Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1876, Page 6

A NAME IN THE SASD. [From G. D. Prentice’s Poems } eI walked the ceran strand; Ty shell was in my hand; oped and wrote upon the sand My name, the year, and day— Ringertag rk sola esta” ad I cast, we came rolling hig and fast Aad washed my line away. methonght, ‘twill quickly b4 rovery mark on earth trom me; pve of dark oblivion’s sea Will sweep across the place I have trod the sandy shore me, and been to be no more— » my day, the name I bore, To leave no track or trace. » With Him who counts the sands, the water in his hands, @ lasting record stands, Tnseri this mortal part this sinking soul has 4 from these fleeting moment's caught, For glory or for shame. “BANG UPY CHArTsR I. guyching over, Ben!” Kota lar; I just paid the Journal’s bill adve! K. ned me out." 0 which has pretty much How much?” ( Se gad dollars and twenty-five cents.” ‘Ben I don’t like to tell you that you are biggest fool on the street, but you are.” Wait Joe, and see,” returned the other, & confident smile. Forty-two dollars for advertising!” [Just so, and for three months’ advertis- applicant for “anything over” gave a Har whistle to define the length and ath and depth ofhis astonishment. is ag snag occurred in hood —— jamin Weston, a young and en! sing thant, who had jast Commenced basi- ‘on bis own account. The other person, 0 to use bis own classic expression, was up,” and wanted to borrow #50 to ie up the amount ofa note due that day, Joseph Weston, a cousin of the other. 'y had been p mates in youth and neh friends in maturity. Though there &@ great diversity of opinion on many es,@ strong sympathy existed between hey had commenced business atabout the time. and under nearly the same cir- mstances, both being obliged forthe want sufficient capital to mortgage the stock of ir respective stores. us far they had done well, and the Me: was that both would become wealthy distinguished merchants, hey had married sisters and occupied ments in the same block. Their houses furnished in substantially the same le, and no material difference of expendl- e. bad been brought up to business bits, and educated into the principles of a d economy. monty two dollars for advertising,” re- And if I had money to spare, I would md double thatsum,” replied Benjamin. What benetit do you expect to realize from ‘You are behind the times, Joe. Benetit? hat a question. Iexpect to make my for- me by it. ” et” at Brandreth and Swaim.” b humbues.”* ‘No matter for that: if se fellows have adie to make princely fortunes by ad- rtising humbugs, how much more so will who deals in substantial realities!” PAN gan 4 We differ; time will tell who is in the it. : “Seriously, Ben, you will ruin yourseit if goon thismanier. Forty-two dollars a Fier for advertising!” T shall spens a hundred the next quarter.” Don’t «io it, Ben.” ‘How docs it happen. Joe, that you are in street borrowing mouey? I never did a@ thing sinee I meneed business.” “How does it happen, Ben, that you have auy money to | asked Joe, with a le. Because I have 5; ‘Better have s;» Wait, Joe, wait. “I spent nothing for advertisin: you the oysters sa. t it inady jor opera at pe it my for the lasi tdes; you must wal 2 crops.” Don’t believe it, Be When [ have a ¥ spot that I don’t know what to do wi ih pet tdinto my tans) ~ Be libra new, sofa, or something of that sort. I ould rather <o to the White mountains th if than throw it away apon the newspa- ‘ou don’t know your own interest, Joe.” ‘Don't I? Some Kins of business might weon advertising; bat ours, never. Do pu believe the women look in the newspa- before they go shopping?” “Weil, ho seid she saw such and such goods ad- tined by me.” *Pshaw! and on the strength of that you tend to spend $30 more in advertising! you are crazy,” i Joseph Weston on his hee! and left the store, assured his own mind that his friend was going to 1. bis estimation such loose principles i eventually bring him to bankruptcy. it Ben was bis friend, apd he deeply com- iseraied bim because he clung to such and pernicious diroetrines. CuaApter II. Business ref with the young men. Sy prudent and careful management, each d potonly made a living, but had been le to pay a small portion of the mo! e the Stock at the end of the first year. Joseph had the advan’ of bis friend in ossessing a better location, and though his ent was somewhat higher, the differenee fas maore than corm; ted by the increased Bcilities it afforded him. The prospect was lecided!y bright to him. Ifbis business in- weased aii bad done, he woull be enabled © clear himself of debt in another year. Under this encouraging aspect he ventured Oe: & byndred dollars in addition to is furniture, Which his wife insistel were bsofutely necéssary for their comfort and appiness. The house had been furnished together too plain for this progressive age, m her estimation. She was behiud some of ber friends, who she was sure, were doing no etter than her husbant. hb was @ little obstinate at first; but hen Was something so decitediy com- ortable in @ set of stuifel chairs and a ounge, that he did not hold out in his oppo- . He was dotng well, and the expendi- ure would notteriously embarrass him. With a nice new Brussels carpet and the bew'furniture, Mrs. Weston’s little parlor ly pleasant and comforia- ket as thongh her hus- P ig im hig business. So verybice that the young wife bouN not bear theydea of having the parlor shut up, so that ndone should see it till the larnitare hac ey must have a es; why shonldn’t ss s an went debater, and ay I »_ It is true y Was noi a vi a: tatlair; it cost Joe some 8%. Im Meantin id qui as for adve: nd bad for new farniture and ph laughed af him, and it hé was insane, and would certainly cométoruin in another ir. Sts. Ben Weston, too, felt decidell7 un- pleasant about the improvements which had oir jon in her sister’s house. p set of ene ad Pretty lips toto @ very unami- jon. »Iny dear, beeanse I cannot aftord 8,” ea the philosophical merchant. “How can Jos