing, starving torture, death in the dark streets at night, and weleoms refeaze from wortdly soifering. Bava. An enterprising reporter, who waa sent. ory av execution, asked tire pinioned criminal, resdy to be ' worked off," if he would be Kiod erotgh “to wnggle his litte fingers while he elon, Bo that th or rtér could form some conception of how tong S'man falt that he was baus banged.” : ALIVE GR DEAD? A Most-Singular Case of Trance (?) at Yankton, A Bride of 17Falls Asleep and Apper- ently Dies, ‘ 1 The Body Warm and Lifelike After Ly- ing in a Room 22 Below Zero. The Wife's Promonitive Dream—'14! 14! 14!"—Interview with the Dis: tracted Husband. Special Correspondence of The Chicage Tribune, Yanxtox, Dak., Feb. 7.—A very strange case of suspended animation has jast occurred here, some account of which will probably be interesi- ing to the public genorally, and the medical fraternity particularly. ‘The perzon causing this physfological curiosity was Mrs. Scott Goodtvin, a bright, vivacions lady, only seventeea years of sge. Sho has been marriod just a year, and has no children. About two weets ago, this Isdy CAUGHT A BLIGHT COLD, and it continuing to trouble her, & physician, Dr. Yanyelsor, a practitioner of considerable ex- periénca and of good professional reputation here, diagnosed the casé, aud found sonic irrita- tfon of the throat, and s slight cough. Ho prescribed a simple mixture comoining sirup to reiieve the throat sensations, and a quieting drug to stendy the nerves, und left after directing that s tea-spoonfal should be piven the patient every three or four hours, The dodtor paid bis visit on Sunday evenihg, Jan. 81, and on Monday morning the prescription was. filled and thd firat dose taken. The Indy remarked aftor taking it that she felt much better, atea hesrty breakfast, and then laid down and : DROPPED ASLEEP, She slopt until the hour came to repeat thédoss, and then woke ap herself and asked if it was not time to také some tote medicine. Another poonfal was given her, aid while &hé wes tak- ing it she remarked to hot husband ‘it makes mé so itchy,” at the samé time rubbing her face + and neck. She then dropped bsck on the couch and wasin a few minutes fastasleep. When she took hér third dose she said, = “pon? LET ME SLEEP 80,” but io s few mintites was fast asteep and seemed to be pasnibg into an almost breathless stupor. When addressed shoreplied, but remained mo- tionless and with her eyes closed. About 4 o'clock Monday aftéerdooh she pattial- ly roused up and aaldto her husband: ‘Scott, give me my médicing; it makes me tee) so easy.” The dose was administered, and the lady went fost asleep again. In thé evening the doctor came around, and asked pleasantly: “Well, Mollie, how do you feel?” She replied: “Oh, I'm well and so easy.” Ha looked at th menicine and told the husband to have the pre- scription refilled when it Wab out, and trent aivay eatisfied that the lady was doing well. Bhe DEOPPED OFF IXTO A DOZE AGAIN, 5 and the family paid little attention to her, think- ing she was doing well. About 8 o'clock, ltow- éver, the bebting became faint, and panic seiz6a thé friends. Mr.Goodsin, who had jnat gone out to the apothecary’s to lave tha bottle of iedicine refilled, camé in, and, aharing the gen- eral alarm, went to the bed, and, exclaiming loudly, *! Mollie, do you know me?” aroused her. She looked at him dreamily snd repeated his name, and then DROPPED OFF AGAIX INTO STUPOR. Mediéal help was strhmoned dnd vations at- tempts made to restore the sinking woman, but ahe Femainéd tn conscious until about 11 p. m., hed Bhe partly roused herself and repeated ina struggling tone, 14, 14, 14.”