Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1876, Page 7

DEXTER, THE BEST TROTTER. The Successive Victories of a Steed Without a Peer. How He Broke the Hearts of Lady Thorn Goldsmith Meid,aud all the Other Gree Trotters of His Dau—A r but Perfectly Truthful Re ord of speed. We copy the following sketch of Dexter from the iast number of Wailace’s Monthly. itis from the pen of Charles J. Foster, one Of the best informed turf writers in the coun- y This famous horse is now seventeen years Old, and I was surprised te find that he still retains ail the Gre and vigor which soeml- nently distinguished him when he was per- forming his grand exploits upon the tarf. His legs are sound and clean, his muscle is bold and prominent, and his eye is bright and clear. In my mind, Dexter is always more associated with Hiram Wootraff than With any otbyr man, for he was the last as Well as the best of those famous troiters Which took shape ad form from the brain and hand of that grest man. Long before the horse bad achieved much distinction, Hiram took me to bis box at the old place near the Union Course, and, stripping him, said, “Here is @ horse that will make the best trot- ter we have ever seen—the King of the World.” is was completely verified it would take long to tell. That he was, and perhaps stil! is, the best trotter I have ever seen, is to my mind certain. Others have su his time for a mile, but his great performances were made over’ tracks whiel were slow when compared with the fastest nowadays. Moreover 1 do not regard the time test with that superstitious reverence which some have for it; and I pronounce Dexter the best trotting horse I have ever Seen, because when he was on the turf he could beat all other horses, including Lady Thorn and Golkismith Maid, any distance, in apy way of going. aud with very great ease. To say that these mares improved afterward is not to the purpose. Dexter im- proved afterward himself, and if he had been continued on the turf and sultably handled, Iam satisfied that he would have trotted in 2 min. 12 sec. before now, and I thin that at ester he would most likely have made his mile in 2 min. 10 sec. ‘The real truth is, that when Dexter was at his best, although he was a young horse, he never met one that coulda trot with him, head and head. He broke their hearts. As Dan Pilfer, the trainer of Lady Tnorn said to me ears aco, “‘Hesets them aswimming before ey have gone a quarter of a mile” Seeing that I regard Dexter as the best trotter for and bottom combined that ever was bred, it will be proper to look into the pedi gree and see wnat clemepts entered into the composition of so famous a horse. It is not to say that he was got by Hamble- toni and bad one cross of Messenger through bis dam. THE STUFF IN DEXTER. There isin Dexter, and in most. ifnotall, the other reai good horses of the Hambieto- nian line large @mount of thoroughbred blood besides thatof Messenger. This is also the case with those of the Mambrino Chief line. In Dexter, however, it manifested it- self with particular strength. He has the shape and contour of a distingnished horse Of bigh type, and in his head, neck, shoul- ders, and ‘Sepin through the heart, he does not take afier his sire. He is altogetner wiry and racing-like, and has more of hickory and live-oak look than any of his relatives In the male line. He was always @ downright sticker for any distance and at any rate of spaed,and in this he differed vastly from many of Hambietonian’s get. Finally, he possessed, and still possesses, that indomitable, invincible spirit which distinguishe! English Ectipse. Dexter was never thought to be a vicious horse, but he always had @ riotous, uncon- querable spirit, and of all those who have driven him at various times there was never one whose cheek and lip did not pale when the horse took hold in real earnest and darted away. This sort of spirit in horses and in me: is as rare as it is valuable, Eclipse had it in perfection. It was always manifest in Dexter. He knew when a race was coming on, and he rejoiced in his Strength. When his harness was handled it Kindled his fiery spirit and made him and alert. 1t was to him like the blast of the trumpet to the ancient war horse —like the cry of the hounds to the old bunting mare in her paddock. Ido not believe that Dexter got all or the most _— of this invia- cible spirit and determination from the Messenger line. The grand sire of Dexter in the male line was Abdallah, and he was the grandsor of Messenger in the male line. American Star, grand sire of Dexter on the dam's sile, was got by American Star, 80n of Duroc. out of a mare py Heary, gran- dam by Mes-enger. These Stars were noted as horses of uncommon game and bottom. I hold that a large amount of the excellence of Dexter was derived from his dam, and that it came through the close in-breeding of her sire to Diomed. She may have beea the result of an out-.cross from the in-bred stal- lion, while it may be that her dam had some of the blood of Diomed as well as he. This Goes not impeach THE MERIT OF HAMBLETONIAN @t all; it exalts it; for it shows that the horse got the best trotier in the world from @ mare who had the blood of Diomed four times to one of Messenger, and had that of his by both lines, Henry closer than that of M . The fact that Dex- when six yearsold, trot. It was on the he beat Stonewall Jackson, of New York, General Grant, and Lady Collins on the Union Course. Oa the 13th of ay he beat Doty’s mare to wagoo on the Union Course. the isth, at tae —— beat Shark and Lady al out the third heat In seconds. On the 3d it was five toone on Dexter. There was a "at deal too much scoring, Dexter mai, roke at the word, and hit his knee in the beat, which made Hiram mad, too, and he drew him. After the swelling of his knee ‘Was reduced, thehorse was turned out for two months. He was then taken up and driven by Mr. Alley until Oct. 1, when he ‘Was sent to Hiram Woodraff again. He gave bim two weeks’ work, when he trotted | in 2 minutes 2) seconds. He nad three weeks’ More work, and tnen on a damp, cloudy day in November, be went a mile trial on tne Union Course, Mr. Alley and Mr. Sheppard F. sae timing him. At the end of it, when Hiram brought Dexter back to the Stand, he threw up his hands and exclaimed, "Ob! what a hors The time was 2 min- ntes 