offord (Toad “I presume he knows his own business can’t we bave @ rosewood table and juffed chairs, Benjamin?” asked she, ig, but I will | xt quarter.” | ke planting | was a lady in here just now, | gaat, conasqwently she | BOL tO nave one. | ictures were wanted to relicve the walls. er husband, who had once exceedet the Lmits of his means, found no great d eulty fo deine so agais, and the things were A . But Joe had some scruples about it. His notes began to be troup! me, and every day he was in the street borrowing m: 7 His business, too, had not met his expeéta- tions. Instead of increas: in the ratio of | the first year's experience, it hardly held its wn the poor fellow bean to have some verlous misgfvings about ihe future. Before the year had if expired, he was obliged to Introduce @ rigid system of re- trenchment into his family business ex- uses Within his means. CHaprer III. Another year had passed away in the busi- ness experience of the young merchants. Tne books had been balanced, and the results stood in black and white before them. Ben had followed up his_system of adver- tising through the ir. had ex ed large sums, but the outlay with juig- ment and discretion. The results exceeded his most 16 ex- pectations. His store was cro’ with customers, with genuine, bona fide custo- mers, and with but a small proportion of gadders and bay | shoppers. The newspa- pers bad borne to the bes: families in the city and country full deseri 8 Of his stock. His name was as familiar as “household words” in the dwellings of the rich and as the farmer, the mechavic, and the laborer. Truly, the harvest was abundant, and Ben rul his hands with delight as be cast his poy over the figures which conveyed to him pleasing results of bis year’s operations. He had the means, not only ef ebearing bim- self ofdebt, but alkoot F sorwes deeys his wife by ving her all the new furniture she requirei, esides @ handsome surplus with whiea to increase bis business. The new jurnitnre was bought and set up; every = discharged, ote maar, ers ain were eager ve un- limited credit. One day while he was ruminating upon this pleasant state of things, Joe Weston en- terel the store. For some months past the intercourse between the young merchants had not been as cordial as formerly. Joe's nice things had rather “set him up,’ some of the upper ten condescended to visit him, — Lana the “Almack” parties with ie Wife. He was getting ahead fast in his own esti- mation, and cherished a supreme contempt for the slow motiou ofhis friend. But when, im the middle of the year, he found hivaseit ranning down hill, and discovered that Ben's store was crowded with shoppers, while his own was empty, @ feeling of envy took oo sessionofhim. Ben must be underselling, he concluded, and sooner or later the conse- quences would appear. The prosperous merchant could not but no- tice the dejected mien of his friend, as he ep- tered the store. “How are you, Joe? You are almost a stranger, lately. Where do you keep your- self?” asked Ben. as “Business, Ben; business!” replied Joe, de- murely. “Good! Business before pleasure.” “Anything over to-day?” asked Joe; but the query was not put in that buoyant, clas- tie tone, which had distinguished him in former times. “A trifle; how much do you want?” re- turned Ben promptly. “To tell the truth Tam ‘bang up.’ I have g0t a note for four handred to pay, aud I Rave not yet raised the first dollar towards it “You are late; it is half past 1 now,” re- pliei Ben, consulting his watch. “Ben, I am in a tight plac low, solemn tone. 5 “Tnadeed! Iam sorry to hear it,” and | face wore an expression of sincere sy 11) | “Nothing serious, I hope?” | m afraid so.” ‘ | What can I do for you?” and the young | merchant took down his check book aid ex- amined the state of his bank account. “IT can give you acheck for three hundred, if that will do you any good ntinued he, taking up the pen to fill out the bla “Thank ye Kind; but aid Joe, ina | Idon’t know as I ought to | . there is hagily i through tue “S> bad as that? *Ponmy soul, lam sorry to hear it.” “Smithand Jones advise me to make an | aseicoment. ness has been very dull for the last Haven't you found it so?” no; It bas been driving with me. knew it had; indeed, his present visit Was not to borrow mouey, but to prepare bis friend for the “smash” which was now una- ve rie. | My sales have been light,” continued he; can’t account for it." “<I can; look here. Joe.” Ben took down his leiger, and potnted to ant “Charges,” where the sams paid rtising had been entered. Ou a slip per he had footed them up. Five hundred and sixty-five dollars for advertising, Joe! That's what did tue busi- ness.”” Joe was astonished. It was quite as much @s he had paid for fine things for his hore, and for parties, and the opera; but the in- vestment had been vastly more profitable, | inasmuch as, taken in connection with the careful management of his business and his economical manner of living, it had laid the foundation of his future fortune. It had given him @ good start in business, and a good beginning is half the battie. Joe Weston failed, and paid only twenty cents on a dollar. His fine furniture was all sold, and he was obliged to board out. But in his extremity Ben was his true friend. He received him into his house, and when his business was settled up, tookhim into pari- Dershtp. The is now one of the most respecta- | ble and prosperous in the city. Joe, ever | Since he was ‘bang up,” believes in adver- tising. and any one who opens the Journal, or, indeed, any of the daily papers, cannot fail to notice the conspicuous advertisement of “Weston & Co."— Oliver Optic. THE PROPER LENGTH OF SERMONS.