._ In a few minutes more she had appareatly cbased to breathe. ‘That same night sho was dresséd tor burial and 2 HE Bopy Lam ovr i's Gold room. It tas ono of the coldest nights of the winter. The merchry went down 22 degrees below zero outside, and. water left standing in thd room fréze solid. Now. comes the fhott rémarkable part of this strange but well-voiichéd-for story. At 7 ovlock thd ext morning, ona of the Watchers Went into the room and was astonished at the fact of the lifelixe appearance of the body. Thd limbs were not. rigid, sod the head, hands, and feet, although not warm, were yet pot cold. At -10it) Was proposed to put thé body in the casket, and white this was being done the friends were still farther astoniyhed st tid curious symp- toms. The signs of returning animation seemed 80 strong that they . , TOOK THE BODY OUT OF THE CASKET. ; and placed itia, the bed. That same afternoon your correspondent visited the house and looked ‘upon thes strange phénonens. There still rd- mained thé same fi¢xibility of the Hinbs. Tho ears Were pidk &nd éoft, and as ontutal as life. The eyes were sot pglarihg, but wore a dreamy and. stupifted expression. Ttapplied the scmewbet common test in such cases. The woman's hand was raised, s !amp put before it. Lben three other Indies in the room held up their hauds. There could be dis- tinguished no differencd whatéver_in the color, and the test failed to sbuw the asual signs of death, A fatthef 6xamination showed that the fiuger-pails were of natural color, aad the back of the bead beenicd warmed. ‘he neck and ehontders Alont seemed cold and death-like. I have waited now five days sikce that examina- tion, and thd a CONDITIONS REHATNING UNCHANGED, Ieend you these facta, which can be substenti- ated with huodreds of affidavita if necessary from the beat people in Yankton. ‘The body bas now lain five deys in 2 moderate- dgewarm room, and thereare nosigos whatever of fe ecompgsition. To-day as m 400 peop'e have called, ia spite of the intense cold, and bavo bebn admittad to the room Where Mis. Goodwin lies. Somdare ih the room all the time, ands moderate temperature must be kept up constant- ly, bas in wbite o? all this: TRERE is NO CHANGE Yer. ‘The medical men of Yankton have btadied the case carefully and are utterly nonplusséed. Tho medicine prescribed by the attending physician bas been examined, aud is nothing but s harm- teas mixtore of sarap with alittle tincture of opinm, the most simple remedy for » bad cold that is known. Among those who have looked into thé casé are Dr, Thomas, » practitioner oF é Sata, wh, daring the War, tras in charge of tha principal hospitel in Washing- ton; Dr. Vanvelsor, Dr. Etter, Di. Thackery, audio fact all of our physicians bave paid fre- quent visits to the house. Thoy all unire in saying that the avidences of life sre a9 strong as those of death, snd Advise the family to keep a careful watch for returning animation, and by Ho miéané to proceed with tae burial. ‘What adds to thé idea of 4 trance is the fact, just thougnt of, that the young wife about six months ago had : ...,, A VERY cuntous DREAM, _ Ss seemingly premonitive of just what is occurring now. She told it thei to her Husband and her tiother, bit tiey thought Aottiag of it totil now, when it all comes back to mind with start- log emphasis. : _ To-day 1 called the husband, Mfr. Goodwin, into @ room by bimself, told bin I bsd heard it hited thit there had: been a curious dream beating bpoh this chriovs and unfortunate, af fair, and saked him to toll the facts for Tue Cuiosco ‘faigune. He hesitated « little, and | then gave this sta:ament: ‘Some time last Oc- tober Mollit woke me one morning. I will tell you ber words: Oh Scott! I had such s hre- | gomne dream; it makes ime feel so tited. I | thought I slept into & travee. I was not sick, { bat unable to move or speak. I could hear plainly everything going on around me; thé people in numbers coming in, and.eomé baying : ‘Oh &hé is @ead 5’ fecling my banda aod feet, rabbivg ny head and face, aid making sugges- tion’. I heard and fale it all.” Atl: 1a to gentlemen, who sat fora timé by my body, moved every joint, tifted my head, put a pand each under it and said, "She is desd.’ Qh Scott! bow bad I felt; I wanted tocry ont: {Don't bury me nlive!? I knew i was not dead, I COULD Not MOVE of SPEAK. . _ I fat chilly and began to perspire, and my effort to move awoke me. And now i am éo tired don't want to get up.’” = “Tlangned at her,” continaed Mir: Goodwin, “and made a joke of the wholéafxir. Nowa part.of that drésm has besa d. Yesterday & number of people were here, and among them Dra. Thomns and Eiter.. Th yy the bed, gét up and felt every font, made every ex- periment possible, put » hand each under her head, . where that th had been mentioned in telliog me the dream, and coun- selled about applyingsan electric battery. ‘They nally, mada the experiment, but there was no rosult > Rejerrthg to the last words of his wifé, “ Four- teen, fourteen, fourtésn,” Mr, Goodtin ‘wild; ‘1 think she must have bad & premonition, of ream, or something, that she would ba fourteen days in a traneo, for ane described very clearly in that. dream imany things that have occurred during ao tg ‘THE TRERIDLB W1HEK OF SUEPENBE, shail keep the body, ii possible, for fourteen, days, or at least ancil. tuere are uo mistaxable evidences of decomnosition. At any rate you shall be notified at.once if théte is any. change.” Mr. Goodwin and thé relatives of the unforta- nate woman baye bad # terrible week of it, watching hour after hour, and’ scatcély sleeping or edting in their anxiety, Until to-day, tho dottots, while admitting thé case to bé unprect- dented, have had a lurking hope that wnimation might be restored. Thoy think though, now, that too much time has elapsed, and that the in- evitable sequence of dissolution will soon appear. Ba that asit mer, the circuinstances have been already of s sufiiciently atartiing charactér to ex- cite pubhe interest ia the narration of them, A LONG-LOST UNCLE, Llové her, and yet sho is aot banatifal ; 7 has she any of the freshness of youth ‘which offen possesses the attraction of beauty. Neither is my love of that blind nature which invests ite object with attributes existing only in the imagination ofthe worshiper. On thé contrary, I am able to state candidly that she is old, and that her appeatance is Wertamly not prepogaeasing, Idonotlove ner. for her vir- tues. She is not wisé or learned, and her dispo- sition ig hone oF the moat aiiablé: Ib is trae sho is pious; but I feat I do .not value :het more on this account Iehould not be sorry if her piéty were less, dod if it were leas demon- strative and less aggressive. . My aifection is not of that romantic and exatting natnté which is never happy save in the presence of its object. On the contrary, I am fondest of ber when ste is farthest away. Yet, Iam confident, the feal ing with which I regard her will outiast many thd pretentidus actachinént when I inforts him that the Iady I refer to ia my wite’s aunt, aud that thb esteem: with which We both regard her is founded on her possession of a congiderable im in raflitay shared and ¢ sols, 2 ‘ottable and yently incre: balance at her banker’, z Atthe present moment we sntertafh toward her feelings of peculiar tenderness, for itis but only the other day that we had oearly lost her. No, she had not been itl, We hid no fear that she was going to die. We could bave borne that. Ittsthe Jot of all, and resignation in such acasois a duty. The danger which she hse joet escaped is of & differént n&ture. tremble, éven now, to think hoiv imminent it at one time appeared. . But, ‘thauk Heaven! it is passed, atid the tears which blot this page are tears of gratitude and happiness. Thave an office in the city. Tao s little in frind and cigars on comnifssion, and occasionally travel in tes. F Tam a tairied man with a emhll fetnily, ity income, I regret to Bay, is algo small, The former, of Inte fears, has been increasing; the latter has’ not. My Emily is an extellent man- ager, and, I honbstly believe, lays out to the best agvantage the limited amount that i at able to allow for our household expendrure. we are exceedingly pinched at times. The nature of my busivess obliges me to reside in a gentcel neighborhood; and we are frequently forced to éacrifice cousfort for the sake of appearances. My wite’s suut lives in the country; y good: enough to visit us tivo or threo tine: during the coursé of the year, and pend week or tio with us. Lehn pee ‘On these occasions, I need not. say that We do ali in our power to meké her comfortable. This ts not always a task unattended with difficulty, Like many elderly maiden ladies in easy citcam- stances, she possesses & peculiar talent for mak- ing other people uneasy. Thé remaks which she frequently fedls herself calied upot to make concerning our domestic atrangoments are gen- araily more distinnlshed for freedom than po- Titeness. And though tlie