22, seconds, and that on the Union Course on that day was about as good as 2 Minutes 20 seconds on the fastest courses we bave now. So much for the king among orses in his first season on the course. Hi- ram Woodruff had now made up bis mind concerning Dexter, and that winter he matched him, three-mile heats. to go as they — rain or shine, Sion Stonewall ‘ackson, of Hartford. That horse had a great reputation. Meantime, OEXTER BEAT GEN. BUTLER in harness, on the Fashion course, and trotted the third heat in 2 min. 24% sec. On ithe preceding day Lady Thorn had trotted 2 min. 244 sec.on the Union, and these two Were now matched for the Union course, to trot Friday, June 9. On that day there was @ great storm, and the race was postponed. An immense crowdjof people assembled at Hiram’s, and many of them insisted upoD Beeing the horse. latter was excited by the visits of so many strangers, and lost con- dition. Tuey trotted on the following Mon- day, and the mare won in fourheats tne best of which was 2 mio. 24 sec. This was the only time Lady Thornever beat him; he was then young and “in his green and salad days.” Afterward she never had much With him. The day for the three- ™mille-neat saddle race, and Dexter won it on easy manner. to trot against time, and beat 2 min. thousand to one thousand was ‘ost him, but he won easily, in the * ee ee ey he Jost ground by a break. In @ week ne mat General Butler on the He was then ! anding style, joy Boat is comm: y! out ino sec. I have always belitves that have trotted in 4 min. 50 sec. to that day. Hiram said he could him three or four secoads faster and be was the most caatious im bis estimates. Comments upoao performance as this, uw; Course at that time, is bade a ct 4 i ine f i E iy BEATING THE Swirtest. Rud Doble now took charge of Dexter, and b Dexter i the glory, but Eoff the t v fe rhare of the ts. At Philadelphia Dexter beat stallion, and under saddle. At Avon Springs beat the Californi: staliion. At Baffslo he beat thestaliion #n¢ Kolls Golddust. He al:o beat Bu'ler, un'er saddie,in 2 min. 18 see, and trotted the last haif mile in 1 min. 18 sec. At Cleveland he beat the stallion and Butler in harness. Instead of the California stallion being able to beat Dexter, as some claimed, the latter could have di: at any time after he got over hi He beat him Cateago, and the time in the first heat being bad, the people began to hoot aod manifest their displeasure, whereupon Dexter trotted the second and’ third heats virtually alone in 2 min. 21% sec., 2 min, 3 sec. With impudence and candor so sub- lime that I admire them to this day, Koff, the driver of the California stallion stood up and said: “Gentiemea, I have never pre- tended that borse can beat Dexter; I merely go round with him to give the peo- le @° chance to see trotter in © world.” To recapitulate the farther races in which Dexter beat Eoff ; and the staliion would be useless. At Kal- @mazoo the former tried to beat Fio- ra Temple's time. Je trotted the second heat in2 min. 21% see., and the thirdin 2 min. 21y sec. Thetrack was not as good as when she mae her2 min. 19% sec., and this is one of the great things which make the time test & very uncertain one. Mammona, by & concatenation of fortuitous circum- stances, made faster time for amile than idlewlid everdid. Yet they were both inthe same stable, and Capt. Moore knew that the Que-eyed mare could beat the other 30 to 40 yards over that distance of ground. In his third year upon the turf Dexter won 25 races of he@ts, three in five. and lost one, which was when be was off. In 1967 he was matched against Lady Thorn to trot mile heats and two-mile beats in harness. and the same races to wagon. Before they came off he met Goldsmith Maid at Middletown, and beat her with greatease. On the 28th of May he met Lady Thorn at the Fashion Course, mileheats, 3 in 5,inharness. Themare was beaten with ease in the first heat, and dis- tanced in the second. On the 7th of June they trotted to wagons. The first heat was slow. The mare broke twice,and Dexter was held back for ber. The second was an ama- zingly fine heat. He beat her in 2 min. 24 sec.; and then won the third, under a hard pull, in 2 min. 28 see. On the 2ist they trot- ted two-mile heats in barness, and Dexter won easily in 4min. 51 sec. min. 1 sec. On the 2ist Dexter trotted a race on the Fashion against ETHAN ALLEN AND RUNNINGIMATE, mile heats, three in five. The team won the first heat in 2 min. 15 sec., and Dexter got home in 2 min. 16 sec. In the second heat he trotted on the outside, round the turn, and went to the half mile in 1 min. 6sec. On the lower turn the pace was still very hot, and Ethan broke, but the runner enabled him to catch without loss, and, pulling him alon; tbrough the alr, they overhauled Dexter, an beat him three lengths, in 2 min. 16 sec. The team won the third heat in 2 min. 19 sec. This, though a losing one, was‘ the best per- formance Dexter ever made upon the course. To trot mile after mile at sucha rate, against Winning opponents, runner and trotter, on the outside, and never to flinch an inch, manifests the most admirable resolution. He never broke, and was not forced out at the end of the heats. I never saw another trotter that could, in my estimation, have stood the pinch. I have seen some very fast ones that Would have gone all to pieces when collared in the second heat, as Dexter was. On the 29th of June Dexter beat Lady Thorn, two mile heats to wagon. He was very fine drawn from his previous races with her and with the double team, but he beat her with ease in 5 min. 1 sec., 5 min. 5 sec. On ith of July, he trotted against Ethan Allen, and his thoroughbred runner, Charlotte F., on the half-mile track at Morristown, and they Won @ very fast race for that course. On the loth day of July, Dexter encountered Lady Thorn at Trenton, and beat her. This was the last time they met. On the 16th he beat Brown George and running mate at Albany, nd trotted the second and third heats in min. 20); sec. He beat them again at Provi- dence, July 28. And on the 30th he beat them again at the Riverside half-mile course, Bos- ton. In this race he made 2:21%, 2:19, 2:21 4. After that at Buffalo he beat his Boston time by trotting in 2 min. 17 x sec. The course Was then over @ mile in length, and much slower than itnow is. At that meeting