-A discussion is going on in the religious news- Ros as to the proper len; of sermons. ‘he Boston Congregationalist publishes number of Se upon the Agee ged Which give various opinions. Most of the Writers seem to think that thirty minutes is | the standard length for sermons under ordi- — circumstances. One writer approves of forty minutes for the morning sermon, | less for the afternoon, and an hour for such | start occasions as the taking of Rich- | morfd, Va., during the late war, or the as- | Sassination of Lincoln. Allowance tis to be non ths Ww | } be meretiiul to in danger of freezing or roasting. Account must be taken also of the preacher's sifts of speaking. An off- sermon, alive with spirit and full of apt illustrations, will win attention forty or | ity minutes from an assembly who will } jover a dull homily of twenty minus. Reference is made to the length of the whole service, and it is said that seventy-five min- utes is long enough to keep the ple to- gether at one time, In reply tothe remark that there are no conversions afier thirty | minutes, the Christian Register smartly | says that conversion is not the alm of ail reaching, but that instruction belong to the pulpit, and iustruction often requires time | aod fence. Some men—and we believe that the Rey. Dr. Bushnell is oue of the num- around” in less than forty minutes. A CORN SHELLING MATCH.—The tar-heel conventionist knows @ thing or two besides | making constitutions. He can beat dll cre- | ation shelling corn. The other evening a strolling peddier had @ new!ly-patented corn- sheller hawking it about Raleigh, and was showing a crowd on the street. how fast it | could shell, when an old member from the mountain walked up, dressed in blue jeans, ‘and a cob-pipe in his mouth, and said to the peddier: 4 — beat that thing shelling corn my- “Well, sir,” said the ler, “I'll give you @ machine for nothing If you'll do it.” lena Pe ee . i te over a » Made nis nouse. Ove & eee ee ee a@ boy takedt to a fire and bate 3% ac Ben whis “Tother side of Jordan.” and | and then squaring himself on sidew: _ eae Po gg od “ ” on ea ccantadeedioe ae Om: Of corn between both legs with the other, and “Yes, you can.” waited for the word “‘go” from a little man — a — crowd, who the watch to time “Perbapsl cans) os MI “Go!” eried the fellow,and at it they went. “Do some.” But the little was so excited in the “r be very glad to gratify you, but I cannot take the money from my business. & year hence, if business prospers with me, | you «ball bave them." “A year hence.” pouted the wife. “I must 5] &@ hundred dollars in adver- tising the next quarter.” “How foolish! ny foolish, my dear; but it mus: be “That's the way you throw your money Sway. You don't cateh Joe to do such a Pomee that.” “Troe; having a corner stone, I an.2'* More on my “Then you can afford the table and chairs.” Nay, my dear, I will not a dollar Sor superfiuities while I am in in , Mrs. Ben Weston felt very bad about it, her husband was firm, and she was forced tent herself with plain furnitare. rs. Joe ‘Weston enjoyed her nice bovelt, away, aod then eo 'y wore iy paid three hundrod pote than he ‘lor dis there were @ great many other wanted to make things look uni- The two windows must have drapery » ® pler glass was needed, and some but though he bas the advantage or | onion pie disappeared, it could easily beseen adge, a8 well as the other of- | ge, i chintz bugs, infest our houses. the crawling pests made forthe weather, and preachers must | ber—haye said that they cannot “ turn | | | ; have nearly caught = A LITERARY NIGHTMARE (Mark Twain in the Adantic Monthly for Feb Wil) the reader please casi his eye 0 fol owing versrs and see If he can avytbing harmfat in them? Conouctor. when you receive a fare Purch 11 the presence of the passenjare ! A blue trip slip for an eight cent fare. A but trip-slip for a six cout fare, A pink tri = 'P for a three cent fare. Fane tw the ; resence of the passenjare! cHoRvUS. ‘ Punch, brothers! puneh with eare Pureh ee I came across these jingling mes ta a@ Dewspaper a little while and read them acouple of times. They took instant aud entire possession of me. Ail throagh break- fest they went waltzing through my a and when at last I rolled up ae anbens uid not tell whether I bad eaten or nde. I had carefully laid out my day’ work the day before—a lag a. iat Lwok 0” 14: the novel which I am writing. den to begin my deed of 5 a , but all I could getittosay we, “Pan the 2% of the PaFeojare.” 'T — bard &n howz, out it was useless. y head aa humming, “A bine trip slip for an elght-cent fare, a buff trip slip for @ six-cent fare,” and so on and so on, wi peace or respite. The day’s work was rumed—TI could see that plainly enough. I gs up and drifted down town, and — discovered that my feet were keeping Ume to that relentless jingle. Toould stand it vo longer 1 altered my step. But it did no good; those rhymes accommodated themselves to the new step and went on barassing me just as before. I returned home, and suffered all through an uncon- scious and unrefreshing dinner; suftered and cried and jingied all through the evening; went to bed and rolied and tossed and jin- gled right aloug the same as ever; got up at midnigbt frantic, and tried to read; but there was nothing visible uy the whirling page except “Punch! punch in the presence of the passenjare.” By suuriseI was out of my mind, and everybody marveled and was distressed at the idiotic burden of my ray- ings—“Punch! ob, punch! punch in the pres- ence of the passe! id Two days later, on Saturday morning, I arose @ tottering wreck, and went forth to fulfil an engagement with a valued friend, the Rev. Mr. —, to walk to the Talcott Tower, ten miles distant. He stared at me, but asked DO questions. We started. Mr. — talked, talked, talked, talked—as is his wont. 1 said nothing; I heard nothing. At the ead of @ rile, Mr. —— said : “Mark, are you sick? I never saw aman look :o baggard and worn and absent-mind- ed. Say something; do!” Drearily, without enthusiasm, I said :— “Puveb, brothers, punch with care! Pauch in the wee Of Lhe passenjare | My Iriend eyed me biankly, looked per- plexed, then said: “I do not think I get your drift, Mark. There does not seem to be any relevancy in what you have said, certainly nothing Sad; I maybe it was the way you said the wo I never heard anything that souaded so pathetic. What is”— ut I beard no more. I was already far Away with my pililess, heart-breaking -blue trip Slip for an eight-cent fare, buff trip slip for @ six-cent fare, pink trip slip for a three- cent fare; punch ib the presence of the pas- senjare.”” [do not kvow what occurred dar- ing the other nine miles. However, all of a sudden Mr.