spirit of piety which prompts the utterance may, be andoubted, it is uot plesgant for a man to be told thatheis “a heathen.” and that be is ‘leading his family in the broad path of destruction.” - This, too, then my conscience acquits mo of any such unpropor designs. Ee ier 3 “But wa lnnet béar With her Tittle whak- nestes.” gays my wife. ‘You know, Samuel, she doss not possess the blessings which we do, in these dear children. Besides, wo xre her nearest relations, ana——" = “Ab, trae,” Tretorn, ‘The old girl will cat up wel one of these days, no doubt; and, in the meantime, we must. be civil to her,I sup- pose. That is what you méan to say, my dear?” “7 mean to aay pothing of the kind, eit; and, You ought to be ashamed of yourself.” IT was wittiig at home one rening, ihe rather melonchély mocd-—for Ih: ast been reading » letter frdm “our” son, i which sno’ atinotnced her intention of coming to ge us in aday or two, and maki 8 “long, long vieit,"—when thers came a ks ring at the t-eet-door bell. intarted up, 2 A ‘ephat can’t be her, surely?” I ssid to my wife. _"Oh, no, that 1 oot Aunt Jane's riug,” re- plied Emily. . ‘* Besides, 1 riage drive up to thedoor.”.. ....... om Tfelt comforted. It could not. very..well be Aunt Jane. No, the ides was absurd. Bat, you gee, had just been reading her Jeter, andi felt nervous and easily startted. ” Présobtly onr little maid of stairs, and informed iné that, the man below who wished to see me. I Went down 4nd saw s. man .stending in thd hall He wad tall, stout, elderly maa, ‘with & weather-beaten fact: He was woll dressed, and displayed & Quanity of‘ fewelry ‘aboa son. But his clothes Att a Daily. seemed fiko.a man who had been got up to louk hke ® gentleman, but the attempt had failed MOMENOW ee a ee et i aa He advanced towards mé, Holding ont bis he ¥aid. Bindi po * Ave you Bam Courcy 2” “My namo 1s Samuel Courcy,” I replied, draw- i ing back. art 1 For I disliked the tone of familiarity in which he addressed me. : che _ Then tip us your flipper, ny: Bar, Why, ior love yé, don't you kuow your old Uncie 00?” T looked at bim, but I did not recognize Bitn. | ‘Tins wis not extraordinary, ss i bad never seen him. before. However, I had heard that I hadan Uncle Joe at the Antipoder somewhere—whom, by the by, I had always thought of as Uucle “Joseph.” . But it sas all right. | 50 was my long-lost aucle, __ | pe dbim my flipper" atonce, T took bim up-atdirs aud introdaced bith to ny wife. Toat dear creature, whose impressions of peoplé aro always very quickly formed, did not seem to be greatly delighted with my relation. And I must confess that, after the enthusiasm ‘of the first greeting had ‘acbsided,—and cotd fi- deed must be the heart of him whois not moved when he grasps the hand of a new-fonnd uncle,—I myself, wag disposed to. receive him somewhat distantly, His language was coarse ; and the man’s manner exhibited. « pect mix- turé of self-assertion and ditfidence that wa not repodsesaing. Lice : r ‘Bat bs be warmed into tonfidente, , ind as he rélated to us the simple story of | his life and bts wanderings, opr hearts turned towards him, &nd we felt how dks isd been thé préjudices which had caneéd us to bo repelled bya rough and homely exterior. He had not bee in Engtand tor twenty years. During that time he had traversed many strange and distant lands, He bad undergone namerous rivations-. He had been a .soldierin Mexico. fe 'bad been shipwrecked on the bleak, inhosp fable shorea of the Auckland Isies, in the far South Seas. He had hunted thé wild buffalo ia the bouridless prairfés of the West, He bid dug ior gold ib the deep and suniess mines of Bella- rat, He bid been a ‘shepherd on the lovely plaina of Warhambooler ; and now, in his old age, he bed returned to the land of his fathéra to lay bia‘ bones with theirs, and to leave bis gold, the frmt of long years of toil, to ins frénds and relations. . . - J It was at this point of bis narrative that my wife, who 1s of a very tender disposition, was af- : Aye, ioa’am, it's an Old saying that Magd is thicker than water; and, though he don’t ret)- fect jt, maany’é the thare Thive @andled your hus- band on my kued when he was no bigger ‘than iirtle sonny thére. Come, Tommy, an old ancle. on ; ‘This was addressed to our eldest Hope, kn your ‘urchin of some 5 years old. Thé boy, however, held back, and did not seem inclined to aceept the invitation. i Fig gee . “Ron. and. kiss your. ancle, you naughty, willful boy,, do,” said my, wife. eee ‘The boy obeyed with a very bad grace, and thediately afterward rin aod hid his face in Mother's lap, Z im- bis “No, thank you, ms'am—I; don’t seem to ware for another.cup o' tes... Batif you Lave » drain of anything bandy, I think I could take drop along. with my pipe. Rum’s mv favorite tipple, ‘ma’ati—not to put you to no inconvént ience.”