no horse save Dexter beat 2 min. 30sec. He was now purchased by Mr. Bonner, but the de- livery was not to be made until he had trotiéd at Chicago. He was then sent to his new home, and retired from the turf. During his career of less than four seasons DEXTEK WON ¥ORTY-NINE RACES, The ES majority of them were mile heats, three in five, in harness. He also won @t three-mile heats, and at two-mile heats, in harness, to wagon he was never de- feated. Dexter made the best mile under saddle, the best mile in harness, and thi mile to wagon that had been made. His two miles to wagon, second beat was perhaps the it performance. ie had lota of left at betes of = a Ears gone another mile without pulling upat a tremendous rate. It is manifest to those who carefally consider the breeding, the form, the wonderful exploits, and the rare never had Sg ae In > Di ev pitt oe all rij other ever equal the nearest. le had feated, and it is certain that he did improve in the stableof Mr. Bon- ner. His feats to road when driven by bis owner proved it. Still, there is noth- ing like a succession of contests on the turf to bring ont the capabilities of reall. horses, and the Semperamens of Dexter was 80 exacting, his spirit was so high, his am- bition so devouring, and his capacity to stand work so great, that he was eminently the horse to improve upon the race course. Many thought Mr. Bonner would never be able todrive him, but that wasa mistake. rage and determination resembled those of Dexter. The latter became calm and patient in his hands. Mr. Bonner has driven him half a mile to bis wagon In 1 min. 6% sec. On another occasion he drove him to nis road wagon a mile over Prospect Park course in 2 min. | 214 Sec., which was truly amazing. The | horse had started with him from his stable in New York, and taken him through the streets on this side and those of Brook) before he mage the trial. It was timed three genth whose ability and impar- tality are unquestionable. is picture, as he by gee in that trial, has been published, and it is good, but no artist ever has caught or ever can fix with brush or pencil the mar- | veloua spirit and determination which glow in every lineament of the living Dexter, Son of the Morning. THE STATE SEAL of Indiana, which repre- | sents ‘a full-grown buffalo bull deliberately | rushing up to a granger who is chopping | down a tree at sunrise,” is not by any means the most remarkable of the devices fever te for that pur, . Georgia offers someth! =} | More astonishing in a picture of an absu: | Summer-house supported by three pillars | and guarded by a Continental soldier with weak legs; and eons Race g ne ayergee’ a figure of General Washington in act of holding up an intoxicated friend in order to keep him from failing against a_book-case in the back-ground. After this California's device of Minerva sitting onastone, while @ cinnamon bear nibbles her left le; i artistic and nice. clash ENOCH ARDEN IN SAS.—As he entered the cabin he found the old woman and her new husband engaged in the double-work- Ing, back-acting. reciprocative performance of pulling each other's bair. They reversed engines for & moment as he e was m1: J’ve heard tell as you've married her; I shall never introod on your domestic bliss agen; but I warns you right here, bein’ a man as don’t like to see his neighbor took in, that this is @ game whar you don’t stand no show. Stranger, she can draw to a bobtail and make a full hand ary time.” Then he bowed, lifting his hatfrom @ bald head, and with- dre’ tt Times. the first gentleman with whom she shakes coun’ the one hundred horses. girl in the carries a memoran- iterday, hi poo drove of a hundred horses to town to , What s shaking bands would take pl to-morrow.—Jefferson City ‘WHY SHOULDN'T cities take in hand the ler of farnishi: A Pair of Snerers. HE TURNED OUT OLD MAN BULLARD AND THEN TURNED IN HIMSELF. [Prom the Virginia Enterprise. After the fre old man Bullard found loaz- ings on South C street. He is a huge, fat, patured, and very entertaining man. ‘he proprietor of the ay | house was much pleased with Bullard, h ed at his jokes the first evening of his val at bis place till tears ran down bis cheeks. Tae men who were to be Bullard’s roommates that he must find some other place for Mr. Bullard, as he was Such @ terrific snorer they couldn’t stand Tandiord sougbt an interview. with Bullard, tan in lew wi alla &nd remonstrated. Bullard stoutly asserted not snore—had never been known tosnore. The landlord found men to take the beds, but again Bullard cleaned them out In a single night. di 5 again |. He told him he must either leave the house or pay reot for all the beds — Nepeaes Hg g said a Teain was @ bargain, he bad paid $15 for his _ and he intendéd: keeping it till bis month was up, a! e Gidn't propose to jor beds he had nO use for; ne diin't nro, and the man who asserted to the contrary Was @ liar and a horse thief. The landlord felt very much depressed after this last in terview with Bullard, as he saw he was de- termined not to be removed from his quar- ters. A morning or two after, as Ballard’s Jandlord Was goiug down town,be saw stand- ing io Ube door a brother loging house man. “Thank heaven, he’s goue!” said the man, as Bullard’s landiord came up. “Thank heaven, I'm rid of him at last!” “Rid of whom?” “W1Y, of the big fat man wadding down the street.” “What of him?” “Enough of him! He drove nearly every man ont of my house before he left. They wouldn't stop inthe same block with that snorting Falsi jan porpoise, sir.” “He's &@ good one, is he?” “A good one! He’s a Lappe terror! He's more different kinds of a snorer than any man I ever heard, and every time he changes his key It is for the worse. “While I had him here crowds were gathering in front of the house nightly, wonde if what was the matter within, and the fee came in one night, thinking some one was being mur- dered. My dog ran away, and all the cats left the house, sir!” ‘‘And the man you pointed out to me is this snorer!”” pp eh he pat B ou ay, sir!” and Buligrd’s landlord hastened down the street. The next morning, with the first peep of day, Bullard rushed into the presence of bis bag “Wh iré you trying to play on me?" cried he; ‘«I never slept a wink all night. Of all the infernal noises I ever heard, that man in my room got off the worst. Is he