— laid his haud on my shoul. der and shouted: © Ob, wake up! wake up! wake up! sleep all day! Here you are at the Tower, man! I have talked myself deaf and dumb and blind, and never gota response. Just look at this maguificest autumn landscape! Look at it! Jook at it! Feast your eyes on it! You have traveled; you haye seen boasted Don't landscapes elsewhere. Come, now, deli vera hen st opinion. I What do soa say to this?” ghew wearily, and murinured buff trip slip for a six eet fare, a pink trip stip for a three-cent fare, punch in the presence of the passeujare.” Rev. Mr. stood ‘Lbere, very grave, fall of concern, apparently, and iodked long at me; then be said: “Mark, there Is something abont this that I esnnot noderstand. Those are about the Same Words you said before; there does pot seem to be anything in them, and yet tiey nearly break my heart when you sa@y theni. Puneh in the-liow is it they go I began at the beginning and repeated all | the lines. My friend’s face lighted witu tu- | terest. He nitid: | “Why, what a captivating jingle it is! 1 ft is almost muate pws along soniceiy [ he rhymes myself. “Say them over jast once more, and then Ili have thera, sure.” I said them over. Then Mr.—said them. He made ove little mistake, waten I cor- rected. The next time aod the next ne got them right. Now a@ great burden seemed to lumble from my shoulders. That torturing jingle departed out of my brain, and a grate- Tul sense of rest and peace descendat upon me. I was light-hearted enough to sing, and 1 did sing for naif an bour straight along, as Wwe weut jogging homeward. Then my treed topgne found blessed speech again, and the peut talk of many a weary hour began to gush and flow. It flowed on and on, joyously, jabilantly, until the fountain was empty aad dry. As I wrung my friend’s hand at part- ing. I said: “Havn't we hada royal good time! But now J remember, you havn't said @ wor! for en hours. Come, come, out with some- ing!” The Rev. Mr. — turned a lack-lustre eye upon me, drew a deep sigh, and said with. outanimation, without apparent couscious. ness: “Punch, brothers, punch with care! Panch in the presence of the passenjare?”’ A pang shot through meas I sald to my- self, “Poor fellow, poor fellow! he has got it now.” idid not see Mr. — for two or three days days after that. Then,on Tuesday evening, he staggered into my presence and sank de- jected into a seat. © was pale, worn; he was a wreck, He lifted his faded to my face and sald: “Ah, Mark, it was a ruinous investment that I made in those heartless rhymes. They have ridden me like a nightmare, day and nigift, hour after hour, to this very moment. Since I saw you I have suffered the torments of the lost. Saturday evening I had a sud- den call oy, telegraph, and took the night train for ton. The occasion was the death of a valued old friend who had re- quested that I should preach his faneral ser- mon. I took my seat tn the cars and set my- selfto framing the discourse. But I never got beyond tue opening paragraph; for th the train started, and the car wheels began | the ‘clack-clack-clack-clack! claci-clack- clack-clack!’ and right away those olious Thymes fitted themselves to that accompa- niment. Foran hour I there and set liable of those rhymes to every separs and distinct clack the ear wheels made Why, I was as faggei out thenas if I hal a been chopping wood all day, My skall was splitting with headache. It seemed ty me that [must co malif Isa i £0 I undressed and went to bed. thyself out on my berth, and—wel what the result was. The thir § went right along. just the same. ‘Clack-clack-clack, a ack. tor an eight- a bufl trip slip, pt fare,’ and blue trip slip,clack-clack- cent fare, clack-clack-ela £0 op, and so on, and so on—' presence of the passer a Single wink! I was almost a lunatic when I | get to Boston. Don’t ask me about the fane- | . Idid the best I could, but every solemn l sentence was mesuied aud tangled and woven in and out with ‘Punch, brothers, puneh with care, punch tn the presence of the yassenjare” And the most distressing thing was that my delivery dropped into the undulating rhyiam of those pulsing rhymes, and could actually caten absent-ininde! people nedding time to the swi of it with their stapid heads. And, Mark, you may believe it or not, bat before I got through the entire assemblage were placidly bobbing their heads in solemn unison, mourners, undertaker, and all. The moment I bad finished I fled to the ante- room in &# state bordering on frenzy. Of course it would be my luck to find a sorrow- ing and aged maiden aunt of the deceased there, who had arrived from Springfield too late to get inty the eburch. ‘She b: 2 sob, and said: . he is gone, and I didn’t “Ob, oh. he is gone. him before ig 198 gone. he is gone, he is gone—ob; well this suffering never cease?” **Yes,’ I op ng “<You loved hii Bh im, then’ Oh, you too, once him? owt whe” Dy poor ree; Mm: nephew.’ ‘On—him? Fes on, yes, Agi cra certainly. Puncb—puneti—oh, sery wil kilime? clea “Bless you, bless you, sir, for these words. 8 J, too, suffer in this dear loss. Were you tduring his last moments?’ «Yes; 1—whose jast moments?’ «¥en. ‘Ob, yes or + Yes. » yes—yes—yest I suppose 80; I think so; don't know! Oh, certainly, ‘was there—J was there.” ee ri “Ob, what @ privilege; what a precions privilege! And his last words ob, tell me, tell me his last words. What did he say?’ “‘He said—he said—oh; my head, head! He said—he said—he never said au, Sohne bot peak, punch, hin the pres- ence of the passepjare! Oh, leave me, madam! In the name of all thatis ous, leaye me to =, mad) my despair!