. He wis actually smoking s pipe in our.draw- ing-room, and iy Wife was looking on and smil- 1: , ‘Ob, certainly,” replied my wife, in reply to tha last demand. | ‘It's no trouble, 1 zssure you. I=I think We have some in the house.” ‘Of course we haye, Emily,” Teaid. ‘ Why, rom is our.fevorita tipple, you know,” Aly wife said nothing, but the gave me one of those peculiar lonks with which she sometimes favors hér devoted slave. She went down stairs, and shortly afterwards I heard the front door close, by which I under- stood that dur doniestic had been despatched to the neatest public house for a bottle of rum, I was not mistaken. Ina short time she re- turnéd with a bottle and two glasses, _ ‘And now,” she aaid, * { will lesve you tro togethér while I go und put the childien to bed. Say ass mala Re jour uncle, Tommy.” *Gocd-night, little one,” said Uncle = Wut he take Ey ae of Tite, Bia ied aon Oh, ‘bo.” Baid iny Wife, bastily, draiving ééind towarda ber. Sr STE Os Bat Tommy had seen th ram in the glass, and liked the look of it; sud he declared stoutly that he would have some. . _. “A little drop won't burt him, ma'am,” said Uncle Joe. And beforé ‘ny wife could interfere, the child hha ‘the glags to ‘his lipa, and hed dronk off half Tt Heatly choled biti ; and, after ® brief inter- yal ‘which his countenance presouted an drrusing a; ure‘of surprise and consternation, he was Jed ont of the room, bowling. Uiicle Joo remained some ahys ‘ith us, during which be developed some pleasing traits of character. “Tike you, Sammy, mz boy,” ke.would say tome, “ihsyemore money than Tever will pare any use for, and you won't regret your kindness to yomr old uncle.” iva | his. presence in ‘our household was Bre Guctive of some inéonvénience. Hoe bad a gréat fondaéss for rum, which he drank from Morniig till night; sod this, with his continual emoking, made our parlor begin to smelt like ftap-rodm, He tnd a great partrality for cards, and be initiated me intd several scrange games. There was one‘of them, I recollect, called Bind Hookey, in which you bet‘on wcard; aud another atyled poker, in which you anted un, ‘and saw jar opponent's haif-crown, and went five shil- ngs better, Lbetied ona card, and saw my opponent's nalf-crown, and in‘a very short time I found that I had lost five pounds to my relative. This 8am, of ‘cotirse, The’s mero tiifle'to bith; bub it was more than {could afford, and.I had to'do- chub to‘ahte up in future. - Ont thing gave me serious Rnnoranee. Unele Jos lied contracted & habrt of using very powerfol erpietives; and Tommy, who Is a@ very observant child, began to ‘repeat ‘some of these most unnecessary words... Siam 2 , One day I heard a dispute between the boy and his mother. _ : * T want some more cake, ma, , : **¥ou have had enough, Too thich cake is not good for little boys.” _ . _ Twill have gonie more Cake. If “you don't giyo'it to me, I will say ‘ dam,” tike Uncle Joe.” ‘I had & private interview with the child; ‘and, atter 2p argument ‘hich involved some slight physicnl exertion ‘on my ‘part, I thmk { con- vinced him of tlie impropriety of ssying “dam.” s Amother matter gave me grext “unensi- mess, I was in daily expectatim of visit from . my wife's ‘annt. A meeting ‘between her and my uncle seemed in- évitable. How were wo such contrary clewents to be brought together Without collisign? I feared the most disistrons results, ard Tpoked forward to the meeung with much trepitation. But one évening, on teturning ‘homme from basi nese, T found Aunt Jane, my uecle, end‘my wife in the pene togother, conversing most xuticably. Unele Joe was smoking 