go- ing to stay there?” “Stay? of course heis. Hain't he got th bed for a month?” = 4 “Then I leave!” and Bullard good as his word. = fterward, the man who had the landlord you see yonder An hour ousted Bullard arose and waddled serenely into the presence of the landlord. “You've cleaned him out,” said the land- lord. You raised him: he’s gone for good!" and the landlord Cerin d rubbed his hands. “Now,” continued the landlord, “I'll give zon — square breakfast, and then you “Go,” said the fat man; “not much I don t. Didn’t you say iast evening, in the presence of Bullard and a halfadozen others, that I Was to stay here a month?” “But that, you know, was only to—”" “T know nothing of the kind, and I shall stay bere! Iam human; I must have some piace in which to repose.” The landiord is now trying to get some man to set up some kind of machine in his house that will oust this snorer, who now bas the whole place to himself, except a small room in the corner of the third story, where he and his wife spend their nights ina miserable way.” —_—_——____.. A Fine Art Experience. LFrom the Boston Commercial Bulletin.| Into one of the large jewelry and fancy gcods stores of Boston walked, the other day one of those custwmers that the holiday sea- son sometimes brings to town. He was a hard-handed,loose-jointed,broad-shouldered individual, carefully dressed ina new suit of egy ready-made clothes, a home-laun- dried shirt, and a hat which, although per- fectly new, was three seasons hi the present fashion. Sauntering up to one of the salesmen, with @ very obvious attempt at being at home among the glittering splendor of the sales- room and @ general air of ‘Not to be as- Uovished or being done by you Boston fel- lers.” he inquired; “Got any brunzes?” The clerk answered in the affirmati ve, and lea the way w a bewildering stock of bronze statuettes, clocks, ete. The visitor stared at them for a moment &s an interior African might have done at the first white man he bad even seen, and then, setting his hat a little more firmly on bis head, asked: ‘« Which of them figgers most be the Venus of high low?” The trained salesman,with placid counten- ance, quietly replied: “Ido not remember any by that title; are you sure that was the name?” The patron of the fine arts drew a large yellow silk handkerchief from his hat, and, mopping his face uneasily, said: sh, but I think it was high low; Mariar sed that ifI thou’t of seven up Ishouldn’t forget the name. The factis,” said the puzzled purchaser, with a sudden burst of confidence, “the fact 1s, cap, I hev just put upanew tenement down South Higginsboro’, and Mariar ‘lowes she’d like a brunze in the keepin’ room, suthin’ like what she seed once in cousin Sam Stiff- ner’s ‘lor on Beacon street. Cousin Sam he writ the namesona card, Stage I've got it now;” and, divi into his breast pocket as if he was to u: ath a two-hand- ed sword he lugged out along pocket-book, from the depths of which he plucked a card. and handed it to the salesman. Ab!” gaid the latter, «the Venusof Milo. Yes, sir, here isa fine copy, @ reproduction by Barbidienne. The customer surveyed it earnestly for a moment, and then said: “You hain’t got a perfect one, hev ye, cap? This ’ere one has lost both arms and got dents all Over her back.” The patient salesman explained that the statuette was a Coa of the original that was found in that condition. “Sbob!” commented the other; and then hesitetingly, “don’t any of them have any more clothes ’n that? This ‘ere one’s night- | anf ‘pears to have kind of slipped off on a” Again theshopman, despite his twitching museles, explained to bis attentive listener that it was an imitation of an ancient statue. He, however, cocking his head on one side, inquired: “Wall, now ademas ty tax fur her jess as she stands?” is bony knuckles on the bronze as if it were a buzz saw. “One hundred and fifty dollars for that size,” said the clerk. ““Wha-a-t!” almost shouted the would-be tron of fine arts: “‘a hundred and fifty dol- ars fora brunze gal ’thout any arms, and skearce arag on her back! Venus of My Low! Venus of Your High, I should say. A hun- dred ‘n fifty dollars! Why, that’s half the mortgage on brother Jim’s farm. Guess Mariar must thought my name was Wil- liam B. Astor, instead of John Higgins: and, fixing bis hat a little firmer he made a raat exit from the store and struck a stfaight line for the Easton railroad stmtion. ——————— Altitade Fascination. Jumping from points of elevation is a fashion of suicide. To stand on an elevated site exercises a singular fascination over some ple, leading them to jump into the alr, It causes others to sweat with fear. Last summer I talked with the | armel the steeple of the Cathedral at tras! on this* subdject,and he informed me that visitors were free from the feel- ing of frighton reaching the first terrace, which is of great altitude, and that it was so pronounced as to generally prevent them oom oe any higher. Sometimes the wo- men fainted. I confess that I was not free from @ vague dread in looking out over the immense reach of man air—the guardian or guide—informed ine that the summer Deforean Englishman bad fainted, but determined to overcome t, and ascend account of OL which he hurled ALASKA'S GREAT VoLcafo. Ascending to the ice-clad Craters of Liyamna. A Mysterious Re> on that the Supersti- tious Abort: inal Alaskians Never Ven- ture Into—A Journey Amply Bewas ded. LFrom the Scn Francisco Chronicie ] The esstern shore of Cook's iulet is low ard level, the mountain chain which ex- tends trem the head waters of the Youlon to the Kenal peviusuia receding from thirty to fifty miles inland, the intervening space forming unnumbered “tundras” (swampy pee) vines by timber belts of spruce and bi of stunted growth. The water of the “tuncras” finds an outlet in hundreds of erceks and rivulets which cut the sea in deep ravines; the red color and strong metaliic taste of the water indicating the existence ofiron. On the west side of the inlet the mountains rise abruptly out of the water, leaving only a small piece of sandy beach bére and there. e t of this chain, which sorms the backbone of the Feninsula of Alaska, from which the terri- lory Was named, na, AN ac- live voicano. Fiom my hows ater Nicho- las, on the mouth of the Kenal, this moun- tain lay due west, and the first rays of