—a botff trip fue. a pink trip slip for a three-cent msrp ponte PUNCH In the presence passenjare! My friend’s hopeless eyes reated uy mine © pecennes eiaete, Se then he said impres. sively— Mark, yon do not say anything. You do Dot offern eany hope. Bat. ah me, tt is jast as well—it is just as well. You could not do mea:y good. The time has when Worus eoult comfort tells me that 1 forever to the gece on gle. There—there it @ blue trip slip tr. slip for a—" Thos murmuring fairt and fainter, my friend sank into a “ful trance and forgot bis sufferings in a blessed respite. How did | finally save him from the as; lum? I took him ‘o @ neighboring untyersi- THE ROYAL BENGAL TIGER. familiar of thé Todian contains a concise life history ty and made him discharge the burden of | and in wre cain nlnal, bis persecuting rhymes into the coger care | pet 3 of the r, unthinking students. low is it a to the Why dia write this article? “tt was tora ned from bis sie is was Sine, worthy, even 8 noble, Purpose. It was to and ferocity, royal, (tigris warn you, reader, If you shoald come across those mercilcss rhymes, to avoid them. general idea of @\old them as you would a pestilence, ae PREMISTORIC CLIT 7. pWeLtines. —— = Ac gunt of New Discoveries — The sults of Dr. Hayden's Survey/dmong stern Prehistorve tivity and beauty, he te tar ‘ize, activit; aty, i i= pores to the lion, which oaly Sana ws [Speciai Correspondence of Cincinnati Gatette.} Wasuineton, January 4, ich, and is regarded by Dr. Fayrer as the The following article, prepared for the Gazette, contains a full aud interesting ac- count of new discoveries made by Dr. Hay- den’s last survey of extensive cliff villages in southern and western Colorado: The Rio De Chelly for @ distance of about thirty-five miles above its mouth is so can- oned, and the wash--for the bed of the stream is perfectly dry the greater portion of the ear—cuts from wall rock to wall rock so apn emo & that it is impossible to travel up it except in the bed, &ud thatix so tortuous and rocky in places that it would be difficult ifnotimpossible. Making a detour to the Tight, the first opening into the canon was reached ten miles above. In here an inter- esting and extensive ruin was found, which ‘was s0 well preserved that it seemed to have been vacated lexs than @ score of years, and so like the workmanship and mauner of building of the present Moquis that it would not be difficuit to imagine them lurkiog among the deserted rooms. This ruin was situated in a long cave like bench or mesa, Tunoing long the face of a perpendicular bluff, some filty feet above its base, and a total length of nearly 300 yards. The town was irregularly but compactly built, con- forming to the rock on which it was placed the rooms arranged in a single row most of the way, butat either end — up to two or three deep. A ground plan shows 75 rooms, with many little irregular “cubby holes,” with a total length of 548 feet. A few yards further tothe right area half dozen de- tached buildings. Cisterns and reservoirs yet remain perfect enough to show their pur- pose. In the center of the mass was a well- preserved circular apartment a little below the general leyel of the others, that was probably an estufa The goat corrals Were inside, between the houses and the bluff. Digging beneath the debris, several pieces of finely preserved pottery were found, the same finely ornamented, and giazed ware of which the fragments are so universally scat tered over the whole country. Beneath the center of the town there was found in one group some whole jars of about two gallons capacity each. of the gray indented ware, but they were too fragile to transport upon pack mules. Besides the pottery, many stove implements and arrow points were un: earthed. Another detour to the right, this time over ap elevated plateau of white sand- stone, Bcross which were drifted great danes of white sand, brought the party to the fa- mous 8¢ led diamond fields ef Arizona, about wh there was such an. excitement in 1:72, Lingering on its bare red plain, upov which the san beat with redoubled in- tensity, only long enough to gather about a evough as &@ superficial distinction; but its tremendous cauiue teeth, the immense de- velopment of muscles about its chin and head, and Its massive fore paws, as compared with the hind feet, scientifically mark it off from other cats. In much of its anatomy, and especially in its habits, itissimply a huge cat, @ monstrous and ferocious devel- opment of the sleek tabby that purs by the hearth in every English cotiage. Tne sharp refractile claws, the steaitiry tread, the vision adapted for activity either by day or by bight, the acute sense of nearing and seelag Which it possesses, while thatof smelling is comparatively feeble—tnese ints at ounce show the kivuship; while its craei nature, and the loud amatory growls which the traveler encamped in the jungles frequently hears during the night, as the tiger calls its mates, irresistibly remind him of the cat tormeat- ing the wretched mouse that has fallen into its clutches, and afterwards serenading its brethren on the tiles in the darkness. Being @ shy, morose animal, the tiger is usually found roaming about by himself; but at certain seasons his mate is sure to be not far from bim. His favorite food consists of the ordinary domestic cattle, which are mostly in the plains of India weak and un- dersized creatures. hen he cannot find these, he contents himseif with the different deer of India and wild hogs, occasionally preying on monkeys, pea-fowls, and even smaller animals. ese are suddenly struck down, mostly during the night, setzed by the throat and dragged off into some secure spot in the neighboring jungle, which is known as his “kill.” Here he eats whathis appetite Tequires at once, and then leaving the dead carcass, retires to @ smooth, trampied-down Jair bard by (just as @ hare lies in its “form”), returning after @ period of slaggish Tepose to take another meai at the kill. Pais be a. 8 Dr. Fayrer, for several days, until the odor arising