Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1877, Page 6

frigbted Summer, peering through the boug! thow perceive far off the coming foc? © g to detain him an make hast Sams wishmen | te to comm and throw upland and brown cape, of shinin i yellow g hich be. like pirate flerce and rhold, thus letting thee and thine escape? cunning Summer! Well be knows the wilt Iy gleams the war-red on his he Independent “LITTLE DAN.” It is about two hundred miles from Fort Territt, Texas, on tne healwaters of the ‘Wlano river, to Fort McKavette, on the head- ‘Waters of the San Saba, and Fort Mason. in ‘the big bend of the Liato, is about the same stance to the east, inclosing a triangu.ar of country baif as large as the state of Fhodetsland. Ae ntinuation of the Apache Mountains, called by hunters“Gray Horse Hillis,” incioses a triangle, on the west, and ‘over the prairie thus shut in the red man ts Six men, pone of them hunters or {ndian Qighters, but al! well armed, had deen es- orted from Fort Mason to Territt, but oa Feaching that point the Indians were f fo be so numerous and troublesome U military escort to Fort M be spar cha ices were being canvassed comt on the ins could not ride over miles per » and be would be almost certain to lo-e his scalp before he was out sight of his post. Take this giass and tell me what you Bee. It was half an hour before suxdown. revealed Indians in every dire me Were riding at a swift j her Monless on the kuolls, aud the fort was circled. housand if there is or colonel, as he re: “dt tinued the atonce f@r hot timnes.* wn errand add a mes- of the utmost importance, and they could not delay. Ther: were (wo veleran Scouts at the post, but when offre! any sam to pilot the party ‘through, they shook their s aud said “The bull triang hin deep with reds, &nd roe living wh pid them * Yet the determinatio: x men to go 00 was not shake: “You are | exclaimed the col- nents were found to close the gates and pre- came down | their horse: “it's not! will go, lc knows {1 -heatet, s from him ther.’s in a thousand that he'll take you Dan” the 2 joined asu’t an Indiao, “nor a white man. He’ was neither He was a haman being, less he:ght, weighed about uinety browa hair, coal black eyes, a long jaw, sallow cheeks, and the big- Fest bara of any man in Texas.’ As he stood ing at the party. the colonel said “Dan, these riders must be at Fort McKa- ‘Vette at the earliest possible hour. They put themselves under your orders, and you will beready in fifteen minutes to start.” The being disappeared in the darkness Without a word, and in ten misutes he was at the gate, ready to go. He was mognied Pounds, had le ‘©n the largest mus: ever seen around @f the Western forts. He bad strapped on a Dianket fora saddle, filled his canteen with , and his pockets with provisions, and he bad a Henry rifle, two revolvers and @m Arkansas bowié-knife for weap ns “Which way shall you start out?” anx- Jously inquired the colovel, as all were =... dwar! ~inted straight toward MceKay- Cie for a reply: * Well, good-by ach one.’* part sed through the gate, SEvie Dan'moilohed for the men to ride oue Seon de lead. His mustaag woot ‘at an easy lope, and the pace of the other ‘was regulated accordingly. He rode bis rifle resting in front of him, hayiog ps and holding no reia, bm: guiding horse entirely by the pressure of his .} «The feet of the horses made scarcely as they cantered over the thick grass, and the voice of the prairie cricket sounded terribly loud and harsh to the anxious Fiders. Two miles from the post Little Dan sud Genly turned to the lef. , role for twenty rois @ta faster pace, and then came to # dead 4 Ht Hf “Listen!” he whispered tothe circlearoand , and each ear was strained to catcn the lightest soucd. Inthe course of sixty se- fonds each man plainly rade out for bim- self that a detachment of Indians were pass. ing them not over three hundred yards away. Dan had been warned not a second too soon But for the swerve to the left tr have been a collision a: ‘Bhree or four minutes the Statues, and It was a happy relief when the wart whispered: “Follow each other at a waik!” ~ Seyen miduight shadows cre; p flower sprinkied grass for a long half Pour: The ‘horses were becoming nervous and lent, when of asuddena halt toward Fore Melcave ort McKavette, an was ‘The others halted beside him, aad *tiOver the ridge here in froat of us is an ige here in front o1 camp!” he whispered, “ora band of Os are kin; camp! Injuns are — ing all along our front, and a wolf coulda’ sneak through: 2 = must hide Ull they ‘pass—follow me sofily. turned to the lett again, followed the ‘Dase of the ridge tora mile, and the party entered a dry ravine with banks from five (> eight feet hich. The bed might have been Wet in the spring, but was dry th ar free from obstructions. As soon a3 was obtained, Litue Dan again dis- . He was goue some five minates time, and when he returned he said: “There's miilions of ‘en There's been a big camp in this neighborho™d for three or four days, and the warriors are now moving for the fort, leaving paps aod sjuaws bebint. quie? until we can get oat!” Al the end of five minutes the Indians w: heard advancing, and presently their con. ‘Wersation could piainly be made out. All ‘Were mounted but seemed in noaurry. Some around the bead of the ravine, aad others were heard crossing it lower dowa. Huddied together in the darkress were the feven while meu, each one holding his breadth, and each horse trembling with ex- citement. “We'll be discovered sooner or later,” whis) Dan, “and we'd better get tn the Ar i ‘Bret Draw your revolvers, ride three abreast, and Ili least!” He waited a minute forthe