28 ad‘told him of Aunt Jane's exrected arrival, and I hadasked him not to. smoke in her presence. Ilooxed- frowningly at his-pipe. 4 t _ Ob, it’s all right, Sam, my boy,” -he said. iffiaa’Lillicrap don’t, object. She riither likes soba im p single man,” een ta} Doéq she? I koow if I tind _ attempted ‘to smoke in my dwn house, “the Would ‘lave “gone into-hyatorica, ‘st the very ldast, “And -here was Untle Joe ‘pouritiz ‘his ‘fou! ‘tobicco-snioie ‘al- most -into ‘ier very face, and ‘ste was zitting opposite him, ‘smiling ‘graciously. I learned afterwards that, ‘On Aunt Jive’s Hirst arrival my ‘rife iad explained to her privately the presence of Uncle Joe in the. house, She bad described my relative ss a man long woused to civilized sociéty, bat of a kind and generous disposition ; and—ch! so rich! -And ‘these were the two people i had been afrard to bring togeter. “Fool! to think ‘thiit ‘any “differctice “ih “inere social nisages could diseever the bond of sympathy which unites the possessar af money with—the pos- sesgor of money! Ob, Mammon, Mammon !— T find the reflections here suggested “bave ron Gat into’the form of in ‘essay ‘of some length, and of far too valuable » ‘tatureto ‘be inucrted 1m bere castial sketch like ‘tlie present. “They sre therefore omitted. Uncles Joo and Aunt Jae becanie -grest friends ; and the change that thiscompanionship wronght in the old Isdy surprised ‘me. “Hitherto I-had found her to be of a very staid’ aud ‘soher disposition, with = fondness for. tea. Ai gossip, but with. a horror. of all lighter “frivolous amusements. Now any Uncle Jde to ‘encéur- theatrés an aged ‘tha, to give” t ‘which ‘niusle, cards, ania Whisky “and “water wera ‘leading fedtares. ‘And in 'the two latter departments Uncle Ide dis- tinguished bimsélf. : ©T say, Courcy,” said tay friend ‘Flathede, during one of thene gatherings, “that ancle of yours is s regular old ebarper. He Mas just awindled me out of 30 shilings at the throc- card trick.” _ T looked gra’ “And Took know me.” 7 Tisnfd Prather thoughtI'did.. © dfy name's “EIxhede, ‘and I'tn's tnan of the MOTO Se ocsenay 7 “+ Nobody more «1 2 ie as “T fancy I -kuow what's what, and can-put'two e‘ntihisannoutcement. | Were, Coutey, ty boy, 1 think you and two together as well as most people.” “ Bottor.” S “is Well, batter than sole, perbaiis. . Wow, Took here, my boy. You'll -have ® marriage in this holige before many Weeks Aro over.” T atarted. ae “Waatdo you mean ?°TBdid, ‘Then Yhie great observer ‘simply “nodded ‘fe head, and-gave utterance to's monosslable— Ttooked in the direction indicated. “A nomber of people were gathered ‘round the -piano, .at which s lady was seated, evidently about to sing; snd a pentleman was bending ubove ter «trec- tionately, and prepuring'to-tarn over the ‘music. The lady wad Atiit Jaus, ‘ah The gdatleman wis Gnele Joe. bares gies. gg oisie cts fase cos “Of the performance which followed. Iwill sxy nothing. Iamacharitable man. Ths ides offs marriage between -Aunt Jane -acd Uncle Joa did not give me tmaltoyed pleasure. I spoke'to my wife'about it. ‘Ste treated the unuonncement with;comtempee oa gig ny “at their age,” she gaid, “it would be too ridiculous.” Nevertheless that bight Emily asid to me— ae se ee “Couldn't We. perbtiade Uncle “Joo fo ‘take lodgings somewhere—at least, while my aunt is sgh failed to pie natore was shocer clear to turn my uncle out of the house; but my tind waa troubled. Fete eo —" T'was ja the office one imorning, When Twas gurpridel by x Yislt from our family solicitor, - meee a pérdon ‘Calling biméelt Joreph Conrey residing with vou ut/present ?” he anid. “Yea, of course—Uncls soe.” : “Hum! Are. you airs he is the person he tehimeelf tobe?” bie er of courseIam. He is mytncle. He fiaaees bicneell”. ee s “Indeed! Then ‘slow. mg to inform you, T bay ‘trong reasons to’bélieve that this man is ** Gracious powers | you don't say bo. “How?” ‘tin the ‘arc piace, this is a mach younger than then ‘your docte would -be ; ‘and, in'theBec- ‘oni piace, I happen to know that your uncle has been dend for ten years.”. eee rer . Dear me! And for these.reasons you think this. man cannot be my uncle 2”... = For these reasons, I think this man ob be your uncle.” rates Sain Ss _ Treflected seriously. for some mini and I could not bat admit that the iawyer’s conclusion wan fust. “* . 