from decomposition, and the flocks of Kites, yultures, crows aud adjutant birds, wheeling over it, or sittiag bard by in @ gorged state, proclaim bis po- sition to all. Then he shifts his bunting ground, especially if it be the rainy seasou, bul if it be the summer heats, he dyes not move far from the patus of longgrass which adjoin some pool or swamp, wuere he may bask in the shade during the day, and prowi by night round some neighboring village, in hope of sccuring au ox. One wio is weil ac quainted with the Uger’s habits, howeve: injorms usthatexcept in the very hotte: int Of garnets, which were of excellent op ia very manson, Quality and very aban ant,camp was made | Weather, when water is very scarce, @ tiger at the foot of aside canon’ which came In | Will net remain by its kill’ for more than twelve hours. Io north and central India, his wont is to drag the victim to the nearest stream, remain all night devouring it, si throt sins nextday,andin the following night Tarely travels less than fifteea miles, and of- | ten twice that distance during the night. ‘The tiger Will easily consume a@ full-sized | three years oid buffalo in the course of a Might, leaving nothing beyond his horns and his hoofs, for his powerful teeth grind up th bones. Dr. Fayrer quotes a receut instance of ihe animal's power aud ferocity: “A Uger from the west and was known as the canon Bonito Chiquito. Another group of ruins ovcorred here, not in a large town but in Scattered houses up and down the De Chelly and Bonito. A marked feature was great reservoirs in which there was, even now, aburdapt and exceilent water. Two or three miles below in the canon of the mainstream Was 4 well preserved two-story house, stand- ingupon @ beneh elevated fifty feet above b ey.auc overhung by @ great roof | hat effectually shielded it from the Near by was a great natural reser- voir filled with good water. Another five or sixmiies and the canon of the De Chelly opened out into @ great valley, from one to three miles in width, and extending ap to u Olof the great canon near Fort Ben rr Twenty-five to thirty-five miles above ithe Bonito are some peculiar table rocks @od monuments that form notable each fore foot. Both were disabled—one he immediately killed, aud began to devour, Whlist the other wretched creaturelay with its back broken by the tiger's terriblé blow “ i companion.” Siew being Tee with ie roar coaree, only | “ir hard pressed for food, the tigress will de- cof the valley, ‘The bottom lands sess | Sert her young, aud even eat them. As for the young tigers, they are far more destruc- tive than the old, killing three or four cows Ata time, for the mere pleasure of killing, when they first set up in life for themselves; whereas, an older liger rarely kills more than one victim at a time, aud this will iast him for @ period of twoor three days, or even fora mek Buffaloes have an instinctive knowledge of the approsch of a tiger, and exhibit rooted aversion to him, snorting aud trampling up aud down, and forming into a circle to receive his attack on their horns. Their herdsman often takes refage in the center of this circle, and the tiger must con~ tent itself with a weak outlying animal, or retire altogether from such fqrmidabie an- tagonists. ‘uch difference of statement exists as to the size attained by tgers, partly owing to the fact, that the skin when remove is apt tostrectch, Thus, instances of tigers 12 fect, and even a few inches , are on record. Dr. Fayrer estimates length of tigers from the nose to the tp of the tall as ranging from 9 to12 feet, though he deems one of 10 feet by this measurement a large en, In hight of the shoulder, the animal usually stands three and a halfto four feet. > in his Mammals of India, says “the average size of a full grown male tiger is from nine to nine and a ‘feet in lengib; occasional: tigers are killed 10 feet in length, and per- haps a few inches over; but the stories of 11 or 12 feet in length, which are so often heard, certainiy juire confirmation.” A goot sportsman told him the largest he had Killed in the Dinagepore district, measured 9 feet 8 inehes. press of very numerous ruins, adobe kely, that are now ulmost entirely ub- ‘ated, and would hardly be noticed were it not for the broken pottery. At the head of the valley of the De Chelly, the trail turned off to the southwest just above the upper edge of the great white mesa, Taking only two others, Mr. Barber, and Lee the guide, and sending the remain- der of the train back some fifty miles where there was sultable grazing, Mr. Jackson continued over to the — Pueblos, sev - enty-five miles distant, with only the photo- graphic orgpratus and supplies for five days. Tequa was ched by noon of the following day. As these Pueblos have been so fre- quently described and illustrated, the party ages only two days anda half among the SIX Toost easterly towns, viz: Tequa, Se- chum-e-way, Moqui, Moo-shar-neh, Shong- apab-wee and She-pani-a-wee. Photo- graphs of each of these were made, and nu- merous sketches, illustrating their habits, dress and occupations, collections of recent and ancient pottery and tools, and other ob- Jects of interest, were made. The compari- son between the workmanship of the north- ern town builders and these ore was very much In favor of the former. The high- est perfection was reached in the cliff houses of the Rio Maucos, where some of the houses were marvels of finish and durability; and then, traveling toward the Moquis, there is @ gradual merging of one style into the other, from the neatly-ent rock and correct angle to the comparatively crude buildings now inhabited. Retracing their steps to the San Juan, at Most people have noticed the fondness of the mouth of the De Chelly, the party now ta their antier'’s aga t traveled toward the Sierra Abajo, up & soactoies wilt recall Vices pote ‘4 Stream known as Epsom ereek, from the b the bull practising with his horns upon a tree before venturing upon @combat with his rival; the ti is similarly