mento make , and then raised the wildest yell ever by Indian or white man. Iis flerce- instant, bis forwar eeaeek cen Coe ing straight down SE a to . y half & mile before the I surpri Sait? The ravine bent and turaed for ales, suit. ravine t ir ‘while some of the Ladians followed down sereamin| ~“A mille further !” called little Dan, bbe tured in his I crosses iis @ chance to attend a ® shot had thus far been fire’ $y ths . Two or three mounted Indians had @ mile away. a , follow me!” shouted the @wart. “I A Fight Ubrough the Genter of the village, and I'll kill as many as @llof you can wound! Fire at everythiog oo ‘and keep y«lling Itke deviis'™” Kept om down the ravine, it simply have «been @ test of be- herses, with odds in favor of ‘Little Dan had doubled back of running white on their away, and was a = — alive with ex along the ra igen and don’t forget to kee; peculiar scream was again sent forth the other six riders burrahed at the 4 ‘up © boy in his over a aside, and every instant ‘a ueigh almost @ roar of and then he spurret for- | Et . fe clung to his horse, and when the | band halted on the prairie beyond the vill- age he fell to the ground. “In three minutes we shall have two hun- dred howling fiends after us!" said Little Dan, as be dismounted. “This man is fa- tally wounded. and he'll be dead in haifan hour. We can’t take him along, and we can't stop here” While he was speaking he was busy search- ing the pockets of the unfortnnate rider. Watch, money, photographs of loved ones, revolvers a sabers were taken and dis- trivated among the in thirty seconds, and then the dwarf hent down and asked. “Comrade, can you speak?” “I understand—it’s all right!” was the whispered reply. «Here's your rifle,” said Dan. “If the In- dians rash upon you shoot yourseif! If they don’t find you for an hour you'll be dead. Good by. God forgive you ‘and us, it’s the only way!” Leaping to the back of his mustang, he turned for the “White Horse Hills” jast as a terrible wail of sorrow. minzied wi!) a ery for vengeance, rose on the cool night ai from the village. The horses had not gai loped a mile before they were pulled up. The band was safe fora moment, and each heart Was heavy at the thought of the comrade dy- ing among the trampled flowers. Each n-ad Was bent that way, and each ear heard the rush of Indians in that cirection. They rata as straight for the dying man as if it had been broad noon day. A sudden shou proved that they had found him, but it was vardly raised before the report of a rifle echoed across the prairie. piHe was a brave man,” whispered Little an “God pity the poor ones at home!” the others, and they rode forward speed, Enow/ng that they had no’ one eh: in ten of reaching Fort MeKavette. But they did reach it after days of riding, rving and thirsting and the order was de livered and Western Texas saved from the horrors of an Indian wa | Before the wild winds of winter swept the bleak plains, a solitary horseman role frou Fort Territ at night, dodging [olian scours, and never minding the gaart wolves which galloped close behind with their red tongass hanging from terrible jaws. He crossed th ravine, rode across the site of the Indian village, and halting ata spot halfa mile be yond, he dug a hole tn the soft ant fi | embedded a post anda cross. In deep-ca' letters was the legend “A BRAVE MAN DIED HERE.” Only that and nothing more. and the re- cords of the frontier forts show, from inf mation furnished by the Indians themsel ve: that seventeen redskins were &i and nin | Weanded in that wile charge through th village. ——— eee Present Aspect of the Lick Trast, [San Francisco Cor. Boston Journa’.} The estate of the San Fran > miliion- aire, James Lick, remains unsettled, and the deed of trust by which he left the bulic of his Property for benevolent and scientific pur- poses isin court, and its existence threat- ened. I am not fally informed as to all the facis in the case, but 1am in possession of enough to be able to five & brief ontlina Lick left a property valued at nearly =4,0% 000, the accumulation ofa lifetime. | Tais in his last days he turned over to @ board of | trustees to be applied as was set forth in the deed of trust. +fore he died he changed his mind, made a second deed of trast, and laced bis property into the hands of new Tustees. Ry the provisions of this secon | deed of trusi, the trustees were to corvert tha Property of the testator into cash. Tuen cer- | u relatives were to be paid various spaci- fied sums, the largest being $159,090), to bis only son, John H. Lick; $700,000 were to be expended for the erection of a earn to be conveyed to the University of California: $540,000 for the endowment of a Culifornia School of Mechanical Arts; $100,009 to found an old Ladies’ Home, and £160,000 for free baths in this city. Numerous smaller amounts were to be given for other beneyo- lent purposes. On the demise of Lick, his son John undertook to‘break the deed of trust, claiming that the amounts left him and the other natural heirs were insuificien!, the testator was insane when he executed j ile deed. and that the code of California pro- | hibits any person from giving more than | Oue-third of bis property for cuaritable pur- | J to the exclusion of his relatives. Lo | order to avoid the disastrous consequences of litigation a compromise was propose! to the claimants by which they were to receive 3-5,000 for a full release and discharge of all | Possible clai: whieh could affect the valid- ity of the trust. This was satisfactory. Bat | before all the beneficiaries gave in their ap- | proval the question came up whether We $385,000 should be paid pro rata by thei, or | whether the amount should be taken ou: 9¢ } the general proceeds when the trust was ex- eeuted by the trustees. Out of this propose: compromise has arisen the present complica- | tion. As the case now stands all the beneti- | ciaries bave ratified the compromise bat the Academy of Science, the remaining residua- legatee, and they contend that the appor- lopment Of the $385,000 shall be made pro rata amovg all the beneficiaries. ‘The con- test is an animated one, and the lawyers wil! | | Teap a harvest. THE RUSSIAN CZAR AND A SPANISH | GRANDEE on a Beak Houne.