the Tising sun would strike its snow-covered cone, making it flash forth from the misty veil pied unbroken by the morning breez The distance from St. Nicholas across the inlet is about forty miles, but the restless pature of Ilyamna makes itself felt even here, though separated by a deep arm of the ocean. Whenever the smoke and steam ceased to rise from the crater of the voleano, the different peopie of the vicinity were informed of the fact by shocks of earthquake More or jess violent. An old chief tried to illustrate this phenomena to me by closing the spout of a boiling kettle and bidding me observe the lifting of the lid by the steam—a Pope good reasoning on cause and effect or an Judian. The vutives teil of a terrible eruption in 1s34, and Rost te here blocks of lava and long lomonite on the eastern shore as having been thrown across on that occa- sion, but I think they rolled down the stee; cliffs in the winter on to the ice, and were then ferried across by the current when the fields broke up in the spring. It had been my wish to visit this volcano from the first tine I beheld it, but opportu- nity did not serve until August, 1869, when the captain of a trading sloop offered to take me hear enough to the shore to allow me to land in a bidarka, and to cruise off the place again ina week to take me back. The tives do not like to visit this region, hoidi it in superstitious awe, and I undertook the tip alone. After sloop had crossed the inlet, the prospect was uvinviting enough. The whole coast seemed one continuous line of unbroken breakers, the white foam leaping up high on the almost per; icuiar black Walls of basalt and lava. At last we espied # little bay, where a small stretch of beach indicated the outiet of a rivulet. No trail or trace of man was visible, but when I emerged from the ravine I was astonished to find that what had seemed only @ narrow Strip of brush on the mountain side from the inlet was in reality aspacious plateau of several miles width covered with timber of respectable size. I sauntered along leisure- ly over the yielding carpet of moss. CAMPING OUT. Some bear trails crossed my course, but the only anim: I encountered that day were reindeer. They hardly noticed me, by turning their great blue eyes in my direc- tion. ight was coming on, and though I disliked to break the peaceful silence about me, I had my supper to get; an unfortunate rouse ventured into my immediate neigh- hood just then, and the report of my rile called thundering echoes from ail the ravines and crevices of old Ilyamna, for the first time, probably, for many a year. After all this noise had passed away I picked up a four-pound bird, and camped on the first creek that crossed my road. Fuel was plen- ty. A few large strips of bark peel or spruce trees and An armful or two of moss supplied couch and shelter. When my broiled bird had grown beautitully less, and my ap- petite decreased in the saine ratio, I took a short survey of my surroundings. It was dark now, but the night was clear, and over the tops of the trees I could see Iiyamna rising in one solid pyramid. The craters of the yoleano are not on the same side of the mountain with my camping ground that night, but T was reminded of their vicinity by alow rumbling sound that startled me out of my firstslumbers. I ‘stirred up the fire, and sat up awaiting farther develop- ments. Another growl came in about half an hour, and then s! —— supreme. The sun was up bi 1 L awoke next morning. A leg of last night's grouse, a bite | of the biscuits I carried with me, adrink of water, and I was on my road again. While gradually ascending through the timber I came to @ place where, under the shadow of an overhanging rock, somebody ha! camp=d @ long, long time ago. A portion of the rock where show and rain could not reach it, was still blackened by the smoke, snd some char- red sticks lay in sheltered nooxs. While ushing aside some of these sticks with my foot, I displayed a thick covering of moss that bad partially grown over them, ani be- neath it jaya tin match-box, covered over with leather, The spring was rusted away, but with the help of my knife I broke in one side; inside were some matches and a piece ofsperm candle, wrapped up ina leafof a Russian prayer book. The matches, how- ever, of Russian make, proved that the place had been visited since’ 1810. Soon after this little incident I got out of the belt of timber, and climbing over some huge granite boul- ders came on to a broad field of lava that extended upward on the side of the moun- tain until it was lost in snow. I concluded to followgup this ‘‘lead” as most likely to take me to the crater. THE LAVA must have been several years old at least, for its surface was worn smooth by the action of snow and ice upon it. This made the walking rather tiresome, and with boots on my feet I could not have accomplished it all, but moccasins allow the feet to cling to the least projecting object or the test un- evenness in the surface, At a where some block basalt had divided the lava car- rent a spring was ig forth, looking clear and geen f but it‘was lukewarm and tasted strongly of sulphur. After a fatiguing ascent along the lava bed I reached the snow line and shaped my course around the mountain, just beyond the snow. The view from here was not obstracted, except toward the east, by the mountain itself. To the north and south stretched the long chain of nae peaks the whole length of the pen- insula, but in the west the horizon was bounded by nothing but the meeting of sky and broad Pacific. While I was feasting my eyes another slight shock made itself felt, and insignificant as it was it sufficed to loosen @ mass of snow above and start it down the lava track I had just climbed. It did not have the dimensious of an Alpine avalanche, but had I been where I was half an bour before, this present sketch would have been unwritten. At about noon I turned the int of @ projecting clill, and there lay before me the object of my search. A mile or two beneath my standpoint was a crater,an opening of oval shape, emitting clouds of steam and coal-black smoke. The edges of the black abyss were jagged and uneven, except on two places where lava jad escaped very recently, as I found on close examination. From where I stood I could see nothing to prevent a near approach. I