fond of scratching the bark of trees, perhaps in order to keep his terrible claws in serviceable con- water, which is found near its head, tasting and operating like that of salt. The usual indefinite ruins which occur on low lands, continued up this valley over thirty miles To the west was a labyrinth of canons ran- dition, Favorite trees in the jungles are | Ling off into those of the Great Colorado, an 1 | €xaminatton of some of which discovered | deeply scored by these weapous. The = wpavy cave and cliff houses and towns all of | Snaiakp Son Be Aneta or ee he same general type as the others. ‘ne ry ruins gradually diminished as they ap- | Cally scratched from the height of ten or twelve feet above the ground. We remem- ber @ favorite cat thus utterly detacing the nicely bound back of a quarto in a library shelf next to the floor, so remarkably does jst gre habitrun through this feline family. The usual way of dispatching tigers, how- ever, in the northwestern provinces is to place @ bait for the creature, and then oa | discovering its position to haveit driven past platforms erected in trees, from jen it can be shot. There is much exci jt and not a little spice of danger tn the sport, as a tiger has been known to leap into such @ machan, or platform, though it was lu untenanted at the time. A friend, learn inthis mode of shooting, informs us that when a tiger is suspected to be in a district, proached the Sierra Abajo, and several days | spent in the examination of the capon and Plateaus about it and the Sierra la Sai, failed to bring to ight any more evidence of their occupation. Neurly opposite the Sierra Abajo or Biue Mountains, as they are locally known, heads the great canons and valleys of the Moute- zuma which empties into the San Juan. Here the bottoms of the canons have once supported a very thickly-settled communi- ty. There is almost a continuous serles of ruins for a distance of twenty-five miles. This, in one canon only; aad ell the oumers | contain numerous remains, chiefly in elift- houses and towns. In the main canon, first spoken of, are two rulus notable for the size of the stones employed In their construction. * three year oid buffalo ts an: Inone, Bulit upon a small tsolated table | & Jand in the eet tievalley, ae = Merete eon ot ON Ee teteae =. Set upon end, six feet in length by eighteen inches square, and ranged along the wails a | 4%, While the tiger would decline & bigger buffalo. His lair is found by the natives next distance of twenty-five or thirty yards. An- morning, Where ihe reposes ‘by his kill, hay- Other case is, where stoves seven fect in - ing satiat appetite. A council height (above und) and twenty inebes square, are standing perpendicuiarly, about | 18 Held, @ud the sporigmen are ‘placed five feet port, and from one side of @ wall | {h {pelr machens, | w t ue icled Inclosing the Tulns of a large, important | {7 the, defile Seen a Seams tended to building. | Throughout the canon every | (rye f pt nee Nappy od Svatlebie Oefeosi ve polut has been utilized. cena me, Sad natalie: a and is now covered with the remains of throngh the line; but Zimost angint heavy walls and large blocks of houses. An - turn him, unless be be aripeey ta aera torch arama wae = — “a ‘dropped oles cutip @ perpendicular lower wal 2 of the canon for the purpose of ascending the | bis pape ge gets teceme to rock, holes just large enough to gt bend | Salas: ama: te os epee aren and foot-hold, and bey ee to some | them. Often he fights, and dies walled-v CA Aa iding erected sometimes be nto the im norther tributaries of the the bay its forearm broken, Rio Maucos. Water was found in atew | {7s velea miles, and was killed pools near its head and lower down rannti slong in a small stream, a distance of two or | *ame evening. tbree miles, when it sank again. The bot- torns are rich, and the present Indians, Utes, who oceupy the county, raise Dish the follow! ng partiediars ote “arown ps of cora without irrigation. tng. of two boys ia a mill pond at Middleton be result of this trip was the collection of | oy Saturday: About 12 o'clock @ crowd of — eee bee een aad boys ventured close to the mill, and, sei: arse arrow and ioe oe the ice was too thin to bear them, s! humerous sketches of everything of note, | Commenced bantering one another to pro which will be brought out in detail in the Wilson and Dardis Lagten esas i thee he = aise z. roke cnizeghs the ioc ands coronal for b THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A Lzea.— help, Layton, who oon amet distaace from In the Brooklyn cireult court Wm. F. Engle. at t, started tohis assistance hardt sued the way Corapany | but broke through. Managing to get oat, for $20,000 for injuries to bis soa, eged 1% raged @ distance of thirty yards td years, who, while getting front piat- | Wilson, and reached his hand to him of @car, fell and was run over, his leg Oe ee atts Sateen 1g 80 bad! eS ee ed by the dying boy, and in his ‘Strovts tation. The was that boy con- ti sara’ kineedt be melted Laven teterane tributed to the aceident by on the car | water and both sank to rise uo more while It was in . J Glibert l-sitve. The were recovered. - scons tait's meres Sat eetet | _sa.iraet a cana aera gave the tether a verdict for $10,000. ¥ | married ave afer a divorce. Most peer. ont a who are fond of | take himself to fresh quarters. He | ata bound sprang from an elevation rigut | among a herd of cattle, and in bis spring | struck down simultaneously a cow with | within a few feet, watching the fate of his | j | Alphabetical List of Alcorn, J: B., low: B., RL, a » Del. 1413 "Mass avenue a. ‘Senators, with their Resi- dences wm Washangton. T. W. Ferry, Stet, National hotel. is@., G12 14th street nw. | Wormicy’s, iSth and H. ton Hotel Bogy. Lf Nations! ute Brace. B. K Burnside, A. E., 8.1. Bu chard, 8.D., W Cameron,’ A’, Wis, o Are n, A. T., Cheeta! , Le. Clayton. u, F. k. Conkling, ee R Edmubde,G ¥..¥ Gordon, J. B.. Hamiin, H., Me., 115 K palin 316 A street ne. 5 4 325 East © Va., ass, 1514 Md., 133 F street n. w. . M.'C., Texas, W; Hotel |.» 