—The Rassiaa Czar has a great penchant for bear-buating, and the forests of Gatehina are his special | preserve for this kind of game. Tiis fuony Story of a day’s sport several years ago, par- Ucipated in by the Emperor and a diplomat, is told by a correspondent:—Toe Spanish | | am lor to Russia at that time was the | Duke of Ossuna, a very jpous, conceltel grandee, well versed in all the rutes of ¢>art etiquette, but a small, weazened, dried-up man, of no physical courage, and ‘but an in- different sportgman. The Smperor had in- vited him to one of his huats at Gatchina, an honor which could not be declined; and, | | mofiied up in cosily sables, the duke Set out with the imperial pariy, and | was consigned to a of honor, | tree next to the one bdabinag waien the Czar awaited the coming of such game as the huntsmen might drive up. A huge temper somewhat rolled by the anweleome nolse of dogs and horns behind him, and the emperor made a sign to tne ambassalor to shoot. The duke bowed coopiy, and declared bis unwillingness to shoot before sis impe- rial host. Theemperor urged bim to dia gard etiquette for once, but the iiitie grandee continued bis profuse protestations until the bear had drawn uncom/ortabie close, and by bis forbidding aspect caused the Spaniard to shake with fear and forget his polite atter- ings. A shot from the emperor, who was laughing in his sleeve, tnterrapted the an! mals progress, but the victim or the jok bathed in perspiration, feil fainting upon the snow. aud had to be Laken to the palace on a stretcher. -{ A WESTERN TEMPERANCE EXPERI- MENT.—A year and a hal’ ago the city of Kocktord, [l., gave up an admirable licsnse system, which had reduced drankennes3 from 763 arrests tn 1466 (ander no license) to 81 for the Poeun endiug May, i876, (license year.) Under this system Rockford hai be- come one of the most sober and orderly cities | in the state. Under popular excliement a | city government was elected which refused | to grant licenses. At first, some stir was | made by the arrest and imprisonment of two or three saloon keepers, but that was about allthat was done. The saisons kep! open doors and sold in desiance of law. 2 pres- | ent mayor and city marshal have worked | hard to stop the traffic, but from the moment the license was refused it has been geteln: further from their conirol, while saloons an. drunkenness rapidly increase, Sunday sell- bear made his appetraace, his e ors flourishes. Ata receat meeting of the | ity gov-roment to consider the matter the | incyordeclared that he had done his very | t to control the trafic, but hud failed, and nary aaeumey throagh the perjary of wit- | nesses he had called into ee og tn | vote, inch bad fone man jority, but pubile feeling men had one maj sf rd indicates that license will be re- plain! Hint ror Poverty-Cuesep BELLEes.— The other day a at Valiejo gave @ large party, at which the daughter of the carrt inter who lived next door ere’ a deci sensation. It war bot that she was more handsomely attired than the other ; the buse of th | realizing the danger fro.n shots lad it, but that when she gyrated ta REE Fr ine the om. eft tne house fora few He thing here is on a oifcent the spiders that spin webs to the froutiers- man who spins yarns; and, speaking of yarns, I guess I had beiter tell you a fete story that bas just been ted to me. It will give you @ faint idea of what kind of story-tellers, or Indian fighters, I am not certain which, they raise out here. “There comes +Mountain Joe’ on his Pony,” sald my friend, Col. Fleance Fi:z toy, to day, as we were seated in tne shade of @ Spreading mulberry, in the Grand Plaza. ‘The person referred to was a handsorae-look- ing young man of perhaps 35, something above the mediam height, of gracefal car- riage, and agile appearance. He was armed wih # bal(-carbine, balf navy revolver, that hung in a belt by his left side, and was clad in a buckskin suit. “*Mountain Joe, as you call him, Colo- pel, seems to be rather & fine specimen of the frontiersman, but I dou’t see oe Te- markable about his pony, to which you par- ticularly refer.” ‘Thereby bangs a tale, which I will un- fold if you feel like lis'ening to it.” “Go Ou; tell it by all meaus.” “ *Mountain Joe,’ a3 he is ealled, was bora somewhere in the eastern states, and, in- fatuated with the Indian stories he hal read rap away from his parents and came to the southwest. But he has had some hard knocks since, and the hardest were received in earning that pony, or rather 85 worth of it- You see, a few years ago old Seaor Ro- muldo, whose ranche lies out aloog the Pinto road, owned that pony aud one of tho love- liest daughters in all these parts. He was immensely wealthy and owned several val- wable mines, and there was no telling ov mueb gold and silver buliion he hal stored away. “Now, all the young fellows around hore Were crazy after the gir! Inez. bat J sevois heart on the pony, aud wanted to buy it. He is fellow who always has his own way, and it is a blessed good thing that his Load 15 always right, otherwise someboly would get into trouble.’ But when Jos tried to bay the pony everybody thougut he was bale for once. “The Senor asked $65 for it, and Joe dag arouicd togaise the money. He raise? it, all except $5, and wanted Romuido to trust hin fou he it tl he wouid come back from 4 bunting expedition, panisu curmudgeon refused to 2 Vaialy appealed to his friends an bim the other Failing, he got mad aud swore that he would not li 2 ly @ year. + In the meantime a band of Ki dians swooped down upon Rous during bis absence tm Laud whipped. ‘taen it was tat Seaor Romuldo begau to bewail the abseace of *Mountatoa Joe,’ for everybody bad ialih that he coukl have rescac&t the lovely Inez from the dreadful fate in store fur ber. iuaily, just as the unnappy Spaniard Was givipg up in despair, Joe suddenly put in an appearance. ‘It you will reeover my ebild,’ said Romuldo, «I will give you $1,000, 000. You may have half my property, and whatever else you may ask.’ «I am not pare ticular about the reward,’ said Joz,*but [ul Ury and rescue the girl.’ i ** And then he se¢ about making prepara. Uons for the undertaking. Several galiant pours fellows volunteered to go with nim, ut he declined their servieos. He oiled up that overgrown revolver of his, stowed away about 40) cartridges aod about tea pounds of jerked meat in his clothes, aod, taking the trail of the Kickapoos, set out ‘in the early morning. He followed /t all day, cautiously, and by night he was far up in the mouatains. The nextday, near noon, as he reached the brow of an immense precipice, the redskius opened upon him in the rear. “*He was completely trapped. Ail means of retreat were cat off, and there was death both before and behind him. But Jo2 made up his mind todie game. Dodving behind a rock, be opened with bis shoo.ns iron and made it lively for the ambushers. Every shot told, and soon a dozen dead Indiaus were streiched out on the mountain top. But thelr comrades were undaunted, and nearly a hundred of them made a dash to seize him. He had already killed twenty-six of them, but he saw thathe must svoa bs overpow: ered : « Flight was impossible, and, preterring to kill bisuself rather than be tortured by the ndans, he rushed to tue precipice, Tully 000 feet high, and leaped boidiy into space. * But during bis fearful descent be did not lose bis presence of mind. He was going down hear the face of tue rocks, and observed that stanted pines aud nemlocks grew out of the frequeut crevices. He began grasping in the tops of them, whica first bent aad thea broke, but tie found that he was breaking tae force of bis fall. For the last 390 feet tne brushes were tick, aad Joe was sooa going down, dropping from one to the other in per- feet safety. “At last be reached the botto: suife-ing frou @ few bruises aud several ra fer ser.ous wounds received in the contest with ihe Ia diaus overnead. Just as he was coazrat ulating himseif upon his wonderfal escap= another pack of red deviis broke from tae chapral and opevei fire. Amother hant-to band contest took piace, and Joe Killed nine of bis enemies. He then started to ran along e cliff, when on a sudden the carih gave way under him and he fell into a deep fissure. The Indians were immediately upon bim, and fired two or three volieys down the hole and then covered it up with immense boulders. “Joe had fallen some ay feet, and, ‘rom above, got under the shelving of the rock and thus ayoided the balls. The Indians, supposing him dead, made no further investigations. Realizivg bis desperate situation, Joe set about exiricaling Limself, and found that he | Was in @ vast cave with a large number of ramifications. In the midst of pitchy dark- bess he began his exploration, which contia- ued for four or five days, but which to bim | Seemed ax many years. “The jerked m=at on bis person satisfied the cravings of his appetite, and he found plenty of pure water to driak. At last he gave up, and lay down todie. Listening in- vently, ne beard what seemed like human Voices, and this once more gave him heart. Crawling in We direction from whieh the sounds came,he at length reached a point frow which be was abie to look into a vast rounds, fitted apin barbaric splendor, and lighted with pine Kootsa..d sputtering Lamps, aud there, reclining on @ couch of bear skins, he bebeld Inez Romuildo talking with an elt Indian squaw, Wao apparently was har jailor. * Allength the old hag withdrew in an op- posite dircetion, and Joe speedily mate his presence known to thefaireaptive. A tac- ried consultation foliowed, aad the wavie situation was taken in, « Inez explained that she was held a_pris- oner by the Chief of the tribe, Kod Eagle, Who was determined she should marry him. Red Eagle was a balf-biood, his fatuer baing a Spaniard. The entrance to the cave was narrow, Well concealed, and its existeace known ouly to a few of the Iadians. Tuey still swarmed inthe mountains, bat tn two weeks were going south fora raid upou the ene, S aud only & small guard were to left in cave. * All this Inez hurriedly explained to Jos, and it was agreed that was to lie coa- cealed in the unexplored portions of the cave to the rear, recover from his wounds, an: Wait till the Indians left before attempting a rescue, while Inez was to furnish him with provisious from her own allowance. « The Chief, Red Eagle, in the meantime treaied her with distinguished consideration, offering her no indignities, and ordering that she should have whatever she called for. Af- ing, which was suppressed under license, | 'F Rail, and Joe waited Im- Peeper id until they should go tosleep. Day great wight were the same iu the cave, but final; Sine braves stretched themselves out one ‘alter another to sleep. That sleep was their last, for four shots from Joe’s revolving earbine fired before gai to the entrance of the cave, whica was found after mapy and tortuous windings, and Inez and Joe emerged from their liviug ey] after suprise. — og peed Bag i entirely t mountata, Peels dad near al tren them both up for dead, and their feetings may be imagined than described waen ihey safeend sound after their mi- raculous adventures. Ever siace thea Joa bas ridden that pooy and has been perfectly that Seale bocce womaed wine orate mt piece of horsetlesh? He married “and we will both go to the wedding.” 