started on the descent at once, but when I had reached a point about 500 yards Po co eed hy ee extremity Fone a cra- ter, I found my further progress s! ry @ bed of ashes, the hard crustof which would bot bear my Weight, and as I was afraid of cutting the buckskin of my moccasins, there was nothing left to me but to keep along the edge of the impedimeng until I could find an opportunity to cross. This course led me back in the direction I had come for about two miles, and then a deep ravine became visible, with a stream in the bottom, aud thickly studded with magnificent trees. By this time the sun was going down in the ocean, and I was determined to go into camp and gather sag for the fatigues of the morrow. The ik proved to be the outlet of a hot spring. An immense number of antlers of reindeer demonstrated that this must bea favorite resort of these quadra- peds, and the whole bottom of the ravine was crossed by their tracks. A few minutes suf- ficed to gather berries enough to make a good meal, in conjunction with the dried salmon and biscuits I carried, but for drink I had to rely on the contents of m: H 2 Tagit = | | out intoa They seemed perfectly tame, a d came up to my barricade, eyeing tt aod snuftlic at it W. 1deringty; some of them stepp-si toto the Stream seemed to enjoy the warn cor- et. but cid not drink. An pour Drought me to the foot of ths cave that forms the crater I had seen the previous day. From above it had seemed only an open! ¢ | Im the side of the mountain-with ra e ces, but now it proved to be an oval | mound, over 100 feet in heigh’. eviteutly f «mea by different eruptions, the suce-ed- i layers of lava ashes being easily treeed. On the eastern extremity 8 «mail rent of liquid lava was slo#iy deacend- ing and losing itself among the huge Dould- er: on the eastern 5) of the moun tan. The opposite side of the mound was cold, though somewhat s)i 'y, and with some difficulty I scrambled up to the top, to the very rim of the crater. ‘Phe wind was in my favor, blowing the smoke and asbes away, avd giving me an nity to see ae much of the tnside of this safety valve of the | lower regions as it is possitie to see. There seemed to be two a@bysses in the crater, only one (on the western end) show- ing apy life at thattime. A great many small pyramidical mounds —— out all over the Inner surface. some of them smok- | Ing from their x. Black was the prevatl- Fos | color, relieved only here and there by { - urous deposits in different shades of yellow. The wind change@and drove me from my Position, almost suffocated by smoke aud sulphurous gases, an ominous growling under my feet reminded me of the expedien- cy of retreating while I might. I climbet up toward the snow line in an easterly direc- tion, and soon quenched my thirst on a glace au naturel, While enjoying the view over the gona landscape spread out under my eet. inding my way around the mountain I caught sight of the second crater, @ long way above me, surrounded by eternal ice and show. Smoke rose from it in heavy clouds, but I could see no trace of lava anywhere in the white waste surrounding it. “Inquiries @mong the natives have led me to believe that the match box I found was lost by a party ofscientific explorers from the Impe rial Academy of Science at St. Petersburg, | Who visited the volcano in 1852. Wu Undercurrent Existences. There are some poe who seem to lead | very humdram lives. They say and no notn- ing in particular. They are home-loving and | home-staying. They are quiet, unpretending and unattractive. To sit in the presence of such persons, after ow’, the bustie, hurry and brilliance of worldly life, is like going pasture iu autumn, and contem- plating the brown turf and gray rocks, after dwelling in the luxuriance of a well kept garden. They seem so dull in the emotional uality, The intensities of life are lost to them. They are serenely domesti ently useful, quietly existent. Such ple are generally passed by and left out. In the gay procession of change and circumstance a4 feem to have no place. Inthe scenes of life where laughs out comedy, or stalks dark tragedy, they are the supernumeraries, who only stand by and say nothing. They are not objects of charity, either mentally or ysically, for they aiways seem very com- ortable; at thesame time they appear so, in lack of desire for what is ardent, Vigorous and active, which to as seems the pith of existence. To the careless and unthinking, such indi- viduals are targets forscorn. Satire, of that Kind which is balf pitiful, follows them. They are the recipient of treatmeut most dis- Unetly flavored with indifference; the iu- difference which is not cautious, aud which &peaks out frankly in every gesture. No ex- pectation of resentment ever troubles any- body. Notone in twenty ever dreams that their feelings may be burt. They are, in fact, not supposed to have any sensibility atall. Yet these very people who seem of So little consequence are an indispensabie portion of humanity. Like the background of @ sombre shading throws the colors of the countenance into border relief, and heightens the effect by force of centrast, so in the crowd of energetic, intelligent earnest workers, these unobtrusive beings mingle the dull neutrals of their characters, and render the worla finished by their shade. They bear in silence @ great portion of all burdens that are borne. ‘They pick up what others drop. They put In place what others overturn. They mend what others break. They find what others lose. They accept what ers reject. They do what others leave lone. While others tell of what they have accomplished, they rise and go about Some becessary work. While others laugt and chat about a thousand trifles, thi steadily pursuing some homely duty. to the Conditions of their natures, they fulfil &n essential partin the world’s work, and carry into effect much which more splendid intellects conceive. Happiness and comfort are sbed around them; for ease and freedom from petty cares, means, to many who have no time to spend on them, enjoyment and en- puragement. In the under-currents of these calm existences frequently les the joy of whole families and many friends. “These people are, without doubt, in just the right lace, and doing the right thing. They are BpPy. in it, as they know nothing of the richness and flavor of more extended obser- vation in the quiet, domestic atmosphere which they breathe, their homely influence may be just the element needed io curb the vices of those who out from them. Tue very innocence of their ways, the unsophis- ticism of their thoughts, may be the pale but Steady light to guide some érring heart that loves them. In the day when the Father sball make up bis Jewels, the almost eolor- less but beautiful pearl may occupy a place nearer his heart than the most brilliant diamond; and when the record of our lives is placed in the judgment before us, we may see with —. that these silent ones, whom we had thought little of, are those whom God with his finer discrimination, most approves.