7 a “Nevertheless,” Ieaid, “I must mill regard him as an uocle—as more than x5 ‘uucle, ‘Ata! how few real uncles #0" well deserve ‘the Tama.” ‘Tha lawser looked puzzled “Know,” said I, “that he whom you so cruelly stigmatize 48 an impostor. has conferred upon me the greatest ‘of benefts..He has promised to make me heir to all-its wealth.” Bathe bee been -hupinggion ven, too 1 Bobs enum! IDR you. too, bas ho? I don’t believe the fellow has five pounds world.’ “Tam sure he has,” I said. “He Yas Woi maote ianttotee nace SMe But I began to feel andomfottable. _{* But this is not the worst. 1 fear he has do- signs upon Four aunt, Miss Lillicrap.” Oe Ha. Then the lawyer told me all, Miss Liicrap, Actoimpanied by Uncle Joe, had called xpoh bia the previous day, and informed him that she wished him to sel out ¢:rtain shares which sho possessed, She intended to invest the money in some Australian miting company, which was paring large dividends, and which hed been strongly recothiaended by her friend, Mr. Joseph Conrcy. The lawyer was natcrally curious to know something of Mr. Joseph Courcy, ani was rath- er surprised to learn that he was then in thas entleman's preaence, and that he was my uncle. ther, he was informed that Miss Liliicrap wes to become Mrs, Courcy very shortly; bus that, for the present, it was to beasecret. Ho bad made no remark, but told Miss Lillicrap that Ber buiiness ould take some time to transact, and thn she had better call upon him in « couple of days. “Texpect,” he said, ‘that thoy willbe in ny office at 2 o'clock to-morrow.” * And now,” aaid Mr. Sawyer, “I will tell you shortly what { mow of the matter. Your uncle, Joseph Courcy, went out to Melbourne twouty yearsago, He had been bankrupt, and I was left Trustee of the estate. Tho cause of bis bankruptcy was fast livmg and bad society. Ho Was accompanied to Melbourne by one Thomas Bryne, a porson with whom he had been for some time intimste, and who was .one of those who helped him to hia radio, This Bryne, it was Afterwards discovered, had bem guilty of a forgery, ‘for which crime he is atill liable. Your uncle died ‘in Mel- bourne ‘ten. years ago; and it is this fellow Bryne who now personates him. From inquiries Ihave made, I believe he is “Alihost ‘without money, and his object evidently is to gain pos sessiou of your sunt’s property, either by mar- riage or otherwise.” 4 “The infernal, mercenary scoundrel! tem clalmed. ‘But we will bantk him.” Z “Yes, I think we will. Call at my office a litte before 2 o'ctock to-morrow, and we wili acrangs what 18 best to be doe.” : : “Fear nov—i will_ be there. Good day, my aay.” 2 Pee ell ele Next da jawyer'a office shortly Next day, I waa at 3 before 2 o'clock. _His‘expected visitors had not arrived, but they camo presently. They both seemed somewhat discunderted of seeing ‘me, and sat for some minutes without speaking. ‘Misa Lillicrap was tho tt18i to recover herselt. “Of couse, Sir. Sawyer,” she eaid, ‘you will understand that we wish this to be a private meeting.” sae “Oh, certainly. Only your nephew, Mr. Courcy, is here by my invitation, a» I thought you might want his #3sfatance.” We neither reqttite nor desife it,” said Miss Lillicrap, rising. ‘ & “By no means,” said Uncle Joe, atanding up, and Joking dignified. : _ Before we proceed ‘to buaineys, then,” Bata tholawyer, ‘may I ask you, Miss ‘Enifierap, if you are aware of the character ‘of the person sitting beside you?” 5 “Hallo, sir! Do you use this Ianguago to me 2” said Uncle Joe, blustering. : "1 do not understand you,” faltered ‘Mis Eiflicrap. A “IT mean eimply to’say that that fellow isan ee break your lawyer's besa for you if baal your lawyer's he: for you call Be these ines aid asle Joe. ike BS “No, ‘you won't, my mo. ow you. Your ‘Thomas-Bryne. You sre a thief anda name is forger'’: and, if I clocse, I can. at the present moment call in » Constable, and tend you to gaol. sItsatio! oie a & eee “he ‘turied ‘Yery pale, and bis veice fab Te = “Come,” seid the lawyer, ‘‘let us have go nonsense. There 1s the door; you may walk oub if you choose. Nobody wiil barm you. “Or