1 both go to the wedding | Satisfactory, dynamically as well | cally (in fact, physically it is open to over- | system, a theory whicu, to @ word romantic story I heard. Col. Fleance Fitz Ray, there is some- tong wrong with the sentiment and civiliza- tion of Tacson.”* « Now, don’t deceive If there again,"’ yourse! in the Colonel. “Mountain Joe’ and uez Romuldo are to be mairied next week, The Nebular Hypothesis. ITS WEAKNESS AND DEFECTS—FAILS TO ACCOUST FOR RECENT DISCOVERIES. Mr. Richard A. Proctor, in a communica- tion to the London 7imes on the Probability ea — — eo ogy the lowing remar! regard to the Nebu! Hypothesis: me i seems to me we have physical reasons, in the processes by which our system proba- bly reached its present condition, for expect- ing some such relations as aciually exist among the satellites. Laplace’s nebular, or rather gaseous hypothesis, regarded as of itself sufficient to explain the phenomena of | the solar system, has long seemed to me un- as physi- whelming objections, which physicists have been unapt to urge, because perhaps of La- lace’s eminence as a mathematician.) It | has recetved its death blow, I venture to assert, in the interesting discovery lately annonuced by Lord Lindsay, that aso-caliel new star has cooled into a So-called gaseous nebula. Facts arenow known to us, how- ever, which afford means for a far more sat- isfactory theory of the genesis of tne so! 3 Withont ab: lately rejeciing ‘the admittedly hypotheti- cal part of Lapiace’s reasoning, brings fato | * es Still going On, though no if the activity whien a th At the k Ty, Which I have adva ast seven years, lle two circ first, that the nebulous (not whol erix] out of which the sola: m was to be formed, must have been sparsely strewn at the outskirts and deusely strewn at the center, gradually incre ising in density ef distribution inwards; secoadly, th motions Of 1t8 component meteoric and cometic members must have beea siow al the outskirts (about three miies per second at twice Neptune's distance), very rapid near the center, about 350 miles’ per Second at the present position of the sun’s surf. From these two facts, the former almost certain the latter absolately certain, all the general relations of magnitude, rotattc axial position, satellite’ abu and s¢ forth, of whieh, be it remembered, Laplace's bypothesis gave no account Whatever, are easily and naturally explained. It was not an absolute necessity forthis theory but it Was much to be expected. that the nam- ber of s tes should tirst (proceeding from without inwards) increase up to the region of maximum development atc thence decrease. It is a natural efect of the two circumstances above mentioned, that at some mid-region the lar- ges: planets would be found, and there or thereabouts the greatest complexity of sirac- ture. Within the former region marked by Jupiter’s preeminent mass there could be only very small planets, and outside this re- gion planets of smaller dimensions than th> giants of the system, From the region of greatest complexity of structure, marked bi tue wonderful Saturnian system, there would be certainly a diminishing complexity of structure inwards (such as we recogniz2 ia the diminishing number of moons attending | on Jupiter, Mars, the Earth, and Veous,) and probably a similar diminution oui- | wards, as we seem to recognize in the moon systemsof Uranus and Neptune. In his ring system, Saturn may be said to have millions of satellites; and, as neither Uranus nor Neptune has any rings, we per- ceive that any analogy which would lead us to expect greater complexity of structure With mere Increase of distance is illusory. Lord Lindsay's discovery accords tn the Most satisfactory way with’ the meteoric or, rather, the nebulo-meteoric theory of the genesis Of our solar system. A Wilderness in Central Africa (from Stanley's Letter in N. Y. Herald. In bis conversation with me at Ujiji, Liv- ingstone ascribed much just praise to all of the region west of the Goma mountains. It is & most remarkable region—more remark- | able than anything { have seen in Afr! >a. | Its woods or forests or jungles or busti—I 10 not know by what pariicular term to desig- nate the crowded, tall, straight trees rising from an impenetrable undergrowth of bush, creepers, eee ae palms, fronds of all } forms, canes and grass—are sublime, even | terrible. Indeed, nature here is either re- msrkably or savagely beautifal. At a dis- | tance everything looks charming. Take your stand on ¥, eminence or colgne of vautaze for view-seeing you may please, be it the crest of a ridge, the summit of a hill, thé crown of | a rock, and if you look around you will flad yourself delighted, fascinated. A bundred or @ thousand different outlines are in view of ridges and ranges, peaks and cones, the | boldly waving or softly rolling, of gradaal or abrupt slope, of mounds, little patehes of | levels Of the grand and the picturesque, iu | bewildering diyersity of form. You will ex claim that you see thesplendor of the tropics: that you have caught nature rejoicing and | happy. Overall she has pone. @ robe of