— The Golden Rule. “The True Story of ‘Panch.’” Mr. W. Tegg writes to the Atheneum: “TI notice in one of the ‘monthlies’ a series of articles entitled, ‘The True Story of Punch.’ While giving credit to the writer for some lod, I observe there is ® good deal of matter in tue articles tending rather to lengthen than to elucidate their professed object; and it occurred to me that the following facts within my own knowl- edge, however unimportant, may be useful at some future time, in connecting the vari- ous scattered reminiscences into a more Strictly consecutive history of Punch. In early life I was, from the nature of my busi- nets engagements, thrown much into the society of men of letvers, artists, engravers, &c.,and more especially just before Panch was started, I had frequent occasion to min- gie in the company of a number of them, who were In the habit of holding nightly meetings at a public house called ‘Tae Shak- pooeet Head,’ then kept by Mr. Mark. in Wych street, § (notin New- castle street, as mentioned by the writer of ‘True 8} of Punch.’) There I met Doug- las Jerrold, the Mayhews, Sterling, Coyue, and others. ce of meeting was mm,’ first floor front. Every subject of the day was discussed in a clever and sparkling way, although the con- versat ion was a little ‘shoppy.’ It was here Punch was born and first saw the light. Toe title and general way of bringing it before the public were not the suggestions of one man, but the result of the united suggestions of several, and after a good deal of talk and consideration it was resolved to form a joint stock er, among themselves, and that Douglas Jerrold, the Mayhews, Coyne, Mark Lemon, &c., should supply the literary part, and Landell and Last the printing, paper, drawing on wood, and engravings. much | for its start, and now for its second stage. After running a short time, and heey d week becoming worse and worse, it was decided to write to Thackeray, who was at or about that time drawing on wood for the London Figaro, then edited by Gilbert A. Becket, to come to its aid. But Thackeray at thal Tiod declined, ‘no cash being fortheom- ng.’ And so I come to the third si With (to quote his own words) the whole fot of editors thrown in, would suit Mr.Tegg (my father) to purchase—copy- Tight, stock, plant, &c. Mr. Bradbury, se- nior; of the firm of Bradbury & Evans, prin- ters, (not publishers, as stated in the articles I bave referred to), was, in consequence, asked by me to see Mr. ei respecting the purchase, which he did, and no better man | could have been selected, as he was in daily communication with Mr. » and on most lendiy terms, the firm Bradbu: vans having nearly all Mr. Tegg’s PRB ithe wut HER bad Scyeatren 15 easier solder yy ing than @ traveling tinker t two prices for orf them. Have the dish knife and the tin around the until {ts"bright, #0 that toe. solder | eke 4s good bread, and make it as ea: Breed in Winter— Home-made Purn twee ~ New Mode of Washing Washing Fine Underclothing— Mouschold Hints BREAD IN WINTER. A lady writes an exchange: That ts one of the (Poubles that we women experience: in tie season of winter, making bread. I was willing & lady yesterday that if we could io the winter as in summer, it would that gloomy season of one of its annoyances. Ove bates to be tied down to buckwheat cakes, corn cakes, Graham gems, biscutt, #nd all these kinds of hot cakes ‘that tax oue's Lime so mercilessiy; I mean the wo- men don't like it, but I'll warrant the men und boys think its real jolly, ba’ The lady to whom I referred said she had that very morning called at a neighbor's where they were baking. and she had learned something pew that might —- me, as she Was sure It would herseif. The pan of Soar, with the yeast in the middie of it, w: Standing ov three warm bricks, on a ol beside the stove, well covered up with a woolen blanket kept for that pu » cov- | ered all over, top, bottom, and sides. "Then | when the bread was molded, and the loaves | _! were put In paos, they were set upon the warm bricks and covered up. This ts a very 00d &rrangement, provided the bricks are merely warm. A large pan is preferable wo | & wooden bowl or tray for many reasons. i Another woman of my acquaintance who | is troubled about keeping her yeast and bread warm enough while rising, tells me sue has | & banging shelf over her cook stove in the Kiteben, which ts an excellent arrangement and serves her purpose admirably. If we could pi the yeast and make and bake the bread in @ room of even temperature, as they do at bakeries, we would succeed as weil in getting good bread tn the win io the summer. east or almost freezes, that fermentation is sacu | & Lecious process. 1 think it is @ good plan, on a molerately | warm day in winter, for & woman to do 4 very large baking—say a dozen loaves, and then when they begin to grow stale and dry steam a loaf ata time, and make it as good as new. If you have no steamer—which by the way is an indispensable article—dip the stale loaf suddenly, two or three times, into & pall of water and then lay it into the ovea for twenty minutes or halfan hour. By the way, Lizzie says: “Do tell thegiris how nice & steamer is; that it only costs $1, and they can get one the same way I did. Teil them 1 bailed a notion peddier and told him to bring | us one the next time he came around, aud that T hunted up old tron and broken plow | points, and bad plenty wo pay for it, ready ‘Sud wailing when the new steamer came.” HOM® MADE FURNITURE. A lady in the Floral Cabinet says tnat to Pray for the Bolt Bpit, Oy Mer Gee sth ray for the Holy Spirit Fhe Seeesiiaie Peale phy AS Pees & vies on Lesecoe