002 13° street nm. +. 1100 Vermont av2. , 1823 H street n. yngTessiona! ‘W.Va., 1412 I street now. +» Mich., 310 indiana ave., 0.9. » AFK.. 512 1 ~ Mo., 320 8th street n. I street nw. street. 1336 Mass. avenue nw. K street n.w. M4 Lafayette 5 rt ba MbkK. Hamtiwon house, » MLL Mass. avenue ow. Geo town. a house. Maryland ave., ne. McDooaid, J McMillan, S. J. Maxey, S. B., Texas, Merrimon, A. Mitchell, Jo ©.,’Ky., EB’, ind., Wi . K., Mine., 911 New York ave. M12 I street n. S., N.C., 1309 F street n.w. H., Oregon, 1607 I street n.w. Morrill, J. S., Vt., Vermont ave. and 14th st. Morrill, L. Morton, 0. Norwood, T. Oglesby, R. J., 11 Paddock, A. S', Neb Patterson, J. J., 8.0. Randolph, T. F., N Ransom, oe . A. © E. bet, 5 -» Nev. a MW. rtson, T. Sargent, A Sauisbar: Sharon, Sherman, 3. E., Ala, » Ky. G., »N.H., 1. Wright, G. @.; Iowa, Alphabetical List of Resisences M. C. Kerr, Speaker, Atneworth, L. Anderson, W. B., Il. rs. Ten. | Ballou, L. W., Banks, N. P., ‘Mass H.B., Ob Laine, i 8. Bland, RK. P. Bliss, A. M | Blount, J. H.,Ga., 51 | Boone, A. K,, Ky., 4 B C., Ala, N. B., M Brown, W. i., Kaus Buckner, A. Burchard, H. . | Burleigh, J. H Cabell, G. C., Caldwell, J. H. Caldwell, W. P:, Te Campbell, A., Lit Cauiteld, B. G., y. r- ‘a, Collins, F. D., Pa., D » Mich. C., Mi E . A., Ohio, Iton, A. R., Ga., M T., * Ohio, 1017 d., 536 1 strest now. Candier, M Ga. Cannou.J.G., 11, N Garon, T. J, Caswell, L. &., Wis. +», 1328 Mass, avenue n.w. » Maine, 1235 S., Ind., 400 3d, corner D street n.w. HL, Ind., Willard’s ho! , N'J., Willard’s hotel. Texas, National hotel. M., Maine, 137 East Capitol st. P., Ind., E M., Ga, ‘bbitt house. 218 34 street n.w. L., 1904 F street n.w. > 1712 L street n.w. . 003 12th street n. 10 2th street B.w. Ohio, 1323 K street n.w. Arlington hotel. , Ariiugton hotel. th street nw. venus 5.6. 36 Pa. 113 Maryland avenue. Alexan iria, Va. 326 455 street nw. Representatives, with their uw Washington. Ind., Willard’s hotel. Adams, C. il.,N.Y., Artington hotel. » Low) . 1538 New York ave. » 476 Pa. avenue n.w. Metropolitan hotel o., Metropoitan hotel, Mo. avenue n.w. ngton hotel. 11 East Capitol st. 0 L street n.w. illard’s hotel. oth stres h and F streets nw, » Arlington hotel, ) 14th street now. Arlington hotel. » $21 15th street now. 117 Maryland avenue ne. 1386 I street n.w. wT 8 1 12th street n.w. 40i 4th street now. as, 613 F street n.w. Mo., Metropolitan hots!. » Hamiicon house. Burchard, 8. D., Wis., Willard’s hotel. ‘Maine, Arlington hotel. Va., 1193 G street n.w. » 4la., Metropolitan hotel. , Metropolitan hotel. ational botel, Metropolitan hotel. ational hotel. “ita 142 A street now. Cate, G. W., Wis., 220 B street n.w. i., 1308 F street n.w. Chapin, C. W., Mass, Arlington hotel. Ohittenden, S. B., N.¥., Vermont ay. and Hi st. Clari Ky iulard’s hotel. lo., 426 Lith street n.w, Mi aw. I street n.w. G., Pa , 717 14th street n.w. itan hotel. ” Ole, Motropoltian bo » itan hotel. , Arlington hotel. Mass., Wormley's. b., National notel. ‘exes, 226 3d street n.w. J-yi00 0 treet se, illard’s hotel. La., 421 11th street n.w. letropolitan hotel. ‘bbitt house. Washington house. 130 East Capitol street. , Imperial hotel. street n.w. ew York avenue. » 18th and I streets n.w, Ark,, 713 lath street n.w. » La, 16% Lsirest n. tel. etropolitan hotel, /D.W. | ence, BE. R., N.¥., Willard’s hotel. ee NT ton toe eat Meteosat, a, Miler, & F.,.N. Mikes, ©. 6 Mile, K.'Q..T Phillipe, J. F., : Picree, H. L.,'Mass., Wormley’s. Piper, W. A., Cal., 608 13th street nw. Pisisted, H. M., Maine, 1106 New York ave. Piatt, T. C., N_Y., ariingwn hotel. Poppicton, E. F., Obie, Ebbitt house. Po'ter, A., Mich., 2°] Bast Capitol street. Poweil, J., Pa., ik4 F street nw. Q- Jowa, 958 E street nw. Purman, W. J., Fis., 14 A street Rainey, J. HL, 433 L street aw Randall, 8. J, Pa., 120 U street ae Kea, D., Mo., 209 East Unpite! street. Regan, J. H., Texas, A street +c. Keiliy, J.. P Wiliard’s hotei. Reuly, J Pa., Wormicy's. Rice, A. V., Obio, Wormiey Robbins, J., Pa., Metropolitan botel. Kobbine, W. M , N.O., imperial hotel. Roberts, ©. B., Md., Imperial hovel. Robinson, M.S., Ind., 1509 Khode island aye, Kors, M J.. Ebbitt boure. Koss, S., Pa, 1405 F street now Ruek, J. M., Wis., 1320 F street now. Sampson, .. Lowa, 1598 New York ave, Savage, J. S., Ohio, Imperial hotel, Sayier, M., Obio, Arlington hotel. Seales, A.M ropoliian hotel, Schicicker, G , Texas, 222 Sd street o.w Schumaker, J Arlington hotel. Seelye, J. H., Mi 415 G street now Sheakiey, J., Pa., 1214 F street nw. Singleton, U. K., Miss, Binnickson. CH. N Hamilton houre. § Lath street aw. Ohio, 426 11th street nw. Sparks, W LL, Navenvel botel Springer, W. M., Lil., 419 6th street aw. H., Conn., Willard’s hotel. ., Mo., National hotel H.H., Va., 1212 New York avenue. B., Minn,, 318 U street nw 4. Thompson, C.'P., Mass., 5 Thorndurgh, J. M., Lenn., Throckmorton, J. W. Townsend, M. I.,N.¥ Townsend, W., Tucker, J’ K street n.w. Tare, JQ street n.w., Cap Hill Turney plitan hotel Va a ) Grant place. Waddell, A. M., N.« ith street n.w. Waldron, H., Mich. pal hotel. Waiker, U. C. B., N.Y., Arlington hotel. Walker, G. 0, ten bot ver 1&1 street n.ws ; etrect a.w. e hotel »itol street. iona! hotel 7 H street n.w. 231 New York ave. Welle, E., Mo., Willard’s hotel Welles, G. W.; Miss., 1558 New York ave. Whecicr, W. A S10 Ltt » 216 A street «. N.Y., Willard’s hotel. 2825 13th street 1 Teun., Metropolit Cal hotel. ginion, Willard’s hotel. Wike, S., 1 te Willard, Indiana ave ch. 3 lita, A., N.Y., Nat Wiliams, A. 8., Mich., Williams, C.G., Wis, 18 G: Williams, J., Dol., Wallard’ Wititams, J. D., Ind Williams, JN, Williams, W. B., Mich., National hotel. Willis, B. A. N-Y., Wormley’s Wilsbire, W_W., Ark., 415 New Jersey ave. 8.¢, Wilson, B., W.V., Metropolitan hotel Wilson, J., lowa, 1338 N Wood, A. jr., Pa., 130 Mar: Wood, F., N.¥., 825 15th street n.w. Nev., Willard’s hotel. », litan hotel. . street n.w. 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