va- | rylng green; the hills and ridzes are bloom- | ing; the recks wear garlands of creepers; the stems Of the trees are clothed with moss; a | thousand streamilets of pure, cool waters'ray, now languid, now quick, toward the north | ard south and west. The whole makes 2 _ pleasing, charming illustration of the boun- cana and wild beauty of tropical Na- ure. Look closer and analyze all this, that yor may find how decepiive is distance. Tho | Tasses are coarse and i and thick. They form a miniature copy of an Afciean forest. Their spear-like blades wound like knives and their points like needles; the reeds are talland tough as bamboo; in those pretty looking bushes are thorns—truly the thorns are hooks of steel; the crown of that yonder low hill with such a gentle slope is ‘ull but inaccessible. See that glorious cropof crim- son flowers on that low bush in the mildle of the lawn green. Pause, my friend, before u venture to pluck them. First,that lawn is a deception; it is a forest of tall trees you see, and that beautiful, gorgeous poison bush | isnearly thirty feet high, and those green | banks of vegetation in those hollows are almost impenetrabie forest balts. THE WonpDeRFUL Doc oF CoHoEs.— Morrison, Colwell & Page haye in conn ton with their rolling-rmiil at Cohoes a large | stable for thetr large stock of horses. Two watchmen guard this siable day and night, and care.for the horses. Beside the watehmen | a large dog, @ cross between the Si. Bernard and Newfoundland species, is kept on tie premises. This animal reali chat he is assistant guardian of the premises and faiti- fully does he perform bis duties. At night if auything amiss happens to the horses or anything else he straightway starts for the Watchman and taking bis trousers in his teeth will not loosen his hold until he has led him to the spot. Formerly, when auy of the horses slipped their halters and attempted to Wander about the stable, he would drive | them back into their stail and mount guard | over them until the watchman arrived in his | rounds and secured them. Tix practice was | kept up until Ina Se fa "at, some time | ago, when he attempted drive & vicious mule into his stall from which hehad escaped, | when the animal let fly with both hind feet, one of which took effect on the poor dog's head, knocking out a number of teeth and cutting his face badly. Since that time the aSCOUS 2 =) wing dog has not attempted to drive back any of his equine charge that may become loose, but htway goes for the watchman ard. At one lime some on loose straw and ‘bay lying in the rear of and syainey the barn by some means caught fire. ‘hen discovered faithful dog was at his Post, and ane in fire and smoke was Scratching away with all his might, remoy- ing the burning mass from the building and barking lustily for aid. Althonga the dog was burned somewhat, the building, mainly through his efforts, was saved. The gentls- men owning this animal prize him higuly and would not excha: his services ag yatchman for any biped in ereation.—{ Troy Press. : A NEwsmoy To BE RIGATED AT LAST.— The Titusville _ Herald of the 12th in- stant contains foll K3 non the Pittsburg, i: . Smith, a news ittsburg, Ti- tusville, and Bu road, in the employ of Riley it, 18 Likely soon to como{nto | & bandsome fortune, from which he has never been able to realize any benefit, on account of the duplicity and ivjudicious investment | ofhis ian, W. iebardson, of Rich- mond, Va. W.J. Smith, father of the boy, wasa merchant wtior in Rich- mond, and in 1858, ones Pp family in comfortable circumstances. carried a life policy in @ New York insurance com- for in gold, or - et | some of Col. Forney’s friends made vigorous | comic writer of wonderful powers and un- | Where the ball bad | golden-haired child, wko was dea |-which we form a part; nobler views of the | Pomeroy boy, a youth of 10 years. Recently | met Ettie there. | ped her face to make her stop. She criedal! , Said: | November, 1874, the control of the Press | ebased a pary of = resen’ by Mir. A. McClure, now of the | —— 5 y = in Barone, and | tend protract Wo years long- er had the sale to Mr. McCiure’s party been consummated. The purchase at that time | San ane nares oc San am Value Wir Gomes j paper property, exclusive aceounts and real estate, to be represented by stock to | that amount. Col. Forney was io receive $111,000 for & like amount of the stock, $50,000 cash, and the residue in semi-annual payments of $25 000, with interest, and he | Was tore ain £100,000 Of the stock, and re- | Celve §n a nui salary of $5,000 while be re- mained in Europe, and continue as associate chief editor with Mr. McClure on his retura. The contract was made by cable, Mr. Mc- Clare baving sent out to London by mail a formal contract for Col. Forney’s considera- lon and acceptance, to which he cabled the following answer. * ‘LONDON, Novy. 24, 1874.—MeClure, Phila- ition accepted as stated. Can- not positively be editor, but European cor- respondent. Forney.’ “The announcement that the Press had been disposed of to @ new control create! considerable stir in political circles, ani | opposition to it, admonishing him by cabie that it would be disastrous to bis piper; and fome of his sincerest friends, believing that the independent and aggressive tose likely | to be given to the Press under the new direc. | tion would depreciate its value as a news paper property, appealed to Mr. MeClare not io urge the consummation of the contract. | Mr. McClure answered that the parties he represented were quite satisfied with the oo iract, but that Col. Forney was entirely at liberty to revoke or execute it, without ree gard to his agreement to sell. ‘Col. Foraey | held the matter under advisement for six | days, when he answered as follows LONDON, Nov. 3 — MeCture delyhia: ** “A8 you are satisfied agree. See letter to Weigley, + 8 ended the negotiations wh such a ripple in political circles tn 174, and immediate steps were taken to establish Times, the first namber of which was is: on the ISth of the following March.” Phita- | reatly surprised at the number of iMustrated papers published in Russia, espe- cially Moscow, the Muscovite taste running | very largely to papers with colored ilustra- tions. I cannot say I think these papers | show a great deal of what the Frenen call | spirituality either in their illus the marginal comments that ac them. Evidently Russia has no Nast, no | Cham; but it Is a good sign, nevertheless, that thenation should break out, soto speak. | in these numerous manifestations of liter ary and artistic ardor. It shows that the country is growing. There are at St. Peters burg two or more ijlustrated papers w plain engravings and of a more serious char- acter which, although inferior in execution, correspond to our Leslie's and Harper's; but the great majority of these Russian publica- tons (illustrated) are purely comic, humor- istic, burlesque. The Russian is a great humorist. He likes that which is droll; and he has to day a great ailons or | pmapany doubted excellence whom he would mateh With the best man oz Punch and Judy, and por inuivalry, if he could, with oar dearly cloved Mark Twain, fully confident that he would carry off the palm.” But for the life of | me I cannot recall his name. It is an abom- inable one, either'to look at in print or to hear pronounced. Of course we all know of Gongol (it Is necessary to insert that little preposition, for the evanescent, purely Rus- siau wit of the great national composer can- not be translated), and what esteem he is held in. Probably, no comedian has a firmer | hold of the stage or the Deeupect of @ more enduring fame. But to speak of the comic | illustrated papers—the best appears to be the Lowdillnik or Alarm Bell. Tuts greets the eve at present with @ front aud back page illustration in gay colors bearing on the war. The English never and the Austrian rarely fail to be portrayed in these illustrations in a ridiculous light—{ Moscow Oorrespondence Boston Journal. ———__ THe TERRILLE IMPULSE OF A FATHER Crazep ev.—Early this morning word was received at police headquarters that a tragedy bad been enacted in the wes- tern part of thecity. Your correspondent hastened tothe locality, and found that H. | W. Mann, for the past four years cashier for | the Kansas City Stockyard company, had | killed himself, and, before in!i:ctiog his own | death wound, had shot his little daughter aged 2 years, through the heart. Woes foand a smoking pistol was grasped ia the right hand of the deceased, aud the blood ooziug from a little hole in the right temple show: been sent. Tuo 1 same bed with her father, was lying « back, with a tiny baby doll ia one the otber thrown carelessly over her | The little breast was blackened with pow- der, showing thatthe muzzle of the pisto’ Lr oom directly over the heart b fore the trigger was pulled. Mr. Ma: m Oswego, N. Y.. and has veea lo: this Koy A for the last five years. He was a son-in-law of Mr.G. W. Sedgwick. of the Kansas Pacitic railroad company, and was well-liked by bis hundreds of friends. The death of his wife, which oceurred about s.x months ago, is believed to have been the immediate cause of tne act. as since that Ume deceased has been subject to spells of ees insanity.—[(Special from Kansas City, Mo. ————— DR. DRAPER ON DARWINISM.—The evo- luvionists have ponies @ powerful sup- rter in Prof. J. W. Draper, of New York Jniversity, who in a lecture delivered at Springfield, Mass., on Thursday last, before and at the invitation of an association of Unitarian ministers, now in session there, expounded Darwin's theory of evolution, and gave his reasons why it ought to meet | general acceptance. Dr. Draper does not re- | gard Darwin’s theory of evoiution as tending | lo promote the doctrine of the materialists. On the contrary he declared in summing up | that the adoption of an hypothesis so com- plete and rounded in all its parts would lead to “nobler views of this great universe of manver io which it has been developed in pASL ages to Its present state; nobler views of te laws by which it is now maintained; nobler expectations as to its fature. Above all, our conceptions of the unchangeable elegy of the awful ore of the Supreme eibg. become more vivid. Werealize what isineant when it is said.*With Him there is | no variableness, no shadow of turning.’ A CALIFORNIA PoMEROY Boy.—Sacra- mento, Cal, has an apt imitator of Boston's he seized a little girl, 3 years old, nearly killed ber, and finished by haif burying her with heavy clods of earth. His ‘story is thus: -\He was sent to market by his mother. Hie took a short cut across the orchard and | She was crying. He slap- | the more. Then he threw a clod and bit her in the stomach. She fell. Then, out of pure animal flendishness, and forno cause that he cab account for, he began to throw heavy clods on her. did so, the desire came to throw harder, and he cast the hardest he could find on ber head and face. Then he adatd body, to keep ter salt med weet IY, er still, and gavethe alarm. He says he utly devies, from lepths of her grief. boy says he did not beat Ettle, becau: her cousin, a school mistress, had a few days before flogged him. He saysh u t of that, but did it because impelled to do it by @ sort of irresistible to buriand bruise her.” —$—__—_—_—_____ LD NOT BE A SENVANT.