at Sams NE® resin arions, Dis Canta © Medica! =i8, new edition | Besar Morley Taretiripresie eee where. — Tertft | iy Samuel Baalies Lowell's Among M) Books Bees " Our Place Among Infiuities By Prof. Proe- ments and Habits of Climbing Cuerey. By Gail Hiesniiton ‘ate Author ot rel MOATE 4 ©O.., oksellers and Stationers, Vernon Bow, cor Pa. ave. and loth st coer Great WARREN € a7 ‘a Vere de Sectete Noerdboff Cotton Mates Owen Gwynne 's Great Victor janlé-tr 1016 Pennsylvania ave .cor tthe SHILLING TONS PAT aT S' D denote 1AR1ES FOR 181 DIE FOCK EE Oven, hear one talk about home-made farntiure | pes, Wap fates Fo tbe idea is conveyed that nothing can be | Sctage Staats Detien Pepsascaeet made of boxes, half-barrels, &c., that will | and Territories, Blank & for a ‘io look genteel enough to becailed by the uame |year, and Cash Account foreach month. Bite ¢ of furniture. Now, Kind reader, don’t be (tis- it Kinds in various styles of binding. gusted. I have seen common goods boxes converted into handsome bureaus and Stands; and they @re so cheap, and yet so convenient, that I will tell you how to make them. Tomake a pretty dressiug stand for & bedroom, take a box three and a half feet long, eighteen inches wide, and eighteen deep—ionger if desired. Cover it smoothly With dark brown cloth. Set it up length- wire, with the open side to the wall. Tae interior will hold many things. Shelves can be put up if desired. Have « light frame work made and painted dark brown—then varnished. Attach this to the back part of the box, and by means of screws puta mir- | ror firmly in the framework. Take a rach- ing of cloth @ shade darkeror lighter than the other; sew it around the top of the box; this gives ita fuish. It ts pretty as well as useful, and nobody would ever suspect it | having been a goods box once in its time. Another good way to utilize a large box:— Cover it all around with dark green cam- bric, (or, if you think green is poisonous, use brown,) leaving the open side of the box up. The cover should be fastened on on side of the box so as to raise like a trank lid. The top of this is to be padded—theout- side covering should be dark cloth. This, in an upper chamber, is very convenient for bolding wearing apparel, bedclothes, &e. Good cupboards can be made of large boxes. Put sheives inside, and nail a strip around the top of the box so as to extend three or four tuches above the level; this | will prevent articles from sliding off. Tne whole is tobe painted a good dark color. | This, in the kitchen, if not used for holding | dishes, Will hide 80 many things that afier a while you will think it indispensable. Small boxes make nice foot stools. Stuff the top, which serves as a lid to the box, thus mak- ing 1t doubly useful—good for holding old i Tags, etc. A whole set of these will found useful. In the sitting.room they make good seats for children. Small boxes are also nice to hold winter flowers. Take them about twelve inches deep. eigh- teen inches long by twelve wide, (larger if | cesired,) apd paint them white. are white boxes, with the green leaves so fresh above them, make a beautiful contrast. Keep them near a door or window. A many things can thus be made useful which otherwise would only be iu the way. NEW MODE OF WASHING. ‘The il! effects of soda on linea have given rise to &@ new method of which has been ex- tensively adopted in Germany, and intro- duced into Belgium. The operation consists in dissolving two pounds of soap in about Ubree gall ol water as hot as the hand can bear, and adding to this one tables; - ful of turpentine and three of liquid am- monia; the mixture must then be well stirred, and the linen steeped in it for two or three hours, concn J care to cover up the vessel containing them as nearly hermeti- cally as possibile. The clothes Washed out and rinsed in the usual way. The soap and water may be reheated and poo tiahonteneney y= gr eed = “gt pg es) fal of turpentine @ table- pone, Spy ammonia must be added. The great economy of labor, and fuel. The linen scarcely suffers at ail,as there fs little necessity for rubbing, and its cleanliness and color are perfect. The ammonia and turpentine, al- though their detersive action ts » have no injurious effect upon the linen; and while the former evaporates immediately, the smell of the latter is said to disappear en- urely during the drying of the clothes. WASHING FINE UNDERCLOTHING. A leading firm, ——— and retailers of hosiery goods in Philadelphia, gives the Germantown Telegraph the following direc- Uons for washing merino, lambs’ wool, and silk underclothing, and that paper bears wit- ness to its excellence: Use one pound of dis- peg tg owt four gallons of warm water, in which rinse well the articles to be washed, drawing them repeatedly through the hand: wring as dry 45 possible, lo remove the soap; rinse them Again briskly in clean, lukewarm water; wring and streich them to their proper shape, and dry in the open air if possible. The shrink a ee: HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Lamps become incrusted inside with set- tings from the oll, and ordinary washing will not remove them. Take soap suds, and fill the lamp about one one-third full; ‘then put in a little sharp sand, and shake vigor- ously. A few minutes will remove every Tticle. Pevany persons, op om Ing potatoes for eooking, pare off @ thick slice from the sur- face instead of digging out the eyes. The Skinning process is all wrong, as tne si of the vegetable lies near the surface, the starch growing less abundant as the center is @pproximated. The best way is to scour them well, and either bake or boil them with their skins on. This mode of cleaning fine glass gives it a great brilliancy: Take fine powdered indigo, dip {nto It a moist linen rag, smear over the glass with It, and then wipe it off with a ey, dry cloth. As & substitute for this, {ted ashes, applied by a rag dij in we answer just as weil. Bi! i _ Spt to make the glass rough hed ia jure To a cotton when woven into fessedly jinen fabrics, to ra $ 8 i 3 nil: fs ig ai il sf i at fe i 4 5 EH PHYSICIANS’ VISITING LIST FOR 1876 HAGERSTOWN and othe: An a tet « ALMANAOS Win SHILLIRGTON'S Bookstera, Gect)-tr Corner 4 street and Penns. evenas ____ EDUCATIONAL. K BILL COLLEY a #ELLICOTT CITY, MD. 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