shall call in fhe Céxbtabte 2” Unole Joe xeratchéd his head “T expect you've-got me'to rights, governar, No uso showing fight, I supposo?” = **Not a bit.” y “Honor” “Honor!” a tes Eo Es “Phen I'd better fe. Good-bye, old pal. @osd- bye, Sammy. T'illeave'you all ‘my ‘money when: Toie,. Comntiments to the missus.” And ie walked’slowly out of the room. Rathor’a cool hand that,” daid tiie lavyer, Whut's ‘dreadful thiag !” exid ‘Aunt Jaca, “and to think of all his money going ‘ouvet sae Ayal that’s no great loss” asit Mts Bewyee “Well, that’s no great loss,” said M. y wT dorthelete the fellows wacth's slspence® _ “What!” eaid Aunt Jane, ‘co ‘thoriéy ? “Ob, the-villsin an Itook Ant Juve howe, “snd, Having related the stoxy tomy wife. togsther we endeavored'to console ber. 3 This was ‘at 1 sistedin laying wll the tie. ‘But by degrees Wo -got her into a better humor. Sho ia staying with us at present. “She gays ail mon ‘aro deceivers, and she is deter mined todieanold maid. I think this frobable. Her reilway shares have rigan in tba market Tately, and tre ‘love ‘her verydearln—, Once a Tek. CoNstics Halfassisting . ity ecrort to kiss i'sizata, ‘That, at the last moment ae eae ‘Whaw! nates my eartingle with’ pam, "ise lovely blue ¢ siete Saige x tsk for ity rH Amiri, powdaz ie, ~ Not dissenting, ‘Tendpt whe’ On'to @ kine tnd abides “But thar dese Mle hand, f ect bps pout fall of bless yo yeivet Girt bonkeiie tise ._ Are tit hoaxer,— " ‘Titfle atinga “to add’ zést fo tes,” Gaunve Eorke, ‘Cmrcaéo. " ing the last thoughts dad r&éfectidis of Maréan, Cie berbulist, who was retsntly “giiNlotined for potwoniig his two 'W “Sitbjoinéd ‘area Tow, exirdits: aa z “Sept. 7.—I bai y more Hope, but I shoukd like to die pluckily.- Sill I suffer after execa- tion? Déés the body ‘or ‘the bead feel aosthing after? It is said that when_the knifo falls you ‘tis frigntfal! | have no gradge cutioner. “He thetely doce bis duty. I'will'ask fo-shake-his Hand, toshow that I forgive him. -I doo’t know him, but I should like to kndw‘whss sott rf-a'man ho fs. ... . .. hi heh Sept. 17.—I knew Heindrech, former ’6x~ acifidner, very well. Ho was very” polite and very gentle. Iremember that when he‘gnitio- tined Lepomimeraye He addreesed:him as siour’ deveral timea.. I'also saw him-guillotine Troppmapn, who resisted. Heeaid to him, be quiet. like agood boy!’ Bat Idon’t knowmy exéecitioner. Hat a “terriblo Thing tt ‘ade’ be whon he puts bis hand on your sioulder! © Sept. 29.—It will’soon be'over, ‘perhaps “to- morrow.. They have bees. very ioud to wae. ‘They have taken'off my atrait-jacket.to lek nia write. . They tent ms. books. . However, yester- day, when] asked for the Dernier ‘Jour d'un Condamue, Hiey refuredit me... .. —. Oct. 9—t shoald..lixe.to know what ‘the Figaro s0@ Gaulois sey about me.. They.mnst have ferrated:ont my existence, as they alwiya do.. Who.wauld have ssid I should ever'ba i those papers?” Pipe -.Le-Fignro, trot wiiich these extracta are taker. adds :. ‘:Three days-later the head of Moreaa fell into the basket.” ar Joking aJudge. “Judson T. Mitts, of Soath Caroliris, wis Jiggs of a District Court in Northern. Texag, fond of joke, bat was very decided in the discharge’of bia duty... Thomas Fannin Smith was ‘e prac- hcivg. layer at the bar, and having shamefally miastated the law in bis address to tho'jury. turndd to the Court, and avked the Judge to Charge the jury atco:diogty. “The Judge was in- digngot, and replied: _ the. hagiees , 3 cesta counsel tafe the Court to te fool 7” So Smith was not, abashed by ‘this reproof, but instantly responded : © T trast Your Honor will not insist on an an- swer to thst queetion,. a8. I.might, in answering it. umily, be considered ‘guilty of contempt of Court,” , age ee + hoe kee + Fine th ‘$10, “Mr. Clerk,” ‘siia ‘the Tudge. re Baith marked, show.” aneel hinntediately paid the money,‘tnd-re- “It waa 910 more than ths Cours could ner began: — oer ““ May it please Your Honor, the Clerk took thst little jake of yours yesterday about the a0 as‘serious, as F ipercaived from. tlie ‘redding of the minutez, Will Your Bunor ba. pleased to im iene him cf his srron, spa nara It erased e _The coolness: roques! tue: ee apotcey, the Saige end he remitted the