—A spe- cial dispatch states that In Connetl Biuifs, Iowa, on Oct. 4, young girl died from the effects of a dose Of strychnine, taken with intent to commit suicide. «Her parents were former}; ey wees, bother er failed and died, the 40 work asa Sue Cou in eh She became simy the retina 1 vi of the fashion in which American children | of wealthy parents are reared TaTTooInc.—Dr. F. F. Maury, ofthis has been tu Roading examining some twox? the effects of iT GOLDEN Rop. in the surprised and frightened cam AN ARIZONA ROMANC lerfally evr | sale ; Principles the FALL STYLES A NOW READY. t| GENTLEMEN'S BROADWAY DRESS HATS, For Only a | FINE SOFT AND STIFF FELT HATS, of tne Bost approved paiterce, for Gentlemen, Youite aud s. i Ssext seaortment of UMBRELLAS and CANES Pe ‘AT THE LOWEST MARKET PRIC WALTER KER. 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We 414 KEEN’S 414 MERCHANT TAILORING PARLORS, 414 Ninth street, Contains the largest and choicest assortment of MERCHANT TAILORING GOODS Ato Oth end Lith etree Ottces— iS » (eae as exer before offered to the Washington public. | * sa KEEN denis only in PIRCE GOODS. acd be koups iy no Ready made Garments, employs mens but th sof ali s Dest Ontters, and with # s f «killed workmen ssteee r rm it ; ° yfiret-clase Merchant AlCKUAZ Unites States. 4a material adv « 4 NS. ee? w | SSLBTS CHEAPER Puan ANY | rine WOULD. wows L~ Pe OTHER ACK IN RRS Dw te thas erty Branch Ba Z + LOOR F Street resistors aed >. var tsps pecate 2 0 ole Baweg We make ts SHIRTS TO | and Splti Wood lower tase od tu this oft. . 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MEN'S FINE FURNISHINGS: \OMPSOR'S SHIRT FACTORY, ba = LeDrot: Buildtug. J. W. SELEYs, 1914-1916 Penn’a avenue. J. GEORGE'S * CITIZENS AND MILITARY BOOT aND SHE M* KEK. _getl3-tr ar Washematon Circle No. S118 Po me. near ign of the Big Boot, je80-tr F J. HELBERGER, « | (Successor to H.'F. Sondon & Jo.) Bosy -Att 0 SHOES is, CITaENS AUNT AND RAVE © POET... Dianne. Metropolitan Hotel In-ly Bo. 617 Penn's FAMILY SUPPLIE N EW Goo Ds. SABDINES IN TOMATOES, BONELASS SARDINES Yee. BR Prompt attention given to si orders by mail, octi-tr MEDICAL, &c. OCTOR SHUM tall | a ve organs __ QUEEN OLIVES, TS THE LADIES —Ladice having super CAPERS, TOBASCO SAUCE, haircan have pewanently removed in owe p,ipdmany ote new goote eriving aa0y- | scuipipramslars qrignras cured insus doped cure money by cbtai i rices for Stapis and Fancy | SUAF*Mecd Nalicime, SLADE. Gooes prior to purchasing elaew hore | cctas Taare B. W. REED'S SONS, B LEON, The Oldest Kast octl2-tr 1816 F street northwest. | [)% i ROS T* Physician ia tue city, can booons hn oN ery Tuceday, WeGnsusy aod Saturday, of C. MANN Gib sirect ws trom ity 8 tink, AT desires the attention of the pobiic to the mie quickly cured. office and Mesi- BEEF, MUTTON. LAMB AND VEAL anes eee 23 Stalls, Nos. GSS aad 639 > kd ecaores FOL to the momk from 4 BDSAN GE Manbood acd the + shattered cou cause a ve free oou-ly ON BK. KELLY, J ‘Dewier in’ First-Class BEEF, L.mM3, VEL, MUTION, Bre, CORNED BEER 4 SPECIALTY. 62s. ae enter Market. wn reer wit 206 208 Non) TTeery a ‘Ket. end fortiern Lil larket, address Box 713 City Post Office. delivered of chargé to ail part 7 BANKERS. ({UARANTEED SPECULATION. 400 invested tn OO days Btraddios have att 32,750. S100 bare 1.790 in 30 pw and L (Fe ail 6O ice; iDOnAy ded if no protit is made, feronoss given. Correspondence solicited. W. HUSBELL & po Fea New Yo & Mining Sook Richaage, x 3.G13. eugi/-danakem road street, N.¥. P.O, Bo: $100, $200, $500, $1,000 LEX FROTHINGHAM & 00, BANKERS and Brokers, No. 12 Wall street, makefor cus tomers desirable invesuments of large or small amounts in stocks of a legitimate character, which frequently pay from five to twenty times the amount invested every thirty days Btocks bought and car: ied as long as desired on deposit of five per cent, Circulars aud Pris seut free. A MEMUEE OF TAE STOCK EXCHANGE will execute cruers for the purchase or sale of Stocks, Bonds and Gol. on moderat ‘gins. Com- iTy TO WIN SPLENDID OPPORTUN A FORTUNE. LUMBER. Fleventh Grand Drawing, 1877, SPECIAL NOTICE. At New Orleans, Tuesday, Nov. 6th, LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY ‘This Inetitation was regularty incorporated by the lature of the State for, Baweational and Gearts We have on wharf about 150.000 fect of Primes Heart 44 Georgia BO* RDS, which we will sell for THIRTY DAYS, at 920 per 140 feet. eee ta —, with @ Capital o! Simms aes c £ 0 le Number Draw- wi r iy. J sewer seules oF ‘Pestpomes. r = CAPITAL FBIZE, $30,000 OUR NEW RIZE. $20.00 DBY LUMBER SHED, Half Tickets, €2. List OF PRIZME: Which has s capacity for holding nearly ONB | 1 CAPITAL PRIZE scene soemeennnen MILLION FEET, is Alled with all kinds of LUM- ; & = BEL, well seasoned, Always dry aad protected from the weather, 3 wo a an) WE SELL pe sate arnexpiation tale , or Prizes Of QM. mean JOIBT and STUDS, medinm lengthe.........§15 OO 9 > go. | | VIRGINIA PINK BOARDS, 16 fect... 15 OO | _* : ‘ WHITE FINE OULLS, D-tach stock, "iS chistor Unrouiare of pe (DEBE QUALITY eeseessemseremesersereteen sevvcerssensee BO OO WASHBOARDS, WHITE PINE, dresed and jointed on e¢ge—ciear. me 2500 SHELVING, 12 inch, dressed (two) sides... 25 OO HARDY & TAYLOR CYPRESS SHIR- GLES, adopted by U. 8. Government on fore to M. A. DAUPHIN, P. 0, Box 693, Now Orwaus; La, EXTRAORDINARY SRAI-ANNUAL DBAW- TUESDAY, Dec. ULth, 1877. al Pine g Joe 3a Gopal Brien $10.90 all work around Washington, Every 1 Prine, 0010, Bia Brian. Shingle guararteed perfect. 700 me ph Ay ey WILLET @& LIBBEY, -tr_Siath Strect ané N. ¥. Avenue. “THAT HARNESS OF MINE.” —— eee a Borraro LITHIA WATER FOR HEMATUEBIA.